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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-11-25
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Now is the time TO Ii "A nice
set of Harness. Only $3.50, at
ADAMS & CURTIS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-11-25
Photographer.

Having located in the Fowler
Building, Ovcrthe stores of John ID.
Shcahan, for the purpose Of taking
Photographs and Fcrrcotypcs, and
also Copying and Enlarging, ! am
prepared to give you satisfaction,
having had ten years experience.
Cali and get Il shadow before the
substance fades.
Pictures taken on a cloudy as we'll
as Il fair day.
j.. r.. GLAXENER
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-11-25

Go to ADAMS & CURTIS be-
fore they sell out their $3.50 Har-
ness; the best ever sold for the
uoncy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-11-25
THANKSGIVING Day.
}. a. TODD,
Chairman.

n. ]. HOLMES, Secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

a STORY OF MYRA CLARK GAINES.
She must have been more than 3
years old at that time. She was small,
with clean-cut features her teeth were
sound, her complexion like a girls, and
a mass of hair of rich cheS tnut, inclined
to auburn. crowned her head. She would
trip upstairs as nimbly as a girl OF l6.
We had party one night at our hotel,
which was a tavorlte resort OF the South
erners, who had Just begun to creep
back. | remember there was Col. FAIR
fax OF Gen. Robert +. Lee staff. and a
host OF other Southern celebrities pres
ent and there was Mrs. Gaines, dane
ing away as Lively as the youngest. /
one day asked her the secret OF so much
vitality. lnreturn for some condolences
| had given her, she said: Il have
never been sick since [ was young
Girl. | was at that time fading away,
when Gen. Twiggs told my father
must take some OF his Mexican medl-
cine The General said it must be
taken in the spring OF the year, as the
year, and as the sap began to run.
took bottle aud became well at once
and have never had sick day since
Dub every SpI!u8- WHEN lllC SAT olt1L u
| take the medicine. have never ta.ler
any especial pains withmy diet or habits
and | give all the the creditto the med
icjue." Upon m Expressing an opinion
that the General must have obtained
the elixir of.lile, she said: The Gen
eral would not give me the recipe unit
years atterward, and then only OF
condition that | never gave any one
copy until his death" She would neye
give me copy, but told me where
could obtain the medicine. As | an
troubled with too much health | hay
never applied for IT,
Ii was really touching to see the defer
cuce some Cf those old Southerners pa;
Ler. They seemed to consider her as
sort of child Of the regiment, and has
seen whole settee full of colonies do
their hats as she passed. Boston 1ro1
script,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

GONG RIGHT ALONG w &ter works
will be erected without doubt, then an
ice factory will start; and paper mill,
where the tobacco stalks and stems can
be sold for fair price and made into
paper The building boom has just com
menced. Contracts for Lew houses that
will probably reach quarter million of
dollars have already been let, among
which we note: Mr.. Ives Allen has con-
tracted for 10 dwellings houses, Atlas
Ricgsbee, one store house and 10 dwell
ings, Thomas Riggsbee one dwelling,
BlacF rel Durham Tobacco Company,
two p.ize houses, the largest ever erected
in Durham. Fertilizer Comp any factory
building; Blackwell and Carr, row Of
brick stores from Nachman X Lehman 5
to the corner where the drug store stands
r. &. Strudwick, residence; Z. L. How
erton, residence; r.. T. Howerton. resi-,
dence; George Jones, residence; 5. +.
Tomlins0n, residence; Robert G. Burton,
prize house; Mr.. Gorbett price house;
w r. Cooper, prize house; Joseph Carl
ton, residence, Lucius Green Jorge ware
house, for the sale OF leaf tobacco George
Blackwell an4 Goodwin, prize houses; K.
~ Jones, , residences; {. Summerfield,
/ block Of stores on vacant lot. in front
Of } ohm s. Lockhart' 5 prize house. Thes {
are all that we have any information OF,
but doubt not there are many more.
We are reliably informed that fine Of
street cars viii be put on soon between
Col. W. T. Blackwell's Park and thC
Cotton Mills.
1t is impossible to overrate Durham
Her citizens are possessed OF will and en-
ergy that makes failure impossibility. :
Durhum Reporter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

