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and j repontry w>mai\ BB^Wnail Ia?>t c^enmir. Against her on the slate was written t!:e coin- i g?g?? . . . . - i W mon-place charge ot lunacy. :<ui oenmti that is the accusation of a crime so horrible as to be almost incredible. The unnatural mother is accused of poisoning four of her children with arsenic. One at a time they died from the same fearful dru?. but not until the last little life had been taken was suspicion aroused. She next made a futile attempt on her own liie with the same poison. Since then she has attempted to kill her husband. She is undoubtedly a mad woman, however, and this fact is the only ^ .thing that relieves the horror of her mvfuiaeeds. Until the past three months there irere no signs of mental failing on ike part of the mother, and until an examination of ihfi bodies, which took place here. ?hc was thought to be perfectly j sane, her strange actions in the past hav- j rag been attributed to grief over the Iirstj child's death. The unfortunate woman is a native of this city, but since her marriage had been living on a plantation in Meade county. ^ Her husband is well known aud is one * of the most prominent farmers in that section. Xo deiinite cause has been assigned for the strange and unnatural crimes. Until the death of the Iirst child she was remarkable for her devotion and care of her little ones. The first murder was committed on the evening of October 14. and the others followed at intervals of two weeks. T%?:n?,.r X'uruu: uie uiavsa ui viivu tuun mv mother showed a stolid indillerence which her friends and physician construed as grief. Each murder was care-; iully planned and cunningly executed. Though every child was attacked with the same symptoms and died with the spasmodic cramps which accompany arsenic poisoning, the suspicion of no one was aroused uutil after the death ot the fourth child, when the mother at* 1 _ i:r^ tempieu uer owu iuu. The women is 23 years of age. and was the mother of live children, the eldest of which was 8 years of age. It was only for the sake of the fifth child, j and in order to save its life from the in-1 human mother, that the husband told ! his suspicions and suggested a post mortem examination of the children. It was then lor the first time learned that the}' were the victims of their mother's work, and that while pretending to give them delicacies before seud& ing them to bed, she in reality was ar jjjjk. ranging for their death. relk- l)urin? the illness, sufferings and Mfo. the deaths of each of these victims. Ifla. ^Irs. Higbec moved about the sick rooms, the physician's instructions and administering the medicines at - ' the right time without showing any signs of grief or betraying herself as the author of their deaths. Iicr manner, more than anything else, threw the husband and physicians oil' their guard, and quieted any suspicions which may have been aroused. After the death of the third child her actions were strange. Uit this ^vas at3dcmswke. and moved about the hcJ^^, with a cat-like stillness. "^Sj On Dec. 8. ihe day before the oldest child, and the last victime, was laken ill. ; Mrs. Hiirbee expressed herself as very ! anxious about the child's health, and I asked her husband if he thought the - a- j tient looked well. He replied that he j thought she was looking uuusuaily well, j and prayed she would not sulfcr the fate j of the other children. At this she rep.ied that no one could tell when they j were going to die. and that she had a j presentment that they all would be dead inside of two weeks. The next morning : before Hallle, the oldest child, started to ; school, Mrs. Higbee told hernot to bother about her lunch, as she would arrange j it herself. While the rest of the family ; were out of the room she buttc-red several biscuits, and when the child came I in had them wrapped up in a napkin. ' The mother kissed the child good-bye, I and told her to come heme as soon as ^ school was over. During the morning, while the child was absent. Mrs. Iligbee called her bus uauu, anci again uc^uu uumiii mo , absent child's health. lie attempted to ! ? reassure lier, but she was not to be com- j forted, and several times was heard to ; say that she was certain the child would J die as the others had. The first intimation which Mr. Iligbeo . ka44hat his wife was murdering children~was t:~c focrtt:fu~H was hardly W an hour after she had ceascd talking f about the child at school, when the little oneTeturneu. sull'ering from cramps, as the other victims had been attacked. In a few hours she relapsed into *:nconscwusness, and remained so until her ueain. u ne unsuauu tutu iom n.? icais to the attending physician, and requested him to make a post mortem examination. This, however, was so bitterly opposed by the mother that the matter was dropped, bhc become indiganant j ,when she learned what was intended, i and threatened to kill any one who should attempt it. "1 will be dead very soon myself." she said to her husband, "and they can cut me up if they choose, but no one shall cut my children." Iler grief was, apparently, so real that -? her husband's suspicions were, fir a ft lime allayed. When the husband was informed that | his suspicions were corroborated ins grief was pitiable. He then tohl mat no aivi f his wil'c had not lived happily together for the past six months, and feared that her deed tvas the outcome of her unhap-! blacss. iJr. I'usey. who is reijarilctJ as j made a careful resume of the case and j bxamined the condition ot the mother. | Jin lOT-.THtnm-fi! it. nn Jinmxt.-'.knMr f:;se I PPHiii puerperal insr.nity. brought about by j too rapid child breeding and continuous j ||k nursing, Iter mental condition was au-j ag? gravated bv loneliness and remorse. ! g||i From the lirst she showed an insane jealousy of her husband and upbraided I 3 hi.:". fr>r faithlessness. Xothiug he could ip^ say had the slightest e licet upon fa r. jjllliL and she stood linn in the belief that he wished to get adivoce. anNjH When taken ii.to custody. Mrs. Hi-1.re |||||k showed the same indill'erenee which had ?^9| characterized her actions lrom lirst to B|last. She walked into her cell composed. Band ouiet. When asked the names ol Pl^pr three youngest children she slid she | jMid forgotten them and preferred Let to i||||gp?ak of them. HT The only remaining child is a ^irl. s-ix i||ea~s or' age. with light hair am! blue llll^ves. ?he cried bitterly and clung to g&r mother when the latter was placed |||^he patrol wagon and driven to j a: I. igpi Pusey say? thai-jiuall his experience |||i|p had never came across a case so parapllk\.ical arid bathing. There is no doubt |ijnt her beimx insane, but it would be I ijaLcult thing for any one who is not a j pgjLst X, imagine her so. I have I |||ken a simiiar case, or a inore hor-j one." i I chara-.'