FALL AND WINTER ANNOUNCEMENT. j. P. SULLIVAN * CO. ENCOURAGED by our success in the past, wo come to the front again with the best offers we have ever before been arllo to make. THE LARGEST STOCK, And Prices as Low as is consistent for honest Goods. ?KJLWS?We can sell you Jeans from 10c a yard to 40c a yard. Cdme andseeonr VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. ?WOOLEN GOODS are cheap. All-wool Red Flannel for only 10c a yard. Ladies' Dress Goods, Shawls and Cloaks. Jersey Jackets are very fashionable, and cost a great deal less than ever before. We can sell a nice fitting Jersey for 65c 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 offer bargains in full Suits: or in extra Coats and Pants. An Immense* otock of Boots and Shoes. ?; ?' * '?' ' ' . Mens'"all-solid leather Boots for $1.50 a pair. Womens' all-solid leather Shoes for 75c a pair. - Q-BOCERIES. We 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 wiH aeU yau the best Rio Coffee 8 lbs. for one dollar. SUGARS have within the last few months advanced, but we will sell a pure Brown Sogar 14 lbs. for f 1.00. |{ ? [I ? Very respectfully^ _ J. P. SULLIVAN & CO. Sept 10,1885 i" . 9 & : _ 9 for Farmers. SAWS, for Carpenters. I for Builders, HAND SAWS, CROSS CUT SAWS, ONE MAN'S CROSS CUT SAWS. OUB "BOSS" HAND SAW* for gerieral use, At $1.50, and fully warranted. A special drive on these Goods now at if^he Hardware st?re ? OF u We now ocenpy 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. Beptl?,1885_ \ : , . BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. $30,000.00 WORtFqF GOODS ! Largest stoct Ever Offered for Sale Is is Met! ThESE GOODS are bought direct from Manufacturers, at special prices, thus placing as on the same footing with Jobbers, always buying in large lots, and taking advantage of all 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 duplicated. We quote Women's Polka Shoes at 75c, worth $1.00. Children's Shoes at COc, worth 75c. Men's Brogans at $1.00, worth $1.25; Men's Boots, all siz a, at ?2.00, worth $3.00. Boys' Boots, 4's to 6's, at $1.50, worth $2.00. Oar 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, excel in beauty, style and fit. Every pair guaranteed. We have the exclusive control here of EVITT BROS. Ladiss', 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 at a closing out sale. If you need these Good?, we advise yon to buy them before they are sold out, as they are bargains not picked np 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 for 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 sell them advantageously, aud arc determined to close them oat at an early day. Georgia Jeans at 20c, worth 25c, Large lot of CORSETS at 50c. You will find in this assortment Corsets worth 76c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. We place them on our counters at one price. Select for yourselves. We. have a lot of REMNANT CALICO, from one and a half to seven yards, which you can bay at half their value. All-wool, red twilled FLANNELS at 20c, worth 30c. A first clas?, new patent, reinforced, linen front SHIRT at $4.50 per half doz. Gents' UNDERVESTS at 25c, worth 40c. Ladies' Undervests 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. Extra quality $16.00, worth $16.00 and U0.00 respectively. We are prepared to meet all competition on BELTING, PRESS ROPE, BAGGING and TIES, quality always considered. We keep these goods constant? ly od hand, as well as WAGONS and WAGON HARNESS, BUGGIES aud BUGGY HARNESS. These are a few of the many bargains we have secured this season, to which we invite your attention. All we ask of.you is, to call in and examino our Goods and prices, and we can and will make it to your interest 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 are always in the COTTON MAR? KET, at highest Cash prices, and our Mr. ^^j6IBSiBS!l^8S8Mtej^m^^v- E. W. Bro'vn, with ?n experience of thirty |P years in tbe Cotton Business, is giving this ibranch his exclusive attention. || Be sure and call on Mr. Brown, Before selling your Cotton 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. 17,1885,. * . ?' ^ WILHITE'S EYE WATER IS A SURE CURE FOR SORE EYES, OR 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 these conditions for the past FIVE YEARS, and as yet we have NEVER HAD A COMPLAINT OF IT, OR HEARD OF A CASE IT DID NOT CURE! IT IS NOT A NEW PREPARATION, AND HAS BEEN USED FOR THIRTY TEARS, But has been only four or five years on the market i as a PROPRIETARY MEDICINE. If you have never used it, or know nothing of its effects on SOIRIE EYES, Ask your neighbor, or some one who has seen it tried. IT HAS CURED SEVERE CASES IN FROM SIX TO TWENTY-FOUR HOURS I Pneu, 25 Gents w Bot. WILHITE & WILHITE, PROPRIETORS, Aog. 20, 1885 6 MURDER FOR MURDER. A Terrible Tragedy In Edgefield County. Trenton, September 22.?Early Mon? day morning a warrant was sued out be? fore Trial Justice Glover for 0. T. Cul breath, charged with the murder of W. H. Hammond on the night of the 12th instant. The warrant was placed in the handaof Constable Ramsey, who imme? diately repaired to the residence of Cul? breath, some twelve miles Southwest of Edgefield C. H. He arrested Culbreath without any trouble and brought him to the village between 5 and G o'clock the same evening. It was the understanding that the prisoner should remain in the custody of the constable until this morning, when Culbreath, with his attorneys, Gary & Evans, would go to Lexington and there apply for