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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
Wear Good Clothes.

Messrs. Miller Brothers have receive thei'
supply of summer samples for gcntlemen's
clothing, and are prepared to received orders
for the hest of cnstom-nade c.olhing. The
J..exx and Banner has tried the plan Of order
ins cloI hing, and we have been abundantly
satisfied with our experience in that way, ant
ch"criully give testimony 20 the fact. NeSsrs
they always ensure the faithful performance
Of every promise. Give your orders in good
time SO that when it is desired to appear in 6
will he on hand. Let your apparel be a.
costly as your purse will admit.
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Colt Show.

Messrs. A. NJ. Hill & Sons are preparing for
the colt show on Saeday in May. and request
lis TO notify the farmers OF The fact. The last
show was a great success and quite protita,
bic affair. While it is expected that colts from
all parts of the county will be here, it is par
.ticularly desired to see the Nnety-Six stock
men bring their animals here on that day.
The Me>SrS. Hill & Son propose to surrender
their stable and tot free of charge to such as
choose to accept their offer. Every farmer in
Abbcviile county should raise a mule colt
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
Safes that are Not Safe.

Professional safe robbers are at work In
various places. Last week they opened safes
at Concord, n. g., and Spartanburge, 8. G.
Money was found in each. Next day after the
robbery many people put their money on de:
81 ,7Ol in his safe ON the day before the night
nn which his safe was broken open. For some
reason he removed $1,000 of it, just in time to
save 1t. The ordinary iron safe, is no protec-
tion against the professional burglar. 1t
might be we'll for our people who have money
to put it in the National Bank at Abberille.
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MEssRs BELL & GALpHIN have dissolved
copartnership, and Mr.. Bell Is off to New
York, where he will buy the prcttiest goods
in the market, with special view to bring.
ing out the charms nf our adorable divnitics.
He will buy Il complete stock OF all that will
tend to adorn the female form.
Corn and meal SO cent, meat 6H cent. gran
ulated sugar ~ cent. Aboeville Wholesale
Store
DIR. TAGGART'S entire crop of small grain
wheat and oats-ws,s destroyed by tire freeze.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
The Sick.

Mr. Tompkins Mabry, who has been quite
Ill Of pneumonia. Is convacScent.
\ son Of Mr.. J. S. Graves is quite sick Of
pneumonia.
Mr.. ThoS. J. Syfan is recovering from mea-
ISLES. He was real sick at one time last week.
Mr.. Benjamin F.Smith, who Is sick of pneu-
.lnonia, is thought to be doing toleraOly well.
Mrs. y. T. SasSard is improving.
Mr.. John Knox is doing very well.
DR.. II. I. Lyons health Is not good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10

order
excellent ayersof good sized
their
seabe we
Poultry Monitor
WYANDOTTES popularity and already
will be flooded with scrub BoY
with reputation at stake
lice
a distance.
towel
pound suhurc Acid ounce Water
fowls chicks
brang tonic and will in
bowels
vessel
with Boiling water and
Meal teaspoonfull Of salt e.#5a%
eleven HALF BREED WYAN=s
COCKERELS EACH
EGGS for Sale by j. Il. & A. M. DuPRE, $150 for 49, @
I@%5
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Township Board of As
SCISSORS, for Able 4
vile County.

TINE following citizens (Freeho1dersE
L have been appointed Township
Boards Of Assessors in their respective
Townships: -.
Ninety-Six-F. NJ. Pope, NJ. II. Cole
man, Madison Richardson.
Greenwood-C. 4. G. Waller, j. W..
Green, II. +. Fuller.
Cokesbury-M. b. MCGEE, A. NJ.
Aiken, II. G. Ellis Sr.
Donaldsville-J, II. Latilner, G.. NJ:
Mattison, w. 4. Barmore.
Due West-H. p. MCGEE, NJ. B. Clink-
scales, Hugh Robinson.
Long Cane-,R. II. Hughes, &. ~
Nirkles. G.. A. Bolts.
Smithvile-W S. LomaX, J. L. White.
+. l.. Morrow.
White Halle. II. Caldwell, D. w.
Jay, $. p. Brooks.
Indian liill-R. J. Robinson, j. D.
Neel. J. II. Chiles.
Cedar sprngs-J. l.. Pressly. John +.
Bradley, John Lyon.
Abbevlle-T. Z. Seal, W. G. MCGOWAN,
J. w. Thomas.
Diamond Hill. T.. Brownlee, DR.. j.
II. Bell, w. 4. Black.
LowndeSville-H. Baker, I. H. McCalla,
John n. Baskin. ~
Magnolia-W. NJ. Trggart, B. D. Boyd,
&. w. Speer.
Calhoun's Mill-M. o. Tolman, J. H.
Latimer, J. II. Morrah.
Bordeaux-Jas. Cochran, Jr., A. A.
Traylor, w. II. Jennings.
The Township Boards will meet and
organize by electing a chairman during
the first week in March. The chairman
of each Township Board will meet the
County Board in Auditors office on the
9th March next, to equalize Townships
and hear complaints &c.
J. T. PARKS,
Auditor a. C..
Feb. 10 1856, If.
Medium Copy.
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The Press and Banner
Wednesday, March 10, 1886.
Death of Col. II. II. Harper.

