The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 01, 1900, Image 2
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-Millrlfliff.wvfl the freedom with ;
'ought;?r glue i 1t o?cthor 8o it wouldn t
be so darned toncby," and we really
gave the suggcstiou serious attention.
Mr. Milo Bush did not often disturb
the type, but his conversational disnlftvs
were sometimes rather discon
r?
ceiling. TVs were forced to bear the
brunt of bis numerous stories, most '
?f the older residents being immune
from many repetitions. His idea
seemed to be that nothing was too
stiff for us, especially after he had
made a show of pajiug something on j
his subscription?an adroit operation !
which consisted in turning in a quar- !
ter with considerable flourish aud bor- j
rowing half a dollar the nest day.
One day, after haviug performed ,
the lirst part of this transaction, he ;
dropped both feet into the rapacious j
waste basket and told u story of one {
Hendershot, a former more or less I
mythical resident of the town. I had j
beard other stories of Hendershot
from both Mr. Bush and Abner Blackmark,
aud I am inclined to think that 1
he at some time existed.
* Well, now, Hendershot was all j
right," said Mr. Bnshou the occasion j
ii. nnp*tinn. "You know about Hen- | <
dtvrsUot?Hi Hendershot, who used
to ran the Headquarters Hotel? Hendershot?yes,
yes; quite n man, Hen- i
dersliot was. Couldn't tell you all '
about. Hendershot if I took a week off.
Wisli't, I had all the money I lent
Headershot," and he beared a sigh
meant to be pathetic, as calmly as if
ho didn't know that I knew h'o never i
lent any money .to anybody in. liis life; i
but, on the contrary, owed money to
every man in town.
"lieckless, Hendershot was, with
bis money. Bet on some *ool thing,
or give it away, or lose it, or anything.
Hudu't thought of Hendershot for a
dog's age till last night when I was a
reading that item in your paper about |
.1.1 V TV I
t'JB UeUS Cgg Oiu iyrni'uu juiuhu
fetched you, eight iuches in diameter.
[The egg was eight inches in circumference,
but Mr. Bush never recognized
such miuor points of mere fact.]
Made me thiuk of Hendershot's old
speckled hen, Everlasting. Everlasting
tlills was her full name, 'cause she
sot just like 'etn, or more so. More
bo, I reckon, 'cause a yenrt'uquake I
will wreck a hill a good deal, but it '
cuiiMn't never move that old hen. ;
Sue never spent any time laying eggs j
like the Deacon's, nor no other size, |
not so fur as I ever hoard. Her ob- j
jeci iu life was setting. 1
"She preferred eggs to set on, but j
w'neo they wa'n't handy, wasn't above
auything else. Next to real eggs, of
course, she'd take artificial oues?
lbe<e here chiua nesteggs. Seemed !
to get more satisfaction ont of 'em
tbau she could out of corncobs, or a
piece of chalk, or a brickbat. Next
to porcelain eggs she cottoued to doorknob',
white fast, brindle if she
eouldu't get white. Preferred 'em on
the ground, but, if necessary, could
fly nj> aud make the attempt to hatch
'eui out right on the door, bracing one
foot on the key, and squawking a good i
deal down in her throat if anybody i
pened the door. Powerful hand to i
go Quawk! quawk!?just like that? <
way down in her throat, if she was |
disturbed when eke was setting. (
Hopped on to the back platform of i
the passenger train one day and sot i
dowu on the bright head of a bolt.
