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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-16
THE TIMES AND DEAIOCRAT THURSDAY, 1885,
visiting sick old woman. He signaled the

visiting sick old woman. He signaled the
carriage to stop and addressed the rector:
"Old Spearman is dying" he said.
"Poor Hannah Spearman" the rector re-
piled, shaking his head. u have known her
many years. Poor Hannah Spearman!"
"Polly," the curate remarked-"Polly
Spenrman."
"Of course, it is Polly" the rector rejoined.
"In visiting about parish like mine"-he
turned to Mrs. Temple-"one's head gets so
full of Pollies and Sallies and Bilies that one
is apt to take the name that comes first. l
am sorry for poor Han-Polly. But what
ca,l you do in case of natural decay!"
alt is not natural decay" the curate
answered, with n waggish dryness in his
manner "She fell down stairs"
ITO be sure she fell down stairsw little Mr..
Brent cried, reproving his faulty memory by
a gesture of his gloved hand. "How came
to confound the two-complaintsP"
"Perhaps because you are suffering from
third" reto rted the curate. He loved joke
and had before this broker a jest on his own
bishop And our rector was a tempting OBJ
ject, being not apt to take offense, and noa
one to inspire great respect or fear.
The carriage drove on; but for once little
Mr.. Brent was downright angry.
"Rather all impertinent speech" he eaid,
glancing diffidently at Mrs. Temple.
"1mpertinent" cried easy-humored Mrs.
Temple. "Nothing OF the sort"
"Milligan has no sense of propriety."
She gave little laugh.
u like Mr.. Milligan."
At this Mr. Brent took heart changed his
view of the matter, reddened with pleasure,
and gave himself up to laughter, which lasted
until the tears were chasing each other down
his rosy cheeks. But somehow the proposal
was not made that day.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-16
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perform every womanly duty in the most
womanly way! In her look there was some
thing neither of age nor youth, but Of what l
should try to describe rs fullness; the me
ridian of the nature when the early and the
later sentiments meet, in equal strength, the
simplicity of youth, the graveness of serious
life She was fair, and her hair light brown;
and saw n trace of q little foot us she turned
into her pew But when she knelt and COW
cred her face, did the same quite uncon.
sciously. 1t seemed right after the vision OF
bor
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-16

THAI u "OIuall CllIllOI
looks if she has money in her pocket and taste
in her eye!
But the next was prettier; indeed, pretty
was not the word appropriate to woman
who was unquestionably handsome, who knew
her beauty and was proud of it. The second
Miss Temple had nose of most exquisite
shape, large melting eyes of gray, ready to
turn blue and she had lovely mouth, per-
haps with n little too much of the chisel about
it, too finely finished wanting i'll expression,
and with a slight hint of disdain carved on its
fine corners Beauty, professed beauty, con-
fesscd beauty, and clad to distraction; SO she
rlided into her pew, and we had time to COLI
slider girl the third.
Girl the third! Shall l ever forget her face,
then in the first sweet flush of youth! Shall
ever forget the light that shone in those deep
serious eycs!-the thousand possibilities of
tender or delicate expression that seemed to
hover around that mouth, ready to alight and
unfold themselves whenever summoned. l
had been thinking & thousand frivolous and
misplaced thoughts, but something i'll
this face restored Inc by the most de-
liChtful of recalls to the mood of q
worshipr,r. Never, never, outside heaven,
shall | ste such face again. 1t was like the
dream of painter, and he painter whose
fancy had drunk OF some celestial stream Of
feeling and idea, until he lad caught on his
canvas IL face which had i'll it all that could
be heavenly in 4 thing of earth, and AL that
could bc earthly III Il thing of heaven.
Laugh ros Il. me, neither call me irrcverent,
if say that one could have fanciel her some
rain;cd Madonna descending from th" walls
of church, taking human form, ami wear
ing modern vcsturc. On this girl vcsture
gave YOU 10 hint of fashion: her counte-
nance cthc1ualxc,l Ecr attire, that sh.
might have been wcarin, an angels floating
,irapcrv instead of the last Paris fashion.
Eut ! sec yuI sinil': ;;ld is not every rare
emotion bound to hide irSrlf, lest, being seen,
it Shond he rIirnl"l for ccccntririty:
Thust eye, could .lir with earthly or
heavenly love. IN each casn it would /" love
deep, pure, intense, with not Il thought Of
evil OF iti white ami living PAGE That
mouth could kiss aS daughter. or mistress, or
mother. and which kiss would Ec sweetest
who could torctrll from one who seemed tit to
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
CALLED TIME ON HIM.
Banguinary French Baron Tries to
Annihilate a Rival.

