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ESTABLISHED IK 18( MURDERED BY A WOMAN. A TRAGEDY IN A CROWDED CHURCH IN BARNWELL COUNTY. I Mi.i.H Emina Connelly Shoots John A. W; Steedly In Hunter's Chapel while Sun day School Service? ye Being Hold?N? Warning Given to the Victim. Midway, July 4.?At Hunter's Chapel Church this morning, while Sun day-School was in sessiou. Miss Emma Connelly killed John A. Steedly. Siie walked into the church with her arms folded and a pistol in one hand, cocked. She passed into the seat in rear of Steed ?^ly.-and when just behind him shot him. He arose, looked around, tried to get out Iiis pistol, and at the same time made for the door. Miss Connelly snapped her. pistol at him agaiu, but it failed to go off. If it had gone off the chances arc that some one else would have beeu hurt, as the church was crowded. Steedly fell at the door of the church just outside aud died in about three minutes. There was great ex citement among the ladies and cluldreu at the time. Steedly had been putting out damaging reports about Miss Con nelly, for which her brothers aud a Mr. Ott had horsewhipped him some time ago, an account* of which appcard in your paper. Some ten days since Steed ly published a letter in your paper giving j^jjiis version of the whipping and reiterat *Eg the reports. This letter seems to have been the immediate cause of the shooting. As far as can be ascertained the feeling of the public seems to favor Miss Conuelly. who is under arrest In the News and Courier ou June 7 the following letter was published from our Bamberg correspondent: ""Some excitement prevails in the neighborhood of Hunter's Chapel over the cowhiding of Mr. John A. Steedly ? by Messrs. \V. T. Counelly and A. L. Ott. It seems that Steedly had been circulating false and damaging reports concerning Connelly's sister. In order to obtain full satisfaction for the offence Messers. Conuelly aud Ott purchased a $2 50 whalebone whip, waited upon Mr. Steedly and administered about thirty lashes, wearing the whip completely out. It is said that Steedly has become reconciled to his fate, since calling upon a trial justice and being advised that in case a lawsuit was cutercd against Messers. Connelly and Ott other punish ment would nrobably be indicted for circulating reports equally faise and damaging concerning other persons." On June 23 a letter from John A. Steedlv was published, in which he Rsaid: Qt "In your issue of .the 7th inst, I see a Ncard from your Bamberg correspondent, siftti!;g thai I was eovhided by tV. T. Connelly and A. L. Ott. Your corres pondent did me great injustice m that report. I was attacked by Messrs. Connelly and Ott, and before 1 had any warning Connelly presented a cocked pistol at me and Ott placed ins baud on his and I was told by both of these men that if I moved they would kill me. .Connelly did strike me several blows with a whip, the cost ol which I do not know or care. Your correspondent says that I had been circulating false and damaging reports concerning Connelly's sister. That is untrue. All that I said was in a very confidential way, and I had no desire or expectation of doing Miss Conuelly any damage by speaking to my friend, but uulortuuately for me and him he divulged the secret. "And now, since the lady aud her friends have taken the steps they have, injustice to myself I must say that her mother' knows the whole truth and knows that I have not lied. Everyone can see that your correspondent was not disposed to do me justice in that report. "I hope in the future, when using my name through the papers, he will be careful to say nothing but the truth. Time will tell whether I am reconciled to my fate or not; and as to Iiis state ment about my calling ou a trial justice, it is. as other statement made, either wilful or negligently untrue. Xow Mr. Editor. I hope in justice to me vou will publish this." On June 25 the Bamberg correspon dent of the Xews and Courier wrote as follows: "In justice to your correspondent and Mr. Steedly it is necessary to state that the report made concerning the cow hiding of Mr. John Steedly was found ed entirely upon information given your correspondent by a gentleman whom lie believes to be reliable. His statements have been confirmed by other parties, and your correspondent lias neither seen nor heard a denial of the facts as reported until Mr. Stcedly's card appcard in the Xews aud Courier \ cstcrday. It was far from Hie intention of your correspondent to do Mr. Steedly an injustice, and it is hoped that he may be able to clear up the matter satisfac torily."