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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21
Death of II. Ii. Elliott.

A New Orleans dispatch to The New
York Times, under date Of the 10th
instant, gives the following account of
the life and death of Robert 3. Elliott |:
"Robert B. Elliott, a very black
negro, well educated and of consider
able ability, died here this morning of
malarial fever. lie was born i'm Mas
sachusctts and removed to South Caro-.
lima during the period of reconstruct
ton. There he became Speaker of the
House of Representatives and aftcr-
wards q member Of Congress-, but re-
signed to accept the attorney general
ship of the State. After the collapse
of his party in South Carolina Mr..
Elliott removed to New Orleans,
where he became special agent for the
treasury department. Unfortunately
allying himself with the opposition to
Kellogg he was removed, and since
IimN,,tn 5haJ tlmS had picked up a precarious
courts." P0''o0
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21
MASSACRE OF MORMONS.
The Merciless Manner I'm Which n Party q
Missionaries were Slain in Kentu XIV.

Ahe Merciiess Manner I'm Which a Party of
Missionaries were Slain in Kentu ky.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 16.-A
dispatch from Ccntcrville confirms the
murder of the Mormons in Lewis
county by masked men last Sunday
morning. The raiding party nm.
bered about forty. Thirteen attacked
the house of Martin Condor, where \
Mormon meeting was in PROGRESS
Forcing the door, they were cncoun.
tered by Condor armed with n oun
In an effort to disarm him one of thc
raiders was struck with the gun. M
masking him, but he drew q pistol and
shot Condor in the bowels. Condor
was shot again by one of the party
with buckshot and instantly killed
at the same time anOthero of the attack
ing party fired upon Mormon elder
named Gibbs, who was partly hidden
behind the wife of Condor. killiun
I: obs and severely woundino Mrs
Condor in the thigh. Tho parfy firci
again upon q Mormon elder i,omeG
Berry, who was hiding behind n he'd
killing him instantly. Another Mo-
mon elder in the house, who ran ont
bY the back door, was pursued by thn
attacking party stationed outside, TbcV
fired on him as he. ran, but il is not
known whether or, not he was killed.
After killing Berry; the masked men
started out of the house, and lust as
they got ont, j.. II. Hudson fired and
killed Dave Hinson, one of the masked
men,. One of the oHinson party stood
over the body and fired two loads of
6ackshot at Hudson, literally riddline
him. The Mormons, in fear of an,
other attack, did not make q search
until Monday, when they found the
Mormon who ran away from Condor's
dead. 1t is rumorcd that the other
missing elder has been found dead.
The Mormon elders claim thew have
been sent here direct from Utah to
make converts and establish churches.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21
CLEVELAND WILL STICK.
a Denial of tho Ridiculous Story Of his In
tended Withdrawal

New York, August a. Senator
German, of Maryland, the Chairman
OF the Democratic Executive Commit.
tee; General B. B. Smallcy, of Ver-
monb Senator Jones, ofLouisiana, and
III. G. Thompson, of this city, had a
lengthy conference Mt the hcaduuar.
tGrs, No. IL West twenty fourth street,
this afternoon. A reporter of the -Ee.
press interviewed all four concerning
the rumor that Gov. Cleveland, recoe.
n!Z'ng that he cannot be elected by
any possibility now that Butler is in
the field, contcnplatcs withdrawing
from. the ticket. r..... -,
"Thc story is simply ridiculousn re-
marked Senator Gormrn, $50 rjdicu-
lous that | do not care to talk of it.
MIR. Clcveland's chance is too full of
promise to warrant any such nonsensi.
cal rumor." ,i2t. - =
Senator Jones said: "Governor
ClcVcland's withdrawal at this time
would be equivalent to his resigning
of the Presidency, which any careful
observer knows is within his grasp"
Commissioner Thompson said :'teIIife
Is too short to notice any such rumors. :"
General Smallcy simply INDUCED in
anmalG, Sn a4GnSed smilewhen his opinion was
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21
The Cotton Supply.

NEW YoRK, August 16.~-Tho total
visible supply Of cotton for the world
is 1,692;8lO bales, of which 954 ,61O
bales arc American, against ! 1856, Jap
bales and 1856, 142 bales respectively
last year. Receipts Of cotton at all
interior towns 1888 bales. Receipts
from plantations S3l bales. Crop in
sight 5,649, 838 bales. ~. 'OfE'l|
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21
The Missouri Democracy.