Seeu her mistake at tho section sta- i
tion down, aud come beck on the i
freight, setting on a chunk of coal in ]
the tender. Cyclone blowed away the ' ;
eoop one day, but old Everlasting just I ]
In fho rrrrmiwl oil/l korb. tlio ' I
i4V,uw vu v,*v -vrv ?~
broken teacup phe was setting on safe ;
and warm. Most of the feathers had .
been snaked off by the forco of the |
wind, but when old HendersUot went ;
out, tickled half to death to see her i
there, and tried to pat heron the back, i
she just squawked down in her throat '
and snatched a dab at his hand which j
drew the blood. Oauiiest hen in the ]
Territory; if a b'iling volcaner had | i
bust out iu the back yard she'd ablis- i
tered her feet setting on the stones it i
hove np. ]
"But tho old hen wasn't sach a J
blamed fool, after all. When she had 1
sot on anythiug three weeks without j
results she began to get suspicious, i
and to sort o' look hard with one eye '
'fore she got back on tho nest. Then '
when another week was up, she would 1
just light out and leave whatever it j I
was and look around for somethiug ; 1
else. Her judgment was bad on mak- *
jug fust choice, but she knowed wheu '
she'd got enough. 1
"Well, it run along till that hen t
bad sot on just about everything in !
TTING ' 1 1
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sight, and she was getting pretty (
bard up for setting material. One
day Hendershot was in the billiardroom
having a game with Judge
Lougsilorf, and he was a-nursiug the
balls, gentle like, down along the rail
into oue corner, when suddenly that i,
old critter of a spcekled hctrupand ]
Hew into the winder with two squawks
and forty clucks, snatched a dab at the ]
one, and just gathered them four balls ]
under her wiug aud sot down on 'em, (
and closed her eyes peaceful, and j
gun to breathe deep and steady, as .
much as to say, Tliank lieuving, at]
last T am rewarded!'
"Well, at fust Hendershot was |
plumb beat. Then says he: 'Boys, j ]
don't tech her! Give the hen a |
chance! Bet you she never stirs for j
four weeks 'cept once a clay to pet a j bite
to eat.' Hendershot, he couldn't i |
he satisfied, and kept walking around s
the hen and tryiug to rig up some ' j
scheme to get a hot on her. Offered ; 1
five to one on her ag'iu any other hen, |,
and said tno other mau might provide j.
his hen with a regular nest and chiua ; ]
eggs. Said ho'tl put Everlasting ag'in j j
auy other two hens, the others to fol- j
low each other. Finally offered to j ]
bet that the fowl would hatch out the 1
billiartl balls, red and white ivory j
chickens, l>ut everybody fit shy of
even this offer, 'cause nobody krowed
what the old spreckled thing couldn't
do. Finally ho give up, and said
he'd just make an exhibition set of it, 1
and chalked down the date on the
wall, and told strangers who dropped |
iu that it was a grand set ag'in time, ;
an attempt to lower the world's rec- |
ord under the auspices of the Inter- |
national Sett:ug lieu Association. J
"Along toward night, when Hen- j
dershot was standing and admiring ,
her, and pointing out that she hadn't \
moved a feather since she sot down, 1
in come a sandy-haired feller with a 1
red face, and wearing ?ne of these '
lore-and-aft caps, and funny-looking J
clothes generally, and squinted his '
eyes around and seen the hen, and i
said the feller:
" 'Oh, I say,' says he, just like
that?'oh. I say, you know, what's
the bloomin' bird on the table for?' \
" 'Silin'a n BoHinr* nn fnnr billiard ! .
halls,' auswers Hendershot, prouil as | f
Lucifer. * | <
" 'Extraordinary, by jcve!' says ! j
the feller: 'does she tbiuk she can i ]
hatch 'em ?' I
'"That's her ijec. And I don't,
know but she might?you hear wot I j f
say?' says Hendersbot, swelliug up (
with pride. I
" 'Ob, I say, now, she'll soon get
tired of that you know. liens can't (
hatch out billiard balls.' j
" 'Bet you twenty-live dollars she ]
keeps tiying for thrco weeks anybow,' ]
answers licnuersuor. i ^
" 'I'll go you on that,' soys the fel- <
ler.
" 'Bet you fifty dollars she keeps \
at it the fourth week," says Hendcr- <
shot. I
" 'Go you again,' says the feller. [
" 'Bet you a huudred sho holds out i
the fifth week,' keeps on. Hendershot, getting
excited.
