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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
Only a SnIda Affair.

New York. 28.-Gogsips who have
been making estimates Of the cost OF the
Vanderbilt ball have given publicity to
sxtravsgant and ridicuously nigh figures.
That upwards Of $1,000, 900 was ex-
pended is entirely erroneous. The report
that the fabulous sum of $40, 900 had
been spent for floral decorations alone,
gives place to the truth Of the matter.
The cost of the rare exotics that found
place among the art hsngings of the
sumptuous drawing rooms, is now placed
at about $4,000. The supper was fur
nished by the chef de cuisine Of the com
bined families of Vanderbilt, and in the
matter Of ices and psstrY,by Delmoaico,
the cost, inclusive Of service and Incl
dentals, was $4,000. The sparkling bev-
erages consumed ara estimated to have
cost $4,000; while the cost Of the music
OF LSDder's and Gilmore's bands, is said
to have been but $1,000.
The World, figuring on the society
outlay of the Vanderbilt ball, estimates
the costumes to have cost S155, $50; the
flowers S1l,0O0; carriages $4,000; hair
dressing 81 600. The supper and extra
servant hire cost Vanderbilt about $685.
700, a. d his extra flowers about SIC, 900.
Altoge' her the bali cost not less Than
$3.50, 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
The satr Kousers,

Washington, 2S.-In the star route
trial Mr.. Dorsey was again on the
stand, and a large crowd in attend
ance in anticipation of important
testimony, but little new, however,
was developed. Witness explained
his agency in procuring bonds for
various contractors and others, BY
declaring it simply a friendly ac-
ton on his part Up to the time
witness left the Senate; the rela-
lions between him and Vale
we're much strained because money
advances to the latter had not been
been repaid. Witness described in
detail his movements during '7S
10 and 80. Witness reason for
taking such an active interest in
the success of the business and for
sending Rerdell out to help John
Dorsey sstart the Tongue River
route was to protect friends who
had become bondsmen on contracts
from the disastrous consequences
of failure of any of the routes. In
reference to Rerdelrs statement
that he had been intimating in a
postoftice on TIE Tongue River
route, witness said it was utterly
untrue. His statement was false
hood; nor was it true that he had
instructed Rerdell to build stations
on that route, solely with the view
of expenditure, he did give Reredell
some letters of introduction to
prominent persons, but did not re-
member saying anything about pc
titionS. arm.t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
GOuld's CneerfuIness.

New York, 28.-Gould's health is
much Improved because Of the journey
TO the south. He sid to a reporter:
Wsll street is the only blue spot in the
whole country. do not care to venture
e prophecy but / believe the country is
in much better condition than it was
years ago. Money appears to have been
very tight since l have been away, but
that condition can't last very long.
Europe has been buying our securities
very steadily think, and certainly the
balance of trade is largely in our favor.
1 see evidences of prosperity everywhere
90.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
lydia E. Pinkam,s We.

Lydia E. Pinkam's Vegetable
Compound doubtless ranks first as
a curative agent in all diseases OF
the provocative system, degenera-
ton of the kidneys, irritation of the
bladder, urinary calculi, &C., &c.
Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233
Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass, for
pamphlets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
Chinese In the East.

Bosom. 28.-The Post referring to Sau
Francisco newspaper statements that the
Chinese are beginning to be On annoy
ADce to Eastern people, says it will te
news to the latter. The few Chinese here,
in New York and Philadelphis, are Law
ng on quietly, attracting not the slight
est attention, except from rural people,
and it was supposed that even in Cali.
fornis, since the burial Of Kesrneyism
they Lad come to be considered harmless.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29

YOUNG AND middle-aged men
suffering from nervous debility and
kindred affections, as loss of mem
DRY and hypochondria, should in
close three stamps for Part VII of
Worlds Dispensary Dime Series of
pamphlets. Address, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association. j.,
Buffalo, n. Y. 27b
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,
Estate Of John P. Flynn, deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY
~ the undersigned, executor OF the es-
tate Of John P. Flynn, deceased, to the
creditors Of, and all persons having
claims against ths said deceased, 10 ex-
hibit them with, the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publi-
catisn of this notice, to the said Willism
q. Bird, st his Office in Salt Lake City,
in the County of Salt Lake.
WILLIAM II. BIRD,
Executor Of the estate OF John P,
Flynn, deceased.
Dated at Salt Lake City, February
goth. 1888. fell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29
LYDIA E. PENKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
Is aPositive Cure
For all those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
so common to our best female population
A Medicine for Woman. Invented by a Woman.
Prepared by q Woman.

