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The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

Early last Sunday morning a
negro man, named Simeon Hodge,
made his appearance at the home
of Anthony Clay, colored, in this
town accompanied by Miss Had
dock, white girl, aged about six
teen years. They we're riding in
q buggy, and trunk was attach
ed thereto. They remained only
8 few minutes, the man telling
Anthony Clay, in response to his
inquiry as to what he was doing
with the white girl, that her moth
er had engaged him to carry her
away, as she had been indiscreet,
and that he was then enroute to
Tallahassee. The journey was
continued in that direction, and
about noon a party of men, white
and colored from the northern
portion of the county put in an
appearan &c, and 1T was discovered
that they were in pursuit of the
negro and his female charge.
1t appears that the negro, Sim
con Hodge, was employed on the
l
plantation of Mr.. Haddock, a
well-to-do farmer residing over
the State line in Georgia, where
he also had domiciled q wife.
Miss Haddock, by some strange
freak, perhaps, became infatu-
ated with the man, resulting in
the elopement Of the two. The
fellow borrowed a buggy, in the
name of his brother, from Alex
Abram, and appropriated horse
belonging to his father, and Ell
Their Saturday night, or very early
Sunday morning, securing tie
girl and her effects, the ill-mated
couple started on their perilous
journey, as already stated, and on
reaching Monticello stopped NJ
the house of Anthony Clay.
From thence, it has been ascer-
tanned, they proceeded towards
Tallahassee, as it has been learn
they passed through Lloyds at
about 8 m. At this writing we
have no tidings Of them.
The pursuers, as already stated,
reached here about noon, and af-
ter short delay they divided and
went In different directions-one
party (and among them the broth
er of Simeon Hodge, who desired
to recover his fathers horse) 60
ing towards Tallahassee. At this
writing (Tuesday) they have not
returned, but it is hoped the par
ties will be overtaken and meet
with merited punishment.
The girl had her trunk attached
to the rear of the buggy, contain
ing clothing, etc, and it is stated
had appropriated one hundred
dollars belonging to her father
before leaving. Her negro COM
panion was also we'll supplied
with funds, and CARRIED a gold
watch which belonged to his wife.
The proprietor of the Great
Western Poultry Yark, Mr.. JAS.
Z. Goodkey, st. Louis, No, is en-
thusiastic in his praise of Red
Star Cough Cure, which cured
him after all other remedies fail
ed. He says it neither consti-
pates the bowels, nor causes sick
headache.
A mother whc starts out in the
battle Of life without a bottle of
Shriner's Indian Vermifuge is
like the warrior who marches up
on the battlefield weaponless.
Both meet with defeat because
they are not prepared for the bat
tic. Sold in Dawson by J. II.
James Son.
Ely's Cream Balm was recon-
mended to me by my druggist as
preventative to Hay Fever.
Have been using it as directed
since the 9th Of August and have
found it specific for that much
dreaded and loathsome disease.
For ten years or more | have been
a great sufferer each year from
August 9th till frost, and have
tried many alleged remedies for
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

WATERMELoNs can be had at five
and ten cents apiece, and the aver
age darky is happy.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22
CORRESPOND

Correspondence containing items OF
current local news, briefly told, is earnest
ly solicited from all sec ions of the county.
The columns of the JOURNAL will be al
ways open to a free discussion of any sub.
ieet touching the general welfare of our
people or country.
ALL accounts are payable ON demand.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

TIE New York Herald advises
the South to abandon the credit
system aad come down to spot
cash. No doubt that is good
maxim, but hard to practice, for
many reasons, chief of which is
chat, according to political econo-
mlsts, 95 per cent. Of mankind
are In state Of constructive bank
ruptcy.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22


once In a while some man has
courage enough to marry a Vas
sar graduate, but as rule the
girls don't step off very we'll.
OHt of nearly 700 graduates only
about 200 have been drawn in the
huptial moose. The full blown
o1ds left haveAtaken up various
GCGoii,lngs> There are IL physicians,
AZ book-keepers, 2 organists, 5
chemists Is school principals,
farmers, l census clerk, 2 in
surance agents, $50 teachers 6
arlsts, law clerk, 5 librarians, l
Iopylst II music teachers, 3 as
Economical assistants, 2 journal
lSts' . .gymnastic teachers, 2 mis-
sloneries, 3 public readers and 4
authors Yet they say women
nave no chance,
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

