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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
On Trial for Killing Preller.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 14.-Thc Criminal
Court was crowded with spectators to-day
to witness the arraignment of Hugh M.
Brooks, alias Maxwell. The indictment
fills six legal cap pages of lype-writing
and contains three counts. The arst
count charges that Hugh Motram Brooks,
alias w. II. Maxwell, alias Walter II.
Lennon Maxwell, alias Theodore Cecil
d'Auquier, on April 5, 1885, feloniously
administered chloroform to Charles
Arthur Preller and then strangled him.
The second count charges that while
Preller was in q helpless condition the
defendent squeezed him into a large zinc
trunk and thus smothered him. The
third count charges that "by some means,
devices. instruments and weapons" the
defendant deprived Preller Of his life.
The prisoner did not move a muscle at
the reading Of the indictment, but grew
pale and bit his lips. to conceal his nerv-
BUSINESS.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
Rate War Armistice.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, November 49,
The rate war which has been raging SO
fiercely for months between the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road and Western and Atlantic Railroads
was terminated to-day by arrangement of
a truce between the managers of both
roads. The truce only exists until Dec
ember 2, when the Southern passenger
agents will hold q meeting in Atlanta.
BY agreement the w. &. A. closes its
office opened here some time ago. They
had been cutting rates at a fearful rate,
going so far as to pay local rates to Chat
tanooga, then sell tickets over their line
to Atlanta for fifteen cents. The East
Tennessee road opened the war because
they wanted entrance to the union depot
at Atlanta or o differential rate on ac-
count Of their announcement terminal
facilities at Atlanta.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
An Old Lady Who Lost q Husband and
Brother In the Kansas-Nebras-
ka Struggle.

Away back in the fifties n family by
the name of Doyle moved from Chatta
nooga to Kansas TO take part In the strug-
gle which was going on in that territory.
The question to be decided was whether
Kansas should be admitted into the I'm
ion as a free State. The older citizens of
Chattanooga will recollect the bloodshed
which attended the struggle and the ex.
element which the wrangle between the
two factions caused all over the country.
Among others, who advocated the admis-
sion of Kansas as o slave State, was Mr..
Doyle and his brother-in-law. Both of
them were killed one night, but by whom
no one ever knew. They were shot down
in their own door yard.
Mrs. Doyle subsequently returned to
Chattanooga and is now living in the
Fifth ward. She Is now over S0years of
age, and ever since the death Of her hus-
band, has been receiving money and
clothing from some one In Boston, but
she does not know from whom 1t comes.
Only D few days ago she received q draft
for forty or fifty dollars and two fine
dress patterns. Being now very feeble,
she refused to have the dresses made up,
stating that she desired TO be buried In
one of them.
Mrs. Doyle has IN interesting history
and the aid she has been receiving from
the East has been very acceptable. Some
one has been remembering her through
all these years. but she does not know
who 1t is Chattanooga Commercial.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
A Mormon postmaster,s Patrons.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-An interest
ing post-ofice case from Utah has been
brought to the notice of the Department.
At Plymouth, Box Elder county, Har-
mon D. Parsons was postmaster. 1t has
been customary for the postmasters on
the line running through Plymouth to
put up the mail in separate sacks for the
various offices, instead Of sending it in
bulk. This makes work for the Ply
mouth postmaster and more for the
others. But in spite Of their willingness
to do the work, Parsons objected and
wanted the mail sent in bulk. One of
the other postmasters repeated that he
did not see why Parsons should object to
their way of doing up the mail unless
Parsons wanted his four wives and his
fifteen daughters to have a chance to
read all the postal cards that went over
the line. An inspector was sent to look
into the matter and he reported that
Parson had four wives and fifteen daugh-
tiers, and that there were no patrons of
the Plymouth Post Office except this
large and interesting family. The post
Office has been discontinued. The de-
partment does not allow polygamists to
hold office.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
sHEaIFr's LAND A L

BY virtue of a venditioni exponas, is
sued 10 me from the Circuit Court of
Washington county, Tennessee, at its
August term, 1885, 1 will, on Saturday,
the 18th day of December, 1885, expose
to sale, at the courthouse door, In the
town of Jonesboro, at public cutlery, for
cash in hand, to the highest bidder, all
the right, title, claim and interest that
James F. Stephens has in and to a certain
tract or parcel Of land lying and situated
in the I'd civil district OF said county, ad-
joining the lands of William M. Mckee,
James A West, William Stepp, Charles
Beard and others, containing, by estima,
ton, one hundred and twenty Q20) acres
more or less, levied on To- satisfy a judg-
ment that Chapman, White, Lyons &
Co., obtained against the said Stephens
and others on the 18th day Of January.
1885,, for the sum Of Ell So, and costs Of
suit and interest, and the costs OF con,
demnation, advertisement, notice and sale
unless said debt, interest aud costs afore.
said, arc paid on or before the day Of
sale.
This November nth. 1885.
CIV. WILLETT,
f2nov4t Sheriff.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
Death of H. b. claaIn.

