The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-10-11
News Of the Day.

Baptist CHURCH cnolr21C lihlinOnSFlile.
"A good deal oftowdyism took place
at Sumter last week during the visit of
Sells circus.
The Texas TOP: cotton is total fail
nre. Worms are destroying what the
drought spared.
Grant says that he is compar-
:,attuely a poor man.. Wewonder who ne
lis comparing himself with.
+. Gen. Roger A. Pryor has sailed to
England to take part in the defence of
O'Donnell. the murderer of Carey.
3 Hon. John Kelley says the entire
New York State Democratic ticket will
be elected BY an overwhelming majority.
e David &. Wells says ''no new cotton
mills are being built in New England"
They are being built in the South, that's
the reason.
*, a istrike has taken place among the
factory employees at Greenville. The
laborer is worthy of his hire. Let him
have his dues.
Fred Douglas and the Republicans
are mutually accusing each other of in.
gratitude. Honors are easy. Both will
be fooled in the long run.
The Southern Christian Adrocate. in
view of the coming circus. hopes that the
preacher. who goes to see the animals,
won't tarf with the clown.
Miss Henderson, Of f.Dakota. is called
the IMAM killer" She has been engag-
cd to be married four times, and all her
lovers have died before Wedding took
place.
A Radical inccnaiary burnt down the
barn and Stables of Daniel McIver. n
staunch colored Democrat in Cheraw,
last week. Is this political intolerance
never to cease?
A Colorado crank went to Washing
ton the other day. for the purpose of
crowning Arthur King Of the United
States of America. A fine piece Of sar-
casm. if viewed i'll the right light.
Mr.. Sala says: america may be-.
politically. a republic; but, socially and
sentirlentalIv. ii is the women's King
DOM. From Cape Cod to the Golden
Gate the American woman is Queen"
Last week. while a negro Republican
by the name of Prescott was speaking
at Radical meeting in Virginia, he was
killed by Malone henchman by the
name Of Gregory who was asking him
questions. but did not like his replies.
Take note tl.at this was not the deed OF
Democrat.
The case Of the league family in
Greenvile is a sad one. SIX Of the family
have now died from typhoid fever since
The l4tll OF July. It is now thought that
the cause of the sickness is damp base
ment in the house in Which some of the
sills and other woodwork have decayed.
This should serve as hint TO every one
to keep their premises dry, and well
ventilated.
A. frightful affair occurred. in Natchi-
toe. les Parish, La, last week. a crowd
OF colored men quarreled in q saloon.
A pitched battle with dirks ensued.
James Stand stabbed Isaac Robinson
and the latter bled to death. A sou of
Robinson shot Stalil dead. Ezra Rob-
inson shot and killed two others Be-
fore The melee was over six were dead
and four fatally wounded. No arrests
were made.
r. Mrs. William, Whitney, of Henry
county. Ga, never saw railroad. never
rode in q buggy never was in a town.
never was in but one store, never saw
bat one cooking stove, has not been To
church since the war, and has not been
mile from home in fifteen years. She
is over seventy-live years old, aud has
beennmarried siXty y.t,y0 years sher.hus:
band has. bought her only two dresses,
and they were cotton.
One of our exchanges well says: "a
good many Democrats think that the
gencsal government Should return the
balance due to the swindled depositors
of the Freedman's Saving Bank and
Trust Company. We vote against any
such bcnefaction until the Government
pays back to the Southern cotton grow
ers the seventy millions of dollars, forcl-
bly, and unconstitutionally taken from
them prior to 1868.
a machine has been invented and set
in operation in North Carolina which
minute. This will tend to cheaper Gig
arettes and intensity the nuisance Of Gig
arctic smoke. Small boys will now be
able to indulge iu the pernicious habit Of
eigarette.smoking ad lib, and the aver
age Dude will be able. by close attention
to business, to end his earthly career III
three years instead Of six as hitherto.'
Lotta Crabtree, the actress, writes
from Paris that she is still being pursued;
by Mr.. Bolton Hulme. the crank, whG
insists that he is her husband. No wo-
man on the stage has been more annoy
ed by self-appointed husbands than
Lolita. Every season some crank rises
up and claims that she is his lawful wife.
Lotta should put stop to this sort of
thing by marrying some brawny fellow
with Sullivan-like attributes and turnin.
him loose upon the fools who are annoy
ing her.
Prof. II. Warner made balloon as
censiou at Pittsburgh. When the bal
loon reached 1000 leet it collapsed With
the man still clinglng to it and descended
with frightful velocity. Suddenly the
balloon turned over and a parachute was
formed. This checked its descent and
the professor was deposited Oh a small
frame dwelling, from which he fell to a
yard. He was Slightly bruised but much
overcome by the escaped gas. The
thrilling scene was witnessed by 10000
people.
An exchange says: "a number Of
negroes, say thirty Or forty, are known
to be held by the Indians i'll the Ever
slades of Florida. They speak the
Indian tongue. wear the dress of Indian
women and are made to do the women's
work. Those negroes are evidently the
progeny of runaway slaves. who escap-
ed before or during the civil war. and
are still held in slavery" Somebody
ought certainly to go down there armed
with Lincoln's Proclamation and a box of
quinine pills.
The negroes of Montgomery county,
says the Evening Ne'cs, have way of
their own in dealing with thcir churc.:
officers. When one Of the flock violates
any of the rules. summary punishment
is meted out. A day or two ago one of
the brethren got drunk. When he got
sober, one of the deacons took him down
and put thirty stripes on his bare back.