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CARD.-JAMES ii. CALLlSON,
a Practical SURVEYOR,
otarv Public and Licensed Auctioneer
will continue to attend to all calls on moderate
terms Address Mddlebrook, Va.
nov2-tf Sos
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A s. ARTHUR, d: D, s., (offiee one door
"A. from corner of Beverly and New streets,
Staunton, Va.
Artificial Teeth mounted on Gold <<>
Silver, Platina, and Vulcanite. The AasSZ-sss>,
greatest Improvement yet introduced VII vi SyskzI
into Dental Science is conceded to be SSaE-L5
no Vulcanite process; it being four times lighter
than gold, and much cheaper, embracing superb
or clean illness, nicer adaptation and many other @
tai Surgery performed with strict reference to
permanency. e ~ -
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Groceries and Produce.
ALD FIRM!
V NEW WOUSEy
NExv GNnnS A,

H. KER & BRO, having moved into their
new store room on Augusta street, nearly oppo-
site the Posto6fce will be glad tosee their friends
and the public generally. We have on hand a
fine assortment of Family Groceries. con-
g.: in arto If
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-01-18

JOHN B. BALDWIN. GEO. M. COCHRAN, JR.
BALDWIN IL COCHRAN.
II ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
STAUNToN, VA,
Will practice in all the Courts holden in Angus
ta county jan4-tf
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Young America and Cutting Cheese, italian
Maccaroni, Canned Vegetables and Fruits.
Our goods have been bought low, and we will
sell as cheap as the cheapest. Don't forget the
place. Neao House on Augusta street.
gg- Country Produce bought and sold.
jan11-tf IL. KER u BRO.
Vindioafor
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EHTANTED.-Whit Beans and Dried APP
w Piles in any quantity. Cash paid.
CLEVELAND d SEARS.
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AZ WE WARRANT OUR TEAS THE
BEST SOLD.
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Coffee Sugars,
Granulated, Crushed,
and Powdered Sugars.
Rio, Layguara and old Government
Java Coffee.
RICE. MEAL,
SALT, MOLASSES
FLOUR 81 BACON,
Woodenware of all Sorts
Brooms, Baskets, Tubs, sc.
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Two friends-samuel J. Dickey and

Two friends-Samuel J. Dickey and
Gus. Flemlng-residing in Shelby, Ten
nessee, got into difficulty in o ten-pin
alley, on the Goth. After abusing one
another for some time, Fleming went
out, borrowed gun, returned and shot
Dickey through the breast; when the
wounded man seized another gun stand
ing near, and shot his assailant through
the heart-both mon falling dead at the
same instant, within twelve feet of each
other.
The last hours for leaving Paris were
marked by the rush of hundreds whose
courage gave way at the latest moment
Hundreds of applications were made to
Minister Washburne for passports by
Frenchmen who were never outside Of
France, who pretended to bo naturalized
Americans, but were unable to produce
their papers.
The colored people appear to be leav-
ing North Carolina. About 800 have
applied for passage to Liberia in an ex-
pedltion to be sent out by the American
Colonization Society on 1st November.
The board of supervisors Of New York
city have fixed the rato of taxation there
Tor the current year at S22 SO per 81, 600
lower than any other large city in the
Union.
The Oldest Methodist in tho world
lives at Bustleton, Pa. Ho is ninety
four years of age, and his namo is Rev.
DIR. James.
MIR. Joseph Wills, of Haverhill, Mass,
wood sawyer by profession, sixty-two
years of age, cast his maiden ballot
on the 9Th inst.
A Newark man and his wife, aged
eighty and seventy years respectively,
were arrested the other night for fight
ing.
Messrs. ". T. White and j. G. Blum,
Promlnent business men of Charleston,
died last week.
Gov: Hoffman, of New York, has been
renominated by the Democrats for tho
Gubernatorial chair.
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Appointment of Delegates.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
s. G. AGRICULTURAL AND NIEcuANIcA1, Soc.
lQKESDun1- Cont la1. 100

