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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-11
committee on education.

committee on education.
Mr.. Simonton---to define the powers
of tho Board. of Agriculture in grant
ing license for digging aud mining
phosphates and phosphate rock; to
protect persons using the public road
leading into the city of Charleston.
The calendar was then taken up and
several bills were disposed of. A bill
to charter the Midland Railroad Com
pany provoked a prolonged discussion.
1t was finally passed 20 itsSthird read, ,
ing.
On the bill in relation to the salary
OF the Adjutant and Inspector General,
which proposes to increase the salary
from 1900 to S2,l00, Mr.. Anscl moved
to strike out the rnaciing clause of the
bill. After some debate the motion
was adopted, and the bill HaS killed.
The House then adjourned.
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Tuesday, December 2.
SENATE.

The following new measures were
introduced: =,
Mr.. Field-Bill to regulate tho num-
Der aud pay ofTrial Justices in Pickcns
county.
Mr.. Mumro-Bill to appoint an Off
clal photographer Of the Eighth Circuit.
Mr.. Sligh--Bill to create the office
OF County Surveyor anil prescribe his
duties and regulate his pay.
Mr.. Earle. on behalf of the commit
tee OH interpretations, submitted fav-
orable report on the Hartsville Rail-
road Company; also, on bill to incor-
porate the Mason Harvester Company.
The following bills were passed to
their third reading: TO incorporate the
Chauga Lime, Mining and Manufac-
turing Company; to incorporate the
Mason Cotton Gin Company; to pro-
vide mode of procedure bv which
lands may be taken by cities and
towns for streets, roads and highways
for public use; to amend Section 1749
OF the General Statutes; to require as
signments OF mortgages ofreal estate
TO be recorded; to incorporate the
Hartsvillc Telephone Company; to
confirm the charter of the Charleston
Land Company, Incorporated under
an act 10 authorize and regulate the
creation ofpriyatc corporations within
TINS State, ratified the Goth day Of De-
+ cember, 1866, and to renew tho same;
10 ratify the amendment to Article
Nine OF the Constitution by adding
thereto Section to be known as Sec
ton II; to amend an Act entitled UAn
Act to renew and amend the charter of
the town ofMarion," approved Deccm.
ber "a, 1888; to permit u creditor to
attack q fraudulent deed of his debtor
without first obtaining Judgment
against him.
The Senate then adjourned.
aHoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
a 'number of bills and resolutions
were introduced, and referred to prop.
er mmittecs-among them the fol-
owing:
Mr., Fox-.to exempt The County of
Colleton from the operations Of tho
General Stock Law. ~
Mr. Bowen-to prohibit the tho dis
tillation and manufacture of spirituous
liquors an the County of fPIckens.,d
Mr. Hutson Ito provide ,tor the dis.
position OF the amount of money re-
Selyed by the Governor under the
Direct Tax Act.
Mr. Scudday-- of Mrs. S Z;
y. Chapin, Mrs. Il. Walker and Mrs.
Monltrie Gibbes, officers Of the NJ. Z;
y, ", asking Legislation to Introduce
text books on the subject nf.tha DhVsi-
oioglcal ELECTS of narcotics info The
pnblicsohoola ofthc State.
onlnotion OF Mr. Scudday, the me-
aaorlal was read and referred TO the
l. r. y
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Abusing the Rev. Ar Roll

BUFFALO, December 2.-The Rev.
George II. Ball, of this city, is having
hard time of it, and doubtless wishes
the election was really over for him,
"A gang of roughs surrounded his par
sonage and pelted out the windows
with chunks of coal. One large
chunk was hurled into the sleeping
apartment of the two daughters, fright.
enlng them badly. No arrests have
been made.
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a Decision of rntorest to Journalists.

