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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Does this Hit You ??Some of our ubscribers who pay for their paper hink it an imposition that it should be borrowed regularly by parties who are just as able to pay for it as they, themselves, are. We overheard one say the other day that a certain bor rower "was a nuisance." Readar does this hit you? If so stop borrow ing1, subscribe and read your own paper so that you will no longer be regarded as a sponge. Sad Death.?We regret to" hear of the death of Master Herbert Ricken baker, a son of Mr. T. E. Rickenbaker, who resides near Pour Holes Baptist Church. Y?ung Rickenbaker was sick about two weeks with pneumonia, and died last Wednesday morning: He was a very pious young man, and is now happy in another and'better world. Not\yithstandjng.this, his-death is a sad. blow to his.parents and friends^ to* whom we extend our sympathy. A Cold Batik?Last Friday the Rev. J. Q. Wertz and his brother, Mr. Noah Wertz, went to the Santee River on a fishing expedition, and by some mishap their boat turned over, dump ing them both into the river. After staying in the water some time they were rescued by some persons in an other boat. We are glad to know that the only inconvenience suffered by the gentlemen was the cold bath to which they were subjected by the accident. 1 The Eutawville Railroad.?The annual meeting of the Eutawvill Rail road Company was held last week. The annual report of President Barkley was read, and it was resolved by the meet ing to take the necessary steps for the speedy completion of the road to Ello ree. The following board of directors was elected: R. C. Barkley, John Harlin, L. Lissbeger, S. J. Pregnall, A. L. Merriam, A. A. Dame, A. A. How lett. Mr. R. C. Barkley was subse quently elected president.'and Mr. A. L. Merriam secretary of the company. Ash-Wednesday.?Wednesday, the 10th instant, was the first day of Lent, and, known as Ash-Wednesday; so-call ed because, in the early days of Christianity, it was the custom to place upon the head upon that day the ashes of palm leaves, which had been blesse:! on the preceding Palm Sunday, in token of the humble spirit, which the Si'.ason should excite in the penitent. Lent consists of forty days, correspond ing to the length of Moses' fast before receiving the Law, of Elijah's before destroying the false prophets"and idola try of Jezebel, and of the Savior's be fore entering upon the work of His ministry. A compliment to commodore Pregnall.?At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Eutawville Railroad Company, of which Mr. Preg nall is a director, the naming of the junction of the Eutawville and the South Carolina Railroads, heretofore known as 41, was brought up. It was decided to request President Talmadge to name the station Talmadge. He declined the honor, however, and re quested to be allowed to name this prominent point Pregnall. This de cision was received by the board of directors with great satisfaction, and 41 will hereafter be known as Pragnall, in compliment to the Commodore. A Serious Accident.?Last Sunday afternoon our young friend, Dr. J. M. Oliver, had a most miraculous escape from death. He in company with Mr. i W. S. Stewart, was coming from Rowes viHe in a buggy, when one of the bolts that hold the shafts in position came loose, letting them fall down on the horse, which, being a spirited animal, ran awav. Mr. Stewart was thrown out of the buggy, and escaped with slight injury, but Dr. Oliver was not so fortunate. He, in attempting to jump out. got his foot caught in the spring and was dragged two or three hundred yards, sustaining very severe in juries about the head and body. Luckily no bones were broken. A'fter the ac cident Dr. Oliver laid on the side of the road until Messrs, A. E. Butler and C. L. Ho well, who were returning from Branchvile in a buggy, picked him up and kindly brought him to Orange burg, where he is now confined to his bed. Sunny Side Cemetery Company.? Some time ago a number of gentlemen of our town arranged the above com pany for the purpose of buying a piece of land and converting it into a ceme tery. In furtherance of this object they have bought a tract of "ten acres on Sunny Side, which they will improve at once. As soon as this, is done lots for families will be offered for sale at reasonable prices. The company was