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ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1900.
VOLUME XXXVI-NO. 10.
If we have ever sold an article that failed to earn its
full cost in service, no matter when the transaction, the
purchaser is bound in justice to give us a, chance to redeem
the pledge of satisfaction that goes with every sale.
No Statute of Limitation here.
Tell us the facts about any CLOTHING, HATS or FUR
NISHINGS you have bought of us that have misbehaved.
. 0. Evans & Co
THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS.
WHITE FRONT.
THE H ALL GIN
Is the Leader of them all in point of Speed?
Durability and Ont-Turn.
IT is, owing to the akiliful construction of the breast, the beat seed
cleaner on the market.
That part of the Gin covering the endo of the brush is bo formed that
lint cotton cannot pack or clog at ends of brush. Many Gins catch fire from
friction at this point. The HALL does not
We guarantee these Gins to give absolute satisfaction, and if you are in
doubt as to what Gin to buf^ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has
ever seen one work, and they will tell you that it is the be?t.
We have all sizes on hand ready for immediate delivery.
Mc??LLY BROS.
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everybody
r. ? - y * ?vi/ m. has been selllos: Frnit Jars this season, bnt np to this time we
been telling Cherry Jars ; now we are ready to furnish yon with?
T. u THE BEST FRTJIT JARS
;?Das beon on market this sea&m, and we give yon nothing bnt good, sonnd
<ara-no broken ones.
bft,t?B Vl?0oil?A^te^l??l4BBiY u up-to-date In every respect. Also, the
H.?atehelKtiI^ fd^ft?t0^,toO8e? *?d Vhen It cornea to Pocket Knives and
scissors we hive thorn or th? best make, sold under a guarantee.
?.n" '?W to call on us when you are In Town, sa ? -arc tcu skssss ?u
Mn ^U??rf e=oi=- s? "jwrived one oar load of jLy nohburg Chilled Torn Plows,
DilK?1?*0? tf????*ke^ Jobber? prices un
S i ?,at3 ?n? Castinge. Yon can get them at our Store or have them shipped
^reotfromfiwtory. We sell OROCESBES as cheap as anybody.
CARLISLE BR08. ? Anderson, S. C.
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SECOND PR1
Governor :
M. B. McSweeney.
J. A. Hoyt.
l?ientemiut-Governor :
J. H.Tillman.
Johu T. Sloan.
Railroad Commissioner :
W. D. Evans.
J. II. Wharton.
House of Representative*
It. B. A. Robinson.
J. B. Leverett.
Clerk of Court .
J. C. Watkins.
L. P. Smith.
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FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL.
From Our Otcn Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 10,1000.
A genuine political sensation hae
been caused here by Carl Shurz's letter
to Secretary Gage exposing the shame
ful pettifogging of which that oflicer
was guilty in his recent authorized
interview in which he eat his former
words and declared that Bryan would,
if elected, direct his Secretary of the
Treasury to pay out silver, as interest
on bonus, thus throwing tho country
on a silver monometallic basis. As
?iaie? in this correspondence somo
time ago, Secretary Gage disliked very
much tho giving out of this interview.
To do so, involved him in a nines of
contradictions and forced him to
directly reverse his former public
statements. But Hannn insisted that
he should do so, and Mr. Gage finally
yielded. He stated openly that the
gold law passed with such a flourish of
trumpets t>y the administration, wns a
fraud; that it would not accomplish
the ends for which it was passed: that
it could bo nullified at any time by a
hostile Secretary, and that it was only
of use wheu a friendly one was in
office?and, of course, was of no use
then, because a friendly Secretary did
not need it to aid him maintain the
Srtd standard. In a former interview,
r. Gage had defended the refusal by
the Senate to insert a provision that
the interest and principal of bonds
should be paid in gold alone, and
pointed out that the refunding opera
tions of the act had substituted gold
bonds for practically all the coin bonds
in existence except a few issued under
the Cleveland administration. In his
lntor interview, given out at the behest
of Mr. Hanna, he took back all this
and announced that Bryan could and
would pay these bonds in silver. Now
Mr. Shurz has literally taken him oft'
his feet with the assertion, which has
been an open secret for months, that
the Republican party in the Senate re
fused to insert the gold provision re
ferred to above with the deliberate
purpose of keeping the money question
in politics and enabling it to be used as
a threat in the approaching campaign.
