Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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> ^ Th? Virginia Democratic Stato jtk vention mot at Richmond en " held in reprasanta t# r to (I: 12 o'clbek the r. chairman of greet Convention to order, i ho alluded in cotnpii-. to Presldeut'Cleveland 1 administration or Federal He spoke encouragingly of ? of success of the Denjo of the btatolntho present ^ and oonoluded by urging ony and united action. lie then I ..auuid Capt. Robert Crockett, of Wythe county, as temporary chair-1 man. That gentleman, upon taking; the chair, returned thanks for the high honor conferred on him. Ho said that tho Convontlon had assembled to per- J .form dutlcB which required no ordi nary labor, but ho believed they ware I equal to any emergency and to defeat ? tho oneuiy in the camnnlgrj^Tbo earn-1 paign would require wisdom and labor. Their opponents wore already at work, and -it behooved tho Demo crats to bo ou tho alert ami bo ready at ovory point to meet them. Tho committee on permanont organ ization afterwords reported, naming the Hon. II. R. Pollard, of King and Queen county, as permanont chairman, '// with one vice-president from oach Congressional district and John Bell Bigger, of Spotsylvania, as pormanent secretary. Tho report was utiahi ?vi -nieusly'adoptod. Pollard upon taking tho chair made a stirring addross, In Which ho severely. denounced the Re publican party and tho Influence of Mabbnelsm iu tho Btato, and Counsel-, od earnest co-operation on tha part of li^itho Domocracy in tho coming cam & palgn. The report of the com in It too J tlon proceed to make a nomination for Governor was adopted almost! ?unanlmously.-:S^Sfe,M^tof^^#.y '"'he Chair then announced that Inations for Governor woro In iown, evidently showing a .nation on the partof the Con i to push Its %ork as rapidly as t M General Fltshng h Led# for His speech was an elo te to his oandldato and em M '??Mahbna??. oabd! op: com* J Hm* another J&nonstration of delight ?e and the band nlayod "llall to lef/'ipfhen drde* was roMored Wlodged tho high honor language Ho spoke oavly military; oareer en ho woro the rthtltoft of the -j id tod States and servedjii tho armirfi! * an enemy, and ha ohooi " ivd accented thoflffli S??Wl2ii.w )? BepubllciS? V?yii" ?><> n&V Attorney-Uon?rnl,rj|^?jj fo^|WM^Vh M m boinjjv, i t to mage v* tijanly and On 1 roawembjed ^ob vrasnnam ?ntenah m bit _ jfbenr^od and Tho Hon. iMwA/rii 9m il Oram mKOwmI 1 i ' ^ mfSffltti ??.?. |<M?1?UU of something tnoro than twonty ?cre?. On the river side the descent Is abrupt, ^'ForBtLec is oppo site. The old fort in Central Pork Is on the southeast, Fori Washington on tho north ami the HlghlauiiU near West Point shnl tho horizon beyond Tappan Zee." Tho remains will leave Monnt Mo* Gregor on the 4th inst., arriving at Albany on the 6th, where they He lb state for one day. Thence (hoy goto Now York,*where they lie in staW at1 the City Hall till Saturday tho 8th inst., tho day fixed for tho interment'. Before leaving Mount McGregor, funeral services wero road by tho Rev. Dr. Newman, in tho presenoe of the immediate family and o few , near iVionds. The funeral in New York will be a very solemn and imposing affair. Tho ontlre procession will bo under the command of Gen. WiufleldS. Hancock, Ui 8. A., aud lie has appointed dis tinguished officers of tho Union army to command tho different divisions, civic and military. The G;and Army of the Republio will bo prominently represented, and many bodies, civic as well as military, from various parts of tho oountry will be present. Presi dent Cleveland and his Cabinet will attend lu a body. Tho usual delega tion from the Senate and ono from the Houso will be ill attendance. Among the Senators appointed by Vice-Presi dent ilendricks to bo prosont Is Gen. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina. On tho day of tho Aineral the national colors will boat half-mast on all public buildings, and tne^ usual salutes will;, be flr^a at all military posts, and wherever elso it may bo practicable. Tho Prosidont, who, at tho request Of Mr*. Grant, will select the pall bearers for General Grtfnt'a funeral, telegraphed hor to .kno\V if she had any preferences or suggestions to inake in the matter. He received a reply from her by telegraph saying thai it was her wish that ho should name the pallbearers, and ifcat tho only sngges tion she Would tnake was In case any promlnont Union officer like General Sherman or Ueut.-Gon. Sheridan be seleoted, a leading Confederate officer like Goneral Johnston or Genoral Buokner be also included in tho llifc., Mrs. Grant's wishes will bo respected. The list of pallbearers Is as follows: Gen. Win. T. Sherman, U. 8. A.; Lleut.-Geni;Philip H. Sheridan, U.8, A.; Admiral David D. Porter, U. 8. , l?(j jrurwr, u. o. ^Vice-Adroiml Stephen C. Rowan, 8. N.; Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, of rginia; Gen. Simon B. Bucknetv of Hamilton: WsMiofgNow BM*ellt;V Mtosa. ?? W. ChlldW;of P.nn a A. JLoitao, of Illinois; ies,ofrNow York: Oliver Ws&WWM Illinois; York!?W V?"k; ?** beebJttiade.of IfSKSSfi tas&sawmn aou and moved directly over the city* Tho air was sultry and oppressive, at\d lightning dar tod tVout it at quick Inter nals until thoy woro suddonlji auccced cd by a flash of great vividness, and a simultaneous clap of thunder, making a peal that was hoard tbaoughont the city* At the time tho flash came, Prlco Cokor. a colored by IB years of rof UioJUI. <B(| was walk* lthorly (jjreotlon^ but lramo .round, throw up beavily backward to the pavement; Mr, Bob . Jaml8oit|Wii standing In tho stroot Within twenty feat of Cokor, but sjrange to ?ay, ho was not shocked, lie listened to tho l*ldo of tho prostrate boy and found, htm ttoffc deadXfcherO wo* IttVlaln* [r. Jamtsoli. lt*tes that MCokerfoll, hla body,but an oitamlnation of I ho body fttllod to roveiil any marks whatever. Cokor was on his way to Sunday school and was In tbO act of passing by a small shade treo. Tho boU partod In folk fashion just over Ids head, one striking the tree, and tho othef Urlklng Cokor. Though the fluid loft no m okor, it left scarcely any on t >!?ee, from Wh nftflH I ? iti tho lightning k nmp into tho ground at tho root o 1 hln a fo# foot of Cokor, but amlson, was pot shocked' m& k* ?mU and wa* v?ry stunned, tho con susslon throwing hor from Mr chair* ?PSr physician tho slowly mm ilia m^v"ho.i.^ Uon ot a physician tho slowly revlVod. Yesterday morning sho waa reported in an Improved oouflltlou and otit of hor fathers residence, qnlte near the scono, and Was thrown from hor ohnlf by stMihook. but waa not mneh injured. Mrs. .foe Orr was looking into 1 ho street from her residence mid saw the P*ti aa it atrnok CoKeft Sho says It. lookod as if appopro had * % * ?|>on tho unfortunate boy r areIncredible rapidity, jgll Ml WAS slightly stunnod, and a number of other residents of tho vicinity were among tho w>1oreffp<H>i>to ?rtd dmm' ^a?mb,2,,wa ont thnt ho Mt hi* wonoy of) Wftll nov Wall ft vlotfin bf Ja on 1? pfopftVly an . uoTtion I* nfopftVly . .. . that aotnal steps have already boon taken by Democratic r to organise and opportunity to thei suoh U the f xct. A tor from tho South Is ?tatemont that not oh dent foil far short of. the party in the Senate, bnt tbat be will not have ihore than a respectable negative minority -Jn the Houso of Representatives. Irp was asked bat declined to give the names of the Senators, on the ground tbat it looked liko threatening the President. This it was not dcslrablo to do. Tbo oppo sition wonld quickly dovelop. It would extond to both houses?In tact, be the more serious in the lower house* To adopt his own manner of putting the case, * "Tho administration has got along all summer by snubbing Con* pressmen; Congress will snub the administration." "What position doos Mr. Hendricks occupy in this movement?" i "I am not at liberty to speak for Mr. Hendrioks. He is In activo sympathy with tho Democratio party. On polltl oal questions there never was any 1 doubt about Mr. Hendrioks. He ?b not a mugwump, nor is there anything in his character or record to indicate tljat he will be sworved from norty foalty by Buiiics or from tho