.ers j I yal^^fzso-.jailed WhiteC<r,;s 11 ^ 2 H town of Mentor. Dvbois ; county, on the Louisville, KvansviHe \ and St. Louis paiiroal, iifty miles west of this city, was the srenoof their opera lions. is i:i that town a saloon : of unsavory reputation among the terclass of ?-itiz?-ns, and Samuel !>rown, ; ged 21 years. and single, and J. Heard, aged 2-? years, with n wife and two children. have been devoting their entire j lime o: lal> in the effort of drinking up all the liquor in this saloon, refusing to make any provision for the support of those drT.fndfnt unon them. Jioth had received warnings from the White Caps. i*ut paid no attention to these notices. rather "oastin<j that they could clean our. a n-^nnent 01 tfjose 'Whip i t's.'" as *hey termed the knights 0!' the switch. At a <i!:arier before12 o'clock on Saturday nigrht. as i'.rotsri and Heard were 1 iujj their caps at the saloon, the j White (';:(!? suddenly pounced down en i them. They took both men from the s:iifT?-ii to the woods near by, ar.<l lying : ihem to trrts, <ravc them a hipping with switches that drew the blood at every lick. Doth pleaded for mercy as the licks rained down upon their bare backs, but in vain. The night riders knew no mercy "or such fellows. The pair wcie fairly Slaved, and it will be some time before they are able to be out. Doth promised to reform. A few nights before this visit two other men, named Darwin and Jones, j were taken from their homes, near the Crawford and Dubois county lines,and "dressed down," as the White Caps express :t, for 'offenses against their families and general cussedness." Scr:tinl>!itis for a I!ontc. Millwaukee. Dec. 20.?A special to j ti.p Fv.'-nmp- Wisconsin, from Wausu,! says a great raid on the land oil ice to j li!e claims on the land in the great rese- j voir strip began at 0 o'clock this morn-! ing, and thus far the tiling has proceeded without disturbance. At an early hour this morning Mayor Mueller directed Ca.pt. J^ellis. of the War.su Light Guard to march his company to the Court House square to preserve order, and l'orty-iive blue coats, with glistening bayonets, took up station close to the land oilice. - The arrival of the militia put an effective dam! per on the ardor of the homesteaders I who would not get in line, and everything was peace and quiet when liegister Nnimrifrs slid back the wicket for j the first filing. Up to 110011 forty-live claims aggregating eight thousand acres of the best land in the strip had been liled and a line of over one hunched men were still waiting at the wicket. Eight hundred settlers left last night '.nth supplies to squat on the land. Decides having to contest with these squatters, men who liled claims this morning will probably have to go to law with Jjyron J. Hamilton,, the Wausu lawyer, who walked inI to the landoi'ice shortly before i* o'clock J and laid down an application with the j necessary fees and tendered them to the i receiver. The tender was refused and j Hamilton announced his purpose of j bringing suit. I At haueiaire mere was aimost u nut. i The windows oi' the land ollioe were i smashed, but the bird oiiicers succeed- j ed in quelling" the disturbance. The j trouble was caused uy a policeman, who | was stationed at the wicket to preserve order, liling a claim for himself. His application was refused. Miss Kichardson, daughter of (Jen. i lMciiardson,oi Chippewa Fails, fought j heroically, and when she reached the I k-sk her ha^v^^one and her hair was ! got Mf Two v.TeiT i';fiVft?fc^and were j Wmffl&.'i on the sidewalk. ^ ?v Over tJis- Ocean ia a I-irilo IJoat. Xi:w York. Dec. I*.'.?News has been received by the .Norton Lifeboat ('ompany in tills city of the arrival of the iifuboat V.L. Norton off (Jibraitar. As the yacht passed she -ippeared all ricrlit. and signalled that everybody aboard was well. Captain Norton. 01; whose plans the -V- .... ? U; LU;i iliC UU.il, ^<uivvt J I vui this port <>n November *20. accompanied bv bis wife and his 10-year-old niece. The lifeboat is 5S feet long, no larger than ail ordinary yacht, and is fitted witli a double bottom, holding a varying supply of water, which Captain Norton maintains acts as ballast, and makes her unsinkable and steady at the same time. 11er passage is a remarkably good one. for she doubtless stopped at Fayal, in the Azores, for coal. She is the second small yacht, built after the unsinkable model, to cross the " - riM.? ?.nI. I .vuanuc successiiuij. iiiu nisi ???io the Xeversink, ".vhicii went to I'sris during the exposition in the summer of l-SW. Captain Norton is on his way to Toulon, France, where lie will exhibit his yacht. The C;tvc of the Koiibars. St. I'ktki:. Minn., December 20.-Tin? cave wherein the Younger and Jam'.-s gang hid during" tiieir raids on Xortb .iehi. where six men were killed, has been discovered, and at the same time the mystery of the disappearance of the youngest of the .James boys has been solved. His skeleton has been found in the subterranean rendezvous. A party of hunters traversing Great Fay Ravine in Nicollet County found :ui old door opening into a common dugout. Iiewedlogsatt.hu rear formed ;i "blind"' door, which led into another room, twenty leet. long and ; sixteen feet wide, along one side of j which bunks were arranged, and from { the number of these at least thirty j persons had found sleeping accommo- j dalions there. This room contained j several benches and stools, an old t.;ble, i tin plates and cups, kettles, cook stove ! and various cooking utensils, and the skelston referral io. There was also a letter referring to the theft of some U ... ? l\r.r*?-* \frif f tin ii(Jl b! ;> r-u.'jj'.ia'.tl iKur urai mivvvii by Frank .James to .Jim Younger, ^tiil another aj>arment was found wh'-rc the horses had been secreted, the artiiidil cave being lar.:e enough to accommodate twenty head at a time. UawjIfMl in IJcrkcly. Adam M or cin, a negro about 20 years old. vas handed Friday at >It. I'k-ftsant j for the murder of another negro named j .Jackson. in J Berkeley County, last^Iay. { Morgin met his death very calmly, saying 'he was going straight to heaven. Then- was not much of a to-do around I F../.M An f ill . 