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Year: 1879

buildings. This action wastaken under in.
structions from Chief Boylan, and in ac>
cordance with city ordinance 1t must be
confessed, however, that when gentlemen
VINO are escorting ladies are halted by DO.
ncemen and examined to ascertain the pres.
ence or absence of the deadly gimlet knife
or the high.toned Tranter, the sensation is
anything but pleasant.


A Shreveport, La. lady, residing in
Kansas City, writes OF the destitution of the
negroes: have not seen so many negroes
IN years. The place is crowded with col.
ored emigrants from the south, and they are
huddled together in every corner, and many
are 70 destitute that it is really a pitabL
slgnt. There are several families on the
boat, with all of their plunder piled up in
the greatest confusion and exposed to the
weather, and several of them very sick, with
only lew quilts hung up to shelter them.
stopped and talked with them yesterday;
asked them how they liked this country.
They said they cid not like it at all, and
only wished they were back home, and
seemed determined to camp there until an
opportunity offered them to return.


Tampa (FIa.) Tribune. Thursday of
last week it was discovered that a sink ,hoe
mad formed on the telegraph road between
here and Fort Meade, about ten miles from
here. The road ran near about through the
center OF the sink, which is about forty feet
in diameter and as round as a circle. A pine
tree, fully seventy feet tall, that stood by
the road, went do IN, and its top is few
feet below the surface OF the ground. The
SINK has hlled up to within six or seven feet
OF the surface of the surrounding ground
with water, out of which the tree top stands
some three feet There seems to have been
shifting also OF the surrounding ground
for distance OF fifty yards all around the
margin OF the hole. The water which has
appeared in the sink is OF deep azure
color and very clear. This is not the first
sink that has occurred in this region, which
is noted for the number of its beautiful
lakes, within the last few years, another one
having formed few years ago, about a
mile from this one. On account OF the light
rainfall since last autumn the lakes in that
region are getting low, and it is supposed
that the water support to the vault OF some
subterranean passage from the nearest lake
being no longer present, the earth gave way
and dropped into the snbterranean vacuum.
Year: 1879

The locomotives of the northern rail
way of France now carry small clocks in
front OF the smoke stacks to enable the
engineers and station masters to know
the exact hour of the arrival of a train.
These clocks are all regulated by Paris
time. The trains are so frequent on the
northern line that delay of a few min
utes even is enough to disarrange the
service.
Year: 1879

We have Just received copy Of
the act recently passed by the Legis-
lature in reference to the Wateree
bridge. It will be seen from the act
that we will have no more bridge tax
to pay. This is good news for every
taxpayer in our county, and none of
their Christmas presents will cause
them more Joy than to hear it. Here
is the act:


A Bill to authorize the Board Of
County Commissioners of Kershaw
County to dispose of 'Wateree Free
Bridge" and other purposes therein
mentioned.


Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by
the authority of the same:


Section l. That the Board OF
County Commissioners for Kershaw
county be authorized to close the
bridge over Wateree River, near the
town of Camden, known as eva
teree Free Bridge" and to keep it
closed as long as it shall remain un-
safe. for travelling purposes or they
shall have control thereof; and they
are hereby authorized and directed
to establish q ferry on said river at
or near said bridge, and to charge
for the use of the same such toll, not
to exceed that usual with ferries, as
they may deem advisable, the net
proceeds of which shall be applied
to the payment of the debt incurred
by said County of Kershaw in the
building and repairing of said bridge.


Sec. 2. That said Board of County
Commissioners or their successors
in office he, and they are hereby en-
powered to sell, rent OF otherwise
dispose of said bridge and ferry, or
either of them, together with all the
rights and franchises thereunto be-
longing, at such time and place, in
such manner and upon such terms
as they shall deem expedient: Pro
vided, That no sale of the bridge
and ferry shall be made for q less
sum than the amount Of the debt !1'
currad by saii county IN th~
lsa$R q aad ,.,,,,., md VI con- con-
Year: 1879

that shall remain unpaid: And pro-
vided, further, That the party OF
parties purchasing OF renting said
bridge and ferry, or either of them,
shall not charge for the use thereof
higher rates of toll than are usually
charged in this State for such serv-
ice: Provided, also, That in case the
said bridge be sold, the proceeds of
such sale shall be first applied ex-
clusively to the payment of such
debt until the same be paid in full.