After 4 sickness OF nearly two years Col
II. Fl. Harper died at Harper's Ferry, near
IowndeSvile, February ., 1856, aged - years:
He had been a Su tterer from dyspepsia, and
died of bleeding from tine lungs.
COL Harper was a public spirited citizen,
of Abbeville couuty nearly all his life. Dur
ing the secession excitement in 1879 he he::
came a candidate for political donors, and
was elected q member to the House OF Repre-
sentativeS in the General Assembly. After
wards, when war had been declared, ne
was elected Captain Of a company of Folun-
teers, and went into the Confederate army
doing gallant service all the time. until his
capture and Imprisonment by the Union
forces. He was wounded at FraZlefS Farln
ut the Seven Days Fight Around Richmond,
and at charlottesville. Or the battle ground
ut Gettysburg he was promoted to the rank
and c"inmand of Major He was taken pris-
-oner At Deep Bottom, on the 2Sth Juiy, lses,
and remained q prisoner until the close OF the
war.
He was ever active in whatever events were
going on about him. In 1876 he was President
of The LowndeSville Democratic Club. ana 10
the efforts of that club, As much as TO amy
other Ia due the success which crowned our
efforts In the historical event OF that year. In
1873 he was again elected 10 the House OF KEEP
rcsent;tiveS. AS q Legislator he had the
courage Of his convictions, and had no con-
.cealments-was frank and manly at all tim rs
-possessng the confidence and respect of ais
constituents. ,
Col. Harper was member Of the Methodist
Church all his life, and held the ONCE Oh Stew
ard for many years. ,
He was buried at the family burrylng
ground, and his memory Is held in affection
ate regard by many of our people.
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Left Ont.

In making up our account Of the Literary
Club, we eunntentionaly omitted the remarks
OF Mr.. Il. G. Perrin. He begged leave to fftr
from the essaySt on the subject OF patent
medicines. In connection with this, we would
SAY that Mr.. Perrin has fine stock OF drugs
and medicines, which the public can buy at
the cheapest rates. He will soon be in his
new store under the New Hotel, which is now
sbeiug nicely fitted up.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
Death of Samuel UlsIrich.

Mr.. Samuel Uldrich. son of Mr.. J. f. VI.
drich, died yesterday, after an illness of only
two days, aged twenty.one years. He was ut
church last Sunday in his usual good health.
-'tor liz such an hour as yethink not the Son
of Man comethN
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Last and Best.

The able and forcible address of Or. Grer is
to he found on the eighth page. Its excellence
is intended to he pleasant and profitable fin
fishing up of this weeks issue Of the Press
.ti,h Banner. 1t will not be necessary for US 10
urge our friends to read it. They always read
whatever comes from DR.. Grier.
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The National Bank.

The National Bank publishes a statement
of their affairs. The deposits are exceedingly
gratifying, and the business outlook is all
that the Stockholders could desire. The peo-
l>le have every con nfidence in the management
s.nd are dcposiLing their ready cash III its
vaults.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-03-10
Good Fowls.

Nothing adds SO much 10 the comfort, heau.
ty and profit OF Il farm, as good fowls. In the
line of chickens McSSr>. J. IL 4 y. NJ. DuPre
have some choice varieties, and We should
ike to see specimens Of the same at every
farm house.
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Deatl, of George Il. MeCalla.

