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VOL. XLIII. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1887. -NO.25.
^ THE LAWS OF T1IE STATE.
SO.ME OK Tiii; ACTS !iV Tii!:;
KKCXNT I-sXilNS-ATl hi:.
Statutory Provisions on Various Matters |
of i?{< ! ? >?.
j The following are some of the more '
important Acts passed at the recent ses-1
sion of the General Assembly:
Arj'.kst and bail.
Ax Act to Amend Section 200 of the
Code of Civil Procedure, relating to
r Arrest and Bail.
Sectiox j. That Section 200 of the
Code of Civil Procedure be amended by
adding thereto the following, to be
known as Paragraph G:
"In an action for the recovery of
damages in a, cause of action not arising
out contract, when the defendant is a
non-resident of the State, or is about to
r- remove therefrom, or when the action is |
f for injury to person or character, or for
p - injuring or for wrongfully tricing, de
m taiug or convening pruyex-vj.
I hawkxks and
Ax Act to amend Sections 1,30;>ami 1 ,3i2
of the General Statutes, relating to
Hawkers and Peddlers.
r Section 1. That Sections 1,330 of tbc^
General Statutes bo, and the sarue is
hereby, amended, so that said seetiou, as
amended, shall read as follows:
r "Section 1,339. The clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for each count}- shuii
1 i- have authority to iss-:e such licensc to
V, . anv hawker or peddler, to be available
within the limits of his county, and to
"> be of force for the space of one yesr
rfrom the date of issue; and he shall
charge lor any such license a fee of one
linmlrfifl dollars, to be Duid l>~ hilil into
the hands of the county treasurer fur the j
use of the county."
Sec. 2. That Section 1,312 of the GenI
eral Statutes be, and the same is hereby,
amended, so that said section, as amended,
shall read as follows:
"Section I,0A2. The provisions of this
[ chapter shall not extend to vendors of
L?- fnxit, maps, newspapers, magazines,
books, vegetables, tobacco, provisions
of any kind, or agricultu-id products, or to
B sales by sample by persons traveling for
established commercial houses, or to
sales of staple articles manufactured in
this State."
PAlvTITIOX.
B ^ Act to amend an Act entitled "Jn
4.^ 1 i nf f
General Statutes, in relation to Parti-:
I tion," approved December ^G, A. D. j
Section 1, That an Act entitled "An
&L. Act to amend Seotion 1,830 of the GenStatutes*
in relation to partition,"
approved December 2S85, l>e amend3?r
ed by adding tliereto the following |
!? proviso: Provided, that no tiling herein !
W contained shall be construed to aii'ect j
the power of the Court of Common j
Pleas to dispense with the issuing o: i
such writ hi eases where, in the jiulg- i
ment oi the Court, it would involve un
necessary expense to issue the same, and j
the Court siall have jjower hi all pro-!
oeedings in partition, wiiliout recourse
. . to the said writ, to determine, by ;
rof testimony taken before the proper
? officer and reported to the Court, whetli- i
er a panitTon"in kind among the parties i
be practicable or expedient; and in cases j
where such partition cannot be fairly |
and eqnali3* made, to order a sale of the j
property and a division of the proceeds,
according to the rights of the parries.
the stealing or .melons axd rncrr.
Ax Acr to Punish the Stealing of Melons
or Fruits.
c -t rr:,.>. .T-. - eliol'! cfci]
JL. JL HO.H oi.*uj * v?v*?b
from the premises of another any radons
apL or fruits, whether severed from the ?reeIjfc.
hold or not, shall be deemed guilty of a
|?f^ misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof,
5i?r shall he punished by imprisonment for
W not more than thirty days, or by line of
ft not more than iii'ty dollars.
|| kepaibs OF highways.
As Acx to amend Section 618 of the
General Statutes of South Carolina,
relating to the Ilepairs 01 Kighwas.
Section 1. That Section CIS of the
General Statutes of South Carolina he,
and the same is hereby, amended so as
Eio read:
"Section CIS. Tlie county commissioners
shall'take charge oi' and superintend
the repair of the highways in the
county; the bridges shall be repaired
under their supervision, and the expense
of the same shall be paid cut of the
money in the treasury, raised and appropriated
for this purpose; and all the
work on bridges given out by the county
commissioners, when the amount shall
exceed the sum of ten dollars, shall be
done by contract; when the amount
s&ail exceed the sum of one hundred
dollars the county commissioners art;
hereby required to advertise the same in
a; least one of the papers in ths county;
said proposal in all such cases be accompanied
by two or more sulhcient sureties;
?>*; when the amount is less than one hundred
dollars and is over ten dollar?, the
county commissioners are hereby re-?4.^
/-1-r-r.T+ioA cotmo l,r
BnR2gg2[ ijiU-LCU. tVw' avi?uu,v ~J ^ ... 0
Br a notice in throe public places, one of
which must be at ihe phiee* where the
work is to be done; sahi notices to he
|Wr posted ten (J 0) days prior to the clay on
|fjjp which work is to be let; and the county
commissioners shall have the right to
reject any or all bids if in their judgment
V the interest of the county so requires."
COM-T-DEIJATE SOUK223.
Ax Act to allow persons who shall have
resided within this fetate for ten years
since the close of the Civil War, unci
W who have lost their legs or arras, or
have been permanently disabled in
their legs or urms, during Military
SAW'M -in vi?'-s :s.<;: IS;
h wvi?ivv ? ?? v
ISGi and 18o-3, to obtain the bcneiiti
of an Act entitled "An Act to provide
H Artificial Limbs for ail soldiers of int
State who lost their legs or amis, o:
Bllf who have bccu pc-rmancntiy disabled
b in their legs or arms during ZUilitarv
v Service in the years IS'JI, ISO-, IS---,
lS&s and and who ha"\ e not been
supplied under the provisions of former
Acts o: the General Assembly,'' ap|v
proved December 17, A. D. 1SS1, anci
the Acts amendatory thereto.
Say Section 1. That persons who were engaged
in the military service of the Con
Wff federate States," and who shall have reWr^
sided within the Slate for a period oi
|jj|? ten years since the close of the civil war.
S? and who h?ve lost their legs or arms, o]
v?<idn disabled in then
F legs or arms during sucil servie,-.
be entitled to tin; oenetits o* v-ri At: on
titled '. An Aci to provide artificial limb.ior
all soldiers of the State who losl
their legs or arms, or who iiave beei
permanently disabled in their legs o;
arms during military service in r!;e year
1861, 1862, 1S&J, 18GA and an.
who have not been supplied under th<
provisions of former Acts of the Genera
Assembly," approved December 17
A. D. lool, anil of all the Acts of th<
General Assembly ameudatory thereto
The provisions of this Act shall not b
ajuie to apply in iu~ cac-e oi any on<
^ who may have received assistance froxa
{my other State. And every applican
for the relief extended l>y tliis Act shall
furnish satisfactory proof to the comptroller
general of the Stai<; tlxat no such
assistaiiei' has been furnished such applic.ii-t
I / v any other State.
nrr: huxttxg of
An* Act to Amend Section 1,6^7 of the
General Statutes, relating to the Hunting
of Deer.
