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VOL. XLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1888. NO. ?. J ' i STORIES OF BUFFALO BILL. j The Bngler of Ihe Old Fifth Cavalry Tells Some Anecdotes. (Philadelphia Times, Aug. 29.) Buffalo Bill was watching half a dozen rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed, delighted children romping among the tepees of the Indians in the Wild West camp yesterday afternoon when a tall, wellbuilt man, with a blonde mustache, stepped op to him and said: "Hello, BilL" "How do you do, sir," Colonel Cody courteously replied. "You don't seem to remember me," *.Fm stranger, as a modest, half-smile stole over his handsome face. "No I do not, I am sorry to say." "Did you ever know the bugler of the old Fifth Cavalry?" "Why, is this Bugler Earshaw?" "That's who it is." "Well, put it there, old boy," and as ? BrtflBalcr Bill's" xigtrt h&SEI Shot Out it grasped the hand of the old comrade in the Western country. It was one of the happiest meetings between two men. Kershaw was only seventeen years old when he appeared on the frontier in the early part of 1868 a bugler of General Carr's command. He was from Chester, in this State, the native town of Major Brown, of the Fifth Calvary. He was a tall boy, of slim build, but was as brave as the bravest trooper. As bugler he was often with the scouts ~ " - " J. XT_ _ daring the active campaigns against i hostile Indians, and it was not long before Buffalo Bill took him tinder his wing. He was a great favorite with the famous scout, and was soon known as "Cody's Kid." Kershaw endured the hardships and braved the dangers of the wilds with Buffalo Bill for four years, and was a principal with him in a number of thrilling adventures in the Indian country. Buffalo Bill and his new-found friend were exchanging hearty greetings when the signal was given for the opening of the afternoon performance, and Kershaw was put in charge of MajoTr Burke, the genial manager of the Wild "West, with orders to hold the bugler captive until after the show. While Arizona John and his captive were having a jolly time in a tent Kershaw recalled many interesting stories of Buffalo Bill. ~ HABD-IiOOKISG CASE. "When I first saw Buffalo Bill," he said, "he w^a the hardest-looking case I had ever laid eyes on. He had just come in from a three months'scouting tour by himself down toward the Indian Territory. Our command was at Fort Hayes, in Southern Kansas. When I joined the v- . regiment Cody was then away, but he was talked about every night around the camp-fire. Suddenly one day General Carr saw a solitary horseman coming across the prairie. It was the long-lost r scout, whom many of the boys feared had been killed or captured by the redskins. As Cody rode into the camp he was given a tremendous reception. "I heard the cheers and when I ran out I saw a man who looked like a tramp. 3e was on a jaded, bony, starved-lookiing horse, with an exhausted, wrecked ti1* In'm OrfyXtf jTOfi !^%wasfall of "briars and burs sii^mrBtaSjpsy"" -??-3 +/\ T-k'Cn atroa /inA UC&rVk HHHUBfa ICWJliCU IV iUO otcd. \yjuv 1 foot had a moccasin on it held on by xags, and on the other foot was the top of a cavalry boot with a raw piece of deer hide tied on for a sole. A piece of faded i*ed blanket was fastened around the right leg and the other leg was partly hidden with a tattered gray blanket. He wore a hard-looking buckskin shirt and his hair stuck out of the crown of his hat. He looked like a man who had been through a series of Kansas cyclones. "I had heard so much of Cody's man\ - ly beauty that I was disgusted. But soap, water, a razor and a new outfit made a wonderful change and Bill looked like a different man a few honrs later. Bill had brought back important information and a lively campaign was opened against the Indians that is part of American history, and in it the Fifth Cavalry did heroic work. "We suffered many hardships and --were often in danger, but we also had lots of fun on the frontier. We had a ?great time with a badger that Bill captured on a hunting expedition. We sained the badger 'Flynn,' in honor of an Irish lord who was then visiting General Carr. We watch for emigrants and other strangers and wagered that no dog could take 'Flynn' out of a box we had built for his house. Scores of dogs tried and failed and the boys won many dollars. THE BADGER CAME OCT. -a ? -u -?j i -*_/ue uaj ail uiu mail suiu uia vnuo came across the prairie in a wagon. They had a mongrel cur with a shaggy head and body. The boys wagered the old man the dog couldn't take the badger oat of the box. He took all the bets oiTered and the old woman took a big stocking out of her bosom and put up the cash in Stakeholder Cody's hands. I bet almost a whole month's pay and so vlid twenty other of the boys. We felt " il . .13 1. 1 - as ii we were roDDmg me oia coupie ana some wanted the old folks to take back the money, but the old man insisted on the dog tackling the badger "The whole camp was gathered to see ? the fun when the' old man shoved his cur into the box. Almost instantly the mongrel yelped and was about to turn tail and ran when Elynn flew at his face. The badger's claws stuck in the hair of ^ the dog, and as the howling cur dashed i -out he involuntarily dragged the badger t "with him and we were rained. I The old couple drove oft' with our cash ' and their cur. We were howling mad and madder still when we learned Bill Cody Lad put the job up on us. "\Ye had a good time when Grand Duke Alexis of Rnssia was with us, but the Duke used to make it uncomfortable for me sometimes. Alexis, Cody and I would be lying iu a tent at night when Alexis would pick up a long fishing rod that he always kept at his side at night v?s^_ and tickle me in the ear until I woke. 1 " "was general utility man and when Alexis "Rill rir>f.il Via trni nn T wnnl "1 nuuiu ? 0 c : have to fix np drinks wkile Alexis led v Cody into a game of cards. ? " GEKEKAL SHERIDAN'S TCSKEY. "One day while we were hunting with jAlexis a wild turkey wa3 shot. As utilityman I cleaned tbe turkey and the cook roasted it in good style. General Sheri?da?j, General Carr and M ajor Brown were - >witb A exis anil his party. General iSh ftit! tbe Car.it;^. The iurke) .- > del:eioa.s that the legs mul wings isoon disappeared and General Sheridan was running the knife into the carcass when he laid open the craw. _ *Thej?^as the craw fiUedjyith beetles, grasshoppers and bugs o??y kinds. 