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? 1 1 . Z - 7 - - . -v I VOL. XLYI. WINNSBORO, S/ .C., .WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1889. NO. 16. ;; The women of Chicago who inaugura-1 ted the crusade against gambling some time ago, are very enthusiastic over the success that has attended their work. They are conndent that they can effectually suppress the vice. : The latest development of the automatic machine is a Doctor Cureall. in tiouanct. i; is a woo v:n tigure 01 a man with compartments all over it, labeled with the names of various ailments. If you have a pain iindits corresponding location on the figure, 'Irop a coin into the slot, and the proper pill or powder will come out. . "The number of Irish occupiers of land In 1SSS was 021.455, being 716 less ;han on the "previous year. The number folding land exceeding fifty acres increased to 223. There were in 1SSS '47,951 holdings, not escreuing one acre, oeing a decrease of 171 from the previous vear. There arc 150.146 holding between five aud fifteen acres, this being ;he most numerous class, and 1501 holders of above 1000 acres. The difference between the English J and the American sense of humor is shown in Henry Irving's application for the interdiction of a burlesque imitation of him which was running in one of the London theaters. On this side of the water almost unv actor of note would regard this i?1- ni * Tvri?ft"i- <ro<Ki rid vertfsement. to be en ^ - ' ^ couraged rather than rebuffed. Booth, - Jefferson, and others v.-Iio have suffered , 4$lzC in like manner at the hands of the funny i- ty men on the stage have winked at it, as } J the political magnates of a quarter-cen* rury ago did when a noted performer produced his clever stage portraits of ~ them. The W;u>hingtou Star thinks L 'there iS always more or less indirect flattery in such treatment. Nobody thinks of caricaturing a person who is cot eminent in his way. The comic delineator-hunts only i'or big game." ' > "Many practical persons would ta-o much ukk'c interest in the of South America's representatives to this country >.( they could believe the story of two Spanish-Americans .which was read at the recent meeting of the-SVltish Association / for the advancement of science. They reported a laud (Asfc of the'Andes, in one p^rti pai-^'-Avh including "about four thoj^and square miles, gold can be pro~? ^ unlimited amount. The^ quantityc^srffi ]?mi .Utc-a'dynencwn ts eleven thousand and twenty-one mil lion cuoic metres, ana tae caicuiaieu value of the precious metal it contains is no less ilinn *1,500,000,000. In other words, as much as fifteen times the iEjnoun"'. of gold raised annually during ihe last few years is lying waiting to be won in the Province of Sttiidia. How aiuch more could be found in the country to the north, which is now "unexplored and occupied by the savages," ;annot, of ourse, be calculated. ?' X -.MA.' - t?w ixf #-? ?/ * ! question has de .vioped in I\ew York city. Despite the alleged restrictions of the Exclusion Act the Celestial population there aas increased liftecn pjr ccat. within a :welvemonth. Tii'- representative of a Chinese company who held a lease of * >ome valuable New York property defined to renew the lease save on his own terms. The landlord, declining to acjuiescc. was confronted with this interesting situation: No Caucasian would occupy the property latc-iy vacated by a Mongolian and no Mongolian was permitted under the laws of Amcrica-Monirolian ethics io lease a building from which one oi his own race had been cx- I pellcd. i iic Chicago Harold considers ihst the cJIcct of such conditions as these vvill fx- to erect in New York an institution such as has lon^ been familiar to San Francisco; ;t Chinatown, with, all its attendant horrors of opium-smoking and highbinder murder. _ New York already has a Mott street. largely, but not entirely. given over to Chinamen; but it is not prepared for a state of affairs which involves the Chinaman as a considerable i social and political factor, sis.heundoubt- ! edly is in San Francisco. The dreadful cyclone which .struck the American. English and German war ; ships at Samoa, by which so many gal- | _lant officer- and sailors l->st their lives, j was the meaa^?^-dcaicjistrating those | noble (qualities which have made the i American seamen famed the world over. John Preston Dunning, the young Associated Press reporter who was at Apia at the time, is preparing an account of j ?he fearful disaster for St. Nicholas. I Although some doubt has been cast on j the story, he positively asserts that when the Trenton drifted back on the Vandalia and it seemed as if the ship were | doomed, he distinctly heard above tue j raging of the gale the strains of the j c;Star Spangled Banner," which the ; Trenton's baud .struck up. The fact, too, ! n .1 .i a. I that lite I rcnir.n s men au cucereu inv j British ship Calliope when she success- j fully breasted the -torm and Reamed out j to sea is amply veriiied by the report of J the British Commander. Captain Kane, j who dcciarcd he was never more affectcdin his life than when he heard the manly ring of their voices. The New York Sun declares that every actor in those stirrin? socnes may well be proud of the part he played in that day's great struggle against the elements. THROUGH DIXIE.! SUMMARY OF SOTTEESN NE g. j ^appenin^s of Special Importance Froc j Virginia to the Lois Star Stat-e. HOETH CAROLINA. Capt. Murphy, of the C. F. & Y. Y. j Railroad, brought the first car load of j Stokes county . coal that ever came to j Greensboro. It was learned that Philadelphia par tics have purchased the plumbago deposits in Wake county and would at once put in the machinery there and operatethem on an extensive scale. "While the truiu for Weldon was standing at the depot Monday morning it was raided by a curious crowd anxious to see the ''Carolina Twins'' who were abroad. ; These twins