Wbito Houso. Mr. Cleveland does not rep resent tbo Democratio party. Mr. Hendricks does. If a popular vote were taken to-day, Mr. Hendricks against' Mr. Cleveland, the latter wouldn't carry a corporal's guard." Western Democratic Congressmen, aa a rule, speak very gloomily of the future or tbe party. Some of them swear revenge for real or fancied slights growing out of the distribution of tho offices. The "otTeuslvg partisan" .polIcY.moots with the most general opposition and disgust. It Is safe to assume on' all tho ovi3enoo to bo galh* ered here that not less than four-ntths of the Old line Domocrats consider it a mistake to require charges for the re* moval of a Republican officer-holder. All this Is to come up this winter and Will havo to qtand the raokot, which is more threatening as we get along and to whioh some think the Indian apolis matter is to be a lively introduc tion. . A FA TAT. DISEASE. ?wecplnar pff ]U*rft? Numberi'of Cattle and lloraea In I?ouI?Uo?. :?{ A New Orleans dispatch says: From the Tcche country, in Wostern Louisi ana, roports ere received of the terri ble state of affMra prevailing in the sections infected by the cattlo plague. A trustworthy citizen heard of one plaoe where there are over llfty car casses decomgpsing in uhout tyenly The rnsmmSZZm. lions of oil Judiol conaumo a carcass. A seriou v diaease aavoMer stoeL. , number of corcasscfTott tho prairl too numorons to admit of buryiup. Mr. Josepbilejfferaon lost a Alio breed stallion tols week*?^proposes:- to dispose of all carcasses in his pastures by burning them, and lias purchased a quantity or oil and tar for the purpose. A plague ?o; %onoral andr;?t*I r novor boforo known In this sectlotivjiif '? 'i V '' v*i ? Xl.o Xetter (Vliloh Ho Wrote When tlM? a?per?a WmIoLowIii April. ; ;,^| Tho Boston Glob6 prlnU tho follow ing letter from Jefferson Davis, wired April 4, when the death of General Grant was oxpootpd at any hour. A part of the letter was stolen from the wires at tho llmo and sent to yarioua ?apeto; f&Afterwards a denial-' ^ivH had ever said ar '* * " ' JPPP^^flfyas (load NRw ORTiKAKS^ April 4,1685. "The following wasytecoi ve<l by yotratjeor *YdUr lettei* asking ijfce to give my views on the auhJcet of Gen eral Grant's military eaioer has been recoivod. With most respectful ep|l-> siderntion fbr yon and the. Influential paper yon represent, I mnst decline [6 comply &l(h the.request; tor,?t*? fol lowing reasons: General Grant isvo ported dying. Although ho^HSmMM] Our country wMf ftuhless\traok it was wltfcopen Imnflk nod, so know ho abetted neither plllsgo nor arson. Iflllf, ht* armies wero so suocessfrl that General tee's army had not oven Ijho power farther to rotretWL General Graht garo terms both liberal ;^ai?d oourteous, and has slnoo tho^war, believe, shown no - malignity nor jj petnatcd slander, against tho Con erates, elthrr of tho military nor service. Th6reft>ro instead of sei to disturb the qnlet of Ms closing hou? I would, if It were In my power, wll llnglyyoorftrlbrtto to the repose of his mind and comfort of his body. jKVirausoM OAVie." M?"' 'j'frli jf? 0*> 1 >i 'J' ' RR A MsnMUton fa Colombia* Quito a sensation Was oroated In !ofumbla last Thursday afternoon by White man horsewhipping a Colored man. Col. Tllman Watson, who la a atdernia^ from Ward 4r borrowed a horsewhip from a teamstor In^ihe .Vicinity ojithe market, and, accompa nied by Mr. Samuel Green, proceeded to the front of a eolofod harbor shop, kept by Win. Thomas, on Washington sh oot, where they met George Khrows benry, a mulatto. Alderman Watson attack Shrowsberr/ with the horse whip, when the latter rose from the tenders lnt error rod, when a policeman arroHted Mr.' Groon, whom Alderman Watson ordered to be relfasod aijd It was dMMHHHfi Phrewsbefrry statlfc f" Upon him was not on feS? harm If ho eve? heard ???????? ... r . - y\ , oovery it not hoped for. occurred within 80 ml lea near* station known m.8 ajoglo fiat tear loaded w! iron was being pushed tot lotto, the engine being the flat load of rail* there colored railroad hand*. The flat ita load waa being pushed up the