1 hadforgotyen to clean t*-;' craw and almost wilted when General Sheridan turned to where I was standing and igisied at me. I glared at the other utility man an^ the General was about ta biurst out with indignant wrath when 3ill, who had a seat at the table, said: " God, General, the boys searched theprairie for miles for seasoning and ttowyou are kicking. "That saved us, and the distinguished party turned to work and finished the carcass and seasoning with a relish. LORD FIiTJvN GOT SQUARE. "After the visit of Lord Flynn and his party a wash-bowl belonging to them was found in camp. Some of the boys boxed'it up and sent it to Lord Flynn in New York. When Flynn recieved the mysterious box from the West he had to pay $32 freight charges and when he opened it he found only the old washbowl. ' 'Lord FJynn had promised to send us a barrel of the best Holland gin from New York, and about a month later word was received that the barrel had arrived at the railroad station a couple of hundred miles off. There was ?4.0 worth of freight against it, but the boys willingly chipped in and paid the damages and soon had| the barrel in camp, wnen Bill tapped it there was a big discussion as to whether the white fluid was water or gin. When the head of the barrel was smashed in by a -disgusted trooper the old wash-bowl was found floating in a barrel of water. Lord Fljnn had got square with the boys. Some of the boys didn't stop swearing for a week, Dut a few weeks later the real barrel of pure Holland gin reached camp, with all freight charges prepaid and bearing the compliments of Lord Flynn. THE FARMERS' PICNIC. President Cleveland Writes a Brief Letter to the Grangers. (Philadelphia Times, Aug. 29 ) Williams Grove, August 28.?Twenty-four trains unloaded about G,500 people here to-day, who, with those who tented on the grove last night and those who arrived in carriages and other vehicles, made the number present during the day about 12,000. The arrivals j by rail exceeded the number transported the corresponding Tuesday of last year nearly fifty per cent. Many -were attracted to the picnic by the announcement made from time to time that President Cleveland would be among the visitors. All hope of his coming was dispelled to-day by the receipt of the following letter from lim to Colonel Thomas, dated yesterday: Dear Sib: I hope I need not assure you that I should very much enjoy meeting the large representation of farmers who will gather at "Williams Grove to-morrow (Tuesday.) I shall ; not plead confinement here by official ; duties as my excuse for declining the courteous invitations I have received to be present at their picnic, but shall frankly say to you that the opportunity , long contemplated to enjoy two or three days of rest and recreation unexpectedly presents itself in such manner that if 1 avail myself of it I must forego the pleasure of visiting Williams Grove. I ; am sure that I am not calculating too , much upon the kindness and considera- , tion of those managing the picnic when \ I believe that they will be content with , my non-attendance if I am thereby en- ] abled to improve the opportunity X am \ offered to enjoy a much needed rest and 3 freedom from official care. I have heard , of the character of your exhibition and , of the large congregation of farmerg-spd -< others iijierested in subjects' relating to < areJTiri-.-* fr>-?>:jchf-toj^eQithe coi*?rfnf?5n of views which neeessa- < rily are the accompaniment of such of a " meeting cannot fail to be of the utmost j use to those directly interested; and ; what is useful to our people. j The reflection is an interesting and consoling one, that in the midst of po- ] litical turmoil, in the feverish anxifety of < the marts of trade and in the rush and ] hurry of financial operations, our agri- < culturists pursue the even tenor of their way at all times, furnishing the most { stable support of our country's pros- j perity and quietly supplying the most j reliable source of our greatness and j strength. When our farmers are prosperous and contented the welfare and advancement of the nation is secured. Hoping that the picnic of 1888 will exceed all prior ones in the enjoyments < and benefits accorded to those in attend- 1 ance, I am yours very truly, 1 Gkover Cleveland. i OFfiSINt* Xtus HUMU. In his address formally opening the 1 picnic Worthy Master Rhone congratulated the Grangers on the favorable auspices under which they had been permitted to meet. The crops had been measurably good and the granaries^ell filled. The wise policy pursued by those entrusted with the affoirs of the government had led to the consumption by the American people of ninety-eight per cent, of all the products of our manufactures and of ninety-two per cent, of the products of our well-cultivated farms. The speaker gave the "home market" theory a boost by stating that this country was able to produce everything necessary to ensure our comfort and happiness. Mr. Rhone spoke at considerable length on subjects of interest to the farmer. Dr. Ormsby made a few remarks indorsing agricultural experiment stations, when J. (j. M. Sparran, overseer of the State Grange, made a speech partly in answer to that of Mr. Rhone. He pro+/n OT\AT? n4- forminrr UUUUU IV OUVTT VUUV VUO interest is in a depressed condition. He { took no exception to the statistics of 1 Mr. Rhone as to the increase of the j wealth of the United States, but said 1 that since 1860 the farmers had received comparatively small benefit. While the aggregate value of the farms of the country was greater than in 18G0 on ac- i count of the new territory taken under 1 consideration, there had been an actual I decrease from "the value of the 163,000, 000 acres under cultivation at that time. ! It was a matter of regret that the farm- 1 ers did not realize their condition. The 1 signs of the times indicated bankruptcy J and ruin to their calling unless they , aroused from tlieir indifference. Tiie , founders of the Order of Patrons of ! Husbandry saw this from the beginning and sought to avert the disaster by forming the present organization, in order that farmers might reason together in matters concerning their financial welfare. The several speeches received earefnl attention. A speech and a literary and musical entertainment constituted the evening's exercises. nothixu equal* it. Zalaha, Fla., June 2/ 1887. N. E. Ven&ble & Co.?I have been u.-ing B. B. B in my family as a blood j-uniicr. Having never u^ed any liuxlicine to equal it liespfcctfully, Mbs. K. M. Laws. makes ax old max yoixg. [Extract from a Letter.] P. S.?I bought 3 bottles of your Botanic Blocd Balm from my friend II. D. Ballard, at Campobello, S. C. J have been using it three weeks. It appears to give me new life and new strength. If there is anything that will make an old man young it is B. B. B. I am willing to sell it. I can earnestly and honestly recommend Botanic Blood Balm. KEMORSE OF A MCKDEKEK. He Confesses to a Crime Committed In Belgium. (New York Star, Aug. 30.) As tlie Cincinnati express on the Erie road pulled into the Jersey City station yesterday there alighted two officers, and between them walked a man who s has a strange history. The man is ap- ' parently about 40 years of age, black- . haired and of a swarthy complexion, 1 with steel gray eyes. He was poorly J dressed and walked with head cast down. i TT?,1? l.; ~?;~/i r, , UUC1 11X?