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Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-04-03

Now look of
is only TEN CENTS o r
Ladies fm se Thread Hose worth 81 pairs offered
Ladies' Silk Hose, Black and COlors, pair.
Bronze 3ourette,
piece Black Bourete ard .nowo only7
80 yards Black Silk. all PURE Silk OF
worth wonlyS
worth$
75
The of
II ow
Embroidered Swiss Dresses and AOver, Edgngs
Colored Emboderies o match.
~'>~o"'O
Sheetngs Shing Napkins Towels Quilts Crashes &c.
a 0' N~' 0'~ w.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-04-03
Buggy For Sale.

good second hand buggy at a bargain
Apply to mh27tf W. +. KERDOLFF, JR.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-04-03
FAB ACRES FOR SALE.
Ese sSEnT.

FOE sSEST.
fsfiiAf ELEGANT SUBURBAN
: BI.Ith RESIDENCE on College E8f...1
itit SIX To0ns; Water: Carriage f8ii
ti"Hs'' Stable, Garden, Grapes, FrUIi, -E2..A
SIo"Sr. trGss; all in line order. Two acres OF
%trHtt; can al-o rent four acres more land
"J J1i'l. =. Possession March I7t. Apply to
.t..-Il l.. MINSOH Il son.
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-04-03
WANTED.

WANTED.
/ S!ICATlON-eithcrto 10 take charge of Il farm,
: nT tn hirC bv the month Am u practicaI
ihrn"r, have ii sm Ill family. References given.
Apply on &. W. Baker farm. address
hch21tG JAMES SELF.
sEE: sCE!! ECE!!!
ME HAVE \ LARGE QUhNTir rY OF GOOD
~ CLEAR MISSOURI RIVER ICE to sell this
season We viii sell III quantities of one-hun-
drcd pOUnda ~
THIRTY CENTS PER HUNDRED
less Than one hundred pounds at HALF-CENT
per pHun'i. delivered in any part OF the city
w are IN the business and intend to continue in
n. We ask the patron"G Ge of a generous public
Respectfully. n6m3 NEE r Il HEATiMAN
Ei3 ACRES FOR SALE.
/ GOOD FARM. OF l73 acres of new s
= land Situated one mile north OF 63T.i
Page City. AT $3J PER ACRE. GOOD &uil
FENCiN@; YOUNG ORCHARD, two RH..n
GOOD LOG HOUSES. OF two rooms each; Good
smoke house, Stable. Well. sc. More land
adjoining. can he bought ii desired. One hun
drei acres IN cultivation, balance IN blue grass
ans: timber This 10 bargain worth looking
or. Terms To suit inquire at this office. IT
Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1886-04-03

1000 yards Heavy Brown Cotton, at Sc yard.
1000 yards Fine Brown Cotton, at SC.
1000 yards Standard Prints, the very best made at
500 yards Good Gingham, at sc.
120 pairs Ladies' Nice Cotton Hose, at SC a pair
I2O pairs Childrens Nice Cotton Hose, at Sc pair
300 wards Beautiful BrOcade Dress Goods, at SC yard.
$50 Nice, Neat Printed Handkerchiefs only Sc each.
100 yards Good, Light Weight JEANS at SIC yard.
1000 yards very Superior Brown Cotton, at &c yard
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

Il wish.p said one, II had his claim, any
way, on that point OF rocks They say hen
got pickle jars full Of dust buried under hi
tent ] saw him take ten ounces one day out
If pot hole MYSELF
YES, he's ono OF your lucky oEss Rum,
luck and Boston sailor go together Put
Reed without cent on bar nobody ever
got color from before, IN him full OF
whisky, and give him a pan and anGron
spoon, and he'll pull straight for the tlnly
$500 cAtspa on the bar Ef l could mSlhage
Reed I'd break him in and usti him for Il gold
pinter, as I would Brass here - pitt for
quail, said Big Dick
We passed this unfortunately cabin on our
way home, and heard him curSing the fiends
summoned by his repeated fiery llranelatz,
and to all but him invisible. Il was horri-
BILE sound in the darkness and Stiffness Of the
night, issuing, as it did, from tho base Of
craggy mountain which lowered 10 ths black
ness against the sky.
"Thoy call 1t living" said Broensr. Poor
chaps. Its the best they can do They're
good fellows. But half Of them are killing
themselves, because, for the firzt filse In
their lives, they find themselves freed from
all social restraints and In country where .
man can dc pretty much as he phases, 80
long rs he pays his bills and minds bis own
business
They're living now he continued, ION
the stable yard muck hin side Of life, and
call II independence That Is 70 say, indie
pendence' with them means disregard for
dress, rough language, and cutting away
from all the amenities, manners and polish
Of the older settlements. 1t Is great mis-
take They can't always remain in it
They've got to beautify life, refine 1t, polish
IL In spite OF themselves, and ten years hsncs
you'll find portion Of the fellows ON this
bar living In towns and cities in grand
houses, aud clothed In purple and fine linen.T
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

