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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-28
Ordinance
AGAINST GAMING.

be TT ORDAINED. by the Town Council Of
Abbeville, and by the authority Of the same!'
That If any person or persons shall play at
any tavern, inn, or store for the retailing OF
spirltuous liquors, or in any house used as a
place of gaming, or in any dwelling house,
barn, kitchen, stable or other clubhouse, or In
any street, highway, open wood, race field or
open place, at any game or games with cards
or at dice or at any gaming table commonly
called A B G or E. o, or any gaming table
known or distinguished by other letters, or by
any figures, or roley policy table or at range
and noir or at any faro bank, or at any other
table or bank OF the same or like kind, under
any denomination whatsoever, Except the
games OF billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess,
draughts or whist when there is no betting on
the said games Of billiards, bowls, backgam-
mon, chess, draughts or WHISKY or shall bet on
the sides or hands Of such as do game, upon
Sbnviction thereof he or they shall be fined
not less than two nor more than twenty dol
lrrs, or imprisonmed not less than two nor
more than twenty days.
In Town Council his % October. In the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-ive and In the one hundred n tenth
year OF the Independence OF the United States
Of America.
J. s. HAMMOND,
Intendant.
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Coles Circus.

Coles circus drew an Immense crowd Of
people yesterday. Some estimating 1t at
twelve thousand. The street procession was
the best which has ever been seen in Able
vile. The circus performance itself was the
least Objectionable that we nave ever seen.
fact, we did not see any objection to the
morale of the performance. The acting was
superb. The animals were the choicest and
best trained OF their kind. The finest bands
riding on chariots discoursed wine music,
while o machine OF marvellous beauty filled
the air with boiled music. The street process
sion itself was q magnificent show.
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DAY.
SATURDAY, October "a, 1888

SATURDAY, October "a, 1885.
The jury chme opt Saturday a. nj. at 8
o'clock and stated they could not agree. Sent
back.
At 1l.p the jury came dit and said they
could not agree. Sent back.
At BIS p. m. Saturday they were brought In
Court and stated they could not agree, when
q mistrial was ordered.
We presume It would not be amiss to speak
OF the acceptability with which Judge Wa.
lace has presided during this Court. He has
beer disnifed to the Bar under all circum'
ssances, and for this reason the worn Of the
Court has been pleasant to the Bar andto the
spectators.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual
Meeting IL the. Board Of County Commission
ers fol. Abbevifle, Comfy will be held on Tues
day; November Srd, 1885. ALI persons holding
bills, accounts or demand o any kind against
said county, which have not been before pre-
scented to tie Board Of County Commissioners
at special meetings held during the year, are
hereby required to deposit the. same, duly
sworn to; with the Clerk Of the Board, on or
before the first day Of November, next, so
that they may be EXAMINED and ordered to
be paid st the Annual Meeting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-28

Rust proof oats. Just received our third
and last car of oats this season. They are fine.
Is the chance to secure your seed. w.
Joel Smith d Son. 1923
Jersey Jackets. A new lot to arrive this
week cheaper than ever. Call n examine
them. w. loci Smith & Son. 1923
The cheapest and best shirt ever offered in
this market. Price fifty cents. W. Joel Smith
l. Son. 1928
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Think in Time.

CHEAPEST, most reliable and safest com
u pany. The Mutual SelfEndowment and
Benevolent Association of America repre-
sented by JOHN T. LYON, Agent.
Oct. 81, 1885, tt
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In Conclusion.

This concludes our account Of the second
trial OF Ferguson. We ave endeavored to be
fair and just: II any speaker SEES error or
mistake in his speech, We can only plead that
1t is h~nintentional. We have done the best
we could under the circumstances, and we
have lone all that we cohld In the time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-10-28

Mr.. EDWIN CALHOUN OF Montery, called
to nee as last week, and talked freely on the
subject Of building railroads by taxation. He
says that he owns q farm In Magnolia town.
ship through which 1t is proposed 10 build
the Abbevflle and Elberton railroad, and
through which the Savannah Valley Rail-
road now runs, and that he has paid taxes for
now sick and tired Of hearing about taxation
for railroads. Mr.. Calhoun says he thinks
our opposition last spring to the taxation of
the Carolina, Cumberland Gap M Chicago
Railroad was right and proper, and that the
same arguments against taxing the people OF
Abbeville would also apply to any propois-
ton to tax the people OF Magnolia for the
Abbeville and Elberton railroad, and he says
ne believes in thus speaking he utters the SEN
nolia township. He also adds that If the peo-
pie OF Abbeville wants q railroad We should
build 1t ourselves.
: The Methodists propose to give q hot sup
per next Friday night for the benefit OF the
church. Fill your pockets and 60 prepared to
buy something and to have q delightful time.
CORRESPONDENTS will please excuse us this
week. We shall be glad to hear from them
next week as usual. We will publish all next
week.
We are compelled to omit some ADVERTISE
ments this week. We will do double as much
for the parties interested at any moment.
REV. LOWRY WILSON has accepted the call
to the Abbeville Presbyterian congl egatlon.
We congratulate pastor and people.
MISS SALL1E HEYMAN, Of Chester, was
among the guests at Miss Visanska's we'd
ding.
WE will have no lack Of room after this
week.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1885-12-16
LE|: R|,EvE|.
CoNTE ORIENTAL

