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New-York tribune., 1899-02-09
ALd-NrGHr TRAINS oN NINrH.AvE. ROAD.

Albany. Feb. s-Assemblyman O'Connor has .
bill 70 compel the elevated railroad on Ninihaye-,
New-York City. 10 trains all night.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-09
THE NETWORKS CLAIM.
-.,S CHADWICK DEMANDS PRIZE
MONEY FOR THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE COLON.
-s CENT TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS
70 SHOW THAT THE FLAGSHIP WAS
- ,xyr FIGHT OFF SANTIAGO.

N TIE FIGHT OFF SANTIAGO.
,,.n,ns,on Feb. CspecaD-Perhaps the most
,.nsrksbe document which the navy CIo'ro. for
hss -.,,or &c that OF the officers and crew OF
sarshin New-York. for prize money on account
'' .ss,r participation in the capture OF the CTS
-, colon. ffty-six miles west Of Santiago on
,o, last Il WAS popularity supposed last sum
'o5 hat the Cristobal Colon would have escaped
nv ~ ,be BROOKLYN and the oregon. which were
ps,v overtaking her as the result Of Ions chase
'@' Hs =, was generally admitted that when the aS'
q .he surviving Spanish vessels turned TOWARD sne
OF ''e oregon had lust succeeded in getting her
pr With lS-inch projectiles, and the BROOK
ie h.d headed her of so that she would NOT
y" ~ al, TO round Cape Cruz. Captain Chad"lcK
..;,,or is as follows:
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
Bled to Death.

Miss Daisy Reagan, died at
4:30 o'clock Yesterday morning
at her home near the Methodist
church in'Dilworth, of a peculiar
and unusual disease for this part
OF the couDtry-purpura hemor-
rhagia. She bled from the nose,
mouth, ears, kidneys lungs and
stomach, in fact all parts of her
body. The blood settled in dark
spots under the skin, and oozed
constantly from all the mucus
membrane OF the body. The dis
ease is peculiar to very hot coun-
tries put case is seldom reported
in this climate. Charlotte OBJ
server, 18th.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
S;ain On the Highway by His
Brother-in>Law.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Batesburg, Sept. 12.-Larkin
Mccarthy was killed At Langley
Saturday night by VIM. Goodwin.
They were brothers in-law, and
some domestic trouble preceded
the shooting. McCarthy's body
was brought here yesterday and
taken to his fathers for burial
All parties live near here in Salu-
da county. Reports say Goodwin
borrowed a shotgun, loaded it
with large shot, and awaited his
victim by the roadside and emp.
tied both barrels, riddling the
body and killing Mccarthy in.
stantly. Goodwin was captured
and is now in the Aiken county
Jail.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Corporal and Two Privates Con-
victed of Crimiually Assaulting
Native Women.

