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UlIAIIUN.
By j. W. HoLLEMAN. ESQ. Probate
Judge
IL THE COURT OF PROBATE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. [
CoI.STy- OF OCDNEE

By J. W. HoILEMAN. ESQ. Probate
Judge.
WHEREAS, William y. Mauldin hath
made suit to me to grant him Letters OF
Administration of the Estate and Effects
of Malissa NJ Mccoy. deceased
These are. therefore. to cite and adj
monisl all and singular the kindred and
creditors Of the said Malissa ". Mccoy.
deceased. that they be and appear
before me. in the Court OF Probate.
to be held at Walhalla Court House.
:. c.. on Friday. the 9th day OF Sep
tember. 1892. next. after publication here
of. ut II o'clock in the forenoon. TO
show cause. ii any they have. why the
said administration should not be grant
ed.
Given under my hand and seal this the
-. day OF august Anne Domini. lS!2.
/. J. W. noLLEMAN.
- Judge of Probate.
Published on the 18th day of August.
1892. in the KEowEE COURIER. Walhaila.
@.
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Here and There.
u 'l1I:oN.

Correspondence KEowEE COURIER.
After some delay will try to write 4
short letter.
The weather is warm and dry down
here. Cotton is beginning TO open and
fodder is mostly pulled. This part of
the State makes her own provisions. and
consequently is one of the most prosper
Gus sections. Large, fat hogs can be
seen in many places. The cotton crop is
fairly good where the rain did not inter
fere too much with working.
Politically these people are alive. but
their politics is subordinate to their relig-
ion. While We We're in protractcd meet
ings twelve days there was not 4 polltl-
cal discussion at the ei;urclles. and as a
result of the respect y,wn to the church
{ Cot :;,.e -, tdg approval by pour
ibundantly. Souls
lumbcrs and Chris
trensthened. When
tti::n religion above
gives us good sric-
Ks should be subject
l,n oil
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The Oha|ga Tobacco COInpODy

OFFERS the following PREMIUMS
" for TOBACCO grown in this county
this year, to-wit:
The greatest quantity raised by one
farmer, $1,000.
The greatest quantity raised on one
acre, 5000.
The second greatest quantity raised on
one acre, $1,000.
The third greatest quantity raised on
one acre, $500.
No one shall be entitled to more th
one premium.
May II, 1892.
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sBarnwell county a.
% an issue in The Pres
~ not vote for a
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State of South Carolina,
County OF OcOnee.

august II. 1892.
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TUGALOO HOME FOR SALE.

Iuly u. lS92. 2!
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The nnaltc. :.

the malIcI
see that the cotton H.
East. as well as the immf
tons o: Old England, wiz
pal beneticiaricS. The sov2
.H,e warehouses, furnishes,
Of the M1cany to pay foJ
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
NEWS III A NUTSHELL.

The soft coal dealers are arranging
TO form pool to regulate 'apportion-
mcnt.
The last Of She cholera infected inn
migrants have beer discharged from
quarantine.
Godfrey and Choynski have gone
into training for their fight before the
Coney Island athletic club.
Three employees were killed and
three were injured il a freight train
wreck at Benncttsville, s. c.
All participants in the Memphis
prize fight which resulted in the death
Of Nolan have been held for trial
The Supreme court of Missouri has
decided that mine owners of the state
must redeem checks issued 70 employees
ut their face value.
Omaha Ncb, is flooded with coun-
verfeit silver dollars, dated 1892 and
bearing the New Orleans mint mark.
The coins are light and greasy.
The Louisiana press is agitating the
question of urging the federal govern
ment to reimburse tile citizens of
Baton Rouge for the loss sustained by
them while that city was occupied by
federal troops.
The Canadian minister of militia has
issued orders to have salutes of 100
guns fired ut the Quebec citadel and at
Montreal to-day in honor of the
four hundrcdth anniversary OF the dis
covery of America.
At negro cake walk at Minnelulu
lake near Admission, Ala, last night q
free flEht was inaugurated resulting
in the Death of Henry Adamson and
John Brooks and the serious injury OF
half dozen others.
John Haldinger of near Smithland,
n.y., who killed his stepchild, aged
years, because it fretted while sick,
has been arrested He denies that
Haldinger is his name, and says he has
killed one man and four other children.
Minister of Militia Howell of Canada
has struck off the roll of militia of
ficers of Canada Lieutenant u. A. Nc
Donald of Toronto, who has recent y
been in Boston in favor of the annex
alton of Canada to the United States.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
FATHER AND DAUGHTER MUIR
DERED AND CREMATED.
FATE OF AN ALABAMA PLANTER,
Thor Bodies Hacked to Pieces and the
House Burned to the Ground "A Gang
OF Desperate Negroes Supposed to
Have Committed the Horrible
Crimc-Kansas University
students Shot.

