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The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
Philadelphia Hair Thieves.

Ever since the complaints have been
made ut Police Headquarters, Phila-
delphia of the mysterious disappearance
of the braids of hair from the heads of
ladies and misses in the crowded streets
and cars of the city, every officer has
been on the alert to catch the sncnking
thief, if possible: but no clue could be
obtained. Several days ago Reserve
Ofhcc Dawson, while or duty at Eighth
and Market streets, observed a man act
ing in n suspicious manner in a crowd
Of shoppers, and saw him following two
schoolgirls, both of whom had luxur-
braids of sunny hair hanging down their
backs. He followed them t 0 Arch street,
when the man saw that he was being
watched and made his way u of the
crowd.
Officer Dawson saw the same man fol-
lowing Il young lady who wore n heavy
braid of golden hair, when he slipped
into a store and exchanged his uniform
for n citizens coat and hat. He soon
caught up to the man, who was close
behind the young lady, just as he took
hold of the coveted tresses md was
about to sever them with Il pair of sharp
shears which he carried in his pocket.
The fellow was arrested and taken to
the Central, where he gave the name of
John n. Henderson, his age thirty-cight
years. Henderson is known by the
police rs one of the numerous class who
live by their wits, and he has been
arrested on several occasions fol dis
reputable acts, but no charges of a seri-
Gus character were ever before lodged
against him. An effort is being made to
find where he disposed of the proceeds
of his several robberies, as it is believed
that all the cherished trcsses which have
been severed from the fair heads during
the past month have been sold to deal
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
How to Reclaim Swamps.

Col. John P. Fort, of South-W estcrn
Georgia, can fairly claim to be one of
the bcnefactors of the race. He has
discovered a method by which swampy
and bog land can be drained at small
expense. Ills very simple process will
give to farmers tens of millions of acres
of land that were worse than useless,
for they were the seats of malarial dis
orders. Col. Fort simply digs or drives
a hole into the earth at a point in his
submerged lands that is deepest. He goes
to work in. the same way as oil wells or
artesian wells are opened up. A descend
ing drill always meets subterranean
channels into which the water will flow
if the hole is kept cleared. On one of
his great swamp-farms may be seen two
apertures in the earth. One sucking up
the stagnant water of the swamp, the
other spouting up sweet, clear water
from a strata far below. On Col. Forts
farm these wells are only two hundred
feet apart. Heretofore it has been sup
posed that the only way to drain swampy
land was to build bitches and lay under
ground pipes to convey the water to a
distance, and yet the cess-pool might
given a hint of how superfluous surface
water might be removed. Farmers who
W large quantities of swampy land
would do we'll to try this experiment,
and perhaps they will find that they not
only can get rid of malaria, but come
into possession of wonderfully fertile
farm lands far superior to ordinary soil.
Democrats Month y.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
A Hero In Rags.

A California letter says:-Wednesday
evening, while the rain came down in
torrents and the wind blew q miniature
hurricane, a tramp, f~orlorn, footsore and
pcnniless, was sloughing along the rail-
road track between Red Bluff and
Cottonwood. Upon reaching Hooker
Creek, where the road makes q bend,
he discovered that the track had been
washed away. The noIth-bound pass
enger train was due in an hour.
Many tramp would have remembered
the kicks and blows received from rail
road men while endeavoring to steal a.
ride, and left the train, loaded with
human freight, to rush to destruction.
But this one did not. On tbs contrary.
he sat by the tack in The furious storm
and awaited the coming of !hc train, to
warn the engineer that .herc was danger
ahead.
Upon thu appcoach Of tho train he
jerked his coat from around bin and
waved it in the air. The sigma! was
noticed, brakes were whistled down and
the train was stopped on the very verge
of destruction.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
The Alright Stove.