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Prepared by Woman.
The Greatest Medical Discovery Since the Dawn Of History
ESIt revives the dropping spirits invigorates ard
harmonzes the organic functions gives elasticity and
hrmness to the STEP restores the natural lusre to the
eye and plants on the pale cheek of woman the fresh
roses Of LIES spring and early summer time.
Physicians Use It and Prescribe 1t Freely. az
1t removes faintness hatulency, destroys acraving
for stimulant, and relieves weakness Of the stomach
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight
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For the cure of Kidney Complaints OF either sex
this Compound Is unsurpassed.
LYDIAE. PINKHAM,s BLOOD PURIFIER
viii eradicate every Vestige OF hum4rs from the
Blood and give tone and strength to the system, OF
man woman or child Insist on having it.
Both the Compound and Blood Purifier are prepared
at and 235 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass Price of
either g. Six bottles for S. Sent by mail in the form
OF pills. or of lozenges receipt Of price, 81 per box
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No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAMS
Liver PILLS. They cure constipation, bliousnessi
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29

For Lame Back, Side OF Chest
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price
Csc. Sold by z. G. II. l. Drug Store
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-29

SPRING STYLES of Stiff Hats just
received by express
at DUNFoRD's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
Recovery Of Forfeited Lands.

Concerning the suit brought for
the Sinking Fund Commissioners, in
which Messrs. Pope 6 Haskell rep
resented the Commission, for the re-
covery of certain lands forfeited t.
the State for taxes in this County, Mr..
J. D. Pope writes the Attorney Gen
eral that in order not to involve the
State in heavy costs they had selected
two cases out of several hundred, up.
ION which to try the questions involved,
One of the cases was non.suited IN
the Circuit Court an,l the ruling sus.
tained by the Supreme Court. he
thinks it will be IDLE to attempt to
recover in any Of the Richland cases
and that the FAULT lies in our borrowed
tax laws. If some can escape paying
their tax others would cease to pay
relying on technical objections when
sued to avoid paying; thus the State
would be without means and without
remedy. He suggests that the Legis'
lature root out the present borrowed
tax system entirely and establish
something for Itself which would be
simple in its details, inexpensive and
effectual.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
Josh Billings Guide TO Health.

Never run in debt if you can find
anything else to run into.
Be kind to your mother.in law, and
if necessary, pay her board in come
good hotel.
Laff every time you feel tickled, and
laf once in while emmy how.
Never borrow what you are able to
bay and alwus have some things you
won't lend.
Never git in hurry; you can walk
good deal further in day than you
can run.
If yu have dauters let your wife
bring them up; if she has common
sense she can beat all yure theories.
Don't have emmy rules for long lie
you won't break; be prepared to-day
to die tomorrow, il the best creed for
long life l kno Of.
Don't be klown You can help it;
people don't respect ennything much
that they can only laff at.
Don't keep but one dog there IL
no man but tanner able to keep
three.
By trying to follow the above guide
to hea th ana happiness the Billings
family has hekum what it il.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
- <1<S G--s------
ANegrO "CODjured" by His sweet.
heart,

SALISBURY, N. Y, February Ia
The colored people Of thia place, as
we'll as many others, have been
thrown into intense excitment over
the fact that Hugh Leonard had
thrown up snake eighteen inches
long An examination shows that
Leonard has been sick for some weeks
and he was convinced that be had
been conjured. He even goes 80 far
as to fix the exact date when the
bewitching was accomplished. He
Gays he attended ball, when one of
his old sweetkearts, whom he had
dropped "for handsomer girl
came and gave him some cake. He
noticed a peculiar taste ind did not
eat all Of it, as he was fearful Of be-
ing coDiured. He soon began COM
planning Of pains in the stomach. His
Uncle Cotman took the case in charge
with the avowed intention Of remov.
ing the spell, and yesterday witnessed
the irnition Of his labors. About one
o'clock Leonard was taken with a
severe fit Of coughing, when he threw
up snake some twelve inches long,
spotted white and black, and appar.
emily Of the water snake variety.
The snake was alive and continued go
until he was put in bottle Of rum
for safe keeping. The negro still
lies on his back on the floor and says
there are more Of them yet to come
that they come up into his throat
and choke him nearly to death, but
slip back before he can get his fingers
on them. The old colored woman
present at the occurrence says that
just before the snake put in its ap-
pearance four legged scorpion ran
out Of Leonard's mouth and disap.
peared under the bed. The snake
he's been seen by hundreds. The *.
citement is intense.
Edward Graham, who is supposed
by all the colored people to be gifted
az conjurer, says the thing iS easily
done. To cause snskes to grow you
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