MOBILE Ala, Oct l2. Hacked to
pieces with an AK and then cremated
was the awful fate of Richard l.. John
son and his charming daughter
A gang Of desperate negroes is sup
posed TO have committed the
horrible crime. The tragedy occurred
at Johnson's plantation, near Davis
Ferry, Monte county, Friday night
There are no telegraph lines near the
place and the news of the awful
butchery did not reach here until
yesterday.
That there was terrible struggle in
front of the house there can be but
little doubt The sod is torn up and
blood stains cover the grass for sew
eral rods from the front entrance to
the house. Just how it occurred, UNI
less some Of the ferocious blacks con-
TESS, can not be told.
1t was about midnight Friday night
when the ncighbors were attracted to
Johnson's house by fire, which was
coming out of the roof. The house
was burned to the ground and in the
morning the charred bodies Of johnson
and his daughter were found.
His skull had been split in half and
the body of Miss johnson was literally
hacked to pieces. A search was insti
tuted and at the house of Burrill Jones
(colored), 300 yards distant, an AK
with blood on lit was found The
shirts OF o brother of Jones named
Moses and son were found spotted
with blood All three men were at
once placed under arrest, as were FIVE
of the negroes who lived further down
the road east of the plantation.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
THE CRY rs "ALL ABOARD FOR
THE CARNIVAL CITY"
Arrangements Made to Supplement-
Hotel Accommodation by Rooms In
Private Houses for One Hundred
Thousand Guests-Great Success OF
the illumination and Festivities.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-Never in the
history of st. Louis have the streets
and various places of attraction been
SO thronged as to-day. Fair Thursday
is always the great day for huge
crowd, and this year has been an ex-
ception only so far as it has broken all
records. The electric cars have been
crowded all day; over $4,000 people
have been out at the fair, and there
has not been standing room at any one
of the four Gilmore concerts at the
exposition. At o'clock the rs, 900 gas
and electric lights forming the street
Examinations burst into brilliancy, and
then along six miles of the leading
thoroughfares grand sight was seen.
The crowds formed a solid mass, maxi
ing street car traffic almost impossible,
and shout after shout went up as the
gorgeous DanOrama were reneatpd
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
MIn!ster Egan Given a BANQUET.

WAsnlNGrON, Oct. IL. Secretary
Of state Foster gave a dinner last
night to Minister Egan. All the
members of the cabinet now in the
city attended, and among others
Senator Higgins Mr. Hirsch, minister
to Turkey; Private Secretary Halford,
Commissioner Of the District Doug
lass, Civil 81, vice Commissioner
Roosevelt and d. r. Mckee.
There we're no formal toasts, but
Secretary Foster referring to Min
lister Egan's presence, stated that no
diplomatic representative of this gov
ernment daring the present genera
ton had had more difficult post to
fill, and that no one had acquitted
himself with more prudence, ability
and patriotism.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
TWO STUDENTS SHOT.
Kansas University Men Killed with Shot
for Alleged Trespassing.