Then Mr. Shnrz colls tho Secretary's
attention to the fact that the Republi
can party is in full control of the gov
ernment and that there is not the
slightest reason, if Bryan bo elected,
why it should not pass the provision it
omitted at the coming session of Con
Gess, thus absolutely tying Bryan's
nds.
The Republican party is now circu
lating a most extraordinary document
on the subject of pensions, claiming
that tho present administration is
spending more money than any of its
{?redecessors in paying pensions; that
ess care is taken to-day than over be
fore in scrutinizing doubtful claims,
and that more money was wasted by
the lost Congress than by any preced
ing one in providing for peole whose
claims wero so fragile, so veak. so
worthless, that even the liberal pen
sion laws of the country con .d not be
stretched to cover them. This List,
by the way, is not surprising, seeing
that th? chairman of the pensions com
mittee of the House, Mr. Sulloway of
New Hampshire, is the man who, at
the beginning of the last session, re
commended to his associais that every
bill sent to the committee for a report,
should be reported favorably to the
House, without any consideration
whatever. That is to say, he wanted
to grant a pension to every man who
could get a single Congressman to
stand sponsor for him by introducing
a bill pensioning him. This remarka
ble document also boasts that in Mc
Kinley's term, 52 percent, of all claims
for pension are allowed against 81} per
cent, in Cleveland's term. It also
boasts that for every $100 of revenue
collected by the government, $40 is
paid ont in pensions, and that the en
tire expenditure for pensions, army
and navy to-day, is 67 per cent, of the
total revenue of the government.
The campaign managers are bestir
ring themselves and Gen. Apathy is
drawing in his outposts and preparing
to retreat. Mr. Bryan is about to
invade the East and the Republicans
have organized a counter raid into
Nebraska during his absence. Mr.
Hanns, meanwhile, announces that ho
has completed his campaign fund.
Tho total amount of this no one knows
definitely. It is known, however, that
Philadelphia was assessed for $600,000
add that it claims to hove raised the
amount. Judging from that city's per
formances at the time of the rais'.ng of
the Republican convention fund, how
ever, Mr. Hanna will feel happier
when ha has the money in lus pocket.
He has since then boen cJ jseted with
representatives of varions trusts and
other large corporations m New York,
the conference lasting several hours.
At the close, Mr. Hanna made the an
no?sces?st of h?ving C?ii?pleie? his
campaign fund. When asked by an
impertinent reporter what tho sue of
his campaign fond was Mr. Hanna very
properly replied: "It's nobody's busi
ness how mnch money I have raised or
how mnch we think we shall need in
tho campaign." The important point
is that Mr. Hanna is ready to stir the
party, workers from their "apathy."
It is perhaps a little significant that he
shonid .find it necessaiy to moke so
public tho announcement of his ability
to drive "apathy" from tho rank and
file of the party.
It is noticeable that since Teddy
made his bad. break in tho northwest,
and had a subsequent interview with
Senator Hanna in the wood-shed at
Canton, he has been giving out state-1
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ments that his voice was in disrepnir
and that treatment by a specialist was
necessary to restore it to working order
rgnin. In fact, Teddy has been silent
Bince then except in making innocuous
addresses on labor day, auu similar oc
casions wiiere politics wore eschewed,
and naturally his voice did not suiter.
In fact, the injury to his vocal cords
seems to be entirely a local one?it re'
strainB him from talking politics and
permits him to tnlk about anything
elso as long and as loudly us he may
wish. It is a convenientfniliug?wheu
Mark is lurking around with a bundle
of switches intended for Teddy if he
should not prove amenable to discip
line.
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Pointing a Gun.
The action of Justice Pop in lining
Jacob Katz, a Lexington street jeweler,
for pointing a gun at Harry X. Abcr
crombi?, a lawyer, who refused to
leave Mr. Kntz's store when ordered to
do so, has raised the question of the
rights of storekeepers in such cases.