1 iii" u o. i u; l ill 111; v?ti i v. ii t v av|'v V4. **x a shroud. ;m:l when Tito noose was adjusted began to sing. )n Xion's bright and {lowing mount." The preparations were in the meantime completed, and he v.;as told to l>id good-bye to t!ie color* etl minister. which he did. His neck was broken, and he died almost instantly. He had 110 relatives but an aged who took his body. Morginshot r.i^ \ !n !i:'ck :ilti! Hriimffl it.! was self-defense. lie added, however. tl;at -Jackson had a pistol when lie shot him. but no pistol was found. Morgin, although defended b\ the ablest colored ; iaw\er in tlie State, was convicted. lie persisted to the last that it was a case | ? :' self-defense. A Canadian Wreck. I (^fKi-.r.r. Pec. JU.?'Word is just re ! ceived :r??m Si. Joseph de Lcv!s that the i west bi'und Halifax express train went I through the bridge at that place shortly I before noon. The entire train except i I the baj-jiaire car ami engine went down. A number of passengers are killed and S others injured. Assistance was sent from Levis. 2s'o particulars have been njce:number killed and injureuJHHg^^^l^^ere smash P^^ULL'S DECLARATIONS! PROVED TRUE TO THE LETTER. Z'ht- Story of ;):e Expedition \7I:!ch Cor.t j l:ie Lives of the i'uutou^ Chief, of Serea j of His Followers unci of Fiy? of The In- j PoMce. STANlJlN'fi Hoc:-: A' JKN'CV, X. Duk., [ iX'C. IT.?"(lod Almighty made me; (luii Almighty did not make sue an j agency Indian, and I'll sight and die! lighting bel'oro any white man can { make ui'* an agency Indian." This was the declaration made by ' fitting Bail to General Miles on the I occasion of their first meeting, and the : detailed reports of the great medicine man's death which began arriving at J the agency yesterday gave to the declaration the full force of a pronhecy. All eyewitnesses agree as to the facts that every circumstance considered, make the final tragedy involving the extermination of probably the brainiest Indian that ever lived one of the most picturesque and characteristic incidents of American history. The expedition which started from this ajrencv for Sitting 'Jail's canp for ty miles distant, to take Mini ueau or alive, with the chances ten to one of his death, was no haphazard foray of semisavage Indian police and ill-advised army subordinates. It is conceded that the operation against Sitting Bull's personality was suggested by the effectual quelling produced by the removal of Medicine Arrow, the great Cheyenne leader, when the Cheyennes threatened an unprecedented uprising. Sitting Hulls promise to die lighting had much to do also in shaping the determination for a sudden, decisive result, as well as the old chief's oft-expressed wish to be remembered as the last Indian on the continent to give up his rille. When General Miles left Chicago Headeti in tniscurection 11 was the beginning ol' the end. Simultaneous with the General stepping quietly aboard the train at the big railroad depot at Chicago the expedition, which had been with equal quietude under preparation at Fort Yates, wiiich forms part of the agency, was also ready to move. Almost at the same moment that General Miles'scar glided out for the Northwest the members of his little command here silently took their departure and were quietly lost in the darkness that enveloped the wilderness stretching to the camp of Sitting Dull.oa the banks of the Grand lliver. The van was led by men of Sitting Bull's own t-looil. Superbly mounted and accoutred-, every one wore the bright brazen buttons ml showy blue cloth uniforms of Uncle Sara's service. This was no mere coincidence. It was to be part of the great object lesson to the ghost dancers and a demonstration of the valuo of General Miles's new method of solving the Indian problem by turning the Indians wholesale into soldiers. One thing is certain, the band of well led. warmly clad, copper faced athletes that led the way for the white soldiers bent 011 a mission of utility, | was a striking contrast to the starving, i ragged, crazy wretches that formed [ such a menace in the Grand Kiver camp. Close behind lhe blue-coated Indian i horsemen's hardy ponies, but taking a slower pace on "the frozen trail, came Capt. Pouchet's cavalry command. The cavalry were encumbere-.! with two pieces of modern light artillery, machine guns similar to those which so speedily settieO the fate of Louis Kiel's half-breed 1'oik^ers, when his noted Lieut. (labri^^L^uont made a stand j NorthwestJgHjjKik. To the rear of J Fouchet's JHnytaml at times takiu^c. I a double iT-'i ward, i'or the night,vy,JrMtterIy cold, the infantry I cauBfiahd ol" Cel. Drum swung along in ^ earkness. A weary diJiicult march i^\as. The distance and the capabilities of the troops to withstand the fatigues of such a journey had been figured out nicely and when the first faint light of dawn appeared the expedition was within easy distance oi its destination. Tho i, L-un <.f .i frinlp commit ion ot lorcrs had been earefuiiy preserved, and the indian police were the lirst to sight the huddled cluster of ugly-looking tepees on the river bank. Despite the early hour all was astir in the village where, onevey hand, was evidence that a hurried exodus was contemplated. The ponies of the police were pushed tor ai! they were worth, and before fitting Bull's dazed adherents h's?' half a chance to realize the situation a dozen of the police had pulled their panting animals up short on all sides of the chief's abode. Xo time was wasted in ceremony. The proud old medicine man was "hustled out, hoisted on a waiting horse and in a trice faced toward civilization. He raved and sputtered in a fury of rage for a moment and then straightening up, shouted hoarsely, not for help, but a command to Ins followers, inspire i the threatening of the police and Winchesters alternately directed at his headl Uiivi triicse af !"s kinsmen, the old med^f cine man retained his presence of mind, I and with powerful voice continued to } direct his own rescue. Suddenly there ! was a puff of smoke beside a tepee and i the sharp crack of a Winchester. The policeman at Sitting Hull's right, J grasping1 the chief's bridle, reeled in j the saddle and toppled over and was trampled under the hoofs of the ponies nn?