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VOLUME IX. ?AMDEN, S. C.^KIUDAY, ,IA Handsome Showing Made Undef Col. Neal's Management. $9,600 PAID SINKING FUND. lioard Will Itocommend the rearing Down of the Old Main UtilUlIng and tho Krcctlon of a Modem One. Tho annual report of tho Superin tendent of tlie State penitentiary re fleots the greatest credit upon the man agement of Col. W. A. Neal. The re port shown that with eotton at5oent? Col^ Neal lias been able to pay consid erably over borrowed from the sinking fund for the puiohase of the Reed farm, and turns over to the State Treasurer the baud some surplus of about $10,000 makiuR&ljJe not earnings of tho institution for tho year about S1M&0. ? ? Another thing that the report shows, indicating a remarkably lino sanitary condition, is that the death rate has been only 8$ per. ceutfor the year. The board rocommend? the tearing down of tho old main building in the yard and the erection of a modern prison structure in its stead. v If this i? done the authorities pro confident that the death rato can bo reduced below that of any rrison in tho Unitod States. A physician who has been going to the prison occasionally says that the eauitary conditiou was as good as that of any prison he had eyor seen. Tho hospital service ho considers better than that iu most large cities. He fouud that each convict wan clean and healthy I'u - appoarauco aud, iuquifing as o the cause, ascertained that ??eh man was provided with three suits of underclothing, three shirts, sooks ?ml drawers; that each day the men are given a bounteous vegetable dinner well Cooked; that each day each man 'get* in the way of meat a half-pound of bacon aud a pound of beef or three-quarters of a pound of pork, besides all the wholesome bread he can oat. It may bo mentioned also^41nrt""fne prison has had to pay in its expenses the expenses of guarding prisoners sent to Cleinson, Winthrop aud the hospital for the insano from timo to time. . ? ?*> ? Successful Farming. One of the most notable examples of ?ucoesBful farming in the State in the year that has just "closed is that of Mr. vf . Q. Jiatniuond, roportod by the Monea trath Chroniclo a few days ago. Mr. Hammond, it is stated, planted 110 acres of "bottom land," on Rocky River, in corn, and has harvested 7, 400 bushels from the tract, or, at tho rato of nearly 66 bushels to the acre. The yield, he claims, would" have been ' still larger, but for the fact that 15 actee^ofhis crop Were raided aud badly ^damaged, by. cut worms. There were several acres, as reported, which produced over 100 b u? hole each . Resides this enormous ootu orop, however, Mr. Hammond made 800 bales of cotton and 1,000 bushels of oats, and b*$VCorn of last year's orop' for ?ale. His cotton crop, ' be eays, cost him $?5,000 in cash, and if sold at $25 a ?ale, or 5 cents a pound, , would leave Wia a net profit of $2,500, and "all his cojn." Or, if the corn were sold at the ourrent local prica, 60 cents a busboir it woultl bring $4,400, or nearlv euough to pay the whole ex pense of making the cotton crop. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Tlio First ttoud Luw Sovoral daya ago it. f as stated thai tho Good Honda Association wotlldgivo out a aeriya of article* on 'the question ol.good roads, so ns to arouse interest iu the work. Tlio that of tlio aeries has boon givon to the. proas for publication by Chas. W, W'ilaon, seorotary, ami it givos a brief sketch of the hiaUry of road building from tho carlieat times, but we only give thut part of it that re ^fttoa to the toad problem iu the State taher early history, it follows: "South Carol in :4 took up tho road problem very early iu her history. On tho 2Uth of May, 108'?, the Colonial Assembly passed* tho first road law, entitled "Ail Act for lliirhways. " In 1787 an Act waa passed directing a road to be built to Orangeburg from "the heaaof tne