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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26

UlQuef nL hefSD0W.
CONNECTIONS.
Camden-With s. C. Ry., for Charleston,
Columbia, Augusta and all points South.
Lancaster-With Cheraw + Chester N. G.
r. R., for Chester.
Catawba Junctiou-With G. G. + N. R. R.
Rock Hill-Ne. 80 with "Vestibule Limi.
ted' on R: / D. R. B., arriving at Charlotte
8.30pm, Washington 20 a m, Philadel-
phia 10 46 m, New York l.23 m.
Yorkville-With Chester + Lenoir R. r.
Blacksburg-With R. b D. R. R. for Spar.
tanburg, Greenville, Atlanta and points
South, aud Charlotte and points North.
Shelby-No. 30 with Carolina Central for
R., also with Stages to Cleveland Springs.
Marion-No. II with r. + D. R. R. for
Round Knob, Asherile and Hot Springs.
SAMUEL HUNT, Gen. Manager.
A. TRIP, Superintendent.
S. B. LUMPKIN, Gen. Pass Agt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, s. C.

Session begins Sept. 25,h. Nine regular
Courses, with Diplomas. Special Courses,
with Certificates. Requirements for admis.
sion modified. Board So month. Total
necessary expenses for the year (e1clusive OF
travelling, clothing, and books) from Sll2
to Sl52. Send for Announcement.
For further information address the Presi-
dent, JAMES WOODho".
July l8.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26
HARLlN CITY BRANCH.

No. 80 going North leaves Vances 6 Is y.
m, Millican's Is, Smells 80, Parlers 6.42,
arrives Harlin City 90 p. m.
No. 80 going South leaves Harlin City 80
a. m, Parlers 9 48, Smells 9 81, Millican's
10 04, arrive Vauces 10 Is q. N.
No. 81 going North leaves Vances IL IS p.
M, Millican's 05, Smells Is, Parlers %,
arrive Harlin City so p. m.
No. "a going South leaves Harlin City 90
p. M, Parlers 20, Smells 33, Millican's s
5 Al, arrive Vauces IS p. m.
Trains 80 and 81 connect with No. at
Vances.
Trains "a and 80 connect with No. at
Vances
No. Al connects with No. 9 at Eutawville
No. connects at Hamlet with the famous
sAtlanta Special' of the Sea Board Air Line
carrying Pullman Sleepers from Washington
and Portsmouth aud runs solid from Hamlet
to Charleston. This train leaves New York
3.20p. NJ, Philadelphia AL, Baltimore 7.3l,
Washington $50, Richmond 1928 8. m.
Portsmouth $50 p M and Raleigh 5.l7 m
No. runs solid from Charleston to Hamlet
and connects with S. A. L. "Atlanta Special
with sleepers from Hamlet to Washington and
Portsmouth, arriving Raleigh l.30 a. M,
Portsmouth 800 a. M, Richmond $40,
Washington l0.45, Baltimore, l2 90 m, Phil
adelphia 2 20 p. M, New York 4.53.
G. MlLLARD, Superintendent.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26

By virtue of Sundry Exections, to me
directed, / will offer for sale at public auction
in front of the Court House in lthe City Of
Sumter. on the first MONDAY in OCTOBER
and as many days thereafter as may be1neces-
sary, within the legal hours of sale, the fol-
lowing property
All that piece, parcel or tract of land
situated lying and being in Stateburg Town
ship, Sumter County, State of South Caro-
lima, containing Eve hundred acres more or
less, and bounded by lands of W. n. San
ders, Geo. NJ Sanders and the estate of
Moody, levied upon aud to be sold as the
property Of Mrs Martha P. Murray at the
suit of the State for taxes.
--'a'.szs7-s MARION SANDERS,
Sept. 5. Sheriff Sumter County.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-09-26
POND BLUFF BRANCH.

