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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Dl. Bells peppermint Chill.
Tonic cures chills permanently.
A sure appetizer. A perfect
blood purifier. A complete
strengthened. 1t will give color
to the face and change that sal
low. complexion to a beautiful
rosy hue. II corrects disorders of
the stomach and aids digestion.
OvercOmes nervous depression
and low spirits. 1t will restore ex-
hausted and nursing mothers to
full strength and energy and make
bone and muscle children. Guar
anteed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Nixon.

The protracted meeting com.
menced last Sunday with a good
interest.
Among those who attended
church last Sunday from a dis
lance were, DR.. L. &. Covey and
wife, S. r. Knox, j. @. McCorkle
and wife, John Moore and Rev.
Pagan Smith.
Grandma Maddox is very low
with bilious fever.
Almer Melton is very sick with
typhoid fever.
Miss Delsey Couch is able to be
up after a severe attack of bilious
fever.
Isaac Hitchcock and family, Of
Walnut Grove, visited j. y.
Martin and family last SaturIAy
and Sunday.
Sam Linmau / s the happiest
fellow in town because it is boy.
Miss Laura DuckwOrth visited
Miss Minnie Croker last Satur-
day night.
Mr.. j. L. Baker is on the sick
list this week.
Offie Austin is having "bran
new" house made out of his old
one.
NJ. +. Fraley and Offie Austin
went to jackson last week and
bought new steam mill which
they will locate near the White
Sulphur Spring. They claim they
will get one million feet of lumber
at the location.
Rev. j. d. Protor had some old
fashioned singing at Bethel last
Sunday afternoon in the Christian
and Southern Harmony Church.
1t was the old folks singing, and
it made the writer think of thirty
years ago.
hope the Courier man enjoyed
his trip TO Union City.
G. r. King is using the yard
stick for Il. II. Shull.
ToCSIN.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Commissioner of Agriculture
Paine has received a letter from
Jno. w. Rosamon, president Of the
West Tennessee Horticultural So
ciety, to the effect that his efforts
to arouse interest in the Farmers
Institute at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS B, 6
7 andS,are in every way successful.
Splendid list of delegates are being
appointed by the CountyCourt and
farmers everywhere are co-operat-
ing in awakening interest.
The farmers Of Madison county
have exhibited a laudable desire
to assist in the success of the in
stitute and the indications are that
it is going to be the most impor-
tant meeting the farmers have
eyer held in Tennessee. The gov
crnment will have representatives
here and will aid the convention
in other ways.-Jackson sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

It is stated that the sum OF ST.
600. 900 is due the state in unpaid
revenues, a larger portion of which
back tax collectors areresponslble
for With this sum in hand, the
state would not be put to the
necessity of making pilgrimage
at the end of the year to the ma
tlonal money center to secAre a
loan to meet interest dues.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Did you sell or get your
Texas Lands.

you have money, lands or in.
heritance due you in Texas, write
L. Fulton, attorney, Denton, Tex
as, and he will get it for you.
There are thousands of acres a.
waiting the rightful owners in Tex.
as. Most all the early settlers had
lands granted them. If you own
or have interest in Texas lands,
write L. Fulton, Denton, Texas,
He will sell it for you. He has his
own brick building and Mosler fire
proof vault.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

The agents for the school'book
publishing houses who have drawn
fat salaries at the expense OF the
children of Tennessee will have to
seek other occupations now. For
,irty years, or more, each large
publishing house has maintained
an agent IN this State and these
rents have, in many instances,
corrupted teachers and school Of
fcers in the interest Of the house
they represented. I h e &C t
passed by the last Legislature
establishing a school-book law
system means thousands for the
benefit of the children instead OF
a combine trust which has so long
over. Swallowed this state.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
To The Creditors of Leonard
Johnson Deceased.

The insolvency ofLeonarc John
son, deceased, having been sug-
gested to the clerk of the county
court of Hardin county, Tenn,
notice is hereby given, as request
ed by the order of said clerk, to
all persons having claims against
said estate to file the same with
the clerk of said court at his Of
flee in Savannah, Tenn, authenti-
Gated as required by law, by the
2nd day Of October, 1899, or be
forever barred. This June 16, 1899
Il. A. JOHNSON. Executrix.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

The presence of yellow fever
among the soldiers aSNorfolk, Va,
is giving the people of Richmond
and other cities near by terrible
scare. Thirty.seven cases have
developed at the soldiers home,
seven of which have proven fatal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
e. p. Jones VS.. |. NJ. tones ct al.