- m f hf? innrl heUpr skelter of retreat from the village. The shot was instantly answered by a volley Trorn the police at thpir blanketed tribesmen, many of whom were already mounted and in a frenzied pursuit. The police volley told with deadly effcct, and the firing in a moment was general on both sides. Sitting JSull could be neard in the confusion still attempting, though captive, to direct the light. Kaising hie wiinf. form hw was beckoning his sons and warriors on when, without j warning:, his body straightened rigidly, then dropped limp on the hard prairie, j The poiice halted round the corpse, not j knowing for the moment hue it was a j trick of tiie wily old chief. The sudden i movement andthe fall of Sitting Bull j disconcerted the pursuers, who, remain- j ing at a distance, fired at intervals towards thr; police. The hitter held their ground, knowing that the cavalry, under Capt. Fouchet, would he at hand. To the surprise of all. however, the liostiles, who had been consulting j 1,<i mrn-i*nipnt <!LliUlJ? UJtUXOiii * uu iw ii.u. v. ?..v to close in from aii fides. The firing from the Winchesters wa.i now redoubled by both parties, thw police using their ponies as protection. It was at this critical juncture that j (.'apt. Fouchet's men dashed up and the : machine guns, which had been put in j position, opened on the redskins. The i latter were too dismayed ;it this unex-; pected onslaught to stand for a mo- j ments. and nil bolted for the river. According to another report, when j the Indian police under Liet. Dull: Head and First S^r^t. Shave Il^ad j entered the camp and announced their | errand, Sitting Bull expressed his will- j ingness to go with them, but said he j 1 A - i- - 4.1 4*.v- ; wameu 10 maiie some preparations i<n the rive, and ordered his horse to oe trot ready. While Bull Ilead and Shave Head were in the shack where the old chief was getting ready, two bucks enveloped in blankets entered lhe shack, and throwing oft iheir blankets opened tire on the police. Sitting Bull's wife had gone out and set up a bowl, which ' seems to have been the signal for the j assault. I The Cincinnati G -zette is disgusted ! with tlie Farmers' Alliance. Deacon J Smith says it is "saturated with South-; era sentiment." Good for the Alii- j A PfetriGed G:?nt. FiiEsXC Cai., Dec. 19.?The petri.ied j hodv of a nan has been brought here j in; III KsilLs u<; \yau\u::,'-uuuo CIAIy j from tow i. The body was discovered I by two m n named Pack wood and Kar-1 rett, who were building a dam. Fart. j of the foo; was exposed, and whea the !' whole body was exhumed it was found : to be wonderfully preserved. The j1 bodv lay <n a rock covered with earth, | ' parts of ii being" buried to the depth of j twelve fe;t. The body was straight; i and m^as:-.red seven feet, in length. The; ! man was physically perfect. The face J i is clearly deliued, the riosr, eyes, lore-j< head, mouth and chiii bring natural, b The neck is Ion# and rests on muscular i < shoulders The arms are lung and | '-"ioir fV%T !<>.? K i or n (?n I * Mlcij'Cl* , liir l^lK' IViMVU ill VIA the breast, with the hand resting near i the throat, while the righf comes diagonally across the body and rests on i the stomach. The hair is gone, but tne c?rs are clearly outlined. The hands 1 are perfect, the nails and wrinkles in 1 the skin of the lingers being as natural as life. The same may be said of the feet. the tendons showing the contrac- i tion famiiur to physicians in cases of death from strychnine. The body weighs six hundred pounds. ; Cantr.a Canyon Is dry most of the i year. The Indications are that the : body has been buried for a^es. In the .same canyon is a petrilivd forest. The body is supposed to be of an early 1 Spanish explorer. A glance at the I petrification, as well as t.tie character of : the discoverers, preclude the idea of j ?-? _l:.i > r .. y i ?? any deception jikc me "oouu juuiuuuu giant fraud in Colorado. The curiosity will he sent to the California Academy ; of Sciences. Third Party Talk. Y\"asii 1 notox, Dec. 10.?In his speech on the reapportionment, Mr Tillman of South Carolina, had something to say about a third party movement, anil warned the politicians of both parties to look out for lightning. There is an impression here that a third party will be organized, and that it wt.i cut quite a figure in the next national election. Mr. McPherson. clerk of the house, a well posted, observant politician, thinks that such a movement is impracticable, because ho does not believe the Alliancemen of the south will desert the Democratic party. Representative Morrill of Kansas, who comes from a state where the farmers proved a potent factor in the elections, is disposed to differ with Clerk McPherson, and thinks that an Alliance candidate will not only be put | in the field for the presidency, but that ^ they will be strong enough to carry several states. The names of these states he did not venture to give. Representative Pickler of South DaKota. was one of the delegates to the Ocala convention, and he came back ? ' i --.1 ...: * w here very sensiuiy impies&cu \>iui everything he saw and heard. II? says the northwest Republicans and Democrats are ready for the revolt, and at the convention he found many southern Democrats who stood ready to desert their party whenever the Alliance bugle was sounded. Judge Crisp and Mr. Bynuni, on t.he Democratic side of the house, representing the two distinct sections, believe that the discontent now manifested by the farmers grows out of conditions made by the Republican party, and that in the event of a third party movement that party would be the chief sufferer. J)ro\r too Much \Tiitfr. Jacksonville. December. 19.? While boring a well ou his vinevard and - I -- ii.. orangery, suuaiea on me ouisturis ui Econfina. Henry Hardcastle recently struck what must be'an immense underground river and which poured its water iouth at such a tremendous rate that the men who were doing the boring c^rrow1 r he lluod, on which the fruit is situated, had soon worn a channel in the dry bed of an ancient creek. This is soon filled with a rushing, furious tide, which finally emptied itself into tiie Appalachicola and which lias contiuued to How unchecked or without signs oi uiministing. The water is clear, sparkling and very col.l, with only a. slight mineral flavor. Fish by thc.thousauds have been thrown out and are of several varieties, some of which art- of a kind unknown to ichthyologists, being perfectly colorless, \rh:!e otliersare translucent and gelainous. and all are without eyes, and very small, except a few ot a sort resembling our pickoral, and which measure from a foot to three and a half in length, and are provided with very large pointed teeth. Great damage has been done to his fruit and vines, and Mr llardcastle, seeing no prospect of the flood obatinj, has otlcred a reward to stimulate the iugen?Sfr\C tl,ft Irwnl rmrrinnrM-s tn find n WilV of controlling aud utilizing the water. People from miles around have been coming in crowds to inspect the wonder, and one or two venturesome spirits narrowly escaped drowniu^^wc*^'^ A New Secret JPolifc^ii Organization. Ivan., Dec. 24?.The new-Secret political organization recently referred to by th(; pre-^s at larere, known as the "Knights of Reciprocity," is about to form a State organizatin by organizing a grand lodge for the State of Kansas. Numbers of the prominent menoh -rs of the order are now here in obedience to an order pro- : mulgated by the Supreme Judge of the Silpreme Lodge of the United States ' and founder of the new order, who I called a metingf the chief justices of 1 subordinate loc??s of the State to meet, : here to-day for the purpose of estab- J lishing a State lodge. A suillcient 1 n- nber or'chief justices are present, re- < presenting subordinate lodges recently ' organized in the State. All the pre- ' liminaries of the meeting have been ar- ' ranged for and the session will be brief. 