Narzim 6tait un enfant pieux,
rempli de tendresse ct d 'obeissance
pour SO mere Missouri, pauyre veu-
We qui habitat avec lui une chau-
miere aux environs de la puissante
Delhi; pres d'eux yiyait aussi Ia
jeune Elima, file de la smur de
Missouri. Elima await de grands
yeux nolrs, un doux regard ct un
doux sourire. Narzim lui disait
|quelauefois: Elima, tn seras ma
femme, ct nous ne quitterons pas
Missour; quand So vue qui s'afai-
blit chaque jour sera tout-a-fait
eteinte, nous Ia conduirons sous
les painters, tu chanteras, ct lie
plaisir de t'entendre lui fera on
blier quelques instants qu'elle au-
ra cess6 de voir:: je seral fort alors,
is cultiverai notre champ de riz, ct
la douce voix l'Ellma rendra mon
travail plus facile. : Elima sou
riait ct SO reJouissait de ne jamais
quitter Missoua.
Leur union 6tait leur seul bon
heur. Des brigands ayaient tue le
mari de Missouri ct ravag6 son
champ, ct depuis CO temps Mis-
sour n'ayait pu cultiver qu'une
petite partie de ce champ, 3 peine
sufisante pour la subsistence de sa
famille. Solvent le souvenir de Ia
mort de son mari, de ses dern1ers
regards ct de ses derniAres paroles,
Ia letait dams des angoisses mex
primables. Dams les moments Oh
ellie 6tait accabl6e de fatigue, Ia
misare aigrisait son cnur; ct, prete
4 murmurer contre lauteur de son
etre de son etre, ellie disait: BRA
ma nous a-t-il done crees pour nous
rendre malheureux z? Alors ellie
versait des torrents de larmea
ameres, Narzim ct Elima Ia voy-
aient pleurer ct pleuraient aussi:
sans comprendre toute 90 douleur,
ills Ia sentaient, ellie les environ
matt CONNIE dun sombre nnage qui
|plongeait leurs occurs dams l'abat,
tement ct dams Ia tristesse; alors
leurs jeux etaisnt suspendus, leur
voix meme expirait SIR leurs 10
vres, car ellie n'aurait pu proferer
que des paroles chagrines Elima
la'osait plus sourirs. Naraim do
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SEGELBAUlM BROTHERS.
7c. EASY BOOK.

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tL.a suite sur la quatriane page,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
HERE'S TO YOU.

The TINES has now been known
to YOU all for year, and 1t viii
have to speak for itself. Drag is no
part Gifts policy, and you will not
be inflicted with a dissertation upon
it's merits. Your attention Is
called to one matter only, in it's
career, and that is, the absence OF
the customary editorial "we." That
expression has never been editori-
ally used during the period of the
existence of this paper, and will
not be in future. For the rest you
can judge for yourself.
With a few exceptions, subScrlp-
tons expire with the month OF
February, and all old subscribers
are invited to renew, and everyone
in the parish who is not a subscrlb-
er. is asked to become one. 1t
only costs two dollars, and there
are none so poor, as not to he able
to afford that, if they want to. The
cash policy, has been found to be
eminently satisfactory, and will be
adhered to. In the future as II
the past, the TINES will be fount
in favor of any movement that viii
result in the general good, and viii
endeavor to prove welcome Wis
itor, wherever received. To the
friends who have assisted in main
tanning the paper, by their subscrlp
tons and advertisements, the edlto
returns grateful thanks.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
Railroad Accident.

\ broken truck caused the stop
page of a freight train on the bridge
over the Raritan river, ut New
Brunswick, y. j., last Sunday.
The through southern freight train
came dashing along, and the en-
gimcer did not discover the stopped
train until within 800 feet of the
caboose. The brakes failed to stop
the through freight, and it telescop-
cd the other train, which contained
four oil tanks. There was an ex-
plosion, cars tumbled off the bridge
into the streets below, the oil
caught fire, and ran down the gut
tiers, causing the destruction by
fire of several factories, and a mum,
Der of dwelling houses. The loss
is estimated at 81 100000. Three
brakcmcn were killcd-causc o
the accident: failure of telegraph
operator to give proper signals.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14

