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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-11

your bonds here or any thing like that amount
upon such showing as you are now able 10
make, and I think that I should go further
and say that see no chance OF doing any
thing ut all here unless you can secure more
help Than now seems probable aloug your line
and at the same time get entirely free from
any enhancement with Mr.. Schofelds Con.
struction Company and the existing mort.
"It is unpleasant to think that you are to-
have had all tie worry and trouble to no ef-,
feet, but fear 1t ia so, and don't think that
/ would be fair to you to hold out any hopes
Of aid in this quarter, which in my opinion
will not be realized. y
II think that you know that there has nev-
er been any great enthusiasm here on this
subject. It is strange but II Is true, that those
who are most vitally concerned, the wealthy
men of Charleston, seem to have but O lam
guild interest in such enterprises, and from the
Beginning have never felt that we Gould sp-
peal with any success unless we could give q
reasonable assurance that any money invest
ed in the bonds would be measurably safe,
and those conditions don't exist. ~.
I'VE could not say with safety that loan
such as you need to build your road would be
q reasonably secure in vestment: :,
II am very sorry that 1t Is so, but DO good
will come from refusing to look the difficulties
squarely In the face, and in answer to your
question feel compelled to say that see no
probability Of yoursucceeding here in raising
any money for your company IN Its present
". II. BRAwLEY."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-11

and they rode off soon afterwards. Deponent and
others then rode o in the direction of their homes
Deprnent saw uumber of citizens along the road
while riding to his home, and particularly when de-
n,ncnt passcd the residence of Wyatt H. Holmes
wh.r there are several houses and II is quite pub
lie placc. Depouent reached home before dark an'
remained there until the next day.
dponent sent tor his family physician, who Came and
remained with him for some time. Dcponent was
not present at the killing Of o. T. Culbreath and was
in no manner Connected with the killing, and was
not party to my combination or conspiracy TO ki
OF injure him. W; lALnEkT.
Swoln to before F. II. Wardlaw, r. j., Edgcteld
County, October 90, 1885,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-11-11
The Elections Resulted In a Success.
full Issue in Every Town and Town
ship, Except Aiken.

The elections have been held, and resulted
in u successful issue in every town and town.
ship along the line, except in Aiken. That
vote the subscription. With Aiken we would
have realized from Abbeville southwark In
subsidy $l50OOO. Without Aiken we have had
voted about $Iu0,00). The subscriptions north
of Abbevile and which are not considered in
the terms of the Charleston proposition,
amount to something like $4,000 more Tie
estimate of the chief engineer Is that to grade,
trcStle and crosStie the road from Aiken TO
Abbev!lc. distance of G5 miles. would. in ad-
dition to the work already done, require an
expenditure of something over S13OrOO, and
his estimate is probably minimum.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

" ass -.
The Fargo Republican makes timely
correction Of an erroneous report which
has appeared in certain eastern newspa-
pers concerning Dakota crops, in the fol-
lowing encouraging paragraph: Gar
tainly there is reason for cengratulation
over the spleadid condition of growing
crops. lis che universal testimony Of
farmers that WAeatsnever look ked better at
this season Of the yesrst sthan now The
weaker has been highly favorable, the
grain has taken deep root and is stooliBg'
out in splendid form. Only some unus-
ual visitation, such as certainly have
no reasonto anticipate, can prevent =
bountiftil harvest next fall Ia the aed
river valley The prospects, tco--in
fact, the certainty--is Of good prices
These twp blessings will signal the
return Of good times The farmers will
nave the means with which to pay their
debts and make deferred Improvements.
Trsde will revive, and the merchants and.
dealers who, having abiding faith in the
manifest destiny Of this great garden of
northwest, have hsld on through the
trying depression of the last tive years,
will meet with their reward, as they.
certainly deserve to. Already the effect
OF the coming prosperity is felt in some
degree IN Fargo. 1sdesi il better than
had been cipaSed md O. time passes,
andsa bountiful crop shheeomes mora and
niors certainty Il will continue 70
improye The soulIook is certainly most
eneousagia g,, 81
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The, Canadian Pacific road is no SO
friendly with the Manitoba road as it
was before it had an eastern out let of
its own. The Manitoba will not here
after have a monopoly Of the Winnipeg
business. . E-E.-, - Il. : s., .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

