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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
Great Fire in Greenyille.

On Saturday morning last, about
one O'Clock, the citizens Of our Noun
tain City were aroused from their
slumbers by the fearful cry of fre!--
The heavens were red with the luriG
glaro of the confagration, and many
heart beat with fearful apprchon-
sions of the result, and there was such
a commotion we hopo never to wit
ness again. On approaching the
scene, we discovered the now and
beautiful brick range on Coffee and
Main streets wrapt in flames. Tho
storo of Morgan, Davis Il Go. had
succombed to the dcvouring element,
and the flames were licking up tho fino
brick range on Coffee street, built and
owned by Mcssrs. Burgess 81 Gilrcath.
The centre Of this block was known
rs tho
GILREATH OPERA HOUSE,
fitted up in clcgat style, with fine
scenery, &c. The corner store in this
block, at the corner of Main, was
owned and occupied by w. G. Owings
as a wholesale and retail liquor house.
Theparties occupying the burnt range
were Messrs. Jas. Ii. Morgan & Co.,
with an exteusivo stock of dry goods,
groceries, &c. They had just received
$4,000 pounds of bacan, deposited in
n room in rear Of thoir main store
They were insured for six thousand
dollars,
Mr.. J. B. Miller lost about fifteen
hundred dollars, on which there was
no insurance.
Messrs. w. A. Long& Go. saved q
part of thoir stock, and had an insu>
rance policy for five hundred dollars.
The fine drug store of Wostmoro-
land & Sloan, just completed with
much taste, met with a heavy loss,
thoy being insured for four thousand
dollars. A great deal of their stock
was saved, and they will be in mos
tion again in few days.
Messrs. w. A. Long & Co., a young
firm, sustained some loss, although
most of the stock was saved. Thev
have an insurance offive hundred dol,
lors.
Mr., w. G. Owings occupied the
corner of Main and Coffee streets
Tho loss on his brick building was
three thousand dollars. He saved
most of his stock of ofliquors, etc.
At the time of the fire a perfect
calm prevailed, which saved our little
mountain city. The fremen acted
nobly, and their conduct elicited ap-
plause on all hands, many Of them
themselves to great danger.
One Of the front walls fell, and but for
the timely notice, "Look OUT"
several lives would have been lost, as
the falling mass struck the brick wall
of the building OF III. A. Cauble on
the opposite side of the street, The
fire companies worked like heroes,
and have gained reputation they
have nobly earned.
About 5 o'clock a. m., the fire being
subdued, and all hands exhausted in
trying to stop the devouring element,
were retiring to their respective
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

John d. Loe, Mormon Bishop, and
the leader of the party who massacred
l2O emmigrants, consisting of mon,
women and children, in the mountain
meadows in 1857, was shot in
Utah Territory last week, for the of
tense. Lee kept the. crime concealed
for twenty years, but the oil saying
that murder will out, seems to have
proved true in thissinstance, and he
has suffered the most extreme penalty
of the law for one of the most brutal
and diobolical outragos ever perpetra-
ted on this continent,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
Saddles, Harness & I9athe!

PURCHASED in large quantities and sold
+ at low prices. Call and examine the
largest and cheapest stock of Saddles ever in
the city, with an abundance of Harness of
latest styles and best selected material. Also,
Hames, Collars, Whips, sc. Hides, Tallow
ana Leather wanted at ali times, Shoemaker
Tools and Shoe Findings n speciality
VARDRY MCBEE,
Main street, Greenville, S. C.
March Is, 1877 27
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
~ Notice is hereby given to all persons
concerned that on the 9th dav of Anri| nnxt
l will apply to W. G. Field, Judge of Pro,
bate for Piokens County, South Carolina, for
leave to make Final Settlement of the Es
tate of my Ward L, d. Chapman, and ask TO
be discharged therefrom as Guardian.
REESE BOWEN.
March 8, 1877 25
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

W. Peter Suddeth, Independent, beat
Capt. Allen, the regular nominee of
tho Democratic party for Alderman
OF GroonviIle last Tuesday, by very
heavy majority. This is rather bad
for the Democrats of Grcenvile. Was
there any "bulldozing in the election?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

There is to be an extra session OF
Congress beginning on the 4th of
June. The failure Of the two Houses
at the last session to agtoo on tue
army appropriation bill, rondors an
extra session necessary, to provide for
the pay Of the soldiers.
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TIE NEVAsSA GVAE0, ..
Nevassa Acid PhOsphates

