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The Press and Banner ABIiEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1888. A Huckleberry Over Your I'ersliniuoii. Messrs. Alex. Zaehary & Son, of ("ashler Valley, arc In town with their excellent irarden seeds. Mr. Zaehary i> a prince in Cashier Valley, and an honest man anywhere. He never lulls to remember the I'rcasuml J {'inner oil jilsannual visiik m .v?uc?inc. nm he presented us with a jar of the choicest buckleberries thai ever satiated the appetite of printer or editor. Long live Mr. Zuchary and ills son. May our people ever do themselves a favor by planting his seeds. His nre good seeds, and when sown in good ground will bring forth a hundred fold, and will uevI er fail to make glad the heart of the housewife at dinner time. "Here's Your Mule." The new firm of Smith &C'o, will be glad to furnish mules on the best of tonus and at the lowest prices. These sentlemcn are well knewn to our people and thoroughly reliable in every way. The large capital at their command enables them to offer inducements to buyers of mules and horses. They will guantee everything as represented. Give them a call at once. They have a mule and a bargain for you. The Hot Kupper The Baptists gave a' hoi supper iu.h uiKiit, nnd nearly everybody in town came to it. All the supper was sold nnd ;the demand was not half supplied, ;S07 was realized?nearly all of which was profit. The occasion was a pleasant one. and well worth the cost. The money will nearly put the church out ot debt. ? Cotton Shipment*. The cotton shipments for the January, 1KSS. was 382 bales gainst 325 bales in January, 1*87. The shipments from 1st October to 1st February. is 55 bales short for the corresponding montns of the previous season. Mr. J. M. Bakkic of our county was married to Miss Minnie Adams, of Augusta. They are off for two weeks to Northern cities. While In Washington they will visit his friend and kinsman Judge Lamar, now As soclute Justicc or tne utinea muu's supreme Court, Many congratulations are extended to the happy couple. Majok K. A. Childs, of Pickens, Is in town to make application for writ of habeas co>-pus for Dr. T. w. Folgerand D. E. Garviu accessories in the lynching of Waldrop by negroes at Central. The case will be heard at chambers Thursday night. Miss Williamson who was at Sir. Bell's left for her home In Baltimore yesterday. Twenty-Six head of mules and horses were sold at Hill ASons's stables yesterday. Our people were glad to see Dr. Grler on tb# public square lust Saturday. We are greatly Indebted to Mr. R. S. Gal ! IUW ttj una ncva, Mrs. Ixa Martin has pneumonia, aud Is very sick. The attendance on the Court is not large. Judge McGowan is off to Columbia. Contributed Locals. Court began Monday morning promptly at the hour fixed. Judge Norton was on the bench, and make a good presiding officer. Solicitor Orr as is his custom was promptly on hand to deal out his sledge hammer blows in behalf of the State. The Jurors were promptly in their seats, and Court work moved off smoothly. Mr. Wyatt Aiken, Court Stenographer taking down the proceedings. We print the Judge's most excellent charge. A tcoodly number of our citizens were in town on Monday, though It was not Sale Day. We welcomeed in the I'ress and Banner office many of our staunch friends, and was pleasantly engaged in writing receipts and receiving some of the "hard pan." Col. W.J. Gaines, representing the staunch Atiffusta Chronicle, was in town this week looking after the interests of his paper. The Colonel as well as iho Chronicle receives a warm reception at this office. The farmers generally start this year in a mure vuvimi a^iun luuuuiuh .u. j v... w. They have on hand more corn and bacon than usual. This is especially advantageous, when corn in the West is higher than usual. The accounts of persons freezing to death in the North Is heart-rending. Tho casualties run up into tiie thousands. The account of a young lady school teacher, taking refuge in a hay stack from the blizzard, and remaining there with her limbs frozen for 72 hours is pitiful. ;When rescued her limbs had to be amputated. Eight thousands sheep was found stitt in death before their owners door | one morning. The tratns in New York are nearly at a stand still in the snow. When we read of the fearful mortality of the cold in tho West and North it strickes us that tho South and South Carolina is good enough place to live and that our citizens need not go to Talapoosa or uny other place. We see in the papers that a farmer la Fair- ; Held county, has kept an accurate account of ; his expenses on his cotton crop as raised ou a : three horse farm and with hired labor, and that his cotton costs him just about :\]A cents : perpound. Whilstthisisencouraglngltmust be remembered that this last year was an ' unusually fine year for farm and that the ! crop was worked out at the least expense known for a decade of years. Judge Norton has a pleasing face and looks well upon the bench. One of tho curiosities of the Court House ; was the conducting of liis own esse, by a dar- 1 key Indicted for stealing the chatties or another darkey, by breaking open his house and helping himself. His proceedure was alike amusing to Judge, lawyers and jurors. He was not wanting in the comodlty known as "cheek." Wo hear a great complaint about our roads. Some system ought to be adopted for their better working. Most of our county roads hava but a day or so work put on them. MORE OF OUR WASTED MILLIONS. An Interesting Chapter In tho His* i tory of Canals In South Carolina. 1 Rock Hill Herald. > i A movement is on foot to organize a com- : pany to build a factory at Catawba Falls, on i the Catawba River. The projectors contemCte building a railroad from the falls to < comville, aod there connect with the Cberaw & Chester road, or to some convenient < point on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern road. A meeting will be held at Chester on I Tuesday of next week, when the company will organize and at once take steps to secure from the Secretary of State a charter for the i railroad and another for the factory. The I proposed incorporators are Messrs. F. A. Bar- . ? T TT C 1*1. ( r 4 T T i uer, ?j. n. oiuilij, o. u. a^uio, o. o . nmii^iuiiuvy, * W. S. Gregg, J. K. Henry, G. W. Gage, James | Gayden, W. M. Lester, and Dr. Sam Anderson. The capital stock of the company will I be ?500,OuO, and this amount Is to be expended In erecting and equipping the factory and i cleaning outthe Catawba River canal, which i was constructed around Catawba Falls many years ago by the Slate of South Carolina. ! This canal is an exceedingly valuable prop- < erty, but