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FAIRFIELD HERALD
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WIHRIAums, & ,- AMV0i.
Ter ~ ~ I ms T1 : ieu 1~ np'0 ish ell W eek
inl thle To~w nt W inbor3, it 1I3.00 in
t ftril/h/j inl ad41vante.
rjyf Ul raInslien. adtverliseiintis to be
p Ild ilk ad41via ice.
Obi uary Notiems anl Tribites $1 00 per
K l uare.
Tli Public Prinling.
iho Republican Prinitiig Coumpany
consists of the clerks of the twt)
.1ouses and certain membiers of tlhe
L1egi is lat u reC. We w hre own by a
person once coniected with businles)sS
I list. of Senatorsi w ho had received
dividvnlds in a c Certain year. There
Were UIie tie othem, find they werie
elharged witdi stiai va a ryi nIg flom
$1,500 to $5,0)00 eavh. These sums
we m1 pa i( n t evera I wa s. Ole
bought a ptir F hIorses.i and gave an
ol'er il hecolip~nyfol. tlle :1111,1111
ilother orevred Ilaw books lrott
New vch and14 paid for thei with ,
drait, kill t e e linpail:, som to.,h
cahtd oit went.( WC be;iuve
-enitt a. . i .1 1 t Ve 1 sh r,
I - 1 'o-pl
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V j m l y e, t iiiat s TiI ICVO
Ii tlI - :I i) C - I t'I.- f.o ;th d lt i
.t % , :. d 1.e v. , a
\\'e hiv mit.r d itrI I i ev .
J. . Iiomip-on, E q.-Sir Yours
of the 17th is receivel. The pucb!ie
.1 ~~pri nig of lowl'a e.st last yea r '$12 1.
068, whiit ilitlies the CoAst. of pubs1
hIsigI, the L ws iII dl 1fie p -r of
thlt "a wh ib exp 1 . 6. 1Ii been
s:taed by~ abIohi. lt ens:iui.
TrnI Ier ' u owau.
J.,G ThIIompI Is oniI, [i:q.-The tsuml
pai-l for p1ublic Prii'i 'g iII the year
1872w),%a .$89.766 :;0ini b p ia
pri ntintg of two reVpon, 2,.5 3iJJ
*llr that. of the bol v i n:tton . d
$10,UOO for the h)o4 ( rit'iclture.
t'h As. lI;Nu',IT,
Airtor.
i-NNI.v.\ N A.
J. G. Thoimpson, lE-q.-D-_ar Sir:
The total amioiluit inid fotr the public
6 ~~plintinv )I the( State ofPn~lai
fur 1872, was $7:3,377 7-1.
R. .\. M.kcmav,
State Tleurer.
d Il . 11 G.Th i son, - e r Sirl:
vi e elo.e, a cop (it i x surgevi.or's
re-port which --hows the co.st tit publise
priitiglt fil ofhiio, in I U18 72, to lbe
162)'923 83.
.Is.ti. W 11 i.If,
pr'iitinig in thisc tuonr St es i, 63.i7,
335i 95. This is actually les' thani
Carin't in 1 87.. The~ aggregate
popuplation: of the-e focur Nutes 1s
482,701, whe the poi uiton of
S u.th it (..oliintat 7(I5,(j 6 ; s thtat
weO pay for' publie piriintng in thit
propo tin ofI twelveI t to onei. I.iTne
proa~iches' us5 lai ptopubitiont timan othier
Stattes. .Let tts comitpare hter pitsinitng
amo110unit paid by' the Stato of Mary
lanid for' pitblie piinug fotr the year L
C~ompt. ofI TIr eas.
So that SatthI taot iia pay., tent
7.000t gre'ater~i. i'venu hiere Ittanter
.rln, with ;tappuhu om of 78(0,.
by stuenI ti cop ar ns as1 Itheeta
) I li~e~ eniutra, ty is timde app et.
\\ couendis-u thies - it: . tm Treacts.
break up) tuis r1ing. \VhIt we no'k
of Itiui is to givei uts V t i ouceris
upon which lie paid out over' two
nwledhe llf the Islums without
woman recetl Iy entered ai phiototgria phi
te salooni in M an'nehiusett s, to iask,
does it take to. get IL p)hotograph after
8,835 gratnges with 602,655 mnembora.
