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ing this school. Among the famous men who, as boys, received the first rudiments of an education ill this old stone schoOlhouse were Governor Allen Trimble of Ohio, Governor Clark of Kentucky. !. Cabell Breckinridge, the father of General John c. Brecliin- ridge; Dr. Robert Breckinridge and nis son, ex-COngresSmar w. c. P. Breckin- ridge; Thomas F. Marshall Kentucky's famous orator, and Dr. l.. w Green, president of Hampden-Sidney College For the past ten years the historic building has been utilized IS store. house for plunder.
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Some time ago." says the Philadel- phia Record, "a well-dreSsed young woman was taken i'll in the street, and was removed in q supposed dying con dition to q hospital uptown. The wom- an recovered shortly after admission. and it was then that a peculiar bleed ing of her gums was noticed. As the doctors at the hospital had never seen a similar case, the woman was request ed to remain that it might be eXamIn- ed. After several weeks they gave up in disgust, and the woman was dis charged. This program had been car ried out time and t;me again by the
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In our early youth, while yet we live only among those we love, we love without restraint, and our hearts over flow in every look, word and action. But when we enter the world, and are repulsed by strangers, forgotten by friends, we grow more and more timid in our approaches even to those we love best. How delightful to us, then, are the caresses of little children! All sincerity, all affection, they fly into our arms; and then, and then only, we feel our first confidence, our first pleasure.
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A recent issue of the Pueblo (Colo) Chieftain contained the following in terestinG advertisement: Wanted By a competent woman, place to work for her husbands board" This sounds like a Western echo of the new wOm- an" movement, but 1t probably Is the work of the same "old' woman who has been doing just that thing every where, since the time whereof the mem ory of man runneth not to the contrary.
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A worse blow to China than the ex- empire. The denizenS of Colorado and Western Kansas have learned that a good quality of tea can be made from alfalfa leaves and they are proposing to build up a great home industry and keep the millions of taels we send to the Flowery Kingdom each year for tea at home. Perhaps 1t will not be long before chests of Maverick OO- long are on the market or Colorado Chop Chow, or Cimarron Young Fly Sop
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A sometiDies Useful Method.

Il must compIiment yOu," said the eminent lawyer admirer, ''on the thor oughness with which you understand the Constiturion of the United States. |"
 Thank you, but
 Of course l appreciate the fact that 1t is your bushes 70 do so.'
 You are mistaken. II $ very rarely that I undertake TO 70 so far as to un- derstand it myself. Ny purpose is in many cases answered il can keep oth- CT people from underst tanding it. Washington Star.
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Senator-elect Harris of Kansas is not only a classical scholar, but hog rais- CT as well. He has six prize porkers on his farm, which he has named, ac- cording to an esteemed contemporary, Acestorides, Basterhini, CallistagOras, Pachnamunis, PythagOras, and Aris- tides. Mir. Harris contemplates sending them to Greece about next killing time.
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Milton has left his testimony of the need that men have of intellectual ca paclty and cultivation in wife. With out it." he says, there must come the unspeakable weariness and despair of all social delight, which turns the bless ed ordinance of God into a sore evil under the sun; or at least to familiar mischief, a dropping and discOnsolate household, captivity without refuge or reputation.
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The Real Styles

Il was downtown to-day lookin. ar the new styles
 But isn't it rather early, my dear. for the spring goods to be in?"
 ''Who Is talking about spring goods 1 mean wheels. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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His SnIicifude

"It's scandalous! exclaimed the ex- tremely penuriOus prOperty-Owner, as he gazed at a lot of urchins who were playing in the street.
 ''TO what do you refer:''
 These children. Just look IT ther dirty faces"
 Tt does seem too bad that they should have so little care"
 'JTm; wasn't thinking of that. They are carrying off my real estare. Washington Star. E9
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woman until she had visited nearly every hospital in town. Several physi- cians became suspicious and laid plot, which the unsuspecting woman walked into. Strict watch was kept from over a transom. and just before time for the doctors visit she was noticed sticking a large needle in various parts of her gums. By the time the doctor arrived her mouth was In g frightful condi-
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Another attempt Is being made to pre- scribe exactly the kind of food that children shall eat, but as long as the pantry door Is left ajar the Old-fash- toned kinds of cake and jam will be able to hold their own.
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OLD SCHOOLHOUSE.
Its In Kentucky, and Is Erected West
 of the AlIegheuies.

