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purpose was to nave tho money or klIIi
Dick. Witness told prisoner Of Bish-
ops threat against him (Dick Belly
told Dick that Bishop had threatened
to shoot him. Mrs. Furman said she
told Dick that Bishop had threatened to
kill him. Witness cautioned BISHOP
against going to the house. Bishop told
witness he had como to apologize, and
he was going to see Jack. Witness told
Bishop he had better wait until DR.. Curry
came. Bishop said he was going mp the
road to give himsclfup to Mr., Kirkland,
Witness cautioned Bishop going up to
the Quarters" because of what he had
heard tho day before.
Something was here said about the
money which above alluded to had been
demanded by Bishop from Jack. Wit.
ness said tho amount at first demanded
was ten dollars, but Immediately after
he demanded fifteen.]
Witness had seen Bishop before. He
was usually scdato in manner. Wit.
ness had soeu him intoxicated once or
twice,
CroSs-eramined.-When witness saw
Bishop tho morning he was killed, he
cautioned Bishop against going up to tho
quarters. Bishop said he was going te
see Jack. Witness cautioned Bishor
on account of q remark he had heard
Mr.. Gelston use the day before. That
remark was "that it was great won.
"dcr that, knowing what sort Of ma,
"B'shop was, some ono did not shoo
"him." Bishop was on the plantation
Sunday before, aud demanded the mon
ey Of Jack. Mrs. Furman paid the
money to prevent any further fuss. The
fuss, so far as Jack was concerned, wa.
adjusted by Mrs. Furman's paying th,
amount. Bishop told witness Jacl
should not pay. twas after Jack wa.
shot that. the money matter was set
tied. Bishop did not pay tho money
back to Mrs Furman.
i Question by Counsel for Defsnce-
"You say, Mr.. Smms, that Mrs Fur
"man paid that money after Jack wa,
"shot?
Auswer.- cs. Sir"
Jack Arlcdgc, (coloreo) s,uorn.--Sav
Bishop tho day before he was shot
J, He shot me on Sunday, the day betor,
he vas shot himself. Had had no fns
witt Bishop. Bishop come Sunday m,
said Tom Hill had been struck. Tol,
himt Bishop) I didn't take the money
Bisnop made mo go and call Dick Bel
} (prboner). Dick didn't answer. Bisho)
saidthenhe would hold mo responsible
J, Toll him I had no money, bishop sci,
j "yoa have toapay itor I'll shoot yo,
u through" Bishop then beat me owe
!. the head with his pistol, and the pisto
i flew out Pf his hand, fell On the groun,
and them ] run. Ho shot three: time,
at me while. running and the third tim,
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were upright--thoso behind tho place
he stood to shoot wero pulled apart
tracks could be seen in the entry be-
tween the two rows of pniling n per-
son could hardly be seen uulcss coming
right behind him; ono could stand
erect when pailings wcro parted
could bo seen if standing erect. Tho
garden fence with pailings leaning did
not belong to tho prisoners wife.
The lots were crowded ; tho plantation
was large. The cabins have no rcgu-
lar rotation; they arc not side by side
in q row. There may bo somo in q
row, but there arc not so consecutive
ly. This point, between tho two rows
of pailings, where tho prisoner stood,
was about thirty yards from the spot
Bishop was shot at. Witness could
find nothing else to indicate the spot
from which the gun was fired.
Witness saw tracks at the point in
question. Tho jury in looking around
found tho place alluded to. Thoy
found no tracks leading to the spot,
but found one or two leading from it.
The tracks looked fresh. Tho pailing
in front was broken off; thoro were
three of those pailings broken of at
tho top two Of them seemed to have
been broken some time before, and one
seemed to have been freshly broken of.
Witness saw no marks ofpowdcr about
tho fence to show that that was the
spot whcn, the gun was fired. That
point was in Wow of Jacks house, the
door of which Bishop was entering
when ho was shot. 1t was about 8 OF
10 steps from tho door of Jack's cab
in. No object interviewed. Witncs,
had conversation with prisoner las
Saturday week, while the prisoner was
in jail. Witness while in Winnsbort
was told by boy that Dick Bell, tho
| prisoner, wanted to see him. Prison
CT asked witness thon, what he though
they would do with him (prisoner)
Witness replied ho did not know
Some other negroes and white ma,
who were then in tho cell, hoard tn,
conversation between witness and til,
| prisoner. Witness said to prisoner i
was apity the thing (killing, had oc
cured. Witness asked prisoner hov
ho come to kill Bishop. Prisonc
said Bishop had threatened to xii
him. Prisoner said he had shot Bish
op but didn't know thon whether h,
had killed him or not. Witness ask
cd prisoner if he had shot Bishop will
his own consent, or whether he hat
been put up to it by some white man
Prisoner replied that if he had to di'
tonight he would say that white
man had nothing to do with him in th'
mattor. Witness told prisoner HI
had made himself perfectly secure t
gets good shot at Bishop. Witnos.
| asked prisoner if he took down the
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TESTIMONY IN THE CASE
" ~e Stote Us Dics Bell (colorca)
For tho Murder Of Joseph Bishop (whito).
WITNLss roR TIE sTArE.

