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" ^ _ Z>ww JjHwMiih, ifcrtWur*, IKmi^b* B&nemyi PvUU LiUratvr*, rolitm and t% ftlfrw* Jfaf '!f rA. /Jay. *? - =3 ? .*''' ' ' .Vr J.\* ? VOL. VXXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1893. NUMBER 17. UULUMBU8CARAVELS. The Arrive Towed by the Spanish Fleet. a Bxomlv* Amount of Gunpowder Burned Agftln. Fortress Monroe, Va.?The throe Columbus caravels arrived here at 10:80 o'clock Friday moralog ia tow of three Spanish war ships, and were received with great thunder of salutes and display of flags from the counties represented by the fleets. They dropped anchor at the ^V^<d ot the American line of vessels. day could not have been more beaJfK^r the scene more impressive as they cameSi^h? road, decorated from jib-boom tot3h^??d with the flags of Castile and Aragowfetd.. of Queen Isa* bella standing out and fluttering in the gentle breeze. The little fleet was turn bled about on the Virginia cooat Friday in a lively fashion by the northwest wind that blew all day, but it managed to make the Chpes early in tho morning, and, after taking pilots aboard, preceded in. At the head of the flcot was the uftprotected cruiser, Infanta Isabel, towing the flagship Santa Maris, which displayed the fl*g of the admiral. Behind and a mile eastern came the torpedo vessel Neuva Espana with the Ninii as her charge, aud in the latter's wnko was the big black pretocted cruiser Reina Regentc with the Pinta. They were towed by at least a quarter of a mile of hawser and looked like so many ducks sitticg on tho water with tho feathers of their tails plucked. When off the fort the stars and stripes were thrown out and were saluted by the leader, the fort quickly te|t sponding. r Before the Sautn Muria was abreast of the Philadclplro, the Dutch frigate Van Speik ran up tho Spanish colors and saluted them with thirteen rounds. Then ' the Russ'nn ship, General Admiral, commenced to salute and later every flagship in the harbor houoeJ these curious looklog cra'U and the CvUutry they came from. "vko Smith's Patronugo Court. (.From the St. Louis Globe Democrit.) wasiiinqton, D. C. -Ilokc Smith has introduced a novelty. IIo has established what mMit be c died a patronage court. Finding himself bes t by the A- #_ J - " u>|iui. uutuu iricnus or rival candidates for a certain ofli :e, Secretary Smith inform) them ns fast as they call: I "Gentlemen, I will set a timo when I will hear jou in regard to the qualifications of your candidato." lie consults a memorandum book, which might be very well eutitled, "the office seekers'* docket," and makes an entry, of which the following is an illustration: . "Saturday, April 8?Governor of Oklahoma. 1 p. m." When the day and the hour come round the friends of the candidates assemble in the Secretary's office. The private secretary acts as outer guard, and informs all comers on other business that Secretary Smith is engaged. Promptly, when the little hand and the big hand on the clock indicate the appointment. Secretary Smith leans back in his big chair and asks: "How many candidates are represented for this offleef" The partisans announce their candidates in turn. The Secretary keeps tab on the fingers of his left hand, bending down a finger as osch candidate is announced. "Fire," ho says, looking at the flagera K when the names of entries ceases; V-. "Now, how'much time will you require!" There is a hasty canvass in each group and then some scattering suggestions. "Well," says Mr. Smith, "say an hour for eaoh candidate. Will that be enough!" Usually it is enough and ,more than enough. Secretary Smith calls the name of the candidate first in alphibetical order and the candidate's friends go at the biographical business with seal. Secretary Smith is patience in a big arn> chair. Hour after hour the praises are sounded. When all have finished the Secretary announces that hia decision will be reported to the President of the United States. The patronage counties adjourned. Four sessions of tho court were held during last week. Each was devoted to the office of a Territorial Governorship. The hearings were very spirited. The only thing that occurred to dampen the ardor of the proceedings was the complete reversal of ono of the deqjsions of Secretary and Judge Hoke Hmtth. After a long and heated debate the fiiende of Mr. Lett got a verdict of the court that he was the man for Gov nor of Utah. Two days later the President nominated Caleb