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i l ' ; 3/.Jt'.H.vri IK -.'HI *, BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MOURNING, MAY 28, 1885. , 1 ?.>.:[. i. j ,:? li? . ?< ?LL VOLUME XX -NO. 46. WILHITES' ARCTIC SODA WATER, BETTER THAN EVER ! Twenty-Five Tickets For #1.00. When you come to the City, and wish a good, cooling, refreshing glass of Soda, Vichy or Congress Water, go to WILHITE * WILHITE And call for Soda Water with "Bed Orange Syrup." Beats the world. Strawberry, Raspberry, Pine Apple, Banana, Sarsaparilla, Vanilla, Orgeat. True to name, and of best quality. 25 TICKETS FOR $1.00 Good for either Soda, Vichy or Congress Water. Congress Water relieves Headache and Dyspepsia, and is one of the bcBt mineral waters sold. THE CELEBRATED NEW ORLEANS MEAD SYRUP, Tho best Syrup in the City. Cull for it at WILHITE & WILHITE. May 14, 1885 44 " Go Tell all the People for Miles Around !" - THAT JOHN M. HUBBARD* BRO. ARE PREPARED TO SELL MOKE JEWELRY, MORE WATCHES, MORE SILVERWARE, MORE CLOCKS, &.C., A? PRICES MORE TO YOUR NOTION, THAN EVER BEFORE. JUT EVERYTHING in the shape of a Watch, Clock or Jewelry thoroughly repaired. Feb 5, 1888 SO_ WE BOW I To our Friends and Customers who have so liber Ally patronized us in thc past. We desire to return thanks, and offer our usual Spring and Summer Greeting ! WE ARB PREPARED TO OFFER BARGAINS IN ALL KINDS ?GENERAL MERCHANDISE. PLANTATION SUPPLIES -_ AND - FARMING IMPLEMENTS. WK A.2R.ID AGE?TS FOR Daniel Pratt Gin Co.'a Gins, Feeders and Condensers. Barbour Machine Co.'a Cotton Se *d and Grain Crusher. Empire Thresher?, Engines and Saw Mills. ma ' " .. " ., Champion Reapers, Mower* and Binders-tbe world-renowned Harvesting Ma Jewries, which have been . old and used in Anderson and adjoining Comities for the past ?ea years, and for durabilla and economy thore ia none to compare with the Champion. We would also mention the Count'a Home-made 7-FIngerod Grain Cradle-a Sooth ?wollna productloh-of which we sold during tho season ol 1884 several dozen by way Vi introduction, ?lid havo made arrangomenta to furnish them this season again to all 1 fhn may desire a good home-mado Cradle. ..... , "", ??par '^?gt?lokory" one and two-horso Wagons arc well known throughout thia . Th?'TImmas?^^ and Perfected Pulvcrlrer is an implement that [boald be on every farm. They can be used for cultivating crops of Corn and fXU??, ? well as In the preparation of tho land for planting and sowing. Call ?nd ace Awn. .< The.?WUon^Pat?nt Heel Sweep is growing in favor every day. J"?^*T ttfouractnred In ?eorgia- Used and recommended by the late J. C. Furiuan, the great 1 "tensive farmer*of Georjria. The blades being adjustable and easily changed, make it a w/alai?l^rMlS'iawaka Sulky and Walkiog Turn Plowi lu all . ^ ^ Chewing Tobacco In the market, made by 8. W; Venable, of Jf*"?^ Jfti embracing the celebrated brands of "Blue Jeans/' "Rapldan," "True Blue and 2nd " * ??^-a good chew gnaranteed. Other makes and grades also on McGUJaLY, CAT?CABT & CO. _And>rton, 8. C., April SO, 1885 _ FISHING TACKLE, arid LINES OF KINDS AT SIMPSON, REID & CO/S 'on $m tm . - DRUG STORE, Waverly House Corner, Anderson, S. C. Apraa,i??6d ? ANDERSON VILLE. ' An Old Town-Betuli?. ices of tho l'uni Und Guus, oc.i ltarlietU, Ou., Sun, . I'lie Sunday School picnic was post poned three times, and therefore when tho last appointment (Saturday) dawned Cloudy and threatening rain, big, little, old and youug seemed determined to go anyhow, rain or shiue, BO early in the morning the caravan of picknickers began to wend its way toward Andersionville, 8. C., distant nine miles. Mr. Robert Stephenson and ourself "went in togeth er" and procured a couveyauco for our families-a two-horse wagon, which was amply sufficient, there being only four teen of us all told. As we got one horse at one place, tho other at a second place, tho wagon nt a third, and tho harness at a fourth it was rather late before we got ^eady to start, aud we did not arrive at the scene of action Until everybody else had got there, including Eli. When we crossed the ferry we found a gay err td of probably 300. What were they doing ? Well-oh, you've been to a picnic, hav en't you? They were boating in tho river, roaming about aimlessly, fishing, courting, listening to the band play, playing in the branch, and waiting for dinner. And ere long the baskets were taken to tho island and tho hungry crowd began to play havoc with their contents. Before dinner was quite over a heavy shower of raiu came aud much of the dainty food was spoilt. However no one weut away hungry, and the shower was only laughed at for ita breach of good manners in approaching the feast without au invitation. Andernouville 1? tho most attractive place we have seen for a picnic-In dry weather ; but on this occasion lhere AOS rather much wetness and it cast a damper upon the spirits of the crowd, as it was simply impossible for them to wander over the hills and valleys, gather the flowers wild, and obtain a fair view of tho picturesque spot in itu entirety, aud our people will never be satisfied until they try it over again on some more auspicious day. tt was a pity, too, when we think of the pains and expense thc Sod people of Andersonville had pul emselvea to in arranging for the picnic. Under the superintendence of Misc Fannio Earle, a noble Christian lady, they had cleared off the undergrowth oo the island, placed beautiful rustic seati made of birch under the shade trees built a bridge to the mainland, and ar ranged everything for thc comfort and