arecokned lenmles and .ire j joined together alter the uuniitr of tin famous Siamese twins. They were burn | in Whiteville, in this State, and are | thirty eight years old. They have lxv:i i pretty much all over the world uu exlii- ; bition. Chatham county made its Inst payment | to the fund for the North Carolina Con- j federate Soldiers Home. The amount i was $113, and wa3 raised by the laditrs I of Chatham county. It was turned over to ; W. C. Stronach, of Raleigh who is j treasurer of the State Veteran's A--.sot.ia- J tion. A telegram has been received auuoitne-! ing that Governor F'tzhugh Lee r.eoopis ! the invitation of the Sampson County Agtieultral Society to deliver the anno-il address at the fair-on December -Itli, otl> and (?th. Calvin J. "White, ef Coviogbm, Montgomery couuty, was killed by au explosion of a boiler which was used to run his cotton gin. White was standing iu i the second story of the hou?e when tl??s j exolosion took i>lace. The boiler and i engine, weighing 10.000 pounds' were j thrown into the sccond story. While j was teriibly mangled, ;tn?1 the gin was i smashed to atoms. The board of directors??f the caster.i in ; sane asylum passed a revolution requesting Mrs. M. A. Lawrence, who has been matron of the institute for twenty ye.ux, to resign. Mrs. L-iwreaee published a letter declining to resign, and elating that lur resignation would imj>Jy the couciousaess that she had been unfaithful to her duty. She was elected is:atron at the same time that Dr. Grissom was elected superintendent and has served contemporaneously with him. SOUTH CAROLINA. Pat Calhoun was named as executor is: j the will of the late Capt. James Edward*. | OX AOOCVllie. A declaration has been tiled at the I State capital and a commission- issued t<> J the Parkins vill**, Modoc and Edgefield Telephone Company, with hradsjuarter-i i at Edgefield Court Ilourc. The r.vp-t il j is to be di j vided into DIty shares efr+k^-uar-vahie *1 ! ?10 per share. It is the purpose ?>f the: company to run their line along the Ait ; gusta and Kuoxville IJailr<>ad and con-I nect the three villages. The corpor it?-rs i are \Y. H. Parks, \\\ E Presort and J. ; 1). Iiolsteiu. The Columbia Fair Association have ; had six arches erected across Main sir-.ct, j two on each block from the Stale Ib-iot- j to the Postoilicc. E:ch arch will ssiji-j porl fifty-two sas jets with different <-<dored globes, the effect of which will be brilliant-. T. S. Williams, of Marietta, sends tlio j department of agriculture a sample <>1 Alleu ?ilk cotton raised by James Klkie. i The Allen cotton ginned l?y lite Engiisli double rolier gin sold ia Charleston Jast week for 10J cents a pound A negro named Caleb Bab!), of Greenville, aisaultod Jhon llall, Wednesday, with a pickax, knocking him tenseleas and injuring him seriously. A warrant was gotten out for the negro and given Deputy SheriJl Gilrcath to serve, his approach the negro ran ami was 5 at by the deputy three or fnur lime-, several shots taking effvet and wounding * ' . t ? i! e : 1, * Mai so senor.siy mac nis iu? is uiuiom j despaired of. . The York Spoke ami Handle Company. has been incorporated l>y Hol.pt. AVitti erspooD, Ernest Lowry, .Joins F. Lindsay und others, to manufacture axles, felines, handles, hubs, spokes. agricultural implements, etc. The capital stock is ?l~>,000. YUitors to the vaults of the Pantheon j in Paris remember the echo which the guide used to produce by shouting and pounding on a drum. This h::s incn forbidden by .the minister of the interior as "a, desecration of the abode of the illustrious dead.-1 VIRGINIA. Captain George A. Ainslee, one of the 1 most prominent citizens of Kirhmoitd. ! dwl Monday morning. Ho was c\ ['i t s- ; ident of the chamber of commerce. ex- , grand commander of Kui??its Templar j of Virginia, president of tlis.* >Iercha'.t>' j Institute and democratic: candidate for the nomination for mayor at (he last e!ec- | tion. While the steam-tug Spray, formerly i of Alexandria port, was towing :i small ; barge from Norfolk _ to Lambert's point ! Mondav. the barire-capsized and a color cd man. who was on boar J, was drownol. A white nvin who was.als ) on tin l-ar^v narrowly escaped. The bar^c was i? i?i- j cd with brick, cement and lumber be i lon^iDi; to (icu. V. 1). kroner, all "I which was lost. The Lynchburg and Durham 1' lilroad ' will be completed to Mannish r river H ten days, which is within otic mile ?>f; Halifax Courthonsc. . Gov. Jvt commuted the sentcne;* of? the nei>ro bov Simon Wal!?.r, wh<? had | i . ' - i i a. . i t . r : .: ueeu comiem^iru to iwr cnciiii :i : assalt on Mary Ann Till!, a whir-; trhi of i ManchtVit r, to twenty years i m; ?! ;???:i ment in the penitentiary. Walker Ins 1 l>tfore bteu twice respited. :?:*?1 "unit the Governor liad intervene-! ie would have been executed. L. C. Irvinir. d ied Tuts'Jay at F.irm ville, after a long illness'from < on>uinoti<m. His death, however was su-ldet'. i He was an ahle lawyer, and at l'ie 1 rn-j ! of his death the supciinteudent of I'tillie Instructions of Prinee Edward-; county. GEORGIA. The real estate belouffimr to the estate : of the late Captain C. A. K!i?ik. j !utubus, was sold at public oulcry by i the c.wcutor. HifMini; v.as spirited. au^i ! sums realized front sales ajj^rcurited sev- j enty ti.v- tltr.iisind dollar?. S. Albert Marea cat liis *\ i:V.- throat ! at Savannah eaily Thursday morning, killing her instantly. The woman hail been to a festival with her sister, and a you tig mail escorted them home. It ii rupp-.j-. .1 that jealousy led to the murder. Murea fled and is still at large. j "Peg" Vad, was hanged Friday at Suiuuiervillc for murder. Jle cut his throat ia the jiil the day before his execui iuu. soon after being informed thit the Governor had refused to interfere ic 1 l?ic: FTp! also rut. a crash in his I aim. He- lust a good deal of blood, but the wounds were not serious though the gallows was. I. L. Boone, member of the House of Representatives from Hall count}*, i was found dead in his bed Tuesday at his boaidiug house in Atlanta. Apoplexy was the cause of death. A bill has bean introduced in the Legislature designed to exterminate the fox. It proposes to appropriate 25 cents for every :fcilp of a fox, and 50 cents for that ?