Section* 1. That Section 2,087 of the
General Statutes he, and the same is
rwiv amendr-d. s?# that tha said sec
tiua 5sha.ll read as follows:
' Section j. '/ ST. It shaU not be lawful
for any person in tbis State to kill any
deer, or to worry them with dogs, or
otherwise, with intention of destroying
them, between t-lie first clay of February
ami the first day of September, in any
year hereafter, except in tbe counties of
Clarendon, Georgetown, Colleton, Wiliiaras'otirg,
Marlboro, Kershaw, I [orry.
Darlington, Marion and Berkeley, in
which counties it snail not bo lawful to
hunt them between the iir=-fc day of February
and the first uav of August. Any
person violating this^eetion'shali, upon
eonvi tion thereof, be fined not lvss than
tcM nor moiv than twenty dollars, or be
imprisoned not less than ten nor'more
than twenty days, which fine, if imposed,
shall be recoverable before any. Court of
competent jurisdiction; one-nan tiierept
to go to the informer, and the other half
thereof to the use of the county in which
the conviction is had." *
&so. 2. That an Act entitled "An Act
to amend Section one thousand six hundred
and eighty-seven (i,6S7) of the
General Statutes, relating to the hunting
of deer," approved December 23, 1S3-1,
be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
the licsxsj: law in* axjuebsox and
lau322fs.
Ax Act to submit the question of License
for the sale of Spirituous, Malt or Intoxicating
Liquors in Anderson and
Laurens Counties to the qualified
Electors thereof, and providing penalties
for the violation or evasion, or
attempted evasion, of the Prohibition
.Law, iI a impurity ol tuc said iiectors
vote in favor thereof.
Section 1. That it'be submitted.to a
vote oi the qualified electors of the
Counties oi' Anderson and Laurens to
pass upon the question*of license i the
Nile of spirituous, liquors within the
limits of said county,/, -or no license
therefor, at a special .-election to be held
on the third Tuesday in August, A. D.
idST, between the hours of 8 o'clock a.
m. and -1 o'clock p. ra.: Provided, that
no election shall be held except upon a
petition sig; ed by a. majority, jt the
owners of real estate in eithr.- "jimiy in
which the election is to be h*> :!. That
for the purpose of holding said election, I
the commissioners of .elections for such |
counties be authorized and .required to |
appoint a commissioner of 'registration
in each township, who sLf.ll serve without
compensation, and likewise appoint
three days in which such commissioners
of registration shall register all male
citizens residing in their respective precincts
over the age of 21 years, a:.d give
to them certificates of respiration, which
shall be delivered to the mai^j.-rs ofj
election when such voter depots Ids;
ballot. The commissioners ol election j
for .-aid counties shall give fifteen days' j
notice by publication in one or more |
county papers of the name of such com- j
nii*;iviicrs vi registration, trie ctnysupon j
which and the plates at which such;
registration shall be had. The books of I
the registration shall be open ior inspection
by the public, and shall be, on' the
day preceding the election, turned over
to the managers of election.. A separate
book shall be kept for each poll; and no
person shall be allowed to register or
vote in such election who has been convicted
of any crime which disqualifies
under the Constitution, and who is not
a citizen of tL.- >;tate and .a resident jot
the county for six months. preceding*the
election. The' county commissioners
shall furnish the necessary blanks and
books required herein.
SSec. 2. Tliat for the purpose of holding
sai.i election the commissioners of
election, for State and county ollicers,
in said counties, arc hereby required to
appoint three managers oi election for
each voting precinct in the counties, and'
publish a list thereof at least fifteen days
before such election, stating the time
and places of such elections and the
question to be voted upon, a?:d the form
of ballot thereon, as follows: Thuse who.
favor the granting of license to sell
spirituous liquors in such counties shall
vote a ballot with the words "no prohibition"
written or printed thereon, and
those "who oppose su ;h license, shall vote
a ballot with the word "prohibition"
written or printed thereon. In case.any
manager so appointed refuses or fails to.
serve in i;uch elections, saicl commissien-r
i ers of election shall have the .right to
appoint some other person to take the
place of such manager so refusing to
serve. The commissioners of election
shall furnish the managers with. suitable
ballot-boxDS and the necessary stationery
I +V./-. ori/1 coifl
XKJL VUiiUU'wU-ij Hit y MUU
managers skali qualify as l'or State elections.
They shall proceed to count the
ballots as soon as the polls close, and
shall lodge vrith the said commissioners
of election the "ballot-boxes containing
the ballots and poll lists, with a certified
statement of the result of the election,
by 2 o'clock p. m. on tho day' following
the election. TL*. commissioners and
managers of electron shall serve without
compensation in this election, but the
county commissioners for such county
shall, from the county funds, defray all
necessary expenses incurred, by the commissioners
of election herein ordered.
Sue. 3. That the commissioners of
election thai! tabulate and declare the
result o: said election and 'publish such
result in the county paper*,, and tile a
certificate thereof with the statement,
by precincts, in the ofrier of the clerk ol
* -> Cc.rtrl for -\~-.7i-rsou countv and
Laurens county respectively, -which
shall be deemed ami taken to' be noticto
ail the citizens or' the said counties as
to the rej".It ot the election J therein. .
Si:;', -i. That if-a majority of the electors
votir.g in sucli election shall-, vott
"no prohibition," then the eoaucil oi
such city, town or village in such coan
ty bhaii o ;ntinue to grant licenses foi
the sale o: spirituous liquors under the
1 provisions of lav,- a* novr existing in sucl
city, to'.vn ??r village.
Six-. "). That if a majority of the elec
tors, voting in such election,, shall vot<
"prohiol;:.-.n," it shall not ho lawful foi
I the counfj. treasurer or the -aoiincil o:
, any city, U;?n or village m sucn county
: to grant uny licensc for tiie sale of sx>ir
ituous. n or intoxicating iiof.o^s
L J5i:c\ it a iua^riiy of tlie vice
- tors voting in such election vote prohi
> bition, it be a misdemeanor for air
t person or persons except druggists, t<
i sell any spSiiuous, malt or intoxicating
r iiqtiors, except domestic vines, as no-s
provided by lav in suoii counties, vitli
out a municipal license, and any persoi
violating this lav, upon conviction
1 thereof. shall be imprisoned for a tern
no-. fh.ir? thirtv d.iv? or mo^
3 rknn twelve months, and fined in th<
. discretion of the Court,
e 3::c*. 1 ,;at if a majority of the elec
c tors voting in such election vote prohi
a bition, it sSwU be a misdemeanor for air
t person to give away, barter or cxcluvng
spirituous or malt or intoxicating liquors j
in connection with auy "business con- j
ducted by such person in such counties I
withoutamanicipfJ license, and upon;
conviction thereof such prrson shall be
imprisoned for a term oi not less tiian
thirty days o~c more than twelve months,
and lined in the discretion of the Court.
