15. B. MURRAY, Editor. THUESDAY, FEB. 10, W7; TERMS: ONE YEABmmmm_?1.C0. 8IX months._ 75c. Mr. Bussell claims that we were mis? taken in classing him as a Republican in the last election because he was first nominated by the~ Greenbackers and afterwards endorsed by the Republicans. He Bays he wanted to get all the votes he could, and tries to leave the impress? ion that this is the reason ho accepted the Republican endorsement. He might get out of it this way if he had been run? ning for a personal office, bat he was running for the position of presidential ?[ elector. If elected he was committed to yote for Blaine. That was what we counted Republicanism in 1884. The Spartanbuvg Herald of last week gets at the gist of the road law discussion in Anderson County. It says: Senator Murray has raised a row in his county by his new road law, and is busy trying too satisfy his constituents. The .'. law provides that the roads in Anderson county must be worked enough days to put and keep them in thorough order, and the provisions of the bill are strin? gent enough to accomplish this end. There is," also, a small levy made for . macadamizing parts of the road which , are so spongy that ordinary work cannot core the defects. The law is an excel? lent one and we wish it had been extend? ed to this county. The howl is raised principally by Mr. Murray's opponents, who would seek any opportunity to render him unpopular. replies, but dont publish. The Baptist Courier is more expert in the management of a controversy than in displaying in a practical, way tho3e great principles of justice and truth which it is its proper mission to dissemminate. In its controversy it has violated the great ' "Golden Eule," which is not only the embodiment of one of the highest com . mandments of Holy Writ, but an acknowledged propriety in human con ; du ct by all upright men?"do unto others as you would have them to do unto you." The ? Courier has persisted in attacking the Imtelligencer and its Editor, and has refused - to publish a single article ' from the Intelligences, although we have published its articles in .full, and _requested it to publish ours. It contents itself by criticising us without letting its readers see our defense. The remark of the Courier, that a thing is not necessa? rily true because the Intelligences declares it to be true, may be said of anything that is asserted by any human agency, but neither the Corner, nor any . person, can point to any utterance which I . the Intelligencer has given that it did not believe to be true, and have clear and. substantial reasons for asserting. We are not afraid to put the Intelli -.''chskcer's record Tor accuracy of state? ment against that of the Baptist Courier, if it U a religious newspaper, and we apprehend that no such inconsistency in the Intelligencer's -utterances will appear as the Courier has shown in dis? cussing this very question. In itsiBSue 3 of January the fifth, the Courier says: "We did not approve of the methods by which the victory at the polls was gained . in Anderson."; In its issue of January 19th, the Courier says: "We are asked to point out the methods resorted to in the . late election, which we disapproved. There.was but a single method, really, which yfe disapproved." In other words ; the Courier admits that it only disap? proved one thing which was done in the prohibition election, but in speaking of ? the matter it disapproved "the methods," which embraced all of them. The Cou? riers, exactness of statement is to be corn ended in a religious newspaper. Again, the Courier complains that the articles of the Intelligences have been chiefly, characterized by a series of animadversions upon one of its Editors, mixed with an adroit effort to obscure . the.real iasue in controversy by unworthy insinuations and direct charges. The : Courier has reiased to publinh our arti? cles, and some of its readers may imagine that we have been personal in our side of the i diucussion. In conveying this impression the Courier has again been inexact, for in all we have said about the Gartner we have not made a single refer r-i-eace to^the Editors of the Courier, except T to say that he did not believe or practice the doctrine of holiness, for he had got - ten mad at the Intelligencer's edito? rial of a previous date. Now, will the r Courier point out. what the animadver? sions by the Intelligences upon its . Editor have been? If not, we must ; insist that it is again inexact in a state? ment of fact. We could not well have been^ personal in our article, for the Courier's editorial department is a sort of double-barrel concern, which makes it r? hard to locate sometimes. A letter written in. reply to its second article by a gentleman in Anderson, with which we had no connection, was refused publica . cation, but elicited the fact that the |? Editor it was after did not write the articles involved in the controversy. The next week the other Editor was in Anderson, and,, we understand, stated that he was not in possession of the cir ? cumstancea connected with the Anderson ... .election at the time be wrote the first : article, and would not have written it if /"'Ti'e-.bad known them. We presume this rumor is incorrect, for he now says that he cannot see in what we have written ; any reason for recanting aught that he has said. We suppose that the Courier p would not fail to do Justice to a commit ' \ nity simply because it was not convinced : by what a paper in that community said, while it was convinced by whatit learned I . elsewhere. Therefore, we ask the ques? tion whether the report of the utterance of the said Editor while in Anderson is correct or incorrect? Again, the charge that the Intelli v gencer has insinuated anything against the Courier or either of its Editors is incorrect, as our readers will know. We g? have said what we meant so plainly that no one. could misunderstand it. Can the Courier say that it has not been personal in its articles, and by its one-sided pub? lications done the Intelligencer a ""^grave injustice in portions of the State .'" In which our paper does not circulate ? It may be that other people's views are as apt to be right as the Intelligen? cer's, but it is not likely that a newspa? per which-refuses to publish any but its . owa.flide of: a controversy is willing to ? leave it to a disinterested public to decide . which is right, after a fair hearing of the ? case. The Courier is no doubt interested . .in the moral welfare of all the people, hut in this matter we think it has adve , eated a strange kind of morality when it 'condemns the enforcement of law, and particularly where to substitute a con? venient custom for it three men, who were sworn to conduct the election according to law, would