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Mohave County miner., 1889-12-21
Basek1en's AeDiea Salve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chilblsins.
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Watkins Bros.
Mohave County miner., 1889-12-21
Grand March at 8, p. M.
Best Of Music in attendance.
Tickets, including supper, $3.50

Supper will be served at midnight in
the new church building. II will be do
mated by the ladies and will be some
thing Recherche.
Mohave County miner., 1889-12-21

CO. L HuNTLeY Z CO., Manuiasi.
WSes and vvhelesale Dealers h Clothing
~ l1sa, esys and c&a6ren, lz2 end l29
nakstS s. ,C&leaoa H. 20. Box 6ez
Mohave County miner., 1889-12-21
Rooms Furnished with New and
Handsome Furniture.

Commercial men will And a.
goeA aecommedatisns ~ any
where sn the A. 4 r.
Mohave County miner., 1889-12-21

RT8D0 Dali ON OUIlBLIu&b 6V6. We VIII
try and come down to see the Kingman
komics on, II they will assure US that
they wont get offended II We laugh at
them, savey. We are thinking seriously
of putting something startling on the
boards, It will be either the Park Pirates
or the Chloride CavilisE.
At a special meeting Of the tight waist
ed mining and smelling Co.. held at their
hall on the 9th, Pres. Footwall in the
chair, Badly Pinched acting ~ secretary.
Roll was called and II wss found that
every member belonging to the order was
present. The deep interest manifested
by the members made II plain thst some.
thing unusual was about to take place,
had pin dropped IL would have startled
the most boisterous member present.
The Chairman arose and stated that the
object Of this meeting was to hear the re-
port OF the committee appointed to in
vestigats . Etnd mine that had been
struck the day before In Bosey glenn. q
few hundred feet from the hall. dentIe-
men are yon ready 10 report?
Mr.. Gouge, chairman Of the committee
arose and stated that the committee at
once proceeded to the scene Of the excite
ment; there they found several miners,
Indians, etr.. trying to enter tunnel on
the hillside, hut a. fast as they rushed to
the mouth they were tipped from their
feet and carried over the dump. Every
aow and then hinge chunk Of free mill
IN. o:,sytx wonlf he hurled from the tun-
mel and burr.-d In the opposite hillside.
We tried to enter hi. met with the same
results ar the balance. ! s..e9estad that
we uroeeed IN the other side Of ne niil
and 6nd. II possible. the cause of this
great volume Of wind, we did 40 and dis
covered the canse.
President Well, what did you discover
to be the carse7
Mr. Congo. We found Dell Beehe
seated on the hillside telling his love.
Por 6Aog,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
What Women Can Do.

The usual crowd of ladies' and
children, With here and there a
male companion, sat in the ladies'
waiting. room of the Baltimore &
Ohio depot today waiting for train
time. The fellow, whom everybody
who has travelled knows, he of the
loud mouth and vacant mind, com
bined with monumental cheek and
brazen impudence, entered, and,
to a submisslve.looking little wO.
man, who accompanied him, said,
IN a voice loud enough to fill the
room
81 have looked thoroughly into
this question Of enfranchising wO.
men, ard | cannot see one good
reason why 1t should be done"
by this time all eyes and ears
were directed toward him, and he
seemed to like it, for he turned to-
ward an elderly lady who wore the
peculiar garb of the "Friends' or
"Quakers," and continued
"a woman cannot sift the wheat
from the chafl in the questions of
great political Importance. She
cannot mix among men OF brains
aud take part IN the discussion OF
the country's welfare she can
DOT
The elderly Quaker lady here
held up her hand IN a menacing way,
aud when he stopped she said
slowly, and with emphasis on every
word:
"I'll tell thee what she can do
She can come into public place
and rot make a disagreeable ass OF
herself while there"
HIS gall was pierced and he SUNK
out Washington critic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
North Carolina is Having Whit err,