S::". 8. That if a majority of the electors,
voting in such election, vote prohibition,
it shall be a misdemeanor for any
person to keep any spirituous or malt or
intoxicating liquors in any room or
house in said county in which a United
States license to seii the same is posted. |
without :i license UO(h r the State laws
also, and upon conviction thereof such
person shall be imprisoned for not less
than thirty days nor more than twelve
months, and lined in the discretion of
the Court.
0. I: a majority of the voters in
such election vote prohibition, it shali
be the daty of every railroad agent in
such counties to keep a .separate book,
in which he shall enter every barrel, keg
or package of spirituous, malt or intoxicating
liquors received at his station by
freight or by express, the date of its receipt,
the consignee, the character of
spirits marked on it, and the amount
contained in each package.
S-:c. 11. If a majority, of the said
electors vote "prohibition," it shall be a
misdemeanor for any druggist to sell
any spirituous or malt or intoxicating
liquors, or any bitters compounded by
him, or for him, to evade this law, wirhout
a written prescription from a regular j
practicing physician in actur 1 attendance
upon a patient, vrhioL shall certify that
such physician is attending the person
for whom the prescription is made, the
amout prescribed, and that in the judgment
of such physician the stimulant is
needed for that patient, and that the
certificate is not given to enable the j
patient or any other person to procure ;
such stimulant as a beverage. All such
prescriptions shall be filed to them- j
selves, and shall be open to inspection
by the police or any member of the city
or town council, or by any other person
interested therein. Any person violating
the provisions of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, be imprisoned for
not less than thirty days nor more than
twelve months, and fined in the discre
turn of the Court.
Sec. 12. That if a majority *of the
electors, voting in such election, vote
prohibition, any physician who shall
give the prescription, as prescribed in
the foregoing section, to enable any person
to obtain an intoxicant as a beverage,
or who shall give the prescription
Milder circumstances different from those
stated in the certificate, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, his name shall be stricken from
the roil of physicians, and he shall not
again be allowed to practice medicine in
such counties, and shall be liable to fine
and imprisonment in the discretion of
the Court.
Ssc. 13. That all Acts or parts of Ac's
inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act be repealed, in so far as they may interfere
with the operations of this Act,
so far as they may affect the counties ox
Anderson and Laurens.
The x'ainoiis Moon .Story.
The moon story, -wlno.h r?.pp*ia.r?d in
| ttte fall of tS35, in the columus of the
Xew York Sun, was the nioai gigantic
; newspaper hoax ever perpetrated. It
; was known that Sir John Kerschel had
I gone zo the Cape of Good Hope, to
; make observations with the new instruments
of extraordinary power.. Then
there appeared a series of papers describing
wiiat Sir John had discovered.
They purported to be copied from the
pages of a supplement to the Edinburg
(Scotland) Journal of Science, exclusive
copies of which had been received at the
'Situ office.
It vras known that the atmosphere cf
' * ttt - v n
!- tiio vjape oi uooci Jiope is unequaueu
| for purity, and of course lias a corre
j spending facility of astronomical ob- i
| serration, and wiien it was stated, that
| nobody us could undertake to
deny, especially as it was said to be eonsinned
by actual observation, that the
: great object glass of the astronomer's
chief telegraph was a lens of seven tons
weight, no great" wonder was felt if the
results from its use were unexampled.
It .was said, then, in the alleged report
ui the ':great discoveries," tlnrrso great
was the magnifying power of this instrument
(4:2,000 times) that it could
; impart to objects at the distance of the
moon a degree of visibility equal to that
enjoyed by objects on our earth not
more than one hundred yards off. This
put it within St. John's power to view,
nor nriltr *TWInrm>r rfass of natural ob
i jccts in the moon, but to see with ease
the dwellings, animals, and even persons
of the Lunarians, which he accordingly
described.?Ben. Perley Poore in Man.
ufactniers' Gazette.
A Child's Devotion.
Some years ago- there was a country
gentleman in Derbyshire who met with
terrible reverses, ami was bereft of wife
and sou, oniy a daughter about twelve
years, of age being left him, relates a
writer in Cassell's .Magazine for December.
A neighbor sent a few chairs and
; a couple of beds into an empty cottage
! so that the father and child might have
a roof over their heads, but could do no
more, though she would have gladly
have kei >t the little girl, who, however,
insisfcu That she must be at home in the
new house to welcome h-.'r lather, and
make him :is comfortable as she could.
The only possession she had clung to
a small rosewood workbox, wnich
. had belonged to her dead mother, and
. when left alone to await her father's return
from the county town, she opened
hc-r workbox and sat down witii her
. needle like a little old woman. It was a
. warm autumn afternoon when she thus
! settled herself, but in the course of an
? hour a heavy rain carno on, .rhieh lasted
the whole evening, and it was long after
dark when she heard her father's weary
? footsteps approaching and joyfully
t opened the door to let him in. lie was
wet through, and almost broken hearted,
" a thoroughly be???n man, and the child's
i one idea was that a cup of tea would
i .comfort him. She had been provxayd
with the tea and the pot to inakp it in,
and a kettle and everything necessary
for a simple incai, but lier despair may
- be imagined when she found that there
was net a particle of fuel in the honse.
The sight of her father sitting shivering,
with his fr-cc br.;ied i*i his Hands, was
inspiration to her and as" qnick a^
thought sh-j broke up her workbox,
pulkd'out the slight divisions for cot7
-tujue, eto., set light to them on the
> hearth, added the thicker pieces as soon
> .as the Same was strong enough, boiled
r the kettle and made the hot cup of tea.
- There was something sublime about that
? ciiutrs momer-wit ana uevonon.?jvew
i JorfcSjar.
A. Bibb, cf ^Montgomery.
AIa7,"uicd Sunday night in the eighty
sixth year of her age. She acquired r
- vide reputation during the war as the
- President of tne Soldiers' Hospihd Soy
cicty, and her good deeds to the sicr
; and wounded on both sides.
CTg ?_LB -T.'l--,. - . COf..
KV.LIOTT ANU J JO IS >OIAI,X-.S.
Some I::tcrc>!iii^ Facts A'jnitt lise CVii?ros?;o?al
Contest i:i 15ie Ulaclc I>i>lricl~
liovv Js V.'as XJeati.-n.
