The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, July 21, 1887, Image 2

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? E. B. MURRAY. Editor. ; THTJB8DAY, JULY 21, 18*7. ' TBRMS: ONE YB AK..-^??1.50. SIX MONTHS...-:.75c. Greenville is to have her streets and public places lighted by the electric light. Greenville is always wide awake and'progressive. In order to arrange to publish the no tices as to the prohibition election in August the proper number of days, we will date and publish the Intelligen . cer on Wednesday for the next three ^"i. weeks. We understand that iu some parts of tbe State Anderson is reported to be un? healthy. There is no foundation for ' such a report, as the health of the city has never been better, as far as we know, for.years.- Thero are very few cases of sickness of any kind in Anderson, and we doubt if there is a town in the State ? where there is as little sickness in pro? portion to population as there is in An? derson. Our physicians report that they have very few cases on hand, and that there is no justification for the report that our city is at all sickly. The News and Courier's Anti-Treating Society idea has not drawn well, and our contemporary is still urging some; one to. take the lead in organizing such societies. . They are not likely to become popnlar, fbr the social feature about drinking is one of its greatest attractions and exten? uations. Taking the social feature away from drinking would sot benefit persons addicted to the use of liquor. It would", however, tend to prevent the formation of habits of drink among the young. It might do B?rne good, bat prohibition would do more, and the liquor fight will undoubtedly be pitched upon the line of prohibition or anti-prohibition. _/ The Commissioners of Election fixed lastTuesday at three o'clock as the latest *. time at which they would receive prohi? bition petitions. The Act does not fix any such time, and if enough petitions - have not already, been'presented, more, can be handed in. The Commissioners f' have not indicated what is a majority, . and although we are satisfied that on a proper count we have a safe majority, it would be much better to continue getting petitions, so as to leave absolutely ho 'possibility of questioning the result. The election should be ordered, and, in our j udgment, will be ordered. Nothing ' short of the grossest partisanship will : Tdefeat it. - ? President Cleveland and wife are visiting his brother, the Rev. Mr. Cleve land, at Alder Creek, a small village in * New York State. He will visit his old V:-home, Fayetteville, Before returning to '{^Washington, next Wednesday. Mrs.. Cleveland's eye continues to be sore, and the president himself is not well. ? M. L. Donaldson, of this county, has definitely decided to be a candidate before the next Legislature for Commissioner of Agriculture. It is yet too early to say more than that Mr. Donaldson, in seeking the gratification of his honorable ambi 'tion, will have Greenville county, where ? he is best known, behind him as one % man. He has the rare advantage of be? ing a practical and successful farmer and a practical and successful legislator, a fact which gives him- unexcelled qualifi cations for success in the office he aaks.? Greenville News. -?: The friends of Bishop Taylor's African- missions, which are not support? ed by any missionary society, have in the past eighteen months contributed nearly $45,000 to maintain them, besides supply? ing $24,000 to build the Bishop's steel Congo steamer, which has cost $30,000. Many of the stations in Angola are now 'raising much of their food supplies, and are-thus largely self supporting. Seven missionaries have died, but seventy remain in active service. This does not include the children, of whom a consid? erable number are with their parents. Bishop Taylor, is supposed to have joined ' in Liberia the last party that left this country, and to be with them now on the Congo , which they will leave before long to travel to the new Balnba country. ''?iU correspondent of the Greenville Neros', writing from Pickens C. H., under date of the 14th inat, says: Last Wed? nesday, the 12th inat, while Meredith Mansell, colored, who lives near Pump kintcwn, this county, was at dinner with his family, a bolt of lightning struck his house and in a second Mansell and one , child seven or eight years bid was dead. The bolt bad passed through tbe top of the house, shattering Borne of the rafters and struck Mansell and his child, killing them instantly, and his wife and another child were terribly shocked and out and braised by splinters from the rafters. It is thought his wife and child will recover, although they are badly wounded. Two more of his children were shocked but escaped without any serious damage. ? A call has been issued for a Prohi biton State convention, to be held in Louisiana next August, ending as fol : lows : "In conclusion we desire to state merely that this is a wave of that non - partisan prohibition movement that is stirring so mightily in every Southern State strictly within the lines of present political organizations, and which aims to draw to itself all persons of every party, creed, sex, and race who can see no good reason why the normal rate of taxation should be increased fourfold in order that a handful of men should be protected in selling poison to the rest, and who propose to make this 'a Gov? ernment of the people, for