A Raleigh, n. C., special to the
New York WORTH says: Although
the winter here has been remarka-
bly, mild there has been rough
weather west Of the Blue Ridge.
Ex. Sheriff c. c. Mckinney, Of
Mitchell county, was frozen to death
at night on Roam mOutain while at
height of over G,000 feet and
near Cloudland hotel. He was
with a young man named C0lum-
bus RmScy. The latter made a
desperate attempt to save McKln.
ney and himself had a narrow es.
cape from death. Ice formed in
his eyes and mouth and his arms
and legs were badly frozen as he
crawed upon bis hands aud knees
in the snow. The rescuers found
him unconscious, standing erect in
a snow-drift, lis mouth and eyes
open. The sane Night Charlie
Swan, eighteen years Old, was
found frozen near Bakersville.
Mitchell county. lie had gone at
ter whiskey and was returning,
when he fell from a precipice into
an immense drift of snow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
A BRUTAL MURDER.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Jan. r.
At Pratt Mines, FIVE miles from
this city to-day Mrs. J. s. KellaD,
wife Of mechanic, and her son
Willie, nine years old, we're muir
dered by a negro. The woman
and boy bad gone into the woods a
distance to drive up their cows
They met the negro, who told them
he could show them where the cows
were. They followed him a short
distance when he turned and struck
Mrs. Kellan with heavy club. The
boy screamed for help and was i'm.
mediately Drained by the negro
brute. The boy died instantly
Mrs. Kellan was removed to her
home and lived long enough to de
scribe the murderer and the partic.
ulars of the crime as given above.
The negro fed, bat is being pur.
sued by posse with blood. hounds,
and will be lynched if caught. So
far as known there was no motive
for the brutal crime.
Tonight the excitement at Pratt
Mines over the murder of Mrs. Kel.
Ian and her son is intense, and
armed men are searching 10 every
direction for the murderer. At a
meeting OF citizens there tonight,
$500 was raised to be offered as a
reward for the capture of the mur.
derer.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Jan. b.
\ negro, George Meadows, was
hung at the Pratt Mines this morn
ing by mob of quiet but deter.
mined men, who had him in charge
all daY yesterday and all last
night. While Mrs. Kellan, his
victim, was almost positive in her
Identification this morning just as
she was yesterday, she still asked
the mob not to hang him as she
might possibly be mistaken. There
is little doubt that this was be.
cause she shrank from the re-
sponsibllity Of saying what she
knew would cause certain death,
and the mob so regarded it. 1t
was proved at the inquest yester-
day that Meadows had previously
ravished negro girl, and crowd
this morning concluded that this
solved what little doubt there was
as to his being the ravisher in this
case, and 50 swung him up and
rlddled his body with bullets. His
body hangs at the mines now,
about One.half mile from the scene.
lie protested his innocence to the
last.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
THE CULPRIT WAS A WOMAN
MANY PEOPLE or EL1uRA ANNOY
ED FOR SIX YEARS BY RECEIV-
ING OBSCENE LETTERS.

4
ING OBSCENE LETTERS.
ELMIRA, n. Y, Jan. For six
years laTge number of the people
of Elmira have been perplexed by
receiving anonymous letters. In
many cases the letters were signed,
but the signatures proved to be
forgeries. The Rev. Mr.. SpOoner
received many OF the letters, which
contained disrespectful illusions to
both pastor and flock. Members
of the same church have received
letters of similar nature, purpOrt-
ing TO be signed by fellow mem.
bers, the signatures to all of which,
when they were signed at all, be-
ing fictitious. One married man
received note one day asking him
to call at the residence Of a certain
lady at specified hour, and signed
by the woman in question. Al
though wondering at the summons,
the man called at the hour named,
only TO find that the invitation was
a forgery. This was almost an
everyday trick, and a great deal OF
annoyance was caused. Several
married ladies received letters con-
tanning alleged scandalOus infOr-
nation about their husbands, and,
in fact few Of the prominent mem.
bers of the church were sighted.
The pastor tried in vain, aided by
many members Of the cOngTega.
tor, to get a clue 10 the obnoxious
letter writ"r, but with no avail
for some time. However, they had
their suspicious, and kept at work.
In the congregation was a woman
who talked a great deal about the
letters, and claimed 10 be receiving
more of them than any one else. -
On nearly every occasion Of re.
ligiOug meetings or church lcie.
ties there she was generally &c.
companied By her husband, and at
one time she was prominent with a
band OF workers who held services
at the Jail.
Finally, one member Of the
church, whose wife had received
r!Ore than her share Of the trouble.
some letters, determined to fix the
blame on the gnllty person. He
went to Chief Of Police Little with
a package Of letters and with a
postal card, on which the suspect.
ed woman had been induced TO
write an address. The Chief at
once detected a similarity IN the
writing. He sent for the letter
fiend, who proved to be Mrs. \. V.
ROthwell of Sullivan street, to
come to his office. He charged her
with writing the letters, and so
completely did he take her by sur
prise that it is SAID she at once
confessed to being the author Of
the epistles in question. The Chief
has a stack of the letters, some Of
them filled with obscenity.
The strangest part OF her devil
try Is the fact that she frequently
warned ladies to look out tor that
woman, Mrs. \. Y. ROthwell, who,
she alleged, was paying too much
attention to their husbands. This
was probably done to ward off sus.
picion. 1t is SAID by the police
that many families have been
broken up and many disagreeable
scenes enacted in others by the
foul letters. The authorities will
take proper care of the woman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Killed by TOughs.
AN ATROCIOUs MURDER IN NORTH
CAROLINA.