have hnd to ignore their oaths to make this substitu? tion, after their aitention was directed to the law. Aud the Councils objection is that the enforcement of the law carried the City dry, when it might have gone wet, if the convenient custom had been substituted. In electing State and County officers the Courier makes no objection to the white people meeting in Democratic organizations and electing State and County officers under this very law, but when a great moral question, affectiDg the peace of society, the happi? ness of thousands of homes, the waste of vast sums of money, which should go to feed and clothe hungry children, and the salvation of souls is to be voted on, the Courier wants a class of men to vote that are disqualified to assist in electing a Coroner or other public officer. The only difference between us and the Cou? rier is, that we think the law ought to be obeyed, and that there is no special reason why a man who cannot vote for Coroner should vote in a matter affecting rights which are as important as the election of public officers. The mistake of the prohibitionists in in Anderson, as the Courier expresses it, has created less comment, even among papers opposed to prohibition, than it has done in the Courier. With its moral lantern it has bunted out a wrong to the liquor traffic which the papers advocating license bad said lea* about than the Cou? rier. It has its reward, however, for to? day it is perhaps one of the most popular papers published with the saloon keepers in Anderson. We understand that its advent is looked toby them with interest. The Courier says it mildly criticised an error of the prohibitionists in Anderson. It condemned them generally, without giving its reasons. This is not mild crit? icism. It is unjustifiable misrepresenta? tion. The Courier expresses profound interest in prohibition. Everybody is so interested in a general wf.y, but will the Courier say whether it is in favor of the adoption of thj Anderson and Lauren3 bills, and will it urge the passage of such a bill for Greenville and the other Counties in the State which feel an inter? est in the matter? We are tired of sym? pathy and interest in prohibition. We want help. There is a great work for the Courier to do in this cause if it will take hold. It has been giving aid and com? fort and encouragement to the anti prohibitionists in a practical way of late, while theoretically advocating prohibi? tion. We would welcome the Courier as a practical champion of prohibition. Again, we would call on the Courier in this controversy, if it wants to be fair, to publish our articles. We have pub? lished every one of its articles in fnll. It has not published any of ours. Mistaken Again. Editor Intelligencer: There is, possibly, no one in the State who knows the fact better than yourself that I was the regular nominee of the Greenback party several weeks previous to the sit? ting of the Republican Convention, which only endorsed three of us named by our party, o" which I was very glad. Generally, I believe, when a man enters the race for an office he wants all the votes be can get from all quarters; like? wise he should not object to nominations or endor8emeut8 from Greenback, Re? publican or Democratic parties. Several Counties of the State elected men who are now, and always have been, pronounced Republicans to the two Con? ventions called to meet in Columbia of farmers, for the express purpose of rob? bing the movement of any political sig? nificance ; but in every case, like myself, they were farmers, loyal to their chosen avocation, and hence entitled to the confidence reposed in them. But like myself, again, they hava their political , faith, and each of us, as true Carolinians, when the time comes to either discuss or vote upon political measures will go our own way ; but when tho farmers make their call to farmers we belong to the household and we heed the call, for the call, in my judgment, is greater, far greater, than the call of any political party. I do not suppose, however, that the average newspaper editor or office-seeker can well understand that there is patriot? ism enough in any man's bosom to stand by his calling first, and let party be a secondary consideration. W. W. Russell. An Alliance, or a Purchase. Augusta, Ga., February 6.?The ru? mors mentioned some days ago in the News and Courier in reference to the Central system of railroads being leased by the Ricbmoud aud West Point Temi nal Company are beginning to be believed by those interested in the road in this city. There is undoubtedly something in the wind, and most probably the above will prove to be correct. Large orders ior the stock from parties who are thorough? ly posted have been filled during the past week. There is one broker here who has alone purchased one thousand shares of the stock during the past week for the insiders, at prices ranging from 121 to 127, and he is still in the market for stock. Besides him other brokers here have also purchased large blocks for others believ? ing in the reports. It is still being pre? dicted that the stock will reach 150 ere many weeks. Besides the above there was an occur? rence yesterday which leaves less doubt than before, in the minds of many, that the lease will be effected at an early date. Heretofore all freight from Augusta going to points along the Greenville and Columbia Road, especially between New berry and Greenwood, has gone over the Augusta and Kuoxville Road to Green? wood and thence over the Columbia and Greenville Road to its destination. But yesterday, when freight was sent to the Augusta and Kuoxville depot for those points, it was rejected by the officials, they saying that orders had been received from headquarters not to accept freight for those points; that it should be sent by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Road. This, of course, is a great incon? venience to our merchants, as it takes from twenty-four to forty-eight hours lunger to reach its destination, and will it is feared, make Augusta lose th?t terri? tory. Some believe this is a traffic alliance made by the Central with the Richmond and West Point Terminal Company, in order to prevent the latter road interfering with their business in Georgia points, while others are of the opinion that the lease of the Central has been effected. There is no doubt of the fact that the true inwardness of the Central's affairs will be made pub? lic in the course of a few days. South Carolina Grapes. As an evidence of the interest taken in articles on grape culture, we note that the San Francisco, Oal., Mtrcltant, the leading wine journal of tbo country, cop? ies in full the valuable comn. .jication of Mr. A. M. Howell, of Greenville, S. 0., from our December