?Xews and Courier The Inquest. Bamheko. July 5_lefferson Stokes was foreman of the jury of inquest over the body of John A*. Steedly. The fol lowing evidence was aiven before, the jury. Jacob Hcutz: "I was at Hunter's Chapel on the 4th day of duly, about 11 o'clock. Emma Connelly came into the church, passed down the aisle till .she got near where Steedly was sitting, when she shot him. Steedly got up and moved towards the door and Miss Con nelly followed with her pistol presented at him. When Steedly got to the bot tom of the steps of the church he fell bis full length on Iiis lace. I think be lived about ten minutes; did not speak after he was shot." James Carter: "i was at Hunter's Chapel ou .July -1: saw Emma Connelly come into church through the frontdoor, next to the road. She went in the direction of the seat where Johu Steedly was sitting; had her arms folded: droop Col M iilover Jan 1 'Xfi 19. ' O cd her right arm and 1 saw the pistol in her hand. .She raised the pistol and fired directly at Steedly. Steedly got up aud went in the door. Emma Con nelly followed after him and snapped her pistol twice before Stccdly got to the back door of the church, and when she was about six feet from the door J. 13. Hunter and Lawton Connelly caught her and took the pistol awuv from her. Steedly lived about live or ten minutes after he. got out of the door." Dr. J. F. Baggot made the postmor tem examination and found that Steedly had been shot in the back, the ball enter ing near the upper angle of the scapula on the left side, passim; between the third and forth ribs in a downward direc tion, abuut two feet to the front of the abdomen. The ball was thirty-eight calibre and was cut out about two inches below and the same to the left of the left of the umbillicus. Miss Connelly returned to her home this evening, and will remain there, if not molested by the officers of the law until next week, when Court convenes at Bnruweil. She did not like the idea of being confined in jail, and for this reason concluded to wait until Court meets, when she will probably demand j trial. It is said that she says that the immediate cause of the shooting was a dirty blackgaurd letter written to her a tew days ago by Steedly. Miss Emma Connelly the slayer of John Steedly, went to Uarnwell this morning in company with her father, and surrendered to the authorities. She was in good spirits and did not seem to be the least, excited. The cause of the shooting is supposed to be the reports circulated by Steedly. reflecting upon the honor of Miss Connelly, but rumors arc afloat to the. effect that certain let ters, which have not yet been made pub lic may have been the immediate cause. The inquest was held by Justine D. J. Kowe this morning. The verdict was that the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound inllcted by Miss Emma Ceunelly. Quiet reigns at Hunter's Chapel, and public sentiment seems to be with Miss Connelly. The affair is very much regreted by the friends of both parties. Two Farmers Fight it Out. Tkextox, July 5.?Charles Ander son was committed to jail yesterday, charged with the murder of John Robert son. Both parties were highly respect able white farmers living in the Mine Creek section of our county, some twen ty miles northeast of this place, where the k'lling occurred. Some two months ago the parties had a falling out on ac count of the stpek of one trespassing upou the land of the other. This hostile feeling has daily increased until it cul minated last Saturday in the killing oz one and the scribi&if not mortal wound ing of the other. The parties met, it Is said, by agree ment, armed with double-barrelled shot-! guns loaded with buckshot. The de-1 ceased first saw his antagonist ami im mediately fired upon him, two shots tak-' ine effect in the heal. Robertson rush-1 ed upon his enemy and discharged the contents of his gun Into his body, al most tearing it to pieces and causing instant <eath. The prisoner claims that the meeting was accidental and that he acted strictly in self-defence, while it is said by Standmore Rodgers, an cye wituess, upon whose affidavit the war rant was bassed, thai Robertson was the aggressor. Robertson :> sufieringJ 'greatly from his wounds, and appre hension is entertained that they will prove fatal. If not the matter will re ceive legal investigation in Au gust.?News aud Courier. A Duel to the Death. Chicago, June 30.?A Gatcsvillc, Texas, special says: James Cooper and Joseph Van Wynkle fought an in formal duel with revolvers on Drown Creek in Coryel County. Cooper was shot in the head and djjjd in a few min utes, aud Van Wynkle was shot through the bowels and has since died. Cooper and Van Wynkle were mortal enemies, having quarreled about a year ago over some cattle. Yesterday they met on Brown Creek, and after some hot words they agreed to light to the death. They measured off the ground aud each with his watch in his hand waited