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'rrnn vrcwro t x-i\ ii;m> i i r\ I rift AA1J IIr>XIALU. WIXXSBORO, S. C. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. : c t 1SS5 rro. S. REYNOLDS. ") V El?;:-'VS. W. L. 3tcD0SALI>. ) Atlanta, Ga., is one of the most! progressive cities in the South. Ira- j proveraentsare being made every year, | and it is stated that the population is I increasing at the rate of 5,000 an- j nunllv. "VVhkx the papers get through with i their "gush" about General Grant's j "magnanimity", they ought to tell us j something of the smallness, the venom, the lack of tone he displayed as President. Will they, though? The Rev. Dr. A. D. Mayo, who is so favorably knowu iu this and other States for the active part taken by him in education, has accepted an invitation from Col. A. Coward to spend a month in this State in educational work. The Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn, Senator from Kentucky, was interviewed at Lexington a few days ago, while en route to Washington. Among other things, he is quoted as saying that a clean but gradual sweep of the Republican officeholders will be made. Charlotte Observer: A daring Corkman threw an onion at the Prince of "Wales daring the royal parade at Cork. This is more aesthetic than the custom of throwing antiquated eggs, which is sometimes resorted to in this country. A band of dime novel robbers have been broken up in Antioch, Ga. They had been reading current boy's literature, and as a consequence a gang was formed with signs, pass-words, etc. Quite a number of robberies had been committed around the place, and as a citizen was passing along the street he noticed a light in a dark cellar, which seems to have been the rendezvous of the gang. General Grant's fight with grin death continues, and still he live.?. The indomitable will of the man is weapon enough to enable him to battle with giants visible and invisible?with horrors seen and unseen. And he may perchance live on through the genial warmth of the spring time, drag wearily through the heat the coming summer, and lie down at last to sleep in a frosty eouch of another winter. Mr. Higgixs, the appointment clerk of the Treasury Department, has found some of the clerks in the department who are compelled to give a portion of their salary to persons who were influential in securing (heir appointment. He says that he is going to rid the department of this kind of business; if in no other way, he will discharge them and oppoint them over. This will be one score for him towards reforin. The Exchange Back of Norfolk had fc, $300,000 capital. It lent one concern #xySS2,000. It permItte<TTfs~gffSSfilenS ' to steal $240,000. All or nearly all of the controlling officials of the hank were related to each other. They pocketed five times the amount of the bank's capital, robbing many hundreds of people who trusted them. If such rascals do not get long terms in the penitentiary the law is a farce. ?? In* commenting upon an advertisement in a Washington paper, in which the advertise]* offers three hundred dollars to any one who will secure him a government position, the Philadelphia Press remarks that this is about six times as much as was paid for similar favors under Republican administrations, which goes to show that it took a considerably smaller amount of money to purchase influence under these Republican administrations than under the new order of things. As a sample of vigorous political rhetoric, the following view from tne j Vicksburg Herald will not be out of place: We trust that the Southern Democrats, who have the confick-ncc of the President, will not induce him to appoint any Democrats to office who are Democrats only in name, and for the purpose of securing office. We are for working Democrats every time. The nrantieal fellows. Thev who ner form their party work and submit to party discipline. Those who go to the precinct and ward meeting?, work in the clubs, work at the polls and rote. We do not want the theoretical, bandbox chaps elevated over the class we have alluded to above. i Ghables E3Iaxuel, the slayer of Curtis in Lancaster some day ago, has surrendered himself to the authorities and wili stand trial at the next regular term of the Court of General Session* for Lancaster county in June next. There will likely be bui few witnesses in the case, the wife of {he deceased being the only eye-witness of the terrible tragedy. Eraannel claims that the homicide was committed in selfdefence, and that Curtis irst attacked Mm. The testimony of the defendant and the wife of the deceased will be conflicting, and it must rest with the jury legally empanelled to decide the issues ot life and death. The commissioners of the New Orleans Exposition have decided to award a magnificent gold medal to the Stale presenting the best exhibit. The South v Carolina exhibit has attracted a great deal of attention and is classed as one of the best at the Exposition. A correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser classes it as the best. I*ai?/^a* mol'n if iwAi/a o/kTYmlofA in oTl ill Viuci tv iuuav it ujviv wnj^iv^ in aii i ?-- it? parts, Colonel Butler desires a few ! more contributions in wool, Irish pota- < toes, strawberries and wines. Let! every one who has anything of the j kind lead a helping hand, and if onr ! State does not receive tijs snetlal let her at least stand among tlie very Attorney-GEXEitAX Oakland has frk q !