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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-25
CHICAGO. MIL vAuKEE b ST. PAUL.

CHICAGO, MIL TAuKEE j. ST. PAUL.
RACINE SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION.
ARRIVE
Day Ex presa and Mai -.S:45 6:25
Night Express. 10 &c s SO AN
The night express leaving hoek Island every
Sunday night at 1898 connects 18th the train arri
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given through tickets from Rock
sland to Chicago Through tickets only good on
thistIaln
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-25

Passengers carried on Freight trains follows:
EAST ..4:s0 p m WEST. .-...-- 1910 m
GRO. LOOSELY. Agent, Rock leland
a. KIABAL LII, E. ST. JOHN,
Genn SupI. Gen. T'kt q Pass Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-25

For sale by E. j. MARSHALL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-25

Largest Medical rl
of
of her medicines give tie following:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-25

ma "
10 beenb
old wa
remedies
Perry street MRS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
The Railroad. that is TO run through
the Heart Of Edgeiiei.i.

Captain Kirk, of the Atlaryic and
French Broad Valley Railroad, was
in the city yesterday, and seemed to
be in the best Of spirits about his line
He states that propositions have al
ready been made by responsible par;
ties to pay three times what has been
spent on the road for it's grading and
franchises, and expresses the utmost
confidence that the road will be taken
charge of and completed very aoon,
absorbing the Edgeheld, Aiken and
Trenton road, and giving its pro.ec-
tors through line from the West.
1t is understood that there will be
a meeting OF railroad magnates with
in few days 10 consider the railroad
law now before the General Assem-
bly,. Some features of the new law
are considered very Objectionable
and it is not improbable that formal
protest against them will be- presents
ed, the ground to be taken icing that
any legislation hostile to railroads
will tend to keep capital out of the
State.-Greenville News of the Sd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE

TDGEFi ElID, -, O., NOV. Id, I'oI.
NJ Office is hereby given to all rer.
IN sons having claims against Edge
fell county. which were audited and
approved by B. W. Belts, Jr, L. Charl-
ton and r. q. M. Dunovant, rs Commits.
siuners, to examine the bona tide in
debtedness of Edgetield County, as
shown by their report OH sail claims
filed in the office OF the County Com
missioners of Edgeield county on the
--day OLA. d. 1851, that there is now in
the hands OF the County Treasurer OF
Edgeiield county tho Suin OF thirty i've
hundred and ninety-tive 32-lOO dollars,
arising from the one mill tax levied and
collected under tho Act approved tile 2ith
December. 1850, ready Tor distribuucn.
All persous having past due claims re-
ported upou in said report, arc hereby
callod upon and notified u send in sealed
bids for payment from the funds at q
discount To be specified in saii, bids.
Said bids tn he lied with the Clerk of
Board of County commissioners within
thirty days from the first day Of adver-
tisement OF this notice. Said bids will
be opened in the County Commissioners
Office, at :dgelield Court House, on the
18th day of December, 1881, and the bids
then recorded. The preference In pay
ment will be gwen to tie bidders Offering
the greatest percentage of reduction "n
their respective claims, until the fund
above set firth is exhausted, as required
by the Act of the General Assembly, ap-
proved December %, 1879.
w. y MARTIN,
j. H. WATSON, Commissioners
NJ. CROUCH.
W. t. RoATH, Clerk. novl7it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
TO EDGEFIELN PE0-
PLEGPPOSITE THE LOCKS.

The Hon. E. B. Murray, of Ander-
son, has introduced a bill to require
the construction of sufficient fish ways
in the dam across Savannah River,
near Augusta, by the lst day of
March, A. D. 1882; and repeating
an Act entitled can Act to incor.
porate the Edge6eld Cotton and
Woolen Manufacturing Company, "
approved February 9th, 1873, and
the Acts amendatory thereto, and in
strucsing the Fish Commissioner TO
remove the distractions in said river
caused by the dam of such comrany,
if the requirements are not complied
with; also, a bill to prohibit fishing
nets, traps, or similar devices within
certain distance of the dam across
Savannah River near Augusta.
These bills have heen reported
upon favorably, and will, in all pro-
liability, become laws.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
Two WInELY DIFFERENT VIEWS