permanently organized last week by the election of the following Board of Directors: Drs. J. G. Wannamaker, ML G. Salley, Messrs. P G. Cannon, W. L. Glaze, A. C. Dibble, F. S. Dibble, J. S. Albergotti, Theo. Kohn, G. W. Bran son and Henry Kohn. At a meeting of the Directors Mr. J. S. Albergotti was elected President, Mr. W. L. Glaze, Vice- President, and Mr. F. S. Dibble, Secretary and Treasurer. This is something that has long been needed in our town, and we are glad that the above public spirited citizens have sup plied the want. Railroad Talk.?We clip the fol lowing from the Barnwell People of last week: "Representative citizens from Aiken, Orangebnrg and Barn well" counties met in Maj. Lartigue's office, Thursday, to discuss the pros pects of a railroad to Johntown. Let ters were read from prominent railroad men and capitalists showing consider able interest in the enterprise. It was determined to have an early survey made and to push work if sufficient local encouragement can be secured. It is among the certainties of the near future that Johntown will have a rail road. Its people prefer Blackville as Its terminus out if our folks will not shake hands with them across the Edis to, will go to Orangeburg. Engineers have recently gone over the 'Ninety Six road,' midway between the Edis toes, and consider it as marked out by nature as the path of a railroad. If the Greenville Atlantic narrow guage, now assured from Greenville to Johnston, shall be extended to Orangeburg, the South Carolina Rail way towns will lose the profitable trade from the rich ter ritory north of the South Edisto that they' have heretofore monopolized. What is to be done should be done quickly." This is a hint for Orange burg. OUR BREVITY BASKET. Filled With Brief Mention of 3Iany Minor Events of the Week. Last Sunday was a most charming day. There is considerable building going on in our town at the present time. The Rev. W. R. Richardson, of Colum; bla, S. C, is visiting friends in town. There was a slight change of schedule on the South Carolina Railway last Sunday. Mrs. W. F. Phillips, of the Fork, left last Monday to visit friends in Louisiana. . .-. %. ? . ; . : Hon. -Samuel Dibble arrived" in Orangeburg from Washington last Saturday. We publish no communication in our columns unless the true name of the writer is sent with it. Preparation for planting is more backward in our County this year than we have ever known it. On Friday night, the 5th instant, some one cut the throat of a 8200 horse belonging to Dr. J. F. Folk, of Bam berg.- - We wish our subscribers would look on the little tag on their papers and see how much they owe us. .We need the money. The foundation for the Methodist Church at Barnwell has been finished and the work of raising the building is now going on. Mr. B. G. Price, Jr., of the Colleton Press has associated with him Mr. E. A. Laurey in the editorial management of that journal. Game birds may be killed from No vember l3t until April 1st. This is the law and not the 15th of March as here tofore published. The feeling among the colored people of Barnwell against Oscar Smith, who recently outraged a little colored girl, is decidedly bitter. "Remember that if you will work right you can make half your living in your garden." Thus says the editor of the Abbeville Medium. Dr. S. F. Williams, of Lexington County, has located in the Bull Swamp section of our County for the purpose of practicing his profession. Mrs. Nichols, wife of our valued friend, Judge G. W. Nichols, of Spar tanburg, S. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. E. Carlisle, of our town. - The Bossier, La., Banner has entered upon its 25th volume. We wish Brother Scanland, its able editor twenty-five years more of life and prosperity. A Columbia girl looked in the glass the other night and thought she was an angel. She caught sight of her ears and thought they were wings. So says the Register. Our thanks are tendered Messrs. D. M. Ferry & Co.. seedsmen, of Detroit Mich., for a package of assorted garden seeds. Persons wishing to buy good seeds can ask their merchants for them. A small house containing a lot of corn, peas and fodder, belonging to Frank Jones, an honest, hard working colored man of the Knotts Mill section of our County, was destroyed by fire on Sunday night, the 7th instant. We want every family in Orange burg County to take and read one of the