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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
4 DEAD FACE AT HIS WINDOW.
The Horrible Discovery Made by a Quest
az :: pittSEurr Hotel.

PirrsBvEu, 32Iay % 22-Iesterday
morning. Il, O'Clock, j. ". Na@
yol,rr, i guest of Bolcy's Hotel. was
awakened from his siumbcrs by
something like a tapping at his win.
dcw. He got up in bed and
pcercl out into the night, and was
thrilled with horror to see the white
face of a corpse. The body was hang
ing by chain around its neck from
8 window on the floor above, and the
wind III swaying it about caused the
noise that awakened Waggoner. The
eyes OF ;lie corpse were VIDE open,
and tie hands We're claspcd together.
As sooa as Waggoncr recovered
from tn" shock he alalmcdihe house
hold. The body proved to be that of
Jno. Smith, III oil dliller. He had
gone to his room about midnight,
taken the CHAIN used as Il fire escape,
wrapped it twice around his neck and
swung out of the window. where he
hing until he was str;msled to death.
Several years ago Smith lived III
Ebensburg. j murder was commit
ted there in which he was implicated
with man named Bowls and another
named Brooks. Bowls fled and
Brooks WAS killed. Then Smith
turned States evidence and got clear.
but he was from that time on known
in the oil country as the Murderer Of
John Smith. To be called by this
name preyel upon his mind and led
70 his suicide.
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"He Evened Up"

Col. Mosby relates the following
amusing incident which occurred in a
cavalry fight in the Shenandoah valley
in 1864:
In the midst of sharp cavalry en-
gagement with Sheridan's men in a
charge near Berryville there came rid
ing into our lines like whirlwind 8
Yankee soldier on a black horse a
score of mea tried to stop horse and
rider, but the old blacks blood was up.
and he went on clean through our
lines before he was under control. The
rider was sent to Libby prison, and we
mustered the black charger into the
confederate service. A few days later
we charged some of Clusters men, and
that old horse was ridden into the en-
gagement by one of our soldiers: The
black evened up things, too, for he
carried his rider into the federal Lines.
and never came back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
III MARBLE CANON.
on1cs Work Down Stream by An Ad7eas"
urous Exploring Party.

To cive YOU an idea of the number
of the rapids from the head OF tne
Colorado River to this point; near tee
mouth of the Little Colorado Gl'e:; 4;
distance of about 290 miles, WIZ
say there are Just 20O rapids, not count
inr small draws or rifles, and from
Lees Ferry to this point distance oi
eighty miles there are just lou rapios'
writes Deuycr Republican correspond.
ent. We haze run the greater part OF
this 100 and portrayed but few ana over
many of them our boats have danced
and iumoed at the rate Of fifteen miles
per hour, and over some, by actuai
measurement, at the rate OF twenty
miles per hour for half q mile at a time.
Standing ir the bow of one OF the
boats as she goes through one OF these
chutes, with first the bow and then the
stern jumping into the air as she shoots
from wave to wave, with the spray OF
the breakers dashing over ones head,
is something the excitement and 1ascl-
nation of which can only be under
stood by being experienced;
That part of Marble Canon from
Point Retreat for forty miles down 10
the mouth of the Little Colorado River
is far the most beautiful and interest,"
ing canon we have yet passed through.
At Point Retreat the marble walls
stand up perpendicularly 300 feet from
the waters edge, while the sandstone
above branches back in slopes and
cliffs to $500 feet high. Just beyond
this the canon is narrowest, beng but
little over 800 feet wide from wall to
wall, while the river in places at this
stare of water is not over sixty teee
vide. The marble rapidly rises till it
stands in perpendicular cliffs, ZOO to
500 feet high, colored with all the tints
of the rainbow, out mostly red. In
many places toward thetop it is honey
combed with caves, cavcrns, arches
and crottces, with here and there
natural bridge left from one crack to
another, making most grotesque and
wonderful picture as our little Doass
glide along that quiet portion OF the
river so many hundred feet below.
at the foot of these cliffs in many
places are fountains of pure sparkling
| water, gushing out from the rock-in
| one place, Vassey's Paradise, several
| hundred feet up the wall-and drop,
ping down among shrubbery, ferns ana
lowers, some Of which, even at this
| time of the year, were found in bloom.
Below this for some distance, are q
| number of these fountains with large
patches of maidenhair ferns clinging
| to the wall, fifteen to twenty feet above
the water, green and fresh as IN the
month of May, and with the sparkling
water running down over them they
make most charming picture.
Our weather has been most wonder
full through the whole winter. Inc e
thermometer has never registered at Q
o'clock in the morning lower than "a
degree above zero, and in the sun III
the middle of the day has registered as
high as IS degrees. We have had ous
one snowstorm down in the canon ana
one rain. The sun has shown brightly
nearly all the time, though for eight
days at one time it never shone on Us,
we being under the shade Of the ellis
all the time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28

