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Historic Andersonyiile.

TOLEDO, ONO, August 6.-F. W.
Smith, formerly prisoner of war at An.
dersonville and Millen, Ga, Blackshear
Fla, and Florence, S. c., now general
secretary of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian Association of this city, will
hold religious service next Sabbath ut
the famous Providence spring, which
broke out within the stockade while he
was a prisoner at Andersonville. Mr..
Smith takes with him fourteen thousand
national flags, one Of which is to be
placed upon each Of 1916 graves In the
national cemetery, near the old stockade.
In this labor Of love he will bo assisted
by some of those who wore the Grey.
Next Thursday the ladies of Atlanta
will meet in the Young Mems Christian
Association rooms and arrange the flags
for this memorable service. The Cont.
mental Quarts Of New Orleans during
their recent visit to this city sent Smith
q contribution to aid in the purchase OF
hags.
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The LOcuStS Due Next Year.

The seventeenth wear locust is not, AS
many suppose several wear. late. lie is
due next wear 1884 Everybody knows
the insect which Luzze, and whirs from
the limbs Of our trees. The veins in its
wings mark Won il. back. and lis
note j. heard at interval, of about three
minutes. This i. Tie cannon Cirada
A,umnali, I, i, with n. every wear.
T,s brother, TIC seventeen wear visitor.
Ina, the " in red vein. ON il, back. and
IL n little smaller /, comes in great
swarm. bu, doe, no great amour, Of
d.maye pop,I,, ntrinJira i, o,a;u,t
the seventeen wear lncu., |, i, firmly
believed by som. ,bat Great mortality
prevails ,iDrinp il, .luv ami lhat It's bite
is fatal Th.,, ilr, are a, crronrou, AS
mos, pnpuiar en,nmoiopicaI theories.
The c;c,.ia xc,,;,.t.hr;U, j. n uurrr insect.
The srxe. ouIy live long enough To- mate.
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NO r BGE. i.
DlIICE or COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
.ASUrESOS. =. G., Aug. =. lSS.

VI Il l. ''f ''l y 4 Noh llSSloS fiENt
ANDERSON, 5. c., Aug. :, 1888.
To OverSccrs and all persons liable to Road
Duty; also. TO all persons living on
Roads where there are no Ovcrseers ar-
pointed:
VOU arc hereby warned to work the
IL Public Reads in Anderson County
bet tween this date and the first of Scptcm-
brr next. All persons between the ages OF
sixteen and fifty, not otherwise exempt by
law. are hereby required to devote three
days, or more if necessary, TO this work.
Throwing oil all Loose rock, cuttin; away
all roots. Telling dead timber within 80 feet
of the ronrls. trimming all limbs and hush
rs in the way. and otherwise putting the
public highways in good travelling condi-
ton.
All persons are hereby warned against
dragging rocks, StumpS, or other ohstruc-
tions ~ travel into the roads. or filling
drains while plowing on roadsi1c.
Notice j. also given to all persons OWN
ing land on water courses To remove all
distractions whatever in their streams hv
the first of OctObrr next. or they will he
dealt with according To law
X. :. BAILEY,
JOHN II. JONES
JOHN a. REEVES,
Board County Commissioners.
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Death IN n Coffee Pot.

COLUMBIA, S. G., August Ga dis.
patch from Spartanhurg, S. c., says that
the family OF Andrew Daniel, IL printer,
while at breakfast discovered something
wrong in the taste Of the coffee. The
coffee pot was emi'lirl into Il slop bucket
in order To draw Il fresh POT. Two dogs
drank from the huckc, AMI shortly went
into cnnvulsions which, however. did not
result fatally, owing to the dilu,on OF
the coffee with the contents OF the buck
ct. a search revealed the fact that Il
bottle OF strychnine had been purchased
for the purpose of poisoning. Two negro
men and c0lnred house girl have been
arrested on suspicion and lodged in
iail
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CONSIDERATION IN CAMDEN.
A Terrible Instance OF Ice Cream Poison
Ing.

