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/ THE 110 Kit Y~ UEltALH. [Kntcrod at the i'ost Ofltco at Cotiwny an second class matter.) oonsr^^^.-^r, 3. o. T1IUHSDAV, Al.'CS. 4, 1J5S7. A terriiio tornado passed over bar go, Dakota, Monday night duly 2b, doing considerable damage in the way of blowing olT roofs, chimneys, breaking windows, wrecking fencos and small buildinos. It was aceom- ! panied bv a remarkable electrical display in which some few persons were killed. Molatnl, Minn, was struck by a tor- i nado about the same time which blew 1 down several houses and wounded five persons. A disastrous rainstorm passed over Heading, Pa. tlio night of tho 20 in- 1 dieting heavy losses upon railroad and private property. In a radius of twenty-five miles the damage is estimated at 150,000. Tho (>hio ltopuhlican Convention met in Toledo, July tho 27, renominated Poraker for Coventor, endorsed 1 John Sherman for President of the United Statos. Put forth a platform of principles reaffirming its udherenco to the protective tariff, condemning . Cleveland's administration, especially j in the matter of tho civil sorvice law and vetoing pension hills. It favors liberal pensions for soldiers and .-ai 1 1 I l r .. .1 i ?>;s ?nhi iaro? e \ peno 11 in es ?or me improvement of national waterways and national aid to education. It is not a platform on wlueli an intel! ioent jpat riot ie cit i/eiTwould call to stand and appeal to intelligence and patriotism for support, and yet the main design is evidently to catch votes. Slavery in Hrazil promises soon to he a tlnno of the past. The I'ailimenL of the empire is now consider ino a hill providing for the linal stages of emancipation and it will j?ass. 11 declares all slaves registered 11... v .1 r u>oi < i r M I Mil' I IIIL5 a'\*' 1 ?U IOOJ l<> 1)1' irt'l'. lint thev must servo their masters two years more, liein^r paid, however ami beino eared for. Moreover, they can redeem themselves for about ><200 each. Slaves b0 years ; old or more need not thus serve their 1 masters, and if one of a married 1 couple happens in some way to free himself, th" other also becomes free, j The registered number of slaves i in the empire is about 1,200,000. j1 President Cleveland is overwhelmed with invitations to visit different j cities in the South and West. I lope lie may bo able to accomodate all desirous of a Presidential visitation, and we further hope ho may be bio enouoh physically and psychically to fill their ideal of a whole President. Charleston is discussing the expo mi vin > v i i'vynui'' ii ?* i aim ualiiu niuil J r> o to ilio "city l>v 1110 soa" soinotimo in I October. No doubt it would pay 11 io merchants handsomely, and enable their country cousins to mako an enjoyable trip to die city. It cope ii i the Citailcl Academy. J The n's and ('onrii r says: "The Alumni Association of the Citadel did a very sensible thing in appointing Col John 1). Wylie, of Lancaster, its next annual orator," said a gentle man to a reporter yesterday. "Col. Wylie did as much as any senator to forward the re-establishment of tho Academy, of which he is an alumnus. 1 chanced in Co-, i I.:.. ..i , i.~ 4:..w. .i : r ? i i 11111111?i en iiiu i i 1111" iiiv ?jur.-M inn tu inestablishment was being agitated, j Tho House had passed the bill, but the contest in tho Senate was extremely close and was, 1 believe, eventually settled by tho casting vota of the Lioutonnnt-CJovornor. There was a Senator from one of the upper coast counties, tall and ungainly in form, quizzical in language, and delivery, but with a sound sub-stratum of common sense, which always commanded an attentive hearing when he rose to speak. He had voted solidly against the Citadel in tho preliminary skirmishes, and but for ColWylio would have S3 continued to vote. The night before tho third reading of the billWylio went to the hotel of the Senator and reasoned with him untill the woo sinn' hours. So persuasive was Wylio that on tno next day to the astonishment of all tl\i> o< ai r/1 tr I ^rt?