/i(rnl nnin- i ClkV/UiiWbVU tv iUW A. U Vl'iil ion upon the now celebrated L.awto# case. Mr. Garland takes tlie position that the pardon of President Johnson j removed all of Law ton's disabilities, j and that the fourteenth amendment is j fcot retroactive in character. The opinion has been pronounced by corn-1 petent judges to be a very masterly! production and one worthy of the; enviable reputation of a lawyer so j eminent. It is now likely that the j President will appoint General Law- j ton to the Russian mission during the j interim, and the question of his fitness and eligibility will be passed upon by the Senate in the early part of next December. Skxator Sherman, in a brief speech at Cincinnati a few days ago, referred in very complimentary terms to the new administration. He said that he believed President Cleveland meant to i insist on fidelity and honesty in the discharge of public duties, and that all business men should be diligont in demanding conformity to honest business principles in politic?. It seems j that the Republicans are all coming to the conclusion that we are going to have :t 'vetty good government, notwithstanding the fact that it is headed by a Democrat. We think that the most critical observer could find very little to criticize in the administration of the government and the official acts of the President since the 4th of March. Justice Andrew Wylie, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, called on the President a fewdays ago and informed him of his intention to resign from the bench at as early a period as would suit the convenience of the President to appoint his successor. The intimation of his purpose fully surprised the President, and he requested him to delay the tender of his resignation until he could find a suitable person to fill the position. Judge "Wylie is seventy-one years old and is ontitled to be retired on full pay. He has been on the bench for twenty-three years, and now wishes to give his whole time and attention to private interests. He was the presiding judge in the famous star-route trials. The 2feics and Courier of April 14 contains interesting interviews with a number of prominent business men of Charleston in reference to the effect a war between the two powers?Engand Russia?would have upon the trade arid financial interests of this country. The majority of the men so interviewed arc of the opinion that such a war would have a decidedly detrimental effect- upon the price of our cotton. They are of the opinion that the price of cotton will decline, but a number of them are of the opinion that this decline will only be temporarily, and that it wili again revive. If the price of cotton is to declinc the South is the portion which will be most effected. It is to be hoped that if such a war must come that the j detrimental effect will be only temporary. Several Southern gentlemen cf high political position have represented to tne rresiaent tnat in tneir opinion it will be inexpedient to commission General Lawtorr as minister to Russia, notwithstanding T5? Opinion of the Attorney General that he labors nnder no political disabilities. They give this counsel, as they say, because they do not think it wise to provoke the discussion that will inevitably ensue in consequence, aua aavise mat tiie matter be left open until Congress meets, when they think General Lawtou should petition Congress to relieve his disabilities. The President has not seemed to be much impressed with the arguments used, although his attention has in addition been called to the fact that two of tho most prominent jour nali in the whole South lake the view that General Lawton is ineligible to Federal office. The Baltimore Bazaar for the aid of disabled Confederate soldiers opened on the 7th inst. in a "blaze of glory". A correspondent of the 1Yews and Courier describes the part taken by South Carolina in the following style: The South Carolina booth rose in a veil of gray moss decked with flowers and emblems and drooping1 flags, over which towered a majestic palmetto tree. The design was unique and elicited great admiration. The table was loaded with elegant contributions from South Carolina, Charleston, Baltimore, New York and other places. The palmetto was presented bv the Hon. W. A. Courteuav, mayor of the city, in the name of the citizens of Charleston. It is probably the most magnificent tree of the kind ever seen this side of the Potomac, and it is a o-rar-pfn? trihnfr> from thr> flifv hv rl>A Sea to the Monumental City. Such acts of courtesy bind the States together in closer sympathy, The prospects are encouraging for a grand success, and it is thought that fully $25,000 will be realized. This will be a noble contribution to those who so richly daserve it. Tnt: Civil Service Commission lately held examinations ir, q. timber of the States for the accommodation of Lfro&e who might wish to stand an examination for appointment to government positions. At these examinations an extraordinary large number applied for examination, and for fear that the commission may be criticised for examining so many they have given tha following for publication: We have information that in many of the States the numbers applying to be examined are greatly in excess of what is needed to secure competent persons for all vacancies likely to occur for at least six mouths. Vacancies are being constantly filled from those examined, but the number of those ap piymg is vlt) ureal mat mu iuigeir part of them, and especially all those i of inferior capacity, must be disDp- j pointed. While there will probably be a considerable number of removals, the vague expectation of sweeping changes for the mere purpose of partisan parsonage does not seem likely to be realized. The commission does not wish to be responsible for the many disappointments which must follow the examination of a needless number. The requests for examination aro most j excessive in Maryland, Virginia, Pcnn-! ci.