Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-10-21
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! ORLEAN, Oct. 1S.-The Sunday
school celebration advertised to take
place at Enon Church on Saturday last
was begun under most favorable cir
cumstances. A few dialogues and reci-
tations had been heard by the large
congregation, with great deal Of
pleasure when the leader glanced out
of the window and saw fight in prog
ress. Instead of asking some one in a
very quiet way to 90 out and stop the
fight, be stopped young lady who was
in the height of delivering the "Starless
Crown" and requested some of the men
TO go out and stop the fight. He then
bowed his head on the pulpit and be-
gan to cry, and said: II would not have
had it to happen for anything" A
wild rush was then made to the
door by men, women and children, all
OF them in doubt as to what was going
on on the outside. No language can
adequately describe the scene; the
screams of the hysterical women, the
appeals of the parents pleading with
the panic stricken crowd not to crush
the children in their mad rush and the
walls of the little ones made an
impression not soon to be for
gotten. The choir sang and the
preacher, Rev. Mr.. Jackson, pleaded
for quiet, but all in vain. George Mon
roe, a quarrelsome man when in
whisky, had begun the trouble on the
outside with MIR. George Payne, of
Marshall. Mr.. John Allison, Monroe's
father-in law, caught Monroe and pull
ed him away from Payne. Monroe.
with axe in his hand, then turned on AL
lison and followed him to the church
door, where he was checked after
knocking down his brother-in-law, and
striking another brother-in-law; also
striking Mr.. George Germans across
the head making a CHASTITY wound; also
his stepmother and his sister. The axe
was then wrenched from his grasp by
Mr.. James Germans. Monroe then
drew his knife and severely cut Mr..
Bob Heiflin across the hard, after which
he was thrown from the platform in
front of the church. He then made an
attack on Charles Germans, when Jas.
Germans ran up and knocked Monroe
down and ne and his brother held him
down until Monroe promised that he
would behave himself. But no sooner
was he on his feet when be on mis-
chief bent caught up large stone
and went into the church after
George Germans, the leader of the dav,
who, when he sawiMonroe coming, lefo
the platform and jumped out of the
window. This move created another
panic among those in the house, and
out of the doors and out of the win
dows went the ladies, men and child
rem. A large number of them left i'm
mediately for their homes, carrying
their well. filled baskets with them.
After those who were plucky enough
to remain had partaken of the good
things prepared by the ladies of the
congregation, Rev. Mr., Jackson an
nounced that as the "picnic" had been
"busted" up they would repair to the
waters edge where he would baptize.
Monroe followed the crowd down to
the water and again attacked Mr.. Geo.
Payne, who was on his horse and rode
away from him. Monroe then follow
ed Mr. Payne out to the road about
two hundred yards distant and as there
we're several vehicles in the road Mr..
Payne was delayed. Monroe again
overlook him and demanded of Payne
the stone which he hal taken
from Monroe in the morning. He
then struck Payne with the
butt end of a buggy whip
which he had in his hand. Payne again
rode away from him and took another
road for his home. Monroe then went
up the road that he surmised Payne
would pass over and watched for him
until dark.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Monroe, but he is still at large
and says he will not be taken alive.
On Sunday last on the Free State
Mountain Lucius Gaines, colored, and
James Glasscock got into an alteration
and Glasscock fred three bullets into
the leg of Gaines and then got shot
gun from bystander and gave him an
other dose of lead. The wound is con-
sidered dangerous, but not neces-
sarily fatal.
Tht straw yard belonging to Tilman
and Howard Redmond was burned on
Thursday night last, and on the fol-
lowing night an old barn on the farm
now in possession of Charles Williams,
colored, was also fred and burned. The
barn was insured for two hundred and
fifty dollars, but was not worth fifty, as
it has been in q dilapidated condition
for number of years. The contents
were not insured, the loss on which
amounted to about fifty dollars. T.
Thousands suffer from Catarrh or cold in
head aud have never tried the popular rene,
dy. There is nc longer any excuse, as ~