The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, November 12, 1884, Image 1
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VOL. 1. ABBEVILLE, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1884. NO.T.
WlftllNdTON', COUIMIMA AN)) AT- ,
or ST A railroad. I
Goinjr Sou li No IS No 10
Leave Wilmmxtoii . ... It ">? p in II 10 pm
Arrive at Florence I 50 a m 2 20 a ni 1
Arrive at Columbia rt 40 a in
Woin;r North No l:t No 47
Leave Columbia. . . 10 00 p in |
Leave Florence 4 .">0 p in 1 52 a in
Arrive at Wilmington .7 10 p in l> 10 a in j j
Train No. 4!l slops at all stations, nos. 4S I
and 47 stop onlv at llrinklev's, Whiteville,
Fleming on, Fair HlufT, Marion, Florence, J
Tiinmo::sville, Sumter, camdeu .lunctiun ard . !
Kastover. l'li-ssi'ii^rs for Columbia ami nil j
points on c >v ii n it, r, c * a h u, vikcyi June- 1
tion am! all points beyond, should take No. 4S, I
ui<>'ht express Separate i'allinan sleepers i i
1'or Charleston ami Augusta on trains IS ,<nd j i
47. All trai.-is run solid between Charleston i
ami IT ilrnin<rton.
QI'ARTANHL'Rt! AND
O AS1IKV ILLK RAILROA 1) '
Ou and rbfter May 12, 18S4, passcnyrer
trains wilt bo run daily, except Sumlav, between
Spartanburg and Hendersonville as \
ftlluw.<i:
UP TRAIN 1
Leave R. A !) Depot at Spartanburg 0 00 pan ,
Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot. 0 10 p in ,
Leave Saluda K 50 p m ;
Leave Flat Rock y 15 p in ;
- A rrive lletulersniivilte 0 30 r, ?\
DOWN MR.41N.
Leave Heudersonville K 00 am |
Leave Flat Rock 8 15 a tn ,
Leave Saluda 0 00 a in ,
Leavr .1 ir Line Junction 11 25 a in <
Arrive R. A i> Depot Spartanburg 11 150 a m j
Trains on this road run by Air-bine time,
rtoth trains make conneetio-is for Columbia
aud Charleston via Sparta nburjr, Union and
Columbia: A Uanta and I'liarloi le bv Air liine. "
JAMKS ANDKItSUX, SupcriiiU-mU'iit. I
?ION?KXSKD TiME CAiil)
ESagnclia Passenger Ronta.
In cfl'ect September 14, 18iM.
UOIXH SOl'TH.
Leave Greenwood *5 30 am + 1 DO
Arrive Augusta ..... 11 SO am 8 50 pin
Leave Aujrusta 10 .TO am 5' 00 pm
Arrive Atlanta . 5 45 pm 0 40 am
Leave Augusta 11 40 am
Arrive Beaulort 6 50 pin
" I'ort Koyal C 05 jjui
" Clialestnn 0 50 pta ^
" Sa v.;unali 0 42 pm
" Jacksonville. .... 0 00 ant }
GOING NOUTU. 1
Leave Jacksonville .... fi :10 pin <
" Suvaiipuli. (1 55 am (
" Charleston ti 10 am (
Leave l'oit. Hoy 111 7 25 am
' Hoanlori . 7 :>7 am
" Augusta 1 10 |iio
L?:sve Atlanta 1H 50 pm
Arrive Augusta . ti 10 am
Lphvi! Augusta 4 00 pm 5 40 am
Arrive (JrecnwooJ Si Oil pin 11 .10 am '
Ticketsr.M sale al Creenwtmd to all points
at tluough rntoh? baggage checked t?? di-sti
*l)aily. i Daily, cxcen'. Sau<lay. i
\V K. ukm.man". Traffic Manager.
J. N. Bass, Sujioiinifii.lfiil.
ATLANTIC COAST l,!NK,
l'ASSKNOKR DKPA11X1 MKNT,
M ili/uuh-'oh. "'"K'/
KEW LINK lx-lwwu Charleston and
Columbia ami Upper .South Carolina.
C??MiKX.->i:i> t-C'HKliiM.K.
ooivo t.oisc
VKsr. i:\sr.
7 t)i) .-.in l?v .. . ('hul k'ston . . Ar. 9 !.) jnn
8 40 " " .... IiRiu-M .... .... " S 0 j " i
S) 4T ' " .... Sninlvr " G ;>5 " a
11 Oil pm Ar i'ulctiihia Lv. 5 !>0 "
1? I " ... . Wir.nsbtiro.. . . '* :: 4S "
3 4j " ' Cli.-sJi.-r " if 41 u
a So " ' . . . Ynrkvillc ... " 1 00 '
e 25 ' ' l.iii:<*a.stor.... " 9 00 "
b HO ' " .. . . Ruck iiiil " I! Oil "
ft 15 " " .. Charlotte " 1 till "
t i.> fiin ?r... ,\i-? in':!-,- . j.v 302 put
3 00 ' " tJre<n\*o?d ' 12 4.S "
(j oU " " .... Laurens ... ' V -10 am
h IS ' " . . Ain!cr:i"n... " 10 33 "
6 f)5 " " ... (Ireem iilo.... *' 9 50 " i
7 03 ' " ... . Walhulla " S 50 "
4 45 " " . . Abbeville "II Oil "
f) 50 ' " .. Spartanburg ... IU5!) "
9 30 " " ~ Henderson vil'.e.. " 8 00 '
Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia,
S. C.
J. F. 1>IVINK. 'J'. M. KMKIiKOX.
(r.-Mi'l Sup't. (ii-ti'l Pas. As?ent.
