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Murdered by Sayages.

Relative to the recent search for the
murderers of the passengers and crew OF
the steamer Geo. s. Wright by the
British gunboat Rocket, the following
press dispatch is received from Victoria /:
The most sorrowful page in the story
of the wreck of the Geo. s. Wright, in
1874, remains to be written. The COL
onist has few additional particulars of
the massacre of a portion of her passen-
gers and crew by Indians and the de-
strlction of the Indian village. The
officers learned enough to convince them
that several of the shipwrecked persons
got ashore and were murdered by the
Indians. The story is that number of
white men came ashore in q boat; that
they had with them many papers and n
large -um of money in gold and silver.
They bargained with party of Kimgut
Indians, who were bound to Victoria, to
take them to Fort Rupert for 81 each.
The white men were without arms, and
when night came on and all were asleep
the Indians murdered them, and threw
the bodies into the sea after stripping
them of everything of value. Themoney,
which was in a box, was divided by the
savages, who then came on to Victoria
and spent the coin. An Indian woman
says she picked up the head of q white
man on the beach at Cape Caution few
months after the wreck, and was told to
put it down again and say nothing about
it. The officers found no property be.
longing to the steamer except portions of
wreck, which probably drifted ashore.
With respect to the destruction OF the
Indian village, Sergeant Bloomfield
landed with:three others from the Rocket,
and demanded four men, who were sus-
pected of completely in the murders. The
Indians came out armed, and refused to
give up the men. The party then
secured two of the suspected savages, and
made for the boat. They were fred on,
but got back to the ship safely. Captain
Harris then gave the tribe six hours
in which tosrlrrender the other two men.
After the lapse of six hours he ex-
tended the time three hours longer. He
then fired blank cartridges, and the In
dams ran away. The village was then
shelled and afterward burned. The two
men were secured. No one was killed.
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OppOsed to Public Policy.

An instructive breach Of promise case
appears in the last volume of New Jer-
sey Common Law Reports. The de.
fendant was O married man. He had
sued his wife for divorce, and expected
to succeed in the suit. Under these cir
cumstanccs he told the plaintiff he would
marry her within reasonable time after
he obtained the desired divorce. He did
not keep his word, and the plaintiff
brought her action. This was the case
as presented in the complaint. The de-
fendant objected that these facts would
not sustain q suit for breach of promise
of marriage, as the promise relied upon
was plainly unlawful and void. The su-
preme court held this objection to be
good, and declared such contract op-
posed to morality and public policy.
"If husband can bind himself to q
future marriage, conditioned on the get
ting DIVORCE" said Chief Justice Beas-
ley, $50 he can incur similar obliga-
tion to be put in effect on the dissolu-
ton of his marriage by the death of his
wife. Such contracts are highly impoli-
tic and highly scandalous, and are there
fore illegal"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
Bottling Cider.

A writer in the New England Farmer
gives this advice to bottle cider that will
keep it sweet and fine for years, and its
excellence is indorsed by the editor:
Leach and filter the cider through pure
sand, after it has worked and fermented,
and before it has soured. Put no alcohol
or other substance with it. Be sure that
the vessels you put it in are perfectly
clean and sweet. After it has lcached or
filtered, put it in barrels or casks filled,
leaving no room for air; buns them
tight and keep it where it won't freeze
till February or March, then put it into
champagne bottles filled, drive the corks
and wire them. It should be done in q
cellar or room that is comfortable for
work. Tie best cider is late made, or
made when it is cold as can be and not
freeze. .,- ... ...... ..'
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Fashion Notes.

