The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, May 27, 1886, Image 4
BBtTH OF THE CONFEDERACY.
A. GLANCE BACK TOETHK DA VS
TtVK?fTY-riVK YEARS AGO. -
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thf> In»n|rwr»tlon of Prealdant
DArta—The Plret Canfedemte
Moaey, the Vlret nan, the drst Suldlere
>, And the Fleet Crnleer. •
{Wath. letter to the New York World.)
“No, sir, I was not with Mr. Davis
* at Montgomery this week to hear him
pronounce what you are pleased to call
the funeral oration of the Confederacy.
I was there with him twenty-five years
ago and heard him make a speech
much more cheerful. It was his inau
gural as Presidont—tho baptismal ser
vice vou might call it—of the Confed
eracy. I was one of the marshal's
aids'on that occasion, and represented
bonth Carolina.”
Tlie speaker, chatting with a group
Iricimi
anoe and uncen
expressed, they
eral seaports of
of hit irionUs in the parlor of the
National Hotel, was Col. Henry D.
Capers, of Georgia. He has been here
for several months and his erect figure
and gallant bearing arc much re
marked. He was private secretary of
the first Confederate secretary ol the
treasure, and his reminiscences of the
‘ babyhood of that short-lived Govern
ment arc an interesting volume. The
bitterest Northerner cannot begrudge
the pathos in the spectacle of Jeflorson
Davis, a solitary old man, grey and
feeble, standing up to speak in the
memorial service of the rebellion,
upon the steps of the very Capitol
where he first stood forth its chief, in
the prime of his manly strength and
the first flush of its hopes, on the 18th
February, 1861. How many he must
miss of the high-hearted, hot-blooded
Southern chivalry who stood proudly
’ around him that day!
The 18th of February, 1861, was a
beautiful Southern day, says Col.
Capers. The sun beamed down on
the natal occasion like a happy father,
and a soft southwest w ind w as lifting
the leaves of the magnolia that twined
with the laurel in many a large festoon
about (lie Corinthian columns of the | ere j
capltol. An immense concourse of
1 >eopic gathered to the inauguration,
>ut so solemn were the ceremonies
and so earnest were the people, that
- Oof. Capers, sitting on horseback in
the outskirts of the throng, heard dis
tinctly every word of the eloquent
opening prayer of Dr. Manly. The
venerable divine and Vice-President
elect Stephens rode in the carriage
with Mr. Davis, and Howell Cobb,
president of the convention, adminis
tered the oatli of oftlce. Mr. Davis
' spoke his inaugural quietly, hut dis
tinctly, and upon taking the oath
raised his eyes towards neaven and
repeated the concluding words, “So
help me God,” in a tone so strong and
clear that they could be hoard by
every one present. There was a re
ception that night and a brilliant hall.
C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina,
was appointed secretary of tiie treasu
ry, and on the fOth Col. Ca|>ers, whom
he selected as his private secretary,
opened their office in the Commercial
building. The accommodations were
limited, hut convenient. Tnere w as a
banking office on the ground floor.
The State, treasury, war, navy and
law department* ot the now govern
ment settled down in the twelve rooms
on the second story, none of them Very
large. Young Capers took possession
of their office, swept out the cobwebs
and dust himself, got In a few articles
of flirniture, tacited a card on the
door, hired an office boy and waited
<*two wliole days liefore anybody came
to do business.
Then came a tall, soldierly-looking
man with «u eager step and the unmis
takable air of business. He wanted to
aoe the secretary at once upon an im
portant matter, lie banded the young
private secretary an official note and
Lurricdly said:
(t l am Capt. Dca*, sir, late of the
United States army. I have been !n-
•trucled by President Davis, whose
note I hand you, to provide rations
and blankets for one hundred men
who have reixrrted to him for duty in
the army. 1 want the money, sir, to
carry out the order of the President.”
in the prbmise they
red at par in sov-
)ixie “for at leoal a
month,” as Col. Capers careftilly puts
it, “after they were issued.” Several
large bills of exchange were bought
in London and Paris at par. Hut the
financial boom ot the Confederacy
didn’t last long. When it came to be
August, ’61, the Canal and Citizens’
banlcs in New Orleans were the only
ones handling Confederate money at
par. On the 9th of August even they
suspended specie payments, notifying
the Richmond authortics of their
intention two days in advance by a
private cipher dispatch. Col. Capers
has the original of this dispatch, in
pursuance of which the Government
made quite a saving speculation for
itself by buying up fall the foreign
exchange it could lay its hands on in
New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah,
Charleston and Richmond during the
two days of grace.