base Of tho precipice where IL joined the
shelf, and turned over few bushes care
lessly laid against the rock. There, low
down near the ground, was a streak of
white quartz. Then observed on closer in
spection that it had been dug into here and
there 10 the depth of a few feet Looking
closer still / saw the yellow metal, and In
places where ruptured by the pick 1t shone
with a CLINT like gilt-very different from
the duller color Of the ''river wash gold or
that Of 'bank diggings."
eyes, there's the bank" said Broener.
s'The Bank of California, and II wasn't a
man Of more than ordinary strength OF mind
I'd worry myself TO death nights fearing lest
some other quartz learned reptile came crawl
Ing up hero and worming himself into my
pile. AS it is, have fits of such fear at
times, but when find them coming on | say:
BE Off, ye devils Because all fears are
ievils-deyils of the mind. Hard te be put
put If once let in, and bound TO kill If you
can't drive 'em out
"How do you get the gold out of the rockr
/ asked.
Pound the gold out of the bigger Jumps
with mortar and pestle," he replied, 'but
Ahooo VI ~ NuAiJ W hJuh rihhNAoSo W ~
treated such as that piece you threw down
just now. 1t looks worthless. You can't see
any gold in it. yet it's full, full Of dust gold,
fine as fiour-yes, finer-fne as the dust on
the butterfys wing. ] take that to the
assayer How the mint officials opened their
eyes at them. First they ever saw. Wanted
to know where dug them sand how and all
about it. OF course told them. located
my diggings In the farthest possible country
from this, and fired volleys of lies otherwise
at them. A man must protect himself, you
know, and cut and run from truth just as
a ship In an open roadstead with q gale sud-
denly coming on must cut and run from her
best bower l half believe they didn't quite
accept my story, and suspect sometimes they
set watch on me to see which way trav-
eled No knowing, you know, what some
learned worm Of the dust at the mint might
do. Because such one would know what
this rock meant, and he would yearn, yea,
seek, for 1t diligently, and do-just as ]
might do under the same sore trial.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

~ see nothing here like mine," said /.
"Of course not" he replied, ~ don't mean
that anybody SHALL But those fellows down
there would give their heads If they knew
what was up here. What do you think of
thatm and he handed me a bit of white rock,
the outside thickly crusted with gold, brighter
far than the dust had seen taken from the
river and its banks. "That's a part of the
mine. That's quartz They haven't got on
the trail of quartz yet in this land. When
they do there'n be a bigger whoop up than
ever
s'You see," continued Broener, ~ hap
pened to get whatever education has been
filtered into me at German university
Mineralogy was my favorite study There
I became acquainted with Madame Quartz
the matrix, in fact mother of gold-a mother
who has good deal to answer for in bring
ing so much of the root of all evil into the
world. So soon as arrived in these mines
knew that the gold which has through
ages drifted into all these rivers, creeks and
gulches, must have tumbled some time or
other out of this kind of rock, and wherever
the rock was, there was the chance of find
ing gold in the original package So l
hunted and found it at last, and here are
more of the original packages"
| He turned up fiat bowlder as he spoke,
and underneath, in cavity, lay a pile of
the yellow-flecked white rock. Pieces were
there varying in size from a potato to a
human skull Some seemed half gold
picked up the biggest, and was astonished
at its weight.
That's hundred ouncer," said Broener,
"outside the rock it carries. Seventeen hun
dred dollars more than the whole crowd on
the bar below viii get out in day. 1t makes
me laugh to think of those poor devils hump
ing themselves down there, and fighting over
sardines Of thirty three feet claims to the
man, when there's enough up here to send
them all to the old boy. For there's where most
Of 'em would go II they struck it"
And he laid back and had his laugh out In
an expansive, silent grin, whose heartines
seemed to pervade his whole being. ''Singu
lar be rca1a5.ked, ''how circumstances altel
cases. itch as Tam, can't afford TO laugh
aloud, lest the poems below hear me. They
alone can enjoy that lsxury.n
But where does this quartz come froinF
asked
He arose. went forward few steps to th'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA
By PRENTICE MILFORD.
TcorYnIoHrrD BY rHE AUTHOR ALL RIGHTS RE
SERVED
CHAPTER vi.
WILLIAM BROENER.

