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II HAMILTON. GEORGIA. AT WAN IN EARNEST i BKNPIIRATK FIGITTIT%» BETWEEN BRRVUliH A.VD RIILUAKIAKN. The Bulgarian Troop* Completely Routed * n hve **, e * , l).vatch« v , . from Belgrade, , herv.a. . . gm the subjoined details of the war between ,Ser via and Bulgaria: ,, n _ * m i i 4.1 ■»» i gartans at Trn, The and the latter were totally defeated. (tervans fought with great gallantry, and captured two guns and many prisonerb. ihree lattalions of Bulgarians “A battalion of Bulgarian Timok volunteers, sta tinned at a point on the river, capitu latefi, Without bring a gun, to Colonel Gjuk uiteh, commanding the he. vian 1 imok divis ,0 “Det»ii« of the r-antnro iVummiin by the Servians on Sunday show that the liriim and Shu.nmlja divisions, under Colonels Melikovich and Benecky, were XETSn H, i d , at ’p.n! 1 !| ^ rf( ,it e them. The strong posts wore carried in sw> cession at the point of the bayonet. Hordes of Bulgarians laid down their arms, being panic-stricken, lhe slaughter was terrible, the next day evacuated all their fortified positions in the neighborhood of the pass, the Servian light cavalry pursuing aud scatter in “The*s!*rviaiiTi/ isminnarchiniron Wuhlin gave battle to the U(l Bulgarians near Widdin L ^ h r/Tef^ j 1 Tii; T i mm S 1 e 9 d Up a r» h .°A the,n Yy a nris>ners° ° ' 1 v 1<ins i < a ptuied H 1,01)0 t * « ThShni.,.v- lw SroTttoS^w ri n , ar'i 1 v l ‘“ pr,s “' , " t si . tu “' and is’ approaching Slivnitza; ‘colonel Michkovicli, with his force, lias reached I&wti L ii ^*Inviinovitch° C ^ Sliv f lU . a; Worn the' Knyozevatz. with reserves - General Leah janiu remains at Kiola, which lie has captured; Colonel Topalovitcb, with his force, is at Trn, Swl^ii^ Srdtesf.,m il i K roiit 1 ?Tfsr , '' M /iS if' ettCe «.«? K 0 7 lU Cr0 hf Mwians are*concentrated at^SUvnit/a^* 10 “The Servians not only hold all the positions haV6 CaptUr6d tb ® joicTng ‘-SSs ove? cifcvi?Wild With «vr.it«mAT,f ««h Zt 1 otthe vian troops. King Milan has congratulated Gmreral Lesbjamu on his brilliant victory at *‘Einc Milan «nnt a moLm disna^h f., talie anno,m,ling the of wins. AH the plotters against King Milan have been liberated except Minderovioh, a clerk in the war office, who is charged with 8Srv e ian U miuisters atT'ofistantino.ilo views taken in official circles regarding the conduct of Servia. 'There is, however, much rn'ISTd ?n &r n vian frontier, coupled with Prince Alexander’s appeal to the sultan for aid. It is believed, iiewever, that the porto will only forinully elm-inir Bey'tlw war ' ^ ^ ' HM s at 10,1 111 ' “Zto Turkish ist,.r here, in an interview admitted that Turkey must act when Sofia has been captured, in what way "‘rSinlnrnvii^ troops? 9 doclhied S fm*tress^s to say. W^a£%!^ot%£Z£: with wounded The beimr TS Servians admit that the Bulgarians defended IVn splendidly. The townwas only capturod ^llerv^The'Sd^Pi^ buf. ouLvunhciv'd^ind T* whore gallantly, were outflanked. “Servia ha- decided to annex the Bulgarian tSXoiwiii^»i»£ £i ll! r ^ tlo “ arailwa T ro, ? hBr te » m constr^t^^anway” 1 k o^th^lo^wer Ii h .f that she can Danube by Chupria, Zaitehan and Widdin to meet the projected Roumanian railway ih-ifVh *fs°i V l 1 ° Kala,at - Travelers report JJjd 8 » 5™ n g^qi,T i tT 1 L\ i SS r s^ forthwith. There are only two battalions of Bulgarian infantry at Widdin. ‘•M. Mvlitschno, cliicrof tlunScrviimState £Sl«•™!»*I peopi’e'of ,rr “ ,tea ilt /,arlch "UlsSpSi^SSSuSl^rsS^S-k*, ••The Sofia are nanic strickGii !