bail before Judge Hudson. About 8 o'clock at night, whilst tbe streets of the towu were almost deseited, the citizens having retired from business and gone to their houses, a crowd of masked men from tbe country, Home thirty-five in number, surrounded Gary & Evans's office, where Culbreath was at the time, and a number of them en? tered the office, coveriug both Mr. Gary and Mr. Evans with pistols, whilst two others went on into the back room and shot at Culbreath. He then cried out that he was shot to death and begged them not to shoot any more. They thereupon took Culbreath, dragged him out of the office and carried him about a mile from town, Culbreath begging most pitoously for mercy. Hero, prob? ably thinking that Culbreath was near death's door, they again shot him some three or four more times, and then left him for dead on the roadside. Some of the citizens hearing the firing went out in that direction, but met Cul? breath making his way back to the vil? lage. They assisted him in a vehicle and brought him to jail, where he re? ceived prompt medical attention. He lingered through the night in great agony and died at 5 o'clock this morning. Culbreath was the husband of Mrs. Fannie Culbreath, at whose house Ham? mond was killed. From all accounts, in conseqnence of Culbreath's long contin? ued and most shameful treatment of his wife they separated over a year ago and since then his reported ceaseless espion? age over his wife and endless annoyances to her, as well as the vile but unsustained slanders against her with which he is credited, and Culbreath's open threats to take the life of Hammond were a source of great trouble to Mrs. Culbreath and her relatives and friends, and then came tho;?fl*orrid assassination of young Ham? mond under the cover of darkness. Whilst there was no positive proof against Culbreath yet the people in the neighborhood were almost solid iu the belief that Culbreath was the guilty party or was alone instrumental in hav? ing Hammond killed. All these things combined, and the fear that in the end tho law would be evaded and the guilty go unpunished, induced these people to take the matter in their hands with the above result. The whole proceeding was so quickly and unexpectedly inaugurated, and so quickly were the participators out and gone, that a vast majority of the people of tbe town knew nothing of the affair until this morning. There is universal excitement in the village and many prominent citizens openly denounce this the first lynch law act in their midst. We hope it will bo the last. The jury of inquest has been in session for several hours and will probably not adjourn to day. It has been given in evidence before tbe jury that Culbreath stated after he was shot that he knew the two men who shot him in the office and gave their names. Culbreath main tained until the last that he was inno? cent of the murder of Hammond. 0. T. Culbreath was a gallant Confed? erate soldier and for many years was esteemed an honorable gentleman and a worthy citizen. An indignation meeting will be held to morrow by tbe citizens of Edgefield. Considerable excitement prevails. The lynching of Culbreath was an outrage of the deepest die ever perpetrated in the State.?Dispatch to News and Courier. From the Augusta Chronicle, September 23. The circumstances surrounding the terrible tragedy are peculiar, and the parlies are all connected by marriage or other relations, making it one of those unfortunate family affairs which are so disastrous in their-.consequences and so deeply to be deplored. From a gentle? man acquainted with all the parties and the circumstances of both chapters in the bloody tragedy we get the following facts which have bearing upon the mat? ter: The parties are all respectable, well-connected people and stand high in tbe County. Mrs. Culbreath is the daughter of the late' Capt. * William* Frescott, one of the most respected names in South Carolina. Dr. William Pres colt, a brothei of Mrs. Culbreatb, mar? ried a sister of Mr. Culbreath. The brother of young Hammond, who was assassinated, was engaged to be married to a daughter of Culbreath. Culbreath was a man past forty years of age, and bad grown children. Owing to his cruel treatment of his wife, she was forced to separate from him about two.years ago. It is said that on tbe separation she gave him $5,000, expecting him to go away to some other place and leave her alone. Instead of thi however, he settled within a mile o. ier, and has since then kept jealous vigilance over hor, making threats against any one who went to see her, and constantly importuning her to let him come back. He is said to have threatened young Hammond's life more than once, and his own daughter testified at the coroners inquest over Hammond's body that she had heard her father vow he would kill him. Young Hammond was about twenty-one years of age, a near neighbor of Mrs. Culbreath, and had been employed as a sort of overseer on the Culbreath place. His mother testified at tbe inquest that her son had told her a few days before that Culbreath had threatened his life, and he told her so she '"might know in case ho was*killed who was his murderer." Said our informant, in view of these facts, there is little doubt on the minds of the people of the neighborhood that Culbreath is responsible for young Ham? mond's death. There is a fence running along by the Culbreath house and there is a door at either end of tbe bouse. There was a beaten path along the