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r L / 7 'O' f ,r_: ^ IBriwrtod Weekly bjr Our Ko^ular OorrospoudenU.] Tfi^ASDill. DECEMBER 18. j870. “E~ tharleMtoa <'otton Market. < HAULEsroN, Deerab r 15. 187>. I Qrdlnnry ... MbldlliiK . : 'i . m iidii iik * i - . - n% . kuiauuir - - - 'nil Uu kI Middling: - - » - - 13 !<5 NEWS. UUIKII' LOCAI-M. too to W. & £’8 to buy your Xmas go xls. . --‘Possum luinters report long walks and Utile luck. ' Like th4 calm before the storm is the quiet that now precedes Christmas. On account of the weather no ser vices were hejd in any of the churches Sunday. baa a wlinU •L trairflaad of him a call. Chiistmas g'-wiis. Give A yoling lady is not like a tree. wears o Itluckvlllc. The town' marshal now badgo. Mrs. Wilkes Sawyet, a sister-of Hon. I. 8. and Gen. F. M. Bamberg, died on lost Saturday, leaving a husband and a large family of chl|drw; Mr. P. W. FarretTk store wq^-rabbed on the night of the 9th Inst, of h large amount of goods. T^b thieves were probably concealed in the store when it was closed at night During the Christmas holidays bur pedplo -should look out for trainpa. > • • . The hot supper ned muslcol enter tainment at Court House HaH was n epicndid-Aucoess. Prof. George O. Kubiuson, of Augusta, was present— discoursed .splendid music and sold an elegant organ to- the Baptist Church. from the hest agricultural periodicals in the United States, i. <j>rnh:i iiiTm. You cannot estimate her age by count ing her rings, -^"Our merchants are getting In their Christmas supplies, arid SuntH Chaus has been very liberal. ^ Next week the flro cracker and sky rocket will torture settled folk and delight young America. When a young lady attends church fur the express purpose of showing her new^tinter sacqne, might she not be called sac rtliglous ? A large and well selected stock of Fruits and Nuts, consisting of Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Cqcoauute, &c., at Weathersbee and EasterlUig’s. A. Armstrong, YtfiliiBton, has received a beautiful assortnrent of Doliscf vari ous sizes; also a line lot of Toys Suit, able for Christmas presents. ^—Hall’s Yfgc.lalile..Siciltan pair Re- will stimul.ite the- absorbints the secretions of the hair 'tubes until they regain their original vigor. The residence of Rev. J. Wr^IeRay was'broken into and robbed on last Fillay of some two hundred dollars—' his salary for the past year. WilliKton. Mrs. Susan Richmond, of C'mnectl cut, is now on a visit id John H.'Mix son, Erq.'’~ Much whisky was sold and Imbibed on* last Saturday, but -nobody was -hurt. STATE Cif.KAAl.^XTV is called for by A telcgrapli ; Ilne i Laurens. * Congressman Aiken says he cannot swallow Grant.' , #_ -..t-. The Grand Lodge of A. F. M, met in annual communication on 9th Dec. Tfy it. Mr. D. R. Morris was bitten by a mad dog last week, and on Saturday Messrs. Jos. Bellinger and Herbert j'rown klTied another mad dog, the 1 roperty of Dick Trottl The New York Express wants every man tb pa'rouiz i himself, but every iiihu doesn’t keep a basement ealoon- —Detroit Free Press. No, some nv-n are so poor they have to earryajjottle. I ivill gfv& SI,000 to the Eighth Ward Relief Society, If any one will —The Animal Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Louth convenes in Charleston to-day. _ - The inauguration of the newly elect ed Mayor and CouncikheB of Chailes- ton took place cn Monday. Georgetown county has a balance of S2;000io its credit. This is refresh ing in these days of dellcieuefTs. Homy riyn^ton, a young man clerk iqg fn a store at liingley, jfTTW] A D VER TlSEMEN'l S. : *W ■- — --r—--—- THE WEEKLY NEWS. 1880. For 1880. i ' . A MAMMOTH NEWSPAPER With the first dssun in January, 1880. The Weekly News,' Charleston, 8. C., will be enlarged by tvii§ addi tional pages. It will then Be a great six, page