| Show t 10 I 1 r ai i I 1 I 1 W I 1 bern bers of the ha noad doad Y 1 ey r ft i t iv V t 11 1 VE brala BiAla alif I 1 0 i r in july ly 19 gj E diora editor defter et something over ver a year ago a hir ir hawkins hawking Hay kins fi e r this place piam died and nd was buried burled he left a wine wife who has since lived with his til ill s mother nother and ana two brothers brothe rs it sip tip appears peari that rno sno me time am agg ago the wife gife ife and mother of f the deceased tind tind some peculiar abu lions in told that if they ily ey would take taker said sald Idl idi hawkins Mawkins vp tip one oue year yean from the oate date of bisbin his burial ih and ands speak eald eale to him hint he would receive life resurrect and aliye again thia they fliey firmly much eagerness looked clooj d fornara to thyony when ariey would agam n eny e filby ony his lis li s wm company nany pany Accord lu the lda ida day hem them edthe they thes wilfed mii until mil butil nife late inthe in the evening andi thea then the thel broth brothers ibes wife tand and aud mother stole secretly to the cemetery taking tabing their spades ahu shovels shove lg hat of the departed depar fed for him to after their arrival uirt dirt was vvhs speedily thrown ott t df th the 6 grave I 1 the conni coffi coulp 1 li unken ti op annd arid open ope died fied bu b all the tild spewing and praying buld ouid io do would not restore life lifo to the deat dead body boody the corpse was in a good state Q of ate preservation erv th h nir dir and beard had groOn to be long this seeth C ed cd d td give thena edw ew falth faith and putting tt ati the corpse across two sticks they carried it home and put it in ail all an old well within n few feet fe 6 t of the door where they could see it itt whenever they felt so disposed th they ey then received more revelations f to the effect that the body would nise rise upon another date klate thir failing fo be accomplished the authorities ini in i and the remains were again buried another cause of disturbing the dead h lias ilas as resu resulted I 1 ted in in tb the e death of six cc freedmen if not more mori the par ticul tie tic ulars arg ari have been gleaned by your correspondent as follows in the latter part of last year a neg roame ehme from columbus miss into this re gion glop and gambled aith choso of his awn own color he prayed to be ex pert at playing card caid and the winner of every gamed gamet game on being asked by his defeated opponent opponents 4 why he was so successful he refused to tell unless they gave him joo for foe a receipt which he said would enable them to accomplish any trick they desired to perform several of them how many of them I 1 cannot ascertain some say six and others say as high as 30 procured receipts the receipts required them to jno go to a graveyard grave yard sard 1 nohe alip nuddie diddle af pf 9 some dark night anthold and ti hold old oid prayer then theu dig down to a a coffin and play three games of seven tip up oil on the lid then rhen open the coffin and twist off the finger bones and tring string them theril on oil a string an and I 1 carry tile ille anem iii lil in their pocket 1 they wey followed the directions tio but they first opened the grave rave of jfhn an old gentleman been een buried aver 40 years yearb Ou julind find lind ing no bones they opened the thee grave of one mrs poe who bad had been buried something over a d year in twisting oliber off her hen fingers they twisted her arm off at the shoulder but they returned the iiran arm to the eoff coffin lla lia keeping the angers 4 several more graves but ber is not nob known this was nil all kept a secret until about ivo wo meeks weeks j ngo ago 11 when oner of the perpetrators of M the i deed was taken sick and about to die be made a deathbed death bed confession S and divulged the secret of odthe the whole matter A company of men immediately immediato Y captured three of the guilty uty cd ones es find b ung them until th they ey told all they knew about it and gavi up the string of bones in their possession in which ch was found the th bone U of snakes rabbits squirrel human humdy fingers etc also scorpion rhion heads the prie prisoners p ners were thea then th brought into thip this place and lodged in the county jail another e r of these negroes was waa followed into the northern part lart of the state and killed rhese these men then went to columbus mississippi and put to death the salesman of the receipts last friday night saturday night bight at lo I 1 clock sheriff lacy was a awakened w a by a mob of between 20 and 80 men who told him to he declined they th e jail key ba an akrit gave hesi hasi sa s1 fea rea iea sons for so doing thesy then demanded a lamp and succeeded in obtaining it ll A after placing acing a gua guard rd around arou abou u tl hoth both ba tb the th ei jail ail all and air dir lacys hou houge the yent and aid browe broke open a 4 blacksmith shop and drought out hammers and tend hend chisels and begun work the tho th e locks soon gave way but they found it impossible to bring the negroes out of the cage therefore they shot them down like so many hogs in a pan pen pen tho rho tho crane crate stayed in W the ther lall jall abne hour houn until the victims breathed their ast and then proceeded to the dwelling of the sick betray betrayer tr to end his misery the names of those killed in the jail at this thi place were dudley brothers brother landey portwood and ardson the former wore vore some of or th the e jewelry taken from the latter wasa was a minister f ster of the methodist Cli ch two of the bodies received rec ree elved dived four bails balls each the other only two they lay jay in the jail jall sunday afternoon your corres saw them and pronounced it the e worst sight hee ever saw irlie the white citizens lahody diessel dressed aud arid arld buried them all ali an fn one ono neerav nek nok gave inde in de cen vorden Vorder the co ron er returned a verdict of murder murden but bil t it will be ba to geta gela jury in thi thip marlof martof artof arlof the tho state to convict one 0 of f the e even if they are elefa ever taught taug nt C Q H buijs I 1 al 11 1 1 r L f trustees etc 1 fi i gajan gavan ta WAAKE I 1 1 0 city cruy tuy ruy tty r ly 28 1883 E fi 3 w fi editors desett desert news y i sirs since th the e pulle publication atlon by 0 