Tor tho Murder of Joseph Bishop (white).
WITNESS FOR TIE STATE.
A' B. 'S'mms, s,co1n. Witness was
present when Bishop was killed. It
occurred at the plantation Of Mrs. Fur
mon, in Fairfield District, on Monday.
December 2lth 1866. 1t was altar
breakfast, Bishop had been an hour
perhaps luorc, on Tho premises. Wit
ness was near deceased when ho wos
shot. Bishop had come on promises
to SEQ aboy he lad shot tho day be-
lore, and was entering The door of his
l'no boy's) house when lie was shot.
SAID hey was lying in cabin about
one hundred yards from tho dwelling
OF Mrs. FurnIan. Witness was in
charge OF the plantation at tho time
OF thls occurrence. The boy (Jack>
had been wonndcd by Bishop the day
before (Monday]. Was wounded
with ariatol shot don't know that he
was badly wounded. IIcwas confined
to the hcn9o for somc days, Witness
was entering tho door Of the house OF
Jack, The wounded boy. Bishop was
quite near witness when he, Bishop,
was %hot,--noarly touching witness. |
Bishop made few rcmarks--said ho
was shot. Witness asked him if he
mad shot himself. Bishop answered
mo- Bishop looked wild and glar-
ING, threw his arms around witness for
support. Witness told Bishop 70 liz
down. which he did do Just outside Of
the door. Witness saw no ono wiIh
gun; had no knowledge and no suspi-
clon who had fired. Bishop was car
req to tho dwelling house, whore he
-" "''' ~ ',niC 'V>... |
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Elections in the States Of North and South
Carolina,

Elections in the States Of North and South
Carolina,
The following important order in relation
to elections has been issued by General
Sicklcs:
1IDQRs,, SECOND Murray DrsTnIcr,
(NoRTH CAROLINA AND SouTu CARo,INA),
CnAnLEsToS, s. c., April, 1867.
General Orders No. s.
Whom an election for district, county.
municipal or town officers is reaaired to
take place, IN accordance with the proyi.
sions Of tho local law, within The limits of
any post in this command. Commanding Olli--
GERS will promptly report to ihnso lend-
quarters the time and place ofsuch election
and tho designation of tho Offices to be fill.
ed
IF tho prcsent incumbcnts be ineligible to
hold Office, or any objection exist, arising
out Of their misconduct in office, TO tho con :.
tinunncc Of their functions, tho facts will
nc reported by the Post Commander, with
his suggestions, having in Wow the inter-
ests Of the servioo and tho welfare OF tho
locality Immediately concerned
BY command Of Major, General D L Sick
les.
JW CLous,
Capt. 8sth U Inft., y d G and A A A G
Official:
ALEXANDER MoonE,
Aide.do- Camp.
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ALEXANDER MoonE,
Aide. do Camp.