to points whore now rails were to be laid and tho engine waa propolllng it at a rale uot exceeding 12 miles an bonr. Whl to going along at this spoed tho engine and flat euteredfa deep oat, at the raoutil of which is a road* cross ing. Just before tho flat reached tbts crossing, several oowa jumped across tho rails in safety, bat another cow that had remained behind atterni to cross just as the flat tribved up.1 cow wna throwu under the wheels, flat car carcned and most of the men loaped Into the dlteh. As thcv Jld aO, the car fell over on them, and its load of iron rails orushed tliem into the earth. Fivo of tho men clrin* to the oar as it tnrnod over and.they escaped unhurt. Thoae, with tho assltahoe of the engluoer and firemen, set to work at onco to rescue their comrades for under the wreok wore threo men from whom 1Kb bad not fled, aud they n m] .The: I>?lh0>; groaned piteously. When the over turned car waa at leugth removed, a shocking sight was revoaled. The Iron rails had mangled the toon horri bly, and several limbs aad mutilated trunks wore fonnd mingled in confu sion among the rails. Three men were rescued alive, ono of them with both legs badly crushed, and tho two others torriblv wounded. Seven dead and ina^gled bodies were taken Out f among tho t ails and laid ou the gro in a line near tbo track and then nglno wont back to Snwanoe .ssistnuct;:^Tho dcadSiftqa woun ? imu ouu were afterwards taken to whore tiio dead were placed aud the. wounded sent to an ed hospital. Two of tlw won beyond all hope <*f ? reoove nnfort una to s negroes all lto the road in Georgia* No One ed with the train was lu tlu Eamefot.hoocddeu^mL. a thlckot near by, bat no quo..- At last they out sentlndlfjgbat fli dropped all the SAme, to people In the nel now most auy time yon oan Hud a large ana * few Whites gat I JPCKJJil fall. A numbo. oor town rode odt to nomeuon. They Jbii forty ncgroos hontc, woi had floeni. kjjefor? a thorn t story note, and even wl fAuillloBof renoWn IBIS <v M, bnt this ihought ?he part oy of t 411bti,, the estimab Butl*> Ion; more moo tya.nd m iho grooi twenty.fo place ia*t Ide. tho )i?copal q if. Pi horformer hnu Imftienee oMAto loner i >n, EdgetloUf Almoftt subscribed H - mfj, 1; many fields of cotton from wMoh tho pvo > gather over a bale to f arris, a pretty seventeen be girl, baa been lodged in ii on the charge of breach Roper, or the Trenton edo twonty acres of corn from ?wilt certainly gather six bushels. . James Smith, of Aiken conn* her collar-bono and tbreo ribs j on the S8rd nit., by being n out of a wagou. " hands on the Savauuah Valley are working energetically. > mouths' time the track will Carmel. :?-.?& ;-?? v I _l..^ud corn is booming in anburg, and the prospect ix that >nch corn wilt be shipped thero tho West next year. t is now proposed to build an railroad through Rdgefleld, from vhnflotto, Columbia & Augusta uad, at or noar Johnston, to >rmiok^:> ?\\\/ \ r. F. M. Stephenson. of Lanoas at his dwelling, kitchen and the inta of both buildings by tire, on 17th nit. Loss about $1,000; in $800. ? detachment of the colored d Guard of Charleston expect Jid the lbueral ot Gen. Grant, tieens will be asked for funds to ?* ise. Dndont of the Keowee says tho Blue JKIdge Railroad seemly carcass stauding In tho l*o enterprises, and demand* -Vof the charter. eld, of Abbeville, being struck. In rock, which he he went was struck by , oolorvu, ?Hifc>t? ' pnrpoMf but to tod deonmpod ?4umIIou>1 outlook Ik Murlou "?a**! ' y JIr? Gi A1# / Woottfl I thti handftomo ft tun of #4,000,, r *lotgjpf0ot ?altnblo build blrinir of ft oompctont r SfflKiSf'??! iou, of B^kHaxMMM #?? Hectft hit ft) ill tit I isSSISa&S lichen thai ti .?, >A"+ VMt* milutmrtU. 