The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 25, 1888, Image 4
- A ROLAND FOR AN OULVER.
senator Vest Proves More than a Match for
John aberman-The Truth of History.
In the course of the Senate's considera
tion of the bill for the admission of South
Dakota as a State, and the organization of
the Territory of North Dakota, Senator
Sherman said that in the absence of Sena
tor Edmunds, who was engaged in the
Supreme Court, he would ask the attention
of the Senate.
It had always struck him, he said, that
the opposition to the admission of Dakota
as a State was totally unjustifiable and
(latterly) factious-so much so as to be
subject to the severe criticism of everybody
who liked to see fair play on great ,ques
tions affecting large masses of people.
Why, he asked, should Dakota be excluded
as a State? He had listened to most of the
debate and had not heard a single reason
given for such exclusion. Never before
had a Territory applied for admission as a
State with anything like such population
or such resources. Why should not Dakota
be admitted? In the name of heaven why?
Simply because the Democratic party did
not want that State to be admitted. In the
course of his speech Senator Sherman
showed by the vote in the Senate that the
electoral commission bill was not a Repub
lican, but a Democratic measure. Twenty
six Democrats had voted for it and only
swenty-one Republicans, while the votes
against it were fourteen Republicans (in
cluding himself) and one Democrat Senator
Eamon. of Connecticut.) The Democrats
were, therefore, precluded from assailing
the hillas apartisan measure. He declared
his full conviction that Hayes had been
fairly and legally elected, and that if, by
same hocus pocus, Tilden had been inaug
uratedie would have been illegally elected.
He explained the incongruity of Packard
noing -g the Governorship of Louisiana
biy w' that that was subject to local
laws and decisions; and he declared hit
conviction that Packard bad been illegally
depd of his office.
In the further course of a long speech,
In which Senator Sherman incidentally
touched upon current Louisiana politics,
hesaid:
.Hereafter when any man asserted of
President Hayes that he dad been elected
by fraud or wrong, or had not been duly
elected, he (Sherman) would hold him is
nntempt as uttering that which was no1
trn and. which was denied by the very
men who overthrew the local government
inLoudana in 186.
Bbnator Vest replied:
Heaid that the threat which Senator
Spe man has fulminated as to holding it
? contempt men who questioned Hayes'
estion might have terror for members of
his own paty, but even with the terror o
that.threat before his eyes he (Vest) stil
denied the honesty and legality of thal
leaon. The question which he had asked
' =y yabout Packard and Hayes had
asked in a desultory and unpremedi
' ated way, and the Senator from Ohio had
notranswered it satisfactorily.
Senator Vest sent to the clerk's desk ani
baread extracts from a speech made or
that subject in the Senate by Mr. Blaine,
In which he- declared tnat the election of
'ayes and Packard were inaissolubly con
neated, a asked who had authority tc
make any arrangement by which Packard
was not upheld, stating that it was impos
lble for the administration of Hayes t
*ie done it.
.h Senator Vat said, was the state
olagerthe most distinguished Republicar
tow living now living, with due deference
_u tothsSenator fron Ohio. [Laugh
t andard-bearer of the Republicax
S a thelast Presidential canvass, and,
ws tobe taken for granted,) to be the
of thatarty inthe cominj
conts M Blaine then asserted tha
fPaicard was not elected Governor o
lo.iana Hayes was not entitled to th
retn1vote of the State.
-N ~enator'Vest then pasd on to the ques
d ion of the Louisiana returning boarai, ani
siated Ethat every member and officer o
11iboard, and their relations, had beer
povmed with lucrative offices, except the
amanncoa- member (Camnnave), who hac
~-~teaso provided, and who had comn
and appealed to Hayes anc
-Sieraa ( 5etary of the Treasury
~ hreouuaryaid, which had been given o>
(O~et~bifttthaamount of over$1,000
m~a)aade no charge, he said, of an:
Cm iIn the matter on the part oftthe
4\Sm rom- Ohio, but what claim hat
thaer of the returning, board or
Hesfannanve merely carrned out his
cnstitutional duty? Why bat
thatevery man connected with tha
~badLrmthe highest to the lowest, hat
been rewarded with an offiet There wa;
mopage of aministrative history that de
mnded more explanation than that whic1
Mafinaabim In the face. The Senato
Z ni ro Ohio atnaced the people of Louisi
acharging them with crimes that woul<
Mapthem with infamy, but he (Veal
thema to avouch that whatever has
beenrdone in Louisiana on that occasaslol
bad been done not to bring abont an unfai
dletion, not to trample on the ballot o
-anyliuman being, buttodefend themselve
against a ruthless, outrageous and crimins
conspiracy against their property at thi
Shands of men who had gone there for th
single and sole purpose of plunder. The
Senator from Ohio had read newspaper ex
tractaswith stries of outrage and murde
-atd crime In Lontsiana, but where, h
ahed, would the Senator or himself be te
butthem? Wha woul become of an*
puic public man in this country if newi
a satements were to be taken as eva
before any tribunal? He criticise<
sarcatically the opposite sentiments ex
pressed by Senator Bherman in his two re
cent spehsat Nashville, Tenn., an<
SrnelIll., and said in conclusion
"A the risk even of the Senator's cot
tempt, I undertake to say that the Ameri
can people never will be satisfied with th
explana'in made today, but that, lk
James G. Blaine, they have already com
to the conclusion that it is Impossible evel
for the ingenuity of the Senator from Ohil
to explain why it was that the vote, o
Louistana, as returned by the returninj
board, was good for the purpose of giving
the electoral vote of Loumsiana to Hayes fo
the Presidency, but was not good for th
purpose of giving it to Packard for Gov
ernor of that State."
