Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i/iwini w d^nnwiirf, aw ii?tw *, ivrmk awwnny, (^^HHHi^|^pimi4m Ml bwtph avw y w iwy. j?-* ,y- ?>' ''" >%S - ? ' - ^ ^'j'lr'\ T, 'V'/BRy ??', ^31 JAMES G. BLAINE Bis Poblic Career From Manhood to Old Age. TRIUMPHS AND REVERSES. His Early Life aa a Sohool Teaoher and a Journalist, ili? ii. i . ? BrfflnnliiK ol Ilia Political Career? Speaker, Senator, Secretary of State, Presidential Cnntlidatc and Historian?His Bereavements and lll-i'ated Honso lit Washington? Alio liiallic HOUftCllOlU* JAM1S G. 1ILA1XR-FROM AlS I.AST PHOTOOHAPH, TAKEN IN 1692. jm James Uillo-pio Blnina was born on the 81st of January, 183), at West Brownsville, Pcnu.. in a bous ) built by his great-jranlfnthcr before tho "War of thj Revolution, which still stands. Tho Gillespies an I H'.aino3 were people of standiug before the Revolution. . Colonel Blaine, who was commissary- I general of the Northern Department of Washington's army during the Revolution, was Jame* U. Binin j's great-grandfather. When eleven years old, ho went to live with uncle, Thomas Ewinr, in Ohio, whero his mother's father, Neal Gillespie, an accomplished scholar, directed'his studies. Later ho attended Washington College, at VVasbhigton, Penn., graduating air the age of sev-_ sor in the military school there that ho made the acquaintauce of"~the lady?\ school tcnclier from Maine?who afterward bee una his wife. Later ho went to Pniladelphin, where ho taught school and stuliel law. Put after two years ho abandons I law studies, went to Maine, and became proprietor and editor of the Kennelicc Journal. At the birth of the Republican Party ho was a delegate to tho Philadelphia Convention in l8f><>, which nominated Fremont. After serving as Speaker of tlie Maine legislature, he was sent to Congress and began his National career in 18<W, with tho outbreak of tho war. During the Porty-.'irst Forty-s coin! and Forty-third Congresses ho was Speaker of tho House. Mr. Blaine's administration of tho Speakership is commonly regarded as one of tho most hrillinnt and successful in tho annuls of the House. Ho had rare aptitude and equipJj ment for the duties of presiding ofllosr, an 1 w his complete mastery of Parliamentary law, his dexterity and physical endurauc?, his rapid dispatch of business, and his firm and impartial spirit were recognized on all sides. It. was during his o^cuuaucy of tho Spoak er's chair in 18M that ho took tho floor an 1 succeoded in dofcating tho possago of the original "Force bill." Tho prlilicnl revulsion of 1S71 pine h1 tho Democrats in control of the ldouic, and Mr. j Blaine bt-c 110 tho leader of the minority. The session receding tho Presidential contost of 1870 fas n porio i of stormy and vehement contention. On tho 21 of May a ( resolution was adopted in the House to in - ( vestigato an alleged purchase by tho Union Pacific ItailrouJ Company of certain bonds ] of the Little Hock and Fort Smith Railroad Company. It soon becamo evident that tho investigation was aimed at Mr. Blaine. An extended business correspondence oti his part with Warren Fisher, of Boston, run- ] niug through years and relating to various transactions, had fallen into the hands ol a clerk named Mulligan, an l it was allege 1 that the production of this correspondence would confirm tho imputation against Mr. Blaine. When Mulligan was summoned to ? 4 MIt. BL*!*?'* TimTtfPr.ACE ?? - Washington Mr. Dlaine possesse I himieJf of ~~ the letters, together with memorandum that contained a full index and abstract. On the 5th of June, 187 >, he rose to a personal explanation, and after denying the power of the House to compel the proiuctiou of his privato papers, and his willingness to go to any extremity in defense of his rights, ho declared that he propose I to reserve nothing. Holding up tho lotters ho exclaimed: r'Thank God, I am not ashamed to show them. There is the very orignal package. And with ?a>T!9 sense of humiliation, with a . mortification I do not attempt to conceal, with n sense of outrago which I think any mail in my position would feel, I invite tho confidence of 40,000,000 of my countryman while I read these lotters from my desk." sy The demonstration closed with a dramatic rcene. Josiah Caldwell, one of tho originators of tho Lit^lo Hock and Fort Smith Kailroad, who had full knowledge of the whole transaction, w?i trirrling in Europe and both sides were seekin c to communicate with bim. After finishing the reading of the 1< tiers Mr. Blaine lirnal to the Chairman of the Cornmitt?