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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Holding UD a Train.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia dispatch from
Muskogee, l. r., says: The Missouri
Kansas and Texas south-bound passen.
ger train was held up and the express
car robbed at $50 last night four miles
north Of Wagner. The robbers GOV
cred the train officials with pistols, and
two of them entered the express car.
They ordered the expressman to open
the large steel safe, which he WAS una
BILE to do, and it took considerable ar
guing before he could convince the rob-
Ders OF his utter inability to comply.
They, therefore, dumped the small iron
chest, which contained $2.50O, out of the
car door and, breaking it open, took the
entire amount. They made no attempt
to rob the passengers and there was but
one shot fired. The robbers wore masks
OF red flannel, and after completing the
job took to the woods with their booty.
Officers have left MuskOgee In pursuit
of the rOhhpra
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Destructive Forest Fires.

CUMBERLAND, Wis Sept. 19.-Forest
llres arc raging in the country immedi-
ately south and in plain sight OF the
city, and strong south wind prevails
Several farm houses and barns, two
wood yards and IA large amount of other
property has been burned. Men are
now lighting the flames, and there is
much apprehension in this city.
The village of Perley was almost
wiped out of existence by fire YESTERDAY
At Tomaha a most disastrous fire is
raging in the cranberry marshes be.
tween Valley Junction and Norway
l}etween twenty-five and thirty square
miles OF marsh have been consumed
and the fire shows no signs Of abate.
ment. Thousands of dollars worth of
property have already been sacrificed.
PRAlI;IE FIRES IN NORTH DAKOTA.
BISMACK, n. d., Sept. 1S.-A disas-
trOuS prairie lire has burned over large
portion OF Emmons County, sixty miles
south OF here. Driven by a strong west
wind, sheet of flame as high as the
house tops swept over the country from
the Missouri River past Williamsport
which place narrowly escaped, and into
the southeastern PARTON of the county,
Details are meagre. No mail wa. re-
celved from Williamsport last evening.
The loss will be heavy, as Il large area
OF range lands was burned over. MANY
farmers lost their entire crops and
buildings. 1t is reported that one man
was fatally burned.
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All ON ISONrd periAhcu.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17.--Thc mys-
Iery surrounding the schooner Pan
noma, so long overdue at this port from
MARSHALL Islands, is ut last cleared up.
Inc vessel sailed for San Francisco on
May /, laden with general cargo, and
III III WaalClon to crew of seven, had on
poara Capt. Loyedale's wife and three
oliloren. 1t Is also stated that several
imhissloharies had taken passage on the
Iallhonla TO come to this CITY. The
schooner was wrecked on IA reef to the
northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, and
every soul on board was drowned
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
The Alliance In Congress,

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17..-At the
Farmers Alliance headquarters in this
city it is stated that the Alliance will
have lifty-iive men in the next House
who will vote with it on all measure
that it may see fit to bring forward. In
the Senate the party claims four Sena-
tors PETER, Kyle, Irby and Vance.
At the next session the sub-treasury
bill, as 1t was introduced in the last
Congress, will not make its appearance.
That measure has been repudiated by
both houses of Congress, and will, for
that reason, not be resurrected. A bill
constructed, however, upon lines SINH
lar to it, and embodying the same prin.
ciple. will be introduced into both
houses and pushed to vote. The Stan
ford land loan bill will not be touched
by the Alliance, but Il bill bearing upon
the same subject will be introduced.
Another measure which the Alliance
will demand is a free coinage bill.
These three measures are the ones in
which the party take the most interest,
but other measures will be introduced
and efforts to pass them will he made.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
nCOnsCIenco NIOnev.n

BoSToN. Sept. 1S.--Upon Tuesday OF
tins week, Mr.. Is. l.. Nj. Tower, of Bal
X Tower, attorneys for parties un
known, paid into the State National
Bank, $lS,18O as conscience money
Mr. Tower, himself, does not know
from whom this money comes, but il
IS believed to come from the executor
OF some estate or through dcath-bed
confession. The only clue the bank
has, IS the fact that in 1865, while the
tellers back was turned, a bag of gold
Containing about $1,000, was taken
This amount, taken at its premium
value ut that time, and with interest
compounded, figures just about the
amount now returned TO the bank.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Murder ana Suicide.