\K/\uon I n I i t>/% ' ? f < iiiw .inn uj j uouu um v u ui iiiu iijiper coast county voted for the re-establishment of 1)10 Citadel, and his vote with that of the Lieutenant-Governor saved the day. The description in the above paragraph suits the Senator from Horry with the exception that ho was not tall of stature. We are informed that it was not simply the persuasive arguments of Senator Wylie that operated the change of his vote on the succeeding day but one of his constituents, who is an alumnus of the Academy and a special friend of the Horry Senator, had written him letter strongly urging him to change front nnd support the Academy, and that was the main factor in bringing out the fma' ."a.orablo vote. rs*- . % \ ax impromptu vi:m< i:. ! The Picturesque lluf Pitiable Plight of Augusta. AfUCSTA, .Inly HI. All^USta, to-day reminds one forcibly of that bcautuiful city Venice. Almost the entire place is one smooth but pretty ' expanse of water, dotted with boats of every description, from a sail'ng yacht to the smallest canoe. Hoots drawing live feet of water can be enrried over three-f mrths of the the city without danger of running; aground. People were piling in boats jtcll-mell from midnight last night till noon to dap seeking places . of safety from the rapid rise of the WUtOrs, JMJll tltOll boats WOl'd HO scarco 11i3it many had to sleep in tho second stories of their houses. Dainsi were buit in front of many vards and oven before tho doors and windows I or p'az/aas, but th.eso wore apuekly overflowed. Then those whoso j houses had two stories lied to tho second, I>111 those who wore not so fortunate were compelled to mount chairs and beds, awaiting the arrival of boats. .Many floated out on hastily constructed rrfts. A number of those who own boats have acted vorv badly, charging as much ais a dollar ai piece to remove people from their iiousesthat wore rapidly filling. ( )f course poor people had to pev this extortionate rate as they feared drowning, and each and every boatman has made from one to live huiidi d dollars. As predicted in this coriespomlence, the river continued to rise throughout all la^t night and to-day when, at 'i o'clock, it rcaiehcd its gaeatost height, thirty live feeet. Since then it has been falling slightly, and ait 8 o'clock to-nigh one inch faill is registored. 'eni-: SCKN ! : IN 11 \ M at no ShoiiiN after 2 o'clock your correspondent secured a boail ami first crossed the river into Hamburg. In many places there the water is fill- ! ly eighteen feet deep. I noticed wa- j tor up to the roofs of many small I dwelling houses, and there is not | a house in the entire place that the first floor is not submerged. Not onl\ all business has been mis- i pendod, but the entire population have moved with their live stock over to Schultz llill. Many hoi's and cows werd drowned, and wagon j bodies, tubs, chairs and ail manner I of household goods mav be seen j floating around on the water. None but foot passengers were allowed to cross the bridge, and they were all j ' advised not to make the attempt. The South Carolina train was unable to get nearer than within a mile! of the bridge, four hundred feet of ; the Hamburg trestle having been washed away. Neither the Charlotte, Columbia Augusta or the South ('arolina trains went out I his morning, as Llie bridges won? deemed unsafe, hut this afternoon both trains wont out ifter dolayng sonic hours. The t 'harlotte, Columbia and Augusta trestle is all right in Hamburg, but the Tort Kpyal trestle leading to the bridge three miles below the city has been entirely washed away, and no trains are running. NVAT UK IN Til K SKCONb STOItlK*. I then rowed up the river to the eastern portion of the city. There, I near the bank, tin? water is running ; into the second story of the houses. ( hit of some four hundred houses in that neighborhood there are now | hardly half a dozen inhabited. IJnteaux were being paddled through the lower floors of many houses, and tho water is from 5 to 20 feet deep, i We then rowed tip through Proud | street from the Planters' Motel to the extreme uimer end, and there the water is flooding all the stores, not one having escaped, and is in the first floor of many dwelling houses. We then proceeded out to Greone street above the Kntcrpriso factory, I which has water all over the ground floor, and the stores in the neighborhood are covered, in two instances over the counters. The Augusta I>elugc<)ver. Auousta, Ga., August I ."