Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* Lwaci1 j mi ?? *?1 in?--?w? A TCONUERFTJT, l/OX-Ul'NT. A Hood Story Told on Homo Ainnteur Hunters. Our Virginia mountaineers are lough customers, and they squatted allover thc valleys ut a nomi uni rent, which had to bo drawn from them like their eve teeth. Th* old gentleman, how ever, had a fancy for the place and Used loc?me limne with a whole string ol horses heh nd him as the revenue of his pri liol I ali ty. But wo hoys, and in deed all ? ur friends, used to look foi ward keenly to the annual excursion to thu ino mai .s. My father hail pack of hounds of wnicli lie was ex ceedingly proud, ?iud with which hi would hum foxes at homo, and deer when wc went to-county. A long cavalcade it used lo he that every Ootober started from this door for the mountains. M> falber and one of his old cronies in thc big* carriage, two wagons full ot provender, ammunition, blankets, etc., and li ficen or tWOIIli friends aud t-erjniuts,-mounted on sad die-horses ju (be ?car. Thc niiietv miles ?sete to {jive us three days ol traveling, ami at tho end our moun taineer tonabts used to throng o meet us at thc rude shoot i tig-box with stories of deer and "oar," wonderful to listen to, and with eyes looking wistfully at the corner where tin: whis key jar always stood. I could lilt tho night with stories of the odd ways and curious, simple lires of these moun taineers, though none ol' them were such curios! ties as old. lake, HIV father's negro huntsman. Caleb here was his nephew, and helped him as a boy with the dogs, and moreover is tho grumlo-i liar wc have in these parts. He's sit - <j ting Up with the horse, so we'll cali him and .make him givo you a specimen ^before wc turn in. Ualeb,Zthese gen tlemen wain to hoar about U it ble Jake's great Christmas fox-chase. "Lor* mc, Mar'se George, them ar' times done gone so long now, I mos' disremember all 'bout om." "Why, it's not six weeks since 1 caught you telling those New York gentlemen ill tho stable; let's have il now without any variations." .*Well, genTmous, it will* some fif teen or twenty years belo' s'reuder, when I wur just a chap sorter liri pin' roiltl.' Uncle dake, now the ole jedge, that is Mar'so George's pa, had been tooled ever so many times by an ole red in Carter's mountain, not a great ways from vcr, and got sorter mad with thc dogs, and old Jake, who loved dem ar'hounds jes'as if they'd bin folks, swore ho cot ch that lox if il took him thc whole of Christmas week todo it in. Thc jedge lie had a big diniu' o' quality on Christmas Day, au' ole Jake he jest slipped off Wit'l the hounds 'bout day in the moi'ilill' and struck that lox's trail right to oust. "He'd got sorter used to dc ole red, and kuowed what line he'd take, lb' sho' Ile never went tar from home, but jos' kept gwipo on rou ti' uudroun,' moro like a gray lox. Thun dinner time I guv over, as the plow-mule on which I rode began io gel kinder played out,. hut olo Lucie dake had taken thc best horse in the stable, and jes' pitched right oi| near thc hounds, who were all the time oil the scout, makin' a heap o' fuss. "After dinner I took another horse, and slipped out to see if I could hear anything o' tue ole man, au' there sho' miff thc hounds were traveling rome thc mountain where they'd Ural found the fox. 1 soon cotched 'eui and kop' ulong with Uncle dake, till sundown, and. when 1 began to talk 'bout gwine homo tb' dark the ole mau jcs' ripped and cussed, and said he'd stay wid dui ur' lox till tho now year tb'' he'd let Film go. "Well, gon'l'tuens, Ijea' ibo to. he'd got may be a 'tickler' o' whisky in his pocket, and was sorter uppish on that account, so lett him my fresh horse an' rode, or rather led, hb'ti h une. lu tho morning when 1 went round to the stables and (punters, 1 didn't seo no bound -, nor horse, nor yet no Uncle .fake. So says I, PH jos' put i!:-- s ni dio on tho gray, and a pone o' corn bread and some meat in my pocket, and .-dip out and seo if thc ide loan's still at ir. "Well, sirs, I rode rouii' till near midday, when suddenly I sees u dog cross thc road bofo' ino, then a whole string comes along, and I sccs Jumper -Frolic-Beauty, and I lie resl ol'i hem; you could 'most sec through 'em the) were so thin, and though they had their mouths open, and was try in' to raise a bit of a fuis il warn'i no man ner o' use. "I knew Uncle Jake warn'i far be hind, and presently, sho' ltl)fl', there was a rU8tlill' in thc wood, and he cum out right agin, the inisorablest - sight yon ever seed. Ho dido' 'pear to notice mo much 'cept just to slip Off his horse and git on mine, i put the pone o' breud an' the meat in his ?p?c-ket, ail' lie went lopin' oil'at'ior the I dogs on' the colt. "There wur no show fur me but to git home with the mar', who looked as , tho'she'd drop dead In lier irncks. 