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The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09
New Time. How Clocks aud Watch.
es are TO he RevOlutiOnixed- !. The
New Standard to be General.

The big Railroad Time Convention
recently, held In New, York did work
which will mot only change and regu-
late railroad time throughout the cou,a-
try, but will also affect the standard
time, OF the entire country. The stan
.dards adopted by that Convention reg
ulate the time on this continent accord
ing to the meridian lines West. from
greenwich. The continent is divided
into five parts, each containing fifteen
parallels aud each representing one
hour. The first division, called the in
ter Colonial. begins at sixty degrees
West Of Greenwich and runs to seven
ty~five degrees. 1t includes New
Brunswick. Nova Scotia, and part of
Canada. The next division is called
the Eastern, running from rs to9O de-
grecs. 1t includes all the Eastern and
middle States and the Southern Coast
States down to Georgia. Then comes
the Central division, including the ter
ritOry from 80 to l05 degrees. This
takes in all the Southern States not in
cluded in the Eastern division and
nearly all of what are called the Yves
tern States. The Mountain division
takes IN the territories nearly TO Cali
fornis, and then comes the Pacific di-
vision. which extends to the coast. No
matter where city or point is in any
one Of these divisions it has Just the
same time as every other point in the
entire division. For instance. New
York and Charleston have identical
time, and SO have Atlanta and Chicago
This seems a little queer at first, but it
is thought that excellent results in the
way Of regularity will soon be observed.
The divisions will be easily learned and
everybody will know that each division
represents just one hour of time.
Augusta will be in the Central division
whAc Hamburg. just across the river,
is in the Eastern. Therefore when it
is II O'Clock in Augusta just over the
river it is only II o'clock. There will
be three trains arriving at Augusta out
Of the Eastern division. Say they
reach the city at Ia o'clock, their con
nectionS will run by Central division
time and they can leave ut 1l:05. or
apparently nearly an hour before the
trains they connect with arrive.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09
james Holcombc died on the End

II james Holcombc died on the 2nd
Inst, near Powers Shop, Laurens
County, aged about IS years. He was
"a member Of the Baptist Church. He
was a most successful farmer, and by
his faithful attention to his vocation
accumulated a handsome property.
%Hc leaves wife and several children
8Hc had the good will and respect Of
8his community.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

"A CIRCUS BABY.--A negro w,,-
man from Due West visited Sells cir
Gus at Abbcvillc. After witnessing
the performances for sonle time she re-
tired to a ncighboring house and gave
birth to n boy. Dr.. Cary was called in.
Mother and child done we'll, and the
baby will be named Sells.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
One year, strictly In advalice.....!$1. 90
Six months {" s. ....., IS
RATES OLE ADVERTISING.

One square Il inch) l, insertion. ...75c
Each subsequent insertion. ...40c
Liberal discount on contracts or by
the column, half or quarter column !
Marriage notices free and solicited.
Obituaries over II lines charged for.
Correspondents, to insure attention,
must1give their fill address. ny
We are not responsible for the opin-
IONS Of our correspondents. .E&s&
All COMMUNICATIONS for the paper
must be addressed to the Editors;
business letters to the Publisher of the
MEssEN G ER, Easley, s. G. .-.--..-.a !
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

Robert w. Wilson, of Pickcns.
was committed to Jail yesterday on u
charge Of obtaining goods under false
pretenccs. 1t is charged that he mort
gagged horse belonging to relative.
representing the animal to be his. -
Grccnvillc Daily News, 4th inst.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

The directors of the different Mar
row Guage railroads from Rutherford
ton, N. G., to- Georgetown, $. c., have
postponed action on the proposal to
consolidate them all under Il Boston
syndicate.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