County papers. If you don't like The Times and Democrat, why sub scribe for Brother Ott's paper. But don't forget to pay for it, as it is worth every cent he asks for it. The Rock Hill Herald, looking out for the safe blowers, says: "A mystery hangs over the presence of several men now in our community. This is a free country, it i3 true, but it is not so free that suspicious characters may not be required to give an account of them-, selves. We would most respectfully call the attention of our esteemed Branchyille cotemporary to the fact that it is not the only paper between Summervlllel and Aiken on the South Carolina Rail- J way since our sprightly cotemporary, the St. Georges News, sprang into ex istence. The Prices of Long Ago.?We find this item going the rounds of the press: In 1807 corn sold for 60 cents a bushel, cotton 3 to 4 cents a pound, sugar 30 cents, coffee 50 cents, shot 20 cents, powder SI, tea 81, pepper 62 cents, nails 25 cents, calico and plaids 75 cents per yard, tumblers S1.25 per set, ladies' shoes S2 per pair, salt 50 cents a bushel, brandy 82 per gallon, and twist tobacco 50 cents a pound. People were less in debt then than now. But then people bought necessaries and did without such luxuries as they could not afford; now they buy luxuries and try. to do without the necessaries. Take Warning.?There is a good deal of random shooting within the limits of the city, and citizens are seriously annoyed by having their houses peppered and glasses broken, with bird shot and Tarlor Riile balls. Several narrow escapes from severe ac cidents have been reported. There is an ordinance prohibiting the shooting of guns, rifles, pistols, slingshots, &c., within the limits of the city, and tho Mayor requests us to say that here after this law will be rigidly inforced. So look out or get your five dollars ready. Personal.?We had a pleasant call last week from Brother W. M. Jones, the able and accomplished editor of the Spartanburg Herald. Brother Jones is one of the handsomest editors in the State, and we believe he grows better looking as he grows older. The only thing needed most on the staff of the Herald is a good and loving wife for the editor. Take the hint Brother Jones and supply the deficiency. Death of an Old Citizen.?Mr. Henry L. Smoak, ot the Fork, one of our oldest and best citizens, died last Tuesday morning at a ripe old age,be ing something over eighty years old. He was for many years a consistent mem ber of the Methodist Church, in which communion he died. He leaves a large family connection to mourn his death, but they have the consolation of know ing that he was ready when the sum mons came._ SORRY to Hear It.?The Rev. E. M. Broaddus. who has been pastor of the Baptist Church in Camden for several years past, tendered his resignation last Sunday morning, to take effect on May 1. He has accepted a call from the First Baptist Church in Glasgow, Missouri. We regret to see such men us Mr. Broaddus leave our State. cm COUNCIL. The Supply Bill as Katlfleri at the Last Meeting. City Council, Orangeburg, S. C, March 5,1886. Council met this day at 8 P. M. Pre sent Hon. J. S. Albergotti, Mayor; Al dermen Copes, Cannon, Fairey, Light foot, Minus and Williams. The City Treasurer submitted the fol lowing report: Orangeburg, S, C, March S, 1886. To the Hon. City Council of the City of Orangeburg: Gentlemen?Below I submit my monthly statement of receipts and ex penditures for the month beginning February 1st, and ending March 1st, 1886: February 1, cash on hand as per last report.31,238 39 Rec'd from Commercial Sales men. 46 80 Rec'd from Local License. 30 53 Rec'd from Fines. 39 00 Total.1,334 72 expenditures. Paid account of Marshals.S 249 66 Streets. 239 95 Clerk. 33 33 Paid account of Fire Depart ment. 1 00 523 94 Cash on hand. 830.78 All of which Is respectfully submit ted. C. D. Kortjohn, City Treasurer. Referred to the committee on finance who reported: "Received as informa tion." W. T. Ligiitfoot, ) Committee Robert Copes, [ on J. A. Williams, ) Finance "An Ordinance to Regulate Licenses in the City of Orangeburg for the year beginning April first, 1886, and ending March thirty-first, 1887," was amended, and passed its second reading. On the license of "Itinerant Salesman" or "Drummer jiicense" Alderman Copes made a motion to amend by inserting the word "retail" after "Itinerant" and before the word "Salesman." Lost. The