BOsTON, DoCember 4.-Judgc BlOd-
gett to-day rendered his decision in the
case of Jas. p. Frost and Daniel San
dcrs, of the Boston Daily Globe, who
were arrested charged with contempt
of court in refusing to disclose 10 the
grand jury the source of certain recent
information about al old murder case
in this city. The judges decision is
in effect that the facts in the case did
not warrant the commitment of the
Journalists for contempt, as the uues-
ton was q narrow one, and resolved
itself down to question whether or
not the gentlemen should divulge the
names of persons who had given them
The decision was await
ed with great interest 10y the journal
istic profession.
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02

A woman living near Glendive, In Daw-
son County, exhibited wonderful cool.
ness and nerve few days ago, and fur
Mshed additional evidence that in time of
great danger a woman is equal to almost
any emergency. She was the owner OF a
pet dog, which on last Thursday was
playing In the yard with another dog Of
about the same age and complexion. Sud-
denly the canine gave yelp of almost
mortal terror as a large eagle with wings
Of more ample proportions than black
smiths apron swooped down from the blue
empyrean Of heaven and picked up the lit
tie cur in his muscular talons. With the
true Western woman, brought up amid all
the dangers of rough border life and with
no tight-ftting skirt TO prevent the
free movement Of her limbs. to think
Is TO act. On the instant this no.
BILE representative of noble sex flew
into the kitchen where her hus-
band kept his ltrusty shotgun with which,
in the early days when blood-thirsty In
dians were rampant on the plains, he had
often gone out and shot fool hens. She
bounced out OF the front door, gun in
hand. In an instant she directed her eagle
eye into the air, where, soaring about ten
feet distant, she discerned the carniverous
emblem Of our National liberties with her
yellow poodle grasped convulsively but
firmly in its claws. For moment she
ran her trained eye along the barrel of the
gun in the direction of the larcenous bird,
closed her liquid orbs with shudder and
banged away. When she opened them
the eagle was prospecting interstellar
space and the dog lay scattered around in
fragments all over the yard. She wept
bitter tears, and as she picked up the pieces
and told her youngest boy to grease the
sausage machine she swore in broken Mis-.
souri,, and with many bitter cob, everlast.
ing war on the shotgun policy.
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PAINTED HIS BARN.
Part Red, Part Blue, Part Salmon Color,
Part Green, and Part Alphabetical.
IN. Y. SUM-

IN. Y. SUM-
Moses w. Taylor, Of Unionville, Is Su-
pervisor Of Mount Pleasant Township,
Westchester County. Last summer his
barn was struck by lightning, and with
the insurance money he built a new barn.
II is a conspicuous barn, and his friends
urged him to paint IL, but Mr.. Taylor re.
fused. ''Paint it yourself" he said, when.
ever he was asked TO ornament II.
Register ]. o. Miller, Superintendent Of
the Poor w. J. Ackerly, Assessor Henry
Nodine, Howard Kinch, Secretary Of the
Democratic County Committee and Inspec.
tor Of the Department OF Public Works,
Constable Alexander r. Lawrence, Of
Chappaqua, and other officials met on
Monday evening last at Mr.. Taylor's barn
with pots Of paint. Register Miller brought
blue paint, Secretary Kinch brought vel.
low paint, Constable Lawrence brought
red paint, Assessor Nodine brought sal.
mon-colored paint, June Bard brought pink
paint, and Superintendent Ackerly
brought green paint. Each official
had driven in his private conveyance to
the barn. which is about four miles above
White Plains, on hill in view of the Har.
lem railroad trains.
The night was very dark. The officials
drew near the barn cautiously, because
each feared he was the victim OF joke,
and expected to hear from his friends the
next morning: "Well, did you paint the
barnp To their own surprise they met,
as has already been intimated. They had
provided painters as well as paint, and the
painters brought ladders.
The barn was taking ON assorted colors
when Constable Leonard Banks, with sew
on deputies, sworn I'm for the occasion, In.
terrupted the proceedings.
"Iarrest you all % shouted Banks.
The officials fed. Inspector Kinch
crawled under wagon and Strengthened
himself on the "reach." Register Miller
got behind a stone-wall. Superintendent
Of the Poor Ackerly burrowed in the hay
NOW in the barn, and Assessor Nodine put
off across the fields. All were caught.
They were led to Supervisor Taylor's
house shivering with cold.
Mr.. Taylor invited them to dinner, gave
them cigars afterward, laughed at, them,
and promised to laugh at them moro next
day. Then he sent the constables home
and babe his guests good night. Instead
Of going home the guests went back to the
barn, completed its assortment OF tints,
and left there in vivid colors and big LET.
tering tho legends; THE McGinuesses and
McGuires have been here,v "Use Taylor's
Rock and Rye.v and "Point II Yourselfr
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HOW THE GAS WAS TURNED OFF.
Interesting "Reminiscences OF the Repub-
llcan Convention OF 1870.
Houston TEX posLI


