The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, December 19, 1888, Image 1

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m "?? , . ' - 7" | VOL, XLV. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888. ' NO. 21. ? . . - : " ' " " f : ' " A FASH JON ABLE BRIDE. Take my oloak?and now flx my rail, Jenny How silly to cover one's face: Xmight as well be an old woman; Bat then there's one comfort?It's lace. WeiL, what has beoome of these ushers? Oh, Pa. have you got my bouquet? I'll freeze standing h 9re in the lobbyWhy doesn't the organist play? They've started at la jt?what a bustle! Stop, Pa!?they're not far enough?wait! One minute more?now I?do keep step, Pa! There, drop my trail, Jane 1?is it straight? Z hope I look timid and shrinking; The church must be perfectly fullGood gracious! now don't walk so fast, PalHe don't seem to think that trains poll. The ohaneel at last?mind the step. Pal? Z don't feel embarrassed at alL But, my! what's the minister saying? Oh. I know; that part 'boutSt. Paul. Z hope my position is graceful; Bow awkwardly Nellie Dane stood.'? Not lawfully be joined together? Now sneak!''?as if any one would!? Oil, dear! now It's my turn to answer? I wish that Pa would stand still. * Serve him, love, honor and keep him" kc' How sweetly he says it?I will. <?> Where's Pa! There, I knew he'd forgot tt, Br When the time came to give me away? "I, Helena, take thee?love?cherish? And"?well, I can't help it?"obey." Here, Maud, take my bouquet?don't drop iti I hope Charley's not lost the ring; Just like him!?no '?goodness, how heavy. It's really an elegant thing. It's a shame to,kneel down In whitelsatin? And the flounce, real old lace?but I must; I hope they have got a clean oushlon, They're usually covered with dust. All over?ah! thanks, now don't fuss, Pa? Just throw back my valL Charley?there? Oh, bother! why oouldn't he kiss me Without mussing up all my hair? Your arm, Charley, there goes the organ? Who'd think there would be such a crowd! Oh, I mustn't look round; I'd forgottenSee, Charley, who was it that bowed? Why?it's Nellie Allaire, with her husbandShe's awfully jealous, I know. Host of all mv thinira were Imported, And she bad a home-made trousseau; And tfiera's Annie Wheeler?Kate Hermon? I didn't expect her at all? If she's not In that same old blue satin Sh? wore at the charity hall t ; I? that Fanny Wade??Edith Parton? And Emma, and Jo?all the girls; rsnew that they'd not miss my wedding? I hope they'll notice my pearls. Is th? carriage there??give me my oloak, Jane? Don't get it all over my vailNo, you take the other seat, Charley, Z need all this for my trail. ' ?Georg* A. Baier. Jr., in K Y. Telegram. * 1 A DETECTIVE'S STOEY. Why Ho Is Not on the Force Any More. Two men sat together in the rear seato! a RmfiWor par on one of otir railroads and ehatted familiarly of the ups and downs of miner's life, the topic being suggested by landscape dotted with coal-breakers and farrowed with coal roads. The freedom and interest of their conversation did not seem to be dampened by the fact that the younger of the two carried a revolver, while his companion wore a pair of those uncoveted articles of jewelry which Are known in criminal circles as "bracelets." The few persons who had observed them learned from the confidential brakeman that they were a noted detective and his prisoner on the way to trial. As far as ages went the pair might have been taken for father and son, the fine gray head of the one contrasting strongly with the crisp brown curls of his captor. the brakeman did not know but hazarded a conjecture that it "must have been a pretty bad one, or George Munsen wouldn't have toot the trouble to put them things on his wrists." Presently the brakeman and the conductor satisfied the joint demands of etiquette and curiosity by stopping to exchange a few words with the detective; the former then perched himself upon the coal-box directly behind the prisoner, and the latter dropped magnificently into the seat in front. The train was sweeping around a curve and past a ruined trestle on the hillside at which both of the passengers looked with some interest "I remember that place," said the older map **So do IS* responded the younger; "I was born there. Came near being buried there, too," be resumed after a moment's pause.. 4'How was that?" "It's a pretty long story," said the detective, "but I guess we:ll have time for it between this and the next station. "Way up there on the slope is the little settlement .where I made my debut, so to speak; fromtt to the bottom of the hill there used to be a gravity road?a long, winding track reaching from the settlement down to the top of a bank wall of earth where a slide occurred the year I was born. On both p. sides of the track grew saplings that had sprung up since the disaster (what I am telling you occurred five years later), and they crowded the road and hung1 over the old rusty rails on which the coal cars used to run. You must remember that the bouses were built near the mouth of the pit ?that was one of the first mines worked in this country, and one of the first to be abandoned. Time I am telling about, some ;?aen were walking up track, and a lot of children playing near the top, climbing in and out of an old car which had lain there sine? it made its last trip with the broken 'fipraggs still in its wheels. "The men were miners, all but one of ithem, who questioned his companions about their work and the courtry they lived in. He was evidently a stranger. "Presently, as they talked, a shout from >t&? top of the slope attracted their attention, and they looked up just in time to see the car begin to move slowly down the grade. J There was an impatient exclamation ?v - tiffin the oldest man in the party. Them "6rats"is always up to some mischief,' he said. They have started that old thing off at last; I've been expcctin' to see it go at any time this five year. They'll be breaking their necks yet with their tom-foolinj?.' And another of the ?^"oup added: 'We must dust out of this lively, unless we want to get our necks br6ke; she'a either Jump the rail or go to pieces at the bottom; lucky there ain't no aboard of ier.* "The stranger was looking anxiously up ,*t the approaching runaway. His quick eye iiad caught sight of something round, and golden above the car rim. "'There's a child in that car,' he said, quietly. " ??It was a second or two before his companions realized the awful meaning of that statement. A child! That was as if he had said that in a few moments some one? perhaps one of themselves?would be childless. "With one impulse they turned to look at the broken rails at the edge of the fault. Shuddering, they fixed their eyes* again on the approaching mass, then hopelessly at each other. They could not dream of stopping the progress of the oar. But, quick as thought almost, tiho stranger took hold of a apiing and bent it down til} it nearly "* ?