<M . kilhsl and wounded in capturing Adli The widow of Archduke Johann, of Austria, has died. The archduke while traveling through postchaise. Aussec asked the post master for a No postilion, however, could be louud; so the post master's daughter donned the dress of a poslilion and offered her services The archduke was struck by her beauty, and subsequently she became his wile and * was elevated to the rank of countess. (.TNCHiBS ON TRIAL ihirty o.m; south ( abolihians ARBAlLiAED FOR BIBDKB. Probable End of the Cnftc-Hl»lor.T of the Unfortunate Affair. An Edgefield (S. C.) dispatch gives the following details of the indictment of tbirtv j one citizens for lynching a nan who had | been charged with murder. The case has attracted great attention in the South: When the long aud tedious indictment against the thirty-one citiwms accused of lynching T. O. Culbreath had bee,, read to lay aud the prisoners had put Uual in a pleaot not RuiJfcy and had asked in the form to in* be tried by “God and my country,” the clerk JimT 1 ’ f0r *?£!’ . Seimmr Mu2lSdlt*,S^SS^ romance for i,i rn to discuss but rested soielv with the court;. u#» said the State wat ready. The ^wer Arnfmonts fafrnfTSE? ^oontouai^ 1 fSfed^to ai smmLr for were then mado by Effitlei, Lieutenant Governor Sheppard and Major Gary, of Augusta. th £point!? miSe bv f thTS condition of the public mind in Edgefield county would not warrant a far and impar SSf,?. AttnrnSri 0 pres ? nfc time> He 8 raQted fomm?tUng »„ order r(K the eight persons who hud been bailed up to JJSot <ige slid if mvX Lr?.inv^h?ied nmdicatfon j u Hudson ' wa8 ty be Iim( j 0 in relation to those P ri * om ™ ««w was the time to moUon'to Im^ah’th^thhtv^ne o^couHk -tmiLl released on ball until the next term ing upon this proposition each of tae three lead attorneys for the defense inaae stirring speeches. Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard’s aiSSt^aud^SeSS'tTmSkfa‘protoS tek s « r,tss ™fe ^ 7 * i,i S °?he° ’ f SSSdl? "L 1 . _ . t heir names when called upon. The extraor dinary spectacle was presetted, he said, bail, of thirty-one men, eight of then out on EhelTconid Sifileasilv SS^sUv eSauechad°Thev S de* of family, aud eighty children were depending on them. The judge must know that they d munftv^nd , id not ^ emp,ate 1 wSSS^SmS?' T° t^defeud^S- ey gen ' selves agaiiist the grave charge against them when the proper time should come. Jud «« Hudson spoke kindly and feelingly b^the’^Utor1Svs*for ^dangJr K hlaltl. the' nrisSThXdS thirty-one to‘the of the prisoners if they had to remain in a jail not 5®i SftS^mSid’baU h °, n i^S-E U iSd ta It diSSed r?mor ti» S jj nreviousH ' a J. baiilii to su?reiSer'thinwelvwTto oi he ltj; an(1 ^ included in the new bail bonds. He in permitted the the HCCUS(Hl to . , STo'32® - COUI t t h n mnrt until to-morrow at It) p or two hours the lawyers for the JL SKTtaSf rt Ktof?he nlle4imSSere« A B* 3^^ f}' e wS'^hurSSi''homeward ofT -< n his f am |iy t after "a that'the long impris eminent. It ^th'Cl^L.^OHbreaS, is not expected ease S . . livetl hore w i t [, ;l colored woman for five years, and had deserted a w jf 6 and two children, who were forced to mako their own living. The story of the th,» deserted* wife iiad to go away r rom home 0 one night, 8 and asked Willie Haminoud, You^Hammon^ a very popular young man. ^ ^ S wMle paying !!! ^ wiisfiot the en i u and killed. When the citi zens heard of it they caused the arrest of T. O. Culbreath. and he was preparing to give ^ wixxH and left *E?m him Jhered^d^ tSllead' S tier Uy fha'immesS bis assailants, Culbreath “and this not led to Sected. present case. was re ami was uot considemi any loss to tb *' com m H n ity> r re^eryW Edgefield . l is . noi. , a v '® an f ,. J v . t . y Aluericims.' S intabStf th The romitry ismade beauti ful with hills and valleys, placid lakes aud rippling Mjj,’"jiVe following tin? the southwest most To of us is the Savannah river, sena ra ting South Carolina and Georgia. The Columbia and Augusta railroad inter- 1 ‘S’S miles southwest of Columbia, fc>. C. There are tiu-ee churches and one nexvs}>aper. The mansions are spacious and built on an ^“."