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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The colored Christian Association
had o barbecue in the village on Sat-
urday. The dinner, especially the
hash, was excellent. In the after
noon speeches we're made by John
Ancrum, Jas. Waring, Melton Holmes
and Rev. Ned Black. Politics was
not touched upon. Parson Black
gave his hearers some wholesome ad-
vice, and warned them specially
against ths evil Of intemperance.
Afew.s;ghts ago. Uriah Phelps,
who had a1store at Tyro, in Davidson
County, N. c., had q difficulty with
some negroes, and anticipating fur
Their trouble with them, secured the
services of O. W. Click, who is in the
habit of walking in his sleep. Having
lain in the store and watched for half
the night, they finally fell asleep,
having stretched themselves across
the bed. Click, The somnambulist,
got up, and Selling an axe that had
been placed near the bed to be used
in last of emergency, dealt his bed
fellow two blows across the neck,
completely severing his head from his
body. Click is in custody but his
we'll known habit of sleep-walking,
turns the scale of public opinion in
bis favor. He protested to know
nothing Of the occurrence until some
time after the deed was committed,
and denied that it was done by him
until convinced by the overwhelming
testimony of the blood-stained wsap-
on, and the condition of his garments
together with the fact that there was
no one else in the room and no evil
dence that any one could have entered
and afterwards gone out without dis
turbiug The locks and bars.
On the 4th inst, Woodson L. Gun
nells, o we!l-to-do farmer living in
Webster County, Ga, left home to
visit a sick neighbor, and returning at
10 P. NJ, found his wife and nine of
ten sns2tildren in q horrible sleep,
from the effects of morphia admins
tered in lerhonade by Mrs. Gunnells.
She is ftom a highly respectable
family. A note in her handwriting
was found under the morphia bottle
on the table, in which she stated that
she had deliberately administered
morphia to the children and her self
with the intention of destroying them
all, and that she was not actuated by
any domestic trouble. Owing to the
lapse Of time before medical aid ar
rived. tile mother and three of the
little ones were thought to be beyond
recovery. All the evidence taken
negatives the idea Of insanity and
points directly to a cool, deliberate
determination on the part of the
hitherto quiet-hearted lady to take
away her own life and hat of her
family, and at the same time conceal
from the world the cause of her act.
Aiken has 184 more women than
men, according to the new cepsus.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of JAMES E.
RAWL. announce him as o candidate for
County Commissioner, and pledge him to
abide the result of the Primary Election.
Mn. RAWL being q practical mechanic and
a man of good judgment, is eminently com.
petent to fill a position on the Board OF
County Commissioners.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
House Of REPRESENTATIVES.

The many friends Of JOB F. WINGARD,
Esq respectfully present his name to the
voters of Lexington County as candidate
for the House OF Representatives, subject to
nomination in the primary election, and
pledge him to abide the result and support
all the regular nominees of said election.
FORK.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
STATE TICKET.

For Governor.
GEN. JOHNSON HAGooD, of Barnwell.
For Lieutenant Governor.
GEN. John D. KENNEDY, of Kershaw.
For Secretary of State.
Cor. ROBERT NJ. SINS, of York.
For Comptroller General.
Hon. JAMES C. Corr, of Chesterfield
For Attorney General.
Hon. LEROY F. YoUMASs, of Richland.
For Superintendent of Education.
MAJOR HUGH S. THOMPSON, Of Richland.
For State Treasurer.
HoS. JOIN P. RICHARDSON, of Clarendon
For Adjutant and Inspector General.
GEM 4. NJ. MASIaAULT, of Georgetown
For Presidential Electors;
At Large-CoL. WIZ. ELLIOTT, Hon. JNo
L. MANNING.
First District-GES. f. ". Morse.
Seeond-HoN. G. II. SIMcNToH.
Third. S. MURRAY, ESQ.
Fofrth-CoL. CAD. JONES.
Fifth-HoN. G. W. CROFT.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of A. O. WILSON an
nounce him as q candidate at the primary
election for the Office Of County Commits
sioner, and pledge him to support the Dem
ocratic nominees. Mr.. Wilson is a one
armed man, lost his right arm in the war
and we beg to add that he is a clever man
and fully competent to discharge the duties.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

That part of the comfy never having
been represented in the Legislature, the
many friends Of D. D. D. MITCHELL. Of
Leesville, nominate him as O suitable can
didate for the House of Representatives be-
fore the primary election and pledge hin
to support the nominees thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

A committee from Tammany Hall
last week waited on the regular Dem
ocratic State Executive Committee,
and it was resolved to seal all local
differences and unite in the coming
campaign.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends Of D. z. ADDY nomi-
nate Kim as Il candidate for County Com
missioner, and pledge him to abide the re-
suit OF the primary election. Mr.. Addy is
fully competent, and was unfortunate last
Fall in losing n Of his arms, from q
wound inflicted by a cotton gin.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
PRIMARY CANDIDATES
For CONGRESS.