['Toro wore 974 of thioso gratiges or
GanZized d:::-iig November.
WASIIINGToN. January 23.-A dis.
ptu having arisen in Texas between
ox-Governor Colio as to who the mail
addressed to the State officers
should be delivered, the Postniaster.
General directs that mail matters ad
dressed to the "Governor of Texas,"
be delivered to Coke, and that ad
dressed to "Governor Davis," or "E.
J. Davi-, Governor," bo delivered to
the latter.
\Vt NUroN, Taii t'ury 24.-Unless
the 'residetit changes his mind, he
will send a message to Congress, Mon
day, on Louisiana affairs. Ile will
plead Congress5ional inaction was
tacit endoismtent of Attorney-Gene
ral Williams' tactics toward that
Statc. The proposed election bill
provides that it shall be conducted
by a Congressional commission-two
ll vpreseltatives and one Senator.
If' Dlmoorats can be brought to sup.
,ort this measure, its passage is cor
tain ; but all of them are loth to re
new reconstruction. It may be stated
that t he Democrats are disposcd to
hide themselves behind the constitu
tional provision about securing to
e.Ca State a republican form of go.
veriment. The best opinion is that
(Io e will be i newv election, and that
there will he a new election, and
that .1 udge Durell will riot be im
.AsHINGT"N, elanuary 2-I.-Go
vernor leer h d a Iree disenislsion
wohai tln- lident this lmorIling.
(.n rtor Iliebert's impression is that
the lPle,ideit does not desiro a new
e lection in .Louisiana, and that he
it s the pt wer of Coigress to in,
trfe're after a "tte has been recon
t.etel. It was still (he Presidents
i'eniion to addre.s, a Ilnessage to Con.
1s u,01)1m Li 3uiatia alffairs on Mon
day.
Waito will qualify as Chief Just ice
in two weveks.
Gen. Phil. Sheridan is here. lie
says if the border must be protected,
the army mut be itie(ased.
It. is phusibly reported that a bill
has bten prepared affecting the judi
eifl distiots, which will Iunscat all
pre.esent )i:tr ict. ,Jndges.
I was s;id, la'te in the day, that
the ialna i i-111: hill has boon altered :o
i:at, in-tead of having the eleetion
umIluered tuider a ( :engremional com.
IlliSmisi, it vial be maiiaged by a
COilmisiona ippoii.t ed by the l'resi.
( h-ut . It is s u pos 1e(d this coninis
siii will le Collposed ofl the military.
1ti. ier i i ul'clrl of .iislie.
The v.amit of revelece for the Iw
which is such a re.retable feature
of' our soc ie t r, has bei again ex
cmu 1.1ified by tell miutrder of a prisoner
In l jell court. The story is a (leeply
tragwl ona. A iani in Galveston,
eli igoli wilh murder, was waiting
the commecemlenIt of his trial, wheo
the sonI of the oudtiered man ap
pronohed iunprceived and shot him
thlrou-h the head, kiiiing him in.
at It ]y. Tile young man, Ito doubt,
CcOsiderell hilsVIf a. here and fet
that a sickly senutimentality would
save him Iia from the gallows. If mur
derers were treated in the sutmary
mlanner they descive, and the law
mado itself realIy espe cted, wI
.should have less 1meloid ramiatic crime
of this niature.-N. Y. Hlerald.
Thie wife of one of the mns~mked
haidit5 ini New Y ork called at thle
priisonl to se:e her hu.,b~ an:1 the other
daiy. 8lhe kissed him thirough the
bar's, uad, after w ip inig a tear from
her e ye, she hande im iil a b)ox of
eigars, a large paper of chew
ing tobace., antd sonmc clothing. She
wore four sparkling dhiamurond rings, a
pair of' superb diamnond ealrrings,
and( anf eleg'ant sol id gold square
barred pin, which nestled in a white
laeo collar. She wore a black Bilk
dress trimmed withi real lace, over
which was a line blueo velvet cloak,
aclso tri mmed with black lace. She
was accomnpanied by a young girl
a waitinig maid, wvhoim she cnlled
Mary A nn, who cairried a liussian
Ileathe l rt et ieinle and a camelsc~' hair
shaiwI, belonging to hieri i r ess.
