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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

The Boston Herald produces statistics
to provo that while pneumonia is on the
Increase 10 New York ii has been steadily
declining 10 Boston for several years past.
The number OF deaths from pneumonia
was absolutely less in 1882 than in 1881.
The Herrhi attributes this favorable show
ing TO the increasing cleanliness OF the one
city aud the filihiness Of the other. The
Chicago journal says that pneumonia is
also very prevalent in Chicago at this sea-
son. and the filthy condition Of the streets
and alleys probably has something to do
with IT,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26


81 Panls report Of the Wholesale trade
and manufactures for 1852 10 simply mar
veilous. The figures show . wholesale
trade amounting to s66. e2s. i9a. being .
gaia over The previous year OF more than
s30.oo0.0oo. They also show man uiac'
,urei goods to the value OF So, 800 $50. q
gain Of nearly $1,000. 900 over the proceed
ing year st Paul's population in lsso
was Al. 49s. and il nov vsnously estimsi.
ell a, from ca, 600 10 5000. The progress
OF il. rival. Minneapolis. is equally marked
except in wholesale trade, in which ST.
Pasi takes long lead Minneapolis eI.
GELS ia The volume Of retail trade and in
Manufactures and 10 fast be-
coming great railroad centre II
eanno, he msny years hence when ,be few
niles cf territory be.wecn the two cities
wall be covered with shops. factories and
dwellings
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

South Carolips has groSD under free To-
l,or. Her production 81 cotton in isss
sAs 800. s9l bales, aud 10 1859. 1853. Ala
10 1870 she raised 522. 5is bales. and in
1854 GO. s5s Ia 1859 South Carolina
uisei q wheat ~. 73i bushels; Of oats.
a1s.9 7l She rsisea Of wheat 10 1882.
2gf5 600 bushels. while Der yield Of oats
rose from 2.TI5.505 bushels in 1879 10
s.00l. coo in 1852. her cotton crop incress.
lng in the meantime
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

John II. Parnell. brother Of the fam.
Gus Irish leader OF tina. name, owns the
largest peach farm in the world II is
situated about six miles below West Point,
Georgia. There are I25, 900 peach trees
10 Il besides large number Of other fruit
trees They cover 700 acres. Mr.. Par.
nell has planted 900 acres OF small trees
this year, and reports the businessa pay.
ing one This years crop will be tolera.
bly, good, notwithstanding the freezes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

a. Platlsburgh last Friday a Judgement
OF $1,000 was rendered against l.. U. Arch
ambault nnder the civil damage act. The
judge charged tia, each of,he children. o.
whom there are FIVE, have a right OF action
in the same case. The ground on which
these damages were obtained was that
Barney Gibson, husband OF the plaintiff.
came 10 bis death from the effects OF iqaor
obtained at the store OF Archambault.
Archsmbault has filed an assignment Of
his property for the benefit Of his cred
itors
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

A Brooklyn jury has awarded heavy
damages against the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad company for
permitting brake on one OF lis cars 10 be
out Of order, Because brake Vas use.
less John Lilly. yard man at the Grand
Cen,rsl depot. WAS unable to stop car
was thrown 10 the track and lost both his
legs The jury awards Lilly $4,000. The
company pleaded In defence contributsry
negligence on the par, Of Lilly in that be
mounted The wrong car TO apply brakes.
This did mol avail, as II WAS maintained
that il the brake 10 which be addressed
his efforts had beea ia order all would
have been we'll.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

A Boston Post correspondent has been
visiting the Hon. Samuel ]. Tilden at his
home in New York. and is now wondering
IL il would be possible to compute the
number Of lies that have been told abont
that venerable statesmans health. H.
ionad him in good flesh, with healthy
glow in bis cheeks and his eye and niad
as bright aud keen as ever. His hand vas
steady and be wrote a. lcgibly and evenly
IS IN bis earlier years. Mr.. Tilden bs I
stood 10 aad about the house. giving d.
fections 10 the workmcn four hours and
oycr wheu the Post mAp arrived. II come
down from Yonkers. he said, every 9th
er day, aud spend from three 10 five hours
just A. yon have seen me today.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

