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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03

De 10 have as early as possible vote
Of the counties on the subject of tax,
and that should be done speedily.
Newberry would vote the tax, Union
has already done 30.
Now we think it may be safely as
serted that after the first year, the
people would not have one cent oi
the tax to pay. The bonds could be
placed on the market and sold. as
money would be needed. They can
easily be sold at par to run 20 or 25
years, bearing 7 per cent. interest. ;,
Men of our own State would buy
these bonds as an Investment, if they
should not, Northern men will gladly
take them. My readers will see, that
the length Of this road has been CIV
en-, the estimated cost and what is
deemed the most feasible plan for
building it. We would have you bear
in mind that the narrow gauge road
has many advantages over the broad
! gauge. They can run much sleeper
grades, and make short curves, but
on the proposed line there will be no
heavy grades or short curves.
9Th. The question will naturally
arise as to where labor can be secured
to build this road? This might be
arranged, by making application to
the Legislature for convicts, and put
them on the road. Under good treat.
ment, and at such prices and on such
terms as the State could afford. ;
We are not given to boasting, but
will venture to say, to the friends Of
this road, that if they will place this
enterprise in my hands, that is to
make me the head OF the road, and
carry out the suggestions as to taxa
|tion, and give me two active men as
assistants, and plenty Of labor. l
would complete the road in twelve
months from the frat of January next.
I would place the entire road under
contract. To do this it would require
TWO expert engineers. The people of
Prosperity will doubtless be willing
to submit to additional taxation to
build the extra six miles of road.
This route was suggested by a lawyer
Of this place his views struck me
very forcibly.
The income OF the road would more
than pay the interest on the bonds
by the time they come to maturity.
Who is to be benefited by this road =?
Certainly the farmers.
1t is all nonsense to say that the
benefit will all be with the merchants.
Thisroad will create competition which
will lessen freights, this will enable
the merchant to sell his goods that
much less to the farmer. Hence it
will be easily seen that the farmers
as class are the men who should
take the greatest interest in this en-.
terpriee. j. P. X.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03

Durham, N. O., a tobacco manu'
featuring town, shows remarkable de;
velopment. Twenty years ago it was
a small hamlet, with but 80 inhabi.
tants, and the total valuation Of PROP
erty was only 100000. A recently
completed census shows a population
of G,37O, and the assessed valuation
of the property ia given at $3,O0O.-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03
a SPECIAL OFFER.

TIME WATERBURY WATCH Is O stem.wind-
u cr, and will run % hours. The case Is NICKEL
SILVER, and will always remain as bright as
new silver dollar. The Watch has n heavy beyelcd
nre madc with the finest automatic machinery.
Every Watch il TESTED In varying positions and
isperfect before lc:I Ing the factory. Each Watch
g. r,,t t3p i-, h-rH-o.rs new Ntulprov~d 6ATlH-
LINED case, for sate transportation through tho
mails.
So wcll-known have these W...ches become.
thousand are buying them IN preference to ii:'ht:
1000 Watches each day, an average OF l3s
Watches per minute. You would imagine The
whole country supplied by this time. Byno means.
This Is the merchants Watch, tie farmers Watch,
tho miners Watch, tho laborer5 Watch, the boy g
Watch, tho school girls Watch-in fact, every
81 SSdys yysssps %%'sa of $3.50 We ,end hl. celebrated
with Charm attached, by registered
mniI, prepaid, md guarantee it
to reach you snfrly.
Tho Waterbury Watch Go. has 2 national repn; l.
tation for making tho BEST CHEAP WATCH IN
THE WORLD.
We havo received from them their NEW !! atcf,
great Improvement over the first ones mane ana
O marve! of m1,'cty and accuracy, containing
moro Ingenuity than amy other article placed be-
fore tho public for many years. The cut BLOWS
EXACT SIZE of Watch.
A Watch made h. hand would cost as much as
a cottage by tho sc:l.slOrc or n small yacht, anu
take as long to build. Sorerfrct II the machinery
used in making this Watch, AMI 40 exact are All
parts that ii it needs repairs, II sent direct TO the
Factory, the cha.ge for actual rclairS ,mcluIne
PARTS ilsnh) never cvc"rts EO els. This Will explain
Why they arc So chcap and 80 caslly repaired:
EVERY WATCH Is WARRANTED TO GIVE
SATISFACTION
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03