Parasols trimmed with coverings Of
netted floss and edged with deep netted
fringes are to be among the new fash
ions. .. .r
Yoin, r.. lis will wear turban shaped
hats, Or ''le English shapes with brims
rolled IL the side. Wings, pompons Of
feathe, and ribbon will be used as trim
ming.
Pockets, which have so long formed
part of every dress, are going out OF
fashion; large bows are set on IN the
place they occupied; even small pockets
are dispensed with.
Satin boots for full dress are trimmed
with yellow satin bows and yellow but
TONS. Dull gold buckles mixed with fine
cut steel are put in the bows of slippers,
which are cut low on the instep to show
the stocking.
Hugrlenot cuffs of torchon lace and in
sertion come to wear over tight sleeves;
large square collars to fasten in the back
are worn with them over high-neck
dresses. Delicate necklaces made OF
point and duchesse laces are also worn
with high dresses. ...
Fine Balbriggan stockings in all shades
are embroidered by hand with floss on
the instep; one shade is used in the en-
broidering; tan on brown, blue on white,
cardinal on black, and vice versa;; while
fine Isle thread and spun silk stockings
in delicate tints have embroideries In
high mixed colors.
Tunic overdresses are said to be going
out altogether, the long princesse taking
the place of dresses cuti several pieces.
The princesse is sometimes trimmed
simply around the bottom and arranged
to drape little in the back under bows
OF ribbon; passementerie trimmings or
scarfs are draped over it.
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A Modest Prince,

The Prince of Wales, when he goes
hunting, likes to enjoy himself unoster-
tatiously, and doesn't want fuss made
about him. But when he went to Glou-
cestershire lately, a member OF Parlia-
ment and newly y-rich person, MIR. Pow
ell, appeared to think this all nonsense,
and when the meeting was appointed on
his estate made great fuss indeed. He
set up marquee on the lawn for the
princes luncheon; he prepared his re-
ception rooms for the entertainment OF
his hunting friends and acquaintances;
he laid in bread and cheese by the ton
weight and strong beer by the hogshead
for the consumption Of the country side.
Consequences: The mob of mechanics
and laborers of the n ighborhood broke
in, devoured the royal luncheon, and
made the day hideous generally; and af-
ter long days hunting the prince re.
freshed himself with tea and poached
eggs at thencarest clergyman's residence,
not having been seen at all by his ambi-
tious would.be host, Mr.. Powell.
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A Prisoners Pets.

Two years ago Geo. Bidwell, the noto-
rious Bank of England forger, was trans
ferred to Dartmoor prison. Soon after
he was apparently seized with paralysis
of his lower limbs, and has ever since
been an inmate of the infrmary. Lately
new governor was appointed to Dart
moor, who was skeptical MS to the genu-
ineness of Bidwelrs illness. The pris-
oner was ordered to get up and dress,
but positively refused. Thereupon he
was put in cold cell and left there un-
clothed until he chose to dress. Within
an hour he jumped up and put Oh his
clothes, and evidently perfect cure had
been effected, but when he was being
stripped curriers' discovery was made.
Beneath his armpits were found tame
mouse and rat. These he said he had
caught in the infrmary, and had petted
and fed with crumbs for many months.
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The High.Toned ed Tramp.

Yesterday gentleman, residing in a
neat, modest cottage in the suburbs,
caught tramp prowling about his back
yard, evidently trying; to steal some. some.
thing. ...,s. "a, , ;. ..ar.,,i''
"Why don't you come to the front
door if you want anything?" Indignantly
roarcd the proprietor.
"That's what WAS looking for" was
the impudent reply, =.
"Didn't you see it on the other side
of the house ?" retorted the gentleman.
"How was I to know that was the
front door? No silver door plate, no
bell, no telephone, no statuary, no ser.
want to take your hat and cane: Tell
your boss there is gentleman ont here
who is waiting for his breakfast" -
When the gentleman got back with his
shot gun, the tramp was not there any
more.-San antonio Herald. .,.,
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Fearful Adventure on the Rail.

