Push'tngjhe r-FOURTH OF ?Was Taken by tho .'Over One-Half ifl?n This Year, j "an of noting as money -i, eral counties is mcot~ f ucouragoniont this year .?/ two primary causes thomsolvoB are that the ring more liberal to rms, the business, in other ie counties are in greator louey. ion of the General Assem actfwas passed authoriz ing from the sinking fund int counties sums not to third of tho tax levy for or purposos. A lien on tho Wowing oounties guar lymeut of tho loan, with 1er cont, on tho amount [the actual time the money tension of the Legislature the terms of that act io amount which could bo lal to ono-half tho levy for j ses. lought when the act was )7 that the counties having ley would take advantage lofter. The only counties however,??wera Aiken, jrokoe, Dorchester, Fair Iton, Marion, Oconeo, IrVilliamsburg., The total ' by thom was ?39,033. by special omictmont, An !permitted to borrow $28,000 wood $10,000. The other ich have, up to this time, i weil or made application for [the amounts asked for, are "?erokee, $4,400.75; Glar ^airfield, $7,850; Marion-, ftoiy $3,500; Pickens. $8, 3,000; Williamsburg, $5, fms foot up $38,270.76, and jcial loans to.' -Ander lonwood give a ' grand 76,^70.75, or nearly, iuch as tho amouats rear. The balance OB baud ?W?a $181,2(12, ^. so it is seen State ?tirV^as a cT.jusiderable ' SJ^|o*4en^ to tb n . -ounties ivo VL?f?tit?i???. np J ' oatlon. I-:-- V ~-rr*- ' - .-'V ? ? ? ?rs* Salaries In Danger. ^focJarest that although "aw yeltPSJS number of ie been established, the le officers \?n tho old ]are paid ffpm State than formei^, while Ithe officers in tho now dditionab source of re State funds. ? By re \>v GeneralDerbam bas the following list of ind their salarios paid-' ls: Abbeville, $700; person, $700; Bamberg, $700; Beaufort, $700; Charleston, $1,800; (Chester, $000; Obes '.rondon, $500; Collo gtou, $000; Dorcbes ifield, $700; Fairfield, SO0O; Georgotown. $000; Greenwood, $500; Horry, $500; ^ancaster, $500; Lau rton,- $500; Marion, [O; Newberry, $000; cangeburg, $700; >nd, $800; Saludo, 300; Sumter, $700; ;;$700; Williamsburg, Hi Is Dooming. day which bas been fbling in tb'is city of "f [the doctrine of pro mrpose of organizing cet for State offices in ary T. J. La Motte, tral committee, states ng letters of encour ll the counties in tho that the convention will be ttended. Ho is not yet ready kny expression of his views as [dans upon which the corn il bo conducted.-Columbia Llth. inlsm and Dispensary, following letter received by jr.it would seem that somd ?ens of Utah wa ut to mix and the dispensary. I^am anxious to get a jsary law of Sou tb lort:; and othor ^a good idea iges. I peo imation under 'PEEBI.E8. ^Virginia. ito the Baltimore .g, Va., say?: Gea. rived in the city on Otb an*d waa visited iii in a body. Brief io were made by the b, and the president . Thomas D. Davis, Corter Glass. The PITHY ITEMS. Efforts are being made at Richmond, Va,, to transport the old Libby prison back to that city from Chicago, III, Marshall Ross Smith, of Morley, Mo., while locked up in jail, sot lire to the building and was burned to death. Durins the cattlemon's convention at Fort "Worth, Texas, Btock to tho-J value cf $2,000,000 changed hands. .Gray wolves in enormous numborsj nre prayins upon tho stock ?kn>g tho!; Laramie river, Colorado. - S The Republican State central com-1 mittee of Kansas met nt Topeka and authorized the holdiag of tho Sta,' convention at Hutchison on June 8. A full State tiokot will be nominated. About twomiloB from Henrietta MP.?a, N. C., Mr. John Green, township con stable, attempted to arrest a'negro named Blake, who had run away from South Carolina for wife beating, aud for which crime Constable Greeu held a warrant. As soon as the negro heard of tho officer's buainosa bo opened tiro with a pistol. Tho constablo foll to his kueoB, mortally woundod, but drow his pistol, firing taroo shots at tho negro, nil of which took effect, ono ball