(Srachope S..ms in :be Augusta Cbronic'e.)
A fevv 'lays ago I had the pleasure of
meeting .Tames Singleton, one of the
colored members from Berkeley county
in the Legislature of 1^82?and an interesting
and powerful factor in the re
i i?i. _ i.i._ o ii. i.?
CL'Iil COUieSt 1U UltJ OUVt'Ul/H UlSbliCb W
tween Col. "William Elliott and Robert
Smalls. That fierce political race is
fresh in tlie recoll-ction of all, and it
will be remembered that Column Elliott
entered the field against bis expressed
inclination, ::nd yielded Ids pleasure and
judgment to the wishes of bis party.
The Seventh district bad been a Bepublican
stronghold since the days of Federal
occupation, and in 1882 had sent a
i'lepubiicaD, E. W. 31. Mackey, to Congress
by an overwhelming majority,
^lackey died in T>:.S'i, and Kobert Smalls
a colored Republican, was elected to fill
the unexpired term. In 1881 Smalls was
returned to Congress, defeating Colonel
Win. Elliott, tbo nominee of the Democrats.
In this election the Republican
'l.o/l '! >.,..11 nrrlirmn
ished, but not enough lo aii'ord any hope
for the Democrats in the next election.
It was under .such adverse circumstances,
and in the teeth of despair, that
Colonel Elliott was tendered the Demo-1
cratic nomination in lSSo. He had no
desire for a second sacrifice, but yielded
to the solicitation of his party, who believed
Mm the only man in the district
that could lead the ''forlorn hope." His
victory is well known, and to that victory
no one contributed inure than James
Singleton, of Sr. Stephen's parish,
Berkeley county.
Singleton favored me with a short
sketch of his own political career. He
received no furher education than a
brief course at a country schoo], and
what he lias achieved has been due to
their force of character, aided of course,
* * > 1 ? -i t? xv - *r> -
ly tuc peculiar power neiti dv ijj? x\t>
pubiican party in his county. In 18S2-S3
ho represented Berkeley county in the
State Legislature. His colleagues were
Anderson Singleton, W. "W. Becker, C.
A. Havenel and Yv. G. Pincknev ail colored
men.
It was in this Legislature that i'inekney
made himself famous by voting "for
himself as United States Senator. When
his name wus reached, in eour.-e of the
election, he called out, "I vote for "William
G. Pinckney." Pinckney's vote
was the only one cast for himself, and
Gen. 31. C. Butler was elected.
Since 1-SSo Singleton has not been in
politics himself, though at every election
inv h:.< '>' vf.v (' f.-v.i ill
the election in ISSo, '.viaen bo joined
forces with the Democrats and insured
tlio election of Colonel Elliott. lie is
still without the arena, but the bee has
not entirely ceased to .buzz in his bonnet.
There is no certainty of- his continned
allegiance to the Democrats, as
his defection was rather because of the
"bossism" of Smaiis than from any conversion
to Democratic principles. There
is no doubt, however, that his alliance
won the victory of '86, and the party
owes hiru.its gratitude and a part in its
triumphs.
After meeting Singkton I inquired
into his work for the Democrats last
year. TTlial lie helped lo accoaipusL
may be appreciated by noting the change
in the votes of Berkeley, and especially
in St. Stephen's Parish, where Singleton
did his best work. In 1882 this Parish
gave Mackey about -100 votes against 56
for E. Sam Lee. In 188* Smalls re
ceived in tlie same i/ansii a large majority
over Colonel Elliott. In 1SSG, Colonel
Elliott received -101 votes in the
same Parish against 45 for Smalls; thus
more than reversing the Republican majority
oi 1882 and 1884,
It has been claimed that this enormous
majority was obtained through fraud. I
will not no v.- discuss this charge, but
| certainly there was widespread defection
in the ranks of the Republicans in the
.Seventh district. The strength of that
party, indeed the life of the party, and
the party itself, was in the colored
voters. Smalls was a colored representative,
and they looked at him as a friend
in places where he co iid benefit his own
race. This, they claimed, he always
failed to do, and represented his constituents
only in color.
In the words of one of the disaffected,
Smalls "had grown too heavy for the
party to carry," and the party "kid to
drop him." On one occasion, speaking
to a. voter who was working against him,
Smalls is said to have exclaimed: "The
lean dog ain't stand by the fat dog,"
and struck his hand on his pocket for
emphasis. Such a representative . must
be defeated, and he went down beneath
the weight of indignation his actions
and his neglect had brought upon him.
It is said that Smalls helped to defeat
himself by his candid recognition of the
probity and honor of Colonel Elliott.
Small announced from the stump that
Colonel Elliott was in every way fitted
for the place, and that his own (Smalls';
legal representative in Beaufort. Whatever
may be the result of the contest
over the scat in Congress, it appears
evident that outside of fraud practiced
by either party, Colonel Elliott beat
Smalls bv just und unpurchased votes,
i v *
An Idaho Editor and ;i Uurglar.
"We wish to return our sincere
thank?," says the editor of an Idaho
paper, "to the enterprising but misguided
burglar who broke into our resilience
night before last under the impression
that lie was crac-uing the crib
ox the druggist who lives next door. He
entered at a window and carefuhy removed
his boots, setting them down on
a m_
UIG IIUUJL. 1U Lliio ciiiu. iv
the fact that we saw him come hi we ?.re
indebted lor the iirsi, good pair pi boots
wc have hacl in ten yeqrs. While he was
ransacking fhe house we quietly slipped
out of bed and exchanged our old boot?
for his and then went back to bed and
fell asleep. How long he was in iixe
house wc do not kno but the presumption
is that wiien he went awav he toot
t Lie oJ.u boots. J-iic-y have been missing
ever since, and there was 210tiling els>
to take."
T lie 3I:ikes a ?INtakf.
The Czar?Brother Jonathan, do yoi"
know anyliang about tht hJtiUidard 0.;
.Company ?
Brother Jonathan?I should say I did
. wbv?
The (V.rir?They have been buying
land and wells over here.
Brother .>ona?L:vi?They bar-.? Hav<
: they made you an oiler for your throne
: yet"?
. The Czar?Oh, no!
Brother Jonathan?Haven't they hint
. /I tlio'f *.wn /v/vnlrl mol.*A mo-nov Viv* Sfll
ing out now and retiring to private life
instead of waiting until they squecz<
you out?
, Tlie Czar?Xo-; r, Ww.ro.
Brother Jonathan?It's some othe
i company, then.?Omaha World.
A man never wants to laugh when a fl;
' lights ?.)i his nw: nevertheless he is crre:U!
lieklefl.
HOW THEY ri.AYi;;> JT.
j A IJasi: Ball Team t.iat a ''iinagt-r Slioulti
j > "? Secure.