Gov. Boiler is investigating the Tewks
bury alms house aud according TO the
witnesses examined that institution need.
cd overhauling. Only one side has been
heard. however, aud no doubt the truth
has been stretched considerably. Several
years ago complaints we're made against
the managers aud partial investigation
was made. but no action was taken. In
80 large ga institution as that il is not
strange that investigation extending over
several years should find some things TO
condemn.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

A terrible tornado passed over portions
a. Msnssasippi. Alslss,ss and Georgia Mon
dsy. devastating many buildings and XII
hog and wooadieg many people 10 one
town no, henso !. isii standing. The 70.
isl npmisr d allied il rot ye, known. bot
il nay b. so ao4n "a one 81 the most de.
arestise cyclones on record. Where were
cur sesiheT pfopheisp
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
THURSDAY. APRIL ~. issa.

rsmiasni Arthur las arrived hcns from
his scushan TIP. ssd feels better. Hi'
aieossloa oonla roi stand alligator steak.
etlsler sosp and Other southern aelies.
eiss. spd shea be GOT back 10 Savannah
hc wss under shs care % a physician. He
u all rFht sgsin now.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, Jan. 81, 1879
Ge,saemen- Having been afflicted for .
number Of years with Indigestion and gen.
eral debility 1sed Hop Bitters, by the adj.
vice Of my doctor, and Imnst say they af,
forded me almost instant relief lam glad
TO be able to testify in their behalf.
THOS. q. KNOX.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

A gigantic work is that for which the
Florida ship canal company has been or.
gsnizeda ship canal across the nothern
part Of that State. The outside passage
around the point Of the peninsula through
the straits OF Florida is dangerous, and
the figures are said TO show that the losses
by marine disasters there are so large as
to equal in three or four years the entire
cost Of the proposed canal. The company
in membership Of which are included
Gov Butler. Senator Jones, Senator Ma.
hone and other well known public men
lis allowed by All act OF the Florida leg.
islaiure 10 take a strip Of the state IA OF
the mile wide from Atlantic to the Gulf OF
Mexiso, aud half mile at passing stations.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

80 srpstis~ for once. ~ inhsnisd rrsia.
sloe. az uare&snains force ~ habit, az CO.
action IN a mede Of idolstsy resembling
the indeaashle notion o, siBship Which
bsads barbarian society IL The tribal 70.
Istson
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

In caislng away knolis Al Lake George
10 obtain din foe grading the lsboren
struck into what vAx known ~ the Fort
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
rManfbfsifr Journal

D x slNosps Eaarua asp Pporrnrros
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

Wells though on torns."
Ask for Wells "Rough on Corns.' l5c.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts.
bunions.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
RICHARD W. DEAN,
JAMES Y. CARDIGAN 'ons
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

EAssy AEsoLD's Estate.
ID. undersigned, having been sproil.sd b,
the Hon. Probate Court for lbs distfles of N 4.
chester, Commissioners. 10 receive, sfsIaiue ana
sdJnst AZ claims and demands Of al rfrsops
against the estate Of
Nancy Arnold, late Of Manchester.
deceased, and al claims sshiblisdlb orsttLer,.
70. hereby eivs notice that We viii meet h, ii,
purposes Aforesaid, At tho dwelling bou.s
Of James W. Marsh, In MsneLs.isy
Aforesaid On The lat DAY Of septsnL@r
nsxt from 10 O'Clock A. q. ghiii D'eloei ;.
ca SAID Gay. aud thst sir months from he "a
esJ 81 March a. ~, 1888. IL The time limited
by said lsprt Tor said creditors 10 prt s4lt NJ
slaiGs 70 us Tor Examinations and siios.nes
Dated u Manchester this ~ day II Nstet.
4. D., issz.
Is. W. DIAN,
!, u. MchAr0HTos, Cons.
tees Y. A. JAAEE0s,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

Wheat Bitters reach every part OF the
human body through the blood Do not
fail to give them trial
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
FOR SALE.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

