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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-15
Suddeni Death

On the 9th inst. Rev. Geo. +. Bronson
pastor of the Congregational Church il,
tasalle, ILL.,, while officiating at a mar.
rage, service, fell dead at tie feet of tho
couple whom he was marrying lust AZ he
pronounced them husband and wife
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-15
NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS,
a Liboral Appropriation,

The House Committee on Commerce
mas mas reported an appropriation of S755..
o0o Tor continuing the etty works in
Charleston harbor. "o'A' !"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-15

inebriety and insanity as diseased condi-
tions rather than their punishment as
criminal offences. Deal with the iucbri.
ate as you have successfully deal: with
the maniac-With kindness.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
MRS. LEE CRAWFORD ACQUITTED.
The Daughter of a Supreme Court Judge
on Trial for Horse Stealing.
m ~

ENftNttcAlftsN
Mrs. Lee Crawford, daughter of Su-
preme Court Judge Charles Walton, of
Maine, was on trial on Friday accused OF
thefts. Reuel w. Small, official stenO-
grapher of the Supreme Court of Maine,
ana a brother-in-law of the fair prisoner,
was in court. He sat with his head
bowed down as he listened to
Lees story of her career. After several
witnesses had described Mrs. Lees
visit to their houses, her drunken
sprees and her larcenies, Mrs. Crawford
became a witness in her own behalf Her
language was polished, and she gave I'M
mistakable evidence of having been highly
educated. She still bears traces of beauty,
and her voice was musical, her words
carefully chosen. and her manner, while
bold at times. nevertheless showed that
she had at one time been used to life OF
refinement.
She related without blush the debauch
she and Nellie Watson had INDUCED in;
how they hired a carriage and horses,
were unable TO pay, and sent young man
back with them to the stable. Then turn
ing plteOusly TO the jury she exclaimed,
amid a shower of tears:
Il was arrested on October 10, andd
have been in prison ever SINCE"
On cross-eXaminatiOn she said that she
was married to man who was command
er Of a ship sailing from the port of New
York but that she had lived apart from
him for six years and had led the life of
an actress. Prior TO her arrest she was
about closing en- engagement as leading
lady in the "Uncle Remus" troupe. In
closing the argument for the defense
lawyer Freeman said to the jury:
.Think of the fond and heart-broken
father and mother far away waiting to
take back their erring daughter, and
CHI
The jury were absent over an hour,
aud returned a verdict of "nOt guilty" A
murmur Of applause greeted the an
u0uncement.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
ONLY ONE COURSE.
Senator Jones at a snObbish Banquet.

Washington Cor. Ph1t1detDhfd Record.
\ gentleman who was present tells me
that at the elaborate but snObbish ban
quet given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin
last summer in honor of Senator Jones, of
Florida, the gallant Senator devoted him.
self no less strictly to Mrs. Dwyer Gray,
the brilliant wife of the proprietor OF the
United IriShmdi, than to the eatables and
drinkables. Afterward a gentleman who
sat next them was asked how he enjoyed
the Senator's loud-toned conversation.
'sWell.'' said he, ''it didn't suit my appe-
tite. You know | like several courses at
dinner. There was but one in this case.
1t was made up of the powers and re-
sponsibilities of a Senator of the United
States." By the way, Mr.. Dwyer
Gray afterward entertained Senator
Jones at his summer residence near Bray,
On-the-Liffey, below Dublin. This house
Gray had leased from Mr.. Justice Lawson
for the season. Lawson committed Gray
to prison for contempt in the form of a
newspaper article last spring. Gray suf-
fered martyrdOm for his month or two
jOyfully. 1t helped the sale of his paper,
which, it is said, already brought him in
$4,000 year. When he came to rent a
summer villa he found that Mr.. Justice
Lawson's house at Bray was for rent.
He snapped it up eagarly. That evening
Lawson's agent said to him: 'Who do
you suppose rented your house at Bray ?'
Ppm sure don't Know" responded Law
son. "Dwyer Gray" said the agent.
''Well,o SAID Lawson, philosophically,
''that's better quarters than | gave him
BEFORE"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
a "GentIe Shepherd of the State Who
is a CannibaI in Private Life.