>fa. wild cat, delivered t^.the ordiuarks of the various counties. The introduction of the bill aroused the ire uf r .several members of the House, who have I . line packsof hounds and are enthusiastic ! j fox-hunters. But witu all that thev are [ on the best of teims with the foxes, and t heie is always an understanding between 1 the !en-k r of the chase and the owners of , the hounds that the former is not to' ao- j company the hitter home. The Kaposition of the Piedmont Sockty at Atlanta Avliich closed Saturday, | was in all respects a success. As an exhibition it w::s one of the most attiactive ' ever seen ia the South. The show was 1 <?peu -'ourwetks, during which time at 1.10.000 pcoj ie passed in the gates. The total receipts were $5)7,420, and the- j expenses about ?70,400, leaving the ac- j : tnal i-rolits about $24,000. ' TENNESSEE . ,j William Guess was found on Rossville.. j !'i t-.I near Chattanooga in a dying.condi- ( ti":!, w'rli a kuife wound on the side of j his head, lie was brought to "the city , and properly attended, but his recovery , is impus-iote, as we is nor,conscious. r uu | information canuot be obtained. AH \ that is known i-s that he left a dance . about 2 o'clock in the morning, and was found a .-diori distance from the house. Who murdered him and the motive for the murder arc unknown." He is not known to have any enemies, and no J jti mel took place, unking the murder most, mysterious. lie was evidently ^ struck Irombehind withjTlarcc knife ~ ; C r John iiaskett and -Nettie King, both , prominent young' people of Dayton, eloped and were married. Baskett car t ied a ladder for two miles aud stole his f bride frcm an up-stairs window at 2 oVloek in the morning. They left the c town :it on e to escapc the wrath of the brMe's father, wh> opposed the match 1 .Tiiilg - Ridley, of the Criminal Court -I of I) tvidson county, dccided that the 1 ' 'iiK-i. in flic 1'pvpriiip hill mssed bv the ' '.Jcut:ta! Assembly ;it a recent session, fixing a liccii.se for the s?-rtTng of pools f and li.?ik i>jttiu^,^a^unconstitutioua1; \ Tii<- Jjjdg-o *4ieir-found three proprietors c <>l local pool rooms guilty of violation j >f thy law prohibiting the selling ?>f p-iols and the making of book bets on run on tracks outside of the State, and assessed a fine of $30 and costs. An appeal l'roni this decision was taken by the defendants who will carry the case to 11 c Supreme Court, which meets in this; s eity next month. This is the scconii ' judicial .decision on this question. The c iaw against pool selling and book betting 1 1 - I w:is pm-scu i >v<j vcais <iuu iuc ui;- l fendants claim that the Legislature, by inci ting a clause in the Revenue bill, re- ' pea led the law. c Mr. ;;n<l Mrs. W. L. Muifree, the par- ^ ents of Miss Mary N. Murfree, who has t become so famous as "Charles Egbert Craddock,*' are now in Murfresboro, renovatMg and refitting the old home, to r whicii they have returned to stay. Mr. ,l Murfreo hi;> been a leading lawyer in St. v Louis for many years past, aud the famiiyhave lived there. ' 1 OTHEE 8TATE-3. A corps of surveyors is being organized l ) locale a branch of the Georgia Pacific . r:i'Ii";i?l from Baird's, Ala., to Yazoo 1 City, Mis?. The branch will be tifty- 1 fuemiksiu length, aud will penetrate ^ o-ie of the richest sections of the State . of Mississippi. The survey will begin iu-xt week, and the road will be built as . s<,'on a? possible. ? Vi' lo.burg, Mississippi, seems to be 11 booming up. A-$60,000 hotel is being built, and the money li;is been sub ser;l>ed, arid the plans are Deing pre;ri ic?I for another hotel to cost $11)0,000. t lis manufacturing industries are also thriving and rapidly increasing. * Rev. Sun .Jones, assisted by Rev. .T j ! :. Stewart, of Cleveland, Tenn., is car -j ryisig on a rousing revival mcctiDg in j Uaenville, Miss. The l?rgc tent, having a c-tparity of -jjOOP-'is filled to overflow'. "j, ing at the meeting^. * ,f The Comptroller of Currency has au-. . lh<.'ri/.<.-d the Gdlvestoft :$gtioual BaDk, 1< of Te.\as, and tlfc; First "'^National Bank, I off/ike Charles, La., to begin with re- c sptctive capitals of $500,000 to 4>U,000.-:1 :2 i T ' > .... C Charleston's Earthquake Festival. ; s Charleston's-, great earthquake festival opeiio-l Avith a grand display. The pub. j lie Itr.ildings, private residences arid com !.nM6/.< u'i>r(> Itptlrwlrnrl xvilli fljvws atj-i Umtings from one end of the city ^ t ? J he other. Thousands of United: ( St:ii !i:iv> wire displayed. King street ;it nielli presented alircry^rictuyewith its | triumphal arches, illumined show win- ( d??wswinging Chinese lanterns, gay c throngs of bight-seers, bands of luusic i and aiiltiiary parades of both white and oilorcd troops. There was a grand pyrot'.< display on the Colonial lake with mimic attack of the Federal fleet on Fort jumpier. Twenty-five hundred visitors reached the city by the early c ;:ici-iii:u; trains, and thousands of others ? :irrivt?i during the day and night. J r . ? The Alabama Exposition. M??nt<;omi:uy, Ala.?The Southern r Exposition bo^un under favorable au- ( s]ii' (-s. The Governor and other State j = 'ili' c-r-i, c ity- and county officials, and a c large number of citizens were present \ a !:- n ['resident Harrison touched' the I i?y wire from Washington which *t [nit the machinery in motion. .Speeches -<i ir.ude l>v Governor Seay, Mayor c Kraham and President Van Diver of the t Km,->siti??n. The artillery fired a salute 1 i t 1 s; Exposition was declared formally ,1 ojH-n. There i-? a large aud !inc display <" <-<f pr< duct's of farm, wines, forest and ^ The number of fine race i hiit-v- is the largest ever assembled in ih- The Exposition will remain J-1 opeu till the l-3th instant. 