No. Al leaves Eutawville lc.45 a. M, Belvi-
dere 1876 arrive Ferguson ll.05.
No. AZ leaves Ferguson ii 35 am Belvi-
dere II AS, arrive Eutawville ll55.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

A SEVERE wind and rain-storm visit ed Burlington, kas., and vicinity, on the night of the Sth, doing great dam- age to property and killing considera- ble stock. As far as heard from the damage will amount to $50, 900 or s60,- 900.
 THE agricultural department will is- sue bulletin on tine San Jose scale of California. considered the most serious parasite with which California fruit growers have to contend. Active measures will be taken to destroy tho insect in all localities where found.
 THE report of the late Sir Gen. Por. tai, who was British consul-general and political agent at Zanzibar, has been issued. 1t strongly urges the construction of railway to the coast, and the draining of the territory view to the development of commerce in that region.
 ON the 10th the Behring sea bill form ally passed it's first reading in the house of lords without debate.
 THE Coxey Commonweal army was storm-stayed at Uniontown, Pa, on the 10th.
 ON the 10th the Belmont mill at Wheeling, Wa. Va, resumed, after ten months idleness. employing 300 men. The operating of this mill will start other departments in few days, giv- ing employment to nearly 1000 idle hand
 I'll" 'rench government has received advices from China that the Chinese at Hsianfu have burned the French mis- sion at that place and maltreated and imprisoned the French missionaries. The government has determined upon demanding an explanation and apol- Opy
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

DURING fire in Davidson's theater, Milwaukee, carly on the morning of the 9th, the roof fell in. carrying down nearly score of hremen. eight of whom were cremated in the audito- rum. while ninth was killed by a lad der falling with him. The rest of those who went down with the roof were rescued by their mates, all of them, however badly injured, some fatally. The Lifiputians lost all of their valua- ble costumes and properties.
 ON the 9th, by an explosion of dyna- mite in a dynamite laboratory near Docmitz, in MecklenburgSc Schwerin, the bodies of three workmen were literally blown to the winds. while five others were horribly mangled and fa- tally injured. The wreckage of the buildings was strewn about the adja- cent fields, some of the debris being carried half a mile.
 AN attempt was made at Huron. O., at midnight of the 9th. to wreck train No s, the east-bound flyer, on the Lake Shore road. By the merest accident the attempt was discovered in time to prevent what would have proved a rival of the great Ashtabula disaster.
 THE Frothingham arcade, one of the finest business blocks in Scranton, Pa. was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 10th.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ON the Sth Rev. w. NJ. Thompson, aged s5. the well-known author of .'The Land and the Book" and for forty-five years a missionary in Asia Minor, died at his daughters home in Denver, Col.
 REPRESENTATIVE WHITING, of Michi- gan, has announced himself a candi- date for the gubernatorial nomination.
 J. w. WooD, ex-treasurer' of Calhoun county, Mich, and grand receiver of the A. O. l.. w., has been missing since March 26. His books are in the hands of the officers of the organization. who are Investigating his accounts for six years-the time he has held office and up to the 9th they had found short age of over 5000.
 ON the 10th the trials of Francis Cof fin, Percival Coffin and A. $. Reed. charged with aiding and abetting Theo- dore P. Haughey in wrecking the In- dianapolis natl onal bank. were begun in the federal court at Indianapolis. Ind.
 IN a specia, bulletin issued on the 10th the pope nominated Cardinal Ramsey, papal secretary of state, as arch-priest of St Peters. His holiness declares tbat this action is taken in recognition of the cardinals great services to the church.
 ON the 10th George William Thomas Brudell-Bruc marquis of Ailesbury, died in London. He was born in 1863. He was noted rake. spendthrift, and although he inherited large prop erty, he died actually bankrupt His wife was notorious woman, known as Dolly Tester.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
Shot His Mother.

JoSEsBoRo, ARK, April II - Mrs. Isaac Householder was accidently shot yesterday by her l5-year.old son and instantly killed at Bonneville, small station few miles west of here. The mother had just stepped out to draw . bucket of water. when the boy. who was in the house, in letting down the hammer of double barrelled shot gun let it go off. The charge from the gun passed through the wall of the house and three of the shot struck the lady, inficting wounds from which she died almost instantly. & was 60 years of age and the boy was her youngest son.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS
More Trouble In the Coke k .sions.

