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AP K*be Weie a'b ltSalU - .N.} W.J9Y L . . ftl{-WFjC4 KL7YED1TIo.} AVINNSBRO,O S. C..'TI'URISDA Y, JANUARY 16,1i87(,) {V'OI~..N. A CELEBRATED CASE. _--0-_ .1107 IrIMUM E'S VOIADJIV.48 FXD OX w1nEINIV. Revolting Testimony of One of the Parties to the Crime--Prolonged At tempts at Poisoning--Success at Last. Norwich, Connecticut, is enjoying a first class sensation. Last June, Charles H. Cobb, Jr., a popular citizon, died after several months of bad health. Poisoning being sus pected, his wife, Kate Cobb, and a grocer named Bishop, who used to visit her, were arrested for mur. der. Bishop made several different confessions. The case has been going on for some timo- The last confession made by Bishop on the stand was a most revolting one, showing that persistent attempts to poison Cobb had boon made for months. Some of his evidence is given below. After saying that he and his wife had been intimate friends of the Cobb's, he continues: "BIURIIEI AND MARRIAOE." At her house in October, 1877, one o-ening I asked her, "Do you .over expect to be mine ?" She replied, "Yes, I do." I asked, "When?" She said, "I do not know." I asked, "How can it be brought about ?" reminding her that we were both marriod. She replied, "I do not really know, but it will cone out right somehow I" She spoke of an elopement, if it woro not for her children ; I told her that was impossible; I could not snpport hor without work, nor as well as she had ixed ; T sug gested a divorco. Kato repli 1, u g1h get one., but I could not, for I have no grounls for it ; I do not think he would leave mo under any circum .9tances, lot mo do whatever I 'would." Ini a few minutes Kato said, "I * know of but one way to become frcc, and that is to bury the one I 11ow live with." I said, "Katie, do you want to do that ?" "I don't know," she replied; "I will think of it and tell you to morrow night." I saw her when I called for orders next day; asked if she was ready to answer the question; she said, "I promised to answer to n'ght ; I will at that time ;" 1 went to the house that night and she said, while Sitting in my lap, "I will do it, provided you wilt help me;" wo discussed different poisons ; she asked me what was best ; may mind ran on morphine, strychnine and aconite; I told her morphino and strychnine were better; she asked if she could use it in tea; I replied, "Yes." It was settled that night that shG was to free herself by poisoning her husband, and I was to be a free man by divorce from my wife ; the last of December, 1877, I got her the morphiine ; from October I had been conducting myself so as to force my wife to get a divorce from me by showing her no attention ; she wept bitterly and asked me what had caused the estrangement; I told Kate of this. I asked Kate when ~she should begin to poison her husband ; she said, "Not until he gets homse from Troy," as ehe felt something wvould happen to save her from the trou ble before he got back ; she said I might get the morphine ; that she might have it ready when Charley got back ; I bought it and gave it to her at the house. CHARLES DOEsN'r LIKE Mo1PIIUNE. The 1st of February, wvhen I called at Mrs. Co'>b's house for orders, she told mue she had put the morphine in the tea for Mr. Cobb, but it was so bitter he refused to drink it, and she threow it into the sink ; I bought some rmore poison about that time ; Mrs. Kate Cobb told me Mr. Cobb was in the habit of taking physic about the last of February and said if I would make some morphine pills she would put * them in his pillbox: she gave me a caseknife and I went to the shop and made three pills, containin g one grain of morphine each ; he did not have his usual bilious attack, so (did not take the pills as anticipated; Mri. Cobb asked me to get aconite in February ; she wanted to know how much to give him;i I told her I thought ten dropa given in any iway would produce (loath; sho gave it to him once or twice, and it seemod to 'have no effect; sh generally gave it in ton, and would toll ine of it next morning; about the 26th or 27th of February Mr. Cobb procured quite a number of tickots to Don Munio, then exhibit. ing at Breed Hall ; lie wanted his wife to accompany him to the enter. tainmont, but she rofusod, and told hin to tako Mrs. Watorman, her mother ; it was very stormy that night ; I saw him go by the store at ablout eight o'clock, as I thought. to the ontortaininent ; I wont to his house and rappod at the back door, and Kate caio to the door and said, "it won't do for you to stay round hero a great while to-night ; I have given Charley aconite and it has raised the devil with him-go away; I wanted to go for the doctor, but he would not let mo and has gone himself, and I expect he will be brought back every moment ;" I left ; saw her the next morning ; she said Charley had been to Dr. Perkins the night before and got a prescription, but. did not got it filled ; he was out at the barn while I was conversing with his wifo ; correspondence at this time was less frequont ; I purchased morphine about this time for.Kato to put in pudding. AU ! AUSENIC JUST THE THING. On