out? side of this fence running the length of the house, showing that Hammond's murderer had been waiting the opportu? nity to kill him for some time, and had paced backward and forward, from door to door, in the attempt to .see in the house or secure an opportunity to shoot. When Hammond came into the yard with the child the desired opportunity was nfTord ed, and he was shot down like a dog. Said our informant: While I was not in Edgefield at the time of tho killing of Culbreath, I know the feeling which existed towards him, and tbe reasons which led to hia being dealt with by the mob, viz: the firmest conviction of his guilt, the inability to prove it, and the knowledge that his arraignment and trial would be a mere farce, resulting in his acquittal. It is not certain that Cul? breath did the killing ; he was, perhaps, too smart for that, and I learn he wrote a letter to Dr. Prescott assuring him that he could prove an alibi. It was firmly believed, however, by the men who killed him that he was responsible for the murder, if not the actual slayer, and that if a negro or other person did the shooting it was merely aB a tool in Culbreath's hands. The report that there were Improper relations existing between Mrs. Cul breatb and youog Hammond is utterly without foundation, and receives no cre? dence from the people who knew her. She is one of the most estimable ladies in Carolina and u above suspicion. Said our informant: "I do not give you these facts in justification of the action of the mob that killed Culbreatb. I de? precate the sad occurrence as much as anybody and heartily disapprove of their course." From the News and Courier. Trenton, September 24.?The coro? ner's inquest in the Culbreath murder case re assembled this morning. Mr. James Mims, a most estimable aud re? liable young man, testified in a manly manner. He lives near Antioch Church, some eight miles below the courthouse. He was at the church on Monday evening last, superintending the erection of a tombstone over his father's grave. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon some twenty-five mounted men, some in dis? guise, others without masks, passed the church in the direction of the village. He was standing within a few feet of the roadside when they passed. Several of them spoke to him and called him by name, and he recognized several of the party. Jasper Talbort, W. L. McDaniel, W. L. Holmes, Dr. W. E. Preacott, VVm. Parkmau, Memphis Culbreath, Lou Prescott, Ned Bussey, one-eyed Wil? son aud Collier Hammond were among the number. Three of those mentioned were partially disguised, but the others were not masked. A short while there? after he went out into a pine thicket near by and there saw Luther Bell and D. A. J. Bell, Jr., who inquired if a crowd of men had passed. Mims told them that he bad seen a certain crowd of men, giving the names of some of them. Bell said, "That's our crowd, and. we are going to take him from the sheriff and see if we cannot find out something about the murder." Mims said that Bell did not say who they were going to take from the sheriff. The Mr. Talbert mentioned by Mims is Senator Talbert, and in justice to' him it is fair to state that Mr. Talbert, who was iu the village to-day, says that Mr. Mims is entirely mistaken as to himself, that he was at home that evening sick in bed aud bad Dr. Key in attendance on him. Dr. Hill, who attended Culbreath after he was shot, testified that Culbreath told him that Bill Parkmau shot him in Ga? ry's office, and that Parkmau and Wyatt Holmes carried him out of the office. The other witnesses have sustained this statement,. The jury of inquest adjourned at 1 o'clock to meet again to morrow. They are working slowly, but are thoroughly in earnest in trying to ferret out the per? petrators of the brutal murder of Cul? breath. A Terrible Ordeal. But there was one part of the Confed? erate line which did not share in the tumult and fierce resistance which was everywhere else apparent. This was the portion held by the division held by Maj .-Gen. Cleburne, or, as all the South em people know him, "Pat Cleburne." It has been said of Cleburne that he was the only man in the Confederate army who could absolutely control bis men and make them hold their fire until be was ready for it to be delivered. On the day of this battle, when the Federal advance began, it is stated that he said to his troops that he would shoot any man who would dare fire a gun until he gave tbe word. This was tbe explanation of the omi? nous silence all along the portion of tbe breastworks held by his force. Probably the effect of this can best be shown by repeating the words of a Federal Colonel who was captured in this battle, and who described it the next day: Said he: "It was the most severe ordeal which my nervous system has ever undergone. When we began the advance we natu rally expected that the artillery would open upon us soon as we got within range; and that, having swept forward until we were in reach of the fire of musketry, that would begin to open upon us also. "I bad been through so much of this that I bad ceased to fear it, and always relied on the excitement of the occasion carrying me forward; but here we ran for some 200 yards or more, and there "was not a canuon shot. Another hun? dred yards and still no explosion or bombshell or anything of the kind 1 I now began to feel a little strange. An? other 100 yards, and still no sign of life, and my nervousness began to give place to a