pleasure of the visitors. The Georgians were quick to perceive these evidences ol Carolina hospitality, and one of our en thusiastic friends clapped UB on UK shoulder and asked : "John, ain't yot glad you were born in South Carolina?' To which we replied: "Yes-and liv? in Georgia." The clouds becoming more threaten iug, it was not long before the crowe began to disperse for their homes. Andersonville is one of the oldes towns in upper Carolina, and we woul< be glad if we could give our readers i sketch of its early settlement, rise auc fall, for it was once a placo of no incon siderable- commercial importance. T< Hon. John B. Benson we are iudebtei for the few historical facts that we an enabled to give. Mr. James Harrison father of tho late Frank Harrison whose daughter was married to Mi Preston Earle, the present, owner of th place, did business there for fifty yean and ran a store, iron and wood shope tanyard, merchant mills, and two ferries He made a large fortune although h had his fine dwelling, mills and othe machinery destryed by fire, and agaii bad bis mills and other machinery washe away by the great May freshet. Mi Harrison married the siBter of Mr. Sam uel Earle, the father of the escollen 6astor of the Hartwell Baptist Churcl lev. J. R. Earle. Mr. Harrison inhei ited a large body of land lying betwec the T?galo and Seneca Rivers, includin Andersonville, and Mr. Samuel Earl the fine and valuable property known r Evergreeu about twelve miles from Har well, where be bad extensive machiner and a large store. He also made a larg fortune. Andersonville was in early da} a land office, with a large number < stores and business houses, and was ii corporate?! about the year 1792, and ws in full blast in the days of Vienna ar Petersburg, lower down on tho Sa vannai It was quite an important place, as ?reat many boats were loaded here f< lamburg, and afterwards Augusta. M James Harrison was a man of great ene gy and ability, and his business extern ed mary miles above and westward. I bought as high as 600 bales of cotton the seed and ground 20,000 bushels wheat p?r year, which was a big thit for those days. Hon. John O. (Jalboi visited this place for the purpose of co suiting the best pilots oh the river wi a view of having the Savannah open for slack water navigation. During t! war of 1812 Mr. Elias Earle, father i law of James Harrison, got a contra from the government to make muske and procuring 32 machinists from Ht pers Ferry, Va., established an armory Andersonville, mit the iron ore did n suit for (he business, as the guns woe burst and were more dangerous to t shooter than to the oh not?e. At one til tho town boasted a hotel with thirty forty rooms. Mr. Benson cays that wh a young fellow he went from Pendlet to Andersonville to fish with Fra Harrison and there \ ire many old stol and other houses there, among them t dwelling of Mr. Rusk, an old ste mason, who was the father of the grt Rusk of Texas, for whom Rusk Com io that State was named, the friend Augustus Maverick ana Bonham. Pendleton, S. C., and Davy Crockf Every school boy has read of Crockel and Bonham's death with the pile dead Mexicans around them slain w their bowie knives at the Alamo. N not a stick of one of those old houses main at Andersonville. Mr. Beni says that when his old friend Wac Thompson was Envoy Extraordinary r Minister Plenipotentiary of the Uni States at Mexico, when in the city of Montezuma*, he wrote Maverick, v was Iben confined in the castle of Pen that if ha would say that he was io fa of a reannexation ne bad no doubt S ta Anna would release bim. Mavei replied : "You say that you think Sa Anna will release me if I say that II in favor of the reannexation of Texai Mexico. I cannot persuado myself t such an annexation, on any terms, wo bo advantageous to Texas, and I th fore cannot say so. for I regard a lie crime, and one which I cannot oom even to secure my release ; I must th fore continue to waar my chains, gal! as they are." , ? Bat, leaving the Mexican hand to P. ish music for the New Orleans Exp lion, let os return to Andersonville. views along the rivers are beaut especially from Mr. Earle's house an a point jost Above on the T?galo km as "LongTiiw." Tho plsce has reroai io the Harrison family until Col. F Harri wn died, when ft wis cold for tition and the homestead, waa purch by Mr. E. P. Earle, hissed Aa*} is the present owner. Themodern t is comparatively small. There is one ntore and only a few familles live here. Mr. Earle has the finest flouring and grist mills in tho country with ample Water power to run a large factory oh the Beaverdam creek, which enters the Tugnlo hero. One of tho oldest settlers hero was Mr. Samuel Bobo, grandfather of our townsman, Mr. S. M. Bobo. His houso still stands and in in good condi tion yet. It wae built of hewn logs, and located on tho west bank of the T?galo a short distance abovo the old town. The view from this place ia one of the most beautiful in the State of Georgia. We c?uuot conclude thia rambling article without alluding tu Mr. John Jones, the gentlemanly ferryman, who kept the ferryboat running all day with out charge, and it was hard work, too. Ho deserves a gold medal at the hands of the picnickers. He Missed the Traill? _ "I had a strange experience in your city one night about n week ago," said Mr. Thomas J. Hurley of Baltimore, as he stood in the Girard House, Philadel phia, the other night, talking with two newspaper men. The "Colonel," as ho is generally called, is au excellent racon teur. Ho served with a famous NeW York cavalry