Mr. Katz was found guiltj* of a.ssault
by the justice and was lined $25 and
ccsts.
Upon tho basis of questions pro
pounded by a subscriber of the Sun
the law of thu case is explained as fol
lows by William C. Smith, a former
deputy State attorney of Baltimore:
"Pointing a loaded gun or pistol at
auother in a threatening manner is an
assault, and it is immaterial that the
person so using the gun did not actu
ally know that it was loaded. So,
also, if tho person assaulted had rea
sonable cause to believe that it was
loaded it is an assault, though it was
not loaded.
"If any one enters the home of an
other and makes himself offensive he
can bo ejected by force, but the degree
of force must bo reasonable. The
question of the reasonableness of force
used is governed by the facts of the
particular case.
"A policeman, by virtue of his oftice,
and without warrant, has a right to
enter any house, tho door of which is
unfastened, or when invited to do so
by the master thereof, in which there
is a noise amounting to a breach of the
peace, and to arrest any person dis
turbing the peaco there in his presence.
"There is a distinction to be drawn
between the rights of a master in his
home and his rights in his public store.
In the latter case there is an implied
invitation to the general public to
come in, and a person entering such nn
establishment has greater privileges,
and, consequently, the master less
rights. Hence he is compelled to act
with greater discretion in dealing with
unwelcome intruders. If A orders B
to leave A's store at the point of a pis
tol and B refuses to go, whereupon A
shoots and kills B, A is guilty of mur
der."?Baltimore 8un.
Cannot be Checked.
If anyone thinks that this outbreak
will stop or even halt the growth of
Christianity he is very much mistaken.
Look for a moment at the wonderful
figures of nineteen centuries. The
number of converts on the Day of
Pentecost was only 3,000; at the end of
the first century it reached only 300,
000. Even at the close of the tenth
century there were only 50,000,000
Christians in the world. Come a little
further, to the days of Luther in the
fifteenth century, and we find only
100,000,000. But begin with 1800, and
for every year of this century we have
an increase of over 2,000,000, until to
day there are in the world nearly 000,
000,000 Christians. Seventy years ago
the Bible was rend in only fifty lan
guages and dialects?to-day there are
three hundred.
At the height of her greatness Im
perial Rome ruled 120,000,000 people.
To-day Christian nations- govern 800,
000,000 people. The whole spirit of
modern law and order and progress is
in the growth of Christianity, and
neither life nor money nor distance nor
zone is an obstacle to its steady and
inevitable conquest of the entire world.
N?Tvi w?b it more vigorous than to
day.?Philadelphia Evening Post.
State of Onto. CiTr 0? Toledo, I ,.
Lucas Co um t v, |"*
FnmK J. Cubnky makes oath toat he I? tho
seniar partner of the firm of F. J. Cnsarer ?. Co,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County and
SUte aforesaid and thai aald firm will pay the
?am of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catahp? that cannot be cured by
the use of Hall's Catauui Cork.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before rno and subscribed la my pres
ence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886.
[seal] A. W GLEA8ON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Cat?rrh Cure Is taken internally an3 acts
directly oa the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system Send for testimonial*, free.
Address, F. J. CUENEY A CO.,Toledo O.
49~Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall1* Family PUIs'arelthe test.
PATE AND COUNTY OFF
1, which is a small vote ami will not chni
Belton Gleanings.
Miss Mamie Latimcr, who has been '
absent sometime on a northern trip, !
has returned home.
Mrs. J. L. Dean, of G re?u ville, and
her two daughters, Lena nud Lucia,
are visiting Mrs. A. B. Byrd.
Mr. and Mrs. McDnvid, of Florida,
are visiting Mrs. Williams.
Mrs. J. K. Horton is visiting her j
daughter, Mrs. \Y. ! '.. Long, in Cntce- :
chce.
The four-year-old son of Mr. Cookeic
died last week of membranous croup.
The little fellow was sick only a siioit
while. The remains were interred in
the cemetery at this place.
Mrs. 1{. A. Lewis and Miss Am j
Burch are in New York.
Mr. F. T. Brea/.enle left Monday for
Clemson College.