-1-iTSW!.H r\n ' "ho ccM ftnft iWUwIltfU LLW LI V? iofthcmea, 'it will help to ctieck her.' A ir, ted further down another and then a third ,and fourth wore held ia the same V, way. So four of the party '.vailed for a few " - ; breathless seconds, while tho Uvo remain ing ones harried further down; but one -more effort and the car wis upon them. 'The first obstacle was whipped out of the .'hands of tho strong man who held it and ;tho car rushed on to the second with hardly lessened force. Again the barrier was brushed aside, but this time the speed of the old wreck was perce^. ably less. By the time the fifth obstruction, was reached the newcomer was able to clamber aboard and - throw the child into the arms of hiscom"" - panion, but before he had time to save himself the old truck had regained something ?f its momentum and was plunging on towar<J%e>preeipice. "Weik the roan jumped just 8$ ihev j*-. **' V j . , v - reached the edge, just before his vehicle shot over into the air, but he had very little time to choose his ground, and so landed, as luck would have it, on the only heap of stones in sight. The others picked him up for dead and carried him up to the s#ttlement, where the miners held a regular wake over him. But he came to life in the middle of the festiv?the obsequies, I mean ?and found that he was only crippled for life. "The miners?folks not easily moved, were enthusiastic about the affair, and gave such testimonials as they could to show their gratitude and appreciation. One of these expressions took the form of a souvenir, signed by every man in the place, and stating in very grandiloquent language what the poor fellow had done. His quick wit seemed to them more wonderful than his courage and devotion, in a community where neither quality is unusual at an. "The man who takes his own life in his hand every day, and has frequently to fight for the life of some companion values a brainy' action. In the bos with the testimonial was a purse of fifty dollars s.nd a curious old gold cross, that had been treasured by the brother of the lad who was saved as his one piece of finery. On it was rudely engraved these words: " 'Given by the miners at the Notch to the man who risked his life for a child' "That was alL The poor fellow went away and would have been forgotten, only that the old miners told the story sometimes to their children." The prisoner was looking out of the window. The conductor rustled around as though ashamed of the interest he had snown in tne story?a story wmcn ne cua no doubt was pure fiction. Only the brakeman gave way to his sympathy, and asked whether the man bad ever been found. "Not that I know of," replied tne detective " And was you the boy what he saved!"' " I was the kid." "And you never heer'd tell what becr.me of the man- what would you do if you shu'd come acrost him some time?" Evidently the brakeman had an imagination which was trying to assert itself. "Oh! I'd try to even the thing up somehow. I suppose common decency would demand that. I'd treat him as well as I knew how." "iiook here," said the prisoner, turning from the window with an apparent effort to change a conversation which for some reason had not seemed to interest him? "look here, old man, I've got a little keepsake that your story just reminded me of, and if I could get at it I'fl ask you to take charge of it for me till?till this thing is over. If you'll put your hand in there and pull out that bit of ribbon; so?" The conductor almost jumped out of hl3 seat "Blamed if it ain't the cross that you've just been telling about," he shouted. A month later the detective was undergoing a cross-examination by the conductor and brakeman. "Yes, he was a bad lot Oh, yes, he didn't have a leg to stand upon. The facts were all as clear as day. All true about the cross and the rest of it? Just as true as gospel. What had he bet- doing? Throwing bombs the last thing. Punished? Well, to tell you the truth, they won't be apt to punish him till they catch him again, I guess. Fact is, he got away from me somehow that same night Who, me? Oh, co, I'm not on the rorce any more, rvo been bounced^-IioioeS (Mass.) Courier. I?-' THE MOTHER-rN-LAW. An Earnest flea In Eehslf of & 3XnchAbused Clasi of Women. Perhaps to-day there is no relation in ii!e in which a woman is so persistently abused and misunderstood as in that to her daughter's husband, says the New York Press. It has been made the theme of the jest book, the circus clown, and the topical songster ad nauseam. In the vulgar and witless warning against matrimony, sung by Nadjy, it is encouraging to note that the hit at" mother-in-law " extracts only a sickly smile from the audience. No doubt this is due to the staleness of the subject quite as much as its false sentiment, but let us hope it marks a revulsion in public taste, notwithstanding that fair bride, Amelie Rives, who makes Herod say: Methinks that Satan was a married man, and his wile's mother egged him to rebel, seelag Heaven would not hold them both. reopie are Deginmng to nna out mat when a man vilifies his mother-in-law it is generally safe to assume that he ill-treats his wife. A young girl, when she marries, takes it for granted that her husband's love and devotion will continue to be hers as much as the sunshine and the air. The mother, from her wider observation and perhaps bitter experience, is full of vague fears and alarm- When her daughter stood at the altar she trembled. She was losing not only her child, but her power of insuring that child's happiness. Her maternal eye, keen as eagle's, seeks to pierce the future; but no, she must fold her brooding wings and wait with beating heart to learn if this marriage meant the highest happiness or the greatest misery that comes to tinman. I CRUSHED TO DEATH AT 3AMBERG. i The Horrible Death of Mis? McKee, of Charleston. Bamberg, Dec. 14.?Ooe of the saddest and most heartrending accidents ever known ia the history of Bamberg occurred last night, about 9 o'clock, by which Miss Eliza McKee, who has for many years resided in Charleston, lost her life. She, with her sister, Mrs. Bennett, came here to witness the marriage of their niece, Miss Lily Baggot, to Mr. W. W. Lightsev, which occurred Wednesday evening, imme diately after which the bridal party went to Augusta. Miss McKee and Mrs. Rjnnett remained behind to assist their sisier, Dr. Baggot's wife, in .netting things rearranged after the festive occasion, intending to join the bridal party in Augusta las? night. But fate changed all their their plans, and turned the wedding march into a funeral dirge. Mrs, Baggott, Mrs. Rennett and Miss McKee left the residence fur the depot, and on neariug it discovered that they were late and that the train was approaching. They hurried < n howeyer, and found a freight train standing on the side track, which they had to pass ia order to reach the depot. They