WOODLAND, Cal, Sept. l7.--The life.
less bodies of Miss May Adams and j
w. Montgomery were discovered this
morning lying in the rear yard Of a
small unoccupied residence. a vial
labeled poison" and a Smith 81 WessOn
revolver were found beside them. In.
yestig&tlon showed that Montgomery
first shot Miss Adams In the left temple
and then turned and fired a shot
through his own brain. Miss Adams
was the daughter of l.. B. Adams, who
represented this County two terms in
the Legislature. Montgomery was a
son OF Judge Montgomery Of Stockton.
The supposition Is that the murder and
tne part of the lady's parents to permit
their marriage. {
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A Terrible Fate.

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 16.--John Nc.
Cafferty, a lineman for the Western
Union Telegraph company, met with q
terrible death In front of the court
house in the presence of one hundred
spect tators yesterday. McCatferty was
talking to some friends, and then began
to climb a telegraph pole to adjust a
wire. He had reached point beyond
the first cross-arm, when. with a shrek.
ne fell backward. His spurs caught in
the iron steps Of the pole. and his head
hung downward. a telephone wire
had fallen across an electric light wire
and McCafferty had received a terrible
voltage in his body. Ills face and arms
turned black, and he hung fully three
minutes before ladder could be secured
and the unfortunate man brought to the
ground. He died on the way to tho hos.
pital.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
PianoR and OrDann

N. w. TRUMP. 134 Main Street Co
lumbia, s. g., sells Pianos and Organs.
direct from factory. No agents COM
missions. The celebrated Chickering
Piano. Mathushsk Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
HaRalin Upright Piano. Sterling Up
right Pianos, from 1925 up Mason 4
Hamlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster-
ling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument
guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days
trial, expenses both ways, If not salts
factory. Sold on Instalments.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Captured a Wild Man,

SOUTH WEST CITY, Mo-, Sept. 25.-
This usually quiet little city wes thrown
into intense excitement yesterday morn
ing by the sudden appearance of what
was supposed to be maniac, who came
rushing through the streets to the terror
OF men, women and children. Only af-
ter severe struggle was he captured by
the marshal aud his assistants and
lodged in jail, where he had to be chained
to the floor.
lie is of medium leight and Of deli.
cate build. Yet he snaps trace chains
as though they we're made of tyine. He
Is most woc-begOne specimen of the
human family. His talk is more like
the chatter OF monkey or poll parrot
than anything else. His entire BODY is
covered with hair.
For the past six months there have
been tales tod III regard to a ghost hav.
ing been seen in the timber in the South
ana west OF this city. One man claims
TO have seen him aslride Of a phantom
horse, high up in the air, and came to
town specchlcss from his fright and had
| to be escorted home.
Then he was again seen by q full
blood Cherokee, who was scared out of
his wits. This Indian is an intelligent
man. He says he first saw the man
crawling on the ground snake fashion,
and, as he supposed, he was watching
somcthing, but on his pcarcr approach
the wild man sprang to his all-fours and
outran the Indians horse.
The most sensational tale vet told
about the wild man comes from a source
which cannot be disputed. The gentle
man lives IN Arkansas and IS a minister
OF the Gospel. He will make an aflida-
VT that he saw him some time last Aug.
ust near Crump, a country store in Ben
ton County, sitting astride Of log, toy
Ing with two large snakes. One was an
immense diamond rattler and the Other
a large blacksnake. After going through
seieral queer contortions Of the body
the wild man behcadcd and devoured
the rattlcr. Then with wave of his
right hand he mounted IN mldair and
disappeared. The minister says he was
SO terrified that he could not move for
ut least one hour.
Who the wild man is and where he
came from no one knows. The proper
authorities have been notified and viii
he here to-day. Great numbers Of peo.
pic are coming in to see him. lie olnres
at them sometimes with liendish ex
pression. At others he grows restless
aud uttcrs horrible screams and wells.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
"WHAT FOOLS THESE MoRTALs nE y
An Astounding SwindIe Finds Man .
Dupes In Virginia,

