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mm ?> i ; J i I > 5> "J' i J ;' v 1 L A L: l He Gives r i :Xi-?-:;ENCcS DM A Ct.ft!r..r? d i 1C OCC/tw'ON. AritiJj- T:iik > oi" iciy o: S :!>jcvl^ ?:* u Very !'rco :i i !ia>y Matii:'.: . Atl'f.i it : > ?. I thought it was Sherman. No. I II-bit eUker.bui soiJiL'ho-.v it reminded iue oi Sherman. We l:avl coiapauy for ?linn or?children ;iii'! xva n-eliil <lroa Jtii-I other kinfolks. :::: i were winding uj> ih" general repast v. lilt strawberries aad "o.-im v.Lvu su'i .! ?l? 1 .. ts..,.. , .. vivniv wJLiviv u.-? *k y \ s. :; 2 i\ . thai shook the eli-ia^nis and :t a storm or win-! and ituji and i ;ii s:? swiftly that it stopped t!;;' tern: : ::< conversation. Mis. Arp looked a? me I ioor.c.l a: Iter ior u ia?*?men:. There wild racket and a vatiliug overhead ami against the windows. and in Hit- back Jitdi. lik- ;: thousand gnus hud opened lire yp<;ir our devoted houselfid. ihe long back iit4.il M il'? open to the wind and the hail-stones roiled and bounced furiously through :t and into the < front biii and covered the iio?r. ; Most oi them were like marbles, hut; ?>??:! V > < l.-ITCf' }?? "".Vrtl ) ! !T< Si.ml i such a lull oi hail has not been seen in these parts 1'or years and- years. The wind blow like a young' cyclone, and took ali bands to close the windows and sium the doors. Mrs. Avp looked out :Jid exclaimed: "Oh the pit. Jast see the hail crashing through the glass." The horse and the cow were grilling iu the front lot, and saddeuly waked up t'> the situation. and set oat cn a ran, and galloped round and round, but foundno pl:;cc of refuge. The peacock scraarut : ! iii'. <'a. unci i;:-' muisc. ma r.is sr-uiil&il tail was in Jlis way. He had loo much ladder for ins ship, av .1 soon found himself away down ra tiis grove. To much tail its bad dressing for anything in a storm. 01<1 i'ido. our superannuated dog. gave an indignant bark, and slowly trotted to the piazza. The ler.ves and twigs from the forest trees in rlie lawn' lillctl the air and traveled with ilie storm; The ground was white with hail, and it banked up against the house and fence several inches deep. I would like to be up in the ! clouds and see Low that thing is done. 1 The children scrcanied with, delight and wonder, for they had never seen nnvthimr like it before, but it was no delight to me, for I knew that it carried destruction ir. its pathway. I thought of the farmers' cotton that had.just made a narrow escape from the frost. I thought of my garden and green-house, and nil the pretty iiowers and plants that I had toiled so faithfully oyer to please Mrs Arp. I could see tlu-ua bend and sin-ink before rite*icy blast that stripped; them of their leaves and Hewers. More work: niove work for me. I ruminated. And sure enough my j beautiful squash vines that were! just beginning to bloom are torn nil to pieces, and so sac my butter beans j tixnt. were just reaching their young ] cendrils to the poles. I said I thought of Sherman?I a!-1 ways think oi' him in May when the i strawberries come. Just twenty-six ! years ago we had a strawberry least, one night at our home?strawberry and cream for supper and a little later on old Sherman began to scatter his mroeling shells right over the house, and we ail waked up io the s horror of the situation and found that General Joiii-stcii had ordered ; any; her full back, and that Rome was j , -eiiig abandoned to her late. I had | partaken too mucn 01 suawutrnes | and cream and they were holding a j accession meeting within ray corpo- i rate limits, bat all suffering and bent! up as I h3s we Lad lo get up and de- J part tiio.se coasts prematurely, in tlie | darkness of a foggy night, and mean -: !er away to parts unknown with vig-j ilance and alacrity. All night long j we hustled from the foul invader and i lei'i, oiu\beautii'ul home to his mercy j and onr stiavvlx'rries and cow to his i appetite. .bid that's why I thought j of Sherman when the hail-storm! broke up our feast. i But it is all right. I can plant j more beans and more squashes. I have already planted my garden tv.'ice j this spring, and I can plant it again, j It is not near so bad as war. and. | thanks to he good Lord lor his mer-; ei?s, we are not running from Sher-! man now with a one-horse rockaway i lull of infantry and the matemtalan-j cestor looking back every few minutes j to see if the yankees were coming to i take them from her. But now every- j thing is calm ana serene. Tnere are j some lit: lo disturbance hi ilie political! ?..horizon. but thev will soon pass! away. J as: before an election there j are so many fellows "sidewipm j around hunt in* for the orthography ; of an oliice." as Cabe says, that the people do get excited a little, but it will soon pass away. Them what's in want to stay in just one-more term, they say. ho as to wind up their ! business, but its rJ way's one more j term. It's like "tomorrow" that j r-- ^ - never comes. TiieseAlliance men are going to wake up the old veteran i f' r*7 nc "IVY?