Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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RI-AVEEK'lLY EDITION.] - - .-...-..---- WINNSBORO, S. C2, SATURD)AY MORNING, 0OBER] " 20, 1877 V NE EW A IVEITISEMENT.S. EL.P(IAN' CAnItS, Ito two alike, with name lls PoSt I:II(I. JB. 118UsTIE, Nassau Iteis Co11uty, New York. Revolver and Cartridgres for $3. '" A hIne 11ickel platel, seven shot., pocket re VolVVr : a first-olm"s irtile. Sent (1. 0 . 1). or Mn reept re r prmic Iw'e. . W. iis, P. 0. '10ox 1,718, New York. VEGETTIIVR. TiIltsants wIlI hear testiniony (nnId (o It Voluntar11-1y) tbll,t Velgeiliv Is 11ke be4t mledIenul vnupotllnIt yet, p1aceIl before ti! Iublic for reltovatilg and Ptut rifying the blood. LADIESElogaut Inm, Itation Rooe (loral Met, Breastpla and Pondaut Drops, coat f P~ostpaidto Any roador f this Papor for 23 onto. Throo Cete for 50 conte. In Cur rency of Stamps. lo aco York TRIFLING With a Cold is Always Dangorous. USE VE LLS' Carbolic Tablets, a suro remedy for Coughs, and all Dis eases Of the Throat, Lungs, Chest and tcous Membraie. PUT UIP ONLY IN BLUE BOXEs. Sold by tll )ruggists. U. N. UrrrENroN, 7 Sixth Avenne, N. Y. P I u m HABIT CURED. rtain and Sure Cure. L.arge redluctionI in prices. A trial bottle free. Mus. .J. A. Litol1t , lia Porte, Ilm(liana. -Box 103S. (Pormlerly M1rt. Dr. s. It. Collin) 'hie only colnhinat ion of S,). 1 0R , 'wth c-hlev rlilc 110 re-Tvilci Braintdy, Is t dtt-. 113lS, hllifless, strelgtih onliig silb)simute frt aln kii, of st 111i11.1tm s. It ro nply reIevsySpop.j i i a, oppression a fler et Ing Initt I1vtry -icis of Iidig stiIon, corects all (listur 1anco:i of the Stomach anld !l1owl , 11An,l e r.c ranp. 1chill,m's, , I Ma u h -laa Ask for SANtiOR6 tiN v ~Ru" UPT U RE. 'IjIi'se ishing rltii' aelil enlre for illn1 t 1 ure shouhi conlsihlt 1r. .1. A. S4 ii .al .-,'Zi4 no iri Wv. New York, orsvild for IA, lieW book, wit 11 at el ult. leairte of tutis Who Inretel(I Lu furniili Dri. Sht,rmnan's treal-jmMn.. Otio of I tvs. fjel[oWs, a erimin clerk, )lOw calling h1111velf Dr. W. G. Cr(,Inplenl, Is 11)(11cled1 onl compiint, of Dr. S. anl([imlWits trIal for jorgery and)( ethlezzlemencit- Mc2-11U PROSPECTUS. I1STORY or South Carolina, -Yf REV. R. LATHAN. O soon is a gifileienit iinumber of sub k stribcrs are secured to warrant the enterprise, I propose publishing a I1STORY OF SOUTU CAROLINA. The work will embrace a complete history of the Stato from the first discoy cry of the soil; the settletuent of the terri I tory At different periods; the history of the Stato under the Proprietary Govern mient, under the lioy'al Government, and through theo levolutionary p)orlod, or to the close of tihe Rlevoltationary war. Thie niovoments of the several Wig military chiefs are aocurately traced1, and tihe several battles fought during tihe Revolution are minutely described. The whole w~ill miake a book of more than 700 paigesl of thle size - o .Stephins' IHislory ofI the United States. It wvil be0 prlited onlgoodl paper,wvith clear type, anld bound11 ill siiubtial olotih. To sub scribers tile boo0k will bo delivered for FOUnl D)oLLAnis per COpy. Personls dlesiring to canvass for the work are requestedi to commn111flicatto with tile authlor at Yorkville, S. C., for tormsn, &c . LATHIA.N. Yorkvillo, S C., August, 1877, SOP 8-tf W. G. ROCH-E, MERLCHANT TAILOR, JIAS removed to the store next to the p)ost-ofleo, whero hoe will bo glad to re ceive his friends and customers. A full lino of Samples wvill b)o kept on hland, from wvhich eustomlers may make soeleotionis. iIe now hlas tihe finestt line of Frenoh and English goods over b)roulght to tiis miarket. lie is also p)rep)ared to cut or to mak up goods for those whlo desire. Garments of all kinds repaired and cleaned. pm Cleaning a sp.eoialty. Thankful to the public for past pah-'on age, he0 solicits a continuance of the same, and guaran tees satisfaction. sept,18 W.. G. ROHE. CONNOR &CHANDLER CALL attention to their fn,l STOC -OF "Watches, Clocks, Gold and Silvej Watch Chains, Brooches, Ear rings, Studs, Collar and Sleevo Buttons, Plain and Fancy Rings, Solid Silver and Plated Castors, S p o o ns, Forks, Napkin Rings, Goblets. Cups, Butter Knives, Butter Dishes, &c. Specta cles, Cutlery, Lamps, Lantirns, Glass and Crockery Ware, Vases, Toilotto Sets and China Tea Setf -ALSO Machine Needles and