Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pushing, the r-FOU RT H OF >Vas Tnlcen by tho .Over One-Half MI This Y oar, tan of noting as money -veral couulios is meot ucouragoinont Ibis year two primary causes themselves aro that tho iring moro liberal terms, the business, in other Ho comities are in greater louey. ion of ibo Gonerul Assent* net was passed authoris ing from tue sinking fund mt couulios sums uot lo third of tho tax levy for or .purposos. A lion on tho Arrowing ooulilies guar ?ynieut of tho luau, with or cont ou tho nmouut ho uctual limo vlio money lensiou of Iho L?gislature Uno tormti of that ucl io nmouut which could bo lal to ono half tho levy for sos. bought when tho act was 1)7 that tho counties having toy would take udvantago loller. Tho ouly counties however, ?wcro Aiken, jrokee, Dorchester, Fuir Iton, Marion, Ocoueo, Williamsburg. Tho total by 4hem was ?5>!),05J3. by special enactment, An ipermitted to borrow ?28,000 wood ?10, OOO. Tiio other |icb have, up to this limo, Iwed or mudo application for [tho amouuts asked for. aro ?iorokee, $4,400.TS; Clar ^.'air field, ?7,5100; Marion-, lier, ?3,r?00; Bickens. ?8, |8,OO0; Williamsburg, $5, [ins foot up $?18,270.70, and jcial loans to Andor jeuwood give a grand JT6,27Q. 75, or nearly fincli hB the amounts 'ear. Tho hrJanoe on Land was 8l31,2liv , so it is seen State still-?aa ..' " -nsiderable Ifo lend to t o ?ouuties ive n'bly\h.'xuule apu cation. ? <t> - J _ jrs' Salaries In Danger. interest that although Tiw yeraS-A number of yeuY-SJJ ioboeuesC-blishod, tho jo oilicors^ in the old no paid ff pm State than formerly, while [the officers in tho new idditioual source of ro Stato fundu. By re lfv General Dorkuui bas the following list of land their salaries paid lis: Abbeville, ?700; ferson, STOL); Hamborg, ?700; Beaufort, ?700; Charleston, ?1,800; [Chester, ?;;00; Chcs l.rcndon, ?">00; Collo dion, ?000; Uorohes iiicld, ?700; Fairfield, ?'000; Georgetown, ?>;00; Greonwood, S?OO; Horry, SSOD; lancaster, ?000; Lau ?ton, ?r,0?; Marion, ?0; Newberry, SHOO; tungehurg, $700; . -*nd, ?800; Saluda, ?s00; Suinter, ?700; lc ; ?700; Williamsburg, l-*l??" i'i is Dooming. day which hus boen tilling in this city of the doctrino ot pro mrpose of organizing cet for Stato ofiices in arv T. J. Lu Motto, trul com mitt ce, states ng letters of encour !1 tho counties iu tho |d that tho convention will bo [tended. Ile is ujt yet ready kuy expression of his views aa ?>la ti s upon which tho cam Ill bo conducted.- Columbia kith. ^onlsm timi Dispensary, following letter receivod by ipr.it would peem that some sens of Utah waut to mix and tho dispensary. IAain anxious to got a ?sury law of South ports and other ji good idea res. 1 poo - filiation uuder PEKMIKS. Fvirglnln. to tho Baltimore Jrg, Va., says: Gen. .rived in the city on B !)th add was visited Iicil in a body. Brief [no were made by tho ith, and tho president ir. Thomas 1>. Davis, Curler Glass. Tho PITHY ITICMS. Efforts aro being irado at Richmond, Va., to transport tho old Libby prison back to that oily Irom Chicago, Ul. Marshall Boss Smith, of Molloy, Mo., while locked up in jail, sot bro to tho building and was burned to death. During tho cattlemou's convontion at Fort "Worth, Texas, stock to tho valne of $~;,00?,??? chuugod bauds. CJray wolves in enormous numbers] aro praying upon tho stock ajong tho Laramie river, Colorado. The Republican Stato central com mittee of Knusns mot at Topeka and. authorized tho hchh'ag of tho Stn*-*: convention at Hutchison on >Tune s. ,:\ full State tickot will bo nominated. About two miles from Henrietta Wia, N. C., Mr. John (treen, township con stable, attempted to arrest a negro numed blako, who had run away from South Carolina for wifo beating, and for which crime Constable Green held u warrant. As soon c.3 the negro heard of tho officer's buainoaa ho oponed lire with a pistol. Thc constablo foll to his knees, mortally wounded, but drew his pistol, tiring throo shots at tho negro, al I of which look effect, ono ball picTjin ? his heart, killing him iustautly. INS AN K OW TIIK STAT E. Thc Largest Number of Patients tn the Hospital in Ks History. Tho caro of tho insano of tho Stato has become a sorious problem. The number of patients havo assumed alarming proportions. To such an ex tent ?3 this true that lhafc tho board of regents met ou tho 10th, su\'3 tho Co lumbia State, and gavo the matter their most careful consideration. As a re sult of their deliberations thoy appoint ed two committees to study plans to re lievo tho situation by reducing the number under treatment. During tho past month 080 persons were cared for. This is tho largest number iu tho history of tho hos pital f'-i' the insano. Thirty-lour new ones have applied for admission. , Thirty-ono patients were discharged ou trial. Thoregonts decided that tho institu tion is becoming so crowded that to ac coinodate recent and incurable eases for whom applications aro being made it will be necessary to send i l; chronio and harmless cases to the poor housos of their respective counties. A co' mit feo consisting of Mr. hodel I Jon und Superintendent Babcock was apk ted to investigate tho subject aud report to the regents in order that tho matter may bo laid before Governor Ellcrbo lo bo transmitted by him to tho noxt^ (!?.. "'-M Assembly. . - ? JjSj3| ?.V. -tvMi of admitting' insane crimiuii'Ti ? ~t . .iljmoand Dr. Taylor, j us chairman, v> LO i?p7inTrted^to_p^ a special report. Hois to confer with;] tho superintendent and directors of the penitentiary in order' to have reoom- 1 inondation:', for legislation which will have insane criminals placed in tho ponif?nlta1ry".'"'Wfi"ero in fue opinioTC?. of tho regentu, they properly belong. POUT ROYAL IMtY POCK. lt Will Soon he Avallublc for Our J?I Warships. Beports received nf tho navy depart ment from tho contractor in chargo of dredging a now anchorage ground for vessels at tho entrance to tho dry dock at Por' Royal. S, C., encourage a fcopn that tho work of getting a sufficient auchorago to accommodate vessels of war may bo successful beforo long. Heretofore ships llave been compelled to come intu tho dock proper from be- l, low at high water and then get out ] again nuder thu Kamo circumstances. | The adaptability vi tho dook to United i States war vessel:, at all times is greatly I to bo desired, since south of Now - | port Neu? it is tho only dock on | tho Atlantic coast available for use of tho vessels of tho North squadron. THIS PA Y~< ) li" SU PK KV 1 SO 5 ?S. An Interesting Question Which Ailcets Ail Old Hoards. Under tho now law regarding super visors of registration, a quostion hail arisen in some of the counties which ia also of interest to all tho others. It ' . as to what length of time tho fon i boards of supervisory get paid for, when the pay of tho new boards . . n menen. Comptroller General Dei! ? . who lum received a number of inqu.i >^s along tb.is line, takes tho position that thu tenure of ellice of tLu.uld pired the first of tho year/;l the be_'inliing of tho fiscal t'-." ?aleudar year. tmocqoi says, thoy got no pay for'-igpr) doYod in 1808 uule:;s tb?~" obtain ?. . numeration froi^.. jt;st ci. i j; ol In sumo ^ci? personnol <>. ti board is unchanged n:j 1 ii "eh cou :?..t he difficult ti Tho .State. Six. Hangings in1 The Laurens eorrosMHO^t^*:T News and Courier mWie> Ia"1 ing appointed fe. (ff^h . ot A*i . i.. winch will met .o^Bmpers of ' i <.? grusomely inclined, otherwise there nothing tb interest ??Tv\. u,'< civilization until the campaign'or- i- in midsum mer. By tho wa*, it ?*tyy of note that th?ro have' been. * haiigings iu this county witUifr/.tW';bist ton years, tho place of execdfiwmtng a stable in j rear of tho jail. aacJ^?Vvalue of the old j building is aboutit^ uollars.'' Four of the executions vf^aii' tot murder and to for arson, alli |eitffiT:Xiegro83. rton Dead, o, D. D., secretary hirch.extension of tho I?pal Church, South, Je in Louisville,Ky., jed 00 years. For Mortol Three White Men C- icted of Shameful (! i .3, FATHER AND l/v'? SONS. T^cSiius Sentenced.! to? Years in tho y t??nltcnliury und th* Father to 18 Mont lis on the A special hom Ndw^&r'to\io No\v3 and Courier, ci t?