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FACTS AND COMMENTS. The total losses by fire in the United {Jtates last year aggregate $Sl,280,9iK), i f which the insorance companies paid 644,641,900. The savings banks of the State of Ne^r York represent financial resonrces i f S443,0 )0,f>00. The savings banks of Nev England represent as mnch more. At the militia encampment held in Indianapolis, Ind., the first week in July, prizes of 81,600 and 81,000 are to be offered for the best drill by outside companies ; of 8600 and 8250 for the (test drilled State militia company, and 6360 for the best drilled Knight Temp lar company. Nearly 3,000 of the militia and knighbs are expected under tanvas. In June, 1783, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier sent up the first balloon. To commemorate the centenary of the event, it is proposed that an interna tional exhibition pf “ferial arts’ be held at Paris next year. The “aerial arts” are to include every industry, science of art, relating to gas or the atmosphere, which is supposed to have any connection directly or indirectly Srith aeronautic experiments. Our Continent quotes from Baron Nordenskjold's scientific reports that the only eong-birJ he f^und in the ex treme north was the snov bunting. Its merry twitter was often heard near heaps of stones and craggy cliffs, where it builds its nest of nra*n feathers and down. Delighting in cold and snow, this cheerful songster enlivens the gloomy shores of northermost Spitzber gen with its lively notes, and defies tho rigor of the Arctic winter. APACHE MATT, THE SCOUT. post dian The superintendent of tho New York Central railroad denies that it is econ omy or oldfoginess that prevents the heating of cars by steam. It is imprac ticability. If the steam is not returned •to tho engine—which has not yet been successfully done—the locomotive can not afford the waste. If it comes from a separate boiler, say in the baggage car, and on acconut of a broken wheel or other trouble the baggage car has to, be cut out, then tho heat supply has gone, and any single car which had to be side-tracked or left waiting for another train on another road would leave no heat as soon as separated from the train. Every car must have its own source of heat. Tests are now going on for heating the trains by a small boiler under each car, which, in case of collision, would tumble off and not set the car on fire. The superintendent claims that the road has spent 812,000 in experiments on heating cars, but the subject is surrounded with many difihalties. Tho proportions in which foMign countries have contributed to Mormon- ism are shown in the following figures, which are compiled from the censuses of 1870 and 1880: 1370. Bom in England 16,073 Born in Scotland 2,391 Bora in Wales 1,783 Born in Ireland, 502 Born in Denmark 4,957 Born in Sweden 1,790 Bora in Norway 613 Bom in Switzerland 509 Born in Germany 353 England, it will be seen, makes 1880. 19,654 3.201 2,396 1,321 7,791 3,750 1,214 1,040 885 the A Faman* Frontiersman’* Ren*on fair \Voc| Ins War Upon the Indian*. A recent issue of the Denver Tribun says: Matthew Johnson reached this city from Fort Hualapai yesterday, and to-day will leave for his old home in New York State, there to spend his re maining days. Several years ago he Was living with his wife and sev- oral children near Hualapai. One early morning, while the father was absent at the military the band of Majave In- of which Delshay was chief attacked the ranch, and tortured the mother and the three children to death. When Johnson returned his cabin was in flames and tho blood of his dying family yet warm. Almost crazed, he went back to the fort without even Waiting to inter tho remains of his wife and children and briefly told the awful tragedy. Within fifteen minutes a de tachment of K company of the Fifth cavalry were mouutel, under the com mand of Colonel Mason, and on the trail of the copper-skinned devils,John son going along. On the morning of the third day the cavalry entered the Black Hills, at the headwaters of tho Verdi river, the home of the wild Apache Mojaves. That evening camp was made near the Verdi and a scouting party further followed the trail, which appeared to be only a few hours old. In a small clump of cottonwoods and near a marshy por tion of the river tho smoke of the In dian fires was discovered. It was too late to attack the Indians, as the dark ness wjirid afford them an escape. They had apparently located with the intention of temainihg a few days and hunting, so the assault was deferred until the morning, the cavalry coming up, however, and putting^ut sentinels. On one of tho posts jOTinson