ELECTIONS. following despatch was
received by Brew. Brig. Gen. Green, yester-
'day afternoon, from Con. D. f.. Sickles.
who Ind been tolegraphcd to with reference
to!the election of Sheriff Of, this District.
This oraor will apply to all elections in this
State.
CHARLEsToN, s. c., Aprit !, 1867.
BreUet Brig. Gen. Green, Commanding The
election Ifor Sheriff viii not be held
When win the torn Of the present incum-
bent expire? a successor viii he appoint.
ed. by command Of Gen. Sickles, -. /.
a J W. CLoUs,
Capt and A a a Gen.
PhGni1, I'd.
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TERMS---FO HERALD.

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pIy"".' !r m elconbicks" Single copies Ten Cents
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,,r NY ,hn GkrlstSG RArEs-onc Dollar mr. scn
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DSii,aoh RATES 10 copies on, year Twenty ,Gv,
," ,nS an extra copy To the person making mn ,ho
c'no. utter the Ist Junnary 1857 ''s "P mo
~ Wuhth ono month from tho d,to , c,,b "a
clnh nav @ nd ie nn money irnd tho person making tho
IL We wish II distinctly undS, s,on,i ,hn, '",". @
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ICoMMUNICATKD1
LlrTLn EDEN, March 3oth, 1867,

hlTTLG EDEN, March 3Oth, 1867. .
Dan EpIroa !, I will now say
something more about cotton culture,
growth and yield, : My position was
.thatby proper culture and help (ma-
nuro) our londs would produce fifteon
hundred pounds seed cotton per acre,
or not thirty acres would give the
yicld (ayerage) Of 100 aores., 10 il
lustrate DR.. Roy Isthink reported to
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H., oAorol ;,st ,bo,o ,hc hin
a., Lin ,nl ,ho h,clho,o -
I;I ,,, r,s, ,hrouoh 1ooc,scJ VIII
rorn,inod Win I,ccoscd unt;, bo
died Attcr Bishop was wounded he
to)kcd n little Bishop seemed to have
h,l y, l,,v)cdoo or who shot him.
lv;tross h,b known Bishop two or
,hyco months. Bishop was in the
nc;ohborhood a norton of that time,
rov;no about, Witness saw him often.
bat didn't know whore he came from.
Witness knew the nrisoncr, Prisoner
was not LIVING on tho plantation of
Mrs (,urmon. but had a wife there !.
hi. w;Ge l;ycl in a cabin near where
Bishop was shot-about FORTY or Gfty
feet from jacks house. No house in
torvoncd. q ho ncysons npme after
Tho SHOOTING Of Bishor.
C,.oss.c.cmiac1-Hishon had shot
tho bow Jack Furman, the day before
l., wos shot himself. mar th, coh;n
and on tho some nlon,ation, Bishop
,v,. on th, nrcm;srs SUNDAY. tho dov
before.
Dr. " p ruyyv s,,o,u Witness
cow R;sbon hcforn H., wos sho+
cav him about ono m;,c ond hal,
f,,,, Are E,rm,,,s r;sbor s,;d i,
v,s ,,;,o to 60, .T,ck md ,ro,oc;y,
cor .I,,,;,r Yin thot ho hod ,nn,o
n;ooa,o d,v hororo hr+ ho ,ro,
.1n.5,, a., " o,o,;.s
MI ,hon ,.;,o I;,,,s,,f 20 ),
e,n;ro ,C;r,la.a r;shox ,vos ,; ; :,
ha.,;l ;. nn,I,m;,a - Mm, ,,,x
Mn g., II; oan1,,e, ~, Ion
.Ln ~. hoc,.a v-;,..Ia ..,,,a :
49,, , Ill.,, c,,L;, ...;asa ,o 49,.
=,
p;aho,>,, r,a,,ost ,v;tros, ,,os "a. :,
H., n;aho,, - o~t,oo, t,,,> XII, e noss;
~, w;tnn., ..w p;a,on ILL.,.
timo oftcr bc wos shot. uo WINS Ev
;nr u,on u,;t,oe. s,w HIM 1v;trns,
nyan,;n al 81, vo,,a The hall ,nto,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-10
9th Ct April, 1865.