West for that office. Since then the partisans of Lett hare been making i area* tic remarks about the patronage cour t Killed Hie Mother-in-law for a Burglar MoNoNOAHKr.A Cmr, Pa.?About midnight Jaincs Burtinett of Goal Centre shot and killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lett in Tray. Thinking burglars had entered tKo heuso, ho got his shotgun, and, * ithout speaking to the intruder, fired both barrels. Then he got a Ugbt and found be had ahot Mrs. Tray in the head. : 4 TAPPED A DSN OF SNAKES. There Were 114 of them in & Ball in the Bottom of the Old Well. Norwich, Corn.?Honry Dolbearc, with Frank Baker of MoDtvilte, in the country, six mites south of the city, went to the extreme end of Henry's house lot iu the morning to clean an old well there, and after ten minutes' work in the well tapped the most extraordinary subterranean snako reservoir noted in the annals of eastern Connecticut. The well was a deep, dry one, and for years Dolhcare and his family and other people had flung all sorts of rubbish into it. There were stones and rails, and sticks, old boots, hoopskirts, and tin pans in it, but nobody su-pccted that away down in the bowels of it was a seething colony of rerpents. Wi'h their coats off, crowbar in hand, the two moo stepped into the rubbish heap, which roachcd almost to the mouth of the shaft, nnd with vigorous thrusts loosoned the pieces of dsbr's and flipped them out ou the ground. After ten minutes thi v were almost at the bottcm of tlie will, tw nty f?ct below the surface of the house lot. Then they removed a couple of br. ad boards, an 1 of a sudden the bottom of thi w.dl rose up, heaving and billowing b.ncith their feet. The phenomenon hid come so sudden ly and mysteriously that iheir eyes bulged with awe snd terrc, nnd tbey hopp: d about with trembling legs on their serpontine perch. They sa v at onco that they had struck a sort of a solid stratum of wo 1 snakes, deep, co volutcd, and inbraided, a g cat round ball, as big as a fchool globe, of hibernating reptiles. Worse still, the spheres of slim snake strands, which had been wound into a hard mas*, like a ball of wrapping twine in diss cross fashion during he winter, had instantly burst into multitudinous and nimble consciousness and activtyunder the tread of the farmers' cowhide boots; then it bega i to unravel itself, and scores of serpent tail* and red forke 1 jswa detached thcmsclv.s from the mass and shot upward, twining tliemsolvcs about the men's legs an I sl ipping them viciously. In a moment the whole ball was dissolved into its componcut parts, which first straightened themselves, fo ming a palpitatin ; and luaving batter of serpents two feet thick or more, nod then 4he wrn h'ul reptiles, bi-siog and ceiling themselves into swift loops, turned upon the fe^i ful intruders in their den. Those scared p rsons, now fairly wallowing in snakes, had been stepping lively in order to maintain their unstable foot ng, and the instant tho serpent* attacked thcin they wcro seized with a Sanic of fright and loathing and made a reak to get out of tho well; but their feet slipped on tho undulating well hot torn, and losing their hold on their ladder, which had been set up against th? side ( the abaft, and whicn both assayed to climb at the same time, they fell back into the pit and resumed the business of treading serpents again at the same old stand. Then a spasm of desperate courage took possession of them, and with their short iron pinch bare they sailed into the attacking army of vipers with a vengeance, regardless of style and form. 1 The combat was brief and decisive as it was extraordinary. I For eight minutes tho old well seemed ( to be full of flying snakes.arms and legs, and gcaticultatiug pinch bars, and the whole undergrounds business went on i amid a steady rhythaaic purring or swish- | ing uproar, and an accompanimsnt of intermittent but regular dull thuds. The well buzzed like a hive of swarming 1 bees. The farmers were spry and muscular, however, and they finally got the i beat of the battle. Then they fought inore leisurely. The enemy haa weakened. The attacking column of serpents, the first onset of which was like the roar of a mad river advancing from subterranean regions, had dribbled away to a mere rivulet of reptiles, and the men as speedily disposed of the rivulet. The well was now knee deep in dead snakes. Not a serpent got away. Then | the farmers, who were tired out with their exertions and bathed with perspiration, took a short rest, after which they climbed out of the shaft. At Mr. Dolbewo'a home they procured a couple of i stablo forks and a bn?ket. Then returned to the well, and drew all tho dead serpents out of it. Thtro were just 114 of them, and tho men placed them in a row in the tunnel at the mouth of the , All A# tk.m #..11 ?