the people, and by the people/ instead of in tbe Ian-, guage of Canon Wilberforce, 'a Govern? ment of the whiskey traffic, for tbe whis? key traffic, and by the whiskey traffic'" v? The July report of the national de? partment of agriculture says: The status of the cotton crop has not declined since tbe last report In the Southeast there is a slight reduction, compensated by a small advance in the States West of the Mississippi. Tbe average is 97, which ia four points higher than the average for Jnly in the previous ten years. It was exceeded iu 1878 and 1880 and nearly equalled in July of 1881 and 1884, which were, years of small production. There have, been but two July records below ninety since 1873. The States averages aife as": follows: Virginia 98, North Carolina 99, South Carolina 97, Georgia %, Florida 98, Alabama 98, Mississippi 99, Louisiana 98, Texas 93, Arkansas 99, Tennessee 98. The crop is under unus? ually clean cultivation, there being few reports of injury from excessive moisture and few. of drought Cotton worms are iudicata, in very few localities. T?e Inter-State Farmers* Summer En? campment. Spartakbdag, S. C., .July 16J!?7. Mb. Editor: There is no class of people who need organization more than the farmers. Tbey constitute the most important element in the growth of the country, and they aro the worst organ? ized. The mechanic has his "union," the professional man his "association," but it is seldom the farmers meet to dis? cuss the conditions and prerequisites of agriculture unless it be at politic? 1 gath? erings, picnics, or before the doors of the country meeting house. But public opinion is awakening to tbe importance of this matter and organizations are springing up all over the land. One of the most inportant steps in this direction in tbe South is the Inter State Farmers Summer Encampment' to be held on tbe encampment grounds, one mile from the city of Spartanburg, S. C, beginning on the 2nd and ending on the 6th day of August. This will be no local fair, but is. under the direct man? agement of the Patrone of Husbandry, and will be a grand gathering of tbe farmers of the five, most important agri? cultural States in tbe South?Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina?and its object is to give the farmers an opportunity to discuss in public and private the agricultural in? terests of country. During the en? campment there will be assembled on its spacious and well prepared grounds the most prominent men in tbe Sooth. There will be.exhibits of useful apparatus, im? proved machinery and implements, and the agricultural and mineral wealth of our country. Lectures will be delivered on agricultural topics, and every oppor? tunity given the great producing classes of our people to meet in friendly rivalry and competition for the purpose of dis? playing what each has wrought during the year. The location of the encampment is central and easily accessible from every section of the States mentioned. It is directly on the Atlanta and Charlotte division of the Richmond & Danville R. B., with direct connection with Charles? ton and the sea coast, Augusta and the Southwest, Aabeville and the West, and: the Northwest and Charlotte, and all points beyond to the North and North? east. ** It lies at the foot of and in clear view; of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The management have spared neither care nor money to make the encampment* a: success. Large numbers of people will camp on the grounds where will be pro? vided tents and houses at small cost, also good meals at the lowest prices; and, too, the City of Spartanburg will furnish ample hotel facilities at reasonable rates. The State of South Carolina has erected a large building for her special exhibits. A number of buildings are being erected by private parties for their own exhibits, and aspacious hall provided for every? body. No entrance fee will be charged. The railroads entering Spartanburg, five in number, have agreed to carry aud re? turn all exhibits free of charge. The militia, of the State of South Carolina will be in attendance. And there will be every amusement for spectators, in? cluding musical entertainments, a grand ball, bicycle races, base ball, &c. The encampment will be held at that time of the year when farmers can well afford to leave home, buve a little recre? ation and be benefited by an interchang? ing.of.ideas. Such encampments have p;o ven successful in the North and West? notably in Pennsylvania, and there is no reason why this should not prove a grand success and . be of great benefit to our farming interest. Now, we want, every one who can to come. Tbe railroad fare will only be one cent per mile each way, and probably less. If you prefer, come by private conveyance through the country, and be sure and send or bring something to ex? hibit. It will be well ctred for and re-' turned in Bound condition. Full particulars can be obtained by addressing the Secretary, Mr. Warren DuPre, at Spartanburg, S. C. H. A. LmoN. Governor Cortln's Story. HARBi8BURG,.July 12.