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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
A RACE OF DWARFS.
Peculiar People That Live at the
Eastern End OF the Pyrenees
.> Mountains.

Prof. Miguel Marazta has made what
seems curious janthropological discov-
cry in the valley of Rebas (Gerona), at
the end of the eastern Pyre9ees. There
exists in this district somewhat nu-
merous group of people, who are called
NaEos (dwarfs) by the other inhab-
itants, and, as matter of fact, are not
more than four feet in height. Their
bodies are fairly we'll built, hands and
feet small, shoulders and hips broad,
making them appear more robust than
they really are. Their features are so
peculiar that there is no nistaking
them among others. All have red hair:
the face is as broad as long, with high
cheek bones, strongly developed jaws
and fat nose. The eyes are not horizon
tai, but somewhat oblique, like those Of
Tartars and Chinese. A few Struggling
weak hairs are found in place of beard.
The skin is pale and fabby. Men and
women are so much alike that the sex
can only be told from the clothing.
Though the mouth is large, the lips do
not quite cover the large, projecting
incisors.. The Nanos, who are the butt
of the other Inhabitants, live entirely
by themselves in Rebas. They inter-
marry only among themselves, so that
their peculiarities continue to be re-
produced. Entirely without education,
and without any chance of improving
their condition. they lead the life of
pariahs. They know their own names,
hut rarely remember those If their mar
ents, can hardly tell where they live
and have 20 idea of numbers.-Bir-
mingham Post. A1-.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Mrs. Mathilde Richter.

Mrs. Mathilde Richter, Doniphan, Web,
says:
II suffered from catarrh for many
years, but since have been taking Pe-ru-na
I feel strong and WELL I would advise all
people to try Pe-ru-na- As used Pe-runa
and Man-a-Iin while was passing through
the change of life, am positively Convinced
your beneficial remedies have relieved me
from all my ills"
Pe-runa has raised more women from
beds Of sickness and set them to work again
than any other remedy. Pelvic eatarrh il
the bane Of womankind. Pe-runa is the
bane of catarrh in all forms and stages. Mrs
Col. Hamilton, Columbus, o., says: II rec
ommend Pe-runa to women. believing it to
be especially beneficial to them
Send for a free book written by Dr. Hart
man, entitled Health and Beauty" Adj
dress Dr. Hartman, Columbus, o.
Remember that cholera norbus, cholera
mfantum, summer complains, bilious cole,
diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all
catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh IS the only
correct name for these affections. Pe-ru-na
u an absolute specific for these ailments.
which are 50 eommoa in summer. Dr. Hart
man, IN practice Of over forty years, never
lost single case Of cholera infantum, dysen-
terry, diarrhoea, or cholera morbus, and his
only remedy was Peruna. Those desiring
further particulars should send for free
copy Of Summer Catarrh." address DIR.
Hartman, Columbus. O.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
The Fastest River boat.

Portland, Ore, claims to have the
fastest sternwheel steamboat IN the
world. The Hassalo, recently complet-
ed for the Columbia river trade, has
made spurts Of 26 2-3 miles an hour.
She is 1856 feet long, with q tubed boiler
eight feet in diameter, and compound
engines Of over 5000 horse power. The
boat is so swift that it was found neo.
essary to strengthen her rudder.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Advantages OF Poverty.

Advantages OF Poverty.
His mother was trying to demon
strate to him how much better of he
was i'll his nice new sailor suit than
some of the street arabs they encoun-
tered. rs
..Now, Willie" she said, chow would
you like to be like that poor little boy
over there?"
Bully WELL" he answered promptly.
Then I wouldn't have to have my face
washed" Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
No Cause for Suicide.

Miss Dreamier-When you stood on
the brink of Niagara, and looked into
the seethfng, surging, unfathomable
depths below, did you not feel that you
would like to jump in?
Mr. fourier hadn't received my
hotel bill then.=N. Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
An Anxious Mother

Mrs. Societe-Your daughter looks
frail, Mrs. Newrich; she ought to take
physical culture.
Mrs. Newrich-I'll git her some right
away. She's bin takin' cod-liver oil
all winter, but I'm willin' to try any.
thing.-N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
A Eeminine Inference.