-lzr<*n?n Ohm Turiinna Tiivv.i Kansas. I Caiorado and California. This statement, the fcpst evidence shoyvs that the greatest unmb/ir of office-seekers are from other portions : (haii the South, notwithstanding the ; fact thut it was thought that the South would flood (he Capitol in search of; soft places. Some days ago Senator Butler re- j ceived a letter from a gentleman of j Sumter, S. C., and in transmitting a j communication to the Postmaster< General he enclosed it saying that it j was a private letter, but that it ex- j pressed so well his own views in re- J gard to the policy that ought to be pursued by the administration towards a certain class of Federal office-holders in South Carolina that he forwarded it for his perusal: The conduct of some of these officials has come under my personal observa-1 tion, and a decent, respectable and I efficient public servant cannot be main- j tained if they are allowe'd to remain j in office. The more offensive and dis-1 respectful they have been to reputable people, the more they have commended themselves to certain elements in former administrations, and if they are allowed to remain in office it will be fruitless for us to try and secure acces-1 sions from the colored people to the T\ 1-*- 1- ~ fPl.AuA I ueiuocruiic iuuks. xneie aiu- numbers of colored Democrats who have remained steadfast under the most trying circumstances, and they as well as the white Democrats ought to be recognized. They are equally or more competent than the majority of the incumbents, and the public service would be much improved by a change. I would be obliged if you would submit these views to the President for his consideration, and say to him that I should deprecate any policy toward the Republican office-holders in South Carolina that would impair the effi cieucy or the public service, or triamfest a spirit of resentment towards them for their past intemperate partisan zeal, but they ought to be removed and their places supplied by a better cla>s of people, who will not be questioned by anybody at all familiar with the administration of these offices in the past. No language which we could use could add anything to the preceding. It expresses exactly the feeling and sentiment of every right-thinking South Carolinian, audit is the general ana earnest wisn 01 tne wnoie pecpie that the offices be filled by decent, competent and respectable citizens. What Our Farmers Should Plant. The probabilities are that England and Russia will fight; indeed the Russians have alreadv met and defeated the Afghans?and this, too, in the hearing of Sir Peter Lumsden, the British commissioner, who had gone to the Afghan frontier to meet the Russian commissioners to settle by arbitration the disputes between :hese countries, the former oi which is uuder British protection. It is generally argued that such a Will W1U UU aUVttlUUgl'UU^ IV UUO uuuiltry, and doubtless it would be to the North and the West, It will have the effect of advancing the meat and grain markets. But on the other hand it may be said with tolerable certainty i.U ~ i. !i. til J 4.* 4-U/S. LI J lit It WliJ 5euu CUllUU UUWil LL1C bottom figures, and it is needless to add that anything which has the cffect of putting cotton down and provisions up, however it may effect other sections of the Union, will be disastrous upon the people of the South. Once this war lias begun in earnest it is hard stop. Tne~ British may be put out of ludia, or the aqtooMt of all the Russians may find it just a little more than he can do to keen his emnire on the map of the world. But however this may be, it is certain that the Southern farmer who prepares himself to live at home will be independent of this struggle, however terrible it may be, and he who does not must surely suffer the conse? quences of his short-sightedness. Let our farmers plant such things as will enable them to live independently of the cotton crop. ? 