^“iorndowulong en “re since. It is a tvu of refinement and wealth. HUMOROUS SKETCHES. nunerj iBccswrs In a;i Italian garrison there was a pri vate soldier Deers” uy the name of Ugoiini. aside One of the of took the soldier one day and asked him: “Are you a desce o Vs the amous Count Ugoiino, al trr whom Dante wrote”’ t i No. ’ replied the soldier, “all my an cestors were poor people.” Ugoiino who * “X refer to Count was starved to death with his sons in the tower at Pisa.” “Jf he didn’t get enough to eat after very likelv X>^eplied he was an ancestor of mine 1 the honest 6 »ldier.-2'«« Htftwqs. . -- A N’ew silver Piece. A good joke was the played on two or t,lree reporters at county treasurer s office a day or two ago. Toe scarcity of small bills at the United States sub-treas Ury and in actual c5rcalatioa ’ the COm ; Pa^tive scarcity of silver money and other matters ot a like nature, were upon by Assistant-Treasurer Gardner and his clerks. “ Ifc ’ s a g° od thin S for the country” -M Mr. Edwin S. Bogart. “that the new silver pieces have been coined. “What silver pieces—how coined— when—where—let’s see them?” almost screamed the anxious newsgatherers. three pieces to a dollar. Haven’t you ‘ seen them?” was the rcplv. •h 7 °>'«;» r ,h r: three re - porters rushed toward the safe. “ Let tbese gentlemen see the three silver pieces to a dollar?” Mr. Gardner was asked to do. iIe exhibited two ‘l uarters aild a bal f f a dollar, and three reporters rushed , tor the door. —Brooklyn Union. - - Buried tn Thought. The young man held a position in » vigorous emphasis a few evenings before, came in to buy a pair of boots. The old man didn’t recognize his late victim as he came forward tc wait on him. “What number?” asked the clerk in a shaky voice in response to the demand for a pair of boots. He was fitted in a pair within a few minutes and went out with his pur chase, leaving the young clerk buried in thou g ht - “Hello,” said the boss, disturbing his reverie, “what’s the matter with you?” The clerk started. “ 0h ’ 1 was thinking.” “Thinking? This is no time to think, What’s the trouble?” “"’V’ *!“* “ V S ' Irl ' S d#d ' H « , bas just put and • of on worn away a pair h g ht No - 8 boots - 1 was u P at his house the other night, and when I left him at the gate, I would have sworn in any court that he wore a No. 18, double solcl1 ' with a steel toe." All the rest of the day, the clerk was absorbed in thought, and the boss didn’t him -^-■ 'Mmt-:Traveler. --- eonenitlnsr Her Father. Young Mr. Ch. H. Isidore Coshingin, of Harlem, was plainly embarrassed, For some minutes he had’rested uneasily * n h iS chair, and Miss Smith, ot Ninth street, near Second avenue, upon whom he was calling, knew what was coming—or thought she did—and her heart-throbs “Hr—Miss » * he ticking Smith,” Of he a clock. said, feverishly, “could I—er—see your father for a mo “ me nt or two?” “My father?” she repeated with a blush, “certainly, Mr. Coshingin,” and ing berself, she swept from the parlor. Picsently the old man came in, and, after a short conversation with Mr. Cosh ^*gin, he stepped to the door aud sum moued his d:lUK h t cr. “It is getting late,” said Me Cosh ingin, whose face was radiant, “anil as i have u long ride before me, I think I will say good night. Will I have the Wednesday pleasure of evening” finding you at home on Miss Smith?” Miss Smith blnshingly assured him that he would, and young Coshingin was en Harlem. “Oh. papa.” she bes;»n. “did lie - . ’ and then she stopped. “You must ask no questions,” said the Q j d man ’• as he sm i] e d and stroked his Sef , , ... f ond i fu v regatd iqp Coshiuo-iu Utile to see me to a matter which for the present must re main a secret.” *p { ,j j. now might aDa ” pleaded the girl, “hut you vis-just give me just a little of what it a word, indulgently, papa-” “Oh, well,” he replied 4 ‘since you must know, Mr* C t wanted to borrow five cents to ‘ 1 M ► Harlem with .”