AN ATROCIOUS MURDER IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
RALEIGH, y. O., Jan. News
was received to-day from Red
Banks, Robson county, that a
mob of men who live in a place
called Scuflietown and are locally
known as Scuffs, made an assault
night before last on the bOuse OF a
man named Harp, two miles from
Red Banks.
The assailants had for some time
shown feeling against Harp. All
of them were white men. They
began a fusilade, and bullets enter
ing the doors and Windows wound
ed several persons IN the house.
The fire was returned and the
combat became general. A bullet
struck Harp's wife, aged slxty.fye
years, aud killed her instantly
The details of the affair are very
meagre. No cause for such an
attack upon the house by the mob
is known save the feeling against
Harp.
Sheriff McEchern, of Robson,
has been notified of this lawless
act, and with a large posse took
measures promptly 20 capture all
the desperate men concerned IN It,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Democratic Hopes Gone GIimmerlng,
Atlanta Constitution, DEM.

Atlanta Constitution, DEM.
For Heavens sake let Us never
hear again the promise OF Demo
cratic gains IN the Northwest
Every election We are promised
that the farmers Of the Northwest
are going to come right into camp
and bring several States along
with them.
This year 1t was all fixed We
were to get them, suIe. A fence
couldn't keep them out. We were
to be scrouched up 10 make room
for them. Michigan especially
was just honing to get in.
Well, they didn't come We
have lost seventeen Congressman
out there, which hardly leaves us
enough for seed. The Republican
maiorities are increased every
where. AS for Michigan, she lifted
herself up from her slim tepnGll-
can majority Of $3.50 in 1881 to
over 2O,OO in 1888. From the New
Jersey line to the Pacific Ocean
the West is solidly Republican,
and is going to stay that way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
CHOOSING THE PRESIDENT.
THE ORIGIN OF THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, THE APPOINTMENT
OF ELECTORS AND THEIR
DTTTIES

In the constitutional convention
of 1857 there was a difference OF
opinion as to the manner i'll which
the President should be chosen
One side thought the people ought
not to be intrusted with the cleo
ton of their President. The other
side held that the people were per
fectly competent to choose fOI
themselves, and argued that il
would be unfair to allow Congress
to elect the President. Like most
other differences of opinion in the
constitutional convention, this one
was settled by compromise. II
was agreed that the nations CHIEF
magistrate should be chose
neither 10y Congress nor the PEG
pie, but by a body Of men ap
pointed by the people for that es
pecial purpose and no other. These
men were to be called "electors,
and were to equal in number the
Senators and Representatives in
Congress, each State being entitled
to as many electors as Senators and
Representatives.
The people divided into parties
each party nominated It's Preslden
tial candidates first, and afterwards
nominated candidates for electors
who, if successful at the polls, were
pledged in honor to vote for the
Presidential! candidate previously
nominated by their party,
The electors are State officers
not federal, and each State can
regulate their appointment and
conduct to suit itself. The United
States constitution provides that
the electors in each State shall be
"appointed in such manner as the
Legislature thereof may direct
Until quite a recent date the cleo
tors in South Carolina were chosen
by the Legislature and the people
had no voice. Congress can only
fix the day for choosing the electors
and the day on which they shall
give their votes. Ii has named the
Tuesday after the first Monday in
November for the election of cleo.
tors, and the second Monday in
January for the electors to give
their votes. On the latter day the
electors of each State meet some
where within that State, and vote
for one man for President and an
other for Vice President. Their
place of meeting is generally, but
not necessarily, in the Capital of
the State. In most States they
receive no pay, bat are entitled to
their necessary expenses. When
they have voted they must sign a
statement of their vote, seal it and
send it to Washington, addressed
to the President of the Senate. On
the second Wednesday IN Febru-
airy the two houses of Congress
meet in Joint session, and the Pres
ldent o. the Senate there opens the
packages and the votes are then
counted, There are i0l votes, POI
being necessary 10 a choice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Harrison Expects to Visit Richmond
Soon.

