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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-04
vEGETINE
regard as a Valuable
IA MILY MEDICIN E.

Mr.. II. r, STgvESs:-
DEAR SIR take pleasure in saying, that I
have used the Negetiue in my family with good
results. and | have known OF several cases of re-
markable cure effected by IT.. | regard It ~ o
valuable falnil; medicine. Truly yours
REV MN. MCDONALD.
The Rev. VIM. Mcdonald is well known
NJ. L. Church.
THOUSANDS S~PEAK-vegetine is acknowledged
and by pavaicitns AMI apntheca-
rles TO b. the best purifier AMI cleanser OF the
blood yet discovered, and THOUSAND speak IN It's
praise who have been restored to health.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-04

Rev. ]. j. CLARKE will order you any
book published, and sell it at publish
er's prices.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-04

ETcag make money faster at work for us than
Z anything else; no capital required; VIC will
start You. Sl2 per day ut home made by the in
dustrious. Men, women. boys and girls wanted
every where TO work for us. Now is the time.
Costly ontlt and terms free. Address TRUE&
. Augusta, III 'lne. apl4-6m
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-04
ELIZA PaxKSrON AGAIN.
She Says Her n~eet"~ning hoard
story Melted kaer s5G0.

NEW IUth. VHHt +"'
Dnriug the counting of the presidcn
tial vote Of Louisiana ia New Orleans,
before the Returning Board statesmen,
in November. 1876, the country WAS
startled by the Introduction, as n victim
of savage democratic bulldozing. OF a
~colore.l woman named Eliza Pinkston.
She has sinced married again, and is
living conf ir.ablv with her second has.
baud in Mississippi. Eliza related
to a Herald reporter that she received
el 500 for her appearance and testl-
m,nv; TINT she was carefully instructed
what to say before the visiting states
men; that though entirely able to wax
she was
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
A Hole in the Sky.

It is an established principle of the
signal service bureau that a storm is
nothing more nor less than a hole in the
atmosphere. The Cincinnati Star says:
"From a recent statement of Sergeant
Bassler, who was lately transferred from
this city to the Chicago signal station, it
appears that a storm center is created by
q heated column of air, which, rising,
produces a vacuum. This originates the
wind storm, and it should be a matter of
some pride to our citizens that the only
complaint against Cincinnati by officers
of the signal service is that we cannot
got up a respectable wind storm"
The dissemination of this "hole in
the air" theory, while it will scientifcal-
~ explain what most people have here
tofore regarded as a very simple occur
renee, will also no doubt work a radical
change in the weather language of our
country. Instead of the very common
expression: 81 think there's a storm
brewing" we may expect to be saluted
in some such manner as: appearances
indicate that a hole in the atmosphere is
being prepared" The customary warn
ing will be, "Look out for the hole in
the air." or "Take care! there is q hole
coming up"
1t appears that these atmospheric
vacuums or storm centres travel in a
circle, beginning at a point in the far
northeast, moving westwardly to the
Rocky mountains, skirting these in a
southerly direction, and then moving
eastwardly again and taking in Chicago.
Cincinnati, however, is so located that she
does not quite lie within that charmed
circle of wind.-Baltimo ore Ne1Us.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
A Tennessee Fight.

The Morristown (Tenn.) Gazette des-
cribes as follows an ARRAY which occurred
in Granger county recently: Mr.. Gabe
Lee, of Hamblen county, who, with his
family, had been visiting at his fathers
home, had horses out, saddled, ready to
return to his home, when two young
men named James and William Leger
came there. One of the Legers mounted
Lees mule, and after some hours per-
suasion was induced to dismount, when
they (the Legers) commenced firing
upon Lee. The Lees retreated into the
dwelling, Gabe Lee wounded in the
neck. Getting an old rife he fired upon
them, wounding one of the Legers.
Then the Legers, after emptying their
revolvers, retreated to reload and re-
turned to the attack, when one Of them
shot Gabe Lee in the side, the ball sup
posed to be lodged in his back. Gabe
Lee then, with the rifle, shot Bill Leger
a center shot in the breast, killing him
instantly. The wounded Leger made
his escape, and up to this writing has
not been captured. During the engage
ment Mrs. Lee, the mother OF Gabe, was
slightly wounded on the side of the
head with a pistol ball, and Pierce Lee,
her husband. was cut in the leg with a
knife. Gabe Lee had seven shots
through his hat, two balls grazing the
top of his head, and a slight cut on the
hand. His condition is considered quite
critical, although the doctor does not
consider his wounds necessarily fatal.
James Leger, who was wounded by Gabe
Lee, it has since been ascertained, was
afterward killed by Henry Jackson, a
constable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Tales of Two Brooklyn Cats.

