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ELBERT 11. AI'LI., Ei rroi.. T 'r I..-Oxe year, $1.50; six inouth. 75e; three months. 50 ce uts; two months, 35 cents; one month, 20 cents; single copy, 5 cents, payable in advance. TERMS OF ADVERTISING.-$1.00 per square the first insertion, and 50 ets. per square for eaci subsequent insertion. SE- A square i. the space of ine lines of solid brevier Lype. 1otices in local column 12c. per line for each insertion for one month, longer -at inch rates, w:th 25 per cent added. A reasonable reduction made for ad vertisemienits by the three, six, or twelve -.nonths. ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, NEWBERRY, S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1887. We have received the first and second numbe-s of the Farmers Friend, a new paper published at Timmonsville. We wish the new enterprise success. Divorces are becoming quite num erous in Atlanta a large number hay ing been obtained there recently. The Atlanta Constitution thinks that tu:s fact will possibly induce immi gration. The News and Courier is now pub lishing an afternoon paper, we sup pose to head off the new afternoon daily soon to be stat ted. The News and Courier is a good newspaper. Competition will make things lively in any town it matters not what branch of business has it. The Sun is the name of a new after noon, daily paper to be issued in Charleston on the 15th inst. The paper will be owned by Mr. John McElree, and edited by Mr. A. B. Williams, late of the Greenville News. Mr. Williams is a bold and fearless writer. We always read the Green ville News with much pleasure. He will be assisted by an able corps of reporters. We wish the new enter prise success. Mr. Williams retires from the Greenville News. Heavy rains have fallen in various parts of the country recently and as will be seen Augusta has been flooded and great damage done all along the Savannah. There has been consid erable rainfall in Newberry but so far the rivers have not been but very little over the banks and the damage has been slight. Some of the smaller streams have overflowed and damaged the bottom corn to some extent. Comn paratively but little damage has as yet been done in Newberry. Infor mation yesterday was that Saluda and Broad rivers were but little over the banks, and the indications were that the wet spell had broken. Edgefield County's Master Decler-ed a Defaulter. Special to the News and Courier. EDGEFIELw, August 1.-The height of interest tc-day centred in a special report, which, it was understood, the grand jury had to present to the Court concerning the offices and affairs of the county. The report speaks for itself and is as follows : "We find the Master's oficee in a de plorable condition. WiLhout a thorough examination of his rooks from the time of his appointment, to office to the pres ent date, there are no books by which we can find out the amount of money in his hands belonging to his office. -From his last annual report it appears that he had on nand at that time $5,716 54. He claims that since that report he has received $10,532, and has paid out $11, 305 55. This shows a balance still on hand of $4,942 99. He states that he has $1,325 in money and drafts deposited in the safe of Calvin Hart, $3,992 in the Central Railroad Bank of Columbia. HIe has no certiticate of deposit or bank note. In order to be able to make a re * port, we telegraphed to the comptroller general to fina out the amount deposited in the Central National Bank of Colum bia, and his reply was : "Balance to credit of Master of Fdgefield County $56,43. "We saw so many evidences of irregu larities and misappropriation that we believe him to be a defaulter to a con siderable amount." The report has created a big sensa tion. Mr. S. S. Tompkins, the Master, is nearly seventy years of age. AN EARTHQUAKE IN ILLINOIS. A Shock that Caused Pichses to FalI From the Wa!'s. CHICAGo, August 2.-Dispatches from * Jacksonville, Centralia and Jonesboro', Ill., this morning, indicate that the early earthquake shocks noted at Nash ville, Tenn., St. Louis and Evansville, Ind., were general throughouL southern and central Illinois. At Jacksonville the vibrationis seem to have been from east to west, but at Jonesboro' from northwest to southwest. In thme latter place a rumbling noise was heard and the shocks were of suflicient force to cause picture frames to fall from the walls. The time was 12.40 a. m. THE CONCUSSION AT CAIRO. CAIRO, ILL., August 2.--A severe shock of earthquake occurred here at 12.30 this morning, lasting thirty sec onds. It stopped many clocks and frightened the populace. No damage is reported. THE SHOCK FELT IN ALABAMA. HUNTSVILLE, ALA., August 2.-At 12.30 this morning a distinct earthquake shock was felt in this city, arousing sleepers by the noise and motion. The vibration was from south to north, and was followed by a protracted tremor, having a duration of about twelve sec onds. A KENTUCKY FARM BECOMES A LAKE. EVANsVILLE, IND., August 2.--At the time of the earthquake last night the farm of Z. P. Hayden. in Trieg County, Ky., sunk four or lve feet. There were three hundred acres in the farm and t( day it is filling with water. Cheap Itates to the Atlnta Exposition Every road that enters Atlanta has given the one cent rate to the exposition except the Georgia Pacific. This road * has not been heard from, but will doubt less make the rate. The Richmond and Danville has made the rate for its entire - system of roads. This well make the rate from Charlotte 8.5.30 for round-trip, against $15.90 at present. It will make the rate from Spartanburg $3.S6, from Greenville $3.20. PROGRESS OF THE THREE C'S. Conpleing the Consolidation of the Georgia and Carolina 31idlaud Pay -g the Uebts of the Old Concern-Work on the Augus ta Division to be Pushed at Once. Special to the VYeues and Courier. CoLrMmIA, August 2.