1 dursn't fool with no mo' horsed, an' mjes' quietly sot up for Uncle Jake that . night, but durn me if it warnt for not bin'; two o' (ho hounds cum sneakin' ira 'bout suudowiq but that wur all. ; "Next morn in' I went to ole mar'se, tho jedge, and he an' ?hecompany with thote.it a mighty good joke, and the biggest kind of a crowd .started out to look for the chase. There wur indjun' left to hear, and it wur about eleven o'clock ho struck right in agin thc whole gang, and I wur with him, or no one would believe, gen'l'mens, whai 1. tell yen now, for, Itt' God, sar, Hie fox wur walkin', the hounds wur walkin', an'old Jake on tho colt, wur walkin', all within I Wooly stops of ono another. "Lord! you should ha' seen tho ole ?exige. I thotc he'd a-hust hisself with aughin'. fie sent for a wagon au' ?Ut thc lbxr thc ?lound-- ami ole Jake inter if, and had 'em druv home. Thar's Jes' as true, gen'l'mens, as I'm AtlMiitn Mimili. Open. Six months ago vf c. had no demand for B, B. B., hut now our retail demand is such that we are forced to buy in gross lots. We attribute the rapid and enormous demand to the comparative sb.e and price of B. B. B. (being largo bottles for fl), and Its posi tiv? meriti. It sell? well sud gives OUT ops tumors entire satisfaction. Our sales haVe Increased WO percent, with!na few months. JACOUS Pus it M AC V, por Fred B. Partner, Aft J). Ari'ANTA, Sena 12, 18R5. Buring the past few months I have given B. B. li. severe tests ip the euro of Blond Lineases, and unhesitatingly pronounce il a safe, sure, r.Armhiss' mid speedy Blood Purifier, fully meriting the confldeitoe of the publie, My customers, are delighted with its offer.ts, and the demand has so wonderfully Increased that 1 have been ft* YVTA. ClnA?ASf, Druggis* | c -Tho Kentucky Senate has passed " a bill prohibiting (be sale of pistols and bowlo knives, uit?, .rr.df* MIK NATIONAL, ?AJPXTAL. ieuutoi- Mitchell, o' Oregon, IntroilnecH a New Chlite.-to lUll-.-TlieTt loplione Cuses. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, hus In? rod,ucod >; new unti-Chitiese bill. After reciting in Hie preamble ilint nil reuiies willoh Inhibit thu United States from absolutely prohibiting the Com ing of Chin?se to the United States, are pernicious tu tho peace, domestic tranquility and general welfare ol'thc United States, it provides, in tho first section, that all treaties between the Uiiiied States Government and tilt Chines Empire iii so far as they rec ognize or permit tho coining of Chinese to ibo United simes and Inhibit the Government of thu United State? from absolutely prohibiting the coming o' Chinese to thc United States, and alt acts of Congress which in any manlier and upou any condition recognize or permit thc coming to thc United Slates of Chinese, arc hereby abrogated, set aside and i v. pealed. Section li provide? thal from and after Ibo passage ot this act ii shall be unlawful lor any Chinese whet lier subjects of Chinu or other wise, as well as those who are iiu\\ within the limits of thc United StatoB and wdio may hereof or leave- the Uni e l States' an I attempt to return, excepting as diplomatic r pr -i nt mo*, including other officer? pf >,,c Chinese or oiler governments', travel ing upon inwae-s of thai government, t get h?r willi their hoity ami house hold servants, to come lo or within or land at or remain in any port Ol' place within tho United States. The coming ol' Chinese persons lo the United States, exe piing those OX empted in the above paragraph, is absolutely prohibited aflor the pas-age of tho act. Thc section ol' the prcvlo?? Chinese ads providing penalties for violations of their provisions are re enacted, as are also these providing safeguards against Chiiioso unlawfull) entering thc country, with such slight chances as arc made necessary by tho provisions ol'thc first two sections ul tho bill. Provisions of the provloiu acts relative to the removal ol' Chinese found to be unlawfully in ibis country aro renewed, as is also tho provision prohibiting courts from admitting ('hi?ese to citizenship. Ail terms, conditions, prohibitions and pcnallie of tho act are made applicable to all Chinese now lu this country who may nt any time hereafter leave the United State-, and also to those who have b -eii in thc United States and have already departed. THU TKI.K.IMIONK CASKS. Representative Gibson, Chairman of the I louse Committco eu Expenditures in tho Department of Justice, has re ceived replies from tho Secretary ol tho Interior and thc Attorney General to the resolution of the committee, asking what money hail been expend cd by tle-ir departments in thc