desire to halt. Another 100 yards and we were certainly, within range of musketry; but' still there was not one sign of life in the entrenchments in front of us; nothing to give cause for apprehension, apparently, except the waving of tbe Confederate flag above the works, as a light wind blew. "Now, over me began to come a mortal feeling of dread; a feeling which I never before felt, and which l ean scarcely de? scribe. I would have turned and fled but for the fear of disgrace, which was stronger even than the horror of death. But I knew what was coming, and de? termined by my example to inspire my men to brave it, no matter how terrible it was. "At length we were within scarcely more than twenty yards of the entreuch ments, when from all along the line pro? truded forth, beneath the head-logs, scores and hundreds of muskets. I could see them as I gave a quick glance do wn the whole front, and those immediately before me, particularly, seemed slightly waving from side to side. There was no mistaking it. I knew that every holder of a musket was picking out his man. "This continued for but a few mo? ments, wheu above all other sounds, dis? tinct and clear, I heard tbe command given, "Now, meu, fire?" "Instantly, from along the entire line, there seemed, like a lightning flash, to burst forth a sheet of flamo and smoke. I was struck, and fell senseless for an in? stant, but when I recovered myself aud turned to took there seemed to be scarce? ly seven men in my entire regiment on their feet. "Then the fury of the combat arose above either sight or sound. The whole forest and mountain seemed to be on fire. There was no army in the world that could have stood before it." As an evidence of the correctness of this description, it may be stated, that after the battle the Confederates picked up in front of Cleburne's Hue 1,002 dead and wounded Federals. ? "But you sinners needn't laugh. Why don't yon measure with the good men ? You go 'round and pick out a weak, low, dirty, little dwarf in the church and lay down beside him and then call out, "See here boys, I am as? big a.s he is. Don't you see I am as long.' And you strolch yourself out and puff yourself up and make a great to do be? cause you are as good and as big as the poor little, mean church member. Why don't you go and lie down by the side of a strong, vigorous, heal'hy, pure Chris? tian and measure with him? Because; you know that you would look like a dog terrier by the side of an elephant."? Sam Jones. ? Of all the riches that we have, or all the pleasures wo enjoy, we can carry no more out of this wo' Id than out of a dream. ? Man was born in an Eden, and he has been a needin' creature ever since. ACROSS NIAGARA. An Artist'? ICido on tho line It of Rupc Walker Blondin. Harry Colcord, artist, now of Chicago, ran away from home and went to sea. Before he got through with his ndven I tures he rode across Niagara Falls three I times on the back of Blondin on a tight rope. He says he would not doit again, but that he did not suffer from fear. One can readily believe him. In his deep gray eye there is a suggestion of self-control, and in his slight, lithe figure of strength and reserve physical force which bis gentle voice and his easy, courteous manner fails to entirely con? ceal. He is an artist as artists go, and. paints tolerable pictures. To a represen? tative of the Chicago News he saio: In the year 1858 I joined Blondin in Boston. He was of the Francona troupe, including Martinetti and the famous Ravels. We disbanded in Cincinnati, and there it occurred to Blondin to cross Niagara on a tight rope, and I went to the falls with him. We had no end of trouble getting the necessary permits to extend tbe ropes. Blondin wanted to carry the rope from Terrapin tower and across to Davis's hotel, which would have led over to Horseshoe Falls, through the mist and spray of .the great cataract. They objected, because Blondin was sure to fall, they said. The spray would keep the rope damp, and, I, who had en gaged to go on his back, was very glad of it. Finally, we stretched the rope from White's pleasure ground across to the Clifton house. Not far away from tbe place there is now a suspension bridge. There was 2,000 feet of the rope. It was of Mamie, three inches in diameter, mado in a New York ropewalk, in two pieces. It took us nearly five months to stretch the rope and to get the guy lines in place. "It was 250 feet above water at its lowest point, which was fifty feet below the highest?in other words, there was a grade of fifty feet in each 1,000 feet. There were 75,000 feet of guy line alto? gether. Each of them was weighted with a ten-pound sand bag to drop thorn out of the way of his balance pole. At last we were ready to make the first ascension; that was what we called it. Before I went over he made several pub? lic ascensions. It was advertised through the papers that I was to ride on his back, and I was the subject of all kinds of attacks aud criticisms. I was ready to back out, but Blondin began to taunt me, and I got into that corner of pride and vaingloriousness which nothing could escape from. Meantime Blondin bad coached me as to what I should do. I was to put ray weight on his shoulders by my arms and clasp his body about with my legs. But I could not put my weight on bis legs; that would encum? ber his movements. I had to keep all tbe weight on his shoulders. In July, I860, we went across. I took, my place on Blondin'a back, and be began the descent