-A sp; cial stock holders' meeting of the Charleston, Cin cinnati and Chicago P-.ilroad was held in the Gr.nd Central Hotel to-day. The :noting lasted for about four houts. The general manager, Col. Johnson, and sev eral of the directors were pr:sent. The consolidation of tie Georgia and Carolina Midland Railroad with the Three C's was completed. It was decided that this branch should be calle i the Augusta division of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Road, and all the indebtedness of the Georgia and Carolia 3'idland will be liquidated at once. Tb;s should concince any who may have been skepticel that the Charleston, Cincinnati cnd Chicago Rail road Company is in earnest, and the pro ple in the scetion of country through which the Ang 'sta div'sion will _ an are to be congratulatcl upon hav*ug the Three C's take hold of the&r road. Resolutions were pass:d e rcepting the Acts of the last Legislatures of South Caro'ina, Noith Carolina, Virg'uia, Ten nessce a'ld Kentucky favorable to the Th-ee C's. President Cox wa3 expected to-day but did not put in an appearance. It is now vei y probable that the line on the Augus ta disision, from Union to Gaffney City will soon be located. This road is ex. pected to connect a :th the maii line at o1 near Forest City, Rutherford County, N C. This will make an almost air l:ne fron Ashton, on the Ohio River, to Augusta. The surveying corps of the Three C's under Capt. O. A. Ramsor, he just ar. iivcd at Union and will now run over the entire line from Union to Augusta for the purpose of changing the alignment when practicable and reducing the grades When this is done a force of hands a.' be put upon this section of the road and the work will be rushed. Capt. Ram.ou: and his corps. upon reaching Augusta as stated above, will return to Union and survey the li ae to Gaffney City, and on t< a point on the main line of the Three C's probably by way of High Shoals, N. C. where a large cotton factory is being bu''1 by Charlotte pc:-ple. The general manager stat. -that s',teer thousand shares of stcck, or $1,6( 0,00, was represented at- the nr 3t'g t>day The stock of record of the company is 21,000 shares. Work on the C. %. & L. Road. - Register, August 2. Colonel S. M. Rice was in the city lasi night and informed the reporter of the Register that he had completed the last contract for grading on the Columbia. Newberry anud Lauren< Road, whici carries the work within fifteen miles ol Prosperity, making twenty miles whiel has been graded from Columbia. Arrangements for grading the remain, ing distance will probably be made al the next meeting of the directors, and ir the meantime Rice & Coleman are mov ing their force and plant over to Cheste: County to work on the North Carolint and Georga road which is in progresi through that county. COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP BONDS. T'he bonds of Columbia Township, is, sued to make the $40,030 subscription t< the Columbia, Newberry and Laur-ens Railroad, were yesterday signed by the County Commissioners and the Clerk ol the Board, and will be turned over t< the railroad authorities as soon as thE Clerk completes the signing of the cou pons, on which work lhe was busily en gaged most of yesterday. These bonds are 75 in number, and are divided into three groups as to ma turity, 24 maturing in tift een years, 2-1 in twenty years and 27 in twenty-fivE years. Of the first or fifteen year bonds there are eigl,t each of the denomina. tion of $100), $-500 and $1,00(', and the same number of each denomination is the twenty year bonds. Of the same~ denominations there are nine each ol the twenty-five year bonds. The interest on Lhe bonds at the ratE named therein, six per cent., w ill be: For the fifteen year bonds, $11,520; fox the twenty year, $15,360; for the twenty. five year, $21,600; t:tal interest to be paid in twenty-five years $-18,480, whici wth the pxncipal will amount to $88, 40. Of course from this sum ie to be de. ducted the dividends of the railroai stock, whatever they *nmay be in this term of years, to get the correct amoun1 of the city's investment at the end of t quarter century gence. BLIND TON. Judge Bond Settles a Long Lawsuil over the Black Pianist. BALTIMORE, July 30.-Judge Bond. sitting in the United Stat es District Couri to-day, decided that Thomams Wiggins. known all over the world as "Blind Tom' the pianist, shall be delivered on or be. fore August 16 into the custody of Mrs. Eliza Bethune, who represents Charity Wigg:ns, the mother of "Blind Tom,' and that Jas. W. Bethune, who has had charge of him, shall at the same time pay to Mrs. Bethune the sum of $7,000 for past services. The case has been irn the Courts for several years, and has at tracted considerable attention from the fact that Toni has beeni held as a chattel by the Bethunes ever since his musical genius made him valuable. The suit was brought in the inierest of his moth.r to regain possession of him. Fruit 'm South Sonth Georgs Marshialleille, Ga., Times. Th'le shipment of fruit from Marshall vle so far this season approximatet 20,000 paickages, with a fair crop of Au gust peaches yet on the trees. Rumphi & Moore received SG72 net fox a lot of one hundred bushels of peaches shipped to New Tork. Their ship ments throughout the season brought very satisfactory returns. The shipment of apples now begins. There will be from fifteen to Lwenty thousand bushels shipped from thit point this fall. The opinion once pre valed that apples could not be success fully grown in Georgia, but the Runmphs have exploded the idea, and now the acreage in this fruit is being increased every year. in addition to his nursery Mr. Rumnpli is a lar-ge and successful grower ol fruits of every kind grown in Georgia, and has more than five hundred acres covered with choice bearing trees. A few days ago a shipment of Elbertu peaches-a variety propagated by him. self-sold in New York for $22 pex bushel net, which was more than twenty cen ts per peach. 'What is Le. From Fuck. Te Reverenxd Dr. Edward McGlynn, T1he Reverend Dr. 3leGlynn. Reverend Dr. McGlyni. Rev. Dr. McGlynn. Doctor McGlvnn. Dr. McGlynn. M1r. McGlynn. McGlynn. AUGUSTA LNDER WATER. all be Seven-Eights of the City klooded 'ransportation by Boats-Great Damage to Propei y. -- be .pc ial to Ncws and Courier. go AUG:LSTA. July 31.