it has been lying idle since it was abandoned sixty-two yearsago. At the recent I session of the Legislature an Act was passed ceding to F. H. Barber and others all the J right and title of the State to so much of the i canal as lies in Chester county except that portion heretofore ceded to Mrs. S. A. Boylston, upon the condition that Mr. Barber and < his associates shall expend not less than ?50,OOOat that point within live years. The canal, or that part of It controlled by the factory company, is nearly two and a half miles in i length and in this distance has a full of 135 feet. The State expended over two millions of dollars on the canal at this point, and the immense amount of magnificent stone work done there by four hundred Hcotch rock masons Is iu a perfect state of preservation and as good to-day as over. The stone used in the construction of the canal Jocks is a splendid quality of granite and it was so perfectly hewn and cemented that no piece of it can be removed to day without Wasting. The building of this canal was undertaken by the State of South Carolina with the intention of opening up the Catawba River to navigation. Operations were eminenced in isil and in IS25 tbispartof the work was completed, and for awhile boats passed through it, out It was adjudged impracticable to finish greater lengths higher up the river; so after an expenditure of three millions of dollars and years of labor and toil, the whole work wiim abandoned, and from that day to this tlie canal has been lying idle and useless. Wanted. School claims! For which we will pay face value in merchandise at lowest cash prices,} or, will pay the cash at lowest Dank rate of discount. It. M. Haddon A Co. Jan. 11,18W. R. M. HaXdon A Co*, have a full slock of (he j celebrated I'. Cot shoe. Made expressly for: our trade iu Rochester.N. V. Clothing at cost! clothing at cost!! P. Rosenberg & Co J Klankets! blankets ut cost. 1*. Rosenberg! & Co. 1 f you want a pood overcoat at cost. Call on j I'. Rosenberg & Co. If you wnntagood suit of clothes at cost ' Call on I'. Rosenberg ?& Co. Seed wheat! seed wheat!! at cost. 1'. Rosen- j berg Jt Co. A few bushels blue stem seed wheat left,! which will bo sold at cost. P. Rosenberg <Jt Co. Kntire stock of ladles dress goods at cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. Call and get a good suit at cost. P. Rosenberg Jc Co. AIKEN AND AUGUSTA. The Savannah River Valley Association-?>Thc Cumberland <<aj? Itoad , ? Progress in 4>raili*iu' and Cutting Cross-tie* ? I*er??oiuil riei?ee*i. Wo were ill Augusta Inst week. While there we look n run down to Aiken to see our old friend Mr. I/. C. i.ignn, of iho Jnurninl ami lii cicw, and to sec the hands at work on the Cumberland (Sap road. The night before going down we went to the telegraph oltlce in Augusta, to send a tele- < grain, expecting an answer that night, and instructing the office man to send the answer to the Arlington Hotel, where we were .stopping. The ollioc man takingour quarter and promising t-> send the answer ;is requestcd-it' it came?we went to bed to sleep the sleep of the Just, and to slumber the hours away ...l.Slrv ? l?r? SltllltCtl'l.lIK fj'loil IVlllh fHHTJllfH' manipulated the elcctric current. 1 In due time the "night watch" had us aroused next morning, and by early dawn we i were speeding away toward Aiken. Arriving < there we inquired if our telegram had been t received. At that time it had not, hut it came before we left the town, it had a now date?8,'.g o'clock, on the next day after it was f depositeil in the otliee at Augusta. oJn about 1 twelve hours it readied its destination?about ( two hours after we got there. While wo were ( disappointed at the delay, wc were glad that . other towns than Abbeville sutler by stow . telegraph deliveries. We met Mr. Schotleld, and are indebted to . him for a pleasant drive to where dirt is be* . ing thrown on tho Cumberland Gap road. We went out of town some two miles. We can now give a certificate that work is being ' douo. We saw, with our own eyes, crossties f lying besido the graded track. If you ask us it the road will be built to EdgeHeld, to Abbeville, to Pickens or over the I mountains, we cannot answer. Mr. Potts has ( certainly given evidence of intention to build to Edgefield. He Is at work at it, ami If tie continues the work the raid will possibly be Ilnished to Edgelield sonic time this year. We know no fact upon which to base a prediction as to the ultimate success of the road. The building of a road requires much money. Wo do not know where it is to come from. We met Dr. Croft. It was pleasant to meet him. We iiko him. Ills cordiality and his manners are such as to win those who meet him. He said to us 0110 tiling which we will repeat for the benefit of tlioso of our people ? who may feci inclined to complain of the < beef which we get at our boarding houses and j hotels. He said that the best beef that camo to Aiken went from Abbeville. i The Journal mul lie view has an excellent i office in every way, and especially In the job j department which is well supplied with new ( type of the latest and best varlties. i Aiken is a town about the size of Chicago, j with this difference in favor of Aiken?the ( houses are not so much crowded?the build- j lugs do not prevent a body from seeing the j town. A very good truck farm goes with j everj- house. I We stopped at the Busch House and got a good breakfast. People who have nothing to < do, stop at the big hotel whose kitchen chim- j ney looks like a factory smoke stack. While i waiting for breakfast some thirty or forty | mules trotted by, wearing rattling chains? | t hey were on their way to their work on the i Cumberland Gap. i Ateloven o'clock we returned to Augusta, i Ausrasta is a pleasant place to go to. The bus- < iucss men arc literal" and enterprising, unci < always make the visitor feel at homo. 1 The Savannah Valley Association gave j their elegant banquet in the Arlington Hotel i ?tlieKlinbal House, of Augusta. Wo were invite Ttio invitation was accepted. We sat at table with Mr. L. C. Ligon on our left. Dr. Gibert of our county, and Dr. J. II. Jennings of Edgefield were on our right. An elegant bill of fare greeted the eye, and ready servants waited on all to the gratification o! everyone. After the soiids and liquids had been disposed of, a feast of reason and a flow of soul set in, and for hours we were treated to nn intellectual repast. Hon. l'atrick Walsh was Chairman. Among tho speakers were the Abbeville B's-Mr. Denet and General Donham. General Honham's toast embraced a large subject?tho United States. Mr. Benet was circumscrlbed?he replied to tho toast of the Savannah Association. Doth speakers were greeted with rounds of applause. General Hemphill further represented Abbeville at the meeting of the Association and stirred up the Association as lie only can do. The opening of the Kivcr is of great importance to all parts of the country. If the work is accomplished, it seems to us that Augusta will eventually get ahead of any city iu Georgia. TRIBUTE TO R. H. WARDLAW. 