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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
IN .ArT TO INCORPORATE THE WAC
CAM.AW AND LITTLE RIVER CANAL
COMPANY.

An ArT TO INCORPORATE THE WAC
C,MAw AND LITTLE RIVER CANAL
! COMPANY.
SECTION l. Be- it cnart>a 1y hr
! Scuate and House Of Representatives
Of tie State Of S0uth Caroiinu, no~
net aad sitting IN General assembly,
, ugA Ly tie autiority Of the same,
That j. S. BorroNghs; ". i. nol,
combc, George W. Price, Jr.,
! George Z. Litchfcid, T. c. Dunn
and James Z. Duscnbcrr.y-. and
such persons as now arc Or may
become hereafter associated with
them, their Succcssors and assigns:
be. and they arc hereby, consu-
tutcd . body corporate and polite;
by the name and style of the " ac.
camaw and Little River Cana!
Company, by which name they
arc hereby made capable in law to
have, hold, purchase, receive: work,
sell. mortgage, lease, enjoy and
retain 70 them, their successors
and assigns, lands, tenemcnts OF
all characters, and chatteis OF
Whatsoever kind, rs may be deem
cd bv them most conducive to the
objects and Interest Of said corpO-
! t!on.
Sc. ,. That said corporation.
hv its title aforesaid. may sue and
! be sue,i. plead and be impieaded
! in any Court OF this State, make
and use common seal, altering
the same at pleasure: establish, al,
ter and amend such bylaws and
regulations as shall be deemed
! proper by them, not in conflict
with the Constitution or laws OF
this State, or the United States.
SEC. ). The capital stock Of said
company shall be two hundred
thousand dollars, with the right
to increase the same by . vote OF
majority Of the stockholders to
any sum not exceeding five hun,
dred thousand dollars that SAID
company shall commence business
rs soon as it's capital stock is fully
subscribed, and fifty thousand dol
lars Of the same paid up, which
stock may be paid either in money
! or real estate. the same TO he Ill
rided INTO such number OF shares
and ut so much pc. share, - ~ai'
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH 4 FERRY
ACROSS THE CATAWBA RIVER NEiR
THE LATE JOHN $. PE&Hl'S $ MILL,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted Ly the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the Stu!c Of SontA CroliAn, n"tc
met aad sitting in General -1$<cmj'y,
anil by the authority Of tie same,
That y ferry over Catawba River,
ut 4 place where ferry WIS for
sncrly operated by Johnston and
Perry, aad about two hundred
yards from the late john 5 Per-
rvs Mill, be chartered and vested
in Samuel McAIilcy, his heirs amd
assigns, who shall be allowed the
following rates of toll, to wit:
For i person on horseback, ten
cents; for i one horse team, fifteen
cents two horse team, twenty
five cents; three horse team. thlr-
tv-ive cents and four horse team,
Sf,y crnts OK teams same IS
horse teams foot Sscnycr<. five
cents: loose horses and mules five
cents each; cattle, three cents:
and hors. sheep AMI goats. two
CENTS cach.
SEC , That this charter shall
remain in force for the term of
eSnrsao, vc,rs. p,oriIrd That
..h;itvan ro;n, 70 and rcrur,,jrr
,frnm school, AID voters roinr to
nnI ratnr,;n, f;.om their po'Iinr
nrsc;nrt on election davs, Shall he
I,,>t f.>,, n.r;,., Ioli ,t the
s,;G f,rrv
&C. , A0J ire il f.,ytA,r rarrtr!,
bv the the authority aforesaid, That
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature-ssssion 1870 and
1871.
lOFFICIAL.J

AN ACT TO REGULATE TIE CALL
DOCKET OF THE SUPREME COURT.
=, SECTION l. Be it enacted Jy tic
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of The State Of South Carolina, no'c
met and sitting IN General assembly,
Nnd By the authority Of the sane,
That the Supreme Court shall, on
the last day Of each stated term,
make and publish an order desis-
mating the order in which the
causes from the several Circuits
shall be called at the stated term
Of the Court next ensuing, which
order shall also specify the time
rtc be allotted to the hearing of
causes from each Circuit. This
esder shall be irrevocablc.
SEC. 2. IF ~ causes from the
several Circuits cannot be heard
within the period allotted, rs pro
vided in the preceding Section,
the Court shall continue the same
to be heard after the regular call
of the Circuits, or, in its diScrc-
ton, till the next stated term.
Approved March I, 1871.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31