Col. Capers’* recollection of those
early days of the war are a continuous
story of makeshifts and expedients.
The young Government lived from
hand to mouth. One of the first naval
officers to report for duty was Raphael
Semnies, afterwards commander of
the Alabama. He was on hand before
they had a deck for him to stand on,
and worked for a short time in iho
treasury department at Montgomery.
A merchant vessel was soon bought
and Scmmes, after inspecting her,
returned to Montgomery and announc
ed to his fellow-clerk, Col. Capers:
“She is a good craft, sir, a good
cralt. When 1 have strengthened her
timbers and cut her down to fighting
trim, my word tor it, she will do
brave work, sir.”
She wa* accordingly altered and
armed and, with Semnies on her
quarter-dei k, made vood his predictioh
to the dire cost of such an w ent down
to the sea in r-hips under the Stars and
Stripes in those days. The vessel w as
the Sinn ter.
SKMMhS WHITTI.ES KOK IIIS IwrKUS.
Hut when she was ready to sail and
her register made out, it was diseov-
ut the Iasi moment that the
treasury department of the Confederate
States had no seal. There wasn’t an
engraver to be found in Montgomery,
ami Setumes was impatient to vet his
paper* and be off. So he and Col.
Capers, aided by a handy young army
surgeon, and at the expense ot two or
thcce penknives, carved a rude seal
upon u piece of boxwood, which met
the immediate need. Scmmes got his
regl-tiT, and the SumteV set sail under
the Stars and Hum. There sva* quite a
time over the adoption of that ting. A
considerable number were in favor ot
sticking to the old flag, with slight
modifications, hut Mr. Miles, of South
Carolina, chairman of the Congres
sional flag committee, argued at length
in his report against this sentimental
idea, and added, by way way of a
clincher, that Liberia and the Sandwich
islands had flags very similar to ours,
anil the committee was not disposed,
therefore, if for no oilier reason, “to
keep, copy or imiiato it. They have
no inclination to borrow second-hand
what has already been pilfered or
appropriated by a tree negro com-
niunitv and a race of savages.’’
The vcr\ first Confederate tlag that
THE HtHH OF WATEIt.
the sun ever saw. Col. Capers testifies,
Col. Capers assured the Captain that
bo was I
both willing and anxious
the
S—
ilg
men should he filled and covered, but
bo added, shaking out a purse that
contained something lose than $b:
“I have been on considerable of
trolic tor the last two weeks in Mont
gomery, and my finances are at this
moment pretty low. This is all the
money I am able to vouch for a* being
in the treasury departiq^ut of the
Confederate States at this time.”
Patriotism couldn’t be allowed to go
unfed and uublanketed, however, and
after souk- delay the money was raised
on tlie private credit of Mr. Mcm-
minger. Tlie Midlers thus equipped
were a company ol Ueorgiaus, com
manded by ('“Pt. George Washington
Lee. They were the first body of
troops enlisted In' I he Confederacy.
When their orovlsiouul Congo
When their provisional Congress
provided lor a loan ol !§tl6,(KX),(H»0 “to
meet the emergencies of Government,’’
they thereby provided another emer
gency. The Government had no paper
to print their bonds, certificates and,
note* upon. They managed to get the
cbief ingredient of paper money credit
very well, but stuck last a while for
lack of what is usually comparatively
valueless. The paper mills of the
South made omy the ordinary news
paper and the common wrapping
paper of the shops. The finer manu-
fectories of the country lay north of
the line of reparation. G. H. Lamar,
dent of the Bank of the Republic,
fo
ew York, acting as agent for the
federate Government, arranged to
the work done by the American
Note Company, hut when the
' notes were all handsomely
ted and ready 16 be shipped the
t service
ational
officers of the
Ola batch, Tlie diffi-
verument siroopod down and cou-
,he wnok
ty of finding paper and engravers
util attar
not solved until attar the removal
the Government from Montgomery
Bichmond. The Richmond paper
Were finally able to ftirbiah a sort
note paper, but the first issue
printed by a firm of German
vers in Richmond on paper
through the lines from Bal-
The first ptoof-sheet, of eight
oadred dollar bills, was far
handsome, but they were in a
* thev approved it. It is now
on of Col. Capers, and
was hoisted by Judge Clitbcrall at
Montgomery. Ire,\va* in the confi
dence of the Hag committee, and a*
soon a* they told him the design
select oil he got In* lady Iriemls to-
S ether and had one made. On the
av the committee was to report to
Congress he mounted the roof of the
Capitol, fixed his flag to the ha!\aid'
of the stall and waited.