Doctor-"Well, how is your ague
now |"
Pstient-"Worae and worse. I've
had the shakes awfully every day"
II can't understand it. Did you
take the medicine l prescribed ?"
"Yes, but it did no good. Do you
know, doctor, think that medicine
might do good if took it before the
shakes comes on instead of after ?"
"Why, of course. That WAS what
1 directed"
ut did not say 30 on the bottle"
"Consarn those druggists. What
was on the bottle ?"
"Shake we'll before using"
Frivolous young lady to guide:-
"How deep is this hole ?"
Guide: Never been meaaured
miss"
Frivolous Y. L.: "Suprose I should
fall down there, where do you sup.
pose l would go to?"
"That depends, miss, entirely upon
how you have lived in this world"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03
& shot Through the Heart.
special to the Me,vy e,nd Courier.

/ Special to the Nc,Oa md Courier.
LANCASTER, Aug. 24.-B. T. Welsh,
a merchant of this place, with pls-
tol shot and killed w. G. Moore, an
other citizen OF thia town, on Satur-
day night between 9 and 10 o'clock,
on Main street, near the Catawba
House. The parties, it is said, were
very close to each other when The
shot was fired. The doctor before the
Tcoroner stated that from the way in
(which the garments Of Moore were
burned the muzzle Of the pistol must
have been touching the clothing of
Moore when the shot. was fired. There
appears to have; been one witness pres
ent only, and he WAS colored man
named Mill Howri.
The relations between the parties
shave been uniformly friendly, and
Tthe affair seems 10 be somewhat q sur.
Aprise TO the friends Of each. They
had in the morning a falling out and
pas ed some rough words back and
forwards. Howri says that Moore
was very much under the influence OF
whiskey and asked him to take him
home, and he was in the act Of TAX
ing him home and had passed the
Catawba House when Mr., Welsh came
up beside him and called to Moore,
saying that he had insulted him in
the morning and he desired him to
apologize; that Moore refused to do
30; that the shot was aoon fired when
they seemsd TO be together tusseling.
Mr.. Welsh claims that Moore was
striking him with a stick at the time
he fired. The ball, it is thought,
passed through the heart and Moore
4 fell almost instantly and expired with.
\ in three minutes. Moore leaves an
interesting widow and two small chill
dreD.
A pail Of gloom hangs over the
community. The body Of the de-
ceased was inferred here to-day. The
funeral rites were conducted by the
Rev. J. D. Mccullough, Of the Epis-
copal Church Of Spartanburg, and
were attended by very large con.
course OF people.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-09-03
: The whole fifteen, mum.

"Well, reckon you have lived in
the country. l thought maybe you
was trying to hocus me again. What's
your real name, now
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
The Cost to the Century"

New York Letter to Boston Transcripts
Every few days there appears IN
some newspaper o paragraph relating TO
General Grant and the price he has
received. or is receiving, for his wal
articles in the Century. No two o.
these statements agree, and none tha'
have thus far been published state the
facts. The last that / have seen was,
If + recolIect Alright. that Grant received
81. 600 a month while writing his papers
and that, in view Of the popularity OF the
war series, the Century people mao
made him some handsome presents
besides. About the second part OF the
statement I know nothing. The nrsti
however, is very wide of the marx.
The original contract called for Tour
articles from General Grant-on Shllonl
Vicksburg, Chattanooga and the Wlia.
erness. The agreed prica for these
articles was $500 for each, and this y
the sum that has been paid. If any one
doubts this statement, I can assure MN
that I have seen General Grants receip'
for this sum for the Shiloh aud Other
articles. The Shiloh paper covers
about twenty-one pages, more nan
half Of which space is given to illustra'
tions. General Grant, therefore. &c.
cording to his contract, received abou'
$50 for each page Of text that y
furnished, and / think no one will doup,
that he wrote the whole paper. Genera'
Joseph K. Johnston and General Mc-
Clellan, who have written about tne
Peninsular campaign, and Admlral
Porter have also received $500 each ioi
articles. General Mcclellan is an apie
writer, and his papers describing ni'
connection with the Army OF tns
Potomac, which viii appear In the MAJ
and June numbers Of the magazine, wa
undoubtedly attract wide attentlon'
For he discusses not only the military
side OF the question, but bis relation;
with the Administration as well, ans
narrates the details of interviews wnici
he had with President Lincoln ane
Secretary Seward, thus giving his paper
d peculiarly entertaining personal ans
controversial favor.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
A New Story Of Tom corwin.