= 1T always exasperates me to meet
Josephine Jenkins, whom you used to
be sweet on 80
''Why, my dear?'' "
''She always looks at you as if she
could have married you if she wanted
to."-Chicago Record. II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Diplomacy.

"But why on earth did you intro
duce me to your aunt as Mr.. Darling?
Did you forget that it was Scroggs?'
"Certainly not, you old goose. But
I know she overheard me call you
'darling,' and wouldn't have her think
I was spooning for all the world" p
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
He Filled the Vacancy,

Mother-Dear me, Bobby! Your
teacher tells me you stood at the foot
of your class this month.
Babby (blubbering)-Well, that amt
my fault. They've taken Tommy Turf
mutt out and sent him to the reform
schooI.-Judge.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Valuable AcuuiaifiOn,

Mr.. Spriggins- fear you will make a
mistake, Hettie, in engaging that girl.
According to her own story, she has
lived in no fewer than ten families in
town within a year.
Mrs. Spriggins That's just it. Think
of the inside information she will be
able to impart about those ten families!
-Tit-Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Exidentlx a s.Nit.v

Cassidy-In this blessid country of
ours man can come up from nothing!
Just look at our mayor!
Kerrigan-Did he come up from
nothing?
Cassidy He did! He hasn't drop OF
Irish blood In his veins! Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

Lady Ito the pressing stranger)-
Thank you, but won't need the shell.
ter Of your umbrella, as haven't far
to go. But my husband is at his office
without his umbrella and you might
call for HMM. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
I'M union There m st.enxth.

Jones-Hello, Smith! How did you
get your eye BACKED in that style?
Smith-Labor trouble.
Jones-With the union?
Smith-Yes; my wife went ON .
Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
ROund to he Gloomy.

Look up, sad heart" The kicker did,
And with look Of pain,
He said: 1--WE looked, sir as you bid
think it's going to rain"
Washington Star
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Not Theory.

Wig-What do you think of this the
DRY that playing the piano produces
nervousness? III a~E
Wag--It's no theory. The girl next
door to us affects the nerves Of the en-
tire neighborhood with her playing
Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

Mrs. Newlywed-Yes; he got many
valuable presents from his friends when
he celebrated his silver wedding.
Mr.. Newlywed-Silv wedding! That
means he had been married rs years.
Well, he deserved valuable presents
N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Isw e Get o..

Mrs Suddenrich a smart woman)
Did ye write to the Highsty1e Engras
ing company for specimens Of all theil
latest visitin' cards?
Daughter-Yes, nav, an they just
sent 'em bout q hundred OF 'em, al
sorts an kinds.
1sWhat names is on 'em?''
Names Of oil tn big bugs in tn
city,
PUT 'em on tn parlor table. IN.
Y. Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Fitted.

II think that I am peculiarly fitted to
be moralist," he remarked, as he half
closed his eyes aud put the tips Of his
fingers together
'Indeed?"
Eyes. I can see evil at a glance
where most people would scarcely sus-
pect its existence."-Washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Large woman's Choice.

She was large woman with wide,
firm mouth shaded by an incipient mus
tache.
when marry" she said, in heavy
tones, ''the lucky man must have the
advantage of a military education"
''Why SOP" inquired her dearest
friend.
Because he will then know the value
of implicit obedience to orders. "--Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
In the Dark.

ParkeI hear Briggson has stopped
travelling and been admitted to the
firm.
Lane-Yes; but he wants to keep it
quiet.
"Why?"
HE is afraid his wife will find it out"
brooklyn Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Met His Match.

He lit a cigarette in the choir,
When the sexton, Michael Maghoir,
Remarked as he ran
To bounce the young man,
where there's smoke there's hoir."
Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
A vain Boaster.

He takes the weather as it comes"
And thinks he earns encomiums;
But how can human beings, pray.
Take weather any other way?
--Chicago Record .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

Some people demand that the world not
only be patient with their fooIishness, but
that it appiaud--Atehison Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

Bacon-When man is in love every
thing looks different to him.
Egbert-Yes; it's the same way when
he knocks his head against gas brack-
et.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
He Was Spared That.

"George Washington couldn't tell
ie," said young Mr.. spatts, medita-
lively.
what of it," asked Bloobumper.
II was just thinking that the Widow
Gusts could never have asked him if she
was the only woman he had ever loved"
Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
The Greencst Yet.

