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HI to rcitnlute
the admission iuio and discharge from
luin of patients,
to require a li
the State Lunatic Avsluui of patients,
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g*fe: By Mr. Coker
* • cense to keep a dog
• ; By Mr. Stttrthe: Resolution that on
,, Mat Wednesday the two hranoes of
me Legislature meet in joint assembly
luperintondant and four
the Penitentiary, a Judge
of the 5th Clrcnit and one Trnstce of
the tjeuth Carolina College. Adopted.
Several bills received their Huai
Medteg and were ordered to be em oil-
wri tor ratification. All of these have
already been noticed in their previous
(*?
A number of billa, mostly of local
or Stutoed fideraat, were passed to a
fiHnt teaifttg among them the follow-
IhP: To amend Sectionjl of an Act en
titled u Au Act to corporate the Ca
tawba Oil Company,” approved De
cember 21, 1882; to amend Section
1749, (leueral Statutes, in relation to
the sale ef ardent spirits in incorpo
rated towns; to authorize and require
the eoWntv commissioners of the sev
eral ooontlea to transfer balances re-
nuttitnff tn airlands of county treas
ured for the fiscal rear to tlie credit of
aame fund for the next fiscal year; to
amend Section 385 of the Code of Pro-
cedure, relating to confession o( judg
ment without action; to repeal an Act
entitled 41 An Act to amend Section 323
of the Code of Procednre, relating to
coats in civil actions,” approved i)c-
oember 24, 1883; to prescribe the dirty
of Solicitors in regard to the entry of
Judgment against defendants in crimi-
cases; to vest in the dovisecs of
w. Brown the right, title and
tercet Of the State in certain real
batata 111 the counties ot Pickens and
Oooaec; to repeal an Act entitled “An
Act to praktcU the sale of spirituous
-or intoxicating liquors in the county
bf Oconee.'’
tfi The Senate then adjourned.
House of Reprkskntatives.
Thirteen bills were received from
th# Satiate, and properly referred.
The bill to prohibit the sale of
liquors in Colleton county received a
favorable report fl-om the committee,
and was placed on the calendar.
The following bills passed a third
ogl
ale: To extend the powers of Masters
in the sale of faal estate; to strike out
all Cotta to attorneys in references
before Masters or Referees; to incor
porate the Augusta A Edgelield Rail
road Company.
A. LIU to ratify the amendment to
Article X. of the Constitution by add
ing a section thereto, to he known as
Section 17, received the vote of C9
members of the House, being more
than two-thirds, as required by the
Constitution, the title thereof was
changed to “An Act,” and it was or
dered to be eqrolled for ratification.
Tills is the first measure passed by the
Asaembiy at this session.
A number ofJSills on the calendar
were passed to a third reading without
discussion. None of these are of gen
eral interest.
The House then adjourned.
Tuesday, D^ssmbar 0.
Senate.
4 . tow new measures wore hitro-
tnaefl—among them the following:
By the Judiciary Committee: Joint
reaointion to increase tlie judiciary of
the State aud to better regulate the
trial justice system.
By Mr. Bobo: Bill to confer certain
powers upon the Clerks of Courts in
snch counties as have no Masters
Several bills were paasoti and ordered
to baenrolled tor ratification—among
them the following: Amend Section
1 of au Act entitled “An Act to incor
porate the Catawba Oil Company,'’
apprevad December 21, 1882; to amend
Bcctiou 1749 of the General Statutes in
relation to the sale of ardent spirits in
incorporated town; authorizing and
requiring the county commissioners of
the several counties to transfer bal
ances remaining in the hands of coun
ty treasurer for one fiscal year to the
credit of aame fund for naxt fiscal year;
to amend Section 385 of the Code of
Prooedwce, relating to caniession of
poum y-aruima.
The commUtee reporting anfovorp-
biy an the following bill,It was Im
mediately considered and rejected: To
ameqd Section 1776 of tue General
Statutes in relation to the registration
of deeds.
Mr. Haskell, from the Committee of
Ways and Means, submitted the bill
to meet the ordinary expenses of the
Btato Government for the fiscal
TheooflsidarailouofthablBraBpeet-
fag the purchase of seed cotton was
resumed, ami after another struggle
over smeiwimentf, it was passed.