A resident OF Charles street, Brooklyn,
N. Y, while recently breaking up q
barrel for kindling, gave it a violent
blow with the axe that drove one of the
slaves out, striking squarely between
the eyes a cat that was standing a couple
of feet away. The blow was so forcible
and so precisely delivered that both of
the poor animals eyes were started out
of its head and left hanging on its
cheeks. 1t could not be caught and
killed, as the owner was DESTROYS of
doing, but three days later q neighbor
captured it, and, having an idea that
perhaps the animal's sight could be
saved, with rude surgery put the eyes
back into their sockets. Singular as it
may seem, though one eye is hopelessly
gone the other is feebly sensitive to an
object placed before il. suddenly, and
there are hopes that the cat will recover.
The other Brooklyn cats habitat is
the corner of Hicks and Cranberry
streets. which also is the habitat of a
tribe Of very noisy boys. One of their
latest manifestations was the organiza-
ton of an amateur fire company, having
for an engine a tin pail full of Goals in o
baby carriage. This was hurried toward
an imaginary fire with such a demoniac
clangor and yelling that the cat-kitten,
rather-thinking the end of the world
had come, inflated her tail and scampered
with much agility to q lofty limb of a
tree, where she remained for three days
and three NIGHTS without yentrrinp To
move, completely paralyzed with terror.
At last her humane boy-owner, at the
risk of his neck, clambered up and shook
her from the limb, whereupon she de-,
scended as precipitately as she had
mounted, struck a Ola gait for Fulton
street and Albany avenue, and has not
since been seer or heard Of.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Plenty of Bullets, But No Blood.

The San Francisco brokers seem to
be poor marksmen. Don Carlos But
tertield and John Sevenoaks met in al
elevator car, after quarreling over a
mining speculation. "Don," said
Sevenoaks, very placidly, "you're the
very man I want to kill, but if you amt
heeled I won't shoot you. I don't want
to shoot an unarmed man." Don Carlos
remarked that he didn't care about be-
ing killed just then, and threw mp his
hand. The trigger was pulled, but as
the hammer fell on the other mans
thumb there was no blood shed. They
separated in the lower corridor, Seven
oaks requesting his rival to arm him self
and threatening to shoot him at the
next meeting, Or. in other words, to
draw on him at sight. The next morn
ing they met on the stairway of the
stock exchange and each fired several
shots, chipping the stone and punctur-
ing the walls, but not hitting the other
man. There was a good deal of the
blank-blank business, which is SO inter-
esting in the far Western life, albeit
so m~onotonous in literature, and finally
they were taken out during one of the
early pauses in their profanity and
presented to the police.-New York
Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
A Man With His Sixth Wife.

There now lives in Dakota county, in
this State, says the Saltwater (Minn.
L~umberman, a man who has just mar
ried his sixth wife in st Paul, MINI. He
was born in New Brunswick, married
there, and moved to Minnesota with his
first wife and two children-both girls
in the year 1857, thereabouts. At
Minnesota his wife died, and afterward
one child. Here, a short time after, he
married a widow with one child, q bov.
Moving thence to Stearnes county, he
remains until five children are born, all
girls. One died, and afterward his
second wife. After a lapse of six or
seven months he marries again, a widow
with a boy. This woman is a Hoosier,
and proves too much for him. In less
than two years he gives her 1000 to
grant him a divorce. He obtains it,
starts for Maine, meets with q woman,
separated from her husband but not
divorced, and marries her us soon as the
divorce is obtained. In a year and a
half she dies, leaving no children. No
wise discouraged, after three and one
half years, he marries again-another
Maine widow. Then he returns to
Minnesota, where on the 18th of August
last, his fifth wife passed from the earth,
leaving him another girl. And now her
place is already filed by the sixth
whether maid or widow, we know not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
A Horse With Golden Shoes.