* and de-nanded to know whether he bad received any dispatch from Mr. Caldwell. Receiving an evasive answer Mr Blaine asserted, as within his own knowledge, that the Chairman had received such a dispatch "completely and absolutely exonerating nu from this obarge and you have suppressed it" i J .> ? .,?., uiiiuiiti... MR. m.smnV nmniS-vcg ^W^WTJ^oFTnTmnTwas nnpoij|tgjto the Senate toiill't'iu vaeancy caused bytSo resignation of Senator M ?rrill, an I the next winter was eleetol by the Legislature to the succeeding term. Ilis career iu the Senite was both brilliant and distinguished, ns it had been in the House. He was c illoi from the Senate to enter President Garfield's Cabinet as Secretary of State. It was while pusing through tho railroad depot leaning I on Mr. Bluino's arm aud pleasantly chatting with him about his co ning holiday that Garfield received the assassin's fatal.bullet. Tne death of Mr. Garfield le i to Mr. Blaine's retirement from the Cabinet, in Docoiftber, 18Si. From that date until he entered Mr. Harrison's Cabinet as Secretary ot State, he was in private lifo except during his campaign for the Presidency in 188^ During his retirement Mr. Blaine wrote his "Twenty Years iu Congress," a work of great historical value. It was in accordance with his original suggestion and due to his earnest efforts that provision was made in the Mclvinley bill for the recipro.-ity troa-~ ties which formed such prominent features of National policy. '1 ho Saraonn difficulties, the cimplications arising out of the lynching of Italians at New Orlean-,and the MRS. -TAMES ft. TtT.AINH. . killing of American seamen nt Valparaiso wore also dispose 1 of while Mr. Rlaino was at tho ho:tl of tho Htato Department. The ovonts proc j ling and nttonling too reeout Minneapolis Convention are too recent almost to need recounting. Mr. B&iuo was induced to puryiit his na na to ho used as a nndidato, nnd re signal his plaoo in tho Cabinet. Whether in public position cr in private life, ho nlwavs romainol a central figure in National nIF tiiv. HI.AINE'.H I.TFiS is WASHINGTON. For nearly thirty ^oars Mr. Biaino has been a residont of Washington. While he never gnve np his homo an I home !ifa iu Maine, where lie had a town rosidonco in Augusta and a su nmor resldenco 'at Bar Harbor, yet he also had a home in Washington. It was only a few years after going there as a Member of Congress that ho Louglit tho residence, 821 Fifteenth street, Si*** ^ -- MKA.n WASHINGTON, PKNN. whore ho lived so many years. This was about tho year 1880, whoa ho was olectel Speaker of tho House for tho first time. Tho house ho bought was one of a row which had just bean built ojid was re garded at that time as one of tho chief architectural features of tho city. Ho made bis homo at 821 Fifteenth street for over ten yoars, and then having built tho fine resideneo fronting on Dupont Circle, he sold tho old house and too!: jp^.->?ossion of tho new one. The death of Garneld and Mr\ Blaine's retirement front public lifo caused a change in his plans aud ho leased his Dupont i Oirclo house to Mr. Ldtor. He was ! absent front tho city for several years, although bo spjnt a portion of one or two winters there and occupied the house 011 Lafayette squaro adjoining General Boalefs residence, which isownolby tho daughter of ttyj late Representative 8cott,of Fonnsyivauia, Mrs. Scott Towusoud. WAs*. About Mm bMinntic of hU iluhlAMIuo ho purchase 1 hU latehoma. which ta on the opposite aid* of Lthntt* uwr^ u< la _ known u the Seward Hour*. The oM phoi o had beea unormplei for kmb? rwn nod wan in a dilapidate! condition. It wa? considered notoriouMf aahnky, tare tragedies having occurred within Ma portals. A During Buchanan's administration It was '! occupied as a clnbhouw. Ooa day Phltfp Barton Key, the sonar and haiadaoms Dis tr.ct Attorney of the District of Columbia, j ragpl ha I just left tin olnbhaoM Wkw h? wu 're shot down by Oonjtro??i*n Sickles, of New >t York. Mr. Koy was carried back to the j, clubhotu*. An intrigue which Key had . been carryiug on with Rickles's wife wni " the ciuso of the encounter. '? Two years after this occurrence