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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15
South Carolina Investigation.

On the 27th Of January testimony OF
witnesses from Richland County was taken
John Beattie, colored Democrat, testified
that he was told by colored Republicans
that every colored Democrat ought to be
hung or burned. Andrew johnson, col.
ored Democrat, had been threatened,
abused and beaten by colored Republicans
on account Of his politics, and his children
driven from school. James Minus, colored
had been cursed aud scorned, and his chill.
dren Kissed at because he was Democrat.
He had been shot in the face, and his head
was broken. Dick Wallace, colored, had
beeen cursed and threatened by colored
Republicans, who also knocked down a
building on his place Jim Taylor, col
ored, was attacked near Columbia by three
colored Republicans, wEo tore of his red
shirt and stole his hat. Other attemp s
were made to do him bod y injury.
Edward Perry, printer, of Charleston
was put on the stand, aud swore that he
printed one thousand Republican tissue
tickets for f.. w. NJ. Mackey, Republican
candidate for Congress at the last election.
At Charleston, on the 26th, VIM. Riley
(colored), Republican, from Barn well, test
fed that the night before the election he
was taken from his house by band of
white and colored men, tied to a tree, and
severely beaten, because he was a Repub.
lican.
Fred. Nox (colored), Republican, of the
same county, testified that he was assaulted
by Democrats at a meeting at Blackville,
October IL, who insisted on division OF
time, and that colored Democrat fired mt
Congressman Sma'ls, who was also pre.
vented from leaving The place that night.
On the other side, Thomas III. Moses, col.
ored Democrat, testified that "A majority OF
the colored people in the thickest section
of the county were Democrats.
j. f.. Steelman, white Democrat, testified
there Yves no disturbance at the Black willie
meeting: that Smalls consented to n
division of time, and that on election day
everybody voted freely,
j. l.. Izlar, Mayor OF Blackville, confirm ed
this testimony, and testified the Republi-
cans Endorsed the whole Democratic ticket,
except two candidates for the Legislature
j. Bellinger, colored Democrat testified
that William Riley was VIGOROUSLY bad
character whom he would not believe on
oath. At the poll where witness was on
election day, in Hampton County, most of
the colored people voted the Democratic
ticket
The Teller Committee adjourned on the
29th January to meet in Washington on
the following Monday. The testimony
was in many respects similar to that
previously given. Two Republicans testi.
fed that Georgetown County was given to
the Democrats by throwing out Republican
votes on account of alleged informalities.
X. Smith, colored Democrat, was positive
that over three thousand colored men in
Charleston voted the Democratic ticket at
the late election.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

Don't let the blood stagnate in your veins.
You can prevent its doing so by increasing
it's volume and purity, by stimulating the
digestive organs, and encouraging assinila-
ton, with that matchlsss vitalizing agent,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. People not
afflicted with any organic or inorganic dis.
ease, grow van and haggard simply because
their blood is thin, watery, deficient in nOur.
ishing properties aud so meager in quantity
that the extremities are very imperfectly
supplies with il, and the superficial circula-
ton extremely feeble. Hence the blOodless
appearance OF the countenance. But when
the Bitters are used 10 enrich aud quicken
the blood, the rosy hue OF health returns to
the cheek, the frame acquires substance as
well IA vigor, the appetite improves, and no
digestive qualms interfere either with its
qualification or the subsequent tranquility
of the stomach
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

ferred. The majority Of the Committee on
Privileges and Elections reported in favor
OF Corbin, of South Carolina, in the Butler
Corbin contested election case. The minor
ity reported in favor OF Butler. Consider
alton of Edmunds's resolutions concerning
the validity OF certain constitutional
amendments was resumed, but no action
taken. An unfavorsble report was made on
the bill TO return certain collected revenue
taxes to Faran & Mclean, Cincinnati.
......... House-The Army Appropriation Bill
was considered in Committee OF the Whole,
and debated at length. An evening session
was held, devoted to the bill for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi River.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15
a NIcL NenntoI.

