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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
Living Without His Skull.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, November l9.-
Most people would say that It is impossible
that man could live without skull. The
thing would seem the most impossible in
the case of :. man who wasn't born that
Way" And yet even this seemed imnossi-
5:Iity is but: seeming one.
T. Is. Woodall, L man who died ycste;
ll;tr at HartSciiS, Ala, from thc effects OF &
fai! from railroad car, had lived five years
without Q skull. He was found five years
AGO lying in u iii before an open hearth, his
head amid the hot embers OF az expiring
fire. The entire top Of his head down 10
hiS eyes had been burned to Il crisp, and
instant death seemed inevitable
As a last resort the surgeons removed tie
entire skull as low down IS the sockets OF
the eyes, and equally as far in the rear. An
artificial covering was placed over the brain
10 protect it from exposure, and in 4 few
weeks thin fim formed over il, and,
strange TO say, the man lived, retaining all
his faculties The membrane never hard
cncti. aud to the hour Of his death the con
volu;ions of the brain could be easily dis
cc:ncd and its throbbings clearly seen.
Young ladies who will not marry Silcn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
\ Story OF Brutality.

Georgia Baker, colored woman. living
a few miles ont of Savannah. walked into
the Court House the other day with he!
hands tied, and told the Sheriff 4 story
which excited the sympathy and indi@r!-
ton of every one. Her husband after beat
ing her with a club until her back and
shoulders were torn almost in shrctS. tied
her to i tree and left her all night without
food and nearly dead from wounds Du,-
ing the night she gnawed the cords with
which she had been tied until they broke
and then escaped into the woods. reaching
that city early in the morning. The CORDS
were still on her wrists and cut into the
flesh nearly to the bone. Warrants hav2
becu issued and search is being made for
Baker
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
Anarchists Appeal.

CHICAGO, November 2t.-Thc bricf and
argument, which was laid before Justice
Scott by Captain Black and Leonard SWEET
of counsel, comprises 80 pages. 1t Was
prepared within the last four days and IS
not offered as 1 complete rcsllmc Of the al
legged errors of Judge Garry. The attor-
neys and counsel however, esteem It suiii-
ciently full 10 answer the purpose il view
In summing up the evidence, the defence
says: The fact is, the evidence shows
that none of the defendants knew that Il
bomb was to be thrown by any one
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
His Heart Was Cut Out.

CENTRALIA, Ill, November 19-Df.
II. II. Scott, who died here "Wednesday
often expressed I horror OF being barred
alive. and in order to preclude such :! thing
he asked that his heart hc cut out after lifc
vas extinct. This was done, the organ
being taken out ard replaced! in ;hc dead
BODY. lie was buried Yesterday. the Board
of Education and the Masonic and pro;cs-
Sional orders OF which i.c WAS Il lnenIber
with teachers and school children, attend
inc in body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
pERFEcT DOMESTIC HAgA,oNy.

It was at this time that Belini entered
into s. most extraordinary compact with
his wife. He was man of some little
education, and, having studied for the
medical profession in his early youth,
had smattering Of physiology and
anatomy. Mrs Bellini was so thorough
ly in. accord with her husbands ideas
that she was perfectly willing to become
the mother of monstrosity, if nature
could be coerced into bringing forth
such an unnatural being. Bellni manu-
factrred q Mdeous looking affair, which
might resemble either an alligator or a
Chinese idol, and for several weeks in
succession he would awaken his wife
from sound sleep and suddenly thrust
this uncanny object in front of her In
December, 1873, the woman gave birth
to a male child. 1t was perfectly formed
and far more beautiful as to its physical
development than either father or moth
er. Bellipi then realized that the theory
which he had formed was wrong, be-
cause the mother was prepared for The
surprises and it made no mental i'm
preston upon her. Bellini then told his
wife that he would abandon this idea
and that they would thereafter gain their
living outside Of the show business. This
was only blind. Nineteen months after
the birth of the first child Mrs. Bellini
was called to the front door one day,
and when she opened it she was con
fronted by most repulsiye object. 1t
was blind man whose sightless orbs
were turned towards her eyes, and whose
outstretched hands each clutched a
writhing snake. The woman started
back in alright and fell in faint in the
entry. When she recovered the blind |
man and his snakes had disappeared,
but the woman's husband came into the
house few moments afterwards, his
face beaming with pleasure. The day
slipped by and the Snake-hnger man |
said nothing further about the agree !
ment he had made some two years be- |
fora
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NJ ',inn2y 70 :aaE :a;":"-i.