?The waters have been slowly receding all the morning and at 2 o'clock to-day a fall of twenty-seven inches from the highest point is registered. The canal bank is washed awav for thirty or forty feet and water is still pourino through in torrents. n n On liroad street the water has fallen enough to allow the street cars to run over seven-eights of the line, but on all the others streets tho water is yet (piito deep. Tho water from tho canal has done considerable dainawo to tho houses on , r> upper Greene street. A dead horse hitched to a buggy was seen floating down the river this morning. A boatman took off the harness and pulled it and the buggy ashore, lotting tho horse go down. Lombard's foundry, whore tho so........1 i....i.n r r..i vwnw i\m i;i < iiiidi i/iimU) in 111 iriii nil condition, some portions of the building I?ointr badly washed,and much of his lately completed work washed away. It is feared that the whole buildings is undermined but nothing definite can yet bo learned. The water surrounds it to a depth of lif toon feet. It is thought now, since the fall has commenced, that the damage is at an end, and the city is regaining its usual business activity. It will take months of work and thousands of dollars to repair the streets alone, so badly have they been washed. All the sowers are broken. It is difficult to form an idea of | the immense amount of damage done ' to the many residences and stores here, but it is safe to predict that it will run up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. ^ > f" ' A Revolt from l\hi? Cotton. Ki..\< Kvn.i.i:, July A few years ago the man who would havo ventured to suggest to the farmers along tho railroads in this county that more money, per aero, could lie made planting watermelons than could he realized from the old staple would have been regarded as a crunk. Many <>f litem wotdd have looked upon it as almost desecration to utili/.c tho fine cotton lands that border the South ('arolina Railway on both sides, from Midway to White I'ond, for melon growing. To one like myself, who has been deeply interested in the development of the magnificent agricultural resources of this county, and has talked it and written of it on al! proper occasions, and ascertained in that way how deeply tho one idea I of cotton growing was fixed in the minds of our planters, it is almost incomprehensible to note the change that has come upon them in tho section mentioned. It is, however, as refreshing and gratifying as it is hard c* r~> j to understand. What an interest now is manifested in melon-growing. What an inn n dustry it has become. What life and | animation it. throws into business cirj cles at this otherwise dull season of | the year. Por the last three weeks this town and those above us and bo| low on the railroad have exhibited a scene of life and activity that is not I equalled, in some respects, in the | busy cotton months. IJuyer and sol| ieitors for commission houses from all i parts of the North, Past, and North, west have filled up our towns and go from place to place by every train, I ami actively compete with each other in their endeavors to secure as many carloads us possible. The telegraph I operator is kept busy sending and receiving dispatches as to the state of the market from all points. The South ('arolina Railway is kept busy moving the crop. liuying and sel lino is active every afternoon when the cars, which have been loaded all along the line, have been massed here. farmers, merchants, and buyers j from abroad arc all alike filled with j the desire of bio profits, and a frajj- |i meiit of the spirit of Wall street seems I to have turned loose here. The re- j suit this season has boon greatly beneficial to our section. The planters have realized oood prices, and all who have handled the crop are satisfied with the profits realized. The crop is easily made, rapidly marketed, ind the universal verdict is that the profits far exceed, per acre, the best cotton crop. I hit the beauty of is that it does not interfere with the cotton crop in ' my way. It is so oasily made that the cotton crop need not be decreased to any jrreat extent. It is marketed at a time when planters have little else to do, ai.d brings cash into oir j eolation at a time money is oroatly i needed. Some of the small fanners tell mo that theyjhavo already in pocket as much money as their cotton crop will realize, at one-fifth of the cost, and at the same time expect to make as much cotton as they nsualU make. It is safe to say that the watermelon industry has passed tho experimental sfago in this section. It did not prove near so remunertive at first, owinpr to the fact that the movement was new and our planters inexperienced and did not understand how to market the crop to the best advantage, and consequently iduttod some mar ket