weekly. Nine long, columns orueacti page 1 The length and width of the columns, and the style of type, give the Weekly News a larger quan- ' wr tity oTrcading matter than any paper ever published in South Carolina. No increase in tire priye—82 ATvqr*(- Prize stories, by Southern authors. Chess Chronicle, edited by I. K Or chards, Esq., the chess champion of the South. ' -c. • AartcQiturttl DepftTtmcpf. Bclpcred L^te t telegraphic news. Children’s jBtones, written expressly by v Southern nntiiois for Southern boys rjnd girls. Cherleet>n>'"hy now. --Afccocd-of-tha laity life of tiie city of Charleston, such as no^ other paper can give. SoUth Carolina State news. Only $2 a year. , - , CI-17II IJA/IK* t 5 SqbscihiHis 1 year-at SI 85 $9 25 10 Hubscribeis 1 year at, 81 75 \7,50 I 15 Subset iut>Hi-year nt ^1 C5 24 75 •if) SubsciibersT: yi .ir at 81 50 37 o5 R IORDAN' & DaWSOX. Prtbllshere, Charleston. S. C. W AD VEft T1SEMENTS. — — ...——— r-J- i GOODS -AND- -f: f WIEGAND BROS. 744 Broad Street, Masonic Hall Building. Wftoletale and Retail Dealers in Best Pianos ever oflored to the public. We sell the Celebrated Instruments of Steinway dr Sum, Decker Bros., Krsnieh & Bach, Billings & Co., E. Gabler and Fisher & Co. Also, the &»tey, Wilcox and White Organs. Violins, Gui tars, Banjos, Aceordeous, JElutcs, Fifes, Tambourines, Harmonicas, Ac., Ac. -Best Italian Strings. BRY-eoeDS & GROGERIESc Bar The most correct editions of Sheet Music,-Instruction Books and all losieal Works constautltf on band. ' Prompt Attention Given to Music Orders. Full Stock Always on Hand. rmm Qmm KsssiVifl b&iix. THB10WEST.mess A SASIBST TEEMS. nov20 •»- Sib G E Steadman’s Reh estate fjOI,l,EI|TI\ii ACtncf t roditceth case of Catarrh, Dlphtheija, Cancer, Throat or Skin Diseksc, I can’t cure with my Catarrh ^sipor,etc. Advice fret', W. P.iymv-M. D, 250 S. Niijiih street, Pniladelphla, Pa. A ton of gold makes a fr iction over hhff a million dollars, and when a man says hie wife is worth her weight In gold, and she weighs 120 pounds, »hc is worth 830,000.—Yorkers Gazette. Y t there is an old bachelor in this town menu pnougli td » »y that thesume woman, if put up for auction and dl- vieiod of diamonds and seuh-kin sac- qu- », she would btiug about 25 cents. Th wo who 8'iffvr from nervo*<8 irtiutii >H8. itching uneasiness, and the di-comfort that foll tws from an ei fee- Td' il and disordered state of the sja- lent, should take Ayer’s Sarsaparilla «ud cleanse the blood. Purge out. the lurking distetnpar that undermines tho-health, and cousiitutioual vigor wiif return. cnimmlrted Buicide by taking about two ounces of laudanum. Capt. J. R. P. Fox has been clccte ! a member of the Legislature from Collctoa county to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of W. G Smith, E-q. A number of Lancaftter county cmi. grunts to Texas have returned to their homes, fully salielled to stay In South Carolina as long as they live on half rations. The notorious D. T. Cotbln is in Columbia. What can he be after ? Certainly. S< uth Carolina, and mrre especially Coin inbin, is not a very con. genial spot for him.* A loud of fodder was sold in Colum bin last week in which a negro hoy had been hidden. The fodder was sold by weight. That looks like a re vival of the “slave trade.” Tim Charleston election for Mayor resulted as fMldws: CdufTenay, 4 ITT, Gayer, 2.3C3; Sale, 1,916. Court ebay’s majority, over both Gayer and Sale, Is 641 "votes. The election passed off quietly. j- Treasorer H. F. Alexander has made the heaits of the teachers pf Oconee county r* j dee by paving them 11 xch n ace. xwieh to txchatigo a desirable house 'lot in ) f. peity^ Addicts • diclS-tf Augusta, Ga.. for,country For further luformathju, X. Y. Z, Care-J. W. Hoi.mks, Tl\ illiaton, S. C. Just arrived at Wcolhcrsbre & Easter ling’s 5.COO Cigars I Cheap! CufAP.1 ! Our Nell••!