% nrvn ! v.:^.]vin Tvm^ AV*. ViiV X A, v V IV Vll. LfiU they Lad better watch their lend horses, for some oi them won't pull a pound except they are in the lead, j am! they are not worth a cent to bold . back when the wagon is on the down I . #rade. "Waicli your lead horses, I say. A long time ago there was a know-nothing parly that called themsi Ives the American. party, And their motto was. "Put none but Americans . .. 4. " t* .. v>..,.+, t'ii j-i. tw M?LIIv> 'Ji j good principles aud good patriotism j ana ^'ocd intentions. but ainbl-! tious ni< n goi at the head of it and they Y-'Oulilu't work anywhere but iu j l: :it!. and they run away and tinned j the wag-i over jtiiii ll:e contents, one of v*h*ni I v.*as which. It was an oathbouml wra t'orgtii-ization and 021 ii: it account was attacked by Abx ?te<.i:cns ami others. and vvas , i overthro "Well. it does make an ( ^ ?x . outsider feel helpless. Idon't wonder tint our members of Congress are ; distui bed and oar aspiring lawyers 1] who would like to s*o to the Legisla- i tu:v. bcit wo can all risk the fanners ' ; one time ;:::d then judge tliem by i \ their works. If they do ;;:,v worse ; j the:) send Larry Gantt ro Congress I j ^ don't care, lie w.. :s lift eon tvms [: for cotton- but let nhn go. T travel- ,1 j { wiih seventy live women toKome and j ; bark i ? Atl" ala last week and they1 ' were all '' r Larry because of <! ;;: . splendid tribute to "woman he Lad in * his oaper?. i al Penitent eoi'irssion i that he L;vi not be< s as considerate a ; husband as he should have been, i ( Xh---se good w-mih :> on a State ! i temperance mi-sion Lo Komr. but I; c don't tliitia they alluded to Larry's ; f exalt.d temperance proclivities. It ! < r_ - was tile manifestation of his late sub- \ t jugation to a proper appreciation of; I th- marriage relation that filled them j c with admiration. J3ut they were not ! r for Colonel Slaughter for anything or j e for any oilici. He is the high rail- j t : ioad oificiui wlio gi* half rate fare It) l'"- t*.";!11 ' i'J '1 to COtil" ' iiutie i'Jif-K, teaipe."?r' *"ien bes i'i;?L is iht- rc-a-soc h< <." -ift .>] >. i '- ifoM r.-.L; u..- tliut n i was bec.itix rhey <;c s ' l?v nor {hold oflic-t-. "A Li-::--... . .uli-ed. i said '.oif <?.*' i-ier.j. "i i,.j i.it-it can ; start out i>li a chulJi?>a<,rne or whiskey I excursion, una %o anywhere for a I nominal lure: but here arc* sevenfy; live noble women. whose mission is ; io >ave the younj? men from ruin and ; suv-' the State and sa* - ? *>o.ds and j ev- :yihi)i.irel<c. und (J-.ic?. daughter : -i.-tv ; yosi haven't y? -voir must nav i\ I? I " L wisj: -i tiu.v.. J ? ; :l V Vi* Mir I v . miv: . x . ! if' '.vouM li:;ve tlioujriii: there v.erc ; v.ouK-T: enough. Zvl v opinion is t]:* iv ; were at least. One jrood \Voi!Kin ouir'ii to be counted as two men. ! anyhow. I eoani f* **: >* at lay house. Colon el Shi j-idU bolter rveo.^iuor and refund ii-iit money. il'L- mission of these ii-'blv women is | worth more to l lie railroads ihun a i?:vss excursion. It embraces the >od sober conduct ' :eir oiHi cials. iroiu the orebuiejits io tbe "? **' 1 ;?r;ii<euieii. ami will j/ive cuem sjiut passengers who won fc get hurt and then sue for damages. I had rather I be Larry Gantt than Colonel Slaugh. tcr now. I don't know where Lairy's [ farm is north size of his cott m: patcl). but he may have fifteen cents i a pound for all the cotton he raises, and nobody will complain. We are till for Larry at my house. Bill Akp. GAMBLING RUINEH HIM. ! i)rmmner Co'x .\son Ccts Into JtCfremitolB & Co. of Atlanta. Adolph Robertson, the traveling j salesman of J. Kegensiein Co. of Atlanta, who was recently arresteuin Opelika. Ala., lias made a full confession. He says he gambled away Iris firm's j money and is short $1,100.25. He j denies, however, that he committed j forgery, with which lie has been charged.as the drafts he had cashed were signed in his own name and drawn 011 the house that employed I him. Robertson was brought to i Atlanta and a warrant was sworn j out against him for larceny after i trust. | Robertson was called 011 at the I station house by a number of Hei brew friends who offered to do what j lay in their power to help liim. He ' " -i > en lunusneo. me liaiiies 01 uioso wjiu won from him Kegenstein & Co's money, and the parties will be called upon to return it. If this is promptly done perhaps a settlement will be i effected and the case against the j drummer not prosecuted, j Otherwise sensational develcpj menis arc tln*eatened. Robertson ; wants the money to turn over to his j employers to stop the prosecution. | Should it not be forthcoming his ini TL.nf',A!i ie oni/] +n in Jill j those who played poker with him in ! Alabama, among them some