The guests at Barnum's Hotel were
rudely awakened Wednesday midnight
by a wOman's scream. The night clerk,
Arthur Wirebom, was preparing to in
vestigate the cause of the Outcrv, when a
female figure, scantily dressed, rushed
into the office, and Historically begged for
protection. The clerk asked her to calm
herself, but she continued to scream
"Help, helpl murder!" and in few
moments the rOtunda contained about
what the matter was.
The woman then, between hysterical
fits of weeping, said that her name was
Julia Parker; that she was member of
the company that is playing the ''DeviPs
Auction" here, and was entertaining in
her room Mr.. Decker, who personates the
gentle shepherd in the play, when, quar-
rel arising, he had first whipped her and
then bitten her upon the arm. She showed
the limb, which bore evidences of very
severe bite, and again relapsed into hys-
terics. Mr.. Decker was sent for, and as
he acknowledged the assault he was
turned out of the hotel.
Last night the same hubbub was heard,
and when the porters and clerks reached
Miss Parker's room they found Mr.. Decker
there in the act of attempting to bury his
teeth in the lady's arm as wind-up to
another severe beating he had given her.
This time the gentle shepherd did not fare
so well. as he was handed over to the pO-
lice. The lady at first declined to prose
cute, but the hotel people have decided
that they have something to say about it,
and the case will be pushed to prosecu-
tiOn in the Criminal Court.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31

is swift and terrible Exposed and un-
prepared as we are, the damage that
could be inflicted upon US ere the note of
warning had well sounded would be
beyond calculation. 1t is the popular be-
lief that our traditional policy of peace
is easily maintained by reason of our
isolation and our freedom from the en-
tanglements which so frequently disturb
the relations of European powers.
but this is delusiOn. We have in CON-
mon with all maritime countries interests
which we are in duty bound to support
The present disturbed condition of affairs
in the Asiatic station, the construction of
the Panama canal, the Interpolation of the
Monroe doctrine into our political creed,
our growing commerce in the Pacific and
the naval strength developed by the rising
powers of South America are each and
every one subjects prolific OF questions of
serious import to the people of the United
States. This government may at any
day be called upon to take its
stand and carry into practical effect
the broad and enlightened principles
which have characterized its foreign pol
icy. 10 do this and to exercise that moral
influence which belongs to us OF right as
one of the wealthiest and most liberal
members OF a great family of nations, a
certain reserve of force is absolutely es-
sentlal now. The number, but more par
tlcularly the conditions of our navyyards,
may be regarded as part of that reserve
and as an exponent of our naval power,
The logical deduction, therefore, is that
power must be developed or our foreign
policy be abandoned if we would avoid
national humiliation.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
LINCOLN AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The strength Which the Secretary of
War Would Bring to the Canvass.
CIer6Iand ohio SDeciaE.

Judge s. Newton Pettis, of Meadville,
Penn, who wheeled Pennsylvania at the
proper time in the Chicago convention and
caused the nomination of Abraham Lin
coin, and who was made Minister to Bo-
hyia. was in Cleveland on Friday feeling the
pulse of leading Ohio politicians as to the
chance among Garfield'S friends for the
nomination of Robert I. Lincoln in 1884.
He says that Arthur has no chance;
that Grant IS utterly out of the ques-
ton. and that Blaine has acknowledged
10 his friends that he cannot be the nomi-
nee on the ground that he canOt carry
New York. Pettis, who is a Blaine man,
declares that Blaine is willing to go into
the Cabinet of the next President in or
der that he can be the nominee OF his par
ty in the succeeding national canvass.
The Judge, when asked as to LincOln's
position, replied that the Secretary de-
clares he is in no rush for nomination,
and feels somewhat embarrassed by the
action of his friends in pushing him while
a member of Arthur's Cabinet.
The Blaine and Garfield element, the
Judge declares, will go to Chicago not
pledged outright to Lincoln, but rife for
him and willing to give him hearty sup
port. He says thai he will have no trou-
bic in swinging Western Pennsylvania
into line for Lincoln; that Logan has no
show, and that the Lincoln boom will take
like wildfire in the South, stopping the
exodus of the cOlored voters from the Re-
publican party. When asked il the
running of a Presidential candidate
on sentiment could succeed, he re-
piled that the candidacy was not
based on sentiment, as Lincoln was
undoubtedly the best Secretary of War
our country has had since the days of
JEFF Davis. He added that when the stall
warts found they could not name man
Of their own choosing, they would accept
Lincoln with more heart and grace than
any man in the country. The scheme of
Arthur in getting Gresham in his Cabinet
had killed off Ben Harrison, and, in his
opinion. when Arthur found that he could
not be his own successor he would throw
his aid to Lincoln, on the ground that
Lincoln's election would be an indorse-
ment of the Arthur administration.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
TOPICS OF THE S Evenly WISE MEN.
Peroxide of Hydrogen, Wood Fibres and
journalism for Its Own Sake.

