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^a_TMi?- nira.-r' nr-triCTT^weMBIKU"" MIM ?Mf (JU CvrrffU J/ms ^ tKt D*f. VOL. XXIV >-NEW SERIES. ^ ;' T^r^PfrWpqwBwBB^Ky^ Y" FKtfRl ,\i\t -n>v+oaa NUMBER (i. DIXIE KEVVR 1.7" ~~'" --?" ' ' 1 " 'l iilliili! 1 The Below* 8o?th Qtaued and Epitomised. All the Vm aid OocnrtBew Printod Her* la Condensed Form, . Iff* are selling at 89 and 88 cents per I dozen in the Shenandoah Valley, i J. J. Davis, of StoYall, N. C , killed three deer last week with two shots. f100,000 cloth finishing plant will be built at Greensboro, N. C. Chicago capitalists will put #9,000,000 in a bridge half a mile long across the Xissiaeipn i river, near New Orloaus. i fe- TKrcfflftluuii, in m , w. mn * ^ --- k*SJ> bas been chartered: capital stijck *700,000. \ The City of Charleston has taken $2, 000,000 of the South Coro'iua State I bonds. Tho Louisiana Lottery Company is to bo removed to Honduras, and Gen rab Beauregard ami '<****- * 0 ? win Miif w K m* . wheel. A new phosphate bed hns been discov ercd in-Ornngeburg county,S. C., which, it is thought, will prove one of the rich est in the State. t Three Mormons, with prosc'yting it. tent ions, have been roaming shout Char- 1 lottcsville, V?., Istcly. Tl\cy hnvo leer. 1 >? refused the usu of the court-house and I other public buildings. ! ,P JcfTcrson Davis's remains will b- ( finally i terred in Hollywood cemetery, 1 Richmond, Va., on May JJO. The mono inent U.^iis memory wi.l be erected in t .. Monroe r*nrk, tli t city. a A new railroad is | rojcctcd to bu'dtl v froin. .?.? and plicnlion has been mark' to the North n Carolina Legislature forvi charter. * Nearly all of the light houses nud (i buoys in the Potomac anil Rappahannock w livers, Ch'snieake bay and Hampton n| Roads have been ca-ried away by the ice Georgia cotton planters arc considi r- hi ing the proposition to me t together at tl, Augusta and ngr c upon u fired rcduc r tion of cotton acreage. hi The Supreme Court of appca's at Rich ut moud,'Va., reversed the decision of the n Ilustingr Court of Alexandria in tin esse ie of Jeff. Phillips, convicted of killing dt Gcorirc Smith .mtv 10m ---? - fenced to he hnogcd:"'"" X?"1' """ 8en be N TSCythJd fahb'g '.P?111"* bcc ,n RnIeiSh, 8b l 'V ? her ,ngllt an(1 W. G. Bu7k ! ns *V iq" c,crk of the Senate tFl be in th " m,n t0 hit <lown Used tr < be in the newspaper business, you sc.:. on Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson nr 1 att attemi ,bc sea nevd (^Q^br.-'ChfnC. Aean^lntinn ntvfore C Tl^^^^Htivillc, N. C., Cotton nne she Woc^MB^s, heretofore couductod bj so .T '^PRrctiead & Co., have been sold to ogi the Cone Export and Commission Com- wb pany. The * one Company is now known chi as the Plaid Trust. tel The Halls, Ga., "Weekly announces tht 8P' following as its subscription rates: "One d" year, two bushels 'tntcrs; six months, two gallons sorghum; tlirrc month", one ro quart sweet mash?invariably in ad- at vance." sk James T. Ilatton, aged twenty-three, nt committed suicide at Abington, Va., ,,j Tuesday evening by shooting him<clf ir the head. Despondency over his failure to get employment seems to have been tin cause, lie was a nice young man ji and had some money. Fire at Norfolk, Va , Wednesday nigh; f the commission house of B. G. Pollard, o uud the Farmers' Alliance Exchange, on b Roanoke dock waa destroyed l?y flro. r The total loss was $70,000. Between t 3,000 and 4,0.^0 bags of peauuts wen t burned. 1 In 1880 the North Carolina Legislature 1 1 ? 1 a ... fni-liiddinrr tlm hnntinc ol ' pan->u?> ?. ?0 o . . deer in CnldwcH county with dogs, and 1 until this year the law has been prcttj < well obeyed, with the result of multiply ( iug the number of deer in the county. Ii 1 is estimated that there arc over one hun dred head ihat range in the Northern aud Western sections. The fertilizer companies of Soutl Carolina have alrcndy purchased from th? state $20,000 worth of tax tags, and the demand continues at the rate of nbout $650 per day. This is far in cscess of former receipts at the same time of the year. The total amount of the fertilizer tax is about $05,000 or $-10,000 per year. There is every indication that it will go considerably over thit amount this year. At Forest City, N. G\, Ardclia Dean ^?iVtr,?bJ.?lilnuL'ht r of Silina Dean Forest City Manufacturing Company's shops, was caught on the shafting anc whipped to death before the machinery could bj stopped. Nine citizens of Hook Hill, S. C , havr formed a Tobacco (Growers' Club, and have engaged an ( xpert froni|North Oaro linn to "coach" them. They intcnl to do their put toward diversifying crops and with Kock Ili I's cbaracteris ic en crgy, prop >?c to make that city a ccnt-e of tobacco culture Should their ex pcrimcnt this year prove mccc-'sful they will cstabli-h a tobacco warehouse ir ltock Hill. Here is a new