determined to < raw! un dcr the box cars in order not to be disappointed. and Mrs. B>iggot passed under iji safety, but just as Mi^ McKee attempted to pass through the freight train movtd oil her dress caught and she was thrown dowu and run over and terribly mangled, the body beins: carried about fifty yards before the train was 3topped. The scene was terrible?two sisters beholding the third being literally ground to pieces under a heavy freight train. The funeral services were held aud she was burie' here today. Acting Coroner D. J. Rowe empanelled a jury of inquest, who found a verdict of accidental killing. The sympathy of the entire community ices out to the unfortunate lady and hei bereaved friends.?News sni Courier S-m-O::,!. > A.NU OKU V Pianos $"-!25. Organs 800. Cuiekcr ing, Mathku&liek, Mason & Hamlin, Sterling and Arion Pianos. Mason ?!t Hamlin, Packard and Waterloo Organs, at Factory prices for cash or on easy Instalments. Fifteen days test trial and freight paid both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. 4-x-v r?An*af>f /^nr.rvf fwnioli'f ? L/CiiVCJLCVi L\J i_ICOiCCV UV^-VJ ilVi^UU 11VV. Don't forget bottom prices and square dealing. Write for cuts and prices. N. W. TRUMP, Columbia, S. C. A mis-print?kissing a girl on the chin. SCENES AT CASTLE GARDEN. A F??\v Bits of Information About laamiST.-iats?Labeling Child x'en. On tho morning of ray visit the possible iSakers of millions were not prepossessing in personal appearance, but tine clothes havu so much to do with the making of Cue birds that there could bo no limit to what the imagination pictured for these at present undistinguished foreigners. The English boats generally bring English speaking people, and the day of their arrival tLo books aro full of names such as O'Hara, Donnelly and Duffy, and on other days thev contain the unpronounceable ones of ino j utives of Poland, Hungary, Italy and Germany. There are two matrons installed within a little inclosuro in the center of the great rotunda. Their uuxies. aiter ilicit gener;u su^crvisiun over all the women, are first to care for the children under 17 years of age who are nut under the protection of any one. and second to detect if possible the women who havo buon, or are likely to be, led astray The chief matron, Airs. Stucklein, has held her position four years. She told me that ut first tLe tales she hfird brought her many a sleepless night and caused her to shed many tears of sympatbv&nd pity, but the constant association witk wretched specimens of humanity and hearing the daily and hourly recitals of the women and children, had accustomed her more or less to her task. -The children," she said, "are often as happy and contented as they can be. They have generally been sent for to join their friends here who ore waiting for their arrival. Sometimes they are obliged to go from here to find their friends in some distant 6tate, and in that case their tickets are procured for them, and I fill out a label as to their names and destinaI 4irv*-? 1 n K/vl {o f a a Knf ^ AT^lmla in | x uc ct jox ca^vo. iv o vmNvuauiv ^ | tlieir dresses or coats, and in that way they aro handed first to ono person and then to another?the passenger agents and conductors on the railways?until they arrive at their destination. They get oil far bettor than those who have the responsibility of looking after themselves. It sometimes oocurs that the children have not a penny in their pocket when they land. If possible we communicate with their friends and obtain the price of their railway faro in case they a going out of New York. If they are to take a very long journey and have no money, we . generally give them fifty cents or $1 in order that they may buy a cup ofjftoifeeor tea or be prepared for an emergency, but if they are not to travel very far we provide tbem only with food." Two or three women were seated within the inclosure, and I asked the matron why they were there. "They are her? because they are detained for some reason or other," she answered. "That old lady is to join her husband in a western city. When she arrived here she expected to find a letter from Liin with money for traveling expenses. The letter had not arrived, and so wo have telegraphed to him. That ticket pinned cn her dress is an indication that she is waiting for a telegram. That little girl by the side of her is her grandchild, who c:imo from Germany with her." When the matron had finished speaking she looked toward another woman, and then said: "That young woman is a Swede, and has aiso been sent for by hci husband." The girl was hatlcss, and had hair that had b'.-en blcached by the rays cf the sun. She was not pretty to lo'.-k at, but was probably endowed with virtues enough to lead her husband to pay her passage across tho sea at any ruts. She too was having to wait for the remittance that would take her beyond Castle Garden. C/\ fio +! ?/* TW*OcAn /IAIQT? tuv 4Vii kltv Vi^ACfcT, I explained Mrs. Stueklein, "is tlio miscalculation in timo. The person sent foj often leave3 the other side sooner than is expected, or the steamer arrives earlier than it is looked for. The newcomer is allowed to remain here for a tim9, bnt there are only those rough benches to sleep upon at night."?Florence C. Ires in New York Press. Anccstry of tlie Elephant. The origin of the great proboscidian race in general, and of the mammoth and ! elephant group in particular, like the early history <>f Jeames do la Pluche, is "wrop in obscurity." All wo can say about them with any confidence is that [ they form a comparatively late order of mammals, whose earliest recognizable representative in geological time is the monstrous deinotherium, an aquatic animal with a lung trunk and with two im! mense curved tusks, projecting downward paradoxically from his lower instead inn* T5m I wi t;:;. "l'l--1 J"" makes his first appearance upon this or any other stage in the miocene period; but p.s he couldn't, of course, have ap! peared there (like Aplirodite and Topsv) without any parents, and as he v.