The recommendation of the com
mittee was approved. Me got his
signal from below, and in the twink
Hug of an eye the new ensign of the
Eolith was floating proudly iu the
caresse* of the gentle March wind.
The news spread quickly through the
city, and when Judge Clitherall
shouted down from his lofty perch,
“Three cheers for the Confederate flag”
the crowd answered with a mighty
greeting that, it was thought at tlie
time, mu*t have given an earache to
tlie hronzc statue on the dome of the
far Northern Capitol.
(.OWN* KOK OKA III \TK*.
What tti* Swrrt Girl Gnul tint nt with
Golden flulr arc to Don iiidnnr.
(tyotn Jennie, Juuc'» Fiuhion I.etUr.)
Graduating dresses are always a
source of trouble and .anxiety with
expectant graduates from school and
college at this reason. A few maybe
able to send or give tbffir order to a
comjieteut dre-e-maker; the majority
WOFrV" TiY’CT”ffi if dTTHeuTfy oFrn aKTiTg
au adequate appoaraine out of inade
quate resources. The best thing, prob
ably, that the majority can do is to
procure one of the machine embroid
ered white muslins, make it up with
full open bodice, and Wear cream, pale
yellow or heliotrope satin belt and
ribbons. But if they would begin a
year before and embroider in a deli
cate. allover pattern or inline* or with
border or drapery, a fine, white wool
or linen i>wn, what a dainty costume
would bo obtgjpod, not only at a com
paratively trifling nj^euso, but pos
sessing the unpurebasabia distinction
of separate and artistic individuality.
There is a furore just now in London
for home dressmaking and to encour
age it a bajl is to bo given at Willis’s
Rooms in May, al which the toilettes
worn by the ladies arc fo bn exclu
sively “home made.” Out of fbe
obstacles to dressmaking at home, with
us, is the fear of not being like every
body elso. This bondage is a great
source of weakuea*. We could atford
to'be a little fantastic ii> order to be
free, simple and expressive,
;apd
1%s Moat Dr at mod* s Freafcrt Mac* IMS—
Cropa RuInrS and Lite Stork Drowaded—
R rid (tea ao^Calverta Waahrd Away—Fatal-
lira llrlvm Krum Thrlr Hvmea.
(Columbia Daily Hcoord, Kay SI)
The fearful rains of the past few days
have been general over tbo country, and
the flood gales of the mountains having
Iteen opened, the waters are rolling down to
the low lands with great velocity, sweeping
away cabins, bridges, live stock and crops
In their wild course.
Broad River bridge this morning was
impassable to vehicles, and those who ven
tured over the Congaree River bridge took
a risk, as the bridge was nearly floating on
the angry st ream. The piers were covered at
9 A. M. and the river still rising.
Tbo water has flooded the work on the
canal, and serious injury will result to this
great State enterprise.
The plantations of Mr. John C. Seegcrs,
Mr. James G. Graham. Capt. W. D. Star
ling, the Childs brothers, Mr. T. B. Augh-
try, Mr. B. F. Grilf’m and others in the
lower part of Richland are submerged and
the cotton and corn ruined. These farmers
have lost a large number uf cattle, hogs
and horses bv dr '
rowning, and the prospects
are that the continual rise of the waters will
entail upon them still further loss.
At the old Arthur place, now Mr. Grif
fin's plantation of 1,500 acres, only 100
acres arc out of water, and the road to the
plantation is four feet deep in water.
and County bridges
All through the city
and causeways have beeu swept away, and
the chances are that the few remaining in
position will follow in the general wreck.
The culvert on tlie C., C. & A. R. R.,
just above the city, has caved in, but a
temporary structure allowed trains to go
out to-day.