(F:om the Hiifraukoe Wirconsin.)
If the dramatist who declared a quarj
ter of a cycle ago that "ranch vilhriny
j may hb vented in a pudding," had .stood
: with a "Wisconsin reporter near the
! vacant lot at the comer of Grand avenue
I and Xinth street, yesterday afternoon.
i w naa*a. uMYi/>1<? limivi
J-i*.' WVAUJLU. JLiCiVO UUUV/U? *riUVAU juwwav* |
may be vented in three little colored
boys and two little tfhite boys playing
bail." The game was a side issue to a
game in which larger boys were engaged
ia the otl^r part of the field. The
largest white boy. who wore a tight
plush -corduroy suit, and the largest
} colored boy were at the bat, playing
! against tiie other three. The next largest
colored boy was catcher, while a woollyheaded.
sable-skinned youngster twirled
the sphere for the outside, and a diminutive
white boy played the bases, # short,
stop and fielders' positions. A still
smaller* xlercd boy gamboled around
home-plat? and'behind the catcher, ^citing
gene-riily in the7" way.
The white boy in corduroys . went to
the bat as the reporter came on the
sccnev The pitcher asked him where ho
wante'd it, and when he said, "High
ball,-^threw it and struck the batter on
the foot. The catcher said ".Dead bail."
iitAll ?? ?*0 V/UV vy?- i. V.
gamboling. urchin ran after it, as it
bounded against the brick Wall. The
e&tcher ran after it too, but the other
fell upon the ball and fought for it,
-while the man on second base ran around
and came In." Then the catcher, whose
lip was 'short enough to show white
teeth; angrily cuii'ed the little fellow 011
the head w^th his list, and obtained the
ball by force. The tiny coon was evidently
half-minded to cry, but changed
his intention, $nd kicked at the catcher's
shin. The fielder^ meanwhile, had begun
to climb a sapling which served as
iirst base, and, missing his hold, had
scraped the skin of his wrist. The next
ball was over the base, and the striker
hit it over the fence in. left held, if e
proceeded to rim around the bases. The
ilelder was bewailing his sore wrist, and
the pitcher threw his hatVu the ground
and stood on his head, facing second
base, and stuck out his tongue at the
base runner, while the catcher shouted
in treble, "Put her home! What ver
doing Jimmy!" A bystander threw the
ball over the fence, and it got in the
catcher's hands in time to drive the
corduroy youngster back to third base.
wnen tne bail was tnrown 10 me pircn- j
< r lie lay ijpwn on his stomach upon it.
and endeavored -to induce the man on
third to ran in on the supposition that
he lyid'lo*st it. By this time the fielder
had got to third,*and when the baserunner
'started t<3 run in the pitcher
threw the oali to third. Then the fielder
said he wouldn't play, and the 'pitcher
stood on his head and walked around on
his hands, making horrible grimaces,
and tke_ ball roiled under the fence.
Harmony was finally restored and the
game progressed. The pitcher throw
up his hat and yelled, "Butterfingers!"
every time ?he catcher missed a foul lip,
and there was constant discussion between
the'batsman and catcher as to the
number o^fcrikes". The game remained
in stattLguc. when the reporter left.
O lei-Fas! 1 i on ed I?ou>ckccpers.
mi 9 -1 - e ?
j xnerre s a iiuiu u? wuuutu wnu
j disappearing from tlie race. Tliey are
: not being born in any great numbers,
and in a couple of generations they vail
not be known at all. They will be an
extinct race, and as they leave no
statues or endurable works of art or
monuments behind them, nobody in
future ages will ever know they existed.
Their monument? are eaten every morning
and every evening and they disappear.
As long as women of this kind
live their good works will renew themselves,
and they'll be missed when they
die; but it looks sadly as if thio generation
would see the last of them. Per3
taps some of you may have . guessed 1
i mean the lady of the old school who
prides herself on her housekeeping. * I
mean the lady, who is in most cases rather
old, who will'not accept anything but
the best meat from the butcher, who
knows butter and eggs and chc ese like a
book, and whom the grocer hates cordially
while he respects and admires fcev.
I know ^ne, and I would like to see the
man who would try to pairn oiY on her
oleomargarine. Those housekeepers,
those mothers who pride themselves on
bringing up their children well, and who
keep a consV-nt eye on their servants,
can only be beat from the strictest rules
of propriety in tho household by housekeeping
considerations. There's one of
this dear, old-fashioned school up town
who has a very pretty servant maid, a
j very tempting servant maid, who always
i jrets served first in the morning, and has
all tlic tradespeople interested in the
house. The milkman tries to come late,
so he may find her, and the butterman
is wild about her, and the butcher sometimes
comes himself to see that the meat
is all right. Those advantages have not
been lost upon the lady of the house,
but she is a stickler fir propriety. So,
when, the other morning, .she found the
butcher's boy kissing the pretty servant
maid, she was shocked. She wrote a
note to the butcher and told him if he
couldn't send a boy who behaved himself
she would take her name off His list
of customers and she'd get her meat elsewhere.
At breakfast she-spoke about it.
mamma, you'd b<-ttsr write to
- i?*.!.?;? 1..V? i
lilC -IJ.U iiWl CYCi)
morning," said the daughter of the
house.
' What*? The bntfcerman, t<io'J"
4 'Certainly. I sow hyp. yesterday morning."
.. ' .
tlieai; saei Well, I can't; help it. He
must just do it. for I can't got ,.ny thing
Iike as good batter anywhere c Is i.'^an
Francisco Chronicle.
Soau'IInj; t!tc
The Jacksonville Tixnes-Unioii says
the tourist travel is being diverted to :t
; considerable extent frorh Florida to Crd;
ifoxnia, ivnd asserts that scarcely any
: cubits have been made to secure far
Florida the attention at tlio Jvorth to
which it may portly lay claim. It further
says that the diversion to California
has been made l>y a systematic and
l thorough advertising of its attractions
1 and by the liberality ox railroads in
granting extremely low figures to travel;
ers to the Pacific coast. A convention
of the hotel men of Florida was held at
; .Jacksonville last Wednesday and action
to avert tuo disaster which ^fircatens
; them by the diversions . : the travel
. which hus for .v-veral heayons crowded
the hotels of the cities and towns in
Florida. The Times-Union says the
r railroads and the hotel men must reduce
- their rates, and that'these reductions
, and the advantages of Florida must be
e advertised in a thorough and intelligent
1 manner.
r Judge Barrett, of the Xev." York Supreme
Court, denied the motion for ?
change of venue in the cas; of Jacol
.Sharpe, who was indicted for bribing
v j boodle Aldermen to pass the Broadway
railway franchise.
<?%
AKot\\j> riiii v.on a .!!cvcm:.
