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LADIES STORE

1t again becomes our pleasing duty 10 an.
nounce TO our friends and patrons of Oconeo
that the beautiful
FALL AND WINTER STOCK or
GOODS,
which has been carefully selected by our MIR.
q. l.. REID, is constantly arriving and will be
complete in a few days.
scription, as our want Of room 10 insufficient to
do So
We make special mention of the following
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods consisting in
part OF Shirtings, Shceliugs Tickings, Checks,
Ginghams, cnlcocs. Flanncls, &c.
DRESS GOODS.
Mohair, Brillantincs. Alpacas, pongec Silks.
Plain and Figured Ccshmeres, SO.
beautiful line Of Notions and Fancy Goods.
Ladies', Genlencn's and Childrens Hats and
Caps
SHOES.
full assortment of oil kinds, STYLES and
prices. Particular attention called TO the Bay
State Shoe, OF which We make q speciality,
CLOTHING.
most elegant lot Of Ready. Made Clothing,
Cassimercs and Jeans
HARDWARE, sc.
You will also find our stock of Hardware
Crockery and Glassware, Wooden and Willow
ware ana Groceries complete in every particular
WALL PAPER AND CLOCKS.
Wall Paper and Clocks speciality.
BE sure and let MS show you through tl,is
beautiful assortment before purchasing clse
where.
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AcknoWle dgments.

Tho building committee desire to express
their grateful thanks for tho following cash
contributions for the rebuilding of the Walhalla
Methodist Church:
French Richards Co., Druggists, Philadel-
phia, Pa, $5.
a friend from Charleston, $40.
Miles N. sitton, Seneca City, $40.
7 q NirKJ Ep
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5USINE ESSS LOCALS.

IF you want something that is good in the
way OF pure liquors 60 to Biemann's Bar and
drink F. W. Wagencr s. Co.'s "Old Grow" rye
whiskey.
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Final Settlement.

wM. c. ERWIN, JOHN b. WERNER,
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way Of pure liquors 60 to Bemann's Bar and
drink f. W. Wagencr s. Co.'s "Old Grow" rye
whiskey.
ADnEvlLLE, October 20.-Tho jury in the
jeff. David oaso retired ut O'Clock last
night aud returned in about half an hour
with a verdict of not guilty,
The Cincinnati gazette describes tho stua-
tion at Washington very graphically whom i.
says the now Cabinet promises to be "Stal-
wart in tho third term sense." Tho crack
of duitcnu's pistol restored Conkling and
Grant to power.
Guitcau's trial has been postponed to the
I'm of November. and the case will doubt
iesa bo taken up ut that time aud pressed to
verdict The question of jurisdiction has
been waived. aud the question of insanity
will doubtless be relied on to keep the assas-
sin from Tho gallows.
fIo ladies of Spartanburg havo organized
coffee and reading room to which young
mon and strangers may resort and keen
sober.
Congress, it is presumed. will give to NIrs.
Garfield sum equal to tho Presidents
| SALARY for n full year, MS was done in other
cnsca.
The State Fair will nrcn this yeur on tho
9Th and clnsc on tho llth of November and
every effort is being made to render it 4
success.
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ATLANTA, October 30 Edward Atkinson
and fifteen gentlemen connected with tho
cotton industry, who employ $45, COO 900
and ruin Hflcen million spindlcs, arrived here
at noon. They will remain in tho South
three weeks. On Wednesday the Hon. G. b
Lorsng, Commissioners of Agriculture, will
meet tho cotton growers 10 tho convention
called by him at the Exposition. when he
will speak on Southern agriculture, and
Prof. Riley, United States entomologist. will
explain Il n"w method of destroying the cot.
ton worm, which canaes M average annual
loss of SIS 100000 to planters. Thursday
will be manufacturers day, with an address
from Mr.. Atkinson.
The display Of bloodcd cattle and mules
begins on Tuesday and ends on Saturday
The exhibitors met Saturday and appointed
II committee to secure reduced rates over
railroads They adopted q roaolution de-
claring this the greatest exhibition of Amori.
can industry and natural resources ever
held.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
A Cat Attacks a Boy.