III the list of appointments to diplo-
matte and consular positions Pennsyl-.
vania has the smallest amount, her in
cumbents being represented by two
small consulships with aggregate sala-'
ries of S., 600, while New York heads.
the list with q salary rolhof 81, ,764.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The tobacco crop in the southern
states is the largest ever known. At
Lynchburg, Va, the warehouses are
packed and wagons are sometimes
compelled to remain two days before
being unloaded.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The county treasurer's office at Will
mar, Kandiyohi county; was robbed
of$7 900 last Saturday night The next
day John Hultgren, the register Of
deeds, disappeared, and as.: he knew
the combination to the safe it is thought
that be is the thief. - ;
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The warm weather is making good
harvest of labor troubles. Strikes in
all trades and sections Of the country
are heard of daily, the latest Of local
interest being the quarrymen at Man
kato stone quarries.rr.. e. 49, '
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05
Papa's Pet Name for q Pair.

Tapa'S E6t Maine TOT y EaIr.
j Texas siftings: so you have got
twins at your house?'' said Mrs: Bezum-.
be to little johnny Satauelson.
Eyes, ma'am, two of 'em. y;
''What are you going to call them?"
Thunder and lightning" -
"Why, these are strange names to call
children ~ .- - ....
We'll, that's what pa called 'em as
soon as he heard they were in the
house."
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Col. Bend Of st. Paul, command der.of
the lst regiment Of Mlnnesota militia,
has been arrested by order Of Adjt.
Gen. Mccarthy for INSTRUMENTATION
toward the latter named officer in ref
erence to the DECORATION Day celebra-
ton. ~ r.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

A large number of the Apache. In
dians who have been committing dep
relations in New Mexico, haye been
captured or killed by troops, and the
remainder of the marauding band
driven into Mexico.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

+ Admiral Jouett has accepted the
office Of arbitrator in the disputed
matters in the Columbian states. He
prophesies quiet settlement in a
short time. - = .'....
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

It is Mayor Rice in st. Paul now,
and among number Of new appoint
ments by the board Of aldermen is that
of a young physician named Jones to
succeed Health Officer Hoyt.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The paying teller of the Manhattan
bank, New York, suddenly departed a
few days ago, and an examination OF
his books showed his accounts to be
$l6O, 600 short. :ss5zS ~z$=3 :.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Mayor Rice Of st. Paul believes that
the social evil should be placed under
medical and police surveillance, but
will make no attempt to drive it from
the city. =" >
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Gen. Grant will leave New York
city about June IS, for an extended
sojourn in the mountains Of the En-
pire state. He will Journey to Albany
by boat. EE.#<s 1. s5af5s Z i. >.s ,.,-.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05
Good for Northwestern Farners s
From the Pioneer PreSs. s:. =