1 11 At the Regular Animal .llectin;; of t the I'pper I-ons fane Society last 1 Friday tho Following; was Adopt* r ed. i Mr. Robt. H. Ward law, \vn? born April 2*. J 1807, and died July lb, "IKS", having lived on earth a little more than lour- , score years. His life was a long and ' eventful one, and from it wo might draw many lessons for our imitation, guidance and , prollt. Wc design, however, by this minute j to speak of him with special reference to his ' connection with this society. The I'pper J; Long Cane Society wns organized in 179'!?al- * most a century ago, and it is a rare and cu- J; rious fact that through the long lapse of , so many years it has had but two Secre- , taries?James Wardlaw and Robt. if. Wardlaw? lather and son. It is not known positively when Mr. Robt. H. Wardlaw was first J; elected Secretary, but we arc safe In saying he > served the society in this capacity for at least ' fifty years. What a term of service! Where ; can we find a parallel to it ? J Patience, diligence, fidelity and consclen- ' tiousuess were the crowning characteristics of 'j' .ur. vvuruiuw 111 me uiscnargo ui .my uuiy [Hid as Secretary of this society all these qual- { locations Rhone forth most conspicuously, j He had a just and honest pride in the society * and was over watchful over it in all its inter- ' ests. He naturlly loved it because his family j had always been identified with it?his father J having been ono of the original members; * but perhaps the secret of his ardent attach- 71 ment to it, lay in the fact that he regarded it, in its operations, as an adjunct to the church, j which he loved above all things else. No r man ever had a greater fondness for church work than Mr. Wardlaw. Ho was al- j1 ways ready for any service in the cause of * His Master. He- was never happier than when in attendance on the courts of the \ church which afforded him opportunity for full ' and free fellowship and communion with the . people of God. He indeed loved the brethern } and by this very love cave to the world an J assurance of the sincerity and power of his ; faith which scoffers could not deny, which i gainsayers could not resist. ; During his entire membership extending F over a period of nearly three score years, he was never but once absent from any meetings I of this society. What a record of prompt- ,J ncss and punctuality. It would bo interest- 1 int? t.n know what conld have ltf'iit him awav from the meeting of the society this one time. c We may safely concludo this solitary instance 0 of absence was strictly enforced, and that too, c by circumstances of no ordinary character. v In all the relations of life air. Wardlaw ever Bxblbited that unswerving fidelity to princi- " pie and that high and delicate sense of honor, which more than hfgh position and shining 1 talents constitute real excellence. v His manhood was of a high type and while, ? is a christian gentleman he was void of glare 1 Mid pretension, his piety was deep and fer- > vent, and bis attainments In tho lilvlne life s such as many advanced christians might well so vet. As wo remember him, loved and honored by all, Jils body bent under tho weight of many Infirmities, his locks whitened by the frosts of four score winters, we can but pause!' nudsay, look ! here is the exemplification o a truth announced by Solomon nearly three thousand years ago. The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness. As a sense ol' the high esteem in which our late and venerable Secretary was held by this society, Resolved, 1. That while wo recognize the wisdom, merry and goodness of our Heavenly Father is removing from our midst Mr. Hobt. H. Wardlaw, when we remember his noble finalities both of head and heart, his entire life "marked with an exact and unvarying conscientiousness," and his long and faithful services to this society, we can but! be sensible of the great loss that has come I upon us. liosclvcil, 2. That the county of Abbeville has lost a most worthy and exemplary citi zcn, this community a warm f riend and kind neighbor, the church <>f Christ a true and do- 1 voted supporter, and this society an honored 1 and useful memher and oflieer. " Resolved, Thai a pane in our Record book be set .apart to his memory and that the day or his birth and the day of his death and the \ length of his service as Secretary bo inscribed _ thereon. L. \V. WHITE, >s Chairman of Committee. ' The Ciiinlx rlaiKl (;ap KoimI. , .Xcws tuul Courier. ( Mr. W. II. Scholleltl, .1 r, t lie general supcrin- 1 tendant of the Carolina, Cumberland Cap < and Chicago Railroad, is in the city on busi- .1 ness for his company, lie gives a favorable .1 account of tho condition ot the road audits I prospects. Just now the construction of the .1 first section of the road between Aiken and I Edgefield Is in progress. Eighteen miles of 1 Ihlspart of the line was graded several years 1 nw). The ungraded nortion is now in tin: . iiiimlNof the contractors. It is expected that . the road between Aiken and Kdvtellcld will lulu opperation by llrst of April next. The contractors of the tirst, or Akin section '< have the optlou to construct lurthur sections of the line up to two hundred miles of | road. .Mr. Sclioflcld is ijUilo hopeful of tlie ultimate completion of the entire line and believes that it will ho of Inestimable benefit to South Carolina and Charleston. J Now is your time lo securo bargains in i clothing. 