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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-01-05

just before Christmas the trains were
every conceivable thing that man, woman
or child could make a bundle of-from
canary birds to bushel of apples. But
since then they have been almost empty.
Everybody's at home. suppose. squarinp
accounts with the Old Year.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-01-05

Tread that Santa Claus brought President
Arthur half dozen gold-heade6 canes.
and as many gold handicapped umbrel.
las, and several cases of wine and boxes
of cigars. A good many Of us Jared that
well. So what's the use to worry ones self
over much trying to get the nomination
next year?
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-01-05

A bright idea: an unthrifty Pennsyl.
who has been trying with i'll sue
cess to dig fortune out Of the mud of 4
Wake county farm has given up the Job.
s 'rwon't pay to farm. I've just found
out what my place is good for. Pm going
to make brick out OF the ground as deep ae
my title will allow me TO Dig
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12
A Sham Attempt ut Suicide.

Rumor has 1t that certain man In
town imbibed too freely of the "ardent''
last week, and while under its influences
he became so respondent that he thought
he w2nld commit suicide and leave this
apparently cold and eheerless wcrld. He
called Tor his wife to bring him mis- razor
asserting that he intended TO cut bis
throat with 1t. She, obliging wife that
she was, brought it, but he changed his
mind as to that mode of severing con.
nection with the world, and concluded to
depart hence by the drowning route. He
proceeded to the we'll and got inside The
curb to hide himself, thinking that some
one OF the family would rush up and try
TO rescue him. No such attempt at
rescue was made, though. Unfortunnta.
~ for him, however, after getting inside
the curb, he happened to take hold of q
rotten piece of timber, which broke and
let him drop into the we'll. It was not
long before he was calling out Justify for
"some one to run there and let down a
rope Tor him, 30 that he could get ont of
the id we'll !; he didn't want 10 ha
droWned-he was just trying to fool
sssa Tbs rope vac :s :Sss down Sc ;i;T.,
ana he was drawn up to the top ns wet as
o drowned rat, with his sshanksrine,'
after suicide entirely vanished. Since
then he has been as quiet as q mouSe, and
to mention suicide 10 him makes him
feel 80 mean that he almost feels lika
going out and hanging himself, aDyhoy.
--Cdniden journal, June 8. :.,s:s:. IS.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12
More Dime Novel Devlltry Brought TO
Light.

SUMTER, S. O., juno 1.-This com.
munity was startled and shocked beyond
expression yesterday by the unearthipp
OF gang of youthful bandits, and the
discovery of their wonderful success, The
gang is regularly organized one, and
they called themselves the Ozark Spirits.0
They have their captain, signs, pass.
words, DC. Exactly how long this band
has been in existence or how many be.
long to it Is not known, but 80 far IL ia
known that some eight or ten belong to
IL ranging in age from sixteen down,
They have accomplished o good many
deeds OF theft and did not confine them
selves to any special thing but seemed to
take anything which came in their Way.
Their robberies consisted of watches.
knives, cuff buttons, silk handkerchiefs.
money, DC. They seemed to take n
special fancy for watches, several being
taken from one firm. How or when thew
obtained the articles is yet mystery.
Some of the gang have made confessions
and yesterday several watches were re.
covered and moro will be recovered 10.
morrow. cannot attempt to give details
OF what the gang have done but their
success has been truly remarkable. The
matter has not been fully developed vet
and the extent of the operations of the
gang will not be known until full in.
vestiigation is made. 1t is expected that
further developmets will boo made to.
morrow, and good many articles recoy-
cred. The gang is said 10 have ia their
possession some" blood and thunder litera-
ture," such as "Ten Year, !. Detectiye.n
Co., &c. If this be true, It furnishes the
koy.note to the whole business, for this ia
not the first instance in which "Djme
Novel Literature" has done its evil worE.
In direct way. Nothing else is talked
OF here now and it is matter of deepest
regret. The boys belong to respectable
families of Sumter. For the reason that
the matter has not been fully developed
and fer other reasons I withhold the
names ofthe boys. .-iSpecialt to the CoiumIia
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12
Boggan Casll's Second Victim Sue.
combs at Last.