imlu try for S u'h Caro liua. A state eommics:on has been is sued to thi Limeh uc Cot.pmy, ol Edgefield, "whose object is t > do a gen ' crnl agricultural, milling, mechanicil and merchandise business." The company who purpose carrying on this diversified business or businesses, is mniuly composed of women. It is said that the demand for cotton hulls at the oil mill in Clrecnville, S C., * has become sogrca^ as to oxoied the nip ply, and the mill is obliged to buy hulls from other mills lo fill its oiucrs. r our years ngo the value of hulls as food for stock aud manure was practically unknown. At present about ninety tons of cottons-ed are c msnmed daily, end ? -1 .. i-...,. i., (iftv cnrloads of COt I mill I 11 I i y-11,, ...VJ tonseed nienl a week are shipped from Greenville. K. C. Harklcv and R. C. Hnrleston, of (Charleston, S. C , liave leased 2,000 ncresof rice land for live years from the Hamilton Disston Investment Co. Thej will take a skilled force of hands to work ino propernr, end tflll go extensively into 1 the cultivation of rice. The property leased is in the vicinity of Lake Tohbpekalign, Fla., nnd has, it is said, never produced less than seventy-five bushels of rice to the acre. A queer rabit story, which beats "Uncle Remus" at hia best, comes from Davidson, N. C., via tbe Atlanti Constitution. "Mr. John Hedrick killed a very c large rabbit during tbe snow. It bad a e large raised place on the inside of the i left 1< g, which he cut into and found be- f tween the fle*h nnd bide two leather- a winged bats, wh'ch were full grown. C The bats were fastened to the flesh of the o rahbit by a leader or something similar. ** jMhwuatotaiH iint tfasat ? Bays the Richmond, Va., Times: More J* and mote the plantations, graperies, and jJ( orange groves of Florida arc passing into ^ the hands of Northerners and Englishmen for an enervating olimnto will destroy local energies iu time. Tlic "crackers," on or native population, are improving un- ^ der education, but they do not grow fast . mentally, nnd their farming is confined j.to a little planting near their cabins. <r ( Naturally they arc a simple aud hospita- ? blc pcojlc, with a speech tomcwhat |jv Iinctured by ne^ro dialect. Resides fruit, j m Florida has a v?ct ? ??!??- 1 mv?iiu iu utr pnos- . phnte beds, which arc of unmeasured extent, but one capitalist says that 6ince (j0! he investment of $30,000,000 in ph >s- ju , abate in the South the business has l?cen V0|, ?verdone, and there is no demand for 8Uj| >ho phatc land at present. There is a la*gc trade in alligators' , eetli in the South, for Ihcy are treasured s mementoes by to?qjj*ts. * In Jacksoni le may have thein mounted with , r lurainuin, gold or silver as vinaigrettes, ^ns re 6old for those of alligators, but the ^'j 'Herence between them is decided, tli so nni. f the 1 oar curving ints a quarter ciicle, , bile those of the alligntor are rounder c id nearly straight. Apropos ef both nc J! jima's,there is nothing that 'gator lik- a 111,1 liter tlia i fresh pork and hewi 1 toddle ?j iroe miles from water for a Florida /' zorbnek. In cool weather he buries !,.cr? msc'f in mud and bccom- s dormant !,m itil i* grows warm, lluutcrs still make .ll"| living br killing him for his hide and H 1 eth The killing of alligators from the *?" ' icks of river steamers iu Florida lias 10 ' en stopped by law. e is Black One Tear and White the e?trj Next. waa rom the New Orleans Times-Democrat. A 3antoh, Miss.?A woman appeared the streets here who attracted much p . eution. She has a perfectly white face j. j?n I hands and snort kinky hair, with , _ i features of a negro. The -- trir f wanlr^n.ltd- j* v'uv. for one year, when sue turneu maun. .... . niii. Since that time she is alternately . 18 lite and black, not aloue in spot*, but augis color entirely. She is fairly iuligent, and fays she has never had a ell of tickuess and has never taken a l<! ' sc of medicine. She lives near Sallis ll's ation, on the Cnnton and Aberdeen cw ad. She says she cannot stand the sun !)n)J! all, and wears a double veil and heavy Ins 1 <vcs. She says if the sun shines on her uess in for one minute it causes it to blister once. She hoc been examined by ?? ly.