J bf my iny letter ietter let iet t er of alib ath dinst question guestion relating fo 0 brucca of district lt choals i liae ilae been askee as keme me t hirs Birs rg tIfa a school h I 1 brusto tru ida iga ste sto does goes abw t to 1 an at mission to ely cir cly til ill the e gospel oapl lilies office c e zu as trag trustee vacant answer ansbe r there is tibt liIng in the law which W requires as trustee of a district school to toab go from home nor to remain anatlie ink ini the school district thi st submitted to his discretion buteff but if he goes gaes buto out but o of f the school district to be absent during his whole term in my opinion a x vacancy oc laurs curs eurs trustees must act for and within the school district Ui strict aud and not hot elsewhere A i 31 rj kj second cab can ithe other two trustees do doi business lawfully without nil fil ling vacancy i answer anaw er I 1 and by section oathir thir teen of ai athe the tho school law page pago 31 I 1 that a majority of the trustees shall shail have power powen to transact business andin and in m case of a vacancy in any school district by deatti death resignation arother or other otherl i ahei wise the remaining trustees ahau shall immediately 1 appoint a suitable person to nil fill such vacancy until the next election for trustees it cam comply bl j with this act but nut any urgent business may be lie done by the two remaining trustees see also my letter of the ath in dinst published in the NF NEWS v third if three i giusse trustees es are elected and only two qualify can these two appoint appo int an assessor and collector answer tri ves yes es the act says a majority may do business but bifone refuses to qualify there is a vacancy va CY and the two who qualify mayfie may gyin glin the vacancy i fourth if lf an asses assessor soi and bohec collector has no certificate of office from froin the court where lie files his hes bonds 2 are his acts valid in hi law answer section six SEC OF of the tho act see page 28 says the trustees shall have power to appoint an assessor r and collector and prescribe it is the appointment and the with the order of the trustees tru steea which confers the authority on tha the assessor and aud collector ol 01 this should be recorded by the trus trustees tees As a wise wito measure I 1 will suggest that hei haj be required to takema take an oath of office and div give a bond to td the school district in doull double e the amount of the taxes to be collected behim by him conditioned for the faiths fanth ful fui compliance with his duties prescribed by the tha law in a former formet letter letterI I 1 remarked in substance that in the efficient emmi effi cien clen t exercise of the duties of the superintend ten dents deuits df schools territorial and Comity of the school examiners and trustees depends tha the success it of our educational system yours truly i c 1 i Z ar SNOW ry 31 jt ut i it j Terri terrible bli bil imin rain ana and storm in rf 11 alalue Al pyne Plue 1 awin awing g ccoy let 0 editor seret mews this Thi I 1 olty city and 40 1 vicinity vip nip 1 alt was vas visited visited 0 on ti tuesday fht the e with and rainstorm rain storm m that has haq ever been w witnessed in this About noonon on tuesday a ib fe dark cloud was waw seen pren over the them mountains a little northwest of this city cipy accompanied with octia thundering in a short tima hall hail an andrain and 1 I rain were wera y p pouring downin down in j torrents theall continued about 30 minutes in input ind and an fhe the iho rain yam gam bobone about bou one 11 hour 0 ur longer during which time timo the tho streets tr ets and c creeks reeks almost res resembled baled rivers after the storm storm was over everybody wanted to know to w what hat extent the e crops were inifred A VISIE to the north field s showed awed little damage done to the east there was considerable damage to crops the neld field known as the west nield field fie and the bench under the north hiles hills was beyond description soma men josma iosif mig fig all they had bad in the shape of grain gats pats ats were thrashed out and jhen then na washed h ed tb wheat that was not ape rw sufficient to thrash was beaten do dowland dow w n nand d qu cut cub 0 ofte 9 porn corn is str stripped 44 of df almost all its 1 leaves the stalks sta sr t 4 are aro yet tet s standing but cia cul up hs as if rabbits had been eating cating them peas peak are arc beaten down dowa and the the shells look joa as if of chickens had beep seep been devouring devor devou ring til them turm eni and fhe the peas reas p aas are ar C bruised veny very bad the apples aples that are wt left upon the thi trees afe are are bruised very much some may gather from two to nive five bushels per liar acre by kleing sic others will save halfyard half yand and two thirds whilst many miny will ivill lob lo iob loh oe o b e all ill on one imet tract of efa eta nain rain in over 50 acres much would have iava lava compared very favorably with apy in the county before the storm a it I 1 is now idros ibie ible to find even a bundle of straw the hail hall beat it dawni loosened up the tho roots and the flood of w ater iter was so great that it wah yva sva AW bedau entirely 1 away abr there also aiso flaig a largo 0 mount amount of grain rain belonging to resi resl residents denti of leg lehi lehl city who lat have been farming on anthis this same bench which tg N hii sll destroyed large alar amount of this water ran into nto the canal leading to lehi city and must have done considerable damage to them american fork pork also shared in this thiA storm but to what extent I 1 dp do not know the tho 12 damage done to of Alpine ine lne will amount to about ati atis atia bour your s vert very respectfully fes ual L u I 1 T DEVEY ra ar f win vin ehen chen j teething 7 syrup has hns never failed to give ge immediate 1 leile relief r when used ceases ag ljames of sum mer clo complaint P faint cholera j nf antum 1 or pa pains ins iq 4 the stomach mothers when ban jorj little jutie darling sare are suher ing from those these tl iese lese or kindred causes do not 2191 hesitate toi give it ift a thial trial frI Ayou hyou you will sure lybe pleased with the charming be sure to buy br dr kinchella Win Winch chella eills teetai ilg ing tig t ig syrup sold by Oo luja tuie Ti birrs pili 8 fe co only per bottle |