A bill to repeal Sub-division 28 ot
Section 169 of the General
lating to the exemption of
property from taxation, was taken up
year
made the special order lor Wednesday
next. .The bill appropriates the sum
of $808 ,131, as follows for the expei!-e«
of the several departments: Execu
tive Department, $60,000; Judiciary
Department, $57,260; Health Dennrt-
m.nit, $9,100; Tax Department, $25,-
200; University, $37,900; Penal and
Charitable Institutions, $168,439; Mis
cellaneous, $52,900; Interest, ${191,337.
The bill requiring all convicts hired
from the penitentiary to be and remain
under a sworn officer and guards ap
pointed by and responsible to I he
Superintendent of the penitentiary and
regulating tlie hiring of such convicts
was taken up. Mr. Haskell moved to
lay the report on the table and take up
tlie bill, which was done. Hr. Hemp
hill moved to strike out the enacting
clause. This motion was lost, by tbe
casting vote of the Speaker. After a
long debate the bill was passed to its
third reading.
The hour assigned for the election of
a Unitcti Stales Senator having arriv-
ed, Mr. Picket! of Charleston nominat
ed Wade Hampton. The nomination
was seconded by Mr. Rucker of An
derson.
The vote ns announced by the Speak
er was 119, of which 116 were given
for “Wade Hampton,” and 3 for
Robert Smalls.
A message was ordered to bo sent to
the Senate, inviting that body to meet
with the House to compare tlie vote
of the two houses and declare the elec
tion.
The bill to prevent the purchase of
seed cotton from certain persons was,
after some debate, recommitted to the
committee on Agriculture.
The House then adjourned.
judgment without action; to prescribe
— July Of Solicitors in .
entry of judgment against
tp '
regi
it d i
aid to the
efendants
criminal cases; to amend an Act
The special order for 12 o’- l
■stated by Yhc President to be t
M An Act to cede and veal lu
A. Boylslon all the right,
Interest of the State in that
the canal on Catawba River
which lies within the boundaries of
the land of the Susan A. Boylston in
CbestoMjouiity,” approved 31st Janu-
’olock was
the elec
tion of a United States Senator to re
present the State of Sonth Carolina in
the Senate of the United States for the
term ot six years, commencing March
4, in accordance with the provisions of
M An Act to regulate the time and man
ner of holding elections for Senators in
Congress.”
Senator Mauldin of Greenville nomi
nated the Hkm. Wade Hampton. Sena
tor Moore, of Hampton, seconded the
nomination. The vote resulted—Wade
Hampton, 82; W. J. Whipper, 2. Rey
nolds, of Beaufort, and Simmons, of
Berkeley, voted for Whipper. Bruce
Williams, the colored Senator from
Gwcgetown, voted for Hampton.
The bill to provide a stenographer
for each Judicial circuit in the State
was, after a long debate, killed. 11 •
. The Senate then adjourned.
House qgdiEPitESENTATrvKs.
Several new bills were introduced—
none of them of public intercut.
A concurrent rcHotutiou to raise a
Joint committee to ascertain and report
as soon practicable the amount of sal
ary and perquisites received by the
Governor Lieutenant Governor,
Treasurer, Secretary ofState, Adjutant
. and Inspector General, Attorney Gen
eral, Superintendent of Penitenfiarv
and Cotnarimioner of Agriculture, was
•dojjted.
Speaker a
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Mr. McKissick offered the following,
vrkktl was adoptep:
Jtaaotvefl, That the committee on
the jodteiary be requested to inquire
-whether in their Judgment Section
1453 of tbeGeneral SUtotes, providing
Ibr thapejrmenibv tbe railroad* of tbe
expefM ofjfce jUitroed Commission,
for consideration. This bill seek# tat ed'fJr di
frppal the provision wbfeh eeeutpts the - - -
property employed hi certain taanu-
laciures (cotton, wool and agricultural
implements) from taxation (or a period
of tea years from the establishment of
such raaimfncton. A motion was
made to strike out the enacting clause
and the measure went before the House
on this issue. After a long debate the
bill was passed to its thlre reading by
a vote of 75 to 37.
Tlie bill to establish the office ot
County Engineer, and to prescribe the
duties’of tno same, was indefinitely
postponed; also, a Joint resolution to
provide for a commission to consider
and report a plan to better tbe trial
justice system in this State; also, a
joint resolution to authorize and direct
the payment of certain tarns to dis
abled Coufedgrato soldiers.