for the moment agreed upen for opening firing. At the appointed time two shots rang ! out almost simultaneously. Van Wyn I kle had received bis fatal wound, but Cooper was not scratched. Another round was fired and Cooper fell with a bulltet in his brain. This is the story told by Van Wynkle before bis death, j The firing attracted some herders about j a mile distant and they cared for the ! wounded man until he died. Severing the Jugular Vein. AvnEViLLE, July ?.?This morning just before day Spencer Uothran and Henry Allen, both colored, had a diffi culty about Spencer's wile. In the altercation Cotlirau cut Allen in the right side of the neck, 'severing the jugulaa vein and penetrating an inch into the right lung. Allen died soon afterwards, and the deputy sheriff, who went to arrest Cotlirau, found him hoe ing. As soon as Cotlirau was informed' that lie was wanted he willingly follow ed the deputy, and was lodged in jail. He did not know that Allen was dead when found at work. It is claimed that Cotlirau acted m self-defence.?Xcws and Courier. A New Enemy to Cotton. U.VLKIoir. X. C. June 30. ?A new and insidious enemy of the cotton crop lias appeared in thi- section. Lice attach themselves to the under surface, of the leaves and suck the. juice of the leaves and young buds as soon as the latter pi t forth. A healthy stab- will in one or two days niter beim: at ack'ul look as if it bad been dipped m hot water and will be drawn into knots and granu lations. The lice are damaging the crop to the extent of perhaps 50 per cent. BA^GEBTJRGr, S. C, TB AN EXTRAORDINARY ENVOY. He Knocks Out His Secretary in Bogota anil Wuuts a Fresh One Washington, June 2'J.?Charles D. Jacobs, of Louisville, is United States Minister at Bogota. Colombia, and V. O. King of Texas is his Secretary-of Legation. Mr. Jacobs is a man of wealth, a lawyer of prominence, and a citizen of social standing. In addition to these qualifications he is a pugilist of skill, and bas a tenjper that explodes upon con-' cession like dynamite. It is said that be is a very mild-mannered and gentle man under ordinary circumstances, but \ when be becomes excited he always at-' lacks with great violence any obstacle 1 he may encounter, and his caieer in | Louisville lias been a succession of ) "affairs" in winch he has usually come ; out on top. Shortly before leaving for | his post in the capacity of a diplomatist Mr. Jacobs was in court at Louisville as an attorney in a case in which the Mayor of the city was a witness. The latter i refused to auswer a question addressed j to him, and after an exchange of angrv words Mr. Jacobs jumped upon his I Honor the Mayor aud hammered him j with<his list until the witness box looked as if a serious surgical operation had been performed there. The Court lined Mr. .Jacobs for contempt, and a duel was expected, but the Mayor concluded that be had got enough, aud didn't de mand a second round. Then Jacobs sailed for Bogota in his capacity as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of Colombia. Mr. King was ap pointed Secretary of Legation, and fol lowed him on the next steamer. That was in December last. Mr. Jacobs gave his muscles a vacation until May. when a controversy arose between himselfand his Secretary over some official question, and the Envoy Extraordinary furnished the inhabitants of Bogota with an exam ple of the nineteenth century diplomacy by polishing oil' Mr. King in good style. Xgood deal of'gore was spread about the legation, and considerable clothing was damaged, but no bones were broken. What was left of the Secretary of Lega tion was carefully patched up witli stick ing plaster, and Mr. Jacobs sailed for Washington. The Secretary of'Lcgation related his part in the controversy by letter to the Secretary of State, aud the Envoy Extraordinary made a personal explanation. Mr. Bayard is very much mortified at the scandal, and it is under stood that he expressed himself to that effect to Mr. Jacobs'. The wonder among the friends of the latter is that* Mr. Bay ard, in such circumstances, should have escaped without a couple of bla?.k eyes. Mr. Jacobs might not have understood Mr. Bayard's remark*. Lrwcvor. - It is said at the State Department that Mr. Jacobs will not return to Bogo ta. His friends sav he has no intention of returning there. He is a candidate for the Persian mission, it is reported, to succeed the lamented Winston. Mr. Jacobs has gone to Iiis home in Louisville and may become a candidate for Congress to succeed Mr. Willis, whose popularity was impaired by his connection with the appointment of Mrs. Thompson as Postmaster there. Witchcraft and Murder. Sumtku, June 20.?After considera ble difficulty I have at last managed to glean a few facts concerning the murder at