An Edinburgh (Scotland) paper OF a
late date states Yesterday forenoon
considerable excitement and amusement
were created in the n~eighborhood of st.
James Place by the rather novel and ex-
tr~aordinary spectacle of q horse being
shod with gold. The operation, we
understand, was performed by Mr..
Baird, V. S., st. James Place, and the
shoes, which, as well as the nails, are Of
solid gold, half an inch thick, are the
workmanship OF Messrs. Marshal &
Son, 81 George street. The animal,
which is a fine young thoroughbred bay
mare, was purchased about a year ago
from Messrs. P. Moir & Son, Edin-
burgh, for $500 by a Miss Thompson,
and has since that time been the COM
panion of the lady in her travels in
America, and has evidently gained a
nigh place in her affections. Miss
Thompson and her companion left by the
9:20 P. NJ. train last night for London,
and their departure was witnessed by a
large crowd of amused and astonished
spectators.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Information Wanted in Colorado.

The Denver (Col.) Tribune says: fhe
Muldoon (petrifed human being has
arrived in New York and is now on exhi-
bition in that city. Speaking of the
concern and its manner of discovery, the
World says: "Mr.W. A. Conant, the
d%iscoverer, while walking in the dark
some gloom of a Colorado forest, twenty
miles from the habitation of any civilized
men, stumbled over the petrifed big toe
of a fe~l]ow-being, which sprouted up
clear and well defined above the forest
leaves. Mr.. Conant admits frankly chat
he was excited and at the same time
awed. Alone in q Colorado foresi, and
on the clue of petrifed big toe which
was rapidly leading to petriied ankles
and shin bones, with every prospect of
q head at the end of the search" What
we would like to know is, where that
forest is. If some enc could only dis
cover such a forest in the locality in
which the Muldoon was discovered, as is
spoken of by the World, it would be a
greater and far more valuable curiosity
fhsn the Muldocn,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Dent In His Favorite Robe.

The mortuay statistics Of the thole civilized
world show TIT about one-ffth q all mankind
die Of consumtion alone, and he number OF
deaths due to consumption bers a greater
ratio to the while number thar that Of any
other three diseass together. borrower, in
vestigation proves that this rab Is steadily
increasing. Its lncrssing ~prevalece has led to
the popular belief hat consumtion is incur
able. Every year hrdreds Of tese sufferers
seek, in The sunny rereats Of Florida or the
dry atmosphere Of Coleado, fc health-and
find only q grave. The iraueneof the atmos-
phere--ths only remedia. sgst that either
Florida or Colorodo can afsrdtie consumptive
lis at best only palliative. 10 cure Of con-
sumption depends upon tWeasential condi-
tons 1st, the arrest Of the aormal breaking
down ofthe tissues, which prents emaciation
and End, the restoration Of hlthy nutrition,
in order to stop the formation t~uberculous
matter. Fulfill these condition and consump.
tion is IS durable as fever. o fulfill these
conditions the required remedmust increase
the appetite, favor the assimilatn of food, and
enrich the blood, thus retardil the develop.
ment Of tubercles. To accomph this q more
powerful alternative than DR.. Irce's Golden
Medical Discovery has never bn discovered.
At the same time it soothes Ii irritation OF
the nervous system produced byolent cough
ing, which in its turn 80 oftenads to more
serious results. The use Of "pectorants
in consumption is absolutely tcidal. For,
while removing the tubercles aady formed,
they produce yet more serious suits by in
flaming and destroying the sounsnd healthy
tissues. Consumption requires aemedy tina
will seothe while it relieves; hari medicines
but add fuel to the flame that alidy threat
ems to consume the system. The Qden Medi
cal Discovery ful6lls these conditis, and ha'
been pronounced the best remedyet discov
cred to allay and arrest consumptio
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23

The above are the States which show
the greatest number Of saloons, whole
sale liquor dealers cad breweries. These
statistics are compiled from the number
of licenses issued by the government.
and of course do not include the thou
sands of places where liquor is sold
illegitimately.
The total number of licensed saloons
or drinking-places in the United States
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877,
was 164, 598, or calculating from a popu-
laiion of As, 600, 900. n for every 28O
persons. The total number of whole
sale liquor dealers is 1904, brewers,
3,75s; rectifyers, 1880; dlstillers,
1892.
In the District of Columbia there are
more saloons than there are in Colorado,
Dakota, Delaware, Florida, Idaho,
Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire. New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Vermont, Washington Territory, West
Virginia or Wyoming. There are nearly
three times as many saloon keepers IN
the District of Columbia as il t%wo-thirds
of the States and Territories named.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
From the Ohio Farrner.1