School opened last Monday at this
place with a comparatively large num
ber. The services of a competent
corps of teachers have been secured,
aud we feel that much good will be
done. The school building has recent
ly been repainted and the grounds im
proved.
Mr. Millaid Grubbs left last week for
Honea Path, where he has accepted a
position.
Miss I del le Bice has returned from
her mountain trip. Jaquki.ini:.
Accident Near Greenville.
GitKKNVii.i.i:, Sept. S.?Friday night, j
about S o'clock, Frank Chandler, the i
eighteen-year-old son of one of our !
most prosperous fanners, accidentally
shot himself, dying almost instantly.
Mr. Chandler's family lives near Len
dermnu. eleven miles below this city.
They were sitting on the front piazza
singing, when their dog ran down
about n bundled yards to a grove,
barking fiercely. Frank Chandler got
his gun and with two brothers went to
see what tho dog hod treed. The dog
was in a ditch, which was filled with
brash. Chandler took his gun by the
barrel and punched iu the brush with
the stock of his gun. It is supposed
that a limb caught the hammer of the
gun, causing it to discharge, the load
entering his heart, causing death.?
News and Courier.
To Cure Peavines.
The Yorkville inquirer has been t6j
quested to reproduce the plan that Mr.
I. R. Self, of Lincolnton, laid down
last year for curing peavines. Mr.
Selfs method aroused some interest
last year but unfortunately the pea
vine crop was so small as to admit of
bus few experiments. Here is the way
Mr. Self explained his plan to the in
quirer :
"My method of curing the peavines
is to allow them to yellow up some two
or three feet from the roots, and to
allow some of the pods to ripen. I be
gin cutting in the morning after the
dew is oft, and next day, at noon, if
there has been no rain in the mean
time, I begin raking, hauling and pack
ing in rail pens, ten feet or such a mat
ter square, and five, six, seven or eight
feet high. The size of the pens is alto
gether a matter of convenience. I pack
the vines down as tightly as a heavy
weight man well can, being especially
careful to secure all possible compact
ness around the edges. The proper
quantity for a pen is eight or ten 2
norse loads. Let the top of tho pen be
covered with a good water-proof of
hay, ex tending over the rails. It is im
portant that no water be allowed to
come in from the top.
"Within three to live days a pen of
peavines so put up will begin to smoke
like a small volcano, and it is just at
this time that most persons will be
tempted to throw it down in order to let
the air circulate through it. Do i; (th
ing of t lie kind; for it will surely ruin
the hay. Just let the pen smoko all it
(vants to. There is no danger of fire.
\t least this has been ray experience.
[ have been pursuing this plan for
hreo years and have not had a case
)f spontaneous combustion yet. Last
rear I filled my barn full of peavine
iay, and the result was just as satis
factory as if the vines had been in
ions.
"Cut the vines before tho leaves be
rin to crumble, get them up without
a in or dew, pack them tight and al
ow no water to lAfti? on the ni.
"This is my plan. I have been pur
ging it for three years, and am to-day
ceding as fine pea bay as is to bo
bund in tho world.
? Atlanta has her troubles. Mayor
Yoodward has again been misbehav
ng, and the council started to ini
icach him. But tho mayor saw his
rrors and made a public apology and
he impeachment was squelched.
? Tho demand for staterooms on the
tearoers coming back from Europo is
o great that it cannot be supplied, and
a any people who have been at tho
'avis exposition arc obliged to take
tecrago passage back to the States.
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UEKERAL NEWS ITKMS.
? California's almond crop this year
is estimated at 0,000 tous.
? Oklahoma ha? ?uo.oo? inhabitants
and a harvest worth * 1,000,000.
? The public debt increased nearly
*8,000,000 during the month of Au
gust.
? I'nclc Sam's soldiers are conceded
t<> be the best shots in the international
army in China.
? A reduction of 11 per cent, in
wages is proposed by l'ail Hiver, (Mass. I
cotton manufacturers.
? The South got $81,000,000 inoic
from (heir short crop of last year's cot
ton than for a full one.
? Suits for $115,000 are to be entert d
against (he city of New York by ne
groes injured in recent riots.
? The Indiana \V. C. T. I*, has
startedan endless chain prayer for (he
defeat of President McKinley.