portaace, but the census affords, un-
fortunately, no exact data. The dairy
business has shown much increase,
and the crops of rye, barley and
peas have increased rapidly in value.
THE COTTON CROP
of 1870 was 224,500 bales Of 450
pounds each, in 1880 5l7,495 bales,
and in 1882 62O,97O bales. The in.
crease in yield between 1870 and
1880 was 292 .995 bales or 130 per
cent, and between 1880 and 1882
103,475 bales or IS per cent. The
increase for the twelve years from
1870 to 1882 was 39G,47Q bales or
175 per cent. The best evidence OF
the continued Improvement il the
cultivation of this crop is contained
in the fact that in 1880 the acreage
in cotton was 8 per cent. smaller than
in the proceeding year, and yet the
yield increased 10 per cent.
A SUMMARY.
South Carolina has increased du-
ring the last twelve years her produc-
ton of corn 9,431,52S bushels or l24
per cent; her yield Of oats 7,3l6,377
bushels or 1892 per cent, twelve.fol
the yield of 1870; her production Of
wheat !, ISL 800 bushels or no per
cent; her yield of rice 32.379,754
pounds or 100 per cent; her cane
syrup product 1885 gallons 'or 81
per cent; her weetpotato crop 2,5O2,.
ia bushels or 1S6 per cent: her
Irish potato crop 3o3,93S bushels or
3G5 per cent. and her smaller food
crcps proportionately, truck farming
having risen from nothing to a great
industry. Besides doing this, South
Carolina increased her product of
cotton in the twelve years 500, 40
bales or l76 per cent. The acreage
of cotton is shown to be almost sta.
tionary, but with largely increased
product per acre; ard the acreage in
food crops increases largely, but is
surpassed in progress by the increase
in the yield per acre.
THE MORAL.
The lesson inFthie to the planters OF
the State is: Be proud OF what you
have done,' but determine to do still
better. N. G. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01


Among the least of Senator Buffers
good qualities is that OF punctuality
which characteristic is being noticed
in Congress. Not long since it was an.
nounced that he was he only member
of the Senate at prayers and the
Chaplain prayed fervently for the
Senator from South Carolina. On
Friday morning, there were present
four Republicans and one Democrat
Senator Butler was the solitary repre-
sentative Of his party. BE looked
more in sorrow than in anger upon
"the beggarly account of empty
benches"
These facts mean much more thar
force of habit Senator Buffers part
for they evince an interest in the bust
ness for which he was sent to Washing
ton, that..is very gratifying to hia con
stituents at home.-S1nlter Watch
man.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
She Didn't Dare Do II.


The other day a man and woman
came to sudden halt on Grand
River street and the woman dropped
basket she waa carrying and called
out.
II will will /! I'll not live with
you another day
You'll leave me, will you" he
calmly asked.
Yes, ! will I"
when p
"Now-right off-this minute"
You'll go away?''
"Yes, sir!"
II wouldn't if l were you"
But l will, and defy you to pre-
vent me have suffered at your
hands as long as I Can put up with
it !"
"Oh, l ahan't try to stop you," be
quietly replied. I'll simply report
to the police that my wife has mys-
teriously disappeared. They will want
your description and shall give it.
You wear No. Z shoes; you have an
extra large mouth; you walk stiff. in
your knees; your nose turns up al
the end hair the color Of brick
terra Gotta, the newest in fashion !;
eyes rather on the squint; voice par
takes Of"
wreschl yon would't dare do
that u she screamed.
certainly will, and the dsscrip.
tion will go into all the papers"
They glared at each other for a
minute like cats.
Then he walked on. She looked
up and down the street, gritted her
teeth together, and then picked up
the basket and followed on after. He
had what they call the dead wood on
her.-DetroiL Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

