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The Easley Mssnr. Crutl(, lihe a lorth, the. oe it's sihoh, il shines. VOL. 1.] EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1884. [NO. 16 A LITTLE MISTAKE. %he felt he'd claimed her as his own, For woman's wit lis quick to see Tl'he growth of seeds by Cupid sown Just after ten. She blushes red wien slow she hears The low-toned words he just has said, And trembling on the verge of tears. She blush-s red. And startled at the look she bears, For, ere lie finished, her soft head Droops and to his shoulder nears. ie hastes to say 'midst hosts of fears, ,1 love-I love that. gitigerbiread Your dainty little han,3d prepares !" She blusies red. -Philadelphia Call. ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. The Terrible Shipwreck of A Savan. nah Steamship. WASIrxNGTON, 10.30 P. M.-A ru mor has just reached here that a Bos. toln and Savannah steamer has met wit I a disaster, involving great loss of life. BOSTON, Janary 18.-The vessel re ported lost off Gay lead, Martha's Viiieyard, proves to be the steamer "City of Columbus,"' G(pt. Wright, of I le Savannah line, which left Boston f'or Salvallah yestelrday afteinoon at 3 o'clock. F. V. Nickerson & Son, 1 geIts of the line have received the following dispatch : "New Bedford, Mass., January 18.-F. W. Nickerson & Son : The steamer "City of Columbus" is ashore on Devil's Bridge, Gay Head, and Is fast breaking up. About one hundred lives were lost. Will leave on early train in mnorninf. Saved by revenue cutter "Dexter." Signed. S. E. Wright, Master." NEW BEDFORD, MASS.., January 1.--Thnefollowing is Capt. Wrighlt's statement regarding tile loss of th Steamer "City of Columbus : The "City of Columbus" left Boston at 3 P. M. on Thursday, carrying 80 passengers and a crew of forty ive. At 3.45 A. M., ont Friday. Gay Ihead light bearing South half east, the ves sel str'uels on the outside of Devil's Bridge buoy. Tlhe wind was blowing a gale wvest by north. Thle vessel im mediately filled andl keeled over the water' breaking in andl flooding the port side of the saloon. All of the paIssen gers excepting a few womenI and children camne on dleck, unearly all wear ing life preservers. All of the boats were cleared away, but were immedi ately swamped. Th'e majority of t he' passengers were washed overb~oard. seven passengers left tihe vessel on a raft and about forty more took to the rigging. At 10:30 A. M., a Gay IHead lifeboat put off and took-sev'en persons. Anothe life-bat nut off between 12 and 1 o'clock. 'The revenuo cutter Dexter came along at about 12:30 o' clock and sent oft' two boats. T wenty one persons, one of whom was dead, were placed on board the Dexter, and after all the persons were taken from the vessel the Dexter proceeded to New Bedford. Three persons died after go ing on board the Dexter, Four dead bodies were brought to this city on the Dexter. They are all men. One is not identified. Two are identitled as Helon Brooks of North horo, Mass,, and Fred Chandler of Ilyde Park, Mass, The other is a nman slposed froma card found in his pocket to he one of the inrm of C. R ich ardson & Co. of the Clinton Market, Boston. One of the paseigers lost vas A. J. Morton, lately connected with the Bas ton Globe, w-> was going South for his healt hi. The City of Columbus ldl(] eighty lirst-class aII twenty-two steerage passengers, about oue-t hird of whomn were ladies and children, and a crew of forty five. 'The total number of per sons saved is 23. 5 dead bodies have been recovered, and 1 9 sois are thu uniaccouited for. 17 of the saved 1n1d 4 of the dead were broight here, and 6 su1p)osed to be living and one dead, are at Gay lBead. The following isa full list of those lost; Win Wright and wife of Boston E S Rand and wifelawyer of Roxbury; T M Hale, ptoduce dealer, of Boston; Levi Lawrence residence unknown; G H1 Kellogg residence unknown; Dr 11 C Bartlett and wife residence unknown; Mrs S Keane residence in known; Mrs D Rt Small, of Southamp ton, Mass; Miss Beach, unknown; Mrs Giban, residetice unknown; Oscar Jasigi, Turkish consul-general, of Bos. toi; A J Morton, of the Boston Globe; Helon Brooks, Ioro, Mass; Mr and Mrs 0 A Rand I son, of Boston. Mrs Henry Slade, -, Chelsea Mass; R B Belyea, wife and t wo children rei dence unknown; Mrs J Atchinson, residence unknown; Mrs L Davis, res idence unknown; Mrs H J Kellogg, residence unknown ;C Richirdson and wife, residence unknown;. S Van, residlence unknown; Henry L~ Bachel dor and wife, of Dorchestor; C~ F James. residence unknown, James A Merrill, of Boston; Henry L Daniels and wife, residenice unknowvn; The follow in g are the names of those taken ashore at Gay Head, one of themi is known to be dead, but it is not known which one: Henry Collins, third engineer; Wmn Spalding, p~urser; MachLel K~enedy, waiter; Edward 0' Brien, waiter; John H~ol mes, pliman. One passenger, namre unknown. Tihie following are among those on the raft whose fate