-Augusta to-day ye forcibly reminds one of that beautiful g city Venice. Almo-t the entire place is At one smooth but nretty expanse of wat er, t1 - dotted with boats of every desription, tht from a sailing yacht to the smallest ca noe. Boats drawing live fczt of water ,to canl be earried over three-fon ths of tl city without danger of running agrounu. People were piling in boats pell-mell o,e from midnight iast night till noon to- ti day seeking places of safely from the th< rapid rise of the waters, and then boats tal were so scarce that many had to sleep in cit the second stories of thteirhouses. Dams were built in front of iny yard; and ti even before the doors and windows or il piazzas, but t he=e , ere quickly over- La tiowed. Then, those whose houses had th two stories lied to the second, but those to who were not so fortunate were com- 31 pelled to mount chairs and beds; awai m: ing the a :ival of boats. Many lloated ch out on hastly constructed rafts. *A num- tic ber of those who own boats have acted mi very badly, charging as noch as a dol- I lar a piece to enove people from their th; houses that were rapidly filling. Of sti course poor people had to pay this ex- n" tortionate rate as they feared drowning, th and each and every boat man has made U] from one to five hundred dollars. mi As predicted in this correspondence, st< the river continued to rise throughout th all last night and to-day when, at 2 th o'clock, it reached its greatest height, Sti thirty-five feet. Since then it has been falling slightly, and at S o'clock to-night yc one inch fall is registered. be THE SCENE IN HAMBURG. th Shortly after 2 o'clock your corres- dc pondett scoured a boat and first crossed t the river into Hamburg. In many places there the water is fully e;hteen feet b deep. I noticed water up to the roofs of b% many small houses, and there is not a house in the entire place that the first fo floor is not submerged. Not only all business has been sus- th pended but the entire population have . moved with their live stock over to It Schultz Hill. Many hogs and cows t were d.owned, and wagon bodies, tubs, chairs and all manner of household goods may be seen Iloating around on the water. None but foot passengers were allowed to cross the bridge, and be they were all advised not .o make the I attempt. nt The South Carolina train was unable at to get nearer than n% ithin a mile of the to bridge, four hundred feet of the "am- b3 burg trestle having been washed away. 3 Neither the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta nor the South Carolina trains went out this morning, as the bridges were deemei unsafe, but this afternoon Ti both trains went out after delaying at some hours. It The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta a trestle is all right at Hamburg, but the w Port Royal trestle leading to the bridge st three miles below the city has been en- th tirely washed away, and no trains are bE running. e WATER IN THE SECOND STORIES. I then rowed up the river to the east- th ern portion of the cliy. There, near the bank, the water is running into the it second story of the houses. Out of some four hundred houses in that neighbor- Pt hood there are now hardly half a dozen inhabited. Bateaux were being paddled through the lowernfoors of many houses, T~ and the water is from 5 to 20 feet deep. We then rowed up through Broad-street from the Planter's hotel to the extreme er upper end, and there tihe water is flood- g ing all the stores, not one having~ es- th caped, and is ini the first nloor of man. si, dwelling houses. We then p)roceeed thm out to Green street above the Enterpris w. factory, which has water all over the de ground nloor, and the stor es in the neigh- at borhood are covered. in two iinsrances et over thle counters. On account of tile Fi height of the canal hank we were com- ar peled to go back and come down Ellis th street, wvhich was flooded as tnuch as of Broad street. On Greene street near MKinne all persons living on the south th side were compelled to leave their al houses, and we there folund the canal is bank to be leakinlg near the bottom. in The water in lihe catnal was six feet in above that ini Greene street and it was t feared that it would break in a short g, time. A messenger was quickly dis- n patched to the superintendent, who i g a short time arrivedl and patched it in c such a manner as to prevent its break ig unless another rise occurs to-night. pr A CONTENTED CONGREtSSMAN. fe Rowitng down Greene street we saw ti Congresann Barnes sitting on tihe pi azza of his pretty residence completely surrounded by watetr, seeming to enjoy I1 the change. He hailed me, and when I to expressedl the opinion that it was rising ra and would continue, he said: "Let her It rise. I will have no difficulty in floating ar off.' The Congressman evidently (lid re not believe with me, for it would take water more dense than that of the Sa vanah River to float a 350 pound man. rTr,ing the corner below his house we th wee carried down by the swift current at on Kolloch street to Benz's flour mills, te which wvere surroundled, and thence to fo C. F. Lombard's iron foundry. There at the danm between the second and third al levels o,f the canal had broken, and a 01 perfect torrent was sweeping around nm the foundry, the water being at least rr ten feet deep. It was expected every w minute that it would be swept away, baL to has so far been uninjured from all ap pearances. tl n that section wihich is a very low 0 portion of the city, al' the houses were mi coverd over the Iirst iloors anid were th deserted. IIere again all manner of w household goods were to be seen floating ta in the water, an md tmany boats wvere so er bumav removing people that they had not te time to pick them up. Thue water was tip to the Georgia Rtailroad trestle at the a grain elevator, and ears loaded wvith coal le were placed upon it r.o keep it from of floating away, the brid'.e anmediately 31 above having floated off a DUBLIN UNDP R WATER. th Going down further we found the p greater portion of Dublin uinder water.. and there again many hotises were vaca- at ted. The water extended all dlown Walk er street, past the east botudary, cover- t ing the South Commons Park and the j Cemetery, and axtending over all the i land between there and the bend in the i river below the city. REPORTERCS CANOE UPSET. .1 coming back otur boat which was to rowed by two strong men, becaine tun- mn maageie, owing tie swift current h flowing thriough Cummning street at its M intersection with Greene, and we wereF swept into a tree, wvhen the boat was b cipsized ; but I fortu'atel: caught