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Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

Mrs. Burlington says Ike has bought @ horse so spurious that it always goes of on decanter.
 stDoes yes kape nothin' but dry goods here?" ssYes, ma'am." Thin where will I be after goin' for watered silk?'
 The Constitution says that an Atlanta girl asked young man how he liked Shakespeare. He replied withouta struggle, GAS You Like It."
 Some women can't stand prosperity or any thing else. A young married New York woman, who has to borrow coal from her next door neighbor, paralyzed with envy all the women on the block to-day by going out sleigh-riding clad in new sealskin sacque.- New York Express.
 "Going to leave, Mary p ssYes, mum, find am very discontented'' If there is anything can do to make you comfortable, let me know" 'sNo, mum, it's impossible. You can't alter your igger to my fgger, no more n can. Your dresses won't fit me, and can't appear on Sunday as used at my last place, where missus' clothes fitted me 'zactly.'
 An Oil City man was sitting in his parlor reading. the other day, when he heard foot steps approaching. s'It's my wife, he thought, stand will bother hera little." So he said out loud, 'tWell, old girl, why didn't you shovel in that coal, and nail up the back gate. And see here, you've gotto eat less, for
 
 you must cut down in household expenses. Besides, wife, I've about concluded to have you take in washing, and" The door slammed behind him and he reached the win dow just in time to see neighbor woman go- ing out of the gate, and his wife nowhere in sight. The report in that neighborhood now is that the mans wife is being starved to death to get him cigars; that she does all the mental work, and is obliged to take in wash ing to get her husband money which he spends at saloons.-Oil City Derrick.
 Remarked Bro. Gardner of the Limekiln Club, fur one, hev bin pained to obsarve growth desire on de part O culrd folkses to knock deir chiren down with silver plated front names. Up in my block ebery cabin hsz Hortense, or & Maud, or Genevieve, who will grow up to go bar'fut in summer an bend ober de washtub in winter. I be- lieve dat half what ails de niggers nova days am deirssfancy names. I tell ye, dey am a powerful burden for 8 chile to carry. No young gal wid big foot an mouf like sasse am gwine to look any purifier fur bein' called Cleopatra Viva Clarabell. No, sah Ize believer in de good old-fashun names, sich as Polly, Dinah. Chloe, Sam, Tom an Jim Dars sunthin' squar' an honest in lem, an dey weigh sixteen ounces to de pound. Dis kentry am tryin' to git rid of lem, an banks am bustin', men stealth, towns burnin' up an tornadies sweepin' OCT de land. tell ye, an honest, straightforward name is half to'rds keepin' chile honest, an if kept grocery store I'd trust Moses all day long an keep Loaf eyes on Adolphus. Free
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
A Brilliant Diamond Robbsr


 One of the cleverest' diamond robberies of modern times is reported in a tone of odd com placency by the leading journals of St. Petersburg. About fortnight ago hand equipage drew up at the door of the first jew eler in the Russian capital. Alighting from the carriage, an elegantly dressed and remark ably pretty young lady entered the shop and requested that some parures of brilliants might be shown to her. Several costly sets were forthwith submitted for inspection, and after some hesitation she selected rivlers and pendants valued at 10, 900 rubies, and, stating that she was the wife of an eminent mad doc tor whose name is a household word in St. Petersburg requested the proprietor of the jewels to accompany her home with the jew els in order to settle finally with her husband about their price. The jeweler packed up his diamonds and got into the carriage with his far customer. Presently they arrived at large house, and were received at the s'porte cochere' by Suisse in splendid. livery, who conducted them up brilliantly lighted stair case into richly furnished drawing room, in which the lady begged her companion to take seat, and, jewel-case in hand, proceeded to summon ssher husband" Entering the doc tors consultation room in an apparent state:of uncomfortable agitation, she in formed the latter that she had brought her unfortunate spouse to visit him. in the hope that he would undertake to cure him of the strange mono mania under which he had labored for some f1n06 past. MY a1utcteu uuSUduus 6no ooAeA,
 ssis wealthy landed proprietor from A, in the Government of Minsk he is quiet and harmless but has diamonds on the brain. He will talk of nothing else, poor fellowi Will you see him have left him in your drawing room, and am much too nervous to be present while you diagnose the case. Might l, there fore, ask you to accompany me to my car riaee beforeyou go to him2 It will be such | 8 relief to me to leave him in your care. Her ingenious device was crowned with complete success She drove of with the diamonds ; an interview between the doctor and the jew eler fully confirmed her statement with re; spect to the latter's alleged monomania, and resulted in his being placed under bodily restraint, from which he was only rescued three days latter by one of his partners, who succeeded, with the assistance iof the police, in tracking him to Dr. V-fs renowned pri- vate lunatic asylum. No trace has yet been discovered of the gifted lady who accomplish ed this, in every sense of the word, ''brilliant" coup. rsT1
 Work at present in the various Meriden fac tories is unusually brisk. All the shops are running full time, and several departments in | many of them are working nights to keep | .,ooa with fha or7aral
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
SeurnaI and gnurfeq.
Thursday Morning, Jan, 29. 1880.
POPUL91I SELF. CONFINEMENT IN
 CONNECTICUT.