Wednesday. December 10.
Senate.
A number ot new measures were in
troduced—among them the following:
By Mr. Black: Bill to change the
time of listing property for taxation.
By Mr. Byrd: Bill to give physicians
a privilege ami lieu for medical servi
ces rendered.
By Mr. Maxwell: Bill to place the
inmates of insane asylums under the
protection of the laws, by securing
their them postal rights.
The following measures received
their final reading and were passed:
Bills to charter the Midland Railroad
Company; to provide for the appoint
ment of a stenographer for tlie Fighth
Circuit.
Mr. Leitner submitted the report of
the Joint Committee appointed to in
vestigate matters connected with the
Colombia Canal, and it was ordered
to be printed.
At 12 o’clock the members of tbe
Ssnate repaired to the chamber of the
House of Representatives to participate
in the proceedings connected with
aggregating the votes of the two
houses for a United States Senator.
At 1 o’clock Mr. Bobo’s bill to repeal
the part of the General Statutes relat
ing to the exemption of property from
taxation, came up for consideration as
a special order.
The bill was favored by Senators
Bobo and Patterson, and opposed by
Senators Earle, Mauldin, Buist and
Youmans. The bill was finally killed,
by a vote of 18 to 17.
Tbe Senate then adjourned.
House ok Rkphkskntatives.
Messrs. Don-
rown and Ray sor as
on tba part of the
Several new bills were introduced
and properly referred—among them
the following: To amend Section 1669
of the General Statutes, so far as it
refers to Georgetown, by changing the
time for fishing in the waters or said
county; to amend Section 1067 of the
General Statutes, as to the|salo of prop
erty left with mechanics for repair; to
provide for the office of Inspector of
Liquors, Medicines, Ac., in the several
counties of this State; to prevent the
exportation «>f partridges from the
State and the netting and trapping of
tlie same; to abolish the office of super
intendent of highways.
A larjfe number of bills to repeal the
several Sections of the General Statutes
relating to agricultural liens, were re
jected on unfavorably report ot the
Agricultural Committee. Mr. Mclver,
from that committee, stated that site
committee had prepared a general bill
covering the whole subject, which
would be submitted to tlie House.
The same committee then submitted
their bill to repeal the Agricultural
Hen law, to abolish Hens on crops and
to provide laws for the protection of
landlords and laborers.
Tbe Legislative Appropriation bill
was submitted by tlie Ways and Means
Committee and made the special order
for to-morrow. Tbe bill appropriates
the sum of $40,657.80 for ;>er diem,
mileage and expenses of the Legisla
ture as follows: For the Senate, $10,-
605; for the House, $26,702.80; En
grossing Department, $3,100; Miscel
laneous, $350.
The bill to regulate the sale of con
centrated lye came up for a second
reading. Oh tlie question of passing
tlie bill, Mr. Rutland, of Fairfield,
moved a reconsideration of tlie vote
by which the bid passed its second
reading, and made an excellent speech
in support of his motion. Mr. Brook-
or contested tlie views of Mr. Rutland,
and the bill was passed and ordered to
the Senate.
The bill to prevent the purchase of
seed cotton from certain persons, the
consideration of which was suspended
by adjournment on Tuesday, was tak
en up. Another prolonged fight over
a number of proposed amendments was
interrupted by the coming in of the
Senate to form the Joint Assembly.
President Sheppard slated that the
joint assembly had convened for the
purpose of hearing read the journals
of tlie two houses *ts to the election of
au United States Senator, and directed
tlie Clerk of the Senate to read the
journal of that body, which was done
showing that thirty-one Senators had
had voted for Wade Hampton and two
for W. J. Whipper.
By direction of the President, the
Clerk of the House then read the
journal on on the subject .showing that
Wade Hampton had received 119 votes
and Robert Smalls 3 votes; whereupon
the President announced that (he Hon.
Wade Hampton, having received a
majority of the votes cast in tbe two
branches of the General Assembly,
was dirty elected a Senator from South
Carolina to the Senate of the United
States tor six vears. from tbe 4th day
Of March, A. D., 1882.
The joint assembly was then dis-
ncurrent rcao*
takenby tbe ioiut committee
on the Columbia canal be printed.