Springs Sowing Machines repaired, cleanc and adjusted. aug 23 -AND Winter G00Cs. 0 J. F, Mclaster & Co -0 A lrge and complete assortment c .Fall and Winter Goods, just receiv ed. Prints, Longeloths, Foa Islaid Home spuns, Osnaburg,, Drillings, Plain H1omlespuins, kotton and Woolen Flannels. French'and Charlottesville Cassimeres. Blankets, Jeans and Kersey. One of the finest lots of Clothing wo hav ever received. Boots, Shoes and Hats of all the lates styles. All of which we are offering very lov for the cash. oct 2 J. F. McMASTER & CO. -AND Winter Good& IV[Mastor & Bricii ARIE now prepared to 'exhibit one o the largest stocks of' FALL AND WINTERb GOODS to be found in the up country. Our stocl is full in every department. Goods ar< astonishingly cheap. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED We propose to sell as cheap as any house in the up count.ry, and guaranto< to give full value for the money. Call and oxamine our large stock, and lbe convincedl that we are soiling goods cheaper and giving better b irgains that ever before. NO TROUBLE TO SHO0W GOO2DS. oct 6 TJOOTH[ BRUSII ES. 20 dOzen English Tooth Brasse..n. Store of DR. W. E. AITEN. VEGETITE Rev. J. P. Ludlow Writes: 178 BALTIC STREET, BUOOKL.YN, N. Y., November 14, 1874. Mn. 11. It. STEVENs: Der Sir-Froin persolml benefit, received bj It's lism, Is well as fromn persol knowledge i those whose ettres thereby have seened a inost ilt ractilotts, I caln most heartily anl si cerely recommaend the 'PuxiNr for the con plaints '.och it is cltalied to Cure. 'JAMIK'S P1. LUDLOW,Late Pastor Calvary Isaptiht church, Sacramlento, Cal. Vegatine. She Rests IVO1. SOUTH PO,AND, ME., Oct. 11, 1876 Mn. 1H. It. KrsENs: Mear Sir-1 have been sick two years wit it liver complatit, and during that. lne ha% taken a gr-eat, iany ditTerent medleines, hi none of thei dtId tie any good. I W1as restIle: at 1i1ht, and had no appetite. Sinco' taki the \ KU,TiINP I rest. w*ell. and relish ny roo( Canl recommend ilh Veget Ine for what. it is hi done for me. Yours respectfitIly, Mits. Amaa:m.rr IticKEt. WitIess of the above, Mr. George . Vaughan, Medford, MAsIs. Vagetine. Good for the Childre . BOSTON 1Ho1E, 14 Tyler Str1t., NR. H1. R, STEVENS: osON, April, 1876. Dear sir-We feel l hat the ChildrenAn o1 ioie hlave been great 13 benelited by the Vrm TIN" yOUI have so kinlly given us fromn time.. tmlic, especially those troubled with ti Scrofula. With resp eet, Mns. N. WOIMELL, At.ron. Vagetine. Itey. 0. T. Walker Says PniovimENimE, R. 1., 164 Transit Street. H. -R. STEVENS, EQ SI feel bound to xp ess with my signature it hight VAltte I plaCP 11poni your VI-TiNE. %I ainity have i.ed it for I ie last tm o years. nervoulsdeblItly It, IsItivaluabie, I reol ieint It, to all who iay need lit invigora lit renlovat ing tonic. 0. T. WA\.kLEt, Pastor of 130vwliln-S.11uare Chultrch, H1 os. Vegetine. Nothing Equal to it. Sou TH SALEM, MAss., Nov. 11, 1876. Mn. 11. It. STEVENS: Der Sir-I have been troubled with scroful Ciker, alnd liver coipint,ti1 for three yal Nothin ever lild mle good until I coimene usig te Vegetie. I al now getlItig alol iirst-rat t, and still using the Vegetlinv. I eo sider there is 11oting elual to it )ro'sich coil 1laInts. Uani heartily recommi11elnl'1 It to ever body. Yours truly, Mtls. LrzzipM. PAcKsAn, No. 16, Lagrange St., South Sailem, Mas Vegetine, Recommend It Ileartily, SOU-1-1 BOSTON. Mn. H. I. STEVENS: Duar Sir-I Iave taken several bottles or yol vegetine, and am coivilneed It is a val1l: remiitedy for (iyspepsia, kidney coipintilit, at Setetral debilivt of I he systei. I ean heart i recoiiend it to all sufferers frotlmii the ltbo cominpauts. Yours respeet fIll 3, .MRnS. MUNHRoN PARuK En. VEGETI'LNE. 3 -PREPARED BY H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Vegetine is80old by all Druggiit oct 1-4w J.E.gAder&Co., CHfARLESTON, S. C., FOREIGN AND DOMESTI I LARDWARIE, Cutlery, Guns, Sa< diery, Bar Iron anid Plowv Steel, Cucun bor Pumps, FAIRBANKS' SCALES. Agents for South Carolinia for th celebrated Farmor's Friend Plows, On<a twvo anfd three horse, at reduced prices. Liberal Terms to the Trade. Large assortment of Agricultural In plemonta, A griculttural Steels a speOcialty Bull1 Tongeaes, Tiurn Shovels, Scootor. Swveeps, 11e0l Bolts &c. Stauto Agents Tiredegar Hlorso and Muli Shioes. FW All ordors shal recoiv'o proml and carofuil attentioni. J. E. ADGER & CO., oct 16--xtaug oot (1e0 Charleston, S. ( ESTABL18UED 1874. GEO. B. EDWARDS, Cotton ai( General Commission 3Merchui CHIARLESTON, S. C. P ROMPT attention given to tho salo Cottoni, Peas, Corn, Rico and Pr< duice of all kinds. Morohandiso bought free of comii slon. Boing on tho spot, and thoroughi posted on prices, can guarantee larg saving to buyers of nmerchtandiso. Agent at Charleston for State Li Oean Steamships between New Yern Glasgow, Liverpool, London and all part of Europe. Rteferences: kBank of Charleston; Jat Adgar & Co., Charwles ton, S. C. sept 22.