Mrs. CATHERINE WAGNER, aged
Ill, and her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Rebecca Wagner, aged 100, live
within sight of each other, near
Bartersville, Ky. They have new
er seen | railroad, and each has
had for fifty years a silk dress
laid away in which to be buried.
THR town was full of people
Saturday, who expected to see
Hudson hang. They came soon
in the morning from far and near,
and were much disappointed when
they found the execution did not
take place. So worthless is hui
man sympathy.-Ft. Gaines Ad-
vertiser.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

A mother whc starts out in the
battle Of life without a bottle of
Shriner's Indian Vermifuge is
like the warrior who marches up
on the battlefield weaponless.
Both meet with defeat because
they are not prepared for the bat
tic. Sold in Dawson by J. r.
James Son.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

A MISCHIEvOUs crowd Mt Grand
Forks, Oak, had some very
UNIQUE fun the other day, They
wanted to scare a young laborer
who had fallen in love with a
farmers wife, and hanged him to
"a limb. They enjoyed the fun so
much that they let him hang a
minute too long, and when they
cut him down he was too dead to
accept their apologies. They de-
clded that he had turned the joke
on them, and good humoredly
created him to a brand new coffin,
HE Macon Telegraph rises to
remark: The Atlanta brewers,
peer-Jerkers and bar-keepers may
yet come high to that town:
Some &me ago the circuit court
'of the United States in Iowa de-
'clded that breweries in existence
when the prohibition law was
passed could not BE- stopped with
out compensation to their owners;
and now we hear Of another rul-
ing ny the same court, that drink
9ng saloons are likewise entitled
70 protection. They are property
which cannot be rendered useless
without compensation"
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22

The proprietor of the Great
Western Poultry Yark, Mr.. Jas.
L. Goodley, st. Louis, No, is en-
thusiastic in his praise of Red
Star Cough Cure, which cured
him after all other remedies fail
ed. He says it neither consti-
pates the bowels, nor causes sick
headache.
The Dawson journal., 1886-07-22
NO. 10.
AN OUTRAGE.

A Young White Girl Elapcs With %
Negro Man, Who AbandOnS His Wife
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
JAEHNE FOUND GUILTY.
The Doodle Grabber Convicted of Re
ceiving a Bride.
A New York Jury With Courage
Enough to Condemn.
Elements of a Big Sensation I'm
earthed in Chicago.
Aid. Jaehue's Trial.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The trial of Aid.
Jaehne for bribery was continued to-day.
Counsel for the defense moved that the
testimony of Inspector Byrnes and Detec-
tive CoSgrove as to the alleged confessions
of the defendant be stricken out, on the
ground that they were made under induce
ment of hopes and the pressure Of fear.
The motion was denied. Detective Rogers
Inspector RYrnes in March last. His story
was substantially the same as that of In
spector Byrnes. John Scott testified that
George Walter, Jaehne's former clerk, told
him that the Doodle had been kept in
Jaehne's safe over night. When he left the
witness stand District Attorney MARITIME
announced that the prosecution rested.
Counsel for the defense then moved that
the indictment be dismissed on the ground
that the grand jury had been kicked into
making false presentment, but the court
denied the melton, and after one or two
witnesses had been examined the prisoner
was placed upon the stand and told his
story, which was in effect that Byrnes had
got him (witness) to give up some names
of aldermen who voted for the franchise, in
order that the authorities might think that
he (Byrnes) had been busy on the case.
Witness denied having received any money
for his vote. ad denied having made any
eliminating confession to the Inspector. AT
the conclusion of his testimony the jury re-
tired, and at LILO a. m. returned with a
verdict of guilty, having been out about
two hours.
Jaehne received the verdict with head
erect lips set and every fibre strained to a
painful tension. The jury was given a re-
cess until Monday, it not being lawful to
discharge it on Sunday. Jaehne was then
taken to the tombS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
A CHICAGO SENSATION.
Strange Discovery OF Three Boys
While Out Fishing.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, May 15.-Irving Park, one Of
the pretty villages, situated in the township
Of Jefferson, had a sensation this morning,
and from the present outlook, the good cti-
zens of the place believe they are upon the
edge Of some great mystery. This morning
Wallace Cook. son of the principal of the
Jefferson high school, with Ernest Pullman
and Frank Mates, started out Oh a fishing
excursion. They cast their lines in the
north branch of the Chicago river. not far
from the Bohemian cemetery. They fshed
in this locality and up and down the stream
until nearly noon. In their wanderings along
the stream they noticed lying on the bank of
the river large number of clothes. On ex-
aiming them they were surprised to see
that the garments belonged to a woman.
There was a complete suit of clothes
shawl, dress, undergarments, shoes and
stockings. The boys were nonplussed and
looked carefully along the stream to see if
they could discover any body floating in it,
While engaged thus they noticed three
| women approaching. These were talking
earnestly among themselves and did not
appear to see the boys. When the women
got to within
SHORT DISTACE OF THE LADS,
close enough Tor the latter to hear their
conversation, one of the females pointed to
spot on the ground. which had the ap-
pearance of being recently broken, and
said: ''There is where she is buried" The
lads were by this time thoroughly frightened,
and when the women got out of sight
Scampered off home as fast as their legs
would carry them. Young Cook, when he
reached home. told his father the foregoing
circumstances. He was corroborated in
his story by the other two. The matter
was then reported to the police officials of
Jefferson, who Immediately started to lock
it up. The place where the clothes were
discovered is in somewhat secluded spot
in the woods, and there are no houses on
that side Of the stream. On the opposite
side, at distance of some forty or more
rods are some buildings occupied by mar
ble-cutters and their families. Interest i s
added to the foregoing by the fact that a
woman, whose name can not at present be
| ascertained. but who lived near the police
station in Jefferson, disappeared mysteri-
! ously from her home two or three days ago.
The police are busily investigating the
case.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
A CONDITION OF CHAOS.
The Wind God and His Aides Bring DeVas-
tation and Death to Ohio
Homes.
Hsart Rending Destruction to Life and
Property by a Frightful Storm at
Foster and Kenton.
An Awful Experience of Railroad
Travel L Undergone by Fort
Wayne Train.
Ruin Wrought in Kansas and Miehi-
gan by the Much-Dreoded
Cyclone.
Devastation and Death.