WE are the Agents fer the sale of the
w above very POPULAR FERTILIZERS,
ang would be pleased to supply our friends
and customers with any amount they may
want. The standard of these Manures are
very high, and the terms are rs liberal as
that of any other First Glass Company.--Cot-
ton option offered. Call and see us before
purchasing elsewhere. '.".
.. :.. .nHJ0HN T. GOSSETT co.
Easley s. c.. March 8, 1877 26 4
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

The Columbia Register publishes
Juthith TharthaparilIa Wrighgs order
on the Hampton Government, for his
pay as Athothiate Juthith of the Su,
preme Court. .f
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

The loss of Newberry by the fire was
$l5O,O0O. There has been an appeal
made to the public for the help of the
sufferers. Those who can should
help. ."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29
The State of South Carolina,
County Of Pickens. 3D..
IN COURT COMMON PLEAS,


Rob't A. Thompson Plaintiff, against VIM. s.
Williams, Defendant. 4. r ., ~
SUNNI ons in Attachment on Money Demand.
TO William S. Williams, Defendant in this
Action. ... .. ) -
NOU are hereby summoned and required
h to answer the complaint in this action,
which is filed in the office Of the Clerk
of the Court Of Common Pleas for the said
County, and to serve copy of your answer
on the subscriber at his office, on the Public
Square, at Walhalla, South Carolina, within
twenty days after the service Of this summons
on you, exclusive Of the day Of service. w.
If you fail to answer the complaint within the
time aforesaid, the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for judgment against you for The sum
of Seven Hundred and Ninety-six Dollars
and twenty. seven cents, with interest at the
rate Of seven per oentum per annum, from tie
sixth day of March, one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy. six, and costs.
Walhalla, s. q. ...i .J.H .'. 80 .,..
Dated March oath, 1877.
'' ROB'T A. THOMPSON, ..
.s Plaintiffs Attorneys. ..
......,... Walhalla. So. Ga.
JOHN J. LEWIS, o.op. ~
TO the Defendant-Wm. s. Williams.
Take norice that the summons, complaint
and attachment, were filed in the Clerks Of.
fec, at Pickens Court House, South Carolina
on the 24th day of March, 1877. =
G. ROB'T A. THOMPSON. &C.,.
..... o.. Plaintiffs Attorney,
March 20, 1877 20 ~ 6 6
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

Tho case of Garmany, for tho mur-
der Of Van B. Hendricks, in Greenville
County, has been postponed until the
next session of Court tor that County,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-03-29

"Honcst" John says d-n Hayes
and South Carolina says the same to
"honest' John.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10

aid should be at the expense of the country
calling for it.
Suppose President Diaz should offer Sec
retary Evarts such treaty, adding to it. as
would be necessary, thoroughly liberal
commercial convention, ought we to reject
it? Certainly it is both the desire and the
interest of our people that Mexico shall
have stable government, provided only that
such government is liberal in character.
If the energies of the Mexican people, so
long spent in revolutions and faction in
trigues were turned to legitimate industries,
not only would they become rapidly pros
porous, but a vast market would be opened
there for our manufactures. An intelligent
ruler in Mexico deserves our moral support,
and having that and the assurance Of hon
est intentions on our part, We believe Diaz
would need no other.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
The Situa tion i'm France.

Marshal MacMahon's sudden revision of
the "carte blanche" given to NJ. Dufaure to
form q Ministry and his determination to
retain the command Of three places has SIM
ply returned the whole difference between
the Executive and the Assembly to the po-
sition Of deadlock, aggravated by passion
ate hostility, which preceded that quasi ar
rangement. The Marshal's position now
is, therefore, that he will not accept
parliamentary Ministry until the
taxes are voted. The position of
tie Chamber is that it will not vote the
taxes till there is parliamentary Ministry.
But before the Marshal had On alternative
If it came to the worst as between him and
the Chamber he believed he held in his
hands the power to dissolve that body and
force still a new election; but the adhe-
sion Of even a small number Of the consti-
tutionalist Senators to the cause of parlia-
mentary government would insure the
defeat Of such an attempt. Only coup
dftat is now open as the alternative Of
submission and surrender. Will he be
driven by desperation to that extremity?
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
A sad Case OF Desertion.

