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"-fis WATCBMAX, Established April, 1850. lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's, and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 1866? Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1883. New Scries-Vol. HI. So. 17. A marvel of and wholesomeness. More the ordinary kind?, and can __i competition with the multitude Lffcort weight, ?lam or phosphate leafy tx^axs. ROYAL BAK tX?0^ l06 W*H-st^N. T._ I i *eCST03IBRS AfTD THE VVMJC GEXERALLY Weil ??sorted stock of Fancy Groceries, ^Jffnth nerita*!* d*ily, As?aHfoodsj^aranierd as represented. Crockery, (Hasswars, Lamps. f?A ,lt^3?t?ee. of Crockery, Glassware ?od ?'??i?p???of every description jost opened. ... SCallearly and. get bargains. ; : TOT-WAKE. My rtock of Tin-ware is complete, embrac? ing ewrthiag ia get?er? 1 ase- Special in? ^?acetaeaift offered to purchasers. 72* IWr 2<? At?* and r??: Hortest Sets consist of fe? |<i<W Itf t?n ?'?rr, nit. useful articles, for one {Mary made with patent fire-proof bottoms, Jl*d guaranteed not to leak. Sifeaceo, Cigars, &c. ?;^Aia&1innSmowleg and Chewing Tobacco, -?:?^?-*Jegs?t. assortment of Cigars, of va t How tossed*. The D?KE OF DURHAM d?JLRETS? sot? by ?be thousand or single ^jffoj^rA1so a> good.assortment oTPipes. Woodara and Willow Ware. A f?tMSn*?<fci*0/ra Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, /SefcreV, Well Buckets, Brooms, SPRINGS. iSit awkiny the Twin Bed Springs, _?ngj?#em at the exceedingly low price oT$3-5e a eel. One* mattress is sufficient to " bed where these springs l guaranteed to grre satis pmctiem?*^moaey ixaode?. BBAN AND SICS ILOUB, Always oo Hand. % The best and cheapest feed for stock. " Pnrebasers wifl do well io call and examine my stock and prices, "iiooey saved is money Ag food*delivered free of charge to. a ny part of the city. gi .IT. Hi TATES, SUSTBB, S. C. 'y?a?&- ; Opposite Jno. Reid's. AND WINTER 1 WHITE -AHD \ Miss MILLER, TOLD INVITE the attention of the ladies generally, to their stock of FAl^t, AND WINTER MILLINERY, - - Consisting of Trtawd and Uctrimmed Bonnets K'| and Hats; FEATHERS, FI?OWERS, &e. ZEPHYR AND CARD BOARD. Parties whom we hare indulged will making immediate payment. BEST SHOE ^ \S6LD AT A SHALL MARGIN BY m P. BICKER & CO. ALL KINDS OP MERCHANDISE -?OU> AT A f*RT"SMA.LIs PROFIT. # BL P. KICKER & GO., QFP??tyE THE RED PUMP. Sept 18 FOB SALE. 1QN BD bas several tracts 400 acres each, of GOOD FOR SALE, with good water, convenient to schools good society S. A. NORRIS, flTs Office, Sumter, S. C. BN TS usiness in the U. S. Patent MODERATE FEES. -J the?. S. Patent Office, patents in less time than WASHINGTON. pRAWl?Q. We advise ree of charge; and we UNLESS WE OBTAIN fr Postmaster, the Sn pt. and to officials of the For circular, advice, actnai clients ia yow .ddress C.A*SN0W4C0., ^.fekfctoo, D. C. MASTER'S SALE. The State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. B. BoUman and D ' Bodman, copart? ners^ as BoUman Bros., vs. Hugh H. Evans, C. Wulbern and J. H. Pieper, copartners under firm name of Wulbern & Pieper. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in toe above entitled cause, and dated Oct. 8th, 1883, I will seH at public auction in front cf tbe Court .House, io' ibe town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, Decem? ber 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises: X*AH that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in Sumter County, in the State aforesaid, on the East side of the public road leading from Camden to Spring Bil!, containing 350 acres more or less, being what is known *as the "James Evans" tract, and a part of my (H. fi. Evan's) Borne place, bounded on the North by lands of W. J. Reynolds and A. Reynolds, on the East by lands of W. J. Reynolds, on tbe West by lands of said- Reynolds, and the public road from Camden to Spring Hill, and on the Sooth also by said public road and lauds of H. H. Evans." Terms ofsale^-Cash. Purchaser to^pay for all papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON,. Nov. 6th <t._Master MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY ?F SUMTER, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John Bi Witherspoon, Assignee, Plain? tiff, against Bampton Sentry and John S. Richardson, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above en tiffed cause nod dated February 12th, 1883, I will sell at public unction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter, in said State, oo Monday December 3rd, 1883, (or day following,) be? tween the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon ind 5 o'clock in.the afternoon, the following premises: **That piece, parcel or tract of land situate, tying and being in Sumter County, in the State aforesaid, containing fifty acres, and bounded on tue North by laod of Mrs. DuBose, on the East by Lots No. ll, 12 and 13 of a surrey made and represented by a plat by J. D. Mcllwain, D. S., Sept. Ut 1872, on the South by Lot No. 10 and on tbe West by Lot No. 5." Terms of Sale-One-third Cash,, and the balance OD a credit of one and two years, with interest thereon from the day of sale, at the rate of seven per centum per annum, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser or [?urchasers and a mortgage of the premises ?old. Purchaser to puy for all papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Nor 6 Master. Master's Sates. FEE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA* COUNTY OF SUMTER. I? TBS COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. John B. Witherspoon, Assignez, Plain? tiff, against -Robert A. Toney. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated february 12, 1883, 1 will sell at public auc? tion in front of tbe Court House in the town >f Sumter in said State on Monday, December 3rd, 1883, (or day following! between the boura pf 11 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 Relock in thaafternoon, the following premi? ses. All that parcel or tract of land situate, ly? ing and being in the County and State afore? said, containing thirty-five acres more cr ?less, which is bounded on the North by lands bargained or sold to Addison Toney, Senior iud Lot No. 2, on the East by Lot No. 8, on the South br land of R. H. Prescott, and on the West by land said to belong to Mrs. Josiah McCoy." * Terms of sale.-One tbird cash, and the balance in one and two years, with interest from tbe day of sale, payable annually, se? cured by the bond of the purchaser, and a mortgage of tbe premises sold. Purchaser to pa v for papers. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, Master. Nov 6,1883. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Ix THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. William K. Ryan & Son vs. Lauren A. Witherspoon. BY. VIRTUE of a decretal order made in tbe abo re entitled cause, aud dated October 13tb, ?883, and the amended decree herein filed October24th, 1X83, 1 will sell at public auction, in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Mon? day, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the fore? noon and 5 o'clock io the afternoon, the fol? lowing premises : t4All thai certain piece, parcel and tract of land lying, being and situate in the County of Sumter and State aforesaid, containing four hundred and fifty-three acres more or less, and having snch buttings, boundaries iud directions as will appear by reference to two plats, one executed on the 18th day of February, 1880, by James D. Mcllwain, Dep? uty Surveyor, and the other, on the 2d day of March, 1881, by H. P. Burden, Deputy Surveyor, both of said plats being attached to a deed of W. G. Kennedy, Trustee, bear? ing date tbe nictb d?y of March, 1881, whereby tbe said land was conveyed to tbe said James F. Earley." Terms of Sale-One half of the bid and the amount of the costs of this action and ex? penses of sale to be paid in cash, and the bal unce on a credit of one and two years from tbe day of sale, payable io equal annual in? stallments with interest from the day of sale, ?ec ii red by a bond of the purchaser with a mortgage of the premises sold. The pur :baser to pay for all necessary papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6 Master. Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAR. James Booth, Plaintiff, against Sam? uel Scriven, Harriett Jackson and others, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal order made in the above entitled cause, and dated October 13, 1883. I will sell at public auc? tion before tbe Court House in the town of Sumter in said State on Monday December 3d, 1883, (or day following,}between the hours, of ll o'clock io the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises : "Ail that parcel of land situated in the Couu ty and State aforesaid, bounded on the North by lands belonging to the Estate of G. W. Lee, East by land of the said James Booth, South by land of E. A. Brown, and West by land of Stephen Johnson, and has such sbape. form, marks, buttings and boundaries as are morefdlly set forth by a plat made by James D. Mcllwain, D. S., and certified as baring been surveyed the 22d, day of August, A.D., 1873." Terms of sale-Cash. Pa rc baser to pay for papers, fr GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, OctoberO, 183? M??*r, MASTER'S S?LE. State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMBON PLEAS. Tobias Kemgood, Trustee, vs. Lousia D. Davis, John M. DeSausswre, and Otfiers. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled canse, and dated Oct. 13th 1883, I will sell at Public anction in front of the Court House, in the towo of Sumter, io said State, on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the followiug premi? ses: All thal plantation or tract of land known as the CHAMPION OR DESAUSSURE PLANTA? TION, situated in the County of Sumter, and State of South Carolina, twelve miles South of the town of Camden, on the line of the South Carolina Railway, containing two thousand six hundred acres, more or less ; bounded on the North by lands formerly of J M. Davis now of-Reed, known as the Haile plantation, on the East by the main Charles on Road, on the South by lands formerly of J. M. Davis, known as the Diggs tract, and, the Sam Boy kin tract, and on the West by the Wateree River. Terms of sale.-One fifth cash and the bal? ance on a credit of one two and three years, payable in equal annual installments, with interest from the day of sale, payable annual? ly ; the credit portion to be secured by the bond or bonds of the purchaser, and a mort? gage of the premises sold. The purchaser ta pay the Master for all papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Oct 30_ Master. MASTER'S SALE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John B. Witherspoon, Assignee, Plain? tiff, against Samuel Washington and John S Richardson, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated Feb? ruary 12th, 1883, I will sell at.public auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State, on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following prem? ises : "That- parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Sumter, in the State aforesaid, containing fifty-three acres, more or less, known as Lot No. 4, and bounded on the North by Mrs. D?Bose's land, on the South by Lot No. 9, on the East by Lot No. 5, and on the West by Lot No. 3 ; the same being one of the tracts conveyed by John S. Richardson io the said Samuel Washington." Terms of Sale.