~Ex-Governor Curtin passed East through this city last night. In conversation about the alleged charge made by Jefferson Davis that he had pardoned a desperado out of the Eastern penitentiary for the purpose of having him assassinate the Confederate chieftain for a reward of $100,000, he said: "I have no idea how such a story could have originated, but believe it was founded on an extraordinary incident that occurred in 1862, during my first term as Governor of Pennsylvania. At that time a notorious forger named Ken yon Cross was serving a long term in the Eastern peuitentiary, in Philadelphia. One day I received a letter written on tbe official paper of the Secretary of War's office, enclosed and sealed in an official envelope, and signed with the name of Secretary Stanton. The docu meet was in substance, that Kenyon Cross was in a position to get through tbe rebel lines and obtain very impor? tant and most desirable information at rebel headquarters in case he was par? doned. The latter recommended and urged the pardon. The document bore every evidence that it was genuine, and no suspicion attached to it whatever. "I at once made out the necessary papers giving Cross his freedom, and placed them, together with tbe letter from the War Office, iu the hands of the United States Marshal. Cross was taken to Washington, where it was found that tbe letter signed by Secretary Stanton was a forgery. Cross was put back in his cell in the State prison, and served his term. Who wrote the letters or how the official paper and envelope were obtained could not be found out, and the incident is shrouded iu as much mys? tery to day as it was in 1862." A Barnyard Pish Story. The following somewhat resembles a fish story, but it is vouched for by a very responsible gentleman and cannot be in? correct: In the vicinity of the barnyard of Mr. W. S. Monteitb, who lives joBt outside of the city limits, partridges are in the habit of making their nests and hatch? ing their young. An indiscreet ben took possession of one of these partridge nests for a couple of days and laid two eggs. The partridge reclaimed possession, and after some weeks' steady occupation hatched not only her own young but two chickens. The brood has been carefully watched, and the partridge has endeav? ored to feed the chickens, which followed her, as well as the young birds. When the chickens were several days old they 1 were captured and given to a more natu?; ral mother.?Columbia Correspondence New and Courier, OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, D. C, July 18, 1887. Mattersboth local and National have been quiet at the Capitol this past. week. Nothing has transpired to relieve the monotony of the heated spell, except the sadness cast over the city by the assassi? nation in broad day of one of tbe most prominent men in business and social life at tbe Capitol. Joseph C. G. Ken? nedy, a real estate agent and Attorney for tbe National Bank, was murdered in cold blood after leaving bis office for home on the afternoon of Thursday. The murderer was a crank just dis? charged the day before from the work house, and who held an imaginary grievance against his victim. Tbe in? strument .used was a case knife, which without a momeul's warning, aud just after the victim had deposited his letters in the mail box, was thrust with deadly effect into the abdomen of the aged and esteemed citizen, and caused death in a few minutes afterwards. Mr. Kennedy's office has been the resort of public men from every State in tbe Union for thirty years past, for both business and social intercourse, and the death of no other citizen of this community would cast a gloom over such a wide expanse of terri? tory. The President's departure from the city without making an appointment of Postmaster in place of Conger, whose commission has expired, has left the many aspirants for the lucrative birth in a state of uncertainty and uneasiness, exceedingly enervating and prostrating, when supplemented by tbe intensely hot weather we are now haying. The salary is $5,000, and the half dozen Dis? trict men who have been working to get tbe place are afraid that the delay is dangerous, aud that it means the appointment of an outsider to the posi? tion. The last three appointees holding the position and dating back some fifteen years have been from the State of Michi? gan, and it is asserted that the Postmaster General, and Don Dickeraon, the Demo? cratic boss of the Wolverine State, are pressing' the claims of Einstein, of De? troit,, for the place. Considerable feel? ing has been worked up over the appoint? ment, and if it goes to a non-resident, the relations between the President and the people of the district will be further estranged than ever. The Bell Telephone people have won another victory in the Patent Office. The motion of Gray, tbe rival claimant to allow him to amend his old applica? tion by inserting the word "metallic" before the word "diaphragm" so as to form a basis for a claim to the metallic diaphragm used in the telephones, has been denied by the Primary Examiner before whom the motion was argued. An appeal will be taken to the Commis? sioner in person, and then to the Secre? tary if necessary. The motion was argued by Conkling in behalf of Gray, and Storrow, for tbe Bell people. The motion was denied on the ground that it had been already decided in au interfer? ence proceeding between the same par? ties, and that Gray, then abandoned it. So far, the Bell people have been success? ful at every stage of the case in the Patent Office. Prof. W. T. Hornaday, the chief Taxi? dermist of the National Museum has completed his work of mounting for. the Museum eleven of the twenty-six buffaloes secured by him during his recent western trip. Tbe animals range in size from an enormous bull measuring five feet to