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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-04-29

life. Upon two occasions [ have
overheard a conversation between
you and some one whose presence
1 can not account for and whose
disappearance is SO strange that i'll
believed in spirits / would think it
was one that demands an explana-
ton This nightmare excuse will
not do, because on both occasions
the subject was the same"
Alexander hesitated, cast his eyes
furtively around and in a voice Of
deep emotion said
"Vickers, / am the most misera-
bic human being on God'sfootstool.
Every waking hour am cursed by
fear, and every sleeping moment is
haunted by dread. Two years ago
] saw a man murdered near Aiken,
S. c., and from some cause his spirit
troubles me. When my wife leaves
me as much as one day, when | am
alone an hour after nightfall and
seek restin sleep, this spirit devil
awakens nay sleeping brain and
torments me with his threats" ="
"Who is the MANI" asked Vick-
ers.
lean not call his name.h
"Why does he annoy you?"
"He says l instigated the deed,
but [ am as innocent as an unborn
babe"
A few weeks after this they re-
turned, Alexander to his home and
Vickers to Caledonia to work fol
Colonel Tom Wall. One night
Vickers dreamed that an old man,
with long, thin, white hair, sunken
eyes, and sorrowful .countenance
stood by his bedside and said tc
| him:
"Mr. Yickers, write to the sheriff
at Aiken, S. c., and make inquiry
about Price Alexander. There is
a reward for him and your fortune
will be made"
Vickers then dreamed that the
appearance Of the old man was {
dream, but thought maybe there
was something in it and concluded
he would write. The next morn
ing, when he awakened, he fount
that both were dreams. Not bein!
much of a scholar, he went to Co
| lionel Wall and stated some of TIN
, facts and asked him to write t,
South Carolina and make inquir.
t whether Alexander was wanted o
> not. He gave at the same time
full description of him.
2 Several week elapsed before th
7 letter was heard from, when on
= evening Luther Moore, whose fath
er kept the old stage-stand.4 4 mile
S east Of Huntingdon, came to tow
and, taking Yickers to one side, toll
!, him that there were two gentleme
at his fathers who had arrived th
night before on the stage,and wisl
: ed to see him, at the same time cat
I tioning him keep their visit quie
e He went eutimmediately and Wa
Il introduced to the two men, repre-
senting themselves as officers frol
S South Carolina. They explaine
: that the man who called himse
d Price Alexander was named Ale7
d ander Price, that he had married
u good woman i'll that State wit
J. whom he did not live amicabl,
q She was an orphan and her grant
L
= father, nearly eighty years old, ha
gone to Prices house to endeavC
- to bring about reconciliatior
. . They were out at the woodpile 81
- ting on a log, when Price seized q
= axe and split the old mans hes
+ open in frenzy Of passion. N
, satisfied with this he dragged h
= neck across the log and cut his hes
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-04-29

n MEAlOltA.
Beyond this stone is laid.
For season,
Albert Sidney Johnston,
A general in the army of the Confederate States
Who fell at Shiloh, Tennessee,
Onthe sixth day of April, A. d.,
Eighteen hundred and siXty-twO.
man tried in many high Offices
And critical enterprises,
And found faithful in all.
His life WAS one long sacrifice of interest to
Conscience;
And even that lie, on a woeful Sabbath.
Did he yield as holocaust at his country need
Not wholly understood was he while he lived;
But, in his death, his greatness stands confessed
in peoples tears.
Resolute, moderate, clear OF envy, yet not
wanting
In that finer ambition which makes men great
and pure
LIN his honor-imprcgnable
In his simplicity sublime
No country e'er had a truer SON no cause a
nObler champion!
No people Doldor defender-no principle a
purer victim
Than the dead soldier
Who sleeps mere.
The cause Tor which he perished is lost
The people for whom he fought are crushed
The hopes in which he trusted are shattered
The flag he loved guides no more the charging
lines
But his fame, consigned to the Keeping of that
time, which,
fiappty,ls not so much the tomb of virtue as its
shrine,
Shall, in the years to come, fire modest wOrthtC
nober ends.
In honor, now, our great captain rests:
A bereayed people mourn him.
Three commonwealths proudly claim him,
And history shall cherish him
Among those choiCer spirits, who, holding their
conscience mmix'd with blame,
Have been, in all conjunetures, true to them
selves, their country, and their God
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
GOODBYE.