1 The meeting is strictly secret and no : details will be given out for publication. Numerous applications are be- 1 inrr rpreivfd hv the suoreine ofllcers for dispensations to organise new lodges throughout the United states and all indications point to a rapid growth of the order. j Senator Vance's Election Assured. Raleigh, X. C., Dec. 2H.? President < Carr of the North Carolina Statu Alii- < ance addressed a letter to Senator 1 Vance last weeK, in which he asked < the following question : If the Legis- i 1rt4"" i-a .j ,7 i-A/'fttp n ml JclLUit; HldllUUbO JV/lt KJ\/ c4VJ ? ??.? vote for the sub-treasurv plan of fmari- ; cial reform, will you carry out such i instructions in good faith? in reply Vance said : I hold that the will of- < the people, clearly and unequivocally expressed, must be obeyed, unless compliance would involve the representative in a moral wrong, in which case it ' would be liis duty to resign and give place to a representative who would obey. (Jood faith in the observance of 1 instructions and public pledges is absolutely essential to a government based : on the popular will. The Progressive ' Farmer, the Alliance oryfan. savs the Legislature will instruct Vance to sup- j port tli'..' sub-treasury plan, which will I remove all objections to his re-election. I An ladSuna Tr?;?dy. Tout Wayne, December 2(5.?Wesley ! Tullis.a prominent young businessman ' of New Corrydon. a town forty miles south of here, shot and instantly killed j; Miss VeronaK. Travel this morning una men comrniueu smcxuu. 1 iiius h.o i f'>r n long time been paying attention to the girl. Her motiier ol)jected to the i match. Tiiis morning lie entered a i grocery ki-pt by Mrs. Travel and asked I the girl to marry him. She referred him to her mother, "who ordered him out of ! the house. lie drew a revolver and shot! Verona through the heart. lie then ! turned upon her mother, firing at her i twice without effect. Tullis then blew out his brains, and fell lifeless upon the dead body of the girl. WEIGHS NEARLY HALF A TON. j "i n fJliiist ShUI t'> Hi- tits ; ' Mrtii Alive;. IXDIANAi'OLiS, I >iC. 2').? T t: i "A* j ays claba to lie ii^avir*:-t m.:n in the j wrson of John Hanson Cr: i?". !) :: -' rille. IlMi'iricks County. Mr. Craij? ! ivas born in lo-va City, io-va, in 1835. i1 While quite small his parents moved to : Kentucky, where tie-y hved until .John ivas about thirteen years old. At !>irth e weighed eleven pounds. When ; eleven months i his wi-ijrht, was '. wvyniy-sewn . -> .if.Is. 3"run! this iiun< |. n his g;dn iu !i oh w;is j;h-. n-vMienai. ; A* th>* age of two \ears bis weight was :uij pounds. During hi-* parents ook him to Xi-w Yorkeiiv and enter -d him as aeoutesl.ii.it in tli? !.?i>yshow j inaugurated ly P. T. Iiarnnin. ;ir:d h? j was awarded a cash prlzr of six**) as Lhf largest and heaviest child on <*xhi- 1 bition. At the ag;* of iivr* years hss ! 1 weight had increased to .'i!2 pounds. j i During the n^xt six rears his weight ; i increased to -iu5 pounds. The follow- i ing eight years his weight increased 1, impounds, causing him to tip ii:t?l?s-:mi , ii liul pounds. At lilt* au"1 of t vvr iity- , live ins weight was at twe--.tr-j' seven it had iucreiissU to T5S pounds. !1 During the n??xty?ur he gained thirty-11 four pounds, making h;s weight at;: twenty-eight T'.i 1. From thft time >rs ]' [lis weight lias been gradually iriere.-ts- \ ing until he io;v tips liis r-cairs ,-t :?j. pounds. i Mr. Craig has never ;>r?-n ill a day in j his life, is a very delicate eat;-r, is not, iiddicted to intoxicants and does not |, tobacco in any form. II? stands ,-:x j; fe<a live inches iri his stocking let* and ! measures eight feet four inch's at the r hips. It requires l'orty-;me yards of i cloth to make him a full suil?coat, j vest and pantaloons?and it takes L.hrtrs-i; pounds of yarn to make him a oair of;' stockings. He laughingly s-iys t!ie |: cows altravs smile when they s.?e him ;1 going to a shoe shop to iVavs his ; < measure for a pair of boots. ;ts it will j take a whole side to mak* him a pair.; lie wears No. 12 boots. The father of Mr. Craig rvas n. very small man, weighing from 115 to 120 , pounds; his mother w::s a ?n 1.1:1 wo-: man, not weighing ovrr lt>i or 115! pounds. His great-grandf<niter on his mother's side was the first Governor of; Vermont, (Governor Crilteriden, ami was born in Ireland. His grandfather, j Dr. Hansen Catlett, r.'as assistant stir- i geon general of the United .States for thirty-live years, and died in the government service at. liast Liberty, Pa. He was <1 native 01 England. On his lather's side Mr. Craig's grandfather was a native of Scotland. 11 is grandmother was a German, having hern born in Frankfort. Mr. Craig is a fir.it cousin to William P. Hepburn, at the i present time solicitor lor the United ouites iicmuij. His wife is a beautiful woman, about i 30 years old, small of stature, and will; weigh perhaps 13J p.utnds. Her luxuri- j ant, raven black hair fails in'gracei'ul curls, reaching below her waist. Mr. Craig says he fell in iovs rr'.ih his TriTi when thej first met. and still adores her as much as he did the day he was married. Mr. Craig is a pleasant conversationalist, and is well posted oa the curaent topics of the day. lie takes deep interest in the secret work of the societies of which lie is a member, arid none are better versed in the unwritten work, lie is a jovial man. and his friends are always giad of the opportunity of gathering at his pleasant home for an evening's social chat. Tht' Lost FohihI. IXDT AN APO L IS, Dec. 1'J.?A Strang | case carne to light at tin1 nerr DeiiUon hotel, which, upon investigation. y-rovtil to contain ;i roman<"r in real life. The other <ia>, u well dressed re,;iste:r:l as Nina itark uf (>., and r?ot until this ***?;!Tih? did h-r piv-s^ncg ,1a -tK'r"r:*vri-^.-nl to any so vTuTTis that her mission h^r.1 w;n an important one. At 1 o'clock in the al't.