PHILADELPHIA, November TT" re
cviycrS OF the PHILADELPHIA: :at; !seaaing
railroad have announced ti!;tt rs there IS 40
money or hand applicable TO Tic p:}lnlil'
OF interest on Tic CONSOLIDATED; bonds dUc
on December /, ;le same viii not be paid.
The receivers further stat@;. That they cN-
pec;cd the plan Oh reorganization 10 he pi:3-
lishcd soon, and the interest wou!! then he
provided for. The offer OF Ike D-cEcls 10
pay ii cou!d not ne accepted.
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CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. /, 1SS:

CHARLESTON, s. c., Sept. I, 1855.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
THE STORY OF A "FREAk. :
THE "SN-iKE-FINGERED MAN" J.
SECOND GENERATION.

Curious Result OF * Horrible Plot 20 Make
Deforinity 4 source of Ecvcm"c--.f Case
illustrating. t!:c Prenatal lntucnce---l
Horrible ltic;, ans! the Result.
(Srec;al 70 the s.. Louis GloAo-De:uoer=.
PHILADELPHIA. November 16.-The
medical profession OF this city are inter-
ested in remarkable case which is now
engaging the attention OF three OF tie
most eminent professors il the Universe
ty of Pennsylvania. There IS probably
no parallel recorded in the books, and
the long discussed question of prenatal
influence has received corroboration
that cannot but fail to convince its most
skeptical opponents. The case is inter
esting, not only TO medical men, but to
the public generally, inasmuch as it re-
lates strange story of how greed for
wealth and fame caused two persons to
imperil two lives.
Antoine Bellini, Genocse, known in
the show business as Tony Ballentine,
was married fifteen years ago to Maria
Griggs, who WAS then bareback rider
i'll Rebinson's circus. Belini was an
acrobat. After their marriage tie pair
went to England and from thence to
France, where they engaged in their re-
spective lines OF business. They re-
turned to America in 1876. At that time
there was a great demand among pro-
prietors of side-Shows and museums for
freaks. Alillie Christine, the two-headed
girl, was at that time under the manage
ment of William Smith, and was draw
ing weekly salary of 800. Charley
Trip, the armless man, and Ann Leake,
the armless woman, We're receiving the
extraordinary salary of 5000 a week each.
Those remarkable little dwarfs, known
as the Wild Men of Barneo, were bring
ing in a weekly income of 5000 to their
manager. Even the Azuec children, Tom
and Hattie, were valuable pieces Of
property, aud readily commanded about
the same sum.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Asbury Mccormick, il years Of age,
while handling pistol ii tic village OF
Bufort, Ca, Friday, accidentally shot
through the heart his sister Lizzie, Is years
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01
A HORRIBLE IDEA.

1t was in the early part of 1877 when
Bellini became imbued with the idea that
there was an immense fortune awaiting
the man who could produce q freak that
should eclipse all other freaks either in
hideousness or oddity. With this thought
uppermost Bellini subjected himself to
most painful mutilation. He scared and
burned his thumb and the three fingers
on each side of his index fingers with
sulphuric acid, suffering the most agon-
ling pain. His intent was to cause the
thumb and fingers to slough of, and, in
credulous as it may appear, he endured
the torture for nearly week. He was
then taken to private hospital on West
Forty-ninth street, New York, by his
own request, and there asked that the
mutilated portion Of his hands be am
putated. This was refused, and an effort
was made to heal up the sore, but
Bellini was persistent, and upon the alb
solute refusal Of the surgeons to do what
he wanted them to do, he left the hos
pital, and, either by threats or entrea-
ties, induced his wife to perform the
operation that the New York surgeons
refused to consider. He came to Phila-
delphia, and for nearly a year lived in
the southern section OF the city, subsist-
ing upon the little hoard that he had
managed to save in England.
In the spring Of 1878 Bellini opened
what is known in Philadelphia as
':hummershop, that;s,a groggery where
whiskey is sold for from three to SIX
cents glass. His hands had then healed
up and presented a most curious appear
ance. There was nothing but one long
finger to each Of them, and the tip had
been so broadened by use as to give
them the appearance of the head of an
adder. By means Of hand bills Bellini
advertised himself throughout the
neighborhood as the snake-fnger man;
and people camehom great distances to
see hiIns she managed to obtain several
engagements with small side-shows trav-
cling with Barnum's circus, but the
freak market was then pretty well food
ed, and he did not begin to realize what
he fhourht he would.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