path tliat leads from Dor choater to Oapt Izard's cow pen." iu 1743 an Act was passed providing for a ferry across Santee River, and a road made in connection with it "to facili tate tho passage of travellers from Charleston to Williamsburg aud others, the northwestern parts of this province. " From 1768 to 1 780 tho following" roads wero provided for: From /Kutuw Springs through Manchester, Camden and Lancaster 0. II. ; from Fort Mott to Fishing Creek; from Society H?U to llennettaville, Marion, Conwayboro and Georgetown, aud from the tamo noint to Darlington, Kinustreo and Fort Mott; from Orangeburg to Ninety Six, Abbeville and I'eudleton; from Augusta to Edgefiold, Ninety-Six and Fisn Dam, and from Friday 'ti Forry, on Cougaroe ltiver, to Augusta. "In 1788 a general road law was passed, requriug twelve days' work, or a commutatiou tux of $2 per dieto', aud in 1789 the fuuds dorivod fronr tavern licenses wore appropriated to road im provement. "Thoso early roads were, as a general thing, locatod with romarkable skill, and well/built, aa the prosont condition of many of thoih will provo. Drayton'H 'View of Houth^afMina,^ published iu 1802< says: 'The rtfrfds in the State are weH adaptod to traveling aud traus Ppj^ationt evon to tho mountain^, and Ifence the dragons find no difficulty in coming from tue upper counties, bring ing with them tho commodities of that distant* region. Cross rouui* to aud from each oourt house are made throughout the Stato, and a wagon road has lately beenf made from the north fork of ?faluda river over the mountains to Kuojtville, in tho State of Tejiuessoo;. by which wagons have passed carrying' loads of 2,600 pounds weight \ * * *' And at this time a carriago and four may be driven from uuy part of this State to the other, from the seashoro to the mountains, without auy other difll culty than such as naturally arise in long journeys. | "As a further proof of to? high de gree of efBcioncy of these old Stato roads the cost of transportation by wagons between Columbia and Charles ton in 1821, as given by Mr, ltobert Mills; waB only 17 22-100 cents per ton per mile. Standard authorities give the cost at 18 oents per tou per mile on the jvery best earth roads, while the avorogo etostvjn this State now is variously esti mated at from 25 to 40, cents. , Since the beginning of the Railway era in the thirties the historic! the public , roads in this State has beeu entirely "Witimut interest, reoording ouly a steaay and unbroken decline. An ef fort 'was made about ten years ago by the writer to awaken some interest in the fiuhjeoL-hlititwaa-aoou crowded out by other issues. It is to be hoffed that the present movement marks a turning point, and that with the beginning of tho twentieth ceutury an era of great activity in road-building w.ill be com* .afeenoaa^ . as much ooMqn m last year. Figures from the# treasurer's office are instruc tive Ftom December 10, 1006. to Jan uary 5, 1807/ tie amount paid on ac count of the prfvilegetax was $4,052.60. From DeiembW* 10. 1097. to January ft, 1690, the imonnfwas #2,267. This is ? fall off of moN thinh^lf, and a gentle man who is fafntlitr with sneh things says that he dopi not believe that the f store will show any increase. Jflrt cent cotton will keep down the sales mere than anything else. The Reg - Incendiary Fire at Alcolu. The Bishopvillo corrospodent of the Btetesays: At Alcolu^Jjostofflce, uoar. this place, Mr. J?. H. H?arou .a barn aud' stables were burned on the ftth, to father with 600 bushels of corn aud a arge quantity of peas aud forage. x Jkfe also lost five flue horses and mules, one fine milch cow and two two-horse wag ons, making his total loss over $2,000. This makes the second barn and stable Mr. Hearon has had fired in four years and the fourth stable that has beeu fired in a fourth of n mile of Alcolu postoffice in the last two months. As a conso quenco the people