- ? j,... .... -TV.W .U 1 glUVVU UllUt snakes, except three venomou*,fiat headed adders, and tho blacks nvc aged five feet in length. Some of the largest ones were seven feet long and as thick as a man's : fori arm It was tho most remarkable : single priv..to exhibit of snake*, pro- I bably, in the record of the State. So | Mr. Dolbcrfre kept them in line at the , well until most of tho farmers in Mont- 1 vil e cairn and raw them. Some farmers ' drove eight mi'ei to see the show. One of the biggest blacks Mr. Dolbeare broug t to tnis city and displayed It in 1 the office of the Norwich Kvening Be* ' cord, caving: * "Now, th's ain't no fish story Tin glv- 1 log you, and, if any one still doubts my i woru, I'll engage to take him in my team . and show him the well and the hull . snake collection " The sides of the well, sold Mr. Delbeare, in the neighb th od of the snake I nest, wtre yet/orated with deep, round l tunnota the serpents had borod, and iato which th y might retreat la case they were attacked and did not feel like flsht* 1 ?Id winfcr, y, when serpents' in | Connecticut arc in a comatose state. Mr. DoI1>eare resumed work in tbo wall purposing to deepen it until he reaches water, but, sa'd he, "I'm going slow now, and keeping on my guard, for I suppose I'nr liable to tap aoothet den of 'em so; moment.** : >/ -f J Convict's Vaorful Work. Auborh, K. Y.?John Johnson, known as the "blue nigger from Clyde,** nut amuck in the broom rhop of the Au burn prison. Be was armed with a sharp knife used in cutting broom corn. He first attacked Charles Peck, a fellow con iCt from Wait Chester county. Leering him dead In bia tracks, he mat fatally atabbed another convict and wounded tao others bdfore he was shot by the keeper and rendered powerless. -vV 'in m TnffffilWnmniTfflW SHUT OUT THE BRIQGS MEN. Ill Feeling in ths Cincinnati Presbytery Over General Aeeemb y Delegates. CmciHNATr, O.?A very b'ttcr feeling iog hu been developod b.twicu tho Smith end orthodox factions of the Presbyterian Church over the action of tho conservatives in n fusing to give the Briggs men a sing'e delegate to tho Geccr.l Assembly, although they represent a Urge minority of the mem hers of the Church nud ministers in this Ticsb.tcry. T .e Rev. J. L.Taylor, ons f t the lea iing liberal minister;, said that the other side were trying it boycott him mm ana otticr mimst ra wh> believed thnt (bo Scriptures were not absolutely n itho t error. Everywhere ha went to deliver sermons or addresses be learned tit .t anonymous communications of warning had preceded him. It is said that at least Ave of the wealthiest churches in this vicin'ty have tbnatened to refuse to pay their assessment for the delegates to the Gkneral Assembly, because the men chosen are regarded as bigoted beyond any of the others who were named for delegates. The orthodox side is also raising a howl. They ch r*e that the 1 berals have circulated stories of difference* in the orth dox church s, which threaten to lead to disruption a-.d have led some of tho mini ters to resign. It is conceded by every one, except a few hotheads among the orthodox, that the Presbyter ian Church ia this section is in a bad way, snd that if the Geueral Assembly convicts Dr. Biiggs there will probably be a schism. The orthodox declare that they can, under all circumstances hold the churches but th<s is as vigerousiy u nied, with the assertion that the cour.s havo declared that, unless there is somethiog in the charter of a church binding it to some particular form of warship, it can withdraw at anv time bv a mainrltv vn?? V * * J - "*V VI the member*. Scverul of the wealthiest churches id the city ara not bound by my such testriotions, and two of theui re said to be getting ready to sec.dc. Philadelphia, Pa.?The issue of Brggsism involved the Pr sbjtcry of Philadelphia North into fever best at i's second day's session in Gcrmantowu. The excitement was precipitated by Frnuklin L. Bhepard, an Elder in thj First Presbyterian church of Gcrmantowe, who introduced an overture to the General Aslembly not to consider uppca's from the