" 'Take that, too,' comes back the i
feller. I
" 'All right,' said Hendershot; 'put j
up your money.' i
" 'Oh, I say. I'm not used to that, <
you know. Don't do that way in : i
England, my dear sir. We're gentle- j
men?I'll just record it in my betting- i
book, you know, and he pulls out a i
small book and looks along down tho j
page and sort o' begins reading to his- j
self, like this: 'His 'Ighness, fifty ]
guineas on the sweepstake; Juke of i
Slackwater, a pony on the Goodwood \
cup; Lady Bink, box o' gloves,' and t
then he scratched down something, t
saying, 'Landlord, $175 oil hen ' v
"Well, Hendershot be caught right c
dd, and he wasn't to be outdone, so
says he 'Of course that's all right, my
lord?both gentlemen?certainly?
I'll just put it down in my betting- j,
book,'and he dragged out accpyof j
the Smith Patent Pill Company's j.
Farmers' and Mechanics' Account j
Book and runs his finger down the j
nn/-?/> oakI- a' ollrinrr frv lilflool f?
eaoD< ? -? s
['resilient, five hundred on hoss trot; 8
Chief Justice Supreme Court, $40 on f
log fight,' aud then he scratched down, j
'Stray Englishman, S175 on Everlast- n
ing Hills.' t
"Then says the fellow: 'I'm out on j
i little hunting trip?think I'll just (
stay at your house.' Well, Hender- u
shot was tickled to have him, and j
put him in the best room in the t
house, and gave orders that nothing j
was too good for him. And he was jj
just the kind that knowed good things, E
md he went right in and made his- ^
>;lf at home?had extra grub every j
ileal, live' y teams each day to go out j
Hunting ,.erahrie chickens, and all u
hat kind o' thing and run up a bill
ike the national debt. But Heuder>bot
was tickled to death over it, and
lsed to spend half his time talking
with the feller 'bout the JukeB and i
hings he knowed in England. s
"And old Everlasting just sot on. v
Ibey left the winder open ro she could
get out when she wanted to. It was
always her way to hop off the nest
just at eunrise every morning, aud
hustle around and pick up a handful or
two of gravel and be back on in ten minutes.
Every morning before breakfast
Henderslxot took a look at her,
and during the day he had an eye on
her most of the time. Feuced off that
comer of the room so that she
wouldn't be disturbed, and put up a
shade so's the light wouldn't hurt her
eyes.
"Well, at the end of three weeks
Hendershot couldn't hardly contain
hisself, 'cause he'd won the first bet.
'That's ag'in me, 'pon my honor,'
pays the Britisher, notiug it down in
his book; 'but I'll win on the next
week's,'and ho give his bill another
b'ist. Once Hendershot presented
his bill, but the Britisher waved it
away sort o'graeeful and said he'd fix
it when they settled the bets. 'That's
nil right, my lord,' says Hendershot.
'All gentlemen, you know,' and the
Britisher boosted his livery bill again.
"When the fourth week ended the
hen was still setting right along, and
the Englishman owned up beat ag'in.
"Same way at the end of the fifth
week. Hendershot was so tickled
* ? ! _ i-ti. T
that ne couian t naruiy taia. x>m l
*ay, you ought to give iuo a chance
For my revenge,' says the Britisher;
'go you another week for two hundred.'
'All right,' says Ucndershot.
.\nd he won ag'in, I'll be hanged if
lie didu't. 'Double the bet nud ycu
50 ag'iu,' says the Englishman. 'British
pluck, you know?never say die.'
Hendershot agreed, with some renark
about the American eagle. 'Tell
vou what,' says he to Judge Longslorf,
'old Everlasting is just making
:he set of her life. It's the billiard
.. 1 i 1 ~u?
) HI 1.8 Deing SO miiurm, juu ncc. xj c;ng
used to corncobs and chunks of
t>ncks so long that n bii 1 iur?l ball gives
ler new hope. I'll go him one more
iveek at $SU0 if she holds out and he'll
ilo it.'
"Well, she held out all right
jnough* and the Britisher was ready
io try it ag'iu. 'England expects
jvery man to do his duty,' says he.