of tho community of Aloolu are thoroughly aroused and de termined to run down and*puniah the fire fiend in their midst regardless of ooet. If there ever was a case that de manded reward from the Governor this ie one. The Privilege Tax. Ail the indications point to the fact that the farmers will not use as much fertilizers this year as last. This may mean a serions decrease in the revenue of Clemson college, which last year amounted to #60, 000. and may alsomean that the farmers are not going to plant Mooresvilio, N, C,, Office Safe Cracked and $154 Stolen, ? . NO CLUE TO THE ROBBERY. .The liobbory is Supposed to IIav? lioen Committed by Professional Safe-Crackers. Tho postofllce at Mooresvilio, N. 0., was robbed Wednesday night of last week. The back doot of the small building in which the office is located was prized open with a crowbar, which had been obtained at the railroad ata tiou, a abort distance from tho olllce, and an entrance thus ofTeotod. After the btfrjjlars entered thoy be gan operations at ouce on the safe. A hole twelve inches deep was bored through the top of the safe, and dyna mite put theroiu. The aafe wa* moved from the wall and tho fuse lighted. The door was blown completely from tho hinges, sovorat panos of glass iu the front windows were knooked out, and pictures thrown from the wall. Although the robbery was committed iu tho heart of tho town, within a stono's throw of the Johnson Hotel, only a few heard tho explosion, and those that did did not think there was auvthintr wrong. Tho burglars got away with about $154 in money and stamps. Daylight disclosed the robbery, and threw tho town into a state of oxcite ment. Mr. Robt, S. Tompleton is postmaster at Moorouvillo. As soon as ho learned of tho robbery? about 0 o'clock? ho wired Postmaster Mullen at Chaflotto asking for instructions as to what courso to pursue. Mr, Mullon wired him to notify tho department at Washington at once. The mayor of Mooresville also told f:? aphed to Chief Orr for bloodhounds >ut none could be gotten. The hounds at the oonvict camp are not sufficiently trained to be put on tho scent. The yobbory is supposed to have been oommitted by professional safecrack ers.? Charlotte (N. C ) Observer, NRW YORK LBG181ATIIRK. Governor lllack's Suggestions as to the Labor Problem. The Legislature of the State of New York mot and organized on tho 5th. The Senate, with a membership of GO, has a Republican majority of 20. Tho assembly, with lOO.namoson the roll, is Republican by 8. In both houses the Republican caucus* nominees were eleoted without any unusual iucident. The speaker of the assombly is ?T. M. E. O'Grady, who presided dtiring the ses sion of 1807. Tn h"fs message to tho legislature Governor Black made three sugges tions in connoction with the labor problem:. 1. That immigration be chocked. 2. That a fair rate of wages be paid laborers. 3. That in opposing strikes by armed men some method should be adopted which would not at first discharge of! firearms produce those fatal, tragio re sults which have caused a recent event to hp universally depjorod. MEMPHIS tlOKS ? INDKPKND NT The .Entire Democratic Ticket De feated By a Small Majority. Jas. J. Williams, independent Dom. of MempbiB. TVnrnr, has been* eleetetr mayor over Hon. Lucas Clapp, the prosont incumbent, by a majority of about 50& votes. The entire independ ent ticket was also carried by reduced majorities. The campaign has been an exciting'ofio and both sides claimed the victory up to the last hour. The elec tion was quiet and orderly, and a heavy vote was polled. tlanna Has Gained Two Votes. A special from Columbus, O. , of the 6th, says: Conservative estimates to night place the legislative vote at ?6 to 70 against Hanna. The workers of the Senator claim 71 votes, and Assurances of the two neoessary* additional votes, and possibly four moro. The opposi tion insist* that Hanna will never