a MOST remarkable incident occurred on
Sunday morning last Mt ten O'clock, ON Mel
poncne, near Howard, st Get, which will prob
ably result ia ally TO John Grace aged 80
ears. On Satu. day night shed in the rear
of Mrs Grnse's premises blew down, and
cat was cauglt In the debris. Little Johnnie,
seeing that the p or creature was confined UNI
der one of the timbers and would probably die,
attempted to clease it, whereupon the ami
NAL, made almost mad by its confinement,
sprang on him ana tried TO scratch his eyes
out. Little Johnnie, although terrorstrlcken
at the violcuoe of the attack, still retained
sufficient presence OF mind to place his hands
before his face, but in so doing had his left
hand terribly lacerated. The cat then fast
enedts fangs In his left foot and inflicted
serious injury. One Of Jottinie's eompan ons
attempted to rescue him from his porilous po-
sition, but was attacked so furiously that he
was forced to retreat. He subsequently armed
himself with an AK, and, striking the cut,
forced 1t TO release its hold. DR.. Holt Is at
tending the little sufferer, but is yet unable to
give IN opinion as to the probable result Of
the bites IN. q. Times
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
Singular Result Of an Earthquake.

A CURIOUS result seems to have followed
recent earthquake at Bucharest. The soil of
Bucharest is rich, black, porous, vegetable
mold, very springy under pressure, and car
riages passing in the streets cause strong vi
bration in the adjacent houses. The Grand
Hotel boulevard, however, was an exception
to this general rule, and in the rooms facing
the principal street, ON which there Is heavy
traffic, no sensible effect was felt from pa sing
vehicles. During the recent earthquake the
windows and crockery in less massively
constructed build ngs ratified very sensibly,
whereas there was no audible sound IN the
hotel. Since the earth Iuake shock, how
ever, this stdte'of things has changed en-
tirely. and every vehicle passing the hotel
causes vibration in the whole building. The
singular part ofthis change is that the effect
produced by the vehicle is the same as that
accompanying the earth luake. 1t is not a jar
as previously produced IN other buildings, but
a saving motion similar to that felt in the late
shock. This movement is so z eat as to cause
pictures to sway backward and forward on
the walls. The hotel is one of brick, covered
outside with mastic, which would show at
once any crack in the walls However, there
is not crack in it. Hence il is thought this
change in the solliiiy Of the structure appears
to be due 10 some effect Produced in the Garth
underneath the building by the shock of earth.
Quake
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

DR.. Herr. foreign electrician, has 10
shown that it Is possible to telephone six
hundred miles.
M. Adler has just been awarded' %
5000 francs by the Paris Academy off,
Sciences for his advances in phonetic
telegraphy, as also telephony.
Vines are said to extract yearly Z
from the soil only about three fourths of
the quantity of potash and phosphoric
acid that the cereals take up.
Paris has oxygen gas works capaT
BILE of supplying about 200 cubic feet
of oxygen daily. Nothing is known rs
to the method of producing the gas, as d,
the establishment is still in its expert.
mental stage; but if the oxygen is of tho
purity claimed, and can be sold at rea- Z
sonable price, the enterprise bids fair to
succeed.
M. Lefranc has called attention in
the Journal de PhdTHldete 10 wooden
mattresses as possibly fertile indus for a.
disease. In large city such mattresses
may represent millions of Aeeces that
have been only partly cleared of grease,oD
and have, moreover, been affected by
long use through successive generations.
They are rarely efficiently purified, and
might become an active medium for the
propagation of infection.
"A suggestion to employ artificial
lights for the capture and destruction of
noxious insects has found considerable
favor. A medal was awarded at the
last exhibition of agriculture and in
sociology in Paris for lamp especially
adapted for catching insects. The elec-t"
trio light has been found to be a very Ia
effective insect-trap, and its eventual os
coming into use for this purpose in bug
infected gardens and orchards may be
regarded as among the things that are.
possible. fsf
M. Muntz's experiments (the iodo-
form reaction) show that alcohol is to
be found in all kinds of water, except
very pure spring water. Rain and river
water contain about one gram per cubic
meter; snow and cold rain little moreei.i
1t also exists in the earth, even poor 4,
soil, in the quantity of 100 to 200 grams,
giving the iodoform reaction. The rs
diffusion of the substance in nature Is
accounted for ON the theory of the de-
struction of organic matter by various
agents of fermentation. Als aai sslgt
"A thermometric bureau has been &
established in connection with the Win
chester Observatory of Yale Colleges
for the more accurate graduation andis
veriication of thermometers. The ther-
mometers in common use are, as rule,
not graduated with any approach to-
scientific accuracy, and the best of them, 81
however exact they may be when new,
increase their readings rapidly within a y
few months, SO as to become as mnch :
as % in error in the course of a year.
This is matter of particular Importance
with clinical thermometers, of which
several thousand are bought every year;
and 70 inStrnments of this class special
attention is paid.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
A LOng-Delayed Funeral.

