The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-29
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a cIork to be shown a single ACTON cDiith
a Wesson revolver. White stated tnat they
did MOI keep them, and showed t9e young
man a double action revolver. hitcr oe,ng
shown how il worked the young man 'ooh
oar,r;dgc from his pocket, and placing u III
d. cviinder of the revolver, said TO White
..poriner | came here TO die" White
made grab at him, but the young man
stenned back, and. placing the pistol 10 the
centre of his forehead, fired. Inc bullet
went crashing through his brain and he
died almost instantly. i
News received from Santa Rosa, Mexico,
saws that on April f. Edward woodbury.
died there. He was the victim oil one OF the
most terrible bowie-knife duels IN the MS
tory Of n country that has made that article
lis main weapon since its lnNenilon' Inc
narties concerned were Woodbury. ana
LANES Bissell. The subject Of dispute was
n large tract Of land owned by tne latter.
They tried arbitration, and could reach no
agreement; they tried the courts, ana tne
laws delays prevented a settlement WIN
sufficient speed 81 smooth pair oil not
tempers. and, after due deliberation and
counsel with friends, they decided 10 hght
il out, the land TO go into undls-
nuted pOssessiOns Of the survivor. III IL
wild country, and the affair was not re-
garded as anything much out OF the oIul-
nary. rhe men, with three seconds apiece,
met in n lonely liye-Oak mott, or island OF
timber. five miles from santa Rosa toWn'
The time was early morning, ana an Anerl-
can miner, who had once been surgeon III
the states. was present. The fighters
stripped 10 the buff. girded their waists with
leather straps. and each was handed muir
derer's blade ten inches in length. lhey
shook hands grayely, stepped back pace
and at the word began. They were Dotn
old residents Of the country, ana skllleu
with the bowie, about equal IN height'
reach and agility, ana each az
desperately courageous as II Is pos
sible for man to be. Woodbury.,
WHO was of so dark q skik that he was often
taken for a Mexican, was the more lmpetu-
Gus of the two, and forced the nghtlng.
Russell was slashed twice i'm the left arm
which he used as kind of guard, before ne
found an opening. then he lunged forward
and laid open four of the ribs on WOOD
bury's right side. Bssell was cut once
again and Woodbury. twice. AT the last
stab. which caught just where the neck
| Joins the chest, he went down weak from
The loss of blood. His antagonist glared at
him moment, then threw away the
knife and calmly proceeded 10 put
on his clothes. Both men were so
covered with blood from the shoulders
|
distinguishable. The fight occurred last
| December. Woodbury. has fingered since
then. daily growing weaker. The facts are
| furnished bv his friend, who nursed him up
| TO the time Of his death, and who, IN closing
the report, saws: "Bissell recovered rapidly.
In Justice to him will say that my friend
was in the wrong, and that the land belong
ed to Bissell."
At Augusta, the sensational report OF a
policeman at headquarters the other night
| started a lieutenant, a sergeant ana Il
Chronicle reporter, the private saying tnat
| there was ghost or something else out NJ
| the Central road that was creating great
amount of excitement anddiscussl0n among
| the inhabitants Of that locality. The story.
as it was recited by the policeman, brought
TO mind many tales told about spOOks,
haunted houses, and the like, where mystic
rious noises were heard, but upon inyestl-
CATION could not he found. The ghost IN
this case had selected a new place
from which TO disturb the super
stitious. Its dOmicile is a loco
motive in the Central Railroad
yards. No. 123, an engine upon when a
few weeks ago, Young Harrell, igeman
was killed. On the night in question, about
10 O'Clock. mysterious sounds, such a.
groaning. hammering, and the clanklng OF
| GndlnN. were ItdtM " i6-ut liOhi titN ihs'7
chine. In a few moments a crowd had as
sembled around. and an investigation was
Immediately instituted. But the search was
fruitless. as not a single thing could be
found capaple Of creating the disturbances
The fact remains, however. that the sounds
were heard, and it remains to be found Ou'
whether the supposed ghost was simply q
Joker or real hObgoblin from the unknown
regions.
Street railroads in Georgia appear TO be
good investment. Not long ago some cap
talists from Kansas City, Mo-, headed D.
Mr.. :. NJ. Jarvis, Of the Jaryis-COnkllI
Mortgage Trust Co., which has headquar
tiers in that city, and Mr.. ID. b. Dyer, pur
chased the Augusta street Railway, ano
, Immediately began to make preparations Il
convert it into an electrical line. They are
now pushing work very rapidly, and Au
gusta bids fair TO have as complete street
railroad system as any city Of her size III
the south The Augusta and Sommeryilit
Railroad has also decided 10 adopt cleo
tricity as motive power. This VIII CAV,
Augusta some - miles or more OF electrict
railroad. savannah is just now the scene
Of large street railroad deal. Nashville
parties among whom are |. II Rhea and /
W. Wrenne, the latter being interested IN a
street railroad i'm II. Augustine, Fla, have
purchased "A considerable amount OF street
railway property in the "City by the sea-.
Ii is not known definitely Just what these
men propose doing with their new acquisi
ton. but il is supposed that they Will con
vert il into an electrical line in about the
same manner as has been done in Augusta
These same Nashville capitalists are ru
mOred to have made large purchases OIL
street railway property in Charleston, 81.
but nothing Is known about the matter.
A romance has developed at the count!
I jail, in Atlanta, the central figure
being United states prisoner
70 named Christopher Clarke. -Four weeks
. ago Clarke was sentenced TO three
2 years Imprisonment at the penitentiary
Z at Columbus, OHIO, the charge being
conspiracy and attempting the life OF reNe
7 nue. officers. Clarke has since been IN jan
awaiting his transfer. News has come L
him that he had succeeded to valuable
lands in Hall county, 1000 acres IN all, ant
that most valuable gold lands in Georgia
81 For years Clarke has been one OF tn'
contestants over large tracts oil lana IL
! North Georgia. Clarke's father. 1t seemed
married a Portuguese woman he met IN
: Norfolk for a second wife. She was dark
and was said to be mulattO. To her aud
her children-One Of them this man-he left
his property. The will was contested on
the ground that the woman was negro
and the marriage, therefore, illegal, and for
years the case has dragged on. Witnesses
have at last turned up who were able to
prove that the second wife, long since dead
was pure Portuguese, so the court decid-
ed FOR her children. Clarke's share Of this
, is 600 acres of valuable land, and now
that he has got it, he has taken steps to
make a vigorous fight for freedom. Before
he showed very little interest in the case.
\ wonderful invention, that will be OF
2 great importance to the manufacturing
world is being perfected in Chattanooga
Tenn. 1t is process for raising steam by
electricity. Experiments which have been
made on small scale have been entirely
successful, and "A plant is now being put
up TO develop the uses of the Invention
10 an almost unlimited extent. The
idea is 10 generate the electricity
at coal mine, or perhaps at "A
/ number Of them, within a few miles Of
this city, and bring the electricity to this
point by the usual method Of wires. Ii re-
quires but little figuring to comprehend the
saving of money that can be accomplished
by this method Of generating steam. OF
course, it removes all expense OF transpOr-
tation and handling Of coal. and is free from