The excessive corpulency of certain
United States Senator has long been the butt
OF editorial wit aud spicy bon iaOts from tn
pens OF Washington correspondents. Few
disease, and liable to prove fatal. Yet thi.
is the sad fact. Excessive fairness is not nly
a disease in itself, but one liable 10 generate
other and more serious ones. Chemistry
has Mt last revealed a safe, sure, and reliabl,
remedy for this abnormal condition of tn,
ystem in Allan's Anti-Fat. Distinguis h ed
chemists have pronounced il not only harm
less but very beneficial to the system while
remedying the diseased condition. Sold 10y
druggists
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

TEE editor of the Detroit Free Pres,
mad because he has TO work for a
living, objects to honey bees laying of
during the winter months, and calls for
a species of bee that will work all win
ter, and give US spring honey. Itwould
not be in accordance with the eternal
fitness of things. Leaves have their
time to fall and flowers 10 wither at the
north winds breath, and the season for
honey bees TO get in their work is when
people wear linen pants. - oil City
DerricE
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

MALIGNANT AND SUBTLE INDEED is the
poison OF Scrofula, and terrible are its raw.
ages in the system. They may however, be
permanently stayed and the destructivevirus
expelled from the circulation with SEQ.
Wills BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, q potent
vegetable detergent which eradicates all
skin diseases. leaving no vestige of them
behind. White swelling, salt rheum, letter,
Assesses, liver complaint, and eruptions of
every description are invaribly conquered
by it. Druggists sell
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

tory. The export Of grain from Poland will
suffer severely from this restriction. THE
Roumanian Government are discussing the
expediency OF prohibiting the transit OF
Russian provisions sent to victual the
Balkan army......A Vienna dispatch to the
London Daily Telegraph says a party Of in.
surgent Arabs attack ed caravan near He'd
jaK and killed six hundred persons.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

A DIME, a nickel, and penny were
found in the crop of Montpelier rooster
last week. The cat of resident of
East Berlin, Me-, swallowed "a SIS gold
piece, and the village butcher offered
$3.50 for her. While Mr.. James Ruby,
of Bartonia, Indiana, was feeding his
hogs he dropped his pocket-book among
them, and ere he was aware of his loss
they had contracted the currency 1894.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

For upwards Of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with never-failing success. II cor.
reefs acidity OF the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrhea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. 25 cts bottle
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

The Mason d Hamlin Organ Co. are pro-
ducing superb instruments at very low
prices; not much more than prices of poor.
est organs. Highest honors at every world s
exhibition for many years, and two highest
awards at the last and greatest at Paris, this
year, tell the story their superiority
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

The belted Josephine corsage, the cor
set basque, and the corsage with long
points back and front, are all worn for
evening toilets with low, square necks.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

THROAT AFFECTION AND HoARsENESs.-
All suffering from Irritation otihe Throat and
HodrseneSs will be agreeably surprised at the
almost immediate relief afforded by the use
of I" Brolon's bronchial Troches" rs cts. a
box
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15
MASON & HAMIIN CABINET ORGANS.

demonstrated beet by HIGHEST HONORs AT ALL
WORLDS EXECUTIONS foR TWELVE YEARS;
fmiLADELSHIA, lslei PA6Is, 1875; aud GsASD swED-
awarded highest honors atany such. Sold for cash
ar instalments Illustrated Catalogues and Circulars
wi new styles and prices sent free. MASON HAN
LIN OnGAN Co. BOSTON. NEW YORK. or CHIoAso.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15
SELL TEIE FARM.

you farm, let IL known
will In
weekly newspapers papers
choice Of separate containing
100 each, four lines all small lists
week in all six lists combined papers
lists papers by
1OOpage pamphlet Newspaper
Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce Street, lew York
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15

INDIANAPOLIS. - Flour - Fancy A, s505 so
family S4@4 40 Grain Wheat, No. red winter,
Oats, white Western, 22G231sc.: mixed Western, 22
221zo. Rye, No. 2, A9Ac. Bulk Meats-Creen
shoulders, sc; clear rib sides, &c lard prime
6JSmTc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-15
STOCK MARKETS.

CIHCINHATI.-Boef Csttle-CommOn, 2d1Jzc.
fair % medium 21z@21zc. good TO choice butohe
grades, 85<@f4Oc.; fair 70 good shippers, 45<a41<c
feeders and stOckers, 21z@3%c. Hogs Common
~ 90 30 fair 70 good right, SS S5@S t6; fair +
good packing grades, 90 6O88 49, and selecte,
fair, S94o., and good 10 choice, 41z@51zc. pc
Ii. gross
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
A MiIIionaire's Mansion.

