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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
4 MISPLACED SWITCH.
3 Friehtful Wreck on the Baltimore and
Chic Railroad.

a frightful wreck occurred at Blue
stone quarry neary Pittsburg, Pa, on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
seven O'Clock on Thursday morning.
Train No. u, through express from
Baltimore to Pittsburg, consisting OF
sleeper, two coaches, two baggage
and one express car, ran into 3 mis-
placed switch and was completely
wrecked. The sleeper rolled over all
embankment into the Youghiouhenv
river. The other cars were upset and
the whole train was detached from the
engine. Sixteen persons were injured
but none killed outright.
The report Of the wreck reached
Pittsbure about 9 O'Clock and caused
great excitement, as it was known
that many prominent men of Pittsburg
were expected on the train. The acci-
dent disarranged the telegraph wires
and it was after 10 o'clock before the
following particulars Of the accident
were received:
The express train was about fifteen
minutes late when it reached the place
where the wreck occurred. A. Blue
stone quarry the track makes sharp
curve around the river. a short dis
tancc back from the bank there IS a
switch at the commencement OF the
curve. Whether some one had left
the switch partly open OF not is not
certain. The officials of the road say
the switch had been tampered with,
evidently with the intention of caus-
ing wreck. Had the switch been
open the train would have gone into it
all right and would have been stopped
before any damage had been done.
as it was, the train could 60 on neitn.
er track. The result was that the
engine dashed along the ties, tearing
up the track and causing the coaches
and sleeping cars to break loose and
dash on over the embankment in the
widest confusion. The sleepiug car
rolled over and stopped with its side
lying in the bed Of the river thirty feet
below. The two passenger coaches
stopred at the waters edge, but the
baggage car went into the water.
There were many passengers on board.
The scene that followed was one that
beggared description. The cries of
the injured were heard from every
car. The frightened sprang from the
windows and struggled with each
other to escape from the rolling cars,
and the walls Of pain were heard from
some who we're held within the wreck.
Those who escaped uniniured were
too much startled for a time to render
assistance. Then they began the res
cue. A messenger was sent to Cor
nellsyille for medical assistance, and
in short time q corps of physicians
were sent up Oh 4 special train. The
injured, after having their wounds
dressed, were removed to the hotels at
Corneilsville, where they received
every attention that could be given
them by the railroad company. The
wreck caused great excitement at Cor
nellsvillc, and for hours afterwards
people hurried to the scene of the
accident. The track was blockaded
and torn so badly that no treins got
through until that afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
The estate of Kate Townsend, bet

The estate Of Kate Townsend, bet
ter known as "The Queen Of the
Courtesans," who was killed in New
Orleans about two years ago by her
reputed husband, Troisvilie Sykes, is
again in court. The lawyers have sue
cecded in finding sister Of the dead
woman IL Ireland, and have fled 4
suit in her behalf. The estate was
valued at 100000. Sykes, the MUIR
derer Of Kate Townsend, was her
devisce by will.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
Good for the Child.

The ailments of childhood need care
ful attention and wise treatment. Some
people think "anything is good enough
for child, and there isn't much the
matter with it anyhow" But judi
cious mothers mothers know better,
and do as Mrs. II. W. Perry, of Rich
mond, Va. does. She says: 81 take
Browns Iron Bitters and give it to my
children with the most satisfactory
results" Sold everywhere.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
= iEOEEIBLE DEATH.
: Distinguished ex-Confcdcrata Surgeon
K;IlG Gin louisiana

= Distinguished ez-Confcdcrata Surgeon
KiIld elm Louisiana.
DR.. Alfred Gourner, q distinguished
medical practitioner and surgeon dur
ING the waron the staff'ofGen. Stephen
D. Lee, was buried in New Orleans
Thursday by the surviving veterans of
the Confederate Army Of Tennessee.
DR.. Gourncr was killed by q boiler
explosion in Ibervi!le parish c.: Tues
day lie went to the river 10 superin-
tend the working Of an engine pump
ing water tC the sugar-house, and soon
had the pump working undcra q heavy
gauge of steam. Feeling that all was
right he turned to 90, when he was
handed his mail by the postboy. He
returned to scan the mail by the light
of the engine, and finding i letter
from his wife, now absent in Maine,
stopped near the furnace to read it,
when the explosion took place. The
noise brought many 20 the scene.
Nothing Of the engine and boiler could
be found in their place, and fragments
were scattered many hundred yards
away. Search was instituted for the
doctor. His body was found among
the weeds, 272 feet distant, so horri-
bly, maneled as TO be almost ungecog-
ognizable. The engineer was scalded
and will hardly recover, while the
fireman escaped almost uninjnred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