Thomas .SS<*v<-s;s Travels ami Set's
S! >r<-;>"s :;;n" EVojsie.
Tlie world luts been giidi J by a
bicycle. An American has brought u.
new Arabian lights talc to ihr eifcy cf
Haroun Al liascbiil, and a 1're.-ii wonder
story to the nnivcry boots. A young
man from the little village of Turney,
Mo.. Mr. Thomas Stevens. started from
San i* rancifco at 8 o'clock on the doming
of April 'I'l, ISSi, to go around the
world on his bicycle. He has just arrived
in San Francisco, after sinning about
! tbe whirling globe :->r two years and
! eiirhfc months. He went as special dele
laic to all nations of tlie prosperous
magazine, Outing.
Mr. Stevens wheeled across the Sierras
through snow sheds, tunnels, canons,
along precipices and around mountains
where he heard the roaring of the snowslides
and found the peaks covered with
j thirty feet of snow, Then over the
desert of Nevada, with its mirages, where
i no birds were visible and little shining
1 iizaras were the only living things* now.
i calling en the Piutes, now aiming a snot at
a mountain lion, then riding by the clear
moonlight through the Kockieg; next
crossing Utah, swimming in the Salt
Lake, chatting with a pretty Mormon
maiden, riding past the castellated rocks
of Green River, and slowly crossing the
red desert. Then going through. Nej
braska and Iowa, past a communistic
community of 15,000 happy people, with,
i 50,000 acres of rich land, with towns
and factories. So on through Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Northern Pennsylvania,
New York and -Massachusetts. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon of August -i he
caught sight of the spires of Boston. He
had crossed the continent in 1031 days
and had traveled 3,70U miles.
Mr. Stevens rested in New York during
the v;'inter, and in the spring of
ISSo sailed, with hit bicycle, for Liverpool
to take up the thread of travel that
he "was going to tic about the world. He
sailed on the City of Chicago with two
slips of bicycler's paper?one to paste on
the Chinese vail and one on the cliffs of
the Xybcer Pass.
On May '1, 1865, he started from Edge
Hiii Church, Liverpool, to wheel across
the vast continents of Europe and Asia.
He wheeled 300 miles to London, meeting
at a bicycle tournament on the way
Mrjor Knox Holmes, who had recently
taken a spin of Il-i miles in ten hours.
Crossing to Dieppe on a Channel steamer
he wheeled through Normandy, down
the valley of t:.e Seine, passed noble
chat cans and ruins, till, on May 13, he
saw the Arch of Triumph and entered
Paris; Lhen by -.ineyards down the valleys
of the Maine and Moselle to Nancy,
and throuah German Lorraine to Stras
burg, through, the Black Forest to
Munich, where he tipped a student of
the university uml-.-r the impression that
he was a waiter. Through Austria,
where be met a man who spoke English,
but had never before met anyone else
who spoke that tongue; through Hungary,
where rows oi' women were workin
the Ileitis under overseers like
uiaoks in the South in the days of
slavery; through Servia and Bulgaria,
aiid through Turkey, where the Turks
were delighted with his bicycle, and a
pasha had a Turk play "Yankee "Doodle"on
a harp for him.- He arrrred in Conal
ter leaving Liverpool.
Pushing on through Asiatic Turkey
and Persia, the plucky Amorican arrived
at Teheran in .November, ISS5, when the
winter came and. he had to stop till
spring in the Turkish capital. Ke then
started to go through southern Siberia
nnrf.ii^rn China. The liussians re
fused him passports. He tried to go
through Afghanistan The Kossians
objected. He* started to go anyhow.
The liussiaiis stopped liiiu. He wheeled
back to Constantinople, took a trip to
Calcutta, and rode through India and
southern China. He rode through
China last fall. 3Iobs of superstitious
Chinamen mobbed* him as the devil on
wheels, and lie reached Shangliai surrounded
by a Chinese military escort.
Then he took a spin across Japan and
had finished his journey. He sailed from
Tokio to San Francisco. He traveled
about liijOOO miles on Lis bicycle, which
is an ordinary road machine.
The i-.-i.st of a Heroic family.
Paymaster Milton Buckingham Cashing
died at his residence in Dunkirk,
X. Y., last week. He was the last of
the famous Gushing family, one oi four
brothers who entered largely in the history
of their country, to whose service
they devoted themselves. Of a family
; of live brothers and two sisters, four
brothers and one sister survived. Two
of the brothers entered the navy mid two
the army. All died in the service, and
their mother, now of the age of seventyeight,
survives all. The Gushing name
is familiar to ail who are acquainted
with the history oi the war. The most
famous of the four was, perhaps, Commander
Wm. Jj. Gushing, of the navy.
Oi his many exploits during the war,
the sinking of the Confederate raci
Albermarle in the ivoanoke Iiivor in
October, was the greatest. He
became a commander in tlie navy, but
did not survive the war. fie is buried J
at Annapolis. Alonzo H, Vushin",
another brother, *$rad:wttcl from' West
Point, ar.il received a ooKuniasdon as
! orliili M.. TTOV l-illtiil
at Gettysburg, where be commanded a j
battery, lie was buried in the "West
Point Cemetery. Howard 1>. Cushb'^g,,
another brother, was killed Uj iad'ians
in Arizona while as a lieutenant
of He entered the regular serviwi'iiOiu
the volunteers, with whom he
enlisted during the war. Paymaster ."M.
B. Cashing, wiio has .vast di~d, was the
oldest oi' the iVwr. .lie entered the navy
at the oi the late v,ar. and had
,a ieciud of t wenty-six years, making him
one of the oldest in the service, Bis
last active service v.y. -j *'* paymaster oi
the Aleoirei-a^etin ileet in 1-^7'J. Since
then iso lias been incapacitated for .service.
T?a-? 11- or.er-i A rr<-->!! ;!.
kansas c;?tv, Jnr.urry j*'.? a Nebraska
City .-j'c< ; t! s;ys: "iV tvici V>". iloiTman, of
Danbur. ;;:;d James Vv\ ;> _ !!, of Ui'.atiilla,
wen :.t i>i:nbur yefcfc-rday after:->r.v.
i v.:'h having caused the
wreck :i :h." Pacific lloau on
Tuesday i.Igh-.. U oilman was recently a
i>r:.nr. (:hc Burlington and Missouri
ilivi r li ; i. i::b little U kfiowu of Bell.
Beta : v.- : irilc Tor ?'-vu; ilmo. Neither
N :i n berof Jbe local Knights of Labor.
Both *v< re somewhat intoxicated when arrested
Dunbar. and "were It.';:!:}' frightened.
Tlic coroners jury returned a ver
I i!ici yeslcr-i:iy i- ciicci in.-u
J the wreck i-y j'oli ::n?I otl:cro.