> ZULU. IIV WUIIOU CL I^UUUiO VI < clothes. United States Deputy Marshal i Bernliard met the trio at the station, and when the prisoner's eye3 fell upon < the officer they lighted for a moment < and a smile played abont his mouth. ] The man's name Jean Francois Steyaert, ] and the story connected with his arrest 1 is one among the most extraordinary 1 connected with criminal history. < In Langerbergge, near Ghent, on the 5 banks of the Canal Fernenzen, in Bel- i gium, last March,- a midnight mnrder ? was committed. A wealthy merchant named Vanderwalle was the victim. His skull was crushed, he was robbed of 300 t francs and his body Hong into the 1 waters of the canal. The body was J found next day floating upon the water, J clad only in underclothing. Search was * made for the clothes, but they were ^ never found, and after a long and fruit- * less search for clews the authorities re- ^ luctantly came to the conclusion that ^ the merchant had injured his head by a ^ fall and toppled into the canal. * The murderer supposed, as was after- ? ward learned, that the merchant had a * certain large sum of money on his per- ^ son that night, but he had left the ^ greater part of it at home. The case ^ was dropped by the authorities as anoth- ^ er addition to the list of mysteries. The ^ murderer had made good his escape, ^ leaving no trace behind. The tragedy ^ was fast being forgotten. On August ^ 25 last there appeared in the office of ? the Belgian representative at New Or- * leans a man who resembled a tramp. ^ He had the appearance of a thoroughly * broken down man. He laid a bundle ^ of clothing before the Consul and told ? the official in a broken voice that he was J: the murderer of Vanderwalle and wanted ^ to give himself up. The man was ? Rfjvrao-rf: anr? in a stunm statfimATlf, lift said that he had waylaid the merchant ~! and murdered him, expecting to realize ^ a laige sum of money. i After rifling the pockets, he stripped ^ the body of its outer clothing and threw Jj it into the canal. He bundled up the ^ slothing and made off. It was then that * he realized the gravity of his crime, and his conscience almost drove him mad. n Quickly he made his way to Bremen, ti where he took a steamer for America, a: hoping to drive the picture of the trage- C dy from his mind..- 'Arriving in this country, lie drifted to New Orleans, and o there sought to drown his horror in a J rink. His money was soon spent, and ti be took to begging until, driven almost ii to distraction by being haunted day and 6, night by remorse, he finally gave way to despair^ and bundling the conclusive I Ejvidence of his guilt, the dead man's o: slothes, he gave himself up and made a c< jlean breast of it. V Charles Mali, Codes! for Belginn? al tins cTtyrms atronce notnreu, and ur- tl lered the murderer to be sent to. New tl Fork, whore he arrived yesterday morn- N ing. He was taken at once to the Red Star steamship Belgenland, which sailed is promptly at 11 o'clock. He speaks only b Flemish, and was or.ee a soldier in the Belgian Army. Being asked by the L officer if he realized the severity of the b penalty he would have to suffer for his jrime, the prisoner said he did. o: It -was imprisonment for life, as capi:al punishment is not in vogue in Bel- la jium. He was resigned to his fate and :elt better than at any time since the L nurder was committed. c< w a tl Dudet> as Garbago Gatherers. b On Monday at midnight three dudes, ^ Iressed in the height of fashion, who jfere returning to their homes in Brook- ja yn, amused themselves by overturning a ish barrels. Their actions were watched ^ by an officer standing in the shade of a near-by tree. ]a As they passed under the spreading tranches of the tree the policeman came ai from his ambush, and stopping the trio, >aid: "This is nice, gentlemanly con- ja iuct. No doubt to you it's rare fan. ^ >ow, ir you want to avoid disgrace ana ;iie loss of $10 each, you must come 01 sack with me, and I'll show you what to tc *o." tl "Oh, only a little joke, old man," ex- p plained one of the dudes. But the officer was obdurate, and V( nade the fellows march back to overjuraed barrel No. 1. o; "Now," said the policeman, "place aj :he barrel in its proper position, gather ^ ;he ashes and rubbisli and place them ]/ in the barrel." 1 "But surely you don't mean that?" j exclaimed one of the missing links in ? aorror. sj "Do what I say, or I'll arrest you," n replied the officer. a] With grear, reluctance the three took 0 ;heir first lesson in garbage gathering, e] ind the same operation had to be per"ormed until the four barrels which they iad upset had been refilled. When this ^ iad been finished the officer allowed ^ ;hem to go home.?New York Star. ^ . ? ' 0 Shot Away His Nephew's Jaw. ^ A pretty bad snooting anair occurred iear Laurinburg yesterday morning, in ti which a young man named McQueen was Is fatally wounded by an old man named Mc[lae. A shotgun was the weapon used, y, md the young man's jaw was torn away [>y the charge of seot. McRae was taken ? ;o Rockingham on the Carolina Central ^ train and lodged in jnil there. Passengers who were on the train gave the news to -r the Chronicle reporter. The old man, * Lhcy say, is about 05 years of age, and appears to be of unsound mind, his talk and T bis actions indicating insanity. He say that McQueen was his nephew, and that 13 they got into a quarrel about a woman. McQueen sent a negro man for a rope with ? which to tie him. As the negro returned, he raised his shotgun to kill him, but just ii at the moment that he pulled the trigger bis nepnew jumped oetween mm.sen ana jl the negro anil received the entire charge of fc shot in his jaw. The old man stoutly Mftirms that he did not intend to shoot McQueen, hut that the load which brought lam down was intended for the ne^ro. When the train passed Laurinburg McQueen was still living, but no hopes are entertained that he will recover.?Charlotte Chronicle, Aug. 30. A Painful Accident. Mr. John P. Morris, who belongs to the Providence congregation in this county, but who lives in Union county, was very seriously hurt, we regret to learn, at his home a day or two ago. He was in the act of mounting his mule, when