regiment during the civil war, engineered ono or two big financial schemes in Europe, did considerable government and telegraph surveying on tho plains and New Mexico, and ia now Secretary and Treasurer of a malt whis key company. On being pressed to tell bia story, he lit a fresh cigar, and said: "I had missed the G o'clock p. m. train for Baltimore, and bad, therefore, a few hours to sparc. Strolling along a certain street I saw a number of people entering a large building, and I decided on fol lowing them. Just as I passed through tho inner door a grave-looking gentleman standing by said, extending his baud : 'Colonel, I am glad to BCO you. Come right along.' I followed him, mounted a platform which was filled with ladies and gentlemen, and took the seat o fie red me amid loud applause, the Chairman stepping over to where I sat, grasping me by tho hand, and bidding me wel come. Tho proceedings opened with Erayer, and of coureo I felt perfectly at onie, but when the speaker began to launch out against all whiskey dealers I realized for the first time that I bad got into a tempeiaoce meeting. Then the i Chairman nade a few remarks, and wound up by saybig that Colonel-, who was with them, waa obliged to catch a train, but that ho would address them briefly, and give some startling facts as to the evils of intemperance. I can't tell you how I felt, boys. I have made some political and after dinner speeches, ? but here was something I had not calcu lated on, and I felt like saying with the poet : Oh ! what a tangled web we wsave When fi-st we practice to deceive. "I had to say something, however, and so after a drink of 'Schuylkill water* from the glass before me I began to di late on tho horrors of drunkenness, i Then 1 told n couple of stories-John B. Gough chestnuts-that made the audi ence laugh, and wound up by saying that intemperance was causea moro by the fact that people drank bad liquor than that they drank at all, and that as many physicians and heads of families believe that stimulants are necessary in sickness, they ought to prescribe a medical whis key instead of giving vilo stuff which masquerades as whiskey. Thou I sat down. There was silence ; you could have heard a cork drawn i I bad given them more whiskey than they were used to, and the Chairman said : 'That was a remarkable ending to your speech, Colonel ; one would almost think you were in the whiskey business.' I admit ted the soft impeachment, told bim who I wae, and how the mistake occurred. Well, I could see u storm brewing, and began to think there would be a Bret Harte society on the Stanislaus scene, with myself as chief actor. So I seized my hat, got down from tho platform, made post haste for tho door, and in hur rying down stairs met tho veritable Col onel, my doeppelganger, as the Germans would call him, coming up. He was certainly like me-the same build and complexion; same color of eyes, and wore his hair short, as I do. If I had beon a minute later there whould have been a revised version of "Olivette." I finally got out alive, but have received letters from a few of the audience tell ing me it was mean to do such a thing. But, boys, the chances for the 'ad' I could not afford to lose, and therefore took the chauces.-Philadelphia T?ntes. Ureat Revival In Atlanta. ATLANTA, May 31.-Atlanta hos been swept by a wave of religious excitement which promises to eclipse anything of the kind ever known in the South. It had its rise in the meeting of the Na tional Convention of the Young Men's Christian Association. The sessions of that body were attended by all the mag nates of business and fashion of the city. They were welcomed by Chief Justice Jackson, and a prominent post on the stage was held by Governor McDaniel. At the call of the convention the Gov ernor was prevailed cpon to stand np, that the people might look upon the face of a Christian in o?ico. The proposition to build a $75,000 house was made, which was afterwards taken up in secular circles, and to-day the cash subscriptions have swelled up to $73,000. While this excitement was up the Methodists in duced the Rev. Dr. Mooball, of Missou ri, to remain over and conduct a series of meetings. As by wild-fire the zeal spread, and the social circles of Peach tree, hitherto .cugaged. in progressive euchre and tho german, began to quote Bible texts, ana one after another the announcements of the* conversion of no ted men added fuel to the flames. Go where you will there is nothing talked of but the soul's salvation. A large cotton warehouse, which last year was devoted to walking1 matches, was rented for the summer. It covers an Acre of gros nd. Into this warehouse 4,000 chairs have been placed, with standing capacity for 4,000 more. The first of the gospel meetings was held at 3 p. m. to dav, for men only. It waa at tended by 6,000 persons, and to-night it ia filled with over 8,000 perons. Prom inent among those working there are Gov. McDaniel, Mayor Hillyer, the Hon. E. P. Howell, Henry W. Grady, Presi dent of the Southern Base Ball League, and hundreds of the first business men of Atlanta. Moody has been engaged to con duct these meetings for the sum mer, and it is believed that he will preach his firstser mun next Sunday. Mr. Willis, the great singer of Milwaukee, has been engaged for the season, and was on deck to day. Many of the men engaged in this work took part iii the organization of the At lanta Club, which has already purchased the James mansion, and is one of the most comfortably housed elnbe in !he country. Several members have sent in their resignations, and others are medi tating tba same step. In Dakota on a frosty day a conver sation can be carried on with perfect ease between persons a mile apart. " Ari Atlanta Sensation. ATLANTA, QA., Juno 2.