Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-11-18
NEIoHBoRHooD NOTES.

worked IN the mill, Knocked one down ana
threatened to lynch them,a crowed gather
ell, the colored men were chased TO their
house, and it was stoned. some
shots were fired, and three men were
wounded.
III. Yarnell OF Blairsville, left home
three weeks ago, telling his family he was
going to Grapeville. He boarded the train
at the intersection, lost his memory, and
two weeks afterwards awakened out Of q
deep sleep, in a hospital in West Virginia.
He is a contractor and had oyerworked
himself.
Davis and MYERS hollow-ware works at
New Brighton were destroyed bo fire, Mon
day.
An entire block of MeKeesport, bound
bounded by VAIN Mt, Jenny Lind and llth
streets was burned last Monday evening.
The fire started in the cellar of Browns
store, not drop of water was IN the reser.
voir, and the whole block was burned, and
the fire was stopped by water from the
National Tube Works.
The body of Annie Householder, daugh-
ter of Henry Householder, was found IN
the Allegheny river Tuesday morning.
She had been ont the night before, and
foul play is suspected.
Farmer Adams Of Lawrence Co.. was
taken from Dixmont to New Castle last
week, and sentenced to the peDitentiary
for seven years for placing distractions on
the railroad He had been shamming IN
sanity.
The yenango Co. Poor House, located
near Franklin, large, three story Dulld-
ing was destroyed by fire last Thursday
George Gates. a we'll known contractor
of Fairchance, Fayette county. was shot
and instantly killed in the mountains late
ly. He was out hunting with man nam
ed Dills and they became separated. Gates
hid himselfin brush pile and began TO
call like turkey, hoping by this means
TO decoy some of the wild turkeys to with
in gunshot of him. Dills heard the call
and started for the supposed turkey, ana
when within few rods of the brush pie
he fired. The load of buckshot hit Gates
in the neck.
There's no telling what fool things love
will lead folks into. Take the case OF Ed
ma Corson. of Dubois. Pa A few days
ago she tried to commit suicide By taking
bed bug poison, because her lover said he
believed he would quit her. The girl Is
only l6 years old, aud her lover whose
name is Boyle, does not look like one VINO
could incite any maiden to heavy sui
eide, but this girl seemed greatly lniatu
ated. The two went to church in the eV-
ening, and some time after returning TO
the girls home, the young man when ABOUT
To depart. bid her, his friend, farewell, IN a
dramatic manner. 1t was her turn then
to saw adieu, AMI to make it stronger, she
l. al Of q.
and drank half an ounce of it, The poison
was used in the honse to kill bed bugs.
The doctor was called in, and gave the
foolish girl powerful antidote. She re-
covered from the effects of the poison, and
is now ready to resume negotiations with
Boyle.
A Pittsburg boy who reached home last
Sunday, tells a strange story. lie says:
II left Pittsburg last January and went TO
indianapolis After working there until
June 10, went to San Antonio, Texas
Wages were so low there that 1 went TO
Houston. from there to New Orleans, and
then. expecting to get situation working
at nv de-telegraphy-I started for
Birmingham, Ala. | reached Meridian,
Miss, town of 10000 inhabitants, Sept.
20. and decided to stop over few days.
Having wandered around the streets until
dark, was trying to decide where would
sleep when | was accosted by policeman
and asked about my business. | was the
only stranger in town and the officer
charged me with being guilty of robbery
which had been committed about two
weeks before. He called companion and
they took me out OF the city onto the pra-
irie and tried to make me confess myself a
thief When I refused one of them grab
bed me by the throat and nearly strangled
me and the other beat NE in the face with
his fists until | was bleeding terribly
Then they threatened to throw me IN front
of an engine if | did not say | was guilty,
remarking that it would be just one less
tramp in the world.
"I was then dragged to the city lookup
and after lying there two days was taken
to the office of q justice. On the way, the
officer said that if | would plead guilty oil
vagrancy / would get only about 10 days,
and as L was considered a suspicious char
acter, thought it ny only course.
wasn't given chance to say word at the
trial but to plead guilty TO vagrancy. The
Justice made the sentence 80 days, 500 fne
and costs. Having no money / was taken
to the county jail, and at the end OF the
week was taken out and placed in the
chain gang to serve my time and WORK oul
my fine at So month.
faThere were 2S prisoners in the gang
and was chained to colored man with
chain about 10 feet long, an iron cuff be-
ing riyited around my ankle. The prison
ers soon increased to 40, and at night VIC
were taken into q tent. We were al
separately locked to large chain and we
had to lie on our sides in order to make
room for all. Our beds were not hard to
make, as we were compelled to lie down
on the ground without pillow and only
a blanket for a covering. In the mornln
breakfast was served just at daylight, the
diet consisting of corn bread and fat ham,
with never a change. Water was our only
LIQUID refreshment and it was often stag
nant.
1.-THE gang worked exclusively on the
county roads and with only short time tc
eat, had to toll from sunrise to dark. The
keeper was John Mcdaniel, and j osept
Lackey was the name of the guard. They
were armed with beaver hide whips and II
caliber revolyers, and one night cOlored
man was given SO lashes for talking in the
tent after night. Each stroke of the whip
cuts into the flesb, and it was no uncommon
thing for prisoner to receive % or 81
lashes if he is not working hard enough to
snit the brutal guard. There were seven
blood hounds kept with the unfortunate
prisoners. Once week we were allowed
to wash and change clothes, our apparel
consisting of pair of cotton pants and
cotton shirt, without shoes or stockings.
II was compelled to work two days ovel
my time, was turned away at night after @
hard days work, and had to walk 10 miles
to get to Meridian, being on the road all
night The keeper told me he would never
have allowed me to write home if he had
not thought was going to die He men
toned several Of my companions in misery,
who, he said would never get a letter
away from there until they had served
their time out.
~ learned the names Of a printer and O
I7-year-o boy. and after getting away
wrote to the mother of the printer and
stopped in CINCINNATI and told the boys
mother of her sons position. She thought
he was working in Chicago and said she
would have him released as soon as she
could.
"Some of the men are tough characters,
but great many of them were captured in
the same way l was. People will hardly
believe that such an outrage could be com
mitted in civilized country"
On December lst we begin to
invoice and want to reduce our stock
all we can before that time, there.
fora will make snacial low uricpg in