Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TI-WEEKLY EDITIONJ -1NROO -AVAI-.D Y,NY~M 2,1878. A W1VOULD-DWC REMICIDE. Fruitless Attompt to Assassinate King Alphonso, of Spain. On the 26th ult., as King Alphonso, of Spain, was ri:ing through the stroots of Madrid, a pist-ol shot was fired at him. The criminal fired from tho side-walk in front of house No. 93, Calle Mayor, not far from the arched entrance to the Plaza Mayor. Ho aimed too low, however, and the bidl passed through the hand of a soldier stand ing guard on the opposite side of the street. The King saw the lash and, with an involunt-ry Imlovem1et of his aInl, cleCke.1 his horse ulo montarily. He then redo traiquily onward toward the palace. Several women who were staiding near the man who fired pointed him out with loud cries, and he was at once sO cured. He did not make the slightest attempt to escape. Torri ble indignation was ianifestod among the peoplo. AtteinWts were ma)tde to WVreak suinmiry v'engeance upon the assassin wl n he wis on his way to the dobierno Civil. The prisoner displ:tyed great coolness diring his commitment. He insolently drow a cigar from his pocket, which, after having struck amatch, ho coolly lit and began to smoke. He is a very thin man, of medium height, wears a light mustache and has his hair closely cropped. He admitted the crimo and triumphantly declared himself a S cialist and Internationalist, but wlhen interrogated as to who his accomplices were, denied that ho had acted in concert with any one. He said that he cano alone from Tarragona purposely to kill a king. This was his first serious disap puintment in life, General Grant was standing, when the shot was fired, at a win - dow of the Hotel do Paris, over looking the Puerta de Sol. This hotel is a long distance from the scene of the attack, but looks across tho greit central plazt of Madrid directly down the Calle Mayor. General Grant, who was following with his eyes the progress of the royal cavalcade which had just passed across the Puerta del Sol before him, clearly saw the flash of the assassin's pistol, The tribunals are actively at work investigating the past history of the prisoner. The culprit has been removed to the Saladero pris on and the persons arrested as his accomplices have been liberated. Nothing has transpired about the risoner The newspapers are for idden a publish any accounts of the prisoner's antecedents or asso ciationf for fear of defoating the ends of justice, THE RADICALS MEAN MIScHIEF. TiEy ARE WORKING SECRETL4Y, AND WE nELIEv9 THEY WILL YET PUT OUT A TICIKET, TRIBUTE TO INNFEDERATE VALO. The Confederate monumant, the work of the Ladies' Alemorial Asso ciation, of Augusta, was unveiled on Thursday in the presence of a vast concourse of people. Governor Colquitt, Alexander H. Stephens and other distinguished citizens were present. The oration wais delivered by Col. Charles C. Jones. The military was headed by the 13th United States Infantry Post Band from Atlanta. The monument is seventy-six feet high. It was madeo in Italy, and is said to be ono of the hIandsomet. in this country. A statue of a Confederate soldier is at the top, and four statues, of Lee, Jackson, Walker and Co~bb, twenty foot from the base. Several Confederate flags were displayed on the standI in front of the monument. The star-spangled banner and Con federate flag were blended and sur mnounted by an olive-fringed stream - or with the watchwvord, "Peace." The city was crowded with visitors from South Carolhna and Georgia. "Wh," asks an eminent professor Of linguistie science," "do not the lower animals speak ?" We never gave the subject very close thought, but we Ouppose it.is to avoid being called on to make adIdrosses of woel come and after dinner speeches. The time when a pions editor is ex cusablo for knocking splinters from the third commandment is whoa he jobs the ~wrong end of his pene holder in his inkstand and hastily shoves it behind his ear without wiping it off. OH TUxEAYTHE POLLs WILL OPEN AT SIX, A, M4., iND OLOsE AT SIX, P. 14. The most r esponisible position in a fatmily is that of the niurse, and a good niurse never fatild : to recorn 26u Dr. Bull's Baby S ritsp to .the paehits' of'ftifnl omr siikl 6shldrea.i BA'LLX,YG TIZI RAT, HOW 44 FaMOUs St. Louis Rat-Oatialler Captures the Rodlentq. Tom Comtollo, of St. Louis, Mo.,' is famed as a hunian rat-catohor. He captures and removes thoso animals alivo from hotels and houses where they are an annoyanco and a post They are thon taken to the rat-pit to become martyrs to the superior ability of the well-bred black-and-tans. Costello catOhos rodenta by mans of a 1%bollod rat." A reporter iccomip-mied hi:iI on 3il expedition to a wrot-!e a:l worn, elton hotel, fairlv alive with t,ho