Treatment OF SPAWN In horSes.
EDITOR OF Ono FARMER The inquiry Is
often made in our agricultural and family
journals concerning q remedy for spawn.
- Dr.. ]. B. Kendall, Of E%nosburgh Falls, Vt,
some time since, in treating q horse for spawn
in the usual manner, by clustering, finding that
the application produced 80 much soreness and
pain and apparently no good, determined to In
vestigate the matter In order to find a remedy,
if possible, that would produce the desired
effect in a more rational and humane manner.
This result he finally succeeded in accom-
plishing, and the "Kendalls SPAWN Cure" as
It is called, is proving all that could reasonably
have been expected Of it. I have interested
myself particularly in the matter in order te
get at the facts, and find that the remedy viii
e6ectually remove SPAWN and splint in from
five to six weeks time, causing no blistering OF
soreness aud leaving no callous or scar to indi'
cate where the difficulty existed.
This is truly an important discovery IN medi
cal science, and the ease with which it can b
applied and the absence Of suffering to thu
animal treated will commend the remedy tx
the attention Of all. E. R. TowLE.
West Berkshire, vt.
/ We are informed that the "Kendall's Spavi,
Cure" can now be had throughout the countr
t the stores. Circulars will be sent to all sen.
ig their address, which give testimonials
it beneficial effects on horses, by removag
tn enlargements Of all kinds, without bliser-
ins and also working to perfection on MAJ,
LIE following references are given TO the
ben9t Of any desiring to investigate the dects
Of 'Iendall's SPAWN Cure" Rev. o. Bas-
ford, pastor M. E. Church, hyde Pax, Vt;
Charlg L. Currier, special agent for ne Mas.
sachustts Society for the Prevention Of
Crueltyto Animals, Boston, Mass. Joseph
Baker aent for the same Society, Est Boston,
Mass. =. W. Petus, foreman Metropolitan
Horse CaStable, Boston Neck, Mss; E. 4.
Towle, Agricultural editor st. Adams Aessen.
ger, West srkshire, vt. Thos. 0Connor, chief
engineer Fe Department, Now Orleans, La.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Fishing Extraordinary.

Not long ago, in the North Midlands,
the host of a fishing inn offered six
prizes, ranging from e24 to "a, to be
hshed for, and his friends provided ITO
additional bats for the angler. The
competitors, who had to pay 3s. Cd. en-
trance each, numbered no fewer than
500, and they were stationed at twelve
yards apart the array of fishermen thus
occupying q distance along the waterside
of three miles and q half. The day
being a suitable one for fishing, the
aggregate of fish taken was very large,
the winner of the first prize scoring
nineteen pounds mi and one-half
ounces. The arrangement was perfect,
and everything passed off we'll, without
any unseemly wrangling. Since the
great event just recorded. an interesting
contest took place on the Lea. Two
hundred and seventy six anglers en-
tered for a great roach match, and the
day being unfavorable, the winner got
the first prize of G40 with thirteen and a
halfounces of fsh-thus worth four
ffths of their weight in gold.-AN the
Year Round
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Stalking a Tiger.

An exceedingly clever stalk of a tiger
was made some time back by a native
hunter Of India. The shikari saw the
beast asleep under the shade of a large
tree on the side of a tank, and found no
prospect Of getting a shot from the land
side. So he had recourse to the follow.
ing expedient He waded from the OPP
posite bank, gun in hand above the
water, which was breast high, With q
long cord fastened to his waist, the other
end of which remained in the hands of q
confederate on the bank confronting the
tiger. When he had got noiselessly
within twenty PAGES Of the sleeping
beast, he delivered his shot, and was i'm
mediately jerked violently back under
water by his partner. It turned ont
that there was no need Of this excessive
caution, for one hn'l.t had done tho
business,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Foreign News.
Power Of the Hand.