piercing IUB heart, killing him instantly. INSANE OF THE STATE. The Largest Number of Patients In tho Hospital In Its History. Tho caro of tbeiusaue of the Stato has bocome a serious pi obi om. The humber of patients have aasumod alarming proportions. To Buch an ox tent is this true that that tho board of rogcnts met on tho 10th, Bay3 tho Co lumbia Stato, and gave the matter their most careful consideration. AB a re sult of their deliberations thoy appoint ed two committees to study plaus to re lievo tho situation by reducing the number under treatment. During tho past month OSO persons were cared for. This is tho largest number in the history of tho hos pital for the insane,. Thirty-four new ones have applied for admission. Thirty-ono patieutB were discharged on trial. The regents decided that the institu tion is becoming so crowded that to oo comodato recent and incurable cases for whom applications aro being made it will be necessary to soud til chronic and harmless cases to the poor houses ol' their respective counties. A co/ mit tco consisting of Mr. Irodell Jopi;i_)and Shporintendeut Babcock was opi^?ted to investigate tho subject and report to the regents in order that tho matter may bo laid before Governor Eilerbe to be transmitted by bim to the' next. ?Genrr-al 'Assembly. - s?Jxlje;. ahosHoii of? cr ini i uu ta?Ifs u ili_?j_ as chairman, wua ap} a special report. Hoik' the superintendent nf penitentiary in ord< mondationa for legislation wnicb' will have insane criminals placed , in tho p?nit^h^1ary;":wh'er'? in f?? opiWorT\ of the regents, thoy properly belong. )? ? PORT ROYAL DRY.DOCK. It Will Soon be Available for Our JBIg Warships. Reports received at the navy depart ment from the contractor in charge of dredging a new anchorage ground for vessels nt tho entrance to the dry dook at Fort Boyal, S. C., encourage a hope tV.nl tl. n ... t.-ing a B?uiu??ui anchorage to accommodate vessels of war may be successful boforo long. Heretofore ships have been compelled to come into tho dook, proper from be low at high water and then get out again nuder tho samo circumstances. The adaptability of tho dock to United States war vessels at all timos is greatly to be desired, since south of New port News it is the. only dock on tho Atlantic coast available for uso of tho vessels of tho North Atlantic , squadron.' THE PAY OF SUPERVISORS. f?| -:- " -fif* Au Interesting Question Which AiTecta? All Old Hoards. Under tho now law regarding super-ii visors of registration, a question hnSTj arisen in dome of the counties which ti also of interest to all the others. It h* as to what length of time the forr./iu boards of supervisors get paid for, when the pay of the hew boards com men?a. Comptroller General Dei b u-., who baa recoiled a number of inquiries ulong this lino, tokos the position-that tho tenure of office of .tu pured tho first of the yi the be_'inuinir of tho fis tbs calendar j'ear. Coi| Bays, they got no pay fbi dared in lSDti'unlesB t" obtain r jm?nerntion f just curai ;>g in. in Bomo 'SoTT;"''vFl tue persouuel oi the board is o* unchanged nb \ in ? rob county, not be difficult to The State. . Six Hangt nus In The Laurens correal _^ News and Courier ? , ~Vg?SW99k?-i\ ing appointed fr.- > dHjTOU^JoTril/ which will meet t J .e ?((jfwreT>f tb o'1! grusomeiy inoiiued^t?yanviBe ibero . nothing to interestJfav? tu- civilization until the campaign ??