ST. LOUIS, August 13.-Thc Demo-
cratic State Convention at Jefferson
City last night nominated Gen. John
5. Marmaduke as candidate for Gov
crnor. The Convention rcasscmblcd
this morning and Immediately contin.
ucd the nomination Of the State ticket
as follows: Lieut.. t.-Govcrnor, o. p.
Morehouse; Secretary of State, Michael
X. McGrath.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

ChIdrcnS Shoes and Hats in popular
grades at low prices.
GcMN@men'S NrNishing -Shirts, IToSie-
ry, Underwear, llandkclchirC5. Our Htocl:
WI De Kept up fresh and attractive
throughout The "nowrry season. "
july 23-I.}m
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

EMORY's LITTLE CATITARTIC PIJs arc
suthciently powerful for the most robust,
yet the safest for children and weak con
Stitntlons; the action in any disease is
uniform, certain and safe, painless and
effectiVe. Druggists-15 cents. y
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

John Butler, a farmer, residing
IN Hanover county, Va, shot his wife
fatally OH Sunday. He had been beat
ing ono of the children, when his wife
intcrfered, and he turned upon her.
She had him arrested, but he escaped
from the officer, and, on returning
home, he shot his wife. '. -
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

HANOVER, O., Feb. 13, 1884. 4.-.Aftcr
having lung fever and pneumonia / had a
dreadful cough and could not slecp at
night. The doctors told me | had con
sumption and would die. I.havc taken six
bottles of Piso's Cure and my cough is en-.
tirely gone and am well as ever.
EMELINE FORD,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-08-21

hoio 1.-The n, plague has feappeared at Ker-
~ oS,"! III Asiatic Turkey. The influx
VI PlSrlms aGgraVates tho Inalady.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19

A correspondent writes of his trials
and tribulations from mosquitoes as
follows: II live in Anne Arundel
County, Maryland. near Patuxent Riv-
er, on farm which is known by tho
name of Terrapin Island. On account
of dry weather the mosquitoes are in
abundance. Sunday night, August 81,
they seemed to receive reinforcements.
and attacked my house. From loss Of
rest by the insects myself and family
were determined to sleep tho next
night If possible. Being a mechanic,
had made frame to go over my bed
stead and covered il with q mosquito
net But the tormenting mosquitoes
soon drove us from under the netting.
came to the conclusion that the net
ting was not fine enough. pulled the
bed from the bedstead to the floor,
took the frame and placed it over the
bed. and used Eve quilts. One
placed over the top of the frame, four
around the sides. and secured the
corners we'll. Then, thinking VIC
would get a nap, myself. wife, and
child laid down, but in less than thirty
minutes the pests we're under the COW
ers so thick that the very noise would
Waken q person without biting.
would be thankful to know what way
can manage them. - Baltimore Sun.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
A GhastIy Spectacle.

The following taken from French
letter, will possess scientific interest
for medical men and excite grotesque
thoughts in the minds Of many who
are not students of medicine or anat-
omy:
IN. Levarde, Of Paris, in the se-
crecy of a private dissecting-room. has
been trying most ghastly experiment
on the decapitated head of Campi, tho
notorious Partisan assassin. Placing
the head on his experimental table in
an upright position, the learned profess
sor Of physics connected its cold, life
less carotid artery by means Of tube
with the warm and throbbing cores
ponding artery in the neck Of living
dog, and then removed the stop placed
on the neck Of the latter.
CAS- the warm blood from the dog
reached and penetrated the arteries Of
the decapitated Campi, the face of the
latter lost its Hvid hue. and color re-
turned very markedly ia the checks.
which became suifused. The eyelids.
long rigid Ia death. slowly moved,
opened and disclosed the CLASSY eyes
81 the criminal whose soul was u an
other world
The doctor expressed regret tnat hs
had not procured the head sooner t9ks
Il acted upon shortly after e1seasi'..'' ~.
Be was sure that il would haYs esesa'.. -
- s.orard and terrible epest tAs.e'
Ne,6 Tort MaH and
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
A Whales Adventure.