BRUTALITY TOWARD PRISONERS IN
ECUADOR. Panama, Jan n The hru
talty shown toward prisoners by the
Ecuadoriau Government troops will lead,
it is believed. t. horrible repriSals. Nol.
IDfantes who was captured at Paienque,
was shCt few fours afterward, causing
cousr ernation and horror among the in
habitants, to whom he was well known.
Other executions have taken PLACE, re-
calling the worst days Of Flores and
Garcia Moreno. One at Manabi was of a
most cold blooded nature. \ Chilian of
teer raned Sepulveda had been serving
with Gen. Alfaro In one Of the combats
in the department he was severely
wounded and taken prisoner. 4 mock
trial was held, and few hours afterward
he was taken ont and shot. \ furious
protest has been published in Guayaquil
respecting these political assassinatlons.
1t is signed by over 1000 of the most
wealthy and best known citizens.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

LYNCH Law IN Iowa. .- Chicago
A dispatch from Dcs Moines says: On
April 2sth Hiram Jefferson. an inolcn-
siue cripple, was taken from his bedin
the night ana hanged to a tree His
son Cicero, and his sous-In law John
A. SmytA and Joel :. Wilson, We're ar
rested. Cicero made a coutes sion, ad
mittin9 his own guilt aud duplicating
the other two. Al three We're indicted
by the grand Jury, but secured a contin-
uancc. Defendants filed a motion for
a change Of Venue ON the grounds of
prejudice on the part OF the people. The
Judge adjourned court uatl Monday.
On that day Judge Anderson took his
place and announced a Loopborougll's
ruling that the venue would be changed
to Case county. The announcement
created 9rcnt indignation. and Judge
Loopborough Was III consequence com
PEELED to leave town. Last night over
two hundred citizens held secret meet
ing, and determined to lynch the pris-
oners. \ dusk guards We're stationed
in every street leading from the jail,
and mounted men patrolled the town IN
order TO Illustrate the intention OF the
Shctlu 10 remove lilc pIISOLcLo - Spc-
cial train to Atlantic. At O'Clock this
morning one hundred armed men bat
tered down the jail walls and the cell
doors. Jefferson was first dragged out
and hanged on the band stand in the
public square. Smyth and Wilson re-
ed, We're Shot il their cells and then
dragged 9a, an9 haLged to rail fence.
The mob was composed Of many OF the
best citizens. The sheriff was on the
scene, bat was powerless. Two hours
were occupied in the lynching. All IS
now quiet \ man named Byan, con
fined il the jail for 4 different murder,
was also lNnchel.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
IMo YerY Ugly Twin S.

They % hand in hand, and lead thcIT
victim a terrible trot down into the va
lev of the shadow Of death. One is aeu-
ralria, the other rheumatism. These
generally proceed from disord1rcd blood
Browns Iron Bjtters knocks ont these
ugly twins 10y setting the blood arigh
ana invigoratin- the system. Mr.. W
4. Osborne, of Coxville. Ala. useC
Browns Iron Bitters for rheumatism
and neuralgia with most happy effect
It also cures dyspepsia.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

You've NIRGINIANS IN a DUEL
Portsmouth, Va, Feb. 3.-About one
O'Clock this morning John l.. Jack, who
thought he had been Sighted by Carter
Is. Page in a matter of social courtesy,
challenged the latter then and there to
mortal combat. Page then left to arm
himself, and on his return found Jack
waiting for him at the door OF the res
taurant Page gave the word to tire,
and nine shots followed each other IN
quick succession. Page firing tour times
and Jack five Jacks fifth shot struck
Pare in tie face, lodging IN his neck and
intiictiug serious and poss IDLY mortal
wound. Jack was arrested.
IA duel on the streets OF Burke
Vile occurred about noon Saturday be
tween Horace JefIers and }, W. Fuitz.
| Of Hayde Park Both are well known
in the county, and are very popular. L he
trouble grew out of a dispute over the
Gu ting of some timber The two men
M 1t in the heart Of the town OF Burke
vile. Futz was N a buggy and Jetfers
rushed at him with cane and struck
him several times while he was IN the
buggy Fultz jumped out of the buggy
and the two men chnched.
While they were fighting rough rol
and-tumble fight" justice of the peace
intellered and separated them. After
wards Jeffers drew his pistol but did not
fire, as some person chanced to get be
tween him aud his adversary Fultz die
not have his pistol out then, but he drew
1t pretty quickly when he saw Jeffers
weapon. Pointing squarely at Jetfers ht
pulled the trigger HE pistol snapped
tie frat time, but the second tins
went off, but the ball did not take effect
Later 10 the day the usually quiet tow
+, Of Burkeviile was again thrown into
state Of great excitement This time IL
! II Dyson, formerly second auditor Ct tn
: ls-ate. was struck on the forehead with
tNo-pound weight, thrown with consIo
! erabie force by a negro named Sydne
: Fultz The difficulty -rew cut OF dts
: pute about a bill which the negro clam
: cd Mr.. Dyson owed him. After he wa
: struck Mr.. Dyson ran at the negro, thre
: him down and was heating him, whe
! some one pulled him off. Nlr. Dyson
! wound bled profusely, and drops Of bloc
: ieN upon the negro while Mr. Dyson ha
: him down
: At one time it was thought that th
| fight would assume the appearance OF
= general riot between the whites al
= blacks.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