officials of i '>e highest local standing- in l>ir' mirigaain and Opelika. ALiVE IN HER COFFiN. | She Sits l'j>, Mo:vns, Falls Clack Dead, ami is Curiixl. Xswpoet. Ivy., May 22.?The wife of John Korb, 40 years of age, living on the river road near Four-Mills, was to appearances dead last Monday, after a long spell of sickness. The body was prepared for burial, and on Wednesday, while the pall bearers ji . - "I? x r il were carrying mo cashes iroin uie church. they heard a noise inside the eorim, and upon removing' the lid ihe avoman was found to be alive, but too weak to speak. The greatest consternation among relatives and others in attendance ensued. TWien the woman opened her eyes women sereamcd and ran about as if demented. Some fainted, iliiiiv of the men lost their presence of mind, and it was only when the woman sat up that aid was extended. She could not speak, and was evidently frightened at her situation. She was taken into the church and made comfortable while a physician was sent for. Before he arrived the woman moaned, started to an upright position, and then fell back dead. The physician on arrival pronounced her dead, and she was buried at once. There is much excitement in the neiglibotliood, and many believe slie should not have been buried. SENSATIONAL SOMNAMBULISM. A "Brooklyn Man, While Asleep, Gag* and liobs Himself. Xzrvv Yoke, May 22.?Frank. D. Schemendia. a Cuban rausic teacher r,'lio had just begun business at 489 State street, Brooklyn, took a novel metiiou of bringing iiis name before thp rvnbiifv On Thursday momincr ne failed to appear at the breakfast table, and when some of bis fellowboarders visited his room they found him bo;; ud and gagged on the bed and in a dazed condition, as though he had been chloroformed. He was immediately released. A handkerchief was tightly bound about his head: and his hands had been tied behind his back. Kis 14-year-old brother Albert, who occupied the room with him. said Ik* had been awakened by his brother's moans b at he could throw no liirkt on how he came to be gagged. When Mr. Echemend-'ia recovered his senses lie said he was unable to explain tlie condition in whi.ch he was found, except on the hypt >thesis of robbery. It was found thi it his clothing bad been rifled, an d Iris watch, chain, key mid $i.50 in money had been taken. When the case \vo ^ voi>/\Tfn/l in V.dvIot f tll?? tenth pvecii>x*t he assigned Deti octave Reynolds to make an investiga tion, .-iiid that officer very soon suwet ded in establishing the fact that jfoiliemendia Lad gagg?'d himself. A seal 'cli of lie room disclosed the isissii ig valuables, and the bottom v;asino<i kc-d out of the sensation. After Detective Reynolds had sat' isiu-d Limseli ihat the gag'-inir waa d* -lie by the ;aiiu himself Echemeiiilia ompaniecl him to the station hoi!so unci there acknowledged to4 I'avtt. .Earley must Lave done- :he tying himself. said ho v.ts a somnambulist, .;nd though lift. no recollection of anything thai itipiv-uetl after lie retired to bed, lie*? : j:ic certain that no one except *'li had an}* Land bi the matier. . . "! * ? "J ?The United Stales Supreme! ,'ourt was rendered an opuiion holdn.ir to be unconstitutional the law >: Minnesota requiring that, ail the res:: meats sold in the Si'ato shall be \ ill l'vom animals slaughtered within i he Slate and inspected twentv-four I iciirs before slaughter. The ease is 'iititied "State of Miniieso*a. vs. Hcny D. Barber."* and is of great intcrst to the dressed beef ruenv who win ho case. gnsct- ?i*.uwjawoBWagaegpMC^jai | A DEAD FACE AT HiS WINDOW. ' The Horrible Discover}' ?'!ac!? by :t fiuest 1 of a Piit.?bur;j Hotel. Pittsdukg. May" 22.?Yesterday j : morning. at 3 o'clock, J. W. Wag ; 1 goner, a guest of lioley's Hotel, was i ; awakened from h s slumbers 1 >y ! i-? >ui?-thing like a tapping at his win| ildw. He- got up in bed and j pet-red out into the night, and was i thrilled with horror to see the white | fuc-e of a corpse. The body was hang; ing by a chain around its neck from i a window on the lioor above, and the | wind in swaying it about caused tne ! noise that awakened Waggoner. The j eyes of the corpse were wide open, ; and ill" hands were clasped together. As soon ;i.> Waggoner recovered j ir.y?ii the shock he alarmed the licusej hold. Tin- body proved to be? that of Olio. Smith, an oil driller. He had gone to his room about midnight, taken the chain used as a nre escape, I wrapped it t wice around his neck and s^iiugout of the window, where he hung until he was hi"aiig]< d to death. St-vcral years ago Smith lived in Kbensburg. A murder was committed there in which he was implicated with a mau named Bowls and another named Brooks. Bowls tied and Brooks was killed. Then Smith turned State's evidence and got clear. but he was from that time on known in tlio oil country as the murderer of John Smith. To be called by this name preyed upon his mind and led to his suicide. UNVEILING OP LEE'S STATUE. Extensive reparation* for tbe Event?A Letter. From ill-*. Jefferson Davit. Richmond. Ya.. May 19.?Extensive preparations continue to be i ?:? JliiUlt4 IU 1/JJC 1HUL1tctlJ IV.it erans who will attend the unveiling ceremonies of the Lee statue 011 the 20th inst. Among the distinguished guests who have already signified their intention of being present are General Dabnev H. Maury, M. C. Butler, James Longstreet. Senator John S. Barbour, Governor Daniel E. Fov.ie, Colonel Charles Marshall, General Marcus J. Wright. 