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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

"A mob on Sunday night visited
the Pike County Jail at Murfrecs-
borough, Ark, and made an attempt
to shoot the Polk boys, who were
confined for murder, but not being
able to get them in range the mob
hauled a load of wood to the Jail,
piled it around the cell, saturated
the wood with coal oil, and liter
ally roasted both prisoners alive.
Nothing is standing but the brick
wall of the Jail. The Folks muir
dered q peddler last year and have
had several trials. This was the
third effort by mobs to kill them.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

When we see President CLEYE-
LAND jogging along over forty-two
miles of hilly road in the State of
New York, on an old-fushiOncd
blackboard, we have Il beautiful
picture of democratic simplicity.
What a contrast when we view the
pomp and pageantry that over
whelms all Europe when monarchs
step beyond the portals of their
palaces! This is an illustration of
the superiority of u institutions.
The Chief Magistrate, accompanied
only by a friend of his carly days,
armed with a fishing rod, can pcne-
trate beyond the confines of civili-
zation in safety, and rest at night
along the lakeside, under the can
opy of heaven, conscious of integ-
rity of purpose, and knowing that
he has won the admiration of his
felloy-men. The Car of Russia,
though attended by armed lcgions,
cannot mingle with his subjects
without fear for his safety.
Surely this is sufficient to con
vince all, that honest simplicity,
uprightness and integrity, which
ever carry with them the love and
respect of the people, is tho surest
and safest shield.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16
Farnham'S Foundation.

While Frank Calhoun was in Bos-
ton, he saw an order there for u
pair of shoes that were such mon
sters that he took a copy of the
measure of the stockinged foot.
The measure is of the foot of Rev.
j. M. Farnham, colored, of Char
lottc, N. G. The measurements
are as follows: Length, 20 inches;
width across heel and toe, 5 inches;
across ball of loot, 8 inches. The
proprietor of this monster fOunda-
ton stands 6 feet 8 inches in his
socks, and weighs Gl0 pounds. The
shoe is size 34j.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

In the Northern part of Ne
braska an Irish colony, called
Jackson, has been settled for TWEEN
ty-ninc years, six of the colonist of
which are worth from $4,000 to
100000 each. They were very poor
when they arrived there, and were
80 discouraged by the desolatc ap-
pearance of the prairie and the
loneliness and dcsolation, which af-
fcctcd the Irish so much, that il
they had had the money they would
have left.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

has to be performed; q form that
has to be complied with; and the
sooner it Is over, tho better for
them. We have never yet seen
much interest manifested in road
working.
So far as Laurens is concerned,
this is an important matter. For
five miles from this place, in all
directions, during bad weather,
the roads ire very bad. Thousands
of dollars, in tho way of trade, are
lost to the town annually. All we
need in order to control all
the county trade, is to have better
roads. We have every prospect
for q cotton market this season
equal to any country town, and for
the past few years we have success
fully competed with all neighbor-
ing places in the price of goods,
and this year the outlook is even
more encouraging than ever before.
We want good roads, and must
have them.
The question is Il vcXed one, and
full of difficulties which we will
not attempt to III We have
no Improvement upon the present
system of working which we are
prepared to offer, but surely some
Improvement can and will be made.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

The fnttcst mar that ever lived
in Ohio died recently at Mansfield,
in that State. His name was Norris.
He weighed 445 pounds ut the time
of his death. His coffin was made
to order, and in dimensions was g
feet l inch in length, % inches
wide and % inches high, inside
measurement. The casket was 2
inches wider than the largest
hcarsc in the city, and his remains
were drawn to the cemetery in a
spring wagon.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16
-aWilliam Writ was foolish

-"WilIiam Writ was foolish
enough to be q nominee for the
Presidency on the anti-Masonic
platform; Greenbacker Weaver
and Profibitionist st. John have In
our day followed suit with equal
success. And yet some of our con-
teInporarics would persuade that
excellent and otherwise thoroughly
qualified gentleman Col. b. w. Ed
wards, of Darlington, to be the can
didate of the denominational col
leges as opposed to the State Uni
versity, in the next election for
Governor. Verify, in name, If not
in principles, the Know Nothing
party has been revived.-Berketey
gazette,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