PARIS, Jan. IA highly sensational and
exciting occurrence was reported to the
police authorities Tuesday afternoon in
which two very wealthy and highly respect
persons figured. They are Baron Artand
Hausmann and Count Mantanzan.
From what is learned, it appears that
both gentlemen had been for some time pay
ing attention to woman, and that Baron
Artand, discovering that the woman showed
more preference for his rival than himself,
called upon the count at his rooms at the
Hotel de Louvre and demanded that be
cease his attention to the fair .inamorata of
both.
This Count MantanZan refused to do.
whereupon Baron Hausmann became so en-
ragged that he seized the clock from the man
tel and smashed it to pieces upon the de-
fenselesS head of the count. He next drew
revolver and fred two shots into the count
and ended by stabbing him with dagger
The count fell senseless on the floor, bleeding
profuseiy. The noise and cries of the count,
however, attracted the attention of the
other guests, who succeeded in preventing
the blood-thirsty baron from killing his
rival outright, He was handed over to the
police and his victim placed under the care
OF doctors who were Immediately summoned
A cursory examination of Count MAINTAIN
zan's wounds was made and the physicians
expressed the belief that he would recover
The affair causes excitement in society cir
| cles, In which both gentlemen are prominent
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES
OF THE STRIKE IN THE PENNSYl-
VANlA COKE REGIONS.
Ten Days Will Exhaust the Supply OF
Coke-What VIII Happen Then--sug-
gestive of IreIand-Destitution of the
Workmen-General Labor News.

PITTsBURG, Feb 3.-The great strike il
the coke region is likely to cause coke
famine 1t has been estimated that the sup
ply on hand Tuesday, both by operators and
consumers, will not last at the most over ter
days, and at the expiration Of that time, un
less the strike is broken and the men resume
work, furnaces will havc to be banked
rolling mills stopped and thousands of men
all over the country be thrown out of en-
ployment.
The magnitude of the strike, of the mum
Ter Of men whom it affects, and of the hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars that will be
lost to workingmen can not be estimated.
In the region there are between 5000 and
6.000 OF the class Of people who are termed
Slavs This embraces 10th men, women
and children, although two-thirds of them
are men and a very large proportion OF
them single. 1t is not thought that they
realize what they are going to do when put
out of their houses Very few of
them have begun TO make any plans for the
future. Probably ) per cent. of them will
go hack to their native country. About
thirty bought tickets to Hungary Monday.
To an interpreter one of the leaders said
they We're Disguised with this country and
would never come back again few are
talking of going to the south and west,
where there are coal WORKS, and the re-
mainder viii probably go to the already
o,er rowded Hooking valley
The action of the strikers in refusing tc
d.G oal for the en- zines Is acting as boom.
erang, the operators having retaliated by
refusing t. allow the strikers to take any
coal from the bins, and in few days there
will not be 100 families in the whole region
VINO will have coal enough to keep one fire
burning. Coke cannot be burned, and there
is no wood to speak OF in this region, So
with millions of tons of coal in the pit.
waiting to be duy, the operatives will have
to freeze and 90 without food or give il
gnl break the strike
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

PANAMA, Jan A.-A most diabolical plot
to overthrow the government has been dis
covered in Guatemala, 1t was scheme tc
set fire to the Grand hotel and the theatre at
a given time when there might be expected
to be a full house. In the panic that would
certainly ensue the intention of the conspira-
tors to take possession Of the barracks with.
out any great risk to themselves, then to
murder President Barrillas and his family
next to attack ell foreigners, and finally tc
sack the city. Fortunately the plans of the
conspirators were revealed in time to pre-
vent its consummation The discovery Of
the plan led to the arrest of about fifty per.
sons, including some colonels in the army
and they are now undergoing trial for their
reasonable designs.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
The Travelling Needle Item.