A telegram from Indianapolis to
the Baltimore Sun of this morning
says:
"The people of Virginia, es.
pecially the citizens of Richmond
will be interested to learn that
Gen. Harrison contemplates visit
ing their section IN the early
months of his administration
While conversing with a couple OF
Richmond gentlemen yesterday he
recalled the fact that his ancestors
came from near that historic city,
and his visitors informed him that
they we're personally acquainted
with a large number of his relatives
who still lived about the old birth
spot.
"The General e>inced a lively
interest in all that was said about
the HarrisOns, and when one OF
the gentlemen stated that several
of the HarrisOus whom he knew
declined to vote against the Re
publican ticket. although they
we're jealous Democrats, the Gen
eraI seemed greatly pleased. lie
told these gentlemen that he was
looking forward to visiting the old
homestead of his ancestor, Ben
iamin Harrison, the signer. at an
early day. He proposed to take
Mrs. Harrison and all his family,
and maze trip down the james
river to HarrisOn's Landing aud to
Shirley. He said he made the tTip
some three years ago, but had al
ways regretted that he did not
land at Shirley and drive over TO
the old house, which stands some
five miles back from Shirley, and
now he proposed to find time to
visit the old place where his
grandfather was born. Harrlson's
Landing and the village of Shirley
are on opposite banks of the James
and each about twelve miles from
Richmond"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Singular Explosion, and Boys Hurt.

WHEELING, w. VA, Jan. 1l.-At
Benwood, a suburb of this city, this
morning building was blown up
by gunpowder aud its occupants
seriously injured. The house was
an unoccupied dwelling, one story
high, and two boys, John Long
and William VoIght, aged about
twelve years, entered and kindled
a fire IN a CRATE, before which they
sat down. About ten minutes
later a heavy object ratified down
the chimney, and as the boys
leaned forward TO see whaJ it was,
a terrible explosion occurred,
which wrecked the house and
threw the boys a considerable dis
lance. Weight lost both eyes and
is otherwise badly hurt, and Long
had the flesh torn from his face IN
a terrible manner. Both may die.
There is no clue to the perpetra.
tors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Five Dollars Apiece for Prayers.
Indianapolis dispatch to the Chicag
Hara1l

indianapolis dispatch to the Chicago
Herald.
There is great danger that the
Legislature, which meets 10 this
city on Thursday next, will be a
prayerless body, unless it can I'M
port men from outside towns to
conduct devotional exercises. 1t
has been customary to request the
clergymen of Indianapolis TO Off
ciate in turn as chaplain at the
opening of the daily sessions
These requests have been consld-
cred as honOrs by the clergymen,
and have been cheerfulIy respond
ed to. At their meeting this morn.
ing. however, the matter was dis.
cussed by the ministers, and 1t was
tacitly agreed that unless the Leg
islature would pay s. a prayer the
clergymen would refuse to ofiiciate
as usual.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Found $500 in Spanish Coin in q
Tree.

LAPORTE, ND, Jan. lO.-George
France, a farmer in the southern
part OF the county, went Into the
woods near his residence a few
days ago to chop wood. lie was
accompanied by his son. The two
commenced work on an old, hollow
beech tree. After it was felled the
elder France looked into the hollow
stump and discovered a peculiar
looking earthen jar. IL was at once
secured, the lid removed, and the
jar was found to be filled with
silver coin. The money was Of Span
ish mint, and It's coinage was oyeI
200 years old, How it came to be
seOreted IN such a queer place, aud
by whom, is mystery. France
brought the silver to town, where
it was weighed and tested, and the
farmer was given $500 for his
lucky find,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
A FIGHT WITH MooNsnINEas
THEY FIRE ON REVENUE OFFICERS
FROM AMBUSH POUR
MEN WOUNDED.