This aged citizen died near Lowndesviile
March 5, 1856, of dropsy of the heart, after De-
ing sufferer for several months.
Mr. McCal'a never was politician, ana
never held office Of any kind, though few men
in AbbevIle county were endowed wi III great
or natural ability, or had a better education.
Owing to a retiring disposition he was never
prominently before the public. but remained
on his farm, which he conducted with great
success and at the outbreak of the war
was a rich man, owning an extensive farm on
which was located a fine mansion, where ne
dispensed elegant hospitality to all whose
privilege it was to be entertained by him.
At college, in Athens, Georgia, he was a
classma;e of BENZ. Hill, Robert Toombs,
Bishop Pierce, and it is said that his stand at
that institution of learning was not inferior
to the ablest and best scholar in his class. He
and Toombs were firm friends from their COL
lege days. He was public spirited citizen;
At the outbreak OF the war he uniformed
at his own expenses a company OF Volun-
teers-"The McCalla Ritcs''-which was after
waeds known as Company /. l4thS. G. V" In
McCowan's Brigade.
Mr.. McCala was seventy years OF age at the
time OF his death. He was buried at the fam
lily burying ground.
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Notice.

THAT an application will be made to the
| Clerk of the Court OF Abbeville county, =.
C., fora charter for the Burial Al Il Society, OF
Greenwood, 5. G., thirty days after this pub
lication.
Robt. J. Logan, President
Monday Williams, Vice President.
Rev. q. W. Williams, Secretary.
II. II. Gray, Assistant Secretary.
\. j. Pool, Treasurer
ThoS. Anderson.
Elijah Jefferson.
Henry Tnrrunt. March 10. 1886.
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Buggy Lap Robes.

lust RECEIVED, lot of Fancy Plush, and
j Woolen Lap Robes for winter use. Call
soon as they arc ready sale.
T1lOS. BEGGS.
Sent. 80, 1856.
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BIRTHS.

At White Hall, February 2S, 1856, Mrs. j. \
Godsey, son.
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MARRIED..

MARRIED, March 8. 1856, by Rev: ". =
MendorS, Mr.. y. W. STILL to Miss :. HAT
TIE SAMPLE All of Abbevlle county.
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Chairs.

a III, kinds and STYLES. Over GOO on hand:
p J. d. CHALMERS & CO.
Nov. 25, 1855. If
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
xLlxTH CONGRESS.

THE Senate was not in session on the 10th.
In the House, after the reading OF the
journal, Mr.. Campbell N. " announced thu
death of his colleague Mr.. DOwdney, and Of
fered the customary resolutions, which were
adopted. and out of respect for the memory Of
the deceased the House adjourned. The Speak
er appointed the following committee to attend
the funeral: MesSrs. Campbell, Niele, Morri-
man and Miller N. ", O'Neiu MO-, Scran-
ton Pa.J and Brady (Va).
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th.
..... IN the House a bill was passed extending
:he laws OF the United States over certain UNI
organized territory south of the State Of Kan
sas, known as the public land strip
and opening the same to entry by actual
settlers under the Homestead law. The
bill declaring forfeited the Ontonagon and
Brule river land grant was discussed and pass
ed. Ut forfeits GS4,6,O acrcs.) The House then
went into committee Of the whole on the Sun
dry Civil Appropriations bill, and. pending dis
cussiOn, the committee arose and the House
adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th the credentials OF
Mr. Edmunds (EtD for the term beginning
March 4, 1887, were presented. Mr. Morrill, IN
troducCd bill for the maintenance OF National
banks. The Electoral Count bill was ordered
printed. Nh Morriis tariff resolution was con-
sdCred and went over A committee was ap-
pointed 10 tltehu representative DO""ltS
funeral. Adjourned......1n the House resolutions
were introduced by Mr.. LAWYER (lIl.) in favor OF
using the surplus Tor coast detchSes a resolu-
ton was introduced by Mr. Weaver asking in
formation concerning cancellation Of treasury
notes a resolution granting use of the hall to
the women suffraglsts january %, 70 and = was
adopted; also resolution authorizing prepay
mcnt OF interest ca the Pablo DEBT.
In the Senate on the nth a resolution was
presented REGARDING i,nlni.rration naturaliz;!-
ton and suffrage. from German citizens of Wis
corsin. The bill for the retirement and RECON-
age of the trade dollar was reported back
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
4 Contemplate Old putfar.