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BY THE HAND OF THE ASSASSIN.
One Man Killed and Four Wounded by a
Midnight Shot.
(Orangeburg Times and Democrat.)
On last Sunday morning about one
o'clock there was enacted at the planta
tion of Mrs. N. E. W. Sistrunk, in Eliza
beth Township, one of thse scenes of
bloodshed and murder, which, of late
years, have became alarmingly frequent
in this country. It appears that negro
frolics have been quite frequent in this
section of the country since last Christ
mas. At these frolics whiskey has been
as a rule, freely dispensed, and served to
unbridle the worst passions of an illiter
ate and not over moral people. That
bloodshed would ensue, was predicate
by the best citizens, and this prediction
was fully verified on last Sunday morn
ing. In this instance it is the expected
that has happened.
Last Saturday night a large crowd
assembled at the house of William Mack,
who lives on Mrs. Sistrunk's place, now
rented by Mr.L. B. Kelly, and gave them
selves un to the dance and "high orgies
held." All went "merry as marriage
bells,"until some time after twelve o'clock
when Mr. B. Lee Jeffcoat appeared on
the grounds, accompanied by Mr. Will
H. Amaker, and proceeded to divide the
contents of a demijohn of whiskey, which
it is asserted, he had sent to Orangeburg
for, to supply some hands who had been
making up rafts for him during the
preceeding. They had separated them
selves a short distance from the mass of
revellers, and each man had just recieved
his part of the whiskey in flasks provided
for the occasion, and were indulgingin
a social drink, when they were fired into
by some unknown party, who, under the
cover of darkness, made good his escape.
. small pine straw fire had been light
ed to enable the parties to see how to
efect a division of the whiskey, and
around this fire sat B. Lee Jeffooat,
Will H. Amaker, Will Mack, Wyatt
Parker, Joe Stroman and Dennis Stro
man, a1 negroes except the two first
named. So effective was the aim of the
assassin, that of the six men present only
Mr. Will Amaker escaped uninjured.
Wyatt Parker was instantly killed by
a buckshot, which penetrated his skull.
B. Lee Jeffcoat received three buckshot
in the upper of his ripht arm, and
another, whic entered just at the root
of the nose, inflicting a serious if not a
fatal wound. Will Mack was shot through
the left forearm, and had the flask,
which he held in his left hand and was
just raising to his lips, shattered into a
hundred or more fragments. Joe Stro
man and Dennis Stroman escaped with
slight flesh wounds.
The scene of the killing was just in
front of the residence occupied by Mr.
Kelly and Mr. Stuckey. These gentle
men upon hearing the report of the gun
and the cries of the wounded men came
out to where the fire was burning. All
had fled save Wyatt Parker, who had
falen forward into the fire, and whose
body was dead. The fire was extin
guished and the body of the dead man
left just where it had fallen.
Early Sunday morning Coroner Wm.
Livingston was notified and proceeded
to the place of the killing and organized
a jury of inquest. The testimony so far
taken develops no clue to the perpetra
tor of the bloody deed. With the hope
that some further testimony might be
forthcoming during the week, Coroner
Livingston adjourned the jury of in
quest to meet again next Friday at the
court-house.
A HUMAN MAGNET.
A Little Child to Whoee linger Tip.
Articles of Metal Adhere.
Late in August last, while taking a va
cation in acountr town, saysfDr.E. H.
Boot in a the Meial Beporter, I[ heard
of acase that was causing cosiderable dis
cussion and wonderment among the peo
ple. The child is termed a "humcan
magnet" bythe believersinandpracticers
of magnetic rubbings, while the Spirt
ualists declarethechilda chosen medium.