11. L. "Walker, Colonel Charles IS. Venable, Generals A. L. Long, Joseph E. Johnson and B. T. Johnson. The following letter was received from Mrs. Jeffersou Davis: Beauvoii; House, May 1G, 1890.? To His excellency Governor P. AV. McKinnev. President of the Lee Monument Association: Dear Sir-? Please accept on the part of my *1 "? J 1 _l!11 *? "P 3 uaugnier. wno is hilli m x1 ra.in.-c, ujuu from me my sincere thanks for your kind invitation to be present at the unveiling of the statue of our great general, R. E. Le(j. Kis fume is the proud heritage of all the Southern people, and our whole family feel intensely, gratified by the knowledge that a fitting monument has been reared to perpetuate his wisdom and valor in the beloved city that he so long and ably defended. Sorrow and physical inllrmity will prevent my being with you. I trust that nothing will mar the grace und dignity of the ceremony over which you will preside and to which the Southern people have looked forward Avii.ii such glad expectations. 13elieve mo. dear sir, yours faithfully. V. Jefferson Davis. A HORROR IN HAVANA. Explosion of a Barrel of Powder In a Burning Eailding-Twestytwo People Killed and One Unndred Wounded. i Havana, May 22.?At 11 ox-lock i o-J iu..?i? I OiALUJLUUV iligUL ill? UlUhU UUb LLL Ysasi's hardware store. In a short time the lianies reached a barrel of powder in the building and a terrific explosion followed. The whole structure was blown to pieces, and twentytwo persons were killed. Among Ihe dead are four fire chiefs, Senores Mussett Jenicoviech, Oscar ' Conill and Francesco Ordenez, and the Venezuelan consul, Senor Fran' cesco Silva, who happened to be in I iront oi tiie Duiicung at me nine 01 j the explosion. In addition to the i killed over one hundred persons were { injured. | The explosion caused the wildest I excitement throughout the city, and j thousands flocked to the scene of disI aster. The Governor General, civil Governor and all the principal authorities of the city were promptly on the ground and did even-thing in their power to aid the injured and calm the grief of the stricken relatives of the victims. Several houses adjacent to the wrecked building were damaged by the explosion. Gangs of men are at work on the debris. Many human limbs have been taken from the ruins. The relat tives of missins: persons supposed to Ibe in the ruins are gathered on the spot, and us the bodies are brought out the scenes are most distressing. Tiie conduct of the authorities is the subject of universal praise. The highest officials have incurred personal lisk in conducting the search for the dead and have offered the use of their own carnages to convey the injured to hospitals. Ysasi, proprietor of the wrecked hardware store, lias; been r?rresteu. It is fe;ired that there are several more victims in the ruins. Over the the theatres and Chamber of Commerce and many other buildings Hags are hanging at half-mast. Everywhere are signs of mourning. Up to the present time the number of dead * J l :.j. ? li^tuirty-i u LU . The Republican Plan. The }>lan of the Republicans in the House is said to be to allow each man of that side to file his protest and make his speech against features of the bill likely to bo unpopular with his constituents. b..h all will vote for it as a whole. .Several Republicans t>,-M+iol oui-.iri.jifc in flip Senate. however, have tileir knives out, and will hack and cut the bill in such a way that McKinley will not recognize I it upon its return to the House. It | is said to be the intention of Allison, | Slu-rman and Cullom to put a knife \ into McKinley's Presidential aspira lions by cutting ins bill to pieccs. The Clcinson College. Gkeexvills, S. C., May 22.?At a meeting of the Clomson College trustees. held at Pendleton on Tuesday \ -rud Wednesday, a large amount of (iK tail work in connection with the ])e<L -inning oi" operations 011 the Colic Je buildings at Fort Hill was dispose*. ^ ?f- J-iie contract for three million 1 bricks ^v:ls given to Poole & r<.. ~.c Newberry, and a contract for VU., 1 sawing "le lumber, to be secured on tile pluct l>Avas let tu GrilSn & Co., of Pickens. Brace <fc Morgan, of Atlanta, v,'?re eliosen architects tor the College h\ Liildings. Arrangements ' for working a force of , . __ 'ets just received from ? SL " The first work will 1 e]Atr! rvn tin ' experiment station Ea?bb.uiiWae -tx -i the station read} tion bei ns? to na\ e , for ope] rations by Oc t0Dw * pr J.J" ULMJP I? '"! WL'*I_M#|B_P11' i i"1" 1 ' H~ > |i|'~f " THE FARMERS' CONFERENCE. *. Wnnrl C'iini.iilhlti()n of TJw?s>t? Opposed to the Action of the March Convention. | Columbia. S. C.. Mayilrt.?TiieDtm- i ocratic Anti-Tillman Farmers' Con- | ference begun its session in the sit- i ting room of the Hotel Jerome ?it 9 . o'clock this morning. The several counties were represented as follows: Abbeville?Ellas G. Gray don: Aiken?A W. Cushman and Claude E. Sawyer: Anderson?Lewis J. Campbell; Barnwell?L. \V. Youmans; Berkeley?