In the late debate on the stock law
in the legislature, Mr.. Dargan, Of
Darlington, the author of the bill, de.
livered a very forcihle argument in
favor of its passage. 1t was true, he
said, that the bill aimed at very old
law, but that did not prove that it
was not good measure. The people
themselves had already virtually
abandoned the old fence law, and
this measure only attempted to put
into operation what they had already
decided upon. The result of the
operations of the law on the Sea Is.
lands of South Carolina, where so
many poor persons lived, disproved
the allegation that this law would
operate to the injury of the small
farmers This bill meant progress
and it had always been the fate of
progress to meet with resistance. All
Improvements were resisted by the
ignorant. He trusted that this As
sembly would rise above such shallow
opinions. The agricultural depart
ment Of the State had endorsed the
bill. The value of lands in the State
amounted to $79,OO0,0OO, while that
of stock amounted to $9.5O0,000 only,
in which estimate is included $3 ,OoO.-
900 of horses and s. 100000 for
mules and asses, leaving only about
$3,000,O00 worth of cattle. Are We
to protect this $3,O0O,OOO of cattle at
tbe expense of S79,oOO,oOO of land :?
1t was singular fact that in South
Carolina to-day pig enjoys more
privileges than Governor Hampton.
The humblest man in the State, who
owned pine barren, could without
even fence around it say to the
Governor, Cont put your foot within
this inclosure,' while the pig could
go anywhere he pleased in the land.
The question had to be met sooner or
later; it could not be kept out of pol
itics. It had to be met in the next
campaign. and it had better be met
now and here.
Mr.. Dennis, of Charleston, said the
Democratic party had promised pro-
lection to the people who had voted
for him. In behalf of his people he
protested against any such law. In
the low country there was an abund-
ance of grasses good for stock. The
voice of the people was not to be
stifed. 1t would make itself heard
sooner or later. He appealed to the
Legislature to pause before passing
this law. Apublic meeting had been
held in Charleston County and out OF
a population of six hundred only ff-
teen had been in favor of the stock
law. There were thousands of acres
of land in Charleston County unfit
for anything else but for grazing OF
cattle. The few men who want the
stock law in Charleston County were
the rich landowners. The nnnsm ms.l
did not want it,and its passage would
do them grievous wrong.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
LIVERY STABLES,
EDGEFIELD C. H., s. C.

II AVTNG sold ont my Grocery Bust
IL ness. have opened Livery and
Feed Stable Mt Smiths old stand where
1 will at all times be ready to accommo-
date the public. either feeding stock,
hiring horses and vehicles or sending
passengers to any place they may wish
to GO.
Thanking the public for past favors ]
shall hope to deserve Il continuance Of
the same in the future.
Nov loft d. T. GRICE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

The bill "to provided general stock
law and regulate the operations of
the same, as it passed the House on
Wednesday, the goth of November, ex-
cepts the counties Of Geo. town,
Williamsburg and Horny frolI the
provisions of the law, but with the
further proviso that these counties be
fenced in at their own cost and sepa-
rated from the adjoining counties
The bill proposes to make it unlaw
full for the owner or holder Of any
horse, mule, ass, swine, sheep, goat or
cattle of any description, to allow
such animals to run at large beyond
the limits Of his own land. When
ever such animals are found upon
the lands of any other person, the
owner or holder Of them is made liza
BILE for all damages sustained and for
the expenses Of seizure and mainte-
nance, the stock to be held liable for
the same in preference to all other
liens and claims upon it. The owner
or tenant of land is allowed to hold
possession Of trespassiug animals and
to charge fifty cents for the seizure OF
some and twenty-five cents for the
seizure of other classes of animals
specified, and to recover damages for
injuries sustained, the reclamation to
be laid before the owner within forty
eight hours. If the animals are not
turned over to the owner within
twelve hours, he is rendered liable
for the further cost of maintaining
the animals until they are delivered
to him. TIE owner, however, is al
lowed to recover immediate posses
sion of his stock upon giving bond to
cover all expenses. In case the own
er of the tock is not known it is to
be held one week, then turned over
to a trial justice, by him advertised
for ten Gays and then sold, the pro,
Goods to be used. first to defray all
claims and expenses and the surplus,
if any, to be placed in the hands OF
the clerk Of court. At the end Of
year if still unclaimed, the money is
then to be turned over to the county
treasurer to be used as county funds.
Known owners Of animals who neglect
to adjust the legal demands upon
them for three days after notice shall
be treated as if unknown.
The destruction or removal OF any
fence intended to enclose animals By
persons other than The owners or
holders is made misdemeanor, and |
is punishable by fine or imprisonment.
The rescuing of an animal which has !
been impounded is also made mis-
demeanor. 1t is also made a misde-
meanor to ride or drive over the fields
of another. This Act is to 60 into
effect on the lst day Of March, 1882.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