Mayor, Aldermen Lightfoot, Wil liams and Minus voting No, and Alder men Copes, Cannon and Fairey voting Yes. By Alderman Fairey: That the li cense of "Itinerant Salesman" or "Drummers License" be abolished. Seconded by Alderman Copes. The mo tion was lost by a viva voce vote. The Mayor, Aldermen Lightfoot, Williams and Minus voting "no" and Aldermen Copes, Fairey and Cannon voting yes. The following petition was submit ted by Alderman Minus and read: To the Honorable Mayor aad Council of the City of Orangeburg: Gentlemen.?Being desirous of im proving the State and Claflin property on the north east side of the S. C. E. R. in part of our own interest and in part of the general appearance of this por tion of the city, I have placed our front fences and walks in good repair, trimmed trees and built a cottage on what has been known as the Rev. T. H. Legare place, fronting the Railway. In order to complete improvements, to afford an outlet from the new cot tage and also to accommodate the gen feral public, I do hereby most respect fully petition your honorable body to contain ue College Street from a poiat where it crosses the lt. R, nearly oppo site Mr. Copes Guano House, along the east side of the R. R., and parallel with it, a distance of abor t 60 rods, to a country road which crosses the R. R. near the city limits. I make this petition in behalf of a, large number of people North and South who are seeking to advance the cause of morality and education in your midst. Trusting that the object of this appeal will meet with your favorable consideration, I subscribe myself, L. M. Dunton, President Claflin University, State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute. Orangeburg, S. C, March 4th, 1886. The petition was referred to the Committep on Streets. A petition of resident citizens on Whitman Street was read as follows: Tue State of South Carolina, ) County of Orangeburg. ) To the Honorable, the Mayor and Al dermen of the City of Orangeburg, in the State aforesaid: The undersighed, citizens of the said City residing on Whitman Street in said City respectfully showeth: That said street is very narrow, so much so as to render it almost impossible to turn vehicles therein; and as to prevent the improvement of the same by build ing a side-walk on either side of said street. That the undorsigned are very de sirous of having the said Street widen ed and improved, so that travel therein may be safe and convenient, and are willing to donate the land for the pur pose of widening and improving the said Whitman Street. Your petioners therefore pray that your Honorable Body will take the said matter under consideration, to the end that the said Street may be widened and rendered more safe and convenient for travel, &c. And your petitioners will ever pray &c. Wm. L. Glaze, Julia D. Moseley, Geo. S. Shirer, Emily II. Glaze, Lav niah J. Shirer, P. Doyle, Ph. Gerlach, J. F. Izlar, Fannie Izlar, George Boliver, T. C. Albergotti, Chas. S. Bull, Eleanor Bull, J. L. Bozard, C. W. Culler, L. E. Rowe, Henry F. Dickson, I. W. Bow man, J. N. McMichael, Lizzie Mc Michael, Ann A. Louis, M. C. Dibble, L. V. Whaley, II. E. Hall. The Mayor stated that he had been requested by the citizens to accept con trol of the old Grave Yard on Brough ton Street to prevent further inter ment therein only in special cases. On motion it was ordered that Council accept control of it. That a good sub stantial fence be placed around it and that the gate ne locked and the key be placed in the hands of the Clerk of Council. And that application for in terments be referred to the Mayor and if the Mayor deemed it advisable to grant permission. The following License Bill received its third reading and was duly ratified in City Council. An Ordinance to regulato Licenses in the City of Orangeburg for the year beginning April 1,1886, and ending April 1,1887: Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City ot Orangeburg, in City Council assembled, that every person, firm, company or corporation engaged in or intending to engage in any trade, business or profes sion hereinafter mentioned, shall ob tain, on or before the 15th day of April, A. D. 1886, a license therefor, in the manner hereinafter prescribed. Even person, firu, company or corporation commencing business after the said first dav of April, A. D., 1886, shall ob tain a license therefor before entering upon