An old-fashiored Indian fight
took place recently in Wind River
Valley, Wyoming Territory, be:
tween deprcdating party IF
northern Chcyennes and 7 band
Of friendly Snake Indians. Of the
Snakes one was killed and three
wounded, the Cheycnnes losing
eight killed out Of twenty-five
men. Among the interesting fea-
lures of the affair was tho follow
ing of tie trail of Cheyennes by
the Snakes, which was SUCCESSFUL
" done for many miles, although
it was night and a heavy snow
storm prevailed. In this way; all
night toillng on their hands aft9a
knees, and discovering even the
exact number OF their enemies.
the Snakes finally came upon the
Cheyennes carly in TIE rrorn'fs
and attacked them. The fight
lasted for two hours. After its
close, victory baving.turned against
the Cheycnncs, the old csect.
Washakie, Of the Snakes, deter
mined to obtain scalp from ono
Of the slain Chcyeunes. in order to
have 4 war dance around IT On his
return to his village. Hc sent one
Of his men to get one, but as the
Cheycnnes commanded the posi-
ton Of their dead and were en-
trenchcd behind some rocks; the
messenger was shot before reach
inr the dead bodies: Phcn the
old chief himself rushed forward,
and amid a shower Of brFiets, cut
off a scalp and returned with it to
his warriors, who received him
with great applause. At that mo-
mcnt Wasitkie was II thc eyes
Of his people the bravest Of the
brave.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31

\ NOBLE BoY.-A crippled b:s-
car was striving to pick mp some
Old cloth that had been thrown
from wladow, The~ Is crowd OF
rude boys gathered aoout him
mimi~kins his awkward move
ment and hooting at his helpless
ness and rags. Presently anoble
little fellow came mp. and pushing
through the crowd helped: the
poor cripple man to pick up his
gifts and place them in bundle
Slipping a piece Of silver into his
hand as he was running way, when
q voice far above said, 'Iaittle boz
with. a straw hat, look up" a
LADY, leaning from an upper Will
dow. said earnestly, GOD bless you
nv little fellow God will bless
YOU for that" As lie walked
along he thought ofthe poor beg
cars grateful look; of the lady's
smile and approval and last, and
better than all, he could almost
hear his Heavenly Father whisper
ing, BLESSED are thc mercitul, for
they shall obtain mercy" Eittle
reader, when you have an oppo:'-
tunity Of doing good and feel
tempted to neglect it, remember
the "littlc boy With tic stTow hat"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
AS ACT TO RE CHARTER TIE CY-
PRESS CAUSEWAY.

~ ACT To RE CHARTER TIE CY-
PRESS CACSEWAl.
Be it enacicd By tie Senate ana
N1u&c Of Representatives Of the
State Of S9uh CMv'inn, n0m m"f
amt sitting In General assembly,
att By tie GNthorjy Of tie same;
That the Cypress Canseway, on
the road leading from Or@nScburg
to Charleston, be. and the same IS
hereby, recbartcrcd, and vested in
Samuel Haynes: his heirs and as
signs, for the term OF fourteen
years. with the same rates OF toll
heretofore allowed by law: FRO.
rilel, That voters going to and
returning from the polls, on cleo
ton days: and children going to
and returning from school, shall
be passed free over said causcway.
Approved March 7th. 1871.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-31
Correspondence ofthe y. y. Sun.
Draw Poker in the South.
TIE GREAT POKER P!.Ai EHS @
SOUTH CAROLINA.

I COLORED C0NGRESSMAN TIE
CHAMPION--IIOW He STRADpLEs
TIE ELIND-JOE CREWS STRATH-
GT-A DEAD OPEN AND SHIT ON
THE CbLDRED MEN
HOW THEY LOSE THEIR HARD
EARNED BRIBES.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
Constitutional Convention.