1 NORTH AM) WEST. NEWS? IIS5E BI TELEGBAPH. , 3eing A Condensation of the Principal Happenings in Different States 1 Irregularities in the certificate of the, < iVasbiugton Cuiistitution sent to Pics;-; l eut Harrison may delay for six. days the* i ssuin^ uf the prucldination announcing ? he admissiun of the State, . I Mr. Eaisun sa vs lie receives an average 1 )f 1,009 letters daily, many of -which 1 jontain offers, o? marriage with his ) laughter. Edward CoSgrove; who had the repu- j ntion a few years ago ol' being u pugilist, *| ivas found dead iu a cell -in (lie Gregory ( jtreet police station", Jersey City, Wed- ^ lesday. He had been arrested for drunk?ness. Death resulted from hemorrhage. A party of forty miners ".from Alaska, *( :vho lately arrived at San Francisco, say :bat the outlook in tliat region is not ? i very iu virion one, and will not avail a person much to go there without capital, j A rattling prize light of 11 rounds took 1 place Thursday morxiiug at* Highland < Palls, N. Y.," between Jan Daly, of Philadelphia, and Bill Gabig, of Pitts-' ; burg, heavy weights, for-a purse of $5^0, I in which Daly proved the victor. ' Owing tOa b avf fall: of snow and ^ baa m.ids, -the Wyomiug vote on"the idof?tiun o.t the constitution was light. ' rbc vote wiJl aggregate 10,00') with less [ than 1.000 against-the constitution. Eighteen-ycar-otd George Baumeister, i cl?'k:in a'grc.ctry.Hin. Brad ford' ^street j iD'd Aflanticaycnui-v ISwioklvn, wis sent :;ut to dclivtr groeenQ^. joc lilt Louse of 1 Mrs. Duryea, c!bYe !>y. After handing'.iu the-groceries he asked the 10 year-old (on of'Mrs.' 'Ihiru i lor a* shotgun,. and . Lbe boy brought hiui^the g .u. It was ! loadied with -bird-shot,- and when Baura- ' jjstvT was Joskin^ down, the barrel it ivksd ii charge^. * The. shot lodged jn the ] joy's bead, causing .it;juries which reiulted'iu his death ;in St"." Mary's IIos- , Ex-President anil .Mrs. Cleveland arc >aid to have matured- tlu^-^i.'nl.S' lif'satl icxt'J'uuc f'jr ^sirfour, Avlicre thy will iic Lest 'part. o/'a year. Another strike is in progress in Evans. iljv, Ind., ami ex rends oyer the entire \Iackey system, cnil"racing Evansvilleand ! rorre.Haute, E.jwd I., 1\.JV. and E.,\L. , S. and St. L. and E. and li. .railroads. "Notices have been posted in all the'] 'urnaces in the Ma'ipuing Valley, Ohio, ] granting all employes an unsolicited in- t rreasein wages of 10 per cent.*.""' j The Austria n-lnuk Joseph sailed-from ? ?rovidmcc, It. *1., t'?y liotterdanrrwaflS 1 fl00,000 worth of cotton seed oil/' "This 1 sthe'tirst direct foreign "cargo 'that has eft that port for the last liulf century. : Epbriam 1). Ellsworth, father of the * anions Col. Ellsworth, the first victim 1 ?f th<- civili>var, died. Wednesday at Me- i 1 :huniesville, JJ. V., at. the a^rc of 81 U 'ears. . , i 1 ' ' ' ' il ^SBt? i | ' WASHINGTON NOTES/ h The President has amended the civil * rviee rules applicable to^the railway n lil service so'a's to provide that in each * :asc of a vacancy, the Civil Servicc Com.: 1 uission shall certify the names of three ' persons standing highest, resident in the ' ounticsof the State or Territory through j ? kr 1 nf 11w? ci?nfii^n >f the railroad passes on which" the per- * on to be appointed is to serve, and [ rorn among the three persons thus edified, one is to be appointed. Ex Secretary *i f State Bayard was Married Wednesday to Miss Mary Ciy- ,f. ner. Ex-President-anti Mrs. Cleveland j vere among the guests' The President appointed "Win. W; j Jates, of New York, to be Commissioner j >f Navigation. . 1 Private-Secretary IlalTord has returned ,'c o his duties at the "White House,1 but he t s still far from robust. He is -convinced hat the Executive M-io$ion is in a bad , onditibn as regards plumbing and ven- . ilation, aud lays his .llness to these decuts. > ?.:'- , | The President issue d a,-proclamation , dmittinjr Montana as a State of the Un- , < >n. ?: I John is Bound To Come, : j II. Iv. Armsl'nvof Victoria.- B. C., says t 'Your Government :o0^1it-'. to expend ,( unie of its surplus in building revenue t utters to parol the northern waters ^of ^ 'ugct Sound and tiie waters of the Strait. ( "he Chinese who land in our country are ^ ust swarming to California. AU tile, ( ail ways of our?city4ar^ doipgan hnmensfi c p^i'wss. In shipping thL|r, .g^x.^s t</ Callv " tffl? i At"\ . .> i* ( > jlong-ago -I callod-vupon - the Col1? j ector at Port 1Me."s:rid': li :now very well that a constant stream..-[.-> if Chinese is passings but I eau't guard 'c (?Oft-mil s-dT troajnine with only seven nspectors, I have caught a few of the: * Celestials, but a great number' .pass un ccV>?. %%'. ' ' / ' V . .jfr, Ai;ms1)y tl 1 i ftks *. 5I<>?gjj>(iau. imini- i jratipn^t'o; .the .'Unitcrt>?t?ti&--will be. ,< United obIv by the ca parky of British. < Jo!mr.l)iu to receive them at; ft-JO' a'"hcad : ind <lischargc thein 'upon us. "Some.' < ;,!je.?aul,revenue, agent,, ; ;un'e#X.!wiii pla5d> and fufl>s'e<plci>i!ly r?. " >orted at San Francisco that no Chinese 1 vere crossing the line. lie needs but,1 >ne-eye" to sit- a systemstie line of-human i muggling iu.whicTi. inaoy Caucasians are ; n't ere'Stcd1 ' - -P : it -r . 1 'A-Wicked-Boston Drummer. i Pou<si^jS^h-vNow.-)"ork.?A. little < >vcr m. vfrfr ^Vrf, <u Tiosffori drummer. Wi 1 on CMt'tnV"' became - "acquainted with rillr S'-hoy of this" city. They were narried'in Dec'ertibcr last, and a week tftcr.he left her, having borrowed. con.- 1 iderable fnOuey oiMie? father. lie wrote ' oher from Erie, Pa., saying he wou'd tever come'back to'lief. She engaged ' Shark's Morschauser, a well known law- 1 r.er.of thj? city, as counsel. . Mr. Mors- I iLauser learned that in. March last Carcv ! vay liviug with Mamie JJSuehard-in the * virje.block, Syracuse,. Jjut had left her, ' aking* with hiriHier diamond ring'and * >ther valuables belonging to her. Evi- ( lence was : also procured- showing * that * hey lived together -as una ?ana wifc^ rhe caSe came before]Judge Barnard Sat- * if day riiorniug, wJi^.graated an absolute P 11 V UIV.