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THEY WENT A FISH ISO.
)BO, OA., FRIDAY, KKB. 23, 1*3
fed at the post office ut Waynesboro, Qa.
as second daw matter.
■From and after this dale, for ihe
Inna.ion of onr reader*, we wil
pish a synopsis of the icga adver-
:s of the county.
-Mr. Thop. Quihn.cy is having hi*
se repainted.
-Mr. Green, of JeGerson county,
|ts in town Thursday.
■Loo Chong, the Chinaman, has re
fined and reopened his store.
j—Mr. Nathan Cox, of this county,
led of consumption this (Fr.day)
iorning.
-Fresh Tennessee Butter 35c. per
>und, and good Country Butt'r at
per pound at John S. Blounts.
-Any dru^gis' will tell vu what
lows about the merits of Slni-
Indian Vermifuge, the popular
jdy. For sale by W. F, Hol-
tan.
rThe two base ball clubs of this
jlayed a match game yesterday
evening, resulting in a victory
Sunflowers of 27 to 7 against
£ers.
jjquire Lively has had bad luck
is meat, losing thirteen joints of
rge hogs. He has several other
logs to kill, but is afraid to risk
ther.
blacksmith. Jim O’Byrns, has
a plow which he calls ‘ the
Cultivator,and which is said
?f the best made by all who
on their farms.
Trins & Co., are building
m rear of their store, to^be
understand, as a meat house
^Carter, it is said, will have a
le building for his market.
r. Holleytnan has on hand some of
beautiful fishing rods we ever saw.
they are pretty enough to make
deciples of Isaac Walton go into
|>xtacies. If you want a pretty pole,
[low is the chance to get it.
-Those who desire information
Lo the limits of the gun.e law of
rrke county, are Informed that the
|Fne for shooting partridges extends
tom the first day of October to the
jrstday of April each year.
—Mr, Clark h as moved bis photo-
rraph tent to the oth*r corner above
lr. John Grubbs’ residence, and is
|bady to accomodate his customer*,
'hose who wish fine pictures would
well to go at once, as Mr. C. in
arms us his stay in Waynesboro is
kited.
-Some of our exchanges are express-
~8p.rs for the safety of the peach
top. Contain your souls in calmness
jrethren, the time has not arrived yet
ro be frighteued. The peach crop in
[his climate was neyer known to be
[risen out in February or the firs' half
March.
-Mr. Peahen Chance, of this coun-
reponed to he in a terrible onndi
Some month ago he happened to
Isfortune to break his leg. which
pyer healed but is said to be rot
iway. So great has been his suf
The following story comes to ns torb
well authenticate 1 to for a moment
be doubted. It seems that Professor
11. R. Norman who has charge of the
Scarboro Academy, and who, by-the-
way, lias lately abandoned the sinful
ways of the world, joined the Metho-
di.-t church and gone to preaching, and
Mr. Janies F, Murphy, a neighbor of
the professor, an old newspaper man
and a Catholic in religious faith, had
a net set in the Ogeechee river for the
purpose of gilhng suckers. On Satur
day night of the 10th inst., these gen
tlemen concluded they would go to
their net and get a mess cf fish for Sun
day morning’s breakfast. The waters of
the roaring Ogeechee were swollen and
turbulent, the night was dark, and
neither of them weie adepts in the man
agement of the boat. Nevertheb ss,
they boldly embarked upon the framing
flood, trusting more to Providence than
to their own skill with the paddles. Ev
erything went well for a whi e, but
turning a bend in the river, the strong
current seized the Coat in i■ s remorse
less gra j* and despite the frantic but
badly directed efforts of its occupants,
which really served more to piecipitate
a catastrophe rather than prevent it,
quickly liur’ed the boat on a snag.—
Here trouble began. The boat w^.s
upset iu a jiffy, and Messrs. Norman
and Murphy struck the cold water with
a“o-u-g-h !” which sounded like the
escape of steam from a highpressure
steamer. Neither of them were expert
swimmer*, and for a moment the chan
ces 1 oked favorable for a first-class cor
oner’s inquest, but coming in contact
with some friendly branches which hung
conveniently low, each seized one and
hung on like grim death. For a few
minutes everything was still but the gur-
gling of the waters as our two heroes
flopped up and down in theirliquid
beds, then a prayer in deep bass burst
from Murphy’s lips, and every saint in
the calendar was rapidly invoked to his
aid. This reminded Norman ot his re
ligious duties and his awfully preca
rious predicament, and together they
roared like “the bulls of Bashan,” and
if their prayers did not ascend directly
to Heaven they rolled out upon the
hills and along the river banks, startling
the neighbors for a mile around. Just at
this juncture,Norman conceiyed the idea
that Murphy was whooping the loud
est, and was drowning out his feeble
efforts, and he called to him in tones of
humblest supplication : ‘‘Brother Mur
phy, please put in a word for me! ”—
The reply came quick and crisp : “Oh !