CAMDEN, August 6.-I telegraphed
you yesterday concerning u sad event
which has caused mourning and immeas-
urable grief in our community, but from
some cause occurring with the Western
Union the telegram did not reach you.
therefore send you to-day q full account
of the terrible calamity which has befal.
len more than twenty families in our
town.
1t has been the custom of the ladies
connected with tho several religious de.
nominations in Camden for several years
past to serve Ice cream upon certain days
In each week for the benefit of their
respective churches. On last Friday
afternoon the ladies of the Baptist
Church here dispensed this universally
sought. for refreshment an has been their
wont in the past. The entertainment
vas attended by about one hundred
persons, most of whom were children.
On Saturday physicians were summon.
ed to attend about thirty of those who
psrtook of ice cream on the previous
afternoon, the patients having been at.
tackled with severe pain in the stomach,
vomiting, headache, &c. Yesterday our
physicians had fifty.nine patients who
were taken i'll from the effects of tho ice
cream taken on Friday, and to-day there
nre sixty.ave cases in hand. We have
only three practicing physicians here
and they have been constantly on the 20
night and day aince Saturday. A consul.
tation was held yesterday morning, but
the conclusion arrived at was merely
theoretical
From what can learn tho doctors
seem to be Of the opinion that this dire
calamity which has befallen our commu.
nifty has been caused by arsenic, the
symptoms indicating that such is the
case. Bnt one death has thus far occur.
red. A little daughter Of Mr.. G. D.
Silver, engineer on the Camden branch,
died yesterday morning from the effects
iof the poison. There are several Others
who are extremely i'll, and fears are en-
tertained that they cannot survive. This
is Q terrible blow to our people. A pail
hangs over onr town.
Mr. AYerill, of the South Carolina
Railway, telegraphed here yesterday that
should any medical assistance from
abroad be needed he stood ready to fur
nish special train to bring it here free
OF charge. Our people appreciate this
kind offer. The town council of Camden
will likely take this matter III hand and
have Rorne of the ice creapt and the va
nilla extracts Used in favcsing the cream
anaiyzed.~ Grrespo dSnes Neps and
Cbnrier. {. &
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sHERIFF's SALE.
STATE Of Sorrm C,roLrsA.

STATE Of SOUTH CsEuLISA.
.iNpEKrnS tutHTY.
10y virtue of various Executions 10 me
ID directed, Will .Arose tu sale on ihe
Anderson Court House, South Carolina,
the following tract of land 10 Wit;
Fist Monday III September, a. ID. lsA''. at
ONE TRACT OF LAND,
contanin4: three hundred (3ooJ acres more
or less bounded by the lands of Albert Jol-
Is. Mrs J. y Neal, =. ". Guyton. w. a.
Neal aud others.
Levied Oh as the property a. M. Neal in
favor Of VIM. 5. Sharpe.
TERMs OF Cash Purchaser - pay
extra for all necessary papers.
JAMES II. MCCONNELL,
Sheriff Andersen County, =. {.
Ali.list Wh, 1883
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Tile e., {. &. :: {. Il. Il. Delegates
Return.

