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The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

A Mother Attempts + KIN Her Child
rem

A Mother Attempts t. XIII Her Child
rem.
Mrs. Mexternich while insane under
took TO kill her four children and sue
ceeded in doing them al serious injury.
Her mania was o religious one and she
had the delusion that she had greatly
sinned against God, and as a punish
ment for her sins her children were TO
be sold into slavery, and she had
threatened to kill her children to avoid
this. Her husband went away to his
work Saturday, leaving all ct hone
in apparent quiet, and within o hall
hour his wife had taken an Ak and with
it fearfully cut and beat every one OF
the children The children are Ethel
aged 8 years; Antoine, 6 years; Frank
lin, 3 years, and a badly is months old.
They were all struck in the head in
ficting ugly gashes, and it is feared
the baby viii die, na there are symp-
toms OF concussion Of the brain. The
others viii probably recover.
The woman was caught in her frenzy
and taken to the county jail, and later
III the day was committed to the asy-
linn.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
ELEcTRocUTED AT SING SING
Hampton Pays the Death Penalty.

Hampton Pays the Death Penalty.
Hampton, the murderer, was cleo
trocuted at lib am. Monday.
Hampton's crime was the murder of
Mrs. Annette Aherns, a widow, 70
years Of age, in her apartments in West
Fifty-fourth street, on the night Of
December 20, 1892. Hampton and
his wife had at one time boarded with
Mrs. Aherns, who owned the building
in which she lived. She had accumu-
lated money by renting out rooms, but
being Of a miserly disposition she kept
most Of her money in cotton bag IN
der the bed. Hampton knew this, and
one morning stole $50 and aed from
the house with his wife. AIRS. Aherns
followed him up and demanded that he
return the money. Hampton was
heard to say that if the old lady did
not stop bothering him he would cut
her throat.
On December 80, 1892, Mrs. Aherns
was found in her bed room with her
throat cut from ear to ear. On a wash
stand near the bed was bread knife
and a finger stall which belonged to
the murderer. This was all the clew
the policemen had to work on. The
knife was identified as one Hampton
had stolen from a boarding house kept
bv Mrs. Josephine johnson. The
morning after the murder Hampton
went to Mrs. Johnson's house and
showed her a roll of bank bill land gold.
The money was in a white cotton bag
like the one In which the dead woman
kent her money. The next day Hemp
ton met Joseph Papzico and told him
he would pay his expenses if he would
accompany him to Newark. he show
ed Papzico a roll Of bills and the gold.
The two men went 70 Newark, whore
he purchased q complete outfit of cloth
inc. He then disappeared and was
arrested on February Is. When the
murder was committed Hampton had
n sore finger and wore finger stall on
the wounded finger. He was placed
on trial for the murder, and was found
puiltv and sentenced TO be executed
Inst year. but his case was taken to the
court Of appeals. and when the decision
waa handed down sustaining the action
Of the lower court he was sentenced TO
die.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

A. @. Jarman, a prominent young
farmer Of Carroll county, was killed
by j. b. Gilbert, a young farmer of
Bolivar county, Wednesday evening,
near Hemingway, Miss. Jarman was
on horseback when the alteration oc-
CURED, at the home Of I. J. Gilbert,
and the first shot killed him instantly.
The parties we're cousins by marriage.
The p. Z. Liddell Camp Of the Uni
ed Confederate Veterans held a re-
union at the court house Saturday.
Hon. Wiley N. Nash, Of Starkville,
Miss, a prominent candidate for attor-
ney-general of Mississippi, was the ora
tor Of the occasion and delivered an
eloquent address. Many ladies graced
the occasion by their presence.
The weather is bitterly cold and
snow covers the earth, being the fourth
snow that has visited this section in the
past month.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

A telephone message from Tyler
town, Miss, states that ever since the
arrest Of Barney Lewis and the shoot
ing of DR.. Grady at Grimsley's in
Marion county, Wednesday night,
great excitement has prevailed in the
Col Hobgood neighborhood, which is
located around the state line which di-
vides Marion county, Mississippi, from
Washington parish, La, and every ef-
fort is being made to capture the re-
mainder of Grady's gang and recover
the rest of the goods that have been
stolen from different stores over the
county.
Deputy Holmes, Col Hobgood and
two other deputies are still after Magee
with three warrants, and win capture
him il he has not already left the par
ish. He is described as being twenty
four years old, five feet seven inches
tall, weighs $50 pounds, has sandy
hair and moustache, blue eyes, high
cheek bones and rudy complexion.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
A MoTHER's DEVOTION.
Thrilling Escape From a Burning
Building.