-One-third cash, and the balance on a credit of one and two years, with interest thereon from day of sale, at the rate of seven per cent, per annum, payable annually, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser, and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pav for all papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6 Master. MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS.? John B. Witherspoon, Assignee, Plain? tiff, against Chloe Toney, Sidney Toney and others. Defendants. BY TIRTUE of a decretal order' made in the above entitled cause and dated February 12th, 1883, I wilt sell at public Auction in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) be? tween the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following premises : "All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Sumter County in the State aforesaid containing ninety-seven and one-fourth acres, more or less, bounded oo the North by lands of Mrs. Du Bose, on the East by Lot No. 2, on the South by Lot No. 7 and Westby lands of Mrs. DuBose or lands of A. J. Revill and lands of Mrs. Josiah McCoy, having such shape, marks and bonndaries as the plat at? tached to the deed of conveyance from John S. Richardson to Addison Toney, Sr., of said tract of land will more fully represent." Terms of Sale-One third Cash and the balance on a credit of one and two years, with interest from the day of sale, secured by the bond of the purchaser with a mortgage of the premix sold. Purchaser to pay for papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6 _M aster. MASTERS SALE State of South Carolina. SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John B. Witherspoon, Assignee, Plain? tiff, against Grandison Addison and John S. Richardson, Defendants. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order, made in the above entitled canse, and dated February 12th, 1883, I will offer for sale at public auction, in front of the Court House, in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day follow? ing,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the lorenoon and 5 o'clock io the afternoon, the following premises : "That piece, parcel or tract of Land, situ? ate, lying and being in Sumter County, in the State aforesaid, containing dfty-two acres known as Lot No. 3, which is bounded on the North by lands of Mis. DuBose, on the East by Lot No. 4, on the South by Lot No. 8, and on the West by Lot No. 2." Terms of Sale.-One-third cash, and the balance upon a credit of one and two years, with interest thereon from the day ot sale, at the rate of seven per cent, per annum, paya? ble annually, secured by the bond of tbe pur? chaser willi a mortgage of the premised sold. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6 1883. Master. MASTER'S SALE, The State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John B. Witherspoon, Assignee, Plain? tiff, against. Samuel Washington, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a Decretal Order made in thc above entitled cause, and dated February 12th, 1883, I will sell at public auction, in front of thc Court House, in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 3, 1883, (or day following,) hetween the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the following premises : "All that piece, parcel or tract of land situ? ate in the County of Sumter, and State afore? said, containing thirty-six (36) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of George H. Reid, on the East by lands of Dr. E. M. Greg}? and lands of Prescott, on the South by lunds of Prescott, and on the West by lands of Hampton Sentry." Terms of Sale.-One-third cash and the balance on a credit of one and two years, se? cured by the bond of the purchaser bearing interest from the day of sale, with a mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for all papers. GUIGNARD RICHARDSON, Master. Nov 6, 1883, MASTER'S S?LE. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John S. Richardson, Plaintiff, against Robert Addison Toney, Defendant. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled canse and dated February 12th, 1883, 1 will sell at public auc? tion, in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, Decem? ber 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following prem? ises: "That piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Sumter County in the State aforesaid, containing twenty-five acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of Addison Toney, Sr., and of G. Addison, South by lands of R. H. Prescott, on the East by lands of Samuel Washington and on the West by lands of Robert Addison Toney. Terms of Sale-One-third cash and the bal? ance on a credit of one and two years with interest from day of sale at the rate of seven per centum per annum payable annually. Secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises sold. Purchaser to pay for papers. G?IGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6 Master. MASTER'S SALE. Tiie State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Annie P. Manning, Plaintiff, against Mary A. Mellett, Defendant-Judg? ment of Foreclosure. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause and dated May 29th, 1883, I will sell at public auction, in front of the Court House in the Town of Sumter, in said State, on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and^5 o'clock in the afternoon the following prem? ises : "All that piece, parcel or tract of land lying and being in the County of Sumter, in the State aforesaid, containing one hundred acres, more or less, bounded on the Nor tb by the run of Cane Savannah Swamp, on the East by land formerly of Col. F. M. Mellett, on the South East by a parcel of 814-10 acres, sold by Annie P. Manning to Jas. T. Jackson, on the Soutb-West by the old Georgetown public road, and on the North? West and West by other lands of Annie P. Moore-the tract being that conveyed to Mary A. Mellett by Annie P. Moore." Terms of sale-cash. Purchaser to pay for all papers. G?IGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov 6, 1883. Master. Master's Sale3 State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF SUMTER. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PI.EA8. Henry J. McLaurin vs. W. F. Wright, M. C. Wright & others. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in the above entitled cause, and dated Octo? ber 8, 1883,1 will sell at public auction be? fore the Court House io the Town of Sumter in said State on Monday December 3d, 1883, (or day foll?Ving) between the hours of ll o'olock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock io the afternoon the following premises : All that parcel or tract of land situate, in said County and State, containing one hun? dred and twenty-three acres, bounded on the North by lands of John Butler, East by lands of T. C. Law, and lands formerly of the Estate of John A Colclough deceased, South by lands of the Estate of W. C. Spann, and West by lands of R. C. Wactor. Terms of sale-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. G?IGNARD RICHARDSON, Nov. 6 1883-4t_Master. Master's Sale. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF SUMTER. THE COMMON PLEAS. Isaac L. Falk, Zackariah Falk and Joseph J. Falk, doing business in the City of New York under the firm name of J.-$r. Falk & Co., Assignees, Plaintiffs, against Willis Mc Man? nus. BY VIRTUE of a decretal order made in this cause, and dated Mar 20th, 1883, 1 will sell at public auction in front ot the Court House in the Town of Sumter in said State on Monday, December 3d, 1883, (or day following,) between the hours of ll o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon the following premises : "All that piece, parcel or tract of land as represented by plat containing sixty-eight (68) acres, bounded on the North by land of Wm. Burrows, {known as the Shannon land,) East by T. M. Hawkins' land, on the West by J. *E. DuPre's and the Burrows' land, on the South by J. E. DuPre's land said tract being a part of a tract of land granted to P. M. Hawkins by the State of South Carolina." Terras of Sale-Cash-Purchaser to pav for papers. G?IGNARD RICHARDSON," Nov 6 iMaster. STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. IN THE COURT COMMON PLEAS. Wm. II. Cuttino as Administrator of the Estate of George Myers, deceased, Plaintiff, against Mary E. Myers, Carolina M. Kelhck and others, Defendants. By virtue of a Decree made in this cause, and dated February 17,1883, I will offer for Sale on Salesday in December next, before the Court House of said County during the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for Cash, the following premises : I. -'All that parcel or lot of Land, situate in the County of Sumter and State of South Carolina, bounded North by the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Railroad and land of Hosea Wilson, East by land of Budden and Moore, South by land of Mrs. Temperance Colter, and West by lands of Mrs. Martha J. Jove, and containing One Hundred Acres more or less. II. -'That lot or parcel of land, with the buildings thereon, situate, lying and being in the Town of Lynchburg, County of Sumter, and State aforesaid, having 55 feet front and 210 feet deep, bounded South-east by the Wil? mington, Colurabia^and Augusta Railroad and on all other S''*A/ by Innds now or for? merly owned by Mrsyu. Eugenia McIntosh. III. -'That Tract or parcel of land situate in the County and State aforesaid, contain? ing Sever.ty-fire Acres, more or less, adjoin? ing lands of John Smith, Anderson and Wil? cox, and the Tract of Land first above described.' Purchasers to pay for necessarv papers. GUIGNA RD RICHARDSON, December 10, 1883. Master. NOTICE. 900 Acres Land for Sale, SITUATED IN CONCORD TOWNSHIP, on Plowden Mill Road and on both sides ofTarecoat Swamp, known ns the SHAW LANDS. Will be sold as a whole or in parcels to suit purchasers. Terms, one-third cash, balance to be paid in one and two years. Apply to R. C. McFADDIN, or BLANDING & BRANDING, At'ys, Nov ZQ AUTUMN. The day is dark-the clouds hang low A strange funereal silence reigns, Save the hoarse croaking of the crow That on his lustier fellow gains. I wander in the fields alone. 