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Hf -' vT^B Wm^ ^^SUM . ^V T,"-: ^.^ <gijWMM T- ' - \ ' . " WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1889. ' NO^T.^^^BjB IM1EY OF SOTiTEEEN 1TS77S snicks of Stiftcial Importance Prom irginia to the Lone Star State. jf| SORTH (USOMXA. Revve an immigration Peace Institute, Ral&^^ptincd WedB nesdav, "with. 00 gfudenfc?^ The incorporators and others interestBed in the building of the FavctteviUe & I . ?V. iUU.U'.'M, at X HiV and after taking subscriptions to the capital stcck to the amount of several thousand dollars by Fayetteviilc, Aberdeen and Philadelphia capitalists, elected the following board of rlirectois: John Blue, Dr. J. \\\ McNeill, A. A. MeKeithan, Jr., lion. Thos. II. Sutton, y. Milton Hagy, A. ]?. Williams and K. S. Blue. The directors then met ami Iecteti the following, officers: Prcsiisitj John Dine; Vice-President, Is. W. ay; Z. W. Whitehead. Secretary; Troisier, A. A. KVithrm, Jr. p A. Glenn, a young vrliite man from hstonia. and well connected, was nrLtod at Charlotte Wednesday, chained lf]i cloiv v/.KIu.rv of- P-'iL-t/in?o TI Ijtims number some half a dozen, and has successfully carried on this busiss. for several weeks. SOI Til CAROLINA. Judge Wallace, of Columbia, lias re>ed bail to \V. li. Meetze. who reccntkiilcd James I. Clark in that city. The Governor has refused to pardon m. 1\- Powers whifp miivii-feil ?t. I> July, 1^80, term of Court for, Oconee utity of assault with intent to kill, il sentenced by .Tud<je Hudson to imKotimcnt iu the Penitentiary fur five ;it<'r;>illars have appeared iu tlie eotI fit-iris at Actou and a.lo?? the (.'unite. The planters have been using I> green: and Loadon purple on the Its, and think that tliey have almost Btfoycd the first crop of them. Li ilwi <lwirn l%.\e I ?/./">?> fauch r;i!n in August that the cotton p liiLS tieen maternity injured and an rigc yield is not certain. "ostmaster Gibbs, of Columbia, re eu a uk? patch from Postmaster G. II. r>ir, of C'aremont, Sumter county, awMihat his office hud been robbed m night, and Use office at StateH vera I miles distant, was robbed HLnfternoou. No particulars were i^l ?KKX??3IC?. President .Tames K. rated his eighty-sixth birtli ^%vil!e Wednesday. She is i.i Sra ^health and received a aum *' ?c4*> who cailed to congratulate Ki&W' a u'bite woman, was ar autosa la;: writing iAV<' Hlfrs ;:n<l 'hoodoo articles called HHiS." whir-St xhtin/1 51 1:1 vnrf> (; >1<? for Itv writs eueh. re} re-ratir.g tL.it the <scr of ouc would find allofthe y wanted, without'working. have been traced to if l4i:s, the owners believing that {P<<:ld have good luck and escape )r* In the course of the ir.vestigawas found that one man very ' died from the elleets of a iove If <er? and that dead bodies bad been Slated to secure charms. These are nothing but snake root and a wrapped lu :v cotton nig and tied t red riannel, but arc supposed to je^s wonderful powers for good to k >^ssors, and evil to others who ftV "?e or thwart the owners of the fp on Monday night; tlie klerans* Association of Atresolutiomj; of regret for Irs. .Julia Oiristian, only Stonewall Jvicksou, r<nd a three were' appointed to I*. Jackson true "resolutions. [I). Gordon lias issued iiis llsc United nation on llje occasion ol ; I the counnafI. In it he ; constitution if the associa- j that the objects of this or- j 31 be strictly ax-inl, literary, j [j i 1* -...in I |^|1 lO >V ill UUwit.; in a geoeeil federation j iioes of Confederate veteran | ] sailors now in --existence, or j ? be formed, to ^li'licr anthen- j ran impartial ftisto^v' of the i In the States to preserve relies hts of the same; to cherish IrieniW^^'that should exist fcwho have shared common raoQ sufferings and priva- j fertile disabled, andextend /J to the needy; to protect ?i tbe orphan, and to make t rccord of the services of j w.vn, a negro, was lynched | Bt midnight. lie assaulted j Bgirl feloniously, and v.is | K l?y a masked force. B l.OK ! i>A Hi do spccial says: -'McHGuirc, contractors, have I |H on the new base ball j Rtk'<l up by It. 51. Flag- 1 bR with his system of pal- : Hrh7y\viTMKH!tTot^ur I M-ale. Their location | Hpartof the city, not far j ******** ' 7 " vlV" ?)r/> I level, and beautifully I St. Augustine urass. ^fcnce 12 feet surHi irrnnd stand will i>e B lifter artistic designs, Rin^ about 1.200 j-eoBviried with numerous I 'urnislie<l with a gftpny. DeUeath the 1' roouis, :i consul taB^^Epires and captains, MM 11)1- ' r in 111 s. will be m.ute with x*i:ition teams at the i in October for :i confirms throughout the ocnl professional nines H):/.? <! to compete. It Ike Florida tha centre 1?? 