the saddle girth slipped and lie was thrown violently to the ground striking upon a rock. It is feared that his leg is broken near the thigh. Mr. Morris is about 70 years old and is a very highly respected citizen.?Charlotte Chrou t lcie, Au<r. ou. * i < Great truths are often said iu a tew i words. ? ELECTION THIS YE\R. Vermont and Maine the Only Septrmber Slates?Vote of the Electoral College. (From the Baltimore Snn.) Only two States will be heard from at the polls between now and next November. Vermont will elect State officers and Congressmen September 4, and six days later Maine will elect Governor, Legislature and Congressmen. Both of these States are conceded to the Republicans, and that party is making an unusually active canvass, with the hope of obtaining increased majorities, as an influence on the doubtful States. *11 the States will elect Presidential alectors on Tuesday, November 6. The jlectors then chosen will meet at their respective State Capitols on Wednesday, December 5, and cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States. The whole number of * ' iA-? ? jiecrors is *ui, necessary lur a uiiuhjc, 191. The several States are entitled to epresentation in the electoral college mdin Congress as follows: Elec- Contors. gress. Vlabama 10 8 Arkansas -7 5 California 8 6 Colorado 3 1 Connecticut 6 4 Delaware 3 1 riorida 4 2 Georgia 12 10 llinois 22 20 ndiana 15 13 owa 13 11 Kansas 9 7 Kentucky 13 11 jouisiana 8 6 laine G 4 laryland 8 6 lassachusetts 14 12 lichigan 13 11 linnesota 7 5 lississippi , 9 7 lissouri 16 14 Nebraska 5 3 ( Nevada 3 1 few Hampshire 9 2 Jew Jersey 9 7 few York...- 36 34 , forth Carolina 11 9 )liio 23 21 )regon 3 1 ( 'ennsylvania 30 28 Ihode Island 4 2 outh Carolina 9 7 'ennessee 12 10 'exas 13 U 'ermont ...4 2 'irginia 12 10 ^est Virginia 6 4 Wisconsin ...11 9 Each of the organized Territories, < amely, Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Mon- 1 ina, New Mexico, Utah, Washington nd Wyoming will elect a delegate to ' iongress on Tuesday, November 6. 1 Alabama elected Democratic State i fficers and Legislature and voted upon i constitutional amendment limiting the J me for the introduction of local bills 1 l the Legislature on Monday, August ' . Will elect Congressmen November 6. ^ Arkansas will elect State' officers and 1 legislature and vote upon the question f holding a convention to frame a new ' ^nstrit.nfcinn nn Mrmrtav ii. 1 fill elect Congressmen November 6. j ] .r-aliforoia will elect Chief-Jasfcise of ^ ie~Supreme "Court, Associate "Justice <51 i le same, Legislature and Congressmen November 6. Colorado will elect State officers, Leglature and one Congressman Novemer 6. Connecticut will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen Novemer 6. Delaware will elect Legislature and ae Congressman November 6. Florida will elect State officers, Legis.ture and Congressmen November 6. Georgia will elect State officers and legislature and vote upon a proposed institutional amendment to increase le number of Supreme Court Judges om three to five on Wednesday, Octoer 3. Will elect Congressmen Novemer 6. Illinois will elect State officers, Legislate and Congressmen and vote upon proposed State banking law Novemer 6. 1 Indiana will elect State officers, Legis- 1 .ture and Congressmen November 6. Iowa Trill elect minor State officers ad Congressmen November 6. Kansas will elect State officers, Legis,ture and Congressmen and vote upon vo proposed constitutional amendments ovember 6. One amendment strikes at the word "white" in a clause relating > the militia, and the other concerns le purchase, enjoyment and descent of roperty. Kentucky will elect Congressmen Noimber 6. Louisiana elected Democratic State Eficers and Legislature and voted upon x proposed amendments to the constiltion of the State on Tuesday, April J. These amendments related to the ulane University, the selection of i ivee commissioners, the terms of the < district Courts, the new basih canal and t aell road,.the succession in event of 1 le death of the Lieutenant-Governor 1 ad the exemption of certain property J wned by religious, educational or < nantaDie organizations irom taxation. ? Fill elect Congressmen November 6. ? Maine wiil elect Governor, Legisla- ? ire and Congressmen and vote upon i vo proposed amendments to its State 3 institution on Monday, September 10. >ne amendment makes tlie State Treasrer ineligible after six years' successive irvice; the other proposes a restora- j ou of tlie annual sessions of the Legis- ( ktiire. j Maryland will elect Congressmen No- ( ember G. ? Massachusetts will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen Novem- ( er 6. ( Michigan will elect State officers, < jegislature and Congressmen Novem- : er U. , Minnesota will elect State officers, , .egislature and Congressmen Novem- , er 6. Mississippi will elect Congressmen , November 6. ! Missouri will elect State officers, Leg- , ilature and Congressmen November 6. . Nebraska will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen Novem>er 6. New Hampshire will elect Governor, jegislature, Congressmen and delegates o a convention to revise the constittuion of the State November 6. New Jersey will elect Legislature and Congressmen November 6. Nevada will elect Supreme Judge, our regents of the State University, -legislature and one Congressman, and ote upon four proposed amendments o the State constitution, and also upon he question of holding a convention to rame a new constitution, November 6. 3ne of the proposed amendments disrancliises polygamista, one authorizes a ottery, the third relates to county >fiicers, and the fourth prescribes qualiications for holding office. New York will elect Governor, Lieuenant Governor, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, Assemblymen and Congressmen November 6, and vote lpon a proposed amendment to the State constitution, whioh provides that : I ! upon certification of tlie Court of Appeals I to the Governor that its calender is ; crowded the executive shall appoint a second ??t of the Court of Appeals, consisting of seven Supreme Court judges, -to try cassis which shall be assigned Jto it by the regular Court of Appeals North Carolina will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen, aud vote upon a proposed amemendment to the State constitution increasing the number of Supreme Court Judges to five November 6. ifOhio .'will elect minor State officers and Congressmen November 6. Oregon elected Republican Congress- i men, Supreme judge and Legislature : on Monday, June 4. < Pennsylvania will elect Supreme judge, i AuditoijS-eneral, Legislature and Con- 1 Awvciuucx u. j Rhode Island elected Republican State 1 officers and Legislature and adopted a 1 coufitittlionalaiiiendiQerit enlarging the : suffrage >on Wednesday, April 4. Will ] elect &>ngressiaen*> November 6. "The < suffrage*^:?i3 brrd&BUj^pt-ed^ places i foreigs^onTcitizenH oil tne sa^e foot- 1 ing as catave-born, provides for a poll 1 tax and does away -with the registry tax, 1 but it vill not become effective until the s spriogjfelection of 1889. t Sou?h Carolina will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen November ? 