On a hillside, near the border line that divides WOodfOrd from Fayette County. in Kentucky, stands dilapi- dated stone building that was the first educational institution erected west of the Allegheny mountains. It is consid- erably more than 100 years old, and the school conducted within its walls was an original branch of the famous Pennsylvania University.
 Two Presidents-George Washington and John Adams-made liberal contri- buttons toward building and maintain
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It's strange how some men are all ways fortunate" remarked MT. Snaggs. Now here is that man Jones. He Is so uniformly fortunate that he is called Lucky Jones' He has sued for breach of promise and the jury awarded the girl S75,OOO"
 Il don't see how he was lucky ju that case" interrupted Mrs. Snaggs.
 You don't, eh? Why, he escaped marrying her."-Texas Sitter.
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Took Her at Her Word.

What do you mean, sir" rOared the irate father, by bringing your trunk to my house and ordering a rOOm?''
 I'm adopted as one of the family" coOlly answered the young man. Your daughter said she would be a sister to me."-Detroit Free Press.
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The appearance of the Hon. Col. Strathy, of Montreal, at the recent Ma 1oribanks- Brown wedding at Nashville clad in full Highland costume, with Eporan, philiberg, and sturdy bare legs almost paralyzed the nerve centers of the elite of that ancient town.
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Her Divided Skirts.

"And you have the assurance to tell me that you discharged your laundress because of her belief in divided skirts? A new woman like you"
 You didn't let me finish. I was go- ing to explain that she had an idea that 1t was the proper thing to divide my supply of skirts between herself and her 1S-year-old daughter"
 ''Ohr'-Indianapolis Journal.
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OnIv Thing to Do.

Eastern Guest Gin the Red Gulch Wayfarer's ResO-Look here, waiter, l can't drink this coffee.
 Waiter (with brace of revolvers in his belO-Well, you can't eat it. that's dead sure: so I guess you'll have to go Nithout.-SOmerville Journal.
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Her T1aaI

Vinnie-Minnie will never marry un til she meets her ideal.
 Nietta-What is her ideal?
 Vinnie-A man who will propose Glasgow Times.
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4 New York court has decided that baby shows are illegal This tendency of the judiciary to interfere in domes- tic affairs is one of the crying evils of the times
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In the Still NiuIt.

BOwers-LiYewell has grown so stout that his wife has put three Y's In his trousers.
 PowerS-I must be growing thin. then, for my wife always takes them Out.-NeM York Tribune.
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Tine Chronic Bachelor.

The Giddy Young Thing-What Is that proverb about there being no mar rying in heaven?
 The Chronic BachelOr-Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.-Indianap oils Journal.
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Its Fascination.

What possible fascination can there be about arctic eXplOration?"
 Well, for one thing, they have such a long night there that no one can ob- ject to a man staying out occasionally" Philadelphia North American.
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Guarding Against It.

First Burglar tat midnight, In stOre) --I hope we won't be interrupted.
 Second Burglar-NO: I've just put sign in the window: Closed on ac- count of stock-taking."-New York Tri- bunp
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As still further exemplifying the truth of the proverb that there Is nothing new under the sun, ft Is pointed out that there was a horseless wagon as early as 1861. The horse ran away.
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There is something really pitiable about the ignorance of a clever trust representative when he is brought be- fore legislative investigating com miffpP
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Flow aa Df5 IT.

Admirer-l really do not know how you manage % write that splendid article.
 Scribe-Oh tAe usual way-wth pen.-Clips.
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"Mean! Why. he lives in the suburbs and has made complaint to the au thorities to prevent cyclists from pump Ing the pure air Of the place into pneu. matic tires"
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Not a New Woman.

What makes Miss Iearnly so com- bative? Is she a new woman battling for the right of her sex:'
 ''No; just a principal in one of our schools. ."-DetrOit Free Press.
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speIl-Bomnd.
The Point of View.

