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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
They Sold Telephones.

lie tried to cut me, sergeant. He's got
knife somewhere about his clothcs.'
Wcll, now, that's fine way to talk un't
IL! Look at me, sergeant. I'm cut, amt II
Aud cut bad, aintI? And is he cut? Wei,
| guess not.
Wei, just hold Oh, said Scrgt liayhurst,
Of the Third district, 'and let me hear one
OF you at time. Now, you man with Il
cut oves your eye, what's your name?"
William Gray
whats your b,lsincss?'
1-wcll, sell telephones,
We'll, how did you get cut p
well, that man there smashed me in the
head with chair and his partner smash ed
me, and between the two think they in
tended to kill ne
Now what's your name y
William Franzcll.'
What is your line OF busincss?'
4 sell telephones
well, what have you got to sayl
THAT man had knife aud he tried to
carve me with it. or course I did't want
anything like that, so kept him away
llow did you keep him away2'
'rho best way could
Did you do it with chair2'
NO, Stree
Another officer came i'll ut this juncturc
accompanied by short, stout, young man.
THAT'S him, said Gray; 'hcs the man
that smashed me-.
Smashed who2' said the newcomer; &
guess not.
guess yes, said Gray.
whats your name? SAID the sergeant,
al. Lewis
whats your businras:'
'fm in the tclcphol, business?'
'What do you know about the row.
You see We three were partners in the
telephone business We fell out. Some
body had to get hurt. | wasn't the man
Search them, said the sergeant They
were searched. In the pocket of each was
found silk thread enough to reach from here
to the Gulf of Mexico, and Il thousand and
one pieces of tin, together with few cir
culars which said, tFor tho small sum Of Il
dime we will insure you IL perfect system
OF telephone communication,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
Indian TOMS Last Hunt,

There was brave, big hearted set of
follows among the mountains Of Josephine
Co., Oregon, in early times, They were a
rough, perhaps, but soft as women when n
comrade was in distress, and as intrepid as
soldiers OF the Old guard when in dangerous
situations. 1t needed rough, bold men in
those days for the times were rough, and
many story is related of the manner in
which they stood shoulder to shoulder for
mutual protection. Illinois riAcr, below
Kcrbyville, was the widest and most mac
ccssible part Of the country, but gold in
paying quantities had been found on 1t, and
in 1862, Notwithstanding the mountains
through which 1t ran, were favorltc resort
for Indians, many of the boys continued to
work on it: One Of tho strongest parties
was located on tho "Pccrsoll" bar, and one
of the number being Alcck W, a great
strapping Western man, 1.-THE as cat,
steady and unerrlng in his aim, always
carrying "pass" for red skin in his rifle,
and gaining the credit of making many
"gooP" Indian. Aleck was terror, to them;
their trails were unsafe and frequently abo-
riginW visitors to the Pccrsol camp, lost
their reckoning and never returttcd. After
the close of hostilities between tho whites
| and Indians, the latter often visited the
camp, sometimes hunting deer for tho boys,
and were generally treated fairly, rs they
deserved to be. On one occasion, '.black,"
named Tom, belonging to tho Rogue river
tribe, a sulky, ill-favored wretch, demand
cd Alexis gun for hunt, which was re-
fused, tho owner saying he wanted to hunt
on the next day himself. Tho Indian was
offended and inclined to be sauoy, the re.
suit was he was driven out of camp in an
angry mood, flinging at Aleck as he went
such IN angry glance as only arcdsEin can
give. The menanco was instantly recogni-
zed, but tho old hunter said nothing.
Starting up tho mountain on the west side
Of the river the next morning, with tho
snow two feet deep, Aleck hunted steadily
and faithfully till noon. Usually successful
he ncvor was In such ill-luck, but still he
labored on IN hopes of getting sight of a
deer. Finding ho was above the ttsgn,"
he made detsur which took him Iconstd-
crably down tho mountains, ana then ewing
ing round he crossed his own track made
during the forenoon In tho deep snow.
There was a illocassin print In 1t. Tic sit
uation at once flashed on the mind OF the
hunters; Indians never followed the tracks
| of another hunter expecting to find game,
and he once realized that It was himself
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
A STORM AT THE SEASHORE.