11* i-liV ?tiil?1 i-sla a line of eosrh Chiear"* and CYnay of xrttnpa, F!a., [is the directors <>f the trade are concerned. Inia. I franchise of the Crolorapany in Virginia I ;it Koan >ke t o setI + ^ n vl. i. ,r\ m I ^ "3 j Houston and discharge a deed of (rust. ! Saronel A. C'ro/.cr, of Chestep. Ph., bcj come the purchaser for $:J00,0(?0 cash. The State Medical Society convened I at lioauoke with a iarge attendance. Wednesday afternoon, shortly after the north bound freight train leit Aecotink, Ya., eighteen miles south of Washington, on the Virginia [Midland Railroad, the caboose left the track and rolled down an embankment, instantly i killing T. A. llaincy and Ashton llaincy, | brothers, and well known cattle drovers, j of Warrenton. Condy Faulkner, of Alex andria, was seriously hurt. OTIIEK J*TAT?". The manager of tiie Texas Penitentiary claims to have not only juiade the convicts under his fare self-supporting, but to have turned into the State*a profit I of $U5,000 after paying all costs of food, j fuel, shelter and clothing, or profit for each convict employed. The result \v;ss largely obtained under exceptionally j favorable conditions in raising sugar uiui; .i;ju iciiiuiJi; ji;iuu? At Montgomery, Ala., tbo appropriation for the present fiscal year to sheriffs for fccuiii;; prisoners will be exhausted before the Artist accounts are paid. II. is estimated there will be a shortage of several thousand dollars which cannot l?c the sheriffs. The legislature meets in IS'.M). A r? enrcn :i T.s>fl nf 1 7 nnfl ftivl rf 1R Tllorn Daniklsyille, Ga.?I\Ir. Dun Hull sometime ago became enamored of Aiiss Chandler oi Banks county. They agreed to keep the.'r engagement a profound secret from the parents of the young lady. At (he appointed time-Sunday morning they started to church just after the old folks had left for the same destination, succeeded in getting in adv'ance of them, and made their way hastily to DauicisviHc. The young lady's father soon i:uu grounus u> suspect uic provable stijiu-i to ihe disappearance of the young folks. lie mounted a fleet-footed horse am'soon fouud their direction, and pursued (lain as fast as possible. The young couple arrived in Danielsviile, drove up to Mr. Kinnebrew's, and soon after the heated animal of the father passed the house, bearing its master. In hi^ haste the old man failed to see the tontr.out standing by the wayside, and passed them by. After he passed there was no time to loose. The young man obtained a liceusc and the services of a Justice, and the couple were married. I Soon after the ceremony the uncleiof the 1 mrln mi Hp fllso follrtWftd I thorn. but arrived loo late. Tbe f:;thcr had lost track of theiu and turned b!t?k. lie rode uj> and found bis tiftecn-year-oW daughter a bride lie was excited, bur ; was calmed down on findiiig that ; ?us, ! ra^e could be uf :io avail. The goom is j 1. years 01 ;ilco. A Denial From Longstrcet. A jctler received from Gen. Lonpplr?et denyh::; the charges recently nwi'c by a ! Vv';usf?'ini;u>n correspondent, that (luring j the war h>- had driven the ladiej of e.\, prescient Johnson's from their home in P^TVmvii.w-inil !) )(1 i ni'iifr! 1 lie flcr-Mit j m.iDsio!) into a siv.nl!-pox hospital, broke i into the library, and distributed books and papers anions the soldiers, including a blii"-l>:ifk spelling book highly ]>ri'/.ed by Mr. JoTmson. Geu LongstreC-t says iu iiL> letter: "There is not one word of truth in the assert ions contained in the article. Had there been, it is hardlv possible that such cov.M c-seape notice'for so many years. Uui<?n people within our lines were under the same orders aud' treatment as were the Confederates. Unionists who wished to i;o North had sale conducts, and when they asked for escorts were sent out under military protection. There was no case of small-pox iu the command during the winter, so far as I now remember, and (he Confederate iuspeetini; surp on reported t<w-~me that that | army was IwaUhier than any other of the j Confederates." Eiilcd His Sw^theart and EiraseiL | John Schroek, f.?r a number of years I p.ist has kept :i restnur.ijtf. in the small TuuTTm^.\ /a tea, New Mexico. Besides li s wife he rlrrrr1?r*i?taindsbnie dau<rhfc-r a,rt'<! 1T and :i son ngea -07the ledgers at bis 'abode was a youngS&vcda named Billy Jobusoa, wlxo was passionately in !<>ve witli Sclirock's daughter Jennie. A few weeks ago the family moved from Azatea to Denver, Col., Johnson following them shortly after. Since the family moved there Johnson was more jealous of the girl than ever. Monday beinjf a holiday, the girl ac eepted an invitation from .1 friend and visited one of the public parks. "When Johnson heard of this lie was almost .crazy. After supper he abused the i^irl fori! in a most outrageous way. This sent Johnson to his room. .A little later Johnson returned with a revolver in his hand. On seeing the girl he fired twice, killing her "instantly. Running hack to his room, he placed the' we;)pen to his head, Mowing out his brains. The father of tin- ltLjI has ironc crazy. Funeral c? Sullivan's Mother. A (I:?;>:iteh of Monday