stood keeping vigil through the night. In the morning the cavdry swooped down upon them. Surprised in their strong hold, and with their arms scattered carelessly about, the Indians could do nothing better than fly; and fly they did toward the river, the soldiers pick ing them off one by one in the chase. Delshay was more cunning and self- possessed than Ms followers, making up the river throusrh the thick cotton wood. Tho six Indians were killed before one of them stream, but Delshay, the seventh, had such a start that the cavalry almost gave up all hope of overtaking him. They spread out, however, and made a skirmi j h through the cottonwood forest. When they brought up in a little I Tlade up the stream a couple of miles hey were astonished to find Johnson leaning over the dead body of the In dian chief, hacking and cutting it with a huge bjwie-knife in insane frenzy. The body lay upon the river bank as if it had been pnllod out after the inflic tion of the death wound. The head was nearly severed by a stroke of the knife, hnd Johnson had scalped it. It was many minutes before his fury had fcpent itself, the soldiers never in terfering with the horHble satisfaction which the widowed husband and childless father was taking for his wrongs. Finally, when he had grown calm enough to explain, he told how he had seen the Indians making up the Hver, and, resolved that none should escape, he followed as best he might. \Vhen he got through the timber he found the trail, and, although it was tione with much difficulty, ho succeeded In tracing it to tho river bank. There it became lost, and knowing that the I»- dian could not have crossed the stream Without having been seen on the op posite side, which was open and de- eluded that tho Indian was secreted in the pitable to Mormon missionaries. Tho b k While walking down the bank number of proselytes made among „ , , „„„„ Americans during the last twenty years tb b P p was'Delshav taking air Is very small. They are few and far L,! Thfl rflprnitimy arAnnd Steadily Johnson approaches, and be- Ore* Britain and Scandinavia. hair and his threat slit from ear to ear. When the fort was reached Johnson requested to be employed in the scout ing service and he was engaged. He became the bloodiest and most relent less of the border scouts and figured prominently in all the campaigns against the Apaches up to the recent one which General Oarr led, earning the title ol “Apache Matt.” chief contribution to Mormonism, and next to England come those Scandina vian countries to whose people the Anglo-Saxon stock is close akin. The infrequency of Irish or German Mor- . , „ , mens IS very remarkable, and^the Batin n f 4rf , OH an<1 nndotbruBb. bocon- Professor Morse in one of his recent lectures before tho Lowell Institute, in Boston, exposed xqpie of the tricks of the Japanese in a manner calculated to fill the minds of mithetio people who liave been living up to their pottery with tincere grief. From his statement it Appears that the Satsuma pottery, to be worthy of which soulful roffhetes in- tousely strive, is he’d in no esteem in Japan. There is no such thing as an cient Satsuma potteiy, and, more than fhis, plates with heavy rims, cups with handles and sauce)s and pitchers have no existence at all as genuine pottery. Just what it is that aesthetes are worship-' png Professor Morse told his audience as follows! The large articles sold as an? Cient Satsuma are from two to four I'ears old, are principally manufactured In Tokio and are rubbed with charcoal dost to give them an appearance of age. |[ have myself stood beside an agent of an American firm which deals in “ Sat- Aiuma ” ware, and heard him give an brder for a great quantity of this “an- :ient ” pottery, d-'recting the designs tnd telling the maker to put on plenty, of decorations, no matter what. These farge pieces are regarded by tho Japan ese as abominable paraphrases, and a hame is applied to them which signified S hat they are made salely to be exported. ’hey tire for the most part not Satsuma ftt all, but Awata, and the decoration is' performed by children and cheap work j en of all kinds. I know that I amj tnen brea making many hearts in this audience 1 I nd I am sorry for it, but I must speak} 9 save other hearts from being broken. Romance of the Brooklyn Bridge. By the end of March of next year the great Brooklyn bridge will probably be .eady for use, says a New York letter. ITIm trustees want S1,25U,000 to finish It with. If they keep within their present estimate, which is against all probability and precedent, tho bridizo trill have cost in all just 814,793,947.19. Leaving the finances of the bridge out nf sight, and