(J. St. G. Sinkter; Charleston?W. G. Hinson; Chester?E. T. Mockbee; Clarendon?J. A. ZMills. S. J. McFadden and AV. M. Plowden; Edgefield?T. R. Denny; Fairfield? Thomas AV. "Woodward and T. L. Johnson; Florence?E. AY. Johnson; Georgetown?S. M. "Ward; Horry? Jeremiah Smith: Kershaw?A. H. Boykin and H. Baum: Laurens?AY. G. Sullivan and S. D. Garlingtou; Lexington?Theodore Holtzhauser; Marion?D. W. Bethea; Newberry? J. li Davidson: Orangeburg?J. A. Peterkin an.t Dr. J. AY. Summers; T C\ "P Snoi-fon. -Ltav^intiam v. v/. v??^. burg?J. W. Stribling: Sumter?Jolin J. Dargan; Williamsburg?Edward Harper: York?Iredell Jones. It will bo seen that twenty-four coimties were represented by tliirtyone conferees- The counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Berkeley, Chester, Edgefield, Florence, Georgetown. Horry and Newberry, which were not represented at the lirst Conferi ence. had conferees present to-day. wlaile the conferees who attended the lirst meeting from Beau'ort. Colleton, Chesterfield and Hampton were unable to be present, but sent letters expressing their hearty support of the objects of the conference. Messrs Graydon and Sawyer are not farmers, but are deeply interested in the movement, and were admitted to the Conference. The Conference was not a public one, sitting with closed doors. There was no occasion for publicity, however, as the discussions were desultory and committee-like. Nearly all the conferees spoke, giving reports of the condition of sentiment in their ' j--- .Li. several counties anu tiieu iuiuuuuw opinions as to tlie best coursc to adopt. It was early made manifest that a convention would not be culled. Speeches for and against such action were made, but when a vote was had only three or four voted for a convention. The large majority did not desire to adopt any plan which savored of Tillmanism or looked like going outsidejof theDemocratic party. The Anti-Tillman Conference met again at 3.30 and after voting down propositions to nominate a candidate for Governor and to appoint a cam _.i.- i pill&Tl CULUUUW CU HUJULLl.IJ.eU. Jit-Uibers of the conference subsequently met ami discussed the availability of various prominent gentlemen for the office of Governor. A poll being taken, it was found that a majority < x pressed themselves in favor of Gen. John Bratton, of Fairfield, Col. James L. Orr, of Greenville, being a close second. It is understood, that when the conferees go home those in favor of Gen. Bratton will interest themselves in having letters written to him from their counties ret]nesting him to announce himself as a candidate. This is news picked up here and there. The conferees when approached. said, what was true, that the Conference itself had taken no action; that they would like to get as many candidates as possible out; tliat whatever was done would bepone unofficially and that the expression of opinion would bind nobody. A conferee stated that there was a very strong feeling that Col. Orr was the most available man, but it had been found impossible to ascertain whether he would make the race if requested to do so. His associates, l frtl/l /liil rrOT*! f A lfiOVA ITTlfl). nvi nunu tv i* xvaj.out expressing a preference, which would indicate a nucleus for common action. A number of the conferees left on this afternoon's and to-night's trains. Some will remain until tomorrow. The situation does not seem to have been affected much by j-i- - n?? Ttn i. ^ Lilt; V-/UJLiJLt?XCjLIUe. VVU.H.L 1^> U.UX1C JUCMVafter will be by individuals. Any one who becomes a candidate will have a fair showing to develop his strength but those who propose to run should not put off the start too long. Col. John J. Dargan was asked today whether he would not meet Os.pt. Tillman at Eastover, in this county, on the 28th inst., and have a little public talk with him about that "Judas" business. He said: "The citizens of Eastover originally invited Capt. Tillman and me to address them on that day. I accepted the invitation, but was tlien informed that Capt. Tillman would not be there, and that the meeting was strictly an Alliance gathering. Now I think these strictly Alliance gatherings are