A couple of l'hiladelphia mrisses
gave a doll's ball the other evening.
1luvis ations, enigrave'd upon mniniature
niote piaper, were senit to thirty or
foit-y of' the mros. aristocraitio of the
Quaker City dolls, and in every in
stancee the invit ations wore nccepted.
Tl'ie dolls presented themselves in
full costum ue, and some were most
I (xqulisite. Suipper was served at th<
unusualI hour of eight o'clock. The
service and food corresponded with
the size of the gulests. CJhaimpagne
in bottles about the size of one'
linger, was placed in silver coolers o
equal height. A fter supper thern
was dancing, whlich was continued t<
a late hlour, when the servanxtsilan
nionnleed that it was time to go homie
and the dolls, after some1 poutini
conlcluded their dIissiplation.
The railroad agent at Andersot
has again ceased giving receipts fo:
eotton as there is more on hand that
ho can ship. On last Thursday, tw<
hund red and forty bales were deliver
ed at the depot, and there were thei
1.500 awaiting ahipnmnt
Au indinuu Lcgond.
The new Indian agency between
Grand River and Port Rico, called
Stauding Rock, derives its name
from a large boulder standing out
alone upon the prairie about three
miles from the river. Theres is a
otrange Indian superstitio,, connected
with this rock, and the Sioux City
(Iowa) Journal thus tolls it :
"W made a visit to it a short
time ago in Company with Major
Palmer, tho agent at that agency,
who told us the legend of the roda re
garding it. Many years ago a power.
ful band of Indians made that section
their stamping grounds. The chief
of the band deserted his old wife for
a young squaw. This sogrieved the
old Queen that she went back from
the river and sat upon the ground
and mournod for several days. Upon
the ninth day of her grief she turned
into this large boulder. The Indians
at that agency all believe this story
to this day, and worship the boulder
as a God. The rock has boen decora
ted with ribbons, pieces of red flannel
and every high colored piece of cloth
they have been able to get hold of
since tiue out of mind. These deco
rations are replaced as often as they
become decaved or blown away by
the winds. 'At the time of our visit
it was trimmed in the most gorgeous
trappings imnginable. Every por
tion of it wats covered with ribbons,
or rags or paint. Within a few
inches of the sacred stone is a pail or
water that is never allowed to be
come empty ; for it is the belief of
these ignorant people that the old
gleen of their ancestors frequently
ILsumeICS the folmi of a squLw and
drinks the water. In former years
shc dra nk iluch more than at present
they ,ay, but this is easily explained.
Then there was inore gaen there,
which, in wavndering to the pail,
drank the watcr. To disturb this
bucket or any portion of the trim.
minigsof the petrilied -quaw is con
sider ed a great offence against the
G reat Spirit"
FI i.
The ,omewhat famous house on
Broadl River, known as Whitehall,
wa. burned Friday evening,just ftor
su1-down. Ge oneral Howard was in
the house at the tine, and it was with
silme dilliculty he was rescued. The
fire was first discovered in t lie roof',
an11d the lniling was cniiely de
stiroVed. It is rte-poirtea that General
Walington i te ;. -i slept in this
inuim-ion. It was built in 1750.
Port [|oY11l Comme-cial.
Spain-Another Rteported Carlist Victo
ry.
A cable despatch froim Bayonne in
for ns us that S:mtander and lortu
galete surr tendcred linonditional ly
to the Carlikts on the 22d invst. The
entire Siegovia battalion, with a large
qu'antity of war material, tell into
the hands of the Carlists. If this re
port turns out to be correct it wouild
seem to imply that the Serrano gov
ernneat mazy have some rough work
to go tiough beforo it succeeds in
putting down the Carlist insurrection.
German I mnmigation to the South
is a sub'ject seriously discussed and
gencrally encouraged by the planters.