In Union county on Monday, Union
and Goshen Townships voted sub
scriptions to the Union, Gaffney City
and Ruthcrfordton Railroad, and
Drayton Township voted almost unan-
imously against it.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09
Lieut.. General Sheridan Assumes
Command OF The United States
Army. a

formal transfer Of the army OF the
limited States, frorm GencrM w. r..
SherinantO O. Lieutenant-G G enefaIs h, H.
Sheridan, took place at noon to-day at
the headquarters OF the army, in the
War Department. building, General
Sheridan spent the forenoon in making
himself acquainted With the business
OF the office. General Sherman and
the members Of his staff rendered him
every assistance. Shortly before III
O'Clock the two highest officers of the
army called on the Secretary Of War,
General Sherman to take official leave
and General Sheridan to report for|
duty. The transfer was accomplished
quietly, and without any ceremony
whatever, beyond the issuance of Cen
eral Orders from General Sherman re-
linquishing, and Licutenant-Gcneral
Sheridan assuming command. and an
nounceing his staff. Shortly after the
transfer General Sherman and General
Sheridan held an informal reception,
which was attended by all the officers
OF the army on duty in Washington ::
also by the officers OF the Second Ar
tillery stationed at Fort McHenry, and
the Bureau officers Of the War Depart
ment. They all took Official leave of
General Sherman, and We're by him
presented to General Sheridan. The
Officers Of the Second Artillery were
the only ones in full uniforms. There
was no speech making. Subsequently
General Sherman and General Shcri-
dan, accompanied by the Secretary Of
War, made an official call upon the
President. ..0..
THE PUBLIC DERT STATEMENT.
The debt statement issued to-day
shows reduction Of the public debt
during the month OF October. to be
$lO,3O4,79 The decrease Of the debt
since June so, 1888. 500. .594. 4.47O.33.
Cash in the Treasury, 1854 ,347. sol .93 /;
gold certificates. outstanding, sS3,32S.-
$40 90; silver certificates, outstanding.
800, $50, l4l 90 certificate deposits, out
standing, 1880, 900. 90; refunding GER
tificatcs, outstanding, a325. $4,000, le-
gal tenders, outstanding, ,,$346, ,65l, ,Ol6,-
%; fractional currency, outstanding,
s., 800, ,3O3.31.
THE LAND OFFICE.
The annual report Of the Commits
sioner Of the Land Office. published to-
day. states that pre-emption filings are
being made or procured to be made, to
great extent for speculative purposes.
and the Commissioner renews the re-
commendation that presumption, tim
Der cutting and desert land laws be re-
pealed, and that the commutaton fea-
ture Of the homestead laws be amend
ed so as to require ut least two years
residence.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

u. b. Whites, tho dcfaulting
Treasurer OF Newhcrry County, ha-
been sent to Jail for u year, in default
OF 81 900 fine.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

A colorcd woman gave birth to a
child while in wagon going to New
berry to attend court last week.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

"A cloth wulng out from cold wa
ter put about the neck ut night is
good tor the sore throat
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

Two million tons Of tobacco are
annually consumed by the human
race.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

Never Judge by appearances. a
shabby old coat may co ltain an clitor.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1883-11-09

--~Union County has only 700 tlclin-
qucnts being principally polls.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27
THAT OLD SAN DIEGO INDIAN.


Since the article published in the Sun
on the 2Sth ult. in regard to this aged
Indian, many inquiries have been made
as to whether anything further could be
learned of him, or of his exact age 1t
has been found that he was present at
the laying OF the corner stone OF the old
Mission l2O years ago, that he had with
him his wife and three sons, one Of them
a young man who could not have been
less than eighteen years of age, the Sec
ond boy fifteen or sixteen years old, and
the third nine or ten years of age. Men
living now who knew the boys when they
were alive say that the boys-old men
when known here-often told of seeing
the old Mission built, of the feast when
the work was begun, and the ceremony
at laying the corner stone. Ali then re-
membered it WELL Juan Melendrez, of
the Real del Castillo, who has known the
family for over so years, says that old
Long Hide" was believed TO be over
100 years old when he first knew him,
over fifty years ago. The old people who
have known him the longest believe him
to be over 100 years of age. Until about
a year ago he walked with ease, and until
the past three years was as straight as an
arrow, OF a large, fine frame. splendid
physique, large head, and looked and ap-
peared like one of those old veterans We
read Of in Cooper's and other novels.
Parties in the Real intended to have the
old mans photograph taken for the New
York Graphic and Harper's Weekly, but
the old Indian did not want to come to
San Diego. where he said 50 many of his
people had died. Down to two years
ago there was not an Indian, old or young,
in his entire band that could handle him.
He very seldom drank any liquor of any
kind, and was never seen drunk 1t Is
believed that the records of the Old Mis-
sion, when it was begun, contain the old
mans signature tmarkl. As he said he
signed his name to paper that day. A
few ineredulous people who, because they
were not present at his birth, or at the
building of the Old Mission, or because
their names were not mentioned as pres
ent when the old man died, have seen fit
to laugh at the fact of the old mans age
being l55 years or more, even without
taking the pains to learn whether true or
not. The opinion Of such people is worth
just as much on this question as on any
other, which is but very little indeed.
The old Indian lived. He is now dead.
Secrets have died with him which now
never will be known. All white men,
Mexicans and Indians speak only in his
praise. When the Indians were asked
how old the old man was they answered,
"God only knows"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27