1 If@1s.xh1 and Ifer Troubles. Pray what does Ireland mean?. Is she so crazed for national independence that sho will not and cannot permit the Prince of Wales to travel upon her highways, vi?it her cities and breathe her balmy air? It certainly looks that way. The Prince is now in v Ireland, ana nas Deen ior a weesc. Every where he has gone, riot, disturbance find disgraceful disorder have greeted the future sovereign of the British Empire. Why all these demonstrations of hate? Simply because Ireland, or rather her scheming politicians, Parnell, Obrian ?; Co., fancy or feign to fancy that that country |s down-trodden and oppressed by England. Thai Ireland is entitled to govern herself is doubtless true. That South Carolina and the late Confederate States were entitled to govern themselves, in the abstract is just as true. But when the x* . i 1? r J~ practical inquiry js iLiaut: wjietuer sue is really oppressed or not, the thoughtful student of tjje history of opr owu times cannot help concluding that Ireland to-day enjoys equally with England and Scotland, the manifold political rights and privileges guaranteed and vouchsafed by the British constitution. That the present government of E.iglaud has done 3ncJ is nAW doing much for Ireland will not and cannot be denied by impartial observers of current history. If the demagogues and vile political malcontents that in fest old Erin and haunt her green j valleys and her rushing rivers, were relegated to the shades of public condemnation, and the sensible, practical, patriotic men of Ireland (and there are many) brought to the front and to the lead", Ireland would be happier and the British Empire stronger. Why the l.ucky Bay City Man Smiles. Geo., h. Spear, who drew $75,000 in The Louisiana State Lottery, has not changed, except that his face is bedecked with smiles. Sudden wealth has not elevated. He said, "I will collect the money through the banks, the same as T Ttrrm 1/1 q rli-n-ft- spnrlincr tlir* lr?t<-Avv ticket as a draft. I am clerking in the store, just as though nothing had happened' He received a New Yorker's Sight draft for $74,850, in payment of his claim against The Louisiana Stete Lottery.?Bay City (Mich.) Tribune, March* 27. * ?A "Washington rumor that Secretary Manning would resign to accept the coJIectorship ot the port ot JNew I Fork has been denied by that gentlcmani ' PROSPECTS OF PEACE. England and Russia Come to an Agreement About the Afghan Frontier. London, April 15.?In the Cabinet Council to-day the Anglo-Russian situation, it is said, was represented to be as follows: England and Russia have agreed upon a basis for the delimitation of the Afghan frontier, subject to a satisfactory explanation by Russia of the recent attack on the Afghans. According to this scheme, j it is said that Penjdeh will be ceded to itussia, provided me Ameer consents. Recruiting for the British navy con- J linues with great activity? the admiral-1 ty having invited navy pensioners to , volunteer. Paris, April Id. ?La Paix says that j in the event of war between England j and Russia other powers, especially j France, must remain neutral. Follow-j ir.g the above declaration, La Paix j hints that these powers have already { reached an agreement to remain neutral . London*, April 16.?A special dispatch from Vienna to the Daily Tele, graph gives the following: M. De Giers, the Russian Premier, sent a telegram to Baron De Staal, the Russian Minister at London, in these words: "I am charged by the Czar's personal command to request you to inform the British Government that in the Czar's opinion war would be deplorable to both countries. The Czar firm ly hopes that a prompt and simple arrangement will be established." In reply to this, Baron De Staal telegraphed M. De Giers that the English Cabinet gladly accepted DeGier's communication. M. Lessar, the Special Envoy of Russia, in an interview to-day, said that arrangements for the cession of Penjdch to Russia had not yet been completed, but that negotiations were proceeding favorably. The Ameer, he thought, would offer no objection to the cession of Penjdeh to Russia, as the tribes occupying' that place and other portions of the territory which have been in dispute liave for a long time caused him much uneasiness on account of their rebellious spirit and acts of violence. Loxdox, April 17.?Mr. Gladstone, in the House of Commons this afternoon, stated that the government had to-day received from Sir Peter Lutnsden a reply to their request for an independent report upon the Penjdeh incident. In this it is stated that General Komaroff was aware, at as early a Af A Q Q f 1 \ A P AT O HAU A^ f A Uait as LUC -uui vi AixaiviJ) ui nig understanding agreed upon on March 17 between Russia and England. According to the terms of this understanding England was to deter the Afghans and the Czar was to deter his troops from advancing beyond the positions they then respectively occupied until some subsequent agreement about the demarkatior. of the Afghan frontier could be reached between the two governments. The battle on the Xushk River was fought, therefore, several days after Komaroff had been made aware of the agreement to not advance. It will be remembered that Captain Yates, the British officer who witnessed the battle, was assured by the Russian officer who caramanded in the fight that he knew nothing of the understanding of the 17th of March. Sir Peter Lumsden's report appears to warrant jiuerciiue umi/ wimicvci jjluiuaroff knew officially about the St. Petersburg agreement with London be kept to himself. St. Petersburg, April 17.?General RomarofF reports to the Czar as follows: ' 'The Afghans have evacuated all their frontier posts. Our outposts now occupy the former positions. I will proceed soon to inspect onr outposts." St. Petersburg, April 18.?It is reported that Germany and Austro-Hungarv have notified the Porte that if the British and Russian fleets are allowed# to Jmas i hrnnffh-Jj^I)An1jnu'tt'HJ. <sfag! the fleets succeed in forcing the passage, the treaty of Berlin wil} stand annulled and Germany and AustroHmio-flrv will ennsider themselves free "-"O?; ? ;~77 * ? from any engagement imposed thereby and Turkey will be obliged to make her neutrality respected by her own resources. Berlin, April 18.?The newspapers here generally express the opinion that Russia is humbugging England. A Visit to Jefferson Davis. A correspondent of the Yicksburg Commercial Herald recenllyjcalled on Jefferson Davis at his home at Beauyoir. He says: "At a centre table the rronni-nlilo cr?l/1ioj* on/1 tfofocrrmn cat > V/UVl (lUiV >;ViU4V/l H4?V4 .