such trade, business or profession. Sec. 2. Every person, firm, company or corporation required by this ordnance to obtain a license to engage in any trade, business or profession, for which a license is required, shall register with the City Treasurer: First, his or her name and style, and in case of a firm or company, the names of the several per sons constituting such firm or company. Second, the trade, business or profession for which a license is required. Third, the place where such trade, business or profession is to be carried on. Fourth, the amount of business of the previous, year, upon winch amount the license is to be assessed. All of which, and an swers to questions relative to which, shall be given under oath. Nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect any other requirements of law elsewhere enacted in regard to any trade, business or profession. Sec. 3. If any person or persons shall exercise or carry on any trade, business or profession, for the exercising, carry ing on, or doing of which a licenee is required by this ordnance, without first taking out such license as in^that behalf is required, he, she or they, shall, for each and every offence, be subject to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dol lars, or to imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, as may be adjudged by the Mayor trying the case. Sec. 4. The license granted under this ordinance shall not authorize the person or persons (except lawyeas, physicians, dentists and auctioneers) or firm, com pany or corporation mentioned therein, to exercise or carry on any trade, busi ness or profession specified in such license in any other place than that mentioned therein; and every person, firm ox corporation exercising or carry ing on any trade, business or profession, or doing any act for which a license is required, shall keep said license, at all times of business, in a conspicuous part of the business place; and on demand of any authorized official of the city government shall produce such license, and unless he shall do so shall be deemed to have no license. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to detect and re port all parties failing to take out a license as herein required. He shall visit each and every place of business from time to time, after the 15th day of Apfil, A. D. 1886, and ascertain and re port immediately to the Mayor the names and places of business of all per sons failing to take out a license. The officer reporting such violations shall be entitled to five per cent, on all fines so collected under this ordinance. Any officer failing to discharge his duty, as laid down in this ordinance, shall be re ported to the Mayor for his action. Sec. 5. Upon the removal of any per son or persons from the house or prem ises at which the trade, business or pro fession mentioned in such license was authorized, it shall be lawful for the City Treasurer, and he is hereby re quired, to authorize by endorsement of such license the person removing as aforesaid to any other place to carry on the trade, business or profession speci fied in such license at the place to which such person or persons might have re moved. Sec. 6. All licenses granted under this ordinance shall continue in force until the thirty-first day of March, 1887. No license, except such as is provided for by limitation, per diem or month, shall be issued for less time or rate than one year. The City Treasurer shall prepare a proper form to be issued in each case. Skc. 7. Applications for licenses of all kinds shall be made at the City Treasurer's office. Sec. 8. Application for transfer of licenses shall be made in writing to the I City Treasurer, referred by him to the Committee on Finance, and if favorably reported on by them, to be authorized by the Mayor. Sec. 9. For a license to carry on any trade, business or profession hereinafter mentioned, the following sums shall be paid to the City Treasuaer, viz: Sec. 10. Auctioneers, those selling at public outcry or private sale, each per annum.810 00 Each per day. 2 00 Artists, ambrotypists, or photo graphists, each. 5 00 Architects, civil engineers and surveyors, each. 3 00 Agents for all kinds of building material, each. 2 00 Banks, each.;. 25 00 Bankers, who are all persons or firms other than banks buying and selling domestic or foreign exchange, each. 5 00 Building and Loan Associstions, each. 5 00 Billiard or pool tables, for each table. 