-xt3m TH[AT RIVER MONSTER. -0 TS APPA'A RA.C U'P OX Y DRLAND. Terrific Encounter In a Field Near Ca bokia, Witnossed Throughout by a y Member of a Woll-Known Family 4 "Beware tho Jabborwock, My Son I - Boware the Frumious Bandersnatchi" The St. Louis Jepublican gives an account of a terrific encounter between a bull and an unknown!' species of monster that has of late appeared in the Mississippi River and on its banks. The story is told by Mr. Jabez Smith, "one of the most reliable mon of the commu nity." Ono evening recently, Mr. Smith's son went to a pasture to drive a bull .home. Just on arriving at the pas turo, he heard an unearthly noise I in the woods. The boy dodged behind the feuce, and the bull squared himself for the unseen onemy. In a moment moro T11F MYSTERY WAS SOLVED. From the edge of the woodland e there uproared a head upon a sway ing neck at least twenty feet in length. The head was that of a wolf or dog, save that there was a prolongation into a huge bill or horny jaws. This bill the Monster opened at intervals, displaying a row of immense fangs upon each division, while as he opened it on each occasion there was emitted a hissing noise loud enough to be heard for a great distance. From the back of the head and adown the neck depended a mano of coarse reddish hair. The nimonster retained its position for a moment or two, s. swaying its head gently back and , forth, when its eyes fell upon the bull; then it at oncO showed signs of great excitement. It snorted fiercely, the hissing sound became almost continuou1s, and it would re peatedly open its immenso jaws and snap them together withi a sound like the report of a rifle. Its hesi tation did not long continue. Mad. dened by the sight of the bull the monster advanced at once and l SWIFTLY TO TnE ATTACK. Raising its head still higher, it shot forward over the fenco and thenco over in swift, billowy uidulations, the fenc0 seeming no obstacle at all. As the animal entered the field its whole body could be distinctly seen. The great neck terminated in a body of soinewhat less length, sup ported upon four short legs armed with immenso claws, though the - motions of the animal seemed to re semble rather those of a snake, than of a thing with legs. To the body was joined a tail quite as long as the neck and terminating in a huge barb, hard ap)parcutly as iron, and having the bright red color of a boiled lobster. The neck and entire body were sheathed in scales of a (lark blue color and as large as dinner plates. Most remarkable of all was a pm'ir of lhugo membl.ranous wings which were folded along the 3 body on either sidle. Thle appearance' of the great reptile was indescribably fearful and rep)ulsive. it moved toward the bull, hissing loudly, and sweeping about the apparently doomed animal in circles of de creasing extent. The bull mieanwhilo retained his position with lowecred head and an e occasional response to the hissing ' by a short bellow. He was alarmed, but evidently FUL,L OF FIGHT. - His whole body was quivering, and his stump of tail stood out like ' the limb of a sturdy oak. o As the monster swvept about in cir cles, the bull turned slowvly, alwvays a keeping his front towardl the enemy. Suddenly the reptile raised its head to an immense height, opened its liugo jaws and dlarted forwvard. -The boy in the fence corner saw - the shock of the encounter and nothing more. Instantly there arose such a cloud of dust as almost to conceal the powerful combatants from sight. The ground shook as with some internal convulsion. The air quaked with a commingled beol lowing and roaring, Dimly dis -corned through the dust-cloud y could be seen p)ortions of bull and *reptile and tufts of flying hair and e chips of shattered scales.