? About one-sixth of the entire pop
ulation of the country is embraced in
twenty-nine of the largest cities.
? Forest tires in Eastern North Caro
lina have devastated many farms and
one man has been burned to death.
? There were 110 new cotton mills
btiilded last year with an increase of
1,810,071 spindles over the year before.
? In the past ten years the annual
consumption of cotton in the southern
mills has increased from 547,000 to 1,
400,000 bales.
? Vermont shows a Republican fall
iugoff and a Democratic gain over the
vote of 1800. Bryan stock is moving
steadily upward.
? During a thunderstorm at Ha
vana, 111., an electric light wire fell
upon seven horses, hitched under some
trees, and killed them all.
? Miss Edith May Miller; said to be
a very pretty and eloquent girl of 18, is
stumping for Bryan in Maine, and
carrying the crowds by storm.
? A farmer iu Cabarus County, N.
C, emptied both barrels of his shot
gun at a flock of English sparrows and
thereby killed 104 of the pests.
? Farmer Angus McDonald, his wife
and two children were killed in a tor
nado which lifted their house at Wa
pella, Manitoba, high in the air.
? Twenty-eight men, women and
children were poisoned and made seri
ously ill by eating a salad at tho reun
ion of tho lliggerstaff family at Profj
pect, 0.
? ?ishop Henry M. turner, of Geor
gia, the head of the African M. E.
Church, has declared for Brynn, and
will make a number of speeches for
the Democratic ticket.
? Arthur Se wall, who ran with
Bryan in 1800, is dead. He was a mil
lionaire shipowner. His nomination as
the Democratic vice presidential can
didate made him known to the public.
? The largest balloon ever con
structed, capable of lifting over six
tons, will ascend from Berlin shortly
to make meteorological observations.
It will be supplied with provisions for
several weeks and two beds.
? According to tho latest railroad
statistics more than one-half of the
mileage of railway track in the world
Is in the Western Hemisphere. The
United States leads Europe, and North
America is ahead of Europe, Asia and
Africa combined.
? It is said thnt trained Great Dane
logs are the latest addition to the
jrorman army. This breed of canines
is famous for its ferocity, strength and
tenacity of purpose. Though they are
trained to attack the cycle corps of
;he enemy, their best work is in the
imbalance. They arc trained to carry
tasks of stimulant, dressings for
vounds, etc., and their sagacity is so
jreat that they will find a wounded
nan no matter where he is, on given
vord of command, and will work even
>etter in tho dark than in daylight. It
s said that it is impossible for these
logs to overlook any one in whom
here is a spark of life.
? Hon. George D. Wise returned
rem a it ly lu New York a few days ago
,nd told the Richmond Times: "I firmly
relieve Bryan will be elected president.
\>ur years ago when I was in New
fork, all the talk was in favor of Mc
Kinley. I was surprised to learn this
reek of the remarkable changes that
lavo como about. It is Bryan now.
'he people realize that free silver is a
cad issue. Probably 85 per cent, of
ho gold Democrats' in Now York are
or Bryan. I mixed a f/ood deal with
he people. I talked with them on the
trcet cars, in hotels and gathered
lformation from my political and
>urnnl friends. Bryan, in my judg
lent, will carry New York State."
STATE NEWS.
? A large Uotaan Catholic school ia
to be established in Greenville.
? Gov. McSweeney has prevented a
lynching in Hampton county by prompt
and decisive'action.
? Mrs. Ann Harris died at hei home
in Piekcns County a few days ago ?1
the nge of 100 years.
? Votes for SI let ill' sold a.s high u>
liftv dollars apiece in Charleston on
election day, so it is said.
? The Rev. X. Stark, a colored Nun
tiat minister of Greenwood county, has
just celebrated his 100th birthday.
? The Republicans will hold a State
Convention in Columbia on October
, 3rd to nominate presidential electors.
; ? SheritVCathcart, of Richland coun
ty, has tendered his resignation to Gov.
j McSweeney, to take effect oil the lOtll
j inst.
j ? According to the otlicial figures ol
I the census taken this year, the popu
lation of Charleston has increased but
j 850 during the past ten years.