1\ KoKcnberu * Co. . If you w.inta good blanket at cost. Call and i get it. 1'. Rosenberg A Co. Call and get a good overcoat at cost. P. i Rosenberg A Co. 50 cashmere scarfs Jubt received. R. il ' Haddon & Co., a THE FEBRUARY TERM. SINNERS AT THE BAR OF JUSTICE. .Iiti-ors nsi?! Court <Mlici:ils :il the Post ol" I>uty - - - J Norton's 5'lrnt Term. Court con veiled Inst Monday morning at ton a'clock. Judge?J. J. Norton, presiding. Solicitor?.J. L. Orr. Ktcnogropher?Wyott Aiken. Clerk?M <i. Zei^ler. Assistant Clerk?I,. I>. Connor. Nherill-.I. I<\ c. Dul'rc. Court Crier - L. J. Wilson. Constables?Cicero Hughes, Charles D. Alen, A. M. Dul'rc and Calhoun Hutlcr. The Clerk published to the Court the cotnnission of the Honorable .1. J. Norton, Judge >f the eighth Circuit, which was ordered o be spread upon the minutes. The grand jurors were then called. Sixteen inswered ns follows: W. II. Fraser, foreman,Sarn'l \V. Cochran. i. W. Mil ford, H. W. Crawford, \ A.Cobb, G. A. Vlsanska, I.C. Ellis, R. S. Galloway, I. W. Puckett, George W. Speer, VV. H. Hawthorn, G.W.Connor, lohn Lyon, Thomas W. Morton, I. I\. I Jill III* IT, U,i7. iUUI bill. After being sworu by the Cleric, the .Solici:or called witness to testifying in cases for the jrand jury. His Honor then charged the grand jury, as follows: Gentlemen of the Grand Jury : Impressed as I am with the great importnice to tho country of a strict, unprejudiced, mpartlal and dispassionate enforcement of :he law, and believing you to be as your i>oard of Jury Commissioners, by your selection certify, men of good moral character and >ound judgment.and free from all legal exception. I have taken Home pains to collect information which will help you to discharge your duties satisfactorily to yourselves, and to your lellow citizens of this county, whom for this year, and until another grand .Jury shall have been empanelled, you are to represent in ferretingout and bringing criminals to lustice. You do tills indirectly and directly. Indirectly by having your Trial Justices to do their duty promptly, fairly and fearlessly. Directly by presenting offenders who through iomineering orchicanery escape the ordinary methods of prosecution, or whose crimes being chiefly against the general pubiic, no inJividual cares to prefer charges. Prominent xmong the last class are violations of the laws igainst Totalling intoxicating liquors without i license, carrying concealed weapons, adultery and the iutermarriage of different races. I do not mean that you must present every iflenceof which you happen to learn, but you must exercise your sound judgment and do hat which will most tend to the execution of .lie law. I have heard from the Bench that the grand jury might ignore bills handed out :o them, though clearly proven, If such bills tvero found to present merely technical violaJons of law, or tended to promote strife in the :ommuuity. I have known such suggestions ictod unun with annarcnt benefit to society. jut I caution you "not to act upon such an dca, without the further qualification that fou do not ignore any bill, nor fail to present iny offender, because you think any law techlioal, or trivial, or unwise, or likely to pronote discord or even immorality in the comnunity, but only hecauso your sound Judgment, uuinlluer.ccd by malice, fear or favortism, dictates to you, that its exercise in the particular ease in hand, will best promote the jnforcemeut of law, both in its spirit and in ts letter. IJy our Constitution the people surrendered heir natural right to govern themselves, each icftordinc to his own will, and agreed not to ivengo themselves for injuries received from >thers. That legislators should be elected to >nact laws, that judges, juries and executive >lllcers should bo chosen to enforce theso aws; that no laws contrary to these should je enacted and no punishments otherwlso inlicted than those thus prescribed. He who lissuades from the enforcement of the least mportantof the rules of the court, as well as ie who murders by lynching one supposed to mj guilty of crime, violates this compact is an irehist. If any law, small or great, fairly enorced prove obnoxious, the people through he proper channel will sec to its repeal. If vo lail to cnforce tho law, instead of prosperty, peace and order, disaster, tumult and anirchy will prevail. Tho strong will oppress he weak, the crafty will circumvent tho hon:st, tho mob will override the (juiet, good citzen. \l/h?rn iwrs rnr?n? rlwnl 1 In 11ir? torritn. y race prejudice always exists. One circle It lover should enter?it is here. No! let every sitizen stand equal before the law. In our ,'ourts let his liic, his liberty and his property lepend alone upon the Justice of his cause, f the dominant race bo wise it will treat the >ther with justice anil equity. You have also a preventive duty to perforin 11 looking after the conduct of your public ofleers. There are over oue hundred in your lounty. They ought to be honest, capable, ober and attentive. Whenever guilty of oflliial misconduct, habitual negligence, habitual Irunkenuess, corruption, fraud or oppression, hey arc liable to indictment, punishment ind removal from office. Your County Commissioners, School Comnissioner nnd Treasurer are respectively rciuircd to report to tlic presiding Judge, at the li st term of the Court of General Sessions in ach year, and the Judge must submit such eports to you for your examination. If you Ind discrepancies or irregularities therein, or iny embezzlements of, or extravagancies in ho expenditures of public funds, you are to resent them to the Court, that such orders nay be taken as shall meet the ends of Jusice. The two former of these reports arc not low required to be published in your county icwspapers, and while your duty to examine hem is not new, it has assumed a new imlortance. See Section 623, General Statutes, io/p, and page 657 of the Acts of 1SS6. The County Commissioners are also retired to report yearly examinations of ralload crossings oi public roads. Tbc Public Guardian is required to report m estates In his hands at tho first term of the ,'ourt of Common Pleas in each year. The Master is required to make a similar retort to the Court at its fall term iu every ear. The Clerk is to report all moneys remaining n his hands under orders of the CourC, stalng on account of what causes, &c., at every erm of the Court. He is also to report aonthly to the Auditor and Treasurer all oneys collected on accountof licenses, fines, lenaltles and forfeitures. The Sheriff and Trial Justices are also to nake reports similar to the last mentioned, .'hose of Trial Justices are required to be read n open Court at every fall term. The Clerk should file all of these reports, except his and the Sheriff's, on tines, &c., In his illloo for the inspection of all persons intersted. An examination of all these reports rould aid you in testing your officers. You ought to examine into the condition of .11 your public offices. The Solicitor's report o the last fall term ou the condition of the :lerk's, Sheriff's and Register of Mesne Conveyance's offices may aid you. Or.ashemust ixamine these at some time during the year, le may be pleased to meet a committee of our body and jointly perform that duty at onie time convenient to both parties. You have a general idea of the duties of our several officers and can readily obtain rom t he Solicitor or Clerk more definite inbrmatlon whenever a special complaint Is nade to you of one of them. The poor, who arc sick, or Infirm, or aged, >r in helpless infancy, demand your earnest ittention. No