DURING the battle ut Droop Mountain, West
Virginia, November 8, 1868, First Sergeant
Jacob Frintz, of the Twenty-eighth Ohio, was
shot drought the head and instantly killed
His brother, Lew Frntz, helped to bury the
body on the field, and left several distinguish
ing marks by which the grave could be recog-
missed. When in lS6,the Government removed
the dead from Droop Mountain to Grafton,
by some oversight the body of Sergeant Frntz
was overlooked, and after a continued cor
respondence with the authorities at Washing
ton and ut Grafton, without gaining any def
mite information, Mr.. Lew Frintz came to the
conclusion that his brothers body still resteo
where he had buried it, and he accordingly
left for West Virginia and the old battlefield
last week for the purpose of making thor
ough search.
Time had so changed the face of nature that
but few if any of the old landmarks were rec
ognizable, and the search would have been
fruitless but that farmer named McCarty
remembered that In blowing he had turned up
a couple of stones that he thought might DO
the head and foot stones of grave. Upon
digging down at the spot body was discOv-
cred, which was identified by the hole in the
skull and few boards placed over 1t by the
living brother as that of the gallant Sergeant,
who had died in defense Of his cause, and had
lain so long in an unknown and unhonored
grave.
After carefully dsinterring the remains
and preparing them for shipment to this city
Lew. Frintz returned yesterday to arrange for
q fitting funeral. = Cincinnati Commercial
Man 3.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
A Touching Incident Of the Frontier.

THE miner, Anderson, of whose death in
Summit notice was made last week, had a
romantic trip from Summit TO Del Norte.
Fourteen men drew the body dashed TO a sled
to the top of the divide, and eight men came
on from the divide TO the toll-gate with the
corpse. From the toll-gate to Del Norte the
trip was male In wagons. Here is an incident
of frontier life well worth bordering upon by
our Eastern readers. We reprint it from the
PiOspectOr as an instance OF that unfa ling
friendship which ex SITS in the breasts of men
whose exteriors may he rough but who hui
mainly would impel them to wade through
flames to pay the last tribute of respect TO
fellow man. Picture the procession wading
IN tho snnw-nlah mountain. silently d aw.n1
the body upon rude vehicle. Above timber
line, where silenc, regns supreme, the
cold almost uncomfortable, those friends stall.
wart, good and true, pursue their toilsome
way over the snow crust, to be rewarded only
by the consciousness that the remains of their
cOmrade shall find Christian sepulture in dedi-
Gated ground. Some account of this kind act
WILL doubtless, go across the sea and reach,
perhaps, some cottage in Sweden, where the
old parents shall read the letter, and, amid
their binding tears, thank God that in far oil
America the body of their son, whose soul
went out of this world from the loneliness of
a cabin-for Anderson died suddenly, with no
one near-was cared for and decently buried.
cases in these rugged mountains. where the
all ingulIing avalanche sweeps the miner TO
sudden death, and an unknown and unknown
BILE tomb,-Ldke Citu Coli World.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