tho bouse, <i which was for a timo unoccupied, was taken I>v the then Secretary of Stita, William H. S:warJ, an ! ho moved into it with his fam- , a n ~~r ~ u F nUAINR S AUOU.STA RRSIDKXOB. | ily. On the night of April It, 1806, while Mr. w Seward lay sick in bed in one of the upper ri rooms, a big, oak cooiplexioned, broad a] shoulurrod man rang tbe door hell and told tho servant who admitted bltn that 0 f)?iitttil8w"W?',fi,rco upt.lr.' gjl t'h, Secretary's son, Frederick VV. Seward, also ?' opposed him; but the stranger, making a *r feint of departure, suddenly sprang at p Frederick and felled him to tho floor with 5 tho butt of n revolver, almost on the same i instant slashing the servant with a knife. ^ lie then darted forward and reached the ^ sick chamber where Secretary Seward w is ir U- l TU- i?it.. ?1 -a 1_ ll|l III uo I. AUO tklULU |^l?|IIlQa d^dlll mid Mr. SewarJ, weak and helpless, was stabbed in the fane and neck, but the bandages that swathed his neck savel him from a mortal wound. As the murderous Sf intruder retreated he was again intercepted, n this time by Majo;* Augustus H. Seward m and an attendant, but he shook theui off, . and runuiujr down stairs, leaped on his 8 liorse and rouo off. He was captured a few days later, and being fully identified as lx?wis Payne, one of the men implicate 1 in President Lincoln1* 3 death. was tried, condemned and executed with his fellow conspirators. b'fcretnry of War Belknap was the next ten.Mit of the house of misfortune, and for a c time the sober old edifice became gay with ^ the live of the Grant regime. Before a twelve- . month its evil geniui had again asserted it* 1 self and Mrs. Belknap lay dead under its c roof after a brief illness. Then, after the 1 Jtolkuups vacated, it again did duty, as in } the earlier days, as a boardiug-house, but . Washington ha i somehow got the impres- j clou that tho place was uncanny and that its tenants were dogged by an evil fate. For I a time tho Commissary General's staff c held possession, then when they had moved to tho War Oepartmont's new Lniid* . iug it v.ns again tenautles*. It was about ' this time that Mr. Blaine, shortly after his I apiMiintment as Secretary of State by President Harrison, astonished hU friends by renting tho ill-omened house for ten years yl at fkH)0 a year. He decorated and reno- \* vatei it throughout, tearing down the Walls of tho room in which tho attempt on Mr. Seward's life took place, and by generous expenditures transformed the dingy old t wide-roomed house into a magnificent mod- ? ern residence. Yet all the changes failed to 1 eradicate the characteristic attributed to the mansion by the superstitious Washington- ( inns. Becoming its tenant, Mr. Biaine has t encounhired the greatest reverses <0 his am- 1 bitions, and experienced the keenest sorrows < of ills life. J MR. nr,\INR'8 HOU8RUOLD. ^ Of Mr. Blnino's at* oblMrjy. arw?--?.wo | Miiis ana a daughter?were suddenly strioken down by death after re&ohiag maturity. His ( eldest sou, Walker, n young man of ( lino parts, who had given evidence of rare abilities ani was apparently | destined to n brilliant future, died trro jgan ago. !: unions bis second sot), a bright business man, in manner and charaotsr closely resembling his father, also died suddenly in the hoyday of youth and prosperity. A third and crushing bereavement was the dontli of tho eldest daughter, Alice, who was married to Lieutenant Colonel John J. C'oppinger. It followed closely on tho death of her brother. Walker Maine, whose funeral she was at tending when seize 1 by the fatal ill ; ncss. Of the three surviving children, tho son, James O., made an unfortnnat* marriage, the results of which env bittered the latter years of his father's ,'ife. Oue of tho daughters. Miss Margaret, ( is married to Mr. Walter Damroscb, the fa iiious New York musical director, and the other, Miss Harriet, is unmarried. Mrs, i BL.AINE'8 COTTAOB AT BAR HABBOR. , - il Blaino is still an active and brillian 1 lady. She has been a devoted wife to th> i - a. statesman; whom she "married forty one yoars ago when both were scboo ' teachers in a country district with but llttl . to indicate the prominent place they w?r destined to All In the highest circles of thi Nation* 1 : s.?v i*. - * -".,v ' laine's I^ag^icW^^WnJwTat iM Bi Km Pm^Bn^ That Park i; Hirer of?tJSs. Washington, D. (Hkfanu-s O. Blaine ied at 11 o'clock FiWy morning, lie t>scd.a reatle*s BlgAnd in the mornweaMWbor.ly bcfu'-e S 'clpojy#'cha?irt.