^ IU IUV. JL "ivu j iiOO.couascl.fecs and-$I.0>u >veck ulimo-i -1 ?y. . . ... Carey's native place is liicjimond, \ a.' To'is now'out of the State, l int i? wanted ? lere to pay the counsel fees and alimotfy. , 4 HALF A MILLION LOSS BY TIRE. 1 Conflagration Sweeps Away Property in Petersburg. o Que ofthe.. most disastrous fires ia the ihtory of Peti rsburg, occurred Thurslay morning. It bfgau ia the large'dry *oods store of Geo., it. Davis ?fc Co., iu id iron front building on Sycamorc street tnd communicated: to tJie remaining 'cur buildings in the same block, occupied by A. Rosenthal & Co , M. M. Di- j .'is & Co., Plummer & Wheeler, hard. -var.e, and A. W. Face, grocer, destroy- | ng thera all. The storts of Geo. V/. j Slack, Eppa Hargtave, and Go. n.'| RotherJ, Furniture Cam pan y. were :t!I; turned. The Western Union Telegraph i Company,' the Odd Fellows' buiidi!:?, j :he stdres of P. S. Seibuiy, P. M. Stew- i trd, M. W. Pynes and David Col lender, ' ju the offside of the street wa> destroyed. * The loss is estimate 1 at ?500,000, insurance $400,000. I Lieutenant Ceo. IT. Cri<-hton, of the police force, was in one of the buildings j tvhen a wall fell, lie was burned t-? j 5eath. Assistance was asked from Ri: hmond, ' md two steam engines were sent from ' there. The ;,iron front*' building which was ! )urutd in the tire, consisted of live large five-story store;. This was one "f the most attractive buildingrin the Sou h ind co&t $125,000. It was creetid in 1801, 0:1 the site of the old Powdl hotel, kvbich was burned ia 1S37. In tjie Odd Fellows' Hall were the Young. Men's christian Association rooms. The a^s >-. :i at ion. lost its entire library, entailing a ioss of more than $:>,0Q0. The tire originated in the rear part of die stoic of Geo. H. Davis & Co. The | insurance was principally in Northern J :om panics. Tiic Virginia Mutual In- j nuance company had politics on the j ir 1\ttt?nnr1 ta tli/i 'imntint nf SCttO _ I yl VJ MKIUUI I V liiV/ ttUiVUUU \J 1 'I'WV/j- | JOO. " ' " V . The lire will prove a severe blow to Petersburg, and will throw out of employment many meu who were employed ?! ?U ? A Ohattanoogarr^slery. The poliee of Ohuttauonga^ljenii., :iro mainly endeavoring to uuravel tirt^bep,*st mystery ever brought withia j tnowludsrc. Two hutuaa linirens \vcrS"v O ^ 1.7 ^ round on one of the principal business p streets. Tliey ha?l evcr^ appearance of j jeing torn % force from the hand of a j arge white man. This was two days , igo, and the mystery was still fmtluajp ntensiiied by the finding of wBr irm i 11 a pond about five hundred yWds 'roui the place that the fingers Wi re 'onnd. The two lingers of the hand j vere gone and those discovered fitted exictly, thus showing that the arm and ingcrs belonged to the same man. It is he theory of the p dice that an unknown nan ha-, been murdered and tint the ;uilty parties have torn his body to >icees and thrown it into pl tees to hide heir guilt. No clew whatever ha>\e? >cen found as to wjio the murde.ed man vas. . 1 Young Washington Lady'.-; Adventures, j Belle Brown, daughter of a Washing- i on, D. C., business man, whose ?1 isn ?> >carance five weeks .ago, eiu*ed coissidrahlo. stir and extensive search, has )een found in Xew York all right and in j jood health. Her mind seems t-> have I >eeu partially unbalanced. Wlien she eft she. was in the Baltimore and JL'otoiiaedepot, and, hearing a train for New fork announced, purchased a ticket for hat placc and boarded the train on a udden'impulse. On the train she atract'ei the uoticc of a kindly deposed outbern lady, who secured a good home or her during the week's illness which ollowcd and until she secured employ ncnt afe a'companion to an invalid lady, .longings for home and friends induced ier".to w'rife to her father, who went at >nce to Hew York aud.found -lii > daugher with her mind again clear". Wanamaker Consulting Postmasters. Twenty Of the postmasters from the n-incJpal postofliccs in the country have jeen summoned to Washington tj Postnaster General Wanaiuaker for the pariose of consultaliou. The conference vas licit! at. the Post Office Department, 'ost master General Wanaraaker lit nisei f >residing. The object of the conference ike those recently held by the posl?flice.inspectors and railway ^upcriteu: fedts is ihe interchanging of ideas fur he betterment of the postal service hrough'out the country, ami t > enable hePoStiiinster-Gencral by personal couact with" .the. postUMsti rs to lcarii <lctii:ieocy 'of Service, and to supply defieicn- ' :es where possible. The conference will continue several lays^ Among the .prominent postmas- ' ers'arc those from New. York, Boston, ^Mea'rjo, New' Orfeati?, TTashihgton-j N'a^hvtlkyBMlaio, Charleston, amj.Pliila . .The Locomotive Engineers, - O Ldeouiotivc Engineers 'considered^ and idoptcd the report of the committee on constitution and by-laws. The. report .lisposed of only a- few minor motions iiid resolutions.^ A-very important imen'dnient tp (lie constitution \v;is then ulopfed.''