NEwBURG, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Two months
ago Miss Lucy Bond, who resides near this
city accidently bit Off the point of needle,
which entered her tongue. An effort was
made to remove it, but without success A
couple of days age she felt a priclling sensa-
tion in tbs end of the middle finger of her
left hand A careful examination revealed
the point of the needle prot uding through
the skin, and it was removed with pair Of
nippers In its journey from the tongue to
the end of the finger it had caused no pain
until it punctured the skin.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
Street Hosannahs Not Dangerous

New YORK, Feb 3-The Rev. DR.. Tai
mage appeared before Mayor Whitney Mon.
day and asked that the police he instructed
to protect the Salvation army in their street
services and professions against the demon
mobs of drunken men and boys Dr. Tai
mage said that the hallelujahs of the Saliva.
ton army never hurts any one No one
was ever carried home on stretcher as
result of these revival melodies; nobody was
ever killed by a street hosannah. Mayor
Whitney will take matter under considera-
ton The army in Brooklyn has its head
quarters on Washington street Residence
property in the immediate neighborhood is
almost valueless, because people can not en-.
dure the yelling, shouting mob gathered in.
sil
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

SCoTTDALE, Pa, Feb. 3.-Sheriff Sterling,
of Fayette county, with a small posse of
deputies, began the work of evicting ten
ants Tuesday morning One family being
absent, their goods were placed in the snow
At the next house visited the men were ap-
sent and the women very i'll and were not
disturbed, The company is determined to
have the houses, regardless of consequences
The ball is now rolling and there is no tell
ing where it will stop. The strikers now
declare that, even were the advance in
wages aeceded by the company they would
not accept, as they are determined that the
company stores must go
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
A DISASTROUS BLAZE.
Grand Haven, Mich, Has $3.50, ,0oC
Fire-A Narrow Escape.


GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Feb "A fire
broke out at 10 O'Clock Monday night in the
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee rail
way freight house and burned furiously
until O'Clock in the morning, when the
huge structure was a mass of blazing ruins
The total loss is e,timated at s25O,00), and
is fully covered by insurance. The WING
blew a gale all night, and paralyzed the
efforts of the firemen The department,
however, did excellent work After the fall
of the great eleyat they devoted all
their energies to saving the best
part Of the freight house, and
in this way they were successful Had they
not checked the coniragation then and there
it is more than probable that the whole
northwestern part of Grand Haven would
have been laid in ashes. The officials sue
ceeded in removing to places of safety al
the records Of the railway company There
was wild excitement among thu populacc
during the night as it was feared that the
entire city would he destroyed by the con
f1agration.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

LIVERPOOL, Feb 3.-Thir;een of the lad,
of the reformatory ship Clarence who re-
belled against their officers Monday were
arraigned in court Tuesday morning and
charged with having been guilty of mutiny
The boys alleged as reason for theil
demonstration that they had been cruelty
treated by the officers of the ship They
were -remanded for trial Three officers
were wounded in the fight on board thu
ship 1t is now learned that none of the
lads were wounded by the fire of the officers
but a number of them were bruised.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
Murdered His Wife and sister.