have 70 votes on joint ballot, and that they have gained two votes. Disastrous Nltaro-Olycerlne Rxploslou An explosion of 1,000 quarts of nitro glycerine near Booth, an oil town a few miles4eaBt of TeledofO., killed an oil well shooter named Stephen Wilson, and wipe<| out of exiatenco a team of horaea and^wftgon. A piece of Wil aon'a flesh1 and the head of one horse was all that was fonnd. Considerable damage was done to property in the vi cinity, but no one else was injured. A Crazy. Man's Awful Deed. A Bristol, Tenn. , special to the Nash ville (Tann.) Banner, eays: "In a fit Of insanity, Alexander Carter, a white oitiMn Oreenville.-kiHed bis wife and \13-year-old daughter, Montie, while they slept, and then shot and Mil vhrtff hif wife itfrwith an axa. He ia said to have been mentally unbalanced for Illwyr Klpfftl KOvvptJ* Espfa** Graapany, at JfowSUtt, haabaaa rebbsd \ tltAVt) MAVK IjIKK. Tlr^ First Usq of the Roentgen ltays *? ?? ta Surgery la the South. About eight weeks ago the 6-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Harris, of ilurriuburg, N. 0., swallowed a brass thimble- child's site? and the shape ( f a tailor's thimble, open and sharp at both euds, which caused the child great ugouy, and it hqd Masted away until it M as a mere skoleton. The parents hud I>r. llenry Louis ttmith, of Davidson Colloge, N. 0., to apply tho X ray, which resulted in looatiug the thimble. A consultation was held and it was decided to take tho child lo tho Charlotte Medical and Sur- ! gical Institute, Charlotte, N. C. , which was did at ouce, and on the 8th Dr. HipiLh made the application of the Roeutgen rays to tho body at tho hos pital. Tho ohllds clothing was not re moved as the rays easily penetrate any number of cloth. Tho fiuoroseopo re vealed the object plainly, and all the physioians present examined tho body aud agreed as to tho location of tho thimblo. Tho thimble was found to bo located to tho left of the backbone, aud at tho br-furoation the trochia, about throe inches below what is known as the ''Adam's apple" in the throat. l>rs. J. 1'. McCombs, R. L. Gibbon, A. Miflonhoimer. W. II. Wakefield, J. R. Irwin, of Charlotte; Dr. H. M. i Hendron, of Croft; Dr. .T, C. Black, of Harrisburg; Dr. Henry Louis Smith, of Davidson; Rev. J. W. Stagg aud others were present when the Roentgen rays were turned on the body. Dr. C. A. Misenhoimor handled the surgeon's knife and ho was assisted in the operation by Dr. R. L. Gibbon and Dr. Trwiu. Tho first strokoof tho knife struck the thimblo, and it could almost ,be touched by the linger.' Rut it had 'been thero for oight wooks and tho flesh had grown around tho edgos and held it firmly in place. Tho surgoon work oil somo minutes beforo tho thimble could be dislodged, and then it had to be txirned completely around and drawn out the liygo end foromost. The thimble was out and tho opera tion comploted in an hour and a half. The child rallied in a short while aud asked for somo wator. She seemed f;roatly roliovod and not many minutes ater wanted her d inn or brought to her. i Bho is resting oaBy anduuloss somo un forosoen rolapse occurs will soon com pletely. o <. TUB STATIC OF TKA1>E. rho Year Opens With Quiet Confi dence In all Hrunchea of Iiusluess. Rradstreet's review of the stato of trade. for the past week is as follows: The year opons with a quiet confidence per.vading noarly all of the branches of btlsinosB. Encouraging activity in the iron trade, resumption of work by many thousands of industrial employees in the Western glass industry, largely ro ducod the volume of business failures as compared with corresponding periods iu preceding years, and tho general out loot is cettuinly not inferior to any previous year al this time. The distribution of trade has been rather slow pending stock-taking and tho return of salesmen to the field. While the volume of distributive busi uesjLis no larger, tho