Sec. 3. That from and after the
passage of this Act it shall not be
lawful to levy and collect any special
tax in said County on account of said
bridge.


Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of
Acts irconsistant or conflicting with
this Act be, and the same are here
by, repealed.
Year: 1879

A Runaway.


On last Saturday morning a horse
belonging to Mr.. Rich, took fright
at the depot and dashed off at break
neck speed with the wagon, scatter,
ing it along the road from there all
the way up to Mett's shop on Main
street, where he ran into another
team and left the fore wheels of the
wagon and harness; from there he
wont up street with nothing on but a
collar and back band. No other
damage was done.
Year: 1879

If the Camden Ferry is not soon
put in running order so as enable
the people OF Western Wateree to
cross the river, the entire time of q
missionary will be needed over there
to reconvert the backsliders. II
their patience has not been tried, nc
persons has, and we cannot use
words that will begin to convey the
meaning Of the expressions used by
some of them when coming up from
the river through mud that is from
one to two feet deep, water, slush
draggled garments, etc. Oh, how
long will it be thus 2?
Year: 1879

A certain school mistress uear
Camden wanted to have q Christmas
tree for her scholars, and asked some
of the larger ones what present would
please them the best Among others
was an overgrown boy, who said he
wanted a wife. She bought a big
doll and dressed it like a bride, and
told him that was the best she could
do for him, and it was all that he
ought to have for the present.
Year: 1879

A friend has sent us the finest
bunch of oranges we ever saw, for
our Christmas The twig is only
six inches long, and contains six as
fine oranges as one ever sees, being
three to three and half inches in
diameter. We return many thanks
for their kindly remembrance of the
printer.
Year: 1879

We would Gull the attention of our
patrons to the advertisement of the
aboye-named institution. 1t is toe
we'll and favorably known to. need
any comment by us, and those who
have boys to educate could not do
better than to send them there.
Year: 1879

The Ellington.


The steamboat, seemingly with as
much pleasure as Gagged duck would
have done. left the sand bar on the
on the 14th and joyfully made her
way to Acton. 1t is expected that
she will have as much work as she
can do for some time to come, as
great deal Of freight has accumulated
at the different landings.
Year: 1879

Tie tournament near Pizgah
Church last Thursday was somewhat
of failure. The notice given was
too short, as many persons knew
nothing about it until it was over.
However, the knights and ladies who
did attend were invited to the resi-
dence of hospitable neighbor and
there had a merry time during the
evening.
Year: 1879

W. G. THOMSON, Church Treasurer


EIt affords us no little pleasure to add
our high approval to the universal esteem
n which the late worthy pasto= Of ih'
Baptist Church in this place is held. We
know whereof We speak when we say that
his untiring energy, his devotion to the
work of God and his true sense Of duty,
has made the Baptist Church in this
place what it is :; and the difference now
from what was when he came, speaks
for its.lf When he leaves US our good
wishes follow him, and wherever he
may be, We know that the work Of God
will prosper and the community in
which he lives be blessed by his Ia
bnrs ED I
Year: 1879

Various descriptions were given of the " features of the storm. One of the most graphic was furnished by Mrs. Gaylord. who saw what we may call the onset" from one of the mill buildings on the river. The cloud seemed, said Mrs. Gaylord, as if built up of successive layers of ashy smoke. It came on with roar that could be compared to nothing save that of an immense mass of tower ing flame, yet without any of the crack ling sound usually associated with fire In the brief moments of it's passage it brought with it a darkness like that of late twilight. In its circle it was resist less. A farmer was coming toward the mill; the wagon was torn to pieces, but the horses were unharmed Not far from the mill is or was the iron bridge across the Blue, built some years ago at a cost of $20,0OO. This was torn down by what is known as the first J storm. The superstructure was torn from the piers and thrown yards away, mass of twisted iron and broken timbers.