This is the last day of the encamp'
ment. Tomorrow morning the gallant
boys of the Texas Volunteer Guard
will speed homeward. Some of them
will go laden with honors, and some,
possibly, will not be burdened in that
way, but at any rate THE STATESMAN
believes they will all carry away
with them memories of good time.
The week has been thoroughly en-
joyed by the citizens of Austin, who
have endured dust and heat to visit
the encampment grounds every day,
and have We'd with one an
other in entertaining the
boys in uniform. AS for the Texas
Volunteer Guard, too much cannot be
said il its praise. The mon have
mingled freely with the people, and
under all circumstances have shown
themselves to be gentlemanly and
courteous. They have made fine
impression on the people, and Aus
tins only regret is that every one
among them cannot be prize winner.
Texas is proud of her Guard-the
boys who will go home tomorrow and
take up their work where they left it
off. If Texas needed them in the field
they would march to the front as
willingly as ever did the battle
SCARED heroes of twenty campaigns.
THE STATESMAN bids them farewell
with regret, and hopes that they may
all answer to the roll call next year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
BRENNAN Locals.
pecial to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
BRENNAN, Tex, July l8.-Will
Fletcher and Jake Boren had some
words in a saloon this morning.
Fletcher drew a knife and cut Boren
in the face, splitting it open from the
mouth to the point of the chin. He
made another slash which cut Boren's
arm to the bone from the shoulder to
the elbow. Fletcher then ran, pur-
sued by Constable &. G. Boyd, making
good his escape.
Yesterday morning Gus Schue-
macher while tying up fodder in his
field one mile northwest of the city
was bitten on the wrist by snake.
He does not know what kind of
snake. His arm and side swelled up,
hut by free use of whisky he got the
better of the poison and is now all
tight.
III. Kelm made complaint before
Justice Curry this morning against
Fritz Moehlmann, charging him with
assault with intent to murder. He
says Moehlmann assaulted him with
a six shooter at his home eight miles
northwest of Brennan.
G. w. Winkelmann left this after
noon for New York.
Miss Mamie Rouse and Miss Mag
gle Fisher left this afternoon by
steamer for New York-whence they
go to l-eipsig to attend school.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
Another New Bicycle.

A chainless safety bicycle is the latest
production in cycle manufacture. On
the new wheel the power is transmitted
from the pedal crank to the rear wheel
by q beveled gear, and one of the chief
merits of the device is its simplicity
Apart from the method of transmitting
power this bicycle will differ little in
general outline from the wheels of this
years pattern. Attached to the driving
shaft is beveled gear, made stationary
exactly in the center Of the wheel,
which is mashed into a second beveled
gear, which connects with shaft run
ming to the rear wheel. By similar
gear the power is transmitted to the
rear wheel, the beveled gear being at
tached to the rear axle.
The shaft will be made of steel tubing
incased in metallic tube. The gear
ing at each end of the shaft will also be
incased in metallic cap, making the
bearings of the wheel absolutely dust
proof. The wheel will have ball bear
ings throughout and will be fitted with
pneumatic tire. This doing away
with the chain makes the wheel con-
siderably lighter and reduces the cost Of
manufacture.-New York Telegram
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

MANAGER Prick, when asked by
the congressional investigating COM
mittee what was the actual cost of
producing steel billets at the Home
stead mills declined answering, be.
cause lit would not be good business
sense.n And the committee kindly
took Mr.. Tricks word for it that if the
wages were not reduced the owners
would be ruined; and then they called
this an investigation! 1t was about
on a par with other investigations Of
like kind.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