Bishopvillc. It seems tiiat Venus White, the wife of the murdered man Cully,'had been having some intercourse with John Kembcrt, to which the hus band objected. Ou last Tburday night \ about 11 o'clock Venus was sitting ou the steps of Mrs. Scott's house with ; Kembcrt, when her husband approached. I Fearing his anger she lied, and before j she got into the house a pistol shot was I heard. Xo investigation was made by the parties in the house until next morn ' ing. when Cully White was found in the yard dead with a bullet hole behind the left ear. Mrs. Scott, at whose residence the killing took place, is an aged white ! woman, aud is known in her neighbor : iiood among the negroes as a witch. A j lew days previous to the killing she had j sold Venus White what is known as a j conjure bag. Venus was told that this : would do her good, which amounted to ! saying that il would put her husband ; out of the way so that she could marry ' Humbert. This bag. is now iu the pos session of the sihet ill*, and the contents consist of a curious mixture of sand, hair and other tilings. Mrs. Scott, Venus White and Philip Davis, another negro woman who is also accused ot being an ; accessory to the fact, are now confined j in the county jail.?Xews and Courier. As True As Gospel. Bisliop W. W. Duncan, in bis dis course before the graduating class of the Columbia Female College in Colum bia ou Saturday morning. 20th tilt., said: "A woman true to her God will be true t<> her sweetheart, husband and society. What we need is not mere ? women of fashion?those who go to church as to an opera?but women of true hearts ami purity of spirit; not so much the scientific men or philosophers. I but incorruptible men who connot be ? put on the market aud bought as stocks and bonds." These words are true as gospel, and any young lady who will ponder them carefully will be well paid for her time anil trouble. Hacked Ui Pieces With Knives. IJkxxkttsvjm.k, July.?On Satur day evening, about s o'clock. Zack Quick was killed by Wheeler and Allison Jacobs, brothers, being cut in fifteen places with knives. The murder occur red at the house of Wheeler Jacobs, i-j j the San?! Hills, near the Slate line. All were drinking. The coroner held an in quest yesterdav and both the Jacobs were arrested last night aud lodged in Jail this morning. Quick was a "peace able and quiet man when sober. All were of mixed blood, white and ! Indian.?Xews and Courier. [TJKSDAY, JULY 8, 18St Dip HAND IN HAND. a bride and groom run down by a train. A Young Man and a Young Lady Over taken .On an East Tennessee Trentle and Crashed to Death?Married Only the Day Before. Atlanta, July 4.?North bound passenger train No. 12, on the East Tennessee railroad ran over'a lady and gentleman on the copper mine trestle three miles south of Dallas yesterday morning killing them. The .lady and gentleman were bride and groom of twenty-four hours. !: The . train which did the killing left 'Atlanta yesterday morning at 0 o'clock and eighteen minutes. It was a through tram Und was scheduled to do some lively Winning. Conductor Evaus, one of the most careful men on the road, was ! in charge and at frequent intervals gave his engineer Mr. Bowers instructions to pull up. Three miles South of Dallas is a long trestle known as copper mine trestle^ Trains going North approach this trestle on a heavy down grade and [ around a sharp curve, which prevents I engineers from seeing the trestle until they .are almost upon it. Engineer ; Bowers was moving at a lively speed I ? when he struck the top of the grade [ leading to the trestle. Without taking j up his engine lie rolled along towards the j ? trestle, and like a flash darted around > ? the curve and upon the trestle. Just as j j the engine turned the curve the fireman, I whowg? on the walchout, yclhv: "Quick, there's a man and woman on j the tittle." The Jreman's cry was a startling one, i and a^ the engineer threw his eyes to ! the frojjtt he saw a man and woman walk ing aci'OSb the trestle. They were niov ing iulg?ic same direction as the train, ! andfWOTe evidently unconscious of their j impending danger. They were hand in liand.^and were iu the middle of the track.pThe picture sent a chill to the engineer's heart, and with a hand as lirm as a fo?k he grabbed the lever. In an instant the air brakes had been applied, and tEwengine was rattling forward uu der a,-r?ferse motion. At the same time the shrill whistle sent forth an alarm which attracted the attention of the man just as/the engine was in the act of run ning him down. When the man turned hiff he.