Presbytery, but to direct that they be made to the Synad in the regular course 10 as to keep up the dignity of the Synod. Dr. Brigg's name wis in everybody's mouth in a few roinu'es. Elder Bhepard thought Dr. Briggs was "an injury to the church," and if be remained it might cause disiuption. The Rev. John Peacock thought the Synod [>f New York abundantly ab?a to look after the Briggs case. The Rev. L. F. Benson said his blood bailed wlun he s.w Presbytery after Presbytery ask the General Assembly to convict Dr. Briggs. lie thought the Presbyterian church s were large enough lo bold him. The Rev. Chart* s Wood thought Dr. Briggs would be silenced iu the end. Elder Rim) nrd withdrew hi* resolution. SOUTHERN NEWS BRIEFS. [terns of a General Nature and Other States. Although n arly three decades have lapsed since the peace of Appomattox, here are atill 102 of the 403 general >ffl e.s of tho Confed racy surviving. Tlierj is a horse in Florida that beomes wildly excited and unmanageable whenever any one app osches him having i breath that amella of whiskey.' He ia >ot a Kentucky horse Gov. Brown, of Maryland, ia the only >ne of the Southern Governors who takes ;he least pains with hia moustache. The >nds of it are twisted and waxed in truly French fashion. He ia also the moat fashionably dressed and stylish-looking >f the Governors. While 8am Small is writing poetry for in Atlanta newspaper hia old rival, Sam Fones, is still beating his record in savng souls.. A revival conducted by the lev. Jones at Bowling Green, Ky., last reek, resulted in the ''profession" of reiglon by 9,900 of the ungodly of that sity. < Bishop Key, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Churob, who was recently narried at Sherman, Texas, to Mrs. L. L Ridd, president of the North Texas Female College, the ceremony being p?r* formed by Bishop Galloway, it a little >yer 90 years old and is said to bo the loeet looking of the Southern Method i?t Bishope. ?i*htiiur in Ikllihurv. SAumoftY, N. C.?There ?m much excitement on the atreeU about 8:80 o'clock, eeueed by e peraonal encounter between Major T. O. linn end Town Commieaioeer D. M. Miller. The diffi cutty ooourved about the purehaae of a took oruaher by the town. Semal Llowa were etvnek end the faeee of both gentle men were conatdtrably brtoleed. No weapon* were ueed, but Mr. Miller accueta the mayor of baring drarfo e piitol end e pair of breee knock* on bin^ i PALMETTO CH1P8. New* and Note* From Here, There A Everywhere in South Carolina. The Girls of Converao College, Sport uburg, had an Arbor Day all o( their own last Friday, and planted many trees. Work on the Cathedral at Charleston 's progressing None bat Charleston workmen havo been engaged on the building. Farmers' barns are being burned by inc.ndinrics through Spartanburg and Or sngeburg counties. ^ Thi Charleston, Sumter A Northern Railroad Co is enlarging its Sumter machine shops, putting in a foundry, bias* furnace, etc. The Home Insurance Company of Co lumbia has decided to go out of business The company has been in business fo? about three years. i Work has beg-in on the extension cf the Atlautic Coast Line of their branch from Sumter to Itemiui, 2) miles southtveit, v'n Onmccbur^. to Donnntrk. con. i nectlng there with tho S.uth Carols* and South Bouud Railways. Muck Sh Iton, a wbt'e convict from Charleston County, made his escape fron. tho penitentiary Thursday. He wa9 uc dcr n two years1 sentence for burglary and only had seven months longer tc servo. He is a (killed mechanic and mnd? himsc'f ft duplicate key, which he used to unlock thedojr to the poit from which ho iscnped. The sinking fund commission of Sout'* Carolina, which had power granted lrthe legislature about a year ago toassumi control of nnd lease tho oyster beds ol that State, hi? '?ow tftk'-'ri the matter it* hnnd and is granting leases to responsible applicants. By n wise provision of the law oich lease is for twenty years, and during each year the lcssco is required to renlant one twentieth a art of his territory thi\ insuring the rop'anting of the entire arc a by the litno the le.se expires. The rental charged will vafy ^roai ten cents to one dollar per acre annually. " VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. The Latest Hews liczna in the Old Dominion. A new bank has commenced business at Martinsville, knowa as the Farmers Bank. Both the Presbyterian and Episcopal pastors at Abingdon resigned last week Rev. J. J. Loyd