MAY 9.-Mr. Kellogg offered a resolution
calling on the Postmaster General and Sec
retaries of War and Navy, State and
Treasury, for information in regard to EN-
ployees in their respective departments. On
obiC ction from Mr.. Ferry the resolution was
laid over under the rules. The Senate then
ON motion of Mr.. Dawes, went into executive
session, and when the doors were re- opened
adjourned.
MAY l0.-0n motion of Mr.. PendetOn,
the Senate went into executive session, and
adjourned at its close. The following nomi.
nations were confirmed; James Longstreet
United States Marshal for Georgia; Absalom
Blythe, United States Marshal for South Car
olina; Samuel W. Melton, United States At.
torney for South Carolina Philip II. Emerson
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Utah; Albert Woodcock, Collector of Internal
Revenue for Third District of Illinois.
MAY 11.-Mr. Kellogg called up the reso-
luton, offered by him some days ago, calling
on the heads of executive departments for
names of clerks and others employed in
their respective departments, etc. Mr.. Brown
offered an amendment calling for additional
information as to whether such clerks and
employees are white or colored. The resolu-
ton and amendment we're laid over for future
action. The following nominations, among
others, were confirmed in executive session.
MichaelJ .Oramer, Kentucky, Charge d'Atfaires
NJ SWltLeIlunu, IuOIllNS y. vi. MOTIFS, COlOf0-
do member of the Ute Commission, rice John
b. Bowman, resigned.
MAY 12.-Mr. Kellogg again called up his
resolution calling upon the heads of tine vari-
Gus Executive Departments for information
relative to employees in their respective de.
paitments, etc. He denied n statement by
Mr.. sherman. that the information requested
in the esolution could be found in the Blue
Book, adding if it were true that there
were scores of persons employed in va
rious departments who were born in the
Northern States, who had new seen State
south of Mason and DiXons line, and who
were, however, credited to Southern States,
that wrong ought to be righted. Mr. Sherman
opposed the resolution, and moved to refer it
to the Committee on Printing. so ordered.
The Senate then went into executive session,
and after long discussion, by majority of
one-2i yeas to % nays-contiImed the NOM
nation of Stanley Matthews as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court.
MAY 13.-The Senate adjourned to meet
on Monday, and went into executive session.
The following nominations were confirmed.
Don Pardee, Circuit Judge of the Fifth Ju-
dicial District; Malachi Kiebs, Receiver of
Public Moneys, Boise City, Idaho; Moses NJ.
Barr, Receiver of Public Moneys, Salt Lake
CITY, Utah.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
PITH AND POINT.

"A move in the right direction pre-
vents collision when teams meet.-7N.. o. 4
Picayune. ,, .4 ...,
"A tooth-pulling shop is known as a
sore gum mandatory. - Philadelphia 2
Chronicle Herald. moia. 10 ysalp
=" What is the moon good for p'''. /;
asked Prof. Miller. "What are its. prin-
cipal usesP" And the smart bad boyh
looked up from the foot of the class and ?
said, "To rest the gas companies. ~
Burlington HaWkeye. f'''
The man who knows the most isnot :
an owing MAILMAN is like a carpet
when he is kept down by tax.-Manis
like pin; the size of the head does not
indicate how sharp and pointed he-mayH
be- Whitehall Times. ,oteiecs, te..,,,,.
Specimens of the mephitic plant,
known as skunk's cabbage are sold in
the streets of New York under the at
tractive name of California lilies, and
they smell so much better than the
streets that there is quite demand for
them. Anything is welcome as q change.
Boston Post. .3 III. s.,,..,.,....t
light laclng caused the liver OF an
Indiana woman to grow fast 10 the
epigastrium, causing her death. Ladies'
can not be too careful in guarding
against such calamity as this. When
tight lacing must be indulged insthei
epigastrium should be removed and
locked up in the bureau drawer for safeA
ty.--Chicago Tribune. ,'FA ~ iii-t7lq
She was young lady fresh from
boarding-school, and she went into the
laundry to learn how to iron shirts. She,
did not succeed very well, and she said,
"Oh, Katy, | shall never be able to get
any polish on this bosom.p "Sure,
MISS" was the answer, ''you want to
put little elbow grease on it" "Please
get some for me right away, Katy" was
the innocent response.--Boston Cotrieys
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
Throwing the Hatchet.

In the fourteenth century the. .situa-.
ton of Public Executioner to the City Of
Florence became vacant, and, as it was
place of considerable emolument,
there were three candidates. A day
was appointed for public display of their
several abilities. The first candidate,
with a knife, cleverly separated the head
of the victim from his shoulders He
was outdone by the rapid stroke of Me
second, whose glittering broadsword
struck terror into the hearts of the sur
rounding multitude. The third and least
promising held in his hand a short
Ratchet, and, when the victim was ex-
tended with his head on the fatal block,
approached him, and in allow whisperin-
quired if he was a swift runner and il
he could swim well. On being answered
in the affirmative, he desired him to
spring off his feet aud cross the river.
The executioner then put on fierce
look, swung his weapon round his head,
but, instead of making it descend on the
devoted creatures neck, struck it with
great force into the block Shouts of
execration rose from the crowd, and the
trembling wretch, astonished at his won
derful escape, had nearly gained the
opposite bank of the river before any
steps were taken to pursue him. re
had scarcely, however, gone ten yards
on dry land, when the executiQneE TAX
ing steady aim, threw his Ratchet with
such effect that the body continued run
ming some time after the head was off,
From this rather improbable incident
the common phrase Of throwing the
Ratchet is said TO be derived ,iiIi Hi
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