Jersey justice ought to follow, with its
swiftest footsteps and its keenest vengeance,
the wretch who on Friday last deserted his
family at Newark, taking with him all its
visible means Of support. We have heard Of
cruel cases Of desertion before now; OF men
who have left wives and children to starve,
or dependent for their very subsistence on
the .cold charity OF an unfeeling world"
as the reporters Of such heartless nets in
variably Declare But we certainly do not
remember ever to have heard or read Of
case Of desertion equal in cold
blooded barbarity to that OF the Newark
fend. We have recently had u baby show
in this city, as the thousands OF ten cent
visitors as we'll as the atmosphere Of Midget
Hall will testify. Its protector was tender
hearted elderly individual, who loved babies
and their pretty mothers and the ten cent
pieces they brought into the treasury with
oil his heart and all his soul and all his
strength. He would no sooner have thought
Of deserting his Midget Hall family, while
it was profitable, than Of serving up
one Of his fat little cherubs with apple
sauce for supper like sucking pig But
alas for human nature A male monster
at Newark gathered together q large COM
pany Of fair young mothers and aspiring
infants, tempting them by the offer of prizes
for beauty and prizes for homeliness prizes
for fat and prizes for lean prizes for
twins and prizes for triplets and after the
first days show ran away with every cent
of the receipts, leaving no trace-to
say nothing of the promised prizes
behind him. Hanging is too good for
such wretch. He ought to be
condemned to live in baby show for the
balance of his natural, or unnatural, life.
1t is bad enough to desert one wife and half
dozen children; how much worse must it
be to desert seventy-fve wives and an army
of infants? To be sure, the women were
not the Newark mans own wives, but there
are slanderous PERSONS who declare that
this agoravates the offence OF the desertion.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
Cannot We Have Our Moneys Worth
OF Clean Streets2

This is q question that forcibly presents
itself to every one in New York except the
police and health officials. 1t is one that
can only be answered by an honest
use Of brooms and dirt carts, in
stead of statistical reports that mean
nothing and the cackling Of pro-
fessors at meetings in the Mayors Office.
At the present time, with twenty-five hun
dred dollars appropriated for each days
street cleaning, it is possible to employ one
thousand able-bodied men and two hundred
carts, and still have balance for contingent
expenses With this force distributed over
q certain number Of districts and superin-
tended by local inspectors who shall not be
the creatures of the politicians at least two
hundred miles of streets could be swept and
the refuse removed daily. 1t is not necessary
that each side street should be cleaned every
day, especially during fine weather, but all
streets should be thoroughly cleared of street
dirt at least twice a week, and this could be
done without adding one dollar to the present
annual appropriation. AS to the removal Of
ashes and garbage the difficulties exist only
in the absence of an honest desire to do it by
the officials. Anybody who watches the
operation of the present system can readily
understand why it fails. There is neither
yigor nor administrative ability exhibited
in the management OF this important
work indeed. the blackmailine gang
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
Put Your skates in Order.

The eager and nipping air of the last few
days must be taken as the sure precursor of
the winter king. His arrival is somewhat
late we have been disappointed once or
twice by false couriers, but now there can
be no doubt that he is almost ut our gates,
and will soon make icy proclamation of the
beginning Of his reign. To every class of
society his coming means something-to
the poor, unfortunately, increased sorrow
and suffering; to the rich new amusements;
to the humane and the charitable new calls
to duty and we'll doing To the young the
coming of winter is especially welcome.
If his reign is stern it is accompanied by
royal gifts, which are confined to no par
ticular class, but are generously scattered
among all his subjects The exhilarating
breezes that accompany him are bestowed
upon all alike, bringing health and vigor
and strength to the occupant Of an east side
tenement as we'll as to the resident of Muir
roy Hill mansion. The tracery of his frost
work is as delicate and beautiful on the
windows Of Second as Of Fifth avenue, and
the street gQnsin and the son Of the million
naire are held in no distinction by him on
the glittering ice with which he locks
lake and stream. 1t is therefore to be
hoped that oil will prepare to enjoy the
gifts he brings. In very short time Gen.
tral Park will be clothed in new lowell
ness and beauty; the gondolas and the
boats will have disappeared from the
lakes and thousands and thousands
will have the opportunity to enjoy
the most delightful of oil winter
amusements. The skates should be at once
put in order. The Park Commissioners, to
be sure, are complaining about an empty
treasury and threatening that we shall be
deprived of the greatest of winter luxuries.
We are not disposed to pay much attention
to these monetary murmurings, being con-
fident that when tho time comes the Park
will be found in proper order. If the Com
missioners are really in the desperate fnan-
cial condition they say they are we advise
them to get out of it at once II they are
short of funds they must provide them
somewhere and in some way, and the sooner
they do it the better. Meanwhile let the
skates be put in order and all be in readi-
ness to give to the frost king q right royal
welcome.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
Sensible Talk.