-icians, who aro unable to account " >r the change in her color. ovei Easy on Boys. "J" North Carolina Teacher. J }n;>l At a recent board school examination < or girls, ouc of the tusks was an essny j,, ( u b >ys, and this was one of the conipo- ? itions, just as it was handed in by a girl tim ??Ttio hoy is not an animal, vet B.,; hey can be heard to a considerable (lis- j mice. When a boy hollers he opens his jjU. >ig mouth '.ike frogs, but girls hold theii ;oung till they are spoke to, and then hey answer respectable und tell just how ' t was. A boy thinks himself clever be- Pftl ;nusc he can wade where it is deep, but Glod made the dry land for every living thing, and rested 011 the reventh day. ?? When the l.oy grows up he is called s *1" husband, the grew up girl is a widow and A ' keeps house " cii A Much Married Man. Bri tol, Tenn. ?George McCary, who resides two miles from this city, ecems to be a much married man, and is A ? n? in grc?t trouuie over me mmun. >iU ??o arnstcd on the charge of bigamy; had a pr.Iimiuary hearing, was bound over to 1,1 court, and now rests in jail, being unablc to give bond. McCary married Miss -,i Rosabella Ashley, a beautiful young lady v, of this city, about three months ago. >1 s. Ashley, the girl's mother, recently ,, di covered that he had two other living ti other not located. A telegram from the ii chief of police of Greeueville, Tcnn., j| stated that the man was wauted there 1 for bigamy. 1 ? t Justice Lamar's Successor. Washington, D. C.?The President n nomin ted Flowell E. Jackson, of Ten- s nessce, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Uuited States, vice | L (-1 C. Lamar, deceased. I Howell Edmunds Jackson is a Demo- '< crat. He is an ex senator from Tenn< ssce and at present judge of the United St it. s court for the district embracing Tennessee. He is a untive and lifcloDg resident of Tenncs cc. He is remembered at the Capitol as a man of quiet, u a-suming manners, gentle, well liked and distinguished for fairness and judicial consideration of the questions arising here. Civil borvico Reform. ? v. i,?v lmnvil.l.k, va been expressed here on thudiscovery tint the recent civil service o derby President Harrison shuts of? ad hopes ot those who were looking f rward to subordinate pos tions in the p >stoffice. By the new rule under the President's order nil the prvsent employes of the oftioe will hold their positions nc mat cr who becomes po.sMnp.stcr. For Additional Naval Grounds. Washington, D. C.?Senator Butler offered an amendment to the naval ap1 propriation bill authorizing the purchase ' of certain plats for naval purposes at the ' Port Hoyal, S. C., naval station at a sum ^ not exceeding $10,000. It ii IavolTed ii ub Dgijr^Si Be is Said to Hawe Been the Defend ant in a Wine Bill Suit Brought by a Notorious Courtesan. CiKcrww ATr, O .?Clark Lane, formerly if the firm of Owens, Lane, Dyer A Co.. xtensivo manufacturers of agricultural mplements Hamilton, Ohio, but who or several years has led a retired life oa farm at Mount Healthy, ten miles from !iuciunati, walked into Magistrate Gees' (flee, in this city, at noon and aaked to ? "''8quUe.^wr<?><) v**1"* ing the index, finally artcowWu what ) wanted and then turned to a page in >o book. j Hastily glancing at it be called 'Squire iss to his sido. Pointing to an entry i the top of the page which read "Kate I mjr vs. Kentucky,' he snid : "This cnr has been tampered with." On the ics opposite the entry was one which vc the cause of the suit, it was for f'290 for wine sold and do crcd by Kato Riley, the notorious ng worth street landlady. The date the entry is Novembor 2, 1882, and )ws thit tho pnpe wcro served by nstable AI Leonard. Further along the entry is the statement that on Nouber 0, 1882, tho money was paid and t dismissed. CARMSI.K THE DEFENDANT. 'This tampered with entry here," said Lane, ".s a suit against John Q. lisle, and for some reason the entry changed." Tho iadcx was referred snd it was found that the record rend: UllW also a copy of the entry on the index. 1 fhcu nsked whnt lie wanted with it ? said that Senator Carlisle had not ' d square with hiua in certain money r tors and that he was looking tho mat* up for this reason. inc acted in a very mysterious man* * and it is thought that his cxDlana- I la huZi h VaDte<1 thfl. informa- I at ho is general iinprcMion ^ >t he is a a crct agent of some ner r aga,nM 8 ?crint I in. Car'i8le- ?"d that the ? trl w . "ceurcd will be on it? to Washington soon. The lower on the docket saja that the s7.il dismissed at the cost of plaintiff. 1 CONflMRAcy AGAINST CARLISLE. : ha said, "there'. not^o**^ ?r business has been brewing for sonic t , and now it's sprung, k'ou can say that thcie is a base con- i icy working to keep Carlislo out of j cabinet and that there will be an ar- i for criminal libel to follow within r ( dnys. I don't mean that any news- i ;r man will be arrested, but that the gator of this whole miserable busl- ] will be brought before the courts." riK BECOMES RETICENT. But, Judge, is the docket false?" I don't say that. I do reiterate, howr, that there is a fraud under thr >le nfT.ir and that it will now bo exed. I shall telegraph to Washington antly." 'Is the secret enemy of Carlisle located Cincinnati?" 