road Official who gives half rate fare
to excursions, and he refused to com
mute these tc!npe,,;i.;-'' .s.'''!nl' u2-
cause there wee les uIi'icu
That is cile reason 10 - :, &ut >irs.
;I,s,,ton told uc conlil-nt;.li' that II
WAS bec:,l;,,a. tl:vy csi3?df: t.. nor
nald Office. Il tli;i1.,i;i,,-, -Luctd,
said one of them. Fifty men can
stalt out OF u champagne OF wlnskcy
excursion, and so anywhere for I
nominal fare; but here are seventy
i've noble women, whose mission IS
to save the young ,aen from ruin and
save the State and save 1a''reads and
everything else, and Colo-S. Slaughter
saws you haven't got women enough
you must pay ful; H., [ wish
tue Colonel coulu have oeen there.
He would have though; there wcIe
women enough. My opinion is there
were 80, at least. One good woman
ought 70 be counted as two men,
ANYHOW. | count $h,' ''ay at my
house Colonel Sl;.us -.;,d better
reconsider and refu1.j, that money.
The mission of these noble women is
worth more to the railroads than q
press excursion. It embraces the
good sober conduct r = ;heir etfi-
cials, from the presidents TO the
brakemen. and Will give tnem sober
passengers who wont get hurt and
t;len sue for damages had rather
be Larry CAN'T than Colonel Slaush-
ter now. [ don't know where Larry s
fa,ii is nor t. size Of his cott on-
patch, but he may have fifteen cents
3 ,ound for ell the cotton he raises,
and nobody will complain. Ne are
all for Larry at my house. Bill ARP.
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TT is stated that Senator Mat

1t is stated that Senator Mat
thew Stanley Quay has at last deter
mined that there is no more virtue
in silence. He therefore proposes to
bring action for libel against The
World, and possibly against severa!
other newspapers that have assisted
in exposing his record as an embez-
zler and dcfaulter. The Pennsy!va-
mia boss has tried 'iignified silence,
'contcinptuous silence and several
other hrands.bu found them all pow
erless to relieve the embarrassment
of his position. He has therefore
reached the conclusion that some
thing else mast be done to stem the
tide of popular disapproval that IS
setting so strongly against him.
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The Mack,cnburg Anniversary.

CHARLOTTE, n. G., May 20.-The
one hundred and fifteenth annlver-
sary of the Mecllenburg Declaration
of independence was celebrated here
to-day. Senator Vance was the ora,
tor OF the day. In his speech be said
every agelicved class seeking redress
should be careful not to let redress
be turned into revenge. Governor
Fowle and State Auditor Sanderlin
also spoke.
The finest trades parade ever seen
in this city was made by the local
merchants. assisted by fouc military
companies and nine fire companies.
There were four entries Cor the mill
tary prize drill-Raleish State
Guards. Wilmington Light infantry,
Monroe Light Infantry and Charlotte
Hornets Nest Ritlcmen. The Vii
minston company won the first prize
of $500: Charlotte the second. 500;
and Monroe the third, S25. The
fremcn's prize contests and the band
contests vii take place tomorrow.
The State Fircmen's Association IS IN
session here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
& Very Woman.