of the latter having a call from Lynchburg. Ollie Brown, a 12 year white boy of Richmond met his denth Thursday by falling under a lumber wagon. The eightieth anniversary meeting of the Virginia Bible Society was held last week at tho Grnce-atreet Presbyterian church Richmond. The Roanoke Machine Works has received orders for cigh'een locomotives, thirty cabin cars and two wrecking cars, tho whole aggregating ^about $208,503, in vnluo. Tho Governor has granted three pardon*, via: J. W. Fairfield, sentenced in 1800 to 10 years for stealing; Jacob Smith who lmd served one out of three years for grand larceny; Walter Miller who was sentenced in 1678 for 22 y< nrs for house burning. August 0th has boon named as the day for tho gatheriog of Virginians at the Chicago Fair. On that day the two huudred and seventy-fourth anniversary of the asscoiblying at Jamestown of tho first representative legislative body of Ameri vc*uD mil uuvui* A Richmond newspaper expresses the hope that "a real Confederate dinner'' will be served at the Memorial Bazaar. Such a spread would ennpriso "rye cof fee, "slapjacks, sorghum, Nassau pork, rice soup, potato pie and other delicacies that pleased the palates of the-boys when they got big boxes from home." THE NEW RAILROAD UNION. It Enters the Field with * List of Officer* and 11,000 Members. Chicago, III ?The members of the arious labor organizations that have.been in daily session during the past week perfecting the new national railway order, which will be known as the American Railway Union,finished their preliminary work. The officers elected are: Exeoutirc Board?Eugene V. Dabs, George W. Howard, W. 8. Missemer, 8. Keliher, W. H. Seining, L. W. Rogers, F. W. Arnold, Henry Walton,ahd J. A. Clarke. The Board elected the following officers for the year: Eugene V. Debs,. President; George W. nowara, first Vice-Preetdent; W. 8. Missemcr, Seeond Vice-President, ud 8. Keliher, Secretary. > v Vgj|jE It hat been decided that the Eaatyn country will be divided into districts, and one member of the Execntlva Board will be aaatgned to a apodal district, which will put nine organisara into the field at onoe. The entire membership of th* Order of Railway Oman have already voted to join the new order. Thia will start the new union with 164 lodges, having a mcmherehip of nwty 10,000. I :'V ' ' '-V. '^twifeis tm*3* 'ft ' cv ->AaaflHnl NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS.; Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee to Currituck. A sturgeon weighing 820 pounds was on the Greenville market last Faiday. It was caught in a Dutch net below Washington. The North Caro'ioa Corundum Wheel Co. have completed their $150,000 mining plant at Sylva. The Farmers' Alliance have opened a general merchandise store at Durham, capital $5000. The pos office at Clairmont, Catawba county, was burned recently and Elinore PlnnU ??-- J v.uu.u^ci, iiiu nomiiy postmaster, tins been arrested and bound over to the Fedcrjl Court at Statcsville, charged with embezzling thj money and stampsJohn F. Lifscy, who killed hi* brotherin-law, Chns. Key, at Oarysburg Inst December, was tried at Northampton court last week, and the prisoner was ac quitted. Senator R-tnsoin was of counsel in the case and received a fee of $1,000. Fire at Kinston burned ton residences in i a church. The wind was very high. The 1 ss is cst'inited at $20,000. The business p rt of the town was not nflLctcd. The fire burned itself out. At Raleigh Frank Batchclor, a son of tho Hon Jo eph B. Batcliclor, while out driving complained of a pain in his heart and soon afterward expired. Abner Adams, of Watauga county, sold a beautiful curly walnut tree the other dny to L. L. Couocill, of the firm of Council!, Taylor & Co., of Elk Park, for tho sum of $435. The tree measured three nod one-half feet through at the stump and is said to be curled from the roots to the end of the topmost twig. Such trees are of fabulous value. Mr. Councill may realize $1,000 or $1,500 for it. damage cases"compromised. The Railroad Adjusts Suits Growing Out of the Bostian Bridge Wreck. 