A LADY's W1sm.-"Oh, how I do
wish my skin was as clear and soft
as yours" said LADY to her friend.
'You can easily make it So" answer
ed the friend. "How p inquired
the first ladv. "By using Hop Bit.
tiers, that makes pure rich blood and
blooming health. 1t did it for me-,
as you observe. ."-G.igO Bulletin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
TssAr sa@saH AND sPLEHn1D
s,0r ONMsIN STEEP ON WMICN
s1ooD TaE is;LMAN
~ EIGTt 1sk

CtAID LOT FRONTS 10 THE NORTH
y OH Main Street, $50 ieat--aild has
magnificent Snuihcrn cxno re from the
rear, which in the SOuth"i climate is a
mighty desidnrat"n the whole lot
contains two and one hall t24) acres more
or less, ali OF IL lying in the very heart of
the town. For 70 or 81 fhrt t ON the
street this lot lies ca dead level, after
which t slopes in the gentie>; and most
beautiful manner IL the rear line, afford
ing unparalleled spots Tor gardens,
patches, meadows and fruit trees. Filth
er as a site tor Il grand hotel, with AL its
arpnrtenances. or lor a row of stores, this
lot has absolutely no equal in Edgelie!d
This fine properly will DC sold as whole.
Terms will he made accommodating.
Il. G. NJ. DUNOEANr,
Nov lift Real Estate Agent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

A compoaitor who "set up" the
toast, "Woman-wthout her, man
would be savage" put the stops in
the wrong place, and it read, "Wo-
man without her. man, would be a
savage.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

Mr.. VIM. A. Gibson, Druggist, Corner
King and Queen Sts.: This is to certify
that my wife has been suffering for years
with Epiloptic Fits to such an extent that
/ could never leave her alone without a
great deal of anxiety. Many times
had to leave her in charge Of my store,
bur not until would administer to her
duso of your lnedicine, that would
feel aafn 10 leaFe her. And now she is
s-sell }hving lraH-noyretnrn.ot nts since.
aud .Ihi!c I use the remedy consider
it n balm her. and advise any one who
suffers from Nervousness or Epileptic
Fits to use il at once and be restored to
health. GUSTAV JACOBY,
oct 81 Am. King st, Charleston, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

DONE FOR ECONOMY which the beginning
greater results which finds central point of the ennobng principle
others closed
lenced
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
THE HUMAN LIVER'S
SALVATION u!

Numerous voluntary testimo-
malls and hgely increased sales
prove that PENNS' BlTTER'S
the Greatest Liver Medicine
Of theFA Age--is rapidly winning
it's 7ay as the sure and simple
Salvation Of the Human Liver.
For all Dyspeptic Diseases
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
DEPEND ON 1T,
J. 5. W HI1,E W ILL LEAD!
DOWN, DOWN! DOWN!

% II o
400 @ we bought " sell a! 50 INV 81 we bought line to sell at
ick Silk 500 pieces Cored suah Silks
Rhadamese
oSeat
Plaid
Silk Plush now2 CO., English
5Onow Plush Velvet at 0O, 35c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

w. a. Gibson, ESD, Druggist. Charles
ton, s C.-near sir: Since my daugh-
ter took the first ,ioSo of yonr medicine
you Sent her, she has not had one fit.
Before that. shn used To have them every
day, at least one. and as many as two,
three, six and nine day, forEthe past
eight years. Words cannot express our
10Y and delight over the wonderful ac-
ton of ynnr medicine on her whole sys-
TEN. Ne rhaeriuily recommend those
afflicted to rrv it.
MRS &. aSELDEN, Adams Run.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
rLANNELs and BLANKETS.