Fer little hand is light rs some dover e pets'i'
~ least you ;iaE 50 I'LL my l@dE GfisMS St.vv
~ ,r,sr Il, yv,l!s -?a:irll:lp yol ana IL Eea'S
iS5,,o, lltc.. of., RS lady holds thc re'AS
I,cr foot x !ilca f:,i:.s.'s. It's so tlny' ".
RlIt O. lis mighty when she puts ~ cow
=, ,..,.,,Is. s.wLe:t-:,.clIpiorically spcaH!ns-
It's on your neck. the biggest 19o1 III ~"
You swear my lady LOOKS 50 sweet ana s''o''-
Sbc L M urec: wans!rg but the wings
Until you n; wed and then we he'1f you '"'>'-
cSc W. trsr,s no cnd Of oonnets, gowns s'G
'.:h!rgs."
10 ,snycnly heights ahore lfe's plain pcossa''
~ Sni4 foct. p levers fancy lightly vaults;
S,l.. * , paragon of pure PERFECTION,
Jnt!! you :.nd thGt she is ful o. iaui'''
prss not u ccd,.css. but q very woman,
This Idol That but now you dlG anorc. .,,
n ,;n Won love her less that she = humane
" All. Ip no no. All. no. You do but love nes
more Boston Globo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
The Republican Plan.

The plan of the Republicans in the
House is said to be to allow each man
of that side to file his protest and
make his speech against features OF
the bill likely to be unpopular with
his constituents, bat all will vote for
it as a whole. Several Republicans
Presidential aspi:ants in the Senate,
however. have their knives out, and
will hack and cut the bill in such a
way that Mckinley Will not recognize
it upon it's return to the House. It
is said to be the intention of Allison,
Sherman and Cullom to put i knife
into McKinley's Presidential aspira-
tons by cutting his bill to pieces
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
UNWILLING or LEES STATUE.
Extensive Preparations for the Erent-A
letter. From Mrs. Jefferson Davis


letter. From Mrs. Jefferson Davis
RICHMOND. Va, May 19.--EXten-
sivc preparations continue to be
made to receive the military and vet
e1ans who will attend the llnvellinS
ceremonies OF the Lee statue on the
10Th inst. Among the distinguished
guests who have already s!gnit;ed
their intention OF being present are
General Dabney Il. Maury, NJ. G.
Butler. James LoDgstTeet. Senate"
John S. Barbour, Governor Daniel
E. Fowle. Colonel Charles Marshall,
General Marcus J. Wright, R. L.
Walker, Colonel Charles S. Eenable,
Generals 4. Z. Long, Joseph Z. John
son and 3. 7. Johnson.
The following letter was received
from Mrs. Jefferson Davis:
DEAUvoU iovsl, May 1G. 1890
To His excellency Governor ?. W.
Mckinney, President of the Lee
Monument Association: Dear Sir-
Please accep, on the part of my
daughter. who Is St!il III France, ana
from me my sincere thanks for your
kind invitation to be present at the
unveiling OF the statue OF our great
general, r. e. Lee. His fame IS the
proud heritage OF al the Southern
people, and our whole family feel in,
tensely g1atifcd by the knowledge
th.t q H++inr n,on,,n,t,,t has been
reared to perpetuate his wisdom and
valor in the beloved city that he SC
long and ably defended. :,
Sorrow ard physical intir,nity will
prevent my beng with you. I trust
that nothing Will MAJ the grace and
dignity of the ceremony over which
you Will preside and to which the
Southern people have looked forward
with such glad expectations. Believe
me, dear sir, yours faithfully,
Y. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
SENSATIONAL SOMNAMBULISM.
A Brooklyn Man, While Asleep, Gags and
Robs Himself.