0?U?r?4 tro? ViXhi ?Exolteuiout In England over the disclosures of the Pall Mall Gazette continuesJ'? ?Maud 6. one day last week went a mile over the G'.eaville Uraek near Cleveland, O., In 9.08|. ?There are now sixteen camps of1 penitentiary oonvloU in Georgia. The laW gayi there shall only he two. ?The counsel of Hell, the Canada Rebel, hare practically given op the fight, and rest thoir entire defence on Insanity. ?TheSpringfield Republioan thinks that Itoscoc Conkllng will bo ihvitod to deliver a national oration on the lifo of Grant. ?The decree entered a short time ago in the Chicago University case, finding Stephen A. Douglas's, heirs entitled to the property, has been set aside. ?Tiro Paris Telcy raphe bos a sensa tional dispatch from St. Petersburg saving that war between Russia and Englaud Is certain directly nftor tho elections In England. ?The rato of. immigrant fare from Baltimore to Chicago lias beou reduc ed Aoin 97 50 to $7, baeausc, it is alleged, the latter oharge lias tor some tiroo past been mado by tho Pennsyl vania Road. ?It is said that three hundred and fifty*cis(ht criminals, who have escaped from Georgia in tho course of the last thirteen years, nro "wanted" in that Siato. Tho rewards oilcrod for thorn aggregate $100,000. ?Special reports from all the South western counties ol' Pennsylvania show that the growing crop* are inure advanced aud in a better stute than for Jears past. Corn, oats, grass and all ruits are reported especially fine. ?The Norfolk Landmark recom mends Postmaster General Vi'as hs the man to make the oration on tho cooa> slon of the motnorial services over; General Grant, to be hold in the rouse of Representatives at Washington. ?Willie Spraguc, son of the ex-Gov ernor of Rhode Island, has murried his stop-mothers' ulster. This makes him his fathew'H brother-in-law aud snurts up the family connection in a most singular manner. But if lie and the old man aro con tent, it Is all right. ?Mr, J. B. Fanning, who lives in Newton county? Miss., ten miles west Of Enterprise, was wounded in the ?fiico at Mine linn, lu November, 1868,. the ball lodging just above tlie root of| his mouth, taking twenty>tWo voars to work downward tho spaoe of about au iUOh. '?i r/ ?The ftjvcr epidemic at Plymouth. Pa., has at last abated. The hospital has boon abandoned and tho nurses have left. About 100 |>eople have died from the fover in Plymouth since its first outbreak. Tiie highest number { sick at one time was 69. About $10,s 000 has been spent in relief-measures. { -?The ohauoes are that the Panama Canal Will never be finished by tho French. It will oost too much. If finished, as designed, by its proseut contractors", It will not pay by ?11, OOO.OOOyiitlnoully. The French may bftild it, but somebody olso will work it on f ecei ver,? certificatos< ?? v. Co? . d. Three horsos and. three cow* were also killed. -^-In order to provent tho nw of foreign cut atono by Chicago balkier*' the bricklayers and stone masons' union end the stonecutter?' association hove decided not to work on any building where stone cut outside of Chicago la used,. Committees from tho abovo named associations have advised architects and contractors of their decision. ?Beokford Maokey, United States Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, has arrived In Washington on leave or absence. Mr.Mackoy Is the consul Bho, some weeks since, .had a' snoot* ig affray With a Brazilian editor, the latter having published scurrilous attacks upon him and his mother. Maokey was tried and honorably aoqttittyd; v The consul reports that a colony of ex-Confederate soldiers is located ift Southern Brazil. The colony numbers about flvo hundred persons, and Is doing well. ?Tho epidemio of cholera in Spain ts becoming more alarming every day. Tlie Altai disease tt^jtoroadlng every where with unabated rapidity and with oonstantlv Increasing mortality. Numerdiit towns In tho provinces have not officially noli lied the authorities of the existence of cholera among them and the aetual eases of death fbr oxcecd tho official statistics, r: ft hon sands Of the uppor classes are flying to France dalIy, and at) hope of stommtiig the appalling contagion seems to havo been lost. . iJHH| ?A thunder storm\ passed dVef Mount McGregor on ThmSdSp.; filght. Four persons were struck by lightning but not soverely Injured. Ughtn struck the roof- of the Grant oott and-x knocked ^several fhlngler . w Lightning ;|1so alrttck the Arkejt cot* tnge. Veteran Knapp, on