The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, March 16, 1886, Image 6
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.BAD NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
Riderless I riderless ! ridorless ! Headlong
in mad disaster,
Over a desolate land plunging and plow
ing on,
Bridlo flung looeo and away from the hand
of the mastor;
Empty the saddle, O God, whero the
rider reeled and was gone!
Riderless ! riderless ! riderless! Ruin sweeps
on behind them,
xi- _ xi i :i.i.
AJLUL UU VUUir UUUKB {JUibUiU^ W1I>U twaiuu
breath,
The fires of hell themselves riding the wind
to find them,
The noise of moro than battlo, the horror
of worse than death !
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Riderless ! ridorloes ! riderless ! Blow, trumpets,
into your blowing,
Blowing the wild pursuit of a furious foe
The cry of a conquered people, of the rider's
overthrowing.
Tho heart-broken sob of women, the walling
of children, blow!
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
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Dcupcrate Fight for JLile In a Liffhthouse.
A startling story corncs from Morgan
City, La., aud is told by Third Assistant
Keeper Keech, of the Ship Shoal
Station Lighthouse, on the Gulf of
Mexico. He says:
' "I was third and Mr. Dunn was principal
keeperof the lighthouse.- We hud
started the first and second assistant
keepers up the Atchafalaya Bayou for
provisions. They did not come hack,
and, after waiting five days for their return?the
distance was only about 50
miles?we concluded that something
serious had happened to them. The
morning of the fifth day, while we were
tarring outside, we noticed a boat becalmed
to the southward, and on examination
wo came to the conclusion
that it was the missing boat belonging
to our station. So I took the dingey
and pulled out to her. On getting
alongside I found in her only one
man. and he was a stranger. I asked
him where he was going with our boat.
He said he was going to Paacagoula,
and asked in return what light that was.
I told him it was the Ship Shoal, and
asked him where he had gotten the boat
from. He said he had bought her of
thrce'men near Morgan city, for $100. I
told him our first and second assistant
Keepers had gone up the bayou in her;
that we hadn't seen them since, and
that I proposed to take him to the station.
He made no resistance.
"For three days we fed and watched
him, hearing nothing from the missing
keepers. The fourth night Dunn was
? , in the watch room, and I lay asleep below
in my own room. I was awakened
by a terible pain in my head, and found
myself bleeding and the stranger standing
over me with a hatchet giving it to
me as fast as ever he could. I yelled,
'murder! murder!' jumped up, called
again to Dunn to come down and help
me, and had no sooner got the words
out of mouth than the stranger out
with a revolver and began firing. Three
balls struck me and I fell in a faint.
Dunn in the meantime had hurried
down and armed himself, but when he
got to the foot of the stairway all was
quiet and dark in my room, and he
could not hear anything. He crept
cautiously into the small room where
v the small lamps were kept, past a sky^inrhf
fllflf fViA (vl/iavn a f fV.rv ! >;? I
... ... . --o ? ?"to"" ",v vuv |'AS
Jftutern. The stranger was watching
for him, and banged away at him
through my window, hitting him in the
f* right shoulder. Dunn fired back into
the darkness in the direction of the
." flash, and the stranger shot him twico
more, again in the right shoulder and
in the right side. Dunn fell over, but
got up at once, and just then I came .to
and called him. We heard nothing
more of the stranger for some minutes,
and then discovered that he had gone
aloft into the watchroom. We barricaded
the stairway, covered the skylight,
and then turned to estimate damages.
I was ready to faint again from
lnsa of lilnnfl TTnlf mv fonn <io
.?j ,.i?o gUUO, |
just as you see, and I had three pistol
! ' wounds. Poor Dunn was suffering
principally from the two bullet wounds
in his shoulder. Each of us had to use
* the left hand in binding up as best wc
could the other's, wounds. The next
day wc took our prisoner to Morgan
City, and he is now in jail there. He
gives his name as Davy Jones. He is a
hideous looking man, all the lower side
of his face being chopped away in the
encounter."
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Inexpensive House Dresses.
Cashmere will remain in favor for
house dresses, says the Bazar, as it may
by worn in this climate at almost all
seasons of the year; hence the shelves
of the retail shops are filled with large
importations of all the old favorite colors
and with some new spring shades.