-VMtVWMIMit UUI. writing. I told him X had called at the request of old friends in whose ininds doubts existed as to the true state of his healthy owing to conflicting rumors regarding it. After a graceful acknowledgement of gratitude to his inquiring friends Mr. Davis said that during a visit to his plantation on tha river in January last he was exposed in a boat, and 'getting wet suffered severely with inflammatory rheumatism, which had compelled him to keep to his bed for several weeks. His illness, while not serious, was extremely painful. At the present time he felt in his n<snnl health. wifh t.hft exnention of a swelling in his feet, which kept hira confined to his room, although he had, for a short while, walked in the gallery during the forenoon, hut was perforce compelled by his affliction to remain in a room by a fire. He takes his sufferings as he has accepted the vicissitudes of life through which he has been, with philosophical resignation, prepared at all times for the inevitable ami looking- forward with a faithful trust in the promises that are made for the hereafter." Richmond's Mysterious afurde?. itichmoxd, Va., April 17.?The authorities are working assiduously in hunting evidence in the case of Thos. J. Clnverius, charged with the murder ot Fannie Lillian Madison. Jt has now been found out that Herman Joel, a German watchmaker of this city, when on a business visit to Centerville, TTinnr on/1 Ononn pnnnfv o ttoo** qcer\ ? "** vtuvvi1 wu"fc;? ~ :wt mended for Cluverius a gold watch key, which key Joel is expected to prove is the identical one fonnd at the reservoir alongside of Miss Madison's vejl qu the day of the discovery of the body. Joel has been enjoined not tq talk*on the subject, but the fullest confidence is felt here that he can prove the key by his own work on it, and that he will identify Cluverius as the man for whom he did the repairing-. The case comes np for trial on May 5. Pe^ce in Central Amejifift. Washington, April 15.?Senor De Peralta, the Costa Rican minister, received to-night the following telegram from President Valdivar of San Salvador, whp was ii) oominand of the ajroy of that republic at the battle of Chftpofnlo ^Sasia Ansa, April 15.?To Peralta, Washington: Peace of Central America signed. New trinmph, doing great honor to Salvador. "(Signed) Zaldivar." ?The court-martial proceedings in aooa nf W T* ITO70M trroHA inv V/act \JL \A uii i? xxuovu T? uw made public ou Friday. The sentence is a reprimand, which is made by tfye President indue form. General Hazen is roleased. from arrest and has resumed the duties of his office. The charge on which General Hazen was tried was "conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline." The court fouud him "guilty" and recommended that he "be censured in orders by the reviewing authority." Western Train llobbcry. The Inst weary Irawltv \v;is stowed j away for t!.<- ilie hist curtain \ was drawn across the section, and the > low rumble of the train through forest j and clearing, farm and valley, was on- i ly broken by the occasional snore of r. ! heavy sleeper.- Jliies and miles of the j dreary solitude of Missouri nijrht seen- ! ery were left in the distance; the train j went whizzing ; v small, unimportant j stations, and now halted at some way- I side tank ami took in solid and liquid | rerresmueur lor ui<- o:oouie.ss norse. | BuL.why should it now slow up in the j dreariest of all the many dreary, un- : forbidding places along the road? What ' ill-looking stranger was tliat who just ; entered the car and passed down the i aisle between the slumberers, with a scowling face stamped with a sinister brand ? "Crack!'1 Surely a pistol-shot! "I knew it! I've been looking for that sort of thing for the last six months!" shouted a Kansas City drummer, diving for the aisle and getting there with both feet. "I surrender!1' "Cra k!" "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord | ?besides that. I haven't got a pistol," echoed a muliied voice from the sepulcher of an upper berth. ' Crack!" "Oh, save me from Jim boys! Landlord, save mo!" shrieked the woman from Parsons, "save me for my darters sake!" "Crack!" "Throw up your hands!" said the drummer, trying to squirm away. The woman from Persons complied rapidly, and he slipped out to the i*ear platform. The train was jus'* starting _ e ... ? ~i U>Y?1V iium ?V L*.LU1W JUVSJX11U? ^gainst the rosy-hned horizon of ap- \ poaching d:iy. The conductor enter- | etl the car from the other end. " Crack!11 He dodged into the smokers1 apartmc.-it and peered out. Capped and uudressed heads were thrust without the curtains, and white, anxious faces looked up and down the aisle. "Any train-robbers at your end?r' sfiouted the drummer above the din of the howling Parsons woman. "Not any down my way.1' answered the conductor, steppiug out in front of the old lady's belt . "Thunder and Whof.'c A cr?H?i fnnn. V* UUW KUi>;< AA UUUU AUUU tlin?" "Crack!" 