'Tis peace to hear the soughing pines And the sad minor undertone That runs along the sedgy lines. And thus by mystic silence zoned Where none may hear outspoken care, Tis peace to hear one's own voice toned Upon the sombre, lonesome air. If my heart pain me, or the gall Of bitterness rise in my soul, I brood not on my pangs and all The ills that I cannot control. Yet have done so-O have arrayed Hot curses 'gainst the ruling stars, Then compassed, foiled and forced, have frayed My very life against the bars. But I was younger then than now. We get some wisdom with the years, And in captivity avow The impotence of wrath and tears. BOLAND AND DIANA. A wit among the students of th| Rochester Theological Seminary has eon? trived the following love tale, the chiel interest of which will be found to lie in the assemblage of words liable to be mispronounced. Worces? ter's Dictionary is the standard, the pronunciation fir^t given in that volume being always the one to decide. Let our readers try this puzzle in orthoepy : Roland and.Diana were lovers. Diana was ephemeral but comely, kvpochond riacal but not lugubrious, didactic but not dishonest, nor given to ribald 01 truculent grimaces. Her pedal extremi? ties were perhaps a trifle too large for a playing organ pedals successfully, but her heart -was not at all adamantine, and her address was peremptory without be? ing diffuse. On the whole she might well become the inamorata of ono retired to some quiet \icinage away from the squalor and clangor, the dissonance and contumely, of a great metropolis. Roland, on thc other hand, was of a saturnine countenance, at once splenetic and combative in disposition, so that his wassails and orgies wero almost mani? acal in their details. He was a telegra? pher by profession, having received a diploma from Caius College, but ag? grandized his stipend by dabbling in philology, orthoepy and zoology during his leisure hours, so that he was accused of fetichism and tergiversation by his patrons. Still his acumen and prescience were such that only a misogynist would dis? cern that he was an aspirant for the gal? lows. His acetic, rather than ascetic, nature apparently inclined him to visit a chemical laboratory, well filled with apparatus, to which he had access, whence he often returned with globules of iodine and albumen on his caoutchouc shoes, which subjected him to tho risk of numerous altercations with his land? lady, a virago and pythoness in one, and with the servant her, accessory or ally. Roland hod, however, become accli? mated to his place, received everything with equability, reclined upon the divan while he contemplated the elysium where Diana dwelt, and addressed donative distichs to her in the subsidence of the raillery. There was a certain diocesan who en? deavored to d'spossess Roland in the affeotions of Diana, but ho was enervated by bronchitis, laryngitis and diphtheria, which on their subsidence left his carotid artery in an apparently lethargic con? dition. He had sent Diana a ring set with onyx, a chalcedonic variety of stone, and once hung a placard where he knew she would see it from her casement, but she steadily rejected his overtures, and ogled him as if he were a dromedary. The diocesan betook himself to absolut? ory prayers, but continued his digres? sions and inquiries. Roland became cognizant of his amour and armed with a withe inveigled him into a kind of assignation beneath a jas? mine, where he inveighed against this "Gray Lothario," who defended himself with a falchion until Roland disarmed him, houghing bis palfrey withal. After the joust the prebendary abjectly apolo? gized, albeit in a scarcely rcspirable con? dition, then hastened to tho pharmacutic's aerie for copaiba, morphine and quinine, and was not seen again uatil the next Michaelmas. Roland returned on Thanksgiving day, took an inventory of bis possessions, which consisted of a large quantity of almond cement, a package of envelopes, a dish of anchovy sauce, a tame falcon, a book on acoustics, a miniature of a mirage, a treatise on the epizootic, a stomacher lined with sarcenet, a cere? ment of sepulture, a - idaver and a bomb. Tho next day the hymeneal rites were performed, and Diana became thenceforth his faithful coadjutant and housewife. LET every man sweep the snow from before his own doors, and not busy him? self about the frost on his neighbor's tiles. THE Rev. George T. McClelland went from Pittsburgh to Roynoldsville, Pa., to conduct revival meetings in a Pres? byterian church. He was quartered in Elder Kelso's house. Tho neighbora heard tho noise of a fight in tho budd? ing, and presently the clergyman waa chased out by tho elder, who kicked him violently at every step. Mr. Mc? Clelland subsequently said : " Mrs. Kelso invited mc to kiss her, and I did so. Then her husband assailed me. I wish now that I hadn't kissed her." A MAX went to sleep in a freight car at Hornel Isville, N. Y., and was accidentally locked in and sent West. When the door was opened four days later, at Detroit, the fellow was found in a famished con? dition. He was removed to the hospital, where he was given proper tieatment, but he died in less than twenty-four toura, The Georgetown Railroad. An Excursion to Charleston to Celebrate the Opening of the New Line. [News and Courier, Nov. 22 "| Th? Georgetown and Lane's Narrow Gauge Railroad has been completed. The event was celebrated yesterday byan excursion of quite a large number of tbe people of Georgetown to this city. The party left Georgetown at half-past 8 o'clock in the morning and were brought from Lane's Station to Charles? ton on a special train over the North? eastern Railroad, reaching the city, after several hours' delay, at