The forty modern language teachers and
the thirty members of the Society of
Naturalists whose deliberations began on
Thursday last in Anthon Hall, Columbia
College, discovered each others presence
suddenly yesterday morning, and were
thrown by the discovery into great state
of mutual admiration. The naturalists
sent a committee to the linguists with
their compliments expressed with scien-
tific accuracy, and tic language conven-
tion sent back a committee with it's
thanks, elaborated with linguistic skill.
"The preparation of skeletons by perox-
ide of hydrogen by Prot. Holder, of Cor
nell University, was the first subject
taken up by the naturalists. Prof. Holder
held up the skull of a cat. 1t was as white
as snow. "That," he said, twas bleached
in four days with peroxide of hydrogen
Prof. Rothrock, of the University of
Pennsylvania, described the distinction
between good and bad timber as revealed
under the microscope. utah pine, called
pumpkin pine,' is the lightest and most
worthless wood in the United States," he
said. ''Its cells are large, and their cell
luloSe walls are very thin. In the she'll
bark hickory, or American white-oak, the
cell walls ar twelve times as thick. Ex-
periments with Georgia yellow pine de-
monstrate that it is as strong as the best
WHlI6 Odh VI WulbC ulCkOTy.
The professors of modern languages
voted to call themselves ssThe Modern
Language Association of America" The
advocates of journal to be published in
the interests of modern language profess
sors were divided into two classes, those
who wanted to make the enterprise pay
and those who did not. Those who did
not care to have it pay wanted to have re-
views, brief original contributions and
pedagogies published more tor the profess
sors' good than for the good of any one
else. Those who wanted to see it pay
wanted to print biographies of great
philologists, and their pictures also.
Topics like the translation of the New
Testament or Charles Francis Adams
Cambridge address might be dished up to
the public in lively way, with wood
cuts. No steps were taken to establish
the journal. At nigh fall the convention
adjourned for one year.
DR.. &. S. Minot smiled at his work.
His silk umbrella had been handed to the
clerk of the Grand Union Hotel, and it
was in a state of good preservation. A
note accompanied the article. DR.. Minot
declined in the interests of science to re-
veal the name of the writer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
Arkansas Ways.


ssWill you please lend me your axe?"
said an immigrant, stopping at the fence
surrounding a log cabin and addressing
a citizen of Arkansaw; ''my wagon broke
down back here a piece, and it puts me
out pretty badly. / assure you. / won't
keep it long. VIII you lend it to me?"
81 would if it want fur one thing" the
squatter, for such he was, replied.
''Whats thatr'
"Ain't got nary'n."
"You don't pretend to say that you
haven't got an axe, do your'
"Noah, don't pretend ter say it, but
jest say it.''
"How do you get along without an
axe?'
''Don't git along without one."
Didn't you say you didn't have ONE"
'sYesh."
"Then you have oneY'
'fNocko
''My friend, 1 hate to call man a liar,
but Pm afraid this occasion demands it.
You are liar one way or another. don't
know which,"
''Ef thought that yer meant that I'd git
over thar an crawl over yer till yer dog
would meet yer in the road am wouldn't
reconniZe yer, but don't b'leve yer mean
it. Yer see, ulster have an AK, but l
broke it, am since then have been borry-
in' from one o. the neighbors, but amt
got it now"
Chow far does the neighbor you speak
of live from herer'
s'Bout six miles,
"He's not your closest neighbor, is he ~
ssNock.v
"Then why do you 20 so far to borrow
an axeT'
"Wall. yer see, if / borried it from a
close neighbor he could step over an git
it any time, but when l borry it from a
feller that lives so fur away be waits a
good while before he comes after it.''
"Why don't you buy an axef'
"It's cheaper ter borry it.''
"But you lose great deal of time going
after it.''
eNo more than the other fellow does in
comm arter it. Wall, good day, for Pve
got ter go out and borry tub, for the ole
'oman has got too high-toned ter wash nj
the branch
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
ROGER a. PRYOR.
What Took Him to New YOrk-His First
Fee-Personal Appearance.