nine inches in height, which is the largest buffalo ever known to have been killed upon the prairies, to a four months old calf less thau three feet in heighth. After the work of preparing the specimens was completed, the entire herd were grouped in the.park adjoining the Museum,. and large photographs taken of it. Professor Hornaday with the corps of assistants who accompanied him on the hunting expedition, each clothed in the hunting outfit of tbe prai? ries, appear in tbe foreground of the pic? ture, and- so life-like are tbe posture of the animals, and so natural their sur? roundings that it would be difficult to convince one that the scene was not in reality taken on the prairies, and the animals alive, instead of mounted speci? mens. The remainder of tbe twenty-six specimens will be sent to Museums in various countries in exchange for other exhibits for the Museum. The Western trip alluded to was made for the express purpose of getting specimens of the Buf? falo for preservation, as the race is fast disappearing from the plains of our country. H. A Romance Iu Real Life. Columbia, July 13.?A special to the Daily Register from Sumter reports the death in that county, last Saturday, of Col. W. J. Reynolds, in the 79th year of his age. Reynolds, fifty-five years ago, was one of the most promising young men in the State and was noted for his industry, integrity and active interest in military affair.. He fell deeply in love with a beautiful young girl belonging to one of the first families of Clermont Dis? trict and made suit for her hand. He seemed to be favorably regarded by the girl herself, but her parents had more ambitious views for her and would not allow her to marry him. Nothing daunted, the young man went to work to win name and a position which would render him more acceptable to tbe parents. He was elected to represent his county in the State Legislature, served one term with credit and distinction, aud returning to his home made another effort to secure the hand of the girl to whom he was attached. He was again refused, but after he had been elected a third time Representative over promi ment and wealthy competitors the oppo? sition to him was apparently silenced, the young woman promised to be his wife, and all the preparations were made for the wedding. At the last moment, however, Bhe wrote him a note saying she had yielded to the wishes of her mother and must decline to fulfil her engagement. This broke up Col. Rey? nold's life and career. After brooding a long time over his disappointment he took for a wife a negro girl who had been his slave and lived with her to tbe last, regardless of public opinion and the entreaties of his relations. He reared a large family of children and drew up himself a will providing for tbem all and putting them on an equality with his own nearest relatives. He left au estate consisting of some thousand dollars in money and 4,000 acres of land, and it is thought that the validity of the will will be sustained. ? The first hale of new Texas cotton was sold at auction in New York on Monday aud brought 23 cents a pound. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. Kroxvillu, Tenn., July 14,1887. Mr. Editor : In looking through the daily papers this* morning we see au ac? count of the burning of the warehouse 'and cotton which occurred at Pelzer yes? terday. How quickly news is sent on the wires in this nineteenth cenlury. "Like as the waves make toward tbe pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end." Notwithstanding we are in tbe burly burly of city life, and look" from early morn 'till dewy eve on the many new and attractive sights, our minds are prone to wander back home and. dwell on the "Reunion of our Collegiates" at Williamston, and more especially a re? union of our own family. Eight out of tbe scattered ten are back at our old home, talking, weeping and laughing? that familiar sound laughing, coming from merry hearts, methinks I hear this morning. 'Tis tbe mind that makes the body rich, and our Heavenly Father, who lends us life, lends us a heart re? plete with thankfulness. God bless our old State, and especially the little town of Williamston, where love and meek? ness become a church man better than ambition?where they win straying souls with modesty and cast none away, know? ing as they do that there is a special Providence in the fall of a sparrow. We find in this land of strangers some of that weakness in church members of dif? ferent denominations, and even members of tbe same -faith, allowing envy and jealousy to creep into their hearts, one against the other, "having the form of godliness, but denying the power there? of/' verifying the plain truth that "a sound heart is tbe life of the flesh, but envy the rottenness of the bones." As a general thing these people of Tennessee seem to have that good, easy style of come day go day about tbem. They frame their marriage certificates and. hang, them on the wail, and those who wish can bang their divorces in the same way, without thinking of the com? mands of their Heavenly Father. Seve? ral couples of the kind, from the elite of this city, sat in one hall listening to Joe Munday's cutting, sarcasm on that subject The ladies of every class and grade use snuff privately, and very often pub? licly, but the gentlemen are bard down on snuff and mother bubbards. In passing through North Carolina and Tennessee we noticed that tbe whis? tles on the