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>-;---?-; Caban Tobacco in Florida. PEOPLE ?V FORT MEADE JUBILANT OVER AN EXPERIMENT. Tbe people of Fort Meade, Fla , are enthusiastic over the result of their f?rst y aar's crop of Cuban to? bacco. It had been claimed that the land around Fort Mede would pro? duce tobacco equal to that raised in Cuba, but there is always doubt about such statements until they have been done asia the case of the Fort Meade region This year's crop was sold there recently at $1 50 per pound, which is 50 per cent more than the tobacco growers expected to get for it. Buyers went to Fort Meade from New York and bought the tobacco on the spot They took every pound that waa offered and it is impossible to get enough tobacco at Fort Made to make a cigar. This statement was made to Dr. J. Harvey-Moore by Prof J A. Cox. who was for years the principa? of the academy at Fort Meade, and resigned to take a seat in the Florida legisla? ture. ..Mr. Cox says that over $97, OOO was paid out at Fort Meade re? cently. The tobacco growers at and near that place have employed Cuban experts who are producing as good tob?cea as that grown in Cuba. Thus it appears that the cruel policy of . Spain is transferring an important in? dustry to the United States from Cuba There is only a limited por? tion of the island which produces this world-famed tobacco, and it is possible that as much or more land capable of prod acing that quality of the fragrant weed may be found in Florida In tbat case, if the Repub? lican policy is carried out and a pro? tective duty is placed on tobacco by congress, the Cuban article will find the market of the United States less profitable than it has been heretofore. With growing of cane states, Spain will find Cuba hardly worth contending for at the cost of more blood and treasure. PARTRIDGE FIRED ON A FILIBUSTER -a- I Bat Couldn't Hit Her, and tbe Bermuda Outran the ^ British Cruiser. /' \ - New York^ April 1.-A special dis | patch to the Evening San from Nassau, N. P., says: The British cruiser Par- ( tridge. Captain VaoEgen oommsndiog, reports that oa Sunday ?aet she fired upon a *uspicious*vessel that resembled the old filibuster Barajada The Par? tridge sorted on a cruise on March 25. and carly oa Sunday she sighted tbe ' steamship which she at first thought i was a West Indita fruiter. The ves- ? sel refused to show her colors and the j Partridge fired two blank shots and ?hen soli ii shot at the steamship. The range was too long for the shot tn be ' affectiv, and the Partridge started in 1 ?pursuit. Tbe cruiser being the slower 1 vessel, the suspicious steamship es- '< caped. f Tbe Piirvt:iJ!ge Tetaroed to Watling's l ?sU?? io look afier a schooner that was ' with the steamship, t>?? she, too, bad t escaped It'is supposed that the ves- 3 'sels were part of a filibustering esped?- i ?oo that started from Nassau for Coba. ' The Partridge will leave again to-day i for another search after them. ! A STUBBORN FIG UT Habana. April 1 -Lieut. Col. Perez Blanco, with half a battalion of Span? ish troops and a detachment of local guerillas, left Artemisa yeste-^iy and at Br ojo encountered a party <>f rel? u : occupying strong positions. The fight- I ing wat stubborn oa both sides, ?nd j the insurgents were disiodgod with dif j Sculty. Hearing the firing from a dis? tance, Col. B:>y with three companies of Spanish troops came to the assist? ance of Lieut. Col Bianco's command, aod the insurgents were finally driven from the field, carrying with them a riumber of their dead and wounded Lieut Col. Bianco, a lieutenant and four privates were killed, and four pri? vates were wounded. THE PRESENT PENSION? ERS lt will h* gool news to tho pension? ers of the State whose names are on the present pension rolls to know that the State beard has practically settled upoo its policy as to them. The oe? sot ba9 been so constructed as not to require those whose names are already on the pension rolls td make new appli? cations These pensioners will, how? ever, he required to appear before the several township boards for the purpose of classification. Tbeso boards will also have the power io erase the name of any pensioner now on the list io case it finds that that name has been improperly placed there. The board will likely get up and is? sue this week its special instructions to township boards which is intended to simplify 8od]explain the intricacies of the camp!ex act and give the board's construction of its provisions.-The State. The latest railroad rumor is to the j effect that the Seaboard Air Line will build a branch road to Piedmont and Pelzer, via Laurens. Town Destroyed. More Than a Hundred Killed and Wounded. Guthrie, O. T , March 30.