Tbe mohMtou was concurred in :aho. s
concurrent resolution, authorising the
SaperbfMMtont' of Education aufi
■pmaiier iue r.asaag: ui mivrnu mins or c /. sawib, i/e nocr iz.—adoui iv
Weal Ofiejimlto^ mtareat, the Hooae stoteefc tm Bright tsro of tbe large Iron
THE LOOT tax TEAK,
The committee of w%j»
tie count
has submitH
of the Change
Couipfrdlier General to have extfikj of taxes so as*to
til
Tha radar, Dacembar 11, 1SS4.
‘ Senate.
A few new bills were introduced,
rend by tittle, and properly referred.
The following bills received tbeir
last reading and were passed: To
amend Section 1687 of the General
Statutes, relating to the hupting of
deer; to amend Section 310 and 311 of
the Code of Procedure, relating to the
liens of judgments and the renewal of
executions: to faciliatc the proof of
service of process when such service is
made out of the State; to amend the
law relating to judgments by default;
to repeal Sections 2631 and 6637 of the
Genera) Statutes, and to provide for
cases of absence, inability or disability
of the Jury Commissioner; to create
the officer of Surveyor in each county
and define the duties of the same.
A large number of bills and joint
resolutiona received their second read
ing.
The bail to provide a remedy against
the estates of deceased persons for torts
was rejected by a vote of 18 to 17—the
President of the Senate giving the cast
ing vote.
The-bHi to regulate tlie admission
and discharge of patients in lunatic
asylum was pas passed to a third read
ing.
The Senate then adjourned.
House of Rki’resentativfs.
Unfavorable reports were made on
the following bills, which where there
upon rejected: To amend Section 1667
of General Statutes, relating to sale of
property left witli mechanics for re
pair; to provide far tbe payment of
costs to plainliiT and attorneys in
Equity causes; to prevent the expor
tation ot pqptridges from the State; to
fix the time for the collection of taxes;
to amend Section 266, Chapter XL, of
the General Statutes, relating to taxes;
to authorize tbe Town Council of
Mount Pleasant to issne bonds for rail
road purposes.
The following bills passed a third
rending and were ordered to the Sen
ate: Requiring convicts hired out of
the Penitentiary to be under the super-
vision ot a sworn officer and guards
appointed by tbe superintendent ot the
penitentiary; to prevent the purchase
of seed cotton from certain persons.
The Legislative appropriation bill
was taken up, and, with the correction
of a few verbal and clerical errors,
was passed to a third reading.
Mr. Simonton, from the judiciary
commitce, introduced a bill to provide
for a census of the population, indus
try and wealth of South Carolina.
The bill to regulate the rate of in
terest upon any contract arising in this
State for hiring, lending or use of
money or other commodity was
taken up. This bill restricts
the rate of interest to seven
per cent. After some debate the
enacting clause was stricken out by a
vote of 62 veas to 52 na\ s.
The bill to regulate the age at which
chrildreu may he employed in facto
ries in this State, which prescribed
that age to be not less than ten years,
was ordered to a third reading.
The bill to prohibit the distillation
or manufacture of spirituous or intox
icating liquors from grain in the coun
ty of Pickens, produced some debate
Mr. Wilson,of Spartanburg, moved to
strike out “County of Pickens” and
insert “State of Soutli Carolina.” This
motion was lost. The bill was then
passed to its third reading, by a vote of
86 yeas to 28 nays.
The Mil to pwvida tor the establish
ment of a new school district in
Georgetown county ami to authorize
the levy and collection of a local tax
therein was taken up. Mr. Lee
of Sumter moved that the cnactin
clause be stricken out, and support
his motion by a protest signed by
thirty-five citizens of Georgetown, of
recognized responsibility, asking that
the bill do not pass.
Mr. Macuskcr made an earnest ap
peal tor the bill, showing that, while
tlie colored children of the town were
amply provided with facilities for edu
cation, furnished by private benevo
lencc, the white children were abso
lutely wthout the necessary school
privileges, and their condition called
loudly upon the House for relief. On
motion of Mr. Graydon, the bill was
indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were rejected, or
laid on the table: To limit the amount
of bonded indebtedness of railways
now building or hereafter to be built;
to amend Section h)90 of the General
Statutes, relating to persons who are
exempt from road duty; to incorpo
rate i he St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church,
North, of Orangeburg.
The House then adjourned.
Friday, December 12.
Senate.