engines were soft, mellow and Boothing, and was told they use the steamboat whistle on passenger trains as a distinction from tbe sharp, shrill sound of the numerous freights running day and night, thereby breaking the Sabbath day, with thousands of other instances where business is carried on in the same way. This country is full of granite, marble, slate and coal. Tbe pike roads are made of the most beautiful white granite rock crushed?along the street car track it is laid solid. Tbe Custom House is built of marble, and even to tbe floors are solid marble. The prospects are good now for two new railroads, one running from here to Cumberland Gap, and the other into middle Virginia, opening up a rich land, full of ores and waters of every kind. They have more consumption here than in our State, caused by more expo? sure during the cold winters. They don't seem to fear bard labor, neither are they as fearful of disease as we are. B. C. Clement. She Kept Her Word. Asheville, N. C, July 11.?Miss Viola Meets, daughter of a prominent citizen of Graham County, was to have been married on Sunday the 3d instant, to John Ammons, of tbe same County. The match was opposed by the father of Miss Meets, who armed himself on the day of proposed wedding, and swore he would kill Ammons if he appeared on his premises. The daughter said she preferred to marry with her father's con? sent, but would marry Ammons that day or die. Her father violently refusing, she stepped into an adjoining room. The father went into the room shortly afterwards; the daughter was a corpse, and iu her band was a vial labelled "Strychuine." Site Sewed on her Husband's Scalp. Kansas City, Mo., July 13.?Andrew Meyer, a farmer living near Mexico, Mo., was attacked by a vicious horse and completely scalped. His left cheek and a portion of the upper lip were also torn away by the animal's teeth. A physician was sent for, but was slow in coming, and Mrs. Meyer, using a common needle and black thread, replaced tbe lacerated cheek and lip and sewed them in place. She then began on the scalp, which she sewed to the flesh on the head, and had nearly finished the work when the physi? cian arrived. Her work was pronounced excellent by tbe doctor. Cnsseducss in Colletou. A party of Borne eighteen cr twenty persons went into tbe field of Jeff Risher in Colleton County and maliciously chopped down eleven acres of the finest corn he had. Mr. Risher is a very quiet, hardworking citizen, and no cause can be assigned for the diabolical deed except I that he is a pronounced stock law man and took an active part in tbe election recently held in that County on that question. Mr. Risher only runs a one horse farm, consequently nearly the whole of his crop has been ruthlessly destroyed.?Branchville Banner. Trying to Make Amends. St. Louis, July 1G.?Mayor Francis this morning appointed tbe committee to carry an invitation to President Cleve? land to visit this city during tbe fall festivities. On this committee are the presidents of the various associations having in charge the fall festivities and many prominent citizens representing Union and Confederate soldiers and businessmen. The colored citizens are represented by one of their race. The delegation will start next Saturday. A Texas Argument. Wellbokn, Tex., July 14.?Last evening, while W. E. Farquhar and Dr. J. Evea were jointly discussing the pro? hibition amendment, Farquhar, who had concluded his argument against the amendment, became angered at remarks of Dr. Eves, who favored it, and fired at him with a Ballard rifle. The ball missed its mark and lodged in tho wall just behind the speaker's head. Dr. Eves was not disconcerted by his oppo? nent's attempt to take his life, and con? cluded his speech amid prolonged ap? plause, DYING BY HUNDREDS. Fearful Record of the Holiest of Days. Philadelphia, July 17.?With the single exception of July 8tb, 1876, to-day has been tbe hottest for over thirty years, the heat beipg even greater than that of yesterday. At five o'clock this afternoon tbe thermometer registered 102 degrees in tbe shade, being just one degree less than that of July 8tb, 1876, and one aud a quarter degrees greater than yesterday. Up to a late hour to-night there have been about thirty cases of sunstroke reported, fourteen of which resulted fatally. At 11 o'clock to-night the thermometer stands 87 degrees. Despite the sweltering heat Dr. Mc Glynn addressed a very large audience in this city this evening under the aus? pices of the Anti-Poverty Society, and was enthusiastically received. In tbe hall where he spoke the thermometer registered as high as 108 degrees. six deaths reported. - Baltimore, July 17.?The intensely warm weather continued to day, tbe thermometer at three p. m. registering 09 degrees. A rain storm of short duration passed.over the city about four o'clock, after which a pleasant breeze from the northwest afforded grateful relief to per? ishing humanity. Up to midnight six deaths from the effects of heat were reported, a number of cases of suntroke were also reported, sev? eral of which are likely to prove fatal. forty cases reported. Chicago, July 17.?Three deaths from sunstroke occurred in Chicago between noon and midnight to day, making the total for 24 hours eight altogether. Forty cases of insolation were reported. Several are expected to result fatally. Most of tbe victims were laborers, a notable exception,' however, being Dr. W. II. Dean, a well