AGown along tho pebbly shore
wa ohed the sea gulls flying:
While way off in tho distant fore
Tho western sun was dying.
The ashen hue-hccked clouds o'erhoad
Swift through the air won't cleaying.
Whilo On the oceans piacid bed
Tho waves began uphoaviug.
Full soon tho ebon hue of night
Began the sky oerwreathng:
And nature seemed filed with alright,
Marked by her laborod breathing.
Anon. bursts forth the doleful sound
The harbor's awful moaning;
And Garth, and sea, and sky--all round,
With agony seem groaning.
Quick through the pail hung DER tho sky
Tho lightning dart Is flashing:
While 'galnst the beach, and rocks 30 high,
The wavos are madly dashing.
Hark! what sound breaks on tho air!
The thunder's loud omplaining;
While with foroa that comes but raro,
In torrents now-'tis raining.
The morning mists begin to break
On shore 30 whitley cleaning;
While oceans stormy crested wake
With placid smiles is beaming.
Above, tho sun pours down each ray
Through clouds OF snowy whitenossi
While here below a peIfcct day
Assures lis Of its brightness.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03

WHEN Pat Orion leaves h!s! shop on
buslness he posts this ambiguous not
ice on the door:--Not lost but back be
d fsS3tt} ~ Fr1@f 's 'tt 5hE #4t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
THE Kidding SIMMER.

When the first May morning brought with it Ice
a good inch thick, it was looked upon by the
weatEcrwiso as an odd freak even for this season
of surprises But whatever check the year received
by this untilnely frost has been more than over
borne by tho genial days which have succeeded.
From among the apple blossoms comes the musical
mumur of the bees in full chorus, and in the
meadows the bobolink is bubblng over in an ecstasy
Of glee These are sounds that suggest the leafy
month of June while the cattle feeding in the pas
lures give evidence that the fields can onco be
trusted to yield of their abundance. To the farmer
this is a most definite step forward. AS soon as he
is relieved from foddering" and can muster faith
TO turn out" he finds himself resting on "a new
sustaining force. The year of grace 1880 never
comes III earnest while the gaTnered stores Of 1879
must DO depended on, and this welcome change
from hay to grass" is the realization Of what has
been far-rcmoved hope through all the long nights
of Winter.
But this assurance of green fields is a comfort to
many another than the farmer and his eager herds.
Not only are the grasses the substantial basis of the
heal h and wealth of the grazing belt of the tempe
rate zone but the soft carpetng of hills and fields
Is an element of beauty in the landscape which is
Indispensable in itself and which heghtens tho
effect of every other. The jewellers in the tropics
are certainly to be commiserated in that their
grasses shoot up In uXurant strength until the plain
becomes n forest of plumed and waving canes. No
wealth of yeTdure browning tree and vine can mako
up the loss of velvet turf and mo revolution In tho
tropical year ,can bring the delight which comes
when the fields changing from the brown of
March to the green Of May. And just now every
meadow in this latitude is in its freshest beauty.
Hercabouts this timo for "turning Out" is usually
the first week in May-so that Spring will. go out
very little in advance of the almanac after all. few
miles to the north the cattle still feeding at the
hay-rick, while the green growth of the pastures is
not yet strong enough Ito endure cropping. Not
until the great buds of the hickory have thrown Of
their fragrant scales and spread into leaf the
wear be fully trusted and it will be late in May be-
fore this signal is flung out upon the hills of North
ern New England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
THE METHODIST CONFERENCES.