1
; : The tronb'e.s which have existed for
. sometime between the beer brewers and
Knights of Lalx>r, ut Pliiladelphia, hart
been practically settled.
?na a,-. ,
Receipts of the Trench treasury foi
t IsSii have a decrease of 32,000,000 franc;
) as compared with the receipts of ISis.
r .-mrl a defi^i.-Ticv of francs at
' compared with tbc amount estimated ii
the Budget for t:?0.
I LILLIAN MADISON AVENGED.
o "
< LUYKKITS PAYS THE IMENALTY OF
JUS DKEADFl'L CKI3IE.
Kxeontivc Clemency Not FortUcominjj. the
| Kxet-ul ion Takes I'laot?-Scenes and Inci(leutsof
tlie QiU).;hi$.
Eicimoxd, January 1-i.- -Thos. Judson
Cluverius, convicted of the murder of
Fannie Lillian Madison, was hanged in
the city jail to-day. As early as 0 a.
m. people began to gather in the vicinity
and by noon every approach to the
jail was packed. The house-tops and
hillsides near the jail, from which a
sight could be had, were also crowded.
Admission to the jail- -was only had
tlirough tickets issued by City Sergeant
Smith, who, though chary "in giving
them out, admitted two hundred persons.
The prisoner passed a sleepless
night, most of the time being spent with '
pj&tfT Beverly Crump, omnrt his counsel,
Who did everything to save or extend
his life, and" who remained with him
until 2 a.m.
, ALOXE rx PRAYER.
From then till 6 o'clock he was engaged
in prayer and at intervals singing
livmns. From 8 till 'J ho slept soundly
and then arose and ate a breakfast of
tenderloin steaks, mushrooms and egg
omelet. During the morning hours
there was much speculation as to whether
the Governor would grant a further
reprieve, and that question was not finally
settled till some time after noon, when
Sir. Crump, who had been to see the
Governor, returned and announced that
the executive power would not interpose.
Rev. Wm. E. Hatcher came to the jail
at 11 o'clock and remained with the
prisoner to the last, administering religious
consolation. At noon a suit of
new black clothes was brought to the
jail and the prisoner donned them.
THE DEATH PUOCESSIOX.
Two minutes to one the death procession
formed, consisting of Sergeant
Smith, two deputies, Eev. Mr. Hatcher
and the prisoner, the latter having his
hands tied in front, and his body from
iicek to ankles was enveloped in an oldfashioned
ladies' waterproof cloak. From
Ihe cell the march progressed along the
corridor and down two flights of stairs
to the lower court of the jail, and then !
into the yard fronting the cells of the j
r.risonars. Forfcv r>olic;cnien were i
en duty to keep back the crowd. The
prisoner though thin and pale, moved
with. steady steps to the scaffold, which
h e ascended in the same quiet manner, i
and stood on the trap. Sergeant Smith
t ien read the death warrant?a copy of
tiie judgment of the Court?which the
prisoner listened to with bowed head
and apparent close attention.
NOTHING TO SAT.
When the Sergeant concluded he asked
the doomed man if he had anything to
say, and Cluverius replied, "No sir,
nothing at all."
His voice was scarcely audible. Dr.
Hatcher then knelt and'offored a feeling
and fervent prayer, and when he finished
lie tumea to tue prisoner, wiio sa:ci a
few words in a low tone, and Dr. Batcli ?|>
turning to..tiho awoil iui 11 n? muji! am
requested by the prisoner to utter
one word for him, and that. Is that in
this moment of death he carries to the
grave no feeling of ill-will to any man on
earth.^Dr. Eatcherthen left the scaffold,
raising both hands as he -went. lie said
the prisoner had asserted his innocence
to the last.
THE TRAP SPRUNG.
Just before leaving the ceil, when Dr.
iiatcher had gone, Deputy Sergeant
Ailen tied the prisoner's knees tightlytogether,
put the rope round his neck
aad adjusted the black cap and hood.
Everything being ready, Sergeant Smith
gave the signal, and at eight minutes
after one o'clock the trap was sprung.
There was a sudden swish, clang of the
falling trap door, and the next instant
the body of Cluverius was at the end of
the rope, over ten feet below where he
had been standing. The rope, which
iiad been made of parti-colored silk,
stretched over a foot, and the toes of the
hanged man nearly touched the brick
pavement beneath.
DEATH BY STRANGULATION.
S m?r?r:fn nriof o-n/1 rroc o
terrible struggling, lasting several j
minutes, together with a heavy sonorous
breathing, indicating that death was}
being produced by strangulation. After
sixteen minutes tho physicians pronounced
biiii dead, and twenty minutes
after the trap -was sprung the body ~as
taken down and placed in a plain wooden
coitn and turned over to the nndei taker
to le buried at his home in Xing and
Que en's county.
History of the Crime*
On the morning of the 1-ith of March,
1885, Mr. L. liose, keeper of the old city
reservoir, in the western part of the city,
in making his usu:d round of inspection
discovered the body ci the woman in. the
reservoir. He at once notihed the city
coroner, who had the body taken from
' water when it was seen that it a
young woman ot aoout twenty-two vears
of age ant! quite good, looking. The coroner,
after relieving the remains pronounced
it a case d suicide, and had the
body removed to the morgue at the city
aln\? house for identification. Peter J.
Burton, a reporter of the liicmov.d Dispatch,
subsequently went to the rt servoir
and then to the rr.orgue, and liis investigation
resulted in the formulation of the
murder theory upon a chain of circumstantial
evidence which dro.va conviction
to mawy minds. A further examination
of tlie body disclosed the fact that the
unfortunate woman was far advanced in
j pregnancy. During two. days many peo-1
I pie saw the bouv, and it was iinaliv r?>c- ;
oguized by two young ladies (Misses
Duncan) as a friend of thoirs, Miss Fan- j
iiio Lillian Maclison, of King and Queen
county j but who had foi some time past
been tes&hing school in I3ath county.
TiiO coroner's inquest resulted in a verdict
of probable murder. Detectives and
tiie police were.set to v/crk and in a short
time brought to light circumstances that
added strength to the murder theory.
The wonaaa who had registered at the
American. Hotel on the loth of March,
under the assumed named of Miss F. L.
Merlon, was missing from the hotel, and
her disappearance and finding of the
dead body about the same time furnished
a fatal due, but for which the murderer
migtii never nave ooen Known.
