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fern 6errsutt, bob Ell Dein pei6es
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lafie
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bic Sreppen binauflief; ber Wlte aber
febte ii1 langiam tpieber on Ieinen
pIab. Wir faBen cine Meile f9peis
genb. 90 1T er INNER, iaate er bann;
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er fommen ptirbe.
llnb bod, eruiberts ibid foante es
nidt 5urGdbaIten- baben sic i'm neus
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st blidie mt6 an: sic meinen bas
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then tpiirbe. Ct trant eineu Sd)lud
unO itarrte pOr ii9 bin. 9od, bub er
tpieber an, i'd wolIte Sbnea BON meis
mem alten &id er3dblen; Der Sunse
lit ia tod gar ni6t auf Der Welt.
(ijortfstnna foIst)
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meinbe, tDel9e ct in S9reden gebaIten
bate, nit ber gr6Bten 8efriebigung
aufgenDmmen; aber bas 4ufbal:sn ei.
ner &rontbeit. Wel4e elm geliebtes uno
gei9dbtes 2eben tpegiiieblt, in cine
Sbat. tpelde berSli9e 9nntbarteit ein.
fi0Ben ionte. Gr0ieln, 2dlte ber St.
tremitdten, Niebersei6lnsenbeit unb
@efiibl Der @rmabuna Bel blei9em,
frdafli9em @efdt fins bic GoIgen bon
Wierens unb 2eberit6rung. 0oltet bic
urfa9e iofort auf, inbem Sbr DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
einnebmt. @s III Elm rein oegetabiIiIGer
Detective, ber bic berborgenlfe Qungens
ober glutff6rung auflpiiren unb felie
nebmen pirb. Sn allen NpotbeEen 3u
baben.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1889-09-25
Der Ne6en6n6fer.
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nit uribellen iple: Ilerolngs ni9t gon3
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~ Denft anb Die alamo"
uno bereitet @u6 auf bas baIbige grs
ideinsn bes .W iener Eager Bic.
res" bDr.
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~ 6iite! 9atel Neue Derbp
unb weibe 6teiion 9erbft= unb Wins
terbiite bel 5. %. Crate & Co.,
yto. 240 @ommetce< 5traBe.
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Donnen nn6 auf ibren 8nnib merbe
i'd au9 meiter oi6ten-uur fiir fie. tpie
Id mir Dornabm.
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Die
WOdentlide Treie Yreile flir Seras
erl9eint
jeoen Qonnerfag
un6 foitet
$3.50 fir bas Sabr Dber $1.25 ids
6 Wfpnatc tn VuransbesabInna.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
THEFAT MANS FUNERAL.
They Had to Saw Hole in the Side Of
the House to Get the Casket Out.

They Had to Saw a Hole in the Side Of
the House to Get the Casket Out.
ELMIRA, June l9.-Thc sinsle-story
red house on Hart street, near the water
works fountain, was to-day the scene of
a remarkable funeral John Lawe>, the
fat man, who weighed G40 pounds, and
was the biggest man in America, lived
there number of years and died there
on Monday. Many curious people went
to see him in life and crowd stood
around the little house and tramped over
the lawn this morning in fruitless at
tempt to see the face of the dead. De-
composition set in early, and this morn
ing the big casket was not opened. The
minister engaged for the funeral at 10
o'clock did not appear, and the services
were delayed until II o'clock, when the
Rev Mr.. Wright Of Grace Church con-
Quoted the services. The casket could
not be taken through the door, and a
carpenter sawed out the side of the
house. Twelve men carried the coffin
out, placed it in an open wagon, and it
was drawn by two horses TO the ceme-
terry. Sexton Abbott had prepared a
grave that looked like a cellar. Two
oak planks were placed across it to hold
the casket. Mrs. LaweS and her five
children wept while nine stal Sart men
lowered the coffin into the grave, which
was forty-two inches wide. The average
grave is only twenty-three inches. The
interuent was in a lot in the Northeast
part of the cemetery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26