hold w of the tree. whlich I climbed, and where to I remained nil rescued by a passing gi boat. The twvo oarsmen climbed on a in fenceear. T After leaving the water, I took a totir of through the balanice of the city antd C1 found the only dry portion to be that bl naow strip between Greene and Rey- R nold streets, below Campbell. Thuts it iv wvill he seen that fully seveni eighths of ct Auuista is inundatede.f Thousanlds of people have been out wv to view the overtlowed portion, and it w sees that every citizen of Augusta has pi called at the bridge to watch the rise of N the water. at IAt this hour S P. M., it is still raining here, having been pominkg down almost & every minute since 5 o'clock this af ter- bc noon. Tieleg.rams from Anderson a::d re ohrpoints above here on the river are m to he ffetithat heavy rains are falling, fo nd although the river has fallen slightly w another rise before morning is appre eded. If this proves true tce damn ge to Augusta will be ver y great. The foundations of hundreds of houses have ei .ireybeenseriously damnaged by the flC sn ift currents of wat:'r, and it is to be pi hoped that another rise iil not strike ot he city.ti The loc-s hua been in geat danger hr to-day and a large foice of hands has h :i sent up to repair the leaks. &c. I e telephone wire poles have been I shed down and wires broken, con- p tuently nothing definite can he heard ] night, although wild rumors have s ,n atloat that the locks were entirely i ,e and that a deluge has not come 1 t, and it is evident these rumore are t >nndless. Word comes from below fi gusta that many farmers have had ir live stock drowned, and I learn t Mr. Crawford Rthodes has lost live >usand dollars: worth of bloode"d rses and cattle. AN ALARM AT DEAD OF NIGHT. UOIcSTA, A ugust 1-2 A. M.-At 10 lock to-night the entire city wa -own into an uproar by "Big Steve,' old fire alarm bell, sounding thirty is, hich signal is to call the whole v out. t'he people rushed out into the dry *ets in their night robes, and those the flooded di triets to the windows. dies and chi;dren were screaming, and entire city thought the waves were rush over and swallow up Augusta. ii were rushing around frantically. my running home to their n ives and ildren, while others ra:t in every diree n, not knowing at any moment what ght happen. owever, it soon became noised around it the canal bank on Upper 'Greene I, eet wa* breaking, and that the water mld flood the entire city, the water in e canal being six feet above that on per Greene and Broad streets. Every :rehant in the city then rushed to their >res with all speed, and are st:u, at s honr, 2 a. m., at work removing ir gopds to high shelves or second >ries. As soon as this fact was noised around ur correspondent secured a boat rowed two powerful oarsmen and set out for e scene, but the water was coming 1 wn Greene street in such a torrent at the boat was capsized. Being unable to reach it that way I se red a tall horse and reached the scene going a circuitous route and nearly 'imming the horse. There I found a rce of hands at work throwing in sand 1 gs, but their efforts proved futile, and e bank is washing away very rapidly. irough this the war ;r is flowing at ar conceivable rate, washing away every- ) ing in its track. HOUSES WASHED AWAY. Small wooden houses near are beit shed around into the street, and it is red that all brick hou=es in the neigh rhood will be undermined and ruined. e water is rushing down Greene street : ar the break at a very rapid rate, .d is rising fast into the houses. For nately all occupants of the houses near have been removed, and there is hard any danger of loss of life. THE RISE OF THE WATER. Tne water is rapidly rising on Greene, lfair. Walker and Fenwick streets, d is rushing down below McIntosh. is feared this break, when it enlarges little more, which it is rapidly doing, 11 food all that section from Greene reet south two or three feet higher an it now i;. Many boats are now ing e-trried there to remove the oc pants of houses, if found necessary. No ore is asleep, but many seem de rmined to remain in their houses to e last moment. The streets are washed so badly that will take six months' work to again it them in good condition. Neariv erv sewer has burst, and, all in all, ?ais here are in a terrible condition. I WATERS GRADUALLY RECEDING FROM THE STREAMS. AUGUSTA, August 1.-There was gen al oicinig wihen the p)eople of Au tsta awoke this morning and found e waters receding. Trhey wvere sub lin'g slowly and are at 4 o'clock irty inches below the highest point, icch was reached at 2 o'clock yester y af' trnoonl. Broad street is entirely ove water fronm East boundary to west d, but Greene, Tlelfair, Walker and ~nwick, together with South Commons d all the northea<tern portion of e city, are still overflowed t * a deplin from one to ten feet. I made another tour throagh the city is morni:g. and..found the damage to property 19 be far more tihan can be agined. Many streets are washed to great gulleys and made entirely passalel, sidewalks are washed en -ely up, fences and small houses htave ated romn their former positions, fur ture of every description may be seen ating about ott the waters in such nfusion that it s'ems utterly um ssible for owners to distinguish their operty. In fact matters are in a per t chaos from one endi of the city to e other. TIHE RIVER STILL FALLING. AUGUSTA, August I.-11 p. m.