SUFFOLK, Va, Feb. 5.-Early Monday
morning Boiling Parker, a respectable
farmer Of Nansemond county, made q
deadly assault with an ak upon his wife and
sister The latter was instantly killed and
his wife fatally wounded. Parker says be
had no quarrel with wife or sister, but could
not resist the power that prompted him to
the decd. He was lodged in Jail He is
believed to have been insane
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 3.-At meeting
Of the directors of the leading bank of Leb.
anon, Monday night, a dispute arose between
Judge r. A. Burton and Mr. Samuel Aver.
EFT, two of the most influential citizens Of
that town. Mr.. Averett brought matters to
a crisis by giving Judge Burton the lie. The
latter struck his opponent in the head with
a notary's SEAL whereupon Mr.. Averett
rushed upon the judge and slit his throat
from ear to ear with penknife. Bott
gentlemen are seriously in iured.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
STANDARD OIL INDICTED,
Officers of the Company Charged with
Grave Misdemeanors.

bmcerS OF the company Charged with
Grave Misdemeanors.
BUFFALO, Feb. 3.-The grand jury of the
court of sessions Monday afternoon reported
indictments against the following persons,
officers of The Standard Oil company: Henry
H. Rogers, John c. Archboll and Ambrose
MCGregor of New York city, and Charles
NJ. and Hiram B. Everst 81 Rochester, n.
Y. They are charged with malicious con
spiracy to destroy the property, business and
reputation of the Buffalo Lubricating Oil
company Qimited). Among the acts charged
are the corruption by bribery of the en-
ployes of the Buffalo company to cause
them to act in the interests of the Standard
company, the bringing of annoying law
suits for malicious purposes, the hiring of
an employe of the Buffalo company to COM
nit arson and of suborning of witnesses to
commit perjury The persons indicted are
the same who were formerly indicted on the
same charges and subsequently had the in
dictments referred back to the court of ses
sions for correction, where on questions of
law they We're annulled.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

NEW YORK, Feb 3.-The two unions of
cigarmakers have settled down to watch
and wait Monday evening resolution
was adopted that no attempt at compro-
mise or settlement with the manufacturers
shall be made without previously consulting
the Progressive and Central Labor unions
committee. The weekly benefits to the non
union men in the various shops on strike
were paid Tuesday by both International
and Progressive unions.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

NEW York, Feb S-Another match be
tween Vignaux and Schaefer is considered
improbable, and all negotiations have beer
dropped Vignaux declares that he will
never again play in public in New York
because he fears the billiard mob would kill
him if be won. He offered to play in pri-
vate room with fifty people present, for any
amount of money, but Schaefer and bis
hacker, Disk Roehe, refused to consider any
such proposition
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
Speculation on England's New Cabinet

LONDON, Feb. 3.-The probabilities now
are that Lord Harrington will not be a
member of the Gladstone government.
John Morley, the eminent Radical, is
spoken of for the Irish chief secretaryship,
and it is said the queen is bitterly opposed
to him because of his home rule leanings
Joseph Chamberlain will, it is understood,
be first lord of the admiralty According
to the forecast of Tuesday Daily News,
Gladstone will be first lord of the treasury
and chancellor of the exchequer; Mr..
Trevelyan, president of the local govern
ment board; Mr.. Mundelia, president of the
board of trade; Earl Kimberly, foreign
secretary; Earl Rosebery, colonial secretary
Earl Spencer, Indian secretary, and Wis
count Hampden, lord privy seal
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
Contest in a Will Case Settled.

Boston, Feb. IA. H. Hurd, who died
in Dakota in 1854, hal secured a divorce
there from his first wife, a resident of Massa
chusetts, to whom he had previously willed
his property, and on his death-bed he do
vised everything to his second wife, whom
he married in Dakota. A contest over the
will was settled Monday, the first wife be
ing granted letters over the property here
while the Dakota will is admitted to pro
bate. This virtually decides the Dakota di
gorce not binding in Massachusetts, and give.
the property to the second wife, subject te
he first wife's one-third interest.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Feb 3-WilIiam
Frazer died Sunday at his home in Carroll
ton. The funeral was held Monday. After
religious services at the church the funeral
procession started for this city When it
reached East Saginaw the father of the
dead man suddenly called a halt He had
the hearse driven TO the morgue and sum
moned the coroner to hold an inquest, saying
his sons death was caused by injuries re-
ceived in quarrel with Michael O'Brien of
Carrollton two weeks ago. The procession
broke up in confusion. The coroner is hold
ing an inquest
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 3.-In the assembly
Monday bill was introduced by Mr.
Batchelior granting the consent of the STATE
to the acquisition by the United States OF
Mount MoGregor cottage and ceding juris
diction over the same The bill was or
dered to third reading. Mr.. Batchellor
said Mr.. Drexel desired to give the cottage
where Gen. Grant passed his last hours to
the general government as memorial.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