'I won't say even tint at the present ic. There is too much in this con rucy to have it all sprung at once." further than this Mr. Pugh could not induced to talk at present. carlisle denies the story. Senator Cnlislc was telegraphed the rticulars of the Lane episode, and the lowing answer came from him: "Washington, D. C.?I never heart: I ho a! h'god proceeding! until a feu vs ago. Of course the man is an enemy, lave telegraphed my attorney at Cininati. J. Q. Carlisle. IT WAS MISCARRIED. Richmond Registered Letter Found in a Big Fish. The St. Louis Republican is rcsponsi-' Ic for the following: "The largest cattish ever captured on ic Mississippi was caught about three ears ago, two milts from Cairo, by a nlorcd fisherman," said John O. Harvey, f Murphysboro, 111., at the Lindcll yesL'idav. "He was a monster, sure enough, sh. The colored people had been talk ng for a long time about having seen o ng fish in the waters. They had shot at dm repeatedly, nnd had set all sorts ol rot lines to catch him without success. "Fianiiy there came a rise in the river, ind when the waters receded from th< twamp back of the river the fish wa: ;i minded and captured. He weight d 815 pounds, and when cut open there wa found in his stomach two fish hooks ant i line, a ten penny nail, a gold ring, ant ?the most cuiious thing of all?a regis tcr?.d letter addressed to the Hon. Wal ter Morriwether, of Richmond, Vn. which had been lost for two weeks, an< ? t.:_u v..wi n;von the oostal authority \y hum i!"'. h..~ - , it:.bounded trouble. The question wn and is, How did that letter ever find il way from the postal car te the fish ino ith?"' Compress Boilers Explodes. Memphis, Tenn.?The Planters1 con press boilers at Vicksburg, Miss., c; plodcd at 11:30 o'clock Thursday. Tt compress was torn to pieces. Three m< so far have been taken out dfead. T< people are still in the ruins. Seven hai been taken out more or less injure The fire engines are at work to keep tl cotton from burning. jtraurtuient paper Wrecks a tfank Little Hock, Ark.?The First H tional Hank of this city will not open I business again. Its liabilities are utid< stood to be over $500,000. The cat that ic.l to its suspension was the is< ancc of fraudulent piper by the offici of the bank to the amount of seve hundred thusand dollars. PHfri. bot fired wouW ^ the board. ft ' but the board I No targot \ru ??quirel and the n< specified tfie diatBT-M'0 oddites rr- Hl observing oflirenflr1?1,0 wn' no tl corded the result*;P' tbe nlr guns, ot Cc culty in the workta!10 rc8 r*oirs, nor gj the supply of air jv10 >ho is by the ki io the controllings *wo *hots fired p, wind vanes. Tho*0 about 100 p, from the stai boatsF** ^i tince. This, j0 feet short of the rdM"#'11 error in the iD was probably duSKpUgc curve, an ix assumed form of f ?mited number of U( error arising from/0 for preliminary projectiles n*n:!Vccrror WM detected Gf work. As soon afc 1'1C starboard u< in the range the c*rc(' nH<* "lc renwin- Tl gun was slightly afc"10 K,>o1 results as to ing shots gave theTr K,,ns- The first ca those from tlio mPfarbrrard gun rico- R, shots fired fiont tfftJi"' Arc. roplung th - Cd ahead. They 8| xiiioIumI a sPigblipTOrgoncc to the left loj is they they camokoni the wnter. Dur- *" ng the trials the p pvius was securely us noorvd to the naw wharf. wl J-icutcuaut Sclffc'icr said that he was ?c uglily pleased svK the day's work. The ronrd declined tofivo official figures and (referred not to efcress an official opiuon at this time. [The frit mis of the 81 Vesuvius are, howfrcr, jubilant over the P1 esult and claim tpt the day has d anion- A tratod fncts wh?h will rcvolutiouizc tli aval wnrfare ) H NO ONES BUSINESS. tl . % . ?? Rl Fred Schumaoij&ills His Two Chil- C1 dren, Than Suicides. t< Mkmphts. Tk^n?Fred Schumann a P vcil-kuotrn eld/en of Memphis, killod ut >18 two eliildrc^^Lotti^ n^. d^ tlii^Cv n, 9 nantelpiece sbo|.vcd the means of their n: aking off f * Schumann hap been a widoxor for twe ' rears. His wi{j# co-ducted a millinery ^ itorn and made money. lie lost money ! iftcr her do itliJ a id, svl 1 init out, he 1 jpenc 1 a cigar/store. He failed iu that, 1 \ud sil.ee th-npias done nothing. It is t hough t\ic was financially cin' nrrasscd. lie livcci a seclud- d lifo alon< with his children and a housekeeper. A streak of insuiity runs throng t the family, a brother having been coalined in the lunatic asylum. He left a letter addressed to his brother, stating tint it was no one's d?d business how he and the children died. SOAP BECOMING A LUXURY. The Price Has Risen and Threaten? to Go Much Higher. Pnn.adei.pjiia. Pa.?The rate at which so ip is ad vail ing in pi ice, if continued will soon p'nfco that nrttclc among the luxuries. One month ago it advanced 25 cents p r bo*, about two weeks ago a further advance of 15 cents was added, and Friday the wholesalers were placing orders at an advance of 00 cents on the box. Manufacturers and dealers say the ton pi ice has not \ct h en rea died and hesitate about predicting anything except that the outlook at present points to a still further rise. Tito advance is due to a scarcity of cattle and hogs, which has put up the price ? i t..ii?,? of tallow una iiim. - , I which ft few months njjo were exported to Germany, ar j now being sent back to this coun try, where they meet with a ready Rale nt a price wbieli makes it dcsir !