New YORK, May 22.-Frank. D.
Echemendia, a Cuban music teacher
who had just begun business at 4S9
State street, Brooklyn, took a novel
method of bringing his name before
the public. On Thursday morning
ne failed to appear at the breakfast
table. and when some Of his fellow
boarders visited his room they found
him bound and gagged on the bed and
in dazed condition, as though he
had been chloroformed. He was I'M
mediately released. A handkerchief
was tightly bound about his head;
and his hands had been tied behind
his back. His 14-year-old brother
Albert. who occupied the room with
him, said be had been awakened by
his brothers means but he could
throw no light on how he came to be
gagged
When Mr.. Echemendia recovered
his senses he said he vas unable to
explain the condition in which he
was found, except on the hypothesis
of robbery. It was found that his
clothing had been rifed, and lis
watch, chain, key and $3.50 in mon
ey had been taken. When the case
was reported to Capt. Farley OF the
tenth precinct he assigned Detective
Reynolds to make an investigation,
and that officer very soon succeeded
in establishing the fact that Eche-
mendia had gagged himself. A search
of the room disclosed the missing
valuables, and the bottom WAS knock
ed out of the sensation.
After Detective Reynolds had sat
ished himself that the gaggsing was
done by the man himself Echemen-
dia accompanied him to the station
house aud there acknowledge to
Capt. Farley that he must have done
the tying himself. He said that he
was q somnambulist. and though he
has no recollection OF anything that
happened after he retired to bed, he
IS quite certain that no one except
nself had any hand i'll the matter.
l.a was discharged.
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California has a fruit pe:t III the
graz linnet. far worse and more
damaging to fruit raisers than the
sparrow. Ii some means are
not Systematically and methodically
adopted to exterminate this bird
there Will be very little profit IN fruit
in those sections where decld-
uors fruits are exclusively produced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
The Clemson College.

GREESyILLE, S. c., May 22.-At a
meeting of the Clemson College trus-
tees, held at Pendleton Oh Tuesday
and Wednesday, a large amount of
detail work in connection with the
beginning of operations on the Col
lese buildings at Fort Hill was dis
posed of. The contract for three
million bricks was given to Poole &
Co., Of Newbcrry, and a contract for
saving the lumber, to be secured on
the place, was let to Griffin & Co.: of
Pickens. Bruce & Morgan, OF At
lanta, were chosen architects for the
College buildings. Arrangements
were made for working a force Of
twenty conv;cts just received from
the Penitenti;uy The first work will
be done on the experiment station
and laboratory buildings, the inten-
ton being to have the station ready
for operations by October.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
Two Youthful Ficnds.

MANCHESTER. n. H., May 19.-Ludie
Daniclson and Alex Anderson, aged
- and II years respectively, were az
rested last night on complaint of the
mother of Charles B. Howe, = deli
cate l0-year-old lad, charging them
with acts 1ivaling those perpetlated
by Jesse Pomeroy.
It is alleged that the boys took
Howe into Il shed, stuck pins into
nearly every part OF his body, poured
boiling water on him, burned his face
with powder, and left him insensible.
He was uncouncious when found.
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The report of the subcommittee

Tho report Of the subcommittee
Of the House Judiciary committee,
which went to Georgia and Alabama
to investigate the charges that the
officials of Federal courts are III the
habit of making fictitious arrests to
multiply their fees, has not yet been
prepared. but it is understood that
they were convinced of the accuracy
of the charges. aud that the report
will be vigorous one. They Will
probably recommend investigation OF
the methods CT the marshals and
other court officials i'll the back com
ties of these States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
The Cinnamon Of Astoria,

The Cinnamon Of Astoria, Ore,
are amusing themselves with huge
top made out of ah empty twenty
five pound white lead keg. A square
opening is cut in the side, and it
takes three men to spinit, one to hold
the top and two to pull the string
with a stick which sets it in motion.
While spinning it sounds like the
whistle of steamer and can be heard
three blocks away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
The United States Suprem,

The United States Supreme
Court was rendered an opinion hold
ing to be unconstitutional the law
Of Minnesota requiring that all the
fresh meats sold in the State shall DC
cut from animals slaughtered within
tha State and inspected twentyEopr
4o77,s before slaughter. The case IS
e1,titlej: State Of Minnesota Ts. H1e1s-
" D. Barber, and IS Of great inter-
est to the dressed beef men, who WIN
the case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
Baltimore Free Public Library.