CHERAw, June 3.-James Coward
who was shot and fatally wounded by W.
b. Cash on February % last, died last
evening at about 8 O'Clock. From the
moment his physicians examined the
wound they had not the slightest hopes OF
his recovery, but he held out to the last.
though all the while expressing his will.
ingness to submit to the inevitable. Ha
has borne his sufferings with remarkable
fortitude, although conscious that his
short life, The was only 25) would soon
be at an end. He was sadly missed from
among the ranks Of bis numerous friends.
by whom he was justly regarded as ge-
nial, clever companion.
During his iliaess Mr.. Coward never
uttered word expressive Of ill.feelinp
towards the author of his untimely end.
ana never made remark which would
lead one to think that he ascribed tho
shooting of himself by Cash to nnv
malicious motive. From long confipe.
ment to his bed, owing to total paralysis
OF the lower extremities. tho Immediate
effect of tho wound, his body has been in
q terrible condition. For some time paat
the flesh has sloughcd away from around
the left hip joint, thereby causing dislo.
cation of the hip joint, and exposing to
view the arteries and muscles which alone
connected that member with the trunk of
his body.
The hesympathies of the community have
been with Mr.. Coward eyer eince The
occurrence of the sad affair, and particu.
'sriJ because as Il ;s known ,:s MAS liz ~
way connected in the difficulty between
richards and Cash. So far as is known
h1 was On friendly ternis with CASH and
was not particularly intimate with Rich
ards. His remains will be inferred in The
Cemetery of New Hope Church, near his
home in Marlboro County, and his
funeral will be largely attended,
patch TO the Nc,Cs and Cbur;er
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12
She had the last Word.

Old Mr.. squaggs was somewhat irrita-
bic when he came down to breakfast, and
when his wife reproved him for not tying
up the dog before going to bed the pTevf-
ons night, he answered her rather snap.
pishly: Then they hrd some words, and
she said:
"Well, I'm sure I don't know how you
expect we'll agree in the next world II
we can't agree in this one." itTs.
ooh, we'll agree well enough In the
next world, ,"said Mr.. Squaggs, sarcss.i.
cally; eve won't see much OF each other
there. The Bible says there's great
gulf fixed between the two places"
Having said this this old gentleman
caressed his bald head and snickered to
himself.
Mrs. Squaggs was thoughtful for mo.
meat, then with twinkle in her eye, she
said
"This is the frst ! knowed Of yonI
hs.ia,, hsyin, given up all hopes Of going e
The conversation dropped.-ton
journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12

- Modern invention has pioduced a
mechanical doll that can cry Ike baby.
Bot IL can't smile and crow and kick np
o pair Of pink heels and cay pa, and
there's whore the truly baby has the ad.
vantage Of 1t. 'Its "
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12

!. Every laddeE hsa 4 lop Iouaa Is II
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12

barley, and wheat made the land pay
while waiting.
It would be we'll for our young farmers
to look more after diversified farming,
but they should start right If they decide
to make break from the old crops,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-12

- IF falseness pafalyzed the tongue,
what q death. like silence would pervads
society. ..ysGt
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30
The Interstate Commerce BIZ.

Mr.. J.. S. Crittenden, Of New York, for
merly register of tho treasury, appeared
before the house committee ON COM
mercc yesterday in behalf of pro-
posed legislation regulating interstate
commerce. Mr.. Crjttenden said he did not
represent any organization or party, but ap-
peared at the request Of the chairman of the
committee to discuss two or three PROPOSE
tons of the Reagan bill. This bill, in prin-
ciple, he said, embodied tho common law,
which gave to every citizen the right to the
services of the common carrier for u reason
able price and which prohibited unjust dis
elimination and pooling contracts He cited
English and American decisions in favor of
these propositions, and asserted that the
effect of the Reagan bill was to make it
practicable for the citizen to get the benefit
of these principles of the common law.
He expressed the opinion that the New
York railroad commission, which had been
in operation for only about six months, had
conferred benefit upon the people. This
was due to the fact that, 80 far as state COM
merce was concerned, its decisions had been
aGquiesced in by the railroads. Mr.. Depew,
who was justly powerful, because he was
probably the ablest railroad man in the
country, had thrown his influence in favor of
acquiesCenCe. The commission had recon-
meaded "a reduction of rates in several in
stances and rates had been reduced. But as
far as interstate commerce was concerned
the commission had not been effective. If
such q commission as that provided by the
law of New York could be provided for inter.
state commerce, he had no doubt but that it
would correct many existing evils.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

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visions Of tho biii il 10 niop,N"nc,i on Ech sst
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been made n snnrinl nrdsr f,r y,st"5dny n,o,L
inr methud df ssttli,,g rNr,jcIN ,t,igsl y, ~
can land grants The lands ufgctgd arc those
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Mexico and now emirncgd within tbe terfii1rIrs
of New Mexico Wyominp ArIlonn nnd ii'nh
and the states of Nevada mid Colombo. Tho XIII
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