The following new measures were
i ut roil need:
Bv Mr. Boll: Bill to regulate the
mode of advertising by county officers
By Mr. J. W. Moore: Bills to amend
an Act to require foreign corporate
assessment companies »o comply with
the iusuranca laws of the State, and to
clearly define who shall be considered
agents of insurance companies; to
amend Section 1354 of tbe General
Statutes, relating to insurance compa
nies doing business in this Slate, by
providing for a general license.
The following were passed: Bills io
repeal Section 31 of the General Statt
utes, in relation to the inode of pay
ment of claims against the State;
also, quite a number of bills of local
interest oqly. ~ ji.t.$
At 12 o’clock tlie two houses met in
the Senate chamber for the purpose of
ratifying Acts and Joint Resolutions.
Several of these, all of local or limited <
interest only, were ratified in due
form. *
The Senate then adjourned.
copies of their respective reports print-'
ribution, which was eoncOr-
PBJ m muiout debate ; also,' authoriz
ing the committee on State House and
Grounds to prrifcure the attendance of
Mr. J. R. Niernsee.
The Senate bills to create the office
of Surveyor in ench comity was re
jected.
A ntimber of bills from the Senate
received their first reading ami were
referred.
.Mr. Macttakct* moved to reconsider
the action of the House last night, by
whiali a bill iurelnUun to creating a
new school district in Georgetown was
indefinitely postponed. The motion
was adopted ami Mr. Macnsker made
au earnest appeal for tlie bill, as tlie
only hope of'securinlg school Instrnct-
tion to a largo portion of tlie white
children of tqetowu of Georgetown.
On motion of Mr. Haskell, the de
bate was suspended in order to take
up bills for a third reading, and the
following was thereupon passed to a
third reading and ordered to the Sen
ate: To make appropriations for the
per d ein, mileage aud expenses of the
General Assembly; to prohibit
tlie distillation or manufacture, of
spirituous or intoxicating liquors from
grain in Pickens county.
A message from the Governor was
received, transmitting a letter from
Hon. Wiltnot Q. DcSaussurc, present
ing to tlie State a manuscript volume
prepared by the Cincinnati Society as
a contribution to (lie Revolutionary
history ot tlie State. Tne letter was
referred to the military committee.
The third reading of bills was re
sumed, and the following were duly
read and ordererd to the Senate: To
fix the age at which children may he
emyloyeu in factories; to regulate tlie
saleof Mquors, etc., in Pickens county;
to define who arc liable to penalties
fordoing business of insurance with
out license; to provide for the exemp
tion of certain portions of Berkeley
and Charleston comities from tlie Gen
eral Stock Law; to iucor]»oratc the
Hartsvillc Telephone Company; to
repeal Section 169, of the General
Statutes, in relation to the exemption
of property from taxation.
Mr. Parker introduced a bill to pro
vide for submitting the question of
license or no license to the qualified
voters of Abbeville county, and it was
referred to the judiciary committee.
A similar bill was introduced by Mr.
Gnignard as to Aiken county.
Mr. Schumpert offered a resolution
requiring the Stale Printer to return
to this House forthwith all reports of
State officers in his hands imprinted.
Tlie resolution was immediately con
sidered and adopted.
A bill to amend the Sections of the
General Statutes in relation to dis
bursement of public money was re
ported adversely by the wavs and
rt on
„ In the
ike. up the lost
Tito report recomtaeods that a -
special tax levy of ope mill a jeor be
made for three yearn, the proceed* to
he held in the treasury until Novem
ber, 1887, by which time and with
which fund the committee think that
the change iu the time of collection of
taxes can be made.
A DISASTER TO OYSTERMEK.
A Large Noiabor at TUwn DrownaU on th*
, RappaluuuMick Rlrar.
Bautihore, December 12.—The t>f.
fleers of the steamer Mason L. 'Weems,
which arrived this morning from the
Rappahannock river, Virginia, report
a tearful loss of life among the colored
oystermen on that river in the storm of
Tuesday last. About twenty-five col
ored men were out in their boats,
longing for oysters, when the storm
arose. ,The gale capsized almost all of
them, aud those which were not, were
unable to reach th® shore in safely.
Tlie men were thrown into rough water
and were unable to swim to the shore
Many of them clung to the boats for a
time, but finally were washed away
and drowned. Verv few of them es
caped. Eleven bodies have been re
covered already, and as many more are
said to be missing. It is scarcely pos
sible that any of these latter liave es
caped death.