Mrs. C.. NJ. Walker, of Wildwood,
Fla, has il hcr possession a baby
dress which is scventv-tivc Years old
and has quite history. 1t was the
first dress ever worn by her father,
John ". Barr, who was born in Scot
land, and is now citizen of OakWell,
Camden county, Ga. Mr.. Barr was
the father cf eleven children, all of
whom have worn siiiS dress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

Leon and Alexander McLoy testified
to the good reputation and peaceable
character of the defendant.
Hugh Murray testified that be saw
Riley at the railroad depot the MORN
ing after the night fuss, and Riley told
him that he (Riley) had cursed DR.. B.
about his interference with him, and
had also threatened him.
J. 6. DeVeauX said he saw DR.. B.
retrea ting from Riley, and then saw
four or FIVE shots fired in rapid sue
cession.
The evidence of Kennedy before the
coroner was put in, to contradict his
statement as, to what he then said.
James Kelly and j. c. Hemphill
stated that thev saw and talked with
Bellinger about O'Clock on the morn>
Ing Of the homicide, and he was in his
usual good humor-not excited. (The
killing occurred about eleven O'Clock.
This closed the evidence. Mr.. Smith
proposed to submit the case without
argument, but the Solicitor declined.
Arguments were then made by
Judge Magrath, Mr.. Mitchell and the
Solicitor.
On Thursday the case went to the
jury, after the charge ofthe Judge. They
retired at 2.40, p. m. At 7 p. m, the
Judge told them that if they agreed by
ten, he would receive their verdict
otherwise they could remain. AT that
hour they had made no sign, and they
were locked up till next morning.
THE RESULT.
On Friday morning the jury return
ed into Court, saving that it was i'm
possible for them TO agree on any ver-
dict. A mistrial was accordingly en-
tered. The jury stood eleven for ac-
Quittal and one for conviction OF man
! slaughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

The State Fair in Columbia was a
grand success. In number and variety
the exhibits were quite as good as
usual; and the crowd was immense.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mas WINSLnw'S SOOTHING SYECi' sn9il!,: al
WAYS De used 10: Children teethi.-. Ii SoCtleS
the child. So;tcnS the gums. aliayS 81. pain,
cures wind cole. and is the best !..::ie,iJ icr
siarriQ>a. THenJ! live cents Z rojtie
.LEiYi4ItT;
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
TALK ABOUT TOBACCO.
A Practical Farmers Experience with the
Wecd-Hcw to Plant, Cultivate and Cure.
ORANGEBURG, November 2.