What Took Him to New York-His First
Fee-Personal Appearance.
'.Just after the war;" said Gen. Pryor
to an interviewer, ''yOu will remember
that our Southern land was desolate.
went to Richmond to try to make sup
port for my family, but the outlook was
gloomy, indeed. In the depths of my
melancholy friend suggested that
should go to New York and prac-
tice law. looked at him in
amazement, and told him that l
knew nothing about law. He re-
Piled, that doesn't make any differ
ence-go anyhow l reflected for a mo-
ment and concluded to adopt his sugges-
tion. | went home, talked to my wife,
and we got our family and little household
effects together and started for the me-
tropolis. Upon my arrival there l secured
desk room in a law office, and for several
years experienced the indescribable pains
of a briefess barrister. After l had
grown pallId with despair, gentleman
walked into the office one day and in
quired for Gen. Pryor. 1t was such
an unusual thing that it startled me
more than at battle. | didn't knew
whether he had come to dun me or to put
me in Jail. l boldly replied, however,
THAT is my name; what can | do for
youT Il wish to retain you in lawsuit
winch Will come up In the supreme Court
tomorrow After explaining to me the
nature of the case, he asked how
much my fee would be. l didn't
know what reply to make him.
felt if 1 charged 800 | might
lose his business, and if l didn't
charge him that much l wouldn't be get
ting enough. In my bewilderment he
said, IF pay you what / agreed to pay
my other counsel, will that satisfy youF
I jumped at this proposition and told him
that it would be entirely satisfactory.
well, 1 agreed to pay him $1,000-$500
down and the other $500 when the case is
tried No $1,000 ever did family more
good than that did mine.
II went Immediately to the great law
library in the post Office building, and it
seemed to me ] read every book in it. The
next morning when the case was called
for trial l threw my whole life in the
argument, and my side won. From that
date l have had all the law business that
! could attend to, and am now prospering
sDlendidlV.r -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
PROPULSION BY CABLE.
A New System I'm Which Car Wheels and
Tracks are Under Ground.
Keap York IS1xn

The attention of street car companies
has been directed to a new system of cable
propulsion which has several peculiar
features. The most noticeable is the plac-
ing of the wheels that support the car and
the rails they run on under the ground.
A cross section of the underground tram
way is a half circle. On the crown of the
arch is a narrow slot, through which the
steel standards project from the trucks
below to support the car which rests a
very low step above the paving stones.
There are horizontal rollers between these
standards to bear against each side Of
an enlargement in the slot just below the
surface, and so steady the car. AS
the car is stopped to allow a pas
senger to leave, the brake is arranged to
store air in a cylinder. This air is re-
leased when the car is ready to start, and
acting on a system of levers starts the car
to the full speed of the cable, so that no
jerk is felt by the car or cable. Instead Of
dragging the cable by stretching 1t around
large pulleys at one end of the line, the
cable is grasped slack between straight
clamps. These clamps are secured to an
endless belt that passes over two pulleys,
the tops of which are on a level with the
line of the cable and several feet apart.
The belt travels in the direction the cable
mustrun. The clamps are frightened on the
cable and released again automatically
by a simple arrangement Of levers. 1t is
asserted that this method will lengthen
the endurance of the cable indefinitely.
The promoters of this system assert that
it will cost One-third less in the original
construction OF the road, and that its spe-
cial features will commend it alike to the
public and to stockholders in street car
cOmDanies,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
NEWS FROM THE CELTIC.
LEFT ALONE IN A GALE IN A DIS
ABLED CONDITION.

Ths Gellert's Captain Refused to Tow
Her, but Offered to Take off Her Pas
sengers and Mails-The Latter Offer
Rejected-Her Fate Now Uneer-
tain.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-The steamer GEL
lert, which arrived to-day at Plymouth,
reports that she spoke the White Star
steamer Celtic on the 22d inst, in lati-
tude Al degrees and longitude A degrees.
HER MAIN SHAFT BROKEN.
The Celtic's main shaft was broken.
The Captain of the Celtic wished to have
his steamer towed by the Gellert. The Cap
tain of the latter vessel refused to take
the Celtic in tow owing to the bad wea-
ther, but he offered to take off her passen-
gers and mails. This offer was declined.
THE CELTIC UNDER SAIL.
The Celtic was under sail. The Gellert,
although unable to take the disabled steam
er into tow, stood by until informed by
rocket signals that her offer to take of the
Celtie's passengers and mails was de-
clined.
LEFT TO HER FATE.
The gale increasing the Gellert pro-
ceeded on her voyage, having ascertained
that the Celtic was in seaworthy condition
and that her human freight was in no
danger.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31