 Mir. Robert Patterson, who preserved his coolness Gas all his neighbors say) throughout the storm, and rendered valuable assistance, advanced the opinion that this "pillar of cloud was hollow, and drew up everything movable into it's center. Its movement was de- scribed as eccentric, zigzagging ill it's onward course, and bounding up and down just as every soldier as seen a solid shot richochet. In this connection your reporter may state that he repeat edly heard of wells that suddenly became dry during the passage of tho storm. .- AteAssoD (kdss-) Gaarapson.
Year: 1879

Captain Dawson, master of the Mitsu Bishi steamship Kiushiu Maru, gives the following relation of what passed before his eyes on his voyage from Riu Kiu to Kobe. The statement is duly signed by himself and countersigned by MT. John McKechnie, the chief officer. and its authenticity appears to be beyond question: At l1.15 A. M., Cape Satano, distant about nine miles, the chief officer and myself observed a whale jump clear out of the sea, about a quarter of a mile away. Shortly after it leaped out again, when I saw there was something at tached to it. Got glasses, and on the next leap distinctly saw something hold ing on to the belly of the whale. The latter gave one more spring clear of the watersand myself and the chief officer then observed what appeared to be a large creature of the snake species rear itself about thirty feet out of the water. It appeared to be about the thickness of junk's mast, and after standing for about ten seconds in an erect position, it descended into the water, the upper end going first. With my glasses l made out the color of the beast to resemble that of pilot fsh.-Iokio (Japas) Times
Year: 1879

A New Y York paper says: The sacred ness with which our civilization has in- vested human life finds expression in the common assertion that Murder will out" and possibly in the large majority of cases the perpetrators of murder are discovered and punished. Yet it is cer- tain that in respect to considerable minority of the total number of murders committed the guilty escape detection. Bodies are daily and weekly discovered in the rivers. They may represent deaths by accident, by suicide, or by murder; {; but there is no way of ascertaining with accuracy how many are attributable to either cause. In some cases the waters may cast up the body when it is yet in condition to show marks of violence, if any there be upon it; but if it has passed certain stage of decomposition this is not possible. Thus it depends upon the mere accident of the action of the tides whether it can be known that murder has been committed; and when this is ascertained it may well happen that the knowledge gives not the slightest clew to the perpetrators of the crime. The truth is, that not the murder itself but the social position of the victim largely de- termines the chances of discovery. If 8 couple of drunken and degraded men, the offscourings of society, quarrel in GllelT uTunkeuHeSS dn1 one puSll6S Une other into the river; or if a man of the same class be found dead, with his skull fractured, in some wretched cellar, the chances are that the person at whose hands the deceased came to his death will not be discovered Here is mur- der, but society cares little about it be- cause the murdered was at best useless to it, and possibly preyed upon it. So ciety is rather the better for his taking off, and those who are responsible for it are too brutalized to feel much compunc- tion about the matter. If they are dis covered it is mainly by chance circux1- stances rather than by the vigorous ac- ton of society through it's constituted authorities. But let the murdered person be of good standing in society, or let there be circumstances about the affair concentrating the public attention upon the crime. then it is that the community is startled with the consciousness that si murder has been committed, and all its resources for the detection and puni nrent of crime are exhausted to bring the guilty to justice. If these are baffled, which is but rarely the cases passes into police history as another undiscovered murder often quoted and long remem- bered, while it is morally certain that not month, and perhaps not a week, passes in this city but some wretched creature meets death at the hands of per- sons who remain unknown and almost unSOupht
Year: 1879

all the United States hints at the end of the fiscal year. During the progress of this species of house cleaning all mint ing operations cease, and thorough overhauling is made. No house in the cleanest city of Holland receives the minute cleaning which is vigorously ap- piled to every spot in the hints. The furnaces are torn down, the chimneys carefully swept, and the bricks taken down one by one and dusted. The same painstaking labor is applied to the roofs and walls, and the dust thus collected is ground, and generally yields rich re- turn of minute particles of gold. This process is necessary in order to complete the yearly accounts.
Year: 1879