. . - Blankets
y . y worthS
California Blankets reduced So So and H. Is bales
Twill
Flint
Prints shirtng
IOnsdae Cambria 2!c bales OF GnteVie Shng ats
yns per
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

GDr OOO WORTH IN THIS LINE5oo pieces Gqanita Dress Plat
of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
BLACK EGsENCHE CAsHMEREs.
DRESS dssbaSssS!

rs pieces so Cashmere at 5c; 81 25 Cashmere at
75c Cashmere at 50c; 5Dc Cashmere at 35c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

As we have reported in another article,
a general Stock Law for the State passed
the House last week, and was sent to the
Senate. That body, however, having ad-
journed from Friday afternoon, the %.
until Tuesday night, the 9Th, has not yet
begun to consider the matter. 1t will
probably do so on Wednesday or Thurs
day of this week. As regards its ultimate
action, opinion is much divided. By our
next issue, however, we will be able to
announce the result.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
The Text 0. the General Stock
Law.

10 them a grievous wrong.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08
PAST INDEBTEDNESS OF EDGE.
FIELD COUNTY.

Nov 17-tf
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08


rs oxes of Ladies' nderyes 75c 81 25
Is AlWool and
reduced to- Is 50 and So 800 boxes of Gents Undshs
81, 75c. 81, 25just 30 per cent
UNPARALLELED boxes OF Misses Hose worth 20
English Girls
price 35c
Hose regular made double
Will the lot the popular price, 2 This
of Curtain Lace price 20 H. 100 pieces
STREET rolls Of Brussels Cpeng down
Oil Cloth
down l64c pieces Ingra
al soc.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-06
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

--Scribner's Monthly Is to be known
as The Century after October.
The composer of "Die Wacht am
Rhein" receives pension Of one thou
sand dollars year.
Mrs. Jessie Fremont Ferris, niece
~ General John c. Fremont, has made
her debut as an actress.
The clearest-headed and best-in-
formed political writer in France is
woman-''Juliette Lambert
Senator Ben Hill has undergone
second operation upon his tongue for
tho removal OF fungoid growth
Carl Schurz has agreed to lecture
the coming season, under the auspices
OF the Williams Lecture Bureau.
"A bust Of Artemus Ward is wanted
by an advertiser in an English newspa-
per. Artemus Ward was, and still is, q
great favorite in England.
The first printer in the German
city Of Frankfort was Christian Egeno-
loG, born in 1902 and died in 1865, and
tablet has just been erected to his
memory in the wall of the house where
he worked and where he died.
"A spare, handsome man of sixty
four, with fine nose and tense upper lip.
is the Rev. Newman Hall. His work
"Come to Jesus has been translated
into twenty languages, and has reached
a circulation of three millions.
Grace Greenwood is in London
suffering from frequent attacks of acute
bronchitis and asthma, but most grieved
at her inability to write. Her musical
daughter will soon make her debut as n
high soprano.
"A work on photography, just pub
liShed in Germany, says that Schiller 4
"Song of the Bells" has received
eighteen French translations, seventeen
Latin, fifteen English, four Italian, four
Bohemian, four Polish, three Hungari-
an, two Russian, and one each in Dutch,
Norwegian, Danish, Spanish, Hebrew,
/ Luthuanian, Swedish. Slavonic, Low
German, Flemish, Wendic and Rouma.
nian; in ali, eighty-three translations,
Says tho CariStiaH UHion: Miss
Frances f. Willard is endeavoring to
direct public attention to the writer's oi
1 the South, and is continuing in that way
1 the good work of mediation between
/ two sections whose principal mis-.
fortune probably is their ignorance Of
each others sentiments and character
/ Literature in the South is decidedly
looking up, and it viii be a great gain
20 the literature OF the country when
Southern life finds full and artistic ex.
preston in books. Mrs. Burnett and
Mr.. Cable are in the very front ranks
of American novelsts. and are showing
what rich fields aud strong dramatic sit.
uations Southern society affords the
| novelist.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-06
HUMOROUS.