'Why, for the land's sake!" broke in the Parsons woman, "ef that ain't my yeast?six bottlus of it, all fer Jane,and "busted, busted, busted. I was afeered all along that the rattle of the keers would get the stuff a-workin'."? Drake's Magazine. The Art of Conversation, The real fault we commit is our failure to recognize the pleasure that is given by the narration of even the most trivial incident in caretuiiy apportioned words. J^o one in talking takes the trouble to form his sentences according to the most ordinary rules of grammar. Our national shyness has stamped us, among other vulgarisms, with the soft shame that makes us fear the oharge of pedantry if we talk in other than the most clumsy and dis* jointed way. We are afraid to venture on a phrase?a combination of words that will convey our meaning of the moment until familiarity has made it commonplace, and then we drag it in by the head and ears on every occasion till it becomes nauseous from its freqency. There is a dreary heaviness in Qur conversation born of deficient imagination. We discuss, or rather utter our words about the most ordinary mat: ters with a solemnity which at first sight looks like earnestness, but we are not in earnest. We should resent the imputation. Every nation has its own peculiar snobbery?every nation, and pach rank in that nation, and class in .that rank, and each individual. One pTTSotJ ol XL yf!lll.ai intKT way in wftroU We copy t^e babits or manners of the rank above us. The desire to copy implies deficient tact and power of ob: servation, and the effect of cqpying is yp'ry much that of the maid-cf-all-work in a lodging-house who tries to copy the dress of the ladies on whom she waits. She has neither the material put of which to make the clothes, nor the power of wearing the clothes properly if she had them. The calmness $nd absence of emotion of patrician manners not unnaturally suggest imit$? tion. People who, from their birth upnratv? Vioxro hp<sn nf>pnc.tf>mAf? tn Hpfpr ????i ? > pnpe naturally acquire a manner which takes that deference for granted?an attitude from which the element ft? a&= section is elimifced. The favored glasses with whom that is the oftso have also feasts of other things besides tho deference of their fellows. Treasures of many kinds are heaped upon them whether they will or not.?All the Year Bound. A Scotch Joke. One evening, in the principal goldmining camp in the Transvaal, nine or ten years ago, a man, partially in LUAiuatcu tuiu auppuacu tu uc auuuaicu by jealousy, attempted suicide. He first took morphia; but this not proving strong enough, he tried to hang himself, but was prevented, and handed over to the Sheriff, to be kept in safe custody fpr the night, and to be tried before the Acting Qold Commissioner (a shrewd and solemn Scat) the next morning, As tnere was no law to nave proventad torn from committing suicide if he thought fit, but it being desirable to punish liim in some way, it was decided to bring a charge of drunkenness and disorderly conduct against him. To this the prisoner pleaded guilty? whereupon the Acting Qold Commissioner, without the ghost of a smile,delivered -the following extraordinary judgment: "Mr. , I shall fine ye frrro ntimlo f/vr vAiir Hmntonrpcc Vmf. Til just gie ye to understaud that I ken vera weel what ye tempted tq dae, &nd, had ye succeeded in yqup attempt, your pooqishment would have been vera much more severe than it is !"? The Spectator. Why He Didn't Fail. Last spring an Indiana man started a bank in a town in Dakota, and about the 1st of February having secured deposits ttj t o G^rbnj; of $&3,(K)0, a notice was one morning posted on the doors of the bank reading: "Temporarily closed?hope to pay the depositors in full." The banker wanted to test the temper of the public previous to a big scoop, In the conrsc of half an hour the dqo^s wepe kjeked int the office gut ted, the banker stepped on until he was seventeen feet long and only two inches thick, and the chap who held a revolver to his ear jovially remarked: "Now; then, my friend, we giye you just five minutes to unlook that safe j^d count out the slues to depositors in full." Tbo depositors were paid in full, and the banker has come East in search of more civil people.? Wall Street Xews. A Chinese bride was attired in "a plain blue hi, trimmed with rare old tsvrrflVi wliilp tVir> trmicorc \vnrr? r>f tliwn full lengths of yellow It has often occurred to i^s lUaT trousers of yellow sigee, and a blue hi trimmed with a rare old toyah, would bo a lovely costume for a bride. A silver kiki in the hair and a golden tumtu around the neck would materially increase the . effectiyeness of the costume, we think. ?Norridown Herald. ' Warren Leland, whom everybody knorre as the successful manager of the Largest Hotel Enterprises of America, says that while a passenger from New York on board a ship going around Cape Horn, in the early days of emigration to California, he learned that one of the officers of the vessel had cured himself, during the voyage, of an obstinate disease by the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. j Since then Mr. Lelakd has recommended Ayer's Sabsaparilla in many similar I ... * j -r :i cases, ana lie nas never yet u?uu ui jus xjux- j tire to effect a radical cure. Some years ago one of Mr. Lelaxd's farm i laborers bruised bis leg. Owing to