THonAs KsLLsrs Estate.
lhe uDdersigDed, having been srpoib,edb,
the Hon. Probate Court for tho District u hsa.
| chester Commissioner, TO receive, etsniUe ara
adjust all claims aud demands Of ali tefsors
against the estate Of
Thomas Kelley. late Of Manchester.
IN said district, deceased, and all claims e,LiL-
will meet for the purpose. sforsssid. Al ihe l.ls
residencs ofihs said deceased In Msncbssisr,
Aforesaid on the 5th day u October neit from
10 o'clock Z. m. until four O'clock h. M
On Sal day, and that sjr month";.
time limited by said Court for ssid creditors "a
present their claims 70 rs Tor examination . 90
allowance.
Dated 1t Manchester. this 4L day n Ayria
a. D., 1858.
RICHARD W. DEAN,
isSw JAMES Y. CARDIGAN 'ons
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
Births.


A. r.e,sfy resal. Aftil siih. daughter - W.
and Mrs q u Ssssisns
AZ Dorset. Arfii ikiA, 4 daughter ~ ~. aAa
Ms sylvanns MeNsiu
A. Manchester Depot. Apfii stsh, daughter
% NJ and Ms. Ahner hishsfis
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26
Marriages.

Al nroesl,n " ". Aaui tliA. Al ,ks tesi
asnes ~ be bride. brother, ilsrassA krstssea.
ksq., hsthe Rev ChsFies Homer. isssa 4 Sehay.
ler, ~ wsiefsissi, ~. "a Eise u Eraasea
81 Hroaklsn, MY. N84k6t MNa WIN
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-04-26

wllism csnc;ery. Sssen sksistons vess
eahnsed. All sridsniiy 81 shise men. AID
nestiy I'll ~ then bore marks u the car,
hsse .hicA prevailed 10 trsqsessiy sbou,
ihsfs ccusurs saA quarter age, One
sknil bod ballet beis 10 sLe forehead and
shsn llse ssrd .ss shaken from il pseoe
Of lead dropped out ABoiher, probably
.hss q ssrirr shoa At bis poss by a
snesainr for. had soand back 81 The
lsf, ear. saj alose tho fish, tefupls was
tbs bols Of eait. shich showed the work
~ the trepsnnlns Instrument showing
ihsi the unfortunate had lived 10 he op.
eisisi on IN the hospital Battered hai.
lets, fractured sknlls aud several solid
shoi st,ss,si the work Of Moa,calm . siege
gnns as they ratified out Of the earth l,e.
nessh The sotkmaps picks and shoftl..
-
The commissioner 81 pVusions hAs issaed
. circular sistiug that numerous com.
pl-.Ii. aaya reached bis Office stating tba,
interruptions persons are nov travelling
throughout the eouniry claiming that they
are authorized 10 represent the commits.
slol,er OF pensions. aud upon this aud va
fioas other preseris have defranded pen
sioners and applicants for pensions The
commissioner. directs that all special ex-
am,nrfs shall give notice thai no special
examiners OF other persons employed by
tbe pension oiice is authorized 10 receive
moAry. either As fees or expenses. and all
such examiners are provided with certif-
Gates bearing the signature Of the com
missioner Of pensions ami the secretary OF
the interior. Therefore. II any person, 10
the absence Of such authority. should rep.
resent that be is special examiner Of the
pension Office. or shall demand or obtain
money under any pretence whatever, he
may be safely set down as fraud and
swindler, aud the worst OF his class,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-26
a SURE PROSPERITY.