CONNECTICUTs
 We print in another column @ petition which was presented by Judge Morris, of this city, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, asking that the people of Con nectfcut be allowed some little share in their own government. It has been signed by a number of our citizens of both political par ties, headed by Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, and no one can read it without recognizing the strokes of his vigorous pen It is the old, old story of a State governed half by it's smallest towns, and half by Senate in which less than a third of it's population controls over half the votes. For two hundred years it was thought an honor by the best men in the State to be sent to represent the people in the upper house of our Legislature l; but now we have become accustomed to see the Sena- tor from one little district vacating his seat to take vacation or business trip abroad, an other on account of increasing professional business, and another to get some salaried of flee. The plan now proposed is to return to the old system foolishly abandoned in 1929, and let the people vote for Senators on gen. eral ticket, no one to vote for more than g bare majority of the number to be elected
 
 This would give the party in the majority in the State a majority in the Senate, but with a large minority there to watch them, and it would give population its due weight. Each party would be forced to put up it's best men and men known outside of the town or school district in which they live. Experience seems to have proved that the Legislature will never agree to obey the Constitution, and make the Senatorial districts equal in population again. Indeed, they cannot be made entirely equal, because each county must have two Senators, little Holland, with population of only 22, ,O15, and g grand list ot $s, sos, ,oOO, sending as many as New Haven and Hartford, and nine other towns with them, with a total popula- ton of 114, ,O42 and grand list of $1o4, 87S 900. We do not complain, in the cities, of the town representation in the lower House, but it does seem as if the people might have the Senators as their representatives.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
NOTES AND BEAMS.
AN AMERICAN SKETCI

AN AMERICAN SKETCH, His heart is all of English oak,
 His trousers all of English kersey, He always rows the English stroke And yet he came from North New Jersey. He docks his horses flowing tails, He drives au English cart, with Buttons; His beard is like the Prince of Wales, His eyeglass like the Earl of Mutton's. His satin scarf is Oxford blue,
 And cut-away his English cost is. And when he speaks, oh, English too The difficulty in his throat is. He calls his cousins dresses 'tfrocks,' And rides npon an English nag To houuds-although the English fox Is started from 8 pudding bag. J. Edmonds-Jones he writes his name And yet if you'll believe me, sirs, he Was known as ssJim" Jones when he came, Some years ago, from North New Jersey. Nellie G. Gone, in Scribners Magazine.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