K Lavender, heliotrope, pansy, and violet
shades are in great quantities; blue of
origntcr uuch is scon, aiso tne clear
?hina blue, the gray-blue, and dull
j|j India blue; grays in pale tints and
I. light almond-oqlors are largely imported,
ft and there are many of the green and
olive shades that have of late been so
gft ' fashionable in Paris. Ten yards are
bought for a dress, with enough velvet
Vs : o/ a darker shade for a plastron vest
,yV\ and collar, or clae watered silk is chosen
v V instead of the velvet, and is used as
pointed revers from throat to bust,-with
" \ a plastron between, while the space
below is laced together. Two or three
I* ? - Wide pleats of watered silk will give
the skirt a pretty side panel, and the
remainder may have a long plcntcd
apron qnd straight side breadths. If
the fan-pleated apron is preferred, the
_I1I_ I.. ? 1 1 A\ !JJl
Mil IV (filUUIU UV JJlCUtVU UUW11 CUV IUU1U ir
from belt to foot, and there should be a
B breadth of the silk gathered in the
back 6f the skirt, with half a breadth
' of doshmere on each side of it. This
I grill make ?ull 'straight drapery, as all
1 . back drapery is now'held in a very narftlk
fow space. A watered sash may trim
F \ pne side instead of a pleated panel. A
lavender cashmere with pansy-colored
irelvet, or dark blue with watered silk
' . , of the Siune shade, or one of the new
H; * green or red cashmeres with black
Watered silk, will be,found a pretty and
^k- . becoming dross for home, ana it made
J ft home will cost very little money.
V
Hott He Got Eron.
Last year a Mississippi farmer sold a
countiy merchant a balo of cotton.
The country merchant marked and
shipped it to his cotton factor in Nov>
Orleans, where it was sold for exportation
and finally found its way to Manchester,
England. "When the bale was
opened by the spinner it was found to
contain the half of a grindstone weighing
about fifty pounds. Of course the
spinner made reclamation through his
American buyer on tho New Orleans
merchant, and that party in like manner
made reclamation on the Mississippi
merchant, the piece of grind .one accompanying
the demands as a voucher.
When it had readied Mississippi there i
was pasted on it a slip of paper giving "
its weight and a history of its voyage. 1
The Mississippi merchant was some- *
what timid, and hesitated to charge the c
farmer with fraud in false packing, so ^
he concludcd to abide his time. About
a month ago the farmer cainc to town
tifl fli 4- n A- *-* n r? 1 1 ImiI> f ?n no
Willi lliuiv; l 11/11 IU DUIl, UUl> tuu 111UI- *
chant declined to buy it, saying that he
was not in the market that day, but he ?
would be glad to sell him anything in
his line at bottom prices, in fact, "so c
sheep as never peforc vas."
When the farmer had sold his cotton, _
and priced goods at other stores lie returned
to the merchant, and, finding
his prices so much below those of other
merchants, he bought quite a large bill
from him, among other things, a barrel
of sugir at one cent per pound less
than to be had elsewhere.
Now was the chance to get even, so
he filled tho barrel himself, placing the
piece of grindstone in the middle. The
farmer placed his purchases on his
wagon and carried them home.
A few days ago, while measuring out
some sugar for his farm hands, his
scoop struck something hard, and upon
investigation he discovered d recog
nixed the piece of grindstone.
He took it out of the barrel and read -t,
the inscription on it, to which the merchant
had added:
"Vivdy. bound ov schugar safed, ish g
vivdy bound ov cottmglosht?don't it?" I
M. Quad.
Had a Dead Arm. 1
The other day a well known Detroit
doctor was eating lunch in a restaurant
alongside of a business man, when the
latter remarked:
"I just saw a case to interest you in
the cigar store. There is a man who
has no feeling at all in his right arm."
nf nnrol vaia f nnnrcn " rnr\linrl
vy t?vjvy |/m ?t j \/l i^v/uiov/j *
the doctor. E
"Oh, no, it isn't. He has been examined
by some of the most eminent
surgeons and they declare that it isn't.
If it was a case of paralysis he couldn't
move his arm you know." ,
i(How long has it been so?"
"Over 20 years he tells me. He says
he'll pay any doctor $5,000 to restore
the natural feeling.
"I'll sec him," remarked the doctor,
and when dinner was over the two went
into the cigar store, and the medical ^
man was introduced. *
"Did this thing happen all at once?" i
asked the doctor. h
"Yes, sir; there was no warning what- f"
ever." a
"Does the arm feci dead?"
"Perfectly dead. You can stick your t(
knife into it without my feeling a sensation.
tl
"That's odd. Let roc feel of it."
The doctor put out his hand, made
one grip, and then turned on his heel and
left the place, his face as red as
paint and 1ns gait somewhat eccentric.
It was a wooden arm. The real one
was shot off at Gettysburg.- -pLtroil c
Prcc Press.