I'll" GrecnvlI!e .Ncrt of the Ed inst.
SAYS
John Ferguson. and II. f. IIammctt,
,. :. Crittendcn and j. J.. Orr, delegates
who went to Aiken for the purpose of
representing Grccnviilc nt the meeting
of the directors ot the Carolina, Cumber-
land Gap and Chicago Railroad on the
l,t Instant, returned last night. 4 rep
rc,cntative of the .Nr~s called upon Mir.
John Ferguson for The purpose Of sccur-
ing some information in reference To the
proceedings of the meeting. Sir. r'ergu-
son said "When Colonel Orr and nv
self arrived at Aiken we found that in
consequence of there not being Il full
meeting Of the board no final action
would be taken on the Grccnville prop
ositiGn or any other important matter.
Our proposition was submitted To the
board Tor their consideration and future
action.
Judge Mcfarland, Mr.. Folsom, G.. -.
Merritt, a. II. Gregg and O. G.. King.
Directors, Of Tennessee. were absent.
| We knew nothing Of this absence until
after our arrival 1T Aiken"
Senator ID. +. Bradley of Pickcrs
Court House, and John K. Gossett aud
Ira Williams, Of Easiey, were also nj
Aiken. The interests Of other towns
and COUNTIES along the line Of the road
were also represented by delegates.
Captain Kirk submitted his report Of
The survey made by him from Be,on to
Dukes shop, which is the divergence
which will bring the rond Ivy this city.
The following are the figures Distance
from Bolton to GrrruyilIe D3 nile.
cost rarthwork, $2G,27l; trcsllcs, sl4,.
SEQ. Greenvlllc to EasIey, Ia miles
cnrthword, $lG,479 trestles, S22,2l2
Additional amount necessary to run line
to Dukes shop--carlhwork, $lO,S72;
,rcstlcs, $5.iGG. Lower bridge on Salu-
da, including piers rs per statement OF
wilkins, Post " Co., Atlanta, Ga, $S,-
SS3; upper bridge on Saluda, including
piers, 81 ,07S. Total distance from Bel
ton to Easlcy, via Grcenville, 35. ? miles.
Old line, 25.5. Difference in distance
via Grecnville, 81 miles. Total distance
from Belton to Dukes Shop, 80 miles.
Total distance by old line, 30 miles
difference miles difference in cost Of
construction, $l3S 900.
1t will thus be seen that to make l!c
divergence will cost $l3S,000. This in
cludes bridges. grading, crosstics and
irons.
The annual meeting Of the Director,
will be held next November, when the
route OF the road will no doubt be def.
nitely determined upon. Coils Ham
nett and C.ittcnden arrived in Aiken
the day after the arrival of Mr.. Ferguson
ana Col. Orr, but were in plenty of time
TO be present at the meeting.
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stock Law Opponents.
rhe RcGi,t,r of last Saturday saws !:

The Register Of last Saturday says:
a delegation nf citizen. from Lexing-
ton called on the Governor yesterday
and represented an alarming state of
affairs in parts Of that County, where the
opponets of the stock law daily violated
It's provisions that the law abiding ci,i
zens were at the mercy of these despera-
does, who used the torch and threatened
the shot gun 10 intimidate the peaceful
inhabitants. The delegation ptiitioned
the Governor to take steps for the pro.
lection Of the farmers against these
incendiaries, which will be done ut once.
We have heard recently that this band
%. outlaws have dcfied arrest.
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= The stockholders of the GreenvilIe,

= The Stockholders of the Greenville,
South Carolina, cotton seed oil mill have
declared Il dividend of five per cent.
= The parents Of fifteen Chinese
ladies in Canton had arranged for
wholesale marriage Of their daughters
on certain feast day. The girls didn't
like their prospective husbands, and
went in body to the river and drowned
themselves on the eve Of the feast.
= There is man nenr Sumter who
was to be married on a certain night.
lie had seen and loved the girl aud was
too bashful to do his courting, go it had
to be done by proxy. The day had
arrived, the guests assembled, the license
procured, the parson on hand and the
bride ready, but the youthful groom did
not turn up. The friend who had done
the courtinG went out, and, after looking
around, found him sitting or living in q
horse trough. On asking him why he
did not 60 to the house to be married, he
said: ooh, can't 20 thar and stand
before them folks" aOh, yes, you can
everybody in there is married but your
girl. Come on" "Get her to come out
doors and well marry under the shed
but let the old folks stay in the house,
The friend went back, got the girl and
Parson out without exciting suspicion,
and they were married. The company
waited two or three hours, and, on being
invited to SUPPER were introduced to the
bride and groom. They became so in.
dlgnant that all left without partaking
OF the supper.-Saraaaah News.
*"keep to your place and your
place will keep YOU" But you cannot
expect to keep your place without health.
the foundation Of all success. For in.
stances, railroad engineer in the EN-.
ploy Of the q. NJ. & St. Paul r. r, had
been grievously affected with disabetes
for ak years. He took four boxes of
Kidney Wort and now writes that he ia
entirely cured and working regularly.
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OF SOUTH CAROLISA,