The Texas Farm and Ranch says
that our criminal courts need more
common sense and less circumlocu-
ton. The former implies the latter.
Every departure the law has made
from direct and straightforward
methods has been in the interests of
the criminal; and many attorneys
measure their success by their skill
in bringing off notorious criminals
free when facts as we'll as public
opinion were dead against them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

THE Republic contains this inter.
esting little dispatch from Des Moines,
Iowa, which shows that somebody
will have to go to work unless the APP
preparation holds out better:
The United States pension agent OF
this city has been unable TO complete
the quarterly payments due pen
sioners July on account of INSULT
cient funds. The agent received $685.
900 with which to begin the payment,
but that amount was exhausted in
three days, when he was advised by
the commissioner of pensions that NO
further credit could be given until the
regular appropriation bill becomes a
law. Thus far only 10000 pensioners
have been paid for the quarter, while
the enrolment is $4,000. 1t requires
S2,000,000 to meet the payment, and
those veterans who have been COM
PEELED to wait are complaining at the
delaV
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

Gated men in the Amalgamated asso-
citation, left for the east on the noon
train today. Their mission is secret
one. 1t is understood, however, that
a number of steel workmen from the
Great Belgium steel foundry at
Seraing have been brought to-
America by the Carnegie company,
and these men are to meet them and
argue them not to take the part of the
employers in the fight. This fact adds
some color to the rumor that most of
the delegation who left today can
speak French.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
THE CONDITION OF THINGS.

The Clark men may be excused if
they express themselves in language
more vigorous than polite, in view of
the condition of things at this writing.
Up to date, Travis is the only county
of any Importance which was allowed
to 60 for Clark without bolt on the
the part of the Hogg men. In Nc
Lehman county, Clark won decisive
victory, but McLennan sends a di-
vided delegation to Houston and is con-
sequently apparently thrown into
the list of doubtful counties. In
Tarrant, Clark won the day, but the
Hogg men bolted. In Dallas and
Harris the same story. 1t is easy to
see that all these movements were
planned beforehand, and that some
body's orders are being Systematically
carried out 1t is also easy to see that
Governor Hogg is to be forced upon
the people of Texas, if it can be ac-
complished. He may succeed; but if
he should, it will at least be known
that no Democratic administration of
this state was ever so heartily I'M
popular among such tremendous fol-
lowing of the people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
THE NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE.
They Are Engaged Making Arrangements
for the Final Ceremonies.

Anoy hre GnSaSeu mdhlnS arrangements
for the Final Ceremonies.
NEW YORK, July 1S.-The executive
and finance committees of the commit
tee of one hundred which has in charge
the ceremonies connected with the
public notification of Cleveland and
Stevenson Wednesday evening, met
today and nearly completed prepare
tions for the ceremonies. 1t has been
found necessary to increase the num-
Der of reserved seats for the reason
that a great many applications have
been made for reserved seats by prom
inent Democrats, none of which the
committee want to refuse. There
have been 1000 applications for
platform tickets alone. The COM
mittee found that there were
applications from clubs, etc., for more
seats than are in the garden. 1t was
subsequently decided that no clubs be
recognized, only the most prominent
officials.
The reception committee will meet
the notification committee Wednes-
day morning and arrange for the re-
ception and the escorting of candi--
dates to the garden. There will be
but four speeches. Congressman
Wilson will make the notification
speech to Cleveland, who will reply.
Ex-Governor Stephen M. White of
California will notify Stevenson, who
will reply. Immediately after the
reception at the garden Cleveland and
Stevenson will be driven to the Man
haitian club
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

WHITELAw REID, in his paper, the
New York Tribune, RACES and fumes
like man of exceedingly small cali
Der, as he undoubtedly is. He calls
Mcmillan "a loud-mouthed Confed-
crate PARTISAN" and alludes to an
other distinguished man as "a brawl-
ing senatorial demagogue named
Voorhees," The state of the cam
paign is evidently proving great
strain ON Reid's nerves, and he is
badly "rattled."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