the question of its public Usefulness, there is no disputing it3 triumphant success as a piece of en gineering. There is nothing like it in the world. Few people who wonder at the twin giants of granite tbit face each other across the river, or admire tho tine curve of tho massive cables, know anything about the romance of its con struction. The story of the great en gineer who designed and madft tho bridge is an interesting, and, in some respects, a wonderful one. His health was wrecked in the compressed atmos phere of the csiisons used in laying the pier foundations. A most distress ing nervous malady confined him for years to his room and bed. Instead of becoming a victim of the bridge, his resolute will made him its conqueror and hero. His bed was at a window •overlooking the river, and from this ob-‘ Jervatory, with a telescope always in his trembling fingers, and plans and pro-* lections all around him, he watched and airected the slow progress of ah army ?f workmen. A faithful and intelligent l.oman was his lieutenant. She mas-1 tcred all the complicated details of the work of construction—listened to reports, gave commands, solved difficul ties, lightened in a thousand ways the labors of the invalid. If the truth vere graven on the face of one of the granite piers oi the bridge, the legend would read: “ Designed by John A. Roebling, and Built by John A. Roebling and his Wife.” Grant as a Lover. Hearing that there was a lady living in this city who had once been courted by General U. S. Grant, aud who had refused her hand in early womanhood to this noted American civil and mili tary character, a Constitution reporter sought an interview with the lady, with very satisfactory results. The news paper representative found the early sweetheart of Grant’s to be a lady con siderably advanced in years, yet still large, active and buoyant, and not nearly so reticent as the general. She had not seen General Grant since the ’508, she said, and then his father carried on a tannery in Portsmouth, O. She once had occasion to reside for a time in the family of a farmer whose farm joined that of Grant’s father—only a line of fence between—and it was during her stay at this farmhouse that she was courted by General Grant. It must have been in tho spring-time, for she says she and Grant would meet at the division fence, on each side of which Were beautiful flowers. “Ulick,” said she, “ would say to me, “Let’s gather flowers and see who will have the most kinds when we get thi ough.’” “You mean Grant ‘Ulick” interrupted “his name is Ulysses.” “ Yes,” she replied, “ we always called him ‘ Ulick,’and while lie was courting me and wanted to marry me my father used to laugh at him and plague me, saying: ‘He is the greenest- looking boy I ever saw,’ ” and chuck ling to herself she added: “and he was a green-looking fellow. I re member the last time I saw ‘ Ulick.’ We had been buggy riding. We had alighted from tho buggy and he stood leaning with one arm on the wheel of the vehicle and looking into my face he said, ‘Well, Ellen (my name is Eleanor, but they called me Ellen), if I ever find anybody that I love well enough to marry and am so fortunate as to have a daughter, you know what that daugh ter’s name will be.” The daughter’s name is Nellie, a pretty contraction of Eleanor. “We shall not publish your name,” said the representative, “ since you have been so kind and courteous to us. with out permission. Can we uso your name?” Finally she remarked: "I am not ashamed of my father’s name; k was Charles Brandon, and my maiden name was Eleanor Brandon Mv first hus- I’erpetual Motion. If the census taker could have known all the perpetual motion inventors when had reached thff - h e wen t his rounds in 1880, the returns would show a list quite formidable in numbers. One of the most persistent of these pursuers of the delusidh has recently come to light, and is one Charles Brown, of Corry, Pennsylvania. He is a German, and first conceived the idea of perpetual motion while working as a machinist in Karlesrube, Baden, in 18G2. Since that date he has worked at bis idea almost constantly, save barely earning his bread. He came to this country in 1867, and is now working upon a machine which he says will weigh about thirty-five pounds—and is sure, in his judgment, to succeed. He has built and abandoned several ma chines as failures in his labor of twenty years.r This last constrnclion he ex pects to complete soon. A history of the more important at- {empts at finding perpetual motion, written by Henry Dircks, was printed in London, in 1870. It is stated that Wilars do Hqnecourt, an architect of the fif eenth century, made the first