^B and saw the engine it was only a Tew^'feet away. He did not' lose his presence of mind, however, and die I without a struggle. He threw his left arm around the lady and made a leap to wardsitjthe side of Hie trestle evidently wilhian intention to leap down into the gorge&blow. But he was too late, and reached the rail the pilot of jthjj engine hit firm. For an instant he I and the lad}- seemed to rest upon it, but i as the engineer was beginning to hope I that they would cling to the pilot until j the engine crossed the trestle they both ! llew high into the air, and as they went up the lady left the man's grasp. The lady, after whirling through the air a short distance, dropped back upon the track and in another instant the heavy engine was crushing the life from her. ; The man was thrown much further than \ the woman and landed upon the track just iu front of the engine as it came to a standstill. I The instant the engine stopped the : engineer sprang off and ran bacK to the I 1 woman. A glance only was necessary I j that nothing could be done for her. He 1 then hurried to the man. whom be found 1 living, but unable to talk. Conductor '. Evans, to whom the sudden halt and ! the danger whistles conveyed a know ! ledge of some trouble, hurried forward ' and reached the man about the same, j time his engineer did. The man was i breathing and was barely alive and was I carefully carried into a car and made ! easy. The woman was lying under the ; engine and the mutilated body was ! picked up and placed in the car and then ] I the train moved on to Dallas. At ! Dallas the wounded man wa*s removed I to a hotel while the remains of the lady ; -e placed In the depot and the coro : l sent for. The dead lady and the injured man were strangers tocvery ! body who looked at them. The man ' could not talk and no papers were : found in his clothing. In the ladies' dress pocket, however, was found a card ; on which was written W. C. Ilortou, : J. P., G33 Marietta street, Atlanta, Ga. i The coroner reached the depot about eleven o'clock and organizing a jury be gan to hold an inquest over the remains of the lady, but during the progress of the inquest the man died, and the ver dict was the same in both cases. The dead people were not identified during the day. notwithstanding the fact that the East Tennessee road is doing even - thing possible to ascertain who they are. Judge Hortou says that from the de scription given of the pair, be thinks they are John Course}' and his bride. On Friday a young man. who gave his name as Courscv. entered bis office tit u3."> Marietta. He was accompanied by a young lady of eighteen years, and. ex hibiting a marriage license, asked to have the ceremony performed. The ' cuiide was decidedly a good looking one, and in a pleasant way Judge Ilortiu married them. This couple tallies in every respect with the dead people at Dallas. Tlie man was not badly cut up, but the woman was terribly mangled. Her bead was severed entirely from her body. The bodies are still at Dallas, but will be buried to-day if they arc not claimed. Iliicklen'rt Arnica Salve. The Best Salve m the world for Cuts. Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt tthciim, Fever Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Corns, and Skin Eruptions, and positively cures I'ilcs, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr. J. G. Wnnnamaker. Now is the time to advertise. >. peic; DIED IN SPITE OF VOUDOU. A Negro Magic Doctor Vanquished bjTJl Cane of Blight's Disease. New Orleans. June 30.?That the negroes arc not the only believers in voudou practices in Southern Louisiania has been abundantly shown in tins city during the past week. Some weeks ago a young Geilnau, uamcd Henry Forschl er, a grocery keeper in fair clrcum stauces. was taken ill. lie sent for a negro herb doctor, who prescribed and administered simple remedies, but For sclder did not improve. At last the sick man became convinced that he had been voudoued and nothing could re move the impression from his mind. Conversation with neighbors only strengthened Iiis belief and a week ago Forschlcr determined to consult a voudou as to his condition. He sent for oiic Grapion, a French speaking negro and nephew of the notorious Marie Laveau. The latter for more than fifty I years aud uutil her death, three years | ago. was known as the Voudou Queen, j and wielded great influence among the j negroes and a certain class of whites,! who feared her mysterious power, in which they firmly believed. Naturally, among this class, the Voudou Queen's relatives arc supposed to be endowed with like powers. Grapion called to sec Forschler and after a brief investi gation declared that he had been vou doued and could not be cured unless the voudou grigri was removed. This lie said, would be found under Forschlcr's store. Grapion went to the store, followed by a crowd of four or live hundred people, and proceeded to remove the flooring. Underneath