C^OLl.'.MHIA A N!>
j HKKKNVILLK HAILT'OAD.
On and after October 5, 1HS-1, Papsksiiuu
Tuaiss will run asheieivith indicated upon
this road and its branches. ?
Iht U //, <\I?V ) ' Sit ll'hll/S,
No. 53. I I' I'ASSKNtililt I
J Leave Columbia S. C. Jt'.ue'u 10 45 pin
' Columbia 0. & (!. 1) .. II 10 p m
Arrive Alston li: 10 j> ?s? j'
Nov. berry 1 1:1 |> in '
Niisi'iy-Six 2 47 p m
Greenwood 3 00 p in
m Undoes 3 p III '
Hell oil .... '1 10 p in 1
at Civcnville 0 03 pm |
No. .V2. DOWN I'ASSKXlJKH. ,
I.?*vc (Jivv'iiville at 9 50 a in .
Arrive Helton 11 13 a in '
I lodges 12 2.1 p in I
(i roemvood 12 IS p in I
Niiietv-Six .. 132 pin |
Newberry 3 02 p in
Alston 1 10 p in. 's
' Colombia C. A (?. I) 5 15 pin *
Arrive Columbia SO. .june'n . 5 30 i> in /
bfautanbrimi, i'niox * COl.rm 151 a had. uoaii. ,
NO. 5.'?. in* I'A8SKK?K1S. ,|
Ijiivtv Alston 12 52 p in .
" 1' iiiun :i 55 p ni
' Spartanburg, 8.I*.AC.depot .5 50 p in 11
NO. 52. l>OWS I'ASitKN'liKlt. s'
L* re Spart'j! R. i<c t>. I*>epot . .. 10 35am '
" H}..iriV S. L'. & Dupot .1(150 a in i
" I nion 12 50 p in j
Arrircat Alston 3 -Id p in .
k. I.Al llKNS IIAILUOAI). 1
Leave Nowberry :l HO p in '
Arrive r.t Laurens C. II. C 50 p in
Ltwvo I.annus (!. II 7 In a in
Arrive at Newberry II 10 p in
a l il K V i 1.1. k r. k a xca.
Lcnve IJoiljrps 3 p *1
Aniveal Abbeville 4 15 p 11.
Leave Abbeville II 00 a in
Arrive at iiml^es 12 00 p 111
BM'K KI'.MSi: it A I liliO A l> A.M? ANMKKSON ItK AM'II.
Leave Helton I -15 p 111 1 '
Arrive Ainb*rs?n 5 lf> p 111
" IVinllctoit 6 50 p in M
" Heaeea < <> -SO p in j (
Arrive at Wallialla 7 Q>? p m |'
Lrnve WulliallH 8 50 11 in u
Arrive Seneca #15 a in !
" v..<wii..i..r. " '
i> II III
" Anderson In :{:5.1 m
Arrive at Helton llOrtam
COXA' EG 77 OSS. " ]
A. With South Carolina railroad to nnd from
Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and
A ujru- trt railroad from Wilmington and all
iinints north thereof: with Charlotte, Columii;
a and August a railroad from Charlotte and
all points north thereof. 1(. With Asheville
nnd Spartanburg railroad from and for point*
in Western X. Carolina. C. With Atlanta and
Charlotte div Kichtuond and Danville railway
for Atlanta and all points south and west.
iSi'tmlnn/ Eilt'rii-. 'J7inc.
ta. li. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
M. SI.avjoiitek, Uen'l I'aHseufcer Aj?t.
1). C AKDWKI.!., A3s't <ien'l l'ass. A ^t.
ALL the new shapes in lint* and Itounuts,
with liibbons, llirds, Flowers, Satins
n?id Velvet* to match.
11. M. ilADDON C0>^
H
IB*.
fr: .
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Sor Til C A HO LIN* A
HA 11-WAV COMPANY.
Coninionein;r Sunday. Sept. 7th. 1SSI. at <]
a in, I'a:\senjror Trains will run us follows
until furtlii'i- not iff, "It as lorn time:"
('<>/it in fu'ii J)i!<>i> ? Daily.
Leave Columbia . . . 7 -IS a hi 5 27 |> ih
Due i.t Charleston 12 20 |> in 511'S p m (|
f.oave Charleston 7 00 a in <130 p in
I)no al Colombia .. .11 00 p in 9 22 a in ^
CinmUii /'ir/.-ion?Daily except Sundays. (?
l.oavo Columbia 7 -IS a in 5 27 p m (]
Due Camden 12 55 p in 8 25 pin
Noavo Camden . 7 15 a in 4 00 pm S
Duo Columbia. . 11 00 p m 'J 22 p in (1
.1 i/j/ti.-fit fh'risioti ? Daily.