In the Chancery Court a; Savannah
Tenn.
In this cause by order Of the ChanceryCourt
Of Hardin County at the May term 1899, all
creditors of the estate OF G. P. Jones, de-
ceased, are required to come forward and ex-
hbit and file their demands in this cause
against said estate, with the undersigned c.
x NJ, on or before the fourth Monday Of
Now, 1899, or be forever barred. This or
der will be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Savannah Courier.
This June 2S, 1899.
ID. A. WEIGH, c. & NJ.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Congressman L. w. Carmack, ii

Congressman L. w. Carmack, is
reported quite sick yet with ty'
phoid fever, in Columbia. lie
has been confined to his bed for
four weeks. A special from Col
unbia to the Nashville American
of July 31st, says: Congress
nan Carmack has taken a turn
for the worse, and his condition
is causing a great deal OF uneasi'
ness. His general temperature Is
from 1044 to lO5.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

The boom in iron industries
in Alabama has in the last SIX
months induced the investment in
various enterprises in that state
of sIOO,OOO,OOO. The development
of the coal and iron industries OF
that state has wrought magical
results, and put Alabama in the
fore front of the progressivestates
of the South.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

One hundred and sixty'fve
cars of phosphate were shipped
from the Hickman county mines
last week, most of which went to
Cleveland Ohio. A special from
Uentneville says: SIN the past few
weeks over 1000 miners have
come to this place from almost
every state in the South, and it
is estimated that there are now at
least 1000 hands employed in
mining rock. The payroll of
the companies combined reaches
rearly $500 per week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Some men are terrible liars, says
an exchange: "In writing of a cy-
clone out West one of them said
it turned a well inside out, a eel.
lar upside down,moved a township
line, blew all the slaves out of a
whisky barrel and left nothing but
a bung hole, changed the day of
the week, blew a mortgage off a
fence and knocked the wind out
of n DOpulist,n
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

The pig iron famine that was
predicted several weeks ago APP
pears to have materialized. The
brokers in the large cities say the
dealers are not trying to sell iron
for shipment at present audit will
probably be the first of January
next. and none is to be had Tor
sbipment soonerthan September l.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
An Epidemic of DiarrhOea.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoanu'
Grove, Fla, says there been quite an epidem
c Of diarrhoea there. He had a severe at
tack and was cured by four doses of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarhoea
Remedy. He says he also recommended
it to others and they say it is the best medi-
cine they ever used. For sale by J. X.
Barlow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Jackson Labor Men will OBJ.
serve September ., as a day OF
celebration. Great preparations
are being made for the occasion,
and doubtless it will surpass any
thing given by an organized labor
I,,1
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
THE STRANGLING BUG.
H a Made Its Appearance a n d
OvershadOWs the Kisser.

The kissing bug has passed. II
is out Of dale because rival in.
sect claims the floor. The newest
thing known to etymology is the
strangling bug. 1t first made its
appearance in Philadelphia where
it strangled a number of the resi-.
dents of Sleepyville. 1t has been
no further South yet, though it
would be well to keep your eye
on the firearms as there is no tell
ing just when it may come to town
1t is suggested that perhaps the
kissing and strangling bugs will
form an alliance and hire lightning
bug to accompany them. The lat
ter will furnish the illumination,
the stranger will catch the victim
and hold him, or her, as the case
may be, while the kisser gets in
his work. -Jackson Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

What among human ills are more annoying
than piles! The Affections that prevent &C
tive exercises are bad enough, but one that
makes even rest miserable is worse. Women
are among its greatest martyrs. TABLER's
BUCKEYE PILE OINTMENT will cure the most
obstinate case. Price, 5octs., in bottles, tubes
7scts. Sold by !. X. Barlow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Delinquent Taxpayers Take Notice

On the LIST Monday in September
next, at the court house door at
Savannah, Hardin County, Tenn,
/ will offer for public sale all the
real estate belonging to delin-
quent taxpayers for the year 1898,
a description of which real estate
can be seen upon the books in
my office; and if said sale is not
completed Oh the said LIST Monday
in Sept, tho same will be con-
tlnued from day to day until com
pleted. r.. d. DEFoRD, Trustee.
This Aug, 3, 1899. st.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
A. S. GRIGG,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
SAVANNAH, TENN.

