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GEBWAN BII'I'ER,S,
IL L. OOD RIFIEI s

Known to the Medical world, and Will eradi-
cate diseases arising from impure blood, Debility
of the Digestive Organs. Or Diseased Liver, in n
shorter time than any other known remedies.
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Orangeville Directory.


A y. HERRING Il BROTHER, Carpenters and
n. builders, Main st., below Pine.
DOVER q HERRING, dealer in Dry Goods.
groceries, Lumber and general Merchandise,
Main st. q
pRICK HOTEL and refreshment Saloon, by
ID Rohr M'Henry corof Main and Pine ST.
DR, o. Physician and Surgeon,
DMain ST., next door to Goods Hotel,
nAvID HERRING, Flour and Grist MIL and
~ Dealer in graln Mill Street.
I L.EDWARDs, Physician and Surgeon Main
l. ST. first door above M'Henrys Hotel.
JAMES Il. HARTMAN, Cabinet Makey and I'M
dertaker. Main St., below Pine.
I NJ IIARMIAN, Saddle and Harness maker
d. Maihst., opposite Frame Church.
CCIIUYLER & CO., Iron founders, Machinisls,
y and Manufacturers of plows, Mil 81.
UAMuEL sHARpLEss, Maker ofthe liayh
y Grain Cradle. Main st.
WILLIAM DELoNG shoemakerau aud manuftc-
" turer of Brick, Mill ST., west of Pine
Catawissa.
ID +. DAL1.MAN, Merchant Tailor, Second st.
D. Robbins building.
NR. X, ROBBINS, Surgeon and Physician
~ Second ST., below Main.
lILBERr & KLINE, dry goods groceries, and
" general merchandise, Main street
I B. KISTLER, "CattnwiEsa House, North
-. Corner Main and Second Streets
KELLER, Billiard saloon, oysters, ami Ice
II. Cream In season Main 81.
Al NJ. BRoBsT, dealer In General Merchandise
1l /. Dry Goods, Groceries &c
SuSQUEHANNA or Brick Hotel Y. Kostcn-
y bauder Proprietor, southeast corner Main and
Second street.
WM. H. ABBOTT, Attorney at law, Main st.
Buck Horn.
| III q. b W. II. SHOEMAKER. dealers in dry
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The most Po'oe'yid, Yet Innocent Vegetable oahar.
Tic kHOiOn.
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A y. HERRING Il BROTHER, Carpenters and
"A. Builders, Main st., below Pine.
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DOVER q HERRING, dealer in Dry Goods,
Main st. -
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
FINAL NOTICE.

Unless prevented by remittance,
xe will be forced to the disagreeable
necessity Of striking from our mail
book, the names of Subscribers who are
indebted to US for four and Eve years
subscription.
We have politely addressed several
letters to many who are well able to pay
the small amounts due :his Office. and
have received no reply.
The Watchman will be sent to such
subscribers until the 1st July next,
aoith this notice married, and ifs settle
ment is not made by that time, or a
satisfactory answer received, their
names will be erased from our books,
and their accounts forwarded for COL
lection.
We have been indulgent to those
who have been SO long in our debt, and
deserve better treatment at their hands.
1t is to be hoped that this notice will.
stimulate all delinquents to remit at once
the amount honestly due us for sub;
scriptiou, and by SO doing, avoid further
trouble and expense
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
ORDINANCE NO. 4.

Our afflicted municipal body, whose
bresen. allmeDt, were we permitted to
1iaguosticate, We should pronounce
Decided case of hyperesthesia, has hon
bred as with Ordinance No. 4, printed
in book form, in the city Of Wilmington,
and distributed by hand among the
much lewed and nuch-taxed citizens of
ths corporation of Sumter. The famous
Draco, brought forward in illustration
by "Ler Talioais," in recent issue,
pinks into the shades of insisui6cance,
long side of such Law makers, as this
eventh decade of the Nineteenth Cen.
ury, has voucbsafed to the devoted
Perpetrators here resident.
10 their prentice steppingu on the
official highway, have they already
snuHed the atmosphere of fame? Does
each to himself and to the other say,
Fl have immortal longiDgs in me-" and
will become @
4 "0pe Of tbefsH, the immortal names,
That were not born to die!"
Ethis be the inspiration, then, We say,
be of good cheer Press onward in the
Msy whittier ye goI
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
OBITUARY..