will proceed to arm our own slaves
against us. Then, said he, when these
outrages are perpetrated, Of course it
will be absurd and impossible for us to
treat that war as civilized war! To do
so will be perdition to our cause. 1t will
be the practical admission of claims
damnable to our pretenSions of right and
ruinouS to the morale and self-respect
of our people. Thus, before this war is
ended, Mr.. Davis is going to find him =.
self in this dilemma: The enemy
will adopt means such that he will
be obliged to meet them with ex-
tensive bloody retaliationS or be
ruined. But then these enemies will
have in their hands, it may be, thou
sands of our friends, so that ii will
be attended with the fearful conse-
quence of thereby conSigning our sol
dierS to massacre. Now, he added, fore
seeing these things, l would have ad-
viSed taking no prisoners, and teaching
our volunteers at the outset that when
they went into action it must be victory
or death literally for them, as it is going
to be for their country. Since the ad-
ministration had adopted other ideas,
he obeyed. He had all along been as
careful and scrupulous to preserve the
lives and health of his prisoners as Mr..
Davis himself could have been.
Such were unquestionably General
Jackson's thoughts at that time. How
prophetic they were any well-informed
man must judge for himself.
r. L. DABNEY,
Prof. of Phil, University of Texas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
THE SPIRIT OF cAMERoN's PASS.
4 Wild Woman is Found in the Rocky
Mountains.

In the summer of 1882 ". C. Hart,
the geologiSt, and two other enthusiastic
collectors of specimens we're encamped
near the lava beds between the head
waters of the Cache de la Poudre River
and North Park. 1t was a rough,
broken region, and the desolation was
heightened by the proximity of the crater
of an extinct volcano, while tare rocks
and dead timber were everywhere. Tie
hope of securing rare formations sor
their cabinets attracted 'the gentlemen
to the uncanny spot, for every one
averred that Cameron Pass was haunted
by the spirit of an emigrant's daughter
Joe Shepler, a well known mountaineer,
who was plotting the party through
the hills, had often seen the ghost
and promised his companions that
they should view the strange
apparition before returning to their
homes. He said the spirit was thief,
ano frequently stole food and furniture
from the camps of hunters who rentured
within the precincts of her uninviting
domain. At dinner August 10, 1882
Shepler calmly announced that the spirit
of Cameron Pass was approaching. and
pointed to strange being which
was swiftly moving towards
the camp. The marauder came
to withinc-fsee hundred yards OF
f6e men, and seizifg Z 1faunch If r-a7aaeaai= aeaai=
son h-had been placed on stone
ran with it. Hart picked up his rifle, and,
calling On his comrades to follow,
started in pursuit OF the thief. She-Shey
were sure it was wonan-led them a
lively race directly toward the lavabeds.
Being close pressed, the hunted creature
dropped the meat and sped onward to
the opening of cave. The pursuers
entered the cavern on the heels of the
strange robber and found the warm
body of dead woman. The fright and
exertion had killed her The corpse was
that of woman about twenty-five years
old. Her only clothing was rude
gown fashioned of skins. Her hair was
very long and she was sunburned and
barefooted. The remains were buried
decently. An exploration of the cave
disclosed the fact that it had for some
time been used as a habitation
by the alleged spirit. The
ground was covered with bones, and,
although there were cooking utensils
about, it was evident that they had
never been used. The unfortunate girl
had subSisted on stolen meat and roots
and leaves. She had dried meat for
winter use. For several years the wild
girl was thought to be spirit.-Chic0go
HerrIS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
THE cRoNIN MURDER.
Mother Arrest Made-Martin Burke Pos
itively Identified.