Little Johnny's Story.
Little Johnny, the youthful contrib- 1
utor of the Araonaut, records this moral
talc: A preccher wicli had been a wicked
gamier fore he was a preeclicr he seen u
feller wich was a gamier too, and he
sed, the preccher did: "lie jest play
cards Avith this pore mizablc sinner, and .
win ol his munny, and wen he is busted ^
maybe he will listen to divine trooth
and be saved." So they played, and
the preecher he winned ol the feller's p
munny evry cent, and then he sed: 0
"Now, see how wicked you have ben t<
for to loos yure munny, and yure whife t<
and babys haven't got no bred to eat." ,
And the gamier he sed: "That's so,"
and he bust out cryin. Then the .
prcecher he sed: "Pore sinner, if you *
prommice me unto yure onner to not a
play cards agin Ille give it ol back, cos k
fmp r nmnchnr." So fVio crnmlor ho xuaa h
stonish, and he sod: "I never see sech jj
a good man, I prommice, yes indeed,
and haven bless you!" and he busted E
out cryin again, the gamier did. Then f
the preecher he give him back ol his a
munny, and the feller put it in his *
{>opket, and wiped his eyes, and blode
lis nose gratefle, and then he thot a
wile, and pretty sune he coflcd, and he
said to the preecher: "I feel mity mean
taking back this hundred dollars from a
man wich has rescewed me from card
playin, tell you what lie do, you put up
a other hundred agin it and weel toss
up for the pile, heds or tails, best two
out of thrc."
The Riot Germ.
A. New York Tribune correspondent
says: I asked Colonel Picard, the commander
of the 13?h Ohio at the Cincinnati
riots, if he anticipated further
trouble in Cincinnati, and he said:
"The riot germ exists in all large cities.
Tf iu 1 i
?v n ^iwwui^ linn it is 011 ly a question
of time when it will burst out. It may
be political dissension or it may be
other causes that will give it a start.
But it is sure to come. The lack of the
mob element is leadership, and the
safety of society lies in organization.
They had a leader one of the nights of
the riot at Cincinnati. He was a big
fellow with a red flag. They followed
him up to within ten yards of our barricades,
but when he was dropped by a
bullet they fell back. My regiment
puttered severely. We had over twentyfivo
men wounded. My great difficulty
was to keep the men cool and to pre*
vent them from firing indiscriminately
on the crowd. It is a severe te?t on
men to see their comrades dropping
Around them and not to be allowed to
roturn the Are."
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GrOODY
Carriage R
HAN EE FOUND TFTE LARGEST SI
^ Phroton*. Roan' Carts, Plantation Wnprons (
larnesa Saddles. Belting, lonthor of nil kinds,
hirty day* J xciil OFFER SPECIAL BARGAIN!
HES sit less tlrin Manufacturers' Prioes. Thei
>rn makos; -w 11ic11 I will guarantee equal to the
incc yourselves that tlioynre absolute bargains
A. R. GOO
(Succcssor to R. IT. Mat & Co.,) 0
I AUGUSTA.
DAY & TA
Are Now Receiving a
CARRIAGES A
FOR THE SPR
AT PRICES TO SU
And Never Before Attained.in
Ve are enabled to give our customers ev<
at the closet possible cash price
CHILDREN'S CARRIAGE!
The finest assortment of HANDBAGS am
'RUNKS, WHIPS and UMBRELLAS.
THE WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHIL
TENNESSEE WAGONS, 1, 2 and 4 Ilor
DAY & TANNAHILLL'S ONE AND T\
EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WAGONS.
AXLES, SPRINGS, HUBS, SPOKES, &c
HOYT'S LEATHER BELTING. The be
LACING, RIVETS, Etc. OAK and HE
CALF and LINING SKINS, LASTS, TH
HARNESS and SADDLES. WE CALL 1
IARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICH \
DAY 4,
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WHITE B]
Would call the attention of buyers to t
a unusually large and attractive. They have
ave ever olfereu. They havj also some handsi
oJtment of Black and Colored VE-^VETEEM
nice line of Wool Luces in all colors, the late
Their stock of BLACK CASHMEUE cai
nusual care in the selection of these goods, a:
o color, quality and price. Agoodlineof JEH
It would astonish any one to see how very c
? i;.? ~ n,..ii
his 80ason. uuyors IU uuauuo nuuiu uu noil
WHITE BI
CARPETS are so very cheap aR to be in
! ARPET8 and RUGS can be found at the stor
The above are only a few lines in which Sp
The General Stock of Fall and Winter Got
WHITE BR
a the largest, best assorted, and more attracts
lete in all departments.