It was seldom that Corwin made any
enemies, especially in his w party.
On one occasion, however, he changed
one of his warmest admirers into q RAM
pant Democrat with a bit OF sarcasm.
1t was IN the campaign of 40. He
spoke in Lancaster and stopped at the
principal hotel, kept by q Wing. The
biscuits seem TO have been heavy enough
to attract the Wagner Boys attention.
When Corwin was about to leave for
the next town the landlord was all
smiles and good wishes, and said
"Mr. Corwin, if there is anything ]
can do to aid you in defeating Wilson
Shannon, you have only to mention it,
"That's very generous" said Cor win.
"But / mean it," sad Boniface.
Only tell me what / can do and / will
do tn
There is only one thing you can do,
replied Corwin, "but / dislike to refer
to so delicate a matter
.Out with ii, Mr.. Corwin; out with
it. I'll do anything for the cause
Only mention it, that's all"
well Mr.. Landlord, Iii tell you
whet you can do TO defeat Mr.. Shan
on. He speaks here next Thursday,
believe"
Yes
Manage some way to get him To
stop at your hotel"
"Oh, the arrangement has already
been made. He will stay with me all
night"
HAnd then feed him on the same kind
Of biscuits that we had this morning.
Get half a dozen OF them into Shannon
and he will weigh so much that he CAM
| run at ALL
Corwin whipped mp his horses and
was off, but the landlord had under
| gone a political transformation. From
o Wing he changed TO Il Democrat, and
was "fernist" Tom C0rwln for the resi-
| Of his life.
II |NtN
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
EFFECT OF plate
A Tyranny Which Can Hardly rv..
Shaken or.

Shaken On.
From the National Review.
The first indulgence is in soma sen..
legltlmate-is almost enforced, ejtbe,
by acute PAIN OF chronic insomnia. nj.
latter is perhaps the most danoa,o,.
The pain, if it last for weeks. fo,oo.
recourse to the doctor before the hab.
has become incurable. Sleeplessness !,
a more persistent and to most peonla
much less alarming thing; and il /,
moreover one with which the doctor,
can seldom deal a v through the yery
agents of mischief. Neuralgia, relieved
for a time by chloroform or morphia. NAV
be cured by quinine; sleeplessness al.
mits of hardly any cure but such com.
plete change Of life as is rarely possible.
at least to its working victims. And
the ~narcotist habit once formed, Meth.
er pain nor sleeplessness is all that il
remuneration would involve. The drunk.
ard, it must be remembered, gets drunk.
as a rule, but occasionally. Save IN
the last stages of dipsomania he can a..
if not without drink, yet without intox.
icating quantities of drink, for days to.
gether. The n~arcotist who attempt,
to go for a whole day without his ac.
customed dose suffers in t~went-fourhours
far more cruelty than the drunkard de.
prived of alcohol in as many days. The
effect upon the stomach and other OF.
gans, upon the nerves as we'll as on tue
brain, is one of indescribable, unspeak-
able discomfort amounting to torture,
a disorder of the digestive system more
trying than sea-sickness, a disorganiza-
ton of the nerves which, after some
hours of unspeakable misery eliminates
in convulsive twitchings, in mental and
physical distress, simply indescribabls
to those who have not felt it. Where
attempts have been made forcibly and
suddenly to withhold the accustomed
sedative they have not infrequently
ended in a few days in madness or
death. In other cases the victim has
sought and obtained relief by efforts
and hardships which in his or her best
days would have seemed impossible or
uncomfortable. One woman thus re-
strained escaped in deshabille from her
bedroom on a winter night of arctic Sc
verify; a for miles through the snow,
and was fortunate enough to find achem.
list who knew something of the fear
full effect of such privation, and had the
sense and courage to give in adequate
quantity the poison that had now be.
come the first necessary of life. In a
word, narcotics, one and all, are to
those who have once fallen In
der their power tyrants whose
hold can hardly ever be shaken OF,
which punish rebellion with the rack
and with all those devices of torture
which medieval and ecclesiastical cruel.
ty found even more tirrible than the
rack itself; while the most absolute sub
mission is rewarded with sufferings only
less uncomfortable than the punishment
of revolt. DeQuincey's dreams under
the influence Of opium were to the tor
lures OF resistance what the highest CIR.
Gle of purgatory may be to the lowes'
pit of the inferno.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24

The Boston Journal OF Chemistry,
1875, says that on the january previous
the thermometer at takoutsk, Eastern
Siberia registered 1918 below, and in
the same country o staff surgeon had
knownit TO be eight degrees colder, mere
curry In that region is solid for hours at
atime, and can be worked with a ham-
mer like lead iron is brittle as glass,
and il useless; even fire itself seems to
freeze, for the gases which feed it lose
their heat. During the winter Of 1890
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
n-ATaR DoLoRosA.