Dupes In Virginia.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. 2O.-Ope
OIL the most astounding swindles in tho
history OF the country has just been
brought to light here by federal detect
ives, who have arrested Henry Ash and
George w. Rose, two of three ringlead-
ers. Robert +. Lively, the man who
originated the scheme, escaped to the
mountains, but posse is after him.
Some weeks ago these three men or
gained at st. Albans, this county a
branch of what was alleged to be the
National Assembly," said by the con-
spirators to be patriotic order, having
ior its object the relief of the national
government. 1t was proposed to put
into the possession of the government
the gold coin boarded up by the people, to
the end that the government might be
enabled to meet its obligations and be
saved from national reputation. The
Treasuary Department, it was explain
ed, had plenty of paper money and had
agreed that for all the gold coins paid
into the "asscmbly" and certified by the
officers, there would be paid five times
the sum in paper currency. Nothing
less than $500 would be accepted from
any one.
The thing took in a surprising way
The country was secured for gold. One
man paid $1,000, another $500, and
scores gave $500 to $500 for the worth
less "certilicates" of the swindlers. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
paid its employees in gold, and large
sum of this money went into the cof-
ters OF Lively and his pals. Poor men
borrowed, begged and mortgaged, that
they might raise gold, and many Il dol
lar of hard-earned savings went into
the ASSEMBLY for the relief of the gov
ernment."
The postoilice authorities got wind of
the thing about week ago, and today
the arrest were made. The excitement
| over the swindle is great. 1t is estimat-
Ell that the SwindltrS obtained over $50,
OO0 from their dupes, many OF whom
are left penniess.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Revolt Of Chilean TroouH

NEW YORK, Sept. ga special TO
the Herald from Santiago dc Chile, via
Galveston, says: The cmeute among the
troops OF the Junta in this city, which
was caused by indulgence in liquor, was
trivial matter compared to the revolt
that broke out at noon yesterday. Iu-
cludcd in the large numbes of soldiers
stationed here arc many volunteers from
Tararaca and other northern provinces
OF Chile. They have been very restless
under the law of order and restraint that
has followed the occupation of this CITY
by the Junla. At noon yesterday, az
Senor MOncda was walking through on e
denly sun oundcd by an iniuriated mob
OF soldiers. They mace a great outcry
AGAINST what they denounced as the in
justice OF Keeping them any longer in
Santiago, and demanded, with many
threats, that measures should be at
once takcnato return them to their
homes. They also denounced the food
which has been furnished them, and de-
c!arcd they would no longer submit to
it. AS consequence ofthc turbulence,
Santiago, which has not yet recovered
from the excitement caused by Balma-
ceda'S suicide, was again thrown into a
high fever. The news spread rapidly all
over the city, and as it travelled through
one street after another 1t WAS followc d
by closing up all the shops. Further
trouble was happily aVerted, at least,
Tor the time being, by the clear Judgment
and cool bearing of the president Of the
Junta, Jorge Mont and Col. Canto.
Their lirmness, coupled with promises
to the soldiers that their grievances
would be attended to, served to allay the
spirit Of rebellion.
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A Green Goods Postmaster

y, BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Sept. 18.-M. d.
Ihrasher, postmaster at Edwardsyille,
Cleburne County. Is here under arrest
on the charge Of using the mails ilIeg-
ally. The charge is that Thrasher has
been corresponding with green goods
men in Now York city In pursuance of
negot otiations for a supply OF their stuff.
IL is also alleged that Thrasher went on
to New York in person to SEQ his prin-
cipalS.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Want an InvestIgation,

CHARLESTON. s. c., Sept. ia
meeting of the policy holders of the
New York Life Insurance Company
was held here to-day. Several promi
nent gentlemen spoke on the subject
and resolutions were offered and ac.
cepted asking that a thorough examin-
alton of the company's affairs be made.
and inviting the cooperation Of policy
holders Of other places.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Senator ButIer's Daughter De,d.

WALHALLA, $. g., Sept. 2l.-Nliss
Elise Butler, daughter of Senator NJ
z. Butler, died at highlands, n. C.
this morning at G o'clock after a linper,
ing illness frein fever. Her body viii
be carried to Edgefield tomorrow via
this place for interment on Wednesday
She was twenty years old
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Rheumutisp.-J PAXTON. Of IN

Observation-Disclosures Paxton, Of Sa-
vannah, Ga, says he had Rheumatism
so bad that he could not move from
the bed or dress without help, and that
he tried many remedies, but received
no relief antil he began the use of Z. =.
F.. QPrickly Ash, Poke Root and POtas-
sium) and two bottles restored him to
health.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01

rheumatism Is cured by r. L. r.
Pains and aches IN the back, shoulders,
knees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all
attacked and conquered by. p. r. L.
cleansing properties, ballds up and
strengthens the whole bsdy
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
Padgett Paws the Yreig6t,