Is unknown: ;A Morrison, cheif engineer; E d wvin Fuller first mate- Augustus Har'lin. 5Cc0nn(l mate; Wm Murray, assistant engineer; Win Fitzpatrick, pantry-man; Rich ard Sullivan, of Prince Edward's Is land. Brewster Cameron after Deputy Col. lectors and Marshals. THE, cowissioner of internal reve is said to be very indignant over the report of Mr. Brewster Cameron, of the Department of Justice, reflect ing on deputy collectors of inteinal revenue as parties to improper arrests in the Southern States for dha purpose of piling up fees. The commissioner declares that internal revenue oflicials :ave no iIntere&sts in common with the marshals, anl(d are paid salaries instead of fees. But Mr. Cameron asserts that throughopt the States where illiet still ing is practiced it is usual in many inl stauces for th.. depuIty collectors to be also deputy marshals, and when this is not th! fact the depilty collectors works in colltuion with the marsh:ds in making eases. They d raw. witness fees and mileage when they do not act di rectly as deputy nmarshals' Another party to schemes foi making fees is the U. S. Covnisinler, whO 1asthe pow er of exacting such liberal fees as to make every cIse before him pay from $ 10 to $12. By the means and devices resorted to by j he officials every arrest for infraction of the internal revenue laws cost the goverlnment sums rang ing from twenty to fifty dollars before it gets to the courts. In North Caro lina, and South Carolina, Georgia, and TLennessee,the cases ieard by the con iissioner, but weich never come to trial in court, aresaid to be in the I)ro port.ton of ten to one at least, and in some districts are forty to one. In one dlistrict it was shown th it a company of forty illicit distillers and dealers in illicit wilskey were piursuaded to ap pear before a United States Commis sioner, plead guilty and give bonds to appear at court. They failed to appaer; the bonds which were worthless, were declared forfeited, and beinch-warrants were issued; these were served and the parties brought again before tihe same comminissione r; were again bon ded to appea atcourt, and( again failed. This was repeated three timaes; each time the commissioner, marshal, and wit nesses received1 their fees. Tihey were finally brought into court, plead guilty, were recommended to mercy, and sen tence was suspended. Not one was ever punished. Mill waukee reports a rare ihistance of fraternal affectiorn. A young man there got his brother' under the infiu enice of drugs and then eloped with his wife. Such tender solicitude is seldom evinced in this sehlih world. Tlhe preachers who write and com mit their sermons are the ones who lpractice what they preach. A CHAPTER ON FLams.--You can sometimes catch a baseball on a fly.. The most Irritating fly Is the Spanish fly. The Latin name for a certain kind of fly is tempue fugit. Flies are always on hand early li' the morning. You have all seen a kite fly. Some flies are always In jail. Longfellow speaks of a fly as a bird, when he says: 'Fly proud bird of free dom.' You can draw a fly with a drop of molasses better than with a crayon. We have often seen flies handcteifed. Flies make a point where business is concerned. At the boarding-house table did you ever see the first new butter-fly of the season? Some people employ the )lin1( to keep flies from the room. The spider Is the only creature which invites the fly to his parlor. A conjugal quarrel is a promoter of hair-flies. Stage files are painted. time flies whol iy unadorned by art. A W. conservative In his reading& he always sticks to his owii paper. Butchers and grocers exhibit flies oin their windows. You can draw a fly in the milk of human kindness. When you 'darn a fly' you do nol need a necedle and worsted. Although flies don't stay long II oneI place, they always carry a trunk. There are musical flies. People often speak of that base fly. When you see a kite fly, it is not cruel to stick a. pin in it.---Luthr G. Riggs. A Goosts IS A DOMETic ANIMAL. ---ORANGEBUR, January 18. -In th Court of General Sessions the most of the day was occupied in hearing cases on appeal from the, courts of trial jus tices. One of t b.se cases was brought under the Stock law, and involved the question whther or not a goose is a domestic animal. '1The p~roof was that ihe damiage haid been (lone to a crop of peas by a flock of dlomestic geese. Counsel for the defence claimed that a goose W.as not a dlomestic animal as contemnplated by the Act. Solicitor Jrervey, who arr'ivedl here this mnorningw and resmed1 th~ duities of his oflice, contended that the goose is a domestic animal. Judge Ke rshaw, after hearing argi m ment, decided with the solieitor. The' goose is now made by Circuit Court law a domestic animal,, and is subject to the provisions of t he Stock law. Thei great question which agitated thec country somc years ago as to whethe' the Australian duckbill platyb)us was a bird or an animal may now he set ali