.Ilcretof ore when a lircjnm ivas promoted to be an engineer lie could , lot join the brotherhood (if engineers . (vitliout lirst resigning from the Brother-'1'O O lood of Firemen. The amendment * idopted allows the new engineer to join . die engineers, and at the same time re :ain his membership with the (hymen's brotherhood. After some routine business the convention adjourned to meet it Pittsburg one year hence. Blown Up at Sea, While the fishing steamer ?S. S. Brown was cruising off the New ..Jersey coast. :wcnty-fivc inilcs from the Delcware Breakwater, her boiler* exploded. instant y killing Fireman John LcCast. of Conlecticnt, and fatally scalding Chief Engineer Charles Bailey and Assistant Engineer William Ludlow, both also from Jonnecticut. Three dick hands, Iler)ert Thompson and Fredrick Turner, of Joiinecticur, and Soth Sutton, of Sussex :ounty-, Del., were seriously, but not 'atrallyy scalded. "The steamer Alpine went' to the assisahec of the distressed vessel, bringing he injured m'eu to the United States nanne hospital at Philadelphia, i'u., |jdtttretheir wounds were attended lo. * ^ -foreign missionary institute, when people., will be trained for evangel icu .work abroad, has been opened in Boston f ELECTION RETURNS. THE RESULTS OF THE OANVAS3. Virginia, Ohio, New York, New Jersey and Iowa Gone Democratic. VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va .?The state is now claimed for Mc-Kinney by 30.000. The heaviest democratic. gains have been made in the republican strongholds, notably the 2nd and 4th' congressional districts, which comprise the black belt. Richmond city gives 5,443 democratic 1 majority, a gain over the Cleveland vote I kiat year of 3,315. Halifax county, a democratic gain of: 1,300. Wythe county. | ' - J5' .Governor \V. P. McKikxey ";20 democratic majority, a gain of over GOO.. The-eity of Petersburg, Mahone's home, goes democratic by 415. a gaia of GOO. Uumberland has gone, democratic by a small majority. Warren county 870 democratic majority, a gain of 185. Culpepper, 000 democratic, a gain of 300. Pulaski, 225 democratic majority, a gain <?f 10-">; Rappahanock, S30 democratic majority, a gain of 300; Alleghany, a iii of *25; King William goes democratic aud elects a democratic member oQlie home; Henrico county goes dcmjcnmi?? and elects a member of the liousjr a gain uf 530; Goochland county a.republican gain of one vote. Gen. Ma^mc conccdes the State to the demuyja^^ lie was up ygtil daylight jjjgffiymorning'receiving re ^OTfei''uny{jg^iiYeient precints in the / fo?/i SiikiciW^vf r*otro T?<?rTi larrro rr>_ ul vvjlllv/?i ? v/ *vij *w*qv av 1?uUYc a n' ma j ori tic?. ohio. Ci-vcrsi^vn, O.,?Incomplete returns from all theviuuties in the State except ~0. give CainpbeTr^i^urality of 171). The outlook from these fj?ii?^%that Camp* bell's plurality in the State"%, about 8,000. CoLir.MBUs, 0. Hon. "James E. Campbell, Hamilton, 0.: To the full extent that a defeated candidate can do so, with propiiety, allow me to offer my con , gratulations and assure you it will give me great pleasure to extend you every cotirtisy I can show you iu connection with yuiir inauguration and the commencement of your administration. J. 13. Foraker." new york. A Suu bulletin says that the State 1 ? - ?i *1 a aa/t lias gone ueiuociauc uy iu,uuu m^jurnj. sew jersey. The democrats elected their governor by a majority of seven or eight thousand.. IOWA. Democratic state headquarters cliam that il' the present ratio of gains is continued they will carry the state by 7,000. Republican headquarters insist that strong republican counties have not yet repoited, and willxut down the dem ocraticgaios so that Hutchison will be elected by a small plurality. The legisture will be republican by eight majori- , ty on joint ballot. MARYLAND. Baltimore, Md.?Regular democratic ticket has carried this city by a majority of from 4,500 to 5,000 for state comptroller and local ollices. MISSISSIPPI. Jacksox, Miss.?So little interest was felt in the election, there being no opposition to the democratic ticket, that the executive committee have not provided far returns as heretofore. Five counties, having local dissentions. enjoy some little excitement, but otherwise the election was unusually quiet and uni: tercsting. Unfavorable weather made the vote even lighter"than was anticipated. nebraska. Lincoln, Neb.?The day was fair all over the state, but the vote was not large. Returns are coming in slowly. Nothing has-been heard .so far tp change the estimate of the republican'maiority of 16,000 to 20#00. pennsylvania. Pjifladelpiiia, Pa.?The only* state officer voted for in Pennsylvania was state -.treasurer. The candidates were Ilenry K. IJoyer,' republican; Edward A. Bigler,' democrat, aRd James R. Johnson, prphicitiou. A light vote was cast. Very little interest was manifested, tht election of Boycr being a foregone conclusion. ' , A Pcstoffice Demolished. .. Th/i Postmaster General leceived the following telegram Friday: "Louisa, Ky.?Hon. John Wanattiaker/ Postmaster General, Washington, D. C.: I claim protection and redress at the hands of the government. . I am postmaster at this place and had the l.ondsnmpst fourth-class office in north c:istcr'n Kentucky, surpassing many presidential offices. My office is this moinin<r completely,, demolished, being the \v9rk of a few_persons wanting to let the postmaster lierc know how Ohio had gone politically. They used high explosives. dynamite and other contbustibules, caved in the front door, broke every window in the f.oit of the build iog. threw open the shutters and this morning I find my office little protection to llie United States mail-pouches or money order deposits. This being a distributing office, the linding of the guilty parties will be an easy task f >r a detective force. P. C. McClure, rost master. Postmaster General Wanamaker will have the alleged outrage investigited, with u view to blinking the guilty parties before the courts.. A woman living in the oil region oi j Pennsylvania, recently lost her thumb. | She applied crude oil to the stump and { now an entirely new thumb is growing. I A BATTLE UST A MEXICAN TOWN. " The Lynching of Customs Gards Causes a General Eow. News haa reached the commander of the Mexican troufs in Ntuvo Laiedo, Mexico, of suicus trouble which is now going on in Micr. Mexico, down the Rio Grande about 1G<J miles from Laiedo. Last Sunday a merchant named Gu: teries was shot and killed by two customs guards who claim he resisted a command to sto'p and be searched on the road between Mier and Camarog. On their arrival at