Good for Northwestern Farmers s
From the Pioneer Press. = + y
The chances continue to be very
strongly in farer of the Northwestern
farmer. As has been shown several
times, he is NOT AZ badly Oft as represent.
ed, and he came out Of last years
disastrously low range ofwheat prices, if
not with such profits as he deserved in
his POCKET, at least with d comfortable
living But it is hard to see how the
fates can prevent him from doing. vastly
better this season. In spite ef the
astonishingly dense ignorance generally
prevailing as ITO acreage this year, it is
easy enough to lay down the general
lines Of the situation as far As the farmer
and his market are concerned. Leaving
ont of4the rockoning any consideration
Of trouble abrosd though that is still
more thsa-A kel1 q occur rand res1oning
only tfar rlstrgs vi; II
have on an average in the.past, how.
stands the cases On the one hand we
have larger surplus than usual carried
over from a phenominal]y plentiful
yield the world over; we have q definite
area of decomposition, and demand only
just sufficient TO keep the price Of wheat
at the low point where it still remains,
On tae other side we have one certainty
and. inuumerable strong probabilities.
The certainty is that the winter wheat;
crop has been severely injured. Even
should reports Of that be exaggerated,
still no one deaies the fact Of injnry, the.
only question being as to its extent. The
most hearish estimate made, reducing
winter killing to the lowest possible
figure, admits possible shortage of
00,oO0,O 900 bushels ID tho winter wheat
crop. That much then we may consider
that we have togo upon Now the very
best that could hrppen to the spripg.
wheat crop would leave our total yield
very far behind that of last year, and our
available surplus short. Admit that the
season will be- supremely favorable and
the yield both large and good, and still
there will be deficit. AND then we
come TO the important thing, the foreign
supply. TO keep the market where it is,
to insure that bushel of wheat shall
sell next fall for anything like the figures
Of last fall, it is necessary to suppose
that the yield in all the wheat-producing
countries Of Europe will be up to last
years figures. That, is to suppose a
concurrence Of fayorable circumstances
In countries and climate widely diverse,
a thing which rarely happens at all, and
still more rarely two seasons in success
sion. If it does not happen, then the
worlds wheat crop will be diminished by
just SO much, and the value of the re-
'wrining product correspondingly
sahsaced. p, According to the doctrine Of
probabilities, the chances are that next
years market will be much more kindly
toward the producer than this years;
and that of all the producers who feel the
benefit Of the change, none will realize it
in such satisfactory and substantial
measure as the farmer of the Northwest.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

= The difficulty between England and
Russia is unchanged and no new fea-
lures have appeared during the past
week. = .j..@. ~ sd.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

'Perry Davis" the originator of the
famous pain-kiIler bearing his name,
has been an inmate of the Mercer
Co. (Pa.) poor house for fifteen years.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Secretary Lamaris is oyerhauling the
patent Office and ''fear and trembling
is the watchward now among those who
thought they were permanently fixed.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Earthquakes in Cashmere, India,
haye destroyed I large amount of
pr~perto and hundreds Of lives inthe
past few days. IS ~ Il, Eiss
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

! Middleton is expected \ tot soons hare
battle with Big Bear, and il is proba-
bic that the Northwestern rebellion
and Indian outbreak Will then end
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

Mayor Harrasonsof Chicago has sur
prised everyone by issnine an ordsg.to
the police to Gloss every gambling
house iBkthe city. (; : ~ Il, sss,isss.,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05

The n.tiiouxl* debt decreased tour
million dol liars during May.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
The Gum Crop.

This is a great gum year in Maine,
especially on the Penobscot. The logs,
knees and bark are not the only valuable
parts of the great timber tree, for the
gum 10 worth considerable even in its
rough state, just as it is hacked from
the crotches of the old trees.
There are two or three firms in Maine
which buy large quantities of it from
1umbermen and gum hunters for the
purpose of refining it, as they say. But
as a general thing the refining consists
in adulteration with resin. They throw
it into a big kettle, bark and all, and
boil it into about the consistency OF
thick fnolasses, skimming the impurities
off as they rise to the surface. Then, if
the purpose be to adulterate, some lard
or grease and lot of resin is added, and
in some cases little sugar. The mix
ture then bee mes thicker, and after
more stirring is poured out on a slab,
where while it is yet hot it is rolled out
in sheet about a quarter of an inch
thick, and then chopped with steel
die into pieces half an inch wide and
three quarters of an inch long. These
pieces are wrapped in tissue paper and
packed in wooden boxes. There are
200 pieces in a box.
Some gum is treated in this way with
out adulteration. The best gum comes
from no particular locality, but always
from the biggest trees. The loggers, IN
their many idle hours by the camp hire.
whittle out miniature barrels from blocks
of cedar or white pine, hollow them out
and fill them with the choicest gum the
woods afford for gifts to their sweet
hearts, children or friends when they
"come down" in the spring. Portland
M Press
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
Tn Cases of Drowning or sunstroke.