On this question the Presidlent of the
Chaurlestonm Immigration Society lhas
made a very sensible suggestion.
It i.; thait the planteras give lands to
lhe imimigrant anud assiot him in his
first endecavors at its cultivation.
T[ho mnere giving of the landls is, per.
haips, too sweeping a propotsition, but
if part of tract is given) in fee f'or im
provemnent of the whole during a tormi
of years the result would be to enrich
both the immigrants and the planter.
There hns been a commotion in the
lBrussels Academy of Science, oceIL
sioned by doubts expressed by an
eminent zoologist whether a human
body swallowved by a whale, as was
lhe ease with Jonah, would be in
good condit ion three days afterward.
Two of the professor5 resigned he
cause thu neademiy refused to censureo
the heretical avant.
The Civ'il liigh ts liill11In Congress.
The civil rights bill, which was re
eommnitted to the committoe on the
judiciary on motion of Genceral lint
Ier some time. ago, is being matuied,
ane tis be ready to report somec
imthsweek. In the umeantimto
Representatives Elliott .and Lynch
(colored) have asked to he heard, and
theo committee have notified them to
appear on to-morrow. It was the
opinion of certain members of the
[tonse that the reoommittal of the
bill was the end of it, but General
Butler Intends to report it back and
press it to a vote. The impression ii
that the bill will pass by a large ma
jority, probably amended so as to
eliminate from it the foaturo which
lprovideos for mixed schools.- Union.
Herald.
An unusual number of people ar<
- carrying their hands in their pockets
there being nothing in their pookoti
to intorfaro with tho inuidnignnao
NuInle v. loses.
NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY NEAOL-E&
Co.uMIrA, Janury 2414.-Tho peon
niary difficulties between Moses an
Neaglo, it seems, have finally bee
adjusted at the exase of his one
Excelleney, I. K. Scott. Who
Noagle was in Charleston on No
Year's day, at the time of the gran
parade, for the purposo of oollectin
his
against the Governor at the point c
the pistol, Gen. Gurney ciame to th
rescue of his friend Frank, an
agreed to indemnify Neaglo for al
losses he might incur on account c
his endorsements for toos. Th
matter so rested until Wediesda
lasit, when Neagle, diasatisfied witi
the delay and the uncertainty of th
arrangement, sought G urney, whor
ho found in the company of oen
Dennis. Ho told themi he was tiroi
of being let in doubt, and that th
mattecr
D1UST nr. A)JUSI'ED A' ONCH.
As he wais under bonds to keep th
pea :e, he said he could not well adop
violent measures to enforce hi
rights. ]Xut he hald a friond, one o
the ofileer; of the United State
army at this post, who would carry
A CAn-r. TO MOSEs
inviting him to Georgia. If Mose
re~fise to gn, s tys Neagle, as I kmom
he will, I shall post him as a coward
a thief and a li in overy city, towi
and village in the State. The dire
ful intelligence was swiftly conveye
to the Governor by Dennis. G urne;
was sent for, and ordered forthwiti
to t.ake such steps as would appems
the wrath of the
NAUGITY NEAGLE.
Leaving the Executive office, Den
nis met the unsuspecting Seett, i,
inimned intelv the idea flashed acros
hi:4 inii:d, "cott's the man to sav
utS;' li a soft and sednecive ton
he whispered to him : )o yot
kncow that Bald win (tihe Treasurer o
lRichl.and) is to be removed to-mor
rov, an1d that. your brother-iin-law
Water man, has been fixed upon h
Mosews to till tlit vacX-i1y I Scott C
pi essed his surprise, anid, secretl
delighte(l asked the rcason.
DENNIS TiHEN REVEALED
1he fact. that BaIdwin had beenl askem
to a1 m ame Nengle's etd orsement o
th.: $,10,000 note, and I ad refused
Siat lie Governor was very muci
inweeined, and had determined to re
move him. Soon after this, (>urne
alproacled Scott and asked him I
he would I willing to go on th
note wil him (Guarnley) to reliev
AItses. Gurney showed Scott at
order from the Governor on li
contingenat fuid for $13,000 to cove
the paymient of tle note, and assurex
Lim that tle enldorseniuut was
ONLY A 'MATTER OF FORM.
