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BY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, 8. C, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 24, 1885._VOLUME X.M.?NO. 11 FALL AND WINTER ANNOUNCEMENT. J. P. SULLIVAN * CO ENCOURAGED by our success in the past, we come to the front again with the best offers we have ever before been able to make. THE LARGEST STOCK, And Prices as Low as is consistent for honest Goods. JEANS?We can sell yon Jeans from lOo a yard to 40c a yard. Come and see our VIRGINIA CASS1MERES. WOOLEN GOODS are cheap. All-woo! Red Flannel for only 10c a yard. Ladies' Dress Goods, Shawls and Cloaks. Jersey Jackets are very fashionable, and cost a gf8fe? ''nal less than ever before. Wc can sell a nice fitting Jersey for 05c. We have them in Blacks, Navy Blues and Cardinals. Ladies' and Misses' Underwear, Youths' and Mens' Clothing. We have bought a large Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING from first hands, and can oiler bargains in full Suits, or in extra Coats and Fants. An Immense Stock of Boots and Shoes. Mens' all-solid leather Boots for $1.150 a pair. Womens' all-solid leather Shoes for 7i>c a pair. GrROCERIES, Wc have had our Cellar enlarged, and are prepared to exhibit a larger and more complete Stock of Groceries than heretofore. We have a large COFFEE TRADE, and intend to hold it by keeping the BEST GRADES. We will sell you the best Rio CoJl'ee 8 lbs. for one dollar. SUGARS have within the last few mouths advanced, but wc will sell a pure Brown Sugar 14 lbs. for $1.00. Ver}' respectfully, J. P. SULLIVAN & CO. Sept 10, issr>_t)_ ILSriEW^ NEW I SAWS, for Farmers. SAWS, for Carpenters. SAWS, for Builders. HAND SAWS, CROSS CUT SAWS, ONE MAN'S CROSS CUT SAWS. OUR "BOSS" HAND SAW for general use, A_t JB51.r>0, and fully warranted. A special drive on these Goods now at THE HARDWARE STORE - OF - IST. 33. We now occupy our New and Commodious Store-Rooms, second door from the National Bank, on the Public Square, where we shall be pleased to show our immense stock of GENERAL HARDWARE. Sullivan & Bro. Sept 17,18S5 10 BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. $30,000.01) WORTH OF GOODS! Largest sloe! Ever OH for Sale ii Is Mall! ThESE GOODS are bought direct from Manufacturers, at special prices, thus placing us on the same footing with Jobbers, always buying in large lots, and taking advantage of ail discounts for net Cash, thus enabling us to buy cheap and sell at low prices, as the following will prove: 100 Cases of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes, At prices that cannot be dunlV ued. We quote Women's Polka Shoes at 75c, worth $1.00. Children's Sim?-, uo 50c, worth 75c. Men's Brogans at $1.00, worth $1.25. Men's Boots, all sizes, at 52.00, worth $:L00. Boys' Boots, 4's to G's, at $1.50, worth $2.00. Our Leader $3.00 Shoe, Bal., Button or Congress, made of best Calf Skin, Box Toe, Leather Tip, worth $4.00 anywhere, and to which we call the especial attention of young men. Our Leaders in Ladies'and Misses'Shoes, cus? tom made, Opera Toe, handworked button holes, ladies size at $2.00, worth $2.75. Misses' at $1.85, worth $2.50, c.ice! i:i beauty, style and fit. Every pair guaranteed. Wo have the exclusive control here of EVITT BROS. L-.idiss', Misses' and Children's FINE SHOES, formerly sold here by Mr. J. D. Maxwell. These goods are made of very best material, fit perfectly, and every pair is warranted. We can Save you Money on Shoes. Large Lot of Ladies' and Children's Cloaks, At one-half of their real value, bought :tt a closing out sale. If you need these Goods, we advise you to buy them before they t:re sohi out, ax they :ire bargains not picked up every day. Elegant and complete lines of BLACK CROW CASHMERES, SILK and BROCADED VELVETS. WORSTEDS at 10C, worth 15c. 10,000 yards Jeans at strictly Jobbers Prices, Bought 10 per cent less than they can be bought, lor in smaller quantities. We invite the attention of merchants to this lot of Goods before placing their orders elsewhere, as we are in a position to -ell them advantageously, and are determined to close them out at an early day. Georgia Jeans at 20c, worth 25c. Large lot of CORSETS at 50c. You will find in thin assortment Corsets worth 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. We place them on our counters atone price. Select for yourselves. We have a lot of REMNANT CALICO, from one and a half to seven yards, which you can buy at half their value. All-wool, rod twilled FLANNELS i.l 20c, worth 80c. A first class, new patent, reinforced, linen front SHIRT at $-1.50 per half doz. Gents'UNDERVESTS at 25c, worth 40c. Ladies' Undervesls at 50c, worth 65 cents. A large assortment of Gents' and Boys' HATS at prices to suit the times. Elegant line of Ready-Made Clothing Cheap. Fine double-barrel, breech-loading SHOT GUNS at $12.50. Kxtra quality $1G.00, worth $10.00 and $20.00 respectively. Wc art- prepared to mod all competition on BELTJXO, 1'RF.SS ROPE, BAGGING and TIES, quality always considered. We keep these goods constant? ly on hand, as well as WAGONS and WAGON HARNESS, BUGGIES and BUGGY HARNESS. These are i few the tn my bargains wc have scctired this season, to which we invite your attention. All we ask of you is. to c:al! in and examine our Goods and prices, and we can and will make it to your int?'.est to buy from us. We keep for sale nearly everything from a Needle up to a hogshead of Mo? lasses or a good Wagon. We ar<j always in the COTTON MAR? KET, at highest Cash prices, and our Mr. ^ I. \V. iJ.-o-y?s, with r.n <*xper:enee^of thirty ' ^ " ibranch his exclusive attention. 1^ He mire and rail oh iff. /frown, lU'jort' scllin ?j your Cut ion in Town! WE ARE AGENTS FOR Piedmont and Pelzer Shirtings and Drills, Hazard Rifle and Blasting Powder, And Wando Fertilizer. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Anderson, S. C, Sept. 17, 1835. WILHITE'S EYE WATER j IS A FOR SORE EYES, j OK ANY COMMON FORM OF INFLAMED EYES. WE SELL IT With the understanding that if it does not prove bene? ficial or effect a Cure, after directions have been carefully fol? lowed, the sum paid for it WILL BE REFUNDED. It has been sold on tbc3c conditions for the past FIVE YEARS, and aB yet we have 1TEVEE HAD A COMPLAINT OP IT, OR HEARD OF A CASE j IT DID NOT CURE! -0 IT IS NOT A NEW PREPARATION, ! AND HAS BEEN USED I I FOR THIRTY YEARS, But has been only four or five years on i the market as a PROPRIETARY MEDICINE. If you have never used it, or know nothing of its j effects on I SORE EYES, Ask your neighbor, or some one who has seen it tried. IT H AS CURED SEVERE CASES IX FROM SIX TO TWENTY-FOUR HOURS I Price, 25 Cents per Bottle. WILHITE & WILHITE, PROPRIETORS; Aug. 20. 