he found various articles in triangular-shap ed vessels, which he pronounced grigri, consisting of gunpowder, vinegar, needles, burnt cork aud other sub stances. This manifestation of Grapion's power and the deviltry of the voudou enemies of Forschlcr was conclusive evidence to the crowd, consisting al most altogether of white people. They haunted the store and the house of For schlcr continually seeking further mani festations. Notwithstanding, the assur ance of Grapion that he would now get well, Forschlcr continued to sink and died last night, to the last believing that lie was the victim of voudou machinations. This belief was shared by the hundreds who had followed the case with unabated interest. An autopsy was held on the dead man this morning and it was found that he had died of Bright's disease. The voudou Grapion is under arrest for malpractice. Three Fishermen Drowned. George Simons, Andrew Simons and Isaac Smalls, three colored fishermen, were drowned- off the Bar on Tuesday aflerno/u by the overturning of their boat in a squall. ? The party consisted of live men, who left here in a small bateau on Tuesday morning forthc fishing banks outside the Bar. About half-past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, while returning, the boat was struck by a squall and turned over in about eight and a half fathoms of water. The men tried to "douse" the sail and furl it when they felt the squall coming, but the wind blew it away from them three times and finally capsized the boat. George Simons, Andrew Simons and Isaac Smalls sank immediately and were drowned, while Alfred Davis and Joseph While, the other members of the party, managed to save themselves by clinging to the boat. After banging on for nearly an hour they were, picked up in an exhausted condition bv Capt. Henry Simons, of the James Francis, who happeucd to be passing at the time and heard their cries lor help. The drowned men were all fishermen and hud families in the city. Their bodies have not yet been recovered, nor is it likely that they will be, DWing to j the great depth of the water in which they were lost.?News and Courier. A Sinnier Sensation. Recently the members of the Legisla ture from Sumter met in the ollicc of Col. Joseph 11. Barle, in the town of Sumter, and unanimously recommended to Governor Thomson that Colonel James D. Graham be appointed Clerk of Court for Sumter vice W. H. Cuttino. deceased. The Governor was notified of this action but all Sumter was set by j the ears on Wednesday week, when the J Governor sent to Col. Earle a letter which he had received from Colonel J. J. Dargan, stating that Colonel Graham had presided at Radical meetings, had , held ollicc under several Radical Govern I ors. was a drunkard totally unfit for any , oilice of honor or trust, but was useful only to spoils politicians. When the let ter was received a meeting of the citizens was called and resolutions were passed dcclearing that Colonel Graham lias been and still is a self-sacrificing, hard working Democrat, and deservedly one of the most popular men in the County. The resolutions were forwarded to the Governor who thereupon appointed Col. Graham to the ollicc. ISrothcrs Meet After a Long Separation. Joseph and Frank McCoy, brothers, met in Savannah. Ga., the other day. alter a separation of forty years, in 1840 Josiah McCay. a blacksmith, left his home in Norfolk. A'a.. and never made his whecabouls known to his relatives. Fifteen years ago bis brother Trank settled in Savannah, Ga., where he has since been engaged in the mer cantile business. Josiah McCoy, after (ramping over the South, settled in Olustee, Fla., where lie has a flourishing (?r?nge grove, and is well lixed in world ly matter-. Seeing the name of Frank MeCoy recent!;.' mentioned as a mer chaul in Savannah, lie journeyed to that city, and wa- di lighted to llud hi> broth er. One of the strange things connected with the story is that Josiah has been m Savannah six or eight times since his brother settled there, and they have possibly met on the street without re cognizing each other. E ?1.50 PER ANNUM. BAFFLED BY A BULLDOG A WOMAN'S HONOR SAVED BY A FAITHFUL ANIMAL. The Terrible Fight at a Tramp With a Delicate Woman?Her Dog Dies in Her Defence?a Mob in Pursuit of theltitfllan ?Tracked by Blood. Xew York. July 1.?The farmers of l'lumsack, Sussex County, Xew Jersey, are scouring the surrounding country in search of a tramp who brutally assaulted Mrs. Whaleu Green on Saturday last, l'lumsack is a hamlet in the Sussex County mountains, near Dcckertown. There are only a few houses in the place, and they are occupied by far mers. Early on Saturday morning, just after the men had left tor the fields, a tall, swarthy tramp, clad iu rags, ap proached the residence