from the Canadian side on the rope. By reason of the fact that I had to bear my weight on bis shoulders aud bad to use my arms, and with main strength, to support myself, frequent rests were necessary. I told Blondin when I wanted to rest, and then I dropped down on the rope on one foot and waited til) my arms were relieved, when I would spring up again, using only my arms to lift and hold myself in flace. There was a great crowd there, did not see them at first. I do not re? member what I thought. From my place on Blondin's back I could look out to the other shore and see below me the stunted pines thrusting their sharp points up from the edge of the foaming water, ready to split us if we fell. I remember, too, that I was anxious to get over, and I recall, too, that the great rope before us made swings from side to side. We afterwards knew that tbe rope swung forty feet at the center, and I felt the necessity of preserving my self-possession, and I did it. "There was a forty feet length between tbe guy on one side and those of the other that it was impossible to make steady. It was the middle span. Below us 250 feet roared the river, and over it we swung from side to side. Still mov? ing on steadily, however, Blondin never trembled. When he had gone about ten feet on the middle span somebody on the American side pulled tbe other guy line. We afterwards found out it was done in? tentionally, and the rope was stopped in its swing. Blondin stopped and his pole went from side to side in the vain effort to enable him to secure his balance. At one time it was up and down on the right side, at another up and down on the left, and I recall now with wonder that I was only curious to know whether he would succeed in getting control of himself or not. I didn't feel any fear. Failing in getting his balance, he started to run across tbe horrible span, and we safely reached the point where the guy rope came from the American shore. Then to steady himself Blondin put his foot on tbe guy rope and tried to stop, but the guy line broke and with a dash of speed he ran swiftly twenty-five feot further to the rope. There he recovered his balance and whispered loud : 'De 8ceudezvous.' Tbe perspiration stood out on his neck and shoulders in great beads and we balanced ourselves on tbe swaying ropo. Presently he said 'Allou,' and I raised myself to his shoulders and we went on in safety and without acci dent toward the shore. "It was not until we landed that I ap? preciated what had been done. Then it occurred to me that the man who pulled tbe guy line was one of those who bet that tbe feat could never be accomplished, and my indignation mastered any reactionary feeling of fear. You see, mauy thousand dollars were bet upon the ability of Blondin to carry a man over, and human cupidity stops at no sacrifice. Then there were the congratulations and the praises of pluck and the rest of it, so that in my foolish boyish elation I forgot everything else. I do remember, as we approached the shore, the wonderful tableau of tbe 100,000 people who stood gazing at us. Thousands of them turned their faces away, or, half turning, cast glances over their shoulders at us. I re? member their white faces, their strained positions of anxiety?women who stared, white and motionless, and men who wept, and as we drew near the bank the crowd surged toward us and Blondin stopped, fearing they would push each other over the precipice. Then the crowd was still again, and with a quick run we came to the shore and sprang to the ground. I remember one man seiz? ing me in his arms and lifting me high in the air, saying, 'Thank God, this thing is over!" From the other side ihv.ro was a cheer and then wo were thrown into a carriage and drawn to tho International hotel by tho people. "This was done under tbe patronage of the Prince of Wales. He congratulated us personally, and gave us each :i purse of slOO. N. P. Willis was present, and wrote a wonderful sketch of the affair. Tom Hyor, the prize fighter, was there also, and he grabbed me up and shook me, and looked at me through the tears that Ml ho rapidly as to almost blind him, and naid, 'Oh, you?little cuss!' 'Cuss' w<0 not the word to use, however," "What whs your weight, then, Mr. Colcord t" ''One hundred and thirty pounds." "And Blondin's?" "One hundred and thirty-five." "Would you do it again?" "Not forjall the wealth in the world." ? Califoruia papers report the discov? ery of a new wine?peach wine, made from the juice of soft ripe peaches. It is said to bo the finest flavored and most delicious wipe ever discovered. A Vineyard Near Columbia*. One of the most ambitious vineyards in the State ia located about thu-e miles from Columbia, and although people hero know little abo?'t.lts estent or its methods they drink a good deal of its wine?some quite unconsciously. Mr. E. M. Stoeber is the proprietor. Ten years ago ho planted nearly twenty five acres of his farm on the Monticello road in scuppernong grapes. Since then he iiaa added a few other scuppernongs and some Thomas and Flowers vines. The average of vines to the acre is 49, making 1,225 in all. They are now in full bearing and make a curious show as they spread widely over the broad trellis? es for so many acres. The land is decid edlj' sandy and naturally poor, being capable only of producing from eight to ten bushels of corn per acre. Mr. Stoeber was only superficially acquainted with the wine industry when he left Austria, but studied its theory and