The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-02-17
Politics AND POLITICIANS.

nave Just purchased at Santa Ec. lie
has Isis eye ON the Soma c, if New Mex
leo he admitted as II State.
john II. Reagan, Of Texas, is sew
enty ycars OF age. He has q poor
voice, hut al excellent brain. He has
rcsiicI IN Texas lor iorty-Scven years.
MI. Aionzo Bart, superintendent
of the ~rullwayemail service, is likely
to be replaced by q Democrat from
Louisville. 80 lhc Washington gossip
report.
Madison Wells, Of Louisiana is!
still living, but is quite bind, That
he still lives 'sa sufficient indicat on
OF Lpuisiuna's reputation as n law
abiding Sac.
There is talk at Washington, ac-
corling TO the Chicago III UNne'S cor
respondent, OF the appointment, as
t c Republican member of the Civil
Service ,Gommission, of ex-senator
Blanche X. Btpcc.
+ The Chicago Uerald is pleased to
be witty whepit says: "A rather free
translation Of the Latin motto on Sec
retary MaIniug's crest and coat of
arms makes iErcad, "Thc eagle does
not catch flies"
Senator Vance, Of North Carolina,
is a wit, and knows it. He is reported
to have recently met the beautiful Miss
Bullitt, OF Phila lclphia. "Ah,n lie
said, CALAMITY, ~ heard YOU whistle
duting the war;
Representative Gucnthcr of Wis
consin threatens to resign because he
cannot save any one 1T Washington.
lie was not,sclit there to do that. But
he should'takc courage and remember
Blaine and Sherman.
j 'seph Villas of Manitowoc, Wis,
/, now looked upon as the probable
successor to the deceased Congress.
man, Mr.. Rankin. Mr.. Villas is a
Democrat, a wealthy business man
aud no relation 10 the Postmaster
General.
j. w. Bookwaltcr, who once ran
for Governor of Ohio, on the Demo
cratic ticket, is thin, square built, and
has iron.gray hair. He wears 4 MUS
tachc of the samC color as his hair.
His eyes are blue and set back under Il
heavy pair of eyebrows. lie is still II
wealthy man.
1t is told of Representative Ran
dnlls immobilitv OF feature that n Ken
tuckiai, addicted to draw poker, re-
marked during the caiiuass for Speak
cr that eli he had ltandali's face, he
could sit behind two Gcuccs aud win a
barrel OF money Randall has done
it. lie has played the protection
dcucps for all they arc worth.
Governor ~lloUScr und Colonel
a. II. Saunders are booked for the
~, 20 49, tNN 49, Ill.,. 49, 1000. "
tanu, it the Territory be admitted as IA
State. Colonel Saunders is 50 tall thai
an lriShman describing him to some
II who desired to meet him, said:
"Whcn yeZ fond a man who can wear
a doubic-barrclcd shotgun for trousers
that's him."
-EX-Unitca States Senator Felch, of
Michigan is in Florida for the winter.
Mr.. Tclch is quite an old man now,
and his public career goes bacl; over
fifty years. He resides at Ann Arbor.
Mich, and was Governor OF that State
in lS4G-i7, and United States Senator
from 1917 to 1888. Mr.. Fetch was one
Of the leading commissioners to settle
the Mexican and Spanish land claims
in the treaty with Mexico.
Tho Louisiana Senators arc thus
described: Senator Gibson is an uc-
cumpiishcd man of the world, and rep
re-cnls more particularly the old
| regine; Senator Eustis, the practical
element. Both were Confederate gen
erals. Gibson IS a courier. Eustis
would command q court. Both arc
lawyers and scholarly speakers. Sen
ator EustiS iseXceedingly suavc. and llps
q rich, sonorous voice
Representative Caics, of Alabama,
has 81 Dill pending under which it is
hoped that alien %landholding in the
several States may be prevented. Ii
assumes that Congress has power to
regulate the holdin@ of lands by
foreigners within State boundaries.
The author of the bill has been pro
nOunecd in his views on the strict
construction of the Constitution. The
measure is now before the judiciary
committees, of which j. Randolph
Fucker, an extreme State rights man,
is chairmnn. Its treatment By that
body will be of Importance.
SAFE BLOWERS IN CHARLESTON.
The Safe of the Ciaussen brewery Ex-
pioded by Dynamite and Robbed of
Money and Valuablcs.
(SpsctaL to The COIumJiu Rc9i$tsr.)
CHARLESTON, S. c., February l2.--
''Tiic cntcrprising burglar" has been
getting in some daring aud successful
work in Charleston. About : O'Clock
this morning the Office of the Palmetto
or Ciausseu Brewery was broken into,
the door OF the iron safe blown open
With dyaamitc and 5000 IN cash and
,, 'ght dollars worth Of postage stamps
stolen. There were several checks and
drafts and other valuable papers in tho
safe, but the cracksmcn CONSIDERABLY
left these untouched.
The robbers effected their entrance
into the Office by breaking the transom
over a door opening into the yard.
Three holes were drilled in the door of
the safe near the lock, into which was
placed q chargu of dynamite. q fuse
was then inserted, which was evident
ly fired by the cracksmen at a safe dis
lance.
The explosion was heard several
blocks awav. The policeman on duty
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