The free public library established in
Baltimore five years ago bv Eaoch
Pratt, at an expense OF about 81, ,250,-
900, is accomplishing 4 great work
among the reading classes. Last year
the number of books iSsHch reached
46l,S40 The rooms are crowded daily,
and it has become Il great educational
force in the city, being especially J val
liable to the poor Bes;.;cs The main
library there are tive branches located
so Us to accommodate ali sections Of the
city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
A Committees Partisanship.

The Subcommittee Of the House
committee on elections, which went
TO Arkansas to investigate the Clay
ton murder, will. it is said, out of
courtesy to Mr.. Breckenridge, delay
its report until his return. Its un-
derstood the report will be of the
most radical partisan character. The
committee permitted their in7estiga-
ton to be managed entirely by the
brother of the deceased Clayton
and his counsel. The only infraction
of the dignity OF the committee and
the only disorder of any kind attend
ing it's sit5tiings. was when Mcclure,
the counsel for the Claytons, delber-
ately marched up and slapped in the
face one of the witnesses on the
other side. If this had been done
BY one of Nh. Breckinridge's friends.
it would have been heralded all over
the North as IN instance Of the ruff
fanisln of the Southern Democracy
As it WAS, it viii be quite safe to
predict, no criticism will be passed
uponit in the report Of the COM
mittee, as no rebuke was administer
ed by the chairman of the committee
ut the sime it occurred. Or o thous-
and or more witnesses summoned
nine-tenths or more were negroes.
The object Of summoning them was
to prove they had voted for Clayton,
and their votes were not counted.
After all d number OF them swore
they had voted for Breckenridge. The
committee proposes to examine some
more witnesses in Washington, which
is entirely unnecessary, asthe charac-
ter of it's report has long since been
determin ed upon.
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1t is said that the canvass for the
Soeakership Of the next House has al!
ready begun. L: is significant fact
that all the gossip on the subject refers
to Democratic aspirants. 1t seems to
be universally admitted that the next
House will be Democratic. The country
could hardly stand another such House
as that now perior;uiug IN Washing
ION
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28
-Ex-Presidcnt Cleveland. IN th

-Ex-Prcsidcnt Cleveland, in the
event of attending the Garfield memo
rial dedication i'll Cleveland, Ohio, this
week, Will be tckdcreda reception by
the Thurman Club, the leading Dem
ocratic organization OF that city. The
recertion will include a scrcnade and
the presentation OF an elegant boa
ouct of flowers. Every man OF the
club will appear in full uniform.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28

according to California paper,
the Chinese at San Jose, Cal, lease
property from white men for twelve
months in the year and charge then
tenants for thirteen months, there be-
ing this many months in the Chinese
Ianr
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tsur:cH = ;;o-1s Coraac.

San Francisco, Cal, May 22.-The
Chilean Times, received pr the
steamer City Of Ne" York from i';.ua-
nl;:. says tiiias about t"o ycAis ago i
trader 'iis;,ppy;uc,l from his residence
ut Chili;in Eicio. Instcad OF gricvirg,
the wife resolved to take advantage
Of his lbsenc" to obtain possession OF
lis property Cholera wIs prevalent
at the time, and she procured the
body OF man who had died OF the
epidemic and had it clandestinly con-
veycd to her house There it was de-
Gently coffined and she said that her
husband had died of cholera. The
nature Of the disease did aot allow of
the customary waking, and burial
quickly followed death. After erect
ing tombstone to his memory the
disconsol;tte widow took legal steps.
and soon obtained possession Of all
the property. \ few days ago the
husband, who has been carrying on
business in Conception, turned up il
Chili;ln Eicjo. What promises to be
a cause celebre has already begun.
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Killed as they Prayed.

BERLIN, May 22.-The village Of St.
Mahlen, near Hildcsheim, has been
visited recently by severalhail storms
which have done great deal OF dam
age. Today the people gathered in
the church to pray for q cessation of
the storms. While the services were
in progress thunder storm came up
and the church was struck by light
ming. -Four persons were instantly
killed, and twenty were injured, four
being rendered completely blind.
The people were panic stricken and
in the mad rush for the doors, two
children were crushed to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-28

Ex-senator Chas. ". Jones, of
Florida, has been adjudsed insane
and committed to St. Joseph Retreat
by Probate Judge Dulfee.