from Boston . s.i\ s: One liiui'ired carriages- crowded \fcitli licr own friends and with t tic friends of her son, followed the body of .Mrs. Catharine Sullivan to the grave. Never before has so much pomp been seen at a private funeral. Tire casket was liieraliy buried in fowers, and it required j f ?.! /.i. / ?i,n?wr/ic /'nrrr tlin ilrirol tvi!?nf/?c: to the i^rave. Tin; designs embraced all that the liorist's skill could produce, arid the choicest flowers, were used in their ooiistruciiaii. Sporting men in all parts of the eouiitrv telegraphed orders for fl /Wers as a token of their respect. The mtvices were conducted at St. J Patrick's church at the Highlands, where j remiietii mass was celebrated liv the iCev. Joseph II. Gallagher. John L. Sullivan sat in the |>e\v with his fatherand brother. ch'sely following the ser- j vice, ]jut without any demonstrations of j urii'f that had shaken him <>n the night j of his inrthei s death. 31 is new silk hat 1 was ?! arly covered with a deep band of j mourning. The body was buried at Cal- j vary Oinetary. ?~: "m' ? -? A Coi:ni's Son an Embezzler. ] "Max .Tacobson was attested at Chicago ! for CNtmsive embezzlement' on tlic Fidelity and Casualty Company of that city. He has l>crn in* tlie employ of the com: pany nearly a y?:ir and lie had the hay-, dlin:; of larjrc ?f wwcy. and his shortage will rfi far into the thousands. Jacobson s fa??cr holds, the title of Count in Austr? a"d is a rieh banker there. ^ OVER THE WIRES. IMPORTANT NEWS xEOM ALL POINTS, Gathered and Condensed Tn Readable Stvle for tlie Public. The town of Black Pine in Deer Lodge county, Montana, was destroyed l>y fire. D. Dougherty, an attorney of Oakland City, Ind., was killed 1>y Karn McKenny. The wife of Mclvenny ha>l left him and employed Dougherty to secure a divorce. McKennv is under; 1- * __ *. 1 ! .1. aiTfst. muignaiion js very mgii. Samuel C. Sho waiter, of Dayton, 0., aged t>0, submitted to in jection of Elixir of Life three weeks ago, hoping for re-; j lief from rheumatism. He died Monday I from the effects of the treatment. Imj mediately after the injection his limbs I be-an to swell, and his whole system | was permeated with blood poison. The Illinois coal strike has ended, the miners having accepted the ultimation of the bosses for a reduction in wages of 7i-c. per ton. Tlie Convention to frame the Constitution for the proposed State of Wyoming met in the capital at Cheyenne. Temporary organization was effected by the election 01 11. h. .blliott, ot .Jomi county, Prcsideut, and John K. Jeffrey of Laramie county. Secretary. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of a number of eastern men connected with the Sullivan prize tight in Mississippi. lint little progress was made in selecting a jury Tuesday for the Cronin murder trial. When the court adjourned, but three jurors had been selected temn?>rarilv_ The defense! so far has used ei^ht peremptory challenges. Adviecs from Port an Prince are that jlippolyte entered the city with his army. All is quiet and Ilippolyte's trimnph is complete. Typhoid fever prevails at Dundee, In diana, to an alarming extent. The property of the Remington Paper, Company at Watortown; N. Y., lias been sold t<> a syndicate of German capitalists for $t,SOO,"COO. The third bridge across the Ohio river leading from Cincinnari into Kentucky was opened Monday for public TEE EACE WAS, Four of the Erng Leaders Silled While Resisting Arrest. A soccirfl from Greenwood, Miss., says: Fhi*3*present appearances, it looks as --rfiough 1 he sun of pence would separate the cloud of war. The shcrilT of this county returned from Winter City, the ?iuu iv.jm.hio vyv,ij vaiu^ \jhjv. v i uj> there. Four of the ring-leader?,, j Adolpli Jiorton, Scott Morris, M. J. JD::iI, and Jack Dial, were killed. The militaryarrived at Winter City Tuesday morning. The excitement among negroes were augmented by the report that a peaceful negro had been killed during the night for refusing to take up arms against the while people. Thomas, Allan, and Cromwell, the moving splints of the insurrection, have not been arrested, but the whites and the better class of black negrots are determined to l>rin<r them to instice. o .? George Allan is the one who killed another negro last Saturday ni^ht. on Townsenil's place for refusing to join his band, and it is believed he is still in this city. Cromwell is an ex-convict, and one of t he principal instigators of the riot. His whereabouts at present, are unknown, but'" there arc about To or 100 men searching the woods for Allan and his accomplices, of whom there arc about eight. iiie L)C?t O: leeiing prevails uet.wccn the whites and the better class, of negroes, and when this troublesome clement has been brought to justice, the m:$hi?ery of alfuirs will move 011 as though nothing had happened. I DIED 0>T HER WEDDING EVE. [ She Arrayed Herself in Her Bridal Robes '\anc! Soon Afterward Dropped Dead. . . Neai*---J3owder Springs, Georgia, what was have \hvai a wedding proved to 1)5' a funeral. The daughter of C?ii. Jo1m""RV;Fa(lrlen had met Mr. Edward Smelt of ChmJ.