The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
General NeMs.

| MIS-. j. hanson, OF OakllnQ, ILL,
while picking berries, Thursday after.
noon, was bitten by Il rattlesnake and
died.
Terrible rain and wind storms passed
over Columbus and Lima, Ohio. on
Friday, destroying much property and
killing several persons.
In a recent autograph letter to New
York man, Jefferson Davis says: 81
am too old to quarrel, too old to boast
The man of sense in his old age likes
to be let alone
During the session of Congress just
closing the South Carolina delegation
has introduced SO bills of which Mr.
Dibble introduced p. IIelmphill 81
Smalls IS, Perry II, Tillman and Oar
gan3.
Neal Dow, the great coldwater advo,
cate Of Maine, has opened his campaign
for the Prohibition Party and has
actually assailed Blaine and the Re-
publican leaders in a speech of great
vehemence.
Rabbits are becoming SO abundant
in portions of Colorado that it is sug-
gested that the Legislature offer a
bounty for rabbit scalps, to prevent
them from overrunning and laying
waste the country.
Mr.. H. r. Thomas, a delegate to the
late Sumter County Convention is out
in a card declaring that the Conven-
tion was packed. OF course, it Was
packed by the people to defeat the
Vaccinations Of Mr.. Thomas.
In Pickens, last Saturday, Mr.. A. S.
Lesley was bitten on the hand by rat
tlesnake's pilot. He Immediately cord
ed his arm and Mrs. Lesley drew out
with her mouth all the poison, so that
it gave him no further trouble.
In Cincinnati, Wednesday, Il little
boy, bareheaded and barefooted, reel
ing with liquor, staggered before the
merchants along Rice street, flourish
ing Il revolver. He fired at Il gentle
man who attempted to disarm him.
Mosquitoes are so thick at resoEs on
the coast along Barnegat Bay that
city people are compelled to return
home. The walls of every house are
literally black with the insects, and the
people endure almost unbcarable tor
ture.
Sam Leach, colored, was killed in the
suburbs Of Chester Saturday by having
Il mule run away with him. The ami
nal had on its gear and Leach'S foot
became entangled and he was dragged
a considerable distance His body was
badly bruised up.
George Moore, colored, was hanged
at Charlotte, n. G., on Thursday for in
outrageous assault on his own daugh-
ter. lie died declaring himself inno-
cent, but confessed having killed man
in Fairfield county, this State, where he
hailed from, 1872.
Would it not lie q good thing for all
the old survivors of the war living in
Orangeburg County to hold grand en-
campment and get all the old COM
mands together during August and
organize q County Survivors Associa-
tion. What say ye old war Veterans? ?
Smalls, of South Carolina, offered in
the house on Friday resolution ap-
propriating one hundred thousand dol
lars for the relief of persons rendered
destitute by the overflow of the Santee,
Pedee and Waccamaw rivers in South
Carolina. Referred to the -con.naitt-Ss
or appropriations.
Judge Shnford, Of the inferior court
now in session at IAshcville, \. G., has
fined the editors of the Citizen 500
for contempt of court, the contempt
consisting Of a squib saying that two
juries had been hung and the county
might be better if the court and law
verS suffered the same fate.
The Kansas City Times is apaaer
that, in sporting parlance, plays both
ends against the middle. Not long
ago, as a newspaper, it sent its sporting
reporter to report prize fight, and as Il
great moral agent it detailed its police
reporter to accompany the officers and
assist in the capture Of the sporting
reporter.
The waters OF the Pee Dee during
the recent freshet unearthed an Indian
mound on the plantation OF Mr.. John
Witherspoon in Marlboro County. An
astonishing number of pots, jars, urns,
&C., were unearthed, some OF them
grotesquely engraven. Several Skele-
tons of humans were also washed from
their sepulchres.
Mrs. Jno. Prill, of Pittsburg, was
frightened by the great storm on Tues
day and ran to her bed chamber for q
vase of holy water. She hastily grasp
ed the wrong bottle and literally
sprinklcd her head. face and shoulders
with sulphuric acid. Her cries brought
assistance. Her life will he saved. but
her eyes are destroyed and she will be
terribly disfgured.
White persons have BACKED up to
initiate negroes from time immemorial.
For negro to "whiten up" to person.
ate white person is something new.
This occurred recently in Montana,
where Il white child WAS required in 4
drama. \ local little dariey was the
only child obtainable, and much grease
and paint was used in getting him to
Just the proper complexion.
Mrs. Susan Bradley fell from the
window OF her room in the second
story of the residence OF Mr.. +. Opde-
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