Baron Von Gleichen, German diplo- matist, used to tell a story of favorite cat as proof that the feline race can think and draw practical conclusions. The cat was very fond of looking in mir TOTS hung against the walls, and would gnaw at the frames, as if longing to know what was inside. She had, how ever, never seen the back side of a mir ror One day the baron placed a cheval- glass in the middle of the room, and the cat instantly took in the novelty of the situation. ...ssr.5

 Placing herself in front, and seeing a second cat, she began to run round the mirror in search of her companion. After running round one way several times, she began to run the other, until fully satisfied that there was no cat be- side herself outside of tho glass. But where was the second cate ita

 She sat down in front of the glass to meditate on the problem. Evidently inside, as she had often before imagined. Suddenly new thought occurred to her. 9 ,H etl5 1.5elg lil1

 Rising deliberately, she put her paws on the glass in front and then behind, walked round to the other side, and measured the thickness in the same way. Then she sat down again to think. aiqs There might be a cavity inside, but it was not large enough to hold cat. She seemed to come to the deliberate con- clusion that there was mystery hero. but no cat. and it wasn't worth while to bother about it. From that time the baron said she lost all curiosity about looking g-glesses.
Year: 1879

that she has evinced her anger toward the emperor's favorite in such 9 decided and striking manner.o So says the New Y York Heralds correspondent, who was an eyewitness of this little by play dur ing the regular performance.
Year: 1879

The police statistics of large cities are often more impressive than 8 long and rhetorical sermon could be. Take those of Chicago, for example. The annual arrests number about 30,000, one-half are women, Without going into elabo- rate comparisons of figures, it may be af- firmed that Chicago is not greatly worse than other large cities; it may not be as bad as some others. At the best we ob- tain a glimpse of an incalculable amount of crime and misery and when we remember that the inf1u- ence ot evil examples spreads ikea con- tagious disease. the subject is seen to be one of terrible moment. Mere preach ing to those whose surroundings alone render virtue almost impossible on the one hand, and mere attention to physical wants on the other, will not meet the exigencies of the case. Nothing will effect an immediate or general cure, but there should be union of all the methods which common sense and un- common charity can devise.

 At Emperor Williams golden we'd ding in Berlin, a profound sensation was caused by the cold, not to say slight ing, reception given to Prince Bismarck by the Empress Augusta. The emperor had greeted him with the greatest frank ness, evidently wishing to show to those around him the confidence and regard which he entertained for his chief ad- wiser. But the empress, on the other hand, seemed as if she wished to show her dislike of the prince by not only an- swering his obeisance in very sighting fashion, but by not even extending her hand to him. as she did immediately afterward, with gracious mien, to the veteran Won Moltke. The incident is causing much talk in Berlin, where it is known, however. that the empress has long entertained a most bitter dislike to the chancellor. But this is the first time
Year: 1879

Willis Claiborne and George Cairo
write to us that while duck hunting in
the Little Bayou, this week, they were
attacked by an alligator, which sud-
denly rose to the surface of the water
and attempted to crawl into the skiff in
which they were leisurely padding
along. One of the men during the ex-
element fell overheard, but managed
to get back inside the boat in time to
save himself from the jaws of the mon
ster. A slug was hastily rammed into
the gun barrel, and then fired into the
head of the vicious animal, which so
crippled it that it was afterward easily
managed. 1t was then taken to shore
and killed, and found TO measure eleven
feet in length and five feet round, the
weight being 2l5 pounds. This is the
largest alligator killed in that neighbor-
hood since the war, and it is the first
instance in our knowledge of an alligator
having attacked a boats crew. We
have frequently heard of the saurian
monster attacking persons.