-A cy cloue at Chandler, 40 miles east of here, at.dusk this evening, destroyed three fourths of the town of 1,500 people, and the latest news is that 150 are badly hurt sud a dozen or more killed. KRUGER'S GRANDSON. Johannesburg, April 1. -? Lieut. Eloff, a grandson of President Kruger, who was yesterday suspended from duty for using language that was insulting to Queen Victoria, has gone to Km gersdorp to surrender hin command It is stared that President Kroger is io tensely annoyed by the iooident. and that be bas severely rebuked Lieutenant Eloff, forbidding bim to ever again pub Holy refer to the queen. According to the Boer version of the affair, the actors in it were elevated with liquor. Au unnamed British sob? ject aggressively insulted the Trans? vaal colors, and is held to have been the aggressor iu the first instaooe. Lieut Eloff was very indignant at the insult offered the.flag of bis country and excitedly interposed to prevent its repetition. The Eoglisbman then taunted Lieut. Eloff with the friendly treatment be had received daring bis re cent visit to England, whither he went for the purpose of testifying before the South African com mission, which is in? quiring toto the circumstances of the raid by Dr Jameson into the Trans? vaal. Lieut. Eloff became abusive ; and used the words that will, io all pro* j bability, result.in bis permanent retire? ment from the army of the Transvaal Gen. Hampton's Condition. Washington, March Si. - Geo. Hampton bas been suffering with ao attack of acute jaundice, but is great? ly improved this morning, after a good ! night's rest. A GREAT"E?ED EDITOR. Mr. James M. Cobb has a fi oe Jer? sey cow with her tbird calf, and she gives so much milk twice a day that it overflows all possible and impossible Gessels - wash - tubs, horse - trough?, hogsheads, ham boilers, asb-hoppers and finally mos down io torrents to Beaver Dam and is borne out to old ocean on the waves of tbat majestic stream We have seen all this with Dur own eyes -Eddefield Chronicle. Thurmond Gets Bail. Edgefield, March 31 - Solicitor Thurmond is on the streets this even ing He was bailed at Aiken to-day, j $5 OOO bond being required. Solioitor ? Bellinger represented the State lan Manieren find* that it is not al ogether pleasant to be a novelist and Presbyterian mioister at the same time, rle may have to choose between the idulation enjoyed by Ian Maclaren, the story writer, and tbe reverence accorded :o Rev. John Watson, the preacher. Some extremely orthodox persons in rbis country started the harassing of Mr Watson duriog his lecturing tour in the United States. . They fono o' that be bad expressed heretical opinions in some of his books, and denounced bim through the papers and magazines ia good old Puritan style lat? Mac laren laughed, and continued to take bis roy al tieb for the .dreadful hooks. Moreover, be delivered lectures and after dinner speecres, and altcge'her behaved himself io a reckless manner that made bis blae nosed accusers shiv? er in their shoes as they sniffed the brim-tone of eternal damnatiou which rv.rMi hurely be in store for such* des- j p.-rate mao Now poor Ian Macla-en is under the lash in England. The Sco'tsh D^opie who keep an eye OD the doings of mm titer fi nd that he is becoming more unorthodox and worldly every nay, j and that his last work is distinctly | Uni'ariao. Moreover they think fha j writing novels is a sinful occupation, j and that DO Presbyterian minno-r should be allowed to do it. Mr. Wat? son wants to know what th?y are go? ing to do about it, and they teM him forcibly what they will do. Rev Ken? nedy Moore, who is making more fo>s about the matter than any one, wants Mr. Watson n explain his conduct be? fore the Synod thst is to meet in Sun? derland next mooth, and Mr. Watson snys he will do it. What can be dot e with such a contumacious, recalcitrant individual? What gives Mr. Watton encourageot io bis independent course if he needs ??Dy, which is Dot appsr?nt -is that his own congregation at Livei po:tl, as a body, regards him as a model pastor, and i<? proud or his popularity I as a etorj-writer aod man of thc world, | Something to Know It ma; bo worth something to know that the j very best medicine for restoring th?.' tired out j ! nervous system to^a hc.ihhy vigo" is Klectric . Bitters. This medicate is pute'y vegetable, j ac:s bv i:iv'"g ton;: ?<> the nerve centres in tlic , stomach, gently stimulates thc Li" r and Kid. ney*, and alas these organs in throwing o(f im- j purines in the blood. Eleerie Lit.oii improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pronounced ! by thos9 who have tried it as the very best ; blood purifier and ne-ve tonic. Try it. Sold for ?Oe or $1.00 per bottle at Dr. J. F. W- De Lorme's Drug Store. - j Statues of women, otbcr thao queens, are remarkably rare A writer ;n speaking of the subject the other day was able to recaU only four; ?hat of Goan of Arc, a? Rouen ; one of ''Sis? ter Dora." thar, famous uur>e, who was thus hooored by a public subscription among the w:>rkinir perp'e to whom her life was devoted, --uni who placed the statue at. Walsall ; one of Harrier M a rr io eau. erec'ed as a m?morial cf ber antislavery work in the Boston City Hall, and th? last, is io honor of a certain Margaret II* u y her v. a poor milk-seller, who became tam nos for her self sacrifi?t; and courage during an ?pid?mie of smallpox in New Orleans Thoseun- BB tiTi Humors tions, paiuful boils, annoying pim? ples and other affections, which