CHICAGO, June 2O.-Detectives last
night arrested a grocery clerk named
Kuhn, who is familiarly known as
'tCoonsey," to make him explain his
close intimacy with Dan Coughiin during
the month of March and April He
was the ex-detectiye's constant compan-
ion and accompanied him to Peoria,
where Coughlin made threats against
Cronin. Chief Hubbard said last night
he did not think Kuhn was participant
in the murder, but he thought that ow-
ing to his intimate association with
Coughlln for such long period, he
might be able to tell more about the ex-
detective than anybody knows now.
Chief Hubbard received the following
dispatch this afternoon from Officer
Collins at Winnipeg: ~ have identified
the prisoner here as Martin Burke. He
has employed a lawyer, but there is no
chance of his getting away. Chief Of
Police McRae retained counsel yester-
day"
ST. PAUL, June 21.-A Winnipeg spe-
.isl says: Burke will come up for trial
to-day, though Detective Collins will
make an attempt to obtain a fullsseonfes
sion from Burke before taking further
proceedings. 1t will now be necessary,
in order to secure his extradition. to
make out such case as would secure
his commitment for trial at a higher
court were he charged with committing
the ofense in this country-that is, to
make a pTtnlG tiucie case against him.
This will necessitate the bringing Of
witnesses for the prosecution from Chi
cago. Should a case be made out, the
Judge will issue an order for his extra
dition. He will be then given fifteen
days in which to appeal, and if no ap-
peal has been entered before that time
expires, he will be handed over 1t Will
probably take at least a month to secure
Burke's eItradition, should he not con-
fesS in the meantime.
The source of Chief McRae's informa-
ton, on which Burke was arrested, is
mystifying great many people here.
The Chief says he has an object in main
tanning secrecy at present, and when the
proper time comes he will give publicity
to all he knows about the matter. He
says it is Iot in his province to divulge
his source of information, but he has
telegraphed complete details to Chief
Hubbard of Chicago, who can likely
make some further use of them in work
ing up the case against the Cronin mur-
dererS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
EVEN HAWKINS MUST GO.
President Garrison Discharging All Co!
ored Employees of.the White House.

EESSlOenL GdIIlSOA O4oSUIi S@o6 ~A11 W.
ored Employees of.the White Rouse.
WASHINGTON, June 16.-President
Harrison doesn't like to have colored
servants about him any more than he
likes to have the malodorous ailanthus
tree in the grounds around the White
House. The President has had all the
ailanthus trees cut down and taken
away from the lawn, and his environ.
ment is soon to be as clear of colored
people: the coFe5rrsSa coFe5rrsSa cook and most Of
the colored servants who used to be
around the White House in Mr.. Cleve-
lands time have been dispensed with,
and the few that remain will be given
their liberty during the Summer season
when the Presidential household Is
away at Deer Park, and will not be
invited to return when the summer
season is over. White men and women
will take their places. One part of the
late lamented Lord Sackvilles domestics
are now on deck at the White House.
The kitchen mates and area bellies OF
the British Legation under Lord Sack
vile will soon have a complete reunion
at the White House under Mr.. Harri-
son. Lord Sackville's French butler,
who mas been spending the tedium in
Paris, is understood to be about to
return to the United States to rejoin his
accomplished French wife, who has been
for some time in charge Of President
Harrison's "wlttles." Even poor old
Hawkins-the historic Hawkins-is not
to be spared. a white man is hence
forth to sit on the box of the White
House carriage, and as Harrison insists
upon footman, which Mr.. Cleveland
never did, the white coachman will be
reinforced by white footman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
GUssIE'S STORY OF THE FLOOD.
A Seven-Year-Old Survivor Gets Lost in
jersey City.


New YORK, June 1S.--A little girl,
hatless and shoeless. was found wander
ing around the streets of lower Jersey
City on Sunday She said she was lost,
and she was taken to the First Precinct
Police Station. Sergeant O'Connor asked
her what her name was and she said:
"Gussie Miller, and I come from Johns
town. Pm survivor She said she
was seven years old, and that she came
from Johnstown last Thursday with her
aunt, Mrs. Buckhart, and Mamie, Anna
aud Rosa Buckhart, three other little
girls. She went out for walk, and
couldn't find her way back to the house
where her aunt was. She didn't know
in what street the house was. Captain
McKaig, Sergeant Archibald and Ser
geant OConnor got her talking about
the food and she told the following
story:
my papa worked in the steel works
and we lived down near the works,
mamma and papa and me and Mr.. Buck
hart and Mrs. Buckhart and Mamie and
Rosie and Annie, and we heard an aw-
full noise, and papa ran in and told Us
all to run after him up the mountain.
He carried me and Rosie part of the
way, and Annie and Mamie ran awful
fast after us. My mamma didn't run
so fast and she got caught between two
cars ald got crushed, and Mr.. Buck
hart and Mrs. Buckhart went down.
We lived in house on the hill for two
days aud papa went to work. Mrs.
Buckhart, my aunt, not Mamie's NAM
ma, brought me on to Jersey City two
or three days ago"
The child'S friends were found and
she was returned to them. They lived
in jersey City year ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
A Colored Priest to be Ordained