DIED, in Sumter, 8. O. ssSbatH morning,
Sprassoth, 1871, ,.Mas. MARTHAEANN, eonsort
of Elisha Sherwood, and only daughter OF Will
liam Clark, Esq, sged 81 years and 1--WE months.
How sad, that the wife, the daughter, the
mother, tie sister, the friend, should thus. with
ont the usual premonitions Of DEATH be buried
away from every earthly .copnexion! But it Is
the hand Of God. and we must adore that hand
which strikes down orr most cherished earthly
comforts. MRS. SHERWOOD had, for some time,
professed the faith Of Him whe is the. copqueror
of death. Though to us, her sudden and ure1-
pected death was an almost insurportable shock,
to her it Maa sudden glory: She was lady Of
the most. generous impulses. Fall of yixscity
and of, those genial qualities which are SO at.
traetive in social intercourse, she had endeared
berseIf 10 large circle Of friends. Sadness was
cast over our comuunity upon the announce
ment of Ter DEATH and her funeral was largely
attended by profoundly impressed and -sympa-
thising friends II s SD to think Of the bereaved
-husbapd-ths broken hearted fathsr-thei or
phaned chldrtn-tbe only .brother--the c4asla
made in wide circle Of friends.
But this is life, poor human life
To day it spreads is charms around,
To morrow comes the. awfel strie--.
o what blank il Christ's not found.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
"BKG HEADS.o

In this line We claim pre- -emineuce for
Sumter. Our FREUD, DR.. w. w. FRA
Ser, sent US, last week, two closely
trimmed, solid cabbage heads, Of the
aggregate weight oil t,ccny one pounds
end ten ounces. Beat it, whoever can !.
One Of these was "Flat Dutch" the
bther of new and beautiful variety.
known as Early WiDuiugsladt" oval,
AttaiuiDg its largest circumference by
symmetrical approach from either end
Eo the centre, and of unusual solidity.
The "Wiuniugstadt" will become popu
Jar among the "big heads" when it is
better known.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
COTTON BLOOMS.

We have received the following, Of
dates mentioned:
i From Mr. Burwell Moody's place, on
'kbe 18th inst.
From VIM. Begins field, near Sum-
Der, June IL.
From Mr.. T. J. TuomeY's premises
et Sumter, June 10.
Aud DR.. j. j. Bossard, a young boil,
pn the 20th.
These early blooms in no wise indicate
en early crop, generally, or favorable
prospect generally. We say this, in
Drdsr that no false impressions may 60
abroad iu regard 20 the crop Of this
section, from such publications as the
above.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
TURPENTINE.
EXPIRE SIDENT DAVIS EXPLAINS.
HIS RECENT SPEECHES.

New YORK, June II.
A special from Chattanooga says:
Il saw a private letter from Jefferson
Davis to Colonel Styles, Of TIE Albany
(Ga) News in which he complains Of
the manner in which his speeches at AT.
lanla aud Augusta have been miscou-
strucd by the Northern press. He says
he never sished, directly or indirectly,
10 counsel the Southern people not to
tolerate the situation. He thinks they
ought to wait patiently until the return
iug good sense of the Norihern people
brings about reversal Of the more OBJ
noxious features in recent Congressional
legislation. He di>avows most strongly
anything like a revival Of armed resist
auce There was one part of his Atlanta
speech which was not reported Before
saying he did not accept the situation,
Davis asked any Northern reporter who
might be present to take particular
notice of his words. and then said he
did not desire to be understood as ad-
vising anything like disloyalty to the
government"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
ORDINANCE NO 4.

