Last Week in Wagner Battery Evacuation Ended Stand
Detailed Confederate account of the siege at Wagner on Morris Island. Breached parapet and flooded ditch forced Beauregard to order evacuation after a night of heavy bombardment by the Union fleet. Soldiers endured brutal shelling, digs for water, and careful withdrawal detachments via boats and steamers to Cumming's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillmore
Federal Army
Dahlgren
Navy
Beauregard
Val. Kiett
Col. Keit
Battery Gregg
Cumminey
Polot
Gregg
Morris Island
Miil Para
James
Martin [ Sallers
St Matthew’s Riles
Ain
Beauregard Lien
Jen A
Mims
Georgia
Wader
Suman
Hayne
Wii
Grege
Wasnerto
St Matthew's Aitles
Paaynapet
John Glovér
Sentihooy
A.B. Dickson
Harris
Capt. Lee
2Th
S.C
Thas
Luguenio
Phil
Crosgford
Sith Georgia
Cumming’s Point
Chisadoty
Oirdner
Battery Cova
Enduty
Clarendon Guards
Joseph ©. Burgess
Remy
Charleston
Port Wagner
St. Matthew's Rifles
Martin IL. Sellers
Carson
Cumming
Napoleon
Sellers
O Brown
Pinguenin
Oliver
Col Keitt
Wagner
Fort Sumter
Fiuguenin
Huguenin
Compuanuy I
Fort Johnson
GO. VY
Fort Wagner
Dehlgren
Signal Corps
Axe G. Pressley
Ns Gy
Santa Rosa
Gal
Quiouae
Psus
Keeley Treatment Proves Effective in Columbia and New York
Reports from New York and Columbia praise the Keeley Institute and its method for curing drunkenness and opium habits. Graduates testify to sobriety and social restoration, while advocates cite public faith shifts and renewed respect for those treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keeley
COI
Keely
New York
Golden News
Columbia
Pianos and Organs For Sale At Bar Ins
Summer purchase plan offers cash deals on pianos and organs at bar ins. Credit terms include a $26 cash balance due November 15 1893 and $810 cash for a piano with balance due November 1 1893. Featured brands Steinway Mason & Hamlin Mathushek Stirling. Fifteen day test and two way freight. Nearly new second hand instruments plentiful. Write N Tramp Columbia S C for prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinway
Mason & Hamlin
Mathushek
Stirling
Barins
N. Tramp
Columbia
8. C
Clemson College to Admit Students by County Quotas
Clemson College announces the next session begins February 15 1804 with a cap of about 600 admitted from roughly 1000 state applicants. Admissions will be by county quotas, medical exams, and prior attendance, with preparatory tracks and two freshman courses in chemistry agriculture and engineering. Tuition and living costs are outlined, with work credits reducing board and washing costs for eligible students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
GOC
House of Representatives
Gsession
Wentworth
Venable
Robinson
Whitney-Lockwood
Appleton
Eggleston
United States
Psas Caritni Warnake
Itera Ace
Pgi Wes
Income Tax Vote Seen Narrow in Senate Canvass
Tucker of Virginia expects a tight race on the income tax proposition. He estimates 160 Democrats, nine Populists, and six Republicans will back it, totaling about 175 supporters. The danger, he says, is foes failing to obtain a voting quorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tucker
Virginia
Loase
South Carolina Reshapes Boundaries in Seven Congressional Districts
The General Assembly enacts a new seven district map dividing Charleston Georgetown Berkeley Colleton and other counties with detailed township allocations. It also creates a State examining board of seven physicians to regulate medical licensure and establish penalties for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Charleston
Georgetown
Beaufort
Anderson, Hope, Indian
Kings, Laws
Mingo
Penn, Ridge, Sutton
Turkey
Williamsburg
Collins
Adam's Run
Glover, Frazier
Lowndes
Blake
Colleton
Berkely
Hampton
Barnwell
Aiken
Edgefield
Abbeville
Newberry
Anderson
Oconee
Pickens
Bell’s
Givehams
Burns, Cain
Dorchester
Heyward, Roger, Sheridan
Verdier
Broxton
Warren
St. James
Goose Creek
St. John’s Berkley
Lower
Richland
Congress
Board of Medical Examiners
Columbia
World's Fair Fire Destroys Major Chicago Structures
The fire at Cucaco's World’s Fair site leveled the Casino and the Peristyle, with arches toppled and Greek figures crushed. The Music Hall burned to ashes while the Manufacturers' building suffered extensive lattice and roof damage. Water-filled floors and scattered debris marked the scene as boxes of wares were ruined or saved. In New Orleans, George Winchester shot himself at Captain U L Leathers' residence, dying instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cucaco
Chicago
Grand Basin
Columbus
United States
Elere
New Orleans
George Winchester
U. L. Leathers
Natchez
St. Louis
Winchester
Captain Leathers
Courtney Leathers
Captain Leather
Carondelet Street
National Farmers Alliance Set To Meet In Topeka
Secretary D P Duncan reports the National Farmers Alliance annual session will begin February 6 in Topeka Kansas. Topeka will cover delegates railway fares with a 1000 dollar city contribution. South Carolina will be represented by J W Gowden editor of the Cotton Plant, elected at Walhalla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Columbia
D. P. Duncan
National Farmers’ Alliance
National Alliance
Kansas
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Duncan
South Carolina
J. W. Gowden
Cotton Plant
State Alliance
Walhalla
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Caviler
Stafford
Keeley Institute
Columbia, D. C
Usul
Columbia Ss
Richmondd
Vaa
Fitz Lee
Thomas
Martin
Gen. Lee
Lee
Gan. Lee
Ilon
Randolph Tucker
Flood
John W. Daniel
Daniel
Mr. Martin
News and Courter
State Board of Health
United States Army
United States Marine Services
Jacl A
Platel
Densmore
J. W. Gibbes & Co
General Agents
Padgett
Freigh
Gunr
oLwino
Bae
Addreaa L.f.padgetta
The
Tozer
Planta
America
W.H. Gibbes Jr., & Co
Yormrice
Talbott
Badham
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