NEW YORK, November 14.-Horace b.
Claflin died at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
at Fordham, N. Y, his country residence,
Of paralysis. He was born in Milford,
Mass, in 1911, and came to New York
Ia 1848. where he started a dry goods
establishment. The firm Of II. b. Clafin
d Co. has built up an enormous dry
goods business, being the largest concern
Of the kind In the country. At one time
they did a business of ST., 900, 900 yearly.
Mr.. Claflin had been in the enjoyment
Of his customary good health until about
two weeks ago, and was out riding on
Thursday last. The stroke that ended
in his death came suddenly, and medical
aid, which was hastily summoned, proved
unavailing.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
THE BOURBON FRAUDS IN vIR-
GINA.
Senator Malone Preparing n Statement
How the Republican Vote Was
Throttled.

Senator Malone Preparing q Statement
How the Republican Vote Was
Throttled.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The facts and
figures which are being gathered by Sen
ator Mahone's friends in Virginia, with
which to enable him to make a careful
statement to the public of the manner in
which that State was carried by the Bour-
bon Democracy, furnish to them conclus-
i've evidence that the Republicans were
deliberately counted out. The Senator is
expected here in q day or two, and will
Immediately set about the completion OF
the proposed statement. There were two
methods by which the cheating wa done.
The first was in the registration. The
registrars were all Democrats, appointed
with special reference to their willingness
to refuse registration to Republican vot-
ers on various pretexts, and to arrange
the lists of voters to suit the Democrats.
The law presumes that both sides shall
have access to the lists, but they were for
the most part, especially in the counties
where frauds were contemplated and per-
petrated, inaccessible to any but Demo.
Gratis. The judges Of election were also
all Democrats, and where the registrar
had failed to throttle a Republican vote
they managed to shut it off at the polls.
Thus, If a man attempted to swear in his
| vote, whose name was not oil the list,
they would refuse to take his oath. Be-
tween the registrars and the judges the
whole State was at the mercy OF the
Bourbons. One of Mahone's intimate
friends said here to-day:
If the Democrats of Virginia would
act in accordance with their feelings
they would come en- mdsse to Washington
and demand OF Grover Cleveland that he
raise the old Confederate flag on the
Capitol. If he refused they would start
q new rebellion. That is the sentiment
| of the Bourbons of Virginia to-day. II
was encouraged in the late campaign by
an appeal to the Confederate soldiery,
which the bloodiest shirt waving could
not approach in fury. That the State was
fraudulently carried can be demonstrated
beyond a shadow of doubt. The county
of Halifax, for an example, has 500 Of
800 more black male inhabitants thar
whites. Many Of the whites are Repub
licans. The Democrats boosted before
election that they would carry thi'
county by 1900 majority. The boastfu
ones were hidden by the leaders to keel
still. But they knew that the machiner.
would do what they boosted, and on tn
poll sheets they have 1870. The count.
was really Republican beyond question
The adjoining county is Republican b.
700. 1t was carried in the same way b.
Democrats by 563, who declared that the
would have made 1t q thousand, but so
was enough. They say that the black
voted with them. An investigation by
Congressional committee will not find
hundred black men in both counties VIII
voted the Democratic ticket. 1t wa
fraud that did the work. If the countr
! does not arouse itself to this condition Q
things we shall be ruled by the Soil
. South, and the Confederates will hav
> won by art what they failed to establis
. by arms"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
THE CINCINNATI
DAILY COM MERCIAL GAZETTE:
FOR 1SSB-86,
sHEaIFFs LAND SALE.

by virtue of a venditioni exponas lssu,
ed to me from the circuit court Of WASH
ington county, Tennessee, at its August
term, 1885, / will, IN Saturday, the 18th
day of December, 1885, expose to sale, at
the courthouse door, in the town of
Jonesboro, at public cutlery, for cash in
hand, to the highest bidder, all the right,
title, claim and interest that John Dicki.
son has in and 10 a certain tract or parcel
Of land lying and situate in the 18th civil
district Of said county, adjoining the
lands of Harvey Phillips, John Pratt and
others, containing four ~ ceres, n ore or
less, levied on to satisfy a judgment that
c. A. Broderick and George W.. More.
lock, administrators of 3. l.. Broder ok,
deceased, obtained against the said Dick.
ison on the 18th day of April, 1885, for
the sum Of S57.S5, and costs of suit and
interest, and the costs Of condemnation,
advertisement, notice and sale. unless
said debt, interest and costs aforesaid are
paid on or before the day of sale.
This November 18th, 1885.
G. w. WIL[ETT,
l2novit Sheriff.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
or M. A. DAUPHIN,
Washington, d. C.
sHERIFFDs LAND A

