The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-02-23

: About asthousand million dollars o
4 our national debt havs ssbeen paid sine,
the war ended. France has POW nearl,
treble ouE debt, and Great Britain
more than DOUBLE Even Spain has J.
j bigger debt tlian that which remains o
1ours. q .sis;3ss,, 80 I, !
Renewed reports come from The
southern- tier Of counties in Illinois, tia,
the deplorable condition Of the IN.
|habitapts produced by the soanty crop.
of last year continues, and thats despite
the relief measures aud she aid extended
By the public at large; thereis still
great need Of help to prevent starvation. 81
In the last 100 years oves4 ,0e0 peo
pie have bcen. burned upIn thsa,sssss,
and the same time oyer 6 ,091 1avSper
lished in church nccidenD Whe1iti, j,
taken into consideration that abodtfer
times more people arp crowded into
Theatres than ever go 70 churches, The
showing is against She churches.
ST Two little brothersf broke tbfougfi
the ice on which th2 were skating ID
Cincinnati. Whilsl Were:llipgipe
desperately tothe kof tue icss and
efforts vsfe being m b ts . lem,
thesplder. one cried, sRsk 4 and
take Willie out ffsi Rai, ,6otH. Willie
and his generous brssher Hsfsd droRned.
The ice bridgesst Niagara Fallsis
now tie largest one ever seen there.
The gorge ii. packed with huge masses
Office from close Up to the Horseshoe
Falls tosa point below the swift drift,
making the bridge over a miie Tong.
Owing to thaa actionsof ofthsswift current,
the ice has been crowded together With
such force that il assumes most peculiar
fernss CONSTANT streams Of people old.
! and young, from far and near, have.
tasep crossing the ice: bridge daily.
9 The South fsrmiitsa the, Sullivan.
Ryas prize fght, but II was 9 Northern
affair, as viewed bs the Louisville
Courier Joarnol Nfhs brutal mill Bas
foughtBy. two exponepts of the superior
ssulture Of the North, one cfthsn rep
resentipg the Eupire State aud tho.
s8ther the Buy State. n Nearly allsthe.
money at stake came from The North.
as did pearly all al he roughs swbo cons
stituIed ire specsators The Satherp
cStates have not BEEN sscrsto osicil
msslietis 6Issr q 8: egd
faile6 - laws nrok5biting
prize fgh's.
The bridge on thesextension aof tho
Erie Railroad, on the top oe the AL.
ghany Mountains, across asrayine 800
feet deep, which is now being built
will be the tallest bridge in the world.
The site is about twenty-seyen miles
from Johnsonburg; and thirteen miles
from Bradford, Pa. The length Of the
bridge will bn over 1000 feet, to be
covered with twenty-five piers Of iron
and twenty-three spans. The piers
will be ITO feet wide at the base, ta-
periug gradually op 10 width Of twelve
feet at the top. The other bridges APP
preaching nearest to the height Of 300
~ ssao,t are the following: Ths Kentucky
Elves = I'VE bridge is ZIG feet high, the
5fea' SfSsiau Railway bridge is 235
.se;, linz ts tSs = SsS SSs, on the Eries
suspension brtdgs is 275 ~-RoM
more An,erican. ( ~
The "Ring" in this State has ~
some time contemplated changing the
term of service for our members of the
Legislature. Instead cf two years, they
wish 10 extend -thc time to four yesre,
and urge that snch change would
save the expense of frequeDts elections
and leave the people undisturbed for
longer periods, which they woaid de
vote to their own personal affairs 1T
is not necessary to argue on this sub
iect. It is "ring" movement, and
should receive no countenance or sup
port from people who wish to maintain
free institutions. How could the pco'
pie stand two more years Of the present
Legislature? They would wreck the
State, undoubtedly. Heaven defend
ns l-ALbcuIe Medium.