Two hard-looking fellows yesterday
accosted business man on Larned
street W tn a request for aims He put
his hand TO his car and quietly re-
Piled:
Youth have to speak louder; as J
am deaf
One OF them yelled the request IN his
ear, and he shook his head and sad
''Perhaps you have an car-trumpet
with You? l can't make out a word
yon say"
The one was about to try it over
again, but the other pluckcd his sleeve
and whispered:
Come away, Jack. I struck this
same old man last summer, and he gave
me nickel and made me sign Il receipt
for twenty-five cents. Let $ DO straight
bus ness or none ut all.
The pretended deaf man passed on,
but somehow it didn't seem to him as
if he he was very much ahead. Detroit
Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| IT is stated that ten thousand coloref
people have gone to the delta rom the
hills Of Mississippi during the year.
| The Secretary of the Treasury has di-
rected the payment Of the interest due
| January /, 1887, on United States 4 per
| cent. bonds of the loan of 1897, amounting
to about $9,0C0,000.
| MISS EDDIE HARRIS, 1G-year-old girl,
was severely and perhaps fatally burned
at Berry, Ala, OF the 10th.
Gov. ALGER, of Michigan, will give each
Of the 49, Detroit newsboys q suit Of
clothes for Christmas present.
| The Chicago Anarchists have demanded
the return OF three red flags and 200 yards
of red flannel, taken from them by the po-
lice.
DURING the week closing on the 18th
New Orleans received 1902 bales net;
gross 1G3, ;J,4.
F. EpPERSoH, who represented Jefferson
County in the Arkansas Legislature for
two terms, was arrested on the 10th for
rohbing an old man named Hale of SO at
Pine Bluff, Ark.
taken from jail at Texarkana, Texas, on
the night Of the 10th by masked mob,
and hanged to a railroad trestle. Howard
was charged with maltreating his wife,
who is scarcely II years old.
CAPT. JOHN A. GRANT, chief engineer
of the Memphis and Birmingham division
If the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gul
railroad, has resigned to accept the posi-
ton of general manager of the Texas and
Pacific railrCt I'd.
The alleged $4,000 championship match
between the New York and st. Louis
clubs is denied.
A GREAT many colored people of East
Tennessee are emigrating to the West.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the Memphis
bridge bill and the bill to bridge the Cum
herland at Nashville were Doth passed
without opposition.
TIE annual exhibition of tie Nj sissippi
Valley Poultry Club opened at St. Louis
on the 10th. Prize birds from all parts OF
the United States east of the Mississippi
river are on exhibition.
THE exodus of negroes from the vicinity
of Edwards, Miss, continues una bated
Every train carries off car loads of men,
women and children, the victims of en-
igration agents, who make them believe
that the bottom land section is a verltable
negroes heaven.
FACTOR JONES and Dick Bullock, two of
the four negroes who murdered George
faafe, in the Choctaw Nation, were
'aught by mob On the 18th, taken to the
scene of the murder and riddled with bull
lets, each receiving not less than forty
shots.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

tention to make another change does not
cause much surprise at the capital
THE British Court Of Appeals, on the
18th, rendered Il decision setting aside the
the verdict obtained in the lower court by
Cyrus w Field, of $4,000 against james
Gordon Bennett. Field is condemned to
pay the costs. The grounds Of the dccis-
ion were that Bennett is not a British sub
jcct and does not reside in Great Britain.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
TIRED EYES.



People speak about Their eyes being
tired, meaning that the retlna, or seeing
portion of the eye, is fatigued, bat such
is not the case, as the rctna hardly
ever gets tirel. The fatigue is in the
inner and outer muscles attached TO the :
eye-ball and the muscle Of accommodate
ton, which surrounds the lens OF the
eye. When near object is TO be looked
at this muscle relaxes and allows the
lens to thicken, increasing its re-
fractive power. The inner and
outer muscle are used in cover
ing the eye on the object &c
be looked at, the inner one being cspe-
cially used when near OBJ Get is looked
at. 1t is in the three muscles mentioned
that the fatigue is felt and relief is Sc
cured temporarily by closing the eyes or
gazing at far-dstant objects. The usual
ind cation of strain is :, redncss Of the
rim of the eyelid, betokening u longest
ed state of the inner surface, accom-
panied with some pain. Sometimes this
WEAKNESS indicates the need OF glasses
Chilly adapted to the person, and III
other cases the true remedy to mas
age the eye and its surroundings Us far
as may be with the hand wet III cold
water -HeEa'd Of NctbN.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
Exports of Provisions.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-The exports OF
the principal articles of provisions during
November last wer valued at Sc. 962, O9l
against $5,965,670 during November, 1885;
and for the eleven months ended Novem-
Der 80 last $77,050,04s, against $50, 49, 124
1uring'the corresponding eleven months
If 1885
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