FOREST, o.. May 15.-The storm here
last night was one of the most fearful that
ever visited this section OF the country. 1t
came up suddenly about 10 O'Clock. the
inky-black clouds being livid with brill
liant light which made the atmosphere
bright as day. A roaring noise accompanied
the storm. In this vicinity it swept clean
track half mile in width and nine miles
III length. not striking the town to any eX-
tent William AIcElree, wife and two
children and mother-in-law, Mrs. Higgins,
were buried in the ruins of 4 large brick
house and the first named killed. The rest
were injured. the last named IA
tally. Mrs. McElree dug the Others
from the ruins. Miss Lease was killed
in her house. Isaac Lambert. so years OF
age, was buried under his house and fatally
injured. A. l.. Packert was fatally hurt
by falling timbers. Thomas Moore was
buried under the ruins OF a large frame
house and badly hurt. Charles Packert
and j. V. Thompson, sleeping in the same
bed in this house. were carried a long dis
lance and landed safely in the bed. Thomas
Hart and wife were blown from their bed
in the second story, and the both perhaps
fatally hurt. A ten-year-oid son of Joseph
Rummel had his collar bone broken and
vas OlASi hioS NUT. : VIZ tIlC
Union Bethel and the Methodist Protestant.
were destroyed. The pastor of the latter
had succeeded in
PAYING ITS LARGE DEBT
few days ago. Two brick school houses
We're destroyed, the bell of one being car
quarter of mile. Large stones and
beams We're carried long distances. Trees
were uprooted by the acre, and
hundreds of orchards are completely
gone. Some farms are swept clean
of everything. A large number of
sheep and horses were killed. feathers
were blown from chickens trees were
stripped OF their bark, the ground was
plowed up, and devastation and ruin are
on every side. The telegraph wires were
lifted from the poles and carried long dis
tanees. The storm went in northeasterly
direction in Wyandotte county, doing great
damage also. The village of Lowell is re-
ported destroyed. Great damage is re-
ported in Seneca county. One man says
the air was filled with balls of fire, and he
saw strange light. Others corroborate
this story. The light under the dark cloud
looked like that from large gas well. A
great number of people are without homes,
and the sight along the track of the storm
is terrible one. Where yesterday were
poisoning orchards. growing crops, beau
tiful groves and happy homes, to-day is all
ruin and devastation. Some farms are
made almost worthless. The loss is about
$3.50, 600 or S400,00 at the present esti-
mate
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
a TER TORNADO.
Nenton, Ohio. Visited by the De
"<+.-A--t-A StrucsIVP Storm,