-At o'clock re-nighit the river hass fallen 29 feet, and continiues to fall at the te of three or four inches per hour. is now thought all daniger has passed d the utsual quietness of the city is sumed. AT WORK REP~AI RING D)AMAGES. AUGUSTA, August 2--The waters of e Savannah are still slowly receding, d at 4 o'clock this afternoon the regis r at the bridge indicates a fall of one at s;nee 1] o'clock last night, it being th hour 28 feet. The river is now most contined within its natural banks, ily that porlion of the city above Cum ing street and extending north to the rer being flooded, and even there the L.ter is hardl-' deeper than from two four feet. In company with President Foster of e board of health, and Chairman Connor, of the streets an d drains comn ittee of c>)uncil, your correspondent is morning made a n uur of the district bich was ficoded, in order to ascer in the amount of damage to the sew s, streets and drains. Says Mr. Fos The damage is not nearly what I ex ted to find. The sewers are in excel at condition, considering the torrents water flowing through them. Why 0 will repair every particle of dam -e to them, so far as can be ascertained s ioning. The streets, it is trite, are .dly washed, btut not as much as I ex ted to find, and they can be repaired thot an outlay of a very considerable nount." Mayor May is of the opiion that renty-five or thirty thousantd dollars, iciously spent, will againi piut them firs' -lass cOnioitionl. FACTORIES ENUME WORK. The King, Algernon and Sibley Fac ries are working to-day', and by ta orrow theAugusta and Enterpi'se will in full operation. Tile Riverside ills, Globe Cotton Mills, Lombard's yitndry and Berry's Meal Mills will also started in a few days. These four are the heaviest losers among the fac ies. The Riverside sustained the etest loss of all, the d1amatge result principally from injury to stock. t warehouse was ilooded, and the loss goods will reach $2,5C3 or $3,000. Mr. mrles R. Lombard's loss will proba y equal, if niot exceed, .that of the ivers-de Mills. Most of his machinery is covered, and lie lost many valuable sting and patterns. His loss will reach Il $2,500. The Globe Cotton Mills ill come in third. All their machinery is more or leas injured, and the wheel amnged. Their loss will reach $1,0. r. Berry's loss will be between $500 .l $1,000. The lumber yards of Jesse Thompson Co., are in great confusioni, the lum r having floated aroundi( in every di ction and is now piled tup in conifused isses all over tile yard. IIis entire ree are, however, at work and things .11 be in nroper shape by morning. SUFFERING RELIEVED.] All suffering has been alleviated and erv one wh sustained losses from the' os is now at work putting matters in oper shape. The mud is being washed tt of houses, clothing of every descrp nicn cbe seen on fences and roofs of ---s d,.ing funiture and all house old uten-ils are being cleaned and dried, enccs are being constructed, bridges re uilt, houses being put in their proper ositions and foundations repaired. very one who desires to work is doing d o and receiving good pay for it. In etct in the course of a few days-at r east by next week- -Augusta '.Ill have he appearance of old-the most beauti- b ul city in the South. RISING AGAIN. 1t Acuquc(a Cironide,:id. L At one o'clock this norning the river as still on the nlpturn, register'ng 29 a t 3 inches, and at three a. in. 29 feet inches. At the tine a heavy rain was tiling. with probabilities of continu- v lice. C The Flocd In the Ocmr- . b b MACoN, GA., July 31.-The Ocmul- o ce River at this point is 1S inches igher than any previous high water ark. The amount of damage to corn b lnd cotton on land just below the city a estimated at $20,000, and the loss to he brick yard $10,000. The Central ark buildings and the tinest mile track out;i, is under two feet of water. Four ' ridges span the river within a di;tance r f five miles, but all are intact except v he Covington and Macon Railroad iron n ridge, which has been badly damaged. L'here has been no loss of life. a THROUGH FREIGHT. Ln Important R: 'Iroad Fret rht Com- I b?natio PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-Frank I Lhompson, vice president of the Penn- v ylvania Railroad, had an interview t -sterday with the managers of inport. r nt railway lines leading south from 0 Vashington, and concluded negotia- P ions for one of the most important rail vay traffic arrangements ever entered n nto by the Pennsylvania Railroad. b The arrangements prov'de for the t ormation of three through Southern s ines in order to cover the expense and t lelays by numerous transfers incident .0 the shipment of freight from cities mnd inteuior points in the South destined 0 o points North reached by the Pen n ylvaiia Railroad system. There were )resent at the interview John Robinson, C )resident of the Seaboard and Roanoke r Zai!road ; II. Walters. general manager e >f the Atlantic Coast Linie; E. B. Thom Ls, general nanger of the Richmond i nd Danville Railroad; Sol Haas, traffic t iuanager of t he Virginia Midland Rail oad, and John S. Wilson, general t reight agent of the Pennsylvania Rail- j -oad. Three through freight lines are ar- r -anged to cover all the important South :rn teriitory reached by the roads out )f Washing,on and will run as follows : one line to run via the Virg.nia Mid and Railroad and Richmond and Dan- t ille Railroad : the second to run via the ! tlantic Coast Line and the third via C Wilmington, Norfolk, Richmond and E'ortsmouth. Each of the companies interested v'1l urnish its quota of cars and, when es ;ablished, .will provide all the rail con- s section, which will undoubtedly have I L great influence in promoting the busi- f aess interests of -the Soutlr. Vice , E'resident Thompson has already i1- r trucred that the cars to be provided by ( he Pennsylvania Railroad shall be l ?romptly assigned to this service,.ard c t is the intention of all parties inte ested to proceed at once to get these ,hrongh lines ill operation at the earliest lite possible. t The -J m-Crow Car" Caso. WASHINGTON, July 20.-In the case s if W. Hi. Heard, the colored man who t som plai ned to thle Int er-State commerce :omInission against thme Georgia Railroad 30mpany, that he was refused first-class tcomodations a id was compelled to ide in the "Jim-Crow car," the respond- - nt demnors t?s the complainant's peti ;ion upon vaiious 'rounds, questions the urisdction of t.ae Court, and then t vithout wait 'ng either deme'rrer or lea, proceeds to answer the complaint. 