-as then already a fairly specialized and highly developed animal, wo must tako i: for granted that his earlier ancestry, though ancient and respectable in its own time, had long passed away, leaving not a wrack behind, so far as yet known, in the matter of tangible geological vouchers. These unknown ancestors, in all probability, gave birth during their earlier and more plastic stage?for species, like individuals, are most readily molded in their I green youth?to threo main family j branches. Tho senior branch produced the deinotherium, a vast brute, who, finding the world too full to hold him, about the close of the tertiary period, demised suddenly without issue, leaving the honors OI T.UU lamny iu auusevjuun ? ? junior members. Tho sccond branch produced the mastodons?huge creatures of elephantie outline and majestic tread, most of them with tusks both in the upper and lower laws, though the under pair were always the smallest. The third branch produced the true elephants, including both our modem Indian and African species, us well as the mammoth himself, and many other extinct congeners. All the elephants proper have but one solitary pair of tusks, and that pair is quite correctly located iu the upper jaw instead of the under one. Thus is evolu tion justified of all her children. Tho true elephants made their first appearance, so far as known, in tho Pliocene period, that is to say, the epoch immediately preceding the Great Ice age in Europe and America. They blossomed out '.j 11 j i f ; j_ _ ? at once, witn an mo usutu impetuosity oi youth, into an alarming' number of distinct species.?Cornhill Magazine. A Great Invention. The Palmetto Hoe is tho greatest invention of the age, in the way of a Hoe for field and garden use, having an advantage over all other hoes now id use, in tint it has four cutting edges and is so constructed that tho handle can "be changed so that oach edge can be utilized. By reversing the hoe it becomes perpendicular with the plant and thereby prevents any injury to the plant in taking away grass direct,iy from the o t f the pi:-.r.t. Besides these ad a:.t:>ges the biide cv.n l?j replaced wbvii =voru out, at one-third of tiie original ccst of the hoe. The Paimerio Hot can be bought at tho same cost as the goose neck, or any otber steel hoe now in use. Sold by all hardware dealers, or can be ordered from Siieble & Klemu, Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. Charlotte. N. moving for an exposition of the two Carolina^ iu that city next fall. There is no change in the fashion of wedding cake. It is as black and heavy as usual, and guaranteed to proiiuce the same distressing dreams. TRADE IN DOG-SKINS. | An Important Item in the Export Easiness of China. Mr. Edgar, the Commissioner of Customs at Newchwang, in Mantchuria, in the last Chinese Customs Yellowbook, referring to the trade from that port in robes and mats made of the skins of dogs and goats, says it is generally supposed that dogs are picked up promiscuously wherever they may t 3 -X ; J3 --X ja JJ iuuhu swayiug, uesiruyau, auu wliohskins 6old to dealers. This, however, is not the case, for, although the business may have had its origin in this way, it is now as systematically carried on as sheep-farming. There are thousands of small dog and goat-farms dotted over Mantchuria and the eastern borders of Mongolia, where from a score to some hundreds of dogs are annually reared on each farm, and where they constitute a regular source of wealth. A bride, for instance, will receive as dowry a n umber of dogs proportionate to the means of her father. It is probable, says Mr. Edgar, that in no other part of the world are there to be found sx-ch splendid dogskins for size, length of hair, and nualitv. the extreme cold of these latitudes, where the thermometer registers 80 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, developing a magnificent coat. It is difficult to understand how the dog-farmer can afford with profit to rear the animals when the price of the robe is taken into consideration. For one full-sized robe, say 80 inches by 86 inches, at least eight animals are required. Putting the price realized at $3.60 for a robe, this would only allow about 45 cents per skin, including the selection, for the skins must matoh in color and length of hair, and cost of sewing. The animals are generally strangled in mid-winter, but not before they are eight months old, and then the skins taken in a frozen condition principally to Mukden and Chinchow, where they are cured, assorted, and made into robes, mats, eto. Last year the robes are said to have been decidedly inferior in quality. The reason given is that orders went forward too late, and the farmers, waiting till they had news of some demand, kept the animals alive until their wint-er coats began to fall off. The value of the trade from Newchang last year was about ?40,000, against nearly ?60,000 the previous year. The decline was due to depreciation in value and a decreased demand from the United States.?London Times. STEAM VERSUS MUSCLE. Th? Immense Galas in Force of the Men of the Present Time. What science and invention is doing lor the human race was tersely and plainly presented. Kote the following illustration: Compare a galley, a vessel propeled by oars, with the modem Atlantic liner, and first let us assume that prime movers are non-existent and that the vessel is to be propeled galley fashion. Take her length as some 600 feet, and assume that place be found ior as many as 400 oars on each side, each oar worked by three men, or 2,400 mon; and allow that six men under those ^conditions could develop work equal to onehorse power; we should have 400horse power. Double the number of men and we should have 800-hcrae power, with 4,800 men at work, and at least the same number in reservo, if the journey is to be carried on continuously. Contrast the puny result thus obtained with the 19.500 horse-power given forth by a large prime mover of the present day, such a power requiring, on the above mode of calculation, 117,000 men at work and 117,000 men in reserve; and these to be carried in a vessel less than 600 feet in length. Even if it were possible to carry this number of men in such a vessel, by no conceivable means could their power be utilized so as to impart to it a speed of twenty knots an hour, weighing as it would some 10.500 tons gross. Prime motors can do what human muscle can never acoomplish. Take a railway locomotive?500 horse-power developed in a wagon which does not occupy fifty square yards of space, and that flies at the rate of sixty miles an hour with, its heavy train! Jdow weak | and puny human muscle toward attaining such results!?Sir Fred.Brambull to the British Association. A Spider That Was a Spider. A correspondent of the Calcutta E nyliskman sends a description of an enormous spider which was killed in a . house. The creature was found clinging to a door curtain, and when alarmed emitted a grating sound, but whether with its mandibles or with its feet could not bo ascertained. It' showed no disposition to run away, or even to move from the spot where it YV its bill lb w<io IUIV '.Til uun u, nuoii m n <*o killed with a blow of a stick. It is quite two inches in length and half an inch in breadth, and the two segments of the body are equal in size. It is distinctly short legged for a spider, but the eight legs are very strong and heavy. The body, too, is covered with fine short hair, and is ail of a darkbrown color. The two fangs are like a sparrow's claws, ar.d exceedingly sharp, and if stretched out straight would, with the fleshy part, measure nearly half an inch each. I find it difficult to convey an adequate impression of the terrible and formidable appearance of the monster. The common large running spider, to be fouad in every house in Calcutta, unhesitatingly tackles and destroys the largest cockroach. Judged by this standard this spider ought to make its prey of a small bird or mouse. :it rire iis Eilgctield Comity. Cold Spkino. Edgefield Co., Dec. 12.? Mr. Leainel Ilarlin had bis house and contonts consumed by lire last week. He lost s:!.r-0 ia cash in the ikmes. There was als-.' a little negro about 5 years old caught on fire and so badly burned before its patents c<?uld get to it from the coiion field that it died tiiAt day. Disea es peculiar to -women, especially monthly disorders, are cured bv tho timely use of Bradfield's Female Regulator. Sold by all Druggists. Nature u?e3 a good many quills with which to make a coose, but a man can make a goose of himself with only one. NOTES OF THE SESSION. r a glance into south carolina'."