The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says:-A
Wilton veteran tells this story: "My
health got run down, I failed in trade,
and | thought 1 would 60 to farming. !
bought me a piece of land in Aroostook,
built myself a cabin, and set to work
clearing it. This was forty years ago.
1t was in the fall. I didn't have time
to build much Of q house, so 1 just
clapped shingles over the cracks. 1t
was rather cold for us-my wife and
me. We didn't sleep very comfortable
nights. A friend told us to get an air
tight stove, put n big junk of wood in
when we went to bed, and the Goals
would keep all night and warm the
cabin. Those round, shcct-iron, dir
tight stoves had just come into fashion
then. I got me one and set her up. A
short time before 1 turned in I put in a
heavy junk of beech wood that I had
sawed right off a log. We turned in
early and began to talk over our pros
poets in our new life.
"'What a grand thing that air-tight
stove is for us, Mary Ellen says 1.
"'Ics,' says she, but amt it getting
a little too warm for comfort2'
II told her didn't know but it was,
allo So L LulLSu uO"u OHC quilt. DclOIC
we got to sleep W. had to turn down
another quilt. 1t was n cold night, but
that new air-tight seemed to heat up
tremendously.
"'I never saw such a heater, Jerry,
said Mary Ellen.
"'Neither did l. says I. In the night
I woke up and it was so warm that !
turned down another quilt and left
nothing but a sheet over us. Well, in
the morning l got up and went to the
stove to stir up the Goals and put on
some more wood. Goals! Bless we,
there wasn't a spark in the stove! That
big beech junk wasn't even charrcd.
There hadn't been enough fire in that
stove all night to tech off my pipe with.
The beech log was too soggy to warm
us up, but that new air-tight stove and
our Imagination did the business just as
we'll
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
Her Papa's Gun.

Two stories that Gen. Hancock told
me 1 recall with distinctness still, says
a newspaper correspondent. One was
of an incident at Gettysburg, just before
his famous charge. Passing near the
outskirts of his lines he came upon a
child, only n half dozen years or so of
age, and hardly yet old enough to speak
plainly. She somehow had straycd near
to the union pickcts, bringing an old
rife heavier than she could we'll carry
without showing that she was overbur-
dened. When she saw Gen. Hancock
she held tho load in her arms a little
higher and fairly ran into his arms,
crying:
"My papa's dead, but here's my papa's
gun"
There was something like a tcor in
Gen. Hancock's cye as no recitcd this
heroic little incident. 81 never recall
that brave chit of a child's Offering to
our cause, he said; without feelings Of
deepest reverence. Her half-lisped
words voiced a sentiment that was sub
lime" g
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
A SLAVONLC
A Way they Have OF Doing thinx. In
Russia.

A young Russian named Ludovick,
living at st. Petersburg, having repeat
edly failed to pass the examination
necessary to enter the army, it was
laughingly suggested by his friend
Jabesky that he should assume
Ludovick's name, go south, and pass
h examination, and return to St.
Petersburg and hand the commission and
uniform over to him. What was pro-
posed as q joke was actually carried into
serious reality, and in due course Ludo-
wick received the following: "Ailow me
to congratulate you. have passed the
examination, and am now n lieutenant
IN the infantry regiment. Tomorrow /
shall apply for q transfer to St. Peters
burg" Ludovick treated himself to a
round of gayety in honor of his success.
but soon received the following to low
or his spirits: 81 have bad news for YOU.
My application for a transfer has been
refused, and l have been ordered to the
front"
There was nothing for him to do but
await events. The next message raised
his spirits somewhat. "Allow me to
congratulate you. l, or rather you, have
been promoted for gallantry in the field.
but we are wounded. 1 hope we shall
recover P. S.-Our bravery has been
rewarded with the Grand Cross of the
Black Eagle Order" But the mex was
an cf%fectual damper. 1--WE are getting
well of the wound l received ut Plevna;
but 1t has been discovered that we are
two thousand roublcs short in our pay
account while | was acting quarter
master. I, or rather We, shall be tried
in a few weeks. | am afraid VIC shall be
nNnSr1nfnl ,,plnco xx>
rublcs with which to bride the ~investi-
eating committee"
There was nothing for hlm.to do but
to save his honor, even if it cost him his
last shilling, and so ne raised the money
with very great difficulty and sent it to
his friend. who did not write for n long
time. At length he relieved the distress
OF Ludovick. 81 bribcd the ~invcsti-
eating committee and have bccn honor
ably acquitted. Your good name is
safe. Ivc got some good news for you.
We fell in love with a beautiful girl,
and ] have married her. You car have
no idea how happy we arc. This was a
staggcr. Ludovick had fallen in love
with another fair one, and couldn't
break his promise. He experienced the
torments OF the wicked. His anxiety
was unrelievcd until months afterwards,
when he received the following: eve
shall soon be claspcd in each others arms.
am coming to St. Petersburg with our
wife and child. l have done n great
deal for you. I have ruined nv health
and lost n good deal of time. Now it is
your turn to serve me-" A few days
afterwards Ludovick was Mortified to
see his friend drive up with his wife
and child. "Here is your uniform, Lu.
dovick, and also your wife'and child"
The poor woman, ignorant of the decep-
ton, died of grief. The friends were
tried and punished.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
Father and Son Trade Horses.