There you are, Mr. Landlord.'
"The eighth week was up at four
j'cloek a Thursday at'tcrnoou, and
they'd agreed that it was to bo the
ast. A few minutes before four Ilenlershot
was walking about pretty
tervous, with one eyo on old Everastiug.
" 'She's a-going to do it,' says he.
'Site ain't moved a feather. She's
right there. She a a-winmng money
'or me. To-night I'll give her a nest
ind thirteen eggs as her reward. Yes,
sir; thirtecu genyooine eggs, you unle'staud?eggs
tuat will hatch. She's
ho greatest fowl in the United States.
['11 back old Everlasting Hills ag'in
:he world.'
"Just then in walks the clerk, and
'ays he: 'That Englishman left on the
jne o'clock train. Did he pay his
Dill?'
" 'Great beeswax, no!' yells Henlershot.
'Two hundred dollars, if
t's aceut! Nor the bet, neither! You
.darned old speckled fraud!' and he
enches over and gives the hen a poke
ivith the billiard cno, and she rolls
2lL 1
jver wini uci it-ui uy.
"Then Judge Longsdorf picks her
ip and she didn't weigh more than
jix ounces. 'Why,' says he, 'she's
;ot glass eyes and wire in her neck.
Hint feller must 'a' been a taxidermist
and stuffed her about four v/eeks
?go!'
"Well, when Hc-ndershot could
dand up without help, he said some
;hiugs?also without help?but there's
30 use of my telling you what they
Tas, 'cause they wasn't things you
sould print in your paper, and there's
10 sense in your bothering with things
Fon can't use. Just go ahead and
nake an editorial of this, and draw a
uoral on the sinfulness of betting if
rou want to, which I've always said
t was, ever since I bet ag'in my own
joss and the critter got scared and
un away and come in ten rods ahead,
vhich I'll tell you about some other
ime," and he went oat and left me
o finish the article I was writing,
irgiug people to dig deeper cyclone
ellars.?Saturday Evening Post,
A Suopennlon of Sentence.
For twenty-five years Squire Qnigg
mid tlio office of Justice of the Peace I
n Doniphau Comity, and in the early
rart of his administration he held the
den that a justice had as much jurisliction
as a district court. Once a
hooting scrape occurred in the townhip
and the culprit was brought beore
the Squire for preliminary examnation.
After listening to the arguaents,
the Squire ordered the prisoner
o stand up. He then said: "Mr.
'risoner it i? the sentence of this
Jourt that you be hanged by the neck
rntil dead, dead, dead." Turning to
he constable, the Squire said: "Take
his prisoner outeide arid hang him to
he tree in the yard. There is a rope
miter in my buggy." The constable
uade a move for the prisoner, a.id
hen the Squire, taking a second
bought, said: "Mr. Constable, Iguess
ou had better not hang the prisoner
intil we see whether his victim dies."
-Kansas City Journal.
Boer* Have Plenty of Ammunition.
The quantity of ammunition stored
n the Transvaal is absolutely colosal,
and would sullico for ten years*
rar, even at.thepresent rate of usage.
A
SPI08 EOPIB110ID.
G:noral Warren Unable to Hold Position
Ho Hoi f!onhirir!_
CHECKED BULLEh'S MOVEMENTS.
Seven Hay** Kiclilinc t.efl the ISoer I'o*l
tlon Intact? tJenpr.il Keillor Send* ?
I.int or Casualties?Cry in Knxland
Now i* For Morn Trno|n?Veilun ii on
Hour Valor aui Strategy.
London* (By Cable).?The War Office Friday
posted the following dispatch fr?:a
General IJiller, dated Spearman's Camp:
"General Warren's Rarrisou, I ant sorry
to say, I Hud this morning had iu the night
abandoned Spion Hop."
General 13 u I lor also reported tiiat the
Hrltisli casualties ou the day after the taking
of Sfdou Kop.were: Killed?Officers,sis;
non-commissioned officers and men, eighteen;
wounded?officer:", twelve; non-commissioned
officers and men, lid; missing,
thirty-one men, making a total of 201.