the 14th of March, 1878, she showed me an article in the daily morning Bulletin of the 13th on arsenic, which spoke of it "as color less and tastoless ;" she said, "If I had some of that I could get it into him ;" I got ler some the next day, a half ounce ; that W.ts the first arsenic Mrs. Kate M. Cobb got from me, and her husband got the most of it ; Kato told me the first arsonic she gave her husband she put in his coffee ; it had no apparent offoct ; she said she would give him more ; every two or three (lays she gave it to him and soietimos three times daily; Kate once said to me, "Charles must be poison proof, but I think I can get enough down him by and by to got an effect." TuE TEMPTER'S INNOCENT QUESTION. I asked her once or twice "Why do you not stop ?" she repliod, "My mind is made up and I will sue cced ;" Charles H. Cobb, Jr., had been given five or six doses of arsenic before the 23d of March, 1878 ; she told me she had given him so much arsenic that it had given him diarrhoa, and she had been to see Dr. Perkins about it ; I met he' that night (,v-rch 23) on School friot and we talked an hour; she told ino Dr. Perkins had recomn monded quinino pills, but she said she was going to give him mor phino powders, and tell Charley the doctor ordered thom ; she reminded me it was just ten weeks to an hour since morphine was given my wife, and she would administer some to Charles that night ; next morning she told me she gave her husband the dose and that he had perspired all night, but the poison seemed to have no effect ; that he ]ay and tr'embled onl one side of th~e bed all night, and that Charles was not able to get up that morning ; she invited me up to see him ; I went; I asked CJharles if he wanted a doc tor ; lie said he did ; when I went dowvn stairs she wvanted to knowv what she should tell the doctor and I told her to tell him she gave him quinine ; the next morning she told me she told the doc-. tor as I had directed ; before the doctor came she destroyed wvhat arsenic she had in the house ; I bonght more arsenic for her about the first of May ;I think Charles Cobb took the whole of that ; to ward the last of May she told meoshe was getting out of arsenic, and I bought her some more ; in April I bought live cents' worth of strych.. nine for her ; she put part of it in some bitters and some of it into whiskey ; Kate told me he took a little of both ; I got str'ychaine twice, and then I got more arsenic; I got the last arsenic the last of May ; on the night of Juno 4 1 got strychnine, and Charles H. Cobh), Jr., died on the 6th, at noon ; after getting a prescription from Dr. Lewis Paddock containing strych nine I told her to add more to his medicine ; she sent a note to me thanking me for buying the last strychnine ; I received a letter from her the morning alter his death. MRS, CODB's SToRY. It is but proper to add that Mrs. Cobb on the stand bitterly denied the whole of Bishop's story, denied tihat she had received 'any presents 'froan hin except one ,or two with her husb.nd's kniowledge, and that she and her husband mutuall& loved oachothor. Sho scornfully doniod that sho had over entertainod any thoughts of marrying Bishop or any one else. Hor tostimony tacitly chargos Bishop, who was intimate with Cobb, with having poisoned him without her knowledge or connivance. She also claims that Cobb lid boon in the habit of eating arsenic to mako him moro fleshy, as lo had been nicknamed "Skieny" from his loanness and was very sensitive about it. Sho says Bishop did hang around hor a good deal, but sho ordored him to be loss attentive. Her evidence producod even a greator sonsation than Bishop's, because for two days the most soarching cross oxamination over given in that court failed to entangle her in any way. Public opinion is much divided. Some say that Bishop is trying to convict Mrs. Cobb as the principal, because they never haug women in Connoc, ticut nowadays, and thorofore will also refrain from hanging him. .He has told four or fivo different storios &bout the afair, whilo Mrs. Cobb has never wavered. Chemicd analysis sho wed that Cobb's system was permeated with arsenic, and it is said his beard all fell out before his death, yet whother he overdosed himself or whether Kate Cobb or Bishop or either or both poisoned hin may never be known. Up to last accounts no vordict had been rondored. AVOR T'H CAl OLIVA'S DE T. Governor Vance, of North Caroli na, in his recent mossago to the General Assembly of that State, speaks of t,ho debt of the State as follows - The public debt, it will be seen by the Treasurer's report, amounts to $16,960,045 principal and $10, 160,182 25 interest.' This is known as tho recognized debt, as contra distinguished from the special tax bonds. What shall be dono witli it is a question that deserves your best consideration It is out of the quostion for us to attempt to pay it at its face value. Indeed, I do not conceive that there if3 any moral ob, ligation on us to do so, nor do our creditors expect it of us. Quite one- half of our property upon which our bonds were based was wantonly destroyed by consent of a large majority of those who held