WILLIAM BR0ENER.
A month afterward was in San Francisco.
The Ann Mary Ann was creeping on the At
lantic somewhere near the equator, with four
or five weary months still between her and
the Land Of Promise
San Francisco was then simply mercan-
tile camp. Buildings we're run up as are
booths at a country fair There was little
idea of permanency. Everything was Of the
''makeshiftn order.
had ON landing s125. resolved to take
one clear week, with no other purpose save to
look about amuse myself, and watch for
whatever might turn up.
put up at the best hotel / could find and
paid $50 In advance for weeks board, which
granted TO me the then almost unheard of
luxury Of niche, called room, to myself, a
cot bed, tin washbasin, a coarse towel and
brown soap. True, the walls were but Of
cloth-cotton drilling. They did not shut out
the sound Of voices all around me, and at
night the shadows of my adjacent fellow
dodgers were sometimes prominently and
clearly thrown ON my canvas from the light
of the candles behind them, displaying them in
the many unstudied attitudes peculiar to man
ON disrobing for bed.
My right hand lodger had nightly great
difficulty in getting off his boots. His figure,
Of heroic size, was so thrown on my canvas in
the many irritating and uncomfortable posi-
tions into which man Is compelled ere he can
make his heel bulge from the position it has
maintained all day. 4s1IB1
One night while so engaged received sn
unexpected visit from him. In the midst Of
a harder tug than usual he lost his balance,
fell over backward against the cloth wall,
which gave way under pressure, and through
the rent he rolled, boot still in hand, into my
room.
"Good evening"" he said, without changing
his position. Hope don't intruden \
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

Has attained standard CT c=collcnoo whioi
admits OF no superior.
ltcontaina every Improvement that inventive
genius, akill ind money Gun produce.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06

goods, and take you down when called for.
But ! want you TO keep your beef of my
counter"
The giant took the rcproof good natltredly,
and moved off as desired.
Mr. Rankin" said another customer, "ars
those canned oysters of yours goodr
"Goodr' replied Mr. Rankin "Of course
not They're Baltimore oysters, put up rot
ten, shipped round Cape Horn rotten, sold 10
me In Stockton rotten, and hauled up here
by huh team rotten. Just smell Of emp
and Mr.. Rankin showed the can under his
customers nose
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06
CHAPTER VII.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA.

THE bAFA Ut OzH11EE Ols1'I1-
In the middle of September, 1850, found
myself located with Broener at his cabin on
the Stanislaus river, where the lower and
rounded foothills commence merging into the
more abrupt craggy and higher formations
of the vast Sierra range. 1t was for me a
great change Mountains towering all about,
no roads, no wheeled vehicles In use, only
trails or bride paths, traversed by horsemen,
our provisions brought from the nearest stora
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-11-06
PAT ENTS

obtained, and all other business In the u :
Pate It Office attended to for MODERATE
FEES.
Our Office is opposite the o. S. Patent
Office, and we can obtain Patents In les
time than those remote from Washington.
send Model or Drawing. We advise as to
patentability free of charge; and we make
No CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PAT
EST.
Wnen PATENTS granted q drawing OF you
invAntion, with claims, your name and adj
dreSs. will be published I'm the United States
Patent ONCE Gazette, a paper OF immense
.ireulation, AND THE ONLY ONE THAT
pfSRiIsHEs THIS FREE.
we refer. here, TO the Post Master, thu
Ernt. az the Money Order DIV, and TO ON
1suRgs 49,. The II a Patent Once. For circular
1870 sise FERNS and reference to actual clients
~ ~ s.,,,r own state. or eDun,v: eddreSA
Il soei y" q. A. SNOW 4 CO.,
Opposite Patent ONCE,
n ksHTHGToS, l.. {.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
The G.. G.. & A. II. r.

There are rumors to the effect that un-
known parties are trying to buy controlling
interest in the Chester, Greenwood and Able
willie Railroad, and we have tried to trace the
reports, but, so far, we have been unable to
get any information which is conclusive. We
feel perfectly certain OF this. however, that no
public spirited citizen should sell his stock to
any unknown corporation or syndicate, or
lend his countenance or approval to any
scheme which has for its purpose the destruc-
ton of the present possibility of getting the
much desired road.
We think we are safe in saying that no
stockholder in Abbevllle will assign or trans
fer his stock to anybody. and we would assure
Captain Mills. President of the Road, that he
need have no fears of "sell-out' in this Sec
tlon. The people want the road, and they
will stick TO 1t to the last
No enemy to the enterprise can buy the Alb.
beville stock. and no corporation who may
seek TO kill the road in its incipiency can find
a stockholder in this town who would sacri-
flee the interests Of the community for the
sake OF a few dollars.
If we remain true to ourselves we will get
the'road, but If we sell ont for song, and
thus enoble others to kill our road, we shall
have reason to regret the course.
We cannot see how any friend to the can
wish to possess himself Of anybodys stock
and we look with suspicion upon any propo,
sition to tuy 1t.
Let our people remain true to themselves,
and true to the best interests of the road.
The officers and directors will no doubt
prove true to their trusts, and the stockhoId-
ers have only to hold fast to their stock.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
The Election OF Judge.