My curiosity became aroused, and I
asked permissin to see this wonderfu]
visit some days apr. I found apretty,
delicate child, Doly C., aged 3j years,
an only child; blonde, with a pale and
rather waxy complexion. Her manner
of speech and conduct were characterized
by a womanly grace much in advance of
her tender years. Last Eebruary the
phenomena I described was first noticed.
SWhile playing with some spoons the
mother was surprised to see her arragmng
them on her figer tips, where they hung
with perfect ease. She will place the
palmer surface of the finger tips in the
concavity of the spoon-bowinearthe end
and left from the holder, one by one,
without otherwise touching them, until a
spoon is suspended from each finger tip.
-If the spoons do not striketoo violently
against each other she will carry them
about the room without dropping thiem.
I examined the case in various ways.
SFirstl tried four teaspoons withsa
magnet-one pure silver,. one pewter,
one tripleplated and one singleplated or
washed. The pure silver or pewter
spoons were not inunced by the mag
net, the heavier plated was only partly
raised, while the washed spoon was raised
entirely off the stable. I carried these
four spoons with me for the child to
exercise her anomalous power of pre
hension upon. Each one was suspended
with equal ease except the one of pure
silver. This one was lightest in weighf
and the bowl was considerably flatter
than any of the other three. But after
arranging it upon her finger a few times
she succeeded in making it "stiek.'
Asaking her to put two fingers under
the spoonbowls, I found a very appre
ciable resistance in taking it off. The
spoons would hang from the tip of the
nose and chin with as much securit
as from the fingers. Thinking the a
herence might be due to an excessive
camminess of the skin, I tested its sur
face with my own finger tips. Not dis
dicovering any, and to make sure I was
not deceived by my own sense of touch,
I had the hands, nose and chin carefully
washed with soap and water and dried
with a warm towel.. I found no perceiv
able difference in the adhesiveness. The
child could not pick up a steel needle,
that is so sensitive to a magnet, nor
would a penny "stick" to the fingers,
chin or nose. I could discover nothing
unusual in the shape of the finger tips.
The skin was soft and velvety to the
touch andlIcould be sure ofnamfminess
nowhere except on the pinna. The
hands and feet were warm to the touch
when I saw her and her mother states
thatshe is not often troubled with cold
feet or hands.
The little patient's mother also told me
that her sister's daughtera young lady 19
years of age and "always sick,"as she ex
pressed it, manifests the same singular
power.
"Helen" said auntie, "bring me a clean
aron to put on you."
Now, Helen and sister had aprons alike
andthroughmistkeshegotone of sister's
and looked with surprise at the sleeves,
which came over her hands. "Well,
auntie" she exclaimed, "I dess my apron
has outgrown me."
ROSCOE CONKLING IS DEAD.
The Great Republican Leader Passes Away at I
His Home.
NEW YORK, April 18.-2.80 A. M.
Roscoe Conkling is dead. His death oc- I
curred at 2.5. There were at his bedside
Drs. Hartley and Anderson, Judge Cox,
Alderman Conkling, Mrs. Conkling and
Mrs. Oakum.
Roscoe Conkling was perhaps the best1
known lawyer in the United States. He
was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1829, and
before attaining his majority was admitted
to the bar. He was four times elected to
Congress, and was elected United States
Senator in 1867, 1873 and 1879. In 1881
he resigned from the Senate owing to diffi
culties with President Garfield, and though
he expected to be triumphantly re-elected,
his resignation terminated his political
career.
OUR NEGLECTED DEAD.
Something Ought to be Done to Keep Their
Graves Green.
Something ought to be done to perpetuate
the names of the Confederate soldiers who
fell fighting for their country and who now
lie buried in far-away graves. A corres
pondent of the News and Courier says:
"The Stonewall Cemetery, at Winches
ter, Va., contains the remains of 800 un
named dead, commemorated by the beauti
ful central monument.
"Each State of the Southern Confed
eracy has appropriated its own special
ground. In that of South Carolina lie at
least 200 Carolina dead whose names are
marked upon simple wooden headboards.
These boards, I am directly informed, are
fast decaying, many have fallen, and a
few more months of wind and rain will
obliterate them entirely. South Carolina
is the only State, I learn, which has be
stowed no care whatever on this sacred
spot. Georgia has put a monument, and
all her graves are marked with simple
stones. Maryland and other States have
cared for theirs, and we alone neglect ours.
"It seemed to me last night that I could
hear the wail of our unremembered dead.
It should not be so. I know that it is a
matter of surprise to the warm-hearted
Winchester people, men and women, and
I know that they will do all in their power
to aid us in any effort we may make to re
deem our lost reputation for love and mem
ory for and of our heroes.
