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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

SOUTH CAROLINA PREsBYTERY.-
This body, which met at Nazareth
Church, Spartanburg, on the 25th
inst, adjourned to meet at Green
wood on the Thursday bef~c the
fourth Sabbath in April next. The
opening sermon was preached by
the Rev. r. A. Fair, the Moderator
of the former meeting, and was an
excellent discourse. Among other
matters acted upon by the Presby-
terry, was the dissolution of the pas
toral relation Of the Rev. j. 0.
Lindsay and the Upper Long Cane
Church, and the appointment of a
commission consisting of Rev. D.
E. Fricrson, and John McLeese,
and r. G. Perrin, Esq, to settle all
matters of difference in the congre.
CATION. The commission met Oh
yesterday.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

RETURNED. - The Rev. W. T.
Capcrs, the able and esteemed pas
tor of the Methodist Church here
returned on Friday last, after ar
absence of several weeks, much in
vigorated and improved in health
and preached two excellent dis
courses on Sunday last.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

Mrs. OATES, whose husband was
killed on the Georgia Railroad, OBJ
tanned a verdict against the compa-
nv at the late term Of Greene Coun-
ty Superior Court for $3.50.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

aaT The sickness in our County
seems generally to be abating, and
with an early frost we may hope
for a cessation of the prevailing
malarial fever.
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Mill WaV Grange.

At a regular meeting of Mill Way
Grange No. %. Patrons of Husband
ry, held on the 4th inst, the following
Patrons were elected officers to serve
said Grange for the next twelve
months:
J. Wardlaw Perrin, Master.
Isaac L. Sibert, Oversecr. &.
Jno. II. Chilcs, Lecturer.
Thos. c. Chics, Steward.
Jno. C. Chiles, Asst Steward.
P. II. Bradley, Chaplain.
James II. Minor, Treasurer.
w. f.. Cothran, Secretary.
Geo. Roscnswick, Gate Keeper.
Mrs. J. w. Hearst, Ceres.
Mrs. P. IT. Bradley, Pomaria.
Mrs. r.. W. Litcs, Flora.
Mrs Jno. II. Chilcs, Lady Asst
Steward.
E.! !: +, !; \ s5;::: q a';::: S:;'' Trust tees
Meets on tho first Saturday IN eacl
month, at 3 o'clock P. NJ.
We understand that this Grange is
in good working ordcr." Their las'
meeting was a full one-only a few
were absent, which was unavoidable
on their part. They are receiving
new members each meeting. The
ladies attend and fill their stations
We'have only heard Of one practi.a a
benefit derived as yet by'this Grange
The Mill Way Steam Company (W
f. Cothran & Co.. purchased a West
ingbouse Threshcr this Summer; the
regular price at factory was sa25.oO
the Company being Patrons got it for
$4,000. This is something tangible
This winter will not pass by without
other benefits being derived.
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CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
3 A II N w E l. l. & co..
Dealers IN Staple Dry Goods, Groce
gies, PROVISIONS, &c., dc.

q ANBEV1LLE, OCT. 3, 1873.
Cotton receipts light for the want of
money to move it. Merchants are pay
ing Is cents for good grades to be credited
OH accounts.
Seventy-five bales of cotton shipped
since last issue.
NEW YORK, Oct. c. Cotton steady g.;
sales LOSS bales-uplands 1ss; Orleans
19B. Gold 10al0s.
AUGUSTA, Oct. 6. - Cotton demand
good - middling 16alGi receipts 524
bales sales $50.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 6.-Cotton firm
middling 1G4al7; low middling 1G3
strict good ordinary 1G4 sales 5000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

The following persons have packages
tn the Express office:
I'D Chalmers, w A Daniel, Miss NJ
Tennant, } S Harper, a w ideman, J
Kurtz & Co, + ID Pickens, G A Douglass,
II Hunt, T. White, 4 J Newly, White
& South, II B Morrah.
Z. V. HAMMOND,
Agent.
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Consignees. S.