I ? W. F. Stevenson, of Chestcrlield,
j and F. II. Weston, of Kichland. it is
j reported will be.candidate? for Speaker
I of the next House of Repr?sentatives,
j ?The Fairview Agricultural and
; Stock Association of Greenville Coun
; ty will hold its annual exhibit on Fri
day, Sept. 21st, near Fairview church
? The largest number of votes (I.
Walt Whitman received was ."il votes
in l'nion, the smallest was l in Uerkc
ley. His total vote in the Stale was
nil.
? The Lutherans of Charleston and
the united synod have pone to work to
raise an endowment of $30,000 for the
theological seminary tit Mount Plens
j ant.
? Miss Nora Peterson ol Greenville
! was recently married to Mr. Fred
I Seibert of Louisville, Ky., whom she
( had never seen but with whom she had
corresponded for quite a while.
j ?An organization of the federation
of labor was effected last week at Co
lumbia, and one of tho. first pieces of
I work will bo to secure f he passage of
, the anti-child labor bill which the mills
I have fought so long.
? Prof. W. F. Moncrieff*, who was
at one time a member of tho Clcmson
! College faculty, has been elected to the
chair of Mathematics, Physics and
Astronomy, made vacant by the re
! sign?t ion of Prof. Brca/.oulo in Win
throp College.
? The Telephone .Manufacturing
company of Sumter has been awarded
the "medal of highe.-.t award'' for tele
phones at the Paris exposition. The
medal was won over all telephone man -
I ufacturcs in the world and is a great
triumph for South Caroliuatelephones.
? The Royal Rag and Yarn Manu
facturing coinpauy, of Cluulcstou, has
been incorporated with a capital stock
of $225,000. Tho iucorporators art
Messrs. Geo. A. Wngener, J. M. Signi
ous, Stepheu Thomas, Gco. Lunz and
J. F. Reading. The product of this
mill will be bags and yarns.
? Last Friday night near Fork
Shoals, in Greenville county, Frank,
the eighteen-year-old son of James
Chandler, was attracted from his
father's house by a noise among his
fowls, and taking his gun went in pur
?u?u Of t.bo trouble yyiillo handling
tho gun in som? way It was discharged
killing him instantly, the entire con
tents of his weapon bnv.tng gono
through his heart.
? Gen. C. I. Walker, commanding
the United Confederate Veterans, has
notified the Governor of the election of
Messrs. W. II. Hard in, of Chester, W.
D. Starling, of Columbia, and W. E.
James, of Palmetto, as members of the
State Board of Pensions under the new
act of the General Assembly relating
to pensions. The Governor will at
onco issue commissions to these mem
bers of the Board.
? Governor McSweeney has disband
ed tho Capital City Guards, a local
colored militia company, in Columbia,
which engaged in riotous gcondnct on
the State capitol grounds on Labor
Day. M. R. Cooper, Secretary of State,
has forbidden colored militia to use tho
capitol grounds hereafter. In tho
police court tho risting members wero
fined $40, and some doublet hat amount,
for contempt.
? Secretary of State Cooper has re
fused an application for an increase
of capital stock of tho Douglas Mining
Co., of West Springs. Tho applica
tion called for an increase from $100,
000 to $1,01X1,000 and the sale of stock
at 20 per cent on the dollar. The ap
plication was refused because it was
violative of a clause of the Constitu
tion providing against the fictitious in
crease of capital stock of corporations.
? On Monday morning of last week,
two miles above Union, Mrs. Tom
Beutly killed herself with a shotgun.
She was, when found, shot in tho abdo
men, nnd it seems thateven bpirpioibee
were scorched by tho discharge of tho
gun. The direct cause of tho killing
is not known; but it is said she has
been very despondent for a year on
account of the death of her daughter.
She had stated several times that she
did not care to live and had threatened
to take her life, but no one paid any
special attention to it. Monday morn
ing as they were starting to work sho
told the rest of the family to go ahead,
that sho would bo on in a fow minutes,
and they had hardly reached the Hold
when they heard the report of n gun,
und rushing to tho house found her
seriously shot. She expired in,n very
few minuted.