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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-20
Take Joseph Burns from the Jail.
II am Guilty Of the Crime and De-
serve this Punishment"
Prayed for, then Swung Into
Eternity from the Back
of q Horse!
FULL ACCOUNT OF AN AWFUL DEED.

The ravisher of Miss Mollie Fell
lers has met his doom not at the
hands of the Law, but at the hands
of an infatuated and wild mob. The
story of the rape is too-well known
to be repeated at any length. All
remember how in broad daylight,
Joseph Burns outraged the girl, two
weeks ago, and how he was arrested,
given hearing and sentenced to
jail to await the actions Of the Court.
We spoke in our last issue of the de-
fiant, hard-heartet words and beha-
viour of the prisoner, and declared
that the public feeling was bitter
against him.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
by such an open defiance of the laws
of society, he succeeded in adding
hatred to the already bitter feelings
toward him. We did not state at
the time that several mobs had met
up town last week, but lacking lead
ers, feared to attack the JAIL Then
the excitement abated, and it was
hoped that calmer and maturer
judgment would prevail and the
prisoner be allowed to 60 to trial.
The well-known, even-handed justice
which has always marked the &C
tions of our Court, would have end
ed in the conviction and execution
of the prisoner, and the law would
have stood in its majesty-a protec-
tor of every individuals rights.
All week the moonbeams have
played around and over the old jail,
seeming to aid the appointed forces
to protect the prisoner. Night af-
ter night wore by and still he was
unmolested. But there comes time
in the affairs of life, when things
work in contrary manner from
their natural course. Thursday
night the guards, believing that no
mob would venture forth in such
beautiful moonlight, were off duty.
The city quoted down as the night
wore on, only an occasional whistle
or footstep breaking the deep still
ness. About IL o'clock low, rum
bling, gathering sound was heard;
it grew louder each moment, and
then voices and the clatter of horses
feet, aroused the citizens from their
slumbers. Onward the loud, noisy
crowd of horsemen and footmen
sweep down John street. Straight
for the Jail they headed, and when
opposite it
A LOUD, SHARP "HALT!"
rang out in voice of command.
The noise ceased. The Jail looked
dark. Several men approached the
alley door and raped thereon.
"Who goes there?" asked Jailor
Dunford. .- rf.-s-
"Come down and see?" was the
reply. p
A sound as of some one stirring
around inside of the house, was fol-
lowed by the unlocking Of the Jail
door, and the jailor was sternly in
formed that Joe Burns was wanted,
and that no harm would be done to
Mr.. Dunford, but the prisoner must
be given up. The jailor declared he
was not in the Jail. The masked
men then obtained the keys and af-
ter short search, discovered the
prisoner hiding in the cellar. He
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-20

William Mitchell, of Milford Pa.
has just discovered that an old pack
age of Mexican bonds, which has
served as pIaythings for his children
for years are worth over 100000.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-20

While John B. Cough the great
temperance lecturer was delivering
his lecture on Peculiar People," in
the Frankford street Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, on Monday
evening, he was suddenly Frustrated
and his recovery is very doubtful.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-02-20