That was an interesting little by.play
between Bill Chandler and Ben Butterworth
at Washington recently when the Repub-
lican Committee was discussing the loca-
ton OF the next National Convention, and
when Chandler turned on Butterworth and
called up some unpleasant "reminiscences
OF no gas In the convention hall at Gin
cinnad when the balloting for Blaine was
hot, and when he was beaten by the dark.
ness coming In.
The history OF that eventful convention
is an interesting one in this city. Con-
cerning it talked with General Hicken-
looper last Saturday. The General was
one Of the local committee having charge
Of the hall in the old Exposition Building,
a frame structure.
"I'm getting tired of having that no gas
story flung in my face" said the General,
"and I'll tell you now the whole story.
The Committee has kept the matter a secret
nearly eight years and stood enough
abuse. When wo engaged the Exposition
Building in which to hold the convention,
we did so with fear and trembling, for we
had been informed 1t was not safe, and in
formed, too, by competent architects.
Some Of its walls were out of plumb at
least two feet. We secured the most trust
worthy door-keepers, and charged them
above all things to allow no man TO
enter the hall unless provided with a
ticket. We thus hoped to avoid any
crowds and the consequent danger attend
ing them. But the door-keepers had their
friends, and l suppose some Of them were
not above coveting a monetary considera-
tion when rendered by man anxious to
get in, and the building filed up beyond
our expectation. We knew II the con-
vention held on in the evening the crowds
would become more dense. AS the Presi.
dent OF the gas company would not as
sumo the responsibility Of lighting that
immense pile of antiquity. Had we
turned on the gas, God only knows what
would have been the result. Had the
building given away under the uncommon
pressure during the day, the wreck would
have been awful. Imagine for a mo-
ment its tumbling in at night and having
the horror reinforced with fire That's the
reason we didn't have the gas on that
night. IL was terrible risk 10 which 10
invite the public men from all over the
country, and we knew IL full well. The
responsibility, as 1t was, was sufficient,
God knows. We would not shoulder any
more, and are glad we didn't, even though
Blaine could have been nominated.
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A hoLIpAr INcIpENT.
Pretty and Pathetic story from the wilde
of Staten Island.
Indfauanolta IntIrpal