duty In tttio room with t&fpody or General Grant, felt the shock severely. A soldier or the 12 th Infantry alOo received a "hock. The lightning onterod tho Grant oof. tage through the rObf and tore off t .ml plastorlug. fche eleotrlo light , above the casket was put out. ? In tho yortr 1880 one Pendleton Recti went to Gainesville from North Carolina, and as It war a difficult ! matter ^transport gold daetJlrhloh was than being collected In consldera* ble quantities,,and using the metal In this form was very Inconvenient, this toan rigged out a mint htmtolf In a| blacksmith shop and made coins eon* tftlng $5 worth of gold. From fliono Who hate seen them fit It said that r are tolerably well finished, having nbsvllle on one side, and on tho r side UkO dMe and vftlneoftho 1'-The Salvfllon Army marched ort] Thursday afternoon with much parade to theTarllameiitballdlngs to present ?6f Xfcmmons a monster the Immediate passage Act amendment rail# content In .girls flrom 18 d, to lft yoars. .000 signature# half- long. It 1 ? INTKIaLIGKNT BIROS. Ummff W?l<ht VMr Ova A??U*t tt* An?l?r?. ??Dot? shooting will be good this mm?on, said a MontgowSp-etreet gun-dealer. "Wo are lelling lots of ammunition, for the aeakon oponed, m I suppose 70a art aware, Juno UtV "Young larks are pretty good ?hoot lag, too," remarked a customer, ??and there are lota ol 'em about I got two dosan yesterday. "The lark ta a oute bird." said a |jrave-looklng goatleman with a soar ou his face. ?TThey know most every thing. Now, when one starts out after* the young birds, the old ones' will go ?bond of him, and sort of lure him ?way. I remember one day in particu I*aa alter young larks, and an o.d bird oame and sat within ten yards of me. I waited for him to rue to ?hoot, but ha wouty not stir, and let me get oloeo enough* to oatoh him in my hand. I call that pretty oute. I *? ,?<> tiokled that I let him go, and didn t hare tho heart to shoot anothor lark that day." ??The cock quail will do pretty muoh the same, said tho first speaker. "I have had a cook quail go a few yards before tho dog and entioe him away Rom the brood, getting htm off a fow hundred yards before ho rose." ??Yes, that's so," assentod the man with the scar, "tho quail Is a very crafty bird. I have known 'em do things that ono would' soarooly boliovq unless they saw 'em. Some times I am afraid to toll them for fear people would say I was not truthful." ??Oh, go right ahead," said tho gun dealer, "we all know you horo, and we are sure you wouldn't stato any thing that was not so." Tho man with a scar took out a matoh and whlttlod it down to holp him along In his story: "I was out one day last year," he said, "just at the beginning of the soasou. My breech-loader was out of goar, and I was shooting an old porcusslon gun. 1 came on a bevy of quail, and tho dog was ahead, worklug stoadlly. Thoy got up, I throw my gun to my shoul der, and just as I was going to iiro a dark objeot flew betwoon mo and the game. It discomposed me for a sooond, ut I pulled tho trigger all the samo. The gun did not go off, and whon I examined it I saw that thore wero no caps on tho nipplos This puzzled me, aa I had capped them oaroful'y, and the oaps wore exact fit I put on a brace of caps, and moved along. The dog oamo again to a point, 1 flushed the beavy when tho same thing 00 currod again. Tho dark objeot flew across me, and the hammers oame down without exploding the pieoe. Then I knew how it was, and there was no more astonished man in the ?tat-c of California that day, I can tell tou, ' and tho raconteur threw aside his match, ploked out a fresh one, and whlttlod away in silonoe. '?Well, what was itP" askod the gun dealer. ''Why didn't tho gun go off?" ??Just this reason," said tho man with the scar.1 "That dark objeot sir, was the cook quail, and as ho flew aoross me ho pioked tho caps off the nipples of tho gun," and he of the scar gazed defiontly at his auditory. Thore was a painful silenoo for a few mo ments. The gun-doalor trifled nerv ously with tho pistols in tho show-oaso, and a man who was havlpg a gun re sighted brought it to