Scott took the huait ; caided oin thi
Governor ; exel anged pleiges o
amity, and went h1ome1 to assii5
Waterman in preparig his bou
upon the assurance of his Exceilene
that Waterman's name should b
sent into thea Senate t he next da3
Long before a licialI hou rs on TVhur?
day, W atei an m was coolinlg hiis heel
ini the anteroom of lie Excutiv
ollice, in eager expectationi of thu
appointment
WamIii WAS To niE MADE.
.\oses would not see himu. Y estcm
day Seatt went with Watermaan
hey gent in their cardls. T1hoy sa
Senators and I Upresenitative yoif al
colors and1( opinions pass in ; h
their t urn never camne. Lt nowy bega
to dawn nmponl Scott that ho was sold
arnd with his diaphragm black wit
eholer, ho stalked out of the ant,
room andl immdialtely riotifieud tli
banks that his endiorsement had be
obtained through false pretences, art
he would not hold haimuself Iliablo ft
t he note..-CUorrespondece of thec Net
and Courier*.
Ho0w the Immigrants are Varing.
Surely the turning point in th
fortunus or maisfortunes of our Stat
has been reacbed, when every wee
behmolds htuad reds ohfsturdy Euiropeam
lanudintg upon thle wharves of Chaarlea
tori, bent onm makinig for themiselve
and children a hoimaa anid livelihoo
within the sunny and hospit ahl
borders of South Carolinaa. Th'iei
weloomo imm nigrants remn ain but a fe
hours in aor city ; they go, und<~l
the kind auspices of that ad mirmabi
Gerinan society, wvhoso zeal an
eflicienacy are beyond uall praise,
hioimes alreadly provided for themi
ier tile districts, where their willin
and steady toil aro sure to be speed
ly rewarded with comfort and compt
tence.-Newvs and Courier..
Some of the northern andl wester
rivers are higher than they -ha1
been known in the last twentyth~
years. By a rise in the Buffalo riv<
athe damage to property ini the li
of' Buffa~o alone, 18 estimated
$1,0O0,000. Several dwellings' At
farms along tha Ohin ata innb4aj
A Iletivy Fog.
New Yorkers have no longer an
reason to hunble themselves befut
a Loidon fog i the veil of mi:
which has hung over them during th
past few days dispelled all doubts v
to their equality in this respect wvit
the English ietropolis. Artificia
illuminat ion3no matter how powerft
has merely served to render the darl
ness visible, and the laws of aoustih
have been ut at naught by the dent
and addying vapor. On Thursday nigi
whistles sounded on all sides and ft
bells tolled inoessantly, with a du
and ufled olaug. The streets wei
left in utter darkness, and one had t
fcel his way very cautiously to tivoi
3 falling into a cellar or colliding wit
anl ash-box or lamp-post. A gent<
men Un4l two, ladies wero returning i
a cariage from the Americus hal
and the driver lost control of hi
hiortes, and owing to the inky darb
ness of the miorning the vehicle an,
its occupants were precipitated dow
a bank. 'T'he driver etcaped unhur
but the occupants of the carriage Wer
severely injured. The ferry boa
Hudson City ran her prow over th
forciock of the Newark, carried awa
her guard chains, demolished th
r guard rails, and smashed in the en
of tie of smoking-oabin. The passet
gets were thrown into the wildef
alarm, the darkne:s preventing ther
fromti seeing the extent of the dunau
ad iagnifying Cie danger. Alon
the lines of thi various railroads me
were stationed to give warning of th
approachting trains, and no freigh
- trains wore allowed to run. A bol
I thief taking ndvantage of the dark
ness spranig Upon an old lady, enatet
k ed her pocketbook, and diiappeare
in the gloom. A case is reported o
a gentleman, who, in crossing one o
the streets, caine into collision with
wagon, was knocked down arid ru
over, the driver and he being unabi
i t distinguish each other in tihe foj
-Weshingtn 0I s.