"Now, I think we should take some
action. Send some one on to see what
should be and can be done, and use all the
influence of your great journal and your
own eloquent pen, guided by your own
noble, generous heart, and our disgrace
will soon be blotted out."
A Lseful St. Bernard Dog.
Mrs. B. N. Edwards, of Clarke county,
Ga., has a St. Bernard dog that is a jewel
in his way. He is sent out to the pasture
every morning with the cattle, and returns
with them safely every afternoon.. In milk
ing he keeps the calf off, and when it is
through carries the pail to the house. He
works the treadmill by which the butter is
churned, and is useful in domestic arrange
ments of the household in many ways.
But the faithful fellow is put to a more re
markable use than this. Every summer he
is sheared, and his silken wool spun into
yarn. Mrs. Edwards exhibits a table cover
four feet square that was made entirely
from the hair of this dog. Six pounds of
wool were obtained in this mannerlast year,
and the shearing time is nearly here again.
Strange to say, the dog seems to like the
like the loss of his wool, and sports and
gambols like a six months' pup when the
hair is shorn.
Followed by Jack Rabbits.
An old hermit of Mound Valley, Nev.,
has been adopted by a lot of jack rabits.
The man lives alone in a ranch and devotes
himself to stock raising. Ashe doesn't try
to raise vegetables the rabbits could do him
no harm, and so he has never tried to drive
them away. They soon became very tame,
and, as the jack rabbit is rather an affec
tionate animal anyway, they kept making
more advances and trials of friendship,
until they and the old man have become
quite sociable. When he goes out after
his cows two or three dozen rabbits will
come trooping along after him, leaping
around him, running between his legs and
nibbling his fingers. They often invade
his cabin, leap on his bed and skirmish
around after something to eat. He has
taught some of the more intelligent rabbits
a number of tricks, such as jumping over a
bar or through a ring, walking on their
hind legs and jumping over one another as
in leapfrog.
Venezuela Wll Fight if Necessary.
CHmcAGo, April 16.-Col. David W.
Whiting, Consul for Venezuela at Chicago,
has received -from Diego B. Urbaneje,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of that repub
lic, an official circular addressed to con
suls in regard to English aggressions on
Venezuelan territory. The circular says:
"There are no weak people for the defense,
and all can endure the difmculty of defend
ing with arms the unjust pretentions of a
nation which has no shame in treating a
weaker power disgracefully, instead of
with equity and justice. The conduct of
this government will be guided by the
principles of moderation and prudence, as
far as is justifiable in all cases, and beyond
this, with the aid of public opinion, it will
defend its rights and territory with all the
resources of the nation. The consuls are
instructed to make known these sentiments,
and to give them the greatest publicity
within their jurisdiction; and also to ren
der an account of their action herein."
A Well or Boiling Water. .
Liberty Hill, Ga., a small station on -the
Northeast Raiiway, is the scene of a pecu-,
liar phenomenon. A well on the premises
of Hiram Lee went dry just after the
earthquake of 1886 and had to be sunk
eight feet deeper before the flow of water
was resumed. A few days ago the family
of Lee was much alarmed by loud reports
from the well, sounding like powder blasts
or the firing of cannon: On Saturday
night another detonation was heard, and
the water suddenly shot like a geyser
nearly to the top of the well, with a rise
and fall like the drawing in and expelling
of the breath in human respiration. The
water thus expelled is boiling hot. People
for miles around are flocking to the scene,
and the scientists are much excited over it.
A Thieving White Rat.
The occupants of three houses on Cottage
street, Boston, having been annoyed by the
myrarnious disappearance of small articles
and the smashing of windows, upsetting of
crockery, etc., finally discovered that the
offender was a large pinkish-white rat.
Subsequently the captive was identified as
the famous Charlestown Penitentiary rat.
Some years ago Harry Jennings, one of the
inmates, captured a young white rat in his
cell and made a pet of it. He taught it to
go arnd come at his command, to carry
messages, and finally to steal cigars, to
bacco, etc., which it faithfully brought
back to his master. It finally grew such a
nuisance that the warden ordered it killed,
but Jennings pleaded so hard that its life
was spared, but it was put out of the build
ing, and then evidently went to stealing for
a living.
The residence of D. A. Hoffman, a
farmer near Oak Ridge, Cape Girardeau
County, Mo., was burned on Sunday morn
ing and three of his children consumed.
Three other children were so badly burned
that it is expected they will die, and Hoff
man was so seriously injured that he died
yesterday. It is thought that Hoffman be
came suddenly insane and fired the house
himself. He had eleven motherless chil
dren, and had been very gloomy and de
spondent for some time.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
sems of :Interest Gathered from Various
Quarters.