A train on the C. A G. R. R. is between
two wa died out trestles, near Peak’s Sta
tion.
A family In Ward 1, renting one of the
Allword •ii houses, corWr of Me. tiuni and
Asseniln streets, was forced to move out,
icst.-rday, “lock,"'Stock and linrrel,' the
water having risen waist deep in the house
and tin itciiing the family w ith drowning.
Captain P. II Booklet' says his crop is
hiund itej and his loss will be nearly entire.
Trains have ts-en delayed throughout the
country on account of the heavy rains, and
the only wonder is that no loss of human
life has occurred.
Ilundieds of |htsous went to the river
to day a d remained for hours, witnessing
the dost ruction caused by the swolleu
stream. The water broke through the
canal banks on the river side and washed
away the works for hundreds of yards.
Footi re idling that portion on which the
dry wi.tt r works stand.the angry flood
woined to have mi especial mission to ful
fill Tree after tree Muccinnlied to the force
of the torrent, went crashing down stream
anil thn iicmd destruction to the Cuuga-
ree bridire. Yard after yard of earth was
undiTtniiiisl until the close of this report,
at J Jo P M , w licn the water works were
carried away. One hundred cords of pine
wooi 1 wi re taken ..IT in a jitfy and the canal
bridge went otT as drift wood.
The cyclone of Thursday morning, after
spreading destruction through the fields of
Mr. George Newman, struck the places of
Mr. C O Brown. Capt. .1 C I! Smith,
Capt. W II.’ Miller and others, picked up
cabins mid “scattered them to the four
winds of heaven,” shingles going in one
direction, logs in another and chimneys iu
a third. The roads were filled with d-brts
of the storm and the branches were swollen
to an almost impassable degree. Pines of
circumference equal to the span of a man’s
anti' w ere stiap|*d like pi|ie stems and wal
nut trees a half century old were mowed
d<>w u like grass.
Great d image was done to the brick
yards of .Messrs Clark W aring and J. Frost
Walker
At tin Hchuctzen Plat/, the destruction to
timlicr w as great
Throughout the city the washouts have
Ikcii serious, gardens having been inun
datisl and drains choked with the drifting
sand.
Mr. Si egers has 750 acres in cotton and
(V) acres in oats under water
Sev. nil houses on the Lexington side of
the Congaree bridge were vacated yester
day, licntusc the water had flooded the
th* .n*.
Plunks were knocked off the sides of
Broad River bridge this morning to allow
the water to escape.
Mr Childs’s steamer was successfully
used yesterday and fit-day in rescuing live
stock front watery graves.
An oliM-rver notes the dates of the peri
odical freshets as follows: May, 18U); Au
gust. 1M.VJ; ^February, 1*65; June, 1876;
May, 18*6—averaging 11} years. Broad
River was Ume leet higher in 1852 than
to day at 10 oliuck. The datea mentioned
were exceptionally good crop years.
The Flood* Ktwwhrre.
Cit uu.kston, May 21.—There are heavy
freshet* throughout tipper South Caroffna.
The Pec Doe river stands thirty-six feet
alsivc low water and is still rising, Crops
on the river arc a total loss. The loss is
lieyond estimate. Considerable damage
has been done to the railroads and crops in
the northern and western parts of the
State.
CtiAitt oi ik, N. (’.. May 2F.—Tim rain
storm wfllch eommenml at this place
.Tuesday morning closed last night The
total rainfall was eight inches. Tho breaks
in the Air Line mad laUwecn Charlotte and
Atlanta have liecn repaired and train* to
day resumed travel. Three breaks <>c-
curreil on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta road, hut they-were repaired yes
terday and only a slight delay w as caused
in the running of the trains' The Rich
mond and Danville line suffered severely
between Charlotte and Greensboro, the
trestle over Coddle Creek being washed
away and one span of the bridge one hun
dred and fifty feet long over the Yadkin
River was destroyed. This causes a stop
page of travel. The break at Coddle Creek
lias liecn repaired and a transfer will fte
etTucted at Yadkin River on Monday next
?t which time travel on this road will be
resumed. The Western North Caroliaa
mail was only .lightly damaged.
The destruction of crops ii immense and
no estimate can be made of the loss inflict
ed on the farming community.
GENUAL NEWM ITEMS.