>lc to import them. AH lubricating and machinery oils advanced, and cottolcne and other vegetable oils have also advanced on account of increased consumption. The vegetable oils arc being largely substituted for for lubricA, both f r making soaps and tjtlmr purposes THE WjiLL VTMaQJ The Fool in National Cordage Divides Frufiia u? $2,000,000. ! New Youk, N. Y.?A meeting was 1 held in a well-known Wall 6trect office I nf:cr business hours at which $1,1170,000 f in ca?h was distributed among those 1 present by James li. Kc.uc. Tliu cccaJ sion was the distributiou of the profits tli it have ucrued from Mr. Kccne's bull i- campaign in thes'ecks of tho National , Cordage Company. Tho at'cndnncc at d the me ting was not huge, jet it included if all of those who have ce op rated will u Mr. Kcciie in one of tl e most suceessfu ti operation) lie has ev. r made; for besidei '? the cash piolits divided, Mr. Kccuc re ported that the combination had qu'cl a sets of the value of $1,200,COO, making tho total nr. fits of the deal nearly $2,000, 1. x le Agricultural Appropriation*. 5? Washington, D. C.?The House corr en mittee on agriculture completed th ?e agi (culture npproprinion bill. The bil as agreed upon carries an anpropriatio of $3,189,800 a reduction ol $38,300 froi the currant fiscal year and $125,700 belo the estimates. The totn! dcc?\??o fro; last year's appropriations is really $198, fa. 100, as a deficiency bill was passed la foi year appropriating $100,000 for the ii r- spection of meat and live stock export* lse sid (oun inquiry into the manufactu ju- of sugfllj An item of $10,000 propose jrs for experimental silk culture was rcjec ra] ed, and no provision was made for c pcrimeuts in raio-making. A NEW KINK IN KANSAS. A Cow the Bopublicans Will Contest S Judge Martin's Election. Tonka, Kan.?The Republican's now Iftina that they elected a United Stater B enator in joint session of tho ttvo house i-t Wednesday. They claim that none f the meml>crs of the Populist House T ere legally sworn in nnd consequently acj had no right to rote for Senator; R tat tho State Senators, including the T opulist members of that body, together V dth the members of the Republican y louse, constituted a quorum, and that .dy tvaa therefore elected Senator. Mr. ?j Ldy will bo furnished with credentials igncd l?y Speaker Douglas of the lie- y ublican II >usc aud by each of the Sena.>! ?, and will pr ceo J to Washington to y laim the scat now occupied by Perkins ad to which the Populists claim to ^ " ' g 1 wiiibih Served With Notice to Quit. V Topska, Kan#.?Just before the Uousr A Jiourncd. Sneaker Dimsmnrn P??iiuli.i oso and iiimlcd to Speaker Dougla s, t io Republican im siding uflicer, a scaled >mniuoication. Duusmorc said he do itl red I)oug us* not to make its contents sown until Wednesday, and exacted a y romise fiom him not to reveal its pur>rt. Then bo'h houses agreed to rdurn un'il !) o'clock Weduesdiy morn g. As ?n m n? ndj mrniucul was had >th Speakers rapped for ord?r nud uu- * >unced a caucus in the (.wning. *V These caucus, s considered the contents ' the communication handed the Repubjan speaker by the Populist speaker. Q, tie letter is notice for tiie Republicans quit. It sets forth that the It pnbli- It ,n house is nu illegal body; that the \\ cpublicans are obs ructiouists, del-tying e business of the U aisc, and noli ties p( ic ikor Douglas that he and ah the atged Republican clerks and officials \ list withdraw and no longer attempt to urp the powers of the Popu ist llouec, l? tiivh is the only legal House of lteprentntives The Petition of Receiver Averill. ly CnAKUKRTON, 3. C.?In tho United ^ tntes Court J. II. Averill, recently upointed reco ver of the Port Royal A 8'> ugu-ta Railroad, filed a petition nskinf f14 int the order of the court appointing; '? t, M. Ct nior, of the Georgia Central & nt anking Company, iniiroiid receiver of 8C le Port Royal & Augusta road be re- ct winded und that tho property anil franlise of the latter road be turecd or?r , ti... ?.? :? ~ ? ti?. ~ -.1- -< w i,v 111 " vl* * ,iu h?wuiiu? ul iiiv q ctitioii nrc tint Comer's ?1'>i >11in-111 *( \ receiver of a competing lino to the q cntrnl wns illeg.l and void. The court sued a rnle to show cause Pebru >ry 14th y( Kmcral 7-f'the' St'li'''iuis"Til"J utcd Hiit to forfc t the charter of the s 1'nrt Koya! road, and it is understood t hat this suit will he pressed to a verdict j u tho event of Comer's ."dill continuing f o manage its a IT his Winter in the North. The o'dest inhabitant of pretty mucl j every section of the country