Additional intelligence from the
Rappahannock is to the effect that fif
teen canoes started from the Lancaster
side, above Urbania, to go to a schooner
on the Middlsex side to sell their oys
ters, when die storm struck tiiem.
There were three or four white men
among them, aud the whole number
drpwned was’* twentv-seven. Two
more bodies (thirteen in all) were re
covered near Mill Point, further down
the river.
euhnuu of pa old gufmotor, corner of
14th and Singleton streets, belonging
to the St. Louis Gas'Light Company,
were obeerred to be a great deal out
of plumb end an hoar later while
pcupnratiotis were being made to avoid
accident they toil with a heavy
carrying down almost the en
tire structure. ‘ An explosion of gas
immediately followed whicli lighted
up the entire city and caused much
alarm, but the illumination scarcely
lasted a minute, i xtr&ordinnry as it
may seem no surrounding property
u as destroyed. It will cost from $75,-
00ft to $100,t)00 to replace the tank,
aud iu the meantime the storage eo-
pacity of the company will be reduced
nearty one-half, which will occasion
some inconvenience.
8HEKMAN AND JEFF. DAVIS.
The Genxral KapeaU Bits Charge* Affalntt
the Ex Preddant.
means committee, and was rejected; as
was also & bill to amend the Section of
the General Rtatmes in relation to the
sale of lands in the hands of the Sink
ing Fund Commission
Mr.
Doyle, from the Oconee delega
tion, reported unfavorably on the Sen
ate bill to repeal tbe Act prohibiting
the sale of intoxicating liquors in
Oconee 0001117. The report and bill
went on the calendar for consideration
on Saturday.
The discussion of tlie Georgetown
sebool question was* resumed. Mr.
McMaster advocated the passage
ot tlie bill as an act of justice to the
people of Georgetown. He instanced
the triumph of the school system in
Columbia over similar difficulties and
objections , and which n<>w afforded a
far better elementary education than
lOnld be obtained in any prirate
school North or South. Mr. Lee re
plied to Mr. Macusker’s remarks,
claiming that tlie bill proposed to put
the question of taxing the property of
the town in the hands ol those who
were not property-holders, and that the
Legislature should not make it possi
ble to impose additional taxation on a
people already greatly burdened. The
previous question was called, ami Mr.
Hutson, chairman of the committee in
charge of the bill, gave Mr. Macnsker
ami Mr. Barker five minutes each, af
ter which the question was put on
striking out the enacting clause. The
yeas and nays were called, and result
ed : yeas 81, nays 8.
On motion ofMr. S. Wilson, a bill in
relation to the relief of all count ics’hav-
ing bonds outstanding against them,
was restored to the calendar.
After tbe passage to a third reading
of a number of bills of local interest
ouly, the House adjourned.
St. Louis, December 10.—General
Sherman, this evening, in reply to a
question by a representative of the
Associated Press, as to whether or not
he intended to reply to the letter of
Jefferson Davis, recently published in
this city, said he might do so at some
future time, but he should consult his
own convenience; that Davis had not
adtlresscd him but the St. Louis tie-
publican, nod that if he made any re
plv it would only he through the War
Department. He further said that he
did not suppose any reporter was at
tlie meeting of the Frank Blair Post
on the night he spoke, as the Grand
Army is an organization only for the
social interchange of personal memo
ries; still lie admitted that the reports
published contained much of truth,
but not all. He has most of his Louisi
ana papers, lie said, to make good his
assertion that the civil war was forced
upon the people of Louisiana by con
spirators in Washington, ami that
during the progress of the Rcbelliou
Davis changed his views of tlie doc
trine of secession, and threatened to
use force in case any State of the Con
federacy should attempt what was
then known as “separate State action.”
The General ha* already sent to Wash
ington some letters and papers bearing
on the case, hut as to their publication
he stated that the authorities there must
be consulted.
Rerefnla.
Are any members of your family thus
afflicted? Have they scrofulous swellings
of the glands? Ilave they any scrofulous
sores or ulcers? If so, and it should be
neglected, the peculiar taint, or poison,
may deposit itself in the substance of the
Tung*, producing consumption. Look
well to {he oondtti
Satunluy, Dacembar 13.
The Senate was not in session.
House of Representatives.