The Norway (Me.) Advertiser tells this
little story: This is how an old gentle
man proved to his son that he was not
so old as his father. The father had
bought n ''door-yard horse" cookbook
ing enough, but worthless as q roadster.
He wanted to get rid of him, and so one
day he put a brad in the end of his
whip and started for his sons. AS he
drove into his sons door-yard he stuck
the brad into the horse, knocked off his
hat with his WI hand, came up to the
door flying and apparently out OF
breath. The son stepped to the door.
"Fathcr, what have you got there 2" he
asked. II have got the devil, and I
wish somebody had him; he has about
pulled my arms out of the sockets. He
is worth 81, 900 to any man if he "a
drive him, but l have got to be too old
to drive such q horse as that" After
the old man had been rubbed with llni-
ment, and before he went off, h 8 son
offered to swap nice $500 horse for
the Puiler and to give 500 boot. The
old man traded, had some more lini-
ment rubbed on his shoulders, and
drove away. Three weeks later The
father visited his son again. The
father said to his son: Glow do you
like your new horse, George o.
Gather, how could you lie to me as
you did Q" "Did you know you were
not 30 old as your father, George ~ tI
never want to be If I have got to lie as
You did. Don't you want some more
liniment :"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
Got His Break fast.
STORY OF THE DAUNTLESs
PERSIsTENCY OF A FOX.

A curious story of a foX's temcrity and
persistence in the persuit of prey is re-
ported from the farm of William Bunnell,
who lives on the hill back of Big Canon,
on the line of the Lycoming Valley and
Pine Creek Railroad. Like all the To-
calitieS i'll Northeastern Pennsylvania
that nelghborhood has suffered greatly
this Winter by the raids of foxes on the
poultry yards of farmers. Bunnell's
flock of chickens had, been reduced to
one hen, although traps of all sorts of
devices had been tried to foil the raids
of the foxes. A few days ago Bunncll
went to a neighbours to join him in Il fox
hunt which had been made up for that
day, taking his dog with him. He had
been gone but a few minutes when Il big
fox came into the door yard, where the
last member of Bunncll's flock of poul-
try was feeding, and chased her past
Mrs. Bunnell who was boiling soap ut
the back of the house, and into the
house through the open kitchen door.
Mrs. Bunnell ran after the fox, carry
ing a clothes FOUNDER as. Il weapon.
The hen ran up stairs and into a bedroom,
and hid under a bed. The fox followed,
and when Mrs. Bunnell reached the top
of the stairs the fox was coming out of
the bedroom with the hen flung over his
shoulder. Mrs. Bunncll struck at him
with the clothes FOUNDER, and the fox
retreatcd into the bedroom and went
under the bed. where he %leisurcly pro-
ceeded to make his breakfast Off the
hen. Mrs. Bunncll made him Il prisoner
by closing the door, and then ran to the
ncighbors, reaching there before her
husband and the rest had started away
on the hunt. She told the story of the
hen and the fox, and the hunters return
ed with Mrs. Bunnell to have some sport
with Rcynard. When they arrived at
Bunnells they found that the fox had
jumped through a window pane in the
room and escaped. Big tufts of his fur
were fast to the jagged edges of the
broken glass, and a trail of blood lead
ing away from where the fox had land
ed in the snow showed hat he had not
got away with a whole skin. The trail
was followed four miles. Then the fox
took refuge in q crevicc in some rocks.
He was routed out, and the dogs soon
killed him,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
Will Know Better Next Time.

1t was eight degrees below zero and
the frost was nipping hot. A horse be-
longing to a city official vas hitched t. a
post on the west side of the City
Hall, and although he was covered with a
buffalo robe and q blanket he bumped
himself together t. keep warm, and had
. look of disgust on his face.
Presently q bootblack came along. At
some time in this boys life he had
touched his tongue to a lamp post on a
cold morning. Seeing the horses nose
within a foot of the iron post made him
forget the cutting wind and the cold
flag stones. He was chewing away on a
big hunk of molasses candy. He re-
moved it from mouth and held it to the
tongue for a lick, and the boy then
rubbed the hunk ovor the top of the
post and skipped across the street into
doorway. He was hardly in the place
when the horse slipped six inches of his
tongue out after more sweetness. It hit
the post and stuck there. For a min
ute he thought there was some mistake,
but then came the realizing sense that
ne had been played for a sucker and
caught on a blunt hook. He set back
and pulled, lurched forward, and
squealed, and then lifted his heels and
made spiinters of everything within
reach. Pedestrians ran to stop'him, but
with q terrible wrench he looscned his
tongue, and set off at a gallop, Slowing
tue cutter bottom up, and knocking it
to pieces as he went down Fort street.
The boy went up the street, saying to
himself:
IF I was horse, do you suppose
anybody could get me to lick molasses
off an axe on . cold day2"-Detrou Free
Press. w
Advertising is q good deal like making love
TO q widow. 1t a be overdone.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