1885 C (HUNT'S MEMOIRS. KcmiiiltfCcticcs of the Great War. General Grant's book, to be published in a few months, will contain the follow? ing reminiscences of Lee's surrender: I found General Lee had been brought into our lines and conducted to a house belonging to Mr. McKcan, and was them with one of his staff officers waiting my arrival. The head of his column was occupying a hill, a portion of which was an apple orchard, across a little valley from the court house. Sheridan's forces were drawn up in line of battle on the crest of a hill on the South side of the same valley. THE APPLE TItEE STOP.Y. Before stating what took place between General Lee and myself I will give all there is of the narrative of General Loe and the famous apple tree. Wars pro? duce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed. The war of the rebellion was fruitful in the same way. The story of the apple tree is one of those fictions, with a slight foundation of facts. As ] have said, there was an apple orchard on the side of the hill occupied by the confederate forces. Running diagonally up the hill was a wagon road, which at one point ran very near one of the trees, so that the wheels on that side had cut off the roots of the tree, which made a littli? embank? ment. General Babcock reported to me that when he first met General Lee he was sitting upon this embankment, with his feet in the road and leaning against the tree. It was then that Lee was con? ducted into tho house where I first met him. I had known General Lee in the old army, aud had served with him in the Mexican war, but did not suppose, owing to the difference in our ages and rank, that he would probably remember me, while I would remember him more distinctly, because he was chief engineer on the staff of General Scott in the Mex? ican war. When I had left camp that morning I had not expected the result so soon, that then was taking place, aud consequently was in rough garb, and I believe without a sword, as I usually was when on horseback on the field, wearing a soldier blouse for a coat, with the shoulder straps of my rank to indicate who I was to the army. THE MEETING WITH I.EE. When I weut into the house I found Geueral Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took our seats. What his feelings were I do not know. Being a man of much dignity aud with an impenetrable face, it was impossible to say whether he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over the result and was too manly to show it. Whatever his feelings were they were entirely concealed from observation, but my own feelings, which had been quite apparent on the reception of his letter, were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoiciDg at the downfall of a foe that had fought so long and gallantly, and had suffered so much for the cause which I believed to be one of tho worst for which a people ever fought, and for which there was not the least pretext. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us. Gen? eral Lee was dressed in full uniform, entirely new, and wearing a sword of considerable value, very likely the sword that had beeu presented by the State of Virginia. At all the events it was an entirely different sword from one that would ordinarily be worn in the field. In my rough traveling suit, which was the uniform of a private with the straps of a general, I must have contrasted very strongly with a man so handsomely dressed, six feet high, and of faultless form. But this whs not a matter that I thought of until afterwards. APPROACHING THE SURRENDER. General Lee and I soon fell into con? versation about the old army times. He remarked that he remembered me very well, in the old army, and I told him, as a matter of course, I remembered him perfectly, but owing to the difference iu years, there being about sixteen years difference iu our ages, and our rank, I thought it very likely 1 had not attracted his attention sufficiently to be remember? ed after such a long period. Our con? versation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the object of our meeting. Gen? eral Lee, at that time, was accompanied by one of his staff officers, Colouel Mar? shall. I had all of my staff with mc, a good portion of whom were iu the room during the whole of the iuterview. AN INCIDENT OF GENERAL MCCOOK. In the article, on the battle of Shiloh, which I wrote for the Century Magazine, I stated that General A. Mc. 1). McCook, who commanded a division of Bull's army, expressed some unwillingness to pursue the enemy on Monday, April 7lh, because of the condition of his troops. Geueral Badeau, in his history, also makes the same statement on my authori? ty. Out of justice to General McCook and his command, I must say that they left the point twenty-two miles Last of Savannah, on tho mom of the lit It. From the heavy rains of a few days pre? vious, and the passage of the trains and artillery, the roads were necessarily deep in mud, which made marching slow. The division had hot only marched through this mud the day before, but it had been in tlie rain all night without rest. It was engaged iu the battle of the second day, and did as good service as its position allowed. I:i fact, an oppor? tunity occurred for it to perform a con? spicuous act of gallantry, which elicited the highest commendation from the di? vision commanders in the army of the Tennessee. General Sherman, in both his memoirs and report, makes mention of the fact. Geueral McCook himself belonged to a family which furnished many volunteers to the army. I refer to these circumstances with minuteness, because 1 did General McCook an injus? tice in my article in the Century, though not to the extent one would suppose from the public press. I am not willing to do any one an injustice, and if con? vinced that I have done one, I am always willing to make the fullest admission. A ROUND VICK.SHUP.C. The Nicksburg newspapers, which wo received regularly through the courtesy of the rebel pickets, said prior to the 41h, in speaking of the "Yankee" boast that they would lake dinner in Vicksburg that day, that the best receipt for cooking a rabbit was "ketch your rabbit fust."' The paper at this lime and for some time previous was printed on the plain side of wall paper. The last number was printed on the fourth, and announced that he had "caught our rabbit." 