-ston at Talluhih in the early summerTV The couple soon became lovers, and th'e yoniij^u ladv. returned home before the. season was out to prepare for her wedding, which was set down for Monday. Her father, who is one of ilie leading planters of Cobb county, .resolved to make the ; wedding, a grand sot-rial., occasion. The bridal trosseau was ordered from New York, and the yotfng ladies were present from several States to act as'bridesmaids. I Sunday 'Uigbt> the brute expectant arrayed herself i;i her robes for the inspec- ' libit, of her friends. "For a few moments tlie greatest hilarity existed, when sudden iv Miss' MVFaflxterr put her hand to her forehead with aseceam aud fell to. the floor. She was dead. The body, arrayed as ir. was for the wedding, was laid out for burial, and when Mr. Smith rode upat 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, which was the appointed time, lie foundthat lie w-.ls at-a funeral instead of a wed: ding. He was so overcome that he could not go to the burial, which took place at -1 l'.M. . . Eis iteck Saved by Three Votes. . Robert Gray, in jail at Jasper, Ala., for assaulting'-'a young lady, escaped lynching "Wednesday -night by three votes m a ]x>u. oi iuu. .iv moo 01 one hundred was on the way to the jail, when friends of the young iady met them and. urged them to desist, fls Gray had not been fully identified.' After much parleying the mob agreed to take a vote.Two managers of election were, chosen and ah empty cartridge box was used as a 'on!!?>t box. "When the'votes' were counted it was found that a majority of three were opposed to the lynching, and the mob dispersed. Bloodhounds gb the Track cf a Murderer, Two bloodhounds have been sent from Littlt Rock down to Lonoke, Ark., to l>e used in tracking down tlie murderer, J. M. Gregg,who escaped from the officers and took refuge in the woods near that place. A large posse is after him, and jus capture is expected. Gregg is charged with tlie murder" of ".1, pcdler named. McCuen, with whom he was traveling. Gov. Eagle has offeree-- a re ward for his capture. \ WASHINGTON GOSSIP. It is s^ted with some degree -of positiveness that Secretary Noble will take lip the Tanner investigation in a decisive way before the end of the week, the investigating cUnmittoc having learned enough to warrant decisive action. Gustav Wabner, Postal Councillor of tlic Postoffice Department of the Gennan empire, called on Postmaster-General Wauam?ker. Mr. AVabner h:is been commissioned by bis government to visit the principal cities of the United States in order to make a thorough cxamina flon of the operations and special features of our telegraph and telephone system? v is amounted that Mr. Ashlmrner rus been appointed an expert to collect satisfies about the consumption and I production of coal for the next census. Ever since Secretary "Windom returned to Washington as a member of the Harrison Cabinet there has been a mystery about his place of residence. After he jave up his apartment at the Hotel Arno his whereabouts alter leaving his department have been clouded in doubt. Treasury officials when asked where the secretary might be found, invariably reply that they do not know. Several of the local papers recently published a paragraph to the eilect that Secretary Windora had at hist secured a house for the winter, but none of them were able to state exactly where it was located. It is supposed to he on Massachusetts avenue, uear 10th street. Suicide of Whl Kemble Leiite. A special from Palatka, Fla., sxys: News readied here of the suicide of William Ivemble Lente, a bright and prominent young business man, at Seville, some miles south of here, at a town which he started several years ago. A terrible gash was cut in his arm with ?. razor, :in empty morphine bottle lay beside him, and a horrible pistol wound was in his head. Any one of these was sutlicient to cause death. Young Lente has lived very li'gh since his father's death, and is reported to have not only run through his own fortune, but also to have cut into money belonging to his mother and sister. Seeing no way out save disgrace, it is believed that he sought death. His falhcrJJ>:~Trederick Lente of New York^Cvas well known in this State, andJrvtjU here winters. He was a voryhprfCvolcnt man, bui left a "OcMU^pf^mc for Lis son. The latter's wl?wsive habits and?the heavy drain made by the improvements at his pet town soon exhausted his ready means, and then it is supposed he used the funds. Why the Queen Dislikes Gladstone. <4uccn Victoria s dislike of Gladstone is explained by a recent writer, who says that when the Grand Old Man used to visit the