whilo others wont unsuppliod. Tho arrangements for freights had n ~ not been systematized and in many instances consigners were swindled r> by unscrupulous parties, who sold melons in many of (lie markets, lint these matters have all been overcome and this season's crop has been well handled and prices have been very satisfactory all the time. It is estimated that the crop of this season, which has now boon mostly marketed, will put at least tifty-thounand dollars in the pockets of out people in this section of our country. ()f course molon-growing can only be profitably carried on where the lands are contiguous to railroads, as it will not pay to haul them any great distance. 1 The railroads are doing much to pro mote the industry but can and should do more. They should provide cars more suitable for tno shipment of the , fruit, so that the freshness may be bettor preserved, and guard against loss from excessive, heat. They should also reduce the freights and arrange for schedules of rapid and continuous transportation to all markets. They can well afford to do this, as the more accommodations and i assurances the people have of realizing profits from their industry, the . larger the crops will be, and consequently an increaso of business for the roads, and that, too, at a time when thero is nothing much else for them to haul. Hut whilo the monoy realized from melon growing is very gratifying in itself, yet the rosult of the experiment is much more far-reaching. The most encouraging feature connected with it is that our farmers have made a break from exclusive j cotton planting as a money crop. Other agricultural experiments aro now sure to bo made which will lead to a development of the wonderful and untold agricultural resources of our Stato. With soil, cl'mato and every natural advantage ?pr successful agriculture there is absolutely no reason why our State should not be tin? garden spot of our great country Break our people away front the erroneous idea that cotton is the only money crop we have, and the work will bo fairly begun. Why may not the watermelon culture in Barnwell County provo tho turning point? , Ktptallv as groat results have had their origin in a smaller cause. ' (>ur town is rapidly and solidly re I covering from tho ashes. Fine bricl stores now moot the gaze on evorj hand and handsome residences an rapidly tilling up tho open lots. The j South Carolina Hail way is making alterations and amendments t< meet the largo fall business whicl loooms up so prominently. Blackville, the outlet over the South Carolsna Railway, for the splendid country traversed by the Blaekvillo and Newberry Railroad is advantageously located for ul! kinds of business. The climate is eoual to Aiken, health unsurpassed by any locality in tho State, near tho ilea lings Springs, with good society, good schools and churches, there is mo reason why parties seeking a good place to spend the winter, or to locate and invest permanently, either for business in town or sueessful planting, should seek farther than this I community to lind all tlio advantages I they eon Id wish. Wo will welcome all who wish to come among us to so! cure homes and become citizens or sojourners. Wcv/vj an<l (.'onricr. Carlisle on (lie Situation. [ The .M emetnjt:v has tin? greatest confidence in Speaker Carlisle s judgment as a statesman and politician. Being interviewed the other day by a reporter of the New Vork l/rr<i/d> Mr. ('arlisle summed up the probabilities of the next campaign and tho personalities of the candidates most | admirably. Mr. ('arlisle said: ' I think the renoinination of Mr. Cleveland is a foregone conclusion, and in my opinion it is tne wisest and best thing the Democratic party can do. If nominated ho will be elected, j no matter who may be his opponent. J lo has given tho country a sensible, business-bke and patriotic administion, and the best evidence of his capacity for the place he occupies is found in the fact that even his most vigilant and vindictive political opponents have not been able to point to a single instance in wnicli any public interest has suffered on account of his oilicial conduct. The petulant tone of the party criticism to which he iias been subjected throughout ildiuinistra11(js ,,f itself il r<hifession that his couptjo in loiraud to laroe and hnportont matters is unassailublo. So long as ho does the ritrht thing at i n h n the right time, and in the right way, a , ? , fi