Green are the woods and fields, and green
Sometimes, the oceans wave,
And green's the emerald, and exc
The grass on many grave,
But greener yet than gem Of worth,
~ Or grass, or waves that curl, ..,.
BY far the greenest thing on earth -
Is our new servant girl. -E, e.. ..
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Fanfare.

With eager and expectant ear
He listened for Fame's Trump, at twenty,
But forty years experience
Made him prefer the Horn Of Plenty. ,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

"No," said Fido through the fence to the
tramp dog, Il don't mind being washed r.
Is such fun to roll in the dirt afterward-'-
Indianapolis journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

It's good memory that sometimes adj
mits Of discreet forgetfulness- - Chicaga
Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Flattened..

Flippy-After she had rejected me
told her there were plenty more fish in
Brash-What did she say?
Fhppy-Said that might be, but that
they were giving Holsters wide berth.
Philadelphia North American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

Man once ate the cream but HOW they
cremate the man.-Chieago Daily News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
The Pohick PHILOSOPHER.

find as through the world I walk
The general grief is this 'un;
There are so many who can talk
That no one wants to listen.
washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

The Fitness Of Things.
En- life he was hawk,
+. A greedy bird of prey.
A marble dove
Is perched above
His costly tomb to-day.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
Wouldn't Do Mt All.

'Let's bring our husbands to the
next meeting of our card club" sug-
gested the one who was recently mar
ried.
"Oh, dear, no." replied the others, in
a chorus. ''Why, they'd want US to pay
attention to the game."- Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07
The old, ore Stor,

IT'S said to think that grief ofttfmes
Treads on the heels Of pleasure;
For example, when in haste you wed.
You'll repent perchance at leisure.
Chicago Daily News
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-07-07

'@l'm going to the Flareups' at home
Tomorrow night
@Why, all the Nobodies of London go
theret@ -2-,
'&Have you been yet, ?"-Punch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

thies. The deceased leaves four broth
ers and five sisters.
The funeral will take place from the
residence this morning at III O'Clock
The interment will be made at Belle
vue cemetery.
Edmund Lilly McLaurin was the son
&C Mr.. L. w. McLaurin, b~ookkeeper for
the Rhientein Dry Goods Company. He
was born April IL, 1884, and had just
entered his 18th year. He was a manly
youth. and was a member Of Grace NJ.
E. church Sunday school. He was a
genera favorite, and last evening
while he lay cold in death at his faith
er's home, Ala Chestnut street, numer-
Gus sy~mpathizers called and shared
the sorrow of the grief-stricken father.
His mother died several years ago. He
leaves a father and two sisters and two
brothers. One Of the sisters, Miss Lilly
Bell McLaurin, is visiting friends at
Armour, IND a telegram was sent her,
conveying h distressing news Of her
brothers drowning.
The funeral will take place at $50
o'clock this evening at Grace NJ. E.
church. The interment will be made at
Oakdale cemetery.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

One of WflminctOn,s Charming Daugh'
lers WEEDS in New Jersey

Captain and Mrs. John w. Plummer,
of this city, yesterday morning receiv-
ed a telegram of announcement Of the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Mary
Everitt Wilkinson Plummer, to Mr..
Henry Bernard Kopf, in Patterson,
N. j.
The marriage took place Wednesday
night at the First Presbyterian church,
Patterson, the Rev Frank E. Miller
performing the ceremony. Afterwards
an elegant reception was rendered the
bridal party at Nc. 278 Broadway.
The wedding was an exceedingly pref
ty and happy one. The church was ar
t~istically decorated with costly pot
plants and beautiful flowers, and the
felicitiOus event was witnessed by a
brilliant assemblage. The bride was
becomingly attired in a handsome gown
of white satin and carried a bouquet Of
rare flowers, while her maid of honor,
Miss Milly Gering, wore a dress
of white organdie and pink silk and
carried a bouquet of carnations Of cor
responding hue Mr.. j. E. Jackson was
best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kopf are now on an
extensive bridal tour, and after August
21st will be at home at No. 274 Park
Avenue, Patterson.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
40 Al POINTS

