The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, November 21, 1878, Image 1
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1. la wfifing to this office ob VhslUeis U-
ir naiese end Poet Office juldre^s.
,„s totters end cornmnnip^tlow to
>ed should be wri«-en on eepamto
and the object of escli^clcerly in.li-
4j necessary note wh^n required,
i.^micles for p«lbllfefttion should be wrH-
JtOB in a dear, legible hand, and on only one
side of the page.
, 4'. All changes in advertisements must
. aensh u* on Friday. —
HNiMPtiwi
^South Carolina Railroad.
: CrtA^GE'oPsC^EbtJtt:.
CiiABLtsfoN, March 1, 1^78.
\_/U ABtL<b34 Vat ) mcaavu v,
^ On ^nd.after Sumlhy, nexl, the South
'Carolina Railroad will be run as fellows:
FOB AUGUSTA,
j (Sunday morning excepted),
^‘Leave Charleston . . 9 00 a. m. 7 ftO p.'m.
; Arrive Augusta . . 5 00 p. m. 6 55 a. m.
■ ; '1 »
FCR COLUMBIA,
(Sundiy morning excepted),
Ceave ctiarlesion . . 5 00
a. m.
8 80 rp 'p\.
‘lirrive at Columbia. 10 50 p. in. 7 45 a. w
roa chablbston,
(Sunday morning ixCeptCd).
\ Lea re Augusta . . 8 30 a. m. 7 i4®.r >rn -
Arrive at Charleston 4 20 p. m 7 .45 a. m.
' l^ave Columbia . . 6 00 j> m. 8 0i!p. pii.
' At. Charleston, 12 15 hfght and 0 45 a. m.
Summerville Train,
(Sundays excepted)
Leave Summerville
[Arrive ai Charleston
Leave Charleston
Arrive at Summerville
7 40 a m
8 40 a m
8 15 p pi
4 25 p m
vol. n.
BARNWELL C. B., S. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1878.
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta HP.
C1TANGE OF StAlEDULF.
(frpABCorrs, Columbia A Augusta R. R l
GKNtuAL Passknof.b Dkpahtmknt. V
Com'kbia, 8. C. Jan. 27,1878.)
The foilcwing passenger schedule will be
operated tin and after this date:
}['ril Exprtxi—Going North
Loave Augusta 0:40 p. to
Arrive Columbia .11:20 p. tn
Leave Columbia .11:80 p. m.
Arrive Charlotte 4:58 a, m.
Mail Ezprcn—Going Sonin
Lpave Charlotte.............9:48 p. m
Arrive Columbia ............ 2:54 a. m.
Leave Columbia... .- 3:04a.m.
Arrive Auguata. ....... 7:05a.m.
Run daily, and make close connec
tion at Charlotte ami Aususta for all
points North, South and West. Stop at
following named stations only : Fort
Mills, Rock Hill, Chester, Blackstock,
Winosboro, Ridgeway, Doko,Columbia,
Lexington, Batesbunr, Ridge Spring,
Johnston’s, Pine Hocse and Grauite-
vllle. ...,,. ,
Day Pauingtr—Going Sovtn
. No. 1
Leave Charlotte .12:30 p, m.
Leave Chester, -2:42 p. m.
Arrive Columbia. 5:44 p. tn.
Le^tve Columbia 5:54 p. in.
Leave Grauitevlllo 9:51 p. m.
Arrive Augusta 10:3G p. tn.
Day Ptuaengn—Going Forth
No 2
Leave, Augusta 5:30 a. in.
Arrive Columbia.. 9:35 a. m.
Leave Columbia 9:40 a. m.
X>eave Chester 12:45 p. m.
Arrive,Charlotte 2:58 p. m.
Nos. 1 and 2 run daily, and make
close connectloB at Augusta and Char
lotte for points North,South and West,'
and stop at all regular pass stations.
T. D. KLINE, Sup’t.
A. Popk, Gen’l F. and P. Agent.
Centennial Medal Awarded.