The many friends in Lexington Of Hon.
D. WYATT AIKEN, announce him as a
candidate for reelection to Congress.
Col. AIKEN is truly a representative man,
has borne himself we'll, and deserves the
hearty "well-done' support of the people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of Maj. G. LEAPHART
nominate him, before the primary election,
for reelection, as Representative to the
Legislature, and pledge his hearty support
to the result and nominees thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

Dr.. Tanner completed his fast at
noon on Saturday. He ut once drank
q glass of milk and called for a Geor-
gia watermelon; this he tapped, dug
bis hand into and ate heartily Of.
When demonstrated with he asked to
be let alone saying, No, my Lord, I
am running this now" When he
placed the glass of ni!k to his mouth,
he remarked: "Gentlemen, you don't
believe that's good" His weight at
the end of his fast WAS 1911 pounds
showing q loss of SO pounds during
ther40 days. The experiment is be-
lieved to have been an honest one.
Tanner is getting rs fat as a pig
and as lively as a cricket. He drinks
wine and milk, and eats eggs. pota-
toes and oysters He has increased
10 pounds in weight.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends Of ]. BEhTON
SEEALY, respectfully nominate him for
the Office of County Commissioner, at the
ensuing primary election and pledge him
to abide the result Of said election.
FORK.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
FOR SOLICITOR.

The friends of Col. JNO T. SLOAN, Jr.,
announce him as q candidate before the
Democracy of the Judicial Convention for
Solicitor of this Circuit -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
ERSKINE COLLEGE:
D,e West. South Carolina.

College session opens first Monday in oc-
tober. Full college course. Instruction
thorough. Delightful climate. Community.
intelligent and moral. No grog-shops..
Entire expenses for the college year % mes.):
less than Sl5O, including board, tuition.
books, and fuel. For catalogue, address
Aud ia w. VI. GRIER, Presd't..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
NOTICE,

DARTIES who are indebted to the estate
L of Mrs. Elizabeth Muller and MIR. Jno.
Muller are notified that the evidences OF
such Indebtedness are in my hands tor
collection. HENRY A. MEEILE.
Lexington C. H., Atg. 10, 1880.
Aug IL 3w43.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
New Store! New Goods!!

r would respectfully inform my friends in Lexington and adjoining counties that I
i have " hand o we'll saecteds stock Of
F.4.NIL Y CIR E
In the store formerly occupied by r. D. Sem & Son, IN GeryaisS Street CoumbiaS {. C.
Nv GOODS ares all FRESH and FIRST-CLASS, and I will continue o add them during
the season, Ito meet the wants Of my customers
Mr.. A. N. Wannamaker, late of am0ns, Omngeburg and Mr. l. E Smith, formerly
with Capt Swygat, are with NJ and would be pleased to sect their friends when visit
ing Columbia. Come m and ALL seer my goods, buy them where you can get them
cheapest remembering that a dollar saved is o dollar made,
Na- 1 have also good wagon yard for the accommodation of my customers.
Apr 81 en- III. L..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The citizens of Boiling Springs, press
their claims in the nomination of W. NOAH
LUCAS for County Commissioner in the
ensuing primary election, and pledge him
to abide and support the result thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

JOHN B. KYZER, who made one Of the
most efficient School Commissioners that
the County has ever had is announced by
many voters as o candidate, before the
primary election, for that Office. He is
pledged to abide he result.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
FOR

The numerous friends of s.. P. DRAFTS,
nominate him for reelection as Sheriff III
the ensuing primary election and pledge
his support to tho result thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

JNO. NJ. JEFCOAT is hereby nominated
as a candidate for County Commissioner
He is fully competent, and II elected Will
make a most efficient officer. He Will
abide the result of the primary election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
County Commissioner.

The friends of WIN. NJ. JOHNSON on
nounce him as a candidate for County Com
missioner at the next primary election, and
pledge him to abide the result and support
the nominees.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The friends of Rev. L. w. RAST, re-
spectfully nominate him for reelection to
the Office of School Commissioner of Lex
ington County, and pledge him to abide
the result of the primary election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of P. WASHINGTON
SHEALY announce him rs a candidate for,
County Treasurer. He is q man Of high
character, and would perform the. duties
pertain ng to this Office faithfully and
efficiently. He is pledged to abide the re-
suit of the primary election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of SAMUEL SEAS.
TRUNK, nominate him for the Office OF
County Commissioner before the ensuing
primary election and pledge him to abide
the result thereof. He is o poor man and
has the use of but one arD, and is fully
competent for the Office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

J. W. MARTIN is hereby announced as
q candidate for County Commissioner. He
is pledged to abide the result of the Primary
FIection BULL SWAMP.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.