J no political capital can bo made bv attempts to ridicule or exaggerate his personal characteristics; and if lie is renomi'iatod the Republicans will discover, long before the campaign is over, that this shot is too small for the game they are hunting. Mr. Maine 1 think, can securso the Republican nomination if he wants it. Rut I am not certain that he would take it. lie is the most perfect living representative of the real principles and methods of the partisan Republicanism which characterized administration of | the government for twenty years after the close of the war; and if the party intends to make an honest and aggressive campagn in support of its actual political faith it will compel him to take the nomination. Mr. Maine believes implicitly in the sovereignty of the Republican party, and [ in himself as the impersonation of its 'power, lie therefore claims the alj legianco and active support of every professed Republican, and never for j gives any one who opposes him. I'his alienated h'rn from a large number of ; prominent men in his own party, but lie is still stronger inside the party than any other man, and if nominated would rociovo the full partisan vote; but he will never again receive such a vote as he received in 1881." The following is the copy of an Act to permit the sale of domestic wines manufactured in this Stato without license: Skcsion 1. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting inCJeneral Assembly, and by the authority of tin; same, That from and after the passage of this act it shall bo lawful for any person or persons in this State, without license, to sell, trade or barter, in quantities not loss than a quart, domestic wine manufactured by such person or persons from grapes or borrys grown wi'hin this State: Procido/, That all wines sold under the provisions of this Act shall be put u|i ! in bottles, casks or demijohns containing not less than one quart, and that a label containing the name of the person or persons manufacturing and selling the same shall be placed upon each and every bottle of wine sold b^ them. Sue. 2 That any person or porsom violating the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be lined in a sum not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not more than one month, or both fined and imprisoned, in tho discretion of tlui / A vuun. Sue. 3. rhat all Acts or parts ol Acts, gen oral or special, contrary t< the provisions of this act bo, and the same arc hereby, repealed, so far as they may be in conflict with this Act. Approved Dec. 20, A. 1). 1885. A Poetical Address. Columbia Record The following is tho novel addross upon a letter put in tho Columbia post office on Saturday. It was evidently written in tho city: Toot! toot! your whtHtlo loud; lot her scream! '''akemo along with a full head of Htoam. To Fort Scott, Kans&a, I want to go. Whore in summer gentlo zephyra blow; To It. ?. Walls, who in there making brick. 1'lease tawo me right away, <|uick! In advance o? tho sickly season rendoi yourself impregnable; a malarial atmos phero or sudden change of temperature k fraught with dancer; use Dr. .1. II. Me bean's Strengthening Cordial, 1.00 pei lK>ttle. ? t Important ICnilmnd Matter*. Piiit.ADKMMiiA, July 80. -Kraal ? Thompson, vice president of t'io l'enn > sylvaniu railroad had an interview ' yesterday with tlio managers of sev 1 j oral important railway lines leading South from Washington and hnvt ! concluded negotiut'ons for one ol ' the most important railway traflic ar' rangeinonts ever entered into by tin I Vnnsy 1 vania railroad. Thoarrangomeat embraces the formation of three ' throundi southern lines in order to n 1 overcome expense and delays by numerous transfers incident to shipment < of freight from cities and interior ' points in the South, destined to any points North reached by the I'enn1 j sylvaniu road system. There were present at the intoro1 view, John Robinson, President of ' the Seaboard and Roanoke road; II. Walters, General Manager of the Atlantic ('oast -Line; K. 15. Thomas, General manager of the Richmond and Danville railroad; Sol Haas, Trallie Manager of the \ irginia Midland railroad, and John S. \\ ilson, (jioneral Freight ami Traffic Agent of tho I'ennsy Ivania railroad. I hroe through freight linos aro so arranged to cover all tho important southern territory reached by the roads out of Washington and they will run via the Virginia Midland Railroad; sen 7 ootid