olTers hi \ t s'itnony concerning the severity ol j the recent cold snap. Nantucket, Khodt Island, people aver that it b.ats anything 1 known there fur thu past forty jears. Tin 1 island his been for some time cut oil ' from coium u ication with the rest of tin 1 world except by ctble. Vineyard Sounc is fti'l i f ice, and the revenue cu1 ter 1 Samuel Dexter, made a nine days' trip ot four miles in that region. Fishermen along Lake Eric have uo nv mory of su 1. ice us now streuucs 111 no ununnvui utiv from Detroit to Put in-May. The entire lake archipelago is fro/, n about one ivnn.o cross the mouth of the Detroit River. People who n *ji ?vo i mit. tit teen miles from sho.c in the lake say that beyond the point to which t ey ventured the ice extended ns far as they cotdd sec. Therj is an unprecedented number of wild fowl in Southern waters, drives hither by the cold weather. John Brown's Bible. J.Irs. E i.i'y Blessing, of ChutSusiown W. Va., a few days a o sold to Chicnge parties the Bible which ha 1 becu present d to her father i y John Brown, ot Harper's Ferry noto:iety, while the lattet was in p isou at tlie f ?rmer place. Among oth rs of Charl-fitown who are in possession of relies of Brown are Andrew E. K< nncdy, who has the receipt of Mrs. John Brown for the body of Brown, whi h was delivered to her at Harper'* Ferry, ('apt. (jaylor own the sabre used by in .wit i i mar-diutling his black cohorts. and Mrs. (.'apt. W. L. Harrington stilt owns the strap on which Brown'* , aitli; was hooked when he was captured by Lnj.v. F,;rry. * Ricape. Four young men of Onancock, Vn., started last week to walk across Poco moke b'ound rn the i c, which, whei they were about five niilcs out, broke up and the cake on which they were driftec out on the receding tide. '1 he old wine blowing strongly tossed their frail craf in a very dangerous fashion. The blocl drifting near the main pack, the younj I men tried to make their way across or tiic brok n ma s. The largest block I were not over five feet s(piaic, and ofte > times they had to lie down to avoid be I iug toppled ofT into the water. Finally J after h.-ing od tlie ice fourteen hour) tlicy were rescued. c ^ Skeletons Unearthed. Fhkdkkicksbiiro, Va.--While e: cavating in ins yard for laying wate pipe, Air. Jacob Grindlcr, who lives o ilan .ver street, extended, near Marye Heights, unearthed the skelotons of si l* Union soldiers, who fell in battle he !5 in Al iy, 1811:5. Major Thomas D. M Alpin, superintendent of the Nation n cemetery, was notified,and,being convin in cd by the Union buttons that the remai were those of Federal soldiers, he tiyr them in charge, and will have them i 's~ in'erred in the National cemetery. o- Gen. Hampton for Hailroad Commii :d sionor. r? Washington, I). C. ? The Even:r News says it learns that Gen. Wat Hampton will be railroad commiss;onc *' The place is now held by Ocn. J. < Johnston. The salary is $4,000. lLLIANCE department. ome Pine Topics For Intelligent Discussion. . porta of tha KoTimint From Far and Wide. bo Common People, stalwart in the trifo. ady to render actvico all through lifo; bcao worthy aona of uuremitting toil, fho build our palacea and till tbo aoil, 'hose homes arc hurablo and whose dress is plain; heir hauds display hard labor's grimy stain, fho ninko and mond, who delve itunine nud diteh, fithout a hope or thought of growiug rich. fho all their faculties for lifetime give. 1 hose uncomplaint of unrclcnl'Aij/1 l!l\$'~ sail res of virtue nud proclaim t tlicin .trnul I H.V?? . he Common Men deserve the highest ptneo i nil tho progress of the human race, 'ith patient toil and never censing zeal hey build, protect, and servo tho ojiiiinon weal. hey I vo brave lives, from famVs poor baubles free, nd, though offline, build fo etem'.ty, i work eu luring, are but for tho hour; liu Common People are the source of power. od bless tho Common Mnn, nnd keep him b nvc! is our life the Common Mnn to save, 'c It nrn to love nnd tcrvc each one the other, or sure cacli man to every mnn is brother; nd the good God, who nobs tho sparrow's fall, common Puttier ?> <>m> snd all. Ignatius Donnelly has been nnaniirnuirc-ehcted president of the Mi nesota trmcis Alliance. Secretary Stro nlierg, the State Allinnee, read his report, owing the organization of forty c;ght sw Alliance wi hin tho Inst year, innk* g a total of 1427 Alliance. The dues id membership fe s received by the crotnry nin'tinted to f 1,243 Ho, nud in lutributions |42D By letter from her husband, IT. 1). 1 instead, Kldorado, Kan., wo are in rmcd of the deith of Bister Florence lmstcad,author of tho "Alliance Nightigale." * Bister Olinstead was only iill sars old, but her Bhnrt life was woll .>0nt'- ^i'"g wit,? K?o?l works. ongB vot*c'?'