half-past 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The ex? cursion was under the special charge of Major A. J. Twiggs, to whose indomi? table energy and untiring activity the completion of the read is largely due. On reaching the city the excursion? ists were driven to thc Charleston Hotel, where a splendid dinner was served in the Ladies' Ordinary to the following guests, who had been specially invited by Major Twiggs to join him in cele? brating the occasion : Major W. Earle, Rev. Benj. Allston, R. E. Fraser, B. A. Munnerlyn, B. I. Hazzard, H. Kaminski, C. Gilbert, A. McP. Uamby, L. G. Walker, Dr. G. E. T. Spark? man, L. S. Ehrich, W. C. Sampson, W. D. Morgan, Josiah Doar, J. J. Hucks, R. Dozier, Jr., A. P. Hazard, Walter Hazard, Joseph Sessions, W. S Roberts, C. M. Carroll, P. ? Twiggs, J. Levy, Mr. Bisbce, of Georgetown : Major D. Cardwell, gene? ral passenger agent of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, and Columbia and Greenville Railroads ; Gen. E. P. Alexander and Capt. J. W. Clark, of Augusta. Among the other excursionists were : Mrs. C. F. Fraser, Samuel Frase t; Hugb Fraser, Mrs Walter Hazzard, Miss. F. A. Tamplet, Miss Clara Tam pict, Miss H. White, S. S. Fraser, J. H. Sampson, A. F. Sampson, Mrs. Joseph. H. Sampson, Mrs. Joseph Sampson, Miss Emma Gilbert, Miss Belle Gilbert, Miss M. Allston Cong don, Mrs. B I. Hazard and Mrs. A. P. Hazard. The dinner at the Charleston Hotel was served in elegant style and was the occasion of much genuine rejoicing, the flow of soul only being equalled hy the flow of champagne. The special train bearing the excursion party left the city at 6 o'clock. The Georgetown Railroad runs from Georgetown to Laue's Station ou the Northeastern Railroad, a distance of thirty-eight miles. Thc contract to build the road was awarded to Major Twiggs on November 1, 1882, and the active work of construction was begun on the 29th day of the same month. The last rail was laid and connected with the Northeastern Road on Mon? day, the 19th of the present month. The road is constructed in a superior manner. The track is well ballasted and is laid with first-class steel rails, weighing 50 pounds to the yard. The equipment ?9 first-class in every respect, and consists of two engines, three pas? senger cars and forty-five freight cars. The freight cars are all of 40,000 pounds capacity, and were built at Georgetown by Major Twiggs. The j wheels, axles, &c, were made by the Taylor Iron Works at High Bridge, j New Jersey. All the material was shipped to Georgetown by schooner. The grades on the road are very light, the greatest bein* only twenty feet to the mile. Thc roadbed is as smooth as that of an old road, and the excursion train made the distance from George? town to Lane's, thirty-eight miles, in one hour and ten minutes. The road is now ready for business. A regular passenger train will be run every day on the road, connecting with the North? eastern trains at Lane's. Passengers leaving leaving Charleston at 10 50 in j the morning will reach Georgetown at 3.20 in the afternoon The cost of building the road was ?11,000 per mile. Three thousand dollars per mile in stock was subscribed by the town of Georgetown and the citizens of that place, the total amount, of the town's official subscipfion being ?80,000- The bonded debt of the road is ?8,000 per mile secured by first mortgage 7 per cent, bonds. The prospects of the road arc very bright and it is expected to earn thc interest on its bonded debt without difficulty. The completion of) the road opens up a new future to ; Georgetown. It is at last connected i with the outside world by hooks of; steel. Charleston heartily congratu- \ lates the historic old town on the step 1 she has taken. It will bring us together more closely and the benefits will be mutual. Looked Like a Put-Up Job. 'Nice child, very nice child,' ob? served an old gentleman, crossing the aisle and addressing the mother of the boy who had just hit him in the eye with a wad of paper. 'How old are you, my son V 'None of your business V replied the youngster, taking aim at another passenger. 'Fine boy,' smiled the old man, as the parent regarded her offspring with pride. 'A remarkably fine boy. What is your name, my son V 'Puddin'Tame V shouted the young? ster, with a giggle at his own wit. 'I thought so,' continued the old man, pleasantly. 'If you had given me three guesses at it, that would have been thc first one I would have struck on. Now, Puddin', you can blow those things pretty straight, can't you V 'You bet V squealed the boy de? lighted at the compliment. 'See me take that old fellow over ibero !' 'No, no,' exclaimed the old gentle? man, hastily. 'Try it on the old wo? man I was sitting with. She has boys of her own and she won'tmind.' 'Can't you hit the lady for the gentleman, Johnny V asked the fond parent. Johnny drew a bead and landed the pellet on the end of the old woman's nose. But she did mind it, atid rising in her wrath soared down on the small boy like a blizzard. She put him over the line, reversed him, ran him backward till he didn't know which end of him was front, an(J finally dropped him into the lap of the ! scared mother, with a benediction I whereof the purport was that she'd be back in a moment and skin him alive. 'She didn't seem to like it, Puddin', smiled the old gentleman, softly. 