known physician, who was found unconscious in his office. He died shortly after being conveyed to tbe county hospital. sixty-two deaths. The hot weather of Saturday was in? tensified to-day, and there was much suffering throughout the city. At 7 o'clock this morning the mercury had reached 90 degrees and by 11 it was at 100. The maximum, 102, and the hot? test weather experienced in Chicago in years, was reached.by 1 o'clock, and the temperature remained nearly stationary until five o'clock. At five o'clock a furious squall swept down upon the lake bringing with it a heavy rain which lasted half an hour. From tbe time of the storm tbe temperature began falling rapidly and at nine to night had reached seventy-nine degrees. Up to eleven o'clock to-night the latest returns show that sixty-two persons have died either in or ou the way to various hospitals in the city since Saturday morning. These deaths were all the direct result of sun? stroke or heat. A number of patients in tbe hospital are in a state of coma to? night and physicians consider their case, hopeless. At the county hospital the physicians and nurses have been working almost unceasingly for thirty-six hours. Such a degree of heat has not been experienced in Chicago in nearly thirty years. George Scott, a laborer, was bitten and probably fatally injured last evening by a horse, which it is supposed had gone mad through intense heat. The heat in Gatesburg, 111., has been terrific for tbe past six days, averaging 100 in the shade. To-day it reached 104 and there were four deaths from prostration. In Joilet, III., tbe thermometer registered 100 at daybreak and 113 in the middle of the day._ A. Bride Frightened to Death by a Dram. On the 4th of last May Mr. Leroy Deaton, living near Enochville, Rowan county, N. C, was married to an estimable young lady oi the neighborhood, and in a few days thereafter the couple paid a visit to friends at Mooresville. On the night following their arrival at that place some of the friends of the couple concluded to serenade them, and at a late hour repaired to the house where they were stopping. One of tbe sere? nading instruments was a drum, which, when the serenade began, was thrust through and open window of the room in which the couple were sleeping and beaten violently. The shock caused by the unexpected event was too great for the nervous system of the young wife, and she was thrown into spasms from sheer fright. Every effort has since been made to restore her to her usual health, but she gradually grew worse until last week, when she died, and was buried at Enochville. He Killed'his Wife. Jacksox, Tenn., July 17.?News of a deplorable affair reaches us from near Hart po3tofl3.ee, in McNairy County. Thursday night G. S. Whitten, a respec? table citizen, shot and almost instantly killed his wife. He had been to Bolivar, and returning home about dark, left his buggy at the gate and went into supper. His wife finished eating and left the table. Whitten picked up a pair of saddle bags and took out his navy-six, which he pointed toward the front gate and fired. A scream was heard and Whitten rushed out and caught his wife as she was falling. She had been shot in the Bide and died without uttering a word. She had been to tbe buggy, and Whitten, who was drinking, thought he would fire off his pistol, not knowing she was there. The unfortunate event has cast a gloom over the entire community. Death in Decayed Bfeat. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cressland and their little girl 'died recently at Wilming? ton, Del., within a few days of each other of malignant dysentery. Investigation reveals the fact that a piece of meat had been hung in a well to keep it cool and had been forgotten. It decayed and dropped into the water and the death of three persons was caused by drinking the impure water. Undoubtedly a Good Excuse. A recent issue of the Arizona Howler contains tbe following personal explana? tion : "We must apologize for tbe wretched appearance of the Howler this week, as we have been utterly unable to do the paper justice. Our wife arrived from the East early in the week, and in? stead of fighting it out with the lady we married since coming to this place, they both fell upon us and pounded us very nearly to a jelly. When we explain that we write this holding the pencil with our teeth, the reader will readily see how impossible it was for us to make this issue what we would desire." ? 562 car loads of melons have been slrpped from Brooks county, Ga., this season, aud perhaps 10 more will follow, Fell From the Scaffolding. Columbia, S. C, July 14.?This morDing, about 9 o'clock, George Cald well, S. JackBon, William Oliver and Sam Cunningham, all. negroes, were engaged at work on some columns that jutted out from the wall of the house of representatives, about thirty feet from the floor. They were standing on a plank stretched across the scaffolding, when tbe plank broke and precipitated them to the floor beneath. Cald well and Jackson were sitting on the plank drill? ing a hole in a piece of iron, and Oliver and Cunningham were standing at the ends. Caldwell fell squarely on his head, and died almost instantly. Jackson fell among some lumber, landed on hi? side, and had his right arm and left leg crushed. He received internal injuries that resulted in his death, three and a half hours after the accident. Oliver is badly shaken up and bruised, though there is no