them, and no court of conscience upon the earth would permit a creditor to destroy one-half of his security and claim full payment out of the romainder. But we can and should pay something. The reso- I lution of last session constituting I the Governor, Treasuror, and Attor- 1 neg General a committee to confer with our creditors gave no power I to make or accopt any proposition I whatever, and so an invitation to visit Now York to confer with the holders of our bonds was declined. Besidos this, no attempt to open i negotiations with us has been made. i But I have grounds to believe that i very reasonable terms indeed can I he obtain)ed if we evince a doter mination to settle the question and f be done with it. I refer exclusively1 to what is known as tihe "r'ecogniz- 1 ed" debt. So far as the special tax bonds are concerned my opinion, asr expressed to your predeoessors, re, I mainhs unchan ged-that they are not bin l'ng either in la w or good mor'als, uless it may be as to a very small fraction honestly appropriated to the Stato's use and accepted by heor. For one I avow my readiness to co,operate withi you to tile full extent of my power in devising the method and bearing the burdens of an honorable adjust- I ment of all our indebtedness, asi something wvhich, sooner or later, 1 will have to be done alike for the sake of our good name and our fu-- I ture prosperity. G1arLE Hxs'P.-In our style of climate, with its suddon chaunges of temperature-rain, wind and sun shine, often intermingled in a sin~ gle dap-it is no wvondor that our children, friends and relatives are so frequently taken from us by neglected colds, half tihe deaths re sulting directly from this cause. A bottle of Boschee's German Syrup kept about your home for imme. diate use wvill prevent serious sick ness, a large doctor's bill, and per haps death, by the use of three or four doses. For cur-ing Consumip - tipn, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Croup, or any dis, ease of the Throat or Lungs, its succeas is simply wonderful, as your druggist will toll you. German Syrup is now sold in every town and village on this continent. Satnple bottles for trial, 10c.; regu lar siz,'5oa.e FA8HIONy NOTES. Croam color is a favorite shado for evening gloves. The newest chatelaino bags are of Hoalskin, with silver mountings. The favorito flower this season is the rose ; fino flowers aro out fash ion. Handkerchiefs with colored em broidered odges are converted into "breakfast ties." Stylish coats are made of wool :amtasse with vost and cuffs of silk matelaso. Now chatelaino pocrets are of black norocco, inlaid with :-d gold. Belt bucklos aro made to match. A yellow gauze dross trimmed with knots of blue and rod was re .ently made in Paris and pronounc~ Dd perfectly sweet. Conch shell chains of roses and nedalions, with amphorm and 3caraboi pendant, are used this 3eason, and are in high favor. Some of tho late imported cos bumes are remarkable for their plainness, being made without bounco or ruffle of any description. New white underdress kid gloves tre trimmed with three rows of .ich-wide Valenciennes insertion mid a knifoplaited frill of lace. Among the now fashions for iousehold 'aflairs is the one of hav. ng tablecloths and napkins with ,olored borders, embroidered by uand or with the color woven into he goods, There is a fancy for putting fans f plaited satin (about as deep as ,he fan carried in the hand) at inter vals around the foot instead of a lounce- It is considered especially stylish to have the rich fabric of hie overskirt reach from the belt to ,be foot, where it is fr ng >d, and ;hose fans are then insertea, either in the seams, or perhaps in the mid le of the breadths as well. Four-lined and fur-trimmed vraps will be fashionable. Seal ikin sacks will take the lead in fur arments. These garments are cut onger than formerly worn, and are rinmed with a band of black mar - 'in, chinchilla, or silver-pointed ot er. Muffs are smaller and boas tre worn fiat. Of course, all rich urs will be worn, but soalskin is the on fur for the winter of 1878-79. A Hoo THREE MONTHS WITHOUT ?01 AND WATER; AND STILL ALIvE. 61r. Joseph Miller, who resides six niles north of this place, informs is that about the middle of Sep ember last he missod a large pet tog that lie kept in his horse lot. Iis repeated inquires and con )laints among his tenants failed to ilicit the slightest information con erning the fate of the bog. Fin-. tally, about the middle of last konth, when the hog had been al nost forgotten, it was reported to 1r. Miller one day, by one of his ~iployes, that in carrying straw romn the barn-shed he had come ipon something that looked like the >ack of the long lost hog. Mr. bliller at once made investigation, mid to his great amazement found is hog imbodded in the strawv, still live, but reduced to the morest koleton. E4arly in September the barn.. lied was fhiedi with wheat straw, ma just after the hog was missed tir. Miller says he remembers see nig a plank loose, and having it uailed, on the side of the shed near, he ground. Through this opening he hog entered the shed, burrow nig his way far into the strawv, and eoing unable to turn, became, by he lateral pressure and superincum >ent weight of the straw, stationary and effectually imprisoned. When re noved the animal's lankness was >f that character which made him dimost a literal specimen of the deal "razor hack." For several Iays he reeled anid staggered, but >y judicious feeding is now doing vell. From this, we submit, the riquiry, can a hog be starved ? is iot wholly impertinent.