~
-'-'-''--''+" strucaive Storm.
KENToN, o.. May 15.-One of the most
terrible and damaging storms ever known
i'll this section of the country passed over
the southern part of this county last night
about II o'clock. and its pathway is marked
with widespread destruction and death.
The storm commenced OH the farm known
as the WhiteSide farm about eight miles
north of the city of Kenton. and on it
stood new brick two story house, which
now lies i'll ruins. From this point the
storm moved eastward destroying life and
property. a barn owned by Henry Ger
lach was blown Off its foundation. The
orchard of Michael Zigler was totally de-
stroyed and the roof bloom off his barn. The
houses belonging to James Fisher and j. NJ.
Surplus were totally destroyed and the
memers of the families were badly hurt.
William McElree was struck by lightning
and instantly killed. A church, known as
the Higgins church, was blown fiat to the
ground, and David Higgins house was
shattered. The school house in the center
of Jackson township was entirely DESTROYED.
A new barn belonging to W. II. Fleming of
this city was blown to fragments. The
damage cannot be estimated, but it will
reach into the hundreds of thousands.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
Small Talk.

The British yacht Galatea, which is to
compete III the races in American waters for
the American cup, started on her voyage
from London to New York yesterday. She
sailed away at speed of ten knots an hour
under reefed topsails and against stiff
northwest breeze.
After much talk, Mr.. J. Fl. Seward and
Mr.. e. G. Chaddick of the Minneapolis Tri-
bune staff, have put up their forfeit for a GO
as-you-please race to ST. Paul. The race
will take place Wednesday, weather per-
hitting.
Kelly, recently released by Chatta nooga,
has been telegraphed by Manager Sullivan of
the Milwaukees that he can try his hand at
pitching in Milwaukee if he desires.
Rain prevented the New York-Chicago
and observation-disclosures City games yester-
day. Jupiter Pluvius also got in the way of
the Athletic-Batimore game.
In the match yesterday at London between
Lord Shefield's eleven and the Australian
cricketers the former won by eight wickets
The Minneapolis club yesterday signed
Louis Moran and W. G. Moran of Saltwater
as pitcher and catsher.
The winners at Ivy City yesterday were
Little Miunie Tenbooker, Bersan, Pasha, Dis
turbance and l. NJ p.
The winners at Louisville yesterday were
Duke of Bourbon. Lemon, Lucky B, Pearl
Jennings and Endurer.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
An AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
a Terrible Ride ian Train Through
the Storm.

PITTsBURG, May 15.-The Chicago eX-
press on the Fort Wayne railroad had
rough experience passing through the tor
nado which struck Easton, o.. last night.
The lightning flashed continually from the
time the train left Fort Wayne at p. M,
and the rain descended almost solidly until
Lima, o.. was passed. Such storm the
passengers had never seen before, and the
ladies, of whom quite number were on
the train, were greatly frightened and the
gentlemen were too scared themselves to be
OF much service i'll allaying their fears.
Inc Wlnd steadily increased in fury. and
the breaking of the trees and the rushing
sibllation OF the telegraph wires made a
concert of wild sounds. The train passed
Forest, 229 miles west of Pittsburg, about
1888. The engineer was then sending the
locomotive along at about thirty miles an
hour. The engineer put on more
steam and when about three miles from
Kirby, the storm was at its height. Sud-
denly there was dull roar in the distance.
and then cyclone tore across the level
plain on the south side of the track. and
catching big tree tore it up by the roots
and flung it across the cars. One limb
struck the locomotive and cut the
CowCATCHER IN TWO.
Another limb fell on the platform. and
steps of the first car and demolished if.
and other branches mashed in the windows
along the three ordinary cars and the two
Pullman sleepers. Telegraph poles came
dancing down at the same time, and rocks
and bushes flew through the air in riotous
scurry. The car windows were smashed
to pieces, cracked and spIntered, and the
glass flew in every direction. The train
kept on the rails, and the engineer APPLYING
the air brake brought it to q standstilI
within 200 yards. Every passenger
was in a paroxyism of fear The
sleepers were transformed into deDs of
wildly excited men and women The railway
men kept fairly cool and as far as they
could assisted in the restoration of con-
fidence. The storm continued, the air was
still filed with flying branches and stones.
while the glar, Of electricity, liberated from
the clouds, intensified the horror of the
scene. Though every window in the sleep
ers Baden and Salamis were fractured. and
almost every pane in the other coaches
smashed, it is remarkable that very few
passengers were hurt Mr.. G. G. Bow, a
merchant of Canton, o., was In his berth
in the sleeper Salamis when the tree
shivered the glass above him and drove one
piece under his right eye with such force
that the eye
WAS LITERALLY CUT OUT.
A lady in the same car, who refused to
give her name, was also cut, though not
seriously, about the face. A few
others had their hands cut. The
storm did not abate much except
that the tornado passed away. An idea of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
Washington Waits,