attempt so far as is known to master the question by a mechanical contriv ance. Capara, in 1678, undertook the problem and failed. The Marquis of Wooster made a labored attempt to ac complish the motion, and his machine has considerable historical prominence on account of the rank of the inventor. Probably he exhibited no more skill than hundreds of others of less note, ot wnom the public have never heard. It is a fact, doubtless, that some im portant inventions have resulted from the endeavor to solve the problem of perpetual motion. The mechanic who stopped when ho found something prac tical—and left the impractical—the im possible, alone, for a real invention, uas wise. The great maiority of work ers of the problem have, however, fol lowed tho one idea, and their machines have died with them. The endless chains, the balls, the pulleys, all fail in producing the result desired. The doc trine of the conservation of forces seems to demonstrate completely the impossibility of mechanical perpetual motion; but it is likely the world will hear of the enthusastic workers at the problem for a long time to come It is not probable that all the laws of motion will be proved a fallacy though enthu siasts continue to discuss the theme — and mechanics continue to work at the problem.—Rochester Democrat. when you say the reporter; A Boy’s Heroism. During the recent cross-examination of John H. Leeds before a railroad com mittee in New Haven, the interesting fact was brought to light that Mr. Leeds had a life pass over the.. New York and New Haven road, given him for a courageous deed performed thirty- three years ago. On tho evening of June 24, 1849, Leeds was watering his father’s cattle in a brook near the rail road. Whil s there he heard the puff of an engine behind the hills, and boy like sat on the fence to wait for it to go by. Presently he heard a train coming from the opposite direction. It was a single track road, and he saw at once there would soon be a collision unless prevented. Without an instant’s hesitation he bounded on to tho track cap in hand, in front of the coming locomotive. He stood his ground till the engine was al most on him, and he lost part of his jacket in jumping aside. The engineer understood his meaning and stopped the train. The two trains were brought to a halt within about two rods of each other. The company presented Leeds with a handsome silver cup, a life pass and a complimentary letter. When young Leeds was ready to leave the farm the directors gladly engaged him, and the simple occurrence of that calm June evening near his country home has had much to do with directing the course of one of the most successful men of the State. band’s name Farther than Keokuk (Iowa) was John this I will Constitution. Spaulding, not go.”— A Useful Table. In laying off small lots the following measurements will be found to be both accurate and complets: ft. eq. or 2,722‘ J eq. ft. is 1-16 o r an acre Pensylvania expends in a year 8152,- (63,405 for intoxicating drinks, and for (inoatioml purposes $5 865,945 74®s ft. sq. or 5,415 1043^ ft. sq. or 10,890 120;; ft. sq. or 14,520 147% ft. sq. or 21,780 898)^ ft. sq. or 43,533 sq. ft. is eq. ft. is sq. fr. is sq. ft. is eq. fr. is cf an acre o: an acre & of an acre % of an acre 1 acr The Chinese in Hong Kong are re ported to practice vaccination so thor oughly and effectually that smallpox never spreads there, although no port in the world is more liable to a visita tion pf the disease. The Way of a Serpent. The movement of a snake in climb ing a perpendicular surface, as I have observed it, is a vermicular, undulating motion, not spiral, but straight up the face of the surface. I have seen a black snake thus glide up a beech tree with the easy, careless grace of movement which is characteristic of that snake when moving over horizontal surfaces. The bark of the beech affords few in equalities into which the edges of the gastroslozal bauds could be thrust! claw-fashion, and I have no doubtj that atmospheric pressure is the force that bolds the snake against such surfaces in climbing, sucker-fashion, as the boy I fts the brick with the piece of wet leather, I once kne a black snake to ascend a sinco wall to the second-story window, an another I saw go up to the eaves of carriage-house to the afrallows’ nest, straight up the up-and down boards. I have seen them glide from tree to tre' and leap down from near the top o large trees, bnt never saw one dese by going down a smoothly perptn- dicnlar surface. I have no donbt of their ability to do so, however. I do not believe that this power is enjoyed by the copperheaded or rattlesnake, or any venomous sort with