Nicholls's majority in Louisiana is esti
nated at over 50,000.
Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew died in New
Eork city yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Agnew, of New York, is now be
ieved to be in a hopeless condition.
The Chicago brewers' strike is over and
l1 the breweries have resumed work.
The New York Assembly has passed by
vote of 86 to 8, the bill which substitutes
lectricity for hanging.
The chief clerk of the Greek treasury
as been arrested for embezzling 5,000,000
rancs of the public funds.
A block of buildings was burned in
3ranchville yesterday. Loss about $9,500.
)rigin of fire not known.
A bill to legalize marriage with a de
eased wife's sister was passed .by the Eng
Ish House of Commons yesterday.
The Bundesrath yesterday voted to expel
'rom Germany the three editors and the
aublisher of the Social Democrat. -
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Honor of this State held their eleventh an
iual session in Beaufort yesterday.
At Brandon, Miss.. yesterday, the jury
n the case of Hamilton, for the murder of
3ambrell, returned a verdict of not guilty.
An avalanche has destroyed fifty metres
>f railway between Gossensass and Schel
Lenberg on the Queen's route to Berlin.
The Ohio Republican State Convention
ias adjourned after nominating a State
icket and declaring its preference for John
Sherman for President.
Mr. Arknah S. Abell, founder of the
Baltimore Sun, died shortly after 3 o'clock
yesterday morning, in the 82d year of his
ige.
Ellis Ancrum, colored, was shot twice
yesterday afternoon in Aiken by another
:olored man named Jake Kelly. Ancrum's
wounds are serious. -
A Berlin dispatch, dated 1 o'clock this
morning, says the condition of Emperor
Frederick has changed much for the wokse.
His life is considered in danger.
Part of Senator Stanford's stables at San
Francisco were burned Tuesday night and
some of his best horses roasted. The loss
In about $100,000.
Secretary Suffert, of the New York
Brewers' Association, says that the brewers
are getting all the men they wanted, and
that the strike will be a short one.
The Washington Territory Democratic
Convention yesterday chose delegates to
the National Convention and endorsed
President Cleveland's tariff message.
The London Chronicle's correpondent at
Rome says that the Pope has instructed
Archbishop Walsh to compile a report on
the National League for comparison with
Mgre. Persico's report.
The body of Mr. Gillette, who was
buried in Augusta, Ga., four years ago,
was exhumed yesterday and found to be
petrified. It required the united efforts of
eight men to lift it.
The village of Fremont, Wis., is entirely
under water. The stores are closed, the
goods having been removed to places of
safety. Many families are residing in the
upper stories of their dwellings.
The Republican State Convention of
Georgia organized yesterday and elected
delegates to the Chicago Convention. The
delegation is regarded as for Sherman.
The Indiana White Caps whipped twc
men and a woman in Crawford county or
Tuesday night. The men received 121
lashes each and the woman 25. All three
fainted dead away.
The jury in the suit of David S. Fother
ngham of St. Louis against the Adam
Express Company for damages for false
imprisonment after being out three hours
and a half agreed upon a verdict of $20,
000 for plaintiff.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap
proved the selection of North Chandeleni
as a quarantine station instead of Shii
Island, and the necessary authority for its
use has been obtained from the Secretary
of the Interior.
At Dublin yesterday the sentence of the
Rev. Father McFadden, who was con
demned to three months' imprisonment fo:
holding an anti-landlord and anti-police
meeting, on his appeal was increased to sis
months.
Republicans have renominated William
McKinley, Jr., to Congress from the 18t1
Ohio District, and Charles H. Grosvenoi
from the 15th District. Resolutions en
dorsing Sherman were adopted by the con
ventions in both the above districts and
also in the 1st and 2d Districts.
The Governor General of Cuba has de.
clared the provinces of Havana, Pinar Del
Rio, Mantazs and Santa Clara undel
martial law. This measure has been taker
owing to the increase of brigandage it
those sections.
Partial returns from the Louisiana elec.
ton indicate that the entire Democrati
ticket will have not less than 40,000 ma
jority, and that the Legislature will be
overwhelmingly Democratic. The Repub
lican ticket was not voted in many parishes,
and in others it was badly cut.
It was midnight, and an impassioned
lover in an up-town drawing-room kneeled
at the feet of his heart's choice and ex
claimed, "Gertie, I will do anything in this
world to make you happy." "Do you
mean it, George?" "I do, I do, darling.'
"Then for Heaven's sake go home and lel
me go to bed."
The marines and blue jackets partici
pated in a sham battle at Pensacola, Fla.
yesterday, and two blue jackets and a ma
rime were wounded. It is supposed thal
the material in the cone of a shell had har
dened and tore off the metal cone, wound
ing the men.