8txtb8villk, N. C.?All the suits against the Richmond and Danville Railroad, growipg out of tho wreck at Bos tian's bridge, ucar Svitesvllle, on the 27th of August, 1801, in whiijfr-^2 persons were kiiied and 30 wouadod, bavcV been compromised. There were 13 of thrtofj CMOS in Iredell Super ior Court and the following amounts have been allowed in each case: Death claims? J. C.. Brodie, $5,000; W. M. Houston, $5,000; Chns. G. Weber, $5,000; Miss Ophelia Polk Moore,$'3,000; Mrs. 8usnn Pool, $2,000; Hugh K. 1 faster, $2,500; A. Davis, $1,200; Be v. J. M. Sikes, $3,500. Claims for injuries?J. F. Holler, $5,000; Mrs. Naomi Hayes Moore, $1,500; Miss Louallie Pool, $1,500; O. W. Lawson, $1,000; G. W. Bjwley, $1,000. Messrs. Binghmt & (Jaldwell and R. Z. Linncy wore attorneys in tho Linstcr and Davis cases and ex-Judge D. M.Furcbes iu the case of Bev. J. M. Sikes. Messrs. Armfteld & Turner were attorneys in the other ton cases. There were a number of suits entered at Ashoville, Salisbury nnd other places. We understand that all of these have been compromised. The L -xiogton Dis patch understands that A. L. Sink and wife have been allowed $5,000. This case was in Davidson Superior Court. Wo have not lenrned what amounts were allowed in tho other cases, but it is ssfc so say that the wreck, first and last, cost the Richmond & Danville Railroad at least $100,000. DD A DP T TflTimn A\r nm ntttw jtejavcj liiumo un ctiLiVxiUffl. The Country Barely Escapes Most Dirteful Calamity, Urusski-s, (Cablegram.)?A nation yesterday on the verge of < ivil war is today completely at peace The air of terrible suspense like that which hangs over two great armies about to be hjrled against each other has vanished. The escape from a dreadful slaughter was by the smallest chanco. The plans of the revolutionary leaden are now becoming known. They counter with i >od reason on turning the guns is' thsg regular army, reen forced by the mob, against the Civic Ouard and the police. The conflict would have been one Of the most sanguinary in the history of the Government, and the moarchy itself would have been almost certainly overthrown. Then would have coro? Communist reign, foreign interference, and endless complications for all Europe. It must be admittel that the leaders of the revolt have remarkable control over the people. Tho orders to return to work have been almost universally obeyed, and there has not been the slight est disturbance. The agitation f i universal suffrage without plural vetiiij will bo continued, it is oot likely to loud to any such crit . ical situation as that of Wednesday. 7! the demand is not granted by the present Parliament it probably v/ill be the ft .at Chamber cho?cn under the systen adopted. Mrs. Gen. Hancock Dead. Naw York ?Mis. Almira Russell Banoock diod at 4:$p p. m Thursday afternoon. She was tho widow of General Windeld Scott Hancock, the Democratic candidate for p.client in 1880. .. v;-. EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS. His B ;dy to Leave N-.w Orleans on May tho Twonty-Eigh'.h. An Atlanta dispatch says: It is enounced that the body of Jefferson Davis vill lie in state here on tin 2!)th day of May while en route to its final testing (ilmn at Richmoud. It is officially announced by the committ c of Fultou 'o .uty C/iif derate Veterans' Association, of which Mr. Davis was one of the I two honorary mcmbeis?Henry W. Grady being the other?that the body would leave New Orleans on the night of May 18th, accompanied by an escort from he Louisiana veterans. Montgomery will be reached early in the morning of the 2i)th. Tho funeral train will ariivc in Atlanta about 1 o'clock >n the aftcrnom of tho 29th, and the oody will be conveyed to the State capito', where it will remain until about 7 o'clock, leaving nt 8 o'clock for Richmond. The Confederate Veterans' Associa ion wil1, in a body, meet the funeral train and accompany tho remains to the ilniln) onrl Isaolr In A ? ? ? ?UNi W..VI* ?v VUJ UV;|JUV. IX UUin iiii11e * will go ou to K:chin >od with tho ojomiitcca from New Or! ana and Montgomery. A. New Profession?The Cutter-Out. [From the Saturday Review.] The world is over-populated with aminble, good looking young men: highly educated, healthy and wholly i_c*pnblo of earning their livelihoods. No mgcuuity can provide berths for all of tlieui, but gomj might be employed as "cuttersout " This is a new profession. The duties of the cutter-out are few, s'mple, and agreeable. lie or she has merely to make love and to ride away. Thus, put case that some one's daughter, mecc,Aor, it may be, favorite cousia, has becohic engaged to a man who is not. liked by the fumily. To resist her choice is futile. Opposition morcly funs the flame of passion. 