The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-09-17

The Palmetto Iesnarl recently stated that
Elder Thomas Dawson, OF Pendleton, was a
veteran of Waterloo. Our contemporary has
made q mistake, but one which has been cur
rent among the friends Of Bro. Dawson for
many years. He was a lieutenant In the Brit
ish army when the battle of Waterloo was
fought, but he was not In that engagement,
for the reason that he was detached upon re.
c%rulting service, n was awaiting. q transfer
TO East India by arrangement with q brother
offi The exchange was never made, how
ever, and hen the Peninsular war closed
| Bro; Dawson was retired upon half-pny, In
| coiiseouenceof the consolidation OF his battal.
ion with another. We obtained these facts in
O recent conversation with the veteran soldier
of the Cross. who Is now III his goth year
Boptit Courier.
JAY GouLD.-The Columbus Enquirer, no
ting the recent contribution Of Jay Gould to
the Memphis sufferers, Of $i,0O and the prom
ise of more, if needed. makes these points
jay Gould processes no friendship for our
people. His money Is sent for their deliver;
ance from suffering, disease and death. Gould
has Il family. The whole South voted for TIL
den for the highest Office In the land. He Is
worth millionsand is q bachelor. Last yeai
the afflicted yellow fever sufferers appealed d.! tt
Does anybody wan to vote for such q blood
less fossil ug in? What q contrast exists be.
tween the Spectator and theselfish, bloodless
politician"
WHEN You CAN KILL BIRDS. - In order
that non of our sportsmen may ignorantly
Violate the game laws by shooting birds Out
OF season, we append an extract from the Ia
on the subject, which we trust all VIII ref,
"Fronl and after the passage OF this Asn.
shall not be lawful for any person whGnre
any wild Turkey, Partridge, Snipe or,nmd the
cock, between the 18th day OF Aprilbnr nv Violin.
18th day of October" The penalt;cynt "
ting the law Is Il fine and imprisor.S.
1t is stated that one result three feet
storm at Beaufort was to incrGs made last
| the water on the bar. Soundse,1,er showed
Saturday. says the Raleigh, e feet: at high
the depth Mt low water to-
water, q. IN ,ro,,, ho s,a
1t is estimated that Son" from Columbia to
cieht 10 EpeH po mTruassand there Is no calcu-
lating the benefiycr'
country along thhboo,, suhsor,hod for M chill.
over Sl,2oO na> Hood in Atlanta, and the
dren OF uenegcarcely commenced.
h0Senient ~ accustomed to read the news
YOUNG la!re to possess winning manners
papers nreolc dispositions; and Invariably
m m9St @'a wives.
SPARTANDURG LYNcHING.-The Re
Ii Herald Of Richmond, Va, In speaking
aale S~partanburg Lynching. among other
Sings, says: Coco men may have been en-
jagged in the murder. There Is no telling
what they may do In times Of public excite,
lIiCHL. WI ColICepOuOGlb lIOIlIl u IiltL
deacOnS were concerned In the affair.
We can only say that we are glad that we
have not to receive the communion at their
blood-stained hands.
THE WHOLE BUSINESS IS ErrLE AT
LAST.-Grant Is q candidate. His whole Jour-
ncy Is part OF the programme. Every word
he utters In China Is as much Intended to i'll
f1ucnce that nomination rs any speech made
by John Sherman In Ohio. All this humbug
about Grant not desiring a third term is the
veriest bosh. He is to-day as anxious and
eager for { third term rs any candidate ever
for the flrst.-&. Louis Post Dispatch.
An lows lady took her little child into q |
cemetery for the first time, and upon showing
him the marble figure Of q lamb upon q grave
was Mt once appalled, and delighted to hear
him cxclaln, II suppose an old sheep Is bur-
led there"
The multiplicity OF advertising lodges is
becoming irksoIheto advertisers, and they are
settling down to the conviction that newspa-
pers arc AFTER all the cheapest and best medi-
um.-SprifUaeid Republican.
A miller in Halliday, Illinois, who lost
hOgSfrom cholera, he's found that dry
bran, slightly sailed, IL good remedy for It. III
the hogs reuse TO eat It starve them until they
do. Another farmer claims that If hogs arc
given what salt they need in u clean pasture
1t will have the desired effect.