I.rave Columbia 5 27 p m n
Duo Au^n>la 7 -11 a in v
Leave A uirnsta II 50 p in
Duo Coluinbia 'J 22 p in c
Connection* ]
Ma<1o at Columbia with Columbia and Croon- v
nlio railroad by train arriving at II 00 a. in.
mil departinsi at 5 27 p. hi.: at Columbia c
1 unction witli Charlotte, Coluinbia and An- j
jnsla railroad by same train to and I'riun all I *
[mints <ui both roads. j fl
At Charleston with steamers for New York o
>11 Saturday: and on Tuesday and Saturday
.vitli sleiinior lor .1 aeksonvillo and points on (
St. .lolm's river; also, with Charleston and ,
Savannah Hailrond to and from Savannah
md all points in Florida. t
Al Augusta with (ioorjjia and Central rail
roans to and from all points \W?I and South:
it Dlaekviile to and IVom all pointsoa Darn- a
,vell railroad. Throu^b tickets can lie pur- .
Iiased to all points South and West by apply'Mi*
In ' -
I). Mt (.}ri'.i'.N. \jjcnt, Columbia. S. C.
John 15. I'kck, (ioncral Mumiuvr.
It. C. Al.i.kn, <J?ii. l'itss. ami Ticket Ajr't li
Fkc (Georgia Pacific ! '
a
:n(!\v Short Line, via., Atlanta. f!a., and j,
Dinninjrhani, Ala., to Points in
n 11
A/ob'tnirt, 3f l.otn'.-'iaiHt,
.1 rk'tiisas, 'J'exes ami f!ic II est end
Xorlh n'ctif.
ti
i'he favorite route TO T1IK WORLD'S ?
KAMI, NKW OKI,KAN'S, LA. '
li
nOMMKNOINO December 1st, 188-1. |
^ Double Daily Trains, with elegant
Sleeping Cars attached, for which the '
o\v rati* of $1 for each section is n
charged?the lowest sleeping car rates in (
lie I'nited States, J.erths secured ten ?
lays in mlvnnctt. ?
SKK that your Tickets .??*3
ATLANTA, va the J
iKOHCi 1A I'AC!!'!(' ISA I.WAY and h
HIilM IXO'M AM, ALA.
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Tor furtli?:r information write to or f
iall 0:1
L. S. P.UOWX, (Ion. 1'ass. Agent,
1"> 1 !tJ!?N(iilam, As.a. '
A. S. TilWKATT. Trav. Pass. Agt., (
Ati.axta. <!a. ii
I. Y. SA(? L. < ion. Superintendent, l>
, 1? 1 KM IN'ill a *1. Al.a. f.
E > ICliMOXI) A.N!> DAN VI I.I.L 5)
U 1! A I I.ltOAl)
/<?/. r !>, j.i. i li.ti at.?On mid alter Aiif*. I1
ii, 1^;<L tiasHi-n^'wr !rain service on the A. o
tai ('. i'i\;si:ni will l>o as follows: j_
A urth wart/. X<?. ot * No. ;?'M
ii'ave Vtlanta 4 40 |i in 8 1(1 a in w
rriv? (iaiiu'.svilU1 0 57 pin 10 113 a in ..
I.i,1-i ,/ 7 ?". .. ii ni ..
Kaluin (Jap j:inc A K 12 p ut 11 30 ;i in h
Tuccoa ? 8 51 p in 12 01 p m
Sesieca City </ Si 5V> p m 1 CO p t>i
Central 10 32 p in 1 52 p in 1(
I.iii.M-ty 10 63 p in 2 13 p in
Kaslev 1110 p in 2 27 p in
(jreenvillo < 11 -12 p m 2 17 p in 1?
Spartniibui? / . . 1 1 a m 3 50 p u)
Gastnnia '/ 3 20 a in 5 51 p in '
charlotte h 1 Hi a in li -It) p in a
Sunt//? <// >/. N?;. ."> ) No. 521
.cave chariot ie........ 1 15 ? m i 0(1 p in j ?