-rnoon she entered the lobby with another lady, who registered as Grace E. Stark, also of San bury. "The lost is found," Xir.a remarked to the clerk, and the two paid their bill and left on the afternoon tnia for Sand bury. The attention of the ho'el clerks was first called to :he incident I>r j (Jill. clerk at the hotel cigar sca'iti. j II?' le'arr.ril rk- story from .\ma >r..n\;. j Stark is her maiden name, and Graft? i ."Stark is trir* wife of her bother. i went \Tc.st '.?il!i her husband soaK- time airo, and they settled in Colorado. 1'hey did not tret aionj; vrell Uvutner. and on { some pretense Stark induced Grace to j come to this city. She <lid so. and not long ago hrr husband died i: Colorado. Grace staved here, and her people at Stanbury became uneasy about her. Tliev made every ell >rt to learn whrre she was, bat, Jailed. Finally, Ihey traced her here, and found she nas un inmate of the Home for Friendless ? - - ?_ ? i Women. The reason tmty inttu so mru j to find he*r was because her husband's j lather died recently i:i Sanbury. and iier share of the estate is .iaid.Jju.jje lnoar]y s" ISurned Tlioir Victims Alive. Sax Francisco. Dec. 24.?Chinese advices report the execution of ilie sentences on the villagers near (Shanghai for the cruel murder of fourteen salt inspectors and the burning of the bodies ' of the wounded and dead. These salt inspectors made a raid on a village last ' March. They wore no uniforms and the . villagers mistook them for pirates. The inspectors seized a pile of contraband ' salt and while removing it to their boid's : " 1 ?* 11inirJ (ii-i.r. I . were auacweu u> uii.i^no powered. Xearly all were only stunned by blows, but the villagers, hearing that I hey had attacked government officers :iua fearful of severe punishment, car- ( ried the injured men to the boat, set lire to it and burned the whole to hide their ;rime. The chief criminal was sentenced to decapitation, but committed i suicide before the day arrived, and. ac- i wording to law. his body was exhumed ind the head struck oil' and exhibited as i warning to the public. Four others , were strangled aud four exiled after ueing neavny nm-u. Only the Rich Can .Enjoy It. Xew Yokk, Dec. i'j.?According to Dr. Loomis, the eminent Xew York physician who has returned l'rom Uerlin, the lymph of Dr. Koch is probably the most ' valuable thing in the world, Kvery : irop of fluid is worth 8I.0OO. a phi;d containing <50 drops would have an act- I nal commercial value of.?T-S,0U0. Tliis calculation is based on the assumption that a drop of the lymph, when diluteu. will furnish 130 injections, and every in- : jeetion will be worth bl'J to t!ic i>nysiL'ian milking it. A drop of tin- liquid is worth three times as much as a line liamond of the same size. I"?;iyy Mortality in >'?xv Or!(ur..?, Xkw Orleans, Dec. 23.?The weekly report of the city's mortality shows the largest number of deaths duringany one week ever recorded here, save when the yellow fever prevailed in epidemic form twelve years ago 23<?. The large death rate is due, in the opinion of prominent physicians, to tiio prevalence of the grippe, of winch mere are now m-any i 3,0W eases under tjeatmenl lie re. An K.wcutiun Kills :i S!u*riJr. SiiEHiiituoK, O.vt. December I'J.? ' llomi I.amontnyuc was handed here this ! morning for the murder ot hi* brother-:n iaw. Napoleon Mychel. Sheriff Webb, who Inn] charge of the exi-ctxtion. died suddenly from heaii. disease. It is believed that the excitement attending the arrangements was the cause of tlie fatal attack. Exit Kitten house. " X' / iv.n i- r,>I T T Ji ALl'.ll'Jl, ui v. i .? v. j... + Polk will dismiss l'rom service Kittenhouse. who, for a year, hits been his private secretary and who has done so much work of a character to damage j the Farmers' Alliance. Col. I 'oik h;id decided to drop Hittenhouve even before the damaging disclosures were made at Oeala. A e!G SENSATION. Jii-I'c.-s itatl Tfieir Deputies io .-es Dk.< Moixks. Ia.. Dec. 24.?When : the I3o.ini of Supervisors met ih<3 last Lime, the >:/.e o' the fee i>Hl file;! by the various justices of l.he city in the liquor ?ases amazed ihcm and they passed a resolution directing the county attorney Lo assist the iirand jury in making an investigaiMn with a view t-> determining .vhethcr or net there tlid exist a conspiracy am<?n.' Use justices, constables and ' -eaiviiers. t<> dehaui the county ol fees wliII.! wren ri-iiii^ t:> eu!o:ve the pruhibi- : Lion iaws. As a result ?f ilie investigation iudict- I tmmis charging conspiracy i<> defraud j l!.<; i-ounty have been returned against the ftillowir.^ constables and assistants, i" searchers: as they arc called: William Iv-l!er. J. Callendas. C. Purdick. L). C. West. a. 15. Hamilton, and G. II. | L'leir^ei.. The indictments charge the defen- j lants in a number of counts with do- j iVaudnu the county by false pretenses.! iti'l by means of using fictitious names iu j iiiakiiiir returns lor information aud war- | rauts never served and by agreeing to.icther to obtain small quantities of hquor from parties which would be condemned, so that each of the constables m the **gaug;' could be subpu-aaed and ilraw witness fees. O. C. West. Frank Pierce and G. 13. Hamilton ars also indicted for blackmail. and George II. Cleggett for making fake returns. The doings of the bailees are still under consideration. The grand jury returned a batch 01 iiniiotiiietits, charging J. P. Smith, il. II. Reynold.*., M. iC. Brady, 1\ T. Morris, J. (J. Masey and George M. Sheldon, members and lormer members of the city irouncil. wlili conspiracy to defraud the oitv. This is tl'.e outgrowth of the revelations mails some months ago, when it was shown that members of council were increasing their salaries by merns of claims. They were first tried lor wilful misconduct in ollice. and acquitted on the ground that uo such crime was known to the statue. The indictments arc brought unded instructions from lud^e Bishop. .Sevan Week* in a Well. \\ ADE-SUOIIO, ,\. u., L>eC. i^U Wallace and wife, colored, of this place, have been living for soa.e time in a house rented from Dr. Ashe. About seven weeks ago the woman disappeared, and nothing being heard of her, it was supposed that she had grown tired of her surroundings and taken "French leave." After the lap3e of several days her husband stated that she had left him, and that he was going to hunt her, so lie pat out for parts unknown. Some days ago, after the disappearance of the woman, the colored people living on the same place, and using the same well, began to notice that tLere was something terribly wrong with the ) water and abandoned the use of it. On last Sunday morning one of the ! women said she had dreamed