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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
Curious Custom,

An English gentleman, who has travelled
IN Palestine, recently gave description OF
the curious scenes that are enacted in tho
Church OF the Holy Sepulcher. lie said
when you first enter the church you would
he surprised to see party of soldiers with
their swords ny their sideS, AMI their guns
stacked within reach 1t seemed Il sacrilege
IN such holy place and struck one rather
unpleasantly; but he soon found out the
necessity OF it. According to the laws of
the country, every sect is allowed to wor-
ship there, aud as il is considered equally
sacred by both Christians and Mohammc-
dams, all wish time for their mode OF
worship. The law allows them au hour
each. Ihey commence at six in the morn
ing. AT that hour, those who have the first
privilege enter, bringing with them what
ever is necessary to conduct their particu.
lar religious rites. They go through their
chants, and all is very quiet to about a
quar.cr to seven, when those who have the
privilege of the next hour begin to arrive.
At first all ls dccorum, but presently the
new comcrs begin to hiss and mock. AS
their numbers increase, and they become
stronger they push and crowd, and az the
time lessons they get more and more b Sid.
a few minutes before seven they proceed
TO more forclbte demonstration. They
think If they clear out these blasphemers a
few minutes before the time they have
done so much good work, while the wor-
shippers on the other hand think if they can
keep possession few minutes after the
time they have done an equally good work
AS some Of these sects use torches, wax
candles, slaves, or crooks in their worship
icy proceed to suses them as weul,uiis> Of
otfense or defense, and free fight. ensues.,
Then come in the soldiers, who separate
the combatants by filing in between them,
turning out those whose hour Is up, and
leaving the place in tae possession. of the
.st comcis 1t blood ID shed, the church ls
closed for the day. Such scenes arc occur :
ing all day long, and the presence of SOL
diers is absolutely ne cssary. ....
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
Saved by y water Buffalo.

The water buffalo Is All animal much in
,iso in Singapore for purpose Of draught.
1t Is a dull, heavy-looklng animal, slow at
work and disgusting in appearance, but re-
markable for sagacity AMI attachment TO
it's native keepers. 1t has, however, a par
ticular antipathy to a European, and will
Immediately detect HIM. crowd. Its
dislike to aud courage in attaching a tiger
is well known all over India. Not long
ago, as Malayan boy, who was employed
by his parents IN herding' water bhifaloes,
was driving his charge bye the borders of
| the jungle tiger made. q sudden spring
and seized the lad by the thigh. and was
dragging him of, when the two old butfa-
locs, hearing the shrek Of distress from
the well known voice of thoir little attend
ant, turned around and charged with their
unual rapidity. The tiger, thus closely
pressed, was obliged to drop bisprey TO DC.
fend himself. While one buffalo succcss-
fully drove away the tiger the other kept
guard over the boy. Later in thetevening,
when the anxious ,fathey alarmed came
out with attendants 70 seek his Child, ho
found that tho whole herd with tho excep-
tion of the two old butialocs had dispersed
themselves 10 feed, but that ahey.were still
thcre---one standing ovef theiblecding body
of their little friend .bwhile tho Other kept
watch on the edge Of tho jungleifor the re
turn OF the tiger. &a#U esJ ~ ~.
'. r5 ar 49, - .L-s q. esd q
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
The Other Deacon.