Thrilling Escape From a Burning
Building.
A dispatch from New York says: A
mothers love and courage showed it.
self strongly Wednesday when Mrs.
Harry Walsh left fourth-story win
dow Of her home at AZ Sixth avenue
and with her two children IN her arms
climbed down an icy iron ladder to es-
cape from the flames that had posses
sion Of her rooms. The fire started
while Mrs. Walsh was still in bed with
her children. Her husband, letter
carrier, had gone to work half an hour
before. Mrs. Walsh awoke 10 find her
room in flames. The force of the fire
and smoke had already blown out a
rear window in the house. Mrs.
Walsh caught her two children up and
ran through the flames to the fire es-
cape. The FIRE burned their night
gowns and scorched their hair and
flesh. Icicles hung from the fire es-
cape ladder down which she had to
climb. A beam had fallen across her
shoulders as she ran through the burn
ing room and left an ugly bruise. Mrs.
Walsh climbed down the first ladder
and stood on a level with on adjoining
house, where a man who had been
awakened by the fire met her and took
the children from her arms. Then
Mrs. Walsh was herself assisted down.
The surgeon at the hospital to which
they we're taken said he thought the
two children would die.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

John W. Wells, who apsassinated his
sweetheart, Miss Lizzie Heiner, last
fall, near Casilla, Tallahatchie county,
was convicted Wednesday night of
murder and sentenced to hang on
Msrch Goth next. Wells was ably de-
Tended by Col. w. @. Meek, of Colum-
bus, j. W. Barron Of Ackerman, and
K. @. Jones Of Louisville; while the
prosecution was ably looked after by
District Attorney Shields and James
Stone, Of Oxford. The case was a
plain one, besides strong circumstan-
tial evidence. Wells had confessed
the crime to four different parties. G.
j. Mccoy, who arrested Wells near
Cullman, Ala, was Thursday paid the
reward Of $500 by Gov. Stone, offered
by the State. In addition, citizens Of
Tallahatchie county offered $500.
Mary E. Holmes College, founded
two years agy by Miss Mary E. Holmes
Of Rockford, ILL.,, for the education Of
colored girls, was burned Thursday
afternoon. The building was of brick,
had an attendance Of 120 pupils and
was ina thriving condition. The wear
ing apparel and personal effects Of the
teachers and pupils was nearly all lost.
The origin of the fire could not be
traced. 1t was first discovered in the
room Of one Of the pupils. The build
ing was valued at $50, 900. The insur-
ance Of $4,000 was placed by the
board Of control in Pittsburg, Pa.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

A ASouthcrn Pacific Train Robbed.
The Southern Pacific train was held
up and robbed near Wilcox, Ariz.
Thursday night Additional particu-
lars state that five men were concerned
in it. Two of the bandits boarded the
train at Penix and when two miles
west Of the town suddenly appeared in
the cab of the engine with drawn pistols
compelling the engineer to stop the train
While one of the robbers kept him
covered the other made the fireman and
brakeman cut the express and mail cars
from the rest of the train. The enei-
ncer was then mace to pul the two de-
tached cars on to about two miles to q
culvert, where two of the bandits
gang were found holding horses for the
entire party. 1t was here that the safe
was blown open, the men with the
horses having brought the explosive.
The top and sides of the expresssc
we're thoroughly shattered and the ex-
press company's cafe blown 70 pieces.
Besides the $4,000 in Mexican money
there was a good deal Of coin on the
train which had been sent to pay the
railroad employees along the line and
this was also carried OF by the robbers,
who rode away in a northerly direc-
tion.
Morgan Wheeler, well-known Ari-
zona desperate, who is believed to be
the fifth member Of the party, pur-
chased a quantity of giant powder in
Wilcox on the day preceding the rob-
berry. The Southern Pacific company
and the Wells-Fargo express company
offers a joint reward of $500 for each of
the robbers. -Four posses headed by
the sheriff, the Wells-Fargo and S. p.
detectives are after the bandits.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
v1cKsBuRa.