The Santa Clara Valley Mill and Lum-
ber Company is now engaged In prepar-
ing the woodwork tor the finish OF
James Floods mansion at MEMO Park.
This company secured the contract Tor
the outside and inside furnishing, and
all this work is being done in San Jose.
There has never been done in this State
work of the same beauty and finish, nor
of the same quality. In the spring, Mr.
Blaine, the foreman, went East ana Sc
cured the wood to be used, the greater
norton of which cost at least one dollar
per foot. 1t consists principally OF rose
wood, mahogany, birdseye maple, SATIN,
white holly and oak. These woods are
cut and polished at the mill, engaged In
which task alone there are over seventy
five men, embracing the best wood ar
tisans on the coast. All the woods are
highly polished, some SO beautiful and
bright that they act in the capacity oi
| a mirror. As an evidence OF the ele-
gance of this work, a few OF the parts
of the residence to be finished are given
and the manner and style in which the
work is to be done: The main floor
and staircase are to be finished in bright
mahogany, the reception and drawing
rooms in polished satin wood, the IL
brary in black and gold cherry, the
music-room in rosewood, the dining
room and abilliard-room in polished
/ black walnut, chambers and boudoir IN
birdseye maple. the rear of the second
story in Prima Versa wood. and blinds
of white holly. There never came into
! this State before such elegant and costly
varieties of woods. AllA parts OF the
i world have furnished their contribu-
tions. The work has been done slowly
and carefully, entirely completed at the
mill so as to be put in place as soon re,
ceived at the building. 1t will be hve
or six months before all the work Is
completed Jose (Cal.) Mercury.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12

The statement is made that but seven
instances of cremation have occurred
in the United States, SO far as known.
The first was that of Colonel Henry
Laurens. a member of the military iarr-
ily of Gen. Washington, and n great
fayorite- of our first president hls
body was cremated in South Carolina IN
1896. The second was that OF another
South Carolinian. Henry Barry, who
lived AID was cremaied in the vicinity
of Marion. The third was the Baron
de Palm, cremated in the furnace erected
by DIR. LIE Moyne, in Washington, Ia,
in December, 1876. The fourth was
that of DIR. Winslow, of California, ere
mated in Salt Lake City in temporary
furnace erected by his command by the
administrators of his estate. The nj n
was the child of Julius Kirche- in his
own furnace in New York city in the
fall of 1877. The sixth was that OF Mrs
Jane Pitman, of Cincinnati, in the ere
matory at Washington, Pa. in February,
1878. Since that time more than sixty
applications were made to the late DR.
LIE Moyne for prospective cremation,
which were declined, for the reason that
Ii was not intended to be followed as a
business, and for the further reason That
he constructed his crematory at WASH
ington, Pa, solely for the incineration
of his own body, which intention was
carried into effect, under his viii. ,rs.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
BOYS, Games in San Francisco.

Boys on this side ofthe American con-
tinent-and very wide continent it is,
about 5000 miles across-will be glad TO
learn something of the games that the
San Francisco boys play away over on
the other side, along the Pacific ocean.
The San Francisco Chronicle, the other
day, sent out reporter to interview
the boys about their games, and the re-
porter wrote column. He found that
kite-fying comes first in the early
spring. Then comes marbles-which
game lasts for six weeks. Next tops
are brought out, and the tops spin in
every street and park through August
and September. Baseball and other
kinds of ball, such as football and
rounders, are played from May to De
cember. Archery is a play in July,
August, September and October. Some
of the boys use slings in April. May and
June. Velocipedes are used in summer
and sleds, ofscourse.s in ::winter. Leap
| frog, mumbly-pegse hoops, stilts and
shindy are popular all the year round.
Tops cost ten cents apiece; balls 81. and
bows from 81 to $50.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
Yassamo and the Dove.