r.rivcti.islniiia 2 30 a in 1 -15 p in l>
Spartanbnrp. 1 2S a in 3 45 p 111
( ivi'iivillc o '13 a in -1 55 p in ,l'
Kasloy 0 17 a in .r> 26 p r.i fj
Liberty 6 34 a in 5 12 p m
central . . 6 55 a in fi (.0 p in w
Seneca city 7 33 a r.i 7 30 p in a
Toccoa K -ItJ a in 7 35 p m
ltabnn (JapJune. !t 31 a in S 30 p m ''
Lula. ... 1(1 00 a in 8 .">11 p in l>
Gainesville .10 3<i a in 0 25 p m
Atlanta 1 00 p in 11 30 a in
*!C.\ press. -fMail. j,
Freight trains or. this road all carry passeii;ers;
passenger trains run tiirou<:h to l)anille
ami connect with Virginia Midland railtav
toall eastern cities, and at A tlanta with
u lines uivct'ifuij;. iNo. alt loaves Kidimoml "
t 1 |> in aiti! No. 61 arrives tli.-sv al -1 j> in; .r>2
raves lvicliiuoiii! at 2 2S a m, 53 arrives there
it 7 II a ni
linjjel Sfec/iinf/ C'ur.s without f(
'fniiit/c: On trains Xos. 50 and 51, Now ^
fork and Atlanta, via .jrton and
>:?nville, (iremsboro and Ashoville; on 11
rains No.<. 52 and Go. Richmond and t<
>anville, Washington, Augusta and Now n
>rhians. Thronjs-h tickets on salt; at c
'harl#tte, (ireonville, Seneca, Spartanmrg
and Gainesville to all points south, ,l
mutInvest, north and east. A connects '
villi X. 10. railroad to and from Athens; t
> with X. I!, to and from Tallulah Falls;
; with Kl. Air Lino to and l'i om Kiberton ^
tnd Bowersvillc; <! with Blue Kidge to *
md from Walhalla; c with C. and (f. to
md from (iivenwood. Newberry, Alston
md Columbia; J' with A. A' S. and S.. rj
U. tfc C. to and from liendersotiville,
Mston, ?tc.; if with Chester and Lenoir
o and from Chester, Yorkvilleand i)alas;
h with X. C. division and ('., C. & jj
\. to and from Greensboro, lhileijih, iVc
Khmtnii I>i:kki,i:v, Supt.
3f. Sl<ni<)hlci\ (Jen. i'ass. Agt. 0
A. it I Jives. 2tl V. I'. mut (ion. Man. v
CARPETS. c
CAIM'KTS and Mouse Futnishing v
ioods, the Largest Stock South of Haiti- '
c
more, ]\Ioqu<'t, Brussels. .1-1'ly and In- ^
;rain Carpels. I!u^, Mats and Crumb (
[Moths. AYindow Shades, Wall l'apors, )
Borders, I.ace Curtains, Cornices and 1
Poles, Cocoa nncl Canton Mattings, Up- f
liolstory, Ilngravlugs. Cromos, l'icturo j
Frames. Write for samples and prices.
HAlIilK & COSKK11Y, i
Augusta, (!a.
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\V. ('. BHNKT, .IAS. II. liH'B. I. W. SMITH, 1
Abbeville. Ninety-Six, Abbeville, (
nKNET, KICK ii SMITH, 1
Attorney's at Law.
Will practice in all the Courts of the '
Slate, and give prompt attention to all (
legal business entrusted to llicni. ?
4*
" A
WKECKKI) IN Mil)-PACIFIC.
t'lie ltomaiiiic Adventure of Some
Castaway Sailors on Faiuiir.;?
Island.
A representative of the A Hit yesterlay
gained information that the scooncr
>lulonu had arrived at this port with the
aptain, second mate, Stewart and four
f the crew of the scooner Premier, long
ince supposed to be lost. The roportr
found the second mate of the Prenier,
who said : "So you want to
now something of the Premier and her
row, oh ? The Premier left Eureka,
lumholdt county, sometime in 1S8"?,
rith a cargo of redwood, which she di*harged
at Sidney. On the 25th of
anuary of the present year she sailed
rom New Castle, X. S. \V., loaded with
50 tons of coal, to be landed at Eureka.
>11 March 11th it was discovered that
he hud sprung a leak. For tiventyivo
days we worked like madmen,
carceiy taking tunc lo oat ol our poor
ml meagre rations. One day, while
rifting about, we sighted what we suposed
to bt; an island, but upon coining
earer we discovered that it was nothing
ut a barren rock. With saddened
loarts we lacked about in another diection.
On the twenty-second day af'T
we discovered the leak we saw
head of us what looked to be <|uile a
irge piece of land. When about enterng
a harbor we struck upon a coral
eof.
We were at once discovered by naives
of the island and upon making inuiry
were told that we were in Kngish
Harbor, a little inlet in Panning
slr.ud. This island is a' good many
lilos South of the Hawaiian Islands
nd is owned by a Scotchman named j
regg, who was shipwrecked about
wenty-three years ago and who found
is way to that place. He married a naive
woman and has had seven chrildren
y her. (hie is a beautiful girl of scvnteen
years. She was educated at the
andwich Islands and has traveled extenively
in Europe and the United States.
he scorns to like her island home. In
ict, she has often told mo that she
ronid not exchange it for any other in
lie world. One day whilst Captain
iregg was on his way to Honolulu the
rst mate of the lTC'.i.ior, who had
eon making love in a surreptitious
ishion to this daughter of the sea. prooseil
to her, va.s accepted and in the
resencc of all of the inhabitants
f the Island they consented to
d<e each other as husband and wife,
ith a proviso on the part of the young
*oiunn that the mate never return to
is native country to live.