t<> run via the Atlantic ('oast Lino and tho third via Wilmington, Norfolk, Richmond and I'ortsmout-h. Faeh *?f tho companies interested will i furnish its (ptota of ears and lines as j established will provide all rail connection, which will undoubtedly have I ureal influence in promoting business interests of the SoutIt. \ ice-1 .'resident Thompson has al- I ready directed that cars to bo provid- | ed by the I 'ennsy I vania railroad shall bo promptly assigned to this service, and it is the intention of all parties interested to proceed at once to get these through lines in operation at the ear'iest date possible. Interstate Kevenue Statistics. W as 111 n?; ion , .1 uly 23, The commissioner of eternal revenue, Miller, to day submitted to Secretary Fairchild a preliminary report of tho ope rations of that service during the liscul year ending July 20, 1S87, from which the following facts and figures are taken: Total collection from all I sources of internal revenue for tlie . fiscal year just ended, were $I 18,835,I 757. This is $ 1 ,035,888 more than the collection for the previous fiscal year. The cost of collection to he paid out of the appropriations made to the revenue bureau was about $1,i 075,000; to this must be added the i cost of printing the internal revenue , stamps. The receipts from different | objects of taxation, as compared with i the receipts for the previous veer, was as follows: Spirits $05,820,332, a decrease of $3,202,040; tobacco $30, 108,007, an increase of 2,200,705; fermented liquors $21,022,187, an increase of $2,2 15,150; oleomargarine $723,018, all increase, lianhs $!,588, increase. Miscellaneous $247,045, an increase of $21 1,350. The figures indicate a decrease in the eonsumption of sb'rituous liquors, and a corresponding increase in the consumption of malt liquors. - ?? A UllWtti'I'illlt ?tl lOxpein e to llie County. As a specimen of tho way in which county Trial Justices soinetimes carry to trial frivolous eases at oreat expense to 1110 county, which could ho settled without expense, the holow is {riven. The ease was one, that of Statu vs. James Bredlow, brought heI foro Trial Justice Brown, in the case I of alleged larceny of a poeketkn'.fe, the value <>f which was probably about ; 15 cents: Trial Justice's fee $8,00 Constable' fee 5,75 Sheriff's bill, commitment 50 " " board for J line 1,80 Clerks charges 1,00 12,10 There is besides a further bill for hoard for July, and fee for discharge from jail, for the case was appealed j from tho Trial I Justice's court and dismissed, i From the same Trial Justice hills i, have boon received, including some 1 cases which were dissmissed before . tho Court of General Sessions, yet i considerable expense caused the I county by ooin<r through the form of i triad in the lirst court when ai mere ' looking into the faiMs would laaive shown the baselessness of the actions, s -Columbia /{< f/isfri'. t -? ??A Sli'i'H sa o?*v I )i>nsi>l i V i. !! .><1 > I 1 ' * i > ( WUmimjton Mrdacnyev.) 1 Mr. John Watters, superintondanl of tlie fibre department of Acme Manufacturing Company's works at f Cronly, vouches the following: ) A colored man brought several > I hens to that embryo city for sale M They were purchased. One of them, '! a little yellow fowl, came into posessI sion of Mr. Walters. Dutifully she I laid a nest of eggs and perseveringly she hatched a brood of chickens, and with maternal caro she nursed and hovered over her brood. When the chicks were weaned the hoti grew sick, nigh unto death, and , began to moult. The process kept Jon until a full cock's plumage adorn i C<1 I lint lion K1 ?<> nninrifitil /\ ?i I" ? ...WW CI full fledged black-broastcd' brass i winged red cock, with glossy How ing tail. .Mi Walters regretted he lmd sonl the lien-rooster to Capt. Strudwiok r.j of Hillsboro, and the reporter couhl not see it, her or him. * Messrs. Wilkes Morris and W. If r French say they saw tho.strunge compound and attest the story as true. p. > r A ridclity l? TIlcOM riay. t Washington, July 29.- -Tho soc rotary of tho interror to day denied : the claim oT William Hcdgspcth, ox! |>rivato it) the 12d Indiana volunteers. r The case is an uncommon one, and > has been the subject of much d'scusf j sit>n by pension oTeials. I ledgesjielh was captured in 1S1W and eon*, lined as a prisoner tit Andersonville. | After remaining in capt'vity five ^ months ho enlistened in lho ('onfed ' crate army, lie says, to escape starvation, and so informed his fellow-prisoners and that at tho first opportunity ho would desert, and if possible make his win back to his old command. After a short service in tho < 'oufodorato army ho carried out his I intention, and linallv reached Ins old regiment, in which ho served until | discharged. Sonic veers ago Iledgspeth >?j?i>1 i?