|^)^p. Says: 'Hie Pouiurhi case endet toni,:lit in the conviction of t hree parties tried at this terni of. court. The nojiss of testimony occupiod four full drys. Arguments wore begun this mor1 ling, and tiireo speeches on each sido occupied until ii o'clock. J .fudge lionet's char.;o occupied half an hom-, and einbracht tho law in tho caso. Tho jury retired at 7 o'clock and ren dered a verdict at thiJO; Albert F. Itizor and William Ki/.or woro found guilty of housebreaking anti larceny, andsentonccd io five yeuis and ono mouth in thc p?nito.itiary. .T:i?. A. Rizer was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and wan sentenced to eighteen months on the chain gang or eighteen months in tho pcui'.ouliury. Judge Benet, in passing sentence, said that ho would not add ono word to tho torturo of tho moment, Hrofoipid silence provailod in the court room when tho verdict w?s announced, und before passing sentence euch prisoner i mudo a negative reply lo Judge lionel's I question itt hoy had anything to say I why Bontonco should not ho passed. Three white men, a ful ber with tho | frost of sixty-livo winters upon his hoad, and two sons convicted of n gravo crime presents n sadly remark able spectacle in tiiis coniiuuuity. Tho triul engrossed tho whole of pub lio attention, and tho verdict produces a profound impression genondiy. 't ho other parties in jail urrestoil in tho i'o niuria case uro to ho tried at tho spe ciul term in April. ----? MISS BBRTlk WALKED Ul? While Water Was Jtcitig Drawn Krom 1 Reservoir to Itbcover Her llody. Tho thoughtless JOSS of Miss Hortic Hood, 21 and'pretty, nearly precipitated a water fumino iu Columbia on tho 1:5th. Sho is from Winnsboro ami was visiting friends in tho oit . J.f.st afternoon sho ^disappeared, ti of friends nud !polico failod t . > u traco. About Vnoon today a <. t- . Hosting iu tho ,'resorvoir wus fi ;? , . it. A paper hcar ?i?7r^h^^oj^h^ . *1 ut tho bottom of ?this with woig": . jix)>ojy- ,!* " w??5 found i ?i.~i? . . in, prouet ing off six niii . dbms of ? .... drugging the air waa invniudi... !_ begun in tho uce of u big crowd. At dusk, wh? - ? o million gallons of tillered water nud .returned to tho river, Miss 1 Ipg^KflpjPUp. Shohudspcntlho night NV*tB^8gW*'^ni tho northern limit of tho ^T'-flBBHmfK'""*'"' 10 notify nny ,one. yom?^''w?g. perii(jtr;iU:(l the bottle ? - Kxp!fl^?J>ttT.lr?stolIici! Kohl A Hampton . special to Tho ' . . says: ?>qaio one entered tb? Kouiheiu j?xpress oilice here, open"'; .. -nfeand carried awuy ?21,0?0? i .m..ny express packages Iv' fl n.? .. V\\ lion Mrs. 11 uglies, I' ii oss hore, oponed der . touud the safo blown open, ..iago done to tho furniture, and tulum. Several per sons heard u in. .vy discharge Saturday niirl.-i, but cyuht nu!, locate it, und no one suspected that our quiet communi ty had lu ?eu iuvuded by burglar. Sev eral suspicious characters liavo been in town ir econ t ly, but up to this timo no 'arrests have been made. Lynchers Foiled. . v Last week ('burlie Williams, tho no- j grO who was accused of murdering Mr. W. Lee at ihshopvillc on November 2?tst, was tried ut Sumter und found j guilty of murder with recommendation j to mercy, tho ]ieo])io from tho Bish- j orville section wcro not mitisiied with thc voi d?ct, und violence waa teared. | Tho sherill received an intimation that an ?d tempt would lie Hindu to lynch tho negro, and he instructed Deputy l?uil lard to trot him to a place of safety, and he was taken to Columbia. -. ^a.? A Shorter Itoute lo Columbia. lt is said that tho Carolina Midland railway Avili coinplo its extension to Butosburg in about tbreo weeks. This will give this section of tho country c. shorter routo to Columbia and tho up country. Mr. J. \V. Fowler, tho gen eral manager, will probably do much to improve tno service, equipment and physical condition of the road, lie is a railroad official of long ox per ?once and ull ol' expedients and resources. If Crime in the Slat?. ? On. tho 11th, according to correspond Ruts of the Columbia State, ibo follow 9feg murders woro committed: jNcar Union Leo Turnbill (wluto) shot and .instantly killed Emma Hall (colored). 