industrial activity is Wiipocial feature, unooufined to any one section, but specially notable in the West. Resumption of work after the holi days litre bocn general and encouraging in that section. Autumn weather in the Northwest checks distribution, but collections are reported good. Hales of Southern iron large. The Louisiana Sugar crop returns are very satisfactory. Nine-tenths of the Florida orange crop uxagiiilicrod befor? the last freeze. Cotton is steady on good export de m a ml. ' Wool has opoued upfcetively a^poine Eastern markets, and lower prioal for cotton goods have stimulated sop{6 de mand. Tho wage reductions at Now England cotton mills is very generally aapepted. The jewelry trade jb encouraged by the small number of failures in that lino. ? Preparations for active Alaskan trad? are being made on the Pacifio coast, and reported in Cajjjfc nia. Prices hare snowtr few important changes, and steadiness in tho leading, feature). There is a slight gain in ths number of failures reported this week over last, the to taKaggr ?gating 838 rgainst 297 last week, vuta neavy fall ing off from 1897, whenAlhe total wm 488. * Death Rather Than Dishonor. At Florenco, S. tfJ. , for some time mail has ( been takbn from the lock boxes at the posfoffice, Postmaster McKenzie stationeQ himself in the office to catch the vogue or rogues, and so about 10 o'clock on the night of the 7th, after the mail was' distributed, a white man named Andrew Welch cam* in, unlocked one of the boxes jtnd reached around and took a letter bo* longing to Johnsons A Wells, which had'A small check in it, aa was after ward# ascertained. Mr. MoKeozie came out and caught Welch and carried him in Dr. Covington's ' drug afore, vhere Welch pulled bis pistol, tmt Mr. MoKenzie got the drop on him. so he turned his pistol and shot himself through the pit of the stomach. He died in about one noor. He preferred death to disgrace. Smallpox In lontli Carsllsa. The number of oaaes of smallpox *1 Greenville. fl. (&, hae increeaed to twenty. There are at this time eighteen - mm fo tte paat Twvumi hmr* had the dlssese blts bsia disehargsd as cared. A easels reported to hare w? iew?y. assignments in Virginia. baw to Prevent Preferring Wives or Others to Detriment uf Crodltorti. lu t ho Virginia I .ogislature tho tiouso bill providing foj^lho list ing tor taxation by tbo coiumia lioutyitt of the revenue of all bonds, ttocks ami other ovideucoH of indebted ness boforo they cau be collected by fogal process, has passed tho Senate. Mr. Athwithrow, of Hath, ottered a bill providing that a lien given by any } person or firm to piofor one or more ! utditors shall iusuro to all. Tho bill provides in detail that if any person, Inn or coaporation, create any lien or incumbrance on hisoi their property or istate, for the purpose uf giving a pre ference to oiio or more creditors of such i?ersou or tlrni, ovor any other creditor 5r creditors, except to eecuro a debt 'outracted, or money borrowed at tho timomX tho creation of the lien or en :uuiboranco, the same shall emtio to the bonelit ratubly of all tho creditors Cm such person or firm existing at the tinidf such lion or onciimberauco w as creatcd. The bill is to go in force on July 1st. Jt seeks to prevent the giving of a preferred claim by partion about to make an assignment to their wives or others, to tho detriment of tho remain iug creditor#. A EIGHT IN COUHT Hot ween (hp Judge oil t lie Ilencli and it Lawyer. Tho court room of the Tasseii (Cal.) county superior court was the see no of an extraordinary altercation botweon a judge on tho bench and an attornoy at tho bar. For Home time relations have been gained botwoon Superior Court <lndgkt<\ A. Kelly and Attornoy F. V. Bpencer. Sponcor took strong excep tion to a ruling by tho court. Sevoral ironical lomarks pujtflod, and then .1 ndgo Kelly lined Spencer $'?