Micr they repotted the ailair, and tlio citizens were so iucense<( that th'-y raised a mob and lynched A K/-.I1 f f..if r * Ar fiffr "^fovirnrt HVU1 ib iutij \/a 1UIJ a-iva^vuu troups, and a "body of fifteen "or twenty customs guards arrived tbere too late to save the lives of tbe guards, and a general battle occured, resulting in .the death and wounding of some t?n or fifteen parties. Reinforcements were telegraphed for to Mantamoras. ' The town, at last- accounts-/was in an uproar. TROZEN COWBOYS. Result of the: Terrible Blizzard Which Swept Over Western Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Henry Miller, range* fort man for Colonel R. G. Sead, with several cowboys, campsci near bierra uranae- wiin i,ouu i beef cattle which they were holding for j the purpose of loading in the^cars. At 4 o'clock in the morning a blizzard from the northwest Struck the herd; driving the cattle toward-the panhandle, Texas, the cowboys being unable to.bold them. The snow was so blinding that, it made it impossible to see.fiCty feet afford. Miller called his men together a*ud they started to follow the h'efd; and made an. attempt to keep then! bunched so- far a$ possible. The men ljccame separated'. One of them wandered into Head's home ranch, half "(lead with cold and hunger.. IIet61d hirstofy, and the rescuing party was immediately sent out, and at no- i the frozen bodies of Henry Miller, Jol Martin' and Charlie Jolly were found lying on the open plains not Folsom. The other--/"\suebefore being overcome witlTcOTil^^^&^P foeeign foibles, ? The French-army ofliccrs are now all armed -with revolvers. During the war of 1370 they had none. The most interesting exhibition in Europe next year will be the Loan Exhibition of Tapestry at the Austrian Museum. " . "r The London Lady Guide Association to be nourishing.- It liastaktn new airiLlarger rooms, and all its departments, ofwftkh^theM^are several, arc said to be doing we'ft^t Monaco to which only Ctflfiujs are ac credited, has a big dinloniaticlCWttS^ti the rest of Europe, and its diplomais^ disnlav a nrofuidon of irold lace and titles -i j ? I o purely for i he honor of serving the princi-. pality gratis. Thrte young .boys clo|>cd from Nice, and traveled on foot to Paris in order to see the exhibition, and after seeing it and living on alms in its immediate vicinity during several weeks, were, arrested last week and returned home. \ A grand review of Turkish troups, commanded by Osuian Pasha, the defender of Plevna,'has been'organized for Emperor William during his stay at Constantinople. Moltkc started on his military tour after visiting the Turks. ' Average Weight of Cotton Bales. The New Orleans.Cotton Exchange is-' sued a statement Tuesday based on official'returns of different Exchanges, mak Log the average , weight of 2,018,714 bales of this years qottoa crop, embracing port receipts from September 1 to October 31, and overland to November 1, inclusive, 505 2*2-100 pounds per bale. The details by sections are: Texas, 5o4 24-100 pounds; Louisiana, 40!) $0-100; Alabama, 000; Geprgia, 408 71-100; South "Carolina, 409; Virginia, 494 45-100; North Carolina, 500, and Tennessee 501 57-100. Compared with September weights the average of the cotton belt for two months together is 10 42 100 pounds per bale lighter. Thirteen Coal Bar^s Sunk. At Parkersburg, W. Va., -a coal l>oat wreck occured twelve miles on the Ohio rirpr in mlv.in<r the loss of 430.000 and I ? ? / .I the probable death of Harry Brown,, mate of one of the steamers. Six boat?, with heavy tows from southern markets were following in succession, when the first struck au obstruction, sinking its barges. Before they could be stopped,, three other boats struck the sunken barges, resulting in thirteen barges'lilled with coal siiuk in the middle of the cliai,-1 nel. . | A Murderer "Worth Catching. The Governor of South Carolina lias' offered a reward of one hundred and; fifty, dollars for* the arrest of Ripley Johnson, murderer of'J. .J. Hcffernan at Barnwell, S. C. This has been supple-, mented by two hundred and -fifteen dol-, lars from Blackville, one hundred .and'fifty from Barnwell: total reward, five hundred and fifteeu'dollars. Barnwell1 will add more to this amount. The Barnwell and -Blackville .subscriptions arc in the hands of Col. 3Iike Brown and Mr. D. F. Drew. Tree Books For St. Louis Students. In the school election at St. Louis, Mo., the question at issue was free books for the public schools. The English newspapers ridiculed the free book idea. A ticket was made up of eminent citizens representing the two political partics opposed to the free books. The free-book ticket was ma<3e up by the i1 ward workers . of both parties. The { ward workers routed their opponents and school books will hereafter be free to ' scholars. ..... J Accident" at a Furnace. j By the bjeaking out o/moittjn -iron in d tne stack of Colebrook furnacc No".. 1, at] Lebanon,.-Pa., five men were killed And.j three severely burned;, Tht; men,' all of -f. 1-1 ,i.?i .1.1 wnoiu .wuru iiiuuici>,.?vie vvunuviiiiw by the rush of. molten. raetal? 5vJbi.Ie.at work. and. some of them were burned , almost l)cyoml recognition. Tl.ie jbo&t-" inx shift of the furnace was destroyed.: O 1 WHERE EAGLES ABOUND. THE BIHD OF FREEDOM PLENTY PTJLIM INDIANA. The Golden Eagle and the Bald Ea< gles-A Rendezvous i'or tbe Big Birds?Theii- -iiaiii ts. An Indianian says in the New York 5(m:"Idon*tk?ow that outside of Vermil- . -v lion County there is an Indiana man .who knows much-about eagles, and may be Vermillion Cowuiy . rp!ks wouldn't be so familiar with them if it wasn't that Professor John Colleti, the naturalist, . lives'there, and-he talks' ri^ht out what /.-?! he knows. Vfe have in dnuiananot only the bald but the goideh eagle, and the golden eaglo titan tewhang around in - : many other places n outlays, *" either. They are rare -birds even In Indiana, but' there is a family o? lliem . on V%-Jarm in Vennillicn County. Lots, of-..people, even in Indianii. think .they have seen golden eagles when they haven"?