—TIIE FAMOUS-
IRON KINO
COOK STOVE
breakfast, Dinner and Supper it Brunchville
* '
Camden Tlain
’(ionnectgnt Kingsville dailj (Sunday* excep-.
^■fed^ with ilay passenger train to and from
'yt^arleston. P&ssengersfromCatndentoCo-
'"iumbta Can go through without detention on
Mondays, Weducsdays and Fridays, and
'.from Columbia to Camden on Tuesilays,
.^/liursdays ami Satunjhys by connection
Cwith day passenger train. ,, u
Day and night trains connect at Augusta
Hpith Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad,
yrhia route is the quickest and most direct
, to Atlanta, Nashville, Ixiv.^svilVt;, Cincinnati,
\Cbicago, St Louis and other points in the i
‘Northwest. |
Night trains for Augusta connect closely !
with the fast mail tmin via .Macon and Au- | t-, f-^-ir\Ti i i AT/Ut
'gusta Railroad for Macon, Colnuibus, Mont- H I |\ P I N S' I rie ^ | \ ( , H
•gomery. Mobile, New Orleans and po^ts in I 1 IV 1 J 1O IV A V. 1
V.he Southwest. (Tbirty^six Lours lo New
Orleans. , , ...
Day trains for Columbia connect closely
with Charlotte Railroad prr all points North, j
I making quick time and no delays. (Forty |
hours to New York.) ,
The trains on the Greenville and Cbhtrnbia
andSpartanliurg and Union RniUoads con-
[noct closely with the train which leaves
Charleston at 500 a in, and returning: ihey (
j connect in same manner wifU the train which
leaves ColiMubia for Chailcston at 5 30 p in
Laurens Railroad train,connects at Newberry
' on Tuesdays, Thursday r and Saturdays.
Blue Ridge kail road j.rain runs daily, con«
^weeting with up and ,down trtuns ch Green
ville and Columbia Railtoad,
S. S SOLOMONS,
Superintendent.
S. B. PirKrss, General Ticket Agent.
^ If
Chcapcsi Dai!y In ihe South!
IS THE LARGEST H loVE IN THE
South with Reflecting Oven Doors and
Patent Finos, with large Oven, meas
uring 21 1-2 by 19 Inches, weight 340
pounds, guaranteed to bake in ten
min/itcB. Don’t buy until you write
for Pictures and Prices of our other
cheaper Stoves.
PRICE REDUCED.
Prices 6 in. with ware, only 820.
7 in. with ware, only 822.
8 in. with ware, only 826.
We sell eight other pattetps and slses.
T. CAMPBELL A GO.,
Opposite Pavilion Hotel,
Meeting Street, Charleston 8. C.
- n«»*Rl-tf
Old llIJnh'B Elixir.
„ * / K
A women and boy slowly approach
ed the stationi - v ,
They were mother and son.
The boy looked eeiious and the
mother was doing a great deal of talk
ing. She said she’d heard tb-at they
bad opened a museum at the station,
and she asked John Henry If he’d
like to go in and see the upimals.
“ ’Spose they’ve got any snakes ?”
he asked.
“ Lots of ’em.”
“ And baboons ?”
“ More’ttjfl dozen ”
And stuffed bridegrooms
'i”
of
to
castor
oil
A
A DesinMe Plat-e.
valuable Tract of Lani 4 , contain
ing 267 acres, 150 cleared, with a
comfortable dwelling and ail necessary
outbuildings, 112 tulles from Elko, S.
C. R. R., is offered for sale on most
accommodating terms, and at a price
suited to the stringency of the money
market. For terms apply to
' B. O. STANSELL,
novT-Sm^s Elko, S. C.
The St. Paul Fire B ee £ j Book Store
—AND—
Marine Insurance Company ^ 28i king street,
CAPITAL $1,704,881 | ...
^rilE SAl'EST COMPANY IN TTI
UNITED STATES
“Yes, heaps of ’em.”