"A GREAT DEFER THAT MAY NOT AGAIN
4 BE REPEATED, so DO NOT DELAY,
4 SrRIKE WHILE THE IRON y Hot"
write Tor Catalogue now, am say wha
$paper you saw this advertisement In.
&enember that l sell everything thati
Egoes 10 furnishing home manufacture
Ing some things and buying others la thes
largest possible lots, which enables mo tol
Swipe out all competition.
9HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START-t
LING BARGAINS
A No. Z Flat top Cooking Stove, fuiit
ssize, l5x17 inch oven, fitted with II pieces;
fOt ware, delivered AT your own depot, !
fan freight charges paid by me, lur;
sOnly Twelve Dollars.
Again, will sell you a 5 hole CO0kiu
Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x2G inch top, lit /
tied with 81 pieces of ware, for THIR-
TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to
SYeur depot.
tDO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOE:
4 YOUR GOODS.
8 will send you nice plush ParlOr SUIT,
Swalnut frame, either IN combination Ur.
Ebanded, the most stylish colors for 33. 80,
HtO your IailrOad station. freight paid.
will also sell you a nice BedrOmOS uit5
consisting Of Bureau with glass, high
Nhead Bedstead, / Washstand, Centres
Rtable, cane scat chairs, cane scat andS
back rocker all for 1880, ami pay freighi
Ito your depot.
N Or L will send you an elegant Bedroom
Hsuit with large glass, tull marble top, toI
Nf3O, ana pay freight n
Nice window shade on spring roller : 90;
XElegant large walnutS day CLOCK, 4.U4:
Walnut lounge, 7.UUI
hLace curtains por window, l.OOi
lcannOt describe everything in q Smalij
advertisement, but have an Immense stVreI
containing 22,6UU 1eet OF tuur room, withI
Sware houses and factory buildings IN othol
EpartS ol Augusta, making Ia all tho lar
sSeSt business vi this Kind under one nlun-
Eagement Ill the southern States. these!
AStOrGHand warehouses are crowded with!
atho choicest productions Ui tho best factO.
3rles. My Catalogue cunJa!ulnS illustrations!
3Of goods VIII uo mailed II yul Wiil KINDLY
SSay where you SAN thio auyei LloGIueiit. /:
spay freight. Address,
( IL. PADEETT,
lProprlctor l'adgctts Furniture, Stove!
! and Carpet Store,
}l110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
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Leesville College.
CO-EDUCATIONAL.

DRIMARY, ACADEMIC, COLLECT.
l. ATE and COMMERCIAL COURSES
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Art, Elocll-
tion, Physical Culture, Cooking. Dress Cut
ting, Domestic Economy, Weekly Bible
Studies. Nine teachers. Enrolment, last
year 1870. Pupils from thirreen counties.
Strong moral and religious influence. No
bar room nearer than seven miles.
Healthful location, TOO feet above the
level OF the sea, 400 feet above Columbia,
1913 feet above Aiken. Elegant building.
Young ladies can board with the President.
Only College In the State that makes pro-
vision for young ladies to reduce expenses
by doing domestic work. Seventeen young
ladies aided this way last year. Expenses
for literary course and board for ton
months. 800 to $3.50; music, $50; boOkkeep-
ing, $50. Next session opens September
Esd. For catalogue address
l.. b. HAYNES. A. NJ,
President,
Sop 9-3mOs Lecsville, S. g..
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The Importance OF purifying the
blood cannot be estimated, for
without pure blood you cannot enjoy
good healh. Z. =. l.. prickly Ash,
Poke Root and Potgassiuln) is a mirac-
Yfous blood purifier. performing more
parillas and so-called blood purifiers
put together.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-01
COTTON SAMPLE IMPROVED! !
ONE CENT PER POUND HlN
ACTUAL. TEST.

At the gin Of Mr.. f. Ii. Roberts in Rich
land County. just before starting his Sailor
Elevator one bale had been ginncd by the
old method. just after starting the Eleva-
tor another bale was ginned from tho same
pile. Without knowing this fact the cotton
buyer offered one cent per pound moro for
the bale ginned with the use of the Eleya-
tor. Read the statements of the buyer and
Seller:
COPY.
This will certify that of two samples Of
cotton offered us today by Mr.. Rowan Rose
the market value of one exceeded that of
the other by one cent per pound.
tSigned.) I'D. CRAWFORD & SONS.
COPY.
Thiss will certify that the two bales Of
cotton offered as above we're both from the
same pile OF seed cotton, aud ginned in the
same gin. One was carried to the gin in
baskets and one through the Sailor Seed
Cotton Elevator.
(Signed.) J. X. ROSE.
The best Gins. Presses, Elevators,
Engines and the best machinery of ali
kinds, for sale by
w. II. GIBBKS. JR.. & CO.,
COLUMBIA, 5. T..
The advocate., 1891-11-25