6. Tennessee will elect Governor, Legis- ^ lature and Congressmen November 6. ? Texas will elect State officers, Legiela_ i tare aad Congressmen N ovember 6. i Vermont will elect State officers, Leg- c islature and Congressmen on Tuesday, a September 4. t Virginia will elect Congressmen and vote Bg>on the quesiron of holding a con- c ventiqu to revise the State constitution t November 6. s Wftfi}, Vircrinm will plpnfc SfatA nffip.prs. p Legisteture and Congressmen .and vote f< upon three proposed amendments to the I constitution of .the State November 6. f< These'amendments prohibit the manufac- p fcure ?id sale of intoxicating liquors, re- fa late ^ trials by jury and limit the ses- I sion jst the Legislature to sixty day?, d nnles^extended by concurrent vote of if two-thirds of the members elected to g each house. e: WgicoQsin will elect State officer?, Leg- sJ islai^re and Congressmen November (5. 1 - d IS BLAIXK GOING TO PIECES? n 4. YT&shlngton Correspondent Says That k He Is. jr ; (From the Philadelphia Record ) ^ Mr. Blaine is going to pieces. I was w an the train thai took him to Boston, d ind I went with him from Boston to e lugnsta, and from Augusta to Port- w land", His friends were pained to see 8i A Un J r-ir rtA 1 QQJ W 10 JUV* lit; LltMX xvjirx* ii io moil is not as clear as it was. This rj shows in his speeches and actions, tc Every speech he made, even two or ej three sentences of thanks to the crowds ihat gathered around his car to see him, tt lad to be fixed up, revised and altered & before it was given out for publication. m [ri some of the speeches revision was a p: 3oa? for rewriting. As the speeches v< .-v^re^ delivered they were faulty in ex- <? pi'essioa and construction. Mr. Blaine p; Vould start to say something, and be- 01 'ore he liqisbed he worSd w^r-Bonietiiiug. ilse. His mind wandered from the sub- ^ ect, and his words wandered apart from ^ lis mind. fa There is little color in his face. His pi iyes frequently fill with tears down his w ace if they are not brushed away. His nouth vacillates, and he has an old and tt tick man's way ef allowing his saliva to p, ?scape involuntarily while he is speak- f ng. His right hand is partly palsied; si le says this comes from too much ex- ^ jrtion. The fingers curl up and he tl loes not use it. His left hand is little tt setter. Both are without color. 0j It was apparent in the speeches he ei nade that his stock of vitality is not w uroro "FTa wflTit, frnm Nfiw Ynrk to Boa- A, ?n in easy stages to prevent exhaustion. ai rhe exertion of a few speeches from the fc iars, not equivalent in all to a quarter- cc lour speech, used him up so that he 0i sould hardly speak the next day. At tfc Portland, where he was promised to de- 0t iver the opening war cry of the cam- 0] jaign, he stopped before he was half m hrongh, and abruptly left the hall. He a ipoke from Dotes, which seemed to e8 ?eeary him. So he put them down and cc vent to speaking extemporaneously. jn rhis was not to his liking, and he aim- q ply stopped after having said nothing C? Dut a promise to say something after a ivhile on the fishery question and a Qj short defense of trusts. At present he Cl s resting in Augusta to recover irom a ^ irip to K"ew York to Augusta, little jj urither than from Philadelphia to Pitts- ti< 'Uifc. sc One thing that was frequently men- x ioned while Mr. Blaine was in New '? Lrork was the English attire he wore. g3 tVith a trifle higher collar and a moro U] resplendent cravat, he could pass for a tc lude. He wore a brown pot hat with C( i band a little darker brown than the '? lat. His coat was an English cutaway, 0j ow cut to show the shirt and a curled 0j jold stud. His trousers were a big & ;heck, which looked different according J, ? the light and angle. Over varnished ai sho'es he had checked outgaiters of the w same cloth as his trousers. He was w nore fashionably dressed than Walker T Blaine, his son. si Fighting the .Jute Bagging Trust. l> Atlanta. August 30.?Keports that ^ nsnrance men would not take risks on " jotton unless baled in jute bagging seem u:o be without foundation, so far as the r companies interested are concerned. 11 rhe agents of insurance companies at ?' Wilmington, N. C., soem to be the only w ~mp.s fcakin/* thftfc fttfuwl. and thftv arft only local agents, with no power in the Southeastern Tariff Association, which regulates such matters. A prominent a officer in that association said to-day that there was no reason why cotton y cloth or any other substitutes for bag- C? ging should not be used; that jute bag- ^ ging was one of the most inflammable ^ stuffs that could be used, and so far as the insurance companies were concerned ^ any substitute would be allowed. Wil- a mington merchants say they will not take cotton except in jute bagging. On w the other hand Charleston factors in ri telegrams to cotton planters of Wilkes county, in this State, urge them to send ^ their cotton and say they will receive it ^ in cotton cloth or any other suitable j substitute. In North Carolina pine straw cloth, snch ha matting is made of, ^ is being used. In XorMi Georgia some ^ factors are buying cotton done up in f, pine boards. In other places non-com- c bustible cotton cloth is being used. The j farmers seem bound to break the back of the trust and they are receiving the moral support of the people. Three Men Blown to Pieces. ^ AT V OA E JJUUBA** 1 , A., iiuj, liOI. WJ.?