No. 523.
uxrrsp srArrs LAND orrics.

..# tNfJIp SrATxs LAND OFFICE.
Eureka, Nevada. July IS, 1881.
~ Seshitt and George Eesbitt, whose pest
once address 10 Pioche. Nevada, have this
day fled their application for patent for nvs
acres Of non-mineral land to be known a. the
Condor Aillsits. situated In Lincoln tounty
and State Of Nevada. and desisnsted by the
neld notes and ofncial plat on fle IN this once
a. Lot Number ~. in Township 6outh OF
range IS, East OF Mount DiAblo Meridian. the
exterior boundaries of said Lot No. 81 being a.
follows. to wit: Beginning ct post marked
No. ], o 5 Survey No. 81, whence the W one
fourth post Of Sec ~. Township /. y, OF range
GO Z. bears So deg is min w l7S6 feet. and the
Z corner Of the stone cabin 1t the mouth of
Condor Canyon. bears 80 deg 220 feet.
thence running sst cepsre. N rs deg Z bsl feet
to- post marked No2, U 8 Survey No 81. from
which post the fmokestack Of the Condor
Mil bears deg W Sc feet; thence, md courrs
o 3 survey No 81: thence. srd course. 5 is des
Z ls2 feet to post Married No 4, u Survey Nc
81: thence. 4th course. 50 deg Is min " 2se
feet to post marked No 5. U 9 Survey NO ~ !;
thence ssh course, rs deg y So iee.te po.s
course. Is deg W 2s7 feet. to the place OF
beginning. post No 1, containing So loe acres.
Magnetic variation. 10 deg East.
The location Of this Millsits 10 recorded
in the Recorders once Of Lincoln County, No
vads. in . book Of mining notiess. paec ia
There are NO adjoining claims. Any an,s al
persons claiming adversely any portion Of said
Condor Nillsite or surface ground are rsrsquired
to ale their adverse claims with the Register Of
l the United States Land Once at Eursha, in ths
State Of Nevada. during the sixty days peried o.
publication hereof. or they viii bs barred b,
virtue Of the provisions Of the 6tst1ts.
| p. II. HINCKI.EY. Register.
II In hereby ordered that the foregoing n0tic,
| Of application for patent b publishsd for th,
period Of tan consecutive weeks. In the Piceh,
REconD. . weekly nswspaper. publishsd .
Phoebe. Nevada.
jy37.iod F.H. HNCKLKY. Register
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27
A FABLE THAT MIGHT BE A FACT

A Fox who was gamboling about had
the i'll luck to fall over cliff. and as he
lay ON the ground, unable to rise and
suffering great pain, along came a Hare.
swell" said the Fox as he looked up,
"the tables are turned. I am your Bit
tar enemy and have often pursued you
with intent to murder, but now I am
helpless and you can take your revenge. !"
"Do you expect me to kill you."
Naturally do, and 1 ask the favor
that you kill me with club instead Of
slowly tsrturing me to death by aiaging
Only Pansy Blossom.
But the Hare determined to heap Goals
of fire on his head and prove her own for.
giving spirit. She therefore brought
him water and food and nursed him until
he was quite able to take care of him.
self. The very next day after they sspa-
rated the Hare was crossing field when
she found herself pursued by Fox.
After running long distance she wa.
overtaken, and as she was knocked over
she recognized in her assailant the very
Fox whose life she had saved.
"Why, you are the Fox whom
nursed !" she cried out.
"Is that so!"
"Of course it is How could you fai
to recognize me"
"Well, fools look so much alike tina
| it is hard to tell who from who. Fo
fear of making = mistake ] shall eat yo'
and let the next one Co." "-[Detroit Ere
Press.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27