80 you send a note or telegram to the central oflice of the "Socie'y for the Utiliz.tion of Johunies," and they despa'ch a cutter out. He is young, handsome, agreeable, pcrhsps n lord or an honorable, n baronet, very likely, llis duty may be explained in a word?ho is to cut out the young lady's nfl'ianced lover, to make her out of conceit with * that disagreeable person, and than to retire grjcefully to s mfev-ftuthiudisli part of the globe. The sell nn is" "peculiarly valuable to parents, but any one mUT" make use of it. Of con so there may also be, and should be, fema'c cutters-out, to bo slipped at young men who have entangled their aflectious undesirably. Lord Algernon is fond of tin rector's daughter, of the gnrdenr's daughter, of whom you will, histoid of crying if you arc his lady mother, or swearing if you are the Duke, you tend up t) the central depot for a really first class cut tcr-out, married lady preferred. In a very few weeks the rector's daughter, or the girdenr's daughter is as disconsolate as Calypso, and them'" > cutter-out disappear, carrying witu'ner the respectful homage of the family whom she has rescued. A Lady Did the Carving. The d' sk which Mrs. Co ten and Mr), ffiddcr North Carolina World's Fan Commis ioncr1, had con<truc'cd ns memorial to Virginia Dare,the first whitchild born in America, was made of white holly from Itomokc Island, Vir ginia Dare's birth place; was designed by Silas Mcllccof Sewancc, Tenu., and carved by Miss Kate Cheshire,of Tarboro. This desk is a tiibutc to the memory of Virginia Dare, from the women of this State, and will be s:nt to the World's Fair. Portrait of Den. Lee. Tho Hon. O.lnndo B. Potter, of New York, has presented to the Washington an/1 T on ITn5wn?ol?%? ? n?l?.wK.l -?1-:* uvw vuiTiionji n opicuvi 111 I'unntu of Qen. Robert E Lee. The purtr .it' was executed by ao artist for the Iloa. John Bell, of Tennessee, once Speaker of the House of Rcprescntatircs, til n Senator from Tennessee and a candidate for Pr<aident in 1860, Gen. L< c at that time being a colonel in tbe United Statesnrmy and tbe portrait of bim was in blue uniform, he at-that time having only a mustache. Since the war it came into the hand* of Hr. Potter, after the artist hud with skillful brush changed the bin; costume of tho United States olhc r to that of the uniform as the command r of the Army of Northern Virginia, nud had added the heavy beard which Gen. Lce? wore all through the war and until Lis death. It is a most striking nnd excellent p ctute of the Confederate chieftain. Two Poomed Ken Respited. Columbia, 8. G.?Napoleon Leville, tho Charleston wife murderer, was respited until May JOth by the Governor. There is considerable doubt as t? his sanity and a commission will be appointid to pass upon his mental condition. Wade Haines, the colorod rapist, scntene< d to be hanged, was respited for tH* flfltl limn Ilia ATamitlAH will lalfa placj two weeks hence, unless in the mennt:me some alleged additional evidence is dcvelopod in his favor. William B. Puott Suicides. Lknoir, N. C.?William Benton Pu-;tt, a prominent young citizen of this county, wlij has lately been diinkh.g heavily, committed suicide, blowing cut his] brains bv a pistol shot ent ring at the forehead. The act was precipitated by a suit for divorce instituted last week by his wife, who is a daug'at.r of a prominent citizen of Mitchell. m MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Existence of a Peculiar Rate of P?opie Brought out in a Murder Trial. aifiibrst Couutiiou8E, Va.?The Amherst County Circuit Court?the Hon. John P. Ilorslcy presiding?which had been iu sessi nsince Mouduy,the 10th,adjourned Saturday, most of the week hiving been taken up iu the triul of the case >f the Commonwealth against William Bruce, who was indicted for the murder jf Charles Ilartlcss. This is tho second trial of the cjsc. The jury on the former trial brought iu a verdict of murder in the first degree, winch was set asido by the court, thereby adding interest to this trial, a large crowd being in attendance ac'i day. llruee, the accused, and HartIcss, the murdered man, both belong to 1 peculiar race of people, known in this section us the '-free isshics," or free issue, who arc reported to be a mixture of Indian, negro and Portuguese. They have never been slaves, and in consequence sold themselves above the negro and in .urn are called by bo'h bl .ck and white 'free niggers." Their customs and modes of life, as brought to life in this trial, nave been among its peculiar features. Whit has caused most comment, how;ver, has