The cotton mills of Augusta, Georgia, show what can be done in the South by strict at- tantion to business. Last year they paid 10 to 12 per cent dividends, besides laying aside very handsome sums as sinking funds, to be used in extending business. Augusta has now six cotton factories in running order, all doing good business, one is in course Of erection and capital is rapidly being raised for still au- other. This last projected mill will have 24, : 900 spindles, cost $500, ,OoO, and add several thousand souls to the pop ulation oft he city. The six factories running used last year 4o,- GOO bales of cotton, thsir manufactured pro- ducts being valued at $4, 900, 900. We expect to see, before long, most of ths cotton manu- featuring done in the South where the cotton grows, which state of things will be help to the South if not to the New England cotton mills.
 There are cheering indications that mem bers of Congress and others are waking up to the immense importance of putting check upon the pretensions of De Lesseps and his packers. Senator Bayard in his speech Tues day referred to the matter as follows "The scheme of uniting the two great oceans by a canal across the Isthmus on the southern bor- der of this continent is one of world wide i'm portance, and the heart of every American proclaims that it is to be under the control of the Government of the United States. Our power may be questioned, but it will be main tained. Every counsel of wisdom, therefore, exhorts us to seize the day. and in time of peace to prepare for war, for it is the surest mode to avert it." The Southern mem- bers of Congress are also very decided in the expression of their opinion that the Govern ment ought not to allow European influence to predominate on the Isthmus.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

Poison may taste good, but it is no less harmful to human life on that account. Sev- eraI persons in Halifax have recently been convinced of this truth by eating partridges that had been too long dead.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

Three months ago people in this vicinity were afraid there would not be water enough in the reservoirs and wells this winter. This calamity has not come, but there may be dry summer.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

.Messrs. Parnell and Dillon will have a rous- ing reception to night. We hope their appeal in behalf of the sufferers in Ireland will meet with generous response.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
7 MORNING. JANUARY 29. 1880

duty. Until public sentiment is radically changed in that locality, and in the entire South, for that matter, the juries will con- tinue to condone crime and permit the violent classes to escape punishment. And this is not only true of offenders who enjoy the sympa- thy of jurors for partisan reasons, but also of other criminals It stands to reason that the popular prejudice which acquits man for political murder will demoralize any commu- nifty to the extent of inducing lax adminis- tration of justice in other respects.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
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Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

Prof. R. G. Hubbard, elocutionist, of New Britain, reads for the benefit of the library association at Simond Hall, Warehouse Point, next Friday evening.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

If there is anything in name ''The Cosmo American Colonization and General Improve ment Bureau" will amount to something.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

The Legislature of New York ought to take hold of the elevated railroads in earnest. The managers of the roads in their greed for money do not seem to exercise that care for the safety of the pubic which they should. It IS charged that the employees are half paid ''boys, who skylark from one end of the trip to the other, and stay inside the cars when they should be on the platform i; the trains stop at the sta- tions sometimes with the locomotive and sometimes with the rear platform opposite the gatekeeper, and the ciyility. promptness and alertness formerly manifest are sadly in arrears
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

The vicksburg (Miss-) Herald simply tells the truth when 1t declares that the true req son why violence and crime are not punished in that State is that petit juries fail to do their
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

For Sale at a Bargain. 4sesA First.CI3sg House, with modern $E improvements, good lot with barn, situat- & led on fine avenue, fronting on two streets, can be seen at any time. For particulars cali st Room No. 5, HO3d1ey RuildfnEs 49 Church Street,
 de25 R l.. Fs COMSTOCKs
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

Work at present in the various Meriden fac tories is unusually brisk. All the shops are running full time, and several departments in many of them are working nights to keep pace with the orders.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29
WOR RENT

EOI6 1GlElN19 MNAh ONE STORE snd five Rooms 445 State street Mfti five Rooms, i've minutes from the City Market &A has modern Improvements; five Rooms corner Park and South streets. Inquire of
 JACOB HELLER, o15 No. Yale Bank Building.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-29