The most moral man in the Assembly,
Assemblyman Riepe. Of Lincoln, is the
Chairman of the Committee on Public
Morals. The gentleman will make q
practical investigation Of the existing
evils requiring correction to enable him
to act intelligently in the performance Of
his important duties on the Committee.
--[Carson Appeal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27

To James Keenan,, owner in the spring
coin county, State Of Nevada. you are hereby
notified that there is due from you the sum Of
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars on your In
tersst in the above named mine, which you
are hereby notified to pay immsdiatsly. together
with the costs Of this advertisement, otherwise
I shall claim forfeiture OF your intsrest in
said mine, in conformity with the acts Of Con.
gross (gsc. 81, approved Nay 10th, lo77. All
persons are cautioned against purchasing rs
said interest. . he cannot under s1isting cir
sa.5od N. KAvANAuoH.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27
Administrators Sale.

NyoTIcE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
II Monday. the nth day Of December. 4. d.
isS2, at IL O'Clock n. Of that day. st the Court
House door in Phoebe. County Of Lincoln, State
Of Nevada, the ranch known a. 'Bennetts
SPRINGS" situated on the road from Phoebe TO
Hiko, in said county and State. and belonging
to the estate Of Eugene Shannon. deeeesed. xill
be sold at Public Auction to the highest and
best bidder. A splendid property with good
title.
&c. .HENDERSON,
9pecial Administrators Of oaid Intate.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27
Notice to Creditors.

NYOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN By THE UN-
IN DERSlGNED. Administrator Of the Estate
Of Z. Coffee, deceased, to the creditors Of. and
all persons having clsima against said de-
ceased, to exhibit the same, with the necessary
vouchers. within four months from the hrst pub
lication Of this notice, TO the at the
Law Once Of Thompson Campbell, In Phoebe.
County Of Lincoln, state Of Nevada, a. by order
Sixth District Court, duly made on the otA dsy
Of Ootobsr. A. D. 1882. eit 81
o. p. SHERWOOD, Administrator.
Dated Phoebe, November I, 1861.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27

H10A WEEK. slas day at bone easily msls.
kOgaD1A, -. N'hss1iFi9s
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-27

az In N11psr day Of home. Samples worth -
% " 0bJires. Adarsm srMsosik oe.:Por
land Maine!
The daily gazette., 1883-01-05
WAS PEABODY nsARRIEDs
His Father Declares He Was NOt-Eruit-
less Efforts to Secure Bail.