been the judge's ruling in allowing tbcdefeusc to introduce witnesses who claim to have heard a s >n of the ac:uscd say a few hou s after the killing :hat he nod not the elder Druco killed dartl.ss. This is offered in r buttal to the dying dcclarat on of the murdered nan and the direct evidence of one witless, who testilies that he saw the prisoner s'rikc the fatal blow. Young llruee nas flown to par.s unknown. The jury, after twelve hours' dclibera iwu, wiwu-iii lii it vi'nuci i?.r mur-.ier m lie second dearie a ml ten years iu the jcuitentiary. SWALLOWED A"wHEAT BEARD. But Pennell Would Have Got Well if His Bull Hadn't Gored Him. New Biipnswick, N. J.?Frank Pennell, ouc of the best known fanners in Middlesex county, died at Franklin Park of lo. kjaw. About a week ago he inhaled a wheat beard, which lodged in his throit and caused much irritation. Efforts of physicians to remove the b.'nrd were fruitless, but the man might have got well had he not had an experience with a line Ilolstcin bull on Fiiday. The animal his always been regarded as tame, but 01 Fiiday, as Mr. Pennell was leaving tho forty acre field on his place, lie became conscious of tho rapid approach of the bull f.om behind. Mr. Pennell made for the irnccns fast as possible. The bull wv.s nearly upon him when he was within a few feet of the fence, He dropped down, hoping the enraged unimil would rush by him. The bull did pass him, just stcppiu^oi^hbi^ ** right arm. Then PcnatdjUjffi,,,,^] up and attempted to gnm^fcehciiCj. The beast turned in mj,! use of bis horns was jammed into the man's neck. . The nnniinn! then rush d off iu another direction. Mr. Peunell was able t> stagger to the house, where the sight of the terrible wound in h's neck and h.s pnlo face cau-cd his w f to faint. The four young children ran screaming from the house. Physicians said that despite the wound made by the buM they might have saved iur. i cnucll s life, but for the ailment iq his throat caused l>y the wlxat beard. Lockjaw set in immediately, and he died in terrible agony. Lata N'jwj Brief*. A Sylvauia, Ga., merchant, who has a lot of crinolines left over from the old days,has placed thetn on stile in his store. A divorce was recently granted to a worn iu at Paris, Tex , aud live minutes later she faced the judge with another man and w as married. fiuits for $207,0 0 have been tiled against the cityv^f Atlanta, Ga , by people who claim that their health has been injured through miasma from the city dumping grounds. ** Joseph It. Combs and wife, of lionston, Iud , were manic 1 thirty five years ago. About a year ago differences arose and they wt re divorced, O.i Saturday they were remarried. The ladies of Dresden have been holding a tilling tourn uncut, the honors of the j <ust bjing won by a young English girl, Miss Theresa Brooks. Iler final exploit was the driving of a pair of hordes tandem while riding her own horse at full speed. Wh'de being transferred from the prison at Buukius to Newport, in Georgia, a prisoucr leaped from the tram while it was going r.t the rate of thirty-live miles an hour The train wis instantly stop ned and a scutch made, which moved unsuccessful. Out of one hundred men whom you will meet in Tobasco, Mexico, scarcely ten are able to read, and two out every three arc held by their creditors as slaves for debt. There arc about 5 >0,0 >0 Mexicans in this form of s'avcry. The people often fall into debt through paying the exhorbitait innrriagc fee asked by the pries*, and another large fee is exacted at the baptism of each child, each baptism requiring the entire wages of at least two weeks. ATATAL SERENADE. A Farmer, Newly Wedded, Kills Twc of His Annoyers. Toi'eka, Kan.?The frontier idea of Ctlebrutiug a wedding by the bcatiug of tin pans and firing of guns was responsible for three deaths at a charivari near Ness City. A young farmer by the name of Anderson was married, and brought ins bride to tlio littlo cottage bo bad provlded for her. A cumber of hoodlums in the community thought it would be proper to give them a reception. About fifty gathcied around the place at midnight nnd commenced making deafening noises. One cowboy had borrowed a doubled banded shotgun which wus loaded with buckshot. Ha waa drunk, and, instead of sbgllhg jLthl air, fired both loada at ity? fflMjiSi 'If the J rottagc. Anderson and Ida iy escaped being Anderson the door ?"d<J|MBMMfciHl[^BBB?M||nBBPll crowd, kiU|i|pHNrv4Mjj^ij^^ ec. ioualy