issue. We now give our readers an account of the im? mense vineyard of Mr. A. Carpin, of the name place, whose success i? thus de? scribed by a correspondent of the Austin, Texas., Statesman ; We arrived at Mr. Carpin's early in the morning, and I take pleasure in giv? ing an account of our visit, for in my humble judgment, it contains an uncom? monly important lesson to the grape growers, as Mr. Carpin has undoubtedly made a success of grape culture. But first let us seo who he is: A genuine Frenchman of medium size, full of energy and speaks broken English with that foreign accent that has a charm for most every one. He has a pretty little wife and a bouncing baby. Mr. Carpin is quite wealthy and has already spent about ?50,000 for land and improve? ments, and says that he intends adding 150 acres more to his vineyard in the near future. In 1876 he bought 100 acres of land, all in the woods. His intentions were to make a wine farm on the French plan, and he has succeeded admirably. He is thoroughly educated in grape growing and wine-making. The ground where his vineyard is situated is in the hills and will not grow cotton, but is better adapted for grapes than any land in France, as it contains a large amount of iron. It would stump a better man than myself to give it in his own graphic way, so full of enthusiasm. He has now about 75,000 grape vines and at least 275,000 cuttings that will be set out in the spring, principally the Clinton, Concord, Thomas and Ives' varieties, and 300 to 500 Martha, Pocklingtou and Niagara, of which has been set out this year. Also 10,000 Norton vines that have been growing two years, and will set out 11,000 more of the Norton variety next year. He has, therefore, about 1,000 vines to an acre, in rows seven feet apart, and vines six feet apart in rows. He keeps plants cut back small, which makes the berries and bunches large; His vineyard will have this year eighty acres and 110,000 grape vines. His yield produced this year 500 gallons of wine per acre or 40,000 gallons from eighty acres. He has a two years' contract with a Boston firm to purchase all of his new wine at $1 per gallon, and $1.50 per gal? lon for wine two years old; the same rate of increase for older wine. He will, however, keep wine to improve with age. His vintage for one year will pay him gross $40,000 for new wine. He started by planting 4,000 vine*, in 1881-82. His two-year old vines produce from twenty to fifty bunches each, and the older vine3 have a larger number of bunches. In France vines do not produce well until five years old. Mr. Carpin i3 much bet? ter pleased with the results of his labor than he ever was in France. His delight is boundless. He is up before day, and says he never stops until the stars are shining. That be can prune and take care of sixty acres of grape3 himself. He, with help, has cut trenches over eighty acres of laud, at intervals of seven feet. He employs but three hands in the winter season during the Bummer he employs twenty men and boys. All of the surface dirt has been thrown on the lower side of the trenches to keep it in ridges, as the ground in this State washes badly. The best grapes are produced in dry seaoons, heavy rains in the spring knock the blossoms off the vines, and the fruit is always sweetest of a dry seasou. The wood which was cut from this land was burned and the ashes were distribu ted over the land, as it makes a splendid fertilizer. His farm is a succession of rich hills of grapes. As I have stated before be plants the Ives, Clinton and Concord in equal num? bers, and ho makes bis wine a dry red by uniting the three. The Clinton gives the fine red color to the wine; the Concord gives the body, and the Ives produces the sparkle. He has all the improved machinery for making wine. His wine is called Bordeaux, ?t)d makes without sugar. He carries on his fermentation in cellars at from fifteen to twenty-five degrees. Says wine will cease fermenta? tion in three days. He keeps bis vine? yard free from grass. The vines are tied to a single stake that is set permanently in the ground. He is sure of success, and his place is to-day worth $500,000, Ho will listen to no suggestions of failure He has proven his faith by his works. It was near noon when we went into bis cellars, which are immense in size, and they have a capacity of holdiug twenty five thousand gallons of wine. His handsome brick residence is four stories high, of thirty-two rooms and is to be enlarged to seventy-two rooms. There is a winding stairway from the cellar to the roof, through the center of the build? ing. On coming from the cellars we were called to dinner. This was the first real French meal that either my friend who was with me, or myself ever sat down to, and it was conducted in geuuine French style.? Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer. The Inter-State Commerce Bill. Professor Arthur T. Hadley, of New Haven, sayB: "The effect of the long and short haul clause will depend entirely upon the construction given by the courts. If Mr. Cullom's interpretation is the correct one, it simply embodies a principle toward which the practice of our better railroads is conforming more and more closely every day. Only a small part of the joint tariffs of our roads would be affected by it. The trouble to-day is not so much in the tariffs as in the deviation from them by special rates for favored shippers. The attempt to stop this system of secret personal dis? crimination is a good thing. The great difficulty is that the means at hand under the proposed law are hardly strong enough to enforce it. The task is made much harder by the prohibition of pools. Pools are not a particularly satisfactory thing in themselves, but they take away the causes of personal discrimination. Where there has been active competition there has always been a great deal of rate-cutting for favored individuals, and the attempt in other countries to prohibit it by law has only made the special rates more secret. They have thus been forced to recognize and regulate pools, As far as the clause against pooling is obeyed and not evaded it will tend to make it harder to secure obedience to the other sections of the bill." ? The Mount St. Gothards Tunnel, Italy, is 48,840 feet long, or nearly ten miles long, and the longest in the world. Tho Courier's Disiugcmiousness. the Baptist Courier. The last haue of the Anderson Intel? ligencer contains what was doubtless intended as a reply to a recent editorial in the Courier on the Anderson prohibi? tion election. The chief feature of this alleged reply is a series of animadver? sions upon one of the editors of the Courier, mixed with an adroit effort to obscure the real issue in controversy by unworthy insinuations and direct