() for con tempt. Hponcer dolled tlio court to his fact, aud tho court rotortQd with tho statcment'that Hponcer was a falsifier. ?Judgo Kelly followod it up by leaving tho bench aud striking Spencer. Npoucor attempted to strike back, " but Deputy Sheriff Martin interfered and tho iudgo roturned to his soat on tho bench. Spoucer stood at the bar of tho court applying to tho judgo bffouaivo epithets. The court thon ordered the deputy shori IV to remove Attorney Spencer, but afterwards modified tho instructions and allowed Spencer to roturu. A KAMI I A" MUH DIGUED. An Unsuccessful Attempt Mario to Hum the II oiihc and tho Bodies. A special from Worcester, Mass., sayB: Francis 1). Nowton, a prosper ous farmer of lirookliold, his wifo, Sarah, and their 10-yenr-ohl adoptod daughter, Etbol, wore found murderod in thoir bods. The crimo wan discovorod by neighbors whoso curiosity wan aroused, by tho lowing ?iT t1>? unfad cattle. The threo had been killed with au axe. A hired man who has boon omployod by Newton, is missiui?, aud tho authorities aro making a soarch for him. Ho was kuown only by the name of Paul. Nowton was 45 years of a?e and hui wifo was threo yoars younger. An at tempt had been mado to conceal the crime by netting fire to the hotiso. Kerosene had been spilled on tbo floor of the wood shod nod a lamp so placod as to set fire to the wood. One stick was burned through, but for sorao un accountable reason a blaze was avorted. Robbery is supposed to havo been the motive of tbo murder. ROW IN AUGUSTA'S COUNCIL^ Fight Hdiween an Alderman and the ? Fire Chief. At tho session of the Augusta, <>a , city council, on the 8th for the eloct jon of city officers for the ensuing term, tho fight between tho Walsh and Kerr factions was resumed with all pugilistic features. The Kerrites have a majority of fivo and proceeded to amputate tho heads of those officers wjhorfilpported ox-Senator Walsh in the municipal campaign. When the Are department was reach - ed, tbo presence of Chief Koulette wits necessary, and pendiug his arrival a re cess was taken. During this recess, Connty Jailer Collins and Councilman Lougee became involved in a difficulty. Lougee attempted to strike Collins, who landed a blow on Lougee's jaw. Lougoo reached for his gun. but |>eacemahers interfered and quiet was restorod. Feeling is running high among the citizens, and the action of tho Korri^cs is denounced on all sides. - ? * ? ?? ^ ? ? Money to Surceo?l <jeorgr. The Democratic caucus of the Mississ ippi Legislature has nominated Hon. II. D. Money as United States Senator to succeed the late Senator George. TORNAUO I^KBNTUCKV, Ofent Damage l>one In the Town of 3forg<tnfleM. A tornado struck the town of Morgan field, Ky. , unroofing the old Methodist church and parsonage, totally demol ishing the large two story buck bard ware grocery store of H. 'L. Hart & Bio,, the city hali .ADd_ J.-_M* Jean's produoe store. The Crown roller mills building was considerably damaged and the smokestack was. blown down. The front of A, W?mo's iewaUf store w a* blown in and a number of small BBffeO&tf fcfid cbi=?rs blown down. Mr. Harrey Hellers, ths . city marshal, who was in . tks police TOID IN A PARAGRAPH. Til 6 South, Atlanta, (in., Inst year used $3,000, 000 in building. Fivo at \\ ashington, On., doBtroyod $oo,(XH> worth of property, Insurance, $ to, ooo. Bich deposits t>f platinum ha^o boon discovered near Jacksou, To A. at a depth of lifty foot. ^ Tho car "City of Charlotto" was slightly damaged at Marion, N. C. , by u shifting freight ear on tho sido track. Thiply-six buildings in Fnrmvillo, Va., Luvo boon burned, causing a loss of $1 AO, 000; iusurauco $10,000. J], II. Mil lev, a prominent tobacco manufju-tur or at Ihuiville, Ya. , lias mada--nu assignment; liabilities &'>",? 