-D-' FCcfDEDs
SHELBY, N. c., Jan. 15.-United
States Deputy Marshal George w.
Means, with posse of FIVE, was
fred at from ambush by about
twenty-five moonshiners about
midnight last night. Means was
thrown from his horse aud his
shoulder injured. w. B. Wray,
one of the posse, was shot in the
neck. A prisoner, whose name
is unknown, was shot in the leg
and carried off by the attacking
party. One moonshiner was shot,
but escaped.
The attack was made twenty.
FIVE miles from here, close to the
boundary between Cleveland and
Baree counties, at the foot of Ben's
Knob, the highest peak Of the
South mountains, which have been
full of mOonshiners for a number
of years. Revenue officers have
made raids on an average OfoDce a
mouth, and always captured dis
tIlleries aud beer. The officers
have not been resisted for five years.
Marshall Means, with his posse,
entered the mountains early In the
night, and destroyed two stills aud
10000 gallons Of beer. AS they
were at work they heard moon
sinners calling to each other With
horns. At the second still three
men out of the seven present we're
captured. AS Means left this still
two shots were fred az him, be re-
plying with his pistol. Halt an
hour later, just as the revenue par.
ty were passing through a deep
rayine covered with laurel bushes,
they were nrei upon. At least 100
shots were exchanged. Tue horses
OF the revenue party were stam-
Deded by the firing, aud threw the
party into confusion. When they
recovered and returned fire, the
moonsbiners fed, carrying with
them the wounded prisoner and
mOOnshiner.
The attack was made at place
where trees threw a shadow over
the path, and the mOonshiners we're
in darkDess and could not be dis.
tlngulshed. The attacking party
numbered about twenty-five aud
were armed with rifles and shot.
guns. The mOOnshiners have
grudge against Means, who has de.
slroyed over a hundred stills IN that
section. Means and posse reached
here at noon to-day with two prIs
oners captured at the second still.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
A Collision at Full Speed.

PITTsBURG, PA, Jan. ia
Chronicle Telegraph special from
Youngstown, Ohio, says: Passen'
ger train No. s, bound for New
York, on the \. Y, Penna. & o.
Railroad, while running fifty miles
an hour this morning struck a
freight train, head end, near Tai
madge, Ohio. Both engineers,
fremen, and eight passengers were
killed and fourteen passengers bad
IL injured. The freight train was
attempting to make a siding and
had sent out a ilagman, who failed
to signal the passenger train. The
wreck Is more serious than the one
at Rittman, when the Grand Army
train was wrecked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Detectives in Jail.
HOW THE PEACE OFFERING OF
THE HATFIELD GANG
PANIED OUT.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, Jan. IL
Word reaches here tonight that
Bud Ayise and soap" Hatfield and
number of their friends, who
have become so notorious as par.
Elephants in the Hatfield Mccoy
vendetta, LAID trap for the de-
tectives who are after them, and
last Friday captured Dan Cunning
ham, Evans and another detective,
all of the Eureka force, Of this city.
From what can he learned the
Hatfelds put out a spy and coaxed
the detectives to certain point IN
the mountains, near their home IN
Logan county, aud when the de
teclives came along compelled
them t. surrender. The llatfelds
had procured peace warrants and
arrested the detec tiyes and took
them to Logan Court House, where
they are now jailed awaiting bonds
for their release. They will be
compelled to give bond to keep the
peace. This explains why the
Hatfelds were in Logan Court
House two weeks ago to make
terms OF peace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Death from an III-Fittinu Shoe.

Mrs. Sarah Tiller, a most esti-
mable lady, died near Paducah a
couple Of days ago and was in.
tered yesterday. Some time since
an ill-ftting shoe caused a sore
upon one OF her feet, which rapidly
grew worse until blood poisoning
set in. 1t was decided to am.
putate the foot in an effort to save
her life. This was done, but the
unfortunate lady died the night
following the operation. Louisriile
Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Republicans Made to Walk tho
Plank.

RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 12.-Un-
der the direction of the City Coun.
Gil Committee on Building and
Grounds, all the Republicans EN-
ployed on the new City Hall work
were to-day discharged and their
places filed by Democrats. Only
one c0lOred man remains and he Is
a Democrat. It is likely that all
Republicans employed IN any ca
pacity by the government Will be
asked to vacale IN "A few days.
This causes considerable talk IN
political circles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Virginia Board Of Agriculture.

RICHMOND, VA, Jan. 1.-THE
State board of agriculture met here
today. The chief topic discussed
was immigration. 1t was decided
to prepare a pamphlet for general
distribution, setting forth the re,
sources Of every county in the State,
including the value of land on the
market aud the productiveness of
the same. Also to appoint a loca!
agent in every state to carry out
the provisions indicated. A resO-
luton was adopted tor the more
etfectual sampling of fertilizers sold
in the State.