Fanning Island is nearly seven miles
>ng and about four in width. There is
mob guano upon :,t and coeoanuts and
ananas are also abundant. Caplin
(iregg is the possessor of considerble
wealth, acquired through the sale
f cobra and guano. There are a 11 inner
of chickens upon the island, as well
s goals and milch cows. Captain
iregg is the owner* of a nice bark,
hich he uses to ply between his place
nd the Sandwich Islands. He was ox
emeiy Kind to us, ami, 1 must say. has
ut one fault, and that is the appetite
>r alehoholic liquors, lie thinks nothlg
of drinking a half gallon a day.
lfler wo ran upon the reef it was necssary
to get rid of our cargo, which we
id with the assistance of the natives,
nd that's saved, at any rate.
We remained upon Manning's Island
jr ahout six months. 0:i the 11th of
cpMnhor the Malolo stopped there for
cargo of cobra. On the 13th she went
r> Washingtoh Island, returned to Failing's
Island and left there with the
rew of the I'reinieron the 25th?that is,
11 save the first mate, who remained to
ursue his honeymoon and look after
lie damaged scooner. The Malolo arived
in this port yesterday.?Alia
'(th'J'ortiia.
A COIjOKHD 150N1I?'ACE.
.'lie Successful Career of AVormly, j
tlie Delinonico ??1" Washington. I
"To-day the flags on the hotels are i
looting at half-mask as a token of repeet
for (hi; late: James Wormley, a colrod
man who ranked among the most
videly known nntf honored of the *_-itiens
of Washington. He was a native
if this city, grew up here and was so
veil known in private life, as well as in
nisinoss circles, that if he had ever
oinmitted an unworthy act it would
?ave come to the knowledge of hunIreds.
No one thought any less of Mr
iVoriiiley because he was a negroe and
111(1 ?inrvi?il in innnin) r?nnn/?ifinu ll\* 1?5?j
- ..J
>\vn individual exertions lie rose to the
>roniinencc of proprietor of one of the
jest conducted hotels in the city, and
nvested his surplus wealth in real esate
and the erection of commodious
lwellings. Mr. Wormley had no social
>r uoliticnl ambitions; his manners,
tvhilts deferential, were never obsequies.
lie devoted himself to his model
lotel and the business of caterer for
linner and evening .entertainments.
The Ilrovoort House and Delinonieo's
in New York w'cVe the models headoptid
for his hotel, lie had a large share
af the patronage of the diplomatic corps
t
'<? ..
and of (lie distinguished fo re iir tiers who
visited Washington. Ivxdusi ve Bostoniar.s
and Xew Yorkers generally engaged
rooms at \Vormley\s. Some of
the most elegant private balls ever given
in this city took place :it his hotel. On
such occasions he was more solicitous
about the eclat of the ball than the profit
to himself; in fact he would be so
lavish in t'tc use of costly (lowers and
the articles included in the menu that he
would use all the money paid for the entertainment.
lie felt honored when the
Spanish Minister and bis wife celebrated
the first marriage of the present king
of Spain by a grand bull in his spacious
rooms. In these same rooms Secretary
of State Blaine gave the ball to the
French and German guests who had
come to unite with us in the centennial
celebration of the surrender of I'ornwallis
at Yorktown.
ill* Wortnly always remained sincerely
attatched to his Southern friends,
and prefered them to all others. 1'ntil
Mrs. Johd B. Floyd died he was in the;
habit of sending to lief, in Virginia, at
Thanksgiving and Christmas,boxes containing
every delicacy. lie said that
lie thought that an ungrateful person was
tiic meanest creature on God's earth,
and that he would he that moan creature
if lie forgot his obligations to Mrs,
Floyd. He said that she had taught him
to prepare some of his host dishes, and
had in every way in her power assisted
in training him as steward and caterer,
It gave him happiness to be able to do
something for her after she was poor
and old.
Many Southern ladies whom he had
known in their prosperous days, :-nd
who from the force of circumstances
had to seek clerkships in the departments
in this'city, were made the recipients
of his hospitality. He would send
dainties to them, not only when they
were sick, but while in health. He was
always glad to embrace these opportunities
to show his sympathy and good
feeling.
THE Ij.YKK OF COMO.
A Home of Sol't. Komitncc ami l'octio
lleimty.
The lake of Como, says a writer in
the November Atlantic, has eome to be
a mere by-word for IV.ritv ; it can
hardly he mentioned without an apology,
yet it is impossible to pass by the
Helen of Italian waters in silence.
Many mountains, streams and cascades
have an individuality of their own, the
presence of the unseen genus loci is
felt, often unconsciously, by mankind.
< >r.e might suppose that this influence
.;.i i.~ ??? *
u wiuu *jKi jNtiunj;rM ? III'I U IIUIUI'U S
haunts aw still inviolate, among solitary
peaks aiul pathless woods; hut for
me, at least, the lake of Como possesses
it in the highest degree?a personality
so distinct and feminine that a beautiful
woman might be jealous of it. The
ffharni dees not lie? exclusively in tile
scenery, but is a composite result of
climate, atmosphere, cultivation, and also.
in a subtle, unrecognized way, of the
works of art which arc scattered along
its shores. The lake of Como is no
mountain nymph, but is like Titian's
\ vnu* lying naked on a magnificent
couch with pearls braided in her hair.