very much needed at this time all over the State, and I would not like such a purpose on the part of the people of Eastover to be defeated, but at the same time it would have suited me very well indeed if the original programme could have been carried out, as it will be a great -3- --t i- n,~\ U.JLbit?J|JUJ.XlLJUU.t;jULl/ tU UiC Jjcupxc Ui joining counties who were invited to attend and bear the joint discussion." Col. Dargan was told that the Greenville News had suggested that any personal issue between himself andCapt. Tillman should be settled at some other than the Democratic campaign meeting at Anderson. He replied: "I would infinitely prefer meeting Capt. Tillman at a time and place which woidd not interfere with any regular Democratic meeting, at which meeting the charge against me might be fully stated and freely met, but if no such meeting can be had, and the people of Anderson prefer not to have the discussion thpre the -noonle of Sumter will cer tainly accept Capt. Tillman's proposition and boar iiim at the meeting: in that city, although I don't desiro the advantage of confronting him in my own county. One thing is certain, the meeting between us is inevitable, and I Y?'ould prefer that it occur at the earliest uay possible. Met by me Capt. Tillmau will be, evm if I have to wait until he goes to Sumter. You can say that a meeting in Edgefield or Laurens "will be entirely satisfactory to me. Let Capt. Tillman name the time and place."?Special toNews and Courier. Two Youthful Fiends. Manchester, N. H.. May 19.?Ludie Danielson and Alex Anderson, aged *? 3 i rr iwnvo jL? Hull JLi jciua ^? ?... rested last niglit 011 complaint of tJjo mother of Charles B. Howe, a delicate 10-year-old lad. charging them with acts rivaling those perpetrated by .Jesse Pomeroy. It is alleged that the boys took Howe into a shed, stuck pins into I rwn4 <vf Tnc l->rwlv nrvmwl |AW 1/ ^TJk. x- ? boiling water on liim, burned liis face with powder, aud left him insensible, tie was uncouncious when found. k-r-' ' + 'hpuuutv. ~m> ITEMS OF iNTEREST. ?Amber is replacing tortoise shell : < i? :;n ornament for til-.* hair in ;. England. i ?An Idaho woman living on Sqaw ! creek sl.-w 210 ratt.lcsinkes and one |; i-..er in two Juys;. 11 --Foreign coal to the amount of 70.- j; 640 tons entered the San Francisco J port dining April. i ?The Maine Savings Bank iu Portland lias 325 unknown depositors, of which number twenty-six have not troubled tlieir deposits since 1S59. ' ?A London gravedigger died re cently while pursuing his calling, his dead body being found in a grave by those who went in search of liim. ?A young lady, 19 years of age. named Cyrena A. Boyd, died at Sacramento, C;d.. of blood-poisoning caused by having her ears pierced. ?At a sale of autographs hi Lon-' don a letter of Queen Victoria, dated 1854. and telling what charming skating parties they had at Christmas, brought ?4 8s. ?The young woman of Wilkes barre, Pa., who married the Mexican giant in a rink at Scranton before 3,000 people has returned, disgusted with OULUUS JUULC. ?Some 3,000 women of Greece Lave petitioned their government for public schools in which all female subjects may be educated in the liberal arts and industries. ?The new German military rifle lias a range of 3,000 yards, and will shoot through the bodies of six men standing one behind the other at a distance of seven paces. ?Standing near the yard at Jonathan Farmers, in Oglethorpe county, _ T _.1_ l . 1. ureorgia, is a leu oaK tree, wmcil measures twenty seven feet in circumference two feet from the ground. It is liollow, and the recess within is sufficiently large to accommodate half a dozen men. ?Grasshoppers are very numtrous on the Grass Valley slope of the Sierra Nevada. In the edge of the snow line they come forth in great numbers. As the edge of the snow creeps up the mountain the grasshoppers rise out of the yet moist ground. ?A child of six years old in Man Chester, Me., drank half a pint of whiskey that had been obtained for medicinal purposes, and two days after died of alcoholic poisoning. ?Nature plays queer freaks with the flower seeds sent out by the Agricultural Department at "Washington. A man received a package of seeds labeled '-giant pansy" planted them in a flower bod and soon had a small crop of turnips, while a number of seeds labeled "double pinks' produced long-neck squashes. ?The Litest experiments made with carrier pigeons in connection with the various European armies show that the normal velocity of the carrier in culm weather and for a short Jist.iiK-.o is about 1,210 yards a minute. With a very strong wind in the; direc tion of the flight a bird has readied 1.000 yavcls :i minute. A Committees Partisanship. The sub-comjiuttee of the House committee on elections, which went to Arkansas to investigate the Clayton murder, will, it is said, out of courtesy to