tbe bad state of bis blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling or lump appeared on tbe injured limb. Horrible itching of tbe skin, with burning and darting pains tbrougb tbe lump, made life almost intolerable. Tbe leg became enormously enlarged, and running ulcers formed, discharging great quantities of extremely offensive matter. No treatment was of any avail until tbe man, by Mr. Lelaxd's direction, xvas supplied -with Aveb's Saesapa BILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation, healed the sores, removed the swelling, and completely restored the limb to use. Mr. Lelaxd has personally used Ayer's Sarsaparilla for Kheurnatlsm, "with entire success; and, after careful obsarvation, declares that, in Ills belief, there is no medicine in the world equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders, Gout, the effects of high, living. Salt Kheum, Sores, Eruptions, and all llio various forms of blood diseases. We have Mr. Lelasd's permission to invito all who may desire farther evidence in regard ! to the extraordinary curative powers of ] Ayer's Sabsapaeilla to see him person- J uj ciuncj. au iiio iuauuuvbu Long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hole!, Broadway, 27 th and 2Stli Streets, New York. Jlr. Lelaxd's extensive knowledge of the good done by this unequalled eradicator of blood poisons enables him to give inquirers much valuable information. P3EPAEED BY , Dp. J.C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; $1, six bottles for $3. ! FRESH GROCERIES! FBE.SH GROCERIES ! I nt rvm^o t *r?_ i. l. r> rJ-iUUixo?Juuxury, ruitut ijieaiii, MOLASSES?New Orleans, Muscovado and Sugar Drip. CHEESE AND MACARONI, COFFEES?The Celebrated Momaja, Old Government Java and Graded Iiios. TF.AS?Orppn and Biaelc. MOIR'S CHOW-CHOW, Mixed Pickle, and a fresh and well assorted lot of Canned GoodJ FOR THE LAUNDRY?French Starch, enameled. Try it. Call and examine before buying else where, J>. K. FLEi\XIKES. Ft is a tt a rrr ?? -A. O. N-/ O.JW -I- i- > W O. % , 5 ? snore le mim i SPRIS? BISESS GOOI>S, Lupin's Black Tamise and Gaxelle Cloth, Cashmere, Etc, Gingival^ Cfcatftbray, Foulard, Percale, Seersucker, Ele. The handsomest line v.re have ever bought. M ITS LIN AND CALICOES,. ASK TO SEE OUR 5c. LAWN. ASK TO SEE OUR 5c. CALICO. RRIWEMRRR MTR &&OES. TO? QUALITY, BOTTOM PRICES. AT THE CORNER STORE* J. M. BEATY & BRO.; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF FAIKFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Andrew M. Wallaco, Plaintiff, against Washington Thompson. Defendant.? Summons for Belief.?Complaint not Stroed. To the Defendant: T70U AKE HEREBY summoned and reX quired to answer th? complaint in this action, which U filed in the office of the Cleric of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, 2\*o. 2, Law Range, Winnsboro, South Carolina, within twenty days after the sen-ice hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, tin nlaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated March the 3rd, A. D. 1SS5. RAGSPALE & RAGSDALE, MaintiflPs Attorneys. ik) u'iie Defendant Above-^'amed: Take notice that the Summons in this action (of which the foregoing is a copy) and the Complaint were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Picas for Fairfield County, at Winnsborough, in the County of Fairfield in the Statu of South Carolina, on the 31st day of March, 4- D, 1880. RAGrSDALE & RAGSDALE, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Anll-xGt HIGH ORADE FERTILIZER. Kecogxizing the importance, in a | late season, of farmers usizg highly ammoniated fertilizers, we have arranged to supply the wants of our I 1i?/\ AM r7 AAtt f\?Pi\v* %*>? patiuiid in cms Jliic iwiu urtii VIIC4 mem, until the 1st of May, a JIJGH GRADE FERTILIZER, am^oaiated with the best quality of PRIED BLOOD, the highest 39a best ammoniated known to the trade. Shipments made promptly. DOMESTIC FERTILIZING CO., Colnmbia, S. C. NOTICE F02 FINAL EISCEAEGsf, XWILL apply to J. R. Boyles, of Probate, on Monday ?hd 27th day of April next, pt \0 o'clock, a. m., for a fiual discharge as Executor of the Estate of Logan E. Brown, deceased. M. B. LAWRENCE, Mar26flx3 Executor. If I n m - cn .CO ^ :a ti a %, H ik ?a ra tS -z r " ? ^ . W l?l Ms ^ i w r ?z ^ I b_, _ W S3 ^ > gp^ T1 HT! ? W h= hh -s r: $ ?r , W | W w g> y fe. 5 gs U H ^ -a c^J | & , ^ > 2^: i | gz r X i & w H i ^ 0 ' ~ i "* 3 o> i ? 3R 2. <2 i 5 Hy ! e->? O c!g j 2 >?i o oS I r-1 > ? ? ri a rs !.. S S f 1 J & ^ ^ /Ti I i i g 3 h * IS ^ ^ w ^ ^ Q >;; > t-4 m r o w Si >1 3 I > r? ,3 C 1 M Cx Is W I {T I ?8 ?' H e< 2s ? I? o H P? 8g ^ fe 3 GC TO w ?-^ ? q ATLANTIC COAST LINE. PASSEffGEB DEPARTMENT. WILMINGTON, N, C, OCT. 0, 1$&4 [ t = ISTEW r.IITS ?BETWEEN? Charleston and Columbia and Upper South Carolina* CONDENSED se>gS?ULE. GOING NORTH. Leave Charleston 7.00 a. m. Leave Lanes 8.40 a. m. Leave Sumter 9.48 a. m. Leave Columbia 11.00 a. m. Leave Winnsbora 2.31 p. m. Leave Chester 3.45 p. m. .ueave x oncvine. 5.35 p.m. Leave Lancaster...; 6.25 p. m. Leave Rock Hill 5.00 p. m. Leave Charlotte 6.15 p. m. GOING SOUTH. Arrive at Charlotte 1.00 p. m. Arrive at Kock Hill 2.00 p. nv Arrive at Lancaster 9.00 p. sa. Arrive at Yorkville 1.00 p m. Arrive at Chester i ? p. m. Arrive at x?Vinnsboro .8.48 p. in. Arrive at Columbia ?.. .5.30 p. m. Arrive at Sumter 6.55 p. m. Anive at Lanes..... 