Will Practice in the Courts of this and adj
joining Counties; also in the Supreme Court
Prompt attention will be given all business en-
trusted to me. OFFICE OVER BANK BUILDING
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Imperfect digestion and assimilation pro-
duce disordered conditions of the system,
which grow and confirmed by neglect. Her
bine gives tone to the stomach, and causes
good digestion. Price 5octs. Sold by !. X.
Barlow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

1t appears that the rainy season
doesn't prevent Uncle Sam from
occasionally wading in and licking
the Filipinos.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
The Eagle, King of all Birds,

is noted for its keen sight, clear and distinct
vision. So are those persons who use Suther
lands Eagle Eye Salve for weak eyes, styes,
sore eyes of any kind, or graduated lids.
Sold by all dealers at * cents.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

The soothing and healing properties Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, its pleasant
taste and prompt end permanent cures, have
made it great favorite with the people
everywhere. For Sale by ]. X. Barlow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04


Every editor makes enemies. A
little squib aimed at no one in
particular will hit some hollow
headed individual on a raw spot
and he at once declares himself
"agin" the paper. The paper may
have given bin complimentary
notices, but the imaginary thrust
puts him on his dignity, and he
establishes himself as a critic, but
hasn't nerve enough to &c to the
editor with his supposed gIiev.
ance. Just notice and you will
see that the men who are "agin"
their home papers are, as a rule,
men who would not be mOurned or
missed if they should leave the
community forever. On every
question of local interest the home
paper stands ready to make a
fight for the best interests Of the
greatest number and always has
the greatest number of the best
citizens at its back.-Granger
Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Advertising Rates

Ooel,,h per annum reading $500
+" Z" " display 800
Reading notices, first insertion per line, 'o5
For each subsequent insertion, 'o3
Obituaries or card ofthanks. 'o3
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

Make Bahy's Birth Quick, Easy and al
most Painless by taking Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
Notice.

The week commencing with the
3rd Monday of each month | will
spend at Saltillo and Clifton, the
remainder ofmy time at Savannah.
+. @. WILLIAMS, Dentist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04

g: g CORRESPONDENCE e.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-04
STEAMBOATS,.
Tennessee River Packet Co
Steamer EDGAR CHERRY

ii. A. KELL....... .... Master,
!. NJ. CROW. Clerk.
Tri-weekly Savannah & Danvile Packet.
Leaves Savannah Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays a. m. Up Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, passing Jacksonville 1880, a.
m.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05
a THIRD spy.
How the siraar Learned All Tie wantea
to Know.

'Df' Nh' Aii Tie hhutcJ
to know.
The following story OF the sirdar,
which comes to me bearing the author
ity OF a relative OF Lord Kitchener, IL
lustrates more than any. perhaps. his
readiness OF resource his determine
tion and hic painstaking. far-seeing
preparedness for events. says the Aead-
emy. One evening. as our forces
neared Khnrtum, o dervish Spy was
discovered In camp and promptly taken
to headquarters for examination. 1t
was juncture at which information
as to the enemy's position and plans
was OF higher Importance, but neither
the richest bribes nor the direst threat
could elicit one word from the prison
er; he affected 10 be both deaf and
dumb, Scarcely was his hearing over
III hearing it could be ealled-when
another''spy was led in who proved
equally obdnrate. Il was maddening.
and in the good old times" torture
and short shrIft would have been this
fate Of these brave gentlemen As it
was, they were led away. bound and
placed for the night in welI-guarded
tent
About half an hour later. when all
was settling down to rest in camp.
there was fresh stir and hubbub. and
third SPY was dragged in. who. also,
would reveal nothing and was finally
placed In the tent with his fellows.
soon the guards heard a murmur OF
voices from within; the dumb spies
had found their tongues. but 1t was inn
possible to overhear their talk distinct
ly or to understand It, An hour OF
more passed Then the door OF the
tent was thrown open and the third
spy appeared and asked to be con-
Quoted 10 headquarters. II was the
slrdar. who. in disguise. had discovered
all he needed to knowl 1t seems that
Lord Kitchener always takes the great
est pains &c make himself master OF
the yernaeular OF any country to which
he is sent He seizes every opportunity
OF talking with the poorer folks. until
he literally speaks like a native.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05
ana sad, 4 can set iats or