\y&. Arguments were bogun this mouing, and throo speeches on each side occupied until (1 o'clock. * J Judge Benot's charge occupied half an hour, and cunbruci.d the law in tho oa'se. I The jury retired at?7 o'clock aud ren dered a verdiotfat 0:JJ0;' " Albert F. Bizet-jiid William llizor were found guilty of housebreaking and larceny, and'sentenced io five years and one month in'the penitentiary. Jas. A. Kizer was'found guilty, bf receiving stolen good?. and was. sentenced to eighteen months on the chain gnug or eighteen months in tho penitentiary. Judgo Benet, in passing sontence, said that he would not add ono word to tho torturo cf tho moment. Profound silence provailed in thu court room when tho verdict was announced, and before passing Ben te nco each prison br made a nogative reply to Judge Benet's question if thoy had auythiug to say why sentence should not bo passed. Three white men, a fathor with tho frost of sixty-five winters upon his head, and two BOOS convicted of a grave crime presents a Boody remark able spectacle in this coinuiuuity. The trial engrossed the wholo of-pub 1 io attention, and tho verdict produces a profound impression generally. Tho other parties iu jail arrested iu tho Po maria ease aro to be tried at the spe oial ttrm in April, MISS BERTIE WALKED Ul? A paper bear 2X^8. y.at th?';.'bottom of weiigV -'-?.?frit jjy- f|e?.wo;!* insi To. 'I he proceV 'C'.? W Wli lie Water Was} Being Drawn From *> Reservoir to Recover Her Body. The thoughtlessness1 of Miss Bortio Hood, 21 and'p^tj^nearly precipitated . a water f am ino in'CO?umbia on tho Kith. She is from Winnsboro nnd was visiting friendb m tho city, "liest afternoon she ^disappeared.' S< -i of friends and 'police failed jjto lina a trace. About f.noon today a .h.-fe:lo Hooting in tho greser voir was. fi- u j?j <. rt. SlTg-tae. gyiis with wei ?was found insi io. ; ne procer. ?:? ? -.w.'.' ' ing off.six mU'i:). $ dlons of v ujcr UL:; ' dragging thft'"-v . oir was immudia'.r? y " begun in th?' j >.riis< ace of a big crowd. At dusk,,win i ?ri e million gall?os of filtered water uad .returned to tho river, Mi a 3 HflgBMMBKtap. She had spent tho night H$?n tll? "orthern limit of tho Vij&f JBklected to notify nny one. jSfcrpotruted the bottle joke QijfflM|BMP8S Kxpf|?Kil&?l*Dsto?llce Kobi . A Hampton , special to Tho , says: J?qnie one entered tho Southern Express office hore, opeuni: tL>o safe and earned sway ?21,0110; *>lso : n tmuny express packages h?t ?of' fit? .. ??Vbc: Mrs. Hughes, th opened lier c I. blown open,v, mu furniture, arid \ sons heard a }u . . .! . ' . irosa here, Kim lound the safe hi mage done to the taken. .Several per diachargo Saturday ni ul.-', but cyuld not locate it, and no one HU s peeled that on? quiet communi ty had biieu invaded by burglar. Sev eral suspicious characters have been in town i/ecoutly, but up to this timo uo 'arrests h'avo been made. Ijy nchers p oil ed. ^iilKlrjiicek Charlie Williams, tho no ^at??fJ???vas accused of murdering Mr. Vf: I*?u at Bishopvillo on November t'^rlt? tried at Sumter and found ";y of .murder with recommendation The people from the Bish rTiil^seiJtion were not satisfied with ^h^^erdict, and violence wa3 feared. The sherill' received an intimation that an attempt would be niade to lynch tho negro, and he instructed Deputy Gail lard to get him to a place of safety, and .he was taken to Columbia. T A Shorter Kauto to Columbia. It is said that the Carolina Midland railway will comple its extension to Batosburg in about threo weeks. This will give this section of the country a shorter route to Columbia and tho up country. Mr. J. W. Fowler, the gon eraPmanagor, will probably do much to improve tue service, equipment and physical conditiou of the road. He is ,a railroad official of long experience and Cull of expedients and resources. Crime in tho State. On. tho 14th, according to correspond ents of the Columbia State, the follow ing murders were committed: Near ijott Lee Turnblll (white) shot and itly killed Emma Hall (colored), lad been playing in the presence o? .iTf? witnesses aud he told her to stoppa'ad she didn't, with tho above re sult. Near Camdon, Allen Carolina (wdored), wira shot by Constable J. F. . Matern Bt??