We regret to sec the affairs of
the Citadel discussed in such acri-
monious temper by some OF the
newspapers. Unless this crimina-
ton and recrimination are stopped
much harm will be done both TO
the institution and to individuals.
There Is no necessity for washing
dity linen i'm public, nor for dis
cussion when, as is patent, all the
facts are not and cannot aus yet be
known. Above all things, let not
this time-honored institution be-
come the shuttlecock of politics.
Columbia Record.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

The cOnvicts, under their late
management, have done wonders
towards improving the roads, and
the roads leading into Charlotte
arc now said to be the finest ever
known in Mecklenburg. They
have been really worked up to an
excellent condition and are almost
equal to turnpikes. 1t is a luxury
to drive owe them.-Chariotte 90
S2j'rPr,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

While n down freight train on
the G., G. & a. Railroad was passing
Blackstock, recently, the conduc-
tors cab was fired into by one of n
party of four negroes, the bullet
narrowly missing n of the train
hands who was sitting in the door.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

Even the drOwsiest of laggard
politicians are opening their eyes
to the fact that the average citizen
turns his back and holds his nose
when dead issues are dragged to
the front.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

The counsel for Is. +. Welch,
on additional affidavit, on Wcdncs-
day renewed their application for
bail before Judge Witherspoon, who
granted an order fixing bali Mt ten
thousand dollars.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

The gamblers Of Omaha have
made n proposition to the city that
If they are not intcrfercd with for
one year they will pay for all street
improvements and keep up the
water-Works.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16
Supreme Court Decision.

Turner II. l.. Wood VS.. VIM. a.
Reeves ct al. Judgment below
modified and case emanded. Opin-
ion by McIvcr, a. j.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

False friendship, like the ivy,
decays and ruins the walls IL en-
braces; but true friendship gives
new life and animation to the OBJ
ject it supports.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16
-
Another Death on tho diamond.

ATLANTA, Ga, September o.
Samuel Wilson, while umpiring Il
game OF baseball at Danville, Ga,
to-day was run into by a player
and so severely injured internally
that he will probably die tonight.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

SAVANNAH, September 9.--Fif-
ty-three freight handlers Mt the
Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway freight yards here, struck
tonight for higher pay.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

There Is one thing to be said
In favor of early marriage. II
gives the couple n few more years
to find out which Is boss.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

-Talmage Is drawing immense
congregations In Ireland. Last
Sunday he preached to 10000 peo-
pie In the streets of Belfast.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

Gen. Beauregard and Gen. Ear
~ are paid $4,000 81 year each by
the Louisiana Lottery Company
for watching the wheel turn once
a month and giving their names MS
advertisements.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

KNIVES and daggers were for.
merly part of the customary &C.
coutrements of brides.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

An Iowa woman was engaged
In giving her husband o severe
curtain lecture the other night,
when she was seized with lOcktaw
and died within fifteen minutes.
"a word to the wise is sufficient"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

The brightest thoughts some.
times come from the duliest look.
ing men.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

An American scientist says the
ivory of Africa will give out In ten
or afteen years.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-16

-Perfumcrs now utilize the scent
Of the cucumber.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20

AT nine o'clock yesterday morning the
immense edition Of the Sunday REGIsrER
was exhausted and the demand still uusatis-
fed. Hereafter Jews agents, news boys and
patrons generally VIII confer q favor By
sending in their orders BY mail, or when the
orders are for the city, leaving them in the
counting room, on or before six o'clock Sat
urday evening. In this connection city
Subscribers are requested to lodge complaint
when they do not get their Sunday edition.
The thieying Of the REGIsTERfrSm the doors
of subscribers is Of frequent occurrence, but
If subscribers viii only put a slit in their
doors or place a receptacle for the paper
where the carrier can put ii, they may rest
assured they will get their papers, as the
boys then have no excuse upon which to
fall back, nor once left can they be stolen
by the petty prigs who wait until after the
carrier is out of sight to make away with
the paper.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
The Matron's Salary.