the niifht before that Wallace's wile was in the well. The matter was investigated, ancl trie dream corroborated by the discovery of the woman's body after seven seeks in the water. A ne^ro man volunteered to brin? the body up. so tying1 a hatch of cotton saturated with a disenfectant over his mouth and nose, he went down the well, taking1 with him a rope, which he tied around the woman's neck and hauled tile horrible spectacle to trie suri'aagfl - ~ I.vnHiort in HI* Cell. Xoufolk, Va.. Dec. 24.?A special to The Landmark from Aulander, 2s'. C., brings intelligence of the lynching at Wiunon, in the same state, o"f the notorious negro Kinch Freeman, who, on Oct. i, brutally murdered Xep Atkins and his aged mother in Birtie county by beating their brains out with a twopound weight. and then set lire to their residence. He was recognized at the time by the housekeeper, who, by hiding, escaped his murderous blows. Freeman was arrested in Norfolk and taken back to .North Carolina for trial. Last night about one hundred and thirty masked men surrounded the jail at vVinton, and three of '.Item, with a tw.<: mc iC o orlminn! wwit tn thf? j.ii) and said they had a prisoner to lock up. 'i'lic jailer opened the door and was at mice overpouvred. Freeman had shackles on his feet and hands, and. as an additional precaution against escape, was chained to the lloor. The lynchers did not take time to loose him. and strung him up to the rafters of his cell, where he was'round this morning, when the sherilT went to the jail. The jailer was hound and gagged, and could not give the alarm. Freeman was an old penitentiary bird UJiU Uld I'lIlUCa >> L"i C Iiian>. tiiVWjjtx nx^ hist was his most atrocious one. Democratic Senator Probably. Ilrnox. S 1)., Dec. 18.?A large number of Democrats and Allianeemen, among them Judge Tripp, Gen. Tylor and P. E. McClure. are reported to have agreed upon a scheme which they as*' sert is certain to defeat Senator Moody] Judge Tripp, Democrat, is to be the candidate at the outset, and if he cannot win in the lirst eight ballots. Harden. Alliance, is to be placed before the joint convention, and the Democrats promise to throw their strength to him lis a unit. The combined DemocraticAlliance vote controls the Legislature by a majority of 8. Harden is really a Democrat, aiul was the Democratic candidate for Congress four years ago. A Woman Hanged. London, Dec. 2o.?Mary Wheeler, alias Mrs. Pearcy. was hanged Tuesrlay morning for the murder of Mrs. Pha-be linger, for jcaiousy, and her iufnnt child, last October. She not up early, and prayed for several hours. To Lhe chaplain she acknoirlc'l^ed that the sentence was just. at the same time as selling lltilt IIIV. V.iUl.1 ^ ? i;i vuv,^ tutvvi She never mentioned llo^. and gr.vc, Lhe impression that she alone was guilty of the murder. The hanging passed r?il* without incident, the unhappy woman dying almost instantly. According [n the English law, she will be buried in the jail yard. Alliance Opposition to In?:ills. Kansas City. Mo.. December 21.?A special troin Wichita. Kansas, s.tys: "A convention of the representatives from the Farmers' Alliance of the 7th Kansas Congressional district met here yesterday to lake action upon the eiec--* - - sT T liUIi 1*1 U. ?;cuavwi xu^uuo in the Senate. A resolution was adopted instruct::^ all the Farmers' Alliance mem'oi-rs of the Legislature from the Tth district to vote against Ingalls and'work for his defeat." l loodcd With Water. Ciim aoo. Dec. 24.?Continued setliijjr of the walls of the government building resulted to-day in the breaking of tiir- wat-r pipe and the ilooding of the basement with water. There is a vast quantity of Christmas mail in ilit: bailing, and thousands of Christinas presents, many of them costly on-s. have been ruined. Knoxvillt! IVels an Earthquake Kxoxviu.i:. Dec. 2-1.?There was a decided earthquake shock here this morning a!,out 3 o'clock. IVrsons in i h;* city to-day from the surrounding country report that the shock was so severe that houses were shaken and dishes rattled. In the city many persons were aroused from their sleep and much startled by the shock. Four Tndiaxs Hatred. Missoula. Mont.. December 19.? This moruimr Laieze, l'ierre.Paul Antley and Pascale. four Indian murderers, were hanged at the Court House here. / . .. _ r_ THE FARMER 5* A-UANCE YThi:i Hon. Allen I>. Candler Think* of j the Sitr>at2-.m >;u J th? Prospect. In speaking of the Farmers' Alliance j the Hon. A. D. Candler. Congressman ; from Georgia, says uo movement hav-; i.iga bearing on the politics of the day j has ever assumed such proportions in ! so short a time as has the Farmers' j Movement in the United States. A small cloud. 110 larger than a man's j hand at the inauguration of the last | presidential campaign, so small indeed j as not only not to al'r'ect but not even to ' attract the notice ot the two dominant j political parties, it has grown and i soread ami darkened till it overspreads I the whole political horizon and arouses j i!ie gravest apprehensions of the lead- j ers on both sides. Xor are these apprehensions ground- j less. This movement of the tillers of j of the soil is the legitimate outcome of j a pernicious system of financial legisla- j tion, which has prevailed for nearly j thirty years?a system which has im-; posed onerous taxes, fostered rnoncpo-j lies and depleted the currency until it lias well-neigh destroyed the calling of ! the farmer. That the millions of farmers and ! farm laborers should rebel against such ; a system is not astonishing. They will | succeed in securing redress, provided I they are govern*! by wise counsels, and j not led into chimerical schemes and financial heresies by leaders whose ambi- j tion for place or pelf is stronger than | ' 1 1 ,3 t'tta fruft ! tneir pninutisiii <inu luvtvicj principles of the reform in which they have engaged. But the just and proper demands of tiirir order, a more abundant currency, lower tariff taxation, free and unlimited coinage of silver, the destruction of the national bank monopoly and all other monopolies built up and fostered by the present system, can never be attained through the Republican party, for that party is responsible for all the vicious legislation of which they complain; nor through a "third party movement." In that way strong as they are, all their strength would be dissipated and wasted, and this agricultural Samson would be shorn of his locks. The revolution can only be accomp lishecl through the Democratic pariy. > That party is the natural friend and ally of the farmer. Every cardinal principle of the order of the Farmers' Alliance is a Democratic