s. q. AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL. Soc.
CoKEsBURY, September 2i, 1870
N compliance with the request of tho
Il Committee from tho Cotton Sfates Nc
chanics and Agricultural Fair Association.
and from tho Board Of Trade of Augusta, Ga,
the following members .aro appointed to re,
present the South Carolina State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society at the Agricultural
the 18th OF October. 1870:
James Chestnut, Camden; J. b. Palmer and
a. I: Lee, Columbia; J. N. Herndon, Union;
4. s. Porcher, Pendleton; B. F. Whitncr,
Anderson; E. s. Keitt, Newberry; J. S. Rich,
ardson, Sumter; ". g. Hinson, Charleston;
W. 81. Duncan, Barnwell; II. ". harrington
Marlboro; a. D. Frederick Orangeburg, and
j. J. Lucas, Society Hill.
Certificates Of appointment have been scnt
to each OF the delegates. By order of
JOHNSON HAGOOD, President
y. WYATT AIKEN, Secretary. Sept 25
United States District Court South
Carolina District.
In re tho Laurens Railroad Company. Bank
Tnpt:-In Bankruptcy.
NNHE creditors of tho Laurens Railroad.
IL bankrupt, arc required by order of the
Court, dated goth August, 1870. to render and
establish their respective liens, before C. G..
Jaeger, Register, within thirty DAYS from the
publication hereof, or they will bo prccudcd
from any distribution of the assets of the said
bankrupt. JAMES M. B1XTER
NEwDERRY, S. c., Sept. 6, 1870. Assignee.
Sept 1mo
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PROCLAMATION

by HIS Erceuency ROBERT X. SCOTT,
r>,,, GoTerno,' Of South Carolina.
NFOHMAT1ON having been received at this
j. Department, of the illegal assemblage, at
various points in tho Counties Of Newberry
ana Laurcns, Of large bodies Of armed men,
%hoso conduct and proceedings have bocn
characterized by lawlessness and violence, in
volving outrages by deadly weapons, inflicted
upon peaceful and unoffending citizens; that
highways and railroads have been placed
under guard, and quiet and respectable resi-
dents warned to desert their homes under
threats of violence. thus exciting their apprc-
hcnslons and disturbing the public peace;
And whereas, it is apparent that largo
number OF these persons are regularly armed,
equipped and organized, moving under the
command of military leaders. contrary to the
laws OF this State, which expressly prohibit,
under penalty of imprisonment in the peni-
tentlary, all such illegal military assemble ges.
Now, therefore, l, ROBERT X. SCOTT. Co
vernon or the State aforesaid, do hereby issue
this my proclamation, commanding and en-
joining upon the citizens OF this common
wealth strict observance Of tho public peace,
tho supremacy of the law and the maint onancc
or individual rights, discountenancing and
dcnounclng all violence and outrage, and as
slstihS magistrates and peace officers in ar
resting the perpetrators thereof; and all per-
sons who have banded together in illegal
asselhDlaScs Ill tho Countios of Newberrv and
Laurcns, aforesaid, are commanded poa ccablv
to dispersc aid rotiro to their respective
homes.
ne attention or all persons associated in
military organizations. or contemplating such
organizations, in any portion of the State, is
directed to the provision OF Section II of an
Act to organize and govern tho militia of tho
State OF south Carolina, approved March IG,
1863, by which it id directed that there shall
be no military organizations or formations for
the purpose of arming, drilling, exercising the
manual of arms or military manmuvres, not
authorized under this Act, and BY the Com
mander-in Chief, and any neglect or violation
OF this Section shall, upon conviction DO pn-
nlshcd with Imprisonment at hard labor in the
State Pcnitcntiary for z term not less than one
year, nor more than three years, at tho dis
crction OF II competent court.
IN testimony whereof. have hcrcunto get nv
-.hand and caused the Great Seal of the State
70 hc affixed, Al Columbia, this 2i.h day of
sScptcmbtr in the year of our Lord one
| Thousand eight hnnIrcd ana seventy, and
IA me nincty.iith ycaro! Tic Independence
"f the United States of America.
ROBERT X SCOTT, Governor.
l.. Il. CARpoZo, Secretary of state.
~ Charleston Rfr",Iican, Abbcvllc Enn-
mG', And.raon iut'NjJencer, Chester II p0,i.,.,
.dSt!icld AdceiiScr. Grecnvil!o E.tci7,i$c,
Tpartanburg R'i'tbiican. LnuI cnsvic HcroM,
Lancaster LedJer, Ncwberry UeyGM, Kcowce
iI"mto, lnionvillc Times, Fairfield Ucruki,
iorLviiie E"4ttrcr, will publish once.
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ASlhI1C CAOLERA IN CIIINA.-AL-
MOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH PAIN MILLER.
lFrom Rev. II. Tclford, Missionary in Lhinn.
now visiting his home in PENNSYLVANIA
WAS1IINGToN, PENN.
DEAR SIns: During residence OF come ten
years as missionary in Siam and China, |
tonnd your Vegetable Pain Killer n most yalu-
able remedy for that fearful scourgc, Cholera.
In administering the medicine, l found il
most eifectual to give teaspoonful of Pain
Miller III gill OF hot water, swectencd with
sugar; then, after about fifteen minutes, begin
TO give about a teaspoonful of tho same mir
tu,e every few minutes until relief was OBJ
tanned Apply hot applications to tho cxtremi-
ues. Batho tho stomach with tho Pain Killer,
clear, and rub tho limbs briskly. OF those
VINO had tho Cholera, and took tho medicine
faithfully in the way stated above, eight out
OF ten recovered, Truly yours,
If attacked with tho Diarrhma. Dysenterv
tramp, Colo, don't delay use of PAIN Killer
FUNGCHow, CHINA.
DEAR SIRs: During long residence in Chi
na, have used your invaluable Pain Killer
both in my own family and among the Chi
nese, and have found it most excellent me-
dlc!nc. In tho summer of 1862 and 'G3, whilc
residing in Shanghai, found it al almost
certain euro for Cholera, if used in time. In
deed, using it in great many instances, do
not remember failing i'll single case For
three years. have been residing in this place.
more than fifty miles from physician, and
have been obliged often to fall npon my own
resources in case of sickness. Tho Chinese
come to us i'll great numbers for medicine and
advice. Though without medical knowledge
ourselves, the few simple remedies We can
command arc 80 much in advance even of
their physicians, that VIC havc almost daily
appl!catlons: We allow them to come, because
IL 1flngs US IN contact with them, and opens
door of usefulness. In diarrh9a, collie, yo-
mltlng, cholera, coughs etc., your Pain Killer
has been my chief medicine, yours worry truly,
L. p. CRAWFORD.
T. Rs me Pain Killer is sold by all dealers in
'"hiiy AedlclncH. Sept lIlm
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IMPROVED METHOD
OF CONSTRUCTING
Artificial Dentures.