UNIoNTowN, PA., April 1.-The southern end of the coke region is again in turmoil Early this morning 400 strikers swooped down upon the Youngstown works of the Prick com pany, completely surprising and cap turing almost every one of the seventy working men and deputies and took them with them without firing shot. The attack was complete surprise to both the operators and the guards A few who refused to go with the mob were severely beaten. The strikers with their prisoners startek to Leisen- ring. Sheriff Wilhelm overlook them with 20 deputies but was unable to check their march. After telegraphing for assista nee the sheriff followed in the rear of the mob. He twill try to prevent them from stopping men from work at Leisenring. If the sheriff of fers armed resistence or a shot is fired blood will flow freely. No late word has been received from Jeisenring.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

HUNDREDS of counterfeit silver dol lars and halves have been circulating in Lafayette, Ind, of late. The coins were of good color and well executed, but of light weight and easily cut liam Hit were arrested on the sth, and quantity of the bogus was found in their possession.
 FIRE was discovered in the large brick store of W. R. & T. Carnahan at Find lay, O.. on the stb. Prompt work saved the building, which is one of the finest in northwestern Ohio The entire stock on the first floor was ruined, the loss amounting to s40.000; insurance, s7. 1000 on stock and SEQ, 900 on building
 FIRE, on the night of the Sth, de- stroyed one of the American Straw Board Co.'S mammoth ricks of baled straw at Anderson. Ind. The rick con tained 5000 bales, or 200 tons, and made a fire that was impossible to fight Six streams of water were kept on it for five hours.
 FRANK KENNEDY was crushed to death and Frederick Koenig perhaps fatally injured beneath an elevator in the Columbus Cloak Go. s store in Chi cago, on the sth. The men were maS- ing some repairs to the elevator, when the cage fell upon them.
 DURING the storm on the night of the Sth the bark Belmont, of Boston, from Trinidad for Boston. with 4.s37 bags of sugar, consigned to the American Sugar Refining Co, went ashore on Beacon Hill bar, near Chatham, Mass. and is total wreck. Six of the crew were lost and three drifted ashore on a spar.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
CONGRESSIONAL pRoCEEDrSGs.

IN the senate on the 5th the bill appropriating s1 0OO0JO for the extermination Of the Russian thistle was further considered. Mir. George of- fered resolution-which was referred to the judiciary committee-for d % per cent. reduc- tion of all United States salaries not protected by the constitution. After an executive session the senate adjourned. In the house the fifth urgent deficiency bill was passed. was sen ate bill to enforce and give effect to the recom- mendations of the Paris tribunal oi arbitration for the protection of the fur seals.
 IS the senate. on the 9th. after unimportant preliminary business. the tarif bill was taken up. and Mir Peffer addressed the senate In the course of his two hours speech he alluded to the army of the Commonweal" as a body of men. gathering strength as it moved. like an avalanche. coming towards the capital of the nation. showing that there was trouble brew ing, and all the result of unjust taxation" ...... In the house the bill was passed authoriz- ing the secretary of the interior to lease hotel sites in the Yellowstone park. The post office appropriation bill occupied the further atten- tion of the house until recess at 4:55 o'clock. An evening session was held for the considera- tion of private pension bills.
 IN the senate on the 7th. after the passage of some unmportant bills an executive session was held at which after the transaction of con siderable routine business. consideration of the Chinese treaty was taken up. ...... In the house, no quorum appearing on one or two ques- tions of no general interest. adjournment was had at 2.l0-the eulogfes upon the late Senator Gibscn, cf Loutsiana. going over.
 IN the senate. on the 9th. MT. Hill delivered his announced speech in opposition to the Will son tarif bill, and especially the income-tax feature of 1t, which he denounced as "a scheme of spoliation and a sectional tax" Mir. Walsh, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Colquitt of Georgia, was sworn in. Messrs. Mills, Allen and Harris of fered amendments to the rules. all of which went over. as did MT. Wolcotts resolution as to the coinage of Mexican dollars Filibuster- ing against Mir. Harris motion to have the tarin bill read in full occupied the remainder of the session In the house, 1t being Dis. trict of Columbia day, the following bills were passed: Establishing additional harbor regu- lations for the district; regulating the sale of gas; requiring street car companies to cancel adoption of children in the district.
 IN the senate. on the 10th, it was agreed that for the remainder of the week the tarin bill should be taken up each day at p. ID. and the discussion continued until 5 o'clock. Mir Lodge. of Massachusetts, spoke against the bill. Mir. Wocott's resolution looking to the coinage of Mexican standard dollars at the hints of the United States was agreed to. In the house the post of1ce appropriation bill occupied most of the session. The resolution to prevent the burden of engraving and print ing from manufacturing postage stamps was defeated.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