«). In our last issue we promised lo have something more to say about our i- .Tools, we have received a letter from «fin of our citiz *ris on-the subj-ct which we will substitute for the prom ised article. The letter came to hand too lute for this issue, but will appear next week.'The writer has children to educate, and as a matter of course .furl's a deep interest In any move .or discussion which will tend to a<fvance the cause of education. We hope this agitation yill result in something more than mere words. Dentil of Ex-Jiiilffc WiRgin. Ex-Judge P. L. Wtggln, who had _ been in feeble health for some time past, and confined to the house for teveral weeks, died yesterday morn> Ing, at the age of 42 years and 11 months! The Judge was horn in New Hampshire, but removed to this State several years ago. and has held vari ous offices In the State. Atthe-tlme nf his death be held the office of * United ^States Commissioner. He • leaves a widow and one child. The funeral services took place yesterday nt the Episcopal Church, Rev. John Kershaw, the rector, officiating. The body was interred with tbe usual Ma- spnic public grand honors, W. M. B. B. Hmm reading the Impressive burial The Judge was very much v 'liked la this community because of his pleasing and sociable manners.—Beau fort Crescent. V ' Of tbe 686 soldiers sent out by Bal- J llmore to the Mexican but 13 p ujvivc. 82 240. Paris Sim kins, colored, has for from been appointed South Carolina. Edcrcfield. “St'ire-keepcr’ Si ml; ins is The gin-house of Kennedy, Harmon & Co., in Fairfield county, was destroy ed by an incendiary fire, last week' Also in the same county the gin-house of Wm. Roberts was destroyed with heavy lot tea. . The Greenville Nows says that the origin of the fire which destroyed the Academy of Music*'fir that city, on Sunday last, was evidently incendiary, the policeman who gave* the alarm stating that the light of the fire was seen In the cellar under both Sloan Bros.’ and Sloan, Lee A Taj lor.’s stores. Mr. Leo states that they had no oc casion to use the cellar on Sunday. Grand display of Firework*, Toys, &e., at Weathersbee Si Easterlintr’s. SPECIAL NOTICES. Betting is a mighty bad thing, the fact is, It never benefits any one except the winner, while the loser has a kind of lost Idok and feeling. But. if you can get a dead sure thing, why then pht your last dollar on it. We know of one snch chance. You can bet your last dollar on Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment curing in every case. Prii e 60 cent. For sale by Chas. Pechrnan, Barnwell, or Dr. Stokes, Biackville, i A Good fl.lver* in always knowtry Ms appearance. A lives comfortably at home, man who has good dinners, etc., will always show it in his person. But there is another liver more importaut to man— it is the* bad liver—tiie liver that, should regulate the whole system. If that is out of fix, man is good for nothing—e«n % enjoy nothing—to res tore It to health, use Dr, Gilder’s Liver Pills. A few doses will relieve you. For sale by G. A. Phillips, Williston, and Druggists generally. That 2 and 2 make 4 is an estab lished fact no one can deny. That Portaline is the best remedy In the world for all disorders of the stomach and liver, is another fact to which all who have tried It will bear testimony’. It js entirely vegetable, and compoun ded with the greatest care; each pack- aae containing 80 doses for an adult. Price 60 rents. For sale by 0. Pech- raaO) Barnwell, or. Dr. Stokes, Black- at naaotable priets.—AH villc, 8. 0. AEjS l ’ One House and Lot in tlietow wof-jilack- ville, on Pasi-Mdas street, oontarinlnif four rooms, one Kitchen, one Stable! Aand a jfoott well of, waiRr on the lot. 