Mrs. Vanderaster-I am so glad we have Secured Count Mineralwasser for our reception. What splendid abandon he possesses.
 MT. Vanderaster-M Maybe, but doubt If the wife and children he abandoned in Vienna think so-New York Tri' bune.
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SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World Over-Sayingst that Are Cheer ful to Old or Young-Funny SeIec- tions that Everybody Will Enjoy.
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The nut and bolt trust, which has been hanging together by mere thread, as 1t were, has at last gone to Djecps
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PIagfaTfsfic.

Howsoe-How did you like the doc. tors sermon this morning?
 Comsoe-First Iate. always liked that sermon.-New York Tribune.
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Two and Two.

riscilla-He's the meanest man know.
 Le0la-What has he done?
 PriScilla-He got Charlie Haswell to ask me how old l was when I went 10 -e.allAaa--satt.4-tife asked rfp- himself In what year 1 graduated.-NewY York Tribune
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No NErnder.

Tired TreadWei No wonder dat Rome fell
 Ole Sox-What makes you say dem observations?
 Tired Treadwell-Fv list been read in about de history ob dem guys. Why, say, all dey done wa4 take baths!- Cleveland Leader.
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Ministers wives are to be pitied; they can't tell their husbands what good men their ministers are,
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There is one thing about q dollar: you can always trade 1t. But some. times you can't give horse or a house away
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Farmers are hunting wolves in the suburbs of Chicago. Why don't they move right down Clark streeti
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Frozen dynamite is the latest ammu- milton. It's the sudden thaw that wOr- Hies the other fellows.
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A Slight Contrast.

'"What stylish dressr'
 "Yes, it cost me $50. had 1t made to wear to the last charity card party. What does il cost to go to one of the partiesp "Twenty i've cents. - CleVeI1nu Plain Dealer
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Don't Speak Now.

MT. C.-She was a very graceful fig ure.
 Mrs. C.-Whlch is due ,o the arts of Skillful dressmaker.
 MT. C.-Er-why don't you give her trial?-Fun.
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Reserved.

George-I just saw you coming from the conserva tory with Miss Goldie Rather handsome girl. huJ too reserved for me.
 Thomas-Yes; I just reserved her for Hfe.-Cincinn8t Enquirer
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Never Drank Again.

Benham-Henry, am glad to learn that you don't drink any more, but how did you come 10 leave off?
 Henry-You remember the last time my mother-in-law was here?
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Henry-Well, one night while she was here I came home in pretty bad shape and saw three of her. That settled it. -En0lish PaDer
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Roth Truaid.

 The bills I owed in bygOne years Seem like a mist, 'tis rue; And there is uos much difference now, For present ones are dew. New York Tribune.
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Too Much for Him,

DauSnter--StJIst st says He iedIS Ae can't support me in the style Pm ac- customed to.
 Father-Marry him anyhow. I can't keep It up much longer mysef.-Town Topics,
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Meauirp Not So Plain.

My face Is my fortune, sir," she said.
 That's plain enough, ne replied, ab- stractedly.
 Then it tcok him three hours to ex- plain what he meaDt-Answers
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EVERY SATURDAY

NIT. Carnegie. it appears, has iron 10 burn
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Algernon-What do you think of dfs

UIS IUThPN
 EliZabeth-I wuZ jest thinkin' wot CT awful stumick ache the man oil have WOt ca IS it. {.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14
A Sensation in Darlington.

Darlington, April 8.-Chiee Dargan
and his assistants have just completed
another 6ue piece of work. Several
robberies and some burglaries have re-
Gently occurred here, and this morning
four men and two women were lodged
10 Jail with indispu.able evidence
against them. ALI are colored. and
quite lively scene franspired at the
depot to-day when one of the men
was captured. ae was wearing some
stolen clothes and fed when be was ap-
proacbed. Constable Clanton pursued
him, though the negro had long start.
As he fed he fred seven shots at Mr..
Clauton aud the constable returned the
fire. No one was bit at first, but the
negro got in ditch and fred his last,
shot iuaictiog painful but not dagger
ous wound 10 Mr. Clanton's thigh.
Another shot FROM Claoton struck the
negro on the right side of the frontal
bone and glanced of. which saved his.
life.
The negro was captured with the
others ADD all are 10 Jail. The rob.
berries we're com mltted in Florence aud
Darlington, principally on the trains.
Among the articles recovered is valise
marked the Rev. a. S. Willeford,
Cbarleaton,,S c
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14
BRYAN INJURED BY AN
ACCIDENT.