The President, after consultatip
with tie Cabinet, has decided not t
send in the message on touisian
matters, viich he had partly conelt
ded to tend, and it is 1oW very doub
. ful if lie will, at any tine, oonside
that there is any requirement for hit
to do so.
Senator Gordon, of Georgia, ho
applied to the President in behalf (
I tic Grant Parish, Louisiana, prisor
I ers, who were arrested last fall by th
; Utilted States iarshal and have bec
i kept incarcerated since without
- t rial. lie at-ked that they be allo
cd a speedy trial or relieved on ba
f until the United States Courts wer
3 ready. Tte President promptl
agre, d to call the attorney-general
attention to the matter to-day, an
Senator Gordon hopes for good r<
r suits:
Among the bills introduced is on
penioning soldiers and widows of th
Mexical war ; one pensioning tl
widow of -James L. Orr, of Sou(
3 arolina ; one for the survey of
f ship canal from hake Michigan to th
t MI ississippi, near Cairo ; one for r<
I ioving ill troops from the Souther
V States to the border for frontier prc
a teetion.; oneo for furnishing arrmy rr
-tionts to the destitute people of th
'Southwest. The Virginia elctio
Sease was resumed.
e T'he Senato Commnittee on Educi
3 tion arid Labor nre engaged on a hil
for the establishmnent of a Nation:
University in this city1 of which til
Smithsonian linstitute, antd t thor se
entiflo dopartmuents of the Govotn
mnent, West Point, and Annapol
v Acatdemies, tire to form constituol
Iparts,
Ileathi of lIr. Livingsionie.
In ttolligence has recently reaohe
L otidont of the death of br. Livin
0 stonec, the renowynod African exp~lore
In PTe circumsttances attending hi
a death arc noct yet known, but the i
r formation is thatt he. died faithful
"' his self-imposed talk of exploring tl
unknrowvn world of Africa. .Whti
engagedl in his exploi-ations in tI
interior of Afrent lie was ,eiz'ed dii
dysentery, of which ho died in a she
e timteb
o By some the report of his domii:
k is niot credited.
Caso of Infaniilde,
On the morning of theo 21st3 I
a head and neck of a dead negro inful
e was found in this town, on the I
e of R1. J. WIthers, known as il
r "burnt lot." Infor mation of the fa
e being furnished the sheriff,a jury
di inquest waa- inpanolled, and Vi
0 mtatter investigated by acting o'oron
n W. B. Williamts. Thet investlgatic
g occupied a (lay and a half, and r
sultedin . ommitting to jail 8yt
-Ann Starr,.as, mot~ber of the dci
infant, and Mary Ann 8tarr ax
Jerry Smarr, all of, whom are charg<
n with comploity in proubing ar
oe and causing the det of the ohild~
e Yo'kville E'nrjuret.
y The City Conoil of Yeddo, Ja ,
t has paissed an .ordinance direelinj
d udhIldton to be labited - ith-t~
L. pnnrnta'naman and eouo?
Tic Asscssints.
y The Sumter Watchman has ma&(
o an estimato of tho assessed value pei
t aer3 of the land in the various coun
e ties of the State, outside of the in.
s corporated towns and villages, bass(
h upon the report of the Comptroller
Li General, The igures are as followsi
I Abbeville, $4 62 per acre average
- Aiken, $2 83 ; Anderson, $5 07
s Barnwell. $3 75; Beaufort. $3 10
e Chester, $7 34; Charleston, $3 27
it Chesterfield, $1 70; Colioton, $1 77
g Clarendon, $3 54, Darlington, $4 47
I .Ndgefleld, $4 01; Marion, A5 04; New
e berry, $7 21; Spartanburg, $3 80
o Sumter, $4 88; York 44 92. In thi:
d connection the Watchman suggest:
b that the Board of Equalization havi
not given that attention to their du
a ties which the greLt importance oi
l, the subject demands. The Board
s should have its regular meetings wE
- required by law, and time be taker
I for a careful examination of the
i returns of valuation and assessmen
, as they come from the several coun
e ties, that all inequalities may be fair
t ly adjusted.
Boston has discovered that itt
e greatest troublo is its modesty and
want of self-confidence.