Two General Conferences of the Methodist
Church arc now in progress the white branch
of the Church, in Cincinnati, and the cOlOred,
in st. Louis. Every report by outside obser'
vers of the first mentioned body calls atten-
ton, oddly enough, to the personal appearance
of the members Of the Congress, who are de-
scribed as an exceptionally tine-lOOkiDe body
of men," or as a marked improvement upon
I" the old assemblages of Methodist brethren"
There is a reason for this, and the reason Is
significant and worth the attention not only OF
the Methodist but Of every religious body.
The change in the physical appearance OF
these men is simply an index to their change III
character and position among the mental forces
of the world produced 10y education. The old
fashioned Methodist, like the Hard -shell Bap-
tist, as our middlc-aged readers will remember,
was apt to dcspise camal learning. He rose
from the ranks; he fOutcd the graces, ret
licences, presidents of more conservative
churches he pushed or dragged men into the
Kingdom of Heaven by pathetic appeals to their
emotional nature, or whipped them in by the
terrors Of hell. Dealing principally with the
uneducated classes, he undervaued agencies
which did not affect them; logical conviction OF
the truth of Christianity was form Of belief In
which he put little faith; and reserve or good
taste in the profession of that conviction was
feint Of the devil to snare souls. Racy stories
arc yet extant in the South and West OF which
the Methodist itinerant p0rsOn of fifty years
AGO is the hero; ex-cObbler or blacksmith, biz,
fervid coarse, but usually sincere; who, in the
name Of the Lord, preached shouted jokcd,
ate and sometimes fought his way through u
hard life.
This day is over. This great body Of Chris
tians more than half o century ago felt llcenly
the lack of education in their ministry, and no
denominations we believe, deyotes more care
or money to the training CT its youth. 1t still
retains its hold on the great middle and lower
class, and for that reason this Church has in
yaiiably takon an active part as a Church in all
matters of public lntercst-slavery, temperance,
woman's work. etc. 1t is noticeable that the
first movement in both the Cincinnati and st.
Louis Conferences was IN favor Of enlarged and
more sOlidly based educational measures.
Whether this Church. when it has altered its
character by enlarged culture and refinement,
will lose It's peculiar hold on the class over
whom it has so long exerted a saving influence,
remains to be seen. The careful musician, after
long study, fits himself to render high classical
music to the delight Of the critics ear. But he
can no longer sing a street-song so as to bring
tears TO the eyes Of the was herwOmen and boot
bloolyc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09

enforced with rigor To take away the pllyl-
leges of the AnGlo-American and the Direct
Cable companies would be to put an end to free
competition in cable business to Canada.
monopoly of that business would be given to
the French company, which Is something the
company neither asks nor desires. On the
other hand, there seems to be no particular
reason at present why the law should be re-
pealed. Last year. at the request of the Min
istry, a bill to repeal the act was passed by the
lower house, by heavy majority. 1t fniled In
the Senate 1t is noticeable that this year an
opposite feeling prevails in Government circles
While the law remains in force, it acts as a
protection to the patrons Of the ocean cables.
1t assures to them competition between the
companies. Accordingly, there is not only an
indifference on the part of the Ministry to the
attempts to repeal the law but there is also
disposition to enforce the provisions of it If
necessary,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
Inhex 10 ADVERTISEMENTS


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EoPIRTNERsHIP NoTIcEs-11th Pdqe-Ath column'
CoRPoRATIoN NoTIcEs-9M Pdoe-6th column
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EUROPEAN ApvRRTIsENgNrs-1 1h Pdoe-otn eoIunn'
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HOUSES AND ROOMS WAETED-l1M Fd5c-%o C"iuA""'
fcR CREAM-11h Page-5th column.
INSTRUCTION Pd0e-Sth and 6th Columns.
LECIuREs AND MEETINGs--11M PdQe-6tn couuin.
MARRIAGES AND DKATHe-7m Pu0e-oth cVu"A"'
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
TRIPLE SH E E T
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The cable dispatch to THE TRIBUNE
mentions great display of energy in the British
Government departments; Earl Granville
is to define the policy of the Government on the
Eastern Question in diplomatic circular. Prince
Bismarck has rebuked the Liberals for opposing
him it is expected that he will come to compro-
mise in regard to his encrOachments on Hamburg.
e. Sir William Vernon HarcOurt has been de-
feated at The Oxford election.
DoMRsTC.-At the Republican primaries
in Chicago yesterday, a plurality of
Washburuc delegates was elected. -
The Committee on Ways and Means
will report two tariff bills to the House. ==
Mr.. McManes, a Pennsylvania delegate has
published letter opposing the unit rule.
- Oliver j. Halsey was drowned at
Island City Heights, N j., by the capsizing of
yacht. - The Methodist General Conference
considered the report on church differences. -
Another expert testified at the West Point inquiry
yesterday.
CoNGREss.-The Senate was not in session yester-
day. The House considered the Curtin-io cum cleo
tion case bills reported transferring the In
dians to the care of the War Department, and
amending the patent laws
CITY AND SUDURDAN.-The Rev. Mr.. Woodsde
was suspended yesterday. - The main building
of Madison Square Garden is believed TO he safe,
and the Berch Show will be held there. - A
Juror III the Nyman murder trial at Paterson became
insane. 80 The Columbia bOat-races " ere rOwed
yesterday. - A louRshOreman was charged
with pushing bis wife out of thewindOw. - Cold
value of the legal-:ender silver dollar t4l2l2
grains). SS.O7 cents - Stocks less active but
generally feverish and declining closing, however,
steady at a small recovery.
The Manufacturers local observations in
dicate warmer, cloudy weather, with chances of
occasional showers, followed bT partly or clear
weather. Thermometer yesterdays highest G9';
lowest SO; average. 5Sl2o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
ATLANTIC CABLES IN CANADA.