charges against ua. Beyond this, our contempo? rary has given only a repetition of its former article, in justification of the course pursued by the prohibition man? agers of the late campaign, and it does not meet the objections raised by us We have said nothiug that the pacts of the case did not seem to warrant, and we cannot discover in all that our contem? porary has written any reason for recant? ing aught that we have said on the sub? ject. A thing is not necessarily true because the Intelligencer declares it to be true, and it is quite possible for its editor to be mistaken even on a point of law. AU wisdom and virtue and honesty are not concentrated in any man, aud it ia somewhat likely that other people's opinions and views are as apt to be right as those of the Intelligencer. A* least, the Courier will maintain its rigbt to discuss public measures coming within its province as a religious newspaper, as it is interested in the moral w?lfare of all the people, and ifc will uot seek the guidance of other men, especially those who are intolerant acd Buper-aensitive. We honestly believe that the prohibi? tionists of Anderson made a great mis? take in the recent election, iu not allow? ing the freest and fullest expression of public sentiment, and because this error on their part will injuriously affect the prohibition cause in this State, we have a perfect right to the expression of this opinion. We were not meddling with local affairs in which we had no concern, and we wish to be plainly understood by our friends in Anderson that it was a profound interest in the final and com? plete success of prohibition in their midst which prompted the original article. In mildly criticising an error on their part, we were not giving aid and comfort to the enemy, but we were rais? ing a warning voice to friends, not to repeat the folly of the past. If the legal advice given to the prohibition leaders, and acted upon by the city authorities, bad been the undisputed and unquestion? able law on the subject, we still insist that it was a wrong policy to raise the issue after registration began. But tbe law is not yet settled, and grave doubts were entertained by lawyers in Anderson and elsewhere, who have heretofore voted the prohibition ticket, as to tbe necessity for the production of a registration cer? tificate. We are not concerned about the inelevant remarks of the Intelli? gencer as to our position in this matter, nor do we esteem it a matter of vital consequence that we should always agree with our contemporary. Its good opin? ion we value justly, but we cannot wish it at the expense of our self-respect aud independence. Georgia's Electric Well. In another column ia found a mention of an electric well in Talliafcrro County j Georgia. The accounts given are almost incredible, and the reader is ready to re? gard the whole thing as a hoax. But it is not a hoax. On the contrary, if many honest and intelligent people have not been greviously imposed upon by their own imagination, the electric well is a reality and a great wonder. The ac? counts of the well given in the Augusta correspondence of the News and Courier and by reputable Georgia newspapers are confirmed by persons who have visi? ted tbe well. Everybody in Newberry knows Mr. J. E. Slawson, formerly of this county, now travelling salesman for an Atlanta house, in which he is a partner. Mr. Slawson was in Newberry yester? day on his way to the well, and accom? panying him was his wife, who is a suff? erer from rheumatism. Mr. Slawson has perfect faith in the efficacy of the well. He has visited the well, and has known personally of some of its wonder? ful cures. The Observer had a talk with Mr. Slawson, and from him learned the following facts: In Talliaferro County, Ga., on the Washington branch of the Georgia Rail? road, is a small station called Sharon. Four miles from this station is a moun? tain?a Bort of freak of nature, like our Little Mountain in this county. The owner of the mountain?a Mr. Hillman ?thought there might be gold in the mountain, and, during the summer of 1886, dug for the precious metal. At one place he dug a considerable hole, and, finding no gold, he decided to go deeper and make a well. The negro who was digging it was afflicted with rheuma? tism ; but, coming out of the well one day, he remarked to bis employer that the well had cured him of rheumatism. His employer replied that if it cured rheumatism they had better put old man Ned to digging in it. Ned had a chronic case. He was put to work in tbe well and was cured. The well began to get a reputation and Beveral persons afflicted with rheumatism have visited it and have been cured by it. Mr. Slawson is well acquainted with Mr. Palmer, who is mentioned by the correspondent of the News and Courier as having been cured. Mr. Palmer is a commercial traveller. He was a great sufferer from rheumatism, being com? pelled to go on crutches and to wear on one of his feet a slipper instead of a shoe. Mr. Palmer went to the well and sat in it a short while on four days altogether about four hours and a half. He intended to remain longer but was called away by a telegram. He seems to have been entirely cured; has discarded his crutches, wears his shoe, and Mr. Slaweon saw him in Baruweli on Satur? day stepping around a3 lively as any "drummer'1 selling goods. Mr. Slawson travelled last week in Georgia with a gentleman named Bonds, who was suffer? ing greatly from rheumatism, and was on his way to the well. He has since heard from reliable persons that Mr. Bonds was cured. The Observer supposed the well con? tained either mud or water, but Mr. Slawson says the well is a dry one. It is six or eight feet square and about four? teen feet deep, the bottom being covered over with loose boards and a rude car? pet. Four chairs are at the bottom of the well for persons to sit in. The owner has built a small house over the well. The descent into the well is made by flights of stairs. Mr. Slawson was in tbe well with three others, all of whom felt the electrical Bensations. There as noth? ing like a shock, only a tingling sensa? tion like that caused by a very weak cur? rent from a galvanic battery. The sen? sation is felt whether one touches the walls or not.?Newberry Observer. An Awful Plunge. BOSTON, February 5.?A dispatch from Bradfort, Vt., 1? tbo Associated Press says that the uight express, which left White River Junction, bound for Montreal filled with passengers from Boston and New York for the Carnival, wa3 wrecked at the first crossing of the White River. A rail broke, and the engine, one baggage car, one passenger and one sleeping car went over the bridge sixty feet into the river. Before the engineer or any ooe could get to the wreck, the cars had