A vetoran observer thinks that v
good many men are valiant in ad.
vance, who would not be in the ad.
vance where v.ilor was nessarv.
The Methodist .1E iscopal Churel
of the United States. during the paal
year, is said to have gained in mone
$4,000,000, an in membership 5,
000.
At the municipal election held if]
iKnoxville on Saturday, P ter Straul:
Conservative, was elected mayor
with twele Conservative aldermen out
of sixteen.
At Bloomington, III., the ehildren
of the miners are tiken down intc
ithe shaft of a mine when attacked
with whooping cough, and in a sbori
time are entirely well.
If any body is disposed to think
that our encyclopedias are too large,
it May console himl to kno w that tle
r national encyclopedia of China con.
sists of 100)000 volumes.
s In Tennessee, forty-three men whc
were drawn on a jury were released
ecause they had young babies at
c hiome. The judge indignantly ad.
journed the courc until the baby sea
son is over.
1 Who dares spit tobacco juice or
n this ear floor I asked a brly pas
y senger on a Mobile train. "I dare,'
answered a slender youth. "I did
d it." "You're just'the chap I'm
looking for ; give nie a chaw."
A great grandson of Benedict
* Arnold died at Great Mossington,
0 sngland, on November 27th at the
a oge of eighteen. l-e' was the eldesi
1son of the Rev. Edward Galdwin and
a Lady Charlot Arnold,,
The eXtensive cotton factory of
n Murray-Brothere, on Haw -River, in
, Ala mance County, was burned Thurs.
damy. rThe fire was aoidental. Thc
e factory was valued at $50,000. Nc
ns insurance on it.
.- From the first of September to th<
.1 present date nearly nine thousant
1 bales of cotton have been shippe(
e from the town of Rock lill. Th~er<
i. are forty now houses in contemplatioi
*. of building in Rock Hill during thb
is present year,
itA Frenchman professes to have dis
covered, by experiment on himself
that coffee taken upon anR empt;
stoma'ch renders the mind abnormallh
clear and the temper unnaturall
d bad.
r. 'Tho directors of the Cheraw ani
Is Chester Railroad propose to petitio:i
1the Legislatur& to pass an act author,
~o ing the Countion of Chester, Lancas
tO ter and Chesterfield to issue bonds t<
he said road to the amount of $250,000
to bearing six per cent, interest, redeem
h5 able in thirty years.
rt ---- - . . ---- --
Aa old gentleman who was in th<
;o habit of prefixing '1 say,' to ever;
sentenec to which he gave utterance
having heard that his mnan-servan
mimieked him, thus addresso d t~
ill-behaved domestic 'when he m4e
I him :.I say, John, they pif-ifat ye
tsay that I say '1 say ?'nid if I d
,t say 'I say,' I say t t is no reaso
in why you should ay 'I say,' 1 sa~
at John.' /
e We arf% willing to believe that
)V Ca'lfo':Dla miner, fond of whiske~
n took ta drink by mistake of (luickif
. ve 5; but we are not willing to be
La li7ve in the aneoompasnying stato
d ktnent that "the miner lhas been kep
d i busy over since breathing on pane
of glass to convert them into mir
irors."
The death of Dr. Livingstone, it
now reported took place in June lasi
mn, lie had been travelitg over a partial
all ly submerged country, an dafte
dir wading four days through water Wa
-' eM*l kh1laa=: of ierhiah he AlaA.
Kerosue tamps--lhow to Prev Cit lx
This is tile season when ncarly every
puper we take up relates somec hori
ble casualty from tho explosion of L
kerosene lamp, or the like, and wo
men and children are either killed
outright or terriblyburned andsea red
for life. A simple knowledde of
the infla'nmable nature of the finuid
would probably put an end to nearlv
all the accidents. First, no lat miS
should never be filled after dark hr
the light of a candle. Always do
this work after the breakfast dilh!
are put away, and then not only 1i'1
them, but wash the chimney,, for if
they are dim and smoky, you ennuos
expect tohave a bright light. Tak0
the chimney in one hand and breuth
r through it, then draw a large whi. -
of paper up and down it, and all t ho
blur will be removed. If the chim.
i ney is blackened with lamp siioke,
turn warmish water through the tul o
and then wipo out with paper in th
same style as before. If the laipi
are glass, and they become eloud(
with a deposit from the kerosmu,
take lime water that is milky wihL
ithe lime and shake it up in the lamp.