of Wesley Gould and knocked for admittance. Mrs. Gould is a powerfully built young wo man, brave and determined. She open ed the door, and the tramp promptly demanded something to eat. He step ped within the doorway, but Mrs. Gould 1 slammed the door in his face and scut him sprawling on the stoop. Infuriated at this sudden attack, the fellow kicked in one of the panels of the door. Mrs. j Gould seized a kettle of hot water and j rushed up stairs. From a second-story j window she emptied the contents of the kettle on the tramp and scalded him severely.. Cursing and swearing, the fellow left the place and walked through the village until he reached the suburbs where the cottage of Whalen Green stands. Green was absent in the fields, and his wile, a delicate little woman, was alone. The tramp knocked at the door and demanded lood. Mrs. Green was too much frightened when the fellow walked in to offer any resistance. As soon as he was inside the house the tramp slammed the door and locked it. "Open the door." cried Mrs. Green, al most fainting with fear and excitement. " The fellow walked toward her and made an insulting remark. "Help! Help!" screamed the thoroughly terrified wo man. With an oath the tramp seized her by the throat and threw her violent ly to the floor. Her head struck an iron weight used to keep the door open, and a deep scalp wound was made. Hut j the woman continued to scream until the tramp almost strangled her. She was almost choked, when a large bull dog, owned by her husband, bounded through an open window and sprang at the rascal. The fellow did nut release his hold on Mrs. Green, but struck at the dog with one hand. The animal attacked him savagely and seized him by the calf of the leg. The animal was beaten back, but it sprang at the tramp with redoubled fury. Mrs. Green faint ed away, and when she came to. her husband" was standing over her. The dead dog lay in the middle of the room and the furniture was smashed and broken. Everything bore evidence of a recent struggle. The dog was brained with a heavy piece ofcord wood. When Green heard what had happend lie ! secured bis gun and alarmed the neigh j bors. A trail of blood was discovered leading to Lake Shipcong, a distance of two miles. On the way several farmers were met who bad passed a tramp who was terribly lacerated and bleeding. His i clothing was literally torn from bis body, i they said, and lie had a handkerchief j stained with blood bound arouud his : neck. They offered to give him assist I ance, but he refused, saying be wanted j to hurry on aud meet some friends. He I was bleeding from a terrible wound iu i his leg. The party followed the trad to the edge of the small lake, and there ? lost all track of the fugitive. Since that ? time every tramp who walks along the road is stopped and questioned. Mrs. Green's wounds are not dangerous, but she is prostrated "by the nervous shock. The noble dog was I tried in front of the bouse, and it is probable that the villagers will mark the grave with a marble slab._ a Lover'a Suicide. Chattanooga, Tkx>\, June 30.? Clay Tomkins. a wealthy young man .residing iu Walker County, Ga., com . mitted suicide to-day by cutting his throat from ear to ear and then blowing out his brains with a pistol. He was engaged to be married to-morrow to a Miss Rushford, but last week a yay young lightning rod man by the mime of Watkins, while passing through that section, met the young lady. It was a case of love at lirst sight, and in conse quence her afiinnccd husband was jilted i und she promised to marry the dtspen I scr of electricity: When Tomkins learn i cd his fate this morning lie deliberately ended his life. Miss Itushford became a raving maniac when she learned of her former lover's death. An Kye lo I'unIih-?*. We are told a few days ago of a col lection being taken up at a funeral ser vice conducted at Wesley Chapel a few miles below Caindeu on last Sunday week. The corpse was brought in and laid before the pulpit and a collection then laken up for ordinary church purposes. Such as this shows the lack of sense or loo much greed for money. It does not speak well for the colored preacher who had the collection taken up. or allowed it to be done and we hope such will not be repeated again.?Watcrcc Mes senger. Dr. Itelliuger Aeijulted. ClIAKLKSTOX, S. ('.. July I.?Dr. Amos V. Bellinger, who killed Stepney llcilley, the prominent colored Demo crat, in this city in October, I8s"?, was acquitted of the charge of murder to-day alter a .second trial continuing three days since Tucsdy last at 9.30 o'clock. The prosecution was rcprscnlcd by So licitor W. St. Julien Jervcy, and the defense by Major Julien Mitchell and II. A. M. Smith, of the law firm of Mitchell & Smith, and bv Hon. A. O. Magrath.