■■ Dpi. Cape
r«pon the back of it tbia inrerip
la
the time, in the banc
Secretary Mem mincer:
the money-changers become
the peculiar features ol
bill ft wili be as dhftcult
merv
is
Tlie Language of ttia Kami,
(From Ciumell'e Family Magazine.)
Dimples, bones and wrinkles mark
Hie three stages of life’s progress.
With tRe wrinkled stages the steadiness
of youth often remains in resolute
character. When the Duke of Wel
lington w as a very oLd man, he could
still fill a glass of waiter to tbo last ,
possible drop, and hold it up stradily,,
brimful. The helpful heads keep their
yoatbiul activity, too, far into the
withuHoc ago. And in nobly loving
nature* there is * *ort pf immortality
of youth; the warmth of ajtealiop has
given more than a royal prerogative,
the hand is J/eautitul always to (bn
eyes that knov it familiarly'. The
latter years only stamp r w ith the
impress of a longer paat pi tenderness,
faithfuiuoui and bouiUy. Is it not the
**010” baud, but thn “(fear” band, and
it sever grows older, but more dear.
He who doubts the truth t>f this last
mystery has yet not found. o«t ttet
hands as wall at hearts, have a paaai-
fer pkoslnov knowledge andMora of
' *aA — . ..i. .
'luii decision of the New York Court of
Ap]teals In ttie tae^ Yprk sinking-fund care
is of wide Interest. Thouuuft bolds that in
estimating the debt of New York city wii.li
reference to the constitutional limitation,
the bonds < f the city's sinking fund must be
deducted. As nearly nil the large cities of
the gountyy, to g greater or less extent, have
sinking fundi; made up pf their own securi
ties. the principle set forth has important
hearing. The decisions of the courts with
referencphY) this phase of cjty government
have liven infrequent apd of slight tearing.
—— —a*— 3**-—
Governor West went to the penitentiary
at bait Lake recently to talk with the polyg
amous convicts there, lie asked if they
would bo willing to promise obedience to
* be laws if he w ould use his influence to
h«i*c ejemency extended to them. Apostle
Lorcnxo „ihd be would not. He bad
no confidence in Judgu iape or United
Slatys Attorney Dickson, whatever he nn k hk
have in Governor West.
fltc Rnwhyterian General Assembly con-
ven<-<l in A^gxts Thursday, and organized
by electing Kev. l>r. *. K. Bryson, of Ala-
“ K. A “
HV Ml lA
** IrY^ rTifr
Ixuna, Moderator, Rev K. A. itanucy of
Nashville, and Governor J. H. May re, of
yirginia, Reading Clerks. A resolution
was adopted referring the
lotion to a special
soon as possible.
»e uuestion of evo-
rtfuee tq report as
An incendiary tire dest/oyed
i com bouse, wife several
o/ pom aai jpae, pa
4*a M.
•f tauvm BslNsnl Areas Varies*
tlaartMs.
Sumter is troubled with forest fires.
J. C. MaHoree, of Charleston, bss been
granted a patent for mixed paint.
Ben Dinkins, an eld colored ipan of Sum-
tor, fell dead oa tbeJAh. y'
Mr. A. W. Morto® of Abbeville County,
died on Friday last of heart disease.
Mr. II. M. Prince, of Abbeville Countv,
died suddenly on the 15th from paralysis.
The Georgia State Democratic Conven
tion meets in Atlanta July 98.
Asheville votes tbs issue of 9100,000 in
of
tends for public improvement of her streets
and lights.
Negroes are wanted at Panama to work
on the canal. The climate is said to be
good for them.
A daughter of Widow Whitesides, liv
ing near Gastonia, was struck by lightning
last week and killed.
Four persons were severely shocked by
lightning on the farm of II. W. Boggs,«in
Oconee.
Frank Little, a colored man living near
Cheraw, committed suicide by shooting
himself with a gun.
It is estimated that the losses in nine Ohio
Counties devastated by the flood will foot
up $2,000,000.
Lawyer Frank P. Gray, of Atlanta, Ga.,
was shot and killed by Marshal R. L. Jones
in a difficulty about some cattle.
A portion of the town of Meriden, Kan
sas, was destroyed by a tornado; several
persons were killed and many Injured.
Cant. Hatfield, with a troop of cavalry,
struck Gcronimo's band a severe lick and
captured bis horses and entire camp outfit.