regal old lady he was wont to ..talk to her "about the polity of the Hit'tiies'oi the relations between the Athan' asian crccd and Horner." The Queen, perplexed and uncomfortable, would seek to make a digression, and would address a remark to a daughter or oiler a biscuit -vr.. uj %* Luiiict. oixi. would restrain himself with an effort, wait till the Princess had'answered or the dog had sat down, and then would promptly resume?"As I was saying " Meanwhile the flood. had gathered force by delay, and when it burst forth again it carried all before it. Victoria used to.complain that on those occasions it was Gladstone who was rude! She was nrobablv in the same - __ i,T -5 " predicament that Biddy Moriarity was when O'Counell cal'.cd her a parallelogram.?Argonaut. A Mirage in Wyoming: Passengers who nrrived at Denver, Col., recently from northern Wyoming reported a singular optical illusion. The conductor of the train says:- "It was about an hour before sunset, and, fooking out ol the car window, we saw abopt a mile away a beautiful lake. It was m a slight depression among the hills, and seemed to be about two miles long by a mile wide. Never having noticed a lake at tills place on the road I was considerably astonished, as were passengers familiar with the road. As the tram advanced the lake appeared to enlarge and rise, but in spite of this it was difficult to believe the appearance was simply mirage, and that what appeared to be a lake was a level plain. The apparent lake was as smooth and bright as a mirror, cxcept at one edge, where it appeared to be ruffied by the wind.?Neto York Sun. Building1aSxrase^iji Mississippi for Africa . News from'-jTo'niberton, Miss., says an : order has been placed there for houses ;ind stamp mills, by Ei^-lish capitalists who own mines in South "A frica, and will require l,bOO,OQO feet of Vcimber. When completed the houses will be ^hipped via New Orleans, direct to Africa. They will.then-leave to be conveyed ?V?(> miles inland by w;?gons and ox teams to"\ the gold mines, where they will replace ]\ English made iiVitls. With Southern saw I < ;u._ .... <: t. ' ? nun* uxiu uruwunuj; \>wiiw? t> the lumber for the Jiicaraugau canal, for r the gold regions, of Africa, nnd for many r South American enterprises, it looks as/T though the-South is rapidly pushing orfTt 1 for a big share of the world's trade, f Keunion of Colored Confederated At. Jacksonville, Ala., there /was a unique reunion on Saturday la.<*t. The colored men who served in the .Confederate army in various capaciijies, as tc*:i:u.-tfcrs, servants, cooks, etc.,/ had a "rYm(7-<Tf-r:itr> rmimon *' .Tlif* -..-no vv^ - - fV* tfcjf ?? ?U- | celebrated with a barbecue, Speeches, :in<l base hall. At they h&ul a de bate on the question of whetlVcr the Democratic or Republican party w^is the best friemMo the negro,. tin; Democratic side being jfceessarilv represented by Republicans. .- Great good humor prevailed throughout. The negroes who were in the war and heard the bulV&s whistle are very proy,tl*of it. jf A .Mob Raises a Ps'TI.-TK-^lTiY'K! Oil * 1 band of lawless men, I'M Luther, who was killcrjfl at GrQodlaad on Mond.-^B os Antler's Station, here.-'Over 100 sIh^b thegreatest^exoitemcH demonstration is su]?| are numerous thcrfl band declared thcjjj and repeat tbe M trouble is expect? tborities have becfl TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS FEIGHTFUL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. One Hundred and Twenty-Six Lives Were Lost at Antwerp. A cablegram from Antwerp, Belgium, says: A large quantity of dynamite exploded in a cartridge factory here Friday, totally demolishing that part of the building in which the explosive was kept. The factory was located in the vicinity of the Bourse, which, at- the time of the explosion, was crowded. Burning fragments of the factory were hurled against the Bourse, setting it on fire and creating a panic among the members, some of whom were injured. ' Of the employes of the factory, 126 were killed, and many others in and near the building were badly wounded. Tl>p pvnl/ieinn rwnriWl in -41. f:ifitorv situated immediately back of the docks, upon which millions of cartridges were being unloaded. Large petroleum 3tores stood adjacent to the factory, and these .were set on lire by the burning fragments and are burning fiercely. The city is enveloped in smoke. Fortunately the cartridges on the docks were not anectea uy tne explosion. Eight thousand barrels of petroleum are burning. A majority of the eighty wounded are workmen, but the number in eludes .several soldiers. LATER?ESTIMATED AT 200. The number of killed is now estimated at 200, and of the injured at 500 people. The damage to property will reach many millions. The lire is still burning fiercely ; several vessels have been burned at their docks. The flames cover two acres of ground, and rise to an