|hrJB ron;; occurod, ad both phyttcjnng Mft hastily sumtoned ana rcmunea jKbis bedside until e died. W ' "V? His death was qftajftid peaceful and e retained his conac^bhess until a few linutes before dcat^Hg Ilia wh^'j and the rained ni j.'h wcrual^HWrfside. M. ilAll isnng|KBialne*s death as duo to ah? MMrtior,. He was awihing to malffl^^^BtmiclIt regard ig the exact dis^^^^b?-vBlataa until c had received tn^^^^Bof the family. The news of death apread ire wild-fire. Cr^^^Batlrcro i on tnc orncra and visitoid^^Ked to the house. Dr.' Hntnlin, ^Hkas passing the ouse at the time^^^Hi-.oniieement of eath was made, nt^^?>ent<-ro<l and re iMi i?i1 with f Ko limn Word was s %nt td^^Frcsidcnt iminoiatrly after his dci^^F^.t 11:25 Pnsicnt Hnr.ison, ncctfj^kitd by Private tcrthry Ilalfonf Lieut. Parker, ralkcd over to thc^^Be inansim. The 'reddent showed it^^fcd iigns of grief, 'ostmastcr OeneraVj^^^maker followed be President. Tb a reporter Dr^^Hka^on said: "J ras called Friday to the Blaine evidence about ^ras seb'c than it Bad Iso rent for and 41^^DHKHBj 'clock After mitinued to grow \^Bp??jw< >'. hDH is pulse becomio^HBwh fh~vrj^S88B| icd at 11 o'clock. ^wa$'NjpS| 9I1SC10U8 Up tO bffiBV \ f hi* death, and rcaRhcwall tijoflf round him. He dlct^BnfOTPiuftering; The President hn<(^Hh*m(tt)?d 0f Mr. ilainc's approachinj^^K thiyftgh press ullctius which infol " m: w.Mr' lame could not ItvqSbropgb 'lie 'day. few minutes latorTfciieceivod the au ounccmcnt of his ^ Alh.* The cabinet as immediately noffied. Secretary oster, of the State sBpartmcut, was at omc prepmiug to'Iftgku town When he i-as notified b? tcleflfeeof-the ox-Secttary'a death. " He| JKyponad his trip nd ordered tb?t?URKp?rtment to ba _(Tlia r\w/vr> 1 a m aiiAn ?BrfWraNRS*,SflS^ I II tho executive departments at Washigton should be closed; that on all the ublic buildings throughout the United tntcs the national llag be displayed at alf mast, and that Tor thirty days tho epartmeutof State be draped in tnouruI or 'n* The funeral took place Monday forcuon at Washington, where the dead atesman was interred, temporarily, it is kid. The attendance upon the services lcluded all the officials of the Governlent aud everybody of note in the capikl. The crowds were overwhelming. THE SOUTHERN FAST MAIL. !ha Item Rostorod and tho R. & D. to Carry the Mail. WAsniNOTON, D.- C.?The postofficc ommittee r< considered its decision at he last me ting and ndded $19(1,084.22 or special fast mail facilities, but chuogd the route so as to fun from Springfield, fassschusctts, via Wnshingtou and ktlunt v to New Orleans, instead of by he Const Lino to Tampa, Florida, as icrctofore. It is stated that the Coast dne did not rsk nn extension of the fa nlitics. The transfer of the fast mail nd ntnges to At Ian'a and Charlotte is argcly due to Col. A. B. Andrews,of the Ledniout Air Lino. FIFTY-3E00ND CONGRESS. In tho Bonato. 27th Day.?Mr. Woloott mado a speech it tack log tho new Columbian postage itampe The Autl-Option bill was after vard taken up and discuss* 1 for an hour. 28th Day.?The Senate took up the AutiJptlon bill, and Mr. George continued his krgument in favor of his substitute. He irns followed by Messrs. Washburu and Chandler. At the close of Mr. Chandler's ipeech the bill went over without action ? Fhe Cherokee Outlet b^5, which had come .-r~- /r-om the House, was taken up tor ooo lideration. 29th Day.?The Sonato adjournod for the lay as a mark of respect to tho lato Asr>clate Just lea Lamar. 30th Dir.?T1" Hour of tho wsiiion was jiiiou up ia routine matters, none of them mtitled to be regarded as of much public n tor est??A bill was introduced to in;rease the nevv by twanty-one vesseb. 31st Day.?Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to give a pension of (53 a month to the widow >f Rlisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer Mr. Gorman introduce 1 a joiat resolution authorizing tho Secretaries of IVar and Navy to lend ensigns, flags, etc., (except battle flags) for decoration of the World's Fair buildings, and it was pastel Tho AntiOption nill was debate!. 