Numerous voters nominate Prof. W. D.
SCHOENBERG for the Office Of School
Commissioner, subject to the result of the
primary election, by which they pledge
him to abide.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends and old army acquain-
tances of HENRY E. SOX, hereby announce
him as a candidate for County Commits
sioner at the ensuing primary election, and
pledge him to abide the result n support
The nominees thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
BARBECUE! B~ARBECUEH

WYE will furnish a frst-class Barbecue
w at Harsey's Mills, in Bull Swamp
Township, on Wednesday, the LIST day OF
September next. Candidates invited. A
ronsing meeting expected.
SAMUEL HARsEI.
July % If j. THos. CRAFT.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of JOHN G.. ABLES
nominate him for reelection to the office
of County Commissioner, and pledge him
to abide the result of the primary election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
MEETING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

There will be a meeting of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of Lexington.
County, on Monday, the ed inst. A full
attendance is earnestly requested, as mat
tiers of great Importance will be brought
before the committee for consideration.
G.. D. HALT1wANGER, Chairman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The friends of ". A. NUNAMAkER
announce him as q Candidate for County
Commissioner and pledge him to abide the
result of the Primary Election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends Of S. NJ. SIGHTLEk
him as candidate for reelection
to the Office of County Commissioner, and
pledge him to abide the result of the Pri-
mary Election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

Many citizens and old soldiers OF the Fork
nominate, before the coming primary cleo
ton, JACOB S. HALT1WASGER for
County Commissioner. He IS pledged to
abide the result. Mr.. Haltiwanger lost his
leg at Gettysburg, and will make an eff
cient Compissioner.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
FOR TREASURER

The many friends of J. L. DOMINICK,'
nominate him as q candidate for Treasurer
OF Lexington County, and pledge HIM to
abide the result of the primary system.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends ofPETERJ RUCkEh
announc him as o Candidate for County
Commissioner in the ensuing Primary
Election and pledge him to abide the
rocrlt
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
q 6m

The many friends of Capt. S. NJ. ROOF,
nominate him for Sheriff before the ensuing
primary election, and promise his cordial
support to the result thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

MEssRs. ED1ToRs.-The numerous friends
of j. S. DERRICK, respectfully announce
him o candidate for reelection to the Office
of County Treasurer, o trust he has DIS
charged faithfully and efficiently for the
past " years, and that he be again re-
tanned is the wish of MANY VOTERS.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The friends of S. REEDY CROUCH
announce him rs . candidate for Sheriff
of Lexington County, at the next election,
subject to the Democratic party.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

The many friends Of J. WEIR ADDY
hereby nominate him for the office OF
County Auditor and pledge him to abide
the result of Primary Election.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The many friends of W. N: WILSON
nominate him Tor County Auditor before
the ensuing Primary Election and promise
his cordial support to the result thereof.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

G7Ca week. sl2 a day at home easily
DlZ made; Costly outfit free. Address.
TRUE l. Co., Augusta, Maine. Dec Sly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

The friends of ISAIAH HALTIWANGER
hereby nominate him as a candidate Tor
Sheriff, and pledge him to abide the result
Of the primary election.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-07
JANUARY i. 1890.

As we write the old year, 1879. is getting
ready for bis departure, arranging his &C
counts with the world, fixing up his records
for final report when the years and the.
centuries shall be called upon to testify. A
grand old yeer he is. Though PROSTATE
now, be still grssps his scepter, and, like all
monarchs, yields his power reluctantly, and
will abdicate his throne only when life is
extinct. A plucky old king is 1879.
He will die with his crown on
his head and in his royal robes.
His pulse is feeble and his eyes are flmy.
There are wrinkles on his brow and burrows
in his cheeks, but still arrogant, he makes
no apologies-no compromises, and will die,
as his predecessors have died, with heroic COM
posture.
GLOW hard he breathes! over the snow
heard just now the Growing cock.
The shadows flicker to and fro
IT'S nearly twelve O'Clock.
Shake hands before you die.
Old year Wen dearly rue for you;
What IL IL we can do for you?
Speak out before you die"
He does not "speak out" but he points to
the record of his reign, and invites the world
to read, friends and foes alike. Like Gov
ernor Garcelon. the old year pleads the stat
utes of time and stands by the record he has
made. The old year. though sometimes
morose and apparently cruel, has had his
days OF jollity and jest when "he frothed
his bumpers to the brim." Under his reign,
il some have died and been buried, he has
decked their graves with flowers
and sent his zephyrs, like angel bands,
90 80 f.s-
BILE harps, to chant their lullabies
where they slumber. II in thousands OF
homes there has been weeping because the
old and the young have departed, there has
also been rejoicing because others were born
TO take their PLACES. and to keep in everlast-
ing remembrance the fact, that IL time hath
its revenges it hath still more its beatitudes.
II the dying year has sent upon the world
storms and tsmpests, when the skies were
shrouded In blsckness and man stood ap-
palled in the presence OF their fury, he has
also sent days of glorious sunshine, and, as he
rolled the clouds away, painted upon their an-
cry brow the covenant bow, an assurance that
Heavens benehcence would never cease. If
here and there some land has not yielded
abundant harvests, in others the wealth of
products has been SO great that the ringing
shout Of the harvest home has gone out over
the land and over the sea, telling the world
that all may be fed. II in some lands
tyrants have concocted new schemes for de-
grading humanity, in others, the people fully
compromising their heirship to the Divine
right TO rule have laid hold upon the scer-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-07
CLIPPINGS.

WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT gave about s25,OO0
In Christmas presents.
THURLow WEED saw the first steamboat and
rode on the first railway car.
THE tobacco crop of the Connecticut valley
is greater than in any other year since 1854.
THE South raised 1900 600 pounds more OF
tobacco the present season than ever before.
ONE of the Grant papers of Philadelphia
speaks OF Hayes as "the very little man who is
now called Mr. President"
REV. GENERAL THOMAS CONWAY, OF negro
exodus notoriety, has become associate pastor
to Rev. DIR. Fulton, of Brooklyn.
1T is stated as a tact that young Ulysses
Grant will be married to a daughter Of James
c. Flood, the California millionaire, next Feb
ruary.
A VERMONT girl married a rich man In order
to get a seal-skin sack, and the very day she
got IL she eloped with her poor lover, who
hadn't even spring overcoat.
THE legal rate of interest In New York will
be changed from TO per cent. after the LIST OF
January. Contracts made prior 10 that date
win not be affected by the new law.
JUDGE ELDRIDGE, OF Memphis, fined him.
self $40 for hardness at court Two lawyers
made able arguments for the remission of the
penalty, but his honor remained hrm.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS is taxed at Bos-
ton on s746,So0; Sidney Bartlett, the distIn-
guished lawyer, ON s55s,S0o; Joshua M. Sears
on So o55. OOO, and Moses Williams on s20Si 800.
AT THE recent dairy fair In London an
American milking pail attracted much no
tice. 1t has spout and straiper tor the milk,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-07
HOUSE OF REFUGE REPORT,

The report OF Messrs. Lewis Jordan Finley
Bigger and l.. a. Barnett, commissioners of
the House OF Refuge, to Governor Williams,
which appeared IN the Sentinel yesterday,
is document of more than ordinary i'm
poriance, as it treats of the management of
an institution intimately connected with the
welfare of society. A more thorough report
of all matters connected with a State IL
etitution has seldom, if ever, came
under our consideration. The defects
of the law governing the institution are
clearly pointed out-snd the conclusions of
the committee upon all points srs SO we'll
fortified by facts that they can not fail to
impress the governor and the Legislature.
Since the House Of Refuge was opened
], 235 boys have been admitted. During the
past year the admjssio reached 105. The
year began with 3S3 inmates, reduced
to $50 st ITS close. This falling off
in the number of inmates
speaks well for the improved condition
of society, and leads the commissioners to
conclude that the maximum number has
been reached. We Iegre. to notice that
nOBEluk ~ pJdCllCtu III tuc VI htlnEt.
snd that the rod is used as reIormatory
force Flogging is relic Of bsrbarism, and
among the more advanced educators OF brute
creation is not permitted. 1t is physical
torture, and is as foreign 10 an enlightened
reform policy as the worship of savages is to
Christianity. The lash and all other instru-
ments of torture ought to be removed
from institutions dedicated to reform.
The re CONNIE ndation of the commissioners
to put sum Of money In the pockets OF boys
honorabIy discharged from the House of
Refuge Is both wise ana Just. Boys VINO
have worked their way up to reform should
net be set adrift without a little spare
change; and we conclude that the views OF
the commissioners in this regard will be in
dorsed by the Legislature. The economy
practiced in the management of the institu-
ton, by which large smouAts have been
saved to the State, speaks vol
umes for those to whose custody
the interests of the institution have
been committed. For the year ending Oc-
tober 81, 1878, $4,000 of the appropriations
were saved and for the current year. while
the amount expended was $i2 500, only $16,
26l 81 was paid by the State. In referring to
this matter we may remark that the State Is
fortunate in the selection of commissioners
for the institution, and il will be remembered
that Judge Lewis Jordan, while
connected with the board of
managers of the Female Reformatory,
recommended that the institution
be placed under the exclusive control of
women, and the law was changed in con-
formity with his recommendation, the wis
dom OF which has been fully demonstrated.
This fact, we conclude, will give deserved
prominence to recommendations for chaDges
in the statutes bearing upon the future
management of the House of Refuge.