The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-03-15
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Important Happenings Told IN q Fow Lines
For Uasty Readers.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Fob. 2s.-Th'
criminal court of record convened a
0:30 Il. M, and tho street around tn,
courthouse was thronged with spccta
tors anxious to see tho two pugilists
Corbett was the first to arrivo ani
was soon followed by Mitchell
arraigned for trial Joo Vondig, j. E. T.
Bowden, Harry Sihler, r. II. Mcmillan
B. +. Blake, Of Duval Athletic club
and Billy Thompson and VIM. 4. Brady
as aiders and abettors. The trial 81
Corbett was first begun aud the result
of this will decide tlio balance.
LITTLE Rock, Feb. 28.---At Arkadel
phia Willis Holder, who was convicte6
of wifo murder and sentenced to be oxo
cuted March Q, had a rehoaring on q
mandate from tho supreme court. on
tered plea Of involuntary manslaugh-
tor, and was sentenced to one year IN
stato's prison. The supreme court re-
versed the decision of the lower court
because Of reprehensible language used
by the prosecuting astorney to the trial
jury. Tho case is novel one, the crip'
inal stopping out Of the shadow OF the
gollows into short term Of imprlson-
mont wlthln one week.
NASHVILLE, Fob. 27.-The city coun-
ell committee appointed to investigate
tho charges brought by certain parties
against two members Of the. board Of
public works aud affairs, mot anl
agreed to hold secret sessions, from
which all but tho committee, one wit
ness at O time and tho sworn stenograph.
| NJ, bo n l1nsya1 pharo 10 oo,,,o ,nSti
cism of this action, ns the people have
very littlo if any belef in tho truth of
tho charges 50 far as tho officials are
concerned and wanted tho investigation
held in public.
TnoMAsvILLE, Ga, Feb. 20.--The six
prisoners who escaped from tho jail here
after shooting tho 1ailer were ovcrtRken
by the sheriif's posse and thrco Of them
woro captured. Henry Spencer, the
condemned man, was shot and seriously
wounded, but will live to be executed
next Thursday. Jim Kennedy, who
| shot tho jailer, was run 10 mi]o5 by the
hounds, and upon boing called upon to
surrender refused. Ho was shot and in
stantly killed. He was in pond OF
water up to his neck.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 21,--Repro.
sctativos of commercial bodies Of Blrm-
ingham, Mobile, Montgomery Hunts
villo and Tuscaloosa, mot here and Dc
cded TO issue a call urging all tho towns
in the state TO organize commercial aSso
| cations and to sond delegates to q stat
convention Of tho commercial bodies in
| Alabama to meet in Birmingham on
April 25, for tho purpose Of forming y
| permanent state organization.
AUGUSTA, GA, Fob. 2S.-Tho police
commission has accepted tho proposition
o. !no s"hrh'.orS' OF icnhSy'h'lia, lo'
! # j., nm inIrm,,itv of wo,rcs in r9.n ~,
accident and 81 600 in case OF DEATH \
resolution was also passed asking tn,
city council 10 pass :in ordinance !inin"
and rGv0k.uH the hccn-, "t amy har
. keeper who gives O. sells l.quUr 10 :.
, policeman on duty.
port Of ,ich gold discovery in Gillcs
pic county, near fredericksburg, ha'
Deon teiilieu. M ne mno was mage ms N ~ sil'
nouhthiils on tlio ralich VI ~; N,I,.
Aithaus' mlneraios1st or GonslaeiaDl'
reputation. a sample Oh the ORG "h'
seilI " ~" oiio'iiS ii.;M' ;.i io' ..;e..
tioli, 'Hi l:tutllcu Ham 500, ~ i'tiio"''
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HOUSTON teb' @o.-lnfofmation comes
from tho starr county section or the
state TO the oiloc1 that nlanthois tHreat-
ehcd eneae Hsheay sbos per 11. aod o. al" r"
tlo, horses aiin elioep "io :, u?au, ho 'iop'
oa any h,, yo t,'o ,1ast noet' "nS'u reat dasti
vested ouIlng the paso year; gte"' Hts', Nes1..
tuIloh anu "psGtoo s;tit "'Hv foS 1N'et nonay m"m
peopio nio "A'n'"' ' PoP'-
uo,, o. ,+o,oar,,, fro,,
e'o.:s IN Ne~ q ~ 49, ~ ,a,,, ua.o;ua, haro ~,
Sco'la' . w. mas oeeh receiVoo horo an
nouncing the capture Of Ed Davis WHO
murdered Willis Brown at the o-mlle
bend on the Augusta road, Jan. IT. pa
Wis will DO brought down and put IN
Chatham county Jail. ito Will DO tried
His crime was most brutal one.