32d Day.?Following roll call the death of James O. Blaine was nnuounced by Mr Frye, who also move 1 the adoption of t series of resolutions. After this was dons the Senate adjourned out of respect. In tho House. 30th Day.?Mr. Cumming> withdrow the Fort Greene Monument bill Tho Senato bill abolishing post tralerships was passoi ?The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill was reported??The floor was then accorded to the Committee on Commerce. and the Quarantine bill was cille 1 upend discussed until adjournment. 31st Day.?The Quarantine bill was passed after a stormy debate??The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was discussed. 32d Day.?The House refusal to agres to a motion to take up the Sundry Civil bill, the light against it bein? m?ri? by tlis friend* o! tna ??ankruptov bill. The rots stood: Yeas, 11*7; nays, 13t?? As a mark o.' respect to the memory of the late J untied Lunar the House then ad jour no 1. 83d Day.?The day was oonsumed in filibustering against the Torry Bankruptcy bill. 84th Day.?The Sundry Civil bill was discussed??The Lsgislative, Executive and J?is?rui App?'uii>r, ,t'r.~\ bill :.aj iiVY>'.* . Sf/rn Day.?I'nnwiiately after the asssn} hlaga the death of Ja.nss (J. Blaine was announced. Appropriats resolutions of reipect were adopted and then the Houso adionrnedk s w ml _ i. 4# w ~A~Blg Legal Battle Between tkCTwo PreeiAitated. Suit for On* Thousand Square Mile* Instituted bd Mr. Rufua . Ay era ?A Humoroua Side. Bristol, Tknn. (Special )?Virginia and ToiincJ8eo are preparing to fight a great battle which lia? bccu browing for j oar a. A few mouths ago Hon. Rufus A. Ayere filed a bill in the Supremo Court of the United St ites to exteud tho south era oounuary 01 v irgiuia eigni innrs uuu Tennessee. A subpoena was issued foi the Attorncy-Gencr?1 aud Governor of Tennessco to appear aud answer, which they did. The case will come up in the Supreme Court in February or March and will mHtmot national attention. -.J^^ugilarv in dupuift.,aw>ual* to about 1,000 8(ju?ro miles, being about 8 miles deep and 150 miles in length. If Virginia should win this suit she will get ouo- half of six counties, including the towns of Bristol and Cumberland Gap, the big Louisville and Nashville railroad tunnel nt Cumberland Gap, several miles of the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap aud Louisville railroad, and part of the great East Teunessc, Virgiuia and Giorgia road. The country iuvolvcd is rich in mineral, timber and coa)v On the tnnitory in d; to it is estimated that there are al>\ 10,000 inhabitants. If taken from Tonne s.'o it would not seriously affect that State politically, but would give the Democrats a bigger inajofity, ns the voters in this territory arc htvgciy Republican. J*jf giving up thedispu'ed territory the boundary from White ^ Ybari ago tbo peoplcorBti s'ol^gre^l * dft the contra of Main street as the State lino for the sake of couvoni/nec.' ,!u tj?? water works suit Virginin claimed that alt of Bristol was on her side of the line, iviiuc icnnoss c ciaiinca mat tno State line was really the cavt rn liuo of Maiu street. This is the point they expect to establish in the United States Supreme Court. The records in the ease would fill several bound volumes of ordinary size, and include hundroilvpf depaiitious uV.&p ot Bristol and along the linV airtlie^iviy "f<y* " Cumberland Gap, copies of surveys mad? At different tiitns, and reports ?f tlie scvthe dispu'ed boundary at wRRMinRi! r" The records contain much valuable historical matter which has never appeared in print. Going back to the beginning, there was a controversy between Virginia and North Carolina regarding the line bctwecu Virginia and the territory tiolonging to North Carolina now embraced in the State of Tennessee. In 1783 a commission was appointed to establish the boundary, starting on the Atlantic const. When they reached White Top Mount-tin tlmt bold sentinel of the Allcghnuics which enn be seen a hundred miles in any direction, upon whose summit the three States of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee corner, they disagreed as to the line westward. Two lines were run from the White Top to Cutnherlnud Gap, only three miles apart. One survey, conducted by the Virginia commissioners, was called the Worth survey. The North Carolina survey was known as Henderson^, and was made l>y General 1 lender-" son, who at oue time had a charter for nearly nil the territory now included in the State of Kentucky, and in whose honor the city of Henderson was named. Neither survey was ever adopted, and the strip of disputed territory soon became known as ''No Man's Land, ' nnd was the rendezvous of thieves, murderer.