regretted to see by your paper OF the
18th that it is the intention Of the Board OF
Directors Of the Hospital for the Insane to
reduce the salary of the matron. / am well
acquainted with the hospital and the duties
of the Misunderstanding been q doctor for
many yesrs-and without disparsgement to
others, l do not believe q lady could be found
in the State so well qualified as the present
incumbent. She had years Of experience,
is energetic and industrious, the inmates are
all fond of her, and she is n of the most
perfect ladies it has ever been my good for
tune to know. Besides the duties are very on
erous. Think ofseeing 700 fed three times
every day aud providing so that nothing
be lost, and in addition visiting not only
every ward but every room, three times each
week, to see that rooms and beds are kept
clean and comfortable, then looking after
the family table Of officers and their fsmi-
lies, taking care Of surplus blankets and
other bed clothing, all Of which she does,
besides many other things. l have known
her to make as much a. fourteen hundred
gallons of fruit preserves in n season. l
think the Board will commit q great error
and do great injustice to a worthy officer
should they reduce her salary. Ifthey must
economic, let them begin somewhere else.
JEFFERSON.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
Farm Notes.

Early lambs are considered by many
sheepmen the most profitable source of In
come from the focks.
A herd of q uniformly high class of dairy
cows will pay a better profit on their est
mated value than any other kind Of stock.
Do not allow young ducks to go into the
water too soon after being Matched, as the
down will not protect them from getting
wet.
In times of drought MANFRED soil contains
more moisture than that which has received
no manure, the covering acting as a mulch.
Tar paper used in the roof of the hen
houses serves to keep in both warm in win
ter and free from lice in summer, and is
highly approved BY those who have used it
Mr.. Bronson, OF Ontario, county, N. T.,
says that the premature dropping of the
foliage Of plum trees may be prevented by
using plenty Of barnysrd anu and ksinit,
at the rate of 200 pounds per acre.
A goose may be plucked three or four
times during the warm season, and despite
the cruelty Of the operation, the geese are
usually in as good condition in the fall as
if the feathers had been allowed to drop
out.
A man poled some lima beans with com-
mon, six.foot laths, driven one foot into the
ground, and when the vines had climbed
the three loot poles they were pinched back.
Result, more and earlier beans than ever be-
tore.
The chief difficulty in teaching calves to
drink from the pail arises from too great
haste. Let the calf become hungry, warm
the food to the temperature Of new milk,
give it the finger to suck, but only for a
moment, and the cali is easily taught to
drink.
An exchange thinks heifers intended for
the dairy should not be fed on fattening
food. Plenty of coarse p~rovender is better.
IL ~enlarges and strengthens the digestive
organs, and when they come in profit, the
tendency viii be to milk aud not to fat.
In blowing use q subsoiler to loosen the
bard psn. or else gradually bring up the
heavy clay by sinking the plcw q little
deeper each year. Another profitable way
is 10 give two plowings, FIRST bringing the
clay to the surface and then throwing it
aack again.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
SENATOR CAMDEN.

SENATOR CAMDEN did not strengthen Nc
Graw's cause with his own party or the Re-
~pubhcans in this State by taking 8 Rspubli-
can editor to the President to urge the aP-
pointment-Parkersburg Journal.
In the bitter fight that is on among the
Republicans in this State the factions ought
to content themselves TO eon6ne it within
their own lines. The gratuitous state
ment Of the Journal that Senator
CAMDEN had anything to do With the pres
enee of Mr.. HART at the White House
for such q purpose is absurd on
Its face. The writer knows posi-
lively that Senator CAMDEN did not accom-
pany that gentleman there nor was he
present when the introduction to the Presi-
dent occurred. 1t is well in writing on such
matters to be sure of the facts and then go
ahead. Whatever Editor HART did to aid,
in his own mind, Mr.. MCGRAw's appoint
ment was no doubt done voluntarily. Done
because Of the bitter and malignant fight
that was born at Msctinsburg in the tus-
sic for supremacy between the ARTHUR
BLAINE factions nurtured and bred into
fierce hate and m~sliguancy BY the removal
Of DUvAL and the appointment Of NCCoE-
NICK by Mr.. ARTHUR, and which eliminated
in the retaliatory blow given by editor
HART through his paper several days ago in
an alleged conversation with President
CLEVELAND.
1t ought to be patent to every Repnol,
can Of any intelligence, as it is to every
Democrat, that Mr.. CLEVELAND did not
care the wink of his eye what Mr.. HART
thought on the subject. He had no interest
in, or inclination to hear the Republican
rows that began months ago and continued
after the administration which brought
them into being, was defuuct.
The President is q man of to-day and the
future, with no disposition to waste time 10
looking back or thinking about Republi-
can squabbles. His business is with Dem
ocrats, and to them he is giving his stten
ton and receiving advice and suggestions
1t is simply q piece Of presumption and
foolishness for Republicans to offer any
opinions or suggestions in regard to Presi-
Dental appointments that is intended for
the Presidential ear When their own can
didats is the Executive then they can
properly come to the front and advise as
they please, while Democrats viii keep their
tongues where they belOng-betwsen their
teeth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20