visible signs of serious injury. Cunningham came out with only a sprained ankle. The coroner's jury declared that the deceased came to their death from falling from an insecure scaf? fold. The scaffold was built by Benja? min Hoe, employed by Bartlett, Howard, & Co., of Baltimore, contractors. Nino People Killed. Nashville, Tenn., July 13.?A most remarkable occurrence followed a negro funeral at Mount Pleasant, about sixty miles South of Nashville to day. Nine negroes were killed by a single stroke of lightuing. A large party fol? lowed the remains of Harriet Terry to the grave singing and shouting. The usual ceremonies at the grave were per? formed. Just as the final prayer had been said, a dark ominous cloud came up from the east. The party had scarcely left tbe grave when one of the most severe thunder and rain storms ever known to that section burst upon them. All immediately made a break for the various trees scattered around the grave? yard. Scarcely bad those who were killed reached the shelter of an immense oak when a terrific thunder cloud burst and the tree was struck. The whole party of nine tumbled down together and died instantly. Three others who were sheltered under a lynn tree saw the party, but were themselves uninjured. It was noticed that the part of each body nearest the tree was. scarred and their clothes torn. The most intense excitement prevailed there all the evening, and tbe wailing and mourning of the frightened negroes was simply heartrending. A Conductor in Tronble. Laurens, July 12.?Mrs. J. A. Mc Daniel of Augusta, Ga, c&me to this town yesterday representing herself as being tbe wife of S. G. McDaniel, who married Miss Effle Nelson, a young lady of this place, about five months ago. Mrs. J. A. McDaniel produced a marriage certificate from the County of Bichmond, in the State of Georgia, certifying that she was married to S. G. McDaniel June 3d, 1880. She stated that McDaniel left her at Granitcville, South Carolina, two years ago last November without stating any reason for his leaving. She said ehe heard about one month ago that he had married a woman in this place. At the same time she heard that her little daughter about 5 years old was with him here. She said four or five months ago McDaniel'u mother come to her and asked the child's mother to be allowed to take charge of the child. She thought the child was in the possession of McDaniel's mother until very recently, when she heard that the child was in tbe possession of McDaniel and his second wife. She at once came to this place for the child. Her statement, if true, makes a clear case of bigamy. This lady has every appearance of being an honest and upright woman, and we are informed that she belongs to a good family in Edgefield. McDaniel is conductor of tbe material train on the Savannah Valley Railroad. A Sweltering Continent. Washington, July 1C?Dispatches from all over the United States (except the Pacific Coast, which has not yet been heard from,) report to-day as the hottest of the season. Detroit records 102 in the shade and outdoor work suspended; Cleve? land, 98, the hottest in nine years, and several sunstrokes; St. Paul, 97, and adds that for three weeks there has not been a single cool, pleasant day ; Philadelphia, 95 to 98; Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 100; Wilmington and other places in Delaware, 100; Baltimore, 100, being the warmest in G years; Syracuse, N. Y., 100 ; Utica, N. Y., 98; Pittaburg, 97 at 2 o'clock, the hottests of the summer. Two fatal cases of sunstroke and a num? ber of "serious prostrations from tbe heat were reported up to that hour. The iron and steel mills were compelled to close down during the heat of the day." Chicago, 95 at 2 P. M., and five deaths from sunstroke up to 11 A. M.; Wash? ington 98A at 3 o'clock. Horses Buffered terribly on tbe asphalt pavements hero to day, and one died on Pennsylvania avenue. _ More Earthquakes. London, July 17.?Slight shocks of earthquake were felt in Sicily and along the Italian coast at eight this morning. Mt. iEtna is in a state of eruption. No damage is reported. A severe earth quake shock was felt to day at Malta. A serious shock was also experienced at Cairo, where one man was killed and several injured. A number of mosques were damaged. Shocks were aUo felt at Ismailia and Alexandria. ? The Toledo, Ohio, Blade, in May Bent inquiries to its subscribers in all parts of tbe Union asking them to signify their first and second choice for president on the Republican ticket of 1888. An? swers have been received from 31,390 persons, as follows: Blaine, 15,010; Sherman, G,G84; Lincoln, 2,237; Allison, 384; Edmunds, 117; Ingersoll, 115; Harrison, 104; Ingalls, 95; Gen. Sher? man 94; Evarts, 78 ; Hawley, 47; De pew, 45; Foraker, 42. Blaine leads Sherman more than 8,000. On choice for vice president ex-Secretary of War Robert T. Lincoln has a big lead. ? The new pistol law in Texas, which went into effect on July 4, punishes by fine and imprisonment all persons who carry on or about their persons, saddle on in their saddle-bags a pistol, dirk, or other deadly weapon. And to a drum? mer who asked if he could not carry a pistol in his travelling bag, the Galveston News replies no, unless he has his travel? ling bag checked, as it is the evident pur? pose of the law to prevent people from having pistols within easy reach. If this law is faithfully enforced, Texas will be a new country in a few