which I am familiar, they being heavy aud sluggish in their movements. I have seen them go up on leaning trees and crawl in'O the foliage of boshes, however. ’ lowers from the Down of Butterflies Mr. E. Griffith, one of the greatest licroscopic fanciers in the United Itates, who, in addition to being hon- ired by having several societies named tor him, is an inventor and collector if microscopic curiosities, was found iy a St. Louis Republican reporter at die Southern hotel. ‘ Have you anything of interest, Mr. iGriffith, ” inquired tho reporter, “ to Itell the world about the hobby you have been riding so long ?' “ Yes,” he answered, os he walked to a table standing in the center of the room, upon which his pet microscope, a very powerful instrument, was stand ing, “ I have several things to tell yon which are not known outside of the profession I represent. Here is a slip of glass for instance," he continued, as he picked up a narrow glass slide, “which contains the representation of a [beantifnl bouquet of flowers. The representation, when examined with the naked eye, can scarcely be seen at all. It simply looks like a small spot. This (bouquet, when yon look at it throngh the instrument, contains, as you can discover, eighty-two di-tinct flowers of [various shades and colors, and each is as perfect as it would be possible for 'an artist to represent them on canvas. The entire bouquet, including all the flowers, leaves, etc., was made from the scale and hair of Bra zilian butterflies. The dust from the wings of the butterflies was picked up and placed in position by Harold Dal ton, of London, who is now dead. Dal- Iton. with the aid of a microscope, [picked np one particle of the dust at a time on tho end of a hair and adjusted it on the slide in such a manner that when his task was finished the bouquet [assumed its present beantifal and per [feet fora.” “ Dalton mast have been a genius in |his line, was he not?” “Yes, although he was dissipated, he [excelled most of his imitators in his pe culiar line of art. Among microscop-- ists his works are prized as highly as the works of the great masters in paint- ling are prized by artists who work on ‘anvas. A painter who can paint a :omplete scene on a surface as small as a sleeve button is considered skillful, yet Dalton used a single hair for a brush and dealt v/ith particles of mat ter scarcely visible to the naked eye, which he placed in their respective po sitions with the aid of his microscope with such accuracy that ho finally pro duced his representations, which are so correct in every detail that artists who have examined them critically have been almost overcome with astonish ment. This is what I call one of the wonderful achievements of the cen tury ? ’ “ How long did it take him to make the bouquet ?" “ Ho was a fast worker, and by labor ing almost constantly he could finish it, I think, in tho course of a week or ten days.” Wonders of the Brain. Dr. H. W. Mitchell, of New York, in a lecture on the “Brain and Its Won ders,” said that tho cerebellum of the brain presided over the organ of motion, and that it could bo removed from ani mals without taking away their intelli gence. The effect, however, would be that they could not move. The same symptoms, he said, could be observed in man under the influence of alcohol. If the latter takes too much of tho stimulant his cerebellum and the little cells of which it is composed refuse to do their work and the man staggers. He claimed that a person learning to play bn the piano and a lady threading a needle were regulated by their cere bellum, and without its assistance conld do neither. He said that the medulla oblongata was the most vital part of the whole system, and iferun throngh with a knife life would be destroyed in an instant. Advantage has been taken of thisiix the process of hanging people, and tne garrote had been introduced on the same princioal. He claimed that the brain could not get along without nerves and that it had twelve pairs of them. Tho first thiee nerves were of special sense—olfactory, optic and au ditory. The olfactory nerve was not very well defined in man, as it was not necessary, but it reached its highest development in dogs, cats aud rate. It was more perceptible in the rat than in any other animal, and the bloodhound came next in order. After describing the optic nerve the lecturer said that the sense of hearing was less developed in man than in the animal. He con tended that if either of the three nerves mentioned were cut there would be no sense of pain and that the only resalt would bo the destruction of the sense of smell, sight or hearing The fifth nerve, ho said, confers