1 Lhe ausawer say s : "The petitioner claims that he was. 20t permitted to ride in a tirst-elass C :oach of- the said Georgia Railroad, but vas compelledl to ride in what is known is the ' Jim-Crow car." The respond nt replies that it has in no way given r authorized such designiation of any ar on its road, and if, when the comi plain ant says that the car on which he .ode is known as the "Jim-Crow car," ie means ?. say that the respondent is a1 any way resp)onsible for this desig iation anld implied contempt for its in- s mates, respondent denies such allega- t ions. At the Augusta end of the re- S ~pondnt's main line there is an accom- E nodaron train rulnning out of Augusta I wety-ive mihm s, and spoken of.popu- ( ary ais the "Picayune." At the At Lantat end a similar train is known to its e patrons and dwellers along the ne as "The Goober." But these C lesignat ions or nlick-names are mere y etfnsi"ns of popular pleasantry eyondc the control of the iespon- f ent, and considered by the respon lent up to this time, (perhaps er- C roneosly) as entirely innocuous. If 1 iy of the respondent's cars have been-i ;poken of by esiU-disposed persons as Jim-Crow cars," respondent is not tware of it, hut prays that if the fact ist ;hown to exist the commission, if its arge powers extend to such a case g fford to such a case, afford appropriate S id adequate relief to respondent." i Thue answer furthier avers that cars >rox ied for the colored passengers are ~qually as safe, comfortable, clean and ,veIl venatilated and eared for as those rovided for the whites. It says that: "The dlitlerences, if any, relate to iatters or thetical only and consist ini iigher ornamentation and matters of hat sort, raither than in those which tfect thle substantial conditions of safety, ~omfort and convenience." The paper is signed by Jos. Cum ings, general counsel of tile Georgia ~ Elailroad Company.t A Graterul Catarrh sufrerer. S Gentlemen-I have been a victim of C ~atarrh for seventeen years. The mys- I ;ery of those years cannot be compre- ~ ensibly told to those who have never 2 >een troubled with catarrh. During hose years I tried all the physicians ~ had access to, and all the remedies I ( s recomnmended for catarrh. But I t ot relief from none. Last year I hear~d C f the cure of a neighbor of miine who a iad used S. S. S., and I therefore began t :o take it. I commenced last fall, and ontiuedl its use until the coldest part f the winter, when I stopped. The edicine gave mue the first relief I had I n seveteen years, and continued to a grow better all the while I was takIng ~ :he medicine, and during the cold weath r when I had ceasedl its use. My left d ostril was aLbout closed with polypus d ,hen I began taking S. S. S., and now 'v hat is about gone, and I feel very much 2 etter than I have fot -years. I shall i: ontinue ahe medicine for am Lew months a onger, that I may entirely eradlicate v he disease from which I have suffered a o much. My fi'st relief came through t tour valuable and efficacious S. S. S. I With grat itude, I am yours truly, 1 W. M. FIN DLEY. d Newbrni, Dyer Co., Tenn., Feb. 23, t Dreadfn Case of BoPsa Crred. 1. Gentlemen-As isr back as I can re- I >llect I was subject to boils. They 8 ,vonld break out eve:y spring and o1' 1: d' on dturg the year. There are scars 1. d over me nlow from virulent boils. everal years ago I took a few bottles of s. 5. S.. anid I am now entirely, free romn boils and I have been ever since I inished taking your valuable blood Pu- v -iier, now several years ago. Yours truly, R.EWL . Jesup, Ga., March 17, 188.' Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases e nailed free. t THE SWIFT SPEIFI Co.. Drawer 3. 9 NEWS IN BRIEF. Rice & Coleman have apilied to tae enitentiary authorities for one hur red convicts to be used in grading a tilway line in Chester County. Mrs. Grover Cleveland, accompanied Jt y her mother and aunt, arrived at ew Bedford, Mass., August 2. They ft Washington unknown to anybody ut their family circle. Five prisoners escap 1 from the jail te, t Chesterfield last sunday night by ecking a hole in the wall and then tting themselves down to the ground to -ith blankets tied together. There was a large conflagration in i incinnati on Friday, twenty-five uildings being burned and 150 people urned out. Several firemen were vercome by heat. Loss $l00,C:30. A terrible cyclone passed through aaurens, S. C., Friday morning at 8.34), lowing down a number of dwellings nd houses of all kinds, destroying hu rops, etc. te The heat July 29 in the Shenandoah an alley was intense. The theriom,ett: St ached 94*. Such continued hot -eather has not been experie,:ced for ni iany years in the valley. e The citizens of Greenville have held meeting and recommended that the ity subscribe $200,000 to the proposed d arolina, Knoxville. and Western ti ailroad. to Dispatch - from various points in sa I1inois show that intense heat pre- et ailed in the central part of the State n Friday. At Lincoln the mercury A mached 102 in the shade. A number f prostrations-some fatal-were re orted. ' John Taylor, president. of the Mor ion Church, was buried Friday. Num ers viewed the corpse as it lay in the ibernacle open to the public sight. A ru n of Taylor's tried to make a speech, la ut was compelled to desist. di The Inter-State Encampment was ye pened at Spartanbure Tuesday with n oration uv Hon. ). R1. Duncan. m 'he State exiibit is very complete, ontaining soecimens of everytbing aised or proauced in the State. The ncampment is thronged with visitors. The high trestle over Chauga Creek a Oconee County was carried away by igh water on Tuesday. Freight and R assengers are being transferred unt1 B be trestle can be rebuilt. The Air ine Trestle over the Tugaloo River s ras damaged August 2 by the heavy it ains and no trains crossea it. ta Minnesota's high license law has da een in effect nearly a month and has esulted at Minoeapolis in lessening th be number of salcons, while bringing pe aore money in:o the treasury, and in- an irectly in supp!essing illegal liquor si elling. Last year 334 saloons, at ) I a. aeh, paid in $167,CJ00, while this year (S 96 saloons have paid in $1,000 each. 2( New York city suffered from heat 0f gain July 29, twenty-two cases of w eat prostration resulting. Of these be ve were fatal. In the evening there ras a severe thunder storm, in ths aidst of which the Young Men's th hristian Association building, Brook- o yn, was struck by lightning. Several ecupants were badly stunned. Thomas C. Evans, of Nanticoke, Pr., , delegate to the Republican County ,onveution last fall, has been sen- C enced by Judge Woo.dward to pay l100 fine, the cost of the prosecution nd thirty days in jail for attempting a sell the votes of seventy delegates . t $10 apiece to Arnold Bertels, one of 3 e candidates for sheriff. Mrs. Fannie Hayne, of Tuscola, 3'., vas gored and trampled to death by a nad bu1! last