The Indians who, not many years ago,
lived where we are living now. had
some pretty stories. An old gentleman
Illinois, senus olfO'o-,------ - -.I.a c.AAAaf
to the Detroit Free Press. The old gen
tleman heard the story when he was
bow from an Indian chief. The chief
said that birds, with plumes of gold,
used to fly through the woods on the
banks of the Wabash river. The birds
looked like gold, except at the tips oil
the wings, where there was tnge OF
rose color, and they were the JOY OF the
red mans heart. 1t was Indian sum-
ner one year, when Wassamo, boy,
stood at the door of his fathers wigwam
feathering arrows. Looking upward,
Wassamo saw one of the birds OF gold
sailing round and round in the blue SKY.
An evil thought came TO Wassamo, and
fixing an arrow to mis- bow he sent the
shaft speeding toward the bird. The
arrow flew true to its aim until it had
nearly entered the birds breast, when
gust of wind pusued it aside. Curses
on the north wind" said Wassamo, and
fixed another arrow. But the north
wind again and again pushed the arrows
aside until the bad boy had only one
left. This he sent upward with the
strength of rage and the arrow Just
grazed the beautiful birds breast. A Y
at once the bird lost its gold and turned
the color of the turtle dove, whiehslt
retains to this day. AS for Wassamo.
hardly had he shot the lastarrow before
a fierce whirlwind whistled down from
the north and, catching the boy, bore
him away, never to return.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12

Professor: s Now, 4 ask ypps AZ 4 PSae u
,tical miner, what tspade DO you tbink issss
he very best? Third year man (scor1i-
fully): why. the ace. of course" SEN
sation.-Acta Colunsbiassa-
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
Picture Era1anes,

Made to order at the shortest notice and on
the most reliable terms. Call and see me.
R. N. BETS, Sandy Hook, Conn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
John and Elizabeth.

Two tired heads, two tired hearts,
Laid low and deep, together
Beneath the selt-same lid they sleep,
The very self-same watch they keep,
Together in the earth, down deep
Above them blooms the heather.
Three-score years and more ago
They were two children, playing here,
In those shining meadows there,
With other flowers, like these as fair
They played and lived without care
They grew together year by year.
Ihree-score years, nay less, ago,
His hand clasped hers in mute request;
She told him Eyes," in glances fleet,
His lips sought hers in kissings sweet;
They two were wed in love complete;
With love they lined their little nest.
Three-score years, nay less, ago,
God gave them children five, one more;
Some had his and some had her face.
All grew strow in might aud grace
All grew great in love apace-
Bat all their children went before.
In peace they lived, unknown OF wrath
With little homely cares and Joys,
And plowing there and sowing here,
And laughing quick away tear,
And teaching them their God to fear
So bringing up their girls and boys
But just to see them, one by one,
Carried out over the old door-stone,
just to hear them and love them well,
And, when they're grown, to hear the
bell
Ring them out of sight with knell--
So, to be lett together, alone.
Four closed eyes, four ice-cold hands,
Clasped close in safest death;
They lived together, died the same.
She could not outlive his name,
He accounted her his fame
"John and his wife, Elizabeth"
Marguerite F. .4ymar, tn Home Journal.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12