Manila, Sept II, via Hong
Kong, Sept 1.-THE local papers
assert that Corporal Damhoffer
and Private Conine, of Co. B,
Sixteenth infantry, have been
sentenced to death by courtDar
tial, and that Private McBennet
has been condemned to 90 years
Imprisonment for having crimi-
nally assaulted native women in
Manila a month ago. The crimes,
it is said, greatly aroused the ma.
tives. 60
The papers assert also that Gen
Otis has recommended that Presi-
dent Mckinley approve the SEN
tence and that he desires public
execution of the men sentenced to
death as warning against a
repetition Of the crime.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
ASSAULTED A FOREMAN.
Cotton Mill Man Revenges Him
self on Violator of His Home.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Rock Hill, Sept. IA serious
affair occurred at the Highland
Park No. 3 Cotton Mill this morn-
ing about 8 o'clock. Mr.. w. ID.
Walls, foreman in one of the de-
partments, was suddenly attacked
from behind by George Mckinney
also an employee of the mill, and
severely cut on the head with q
piece of iron. The first blow laid
him to the floor, after which his
assailant proceeded to batter him
with the same weapon, cutting him
in numerous places about the head.
After this Mckinney ran out of
the mill and before he could be
apprehended got beyond the cor
poration. When the officers ar
rived he could not be found,
and is still at large. Rumor says
that Mckinney claimed that Walls
had violated his home and 80 was
taking his revenge. Nick ney
had arranged his business and eff,
fects for leaving, and took the op
portunity for the assault when be
had everything in readiness for
his hasty departure.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
BOY ROBBED POSTOFFICE.
Got 81, 500 Worth of Checks Out
of Lock Box.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Marion, Sept 14-An enclosure
containing about 81, 500 worth of
checks mailed to the Atlantic Ma
tional bank of Wilmington, N c,
to Marion bank at this place was
purloined from lock box at the
postoffice here by a small negro
boy few evenings ago. The
theft was effected by the negro
thrusting his arm through an un.
locked box adjoining the banks
postoffice box and abstracting the
contents of the latter. The mail
from Wilmington reaches this
place late in the evening, and is
distributed on its arrival, but is
not usually called for until the
next morning. The front en-
trance to the Office is open and
access to the boxes by those hav-
ing keys is possible until n late
hour of the night. These circum-
stances facilitated the operation
of the enterprising thief. His
subsequent attempt to pay his way
on a train with one of the stolen
checks led to his detection and
prompt arrest by the vigilant
conductor, and he was turned
over to the proper authorities
The discounted culprit has impli-
Gated juvenile companion, who
has also been taken into custody.
The matter will probably be fur
ther Investigated by the United
States commissioner. A portion
of the missing checks has been
recovered, and the others rendered
useless by telegraphic advices! ts
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
Killed by a Spider.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Pacolet, Sept. 12.-Mrs John
Kirby last Wednesday morn
ing while putting on her shoes
was bitten on the toe by q small
brown spider. Her sufrerings
were most excruclating and de-
spite oil medical skill, she died
Thursday morning. Her remains
were laid to rest in the Baptist
cemetery Friday, her pastor, Rev
5 A Nettles, conducting the fu
neral exercises.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
CHESTER TO CAMDEN.
STRAIGHT FROM BRISTOL.
Catawba Water Power to be on
the Lines Course-Plans of
Capitalists who Bought
the G.. e n. X. r.
The State, 14th inst.

1t is ascertained from an un-
questionable source that the ru-
mors connecting the Seaboard Air
Line and the Southern with the
purchase of the Carolina & North
western are unfounded in fact, and
that the new owners of the road
are not connected with either of
these systems. They are men of
ample means who have a definite
plan of development to carry out.
They propose to change the
road to standard gauge and are al
ready making preparations to that
end. They will extend it from
Lenoir, N. c., its present termi-
nus, to Elizabethton, Tenn, a
point about fifteen miles south of
Bristol, with which point it is al
ready connected by rail. This
extension will pass through exten>
sive coal and iron properties. 1t
is also intended to extend the line
south from Chester a distance of
about 50 miles to Camden, where
connection will he made with the
three leading railroad systems of
this section. A road from Ches.
ter to Camden will pass by the
great water power on the Cataw ba
river.
The main purpose of the cspi-
talists behind the project is to sup>
ply this section with coal from the
extensive Tennessee fields. This
hey will be able to do at rates
probably below all rivalry from
other sources, and as cheap coal
will be blessing to South Caro-.
lima it follows that this Develop
ment will be of great value and
Importance to the State.
A corps of surveyors is about
to be put in the field to run the
line between Chester and Camden.
At Camden the competition be-
tween the Seaboard, Southern and
Atlantic Coast Line systems is
counted on to furnish ample dis
trlbutive faculties.
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The Only Coin of the Confederacy.
Washinton Post.

Washinton Post.
"The government of the South
ern Confederacy issued millions
of dollars of paper money, but it
never turned ont any coin worth
speaking of, '" said Mr. M D Har-
we'll, of New Orleans, at the Nor
mandie. '' ...
Arrangements we're made in
1861 with Philadelphia engraver
to make set of dies for the coin.
ing Of money of the same denomi-
nations as those in use in the
United States at that time. But
the dies were nsver completed
further than for the cent coins,
as at this point the engraver was
arrested and all his equipment
confscated. A very few of the
1-cent pieces had been struck of.
This was, l believe, the first and
only attempt made by the Con
federacy to get out a supply of
its own metailic money" ~ .r
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16

Doat resseco spa asa s~sss Yesr Ils avs,.
To quit tobacco easily aud for,ver. be ma.
nesio. fun OF life. nerve and vissr, caLs No-To.
bso, the wondertwerker, that makes weak man
serons. Al drussists, - er si.. curs sasrss-
ssss,,.s 'sss,. sssss ss. re !: ri.
an'osl'S'ni h9S ~ odt Sui-sfis
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONs

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions
rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, cures them; also Old, Run.
ming and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Scalds Chapped
Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile cure
guaranteed. Sold by Crawford
Bros Druggist. ~s r.of
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-09-16
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
For The Ledger.
INTERESTING LETTER FROM
"OPTIMUS."


had an unusual number of visitors
and pleasure seekers this Sum-
mer. These have been we'll dis
tributed along the S A l. from
LlncOlntOn on westward, and from
Newton along the N & w and w
y G to the terminus of each of
these roads and even far into the
interior. Blowing Rock and Ashe-
Vile seem to be the leading re.
sorts while other resorts are al
most as popular. The hotels,
public inns, and livery establish
ments arc well equipped for taking
care of these pleasure seekers and
have had fine harvest in gather.
ing in the shekles. These visitors
distribute thousands of dollars in
these western counties every Sum
mer, which helps to develop and
besutify this favored land, In
which nature has given so many
attractions. But the greatest at
traction in all of this region to
visitor or excursionist, is tho
Vanderbilt palace and estate.
Here person can spend days and
not tire in beholding wonders,
produced by skill and unlimited
means. 1t would be useless to
90 into details Of the magnificent
palace, with its ramparts ard
beautiful surroundings, the flower
and shrubbery gardens with their
hot houses, artificial lakes and
lilly ponds, the vegetable and
fruit gardens, the dairy, livery,
piggery and many other depart
ments, all of which have hardly
rival in the United States. The
master of the piggery takes great
pride in showing visitors I new
attraction, just added to his col
lection, an imported male Berk-
shire pig which cost Mr. Wander
bilt thirteen hundred dollars. He
is also fond of showing two SOW
pigs which weigh together eigh-
teen hundred pounds. He speaks
of these as pigs, which e<cites the
visitors curiosity to see his hogs
but these are his largest and he
calls all pigs. Those who visit
AshevIlle and do not visit the
Vanderbilt estate, will miss some
of the greatest attractions, to be
found in Western North Carolina.
These annual visits of those
fleeing from the heat, malaria, or
sultry breezes of the low lands,
are not altogether free from
romance. Cupid gets in his work
and binds the hearts aud hands of
some of his sons and daughters of
the mountains, with those of the
low lands, which tends to unite
the two regions and bring them
close together.
The Summer season is about
over, and with the Septem Der
breezes, the Summer visitor be-
gins to look homeward and bids
sdieu to the mountains and scenes
of pleasant enjoyment, inspiration
and health giving vigor. Some
of the resorts are already deserted,
perhaps here and there a cupid
struck victim, or one battling
against a bodily disease and here
found an elixir, is loathe to tear
away from scenes of pleasure and
With others we turn homeward
after very pleasant, beneficial
outing in favored land which
knows no gold nor silver stand
ard, but greenbacks or either of
the precious metals are very ac-
received in payment of
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To Cure Coastipation Forever.
Take Cascsrets Candy Cathartio 100 or sso.
u q. o. G, fail 70 cure druGsists rsfun1 ssoasy.
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The Herald reports it as assured
that Mr. Alexander Long win soon
put up a cotton oil mill in Rock
Hill. 'liv~n, =, a.aF-.a. o'aF
% /.
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GA - II q rzrA.
Bear, he ~ The Ead ys tsw llwzys Bought
'.s:s .'':;:"' &HAZzzs< '']
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28

There is an atmosphere OF bolster
ous life about the youth of Cromwell,
aud royalist writer's represent him as
n terror to his neighbors. "He threw
himself into a dissolute and disorderly
course of life," says Sir William Dug
dale" being more famous for football,
cricket, cudgelling, and wrestling than
for study" But football and cricket
are not objectionable sins in youth,
even if we add to them the furth er ac-
cusations OF his enemies, that he was
of q rough and clustering temper.
unable to endure contradiction, and
always ready to make those who OBJ
iected to his words and ways feel the
weight of his quarter-staff. If he
really was of such disposition, his
early reformation was very creditable
to him, for soon after he was twenty
years of age the admonitions and en-
treaties OF his mother-then widow
prevailed over all other seduction.
His sudden reformation drew on him
a charge of hypocrisy, but the abrupt
and absolute change of his life was
only the natural consequences OF all
iron will that, having once determined
OIL change, makes it without heslta-
ton, and with thoroughness leaving
nothing for future regret. Amelia
Barr, in Harper's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28