* i.TLi^lJaCl f Angela Latouche, Antonio Latouche and Francis Moore, employed at railroad work e, at South Bethlehem, were clearing away J; debris from a two weeks' blast in a rock * last evening. One of them struck a dyna c mite cartridge, which exploded, killing the ' three men." They were literally torn to J pieces. t 53 BIG GKASSHOPPPISR YARNS. Some of the Stories They Tell About Them in the West. No fiction can approach the truth regarding grasshoppers in Minnesota when the plague is on. At $1, or even 50 cents, a bushel grasshoppers have been for four years out of the last twelve a more profitable crop than wheat ever was along the incomparably fertile vallejs and uplands of the Minnesota River. More than once such a bounty has drained the treasuries of prosperous counties to the last dollar within a week after offered. The first serions visitation of the pest i_ * 1.1 : - i oot eiuce eariy in me oub was iu xocw, says the Chicago Tribune. In the latter part of June the farmers begun to grow anxious, for reports from Dakota were to the effect that the young crop of grasshoppers haying drowned every green thing, included the leaves on the trees, were preparing to deluge the East. July 10 the advance of the destroyer was heralded from the Big Stone Lake jounty. His path was a desert, without m oasis to relieve the-eye or succor the famishing. In the afternoon of July 15 ;he farmers along the river bottom in Nicollet and Blue Earth counties saw the ran go out like a candle suddenly exinguished. "Grasshoppers!" That was all they : aid. The cornplow was stopped where it ras, the scythe engaged in mowing a ' iwath through the weeds around the no wlever-to-be-barvested wheatfield dropped ] rom the farmer's hand; further farm J iperations were purposeless?everybody ! bandoned all other pursuits and watched he approach of the ominous gray cloud. The front, edge of the cloud passed * >ver Nicollet,county, and the center of ' he gray, granulated, swirling mass hung, ! eemingly undecidtd, a mile above the arth. Then half a dozen fat, insolent 1 ellows, with paunches distended with j )akota good living, dropped down and f olded their wings. Now it begau to our. Never did the heavens precipi- J B.tft a mnra /Iisenstino rlisaftfriinotnrratit. ' 'eople lied to their houses and shut the c oors and windows. The grasshopper c i a nasty pest. He lives upon sweet ? reen blades of wheat and corn and xpectorates tobacco joice upon the s lightest provocation. Half an hour of the storm and the f estroyer had arrived. During the relaining hour before sundown >1 thousand 8 sres of waving wheat had disappeared 1 tterly. The third day the most beauti- 8 ll sight fertile Western farms afford? ixuriant, undulating fields of corn? a as transformed into a scene of utter 8 esolation; only the ragg d slumps re- v lained. The meadows, tame and wild, ^ ent next, and the leaves on trees and ? lrubbery disappeared. "Now," said the farmers, "we shall be * d of you; there is nothing left for you . ^ i. ?i..: :?:? ? ri > cao, auu iaj oaii la juur uue misuiuu uu irfch." * Bat the farmers had forgotten that rj ie grasshopper has two missions on irtli; the other is to propagate and ? mltiply his species. It is a duty he is ? road of and never neglects. If the irdure of the locality he is infesting w iaappears before he has reached the ~ ropagating stage he moves a league ? award and fulfils his other mission. 5* ho i-wTt do noi interfere with j1 ich other; when he is ready to devote ? imself to the business of raising a ~1 .mily he stops eating?whatever he ats forth his hand to do he does with a * ilL b. The Edmunds bill does not apply to C1 te grasshopper. He is a monogamous P sst, bat his helpmeet is the acme of j* cundity. An inch below the surface 7le leaves an egg fully an inch long and i larcre as her own bodv. It is more lan an egg?it is at least 100 eggs, each ? te size and much the color and shape : a grain of rye, packed snugly togeth- ?] in a tough membranous covering , hich defies the elements. A dozen lys of sunshine in the following May id these eggs increase the pest fiftyild. If a blade of wheat or a stalk of >rn escaped the parents no remissness : the kind will remain a reproach to j te children. Until they have flown to ;her fields not a green tiring will appear . 1 the surface of the earth. A hundred ^ ttle grasshoppers, scarcely bigger than 111 flea, will watch for tbe appearance of w ich blade of wheat, and to each hill of 0 >rn there will he a thousand. The field i time is as black as the plowed field of ctober, and swarms with a pest that mnot be fought or destroyed. e, To prevent, if possible, this visitation m ; young grasshoppers it has been the tl istom to offer bonntif>a on the old ? rassboppers before the eggs are laid, m 1 1876 Nicollet and Blue Earth coun- it es offered a bounty of ?3 per bushel fld on after the pest arrived from Dakota. h< he amount did not look large at first, here are something like 20,000 adult ct rassboppers in a bushel. Who would & adertake to devote himself exclusively a1 ?the destruction of grasshoppers for a j\] jnsideration of less than $3 per 20,000? sc hat is the way it looked to tbe county <1 liicials. On the third day after the p; ETer was made they ohanged their st linds. A German drove up to the front ei oor of the Nicollet county court house c< i noon with his farm wagon loaded fl ith sacks of something, it was not- e1 heat, for the load had a horrible smell, he sacks were drenched with - a often- u ve brown liquid, streams of which ickled through cracks in the wagon ti ox. It was a cargo of grasshoppers, ft here were thirty bushels of them. The h erman drew S90 in cash from thetreas- a rer and drove home in a gallop to set p LI his children and hired men to catch- C] ig grasshoppers. Inside of a week per $3Q,00U had been paid out, notithsLanding the bounty bad been thrice idnced?to $1.50, then ?1, and finally ) cents a bushel. (j It was simple enongh. One man with scoop made of a bag of cottou cloth r< retched on a barrel hoop could walk n irongh a meadow or wheatfieid and 0 itch grasshoppers at the rate of a * ushel an hour. The most popular lethod of capture, however, was to line j"' in innur arrt r>f a voirA-+.r>M.h ay rake with cotton cloth and drive at ^ trot wherever the grasshoppers were a rickest. When the cloth was covered t] ith four or live bushels of the pests the ]_ ike wonld be lifted suddenly, leaving ' [ie grasshoppers writhiDg under a neat a rinrow of coiton cloth, from which they ti rould be easily transferred into sacks, u numerous instances are known where (vo men with such an appliance sis this ave captured fifty bushels of grassoppera in a day. Ttiere is no room ,>r "iiction wlaere grasshoppers are j oncerned. At this moment pwrts of j linnesota are deluged with the pests. ^ ? ( The Kide to the Sparkling Catanba. , The ride from the railroad to the f >parkling Catawba Springs is a very i sleasant one?made especially so by the t act that Messrs. Brannon Bros, have { :stablished a regular hack hue from ] 3onover, N. C., the nearest station, to he Springs. In buying tickets and :hecking baggage, remember thai 3onover is the station and that Brannoi; Bros, will supply comfortable transpor- , ation at reasonable tlgures. < STICKLER'S CLOSE CALL. Me Jokes About a Bear and Found One In Earnest. A Philadelphia named Stickler spends several weeks each year in the Catskiil. Mountains. Qe had an exciting adven ture the other day, according to the Kingston Freeman. SticklerlSfthis retreat, which nestles among tail pines in a picturesque valley, early in the morning. He took with him a double-barreled gun, and a small Scotch, terrier dog followed at his heels. Following mountain paths, he soon came in sight of the Hotel Kaaterskill, where he stopped a short time and chatted with friends, who bantered her about shooting a bear. Stickler took the jest goodnaturedly, and remarked that he would return with a bear. Bidding his friends good-by, he sallied forth on what he anticipated would be an eDjoyable day's sport. Stickler soon came to the brow of the hill which overlooks a deep valley south of the hotel. 