'She's a perfect stranger to me ; but I understand she is the matron of a truant's home, and I thought she would like a little fun, but I was mis? taken. ' And the old gentleman sighed sweetly as he went back to his seat. Ile was sorry for the poor little boy, but he couldn't help it.-Drake's Tra wier's Magazin e. i +? - - Ready to Take it All In. A stranger who was hanging around the State Fair grounds one day daring the Fair, acted in a manner to attract the attention of a'policemao, who proceed? ed to make some inquiries touching his business. .It's all right, officer-all right,' re? plied the man, as be rested his back against the fence. *My name's White -Jim White, of Anderson County.' 'That's satisfactory.' 'And ? reached here only two hours ago, after walking most of the way. Via here to take this thing all in.* .Yes.' 'Last time I was here to the Fair I only had ?12, but a pickpocket got ?7 of that. This time I've got ?22, and nobody gets a cent. There's $4 in each boot, ?6 in my undershirt pocket, and the rest is sort o' scattered around promiscuously in my various pockets.' 'I guess you are safe T 'You bet ! Last time I was here it cost all my cash to buy fodder. See that bag ? Well, I've got four loaves of bread, ten pounds of meat and thir? ty-two boiled eggs in there for fodder, saying nothing of pickles and crackers. I don't reckon any restaurant will get ahead of me.' .You are well fixed, indeed.' .There's a man from our county got a big calf here. The three- of us are going to sleep together in the stall and that will save lodgings. Tve got my watch tied to my pocket, neither dust nor wet eau hurt my clothes and if any one goes for me I've got a lot of pepper to throw in bis eyes.' 'Well, well.' Tm going to beat my way in as a preacher,' continued the man, 'and I'm going to get a seat on the grand stand by claiming that I'm a member of the Legislature, Once in, I don't come out till thc last hog is shipped for home I'm going to begin with the Jersey calf and take in everything clear back to the ladies' fancy work, and if you hear Grover nor Thompson inquiring if Jim White, of old Anderson, bas shown up. you can assure bim that I'm on dgck and chuck full of biliug hot enthusiasm.' -Register. Arthur. It looks very much as though Gen. Arthur had determined to make a se? rious effort to become the candidate of the Republican party in 1884. He has the power of the Federal Administra? tion to use for the purpose ; and if he accomplishes his design, he will be the first President, promoted from the Vice Presidency, in whose hands such au undertaking bas proved successful. If in 1880 Gen. Arthur bad been nominated for President everybody would have thought thc Convention had lost its senses. But things have chang? ed very much since then. There is now no great champion of the Republican party who can desire thc Presidential nomination except Mr. Blaine. John Sherman does not want it, and could not get it if he did. Mr. Conkling, ablest and shrewdest of them all, is in this town making his fortune as a lawyer. Mr. Edoiunds refuses and will refuse ; and of ali the second and third rate men, there is not one who can stretch out his hand and take possession of the prize. Why, then, should Gen. Arthur be backward in coming forward ? We do not believe he will succeed, yet we shall be glad to see him made the candidate. Personally he is a respectable man, while his toleration of 'soap' identifies him with all the rottenness of the Gov? ernment. The Republican party ought to go. JV. Y. Sun. A Long Indian Summer Foretold. Captain Paul II. Dennis prophesies that the present Autumn will be re? markable for its mildness and long continuance. Ile says spider* and yellow butterflies ate around in abun? dance, a thing of rare occurrence and a sure precursor of a mild Autumn. Aledo {III.) Record. An Indian hunter and trapper says the corn husks are thin this year. When the sun crossed the line the wind blew mild from the Southeast; the ground-hog hasn't yet carried a leaf or twig to his hole ; the 'coons j j haven't begun to gnaw the corn, the j, wood peckers to drum and make j | holes in the tree for storing nuts ; ; t therefore this Winter is to be a mild I one.-Missouri Republican. Icemen hold that the wind being j1 South when Hie sun crossed the line j < it will continue to blow from that j < quarter for the next six months. Con- i i sequently we shall have a small ice j i harvest in the coming Winter.-Bos- j J .ton Transcript. The Latest Mississippi Storj. I < In Yazoo County, Miss., on the 8th j J inst., a party of hunters killed a deer ! that had a human skull impaled on a ] prong of his horn, supposed to bc that of a negro. The prong had entered the ji cavity occupied in life by the eye, and i had grown up around the bone showing j J the skull had not been put on recently, i There are various conjectures as to how | j it got there, but the most prevalent j opinion is that the animal was wounded !1 and brought to bay by tho negro, and bad killed him in the conflict which en- j sued, the prong entering the eye and 11 piercing the brain. Tho body of the 1 deer showed signs of other wounds. He i< was about as large as a two-year-old ! 1 calf.-Memphis {Tem ) Scimeter. ! ? Clippings. The abolition of the whiskey tax is a Feature of Mr. Randall's canvass in Pennsylvania As the weather be ;omes colder the urgency of reducing the cost of whiskey and enhancing tba price of coal, blankets and undershirts becomes more pressing.