ORANGEBURG, November :.
TO the Editor ofthe Ners and Con-
1aer: | have cultivated tobacco for my
own use for smoking purposes, fer the
last twenty years, and will give YOU
nv experience with it for tie benefit
of your readers who contemplate Civ
ing it trial next year.
First. For the sccd-bed select some
open spot in the woods where there
are not many tall trees, as 100 much
shade rctards the growth Of the plants,
while some shade is advantageous.
Early in January, if not sooner, make
a large brush or log heap on the bed
and burn it thoroughly. then spade
up the soil about ten or twelve inches
deep and again burn a brush heap
upon it, and then le:. the spot stand
for a week or two, or until there
comes shower Of rain upon it, when
l again spade the ground (four or five
inches this time), so as to have 1t IN
the best tilth. then scatter the seeds
over the spot and brush them in very
shallow, the seeds being so very small
YOU have to be very careful or you will
have them too thick. If too thick on
the bed they are apt to be spindllng
and are easily wilted down when
taken to the field. Otherwise they
will be stout and in better condition
to withstand the rays Of the sun.
Plant beds on old lands do not thrive
nearly so we'll as in the woods.
1ot 5ttII
worms very troublesome enemy to
the leaf and also to the seed that is
left to mature If the bug that depos-'
its the eggs is not eradicated the weeds
should be looked after twice if not three
times week. Worming does not
commence, however, until some time
in June or about the first Of July and
continues until the tobacco IS ready
for the knife, bat not so much after
the leaves begin to get tough as when
Young. If any worms should be left
on the stocks that arc put i'll the house
for natural drying they will there
DESTROY the tobacco. This danger is
not hard tc overcome, however, par
ticularly if artificial heat is rc>o:tcd to
fer drying purposes.
Third. If the ground IS in full tilth
and good stand is obtained early, a
second crop can be made from the
stubblc.
| have two kinds OF seed, mixed;
one 4 narrow Leaf, the o'hcr vcr,
large. broad leaf. The narrow ieat is
finer and ycllower than The broad leaf,
but the broad leaf will grow taller and
heavier, and make far greater yield
side bv side | h@yc no seed for sale,
us | only keep enough for myself and
few neighbors.
T. II. GRAMLING.
The Tobacco Boom in South Carolina
(frona the Marion Cotton P!ontD
Wishing and working for the wei
fare of our farmers, Cotton Plant eau
tions them against flying off at q tam
cent. The Nesrs 0nd Courier, with
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
T. II. GRAMLING.
The Tobacco Boom in South Carolina.
IT,, ~ a lj,.;o, rntton PLANTS

Wishing and working for the wei
fare of our farmers, Cotton Plant eau
tions them against tlying off at a tam
GENT. The Neirs 0nd Courier, with
its interest for our farmers, is ably
advocating the cultivation Of tobacco
il! our State on large anti extensive
scale. We advise our farmers 10 90
slow on this question. The impovcr-
isg,ra condition of orr soil has nearly
IMPOVERISHED our State, and tobacco
is i much greater cXhanStcr OF Tie
soil than cotton. Several months ago
we published letter Of MI. j. G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

A prominent Alabama physician said:
"A patient who was almost dying from the
effects of Tertiary Syphilis and who had
been treated by several noted physicians
without benefit, used one dozen bottles Of
B. 3. 3. and was entirely cured. He had
ulcers on his arms and the bones protrudcd
through the flesh and skin ct the elbow,
and death seemed inevitable %
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
HEALTH RESTORED.

Good Pay for Agents. 500 10 $500 per
.r,o. made scIiinss our Grand New GiNtorJ.
Famous and Decisive E::,: ties CT cftceWor:d
Write TO =. q. NcCCrdy s. Co., Philadc.2 2nla, Pc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18
a Blind and Deaf Woman.

Miss Mimic Wallace, of Atlanta, lost
ner hearing, her sight and sense OF taste.
Sores covered her body and limbs. Her
Joints We're swollen and painful, her limbs
paralyzed, appetite lost, and she was ening
out miserable life. Six bottles of B. B. 3.
restored her sight and hearing, relieved all
aches and pains, added flesh and strength
and she is now well woman. Write to
her
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

aDOVcJ. i LneQ pulleQ out my piSlOl.
It was self:cocking pistol, and kept
pulling the trigger until he fell to the
ground. I then picked up my hat,
wiped it with the tail of my coat and
walked back to Capt. Dayson's house.
CATER stating that ne started down
town to deliver himself up, but, after
going to Capt. Dawson's house, ne
turned back, went home, and informed
his wife of what had happened, the
prisoner testified as follows:)
@. How far was Riley from you
when you fred the first shot?
AL can't say how clos., but he
was very close. You cannot make
very accurate calculations under those
circumstances. I kept backing and
kept pulling the trigger and running
backwards. He rushed at me with
bis head beat down aud knife in his
hand.
@. Where were you when you fired
the first shot?
a. 81, 5 about the middle Of the
street, and was back of that before I
stopped. / never removed my hand
from the trigger. kept on firing.
G. Where was he when you fired
the first shot?
A. He was right on top of me.
@. Was be advancing?
A. He was rushing at me. The
last shot that fred / was further
distance off, because kept backing
and kept GriEg.
@. Ii you had not fired what would
he have done?
A. He would have cut my throat.
He could have taken me and held me
at arms length and cut my throat. |
have not as much strength as when [
WAS Is. He could have held me off At
arms slenghth and I couldn't have reach
ed him by six inches.
O. What was his condition.?
A. He was in violent rage. He
cursed me, had threatened to kill me
and was simply defending my life.
Solicitor Jervey said he had no Gues-
tons to ask the witness.
T. T. Doyle testified that he saw
Dr.. Bellinger and Riley out in the
street. DR.. r. was retreating, and
Riley was making after him with an
open knife in his hand. Did not see
firing, but heard it. Witnesses horse
then jumped off and carried him out
of sight.
DR.. Andrew Simonds, H. H. De-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-11-18