The sheet of water is shaped like a
long fish with a cloven tail, the three
portions being of about equal size, the
lower ones divided by a broad wedge of
land, the base of which to the southward,
is known as the Hrianza, the point
being the promontory of Rellngio.
Kucli has its characteristics; the two
lower bays 01* branches are called respectively
the lakes of Lcccoaiul Como,
the latter giving its name and fame to
the whole expanse. There are none of
the grand and rugged features of Lago
Maggiore here ; tin? prospect is soft and
alluring, embellished by !2.0(X) years of
cherishing care. The ancients wore
drawn hither from distant parts of Italy,
and, from the days of Augustus to our
own. the most celebrated statesmen and
men of letters have borne witness, in
prose and verse, to that witchery which
I * crt\ diml.iMil I.:...
~ '"'""IVTO. mill
frotn his work.
l^our Times Arouiul the World
Four Times in one Day.
A rod of cotton thread, in its ordinary
every use, is a pretty bit of insignificance,
but when traced to its source is
seen to have belongings and surroundings
which entitled it to be ranked with
the leading features of our industrial
life. The simplest staten.ent that the
thread works of Mess. Clark, of I'nr*
ley, England, employ between three
and four thou8aml work people, that
their group of five immense mills contains
over 230,(XX) spindles, and that
these factories turn out every day sufficient
length ?-f thread to go four times
round the world, will be enough to
show that, unimportant as the bohin of
thread may be, taken singly, it is, before
its dispersion, a member of a multitudinous
aggregate, the extent of
which is bewildering to commute.
A variety of Fancy and Toilet goods
I at Speed k Lowry's.
HAD RAIIillOAD ACCIDENT.
A Passenger ami a l''i'('i(;lit Train
Collide on the South Carolina
Itailwny.
('nliinilna L't yixtt r.
Wednesday night, ahout half-past 8
o'clock, as the Charleston hounil passenger
train from this city was approaching
Hoove's Station, on the South Carolina
Railway, it met with a terrible accident,
in which the engineer, J. C. Hnnnicutt,
was instantly killed, the colored fireman,
named McCoy, had an arm broken, and
William Wade, of this city, the mail
agent, painfully if not seriously injured.
The up freight train was on a side
track, waiting for the down passenger to
run by, but the switch had been left open
and the passenger train, which was running
at u high rate of speed, dashed into
the siding, and the locomotives of the
two trains collided, utterly wrecking
each Oilier, and breaking every bumper
on the freight train.
The tender of the nassenirer ontrine
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mounted the ruins of the latter, ami it
is believed that at that moment tho hc:\?l
of the engineer was completely severed
from his body and rolled to the ground,
where it was subsequently discovered.
The engineer's body was taken from the
ruins of the locomotive a limp and ghastly
spectacle.
The colored fireman was hurled into
nn adjacent pond of water, from which
he emerged with a broken arm.
The mail ear was dashed against the
furnace of the locomotive, having taken
the place of tho tender, and the mail division
crushed in. Mr. Wade, the mail
agent, was hurled to the other end of
'the car. and fortunately a laail pouch
broke the force with which he was
thrown, and he escaped with his life, as
by a miracle. He received a bad gash
on the left side of his head, his left
side is painfully if not seriously injured,
and his right leg sprained. When Mr.
Malady, the Express Agent, recovered
from his shock he found Mr. Wade in a
semi-conscious state and immediately
gave him needed attention, l'hysieiuns
wen/ summoned from neighboring villages
and proper care taken of the wounded.
Mr. Avcrill went from Charloston on
an ex'ra train to the scene of the accident,
and took the delayed passengers,
the dead engineer and the wounded
men to Charleston. Mr. Wade was
brought to his home in this city yesterday
morning.
The following account of the accident
is taken from the A'c/tv? (tod Courier of
yesterdaj* :
At half past 8 o'clock yesterday evening,
as the passenger train on the South
Carolina Kailway, due in Charleston at
o'clock, was running into Heeves's,
a ni'Splaced switch threw it on the side
track against a freight train.
IJoth engines were smashed to atoms,
as tin? passenger train was running at a
frightful rate, estimated at forty five
miles an lionr. Engineer J. C. Hunnicutt
was instantly killed, being crushed
into a jelly, and Fireman McCoy, colored,
was badly injured.
The passengers were jarred and thrown
from their seals, but no harm was done
to them. Til.-! engineer and firemen
wore the only persons injured. The
body of the engineer and llie wounded
fireman came in on the train at 4.15 this
morning. The engineer leaves a family
in Atlanta. (?a. A larsre crowd was at
the Lino Street Station, notwithstanding
the unreasonable, hour, this morning, to
seo tho train come in. The body of the
engineer was a ghastly sight and the
fireman was moaning piteously.
A passenger told a roporter of the paper
that the effect of the jar was terrible,
throwing people ten feet from their
seats, and in some instances against the
lop of the car. Both engines and about
twenty freight cars were wrecked.