The Republican committee of Harris
burg, Pa., has unanimously and with greal
enthusiasm passed resolutions in favor oi
the nomination of Senator J. Don Cameroz
for President. Harrisburg is the home of
Senator Cameron.
Edward Cassar, a colored man of con
siderable wealth, returned to his home neal
Sardis, Miss., unexpectedly Wednesday
night and found the Rev. Sidney Hibbler,
pastor the Methodist Church and principal
of the school, at his home. Not being sat
isfied with the minister's explanation, he
shot him in the head, killing him instantly.
Hon. Win. H. Travers, of Charlestown,
is favorably mentioned in connection with
the Democratic nomination for Governor
of West Virginia. Mr. Travers was at
one time a prominent member of the Balti
more bar, and was Speaker of the Mary
land House of Delegates for one session
before the war. He is a fluent and eloquent
speaker, and a gentleman of great personal
popularity.
Charles F. Case has been appointed tem
porary receiver of the effects of the New
York and Charleston Company by Judge
Van Brunt of the Supreme Court. He
was required to furnish a $1,000 bond.
The receiver was appointed at the instance
of the New York Floating Dry Dock
Company, which has an unsatisfied judg.
met to the amount of $700 against the
stemhip company.
Anderson has had three fires in quick
succession. On Monday night Mr. Chap
man's stable was burned; on Tuesday night
Mr. Bohannon's stable. and on Wednesday
night a dwelling house on Main street, be
longing to Frank Wilhite, was consumed,
It is all the work of an incendiary. The
man wh4 struck theimatch Wednesday
night was seen by a sink lady, but before
her husband could gto the fire it had
A PHANTOM TRAIN.
Strange Spectacle Seen in the Rarefied
Air of the lIack Hills.
My companion then spoke concerning our
mission to this blean and barren spot, says
a writer in the Leadville (Col.) Berald in
course of a description of the lonely land
scape of the Centennial State. "About
twelve years ago," he said, "an old man by
the name of Cearnals was the proprietor of
a jack train with which he used to bring
provisions and other commodities into that
mining camp you see beneath you there.
This was before the railroads entered the
fastnesses of these mountains, and every
thing was brought by mule teams or by
these jack trains into the camp. The treas
ures which were found in the hills were
carried out the same way.
"One time the old man Cearnals did not
arrive in the camp on time. 'Twas in the
winter-and the coldest one, too, ever ex
experienced in these hills. A searching
party was sent out to find him and his train,
as the people who had goods consigned to
him feared that some accident had befallen
him. Near where we are now is where he and
his train were found frozen to death. And
now each night may be seen the jack train
justas they were, but in the form of specters,
filing along the way to the camp. Get out
and we will go down the trail a piece and see
them." We got out of the buggy, and
fastening the horse to a stunted pine, we de
scended the other side of the range on the
road to Alma. After a most perilous and
tortuous walk of half an hour, on account of
the slippery condition of the ground,
which was covered with snow, my
companion led me to a point near
the old Leadville trail, which could
be distinctly seen above us against the side
of the mountain. Looking at his watch, he
remarked that it was almost time for 'them'
to appear. After kicking the snow from a
couple of bowlders we sat down and in si
lence awaited developments. My compan
ion would not say a word, but simply puffed
away at a cigar, his looks being cast in the
direction of the trail. We waited half an
hour, but it seemed a week to me, a cold
wind having arisen, and I was almost frozen
and was wishing myself at home.
"Suddenly my companion clutched me
nervously by the arm and pointed to the
trail. The sight that I saw made each in
dividual hair on my head stand on end, for
there on the trail, coming around a shady
angle caused by a bowlder,was a jack train
of twenty-three animals. They all emitted
a faint phosphorescent glow, which made
them appear all the more vivid against the
side of the hill. They were loaded with
different articles of merchandise, and the
last one which the spectral driver was urg
ing on with his short goad seemed to be
loaded with flour. Every once in a while as
the train slowly filed along, this last jack
would lean his load against a projecting
rock, as if resting himself- This would
cause the driver to punch it with his short
stick. The weird specters slowly passed
from view around the hill, and, more dead
than alive from fright, we made our way to
where we had left the horse and buggy.
My companion informed me, while on our
way back to the city,that this strange.sight
could be seen any dark night."
SAVED BY A BLUFF. -
A Sew Barrels of Gold Rolled In in Sight
of Depositors Stops a Run.
General Mike Ryan, in talking of the
Metropolitan Bank failure, recently told a
Cincinnati Telegram reporter a good story
illustrating the power of bluff. It was in
connection with his assertion that with lit
tle further aid from the other banks in the
city the Metropolitan might have been saved.