The following recipes, the value OF
which has been proved by frequent
trial, says the Baltimore Sun, will be
worth bearing in mind, now that the hot
weather is here, and drowning cases and
sunstrokes will very likely be as numer-
GUS as usual:
In cases of persons apparently drowned
they should be laid gently down, their
wet clothing quickly torn off and dry
blankets wrapped all around them. Then
artificial respiration should be made by
drawing the arms away from the sides,
bringing the elbows up together above
the head, pushing the arms down again
and around, so that the elbows meet
over the pit of the stomach, and so on
at the rate of about sixteen times in
minute. As the arms are brought down
gentle but firm pressure should be made
on the stomach just below the end of the
breast bone.
In cases of heat or sunstroke lay the
person in cool, shady place. Loosen
his clothing. Let the bysSanders rub the
arms and legs with pieces flee wrapped
in towels until the excessive heat of sur
face is allayed. Give twenty drops of
aromatic spirits of hartshorn in little
water every twenty mintes or half hour.
No effort to rise or walk around should
be allowed till the person is quite re-
stored. Hartshorn is said to be better
than brandy in cases of sunstroke.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06

6le could tell what bioodshedding and
81 fering came upoh men for their ini-
q lities. "Why, should Lond6n," ex
GAINED the preacher; "be more favored
than Rdmef WHIST is there about our
boastful race on this or the 0thet side OF
the Atlantic that we should monopollze
Gods favor ? God will judge mems
secret sins, too vile to be spoken of, and
which cause the nation to shudder il
dragged, as they ought to be, into day.
light. Deeds Of night, of the closed
room; done when the finger is put upon
the lip; and the act committed. which
must nevef be mentioned lest the man
himself be regarded as an outcast,
abhorred even of his fellow sinners-all,
ell shall be revealed: All that we have
for our own comfort blinded our eyes to
and averted our gaze ffoni-things incon-
venient to see-shall be revealed. We
here make difference between the secret
and the public, but God does not.
Every secret sin is secret only by lying
phantasy Gf the, imagination 1t is
- si.skEtnsG Glay i is vsssseGsssary for
happen if they continue In their sins
and not keep them in a FOOLS paradise
until they be sent down to hell's damna-
tion. 1t becomes every preacher to cry
aloud and spare not"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
A Wonderful Fish.

A wonderful fish is becoming numer-
GUS in Goose lake. 1t is called by some
the greenback fish, for it certainly is an
inffationist 1t has the power to fill it
self with air until it becomes very much
like ball. of evenings about sundown
they may be seen playing on the surface
of the water. They will swell up by
taking in the air, and the wind will blow
them over the lake. They reflect all the
colors of the rainbow, and when sporting
over the lake are grand sight. A hunter
several weeks ago saw crane swallow
one of these fish when in its normal con-
dition, but before the crane had got more
than fifty feet up above the lake the fish
had taken in enough air to explode the
crane, which, at the sound of report
like that of gun, flew all 10 atoms. and
the fish came lightly down on the water,
no worse off for the short ride in the air.
The fish is great curiosity, never having
been found, | believe, in other waters. =
San Francisco Examiner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
"NO One to Love-"
THE AUTHOR OF THIS SONG A LOVER
WHO WOULDN'T RUN FROM BULLETS.