Yesterday, April the 9th, many an
ola soldier in Fairfield, who was in
the Army of Norshcrn Virginia, will
romom'er with vivid impression, the
events of this day two yoars ago.
That grand o'd ermy of.Gcncral ROT
ert e. Lee, brawny with The sunburrt
experience Of four years. war, g,ouno-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-10
Local Items,
Court Week.

Court Week.
The business Of tho Court CONSUME
cd nearly tho whole week.
In the case of tho State Us. James
King for petit larceny, notice of
which was given in our last issue, tho
discovery was made that the case had
been tried in u Court, which under
tho present Constitution and la, a
hereunder, had no jurisdiction therc-
Of
In consequence of that discovery,
the accused was released upon his ,
own rccognizance to appear at tho
District Court TO be held in May, first
Monday.
In the case of tho State IS Dick
Bell, charged with the murder Of
Joseph Bishop, (thc former colored
and the latter white,) the jury found
verdict "@uilty," but "rccommcnd.
"ed to mercy" An appeal was made
IN this case. The testimony will bo
published in our next issue, if orr
health'will permit our preparing it for
the press.
Good Order.
Nothing could have exceeded tho
orocf and quiet which rcigncd su-
premo here during The week of Court.
Although cases wcrc tried which wcrc
calculated to bring into collision hos.
''le feelings and opinions, yet tho
most complete order prevailed. White
ana colorcd dcportcd themselves with
becoming dccorum. This IS 10 T.
should Lc.
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Southern Cultiyator,

The April number Of this we'll
known agricultural journal contains
ds pagcs--34 of reading matter, most
ly original. It is cmbcllished with Il
tasteful design aud ground plan of a
convenient dwelling-thc first of a Sc
ries. David Dickson, the most sue.
ccssful planter in Georgia, gives two
communications, which, with thirty
original articles, on topics pertaining
to tho Farm, Garden and Fireside-.
such as Cotton, Culture, Manurcs
Grasses, Sorghum and other crops
Sheep, Implements Grapes, Peaches
Vegotablcs-a letter from Genes
Munro, &c., &e., fully sustain the
reputation Of this valuable paper
which has been regularly issued fo,
nearly twenty-five years.
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Letter from D. Wyatt Aiken, Ego,

Attention is called to the letter Of
Co'. ID. Wyatt Aiken, which VIC rcpub-
lisa nom the M@ain. A moro prac-
tical knowledge of agriculture based
upon intelligence, can be found no
where than that possessed by our
TREND the Colonel. Whatever theo.
rlzcrs may think upon the subject he
discusses, his opinion is we'll worth
considering.
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The State Fair in 1859, perhaps 1860
an average of cotton over entire farm
OF some twelve or thirteen hundred
pounds por acre, on experimental
plats three to four thousand pounds
'or acre, upon single experimental
AXIS two to three pounds each. Ifa
single acre would support about three
thousand stalks in checks four by
three feet, which if made to produce
one pound to tho stalk, would quadru-
pie the lost crop.
Cannot a few acres to the hand be
made as rich and productive as any
virgin soil in the Same climate ? 1 Minh
SO and remember oncc of the lament
GU Col. Peay saying that he gathered
from u held on one ofhis plantations,
known as Brown Swamp, three thous-
and pounds seed cotton to,tho acre. It
may have produced moro for it is we'll
known that he was reserved and
guarded in speaking of his crops in
any respect. The amount of cotton
that contend can and should be pro-
duccd on each acre is not unrcasono-
ble-if like as greater things have
been accomplished in other crops.
why not with cotton? Did not TINT
tasteful planter W. r. Robertson. bv
llocral use OF manures and thorough
scientific preparation harvest near one
hundred bushels wheat from two ocres
which IS about seven fold the average
crop of the District, and I would ven
ture tho assertion that it was the most
remwerativc crop he ever raised ca
Pcnsss INCLUDED. Also the mammoth
crops OF corn raised by DR.. Parker,
may be remembered so much for
gram crops. DR.. Cloud, the model
farmer of Alabama, planted but five
acres to tho hand, two and a half in
cotton, two and half in corn. yicld
u co''on clSht Dales per hand or five !
thousand pounds seed cotton per acre, !
preparation Tor cotton, applied in win
ter i've hundred bushels long manure
Tor rough compost) per acre, in Snr;ny
about one half gallon stimulating ma
'uro to tho hill, seeding in cheeks
our by t"' feet, followed by wise
culture. How different from the
'otch'ng' system of ten acres in cotton
''sht IN corn without manure, aud al
most without work. But, Mr.. Editor,
nc great reason why we should atiopt
ONE OF the above suggestions, or at
east better sy>tcms than those now in
sc amongst us, may be found in the
haractcr of tho labor that we uso
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-10