During the recent raid on the pension
thieves at Washington some startling
grounds for the issue of pensions were
developed. Men who had lost a leg in a
contest with moving machine were
found in receipt of good fat sums once
month. But perhaps the most remarka-
BILE claim of the lot was that of one gentle
man, who, on being investigated, asserted
that he drew pension for what he had
actually lost in the war.
''But what did you Loser" demanded
the examiner; ''you seem to have all your
members and faculues.v
"Yes,'' replied the claimant, driven to
the wall, 81 lost my head at Shiloh, and
left for homev'
Another should have been placed on the
list for the rest of his life at the highest
amount allowed by law.
''What is your claim?v asked the ex-
aminer. "What did you lose ?''
II lost $3.50 at poker the night before the
battle Of Fair Oaks.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
BURNED In THEIR HOME.
TERRIBLE FATE OF MOTHER AND
CHILD AT ATCHIsON.

The Husband and Father Escapes Serf-
Ously Injured-The Purcell House at
Norfolk Gutted by Fire and Water
Over Half Million in Ruins at Chi
cago.
ATCHIsoN, KANSAS, Dec. 29.-Last
night, about 10:50 O'Clock, fire broke out
in the elegant new house Of Charles E.
Styles. agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail-
road. Mr.. Styles wife and child perished
in the flames, and he himself was seri-
ously burned.
FLAMES IN A NORFOLK HOTEL.
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. pa fire broke
out at O'Clock this afternoon on the top
floor of the Purcell House. Philip r..
Brown, proprietor. The efforts of the
tiremen confined the flames to that floor,
but the building and furniture were badly
damaged by water. The loss on furniture
is $1,000 and ON the building $1,000. 1t is
all insured.
LOSSES OF $685.. 200.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-A fire occurred this
evening in the large building Nos. 1I9
and 121 Monroe street, causing a loss of
nearly $5O0,000. The front part of the
building was "a by 80 feet and the rear
portion was 112 feet square. 1t was filed
with printing, lithOgraphing and kindred
establishments. Nine stores in the Mon
tauk block, adjoining, owned by the B. f.
Brooks estate. of Boston. was damaged
to the extent of $125. 900 by water.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
LEFT TO HER FATE.
Wounded Each other Dangerously

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 3O.-Stout Hig-
gins and Thomas Haynes, wealthy farm
ers, between whom there existed i'll feel
ing on account of law suit. met at the
Greendale Railroad station last night.
Higgins Immediately drew a pistol and
seized Haynes by the collar, whereupon
the latter shot Higgins through the lungs.
Higgins returned the fire, hitting Haynes
once in the left side and once in the ankle.
Both men are very DANGEROUSLY wounded.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
Fighting 1t out Alone


Two Japanese wrestlers who had given
exhibitions in the st. Charles Theatre
quarreiled with each other one evening at
their rooms in the Lee House, on Camp
street, opposite Lafayette square, and at
midnight they eJected all the other men,
bers Of the troupe, locked the door Of their
room, and. without seconds, judges,
timers. OF anybody else, went at it. For
at least an hour the struggle, which must
have been a terrific one, lasted. Not a
sound. save now and then the dull thud of
3 heavy body falling on the floor, or a
snarl similar 70 that of an enraged bull
dog, could be heard to denote that any
thing unusual was going on. At the end
OF an hour one of the wrestlers opened
the door and presented most woful APP
pearance. He was-a mass OF scratches
and bruises from head to foot, and his
clothing was in tatters. He was the VIC
tor. his opponent was found lying ex-
hausted on the floor, with blood stream
ing from his mouth, his lip being badly
cut. His eyes were closed and terribly
swollen. and il was found necessary 10
convey him to the hospital.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-31
Cotton Failure in Mobile.
Mobile Special.

The old cotton firm of Baker, Lawler &
Co., founded in 1874 as Lyon 4 Baker, but
known as above since 1852, failed on Mon
day. The assignee has not yet made a
statement OF the Indebtedness, but it is
believed to be very large. A member Of
the firm states, this afternoon, that the
suspended debts due the firm have been
carried ten years, and that forced in
vestments in land have been made since
1869. The debts could not be collected,
and great part Of the land was unsale-
able. Obligations accumulated, and,
although the crisis might easily have been
postponed by selling a large quantity Of
cotton in their hands, the firm decided to
suspend.