The Peabody cowhiding case is still Great
ing gossip In this city and Chester. Charles
II. Peabody languishes In the Jail at Media
in default OF the $400 bail. Speaking Of the
case the Chester Times says {: peabody be-
walled the hard fate which had overtaken
him. when committed TO jail and said he was
the victim Of gross injustice; that Mrs.
Lillian !. Peabody was not his wife, and
had 40 claim upon him whatever. As pre-
viously mentioned, he sent telegram TO
Mr.. King, living at the corner of Market
street and the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore railroad, Wilmington, but that
gentl .man could give him no aid. Newton
Peabody, father of the unfortunate young
man, arrived from Wilmington In the sos
train yesterday afternoon and went ut once
to the Mayors office. Later In the day he
was interviewed by q Times reporter, to
whom he stated that tire alleged Mrs. Pea
body was not tue wife of his son.
"She tays," continued Mr.. Peabody,
''that she was married TO my son Charles
on September "a, 1880, while he was living
at Rochester, N. Y. My sou never lived
there. He worked and boarded with me In
1880 at Danville, n. Y, and 1t is hardly
probably that he could marry this woman
and live with her, as she states, without his
parents knowing something about it. From
DanVille we went to Bolivar, N. Y, where
went TO Wilmington, and was soon fol-
lowed by my son.
"But don't you think It possible that
your son could marry in the interim, that
is before he Joined you" interposed the
scribe.
"Of course, tut this woman claims that
they were married In Rochester in Septem-
ber, 1880. She also claims that Charles tore
up the marriage certificate, which is false,
for she never had one. She made that state
ment In the Wilmington police court, and l
wrote to the Mayor of Rochester to see II
such marriage was recorded, and he re-
piled that no such names appeared on the
record. If she was married and lost her
certificate 1t would be easy enough to get
duplicate uHder the laws of New York"
Mr. Peabody left for Wilmington in an
evening train, being unable to effect his
sons release. Mrs. Lillian L. Peabody,
through whom he was arrested, has figured
in the Wilmington papers, and once
attempted suicide In the Old Swedes burial
ground by swallowing dose OF laudanum,
Dut she was discovered, and after some
effort on tine part of friends, restored.
The daily gazette., 1883-01-05
A MILLIONAIRE SHOT.
SENSATION IN A SAN FRAN.
CISCO HOTEL.
A WRoNeED woMAN's REVENGE.
Shooting tho Man Who betrayed Her
Because He Refused to Give Her His
Support.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. &c. j,
Baldwin, known as "Lucky" Baldwin, q
well known millionaire and proprietor of
Baldwin's Hotel, was shot yesterday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock iD one of It's corridors, by
Miss Verona Baldwin, young lady % years
OF age. As Baldwin and his niece,
Mrs. Carroll, were walking down the
hall they passed Miss Baldwin " ho turned
and fired one shot from a pocket pistol,
striking Baldwin in the arm. Miss Ba 'dwin
followed him up and attempted to shoot
again, but the revolver became entangled In
her dress. She was arrested and taken TO
the city prison, and a Lharge OF attempted
murder was preferred against her.
Miss Baldwin is prepossessing In appear
ance and well educated. She came from
Oregon three years ago at the instance of
Baldwin, to teach school In one of his large
vineyards In Southern California. She
claims that Baldwin has ruined her and cast
her adrift; that che is q cousin Of the mil
lionaire, and had only asked him to sup
port her after disgraeing her. On the other
hand, Lucky" Baldwin denies the relation
ship, and says the first time he saw her was
but few days ago, when she applied
TO him for money 70 pay for her life insur-
ance, saying she would commit suicide, and
thus bequeath a fortune TO her mother and
sister. The stories of the parties are so ut
terly at variance that even local proceedings
may not bring all the facts to the surface
Bsldwin's wound is not dangerous.
The daily gazette., 1883-01-05
NO STEAL IN DELAWARE.
The Appropriation For Indian River the
Only Improper One.

Only Improper One.
The Secretary of War yesterday trans
mitted to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives q report In response to q resolu-
ton calling for information as TO whether,
In the River and Harbor bill of last session,
works were appropriated for which were not
beneficial to commence; and If so, what
those works were, and whether any appro-
Precipitation has been withheld hy
the Department. The Secretary says
tlat the first portion Of the inquiry
apparently calls for his opinion on a
subject which 1t was peculiarly the province
of Congress to consider in framing the bill,
aud of the President in his action with re-
gard to 1t when presented for his approval.
It had been the practice Of the Department
to refrain from expressing any opinion as to
the wisd m Of appropriations. 1t had not
Deen considered the duty of the Department
to extend its recommendations beyond
matters relating to the practicabil:ty or
the method of accomplishing the results in-
Heated by Congress. The Secretary states
that he did, however, in compliance with
the resolution make an Investigation, and
that 1t appeared to him that in many in
stances the results of substantial benefits to
general commere were so obscure and ap-
Iarently insignificant as to vindicale the
lOubt on the part of the House OF Repre-
'entatives indicated by enquiry presented
n the resolution.
In response to the other inquiry the Sec
retary says that the appropriations have
been withheld from new works in some
'ases where temporary suspension of the
commencement of the work would not sub
5tantially delay the completion.
The only Delaware stream particularized
" the Secretary as not being in his opinion
such as would not be benefited by the sum
appropriated is Indian river, the appropria-
lion for which was $4,000.