Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-11-04

to build a church. She furthermore
directs her executors, in due process OF
time to use her dust and entire remains
to make mortar with, which to lay the
cornerstone. Her name is for the pres
ent withheld.
S9 Any information in regard to
Francis NJ. Hood, Confederate soldier
who was captured near Atlanta Geor-
gia, and carried to Camp Chase, will be
thankfully received by his father at La
fayette. Alabama, post..efice. The miss
ing man is about FIVE feet nine inches
high, fair complexion, blue eyes, light
hair, and about twenty-five years OF
age.
sw Under the head Of extraordi-
nary case" the Spartanburg Spartan
says: While wewereat Glenn-Springs
some ten days ago, DR.. Sumter Means
tapped a Mrs. Brown, who had been
suffering for some years under dropsy
of the abdomen. The Doctor drew from
her at that one operation, and at the
same time, ten gallons and one pint Of
water. The next day, though lank and
lean, she was laughing and conversing
in fine spirits. Mrs. Brown resides
near the Trough Shoals, in Spartanburg
District, S. c. We saw the lady at the
Springs Just before the operation, and
she was distressing sight to look at.
m Queen Isabella had reign of
exactly thirty-fve years. She succeed
ed to the throne September 30, 1888,
and on the same day in 1868 the revo-
luton reached Madrid
mw The Finances of Hungary are
reported to be in a Aourishing condition.
At the end of the present year a sur
plus of $2,50O,O00 will remain in the
treasury. This is an unusual circum-
stance, the expenditures having exceed
ed the receipts for each of the last eigh-
teen wears. In one instance the deficit
amounted to $4,500OOO. The cause of
the present prosperity is attributed to
the fine harvests and vine crops
as-A Troy paper publishes 5,, the "
test rat story, as follows; 1.-The other
morning, a gentleman found in a trap
he had set complete rat skin, and
nothing more The snap had caught
the animal by the nose, and in strug-
Cling to escape, he walked entirely out
Of his skin. Attached to the skin were
nortions of The bones of the head, the
hind feet, and the whole tail. Lead
ing from the trap to hole near by,
were tracks of blood"
DI The Union Pacific Rail Road
Company will soon have cars running
over eight hundred and sixty miles of
their line. Government bonds have been
issued for seven hundred and eighty
miles, and the President has signed the
necessary order for making out and de-
livering those for thenext twenty miles.
The Commissioners have accepted eight
hundred miles of the road.
@ 1t is said that an attempt will be
made at the next session of Congress to
have the Freedmen's Bureau continued
for at least another year from the first
ofnext January, for the protection of
freedmen. as well as for their education
and the collection of their bounty, pen
sions and back pay.
@r One Manufacturer of false teeth
in Philadelphia turns out about two
millions false teeth every year. More
than one-half the whole amount of this
necessary article used in this country is
made in Philadelphia.
pg- Friend selby of the Columbia
Phoe,sir, says: Wanted at this office,
an able-b bodied, hard-featured, bad-tem-
pered, not-to-be-put-off and not-to-be-
backed-down, frecklcd faced youngman,
to collect for this paper. Must furnish
his own horse, saddle-bags, pistols, whis-
key, bowie knife and cow;hide, We
will furnish the accounts. To such we
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