The bills presented in tho senate yesterday
calling for appropriations of money for pub
lie improvements were as follows: A bill by
Senator Voorhees, to provide an appropriation
of $3.50, 900 for the improvement Of the Miami
and Ohio rivers at or near the city Of Law
ronceburg, Ind; bill by Senator Call, oi
Florida, to appropriate s., 600 for tho improve
ment of the Manitee river from Fort HarmeI
to Mitchellville, Fla, and bill by Senator
Vest to provide an appropriation of $200,0OC
for continuing the improvement of the Mis-
souri, river near Wyandotte, Kan, and Kan
sas City, Mo.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30
Bills to Amend Patent Laws.

Tho house committee on patents yesterday
ordered that favorable report be made on
Representative Vanee's bill providing that
every patent hereafter granted for an inven-
tion, which prior with filing Of the applica.
tion for the patent has been patented in q
foreign country, shall expire seventeen years
from the date of tho foreign patent. A
favorable report was also ordered on Repre-
sentative Vance's bill providing that fraudu-
lent claimants and venders of patented arti-
ces shall be guilty of misdemeahor, and
upon conviction shall be subject to fino not
exceeding $500, and imprisonment for not
more than six months.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

Bondage, personal or political, Is the natural
i'm mplemunL Of usurpatiOn, u serious and fearful
eYil in every tree community. Nothing more de.
grades The man than living among ireemen, him.
self slave, Even the very earth, which teens
proiuSiOn under the cultivating hand of free
labor shrinks into barrenness rom the coutaml-
mating sweat of the slave" and who is not a
slave, measurably, whose liberty by any means Is
restrained in coutraYentlon OF the rights gugran.
teGd to all.
rejoice that personal slavery Is no longer legal
lied IN our own fair Eden Of liberty, aud that all
men arc liberated to an oven chance in the race
OF lie 10 which God anu nature have given them
the title. In Virginia the cOlored people ask no
more, aud the white man there who enyies him
proachcs the intelligence aud manhood of his
own race,
To discover the gross violations OF these prlnoi-
ing the late political campaign, and TO find and
apply the remedy, take 70 be the object Of the
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30
The Admiration OF Terrltorles as stntes.

Representative Townshend's bill providing
that hereafter no territory shall form con-
stitution or apply for admission Us u state
into the union until it shall contain popu-
lation equal to that required in o congress
sonal district in order to entitle it to repre-.
tation in the house of representatives, was
yesterday ordered by the house committee
on territories to be tavorably reported to the
house. Delegate Post reported, favorably
from a subcommittee bill providing that
the supreme court of each territory shall
consist of chief justice and three associate
justices, holding Office for four years, three
justices constituting quorumiand that no
Justice should act as member of the supreme
court in any case brought before the court on
appeal from decision rendered by him as
judge of a district court. Delegate Oury's
bill providing for the election of the gov
ernor and secretary Of each territory by the
people thereof was reported adversely by the
subcommittee having it in charge.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30
Tho Money Order svstnm.

DR.. Mcdonald, chief of the money order
bure au, appeared before tho house committee
on postotlices and postroads yesterday and
advocated the passage of Representative
Moneys bill for the deposit in the treasury of
the receipts Of the money order system
and for the payment of its expenses out of
Mr.. Scott, chief of the salary
and allowance division, also advocated tho
bill with some slight amendments.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

The house committeo on Indian affairs
have had under consideration Representative
Nelson's bill providing for the opening
for settlement Of tho Red Lake Indian roser-
walton in northern Minnesota, and at tho
meeting to-day expects to report tho measure
fayorably. There are about three million
acres in the reservation,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-01-30

FARMINGToN, ILL.,, Mar. 2s.-Dr, NJ. Y.
Gamble says; K" prescribe Browns Iron Bit.
ters in my practice aud il gives satisfaction"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-02
Spending a Vacation.