marched out into the open air. As
the moonbeams fell on his features,
the mob laughed. The iron ball and
chain were removed from his limbs
and he was told to walk. He refus-
ed. Immediately
SCORE OF REvoLvERs
were showed into his face. He then
consented to walk. That was wild
and horrible scenel The mob head
ed for John street, thence to the
pike. The negro cursed his captors,
while they made the night hideous
with Indian whoops, loud cursing
and demoniac yells. The procession
kept moving for an hour or so, and
halted in the shadows of the little
picnic woods just this side of the
Big Springs, about q miles from
town. Burns had not begged once
for mercy and looked the leaders and
their associates cody in their faces.
The mob surrounded him, keeping
up a wild yelling. This gradually
died down. The rope was adjusted
about the victims neck. Then the
stern leader asked
"Joseph Burns, are you guilty ~
A pause, then the sullen answer;
II am guilty"
Again the stern voice:
"Do you deserve this punish
ment?"
"I do" replied the doomed man,
"and ask for your prayers"
A maddened yell burst from three
hundred threats at the acknowledge
ment of the crime on the part of the
prisoner, and
FIERCE CRIES OF
"Burn him Gut him to pieces p
resounded on all sides, while revol
yer shots rang out on the calm night
air. Then again the mob grew quiet
A man stepped out from their midst
and approaching the little group
under the tree, prayed with the con
demned man, asking for the mercy
of heaven upon his soul. Burns was
quiet and bowed his head as the
prayer was being offered.
Then quick movement swung
the rope over the big limb of the
tree. Hundreds of willing hands
reached for it. There came low
gurgling, choking rattle-the body
of the prisoner shot up-then stop.
| ped--shot upwards again-and then
after few spasmodic kicks, and q
few hard writings, swung to and
| fro above the road
JOSEPH BURNS WAS DEAD.
For the next ten minutes Pande.
monium itself seemed turned loose
upon the earth. Wild, loud, horri.
bic, fiendish yells and shrieks follow
ed each other in wild accord, and
scores of cleaning revolvers belched
forth q torrent of bullets at the mo-
tionless figure dangling from the
limb Of the giant oak. Bacchus Gel
ebrated the event. A regular set of
devils these men seemed, gloating
over their successful accomplishment
of their we'll executed plan of lynch
ing. Some one cut the negro's clothes
into shreds. Then the march began
for this city. Horses at full speed
galloped through the streets, their
riders yelling like madmen, frighten-
ing the women and terrifying the
young children. Group by group
the lynchers arrived here. Half of
them amused themselves by singing
wild snatches of songs. Then the
noise gradually died out. The town
once more became still and peaceful.
The old jail cast its gloomy shadows
far out over the streets; and SO the
night wore away-the night that had
given to the civilized world another
theme for discussion and meditation.
The night ofthc 18th Of February,
1886, viii long be remembered in
| Martinsbnrg. For weeks. nale. weak
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

In the Chancery Court at Jonesboro Wash
ington County, Tennessee.
GEORGE w. HODGES, ET AL. VS.. ]. c. c.
oDGES. Ell AL.
In this case it appearing from the allsga-
ions in complainant's bill that the deien-
dants Emily Duncan, and her husband John
Duncan, L. P. Hodges, - Hodges who re-
sides in the State of Kentucky, Hodges,
who resides in the State of Kansas, Robert
Hodges, Edna P. Meade, Sarah H. Profit and
her husband Dudley Profit, are non-resi
dents of the state of Tennessee, and that the
residence of the defendants is unknown tC
complailants and to us; it is therefore order
ed by me that publication be mad" as re,
quired by, law for 161r successive weeks IN
lished in the town of1onesboro, Washington
county, Tennessee. notifying said non-resi-
dent defendants and said defendants whose
given names are unknown, and those whose
residences are unknown to appear before oul
said chancer court holden at the court house
In JoneSboro, Io-wit: Before the Clerk and
Master at Rules, on the first Monday in May
next and make defense to compliments
or the allegations thereof will be take n fol
confessed and this cause set for hearing eH
parte as to them. This, March 18th, 1886.
A. Il. BOWMAN, g. and NJ.
apr1t4 By w. F. YOUNG, d.. G. and NJ.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
NOTICE.
Trustees Sale Of Land.

In pursuance OF the power and authors
ty in me vested. under and by virtue of a
deed of trust executed to me on the 9TH
day of March, 1885, by A. J. Campbell
and wife Mary A Campbell, and register
ed in the Registers office for Washington
county. on the 23d day # March, 1885,
in book No 3, page IA. to secure the
payment of debt due from them to W. ID.
Biddle by note dated the 9TH day of
March, 1885. and due November 9TH,
1885, with interest from date: | will on
Saturday the oath day of April, 1886, sell
at public cutlery, at the court house door,
IN the town OF JOnesborO, Tennessee, to
the highest bidder. for cash in hand, and
free from the right of redemption which
is expressly waived in said deed OF trust,
the tract OF and therein mentioned and
described, S tuated in the 18th civil dis
trict OF Washington county, Tennessee,
adjoining the-lands OF James Ell. DOsser
and containing 16s acres less j acres
which had been sold off before the exc.
cution of said deed of trust, to Ellison
Brooks and excepted out of the same.
the notes and bonds thereof being set
forth III said deed OF trust to which ref
erence is had for a more particular de-
scrlptlon of said land, TO satisfy said
debt with interest thereon n costs of
this proceeding unless the same shall be
sooner paid. This, 25th day of March.
1886. W. G. ARtHER,
apr1t4 Trustee.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
Shying Horses.