more, than the three principal
State witnesses-Murphy had two
pistols. Some of the State wit
ncsses thought Murphy got his
pistol from a hip pocket, some
thought from an overcoat pocket,
which conflicting statements Is
good ground for the belief that
Murphy had two pistols.
Some of the witnesses for the de-
fence swear that Murphy fired at
Pat Ford first, Pat Ford in his
statement, says the same thing, and
altogether the caseis sobadly mixed
that the fierce denunciation of the
accused. is not warranted by the
evidence, but the dcnunciation
began before the evidence did. The
State did not make out good case,
conspiracy was not proved, and
and while as a mere matter OF
opinion, the accused may be con
sidered as guilty, the jury has only
the evidence to go by, and going
by that, they are by no means
bound to bring in verdict O
guilty.
There has been a great deal o
talk about a "fixed" jury, and /
has been intimated, if not plainl.
asserted, but verdict Of guilty
would be anAnpardonable Outrage
and would prove the jury to hav
been "fxed." They may hav
been fixed, it would not be the frs
"fixed" Jury, but a verdict ofguilt,,
does not necessarily follow from
the evidence, given in the case. y
this writing the jury is out, but be
fore going to press they will hay
most likely rendered u verdict, o
failed to agree.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
Cannot Be Disputed.

An extraordinary case of longev-
ity is that of Pietro d'Andrea, who
is 100 years old. He lives at Roc
caberardi, a village of the commune
of Pescorecchiano, near Citta
Ducale, Italy. He is still in the
full possession of his mental facul-
ties and is able still to walk long
distances.-Ex.
This is perfectly safe statement.
Before the names given could be
figured out, the man would be thirty
or forty years dead.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
A New Electric Invention.

Mr.. Seldom, superintendent of
the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph.
is the inventor and patentee of
sextuplex instrument which has
been adopted by that company.
The instruments have been set up
in Baltimore, and the local super
intendent in that city reports that
they work admirably. Three mes
sages can be sent simultaneously
from each end of a single wire, and
every word comes distinctly. The
sextuplex will be used between
Baltimore and Washington as soon
as the new quarters of the Tele-
graph company in Washington are
complete, and its use will be ex-
tended to other directions. Mr..
Selden, it is stated, worked out
his invention while he was tele-
graph superintendent in the West.
An electrician said recently that it
was a matter for notice among that
class that Mr.. Thomas A. Edison
has very recently published a pa
per on Telegraphy, in which he
SAYS that the limit of improvement
has about been reached, and there
remains probably nothing further
to be done except to discover a sex
tuplex instrument that will trans
NIT six messages simultaneously
over a single wire. Mr.. Edison
enlarges at length upon the sextu-
| pick principle. Mr.. seldon's in
vention is claimed to have passed
beyond the field of experiment,
and has been accepted as an estab-
lished adjunct to their telegraph
department by the Baltimore and
Ohio Company.-Ex.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
LETTERS

Remaining in Post Office at Tallulah,
La, February 10th 1885.
Willis Bell, George Cryer,
Willie Ellis, Anton Engstrom,
Winter Flemlng-3 Rufus Hill,
PM. January, Robert Jenkins,
Willie Johnston, Hector McNeal,
jackson Mckinley, Tom Montgomery
Lewis Montgomery-2 Mary MITCHELL
Charles Olson, S. b. Peterson,
Frank Stubb, Monster. Succaud'
Persons calling for letters in this list
will please say advertised"
j. NJ. HEBERT, II. M.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14

Don't forget to renew yonr sub
scriptions before the first of March.
To the question: How shall we
utilize tin scraps? The answer Is
furnished: Buy goat.
Wednesday night the snow storm
which prevailed north in the early
part of the week, reached Tallulah,
changing Thursday morning to-
rain.
1t would be a good idea, for the
School Board to erect shed near
the school house, under which the
children, who ride to school, could
put their animals.
The cold spell struck st. Louis
and Chicago about the same time
il did Tallulah. The most thor
ough railroad blockade for years,
was experienced i'll the vicinity OF
Chicago on Monday.
As illustrative of times changes,
Mr. Allen Hines stopped down at
Mr.. A. E. Adams place, last week,
and last Wednesday night, he was
chatting comfortably with Mr.. Geo.
S. Eisely, here in TaNulah, having,
in the meantime, 1eeN to Mexico.
In an article on the Louisiana
Lottery Co., The Planters Journal
says:
"Here and there, a Journal has
the courage and manhood to de-
nounce this iniquitous thing, but
few of the papers of Louisiana are
among these"
That statement is ridiculous
} The Lottery Co., is denounced from
r one end of this State to the othel
by the press. 1t don't require any
special courage to denounce thu
Lottery. The Lottery Co., was
fought bitterly all through the last
, campaign.
A British force under Col. Wilson
e succeeded in reaching Khartoum oil
e Jan. 2Sth, but to their surprise
: found it was occupied by the force
of Ell Mahdi. 1t appears that tn
r emissarles of the Mahdi succeeded
in persuading the garrison of khar
c toum to betray Gordon, and tn
: leaders opened the gates, and ad
e mitted the forces of the Mahdi
q The rescuers were just two day
d too late, and had to retreat. TIL
: steamers on which they were re
t treating down the Nile, were wreck
). ed, and the party took refuge on a
!, island. from which they wcr
It rescued by party under comman
!, of Lord Beresford. Natives VIII
escaped from Khartoum, say Gen
It Gordon was killed while in the az
e of leaving his house to rally hi
IS faithful troops, who were cut dow
It to a man. For hours the town wa
3. scene of mcrciless, and indiscrim
), mate slaughter, Gen. Gordon wa
= stabbed in the back, and fell dea'
The following night was "satul
i. MALTA of blood and debauch cry"
q
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14