If strictly carried out the Canadian law of
1876 would cause forfeiture Of the landing
privileges of every company which has ever
made pool or combination with another. The
law has been a dead letter, because to enforce
it would have been to defeat the very purpose
of the law. The object was free competition
between the companies. To such competition
the public are entitled.
According to the Interpretation which has
been placed upon this act recently, neither the
Anglo American, the Direct Gable Company nor
any other organization except the new cable
company has the right of doing business In
Canada under pain of forfeiture of its landing
privileges. The French company recently
sought legalization in the Dominion Parliament.
1t accepts the act Of 1875 as binding; and as it
is not pooled with any other company, is liter
ally the only one that can legally do business,
if the Dominion Government should insist upon
an exact Interpretation of the laws.
There Is no reason why the law should be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
THE SCARLET FETER HOsPIT1L.

An effort is being made to found scarlet
fever hospital in the environs OF this city, but
sufficiently near to prevent danger of exposure
to patients during removal. The only institu-
ton, it is asserted, in which scarlet fever pa
tients can now be received is the Charity Hos
pital on Blackwell's Island, to which a child can
only be removed at the risk Of its life Ameri
cans are only beginning to recognize tue fatal
character of this disease, or to provide against
cOntagiOn. It has been taken as a matter of
course for many generations that large plo-
portion of children should die with it, Even
now the Board Of Health, in their recent cir
cular, but mildly advise parents to isolate their
children during the progress of the disease and
until after desquimatiOn has taken place. In
England, this entreaty would be a legal COM
mand; a scarlet fever patient is separated
from healthy people as vigorously as one at
tackled with small-pOxj and the tenants or
owners Of the building in which the case occurs
are obliged to disinfect and purify it
thoroughly, OF it is done at their eXpense.by the
municipal authorities.
The necessity of hospital for this disease
in q city of the size of New-YOrk arises from
the impOsSibiity of enforcing isolation IN the
majority of families, especially in the poorer
classes. Even If the scarlet fever patients
could be received in other hospitals without
risk of contagiOn to other patients, the treat
ment they require IS so different from any others
that it is almost certain death to remove them.
A case is now before the English courts in which
a father is trying to bring punishment upon the
physicians in charge Of a certain Inflmary to
which his child was carried from a boarding
school and died, In consequence Of the low
temperature of the ward in which he was
placed.
Scarlet fever is always present in every large
city, and when it prevails as an epidemic num-
beers its victims by the thousand. Even those
who recover too often carry with them some
chronic ailment for life as a souvenir Of its visit.
well ordered hospital such as is proposed
would do much to lessen its power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
TIE CASE OF pOLLINGER.