h—1, Norman, there ain’t no time for
swapping horses now- -every man must
do his own praying when he gets into
this kind of a fix.” And the praying
went on with reuewed vigor until they
were heard by Commodore Baker, who
came to their rescue. On reaching
terrafirma Norman proposed to siag a
doxology, and declared that sucker fish
were not fit to eat, anyhow. Murphv
—Some of onr f rmers are Mill
ginning cotton, and at the same time
preparing to plant another crop.
---Fresh Oranges 50c. per doz. Ba
nanas 40c. per dozen and Fre*h Par
ched Peanuts, for sale at John S.
Blounts.
THE ESASVEL
—The machinery for the artesian
i* rmyv being rapidly pla ed in posi
tion, and there is enough of it to
start a cotton factory, more <>r less.
—The reported death of Mr M,„
M. Godbee turns nut to be entirely a
mistake. He is yet alive, but it is not
believed he can possibly survive many
days.
—Mr. T. S. Blanchard, our polite
and efficient postmaster, has moved
to town. A cordial welcome is ex
tended to him and to all other good
citizens who come to onr 1 ittie city
—Those who have observed Ur.
Josh Evans for 'he past f w days
have seen a perpetua: *mi'e lurking
around the corners of hi* mouth.
It is n line boy, which arrived Mon
day night.
—Waynesboro has been vi ited this
week by an organ grinder, two tramp
printers, a company of Mexican greas
ers, a lady elocutionists and a m gic
lantern show Wh t is in store for us
next week time must de\clop.
—We heard one of our most reli
able citizens say the other day that
there wa* a creek several miles from
town which is so highly impregnated
with lime that it will take the
hair off a horse’s legs in passing
through it.
—We know a gentleman who bought
a pair of S. A. Gray’s Bay State shoes
on the 25th of November, 1881. and
wore them every day until the 16th of
February, 1883* If anyone wants
shoes to last longer than that he will
have to go further to find them.
—Mr. S. A. Gray hns purchased
the lot on which Mr. John Grubbs’
residence stands, ami is prepairing to
build a house^qimuning store rooms,
barber’s shop, ebc., upon it. He in-
tends to put finerimprovements upon
the whole l<»t^ which will greatly
alter the appearance of that corner
ior the better. On with improve
ments snv we, until every old house
has been pulb d down, and fine new
ones put up in their places.
—It is reported by and among the
darkeys in town, that the King and
Queen, of En land, was in attendance
upon the great Matdi Gras exhibition
in New Orleans, and that they rode in
a chariot of solid gold, drawn by eight
snow white horses, and that they had a
hundred harps so arranged that touch
ing one string would pui all the harps
to playing, and that their feet were not
allowed to touch the ground. How
they manufacture those absurd stories
it is impossible tell.
and the s' rain upon his nervous
he has comp'eteh lost his ui ml
?ase to excite the sympathy of refused to join Norman in his doxology,
httmT | but heartily endoised his sentiments in
.. HoUeyma^frl? hen which j ,e £ ard t0 tbe «J ,ckcr fish - Thus ended
two the color line, and needs re- j an accident which came near being a
loting badly. She is a white him, tragedy,
s doctor placed other eggs than
A SEW ARRIVAL.