others ought to bo a charge mini the county. Able bodied vagrants ought lot to eat unless they work. Clean and coniOrtable clothing and bedding, and such deliacies and medical attention as their feeble conditions respectively urge, ought to be furlished to the really poor. Are your public roads,bridges and ferries In is good condit ion as the resources of the couny will allow? Good roads not only add to ho safety and convenience of a community. nit arc also an index to its civilization and idil to its wealth. on tlie oilier hand, gentlemen, you will bo j mxloiisly looked to, 1>y the innocent, especially If poor or timid, to shield.tliein from he expense and notoriety of public trial. A irluiii/(icie ease should be nnidc out in every tase belore you lind a true bill. Twelve of your number must agree that a, nima facie ea?e has been made out before you ind a true bill. If less than that, number igreo thereto you must ttnd "no bill." the I'KTtr juitoits vere then called, when the following aniwercd: lerry Ilneon, c., W. A. Latimer, lenry I'.auuhnian, .1.10. Lomax, lohn I'.rown, W. it. Mattlson, iV. i'. lirown, .1. IT. McAula, J. F. Hurdett, (i. X. Nick Its, W\ II. r.urns, J. II. Oulla, Jrocn (.'allali.-mi, jr., c.,II. J. 1'ower, I. F. Clinkscales, \\\ F. UadollfTe, lolin M.t'ochran, W. (?. llice. jr., it. T. Mavis, lien ton S. Robinson, I. C". Foster, A.T. Robinson, it. K. Hill, A. I!. Robinson, IS. Kay, K. V. fshoppard, WW. Kay, Robert Smith, loscpli Lake, W.T. Speed, I. 15. Lea veil, John II. Watson. s. I', ISroolcs ami I*. II. McCasian on proper iflidavits were excused from attendance on ,'ourt because of sickness in their families. \V. !S. Kichardson and James N. (.'<iclirali "ailed to answer to their names. ltohert Hanks, charged with burglary and larceny entered a plea of guilty. Stale against Samuel AIc(Jreer and Oscar Iones? tho charge being larccny of live dock. Tills is one of those cases which clearly illustrate the necessity of submit ting trilling cases to the Jurisdiction of the Trial Iiislico court. Oscar Jones skipped the jurisdiction of the Court, but McCJreer bus been in jail sinco tho fall of 1880. They are charged with stealing a three-dollar pig. McOrecr has been In Jail more than a year. This Is tho third time ho has been brought to trial. At the tirst two trials the juries failed to agree, but at this term the following Jurj found him gnilly: J. H. McAUla, foreman,1$. C. Kay, W. It. Mnttlsoii,' Robert Smith, Joseph Lake, J. II. Oullft, M. \v. Kay, W. A. Latimer, J. H. Lea vol I, John ('. Foster, \V. T. Speed, A. I!. Kohlnson. The Slate against George Agnew for larceny of live stock. Pleaded guilty. The facts in this case are, that, ho brought, some of his neighbor's cattle to the Abbeville beef market. The case of the State against Georgo Agncw for housebreaking In day time, was called for (rial, when ho acted as his own atrorney, and exhibited no small degree of tact and ability for one of his limited education. The nrool of h!s crime was conclusive, and tlio followin}: jury found him guilty: K. Y. Shoppard, Joseph Lake, G. N. Nick I os, John C. Foster, A. H. Itobinson, I. II. McAula, J. R. Leavcll, Green Callaliam, jr. H. S. Robinson. \V. F. Ratcllfle, B. C. Kny, W. A. Latimer. The Stato against Joseph W. Kennedy, Charge ? Selling liquor without license, It was in proof Hint Dr. Kennedy Is the owner of a drug store at Urndly, and tlint lie had prescribed medicated whiskey. Witnesses testified thnt they "felt a liltlo bad," when they went into the drug store, and the doctor always made the favorite prescription, which seldom failed to bring them victorious over all the ills of life. The following jury Otnnirlif Urn rinplnr hnfl vlolnted the law against soiling whiskey in a dry town : R. E. Hill, foreman, W. It. Mattison, W. C. Brown, John Brown, R. T. Davis, W. T. Speed, H. J. Power, J. H. Oulla, Henry Baughman, N.W.Kay, W. H. Burns, Robert Smith. The jury found a verdict of guilly, with n recommendation of mercy. Ills Honor, the Judge in passing scntc-nce on the Doctor, said that in conscquence of the recommendation of the Jury, and because of the fact that an other case was on the docket against him, he would be light on him. The sentonceis, thai he pay to the Clerk of the Court 8150, or be Imprisoned six months at hard labor. Th< money was paid to the Clerk, and the other case was postponed until the June Term o the Court. The case ol the State against TempaHamp ton for enticing away a laborer under con tract, was an appeal from Judgment of tria Justice court. Reversed. In the case of the State against Lewis Ferry for murder, the grand jury found a true bill. State against Alex. Hanks for larceny ol live stock?true bill. State against Wm. Shlves, charged witl: petit larceny?no bill. The proper order waf passed for his discharge. Stale against Shack Moragne, charged witl: petit larceny?no bill. Ho was discharged from the custody of the Court. The State against Mllledge Burton and Pink Williams. Xol. pros'd at last term o Court. Millege Burton s counsel nnred on hlf behalf a plen. of "olrc fois a qui." (We take il f<?r granted that all our readers understood what that means.) As might have beeu ex pected, the Judge overruled that plea, and the prisoner went to trial. The Jury, as fol lows, found him guilty : W. T. Speed, foreman, \V. H. Hums, R.T.Davis, Joseph Lake, Robert Sinitli, \V. C. Brown, X. W. Kay, John C. Foster, G. N. Nlckles, W. F. Radclifle, W. R. Mattison A. T. Robinson. State apainst Pickens 1J. McDuffle and John Turner, charged with assault and battery ot ? high and aggravated nature. John Turnei was never arrested. McDuflle Is on trial. Th( jury up to last night had not agreed upons verdict and were locked up for the night. The Jury is as follows: J.H. Walson, foreman, B. S. Robinson, E. Y. Sheppard, John Brown, Henry Baughman, J. H. Oulla, John M. Cochran, J. F. Clinkscales, G. F. Burdett, A. B. Robinson, J. R. Leavell, R. E. Hill. State against Wm. Fair alias William Far row, charged with assault and battery of an aggravated nature. Prosecutor had vlO' iated contract, and the defendant hit her with a hammer. The following Jury condemned this mode of enforcing contracts, and found hiin guilty of assualt and battery : J. E. Lomax, foreman, Robert Smith, Green Callaham, Jr., B. C. Kay. R.T.Davis, H.J.Power, N. W. Kay, W. A. Latimer, Joseph Lake, W. C. lirown, G. N. N icicles, W.H.Burns. MAKH1ED. "maRRIEI)?January 19,1S8S, by Kev. S. J naihAii ?it fhn hriiln'fl fftt.hnr'fi. Mi km TjITf^A MANN* to Mr." JOHN" WILKERSON, all o'l Abbeville County. MARRIED, by Rev, J. 8. Jordan, Tuesday, January lOtb, 18SS, Mr. WILLIAM H. RENT LEY and Miss MARY EUPIIEMIA, dangh terof Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Howard of White Hall. MARRIED, Wednesday, Januury, iijtli. 