-Tho myste rious murder of pretty Jennie Roso, which baffled detective : Hil, is explained at last. One year ago there lived in the eastern part of the city a carolcas young fellow named Charley Roso, his wife Jennie, and his cousin, Nancy Frazer. Rose was one of tho yard masters of the Air Lino road, atid os such vas necessa rily absent a great deal at night, lt Waa to keep li its wife company that he brought his coueiu from Gninnett. There was a blue-eyed girl named Clara Suggs living neut', who, the wife suspected, occupied a tender place in Charley's heart. At 12 o'clock on a dark and blustering night about a year ago a muffled shot was heard by a passer-by at the home of Charley Rose. Later a white figure emerged, and running silently to tho house of Mrs. Rose's father. Nancy Frazer called him with the exclamation i "Sly God I Jen nie bas been shot dead 1 Como quick !" Inside of ten minutes there were COO people around the vineclad house, every oue being there who should be except the one most wanted, the husband. Ho was hurriedly sent for and he came. In the house were two connecting bed rooms, tho ono nest the street being oc cupied by Mien Frazer, the inner one by tho young wife. Miss Frazer's story was that she fell asleep, leaving the lamp burning on tho mantel and beside it a pistol, which she kept loaded. She beard a muffled report, a groan, and "Oh, my God !" from the oedroom of Jennie. Opening her eyes the room was dark, but she observed the stealthy figuro of a man crouching towards tho window, through which ne jumped and escaped. Lighting the lamp again, Bile observed that the pistol was gone. Going into the room of Mrs. Ros*, the lattor was found dead as she bad slept, a bullet-hole through her brain, having traversed from the right eye to the back of the head. Upon the floor was the pistol which baa been removed from the man tel. Recovering from the stupor into which the sight had thrown her, she gave the alarm. The theory was that the murder was the work of a burglar, who, detected in the midst of his work, shot the woman to effect bis escape. The women of the city were in absoluto terror of their ?768. The detectives meanwhile were at work. Below the window through which the murderer had escaped were the tracks of two persons, a man and a woman. The tracks led to the house of Ciara Suggs, but before they reached there had been obliterated by tho heavy rains of tho morning. Then suspicion began to point to the husband, and the Btory of his loves became known. Not only Ww it probable that he and Clara had confederated to put the wife out of the way, but there existed another theory contradictory to this, but equally Mart ling. It was that Um murder might have been committed by Nancy Frazer, whose Eiatol it was which propelled the fatal ullet. For. two weeks the coroner strug gled with the case. Clara and Nancy were taken into custody. The husband wan closely watched. The dead woman's body was exhumed twice to furnish further proof. Circumstantial evidence against the husband was damaging, but be proved an alibi, which it was impos sible at that time to overcome. He was released and sought the freedom of the wild West The women were set at lib erty also. Still the belief was strong that Charley Rose was the murderer, and that one or the other cf the women was bis confederate. Four months later Miss Frazer, who bad kept closely secluded, became sick and strangers were denied admissiou to her roora. She died and a baby was left, of which Charley Rose was the father. It had a horrible birth mark. There was no right eyo, but instead a hole, which was a perfect reproduction of I he wound which caused poor Jennie's death. And now cornea the last chapter in this tragedy, which fastens the m?r ier upon Rose. Miss Clara Suggs returned to her old home in Gainesville, where abo commit ted suicide yesterday. Stung by remorse, she contracted the opium habit. She has been living for some time quietly in the same house with Ella Teasdale. She attracted some attention by joining the Methodist Church during the revival two weeks ago. The following is the story of ber death, as told by ber companion, Ella Teasdale. She said that Clara went to church Monday night aud when aim came out was joined by Jack Mor gan. . They were out all night together and carno home about daylight. After reaching homo they went to the well and got water. Then Morgan went away, abo accompanying him a short distance up the street, and then ?returned and went to bed with Ella. After a while Ella got up and went about her work. Sho suddenly noticed that Clara was breathing deeply, but knew she took opium sometimes, and paid np attention to it until she began to grow purple in the face. She sent for Dr. Parsons. When he arrived Clara was in a coma tose condition, with two or three respira tions per minute. She died about 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Several per sons were present when the girl breathed her last. Chief of Police Tom Hance is in possession of the photographs of Roso, ana several letters of recent date writ ten by bim, in which he repeatedly saya that ne loved her better than his own life and could not live apart from her. She seems to have been contemplating suicido for some time, as will be seen from the following letter : ATRIL 25, 1885.