A few new measures were intro-
new measures were
duced—among them tlie following:
By Mr. Thomson: A bill to amend
tlie Code of Procednre in reference to
appeals in criminal dttses. Also a bill
to regulate elections held for munici
pal purposes and special county elec
tions.
The following bills received a final
reading:
Bill to make it tbe duty of all school
officers to make their annual reports
to the school commissioner.
Bill to prohibit hunting, ducking
and fishing by non-residents in ihc
counties of Georgetown, CJforleston,
Colleton, Beaufort and Re. kclye.
Bill to amend tlie law iu relation to
vacancies in the office of Probate Judge.
Bill to authorize Probate Judges to
administer oaths.
The bill to empower trial justices to
issue warrants for the enforcement of
agricultural kens, in cases where the
amount claimed is less than $100, was
passed to a third reading.
The bit 11 to amend the railroad law
relating to the responsibility of rail;
roads tar damages was discussed to
adjournment. The amendment seeks
to relieve the roads of responsibility
for damages where they arc not iu the
wrong. The roads arc held liable only
iu cases in which they are guilty of
negligence; but the burden of proving
tbe absence of negligence is laid upon
the roads. A section is also added
giviug the railroads power to charge
25 cents extra when the fare is not
more than 60 cents, and 50 cents when
the fare is over that amount, iu all
cases when persons who get on at
stations where tickets are nflered for
sale or neglect or refuse to purchase
tickets. The bill was then passed to a
third reading by a vote of 39 to 33.
The hill to provide for the appoint
ment of a stenographer for the fourth,
fifth, sixth and eighth judicial circuits
A Western Borgia.
Whitewater, Wis., December 12.—
Last Tuesday Miss Annie Horan died
suddenly under circumstances indicat
ing that she had been poisoned;
that about three years lieforc her
father, mother and one sister had died
within a short time of each other un
der similar circumstances; that though
it hud erfiated talk, nothing was done.
This was revived by Annie's death,
and to settle the question definitely
her stomach was sent to the chemist
for analysis. The deaths of all were
surrounded by complete mystery. No
one has been suspected. The Inter-
Ocean has a dispatch from Fort Atkin
son, where the family formerly lived
and were much respected, which says
the report was received/ there from
Whitewater, that tbe third sister, Miss
Nettie, died there to-day of poison,
making the fiifth member of the fam I ,
amt before death Nettie contesscd to
having murdered her parents and two
sisters. It is'also asserted that she
confessed to poisoning another person,
though this is doubted. No caase is
assigned for the murders. Her oifn
death was brought about by fear of
exposure through the analysis of her
sister’s stomach. Nettie was a school
teacher, and has two sisters still liv
ing at Fort Atkinson.
condition of your family, and If
Win s armeted, give the proper remedy witL-
•ut delay. But use that which makes abso
lute cures in the shortest spaou of time. The
unerring finger of public opinion points to
B. 15. B. as the most wonderful remedy for
Scrofula ever known. You need not taku
our word—you need not know our names—
merit is all you seek. Ask yournelglilntrs,
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who give their certificates and be convinced
that B. B. B. is the quickest and most per
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—Few jicoplc have any idea of the
size of the Exposition building in New
Orleans. The Centennial main hall at
Philadelphia was considered an ciior.
moos structure, but it is said the Cen
tennial buildings altogether could be
easily stored away in the main hall in
New" Orleans, which covers between
thirty aud forty acres.
—There will be a chime of bells at
the New Orleans Exposition, played
every day and accompanied by au or
gan aud orchestra.
Tp anybody who has disease of throat or
lungs, we wifi send proof that 1’iso’s Cure
for Consumption has cured the same com
plaints in other eases. Address,
* E. T. IIazeltine, Warren, Pa. ,
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RHEUMATISM
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any touch of Eczema.”
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8, Atlanta,'Ga., N. Y. office, 159 W.
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Although a pracUUooer of near twenty year*,
my mother tnflaenced me to procure B. B. B
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gratifying.
C. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D.
Jacksonville, Ala., June t, last.
KIDNEY TROUBLE
For over six years I have been a terrible
offerer from a troublesome kidney complaint,
tar tbe relief ot which I hare spent over ftso
without benefit; the most noted so-cslled
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giving more relief than all other treatment
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Scrofula.
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nursery and vineyard, has a lad on his place
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This will certify that two n
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at lengtli romylefety cured by
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