While the so-called 4 Miss Morton"
was at the hotel she wrote and received
several notes; but one directed by lu.-r
was ncv.r delivered, and after lier departure
from the hotel it was torn to
pieces by the clerk; and east in the waste
basket. The scraps of this note and envelope
were subsequently brought to
light, and when pasted together it served
- ~c At, : z 1 i i * ^
iis unu ui tut; uiiai> iu i* uuluu
which convicted the murderer, it being
: addressed to "T. J. Cluverius.'' Further
> inquiry developed the f*ct that the man
i -ras a young lawyer of King and Queen
; county, and a cousin of the deceased,
i The discovery of this note led to the arrest
of CluveriuS; who was known to have
been in Eichmond on the 13th of 3Iarch
18S5.
He Tiis found at the residence of his
aunt, Mrs. Turnstall, in King and Queen
county, and brought to tins city. He
vraivcd a preliminary examination and
was sent to tlie grand. jury 01 trie jolusi;ings
cc urt. He was indicted in April
for the murder, and Iiis trial began at
the May term of the court and continued
for twenty-eight days. Owing to the
difficulty of obtaining a competent jury
in Richmond, it was found necessary to
dnJw talesmen from Alexandria, and the
juiy was finally impanelled with seven
citizens of Richmond and five citizens
of Alexandria.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty and
fJm ? rc!vw>?->riA<l "SVyirlv fwo Viriri
tlrecl witnesses were examined and step
by step the evidence fixed upon the
prisoner the brand of seducer and murderer,
and when the able counsel on
both sides had concludes their efforts
for and against the accused, the jury,
after but a few moments consideration,
rendered a verdict of murder in the first
degree. w" ' ?
The prisoner throughout the trial was
cool and undaunted and his self-possession
was a fruitful theme for comment.
GRAIN* PRODUCT OK THE COUNTRY.
Great lied action in tlie Com Product?De- " &
cre:ise of Value of AVlieat and Oats.
Washington-, January 13.?The de- ? *
partment of agriculture's estimate of the
area, product and value of corn, wheat ^
and oats for permanent record are completed.
The official work of the year
lias been thoroughly reviewed with State
co-operation.. All the available data of
crop production and the aggregates are
substantially those recently reported.
Tlie corn crop in round numbers aggregates
1,665,000,000 bushels, grown on
75.000,000 acres, and has a farm value
of ?610,000,000. The yield is 22 bushels
per acre, -1} bushels less thai, last vear.
There is an increase of area of over 3 per
cent, and a decrease of product of 10 per
cent., while the average price has in
creascd 12 per cent., or from. 32.18 cents
to 36 cents per busheL
The aggregate product of wheat is
107,U00,000 bushels from an area of
nearly 37,000,000 acres, having a farm
value of ?314,000,000. The average value
is 08.7 cents per bushel, against 77.1
cents for the previous crop and 645
cents for the great crop of 18S-. This
is 35 per cent, reduction from the average
value between 1870 and 18S0. The
yield of spring wheat centres is better
than was expected early injthe season, but
on the Pacific coast much worse. The
general average for winter and spring
wheat is nearly 12.^10 bushels per acre.
'iiie product oi oats is fc>2i,uuu,uuu
bushels, 5,000,000 less than last year,
from an area of over 23,000,000 acres,
producing a value of 8186,000,000. The
average yield is 26.4-10 bushels against
27.(3-16 last year. The average value is
2S.8-10 cents per bushel, last year 28.5-10
per'bushel.
The Iliijlit to Blacklist.
In the city coujt at New Haven, Conn.,
Saturday, Judge Pickett rendered a decision
in the cases of William H. Wallace,
assistant superintendent in the
-New zorii, -New xiaven ana naraora
Sailroftfl, and Staey P. Opdvke, superintendent
Gl" the Kc*- iLavca -aikIXorthanipton
lload. accused of conspirac
y by Thomas F. Meany, who charged
them with."blacklisting" him. The accused
were fined ?50 each. They will
undoubtedly appeal from the decisiou.
The Judge,*in his decision, said that ha
was clearly of the opinion that a conspiracy
designed to hinder any man
from putting his labor on the market
when, where and for such compensation
as ne may agree lot is equally eimnnai
with any conspiracy designed" to hinder
the sale of merchandise of any producer
or dealer, and is more disastrous in
c-ifect than any other form of conspiracy
except that to take life. To convict of
such conspiracy circumstantial evidence
is competent and may be conclusive. It
is sufficient if it is shown that the parties
bad a mutual understanding to the common
design and the part each was to
perform in the attainment thereof. The
court was satisfied that Wallace and
Opdyke had a mutual understanding
that a man not approved by one should
not be employed by the other. This
was to all intents and purposes a boycott
upon the individual ?Baltimore Sun.
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A Flea For s?!ang.
Slang is, indeed, a very good fertilizer.
It serves to give new fruitfulness to language.
It gives emphasis to speech, and
not rarely ornament "to language. In the
cifort to check the course of slang there
should be judicious care lest in trying to _?.
preserve the so-called beauty and purity of
language we deprive thought of a noble
savant, for words are. after all, nothing
more than the insensible conduits of living
thought; and it is infinitely better to have a
great idea clearly and comprehensively ex
pressed by nevr means than dwarf it by
iimiiing it to the elegant inaptitude of the
lexicographer's manual.
Extravagant Diction.
Mere oddity or style is contemptible.: but
there is a charm in uniqueness, even if it be
bristling with crudities, provided it present *
someUnii? worthy and significant. Car
iyie sometimes clutches a thought, as if by
the throat; and }_ou can almost hear the
pour thing wheeze under the pressure,
lie makes one feel a little dread of his next
.sentence. Deliberate excesses of all kinds
arc vulgar, and come of selfishness. In
literary style a desire to strut and spread a
peacock tail, and to strain the extremes of
diction, is the same desire that prompts
the patent-medicine man to out-do all his
fellows in bedaubing our fences and roadside
stones with his name and that of his
drug.
The strike of the coai handlers in New
York is causing some apprehension
about the coal supply and complaints
:ire being made on that score.
Pliil. Y. Green, a prominent colored
planter living near Carey, 3Iiss., was*
killed by unknown men who accused him
of enticing away their field hands.
Yv. J. Burke, the defaulting county
treasuror of Galveston, Tex., absconded
with $ 13,500 in cash and $10,000 worth
of county bonds. He .was last seen in
San Francisco.
Fire occurred in the Alcazar palace,
occupied by tue Military Academy, at
Toledo,, Spain, Sunday. Tlio library
was completely destroyed. It is re|
ported that several persons were bumed
J to death.
| Alice Gates, the well known comic
opera singer, died ^lonoay evening at
the residence oi' her husband, in Philadelphia.
bhe had wasted away greatly
under a painful complication of diseases,
and death came as a welcome relief.
| The wages conference at the Homei
stead steel works. Pittsbnw* Pa., rp
- -7 07 ? ?J ?
suited ia the adoption of a scale which
advances the wages of ail employes from
five to twenty per cent. The works will
resume operation in all departments at
oncc,