&asM PLEASANT and Convenient House on Olive # street, frstelass in every respect, with all the yMl modern Improvements, arranged with suites 0F3 rooms, marble mamtels, freScOeG walls, hot and cold water, ,and other modern conveniences, Ia rooms, water closets on two floors, 6cs, Gcs Possession given May 1st, 1S7o Also the House 272 Grand street.
 Posseesion given immediately.
 CHARLES IVES, ma90tF l53 Church Street.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
Radical Civil Service Reform,

i'in Following extract from Wash
in&ton special clearly shows the man-
Hcr IL Nilrh ic civil service rules are
violated, h"Si'los indicating the tlcs-
peraiioH Of :he Republicans:
"Ec d"'nand m"dC upon government
cmploytS by the Republican Congress
si0nal tumn,i,icc for contributions is
10: Mcrtin" with the success unticipat-
rN, and IN many instances prompt re-
1uSa'S nn"c hccu mIldc by persons en-
Ni"y%d IN lhc service Of the United
S!nirs. IhoSr who refuse, it is under
st@"h. ar" spotted, and in the event
tti'.n Republican President Is elected
their heads will como of, especially
t'r"su employed rs clerks. AS an in
s;.'nre Of The desperation Of the COM
h''tcc movement was inauguratcd
ycNft r,lav in the Treasury Department
;"H &'ilcci;nY money from the female
employees. The scheme is to appoint
c""lM'j re of five women, who shall
- H'ouni the different bureaus and
i"E "itry woman who receives S75
N;T a.,it: 81 as her share Of assisting
|" &>''&: ti:H Democratic party. <
iauy WHO las been in the Treasury
Gut !cN weeks was irlh Saturday
!ha! she would u" expected 10 crn.ri-
bu'c 50, AND when She Yail she was
not able the hint was nHhr to her that
II She rchrlIcd She Wonlu be obliged 10
seek employment r;scw here. This
lady is the mother OF five children de-
pending Hpun her sl.al! salary for SUP
port.
"A few years ago such 4 circular as
this would have hauled the money
out ofthc poor women's pocket in a
Jlffy. Now, however, thanks to
Democratic Congress, and more cs-
cratic victory in November, the clerks
arc partly encouraged to bc indcpcnd-
ent, and partly fear to show to great
fondncss for the Republicans, lest they
should be removed in case q Demo
crat succeeds Hayes. Whether sue
cessiul or not this raid on poor wo-
mems pockets is shame and disgrace
to the party that has inauguratcd it.
For this, if for nothing else, it should
be rcpudiatcd by al indignant people.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01

considered strong language from such
q source. Tho New York Herald.
editoriaily, is discrectly silont, but its
dispatches and local comments arc
favorable TO Hancock. It holds also
that while party platforms geuerally
mean nothing, the Democratic plat
form this year Is more sincere than
that Of the Republicans.
Too grcut assurance on the part of
Democrats, however, would be un-
wiso. This is going to be no easy
campaign. The Republicans arc dcs-
pcratc. They control the noble army
of office holders, and they havo un-
limited funds. Every appliance Of
governmental machinery will be used
to help Garfield. Indiana will be
flooded with money, speakers and
colonizcd voters to carry tho State
against English IN October. The
Democrats will need every bit of
work they can put in between the
opening of tho campaign and the day
OF tho election. But with unrcmitting
assiduity they will win the day and
lnaugnratc Il new era in tho govern
mcnt.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
SCULL SHOALS, Ca, Greene Co. !
August 3, 1876.
fEgsNNM x nEsNsaNAMaiEI.