DR.. Z. r. Cook, lately convicted Of
manslaughter, and whose appeal to the
supreme court is now pending, was re-
leased Saturday on $4,000 bond, as his
health was seriously affected by con-
finement.
Thos. Young, colored hackman, ar
rested for supposed completely in the
Sarah Smith murder, was honorably
Discharged Saturday.
Cyrus J. Marshall, colored, former
ly assessor of this county, was shot
twice and instantly killed Saturday
morning on the Dixie plantation, this
county, by Willis Bell, white farmer.
The provocation alleged is that Mar
shall had insulted Mrs. Bell
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
ABERDEEN.

At 6 o'clock Sunday night the Pres
byterian church took fire presumably
a defective fue, and in O short while
was burned to the ground. In the
forenoon the pulpit was occupied by
Rev. Mr.. Lane, of Tuscumbia, Ala.
who announced the usual 7 o'clock ser
vice, but before that hour the church
was in ashes. 1t was a brick structure
that cost about S12, 900 and was not in
sured.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

The mayor of Lowestoft who has
oponed fund to reward the captain
ana crew Of the fishing smack Wild
Flower which rescued the twenty sur
vipors ol tbs Elbe, has teleqraphod 70
Emperor william, asking him to a'sh-
nerihe 10 lhe fnudl
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
PoRT aIBsoN.

J. L. Kelly, engaged in the retail
grocery and confectionery business
here, made opeeial assignment Satur-
day night to J. B. Allen Of bis stock Of
merchandise and book accounts for the
benefit Of home creditors. Slow collec-
tions caused the failure.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED UP
HERE AND THERE.


The little village Of Jamestown, in
Coahoma county, was completely de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning.
Among the burned buildings are Jones'
town Bank, Skaters dry goods, A. G.
Jacobs dry goods. Montgomery's law
Office, and Ganong's drug store. Loss
800, 600: insurance S30.O0
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

Jim Adams. tho negro school teacher
who ia charged with having knocked
his wife in the head and laid her across
the railroad track before an approach
ing train at Dnrant, was apprehended
in this county and lodged In jail Satur-
day.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

II is believed that the English wal
nut can be proatnbly grown anywhere
suu.h pg Maaon and DiEon'e Lane
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

,.a5 frank Atkinson, patent medicine
s.sa s1or lhot his sister-in-law, Lena
~ b'es, Monday at Peoria, III killing
a..n instantly. He then shot himself
onno 1mes, twice in the breast and
Tha 40 the thead He cannot live.
i,o,,.,c N cauee Of The act waa family
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
hambeFIsin Hunt
Academy,

II GIBSON, . MISSISSIPPI
hh0Ted Boarding School for Boys.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08
II Session Begins Sept. 18th, 1894



FACULTY;
@ Z GUTHRIE, A. B., PRINCIPAL
! l0LLITT, A. B.,
b H. Il. BB0WNLEE, Bible History
AAlIERFIELD, Prep. Department
English, classical, and business
purses.
Remarkably healthful location in
"hill country" Prohibition
fgn' New gymnasium. Aces
PIE on Y. & M. V. r. r. A
achers live in the Academy, hence
one influences and constant over
|ght Superior instruction and
|'opline. Owing to endowment
Isafdlng and tuition for 10 months
IaLY SI55. For catalogue ad-
Secretary c.-K Academy,
POrtGibson. Miss.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1895-02-08

0en'1lIne nov pr laa5.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16

Personal attention given 10 the posting m and distribution of advertising matter af ey, np cry kind, including samples, etc. Charges reasonable. Office at A. l. S,eWsrtis i. p 9Ss IA East BarraQue street. .,
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Triumph of Alnminiurn.