At the coming October election the
citizens Of Pennsylvania will vote upon
the question of calling a Convention to
amend the State Constitution, under the
following act passed by the last Legisla-
ture:
An Act to authorize popular vote up
on the question Of calling Concenti0n
to amend the Constitution Of Penn$yl-
Uanid.
SECTION 1. BE 1t enacted, &C., That
the question Of calling convention to
amend the constitution of this common
wealth be submitted to vote Of the peo-
pie at the general election, to be held on
the second Tuesday Of October next, the
said question TO Be voted upon in manner
following, to wit: In counties and cities
in which slip ticket voting is authorized
by law, votes for and against conven-
tion may be expressed and given upon
the ticket, head or endorsed with the
word Estate" and not otherwise and the
words used shall be constitutional Con-
vention," or "against convention" and
in counties or districts in which slip tick
ct voting shall not be authorized by law,
each elector voting upon said question
shall cast separate ballot, endorsed on
the outside Constitutional Convention"
and containing on the inside the words
"for convention" or "against a conven-
tion y and all votes cast as aforesaid shall
be received, counted and returned by the
proper election officers and return Judges
as votes for governor are received, count.
ed and returned under existing laws.
SEC. 2. That the election aforesaid
shall be held and be subject to all the
the provisions Of law which apply to gen
eral elections the sheriffs of the several
counties shall give notice of this act in
their election proclamation the present
year, and the governor shall cause all the
returns of the said elections, as received
BY the secretary of the commonwealth, to
be laid before the legislature at its next
annual election.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
A Good Rat Trap.

Farmers and housekeepers who are
troubled with rats may try the following
plan given by the Journal Of the Farn, ::
Take barrel which will hold water cut
the head little mailer than the top of
the barrel, pass a string through the cen
tre of the head, and hang It up so that it
may hang perfectly free inside the barrel,
three or four inches below the chine
Now, put in five or six inches of water
and drop some grease on the top of the
barrel head, which you must balance by
tacking on some thin pieces OF lead place
your trap where the rats can get on it
easily, and it is ready. They come up to
the grease, and in stepping one one side
of the head the other naturally tips up,
and in goes the rat. The head soon gains
its equilibrium, and is ready for another.
Sometimes, when there is considerable
grease or food around where they can
get it, they won't take the bait In this
case, put little anise seed in your bait. J"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
NO. 13.
Feeding POultrV.

Onions are said to be an admirable food
Tor fowls, or rather adjunct to the ordi-
nary food. If given regularly, it is said
they will prevent the attacks of the more
ordinary diseases Of poultry. Meat is said
by authorities to be an essential food for
poultry, especially in the winter, when
they cannot get the worms, they pick up
IN summer. Others, again, maintain that
the habits of giving meat to poultry is
productive Of grave evils-the cause of
many OF the worst forms OF disease which
affects them. BY those authorities it is
called an unnatural food, inasmuch as the
digestive organs Of the birds are not ft-
ted to assimilate it. There must, we
think, be some mistake in all this for We
know Of surety that fowls DO eat, when
they can get it, and entirely of their own
accord, an enormous quantity of animal
food. Here it is not cooked the game
found In natures garden is raw. If meat
is au unnatural food for poultry, they GER
tainly have most unnatural appetite for
1t. Throw in one lump Of meat among
lot Of fowls if not literally bone of con-
tentiou, it is something vastly like it, so
N'soe' - "'t ~ 81 " s1'"o al IL. w Z De-
lieve the habit of giving much food in a
short space of time to poultry is a bad
one. If you notice their habits, you Wilt
see that the process of picking up their
food under the ordinary, or what VIC call
the natural condition, is very slow one.
Grain by grain does the meal get taken.
and with the aggregate no small amount
OF sand, small pebbles, and the like, all of
which passing into the crop, assist diges-
ton greatly. But in the "hen mode Of
feeding poultry, great heap is thrown
down, and the birds allowed to "peg away"
at such rate that their crop is filled far
too rapidly, and the process of assimila-
ton is slow, painful and incomplete. No
wonder that so many cases of choked crav
are met with under this treatment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
How Temperance Society was Wound

A sad story comes from George con
cerning the fate of a temperance insur,
ance society, which was started by ten
persons, each ante ing up 50, and con,
tributing 50 month, those who didn't
backslide in twelve months to divide the
accumulated amount. All but one re,
lapsed into their errors, aud on the ap.
pointed day the survivor called at the
treasurer's Office to obtain the $3.50 due
The treasurer being out, he took seat
and drink Of whisky At that moment
the clock struck twelve, and the solemn
information was conveyed to his ears that
the treasurer had lost all the money at a
skin game of poker with the presiding
elder, and had gone the way of all default
ing treasurers. The sad event has cast,
etc.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
A Teacher Murdered in Sight Of Her
SchOlarS-Attempted Suicide.