An yesl yesterday was the first day Of
spring. Don't give it away.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20

il she coan,y that I Ga le.ra e ikoas6
things are esqaally gensrally.
The pooEhcusa which usually hks plenty
&room to let this time OF yea, u nov N
en- overcroWded condition.
Braxtcn county i one Of the very
best counties in the State. Its
people are mostly sturdy, industrious farm.
ers who have good farms wholly paid for
and vel stocked besides; 50 it Is only when
exceeding hard fortune overtakes them, as
the draught of last year, that they have
not plenty not only for their own families
and stock, but 10 send to market in large
quantities besides. The soil is nowhere in
the State, excelled for produciveness and
cattle shipped from here always demand
high prices in market.
Circuit Court begins here on the 9th.
This viii be the 6iss term for the new eoun'
ty officers, viz: Prosecuting Attorney w. E.
Raymond and Circuit Clerk, c. Y. Byrne,
They are both young men, with considera-
bic git up" about them. Mr.. Raymond is
q lawyer Of recognized ability, and one at
whose hands the States affairs In this
county viii receive the strictest attention.
II is presumed that there will be quite q
long list OF indictments found by the Grand
Jury this term. There are three men now
confined in this jail charged withs.compicity
in q murder that took place in the county
in the spring Of '82. A man named Shep-
herdson, q notorious character, q terror to
his neighborhood, was shot down while at
work in q clearing near his home. The
whole affair has been shrouded in mystery
until q few weeks since, when the matter
leaked out in q family quarrel, and these
three parties were promptly nsbbed. The
actual murderer, it is thought, has not yet
been apprehended but is now somewhere on
the GGeenbner river, in this State. He is
wanted here badly, but not bad enough as
yet for q price to have been put on his
scalp.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
BRAxToN.
.Speeial o tAs Rsais!nr.

BRAxroS, ". Va, April l9.-This thriy-
ing little town, has been exceedingly quiet
for the past few months. The only things
of 9 lively nature are two brass bands
(practice limited to "a hours out of each
day. and rehearsals for the public school ex.
hibition, which came of Saturday
night. They have q very handsome and
eommodious town hall, occupying the lower
door Of the Court House, which BY the wsy
is. excepting probably three, the finest Court
House in the State.
Brsxton, G. H., boASssUf being the only
town in the State that has no skating rink.
Without o bar room in the county or a rink
at the G. h, hsmay even hold up her head
in conscious superiority.
Col Ben Wilson and Judge Henry Bran
non were here last night en- route to Mich
olas c. H. where the latter begins the
spring term of court TO- morrow Col. Will
son goes a counsel for Halstsadin the Hal.
stead-Rader Circuit Clerk contested cleo
ton case, which is set for trial this term.
Immediately the citizens learned that
Col. Wilson was in town be was beses by
anxious enquirers to learn something en-.
~ecnrsgiug in regard 10 the prospect of a
railroad to this place. He was also
tackled 9 time or two BY parties desiring
the Deputy Collectorship who were anxious
to get the promise Of his influence,
and / suppose each one went
away feeling sure that the Co.
Woald skip Of down to Washington as soon
as possible 70 secure him the coveted plum.
Verify, Deputy Collector Wads's shoes are
in demand. Il ia well it is bis shoes they
want for II il were his pants, there are no
two men in town large enough to wear
them.
The County Court met Tuesday in special
session to take under Amusement the pro-
jecs suggested By some Of the most promi
neet citizens that the county should supply
arsin and food to the people being in need,
10 be paid for at cost and carriage
by thoss able 10 By and given
10 those who were not That
honorable body however, came to the cor
ciusion that they would be unwarranted in
taksug such q step as they we're unable to
fnx such power delegated them By Law
End concluded, howeVer meritorious the
pro ect might Be and however serious the
consequences Of iAtir refaml, that they we're
poNsrIess 70 act
AZ ya6 tbssek 10 absolute want existing
.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
DIED.