Because Of one dear infant head
With golden hair,
To me all little heads
A halo wear;
And for one sanity face | knew
All babes are fair.
Because Of two wide, earnest eyes
OF heavenly blue,
Which looked with yearning gaze
Ny sad soul through,
All eyes now fill mine own with tears
Whate'er their hue.
Because of little death-marked lips,
Which once did cali
My name in plaintiVe tones,
No voices fall
Upon my esrs in vain appeal
From children small
Two little hands held in my own
Long, long ago.,
Now cause me as / wander through
This world Of woe,
To clasp each baby hand stretched ouI
In fear Of foe.
The lowest cannot plead in Tain,
Iloved him 30.
C. G. Hahn, in the Current
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24

it was impossible to 90 ont w;th.-.
mask to prevent losing the nose - al. :
In case of another polar wave Az y ears
ter, we advise people to cut tb;. wlu-
agraph out and read it over noS Par,
then. 1t will help keep them warm a ana
save fuel. @ini ard
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10
Mormon Uprising.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The war de-
partment has recently received ouch re-
ports from its officials in Utah, regard
ing the very unsettled condition Of af-
fairs In that territory, growing out of
the enforcement of the laws against
polygamy, as to cause some uneasiness,
but no alarm. The recent shooting of
q Mormon, by A. s. Marshall, created a
great deal of excitement, among the
Mormons, and some apprehension was
felt at Salt Lake City that there would
be ON uprising among them. A battery
of artillery was recently ordered from
Fort Omaha to Fort Douglas, which is
situated a few miles from Salt Lake
City. This movement, however, was
not particularly on account of any fear
of q Mormon rebellion, but had been in
contemplation for some time. The
force now at Ft Douglass consists of a
full regiment of infantry and battery
of artillery and Is under command OF
General McCook. In the event of trou.
BILE in Utah all the troops in the depart
ment of the Platte, consisting of about
5000 men, could be concentrated at Ft.
Douglass In very few hours. No seri-
GUS trouble, however, il apprehended
by army officials.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10
plain Truths for Girls who Flirt.

Whatever idea the girls who practice
street flirting may entertain of their
seemingly innocent pastime, it may be
set down as a certainty that when a re-
spectacle young man desires the ac-
quaintance of one who may some day
become his wife, he doesn't 60 out on
the street and seek for acquaintance
through q filtration. But, on the other
hand, the fiirt of the street, no matter
how innocent and fair her intentions
may be, is the last person he would seek
as his life's companion. He desires
purity, without and above suspicion.
The young lady who engages in this
kind of pastime should bear in mind
that she not only endangers her repu-
tation and leaves a stain upon her good
name, but that her name is by-word
among those with whom she firts, to
be banded about in the saloons, the
street corners, and in lowdown unholy
places in the city, fastening on her 9TH
erwise fair name stigma or stain that
will follow her years after she sees hel
folly and attempts to mend her ways
There are a number of girls in this city
who should read the above and reflect
seriously.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