1 have no doubt that Pemberton commenced his correspondence on the third with a Iwn Ibid purpose, fir-t, t<? avoid an "i-- n :, which he knew would be successful, and second to prevent the capture taking place on the great national holiday, the anniversary ot the declaration of Ameri? can independence. Holding out for better terms, as he did, he defeated his aim in the latter particular. < >n the fourth of July, at the appointed hour, the garrison of Vicksburg mar.'lied nut of their works, and formed n line in trout, stacked arms, and marched back in good order. Our whole anny presrnt witnessed this scene without che? r:iui and without a single offen1 ive remark that ! ?*vcr heard of. Logan's division, which had approached nearest the rebel's works, was the first to march in. and the flag of one of the regiments of his division wj s ?r <>n floating nver (lie court house. i he i-A.MPAi?i.N mi- vk'k.sum:?;. The campaign of Vicksburg was sog gested and developed by circling lances. The elections of 1S02 had g^uc^ogaiij^ the prosecution of the war. Voluntary enlistments had nearly closed, and lite draft had been resorted to. This was resisted, and defeat or a backward move? ment would have made its execution im? possible. A forward movement to a de? cisive victory was necessary. According? ly I resolved to get below Vicksburg, unite with Banks against Tort Hudson, make New Orleans the base, and with that base and Grand Gulf as the starting point, move, our combined forces against Vicksburg. Upon reaching Grand Gulf, after running its batteries and fighting a battle, I received a letter from Banks, informing me that he could not be at Port Hudson under ten days, and then with only 10,000 men. Time was worth more than reinforcements. I therefore determined to push into the interior of the enemy's country. With a large river behind us, he'd above and below by the enemy, rapid movements were essential to success. Jackson was captured the day after the new commander had arrived, and when the large reinforcements were daily expected. A rapid movement West was made, and the garrison of Vicksburg was met in five battles and badly defeated. The city was then successfully besieged. (?RANT AND LINCOLN. No reminiscence of war history will be read with greater interest than General Grant's account of his meeting with Lin? coln, and Lincoln's charge to him. Although hailing from Illinois myself, the State of the President, I had never met Lincoln until called to the capitol to receive my commission as Lieutenant General. 1 knew him, however, very well, and favorably from accounts given by the officers under me at the West, who had known him all their lives. I had also read the remarkable course of debates between Lincoln and Douglas a few years before, when they were rival candidates for the United States Senate. I was then a rciideut of Missouri, and by no means a "Lincoln man" in the contest, but I recognized his great ability. In my first interview with Lincoln alone, he stated to me that he had never professed to be military, or to know how campaigns : should be conducted, aud never wanted to interfere with them, but that proems I tination on the part of the commanders, and the pressure of the people at the North, and of Congress which like the poor, "he had always with him," had j forced him into issuing his well known series of "executive orders." lie did not know but they were all wrong, and did know that some of them were. All he wanted or had ever wanted, he said, was that some one would take the respon? sibility and act and call on him for all the assistance needed. THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR. As soon as the enemy saw us they decamped as fast as their horses would carry them. I kept my men in rank, ami forbade their entering any of the deserted houses or taking anything from them. We halted at night on the road, aud proceeded next morning at an early hour. Harris had been encamped iu a creek bottom for the sake of being near the water. The hills on either side of I the creek extended to a considerable height, possibly more than one hundred feet. As we approached the brow of the bill from which it was expected we could see Harris's camp, aud possibly find his men ready formed to meet us, my heart kept getting higher and higher until it felt to me as though it was in my throat. I would have given anything then to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the moral courage to halt and consider what to do. I kept right on. When we reached the point from which the. valley below was in full view, I halted. The place where Harris had been encamped a few days before was stiii there, and the marks of a recent encampment were plainly visible, but the troops were gone. My heart resumed its place. Tt occurred to nie at ouce that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the question i had never taken before, but it was one I never forgot afterward. From that event to the close of the war T never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy. Progress at the Penitentiary. There were on Saturday evening OOS convicts under sentence to imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Of these fi'.'O were in that institution and 21* were leased out. The number domiciled within the walls is, I think, greater than at any previous time, and the crowding?which was the cause of the determination of the officials not to withdraw the hands from the Savannah Valley Railroad still continues. In some cases three men arc confined in a cell which is only spa? cious enough for one. Great vigilance has to be exercised to prevent sickness under these conditions. The hospital, however, is not largely peopled. Prom the completion of the new prison building relief is expected, and it will probably be ready lor occupancy in six months if the winter is not severe.? Work upou it is being pushed with all dispatch, and 20.'J of its cells are com? pleted. Forty-eight cells and the roof remain to be added. The building will be of equal size with the existing prison building, aud will stand directly oppo? site to