Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-11

them were painted such device. as.
A-'o NJ 70 Tn5o,hics to lUi Atsfr
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Monte
Buck Lecring N1iiie. Help"
Graf Indignation NcfinJ at PosLOEce To-
Ni1itt
AZ Come ont ant B,,ck To-Niqls.
Non, C0Pt1' cry CRIB, Ia Yo,4. D,hy.
AnoHcr f0pfnd Affair.
Black Heos oa Hhtc Nects,"
Three DIS Groccs.
I7~is Pcrpl Qn1 Ruot
We M Not BE- Hoaiiaci. General Ie,ris.
These were carried about the principal
streets by some little negro boys, and their
appearance soon created stir.
A little handbill. with
"Citzens o. Atlanta
Meet Tonight ats O'Clock opposite
lOst-OnlceH
printed on it, was circulated all over the
city.
THE CROWD oATHEns.
II WIS perfect night. with a cloudless
moon, and the streets were thronged with
people.
Chief Connolly ordered ont the day
watch and called in ten OF dozen Of the
eyeninC-watch % keep The crowd in order.
A lcw minutes before O'Clock a scafold
made q q few pieces Of rough scanthng,
the centre of Marietta, halfway between
the old Capitol and the custom-house.
The people began 20 collect about the
Fcafold and the street WAS soon packed
with % crowd Of men and boys who cheer
cd ns the scaf0ld was completed.
About o'clock dray drove mp 10 the
fca1oli. and two negro men lifted from 1t
@ box containing couple OF grotesque-
looking men of straw.
Ihey were dressed i'm black coats and
pants. with white vests, and one was
dubbed General Lewis and the other Colo
l,l Buck.
TuF COMBAr pHLpENS.
Men with ladies ON their arms joined the
fhrong. and the sidewalk from the Arte.
sian we'll 80 Falrlie street was soon packed
with people
An The eocond-story windows If the Old
Capitol tho custom-house, and The bulld-
iuE adjoining were fun Of watchinl faces,
iui ou tine beams and cross-prces o. the
fraNuiiiuo around the cusiom-uouse lhere
We're hundreds Of ysperched like Lnglsh
Wells. cat-calls. whistles. and cheers were
indulgcd DO by the boys, but everything
was done in "a ioily o1-humored way,
and there was DO quauellng. anu not
single fight
The crowd grew bigger every moment
until between FIVE and SIX thousand peo-
Pile of all ages. sexes. colors, and previous
conditions ebbed and flowed along Broad
and Marietta streets.
Those who had charge Of the burning
waited few minutes for the band. but the
crowd grew impatient and kept yeiiihg :
Hang thomi hang them
The bows wanted 20 see thc nun, ana they
were too Cagcr % wait long.
Ine grown men aud tho ladies' looked on
and laughed and Chnttcd while the crowd
damned around the scahoid
THE TORCH APPLIED.
Astalwart negro brought In three-gal-
L., ,-,b If kerosene. and while be was sat
kiatiug the straw men nh old farmer came
tli wing along Marietta street.
i4lfe had wagou-load of peaches, and he
ts started to % wagon-yard.
Il bic turned neither to the rieht nor 70
Vhe left, hut kept right on through the
trowd.
~ lIe reached the upper end with his horse
Wand wagon. but there was not "a slhgle
~ peach left when he passed the last stiHg-
"Gler. ...
around their uecks. and they were lhteq
lut of the box aud the wires ued uouuu
thc crOss-har OF the scahoid.
Theme mon helped o. SWING them up,
and tbcy were soon dangling IN the breeze,
with the moon shining down on theiE gro
tcs0ue features.
stick - 20 'emi' yelled somrpQuF. ,
Wl~H on straw Ildt't W. Hi.N ~ t'i'
time tie flames touched the imitation
Colonel Buck 10 harcl up, Illuminating the
Seem of faces that were turned upward TO
watch the sacrifice.
Thcn the torch was applied 10 the eiiigy
of Postmaster Lewis, and 1t burned as
TIuIdly as the first. -
crowd back mp 90 this time, but the neat
If the flames relieved the officers, and men
md bows went staggering backward TO-
wards the sidewalks, while cheer AFTER
went up from the multitude.
TO TIE ruNE OF DIXIE.
Just az the flames We're raging their
hcrcest around the doomed eiiiges n hand
came marching up the street, and a. they
crossed Broad street the boys halted ana
began 90 play. .r.-.. g,
Then The crowd chcered t. the echo,
For some minutes the wells wer" deaten-
inc A ~trect-car came rushing down Ma
r..tta street. Several had passed through
the crowd before. and had been greeted
with cheers. But this one failed to pass;
The crowd gathered around 'ne svhnUlu
and crowcd around the band. J he names
.hot inward AS the wind swaved the burn
inc FIGURES 10 and fro, and the music was
drowned in the Wells of the crowd.
Hats went into the air, huzzas went M,
and the bows in the scaGoldng and WIN
dows whistled like jaybirds gone mad
THE RoGUE's MARCH.
Tho straw men were Of material too frail
tnla.t long, and the flames began 10 dle
ont. Somebody called for speech. but
there was nobody who who felt Ike speak
5n,. ill.,
lqurnng or simply looking ON.
ono man -four Icd stick, and some
body said "hit him. but nobody knew
win, the marty was that needed hitting, and
the man with the stick disappeared.
The band PLAYED another an, ana then
peu-ed The sircet-car was allowed TO
PASS. and the crowd yelled tOr music.
Then the band struck up The kogues
N,rch and moved Of down the street.
Yhe crowd began 10 dlsperse, and the
boxes were removed, leaving only pile OF
ashes TO mark the scene OF the burning
THE SALVATION ARMY.
The Salvation Army was about an hour
late. hat tins was too fine au opportunity
- bee missed. .,....
They ulented their banner near the cor
nor and BEGAN 10 sing. and the throh OF the
Iir bass drum kept double-qulck time TO
ne chanting of the soldiers.
This diverted the attention OF the crowd,
and about thousand people crowded
around the spot where the army was going
through its devotional exercises
IL La- Dceu l1hE - - -. l:,.,|'
was complmented with such an audience.
III will be long time before they IRA" as
biz a house again.
sKRENADING Mr.. LYONS.
The band. followed 10y host OF people,
ro.rched around and serenaded Mr. Lyons
~ lis residence, corner of Fairlie and Pop
several airs were played, and the crowd
raya him three cheers and a tiger.
Mr. Lyons came out and sad few plea
SAINT words, and quite n9inpsr Oh pee
Miss LYONS on the course they had pursued
~ the matter. D.....o-
KeDirOe. $500, . ...,,
Then the band marched back uptown,
The crowd dispersed, and by haliipast
-, 80 ,,idsumrner night in the year.
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