caught fire and were burned; the bridge also was burned, and inside of twenty minutes all were destroyed. It is estimated that fifty per? sons were killed. Henry Tuxbury, of West Randolph, Vt., a well-known lec? turer, is among those killed. Conductor Sturtevant was fatally burned. Frank Wesson, a son of D. B. Wesson, of Springfield, Mas3., of the firm of Smith & Wesson the pistol manufacturers, was also among the killed. Concord, N. H., February 5.?The train was about an hour and a half late leaving White River Junction. It con? sisted of the locomotive, baggage car, two passenger coaches and two sleeping cars, and was running at the usual rate of speed. When about two hundred yards south of the end of the Deck Bridge, near Old Windsor Station, a broken railway was struck. The locomo? tive, baggage car and postal car broke away from the rest of the train, passing over the bridge in safety. The rest of the train was thrown from the rails and continued on the road bed until it came near the end of the bridge, but there it ran over the abutment and all of the cars fell into White River, some 50 feet belov The gorge at this point is fright? ful, and when the cars went down there was a terrible crash. As soon as possi? ble, the detached part of the train was stopped and ran back to the scene of the disaster. The screams of the injured were heartrending. Assistance also came Crom the people living in the vicinity, and everything was done to rescue and relieve the injured. Soon after help ! arrived it was discovered that a fire bad started in the first passenger ccach, and soon the entire train, was ablaze, thus adding a new horror to the already frightful catastrophe. Those presett were powerless to stop the fire and de? voted themselves entirely to attempting to rescue those imprisoned in the wreck. The rescuers met another and unexpected obstacle in the beat, which had become so intense that they were obliged to relinquish their efforts to save the suffer? ers, and were compelled to retreat to a place, of safety for themselves, and to become unwilling and horror-stricken witnesses of the awful holocaust. In ad? dition to this, and to add to the terrors and sufferings of the passengers, the weather was intensely cold, and the res cuers were hindered thereby in their work. No water could be obtained with which to check or extinguish the dames. The ice was several inches on the river, and there were no appliances on hand to raise it. It has not been, and proba? bly never will, be possible to tell accu? rately how many lives have been lost. From the best data obtainable theie were about eighty persons in the four cars destroyed. The lowest estimate places the probable number killed at thirty, and it is possible that twice that number may be correct. A. great many were killed outright by the tremendous fall and crush of the cars, but several cases are known where people unhurt or slightly injured were fastened in the wreck, and burned to death. One lady and gentleman were rescued from the Bleeper badly bruised and almost naked, their clothing being torn from them in hastily pulling themselves out of the reach of the fire. The bridge caught fire and was destroyed. The night was freezing cold and but for the hospitality of a farmer named Thomas Pingree, who lived near the scene of the accident, and who filled biB house with the sufferers, many who escaped the wreck with little or no clothing would have frozen to death. Scaring the Cadets. Lexington, Va., February 3.?Much excitement exists at the Virginia Mili? tary Institute. On the night of January 28, as the sentinel was walking hit! beat, his attention was attracted through the sallyport to the front of the barracks by a slight sound. Between the two large forty-six pound siege pieces there appear? ed a soldier dressed in a Confederate uni? form and mounted on a large gray horse. His sword was drawn. His horse was tightly reined up and two white plumes floated above his head. In an instant the horse started through the sallyport into the courtyard at a round trot, crossing the sentinel's beat and making no sound although he was passing over a solid brick pavement. The sentinel challenged with a loud voice, "Who goes there V The rider did not heed the challenge, but passed on at the same pace until, arriving at an abrupt and impassable precipice in the rear of the barracks, he vanished. The sentinel promptly called his cor? poral who informed the lieutenant of the day. The guard was turned out, and though a minute search was instituted no trace of horse or rider could be found. On the next night a similar phenome? non was witnessed by a party of cadets and citizens. This time a sentinel was stationed in the centre of the sallyport to await the reappearance of the horse and rider. At the same time, as on the night before, the horse and rider appeared and started through the sallyport at a great pace. The sentinel commanded "Halt! Who goes there?" The horse approached nearer and nearer to the sentinel, until within two feet of the point of the bayonet; and van? ished only to reappear just in the rear of the sentinel. Then he passed on in the direction he had taken the preceding night, again disappearing at the edge of the precipice. An old veteran present recognized the rider to be none other than Gen. Stonewall Jackson. -- Young Mr. Lewis, of Griffin, Ga., fell desperately in love with the sixteen year old daughter of Andrew Floyd. Mr. Floyd refused his consent to marriage, but the old wife was willing, and gave encouragement to the young folks. Lewis, believing that it would be impos? sible for him to live without bis loved one, determined to run away with her, which he according did, taking the girl's mother along, too. The old man at once had a warrant issued for Lewis' arrest on the charge of kidnapping. When they appeared before Justice Boat wick old Mr. Floyd stepped up and said fearfully, "Judge, if they'll give up the old woman, I'll be satisfied.'' Tho woman was accordingly -given up and each couple went its way. A Duel Without Seconds.. RATiEirjir, N. 0, February Pr. J. 0. Wilcox is the Republican leader of Asbe County and Mr. Julm Baker is one of the leading Democrats of the same County. During the campaign last fall a bitter feud sprang up between the two over the drrussion of political questions, As the campaign around Asho County progressed it wag with the greatest diffi? culty that a duel was prevented. The election came off, and the Republicans carried the county by nearly 300 majori? ty. Wilcox gloated and exulted over the victory and defeat of his enemies and agatu denounced Baker. Matters passed of at this rate until yesterday. Wilcox had been out to see a patient, and on bis return home met Baker in the