The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-06-10
General News.

An armleSS cnlld was porn at BrOWnS
vile, Pennsylvania, last week.
Ex-Speaker Keifer of Ohio finds pri-
vate life so tiresome that he is willing
to again sacrifice himself on the Con-
gressional altar.
Since the change of gauge on the
Southern roads cars can now run with
out change from New York to Califor-
mia, Texas or Florida.
Somebody has discovered that Mrs.
Grover Cleveland was not born when
the battle of Manassas was fought.
She will not be % until July 21st.
Gen. R. r. Hemphill, editor Of the
Abbeville Medium, and at present Il
member Of the House Of Representa-
tives, is candidate for the State Senate.
AS John Kelly is borne to the grave
to join Mcclellan, Seymour, Hendricks
and Hancock, the fountain of health at
Greystone drops another tWinkling
tear
F. W. Wagener & Co., of Charleston,
have subscribed a thousand dollars to
the Blackville and Alston Railroad.
Other Charleston merchants have also
taken stock in less amounts.
Chester Reporter This is the season,
of the year when town fellow who
puts on his blask coat and takes ride
into the country on Sunday is asked
what office he is going to run for.
A petition favoring the appointment
Of prominent Charleston lawyer to
the United States District Judgeship
for South Carolina, in the event of a
vacancy, has been put in circulation.
The New Haven Register says: "In
an article on Yale yesterday, for alum
water alma mater" This is as bad as
the Iowa editors erratum; "ln poem
on our first page, for dirty shirt read
duty shirk.'
\ three-year-old girl fell from the
balcony on the fourth floor of a Hart
ford house the other day, but she struck
squarely across a clothes line stretched
from the third floor, and the rebound
threw her into a balcony there almost
unhurt.
Newberry Observer: Mrs. Thos. J.
| Maffett Of Silver Street has hen that
takes core Of one hundred and seventy
Young chickens and one little turkey.
The young chickens are Of three or
four sizes and have been deserted by
their mothers.
"NIosquitoes have seldom been thick
er in Virginia than this spring.
says the Milford Chronicle, and it goes
on to tell Of a eve that was literally
bled to death the other night, the pests
attacking it's udder, which was dis
tended with milk.
y Nebraska postmaster having been
charged with being roaring drunk"
admitted the impeachment on two
specifications. One was the time Of
Grover Cleyeland's election, the other
was when the Republican postmaster
was turned out and he was put in.
A California farmer sent So to aman
in the East in exchange for six gourd
seeds warranted to produce gourds Of a
capacity of forty gallons. After wait
ing long for the seeds to sprout, he
investigated and found that they were
artisticallY carved out Of basswood
The Gazette says it is stated for a
solemn fact that former trial justice
in Berkeley county almost invariably
charged the witnesses in eases tried by
i,him fifty cents for the privilege OF
testifying. In that way he made more
money than by his legitimate earnings
Judge 7. w. Hooper, judge of Mum
roe county, Ark, has gone to the State
penitentiary to stay two years, having
been convicted Of issuing fraudulent
county scrip. lie will doubtless have
d cheerful meeting with some Of the
people he sentenced to the penitentiar
himself
Herr John Most, the anarchist, was
on Thursday sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for one year and fined $500. Ills
associate, Baunschineg, got nine
months in the pcnitentiary and fined
$3.50 Schenck was sent to the peniten-
tidry for nine months but was not
, fined.
a dwellcr on the banks of the Codo-
rus, in Pennsylvania, ties short lines
with baitcd tishhoOks to the legs Of his
geese and drives them into the water.
The fish bite and jerk the lines, and
then the frightened geese hurry to
shore, dragging the fish after them. So
says the York Age.
In Chicago on Thursday copper
bomb about twelve inches long, fully
charged and operated by clock work,
was found under the sidewalk in front
of Thomas Griefs saloon. The works
were going when the officer discovered
it, but he lifted it very tenderly and
took it to the central station.
According to the Greenwood Tri-
bune, this is the latest list Of candi-
dates mentioned as candidates for Con-
gress in Colonel Aiken's District =: j. 5.
Cothran, J. G. Maxwell, W. c. Benet,
James II. Rice, ]. n. Lipscomb, B. T.
Whitner, r. W. Simpson, i. =. Gary,
George Johnstone, Y. ]. Pope, and
r. Z. Bowen.
The Rev. A. J. Scott has been asked
to resign his pastorate of the First
Congregational Church of Evanston,
Illinois. The charges against him
generally are neglect of pastoral duties
and lack of interest in church work.
Specifically. he is charged with riding
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