Will Hunt, a young man of 17, eloped
with Miss Minnie Ferguson, aged 15—-both
parties from progressive Spartanburg.
Mr. Julian J. Neville, of Walhalla, cut
his foot severely with an axe while cutting
wood, and now moves around on crutches.
George W. Carlelon. who for years has
been identified with American tiooks and
authors, lias retired from busiucss.
The eruption of Mt. Aitna is increasing
in proportions and the town of Monte Rosso
is in danger from the flow- of lavs
Phenomenally heavy rains have fallen iu
the Western and Piedmont sections of North
Carolina during the (tasl two days.
Eugene Taylor, of Greenfield, Mass ,
poisoned his son by sprinkling strychnine
on candy and then attempted suicide.
R. H. McMurray was run out of hi* field
last Tuesday by n w hip snake- He went
back and killed it. It measured 8 feet in
length. ^ •
Thomas Azey, a farmer in Burlington,
N. J., accidentally shot bis wife fatally
while endeavoring to shoot crows In his
corn field.
The Orangemen of County Armagh are
enrolling themselves in military organiza
tions for the purpose of resisting a home
rule government.
Franci* M. Taylor, Probate Judge of
Winston County, Ala., has lieen impeached
in the Supreme Court and deposed from
office.
Col. John B. Folsom, grandfather of the
young lady to w hom 1‘resident Cleveland
is engaged to be married, died last week s in
Erie County, N. Y.
Mrs. Margaret Donan, a Wheeling, W
V , widow, while suffering from religious
excitement, killed her three daughters and
then committed suicide.
E. F. Wslker, a respectable citizen of
Louisville, Ky., while suffering from tem
pornry insanity. Jumped from a railway
train and was killed.
Returns from all over the country indi
cute that 192,000 persons arc now working
eight and nine hours a day who were work
ing ten hours a day last month.
Another l it.i' >r Idu-d France and
]>ortiou.H of Gi ro. u Saturday, causing
serious loss ot I i. . d great damage to
property.
Dan and Lm Ma
sbal Campbell and
mick at Bartow . FI
indignant citizens.
The (TfangeuciT of A 11**1 alia promise to
aid the Orsog. men of Ireland in their en
deavors to prevent the adoption of Glad
stone's home rule scheme.
Gen. Martinez routed the Yaqui* from
their stronghold in Sierra Bacatchc. killing
100 and cajHuring 200 of the band The
Mexican* lost 20 killed and 70 wounded.
( apt. John N Mafflt, an old officer of the
United States Navy, who resigned to aba
his fortunes wffh {be Confederacy, died
his home in Wilmington, N. C., yesterday
A kerosene lamp cxplodod In the room of
Dr J. B. Patrick. Jr., in the Georgetown
Hotel, a few nights ago, but no serious
damage was done.
Senator Bote died last w eek at his Lome
in Spartanburg, from the effects of the in
juriys received by a fall during a recent
storm.
A young sou of John Moroao, of Charles
ton, fell over the banister of the thinbfloor
of his residence to the first floor, a distance
of 35 feet, and was seriously Injured
Alderman .laehme has lieen sentenced to
nine years and ten month* imprisonment in
Sing Sing for accepting a bribe In connec
tion with the Broadway Surface Railroad.
Mis* G. Morse, a great-granddaughter of
Commodore Vanderbilt, has stirred up the
citizens of the venerable town of Tarry
town, N, Y., by eloping with her father's
coachman, George Minton.
Mrs. Alice Paidleton, 61 years old, wife
of Ex-Govemor Pendleton, of Ohio, and
present Minister to Berlin, was thrown
from her carriage while driving in Central
Park, New York, and killed.
During the presentation of Uncle Tom’s
Cabin in Westerville, O., on the I8U1, a
gasoline lump was knocked over and a panic
ensued among the audience, several being
killed and a number injured.
Plim White, the most successful confi
dence man in the world, has iust died in
Reading, Vermont. During hu life he bad
swindled confiding men andf women out of
fully $1,500,000. H« bai} resend aliase*.
The dwelling of II. C. Poore, near Due
West, was destroyed by fire at an early
hour Sunday morning. The family escaped
with only a suit each. Loss about $1,500;
no insurance.