Cardinal Gibbons will shortly per,
form the initiatory ceremony toward
ordaining the first colored priest in the
United States by admitting Randolph
Unclcs to the clerical: state. The cere-
mony of the tonsure, the act of cutting
the hair, and receiving the robes of the
church will take place at the Cathedral
on the 21st inst. The candidate is a
Baltimorean and one of the first Of
several students to enter st. Joseph's
Seminary. He is studying at that in
stitution and attending lectures at St.
Mary's Seminary. If he is ordained he
will work among the colored people.
The only colored priest in the country
was ordained in Rome and is stationed
in Illinois. S,tn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
A Gigantic Foundry.

Some idea of the extent of NesSrs.
hrupp'S establishment may be gathered
from work just published at Essen. 1t
appears that in 1888 there were only
nine workman and in 1S4S seventy-four.
In July, 1888, the establishment en-
ployed 20,960 men, of whom 1896
were at Essen. Including the families
Of the workmcn they supported popu-
lation of 73, 100 souls, of whom 4,193
lived in houses provided by the firm.
There are at Essen 1,195 furnaces of
various construction, $50 boilers, 90
steam hammers of from 100 to $4,000
killogrammes. $40 steam engines, with
a total of $4,000 horse power: IT, PA dit
ferent machines and 361 cranes. OF
coal and coke :. 1135 tons are used daily
and II high furnaces Of the latest con:
struction produce nearly 500 tons q
iron per day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
Sensational Scene in Court.

A sensational scene was enacted
Saturday morning in Judge Outcalt'S
court-the Common Pleas-in Circin-
natl. He has had on hearing and under
consideration for several months an un-
usual hd6eaS corpus case, where two
women claim to be the mother of the
child for whom the writ was issued.
Miss Kate Schaller averred that she gave
birth to an illegitimate child and
placed it in the hands of Mrs. Humser,
the midwife, to dispose of, and that Mrs.
Humser placed it in the family of Mr..
W. J. White to be adopted. Subse-
quently Miss Schaller wished to recover
possession of her ,nild and applied to
Mrs. White, when chat lady informed
her that the baby she had was not
an adopted child, but was her own.
The testimony before the court was most
conflicting, but Mr.. and Mrs. White
brought many.-.witnesses to Show that
the baby was theirs. They have had it
in charge during the trial Saturday
the Judge was to render the decision,
but Mrs. White appeared in court with
out the child. When asked by the court
where it was Mrs White. in a determined
manner, answered: Judge Outcalt, l
was submitted to severe examina-
ton the other day, and I understood
you were going to decide against me
and I have protected my child. l know
the consequences and am here to abide
by them, and if l have to stay
in prison ten years I am satisfied,
So if at the end of that time l
have my darling" This reply, of course,
made sensation. Her attorney
promptly disclaimed having advised this
course of action and asked that his
client have time to reflect. The Court
said that if Mrs. White did not produce
the child she must suffer the conse-
quenceS of contempt Of court, and he
allowed her until noon to consider. The
resolnte mother tor two hours was
urged by her attorney and friends to
produce the child, but at the end of the
time she remained firm and went bravely
to jail under sentence of the court for
Meantime the Judge with
holds his decision of the merits Of the
case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-06-26
Rehrine Sea SaaI Fisheries.

S. II. Webb of New Westminster,
British Columbia, says he has informa,
ton to the effect that England and the
United States have come 10 an under
standing, in accordance with which no
seizure of British vessels will be made
in Behring Sea this season. As soon as
the existing contract with the Alaska
Fur Company expires an effort will be
made to hold an international confer
ence for the purpose of taking steps to
Jointly protect the seal fur fisheries
there, as well as in the South Pacific
Islands. Mr.. Webb says the United
States has undoubtedly superior rights.
The indiscriminate slaughter of seals is
having bad effect. For seven seals
shot only one is secured.