it. Hereafter, when time and money permit, a structure will be erected betwecm them, joining the wings together, and embracing business offices and quarters lor the officers and guards. The new factory structure, which has been built into the western wall of the 1'enilciitiary yard, only needs its iloor iug to be ready for occupancy. This building will he used as a woollen hos icry factory by the Columbia Hosiery Company. The old factory building, running east and west, has had its three stores extended westward .so as to join tiic ivall of the yard. The additional space thus yielded will be occupied by the manufactories already using the building. The Columbia Canal is being pushed with creditable energy, and the work shows a great advance since the spring. From 22-3 to 275 hands work daily upon it, there being no other occupation for many of the men. Although they ar. poorly supplied with tools on account of the financial -traits of the Penitentiary they are doing creditable work. The City of Columbia h?- all summer paid the running expense ol salaries and materials. Cemetery Hid-?the !>?!<. noir of the enterprise -i^. diced across, and the foundation for the river wall is laid all along its extent. A great deal of excavation ha- been done and much of the vast ledge of rock has been blasted out. Ti c couis< of the canal between this big iii'l und the river i^ very sharpl) defined and in :\. lew months the canal will bo complete to a point above the cih limits. After that excavating machines will make tpimk progress in the rivrr builoms to the upper terminus. ? Cvlnmbin Conrsfivit' ,1.,</' X> mid ( \>nrb-r\ >'<?/./. 11. "One good mother," says George Herben, "is worth :i hundred school masters. In the home ;.he i> u loadstone lo 'ili hoarti and a i ?adstom tu ail ryes." imitation of her i- constant imitation which llacoi! lilrrns !o a "globe pro? ; set-." !? i< iiistriicli'.m; ii i- : aching without word -, often exemplifying more than tongue van loach.'' ? Jennie - "Where arc you going Mimic'."' Mamie -"I'm going riding with Gcoige." Jennie "Oh, never mind him. Stay here with me. It's not necessary you should go, is jt /' Mamie ?? ''Yes, ind.lit is. Preying business, you know." And then die blushed. ? Ncvei ioirt the favor of the rich by llatta ring either Iheir vanities or a t\li:;?f lox<j a no. i _ A Mysterious Stronger in IJiuilts County, Ga. TIjc little county of Banks lias its sen? sations as well as other sections, but the story we are about to tell happened years ago, before Hanks county was cut oil" from Franklin, and is recollected by a great many who are now living in Franklin and Hanks enmities, who remember the man who is the subject of this sketch. The name is fictitious, a9 he has relatives still living, good citi? zens, and it would do no good to them to bring up things of the past. In the year 1S53 or IS-3I, a man came from North Carolina, making his way, so he said, to Florida. 1 fe came into Bush villc district, in Hanks county (then Franklin), and coming to where the roads forked, and the direction of the roads not suiting him. this man whom we will call William Harrington, took through the woods and brought tip at a house on the Hudson river. He asked for work, and told his tale about going to Florida, and that the roads not suiting the direction he was traveling which caused him to go through the woods and to come to the house the back way instead of coming up the rond. He was employed for a few days ami put to split? ting rails. Harrington made himself agreeable, and being a good conversa? tionalist, soon made many friends in the neighborhood, and expressed himself as being well pleased with the country, say? ing if he could get employment that he would stop there instead of going on to Florida. Other farmers in the neigh? borhood gave him work, Harrington giving satisfaction. He soon expressed a desire to get an education. In the meantime lie had let it be known that he was :t grandson of one of Virginia's greatest statesmen, but that his father was a man of dissolute habits and that ?he bad been cut off in the will of his grandfather, who never gave his chil? dren an education. Harrington made a number of friends, joined the Baptist church, and, to all appearances, was a consistent Christian. He commenced going to school, started in the spoiling book, aud before the year was out read? ing Latin and learning very fast. The next year he taught school in Jackson county, within fifty yards of when; the Northeastern railroad now runs. He had a splendid school and the patrons were well pleased with his manner of teaching, the ugh some of the older heads seemed to think that Mr. Harrington had acquired his education entirely too quick, and some thought that he was a well educated man before he came to Hanks county. His kindness and gen? tlemanly bearing to all soon allayed all suspicion, and Harrington ranked as one of the best Christians in the community. He joined the Masonic lodge about this time, aud married a young girl whose father was the possessor of several likely negro fellows and a tine piece of land. As soon as married he began receiving letters stating that he had a large legacy left him, but that it had got into a law? yer's hands and would lake a great deal of money to get it out and secure it to himself. It was also hinted that Har? rington was one of a gang of horse ! thieves who stole stock in North Carolina aud carried thorn on to Florida. Har? rington made long trips to Virginia, and generally managed to get money out of his father-in-law to pay expenses. His next move was to commence prospecting for copper on an adjoining plantation to his father-in-law. A large likely, mulatto negro was hired from two negro . traders iu the county and Harrington tried to get several wealthy men to go in with him, and he would soon develop one of the richest copper mines in the United States. Harrington prevailed , upon his father-in-law to raise money for him to get his legacy. This old man did by selling one of his negro fellows for a big price, and Harrington left with i the money to bring back a legacy that would amount to thousands. After being absent several months up in North Carolina and Virginia Harrington returned minus the legacy and the money for which the negro was sold. His ? next move was to raise more money from his father-in-law and go to Virginia after '< some large fortune that he was certain to get. Another negro was sohl ami Harrington left again. He did not stay so long this time, but came back with a ? magnificent pair of claybank horses and a negro driver. Tho hoi?es were perfect matches and would to-day bring $1,000. Harrington said that the horses and driver were made a present to him by some of his relalives, and created some excitement as himself and wife drove around to the public places in the quiet county of Hanks. He commenced studying law under the tutorship of a very able lawyer in Hanks, and advanced rapidly. He informell his friends that iic was studying law for his own benefit, so as lo be able to attend to his own affairs wheu he became the possessor of several hundred thousand dollars that he was bound to get from his grandfather's estate. Harrington was all the time making new friends, and himself and his wife were the recipients of many a fine dinner from the good farmers of Hanks, .