Kansas University Men Killed with Shot
for Alleged Trespassing.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct l3,--Late last
evening Fred Bassett shot and danger
ously wounded w. +. Higgins and
Jack Cracroft Tho shooting was
done because the young men had
crossed Il tract of land Bassett had
ordered them to keep off. Both were
members of the Kansas univer-
sity foot ball team and were on their
way home from II practice game The
shooting was done with repeating
shotgun, and Higgins wounds are
very serious, his left hand and arm
being torn to pieces, and a number of
shot lodged in his body. Cracoft will
recover ali right, his most serious
wounds being in the right knee and
leg,
Young Bassett is son of Judge O.
A. Bassett, who made his headquart-
ers at Salina for several years He is
about 10 years old. He was at once
arrested and taken to Jail. He ac-
knowledges the deed but gives no
cause for 1t but that the men shot
were trespassing.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Springfield Tragedies.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Oct. l2.--Patricll
Brady, of this city, was drowned in
the Current river, near Chicopec, Car.
ter county, yesterday.
The inquest over the body of Matt
Conway, who was killed Saturday
night by Harry Coombs, resulted in
the holding of Coombs.
w. NJ. Housley, brakeman on the
Gulf railway, came nto the city from
Fort Scott and acknowledged the
killing of Bob Spencer, colored, Sun
day morning by stabbing,
Word was received in the city that
John Garnett, son of L. II. Garnett, a
travelling salesman, had committed
suicide in St Louis by shooting.
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~ ssssA
ST. LOUIS, (.
-. 1892. -.


printed in electric lights $50 feet from
theground.
The Examinations will be repeated
on October 10 and again on October 20,
and no one in this section should miss
the opportunity to witness them, es-
pecially as the railroads are making
such very low rates to St. Louis. No
one need stay away for fear of not get
ting accommodation at hotels at rea-
sonable prices. The Autumnal Festiv-
tiles Association has organized hotel
and boarding bureau, which keeps a
list of 100000 rooms or apartments for
rent, and which furnishes guides for
strangers, in order that they may have
no difficulty in finding the quarters as
signed to them.
Another never failing attraction is
the exposition, at which Gilmore's one
hundred, the grandest band in the
world, will give four concerts daily I'M
til Oct %, inclusive. The charge for
admission to this great combination of
attractions is only rs cents, which in
cludes a seat at the Gilmore concerts
as we'll as admission to the art CALLER
les, the mechanical, artistic, electrical
and fishery displays, and notwith-
standing the heavy expenses incurred,
this fee is large enough to make the
exposition self-supporting and profit
earning. The railroads are still MAX
ing very low rates to the Carnival city.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
THE SANTA MARIA ARCH.

The illuminations are so magnificent
that people come for miles to see them
again and again. An illustration is
given of one of the features, the Santa
Maria arch, which is surmounted by
model of Columbus old ship with the
rigging and sails all defined by mean
descent electric lights. This is only
one of the many quadro-centennial
features of the displays, the others
consisting of globes, arches and other
stones of beauty. Among the grandest
of all is an electrical panorama illus
trating the discovery of America, and
winding up with an exquisite climax
with the words
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Tbres Men shot at a Dance.

SOLDIER, KY, Oct. l1.-At a social
gathering Friday night at the house of
a respectable woman two hall drunken
strangers entered while dancing was in
progress and made themselves obnox-
ious. Charles Wilmuth and Harry
Collins tried to eject them and were
both fatally wounded. William j.
Henson was also shot They then es-
capped on a horse.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Atchi,on Rlpranplnp D,maped.

ArCHsoY, Kan, Oct 1.-THE dykes
and riprapping along the east bank of
the Missouri river at this point, which
cost the government $ljO,O0O, have
been badly damaged by the frequent
changes i'll the current. The water is
low now and the damage can be plain
ly seen. Mayor Reuthinger of Win
Ehrop predicts that the river will cut
away the town next spring unless the
government repairs the work.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Double Murder ana Arson.

TOLEDO, o., Oct, l2.--On Saturday
the house of Mr.. and Mrs. Lucky in
Kitley township was destroyed by fire
and their bodies and that of their
daughter were found in the ruins, 1t
is now ascertained that they were muir
dered and the house burned to hide
the crime, son of the dead man who
had been absent some years and had
only rscently been released from
prison, where he had served term for
burglary, has been arrested OF Smiths
Falls charged with the murder
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Drank Himself TO Death.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Oct. 19 Jack
DouGherty drank eighteen glasses of
whisky within five minutes yesterday
afternoon on a wager and then asked
Tor more which was refused him. He
got up on a chair and danced jig to
show that iic was all right. A half an
nour later Dougherty was carried
home and he died this morning, hav-
ng lain in coplatose condition twelve
DOurS
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
KANSAS Odd relIows GatherIng.