-This is my own fault, for I came here to drown myself and I am going to fulfill my word. Itis on account of my own doings, for I have done wrong and I want to show the young girls whatlt will bring them to if they don't repent and do better. I bave a dear friend in Atlanta that is much dear er to me than my own life and I am go ing to die that he may live. His initials are C. H., but his name no one will ever know from me. I hope my mamma and dear sisters will not grieve over me and my dear friends. I hope they will take warning from this ana never listen to false lovers, for if you do it will bring ?'ou to your grave. If any girl ever ovos a man as I do C. R. she will die for his sake. So good-bye to my dear friends. CLARA SUGGS. Farewell to my mother and to my mother's friends, and to my loving Charley, God made him a man. I freely would forgive bim, al though he would not me. Ten thousand Times over my follies I see. CLARA SUGGS. Thna there exista in tba death of Miss Frazer the proof of the illicit relations of Boee with ber, and in letters to Misa Suggs the proof that they were lovera. In addition to thia, the police have the full confession of Clara Suggs, which waa made just before ber death in which abe ?ays that the murder of Mrs. Rose waa perpetrated by herself, Miss Frazer and Charley Rose. She said that she and M >. Frazer each expected to be his wife, bot did not knot? Rose was false till later. - Idle bread is the most dangerous of all that is eaten. A Story of (Jens. Nathaniel Lyon and lt. H. An'?rson. Tho following, which wo have never teen ip print, gives an account of an in teresting incident in the early life of Qeo. R. H. Anderson of Sumter County, South Carolina, who died some years ago. This item will possibly be news to many of his old friends : Upon one occasion Captain Anderson, of the Second Dragoons, afterward a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, gave a dinner party, at which were present several of tho officers of the garrison as well as the members of a geuernl court-martial that was then in session at tho post. Captain Lyon and myself were among the number. Although Captain Anderson was a citizen of South Carolina, and his host, Lyon plunged as soon as he could get tho opportunity into a harangue against the South and its peculiar institution, in which bo used all the power of invective that he possessed in sn great a degree. Among the guests were General Maus oeld, killed at Antietam ; General Ham Bey, Chief of Ordinance during the war ; Col. C. F. Smith, who, if he bad lived, would certainly havo given a good ac count of himself on tho sido of the Union, nod General Casey, who so highly dis tinguished himself at the battle of Fair Oaks. All of these were Northern mon who had no likiog for slavery, but they were all dumbfounded at the vioieuco of Lyon's attack. As for the Southerners, they lookod indignant, of course, all but the host, Captain Anderson, who Bat at the bead of his table smiling serenely at Lyon's abuse, and by occasionally addressing a word or two to those, nearest to him,' trying to mako the occasion pass as pleasantly as was possible under tho circumstances. But that evening, while loverai of ua, including Captain Lyon, were Bitting in Major Merrill's quarters. Anderson ontcrcd tho room. Ile l?ukci around bim, and his eyes at onco lighted on tho mac of whom he was evidently in search, aod whom he had not found in his own quarters. "Captain Lyon," be said, approaching bis antagonist, "you took occasion to-day, when I from my position was helpless to repel your insults, to commit nn outrage, lor which I am now going to punish you, I do not mean to heap personal abuso on you, for ever one horo present knows what I think of you, ana that kind of retaliation would do very little harm ; I am going to thrash you. He took a step toward Lyon, who, hear ing this speech, had remained quietly in his chair glaring at his adversary, and evidently worked up to tho point of doing mischief. AB Anderson came nearer, Lyon, still without moving a limb, said, with as much composure as he could command : "Captain Anderson, if you come a step nearer I'll kill you." Instantly several of us rushed betweon the two, and Anderson, without a word further, withdrew. About an hour afterwards I wan roused From bed by some one at the door, and ai going down stairs found Captain Ly )n. I at onco suspected what had hap pened, but I won not allowed to remain long in a state of uncertainty. "Ander ion has challenged me," ho said. "You will have to accept," I answered. "No, I shall not accept ; I have con scientious scruples against dueling, and besides, it is contrary to law, and 1 nm a law-abiding man." "Then you will be sent to Coventry without delay. You have grossly insult ed Anderson io bis own house, and you must give him satisfaction, or you will be run out of the army." "I don't care ; I ara williog to enduro persecution for tue sake of my convic tions. I shall not fight bim. If he attacks me, I shall kill hi m as I would a Jog." I argued the matter with bim I. was many years younger than I am now ind thc result was that he finally con sented to meet Anderson, provided I ivould act aa bis PL cond. and that the duel should take place with pistols across a table. I remonstrated with him on this latter point, and told him that I was quite sure Major Sibley, Anderson's second, would peremptorily refuse to allow his principal to fight after such a murderous fashion. Ele was firm, however, so I had a confer ance early the following morning with Major Sibley, and, as I bad expected, Lyon's