Farming; and Ccttin^ ltluli.
Farmer Uhl, of Richmond county,
has told his fellow agriculturalist* how
to make poor lar.d pay. There is no
mystery"about it. It is the sound business
principle of thrift and intelligence
applied to tilling of the soil. Nothing
must bo wasted. Everything must he
utilized. All men of brains who are
disposed to farm as Mr. Uhl does ought
fit least to tiiauo a goou living and enjoy
t lie rare blessing of con tent. Hut the
majority of farmers, as of all other people,
are not willing to pursue this plan,
or else have not the practical talent to
<lo so, ami hence there is more failure
than success. We recently came across
nn excellent article in some unfamiliar
agricultural periodical which insisted
that farmers of all men are the
very last ones who need trouble themselves
about riches as other people do.
Possessing and living upon their own
productive; acres, they have all the
I vi|uinavu i i/i;n in in i in uuuniilli lly
in their own hands. Tht>y aro sure o(
shelter, of food and of needful clothing ;
to toil and moil, pinch and screw, starve
and deny, in<>rely to he accounted
worth a certain amount of money, in
only wanting the precious term of life
which might bo used to far better purpose.
Providing for old age or "a rainy day"
? s?Jai
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~r"
is a paramount duty, for fanners :cs for
merchants or professionaLjnen, but it is
insisted tluit, within his means, the
farmer should prudently improve his
surroundings and enjoy his existence.
Our moralist says: lie has nothing to
fear and nobody to envy. Of one thing
ho is sure all his days, and that is a suf- 1
(icient living ; and that is what other
men are never sure of without a single
pang of doubt or aprehension. There
is his land : there is his home ; there is
all the animate and inanimate machinery
of his establishment, and for the rest he
looks in profound trust to the bounty of
Heaven,"
If Southern farmers arc not sure of a
sufficient living it is because they have
not industry or talent like Mr. Uhl, and
it may be that in the hurry to get rich,
they have become the prey of speculative
sharks at Chicago or New York.
We dare say that many a Southern
farmer to-day is in distress because of
yielding to baits held out in cotton futures
or other deceptions of that character.
The curse of the day, demoralizing
everything in town or country, is the
worship of money and the rabid desire
lo possess it by some royal road. That
lust of wealth has distempered our people,
merchants and f.irnters, to a great
degree, and its pursuit has led to disas
tor in numerous eases. We ilo not believe!
there is any true happiness in a devouring
greed of gain or the possession
of money acquired in any way except
by honest toil.
On this point our Northern contemporary
speaks as follows:
"Instead of this unworthy and demoralizing
anxiety to get rich, if the average
farmer, once heing solidly established.
would resolve to enlarge and exalt
his life as it is, to make more out of
that, to enjoy as much as possible of
what there is to be enjoyed, to adorn
and beautify his home?that only paradise
on earth?within and without, , he
would find all his daily tasks far easier
even lo the extent o; being delightful,
he would feel rich where now, with
more money, ho feels all the time poor,
and he would rid himself of a false tyrant
in the form of increasing parsimony
that holds his nose to the grindstone
till he is flung into his grave. If farmers
only knew it, they could easily be
the richest .men on earth.''
Nine-tenths, perhaps, of Southern
Dinners are not now* so much intent
on getting rich as upon keeping out of
debt and preserving the simplest comforts
of existence. Mr. Uhl has shown
them how a satisfactory living can he
made on the poorest soil by- good management,
and we have no doubt that
one part of his progiammo involves just
such judicious expenditure as contrib
ntes to happiness. 'J'he fault with only
too many of the fanners in this section
is not parsemony luit extravagance.
When their crops turn out well they
spend their money freely. What they
need is not only the I'hi method of
cultivating the earth, but an avoidance
of the pitfalls that beset their path outsidc
the farm. We are firmly of opinion
that the man of sense who makes
his farm pay, and who does not try to
get rich via a broker's or factor's office,
is, in all essential matters, if sober and
moral, one of the happiest of mankind.
?Chronicle, <tnd Constitutionalist.
The I'ietfmont- I^air.
6* ret n cille Xa irs.
The absence of a regular racing program.
and the excitement attending the
election yesterday caused a slim attendance
at the fair grounds yesterday. At
about twelve o'clock a very interesting
and creditable exhibition of endurance
on the part of n colored man was given.
Joseph (Jrant, colored, of Abbeville,
has for a long time declared that he
can go ten miles in one hour. Bets were
Tiiii(l<>. itiwl n<4 vosfprilftv wnsi n. fuvimililo
opportunity he resolved to try his
speed. At about noon lie made his howto
the audience, being attired in blue
silk tights and white shirt. He was
barefooted, preferring to dispense with
any sort of covering for his feet. Joe
is rather tall and of slender construction
being of the build for speed, lie
started oil' in a sort of dog trot and kept
up this gait without stopping until the
whole ton miles were completed. Occasionally
some one would run with him
for a short distance anil let him drink
water without impeding his speed. The
track is exceedingly dusty and in many
places tlio pulverized clay is fully four
inches deep. This condition was of
course ft great disadvantage to .loo.