The killed include Colonel IJucliannnRiddell,
of the Kings Ko.nl Iiifles. He
served in the Niger war of 1S31. .
Seven days of lighting left the main Doer
positions intact and General Bul.er's ar.nv
706 men weaker, according to the official
casualty lists, which seemingly do not include
the Spion Kop losses, as those last
forwarded do not mention General Woodgate's
wounding.
England is possessed by a depressing
sense of failure, although not a word iu
criticism of her generals and soldier* tsuttered.
Not much effort is made t place a
happy construction upon General Kuller's
Mire elgnteeil worus Milling or inn retirement
from Spioo Kop, and there is an uneasy
impression ubroad that worse news is
yet to come.
Spencer Wilkinson, in tlio Morning Tost,
writes as follows of the Spton Kup loss:
' This is a serious matter, and an attempt
will not here ho made to minimiz e it, for
no greater wrong can he done to oar people
at home than to mislead them about
the significance of ' ho events of the war.
The right way is to toll the truth us far as
know it."
The transport Assaye has arrived at Cipo
Town witli 2127 oiUcers ami men. The
lirst portion of tho Seventh Division is
afloat. Hence, with the 10,000 tn m of tills
division and about 9.7!)!)others now at sea,
it lies in the power of Lord Roherts to rare.'
i- ...,^,..1 iMllur hiMvilv Thlt
course is advisetl by several military
writers.
Although England's nerves nre severely
tried, ber courarje h% absolutely uuslinkeu,
ami probably nothing that can happen iu
.south Africa will clmujre la the slightest
dejjreo ber iuten lens. She will continue
to receivo bad news, if It comes, witli dignity.and
will maintain ber detenniuation
to win ut lust.
French in Toueh With Catucre.
London (By Cable).?A dispatch to tho
Times fropi Sterkstroom, Cane Colony,
states that a patrol of Brabant's Horse rcturued
to camp from Steyusburt,', where a
connection was elTeeted with General
French's petrol.
This |.s taken to indicate that General
French's recent easterly movement was
for the purpose of connecting with G.itttcre's
force. Storkstroom is General Gutacre's
headquarters.
Melliuen Praises the Boers.
London (By Cibie).?Lord Metlmes forwards
by until the first official recognition
of Boer valor aud military art. Ho calls
their tactics and their courage "indisputable."
Jn defending frontal attacks, Lord
.Uethuen says: JL'lie mobility of the Boers
is such that they can chauge front in lilt eon
tniuutes, so taut a flanking operation,
alien striking home, simply meets u new
frout."
FORMER CONSUL MACRUM'S STATUS
lie is Mmplv a Private Citizen Now ant-'
lias No Official Standing.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?.! stHte
ment of the official status of Charles E.
Macrura, of Ohio, formerly United Slates
Consul at Pretoria, has been Issued by tbe
State Department. It states that he
censed to be an officer of the United States
when lie left Pretoria on December 18.
Tbe State Department lias now no control
over him and no instructions to refu-e to
be Interviewed have been telegraphed to
him.
He Is entirely out of the Consular service
and could return to his former post hi an
offl.-ial capacity only through receiving a
new commission. He will not be reinstated
unless lie gives satisfactory reasons for
leaving Pre:oria at such a critical period.
Even then It is not likely that he will be
reinstated.
SWORD OF HONOR FOR WAIN.7RICHT.
To Commemorate Hia Work in Sinking
the Purer nnd the I'latun.
Was hi not 05, D. C. (Special).?A sword
was presented to Commander ltlcliard
Walnwright, who was Captain of the Glou- |
i? n.? i.miio nt SJ.'iiitiniro when she
destroyed the .Spanish torpedo boat. Furor
nnd Pluton, its a gift of the citizens of the
District of Columbia. The preseutatiou I
took place at the Columbia Theatre.
President MeKiulev und tho mo nbors of
the Cabinet occupied one of the boxes, and j
on tlie stage were seated with Commander !