terms were regarded by him as altogether outside ihc p*1a of the laws of dueling, and as being barbarous, murder tun, uuusual, aod ungen-lemanly. There was nothing li ft for Anderson to do but to horsewhip Lyon or inflict some other gross indignity on him, and this he would certainly have attempted but for the fact that Sibley and I got nim sod Lyon to agree that the matter should be referred to a council of officers whose decision should be binding. This body, after due deliberation, decided that Cap tain Lyon had been guilty of a grave offence, and tbat he should apologize to Captain Anderson in the presence of ? very officer of the post. This was a bitter dose for Lyon to swallow, but there was no escape. He declared to me that he would rather cut iff his right hand than do what it bad been, decreed he mast do. He fumed and Tretted over the matter till he work sd himself up to such a ?tate of excite ment as made me fear for the strength of bis mind to resist it, but he finally cooled down and began to look at the matter philosophically. Mrs. Hammond and I were to have a reception that evening for the members af the court martial, and they and ail the officers of the garrison and their wives would accordingly be together at my 1 uart era. It was deciden that at ni oe o'clock Captain Lyon should teodor his apology in their presence. Every one was there, and at nine o'clock Captais Anderson stationed himself at one end of the drawing-room. The last beat of. the drums sounding tattoo bad hardly died away when Captain Lyon, io full uniform, entered the apartment. He looked neither to the right nor to the left, but with me at bis side, as his escort and host, he walked through the long line of officers-all in full uniform-and ladies till ho came within four or five feet of Captain Anderson, who, grave and dignified, with Sibley by his side, awaited his arrival. "Captain Anderson/' he ?aid, withont a ttemor iu his voice, "I bave come to express my regret for hav ing used language at your table which, however, much 1 may believe it to be true, was out of placo at the time, and waa such as I, your guest, should not have spoken. Its employment was, under the circumstances, more injurious to me than it was to you." Anderson bowed without a word, Lyon bowed, and thea, without tendering hi* band, he turned and strode out of the room. Anderson and ba never spoke to each other after ward except when their official relations required them todo so.-Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, in Magasine of American HU' tory. - Sergeant Mason, who shot at Gut* tenn, ia Jiving quietly on bb Virginia farm with Betty and the baby. His museum experience yielded bim nearly $25,000 in cash. A Story About tho Soo of tho TS ox Sor er or Or?. Mille. Several days ago a paragraph published in tho New Orleans Statte, commenting on tho alleged appointment by President Cleveland of Cuthbert Bullitt Jones as consul to Callao, called editorially upon Governor McEuefy to ranko a requisition for him as a fugitive from justice/ Ibero being au unsatisfied indictment against him lu the Parish of Catahoula for mur der. It then narrated tho particulars of the assassination of Gen. Liddell, in 1870, by Jones and his father and brother on a Black River steamboat, nnd how tho two latter were subsequently shot add killed by a gang of lynchers in tho Harrison' burg jail. Cuthbert Jones escaped and fled from tho country. In conversation with a reporter for tho Newt and Courier yesterday Col. D. F. Crayton, of Anderson, said that he was somewhat acquainted with tho facts con* nectcd with the assassination of Gen. Liddell, and told the following interesting story : 'Tho statement published from tho New Orleans paper ls partly true as far as it goes. There was a feud between Gen. Liddell and the father of Cuthbert Joues, growing out of an insult whick tho elder Jones bad offered to a Northern lady who was teaching school in tho vicinity, perhaps at Gen. Liddell's house, at the time lt occurred. I havo forgotten tho Iddy'd name,- bat sbo felt thatsbo hud been deeply aggrieved, and in company with Gen. Liddell she went to Jones's house to demand an explanation. Joues thought that Gen. Liddell bad persuaded her to take such a course, ana that be was trying to mako trouble. I have for gotten just how the interview ended, but sometimo afterwards, while Gen. Liddlo was going down Black River on a steam boat; the bi/Bt stopped at n landing, and the general saw Jones on the shore and apparently with the intention of coming on board. He wont to tho captain, told him that there had beon a difficulty botweon Jones and himself, intimating that Jones might renew the trouble if be should be allowed to come aboard. Jones did come on board, however, and wcut into the saloon where Gen. Liddell was sitting at the table, eating. Jones drew his pistol and shot Gen. Liddell down, killing bim instantly, and without an oxcbitngo of words. Jones then made bis escape from the steamer. A great deal of indignation was felt about the murder. Some time afterwards a mob went to'Jones's house sod lynched him. Jones bod not been sent to jail, but with hiB two sons had fortified himself in his house and prepared himself to resiBt arrest. Tho door of the house was brokeu down and Jones and one of his sons taken out and lynched. Cuthbert Jones, who was with his father, mado his escape by swinging out of the window in an upper story and secreting himself between the wall of the bouse and the chimney, where ho remained until tho lynching party bad