The great trouble with persons un-
accustomed to the exercise Of power, is
tendency to lesislaie too much. They
must be doing something, even if that
something is not dictated by prudence
or wisdom. So it is with some ofour
new Town Council. Not contented with
the power conferred upon them by the
Charter. to tax real estate and sales Of
goods, Zoe. per slO0-to tax vehicles
from So tc $40, and to charge license
fees upon liquor dealers, tavern keepers
aud billiard tables, aduJitum, they have
assumed the right to require what they
call Especial Tax" but which is
actually License" from thirty-6ve
occupations and objects, of which FIVE
only are lawfully imposed, viz: those on
vehicles of different kinds. All the rest
of the Ordinance is waste paper. There
is not in the charter one word of au-
,hority for the remaining thirty licenses
or special taxes mentioned.
Sections Il and 90 of the Charter
state fully all the Licenses and Taxes
authorized by the Legislature. The
Corporation has no powers except those
conferred by the Charter.
Section 81 simply authorizes the
Council to regulate the persons licensed
by Section 81. 1t either means this OF
nothing.
The large number of persons required
by this new Ordinance to pay all sorts
of Special Taxes, need no. be uneasy
on the subject. The Council cannot
lawfully collect one ceut thereof.
1t would be easy to expose the in
consi>tencies and errors contained in
Ordnance No. 4, but it is useless to
fight shadow. The whole thing being
void, all its parts are void. To show
The extreme carelessness with which
this grave subject has been handled, We
will merely mention 10 passing, that the
very preamble commences with mis-
take. 1t reads "under the Goth Section
Of the Act" &c, meaning Slst Section.
As the printing Of this Council is
done in another State, in plain violation
Of Law, We would suggest that every
Ordinance be submitted to en- expert, to
examine and approve, before starting
on its travels to the land Of Tar, Pitch
aud
TURPENTINE.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
COM M ERCIAL.

SUMTER MARKET. JUNE le.
Cotton-very few bales have changed hands
this week. We quote Strict Middling, TIC,
BAcoN-sidss, 423@ lss; Shoulders -los@
III Hams; 25. -. - o:5'..
LARD-2O@25c.
FLOUR-Per Dbl. $7@$12.
coFFEE-Laguayra, $4,000; Java, 4o@oo;
Rio, 20@25.
SALT-$259 --.'' =
sUGAR-Brown, 12s@l4; C, 15@ls; A., II
goo; Crushed, l7@1S.
BAGGING-25@371.
IRON-TIES-S@l0.
hOPE-l0@15.
BATESvrLLE SHIRTINGS-Per bale 9ic.
YARN BY THE BALE-$l.3 zoe. Per bunch.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
A Chapter Of Facts.

Space Is valuable in q newspaper, and it Is
therefore proposed in this advertisement to con-
dense a variety Of facts, important TO the public,
into a small compass. Those facts refer to Hos
medicine is, and what it will do. In the first
place, then, the article is stimulant, tonic and
alternative. consisting Of combination of m nb-
solutely pure spirituous agent with the most valu
able medicinal vegetable substances that Botanic
research has placed at the disposal of the chemist
and the physician. These ingredients are COM
pounded with great care, and in such proportions
us 20 produce preparation which invigo1tes
without exciting the general system. and tones,
regulates and controls the stomach, the bowels,
the liver, and the minor secretive organs.
What this great restorative will do must be
gathered from wha, it has done. The case of dys
pepsia, or any other form ofindige,tion, in which
1t has been persistently administered without Of.
feesing radical eure, Is get to be heard from,
and the same may be said Of bilious disorders, in
tsfnit,snt fever, nervous affections, general de-
tsli,y, constipation, sick headache, mental disa-
h;lissss to rbich Tie Seebls are 90 subject. Il
ruriaes all the auids Of shc body, including the
blood, and tie gentle stimulus which isinpar:s
10 the nsryous system is not suecssdsd By the
sliehtes. reaction. This Is . ehsptes Of faeti
which readers, FOR thsir OWN cakes, sholid mark
snd remember. -. ...s-sss7,S {.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
SUMTER FEMALE INSTITUTE.