'The Lot Tfi measUr- s 56 feet - front by 200 fcotdvcp. Terms reasonable. Also, several other Houses and Lots, in line eomliti >u for cultivating, successful flops, near blackvllie. All ot which will b»*i rented for on aceomndattrg terras. Applj^to G. K. STKA-!)MAN, . - Flackvibe, >». Cash Paid{sr Ccttoa &Caiittlrf Froducs -DlciCKYllIG JD^/Kery. no\20- I INVITE THE ATTENTION OF THE ■» i f At - - TTTTTTTXStnCTCF The St. Paul Fire -t-AND— Marine Insurance Company CAPITAL ..,.../. $1,701,881 THE SAFEST COMPANY IN UNITED STATES Though I have met with a heavy lost recently 1 am still in the lead. Having the best assorted stork of 1 GHNEHAX MERCHATTHIZE GOOD PEOPLE OF and A.djoinincr Countitnsr ' ' ’ _ —TO MY STOCK OF Bread, Cakes, Pies, Candies, Nats, Fruits, &c. I am nt all times prepared to furnish FRESH BRif AD to families and for Camp* meetings, and can furnish at khort notice delicious Cake for wedding parties, as inany who have favored me ifnh their orders can teitify. — In connection with my Bakery I have added a general stock of GROCERIES* Consisting of CAN GOOD?, HAMS, B ACON, CHEESE, BUTTER^ AND ■ if I- MACKEREL, in fact anything that may be colled for la my line, self that my stock is all of the best quality, and I guarantee th-t my prices w ll compare with any other competitor. Your patronage will be appreciated byytcnring you quickly end satisfactorily. Give me a trial and you will be convinced. Respectfully, W. ROSENTHAL, octlG-Sm Opposite the Depot, BLACKVILLK, 8. C. -J -V TIL Will umlcTwrite on ail kinds of property, real iwfd personal, in liarnwell county, in/- «lu4U*g gins, pin-hoiues, mills oral muohin ery. cotton ginned and unginned at the low est current rates. IT. M. THOMPSON", Local Agent, Williston. S. f. N. H. Policies issue 1 in bc^i Knglish Tire roinponiestf p'teferrtd, confined to dweTT* ing iioV'es, stores and contents^ ' june27-tt' Chas C. Leslie, • : # * Wholesale and Retail Dealer In Fish, (Mime, Lobsters, Turtles, * Terrapins, Oysters. &c. Stills Nos. 1 & 2 Fish Market, Charleston* So. Ca in the^conritjT and having purchased from first hands before the recent ad* vance, I can offer euch inducements to buyers as cannot bn equalled by any merchant in the Middle Section of the Staftc. Fine clothing a specialty. Good business suits from $d up. Wed ding suits from $10 to $25. My prices in this line cannot be equalled anywhere. Leather (not paper) Shoes at very low figures. Fine Shoes for Ladies and Children a Specially. Good and fresh Hr - • '• J'’"' * -J Family Groceries FROM c- A JL KTEW YOR.K Dry Goods, Groceries, Fancy Goods. Hardware, Drugs, Boots and Shoos; Men's and Ladies’ Hats. * Liquors and Tobacco, Saddles, Bridles and hsnt—. • H J, P» O’HSIIIlIl, AGENT. Biackville. SO. Best CAliooesat 7e., Bleached at 6c.. Coat’s Spool Cotton Gc., Lndie*’ Stocking** 6«, • tanon, 0oo4 always on baud, and sold at prices that will compare favorably with Charles ton and Augusta. A fine assortment of Drugs and Medicines Having made luvo additions to ray husino-m. I nra i rnpHr>‘d to furnish Flih, Gantt'. Ac. at short notice. AH orders nrorantly uttondwl to. Terms(msIi or i'i'y seoontonco oot6-!lm i>k ai.V:r IX COUNTRY PRODUCE, Poultry, Game, Butter, Potatoes, &e,, No 103 Meeting St, Charleston; S. C. O'T0 • WULBERN filllEPEli, AVholesale Grocers And Dealer |n Provisions, Liquors Tobacco &c. * •* — * 107 AND 1G9 EAST BAY, Glmrleston. * - 6. Q. nuv2I-3m NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL OF my former customers that I buve re sumed tho Wagoning business, and all orders for hauling of any description left nt ray residence, or that of Mr. ^r-frlnsram, will be tiiaokfully receiv ed, and promptly attended to. augl-ly. J. S. SHUCK. N. Brum Clark, 251 gftoaa STiSSSf. AUGUSTA,. GA. f - EST THE CITY. iiC., Ileal and Imitation Hair Goods. Agency for Mine.' Demoreafs Heliablo Paticrns. novfI-;!m A. Armstrong; WILLISTON, S. C.. Keepa constantly on hand a good supply