lnerc was q llttlc personal difficulty the
other day between two citizens, to which
Brooklyn clergyman was the only eye
witness. The principals were rctlcent
about the affair, and the divine was solici-
ted TO make q statement.
"Iour information is correct, sir. Yes,
sir, your information is correct. I was
standing on an adjacent curbstone, and l
think l may safely say l saw it ali. An
unfortunate affair, sir, very"
"What was it about 2"
THAT, sir, 1 have not been able to as
certain. have made few inquiries, but
my investigations are without satisfactory
results" -
"What was said to start it z"
''Therc were some remarks not at all
indicative Of humility of spirit, and some
language which you would not expect me
to remember"
"Did one of them insult the other 2"
different men put different construc
ton upon words. would not like to say
that any atfront was intended. will say
though that the language was not scrip
tural." - ~.r ,.
"Did the lie pass9 DID either say the
other lied 2"
''My impression as to that is not founded
tical language employed. dislike to err
and can scarcely give you a direct reply u
"Were there any blows struck q"
"lt seems to me that there was smiting
involved in the controversy"
(Which one struck first -
81 don't think 1 am prepared to saw
who inaugurated the assault. 1t may
have been one, and 1t may have been the
other"
''Did the assaulted man strike back3n
'sHe may have done SO. will take the
responsibility of saying that, very likely,
he did. Men under the influence of car.
nal anger are prone to smite when smit-
ten."
I ''Did they fall down."
'I don't know whether they fell or were
thrown down. I saw them on the side.
walk together, locked in close embrace and
striving with prodiglous strength"
'sDidn't you try to separate them ?"
81 spoke to them and asked them to re-.
frain from such an unseemly display of
violence. But they needed not. Their
passions were strong upon them. told
them tnat might have to invoke the con.
stabulary if they did not desist.''
"What did they say ?" .,..
constabulary that 1 did not deem germ
ain." ..-..t
"Were they punching each other all the
time p
'Tbere was much violence constantly
exhibited and much anger Displayed
(Which whipped In the end2"
81 incline to the opinion that our deacon
haa the advantage Of the opposing deacon.
| | hot Il ol,o
tised the other deacon severely, though ]
hear that he and the members of his
church claim that our deacon Was worstcd.
Not so, not sol l, am not we'll vcrsed in
such contests, but l should say from my
observation that our deacon, providentlally
perhaps, was. on top during the greater
portion of time. In fact, to use the Ian
guage of our deacon IN a moment OF in
tense excitement and subsequent to the
battle, he 'whaled the stufling out of the
other deacon.'"a y. F..'. -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
them motlonless, even in the face Of Kits

them motlonless, even in the face Of Kits
threats.
Make an end of.it9' growled Crawford.
Put bullet in his skull
Not o man moved. KIT. with terrible
effort, raised himself higher In his coffin.
Come, an do it yersclf, Michael Craw.
fordl Kill the cripple and the innocent,
If ye dare. There's mightier one watching
ye!' pointing suddenly to the stormy sky,
seen through the open door.
The men stared at him, and at the driy
Ing storm, with visible terror. Michael
began to whine, after the fashion of his
class.
'Ye know, ye're safe, Kit; an' it's not an
informer ye'd be, that shlep under our rool
an drunk wild us2'
I'll never mintion yer names. if yees 10,
this be the last Nv it. Take that mate wild
yces, an two of the .flitchcs: Ill make il
right wild the Squire. He never let Il hun.
cry man go FROM his durc.'
'Thrue for you. No more he didi Fore
the Howley Mother, we'll go straight home.
o. 'Tney left the house and took the gang
with them.
They'll rtb the next house. said Kit,
dropping back exhausted. sBut did tho
best could
tHe was right. BY daylight came the
news that they had attacked the house of q
wealthy gentleman near town, who was
prepared for them. There was a desperate
fight; the ring leaders were arrested, tried
and hanged, and the band broken up. Then
! told my uncle how the poor cripple and
innocent, whom he had taken in from char.
ity, had protected him, as no arms could
have DONE.
The Majors story brought forth many
Criticisms from the children. But Tom
came up behind him and said quietly:
Il think I u 'derstand the moral of Kits
life, Sir, and l will try and apply it,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.
THE HIGHLAND TARTAN.