principle?old as Democracy itself. '"Equal and exact justice to all, special privileges to none," is a cardinal doctrine of Democracy. Opposition to monopoly, opposition to a purely protective tariff, opposition to a national bank, fr<?e and unlimited coinage of both gold and silver, and the limitation of the taxing power of the government to the actual demands of its honest economtc administration are no new dogmas in the Democratic creed. All true Democrats, as well as true Alliancemen, believe in them as they believe in the decalogue. By united ac 1 tion the Democracy and the Alliance | i can accomplish all that either ought to ! require and enough to restore prosperiI ty to the country. By separate action the Alliance will lose its opportunity, waste its strength and soon pass into oblivion. The New Cotton Harvesting Machine. The Boston .Journal of Comuiprce pays its respects to the new cotton harvester. It is claimed that the new machine will pick from the pianc 1500 pounds of cotton in two hours. Fifteen men would have to work ten hours .5 ~ ?rt.,rtKinn r\\A in t.U'rt LO HO >\ UrtO LUC \ii\j. ... V .. .? . hours. Co^g^knlly, the machine { wothe >r or >ev- j ?ince at the Memphis Cotton Exchange, and was pronounced by a number of cotton factors and brokers as worth half a cent a poilnd more than the handpicked cottoii from the same plantation. This was accounted for by the fact that the picking spindles of tne machine can only gather the open i>olls of cottoD, in which the cotton is f'Hly developed, whereas the hands gather cracked or partially opened boils, containing more or less immature litres, because they are paid by the hundred potiuds, and all cotton weighs, whether mature or immature,'* clear or stained. The matter of iabor in gathering the cotton crop has be-n this se-tson a momentous one in some sections of the South, not only in its cost, but in the scarcity of hands at any price. For the simple harvesting of this year's crop it will cost in labor alone not far from eighty to ninety millions of dollars. If this machine will save to the South \ - SI I S I iniy M i \ milium uuikuo m at a critical moment in cotton husbandry it will be one of the greatest in- 1 veniions of the a^e. It means a saving of one and a hair cents for every , pound of lint cotton gathered. Tinnos a.n<) Orifaua, N. W. Trump, 13i Main stivrt, Columbia, S. C., sfils Pianoa and Organs, j J direct from factory. Xo agents' com- | missions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from 225 up. Mason So Hamlin Organs surpassed by none. Sterling Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on Instalments. The New York ietter-C4rri?ra are Ul a tuvuMinvMv w | Congressman S. S. Cox. That gentleman was the uufior of the law giving the cirriers two weeks holiday in every year. They may very appropriately do special honor to his memory. Diseases Peculiar to Women especially monthly disorders, are cured by the timely uso of Bradiield's Female ll^gulator. A complete 13edr:>om Suit for 816.50 freight paid to your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, Augusta, Ga. LOW PRICES j WILL BE MADE'ON TALBOTT SON'S; ENGINES AM1 BOILERS. SPECIAL ESTIMATES ON SAW MILLS, C ORN MILLS. PLANERS AND 3IA (J11JXERY GENERALLY AT BOTTOM FIGURES*4 V, C. Badham, Sen. Agl, coumikxa, s, Bur >!? Vnninfl' 1r U thp llPSt;. _?'? ? ( oisi'La:ti; <*s*>ntnKS. T TPOX THE MOST APPROVED plans, with Suction Pan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished a? competitive prices. COTTON* GI\S and PRESSES of be.-i makers. Thomas Ilay Raki\s. Deerins Mower, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr , Cultivators. A larne stock of Portable and Stationary Ginning and Saw Mill Engines 0:1 baud. State Agents for C. <S: G. COOPER & (JO'S Corlis Engines Lane Saw Mills and Liddcll Company's complete line. " VT. H. GIBliES, Jk., & CO., Near-Union Depot, COLUilCIA, S. C. k (jrKHAT <j?| v.i Repk.'M "StbixkM ; Writ-- fojffl ^ i>n>?o*r you^B ST Kcmomlfl liioes u> fuB Sing some glarge>t olJ| Swipe out StLEEE An I A.Vo.fl Bsize, loxlH IM >t ware. M It 11 freijJH Imlv TwSg Again, H gtiaiige iiiM I with ? l'FEN !)? I our depuH IDG S'J'M I I will sjffl Itvalnut !'rl lauded, tfl I o your aai^l I 1 will alsH IsousisliltK fl I lead Ecdj? B.:able, 4 <_fl l)ack rock* l.o your del II Ur I wilJM B-uit with 1?S Bj.'iO, find pay ; >' ice windo M Elegant i^rdH vValnut lourH ! Lace curtain 1 cannot dH i adTertisemftW |;ontaimu2 2fl ware houses* parts of Aufl 4e^t basinesH agement in itoreiari'J rrrJH ; r?e choice.-; I ries. My ca^H ! >f goods Tufl say where yofl jpay freight. H I Proprietor lfl and CarpetM 1110-1112 BrcM jTgiwagfljgaggjM .. ..->23258? T* :i iJLskS I >MU hm i -ri.-rtiZ j r. ?. p. T,fJfl ; ::Ino?i, cruattsBH f. UVtC ?> Sr-Oiil | A promlnrnt^B .i Savannah. sr.ff4H ; mi, a.-?J ItheuaM r*. ?. P. he neveM . :"' ;? .is If h? co]H ( s i xj.ys get P. ? If you are firJH 'J CIvjSO couHnex:eWB t J J ? ^ I ' If yon aro fedSS > n>;4 out ol sorts,fi9 ip p p i i s | If your digestivfiM { P> ? Q ? r jLam raSSffiSS * If rou siifTer r.-iaH ; nerves unstrung arSSB j ci the system, takelH ' s p p ? j . r. r. |g i Fcr Blood Poison. iH ula, < >ld Seres, 2l2.1ari^fl ' Complaints, take jH and Pct2^88B|^S .? Tbe best blood puri^| | MPPXAX BROS., W Sols Propyl ! LiPPiiiN's BLociJjaB RSiiaTrHMEM Farm Wagons, complete with 2 3-4 in Thimble Skin - 3 in Thimble skin $14 in Thimble Skin ?? One Horse Wagons, S24.50, 526.50 528.50. Warranted second to noDe. Write for Circulars. Buggies. Carriages, Road Carts, &c.,fl 10 per cent less than regular prices! Sfl for Catalogue. This offer is for onljfl |g| iays in order to reduce stock?so ordeS j nee. HOLLER & ANDERS! BUGGY CO., ROCK In writing mention this paper.^^^^ COLLEGE FOR MEM COLr.HBU, S..C. ? This College and Institute for WomefS and Girls opened October 1 under auspice? more favorable than its most san^uinflH friends hoped for. The grounds, building^B appoi.- lents and furnishings are unequal led ar\i..g boarding schools in the South, gj 1 lie .asroric oia nampiou or xtwsiuii ymuo ? was bought, the mansion repaired and re- ^ fited, a larger and finer building construct. ed for the chapel, domitories and recitation 8 rooms. A corps of teachers unexcelled in ability and experience is now teaching in 1 the College. From the 1st of January to 1 1st of February offers a convenient time for new pupils to enter, who are charged only r from date of entrance. For terms, &c.", j LiPPMAX BUOS., T7hole*lo Druggist^! We Proprietors, LipprestTsBloci. S?T^nnaiB Sif?jl .. w:-'^l' !.' ;?$? (.: * . : -<? j*'Z -Ask lor cataiogHg tccdv t.vc.o r-r\ ?? ?r":1 * : V 'I