'IHia hnnter mnnnt .in side into the valley*, whiob he^croflaed, { and then I16 tramped on fur a mile or 1 two. Stickler kept a sharp lookout fori game. His little dog kept several yard-j ahead of him. Suddenly he heard ill bark, and it ran back to him. It acted ? as if it was frightened. Advancing cautiously, Stickler saw something that filled him with pleasure and his pulse quickened with excitment. Between four tall trees, which formed a space of about twenty feet, were two cub bears at play. Their antics amused him and it was some time before he awakened to bis senses that what he had started out for was right before him. Raising his ^un, he took aim at the largest of the ju'bs and fired. The little animal was oadJy wounded, and it set up a crying Jiat could be hoard along distance. The plaintive sounds were heard by the old nother bear, which had been feeding on jerries. It went tearing through the Miulioo fA iffl trAnnrr fKo nrAnr^^o ^UiJUVO W XHO J UlUlgj uvaou LllU FT U.XA' AO )f its offspring, and looked aronnd for die hunter. The old bear caught sight , >f Stickler, and with growls that sent < sold shivers running up and down his' ! ipinal column, it made for him. < Between the place where Stickler was i itanding and the spot where the cubs Fere there was stretched a huge trunk : >f a tree, which had been denuded of its ? >ranches. The log rested in such a poition that a small animal could crawl 1 mder. This proved a fortunate circum- < tance for Stickler, for his life was saved : ?y it. Bruin was rapidly approaching. 1 ndthe hunter raised the gun to his i nooiaer ana tooK a careiui aim, as it Fas the only charge he had. In the ex- i itement that, followed the shooting of the i ub he had forgotten to reload the other ] arrel. The charge hit the bear near the t boulder, and inflicted a terrible bat not ? ital wound. This only served to enage the shaggy brute still more, and it I eached the log and had its forepaws on 3p of it when the little terrier, which 1 ad stood trembling with fear behind its c laster, darted under the log and caught f tie beast by one of its hind legs. The i ear turned its attention to the dog, 1 rhich slipped under the log. 5 The new turn of affairs encouraged s tickler, who did not let the chance slip c y. Grasping his weapon by the barrel e e advanced and struck the brute on the c ead. Brain did net seem to mind tbe low, and it again mounted the log and i ae little dog again repeated its perform- i; nee. Stickler began to reload one g arrel of his gun, but so nervous and ex- p ited was he that he spilled half his v owder on the ground. He managed, s owever. to get a charge in iuat as the c ear was on top of the log for the third h me. He fired, and the terrier at the & ime instant went for the bear's hind uarters. This time bruin did not turn d ack, and stickier, realizing it was life A r death with him, again pushed forward > club the animal. He had the weapon evated when the bear raised its fore a iws and struck him a terrible blow in le Breast, and he ?'eil uneonsiou? to the v round. When he opened bis eyes he lw the bear lying by his side. It was sad. It had struck the hunter in its I St death struggle. L Stickler found that the shet had en- s ired the bear's mouth, which, he re- t lembered, as it came across tne log, was t ide open. The brute's tongue was cut c S' at the roots and was filled with shot, a - I Her Heart Will <*o to France. e Wabash, Im, Aug. 2S.?The mutilat- 0 1 body of Mine. Mary Magdalen Verge, lotherof Mrs. Dr. Taylor, of Peru, was a lis morning deposited in a grave at f omerset, this county. The body was inus the feet, hands and heart, which, s l obedience to the strange request of 1 [me. Verge, will be takeu to lier old ume in France and there buried. Mme. Verge was 69 years old. She ime to this country four years ago with ? [me. Taylor and her husband and settled ; Somerset, going the next year to i/era. c [me. Verge was a graduate of three :hools oi medicine in France. She ? iagnosed her own case and correctly ronounced her malady tumor of tne j3 omacb, as was verihel by a post-mortaa examination. Mme. Verge, soon alter , jming to Peru, was stricken blind by a ^ ash of lightning ,and had been a sufierer , ver since. She would not resign herself to die . ntil she had gained her daughter's . )lemn promise to carry out her instruc- J ons. Drs. Passage and Kamsay per- . jrmed the operation of dissection. The * uurt. Imnns nnri f AAt whw nlarwi in a * lass jar filled with aicohol and will be a reserved until such time as Mrs, Taylor c in accompany them to France. A Murder in Lancaster. I ? Lancaster, S. C., August 30.?Yesteray afternoon at about 6 o'clock, W. C. . >uten, section master on the Tlirte C's oad, strucb and killed with a spiking haulier, Henry Dye, colored, an employe of f the road. The homicide was a brutal c nd cruel murder, and the good people of ( ,ancaster are much incensed over the out- 1 age. Th; circumstances of the killing * teas follows: Dye, who was carting dirt ? n Major Adams's force, got the wheel of * is barrow fastened between the iron rai! J ud a plauk at the crossing. Outen told ? lie negro to "get that thing out of there." I )ye made souie reply when Outen said: t 'Do you mean to give me any slack talk?" ? nd struck him, with the result, above men- t ioned. Outeu made his escape and has ? iot yet been arrested. j PIAXOS OR? VX*. t One thousand Pianos and Organs to j nose out by October 1. All Organs aEd J Manos sold at cash price, payable I November 1?no interest?delivered to -our nearest depot. Fifteen days trial. Organs from $24 up; Pianos from $150 ip. All instruments warranted. Send or circulars. Buy now and have the : ise of the instrument. .Remember we ' >ay freight both ways if the instrument ion't suit. Prices guaranteed lees than tfew York. XT W TRnMP Colombia, S. 0. "Numerously gowned" is the way tc> speak of a woman who has an abundance jf dresses. BUSTING OP A BUSTLK. A lady Knocked Down In Church by in ?xploKlo a?A Sal t for Damage*. (From the San Francisco Examiner) Those perscns who attended the readings of Charles Dickens, Jr., at the First Congregational Church about two months ago, will recall, when their memory is refreshed, a peculiar and em- . barrassing accident that happened to a lady who was present one evening. Mr. JJic&ens was delivering in his most English style the story about Dr. Marigold, the philosophical "cheap jack," and had almost awakened a feeling of interest in the minds of his audience. A tall, finely formed lady, with patrician features anddigc;fied gait, entered by the left door about this time and walked up the aisle. She was accompanied by her husband, whose military bearing added effect to the aristocratic appearance of his better half. On reaching a seat a few yards from the platform she gave a swing to her dress as sh j attempted to sit down gracefully. But Kerlont 'cSe eaipsfc atd jjmm she stumbled and fell heavily on the ? sea: As she d:d so a . muffled report was heard, and t;he lady was observed to collapse with a lurch. Her face turned first a deathly pale and them a carmine hue, and die sprang to her ftet in great confusion. Mr. Dickens stopped a moment in his ieading at the sound of the explosion, if snob, it was, and the finding that nothing serious had apparently happened, he continued his efforts. A titter, combined wiM* a br^ad smile, however, passed from one to anothci oi those who divined the nature of tha trouble. ^he husband, who ^seeesed a man's haidness and who ociu'. rot sympathize with a woman's ^hag,ir and tender sensibility, claspel hi? fisna aronnd his wife's waist as she sxoi.-e. tad told her not to look and act so ftoiisbly. But the explosion of s. pst^nt bustle is do small matter to a lady, and although she at length consented to stay, she evidently felt ill at ease all the evening. A large shawl was thrown over her shoulders to hide the blushes which even stole around the back of her neck. It was an accident deserving of the most sympathetic consideration, but instead it received only ridicule, v. -vr 3 a iL.i it?- - * - *? xi u oiie ureaiucu uiai uus story W0U1CL be the subject, of a civil bait, and as it pas not paolishei at the time, through sympathy with the lady, it was thought oj those present that it was lost on the lir. Justice of the Peace Boland found pesterc^y afternoon that this was not so, ivhen Mrs. Elsie Wilkins was sued by iliss Margaret To wan to recover $20 in he Justice's Court, on account of goods rapplied and work and labor performed. Mrs. Wilkins was the wearer of the )ustlc and Miss Towau her dressmaker. Miss Towan took the stand, t nd eaid: The defendant ordered me to make a Iress for her, which must be a perfect it. She purchased the rich, dark brown oaterial, so L was to charge $20 for my abor and a bustle. I took exceptional >ains to fit her, but it seems to me that he varies in size from day to day, and requires an alteration of her dress after very meal, as she expands and contracts ionpiderably. "As to the bnstle, I would say that I * .m the agent^otimpoiteEa^-^hejbustle _ a Chicago. I only give the printed [uaranteeof the firm and a caution to >urchasers. I hear that the bustle burst rhen the lady sat down in church, and he was so enraged that she refused to >ay my bill, but I can swear that I told Ler wh?.t the conseouences wonld be if he were not careful in sitting down." "Do you maintain that the skirt of the iross fitted Mrs. Wilkins?" queried Lttorney W. W. Matthews. "I do, sir?' "Don't you know that it was discarded iter the first night?" 'There was no reason for it, if such ras the case." "What kind of a bustle was this?" "It was in shape of a cross between a ootball and a birdcage. The outer coverag was of rubber, and by means of a crew in the righthand corner it could >e opened, then inflated by using a tube hat accompanies it; then the orifice ould be closed and the bustle made ir-tight. This style is called The Iclipse,' and for gruce and comfort it clipses all the other protuberances made i wire or other materials." The witness then procured a similar rfcicle to the one in dispute, and it was , source of amusement to his Honor and, he spectators present, while the ladies lyly touched their cheeks with powder aes to hide their blushes. May Gilbert, a prize beauty in a creamolored dress, said she was one of Miss ?owan's assistants, and cotjd swear that 10 special guarantee was made that the^__ instle would not explode under any ? ircum Stances. Patrick Duffy said he found the regains of what he thought was a toy talioon when he swept out the church text morning but it proved, however, to e the corpse of the bustle. Mrs. Wilkins then retired into the edge's chambers, and reappeared in a ew minutes wearing the dress in quesion. She said it was too tight across the ips and impeded her progress in walkug. Wiien she tried to sit down the ension was too great and the drees mprover accordingly burst. The plaintiff tad extolled the merits of "The Eclipse," nd guaranteed that there would be no langer of any such distressing predicament as that in which she had been subequently placed. . ... ^ The case beinc submitted. Justice 3oland ciosely inspected the dress and ipecimen bustle and then said: "This is a most peculiar case. I have ead of bustles being made of horsehair,, nnslin, newspapers, pillows, bird cages :nd even quilts. I have heard of alarm jlocks striking the hour within the folds >i a lady's dress. Smuggled cigars, jewelry and brandy have also been brought ? light, but I never before heard of an lir-tight bustle exploding in church, and jeing made the subject of a civil suit, tfot being married yet the situation is lomewhat delicate and perplexing to me, Hit still looking at the case from a leg*! itandpoint, I think we can adjost matters satisfactorily. The dress appears a little i/rVif knf of ill xriiinr vu)i>nmin/y oti/i a i non-explosive bustle used, this might lever have been brought." His Honor then deducted ?8.50 froua ihe bill, as the deiendant set up a claim [or damages for the explosion trouble. Be then rendered judgement in favor of ihe plaintiff for $11.50. Defended-by His Thirteen Dog*.. Wellsvit.le, 0 , August 30.?William Smalley, an old and eccentiio citizen, was taken to the County Infirmary yesterday. He had amassed considerable wealth at one Lime, but lost it all. When the authorities attempted to enter bis house, where for years be had lived alone, they were attacked by a number of dogs. They had great difficulty ia getting Smalley away. Thirteen dogs of various kinds and siz;3 were found ou the premises. Smaller h d for five years taken care of all the stray dogs he could find.