? legislative halls. Some Important and 31 ad5' Unimportant Measures Considered?A Great Deal of worK witn uatner JLitue speecn .>ihktog. . Columbia, S. C., December 1.3.?The third week of the Sesfi&B. of ISS8 has been a busy one. The law-makers have settled down to hard work, and they have put in a good deal of it. Below is given a synopsis of the proceedings. the criminal cost bill, Half of a day's session of the Senate was conbumod in debating and voting on tbrt bill to provide for the palmer,* by the State of the expenses of all criminal prosecutions. Several amendments designad to render it fairer and more offiC'.e&pwere adopted. Then the real fight ??22. Se?ASfer Murray offered an amendment to the bill, providing that from and after the passage of the Act the salaries of uii tri'ii justices in the county of Charleston bo, for fcueh as are in incorporated cities and towns, $200 per annum, and for those outside of such towns $100 per per annum, in lieu of all fees. Senator Smith's motion to indefinitely ? ? ? 1- A A/1/Nk^tn^ ! pUttl'Wilt? IJLLD tUUCilUllICJUi; n?w au.u^ircu b y a vcte of 20 to 10. Senator Wilson, of York made a bold attack by moving to indefinitely post; pone the bill itself. He showed "by the i recoidi that some of the smaller and poorer counties incurred greater Court expenses than some of the larger ones. The bill was therefore not a just one. It would also necessitate a delay of about a year in the payment of the money the officials depended on for a living. It would unsettle legislation and require twenty Acts to be placed on the statute bcoat* to carry it into effect. Senator Smith, of Horry, the author of the bill said that no one had denied that toie proposition that the expenses of State prosecutions constituted properly a debt against the State. Equity and j osticc -were with the bill. Senator Dozier of Georgotown thought the principle of the bill good, although he did not see his way to approve all of its deiu:ls. It was no w time to harmonze the laws so that we should have a law for the State of South. Carolina instead of separate laws for thirty-four governments. Why call on hia poor and small coanty for three tinis.6 as much to enforce the S ate criminal laws as we exact eu irum umer largfr uuuuuca ywlu laigci meana? Il sabseqaei'T. legislation was required to make tne lw tSVcfcive, let us manfully engage in n. After further discu-bion Senator Patteixon, of Cluster, n_ovtd to table Senator Wilson's motion. There was a lie?vote 15 to i5. President Mauldm voted "no," so that tbe motion was lo~t. After further debate by Senators Murry and Smith Senator Wilson's motion was lost?14 to 16. Th-n the Senator from York mo7td reoon.uifc the 0211. Senator Smith, of Hon>, moved to table. Lost?14 to 1(5. a w.s then taken on motion to recommit, aid lr prevajl-ju?16 io 14. ] IMPOLTAKT REPORTS. Among the reports were the following: i Favorable on Senator Woodward's bill \ to restore the power of the railroad commissioners to lis the ratss of freight and traffic in the State. Unfavorable on the bill to repeal the agricultural lien law. Favorable on Senator Murray's bill to refctrici the "gobbling" or consolidation of railroads without Legislative authoriy COTTON SEED MEAL. There are several bills on the Calendar looting to the classilication of cotton seed meal with other fertilizers that are liable to analysis, and to the payment oi the privilege tax, one of which came up to-day. The fanners seemed divided ou the subject, aud there was a brief but spirited discussion. Ic turned out, however, that the bill in question was directed at the wrong section of, the Act, in that it provided for a tax and not lor an analysis, and the debate was | iinaliy adjourned. * ILHtKTET) WOiTEJi'S CONTRACTS. ' The House has passed to its second j reading a bill to revise Section 2,037 of the ilevised statutes relating to the power oi m&rried women to mike contracts. l'iitra was a short discussion, during whioii Mr. Mower, of Newberry, tne author of bill, Mr. JSrawley and others took part. It was explained that the bill is intended to settle the law on that much vexed question by repealing the Act of 1887. The amended bill is as follows: Section 1. A married woman shall have the right to puicbaee any species of property in her own name, and to lake proper legal conveyance therefor, and to contract and be contracted within the same manner as if she were unmarried. Provided, that the husband shall not be liable for the debts of the wife j contracted prior to or after their mar-1 riage, except for her necessary support. Section l2. All the earnings and inc )me of a married woman siiall be her separate estate, and shall be governed by tue same provisions of law as apply to her other separate estate. Section 3 repeals the Act of 1387, and all other Acts and parts of Acts, <fcc. THE CLEHSON BEQUEST. The seedule of the real and personal nrnrartv of the late J. C. Clemson has r- -r ^ ' been printed. According to the sworn return of fciie appraisers, the aggregate value cf the estate is ?106,179 61, oi which. $25,000 is in real estate and the balance personal property, Fort Hill real estate, 81-i acres $15,000 00 Personal property at Fort Ilill not to be sold 29'? 25 Person*--! property to be sold. 663 95 II-iii estate iu Maryland (Ulauentburg) 10,000 00 Silver plate and table silver... 1,800 O'J 39 oil paintings; no means of valuing. 9 family potraite; no means of valuing. Books and maps in house and library; no means of valuing. Stoeks and bonds, ?49,370. .. 