road. No one was present except the two principals. Baker invited Wilcox to halt, which he did. Baker then said that he could never submit to the denunciations of Wilcox, and had only done so this length of time in deference to the pleadings of his wife. He then declared that he could not live any longer without a settlement of tbe difficulty according to the code. Wilcox replied that he was ready and anxious to accommodate Mr. Baker at any time and in any manner that was desired. Baktr asked Wilcox if he was armed. Wilcox answered "Yes." Each then pulled his pistol and it was examin? ed by the other, and handed back to the owner. It was on a nice level piece of road that they met, and it was agreed that they would murk off fifteen paces and lake their stations, and commence and continue to fire until one or the other was hurtor their weapons were exhausted. This agreement was so well executed that five rounds were fired, and in the last Baker was shot through the head and is said to be mortally wounded. Wilcox then gave Baker the benefit of his skill as a physician and saw him safely home. Baker immediately sent for his friends and made a statement embodying these facts, and stated that he pressed the duel on Wilcox, and that Wilcox only acted in self-defense. Wilcox is a man of high character, but i3 known as a desperate man when aroused. He has several limes been elected to the Legislature from his Coun? ty and has never been defeated. On examination Wilcox found two bullet holes through his hat and one in his clothes. He married a Miss Henry of this city, and has several children. -- ? The Birmingham Boom. Most of the stories which have come from the scenes of tbe "Southern boom" are eclipsed by that, told in Wall Street yesterday by a broker who has just re? turned from Birmingham. A party of impecunious speculators bought from a farmer the "option" of taking his farm at ?5,000. They.proposed laying it out in town lots, and one of the conditions of their bargain with the farmer was that he must buy from them two corner lots at tbe average price they should obtain for corner lots at auction sale. The speculators had t'be land staked off into streets, caused handsome maps of the property to be drawn, and advertised the sale. They were versed in the mys? teries of wash sales aud matched orders, and the way they bid up corner lots against one another was a caution to the auctioneer. Imagine the feelings of the farmer when he found that iustead of receiving any compensation for his farm he was $3,000 in debt to tbe enterprising speculators, his two lots at the average price obtained for corner lots costing him ?8,000? New York Herald. A Dangerous Operation. Philadelphia, February 2.?Over 500 medical students, a large number of throat specialists, and doctors from all the medical colleges in the city, packed the funnel shaped clinic room in the Univer? sity Hospital this afternoon to witness the operation of the removal of tbe larynx from a patient who had been troubled with sarcoma of the larynx, a disease which would have been fatal. The pa? tient could hardly speak. Dr. D. Hays Agnew performed the operation. He pursued an original course. He was assisted by Dr. Ashurst as first assistant and Dr. White as second. This is the third operation of this sort in the country, and the first in this city, and is very dangerous, as the patient may die on the table. After the patient was put under the influence of ether the operation of trac teotomy was successfully performed, acut about six inches in length being made in the windpipe. In this aperture a silver canula?a tube about as long as your fin? ger?was placed, through which the patient breathed during the operation, and also received ether, the mouth and upper throat being useless. Tbis took about three quarters of an hour. The larynx was then taken out, and as the growth war, found to be quite extensive, it was necessary to take out part of the pharynx. About two inches of the organs were successfully removed, aud a tube introduced in the upper part of the trachea, extending into the mouth, through which the patieut will receive nourishment. Tbc opening? were then closed. The man may live for several years, but will not be able to talk. The operation took almost three hours. At la3t accounts the patient was. doing well. The medical atudents are very enthusias? tic over the success of the operation. He Knew Where he was Going. Knoxville, Tenn., February 1.?Dr. Matt. Alexander committed suicide this afternoon by taking five grains of mor? phine. He was a leading physician of Knoxville, but had recently been du sipated. He left a note saying, "I die with malice toward none. I go to hell. Tell my son to go to heaven." Dr. Alex? ander was a member of the board of ex? amining suigeons of the Pensions De? partment. A Wonderful Discovery. Consumptives and all, who suffer from any affection of tbe Throat and Lungs can find a certain cure in Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption. Tbousands of permanent cures verify tho truth of this statement. No medicine can show sucb a record of wonderful cures. Tbou? sands of once bopeless sufferers now gratefully proclaim they owe their lives to tbis New Discovery. It will cost you nothing to give it a trial. Free Trial Bottles ac Hill Bros. Drug Store. Largo size, $1.00. Very Remarkable Recovery. Mr. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester, Mich., writes: "My wife Has been almost belpless for five years, so bolpless that sbe could not turn over in bed alone. She used two Bottles of Electric Bitters, and is so mucb Improved, that sbe is able now to do bcr own work." Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed for them. Hundreds of testimonials attest thoir great curative powors. Only fifty cents a bottle at Hill Bros. If you want anything in tho meat line all on II. G. Johnson & Co._ ? An Artesian well being sunk at White Plains, Nevada, is down over 2,000 feet, and can go no further until the water, which is 17 per cent, salt, and so heavy that the ropes and tools lloat on it and the drill does net penetrate the rock, has been shut out. Why will yon cough when Shilob's Cure will givo imraediato relief. Price 10 cts. and ?1. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and ToddBros., Bolton. A Nasal Injector free vitli each bottle of Sbiloh's Catarrh Remedy: Price 50, cents. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and Todd, Bros., Bolton. Sbiloh's Cure will imn odiately relieve Croup, Whooping Cough and Bronchitis. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and Todd Br03.,'Belton. "Hackmetack," a lasting and fragran porfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and Todd Bros., Belton. The Rev. Gco. H. Thaycr, of Bourbon, Ind., says: "Both myself and wife owo our lives to Sbiloh's Consumption Cure." Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and Todd Bros., Belton. For Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, you bove a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shilob's Vitalizes It never fails to core. Sold by Hill Bros., Anderson, and Todd Bros., Belton. Are you made miserable by Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Sbiloh's Vilalizer is a positive cure. Sold by Hill Bros., An? derson, and Todd Bros., Belton. Shilob's Catarrh Remedy?a positive cure for Catarrh, Diptheiia and Canker Mouth. Sold by Hill Bios., Anderson, and Todd Bros., Belton. No child can be healthy if worms abound in its stomach. Send for Shrinor's Indian Vermifuge, the reliable remedy. Dr. Gunn's Livur Pills. Removes Constipation, pi-events Malaria cures Dyspepsia, and gives new life to the system. Only one for a dos :?. Free samples at Orr & Sloan's. Now Has Fait h. I had been troubled all Winter with cold and pain in the chest and c;ot. no relief from remedies reccommended by Druggists and Physicians. At the same time I was adver? tising Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup. I had little faith but thought to try it as a last resort, now I believe even more than they tell me of its curative qual? ities. [From the News, Elizebethtown, Ky.] Sold by Orr & Sloan. If you have Cutting, Scalding, or Sting? ing sensations in the parts when voiding urine?Swamp-Root will quickly relieve and cure. For sale by Wilhite it W?hlte. "Hello, got a new sled, haven't yer?" shouted Charlie to his chubby neighbor across the street. "Yer jest bet I have," and he yanked the drag rope till tho sled passed in front of him in full view. "Where'd ye get it, on Chapel street?" "Na-aw, they only throw in string and a piece of court plaster therej I got this sled on SUite street, where they throw in a Pomeroy's Petrolinc Poroused Plaster, which is so good for Lame Back. Rheuma? tism, etc." "That ain't much, it only costs 25 cents at any druggist's." "It don't cost much, yer bet, but it's worth it's weight in gold." Charlie had had a ;sled before, and knew just what was needed. For sali> by Wilhite & Wilhite. Wo commence with two store rooms full of Dry Goods and Groceries of every description. We have an :immeuse stock of everything. Don't spend your money until you see us. C. F. Jones & Co. A peck of worms have been known to pass from one child. Shriner's Indian Vermifuge was the remedy used. Only 25 cents a bottle. Cure for Pilea. Piles are frequently preceeled by a sense of weight in the back, loins and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patient to sup? pose he has some affection of the kidneys or neighboring organs. At times, symp? toms of indigestion are present, flatulency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc. A mois? ture like perspiration, producing a very disagreeable itching, after gatting warm, is a common attendant.. Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at once to the applica? tion of Dr. Bosanko's Pile remedy, which acts directly upon the parts affected, absorb? ing the Tumors, allaying tl.e intense itch? ing, and effecting a permanent cure. Price 50 cents. Address The Dr. .Bosanko Medi? cine Co., Piqua, O. Sold by Orr & Sloan, Anderson, S. C. _ 44?ly ~ MORTG?GEES5_S?LE." IN pursuance of and by virtue of a power of sale vested in us by J. B. Neal, in a mortgage, executed and delivered to us the 21st day of January, 1885, and duly recorded on the 22nd diy of Jauuary, 1S85, in the office of Register of Mesne Convey? ance for Anderson Count", in Mortgage Book No. 22, pages 727, 728, 729, 730 and 731, notice is hereby given that, we will, on the 7th. BAY OF MAIRCH, 1887. at the usual hours of public sales, sell to the highest bidder at public auction, in front of the Court House door, at Anderson Court House, S. C, the following Tract of Land, to wit: All that tract or parcel of Laud, situate and lying in Hopewell Township, County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, on waters of Beaverdam Creek, containing ninety-seven acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Mary E. Newell, W. A. Neal and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve month ?, with interest from day of sale at the rate of ten per cent per annum, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment, Purchaser to pay ex? tra for papers. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Feb 10,1887_31_4_ MORTGAGEES1 SALE. IN pursuance of and by virtue of a pow? er of sale vested in us by S. C. Neal, in a mortgage executed and delivered to us the 28th day of April, 188.":, and duly re? corded on the 30th day of April, 1833, in the oilice of Register of Mesne Conveyance for Anderson County, in Mortgage Book No. 19, pages G93, 691, 695, 6!)G and C97, no? tice is hereby given that we will, on the 7th DAY OF MARCH, 18H7, at the usual hours of public seles, sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, in front of ihe Court House door, at Anderson Court House, S. C, the following Tract of Land, to wit: All that certain tract, parcel or piece of Land, situate, lying and being in Hope well Township, County of Anderson, State of South Carolina, on Big Beaverdam Creek, waters of Rocky River, containing seventy-five acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Mary E. Newell on the North, A. W. Guyton on the West, J. B. Neal's children on the South, and J. B. Neal's homestead on the East. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, at the rate of ten per cent per annum, secured by-bond and mort? gage of the premises, with leave to antici? pate payment. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. Feb 10,18S7_3t_ 4 PLANT GERMAN MILLET KAFFIR CORN, - AND - MILLO MAIZE, FOR FORAGE. Blue Grass, Red Clover, Orchard Grass, White Clover, SPANISH PEANUTS, GARDEN SEEDS, ALL KINDS, Simpson, Reid & Co., Druggists, Waverly House Corner. Feb 10,1887 31 HELP FOE FARMERS; ]II AVK invented n simplo machine lo pulverize :m?l distribute in the drill CO .M POST and STABLE MANURE. Any farmer wishing such a machine can bo supplied on short notice. Terms easv? Cash. Apply to JNO. It. McGEE, Duo Wert, S. G. Fob 10.1&S7 .