We are indebted to the accomplished
|lad;es of the Faculty Of this excellent
School, for cards Of invitation to the
closing exercises Of the session, to take
place at Solomons' Hall, on Wednesday
evening next, 28,h inst. Sweet music.
we lealn, is to grace and lend charm to
The occasion.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

s9- Some creditable verses from
"Pretrel" lie on our table excluded
under the rule /: Nothing admitted into
these columns (not even q marriage
notice. without a responsible name.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
JEWELRY, &c, CHEAP.

Messrs. HoYT aud Folsom are now
selling of their stock Of Watches,
Jewelry, &c, at very low figures. A
good chance to make purchase Of such
things.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

s@. JOSEPH GALLUcHAT, Esq, as
vii! be seen by reference to another
column, has removed his law Office to
the room Immediately above the Hard
ware Store of Capt L. P LoRINo.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
SCHOOL EXHIBITION.

The programme of exh:bitory ex-
ercises OF Mr. 7 P. McQUEEN's School
will be found 10 this issue. Solomon 5
Hall will no doubt be crowded on the
occasion.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
SPARKLING cATAwRA SPRINGS

Seekers Of health and exhilirating
climate, during the warm months upon
which we now enter, are referred to the
advertisement Of Mr.J GOLDEN WYATT,
keeper of the above uamed springs.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

pg- The Planters Warehouse now
keeps 6ne article Of Butter all the time
on ice, thus rendering it sweet and firm.
See advertisement
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
COTTON SILL ADVANCING.

Cotton at New York, 7 p. M, on MOI
day last, stood at q cents.
Liverpool market, same date, buoy
ant, at S4d.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
MASONIC.

TE1HE EREGULARM RMoNTHLY C0MMUNICA.
TION OF .0LAREs, oNT.LODGE,N NO a.
A.. F.. M. will be held on Thursday evening
June 20. 1871, at II o'clock.
BY order Of
NJ. C. WILLIS. Secretary.
Jnre 4. 1871
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
CLEAEE.II. LAND
Min eral Spin
(FORMERLY WILSON'S

55 p;Ic. W.a 4 Tbnis4e y.
The Subscribers, haviu- a--e~.a.r.' :.-c7r'
in the mana cement &c IL. ,.i..--. = -
ncunce to their friends an; tie pni''' go IL
House vii! be opened lie l.; ~ g: .'.;' :
the reception os visitors
TO those who haze tested - W." '.! -.
extraordinary waters it is ',cia, j aai ,.,sy
say any;!il:: i.y WAY OF '....-.,':'.-. 80
Others l;,cy coft!es;y as-,.f-- I:t;..r
will make trisl ".';!.e ais: It~re::e- - i..i'
water Cor Only 4 short ;a,s.
We ple.iso ourselves ." sTa:" a';:.'- n'in'
nor expense in order H. reri,s aia" - rev
favor us with ca:l a. 60. ga -'i.'".
In prospcc, Of abur'ts,,ec e.: si:.i /: s. AVE
adopted tie to;lowin. =e;!. of
REDUCED criEfL$:
If over 10 DAYS at SisNtcr .:,y
If not over 10 day, -,
Single day.
Children bc;wecn the --r> 49,. yssr-,
and calore,l servants. =; bs.i :s..s.
Washing on reasonable '~rs,-
Its exrccte.l that ,he "e-'..r 8. -ier .:
tbs VIII. Char 3 Ruth k'a.-,.,i .. c'In
plctea to within uile IT, Il IA, sl.>, II
IN carly day.
Z II Dtrt.~
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CANNOT Buy IT,
For SIGHT Is pRIcELESS..!:

THE DIAMOND CLASSES. manufactured
by j. (. SPENCER Il CO. NV York, which
are now offered TO Ike public. arc rToa"nnccd by
all the celebrated Opticians @: ;:e world TO be
the most Perfect. Natnra, Agl;.ie:.i hey to tue
human eye ever known.
They are ground cnlcr iheir own supervision.
from minute C.ys,al Pebbs~. mei'ei together.
ana deriYe their pane. "D.amp;J, on accoent
Of their hardnc.s and ir:liiaicy.
The scientific princ;rieon w..ict ;hsy are con
sructed brings The core ~ ce:'ire o. lie icns Iii
rectly in front o. The .ys. rr'':asin.; lear ana
distinct vision, n in the r:,,sra. hea'5hy eisL',
aad preven,in, al! unr'easan, >cnsaiicns. such "s
glirnmering and waveria., q ishr tzzi''ess' &c.
peculiar to al Others in as.
They are mounted IN i;.s Gac't naauer Ia
frames Of the best quality. o.: al ra;ef''' u:e''
for that purpose. TLei: Eai>h a;''i "uFaei'i'S
canrot be surpassed.
CAr1Iox.--N"nv gen;.'ae u"'ess bssT."g 'aa'F
trcde mark staupei on cvcr! :7a'le-
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
FOUND AT LAST:
An Antidote for Fever & Ague.

silrer Springs, near ocalr, Fin. .N'red 1T. =.
Ness, s. Dot7ic. N,ise d GGeis, Ch"'!esto", y. =
DEAR Slas have prescribe in my practice
the Noises Fever aud A=ue Pi.,s ScE; ,ac, in
several eases cf Chronic Chill ard Fever, boia
among MY white and co!ored patients. wish ereat
success, tacy having effected PROMPT AND
PERMANENT CURE ~ EVERY CASE.
where all other medicines have failed. no;a
particularly my colored patients, because dey
are more exposed, aad less iisely 10 AXE care =;
themselves when the Ch.;l 'eavc. i!em.
I regard NOISES FEVER AND AGUE
PILLS as CERTAIN CURE, and blessing
to all living in the Maiarious districts of tho
South, aud particularly in Tie iser2 AIDES ef our
State. Very respectfully. yours,
JAS. 3. OWENS, ". D.
~ For sale by all Druggists.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
May 81
WOEF0RD COLLEGE
SPARTANBURG C. H., S. C.
commencement Exercises, Sune2s--2s,
1871.


Valedictory Sermon before the Graduating Class,
by Bishop Wm. M. Wightman, D. D., L. L. D.,
Of Charleston, s. c., June 25:h, II A. NJ.
Exhibition on the part Of the Junior Class,
Monday, June 26th, 10 A. M.
Annual Meeting Of the Board of Trustees, Tues
day, June 9th, A. N.
Annual Address before the Preston and Calhoun
Literary Societies, by Gen. Jno. S. Preston, Of
Richmond, Va, II A. NJ.
Alumni Address by John W. Homes, Esq, of
Barnwell, 6. c., P. d.
Annual Meeting Of Honorary and Regular Mem
bers, With appropriate exercises in the balls of
the Calhoun and Preston Societies, p. M.
COMMENCEMENT DAY, June 2sth.
Exercises of the Graduating Class, 10 A. NJ.
Annual reunion of Patrons and Stadents, Officers
and Friends of the College, within the Halls
Of the two Literary Societies, IN.
The Trustees, Presiding Elders, and all the
members of the South Carolina Conference are
particularly invited to attend the approaching
Commencement. Suitable provision will be
made for the entertainment Of oil Who can come.
June z, 1871.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