Mr. Breckinridge, delay its report until his return. It is understood the report will be of the most radical partisan character. The CUIlllllllLirC JJC11111 btCU LX1VU. JLLL Y C2>l;l?Ution to be managed entirely by the brother of the deceased Clayton and his counsel. The only infraction ofthe dignity of tho committee and the only disorder of any kind attending its sittings, was when iMcClure, the counsel for the Claytons, deliberately marched up and slapped in the face one of the witnesses on the other side. If this had been done by one of I>Ir. Breckinridge's friends, i ill 1 1 1 _1 . _1 _ 11 it wouiu nave oeen jueraxtica an over the North as an instance of tlie ruffianism of the Southern Democracy* As it was, it will bo quite safe to predict, no criticism will be passed uponitinthe report of the committee, as no rebuke was administered by the chairman of the committee at the time it occurred. Of a thousand or more witnesses summoned nine-tenths or more wsrc negroes. The object of summoning them was to prove they had voted for Clayton, and their votes were not counted. After all a number of thorn swore they had voted for Breckinridge. The committee proposes to examine some more witnesses in Washington, which is entirely unnecessary, as ths character of its report has long since been determined upon. A Remarkable Mairiage. *1 1C t LCJL J.J.V/AH MWtXUUU. V? to the Richmond Dispatch says: "A remarkable marriage occurred near Lewiston a few days ago. Some two years ago a quartermaster in the United States army at Fort Riley, Kan., advertised for a female correspondent with a view to matrimony. A young lady in Bertie County named Eliza Drew jokingly answered the advertisement. ISlie could not read nor write, but some friend wrote for her. Her letter was answered, photographs were exchanged, and it is said that one hundred and fifty letters passed between them. The young lady was poor, had worked in the field, cooked and washed all her life is not good looking, weighs 220 pounds, and wears a No. 8 shoe. Slie wrote the young army officer all these facts, but to tlie surprise 01 everybody he came a short time ago with plenty of money, stayed a few days at the girl's house, gave her money to dress herself up. and married her. He took her off on a bridal tour to Washington city. He says he will show her something of the world. bring her back to see her parents and then take her to Kansas." -Ex-Senator Chas. W. Jones, of Florida, has been adjudged insane and committed to St. Joseph Reireat by Probate Judge Durfee. ?The Chinamen of Astoria, Ore., are amusing themselves with a huge top made out of an empty twentyu-Tnfo lead lcesr. A square j li.ro wvuuv? ~ w j opening is cut in the side. and it takes three men to spin it, one to hold the top and two to pull the string with a stick which sets it in motion. "While spinning it sounds like the whistle of a steamer and can bo heard tliree blocks away. Il is said thai the canvtss for the j Speakership of the utxt H >use has al: ready j-.eruu. it ir; ? significant fact thai ail the gossip on the subjfet refers to Democratic aspirants. It seems to he universally admitted that the nest V - TUa I House WlJi DO J>en]CH;ra.uv;. ^ur wuuv.j i coiilahardlv stand another such House ! as that now .performing ii Washing| ton. 4k Buried a 15?>gus Cvrp&i. i Sax Francisco, Oil.. }Iay '22.?The i Ciiik-an Times, received by tlie s 4 earner City of New York from Pana- \ ma. suys that about two years ago a | trader disappeared from liis residence | it Chilian Viejo. Instead of grieving, j Liu.' wife resolved to take advantage j of his absence to obt;un possession of Lis property. Cholera was prevalent at the time, ajid she procured the body of a man who had died of the epidemic and had it clandestinly conveyed to her house. There it was decently coffined and she said that her husband had died of cholera. The nature of the disease did not allow of the customary waking, and burial quickly followed death. After erecting a tombstone to his memory the disconsolate widow took lesral stews and soon obtained possession of all the property. A few days ago the husband, who has been carrying on business in Concept-ion, turned up in Chilian Yiejo. What promises to be a cause celebre has already begun. Killed as they Prayed. Berlin, May 22.?The village of St. Mahlen, near Hildesheim. has been visited recently by several hail storms which have done a great deal of damage. Today the people gathered in the church to pray for a cessation of the storms. While the services were i7i r>rn<tress a thunder storm came up and the church was struck by lightning. Four persons were instantly killed, and twenty were injured, four being rendered completely blind. The people were panic stricken and in the mad rush for the doors, two children were crushed to death. Mills to the Farmer's Alliance. Representative Mills has