BoSwortn, wii,.-o-
as the commonly spoken tongue OF
nearly 5000, 900 inhabitants. At that
time Welsh was spoken by 1000, 600
persons,
Strangely enough, while in Wales
fewer people speak both English and
Welsh than Welsh alone, i'll Scotland
almost five times as many people use
both languages as those who speak
Gaelic only, and in Ireland the pro-
portion is still greater, being twenty
speaking both to one who is able to
speak Irish only.
Manx is spoken in the Isle OF Man.
The population Of the island is 55, 59S.
The people are of Celtic extraction,
with all intermixture of Norwegian.
The island was under the rule OF Nor
way from $40 to 1868 a. ID. Both
Manx and English are used in the pro-
mitigation of any new law IN the
island.
The Channel Islands have popu-
lation of about 1000, and the Ian
guage spoken is French. Thus six
languages are used in the British Isles.
There is, it may be mentioned, a Gel
tic dialect spoken in Brittany called
Armorican, or Breton. 1t is largely
of the nature of Welsh, and isoth
last member of the Celtic group, o'''
of which are mentioned above.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Both Mary Queen ofScots and George
III were buried at midnight.
Gunrowder dates from A. d. 346,
while smokelcss gunpowder dates back
to 1S45.
There is a quick silver mine in Peru
$50 feet deep. In this abyss are
streets, squares, and a chapel where
religious worship is held.
A farmer in Lorain county, Ohio,
hung himself recently because guam
tity of money which he had buried in
his cellar had been ruined by mould.
One of the oldest birds in the world
died not long since 1t was parrot
belonging to the Prince OF Wales, and
had lived, it was declared, l25 years.
Two Kentucky farmers in a buggy
were killed by a train, which smashed
the buggy bat did not iniure the horse
that was pulling it nor the horse the
men were leading behind it.
A fisherman's trawling net brought
ND recently, near Carlingford Lough,
Ireland. a lot of law documents mis-
sing in Irish Chancery cases. Though
much damaged, the papers could be
read.
In Fiji there is curious sea worm
which arrives in myriads on the coast
on n certain day. The waters are so
full of them as to resemble vermicilli
soup. After laying their eggs moth
ing is left of them but empty skins. :
Mammoth Cave is located in Ed
mondson county, KY. IT was discov-
cred in 1909 by Mr.. Hutchins while
in pursuit OF bear. It's extreme ex-
tent is less than ten miles, and the
con- bined length of all the accessible
avenues is possibly 150 miles.
The smallest perfect watch ever
made is owned by Russian princess.
1t was first placed in an exquisite gold
ca covered with the most minute
but literally perfect Watteau scenes
in enamel; then at the princess's de-
sire the works were removed and
placed inside a splendid diamond,
scarcely two-ffths of an inch in diam
eter,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28

'-Dan1er was III EuYiIon Ssr~vuv.-"-~
married housemaid and emigrated
to America. The Daniels journeyed
from the East to Illinois, where they
began farming on quarter section OF
land, and it was during their sojourn
in this State that Virginia was born.
When mere babe her parents started
for the Rockies. While in
mining camp on the Pacific
slope Daniel quarreled with a num-
ber of reckless men and killed
his man. He was tried and convicted
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Soon after Bonynge, also miner, met
Mrs. Daniel and persuaded her to get
a divorce from Daniel, which she did,
and married him. Thereafter Virginia
became known as Virginia Bonynge.
The Bonynges prospered and became
rich, and eventually went to Lohdon
to live. When the facts of Miss Bon
ynees antecedents were made known
to the prospective bridegroom the en-
cacement was broken off by the scion
Of the noble British house. The
Princess Christian, however, re-
NAMED the lair heiress's friend, and
she challenged her right of entire into
the most aristocratic British society.
The chances are that Virginia Bon-
ynge cared little for her first noble
love, for she soon forgot him and mar
ried the Viscount Deerhurst, who
loved her in spite of the fact that she
was the daughter of a miner and
convict.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28