MRS. ELLEN l.. PLATT, wife of ex- Senator Platt, of New York, owns and manages one of the show orange groves of Florida She sells her crop herself, and purchases at the north all the plantation supplies. She does not ad- wise women to take up orange growing for money, but says there are no de- tails ''of orange culture that woman can not master, and if she gets the right kind of property to start with, and has the business head for details, she can not only make it profitable, but a solid delight"
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
THE illustrated press scored high

THE illustrated press scored high point in the recent capture in the Ar genuine Republic of the English swim dler, Jabez Spencer Balfour. An En- glishman at Salta. Argentina, saw in the London Penny Illustrated Paper a picture of Balfour, and promptly recog- nized the original in new arrival call ing himself Samuel Butler. He com- municated with the British consul. and Balfour's arrest followed. The smart est detective had failed to get track of the absconder.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
IN the course of the recent conflict in

IN the course of the recent conflict in South Carolina, an issue has been raised which ought to be conclusively with using the ordinary methods to suppress the alleged insurrection the governor undertook to control the press reports of the country at large, by forbidding the transmission of any news dispatches, except those doled out by him officially.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

CANON WILBERFoRCE, according to the report of a recent interviewer, op- poses the establishment of Pasteur institute in England. on the ground that the lower animals as we'll as human beings are immortal. and that we have no right to curtail the life of one immortal creature in order to pro- mote the longer living of another.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

IT has been announced by the Cor nell faculty that requirements for the admission of candidates to that uni versity are to be considera bly, changed. In view of recent events, it is a sur prising fact that chemistry is not in- cluded in the list. Would it not be we'll also to instruct the Cornell sopho- more on the ethics of jocose homicide.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

Who hit Johann Most? Good ad- vice has actually emanated from him, for he urgently appeals to foreign an- archists to give this country wide berth. and he is even contemplating a departure himself Stay not upon the order of your going, Johann, but get!
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

EMPEROR WILLIAM, taking his cue from our G. A. R., has directed that medals be made out of guns captured in the war with France for the men who were at the front and who are to form an order called the Veterans of 1870. He is to create the order Sep tember 1. the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle of Sedan.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

KNOWLEDGE is power: but that it is not necessarily virtue. must be admit ted by everybody who has had one of the new counterfeit bills palmed off upon him. One would suppose that a man clever enough to make a fac simile of government token, would have the wit to make living hon. eStlv
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

IN recent voting contest conducted by California paper to ascertain who is the most popular California author and what one of his productions is most in favor. Joaquin Miller received the highest vote and his poems were de- clared to be his best work.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

EIGHT HUNDRED tons of Australian butter were landed in London from one vessel recently. England cast her bread upon the waters years ago in making a good government for Aus tralia, and now. after many days. it has come back again, nicely buttered.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

THE fruits and flowers that trusted the smiles of the ficlxle sun and came up before their time have paid the pen alty of their rashness. Losses of mil lions of dollars are reported from the south and west. This means higher prices and smaller profits, and onsti- tutes financial vlndication of the cal endar spring
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
lAnpvoIeT | vApAKiN. Publishers
FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS.

POSSIBLY one reason why the ex- queen of Hawaii now favors annexa- ton is that the United States would protect her from those subjects that she was going to behead so nice and easy a few short moons ago.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

THERE is an attempt in Chicago to have the name of Humboldt boulevard changed. To the mass of Chicagoese the name of "Humbolt" doesn't sound like that of any pork-paclSer who has ever done business in the Windy. and it is not the name of anyone with a ssUu1l.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

EVEN so prominent and well-in- formed a man as Mir. Balfour, conser- vative leader of the British house of commons. recently stated that Ameri- can cabinet officials are allowed to speak in either house of congress How little they really know of America on the other side of the pond.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13
The Greatest Strike on Record.

COLUMBUS, O., April 1.-The United Mine Workers convention has ordered a general strike on April 2l. The fol- lowing resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That on and after 12 o'clock noon. Saturday, April 21, 1894 no coal shall be mined in any state or territory where this organiza ton has control until authorized by the nation al officers or executive board" This will throw 300, 900 men in idleness and will no doubt be the most stupendous strike of coal miners this country has ever seen.
The Forrest City times., 1894-04-13

w. P McNair. at one time a resident of Mag azine. Ark, was arrested by U. S. officials on the 1ith charged with impersonating Ia post- office inspector and obtaining money from post masters under false pretenses.
 Hot Springs. Ark, is having a red-hot fight ever the closing of the pool rooms in that city. The people seem to ue about equally divided on the subject and tte end is not yet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-16