The Human Eye t
JOSEPH
OPTIC
lnn?rinr toanv other in use. constructed in ae
f nature in the peculiar form of a tJONCAVE
o the organs of sight, and perfectly natural to
o the human vision ever invented.
I. SILVER
nd is traveling at this time throughout the St
mown his Theory and Practioe, and at the same
lis Spectacles have been t ied they are spokes
estimonials will osrtify; the original and ma
is rooms. Ho at the sane time wishes to b<
ling quacks who merely sells you a pair of g
aay never see apain. He has e<tablis led in At
u case you should happen to lose or break you
t a small nominal sum, as it is his custom to I
ties him to know ju?t the giaaa you have pure
annK m on oa -Trt/lrra TAf'lo nnvanrr P.aI
~ Bdpt.T6,l885 '
CLOTHING! CLOTH
^K^Bsa^vmvjv *
l^mi?r B
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EAR'S E
epository.
rOCK OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
nil sizes, 1 to 6 hoi-?o,) Single and DoabU
, Wagon Mnterinl, &o.. &c. For the next A.]
8 IN A LOT OF O^EN AND TOP BUG
3e Buggies are all Fine Northern and Eastbeat.
Gall and examine them and con'
nil
DYEAR, Agant- *'E
PP. GEORGIA RAILROAD BANK. Q
GEORGIA. I
A
NNAHILL,
Fine Assortment of
ND BUGGIES
ING TRADE,
riT THE TIMES 1 E
the .History of the Business I
?ry advantage by purchasing our good
?s. Call and be convinced.
5 IN GREAT VARIETY. I
1 SATCHELS ever brought to the city. 1
A. WAGONS, all sizes.
sc.
VO HORSE WAGONS. j
. RUBBER BELTING and PACKING.
!st iu the world.
MLOCK SOLE LEATHER.
READ, CEMENT, Etc.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OUR
VE EXCEL IN QUALITY and PRICE.
TANNAHILL, *
Augusta, Ga.
MOTHERS
i Few Specialties: Their stookof
the cheapest line of BLACK BILKS they
sine Colored Milks. They have h good asS
tor Dreaies and Trimmings. They have (1
st thing for line Dress Trimmings.
mot be surpassed. They have bestowed
nd are assured they are all right in regard
SEY JACKETS, cheaper than ever betore.
:heap FLANNELS and BLANKETS are
to examine the stock of
1
MOTHERS !
the reach of all. A good assortment of I
e of WHITE BROTHERS.
ecial Bargains can be had. 2
>ds now offered to the public by
OTHERS,
/e than they have ever carried. It is comsep.30,
tiv&-2m. J
ind Spectacles. .
SILV E R,
cordance with the science and philosophy
I-CONVEX ELIPSE3, admirably adapted
> the eye, affording the best artificial help
I ETABL1SHED A J
W EYE GLASS EMPORIUM
CITY OF AUGUSTA.
ate of Georgia for the purpose of making
> time introducing these Lenses. Wherever
i of in the highest terms, aa the following I
ny others can be Reen and examined at
? underwood that he is not one of the travlasHes
at exorbitant prices and whom yon lgusta,
at present, 548 Broad Street, where
r glasses, he will!replace the snme for you T
ceep a register of all he sells, thereby enahased
from him. These testimonials are
quit, Geuaral Gordon and a host of others. '
ING! CLOTHING!
J\00K at the old gent above in a r,
badfix isn't he with his pants all
Daggy and no fit? My friends do
you wish to avoid getting into just
euch a scrape? Then when you j
make up your mind to buy a suit of
clothes come right along to our
store and have your measure taken
and have your clothes made to or- ^
. dcr by the very best 3
> *
TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY. ,
and then if they are baggy and .
^ don't fit, just say to us "send these J
clothes right back, I don't want I
S them and wont liavo them." Moroover,
wo would not let you keep
them ourselves if they did not fit
you. We are not working for a fall i
S. trade, but a trade we can by giving
v entire satisfaction hold in the future.
Remember our motto is "no ?
fit no pay.
We are yours truly, j
xro'tla.ears*
?