LAGRANGE, Ind, June o3.-Miss An.
ma Dwight, school mistress, was murder,
ed yesterday, at Stone Lake school house,
about ten miles from here, in Van Buren,
township, by young man named Chaun-
cey Barnes, of Elkhart county. Barnes
left his fathers house yesterday morning,
walked to White Pigeon, four miles, dis
tant, hired horse aud buggy there, and
taking with him woman whose name
and character are not yet known, went tC
the school house where Miss Dwight was
| teaching. Miss Dwight was at the time
enjoying the noon recreation with the
school children, on the margin Of the lake
near by when Barnes and the woman
drove up. The woman called Miss Dwight
| to the buggy side, when Barnes alighted
and asked her to walk with him, as he
wished to speak to her privately. She
consented, and they wenta short distance
| and sat down on log and conversed few
minutes, VIXEN Barnes was seen to rise,
draw a revolver from his pocket and fire
two shots at her. She fell at the first
fire. He then presented the pistol at his
own head and fred several times. Two
children ran frightened to a neighbor
near by, who ran Immediately to the spot,
found Miss Dwight dead, and the young
man reloading his pistol. He and the
unknown woman were promptly placed in
custody, and Surgeon Elliott, of White
Pigeon, sent for The doctor reports four
wounds in Barnes head, two of which en-.
tered the brain, and that this would even,
tually prove fatal. An examination of
the parties was had before Justice Gallo
way, the young man committed TO Jail,
and the woman held to bail in the sum of
Sl,000-Charles Dwight, the father of
the murdered girl, going her bail. The
young man was brought to Jail last night,
and is this morning resting tolerably com
Portable. The physicians here are not so
certain as to the seriousness of his wounds
Great excitement prevails in the vicinity
of the homicide. The neighbors are pre-
pared to finish the work the young man
attempted on himself but Mr.. Dwight
protested against it, and better judgment
prevailed. There is some comment on
the fact of the father of the murdered
girl bailing the woman The only sup
posed cause of the crime is the rejection
of Barnes ar suitor short time ago,
and the acceptance by Miss Dwight of
the attentions Of another person. The pis
tol used was small six shooter. Barnes
has been clerking in grocery store,
at White Pigeon, Michigan, lately and
had borne a good character. His father
is farmer in Elkhart county, Indiana
From tic Cincinnati Commercial, June
24.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
a Crying Shame.

+ On the Goth Of June the child of Mr..
Henry Betweiler, Of Phillipsburg died,
and on the 2lst Dir. Detweiler went to
see about its burial in the Cemetery of
that place. Mr. Lereh the Superinteud-
ent OF the Cemetery, was waited upon,
and did not think the grave could be got
ten ready in time for the fuueral-
The child was however buried in the
Cemetery on the 22d, aud shortly after
Mr.. Lerch called upon Mr. Detweiler and
demanded pay for the plot in which the
child had been buried. Mr.. Detweiler
is man of ordinary laboring circum-
stances, and not having the money with
him at the time of demand went to the
shop of his employer, Mr.. Winters, a
wheelright, to get some money due him.
Mr.. Winters happened to be away at the
time, and Of course Mr. d. could not OBJ
tain his wages. Mr. Lerch thereupon
began TRADE of abuse on Mr DetweiIer
with threats to disinter the child if the
amount was not paid. Mr.. Winters when
he returned home, sent his son to tell Mr.
Lerch to come to the shop and he would
pay him for the plot, aud also for his SER
vices in burying the child of Mr. Detwei-
ler. Mr.. Lerch, who is milk dealer, af-
terwards drove up to Mr Winters shop,
when the money was rendered him on
condition that he would give receipt
Mr.. Lerch refused either to take the mon
ey or to give receipt, and after abusing
Dir. Winters very shamefully, drove of
and went to Mrs. Detweiler and told her
if he did not get that money he would
have the child disinterred aud set outside
the fence. This he had done on the Sd
of July. Mrs. Lamb, wife Of the man
who lives at the Cemetery, says that she
aud several others saw Mr.. Lerch with
some amozement disinter the child and
set it outside the fence, and for time
the stencil was so bad that she was com
PEELED to keep the door of her house shut.
Mr.. Lerch had note sent to Mr. Detwei-
ler by the overseer of the poor informing
him of the disinterment, and asking him
what was to be done. This seems a most
strange case.-Frce Press, EdSton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
PLAYING sCE0GEI.