-------T ana sad, 7 can gat lots or
Then | pushed her into the water
With my two hands. calling her AZ
tho same time and said.
What kind Of wife are you. any
wsy7'
Il didnt see her after pushed her
ipto the water was very angry
when she fell in, and / went away.
leaving her there / saw nobody on
the dock. It was about $40 O'Clock
and was already dark. She did not
scream or say single word after /
pushed her into the water.
Il went away and had another drink
over In Clark street Ii was on the
south side, on the rIght-hand side OF
the pier, where ! pushed her on She
bad on black dress. black hat. with
gray feathers, and wUre a light Jacket.
Eyerything was entirely new. The
Jacket she bought few days before.
she always had some money. as gave
her g a week.
After ] had the drink went home
on a Halsted street car. transferring
on Forty-seveuth street and getting
on al Ashland aycnue and Forty-sev-
enth street where got another drink
and got g. Sssrskweli street car.
When got home attended to the
house and prepared a lunch for my
self and went 10 bed This IS the frst
time have told the truth about this
affair"
After signing the confession Beck
cr turned % the interpreter and said
Please tell the newspaper men that
there Eas no cutting. no hacking. no
blood. Some have said did as Luet-
scrt did but I did not
The Win, drawn up aud signed by
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05
WAY TO CURE a HUSBAND.
Plaster Cast Break. tho Matrimonial
Bonds.


A story travels over the sea from
Paris OF a young lawyer named Ger
walls. who has been practieIng law in
the French capital for about two years
He comes from Marseilles. where his
parents are personages OF considerable
property. who are bent upon his mar
rylng into the family OF an old friend,
where there Is more property. This
arrangement was distasteful to young
Geryais who. while In England last
summer. married bright English girl
and returned with her TO Paris. ow-
ing to the property that the young man
expected to inherit the marriage was
kept a profound secret. The English
wife Is said to have made an admir-
able heipmate, and little by little she
cured him OF his bad habits-cured him
OF all except one He still continued
on certain occasions to drink too much
Recently his friends brought him home
in an unconscious condition. This was
the young wifes opportunity. She
had him put 10 bed and placed one OF
HIS limbs in surgical bands. having
hrst plastered Il up rs II II had been
painfully broken and surgiealIy set
When the man came to his senses hi
found his wife at his bedside prepared
to nurse him through the supposed in
evltable fever. Remorse came in abun.
dance. and at the end OF the week the
wife was about to confess her trick
when her mother-in-law arrived on the
scene from Marseilles. She discharg
ed the supposed nurse and packed her
boy on to the hospital There an ex-
animation was made and she trick re-
yealed. His wite's action, not consid-
ering her good intent, so ineensed the
young man that he made a full con-
fessiou OF the secret marriage to his
mother and promised to secure n di-
yorce from the "perfidious Angiaise. ="
The "perhdious Anglaise" has return
ed to her mother in Dover The young
man has lef, Paris with his mother for
Marseilles.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05


Becker before he confessed, disposed
Of IS 0oO life Insurance police from
fraternai order In Germany. It
siipulates that ten months after his
death if there be child 5000 shall
DC sept in trust for the child and
s. 000 paid to the widow u she be not
married again. In the event Of no Is
SUE 50 900 shall be paid TO Mrs. Beck
cr and the remaining 5000 to her in
.nstallments Of $50 semi-anuually
thereafter. All personal property and
money owing to Becker also shall be
paid 10 his wife,
During the arst days Of Becker's in
generation he has held dosgedly 70
the story that his hrst wife left him
10 marry another man whom he knew
only as Nike" He said he took
Theresa 10 the Goodrich dock in
wagon on the morning OF Jan. p and
there hauced her over TO the mysteri-
Gus Nike" Capt. LAWNS policemen
first proved that there was no Mike,
or that II there was such a friend as
be described he left this country more
than a year ago and was now in Ire
land. Then they identified the jewelry
and wearing apparel in the possession
Of the new wife as the property OF the
missing woman.
Finally Detective Sheehau and Capt
LAWN took the prisoner down town
and compelled him to lead them TO
the Goodrich line docs and show them
where Mike" took charge OF Mrs.
Bscksr the first. After that he was
taken to the pawubrokers' shops at
which he said he had bought the jew
alry that Ida wore. and the clerks in
each instance declared without hesi-
tation that he had not purchased any
thing from them
After the confession Becker partook
OF a hearty meal. smoked cigar, and
went TO bed and was soon sound
asleep.
He Is "a years old and has been a
butcher and a sausagemaker since his
boyhood. He left Magdeburg, Saxony,
spddenIy when he was Is years old
ana the next day the dead body of a
wealthy stock dealer was found IN his
harm. He had been strangled 10 death
peeker was suspected. "his informa-
ttou came to the police from Henry
sander. a waffle baker from the same
town who now lives at 17Il Humboldt
street.
He courted ida sutterlin, who is
.corrslv more than q child, for sew
oral months. He was persistent in his
attentions. and told her that Theresa
was merely his housekeeper. She
believed this. and when he told her
,b,t he was "rid of the woman" she
married him.
Becker has made second contes-
sion, in which he confesses that he
killed his wife with hatchet, boiled
her body ard buried the homes. The
alleged bones have been recovered.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05
Larss.t of Land Animals.