immense height. Amidst the fierce roar of flames are heard from time-to time the loud reports of explosions, to which there seems to be no end. These explosions are supposed to be of packages of cartridges stored in the building. FIFTY DEAD FROM .AST EXPLOSION*. EomstinG, - Scotland.?Fifty dead bodies have been taken from the Mail" riccWood Colliery, at Penicnick, in which an explosion occurred Thursday. TEE GEEAT FAIR OF 1892. The Sentiment of the Country Says It Should Ee Held at Washington. Public Opinion, tlie electric journal of Washington city, recently sent to the mayors of cities throughout the country of over 10,000 inhabitants?about 175 in all?and to the secretaries of 300 boards of trade and other commercial bodies, a letter inviting an answer to the following questions: 1. In what city, in your opinion, should the World's Exposition of 1S02 be held ? my ^ '/J national appropriation, private subscriptions, or both ? This journal, in its issue Friday published the replies recdvred up to. date. These show that 24 commercial bodies favor Washington, 19 New York City, 11 Chicago, and 5 St. Louis. Of the mayors, 31 favor Washington, 2-A Chicago, 15 New York and 3 St. Louis. This makes a total in favor of Washington of 55, against 36 for Chicago, 34 for New York and 8 for St. Louis. Answers to thfi question about defraying expenses show a majority in favor of the expenses being met by National appropriation, aided bv private subscription. ... ^ Finds His Long-lost Brother."- *...,. Caroline C. H , Va.?Mr. James A.' Baisley, of New York, .has just left here for his home after a happy adventure. He was here looking for his brother, whom he had not seen for many years, ana wnom ne tnotign was lost, i cars ripro young Baisley was sliippcd to Virginia by sonic Northern agency.. With him came also his sister. The circumstances of the family were such that the two brothers and sister were thrown up- * ? * i - - mi. . .13 on tlie worm at an cany age. i ne ernei brother remained in New York and prospered. After accumulating some money he-started out to find his brother and sister. The sister was traced aud found, but no tiding could be learned of the whereabout of the brother. Persistent efforts were at last rewarded, aDd the missing boy was followed to this county to Mr. Sirless's house, near Guinea. Mr. IJ.-tisley visited Mr. Sjrless on Svmday, and met with the lost boy. Biotous Bailroad Hands. Something of a race conflict occurred in the lower^section o^LaurenscountySC Wednesday between a party of young men onmn /I/wan i\r TllfiW NVu'th Carolina negroes. It seems tliat the negroes threatened a white man and were presented from doing him bodily injury by hft? interference of those present. The cjjghborhood turned out to arrest the Jfegroes, who showed fight. Both parties fired and two negroes were wounded. The'negroes fled. They were working for the Carolina Northejn Railroad rr ' 1 ?- - if ?rvn? /lAm. in ilOlSUOUSlT ? C2UU{>, jauv.r iv>"pletely deserted. A Cat Commits Snicide. , A tabby cat belonging to the family isj i David B. Paul, "Wallingford, Penn., ofjj reported to have committed suicide while; grieving over the loss of her family of fivp: sittens that had been drowned in order; :o keep down the cat population. When! > > _jr : mAni! iUc Gifl cai misseu ncr uiispriii^ :caring over tlie house, showing her great; distress by loud mewing. Failing tofind; ,he kittens after a long search she wen^i vp to the third story and deliberately! jumped out on the porch roof below, j When picked up old tabby was dead, her[ aeck being HEWS FBOM ABED AD. Messrs. Henderson of Glasgow, have j contracted to build for Messrs. Borc]es ; &*Son, Paris and Bordeaux, a five-masted sailing ship. It is to be the largest in the world. Barclay, Curie"& Co., of Glasgow, have also contracted with the same firm to build a four-masted ship capable of carrying 5,000 tons. According to the census report on the eight hour movement, submitted to Wednesday's session of the Trade Union Uongrpss in session at Dundee, 39,207 were for 62,883 against it. The South of Ireland mackerel fishing is a failure. Lord Zetland will be sworn in as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on October 1. He will make his state entry into Dublin on December 3. Newspapers in the City of Mexico accuse the Italian Minister of importing goods sis a Minister free of duty for mercantile speculation. Miss Jennie S. Chamberlain; second daughter of Mr. Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio, and a celebrated beauty, was I married Thursday in St. George's church, \ Hanover Square, London, to Capt'. Herbert Nay lor Leyland. The pardoning of several prisoners in Russia who had looked upon their confinement in Siberia as lifelong has added renewed probability to the statement that the Czar, at the < ntreaties of his invalid wife, entered upon a policy of reform which, although gradual, cannot! fail to lead to the most important *$esults. More pardons of political prisoners will soon took place, and it is prom iseci tnat the treatment of those who remain in Siberia will be greatly ameliorated. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Keatinff Bros. & Co.. of Pennsvlva nia, but now located at Staunton, contractors for building__tbe Stauntop, & W^t^ugiifite'Ttallroad, a 25-mile road whigh will open up the anthracite coal field of Virginia, are advertising for 200 teams and 500 laborers. The work is to be nushed through The Louisville & Nashville Railroad has just given the United States Rolling' Stock Co., of New Decatur, Ala., an order for 250 freight cars. The Cumberland Gap tunnel at Middlesborough, Ky., just completed, is one of the longest in the world. During its construction five veins of coal were pierccd. From time a train enters it till j it makes its exit it will liave been in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. The tunnel cost $350,000. Mr. John M. Smith has been appointed master of machinery-at the South Carolina Railway shops in Charleston. A $20,000 stock company to manufacture the BarFCtt Patent Stoves has been organized at Atlanta. Works arc to be built at once. \ The Farmer's Alliance have started a cotton bagging factory at Jackson, Miss: Another new leaf tobacco factory is reported from Winston, N. C. The Carolina Buggy Company have let the contract for the erection of their new buggy factory at Yorkvill#, S. C. Too Poor to Bay a Grave. John Jordan, colored, came into the poor commissioner's office in Detroit, Mich., with a basket on his arm. He wkiitivJ nprmiorinn fn hunr Vvia hiiXrr in a vacant lot, as ha had 110 money to go to the cemetery, and he did not want the baby interred in the potter's field. The superintendent said such permission could not be given, and added: "What's your number? I'll send for the corpse." "Oh, you needn't send," replied Jordan, "for I've got him here," and taking a frio&from tho basket he revealed the wee, mMkftoby7*w?ose emaciated body told of extreme suffering. The superintendent was staggered, but he gave Jordan note to the city undertaker and said: "The undertaker will furnish a coffin and bury your baby. It will cost you nothing," and the father reverently covered the corpse again and left the office.?Chicaao Herald. Alleged to Be a Miracle. A -woman of Quebec, Canada, named Lcguin was the subject of a miracle. For nine months she suffered from a disease which deprived her of the use of her j legs. !?lc aiso sunerea irona cancer in i tbe breast. Sunday she was earned by friends to the Shrine of St. Anne, where she assisted at the diviuc service, received holy communion, and prayed with ardent fervor. When venerating the relics of St. Anne she rose and walked to her seat without the help of anybody. The miracle teas witnessed by over 200 prigrims. A njiiu;nuiu> OWUB iiiepuaut. There is a stone elephant in Inyo County. The rock that has taken the form of an elephant is a dark gray < granite that is almost the color of the skin of an elephant. The first travelers ? in California, it is said, on catching sight of it, thought that they had found a petrified mastrodon. A Piute Indian,on hoi no- flskWl if Vip Vio/1 pvpt <u*ort "stone elephant," replied, "Yash, me see him -many year 'go. Long time Injun no sabe him; now see him all same in big show up Virginny City."?New York Tribune. Massachusetts Prohibition Convention. The Massachusetts State Prohibition a .1 i ' uuuvvuuuu auupio d. pianuj m ucciaiiug ia favor of prohibiting the manufactures of liquor in the State; High license is rejected as opposed to experience and misleading in its promises. Dr. Jno. Blackburn was nominated for Governor. MAKING FUR GARMENTS. Vj | xrhn rMQjcAjnm i [xur ttft rtffi JfJSLttTf .LCIXV W WEAKEN G APPAEEL. V . Curious Details of the Furriers' Bud' J uess?Cheap and Costly Skins? Muffs of Muskrat and Ermine. ' H " At least one thousand men and women in ' AM New York are busied in making fur gar<- H ments. There are factories employing. ? | uiaujawiisui ?vui&iucu)imui>uc[C?R:utU,> | gy little shops where a few journeymen \ JB work together, with small capital, low rent -'HH| ! and..moderate profits. . In this particular | shop there are only,foar men at work?just - 9 the number required to complete a garment J under the division, of -labor usual in the. 9 fur business. One man stands at the, counter with a pile of muskrat skins at his' . w 1 J J3 v: - i leu. xiuuu, auu. ju iu? ngiit a jteen unto . knife, shaped almost exactly like throat-. stretched wing of a bird. The skin of - fj| the furs has been dampened so that it is; pliant. The cutter, as he is callecLseiM^^^^B a skin, turns the fur down andjfl cuts out defects with his bird's-wj^^^H^^^^fl^^^H Scarcely one skin in a hundreB feet. There