Patented December 1867
A FTER an extensive use of this imnorta nj
N Improvement in practice for nearly two
years, 1T is with full confidence urged upon the
profession and the public, Ms fulfilling more
mode, every intention Of Artificial Dcntures.
AS IN this method, rubber teeth arc alto
Gother discarded, it is desirable that it should
with gold plate work.
1t may not DO generally known that thcy
VINO wear cases Of artificial teeth, constructed
according to this patent, by Dentists who arc
noI licensees, render themselves liable to tho
rator. ~ 'A' opo
Ohice rights will bo disposed Of and instruc-
ton given ylettcr, or at tho operating rooms
OK Reynolds Il Reynolds, where the manipula-
ton may bo daily Witnessed and whore com.
munications may DO addressed.
Aug Colnmb;a &c
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state of South Carolina. Richland Co.
Edward W. Bancroft as Administrator of G.
A. Bodell and II. L. Catlin 4 Co., Plaintjffs.
gS: g Sarah Ii. Bedell, Charles A. Bedell,
francis Is. Orchard, Augusta Orchard and
arthur Bcdell-COmpluint to marshal ussefts
tor sale Of land, relief, dc. Carroll C Melton.
DOHSUANT to an order of tho Court in tho
II above case, tho creditors Of Charles A.
Bedell, deceased, late of Columbia, Richland
county, South Carolina, arc required to
establish their respective demands before tho
nndcrsigned at his Office in Columbia, s. C..
on VI oolore the 2fth day of september next
D. B.MILLER,
Aug "a stu c. G. G. and Special Referee.
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Polishing Powders,
New Publications.