Mr.. Z. Kendall, Chairman of the
West Coast Of American Telegraph
Company, contributes the following
story to London paper:
''As matter of curiosity and unique
experience in connection with the work
ing of submarine telegraph cables, l
beg leave to hand you some extracts
from the letter of our manager on the
West coast of South America, and also
from the Captain of our cable-repair-
ing steamer. The extracts go to show
that not only is it bad for whale to
attack cable. but so perfect have the
appliances for the repair of cables now
become, that. no matter where or in
what depth of water they may be bro
ken, they can almost always be repair
ed as surely and as quickly in mid
ocean as horse can be shod in u
blacksmith's shop. Judging from the
extracts it would seem that the whale
voluntarily attacked the cable and,
having had free fight with it, paid for |
his temerity with his life. for he was |
held prisoner for seven days and then
mangled unto death. The Captain of |
our repairing steamer writes: Having /
picked up twenty-one knots of cable,
and while continuing picking up an
immense whale came up to the bows
in the cable. 1t seemed to
be about seventy feet in length. In its
struggles to get free the cable cut right
into its side, the whole of its en-
trails coming out and great streams of
blood. In its last dying struggle it
parted the cable on the bow sheaves
and floated to windward of the steam
er. The cable was twisted up in the
.orm of wire rope for about two
,athoms, and in six different parts it
lad the appearance of being bitten
through sufficiently to stop all commu-
lication. There is no doubt the whale
las been the cause of the Interruption
Dur manager also writes: The cause
# the breakage of the cable, as has
'een pointed out to you in Capt. Nor
on's report was huge whale which
'ecame entangled in the turns of tho !
.ablc, and was held prisoner for seven
lays; the interruption was unfortunate, {
'ut it is, at least, satisfactory to know
hat the cable did not give way natur-
lily, and that, where picked up, the '
heathing, yarn, and core were found
o be in an almost perfect state of
fact, looked as good
s on the day the cable was first laid"
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
rhe -Mladle Inltlal..

/ It Is not long since the English accu-
lation that Americans have an exclu-
i've fondness for triple name was
almly answered by an alIusion, on the
part Of the indignant patriots, to sthose
we'll known Yankees William Ewart
Gladstone. Thomas Babington Macau-
iay. William Makepeaee Thackeray.
samuel Taylor Coleridge. Walter Saw
age Landor and Percy Bysshe Shelley;
md as an offset to the English claim of
double name, to sfhose well-known
EngIishmen, Washington Irving, Hor-
ace Greeley, George Bancroft Abra-
lam Lincoln, Edwin Booth and Ma
thaniel Hawthorne Each of these
lists could be almost indefinitely ek-
tended. until. certainly, it would be-
come evident that Americans have no
exclusive claim upon the triple name,
and thus far the satire loses its point.
But, driven from these points. satirists
without number, and such noYelists as
Yates and Trollope, began to ridicule
the middle initial letter as an undoubt-
ID Americanism. We were continually
told of such characters rs Olivia @.
Fleabodv, the doctress, in one of Yates
novels, vast emphasis being attached to
The middle initial
The custom OF writing and speaking
the middle letter on every possible oc-
easion strikes an educated Englishman
as very absurd, and. as a rule, some
Americans have reluctantly accepted
the British impeachn ent of this taste.
American burlesque Of The free West
arm type has seized upon this much
abused initial and makes its novelist
hero Mortimer j. Brown" or Peter
w. Grandicourt." We are tempted to
even ask if George j. Washington or
Napoleon V. Bonaparte would not have
found himself handicapped for life.
But what if this satire should prove
to have slight foundation, and this last !
and undisputed Americanism were, to |
some extent, an Anglicism also? 1t |
must be remembered that the use of !
the middle initial is commercial hab- |
it, and the names of the English COM
mercial classes should be studied, |
when, from all we can learn, a large |
number of names in which the middle /
initial is used would appear. But more
direct evidence is at hand. When, in
1868, Minister Adams left London a
LcStlnOAIdl W dS pieSeutSu W min anu
It had seVenty-two signatures, Of which
were firm names or titles,
twenty were of one given name and
surname, twentv-nine were of three
names apiece. Lastly. of these twenty
nine distinguished Englishmen, nine
used the middle initial, and three used
the first initial and the full middle
custom which has also been
called an Americanism. We have Ar
thur P. Stanley, George J. Goschen,
Spencer H. Walpole, Stafford H. North
cote, Thomas N. Hunt and Rod l.
Murchison in the list; and really it
would seem that America had no ex-
elusive rights over this interesting ini-
ial.-M \ Hour.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
Annie Ptxley,s Satin Gown.