0014.'' Tlie President ban named Owen l<. W. Smith, of North Carolina, to bo miuialur resident and consul general of tho United States to Iiiberia. The Virgin Cotton Mill, at Hunters vil to, is running day and night. A number of new faetorv Iiouhos aro boiug built. Charlotto (N. C.) Observor. Governor Tyler of Virginia, has an nounced the appointment of Col. \N m. Naile, of Culpeper, to bo Adjutant General of tho State, to succeod t tonornl Charles Anderson. Secretary Toxvnson, of tho Norfolk (Vu. j Youug Mou's CUriatiau Associa tion, has resigned to accept tho socro taryship of the Pennsylvania Hailroad Association. At HuhhcI ville, Ky. , two boys named Robert Evans and (loorgo Duncan, bo came involved in a quarrol, which re sulted in Kvans stabbing Duncan to death with a pocket-knife. At AsheViUe, N. C., several boys wero in a room fooling with a- pistol. One of tho boys, Wainscot, stnrtod to show his revolver to Willie Hampton, and whilo extracting a cartridge from it one shell exploded, tho bullet striking Hampton iu tho oyo and killing him instantly, -s At Huntington, W, Vo?, Carter Shi Motto has l)oon arrosted for passing old city ordors which mysteriously di? appenrod from tho vanltn at tho city hail. Kiftoen thousand dollars worth liavo been paid a second time. Shifllotto says ho camo by tho ordors honestly. Tho aggregate amount of tho miasing orders is 40, 000. The Confedorato votorans of Meek lonburg county, North Carolina, liavo begun prepartioiiH for tho 20th of May celobratioh at Charlotto, that occasion being tho dedication of tho monument to tho signers of tho Declaration of Jn dopeudeuce, Tho Charlotto Typo graphical Union, composod of about forty members, will bo represented in tho parndo, as well an other organiza tions and societies. Tho North. Tho Maryland Hopublican has split, and thero will bo no fusion with Demo crats. . - . Tho Now York Logislaturo proposes to regulato tho practico of meHinorisui alid hypnotism in thnt. Hpi it?. At Jamestown, N. Y. , 100 mou have been thrown out of work by tho burn ing of the Straight Manufacturing Company's j^ant. , Win. 0. ^HJkloy, of Chicago, has been appointed by Comptroller Dawes national bank examinor to succcod Jos. Talbert, resigned. ' Wm. T. Buckley, who, until. Tan. 1st, was a member of the dry goods fnun of Dunham, 13uckley Ar Co,, of Now Yo*i, committed suicide by shooting himBeir in a boathouso adjoining his residence. Adlai E. Stevenson, former Vice President of tho United Statos, has accepted the position of Western conn sol of tho North American Trust Cqiil ~pahy oTT^ew York, with a membership in the board of directors. '? Mrs. Augusta Nack, jointly charged, with Martin Thorn, with tho inurdor of Wm. Ciuldensuppe, a bath rubber, at Woodsido, L. I., >n Juno of last yoar, htl been sentenced to llftoon year a in JMffiHtato prison at Auburn, N. Y. K Burglars entered the reeidence of W. _,W. Jacobs,. 12 Waver ly Plac?, Chicago, 111., 'nud carried away mining stock valued at about $10,000, besides a col lection yf rar.e coins, musical instru ments, rare books, jowolry, silverware and clothing, On February 1st 114 looms in the Manchester (Sr. H.,) Cotton Mills will be atopped for an indefinite time. The eauee assigned is the falling off' in tho demand for print goods. Thero will also be a reduction of about 10 per cont. in wagon, affecting about 30 por cont of tho employes, on January 24th. Miscellaneous. California grain crops are suffering froin'lack of rain. Corbett offers Fitzsimmons $35,000 for a fight to a finish* The number of doatha from yellow fever in Cuba Is diminishing. Bobbers attempted to hold nj* a train on tho Kafisas City, Pittsburg and Onlf railroad, but they mado a "wind haul. " Four colored men have been lynched in the vioinity of Bpftrden. Ark., with* in the last few days for different crimes. ffpaln Will send 6,000' tro^e^icT Cuba at the end of this month and further troops, up to 14.000, will be sent to.the island if needed. j: A locomotive exploded on the Cin cinnati ftxtttern Railway, causing tbe death oi the engineer and flr?a??tt and the train being wrecked. Prrfeftns ~ tist. who died at' X bm ilmmvWkKkmx THIS MA It It IC I'M. NKW VOHK COTTON fOTl'RKR. New York. ? Cotton quiot. Middling upland, 5 10- 10 ; Middling (Jul! Futures closed steady. Opouing. Closing. Junuvry ft 1 8 ft 7ft fcebruury ft 80 ft 87 !