sNTATE OF SOUTH CAROLISA,
= ANDERSON COUNTY.
Ry 7Aos. C. Lynn, J"dge Of Thobafe
WHEREAS. Thos. W. Martin has ap
Piled to me TO grant him letters Di Ad
iniuistratiun on the Personal Estate VI
james W. Martin. deceased.
These are therefore to cite and adnl"i,
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
James W. Martin deceased, To be ana ap'
pear before me in Court of Probate, To
be held nj Anderson Court House, ON
the 18th lay of Au-u>t, lsnJ. alter pun
liratiOn hereof, to shrw cause, II any they
have. why the said administration should
not be- granted Given under my hand
this 1th day of August 1883.
+. G.. I.IGON. j i.
Aug g. lsh.j
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express himself that | had heard 30
much about during the past fifteen wears.
! found him much broader and ab!cr
man than had expected. He discussed
! the Mexican question: "a he did every
other upon which heard him talk,
with great deal nf ability"
You never tested his fighting power,
during the war ?"
+ No, my operations we're in "A different
'rcti"n OF the country, and against
another wing al lii" Federal army"
IL WAS hardly 10 be expected tha: the
senator from South Carolina would
peak cNtrndcdly OF his military opera.
'ion' ~ - chat HAT Was principally based
upon economic and political questions
he nllu1i"n 10 Gen. Grant was simply
an incident Of the talk upnu them. It
MAS 80 hearty and good. .natured ,ha,
note It ~ part ri the chat because il
cane from an eminent soldier pnd hard
hitter.
i ~LEhI"n IIhMrInN ot.r OF roLiric~ +!
F"m h~ HtmhL.ia, 7a.c,. .ioJ,y /.
senator Wade Hampton, OF South
C"ro!!na, arrived il the city ia,, evening
from Cape May and is at The Girari
House. II have cas-, Off politics for
this year said the General to a rcppr.
ter. Next year | will probably assume
he political burden again, but until then
purpose giving myself absolute rest !"
What about the Southern bond
,clI"mc, Senator" asked the reporter.
'''io"d-nigh,, Mr. Reporter. lou
must really excuse me-" aud the General
smiled biandly.
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= William Wagner, crippled inmate
of the soldiers home, near Washington,
was discharged for taking whiskey on
the premises. He had no home, and
Immediately proceeded to set a barn on
fire, explaining that he did 30 to secure
himself five years shelter in tbs peni-
tentiary.
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Railroad Earnings.

The freight earnings Of the Columbia
and Greenville Railroad for the second
week In July, 1882, amounted to SIS, ZIG
same time this year $4.3l2 decrease
1884.
Freight earnings Of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad for the
second week in July, 1883, 1854; same
time last year 81 ,36l; increase 1923.
Net decrease for both roads 1902.
Tho earnings Of the South Carolina
Railway for the month Of June, 1888,
amounted to $G3, $50; same time last
year S6O,3I4 Increase $2,G7G.- C1iamJia
Reyisfer.
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Judge Withcrspoon has filed his de.
cision in the matter of the Rule against

cision in the matter Of the Rule against
j. II. Nix, Esq, of the Grecnrille Bar,
which was a proceeding granted by
Judge Wallace requiring Mr.. Nix to
show cause why his name should not be
stricken from the roll Of Attorneys upon
certain grave charges Of unprofesslonai
aud fraudulent conduct towards his eli
ents Judge Witherspoon holds that
the form OF proceeding was regular and
proper, but is not satisfied that the
charges made are true, and therefore
dismisses the Rule, which is = triumph
for Mr.. Nix, ard leaves him upon the
roll Of Attorneys. The case has attract
cd considerable attention and interest
among members of the Bar, which will
now probably subsidc.
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Mr.. Dhsenbury, of Lake Como.
Fla, has Japan simmons fye inches In
diameier. H 7. q
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- In Bedford county, Va, there
stands chestnut tree that Is twenty.
seven feet around.
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Music by the Band,