! The value of the stock of every fac
cory company in South Carolina ez-
cept FIVE is above par and the stock Of
these FIVE sells at par; the stock Of
one company, Langley, sells ct Sl73 !;
Granitevi,le and Vaucluse, Sl7O /;
Piedmont, $3.50; Reedy River Clifton
and Camperdown at SIPS; Farryville
and Pelham, $l2o; Cedar Shoals and
Valley Falls, Sllo. The dividends
paid, as far as reported, ranged from
ten to twenty per cent, the Cedar
Shoals paying the largest percentage
and the saluda Mills the next highest
3|welyei + and q half per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
A Pointed Prayer.

May the members of this body not
ask themselves, Bow shall I curry
favor with the bosses? nor, how
g.. line the vest of some editor,
and 30 make myself the subject OF
editorial squibs dripping with sweet
ness? but may they ask themselves
continually, How shall conduct my
self 40 as to win the endorsement Of
my own conscience, the approval Of
my constituents and the favorable
Judgment of Almighty God May
these Assemblymen so act as to escape
the necessity of explaining to an in
quisitiye constituency how, leaving
home poor on the meagre salary Of
800 S5ey return riich.-e'AopAain
10. W,u in the Nc,u Jersey House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

simply get any snake, kill and dry it,
and then grind it to q fine powder.
This is mixed in with any kind Of
cake and the very small eggs which
it contains are soon Matched by the
heat of the stomach and the end is
accomplished. Ned is orthodox, so
his description must be about right.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
From the Sea Board.

Mrs. c. Wulbern, Charleston, S,
c., says: IL have used Norman q
Neutraliziug Cordial in my family
two or three years and can certainly
recommend it as one OF the best med
icines for sll stomacEic troubles. 1t
is 80 harmless that do not hesitate
to give it to my youngest child"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
Habltaal Cos.ivsness.

many persons suffer with habit
costiveness. A dose Of Norman 8
Rtralizing Cordial after each meal,
4 break up the most stubborn case
gives tone to the stomach thereby
3nulating the liver to healthy action,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

The old fashioned pea jacket is a0oin
fashionable. They are just suited
for tall young men, and make the m
look as if they had got into a spht
liver pad by mistake.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

Considerate mother to governess
Miss Smith don't let Alfred and
Jennie sit down on the damp grass
for fear they should take cold. When
they are tired you can sit down and
take them on your lap"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

Truth ABOUT OUR SWEET PoTATo
The fact that General Marion on
receiving the British flag of truce in
his South Carolina camp during the
revolution, invited the officers to dine
simply on roasted sweet potatoes has
been quoted as an illustration of the
hardships Of the patriot troopers; but
if any man could approach sugary,
mealy Southern sweet potato, fresh
from the aaky ashes OF an open air
fire Of wood, with any sensation ey.
cept that Of ardent appetite, he de.
serves the pity Of every honest cpl.
cure.-Philadclphia Recopd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

A, ,ung politician explained the
tattered condition Of his trousers to
his father by stating that he was sit
ting under an apple tree euic .nR
himself, when farmers dog came
along and contested his seat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

A country girl who was being treated
to ice cream for the first time was
asked by her young man" how she
liked it, 1t tastes pretty good, was
the reply, but I always prefer my
pudding hot. '-Hotel Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
The Story Of The Leptr
Recently Put Ashore at Lewes. Dcla-
ware..Ordered to Leave the Town.