On last Wednesday an election was held by
the General Assembly in the House of Repre-
sentatives for Judge of the Eighth Circuit.
VIM. H. Parker, Esq, contrary 10 the expec-
tations and wishes of this community, was
defeated. Colonel Joseph j. Norton, of Wal
halla, was the successful candidate. 1t Is to
be hoped that the expectations and promises
of his friends may be realized, and that the
State may find in him an able and faithful Of
ficer.
1t Is useless for us to again say what we
think of Mr.. Parker as man and his qualih-
cations for Judge. We simply incorporate the
opinion of our disiuterested neighbor, the Au-
gslsta Chronicle:
stated In my dispatch last night the elcc.
tion OF the Hon. w. H. Parker. of Abbevile.
to fill the uneXpIred term of the Presidency
of of the iht Bar ASSOCIATION. made vacant by the
late lumented Col. James II. Rion. l have
this to say, that in my judgmcnt-and l be-
lieve all the lawyers in the State will agree
! with me-the association could not have
spade better selection. Mr.. Parker, II am
npt mistaken, has been member OF the
Legislature since the dark Gays OF '16. His
been heard for truth and right. / Rave often
visited Mr.. Parker's county on business
such business that enabled me TO meet and
converse with all professions and classes OF
ms people. oul nave never iicaiu any III. y
but good OF him from any of them. Mr.. Par
ker vas defeated for the Judgeship Of the
eighth district against Col. Norton, who is a
prominent lawyer, q noble soldier and high
Toned gentleman. Mr.. Parker will not worry
over this. because q man OF his calbre and
honesty will no doubt be called out TO serve
his people in as high or even higher posi-
tion than that of Circuit Judge. In making
mention Of Mr.. Parker, Just after his election
as President of the Bar Association I do not
wish it understood that there is any refiec-
F.! tion cast on the other gentlemen who were
also candidates for the Judgeship.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
Sherif's Sale.

James NJ. Sullivan and others against Jno. r.
Tolbert ct al.-Sundry Executions.
pY virtue Of snndry executions to me direct
- ed, in the above stated case. will seE to
the highest bidder, at puolic auctiOnr within
the legal hours OF sale, at Abbeviile Court
House, on. Monday, the third day of Jahnnry,
1887, all the right, title and interest Of Jno-
X. Tolbert in the following described proper
ty, to wit: Tract No. l, containing '..i
THREE HUNDRED AND FTFTY-THREE
ACRES,
more or less bounded by lands Of ]. A. Part
low, p. 3. Brooks, the Laurens lands and 9TH
ers. Tract No. 2, containing
ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTYSIX
ACRES, -
more or less, and bounded by J. Milling, F. Is.
Brooks and others, formerly known as the
Butler lands. Tract No. 8, containing i,
FOUR HUNDRED ACRES - -
more or less, and bounded by p. B. Brooks, Le-
Roy Lee. ~ McNeill and others, and known
as the Horn tract. Tract No. 4, containing :
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE
ACRES. -.
more or less, and bounded by T. A. Watson,
D. ]. TOlbert, Mrs. WhitlOsk and Others and
known as tie Mcneil place. Levied on and
to be sold as the property Of JnO- K Tolbert,
10 satisfy the Aforesaid executions and costs.
l aN4A''-' J.F. c. DUPRE.
Sheriff Abbeville County
Dec 16 1856 St ..-...-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
The Atlantic, Grecnville and West
ern Railway.