The boy had his suspicions, but cu
riosity overcame them, and he flually j
consented to go in. As he entered j
the parlor the mother winked at Bijah
over ills head, whispered the one
word “ Elixir,” and she was gone
took a tablespoonful
without a wince. _
“Don’t you shudder when you real-
ke what a narrer escape you’ve had
from the galius ?” quetJed Bijah, as
he wiped i ff the spoon on hla elbow.
“I do, and I shall always love you.”
“One day longer and you might haye
turned out a pirate. I tell you, boy, a
shingle of the right size, laid on the
right spot, will put new and better
thoughts Into a boys mind, as sure’s
you’re born. You can’t mention a
single great man In this country, fiom
Peter Cooper to Brother Gardner, who
didn’t gethis regular dose of the Elixir
when a boy. You can now sit with me
down stairs and learn a lesson la histo
ry while I darn my socks.
“When the mother came softly In, a
look of maternal anxiety on her coun
tenance, Bijah was pushing a darning-
needle threaded with pink twiue
through an eight-by-ten hole in the
before John Henry could teallze the ' heel of a sky-blue sock, and the boy
l.
TIIE EVENING SENTINEL,
AUGBSTA, GA.
IS rUBLIBUKD AT THE LOW FRICK OF
IVr V«*i»r,
t*Hi Him perfHHini, in puiriMjcn ih>
luding ginn, g’iu-liouaej’, nulls and Inacliin
ry. cotton ginned apu UtTglnriod st the luw-
, IT IS A BRIGHT. NEWSY EVENING
PATER, and is edi'ed with uhility by Messrs.
],! a m r.s R. Randall and T. A. Stovall. It is
The only afternoon paper in the South that
publishes the Teloginphie dispatches of die
New York Associated Press. In its columns
will be found al! the news that conies by tele
graph, and the telegraphic market reports re
ceived up to the time ef going to press,
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
Tins Evxnino Skntinkl is the official pa.
per of the city of Augusta.
Will underwrite on all kinds of, property
real and personal, in Barnwell county, in.-
cli
cry
est current nttes.
H. M. THOMPSON,
Local Agent, lyillistou. ,8. C.
N. B. Policies ijs^ucd ln 5es| English Fite
Companies if preferred, confined to dwell
ing houses, stores and contents.
juno27-tf
Barnwell Lands for Sale
FEW choice Cotton Plantati ps
can be bought at reasonable rates,
A
hocl and Sunday School Books,
Juvenile Books,
IIvKin and Prayer Books,
’"Bibles, etc., etc.,
Sunday Scluxtl Cards,
Visiting Card?, etc.
—STATIONERY.—
Cbro-.nos, Frames, Periodicals, Fancy
Goods, etc.
W
A few of tlte famous New England
situation.
“ I am glad to see you, my boy,” re
marked Bijah, by way of breaking the
ice.
“Where’s them baboons ?” deman
ded the boy, ns he looked around.
“ My sot, the way of tffa tra tsgres
sor is hard, no matter whether the
spoiling book says so or not.”
“ Where’s that stuffed bridegroom?”
shouted the boy.
“ He has gone out for a walk in the
mellow sunlight, Johnnie, hut come |
up stairs and I’ll t-how you the Elixir.
“ You can’t fool me !”, ,
“ There is no fooling about tills On
the contrary, this is a very solemn oc
casion. Come on.”
The boy suspected the worst, and,
making a dive to fcet under the table,
lie upset it, and came near getting out
of doors. He was finally secured and
elevated to the second story, the door
locked, and as he was placed in the
big chair labeled “ Meditation,” he
had made up Ids mind to die in the
last ditch. * ’
“ Your mother didn’t have titEft to
was reading aloude.
“Is the heu on her nest? Yes,
hen is on her nest. Is the sun
Yes, the sun is up, and no good
will laugh at a man who is blind.”