ap? pear so generally at this season, mak? the use of that grand Spring Medi? cine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, a necessity. The accumulated impurities in thc" blood cause very different symptoms with some people. The kidneys, liver and bowels arc overmatched in their efforts to relieve the cloggeci system. Dizzy headaches, bilious attacks, f?lure of appetite, coated tongue, lame back, indigestion and that tired feeling are some results. From the same cause may also come scrofula, neuralgia, sciatica or rheu? matism. All these troubles and more may prop? erly be called i; Spring Humors/* and just as there is one cause, a curb is found in just one remedy, and that is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the impure blood, enriches blood wnich is weak and thin, vitalizes blood which lacks vitality. Thus it reaches every part of the human system. For your Spring Medicine - to pre? vent or cure Spring Humors, take Sarsaparilla in fact the Ope True Blood Purifier. Get only Hood's. rw -, are the only pills to take rtOOU S FlllS with Hood's Sarsaparilla. D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to him Office on Ocurr House Square, ?D Blandina t.nie*? TASTELESS IS JUSTAS COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE 50 cts. GALATIA, ILLS., Nov. 26,1833. Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo. Gentlemen:-We sold last year, 600 bottles o? GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and havo bought three {cross already this year. In all our ex? perience of 14 yenrs, in the drug business, have never sold an article that gave such universal satis? faction as your Tonic Yours truly, ^ A3XEY, CARR & Co> FOLD-No Cure,.No Pay, by A J China J F. W. D?*Lorna?v?J rlWhson & Co. &reai M?m Detective ?picy, CHARLOTTE, N. C., ITV) AkL KINDS of .'estimate Detective Work HI rf -sonnbie rsi"* ARSON, MURDER, DIVORCE SPErIALTV March IO-Sen* * OTTO G?RHARDT, FLORIST AND GARDENER. INFORMS HIS CUSTOMERS and the public that he is prepared to furnish Soe articls in Fruit, Trees. Roses ?nd ?ll kinds of Flower PiMP'd Also ?ahlhigt Plants and Other Ya rntits nf Veritable Plants. 100 CahhHpe Planta, S -25 1,000 *? " 2 CO 1C0 Pan*y Plant?, 1 00 He c ffVrp his services to h?y out cerdeos and put them in &h>?pe. RrtsoDab-e lei ms M ch 1. ABE YOU NEEDING AN IRON SAFE ? HAVING BEEN APPOINTED GEN? ERAL AGENT for inc Alpine Fire j Kua BurfiUr Pro?? S?fe Company. I nm prepurtd u> offer tiber*;! te rca to those who are in ::e*-d cf go? j <.<':? For prices nod te<?).t address J. A. Mch 24. 5 Sumter, S. C. ^IMPW MANU nc wig tam MTvooraJatrJ Tie Sider Ponctnreless Tire, r?silient, lieh', durable and guaranteed against punciare. No ?cather, steel or wire. STODDER PUNCTURE LESS TIRE CO , 58 Warren St., N Y. City. Also STANDARD BICYCLES, are high grade in ev?ry particular, price $1G0. Special ipdtic ments to clubs. Reliable agents wanted in all unoccupied territories. Address Tie Geo. Haslrael Co., 7th Ave., 28 A 29tb St., N Y. City. March 24. BEAUTY J ITH CHARMS and all tht .trms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would e: hance the charms of the most fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such brilliant aids to her beauty. Like personal Joveliness, they conquer admiration on sight ; they score new victories at ev? ery inspection. Those who look over our stock do not willingly stop with examina? tion. Beauty may now be made eaoii/ irresistibfe by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, Sf OK OF THE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16. j SUMTER RESTAURANT. Reduced Prices Regular Meals 25cts. Private Dining Room for Ladies Dec. 30. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City aod County Depository Transacts a general Banking business, ?Iso has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of S? ?nd upwards received In? terest allowed at ihe rnie.of 4 rer cent, per Annas . Payable quarterly, on first da}s of January, April, Julv and October. W F. 6 HAYNS WORTH, W F. FHAMK, CashUr. President. Jan 13. S To Yo? f 8 Who Use f f PENS, INK, $ I Paper,BlankBoolrafl X-:-2 $ At E. G. OSTEEN & CO'S | j \ You can pet everything that you $ i <K VHPX at the lowe.t prices. We are so /HI Q> situated that we cm afford to make 2) jo prices closer than any one else. j $ All Goods are new and of | ! I the best quality. No shop- | j I worn goods. # || ^' We maKe a specialty of School ^ 1 ^ Supplies and also V.pi-v a full line of {b ? $ Stationery, Blanks Books, Etc. vO 1 ^ Cume and inspect o;;r scod3. ^ | I il. li, WU $ LIBESTY STKEET, | I SUMTER, S. C j; A Cur Load Just Received* Also please remember that I have on hand a good assort? ment of . BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS. CARTS AND HARNESS. I sell the celebrated "White Hickory" Wagon The best on the Market. Two Founds FOR We have just received a large ship* ment of first class writing paper in one pound packages. It was bought at a bar? gain and is sold the same way. While the lot lasts it will be sold at 15 cents per pound or two pounds for a quarter,, D. JAS. WINN.