of ^ General Mercham DUCF taken at fair prices. «f PRO- ecpl8-tf Always on hand. Prescriptions filled as cheap as at any Drug Store in tho county, by Dr. It. D. Holman, who is with me. Satisfaction guaranteed to nil. Give me a call and he Convinced. Cash paid for cotton and all country produce. S. I.IIOIMIAY, oc28-3ru Grahams, S. C. ’"f REAR MAH I Ooaks 9 Fine Cloaks Another invoice just received, bought siuce the recent decline. Oar custo mers will get the bcn*6t of this. Don’t Throw Your Money Away for cheap, shoddy, shop word goods. The best goods arc always the cheapest. Just Opened To' ! A beautiful line of Shetland Shawls, in all the newest shades. New lot Of Dress Goods, from 10c. a yard right along up to Silk Warp HenrUjjtta Cloths and Al pacas, Black and Colored Cashmeres, Shoda Cloths, Australian and English -Crepes. 10, 11 aad l2-1-4—Gabforma White Wool BJauketertheprieo-withTn reach of every one; no excusa for sleeping cold. The best line of Leice and Tarltou Ruchings in the city, with plain and fancy headings. New 6-4 Oil Cloths, iu Rosewood, Mahogany, Marble and Oak, Another invoice'of fine Corsets, Ladies’ and Gents’ all-wool Undervests; Bleached and 'i’urdey Damask by the yard and in patterns; 10,11 and 12 4 Bleached Brown Sheetings; Pillow Case Cotton, Hosiery. Gents’Furnishing Gocds, Ladies’Bags and Belts, and Notions for the Million. ' - - — MAKE NO MISTAKE. In renwmbering-the city, the new numbers make me 801 and 803 Broadband 136 Jackson strects; but The Old Reliable,' corner Broad and Jackson streets, sthads just where it did forty years ago, with the same liberal dealings to ail. . My business is foutuhid on the Square Dealing plan. Nothing misrepresented. Polite attention shown every buyer, and prices guaranteed as low as any bouse in the South. Samples sent on application. Orders receive prompt attention. Express Freight paid on all orders amounting to $5 and upwards. Please examine my '■'oods, and get my Low Prices before you bay. . Oct23-3ir JAMES HILLElf, Miller’s Corner, ^ ^ AUGUSTA GA. per pair, OcnU* Socks 6c. per pair, Proof Hjrs and Corn Whisky f 150 a tnne Hugar 12 Ihs to thadolUr, (Jood Coffifeo S lbs to the dollar. •‘Id lb* Good Flour for dollar. Other (foods to correspond- Give ms a call. tVill not b# undersold, Cbitaa and pro-1 nee hotiglit for cash. seplLfl^jaal New Fall Dry Goods! -:o:- 194 and 196 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. -O- Has now it, Store, and is receiving weekly ono of the most complete Stocks of Staple and Fancy Dry Good*, wh’eh it has ever been his pleasure to exhibit to the readers of the Bjrnwell People. Goods are so cheap that it appears like folly to waste time in looking at shoddy and trash so freely advertised these <jbya. Nothing but genuine Good Goods of the Best Quality, that we can fully warrant, will be shown over our counters, and wc guarantee prices aa low aa in any part of the United States. Would respectfully invite an examination of our Goodi and prices. novl 3» James A. Gray, - ^ mzm & _ w r. General Insurance Agents, WILLISTON, s. c- :o; Represents the Following First-class Companies: Lancashire of England Virginia Fire and Marine Virginia Hooae. Merchants and Marine. Fire Association of Philadelphia .. * »*• ••••••« >•••••«< Anrtr. $ 10.C • 610C 400.00000 400,000 00 8,800,000.00 Gin Houses, Qiao, Ginned and Seed Cotton, Stores and Stocks, Dwellings, Live Stock, Barns and Contents Insured at lowest current rates. Call on or wrlM-tg - ■ _ ■ - JEFFERSOX* MIX SON & BROOKE R, GENEKAL INSURANCE AGENTS. 1*830—ly triLXISTCW, M. C. 1. R. MBI1H1B, Nos. 661 and 862' Broad Street, • AT I 1 y-u .v Augusta, Georgia. • . * ■ ^ < . DEALER IN ■i. . - ► .VI WMES, LIQUORS, CHAMPAGNE, ALES, PORTER, X •i.Li-.-V SUm, T98A009. ACMtfiSO 0908 W tFT- v . - noilS- t y u -rt. i-J _i_i ■ ‘ * - -vr- J - --