The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-04-23
S. c.. APRIL %. 1880.
Notes..

1.-The owner Of the Gettysburg
lNttle, field has iiledta claim before
''he Congressional committee for the
tent Of the ground while The battle
mns fought: There are some pretty
n.eui, men in This world. :. >. j..
This appears to be good advice
Uol.slhe Boston Transcript: .."Play
hpudcs if,you would win, potatoes
i l,y clubs if you would dctll with q
1rnilian play hearts if you would win
Friendship; play damon ifyou woulds
f"'n.a woman" :, ..
+" The criminal calender Of The
rnnnt'y is increasing at fearful
rate, anil penitenliarics are well filled
and scaqolds are "ell supplied and
Ai,ft cfiiti,s of The .crimcs inoitcd; by
suong l,ink. , Ten or Dore'criminals
were publicly executed in different
parts Of The country, on Friday,
April 2. :.
D.: Let me look at n revolver"
said man whp walked into u s ore
.ul Sandstone, Mo-, and n wcal on was
shown To him. "Sho" me the ca:t-
ii,lge," lie added, and he carclcssly
loaded one of the chambers. elk
lrusc me for using thus q minute"
he further j remarked, and shot HIM
self thrrugh the b ain.
: Grant has resurrectcd his old
song ''let us have peace" and is
piping it tn, oughout. Illiroi". We
ha,c had some Of that peace and do
mot want any more Of it. The only
way TO enjoy it down South was TO
lie still and be, robbed, and the only
sccurly Tor il Nnllh was to submit in
affect silence TO the machine.
p: .-Marshtirld. Mo, was visited by
II most Terrific hurricane OH the light
nf the 8tE;;instant, and one half OF
the town lcvellcd with the gronnd.
fl'he debris immediately took fire in
several places, ,.and between the fury
If the storm and fire, scvcnty.fiv
lives were lest and two hundred per
suns wounded.
l. The Grccnvillc and Columbia
Railroad was sold in Columbia last
week for $4,000 400. Mayor Courtc-
nny, Of Charleston, was the purchas-
ar, who, it is said, represented the
SECOND mortgage holders. II is not
known exactly when the new man
age mcnt wi take hold, but when it
docs the road will be run in the in.
ts.cst of Charleston cs ct present.
The New York Express says il
is now reported that Gen. Grant
.nI!l withdraw the moment he is salts.
lirl HAT Tildcn will not capture the
Cincinnati nomination. He would
i'c e. cl,d hy q III lion votes on the
popular ballot against the cX candi-
date, but would he tluored by MILL,
on votes were Bayard, Hancock OF
Davis 10 run against him. Grant
has his sense.
! William S. Bates, who killed
Stephen w. Bush on Christmas eve
llnsi, suffered hc extreme penalty of
HE law at Barnwcll Courthouse on
the 10th Instant. The iyoung man
declared To the last that he was not
lhe murderer Of Bush, nor could he
bring himself TO believe thnt the ball
from his piston killed Him, MS others
were firing at the same time. The
hanging of Bates and the murder of
B' sh may safely he put down to the
credit Of whiskey and the carrying tf
ion. called weapons.
. AN exchange very thoughtfully
remarks that the "spcctacle of IN
elderly Senator from q, sovereign
State dodging behind the marble pill
Jars and through The stately corrido, 8
If the Capitol to l:ccp cut of sight of a
lral rul woman who claims him as the
MISUNDERSTANDING parent OF musical
infant in her arms, is not calculated
To enhance the respect in which the
United States Senate is held by
newspaper correspondents and gal
lciy visitors" in all OF which we are
forced to obscrvctl there is a good
deal of truth. - !,
The Presidential Contest of 1876
was Tho most exciting. especially in
the South, Of any that we. have had
since the war. A degree Of enlhus-
iaam was aroused, rivaling that