188S by Rev. W. K. Pearson. Mr. WILLIAM A CALVERT, aud Miss MAMIE E., daughtei of Charles Bolts, ull of Abbeville. MARRIED, January 25th, 1888. at the Presbyterian church In Augusta, (Ja. , Mis.1 KATE LOMAX of Abbeville to Mr. R. HERKELY 11RYAN of Columbia, S. C., Rev. T. M. Lowry, ofliciating. Bridge Notice! rpHE contract for building a bridge over Lit X tie Kiverai waudla w ?. win ue iei in the lowest bidder on SATURDAY, the 25th ol FEBRUARY next nt 11 o'clock A. M. at bridge. Specifications made known nt the time ol letting. At the same time and place tiie contract for constructing a CAUSEWAY on public road near the bridge will be awarded to the lowest bidder. W. D. MANN, Jan. 30,1SSS, 3t Commissioner. Hamburg Edgings At VA, 2,2u,5, 6, 7, 8,10 and 15 centfi. 21 sheets or paper and 24 envelopes for S cents. Five lead pencils for 5 cents. 12 slate pencils for 5 cents. 1 quire good paper 5 cents. 1 composition book. 18 pages, for 5 cents. Handkerchiefs iy2y 5 and 10 cents. Lluen doylle fringed for 5 cents. Beautiful lace pins 5 and 10 cents, at E. A. TEMPLETON'S. Feb. 1,1888, tf For Sale ! rilWENTY PAIRS OF CHOICE BRED PIGS I ol?A/1 !*?? mofrnlflpitnt P. P. Rofll*. '^LALstoSE."" ? 10 pairs at S5.00 per pair. 10 pairs at S10.00 per pnlr. W. P. WIDE MAN, \V. P. ADDISON. Troy, H. C'., Feb. 1,1888, lin \Y. J. SMITH. J. AT.LEX SMITH. AUG. W. SMITH. AUG. W. SMITH & CO DEALERS IN MULES AND HORSES! ABBEVILLE, S. C. WILL SELL STOCK CIII5AP Koll THE cash, or will make low terms on eredit. Will guarantee all stock to bo as represented. and mean todoasijuare and fair business. ("all and see us at an early date, lluvc a law stoelc of MULES on hand. r t'u. if i.-w>, vi "apportionment" OF THE PURLIC SCHOOL FUND FOR 1888. riMIK following is the amount ol' money of L tlio I'ulilic School Fund to he distributed by the Hoards of Trustees ol the School Districts of Abbevillo county for the year 1S.S8. It is expected and required that the School Trustees will give each school its share of the School Fund regardless of the tlnie of the opening of the school. District No. 1 31.MO 00 District No. 2. 1,5110 0(1 District No. :i 1.?? no District No. -1 'jso no 1.1 .Vft s l.i;,(I mi Hist rid No. n $50 no District No. 7 I.iiiiO <M) District No. ? ixwi no District No. !? 1,(>W> ?0 District No. M 740 ISO District No. II 1.150 (Hi District No. i'2 WiO (X) I 'istrict No. 13 825 00 DislrictNo.il *10 oo District No. 15 1,100 00 District No. 10 1,250 00 The Trustees will be careful not to overdraw on tlio amounts apportioned. Hespectfully, K. COWAN, School Coui'r A. Jan. ill, 1SSS, tf Medium copy. the Augusta Fi The Leading Furnitur MIUTR FOR CATALOGUE AND THICK L liRDSTEADS from SI.50 to $150.0!). JUIRKAUS from 0.00 to J175.00. Cull and sue us whether you want anything r ; FI/EMIlNra <fc BOA 838 Broad Street, Feb. 1, 1888, Cm Extracts from Lowndesville Advertiser SPARKS FROM DUE WEST. Conrt ut Abbeville?Romls?Personals Cotton Market?Wedding Bell* ?Other JIntterK. Due West, S. G\, Jan. 30,1888. T.nwnrlpsville is wfill reDresented at Court this week. Judge Norton presides with ease and dignity and has a good face. We write these items for the Advcrtiscr from Abbeville and 111 the Press . and Banner office?newspaper head quarters for Abbeville county. ' We met with pleasure, for the first . time, Mr. Isaac McCalla, of Lowndesj ville, one of the solid citizens of the [ seven-hilled city. Mr. McCalla is doj ing jury duty. Bo is Mr. B. C. Kay, ' of same place. Ask Rev. Mr. Fennel, of Monterey when the 5th Sabbath occurs and : what almanac he uses? Hereby hangs a tale. From all accounts the banquet at Augusta was a grand affair. Outfriend Mr. Hayne McDill is enthu1 siastic over it. ' Mr. McCalla reports an elegant time , at the marriage of Mr. J. M. Baker 1 and Miss Adams, of Augusta. We . wish them a hearty God speed on f their life-voyage. 1 Due West has been a capital cotton . market this season. The top price has . been paid for the fleecy stable?some 1 times above larger markets nearer us. T.of T,nu-iirlp<jvillf> mnkfl n sfrnnfr pull for the new railroad across the county, and her salvation will be complete. We see that the Advertiser is patronizod as an advertising medium, i This is an encouraging sign. \ We met Col. W. J. Gaines, of . the Augusta Chronicle in Abbeville, i The Colonel is a veterau newspaper man and reports the Cnrouiclc in good shape. We invite the editor of the Advertiser to coine down to Due West on next Friday evening and attend and write up the Semi-Annual 'of the Philomatheau Society, aud have a pleasant time generally. We had the pleasure of meeting "Rossdhu" of the Advertiser. We enjoy reading his pencil points on Abbeville life. The marriage of Mr. J. Olintlius C. Flemming, of Laurens, and Miss Careie L. Todd, of Due West, on last I WnilnAO/lntT 0"Mi tl/OO nnd aF tllO M UUUtCUU Y , *SJVUj ?T U.J U1IW vwv brilliant weddings that ever occurred in Due West. Kev. W. L. Pressly D. 1)., officiated. This was the first ceremony of the kind performed in the new church. A considerable amount of stock ; have been bought in Due West this season, and other parties are wanting : to buy?principally mules. Solicitor Orr makes an excellent | officer. He "fills the bill." : We enjoyed quire a pleasure in meeting Rev. Mr. Hanckel, of Abbeville 1 on Monday. We found him quite a ' cultured and pleasant gentleman. We hear a great complaiut at present on the condition of the roads. Should not somethtng be done. It is nothing uncommon to stall in a single buggy. The system needs overhauling. JR. S. G. NOTES FROM ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE. Candidates for Sheriff? Snail Pace Schedules?The Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad to be Built The Prohibition Election?Court ?Criminals Drawing Certificates for Rations of Justice?Xotcs. It is rumored that Mr. DuPre will not again run for Sheriff and many > men, all good and true, have their eyes on the office,and are counting up how mauy friends they have in the county, and so forth, and so on. The sale of mules still continue? very lively. The prices paid are high. It takes a long time to dig one hundred and forty or fifty dollars out of the ground to pay for them. Better raise a mule colt or dig your money first. It is risky to buy on time. The public would like to know for whose benefit the present snail pace schedule is kept up on the Savannah Valley railroad. It takes four hours and twenty minutes to run from Hester Station to Augusta, a distance of about sixty-five miles. This is on the evening train. All other trains dump you