John L. Sullivan arjd Charles Mitchell
liave signed articles of agreement to box
eight rounds according to the revised Mar
quis of Queensbeny rules. In Chicago, on
the 14th of Jun*.
Louis JJugg, the Anarchist, for whom
the Chicago poljec have teen ip search, has
bed!! arrested. He is known to h»Ve l*en
one of those who threw a bomb wjth fatal
effect,
II. J. Stephens, the celebrated English
bicyclist who is making atom of the world
on ids bicycle, has been arrested by the
Russian authorities and imprisoned for
crossing the Afghan frontier.
11. •> hu murdered Mar
•iiuledo fleer McCor
were ‘ynchcd by
E
One firm of manufacturers in the nrov-
‘ idea nr
Lee of Ulster has already conduil
' * • - - - transfer ot its mills to
r&ngemants to, tte transfer ot its mills to
Germany. It Is stated'that other firms ape
considering the advisability of ’removal.
considering the advisability
Tlie Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company have paid $197,000 for the large
r»oce building corner of Pennsylvania ave
nue and 15Uj street, Washington, to be
used for their new offices, as the Capitol
City will be their headquarters hereafter.
While plow ing on the plantation of a
gentleman near Chariotte^yt of three
r&bbtU wtt (ttfl
J. A. Hen
was arrested in Chi
Henry, n dsndily
sted in Chicago fc
dsndily dressed printer,
'or uttering incen
diary language and distributing a call for
an Anarchist demonstration. He contended
that the recent attack on the police was jus
tifiable and mid more tenths will be thrown.
North Carolina has provided pensions for
her Confederate soldiers, but they must be
worth leas than $500 and live within the
boundaries of the State to secure it.
A music leaf turner has been patented
by Mr. Louis L. White, of Portland,
Oregon. Now, what is a fellow going to
do for an excuse to stand close to his Irat
girl while she is playing on the piano?
It is acml-offlcially announced that the
German Government will enforce the So
cialist law's more stringently than e,ver, in
order to prevent the anarchy which Great
Britain, Ilclgium, France and America are
unable to suppress.
“Make anarchists bow to law,” says the
Philadelphia 7ime*. Yes, and drive them
beyond the seas to their own place. Tiny
have no right to remain in this land of
freedom. Congress miglit to enact a rigid
anti-Chinese law against them.
It is reported that Deputy United Mar
shal Andrews and a posse of three were all
killed by Bill Pidgcon iu Kufaula, Indian
Territory, while attempting his arrest.
Pidgeon killed Deputy Marshal Richardson
some months ago.
Norton Tubte, of Nori, Mich., after fail
ing in an attempt to murder his sister, con
fessed the crime, announced his intention
to commit suicide, gave a neighlior $1,000,
and blew off the top of his head iu a barn
when the. deputy sheriff came to arrest
him.
The talk about Fred. Douglass organiz
ing a movement to induce the negroes to
settle in tlie Nortliern and Western States
does not disturb the South. The colored
brother will not leave a section of the
country where tlie watermelon crop never
fails and the possum is always on deck.
A colored boy named Jeff Bnicton was
shot dead near Bamterg by a tramp who is
thought to be named Bellinger. He bad
offered the father of tlie boy $"> to drive
him from Graham’* to Bamberg, then com
milted the murder and made off with the
horse. It is thought he will te overhauled^
The largest aerolite on record has ju*t
been discovered in Washington County, Pa.
It fell on the 14th of September, 1885, and
was found emtxxided deep in the soil. It
is the largest aerolite on record and weighs
fully 200 tons. It* composition is cbm-
minium, nickel, aluminum, copper, mag
nesium and tin.
A severe storm passed over Greenville on
Saturday, destroying a numter of trees and
fences and doing other damage. A huge
oak was blown down across tlie office oi
Drs. W. R. and S (’ Jones, smashing it to
atoms. Several hundred,dollars worth of
(took* were di-strovisl
A wind storm struck Spartanburg on Sat
urday and ripjHsI the tin roof from the
Opera House and ]iartially unroofed tin
Baptist Church. Several other building*
ffered and manv tree* were blown down.
BU from
. at all mmom.
Bhmttsm the Hsttm, lapdra DlfMtloa, ti4
EmlteMss the IucImu
*ur
A. J. Aycock hud Ids lu-mi cut by a brick
failing upon it and David Sloan bad one of
ids legs injured.