\fftreh . . ft 81 ft 81 April... \ ft 80 ft 80 May \ ft 00 ft tHi Jnno \ 5 08 ft 05 July >v 0 IK) ft 00 August \ . . . . . 0 05 0 01 Septum bur ?. . . . 0 01 0 00 October ^ 0 03 0 00 November ... I >o.combor ?... i.i v Knroofj cotton fit a i; k i j r. Liverpool. - Middling \ J|. ' Futuros closed h toady. January and February .\ 8 10 b February and March 0 10(<fcll March and April 0 11 b April and May 0 1? b May nnd June 8 18 b ?June and duly 0 14 b duly and August 0 1ft b August nnd September 0 10 b ?Soptoint>er and (Jotober 8 17 b October and Novembor. 0 I7(?ftl8 November and Peceinbor 8 18 b J >oeomber and January 3 11 b OTTTKR COTTOV MARK JITS. Charleston. Cotton quiet ; (diddling ft*. Wilmington. ? Cotton firm ; mid tiling ft 7 - 1?>. Savannah. ? Cotton steady; middling ft 8-10. Norfolk. Cotton steady; middling 64* 'Memphis. Cotton steady; middling ft 0-10. Augusta. Cottou steady; middling ft 0-10. Haltimoro. ? Cotton nominal; mid ling ijfl 1 Colulnbia --Market steady ;goood mid dling Gk. '? *Chnrlotto Market steady; good mid riTing 1. 40, ' . DALTIMOUC IpOMWV, II Alt RUT. . Baltimoro. ?Flour iuuetivo and un changed. Wbont ?Weak. S| ot and month 0ft^(r$1)fl; May 08 bid; Hteamor No. S lied, OO'JtgiOl; Southern wheat by sam ple 0U(f007.J; Southorn.-vjrheat.on grade 02fi?07. ~ *\ Corn -r Quiot. Spcn~8^T| @32} ; steamoi mlxod 80j($00^; Southern whiro corn 82(<^!M4; yellow corn, 0()C(j50t. Oats? Quiot but linn. No. 2 whiU 29 1 (<430. KICK. Charleston ? Tho rice -^arkot i? tirm. The quotations are: Primo .....ft Oood ? .4 Fair 4 @5} <?ft NAVAI/ BTonKW. Now York.? Rosin steady. Turpou ^tine qniet at 81i(rA88;{. ^Charleston? -Turpentine tirm at 80J. Rosin tirm ant} unchanged. Wuvannah. ? Spirits turpentino firm at $>2; Rosin tirm and unchaugod. i Wilmington. ? Spirit%'turpentjn6 30J HO/. Rosin tirm at 1. 1ft? LJJOrCrude tur rpontino firm at 1.40M1.00. Tar firm at 1.05. T COTTON SKKlWOIIi. New York? Cotton feseed nil firm; prime crude 18J@tO; \rimo yeello* 82<ft22. j Dlmo MuReum to Penitoutlary. David E. Bates, accused of having six more wives than tho law allows, ana who, as a rosult of his~'aFrest several months ago, has had fttoady employ ment at the dime museums, in Chicago, has been conviotod of bigamy in tin first of ifio numerous cases against him. lie was tfiven a fine of $1,000 and to, intermediate sentence in the ponitem tiary. Throe of the wives were' present in court Mot In a^Cdurt liooin. In the Hamilton (Tenu.) County Court Esquire SpringfiMd and Ksqtffn Raidnton had some not words and olinched. Instantly 250 men in court started a riot. Clubs, chairs, cuspidor* and knives wore used, autT everybody ' fought his neighbor. Window* wen broken and the court room defaeed. Officers were compelled to restore order with their ciubs, and then court ad journed. Tho whole citv was stirred up and serious troublo is looked for. Assignment at &&ensboro. At Greensboro, N. 0., tho firm of J. L. King A- Co., has filed a deed of as< nignment, naming John W. King trus tee. The firm's indebtedness of aboul 820,000 is covered with assets ordinarily . worth in the neighborhood of $80,000, and it is only fair to presume ihat dol lar for dollar will be paid, with a possi ble balance.. ...Failure to make ooilao tions f orcod tho Arm to take this step. American Cotton Shlf^wjiB, The London Pall Mall Gazette, in oommentingupon the lucres*? of Ameri. eaa- eotton ehipmeuts tu Japan M]f?: "The special intareat for us ) tea in th? injury to Indian eolton- growers. II tbe Amerioan staple oodMiiiiiih cheap, and the American takings increaee, U ^??SSa Uhlnt*