By virtue of a yenditioni exponas is
sued TO mi from the circuit court OF
Washington county, Tennessee, at its
August term, 1885, l will, on Saturday.
the 18th day Of December, 1885, expose
to sale, at the courthouse door in the
town OF Jonesboro, at public cutlery, for
cash in hand, to the highest bidder, all
the right, title, claim and interest that
James r. Melvin has in and to a certain
tract or parcel of land lying and situate
in the 10th civil district of said county,
on the waters of Knob creek, adjoining
the lands Of A. Peoples, d. p. Hunt,
James Crumley and others, said to con-
tain two hundred and forty GAO acres,
levied on to satisfy a judgment that
George Mcpherson obtained against r.
W. Elan and said Melvin, on the 10Th
day of July, 1878, for the sum of else. A,
and costs Of suit and interest, and cost
of condemnation, advertisement, notice
and sale, unless SAID debt, interest and
costs aforesaid, are paid ON or before
day of sale.
This November 18th, 1885.
G. w. WILLETT,
l2nov4t Sheriff.
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Eject Of Going over Niagara.

BUFFALO, November 13.--The dis
membered body found at Youngston
proves on investigation to be that Of
Gustave %Schraven, the Buffalo boy who
was carried with a companion over the
fatal Horseshoe Fall on Sunday last. An
investigation showed that the left leg was
missing, the right hand was torn Off,
there was q cut or the back Of the head,
and every bone In the body was broken,
as If 1t had gone through a grist mill.
The face was theonly part Of the corpse
that looked at all natural. A verdict of ac-
cidental death was rendered. The miss
ing leg was procured in Canada this
morning, and the remains were inferred
in lakewood Cemetery, at Suspension
Bridge.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
MOCK MARRIAGE.
The Story Of y Girl Who Wa Enticsd to
Marry D Undivorcsd Man-Scenes
at Cleveland, Charleston,
Athens and Chatta-

A story Of deep interest which excites
the sympathy Of the nearer is told by q
mulatto girl Of fifteen years. She was
brought into court yesterday and in o
passion of tears related the circumstances
which led to her decoy from this city to
Cleveland, where she was kept in partial
confinement and secrecy, and afterward
conveyed to Charleston. Tenn, where a
mock marriage took place and she was
made what appeared to her to be, the life
longpartner Of a mar who was already
married.
Martha Morrison is a girl of winning dis
position and soon becomes warmly at
tached to those who befriend her. A
few weeks since Elijah Hanaway, who
at that time expected to obtain a divorce
from his wife, Harriet, took q fancy to
Martha and under this, that and the other
pretence succeeded in decoying her to
Cleveland, Tenn, while his divorce suit
was yet pending. His wife soon received
an intimation Of his attachment for the
girl and the steps he had already taken
to make Martha his wife. Fearing lest
his plans should be frustrated Elijah
stealthily removed the girl to Charleston,
where he made o formal offer of marriage
after telling her he had already secured q
divorce. She reluctantly consented, and
q negro who professed to be a preacher
was calledyn and went through a mock
ceremony The youthfulness of the girl
and the unfamiliarity of her surround
ings made her, she protests. a victim to
the circumstance of what she now be-
lieves to have benz mock marriage.
But Elijah's plans miscarried. Harriet
followed up her scentand put the game
at bay. Her husband was arrested and
brought back TO this city, and is now un.
der bond to answer the charges of enticing
q young girl away from home, and is
stared in the face by the greater crime of
bigamy. His plea is that he thought the
divorce had been granted. But his state
ments that he procured a marriage license
from Athens and was regularly married
at Charleston will not hold water, mas
much as Athens is in McMinn county and
Charleston is in Brady. The girl, how
ever, does not think the marriage cere-
mony was performed by q competent
authority; and the discrepancy about the
marriage license would seem to confirm
her suspicious, Just how many crimes,
therefore, that Elijah will have to answer
for is becoming to him q more interesting
question. - Chattanooga Commercial.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
FIFTEEN YEARS IN MANS AT
TYRE ~