nUEEN HORTENSE. By L. NIuhlback
W Cloth $3.50. Paper s1.o6 " i'''''"'A'
rs Lothair; BY Disrm:i. Cloth 81; paper 81.
Inc hoD hoy on the Jordan. By ]. Nc
GreSor, (Illustratcd.) $3.50.
Free Russia. BY William Hepworih Dixon.
=, passages from tho English Note Books of
Nathaniel Hawthorne. Two volumes. s4OO.
Man and Wife. BY Wilkie Collins.
Miss Thackery's Complete Works.
Genlal Snowman. BY Artcmus Ward.
Lady OF the Ice: BY James DoMilIe, author
OF The Dodge Club, &c. rs cents.
last and best novel. rs cents.
Inc Lilo, Letters. Lectures and Addresses
OF Frederick w. Robertson, NJ. A. sI.5O.
And other new books for sale at
BRYAN az MCCARTER'S Bookstore.
AnR 25 Columbia s. C.
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ICE! ICE : ICE;!

HAVING put my machine in operation,
LII now inform tho public that am ready
to supply any and all orders for ICE. Price two
cents per pound by the retail. For 100 pounds
or more, agreements will be made. The leo
can be obtained at either tho upper or lower
store. JC. SREGERS
Aug 81
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Special Notices.

Getting Marricd.-Essays for Young Men.
on Social Evils, and Ike propriety or impro.
priety of getting Married, with sanitary help
Tor those who feel unified for matrimonial
happiness. Sent free, in sealed envelopes
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box p.
Philadelphia, Pa. Sent II 3mo
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Removal of Dental Office.

&3SA Dh. u: l.. BOOIER has removed his
caf119oflico to Mr.. G.. Diercks' now building.
on Main street, over tho Messrs. Porter &
Co.'S Dry Goods Store, where he offers his
professional services TO his former patrons
and tho public. June 28
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will radically. cxterminatc from the system
dtseases ,:s., arising from habits of dissipation
no Inconvenience or exposure: coDDletcIv an
perscdlng those unpleasant and dangerous
,eomedles-Copaiva and Mercury-in ali these
Uso HELNIBOLD'S FLUID EXTRACT n11.
CHU in all diseases Of these organs, whether
existing in Male or Female, from whatever
cause originating, and no matter of how long
standing. It is pleasant in tasto and odor'
Immediate" in action, and moro strengthen.
ing than any OF the preparations cf Bark or
Iron.
Those suffering from broken down or deli
care t constitutions, procure the remedy at once.
The reader must be aware that. howcver
slight may DO the attack OF the above diseases.
it is certain to affect tho bodily health and
Diuretic. ~ VI
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To Physicians! To PHYSICIANS!
NEW YonK Auoust TX 1sct