This trick or vice is generally the eff
feet of nervous timidity, resulting from
an excitable temperament. 1t is aggra-
waited by improper handling. To punish
a horse for shying introduces a new
cause of fear. The horse will be more
alarmed and show more tokens of fear
at the prospect of a whipping than at the
imaginary object of danger in the road.
Hence one bad habit is confirmed by the
introduction of another. 1t is impossible
to whip terror out of a horse or pound
courage into one. Kindness and gentle
persuasion are the best weapons to cor
rect the pernicious habit of shying. The
less fear exhibited by the driver, and the
less notice taken of the shying by using
harsh means, the sooner it will be given
up. A careful, experienced hOrseman
can generally detect an object likely to
cause a nervous horse to shy, and by
word or touch will encourage him to pass
it unnoticed. When this fails, give him
time to look at the object of his fear; pat
him and coax him up to it, then take him
past it two or three times, till he takes no
notice of it.
When defective sight is the cause of
this bad habit it is incurable, and if the
eyesight is failing, the horse for ordinary
driving and riding will be perfectly use
less. A mare we knew that had gone
quietly in harness for two or three years,
suddenly took to jumping the white stone
crossings of an ordinary macadamiZed
street, as if they were water brooks. In
three months she was stone blind.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
CLERK AND MASTERS
SALE OF LAND,

In the Chancery Court at Jones noro.
ELIZA j. GAMBLE EF AL. VS.. Gus. B. n
MARY E. Ross@e@nEt
dered at its Nove$or e 1885, in the
above cause. 1 wif%S6S iday the Both
day of April 10 g., ae court house
door in Jonesboro, sci! at public cutlery,
to the highest bidder, the house and lot
mentioned and described in the plead
;ngs and said decree and ordered to be
sold, to wit The house and lot formerly
owned and occupied by Mrs. Harriet
Wall, situated in the town of Joncsboro,
OF south side of Main street. in the same
block with, and bounded on the east by
the house and lot of Mrs. Munsey and
or the west by the house and lot of Hirs
Gammon's heirs, being the middle house
and lot in said block of three, and hav-
ing Il front on Main street, and a uni
form width of about 81 feet and running
back about 207 feet.
TERMS OF SALE.
Except ten per cent. of the purchase
price to be paid in cash to satisfy costs
&c, said property will be sold on a credit
of six and twelve months, notes for the
purchase money in equal installments
bearing interest from date with APPROX
ed security thereto required of the pur-
chaser and a lien retained on the land
therefor, until fully paid. This, March
Both, 1886.
A. B. BOWMAN, &. & NJ.
BY w. F. YOUNG, D. &. 81 NJ.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fatal Oyerfeedfng.