The following named persons have
freight in the Depot:
] II Lattimer, j b Moseley, r A Nc
Caslan, Perrin & Cothran, w u Mars
Co, J L Caldwell, McNeill, S y 81 !
Speed.
J. W. W.MARSHALL,
Agent.
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THE WARM SPRINGS RAILROAD
CONVENTION. - We have received
a copy of the Knoxville, Tenn,
Daily Press and Herald, containing
an account of the Warm Springs
Railroad Convention, which was
held on the 3Oth ult., in the inter
ests Of the Port Royal and Lake
Erie Narrow Gauge Railroad, which
we will publish in our next. We
see that the Hon. Il. @. Perrin OF
our town has been appointed on a
committee to prepare an address
setting forth the merits Of the route
The charter of the road in this
State will doubtless be readily OBJ
tanned at the next session of our
Legislature, as Senator Hollinshead
has assurances to that effect.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08
New Advertisements.

The following is the list of new advcr
tiscments:
New Go ods-J n Robertson.
Fall and Winter Goods-Ward
law & Edwards.
Dry Goods-Emporium of Fash.
ion.
Houston & Parrott-COtton Fac
tors.
f. Cowan-Lcok Out!
Dissolution-Nliller & Robertson
Money-Quarles T. Perrin.
MasoHic-J G. Wosmansky.
SalcSf Real Estatc-R A Fair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-10-08

THE British and American claims
commission, awarded $4,000 to
David Jacobs, a citizen Of South
Carolina.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
4 Temperance Lecture.

A man died in " Worcester, Mas, the
other day, whose career ought to be for
Young men the most eilectual of temperance
lectures. Twelve years ago he was a young
lawyer 10 Clnne;ticut, Of uncommon abili-
the army, and rose to the rank Of Colonel,
but he became addicted to drink, and rap
idly sank to the grade II D common drunk
ard. While intoxicated one night, in a
low den IN this city, he was "shanghae,l'
aboard bark bound for China. The YES
sci was wrecked off St. ii lena. and he
with several others were rescued and tax
en- 10 Cape Town. Here, while engaged in
essie oauch, he was arrested and imprisoned
and afterwards hired to Dutch farmer.
where he worked with IIottentots. Is.
Gaping. he shipped on trailing vcss-l
through the Straits of Madagascar, whcr,.
he deserted and lived for some tirae anon.
the natives oft he island. Narrowly escap
ing murder, he afterwards put to sea in an
open boat, was picked up and taken t.
Cape Town, an then 10 Singapore. For
several years he wandered about in China
and japan, poor drunken vagabond, fin
ally landed At San Francesca in state Of
besgary, and made his way across the con
tinout. Ills friends heard of him rs bar
tender in miserable saloon in F'izabetl.,
y. s. sick and brok en- down, and took him
home to die. worn out dsbauohee at the
eas Of 81.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
PREPARING COFFEE.

In this country coffee is generally boiled
and eggs or sp.re other article used to ella.
ifY it. By this process the aroma all cs
capes and the bal properties remain The
only perfect apparatus have ever seer
for preparing c"Tse as beverage is an
urn which has two inside cylinders, boil
having straIner alta chel to the bottom
the larger occupying about oae-aaif Of tho
inside OF the main urn, while the smaller
fits inside the former, bat is not so deep
The coffee or tea is pl4cci in the larger
cylinder, and boiling water is poured in,c
the small cylinder, which passes through
the strainer upon the coffee, Of in vol.
anne, but in fine spray, ami then througI
the coffee and the lower cylinder, takin.
'ith it all the cafein and leaving the tan
min in the grounds. The coffee falls int.
the nain urn perfectly clear, and forms {
most delightful beverage. Some time ago
while dining with celebrated French ply
siclan in Paris,wc were taking coffee, whei
he said to me; ado not the people il
America generally boil coffee!r 1 reptile.
in the affirmative. He then said, 4" If ccf
fee is boiled it should not be drank, a Tia,
best part passes yf into the atmosphere
and tickles the nostrils, while the remain
isr contains the poison, which is very in
furious 10 the stomach
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19

yrom the o. deEsturx Journal
The BelIrslllc Intelligencer says: "Some
American spectators are said to have
bough. up all the Thousand Island group
In the River St. Lawrence that es within
the United Ststes boundary, ard two o.
three belonging to the Dominion. IL lie
further said to bs their Intention 20 obtain
by purchase, control Of the Canad 'an COUP,
a design ID which the Canadian people Oh
the adjacent mainland arc strongly opposed.
DR.. Brouse has moved for informal ion IN
the House" We may add in this conncc
ton that feG people have any idea OF tue Sc
,siaEds or what is Transporting among them.
The day ia not far distant when they are
TO become the most popular Summer resort
10 the world. la view of this fact there
has BEEN manifested by some parties de-
sire 70 secnrs the purchase of one, more,
or all of them. May haze already been
provided with Sunmcr cottages, and the
time is coming when all will be; and
this rom antc spot viii be known as the
City Of the Isles" waereto our future
nabobs will resort to enjoy the cooling
breezcs always to be found there, even In
the heated term OF Sumtner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19