experimented in its practice after his settlement in this State. He planted his vinos and then proceeded to see how best they oould be utilized. In this intelli? gent experimenting be has hit upon some interesting and I think valuable results. I am not sufficiently acquainted with the technicalities of the business to be able to ntate bow he makes the scuppernong produce half a dozen wines of various types; but I have seen his workB, have been told hi? mrthods?and they are satiufy anybody?and have tested his results. My conclusions is tbat the scuppernong will produce almost any kind of wine of good quality and at small expense. Ia three years he makes a Rhine wine very closely res6mbliog Barsac; but although the quality is excellent and the wine is sole by several Columbia houses as the im ported article, Mr. Stoeber thinks that the scuppernong is less suited to the making of Rhine wine than to other pur? poses. This wine is made without sugar and retails at $1.25 a gallon. Mr. Stoe? ber also makes a sweet scuppernong wine which, three years old, sells at from $1.25 to $1.50 a gallon. The best product of his vineyard is, howover, a snerry, which, while it lacks the slightly acrid?and, I believe, artifi? cial?twang of the sherries which are mo; t popular, is a capital wine with a delightful bouquet. He does not sell any which is less than three years old, but the oldirit he ha3?vintage of 1879?is a genuine sherry. Tbis wine becomes "dry" with age, and at eight years, I suppose, would be enough so to suit any one. It retails at $2.50 a gallon. From bis ?cuppernong wine of last year's vintage Mr. Stoeber proposes to make in two years more champagne as good as any produced in this country. The wine already has the champagne bouquet and promises well. All of these wines are made without the use of the hulls for coloring or flavoring. A Thom? as wine of claret color and with a very fruity and "catching" flavor is given its tint by the skins. The vineyard was formed in 1875. In 1879 it produced about 350 gallons of wine and in 1880 about 600. The vines were in fall bearing in 1883 when the product reached 3,000 gallons. Last year the crop was small, but this season the make will be over 3,000 gallons. Mr. Stoeber's works are very simple. He has a wine press with a capacity of five barrels a day, and a cellar 33 by 18 feel.; but he uses, also, Heitsch's cellar in Columbia. The harvest proper will begin to-morrow, and will last three weeks, from sixteen to twenty bauds being employed to pick the grapes. Early ia the season the picking is done by hand, aud the grapes are retailed largely in Columbia at five cents a quart, but when the press begins to work the ripo grapes are shaken into sheets which are placed uuder the vines. j This vineyard, set in the sandy soil of upper Richland, will be worth a small fortune when its product is better known and ia aged to full ripeness. Yet, as I have said, it could not produce even an average crop of corn. There is, of course, a great deal in the me -hods employed,, but these can be copied by any intelligent wine grower wit a a turn for experiment. The vine? yard is a decided success, and it adds another argument to the old series in favor of diversified industry.? Correspon? dence of the Neios and Courier. simple enough, and enough to A Romance from the Plains. Lieut. W. A. Shunk, 8th United States Cavalry, and Miss Merrill, daughter of .Pont Chaplain Merrill, were united in the holy bonds of wedlock at Fort Clark, Te:cas, one bright and rosy morning in early June last. Two hours after the ceremony was performed, and while bride and groom, surrounded by their congrat? ulatory friends, still lingered over tbe sumptuous wedding breakfast, an order wau received from headquarters directing Lieut. Shunk'8 company to take the field against Gerooimo, the Apache chief, and his band of restless, discontented and bloodthirsty redskins. It was bard. Not a doubt of that. But there was nothing for Lieut. Shunk to do but to bid his blushing and weeping bride good? bye, fling himself into the saddle and ride away after the Apache miscreants. It =oon became evident that tbe campaign against the Indians would be long and tedious, so Post Chaplain Merrill decided to return with his family, including Mrs. Lieut. Shunk, to their old borne in At- i lanta, Ga. Thus the separation between tbe rudely severed man and wife became j wider and more complete. All Summer long Lieut. Shunk, with bis company, scouted through Arizona in pursuit of the Apache band, while his brave and patient wife quietly awaited his return at her old borne away down in Georgia. Two weoks ago Lieut. Shunk, still in the fieid, was overwhelmed with joy and pleasurable anticipation by the receipt of an order detailing bim to attend the Cavalry School at Fort Leaveuworth, Kansas. As may be imagined, he was not long in obeying this most welcome order. Upon reaching Fort Leaven worth he readily secured a short leave of absence, telegraphed Mrs. Shunk to meet him in St. Loutf, and on Monday bride and groom were reunited at the Southern Hotel in this city. Their long deferred honeymoon will doubtless prove unusu? ally happy, and will be marred by no feiirs of a second sudden and unexpected separation. Under army regulations one lieutenant from each regiment in the service is sent to t he "school" at Leaven worth, where they must remain two years for tho purposo of receiving instructions in the higher aud more intricate hranches of their