8.051). m. Arrive at Charleston 9.45 p. xa. Solid trains between Charleston ant} Co-, lumbis. .J, F. DIVINE, T. M. Gen'l Sup't. Gen4} Agent. SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT! MY STOCK OF SEA S ON J BLE Tro r?/\ xtmr* t W V JO JUJLt M.EJ i I HAVE A FULL STOCK OF STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. CANNED GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY I invite a trial order of ray parched Rio Coffee. I sell you any quantity you want &nd weigh it when you buy it, and you don't have to pay for the paper it is wrapped in. A full supply of farming utensils. Plows, Plow Stocks, Hames, Tracts, Back, Bands, name-Strings, Spades, Shovels, Forks, Hoes, both Brades a?d Handled, Grain Cradles, Grass Blades, Heel-Screws, Lap-Iiings, Repairing Links, etc., etc. Choice Tennessee Flour, Roller Patent and Family Grades. Sugar cured Hams, Meal and Grits. Wheal- Bran, Garden Seeds, Seed Irish Potatoes. A sliare of the trade respectfully solicited. R. M. HUEY. Niw Groceries. J UST RECEIVED A COMPLETE stock of FRESH GROCERIES, consisting of FLOUR, MEAL, SUGAR, COFFEE, TEA, HAMS, BACON, AuJ everything usually kept in a FIRST CLASS GROCERY. SAUSAGE. FRESH PORK SAUSAGE, always on hand at FIFTEEN CENTS per pound, McCAJBLEY & CO. Annul tlr Cm. FRESH IpfsTfiw THREE 'TIMES EVERY .WEEK. FRESH FISH SEMI-WEEKLY. JUST RECEIVED, a fresh supply of Oyster Crackers, Soda Biscuits * Ginger and Fancy Cakes, Tomato Catsup, Bradsaw Sauce, French ilustard, Pig's Feet, Barrel Pickles, Barrel Savtr Kraut, Apples, Onions and Cabbages, Peanuts, Chestnuts, Lemons, Oranges, Banannas, Cocoanuts, Irish Potatoes, Chickens, A r-ggs ana J3uu?r. .. . . 7^ ALSO, '-*7 A The CELEBRATED KANGAROO FIYE- . J CENT CIGAR Meals at all hours through the day at my Restaurant. Nov25 F. W. HABENICHT. GROCEBIES IT GSST TO CLOSE OUT. " . - . H I HAVE determined to 6km out all say Groceries, and willj tftl all are sola, put them at cost for CASH ONU. Sugars, Coffees, Teas," 1>A>.V^. . . . i ^ , -cnue&pfe' - * ' G^^eseT^^toea. ?n1QaV*?* '.' -: V 10 C^ as^01^^. ' ?0^a Ge\ati?e&i- . , r. * ' .< ' . JUST OPENED. : A tub of Gilt Edge Butter, 30c.?cut% Lard, Molasses, Bice, Salt. Spices, Extracts, etc. Stoves, Ha and Woodenware, and House Furnishing Goods-?a nJee line at reasonable prices. - * . J. H. CUMMTNTGS. JUST ARRIVEB! i - -*-wi A-FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES, -? ' consisting of A SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS. AC. -i A FINE LOT EARLY ROSE POTATOES CANNED GOODS, Salmon, Sardines, Tomatoes, Pesetas^, Corn, Pears, Pineapple, etc. - '- _. ~ We have just received a nice Ciga-s and Tobaccos-Chewing ~~and^ ing. Call and tiy them. l'n.thes^,as: wel j . . as all other soods. we <?uaTantfs?> its &ivc> Z' satisfaction, .frothln. quality ap?&pcice. ; PBOFSTEBOS. CREAM TAJRTAK. , , <4 . : . \ ONE HUNDRED POUNDS OFBTTBSv CREAK ?F TARTAR. [ . iUsi :x ?AXiSO?. ?' 1 one in'xrmtvrv sttp-pp: CARB SODA. Just ant tfee Drug Store of w. e. aiken:. - v : j EXECCXOBS' NOTICE!. All persons indebted to <sb having claims against the Estate of ?3?en ROBERTSON, deoeased, of Longtown, Fairfield County, S. C? are requested to - . make payment to, and render them prop erly attested to ' V \ ~ R. S. DESPORTES, Executor, Columbia, Sw C.,. or DAVID G. ROgEgTSON, t,' - jjjfcecutor, January 14,1885. Loogtown, S. C. " Janl7fx3m WAG*EES Jit., WILL be found at the following pljees this reason, viz.: At his stable, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; at Monticello, Thm-sday; at Bell's Bridge (Mr. W. H. Adams'), Friday; Tbos. 1%, Mitchell's Mill, Saturday. WAGNER, Jr., is a dark sorrel, sixteen hands high, drives well in harness, a;nd his riding qualities are unsurpassed.. Aze? - . ! ft*AOW' f AfWf *** - * * * ** ; j.vui YCdiOt - Va <M*u 'JjtUi1?M*UUU& apply to MOSES CLOWNEY, AplTfxlm* Buc^head. S. C. cojlumbl'a BOY._ :: THE very last trotting stallion COLUM- i BIA BOY wi'j stand, tlie season o11 18S3 at Rock City. Columbia Boy is xeiy handsome bay sixteen hands ingt, six ; ' yeais old, and is of exceedinelv kind dis- . position. For terms and tnfbrniati<ra *d^.' ";dress ~ - JAMES MARK,...-At Granite Qu&njgs... Post-office?Winnsbcro, S. C. - ?. Mar24fx2m. . ~ T5S CB0SB7 PTSTlTTOgJ" pIYES MODEL COURSES OF ITS, OWH - VJ in all the Common School an & Colk> giate Branches, including bookke ^ping an'j vocal and instrumental music. Tive to eight elaborate recitations, Vith repc,rts dailv. Teachers, eroerienc J*. ? * . CUj WUMW.ljJOj handsome; location, oeant ^ ajrf sal'abrt ous: church facilities, go* /j. School fully ^ supplied with charts, in ApS; globes, blackboard surface, patent 'iesJcs. etc., eia The Reading Room, alw?^ open and free to. all, has a choice sel-^tion of currant liters ture. Rates of TTjrriON and BOARD to suit the stringent times. The conditions of a mind and proper application being given. Sat'isfactiox safely gttabahteed. Foi- further particulars send for a, circular . T? Y> HT'OTITT j_>. uuoq i, a. ji., rnncipai Octse Halsellville, S. C WANTED.~~ , COTTONSEED! COTTONSEED!! I will pay (15o.) fifteen cents cask per Bushel for 10.000 Bushels SOUND DEY r?ArPrrA\T CT?T>TV .3,*? 3 i-- ' x i \j-ui ueuverea to me. as tnf? place before the first of next Xotember Will exchange Cotton Seed Meai for Cotton Seed. : . J. B, FRAMES, Oct l<-x3m Strothers, S.C. For sale bv >< J. M. BEATY & CO.