Sold By al. druggists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25
ExhiIarating Ignorance.

From the New York Mail and Express
4 lady recently went to an eminent
buyer OF paintings with a portrait
which she said was OF John Calvin and
which she wanted to sell.
John Calvin ?" said the dealer ex-
aiming it curiously.
Yes, John Calvin, who was burned
at the stake, and what makes the
painting more sacred and worth more.
his ashes were mixed with the COlOrs
Another woman brought to thesame
gentleman portrait which sheinsisted
was Of John the Baptist, and painted
from life, because the Latin on the
back said So
All sorts of curious and ignorant
people visit his gallery. One naive
visitor volunteered the remark that
she supposed the paintings he sold
were reproductions OF these in his gal
lery. and asked to visit the factory up
stairs where the men We're at work.
Another kindred spirit intimated
that Cabanel Jules Lafebvre. Hebert.
Munkacsy and the rest were upstairs
producing the works OF art to which
their names were signed
Occasionally, as the other day, let
ter comes from the interior OF the
state inquiring about the prices OF
paintings by the dozen. But the most
frank, refreshing ignorance, also
through the mail, Is from a woman up
in the country, who writes: Il have
Just finished an oil painting in worsted,
and would like to dispose OF il to you,
if we can agree on price
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

Annie Hubert, a Bohemian domes-
tie employ ed by a family in Hobbie
Street. Chicago, was on the evening OF
the 18th. killed by her Jealous lover.
Nhlam Ha~s, a stOck-yard butcher,
who then inflicted two serious wounds
upon himself.
Laura keeaH OF Cleveland. irri-
tated by the marriage of Edward
Thomas. proprietor OF the Adelphi
Theater. attempted his life with a re
volver, on the 18th; and then as
saulted him with a poker
At Dubuque, Ia, on the 18th. the
United States court gave Sadie Nc
Conkcy 4 verdict for s., $50 against
the Travellers Insurance Company.
The company had refused to pay the
hte policy on the ground that Nc
Conkey committed suicide. To pre-
vent the ease being appealed to the
supreme court the plaintiff remitted
all over 3, 900 OF the verdict.
Fouf SteeraEe passengers from Ant
werp are detained at Castle Garden
until an investigation can be made.
II Is claimed by representatives of the
Knights of Labor that they were
brought over by glass manufacture
ing firm in Kent in violation OF the
contract labor law
Amelia W Townsend. wife OF James
c. Townsend, Of Oyster Bay. L. l..
who was with her husband murderous-
" assaulted by Chas II. Rugg. in Jan
uary, 1891, died OF her injuries on the
18th. Her husband Is still sufferer.
Rugg Is to be hanged May Is.
4 work-train on the High Line Di-
vision Of the Denver & South Park
Road was buried by an avalanche. in
a deep cut. on the 18th Chas. Claus
was killed. and five men so badly
wounded that it is thought they will
die
Wm. H Qusckenbush. a wood-carv-
er trom Grand Rapids, was fatally in
lured by Michigan Central train Al
Michigan City on the 18th. He was
trying 70 steal Il ride.
Osman Digna has written to The
Emir 81 Berber, advising him not to
fight any more, becausethe English are
building railway to Be-ber and o.
man Dlgna 5 army i dispersed
Edward Sumner, aged 70 years. one
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25
$500 A YEAR
James Halstead Sentenced to Prison for
Life for the Murder OF II. w. smith