The owner of s~eventy-ive hogs, kept
among sanitary acknowledgement pens,
good air, etc.-complains that fifteen
we're suddenly taken with dizziness as
if they had blind staggers," and in TWEEN
ty-four hours were dead. As adding to
the mystery of the case il is said: "They
had every comfort and attention; good
water and all the ground feed they would
eat up clean" Instead of being a matter
for surprise, this result was the unavoid-
able effect of the ground feed; for all
that a hog will eat up clean is decidedly
too much for safety. A pig will eat I'M
Til it has no room for another morsel, and
will leave the trough and return to take
Il few more mouthfuls. The consequence
is repletion; plethora; excess of blood;
disturbance of the hearts action; con-
gestion of the brain by the engagement
of the blood vessels, and apOplexy, which
is attended by dizziness, as if the pigs
had blind staggers." Let us consider
how it would be with ourselves.
4 man provides himself with Il rich
banquet three times a day; he fills him
self with meat, pastry, cakes and pies
Alll hC ODDhOb w 1llON allONLSA NCotA
full and then lies down and sleeps, to
wake and eat again. In IL few days he
sees myriads OF stars dancing before his
eyes in broad daylight; his head swims
and he staggers a. he walks; his skull
feels as if it would burst and his temples
throb; still he gorges himself and the
surfeit only makes him still more ready
to eat. That his brain is seriously affect
ed may be known by the horrid dreams;
" 49,, ~ 11nnn
In a short time the blood is filled with
bile; eyes become yellow; tongue is coat
ed with dark brown fur; breath is foul,
bOils break out over the body and the
corrupt matter is poured out from the
blood. BY and by typhoid fever appears
and in a community where unwholesome
feeding is the habit the disease becomes
epidemic and scores die.
4 physician of large practice in the
South declares hat the common typhoid
fever prevalent every year is the neces-
sary result of hog and hominy"-an ex-
cess of carbonaceous food and a want of
nitrogeneus-e l-ornonts to balance thod doll
cate functions of the system. In our
physical natures and functions we are
like the lower animals, and approach
more nearly to hogs hal we are disposed
to admit-subject to like result from
like causes and too apt to suffer from I'M
wholesome and ill balanced eating and
drinking. Our domestic animals appe-
tites are encouraged by every persuasive
to riot in excess and wear out the vital
organs by overwork. And blind stag
gers, or apoplexy, is one of the common
est results among swine, which are the
most subjected to this fatal overlooking,
perhaps excepting the direful cholera, or
more truly, typhoid fever, which is an
other result occurring from a heightened
course of engagement among those
which escape the more sudden malady.-
". d., IN Neo York Tribune.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
Hints.

Galvanized iron pals for drinking
water should not be used. The zinc coat
ing is readily acted Upon by water, from
ing a poisonous oxide of zinc.
If you wish to keep a sharp knife don't
put it in hot grease; stir your potatoes
while frying or turn meat with a fork or
an old case-knife kept for the purpose.
Wet boots and shoes may be kept from
shrinking out of shape in the drying if
as soon as they are taken from the feet
they are tightly stuffed with newspapers.
These should not be removed until the
the shoes are perfectly dry, as they com
pose a sort of last to prevent unequal
shrinkage and consequent loss of sym
metry.
In washing forks, spoons, or cups
which have been employed in eating
eggs, it is best to make an application of
cold water with a mop before plunging
them into the boiling suds. Hot water
cooks the egg and thus renders it more
difficult to remove Common table salt
is said to be excellent for removing egg
tarnish from silver.
While Oxalic-acid, salts of lemon, sweet
milk, and vinegar are all of benefit in
helping to eradicate ink spots, nothing is
superior for white linen or cotton goods
to chlorinated soda. 1t is sold by all
druggists. A few drops poured upon
the stain will remove it within five min
utes, leaving only a slight %yellowish
tinge, which will disapper entirely when
the article has been washed. The use of
chlorinated soda must be avoided with
colored or with silk goods. 1t takes the
dye from the former as well as the ink,
and goes still further with the silk, de-
stroying The fabric. 1t is unsurpassed
for white wash materials. however, as It
does not injure the goods in the least.
This preparation of scda is poisonous,
and should be kept well out of the reach
OF children.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-22
Spring Flo"inE.

Fall-plewed land should be cross plow-
ed in the spring, for the reason that it is
consolidated and packed too much after
the six months rest to be put in good
condition for the crops. This, however,
does not apply to sod land which has
been plowed and should not be deeply
disturbed. This land should be worked
by a cultivator three or four inches deep,
so that the sod is not disturbed, and then
tholo ughly narrowed with a harrow with
short teeth. Flowing is a necessary
means for the good culture of the land
and should be followed by narrowing
frequently, until the soil is made fine and
mellow and compact. Thorough ttillage
of this kind is indispensable for good
crops. To SOW or plant on fall plowed
land without this spring working is a
great mistake. If the land is too wet for
working it needs draining.-Ne" York
Times.