Six in row on the doorsteps there
Nice little schoolma'am, prim and fair,
unnIest noses, dimpled chins,
Listen awhile the school begins.
Glasses in 'rithmetic, come this wayl
Why were you absent, Mary Day?
Now, Miss Susan, what's twice four?
Maybe it's 'leven, maybe more.
Johnny, don't blow in your brothers ear
Stop it ! or must | interfere?
Say your tables-now begin;
Trustees might come dropping in
"What would they ever say to us,
Finding the school in such fuss?
Baby Jenny, how is that?
d . G, dear don't spell cat.
'Terrible boy your face is red
Why will you stand upon your head7
Glass in spelling, that will do:
Here's "sterfiticates for you"
Faces as pure as the morning sun,
Voices that ring with harmless fun;
Sweet is the lesson you impart
Sweet! and | learn it all by halt?
Six in a row on the doorstep there;
Nice little schoolma'am, prim and fair,
Free of the world, and all its pain;
Would l could join your school again?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20

sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, Pa july 20, 1871

disappeared
"Iom Walker never returned to fore
close the mortgage. A couutryman who
lived near the swamp reported that at the
height of the thunder gust he had heard
great gathering Of hoofs and bowling
! along the road, and that when he ran to
the window he just caught sight Of a fg
ure such as | have described, on a horse
that galloped like mad across the black
hemlock swamp toward the old Indian
fort, and that shortly after thunder bolt
fell in that direction, which seemed to
set the whole forest in blaze.
"The good people Of Boston shook their
hands and shrugged their shoulders
They had been SO accustomed to witches
and gobllns, and tricks of the devil in all
kinds Of shapes, from the first settlement
OF the colony, that they were not so much
horror struck as nigh. have been expect.
ed.
"Trustees were appointed to take charge
OF Toms effects. There was nothing,
however, to administer upon. On search
ing his Golfers, all his bonds aud mort
cages were found reduced to cnders In
place of gold and silver, his iron chests
were filled with chips and shaving, two
skeletons lay in his stable instead of his
halfstarved horses, aud the very next day
his great house took fire aud burnt to the
ground"
Such was the end of Tom Walker and
his ill-gotten wealth. Let all gripping
money brokers lay the story well to heart.
The truth is not to be doubted The
very hole under the oak trees, from
whence he dug Kidd's money, is to be
seen to this day, and the old ne;ghboring
swamp and the old Indian fort is often
hunted in stormy nights by figure on
horseback, in a morning gown and white
cap, which is doubtless the troubled spirit
of the usurer. In fact, the story has re-
solved itself into a proverb, and is the
original Of the popular saying prevalent
throughout New England of 1.-The Devil
and Tom Walker"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
DR.. Livingston, the African Explorer,
and His Whereabouts.

DR.. Kirk, writing from Zanzibar on the
3Oth of April to Miss Livingstone, daugh-
ter Of DR.. Livingstone, says
"By the last news of the Arabs be CDR.
Livingstone) had gone TO place called
Manema, which is on the other side of
Tanganyika Lake: but this place you will
not lind on any map. At Ujiji he made
friends with some Arabs who | hear have
been very kind to him, and in their COM
pany visited Manema, which is about two
hundred miles west of the lake, and if
they must have crossed in punts or ca
noes, or what we call dhows. He and his
Arab friends got to Manema, and they
(the Arabs made a good business in
ivory. | suppose the doctor did what he
went for, and will tell US some day what
be saw; but on his way back he got
we'll, he seems to have been bard up, as
L should have said when out of cash, and
detained for remittances. Luckily the
means were at hand, and the man | sent
to Ujiji to help him has sent on all he
needs, and there will still be good store
on his return to Ujiji. The expense and
loss In getting things so far into savage
land are great, and at a cholera time it
was we'll We got anything up at all, so that
he will never receive the whole of what
L sent and Mr-paid for \ second
supply has been forwarded, but l shan't
be sorry if the doctor passes it on the way.
l should say the parcel of clothing and
boots was sent off long ago.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-07-20
HOf 90
Y NIIL ASs
JOB PRINTING,
or ATT KINnC
DR.. j. L A n T 2,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist

SuII has his Office on Main Street, in the second
story of DR., $ Waton'S brick building, nearly oppo-
site the StroudSburg House, and be haIters himself
fna bv eighteen years constant practice and the most
earnest and careful attention TO all matters pertaining
to his profession, that he is fully able to perform all
onerations the dental line the most careful, taste
itiI and sNillu manner.
special attention given saving the Natural Teeth
also to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
Cold, Silver or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits IN
all cases insured
Most persons know The great folly and danger oil en-
trusting work to the Inexperie need or TO those
living at a distance. April 49, lS7I.-ly