1 Tney had been playing in the prononce of five witnesses nud lie fold her to stop* and she didn't, with tho uhovore- j suit. Near Camden, Allon Carolina (colored) was shot by Constable J. F. Bateman, while resisting arrest for burning cord wood. In Bothel town ship, iu York county, Butler Hobbins, sb^pt and instantly killed Toni MoFad-. den, both colored. It-is said that Bob bins found McFadden in n com-, promising position with his, Bobbins', sister. Notes. lt is said that tho smallpox at Pelham. is on tho decreuso. At Conway, April 1st, Nathan Willis will be hanged for murder, "^jj**1*;; i? The town of Williamstj??'^^i^V.'r??ie-Q" now chart o; u utl?r tho act of A Ii M OST CO M PLISTK D. TllO Naval ISonrd of Inquiry Nonrly Ready to Itcport. Tho naval board of ?uquiry has al most completed it? investigation and tho report will likely bo forwurdod to Washington in tho next two or throe days. A few details of tho export testi mony aro being carefully collected. Tho divers aro ouly verifying thoir pre vious discoveries. Tho report that is awaited with so much interest uud ou | which so much depends is aiuiost fin ished, and will ho in tho hands of tho Prosid ' .t inside ot" tho next six days. Tho Naval MltUla. t has been derided tliat iu tho ovent ot hostilities tim naval mil if ia will take caro <?f harbor defences in conjunction with tho naval and coast defense j officers. Tho latter being of tho army department, will-detail thc roserves to j take charge of thc improvised nub ularino mines. Spain's Protest.. * Tt is reported that Spain has lodged a protest with the itra/.iliau government against tho salo of the cruisers Ama-j /.onus and Abrenall to tho United Stales 1 on the ground that it is an uufriondly nut iu viow of tho tension of thu situa- ? tion between tho Madrid aud \\ ashing ton governments. Moving Artillery Ibit.tcric Tho Pennsylvania Railroad has closed a contract with tho govi ruinent lo 1 transport artillery butteries Hom Wash ington to IV rt Mott and from Fort Mo- . Henry to i "crt Dclawuro. Implicit. Confidence In tho President. Representativo ?T. W. Stokes, of 'south Carolina, has rceoived a letter from U en eral Joseph li. Stupplebeiu, com- . branding tho First Ib'tgndo, South Car olina Cavalry. After commending Mr. I Stokes for his recent speech in Congress for tho" ?00,000,000 for tho national do foiice, he adds: "J'ho people of South Caroliuu .itmd ready and willing to shed their blood in defeueo?of the ?-.tars and Stripes, and if over our people were , united, they are today. Wo know no ; factional or party lines when the Junior j of tho country is at stake. As yon know, : .1 command tho largest body of cavalry ; in tho United States. My command j and 1 are at tho scrvieo of thc Presi dent, and while I understand that mi litia cannot be pressed into sorvico for a longer period thau ninoty days, J now, through you, formally tender my ser vices to tho President in tho volunteer ? for ninety months, if need bo. Tho peo ple have implicit coulidouco in tho wis dom of the President at Ibis crilieal moment, and fuel that ho will do tho proper thing. " Mr. Stokes presented General Stop pelbein s letter to tho President. Senate Investigation Postponer!. . -' Tho Seuato committee on nr .?' uf fairs had under consideration ' . so lution instructing it to make - . osti ati . s v?r thc Muino disast . ...id dc 1 ?yr. vote of 0 ? ?i stponcd Spain ' /tilings. Pondon . .o. )-The Madrid corresp: i. - . ihu Daily Mail re port- . .'JW with Admiral Bor ir .' -.er ol' .Marine, m tho courso ? '? . mo minister mid: "Tho exi- ; of tho times demand that tho j . nimmt pursuo a policy of silence, : a we should not ho doing our duty if ; wo imitated the Americans in publish- . ing information as fast as received, : only to