De hours O sin is fast; de hours O.
hard wuck is slow. Chillun tells lies
nachully, bat yer has to Farm 'em how
ter tell dc truf. De hardcs' thing fur err
father ter rccollcck is dat he wuz once
or chile. Pussons whit forgit slow
gincrally knows mo- den pussons whit
Farms fast. Err man whut likes or song
jcs' case it is hard ter sing doan know
Ell much or bout music eZ he do or bout
sci'nce. When err big man gifts err back.
set it's WIS on him den it woul' be on
any uder pusson. De rooster wild de
fines comb looks dc wust when he gifts
frostbit. -ArIunsam 7ruccilcy.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06

STUCK ToeETHER.--Mr. Alma Hill,
of Brentwood, Ga. has about 200 head
of sheep on his place and a good many
cookie burs. One day he was in the
field and saw fifteen sheep side by side,
their heads all pointing the same way,
looking as if out fora drill, He yelled
at them to move, and the whole gang
moved at once. 1t, was some time be-
fore he ascertained that the burs had
got into their wool and they were stuck
together.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06
GOOD NEWS FOR BENEDICTs.

WIZ" S"' T'f E>.NES
~ see Edison, the inventor, is going
to be married"
as he Good. I'm glad of that"
"What interest have you in it Z"
"Wcll, you see, I've been afraid he
would invent some COMPOUNDED electric
continuance by which q woman could
tell just how long her husband carried
her letters in his pockets or some foolish
thing of that sort. But, of course, if
he's going to be Chicago
News.
A SOCIALISTIC TWIST.
"Fve chosen my three acrcs-ncxt to
the parsons. / mean to go and grow
'tatcrs. Where ave you chose yours ~
Harry-"T amt chose no land. I
shan't grow no 'tatcrs. l shall take
y0W 'taters.-G raphic.
DOT AND DAsHEs.
THERE is one thing to be said in
favor of coasters. They don't want the
earth.
ALL men are born free and equal"
but the difficulty is that some arc born
equal to half a dozen others.
IT don't matter how much bcnevol-
ence a man processes, unless he puts
ashes OH his sidewalk i'll icy weather.
THERE is some appropriateness in
speaking of a lady's bonnet rs ''iust
killing" in these days. It. is chiefly
made up of dead birds.
IT is some satisfaction to argue with
the man who ows a grab mortgage on
your homestead. He is always ready
to accept your premises.
SHE knows by the ring its surely he,
70 down to the door she bounds with glee;
But her heart is sad, and she hears with
scott,
Don't you want your sidewalk shoveled
A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if
it is proper to urge u young lady to sing
at an evening gathering after she has
refused once. 1t is proper to urge n
little, but not too much, lest she should
change her mind.
LITTLE Mamie Fizzlctop crying
Mamie 2" Johnny boxed my cars"
"Why didn't you give it back to him e"
81 can't ma. l gave it back to him al
ready before he hit me-"
Puch would have raised numbers on
front doors, so that men who stay out
late may have no difficulty in finding
their own houses. The idea is not new,
but it is dangerous. Many o man has
got into trouble by raised figures.
GATHER" asked little Johnny, ''why
is it that they always begin the lcgisla-
lative sessions with prayer 2" Il don't
know, my son." replied the father, sun
less it is to sort O. blind the eyes of the
Lord as to what is done after the prayer
is ended"
A CLEVER Albany girl who was at
Ridgefeld the other night was asked
what her sensations were when she shot
down the toboggan chute for the first
time. sit was delightful" she ex-
claimed enthusiastically; 81 thought 1
was dying"
MAGISTRATE: "What is the plea OF
the prisoner at the bar, charged with
being implicated in the Roberts safe
robbery Prisoner: 81 beg to state,
your Honor, that l was not there, but
simply rs n tool for the Others" Pris
oner's Counsel: 81 would explain to the
Court that my clients name is Jimmy"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06