FoRT ScoTT, Kan, Oct 1.-THE grand
lodge, l. o. o. f. of the state and the
grand lodge of the Sisters of Rebekah
will meet in this city this week,
beginning this evening. The grand
officers of the two lodges are now here
and have established headquarters.
The incoming trains have brought
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in large
numbers from all over the state.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
CONGREGATIONAL LIberals Flguring.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Oct. lit is
expected that fifty delegates will be
present at the triennial national coun-
Gil of the Congregational church of
the United States. There is a move
ment on foot to have the council
recommend that the articles of incor-
poration of the American board be so
changed as to diminish conservatism
and give the church at large more
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
DIED OF HYDRoPHoBIA.

Prominent Young Farmer OF Sedgwiok
County, Kansas the Victim.
WICHITA, Kan, Oct. $, - j. H.
Shively, prominent young farmer
and Republican candidate for county
commissioner, was brought in from
his home in Illinois township Wednes-
day with symptoms of hydrophobia
and died last night in horrible agony.
Shively was bitten by mad dog two
weeks ago. A maidstone was applied
several times and be was thought to
be in no danger until yesterday, when
he began to exhibit nervous symptoms
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
A variety Actress Cuts Her Throat.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct l2.-Ada Gala
CHER, 26 years old a variety actress,
known on the stage as Ada Deaver,
committed suicide ut her lodgings
some time last night by cutting her
throat with razor The woman and
her husband have lived unhappily to-
gether and this is supposed to have
led her to kill herself, Gallagher is a
variety actor and did u speciality act
with his wife.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
THE KANSAS CORN CROP.
Secretary MOhler Says 1t Il just About
the Same as Last Years Yield.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct, 11.--Secretary
Mohler of the state board of agricul.
ture issued his final report on the
wheat yield of Kansas for this
year last night The report shows
the yield of winter wheat
to exceed 10000, 600 bushels. The
yield of spring wheat will exceed
1000 900 bushels. The October report
on corn is not final, but estimates the
yield to be between 1876, 100000 and
lao, 900, 900 bushels The crop last year
was 1879, 1863, 600 bushels.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
LOVE CAUSES THREE DEATHS.
Young Tennesseean Battles with An
Obduratc Father and Brother.

Young Ienhesseean Battles with An
Obduratc Father and Brother.
BRISTOL, Tenn, Oct H. - Frank John
sou If Knott county, who was engaged
to Hiss Lucy Warwick, daughter of
James Warwick, went to the home of
his fiancee last night but was met by
her father, who told him that he would
not be permitted to hold any further
Intercourse with his daughter.
johnson went away but returned
later with three friends, all well
armed, who opened fire on Warwick
and his son Timothy The two latter
returned the fire and twenty shots
were exchanged, resulting in the kill
ing of Warwick and his son and one of
lohnson's friends
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14

PINE BLUFF Ark, Oct l9.- Henry
Culpepper' II prominent clothing mer,
chant of this city, was shot and in.
stantly killed by Israel Stewart on the
Boyd plantation over q business dis.
pute. Stewart surrendered and is now
I'm iail.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14

GUTHRIE, Ok, Oct. ls,.-At Crescent
City Matthew Brown the village bully,
attempted to whip Kid Huntley, bar
tender just to show the boys how it
was done, but was fatally shot by
Huntley before he got hold of him.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
LOST IN LAKE HURON.
The Steam Barge Nashua Went Down
With All on Board.

Porn HURON, Ont, Oct. G. The tug
which went in search of the steam
barge Nashua, which has been drifting
on Lake Vuron since Monday night,
has urriN Sand Beach and reports
having TO- | the Nashua bottom side
up, twenty miles from bayfield, The
tug made a diligent search in the
neighborhood for some of the crew,
but could not find trace of any OF
them, and now it is feared that all are
lost
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct. ~. Edward
Brent, Z steamfitter's helper, was
caught in The machinery of the Phe-
nix packing house at $3.50 o'clock this
forenoon and billed.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Forty Lakes Found on NInrs.