The forthcoming review of the geo logical survey of the mineral resource, of the country will show that the pro duction of aluminium in the United States in 1894 was $50, 900 pounds The imports were valued at S4.1l0.
 Bauxile, which is an oxide of alumin ium, has been found in sufficient quan titles to be commercially valuable il only three localities in the United States. These are in New Mexico, Ar kansas and the Coosa valley of Georgis and Alabama. Aluminium, the review says, has now found the position in the arts predicted for it, and the demand is increasing. Its metallurgical use has proved more valuable than was expect. ed. .--Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
The Night That | Proposed.

The night that proposed to her how well d. recall The way the maiden looked and how she acted through it all She did not seem one whit disturbed. Hel cheeks did not turn pale, Nor did she blush or wiring her hands as ix some lovers tale. Nor swestly parted were her lips. nor yet tos tightly closed. She did not heave one gentle sigh the nigh that proposed. She did not catch her breath nor start nor fal upon my neck Nor trsmbie like an aspen leaf. She was nc total wreck, Nor was she too self possessed, but just |. maiden sweet Who acquiesced in what l said as if it were treat To leave her home and go where We could hay, quiet talk The night that l proposed to her that VI, should take 8 walk
 Tom Mason in Munsey's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16

HOODS PILLS are the best family cathartic and liver medicine. Harm less, reliable, sure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
COAL IN ALASKA.
Exceedingly Rich Deposits Waiting For
 People to Help Themseives.


 People to Help Themselves. Many shrewd people in Alaska are beginning to think there would be more money just now in the coal resources | of the country than in the much talked about gold mines, The gold mines do not appear to be banning out so we'll lately-that is, in comparison with the cost of the whole process of getting to the mines and living there while get ting out the gold. The business seems to have been somewhat overboomed. But several experts who have lately been prospecting the coal resources of the coast region believe coal getting could be made immediately profitable.
 On the east shore of Cooks inlet there is big vein of coal fully five feet thick entirely exposed at low tide All that is necessary to get the coal is to take crowbar and pry it out in as big blocks as desired A recent investiga- tion of this deposit showed that 20 feet below the first vein is another vein six feet thick, and three other veins were found in the immediate neighborhood.
 
 for miles along the shore. Considerable quantities of this coal have been used by the steamship Chehalis, which runs be- tween Juneau and Cooks inlet, and the chief engineer says it has better steam ing qualities than the British Colnm- bian coal, and is in many respects bet ter than any other coal procurable on the Pacific coast It does not clinker at all.
 Some San Francisco people sent big bark. with scow and a party of miners, to this place last winter. and the bark was loaded with the coal at very little cost, and the cargo brought the specu- lators considerable profit. One miner has already squatted on 500 acres of the property, and others are following his example. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
SzS z zHs E Hzp
 45 - s|IIgIl' \ ' 1lli1 RHEUMATISM

Skin Diseases, Eczema, Chronic Female Complaints, Nercurial Poison, Tetter, Scala Head, etc, etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
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appetizer, building up the system rapidly.
 Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whose blood is in an impure condition, dua
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
New Cotton einner. Compre.s.

The cotton ginner's compress, the new invention which is attracting such wide attention in the cotton world, was test. ed recently st Jackson, Tenn. in the presence of prominent cotton men from the south. The test was a success A 500 pound bale can be compressed into 8 bale of two feet in diameter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
No Water to Spare In the St. Lawrence

~N~ W eSoA " okesAc AAA sAS sSss 2-SAWk
 Shipowners at Montreal view with alarm the completion of the Chicago drainage canal. Even without that drain on the source of the St. Lawrence the river is falling with great rapidity. If the water continues to recede at its present rate, the larger ocean steamships will be obliged to tighten portion of their cargoes in order to get out and into the port of Montreal
 The average draft of the ocean steam ships which frequent the port is 8 trifie more than 20 feet, though the class ot ships such as the Parisian, Labrador, Vancouver, Mongolian. etc, draw con siderably more. On July 2S the water in the harbor registered 28 feet inches, which is decrease of one inch below the day before. For some time past 6 gradual decrease of about an inch in & day has taken place. The low record last year was in November, when, on the 30th, the water reached 25 feet. The lowest in 1888 was on Nov. ', when the water attained depth of 27 feet 9 inches. Toronto Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-08-16
OR. HERE'S INVENTION.
Will. He Claims. Effect an Enormous Im
 provemsnt In Teiegraphy,