LOADED WOOD.
rn under her, which produced
[chicks, and her henship totally
to recognize the little blacks,
\h already killed one or two of . A gentleman in town whose wood-
But still stranger, a pullet of pij© would unnaturally diminish, doer-
few months old, has stolen seve- | Ul * oed l )Ut a to it. bo he charg-
Jte brood, and they follow her I ? d a 8tick gunpowder, and placed
Jie was their natural mother. ^ wbore was handy to come at.
i Early Wednesday night tho bait was
Her Peeples, colored, who was taken, and not long aftex there was an
« a charge of burgl ry, and explosion, a smoke, a cloud of ashes and
the prime mover in breaking a certain prominent and very religious
fall, and releasing seveial pris- darkey’s supper was blown to kingdom-
jius recaptured near Story’s mill come. Names are suppressed by re-
Monduy morning, and returned quest. Loaded sticks of wood are now
old quarters in the county jail, lying at more wood piles than one, and
^he is likely to stay until released wood-thieves will do well to handlo
process of law, as he wears their free requisitions with care.
double chains. It was this man who: ... .
furnished the money with which the i
boy bought the tools to break jail w7th. j
After breaking jail, Peter took a trip' c ,, . . *• ....
^Florid.. thinking tkn, Mn .rnublS' ^ “ t LT P T * t
• . j i _ . * i •. • f l\\ .^avatmnli 1lV7 Ita
COTTON STA TEM ENT.
was recognised and arrested, it requir
ing five mla to take him. But not
withstanding P< tor’s strength and valor,
he is uow in a position when bo
likely to miss the sweet
spring flowers
To Savannah 107 bales.
Prioes to-day, Saturday, February,
will 23^Middling, 9^ Low Middling, 81;
of Gfl^BOrdinai^Bk^L^rfnknar
We had thought that Waynesboro
had already been visited by every
kind of people who inhabit the globe
until yesterday (Friday) evening,
when a party marched into town of
find we had never before seen. Tbe
party consisted of a man and a com
mon American black bear, hu oi l wo
man and a psekhorse, a boy some
fifteen or sixteen years old and
monkey, and a girl in appearance
some twelve or thirteen years old.
They claimed to he Turks, but was
set'down as regular Mexican greas
ers, they were certainly dirty and
greasy enough to merit well the latter
cognomen. The man we»t around
town one way exhibiting his bear and
begging for small C"in«, while the
hoy went another on the same busi
ness with hi* monkev. The old wo
man snil the girl staid with the horse
which looked like a dilapidated mus
tang, and led him from place t<> place
—all begging. The horsy was pack
ed with all the travelling tricks, and
had two papooses bound in bags,
and hung on the trappings by strings.
Taken altogether, they were the most
forlorn looking set we ever saw, and
wore the personification of vagrant
vagabonds. Their object was hom
ing, but whioh way they have gone
we know not. If tho vagrant laws
were properly enforced, these strol
ling nagahonds would be put to work
and made to earn an honest living,
instead of strolling over the country
stealing aud begging. It is no charity
ive *l\<
Last Saturday morning a report
leached us hat Mrs. Alfred lniuan had
been thr>wn from her horse and iu-
stantlv killed. The report seemed tc>
be well verified, and we so stated. In
a day or two, however, a report came
that the death of Mrs. Inman was not an
accident, but a cold-blooded murder at
the hands of her unnatural aud seif
debased husband.