.------.r =--------O' a, 71l-e-gz.3rc
very dangerous. Do people often get
drowned in this bay? Waterman-No,
indeed. mum. The sharks never let
anybody drown.
1T is said that if man were to. live
: long as the sun endures he would,
a. the end be learning still. Yes
and the Office boy would probably
think he. knew more about the busi-
ness than the old man did even
then"
First Young Woman-Let's see.
Who wrote "Pickwick Papersp Sec
ond Ditto-Dickens. THE Lie) "of
course. I coulnn't for the moment
think of his name" (The Trap HE
was the author of 'Pendennis' and
Under Two Flags you know.
(Caught ooh, yes, I know that.
"When Bilford went west he told
me that rs soon as he had settled
down and pulled himself together he
would write to me, but I have never
heard from him." Clifford Was blown
up in an explosion of dynamite three
months ago. He may have settled
down, but don't believe he has pulled
himself together yet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
Had Observed 1t.

There had been brilliant company
at the home of society leader,
woman whose husband, while worthy
man, was noted rather for his wealth
than for his mental attaipments.
"Well, Abner," she said, after the
last visitor had gone and they had sat
down to talk it over, cit was COM
piete success, wasn't it?'
Sure" replied the husband.
"Did you notice Professor Muct-
man?"
"He was the man with the bandage
around his neck, wasn't he?"
eyes. You heard him talk, didn't
you?"
ooh yes. I heard him."
"What an astonishing vocabulary
he has!' ;,
"Well, that may be what it's" said
Abner, doubtfully, "but from the way
he held his head should Judge it was
a carbuncle. youths Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
The Fate of American Rulers.

Assassination of royal rulers seems
to have been introduced into America
in the first decades of this century, and
the first to fall was black man, Des-
salines, who for while had masquer
AIDED under the title OF emperor and
was killed by his troops in 1906. The
next to die was his successor, Chris
tophe, sometimes cale:l the first black
king in America and who was crowned
rs Henry J, built palace and castle
and kept executioner. He ran the
gamut OF royalty and then committed
suicide to avoid death at the hands OF
his enemies, shooting himself with a
silver bullet. He was the eminent
creator of those now degenerate scions
of nobility wi O. e ancestors sported
the titles of dukes and counts of Mar
malade and Lemonade. As Saint
Henry" he now rests secure OF fame
in the Haytian chronicles. It became
the custom, after that, to depose a
Haytian ruler by the powder and
poinard route, so that the chronicle
becomes tiresome of those who took
that means OF exit.-New York Tele-
GRAM
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
TIVE GRAND MATCH.

nenn;s vae hearty when Dennis was younRe
;TJirh wss nia step in the jig that he sprungr
He had the looks an the sootherin' tongue
AM he wanted q girl wild fortune.
Ngnpie was gray-eyed an, Mamie was tall,
Fair Uss the face hid in-undher Ter shaWi,
Trotr, an he liked her the best G them ALL
But she'dnota q traneen to hsr fortune.
He began to looN out for hkelier match,
So he married girl that was couAteo
An as ugly as need be, the dark LITTLE
patch ~
She brought him her good-lookin' gould to
She brought saRMei him her good-looking cows TO
But far from good-lookin' she sat by his
And paid him that 'thrife" he tould her.
He met pretty Nan when month had gone
And he thought like fool to get round her
Wild a smile on her lip an spark in her
She said, "How is the woman that owns
ye?"'
Och. never be tellin' the life that he's led!
Sure many's the night that he'll wish him-
self dead, -.
For the sake O two eyes in pretty girls
head
An the tongue O. the woman that OWES
him.
MORA O'Neill, in BIackwood's Magazine
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-28
The Island of Negros.

Negros is an island in the Philip
pines, about one hundred and fifty
miles long, and having an average
width of twenty-five miles. 1t lies
between Panay and Cebu and just
north of Mindanao. It is about three
hundred and eighty miles south OF
Manila. The island is divided into
two provinces, one known as Western
Negros, having an area of 1929 square
miles and population of 226, 9s5, aud
the other called Eastern Negros, with
"a population of "a, ,7s2 and occupying
371 square miles. The island is
mountainous and wild and its coasts
are difficult of access. A high noun
tain chain crosses it from north to
south. The land is uneven, but fer
tile. The natives irrigate the soil and
produce, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane
and wheat.