So many cures for hog cholera have been
published, and still the fatal disease con-
tinues to deyast whole neigh borhv, u. that
we are back wall in Offering anything new
The Rnra! 'porld, published in region
where the disease is prevalent, says one
Of the largest hog rnsers in Missouri has
never lost any, when his naighbors have
lost all. He gives them salt just as he
does other stock. Ia cooking food for hog
r.u'stish he does in n large wooden boiler
the Goals ami ashes thrown in the boiler
and boiled with the food lie So metine:
puts in salt and sulpher. lie Likewise
burns charcoal for them, AMI they eat il
as freely as they do corn. lie also has
movable sheds lor his hogs and keeps then,
sheltered from the cold and storms.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
Swamp Land N office.

Fhs attention of persons holding con.
tracts from the Commissioners of tn,
Swamp and ovordowed lands of Manitou &C
and Calumet couhtics, is called to the fol
lowing sections. Of chapter 20, lsea! laws
ef1SIt3. publlshed April Sch l373.
Section 5. All contracts for the sale Of
the lands described in section one Of said
chapter three hlG,ird and fourty one of
TIE private aud local laws of 1867. entered
into before the passage of this act,- shall
be valid, if presented within sixty DAYS
after the passage and publication of thi,
sst but shall be null and vGid if nor pre-
ssnted within the time above spe, flied.
Section G. Persons toifeiting their con
tracts for any trac; or parcel of land shall
not be allowed to enter into contract for
siie same tract or parcel again, AM no per-
sen ny virtue Of any such centre ct made or
&c lcate held by hiDs. to enter such !, ds
or cat TIMBER standing thereon, before pat.
ent shall have been ss sed,
Persons who, hereafter, receive certif
cNtes or contracts from said board of Com
1'''s'oners should send the same to the
commissioners Of tae School and Uniyer
s'ty Lands at Madison within so days af.
Ter she date there's.
Dated June "a 1879.
JOHN. 7. HUME.
Secretary.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN
REaEDY FoH GROUP II ONE MINUTE

BEaEDr FoH GROUP ~ ONE MINUTE.
This remedy.is simply alum. Take a
knife or CRATER, and shave or CRATE Of in
small particles about teaspoonful of alum
mix il with about twice the quantity Ct
sugar or honey, to mike it palatable, and
administer as quickly as possible. This
will give almost instant relief
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
NEWS ITEMS.

A new horse disease, resembling tn" ep-
ixnt,c, has broken out at Bloomington III
this State.
A school for instruction in emotional IN
sanity is projected N New York.
Stockings with red spots are to be worn
wi.h hw shoes this summer, 50 that mos
quito bites went show.
The receipts Of wheat at Milwaukee yes
terlay were nearly quarter Of million
bushels, against 1000 bl<hel1 last year
tn. same da7. The eaeipt- this year ez
coed those Of last year by over 100000
bushels. AMI the shipm ,n.s By 3, 500, Uj0
Bushels.
A Memphis jury, having convicted a
man Of mur,ler, now iinls that the suTp sed
murdered man is living. The question is
whether the verdict shall be recin4..
or the man allowed to murder his vic
tim.
Cincinnati has also m Vie Al attempt to
get up rival blaze, but without much OF
any success. As to r-.1s;e, We yield, As
to fires, we still hold our banner on the
outward wallis Aicayo EoeHing Post.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
SMILES.