The Elixir is e success
the
up?
boy
On«lkth,OB*1
«« each (
. Qtntfterly, bl —
f tniwU on literhi ierai*.
Contract •dvertisiBg If 1
ter first tnsrrttnannle«Bn^b«
No oommunleatio* wUU
less acooinpaniad by the mbmi
the writer, not Mcesswrily tor
but as r guaranty cf (mod fdtSi
Address, v Tint ]
L
Can’t 'IT n»t Vour Ilyct*.
*1 he Murkry Haclilue In hnsnler.
Strsmnt, November 13 —XJ. 8. Com
missioner J.£. Hsgood, of Charleston,
arrived here this raornlug. Seven gen
tlemen, charged by Ham Lee with vio
lating Section 1,908 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, gave
bull In the sum of $500 each to appear
at the session of the United 3fate*
Court In Columbia on the 25th Instant.
These gentlemen were not subjected
to arrest, but met the commissioner
at the appointed hour.
The official return for this county
makes but little change In the average
majority heretofore reported. John
8. Rlcharduon’s vote was 1,870 over
Rainey’s.
liealli o4 >¥ r. .lurolt IK. laclwt.
Obanqkbt'ro, November 12. — The
news of the death by being shot of
Mr. Jao^b Keitt, of St. Matthew’s, w:is
received here to-day. It Is said that
at early day he gave orders about his
business and retired to his room. Soon
after a pistol report was heard,and he
wu3 found allot in the head. Another
report is that he had just got up some
money to pay off his hands, and there
may have been foul play. Mr.'Keitt
lived alone on his plantation, and was
a man of remarkable integrity and
wotth. ITa has been burdened with
heavy security debts, which a fclend
of his says depressed him much.
A cftlonel, a rigid martinet, is sitting
at the wiudow of his room, when look
ing out, ho secs a captain crossing the
barrack yard towards the gate. Look
ing at him closely ho is shocked to ob
serve that, the rules and regulations to
the contrary, the captain docs not carry
a sword. “Captain,” he calls from
the window, “ hi, captain ; step up to my
room for a moment, will you?” The .. , . T . ■
’ i the murder of John K, blougb. Dakin
captain obeys promptly, borrows a a oie mu ly dedared his complete inno-
swonl ot the offier of the guard, the' cence of the crime, and after Dakin
guard-room being at the foot of the ^had heen convicted by the jury,Frank
stairs, and presents himself to the colonel! Rosa, an Italian, voluntarily eoufeseed
in irreproachable toiue. he colonel is that he committed the nlarder. Rosa
so me wlyat surprised to see the sword in is here, and asserts that he should suf-
. i _ _ j i * - • * for thA nAnwltv #iffnr»AT7 «rffl
CoiiYlctfnjg the Wrong; ?ff an.
Chicago, November 13.—A special
dispatch from Marahaitown,Iowa, says
that a scene occurred this morning
when Judge Mitchell sentenced John
i Dakin to the penitentiary for life for
tofate and Nnetottal
Snow tn the motmtaloS U
The Ridicala are Bore owl
ter defeat. a
The crack of the platol is 1
over the Union.
An unusual amotmt of cos
going on In Lexington." f r ,
Radical officials are happy over
publican gains in the North. —
Which Is the Banner County f Edgo-
field la the Banner “ Bute.**
o.t the l,t of October Georgia
f : 295,789 In her State ^reaBary^. .V’
Two gin houses were burned iqrtto*
cendlaties In Newberry last week. ,,-
Peas are selling from the wj
forty cents a bushel la Letingtcuw
la Georgia many marriage* are poet* /
poued gutil the price of cotton rise*,.
The South CaroHoa Tiger* is
name of a colored company la
ton.
Chills and fever, diphtheria,
and scarlet fever are preveieht in ’
berry.
The farmer* of Lexington say
will manufacture their own fei
next year. ^
Ten mad dogs were killed on
Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad
ope day last week.