8e said:
" I have a brother connected with a bank
In Leavenworth, Kan. There are two banks
there, and the rival to that of my brother
was in a shaky condition. The president.
came to Matt and told him the circum
stances, and that if there was a run the
bank would be unable to stand it. Matt told
him to keep a stiff upper lip, for he knew
that the failure of the other bank meant the
failure of his own. He jumped on the train,
went to Kansas City, got $40,000 in coin
gold and silver-in barrels, ran back to
Leavenworth with the specie, and got half
a dozen drays to the depot to take the
barrels to the bank. Meantime the
crowd of depositors had begun to gather
at the bank, demanding their money, and
the old man was talking to them to gain
time. All at once they saw the drays com
ing up, loaded down with these barrels.
Matt was with the treasure, and shouted to
the crowd to wait about five minutes and
they'd get their money, as it was there in
the barrels.
"In unloading the barrels, one of them
dropped and broke, so that, through a
crack, the anxious depositors could see the
shining gold, and, as it rolled up the steps
of +he bank, 35-gold pieces kept dropping
out, and were picked up by the janitor.
When the coin was all rolled in, Matt came
out again and told all who bad money there
to go inand get it, as the bank proposed to
pay them all off and start fresh, and didn't
Iwant such a cowardly lot of depositors any
way. All the time he was piling on the in
dgnation he didn't want to be taken at his
word, as the bank had only $10,000 cash on
hand, against $90,000 of deposits made. He
bad brought $40,000, but there was still a
shortage of $40,000. However, the game
worked. The people. were reassured by
the sight of the barrels of coin and went
away satisfied. The run was averted and
the bank pulled through all right."
ATasDA RING EXPLOIT.
ATasCowboy Rides a Furious Bull in
a Mexican 15ul-Ring.
The bull-fighters at Paso del Norte were
recently enlivened during the proceedings
by the daring exploit of a Texas cowboy,
says the Seymour (Tex.) Cresceent, who was
cheered to the echo by the densely-packed
audience who filled every accessible nook
in the vast amphitheater. The performance
lagged a littla, and the bulls would not
fght in spite of all the picadores might do.
One or two of the bulls, after having been
successfully goaded and worried without
working them up to the proper fighting
point, had been ignominiously driven out of
the, arena, and a new one, full of fight and
fairly bellowing with rage, had just been
turned into the amphitheater, when a Texas
cowboy who was present an;:ounced, for the
honor and glory of Texas, that he would ride
the bull, his legs tied around the animal's
neck, his face to the tall, if they would first
throw the hull so that he could get his legs
properly around and underneath the beast's
neck.
He was at once taken at his word, and
the mounted Mexican bull-fighters soon had
the animal lossoed and thrown. The cow
boy then had himself fixed in the proper
position, and now the furious bull was
turned loose. To the wonder and astonish
ment and intense delight of the audience,
the animal was unable to shake the daring
cowboy off, who not only kept his perilous
seat, but, after some wild plunges, succeed
ed by some means in so manipulating the
beast's horns that he was thrown. The
Mexican performers rushed at once to the
stugglng mass and in a twinkle had the
Texan untied and released. It was a won
derful piece of darmng and dare-deviitry,
and exceeded any thing done by the Mexi
ans.
Texans Want to see the Pre&ident.
AUsr, Tex., April 16.-The manage.
meat of the International and Interstate
Drill and Encampment to be held here
from May 14 to May 19. on the occasion of
the dedication of the new capitol building,
expect to have President Cleveland and his
wife as their principal guests. The entire
Texas Congressional delegation, headed by
Senator Coke, will bear the invitation to
the White House, and, if accepted, they
will be the escort to Texas. The Presi
dent's inyitation is a beautifully bound
volume, with leaves of satin and hand
painted. It will be forwarded in a few
days. A similar invitation will be sent to
President Diaz and wife through Minister
BRIC-A-BRAC.
-THE PLAYER.
She played the harp and mandolin,
With most entrancing grace:
An inspiration seized her soul.
And glowed from her sweet face.
She pliyed upon the soft guitar:
He heard it. and deeP'red
That to the player of the tune
Naught else e-:uld be com pared.
He felt her furtiher power, for when
With these Shed pott'-a thrugh.
She turned, and with exquisite akili
The fair one p])hyed him, too.
A good deal is said of the power of love,
)ut it is not nearly so po:ent in the :dfirs
)f men and women as the love of ower.
It has been discovered that to enable ore
o penetrate thick, so'ky places the maouth
tnd lips should be covered with cotton
rool.
Royalty always keeps mourning co
umes in stock. even for all the scrv:us.
;o that any and all kinds of grief or sorrow
,an be manifested to order, or, as it were,
while you wait.