Twenty years ago, there were no
newspapers in California. To-day,
there arc twelve dailies, one tri-weck-
ly and forty-ono wcoklies in San Fran
cisco alone. In the remainder of the
State, there are twelve dailics, ono
'tri-weckly and seventy-thrce week
lies.
Il our contemporaries in California
end it as hard to collect spoo:o (the
only circulation thcre] as we do to
collect greenbaok hero, all the above
papers must be Weaklies.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-10

Energy AID perseverance, arc ..ltln, :,
in that class and they would pitch in
to the cultivation Of three acres with
ernestncss, when they would stand par
allied before tho broad area of tan
acres.
In conclusion give as my opinion,
that ten dollars worth of manure ju-
dicionsly applied, will produce good
bale to the acre on tho average cotton
lands Of this District, that tho proper
time to plant is from the goth April to
the first May, that the distance should
bc at least three by two feet or its
equivalent, if not checked ono stalk
ii riow, aud that the growth real.
lied should be about three to foul
feet in height, this accomplished, the
product will 10 satisfactory AMI com.
plants Of drought will not be so gene
ral. Yours truly,
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we are indebted to Mr. L G. AInni.
can Tor late copy Of the New York
HruN.
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EE "A II 8.

Gonts' Brown, Black a.d Drab Pret.
Black and Drab Plantes, Boys WI
and Fur, Brown andAlixcd Straws,
r' Rivole and Reorte Fclt.l
1 The public are invited 10 es;ino,
our stock, which we arele.ermined esen
at,low down prices. 81
mar 26
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SE O FL s .

Ladies' Calf Kid and Goat Skin Shoes, !.
dies Glove Kid and Congress Gaitera
Cents Boots and Shoes, Misses:I
and Boys Shoes. oil kinds Il
}a AL Styles Of 'Srogans. III
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-23
HaIf-Pare Arrnn re meut. i.

A few days ago the Committee of Ar
rangements requested the authOritie:
Of the b. n o. X. K. TO issue half-fare
tickets for the benefit of persons attend
ing the coming State Convention. On
Saturday, Mr.. K. +. DEvERIES notified
the Committee that the following ar.
rangemert had been agreed TO by the
Company:
The delegates TO pay full fare in
going to the Convention, and to return
free, upon a certificate of attendance
signed by the Secretary of the Conven-
ton. The certificate to be prese nted at
the ticket office, and to be stamped be-
fore getting on the train.
This arrangement, although some
what different from the round trip
ticket system, is the same in effect
Tue members will come and return at
half the usual rates. and this is all that
could be done under round trip ar,
raTgement.
10 facilitate matters, the Committee
will have number Of certificates OF
attendance printed, leaving spaces fol-
the names Of rhe delegate and Secretary;
these will be placed in the hands of the
Secretary, to be tilled before the adjourn
ment Of the Convention.
We understand that application will
be made to-day to the Packet Agents
for au arrangement similar To that made
with the X ,:lroad Company. If the
application is successful, due announce
mrut will be made.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-23
Splendid Hogs.
WEST LIBERTY, Ohio Co., w. Va,
Dooo,oLar 10 1sIT