The Austrian government has iSSTc,i az
rller prohibiting the pi;ying Of ..pokcr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Ii snaring ard netting patriiGcs b;: not
suppressed By law, the BIRDS may be cNtcr-
minated
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Young ladies who will not marry Wien
they have chance Miss it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Curious Result OF :, Horrible Plot 20 Make
Defnrinity source %: Hcvcm"c--.i Case
illustrating. t!.c Prenatal lnt!ucucc--A
Horrible Idea ,n,, Ii,;. Result.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Neither Il borrower nor Il lender be.
For loan oft loses both itself and friend:
And borrowing dul!s the edge OF husband
ry 4"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-01

Mr. George has been dubbed little daisy
by his enthusiastic friends lie will re-
member the flowers Of the field are SYM
bolical of the shortncss Of human great
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
POETRY.
HER INVITATION.

She's very charming maid,
But / must say I'm afraid
She's a firt.
And | don t mind telling why
In the wifes of manner shy;
Timid look and downcast eye,
She's expert.
On the day when we first met
All / never can forget
All her grace
HeI soft figures dainty charm,
And her dimpled, rounded arm.
And the look of shy alarm
In her face!
Well, as | was going to say,
On that most eventful day,
When we met,
We got talking of South Lee
That is where she lives, you see
And she tried to capture me
in her net.
When l looked down in her face
And inquired, What sort of place
Is South Lee p'
With a quick, shy, upward glance
That fortokened a romance,
She replied, :" What ignorance
Come and seeI"
--Somerrille Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERING

God never would send you darkness
If He felt you could bear the light
But you would not cling to his guiding
hand
If the way were always bright;
And you would not care to walk by faith,
Could you always walk by sight.
IT'S true He has many an anguish
For your sorrowful heart to bear,
And many a cruel HOMEGROWN
For your tired head to wear
He knows how few would reach heaven
at all
If pain did not guide him there.
So He sends you binding darkness,
And the furnace of seven-fold heat
It's the only way, believe me.
To keep you close to His feet,
For It's always so easy to wander.
When our lives are glad and sweet.
Then nestle your hand in your Fathers,
And sing, if you can, as you go:
Your song may cheer some one behind
you,
Whose courage is sinking low
And well if your lips do culver,
God ,rW lore you better so.
Selected.
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The rate of frst-class freight
from Philadelphia to Wheeling is
81 cents per hundred. The rate TO
Moundsville is sc cents. The local
rate from Wheeling to MOundsville
is A cents. Camden's Ohio River
road has a traffic contract with the
Pennsylvania system. Shrewd mer-
chants ship to Wheeling aud then
re-ship to MoundsviIle.
Again the rate from Wheeling to
Parkersburg is less than the rate
from Wheeling to SisteryilIe, in
Tyler, or st. Mary's in Pleasant.
Is it likely Camden il sincere
when he seems to favor law to
prevent determinations 2 Democrat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
MARTINsBURG, W. VA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 1886.