52,323 00 Bond3 secured by mortgage of real estate 24,S61 53 Notes foung among Mr. Clerason's papers 1,228 88 OrCailCl tOleU. CJ vu,J 'A vl A COUNTY ltOAI> BILL. The bill to provide a more efficient system of working the public roads in Laurens County has passed the House, with amendments making it apply alio , to Lexington, Edgefield, Newberry, and | Marlboro counties, and Senator Hurray gave notice of an amendment on the third reading including Anderson County in its provision. It is a bill modelled on that passed a couple of years ago with reference to Anderson County, and which, although exciting much opposition at first, has resulted in a great improvement of the roads of that county. The pending bill is an improvement on the Anderson one, inasmuch as it increases the commutation tax from $5 to 86, and contains provisions compelling the county commissioners to enforce it. It will not be very long before all the counties adopt this stringent law in place of the present faulty and inefficient one. MONEY FOB THE CITADEL. The Senate struck the bill appropriating the funds from the United States Government for damagts to the citadel to repairs ana improvement of the citadel academy in its progress through the calendar. A shower of amendments followed. The committee had. recommend td that ?15,000 of the ?77,250 received be covered into the State Treasury and ilutt amet dment was adopted. On account of nnmerous changes in the measure Senator Donaldson sought to have it made a t-pecial order for Friday and failing in that, moved to recommit the bill, which motion wa^ lost. Several other motions to postpone consideration were lost and Senator Smythe, who had charge of rhe measure, charged that the intent was to endanger the bill by delay, which charge was denied by Senator Dcn^luson acd those who voted with him, Senator Edwards announceing incidentally that he was in favor of the bill ay he was m favor of any measure to promote the true interests of eduction in the S:ate. The bill finally passed a second read as amended, no tic 3 being given of amendment on third reading as amended, notice being given of amendment, on third reading. STATE PENSIONS. Mr. Williams, of Hampton, has introduced his pension bili, of which mention has been made in this correspondence heretofore. The pension is fixed at $30 per annum, payable in two equal installments, viz: on January 1 and July 1. The persons entitled to pensions are solders and sailors now citiziiDS of the State who were in the service of the State, or the Confederate States, in the late war. I.i order to obtain the pension the soldier or sailor must sho sv that he was a bona fide soldier or sailor and that he lost, while in such service, a leg or an arm or received other wound causing a permanent disability and and incapacitating him from earning a livelihood; that neither himself nor his wife are in yctncAr?i r\i onv innAma net 5i9nO Vi WUJ AUVVMAV VAV/VVUMAg, yiVV per annum. Applications for pensions must be made in writing, sworn to and endorsed by two or more credible witnesses. Widows are entitled to the pensions while they remain unmarried. Ail applications are to be submitted in each county to a board composed of two responsible citizens and a physician, the board to be appointed by the zitate board of pensions. The conutv boards are to report to the SUte board. The rest of the Act is devoted to throwing safeguards aroaLd the granting of pensions. J3iscountiiig or shaving certificates is made a misdemeanor and an attempt to secure a fraudulent certificate is also made punishable. Fifty thorn a ad dollars is appropriated for the payment of pensions. KEFOB1I IN" F3IMABY ELECTIONS. The judiciary committee introduced a , bill of their own, la lieu Ot the others, i winch had been submitted to them proj viding for reforms in primary elections. ! The following is a summary of its provisions: Section 1. All primary elections shall be presided over and conducted by the ruieo of the party having them, and by manager who shall take oath to conduct them fairiv, impartially and honestly, j Should any nanager fail to appear at the polls, the remaining managers shall select another in his stead, and he shall! take the requisite oath before a notary ! public, or if net, before the other managers, who are empowered to administer it. Section 2. Before the polls are opened or any ballots received, the ballot-box is to be opened in public and exhibited vmblielv. then closed and locked and r v * # , not opened again until the clos-3 of the : election. Poll lifts are to be l;ept and each voter is to b9 sworn as to certain J requisites for bis voting. The managers | must certify the result of the election I and transmit such certificates with the ! full poll lists, all ballots and boxes and 1 papers pertaining thereto to the proper ! executive committee of the party. I Section 3 deals with immaterial deI tails. Section 4 provides that any manager J guilty of violating any provision of this law or any duties devolving on him be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by fine or imprisonment, or both. Any manager or any voter guilty of fraud or corruption in regard to the election is subjected to similar punish jueuii. TEE LICENSE QUESTION. Mr. Bradley, for the judiciary committee, reported yesterday a substitute lor General McCrady's anti-license bill. The substitute permits municipal corporations to impose licenses, but forbids imprisonment for non-payment of such licenses. It is said the friends of the anti-license bill will accept this compromise. JOINT ASSEMBLY. At 12 m. on the 12th inst., the joint assembly convened, in accordance with law, to declare tha vote for United States Senator. Lieutenant Governor Mauldin presided. The journals of the two houses recording the balloting for Senator were read by the respective clerks, after which declaration of the election of Senator M. C. Butler was made by the presiding officer, and the j joint assembly declared adjourned, j The assembly then went into the remaining elections in the order given below. Senator Pope, in a few words, nominated for superintendent of the penitentiary Col. T. J. Lipscomb. The nomination whs seconded by Col. J. G. ?JoKissclr, and, there being no further nominations, Col. Lippcomh was unanimously elected, receiving 141 vote.". It aopears that the anticipated opposition to Col. Lipscomb failed to materialize. Mr. J. K. King received one complir.i.