—Neat York 8 an. f Engaged tor tfie saak* ••bust” : He srot on a once, ar i * p e come to the end his t found himself sobering up in B ' Having but or 3 1 ' U p his shingle Cp rj do* 1 room in the hotel and went to 1 his costume was being renewed r He was in the depths of siumbe knock aroused him. He requ knockei to enter, and a Carson Ullil, somewhat rough attire, walked in. l “Are you a lawyer?” I “Yes,” he answered, frem tl r i “I've got a case for you.” I -rt He sat up m V>^d bed, drew drew the the bead V -.del ot is w around lum in an instant, and ' an interested air. “State your case.” “Well, you see, 1 rented * f : grazing from a man. I put a * : 1 and the horse died.” “Meedl Well?” “Well! Hain’t I got a case agvr Uknu that man?” • “Unquestionably. But. tell me, did the horse die of?” “You see, a rattlesnake bit him, :r he died.” “Ahem!” “Can’t I sue the man for tiv;i, that horse? He hadn’t any business to - and rent me a field with a raltiesu , it , had he?” “You’re right, sir, perfectly rigu t “Yes, of course I do. “Ahem! what—what amount at t fee do yeu propose to offer?’ “Well, haven’t got any half n the oney ffive you-I’H give you % a:, of the horse.” “Very good. What, may l *sk - <- ! -.a\ do you consider the val lC of ht beast?” ‘‘It wasn’t very young. It huo Mdftl r«a- r shaft, and it had been hfteei vj . m years drawing quartz should irom e r m u <e. ■. it wasn’t—well, I sv worth about nine dollars. The lawyer gently lay doac and prepared to goto sleep i £* one last look at the client. “Good morning. I ar -» <>. the snake V'—San Francisco - « * Intelligence ill Am Mi* The London Field tells o y >a. ot swallows that built a nest isi of ? school room where more than tMl dren were in dully attendance, A goose was seen flutterin. >r> tiw surface of one of the Wisconsit lakes : ; investigation proved that a ortv-ivv® poun d turtle had it by the Both were drawn into a boat. When ostriches are breed)- roey a V erv savage, yet acolley do Will t.'J17rC them completely, and at cape oi Good Hope the dogs do tin work < • herding with great sagacity Pen f a dog belonging to Chares :r, ParkeriburK, W Va.. go* r,/v:arty * the postoffice and brings back tt- r.a.* gets the milk from the tnr-kaum try and has delivered a deposit al i » ’; correctly. ndlW';. An imme aw ItorfOT •‘•V; longing to a gentleman oi k.an ■ ',c .-ev snapped at a child who x as p' gun g him. The child’s mother u >bi cm ;c Go dog, who slunk away, but soon ’>>t 5 oc , With a rose, and, with very • xtr-.v^M capers, laid it at (he feet o - b,i I Then it hurried to its mis Tress foi caress. | .John II Osborn of Belle v •» tried breeding quail m after an n vine as lemaie * wire | cage. The third day she 3 ✓ ; had begun sitting 9he died oi am. | The cock was dead greatly bird distre, vui. d dragged the only to the a Ion: eon er fea! i I buried it, leaving luisaonehe H* ers on one wing exposeu. returned to the nest and sat on - ’’^gs, j and eventually succeeded in o -g. J o ~ a brood of ten young quail, i ho \ o Mj? ”5 birds are now alive.— -\dw Tori Son. . ; The only cure , for seiiishnev mdolene; . , , WOT If the only cure tor m rlWiCV . the only core for unbelief” rake c. the ague of doubt hj doi. _ <, ,, on science's btddmg: the only eu e tor urn iditv is to plunge into some* f ; ‘te*t int ! before the chill comes on. | Character is human nature ii; its Li ¬ form. lt is moral or-ier em - m m in U individual, Men of chara to onlv the conscience of soc m every well got erned state best motive power; tor it u nor V : 1 ties in the main which rule .....