DR., TUFTS Celebrated <Expectcrant-
No. Mystery Hoy 1t Acts.
First it Setaohss from -fhs. bronchial or wind
tubes the mpcus or matter which sometimes ad-
heres to- them With tie tesaeltz of glus. Second
u. It nitsatei. the pain aid removes hs. con-
stricton Of fine bronvhil tubes and muscles Of the
chest. Thirdly, It resists the progress Of inaam-
nation, and assists the fshgs u throw of the
irritating matter which .accumulatss. -
@- We do not suppose there ever was an
article so universally popular. ind conmsaded as
family medicine as DAnsY's sPRoPHYLAcrIc
FLuiD. We have never yefhsafd ao5 one say a
word against it. but all speak q it fsser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-17

SUDDEN DEATH.-On Friday morn
ing last H. L. Day, Esq. received a
dispatch from Mr.. A. e. Rood, of Toll
edo, announcing the sad intelligence
that mis- SON, Henry Q. Day, was found
the previous evening dead in the wa
ter-closet of the st. Charles Hotel, in
that city. By what means he came to
his death is not positively known.
There was bruise upon his forehead
and upon his nose, which it is suppos-
ed he received by falling forward
npon an iron rod. We understand
that o post naortem, examination was
held, and the physicians gave it as
their opinion that his death was caus-
ed by congestion of the brain, or apo
plexy, which is doubtless the correct
cause of his death. He was about 80
years of age, and had been married
about three years, and leaves a wife and
little daughter about two years old.
His remains were brought to Rayenna
for interment, and his funeral took
place from the residence of his father,
on Chestnut street, at 10 O'clock on
Sunday, Rev. Mr.. Davis, pastor OF
Grace Church, ofiiciating, and was at
tended by a large number of citizens.
His afflicted wife, child, parents and
relatives have the sympathies of this
entire community.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-17
EDINBURGH.


RUN AwAY.--The team owned by
John. Wilson, and employed in haul
ing milk for Camp & Co., from the
east part of Edinburgh, ran with a
load Of milk down the hill into Bar
rel Run, throwing the driver, a young
man, off the wagon, running over his
breast, and fracturing the collar bone.
The cans were thrown off, bruising
some of them very much. One of
them fell upon son of Prof. Chap
man, of Mt. Union College, bruising
him so much that he was carried half
a mile to the house of j. w. Chapman,
but fortunately no bones were broken.
No blame is attached to the driver.
The foot board gave way, and he was
not able to control the team. This is
the second time they have run lately !;
the first time some cans were being
unloaded, and they then had the ad-
vantage. .3 1872 islt3
1t is now getting very dry; grass is
burning up; corn is beginning to suf-
fer for want of rain, and must suffer
more if rain does not come soon.
AUG. 14th, 1871. CITIZEN.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-17

For sometime past a force of men
have been engaged, taking stone from
the bed of the river at the Rapids. for
the purpose of lowering the bed of
the river in the vain endeavor to
drain the extensive and worthless
marshes above. as =
Many of your readers viii recoiiect
the great mill-dam suit, pending in
our Court several years ago. 1t was
prosecuted by several fanatics and
fools in Geauga county, against the
owners of the splendid mills at the
Rapids. The suit was tried three
times without any result, and was
finally compromised. Result, the
best Touring mill in the county burnt
by an incendiary, the best saw-mllI
for miles around ratified down. the
massive and substantial dam destroy
ed, a fiourishing village ruined, and
the devilish marshes deeper under
water than ever.
The work of lowering the bed eof
the river is nearly completed, and its
only effect will be to narrow the
channel. When near the head of the
Rapids, the workmen came across
petrified tree lying crossways of the
stream with bark and limbs clearly
discernible.
Mr.. Wilmer Robbins, formerly OF
this place, but at this time of Nash
Vile. Tenn, is visiting his friends
here, and last week, while riding with
a couple of ladies, the horse ran away.
A new and valuable carriage was
considerably damaged, and one of the
ladies-Miss ThaYer, of Freedom,
had an arm broken.
The managers of the Portage coun-
ty Fair have done a good thing in of
fering a premium for the largest ex-
hibit of rat scalps. It is hoped that
next year they will offer premium
for the scalps of meadow mice, which
are getting to be almost as pestiferous
as rats. ID.