City Woman
Kansas CRY, Mo-, Nov. 17.-About
two years ago a smooth.faced individual
came to this city and started a saloon,
which was conducted successfully and
returned the owner a handsome profit.
Later the same individual, who was
known to the business men Of Kansas
City by the name of Frank Gray, opened
q grocery store at Seventh and Wyan-
dotte streets, and soon secured a paying
patronage. During this time Gray dealt
largely in real estate, and the investments
he made showed him to be possessed Of
great business tact. Recently, however,
he became involved in q lawsuit, and the
sensational discovery was made that
Frank Gray was q woman named Mrs.
Mary B.. Walcott.
This revelation brought forth still
others, and 1t Is now learned that Mrs.
Walcott has done this masquerading as a
man for 10 years and has a married
daughter living in this city. The dis
coverytis said to have been made by o
private detective, who received a pointer
from the woman's son-in-law.
During her dual existence Mrs. Wal
colt had smiled upon the ladies, and
transacted business like a man, but when
she visited Columbus, Ohio, the home Of
Mrs. Walcott, she dressed as becoming
her sex. While she was in this city,
however, her disguise was so complete
and her voice so masculine that nj one
suspected that she was q woman.
No reason is assigned for her peculiar
action in thus Disgusting herself. The
discovery,wa raj made through the medium
of q divorce suit, brought by q man
named Ii w. Foster against his wife, ON
the ground that she was altogether too
intimate with Gray. He sent his wife to
Chicago and began proceedings in d.
'vorce. Mrs. Walcott had even by con-
slant shaving cultivated a slight mus
tache, which aided her in concealing her
sex.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
Boils and Cnrbuncles.

These are the volcanoes of the human
system. They proceed from impure
blood and f.om a riotous Decentralization
of the digestive organs. They are annoy
ing, painful, and sometimes dangerous.
They can be driven out by toning up the
system, and this can best be done by the
use of Browns Iron Bitters. Messrs.
Handy & Rullman, druggists, Annapolis,
Nd, say, 1--WE sell lots of Browns Iron
Bitters. All who use II. seem pleased.
We hear not one complaint"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

THERE will be q great effort in Congress
to increase the salaries Of the Civil Serv.
ice commissioners. Without .pausing to
discuss the merits of this proposition we
hasten 10 pledge IL undivided support
TO any movement looking to the REIN.
bursement Of Dorman B. Eaton for the
sixty-ive cents worth of ginger beer
which he used in reforming the public
service last Summer.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

GOVERNOR HoADLY made no reference
to the Almighty in his Thanksgiving
proclamation and defends his action on
the ground that he has mo right to com
mand the people Of Ohio to worship God
on q certain day" 1t is q good defense.
too. A man who doesn't believe in God
has no right to command people to o
ship him at all.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

THE silence of the venerable Joseph E.
Mcdonald, Of Indiana, has grown and
grown In volume until 1t has strained the
boundaries Of the Hoosier State almost to
the bursting point. A few remarks from
Judge Mcdonald on the reform policy Of
the Administration would go a long way
toward relieving the pressure just at this
juncture.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19
sicknesa m the Country.

Reports from the country indicate that
there is at this time more than the usual
amount of sickness prevailing. Most Of
these troubles seem to arise from an i'm
pure condition Of the blood caused by an
excessive secretion of bile. This causes
fevers Of o bilious character, and we re.
greet to say in some places 1t has proved
very fatal. We therefore offer this gra-
tuitious advice to those not yet afflicted:
Keep your liver in q healthy condition,
and your blood rich and pure. Good blood
means good health, whilst bad blood bad
health. Harris Blood and Liver pillsar
entirely vegetable and are just tho pills
needed at this season Of the year.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

ADRIAN S. HEWITT, of New York, Is
reported to have said: "Some people are
wiser than | am" However, 1t doesn't
matter whether he said It or not. A
great truth like that will force itself to
the surface sooner or later, and meantime
1t will keep.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

THERE is a chrome awaiting the first
correct answer to this conundrum: Is the
fashionable hustle larger than ever be-
cause Of the increase in the circulation Of
the newspapers, or Is the circulation Of
the newspapers increasing because the
fashionable hustle is larger than ever!
No gentlemen admitted.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

THE colored porters about the railroad
stations at Washington, complain bitterly
of the invasion of their rights and privi-
leges by Democratic oflce-seckers, who
rush in, grab a passengers baggage and
carry it to his hotel for a drink, and the
trouble is there are three of them for ev.
cry piece of baggage.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

1t will not disappoint you. 1t Is the
best article known for purifying the
blood and building up the health and
strength. For 20 years e~rysipelas broke
out In blotches OF my face. j found no
cure until / used Parker's Tonic two
years ago. 1t Is the medicine for me-
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-19

GENERAL JOHN G. FREMONT is i'll and
almost destitute. II the pathfinder
should be permitted to end his days in
poverty and distress, 1t would be a burn
ing shame upon the country which he
served and upon the glorious political
party which he helped to create.