New YonK, August Is, 1868.
A LIN mo to call your attention to my
~. PREPARATION OF COMPOUND EX.
ppHAGT pIIAG BgCHU. The component parts arc
BERRIES.
MODE OF PREpARATICN.-B Buchu, in yacro.
jumper Berries, by dietillatio.l. to form q fine
GIN. Cubobs extracted by displacement with
nptIl's ,!ptI optained from Juniper Berries; very
nttle sugar ls used, and email proportion OF
spirit. 1t is more palatable than any now in
uso. ~" 49,
Buchu, as prepared by Druggists, is OF a
dark color. It is plant TINT emits its frs
GRANGE; tho action Of ilamc destroys this,
tinous dccoction. Mino s the color of in9re.
dionts. Tho Buchu in my preparation pre-
dominates; the smallest quantity OF tho other
ingredients arc added, TO prevent fermenta-
ton; upon inspection. it will bo found not to
bo Ilncturc, as made in Pharmacopnia, nor ia
it syrup-and therefore can be used in cases %
where fever or inflammation exists. In this,
you hayo the knowledge of tho inprcdients
and tho mode of preparation.
Hoplng that you will favor it with n trial.
anu ana mat upon inspection it will meet with
hdcncc, am, very respectfully,
II. II. HELMBOLD,
chemist and Druggist of 10 ycurs' experience.
FROM Mc largest MuM,Jactming Chemists in
Tie World
NOVEMBER, 4, 1854.
II AMI acquaintc cd with Mr.. H. II. Hplmboid.
iie occupied the Drug Store opposite nv resi-
dcnce, and was successful in conducting tho
business where others had not been equally
30 before him. I havo beon favorably i'm
pressed with his character and enterprise.
WILLIAM WEIGHTMAN,
Firm Of Powers & Weightman
Manufacturing Chemists,
Ninth and Brown streets, Philadelphia.
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state OF South --Richland Co.
Susan Z. Gibbes, ct nl., Us. Anna NJ. Guignard
ana James $. Guignard, Administrator, ct al.
compliance with the dccretal order in the
Il above stated caee, the creditors of tho lat @
James Sanders Guignard are hereby notified
by proof their respective dcmande against his
estate, on or before tho let nf NOVEMBER
next, before me, at my Office in Columbia.
south Carolina. d. B. DESAUSSURE,
Sept Special Referee.
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Creme De La Creme.
TG0 EAliRELS very superior FAMILY
lOO FLOUR,
200 barrels low priced and Medium qualities.
FOR sale low kV EDWARD HOPE.
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MOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH PAIN MILLER
lFrom Rev. Il. Telford, Missionary in { lima.
now visiting his home in Pennsylvania
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For weakness arising from indiscretiop. the
exhausted powers of nature, which are ac
eompan,ed ,hloy BY % SO many alarming symptoms.
aEni0ng E wnIch Will DC found Indisposition to
r ror Of Disease or Forebodings of Evil. in
iact, Universal Lassitudc, Prostration, and
inability to enter into the epjoymonts OF go
The constitution, once affected with Organic
weakness, requires the aid of Medicine to
strengthen and inyigorate tho system, which
, 1870-08-03
THE NATIONAL GAME,
interesting Game 1ctweea the I.a1e fStars,
OF New Orleans. aud tic Chicago Ath-
leties-The Former Victorious By
Seore Of - to 19-Other
Games.
LokI HTAk "a. ATHlxnE


The afst match game played IN chicago ags!nst
et1 Cub oI cur visitors, the Lone stas1, Of New
ofleana took place n Ogden Park yestezlay after
noon, the Athletics being thcir tpponeaks- The
abundance wsa fstr, In view Of the more eusroas-
in2 event Of the dAy previous and the foar or i've
hundred people who wers present we're rrgslsa By
u pretty and even contest as one would wish 10
see between amateur cluha. By thelr pa4s
81 yesterday, the Lone STAN renned their
y tne Liberty clnb, BY whom they were b1sei,
beaten last week. and fully established thelT
made up Of TTaey Il 1ight, Carson Al csaise. IA
soo1 a. left, you'd hare done credit TO 4 prpfes-
sonai club. Nothing ahoFt Of balls struck over
Eery nne play was made By Tracy, who had run
fot and captured : by In sho1 hight, Aud then,
nithont ~ NaihnB to settle the bail In his hands.
ate" o ana nae nxnns fh5a 70 1,ss catching
1Hane ;Msaa PLY play a. n,, Mss sses seen. clssen
1.st, aaSn ine5sased even Aar Kings reputation md
out1eldinR Win yengeance.-a sample Of what
The While stockiuRs had TO encounter when me
Log r. stafs held them down to score OF IS to 10.
quiIed safe batting 70 get tie best OF il. Condor
pitched regularly aad taifly, as be could aofd to
ao e,sts pp b a. o0nsd % .song I'D IN gen
81 nJA and eneemaiiI supporting INST
who naa been on the sick list,
tesu1ed rs place as Catcher, and rnstteEt behind
the bat were admirably attended to. lie Ia prob
ably better catcher than apy II the Cnicapp AMI
ateur c ubs can boast Of. The Lone StsIa tattaI
ss1snsly sna wel aaa snroughout, WIN an occa
On tue part Of the Athletics. The tleIdtnr via moi
up TO their usual standard. and, had it not been
for their rallies 1t the bat they would have mate
much poorer Allowing 10 the nual result. How
ever, they were able To rcnacr the game intense.
" interesting. aul need NOT feel lshAmed 1t nav
ing succnnoed 10 lhe nruweaa of the gentleuauly
ball-tosser OF the Crescent City. Below q
, 1870-08-03
TENNESSEE,
SuIctde-WuFdcr nnd Lynch Law
Tho SILVER Spray O1xpAtar.