*xrhile resisting arrest for; burning cordjfcood. In Bethel town Bhip, in Yor&county. Butler B?hl sb^t and instantly killed Tom }foFac den, both colored, 'ilfrij^said that Bot bins found McFadden in a oaf., promising position with Iiis, Bobbins', Bister. . m Notes. It is said that the smallpox af ls on tho decrease. Al Conway, April 1st, Nathan Willis wilpfeo hangod for murder AliMOST COMPLETED. Tho Naval Hoard of Inquiry Nearly Ready to Report. The naval hoard of inquiry has al most completed its investigation and tho report will likoly be forwarded to Washington in* the next two or three days. ' A few detailB of the expert testi mony are being carefully oollected. The divers are only verifying their pre vious discoveries. The report that is awaited with so much" interest and on which so much depends is almost fin-, ishod, ami will be iu the hands of the President inside of the next six days. i;Vv,. - Tho Naval Militia. Yt hes been decided that in the event of hostilities the naval militia will take Care of harbor d?fonces in conjunction with tho naval and coast dofonso officers. Tho latter being of tho army department, will? detail tho reservos to take charge of tho improvised sub nlarino mines. Spain's Protest. * . It ?B roportod that Spain has lodged a protest with tho Brazilian government against tho sale of the cruisers Ama zonas aud Abrenall to tho United States ?u the ground that it is au unfriendly act in view of tho tension of tho situa tion between tho Madrid and Washiug tou governments. Moving Artillery Ratlerics. The Pennsylvania Railroad has closed a contract with tho govt rament to transport artillery butteries from Wash ington to Fort Mott and from Fort Mo Henry to Fort Delaware.. Implicit Confidence in t bo President. Representativo .T.W. Stokes, of South Carolina, has received a letter from General Joseph L. Stuppleboiu, com manding tho First Brigodo, South Car olina Cavalry. After commending Mr. Stokes foii his recent speech in Congress for tho" $50,000,000 for tho national d? fonce, he adds: "The people of South Carolina .itind ready and willing* to shed their blood in defenoo|of tho Stars aud Stripes, aud if ever our people were united, thoy are today. We know no factioual or party lines when the honor of the country is at stake. As you know,' I command the largest body of cavalry in the United States. My. command and I are nt the service of the Presi dent, and while I understand that mi litia cannot bo pressed into service for a longer period thau ninety days, I now, through you, formally tender my ser vices to the President in the volunteers for ninety months, if need be. The poo pie have implicit confidence in tho wis dom of the President nt this critioal moment, and feel that he will do the proper thing. " .'Mr. Stokes presented General Stop pelboin's letter to the President. Senate Investigation Postponed. - ? The Senate committee on np \ al af fairs had under consideration Miia ; ^so lution instructing it to make ! .1 investi gation of the Maine disnst: . und de V ie.)-TheVJiadrid corresponde-! . 1' tho D aily- Mail re-; port' . . . > a.' ' JW with Admiral Ber ni?, j ?.1 ./. ;-ter of Marine, m the course i .s i. j? tue minister said: "The oxi j,or.y?H of the 'times demand that the gt - - nment pursue a policy of silence, < .a we should not be doing our duty if we imitated the Americans in publish ing ' information as fast as received, only to deny it thefollowing day. " ' Admiral Bermejo declined to affirm or deny that the Spanish government had' purchased the Chilian cruiser ?O'Higgins. ^ A REVOLTING CRIME. Unknown Parties Kill Henry Raines us Ho Was Kissing His Raby. A special to tho Savannah Morning Nows, from Quitman, Ga., says: One of tho blackest crimeB in tho history of .this comity occurred twelve miles north of Ouitman. An uuknown party H? oped up to the window of the house of Henry Baines, a prominent negVo, and shot him and his two-year-Old baby to'doatb. Eleven buckshot entered Raine?' liead, four lodged in the baby, and twelve iii the wall. RainoB* wife was sitting be tween bira and the window, and it is believed that the murderer iuteuded to kill her also. A Florida Sheriff; Killed. At Defuniak Sprincrs. Flo., SheriS Marvel Manning, of Walton county, in attempting- to arrest Arthur Perry, a negro, wanted for assault upon another of his race, was killed, the negro losing his life in tho encounter. The sherill and h?8 deputy, Wiokeraham, went to the house w'iere tho negro was sleep I. in g. The negro pulled a pistol from beneath tho coverlet and fired four shots. The; idiot iff emptied his pistol, and Wiokersham also took part in the 'affair, two of his bullets'lodging in th?, -negro's body. The sheriff was struck in the stomach, and lived only three hours. t PRESIDENT MeklNIiKY INVITED. He May Re in Charlotte, N. C., on May 20th. Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, on behalf of the p opie of his State, has invited President McKinley tc attend the celebration of the Mecklen burg Declaration of Independence, ai Charlotte, N. C., May 20th. This is tc be a great occasion in North Carolina. The people of that State, claim that the Mecklenburg Declaration Of lude rnde nee, made May 20th, 1770, was for tho Fourth of July de ^ monument to the signors Ulenburg declaration is tc ^.Prwldent McKinley hat ^misoc^to'-.'?iv'?'' tho invitation con 'siderntion, with tho hopo that ho may ybe able tc^$#nd,; ton's Wifo Dies In Cu Vu. to4he-NewYork Evening om Habana says: "A te'e ;/' ?:IU received by Cohsnl Genorui Loe |row Consul Buker oct tho 14th soys the [wile of Senator Thurston died on board ! yacht Anita, Sagu%k.ft.y^ffj^'.' !m Con aol I ey, ed^PK^^SUL Plow shot ami liiihidii^llV^^.tox, a tliman. Tho crirt^-^^M?f result gag , . -4 SNAP SHOTS A^THE NEWS. 5 Tlie South. 'Goorgin will be represented at tho Omaha Exposition. Nat Butler took the honors in the professional bicycle races at Jackson ville, Fla., on tho Otb. New port News, Va., is to have the largest dry dock in tho world. It is to bo UOOx?? feet. . All street railways in Knoxville. Tenn., including tho West End, will bo merged in ten days. At A?gusta, Ga., Miss Nina El dridge, -a young woman of good family marries au old Chinaman of 50, mimed Li Choy. Kentnoky Las fourni a supposed rival to tho old famous Mammoth Cave. It ! is called tho Cavorn Cave; a curious I collocatiou considoriug tho lucauiug of words. Alabama Republicans mot at Calera and nominated Aldrich for ro-olection to Congress; ro-nllirmcd tho.hit. Louis platform; ondorsed McKinloy and do i-clared for Cuban independence. Claude Lawrenco, treasurer of the j Atlanta (Ga.) Soda Company, com mitted suicido by taking, sixty grains I of morphine. Nothing is known as to tho causo. His books aro correct. At Meridian, Miss., J R. Royals, bis wifo and tho latter's sister wero poisoned by a servant, a l?-j'ear-old negro boy; Royals and tho young lady aro at the point of death. Near Talbot lon, Ga., W-.S. Brown, a prominent pim ter, shot aud killed J. H. Miller. Brown is hold by the cor enor for murder. The causo of tho trag edy is kept a eecrot. . . Tho Supreme Court of Teuucs"-.. has decided that tho State law rpquir iug railroad compauios to provide sep arata conches for white and colored pnBseugors was constitutional. ? At Blacksburg, S. C., will Hum phries, whito, in a quarrel over a game of cards; was shot aud fatally wounded i by Emanuel Eurie, colored. Tho negro I fled, but was captured. Humpries chauces are against him. Tho North. Tho death penalty for larceny of over $100 is to bo imposed in Alaska. William O. Hutchins, of Providence, R. I., one of the best known manufac turing, jowelers in the East, was shot aud killed by a burglar. John Wanamaker has consented to be tho candidate for tho Busiuess Repub lican League for Governor. Charles Reich and Thomas Flaherty, painters, were killed by the breaking of a rope on a platform ab tho eighth story of a building in-New York. - Five studonts have been dismissed I from tho Stat? University,at Columbus, O. ctwent3'-two supendod, as tho c . ?come cf a recent riotous outbreak. ??kira; Wirmerding. : "it-granddaugh tor of Commodore will bo ele'-ii.? i this summer. rt?he-v? ct will lip in il '. oighborhooifl o? '.