-}and criminals of every description. Ihcsc outlaws came from both sides of the strip, nnd when a man committed a crime within reasonable distance he made a break iu that direction, where ho was positively secure from officers of either State. The condition of uiTuirs was the cause of a bitter controversy between William B'.ouut, first Governor of Tennessee, nnd the Governor of Virgiuin. They "fit and bled," as the saying goes, over tho matter from the time Tennessee became a State in l"i9G until 1802, when they finally agreed to appoint < oinmissioncrs from ?uoh Statu to settle the boundary. These commissioners agreed on a compromise cqui-riistnnt between the Worth end Henderson lines, which has ever since been recognized by both States. Tho people on cither side work their roads and pay taxes up to this line. It is supposed to be a straight line, hut it is not. The law required the engineers to run absolutely due west from the White Top to tnc lyumoeriana mountains, out owing to the dtmity of the forests and to other natural obstacles there nrc several offsets the most valuable of which is in Denton's valley in Hancock county,and in Powell's valley, near Cumberland Gap. Thtrc was no trouble about the line finer mnin until nlrmr/ in thr? 'Afl'a a*lt?n the country had bee >nit? mo c thickly settled. Confusion then arose as to the proper location of the boundary, because of the destruction by lire and otherwise f marked trees. In 1858 both States agreed on a joint commission, with power to appoint engineers to run out and remark the compromise lincof 1803. The Virginia commissioners were Leonidas Baugh and James Black, of Abingdon, and Tennessee was represented by General Milligan, of Greenville, and Colonel R. Mo (leilauu, of Sullivan county. A carofu survey was made and exhaustive rcp< rls of the same submitted to the respective Governors. The commissioners reported that they had found no difficulty with the old line, and that it was correct according to the compromise. Governor Wise, of Virginia, rccom mended the rejection of the report, which the Legislature proceeded to do. lib objection was based on the fact that the engineers commenced their survey at the base of White Top Mountain, instead of going to the top. Tennessee never acted til tb? soits were instituted at Bristol three jeers ago. Thi If ttie Common wealth of Virginia gain* this famous suit much that is novel anu makes romances for Bristol will be knot k? ^ ed out. The magnificent new court-house and citj hall will bo useless, and the beautiful new school building will have to be ooajpted into a church. The mu- 1 nfopal officers will be forced back tr Ani their former professions. Father Bur ?*" roughs, who has married more than thrc* ^ hundred runaway couples fiom Virginia in the past two yam, will have to move i to some small village near tho line?and giv that is not the worst of it. Those three tho hundred couples ho has married will Ih !)l 1 unmarried, as tho ceremouy wa? per- "ul formed in Virginia. 'V A very old lady who has resided on the Tennessee sido ill her life was grieving *" ssm the ilisw < lltlilnl ?habaVirginia. "I wouldn't mind it is much.'1 she said, "if it wasn't that the Virginia climate is so much mora severe than the Tcnuossec climate. Then, I would liavo n to give up my good limestone water." Cot Every one knows that when a man 0f | commits a crime in Tennessee he oan ruu ||)C over iuto Virgin'a and avoid nrrest unti' we a requisition is obtained from the Gov- UVq ernor. The officers of Bristol, Tenn. the pursued ? colored man for a crime ho h?d ' committed^ He escaped into Virginia. l'1'1 where the officers of the Commonwenltk 11 h tried to arrest him for a rebbery on thei eut side. He ran back towards Tennessee, All but about the time lie reached Main street kill thv thought struok vhiin that ho wnt * wanted on that side. He stopped in th? nuddlo of Main street, put one foot ic bor Virginia and ooe in Tennessee, while on ?"