- There ~, could be heard the snap of the mon ster's jaws and the rattle of the Ibull's horns upon 'ts mailed sides. '?lashing here and#here through the! - dinrgy nibse dhe senn taint blood-red dart upon the reptile's tail as it sought to transfix its active mntagonist. It wits a panorama 9f lesporato battle ; volume of sound, of fierce encouinter. The tide qf battle shifted ismnsibly to the vi einity of a hugo oak stump which was near the centro of the field. Then the boy saw the tail of the Btrango ionster suddenly whip OUTWAUD AND UPWARD und dart the great barb downward with the speed of a thunderbolt. Thoro was a crack like the report of . cannon. The barb had again missed the bull, and this time had (neouinteredi a harder substance. The boy peoring through the fence gave a wild yell of satisfaction. The barb had buried itself in the stump I The monster was at a disadvant ago. It was fastencd at one end to the stump, and had remaining only its claws and teeth, terrible imd od, but less so since the move mont of the creature was necessarily restricted by its remarkable posi. tion. The bull had wonderfully escapod all fatal injury, and its horns now clashed upon the sides of its adverstry like a forge hammor upon an anvil. The fight swung around the stumip as a pivot, and the pandemonium of sounds and clouds of dust continued. Closer andiclosor to tho stump the combatants drow continually, for, with each revolution another turn of the monster's tail was taken about the object, and its freedom of action bocamo more and more impaired. The struggle was terminating oddly. The bull was getting the advant ago ! The rattle of the horns upon thG scaly sides became more continuous, and the bellowing of the bull louder, but the roar of the monster reptile becamo less fear-inspiring. A gust of wid swept across the field and lifted the cloud of dust. Then the boy saw the light end strangely. The unknown animal, in its last great strait, made one last fierce of fort, tore its barbed tail from the wood and unwound its sinuous folds about the stulp with the celerity of lightning. Then suddenly rearing its head again it unfolded for the first time the OREAT MEMBRANOUS WINGS Folded along iIs sides, and rose in the air like a gigantic bat. With a wild, hoarso cry it darted upward to the height of hundreds of foot, and took a southwesterly direction toward the Mississippi. A few no ments later, from the direction of the distant river, came the sound of a tremendous splash and swash of waters, as though some heavy body had fvllen into the river from a gre-t height. The bailled monster had reached again his native element. Cautiously the boy .in the fence corner emerged from his retreat and approached the fiene of the late encounter. The bull, nearly skinned, with but one ear and onie horn re maining, stood there, weak, but fear less still, stamping, lashling its sides with what little remained of its tail, nnid gazing in the direction. where his antagonist had disappeared over the wood. There wvas hair enoug~h on the ground to stuff a mattress with, and fragments of great scales were scattered about over an arda of half an acre, while the oak stump, was absolutely riven in twain in the effort of the monster to release its. rorked tail from the tough wood. 1'he boy flourished the stick, and ther bull started home quietly. It hzgd. boon engaging in two grand a strug gle to fool with boys any more, and aesidos it did't seem to be feeling guite well. Twenty minutes later he;fsther, "Truth Jab)ez," know glL, about the remarkable ocourrence. A CHINEsE lURIA.-A Chinaman whlo died iln Belloville, New Jersey, last week, was buried as he woud have been hmad lie dtied in his native' and. He was clothed in the usual Dhincse garmnnts, including hat. md( shoes, and p)laced in a common soffin, which was then put in a gr'avo thtroe feet in depth." At the sido of the grave there was placed a dish containing two roasted 3hiickens, and another holding rice md ohop-sticks. Bly the side of the dishes a bottle was put, and in 11h010 at the foot of the grave a. irmall stone pot. Religious cere nonies were p erformjed, the grave wvas filled, and all the property of the deceased-a trunk and clothing -was burned. WEol'TEN hear of a man "heing n adyvance of his age," butf Wy bas ever heard of a womian beijg i eha mredicament ?