Dear to each Highland soldiers heart
The Tartan o;. his clan.
Symbol Of glory and Of pride
To every Highland man. p,
Whether he dwell mid Athloe's hills,
Or where the winding Tay,
BY Birnam's glens and forests fair,
To ocean wends it's way;
Or nearer to the northern star,
>. Where snows the mountains crown,
And towering over silver lakes.
Stern peaks Of granite frown.
In every country. far or near,
Where Highland mon are known,
The Tartan plaid Is greeted still.
With homage all bis own
Still to tho Pibrooh's stirring strains
On many foreign shore,
Tho Highland olans press nobly on
10 victory, az OF yore. "
True to traditions Of tho past, =. :,
True to their ancient fame.
May Caledonia's children add
Fresh glorleB to her name.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-17

Pin thy faith 10 no mans sleeve {;
hAst thou net two eyes OF thine own?
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17
Revising the Code.

Hon. r. F. Dennis said to repor-
ter of the Wheeling Register:
"Our committee has done great
deal of work and if the work laid out
to be submitted in this city has been
accomplished we will not be here over
a week or ten days"
"Where have been some of the
changes?"
'Well, we have tried to get every
thing bearing on any subject in one
chapter or section. We here in brief
intend to make the code a compend OF
the statutes, and to have so far as we
were able, simplified ana condensed
everything that was susceptible Of
either. We shall get at the criminal
part very soon now. The liquor laws
have been revised and changed ma
terially, especially in the matter of
penalties. 1t used to be that there
could be 100 indictments for illegal
selling and il was so arranged that
the Prosecuting Attorney would &C
cept confession of guilty on one CT
two counts and nolle the rest but
under the new law he will be com
PEELED to convict or fail to do so in all
and failure to do so is sufficient
cause for removal. A druggist who
has been twice convicted of selling
liquor can be deprived of his license
to keep drugs, by the Judge Of the
Court. The law also provides the
form of prescription. 1t does away
with the Latin altogether, and re-
quires the physician to prescribe in
English a pint Of Whiskey,' or such
quantity as he may wish. He must
also certify upon his professional
honor that it is for the purpose spec
ifed There are also other changes
but have not time to talk about
them now"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

devise some means to put q stop to
these wildcat railroad schemes that
are bringing our State into disrepute
and making our people the laughing
stock for outside capitalists who
point to our law with contempt when
asked to invest in building railroads
that are actually needed and ought
to be built
1t has been the case very recently
that where a company with abundant
means was trying to build road of
national Importance, one that will
connect the Atlantic with the great
Northwest they have had to contend
with one of these wildcat paper rail
roads, that has been incorporated by
our laws.
This thing ought to have a stop
put to it. If few men wish to en-
joy the cheap reputation of being
railroad magnates, they ought to be
made pay for the amusement. We
would therefore suggest, that when a
company seeks charter for a rail
road, they should set out in their ap-
plication the probable amount that it
will cost to build it, based upon esti-
mates made by competent engineers
and the incorporators be required to
deposit with the State Treasurer ten
per cent. of the amount before a
charter shall be granted, said amount
to be refunded 10 the company as the
work of construction progresses, and
ifnot commenced or completed with
in the time specified in the charter,
then the amount deposited to be for
| feited TO the State for the benefit of
| the irreducible school fund. This
would insure the construction Of the
road, or furnish a fund to educate
the children of the State and thereby
the country would reap benefit of
the road, an accumulation of its
means of education.
We hope the committee will give
The subject some thought. They
will have before them as precedent
a practical example of the most beh-
ifcial effects of such a law in the
Richmond q Allegheny Ry., which
made deposit of half million OF
dollars With the Treasurer of Virgin,
ia, to insure it's completion within a
certain specified time and in the
event Of a failure, to be forfeited to
that State. The result is that the
road is completed or nearly so within
the time specified. 1t would at least
have the effect Of putting stop to SO
many paper railways that benefits nc
one, but is a stumbling block to ac-
tual, real and bona .fde roads, and
we hope to see some law Of the kind
enacted into our code"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17
The Michigan Fire.