St Augustine. Fla April S.-W.
J Bryan arrived here at 4 so p. m /,
and was greeted at the station by
several hundred people. At 8 80 he
addressed fully 5000 people from
the piazza of the San Marco Hotel.
His theme was good government
and the money question, the free
coinage of silver being advocated as
strongly as ever
At the close of mis- speech hum
dreds of people Aocked about him
and so great was the strain that one
section of the piazza, forty feet
square fell through, precipitating
four aundred people to the ground
below. distance of twenty feet.
No one was seriously hurt, but a
score of ladies and gentlemen re-
ceived bruises aud sprains. Mr.
Bryan was picked up unconscious and
taken to DR.. Worley's Office, where
he received medical attention. He
is not seriously hurt. A reception
was planned to take place in the
Casino after the speech, but it was
abandoned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14

Richmond, Va, April 7.-CoDsul
General Fitzhugh Lee has written
friend here that be will be unable to
leave Cuba April Is, as be expected,
and that be will be detained in Havana
until the latter part of May or early in
June.
General Lee was forced 60 decline an
invitation to deliver an address on Cuba
before the United Confederate Memorial
Society 90 April %.
Washington, April 7. - Secretary
Sherman stated tonight that he had
assurances that General Rivera, the
iosurgent leader, would not be exc
cuted as prisoner Of war. General
Rivera was captured after being
wounded in recent battle. aud it was
feared for time that oe would be exc
cuted by the Spanish authorities for his
participation 10 the rebellion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14

Bridge, below Coxe's Bridge. His
team ran off the abutment and he
fell in the water He managed to
get to tree ard sat on limb all
night. A white man named Robert
Petty made heroic effort to save
him this morning, and the Knights of
Pythias, at meeting tonight, voted
him medal Berry was not hurt,
but very cold News and Courier.
GreenvilIe. S. c.. April The
damage by high water in this County is
more serious than at first reported. To-
formation received to-day is that the
lowest estimates Of losses will exceed
$4,000, not including the Pelzer
bridge.
Nearly every bridge on the Middle,
North and South Saluda Rivers was
swept away aud hundreds of acres Of
the richest aud most valuable bottom
lands 10 the upper par: of the County
have been washed barren. The mill
dam of Captain Jennings at River
View is practically ruined. This was
one of the most substantial dams 10 the
State. The water rose twenty feet
over the dan, backing ten feet deep
over 100-acre field.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14
DEMOCRATIC OHIO.
Enormous Gains in That
State.

Chicago, April GA special to The
Record from Cincinnati, says: The
result Of the municipal elections in
Ohio yesterday shows Democratic gains.
The large cities which gave Mckinley
such eporm., is plurali,ies last Nevem-
Der have gone Democratic. Mckinley
had ooly 50.000 10 the State and all of
this plurality came from the cities
which to-day went Democratic Out
side Of these cities, the State was car
ried by Bryan last November on the
silver issue and the friends of John E
Mclean, who is the Democratic candi-
date for senator, have made much COM
nent on this fact. They claim tha:
Mclean will carry the Legislature and
possibly the State ticket next Noyem.
Der on the free silver issue.
10 Cincinnati, the bone of Senator
Foraker. a Republican plurality last
gear Of 20, 900 is displaced by Demo
cratic plurality of over 1000 IL
C!eyelaad, the home Of Sentor Hanna,
zoe Demecra,s made large gaius. aud
even the hon.e of President Mckinley
at Ca2too, went Democratic The
home Of Governor Bushnell al Spring
field is strongly Republican, and that
city elected Democratic mayor by
over 400.
While the result in Ohio is due
largely to the opposition to Geo. B.
Cox who had become offensive as boss
sbe result in the State generally is ac-
credited to dissatisfactions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14
There is Nothing So Good.