The San Francisco Chronicle fur
nishes the particulars of an event which
literally converted an eastward bound
overland train into a perambulating
bedlam on wheels. The story, in brief,
is to the following effect: In the make
up of the train which left San Francisco
were two Pullman sleeping cars. The
larger proportion of passengers occupy
ing the Pullmans were women and chill
dren, and MI expected to enjoy pleas
ant and comfortable jaunt across the
continent. On the second day out the
general serenity was disturbed by the
Developments of malignant malady on
board. Thevictim was the representa-
tive of q. San Francisco house, large
and powerful man, who had drank him
self into state of deirirm tremens.
The maniac startled the passengers by
giving utterance to terrible shrieks and
imprecations, at the same time rushing
back and forth through the car, The
greatest CONSERVATION prevailed, and two
ladies, at least, were seriously affected
by the violence of the mailman. He was
finally secured in one end of the car
while the women and children were
crowded in the other end. Not soul
slept through the night. His rawlings
were incessant, and it was feared that he
might regain his liberty and commit
murder. When the train reached Og-
den the arrangement of the unfortunate
man had greatly increased. At this
point the females and children were
crowded into therea sleeping car, while
tie other was converted into a lunatic
asylum, and carefully guarded by male
passengers. After leaving Ogden his
'suffel;ngs were terrible. He frothed
and bled Mt the mouth, while continuous
spasms shook his powerful frame. The
second day out from Ogden he became
more quiet, and under the belief that he
was getting better, lis watchers, needing
rest, left him in charge of single per-
son. Shortly after daylight he suddenly
sprnng up and dashed through "a win
dow. The engine was reversed and the
train ran back, all expecting to find the
lifeless body of the maniac. He had
fallen however, where the snow was
deep and soft, and his escape from inn
mediate death thereby prevented. He
was able to raise himself and stagger
toward the approaching train, his eyes
glaring wildly and blood oozing from his
nose and mouth. He was again taken
on board by kind hands, but the belief
prevailed that he could not survive to
the journeys end.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
The MAN WHOSE YOKE Was NOT EASY.
BY BRET HARTE.

He was spare man, and, physically,
all ill-ccnditioned man, but at first
glance scarcely seedy man. TIE indi-
cations OF reduced circumstances III the
male OF the better class are, [ fancy,
first visible in the boots and shirt, the
boots Extensively exhibiting degree OF
polish inconsistent with their dilapidated
condition, and the shirt showing an ex-
tent of ostentatious surface that is inva-
riably fatal to the threadbare waistcoat
that it partially covers. He was pale
man, and l fancied still paler from his
black clothes.
He handed me note.
It way from certain physician; u
man of broad culture and broader expe-
rience; man who had devoted the
greater part of his active life to the alle-
Walton of sorrow and suffering; man
who had lived up to the noble VOWS of a
noble profession; man who locked IN
his honorable breast the secrets of hum
dred families, whose face was as kindly,
whose touch was as gentle in the wards
of the great public hospitals as 1T was
beside the laced curtains of the dying
Narcissa; man who, through long con-
tact with suffering, lad acquired uni
yersal tenderness and breadth OF kindly
philosophy; o man who, day and night,
was the beck and call of anguish; man
who never asked the creed. belief, moral
or worldly standing of the sufferer, OF
even his ability to pay the few COINS that
enabled him cthe physician) to exist and
practice his calling: in brief, man who
Il so nearly lived UP to the example OF the
Great Master that it seems strange | am
writing of him as doctor Of medicine
and not Of divinity.
The note was in pencil, characteristic
a.iy brief and ran thus
Here is. the man I spoke of. HI
eight to be good material for you"
For a moment sat, looking from tn
rote to the man, and sounding th'
",lim perilous depths" of my memor,
. fer the meaning Of this mysterious. com
lnunicat;on. The good material,
however, soon relieved my embarrass
1nent, by putting his hand on his waist
coat, coming toward me, and saying
"It's Just here; you can feel 1t. >.
It was not necessary for me to do SC
In flash remembered that my medlca
friend had told me Of certain poor pa
tient, once soldier who, among hi
other trials and uncertainties, was aff1ic'
ed with an anuerism caused by tn
buckle of his knapsack pressing npo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
Phair. the Murderer.