Charles II. Gidley as the County Tressrrerof Henry
County, Ohio,
va
John Bensing, ct al.
Order Of sale from Henry county Court OF COM
mon Pleas.
BY virtue Of order Of sale issued from the above
named Court and TO me directed as Sheriff OF Henry
|oouty, will offer at public sale at the north door
Of the Court House, In Napoleon, Ohio, ON
Saturday, January 8, 1885,
at the hour Off o'clock p. M, Of said day. the fol
lowing described real estate, situated in Henry
ty, Ohio, to-wit:
No. 8, in township No. T. north OF range east, in
Henry county, Ohio. Appraised at $4,000.
Also thirty (S0) acres Of land lying and being in
the north east quarter Of the northeast quarter Of
of range seven az east, in henry county, Ohio, and
is more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at the northeast Of said section
No. ten l0), encerunning west on aud along the
section line Of said section No. ten 0 about ninety
eight (98 rods to the northeast corner Of land
or now owned by one Samuel Oyerholtz, thence
south about ftyfour (5D rods to the north line Of
land once or now owned BY one JACOB Clover thence
east about ninety t9S rods to the section line
of said Sc ton No. ten Q0), thence north on and
along said section line to the place Of beginning and
there to terminate. Appraised at S12oo.
Also the west part Of the northwest quarter Of
section No. eleven (l1) In township No. four ~,
north Of range seven east, In Henry county, Ohio.
The same being one hundred rods In width east and
west and hundred and sixty rods in length north
and south, containing one hundred acres Of land,
excepting twenty and ai-f00 acres therefrom,
which has been laid out in the plat OF the Town OF
Malinta, Ohio.
Appraised at $4,000.
Terms Of sale, cash.
FREDERICK ALLER,
Sheriff OF Henry County, Ohio.
r. W. Cahill, attorney for plaintiff.
Napoleon, Ohio. Dec. ., 1855. S15 60
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10
LEGAL NOTICE.

HHARLES Oliver, who resides in the city OF Ind
~ annapolis, in the State Of Indiana, IL hereby
notified that r. A Crosby, did on the 2bth day Of
November, 1885 file In the ofce Of the Clerk fthe
Court Of Common Pleas In and for the county OF
Henry and State of Ohio, his petition setting forth
that he has the legal title and s in the peaceable
possession Of the following real estate, situated in
the county of Henry, and State OF Ohio, to-wit:
The southwest quarter OF the south-west quar-
ter OF section number twenty-nine (29), in town
ship number ve (5, north Of range eight (S) east,
less one acre out Of the southwest corner; and
that said Charles Oliver and Samuel M. Heller
and H. III. Sturgcs claim to have some cstate
and interest In the said real estate, adverse to
the estate Of the said +. A. Crosby The prayer Of
the said petition is that the said Charles Oliver,
Samuel NJ. Heller and II. II. Sturges, show their IT,
tie and interest in and to the said real estate and
that their said interest and title may be declared
and void against the title and estate Of the said
A. Crosby and that his may be quieted
them. The said Charles Oliver must answer the
said petition on or before the 2ist day OF January
1886 or the will be taken true against him.
. IIaag q Ragan, attorneys for +. A. Crosby.
Dec. Q, 1885, Ct ~ $lo, So
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-12-10

The following patents were granted
citizens of Ohio during the past week,
specially reported by r. g. Dubois &
Co., Patent Attorneys, Washington,
d. c.: E. e. Albin, Springfield, Table
fork. G. s. Bird, Elyria, Rotary engine.
J. King, Cleveland, Pupilometer. A.
J. Chandler, Movable dressing-closet
for sleeping cars. j. Desman, assignor
Of one-half to w. r.. Gerard, Cleve-
land, Injector. G. Faulhaber, Cleve-
land, Seat back. w. Gardner, Wash
ington, Court house baling-press. N.
Hemenway, Parma, Metal packing. e.
Huber, and G.. w. King, Marion, Re-
versing-gea for enginess J. A. Long,
Akron, and E. L. Babcock, Cuyahoga
Falls, Wheel for agricultural imple-
ments. M. McMahon, Bucyrus, Grain
scourer. B. Osborn, Marion, Hay eleva.
tor. 4. III. Paessler, Malvern, Draft
device for vehicles. G. E. Patric
Springfield, Seeding machine, E.
Phillips, Cleveland, Wrench. J. Pleuk.
harp, Columbus, Table. G.. Runyan
Mansfield, Sliding-door hanger. F.
Shannon, Middleport, Household furni.
ture. w. H. Starry. Trenton, Swing
ing-gate. s. M. Stewart, McComb
Ditching machine. M. II. Strong
Cincinnati, Chicken -brooder, M. H
Strong, Cincinnati, Poultry water-can
J. A. Topliff, Elyria, Furnace. J.. E
Travers, Cincinnati, Machine for swag
ing saw teeth. A. G. Wilkins, and M
]. Bartlett, Kent, Button-fecder. HI
Winger, Marshallville, Harrow. M. E.
Zeller, Bluffton, Buckle. Acme Hut
O., Dayton, Wheelhubs.