$8,OOO, Of ", ' ?UOCVK?I a.;7u employLnenj ; to 25,000 men. 1 *" '-. .?^gi "TGeo. B. Erb, forir y of j Sherman" town, Pa., who thc t he had divini powor and could fl\ . ied/ it and is a tho Eastern District Hospital, Brook lyn, N. Y., suffering fruin internal in juries und a broken leg. , 1 v Roy (|ehrig, of Milton, Tn., shot, and perhaps fatally, Will B. Davis, o: St. Clair, Pa., at Miltonville and thoi killed himsolf. They woro both in lovi with the samG girl, aud he left a uot? saying it wus a double suicide. At KniiBas Gity, Mo., horse meat wai served at tho auuual banquet, of fohi Kansas City Voter i u arv College Though tho spread was elaborate, not t morsel of meat other than the flesh o the horsn was n i ved. From soup ti l oii:*l- tl M a? ali hm so. The student un i raen!ty wim gathered around th I??>ird made mony and iusisted that i wa-- ripouti/.ilig. ; Wm it li ra th. manager of the Cen trill i.u-. . < L-xpie.?8 Company, of St Louis, ?.. as found dying in Fores J 3 ark, li en, a nullet wound in tho head i 3t was etfideii'-ly " ?ase of suicide. Th I 3'?inng man wu-* t.:l;en to the city hos pital, ' where bo djod. He is a relativ I pf Perry S. Heath. Assistant Post master General. -1 HI IF col la ii o o us. , Sir Henry Bessemer, the celebrate inventor of Bessemer stool, is dead. Floods along the Grand and Tharne Rivers in Western Ontario have lei over l?O? persons homeless. A bill bofore the. Maryland Logisb ture will inereaso the cost of a reta liquor lioeuee to ?500. , Missouri's 1/emocratio State Coi vention, called for Spriugfiold c August 10, will havo 731 delegates. Bradstreet's report of business for tl past week says business in the South good, and the industrial trade may 1 improved "by the oudinpr of the Nc England cotton mill strike. The St. Louis Union stock yards a to be Hold to satisfy a deed of trust < the holdings of the compauy for ?lii( ooo. Tho negro, Will Tutt, who slow h wife for wanting to go to a barbeen has been sentenced to ho hanged Mayfield, Ky. A steel passenger steamer, to launched nt Wyandotte, Mich., w be christened America, in symi thy .with ttfe prevailing oublie sen ment. Tho coasting. steamer Eureka M wrookad in .sight of Sau Fraueist Cal. Her passengers wore rescued a the storm's damage t,p shipping M $200,000, The American and Pacific Exprt . Companies aro about to consolidate. A Boston doctor, after a close stu of diphtheria in 800 oases, finds ai toxin reduces tho death rate con sid holy. ^ Washington Jottings. The house vci ..'raitte'e on rivers t harbors voted T C to ropovt a ri and hnrbor-ni p1 Mpriatiou bill at t HO a s ion. Blanch " lirneo. Register of Treasury an 1" ex-United SWatesSj^? from ulissu ^g?g?m?????g? homo iu ? trouble^? SCRAPS OF NEWS. . icrod From All Parts of Thia Muaduuo Sphere, ti ow York theatrical man agora com an of dull businosa. Augusta, Ga., Merry-Makers' "Week bo from April 85 to 30 inclusivo. ie Debs cooperativo commonwealth founded ila inst colonoy near Rel-* faffi WaBh. -?wv. Loslio Cook, convicted at Roa no,Mj, Va., of forgery, has boen taken to ;fio poniUentiary. .^'^a Dougherty, a Iifo-prisoner in No\ 'Castlo jail, Delaware, Md , broke ont Vith the aid of a fellow prisoner. Dr! Georgi; I?. Morris, a well-known dentist, who diod iu Morganton, W. Yu., left an estate valuod at. ;> 100, OOO. It appears that the strawberry crop in Uni oaatorn counties of Xorth Curo lina i-'sot back two wooka b3' tho cool weath r in Fobruary. Ko vi Dr. Howorton, pastor of tho First flrosbyterian Church, Cbarlotto, N. 0,1 classes playing progressiva euchrelfor prizes as gambling. Dr. .T. M. Htrong (hod in Mecklen burg county, North Carolina,' of cou gestiou of tho lungs an hour uftor tho attack. Ho was a Confederate surgeon of prominence In Fred c r i ck c ou n t y, M aVy lan d, L c si io Horiuo was shot and killed while en gaged i'\ serenading Mr. und Mr^X Georget .ibbon, a newly marriod couple. Gibbon i?id his luther ure under arrest. Up to'.lurch lOtb ti?.000 people had passed through tho car "City of ('ballotte,' ' thufc is out nuder tho tnan agemont d Messrs. Ramsour .'c Mooro ii'l '-r.'