Judge Baker entered mistrial
in the Murphy murder case, and
discharged the jury. Aletter from
one of the jurymen to his wife was
found by the sheriff, in some soiled
clothes he sent home, from which
it appeared that at least one of the
Jury had been in communication
with outside parties. A new trial
is set for February 18th.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14

Burglars made a good haul in
New Orleans Monday night. Two
Offices at the slaughter house were
entered. and the safe in each, was
opened. Messrs. Aycock Michel
& Co., lost about $1,000. Thos.
billiard, the other victim could not
state his loss, on account of the
absence Of his book-keeper. Both
firms were commission merchants
for the sale of stock.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14

In future all legal adOert'se-
n,<nts must be paid for before
the second insertion. II not
paid 10, before the day o" wh'e|'
they should appear the second
time, the publication wiA be
discontinued.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-14
THE MURPHY MURDER.


a unanimity that is remarkable, the
city press have assumed from the
very day of the killing, that the
parties accused, were guilty, and
have exhausted the vocabulary, in
the matter of epithets, wherewith
to express their detestation of the
assumed guilty parties.
1t has been no unusual thing, for
the press to be, at least, as lenient
as the sternest law, and to give the
accused the benefit of doubt until
proved guilty, but in this case,
there has been no such sentiment
expressed, and without waiting to
hear the evidence, the accused have
been adjudsed guilty by the entire
city press. and by the public senti-
ment of New Orleans.
Now this is somewhat singular,
the more so, when the character of
the supposed chief culprit, and
that of the dead man, are consid-
cred. Judge Ford is credited with
being the instigator of the killing,
with deliberately planning the
whole affair. This may have been
so, but it was not shown to be so
on the trial. The good character
of Judge Ford was certified to, by
some of the best men in the city.
No such evidence of character was
brought forward in behalf of
Murphy. On the contrary, the
defense were not permitted to prove
Murphy's character. In his state
ment to the jury, Judge Ford in
cluded extracts from the minutes
of the Second Recorders Court, to
show the character of Murphy as
follows:
June /. 1877, arrested for assault
and battery, on which charge he
was committed to the Criminal
District Court on June Is g; May 10,
1880, arrested with +. +. Duffy
and charged with being drunk and
disturbing the peace; May %, 1880,
arrested with A. McCauley, fol
; fighting and disturbing the peace
Oct. 10, 1881, assaulting and bat
tering DR.. Chastant; Oct. 25, 1888
assault and battery on Mary Viii
liams and disturbing the peace
April 10, 1884, assault and batter!
on Fred. Haupt; Oct. Z, 1884, III
a.. suit and abuse and threats. On thi
s last charge he was fined on Oct. Z
e 1884, S25 or thirty days in tn
Parish Prison.
In addition Judge Ford said tina
U in 1878 Cap Murphy attacked Ed
Cooney and was badly stabbed b,
Cooney, and that he was shot il
u 1877 by James Clarke, whom b.
: had assaulted.
S This record, was known to tn
!. city press, or could have bee
9 known in an hours time, yet For
n was condemned, and denounced a
guilty before he could be heard.
;. The three principle witnesses o
!, whom the State relied, and withor
! whom they could not make out
;, shadow of q case, are Fleming
. EARLY, and an old woman by tn
a name of Richard Fleming testifie
! that Judge Ford shot at Murphy
. yet Judge Gutenberg, one of cour
: sci for the State, says he does nj
= believe Judge Ford was present {
the shooting. He clearly does nc
believe Fleming on oath. VIII;
n then is Fleming's testimony worth
o when one of the counsel for tn
e State, (Fleming was State wi
s ness does not believe him. 1t
! worth nothing, Early gets the az
/. cused all mixed up, and tells differ
ent stories. The witnesses for tn
E defense are apparently of bette
, character than those for the State
5 If they can be believed-and the
are as much entitled to belief, an