A White Chip for One Hundred Dollars.
Flood, Fair, Sharon, Hurst and DAILY
happened to spend week or two
Butte, Mon, some years ago, and as %.
of them had taken postgraduate course
in poker in the old days they amused
themselves with the "kyards" in the il
tervals between business. AlthouE
they were all multimillionaires. tllt
usually played what was for them ii
small game, $25 or $50 limit, raising tn
jackpots occasionally to 500 to ket
their hands warm. Sharon had to NEE.
friend one night, and when he arrived
at the room where "the boys" We're play.
ing the game was two or three hours Old!
He walked in and said good evening.
A play was on and the only responses
were grunts.
"Any objection to my coming in?"
asked Sharon with good natured smile.
"Course not" said Flood, who was
banker.
Sharon threw 800 bill on the table
and turned to the wall to hang up his
overcoat. He took his seat and seemed
surprised to see the others staring at
each other and then at him.
whats the natter" he asked. Don't
you want me to playa"
"Oh, yes, yes" replied DAILY.
"Well, there's my hundred"
Cali right" said DAILY, with some hest
tation. "Flood, give him a white chip. "
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
CLEOPATRA.

The world is bitterer than wine left lees,
And salter are my tears than safest seas.
Wherefore? Because that Antony is dead
Great Antony, upon whose love fed
AS feeds bee on roses in the June,
When all the birds sing madly loves light
tunel
Say, why should not follow after him?
Dark are the ways of death, methinks, and
dim;
But what of that2 'Tis more disastrous fate
To live alone in Egypt's ill starred state!
Sweet Isis, smile thy favors! Let me see
First in thy realm the face of Antony!
Susie NJ Best in Philadelphia Ledger.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
Cleveland on Tariff Reform.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 18.-Ralph E.
Hoyt, an old Republican, recently
wrote letter to the ex-president
touching his Endorsement of the tariff
plank at Chicago. Hoyt will support
the Democratic ticket on the ground
of tariff reform. In his letter he eX-
presses the hope that the ex-president
will see his way clear to indorse with
out qualification the multiplication
plank. No answer was solicited or
expected. Today Mr.. Hoyt received
the following autograph letter:
GRAY GABLES, Buzzard's Bay,
Mass, July 14.-Ralph e. Hovt, Esq,
My Dear Sir: Your letter of July 3
at hand, and am especially gratified
to learn of your intention to support
the principles and candidates of the
Chicago convention. / think no sim
cere advocate of honest tariff can be
dissatisfied with the position the
Democratic party has assumed on that
subject and | am sure none need fear
that the contest will not be made on
the lines laid down, which have al
ready proved to be so acceptable to q
great majority of the people. Very
truly yours. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

LLANo has fine prospects ahead yet.
The Manufacturers Record shows
that: "Col. w. l.. Miller, of Llano;
Me srs. Mcnamara, Ycakum, Flem-
ming, of San Antonio, and others are
organizing the Bessemer-Llano Devel-
opment company. The capital stock
is to be $5,OOO,OOO and it is said that
over two-thirds of it has already been
subscribed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
THE NOTIFICATION.

This evening Cleveland and Steven
son will be notified that they have
been nominated by the Democratic
party for the offices of president and
vice-president. The most elaborate
arrangements have been made for this
event, and few days ago General
Stevenson was requested (by district
messenger boy, probably, to come
over te New York, as they had pleas
ant surprise in store for him. About
the same time, word was sent to
Cleveland that if he would set out his
hooks and take a run up to Gotham
he would hear of something to his adj
vantage. Both of them will be there
this evening, and in the presence of
several thousand spectators will be
notified that they are the nominees.
Whatever surprise they might have
felt at this unlocked for announcement
will be somewhat diminished by the
fact that they knew all about it some
weeks ago, but still they will listen to
the notification speeches, and will re-
ply to them in speeches of their own,
and then the agony will be over. The
"formal notification business belongs
to the days of stage-coaches, and is
an insult to a mans intelligence in
these days of morning papers, fast
mails and telegraph lines.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
THE ST. JOHNS FIRE.
Smoke Was Dense Over a Hundred Miles
at Sea-Terrible Heat.