Nevertheless, he plodded bravely on and
elicited surprise and commendation
from the spectators. When he finished
his tenth ami last mile it was announced
that he had made it in C3%?failing to
accomplish his task hy just three minutes
anil a quarter. There is no doubt
that Joe would have gotten through on
time if (he course had been free from
thick dust which has been retarding the
i progress of race horses, during tho past
i twe or three days. A number of citizens
present gave Joe small sums of mqnuy
in recognition of the very good time
' which he had made.
WO? I I II HI I Mill mil ! ! ! ??namnw
A DKMOCKATIU OUTRAGE.
How a United States Supervisor of
K loci ion was Treated in Fairfield.
The following card is published in the
Winnsboro \en\t and Jlcrahl:
Mkssks. Klmtoks : I went to WinnsA>oro
on the morning of the election
anil arrived at the poll at six o'clock,
and found *i great many of my white
friends standing about there. 1 was
asked if I was Supervisor. 1 answered
that I was. J1 y commission was called
for and scrutinized. I was then invited
in ami handed a chair hy one of the
managers of election. 1 was also furnished
with pen and ink, and I was
treated with such respect hy the managers
that 1 scarcely could believe tha*. I
was a representative of the Kthiopiun
race. 1 really cannot believe that a set
of my colored brethren would have
treated me with such respect. Well,
when a little is known, a little is required.
11 was the quietest election I ever
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ill'ill lll_) lllf. I ?11 (I not see !l
Republican ticket all day, but I believe
if there had boon 1,(xx) Republican
voles in -Hiat box they would have boen
counted just as they were cast. I don't
bclivi: there could have boen any more
honest election in the United Stales
than there was in Winsboro or would
have been even with a much larger
number of votes cast.
J. C. Jackson*,
United States Supervisor.
A Ileinarkuble "Well.
The New York Times is responsible
for the statement that an electric well
has been discovered in Ithaca, N. Y.
It seems tluit a short time s>ko one Mrs.
McCiinnis attempted to draw a buckct of
wsitor from the well in question. The
moment the lady touched the chain attached
lo the bucket her heels Hew up
and she fell senseless to tins ground.
After recovering she walked to the
house and informed the family that she
had been knocked down with a sand hag.
ller daughter, a strapping young woman
of indomitadlc courage, at once flew to
the well, vowing that she would draw
a huckct of water in spite of all the
trumps and toughs in the United States.
I'.ut the instant she touched the chain
her heels took the same upward flight in
the case of her mother and the
plucky girl was thrown violently
to the ground. ATterthis both wo111011
declared that the well was bewitched,
and this statement was made to Mr.
McGinniss as soon as lit; returned from
his day's work. With the average
man's contempt lor the judgment of
women, McGinniss .as might have been
expected, treated this view of (he matter
with scorn, but he admitted that
electricity might have leaked into the
well from some of the many electric
wires in use in Ithaca, lie believed
however, that water could be drawn by
lisitisr :i rnnr> nf nn imn ?!?? ?
and lie forthwith proceeded to tost his
theory, lie drew up the water without
any difficulty and was indulging in a
little glorification over his success
when his hand accidentally touched tVo
water and ho received a powerful
shock which knocked him whirling a
distance of about sixteen feet. MeOinniss,
as soon as lio had picked himself
ii]) and repaired the damages to his person,
said, that the water itself possessed
the power of shocking. Filling a glass
dish with it he tendered it to the family
cat. The moment the cat's whisker's
touched the water a shower of
sparks tluw from her fur, and sho flew
to the cellar wish a tail as big as a
feather duster. A bull dog was next in
ducod lo tackle (lie water, and althouirh
lu swallowed it he was left in :i limp
md disfigured condition with a jot of
electric light flickering at tho end of
itis tail. The attention of a scientist
was called ti> tho well, and after making
an analysis of the water ho announced
that, it contained thirty-three per cent,
of pure electricity, and at once proposed
to Mctiinniss a partnership for the
purpose of bottling and selling the stuff
as a tonic. The necessary arrangements
have been maile, nn?! the electric water
will soon he offered for sale, ft will
doubtless become a very popular beverage,
as it is said to bo eight times more
exhilarating than rye whisky.
Jrtekson'w Woods.
Dr. Hunter McOiuire, medical director
ol Stonewall Jackson's staff, snvs tho
General had, as if by miracle escaped
wounds until at Chancellorsville, when
it seemed his guardian angel deserted
him, for lie was struck by three bullets
ui quick succession. I ho first went
though tho right hand, lodging under
the skin. The next ontered the left
forearm just below the; elbow nnd rnmn
out just below tho wrist, completely
shattering both bones, This was folfullowed
by an ounce bull crashing
though tho left arm near the shoulder
severing an important artery. To add to
the catastrophe bis horse took fright and
dashed madly though the timber before
he could get the reins gathered up in
his left hand.?Norfolk Lam!mark.
Refroshmonta at Bniloy's.
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