profession. For two years, therefore, Lieutenant and Mrs. Shunk may enjoy each othei's society without fear of interruption.?St. Louis Globe Vmocrat. ? J D. Cain, a young man from Marion Couuty, representing himself to be an agent of the New Home Sewing Machine Company, has successfully practiced a game of fraud upon several persons in Williamsburg County. He forged eight drafts of *33 each on Mr. W. D. Coker and >>uectfoded in getting the most of them cashed at par value by merchants aud others in the County. ? It is mortilying that the Mexican veterans should have to petition Con? gress for an act of tardy justice. The numbers of American soldiers who wsrred against the Montezumos have bwn thinned by the ravages of time more than by the shot of tbe enemy. The voice of justice, however, grows louder as their numbers lessen year by year. Surely a Democratic Administration can? not let this appeal go by. A Convict Killed and TWfl Others Wounded by an Accident. Yesterday morning during tbe progress of the work on tbe Canal at Cemetery Hill an accident occurred by which one convict was killed and two others were seriously injured. The earth when taken from the Eastern hillside of the Canal is transferred to the other side by cars which run on a trestle built across tbe bed of the Canal. One of these cars was loaded up and, with three colored co; :icts, Jake Simmons, Joe Tucker aud Bud Adams, started across. When partly across, the trestle gave way and precipitated the car to the ground, a distance of 12 or 14 feet, the car falling upon Simmons and crushing him so badly that he died in a short time from his injuries* Joe Tucker fell on the loose granite and bad bis thigh brok? en and sustained other injuries, and Adams was considerably bruised but not seriously injured. As soon as possible tbe wounded men were removed to the hospital and cared for and last night weie doing well. An inquest was held on tbe body of Simmons by Coroner Civil in tbe after? noon and a verdict returned in accordance with the foregoing facts. Sirflmofl3 was sent to the Penitentiary from Beaufort County, under sentence of 10 years for arson, in 1878. Tucker was in for two yearB for obtaining money on false pre? tences, and came from Charleston last December. Adams is in for 20 years from Aiken County. At about 1 o'clock another accident occurred at the Penitentiary, by which a negro convict came near losing bis life, and probably owes bis escape from instant death to the fact that he fell on bis head. John Williams was engaged in placing the stone coping on tbe prison wall near the Southwestern corner, at a distance of about 36 feet from the ground. While raising a rock into position the rope upon which he was pulling broke aud Le was precipitated to the rocks below on the outside of tbe wall. He was very seri? ously cut aud bruised, but last night the conclusion reached was tfiat be was not fatally injured. Williams was a desperate fellow. He was sentenced to 10 years from Abbeville County for rape and escaped during 1870, and while be was at large he received an additional sentence for 15 years for a burglary committed in York County. Subsequently he was r?arrested and re? turned to the Penitentiary.?Columbia Register, 24 or not, a represen? tative of that side of tlie eontrover-y. It is a significant and gratifying faet that the Confederate* should have joined heartily in this spontaneous move. I hope the good feeing inaugurated may continue to the end." A general amen wont up from the vet? erans and the meeting adjourned. ? Governor Thompson has offered a reward of ?,'W0 for the apprehension and conviction of the person c?r persons en? gaged in the killing of .Mr. W. H. Ham? mond in Edgefield County on the 12th inst. ? Delegates will be sent from every Township in Abbeville County to a meet? ing to be held on sale?day in October, at which will be discussed the subject of the erection of a monument to the Con? federate dead pf the County. Temperance Paraxrsnplis. ? The citv of Allan'?, Gi . - ni-ed the license fee from $300 In *"?I0 ? The Texas Melhod'st rnlimy have ? Prohibition clause in afl theirtitMewK ? Tennessee raised a *ohool fund in 1884 of $150,500, and paid a liquor hill of ?13,000.000. ? The Rev. "Sam" Jones says: "Talk about high license for whisky! I'd as soon have high license for small pox." ? Dr. J. G. Holland wrote in Mrs. Hayes' album these words: "Women only can make wine drinking unfashion? able and heal the nation of this curse." ? There are sixty thousand ministers . in the United States, one-third of whom ' are out of business. There are 180,000 saloons in the United States, and all of their proprietors are busy. ? A short. time ago some startling figures were given showing the consump? tion of beer in Philadelphia to average more than five hundred glasses per year lor every man, woman and child. ? The Madagascar government has passed laws prohibiting the maDttfactuaw or sale of ruin. The penalty for each offence is the payment of ?2 and ten oxen. Any one found drunk with rum will be fined 28s. and seven oxen. The penalty for introducing rum is a fine of XI and five oxen. ? Mississippi has 930 saloons, Minne? sota, with about the same population, has over 3,000 saloons. Old Bourbon Ken? tucky has 4,461 saloons, and Ohio has 15,390. Startling as the statement may be, in proportion to the population, the North has twice as many saloons as the South. ? "He drinks." We are heartily sorry for the young man of whom this is