Sulcide-Murdcr md Lynch Law
Tho silver Spray Di.aster.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. ga German named
AeJer, furniture dealef. shot himself IN the
head, 8t a plculc, in Humboldt Park LEST night
tn1lct1nR severe wound. Cause, jealousy.
A beautiful meteor WAS seen at $50, last cSen-
Ing, In the vest ..
TIE dead body found IN Laudezd2lc County, last
ftotn papers found on htk body. He Was proprtc-
tor OF billiard saloon iu Rochester, n. Y,
and was murdered BY persons unknown. -,
Mr.. Martin, who was shot bT the negro Wilson
lsst Sunday, Is better, though little hope Is anter-
talned at her recay.V.
MEArH1s, Aug. 2-The AralantAef Grand juno
ton special 6A{A the trouble there yesterday was
caused by . murder committed near there. Satur-
day night one Jort]an, white, and Lewis Miller,
colored. had difficulty, during which Miller was
shot in the arm. Miller SUED out witt Against
JorJan, but In the absence oE the magistrate the
lTtal did not come OF Saturday night Five meo
went 10 GtIlers house and after trying him,
carried bin about mile and whipped him 10
death. At Tue Inquest held ne1t norn-
14nE The .i1n ex!neneo HI. mpsatsa,
John Bowden, who we're Immediately arrested aud
taken TO Grand junction. The negroes wcrE
greatly enTagfd. aud hocIed to town. armed, a.
lhey said to protect the officers In enforcing ths
Law. guard was Summoned and placed over thu
prisoners, Nho, after examination, were commit
ted TO JAIL
ptal hre all doing we'll
Charles wtfton, who shot Mt. Martin and hi
wife last Sunday, IVES arrested bT two oolored MtI
today, aad lodged IN jail
, 1870-08-03
HYDROPHOBIA,
II Breaks Out in a New plncc-A
mnd Cnt.

IL Breaks Out in n New plncc-A
Mind Cnt.
FfoM .1< s.. Eouis Democrat. Au2.1.
Mr: 4. GEacscr, the proprietor Of = bathing
and shASing establishment, No. GIT franklin
avenne, vas Also the proprietor OF ~ mild I
At midnight. Wetsy sras the proprietor, as
the cat il now defunct. It died m unnatural,
4 violent death at the hands OF = watchu1an
attcr q short and painful illness, which disot-
der IL accounted for thusly: About two weeks
ago the cal left the ancestral roof ons even
getting unto the y2rd the animal washed Its
face, lustily arranged its hair, snd, with sin-
gle bound, went over the back fence for An
evening promenade with lta feline Admiet.
who probably was waiting upon the other
side.
The hour in which the family usually retired
szriyed. but pukn had not returned. The head
Of the house did not stay up 10 let the tzuAut
in, but locked the door And went 70 bed
Upon The family arising mart morning the
l,ack door WAS opened and the missing pet was
there found in al her glory. She vaa not u
usual spirits, however She mopei aud pined,
glance 1t her caudal AppendAge, which
She appeared 10 believe was ont OF
joist. 1t was evident to tho Children
that something was the matter With the tail.
It locked as II 4 knot hxd been tied In It md
C1NNA lbAk- An Q1b VI +At JutGAu1S
marked, il Was swollen in the middle. An e1-
animation proved that tho tail had been t1iaad
with. It was undoniable that some dog had
teen amuaing hiuaseK With that Til
| Iabby's gloomy spirits never left
her, peitber did the swelling OF
tho tail On Thursday last she retired to =
corner OF the woodshed and refused to be
coa1ed out BY The children, but unaffected =
ditpoeitiou to scratch and bite them II they
approached. Fortunately for them theil
mother cautioned them 70 let her alone and
keep away. The cat gradually grew more aav.
age, md on The following dsy showed th.
g1rstest aversion to the sight or sound oi
| water. It Has soon after tAkan with spaknas
and exhibited Ill the signs Of hydtophhia
The neighbors hsozd Of the case and hoctet
to see the creature, who showed dispositiot
to fy at any ore within reach. fesseraa.
morning the family became fully satisfied tha
the animal WAS really msd, and feAring that i
would bits some one, had it killed by watch
man. Before its death It foamed It tn
mouth, and acted exactly rs does mad dog