The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1885-04-02
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Wisconsin Assembly.
The editor Of the Philadelphia Press,
atruly;loyal man, is sorry that Grants
children were not all girls.
Some contemplate thief recently
stole a fine marble slab which marked
! lady's grave in the WaxahaW Church
cemetery, Lancaster County.
An active Republican campaigner
was bounced last week by Secretary
Manning from one of the Treasury All
dltorships. This is reform in the right
direction.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered q decision upholding the
constitutionality of the Edmunds law
in Utah, which prohibits polygamists
from voting.
The man most inquired after by lady
visitors to the United States Senate
chamber is said to be General Wade
Hampton. lie is the hero among the
ladies and most of the rougher sex.
From our exchanges we gather the
fact, that not less than dozen negro
children have been burned to death in
the last month. The same old tale
mother locked them up and went off
visiting or to church.
Nir. NJ. Barbie, of Cheraw, was sum-
moned to the deathbed of his mother
III Salem, n. G.. When transferring to
another train at Raleigh, n. g., he fell
or was thrown under the train, receiv-
ing injuries from which he died.
Henry N. Bolles an old Charleston
printer, who had been slave to Whis-
key for many years, was found dead IN a
we'll ut Mount Pleasant Sunday morn
ing, into which he had fallen the night
before while in State Of intoxlcati IN.
A frisky fellow in Connecticut aged
So years has been tied to the bed post
hy enterprising relatives because he
wants to marry Il ninth wife. They
have concluded. to draw the line some
where. and Nimber nine seems to- have
been the limit.
A twenty-dollar Confederate note was
passed on a Chinese merchant in Port
land, Oregon, last week. 1t Was Gltli-
cult for the Police Justice to make him
understand that it was not a forgery,
but simply worthless. lie had never
heard OF the Lost Cause"
The Robert Z. Lee Camp of Confed-
crate Veterans, of Richmond, Va,
have adopted a preamble and resOlu-
tions rendering to Gen. Grant their
hearty sympathy in his severe atliictlon,
and the hope that he may soon regain
his health and pass his remaining years
In peace and happiness.
In its regretful mention of Gen.
Grants fatal illness the New Orleans
Times Dimocrat says that though a
fierce adversary, he was manly and
kindly victor. 1t adds: "TWice an
hundred thousand Southern veterans
will he grieved on the day the news
will come that the twice hero of Apo
nlattox has handed his trusty sabre to
the universal victor"
The negroes Of Lynchburg, Va, have
been wrought into state OF great fear
by the report Of a new sboy Of that city
to the effect that he had seen monster
half man and half dog-running
about the city at night trying to eat
small boys. They CAM be convinced
that the boy is not telling the truth, as
some of them imagine that they too
have seen or heard the creature. IN
the meantime poultry owners sleep
soundly.
The Aiken Recorder of the 18th says:
Some of the colored men and boys of
Aiken organized minstrel troupe and
went down to Graniteville last Sutur-
day night to give a performance. They
chose us their leader a white man from
Augusta named Patterson, who took
charge Of the door receipts. The boys
say they had a good audience, took in
about $50, but when the entertainment
was over the manager was nowhere to
be found and there was no money to
divide"
The electric light company evil
cease business in Charleston" says the
President, "for the simple reason that
Charleston can't afford to pay for the
electric light. It is too expensive a
luxury. We have about 150conSumers,
more or less, but we can't afford to fur
uish: the light for them. II the city
/; lad been in a condition to give us the
! contract for lighting the streets we
might maze gone on, but the city hay
ing decided to use gas we Will have to
stop work.
1 a negro in Atlanta was frightened
to death by a cat a few nights ago.. He
had formerly been bitten by a cat, and
eyer since that time he had manifested
fear atthe sight Of one. Several nights
ago another negro sleeping in the same
house with him heard him making a
strange noise and went to his bed to see
what was the matter. He found him
struggling for breath. and unable to
say anything except 'cat" two or three
times. lie died in Il few minutes, and
a search revealed cat in the room.
\ half dozen colored men like Bruce
and Douglass have made fortunes out
Of Republican office holding. The Phil
adelphia Record thinks it about time
for these gentlemen to stand aside and
allow recognition to be extended to the
real representative of the negro race
not the politicians and bloviatorS, but
| the colorud Americans who by energy,
patience, nlanlineSS and mOGysty have
raised themselves to an honorable place
! in the community, and have conquered
the esteem Of their white neighbnrS."
Mr. Frank Arthur brought into town
| this morning a hawk that had been
killed yesterday by q game hen. The
| hawk was large one, measuring four
feet between the tips of its wings. 1t
had swooped down into the yard. and
caught up a chicken, when it was at
tackled by the hen, which knocked it
over, and then drove a spur into its
head, killing it instantly. With game
fowls, this is not an unusually occur
renee, and we understand this is the
second hawk that has been killed in a
similar way in Mr.. Arthur'S yard
Atken Recorder.
An Eastern visitor to Washington on
inauguration day tell the following
good story: Il was having my boots
polished by one of the colorell boot
blacks on the street. When he had fin
ished l asked him the price. whatever
you choose to give. boss, he replied. |
handed him quarter, His eyes got big
rs saucerS. and, turning to the others of
his trade he exclaimed joyfully: 'Dar
| done tOle YOU so! tole you wen the
DemmEcratS come dar'd be better times!
Dey's come. Dis is only de first day,
an dc price oh shine is riZ from Il
nickel to Quarterv
About two weeks ago 81 man from
North Caroii,u. giving his name as
! -. ID. Long, went to Rock Hill, $. G.,
and married Il young lady Of that place.
1t afterwards leaked out that Long was
before that a married man, having left
Il wife in North Carolina, and when this
rumor gained circulation feeling of
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