the current report, not only because he is in danger of going to a drunkard's grave, but because it is becoming harder every year for him to get a chance in the world. The time will come when he must either leave off drinking entirely, or suffer an almost social and business. ostracism.?Springfield Union. ? The local-option campaigns in Georgia have won nearly the whole terri? tory of the State to Prohibition. There are only 22 of the 138 Counties that are not under local option, and Probibitiou is absolutely and strictly enforced in at least 100. The Atlanta Constitution ? claims that in nearly every locality a public sentiment opposed to the liquor traffic has been created and is maintained. "The truth is," says the Constitution*^ "Georgia is to-day the banner Prohibit tion State of the Union." ? John B. Geugh likens the liquor traffic to a good bowler who hits the king" pin every time and with it knocks downv all the rest. . When a man begins to drink the chances are that be places himself in a r.?ntral position at the end of a steep, smooth vista, inviting the aim of the most accomplished and relent? less marksman who ever threw a ball. - When the shock comes, it not only over* throws him, but scatters wife, children and home, and every interest clustering about and depending on him. ? Let liquor selling be confined to the saloons', the filthy "dive3" and rum shops, and half the temptations that lead to intemperance would be removed. It is I in the bar-room of the respectable hotel at the wine table of the fashionable % resort, that young men begin to tread - the road that leads to a drunkard's grave. It is here that the first drink is taken and tbe conyival habit formed. The v elegant bar room, with its cut-glass mir? rors, its paintings and tapestry, is only the feeder of the grog shop and the "dive." The transition from the one to the other is easily and quickly nccomv-^ Dlished.?New York Observer. ? There is no doubt that the practice of "treating" is one of the chief promo? ters of drunkenness. If it could be abolished,, and laws abolishing it enforced, the temperance work would be greatly helped. The Rev. Dr. W. L. Philips said at a temperance meeting in Brook? lyn recently: "Treating is doing more barm than anything else that can be thought of in connection with intemper? ance. All those in favor of temperance should raise the cry, 'Down with treat? ing!'" An anti-treating law, such as Nevada has just got, would be a good thing for the whole country. What is moderate Drinking? It is the great deceiver of nation?, promising health and long life, yet destroying more by its tendencies than war, famine, or the plague. It is a sweet morsel in the moutb, but gravel in the stomach. It is the A B C of drinking; the pic? ture-book leading the young and thoughtless to the worst lessons of intem? perance. .. It is a regular quack medicine, making , splendid promises, but performing no . cure, and yet demanding enormous pay. i It is the starting point to the work-/ house, the asylum, and the gallows. It is a light-fingered gentleman, who feels every corner of the drawer, and tp the very bottom of the purse. It is the-first step in an inclined plane of rapid descent, smooth as marble and slippery a9 glass, ending in an abyss oj ruin. J It is a beautiful serpent, in whosd fangs'deadly venom are concealed by the; dazzling of its coils. It is hypocrisy personified an affected, outside sobriety, while all is agitatio and uncleanness within. It is the landlord's bird line, by whic he secures his victims and fastens then: in a cage. T It is an ignis fatuus, tempting its fated followers over trembling bogs, and tum* bling them down a frightful precipice. It is the whirlpool of ruin, in which thousands have sunk to rise no more. It appears as an angel of light, assum? ing the smiling countenance, but in reality a demon of the bottomless pit. It is like a perpetual dropping, injur iug a man's constitution far more than occasional drunkenness. It is the birthday and birthplace of all tbe drunkenness we have in the laud. It provides an army of reserve to 'recruit the rank3 of the sixty thousand destroyed annually by strong drink. Making War Material. The old man rested his bands on the anvil and looked about the shop that employs many people manufacturing implements of war, and said: "How curious it is, that after the conflict between the nations the preparations (or war do not cease. Out here at the Schuylkill arsenal we manufaclure $,000,000 rounds of ammunition and 15,000,000 of rifle balls each year." "What do you do with it all?" "Three millions are used for target practice by the rank and file of the army. The other is kept in reserve or used in testing arms. So much each day is used . to test the character of the work produc? ed. The pressure, carrying power and the quality of the arms used is tested, every day. The new guns are sent, out to be tested, and thousands of rounds of ammunition are used in these experi? ments for war. The arsenal here at Philadelphia is the only one where ammunition is made in large quantities for the government. Its operations are peculiar and its machinery a study. In theee hours of peace, few people can comprehend how much is being done in: the way of testing the implements of defenee."?Philadelphia Times. ? Mr. John W. Hamel of Lancaster has a cochin China rooster Sve months old with legs 14 inches long. It has to squat down in order to get its bill to the ground when picking up corn.