Tuesday while attemnpt ng to drive the brute out of the-door ard. She fought the animal as long s her strength held out, and as no one ame t. her assistance lher 'ife wrs rampled out and she was shockingly aangled before the eyes of her two L ttle children.A Summerville had a sensation Tuc ay in the shape of the marriage of a ative belle#to a real live English EarL 1 he young- lady's name 3is Miss Mai y ~rances Vose, and the gentleman's at ame on the invitation cards read: ~eorge Richard Simons Visser, Earl t< f Harinxsma. The people had her ofore thought he had too much of a at eut9nic accent to be "Engl!sh, you :now." A special from Sioux City, Iowa, as: "The Missouri river continues o cut the bank in iront of this city, everal hundred feet of valuable prop- S rty having gone out of sight in the st twenty-four hours. The Illinois ~entral, S oux City and Pacific and E ilwaukee railroads have join~ed in an fort to stop the cutting, and are vorking S00 men. Eugineers say f hey an control it in time." Geo. S. Peters, United States Attor- rt iey for Utah Territoy, on July 30 " iled a suit agains3t the trustem and0 nanagers of the Mormon Church un ter the Edmunds-Tucker law, in be talf of the United States, to disincor orate said Church and wind up its _ iusiness. The petition asks the ap- s >initment of a receiver, and that all he books, papers, etc., belonging to he church be turned over to him. to ether with all deeds, not, and prop- J rty of every description. The heating s set for September 1.5. The election for State and Legisla- S ive offices in Kentucky resulted in r< he choice of the Democratic ticket by d najorities estimated at ,romi :3,0C3 to o 0,000. Gen. Buckner, the Demociatic 1r andidate for Governor, ran ahead of us ticket. The Democrats carried the own of Lexington for the first time in everal years. The Legislature will be bout ninety Democratic majority on 8 int ballot. Twolabor men and t iree r four prohibitionists are elected to he Legislature. The American Board of Commis- I oners for Foreign Missions receivedl a ablegram from the treasurer of t1 e amime relief fund at Constantinop' ying that five thousand people at C Ldania have nothing to eat. The q umber is increasing. Other towns sj sk help. Adania is the centre of the hi icilian plain, ordinarily so fertile, but (J bis year absolutel.v barren on account f the drouth. A little over VI,000 has ready been contributed in this coun ry for the relief of the starving p)eo he. Further con tributions are great- S y needed and may be forwarded to angdon S. Ward, I Somerset street, ~oston. Gifts can be sent by tel -- raph so that in three days they w illiT y bread. A special from Richmaond, Ind. ated July 29, says: "A terrible acci I ent occurred near this city to-day, in ti hich three persons a'nd two horses di ere killed and a fourth person badly ~ ijured. The killed are Joseph Rich, ' farmer, aged 30; hi.~ baby. and his ife's mother, Hannah Newvcomb, ged 51; his wife being the only one - bat escaped alive, Hie drove on the - an-Handl.e crossing at the western s' mits of the city, as lhe had safely one many times before, after hearing he whistle, but this time the train as canming thirty miles an hour and aught him. The spectacle was horri- p le,as Rich was cut in t wo and had L is head caved in. His babyb was es round to a pulp, and MIrs. Newcomnb et ad one leg torn off and her arms, ody and head mangledl. mt The Verdict U.nanimous [can recomme~nd Electric titten~ as the lit ery best remnedy. Every boide sold has '3( ien relief in every ca.se. One man took sir ottles, and was ecuil of Etheumiatismt ofl0 eara' standing." Abraham Hare. druggist. nl envile, Ohio, atflems: -The best seinme w edicine I have ever Ib-ndledl in my 0O yeara'b rperence, is Electric Bitters." Thousands of them have added their testimony. so that m verdict is unanimon'm thlat Electric Bitters ol cure all e"iseases ot the Liver. Kidneys or lod. Only a hma.f dollar a bottle aX Cofield Lyons' Drug Store. 7-21.lt. 'ew Advertisement. Newberry College. Next. Ses-ion Monday October 3d id will coitinute till 3d Monday me. Preparatory Departmett-Tuition p 1nth-Junior Class $1.50; Middle Cla, .00: .S.-iior Class $4.50. Collegiate I)epartiment-Tuition p4 n$19.01. Sons of Clergymen at half rate yard $10.00 per moati. From Mooda Friday $0.00. Expense of student rooming in Co me. for hoard. room, fuel and wasl , $11.50 to $12.00 per month. inquire of the President. S-4-4t. REV. G. W. I. OLLAND. L'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEWBERRY cOUNTY. By Jacob B. Fellers. Probate Judg WHEREAS, John Tuston Sterlin .th made suit to me to grant him Le rs of Adininitration cun testamen nexo of the estate and effects of Job erling, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and a< nish all and singular the kindred an ditors of the said John Sterlinp ceased, that they be and appear befot 3, in the Court of Probate, to be he Newberry Court House, on the 18t y of August, inst., after public, ,n hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenooi show canse, if any they have, why th id administration should not be gran Given under my hand this 3rd day< ugust, Anno Domini 1S87. J. B. FELLERS, J. P. N. C. S-4-2t. rotice to Landowners All land owners of Newberry Count e req'red by law to remove from th nning streams of water upon thei rids all trash, tr-es, rafts and timber tring the month of August in eac By order of the Board of County Con issioners. GEO. B. CROMER, 84-it Clerk. NOTICE. CoUNCIL CHAMBFLS, Aug. 1st, 1887. 1. Noti!ce is iet eby given that Messn ,11. Wright, D. B. Wheeler and J. 1 rown are appointeil a Board of Ai ssors of real estate of the Town < ewberry, S. C., for the purpose of fi g the value of all said real estate fc cation for the ti-cal year ending 31t ,y of March. 1888. 