The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 01, 1885, Image 1
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</t inst.
The Value of Cotton Ties.
Some of the Northern paper* are quot?
ing the remark made by Mr. Crapo of
Massachusetts in Congress some years
ago relative to cotton ties. Some South?
ern member objected to their price,
when Mr. Crapo ia said to have sprung
up and crushed him by declaring that
the Southern farmers had no right to
complain, as tbey sold the ties as cotton
at four times what they paid for them.
This idea that the planter really sells
the iron ties at 10 cents or so a pound is
very current. The Atlanta Constitution
shows again, as has been frequently
shown before, that the idea is an errone?
ous one.
The price of cotton is fixed at Liver?
pool. It may occasionally vary in this
couutry from the Liverpool rate, but
that is the standard, if there is any.
The rule governing cotton in the Liver?
pool Exchange explains at ooce the mat
ter of the iron ties, and is as follows :
"The gross loading weight is taken
before the cotton is mended or sampled,
then two pounds per bale draught is
deducted, then the weight of bands, the
number being counted and a small num?
ber weighed, so as to get at the weights
of the total number, and after thaftho
tare of four pounds per hundred weight
?the result beiug the net weight?and
if this net weight is less than the guar?
anteed weight, or 7 per cent, below the
gross American shipping weight, then a
claim for the deficiency is made."
In this it will be seen the weight of the
cotton ties is eliminated from every
transaction, throwing the coat exclusively
on the cotton producer. He not only
does not get 10 cents a pound, or che
price of cotton fur them, but he gets
nothing at all.
The English rate is based on the cot?
ton itself, free from all extraueous mat?
ter. The American price is dependent
on the English one, with a reductirn
allowed for the weight of the ties; so
that if there were no bands, if the cotton
were shipped loose to England, its price
would be a trifle higher. In tho Aroeri
cao estimate, it is true, no mention is
made of this; but the ties are none the
less taken into consideration and allowed
for in the fixing of prices.?New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Grant's Last Thoughts Put on Paper.
Neoga, III., September 23.?The re?
union of the veterans of General Grant's
old regiment, the 21st Illinois Volun?
teers, began here last night. Colonel
Fred Grant was given a very hearty re?
ception. In response to requests for a
speech, the Colcael said: "I do not
intend to make you a speech, for I have
uot been trained as a public talker. .1
have here a document that I would like
to read you. It is the last line written
by father's hand upon matters pertaining
to the war, and has never before been
made public. As he entered into the
war with you for his first companions,
and as he always spoke of your regiment
with affectionate interest, it is fitting
that you should be first to hear his part?
ing words. That is what be wrote upon
the pages I hold here. 'I feel that we
are on the eve of a new era, between
Federals and Confederates. I cannot
stay to be a living witness to the correct?
ness of this prophesy, but I feel it within
me that it is to be so. The universally
kind feeling expressed for me at a time
when it was supposed that each day
would prove my last seems to me the
beginning of the answer to 'Let us have
peace.' The expression of these kindly
feeling were not restricted to any section
of country, nor to a division of the peo?
ple ; they came from individual citizens
of all nationalities, from all denomina?
tions, Protestant, Catholic and the Jew,
and from the various societies of the
land, scientific, educational, religious or
otherwise. Politics did not enter into
the matter at all. I am not egotist
enough to suppose all this significance
should be given this matter because I
was the object of it. But the war
between the States was a very bloody
and a very costly war. One side or the
other had to yield principles they deemed
dearer than life before it could be
brought to an end. I commanded the
whole of the mighty host engaged on the
victorious side. I was, no matter
whether deservedly m> 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.