GRBrrA O'CoNNoR, of Donegal, ireland,
was given verdict for $500 damages for
breach Of promise in a suit against Frank
Dougherty, a returned Irish-American.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

THIS Government has received, through
the British legation in Washington, an Of
fetal invitation to participate in an inter-
national exhibition, which is to be held in
Manchester, England, next year, to cele-
brate the jubilee of her Britannia Majesty's
reign.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

IT is said Mr. Morris K. Jessup, of New
York, Chicago & Alton director, is about
to erect $4,000 building at Bloomington,
Ill, VIII ich he Will present to the Chicago
& Alton Y. 81. c. 4.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

r ADvIcEs from Mandalay say that an en-
gagement between British troops and
natives has taken place near Pakoka, and
that two hundred insurgents were killed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

In accordance with the invitation Of the
San Francisco association the twenty
seventh international convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held in that city early in May, 1887
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

SEVERAL petitions have been received
by Comptroller Trenholm from bankers
asking for the retention of Mr.. Serbia as
bank examiner, but Mr.. Trenholm is de-
termined that Serbia must go.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

THE 6hapleigh & Cantwell Hardware
company's stores in St Louis collapsed
and were subsequently burned on the 18th,
involving loss of nearly $780, 900, on which
there was an insurance of about 100000.
Several lives were lost as the result of the
calamity
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

HENRY NJ. STANLEY has received a cable
gram from King Leopold of Belgium desir-
ing him to go at once to London. Mr.. Stan
ley has called for particulars. He is under
contract to lecture in America until April
and would find it difficult to leave.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

JouE C. MILLER, the patent attorney who
was shot by George n. Walker at the Ma
tional capital on the Sth, has died from his
wounds in his ante-mOrtem statement
he accused Miller with wilfully shooting
him
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

HEAVY rains are destroying crops in the
northwest provinces of India. The floods
are causing much loss of life and damage
to property.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

Mr. PHELPS, American Minister at Lon
don, is confined to his home with lumbago,
but the worst of the attack is thought to
be over, and he expects to resume his
duties at the legation in few days.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

IDA BALDRIDGE, young daughter of ex-
Postmaster Baldridge, of Greensburg, Pa,
was arrested at that place on the 18th for
robbing the mails. She was well and
favorably known in the town, and her ar
rest caused intense surprise.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

A WOMAN at Brussels revealed the
place where number of the letters
recently stolen from the Ostend express
had been hidden. They were found in the
Rue Blanchissere in drain. The English
police know who stole the mail and are on
the track of the robbers.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

How. JOHN B. HENDERSON has purchased
Washington real estate, and cOntemplates
building home in the National capital.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

TIE bound volumes of the proceedings
of the first session of the Forty-ninth Con-
gress are now ready for distribution.
They beat the record Of previous con-
crosses, the number of volumes being
nine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Eews from Everywhere.

THB Knights of Labor are to erect a fine
building at Washington, at a cost Of
$4,000
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

TIE steamer J. NJ. White was burned on
the Mississippi river at Pointe Coupee, La,
at late hour on the night of the 18th,
and from thirty-fve to fifty of the pas
sengers and crew were burned to death or
drowned
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

THE dszth of Representative Dowdney.
which was announced ON the 10th, swells
to twelve the death list of the Forty-ninth
Congress. 1t is as follows: Vice-Presi-
dent Hendricks, Senators Miller, of Califor-
mia, and Pike, of New Hampshire; Repre-
sentatives Elwood, of Illinois; Rankin, of
Wisconsin; Hahn, Of Louisiana; Beach,
Arnot and Dowdney, of New York; Price,
of Wisconsin; e,of Maryland, and Dun
can, of Pennsylvania.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

PRINCE FERDINAND OF SAxECoBURG-Go-
TIA, after long talk with Count Kalnoky
received the Bulgarian deputation on the
14th. The Prince told the deputation that
he was willing to accept the Bulgarian
throne if the Sobranje elected him and the
Powers confirmed his election
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-12-25

THE steel dispatch vessel Dolphin left
Hampton Roads on the 10th with Rear Ad
mirrl James E. Jouett and the rest of the
board of inspection on board, to steam out
side the capes of the Chesapeake to try
her machinery for speed, and to exercise
the new battery recently placed on board.