?Mi|)ilt>M"W<Ml ifajtiU, II11 hag, cr Olmstend's memory will bo cherished >y the brethren ami sisters of the order he loved s J well. A member of Hcthcl Alliance, Dun:ombc county, N. C., writes: llithcl Aliance hns never missed a regular incetng since its organization, licthcl Alliianco are a true and noble bin 1 of Alliance men from trOe principle. Party has not downed this Alliance; the good goes on just the same, and why not all our nib-Alliances rally and go to work? No true Allianccincn can afford to give up Ruch great nud grand principles as the Farmers' Alliiuco. The laboring class of people certainly see and feel the importance of such an an organi/.ati in in ourcruntyand State. The Alliance is not dead, as some of its enemies predicted just after the late election. It came to stay. It's a ground hog case. Tin farmers and nil laboring classes must pother and fee the salvation ol tho Lord. I see a brigl.to, ,iny j,t tin near future. Everything works out rigti in the end. and mv prediction is the Alliance will be stronger than ever. A dispatch from Minneapolis, Minnc sota, a few days ago says: "lho Stat Farmers' Alliance held a convention ii this city yesterday and today. Delegate to the number of 242 were present. Hoc retaiy Slrombcrg road bis report sliowinj the organization of 48 new Alliance within the last ytnr, making a total e 1,427 Alliances. Tho dues anil mcmlici ship fees received by the Secrctnr amounted to tl.248.8 ), and the contriln tions to $420 32. Ignatius Donucll vm re-elected President and A. J Btromberg whs chosen to net again Secretary. II. P. Bjorge was clcctc Treasurer and L. Long was made Stu Lecturer. A country telephone: hfts pltTtiaC'Umug ijjstrict in Mfclilg , Clglit miloa ia length, connCfcttliw'W1 Jll number of scattered farms with the \ ) lage atore, the proprietor of which o I dates as tciepnonc operator, exp < ' agent, postmaster, and ro on. The to 1 caah expenditure for the outfit is said ' have been only some $200, while the t 'i pensc of maintenance, which is but 1 trilling sum, is assessed equally upon t 1 owners. The sma'l cost and cnorni' c convenience of such a system as this ! country districts ou^ht to lead to a tin U general adoption of the plan. Kspeciii h after the expiration of the teleplic natcnt* in ISOi. such a s stein of illt communication by wire would be po: ble in every township throughout i country. The individual expenre woi r- be almost inaigniticent, and in the it n of useless travel aloue would save m: 's times its cost eveiy year.?The Kngim ix ing Mogs/.ine. re c* ? + *?* a' George Lewelling, of Kansas, in c' inaugural speerh, said: ^ The "survival of the fittest1' Uthc ernmeni ol brutes and reptiles, nnd i e" philosophy must give place to a gov inent which recognizes human brol g. hood to protect the r'ghts of the 1*1 and producer. The Government i make it possible for the citizen to liv liis own labor; if it fails it ceases to 1 advantage to the citizen, lie is abs< y from his allogin' ce, nnd is 110 If held by the civil compact. But go moot it not a failure. Conscience 'TITin _ the saddle, and tho grandeur of civilisat on shall Ihj emphasized by the dawn of n now era is which the people shall reign, "when the withered hand of want shall not be outstretchjd for charity: when liberty, equality and juatico shall hart po'inaneut abiding places in this Republic." Custom Officer*' Salaries in the Twc Osrolinss. Washington, D. G.?The cs'(mated salaries of the North and South Carolina cue omt houses for the fiscal year ending June HO, 1808. furnished to Congress by tho Tiswtry Depaitiucnt, are: Beaufort, $1/2 0; Edcnton, deputy and inspector, $1,090; Nowberue, deputy and four in* spectur , $2,005; Wilmington, collector, deputy, etc , 10 in nil, $11,20?; Ihnufort, 8 (\, collector, deputy, etc., 7 iu all, $5,007.00; Charleston, collector, etc., 19 in all, $14,480; Georgetown, 8. O., $ in . . " St mill Charges Criminal Libel. Mkmi-iiis, Tknn.?Speaker Ralph Davis, of the S'ate Legislature, swore out a uarrant Against A. II. Pickett and reporter I K. Underwood, ol tho 8ciiuitar charging criininnl libel. The two men were released on a bond of $500. On 8atnrd.iv C.e 8chn:tir published a story ubou' Davis, who is a criminal luwyor, agreeing to get n bond made by N. Simon for Jacob Lnuhmnn, a bouso burner, re* duced from $5,000 to $2 500 and taking a b'g free. Davis is a young lawyer and a prospective candi 'ntc for Congress. Shot from Aiubuah and Killed. ItiDQRWAY, 8 C.?Nonr here Saturday ni^ht J. II. Clatnp, while, while retarding home from town was waylaid nnd killed, lie was shot through iho bond, the gun mod being loaded with buokahot. The load took effect undtr the right ear. tear! g the nun's ho id to pieces, ami scattering his brains over thu road. John Atkinson and Jasper Atkinson have been uriestcd, cMargins ??.?. ?.ujuiltimr tll< horrible deed; ?ls> Mrs. ('lamp, iTW "Sg'tfW ing ae essory. The latter was placet! under a thousand dollar h >ud. Tho Last of tho Juno's Survivors. CnMti.KHTON, 8. C.?C'nnt. William J. llurkc, a well known Charleston pilot, is doid. lie wns the sole survivor of tho * 7 Confedorato steamer Juno, commanded by Lieut. Philip Porch or. Tiin Juuo broke in half on the voyage hcnco to Nassau, and sunk. Capt. Ibirko and Engineer Deut were forty eight hours on u tkybght, and were picked uii and carried to Nassau, where Dent died from the effects of the exposure. Columbia in a Bad Fix, t Coi.umuia, 8. C ?The water woiks brake nil to pieces nnd tho city is withftfn DAV.