* ymh aide stood two or thyi^jkplicciypn. mcl #> ^ >^'rt.rffigB ion's contest^?the conf^j tion iu the tenth Qcorgia otswict bmn id Augusta Wednesday. A new Loun & Havings bank is to be it., established at Charlotto, N. C. ; jg-fl The citiecns of Hampton, Va., afe nn< very much excited by tho discovery of n be plot to burn the town. It is rpnnrfcd frn-a On mill nmiitll ?. . tru Yu., that a child f107.0 to death in Lie to iolnef's arm's- dtirlog the cold snap. , 74i The Carolina Mfg. go., of Barnwelf, Gov. Curr, of N. C , has appointed j|Jt Oliver I'. Mcars judge of tho Criminal j(|| Court for New llauover and Mccklcn- Hcc burg counties. ^ ( The friends of Colonel O'PcrraU, Con- Up, grcssman from the seventh Virginia din- tvri trict, arc pushing his gubcrnntoriil tan- j,cr didaov, and an organi/.ation has been cf- 'pjj fcctcd for tho purpose. jot) W. L. Campbell, city treasurer of mil Charleston, S. C., for 22 years, died at if 1 his residence in Summervill , 8. C.,agod low 02 years, lie served through the late bit war as captain in the Confederate army cat and was one of the most popular and be high ly esteemed ollice s. or Anew railroad eompiny has btcn All chartered by the North Carolina L gis- 1 laturc to build u railroad from Durham 8e" to Churlotte. trs J. M. llyams, the fellow who faked ''"J he story of the Ihikersvillc, N. C , lynch- 01 ing riot, has lied from Johnson City, rc.(' Tcnn., leaving an unpaid board bill. Nancy Garrison, a ncgrcss living at t() Holly Springs, Miss , has iho longest hair ^r( prolmbly of any woman in tho world, She is about, six y years old Her hair j1()l mic wears in three plaits, the side plaits I (,ftt just touch the f1<>er, while the pl.it be- gj|} hind drags twofe.t nine inch s on the y0 Moor and ni'asures eight feet in length. Cftj It is a silver snble in color, and she wears ^ it coiled up on her head. wj, Edward Gibson, son of a farmer living for near Cascade, Pittsylvania county, re- wo ceivcd a slight wound in the knee several ] days ago with an nxe. The wound was du not regarded as at all dangerous, but the a# boy so?n developed a genuine case of me lockjaw and oied from its effects. by In the matter of new cotton mills pri erected in 1892 Massachusetts leads with trc nineteen, while North Cnrolina is second tci 011 the list with sixteen. South Carolina yo follows with eleven. This is more than cli half, there being ouly s.venty-thrpn miles tin CrcCtOfl In tW?" WV.rrtc VJni.ra. , hAi Sam Milling, colored, was arraigoed 7? Saturday morning before 'Squire Max- on well, of Charlotte, N. C., charged with bigamy. Sam, it seems, has a wife in Winnsboro,S. C., one in Georgia and two Pr< or three more scattered around down C01 South. He was brought to tiruo by Mamic White. U8 A lot of revenue officials from Greens- ou boro went up to Wilkes county Inst week and made one of tlic biggests hauls for two days work ever recorded in the annals of raiding, at leistin this part of the country. Thirteen distillericsjin full blast co were captured, with e:ght copper stills o( and 111,000 gallons of beer, but if they ins caught any of the men engaged in the tit nefarious business we have yet to hear a"' of it. ?ui A bill has been introduced in the Ala- |rc bama legislature requiring railroad ofiicials to instruct conductors on trains of * their respective roids to report all casual- "9 tics or accidents immediately after hsppening to the nearest telegraph operator. The operator is to at once telegraph the f?articulars to the nearest newspaper pub cctiou. A penalty is attached for failure to comply with this law. ^ J. H. Freeman, of Americus, Ga., has gp purchased a 50-acro tract of land near that city, and is stocking it with poultry and planting fruit trees. Itishisin- .. tent ion to raise fine fruits and poul'ry and to give some attention to the dairy business. Already he has several hundred chickens aud eight well bred Jersey j*1 cows. Nearly 5,000 fruit trees, peach, plum, apple and pear, 400 grape vines and 12,000 rtrawberry plants, besides numerous vegetables, have been planted this month. ,. * vi: ViiBgfii Is Column at Interest to P. A. and U. tturtr Timl Talks InUrMUnfly About Iks Work of tht SubAlliance. 'o the glorious worn* n'of the Alliance: imate bj your example your future incipatore. Attend tub lodges, awd owe prominent is their councils. ****** llliance Courier, Indian Territory, cs another twist to a thought tap: If next crop of cotton could oe disposed direct to the manufacturers, what an . ~ ? ...