Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-05-09
NEWS In GENERAL.
A Summary Of the More I'M
portant Occurrences
Of the Week.
Newsy Items from all Parts or the World
Cleaned by Telegraph and Tor.
respOndence.
Unsluly Excited.

John Martin, editor of the New Missis-
sippian. who was killed in a street duel
with General Writ Adams, postmaster at
Jackson, Miss, last week was the author
of the Red Manifesto" or the circular
which first conveyed 10 the colored people
of Jackson. last December, notice that
they Wonld not he allowed TO vote at the
election o1 the first Monday in January
following. The manifesto was printed in
!. - III in laDe tSpss nnd n III hes.tl
u % eng wing OF pfS0ls. t@6
shotguns and powder flask. The follow
ing is part of the text of the red mani
festo. a copy of which is in the hands of
the senate committee on judiciary: Re
Gently a meeting of the Young White
Mems lea Tie of jackson. which compi ises
almost every white man in jackson from
nineteen to twenty years of age.
unanimously passed the following resolu-
tions, with the order that thousand cop
les be printed and distributed as soon as
the nomination was made:
We, the young white men of Jackson having
seen one OF our number coldly. cruelty, and
hellishly murdered in the dark by negro
bnlly, set on by negro policeman OF this
negro ocnrsed city, do hereby resolve in solemn
and awful earnestness that the corrupt. radical
negro government Of our city should, must and
earnestly believed i'll peace and law and order,
and we hope now that this government Of negro
butchers may peacefully yield to defeat, but
we want 10 peace bought at the price OF our
manhood and Of our cOnpanion's blood
The murder referred to was the killing Of
young white man who belonged to one
Of the best families. He picked Il row with
negro on the street and was about to
shoot when the negro, in self defense,
dropped him. Negro policemen were con-
demned by the authors of the manifesto
for not killing the murderer ON the spot
A Penitentiary Romance.
romance which had it's origin in the
Georgia penitentiary to-day materialized
into fact in n remarkable way. Five
years ago Mrs. Roney and her daughter,
Miss Isabella, of Fort Gaines. took a vio-
lent dislike to Mrs. Millisons. whose hus-
band was said to have been former ad-
mirer of the younger woman. One dav
the two women, assisted by their son and
brother. set upon Mrs. Millisons and beat
her to death. The son was hanged in Fort
Gaines. the mother died on the night be-
fore her trial, and the daughter. Miss Isa-
bella, was given life sentence i'll the peni-
tentiary. For several years Isabella en-
joyed the distinction Of being he only
white woman in the 1000 inmates of the
Georgia penitentiary. The ladies of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union in
terested themselves in the fate Of the
young woman. and lately induced Gov.
Gordon to pardon her The ladies put
her in the Woman's Home. where she has
given evidence of strong repentance. A
couple of days ago new phase was de-
veloped. Dick Davis made his appearance
mt the home and claimed Miss Isabella for
his bride. Dick was long termer from
Bibb county. whose term had closed. 1t
seems he made love to the girl while they
were in prison together. and he sought the
first chance to marry her. The ladies who
had Miss Isabella in charge. a ter inquir-
ing into Davis record. finally consented to
the marriage. and last evening the event
too place in the parlors of the Woman s
Christian Home. The happy couple will
live in Atlanta