at Sea-Terrlble Heat.
NEW YORK, July 18.-The first YES
sci which has arrived from st. Johns
at this port since the fire which swept
two-thirds of the town out of exist
ence is now lying at Woodland street,
Brooklyn. She is the steamship Mi
randa, which got into st. Johns dur
ing the fire, "Talk about big fire."
said Captain Lehman, "I'm spinning
you no sea yarn when L tell you that
at 10 miles distance from st. Johns
the windows and doors of the pilot
house had to be closed tight on ac-
count of the dense smoke the strong
northwest wind blowing off shore
brought down on us. We felt the heat
fully sixty miles away and from
where we anchored the whole eastern
part of town looked like one huge
glowing coal kim
"What about st. Johns citizens?"
well there are over $1,000 of them
houseless and homeless and not one
hundred of them who have change
OF clothing. In fact clothing is what
they are chiefly in need of, especially
underwear. The weather was favora-
BILE when we left but it may change
at any moment.n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

papers will be wanting to charge ii
license for breathing after awhile.
Whenever the Express mentions the
very name of Democracy up spril,g
the aforesaid papers and ask what
the Express knows about De-
mocracy, forsooth, that it should he
Wanting itself thusly This causes
the Express to be wroth, and it in-
vites the Hogg papers TO 60 to.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
Mysterious Death in Jail.

Special to The Statesman.
MARLIN, Tex, July 1S.-Saturday
evening about $50 o'clock Marshal
Coleman placed John Stack in the
calaboose for being drunk. On Sun
day morning when the prison was
opened Stack was lying upon the
noor face down stone dead. An in
quest and autopsy has failed to ascer-
tain the cause of death. Stack was
an expert horse sheer and was cou-
Quoting shop near the square. He
came here from Fort Worth several
months ago.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
varnish from Seaweed.

A kind of seaweed which is plentiful
on the coast of China furnishes an ad-
mirable glue and varnish. When dried
it is waterproof, and it is employed to
fill up the interstices in bamboo net
work, of which windows are frequently
constructed in that country. 1t is also
utilized to strengthen and varnish paper
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
THIRD PARTY HOPES.
President Loucke CT the Alliance Gives His
Views on the Situation.


OTTAWA, Ont, July 1S.-Henry
Loucke of South OAK ota, president of
the Farmers Alliance of the United
States, is in town on a short visit. He
is en- route to Washington headquart-
ers, where he will complete prepara-
tions for the coming presidential and
congressional campaign. He will
stump the Southern states in the in
terest of the Alliance. Loucke says
the vote which will be cast for the
Alliance candidate in November will
astonish the world. His opinion is
that there will be no choice of presi-
dent by the people at the coming cleo.
ton, and consequently the House of
representatives will choose president,
leaving the vice president to be
elected by the senate. He is confident
the Alliance will carry sufficient
number of states to prevent either of
the old parties obtaining majority in
the electoral college. Alliance lead
ers believe their candidates will carry
Kansas, Colorado and the two Da-
kotas, Nevada, Montana, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Georgia, the two Caro-
linas, Florida and Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21
COmplimented.

$50 you enjoyed your visit to the
Geological gardens, did your" inquired
young man of his adored ones little
sister.
"Oh, yes! And do you know, we saw
camel there that screwed its mouth
and eyes around awfully; and sister said
it looked exactly like you when you are
reciting poetry at evening parties. "
Eychanpa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

WHILE on his death bed, Cyrus W.
Field telegraphed to his son at the
asylum, "Mother requests me to tell
you that l am very low, and not ex-
pected to live" Few more pathetic
messages than this ever went over
the wires, The great patron of teleg-
raphy thus signaling the news of his
early taking Off
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-21

MR.. SHIPE with his pluck and
Hyde Park enterprise has nobly
demonstrated that business can pros
per we'll even in the dull times of our
long summers. This thing of virtu-
ally losing two months every year be-
cause of a little heat is q thing all the
South should get over as soon as pos
sible. 1t is bad disease.