2. Notice is fim iher given, that fc e purpose of tiv ig the assessment < rsonal property for taxation the Cler d Treasurer of the Town of Newberr all keep his office open from 9 o'cloel in., to 3 o'clock, p. in., each da undays excepted) from the 1st to th th day of September,1t87,to receive,o .th, the returns of the owners or agent the owners of all personal propert ithin the limits of the Town of Ne, rry, S.C. And in case of failure t ake returns of said personal propert r assessment, by the ow aer, or agentC e owt:ers thereof, the Clerk an reasurer shall assess the same. By 'order of the Council. JOHN S. FATR. S-4-4t. Clerk and Treasurer. RLL ON J. N. MARTIN, AGEN1 FOil TlhE FO1L.0Ml?!8 GINS: 1411m mns i Winship Gin Taylor Gin. Sila1' s Gin. lelena High School yale and Female. RTHUAi KIBLER, 4.B., Principa iss BEULA H E. GREEKEE, Ass'u Second Session Openi st Monday in Septembe: id will continue nine calendar month: Tuition $1 to $2 per month accordin. grade. Board can be had in private famnilic from $7 to $10 per month. For further particulars apy to ti ricipal, or to JAMES I'. GLENN, Secretary Board of Trustees. IATE OF SOUTH CAROLINI COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-I COMMON PLEAS. maiza Chappell vs. Milledge Cha: pell et al. The credlitors of the estate of Jas. ] bappell, dec'd, are hereby required1 mder and establish their respective d< ands before the Master, at his offici 1 or before the first day of Septemnbe SIL AS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Oflice, 20 ,iuly, 1887. 7-21-6t. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEW BERRY-I: COMMON PLEAS. >h Adams Sheely et al. vs. Lil Werts. The c editors of the 4sta'te of Harrie icely, .iec'l, are hereby required1 mder and establish their respecti, emands b)efore the Master, at his offic or be fore the first day of Septembe SIL AS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Ollic*., 20 July, 1887. 7-21Gr. TATE OF SOUTH CARO.IN) COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-I: COMMON PLEAS. .V. Gist, Admn'r, vs. Foster A. Son, ley et a). Relief. The creditors of the estate of Richai Sondley, deceased, are hereby r 'ired to render and establish their r etive demands before the Master,: Soffice, on or before the first day< :tober. 1$87. SIL AS JOHUNSTONE. Master. Mers Office, 20 July, 1887. 7.2 m-r. ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINi COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-I: COMMON PL EAS. ios. F. Harmon, Ex'or, vs. Frederic W. Wagener andi others. The creditors of the e- tate of Mary]I armon, deceased, are hereby require render and establish their respectis mis before the Mas.er, at his ofiic or b sore thle first day of Septembei SIL AS JOIINSTONE, Master. Mster's Office, 20 July, 1S87. 7-21-r. [ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINI NEWBERRY COUNTY. By Jacob B. Fellers, Probate Judg< W EnES. Joh n 3f- Kinard, as C. ( hat made suit to meI tto grant him tters of Admuinistrationi of the dereli< tate and~ effects of J. S. Enilow, de aned: These are, therefore, to cite and ai rmish all and singular the kindred an editors of the said J. S. Enlow ceased, that they be and appear be re me, in the Court of Probate, to 1 i at Newberry Court HLalse on th th day of August next, after pub] tion hereof, at 11 o'cl>ek in the fore >on, to show cause, if any they hav bv the s:id Admainistration should n< ranted. Given ::nder my Hand this 18th da tly, Anno Domnini 1887. J. B FELLERS, .T. P. N. C. 7.91.Jt. .XOTIOE - STILL AT THE FRONT. We have never resorted to "B. B." nor envied the reputation of L. L.. bnt we do say that we are now opening, VERY HANDSOE M0CK OF MENS, YOUlTHS' AND BOY MIAER, For Spring and Sumumer, ' Embracing the - Latest Approved Novelties o the Season, with all the Staple Sty es in Shape - and Fabric. n Please remember what we say. N one can discount our prices without sd._ I- ciding. d ,,On hand, over five hundred d different samples of piece h goods, from four first class Tailoriflg firms, e from which we solicit orders for Speeia? t- Suits or Single Garments. Satisfactio. guaranteed, or no sale. Respectfully, WRIGHT & J.W. COPPOCI 9-22-cf Mollohon Row STOP! RED!! THINK!! e -t AND ACT, FOR THE IS NOW I5 FULL BLAST, HAVING BEEN REIOEGED THIUGOUOO 3READ AND CAH of every description, fresh everyday. . The PUREST GANDY ever offered to - the citizens of Newberry-mnade from f nothing but the highest grades Sugar. All flavors. Ham Sandwiches 5 cents. Ice Cream 10 cents. Wedding Cakes a specialty. k 421 W. H. PATTON. "SHORT QUOTATIONS." Q e BY GFO. C. Hor GES, A. M. u Read what ' said of it : "I shall gi.adly recommend its Iutro S duction everywhere." " BoN. A. COWARD Ex. Sup:. Education. - "It will give me Ieasiie to reeon d nend its use by teachers." Bo:. HUc r S. THoMPSON, Ex. Sapt. Edo io.i and Ex. Gov. S. C "When school o:ens I shall make co pious use of the volue.' REV. S. LANDER, D. D., Pres. Williams.on Female College I "It shoul' be in the .ands of at t ers." PROF. R. MwEAS DAVm, S. C. College. . "The moral tone wieh r ppears the work is especially worthy ofco a mendationi." REv. W.M. GRIEE,D..D. Pres. Lreskine College "Short Quotaiions' will be found ot. inestima'ble value to teaebers, lawyers and others. Persons imant selections for AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS will find this the book for which they have been looking. It will be sen post ' paid on receipt of 15 cents. Get a copy t- of it, examine it and introdace it into , your "chool. Special terms to schools and ('ealers. Address W. L. BELL. PublIs,her; S- 9-22-la. Columbia, S, C. NEWBERRY HOTEL, NEIWBERRY, S. C. WILL ..TOBES & lEO., flOPIEQRS. Located in the centre of the clty. 3. Special attention given to the wants - ;o and comforts of commercial traveLlers e. and the transient trade. r, Patronage Solieited. June 1st, 188'7. PEOPLE Ia Who have been disappointed in the - results obtained from the use of CO. tt COA WINES, BEEF. WINE and - SIRON. or to so called EMULSION e, of COD LIVER OIL, .should use Cherry Malt a combination of Wild Cherry, Ex tract of Malt, and the Hlyphosphite. CHERRY-MALT acts on the 'Stom -dae .d Liver, increasing the appe . ie assisting digestion, thereby mak 3.. ing it applicable for Dyspepsia in'its t various forms; Loss of Appetite, f -Headache, Insomnia. General Debil-. ity, Want of Vitality,- Nervous Pros tration, Consumptio~n. etc. If your Druggist does not k'ep it, send $1.00 for one bottle or $5.00 for -six bottles. Express paid. LIEBIG PHARMA CA L CO. k 78 Maiden Lane, N. Y. Sold by all Druggists. Trade supplied by OTTO KLETTNER, OllDIIONDS, WATCH E8 Jewelry, Cleeks, SILVER PLATED WARE, Pocket and Table Cutlery, E US10AE Ix&TRUIRTg. Watch Reparing a SpeIIy EDUARD SCHMLTZ