The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-04-26
NEWS OF THE DAY.
The erection ofa church in New York
for colorcd Catholics has just COM

for colorcd Catholics has just COM
menced.
The Supreme Court has declared the
Prohibition amendment to the constilu-
ton of Iowa null and void.
The Louisiana political prosecutions
have failed utterly. Every tral has re-
suited in acQuiltal ana the remaining
cases have been postponed until fall.
The Spirit eft fines comp!a'n ms that
frauds were perpctratcd ut the late num-
cipal ele, ,tions in Sumter and Ma!ysvlllc,
and attributes it to betting on elections.
One Of the chief dynamite sends men-
tons. in an otl-Land way. that the LARGER
mart OF London will soon lie destroyed
by explosions. God help Ireland when
devils like that misreprescnt Ecr!
The steamer Kca'sa,ge that had the
ceie grated encounter with the Conledcr-
ata ram Awbanla came into tic port of
Charleston last week. and has been cur
iously observed by numbers Of people.
a large number OF colored people have
returned from Liberia to their homes in
North Carolina in most pitiablc condi-
ton from disease and poverty. They
express themselves rs disgusted with
Alrlca.
Charleston and Columbia are both
ayitat:ng the question OF establishing a
line hotel for the accommodation OF
Northern tourists. OrangeEurg says
little. but she may be the first 70 carry
out the enterprise.
Governors will be chosen this year in
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Mary land.
OHIO. Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
4 Senator Is to be elected in Ohio to
succeed Pendleton, Democrat. and in
Iowa to succeed Allison. Republican.
An exchange says. that hev. s. Ian
der, OF Williamson. $. c., has recently
received patent for ali improved device
for lloiIiny tools in position on the grind
stone while sharpening them. We hope
our good brulhcr hasn't any axe TO
grind.
The Providence OR. I.) Journal virtu-
ally advises q policy that will disiran-
chse large majority of white men in
| the United States and about nlne-tenths
of the negroes. Universal suffrage is
making the Republican party sick at the
stomach.
Here: In the midst Of all the lurrah-
ING over the lnglorious postponement OF
the election cases, docs it occur to any
body that the re-. at may be only q
renl designed to secure iuries suited to
the PURPOSES Of Melton 4 Co., than tic
present one?
The New York Globe. a colored organ.
puts President Arthur and ''the grand
old party" upon warning that the negro
balance Of power must he fairly recogniz-
ed in the distribution of Office. In case
Of refusal, tic Republicans may as we'll.
prepare to abdicate and let the Demo-
Gratis get in.
Jesse F. Cleveland. young man Of
most respectable connections, and for
manv years teller in the Grecnvilie
National Bank, ohscondcd from Green
Vile last week, being deiaulter to the
amount Of $4,000. lie pretended to be
going to Florida to get married: but has
Since turned up at Houston, Texas, tile
story ofh:s getting married being all
fabrication.
There is considerable gossip in Wash.
inGton to the effect that Malone is work
ing to get his party into line so as to be
represented in the next National Repub-
lican Convention. He proposes that his
party. through the MD of Federal patron
aye. shall carry the next State election
in Y r.inia. and then demand the second
place on the National Republican ticket
for Malone.
At Montgomery, Ala, VIM. Dorsey.
a machinist. had been on the lookout for
burglars and had put pistol under his
head to be ready for them. During
Monday night. lis wife left the room in
the dark. while Dorsey was asleep. AS
size was coming back he awokc, and
hear!nga noise in the room, fired i'll that
direction. The ball struck her in the
breast and she died in short time. Dor
scy is overwhelmed with grief.
! MI. c. Sims. liying six mles-below
I columbia, made last year with seven
mules on TWO hundred acres of land one
hundred and lilty-four bales Of cotton
averaging 500 pounds to the bale, or.
reducing the b1frs to the standard aver
age weight. III bales weighing $50
pounds each. Besides this. Mr.. SIMS
made on the same land an abundant sup
ply Of corn. fodder, oats. sweet potatoes
and other food crops. This is gNod farm
Ing.
The Aiken Recorder says: Last
week report reached our office that 4
| G,o G., 1o,, hal I,nn, l,i11al ,v 4 ;l.n,,
butcher upon the order Of a consnmptive
visitor from Minnesota. for edible pur-
poses. Upon investigation we learned
from the butcher himself that the canine
was not killed for the sake Of his meat,
but for the oil.contained IN his fat, which
the gentleman proposes. to drink as
cure for consumption. 1t is TO be hoped
the animal did not have hydrophobia:'
The corner stone of the old Cumber-
land Street Methodist Church ut Char
lesion. recently unearthcd. contained the
following inscription: For the worship
Of God. the Father and the Son and the
Holy Ghost, according to The doctrine OF
Christ. by the Methodist Episcopal
I Church. A. D.. 1888. Il. R. Roberts.
| J.. COlllCs lie W. s1htidl Wv ,.
B. Waugh. II. y. Morris, Bishops. B.
English, Minister in charge. W. Cancrs.
-. D.. editor Southern Christian Adro-
cate. A. Mckee. II. MuckenIuss, $.
Seyle. &. Chrcitsburg, S. J. Wagncy.
w. Bird, j.. G.. Miller: j. Mood, trus-
tees"
An editorial article in the Detroit
Free Press says that 1.-THE recent landing
of nan at the Delaware brcakwatcr,
suffering from well defined leprosy, is an
emphatic reminder Of the necessity for
providing precautions aud security
against the s.read OF this disease. The
Jewish remedy prescribed by. Moses is
the only one yet found cllectivc-isola-
ton, complete separation. The disease
is found III Dakota and Minnesota, and
also in Louisiana. DR.. Emerson. i'll
| charge Of the leper colony at the Sand
wich Islands. says that within the bounds
where 1t commits its ravages. 1t can be
harmless to the rest Of the people ouly
by isolation. TO experiment with this
scourgc or any other theory is dangerous
is reckless insanity"
At Lowell, Mass. on the 18th inst,
George Toy, an AIRED man. who thirty
three years ayo deserted his wife soon