The Grccnvile .Nrms gives the secret
Of Greenville's prosperity when it says
Within the limits of Grecnville Coun.
ty and City we now make and sell cotton
yarn, cotton cloth, cotton plaids, furni.
ture of all kinds, sashes and blinds,
wagons, carriages and buggies, paper,
harness, cotton seed oil and meal, fertii-
zers, machinery, lard, steam engines,
cotton gins, leather, whiskey, wine, saw
mills, mattresses, hominy, meal and flour.
More than two thousand people max e
their living by these manufactures which
keep at home many thousands Of dullars
that used to be sent away, and bring
many thousands more to be circulated
among the laborers, merchants and farm
ers Greenvillc leads every County in
this State, except Charleston, in the num-
ber and variety of her manufacturing en- !.
terprises and the number of people en-
ployed in them, and not one of the en-.
terprises enumerated above has failed
TO yield handsome returns for the mon.
ey invested.
With these factories, Grcenville is as
sured Of Il profitable business every year,
independent of any agricultural business.
If Anderson had these factories, with our
splendid agricultural business, our city
would Immediately take rank next to
Charleston in size and importance. We
cannot lay the foundations of our pros
perity more securely than by putting q
considerable portion of our surplus mon
ey into manufacturing. 1t is time for
Anderson to realize this, and enter the
race for material progress befare we &c.
left too far behind by more sagacious
communities. Anderson has the loca.
tion and natural advantages necessary
to make her the leading city in the upper
part Of the State, if we would only dis.
play the enterprise and financial judg-
ment necessary to utilize these advanta.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-26
Tie Duelling Act o Farce.

The Aiken Recorder 10 out of patience
with the manner in which the Anti. Du.
elling Act is enforced in this State, and
says
The Dueling Act turns out to be q
veritsble humbug, just as we were afraid
it would be. Cash was tried and acquit-
ted Immediately after the passage of the
act, and now in Barnwell county the
Iouman's O Brian affair has been quietly
passed over by the law officer of the cir
cult without even the shadow of an effort
to enforce the statute, and it is extreme
ly probable that nothing more will ever
come Of it. Duelling has doubtless sub.
served useful and lofty purpose in the
past. Under proper restraints it pre-.
vented murder, street flights and bully.
ism, and caused men to remember that
there were social laws more sacred and
imperative than any found upon the
statute book. The question now squarely
confronts us: Has duelling ceased to
occupy useful and honorable position
in the economy of society? If public
sentiment is to convey the answer to this
important question, we already have it
by verdict of acquittal in the Cash case
and the most stolid indifference in the
9oumans. O'Brian affair.
For our own part, we do not object to
the act, provided it could be enforced, but
we do object to its remaining on the
statute book as convenient refuge for
bullies and towards, and to be pointed
out to strangers with smile of derision
as South Carolina's legal scsre.crow that
scares nobody.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-26
Is lie Correct!

a reporter of the Atlanta GDnstiution
says:
| asked Judge BlcckIey the other night,
what he thought would be the direction
of invention and progress in the next
thirty years.
II should say" he replied, "the appli-
cation Of the principle of the telephone
to the other senses. A few years ago the
distance 1T which you could hear q sound
was limited. Now it is practically with
out limit. You can smell flower only
at short distance. do not see why a
telephone for the nose might not enable
you to smell rose in New York, even
though you were located i'm Atlanta. So
OF the taste and touch. 4 new upplica.
lion of the principle of the telephone
might enable you to remain in Atlanta
and kiss your wife in London. or taste a
berry in Paris. The telescope has already
made clumsy step in this direction fur
the sight. We would have thought the
man crazy a decade ago who said you
could stand in New York in 1883 and
hear every note Of concert in Boston.
Quite as crazy as the man who now pre-.
diets that in 1908 you mny sit down in
Atlanta, see theatrical representation
in Cincinnati, smell bouquet in New
Orleans, taste fresh oyster in Baltimore
and shake hands with friend in Savan-
nah, all at the same time. In these days
1t is only the impossible that happens. u
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-26
A FIENDISH ARSON CASE.
Five Nrgroes Set Fire TO q House In which
- Lady and Her Children are Sleeping.