PHILADELPHIA, February l4.--A
few days ago stranger CAME ashore
at Lewes, DEL, from foreign vessel.
he was well dressed and his manner
was courteous. Save q slight limp
in his gait and an unnatural tinge to
his countenance there was nothing
outwardly to indicate the presence OF
peculiar malaay. Upon reaching
the shore he sought out private and
rather secluded boarding place, and
there he remained, keeping aloof en-
tirely from the people around him.
From significant hints dropped by
several Of the crew who brought him
ashore it was whispered about that
the stranger was leper, who, for the
safety of his comrades on sbipboard,
had been put ashore to ahift for him
self. The stranger made no attempt
at denial, but, on the contrary, SEEM
ed as anxious to avoid the approach
of his neighbors as they were to avoid
him. The extravagant stories that
went rapidly from mouth to mouth
caused such agitation that a special
meeting Of the Town Council was
decided upon to consider ways and
means to rid the community of the
dangerous patient. To-day he was
found and questioned by Press re.
porter. BE admitted that the sus.
picions Of the people were well found
ed. He was, he frankly but sorrow
fully admitted, a leper. He gave his
name AS James Atwald, and said he
was an Englishman by birth, but up
to last Summer had been for ten y ears
q resident Of Havana, where the
disease, the germs Of which were
latent in his system, developed itself.
His impression was that he con-
tracted the in6rmity while At Mada-
gascar, where he and others of The
crew with whom he was associated
were forced to work side by side
with gang Of natives, number Of
whom were known to be diseased.
Sometimes the colors his skin had
as. umed would blend unit! his flesh
actually appeared TO him almost as
variegated as garden in June. The
horror Of his position became at the
time almost unbearable, and he had
contemplated suicide as means to
escape his awful fate. He studied
bis case, and having le rned that ex-
posure to cold weather was the only
means by which its ravages could be
) that I'D ed he determined to 60 to
; lish ship Formosa. The Captain how
: ever suspected the nature Of his al
| rent and told him he must leave th
ship at Wilmington, N. G. At b;
request, however, the Captain pei
mitted him to land at Lewes insteat
from which point he intended to &
TO Canada. Mr.. Atwald during th
interview displayed to the reporte
, the peculiarities ofthe diease as deve
oped in his case. The mere rubin
of his hand created a fine, bran lik
dust. Across the palm the lines wer
stresked brightly, 30 that in the ray
of the sun they shone like a web.wor
Of silver. This popularity in hi
flesh had communicated to the cro'
} feet lines on his temples, and they
} like the palms Of his hands, percept
bly, glistened. He left Lewes in OBJ
dience to the demand of the Tow
Council.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

Why is fsh.hook lise the letter
F?-Becauae it will make an eel
feel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

We know all about shooting stars,
hut we often forget that this world OF
ours il a revolver.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01
Inc abbeyille

Judge WallE h0 h"'o'.o
In b;s Grand Jury at
Ahbav;,le III lace spoke of
Tho ,acent ID Dave Roberts,
The 49, Or. Klugh,
b,sS as the jury
Aef violence
ont aw. We
i, [aw. For
can & pg on 3
ot ~, @ man will
eon # = as. The
90, ernment
uho minated.
+, 4 pan will
mI;sSs preju'
dice, u'u ~ w
nin;.te uEinaaenca,i and
uncoltro} Sioa. IT. 0aman
will ia n WI 4e crowd
nndortoLl w. This
ia the only hs ever charged
GRAND BON the subject Of
lvncbing- dgeis not "a prosecut-
;no officer here to try @ case
nnon the q presented in the
reou,ar wa} oes become me how.
ever 70 NH tNlaw, aud every
Good citizen M uphold and enforce
It. Your person ard property rights
o 70 IN danger Aen the laws are i'm
properly ezecuf. No crowd oi men
should undert5e to execute laws'
wben svaved fRlassion and prGu-
dice. Upon al y noer'ain statements
of facts the VIZ akf the law must be
maintained or oE ghts are in danger
You must supI hold, and lend
v,gor to the law ol would 4, nave
{" freedom and III pnderwell resn'
lated law"
"You are IF s6d inquest of the
countv. Yon al pot detectives. You
ara mt to ferrl Alt crime. But when
there is a flaoraF M and open defiance
of law. then acomes within the
purview and seof O your ou'y 20
bring the perpeiriors' 70 'fiai'
:" In regard tolnis lynching, take
oucb stens aa yo, think proper. If
von find ont the Ssties present them
in your presentm Z sne o0ul. WIZ
the witnesses to- tne iacss'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-01

Ike, e 6SS in Minneapolis, was sent
by his teat jsr, q Won IN, to the Su.
perlntends5t to be whipped. Ike
suspected tie contents of the note,
and hired another boy for four cents
to take 1t in. The Superintendent
did not discover, until all was over,
that the ooy he I" educated" with his
rattan had hot seen the inside Of a
school nouge for g month.