Inc New 1OrK HeTUt0, III commenting
on the case of Phair, the condemned
murderer, says: Vermont furnishes an
event that is mildly sensational in its
way. In that State in the year 1874 the
crime of murder was brought home to q
young man by evidence satisfactory to q
jury, and this culprit is now under SEN
tence of death. But person has
turned up" who promises to prove
that ut the time the crime was committed
in Rutland, VT, the alleged murderer
was not in the place but somewhere
else, on his way to Providence. That
the executive should stay the arm of the
law out Of regard to mere expression of
opinion of this nature must be attributed
to the readiness of the authorities to ex-
haust the smallest chance that may pre-
sent itself in the culprit's favor-to a
disposition not to hang anybody in favor
of whose innocence q word can possible
be said. It is nearly three years since
the occurrence of the crime. On the
trial the whereabouts of the murderer on
the day of the murder was made ont by
a consistent train of circumstances, and
did not at all agree with his own account
of his whereabouts. No evidence was
produced on the trial to sustain his own
account, and the jury decided against
him. Now man comes forward whose
statement amounts to an expression Of
opinion that the prisoners story. was
true. 1t seems not according to ordi-
nary methods to stay an execution on
such ground. Doubtless the governor
attaches weight to the story, and that of
course is sufficient; but it is evident that
a man who knew so little of the prisoner
that he did not appear on the trial, and
who yet knows SO much that he can
swear to the culprit's whereabouts on a
particular day in June, 1874, is person
who knows at once too little and too
much
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
How n LAWYER Lost q Client.

A gentleman was sued, and very much
excited he went into Law Office and told
his case to lawyer. The lawyer limited
at a settlement, at which the client be-
came exceedingly wrathy, and shouted !:
"Never never!" and striking his fist
on the table until it bounced, "not one
cent to stop the fight /" "And millions
for defense, suppose" quietly remark
ed the lawyer. The man stopped as
though he had been struck with club,
sat down short time, and then taking
UP his hat went out and employed an
other lawyer. The word "millions
frightened him aln1sst out Of his coat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
Impure LiquC $.

A reform liquor dealer in New York
in telling his story said: "I'll give Sloo
in gold for q gallon of pure brandy y" ne
shouted, cor of port wine. tried to
buy bottle of the latter pure for sick
woman, and I paid $13. so for it, and got
shaved at that. It was made OF logwood
and elderberry juice, because there are
not grapes enough grown in the world
to make the port wine that is drank Ill
the city of London alone"
The following story, illustrative OF the
effects of these poisons on the human
system, closed the speakers address: g!
knew n man who kept saloon, al
drank beer. He thought it was doing hln'
good. He was getting fat. And l re-
member how he would hold up the glass
and look Mt it and say: That's fire
beer Well, that fine beer killed him
one fine dly and they had po+t-
n1ortcm examination made to ascertain
the exact cause OF his death, aud the
doctors suid he died of q kidney dis
ease caused by drinking beer. But thai
wasn't all; they found about a pound CT
fatty substance about his heart, and they
tried it out to see what it was composed
Of, and found that it was beer juice"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-05-02
A Daring Member.

One day in 1895 daring and hetero-
dox member of the London common
council named Dixon had the audacity to
make motion which threw the whole
body into such CONSERVATION and confu-
sion as it had never yet known. 1t was
nothing less than to suspend all civic
dinners for twelve months on account of
thetiearness Of provisions. Aldermen and
common .councilmen we're alike speech
less with amazement and indignation,
and there is no. saying what dreadful
consequences might not have ensued had
not MI. Deputy Birch, famous restau-
rateur, renowned for turtle banquets,
moved for the standing order Of the day.
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Farm Notes.