?du.^ tho dillcrout resources of '. ortb < arolina. Tho tiocbol election bill has passed Ibo Koutucky Houso, "?i) lo ??2, over tho iiovernor's vet?J, and is now a law. >uriug its pnssago two of themeuibers, Depp and kilmore, ougagod in iistieulls, but peuco vins restored. Tho Wilaiiugtoii (X. C.) Star says: Mr. NV. H. ?Xopp. tho well-kuown lisb dealer, gives tho information tliat tho catch of shad this year is not nearly so large as tho lisb men would like it.- Thia is owing to tho want of freshets. CousiderubTo excitement exists in tho oil holds aboVo Chattanooga, Tenn., on tho Cincinnati Southern Hallway. Tho Dayton Oil and (ins Company baa just beeu formed with a capital stock of 8200,000, and has secured a louse of 10, 000 acro3ofland. The comp:.ny will boro lor oil at onco. A "Washington spocial says: Repre sentative Skinner, of North Carolina, has been informed that a life-saving station is to bo-'established at Ocracoko, N. C., aud that a rnugo light will bo placed at tho ulotith of Alligator river, the order having b'oon mado by Chief of tho Life-Saving Servico Kimball. If the farmers of Rowan county. North Caroline,, provo that they cun raise sugar beets successfully, a re liuery for beet sugar will bo ostubltshod lhere by tho government and the South ern Railway. '.Vhe seeds bavo beon or dered from Wasaiugtou, and tho culti "va?on o? Vui adgar beet will bo begun at once. "< The arrest of Henry Hilton, a moon shiner, has brought to light a peculiar Tireur* in^i'i^dV at Russell ville, Ark. Steve McAfee iif^}i^.y>iJHiltou, noto 'ripus moonah ;heir still ho fun, awake marshals w, '..v.vxcit rs, were lBie^\f^ii,^; Mc Afeo, jiu asiiirit of litton und bold him the fter thom. [Half awuko titon grabbed] a chair and beat'MoAi^Pto death. Hilton is now a raving maniac and will bel pout to tho asylum. _ j An iron "combine'' has luann formed by tho Soutborn iron furnace operators with a view of holding np t?ie priceB of iron. , Those interested ara tho Chat tanooga, Rinhjnghaui, RocUwood, Day ton; Ressomor, and Aunistion furnace operatives, autJ tho price of >.o. 1 fur naco iron plaeed nt $7. r>U a t"'1- Thoro was a general cutting of pricearpHor to tho agreomout. Tbs demand/for (ron is good at Chattanooga, Tenn.' YTh? Day-' tou (Tcuu. ) iurnij'.ces, w ititi pj daily out-. put of over ???? tons, have'.just been "blown in." They give- qmploymeriV to 1,000 men, incluTling those employed 1 in the company's mine. A special to tho CharloltXEN. C.} Ob server from Fayetteville, Jfya: While j tho machinery was whizzing in tho? stoam laundry of M?j3srs. Lodbetteril on Franklin street, la r?i?>?el, twenty four inchos in diame' high rate of speed, v fragments piercing t roof, and one bury i earth, where, after fe i it romaitiB undiscov rolled over and pinn tho ground, whence unhurt. Ono large j u lauded in tho yard Neill, nearly a quart., taut, on Dick street, ii stemation of the child. cevor^a-gTft ut lull to iliuderl > 1 poors and til g itself in fqctof digginj -edft Tho" sin I u? workman I o ?jras rescutl ?ii ce?,:if the whf m. J. v. >i Thc Lioa ?t> In one of the matiM M London there is li curious and inter?s! '-ty which not many, poss . lj Yet lt was held lute:f hundred and fifty-fir ti qulally known as thc icc. delivery of the "hon" *er Instituted in commcmi'r.M cldcnt which occurre Slr John Gayer, an ri I?>r.dta3&pi? Whlh a lat^^'ftr'd??oU'; i>V the swinr1&a- n? >nr dl *"topted b> 'ion| billi/his friends, Iplessnuss. and si .^ne; that God raising, he was rj jd walking awaj lefnl was Slr \i to be a tlivinj Jehalf. that, onf ie s"?t nsldo a money that the ennivei cape.might every year, by tho distribution of gi/ ?nd. made, arrangemcj ' >a sermon, lt mig'oj generations hoj^ prayer and of the llorij lnoeptton, ? BL ICathoj rel Lon flo!