Schedule In Eject December IL. l0A
Train l--Leaves Wilmington $50 p. m.
arrives Lumberton Sis y. m, Pembroke
5:S y. m, Maxton sos p m. Laurirburg
s:9 p. m. Hamlet s:N p. m. Connects
lotte, Athens. Atlanta and all points
south: and with trains for Raleigh.
Portsmouth, Richmond. Washington and
Train l--Leaves Portsmouth s:o a. m,
arrives Weldon ll:4S a M Raleigh 2:8
p. M Sanford SOS y. m. He q lie, s:5 p.
p. m. Charlotte Io:s ?. m. md Atlanta
Train SLEEVES Atlanta $50 p. N.
roe 5:4s a. m, W~adesboro s:sl a. m,
Hamlet 7:s a. m. Sanford s:a2 a. M.
Raleigh HIS q, m. Weldon 2:N y. m.
Train 3s.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m. ar
YES L~anrinburg Sc g. -. Maxton sos
s:ss a. M. Wilmington LAOS noon.
Train i&.-Leaves Washington 500 p.
m. Richmond 500 p. m. Portsmouth s:t
2: m, Weldon n:lo ?; m: Arrives Raleigh
a. m. W~adesboro s:0l a. m. Monroe ea0
a. m. Charlotte 500 a. n. Atlanta $50
Train 4o3.-Leaves Charlotte 500 a m.
arrives Lincolnton 1920 a. m, Shelby
n;sa a. M Rutherfordton 1880 noon
M. rive Shelby $40 .. m, Llncointon
SIS p. m. Charlotte sis D. m. Monroe
S:1O y. m.
Train 4o2-Leaves Atlanta I2:Oo noon.
Arrives Monroe $3.50 p. m, Wadesboro
1850 p. m. Hamlet u:15 p. m, Sanford
1855 p. m. Raleigh 200 a. m, Weldon
4:o5 g. m. Portsmouth TBS a. m, Rich
mond Sis a. m, Washington 1874 noon.
Train l.-Leaves Hamlet 7:15 p. N. Ar
rives Gibson $40 p. m. Returning. leaves
Gibson $50 a. N. Arrives Hamlet $40
a. N.
Train 1z.-Leaves Hamlet $40 a. m. Ar
rives Cheraw 1000 a. m. Returning,
leaves Cheraw 500 p. m. Arrives Hamlet
6:20 p. N.
All trains daily except Nos. IL and is.
Trains make immediate connection at
Atlanta for Montgomery. Mobile, New
Orleans. Texas, California, Mexico, Chat
tanooga, Nashville. Memphis. Macon and
Florida.
For Tickets. Sleepers. ETC., apply to
THOS. d. MEARES,
Gent Agent. Wilmington. N. c.
E.. ST. JOHN,
Vice President and General Manager.
Il. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
Y. E. McBEE, General Superintendent.
l.. S. ALLEN, Genl Pass. Agent.
eral or IS Portsmouth. Va.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Charged With Cruel Treatment of 1--WE
Boys
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Greensboro, N. c., June 22.-Today
the citizens of Stokesdale, this county,
wrote to Mayor Taylor to engage coun-
sci to prosecute two brothers, named
Meadows, and DR.. White, Of Rocking
ham county, for inhumane cruelty.
The Meadows had bound to them two
boys, both II years old, one white, n
negro, who ran away a few days ago.
Meadows and White pursued and cap
tured the boys after a long chase and,
returning to Meadows home, made
them run and alternately dragged them
nine miles in an hour and ten minutes,
lashing them all the while with horse
whips. Both boys completely collapsed
from suffering and exhaustion and it is
said one is dying. Meadows and White
have been arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Negroes at Rocky Mount Assemble Two
Hundred Strong to Prevent the Res
mOvaI of Two Patients to the Pest
House-The Whites Assafied the Mob
and Injured Several.

On Wednesday night there came very
nearly being a serious riot at Rocky
Mount. Two new cases of smallpox
were discovered by the health authori-
ties and orders We're given to have them
removed to the pest house Wednesday
night.
Both the patients were negroes, and
their friends, to the number of about
200, we'll armed, assembled around the
homes of the patients, n sWore they
would not allow the negroes to be tax
en- to the smallpox hospital.
The whites brought out their Win
chester rifles and shotguns and came
down upon the negro mob. and in dis
persing them, seven or eight negroes
who resisted were severely dubbed
with guns. One Negroes skull was
crushed and he is expected to die.
The authorities removed the two
smallpox patients to the hospital un-
der a heavy guard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Would Not Suffer So Again for Fifty
Times Its Price.