^r.' .) rtr T7AfA For directors of the penitentiary (3) the following names were placed in nomination: By Senator Meetze, N. W. Brooker, o? Lexington; by Senator Woodward, Thos. Anderson, of Fairfield; by Senator Patterson, C. W. McFadden, of Chester; by Mr. Wharton, J. G. Guignard, of Aiken; by Mr. Haskell, Geo. A. Shields, of Kichland. Of these Messrs. Brooker, Guignard and McFa"1 on are incumbents. The naUot resulted as follows: Whole number of votes cast 145; necessary to a choice 73. Mr. Anderson received 96, Mr. Brooker 94, Mr. Guignard 91, Mr. Shields 90, and Mr. Mc* aciaen ua. me first three named were declared ejected. The next election was for Judge of the 5th circuit. Judge Kershaw was nominated to succeed himself by Mr. W. Trantham; and the nomination having been seconded by Senator McMaster, Judge Kershaw was re-elected unanimously, receiving 143 votes. The next election was for five members - of the board of agriculture, viz: One from the State at large, and one each from the 1st, 3d, 5th and 7th judicial circuits. The following were the nominations: For the State at Large?By Mr. McKissiek, D. P. Duncan, of Union; by Mr. King, *D. K. Norris, of Anderson. First Circuit?By Mr. Pringle, J. Stoney Poroher, of Berkeley; by Mr. Dantzler, *F. C. Bates, of Orangeburg. Third Circuit?By Senator Bird, Jas. McCntcheon. of Williamsburcr. Fifth Circuit?By Mr. Thompson. W. A. Ancrum, of Kershaw; by Mr. Bean, *B. B. Tillman, of Edgefield. Seventh Circuit?By Mr. Cleveland, T. J. Mx>re, of Spartanburg; by Senator Pope, *Bev. J. A. Sligh, of New berry. Those marked thus constituted what is known as the farmers' ticket, having been suggested to the Legislature by the State Farmers' Association. The first ballot resulted as follows: State at Large?Duncan 94, Norris45. First Circuit?Porcher 104, Bates 33. Third Circuit?McCntcheon 1?9. Fifth Circuit?Ancrum 101, Tillman 38. Seventh Circuit? Moore 114, Sligh 26. For the position of trustee of the k?WSlO UiUVCXOJLIljr KJKJXm HffPftPU uviiiinqu%/u Senator E. B. Murray, of Anderson. Mr. Brawley seconded the nomination, and there being no other nomination Mr. Murray was unanimously elected, receiving 114 votes. This finished the elections and the joint assembly dissolved. Commenting on the new members of the Board of Agriculture, the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says: "The election especially of the five members of the agricultural boaid was a surprise all around. There can be no doubt that the economists were, most astonisfced at the result. Their candidates, Messrs. D. K. Norris for the State at large, and Messrs. Bates, Tillman and Sligh had been agreed upon before hand. The vote in the House on the Judges' salary bill seemed to indicate that they had a clear majority of 25 to 30 in that body, and the election of the economic candidates was most confidently counted upon. Mr. Beam, who nominated B. rn-11 ? iL. :i xv. -Linmail iur me uui cixuuit, cvuu iuai Mr. Tillman was not a candidate for the position, but that if the Legislature elected him he was sure that he would obey the call to duty. "The votes for the economic candidates ranged from 26 for Sligh to 45 for Norris; Mr. Tillman received 38. A significant feature of the election was the vote of the Senate. In that body the Economic ticket polled 7 votes, and ' the Conservative ticket 24 votes. Four Senators voted scratched tickets. "It appears that there was also an attempt to run somebody in opposition to Col. Lipscomb for superintendent of the Penitentiary, but the movement appears to have fallen through. It should be mentioned that the use of the name of Col. I). F. Bradley, as the economic candidate for that position, was unauthorized by him. Col Bradley called on the News and Courier Bureau and requested that this" statement be made ui:? >> pauuu. THE BONDS OF TSZ THBEE c'S. When the bill to refund the taxpayers moneys paid by them under tiro lo-rj- of one and one-fourth mills in DeKalb township, Kershaw county, for railroad purposes, came up in the Senate a motion to recommit it was lost. Senator Wilson, of York having given notioe of general amendments on the third reading, he offered amendments so that the bill shall read: k<A bill for the relief of taxpayers from payment of taxes levied to pay interest on township bonds issued in aid of the Charleston, Cmeinati and Chicago Bailroad Company by the townships of Catawba, York, Ebenezer and Broad Biver, in the county of York." This bill, as amended by Senator Wilson, passed its final reading. It affects $193,000 of the bonds issued and deposited in trust. The other $24,000 in bonds issued in York county were the subject of the test case in the Supreme Court, which declared them invalid. The DeKalb Township bill, mentioned above, was improperly ratified, and Senator Alexander, fearing that the Governor would veto it, reintroduced it, and it passed a second reading. It was found, however, that the defect could be cured in committee room, so that Senator Wilson seized the opportunity to substitute his bill. This latter bill restrains county treasurers from collecting taxes to pay interest on township bond?, and orders the refunding of taxes already paid for that purpose. THE CLEHSON BEQUEST. There was manifestly an increase of interest in the House proceedings on Thursday, when the hour approached > - 1 3 J.V. - l_'l I i.. A. lor tne special oraer oil uie om to acueps the Clemson bequest and establish the separate agricultural college at Fort HilL Mr. W. C. Benet of Abbeville led the forces in favor of the measure. The nret issue raised was the motion of Mr. Brawley, of Charleston, to continue the bill to the next session of the General Assembly. After a short debate this motion was defeated by a vote ol 62 najs to 50 yeas. The bill was afterwards passed by about the same vote. The following is the text of the bill: Section 1. That the State of South Carolina hereby expressly declares that it accepts the devise and bequest of Thomas G. Clemson, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in his said last will and testament, and that the treasurer of the State be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to receive and securely hold the said property, both real and personal, and to execute all necessary papers and receipts therefor, so soon ad the said executor shall convey and transfer the said devise and bequest to tbe^said State. lection 2. '1'oat upon tne execution 01 a_deed and transfer of said property by said executor, in accordance with the provisions of said will, an agricultural and mechanical college shall be, and the same is hereby, established in connection with aforesaid devise and bequest, to be styled the Clemson College of South Carolina, and to be situated at Fort Hill, in Oconee County, on the plantation so devised, in which college shall be taught all branches of study peitaining to praccal and scientific agriculture and other industries connected therewith, and such other studies as are not inconsistent with the terms of said will. Section 3. That said college shall be under the management and control of a board ot tmrteen trustees, compostsu ui the seven members nominated by said will and their successors and six members to be elected by the Legislature every fourth year after the first election, said board to elect one of their number to be president and to elect a secretary and fix his salary. They shall organize the college and put it ?n operation a* soon as practicable i^tar the passage oi this Act; shall prescribe the course oi study; shall declare the professorships, elect the professors, of whom the number shall not exceed ten, and define their duties and fix their salaries, and make all rules and regulations for the govern ment of the college. They may employ such superintendent, head, workman, laborers for the farm, shops and grounds, as may be necessary, and fix their compensation. They shall