The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-07-18

- An amendment VIII be voted for, at the
coming election in November, abolishing
the school commissioners Office as an
elective one, and giving the Governor the
right TO appoint.
It is pleasing sign of the times. to note
that the filthy cigarette pictures have been
superseded By tolerably well executed pho
tolithographs Of the governors and coats
of-arns Of the different states Of the Union.
The Columbia Record thinks Capt. TILL
man should be nominated and elected to
the Legislature. It thinks the floor Of the
House is the place where he should make
his charges, and ne cIunot,-it says, refuse
10 go there houtshitkiug responsibility.
: The candidates suggested so far for the
Office of Governor are the present incum-
bent, Johue Peter Richardson. B. E. Till
man, os,Eage6eld, John c.: Sheppard, of
Edeefsld, Giles J. Patterson; of Chester.
&W: Edwards, of Darlington, and posi-
BY afew others that escape our memory
iust now. We have no Information as to
hoEnany viii enter the field and canvass
for the Office.
The first rehearsal of Palmer and Bouci
caults new school of acting was held last
Thursday at the Madison Square Theatre,
in New York. The head master, Dion
Boucicault, was on hand and gave direction
the proceedings. About sixteen aspirants
underwent slnd Of preliminary e1amina-
tom: '.Icn6en Assurance" was the first
work upon~hich the pupils dramatic tal-
I6nts were tried.
Mr. L: S. Bingham, osAtarion;.,S c., has
cotton himself into hot water by making
certain remarks that have been construed
to mean thas. Ex-Governor Thompson ap-
propriated to his own use 500 worth of
furniture from the Governors Mansion in
Columbia. No man who knows Gov.
Thompson will believe such charge. But
Mr.. Bingham has some heavy explanations
to make or come down with most ineon-
troTertible evidence:
A well-known North Carolina cigarette
firm has issued among its series of colored
portraits Of the Governors, thasof Governor
Richardson, of this State. On one side is
the coataof arms of the State, and on the
ether asiew of the State Capitol. and the
ton. In the little portsaiSS the hair of oui
handsome Governor is prenaturely white,
and the cheeks ere as rosy as those of the
girls to whom he makes such glowing
speeches.
The Hon. William Youngblood, membe,
Of the national executive committee, and
residing at Birmingham, Ala, is authority
for the statement that Alger and his men
purchased the votes of fifty Southern del
egates that went to the convention with
Sherman as their fixed choice. He says
the price paid was $500 in cash, all ex-
penses in Chicago, and their expenses both
ways. Alger's Doodle was ample and flowed
very freely. The result was all the South.
err delegates, or at least fifty of them,' have
come home flush with greenbacks.
The letest about Gen. Sheridan is that he
actually died once but was brought to life
again oy.the matchless human skill Of his
physicians. It was on the afternoon ot
Thursday. June z. A hemorrhage of the
stomach had been followed by hemorrhage
Of the bowels. There was no pulse, no re-
spiration. The firm jaw had dropped, the
eyes were wide open aud glazed and tie
hands were cold as ice. Father Chapelle
turned from the bedside and said: "Au is
over" and then passed sadly from the room
Mrs. Sheridan sobbed..in prayer for the
dead hero's final rest Suddenly DR.. Orel
lY discovered that the Heart began to beat at
ter FIVE minutes Of inaction. the proper aids
were applied and the General soon grew
better,