Vormlin, fnd gives tho follow.g account of his experioneo: Tnu arrival was made after midnight. Bilently and cautiously the rookery was oxamkined until the circuit run by the rats was determined. J-Uts in a building are as the in habitants of a city or the inmates of a iarge building Certai-1 holes in floors and wainscot.ing, (rakin pipes, daIrk-hails, passes in the w .11", etc., are to r.tts what streets inl the city ire to podestii.L1us, and hallways in bauidings to the in. mates. Just as ono avenue, by relasonl of superior width o- light, is ralised by people to the dignity of a proimenade, or as some alley -w. ty, by reason of being a short cut be tweenl two points, is mlladeo ia tiloroighftaro, is t dritai-pi)e, a nolsoMo hallway, or a hole in the floor put in constant and general use by the rats. Well, on the oc., casion referred to, Costello looked around and found that a dumb waiter, or liand c(lovator, leadiug from the basoment of the building upward, was the boulevard, the uain street, as it were, of this rat colony. He laid for a rat and caught him. A small bell was tied abont the captivo's neck by means of a ribbon and then the rodent was released It was off like a flash. Minutes >assed by without results. At last he sikurrying of rats through the walls and upper passages of the house was heard. It gradually in-. creased. The principle the rat catcher worked on was that the bell would scare the rat. His terror would comniunioate to his fellows, and they in turn would floo before himii as from a pestilence. Ho had calculated correctly. The noise became like that of the rattling of a heavy rain. The bright- eyed vermin rshrieked and squealed as they fled in their terror. The reporter and Costello stood in a small room-the elevator ended in it. Thore was a rattling noise in the olovator. The room was darker than an Egyptian night. The noise increased and pervaded the room. Then tho reporter realized that the rats wore in tho room in a myriad. He could hoar their squealing, and at last obsorved the phosphorescent gleam of their oyos. They crawled over his feet. The perspiiation stood on him in drops and his hair raited. He lost a year's growth right then, "No danger; keep still ; don't move, and Vlhey won't bite you," said Costello. Tlhe re, porter groaned in terror. Costello then lit a lamp. The floor was cov ored with the rodents. With a pair of tongs ho picked up and bagged i thoem all. There wecre one hundred and twenty -eight of them. When they were in the bag the reporter~ was very, very happy. LIvER ia KING. -The Liver is the implerial organ of the whole human systom, as it controis the life, he.lth an1d happihness of man. When it is disturbed ini its proper action, all ' kinds of ailments are the natural result. The digestion of food, the I movements of the heart nrna blood, the actio)n of the br-ain and nervous system, ar-c all immnediaLtely con nocted with the workings of the Livor. It has boon ancessfully; proved th at Green's August Flower is unequalliad in curing all persons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Ljiver Complaint, and all the numerous symptoms that result from an uns healthy condition of the Liver and Stomach. Sample bottles to try, 10 cents. Positively sold in all' ton nthe Western Continent. Threedoseswill prove that it is just what you want. When Shakesearo or any old pay is performed at the Standard Theatre. London, all the auditors 'in stall and pit as well as in the, upper portions of the house supply thomnselves with books of the pay and closely follow every line spoken on the stage. As the audience fol.. lows the actors in scene after sceno thle rustle of the turning leaves is hoard all over the large house, If any unfortunate actor makes a Blip,: the audience, in ohorue, immediately informs hire of the fact. TUB' S OP QA NVUT T4BQLqNA, This body composing the Presby toriain churchos ani(d milliators in this State which convened in our town last Wednesday evening, after an oarnest and intei esting meeting, %djournod abot 2 o'clock on Monday. Thore wcro some fifty ministers and about forty ruling olders in at tondiance, besides several visiting miniters. The opening sermon, preitolahd by te Rev, Dr. Girardeau, wis an able and cloquent disctusion Li' the iu,bnniI11-tal Principles of the Ddaonl%te. The sai learned di Vn1 the Iext day presented a Very bJ ;atd al)e report O1 the iaMIe sujbjUct-, as chairMan of a !oiunitLee appointed by the Synod last year. The Deacons' office thus Ippeared to claim the earnest atten.. bion of the Synod. Another interesting matter wvs a report from IRev. Dr. Alger, chair uan of a second committee uppoint. >d last year upon plans for improv, m.n- tho the con tribtitions of the -hiurciies. IUth these reports are ,ixpeted to be published. But a umater of live ier interest to Ihe body appeared to po the quos ion of forming a newt Presbytcry, a Otition to wiici effeot wits fclt up b)y Sunday ministurs and oldors in I ipart.anburg, Union, Liurens and 3IrCenville counties Tiiis measure vas warmly opposed, chiefly by Imilbers of Souta 0arolin't Pres)y .ery. But the Synod finally granted 1 -ie petition and ordereJ tho organ Z-LtIon of the new Prosbytery asked 'or. This wis dono on Saturday, mld the Presbytery chose the name >f "Ennoree," after the beautiful :ivor which runs through its Jounds, 'Tlie matter, however, which ox ,ited the deepestinterpst of all was 0he case of ROY. J. E White, who Lppoaled to the SyuAd from the tetion of Bethel Presbytery, which iolds him under a sentence of us p)ensiou from the ministry, This ,ase wis discssed at length on iaturday and again on Monday. But the Synod 11nally decided that sheI appeal was out of order and Lecordingiy dismissed it. W1en1 this xvas disposed of the S.nod adjourn. xl to meet at Rock Hill in Novem >or, 1879. Tho meeting of the Synod in our )omunity has been the occasion of nuch intervst and pleasuro to our xopie. The meetings have been argely attenided, much hospitality uas been shown the members. On itbbath the pulpits of the Baptist, Uethodist and Presbyterian church .s were all filed by memhrs of the synod. At the Presbyterian church here were very large congregations -norning, afternoon and evening. Spartanburg .erald. Z.fF' rX AFG IAIjST4 N, A traveler gives the following frphic picturc of Afghan life Two nen (iurolled and one was wound Md. He rofused to have his arn am. mtatod, gangreno set in and lie lied. His brother as, next of kin, ~laimed tile antagonist's life. A IBuropean writor thus describes the inial scene :"About nioon there was I t great crowd and a tumult of voices I >utside the citadel gate, but as we mew what was to tako place we did lot go out to see the ceremony. Presently the din was hushed, there ,vas a momentary pause of complete1j silence, and thou a sudden outburst , >f applause. We hardly needed to, >e told what had happened, but tOOn :after F?aramuz 1IQian camne in, n perfect oestasies of delight at the >rutaLl sight ho had just witnessed md applauded. He told us that fta r the Judge had pronounced the )risoner gvuilty, he consigned hinm o tile care of the avenger, who at nce stepped forward, and, un Iheatthing his knife, threw down his brother's homicide, kneeling on his thest, with a sonorous Bismnillaha. :ahmaina--rahim (in the name of the nenst merciful and graciousB), cut his shroat from ear to oear as he would have done that of a hp, AID FOR DIEUTENANIT BENNER s5 [~4xa,ry.-At a meeting of the South arn Relief Committee of the Chamn. ber of Commerce of the State of' Now York a few days ago, it was votod to sot aside from unappropri-. sted receipts the sum of $8,000 as bhie nucleus of a fund to be hold in brust for the widow and orphans of1 Lieutenant Hiram U. B3enne.r, Un-.. bed States Army, who heroically volunteered to take charge of the relief steamer' Chainbers, with mredi sines and provisions for districts on1 bhie Mississippi infect'ed with yellow4 !ever, bust cut off from all commnuni iation with other 'places by reason >f the panic caused by the epidemic. ~oIhef behind'M%im a widow and am iIa4ilA. , Oysters have a language of their own, and clams stow. Cork trees boar an edible acorn resembling our chestnut. The man who is going down in the world is the coal minor. Bad-fitting shoes make corns on horse's feet, the same as Q people's. Be careful how you indorse drafts, mspecially the draught of a chiniley. The entire seacoast line of tho lobo amounts to about 130,000 nileo. Not two persons in one thousand )f the people in Roumania can read. There are nine hundred miles of vater-mains underlying the streets )f London, if a man is on his way to the voods to commit suicide and a bull mddenly gives chase, the chances tre that he will run for his life. The power which the toad has of nflating his body is the power of lefense, to prevent the possibility )f his being swallowed by snakes. Old sailors tell us of frequent ights between whales and sword ishes; so inveterate are they that >oth often float dead upon the stir ace of the sea after the conflict. If anything will rediee a full" rown fat man it is a well-directed >alk failure. We have seen many a poor horse )ut in a driving rein and not a wet mtir on his back. Thanksgiving approanhes, and he wise turkey will at once com - nonce taking anti -fat, Milk is nutritious, but the chap vho drinks a half gallon of it must eel completely cowed down, "1 declare, It beats awl," as the hoomaker said the first time he ised a sewing machine, Joint debat-Tho one held be ween the