answered the letter of the Farmers' Alliance of Milan county, Texas, asking him to favor the establishment of sub-treasuries. His answer is published in the National Democrat, and contains three coin inns. He says when the government begins to take charge of cotton, wheat, corn, oats and tobacco it will go on, and in time bacon, pork, beef, butter, cheese, lard, hay and all other farm i n/-?fc? tttiII rlnmo-nrl f.Tio'f rmv/vm | ^iVUUVl.7 Hill UVUiUUU I VAM rnent take their surplus and advance them 80 per cent, on it. He adds that the only way in which the farmer can be helped is by the success of the tariff reform for which Cleveland fought and fell. Regretfully he declines to support the Alliance proposition. In closing he says, ?,I am too old to change my convictions. I am a Democrat because I believe that the great sum of the woes winch hu inanity suffers comes from a disregard of Democratic principles. I can afford to retire to private life, but I can not afford to share tlie guilt of participating in that which will bring distress and suffering to millions of my fellow citizens."' A Duel to the Death. Seale, Ala., May 22.?A duel to tli death was fought here between Louis Smith and Edward Elkins, traveling salesmen from Montgomery, Ala. A year ago the two men quarreled on account of a young lady both were paying attention to. They did not see each other again until yesterday when they met on a country road by accident. Both drew pistols and opened fire at th? same time. At the third shot a ball struck Elkir s in the breast, killing him almost instantly. Smith is thought to be fatally wounded. The Maeklenburg Anniversary. Chajrlotte, N. May 20.?The one hundred and nfteenth anniversary of the* Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was celebrated here to-day. Senator Yance was the orator of the day. In his speech he said every aggrieved class seeking redress should be careful not to let redress be turned into revenge. Governor Fovrle and State Auditor Sanderlin also spoke. The finest trades parade ever seen in this city was made by the local merchants, assisted by four military companies and nine tire companies. There were four entries for the military prize drill?Raleigh State Guards, Wilmington Light Infantry, Monroe Light Infantry and Charlotte Hornet's Nest Riflemen. The Wilmington company won the first prize of $200; Charlotte tlie second, $100: and Monroe the third, ?25. The firemen's prize contests and the band contests will take place to-morrow. The State Firemen's Association is in session here. ?According to a California paper, the CImiese at Sail Jose, Cal., lease property from white men for twelve months in the year and charge their tenants for thirteen months, there being this many months in the Chinese year. ?California has a fruit pest in the I crav linnet, far worse and more damaging to fruit raisers than the English sparrow. If some means are not systematically and methodically adopted to exterminate this bird there will be very little prctit in fruit raising in those sections where deciduous fruits are exciusively produced. ?Ex-President Cleveland, in the event of attending the Garfield memorial dedication in Cleveland, Ohio, this week, will be tendered a reception by the Tliumian Club, the leading Democratic oragnization of that city. The reception will include a serenade and the presentation of an elegant bou quet of flowers. Every man of the club will appear in full uniform. ?It is stated that Senator Matthew Stanley Quay has at last deter mined that there is no more virtue in silence. He therefore proposes to bring action for libel against The World, and possibly against several other newspapers that have assisted in exposing his record as an embezzler and defaulter. The Pennsylvania boss has tried ^dignified silence," 'contemptuous silence" and several other brands,but found them all pow1 ' T xl. ? 1 eness to relieve mu umuuixaBBiuwo of his position. He lias therefore reached the conclusion that something else must be done to stem the tide of popular disapproval that is setting so strongly against him. ?The report of the sub-committee of the House judiciary committee, which went to Georgia and Alabama to investigate the charges that the officials of Federal courts are in the h:ibit of making fictitious arrests to has not. vet been I llLUltiJplJ Liivii ivvwi prepared, but it is understood that I they were convinced of the accuracy of the charges, and that the report j will be a vigorous one. They will I probably recommend investigation of j the methods of the marshals and ; other court officials in the back corn:*; < tics of these States. | k Spring My^jge | I FOB TIRED 1| I MR AND WOMAN, i, 9 P. P. P. will purify aad vitalize your ? blood, create a good appetite and give your ?3 8 -whole system tone and str-cat h. 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