-Hmiator ^handler 'l rt-. I,?M| porto I to the Hanafci from tho Jmi n ffsMori Committee a bill establishing' M'tloat peculations emcerntny ImmlscraMvt??ti? Army Appropriation bill was reported. Ths bllt. as nassed by ttio House, appropriates $ 24 107.019. This amount Is tnorewd by $12-,, 010 by the Ron at i Committee Thf For titrations Appropriation bill was alsi F''ivrif Day ?Mr. Chan Iter Introiuast a resolution direotlnx the P.-asident to ?par lie ^illations with tho Hawaiian Co n nls j sinner*. :?TH Day. ? Mr. Harris reported fin H Kennt? Quarantine wifcli tli i aoprop.-iating clause omitted, n* <t Kuhstitite for tli't ' Si guarantiee and i in nitration bill pa?*e 1 by ie House The 8mate look up Mr.Chwhirr'* resolution, requesting the i'r.eildont t? transmit to the Senate any convention i.r may make with the provision*'. Gov >rii inent of Hawaii. Mr. Chandler'* Hawaliuc , rsfolutloil went over without notion?. ?j , The Ant-I-Ontion bill was taken up and ill 4 * a cunel lir Momrii. VVolc.jtt, Gray and ITi ( Kin*. Explanations of the reason why tn-y ( f felt ooinpelle I to voto against the bill w*re taB > given by M.-s-r.s. B?rry, Bate, Vanc.?, Butb.r t and Vest. The bill waa passed by a vote of , rortv Ur tfr^ntr.ninv. * ' 3fitii Day.?-The Army and Fortification bula. jrar* bgwd sbs District bill was 'v consiaore i. ~' ^ ^,^^9 :!?tm Day.?Tha ('handler lution was referred to tin Cornriirnw *' e Foreign Airalrs Messrs. Hale an I Blac'tiiurn woro appoint*! wiiers to assist, iU A. couutiog the Presidential votes Mr. Car; w ~">J|IH * lisle'* resignation as S;nator from Kentucky" *1 ! was presented? ? i'ho District Appropriatr tion bill wa* pas*ed?-The French extra* J ,8 dition treaty was ratified. I . 38th Day.?Mr. Hill rave notice that be " would call ut> the Sherrarn Silver Ripest bill The House bill to ratify and confirm | y an agreement with the Cherokee Indians j. was taken ui and many amendmsnts wjre offered, discussed and disposed of. The bill j was laid aside without final action Vt 8 p p. m. business wa* suspended in order that us fitting tributes might bo made to tbe inerr v d ory of the late Senator Barbour, of Virginia.' - v%9 Eulogies were prououncid by Messrs. Daniel. Manderaon, Faulkner. Galllager, Flatt, Hill, Hisoock and Hun ton. 9 ' *a In the Hotue. ill) 3A?h Day.?An investigation of the Amerf. <'JBn?3 uc can end of the Panama scandal was formally a *3^H "l iitiivai?mr. McMillla reported areola- Jij h " to ilrlary Committee .jrKd " and other innnlilinf I " iTfTH)l be in restraint of trade Mr. ttprlngeet m introduce 1 a bill to repeal the clause of m i i McKinloy act increasing after January 1, ' 'Hmfll 1894, the duty on manufactures of linen con- h "? taimng more than 100 threads to tbe m b x- square luch?The House then prot a ceeded In Committee of the Whole yw4|e to the conslderatloa of the Buadry h Civil Appropriation bill Eulogies were 'Vs pronounced on the late e. 8. Stickbouse, of Hn i? South Carolina; eulogistic speeches were ore made by Messrs. HcLauren, Lanharo. , 21 illy Davis, Lewis, Cite, Hhell, Simpson and *V-3P8' Watson the House then adjourned. ~>j90 37th Day.?The discuesion of the Sutgiay Civil bill led to a sharp contest over tbepro* HI ui- vision for artificial limbs for veterans. if the ;wth Day.?The House spent the day la jw ,.|,l the consideration of the Sundry Civil ap? <t propria tion bill. :;sf f 39th Day.?The Sundry Civil bill wa# I In ??y furtuer considered. mm f l'cr- 40th Day.?Mr. MoMUlin reported a re> m fsolution providing for the doily meeting of jkb p ha House at u o'clock. Adopted?there ?ss5| wai a preliminary nvnt over um aqitv/-, tion bill?John I. Davenport and tM flH I hit Federal election laws were the subjeota ot m JHE , debate The H^odry Civil bill mi pamd ]Hff ) gov * *** flr { inch *|?r Dat.-Speaker Crisp rated fihni fjblf Ej AaMMto bill M>umL Ix, rrferradto 57 W V lii agrTAKiitl Committee and tbe 8 , .... meats ooneidorod in the CouunittMACJMHB fl Whole The House then proototMNfl 1? ~ r must mittee to the ovaaideration oC Appropriation bill Mr. Wjge cflMI 9 of amendment granting a months enra ? . I I to employes of the SsnaU tadHBB V I was agreed to. The oonmttt^^aH^^K ft "nci In the Honse the extra ruonth'npBHH^n - agreed to, 143 to <H, and the Mil 1 'c^jS