Henry Ward Beecher took occasion yes
terday to condemn the spasmodic crusade
against the New York liquor dealers, which
is just now causing so much excitement in
New York. No person will doubt Mr.
Beechers fidelity to the cause OF tenn
perance. His honest desire to promote
that cause gives him the courage to assume
the position he occupies in regard to these
indiscriminate raids. He is sensible enough
to understand that they can accomplish
no permanent good and is independent
enough to say so in SO many words. When
zeal in good cause, he Declares is carried
to prosecuting fnnaticism, it is all wrong,
and he reminds the temperance apostles
that wise restraint is one thing and in
tolerance quite another If sincere tenn
perance advocates were all as practical as
Mr.. Beecher and DR.. Howard Crosby we
should not be now without q wholesome
excise law, capable Of being strictly en-
forced, and whose enforcement would be an
effective check on intemperance.
But the fanatics are not responsible for
the present New York police crusade against
the liquor dealers. They and their counsel
might have fretted and stormed and threat
ened for years without inducing either the
Excise or Police Board to take any active
measures for the enforcement Of the Excise
law. The sudden change in the policy OF
the Police Commissioners was occasioned
by a squabble between them and the Excise
Commissioners growing out of the attempt
of the latter, when frightened by Judge
Davis charge to the Grand Jury, to shift
the responsibility for the non-entorcement
Of the law on to the shoulders of the police.
The two boards quarrelled, and the liquor
dealers, who had been led to believe by
both that the payment of q license fee
would protect them against arrest and
prosecution, are made the victims.
The crusade would be comparatively re-
spectacle if it had been undertaken
out Of consideration for the temperance
fanatics, but it is notorious that the appeals
made by them to the Excise and Police au-
thorities for months were politely treated,
but secretly ridiculed and quietly ignored.
One Of the vicious features Of this and all
similar spasmodic displays of energy on the
part Of the police is that it affords q fine
opportunity for the blackmailers Of the force
to reap harvest. Even now, the "side
door" trick is being successfully practised |;
but the saloons which are allowed to admit
us many customers as may choose to patron
ize them by the "side door" entrance are
all prosperous, and their proprietors havo
plenty OF money. The places of less fortu-
nate dealers are hermetically sealed up by
the vigilant police. What farce, too, to
find the Police Commissioners themselves
pretending to deplore their own action and
to sympathize with the misled and victim
lied liquor dealers
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
Tn. sermons Yesterday.

The voice that went out from the pulpit
yesterday was cheerful and healthful. There
were earnest appeals for purer and better
life; severe condemnation OF the fashion,
able follies Of the day; stout defence OF
Christianity, its faith and teaching and
influence an eloquent explanation OF Gods
love for man recital of the wondrous
story of the life and labor of one OF those
men whom for want OF u better name we
call saint, and whose deeds for the most
part form some of the brightest pages OF
Christianity. The dry husks Of doctrine,
as rule, find no place in the metropoli-
tan pulpit in these modern days,
and the fact that they do not is perhaps the
best evidence of our growth in intelligence
and spiritual enlightenment. Those who
read the sermons in some of the leading
pulpits yesterday cannot but feel that the
lines which separate the different denomi-
nations of Christians are, after all, very i'm
perceptible. For instance. while Catholic
clergyman was commencing the great saint
of the Indies one of the most distinguished
of Baptist divines was at the same time rever-
emily mentioning his name. These gentle
men might have exchanged sermons and their
respective congregations would hardly have
seen in them the least evidence that their
authors are separated by great CULTS OF doc
trine. Again, the sermon of the Paulist
father on slavery might have been preached
in Plymouth Church, and with the omission
of few sentences the descendants of the
Pilgrims would not have perceived that it
bore the imprimatur of the Vatican. Mr.
Beechers sermon was SO broad and catholic
that it might have been preached even in
the College Of Cardinals, and none of them
would have thought OF sending him to the
Castle of ST. Angelo, even if he had the power.
This wide catholicity of sentiment goes to
show the greatness and strength and sim
cerity of the metropolitan pulpit. Truth
is the same always and everywhere, and
cannot be changed by the many hued glasses
through which it comes to u.s.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
THE WAR.