heads of the house on vlhether this piece of stove)-pipe will it that. Part of the edge of the cone of Uount Vesuvius has given way, and Prof. Palmieri is having a sort of eotaining wall of ashes built, A man who was in the habit of alking to himself, being askod by )is wife why he did so, remarked ,hat he liked to converse with a nan of sense, Gen. Ben Butler says he has but me thing to beg pardon for on his leath bed-that's bolping to elect layes I "Is this air-tight T" inquired a nan in a hardware store, as he ox Lninedi a stove. "No, sir," replied he clerk ; "air never gets tight," le lost a customer, Ono archivist of Antwerp has dis. ovored a bill of sale of September st, 1547, for twenty.two bottles of )etroleum, at that early date im ?orted into the oity. Brick Pomneroy contests with least B3utler the daddyship of the Lat money scheme. We always hought it was a bastard.--Atlant0 'Jonstitution. There is much importance dis >layed in the manly tread of the >olice ; there is much pride showvn n the looks of a darky with a white-. ibbonod hat ; there is much light mess in the gait of a prize pig; but, or a conglomeration of all these, imve us one little boy after a sum nor-day's fishing, with a sixteen oot pole in one band and a three neh sunrdsh jn the Other.-dSyraou46 7'imce, There is nothing like making r'oarself - understood. The other svening a Western gentleman was ieco.sted by two practising comnnr~ dists, who intimated that they wvould 'trouble him for his watch." lie at meo explained that he carried bia vatch in his hip-pocket ;. that it was a stom-winder, full. barroled, anid ~hat there would be "troujble all iround" if he was obliged to pull t out. The eommnunists requested imn to pass on his way and to keep ~heir share of the watch till they isked for it again.-Boston IIeral, A F'ulton (N. Y.) man laid his mnger on the table in front of a mzz saw to feel the momentum of >f air, The saw was going so fast ihat the teeth were not to be seen. IIs finger was taken off. While he gvas looking at it the foreman eatoe ip with the question, "How did o, hown so," answered hie p)g 's >ther forefl~ er,',as he. eg * w 1 Lwi fron te tpoth. *To hishog'9r Tlio Rev. (so-called) Henry Ward Beecher has announged his dis tinguishod disapproval'' of Mr. Tildon's rocest letter, . He thinkEt tlio denial unsatisfactory mid in sincere,. Now, anyone would think that Henry would be the ja4t living person to talk about the 'unsatis factoriness of denials, on account of reasons purely persoal.-, Wash ivyg.on .Post. Apples are. so plontifql in New HaupshirO'ai'pi-iocs so low that the faruinors oatnnot afflord tq pay for picking thein. Barrels, on the con, trary,. .gro in tlhidal4t that when some thieves ontarod 4 b:rp in South Seabrook the -other night they emptied tbo apples upon the bain floor and cLrried ofI only the barrels, "VEGETINE," Lays a Boston phys!cian, "has no equal as A bloid purilier. Hlearing of tts many wonderful cires afteIr ll otIer renlediOz har failed, I vI46 tedthe Laioratory, al I convinceI myself of Its genu ic M01i6. It 1. p ro ara I from barks, roots ani hkerlm, ech of vhIc is highly effec tive, 111d theY are compounded In such a ni.qn-t ner as to pr;dqqe astonishing results." Vegetine Is the great plood Purner. Vegetine W ill cure the worst case of derofit8, Vegetine Is recolninended by physiians and apothcca Vegetipe Han effected some inaryelloun crp-s' oa0i dt Cancer. Vegetine (ures the worst eases of Canker, .egetino loets with 1voiderfl liepes in Mercurial dist cases. Vegetine Will eradicate Salt Itheum from thesyten. Vegetine flemoves Pimples and Humors frorn the face, Vegetine Qi1res Qo0stpation and PegulatQs ti4 ooWels, Vegetine 1s a valuable remedy for Ila(lpelte. Vegeti ne Will euro Ryspepsia. Vegetine Restores the entire system to i a healty oondiu tion. Vegetine RemoVes the 04480 of Dizziness. Vegetine Relevos vaintness ot mio stomach, Vegetine Oures Paine in the Back. Vegetine Effectually cures Kidney Complaini. Vegetine Is effective in Its cut'e of 11emalo Weakness, Vegetine Is tln great remedy for Qdneral 1)ebility, Vege tine. Is acknowledged by all olasses of the peopl tqt -be the bost and n osS relile blosqq pilrliley in the worki.. -t Prepa-ad i VegethI)e Is Sold b~y *11 .D gIsts, nlov 1-I TNl~ JANUAtY noxt. we will iest e the ..first~ number of "TJEE TE~ACHJflR A moitly j,ournial devoei to the terests 'of Teaohers, - ahoohl,' atl4 th' Cauueo( f dqcation in gebiera). dT4o j$uin' it within thep rpapth of all, we lyy ix4 the sllbsorIption price at the toW ~agg )hrrv OGiers asI 4lwuv, Sploii$nen copy will be sept .hy: mnail Propaid oil receipt of a fivg cent st ~. .$m'Teneboers will do w9rep 5nd . op pyr odijoational Catslegue,' *.lease 44ess '1v obt4 dzop Pa 17 o I 6t.