Advertising is q good deal like making love
10 . widow. 1t cant be overdone,
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-06

DIR. MARY WALKER wears n of those
small short overcoats. She Gala il her
petty coat. (
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

Parish of Ouachita VS.. City ofMOnroe
In the case Of the Parish of Ouachita
vs., Mayor and City Council of Monroe,
on appeal to the Supreme Court,
Judgment of n0n.suit was entered.
The parish was suing the city for
damages for usurping the powers of
the Police Jury to control the ferry at
Monroe, by establishing a free ferry.
The suit was brought In the name of
Oriah Milisaps, president of the police
jury, under an allegation that he was
specially authorized thereto. The cour,
decided that there was no evidence in
the record to show plaintiffs authority
to stand in Judgment, and as it was
essential that he prove his authority.
the action must be dismissed.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
For the Benefit of the Library.
Monroe, La, June ID. ISs

Monroe, La, June 10, 1886.
Hon. Lewis d. Allen, Jr., Monroe, La:
Dear Sir-Having noticed the sug.
gestion set forth in the DAILY TELE-
GRAPH relative to giving an enter-
tainment for the benefit of the public
library, we have concluded that the
suggestion is good one and have
therefore decided to accept it, provided
that our friends will aid us in the
matter of getting the use of the Opera
House at slight cost or none at all,
the consideration with us being that
for the first entertainment we are to
receive one-half the receipts, the
balance to 60 TO the credit of the
Library. If you will kindly assist us
in working this up, we shall endeavor
to present creditable programme.
Very respectfully,
a. w. KELLER,
General Manager.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
Weather and Crops.

The storm of Thursday did consid-
cradle damage to the growing crops
on Bayou DeSiard and on the Island
AT Johnson'S P. o., on the Bayou the
rain water in the fields stood three
feet deep. On Capt. Theobald's place
in the Island the cotton plants were
blown and beaten down by a violent
hailstorm. The corn crop is almost
ruined, having been broken down and
10 consequence ohort corn crop in
that section will be made, which will
fall heavily on the planters, who but a
few days ago were hopeful for a bouu-
tiful yield, but whose hopes have now
departed and they are cons, quent!y
gloomy.
On the Logan place and others on
the bayou the corn is laying down and
will prove an almost entire failure. 1t
is predicted that not more than half of
a corn crop will be made.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
MILLINERY.

For the next ten days Miss M. V.
STAPLES will offer her well selected
stock of fine Milan and Canton jStrnacs
at % per cent. discount from usual
prices. Ladies will bear in mind that
they can now purchase their Summer
Hats and Bonuets, stylish and very
cheap, at
MISS M. V. STAPLES.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

The Masonic Ball which is to be
given next Thursday, the 9th inst. =,
will doubtless be the grandest affair of
the season. 1t is hoped that it will be
largely attended by parties living
along the line Of the V. s. & P. r.
H., and from other directions to whom
cordial invitation is extended. The
music will be furnished by a first class
string band from Vicksburg.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

The Corona arrived up this morning
with a fair trip-considering the sea,
son OF year-and returns to the Crescent
city this evening. From her officers
we learn that crop prospects below are
good, though the general complaint is
too much rain,
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
SUMMER MILLINERY.

Mrs. NJ. j. McKenna desires to in.
form the Ladies that they can now
purchase from her Summer Millinery
at greatly reduced prices. The Ladies
are requested to bear this fact in mind
Mrs. M. j. MCKENNA.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

Services will be held at Grace
Episcopal Church tomorrow morning
at II o'clock, and 7: 80 o'clock In the
evening, by the Rev. Frederic S. De-
Mattos. All are cordially invited to
attend.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
Masonic Ball.

All Masons in good standing wish.
ing to procure tickets for his friends is
requested to call at the store of S.
Meyer where the same can be had free
of all cost or to
j. B. TALBOT,
West Monroe.
MAX LANDAUR,
at S. Meyers.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19
Ladies! Ladies!!

Your attention is called to the new
stock OF handsome and stylish Hats,
Bonnets &c, 10 be found at
MISS NJ. V. STAPLES.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

our young friend Eugene Rolliegh
'eaves this evening for Bastrop on a
Visit to bis home. He will be gone
only few days,
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

Hamilton Fruit Jars, new patent,
all sizes also Mason's patent Fruit
Jars, for sale at reduced figures at
JOHN BREARD.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-06-19

The weather to-day, unlike for the
past few days, is all that could be des
sired at this season of the year, being
quite pleasant.