! When n man is unable to tell the time
by his watch, because there are two hand.
and he doesn't know (which to believe, :
| it is IA tolerably sure sign that he has par
taken of more refreshments than his ma.
turc requires.
/ Susan Il. Anthony says that among ali
the old world wisdom so called, which binds
the minds of tie human race in stup j,
narrow minded ignorance, there is nothing
more decisive than the often quoted prov
erb, MAN proposes"
\ French author, who is here engac. d
IN getting up Look on Americans, has
beer boring Jones to death for informa-
ton. The other day be asked j. "Nat
vax re difference between re Yankee VIM
men and 70 Southern vimmcn?"
'Ill tell you" snorted Jones, "if YOU
won't bother me again. 4 Yankee woman
loves her husband, children and minister
about the same, and lives on colfish and
pumpkin pie. a Southern woman has
feet too small to walk or, and wears shoe.
too small for her feet"
You never know the latent talent in a
washstind till you try to move one. just
to Look at it, one would think Il could be
moved with all the erockery on it: but
when you pick it up, the wasbbcwl and
Pitcher waltz around so that YOU are
obliged TO set them down to prevent frac-
ture. Then the drawer comes out and
pulls everything you have lost in three
months oScz the tuor, and when yuu get
ON thatside TO keep the drawer in. the doois
fly open and bark your Sims. When YOU
get TO the door all the corners hit promis-
cuously, and you get the SKIN knocked off
from three knuekies Of one hand; but that
mikes you Est mad enough to finish tle
job in just twenty three secondhand the
washstand. The safest way is to hire
man on fair salary, ard charge him for
breakags. = Utica Herald.
Tive ideaiistie youths, immersed ir SEN
siniental thoughts rnd sicklied DER with
the pale cast of poetry, were walking past
house che other Cay, and esped young
lady Acquaintance IN a bay window, taking
draughts of the balmy April air. 'syou
look, said the gloauIess of the po-tical
twain, "like Mariana in the noted grange"
land lam like her." she replied, for l
am looking athwart the gloomy fats.
They only said their lives were weary, g.,
and passed sa lily alorg.
The Louisville Conier-JouRa! has
worldwide reputation, Inherited from
peontice. as pointed raragrarhist, to wit:
That was q tremenau,u hurricane winch
cough. up euek OF sheep in Iowa t'othcr
day aut whirled them high up into the air
unit! they looked 'hke flock OF = seons. "
After riding in that style through the rain 7
like 50 many witches Jes!ri,iiuc broom
sticks, the poor animals so: As wet rs by &.
raaiic rams. We tliiar believe much of I,
the story until We remembered the Modac
Associated Press rsont at SanFrancisco
has a Brother Sam" cut IN Iowa follow I
ing the same trade. Brother Sam" is
the greatest wool-raaser living. Such re por- I
'srs should 10 encouraged. They are equal
y at home on the lava beds of the far west
ar when ''they ride tie whirlwind and d.
rect the storm"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19

A SrIRRING LOVE- RoyAN,E.-A New
York real-life romance is related by q con
tent orary. Part first: Talented but poor
young lawyer addresses the iasiiaaable
daughter Of rich manufao .urcr. finds en-.
eoaagement, and, when lac proposes, re
ceives the mitten frol fashionable Young
iscY, who tells lin she mover dreamed uF
'uch thing. Talented young lawyer de
parts with broken heart. bat has the
fractures repaired in few Years by The
application OF .at Iees-ln brief, becomes
. rich man. The manafaclurT breaks.
aud the fashionable daughter exchanges
/ s,iks and veisets Tor salieoes, anl her lew
els for "fre-git." Part seeaad; RieA law
yer again proposes, is joyluiy accepted,
and the wedding day is kSed. .Gnests
sssemhle-parsoa en- tue foer--pl; GIFTED
ioser advances-an on sudden Inc tai
ented lawyer thraSs Liasef IN high trare-
az attitude. waves his baud, and, IN ares
s.hant voice, dsnounecs the hollow hearted
ncss Of the bankrupts family, and departs.
SeholIum on the above: This story illus
trstss not only woman's weakness. bui
What miserable hog revenge will make Of
man when it once takes poss, ssion Of
lIm.-Lorlsetle Coa.icS Jon nal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
TO PREVENT SILVER FROM furnishing,

TO PREVENT SILVER FROM TARSIsHIaG,
Warm the articles and paint them over
". til solution Of colo1ion 10 alcohol, us
ing wide, soft brush for the urpose. A
silversmith in Munich says that goods pro
tected in this way have been exposed in
his window more than year, asd are as
bright as ever, while others, unprotected
become perfectly black in few months.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
Goldfish.