u it enacted md orla incl by tic In
u tendnnt and WardcuS of the Town
Of Winnsboro. $. G.. in Council Assem-
blcd. and by the authority Of the sac:
]. That there shall he n Board Of Health
created, to consist OF three citizens Of
the town, one of who y shall be II pisctis-
ing physician, who shall hold their Offices
Until the first day Of May succeeding
their appointment, and until their sue
cessors Shall he appointed.
II. And be it further enacted and or.
Gained, TINT the members of said Board
shall be annually appointed by each
Town Council ms soon as practicable after
the installation Of the Intendant and
Wnrdons into Office.
III. And be it further enacted and or
daincd, that during the months of Juno,
July, August and September the said
Board Shall cXaIninn tho premises of all
within, the corporate limits Of nnid town.
ut l'a*t once n month aud report to tho
Town Council any matter which. iu their
Judgment, is dclctcrious to tile health of
the town.
~. That tho members Of said Board
shall, III consideration Of their serv;c S,
be exempted from street tax while in
Office
Y. And be it further enacted and or
uiihea, thnt any person resisting the en-
trance of The members Of the said Board
upon any part Of their premises, except
aollHraa'fA.l ling,h onsesI,a ,alulll be Gned five
Tor ten days hpor conviction.
VI. And be it further enacted and Or
daldcd, that any person who Shall fril or
neglect to abate any matter upon their
premises, rel oftcd by tho Boa1d of
Health as a nuisance, for three DAYS after
notice requiring the same. served by the
Chief Of Police, shall be fined one dollar
for each days such failure or neglect. or
he imprison Il one day for eaclI days such
failure or neglect
vi. And hr it further enacted and or.
dainrd, tlnt tho Board Health shall
~, ir iii time to time, report any matter
not upon the premises Of any citizen. or
even rot within the corporate lin is,
which in their jnagmcn, injuriouslv ai-
leats The health Of the the town, for the
Council to take such action us il may deem
advisable.
Undcr the above Ordinance the follow
ing citizens are appointed MS such board
OF hca!t for the ycnr ending May lst,
1881, viz: DR.. ". X. Turner and Mcssrs.
w. G. Beatty and II. NJ. lTucy.
Don" in Counci, this the Seth dav of
April. a ID 1880. under the corporatc
seal OF the sud Town Council.
JAS. y. BRlCE,
Attest: Intendnnt
L. S. CHANDLER,
Clerk
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
TOWN OESgeGTANS;gI
ro RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE MUNICIPAL
YEAR l3S0--2I.

fo RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE MUNICIPAL,
YEAR l9SO--3l.
PE II ENACTED md ordained hv tho
y lntrnd"nt and Wardcns of the Town
of Winnshoro, $. G., in Council met, and
by the authority nf tho same:
That, for the purpose Of raisiue sun
piitS Tor the ycnr commencing April ist
1850. and onlin2 April LIST, 1881, u lux for
tie sums nnl in the manner icrnir.,ricr
mentioned shnl be raised an paid inio
The treasury OF Sni town for the use md
service Thereof. that is to say: two and
bali (!3) Mills cd uulorcm upon ever
dollar of the teal and personal prou, r,y
within the corporate limits OF the town Of
Winnshoro; ;vo dollars to he pnll bv
EVERY male inl'ahitant of said town be-
tween the ages Of sixteen and tifty wears
tcXccpt iitty (5DO active members of corh
fire companSi in lieu of WORKING unon
the streets o'En;d town. and thrce (3) per
cent. upon Tue amount Of all sales nt anc
ton. All twcs assessed and Duvonlo
under this Oioinancc shall be no;d ~ t,o
l"liwing KINDS Of finds and no oihcy.
Cold and SILVER coin, United States cnr-
rcncy and Nh ional Bank nolcs All taxes
assessed hcrch. shall be due and PAYABLE
between the Ut day of October and tho
3oth day of hyember, 1880. inclusive
and all taxes remaining due and unpaid
OF the LIST day TDocembcr, IS ~, shall be
collected by dlIrcss or otherwise. Ms rro-
scribe" bX law, together with all legal
costs All pcrrnns owning property in
the the corporate lihits OF the sad town of
'hnSG"ro ar" rquircd, hctw cen the 18th
any OF Jnnc nndthc LIST day of August,
1881, to malo sworn rcturn 70
said property tnthe Town Clcrk, and rho
SAID Town HserHis hereby required. when
propcrty-hnldrl fail or refuse TO mako
S".a sworn retnp. to add liiy 600 per
nicipal year. 40 "'"-
Done IN Ooupci this tho 4th day Of
"M.to "i"cf ING corp ornto seal of said
JAS. y. BRICE,
..oo.. - G lntendant.
J"hco Clerk.