PRESIDENT CLEyELAND's INAUGU-
RATION SHIRTS. Oneida, Feb. l.
Yesterdays local paper came out with
a double-leaded article to the effect that
Grover Cleveland had given an order
for his Inauguration shirts to a dealer
here. The shirts must be made to fit a
17!-ince collar, while the chest circum-
ference IS II! inches The newspaper
win, up IFS iubilant article as follows :
Every body feels proud Of he fact that
the product of one Of our thriving indus
tries will lie nearest the heart Of the
President on the approaching event"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
= Mr. Rufus Y. McAdens renar

= Mr.. Rufus Y McAden's remarks
concerning Mr.. Richmond Pearson re-
suited in telegram t the A,hs'iIle Il-
raacr as follows:-l beg any clt;zen Of
Buncon4be, doubling the completion Of
the Spartanhurg & Ashevi,le Rail Road,
to come to the : S,eckhoIdes, meeting Mon
day, Judge for himself and relieve Rep-
resentatives from part sponsibility Of
action. am assured that the7 vii be
admitted to the meeting Gov. Robin
son has introduced a resolution to pro
hibit the transfer Of conyicts without
legislative sanction. No action yet on
resolution.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

No other medicine is so reliable as
Ayers Cherry Pectoral for colds, coughs
and all arrangements OF the respiratory
organs tending toward consumption In
all ordinary cases it IS certain cure, and
it affords sure relief for the asthmatic
and consumptive, even in advanced
stages of disease.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

4 REMEDY FOR Ed,tor
lforniaq Neos The following prescrip
ton for diphthera having been used very
successfully in my family for the past
twenty five years, | deem it duty that
owe to the public to ask you to publish
it in your Sunday edition, assuring those
who may choose to clip it from the paper
for future reference or present use that
the remedy NAV be safely administele |
at any stage of the disease with the great
est assurance Of relief, if not permanen.
recovery. F. II. i.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

Label two bottles No. and No >. IN
No | bottle dissolve 3 grs. of permanga-
nate potash in oz5 of pure water
In No. , bottle put ozs. OF pure water
and drop : drops of the otficinal tint.
belladonna into the water. shaking bot
tie
Dose in diphtheria One teaspoonful
from No. | bottle, then teaspoonfui
from No. ,, alternately every half hour.
As preventative of scarlet fever give
a teaspoonful from No. ?, three times a
day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

Tho latest news from Africa is that
the Zulu King has the Group; this news
is doubted by many, but notwi hstand-
irg, the friends OF the king have sent
him case of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
and consequently know his cure IS Ger
q IN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
sc ROEI LA

caA otiy ha ctraI bN 4 thorough rur,fies-
thor OF rae blood II this i~ ~ elected.
The dt>,s,~r M situate &, tAsut thruus II
generation - .tusrSf ION. Am0u. Is
earlier ~3luptoGt.ii8c dove gota a!l-tnts AgV
Eczema. Cutancou> Iruptions. Tu-
mors. Boiis, tarbuncie>, frS sirelaS.
purulent iccrs, \crN ous and Ply
Steal Collapse. rtc. II alloN Il ~ tdn-
uutIe. Rhcuniatisn,. >crofulous Ca
tarrh, kidney Iu4 llNer Diseases,
Iubcrcular consumption, Hut NHfi-
ou~ other dangerous on fatal nIal:luiles. ar,
r,ro.ll-gl ht il
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