Do this with two different washinv;4,
and all the deposit will be removed.
A little chloride of lime, dissolved in
warm water, and left in a lamp or
can which has held kerosene, wi!l
dooeorizo it very soon. Liamaps mnu.
be filled every morning. This is an
imperative duty for 'every housekeep.
er to perform, for as the oil burni
down in the lamp, there is created a.
highly inflammable gas, which gath.
era imperceptible over the surface,
and as fast as to oil is consumed, this
gas increases, so when the oil is
nearly out of the lamp, the slightes
jar of the table will set the gas oi
fire ; an explosion follows intanstane
ously, anid a bombshell would not be
more destructive, for its torches are
deathly. But if the oil is burned
only half way down in your lamps
the gas is not of sufficient power t.
do any injury ; therefore let me beg
of you never to defer the operation o f
lamp-tilling to another day, but sot
yourself that it is done.
The office of justice of the United
States Supreme Court has been Ocew.
pied by only six persons during th.t
eighty-six years of the existeneo !f
he court. Of these, tbree were a p
pointed by President Washington,
one by the elder Adams, one by
Jackson, and oue by Lincoln. Gen.
cral Grant has the naming of the
seventh. Tile appointees of Wash.
ington were Jay, in 1787, who serve1.
eight years, Rutledge four years, aml
Ellsworti. five years, Adams appoint
ed Marshall, who held the office thir.
ty-five years. Taney, the choice of
Jackson, served twenty-eight year:,
and Chase, tile appointee of Lincoln,
adorned the office nine years. The
following table will show the age of
each chief justice respectively at t he
time of his appointment and at his
death :
Jay 44 5'2
Rutledge 57 61
Elisworth 44 49
Marshall 46 1
Taney 59 87
-Chase 56 (;5
\Vaite 58 -
Clerking inh a dry goods store isnm't
so bad a business it you canI be at thet
head. A Boston paper~ says that (one
of Claflin's $8,000 clerks began JTan
uary 1, 1874, in Boston, at *3,0(0.
One of Stewart's old $3,000 eerk a
dohbis er.is salary in a Boston hiouse
thsya.A bid by a New York
house with a $20,000 salary for a
- loatk~buyer in a Boston house. could n't
touch him. An old Boston dry goods
e employee has just gone abroad as a
, buyer for a New York house at $35,
000 a year andl expenses. A New
York firm late day trying to tenmpt:
a Boston cotton goods salesmn into
I its employ at a salary of' $15.u00.
1 A worsted goods clerk in New Y ork
-at $7,000, is anxious to get back i'e
- the fold and his old employers ini
> Boston for $6,200 a year.
A Paris physician relhates the p,r'.
tienlars of a curious ease he hau
under his charge. It is that of a
young gmrl4 eighteen years of age who
is afihieted with what is termed nycehn.
topia, tharthj to say, she loses tl-o
ftrfult y of sight in daylight and re
covers it in dat'kness. Although her
eyes do not present any special mn'r.
bid 6haracter, she is forced to keep
3 her eyelids closed during tihe diy,
' and to cover her head with a thici
veil. On the otherS hand, when i ho
shutters of a room are hermetie'!!v
fastened she reads and writes per fool
a ly inE tihe deepest darness. She feels
> no pain beyond a slight lassitude
'when the solar light-strikes her visual
" organs.
t The Greensboro Newv North State
5 tells of a lady in Randolph eounty,
-who, (luring lher girlhood, was engi'
ged to be married to a man, and thee
d ay appointed for tho wed ding. The
a man proved faithless and inartica
t. another anothler woman. Bust 10.
contly, after a lapse of forty your's,
r his wire having died, he roenewed his
a courtship of his old lova, was dul
Iforlan- and they nae mwlari'at