James Halstead Sentenced to Prison for
Life for the Murder of III. W. Smit h.
The funeral of Henry W. Smith was
held at jackson, Mich, on the morn
ing of the 14th. At the same hour
James Halstead was arraigned in
court, charged with the murder. He
confessed that on or about December
80, Smith was murdered at Moffatts :
barn, three miles south of the city.
Halstead lived there at the time and
says that Smith was killed with a blow
from an axe. He denied that he had
struck him, but that he was killed hy
a man named w. II. Smith. They lett
the corpse where the deed was COM
mltted for two weeks, and then
brought 1t to the Franklin House barn
IN Jackson, where it was discovered.
The prisoner was sent to state prison
for life. Owing to the excited state of
feeling against the prisoner, the crowd
was kept in the courtroom until the
prisoner was removed to the Jail. w.
H. Smith, whom Halstead accuses Of
the murder, has been arrested, charged
with murder.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25
STICIDE CONCEALED.
\ Calument County Farmer Commits Sui
cide-How ii was Discovered.

cide-How it was Discovered.
The village of New Holstein, in Cal
umet County, Wis, furnishes a sensa-
tion in the shape of a suicide OF farm
er and attempted concealment of the
cause OF his death by the bereaved
family. 1t appears that some weeks
ago the friends of John Leimitz were
shocked at an announcement of his
sudden death from heart disease. The
affair had a mysterious air, and after
the funeral suspicious of foul play be-
gan to dawn on the minds OF the neigh
bors ofthe deceased The talk led to the
elimination OF the body by the coro-
ner, which resulted in the startling dis
Coyery that Leimitz had met his death
by hanging. The wife and a 15-year-
old son OF the deceased were then ex-
amined, but they denied that he had
committed suicide. After some two
hours OF parleying, however, the wife
confessed that she had found her huS-
band hanging by the neck in the barn,
and that, aided by her two sons, she
conveyed the dead body to the house,
and had, herself, prepared it for bur
lal, tying a cloth about the neck, so
as to cover the marks made by the
rope. She further stated that she had
practlced this deception for the pur-
pose OF avoiding public disgrace. The
cause OF the suicide is supposed to
have been dependency. Leimitz's
stock was starving, and he had moth
ing TO feed them with. Deceased was
50 years OF age, and had been a resi-
dent OF New Holstein for nineteen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-25
A Long Chase.

From Reading (Pa.) Special.
\ singular meeting took place IN a
magistrates office in this city yester-
day afternoon. A telegram had been
received during the day by the Read
ing Detective Agency calling for the ar
rest OF a youngman with a pronounced
English accent who was of slight build.
blue eyes, sandy hair and mustache,
dressed in a suit of dark clothing, and
was about % years old. Detective
Ressler was put on the search and sue
Ceeded yesterday in laying his hands
on a man answering the description.
He was in a Penn Street hotel. He
walked with the officer chatting and
laughing and nowise apprehensive,
telling him that all would be explained
satisfactorily in a few hours. After
the evening train from Philadelphia
arrived an elderly gentleman with an
officer walked into Magistrate Den
hard's office. He gave his name as
James Byrne and that OF the arrested
man as William Smythe. Upon seeing
Smythe, Byrne said: "You youngdog,
you have given me a good chase, but
I've run you down at last" They
shook hands and seemed delighted to
see each other. The explanation fol
lowed. Byrne was formerly on the
detective force in Dublin. One day
several months ago Smythe and he
had a talk about the modern detect
i've system, Smythe speaking in very
emphatic and duncOmplimentary terms
about 1t. Byrne retOrted that he
could run down the smartest criminal
on earth. 4 large wager was made
Smythe stating that if he was given
ten days start hecould 90 around the
globe and arrive home before he could
be caught. The first steamer carried
Smythe to New York; from thence he
rapidly went to a number of Southern
cities, always registering at the hotels
under different aliases. Byrne found
out that his man had gone to New
York, whittier he went. There he lost
trace OF him. Employing some of the
smartest detective talent in the eOun-
try, they got on his trail, running him
down in this city yesterday. Young
Smythe said he was glad it was over,
as he disliked being hunted down as a
criminal, although he was sorry for
his friends, who would haveto pay the
wager. Byrne and Smythe are resi-
dents OF Liverpool, Eng. They left for
Philadelphia on the evening train.