deny it tho following day. " j Admiral Bermejo declined to affirm j or ?leny that tho Spanish govornmeut ] had purchased tho Chilian cruiser j O'Higgins. - i ----cm-. A RKVOLTixc; cm MR. Unknown Partien lilli Henry Unities : as He Was Kissing Illa Raby. A special to tho Savannah Morning News, from Quitnian, Ga., says: One of tho blackest crimes in tho history ni this county occurred twelve miles north of Ouituian. Au unknown party slipped up lo ibo window uf tho house of Hu .ty Haines, a prominent negro, and shot bini and his two-year-old baby to d-. a; K Kloveu buckshot entered Paine;.' head, four lodged in tho baby, aud twelve ia tho wall. Kaine?' wife was Bitting l?e- , tween him and tho window, and ii is ? believed that tho murderer intended to kill her also. A Florida Sherill' Killed. At Defuniuk Springs. Fla., Sherifl Marvel Manning, of Walton county, in attempting to arrest Arthur Perry, a negro, wanted for assault upou un o th er of Ina race, was killed, the negro losing his life in tho encountor. The sherill and his deputy, Wiekorsham, went to i thc house w'ierc tho negro was sleep- I ing. Thc negro pulled a pistol from | beneath tho coverlet and tired foin | shots. Tho sherill'emptied his pistol, ! and Wiokersham also took part in the > artair, two of his bullets lodging in th? i negro's body. Tho sherill" was struck in tho stomach, uud lived only thrct hours. PRKSIWKNT MCKINFJKY INVITED. Ho May ??c in Charlotte, N. C., on i May 2(>th. Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, on behalf of the p opie of his Stuto, has invited President McKinley tc attend tho celebration of tho Mecklen burg Declaration of I ndependenco, al Charlotte, N. C., Way ?01 h. ThiB is tc ba a great occasion in North Carolina. The people of that State, claim thal tlu Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence, made May 20th, 177(5, wa! the model for the Fourth of .Tilly de claration. A monument to tho signori of t ho I Mecklenburg declaration is tc - be unveiled; President McKiuloy kai promised to give tho invitation con sid?ration, with the hopo that ho may be able to .attend. nitor Thurs ton's Wife Dies tn Cu Vu. H dispatch to tho Now York Evening .YvVrid from Habana Rays: "A telo y..' i. .n. roceivod by Consul Gen oral Loo il i Consul ?hiker on tho 11th says tho of Senator Thurstan) died on board facht Anita, Sag no. harbor. An K.lltoi' KMIed. Un Connolley, n.litorVof tim Plow published'nt E?st?'Wo?nt, Cu., shot ami killed by j\ Q.Oox, n -ian. Tho crijr-~7^.\Af resul SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEWS. ' Tlie Soiit.h* Georgia will bo roprosouted at tho Omaha Exposition. Nat, Butler took tho honor? in the ' professional bicycle races at Jackson ville, Fla., on tho i'th. Now port News, Va., is to have tho larpent dry dock in tho world. Jt is to 1 bo 000x00 feet. All street railways in Knoxville. Tenn., includion ibo Weat End, will bo in or i;ed in leo days. At Atfigusln, (?a., Alis? Nina lil- I ilrhlge, a young woman of good family , marries nu old Chinaman of 50, uauied Li Choy. Kent nek}* has round ii supposeil rival to tho old famous Mammoth Cavo. lt is culled tho Cu vor n Cave-, a eurions collocation considering thc meaning o? words. Alabama Hcpublicnns met nt Calera and noiuiunted A Ulrich foe ro-election to Congress; ro-nlii:ined tho St. Louis platform; endorsed MeKinloy and ?lo elai cd for Cuban independence. Claude Lawrence, treasurer of tho Allanta (Cn.) Soda Company, com mitted suicido by takin:;, sixty grains of morphine. Nothing is known as to the canso. His book.j nra correct. A.t Meridian, Miss., J B. Koyuls, his wife and thc latter':) sister wero poisoned by a servant, a 12-ycnr-old negro boy; Boy?is and thc young lady ure at the point of death. Near Tulhottou, Ca., Yv. S. Brown, a prominent planter, .