The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-06-04
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-.GEy -a Notes.
Ward, The forgcr who shot at two
lien in Court at Kingstiee after his
conviction. has been sentenced 10
seven years Imprisonment, and $500
fine.
The attention Of young men rae
ing in the future is called To Schlcy
County, Georgia. No citizens can be
induced TO run for The Legislature
there. a,
.,-Ellann ALE sends the New
York Tribune another list Of 1000
Republicans who pledge themselves
under no circumstances TO vote for
Grant.
The reports Of the passengers by
the Azcr has not deferred others from
going to Africa. Last Saturday the
bark Liberia left New Yolk for Mon
rovia with sixty emigrants from Ar
kansas.
--''I will tell the truth if die for
it," exclaimed q witness on the stand
in Noi til Carolina. and next minute
lie fell dead on the floor. This is
getting 10 he precarous world for
truthful men.
At tic Convention OF Sumter
County, Alabama on Saturday, Capt.
Samuel Williamson was defeated fer
Sheriff ly four votes He Immediately
ietiieu o his room and blew out his
brains with a pistol,
The South Carolina Agricultural
Department has received reports from
ull parts OF the State up TO about the
l0uh ult. The Department reports
that the stand Of cotton is the finest
knowh. for many years past.
The Nashville Adyocute in refers
cnce to General Bcaurcsard, says:
"A great hero whose picture adorns
Tie page OF history, makes pi,ilul
figure heading raid on the pu: seq Of
idiots by means OF a lottery"
The Cincinnati Commercial is au-
ihprlty for the statement that Chicago
aud Cincinnati brcwcrics are working
day and night to mako their supplies
equal to the anticipated demands dur
ing The Preside nLial Conventions.
From The following paragraph
one would think there is III intcntion
oiaise tall students out in Wiscon-
sin. An exchange papt says: "Its
loard Of education has solved 10
erect a building largc enough to ac-
,1otn 4
l;irte stories high"
"A tlrunkarl fed into The woods,
rear Nashville Tenn, while wild
with deli,ium tremcns, dug Il grave,
and was found lying in it dead. His
wife was made frantic by the sight,
pnd she loudly called upon heaven to
iet he- die TOO. it happened that, on
her way home, lightning struck and
killed her,
-Byron's ideas on the subject of
Chance and education are very wide
)y prevalent. He said once: "Thcl
say that knowledge Is power. /
nsed to think so but now know that
they meant money and when Socral
IS declared that all he knew was that
he knew nothing, lie merely intended
to declare that lie had not Il achma
ip the a thcnian world"
-S.E. Folk, Esq. the Auditor of
Ncwberry County. committed suicide
on Sunday night, by shooting himself
with o. pistol. No cause gan be as
signed for the rash oct, l,ut ii is sup
posed i, WAS thc result Of some pccun-
larry trouble. AS the Auditor does
not have control of County funds, the
embarrassment must have been OF
personal nature.
s--Thcy put a torpedo in the grave
OF an Ohio man TO prevent any body
snatchcrs Juggling the remains away,
end the t%o medical students who
tried it will do 80 no more. Blu,
what now puzzles the friends of the
deceased is to sort ont for rcburiul
their man from the collection of arms
legs, ribs, &C., scattered promiscr-
pusly about by that torpedo,
at is only the petty minl lAsl is