Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-08-11
X DIIGBIAL NOTES.

Hoopskirts arc coming in fashion a
gain.
The dry ticket has been elected in
Anderson by a small majority.
Redmond, the notorious moon
sinner is to be tried immediately in
Greenyille.
There is counterfeit Of the silTer
dollar which must be guarded
against.
Mr.. Miles, the President Of the S.
Carolina Agricultural Society, is win
nlnga reputation as an able lecturer
The Virginia Democrats have nom
mated Hon j. w. Daniel for Govern
or.
Four teachers from Orangeburg are
now enrolled at the Teachers insti-
tute at Greenville.
A Shoe factory has been establish
ell within the walls OF the Penitentia-
ry which promises to be great sue
cess.
The New York Herald predicts that
soon the cry will be "go south in
stead of $50 west"
The verdict of the Court Martial
on Cadet Whitaker is that che cut
his own ears
The indians are again putting on
their war paint in New Mexico and
devastating the country aud killing
the people.
Col Cash has written letter or
pamphlet in support Of his position
In the Shannon duel and denouncing
She press for misrepresenting him.
A party Of twenty road workers,
all white, were struck by lightning
last week in Darlington County, four
OF the number were instantly killed,
ten severely stunned and five may die.
Prohibition received Waterloo de
feat in North'Garolina last week. The
majority against it ranged from forty
TO fifty Thousand. The whites were
divided aud the negroes were solid a
gainst it.
.Ihe triumph Of Lcwery in the
Mississippi Democratic, .Conventio
seems to insure the defeat Of Lamar,
for the United States Senate. This
removes good man from the Nation
al political arena.
Johnny Daniel as he is is ,famil
iarly termed, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor ofVirginia, is said
to te man of majestic eloquence.
His pale faced youthful countenance
will sway any audience.
A mass meeting of The colored peo
PIE OF Charleston took place on Mon
day and resolutions were passed de-
nounclng the representation Of their
indifference to the misfortune Of the
President MS false, and expressing
Their sympathy for him in his afflic
ton and their hopes for his recovery.
The report of the Committee Of the
lotion Exchange Of Charleston, put
ting the cotton crop Of South Caro-
lana at from one third to one fourth
less than last year, if correct, Ger
tainly puts OrangebGrg low down in
the category. 1t seems to be ont Of
the question for our County to make
more than half crop.
Orvilie Grant, brother Of Ex-
President Grant, died in the State
Lunat'c Asylum Of New Jeraey, in
Whlch he was an inmate, on last Fri
Gay. he had made a fortune during
his brothers administration, but lost
1t in the burning Of Chicago, which,
preying on his mind is supposed to
nave brought on insanity.
The Philadelphia Tones thinks the
defeat Of the Prohibition bill in North
Carolina may be referred to the .oyer
zeal Of the men who do not seem to
realize that it would be hundredfold
safer to allow rum free in the State
than the establishment orprecedents
obnoxious to the elementary princi-
pies which form the basis Of n Demo
cratic society such as ours"
"A fatal atfray took place in our
nelghborang county, Barnwell, last
FRIDAY. A colorcd man by the name
OF Dunbar refused to obey the dircc.
ton of his foreman, another colored
man, in the morning and told him he
would meet him at a certain point
that afternoon, when he must prepare
TO dle. At the appointed place which
was on the way that the foreman had
TO pass every day going home, Dun
bar attacked him. In the melee, in
which other colored men participated
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