Ran Electric and Bell Telephone cases. Thc reply of the Secretary of tho Interior says that $35 for printing, etc., was the only money expended in his de partment. Tho Attorney General says no money hus been expended ill III? department, but that counsel have boon rot ai ned for prosecution of i ho Government -nit. No money has yo I b< on paid these counsels. Theil' names have already been made public. The resolution under which thc committee is acting simply directs it to lind out what moneys have been expended by tho Government In the telephone cases. The replica will bo laid before the committee at its next meeting. MONKV !N TOBACCO. Tho Remarkable Success o? n Western North Curolosri Fumier. (From the Neic-i und Courier.) AsilKVILl.U, N. C., February 8. -It is really remarkable how much moue) may be realized from the culturo o', tobacco under tho best management. Your corn: pondent has just had called to his attention an illustration of .this fact. Mr. NV. C. Sprinkle, a citizen of Madison colliny, which adjoins Bun combe on thc north, who lives within a few miles of Marshall, thc county ?eat, bought in 1ST!) three hundred acres of land, on time, for $2,000. Tills land il is saul would not at lout time pr ?duce more than len bushels of grain to thc acre. Thc purchaser begun the cultivation of tobacco on a small scale for tho li est two years, having only il,Otu) ?apital and raising also tho supplies needed for Ills family. As rapidly as he could got his money out of tobacco ho sowed his old Heids in grass, and they arc now SuAlciontly fertile lo produce ex cellent qualities of the weed. For live years his crop of tobacco has aver aged him $?,000 per annum (dear Of expenses, and he has recently bern offered ?10,000for his farm! This not only shows that (.beroi- money tor die. planler ul' tobacco, but ajsjjr prove? that the weed, properly cultivated, (loos not exhaust the soil, as many one .nies ol thc product are in.thc habit of -aving. The planter above spoken of has made one aero produce i'?OO worth of tObneeo, and on the old fields form erly abandoned und then by his, efforts and methods reclaimed, he has pro duced tho loaf that brought $:i,s pei hundred pound-. In some ?eelions near here the plan ters arc beginning to sow the seed tor the plants of thc approaching season. Many, however, think it too carly yet for this work. For u tow days the weather has been too extremely cold and dry to allow (he handling and sale of tobacco. Large quantities arc now stored here, nut up in tierces and boxes, ready to be placed on Ibo warehouse floors as soon as the temperature and moist un of the atmosphere render tho leal pliable and soft, bringing it "hilo ca c' us tobacco men say. Klectloti of Mitftonlc Offleom. At the recent mooting in Charleston, the following ofllcers wore elected: GUANO CiiArruit -Comps. J. ?? Bronzeate, A ii dorso n, M. E. High Priest; W. T. Blanch, Abbeville. R. fe Deputy High Plies! ; Morris Clarke Marion, R. R. King; A. II. WM tc j Rock Hill, R. E. Scribe; J. 8. Connor, Wiuneboro, Rf. Hov. Chaplain; C. F. Jackson, Columbia, E. Treasurer; J. E. Burke, Charleston,E. Secretary; A. Doty, .fr., Charleston, Captain of die. Most ; W. II. Witherow, Chester, Royal Arch Captain; h. F. Meyer, Charleston, Sentinel. R. ANO S. M.-Comps. W. W. Humphreys, M. I. G. M.; G. T. Borg, I). (.. M.; A. II. , White, C. ol' W. ; !. F. Juckaoh, T. ; Z. Davis, R. ; ibo Itcv. J. M. Boyd, Ci; W. II. D. Gnil ard, M.; fl. Ileltach, C, of G.; J. T. tell?, C. of C.; E. R. Arthur, S. ; L. F. Heyer, Sentinel. -Why ls a lovor Uko his father? Uc ause he ls a sigher (siro). The sire of hat child who suffers so from croup will ften sigh for something to euro it. Tell Im of Taylor's Cherokee Kcimaly of weet (Jum end Vi.Hein, * j 1 PlWiiri r . . 'i m m POL.! I ICS AND POLITICIAN^.'" -Stephen \V> Dorsey is reponed to have just, purchased at Santa Ko. Ho hus his e\e on the Sena o, if New Mex ico he admitted us u State. - J dui li. llcugan.) of Texas, ?ssev etity years of age. He lias H poor volco, hut ?in excellent hrahi. Ho has resided in Toxins lor fort)..seven years. . Mr. Alonzo I in rt ? superintendent ol the railwayomail service, is likely tobo replaced by a Democrat from Louisville, .to tho Washington gossip report. - Madison Wells, ol Louisiana is1 viii I living, hui is ipiite h.ind Thal lie slid lives s a >u tilde nt Indication of L uiisiuna's reputation as a law ubidiug s atc. -There is talk at Washington, ac cording to tho Ubi? ago Ti thane's cor respondent, of (he appointment, as t e Republican nu tidier ot ibo Civil Service .