10 00 Boarding houses, each. 5 00 Bakeries, each. 3 00 Barbers, for each chair. 3 00 Builders, master mechanics and workmen of all trades and em ployments not specially named elsewhere taking contracts? . these who employ no hands, each. 3 00 Those who employ hands, each 10 00 Blacksmith shops. 5 00 Brickyards, each. 3 00 Boot and shoemakers, each. 3 00 Commission merchants, each... 10 00 Cotton packers and ginners, each 10 00 Circuses, per day each. 100 00 Coaches, omnibuses, vehicles, carts, trucks, wagons, drays and hacks that haul for hire, per horse. 3 00 Cabinetmakers, each. 3 00 Carriage and buggymakers, each 10 00 Candy and lemonade stands, each 2 00 Cook shops, each. 3 00 Dentists, each. 5 00 Dairies, each. 2 00 Dealers in books and pictures on street, or canvassing for same, per day each. 2 00 Per annum each. 10 00 Dealers in beef cattle, hogs, sheep and goats, dressed or otherwise, each. 5 00 Dealers (itinerant) in horses and mules, per day each. 2 00 Dealers in fruits, peanuts, cakes or cooked victuals, with stands on street, each. 2 00 Dealers in ice, each.;. 2 00 Dealers in junk, each. 50 00 Dealers in peddling goods around the citv, per day each. 5 00 Dealers "(exclusively) in soda water sold from founts, each.. 3 00 Dealers (itinerant) in wagons and buggies, per day each. 2 00 Dealers in poultry, fish, vegeta bles and fruits on streets, each 2 00 Dealers in Coal, each. 2 00 Dealers in Manufactured tobac co other than "Dealers in any and every other article of trade or merchandize not specially named elsewhere in this Ordi nance whose annual sales do not exceed 85,000, each. 2 00 Dealers in any and every other article of trade or merchandise, Butchers included, not special ly named elsewhere in this ordi nance, whose annual sales do not exceed $5,000, each. 10 00 For each additional thousand or fraction thereof. 1 00 Express companies or agencies, each. 10 00 Electric light companies or agen cies, each. 5 00 Fertilizing agencies, each. 5 00 Forwarding agencies, each. 2 00 Fairs, promenade- concerts, par tics, public balls, glass blow ing, operas, minstrels, pano ramas, and every other kind of ' public entertainments of a like . nature;, exhibiting in other than licensed halhper day or night, each.: ? 5 001 Gin manufactories or agencies, each. 2 00 Gunsmiths, each. 3 00 Hotels,each.... 15 00 Harnessmakers and repairers. each. 3 001 Itinerant peddlers, per day each 5 001 Itinerant salesman (license not transferable (per dav_._ 2 001 Per annum.".. 10 001 Insurance companies or agencies (fire, life, or any ohter) each per annum. 10 00 Per day, each.? ? ? *. 2 00 Soda water factories, each. 3 00 Laundries, each. 3 00 Lawyers, physicians or chemists, whether in firm or not, each.. 5 00 Masonic Hall. 30 00 Mercantile agency reporters, each 5 00 Menageries, per day each. 50 00 Marble yards, each. 5 00 Mills, grist, each. 3 00 Mills, planing, each. 5 00 Mills, saw,each. 5 00 Mills, rice, each. 10 00 Milliners, each. 5 00 Newspapers, each. 10 00 Pharmaceutists and apotheca ries, each. 10 001 Pawnbrokers, each. 50 001 Pleasure carriages and buggies, per horse, each. 1 001 Painters, each. 3 001 J Printing offices, job, each. 5 00 Real estate agencies and collec tors of rents or other claims, each. 3 00' Real estate brokers, each. 3 00 Restaurants, each. 5 00 Skating rinks, each. 3 00 J Side shows to circuses, per day, each. 25 00 [Sewing machine companies or agencies, each. 5 00 Shooting galleries, each. 5 00 Stables, livery, each. 15 00 Stables, sales, each. 15 00 Tailors, repairers and dyers., each 3 00 Tanneries, each.".. 3 00 Tinners, each. 3 00 Telegraph companies, each. 10 00 Telephone companies, each. 10 00 ! Undertakers, each. 5 00 Watchmakers, repairing clocks and jewelry, each. 5 00 Wheelwright shops, each.: 3 00 Wood yards, each. 3 00 Warehouses charging storage, each. 3 00 Shu. 11. That tho fdmrg-n for license for any business, trade or profession, not enumerated above, shall be deter mined on by the Committee on Finance j and the City Treasurer conjointly. Sec. 12. Be it further ordained, that | all male inhabitants of the city between I the ages of eighteen and forty years (ac ! tlve firemen members of a military I organization and all persons exempt by | law from road duty excepted) are re quired to work upon the roads, streets | and ways of said city four days in each and every year, or, in lieu of such work, the City Council may compound with persons so liable to work in the sum of two dollars each per annum, to be ap plied to the use of said city; and any person failing or refusing to perform such work, or to compound as above provided, upon conviction thereof, be fore the Mayor or acting Mayor (who may bring any such person before him by warrant) shall be fined not exceed ing ten dollars, or be imprisoned in the j county jail for a period not exceeding | thirty days. Sec. 13. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith, be | and the same are hereby, repealed. Done and ratified in City Council, this 5th day of l arch, one thousand eight hundred ai d eighty-six, and in the one hundred and tenth year of | American Independence. The minutes we-e read and confirmed Council then adjourned. C. D. Kortjoiin, Clerk City Council. List of Letten. List of unclaimed letters and postal cards remaining in Post Office at Or angeburg, S. C, for the week ending March, 13, 1886: Miss Biddie Baxter, Wanosler Barn well, Miss Biemell Burgist, M. J. Bar- j ton, Samuel Black, A. L. Collett, Miss [ Marria ?antzler, Daniel Dap, Mrs. Susan J. Felder, Mrs. Eliza J. Funder biirk, Mrs. J. B. Izlar, Benjamin Jenkins, Miss Ilattie Johnson, Miss Lizer Jones, Mrs. Tenah Jamison, Mrs. H. E. Keger, Joe Kane, W. W. Kinard, Adam Kersen, Miss Mary Mace, John- j son Key care Hans Moore, Elias J. Miller, M. A. Minis, G. W. Smoak care j Rollin Bozard, Miss Julery Skoot, Miss | Estelle Scanlan, Rev. I). P. Schurnpert, Wiley Thompson, L. G. Wannamaker, Mrs. M. J. Wannamaker, Miss Manda] Wadkins. Persons calling for these Letters orj Postal Cards will please say that they were advertised. F. A. Sciiiffley, Postmaster. Good and Good Looking.?Brother Holmes, of the Barnwell People, pays Gen. Izlar the following compliment in the last issue of his paper : "Gen. J. F. Izlar, of Orangeburg, was in town a couple of days last week. He is a good and a good looking man and makes a model Senator and chieftain of the State Democracy. After awhile, when he gets to be Judge or Governor or Editor, he will be a better looking man than he is at this writing." A Freak of Nature.?Mr. J. W. II. Dukes, of the firm of Lowman & Dukes, left at our office last week a strange freak of nature. It was a pig's leg with one fully developed foot and a partially developed foot, the last hav ing only two toes. We never heard of anything of the kind before, and is cer tainly a very strange thing. Capture of a Murderer.?On the morning of November 3,1884. this com munity was shocked when intelligence reached here that George Hanes, color ed, had brutally murdered Calvin Bed din and Delia Culler. It will be re membered that Hanes went to the house of Delia Culler, and in an alter cation shot Redd in standing in the door and also mortally wounded Delia Culler. The woman died in a. few hours and Reddin lingered until the next day, when he also died. Hanes remained at the scene of the tragedy for an hour or two and then made his escape. All these persons were in the employment of Mr. J. K. Hart, and the killing took place on Mr. Hart's tur pentine farm, about five miles from this place. Every effort was made to find some trace of Hanes, and Sheriff Salley used all diligence to effect his capture, but nothing could be ascer tained of his whereabouts, and it was supposed, that Hanea had left the State. A snort while since Governor Thomp son offered a reward of 8150 for the capture of Hanes and his delivery to the sheriff of Orangeburg. It seems now that Hanes had never left the State, and remained, at least for the greater part of the time, not far from the scene, of the . homicide. He was captured last Friday evening?almost nightfall?two and a half miles from Leesville, in LexingtonJCounty. Hanes has the reputation of being one of the best turpentine hands in the State, and since his escape, or, at least, recently, has been employed by W. S. Cooke upon his turpentine farm near Leesville. It seems that Mr. S. A. Cook, a son of Mr. W. S. Cooke, having found out the facts in the case, and being aware that the Governor had offered a reward, deter mined to secure Hanes's capture. An opportunity was awaited, and Friday, when Hanes went to receive his wages from Mr. W. S. Cooke, he was watched, traced to his rendezvous and captured while in the act of counting his money by the light of matches. His captors were Messrs. 