ERzERoUM STILL HOLDS oUT-ELENA TO BE
PEACE RUMoRs ALBANIA THREATENS 70
APPEAL TO ITALY FOR PROTECTION.
[DY CABLE TO THE HERALD.
LONDON, Dec. 10, 1871.
special despatch from Paris contains the fol.
lowing:-"Operations against Erzeroum may be
postponed Tor fortnight. No attempt will prob
ably be made to establish q st rict blockade on &C.
count OF the nclemency OF the weather, but IL Ia
supposed communication with Trebizond will
shortly be cut, as Russian division Is marching in
that direction"
ELENA MUST BE HELD.
Intelligence has been received at Constant tinople
from Elena that operations between that place and
Tirnova are suspended because OF bad weather.
Great preparations are making by the Turks to de-
iend Elena In case the Russians attempt to re.
capture Is
THE CZARs RETURN.
The Car has given notice OF his intention to re
turn to St Petersburg between December 23 and
January d
NO PEACE CONFERENCE.
semi-ofncial Berlin papers deny that the three
imperial Powers have recently been conferring In
relation to terms OF peace.
ALBANIA THREATENS THR PORTE
A telegram from Ragusa says the inhabitants OF
scutari and the Albanian chiefs have telegraphed
to Constantnope for aid against the Montenegrlns,
declaring that If the request is diregarded they
will solicit the protection Of Italy.
sULEIMAN's MOVEMENTS.
correspondent ut Pera states that intelligence
has been received there that Sueiman Pacna
passed through Rasgrad on Friday en- route for
Rustchuk.
The New York herald., 1877-12-10
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Bald heads feel like snow.
welcome.

Bald heads feel like snow.
Popgo had mother-in-law.
.sNew Haven'-It WIS General Taylor.
Can you mako q silk purse out OF a velvet lipf
Judge Lynch still monopolizes the loose OF the day
Ex.Pinchback sings, .Im not as young as ustls
be-"
John O. whittier would make as good . foreign Min
lister Hilliard
Mr. CrofIut Is winning much praise by delivering his
scholarly lecture In our largest cities.
Mr. Hayes, find q descendant OF John Brown and
reconcile him as Secretary Of Legation TO Hilliard
This column Is written with tho express idea that It
will he copied without credit oy tho Atlanta Constitu.
hon
General Harlan viii take the oath OF Office and
occupy his seat as Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court to-day.
Cincinnati Saturday Nioht:-"Bo Ingersoli was In
troduccd to lecture audience recently as "a rising
young Atheist"
Joseph NJ Kinds, United States Consul General al
Rio Janero arrived Now York yesterday In steamer
HALEY, from Brazil
Khalil Pacha recently while playing cards with his
vile became crazy. We should think any man would
when ho sees a woman trump tho nee.
The Saturday Revieo says that journalists writo
badly because they write In hurry IL will now DO
understood how could spin out good jokes n we
could Bill down Win pair OF SCISSORS and walt week
for paragraph.
In tho language Of the Tartars, says Captain Bur-
naby, there abstract word for 'beauty" SO they
word which literally means s'mutton faI" They
ought TO DO sueted; but you can't pull the worsted
over our ey cs in that way, Captain.
II is frequently said that II grand old Lincoln had
lived he would have made advances toward the South.
or course no would, and Tor tho good Of the South
too. How much Of an advance has anybody mado
northw ward for the good OF the North?
Baltimore papers tell Of "a Bird that Caused Di-
vorce." II was q duok-of q bonnet probably y-New
Fork Commercial goose-of a husband-moro
ikely.-Norristown Herald swallow--of whiskcy-
perhaps Worcester Press. IL certainly wasnt bird
OF paradise.
This one is worthy OF Duadrcary Tho other morn.
ing = Pompton man was driving a team along tho
PreaKness road, and the horse The of side began
to put his chin TO the lady horse on the other
side. They snickered and grinnod, when suddenly he
tried 10 kiss her. Then shc said, "Pull down tho
blndsn