sensibility on the face, and when irritated gives rise to intense pain. He insisted that the pneumo-gastric nerve was the great vital nerve of tho whole body, and said that if it were divided our respiration would cease at once. He then explained the workings of the spinal cord and its connection with the brain, and con cluded by reciting tho effects of alcohol, chloroform, opium and strychnine on that organ of the body. FIRE INSURANCE ON A SOLID BASIS. Tho undereigned would call attention to their facilitiee for Insuring: Property Against fir© in companiee of unsurpassed repu ation and at fair rates. In case of losses oc curring, their friends placing business in their hands can rely on their personal attention to their interests in settlement of claims. They ask a call from property owners before placing their insurance elsewhere. Terms aa low as any reliable, first-class companies. -* E. J. C. WOOD, SIBERIA OTT. A SOLID FIRE INSURANCE AT WILLISTON, S. C. Kepresenting The Insurance Co. of North America, assets $7,000,000; The Star Insurance fio. of Now York, assets $1,000,000; The La Confiauca, of Paris, France, assets $6,500,000; The Fire Association of Philadelphia, asset! $5,000,000; The Virginia Home Insurance Co., of Bictinond, Ya., aesots $400,000. ' Stores, stock*, dwellings, barns, stables, liv* stock, mills, factories, gins, cotton, and all other insurable property insured at the lowest current rates. Wo insure dwellings at % per cent, per an num. Dwellings insured for one year, or on the five year plan, aa onr patrons desire. Losses equitably adjusted and promptly paid. Letters of inquiry promptly answered. MIXON & CO., v General Insurance Agents, WILLISTON, S. O. Fire Insurance! London Assurance Corporation (Firo). Char tered 1720. Assets, $5,000,000. G rmania Fire Insurance Co. Chartered 1859. Assets, $2,000,000. Hanover Fire Insurance Co. Chartered is 1852. Assets, $2,000,000. La Confianco Fire Insurance Co. (Paris, France). Assets in United States, $729,000. CLAUDE E. SAWYER, Agent, AIKEN, S. C. -pv F. McEWEN, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER —AND DCALEB IN— SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCHES. Will receive monthly during the season, on consignment, all of the new styles of Jewelry in solid gold and rolled plate, and will receive orders—subject to approval—for any goods not in stock in the line of Watches, Diamonds, Sodd Silver or Meriden Silver Plate Company’s Celebrated Ware. SOLE AGENT FOR KING’S COMBINATION i SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES. ^ 0~ All goods warranted as represented, and work-warranted to give satiafactiou. Mfaln Street, - AIKEN, S. C VHP, GEORGIA CHEMICAL WORKS. Manufacturers of All Kinds of Fertilizers. M. 0. STOVALL, Secretary and Treasurer, Augusta, Ga. D. S. Hexdebson. E. P. Henderson H enderson bros., Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United Statu nirts lor South Carolina. Prompt attention given to collections. J> A. EMANUEL, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. O. Will practice in all the State and United States Courts. Special attention paid to collec tions and investments of money. Petticoat Lane. A Londoner bought in Petticoat Lane, which is famous for its tags, rags and bob-tails on sale, a coat in ex change for hisown, paving in addition several shillings for the bargain. The coat not suiting him, he carried it back and exchanged it on payment of addi tional shillings, for an apparently smoother and nicer one, which fitted him exactly. On getting home and putting his hand in his pocket, he drew out a pawnbroker’s ticket. It was his own, held against his watch. The nice new coat was the old one which he wore there the first time, and which had been cleaned, pressed and sold to him again for about t vic^ what it was worth. Another of these tricks—which every one except those on whom they are played enjoys so much—was recently played on a German innkeeper by a peddler who sold him an almanac, and then, on his wife’s coming in and her husband’s going out, sold her another copy. When the husband discovered it he sent tho porter to the railroad station to tell the peddler he wanted to see him on business. “ Oh, yes,’ said the peddler; “ I know, he wants one of my almanac?, bnt I can't miss my train for that. You can give me a quarter and take the al manac to him.” The porter paid the money and carried a third almanac to the innkeeper, JAMES ALDRICH, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. O. practices in the State and United State! Courts for South Carolina. O.a JORDAN. y. w. nobri s. J ORDAN fi NORRIS, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, S. C., Piuctice in the State and United State Court! for South Carolina. w. QUITMAN DAVIS, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Special attention given to collections. 