Jack Frost ha* killed Yellow
The latter has burled over
thousand victims this Fall. ^
Prominent citizens of Darlington
have been arrested for alleged viola*
lions of the election laws.
• t
- A - !‘ J :‘
its place, and having to invent some
pretext for calling his subordinate back,
anything
very important; it'll keep.
situated near. WHIIston and Black villefj Organ Company’s Organs on hand, which
are offered tit reduced prices. Tone and
finish guaranteed.
Address J. SAM’L BEE, !Jr.
sepl 2-tf
between the.South Carolina Rail road
and the Ediato river. For terms ap
ply to H. M. THOMPSON,
ocSfi-tf Williston. d.
All who wan,t a cheap paper should
subscribe lor it. Terms: 54 per year; $2
Tor six months, and 81 for three mouths
Jlggr Send for specimen copies. Address,
WALSH & \\'Rl£iIT,
Augusta, Ga.
A.. II. N lClt.
Attorney at Law,
ALLENDALE. S. C.
^ps-iy
pit! Fruit! Fruit!
iilSTRY BAYER
r
utkr asu wuolksali dialer m
V"
Applet
• i\toes and onions,
Banas, Oranges, Lem*
s, Tfuts, &c*
r S3 East Bay*
(Paul jh s Old Stand, Opposite New
/ Custom House,)
( 7
( iarleston, S. C.
•too
W.J.FAKR
“TBE LAMP MAN.”
HAS MOVED to the Hotchltiss Store, op ■
positeThomait R. Kh des’ mid the Fiiuntain,
^nd next store east of F. E. Salinas’ Grocery
Store, and he will be jtlad to see his old pat
rons and as many new ones as may desire
flood and Cheap Lanins,-Crockery, Otas!,-
wnre. Kerosene Oil, and his usual variety of
Goods nceiled by every house-keeper.. No.
1 Kerosiue, ISc. to a6e. a gaihrn ; and also
sells the —
SAFETV LAMP COLLAR.
that makes any lamp absolutely safe.
octl0-3m
S. LEIBMAIN *
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Collectar and Atijusler of claims.
OFFICES: 118 East Buy, Charleston, and
Grahams Barn well County, S. C.
All business promptly attended to.
References —J. H. Parker & Co., Mnntnue
(\*., Geo IV. Williams & Co. novl4-'.lm
nTEina.
SUCCESSORS TO
TERRY & NOL.F.N,
si' l It. * t
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fish, Oysters and New York Poultry,
Northern and Bouthern Produce.
Oharleston* S. C.
Orders solicited and promptly at
tended to. ocll7-3in
Don’t Fail
^To go nr send your orders for French
China, White, Granite, Glassware,
Lamps, Chandeliers, Ac., to the
OF
14
A. J. WEATHEf^BEE,
WILLISTOX, S. C.
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AND
"NOTIONS.
THE MAMMOTH ST0HE.
Great Attractions ! Prices a? Low as any
Sture in South Carolina !
explain your conduct nor detail your I 83)3. with some confusion, “I beg your
history,” remarkeij Bijalt in a fatherly pardon, cUpk-il), but really I've forgotten
tone, “ but I think aho wants the Elix
ir applied on general principles.”
“Murder!” shouted the boy as he
tried to get out of the chair.
" I should like tb eft here unrf study
your disposition,” mused Bijah, “ but
time flies, and I’m a loetle bit anxious
to try this new spanker.”
'■ Don’t you dare!” shouted the boy,
having a dim idea of what was coming.
" You observe, my son, that I fasten
this sheet iron pad around my leg as
a protection. If you feel like biting,
bite away. Then I place the Elixir
handy, bring you out of the chair, so,
bend you over in this shape, nod now
we are ready for business. Let mere-
mark at this stage of the proceedings
that my heart aches for you.”
“ Maw! maw 1” screamed John
Henry.
“ Your dear maw is far, far away,
my son, and I am now ready for busi
ness. Here I go 1”
He wont. The sound of a shingle
striking a boy was heard in the land.