(,'oinniission, of ex-Senator jUanchc K. ROueo. -Thc Chicago Herald is pleated to bo witty whoa it eays: "A rather freo translation df thc Latin motto on Sec retary Manning's crest and coat of urtu-make- il. read, "The eagle docs HOI c.Ucli Hies.' ? - Senator Vin ice, of North Carolina, is ii wit, and knows it. Ile is reported to have recent Iv met the beautiful Miss RuRltt, of Pldlalclphla. "Ah."' ie said, gallantly, "I heard you whistle during tho war." - Representative Guenther of Wis consin tin caicos to resign because lie cannot save ?my moiioy ut Washington, tte was not nut there to do that. Hut ho should'takCcourage and remember Ulallie! and Sherman. -J iseph Vila') of Manitowoc, Wis., is now looked upon ?is tue probablo successor to tho deceased < 'ongre-s tuan, Mr. Rankin. Mr. Villis is a Democrat, a wealthy business man and no relation lo tile I'osimastci Goncral. -J. W. Dookwallcr, who once ran for Governor of Ohio, oil Ibo Demo cratic ticket, is thin, square built, and has Iron-gray hair. Ho wears a mits taeho of thc same color as his hair. His eyes are blue ?iud -ct hack under a heavy pair of eyebrows. He is still a wealthy mun. - It is told of Representativo Ran dall's immobility ol' teal ure that a Ken tuckian, addicted lo draw poker, ri mai ked during tho cannas* for Speak er that "if he had Randall's face, he could bil behind two deuces ?iud win a barrel of money." Randall has dune it, Ile has played the protection deuces for ?ill they uro worth. - Governor Houser and Colonel A. T. Saunders are booked for the Senate, or behove they are fruin Mon tana, If the Territory bo admitted asa State. Colonel Saunders is so (?ill thal un Irishman describing him lo .'onie one who desired to meet him, said: "When ycz f?pid a man who can wear a doTiblc-biirrclcd shot-gun for trousers that's iiini." - Ivv I'uiied States Senator Kelch,ot Michigan is in Klorida for the winier Mr. Kelch is quito au old mau now, and his public career goes hack over lilly yeats. He resides at Ann Arbor, Mich., and was Governor of that Stale in 1840-17, and Knited States Senator from LS 17 lo 1853. Mr. Kelch was one of the leading commissioners to settle thc Mexican and Spanish land claim* ill tlio treaty with Mexico. -The Louisiana Senators arc ihm described: Senator Gibson is an ne Com pl (shed luau of the world, and rep resents moro purlic.nluriv tho old regime; Senator Eusiis, thc practical element. Iloth were Confodoiato gen erals. Gibson is a courtier. Ku-ti would command a court, iloth art lawyers and scholarly sneakers. Sen ator 1 msti? is exceedingly suave.and lu s a rich, sonorous voice - Representativo G tes, of Alabama, has a hill pending under which it U hoped thal alien landholding in tia several Slates may he prevented, lt assumes dial Congress has powerte regulato tho hohtin'a ol' lands b,\ foroitrners within Stale bouudorios. The author ,of< tho bill has been pro nounced in his views un the strict construction of thc Constitution, 'i'la measure i*3 now before tho judiciary committee, of which .1. Ramlolpi: Tucker, nu oxtrcmo State rights man, is chairman, its treatment by thal body will be ot Importance. . .?? - SAIT: HI.OWEftS IN t:i!AKI.i:tiTON. Thc S:ii> of ih? OLmiasan Urowery Ui ploded by Dynamite ami Kobbril ol .Money mut Val iiablex. (Special io .'/M Columbia J'!>.;/)'?.<{'r. > CHAULKST?N, 8. (' , February 12. "Tiie onicrprising burglar" has beet gelling in some daring and successful work in Charleston. About 2 o'eloob this morning thc ellice of thc Palmottc or Ciuusseli Brewery was broken into, I he door ot thc iron sale blown open villi dydauiilc and $690 lu cash ami i ghi dollars' worth of postage stamp" stolen. 'There were several checks and drafts and other valuable papers in thc safe, but the cracksmen considerately left these untouched. The robbers effected their entrance into the omeo by breaking thc transom over :i door opening Into tho yard. 'Three bolos were drilled in thc door ol the safe near the lock, into which wax placed ii charge of dynamite. A fus o was then inserted, which was evident ly Hied by thc cracksmen at a safe dis tance. Tho explosion wis heard several blocks mviiv. 'The policeman oil duly in Ibo market, ono square distant? wan startled by thc noise, hut was evident* ly loo sleepy to investigate, inasmuch ns tia; robbery was not discovered until (he employes of the brewery ouinc to work ?il tho usual hour. There is no clue to tho perpetrators of the crime, but it is supposed to have boon the work of thc same gang who have been operating in Atlanta und Augusta recently. - - ??? - ratal manderai a Pire. J. P, Mullid) 's livery and salo stables lu St. Louis were burned at an early hour on Thursday morning. Tl ic tiro originated in tho hay loft from some unknown cause, ami spread so rapidly that it was well under way before tho lire department urrived. Tho em ploy?s of thc establishment who were on the scene at tho timo turned their attention to save tho horses, sixty-live in number, and lind taken seven of [beni I rom tho burning building, when I wo' policemen arrived, and thinking hat tho employ ?4 were thieve?, club jed them into insensibility, and thus lestroyed the only chance of saving ho stock. 