Mrs. Mary Avery, of Honesdale, Pike
county, Pa, will not easily be induced
to go near swamp again, if ever she
consents to do SO at all. She has just
passed eight days in one, and will find
that to suffice, no doubt, for the rest of
her life. Her adventure was SO odd and
painful and nearly fatal as it was-so
grotesque as to invest it with particular
and noteworthy interest.
The lady had been visiting some
friends at place called Rowlands, not
far from Honesdale, and she set out to-
ward evening to walk home. Unfor-
tunately he missed her way and wa
overtaken by the darkness. While
seeking to discover her whereabouts
Mrs. Avery got into what is known as
:" Link Swamp" in Lackawaxen town
ship. All in an instant, as it seemed to
her, she began to sink into the ground.
She cried for help, but she was far away
from any house, and no wayfarers
CHANGED that way to see and extricate
her. Then she made violent struggles
to emerge, but these only served to sink
her deeper in the bog. Finally, when
plunged to her knees in the inexorable
mire, she ceased to strive to get out and
deliberately considered her situation.
She was surrounded by timber, out of
sight and out of hearing of any human
being. She had no food and no means
of getting any. 1t was pitch dark, and.
for aught she knew, wild animals might
assail her in the night. She seemed to
be sinking slowly but surely still deeper
in the treacherous mud, and her doom,
if not to starve, was probably to perish
by suffocation. H
Wonderful to say, Mrs. Avery sur
vived in this perilous situation for one
hundred and ninety-four hours. She
managed to avoid descending further
into the swamp, although quite unable
to make progress in il. She contrived to
get hold of some birch-bark that grew
on bushes within her reach, and by eat
ing this to avoid starvation. She
quenched her thirst by drinking the
dirty water in which she stood. By
slight but continual movements she
kept her blood from stagnating. and
which is perhaps most remarkable thar
all, she retained her mental faculties
unimpaired during the whole period O
her terrible Imprisonment. On the
eighth day her deliverance came in the
shape of wandering hunter, who found
her nearly at deaths door, but whc
succeeded in rescuing her alive from the
| swamp. She was taken to the neares
house, which is three miles distant
Mban .,Iu ur ink Immediately provlded
Mrs. Avery will recover. it is said, s.
far as bodily conditions go, but it
feared that she will be a permanen
mental sufferer from the dreadful ordea
she has undergone.
1t is probable that numbers OF un
happy persons have first and last die
by being caught in swamps, and this ha
proved to be the fact more than once @
late with little children who hav
strayed from their homes; but we hav
heard of no instance wherein a perso
so overtaken has passed more than
week in so shocking plight and ha
lived afterward in robust health to te
the tale e.-New York EUeuiaq Post.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST. 4
To raze a house-lower it.

To raze house-lower it.
The champion reaper--Advertislng.
What would prevent old maids from
despairing? Echo answers-Pairing.
The imperial family of Japan is in
descent the Oldest in the world. 1t goes
back in a tlirect line to $50 years B. G.
Why is an old man more easily robbed
than young onep Give itup. Well,
then, because his locks are few and his
gait is generally broken.
There is young lady on Olive street
who follows the fashions SO closely tina.
she will not eat oysters unless they are
scalloped.-&. Louis Spirit.
Mary Dean, who made her entry into
Indiana six years ago in a Bloomer cos
tune, with a revolver displayed at her
belt, and became public speaker on
woman's rights, now retires to a prison
as thief.
| A lady and her daughter in Chicago,
who rented some land for beer garden
and were seen to drink a glass of beer
there, have been expelled from the Meth
odist church that they belonged to by
vote of nine TO six.
There is touching beauty in the pale
wild rose that grows by the dusty way
side, half choked with thistle-down;
but it is all lost upon the man who
breaks both his back suspender-buttons
when he stoops to pluck it,. HasOkeye. 4
\ cd Il =
pronounced it dismal. What do you
mean by calling that dismalp' er
claimed the teacher. "'Cause it is,
answered the boy. Its dismal frac-
tions. All fractions are dismal. There
isn't a bit of fun in any of 'em,"
\ The spelling reform in France
i g Waiter, my BILL" Here tits, sir.
There's a mistake in it, examining il
4 with ruffied brow. What is itP'
"You have put .cotelette with only ont
st." :" Let me correct it." The waiter
takes the bill in his hands, adds to it
One tea, eighty centimes."
! He was six. feet high, had light eye
and hair, and mustache. He had on !,
suit of blue flannel and a light soft ha
and buttoned CATERS apparently abou
twenty years of age. He came in yes
terday and told us the dictionary is
pronounced success. His friends vii
please ask for the remains. .-New Yorl
Star. a
In Luttich, Germany, a new kind o
sport has been invented. Thirty
cats were taken in sacks TO place TWEEN
ty-four miles distance from the tow
and turned loose at two o'clock in th
afternoon. The winner OF the singula
race that followed arrived home at .4e
, and within twenty -four hours every ca
had returned to its own heartnstone.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-11-12

A student of Shurtleff College, in Mis-
souri,, was SO, utterly exhausted after
playing ball match a few days ago
that at night he could not sleep. After
tossing about in his bed for several hours
he seated himself upon trunk by his
bedroom window. The fresh air quieted
him and he soon fell asleep. When he
rcgained consciousness he was lying on
the ground, having fallen out OF four
story window, His leg was broken ana
his body was terribly bruised, but hls
wounds were not fatal.