It was aloj(hfeit in the land, b’u't from
the first stroke the boy shut his teeth
together hard and refused to utter a
sound. He had been there before, and
he didn’t believe it was going to be
much of a shower.
fer the penalty. Dakin’s attorney will
appeal to the Supreme Court.
“ Disraeli,” eayo a wsiter in the New
r . c, York World, has one of the mort re-
what it was I wanted to-FpPak to you markable faces I ever saw. H* to
about. However, it can’t lave been lividly pale, and but for the energy of
F
VERY article to be found in a
Country Store will be found in j
my new and elegantly fitted up empo
rium, at prices astonish lyjow down. I
defy competition, tyid guarantee the
greatest, bat gains in Dry Goods, Hats,
Boots, Shoes, Glassware, Crockery,
Tobacco, Groceries, Farming Utensils,
Notions of every sort,,and everything
else needed by our fartnera.
My customers who have hitherto
patronized me will find me liberal in
advances for another year, provided
they come forward promptly and pay
up. A. J. WBAfHERSBEE.
eep26 2mo
dealer in
IY PRODUCE,
Poultry, Putter, Potatoes.
Grain, Ete.
86 lifeKET ST., (North Side.)
wa,b.^
-W. C. Bee * Co.. Geo;
am* k Co, J. N. Robtooi
h jrxf ClaoMeoV reiser, Roger* 4
,J. E-Adger 4CoV,
„ ^ 4 v Wulbern & Fieper,
pb. M. COF'F'tN, 111 A^t WHOLESALE GROCERS
/ -- ■ *• V ' ' AM|) , ; K | .
Provisions, liquors,
TOBACCO, Ac..
1G7 & 109 East Bay,
Charleston, S- C*
ocl81-3m
TAKE NOTICE.
.. I wouw respectfully solicit my fiieodj*
and (he public to call and exam’
fine Liquors, Beer, 8 4 *"
J :»> 4^-ferj
287 KING STREET,
(Opposite Mas|£l| Temple),
fcHARl,B8TON f 8. e.
Goods packed and shipped without
axtrk charge. sepl 2-3«to
lAR’l! U. MAE8I1 ALL EDWARD C. MARS it ALL.
JULIUS J. WJWCOAT.
SAlft.lL R. MARSHALL & E 1 ,
IMPORTSRS OP
Ootlery, Gun*, So.; and
‘ Itnpleoienta,
examine my
can
uore, Beer, Begars and To^ccq’.
be found under the Patterson
CORNER
I8lga * the Golden Gttn).
„ .. A.. . . :
»«d6T SOCIETY STREET,
Old Crow Whiskey
A specialty. So come along and you
will not be humbugged. ~ ~—
8m Cm
fd»7 to
WlLJuiAMS,
With a steady, ev r n motion,
Like the rell of Mother Ocean,
And with no undue commotion,
The spanker felL
“ I hate to do It 1” remarked Bf-
Jah, aa he woiked his elbow with more
zeal, and the silence was broken only
by the deep-toned whacks of the ship*
gle. It was shingle vs. boy, and the
boy had bet ten to one that he would
come in ahead. After two minutes’
steady (notion Bijah let up and kindly
inq jtrec:
“My son, do you now feel as If you
owned this town ?”
“ I feel as I’m a mind to 1” woe the
brief reply.
“ Whatl haven’t I got down to’your
feelings ylt ? Jist wait a minute I”
Tho lad was qdju8ted,and the Elixir
again applied. The ar™ rose higher
and came down faster, and at the fifth
stroke a new stratum of soil was reach
ed, At the tenth the boy wasn’t sure
which would beat. At the fifteenth he
concluded that be was a goner, but
just then Bijah halted and asked:
“ My son, do you think you run the
house ?”
** I kin run half of It,” replied the
lad,suddenly taking courage.
“Am I growing weak In my old age?”
sighed the janitor, a* be reached for
a new spanker, M or to thto an unusual
case?”