'Thc remaining ifty-eight vere barned to death. ADVU.X To?iOTllRMa. MRS. WINSLOW'S Hoorntso HTS?r* shotttrt si rays be URTU for chitaron Jcetuing. Itsootqrs hr utiil.t, F. jftort, tiTrt liaros, lill ay* siloam, ares w,n<i collo, mxl M ins host remedy for i isrriicr*. Twuniy.flv? cent*'a bottle. .nay i u-:y l I ..! iiiMiiiMi iimiiiiwii 11 .HIM mum <i ESK Et AI. JV K WS I'U;MS b rr ft N? 1 ' i'm is i ? 1 i nt .i esl . <,.-.( bei vd from V nrlnUtt yu.-irlt-rn. I nin ti State* Hoops now occiipv Som tie. -? Samuel J. Tilden tva* seventy-two year.'? old on tito id li inst. -Several ile.ilhs from cholera, ure reponed at Tarifa, Spain. - Major \Yr. II. l?rown, a prominent citizen of Asheville, N. C., in dead, -(?reece has informed tho Porte that But) luis no intention of attacking Tur key. -Trouble,on thc Mexican border is aulicipaicd and truops arc being bent there. -Archbishop (Jibbon, of Haiti nunc, lois he made a (.'ardi?al, says a Homo dispatch. -Tilomas O. Scales, who took an overdose of morphine in Augusta, is recovering. -Tho silver debuto in thc Senate was converted into un attack on thc Administration. - George C. Hates, ono of tho found ers of tho Whig party, died ut Denver, Col., !ast week. -Tho Kev. Thomas IO. (Jreen, a Presbyterian minister* of Chicago, has been converted to Episcopacy. - Robert Donnelly suicided in Phil adelphia b) taking arsenic in tho prc-? ncc of his wife and daughter. -The Kentucky State Senate at Frankfort has pussoda bill establishing thu whinping-posi tor wifc-houtors. -There were fourteen duels in I'ai is durlpg thc ten days previous lo Feb ruary I? : none ol' them fatal, however. -The recent storm* were terribly disastrous in thu pun-handle of Texas ami great losses of stock have ou o in ed. -The magnificent residence of das. Courtlands near llendorsonvllle, N. c., was burnt on Thursday; loss about $80,000, - The District (Anni ill Sall Lake City hus convicted and sontensod a number of M?innous during thc last few days. T. Kay ncr und Ids wife, an Igod couple, were burnt to death and their house dosi roy et), near James town, N. Y. -King Milan has summoned thc en tire Servian army to enter I he Held fuji* equipped for war lo undergo six weeks" dril), -.lohn Springs and Will Austin, colored, wert: killed by thu fall of an levator nt tho Mecklenburg Iron Works, Charlotte. -Tho coko syndicate in and around Pittsburg where the minora aroona strike will make an C flo rt to put negroes n> work. - .lohn G, Thom i-, Land Claim Vgeul of Washington Territory and Chrirmuii of the Democratic State Committee, is (load. -The people td'St. Paul, Minn., arc howling because milder weather ls'dis solving their leo castle. Some folks uro nevi r satistieil. -President Cleveland has issued a proclamation waining tho inners in Washington Territory to desist there from and disperse. -The Kev. ll. C. Perishing, Presi dent of thc Pittsburg Female College, has boon convicted of dishonesty, lying and tmmoi alley. -The business fallaros in the United States fop tim last wick were 228. Canada :>7; total, *J7?, as compared with 289 for the week previous. -G?n?ral Sheridan has assumed im mediate command of tho Division of the Atlantic until the President assigns a successor to G cue ral Hancock. -The commerce com mit (co of the French (Mn.tuber ol Deputies will u-k the Government to continuo to pro hibit, import?t iou ot American pork. -K. T. Garret., thc wounded des perado who killed Deputy Sherill Clay Davi-, <v'as taken from jail in Lamar comity, Texas, by DiasKcd men und hanged. -George Venable and W. c. Dunn, while attoiuptiiig to attract the atten tion of Mrs. M. Harris, of Fayette county; Ga., were fatally wounded by ncr husband. - Iv x'liofor? bas tendered his |'e<dg. natl.m in I lib Fr?lich Chamber of Den* niles beoa'nitt: ot the rejection of the proposition 'to extend tun nos ty to political o fib mle rs. - Pope Leo XIII, by Letters Apes tolle, li ned December 22, 1886, has proclaimed to the entire world an ex traordinary Jubilee, extending over the whole of thc present >car. - A bill has boen introduced into thc lower Ilou-o of thc Prussian Diet 10 regulate thc schools of the oa-tern provinces of Germany ami to make School attendance compulsory. -The mob of Socialists and work? illgmen made another demonstration ni Condoi, on Thursday but nothing serious resulted. Tho damage to prop erty by thc moo is estimated at ?yu,ooo. -Thc smallest firearm in the world is a gold watch charm in thc torin of a revolver about an inch long. Cartridges inc made for it, und it is claimed that it could do serious damage at short range. - A tire ii Broad street, Augusta, destroyed the stores and dwellings of M. Colclough, Mrs. S. Meyers and E. Kaufman ; loss abolit $12,000, in-, '-ed. Thc building was one of the olde .i in thc city. -It ls currently reported that At torney General Garland will he asked to resign Ins scat in thc Cabinet, owing to revelations concerning his connection with the Pun-Electric Tele phone developments. -Under thc pretext of searching Greek vessels in thc harbor of Con stantinople for munitions of war, thc Turks have insulted tho Greek flag. lt is teared that this act may aggra vate tho situation. - Iloston ladicS have taken to organ izing whist clubs. Tho Now York Sine say? this ls beneath tho "eulchur" of thc modern Athens, and that pres ently we may hear that they have taken to progressive euch re. -Major Goueral W. S. Hancock, U. 8. A., died at Governor's Island, New York Harbor, on the afternoon of thc Oth inst., altor a very short ill noss, from a malignant carbuncle on tho back of his neck. -Henry Thielan, a A ..ncr, whllo talking with some friends in a planing nill in East St. Louis, sat down on a .alsed counter covering a buzz saw, Hld tho machinery heine- started soon liter, he was cut In two. -Edison ls himself very rid), and ias married for tho second time, a ghi d'20, whose father is a millionaire. 11 r. Edison is 88 Oy ebra old, and hni Ince children by his find wife, a 12 car old daughter and two small boys, -Mr?. Martha Clark, of New York, who ia twenty-seven yoirs old, was worth $10,000 two years ago. Last week she sohl her s'ovo for motley to purchase liquor With, and the ic-xt day sho was arrested for drunk en net-e. - A member of the Massachusetts. Legislature has introduced a bill which has tor its purpose >he enforcement of the voting privilege. Uv virtue of its provisions mon who neglect to register and voto will bc tined from tivo. to twenty dollars. -The lust salo ufa slave was made in Augusta county, Va., in thc spring of 1800, th A price l)ftid being 100 cab? hugo plants. Tho purchuser got a dav's work out of tho negro and con sidered that ho had made, ?whilo tho seller was satisfied. -Tho bill to make a now Kt atc out of Dakota has passed the Senate, but it is thought the House will defeat tho sohonio of the llopub icau politicians by extra-constitutional methods to bring another Slate into the Union to affect thc Presidential election. -London had a bloodless riot on Monday. The streets wore in posses sion of a howling mob of "starving mechanics'' and socialists for hours, hui thc only damago was the stoning of a number of private residences and elubdioiisos. Tho police were power less. -Charles Jcuik attempted to feloni ously assault two daughters ol his employer, John Hoar, near Macedonia, Ohio, but la led, when hi crushed their skulls with an iron har and thon tired the bani, destroying $10,000 worth ot property. The floild is in jail nt Akron. -Convict Pish was recently carried to New York, ostensibly to le-lity in a ease in court but really to have a frolic a? it is known that one night he had a late supper with four burlesque ac ! tit sscs, and after live days absence was returned to prison without going before tho court. -Senator Platt, ot Connecticut, is receiving a great deal of credit for lils earnest, clien t to have tho Senate open its doors when the Presidential nomi nations are being considered it is not expected, however, that the propo sidon will meet with MI 111 cir it favor to carry it through at this time. -Lieut. Martin J. Hawkins, one of thc twenty-lour mon who, in isi?l, at tempted to destroy the bridges and tolcgraph lines of thc Chattanooga and Atlanta Railroad, died in Quiney, III., on Sunday. Several of tho raiders escaped, but thc balance wore captured, tried and hung by ihe Confederates. - Never was the press (d'any city so unanimous in favor of any one as the plOSS of Atlanta is in favor of Dr. Armstrong. They have all, without exception, BO far as we have seen, ex pressed tho utmo-t confidence in that gentleman's high-toned ChHst lah char actor, and think he has been most un justly dealt WitUy -John ??. Thomson, 6x-Sergoilut-at> Arms < f tho House of Representatives, died suddenly at Seattle, Washington Territory, last Wednesday. He had gone there as Laud Claim Agent, an appointment he received from the Protddcnt last Auguvf. The Immedi ate cause of death was dropsy of the heart, a complaint with which he had boon troubled since December last. -The remains ol' Major-General Hancock were buried on Saturday, with very modest ceremonies. Dressed in thc uniform of a major general, with a military gash on his right shoulder and side, even in dca;li be looked thc picture ol t military hero. Many ol ihe old friends ol' tho family e.dlod ul the General's house, but were . h nicd admittance. - Little .Timmy ('alloway was severe ly bitten by a bulldog in Augusta, the hoy having .