The FLOridiGn contained the follow
ing account of an incident of that char
acter in the issue of the l4th of April
last: son Monday last two colored
men went fishing upon Lake Jackson,
and, after reaching the center of the
lake, they discovered huge alligator
about ten feet from the boat. The alli-
gator, nothing daunted by the presence
of the boat and the use of the paddles,
made a desperate attack upon them
and succeeded in getting its head over
the gun-wale of the boat, but the furious
blows dealt drove it of, only to return
and repeat the attack the second and
third times before they reached the
shore. 1t followed the party TO the
shore. One of the men ran up to a
house near by an obtained an axe. The
first blow with the axe enraged the
monster, which, with one fiirt of his
tail, threw the boat high upon the land.
The men succeeded in killing it, and its
hide is now in the city, being tanned,
and measures sixteen feet in length"
-PenSacoId (Fla.J AdUdnce.
Year: 1879

Two very rich Maryland planters
(brOthers) died about quarter
of century ago, one of them
bachelor, while the other left several
children, supposed to be illegitimate.
These latter inherited their fathers es-
tate by the terms of his will, and, on
the death of their bachelor uncle
claimed his property also, as being
heirs-at-law of man dying intestate.
Their claim was disputed by a cousin
of the deceased, who himself insisted
on being recognized as nearest of kin,
on the ground that the other claimants
were illegitimate. These latter proved
their legitimacy, after a long legal
struggle, by finding in Europe the
priest who performed the marriage
ceremony for their parents. They
therefore Obtained possession of their
uncle's estate, but not until they had
reduced themselves to poverty by a
series of contests that ended only in the
highest court of the land, many
of the leading lawyers of the
Nation having taken prominent part
in the struggle. Similar stories
have been developed in fiction, but al
VI lONOlN anu
hardened villains, an unexpected and
perfectly rapturous denouement being
brought about by a handsome lover.
But in this case the beginning of the
end was provided by that irrepressible
marplot, the small boy. The bachelor
brother, instead of dying intestate,
made a will in favor of the cousin who
fought so hard the supposed heirs at
law, and left it with Washington law
yer, who went South at the beginning
of the war, leaving with his office-boy
box of papers to be delivered to the
persons addressed in case of non-return
of the attorney, and the boy probably
forgot. A short time ago the youngster
having presumably come to mans es-
tate, recovered his memory; the will,
the existence of which had been un-
known, was sent 70 the Cousins lawyer
and the case is again to 90 before the
Supreme Court. The story is stranger
than any fiction, as all stories necessa-
rily are when the small boy has any
thing to do with the facts.-N. Y. Her.
aid,
Year: 1879

Be contented, my son. You need not
be satisfied with what you are; you
don't Waiit to live without ambition; so
long as you live, sttite 20 5e something
better and higher and sttbHget 10
morrow than you are to-day, but don {
worry; d6h't fret. Wear your ready
made clothes with the air OF d prince,
until you can do better; eat your twenty
five-cent dinner with the manner of a
man who is accustomed to fare sumptu-
otsly every day on course dinners, and
likes this sort Of q thing for change.
Keep the sunshine in your heart and it
will shine out of your face. The world
is always grateful to a st1nny tempered
man, just because he is go6d enough
and gracious enough to live In IT,
Laugh, my son, if your stomach is so
empty that you cannot tell whether
your pain is in your liver or your back
bone; wear your hat iauntily if it is SO
full of holes that you can't see the grease
and weather stains that cover 1t; speak
cheerily, thodgh you have TO- wear your
overcoat every time your shirt goes 20
the laundry. 1t won't be an easy thing
to do, right along; the days will come
Wu6H SOOu luuulS6uCe III In0 - UlueS


would seem like Paradise; there will be
hours when you would rather swear
than laugh, when yod would rather
growl and wall than look pleasaut3
there will be times when in spite Of
your strength and manhood and good
resolutions, you will go away by your
self and groen and bury your face in
your hands and cry like girl; l know
1t, son. But don't make habit of it,
and don't let any Que see you do it. 1t
is dangerous luxury, son, and should
only be INDUCED in at very long inter-
walls and on rare occasions. Cultivate
contentment; if you have no gloves, put
your hands in your pockets; if your
coat Is out at the elbows, back up
against the fence; If you have no hat,
you will never become bald. And when
prosperity comes not if, but when
you will be prouder of your good nature
in the dark days of adversely, my son,
than you can be of all the honors and
all the fame and position that prosperity
and success can bring you. Never
worry, son; don't fret it will only make
your face thin and your hair turn gray.
-Haaok-Eye.