skin &tad form
These waters ard sosp are SIMPLY wonderful
Tor removing fresk.sx Iaosh, hlzcShca1s pim.
pies. vulgar recues<, r0uga. yellow or mu idy
skius and al fseist aisfFuremeuts.
II woa desire trsaspnrent, o8ssr fresh con-
plextoa free from hsolch. smish. roug 81 e.s or
cosrseaess, trF these woHternl, magical ard
marvellous DR. CAHPEEIE's sAFk ARSENIC
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w0msa.
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ARkGEoNs
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nps STILL AT IT.
Insy AgaiA Deleat a Superior
Force of Chinese.
~ PORT ARTHUR WAS TAKEN.
Preessfss ~ the Jspansss
nevsnents-Ths Chinese Soldiers
Easily Dfsbeartsnsd.

rx,,o.hErsa. Dec. ia dispatch from
|...1,x dated December L. says General
|r-rksu.gs troops were attacked ar So
&C and were holding the Chinese IN
- AZ LIchiangtwon. On December y
q. T-ssnese were compelled by the In
- Japanes4 force 20 retire from Sal
- The Chinese. numbering 1000. adj
.-.r@a the following day. when fighting
,.~vrred. the result OF which was not
80 known when the dispatch was sent.
~ss.fsan. Dec. 1s.-Caina has animated
!. 3. d.plomasisfs that she objects 10
- guards in Picking and will under
-. ~. efficient protection OF the lega-
-. consequently the English. Am~ri-
- french, German, Russian. Spanish
- tsalsan guards. about so 70 each, have
,-sn ordered to winter Ia TientSn. where
- runboats Of the first five powers are
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o'PRIEN-The funeral Of Prank OBr-
en- will be held this afternoon AT
O'clock at Bonuey & Stewarts enaI'el,
Rev John r. Damon officiating Inter
Tnent In Lake View cemetery.
sExTON-In Seattle. al el@2 Seventh
street, Saturday, December i, lSss. hey.
LYDIA Sexton, OF old age. aged v years.
Funeral arrangements not completed
GARSUCTI-On yassson Island. SATURDAY,
December Is, 1884. at the home OF Der
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s w. Garsacn.
Ada Garsnch. age q years, or consunp-
ton.
Funeral To-Day, Sunday. 2 D. M from
the residence fnT1rment In the 'sashon
cemetery.
I,ONGFEILOw-Tn Seattle. saturday
December Is 1894 at her residence. cor
uef OF Willow and Depot streets; OF
c,onsunption, Mira Hattie Longfellow,
native OF Maine. wife OF ID -. Long
fellow. age IS years.
Funeral arrangements not eoinpieteo.
KoCH-The funeral of Moritz Koch VII
be held at ST Marks church TINS
Afternoon at 50 o'clock. under the a1-
spices OF Puget Sound lodge No. g. n
az p, Seattle lodge No. 90. a 9. z. w.
and Thomas camp, Sons OF veterans
Rev u. c. Garrett officiating
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verg tier fo1ni emong sas ruins CT
kcEses waatoniy fred b. TIE garrison the
cor1ses Of men ard women hacked ard
gashed b. the biGnt swords Of tne Chinese
braves AL along the line OT Chinese re-
trsat TIE hanlets ard toaTs were De-
serted. ami IL was with the greatest aira-
Guilty thar the terrified people could -
induced 20 return 70 their dwellings, after
the .Ext ard license % their defenders hal
been replaced By the discipline and kind
ness cs the invaders
The japanese pay for everything that
they obtzin- Their meEho1 of conflicting
a czmraEgn illustrates the rnlidext prsnci-
pies OF modern warfare. while the Chi
neze method sccords accurately with TIE
iahuman severity OF ancient dayA Requi-
siti0ns are employed by the japanese IN
der the provisions % set % carefully
compiled regulations. ezubodying the lat
est dicta OK international law. The peace-
full inhabgfanss OF the invaded districts
show bewiIdermenf at first elusive graft
tude Afterwards Especially keen Is their
serse OF the healing mission Of the japan
csc Red Cross Society. They bring their
sick folk from ali directions TO be ply
sscke9 and tended, and ren6er IL their
willing services SIS messengers and car
rIsrs for the troops