Our friends at Ninety-SiX are to be congrat-
ulated We think they have effected al ar
rangement whereby they will soon have run
ming by their town q splendid railroad which
will make that an important trade centre.
we all know what a new road has done for
Greenwood, and what was done for Green
wood by her new railroad may be done for
Nincty-SiH by the road which Is soon TO be
built by that town.
The new road, In thehands Of Susong Co.,
is to be finished to Grecnville by January,
1889, for the faithful performance Of which
contract they have given satisfactory bond.
One feature of the road, while just to the
remainder OF the county, is especially advan-
hageous to the citizens of the township
.syho have taxed themselves to build this road.
Section eight Of the charter provides:
"That all taxes received from the railroad
,upOn the levy for County purposes, instead
applied by the County Treasury and County
commissioners TO the payment Of the interest
on the bonds subscribed by such Townships
respectively
Cokesbury and Ninety-slx have voted a tax
on the property OF these townships. In the
county there are about twenty-five miles OF
road, and, we believe, the road runs through
no OInCT lOWuSLlpSs IL We WI iSSe IA thio
assumption, twenty-five miles Of road, as.
.sessed a: st. 900 a mile will make Sl50,G0O OF
taxable property, the levy upon which "for
county purposes shall be applied to
the payment OF the interest on the bonds
which the townships have issued bonds for
the road.
This will go q long way toward relieving
the tax payers, and we hope that in view OF
the splendid prospects for magnificent
road, that all opposition to the payment of
the tax, as voted, for the road. will cease.
Hon. F. A. Connor has reason to congratu-
late himself, that the people owe him a debt
OF gratitude for his zeal. energy and influence
toward securing the contract with Susong &
Co. It was largely through his ability and
sagaclty that the present pleasing outlook is
before us.
The Atlantic, Greenville and Western Rail-
Way will be great acquisition to the wealth
and Importance Of Abbeville county, and
Messrs. F. NJ. Pope and L. NJ. Moore will be
. public benefactors. Men Of their energy and
pluck would build up any place, and we ex-
pect to see Nipety-Six an Important trade
centre at no distant day.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-12-29
FROM OUR RAILROAD CENTRE.
The Happy Christmas Times About
Greenwood.

Greenwood.
GREENWOOD, S. G., Dec. %, 1881.
All have had merry Christmas, and to- Cay
Lhe stores are all open and everybody IS al
work with unusual activity.
The beautiful weather that we are having
to-day is what is needed by the grain crop
that is struggling for existence.
Mr.. D. X. burst is very sick.
iting Mr.. G: G., Waller and others mere.
Misses Minnie and I5s'e ellie Blake Of Antre
vile are visiting Mr.. II P. Blake.
Mr. s. B. Hodges received his first shipment
last week. The fruit Is very fine both in size
and quality.
We have been informed that Mr.. w. X
Blake has boon appointed trial Justice in
Office here for several years We do moi
know that this is true and know of nothing
that would justify the change
Mrs. Thomas Ruff Of Winnsboro is visiting
The little folks had delightful social
gathering at the residence Of Or. i. G. Parks
on last Saturday night.
Nine Thousand three hundred bales of cot
ton have been received here this Ieason, 0 3-1(
was paid for cotton last Friday.
Men who arc too poor to pay what they owe
their neighbors, not able to scnG their chill
dren to school buy good books or pay for d
brutalze themselves by indnlging in drunk,
en- revcry. Some men think that the chic
end Of man IL 10 get drunk and have wha
they call q big time during the holidays. tt
make the Christmas time season of JOY apG
Innocent merrSmaklTg Is not wrong. but lc
us not forget that year that will test oul
country financially will soon dawn and learn
which will pay the greatest dividend.
Mr.. D. 4. P. Jordan leaves for Columbia to
day where he will be one OF the altendants o.
The marriage of Prof. Jno. r. Fickling of New
Orleans and Miss Bissie Alexander, daughter
of Gen. Z. p. Alexap1er In Trinity church
this evening at hali-past seven.
Miss LiZZy Kerr, q beautiful and accom-
pllshcd young lndy from WinnsbOro Is visit
Ing Miss Anne Reynolds.
Several OF our young people attended a bal
given by Mr.. and Mrs. q. p. O'Neall last night t
hospitality of Mr.. O'NeaIl who spared no eff
..ort TO secure the enjoyment Of every ont
present.
Mr.. Henry Counts of Laurens and Mis-
Marion Hartzog were married on last Thurs
day morning at eleven o'clock by Rev. L
the twelve o'clock train for Laurcns where
they will reside. They houe the rood wishes
Of host OF friends.
The Sunday School Christmas tree In Wal
Ter Hall last night was attended by all the
children Of the different schools. But few
If any, of the children were forgotten and al
had an evening OF pleasure that will be long
remembered.
The young mon have made every prepare
tion for the ball Tomorrow night, and are eX
various Places.
The Entertainment ut the College on las
Tuesday night was plendid and Nil that any
one could haveIex expected or desired. The mu
sic was charming, and the tablenuN were su
perior to anything that we have ever had the
pleasure OF witueSsinG.
The Female College exercises Will be re
sumcd Oh January 5th. MAC.