W. J. Ballard, principal of public
school in Jamaica, Long Island, arrived
at Montreal recently, having run all the
rapids of the st. Lawrence in skiff IL
feet long, 3 feet 9 inches in the beam.
In conversation he SAID: 81 left Cape
! Vincent week ago last Thursday with
three friends. The Gallops didn't
amount to anything; a child could run
them, but when we struck the Long
Sault we had our hands full, L can
assure you. We took the south-side,
where the current flows with lightning
like rapidity, SO we just steered our
boat and let the current carry us along.
When We got pretty well down into the
worst part of the rapids We ran ashore
and there saw glorious sight. The
north and south currents OF the Sault
met Just below, and the waves were
plling on top of one another, rolling in a
corkscrew manner and boiling in way
TO make the brayest heart quake. But
we got into our boat and had an ex-
citing time for few minutes. We
had first TO dodge a whirlpool and then
keep clear of the ''cOfkserew waves -
safe and sound.
When We struck the cedars | saw NV
companion look little anxious. Every
few seconds he let '.ii hi'' out of
him, which L interpreted Pull YOUR
BEST" and l bent to my oar, while he
threw all his strength into his paddle
strokes and we swept with lightning
like rapidity through foaming, roaring.
boiling swells. My boat is one of the
best of the kind in existence and went
over the swells in beautiful manner.
One moment L was ON the brink of a
wave looking down perpeniiculaIly on
the white face of my pilot, next moment
our positions We're reversed and was
IN the trough OF the boiling waters.
We had some pretty close shaves, but
muscle and skill triumphed and we
came out of the rapids safely. We
then ran the Cascades, swept through
st. Louis and ran the Lachine. The
latter rapids don't amount to much.
however, and would undertake to run
them with boat-load of people without
any pilot. Well, here i am safe and
sound at Montreal, and can look back
with pleasure to my adventurous trip
down the rapids. Last year l ran the
entire length OF the Susquehanna, five
hundred miles, coasted down the Ches-
apeake Bay, ascended the Delaware
river and thence home by canals, having
Travelled about eighteen hundred miles.
A pretty good way to spend vacation
L think"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-02
AGRICULTURE.

I'VE most casual enumeration Of the
points to be considered by the farmer
in doing one part only of his work sug-
gests TO what an indefinite extent his
occupation may be made an exact sci
ence, az it also suggests the obstacles
that prevent careless or ignorant tillers
OF the soil from succeeding. But when
We remember that this Is only one de-
partment of the farmers work we real
ize it more forcibly still. What he gets
from his LAID, grass, corn, potatoes,
oats, rye,-must be garnered with
watchfulness and Judgment, kept in
good storehouses, led or sold in the right
quantity and at the right moment. The
simple matter of fencing farm land Sc
curely and economically is almost a
science III itself. Then by good rights
all his stock need careful housing and
feeding Is human beings-Corn will
give at least half as much again milk if
Kept clean, and warm, and fed regular
ly and horses will do twice the work.
There is no profit whatever in poultry,
quite the reverse unles they are treated
on precisely the principles we use with
people, that is, kept warm aud clean,
given variety of wholesome food. kept
a few only IN a place, with fresh water
always at Ii nd. Then the farmer must
cut his fuel at the right time. He must
be always ready for accidents to har-
nesses, tnes of wheels, carts, plowa and
farming implements generally, As
most farmers must live away from the
village, in the very nature OF things
more or less knowledge of saddlery,
carpentry, blacksmith operations will
be very useful. not to say indispensa-
bic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-02
Eureka.

a company of very odd character has
Just been formed at Liege. 1t Is called
the Eureka" and its object Is to provide
facilities for finding lost objects left In
trains and cabs. The annual subscription
Is to be the modest sum of two francs and
half. The name and address of each
subscriber will be registered against a
number, and that lumber he will have
engraved or otherwise marked upon the
objects which he is afraid of losing. Then,
II the precious article sheuid get lost, the
finder Is expected to send it to the office of
the Company, who will ascertain from
their books to whom 1t belongs, and remit
Il accordingly. The project is an interna
uonal one, as 1t is thought, with seme
justice, that travellers In foreign country
are very apt to lose things. The lnterna-
tional Sleeping Car Company have prom
lsed that all objects found ownerless in
their cars shall be forwarded to the office
OF the Eureka" and the police of several
continental countries have also promised
their assistance.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-04-02

Grow MORE FRUIT. - All farmers
should set apart one, two or more acres
for the growing of fruit. Undoubtedly
if one-half or one-quarter of the farming
classes did this prices for fruit would
not be SO high as now; but the demand
for fruits would increase 50 largely that
prices could not long remain below a
paying standard. il fact, so few will at.
tempt TO grow even for home use that
those farmers WHO do plant small fruit
will he sure Of large reward in selling
TO their neIghbors and in supplying
smaller villages where summer fruits
are rarely Low offered for sale. They
may be sure that the demand will for
some years TO come grow much more
rapidly than will the probable supply.
DO not begin on large scale. Try at
first half an acre III small fruits. This
Will give superabuEdance for home
use, and If the surplus can be proftably
disposed of the plantation can be exten-
oed as experience proves advisable.