~' What they thought w.a.-; golden eagles ac^js fhe fc-males.of the coi-^g,two-year-old .maie of the bald eagle iViHiiy-. The reason a bald eagle is called a bald eagle is because of a whitd crest with which the male is ornamented. But, he don:t get that crest tmtil he is ];.u>t* tvvc years, old.' The golden eagle'.looks very much like the bald eagle without the crest.' Con sequenny, ioiks who ;t?u i up m cagica, as- Vermillion County people are, think they have had the pleasure of seeing specimens of the rare golden eagle,.whenall they've seen was cither some old bald . ': eagle'swife or "his young son. . ; "There's a farm in Vermilion County ^ where there is a regular bald eagle assembly, and it has been there as long as any one on remember anything about that part of the State. The eugk-s hold a convention there every night, andJProfgssor Collett says that the eagles that meet there come from. dil?erent parts of the . ; State for fifty or a hundred mites.around. They come in the dusk of. the evening,1 and seem to meet for some consultation ^ of importance, rather-than to have a social time. ~ The big birds^ome soaring in one at a time, (md ev'ery; newcomer is received with shouts of/welcome by the eagles that have preccued him to the . ili rendezvous. If .you've ever. heard"an ?agle or two in a cage give vtfice to their altfjiftiial song^you can . probably get. * 4 iome idea - oigrand and melodious-.^ ; * xi -l 1;_ im|| , k 1 ~ Dflorus tnat SWeilS .out . Vermilion County air about thatNWA ' aagle assemblage of an. evening. This^r.-;'"'^ rendezvous is in a very solitary place,.. v where there are numerous high and bare- '* imbed syeamorc trees. The eagles oc;upy those limbs. Professor'Collett was in. interested but unseen' witness to a " > gathering of these .gagles. one evening, ;~ ilid he counted fifty-three.. - v " "We have learned out in Vermilion County that there has been a great deal ?; >f poetic humbug written, about the jagle. There isn't, any thing noble or inspiring about him. Ke is not only the Diggest of all feathered thieves, but he is che cruelest.- His especial delight is to . " ^ti^ck and torture the mo'st innocent of Diros*5*d animals. .; JTe will.Tcapture a iamb and trawjut the.-eyes of the bleeding little thing, andtnCssO^case it and watch - J <!"> rr:nvr>mr>nfcw. " ' iUU. Ui'; ..^. ?.. ;>f its victim. . "\7hen tlic p??i^lani? jrows wcalc and car.not exhibit its : longer the eagle will catch another of the^sNe^rf flock and subject it to the same tortue. One eagle^hasjscen" known to mutilate ten lambs in a flock in this -way. frightening the ewes and keeping, them at a distance by his harsh cries and loud flapping of his great wings. From all that [ have seen of eagles' in Indiana I don't believe that the biggest eagle" that flies will attack any animal capable of showing my, resistance.. Then it's .all boslfcabo^k- ' the eagle disdaining to dine on anything he has not vanquished and kiHcd himself. The bald eagle will settle down on and."v^ uake a meal off 5is vile-carrion as will any^ ouzzard that ever scented a dead horse on che plains. ... ,^ i '.'Eagles grow big in Tcrmilion .County.: [ killed one once that measured. 'a trifle ?ver eleven feet from.l^e..tip"of one wing: ~ :o the tip of the other. JVe don't .'bother - ' A: *- -11--? lUn;~ . vO Hunt/ c&Gfics ior (uaihiu^ :hem, but, of coursc, if one comes-in our cvay.wc lay him low? if" we -can. JVe lepend on the jaybirds and crows, and >n their own carcless Jicst budding, , to keep them down to a. point beyond which f * , ;hev murlit be? destructive nuisancer" I ion't mean that -the.jaybird or the crow; pitch in and destr^f" j*?^Ies by giving :hem battle, but theg make2H$*SnsSof ,?. ;crambHng_,-4?selfj eagle's egg they N. run across^ and they are generally nosing iround looking-for eagle's eggs,-.too. .The-. iagle builds his nest out of. the reach of; nan on inaccessible, rocky summits or in ;he top of some dry and isolated tree.: . " ?1 ? U?K.CL-.r.l ? )rr]/v; don't julllt; pwulc ?;cuu*v . :>uild their nests in old dead trees, be-' ;ause they.juc old dead-trees, but that when the nests were first. built there .the trees.. were alive ana .were killed by the eagles nesting', in them- No one in Vermilion ' County believes that, fc-ecause we know better. The eagle is i bird that wants to sec what is going on all.the time, and when a nest is built it Ls put ' to - a bare tree.,because it oilers bette.r opportunities for observation.; Eagles'nests are built of coarse "sticks, carelessly thrown together. They do^ot furnish security to the* eggs' in a?isc" of stnrnr :rn? the futuK of manv eagle fain ilies is desCroyed.by.,the being tumbled out of their jiests snd* brokea ou the ground or rocks.. ,.X<> one eyey sees two eagles together in "flight, although close observationiir Vermilion County has esp fetbiished ^c'fatl"'.-acco'rdin^!t<5 Professor Collett, that t'-v'eiy i~R-Trt;ie*. square of territory in ihu't oQCu^ietl by a pair of eagles, 'assigned-ctf ti&is particular locality for a hunting g?6iiad.Ipy the general assembly of e:;gl<?$* that I mentioned. -These two -eagles jt'oai^^ijgcfher ' - ^ at night,".but thev>a?:\ ??;' '-i'company. You may. ha>cvfa^^-^fethetterri ble eye of xsptile is enraged. \ \ auye,secn 'it.. But it can't ciStajiare "v.Tta'tke dazzling, magnificent fury of an angry eagle s eye."5-. Toe Hon.'.Teffirsph Davr^'v.ho had acc'egted'Hn hniutibn vt '-attend tljb.ap.prpa^iig'ctutcyai;! at ^ycttevi^,"Sr. .C^, kus }yn$^?;;v-i?ti>.r. i > Jhc; cominitico ho-sut^" tlitt lie ?awcoW? ncil: $^53Safe>} >yt sir's i. d $re$es3? iliiSr *; ^ -- >->v^- '$.^*'Lr~ru - -. . -ar . 'ij-** ; .!'4'..;i .'*- " "*. V^.'? '*' * ' * -\: .rfeii^iIjir". ^0frjy) ' 0*7-. ^ w>pW_ * vft'cre" a Birdl"' " Slie uJjKv-r.i-ivriciTetl-"Oh, would I were a gurs."'