To cook Goldfish so as to mike it really
d.iicatc and agreeable, break il into small
pieces, soak it three or foar hours in COLI
water, and then drain it OF. Then pat it
on tie fire, with the al,ltion Of milk, but
ter, pepper, and a chopped boiled egg. As
soon as it scalds it is re-dy for the table
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19

PERSONAL AID IMPERsoHAL


\ young girl in Brooklyn supp osed che
vas dying Of love, but the doctors rronoun-
c d it dyspepsia.
Mr.. F. Law Olmstead, Of the New York
Central Park, will be invited to accept a
position under the government, to beautify
tie Capitol Park. The I.apr oycmenss are
10 be Of an extensive and liberal cbarae-
ter.
King Oscar Of Su eden took advantage
Of the crowd attending the coronation to
sell off the rare paintings, furniture, wo cd
carvings, medieval ornaments and cos
. TUNES belonging 20 bic predecessor, Chas,
XIV.
Tobaceonists and drink mixers loose
$4,000 by swear-offs o. New Years dav
but make double the gum the third week
IN January, when the lambs come
back
The life of Edward Bulwer Lvtton is to
re written by his son Robert, better knoun
as Owen Meredith" and antLor of 'Iu
eille," The Ring Of Amasis,r and much
poetic literature.
GCy. Jewell has accepted the mission to
Russia, aud ). A. B.ingbam, Of Ohio, has
been appointed Minister to Japan, vice
DeDong.
| Sothern's latest joi e-the gift of huge
| black bear to Miss Neilson.-She wrote
back to Sothern that she would keep the
bear one day in remembrance of him. and
then present it to Central Park.
An eminent modiste is studying the Di.
Cesnola antiques in New York with the
purpose Of presenting something new in
dress for next winter. History ever re-
! peats itself, and extremes e,ntinuaIly do
meet.
That grand, extraordinary, aal aston
ishing vehicle, the park carriage, which
formerly belonged to the late James Fisk
Jr, Las been carried to that steady old
State Connecticut, and is to be rafied for
n New ilaye,. Every day il order to att
tract ticket buyers, it is drawn through
the streets by four horses in elegant gold
! mounted harness We believe it is to be
shown in the principal cities Of the state
before the drawing: and whoever gets it
Will, from It's associations, find it a
very proper chariot in which to take his
family to church in on wet Sundays.-Ncr
York Tribune.
/ Arch bishop Manning (Cstholic) has
issued an order to the clergy under his jur-
I isdiction not to celebrate a marriage when
the same parties have been, or intend to be
married in Protestant church.
/ VIII kie Collins will make his first an.
pearauce in August, at Boston, reading an
original story.
Senator Jones, OF Nevada, has an in
come from Virginia City silver mines Of
$4,000 lay.
George Smith the London Daily Tcle
graph correspondent in Assyr.a, has fount
the Kings library at Ninevah and d;scorer
ed numerous yaluables fragments, particu
larly the missing portions OF the broker
tables containing the history Of the lelug,
Museum. '""'nhered, in the British
! The Frolic, with the survivors of tn
Pollris on board, arrived at the Washing
ton Navy Yard yesterday. Secretary Rob
inson had an Informal interview With Can
tam Tyson. A court Of inquiry VIII b,
instigated. Meanwhile the Fro.ic remains
anchored in the river and the survivor
will Eot be allowed commune ltion will
outsiders until the investigation is com
pleted
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19
TAKE NO.rICE.
COUNTY CLERK 5 OFFICE
sAl1 ok 18TH

SeWenlUcf Ec- ios1.
The following reselutios was adoptei II
the special session of County Boa6E Of SUI
pervisors. held in the city and county OF
Manitowoc, which session Commenced the
lltk day Of September inst.
WHEREAS. There are II suy mistakes made
by p p Fuessenich, while in the once OF
t0unty Clerk; therefore. zz..-.
Resoired, Th,st the present Clerk OF the
Board of Supervisors be authorized TO ask
through the four city papers of Manitowoc,
that parties holding receipts Of 7. p. Fues-
senich, for the redemption of taxes, present
them at The County Clerk. Office to ascer-
tain if the proper entries arc made in books
of sale to cancel said taxes, and that the
present Clerk be authorized to make tie
proper entries on said books, and report
each case to this Board, thereby saving
county great amount of trouble ana
pense from Illegal ta1-aeeds.
Notice is hereby given, that the County
Clerk can be found at his Office, between the
holrs Of a. m. and p. m. each day, ready
and willing to attend to the duties assigned
to him in the foregoing resolution.
If Il s. PlERPeNT County Clerk.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1873-06-19

Mrs. Z. B. Washbnrn, wife of our Min
lister at the Court of McMahon, is a, Bon
logne-sur Mer. where she VIII srcrd tie
summer.