Wainwrigbt decretory Lou;;, through
whom the presentation was made, John
Jo. Edson, wlio presided, Admiral Dewey
and other naval officer* and a number of
leading citizens. Mr. E. I*. B. Sands made
an uddress eulogizing Commander WainWright's
services, and the sword was
theu presented by Secretary Long.
PHILIPPINE PORTS OPEN.
Restrictions Removed From the Western
Coast ot Fanny.
Washinoto."* D. C. (Special).?General
Otis reported to be War Dep irtme t that
Hie western coast of the island of Panay
is now open for trade, and thnt the coast
of Laguna de Bay nnd the neighboring
sections of the country wilt also be Onetted
to unrestricted traffic by i?u end of the
wek.
He also reported several tnlLor engagements
with the insurgents, in which the
American arms met wuli the rsu tl success,
tne enemy lost heavily ant a lurgj
ainouut of anna and ammunition was captured.
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IHc NEWS EPITOMIZED.
T\'?dlilner<?n Itrnia.
Adjulnnt-Gf riora! Corbin cave out a stntoment
shniviu? that the suos'*ri|?HiQ3 to the
Lawlou fund amounted to S'JJ.35!.
A bill introduced by Senator Clay proposes
lh<? repeal of the stamp tax sections
of the War Keveuuo act.
Ellis H. Robert*, United States Treasurer,
; bus conveyed all liis property to E. T). Mor'
ri?. J!ol?erts receutiv has been the defendnnt
in several salts.
Brlghnm H. RolierN pleaded before the
House of Representatives his ri^ht to u seat
as a member from Utah.
OITlcers of the State of Washington are
accused of iiavint* been iuKtrumental in
tlie kidnaping by British Columbian of1
nf mi A nn.rii<~ii ii 11 inp I Everett, and
; the State Department will i u vest I crate.
: Tito Navy Department hat prepared a
tanfT for Guam based on tin: scheduler now
; in use for Cuba and Puerto Kieo.
The House passed the Senate measure to
I huilil the League T-laud and Hare Islaml
! dry doeks of stone instead of limber.
The Senate resolve I t? make an Inquiry
j ns to polygamy inllin United State*.
C ionet Georsre M. Randall, Eighth In|
fnntry, and Colonel James M. Bell, Twenty-seventh
Infantry, wert nominated uy
j tbo President for Itritradier-geuerato.
I ?
Our AUoptecl I*lnn<l*.
Ilawnli wants iminiirr.inls, and her proI
visional minister of finance is on bis way
! to Europe to secure them.
A <'o nplete report of tho vital statistics
I of Havana, Cuba, for 1833 hn* just been ls~
j sued. Tin' deaths show an apparent excess
] over the births or about 4009.
j Captain McCnlla, of the Newark, feels
I "satisfied tliat every dollar spent by the
Government on the island of Guam will b?
j returned to our country a hundred fold." ?
l'ellow fever has practically disappeared
| from Havana. Cuba. There are now only
live' cases In the hospitals.
General Oils will ex-lend the time at
i which natives must retire to their houses
from 8.35 to 10 p. in. The inhabitants of
i Manila are jubilant over this concession,as ,
i the early closing of houses, etc., ou the hot
.aui< illlit.* tliaro /lunudil rnn/?h rliu.
comfort.
Tno Law Committed ha* bespin work.
| It will establish [inline eonrts everywhere
; in Cuba, so n* t stive nil prisoners a speedy,
i J'.eariu;;. Tlien It will fortonlnte a law to
i prevent perjury, which is almost a uiitioual
1 vice.
Cuba, Hawaii and Puerto Rien will have
American exhibit.*, under "Old Glory," at
the Tori* Exposition.
General Maximo Gomez visited tlx* Spanish
Club at Itomedios, Cuba, and siske I the
j member.* to hoi*t tbe Spanish flui over the
clab, wuloh was immediately doue.
I >n nit-n tic.
Samuel Peter Movers, convicted of the
I murlerof Michael K'irney and John Lnn|
Inirt, was boosted iu the couuty jail yard at
, Somerset, Pent).