his shoulders and looked at thu soar-fuood person across tho barrel*. V ^ "Hotbiokod off the. cups, did h6?" said li little fellow lu a duntlng ooat ?"Well, lh*t was oretty smart, sura enough. It romindf iuo of one day When IWM duck shooting a* Brl4g<& W w mm for a month. *Vwas an old mallari drako, sir. He'd hipped iho hIioIIs cmo by one and sunk'eui in h pond Jusl behind mo, And the-worst of It was, ho'd mls . takon my whisky-flunk for tho powder horn. and that was gone, too. Now, I call that pretty clovor for a mallard," and tho small man took a' cunning peep ut his soar-faced rival. "lm sorry I ain't kooplng an insane asvlum," said tho gun-dealor; "you fellows would be trotted out as the prize lunatlds, but as I ain't and only selling powder and shot and guns anu fishing taokle for a living, and as I don t want to havo my plaoo mobbed, I guess you'd bettor withdraw, and let me attend to businoss. But beforo you go, if you should happen on to any quail or duck Mjko tho ones you've boon tolling' of soud 'eiu In to me to stuff, please. And glvo mo noiico the next tiiuo you start in on tho -yarn lay, for I'd like to got sorao gun rags iu my Fishormen's lios, indeed! There aln t a fisherman in tho state that you fellows can't beat out/' and tho man of guns retired bobi,nd his counter and hammered away vioiously at a dontod barrel.? Bun Franoitoo Alia. ? \ V j ?!'V* ?- ^111 " 1 Boantlfn! Savannah. Every ono has road or hoard of the lovollness Of Savannah. I wan, thoro foro, prepare^ for a modern Eden, river, nppio troo, suako and all?save only the original proprietor# in docol loto fig-loaf 004(11)110. If one enters from the water front through the east end he Is apt to wonder at tho unanim ity wllh which previous visitors have lied about tho place. The s?n<l it ankle doop In tho unpavod streets, ana tholciw framo homos aire antiquated and dlbgy. It becomes bettor, happi ly, as ono gtits up lu tho city. Thore is as inuoTi saud In the middle of tho etrfeets, hut the sldewsilkii are paved, airtlv causeways at tho end or each bloflk extend across from curb to enrb. Thorn ougilt to be big money In a olgar factory (tore. All that would bo need ed U lime. Nature ba4 kln.lly and oonvonlently provided unlltultod quan tities 6f saud and wator. 1<?V. '* X ? 7j Every stroot 14 fringed with row! of olosety-plauted troox. ? Some of the Wide stroets, like Broadway and Ko tow plare, have fout rows. Tho pub llo squares, too, of which Havannah 4as ten to J)^)t(more'i ono, are well ?h uded. Altogether, It looks some what like a town lu a wood, and henco the appropriate na'mo, "Forest City." Tho old brick residences oroetea in the early part of the present oontury are quaint buildings. They have oef lars or cellar-kitchen*; ami tho wholo Of the llrst floor (which Is on a level { with the * I routs) is frequently taken up by the culinary and <loitio*llo depart ment*. A iljght Of high stono steps loads up to the second floor, on whioh are the parlors and dining-room, Ao cordlngry, wo find here tho coal-bin, oook-sfyvo And pantry, where you have mr Upright piano, Persian rngs, ?sonler and open grate.- -Baltimore Anurtca*. Tho heirs of Jeremiah Iflllbank, who bUrebased^A Mansion And pleasure ds of William M. Tweed, at jWlcb, Oonn., have taken down fine house lirfd Will rebuild It on the ft Of the hill, familiarly known as l|'? mil." down which Go'n. Vut* i made his famous leap In escaping frota the "redcoats." The now hou?o Will Oost tl.OCO.OUU. ti, ' ' n '? THE PEOPLE. jSTin ''' Cr? Buy the Best! ttB. J. O. Bo vo?Doar Bir: 1 bought the first Davis Maohine Bold by you over five T*? ago for my wife, who has gtrta it a long and fair triaL I am well pleased with . it. It never glvee any trouble, and la a* good aa when first bought. J. W. Bonos. Winn* bora, 8, O., April, 1885. Mb. Bojlo t Yoa with to know what I have to aay In regard to the Davis Maohina bought of yoa throe years ago. I feol I can t say too much in lte favor. I made about (80 within five months, at times ruuning it so fast that the needle wou'd got perfectly hot I rom friction. I feel oonfldent I oonld