A committee of the Knights Of Labor headed
by A. Fl. Jackson, waited upon the president
to-day, and asked that action be taken on the
charges against Edward Clark, architect of
the capital. The president informed the COM
mittee that he had promised to give a hearing
to the counsel Of Clark before acting on the
case.
The senate committee on privileges and
elections has decided that it will hear Con-
gresham Little, Of Ohio, representing the
Ohio Republican state central committee in
regard to the case of Senator Payne 1t will
meet for this purpose at ten o'clock in the
morning OF Tuesday, May %.
The navy department is informed that the
Dispatch sailed this morning from Charleston
s. c., for Washington and the jamestown
from Hampton Reads for Annapolis to take
the naval cadets on a cruise.
The comptroller of the currency to-day au-
thorized the Atlas National bank OF Chicago to
begin business with a capital of 100000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
Destructive Cyclone i'm Kansas.

TOPEKA, Kas., May IA destructive
cyclone struck the northern part of this
county yesterday and swept away portion
of the town of Meriden. About 10 o'clock
In the morning a very black cloud came up
suddenly from the southeast, and sweeping
through the eastern portion of the town.
did its fearful work i'll almosta moment. A
large number of buildings were destroyed
The residence occupied by j. l.. Hartzell
and family Of five, was lifted frem the
ground and carried distance of eight feet.
One child was seriously injured and will
not live, but with this exception the family
escaped. Eighteen or twenty people We're
more or less badly injured. r. j. Nc
Hidden was picked from the sidewalk and
carried into the air about twenty feet and
thrown against wire fence. Ills injuries,
while severe, are not fatal. Trees We're
torn up by the roots, and nothing remained in
the path of the terrific monster. The dam
age in the country cannot be exactly
learned, although it is known to be very
great
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
STOPPED by the sheriff,

ITHACA, n. Y. May 15.-The Ashton
Comfy fight was stopped by the sheriff in
the middle of the third round. The referee
declared the fight draw, Though the inter-
ference of the authorities, but decided that
Ashton had made the most clean hits. Des-
perate hugging and smuggling characterized
the entire struggle, Conley continually
clinching.
First Round-Conley rushed furiously at
Ashton, swinging his right. Ashton coun-
tered sharply with his left and terrible close
fighting and an interchange of sledge ham,
mer blows followed, the round ending in q
clinch with honors easy.
Second Round-The men toed the scratch,
Conley breathing hard, but he went desper-
perately to work, letting go his right and left
successfully for Ashton's head. Ashton met
the onslaught with both bowers, and got in
some terrible blows
Third and last round-Ashton came cheer
fully to the scratch. Couley was less firm on
his pins. 1t was mere continuation of hard
slugging and hugging, constantly broken by
the referee. During one of these embraces
Sheriff Tibbetts jumped into the ring and
waved cane, sending the men back into
their corners and closing the fight.
George Beaten Again.
New YORK, May 15-At Madison
Square garden this evening Lon E. Myers.
the American champion sprinter. defeated
w. G. George. the English champion, in q
mile race. Time. 4:S2 2-5.
Meyers, as in the other two races, trailed
till near the finish when with marvellous
burst of speed, he shot to the front and won
by four feet. The 1850 people present
gave him great ovation. Another race is
fal-a6 of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-16
percenfan6
Errors in Scoring.

Several of the Northwestern league
scorers are making the error of entering in
the base hit column the total bases made
instead of the hits. For instance. in the
reports sent to the st. Paul papers from
Duluth on Friday Cleveland of the st. Paul
team was credited with having made six
base hits, whereas he made but two, one of
them being home run and the other two
Dagger. The two-base hits, the three-base
hits and the home run should, of course,
only be shown in the summary, and those
who wish can find the total bases made by
simply adding these extra bases to the total
base hits.