><I for a pension on the ground of i disability contracted w hile in the Federal service. This fact was fully I sustained. The law provides that no one who aided, directly or ine'rectiy, the enemies of the Cfovenunont in the late I war shall bo permitted to draw a 'pension. Iledgspeth's brief ooonee| tion with the Confederacy made him amenable to the law. lbs motive, ?t is said, cannot be taken into considj (nation. .Opinions by the do/en, | somo favorable and others unfavorable and others mifa\^?rable, have oeen written upon the case by different oflicials of the interior department. At last, after the lapse of 'years, it reached the secretary of the interior for liual action The papers mi the case, which are very voluminous, include a strong protest by ('omuiiss'oncr MlarU against the payment of tho pension. ? <or? -<r- - litiltd Torn. M.\i/i'iMot.i:, .1 uly Jit). .) udge Mond sitting in the I'uited States District Court today, decided that TIioiiias \\ iggins, known all over the world ".suMI;nd Tom" the pianist, shall be delivered on or before August 10 into the custody of Mrs. Fli/.a Methane, who represents ('limity W iggins, the ,t e . i?e i M' ' ? - ' mi iin<m i i i >i11111 i (mi. :11i?i 11illi .J sis. \V. liethune. who lias had charge of I liiii:, shall at the .same time pay to .Mis. I Jot Isune t Ik* sum of $7,000 for I past services. The. cast* has been in the Courts for several years, ami has , attracted considerable a. < ntion from the fact that Tom aas been held as a I chnttal by the IJethunes ever since his musical jjeuius has made him val| viable. The suit was brought in the | interest o? his mother l*> te^ain pssession of him. ('liicUens llntebed li\ (lie limit. 1 M?tA\Al'oi.ts, .Inly 20.-- A novel ; siohi was witnessed here vosterdav as I the result of hi<rn temptu'aturo of the oast three weeks. Some time am* a . i* tirin received a consignment of eoos packed in boxes after the usual uianI nor. The <mos were placed iu stora?ro ami yesterdaymorninif tho consignee opened the ease. W hen the lid was removed the low call of chicks sounded in his ears. ()no entire layer of coirs was found to be hatching out and in a few minutes aTter tho e<ri?"s were brought to the ? i lioht fifteen welldevoloped "orphans" picked their way through the shells. Another layer began to hatch out about, noon and it now looks as though the cntiro consignr> o ment will hatch. Sioux <'i<> Sinking. Ciiicauo, July 29.? A special from Sioux City, Iowa, says: "The Missy uri River continues to 'cut the hank in front of this city, several hundred foot of valuable I property having gone out ?>f sight in the last twenty-four hours. The 1 llino?s ('entral, Siou* City and Pacific and Milwaukee Railroads have {joined in an effort to stop the eutiting, and are working three hundred men. Knginoers say they can control it in tune.,1 Sick headache, wind on the stomach, liiUinux.ncsM, nausea, arc promptly and agreeably banished by Dr. .1. II. Mckean's kittle Liver and Kidney Pellets, 2fic. per 1 vial. The Atlantic Coast Line sent ties week I'm lirst watermelon train Iroiurli froiii V hkitUo ( -.. I'-" ^ V "1-, I" 1 ?>'" 1 on, with 15,000 melons on hoard. Tiio trip was inado in ninety-live hours, auavoraga of twenty-live miles per hour, at a cost of about lifteon cents per melon. It is pleasurable to note any convenience extended to tillers of the soil. Truckers in this section mi<dit observe this item and n govern themselves accordingly. , According to an old custom , Cieorge \V. t'hilds is acting, during the summer, as sexton at the little Kpiscopnl Church at Klberon, X. .1. lie seats visitors who have no pews . of their own and also passes the coni tribution box. Mr. Chi Ids is very proud of his office and will not ac > ccj?t auv other in the t_f?ft of the 1 it' tie church. ? I Thore sre many accidents and diseases [ wheh affect Stock and cause serious lnon venienco and loss to the farmer and in Ins work, which may he quickly remidied hy the use of Dr. .1. 