A pretty but pathetic incident is report
ed from the village of Concord, Staten
Island. Anna Bowald, black-eyed
country girl of fourteen years, found
twenty cents recently, matter Of little
moment to most people, but to her an epi-
sode. She had heard so much about the
grand things in the great city near which
she lived, about the innumerable beautiful
presents and toys that were displayed for
the holiday season, that an irresistible de-
sire possessed her to take look at them.
As may be imagined, she was not able TO
purchase any of value, but she felt that
she would be happy even looking at the
beautiful preparations for the delectation
of girls more richly favored. When she
found the twenty cents 1t seemed as though
providential way had been opened up TO
crafty her consuming desire. In
the morning she was sent to deliver
some milk at a neighbor's, which she
did, and then disappeared. She took
the tin pail with her, and no trace Of
girl or pail could be found all day long.
AT eleven o'clock that night the girls
grandfather was awakened by the dogs
barking in the yard. He looked out and
saw milk-pail on the front gate. When
he took the pail off the gate he discovered
child's footprints in the snow. Follow
ing them, he came upon Annie, nestled in
fence corner. Her face and hands were
purple and swollen from the cold. He
carried her home. She would not talk
al HON baY aha o,,I H.. l.
at all. She sat two days with a detected
face, knitting on pair of wristlets.
When she became weary of her needles
she would play with the house cat and dog.
Afterwards, to a reporter she artlessly
said: 81 found twenty cents. | wanted
so much to see the pretty Christmas things
in New York that couldn't help running
away 10 town. l looked in the windows
all day. l had my pail on my arm. I
left it on the gate at night, and went away
because | felt wicked. was almost
asleep on the snow when grandpa
found me" How tempting the
rich bright show in the great show
windows must have been to her hungry
eyes. One can almost sec her open.eyed
wonder as she walked from one display to
another, edging her way through tho
crowded streets, and elbowing hundreds
and thousands intent on possessing them.
selves of some Of the marvellous articles so
temptingly displayed. Poor little hungry
hearted, wistful-eyed girl, self-accused be.
cause she even dared wish to only see what
she could never have. But there is room
for rejoicing that she came back to her
own as pure and simple as she left. 1t
may be that some day good fortune will
smile upon the rustic maiden and fill her
lap with all that heart could wish. She
will be rich without the baubles IL she
but keep unspotted from the great whirL
ing world that entranced her Tor one long
day, and left her with an unfulflled wish
in her simple, trusting heart.
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MYSTERIES OF pRAw.PoKsR.
Magistrate Decides between q a"straIght
Flush" and -Four OF Kind"
philadelphia Press-l


Flush" and -Four OF n Kind"
philadelphia Presal
According to the rules that govern that
mysterious pastime called ''draw poker" a
straight flush" is q hand far superior to
"four Of kind" but 1t required such a
Flush" and one hours argument before
Magistrate Smith, yesterday, to decide
which Of two men who held those rare
hands was entitled to the spot"
On December 8, John Cunningham, sa-
loon-keeper at No. So Montgomery ave;
nue.; Patrick Tierney, of Twenty.fourth
and Spring Garden street, and another
man whose name has not been divulged,
sat down to play little "draw." Matters
moved along smoothly forl awhile, and
Cunningham, according TO his statement,
was winner by twenty-five cents, when his
breath was almost taken away by being
dealt a "straight flush," and that ''pat."
1t is not known whether Tierney or the
stranger dealt, but there was an expression
of satisfaction observable on the face of
the former as he tightly clutched his cards,
and bet what he intended as coaxer.
Tierney held four aces. Cunning
ham promptly saw the bet and 'raised"
the spot" Tierney smilingly saw the
"raise," and Michael o'Hare, Qwho
sat beside him, offered TO adj
vance him all the money he
required to meet Cunningham's bets. Tn
Stranger, who had quietly laid down his
cards, also became interested, and observ-
ing what an apparently sure thing Tierney
had, promptly loaned him fifty dollars TO
back up his hand. Finally Tierney threw
down his four aces and grabbed the mon
ey before Cunningham had an opportunity
10 astound his opponent and the spectators
by showing his straight flush" Tierney
refused TO surrender the "pot," claiming
that Cunningham had extra cards on his
knees, which dropped during the excite
ment incident to the betting. Cunningham
then brought civil suit under an act OF AS
sembly of 1894 to recover the fifty dollars
he claims he had in the "pot."
Magistrate Smith said that he was not
sufficiently posted on the relative va1ue of
hands In the game to decide which of the
two under discussion was the better, but
Counselor Joseph Murphy came to his re-
lief.
"Joe." said the Squire, "which Is the
better hand, straight flush or four
acesp"
"a straight flush every time" prompt
ly responder the law yer; ''but would like
to add that l do not play the game"
Judgment for fiftf dollars aud costs of
prosecution was reAdered in favor Of the
plaintiff.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02
He Sold Himself Cheap.
rn.t.. ~