There is nothing just as good as Dr. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
colds, so demand i. and do not permit the
doaler to sell you some substitute BE will
not claim there is anything better, but in or
der to rlake more p-o6t he may claim some.
thing else to be just as good. You want Dr..
Kings New Discovesy because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to do
good or money refunded Fo- Coaghs, Cold 4
Consumption and for all affections of Throati
Chest and Lungs. there is nothing S" good q
is DR.. Kings New Discovery. Trial bot
free at Dr.. J F. W. DeIermss Drug Std
Regular >ize so cents and ].
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14

City of Moxico, April s.-A num-
Der OF tobacco plantations at Mcsalt-
lan,a, State of Vera Cruz, have been
invaded by destructive insect which
has devoured the crop. The heat is re-
markably intense on the coast below
Vera Cruz aud the mercury registers
already summer temperature.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-04-14
Democrats Victorious.
Carter Harrison Elected
Mayor of Chicago by a
Vote Of Nearly
Two to One
Carter

Chicago, April 6.-With the magic
of his famous fathers name, aided by
the Independent split in the regular
Republican ranks and the focking Of
the discontented laboring class to
the standard of silver Democracy,
Carter Henry Harrison was elected
mayor of Chicago to day and great
Democratic triumph was recorded.
The $4,000 plurality of Mckinley
over Bryan was turned into a Demo
cratic plurality about $4,000 ever
Judge Nathaniel c. Sears, the ma
chine Republican candidate for
mayor. The almost complete may
orally returns show that Harrison
polled plurality Of about $4,000
over the next best man, Alderman
John NJ Harlan, a Republican who
ran on the citizens ticket by himself.
The figures also indicate that the
next mayor po!led a small majority
over the three other principal can.
didates, Sears, Harlan and Hesing,
the ex postmaster and German edi-
tor, whose ticket was called business
administration Of municipal affairs.
he is gold Democrat, but his boast
ed strength among the independent
men of both parties dwindled to
about $1,000 total vote Harrison's
total vote is about 40, 900, which is
less than~5, 900 under the vote polled
by VIM. J. Bryan.
The total Republican vote is about
$1,000 while Mckinley polled 200
TAI votes IN November. The rest
of the city ticket, attorney, treasurer
and clerk, all the town tickets and
large majority of the common coun-
Gil have gone Democratic on the tidal
wave with the possible exception Of.
the Hyde town ticket Harrison or
Harlan carried every ward in the city
and the Republican machine was re-
pudiated everywhere. There is real
ly nothing left for the Republican
party to console itself with, except q
few aldermen whose records were
good and who happened to live in
wards that are usually Republican
The argument of the Republicans
that if Hesing and Harlan, the two
Independents, had withdrawn. Judge
Sears would have won, does not hold
good when it is shown that Harrison
has clear majority over all three.
The other city tickets in the field cut
no figure at all.
There was joyful demonstration
of Democrats on the streets when the
result became assured and thousands
gathered in front of newspaper Of
fees to cheer as the news was dis
played. There were impromptu par
ades, fireworks and much cannonad-
ing of the atmosphere.
Carter Harrison said of the result:
t-has been a victory of a united
and not divided Democracy. Gold
as we'll as silver men cast their bal
lots for me and registered protest
against Republican misrule. The
workingmen were with me
The late returns indicate that the
Democrates will have SO aldermen
out of 68 in the council. Twenty
eight of the Democratic candidates
are probably elected out of "a and
with II Democratic hold-over alder
men will give that party majority
in the legislative body.
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Kershaw. April 7.-Lewis S,eves. a
rather impudent negro. vas shot 10 the
back Of tue shoulder this morning by
Mrs Almetto Key Noshipg Of tie
circumstances are known as Mrs. Key
Is very reticent Dr.. Beckhsm was
called TO sec tae negro. but he's cot
been abe to locate the ball.