SENATOR CoNKLING entered the Re-
short but sharp speech. He said the caucus
had been called without consultation with
him, and was an attempt to defeat him by in
direct methods. He declared that Robert
sons confirmation would disrupt and defeat
the Republican party in New York, but said
as the Republican Senators were rushing on
80 eagerly to that fate, that he washed his
hands of the whole affair.
THE removal of Republicans from
small Post-offices in Virginia and putting in
Readjusters has made considerable stir in
that State. Many Virginia Republicans
have been protesting to the President against
the Republicans being turned out Of office,
and it is now announced that halt has been
called; that the President wants the Repub-
lcan organization Of Virginia maintained in
all its strength, and hereafter Republican
Postmasters will remain in office.
THE Secretary of the Interior has
rendered decision in which he rejects the
claim Of the State Of Kansas for an alleged
deficiency Of 1857 acres Of land which were
certified to the State in 1862, and double
minimum lands in adjustment of the grant
under what is commonly known as the Gag
ricutural College Act"
A SPECIAL from Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
says that Lieut.. Samuel A. Cherry, of the 9th
Cavalry, and escort, while out scouting for
road agents near Niobrara, came upon them
suddenly, when a fight ensued in which
Lieut.. Cherry was killed. The road agents
escaped.
AT Atchison, Kans., on the 14th,
Charles Given murdered his wife, Louise,
by shooting her four times and then blew
out his brains. Jealousy.
f. C. CLARK was hanged at Messilla,
near Las Cruces, N. NJ, on the 18th, for the
murder of Robert r. Mann, at Dona Ana,
last January.
Mas. GARFIELD's condition was a
little improved on the 10Th. Statements
having been published that her illness was
due to the bad sanitary condition of the
White House, Messrs. Rollins, Morrill, and
Angus Cameron inspected the building with
a view to reporting its condition to Congress.
A PLEASURE boat on Lake Licking,
Lancaster, Ohio, containing Mr. and Mrs.
Price Stowe and their two children and an
aged lady named Mrs. Babara Lasch, cap
sized on the 18th, and all were drowned eX-
cept Mrs. Stowe.
EDWARD BRoUGHToN was fatally and
Patrick Elliot seriously bnrned by paint
vat catching fire in New York City.
Two brothers, named Bowen, residing
twenty-five miles north Of GAINESVILLE, Ark,
on the Boston Mountain, were instantly killed
bya stroke Of lightning while blowing in q
field. The stroke fractured every bone in
their bodies. Both were married.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
A DISPATCH from New Castle, Natal

A DISPATCH from New Castle, Natal,
says: A battle has been fought near Lich.
tenburg between the Caffre chiefs Montesia
and Mocaba, The latter was defeated with
heavy loss.
d. CERT, o commercial traveller,
formerly liquor merchant in New orleans,
committed suicide in that city by shooting
himself through the head. His family re-
side ut Evansville, Ind. Financial troubles
were the cause Of his taking off.
SIX deaths from heat were officially
reported in New York City on the 18th, the
thermometer having suddenly jumped UP
among the ninetes.
WHILE James Taliferro, of Thomas
County, Ga, was attending prayer-meeting
his house took fire and his three children,
the eldest aged u, whom he had left alone,
persisted in the flames.
BY an explosion of sulphur at the Pal.
mer Vein Collery, Pottsville, Pa, John
0'Horn and Daniel Dougherty, miners, were
fatally burned.
PROF. EDWARD L. BARNARD, of Nash
vile, Tenn, has discovered another new
comet.
GEORGE BARTON, superintendent of a
cattle rancho, and Jacob Sessions, a herder,
were gored to death near Stephensville,
Texas. They were attempting to check the
stampede of herd, and were run over,
pierced by horns, and died in about two
hours.
AN engine on the Logansport & Terre
Haute Railway went over trestle- work
near Cutler, Ind, on the 18th. The fireman,
Moynahan, was so badly injured that he lived
only five minutes. Engineer Highly and the
messenger were badly injured, and several
others were hurt.