WEST LIBERTY, Ohio Co., W. Va,
December 10, 1SC7.
Editor of the Register:
see challenge in your paper of the
18th inst, taken from Greenbrien Inde-
pendent, in which Mr.. Samuel S. Herr
gentleman living near that place,
challenges East or West Virginia to
beat the weight of nine hogs butchered
by him this fall. / take my pen this
morning to accept his challenge, and tc
inform the gentleman that he has been
beaten.
We butchered five hogs this fall, the
age of which was eight months and
three days.
The aggregate weight Of the five wa:
one thousand and sixty pounds; an aV'
erage of two hundred and twelve
pounds.
The weight of No. l was 225; No.
was 2l5; No. 3, 2l0; No. 4, 2O5: No. D, 2Uo
Samuel S. Herr's hogs were sixteen
months old and averaged three hundred
and fity-five and four-ninths pounds
Ours were one-half as old and averaged
2l2. To make his weigh as well as our:
they would have had 10 average 42i
which they did not by sixty-eigh'
pounds.
The "Pan- Handle" is still ahead.
Yours truly,
JOIN C. FARls.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-23
CURRENT ITEMS.

A National Convention of Kerosene
Refners is proposed.
General Sheridan announces that he
has stopped his habit of swearing.
People in Omaha speak of ''going out
West" as naturally as people in Bangor.
A lady in Burlington, Iowa, appeared
on the street with cigar in her mouth.
The cause of the frightful East Indian
famine was the planting of cotton in
stead of rice.
The Fenians are again holding secret
meetings since the Manchester execu-
tions.
A Junesville, Ohio, paper, offers a
prize for every club of ten marriage
notices sent to it.
A number of young ladies Of New
York will soon leave for Burmah as
missionaries.
The Denver U. S. Mint turned out
bar of gold the other day weighing
eight pounds and halt.
The new secret order of Eternal
Progress" under spiritualistic auspices,
is making some progress in the West. 4.
Two children died last week in No
bile, Ala, from eating candies which
had been colored with poisonous sub
stances.
A youth in Illinois cut off one of his
younger brothers fingers 'just to see
how it weuld look"
At Chenoa, Ohio, washing is expen-
sive, on account of the scarcity of water.
Shirts, 75c., stockings, 3Oc., face, 2Oc.
Wisconsin burglars pretend to sell
Furnishing powder, find out where the
silver is kept, and afterwards steal it.
Milwaukee erected 1898 buildings in
1866 at an expense of S2,5O0,00O, and
exceeds that figure this year % per cent.
Captain Nickerson, of Cleveland, has
invented a new car-wheel, which does
away with the noise and jar of that in
present use.
The workingmen have started new
secret society in New York called the
"supreme Mechanical Order of the
SUM-"
School Inspector Briggs, of Chicago,
has been reporting bad stories about
some Of the lady teachers there, and is
in hot water.
The Hudson can be crossed on the ice
at Catskill, and ice boats are soon to be
put on the slippery surface. Sixty miles
an hour are predicted.
Lexington. KY, contains ladies' club
where smoking, knitting, billiards,
crochet, cards, sewing machines and
liquor are permitted, but man is ex-
cluded.
Indiana reduced her debt by over a
million and a quarter dollars during the
year ending with October, and paid
$290, 900 of interest on the remainder.
Mrs. Susanpah Greenbank, recently
deceased at Danville, Vermont, was a
listener to John Wesley in her youth. in
England. she was ninety years old.
A San Francisco paper looks forward
to the time when California grapes, per
Pacific Railway, will retail at five cents
a pound in the Atlantic States.