An old farmer intent on making hi* will
was asked by the lawyer the name of his
wife, when he gravely replied “Well, in
deed. I really don’t recollect whul it is.
we’ve teen married for upward of forty
years, and I always call her my old wo
man ” The lawyer left-a blank, to te
filled up when tlie old woman's name wn*
ascertained.
Ateut lids time of year, *av* (lie fariJina
S/nrUin, when a man goes from town to a
country church, people wish to know what
lie is going to run for. Likewise when your
simon-pure fanner gets up on Sunday
morning and pul* on hi* U*st clothes and
rides off to a church he is not accustomed
to attend, it is a suspicious 1 imimstanie, to
say the least of it.
On Saturday night last, parties unknown
wint to the Itouse ‘f Vr J. R. Rotert*.
near the town of Lancaster, i nd called for
him. Mr*. R. told them he was not at
home, 'rticy then went to tin house of a
negro on the premises and. a^ur cursing
around awhile, fired scvtidl shot-, through
his door and left. Mr. II. i making every
effort to ferret out tlie part a-*.
Mr. Jas. A P Rhekmon, cf L-rera-tcr
County, lias invent,d i. n i of uwchinc xo
a'inch stock to win., : .dug. ii i' *ocon
structed as to make i> impossible for i,.tlli
to get caught in the rope w ith which they are
tied.
and can readily te carried by ajerson
from one place to another It is all arranged
so a* to afford stock shelter from the hot
sun.
An expressman named Ries, 50 years
old, hanged himself from a rafter in his
barn in Chicago. His wife found him in
this situation, and her screams brought a
crowd of neighbors to the scene, hut uo one
interferoi| or attempted to cut the rope,
owing to the frantic efforts made by the
suicide to relea»c himself, by throwing ids
legs and arms apart. After ten or fifteen
minutes « policeman cut the man down.
He was then cold in death.
The House Committee on Public Lands
have authorized a favorable report upon
In
Mr. Pay son’s bill to prohHdt iton-residetH
aliens from acquiring or holding real estate
in the Territories of tho United States. The
purpose of the hill i* to break up the sys
tem of foreign landlordism, said to te in
0 pc ration to a startling extent in several of
tlie Territories, the foreign owners of the
land leasing it to the tenantry under ateut
the same system which is in vogue in Ire
land.
The report has reached Kufaula. Ind.
Ter., from the interior that Deputy United
S'ates Marshal Andrews and ids jiosse of
three were all mortally wounded by Bill
Pidgeon while attempting his capture.
Pidgeon hud killed twelve men, and there
has lieen 11 large rew ard offered for his cap
ture dead or alive. Andrews and his posse
were after this reward. I’idgeon killed
Deputy Marshal Richardson some months
ago. A |K>ssc of armed citizens arc scour
ing the country for Pidgeon.
Mranml Snrak la Town.
Malarial gases sneaked up through the
poorly constructed drains and made baby
very sick with malarial fever. Babv would
have died but for timely use of Brown's
Iron Bitters. There is nothing meaner in
its way of coming, nor worse in its effects,
thsn this malaria from the underground
regions. Mrs. McDonald, of New Haven,
Conn., says, “ For six years I suffered
from the effects of malaria, but Brown’s
Iron Bitters cured me entirely.’’ Try it
when malaria steals iu and undent!ilies
your constitution. R will give relief.
WHITE LEQHORXS.
I am new breeding from bird* Hint score
from 85 to po point* Eggs $1.00 per sit
ting of 13. Clicks, this fall, st $2.50 per
trio. Eggs packed parefu’.ly in baskets.
Fair baton guaranteed, For further in
formation, address
J. 8. McCREIGHT,
AplOLlm WlNNBBOIlO, S. C.
Mea Think
'■ * • < t< £ - *
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THE
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Fa i mbh T. J Krnj.T, the patriotic and achobiri?
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sr
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sracL
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Its proprietors claim for it uo other medical
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FEVER anbAQUE,
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Cholera-morbus and kindred diet saw.
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end for Illustrated catalogue.
orally. Ben
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UANO,
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For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and for the various attractive and instructive
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Nov25Uy
THE ASHLEY PHOSPHATE CO., Charleston,'S/.C.
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