-51 4 mil SALE Oil RENT/: rpHE undersigned will sell or rent a good JL six-roomed HOUSE, with the neces? sary outbuildings, and one and one-half acres of land on South Main Street in the City of Anderson. Also, some- good farm? ing lands on Mountain Creek to rent. For terms, apply to P. K. NORMS, Anderson, S. 0. Fob 10, 1SS7 31 g* Sale of Valuable Land. Y virtue of a po-.;er of sale contained in a mortgage, given by Mrs. Mary E. Robertson to ,T. T. Robertson, dated 11th December, 1873, and assigned to me, I will sell at Anderson Court House, at pub? lic outcry, on SALESDAY IN MARCH next, (7th.) that valuable Tract of Land, the property of .the said Mary E, Robert? son, situate in Anderson County, near Honea Path, on waters of Broadmoulh Creek, containing one hundred and four? teen acres, more or less, and bounded by la.ids of W. J. Robertson. J, T. Townes, Dr: W. C. Brown and others. Terms?Onc balf cash, with a mortgage of tbe premises to secure tbe unpaid purchase money; MRS. V. D. LEE, Assignee of Mortgagee. Feb 10,1SS7_31_4 SHERIFF'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH, CAROLINA, Anderson County. BY virtue of various Executions to me directed, I will expose to sale on SALESDAY IN MARCH, 1887, at An? derson Court House, within tbe legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One Tract of Land, containing eigbty nine and three-quarter acres, more or less, situate in said County, Williamston Town? ship, on waters of Beaverdam Creek, ad? joining lands of Alexander Jordan and others. Levied on as tbe property of Joseph W. Rogers in favor of J. S. Fowler and others, Terms?Cash. Purchaser to pay for pa? pers. WM. L. BOLT, Sheriff Anderson County. Fob 10. 1SS7 31 4 s T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Co.*; Judge of Prolate. WHEREAS, J. B. R. McCIain has applied to me to grant him letters of Administration on the Estate and eflects of Mrs. E. B. McCIain, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of tbe said E. B. McCIain, deceased, to be and cp Eear before me in Court of Probate to be eld at Anderson Court House, on the 25th day of February 1SS7, after publica? tion hereof to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given under my hand, this 7th day of February, 1887.. W. F. COX, Judge Probate. Fob 7,1887 31 2 gainful rofusc 'ENSTRTJATION or .ONTHLY SICKNESS. IS taken during the CHANGE OF LIFE, great Buffering and danger will be avoided. 857"Stna for book"MzesAOE to Women," mailed freo. BawopnaD Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Feb 7,1887_3L_ly Valuable Land for Sale. EIGHT and one-half aws of BOTTOM LAND, in the corporate limits of the City of Anderson, lvingon Whither Creek, South S. V. R- R. Depot. Will be sold Saleday in March, if not previously dis? posed of. Further information may be had as to price by calling on Mrs. J. F. Wilson, or D. J. SHERARD, Moffattsville, S. C. Feb.", 1887 30 5 Hp 81I PARKER'S HASH B??.8ARS tint popular fuvoritb for ?iroMfti? tho Irnir, Itcstorhig color when cray, Bi'.d preventing; nandruir, Id clcniiKos the cc&lp, k'.ojh tho hair fnllluc, and is scrj to plecsc. XT0TICE FINAL SETTLEENT. The undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of A. P. Watson, deceased, herebv gives notice that he will, on the 1st day of March, 1SS7, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of sa:d Estate, and a discharge from bis office as Administrator. M. BERRY WILLIAMS, Adm'r. Jan 27,1SS7_29 _5 TO THE THE undersigned, having purchased the Stock of Goods of the late E. B. Cater, will continue the business at Mr. Caters old stand on the Northwest Corner o* Brick Range, where we will ever bo ready to supply our friends with the Choicest Family and Fancy Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars, Canned Goods, Confectioneries, Etc. We nsk for a liberal t-hare of the public patronage, and hope by fair dealing, hon? est goods and LOW TRICES to merit the same. FRESH OYSTERS Tuesdays-FISH Thursdays. Respectfully, E. W. TAYLOR & CO. nwf 20, 7SS7 28 Williamston Female College, Williamston, S. C. Rev. s. LANDErT?Tm., d. d., Pres. THIS well known Institution, in her lGth year under the present manage I ment, still maintains her high standard of scholarship, and extended curriculum,and is constantly improving her facilities and methods for the highest development and best, training of the pupils committed to her care. The Spring Sessio \ 1SS7, will open Mon? day, Feb. \ and co tinre 20 weeks. hates fsb session. Board, exclusive of washing.?60 00 Regular Tuition, $12, $1G or. 20 00 Incidental Fee. 1 00 Library Fee.? 40 Special Music Lessona.20 GO Instrument for Practice. 3 00 Jan 13,1887 27 m. b. cj.ixkscai.es. S. M. pick ens, CLINKSCALES & PICKENS, Attorneys at Law, ANDERSON C. H., - - S. C. ALL business intrusted to the above firm will receive prompt attention. Office?TJp-Stairs, over Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell's Store, jan 13, 1887 27 3m NOTICE. THE Copartnership existing between the undersigned, under the Firm name of Geo. W. Fant & Son, in the Book and Sta? tionery business, was dissolved February 1st, 1887. by mutual consent. GEO. W. FANT, FOSTER FANT. RUFUS FANT having purchased the interest of his brother in the Book Store, the business will be continued under the same Firm name aa heretofore. GEO. W. FANT. Feb 3,18S7_3D_3 Wagon and Buggy Shop. MOTTO for 1837 : "Live and let live." Come and see me before going else? where with your work. Prices lower than the lowest. I will make it pay you to give me a call. Filling Wheels a specialty. Wagons made to order. Shop on Capt Daniels' lot, opposite Jail. D. M. STEPHENS. Jan 13,1887_27_6m -VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. JLM All persons baring demands against the Estate of E. B. Cater, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within tho time prescribed by law, and all per? sons indebted to said Estate must make immediate payment. The Notes and Ac? counts will be found at the Store of C. A. Reed. LUCY J. CATER, Administratrix. Jan 13, 1887 27 i PROLIFIC CORN. PERSONS desiring to purchase some of my Prolific Seed Corn, will find it for sale at the Drug Store of Simpson, Reid At Greatly Reduced Prices. % These Goods are of the highest grade, and will pay you to use them. Don't be in? duced to buy Fertilizers of doubtful quality. Can deliver at points on C. & G. and S." Y. R. R. in Car lots at same prico as Ander? son, Call and get prices and procure our little Book containing valuable information on Fertilizers and other kindred topics. Three Good Horses for Sale. J. J. BAKER & CO, No. 2 and 3 Benson House. Feb 3, 18S7 _ 30 _ SEEDS, SEEDS, SEEDS. yf^TE are prepared to furnish our friends, and the public generally, with all kinds FIELD AND GARDEN -SEEDS, Not at or below cost, but at live and let live prices. These are no old, hard stock Goods, and we can't afford to have a "Grand Clearing Out Sale," but when you get ready to begin gardening come in, and we will guarantee to give you good Seed, fresh from the growers. TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS! W? are prepared to job Seed, either on commission or straight sale. Come and sop us before making your arrangements, and we may save you some money.