It was simply an unnsnal case. The
new spanker started off like a dose of
back-shot, and bad only got the regu
lar motion when th* boy gayein. Be
fore the shingle let go the boy was
ready to promise anything. He took
th* most solemn vow to stay lo nights,
go to Sunday school, quit fighting and
earn money for bis mother, add as a
proof of hi* firm dsatre to nfdf»< he
sword to
across the barrack-yard, when he again
cotnos wilhin range of tho colonel’s vis
ion. Tho colonel rubs his eyes, stares,
says softly to himself, “ How in the
thunder is this ? Dem it lie hasen’t *
sword to his waist,” then balls aloud,
“Captain! ho, captain, one moment,
please.” The captain returns, borrows
the sword again, mounts the stairs and
enters the colonel’s presence. Ifiscom-
maiK ing officer stares at him intently ; he
has a sword, he sees it, he hears it clank.
“ Captain,” he stammers, growing very
hot, “ it’s deuced ridiculous, you know,
but—ha! ha! I’d just remembered
what I wanted to say to you and now—
lia! ha! —as gone out of my head
again I Funny, isn’t it ? Ha! ha ! ha !
* ‘
Losing my memory. Never mind. I’ll
think of it and write you. Good morn
ing. ’ The captain salutes, departs, re~
turns the sword to its owner and makes
for the gate. As he crosses the barrack-
yard the colonel calls his wife to his side
and says: “ Sec that officer out there?”
“Yes.” “Has he got a sword on?”
The colonel’s wife adjusts her eyciglarg
upon him, scans him keenly and says:
“ Ho hasn’t the taste o( a sword.” The
colonelThat’s just where you fool
yourself! He has.”
Brutal Assault.—About noon yes
terday, as James Oliver, a youth of
sixteen years of age, who had been
sent to the country in a wagon for a
load of hay, was approaching the city,
a negro suddenly sprang in front of
the horse whon near the termination
of the Springfield road, and seizing the
bridle brought the animal to a halt
At the same time ho hurled a rock
which he had In his right hand at the
.young’man with terrible force, the
stone striking him on the bend and
knocking him senseless. The negro
then snatched up the whip dropped by
Oliver, and a stalk of sugar-cane and
retreated. A colored boy who was la
the wagon with young Oliver recog
nized the negro, and stated that his
name was Sam. A warrant has been
Issued for his arrest.—[Savannah
News, November 13.
fris- .
action and the strength of
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1 lie capUiu-salutes, depart*, re funis tit* 1 -^L ( L’y*J—STfiPA ^2-- Q
m . - . ~»' ^ i s*t I fw r%i rt£<>\*% trim
the owner, and is making on
victim 6? consumption. Ills eye
is as black a* Erebus, and has the
most most mocking, lying-ln-walt sort
of expression conceivable. His mouth
is alive with a kind of working and
impatient nervousness, and when he
has burst forth, a^s ho does constantly,
with a .perfectly successful cataract
of expression, It assumes a curl of tii-
utnpbal scorn that would be worthy a
Mephistopheles. His hair Is as extraor
dinary as his taste In waistcoat*. A
thick heavy mass of Jet-black ringlets
falls over his left cheek almost to a
collarless stock, while on the right
temple it is parted and pyt away with
the smooth gracefulness of a girl’s,
and shines most unctlously
“‘With thy incomparable oil, Macassar.’’’
Ku-Kluxlsm, stamped out lu Kon-
tuckey, reappears In Ohio. For
‘months Darke county In that State has
been terrorized by a gang of ruffians
calling themselves Regulators. At
least two citizens have been shot dead
in their houses ; another, a colored
man, has been kidnapped, and nearly
a dozen others, including a colored
lawyer, have been ordered to leave the
couu’y under pain of death. Several
of them have done so, so great is the
fear which these lawless desperadoes
have inspired. Seven of the gang
hav* at Inst been arrested and locked
up to await trial, but the rest are
still at large to commit fresh mardors.