Minnie Cassidy, eighteen years old, has
i brought suit against Louis Sherry, the proprietor
of Sherry's, ia Xjw York City, to
recover <25,000 for the loss of four finders
in jyn tugie while employe I as a laun dross
In ills establishment.
Cannes McCartuy, who was a circus
clown more than forty years ugo and
known a* the llrst man to turn a double
! iomorsault, dropped dead in Chicago.
Tm* third of a series of dynamite explo ions
In Lmdvllle, Col., wrecked the handsome
residence of A. V. Hunter, lh? ,
wealthy mlue owDer, and the homo of J.
C. Bitcliey, adjoining. No one was injured
' iu the explosions. Several suspicions
| characters have been arrested.
! Henrv Keoler, of Carlisle, 1'enn., a vat;
eran of the Civil War, applied for a penj
jIon. A few days ago he received a cheek
for *10.10. The joy over Its receipt made
bin ill. He died before he hud nn opportunity
to spend a cout of bis windfall.
| Through iaek of heirs the property of the
Seventh Duv liiptist tf ooastical Society, at
! Siiow Hill, Penn., reverts to the^tate. The
| society was founded in 1795 by Teter Leh!
man. who said he iieard "mystic whisperings"
directing his course.
: At a special municipal election in nelsnn,
Mont., it has boon decided to bay an
! electric light plant at a co?t of ?3u,00D, nnd
:o bond the city for ?000,003 to buy or build
j i water works plant. /
Sidney G. Hawson, of Arlington, Ore., a
| member of the Oregon Legislature, commitran
vnlelilH I)v shootiuir himself in the
head. It ^ said that domestic troubles
were the cause.
No more enlisted men of volunteer regiments
are to be sent to the Philippines.
There Is a Federal position at Chapel.
Hartford County, Md., that no one wants.
It is the postotOce. Nobody could he
found to take charge of It, aud so it nail be
closed up.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. G Ilbert, of Cannon.
Conn., celebrate 1 their golden wedj
ding at their home, ltelativ es and friends
from IJridg port, New Haveo, Danbury and
other places called 011 them.
The statoment of the State Dispensary
| In South Caroliua for the year 1899 has
'beau completed. Daring the year the
I amount of profits going to the couutlee,
towns and cities was $220,492. The net
j profits to the State which go to the credit
I of the school fund lire SIPS.*?!', making the
{ loin I uet prodts ?414,181. The total giants
| profits for the year were $485,520. The
I total receipts for the year were $1,638,939.
| Two daughters of the Rev. G. N. Day
| were drowned.lu Shaffer's fork of Cheat
: Fiver, \V. Vu* They were crossing the
river on horseback. The horse fell down,
throwing them from Ms back. The father
saw the accident, but his skill sank before
he could reach his children.
The Briti-h baric Inve rlochy arrived at
Sitn Francisco, Gal., 113 dnvs from Swansea,
and the British ship Kilburu, 150 days
from London.
Vnreien.
The Dowager Duchess of SehleswigHotst-In,
mother of the Empress of Gerniauy,
died at Dresden.
Joha Buskin was buried at Coniston la
the presence of a large number of mouners
from all parts of the United Kingdom.
A contingent of Colombian troops has
I Cnlnh trt Ku pi I, n > (I In T> la .
ported that the Goverumeuc lias 40,000 men
uudor arms. Tha rebellion continues.
Tbere are several thousand eases of Influenza
in Rome. Tliere are 10,000influenza
cases In Turin, and many thousands aro reported
nil over Italy.
A longshoreman at Sydney, N. S. W., has
been stricken with bubonic plague. The
physicians say he was inuocuiuted by tha
bito of a flee.
The bubonic plague has broken out in
Ru-ario, Argentine, and a rigorous cordon,
has been established in that place. ?
Major I.allande, Chief of Police of Gual
teaiala, a former resident of Miohigan, has
been murdered while trying to make an artest
in a mining village in that country. .J