Hero is q text out Of which our clergymen
this morning could draw lesson concerning
common sense and the right uses Of life which
New Workers would appreciate better, probably,
than if it were based on the stiff .neckedness Of
the Israelites when they were deaf to Moses's
hints how permanently to better the condition
of their souls and bodies, or the folly of Esau,
who sold his birthright for life for dish of
pottage which only lasted him for one meal.
A young man named DOllnger staggered into
a downtown car last Tuesday, and was pres
emily discovered to be bleeding from
a shot which he had given himself. When he
was removed to the hospital, his story came
out. He was O sickly, sensitive boy, of good
parentage and refined habits, who had come
down from an inland town to push his fortunes
in NewYork. He became clerk on starva-
ton salary, and had no friends. His employer
was domineering. He left his situation in
consequence, and spent weeks in hunting
work, which he did not find His money
gave out. He was compelled to sleep in the
squares. He was hungry, lonely, miserable.
1t did not happen to occur to him, apparently
that some intelligent power had made a man
of him and expected a mans work from him,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
GENERAL NOTES.

This years general meeting of the American
Social Association Will be held at Saratoga from
the 7th to the 10th of September inclusive.
Snakes ere often seen in great numbers by
persons residing 20 the neighbOrhOOd OF diseres hut
,molns arc also fevored with their patronage Last
season Stephen CoOnradt OF Hong's Corners, killed 1870
blacksnakes old kiln upon his promises anu he
has Just added thirty " that excellent score.
Last Winter, O man in Salt Lake City. hear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
NEJv WORK DAuy TRIBUNE SUNDAY I88TRIPLE SHEET
that pet Democratic project, third term nOmina-

that pet Democratic project, third term nomina-
ton.
The third term combination was strong but the
Republican party is a good deal stronger
Senator Cameron left Washington for Pennsyi-
vamia on Thursday night, leaving WORD WIN 'ne
correspondents of The Chicago IHter-Oced" that ne
might " telegraph to the Republicans OF ILLINOIS
that all depends upon them now If Illinois gives
Grant her forty-tNo votes his nomination IS asi
sured" When he reached Pennsylyanl9 ana h T.o
the news from his own and the New DIN SdS
tions he must have seen the necessity Tor AauIiS
nnalifyinp postscript to that message llIlloS if
powcriess to save the third term scheme, even IL
her vote should be solid, which Is not proO""l''
IF onposition to a third term constitutes treason,
the Republican party is crowded with traltOFS'
General Butler and David Davis is the Presiden-
tial ticket favored by some Boston GreenoacAsi9.
This is small outcome for the Judges nopes, Di
he had better put on no airs puI "cooPO Nv ~
is all he will get this year.
Over two hundred Republicans OF Cincinnati were
found in a few hours who were willing 10 sign
declaration that they would not vote fori ueheral
Grant ;f be we're nominated. It would be easy 10
find similar number in the same tlnhe III ne"liJ
every city and town In the country
The c,ror of attributing Wasbburne's nine votes
in the Wisconsin delegation to Grant continues 70
Wisconsin authorities agree The ut'eaGeee Scn'sne'
saws the action of the Convention will not tend 10
give Wisconsin decided voice at Chicago IN any
other way than disapproval OF General Ura1I
candidacy" In Wisconsin,, as everywhere tiso'
Washburnes support comes largely from tne ger :,
mans who are first. last aud all the time agains9V
Grant notwithstanding that Washburne Is hrst'
last and all the time for him.
That apparent Thurman success In ONO was "
very TRANSPARENT sham. All the local IauthorlteS
agree upon this. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the
dclegatcs-at large are -Payne-Bishop COM
bination. and that "bchnd the triumph of Thurman
stands the thinly disguised victory of Samuel D.
Tilden." Considering its position as the leading
Democratic organ of the West The Enquiry Is SIM M
commonly frank for it heads its report OF me COll
yontiOn With q large dollar mark and fOuOWs ~
With these,hcadlnps: lie was there. so was inc
famous barrel with its bung hole attachlnent, ana
its-7orps of ablc-bodied engineers. How " rolied
through the Convention. The wreath or iaurel
nrepnrrd for Thurman. Still, the usufruct Will IN
doubtedly revert to Uncle Sammy"
Pe,haps Logan forcsccs that Grants nomination Is
impossible and is trying to make position for him
self rs the Generals second choice by showing that
W9shbuIne is " dislOyal ~ This Is wicked world
and its politics are more or less tainted