It may be going too for to say that man
may Judge the character of his fellow
man by the manner in which he "shakes
hands," But there is certainly a signi6-
canoe in those busy members of the body
which "he who runs may read" The
creator of Uriah Heep has taught us not
to trust the owners of limp, moist hands
which close cordially on nothing save
their own possessions. Says a common
tator on this subject: "It is the touch
of a hand at a greeting which warns or
chills my heart, and makes me know to a
certainty how much or how little I shall
like the person before me. If the fingers
close about my own with a short, quick,
convulsive grasp, I know that he will
snap, snarl, and finally quarrel, and that
the least that I have to do with tAe
owner of those willy dig1ts, the better off
I shall be. If q nervous, cold hand
glides into my own, and seems disposed
to lie there, without life, I know that my
happiness would be nothing in that
awful palm. But if the hand grasps
yours and holds it firmly, in strong,
warm fingers, you are safe in c%ultivating
the friendship of the owner. These
human hands From the beginning OF
life they play an important part"
All the greatness of earth has laid IN
the hollow Of the hand. The books, the
music, the pictures, the wonders OF
architecture, the i%ntricacies of mechan-
ism, the mysteries of science and the
government of the countries, with all
their godlike beauties of color, sound,
symmetry, usefulness, progression and
wisdom, have lain within a human hand.
The highest aspirations and %realizations
of the brain are brought to light through
the hand, and the tenderest love and
charity OF the heart make the hand theil
dispensator. They can be tender minis:
tiers of comfort and peace, yet as crueI
and full of venom as the bite Of an asp.
And with all their power. with all
their charities, their tender touches
their mischief-they are folded at last
and those who speak of us tell OF the
closing of the eye and the folding Of
hands as part OF u going away
North american.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
A Girls Horrible Death.

The Pittsburg PENN Commercial
says An accident occurred on Saturday
at the Valley Paper Mill, at Verona, on
the Allegheny Valley railroad. A
young woman named Mary Ann Collins,
who had been employed in the mill
three or four years, had been assigned
to q new position in the second story, in
which there is a large trap-door i'm
meiiately over a vat on the ground floor.
Miss Collins had been called from
another part of the room to assist in
dumping q box of rags. She started to
answer the CALL. and walked into the
hatchway, which was obscured by steam
arising from the vat OF boiling water and
v:trol. She was precipitated directly
into the vat, and must have died very
speedily. In three minutes after she
fell her body was taken out scsldsd
whitss She was sixteen years Of age.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Old Times in the Senate.

One of the three survivors OF the
United States Senators who served with
Clay, Benton, Webster, and Wright
during the administrations of Harrison,
Tyler, and Polk, is Daniel Sturgeon, OF
Pennsylvania, who spoke 80 little that
he gained the sobriquet Of "The Silent
Senator" OF Calhoun and Clay, he
said the other day, that they were very
friendly and familiar in their personal
intercourse. Or one occasion Calhoun
made a speech, in which he was very
severe upon Clay. When he had fin:
ished, the latter went to get a pinch OF
snuff from Calhoun, and having it, said,
Your argument was not so strong as
your snuff and thus it was generally in
those days ; the asperities of debate
were soon forgotten, and the bitterest
political adversaries took snuff together
after the heat of debate had subsidized"
One of MI. Surgeons friends was Blu
ohanan, and he has in his possession
a letter from the ex-President, written
in 1868, in which Buchanan says: 81
never doubted that the people would at
last do me justice, and although I may
not live to witness it, I shall die in this
hope. This has rendered me compare
lively tranquil and content in retire
ment, and all the abuse of which 1 have
been the object
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-01-23
Strange Noises,

On a distant island in the Bay of Ben
gal, according to q German scientific
Journal, there is phenomenon known as
the Barisal Guns, which is often heard
at the beginning of rain, and is like the
sound of firing of cannon. 1t seems to
have no connection with the season, and
sometimes comes from the north, some
times from the south or southwest. Mr..
Beveridge, who has collected some data
on the subject, comes to the conclusion
that these sounds are atmospheric and
connected in some way with electricity.
Horne, in his report on the villages
of the Himalayas, describes exceedingly
powerful noises heard in the early morn
ing among the highest mountain peaks,
which can neither be ascribed to avalan-
ches, nor be otherwise explained by the
natives. Above the town of Koimbator,
in Madras, at ia elevation of 4,0UO feet,
is O pond from which the Lirivani
springs, and which the natives carefully
shun, because frightful noises rise out OF
it and roll away among the hills. The
pond is very deep. Some of the phe-
nomena may be of electric, some of vol
oop;o pat,1ra