There is aman in St. Louis who has
O wonderful memory. IL is thought the
city will eventually employ him to re-
member the Sabbath louisville CoaF-
ier-JOur1ldt.
"A New York man recently sold his
wife to a neighbor for dollar. Some
Rien seem to take delight in swim.
ding their neighbors. NorriSto0R Her
aid.
"A Kentucky girl was struck by
lightning and killed while dressing for
her wedding, and the hard-hearted
Cincinnati Enquirer says; There's
such thing as II girl being too attract
ive.n
u. w. Riley has poem on "The
Lost Kiss" He doesn't make it very
plain as to how he lost it; but it is pre-
sumed her mother came into the room
Just in time 10 catch him att. --Roc6es-
Ter Express.
-"Did you get that girls picture,
Brown? You remember you said you
were bound TO have it, "Well. not
exactly" replied Brown; al asked her
for 1t and she gave me her negative y
Boston Transcript
-Good-looking women are generally
weaker and less capable of getting
along than plain ones. BY watching
the horse-car conductors, we have OBJ
served that a pretty girl requires twice
as much assistance to get on car as
does hOmely one - Boston Post.
When a Methodist preacher of any
prominence in this State does or says
anything worthy of note, half the
papers in the commonwealth make a
note OF Il, and say: "Rev So-and-so,
formerly OF this city" Such Is one
benefcent feature OF the itinerant sys-
tenn. --LODeH Courier.
Tho man Of prudence employeth
the hired handmade whose hair match
eth in color that worn by the wife OF
his bosom, but the fool heedeth not
this important point, and, when he
weareth long, blonde hair on the lap
pei of his coat, his black-haired wife
waxeth wroth thereat, aud patteth his
his head with clGb Detroit Free
Press.
she said he had fiatterlnR tongue,
As 20 his arms sho fundly clongue,
And loves sweet roundelay he Songue.
For that, said he, my love- guess
You cannot, cannot love me luess;
Give me tho little hand pruess'
'Tis thine she said, with glance oblique,
While bluakinR roses dyed her chique-
The twain will be made one next wique,
--Somcrpale Jo.1JiaA
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-06
TIE Sailor who Could Measure the
Minutes Correctly.


A good story, told at the expense of
n well-knOwn ex.Judge, is going the
rounds OF the lawyers offices, and it
Is heartily appreciated by those who
best know the irasclble but good heart
cd disposition OF the old gentleman.
II was an admiralty case, where he is
most at home. The deposition Of q
sailor, who was soon to die, had to be
taken at his bedside In Brooklyn, one
day last week. "flow long" the ex-
Judge snapped out IS the first question
on crqas.ex 9BiuaticS, ''do you think It
was after the vessel left the wharf be-
fore the collision occurredP"
The sailor was himself something of n
character, and not so near death but
that he appreciated the vital Importance
OF getting back on q cross-examining
lawyer.
"Waal." he drawled out, "bout ten
minutes SD judge"
"Ten minutes! Ten minutesr' ex-
claimed the lawyer, jumping up.
Man, how long do you think ten min
utos To bePh
"Jest bout ten minutes" was the
unruffied reply.
How do you generally measure ten
minutesp" persisted the lawyer.
The old sailor turned slowly in bed
and eyed his questioner, Then he
turned back kagain and said, Indifferent
ly; ''Waal. sometimes wild watch and
sometimes wild a claack.n
This made the lawyer little mad.
He jerked his watch from his pocket
and said, in que ulous, high-pitched
voice: "Oh, you do, do you? Well,
I'll tell you when 10 begin, and you tel
me when ten minutes are up"
The sailor slyly winked at the lawyer
on the other side, and he took in the
situation in an instant and made no OBJ
lection. The ex-Judge stood with hi'
back TO a mantel on which little CLOCK
was quietly indicating the time to the
sailor, who lay facing it.
AYE, aye" the sailor said, and re
NAMED silent.
After three minutes had passed tn,
ex-Judge became inpatient and eN
claimed; "See here, are you going 4
keep us here all day?n But the sailo
made no answer. AS five and six anC
seven minutes went by the lawyer be
came almost wild in his assumed ange
at the man for keeping them so Ions
beyond the time. But not until tn,
hand of the clock was on the exsc
notch of ten minutes did the sailo
speak. Then he said, carelessly
"Guess the time mus be bout up
The Judge put up his watch and sanl
in his chair. well" he said, ''of al
the men, dying or alive, that / eve
saw, you can measure time the best"
1t is said that the ex-Judge does no
even yet know what made the othe
lawyers double themselves over will
laughter as they did at that last rerparl
of his. m y Tribune,