The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-28
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GRANT MANsIOE SOLD.

GRANT MANSION SOLD.
PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-The Grant
mansion, No. 1900 Chestnut avenue,
was sold at auction to-day. Frank K.
Hess bought the property for 500, 800.
He had the option of paying in cash or
mortgage, and will probably pay cash.
This is the house which was presented to
Grant by committee of Philadelphia
citizens Immediately after the war. 1t
was substantial recognition of the
warriors valorous services for the pres
ervation of the union. Tho committee
paid $4,000 for the premises.
RAN AWAY WITH A FREIGHT TRAIN.
MACON, Ga, May 27.-Jesup is the
meeting point for the trains of the lower
division Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad, and has q negro
character known as Cray Bill. Early
yesterday morning a freight trair Of
thirty cars bound for Macon was waiting
the arrival Of a passenger train from Ma
con. Bill stole into locomotive cab,
blew the whistle and started off, shoot
ing over many switches, but kept the
track. The lunatic ran the train five
miles, but was stalled at the foot of a
hill, as the water in the boiler ran low.
The engineer, yardmaster and others on
seeing the train leave, ran after it and
found it at the hill. The lunatic, stop
ping blew the signal for the switchman,
and then sat down on the end of a cross
tie, and was found there by a crowd
reading his Testament. He was secured
and no time lost in side-tracking the
train, which was accomplished just as
passenger train came up. But for the
stoppage of the freight it would have
met the passenger train in frightfuI
collision. The lunatic was placed in jail,
and will he sent to an asylum. The only
damage done was the tearing up of the
track in the yard at Jesup.
A CONSUL IN PRISON.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The depart
ment of state received to-day report
from Mr.. Osborne, Minister to Brazil, in
regard 20 the arrest and imprisonment
Of Beckford Mackey, United States Con-
sui at Rio Grande do Sui. Consul Mackey
has also written letter to his relatives
here giving an account Of the difficulty.
1t appears that Mackey had for many
weeks been violently assailed for no as
certained cause in the columns CT news
paper at Rio Grande do Sui. The editor,
one Amorium, sent Mackey a note by a
messenger on April 18th proposing that
if he subscribed for the paper it would
cease to attack him. He declined the
offer and kicked the messenger out Of
his Office. On the next day the editor
made a scurrilous attack on Mackey AMI
assailed his mother, an excellent lady,
distinguished for her piety, residing in
Washington.
On the same evening as Consul Mac
key entered the theatre he was confront
ed by Amouum with an uplifted stick.
Mackey at once struck him a heavy blow
in the face with his walking cane. His
assaiant drew his pistol but before he
could fire the consul shot him twice and
he fell to the floor. Mackey, accompan-
led by the consul of the German Empire,
repaired to a police magistrate and sur
rendered himself Amorium whose
wounds proved not 70 be severe, then
arrived at the head of an armed band of
rufians and demanded that Mackey
should be surrendered to him. The po-
lice officers were overawed and fed, but
Mackey drew his pistol and kept the
mob at bay for few minutes, when a
number of citizens headed by the Ger
man Consul, arrived and rescued him
from his assailants, who were advanc-
ing with knives drawn.
He is held prisoner as the offence is
not bailiable. All the foreign consuls
have visited him in body and signed a
statement justifying his action, while
hundreds of the leading citizens have
rendered him their aid, and a leading
lawyer Of that province has volunteered
for his defense. His trial will take place
next week. Mackey is young man in
his Esd year. He graduated with the
highest honors at Pho Mono College, Ma
con Ga, and later at the law school Of
Georgetown University, when he was
appointed consul. He is a son of Judge
T. J. Macbey of South Carolina.
4 passed through funny town the
other dav." remarked a gentleman wht