years. ? It is now Bettled that typhoid fever germa are carried almost wholly iu water, and that while freezing does not destroy them boiling always does. It is proved, also, that filtration ia wholly ineffective for the purification of water bearing these germa, so that the water in a well may be infected from sinks, &c, at a considerable distance. With these fads definitely determined it ought to be easy to reduce the danger of typhoid fever to a minimum by care. ? Miss Margaret Elliott, a prepossess? ing young lady of good family and repute, residing iu Rockbridge county, Va., attacked David Clark, Tuesday, with a pistol and fired three shots at him. One of the bullets cut Clark's neck slightly under the left ear, but he was not other? wise injured. The cause for the attack is said to have been the circulation by Clark of slanderous reports affecting Miss Elliott's reputation. ? Many persons do not know that Jefferson Davis is blind of an eye, and more do not know how be was thus afflicted. When he was about fourteen years old he and his cousin, Joseph L. Davis, were shooting with crossbows at a mark on a pine at imp. One of the bolts fired by young Jefferson flew back and struck him squarely in the eye, putting it completely out. ? Mrs. S. H. Jackson, of Portland, Oregon, is a badly "unreconstructed rebel." She hoisted the Confederate flag from her residence on the 4th of July, because her husband had fought and died under it. She was compelled to take it down by a committee of G. A. R. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson County. By W. F. Cox, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, J. M. Latimer has applied to me to grant him letters of Ad? ministration on the Estate and effects of Jas. A. Sadler, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admon? ish all kindred and creditors of the said Jas. A. Sadler, deceased, to be and up Eear before me in Court of Probate, to e held at Anderson Court House, on the 2d day of August, 1887, after pub? lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 13th day of July, 1887. W. P. COX, J. P. July 21,1887_2 2 Make Your Own Syrup. KENTUCKY CANE MILLS AND COOK'S EVAPORATORS, which are the best known to the trade. Save money by making your own Syrup. For sale low i>y A. B. TOWERS. 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Drake, Surviving Exec? utor, In Re. the Estate of Matthew Snipes, deceased.?Petition for Final Set? tlement and Discharge. To E. J. Lockeridge, Aivin Alford, Matilda Hazelridge, Amanda Lockeridge, Mary Jenkins, S. E. Rambo, Alvin Snipes, L. E. Smtlh, W. L. Snipes, M. T. Snipes, M. E. Wollis, Sion Snipes and others : TAKE notice that the undersigned will apply to the Judge of Probate at An? derson C. H., S. C, on Tuesday, the 30th day of August, A. D.1887, at 11 o'clock a. m., for a Final Settlement of the Estate of Matthew Snipes, deceased, and discharge from the ollice of Executor of said Estate. THOS. P. DRAKE, Surviving Executor. July U, 1887 _ 1 _C_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Elizabeth Smith, as heir at law of Mary Ann Brock, deceased, Plaintiff, against Lucinda Shir? ley, Polly Ann Shirley, Reuben Brock, James II. Brock, Frances A. Brock, Millard Brock, Margaret Duke, John Chapman, Joseph Chap? man, Alice Chapman, Wister Chapman, ?-? children of Emallno King, de? ceased, the names, ages and number of whom are unknown, Defendants.?Simmons /or Jteli-/. To the Defendants above named: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the Complaint in this action, which in filed In the oflke of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Fleas at Anderson C. IL, S. C, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscribers at their oflice, Ander? son C. IL, S. C.. within twenty days after the scr vlco hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaint ill in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated June 9, A. D. 1?87. BROWN &. TRTBBLE, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Anderson, 8. C. [Skal.] M. P. TltiuiiLK, C. C P: To the abovo Defendants, Lucinda Shirley and Polly Ann Shirley: You will take notice that the Summons and Complaint la this action was, on the 9th day of June, 1837. tiled in the oflico of tho Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Scssious in and for Andcrton County, and State of South Cai ollna. BROWN 4 TRIBBLE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. July 14,18)7 l u The Daniel Pratt Gins, Feeders and Condensers ARE abcatl of everything in the line of Cotton Ginning Machinery. They haye a reputation of fifty-live years in all countries where Cotton is grown, and their equal has never yet been produced for Speed, Economy and Durability. Farmern and Public Ginners should look well into the reputation of Machinery heforo buying. We also sell the? . Barbour Cotton Seed and Grain Crusher, An Implement that will pay for itself in one season, where properly used. Be sure and call to see us and ?et our prices and terms on Plantation Machinery be? fore you buy, and we will save you money. 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IN obedience to an Order of Court in the above stated case, all persons having demands against the Estate of Mrs. Eliza Robinson, deceased, are hereby notified to present and prove them before me, at my office at Anderson C. IL, S. C, on or by the 5th day of September next. W. W. HUMPHREYS, Master. July M, 18S7 1 ?