-lopped U|)0,il I he animal's tail while he was napping in front of thc lire; the dog seized thc boy bv the leg^ dragged him in'otho yard ano at? tempted io carry him under tho house, where he would undoubtedly have been killed, but a neighbor promptly dispatched thc savage brute with ? gun. -Tiiere [s a general movement among ihe trades unions of Washing ton towards shorton!hg thc hours of I it bor. The plumper -, tinners and car penters have decided that after May :t next they will demand per day for eight boura work. ft. ls sahl that this movement is tho beginning of n coin hiuaiiou on rho part ol' all the loading labor oruani/.ations in the eily towards shorter hours of work. -Tho ('hi?ese are being systemati cally sjbnt ont of Seattle, Washington Territory. They are marched to Steamers and steerage passage paid to San Fi ancisco tor them. Tho Knights of Labor are at thc bead of the move ment. The Mayor and prominent cit izens of Seattle have telegraphed lo tho GoverninenI officials for troop?. The militia and Home Guards turned out to protect the Chinese. Those wdio wanted to leave were escorted to tho sicamor and tho others to their homes. The mob li nal Iv attacked the militia and were (Lt d upon, one being killoe! and several bailly wounded. GovcrOlnoilt troops have gone to Seat tle. iii .ol? of (lurernor Seymour. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour died at Utica, New York, nt 10 o'clock on Friday night at the homo of Ins sister. Mrs. Roscoe Collklillg. Ile would have been seventy-live years of HL'C on tho ol st May. As has been his custom in recent years, he cain'? from Ills Deoiilold homo in the fall, lo pass the winter ?II Utica willi his brother, John F. Seymour, and Mrs. Roscoe Coiik ling. During tho last two weeks ho had periods of indisposition, but. not ol a serious nature. Ho I* reported to have be^ii unconscious part of tho '.imo .-.nd complained of inuc!i pain. His condition indicated a general breaking down of tho system. A Kon.fullitn in Clturlenton. The senseless body of Nancy Rivers, n respectable colored woman, was found on Thursday morning, hidden under tho steps of it. 'Mark'? Episco pal Church in a thickly populated thoroughfare of Charleston. Uer hoad luid ficen badly smashed with a frag ment of flagstone, which was fonnd y!ng m ar by. It is supposed that the ?'onld he murderer first attempted mirage. The woman has siuco re? '.ovorcd consciousness, and declares hat her assailant waa a tall blackman. This is thu second out i ago of tho kind hat has occurred in Charleston within he past twelve months, ibo irst hav ng resulted in tho neath of the woman, 'hi l affair causes a sensation. --.What yesterday waa and to-morrow dil boY lo day. You should go to-day Dd hey a hettie of Taylor's C'hnokoo letted* of Sweet Gum and Mallemi, for our child may have- croup t?-n.gilt. To corrow will be too lau. ? FOR COUGHS AND CROUP US? TJIJIIIEI 3V. Yh? rmt g?n>. aa gathered from . tra? of th? nm? name, growing ?loot th? ?mall atrearoa la the Routh tm Stat**, ooeialne a .Umala tl o? ?ip?oU>raDt prlnelpl? (bat IOOMQ? th? pbUgin produoioe; th? early morning oeugh, and itlma latea the child lo threw ..[' the falee rnraihrau? la croap ?ag whooping eooiV When combined with the healing mool lagtnoui principia In the mullein plait of th? old field?, pre v?ala In TAT toa'? Oanom Rawanr nr Raattflia AND Mn tn* tn* Oneal known remedy for Coogna. Croup, Who?plng-Co?th and Coo tnmpllon : and ao palatable, an/ child ii plo-aaed lo take lt. a?k roir druacitt for lt. Price, ESQ. and $1. WAXTKR A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, 0?. VIM DR. HUICKHS IIIICKI.KBKRHY C?KIMA1. fol I'lirrii i-? Prunier/ and Children Totlhlng. For ?ala bi t'-dragglila. TEXAN TALK. Tho Success an Atlanta A ri iel** has Achieved in tho a.oue .Star Slate. ?'Wo l.ivomul minuit Ot tiers to KxlBt." DK.VIUK, TllX'AS. >i:ll' l| 1ft, 1880 BLOOD jl.vi.it On.: lt Inn groat; pleasure to ns to statt' to yon that your I?. !?. Bi takes the lend of nil blood inutile VS In tliis country, on account of thc cures ir hus effected kiliicc wc hive ha nt lt< .1 it. Wc had ii case of scrofula lu our neighborhood, of lout! standim*, who lind useil ?ll pf?teni medicines wu ?ch were recommended tn hiia; bc sui. s iliis, he ?ls ? liad sc>'C1HI doc? tors attending him, inti everythh ti fulled to'et?cct:nny good. Ile