LONDON, Feb 5.-Preparations are al
ready making for Mr.. Moriey's reelection
for New Castle. lie will probably go to
Ireland. He is regarded by all as ex-
tremely plucky to take position of the
greatest possible difficulty, which has been
called ''the grave Of regulations, /" at the
outset of his official career 1t will be a
very popular appointment auIong the Irish
party.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03
RUNNING A-MUCK IN LYONS.
Tony Guignais Murders a Girl and Shoots
Five of His Pursuers.

Five OF His Pursuers.
LYONS, France, Feb s-A murderous af-
fair took place here Tuesday. A man named
Tony Guignais, in dispute with young
girl, of whom he was endeavoring to obtain
consent to cohabit with him, and who abso-
lutely refused, shot and killed her in the
open street The assassin then ran off with
his smoking revolver in his hand A num-
bers of passers-by who had witnessed
the crime gave chase, but the murderous
Guignais was not to be so easily taken Sew
eral times during his flight he turned on his
nearest pursuer and shot him In this way
he managed to keep the crowd at a safe dis
tance until he reached his lodgings, where
he was arrested by several gensdarmes, as
sisted by some citizens. not, however, until
after desperate fight, During his flight
he shot two soldiers, two firemen and civ
ilian, who were among the pursuing crowd.
All were severely wounded. When finally
overpowered Guignais had an empty six
shooter in his possession
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb S-The order of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company in regard to
the Employees Relief association, went into
feet, Monday, and large number of the
employees of the Pittsburg division sent in
their consent Sup2rinta Pitcairn
stated that he had received 1908 applica-
tioas and knew of rs many more, making II
pcr cent of the force, who intended TO be-
0nr,a tr,Ar,i,ars
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

NEW YORK, Feb. S-When Gen. Grant
died DIR. Douglas suffered reaction from
the strain he had SO long sustained as con-
stant physician to the general 1t was
thought by the doctor and his friends that a
season of rest would restore him. but this
hope was not realized. The doctor, accom-
panied by his daughter Josephine, will sail
Saturday for Nassau and Cuba The trip
will be a long one
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

PITTsBURG, Feb. 3-Two of the strikers
from the Connellsyille coke regions arrived
in the city Tuesday as solicitors of aid for
the destitute strikers. They report the stu
alton as quiet but grave; desttution is star
ing large numbers in the face and will soon
drive them to desperation.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal. $500; CRATE and egg, $50
range. nut and No. 4, $3.50 per ton
screened and delivered all best quality
of anthracite. Extra carriage charged on
orders of less than one ton. Blacksmith
caol, Connellsville coke and charcoal
| 1908 Second avenue. E. G. FRAZER.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

E. W. Hurst represents the leadin''
American and Foreign Insurance Cos
Policies carefully written at current rates.
gency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

CAIRO, ILL.,, Feb. 3.-Hon. D. T. Line.
gar died at 7:45 p. m. yesterday. Fol
many years be has been one of the lead
ing democrats Of the state, and of ths
hous Of representatives.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 3.-Quite re-
Gently in Terrebone parish two negroes were
severely bitten by a horse which was suffer
ing from hydrophobia, and Monday, on
Aneyn's plantation, a negro lad was fatally
iacerated by mad horse.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-03

The finest mail and paper box ever in
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