The last recipe for making hens lay Is
to bake their corn.
When you hear country praised be-
cause roses bloom in winter, you may be
sure that mosquitoes and snakes come
out thick in spring.
There have been great improvements
in poultry, but one point is lacking, that
is, breed that can get over the idea
that an egg day is enough.
The scientific truth about potatoes is
that they will not grow well unless in
mellow soil. There are other needs, but,
like charity, this is the first of all.
The apples Of Michigan are worth moro
than her wheat and corn; more than her
salt and lumber; more than her fish and
onions; more than her politics.
It is said that choice apples, such as
the Rhode Island Greening, are worth
three dollars barrel to make into vine
gar, but, remember, good many lies
are told.
What is badly needed is method for
saving corn fodder. One who can devise
1T will do more good than if he could
make q political speech two hours long.
They say that by free use OF potash
in the soil pear trees will never blight,
and will bear heavily. If this is true, a
pear orchard is worth more money than
q big Office.
;. What is the matter with beans? We
are told they contain ninety per cent. Of
nutrition, and yet hired men turn up
their noses, and want potatoes, which
contain only twenty per cent. We need
a greater diffusion of knowledge.
A boy should bo the first up in the
morning; he should build the fires, put
on the tea kettle; set the table, and then
20 out and fodder, and he should have a
chance to warm himself little before
breakfast; SO that when he becomes of
age, he will not fly from the farm as if it
were Sodom or the other place.
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How to Vote.

The venerable Jeremiah s. Black is
famous for his little anecdotes. One day
during the late debate on the Electoral
bill he was strolling in lis abstracted
way about the floor of the House of Rep
resentatives, when q Pennsylvania NOM
ber said to him: "Judge, how ought I
to vote on this bill? want to do right,
but really there are so many things to be
urged on both slider Of this measure that
I don't know what to do. What shall I
do ?" The judge, in his benign way,
said: IT don't wish to counsel any vio-
lent change in your habits, my dear sir,
but perhaps it would be worth while for
you and O good many of your associates
to try for a. while-not rashly, but by
degrees-the experiment of doing your
duty. - e. ......
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Such Is Life,

Mortality statistics, showing the aver
age duration of life among persons of
various classes, are often faulty. In
Massachusetts such figures are more
carefully and accurately obtained than
almost anywhere else, and the following
table is the result of very recent investi-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-17
Robbers at the Whipping Post.
From the Detroit Free Pross.

On Monday at $50 we left, and
reached Hong Kong at II. H. m.
On the 22d Mr.. Harlan told me
there was to bo q public tlogging of
two Chinese. I have often seen tho
backs Of persons in tho United
States with marks Of the lash, but
this is the first time I ever had a
chance to see tho cat-'o nine tails
applied. The whipping post there
is in the street ut the base of u small
triangular space, made by three
streets, and Immediately in front of
the Harbor Masters office. A slab
of granite rises about ten feet above
n stone platform, and leaning against
it is wooden scail,nld. Hero tho
men are fastened by belt around
their bodies and their arms cxtcnd-
ed at full length above them and
hold secure by slip moose around
tho wrists. Each man received
Twenty-Five lashcs, and up to the
eighteenth they writhcd, but after
that dropped, and + thought the
first one had tainted, but as the
second acted in the same manner I
came to tho conclusion that the
strain upon the nerves had reached
it's climax and that neither felt the
lash. The backs, however, were n
fearful sight. These fellows are to
receive sovcnty-tive lashes, twenty
five each, at three different times,
for violence and robbery and pull
ing earrings out of China girls
cars. -.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-17
Reliab'e e Evidence,

MIR. II. Il. STEVENS
Dear Sir--I will mos, cheer
fnlly add my testimony to
the great number you have
already received in tuv,r Of
your great and good mcdi-
cine. fEcETINE, torI do not
think enough can be said
in its praise, for was troubled
over thirty years with that
dreadful disease, Cntarrh,
and had such bad coug ing
spells TINT it woul seem as
th' ugh l Incvcr could brt atho
any more, and NEGErINE has
cured me; and | do feel to
thank God Mi the time that
there is so good IL mcdicine e as
NEGHTIHE, and l nlso think
it one Of the Lest medicines
for coughs and weak, sinking
feelings at the stomach, and
advise everybody to take the
VEGETINE, for / can assure
them it is ono of the best
medicines that ever was.
MRS. l.. GORE,
Cor. Magazine and Walnut
Streets, Cambridge, Mass.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-17
W E&G VT III E
PURlrIEs TIE BLOOD, RENovATEs AND
&lNyIGORATEs THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
IT'S MEDICAL PROPERTIES
Attentive, Tonic, Solvent and
Uiuretic.

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