of! at McCormick when you have to wait for hours before a train comes along to pick you up. This is no better than the most abominable of trains?the Abbeville branch. The trip from Hester to Augusta should be made in two hours with all ease. (? m/\ + in fho rorvnrf Olftt JL 11C1 C 13 UU uuiu la liiv ibpui w tlio Georgia. Carolina & Northern Railroad has been sold out. This road will be built, but judging from the surveys being made, no one can tell I whether or not it will run by Santuc, j Lowndesville, Latimer, Hester or Mt. C'armel. The surveyors get lost after they leave Abbeville going West, it seems, but nevertheless they will come out all right by and by. The sentiment that there should be 110 ill-feeling in the approaching prohibition election, is proper and right, j Every man has a right to his opinions i and he should he allowed to express by his vote without question, but the J question is, will this be done? Prohibition elections generally resemble j a kilkenny cat light. Work is progressing on the Court I House imnrovements. The new Presbyterian church is an ; oddly constructed building, but it will , be pretty. The door is in one corner, i the pulpit at the side and the SundayjSchool room is in the rear of the j church proper by means folding doors. BlltTUS. Near the Hook, Jan. iW, 1888, Mrs. John Penrnian, n son. Of Kentucky University, LEXINGTON, KY. I ThJljSiO W i WORLD Cheapest Business Edncati.it Illghf t Honor and Cold Medal or?r all other College!, at the World'* Kxpoattlon. tor tijTtMm of Boob-lceeplBg and Ceaeral BuIicm Kdnoatlon. MOO OradaitM la HualacM. 10 Taaohari employed. Coat of Fall Baalneaa Conrae. Including Tuition, Btatlonorr and Board, about $00. 4hort-llund, Tjpe-WHUn* and Teleffvaph;, epoclaltlea Mo Vuoutlon. Enter Now. Urudu*tea Qaaraatc?r ?- yur circular! addrru ,, W. It. BMITU, PrM't, Lexlortoa, Kf ' * >.: ..-r; irniture Palace e House of the South. ISTS. PARLOR HIT ITS from $30.00 t o SoOO.OO. IJED ROOM SUITS from Sir,.00 to ? 150.09. >r not. No trouble to show goods. ^LES, THE LEADERS, AUGUSTA, GA. Extracts from Christian Neighbor. The Augusta Gazette says "there arc men who actually believe that education improves the morals of people and makes them necessarily better citizens : and the whole theory of the Blair bill stands out from that absurd hypothesis." The existing evils of the "free school" system in the South would be immensely augmented by the "Trojan horse" Blair bill, should Congress pass it. One of the benefits of the "free school" system is given in the following extract from an exchange: A Stampede to the Cities.? There is a regular stampede of Georgia colored people in direction of Athens, Atlanta and other cities where the free-school system prevails. Many farmers are being deserted by every hand, and one farmer in Oglethorpe County, who runs forty plows, has not a colored hand to-day on his farm, the last one having left for Athens. Whole neighborhoods have been deserted by the blacks, and every shanty in the corporate limits of Athens swarms with the half-starved colored people. There is nothing in Athens for them to do, there being more men than there is work or room for. The farmers say they would not listen to propositions looking to contracts for another year, but intend all to move to towns where their children can be sent to school the year round without any money. There's mauy a man as has got a collego education that goes thorugh life without findin' out how ter invest it. There are "failures" among college men as there are physical wrecks among those who are born to sunlight, air, and other common gifts which go to the development of the material frame. The question is the old one of what constitutes real success in life. The college graduate may not make his mark as an author, an editor, a "professor" or president of an "institution," but, in whatever he may be engaged, he will, other things being equal, work more intelligently, more accurately, and to better purpose in every way than he would have done without his college training. No college guaran: tees a diamond for a road pebble nor to insure "success" where there is native (hereditary) incapacity. It is not the college training that fails, hut a man who in spite of all helps makes a failure which could only have been worse had he been without this systematic training. Pakis, Jan. 26.?The Court of Apnea! has decided that priests in France are entitled to enter *in the married state. The priests were never forbidden to marry except In the fulfilment of the Scripture. I Tim. iv: 1, 2, 3: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hopocrisy; liaviug their conscience soared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. A Negro exodus to South America is being talked about by one Col. A. A. Jones, himself one of the "op- i pressed brethren." By May 1, he exam rno/I pwio UJfcci, iuc UIOK paivj KJU mo .v/?v. C'ol. Jones says: "Our people do not want to come North and West because of theclimatic , couditions, and because tbe prejudice | against a black face follows them even there. In South America, as well as well as in other parts of the world, the color of the skin does not bar a 1 man out of the race for the best. We shall start our emigrants from Eastern 1 points. We have agents at work in 1 the South now, and we shall get as I many emigrants as possible out of ( Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, 1 while not neglecting Missouri and Kentucky, and if there is not a big < emigration before next summer then J miss my guess." This scheme, if carried out, may be ' a benefit to all concerned. t Reports from the New England } States say there is the severest snow j storm in that section that has been j known in thirty-live years. The snow < is from fifteen to eighteen inches deep, and travel is greatly impeded. At Nantucket Shoals lifty vessels are f fro/en in tlie ice. Two white men, J. W. Rrock and , Robert Lynes were, it is thought, fatally injured January 2G, while taking down the walls of a building in Char- ' leston which was injured by the earth- 1 quake. A telegram, Victoria, B. C.t Janu- J ary 25, says that at Wellington C'ol- ' liery there has been an explosion 1 which it is feared has caused the death of thirty-five miners. Twenty bodies i have already been recovered. I Asbury H. Perkins, of Lancaster, 1 bought from William Rogers of New ( York, $4,000 of "green goods." Roth men have been detected and arrested, i The Annual Meeting of the Colum- \ bia Street Railway Co. shows that the J road is doing a good business, and that it is in a satisfactory condition. 