It concerns the good name of Ohio
that they shall be brpught to justice
with the least possible delay.
Even Wendell Phillip* wants tho
Southern Democracy to get back into
possession of the Government. ‘
Some of our up-country exchanges
are soggeuiiog to subscribers the pro-*’
priety of “ paying the printer.”
Applications for admission Into tbs
legal fraternity must be-filSd in til* *
Supreme'Oourt before Uf* 3d prox.
Miss Mary Ann Buie, 44 the Ootfeds-
rate soldiers’ filend,” died at Alt
the 5th from an attack of cor
chills. " 0
Four hundred thousand hogs!
died In North Carolina since Jan
from disease. Violent death* not.
ported.
and seventy-nine tons of ooi
fertilizers were used in North
last season.
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Tho Supremo Court meets
28th. The Second Circuit will
ed 28th January. Two days
signed to It. . .
An earnest effort to enact a
law will be made la the Legislature.
Our representatives favor a short ***•
slon. They propose to adjourn befsrti
Christmas. ^ ■:<$#■
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Chester rejoices In a good potato
crop. Tha Reporter has seen speci
mens weighing 8 1-2 pounds and meai? *
suriog five feet eight inches la length.
The gin house of I^ruoh Duncan,
of Newberry, with seventy bales’of
cottonrsnd a wagon, was burned by au H
Incendiary on the night of the 5th.
The cotton was the property of
Duckett, a well-to-do colored
The residence of^BTr. James Block*
well, living In the extreme scotloo qf
Lancaster eounty, was entered by bur
glars on Friday night, the 20th <
while the family were away from I
and a trunk containing valuable |
pers and between $20 and ISOIn
ey were abatnwted.
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stock
There are chorda in the human
heart after all. The veracious Boston
Post, good enough authority, says
that when Emma Abbott called at the
White House the other evening, Mrs-
Hayes brought In the hymn book and
requested Miss Abbott to sing. She
sang “ Show pity, Lord, oh, pity show,”
with such pathos that Hayes wept
like a baby.
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A Texan who chased a man out of
Gen. Sheridan jn his annual report
puts the casa tersely When he says
that our Indian wars ore attributable
to two classes of causeq, the first being
the constant encroachment upon the
lands of the Indians, sacredly guaran
teed to th»in by treaty, and the con
stant removal cf the tribe to distant
reeervatUms, ih whiclAbey are again
troubled by the tide of immigration.
Winter has set in early In England.
There was a snow storm In London In
October 30, and the weather through
out the forenoon was bitterly cold. In
North Staff trdshlre on the previous
night there was a heavy snowfall. In
Scotland the air was piercingly oold,
and In most district* the ground was
covered with snow.
»
Mr. Corbin, OWfc^aot’s brother-ln-
law, has been lute^ewWf and says
that while he does not think that
GraM hankers after the Kept
nomination In 1880, ha will
deem it his duty te accept It If it la
tendered to him. •»
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The Newberry News says that)
J. J. Amlck met with an accident!
Monday afternoon while exacniE
mule. The animal gave a suddctt’ i
unexpected .kick which rendered i
gical aid necessary. He
come out and vote last Tuesday, .
ever.
Two parties of medical stoti
Vermont went out aftec the
corpse. The first to arrivs oo
ground ambushed themselves i
the second party exhume the <
then rushed upon them With
shouts of “body snatchers 1” and 44 1
rest them I” and « ben tb*tr rivalsI
fled carried off the eorpaia
their leisure.
Mad hogs and mad dogs i
rampage in Newberry county,
very fine dogs had. to he killed,
gentleman says that he •
hog on the highway a few ■
Mr. Harrison Bopp has i
hogs affected with hydl
hogs were bitten by toad t
back as last March. .
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We learn from i
that Messrs. Mike
Rauch started to!
day for the box
precinct on
his Smoke-house has been indicted for
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