not have dona the same work with as much ease an J so well with any other maohina. No time was loat in adjusting attachments. The lightest running maohina I have ovor treadlod. Brother James and William's . families are as much ^loosed with their Davis Machines bought of you. I want no better machine. As I said bofore, I don't think too xnu'oh oan be said for the Davis Machine. RespeotfaUy, All? 8t>vbxsom. Fairfield oounty, April, 1883. Mb. Boia: My machine gives me perfect satisfaction. I find no fault with it. Th'i attachments ate so sinjplo. I wish for uo better than the Davis \>".ioal Feod. Kespeotfnlly. Mas. R. Mii.? mo, FahfWtf oottaty, April, 1883. Ma. Boaoi I bought a Davis Vertloo Feed 8ewing Machine from you four year sgo. I am delighted with it It never . a' given me any troible, and has never be*. Ihe least out of order. It is as good as wbta I first bought it. I oan oheerfully reooio mend it. Rospeotfully, Mas. M. J. KiBXLANt' Montioello, April 80, 1883. This is to asr ify that I have been using j 0avis Vertical Feed Sewing Maohine fot ?/er two years, purchased of Mr. J. O. Bong. I hrvon't found It possessed of any fault all mo attachments are so simple. It nevet refuses to work, and is certainly the light**! ruining in the market I oonsldet It b first v tlBsa machine. Very respectfully, MlNMlB M. WtJMJ HOBAM. Oakland, Fairfield oounty, B. O. Mb. Boaq : I am woll pleased in overy l Ueular with the Davis Machine bought you. X think it a flwt-olar ?very respeot. You kj?,ow yo* naohinoa of the aaifr?-make members of our families, all "* ia I know, are ' I have no fiu.lt to find with my miu,..,, and don't want any fitter. I. have made Uieprioo of it several times by taking in sewing. Jtta ulwa?< r<?dy to do it* work, think it % flrst-olns* maohine. I feel 1 m'tsny Voo mtioh foe the DavisY*rt{oa) feei Maohine. Mia3. Thomas Skitb. Fairfield eounty, April, 1888. }<.C. Mb. J. O. Boao?Pour Bin It give* n. much pleasure to testify to tho merit* oftht Dtrii Vertical Feed Sewing Machine. The maohlne Igotof you about flvo yearn ago has been almost In oonatant use ever sine* thai Urn* I cannot see that it ia worn any, and haa not oost ?i* on* cent for repair* sine* we hat* had it Am well pleased and don't wlafc or any better. Your* truly, Robkht Cbawvobd. Qranlt* Quarry, near Winnaboro, 8. O. Wo hare used the Davis Vertioal Feed Saw big Machine (ot the laat five year*. W? would not hav* any othor make at any priou The mrtohin* haa given as .unbounded fail* ' faction. VeryJe*p*oUally Mrs. W. K. Tub*m? and u Fair&eld oounty, 8. 0., Jan. 27, Having bought a Davit Vertioal F*ed Mew tag Machine from Mr. J. o. Bo*g nomo th;^ year* ago, and it having given ma perfaot satisfaction in every rospoot as a family ma chine, boi h tot heavy and light sewing* aud never needed th* least. repair in any waft I can cheerfaily recommend It tb any on* as a first oloa* machine in *v*ryjpartloular, and think it seoond to non*^ If IU on* of ihi. simplest machines madej my children use it With All ea?e, Th* attachments are more easily adjust*! ahd It doe* a greater rr?ns*e of work by means of 1It* Vertical Ford than any * machine thaTO*f*r seen or nsedi other Winasboro, Fairfield oounty. Maa. Tndwu gwnlosv We hat* had on* of th* Davis Maohin** *?>out four year* snd have alway? found ir ready to do dO&ds of work we have t id ooonslon to do. .Can't see that the macbio* la worn any, and work* a* well a* #hnrt neW/^ JTaokson Or**k, Fairfield oottn? My wif* i* highly yrtnAe'l with th* Davi,, Maohin* botighiof yon. Mhowottld not tak* donbla1what ah* gav* for it. Th* maohin* Y*ry re*p*otfuliy, Montlceilo, Fairfield county, 8. 0* ?r - s Sewing Maohin* is vimply The Davis taring "fei ^H&y i.O. Ag*nv-)3*at Sir i M|l ?if* has boon using u iTtvls Sowing MacA-jn* constantly for th* past four years, an (Fir ttt n#/er neod*d any r-^slr* and works fast ?Lfyi ? when flint Jwwght. She says it , will do a greater range of practical work ind do it *??ior better than any machine Wnmssoao, S^I^A jixmt flv#y*ars ago. Ihavenevei taying it, asTt is always randy loir | a, IfarehwjF^p1^ fa