One of the most terrible scourges
which has befallen any section OF
this country recently is that which
has swept over the eastern counties Of
Michigan during the past week. The
details of the devastation have been
read from day to day with sickening
horror. Hundreds of human lives,
no one can tell how many have been
sacrificed to the fames-men, women
and children alike have been roasted
in the fiendish flames. Whole settle
ments have been surrounded by fire,
and houses, barns, orchards, fences,
everything, were turned to ashes.
Dead bodies and bleaching bones
are found everywhere; and women
and children naked and starving are
without food and shelter. Thirty
five Understanding in population
from so to 1,500-were either totally
or partly destroyed; and nearly 500
persons are known to have lost their
lives.
The cry for help has gone out and
the responses ought to be prompt and
liberal. -Register.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

Baltimore is to have a grand car
nival next month that promises to
outshine the Mardi Gras of New Or
leans in its palmiest days. The Mon
umental city as usual promises to dc
the handsome thing by its visitors
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will
issue half fare tickets good for ten
days, thus allowing visitors time to
attend the oriole and the Yorktown
centennial on the same trip. This
will be splendid opportunity to Wis
it Baltimore and no doubt many OF
our people will take advantage of it.
We will post our readers as further
developments are made. A full ac-
count Of the festival is given in an
other column.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

The great amount of railroad build
ing that has been done in this State
is beginning to have its reaction.
While we regret that such is the case,
it is no use to deny that it is the
fact. So much railroad talk and no
material roads will disgust people I'M
til they will lose all faith in these
enterprises. A State exchange offers
the following on the subject of paper
railroads: "West Virginia has more
miles of railroad on paper than any
other State in the Union. The rail
road incorporation law is so loose
that any number Of persons not less
than five, if they can raise money
enough to pay the fees of Secretary
of State, can obtain a charter to run
a railroad anywhere, it makes no diff
ference whether the route is practical
BILE or not, or whether the incorpofa-
tors intend to build or not, charter
for the A. @. X. d Y. Z. r. r. Co. is
granted, and the incorporators are
happy. 1t seems that their aims is
to have their names appear in the
press of the State as railroad mag
mates and railroad monopolists at as
small expense as possible, and If the
route chosen by them is of any real
practical value they hope to levy
blackmail on men who have the
means to build the road, by selling
their franchise. II one-half the roads
chartered in the State were to be
built, there would not be surface
enough left unoccupied for the neces-
sary depots and round houses. This
farce of incorporating railroads ought
to be stopped at once, and charters
issued only to those whe actually in
tend to build the road for which the
charter is issued.
We would call the attention Of the
committee to revise our law to this
matter, and ask them if they can not
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

From all over the country comes
the cutlery of the people against the
insanity dodge. The vilest murderers
in the land by the aid of trickster
lawyers and money have a picked or
packed jury of either villains or iano-
ramuses, and the law is cheated and
the murderers turned loose. The
legislature has made laws so that
there is great difficulty in ones car
rying arms TO- defend himself; at the
same time they ought to have made
the laws and enforcement thereof
ten-fold more vigorous and sure
against murderers; and there ought
now to grow up among the people a
stronger sentiment than ever before
against murder so that it will be next
to impossible for the guilty murderer
to go unpublished. Let the people
demand of our legislators to amend
our laws in regard to the insanity
dodge, and the change of venue
dodge as we'll 1t ought to be left to
the presiding judge to decide wheth-
er a man can get justice in one court
before change of venue is given to
another. What guilty murderer wiz
fail to find oathes, however false, saf-
ficient to get change of venue or
put off his case? During the past
year there has been 179 murders
committed in Chicago, and only two
If this number have been executed.
No wonder crime is or tie increase.
Mercmy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17
The President Worse Again.