i Wo1iAN. AND SHE Took THEM
IN.-La5t Tuesday a pretty youu- wo-
man registered at the Bulord House a.
Miss Emma Cole TcNas.' Miss Cole
soon made known the alleged fact that
sAe was u distress and went about the
streets seeking whom Size might deyour.
She said that Size was trying to make
way to New York to visit the bed
af'e- mother, who Was Ia a dying
as tiition, but that her money had given
cut and She found it necessary to solicit
all rom ,traucers. She told her story
Ill a pleading pla.utiye manner, but va
ricd slightly in her statement TO some
substituting Baltimore for New York.
Well, she was pretty aud esistiblc,
and but tcw OF oGr citizens thought 60
question her statement, never once su>-
pccting tie fair creature Of being fraud
and she therefore found responses lre-
quent and liberal She collected all to-
gether between 500 and 3l25. Yester-
day she paid her hotel blll, took a car
riagc to the depot and buying ticket,
boarded the tram for New York
Alas, no, l9r Columbia, s. {. Char
lotte G5sofcer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

MORPHINE FOR QUININE AS we go
to press the awful intelligence reaches us
that Mr.. VI A. Mcneil, book per
for M,ssrs \ x ". Mcqueen, Of Plain
view, came to an untimely end Monday
night, by taking Morphine instead Of
Quininc. Mr.. Mcneil was young man
Of splendid business qualifications. We
have no particulars though we know thai
the awful calamity viii she'd gloom over
that immediate community, and wher-
ever he was known. -RobCSyntaH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
C. 7. STRONACH.

WHOLESALE GROCER, No. IA, Mar
tin st.
RETAIL GROCERY. No. Q. Market
Place, and No. 10 Martin st.
? buy every article ia the grocery line toy
! the car load, and thus derive very
great advantage. .,-
MACKERAL.- 900 kits and ! hois.
fresh from Gloucester fisheries. y {.
Mullets daily received
20 600 lbs Ham.
Chicago G. r. and other meats daily
received.
Lard in Tierces, bbls, &C., down t.
three b. packages.
Fresh cheese daily received
Hams by the tierce OF single ham.
The purest stick and assorted candle
in boxes, bbls and packages.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

GREENSBORO PATRIOT ITEMS TIE
que, ton OF water works il Greensboro IS
about to take definite shape Northern
turnips grace almost every grocery estab-
li-hment in the city. .-Alr. &. ;.
Bradshaw has sold the Asheboro toarser
to Messrs NJ. Bradshaw and NJ Lowe
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
Oats, Oats, Oats,
SEED OATS, SEED OATS.

Dwight's soda a specially.
loo, 100 cigars kept constantly IN stock
and at the lowest prices.
232 boxes chewing tobacco on hand to-
day
Bagging, ,, II, lie. ID by the roll.
Ties by the bundle or loose package
Nails BY the key.
Shot BY the bag
Hay by the bale,
Oats in any quantity.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
MAKE EHENS lay

Hog Cholera Sold everywhere sent by mail for Ne n
stamps large price 81 90; by mail, 9l2
Circulars free J. 8. JOHNSON CO., Boston, AasA .
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11

Jefferson, \. u, Feb. Mrs.
Wilson placed about $500 in the oven OF
her cook stove to hide it from burglars
while she went to lecture in the school
house The lecture gave her so much
to think about that when she went home
she built fire III the stove aud had II
well under headway before her mind Ee-
yertcd t. the money.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
Absolute Cure

Tor ~ diseases Clused by the viii tian of
t.n iilood. 1t is concentrated 20 the hi H.
o-t practicable degree, far beyond any
hcr preparation for which Ike effects
ara claimed, and is therefore the cheapest,
&, well as the best blood purifying medi-
cine. in The world.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20

u QOBERTSON, j. G. NJ, Main street,
Nhonse furnishing goods, fancy and sta-
3 groceries.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20

s L. Shelton, Clerk of the Court
at Vicksburg, Miss, was killed in a
duel at Rolling Fork, a few miles
distant from that place May the
18th, by Mr.. X. McLauren. Both
were men of the highest standing in
the community. There were no sec.
onds and the weapons were double
barrel shotguns. The gun of Skel.
ton was not discharged, and the
duel was only witnessed by man
who chanced to see the parties while
standing some distance off. The
affair has created great excitement
in the neighbOrhoOd.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20
Cablegram Brevities.