What is there in a brass band the sound OF
any one of its instruments that it should stir the
blood of every man, woman and child who is not
mummyf Perhaps, indeed, the mummies
start too, who knOws2 The music may be afro
ciOus the like of which ground from an organ
would drive to madness. But with the first roll
of the drum or sound of the bugle every window
within ear-shot is raised and heads thrust in
quringly and expeotantly forth. A band may
come and play beneath our window the tunes
which, above all others, we detest, but being by
the band we listen complacently through the
last note. Men who followed a drum into battle
anu rallied at its beat in old days may explain
their fondness for the electric sound now; but
other men who saved their country at long
range by means of substitutes, are equally
moved. tits easy to understand why the giddy
girl smiles when a country band perpetrates
waltz, but why should her Quaker grandmother
rheumatic feet. Men join secret societies and
pay out much of their substance in dues for no
purpose that the uninitiated can see, than, to
have brass bands at their funerals. The fascha-
tion cannot be explained by a general love of
music. There is not always music in the air
"when the band begins to play;" and the man
with no music in his soul listens intently to it's
strains The same man despises piano. is I'M
moved by the violin, and avoids the opera as a
pestilence. 1t is all an unexplained mystery.
Gabriel is wise indeed to arm himself with a
trump. gong, even a cnurc. Nall. would
never awaken the half of us.
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MISS CARRIE AsToR, the richest heiress of the
naine is said to be plain, PALE petite, perfectly
polite and polyglot.
JESSIE BUCKNER, tho young woman who
caused Phil. Thompson to shoot Walter Davis
is anxious to go On the stage.
MIR. JOHN B. MCMAsTER, author of the ellis
tory OF the American People," has been elected
TO the professorship of history in the University
of Pennsylvania.
MRS. SCOTT RUSSELL, widow of the eminent
English engineer and inventor, is to receive a
pension OF $40. in consideration OF her hus-
bands services to the science of naval archtec-
ture
BENJAMIN P. CHENEY is said to be the wealth.
est man in Boston. When young he courted
widow, who begged him to wait until her daugh
ter was educated. He waited and married the
daughter.
REV. HENRY CRAWFORD TUCKER served as a
| Baptist clergyman in Georgia for forty seven
and thirty lone children; but no one heard Of him
until he died n short time since.
THE half dozen hotels of the half dozen barons
of the Paris branch of the Rothschilds are said
to be worth 80 600. 900 francs just as they stand
and these are, of course, the mere town dwell
ing houses, without counting the country estates
and the capital employed in affairs.
Miss CELESTE WINANs, the daughter of Ross
Winans. is engaged, as Baltimore gossip runs to
Mr.. Hutton, wealthy young man of the North
| of Ireland. The young people met in Russia a
few years ago, and at a second meeting at Mos
cow. during the coronation ceremonies, they be-
came engaged.
REV. DR. HoRATIo STEBBINs, the noted San
Francisco divine, moved an acre Of grass the
day he was graduated from Harvard, thirty
years ago. But there is many an able statesman,
older than Dr. stebbns is this minute, who
could knock him out in that sort of business now
if he wants to try it.
THE condition of the Hon. Montgomery Blar's
health is steadily improving and his family and
physician believe that his complete restoration
is only matter of short time. His condition at
no time has been such as to cause alarm. He is
at his home at Silver Springs, Md, and will
spend the summer there.
THE monument to the late Under-seeretary for
Ireland, Mr.. r. H. Burke, who was murdered i'll
Phoenix Park subscribed for by the resident
magistrates of Ireland, has been erected at his
grave in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. 1t is
guarded day and night by policemen, since the
'Iuyineibles" have threatened to deface or de-
stroy It.
Mr.. JOHN STEVENS, of Hoboken, heir to &c.,
100000, suffered many years from gOitre. "a
membraneous sac formed on one side of his head
and gradually increased in size, Notwithstanding
all the efforts of the most skillful physicians,
until it hung dowr below his should ers. 1t was
fast exhaustng his strength, and babe fair to
end his life. He sailed for Europe, and there
consulted the most eminent physicians. 1t is
said that he offered ST., 100000 to any one who
would remove the deformity successfully, but
the physicians agreed that there was no posi-
Bile chance of doing SO and preserving his life.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL .

ONE OF ITS FEATURES PARTICULARLY COM
MENDED.
Steuben County Journal.
An interesting feature of the Indianapolis
Daily Journal is its clippings from the papers
of the State. 1t is a regular mosaic, and
helps t2 make the Journal, in the real mean.
ing OF the term State paper.
Versailles Republican.
The indianapolis Journal is not only
complete newspaper in every sense of the
word, but it is q reliable index to the edit to-
rial expression of the entire country, espe.
cially of the State of Indiana. If the small.
est and most insignificant paper in the State
happens to make a good point or homo
thrust it is sure to find its way to the coll
umns of the Journal, and is duly credited.
Even though paper may be published five
miles away from railroad its opinions, if il
has any, will be expressed again in the Indio
annapolis Journal.