Democratic ticket. When he came 20 cast hia
ballot yesterday, he took q straight Republican
ticket, shut both eyes, held the ballot behind his
back and requested the judges 10 put & out OF
sight quick, AS It make him DICK.
Here Is . Democratic paper acknowledging
that the Democrats not only voted the Republi-
can ticket, but actually made vigorous canvass
for 1t. Shades Of MOSeSl Did you ever hear of
such thing? Don't carry the news to Hiram
only, bus tell it to the Atlanta Herald, Journal
and Macon TeleOrdph
Wonder II the Democrats and the negroes win
march side BY side to victory 10 the southern
states next year In order to defeat the win Of the
masses OF the people, who are clamoEing for o
reform in our government afIairA The Star
admits editorlally that the result was nos
The advocate., 1891-11-25

their ballots together They saw that unless
they formed such combination, both OF the old
parties would be defeated. The Democrats and
Republicans both want once and spOllS. and, In
order to beat the people, they fused. Now iS
not this pretty kettle Of hsh-the witch and
the devil occupying the same bunk, under the
same roof.
Some friend sends US q marked copy Of the
Kansas City Star, . Democratic paper. At Rm-
poria nearly every Democrat voted the straight
Republican ticket The Star says:
A feature OF the election was the voting Of the
Democrafa, . large majority OF whom NOT only
voted tbe Republican ticket, but actually made
. vigorous canvass IN its behalf.
A hnghablo incident occurred when William
Born, 9 well known and wealthy butcher, voted.
ne mad never voted anything but q straight
The advocate., 1891-11-25
REPUBLICAN NOTIONS OF FREE SPEECH

EEFUBLICAN NOTIONS OF FREE SPEECH.
Every member Of the Alliance should bear In
mind that Emporia, the city In which President
Polk was dragged through the streets, hung,
shot and burned In eflgy, Is the home of Sena-
Tor Plumb, and that the towards who perpO
trated the dagtaFdly outrage are bosom friends
and llck-splttleS Of the Senator Burlington
Courier.
Such conduct is eminently charac-
teristic Of the once powerful but now
decaying Republican party. Hon.
John P. ST. John was elected COVER
nor of Kansas in 1878 and in 1880,
but the Republicans of Topeka, and
Of several other places in Kansas,
burnt him in efigy seven years ago,
because Of the fact that James G.
Blaine failed to be elected president
Of the United Ststesl Doesn't such
Spiteful spleen speak volumes in the
in the interest Of the bravery, courage
and manllness Of this old party that
once defended human rights?
The advocate., 1891-11-25

TIE ADVOCATE is in receipt Of valua-
bic matter from the Arena Publish
ing Company, Boston, Massachusetts,.
Among them is Hamlin Garland'a
"Main Travelled Roads" six Missis.
sippi valley stories, which are valus-
bic beyond any possible description.
The dedication Of the work is in the
following language:
To my father and mother, whose halr-century
pilgrimage on the main travelled road OF life has
brought them only toll and deprivation. thls
book Of stories Is dedicated by q son, to whom
every day brings deepening sense Of his par
eRts' silent herOism.
Mr.. Garland says Of the main
travelled road in the west:
T Mainly II Is long and wearyful, and has dull,
little town at one end and home OF toll at the
other. Like the main travelled road Of life It is
travelled by many classes. Of people, but the
poor and the weary predominant.
The lessons Learned from Other
Lives" is by B. o. Flower. The SUBJ
jeCts Of it's chapters are "The Philoso-
pher," "The Warrior Maid" "The
Statesman" The Actor" "The Poet" /"
"The Scientist" "The Maney-Sided
Genius" Mr.. Flower closes the pre-
lace 10 his work as follows:
Every life carries lts lessOns--lt matters not
whether they are warnings or Inspirations, they
are alike valuable to the young who have the
Journey before them. II this llEtle work serves
In measure to strengthen hope, stimulate am
blfion or feed the flames OF endeavOr; nay, more,
Il makes q single life nObleT, Drawer or more
manly, shall be well repaid.
'Is This Your Son, My Lordp' by
Helen II. Gardener, is 80 well known
as to need no possible comment at
our hands Revolutionary Measures
and Neglected Crimes" by Prof. Jos.
Rodes Buchanan, M. d., is an essay
of incalculable value