Many a man goes down utlder the arrows
ind os of an outromfus for:IP. be
muse if hit by one of the arrows he n:i1 p
with the slings.
The hen, fool though she is consiiered,
>ossesses in a mu irked degree the faculty of
naking much out of little. Feed her corn
y the pint and she eats it by the peck.
A cynic says: "If the ancients believed
the earth was- square they never could
have got the idea from the dealings of its
inhabitants with each other.'
A Mr. Smart was recently prosccured by
young lady for breach of pr'tr" . H e e
etled the diiliculhy by marrn her I le i
nade her Smairt, lest i-le sho uhl m~te m
s:art.
It way Polo:ius who ai'd: "-lorrv:in
ulls the edgeo'f hush tdry" M:: :e:.ers
are of the opiniton th:tt it alto duik the
edge of memory.
Four t::n were Sshing on a recent Sun
day, when lig: tning struck it ther t:idat
and killed a yellow dog. Mo l:-T.eilow
do's should not accomp:ony t-e ium i on
Sunday.
Sor::e genis with a ficy for hadn
babies has ti-ured cut that a piece of t'v)ti
the size of a month-old b-aiy awdd be
worn down one-half in Fi motra!h-, if
handled as much as the average baby is.
The young woman w:!se keap: year pro
osal is rejected may. accoitng t' trod!
Lion, claim a new :ik 'irsb fic:mi. o:) et
of her affect'ous. This is why the tailor
made girl c:iors percep':My when yoi: scan
her new gown.
"Will ou love me when I'm clyd" s:ag
the ancient :oubrette. "How old?" carne
in ,. shrill voice from the gallery. The
singer did not reply, but the audience
smiled when the curtain dropped showing
a century plant in full bloom.
UNDYLNG.
I never clasp a friendly hand,
In greeting, or farewell,
But thoughts of an eternal home
Within my bosom swell:
A prayer to meet in heaven at last,
Where all the ransomed come,
And where eternal ages still
Shall find us all at home.
A Strange Upheaval.
A strange upheaval occurred on the farm
of Mr. Eoff, on Duck River, Coffee county,
Tenn., a few days ago. A strange rum
bling noise was heard by the residents of
Mr. Eoff's household. There were thoughts
of an earthquake, and many were badly
scared. After the noise subsided Mr. Eoff
found';" few hundred feet from the house,
a strange cause for the unusual disturbance
and noise. Ae found for a measured dis
tance of forty-eight feet that huge chunks
of rocks, weighing ten tons, had been shat
tered in many instances, and in others split
in twain. The work was dlone by no hu
man hands, and there was nothing to indi
cate that it was other than an upheaval and
explosion of unknown elements under
ground.
Haunted by a Jilted Lover's Ghost.
A man named John Beal committed sui
cide at Waukon, Ia., last week because a
widow in that town refused to marry him.
Before doing so he said he would return to
earth and haunt the object of his affec
tions. Since his death the residence of the
obdurate lady has been subjected to nightly
visitati ons of a strange character. Un
natural lights are seer and weird sounds
heard in the mansion, and it is the general
belief that the ghost of the unhappy sui
cide is fulfilling its ante-mortem threat.
The town is greatly excited over the mat
ter.
Nearly Perpetual Night in Alaska.
"I have just got down from Sitka,
Alaska, to-day," said John Williamson
at the American Exchange yesterday.
"It is a weird, wild place up there. It
is not so awfully cold, but it is pretty
nearly all the time night there. You en't
see the sun till 11 o'clock in the day, and
and it goes down again behind the
mountains almost immediatly. There
is just anarrow strip of day in a great
big ocean of night. Lamps bave to be
kept burning most all the time, and men'
can't accomplish anything much trying
to work. It is rather worse seventy-five
miles farther north, at Killisnoo, where
I was for a little while. Snow was abou
ight inches deep, and the lowest I saw
the thermometer was 5 degrees below
zero.
"There are only about 300 people now
at Sitka, and not over 600 or 7L0 at
Juneau. It is the same way at Fort
wrangle. The population has shriveled
a great deal. Many people have come
away. They hate to spend the winter
there, it is so fearfully long and dark.
A lot more people would like to get away,
but they have not got the money to
come on."--San Francisco Ezminer.
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CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTI fUTE.
The current session of this Institute
closes January 21st, 1888, when the
Spring Session begins, which ends June
6th, 1888.
The mresent session is one of the most
prospelous in the history of the Insti
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Joading pupils. The health of the
school, the accommodations of its board
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orps of teachers are unsurpassed any
where in the South. The first of January
i a very convenient time for entering.
Pupils are charged only from date of
mtrance.
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Principal.
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