One o! the most brutal crimes ever
heard of was the burning of Mr.. Lafay-
ette Briggs's house last Friday night, the
18th. Mr.. Briggs was away from home,
in Florida, aud Mrs. Briggs and her
children were asleep up stairs when they
were aroused by the noise Of FIRE. The
lower floor and the stairs were in flames
Mrs. Briggs and the children rushed
down stairs aud out doors in their night
dresses ; but after getting out Mrs. Briggs
remembered that in her excitement she
had left her youngest child in bed up
stairs and hurried back after him
When she attempted TO get out again the
flames Of the stairway had grown tp such
proportions that she could not pasa
through them. The children in the yard
below called to her to throw the child
out Of the window and they would try to
catch him. Seeing this was the only
chance, she let the child fall into the
arms Of one Of the larger children and
then jumped from the window 10 the
ground The child was badly bruised By
the fall and the daughter that caught it
had her shoulder severely hurt. Mrs.
Briggs broke her thigh in jumping from
the window and suffered other serious
injuries. The house burned down in o
few minutes from the time the fire was
discovered
1t was evidently the intention OF the
incendiaries to burn up the inmates with
the house. They had poured kerosene
oil all over the floor down stairs and
over the stairsteps, with the purpose to
cut oil the means of escape should the
family awake before the fire reached
them.
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Briggs, who
reached home Saturday night, Mr.. ID. p.
Duncan and Others of the neighborhood
got confession from Perry Jeter, ne
gro who lived on the place. The negro
confessed that he and four other negroes
on the place poured gerosene ci! over The
floor and steps and set it or fire. The
only reason he gave for the fearful crime
was that "Mr. Briggs had not settled with
them for last year"
The names OF the negroes are
Ellick Briggs, his two sons, Nick and
Charley, his sonin.law, Jerry Hughes,
and Perry Jeter They are all young
negroes except the first named who has
grand children. They were put in Jail
at Union Sunday. The house burned
was in Union County, about two miles
from the Newbcrry line. 1t was pur.
chased lately by Mr.. Spencer NJ. Rice,
and Mr.. Briggs rented it from him.
Nothing was saved from the house.
NrWJcrry Observer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-04-26
Rough Experience.

Divisioned off in the second class coach
of the south bound train on the Rich
mond and Danville railroad yesterday
was group of nine colored people, two
women and seven children, who were
just reaching the home which they left
about two years ago to cast their lot on
the shores of Liberia, the land which
they were made to believe, flowed with
milk by day and honey by night, and
where the only work required to make q
living was to 60 out in the woods and
shake a tree, when enough provisions
wcn!G !.!! :ao tiIet shake TO make G meal
for family of ten. This was their idea
OF Liberia, and Of course they we're
doomed to bitter disappointment and
long months Of homesickness and weary
suffering. The party in question got off
the train yesterday at Concord, their old
home. They all belonged to the old
Phifer plantation and it was through the
kindness of their white friends in Con.
cord, who made up a sufficient sum of
money to bring them home and forward.
ed 1t 20 them sometime ago. The party
we're just two months making the journey
home, and when they arrived, they were
found to be In most pitiable condition.
Their feet are strangely afflicted, being
swollen to three times the usual size,
presenting a mass of ugly looking sores.
Some of them had lost their toes, that
had dropped off as If through leprosy.
This strange disease is said TO be caused
by certain species OF insect which at.
tacks the people of Liberia. In some in.
stances these insects attack the whole
body Of person, but as a general thing
they are confined to the feet. A physi-
clan of Charlotte was on the train yester.
day and became greatly interested in the
case. The sufferers told him that their
feet were then in a much better condi.
tion than when they left Liberia. They
stated that nearly all the Cabarrus dar.
kies over in Liberia were similarly
afflicted and several had died after loaing
their feet altogether. The story of their
trials and suffering as recaunted by them,
is simply wonderful, and what their lit.
tie experiment in trying new country
has cost them, can scarcely be IMAGINED.
Their troubles began on the first day Of
their landing in Liberia, when they saw
that their idea about the country was
vastly mistaken one, and the whole party
would have returned in the ship that car.
ried them over had it been possible.
Their friends left behind are sick aud
dying and havo hopelessly abandoned
the idea of ever getting back homo un.
less through the generosity Of their
white friends In this country. Liberia
Is bad place for the darkey to 60 to, II
the experience Of those who have tried
It 10 10 be believed Charlotte Journal.
Observer