-frill there was in the miudsof one or two in the neighborhood a suspicion that tilings were not as they should be, ami whispered conversations were held that Harrington had come by his horses and negro driver in some manner not accord? ing to law. In the meantime, tho farmers refusing to go into the copper mine speculation, Harrington put the negro in work sink? ing a shall on a barren hill side where there were no signs of copper. The negro went to work and Harrington loft for Virginia to gel money to open the mine, at.d the next day the negro failed to come up. Search was made for him ami rewards offered, but to no effect. The negro had vanished and no one could hear or tell anything about him. After he had bec i gone for several months and his owners had given him up as lost, a letter was received Iron: tin jailer in Ticken---, South Carolina, stating that there was a negro in jail there who said he was owned by the two men whom tiie jailer had written. The r.egr > was sent for and proved to be the one that had opened the copper mine. He had a pass from a man named Davis to go to Asheville, North Carolina, and a after? ward.; turned cut to be that Harrington's right name was Davis, and this, made it a clear case that Harrington had stolen the negro, rhesc di closures brought a cloud over hi * name, and the people wer? loud in their denunciations, and ihres !s were made that if he should ever come back the jail would be the best [dace for him. Harrington made his stay in Vir? ginia very lengthy, and when he returned h? lirnughjt back a negn woman with ?'?vfral children, lie was arrest aud put in jail. The woman said thai she belonged to a widow lady in Noitli Caro? lina, thai Harrington had promised < > marry the lady ami that hi was bringing them down lo his Georgia plantation. The widow was written lo an I she came on and found th.:?. Harrington had a wife in Georgia. She was very happy thai she had been so fortunate :i? in gel !;a: !: her negroes. Harrt'iglon proved ' > be i great rascal, and ander il:>- guiV- of re ligion iiad done a greal deal <?!' mischief lie broke Iiis <ld lather-in lav,, \\\: > died after all hi- property had been rjuan dcred. Harrington was lurued out of jail and given hi- orders never again to show his laee in I hat county a_r:'iu. UN wife and child are still living in North? east Georgia. Harrington h:i- been -een once since the war in renhe-*ee, where he was. still in his old business of duping the unsuspecting.? Hnais, Ocor>jv.iyl>a - V.cr. r,r, west, ui.M.s. A Place Whore flic I'laiiiest Maiden Can not Itomsiiii .'"inele TJ'rre .Vmiilis. A lie*I Bend (Washington Tc.ritory correspondent says that when the census of lied Bend was taken last month it was found that there was a population n ?7.c, including 203 mr'es, *;t> married women. 1 widow engaged, 2 maids engag? ed and !he rest children; .More than 200 of the men are bachelors, ranging in age ; from 25 to 50. Red Bend is some dis | tancc from a railroad, and it has been a very difficult matter to "jet young women 1 to locate there. Mosi of the girls who come into this region stop at Vakima, or go thence to the larger towns South of here. When the school-house was built die directors advertised in various territorial papers for n teacher, and the first one who presented herself was employed. She had not been at the desk more than a fortnight before she was married to a storekeeper named Elverson, who was about (he best-looking young man in the town. She resigned her place, but con .-cnted to serve until her successor arrived. One of the young women with whom the committee had been in correspondence was found disengaged : and in the course of a month she trr.nnferred herself to Boil Bend and took charge oi the school. She was a tolerably homely woman, somewhat advanced in years, but she, too was led to the altar in less than a mouth, and gave up the school as her predecessor had done. Once again the place was filled, and things weiit along smoothly for awhile. About that time McGinn, the tavern keeper, imported a servant girl from Portland, aud put her at work in his kitchen at a salary of $8 a week. Mrs. .McGinn was not very lusty, and her hus? band found that the only way in which keeping hotel was possible was for him to have efficient female help. He had had. serious trouble in getting anybody to come, but the wages that he offered final? ly itiduced the girl spoken of to accept the job. She had uo more than learned the ways of the kitchen before two or three young men began to hang arouud the back door of the tavern. McGinn was equal to the emergency, lie watch? ed matters for a day or two, aud, becom? ing convinced that the school-house episodes were to have a repetition in his own kitchen, he got a gun, and just as a young mau appeared at the back door the next evening after supper he jumped out on him. "What do you want here ?" he asked. "Nothing," said the fellow, coloring up I a itile; "nothing much. 1 was just calling on the girl in there. She's an oid friend of my family, and I look in or.ee I in & while to see how she is getting on." "Well. I'm a friend of y.jur family, too," said McGinn, "? to the extent that I j don't want to kili you ; but if you don't j keep away from here I'll murder you. ' Now you git!" The youth slunk away. The next day the girl was missing from the kitchen, and late in the afternoon it was discov? ered that she had married the young mau. The