3. C. SHEPPARD, J. W. DCVORE, Edgefield C. II. Aiken C. H. OHEFPARD fc DeVORE, O Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. Will practice in the State and United State* Courts for South Carolina. H AWK1NS K. JENKINS, Attorney at Law, Rock Hill, York County, S. C., Will practice in all the courts of this State Special attention given to collections. I 7MIL LUDEKENS, 1/ • Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C., Will practice in all the courts of this State. All business transacted with promptness. C ROFF & DUNLAP, Attorneys at Law, Aiken, 8. C. The aurochs, or wild oxen, wmc survive only in the imperial forests of Lithuania and Poland, threatened, a ., few years ago, to become extinct, and L strict orders were issued for their pre- ^ "ervation. Under imperial protection they have multiplied to about 600 head, and a hunt was recently permitted near Belostok. Two aurochs were killed aud sect to St. Petersburg. TAMES E. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Barnwell, C. H., S. C. IDE. JOHN H. BURNET I DENTIST. | —OJTICE AT — GRANITEYILLEl, Aiken County, g.C DR. B. H. TEAGUE, DE2STTIST. — omex on— Richland Avenue AIKEPt, s. c. HENRY BUSCH, PROPRIETOR OP THE BUSCH HOUSE Cor. Blchland Are. St York St., AND DEALER IN General Merchandise, LAURENS STREET, AIKEN, S. C. GASTON HOTEL. AIKEN, S. C. Thia bouse, formerly known aa “The Pines,” is situated in a very desirable portion of tho village of Aiken, is now open for the accommo dation of transient and regular boarders. LIVERY STABLE ATTACHED. Board for the winter months, from $9 to $25 per week, according to location of room, etc.; $2 to $2.50 per day. Children and servants half price, JOIIIV T. PROPRIETOR- SUMMERVILLE HOUSE. H. A. SMYSER V (Formerly of Aiken, S. O.), Has a fine large house and cottage for tha accommodation of boarders in the beautiful vil lage of Summerville, near tho city of Augusta, Ga., finely situated, with splendid drives and pleasant walks. Street cars within three minutes’ walk. Churches very convenient to the house. The house is neatly and comfort ably furnished with everything necessarv for comfort. Rooms and halls well ventilated and heated. Mails delivered daily. Terms mod erate. Apply to H. A. SMYSER, Sand Hills, Augusta, Ga. WAVERLY HOUSE, CHARLESTON, S. C. This favorite family Hotel is situated on King street, the principal retail business street, and nearly opposite the Academy of Music. Th<( WAVERLY under the; new management has recently been renovated and refurnished, and is recommended for its well kept table and home comforts. Rates $2 and $2.50 Iper day, according to location of room. The Charleston Hotel Trans fer Ominibuues will carry guests to and from tho House. G. T. ALFORD, Manager. The Graniteville Hotel Riding or driving parties from Aiken visiting Graniteville can be accommodated with meals at any hour of the day. My house is well provided with comfortable and handsomely- furniaboU EEZMtOOSIS fur tho accommodation cf either transient or permanent boarders. For particulars apply to MlfcS. IV. E. SEIVTS", ^Proprietress, GRANITEVILLE, & C. FOR SPORTING GOODS l OJLIFEIRS HARDWARE MERCHANT^ O. We take pleasure in calling the attention of sportsmen to our stock of BREECH AND MUZZLE LOADING SHOT GUNS, Paper Shells, Primers, Cartridges, Etc. Also to our new selected stock of Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, Agricultural Implements, Hubs, Spoke* and Rims. We have added a Saddlery Department, consisting of Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Collars, Whips, Etc. All the shove we offer you at the lowest market prices, and defy competition with other market^ OUR MOTTO—“ QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS.” Mr. Edward B. Curtis is with us, and will be pleased to serve his many friends. C. H. LUDEKENS & SON, DEALERS IN DRY G009KJ0H0I, GENT!’ FURNISHING GODDS, GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES, Imported & Domestic Vines, Liquors, Cigars, &c. ill to Order. Cnttii a Laurens Street, -AIKJEINT, S. O. IMMENSE STOCK OF NEV CARPETS! / urchased from the leading manufacturers of the country, are offered to the trade, our friends and the public at ROOK BOTTOM PRICES! Body and Tapestry Brussels, Moqnet’s Velvet, 3-Ply Ingrain Carpets, all qualities Crumb Clothe, Door Mats, Hearth Rugs, a full line of New Chromos, Hair Cloth and Upholsterers* Trimmings, Floor aud Table Oil Cloths, Lace Curtains, Cornices and Bands, Winuow Shades (all sizes), Piano and Table Covers, Wall Papers and Borders, French Terry*, Curtain Goods, Cretonnes for Lambrequins, China and Cocoa Mattings, and a big stock of goods in my line. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, OLD ORIGINAL CARPET STORE, - - 713 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. GLOBE HOTEL, . George S. Atkinson & Son, Proprietors, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Rates, 82 and $2.50 per day. R S. AGNEW, • Trial Justice and Notary Public, Aiken, S. C. Deeds and other legal documents written with neatness and dispatch. BANSLEY & RENTZ, AT THE Globe Mol Barber Sbou AUGUSTA, GA., Are prepared to accommodate the most fastidi ous with a first-class Shave, Bair Cut or Shampooing. HOT AND COLD BATHS. BAPTBER SHOE. The undersigned, having purchased Mr. Rentz’s interest in his barber shop, would re- specttully solicit the patronage of the citizens of Aiken. Shaving, Hair Cutting and Shampooing exe cuted at reasonable prices. J. R. BOYCE, AT RESTZ’S OLD STAND, AIKEN, S. C. —DEALEIt IN- STAPLE AND FANCY STAPLE AND FANCY STAPLE ANL* FANCY GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GROCERIES, GLASS, CHINA, CIGARS AND TOBACCO, Laurens Street, - . - AIKEN, 8. C, CINCINNATI •TYPE FOUNDRY, 201 Vine Street. C. WELLS. Trees. FRESH STOCK OF GROCERIES. I have in store and arriving 500 cases Canned Goods, Meats, Vegetables and Fruits of exsry variety; New Preserves, Jellies, Crackers, Mackerel (No. 1 and in mess), Salmon and Boneless Codfish; all grades of Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Soaps, Starch, etc.; Onions, Cabbages, Potatoes^ Apples. Straw and Kaftan Brooms, Scrub Brushes, long handle and short handle Hair Brooms, Tuts, Pails, Clofiios Hampers, Clothes Baskets,etc.; allot which I offer at the lowest prices for cash. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, OLD STAND JAMES G. BAILIE & BROTHER. 113 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. MYERS & MARCUS, - J©BB*WWN-A»^jiaNVFACTURER8’ agents foi Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Boots, Shoes, Clothing. The undersigned would respectfully inform the merchants of Aiken county that their Pall and Winter Stock is now being received, and in price and assortment is uneqnaled by any that has ever been brought to this market. A special feature of our business is the establishment of a Wholesale Boot, Shoe and Hat House Entirely distinct from our Dry Goods, Notions and other departments. In our new store will be found the largest and best-selected stocks of Boots and Hats we have ever had, and we feel sat isfied that it will be to the interest of purchasers to inspect our goods before buying elsewhere. w MYEIfcS Ac >r It O U S-i, 286 AND 288 BROAD STREET. - - - AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, SILVER AND PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES and EYE-GLASSES, WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELRY of every description repaired. All work warranted. Agent for the Best Spectacle made. 732 BROAD STREET, UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. w CU W E X <3- E Jt T . The type on which this paper is printed if Crcm the jt-ore foundry.—Ed. Hardware Merchants, Cor. Broad and Washington Sts., Augusta, Ga. DEALERS IN Mill Supplies, Wagon Material Carriage Material, Oriole Plows, Farmers’ Friend Plows, Rowland Chilled Plows and headquarter,! FOR HARDWARE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NEW GOODS. I am receiving my Fall Stock of GRUCERIES! Comprising all that is called for by an epicure. Quality and quantity guaranteed. By the quantity and for cash. I will sell for the Lowest Possible Prices! Give me a call before you go to Augusta. W. TURIVBXJ LL. SEAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Also Houses and Rooms to lent. — APPLY TO- II. SMITH, MaiiLfitret, AUU J,9.C OPERA HOUSE GARDEN BEN NIESZ, Proprietor. i CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND Cl GAR S. Philadelphia and Cincinnati Beer. Broad aod Ellis Sts., Augusta, Ga. ESTABLISHED 1846- S. P. T. FIELD’S, Cor. Laurfns St. and Richland Ave., VARIETY BMM, COMCTMI AND GROCER All kinda of BREAJD, CAKE, V^annecl GS-oods. Thew Nectar, tne Finest Flavored and Purest Leaf Tea ever offered to the public. Large variety of Candies. Wedding and Party Cakes supplied at short notice. Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Grits, Meal, Butter, Lard ana every variety of Family Groceries, together with the finest brands of Flonr in the market. JAMES H. GADSDEN, T0NS0RIAL ARTIST. No. - 90 Hazel street, near King street )Sign Telephone Pole and Hand), Charleetoo, 8,0. Shtring e«eaited byelectd^J ^ y t