-Rlockc lill Tleral. Den Cameron has been re-n'dminated bor UJnited States Senator' h'y the Re mbJlican members of the Pennsylvania 4eg islature, and will be re-elected. When he and Governor Yaince meet in he Senate chamrbQr after the 4th of Wfarch next, they can still furthor dig mues that offioial letter-book buasiness. -Charlotte Observer, Don't ruin your health,and, bo sides, nmake yo,urself disagreeable to other peop)le: by. ydur continued coughing. A.A twetyAtive cent bottle of Dr,' Bull's Oottgh Syrup will ctf?reyou 'At tll Dlrugglses. a -' ' RIC-A-B1CAV. A young man calls his girl, who. has promised to marry him, "Silence," becauso sho gives consent The Philadolp>hia ltimes inquires anxiously whother the gravo of the old year is being watched ? It is averred that I five cent nickle costs only a cent and quarter, and they woro legplized for the benefit of the owners of a New Jer soy nicklo mine. A Irishman tolls of a fighL in which there was only one whole nose left in the whole crowd, "and that. bo, longed to the tea kettle." It is said that Miss Fanny Daven port, while recently playing in Pittsburg, Pa., ongaged herself to marry a well--known comnmission merchant of that city. "Goorge, dear, don't you think it's rather extravagant of you to oat butter with that delicious jam 7" "No, love, L-anomical; same piece of broad does for both. "-Andrew's Amorioan Queen. Mrs. Daniel Webster, who still lives at Polham, N. Y., is a tall, cheerful, admirably preserved we man, eighty-one years of age, whose features, handsome still, retain traces of great youthful beauty. In Turkey the forehead of the convicted author of a notorious falsehood is branded with a hot iron. If Eli Perkins lived in Turkey they would have to hang coupons to him to accommodate all the tallies. -Bridgeport Standard. The Terrible "Ma, is ladies ducks ?" Ma: "Why no, Willy, what in the world put that idea into your head ?" Pa (at the window): "Whoopee ! Willy, come 'ere quick and see these yore dogs a-fightin'. Jus'look at 'em, though I" ,PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. T have this day asstated with me, in -L the conduct of my business, Mr. R. M. HUEY,and the business wtll hereafter will be conducted under the firm name of F. ELDE R & CO. All parties indebted to the old concern will please come forward and settle, either by ennb or note, as I do not wish to carry old accounts Into the new books a xtlm January 1st, 1879. F. ELDER. SCHOOL EXAMINATION. T HE final examination for teaohors in - this county will be held on Saturday, 26th of January. Applicants will pro. sont theitsolvos at Mount Zion Institute at 10 o'clock, a. m. JOHN BOYD, R. MEANs DAVIA, T. R. ROBERTISON, jan ll_-txlaw County Examiners. SCHOOL NOTICE. A mnoeting of those citizens who return real or personal property in school District No. 14, (embracing an area of rour miles square %with the court-house ,s a cntro) is hereby callol in the Town llall or. 8aturday, January 18th, at .1 D'clnok, for the purpose of considerin ,he question of levying a district h01hoo tax. A full attondanco is requestod. 0. R. THOMPSON, Clerk Board of- Trustees, No. 14. jan 1l-td SALE BYJUDGEJ OF PROBATE, BTATE OF SOUTIH CAROLINA, CoUNTT OF FAnaIXJcto. WVilliam 13. WVoodward a Administrator of the Estito of hlary Lathau, Deceased, ajainst samuel Lnthan, Robcrt Lathap, Alex. La. than and Others. I N pursuance of an order made in the above stated case, 1 will 'oter for sale before the court-house door in Winnaboro, on the first Monday in February nocxt, within the legal hours of aale, to the highest bidder, at public suotion, the following-doecribed prop)erty, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, ying and situato ini the county of LPairtl old, on the waters of Rooky D~rook, containing omNE HUNIDIBD AND ISYvENTY-Two Ao1155, more or le8s, and bounded as followa On the north by Lands belonging to the estate of John bloKeown, on the east by lands of Joffer ;on Hlomphaill, on the sonth by lands of Samuel Lathan, and on the west by lands of William Morrison and James dirown., TEJWs 0P aALE; One-half of the p)urobaso money to be paid in cah, and the balance on a credit of twelve-months, with interest from day of sale, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premise., the purchaser to pay for all necessary. papers, J. IR. BOYLES, OfBcc of Probate Judge, J. I'. F. C, Winnsboro, S. C., January 14, 1879. jan 14-2211 BOOTS AND SHOES. mDHE largest st'dck oif thdt above over J. offered by him. Great inducement, to cash eustomors. act -I7 U..0. DESWORTE81. NOTICE TO OMDTORS, &Lapersoie-liideI$tdd t6 the tsider .A- eaigned or to H. L. 1114i6t &a 0o.' wne eome forward andI settle and save troubfo, Jan 7.Im CUMMfING2i 06CC.