same day the school mistress announced her resignation, and, as Mc- j Ginn was on the war-path with his gun, the leading citizens made up their minds thai a crisis had arrived which would require a good deal of statesmanship to j bridge over. 1'hat evening when the school commit j tee met to consider things, .Mr. Elder, the chairman, said he had au idea which he j thought might be worthy the attention of his associates. He proposed that in ; the future all school teachers should be ' made to sign a boud not to marry before the end of the term. The idea was j accepted ; but, fearing the conditions j might make it impossible for them to get women into the town, they said nothing about them to the one with whom they opeued negotiations. She came on, utid after deciding to take the place was in- i formed of the contract which she would ; have to sigu. To this she indignantly declined to accede. The school commit? tee was inexorable, and so was she. She said she would lea e for home in the j morning. The committeeraen looked at j one another to see if anybody was weak? ening, but no one appeared to be willing to give in ; .-o it was decided that she would have to go. This particular girl ; was young aud very vivacious, and when I she startediofl' with School Director Beebe : for Vakima, the whole town wished she would stay, Au hour later Beebe drove into town with the girl still in his wagon, and to the people who gathered around the vehicle with questions, he said : "The fact is we've decided to get married. She didn't want to go back, and I didn't want to l ave her go." Everybody felt that Beebe had played roots on everybody else, but there was nothing to say. At the next meeting of the committee, which Beebe did not at- . tend, Mr. Elder again had an idea which he (ranted to submit. He said that in view of what had happened it occurred to him that Bed Bend had greatness within its grasp. "Now," he continued, "let us overstock this market with school ma' uns and servant girls. Advertise for , them everywhere, oiler b'g wages, and hire all that come. We'll get enough after a while to go around, and when we do it we may have a few on hand." The suggestion was discussed at con? siderable length and finally adopted. The school board decided to hire ten teachers, and twenty ol the married men in town agreed to take twenty five ser? vant girls. The advertisements brought many answers, and in the course of time the town began to fill up with young women of every description. As they arrived they were assigned to different families, and before a week had passed there were more marriages on foot than the preacher could keep track of. The experiment has been found to work splendidly, and as the only school unVm in town is now said to be on the point of marrying, it is thought that the same device will be v sorted to again. Six git!- have manied our of McGinn's kitchen, and during the last twelve months there have bee;; fourteen teachers of the little school. The present incum? bent is a grenadier from Michigan, and the committee think she will last some lime. How Jinny Eggs IV?! a Hen Lay .' We often read ol liens thai lay 2op ' eggs a year, hut such statements do more harm than good, by inducing (he inex? perienced to believe such i>> he a fact. Any one. who is familial al all with p?"ii try know:, that dining the Kali ad hens undergo the proc? <-; "i moltin :. or shed ding of the leathers. This requires usually :i!'.iiit three months, or 100 day--. As here are only :',>'>'< day- ir; ;\ year, wn have 2 '?" day- i?fi after deducting iho molting period. II a hen lays regularly an i?ggevery other day. she will lay \'.Y.\ egg?; but she will probably lose- three months more in hatching out bei broods, and even ?I she ;- a non setter she will lafc?? :? resting spell. As molting is i heavy drain on lite -y-iein but lew hens lay 'luring lhal process, though there aro exceptions, am! where he number of egg* cx<.d one, every two day* it will !? ? loiliel lhal a e >p>-I'n'Mliie: reduction occurs during some period of jhe year. While we admit that certain individual pens have been known to lay a-- many as 150 >r even 175 egg.t in a year, such cases an tare: and if one has a flock <>f twenty hens, or more, he should he -at istied if there is an average of 1"" eggs a year for the whole flock, or rather nine dnz/jn. - Paulding County, Ga., has a ItJ-year old youth who measures ?even fee! in 1 ?: dit u:;d weighs b.tt 00 pounds. TJiK BKTKtTIYKS' MA!'. Ilmv !ii?jiccl?ir Mi n in; Stiel;* >*?'??? Tlir ?ujch Ihr I'nsl IMI?c Tllil'VOS. chief Inspector Sharp, the head < '?' tltp detective service in t!ie Post Ollice Department, resigned his office several weeks ago to engage in private business. His resignation was accepted, to take effect on September >. Iiis record i ilml of a capable officer. He is an East Tennessee ma:i, tall and spare in stature, and in appearance and manner the typi? cal detective. During the war lie was a Union man, and did good service. As a department officer ho lias been a terror to rascalf, and has hunted many of them out of the ?crYice, ere- Then they wero sheltered by stro;:;: political influence. Some year- ago, for instance, ? Vermont Inspector was discovered to bo conniving a post office rascality in that State, anil was discharged. The man had been a henchman of Senator Edmunds, and tin; Senator called at the Post Office Depart? ment to sop what could be done. The Postmaster Oener.il asked the Senator and the Inspector into a private office and told Col. Sharps to explain, which the Inspector did very fully. ''And you recommended the man's discharge?" asked Mr. Edmunds, harsh? ly. "Yes, J did," replied Col. Shurne ; "and had I known the man's character sooner I would have bounced him months a no " '. "Well, you did just right,' said Ed? munds and left. One of the most important duties of (lie Chief Inspector is to detect railway postal clerks who steal letters containing money. To accomplish this Col. Sharpo follows a simple but ingenious system, which he explained the other day to the writer. "To catch, these thieves." he said, "1 had constructed a large railroad map of the United States, which hangs in my office. Now, supposing a man mails a letter in Boston for Kansas City contain? ing S?O?a very bad practice, but people will do it. The letter never reaches its destination, ami pretty soon we get ?. complaining letter stating the circum stances. "Now, if the supposed case were an isolated one, wc probably could do noth? ing. The letter going from Boston to Kansas City, would pass through thirty or forty hands, and it would be useless t< try and fix the blame. But the Boston man'.?, case is not isolated. Every day we get from one to forty similar ci m plaints from all over the country, and this fact, as you see, enables us to locate the mischief. "First, we ascertrin exactly when and where the missing lett >r was mailed cud its address. Then we are ready for the map 1 -poke of. I take the Boston man's letter nnd a bunch of similar complain!?, and then I begin to slick pins into niy map, I know just the route which a letter : would take to go from Boston to Kansas City and I stick pins along to sketch out this course. Then I take up the next ! complaint. Perhaps this is from mau 1 who has lost money transmitting it from Mobile to Chicago. Very well. I truco t out the line such a letter would lake. The third, perhaps, was sent from New York to San Francisco, the fourth from New Orleans to Bullalo, and the li'th from Saginaw City lo Philadelphia, and | so on. Now before very long the map | begins to look quite interesting. The pins are strewn all over the country, tut ? .ve notice one track?say, for instance, between Chicago and Cleveland?whors .ill the lines unite. Thai's where the thief is. "Knowing now where the stealing i going on, we advise our most trusted man ? Ii that division?we have to trust some- ? body, you know?that there is trouble in his section, and teli him to keep a I sharp look out. We inquire into the | habits and associations of the clerk-, and wc are, perhaps, able to -pot the i man at ouce. At other times it is more difficult. But we always fetch him. Detection is certain.'1 "But don't the clerk* know of this ^??Perfectly well," replied Colone! Sharpe. "Then why do they steal'."' was asked. "Ah, there you ask me too hare a question," said the Inspector. "I'm sure I can't tell. I only know they do, and die history of almost all cases is the same. A postal cierk will be tempted and will steal a letter that he feels has money in it. For the next few days he is soared to death. He thinks everybody reads the guilt in his face, and he is certain he will be caught and put in prison. Hp resolves never to steal anoth? er letter, and possibly he does not. But generally in about a month or two months ais fear and remorse have worn oil. Evidently he has been caught and is not suspected. A good chance comes and he steals another letter. This time he does not wait a month before he tries it again. And before long he is stealing all' the letters he gets hold of which contain money. About that time 1 am sticking pins into my map It is sure death. Sometimes we get more than one, as fishers will now and then laud two or three fish at once when the biting is very iively. We caught three in two weeks once in different parts of the country when we suppose I we were after only one." l "But why do men keep on stealing when they see other- caught, a id under? stand that the machinery of detection is so perfect?" again asked the reporter. "As ) .-aid before," replied tie.. In.-p . .or, 'that 1 can't at;-wer, excepting thi? way: Every rogue thinks himself a iittlc s:ii.iri>>r than anybody else, lie <ecs that others arc caught, but thinks .hat he is too cunning ami can cover hi? tracks."??JNVw York S<m. A Plea for Starring*. Atlanta. September7.?At lOo'cb vV the pastor, Fathci Kirsch celebtaled th: mass uid preached. His .-ubjecf v.mh matrimony. He declared matrimony to be a holy state, raised to tin' dignity of l saeramenl by ihe Saviour. Marr-ed people have special grace, so also h:.\\ those who remain dugle for sweet \i:gi i:y's saki ? bit* Liiere is .. clas? that Cod doc- not specially help, and that i- those who, while single, are not chaste, snd who will not got married, i iiher through pride, because -if their small incomes, or through stinginess For men lo remain ?ingle when they arc able to support :< family a shame before and m: ti: unless, of course, their celibacy i- pre? ferred ..u! of a ilestre i' r holiness! and in that case ought not to-remain in lh< world, but enii i a religious institute There are many young men in lids or. gregaiion who arc alile to marry, : t"i who by mil miirrvintr. \rn t' -r eha-it ? By ;:?> mean -'. i-tcy waslo their money in drunkenness ami v:dup tuousnes insfead of spending it iii sup? porting a good wife. For these yot ng men to live a- they do i- :i shame before Oed an.I man. I'fiere arc yet a few poor young men whivrcmaiti single ?mt of:: plea that they will m 1 !.<? able to pro; <; ly care for a wifeandTamih l ev ire mistaken in their idea They can" live cheaper married than single* and <: I v i'' Kays sustain it em in their eflbrrs to -n p -r" families. There are scarcely any married men who are tramps; Single men are oltencr1 :it of work than married men. This is all because (Jod v. ill help those who keep bis laws, and married people obey God better than single people. In this congregation there are 1,000 to 1,000 soul-; and, yet, within the past two years, there have not been more than ten. or at the outside eleven, marriages in the congregation. It i-1 a shame before <Jod aud mau. Tlir ?untrer ami (lie SalWi ?>! UshU iiiiisr I{?.mK-. The following article by Mr. C. \V. Welch in the Xeirbar;/ f'? ? ;<.?:?> j eonisins invaluable snggotions in those of our citizens who may be tempted by an ignorant lightning rod agent tosi*;ach !?