The Associated Press dispatches
published in yesterdays dailies do
not give very satisfactory report of
the Presidents condition. A lung
trouble has now developed. Below is
the summing up of the report:
To sum up the day, so far as the
President is concerned, it has been
very unfavorable. In the first place,
the lungs are acknowledged to be af-
fected. In the second place the af-
lection is not claimed to be under
control-hence it is liable to increase.
Third, if it increases abcesses will
undoubtedly be the result, and may
form around the lung, liver and other
vital parts. In fact, it is an undecid
ed question tonight whether or not
abcesses have not already been
formed, and the evidence appears to
be that they have.
THE SITUATION Is AGAIN CRITICAL,
to say the least, and unless there is
proof established to the contrary
there is good ground for believing
that pyemia has set in. AT late
hour tonight DIR. Bliss stated the
Presidents cough had subsidized some
what, and that the dullness from the
lung extended over very small area,
and that he did not think it would
amount to anything serious, although
he admits to the danger of it's in
creasing.
A PULMONARY ACCESS FORMED.
The New York Suns Long Branch
dispatch says the situation becomes
very critical again, so critical that
one of the physicians admits frankly
that while there is still chance of
recovery, it is, he fears a slight one.
rite CABINET wERE INFORMED
this evening of this new complication.
They were not surprised for they have
known of the apprehension but the
announcement has caused great des-
pondency. The abcess is metastat-
ic abcess which jumped from the par
oted gland to the lungs. 1t will be
necessary to cut to the lung and wash
the ''abcess as the swollen gland
was washed. The situation tonight
was regarded as almost hopeless.
LATER.-News received from the
Presidents bedside since the above
was put in type, announces a decided
change for the better. His pulse, tenn
perature and respiration were nearer
natural state than for some time.
The country is again hopeful.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17
Hon and Esless.

When board of eminent physicians
and chemists announced the discovery
that by combining some well kno, n
valuable remedies, the most wonderful
medicine was produced, which would
cure such large range Of diseases that
most all other remedies could be dis
pensed with, many were skeplical; but
proof of its merits by actual trial has
dispelled all doubt and to-day the dis
coverers of that great medicine, Hop
Bitters, are honored and blessed by all
as bene fac tors Democrat.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

A republican paper to be called
the Herald will soon make its appear
ance in Martinsburg. Bro. Eichel-
barger is very solicitous for its sue
cess. AT least he has given it several
commendatory notices.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17


vs..
Lott L. Shrfycr and Eva
hriver, his wife, Martin Ia,
V. Hennen and Isaac Nc. cu,.,
Curdy and Ellis Shriver, on"leofS'
doing business under the
firm tame of McCurdy Il
Srriyef Defendants Ht
The object of this suit Is to set aside q
certain pretended and Fraudulent assign
ment made by Defendant Lott L. Ehri-
yer to Defendant Martin Y. Henueff; Of
certain claim or Indebtedness of De-
PENDANTS McCurdy & Shrfver to said
Lott l.. Shriver. for about 1861 10, made
on or abost the 5th day of June, 1880,
and TO subject same to the satisfaction Of
Plaintiffs Fl ~ lien, ard debt in the
bill mentioned, and to enjoin the De-
PENDANT Hennen, fiom all further pro-
cecdings in his suit in the bill aud pro-
ceedings mentioned against the Defend
ants Sbriver McCurdy, until the fur
thcr order of this court herein, and for
general relief: and it appearing from an
affidavit filed with the papers Vt this
cause, that the Defendant Martin V.
Hennen is a nonresident of this State;
it is ordered that the said Martin Y.
Hennen do appear here ut rules to be
held at the Clerks Office of the said
Court, on the first Monday In October
next, and do what is necessary to protect
his interest in this suit.
4 Copy Teste: A. RAYMOND,
KICK 4 IIoUaH, Clerk.
Counsel for Plaintiff
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

WE have the Largest Stock Of Fur
nishing Goods ever before in town,
at HIRscHMAN's.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-17

CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA cS
- COUNTY OF MoNoNGAfIA. Nt''
At rules held at the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court Of Monongalia County, on
first Monday in September, 1881, oil the
chancery side of said court. 9}
Griffin Cross, Plaintiff,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-07-17

The undersigned Offers for sale ~ . bargain
hle store, with entire stock Of general NOR.
ehandlsc. The stock II new and complete.
store. Fruit trees, flower and vegetable gar.
den and fnnHtny sprihg Of water on premises.
aTstciass biillard saloon for sale or rent.
Ed. CARPBAux.
puilisn, Nova