The circumstances of thi- terrible
deed, which have since come to light are
about as follows: Mrs. Inman, who
possessed property in her own right, and
who supported her family of six small
children and her worthless husband,
bad lately disposed of some of her land,
and had in her possession about $400
in money. On Thursday night Inman
tried to force his wife to give him her
money, and gave her a severe beating—
he failed to get it. On Friday evening
Mrs. Inman s arted on horseback to a
neigh hot’s named Bishop, who kept a
country store and ran a custom gin, with
the doub'e purpose of attending to some
cotton she was having ginned there and
of depositing her money in Mr. Bish
op’s safe for safe keeping. Just before
she started Inman asked her what dis
position she had made of the money, and
was told by her that she had it on her
person. He then said he would accom
pany her on foot a part of the way, with
the pretence of attending to some rails
he was having split. This was the last
time she was seen alive. Tho next that
was heard of her, Inman rode up to
Bishop’s on the horse his wife was rid
ing, and staled to that gentleman that
the horse had thown his wife and killed
her. Mr. Bishop went with Inman to
the scene of the murder, and assisted
him in carrying the remains of the un-
fortuate lady home. A coroner’s in
quest was ordered, when the discrep
ancies of Inmau's statements aroused
doubts, and every surrounding circum
stance fixed the suspicion upon him of
committing one of the foulest murders
which marks the annals of crime. Near
the scene of the murder, were found
two heavy lightwood knots upon which
was blood and a woman’s hair, the
knots on one of them exactly tittiug the
wounds on Mrs. Inman’s head. The
verdict of the coroner’s jury charged
Inman with murder, and he was arrest
ed and lodged in jail. The latest report
which has reached us is, that Inman
has made a full confession, and admits
hin^self to be guilty of this dark deed of
blood, committed alone for the purpose
of robbing bis own wife.
Mrs. Inman was the daughter of the
late < ’ol. James Grubbs, a wealthy aud
influential citizen of Bur tv e county, and
sifter of MV*sr/. /James and John
tho following Is aacluUuie <>» tho arrival,
departure or lue yu8!totij;or train >t tats U
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Grubb*, of this;pl/ce. She leaves six
small children, {two of whom are in
town with iheir urtele John Grubbs)
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ter to mourn her untimely ami unnatu
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— A rather singular accident occur
red late Monday evening. Johnnie
Carter, who is clerking for Dr. Polhill,
had been using a keg of powder, which
contained some pound or two of powder,
to fill a number of shells for the doc
tor’s breech loader, finishing whDh he
stopped and put up the keg, and was
some lew feet from it waiting on a cus
turner, when the keg exploded. No
tiro had been about it, and the cause of the
explosion is a imstery. Strange to Hay,
little or no damage was done. Johnni
h'ving Ifri - eyebrows and eyelashes
singed, and his lace scorched a litll *.
—Fine game fowl* ore just now al the
rage in our town, and no troubeor
expense is spare i to get the finest
broods. Mr. Hen so't lias just received
a fine game cock from Indianapolis,
Ind., of the Mack strain, whioh we be-
ieve is considered among the best fight
ing blood extant. He a sot has coming
from Kentucky, one of the chickens
which did battle in tbe late great New
Or'enns main—and won his fight. Mr.
H. also has several other fine game
cocks out on wa’ks. From these im
portations it uppoars that our breeds of
dnmostio four s are to be improved.
— Mrs. Dupriest, wife of Mr. James
Dupriest, former y a citizen of (his oity,
d -
Red or Purple Top, flat,
Ftniy leqveU, Large Cow
dine. Golden Ball. Early Hat iJt!
Trophy, Selected Ttldyn, _New
lalhc
lccled
IIalhovoy's Tomato, Golden Trophy, Bujj
Tropy, etc.,
Cucumbers 4' Squas
Cucumbirb.—Early white Spine, Early Rr
London Lone Green, Early Cheater.
Squarii — Early Bush or Patty lam.
Summer Crook Neck, Bnist’s Improved Mar
Marblehead, etc.
COHN.
fl >!den Dent, Bulat's Large
Co auda.
Flint F.wl
I guarantee all of the above seed h£ Augusta
PrlooH. Consult your in ereat and cull before.
buy in# elsewhere. Very Respectfully, ^
ilhill.
died in Maoon last
buried at No. 16,
Sunday.
Saturday^
C.
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