1--WE have several watches in the
safe that have been left under pillows,
a few pairs of bracelets, lots of gum
shoes and slippers, n bookcase full Of
novels, packs of playing-cards, pocket
knives, rGzors, hair-brushes and
combs, and various other things-I
suppose enough to start a regular
pawnbroker's auction store, said a
hotel clerk. There is any number Of
umbrellas and canes. but night-gowns
beat everything. They have been
accumulating for years, and we've got
over five hundred of them, some elab-
orately embroidered. A few are
trimmed with expensive lace and
great many are prettily marked with
the owners initials. Hardly n day
passes without our receiving a letter
asking after the fate Of certain night
gown. Some people won't write for
them, and wouldn't admit the owner
ship of them if we should forward
them. l received a letter from lady
this morning asking Us to look up
night-gown that was left here more
than two months ago. / suppose Wen
be able to find it. Nearly every day
night-gown is sent to the laundry; a
label is then put on it, showing the
room it was found in and the date, and
then it is packed away with the other
night-gowns, to be Kept until called
for. There are a hundred of them yell
low with age. Annie Pixley, the act
ress, left a white satin night-dress here
the last time she played in this city. 1t
was embroidered all down the front
with a dozen different kinds of sewing
silk, and must have cost S75. We
sent it to her in few days after she
left here. - Philadelphia Times.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
Henry Clar,s Fortune.

Henry Clay was pronounced insol-
vent by his Kentucky opponents in
I842, and they paraded some mort
cages on his property as evidence OF
his inability to pay his debts. In a
letter to friend, denying this calum-
nv, Mr.. Clay said: II am not free. alb
solutely, from debt: l am not rich.
never coveted riches. But my estate
would. even now. be estimated at not
much less than 500. 200. Whatever
it may be worth. it is a qualification to
me to know that it Is the produce OF
my own honest labor. no part of it be-
ing hereditary except one slave, who
would oblige me very much If he
would accept his freedom. 1t is suffi-
cient, after paying all my debts. to
leave my family above want if / should
be separated from them. 1t is mat
ter also of consolation to me to know
that this wanton exposure of my pri-
vate affairs can do me no pecuniary
prejudice. NV few creditors will not
allow their confidence in me to be
shaken BY it. 1t has. indeed, led to
one incident, which was at the same
time 3 source of pleasure and of pain.
a friend lately called on me. st the in
stance Of other friends. and informed
me that they were apprehensiTe that
my private affairs were embarrassed.
and that I allowed these embarrass-
ments to prey upon my mind. He came,
therefore, with their authority, to tell
me that they would contribute any sum
that I might want to relieve me The
emotions which such proposition ex-
cited can be conceived .by honorable
men. / felt most happy to Be able to
undeceiTe them, and TO decline their
benevolent proposition. Mr. Clay
never had any outstanding accounts st
Washington, and as he did not keep
house Il was not difficult for him to
..pay Is be went. Ben: Periey Pooxs-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
Antl-Masonry.

The fact that throughout the British
Empire,in the United States of America
and elsewhere, so many of those in every
grade of society who are most vitality
interested in conserving, ameliorating
and perpetuating what is most valuable
and beneficial in the present civil, social
and political order of things, are active
and prominent members of our Craft,
proves that our bene6cient fraternity is
a thoroughly loyal institution.
The fact that so many adhereDts and
leaders, even ofso many religious creeds
and denominations belong to our
ancient Order, shows beyond question
that Freemasonry is most tolerant in
stitution.
The fact that so many men of more
than ordinary ability and culture are
Jealous Freemasons, is proof that there is
much in and pertaining to our fraternity
which is worthy the attention of our best
intellects.
The fact that so many good and pious
men are devoted Craftsmen, demon
strates that in their opinion, and from
their experience, Freemasonry is an insti-
tion honoring to God and beneficial to
man.
The fact of its time memorial age
and world wide prevalence shows that
as to its moral principles, its social order,
its system of Jurisprudence and govern
ance, its stability and permanence, its
educational influence, its adaptability to
the condition, needs and aspirations of
free and progressive people; its human
MI off fc and
non-partisan character, its practical and
all comprehensive voluntary charity and
in short its raisond' dire and its mofus
uiuendi ct operaRdi, all show that it con
taips within itself the necessary essential
element of true universal Brotherhood,
destined to exist and prosper, world
without end.
In view of all such, and much more
that might truthfully be stated, it is
one of the peryerse problems of mis-
directed humanity, which almost passes
charitable comprehension, that in this
age of the world the prosecuting spirit
of anti-Masonry should exist in the
mind or heart of any tolerably enlightend
individual, or be inculcated or practiced
by any sensible, prudent man or body of
men. 1t is clearly the offspring of
short-sighted and unendurable intoler-
ance, whose inevitable reaction even will
speedily and certainly be to the detri-
ment and discontinue of those cherish
ing, propagating and practising it.
Freemasons, however, stand in no awe,
and have no fears of the immediate or
final outcome of persecution in any form
or from any source-Grand Master Gra-
ham, Quebec.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
1CCnle and gGrlgnl. q
IN THE CoRNFIELD,