11. M cLeans Volcanic i Oil Liniment. .lust fame is accorded to a Kontuckiitu who is ninety-nine years old t and has never been a candidate for , an office. [ o # If you suller pricking pains on moving the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and " find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly use Or J. II, McLeans strengthening Eyo Sal?o '25c. a box. / ^ Coerciiiff a Country. Loi;>svii.i.k, Ky., July 20.- ? I "nitod States .Marshal Cross returned from Tavlor County tonight, whore ho wont with a mandate from Fedoral Court to collect tho railroad | tax. The marshnl, although boycotted by the people of that count\ , ^succeeded in undone1 seyeral hundred Io\ ?es. He reports it as tou^di work. Tho cit'/ens put eyery ohslaclo in the way and refused to pay. ()no man, who was about to |>ay h's taxes, it was rumored, was lynched and others have boon threatened. The ooods have not been sold yet, an i doubtless will have to be slopped out of the county before purchasers can be found. o .* jl r"?r immut iiiiin 1 no hush treatment or medicines which horribly '.rri|?.? the patient land destroy the coating of the .stomach i Dr. J. II. Mcheatis Chill and Fever cure. | Sold at ad cents a bottle, $0 What is neurasthenia? It is more common in the I'nited States than any oilier country. Physicians say that from the equator north, and from the arctic regions south, nervous diseases reach a climax in the temperate /one, the /one in which Kuropeau civilization exists. Neurasthenia is a comparatively modem disease, and is supposed to arisi^from the increased activity, the nervous strain under which the American people live. In ICurnpo nervous diseases classed under this head are hut J little knosvn; but our people are everyday becoming more nervous, and their organizations more delicate. It is partly due to our climate, but principalis to American enterprise. -? fS? ? Some cruel wnir spread the report that Queen Victoria would trive six louineas and a silver cradle to every child horn in her dominions on Jubilee I )ay. About four hundred people made application for the precious <>ifts for their darlings, but the Queen has evidently concluded that it is mere blessed to receive that to Vive presents. Hence many tears. Two balloons have been purchased for the military school at Tientsin, t'hina. The larger one is capable of holding sixty or .-event y persons, and the smaller thirty persons. An instructor lias already arrived at Tientsin. and after live months practice tiial trips will be .nude. j < 'liarles lh>lm, of Indiana, sold his wife to .1. II. Ituncli, a blind pensionsioner, for $15(10. Wonder who was cheated in the transaction. lAposure to romth weather, ip'ttinx *et living in (lamp localities, are favoralile to the contraction of diseases of the kidneys and hi.elder. As a preventive, and for the cure of all kidney and liver trouble, use that valuable remedy, Dr. .1. II. McLean's I.ivi r and Kidney Malm. $1.00 per bottle A I >VKIvTlSK.\l ifiXTS FAIR HU FF Mali: ami fkmai.E" I \ '. tfnirni trni i li\M I I U I W, With Military Department lor Roys and Calisthenics and Fine Arts for Girls. REV. J. A. SMITH Giuduath ok Davidson Co .1,1.0k, I'hok. ok Latin and (' ilkkk, MoUAI, and, Mk.STAI. PlMI.osopily. CAPT. W. L. FLOYD, Gkaduate ok S. C. Mii.itahy Academy, I'hok. Mathematics and Mii.itahy Tactics. "" MISS LOULA AYERS, Gkaduate ok Chowan Femai.e Ins t?t:te, Teach eii ok Cai.isthknk s, 11 Ki 11 Kit Hnoi.isii, Music and Fkencii. MRS. MARIA LOUISA SMITH, Savannah, Ga. IIioii Sciiooi., Tkaciikh ok vocai. and instrumental music. > Tuition and Hoard reasonable C'lTADKI. Cap AND I NIKOH.M $10.75. Session Opens on the First Monday in Septemiikh 1887. Foil 01 it Large Circular, Addhess (APT. W. L. FLOYD, FAIH Hl.ukk, N. C. j uly 21 52 8m. ? 3STotice to Ored.itors. ^ M. T. FIojtI, Administrator of L. 11. Floyd, deceased, Plaintiff aganist Cathcv'ino V f'/\l/?mo?* c. .....X, V V/IV I1KIII, 1 J, v Ult'Ill.'ltl, Hugh Floyd, <f nl, Defendants. ( <>mplaint for Judgment- and llelief. In obedience to nu Order of the Court in above stated case made by Judge .J. II. j Hudson, of date the "itli day of .May 1887, | notice is hereby given, that all creditors of I the lvdate of the said L. II. Floyd, deceas! ed, are re(|iiired to prove their demands before the Clerk or this Court, 011 or bet-ore the 10th day of September next, or this notice may be plead in bar of their claims. JOHN M. OMVfilt, C. C. P. july 21 52 3f. THOS. F. OII.LESPIE. A.ttorney at I.iuv uikI Trial .lustlee. " Oonway, ^B.XP J ^ Afi- m