Laz'rus won't carry double, an we'd
both get h'isted into the mud if we
tried it.n
1t was midnight, a dark and
dreary midnight, when Seth reach
ed Farmer Dorton's farmhouse
The rain came down in torrents, and
the objects could be seen only by
the flashes of lightning. These
were quite frequent and by them
Seth found the ladder at the place
indicated by Sally.
Another fash, and he placed it
against side of the house. No
light was visible. Sally thought
that darkness would add to the ro-
nance of the affair.
There were almost constant peals
of thunder, and the ain beat furi-
ously against windows and DOORS
Seth knew that Sally could Lot hear
"a pebble " against the glass, which
he had been asked to throw.
He decided to rap on the window,
and tell her that the elopement must
be postponed, and that she would
get "sopping wetn if she ventured
out. This would show her that he
had kept his word in regard to COM
ing after her.
He crept slowly up the ladder,
and raped gently on the window
with his knuckles.
There was no response. A sud-
den lull came, the wind and rain
ceased for a moment, Il prolonged,
wave-llke glare of lightning reveal
ed Seth rapping quite vigorously on
the window.
"Sally! Sallyp he whispered
shrilly.
A window ten feet from him was
thrown up, and frightened voice
said,-
"Seth Seth For PHYS sake,
come away from there You're at
the wrong window. That's pas
room !"
Seth was about to fall off the lad
der when the window went up with
a bang, and strong hand clntched
his neck.
"Pve got ye! Pve got yep cried
the excited and angry "pa" him
self. 81 see We by that crack o.
lightnin. I'll fix ye! No use kickin'
hathaway All ha! Thar goes
the ladder, an now you air done
fer!"
1t was too true. Poor Seth's
struggles had sent the ladder flying
from under him.
"I'll hang ON till daylight fore I'll
let We drapw cried Mr.. Dorton.-
"I'm bound to see who an what We
air. Here, ma, run an tell the
hired man to tarn the dog loose, an
I'll call him under this winder. If
this burgler ever drops into old
Ma;e's jaws he'll wisht he hadn't
gone burglerin' round these prim-
ises."
Explanations rapidly followed, and
as Sally had had sufficient excite
ment, she consented to be married
in the usual way, and to give up
novel reading, and fine old-fash-
toned wedding brought her career
of romantic dreams to a very happy
end.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
Miscellaneous.
NOTICE

There will be an election at the Court
House on Nov. 2, 1886, for Two SCHOOL
COMMISSIONERS, one each from the First
and Second Wards of the Martinsburg
Independent School District, to serve
for two years from January list, 1887.
By order of the Board.
w. A. PITzER. Clerk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30
THE SHOE PUNCHES.

With regard &c the Senatorial
convention, | have but few words
to say. Whether Berkeley or JEFF.
erson was entitled TO the Senator |
do not feel competent to express an
opinion, not being familiar with the
circumstances connected with the
last Senatorial election. But, if the
spirit exhibited by the Berkeley del
egation in convention is fair sam
pie of the spirit of Democracy IN the
county, the sooner the Republicans
gain control of the county the bet
ter it will be for Democracy aud the
State. | have heard much of Berke.
ley county Democracy, bnt | was
not prepared for the domineering
" rule or ruin" spirit as exhibited IN
this convention. If the whole body
of the Berkeley Democracy is i'm.
bued with this spirit and approves
of such methods, it ought to be
drafted into the great Tammany OIL
ganiZation, where it could have
wider arena in which to displayed
itself.
The eulogy bestowed upon Mr..
Strider in your last issue ls well de-
served. He comes out of this can
vass without a blemisb upon his
character. He stands before the
citizens of Jefferson county as an
honorable, hightoned, Christian gen
lehman, who would scorn to make
use of some of the means employed
by his opponents, even to elect him
to the United States Senate. Our
State has need for such men in her
councils. The Democratic party
has great need for them, for it IS
fast falling back into some of the
old ways that brought disgrace upon
its name before the war.-Jeferson
Democrat
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30

The campaign is red hot in Gin
cinnati. Editor Murat Halstead, of
the Commercial Gazette, has been
arrested on the charge of criminal
libel and had two civil libel suits for
$4,000 filed against him by Demo
cratic politicians.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-10-30

PETERSBURG, Va, Oct. "a
There has been no rain in the
counties adjacent to Petersburg for
nearly two mouths, and the pro-
tracted drouth is proving serious
drawback.
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