Tkey go, in the April morning.
Tn father and son, afield,
AMI, pIuwing the greensward under.
Prepare for tho harvest's yield,
The father Is thoughtful. sober,
Tn. son is bithe and gay;
And thus the hours lly swiftly
Ui ;his gladstone, hopeful day.
They go again in the Maytime
And tickle the earth with hoe"
They drop the tiny kernels
ni corn into the ground below.
The father tells his stories
Oi the primitive olden time,
Aud the son, mayhap, is dreaming
Oi the odors Of rose and thyme.
Anon corn blades are spri inging
Out Of the earth's dark mold
Unto the air and sunshine
Their leaves they now unfold.
The slender blades grow stronger
Under the dew and sun,
And the hue grows clearer deeper,
Of the green stalks every one.
There's rustic of leaves in the cornfeld
Is the August breeze goes by,
Mid the stalks are the children playing
And they look Il the bending sky;
They ask whence come the voices
Ofthe winds in their mild, sweet mood
Aud wonder il its from heaven,
Ii it is the whisper OF God,
The field becomes forest
OF stalks, aud tasscls, and grain,
When skies are grown more sober,
And falls September rain.
Then the reapers with their sickles
Garner the ripened ears,
Symbols of liie's ripe harvest
For the granary of the years.
Detroit Free Press.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-19
A Curious Plantation Dance

"Would you like to see the BuzZard
dance?" said a gentleman whose lavish
hospitality l was enjoying.
"What is thatP" said |.
"Wait minute and I'll show you,"
he replied.
We were seated on the broad veran-
da of a Southern country house built
some fifty years ago. In front Of us
row of giant magnolias, large as oaks,
seemed in the dim starlight freighted
with balls of perfumed snow. To our
right vast grove of pines was softly
soughing in the summer breeze, and
beyond them the glare of the blazing
knots, which lit half a hundred cabins,
proclaimed the presence of the NEGRO
quarter" We were on the Huguenin
plantation, in Sumter County, a mod
est farm of 5000 acres. Ere the min
ute had elapsed Mr. Clay walked to the
end of the veranda and gave a whoop
which would have invoked the envy of
a Commanche Indian and the prompt
attendance of Macon policeman.
An answering shout was heard and
in few minutes long line of dusky
forms came stealing through the
shadows of the pines and ranged them
selves in front of where we sat. The
song began and the musicians COM
menced to pat. Suddenly into the GEN.
ter of the open ring leaped the sable
dancer who was to personate the buzz
zard. Though dancing in perfect time
to the wild but musical accompani-
ment, he yet managed to initiate with
marvellous exactness every movement
of the uncouth bird he had chosen for
his model. Its tottering, tiptoeing gait
was faithfully delineated, as was also
its sudden springs from right to left,
its timid approach, its ravenous peck
and sudden retreat from the craved but
dreaded carcass, which, in his homely
drama was represented by hat that
looked indeed like the buzzards had
been after it.
There are as many as 500 negroes on
this plantation. While the dance and
song were progressing, quarter of a
mile away there were from a church on
the same plantation the prayers and
anthems of those who found their
pleasure in religion. And as listened
to the mingling echoes of the sacred
and secular songs l thought that the
''old plantation, dear to Southern
memory, had not vanished from the
earth,