The bones of an extinct dinosaur
c'terrible lizard'), recently unearthed
near Laramie. Wyo.. by Prof. w. H.
Reed. are believed to represent the
largest land animal known ever to
have dwelt upon the earth. The length
of the skeleton is 1870 feet, of which
40 belonged to the body proper, so to
the tail aud 80 to the neck and head.
Prof. Reed estimates that the weight
of this monster, when clothed with
flesh, must have been about 60 tons.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05
LINCOLN Chnir.

New York Cor St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch: A chair which Abraham Lin
coin used in his home was sold at auc-
ton for 1870. A man who is believed
to represent the Lincoln Club of Chi
cago was the highest bidder. The
chair is said to have been presented by
the Illinois Central railroad to Mr.. Lin
coin.
The Lamar register., 1899-04-05

csisaEo police have anoihEr
ease on their hands The
rs-cnce IS that In the latest
husband. August Becker. has
10 making away with hts
gbo vas las, seen alive to-
2 sad OF January. Like Lnet-
a sausage maker and has
{5dve plant In the stock yards
There is also a second Wo-
4 the case. 4 few days after bis
A Fapgaarauce Becker married
yary suttsTlla The dead
4 body has not been reeov-
confession Becker states that
he- down town Jan. q. AFTER
% he cheap museums on the
be bought her many drinks,
Ia beer while she took whiaSy
j.
she vas In = daxcd condition
ruatet her 10 go down 70 the
ss stree, yiAduet IN the face
ran winter breeze o. the early
Il ks gsd her out 70 tss naval
s5n, house aad pushed her over
oi the pier into the lake, she
i5v the aonting blocks % ice
J. cry.
5us 70 30 sure that TheresA
Tg1Id never trouble him again.
ra!ned a nomen; 10 Be certain
isath. Than. thiakinE Of the
rlFI be wanted 70 take The place
murdered woman as hla wife.
bos4 his nerves with liquor and
soue
nc1g morning he drove calmly
nI0oB ); George Susferiin. t5gI
! street. aHd said be wAs free TO
The taushter OF the family. Ida.
b. Two weeks Aftsrward trey
narriea.
} lays later the next door neigh
b. Peter MAnthey. told the police
Nm Becker the frst had been
hsr husband would murder her
~ asked her 10 notify the police
Az tine she was missing.
scf vas thersgpon arrested and
ssd cool and coliectssi for sever
h Even q, the tize Of bis Coz
{ be said be wanted TO BE-
4. be hoped he would not be sent
.spa. he did q ali foe little
Ne killed Theresa - be could
y 10 marry her Tie confessed
se the suspense Of the s~eat
IA kiIiins the girl be thought
; confession he made Will, leay-
. his property. such ~ I, Is. 10
y ita!- be murmured, after he
ais all. ~ali tor Idar
ksF Eent with Inspector Mich
igat from the Hyde Park police
q 10 the scene OF the murder 10
ghsro and how he killed bis
The lake vas dragged for the
bat without success.
Confession uas started In the
q Capt LaVia a; the stock yards
I, and Il took Becker three
% make t.
Confession follows
August Albert Frank Becker.
duly sworn. make the follo-ing
aCai under oath
I've At 5oiT Rockwell avenue. on
'tsFnOou oi Jan 81 left my
vitA my wife about ! o'clock
'ok 4 Halsted street car TO CLARK
Harrison streets. We went 10
snt saloons and had several
1 | had beer and she had Nhis-
q sine. We went over 10 State