^..1.1 U. uvun amuuHt u( uiuuvj wumu ??c cd the cotton grower. Did you ever o this any consideration! lies it ever red your mind that the manufacturer '?? uld bo willing to vog, almmt , ^ ffteH-tjotisft \o grant m a profit to > middle man ?the cotton bujert ] ****** Pho Secretary of Lodge 'iOU, Hrnneh inty, Micliignn writes: I like (he idea lie new dc|mrtmcut?Suggestions for Good of the Order. It seems ns if might learn a treat dcil from it if ry-boly would writo and till us what y nro doing to ke p things going. Vo are pretty thoroughly ? rgnn *ed iu icauotv, having a county organization, >wn lodge, which meets at the differschool-houses monthly, and the nihiance which meet weekly. Politics led one rr two lodges, want t<? tell you about rur Wojld's Ir night. May be it will give some ly nu idett. Wc were gett-ng talked und wnntetf something difTurint. '"\j mber i f our lotfcedi* Chicago fi iends , political condition of the country In " - - :,M ceaUlc to tbo disposition of our pcoole conflde in aud follow ntcn-aocld man,' bll> c'tHHl>llj I If (ulilUH'HWT sal" tir own judgments, and perform every ly of the citizen for the right?us they it. This ia re.isoti, ami all members the Alliance should inform themselves >ii all nm'ters pertaining to their inuhta, that they may act with intclliice in the perfonnanrc of their duty, is is the true intent of the order, aud king nt it in this 1'ght the Allianco st meet the commendation of all. And tupt free from assumeJ leadership, airing no one to u c it for personal amion or Aggrandizement, it will so editc public opinion that reforms would inevitable. Through what methods parlies theso reforms may come the iuncc is not couccrncd. Educate the people, inspire them with f confidence, make in dependent think of them aud they, as citizens, wil.' J means to secure such reforms as an ightcne i public will demand. If it |uirc that old p rty organizations give ice to a new, well and good, the peoi will attend to that. 'J'ho Aliieur * ! * . cducntc, educate, cducato. Now, ithcri, this must be done in the sublianco. All depends on workers nt :ne. Your office s, f?iaio and iintioiint, i only urge you to action, the reuponility r?sts upon you. Will you net? (1 grnnt you mny, nud that you inny eh the spirit of our grand order. Mny ill your hearts nud engage your minds ih the grout work thu Alliance Ins boc it. How best to accomplish this rk is the question to lie considered. Pirst, the Alliance mu?t be eo tended that it will be a pleasure, us well duty, for the numbers to attend its clings. Then make debute pleasant respecting and encouraging n free ex?ssion of opinion by each member. Induce singing, inusic, etc., so as to incst nnd make it plcnsant for all. Mako ur sub Alliance n home-improvement lb; make it so jolly, so pleHsnut for all, ii no one could afford not to be n incinr (io to work at oncejo building up ur sub-Alliances; Ihc very life 01 the lor depends upon tho work done io ;ni. Write and toll us wbatjou nredof. Make suggestions. If your Alliance is ispsring, let others know how you ncnplished this most necessary result, t us go to work all along the line. Let rebuild and make stronger than ever r order. Ukn Tkkiirm,, Lecturer N. P. A. & I. U. Senator Kenna Died Poor. Wasiiinoton, D. C.?It has just heme evident that the late Senator Kennn, West Virginia, died n very poor in. He left his widow in almost desute circumstance^, his long illness d its attendant expenses having conmed what little money he had saved )in his salary. In order to provido for o widow and her large family the West irginia delegation in Congress met and ited in a strong plea to President-elect evelaud, asking him to appoint Mts. :nna pos'mistress at Charleston, W. i., as soon as he enter* the White vise Tin salary of the office is about ,500. As Senator Kenna was one of the very v Cleveland men in the United States nate it is thought probable that Mr. eveland will make the appointment. lliance Hen Oppose State Bank*. Waco, Tax.?The district Farmers* lliancc of the Seventh Congressional strict adopted resolutions opposing tho ate Bank bilHiow before the Legislature id urging Senators and Representatives vote against its passage as a measure terly inimical to the Interests of the rmcrs.