> ilieir houses a ?levis ? wiiich may i-e I destructive to their Homes-ami the live? J o!' their families. Tin putting up a lightning rod is a job which should Only be dune on scientific principles. It is proposed herein to give --jine hint> to peisons desiring to protect their property and live- against this natural phenomenon ; thereby enabling them to be able to decide intelligently as to the merits and the defects of tie protection the agent in general oilers in his light? ning rod-. Without having taken statistics, the writer feels perfectly sale in affirming that there are not six lightning rods in Xcwbcrry County that are scientifically attached to the buildings they are de signed to protect. lie challenges an investigation by those disposed to ques? tion the correctness of this statement. Now. it is theoretically and practically true that a rod not properly attached is far more dangerous than no rod at all. '?'his is true theoretically, because elec? tricity r;ill invariably leave a poor con? ductor to traverse a good conductor. It is true practically, as can be shown in live minutes by apparatus in the labora? tory of Newberry College. An iron r< d is a hundred-fold belter conductor than wood or brick. Class absolutely refuses to conduct electricity. Suppose, then, that a current of elec? tricity. In its course to meet a current of the opposite kind, finds a rod of metal in its path. It simply Hows along the rod regardless of the wooden or brick building to which the rod is attached. But suppose the current to strike, the house first. It can not get on the rod, because gla?s insulators are used. It must, of course, traverse the building with more or less damage. Again, the ground connection omit is of the greatest importance. Dry earth is a non-conductor. Moist earth is a good conductor. The rod should there? fore be sunk to permanent moisture. X;ir is this even sufficient. A current of electricity that is so intense as to be practically irresistible can hardly be con? trolled by the surface presented at the end of a rod that is in the ground. Reason will convince any one that some? thing more than a square inch of sur? face is needed to attract and dispose of a force that, in i'.s sportiveness, rends into splinters the giant oak of the forest. Reason, however, seems to fail in teach? ing our people that "lightning-red agents"' are very superficial scientists ; and often very careless workmen ; never resident business men. If the above principles have been clearly stated, then the following directions should always be observed: 1. Never Use glass insulators, but join the rod securely to the building. ?2. Take great care to have the joints connected. 3. The upper terminal should extend at least three feet above the highest point on the building. ?}. The lower end of the conductor should be placed in permanent moisture : and, as iron is commonly u<ed, a galvan? ized iron plate three feet square and one sixtceulh of an inch thick -hould be securely fastened to the lower tetrtiiu>S+^ There are other rcgulatioprf which should be and generally a/c observed. For this reason they are omitted in this paper. Hut the abov* regulations, es pecially the first and fourth, are invari? ably disregarded. N\ w, without desiring or intending to refer to any individual, the position is here taken that a "light-S^j ning rod agent," who disregards "the ^, principles embodied in these regulation; is perpetrating a fraud upon his patrons, whether he intends it or not. Science has long ago demonstrated the practical and certain utility of the light? ning rod as a protection against the mos', awe-inspiring and sUb(.;0 0f nature's forces; but she does not sanction the ^ popular mode of its application. It leaiiy appears that men are more careless in this regard than in any other i practical matter." They trust to th A travelling salesman to insure their ho* M and their lives against the dangers ^ JB thunderstorm: never caring to i anything scientifically about the faocA-i?,' volved or the mode of operation, SucjflH negligence is blame-worthy, and eucuu?? ages fraud. flHj The question, in line, ends in fflfl lightning rods cither protect or they JUS .not protect the buildiug to which tljB;: are attached. If the form? r is true, t-'i?HMj rods should be properly put up; ifJBj>^ latter is true, they should lie <ii-car.:J^? because, in this case they are an expe* a sive luxury. Thai they are eminently S Useful is established by the testimony oi 1 ail leading scientists without exception, j Slung by Rees. Capt. W. 11. Bellinger gave us, a ivjtjJf days ago, a graphic verbal account ol the I sirange and almost fatal experience that I befell a portion of his family last week. I He. had gone to < ieorge*s Creek Church I to the i.nion meeting. Mrs. Bellinger ? his son, four year- old, and the infant M child, four mouths old, were with hinrJB 'in Monday, the Mist nit., they dineit? with Mrs. Odom, who lives some twol miles f rom the church and ten miles froniB Blackville. In the afternoon Mrs. Bcl-fl linger, carrying her baby, went. witb-tfeeJJ Little hoy, into the garden, a hundrejjK yards from the house. While they weiB^i quietly walking a bee flew upon at^p stung her little ^n. making a ?ibi':?Ht|: noise like the hiss of :; serpent. < >uiekB;:' in answer lo its call, conn;: - - e Mj living from all directions and attac Jmgi the mother and both diijji&t. ffiPffl Bellinger tried to brn-h '-Jpl?p oil'with her hands but soon found ?J^at impossible. Telling her son to run to the house-she started in that direction, but after going a little way lookc I back and found that he had become bewilder? ed and climbed a high plank feme Running hack she took him up and car? ried both children to the house as quick? ly as she could. Captain Bellinger and Mr. Thomas Odom mei tin in tit the rear , piazza and tried to heat o'T the attacking ' bees, but reinforcements came so rapidly t that they were forced to cat rj th mi into " a room and shut the window* before they could relieve fhem from their assaiho.ts. Such remedies as were nt hand were ad? ministered and messengers <ent for medi? cal aid. hut five hours passed before the arrival of Dr. IVej lcs. In :!ie meantime Mr-. Bellinger and Yy. Ih children became violently ill. Great irauseaand protract A vomiting prostrated the >u'lerer?ud for some time the life of the litfle hoy ?.vnj despaired of. By Mrs, i'.eliii'.gerV mu.-tar I w* re given and his Ii Pr. Peoples remained with thvrn all night and the morning found iho-t: . v.: ? f danger. In all his practice he says he I?.'- never sei r, worse eases of poisonin", even from the bite of the rattlesriai-e' The bee; that made the attack had !>e:.-. feeding on ihe ripe figs in the garden. They are di III rent from the ordinary honey I ee, l aving while herd- anil golden backs. The string nerve ami motherly devotion of Mrs. Bellinger certainly saved, the lives of her children. ?Harnvcll I'cople. ? There is such a thing as being over? whelmed with good luck. A Georgia editor recently drew a r>"iz'_ in a lottery, and on the very same day bis mother-in law was caught in a railroad wrci k whilst in transit to pay him a visit, and a man who owed him $9 for subscription, seat in the money.