VIII, He Clsims. Effect an Enormous Inn
 provement In Photography.
 In an interview with Dr. Cornelius Herz. at Bournemouth, England, the doctor, who is worn with anxiety and pain and is clearly dying. declared in broken utteranees that he would leave a great invention to be patented and de- veloped The gist of the invention Is an enormous improvement in telegraphy, by which more than 1 1000 words can be transmitted by long submarine ca bles in the same time that 90 words can be sent now.
 The invention, the doctor claimed, would allow of cabling 50 words at a cost of cents. He dwelt upon the in fiuenee that the invention would have upon the newspaper of the future and said that he intended, in granting roy alties. to reserve all rights as far as they applied to news The invention, he said, would render submarine teleph- ony and multiplex telephony feasible Among those engaged in his laboratories in France on the experiments which have resulted in the invention he men tioned Edison's nephew. New York Herald
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-16

Fire Wipes 0ata il aiage for Waits
at Wh..e Plai4s, n, Y.
wAKBNBD FROM SLEEP

To Find the westchester Home in Flames.
The Two Hundred Children Safely Taken
from the Burning Structure, and No Fa-
talities Resulted.
WHITE PLAINS, n. Y, Feb, 16.-The
Westchester Temporary Home, on North
street, about mile from the county court
house, was totally destroyed by fire last
night. The building contained 200 chill
dren, ranging from to 10 years of age.
Besides there was dozen teachers and
nurses. The home was in charge of James
Pierce who is the superintendent, and
Miss Mcdonald assistant superintendent.
Mr. Pierce had been away all day in
Poughkeepsie, and returned on a late train,
after the building was in ruins.
About 10 o'clock watchman in the
building discovered the cellar in a mass of
flames The fire had originated from a
defective ilue. At that hour the little
ones were sound asleep. They were awak-
ened as quickly as possible and hurried
from the burning building. They were
first taken TO the laundry, but the heat
became so intense that they were trans
ferred to the schoolhouse and cared for
An alarm was sounded in the village
and the entire fire department. OF Whlte
Plains responded and started for the scene.
They had hardly gone half a mile when
they were told that the fire was out, and
returned to their fire houses A telephone
call was later sent in that unless the de-
partment hastened the whole institution
would be in ashes
A second alarm was sounded and the
department again started out. When
they arrived at the home the main build
ing, which was 70 feet front and 100 feet
deep was mass of flames. 1t was only
possible to save the buildings adjoining
the home, and this was done with diff
ticulty. Most of the children's wearing
apparel was destroyed, and the children,
many of whom were sick, suffered con
siderably from the cold.
The Westchester Temporary Home was
established about fifteen years ago by well
known society ladies of New York The
president of the institution is Mrs Charles
Butler. Among the board of managers are
Mrs. William f. Cochran, Mrs Richard
Hoe, Mrs. jennings McCemb, Mrs. Brink
erhoff and Miss Helen Gould.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-16

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. .15.-Flour steady; win
ter superfne, S202l5 winter extras, SEQ
Pennsylvania roller straight S25Od265;
western winter clear, S2,40026O. Wheat
quiet and steady, with 511sc, bid and
size asked for February Corn dull
and unchanged, with 47c bid and 4716
asked for February Oats quiet and steady,
with 3j34c bid aud $780, asked for February.
Hay strong; good to choice timothy, Sl3.5O@
a. Beef dull. Pork firm, active. Lard steady;
western steam $3.50, Butter unsettled; west
ern dairy, lO0l5c; do. creamery, 1l624l6c.;
do. factory s16Ql4c.; Elgins, 2l19c. imitation
creamery, lOdl8c.; n, Y. dairy, 2O62lc. do
creamery, l3al9c.; Pennsylvania creamery
prints, fancy 27c,; do. choice, 26c, do. fair tc
GOOD, 2la25c; prints jobbing at 2893lc
Cheese, steady; large, 9@llAo.; small, 916d
l2c.; part SKINS 30S16e.; full skins, 116d
2l6c Eggs weak; New York and Pennsylvania
26c.; ice house, lS02lc.; western fresh, 25d
25I6o.; southern, 231602i16c.