I awoke last night with severe pains
in my stomach. I never felt SO badly
in all my life. When I came down to
work this morning I felt so weak 1
could hardly work. I e to Miller
& McCurdy's drug store and they re-
commended Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era n D~iarrhoea Remedy. 1t worked
like magic and one dose fixed me all
right. 1t certainly is the finest thing
I ever uced for stomach trouble. I shall
not be without it in my home here
after, for I should not care to endure
the sufferings OF last night again for
fifty times it's prfce.-G. H. Wilson, Liv-
eryman, Burgettstown, Washington
Co., Pa. This remedy is for sale by r.
r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27

Mr. J.. n. woodward. Of Warsaw,
Hor.ewhipped ON the Charge Of In.
sulting a Young Lady-He Denies
That He Was the Man Who Offended
the Lady-wIu Prosecute HIS Assafls
ants.
Especial to The Messenger.)


Washington, y. c., June 22.-This
morning just before the morning train
left for Parmele, a considerable COM
motion occurred in the neighborhood OF
the depot and was caused by the decent
horsewhipping Of one J. F. Woodward,
who has been in this city buying and
soliciting shipments Of potatoes TO G..
N. Snyder & Co, of 20G Duane street,
New York city. The facts in the cas-
that eliminated in the horsewhipping
accompanied with the order TO never
place his foot in his city again, are
about as follows:
On yesterday one Of the most &C
complished young ladies of this city
was passing down the streets when she
was overtaken by Woodward, who
made repeated improper proposals TO
her and persisted until the young lady
threatened to call for protection. On
the young lady's arrival at home she
reported the facts to her family and
gave an accurate description of her as
s~ailant, and, from her description of
the man and the kind of clothes he
wore, Woodward was Immediately sus-
pected as being the person. This morn
ing, on its being learned that Wood
ward would leave On the train, a party
of gentlemen repaired to the depot
armed with a couple Of whips and a
rope, and, after Woodward had been
positively identified by the young lady,
who had previously been instructed to
be at the depot, proceeded to admins
ter the horsewhipping, after which he
was ordered to board the train and
never return.
We hear that Woodward is a resi-
dent of Warsaw, n. c., has a family
and is highly connected. The universal
sentiment of the community is that he
got what he deserved, and the parties
who administered the thrashing served
him right.
[Mr. Woodward is we'll known in Will
mington, and has always borne a good
reputation. We are informed that he
claims that he is entirely innocent Of
the charge against him and that it was
a case of mistaken identity. He came
down the Atlantic Coast Line to his
home at Warsaw yesterday afternoon,
and as he vas to pass through Colds
boro, he had Judge w. R. Allen to
meet him. He retained Judge Allen as
his counsel and intends to return to
Washington to prosecute his assailants.
We earn from passengers on the
train yesterday evening, hat while Mr..
Woodward was at the depot in Wash
ington, waiting to take the train, three
or four men, armed with pistols, came
up to him; that one of the number COL
Jared him n showed him against a
wall while others Of the party seized
him by the legs and bound him with a
rope. The men were also armed with
h~orsewhips, and after using them vigor-
ously. they told Mr.. Woodward never
to set foot back in Washington on pain
of his life.
Mr.. Woodward's friends hope he will
be able to prove that he was not the
man who offered the insult to the
| young lady and merited the punish
ment.]
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-27
Peculiar Verdict of a Coroner,s Jury

Scranton, Miss, June Owe, the
jury, find that the deceased came to his
death by climbing a tree, v~enturing
too far out on a limb and broke his
neck"
Such a the verdict Of the coro-
ner's jury in the case Of Daniel Patrick
colored, who was lynched here yester-
day for an assault upon Miss Bessie
Ireland.
Patrick confessed his crime and
begged of the mob to shoot him. He
evidently feared burning at the stake
and was glad to be let off with a rope
and bullets.
Three hundred Of the most prominent
men in the city participated in the
lynching. =