are shot holes, sca^H bites and scratches, tears, andother^l age, the result of careless curing. the time all defects have been cut out ujPJfl may have been necessary to divide the. skin into twenty strips and squares.; 9 About twenty per cent, of the fur is lost; by the process of cutting; though the^ ' 1 smallest pieces, even those not more than! fl an inch square, ore carefully saved, so- Jj long as they are well covered with! . jH As the knife slips-through the leather; fl you-notice that the under side of the' - : " fur is a rich, golden brown r while the: ? ~^mk outer surface is a black. The fur has' been dyed, but the dye has not pecetra-! ^ ted to the skin. The dyeing and curing, v are done elsewhere at factories which. re-j C?iss-ii??-rt*rTKlnr6ylifielh^^ 'the West and South. They come turned! <H wrong side out and looking like greatt 1 Japanese slippers, from having been! -S stretched and dried by the trapper on^? .. J Prom the cutter's table the skins go to' .' ~ the sewer. He sits in ~ a corner andi I works a strong sewing machine, whose] ; *&JlM needle is easily driven through the akin, i Sj Ordinary, stout thread is used, "and the- _?^ sewer manages to piece together the van-' oiis scraps In such a way that no seam! 1 shows on the hairy side... The seams on I the under side appear like straight rid ges Sj or cords. The skin comes from the sewer a patchwork of leather almost as strongly held together as an uncut pelt From the sewer the material goes to Jtk >9 the blocker. In this instance it is aj . K mufE that they aremakmg. The "block"? is in seven pieces that fit together andj lorm an jmpiemem; zanz iooks almost ex actly like a big wheel .hub. The skin,; H which has been sewn end to end so as to, " form a hollow cylinder, is placed on the I block form. It extends a little beyond \ B the block, ai>^a little wooden disk is placed in each^tird-ai?fckejat&r? these disks the ends of the skin are nailed, j and the whole thing is then placed in the j . I window to dty. ^ . ) 9 When the. sfclri is partty dried it is re-: moved from the bloek and turned over | to the fiaisKerr Efe pots inwadding, and lining- and sews on thecordand tais- j vB sels, if the mull is to be thus oma-j mented. Finally the for is carefully; ^ brushed until it is smooth and glossy, j Then it is put into a round pasteboard ; box ready to be shipped to the merchant, ; w through whom it is distributed to the | retail dealers here and elsewhere. El 1? X XT xl x fuiu rneu wuriviug tugeuuer uius tea-, ~i hours a day can make three dozen muffs. Cutters-earn from $15 to $18 a week and I blockers and finishers from $10 to $12 a'j week. Women are sometimes employed J as finishers at about the same wages. Tie; busy season is from June to December, j ' ^ September^dctai^er-and November are! perhaps the most active*^ontb*--^ike^~s-?< season. In the spring and winter busi-; ness is dull, and the few men employed j are at work upon inferiormaterial, which/ cannot be worked profitably in the busyj acaouu. % r , jz , Fashienin furs changes slightly from j year to year, and the growing taste for] summer furs now has to be taken into] account. Boas, capes and mufis are now j being made for next winter. The cheap- j est and most abundant skin is thai of thej hare; the costliest are those of the beaver, I y sable, seal, black fox and ermine. Thej / , J last named is extremely rare. The dig- i pised polecat contributes fur to the com-' fort and ornamentation of beauty, and] - * nobody turns up their nose at him. His! unpleasant characteristics disappear mj the curing. Pretty boas are made ofj >?' f. the hare's skin and costiy capes of the^' t lynx, sable and beaver for. Some of the$ costliest furs are imported but the great j * mass of fur garments are made from na-! tive skins. . Foreigners have been pioneers in thej * _ 1 fancy fur business of New York, and! / r nvA A*A twAvsTT 1 oic otux iuouj x-x^iivuiucu^ whiikmji^ and Italians employed in the work; but] native*Americans are taking to the trade 1 more and more. It requires from one to' five years to become an .expert cutter, j .v but other branches of the trade are more; jJtk quickly learned. The costliest furs arel_? made up in large factories, becanse it) fcalrAR ronsiderahle eanital to keen a stock! . ? ?r?: x ^ 1 of raw material on hand. The bnsin?88j is rather dirty, but it is not specially ua-l wholesome.?New York Star. jfei What tile Frogs"Said t. Bogan. * ' -M John Bogan is now a prosperous vessel-! :>wuer on the great lakes, but he neverj fl *nr>_s tn Tnlpnn Ohin "Whon Tip -wan?< ihere last he was master of the steamer, Dgontz. Fever and ague came from thei iluggish Maumee River in large chunks,; wd a good portion was caught in Bogan's ?j system. "On this trip as he stood at the S pilot house shaking with a chill thefrogB mm waiui tvuau;. , "I wonder whatthose^B ing?" fee r?