A hat.Hnisher in one of the hat-factories
here applied for pension, and in his ap.
plication stated that on account Of disease
contracted in the army he could not do
more than half work.
One day there appeared in his shop a
long, lank individual in long, lank ulster,
who took quite an interest in hat-making.
He was especially pleased with the finish
ing. He came around to where our friend
was at work, and after watching his mo.
tions moment said:
"Are you new at the buslness?"s
"Newl What makes you think Pm new?'
hastily asked our friend.
Nothing" said the long, lank man,
pleasantly, "only that Thought you didn't
work as fast as the others"
EAST as the othersln gasped our friend.
eI'll bet five dollars,n he added with spir-
it, "that can finish more hats than any
other man In this shop" g
A few days lator the rapid hat-hnisher
received word that his petition for PEN
sion was refused.
The long, iank man In the long, lang uls-
tor was detective in the employ Of the
Pension Bureau.
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How to Get Along with a Mule.
IMarysvllle Cali Appeal

There was large gathering in Marys-
vile, and all were Interested In the efforts
Of youth who was persuading mule.
The young man kicked the mule's ribs,
struck resounding whacks on tho mules
hide. with heavy trace, and twisted its
ears. The mule stood firm. "Twist his
tail, "scratch his heels" "Tickle his hind
legs" shouted the bystanders. The driver
now seizel the bridle and tried with all
his might TO haul the mule forward into
place, but the mule continued firm. While
the driver was still tugging at the bride
Mr. Howser, who understands mules,
chanced 70 pass. "Haul the other way,v
sald Mr.. Howser. "Why sop asked the
river Because It's mule" said Mr..
dowser The driver hauled the other way
lni the mule Immediately went ahead.
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a LIvEL aRL.
Making Furniture Wa Around in a
Very queer hnnar.
IRome (Ga.lshecIal.I


The Cherokee sectioi of &eorgia is great.
ly excited over the mlnifestA Ations of Miss
Lula Hurst, the 6ften-year-old daughter
of William e. Hurst, substantial farmer
of Polk County. The stories tol ID were of
such strange chfacter that Colonel Free.
man, of the Cedftown Advertiser, DR.. F.
NJ. Liddell, and several other prominent
citizens went out 10 Mr.. Hurst's residence
for the purpo@ Of investigating them.
They found thu young lady to be the pict-
ure of healtI, and Of modest manner.
Upon request 70 manifest some of her
nowly-develbped powers, she arose and
placed her hands upon the back Of com.
mon chair. which soon began to move, first
slowly, then violently. The Doctor was
requested TO hold the chair, but, being un
able to do so alone, two, and then three
men, tried with no better effect. Appar.
emily there was not particle Of physical
force used by the young lady, her hands
merely resting carelessly on the back of
the chair. On previous occasion four of
I the stoutest men II the neighborhood had
found it impossible to hold the chair. A
large, old-fashiontd bedstead stood with
its head back in the corner Of the room.
On the foot Of the bed Miss Lula placed her
hand lightly, and the bed arose two feet In
the air and moved swiftly around the
room. Now, Miss Lora Wimberly, cous.
in Of Miss Lula, while in bed recently,
heard thrimping noise in the headboard,
which she thought was produced by her
cousin with her fingers, and requested her
to stop and go to sleep. Miss Lula
protested innocence, yet the sound grew
more audible. A playful remark that
1t should strike her caused a sensa-
tion like slight shock, felt by Miss
Wimberly about the f.ce. The sound
was then called 10 manifest itself where
commanded about the bed, and the bed
yas finally commanded to msve, and,
TO the wonder Of the occupants, rolled
briskly around the room. This is the cir.
cumstance which.led to the subsequent ex-
periments. On a recent occasion, while
Miss Lula was lying across the bed, she
thought Of some favorite air, when its
music emanated strangely from the head
board Of the bed and was heard by more
than half dozen persons sitting around
the room. Or another occasion an uncle,
above the ordinary weight, sat in chair,
his feet ON the rounds, while the lady
placed her hand with an under.grip on the
upper back of the chair and lifted him
across the floor. These people know moth
ing of spiritualism, and are sorely troubled
by manifestations which they deem the
work Of an evil spirit. People from far
and near come daily to see and hear the
latest developments.