dispersed. He was not with his father at the time Gen. Lid dell was murdered, but wau an accessory after the fact. Ho fled the country and I had not beard of him agaiu until I read tho paragraph published yesterday. "About the time of the lynching of Jones Mrs. Jones returned to this coun try from Franco with her children. I have heard that when she heard of the lynching she did aoi go to the Jones plantation, but forthwith retnrned to Franco with her children, where ehe may still be living. "Gen. Liddell was a first cousin of my mother, and was a son of Judge Liddell, who was one of the Judges in thin State, and removed to Louisiana many years ago-probably before Gen. Liddell was born. He lived in Pendleton district. Gen. Liddell was a gallant soldier in the Confederate army." Gore for Felon* The following from Dr. C. C. Gratiol, M. D., St. Louis, will be hailed with delight by that class of citizens who rosy be suffering from that fearfully painful horror, felon, if it should prove to be what it claims to be, a cure for felon : One day in July, 1883, after returning from a call in the co mit rv, I found a gentleman waiting in my office to consult me about a felon that was giving him !;reat pain, upon the index floger of the oft band. While waiting for me be had picked up one of my medical journals and real an article entitled, "How to Cure a Felon." . My patient asked me to try it on him. I advised bim to let mo make a free incision down to the bone, believing it the only course to pursue that amounted to anything in the treatment of paronychia. AB he was a little timid, ana insisted on my trying the other plan, I consented. The modo of treatment ia this, and I quote the writer's own words : "Take common salt, roasted on a hoi stove until all the chlorine gas ia thrown off, or it is as dry as you can make it. Tako a teaspoonful of pulverized castile soap, and a teaspoon full of Venice tur pentine, mix them well into a poultice and apply on the felon. If you have ten felons at once, make as many poulti ces. Renew this poultice twice a day. In four or five days your felon will, if not opened before your poultice is first put on, present a bolo down lo the bono, where the pent up matter waa before ?our poultice brought it ont. If the felon as been cat open or opened itself, or ia about to ?take off the finger to the first joint, no matter, put on your poultice ; it will stop right th ct 9, and in timo your floger will get well, even if the first bone is gone. Of course it will not restore Ibo lost bone, but it will get well soon." So fir as my faith went io the treat* ment of a felon in that way, I never would have tried lt. My patient came back lo me in four days, with pain and throbbing all gone, and with no tender ness or swelling. Upon removing the poultice, there was a round hole down to the bene, discharging a bloody, thick pas, such as I have sometimes seen coming from acate ulcers. He stated that after the first' application of the poultice, about eight hours after he left my office, he suffered no more pain ; io three days more he was almost entirely Well. This induced me to determine to try it on other felons that I might be called apon to treat ; and from Joly until the middle of October a great many felons occurred among tho farmers, caused by the fte* quent handling of pitchforks In making hay and in stacking and threshing grain. Suflico it to say I tried it on seven cases of felon, and it never once failed me. It is simple in preparation, and the eoap and salt are always at hand, which with a few cents worth of Venice, turpentine will make many poultices. The case in which I used lt got well more rapidly and suffered less pain, and the finger regained Ita normal condition more quickly than after incision or any mode of treatment I had ever previously adop ted. - Half the cotton crop in the Arkan sas valley has been destroyed ' by late freshets. - The tact that Washington wet told a Ile baa been satisfactorily urMunt i ed for. He never went fishing. Gloomy Wheat Crop Prospects, Tho growing wheat crop having reach* cd a 'critical stage, and winter wheat having approached a condition "officient ly near maturity to approximate the acreage and probable yield, the Fanner*' Rn?cw, of Chicago, has followed up ita usual weekly summary by a complete survey of ali the Western and Southern wheat growing States, reports having been received from over three thousand correspondents, covering every wheat producing county in Ohio, Michigan, In diana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Sansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wis consin, Minnesota and Dakota. To gether with a very accurate and recent summary from the Pacific coast region, made by tito associated press, it ia be lieved it makes one of tho most complote reports ever prepared. The Review sajn i "The gloomiest views which have been advanced concerning the winter whent outlook for 1885 must now bo accepted as tho moat accurate. The promising conditions of 1884 have this season been completely reversed. The absolute uni formity of the returns indicato that the outlook for tho winter sown wheat this ?ear is tho worst In ton years, and it may e set down as positive that under the most favoring conditions the total winter ! and spring wheat yield is to fall co mud era bl y under tho short crop of 1881, when tho total product was 880.000,000 bushels. With tho exception of Michi gan, Oregon and Washington Territory, on the far Western olopo, the causes leading to a decreased output of winter wheat are