GRAl-Cu Saturday, April IS, at l p. M, Ed
WARD L. GRAY, aged p years.
Funeral services from his fathers residence, No.
$50 Seventeenth street, Monday morning, April 81,
OF lOa m. Friends Of the family invited to attend.
Interment private.
yOCKLER-Fridly, April II, 1885, at 10 O'Clock
?. m, GERTRUDE, wife OF John VOckler, aged %
years and I month.
Funeral from the residence, No. 22iS Main street,
on Monday morning, April 20, at 9 o'clock. Ser
vices at st. Alphopsus church. Friends OF the
family are invited TO attend.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20

THEIRS is a monkey and parrot with q
score or two Of Kilkenny cats thrown in
sort of timein the Republican ranks Col
lector Mccormick and Editor Hart are the
mammalian and ornithic representatives of
the row. while the party papers and the
politicians represent the feEnes. They are
taking sides rapidly, and the fur and
phiz z z are playing Isaac and Josh in all
directions. If all signs don't fail, when
this row is over there won't be a grease spot
of the Republican party left to tell the
'orrible tale.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-20
Commissioner SaIe.
III THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF WHEEL,

i Wet Virginia
Pstiek ]. 0tligan, administnfor del
bonis non Of Wn. Giliisan, dsoased
1hanaa Emmett Gnigaa and Others.
The undepigned special commissions -
gives potc that pursuant TO the authorize 49,
hin ny dscrse made BY saidoourt on the al 7
SATURDAY, NAY 18, A. D. 1sss.
~commSneing at 10 O'clock a. m sell .t puhl,.
tion, % The highest bidder, at the front door of1
Court House al said county, In the city of WhsalA
West virgtnia, the real estate Of which aid win,
Glligan died seized and possessed, that 4 IA So
part OF lot number thirty.nine (SSl 10 the aSdil
TO the city Of wheeling laid ont by William ~
line and John kof. and bounded and describrS
iollovs; Beginning at the northeast corner Of 1
lot same being the scsthwest corner Of Main ;
Twenty.thiu STREETS; thence running votva1
with Twenty-third street sixty.one feet; thenoe n
ming southwardiy and parallel With Main a!
twenty. one feet; thence ~eastwardly and parajlsl :
Twenty. third street slxty. one feet 10 Main ~
and thence running with Main street 20 The Ill
Of beginning, being the part Of ,ald lot converge
en- by deed dated June nth, 1878 and nov Of res
among the public land records Of said CON-
Upon theportion Of said lot atonoid them h -,
ed that new and valuable brick building iorss
occupied by said William Gi!liSan as a alooa {
residence.
TERMS o, sALs-onethird Of tn. pucS
money, and - much more thenrofn Inc pprcSs
shall elect to pay, cash In hand on the daT az :,
and the residuc thereof payable In two eou,l insS
ments In one and two yeas trom me dsv
sale, with interest from that DAY, the .,
chaser TO give his note. for the deferred PAYNE,
with personal security thereon satisfactory 20 4
undersigned, and the title to the property 10 b
tanned until the payment In full Of ,be puFch
money. ALFRED CALDWELL.
Special Commissioned
hereby certify that above named Speci. ca
missioner has given bond and security s,suchin I
penalty Of $500 Is required BY Law and aid dec1
THOMAS NJ. DARRAH,
wHKEiIse, April 2. 1855 NJ