charge a oh student a tuition fee of $40 per aniu a; provided, that said fee shall not b3 riniSI fVlO vuiiig&u ixxLtoxx UJ-IC i.uuuo axinni^ vuv \JJL the said bequest shall be exhausted in accordance with the terms of the 'said' will; provided, further, that indigent students shall not be required to paj said tuition fee. Section 4. That the said board of trustees is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, unde the name and style of The Clemson Agricultural ' College of South Carolina. .They shall have a corporate seal, which they may change at their discretion, and in theiz corporate name may contract ior, purchase and hold property for the purposes of this Act, and may take any property or money given or couveyed by deed, devise or bequest to stud college, and hold the same for.its esj and belief t; provided, thattfae^ondinona. of such gift or conveyance shall in no case be inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, and shall incur no obligation on the part of the' State. They shall securely invest all funds and keep dli property winch may come into their possession, and may sell any of the personal property not subject to the trust, and reinvest the same in fcuch way as they may deem best for the interest oi said college. They may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in their oorporats name, and may do all things necessary to carry ont the provisions of this Act, and may make by-laws for this purpose if they dgem necessary. Section 5. That it shall require ft twothirds vcte of the said Board of trustees to authorize tne expenditure of any monejs appropriated to said college by the State, or to authorize the sale or transfer or reinvestment of any property or moneys arising from the sale of any property under the provisions of thas Act. Section 6. That for the purpose of erecting buildings on said Fort Hill plantation and of purchasing stock and implements therefor and any expenses as herein provided, the sum of $3,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriateu, if so much be necessary, to be paid by the State treasurer upon the ordor of the board of trustees signed by the president and secretary; provided, that not more than $1,500 thereof shall be used in erecting buildings, fixtures or perma4 n?A<rr/t m Arttn nn pni/^ T?A?f U 111 UC/JLlb 14JJjksxU f vUiCilUO VJUL OOIU X UJLU I 1 11* plantation pending litigation in respect to said property; and provided ftuther, that all personal property purchased with the money appropriated by the state shall be taken and held by the board of trustees as property o? the State of South Carolina. And it shall be the duty of the said board to make to the Legislature an annual rejr.rt of the college and of all farming opei-tions and test and experiments, and of all receipts and expenditures, with a statement of the condition of the property and^ funds of said college, and of ail the receipts and expenditures of money appropriated thereto by the State. Section 7. That all Acts and parts of of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. ; -j BEGULATING EAILBOADS. The bill introduced ny Senator Woodward of Fairfield, to restore to the Railroad Commission the power to fix rates of carriage for passenger and freight was passed and sent to the Honsa. The only chang? rcade is that allowing the railroad companies affect=d to appeal to the Circuit Coart for Richland county?the rates fixed to remain of force in the meantime. HIS ATTENTIONS WERE REPAID 9 A Young Doctor is Bequeathed an Old Lady's Wealth. Philadelphia, Dec. 10.?A young, delicate-looking medical student named ? - Ashton B. Talbot, who came to this city in moderate circumstances and well-nighfriendless, is now living in the handsome residence once occupied by ex-Attorney General Brewster at No. 205 South Twelfth street, and is enjoying wealth that he ac- v quired in a most remarkable way. On the 13th of last month there died at this Twelfth street residence an old lady named Anna Marie Locken, the wealthy widow of the late John Locken. an umbrella manu facturer. A few days after her death youDg Talbot appeared at the office of the Register of Wills with a type-written jocumeat, which was found to be Mrs. Locken's will, in which after a few minor bequests, she left the whole of her estate of every description to her "friend," Ashton B. Talbot. The will was legally drawn up signed and certified, the witnesses being J.~Gilman Gage and Carrie A. S. Gage. Shortly afterward the will was admitted to probate and thus Talbot came into possesion of an estate estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $100,000. The story of Talbot's friendship with the woman who thus enriched him is most extraordinary. When the young student first came to this city from near Chester, UC ai but icotuvuw V*. A*VW4V< , No. 1019 Arch street where he secured lodgings. It happened that Mrs. Locken. had rooms in the same residence, and Talbot soon formeda close friendship with her Mrs. Locken was 80 years old. She had about $15,000 worth of diamonds, several thoroughbred horses and numerous carriages. Talbot soon began to wear diamonds that looked like stones formerly worn by the widow, and the couple frequently went out driving together. A story soon spread about that they were to be married, but the marriage never took place, although friends of Mrs Locken say that they heard her speak of the matter as fixed on several occasions. Finally, Talbot's attentions to the wealthy widow became so pronounced that Mrs. Itcnier ordered him to i seek other quarters. Upon this Mrs. Lefcken moved to the residence on South Twelfth street, Talbot accompanying her, and there she resided until her death. It is stated that Tnlbot became the nominal head ot the the house, his sister being housekeeper, and the old lady a "boarder." The will leaving the bulk of the estate to Talbot is dated Feb. 26, 1887. bome years ago Mrs. Locken made a will leaving her property to her relatives, but this will has not;been seen since she left Mrs. Renier's residence on Arch street. Her relatives allege that they will endeavor to break the Talbot will on the ground that undut .nfluence was brought to bear upon the old lady by Talbot. Talbot graduated from the medic ll college at which he was studying wi"->n he met his benefactress, and is dow practicing in this city. _____ A Little Girl Uadly Injured. Anderson, Dec. 13.?On Tuesday a serious accident befell a little daughter of Mr. Gadsden Farmer, of York township. She approached too near a cotton gin in operation and her clothing became entan gled in the gin, causing considerable injuries to her head and parts of her body. At last accounts she was still alive. Don't suffer from weakness and debility. Don't let gloom and despondency take possession of the human heart. ; Get health, get strength, get the power I of endurance from using B. B. B. (Bo1 tanic Blood Balm.)