almost identical. In Ohio, Indiana, Kansas, Illinois and Missouri the ground was bare of snow during the winter. Tho severely cold weather at the closo of the winter, which was fol lowed by dry, cold winds later on. There was also a decreased acreage, owing to tho low prices which prevailed for the crop of 1884. In California tho decreas ed acreage was accompanied by a sovere drouth, which hos tended to almost ruin the growing crop. Oregon and Wash ington Territory were unveil by bountiful showers, which came in timo to save the grain. From a close compilation, and taking the most cheerful view of the sit* uation, the winter wheat yield for the present year will not exceed 200,000,000 bushels, and the absoluto percentages from the most trustworthy sources indi cate that the yield will fall somewhat I under than over '.he figures given. Turn I ing to the spring wheat belt, the outlook is altogethor more promising. Full ro turus from Nebraska show slightly en larged acreage, as compared to last year, while in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota tho decrease in acreage will be about 10 per cont., while the condition is about 95 per cent. The acreage of Dakota is about 8 per cent, less than last year, and the conditions fully equal, though tho season is from ten to twelve dava later. The probable spring wheat yield, based upon continuing favorable weather, will bo 130,000,000 bushels. The total wheat crop of the country, therefore, from the present outlook will be from 320,000,000 to 330,000,000 bushels, against an aver age yield for the past five years of 4fl4, 000,000 bushels. Training Children. One would naturally suppose that tho care of children would he tho first thought of the parents, whereas in many coses it seems os if the first thought were rather to escape that burden-although the responsibility may never bo shirked without penalty-delegating it to hired and indifferent hands and neads, often, ignorant, often incompetent, without re flecting that it demands not only the love and tendorness such as no alien can fur- . oish, but that the wisest mind ia not too wise for the task, nor the most cultured intellect too well trained or too brilliant to cope with the Bubject, to fit the human loul for its sphere aud its work, for de velopment of its transcendent powers. The person who on engaging a nursery maid remarked, by way of preface, that neither ho nor his "wife knew anything about the caro of children, nor did they wish to know," only frankly acknowl edged the deplorable condition of mind I of many, and certainly bad no business to have tho bright faces of children about bis hearth. One wonders if be treated any other of his possessions with ouch unconcern. Those who regard their children as their I chief occupation in life, and who io?e I that occupation, can hardly understand I tho state of mind of mothers who accept I every excuse for turning them off upon whoever will take the charge, careless of (be dangers tboy may meet from the unguarded aud untaught speech of ser vants or gamin-mothers wno love their own ease and pleasure better than the souls of their sons and daughters, who I fiad no dolight in watching the unfolding I of a human intellect, ana whose minds are too narrow to appreciate the self sbnegation of wiser mothers, whom tbey look upon aa slow specimens of the race of women, old fogies with domestic pro* clivitles too strongly developed, beings without a thought or aspiration beyond the clean faces and clothes of their brood, without a proper sense of the sphere of woman, which in their view I seems to consist merely in dressing and I gossiping, flattering and being flattered nv the other sex. People take infinite care of . their bornes, their land, their clothes, but they I too often leave their children, their moat valuable possessions, upon whose welfare and progress the race depends, to take I care of themselves, unaware or heedless I of the great interest at stake, and deaf to all admonitions. A child's mind ia plastic, ready to receive every or any im pression, and it is the parents who bave I ibo power to dictate what these impress ions shall be. When* a child:- learns I lying and thieving or any evil, lt is geri* I emily the father and mother who deserve the punishment for these offenses. They received the precious gift of an untutored mind into their keeping, and if they have neglected it, have chosen to waste I their energies on lesser themes, on the I vanilles of tbe world and the flesh, they I bave sown tbe wind and will reap the I whirlwind.-Harper1* Magasine. Believing i hoked Cattle. I I read the ar ti cl cs under this title lo. a late Rural, and thought, if I was only an I old grandmother, I knew a better way tban any yet giver. ; better because it is quicker, easier, and doesn't hurt the poor creatures in the least. I remember When I was a little girl .hat our cow goa chok ed with a potato,' and Cather hind mo to ron my band and arm down Bossy's throat and noll out tbe potato. It waa .1 not a blt pleasant. We have a better way now. If a creature gets choked, uke some cold water, ana a rubber syringe and squirt a stream of cold water loto one of his ears. It gitr-s tho ?.nlrcal J a surprise, and it shakes Its head with a 1 r?agence that starts the obstacle frora it3 throat with a jerk. I have econ lt tried lots of times, even after hoe handlea, and 1 broomsticks, a sd divers ether plan-, bato (been tried ineffectually, and I never I know the old water stream to fall oft 1 attie1 or horsed, or cvoa hogs,-Grand* 'tytAerinBuntilfa