1t is expected that a great battle
will soon be fought between Ell
Mahdi and the rival false prophet
who has collected an immense army
and seems determined to attack
El'Mahdi.
The radicals insist upon the i'm
peachment Of Mr.. Jules Ferry, the
late Premier, and his whole minis.
try, on account of the deception
they are charged with having prac.
ticed during the Franco Chinese
war.
All the provinces along the Bal.
tic, by ukase Of the Gear, are to be
Russianized, the German language
discontinued in the schools in favor
Of the Russian.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20
STATE ITEMS.

There was hail storm in the par'
ish of st. John last Thursday that
destroyed all the vegetation in its
path. The hail stones were as large
as hens eggs.
The City Item thinks that ty far
the best plan TO ascertain the full
force of tho sympathy felt for the
success of the Exposition will be to
hold a "dead head day." Free adj
mission will bring out the apprecia.
ton of the public in manner not
to be mistaken.
Mr.. Douglas Fitzpatrick, of New
Orleans, a prominent politician, is a
candidate for the position of post
master of that city. Indications
point, however, to the early appoint.
ment of Mr., Leonce Bonny, Mr.. w.
B. Merchant having sent in his res.
ignatiou to the President, as We
learn from the States.
The Police Jury Of Caloasiap has
paused resolutions contribdtin6 $500
to defray the expenses of continu.
ing the Exposition for another year.
Bully for Calcasieu. How many
parishes have the generosity or
financial ability to initiate a parish
usually thought to be one of the
most sparsely populated and impe.
cunions in the States
The Hon. o. B. Steele, in over.
hauling the books in his Office
stumbled upon 100000 worth of
notes given in sixteenth, sections
and it shows in whose hands the
notes were placed for collection.
The account or register OF the trans
actions extend from 1850 to 1877,
and the information obtained from
the book will enable Mr.. Steel to
call on delinquents for a settlement.
The new quarantine went into
operation on the 10th of this month
as per proclamation OF Governor
McEnery. The vessels arriving are
into four classes: Vessels
rom non.infected ports, vessels
rom suspected ports, vessels from |
Infected ports and lastly infected
vessels. Under this arrangement
~ great care in carrying ont thor>
ugh sanitation, there can be no
,reat danger Of importing danger,
'us diseases.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20

The Police Jury of the parish of
st. Mary voted donation of $3.50
to enable the st. Mary Volunteers
to take part in the recent drills, and
a correspondent of the Morgan City
Free Press, writing from Franklin,,
criticises it's action in severe terms,
but the Review takes a different
view Of the matter and considers,
the appropriation not only excusaA
BILE, but eminently proper under the,
circumstances. 1t slludes to the
individual expenses incurred by the
members, and says that to have
good soldiers it is necessary to.
spend some money and thinks the
money thus disbursed calculated to.
promote the efficiency of the COM
paDy.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20

A newspaper in Madrid called
the Correspondence is peculiar in
its way. 1t has the largest citcula-
ton of any paper in the capital,
reaching 200, 900 to 100000 q day.
It has no editor, but q dozen wide
awake reporters, who scour the
town for every kind Of information.
they come to the Office and drop
their manuscripts In q bag, and
there they stay until the foreman
wants copy. Everything 10 then
thrown into the forms without
regard to order or anything else,
and the paper is read from 6nd TO-
end in spite Of the fact.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-05-20
CORPORATION OF NEW IBERIA:

CORPORATION OF NEW IBERIA:
Board Of Trustees S Boudreaux, Mayor;
Jas L Burke, p l. Renondet, Jasper Gall,
J Decuir, David Laughlin, Filias Con-
bnlin, l. .B Delahoussaye, Secretary.
Collector aud Treasarer-Wm X Burke.
Corporation Attorney--R $ Perry.
0&cial Organ--Louisiana Farmer.
Policc-Achille Bessan, Chief; Frank
|taAord, Aid.
Night POlice-Alex Blanc,