VALPARAISO, Oct. e-Prof. Pickering
of the Harvard observatory at Arequipa
says that he has discovered forty lakes
on Mars. He also confirms Prof.
Holden's observations on the limits
and measured altitude of the planet.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14

NEVADA, Mo-, Oct. Fin an alter.
cation between James Pine and Zach
Dixon. farmers residing ten miles
south of this place, Pine cut Dixons
throat with razor Tie can not re-
cover Pine made his cscane.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
BEHEhD Ep BY WolLAMrEs.
Two wyoming Outlaws Meet with Ter
riblo Fate While Prisoners.

BEHEED ED BY VIGlLANTES.
Two wyoming Outlaws Meet with Ter
riblo Fate While Prisoners.
CASPER Wye. Oct Frank Dabb
and strGrge rexan, who were arrest.
ed two weeks ago for horse stealing,
but released for lack of evidence, tried
TO terrorila the community by shoot
ing at the people, and were again ar.
rested and sentenced to jail at Buffalo,
Wyo Constable Reilly started
with the men for Buffalo, a dis
tance Of some $50 miles across
the Big Horn mountains A party of
masked men came upon their camp
The first night and overpowering the
officer filled each prisoners head full
of bullets seyering the heads from the
bodies and mutilating them in fearful
shape. These men were supposed to
be horse thieves and belonged to the
gang operating the Southern Montana
and the Yellowstone country.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
rnrer Men Proteot TheIr Interests.

New YORK, Oct. 10.-Manufacturer
and wholesale dealers in paper in this
and other cities of the country have
called meeting to be held at an early
day to take into consideration matters
concerning the paper trade. The quar-
autine placed on rags and chemicals
from foreign ports in consequence Of the
prevalence of cholera is having the eff
feet Of greatly stiffening prices In print
and other papers, and the meeting soon
to be held is for the purpose of deter
mining what action shall be taken in
concert to protect the trade. There
has been already two advances from
prices prevailing before the quarantine
was ordered, and the end is not yet.
Indeed 1t Is difficult to say to what ex-
tent manufacturers and dealers will
have to so, in view of the fact that chol-
era is likely to prevail next year to
greater degree even than this season.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Old Soldiers Meet at Columbus.

COLUMBUS, Kan, Oct. l9..--The Kan
!as, Missouri and Indian territory
veterans reunion opened here to-day
Many tcnJs have been set and by to-
clorrrow the attendance will be large.
General Alger, of Michigan, General
Blair Ok LcGvenworth, Governor Hum
phrey and T. j. Hudson are among the
speakers booked for the occasion.
General Alger will be here to. morrow.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14

DENVER, Col, Oct. IL. - Colonel
James b. Rice, formerly of Missouri,
died here last night of cancer. He
was 81 years old His remains will
be skipped 10 his old home at jefferson
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
NEWS IN A NUT SHELL.

During the past year Illinois coal
miners increased their output 2,2S4,2
bushels.
l. N Hamman, one of the boys who
attended Elliott's Business College,
Burlington, Ia, is now bookkeeper for
the National Bank, Burlington, Kan.
The residence Of Charles a, Wick
ham, of SO. Louis, was entered by
burglars Wednesday night and 1000
in cash and valuable jewelry stolen.
The occupants of the house were
chloroformed.
At meeting o! Ser Seamen's union
in Chicago it WOs decided that the
wages of all seamen belonging to the
union should be increased to So. 1t
was voted TO send the Homestead
strikers 5000.
The sixth auditor of the treasury re-
ports that during the last quarter Of
the fiscal year ended June co. 1892, the
receipts of the postoffice department
were SIT, sos, 500 and the eXpendi
lures $40, Fb6, 929.
An undergraduate at Christ Church
college, Oxford, England, hamed
Brice, has committed suicide by shoot
ing himself with a revolver. The
only motive was that he had failed to
pass the examination.
Eighty-two paintings by old mast
ers, valued at $4,000. have been
seized by customs officials at New York,
having been smuggled in by Mrs.
Campbell, a divorced wife with a
Aorsewhipping record.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
Typewriters for the Worlds Fair
Dedicatory Ceremonies.

Major Handy has ordered from Wye
koff, Seamans & Benedict fifty Reming-
ton typewrlters for the use Of the press
representatives at the dedicatory cere-
monies. like number Of expert ope-
rstorS viii be engaged for this service.