-Washington Post, Dem. Puck has an excellent cartoon : The leading Radicals, including Grant? inkling, and Kellev, are training heir heavy guns on the people, while >ne of tho henchmen runs up a flag vith-*Up with the Tariff and Down ?vith the Workingmen/ And that is tbout the size of it On the Statute Books ot South Caro-? ina we have several Civil Eights Stat" ites more odioas than those that have ust been declared by the Supreme 3ourt of the United States as being un* institutional. We make a special ap? peal to the representatives from Aiken bounty to the Legislature to see to it hat these laws bc repealed at the com?' ng session of the Legislature.-Aiken Journal and Review. The Speakership contest will be car" ied on without the punchbowl, this ime, mud) to the delight of the hotel )ars, but the disgust of the great Ame" ican bummer. Messrs. Carlisle and }ox are drinking men. Mr. Randal) s an abstainer from all kinds of intoxi? cating drinks. He. long ago, dis" ?overed, as Senator Garland did, that emperance was best for him whatever t might be for others.-Augusta Chron* 'ele. A gentleman in town, when bis eldest ?on was about eleven years of age* promised him if he would not taste a Irop of spirituous liquor until be was weuty-ooe he would present him with L handsome gold watch and chain. The The young man has, we believe, re* leemed the promise. Now, this gen* leman has voluntarily taxed himself ?20 per year for the past ten years, valuing the watch and chain at two lundred dollars to keep whiskey from ;he lips of his own son, yet he now ad? vocates the granting of liceoses in order :o save being taxed for the support of :he town government.-Pee Dee Index, Whenever it is shown that the Got-* jrnment has power in this State to pan? sh any man who is active in opposition :o whatever party it may be backing, ive wi 1 have lost power to oppose ne? ?ro, Radica! and carpet bag rule, and :he horde of spoilers will be let loose on as with their natural rapacity sharpen id by hunger and their old vindictive? ness intensified by vengeance. We will be bound and defenceless before a pack af wolves, and security for life, the liberty of man, the honor of woman and the rights of property will be gone. Greenville News. The man who advocates licensed bar* rooms for the sake of the revenue alone, views this question from a most utili? tarian standpoint. Such a person might not 'coin money by any indirec? tion,' but bc is certainly willing to lighten tax on property a little at the expense of his neighbors who cannot, or will not, live temperately. Better pay EI little more tax, rather than have white men, fathers of families freezing on the roadside, or some unoffending negro shot down on the street. Closed bar-rooms with the present council would make this a dryer town than it has been for years, for several of them say that if the people vote it dry, they will make it as dry as a 'powder born/ -Carolina Spartan. The issues before the country to? day involve, to a great degree, the question* of the preservation, in its ori? ginal purity and power, of Repulican liberty, and the culture and perpetuity of those practices and principles upon which the fair structure of our govern? ment is founded. These issues pertain to the proper and appropriate recogni? tion of the power and will of the people as the supreme law of the land, tbe supremacy of thc ciril over the military authority ; thc untrammeled and un? restricted liberty of the franchise, honest elections, a free bal. I and a fair count. The soluti -n of these important pro? blems, and the settlement of these vexed questions, deserves, and must receive, our most sober and serious con? sideration.-Palmetto Yeoman, If a democrat cannot conscientiously agree with every measure proposed by bis party, he is one kitten too many; a mill-stone of lies must be hung about hir neck and he cast into thc great sea of political oblivion. lu other words, every democrat must fie precisely tho bed of his party. If too long, he mast be lopped off; if too short, he must be stretched out If neither "of the above remedies can be applied successfully, then he must be kicked out, in the ma? jority of instances, by those who are un? worthy to unloose the buckles of his shoe?. This is democracy as gentlemen sf this ilk see it. This is the democra tty preached by the little democratic terriers throughout thc State, whose predjudiccd little souls are too narrow to comprehend thc height and depth of true democracy which lives to-day only because its principles are deathless and sternal.- Williamsburg Tattler. Thc temperance advocates in Green? ville are making a strong effort to vote Dut liquor license at the ensuing muni? cipal election. Thc Greenville News in a lengthy editorial, after citing the failures of other dry towns to put a ?top to the liquor traffic, remarks : Wc do not hesitate to say that if we knew that one ?oul would be saved or -me single drunkard made a sober man by prohibition wc would not regard $10,000 or ?20,000 as too high a price to pay for it. Souls and men cannot bo valued in money or figures. But there s no guarantee that anybody would be >aved. The presumption is that when existing laws and social influences and t man's self respect, love for his fami? ly, fear of Hell and hope of Heaven will tot keep him sober, the closed doors of a bar-room would be avery plight impedi? ment in his course to destruction. Greenville Neics. 'No, indeed, there's no place Uko ?lome,' sighed the man who tripped over the coal scuttle and fell into a washtub while fumbling around for a match to light the kitchen fire -New York Jour* nal.