A Washington letter says: l heard
curious story Ia regard to the we'll
known song:
No one to love none to caress
Travelling alone through ife's wilderness, etc.
The author of this song lives here in
Washington, and he boards at hotel
within square or so of the White
House. He is now a man of perhaps so,
and he wrote the song many years ago.
He was in love with beautiful girl, and
the day was fixed for their marriage. In
the interval between the engagement and
this day the war broke out and the young
man enlisted. He was on the field when
the time approached for his wedding.
1t was on the eve of a great battle, and
that the first battle in which the young
man was to take part. He wrote to his
sweetheart, asking her to postpone the
day of the marriage until after the fight.
This she refused to do, and said if he did
not return and keep his part of the en-
gagement, she would consider the en-
gagement off. The young man pre-
ferred to trust to luck in regard to the
engagement, to being considered cow
ard in his first battle, and remained ON
the field. His lady love, however, was
so piqued at the refusal, that she per-
sisted in the rejection of his suit, and
married another man. Inspired with the
feeling of the desertion, the rejected
wrote the song which has had such
wide run.
He not only wrotee tt4s==--sHg, bst-he re-
manned true to his first love, and for
some time, the story goes, he has been
living here with his mother. Not long
ago, however, his loves husband died,
and since that time he has renewed the
acquaintance of the widow, who, though
older than when he went to the war, is
still charming. The old flame has, it is
said, revived in the fair widows breast,
and there is fair prospect of match.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
FINDING A REMARKABLE CAVE.
Compelled Remain In it All Night, the
Entrance Being Barred by Rattle
snakes.

A party of Northerners have been
prospecting for minerals in the neigh
borhood of Chulainee, Ala, for some
time. They report the finding by them
of a remarkable cave, and give graphic
account of their meeting with the in
habitants of the cave. The entrance to
the cave Is near the head of a small
ravine, about one mile from the Talla-
poosa river, and is barely large enough
for one person to enter at time. The
party entered the cave at about p. M,
and spent two hours exploring it. The
cave is about four hundred feet in
length, varying in width from ten to
sixty feet, with an average height of fif-
teen feet, and is dimly lighted through
out by small issures in the rocks, ex-
tending from the roof to the ground
above.
When the explorers were about to
leave the cave they were terrified at find
ing the exit blocked by a writhing mass
of big rattlesnakes. The noise made by
the party had doubtless reused the
snakes from their hiding places among
the rocks, and they had gathered In
large numbers near the entrance. Deem
ing discretion the better part of valor,
the party retreated to that part of the
cave most remote from the entrance to
wait for the snakes to return to their
hiding places. The explorers were
compelled to remain in the cave until
morning. Soon after dark one of the
party struck match to light cigar,
and, after lighting it, threw the still
burning match on the bottom of the
cave. He was startled at seeing a
bright flame flash up from the rocks
where the match had fallen, which rose
to the height of four feet, burned
brightly all night, and was still burning
when they left the cave in the morning.
A small fissure could be seen in the
rocks beneath the flame, and the suppo-
sition is that volume of natural gas
was escaping through this tissure.
Daylight came at last, to the great re-
lief of the explorers, the entire party
having remained awake all night. Go
ing forward to the entrance of the cave
they found that the snakes, with the ex
ception of one or two, had gone back to
their hiding places. Those that re-
mained were quickly dispatched with
stones, and the explorers made their
exit from the cave in safety.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-06
Lessons in Self-Denial.
THERE ARE TOO MANY PAUL FABER's
IN THIS WORLD.

"How Paul Faber does go onp' con-
tinued the old lady who was telling the
story "Ive jest come from there. He's
killed his wife, and guess he'll kill his
children. He's a teachin' of 'em self
denial this morning heard him. He
asked Eunice, DO you want ter go to
the picnic2 yes, sir, says she.
"Wall, git ready says he, well go
early Then he asked Jake if he wanted
to go to the picnic, and he got the boy
and girl all ready in their best, and as
excited as they could be, anticipatin'
the fun. He even harnessed the horse
for 'em, and jest as they were steppin'
into the carryall, he hollered to 'em,
'Eunice, Jacob, git OUT go inter the
house, stay to home. You must learn
self-dsnial.' And they went in as eff
they were goin' to their graves. I say
that man ought ter be trouncedl don't
wonder his wife is dead and buried.
They do say he used to put her in tip
cart and take her over the rocky pasture
eff she wanted to go to ride"
| had heard of Paul Faber before, but
this was a new item, this lesson in self.
denial.