1$. A. Cooke, J. J. Sheeley, B. N. Rrodie and P. J. Eiseman. At 10 o'clock last Saturday he was deliver ad by these gentlemen to Sheriff Salley, and is now safely in the county jail. Look Out for Him.--We gather from the Chesterfield Advertiser the following condensed history of a suc cessful horse thief in Sumter and ad joining counties: A man giving his name as Columbus Miller spent the night with a Mr. Mathis in the upper part of Sumter county, some time in February, and persuaded that gentle man, by telling him a plausible lie, to lend him a horse to go to Mr. John 0. Durant's, where he said he had some fox hounds which he was going after. He went from Mathis' to Young's Bridge, in Kershaw county, where ne traded horses with a man named Hen drix, getting 810 boot. From Young's Bridge he passed through White Plains, and then turned up towards Irvington, in Chesterfield county, where he again traded horses with Mr. W. M. Porter. He next swapped horses with an un known party in Union county, North Carolina, and some days later he sold the mule which he received in the last trade to Pinkston of WadesBoro, for a watch and 825. He said his name was Dunn, that he was a horsetrader from Virginia, that he had sold all the stock which he had brought with him, but had more at White Plains. He then nire? a horse of Mr. G. W. Huntly, of Wadesboro, to ride back to White Plains, Mr. Huntly sending a negro boy alone on another horse to bring the hired horse home. The thief managed to slip off from the negro, taking both horses, and since then nothing has been heard of him. It is probable that his rightful name is Columbus Miller; that he is a native of Lancaster, which county he left several years ago, be cause of his having committed some offense against the laws of the State. The March issue of the Eclectic Magazine has as its leading article a paper by Mr. Gladstone, entitled "Proem to Genesis : A Plea for a Fair Trial," in which he curries on the old contro versy against Huxley and M. Reville in favor of the orthodox view of the creation as now held. Arthur Symons discusses "Frederi Mistral, the Pro vencial Poet," and George Saintsbury tells us about George Borrow, the fasci nating author of "Lavengro." "Darwin ism and Democracy," by W. S. Lilly, and the critical paper on the English dramatist, Middleton, by Swinburne, are both entertaining and suggestive articles. "Government in the United States," by Gamaliel Bradford, and "A Thinking Machine," by Grant ARen, recommend themselves to intelligent readers. There are several short articles of much interest, and the ensemble of the Magazine will be found fully up to its best. Published by E. R. Pelton, 25 Bond Street, New York. Terms, 85 per year; single numbers, 15 cents; trial subscription for 3 monts, 81. Eclec tic and any 84 Magazine, 88. The Eutaw ville Railroad.?Com mencing last Monday, four regular passenger trains will be run on the Eutawville Railroad daily, except Sun days. The trains will run between Pregnall's and Eutaw Springs, stop ping at Harleyville, Peck's, Holly Hill and Conner's. Close connection will be made with the trains on the South Carolina Railway at Forty-one Mile Station, now known as FregnxU's Sta tion. There will be two trams both going and returning. The former will leave Pregnall's at 10.15 A. M. and 6.40 P. M., arriving at Eutaw Springs at 11.45 A. M. and 8.10 P. M. and will connect with the South Carolina Rail way trains, which leave Charleston at 6.4o A. M. and 5.10 P.M. Returning the trains will leave Eutaw Springs at 6.15 A. M. and 4.30 P. M., arriving at Pregnall's at 7.45 A. M. and 6 P.M. These trains will make connection with the down trains on the South Carolina Railway. This is the first regular schedule on the Eutawville Railroad. Just received at H. Spahr's Jewelry and Music Store a lot of fine Gold and Silver Watches, all reliable time-keep ers. A large assortment of musical Instruments, Violin, Guitar and Banjo Strings. Agency for the Rollar Organ Also a lot of Clocks of all descriptions Goods guaranteed and prices lower than ever. A chiltls greatest enemy is worms. Who can calculate the misery and suffer ing a child has to endure who is infested with worms? Shriner's Indian Vermi fuge will destroy and expel worms from both children and adults. Only 25 cts. a bottle. The picnic season is approaching.