?ALMETTO
THOS. McCETTIC/
the largct SATjOON in tlia np-country, don't ii
rertisemeuts. The half is not mentioned in tl
pared tor fall trado. The Palmetto liouse is well
oreign and Domestic V
the best the market affords. He has got Li?i
Rye and Corn, Irish and
pple, Peach, California and French. I
T* 1. _
rorit;
Ho cnn cheerfally recommend his goods to tl
xed drinks with sill the DELICIOUS REVERAG1
IRATE DRINKS. His specialty is n large stock
entlemensresort.no.
and yon will not forgot again.
l Good Line of Tobacco anc
Beer a Spec
CUNNINGHAM&'
HAVE IN ST<
Their Large ant fell Se
ALL AND WIN
Consisting in Pa
oreign and Domes
KT OTIC
IATS, HATS, HA1
BOOT
HARDWARE, HABDWJ
Groceries, Groceries, G
Crockery, Or
At Lower Prices than they were Ever Offer
PAVILION HOTEL.
CIIRLESTON, S. El
SC
-irst Class i?n all its Apoointments.
PI
RATES, S2-OD, S2.50.
Excellent Cuisono, largo airy rooms, Otis "
'assentrer Elevator. Electric bell and lights. *
ic a ted rotunda centrally located. {
Oct. I, '^4-tf 21 j
^JENTRAL HOTEL,
ttrs. M.W.THOMA.3, Proprietress
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 49
gXCIIANGE nOTEL,
Greenville, S. C.
rhe Only Two-Class Hotel
in the World.
W. R. "WHITE, Proprietor, 4
J^EW DINNER HOUSE, p
Greenwood, S. C.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap rates,
i'irst-class fare.
Jnne 10th, 1882 -tf. Ill
p. th0m80n. j. w. thomson.
JHOMSON & THOMSON,
Attorn eys-at-Lavr,
. in
Abbeville, S. C.
^"Ofllco in rear Mr. Lee's. A.J
June 8th. Ifc85-tf. 100 Q.
CALHOUN & MABRY,
U
Attorneys and Counsellors at Lav.
Abbeville C. H., S. C.
r>?
)ffiec formcrh' occupied b\* JudecThomon.
tf-50 1
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tOBT. R, nEMPniLI*. WM. P. CAI.IIOLN.
|_?EMPIIILL & CALIIOUN,
Attorney s-at- Law,
j
Anni:viM,K, S. C'.
Vill practice in the bourts of the State. ^
64 lU1
>2
>. W. I'KHRIN T. P. COTI1RAK. ~
OERRIN & COTHRAN, *
L A1
Attorneys-ax-1
.
SALOON! ^
\N, Proprietor
t
ltond to dupe his customers by fulRtj
le throo Abbeville papats. Heis well
i stocked with everything iu the liuo of
Vines and Liquors,:
uors nine years old. Good old
Scotch Whiskies,
brandies,
r, Ale and Fresh Lager Beer.
ie pnblio for MEDICINAIj USE, and
ES of the season. Also COOLi, TEM-'
of PURE GOODS. Call at the
4 WASHINGTON ST,
THOMAS McGETTIQAN.
I Cigars. Budweiser
ialty. 47
rEMPLETON ..
3 RE
lecteft Stock of
TER GOODS,
urt ot
tic Dry Goods,
>NS,
?s,
S -A.ND SHOES
lRF, hardware,
*
rroceries,
ockery, Crockery.
ed Before. l-tf-22
fflORSEDBY W& BETTER LM
IMTISTS AS JgmgCHEAPEK THA,
iACTICALLY^Kj^fe ANY
ittsMMe |H| STOHE.
>ver 500 I RRjnf 1 fBEil Send fo>
leautiful JgMl||tj Price List
Designs. IffiiilKl Circulars
HANUFACTIIRItn BY
MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPANY,
BBIDQEPOET. CON "7.
??AT THE
entennial Saloon
flFor this year will be found
Absolutely Pure Spirits,
rth Carolina coppor distilled Corn, Finest >
brands of Kentucky llye, from
$2 to 86 Per Caflon.
Dortcd Cognac Brandy a Specialty.
ALSO
Les, Porter, Champagnes, &c.
fact all the popular and Btandard good2
that can bo obtained. Together with
an assortment of
Tobaccos and Fine Cigars
that can not be excelled in quality.
rs->ns needing such goods would not be
humbugged by buying from them.
fh? place is second door from Court
use.
O'DONNELL & CUNNINGHAM
Proprietors,
ABBEVILLE, S. (?
an H-tf 2?
- t - .1 .1^ . . ti-1_ n a _
JiJ II1U UUW hiiuut'^ 111 JLlrt In IU1Q UOUUei!)
L with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Bating
U Volvets to match.
It. M. HADDON & CO.
j>UGENE B. GARY,
ttorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
Abbeyix.le, 8. 0.,