grew wi'uvo evorj day, mu? hail not iofi lils bed for tho lust six mont hs. Wc hm; scon him sovnrftl times in mir little town, though it has been more than fifteen nu)i?thssliice we Inst saw him, and wo suppose this was thc last time hii was rvblfl to Nome to town, as he lives about eight miles in the country, Uh nnnic is Sorvonka, and WO got a neighbor of lils to persuade him m try ll. il. H , and after using oiUV ONK UOITIK lie left bi bed for the llr-t iime in tix months. To tho proscrit time In; lias used less than tinco bottles, and he is walking around visiting Ins friends in thc neighbor hoo.l. lie Ins gullied stn ngth nod llcsh rapidly. All scrnfuains mues are lien ling fl nely, nial you never saw a happier mnu than lie ls. Nearly everybody ?or miles around (ms heard <?i this wonderful euro, ami ail who need a blood rciucilv ead for the I!, ii. H. Wc li.id a .-ase a if nasa! catarrh ::i our own family (li lillie girl ot foul' ye-ts old), who has been using '.? 13 li. for about two weeks, mid already *?c 'ns lo he about, well Wc have o!lj\v'f.liiv? bottles left, and want you lo ship us nix dozen bottles. We" lalo plea .one ii. recommending H. ll. I!, ns n medicine worthy ot thu entire cou title ncc rf t'!>- public. Its notion ls moro rapid than any bl? mi ronvulv wc ever bandied. l.UiDTKK UROS. Did you Sup pssc Mustang Liniment only good for horses ? It is for inilumma tion of all flesh. ?Fv Mm?, FOB PinST-CLASS JACKS, JKNNETS. UOMU1NJSD SADDLE AND IA RN ESS .STALLIONS. We claim to hart) taken more premiums with our .lucks, .Jennets ami Sadd le-stock than any breedon in Tennessee. Fair (.round, Nashville, Tenn. Du. L. w. KVI<;;IT, SON' Sc (50 Mention this paper. Pebl.11.8t y^LSE-ILEY jSoLl Tho Solubls'Ousno is a highly concentrate (trade Fertilizer for all crops. * AM M. li Y COTTON AND COHN CO M ft two crops mid alvo largely us d |>y the Truck AMi i.KV ASH IvLBMKNT. very chen tih/.er for irtottou, Com and Small Oraln Cn Vines, etc. ASUU.y DISSOLVED IlONRj A8HLK1 Grades-fur uso alone and in ( ouijio&t heap, ruuZT-\nu'<' Pip CUWM? T^montols, amt f publications of Hie Com pliny, addrc s NovL'.'i.ly TUE AiSULBY PHOSP JOHNSON? MatrMM. Oaaatinci hi worth a pound et kind, ttl? _ MAKE HE A Clear Skin is only a part of beauty; but it is a part. Every lady may have. it;..at least, what looks ^iko ,tf.< Magnolia Balm both freshens find beautifies. An Infallible sped flo for all th? nW?niici pVWiilWr to woman, Buch oe palm ful or Suppressed Mon struation, Falling ot tho Womb. LetteorrlMoa or Whites, etc. ???ANOE of LIFE. If taken ilurjhi&tluaorltl? ?.ti! perla I, areal MI ...?.ii ni; und daugettgan beenlire ly avoided. Regulator ! Send fer our book containing valuable) Information for women. lt will Im mailed freo to applicants. Ac Wnw, THU UUAOKIB?.U HWU-I.ATOH f-o., box 28, Atlanta, (ia. Sold by nil drug fists. HTOB! MH8II I I G G J3 ) l i. A.X?>" ????k TRADE ||?|g? MARK. >-.,v-I (nthaWino ?rowmfcCuuntrios ?f Europe? IIUTUSO of this Medicated Wno is universal. His composed ofdio most approved VEGETABLE 70 NI CS, -which aro Introduced Into a pure gennrousAYlne. Tho very finost LOXA ??I>HJ?M>&U*AKK, being ils medic&lhasis.ilia eonfidcndJy recouunondod?s a curo undprcvonUve of rCVER ANO AGUE, and all oilier disensos originating from TnularioiLH causes Fo r p uri fyi vi ?> th o XlT^? Ol) un:l improvinfi tiic Socrctiona.Cfiron?o, Rheumatism,Qloodpoiacnin?. a cort oin rurefor Dycpops?o.Oanip in the stomach, <in immediate relief for Dyoantry.Colio, Choiera -morbus nu l kindred diseasea. General Weakness.NorvouQ and Mental Debility, a souvore??u comedy for Liver Gor.iplaiot.and disensos of tho Kidmeu.nn excellent appetizer) anda T O P-3 ! ? without a rival-.* in ?hore Tor invigoratinji allihc functions of thc system, it io u n aq u iii I od. A small Wino $la,3$ f uil.thr q> timai a d*y? Seid by si! Drurjgisl^ n.;d dealars generally. TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL CO.. ?Sot? J'ropnatoni, A f>fr:mfur(urw*. ,' ^-*mm*m "(\ <f Iri'at. * SPAR TAM nuitO. S.C. Prico per Bottlo S 1.00. ???aas, i .?. ?..?ii?u?i<ti.?.iaat?j<w *a"W?P-.--..-'o- .V*.; Km*7 Ut ti?? A iM'tl tin f.ni . -,.. 1 hrM mnnlb?'tre.klm. in ino... inv*i ....<? f .r >Bfl ?> Ul? Ilwvd. HMMlachlV Ot? III. . ??.vi mw Afc iftft/cenia. U/ ; ?, ,.F t.- ,,. ,i ^* WHISKY I IA KITS cur?* ll lui'.ir ... ,' I,,. u,,. ttotlk. ol li n llriiini? nuiit I'rfii. ft. ir.ui '. i... 1.?, i?.,Atuiiu?.o?. JBLE pUANO. (I Aluin'?.??itcd Guano, a; complete High n NU -A romp?ate fertilizer fer the?*? ;Sr? heart hm leaton i tr vegetables, otc ip omi exc?dant Notv?nuuohlafetl Fer. i' ann ?iso fv.r Fruit Trees, ump* t ACID PI??SIMUTK, Ol very High oi the various Ul tlyc and hstruetlv* If V i i: CO., Charleston, H. V.