15 A fire in Philadelphia, January 23, * destroyed fifteen or twenty millinery shops. Loss about $1,000,000. Eighty per cent of Dakota declared J for local option in the recent election, * only six eountics voting for license. ' At the recent election held in Tallahassee, Florida, under the local op- J tion law, the city was carried for prohi- 1 bition by a good majority. Among total abstainers the mortality falls short by 30 per cent of ordinary expectancy, while 90 per cent of mod-1' erate drinkers attain it. Answering Meekly. It is said that in a quarrel two are necessary for a quorum. But there is something so much easier to fall into than the habit of quarrelling, that of making sharp retorts, harsh replies to inquires or observations made by others, which inquiries or observations were themselves rude, perhaps. It is not so difficult to be patient in the case of an unusual or exceptional exhibition of rudeness or anger, but it is de- . cidedly harder when the ill temper is chronic, often with no cause, and always selfish. True, if only one member of a household is so unlovable, and all others receive without protest nnrl linral- wrnrflu nrwl trmoa f hOTA TTlftV be comparative peace there!! But does not forbearance oftentimes cease to be a virtue? Shall one be permitted to go uurebuked while making others unhappy? Though knowing almost that rebuff will be of "none effect" yet the feeling of keen injustice ;> <urges one beyond all restraint to pay * back in the same coin, to call a halt to one who is not only making the world around wretched, but is strengthening himself (or herself) in a habit which has never yet added one atom to human happiness. The more sympathetic and generous the mind the greater the temptation to put down the injustice of an unprovoked unkindness, an act of wanton selfishness. Now, shall this nobler / , % mind make ill retort to a harsh address, answer meekly, or do even more to placate unjust wrath? Wrath is at times right, holy, but unjust wrath weakens righteous anger when it bennmaa a filrht Milnrr in OYnrMD It. WUICO c? ' '&> * """ft 1 ... Chronic ill temper is childish and bring3 it? victims into ridicule. Many thoughtless nupils enjoy nothing more ? than to see the master in a rage. And whomakes a more ridiculous figure than a grown man or womap furious over a trifle? Rebukes, checks, are oftentimes really necessary for these natures that would always dominate those about them, and might be help* ful if given in the proper way. decidedly, pointedly, openly, and?kindJy. As a result of the renewed effort to start the defunct Charleston cotton factory on a new basis, a declaration was yesterday tiled with the Secretary of State for the incorporation of a new company to carry on the manufacturing business now suspended. The - corporators are .Messrs. Artuur Barnwell, "Win. K. Ryan. Wm, M. Bird, C. Irvln Walker and A. T. Smythe. The capital stock is placed at $250,000, divided into 2,500, shares of the par value of $100 each, forty per cent to be payable at once iu cash, the balance on the order of the board of directors. A commission has been issued.?Register, Jan. 29. ""What ye sow, that shall ye also reap." If we sow good seed, we may confidently expect good results; hence, it behooves every man and woman to carefully consider where the best seed may be obtained. Seed that is warranted pure, fresh, and raised on his own farm, is what the veteran seed grower, James J. H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., offers the public, and his well-known integrity makes his warranty a valuable one. Send for his 1888 catalogue. The Legislature of Illinois haspassed a a law, and Governer Oglesby has signed it, making it a punishable offense to furnish minors under sixteen years mifliWinnnn in ann nf fnpms L/l a^C tTUU^/vuvvv ?U V. --w That is a pood Jaw, hygenically and ^ morally, which ought to be enacted in -Kevery State. In this law Illinois follows the example of Germany. The National Democratic committee meets at Washington, D. C., February 22, to fix the time and place of holding \ the National Democratic Convention. New York, Boston, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and San Francisco will send delegations urging the claims of the respective cities as the place for holding the convention. A correspondent of the Chesterfield Advertiser says that while in Cheraw recently he was shown a bale of pine straw prepared for the purpose of mak> lug mattresses which is said to be far suporior to cotton for the purpose; and another advantage claimed overcotten is that bed bugs will not stay near one of these mattresses. The Methodist Advance, of Goldsboro, N. C., which for sometime has been conducted by Revs. Bobbit and Robey, of North Carolina Conference, has heen sold to L. A. Potter, Esq., and will now have the distinction "of being the only Methodist paper edited by a layman. A clock has been invented, and is coming into use in Europe, which is ^ warranted by its manufacturers to run for five years without winding or reg- . illation. The Belgian Government placed one in a railway station in 1881, lealed with the government seal, and it has kept perfect time ever since. \ Gov. Seay, of Alabama, is in receipt >f a letter from Dr. P. S. Riddelee, a prominent citizen of Dakota, in which he states that the terrible loss of life to v I >oth man and beast, in consequence of k lie recent blizzard has determined /| ;on, January 3, for Arkansas. - (Sq Two hundred negrows left Andernany Dakota farmers to seek Southern lomes. ill ?ii?s settiuu iuiij iaiuivio iave indicated their purpose to go South. Rev. J. C. C. Newton, now stationed it "NVarrenton, Va., has been accepted w a missionary to Japan. He is tho sort of man wanted for the foreign^ vork a man who is wanted at home. Because a wife does not speak out. i??ainst some of your habits is no proof hat they do not make her unhappy. The man who idly lives on what his 'ather earned and stored up, occupies he same relation to society as does a pauper. The fortieth anniversary ofthewonan sufTrasre movement will be cele- ... irated in Washington by an inter-naionnl council March 25 to April 1 injlusive. Governor HiH, of New York, does lot believe in Friday hangings. He ion fenced a murderer to be hang?d on Monday. A hailstone with a nucleus of gypiim, probably sucked up in a waterpout, fell in a recent shower in France. In five centuries France had 320 V. eai's of war for 174 of peace;and in ' he wars were fought 184 bloody bat- -*-i; ties. A great printing and l?iudincr estabislmient of Springfield, UK, was >urued January 28. Lust week the Northwest suffered ' . roni one of the severest storms ever witnessed in that section. It is sup>osed that fully three thousand lives vere lost. * j i