-.bot and killed J. ll. Miller, lii'own is hold by tho ocr euer for murder. Tho c.?uso of tho trag edy is kept a : corot. Tho Supremo Court of Tenor lins decided that tho Stato law iug railroad com punies to provide aep aruto conches fur white and colored pus.ven.gcrs was constitutional. At niacksburg, S. C. will Hum phries, white, in a quarrel over a gamo of curd"?, was shot and fatally wounded by I '.manuel Kurie, colored. Tho negro lied, hut was captured. Jluuiprios chances are against him Tlie Nortli. The death penalti' for larceny of over $100 is to bo imposed in Alaska. William (). Hutchins, of Providence, ll. J., ono of thc best known manufac turing jowelors in the Fast, was shot and killed hy a burglar. .lohn Wanamaker has consented to bo tho candidate for tho Business L.opllb licau League for (Jovornor. Charlo3 Boich and Thomas Flaherty, painters, wero killed by the breaking of a ropo ou a platform at tho oighth story of a building in Now York. Fivo studouts have been dismissed from tho State University,at Columbus, () cv" twenty two impended, us tho . .- ' a recent riotous outbreak, "u*o. \Vilmevding. at-grnuddaugh ter of Cotumoiloro i 'er hilt and wife of ".lack*' Wilmer?! of New York, is u paretic patient Bloomingdalu Asylum. Twenty miles of road tracks in Ghion."' will bo ole . . I this .suinnnor. "pPh? .. -:f: '-o in oighborhooia o: ?8,00.;, u?i -v:'.1 ,. o omployi.uoDl to 25, UUO mon. Geo. B. Erb, for y of! Sherman lowu, Pa., who thc t ho had divin? 'lower ami could iii iud. it and is a tho K?stern District Hospital, Brook lyn. N. Y., Mullering from internal in juries and a broken leg. Hoy ({dirie;, of Milton, Pn., shot and perhaps fatally. Will fl. Davis, o Ht. Ciair, I'M., at iiiil?ersvii?o and the. killed himself. They wt.ro both ill lovi with the : anio girl, and ne left ii not. saying it was a double suicide. At Kansas Citi*, Mo., horse meat wa served at tho annual banquet of tin Kansas City Veterinary College Though tho spread was elaborate, not) morsel of meal ot ii er than tho lleuh o the hi tve .v,i- M . ved. From sou:> ti loa n :! ?ins ?di I"?; so. Tho student and fa >i!iy wiso l athered around th ?.......?MU i. lt? men y und insisted that i UK -liZiiig. \Vi. . i i t-ut ii. manager of the Cen ttni <. . .-.r e-s Company, of Kt Loni.-'-, . - i.iuud dying in Fores ! c l iivii. : !ii t wound in the head :t \. i . -\ . I t. . a e of suicide. Th yon ag w.-. ? tatton to tho city hot pital, where ho -bod. (Ie is a relativ of l'erry S. tient h. Assistant Posl master ( louerai. HI iFceUuueoiia. Sir Hoary Bossoiner, tho eel ob rat 0 inventor of Bessemer steel, is ?lead. Flooils along tho (?rand ami Thaine Eivers in Western Ontario have lei over 150O persons homeless. A bill boforo tho. Maryland Lowish ture will increase tho cost of a rota .itjuor liceuso to $500. Missouri's Democratic. State Cot Toution, called for Springfield ? August 10, will have TO! delegates. Bradstreet's report of business tor tl pa?t week says business in tho South good, and tho industrial trade may 1 improved by tho ending of the Nc England cotton mill strike. Tho St Louis Union st?.ck yards a to bo sohl to satisfy ii ?leed of trust < tho holdings cf the company for gl5( ODO. Tho negro, Will 'Putt, who slow ii wifo for wautiug to go to a barbocn has boon seutouceil to bo hanged I Mayfield, Ky. A steel pusaoiiiror steamer, to ' launched at Wyandotte, Mich., w ? bo christoDod America, in ay mi I thy with tho prevailing oublie "nen mont. Tho coasting steamer Ktirokn v wracked in sight of Sun Francis; Cal. Her passengers wore rescued a tho storm's dumnge to shipping AI $200,000. The Amorican and Pacific Expn Companies are about to consolidate. A Boston iloctor, after a eloso stn of diphtheria in HOO casos, linds ai toxin reduces tho douth ruto con sid ably. Windi lo g'on dot lings. I The houso r 'mitt ec on rivers j harbors voter, i fi to report a ri an?l harbor rup' ?printion bili ut ! session. i Blanch ' lb-nee, Register r?f i Treasury a-- es-Untied SluUjaij^d from M ins. -JjfiSBMn^n ! homo in vj 1 troubl-.^^l SCRAPS_OF_NEWS. thcrcil From All l'art* ol' Thia Mimd.mo Sphere. Now York theatrical mauugors com ain of dull busiuoss. iVugnsta, Qa., Merry-Makers' Week bc from April 25 to 30 inclusivo. ie 1 lobs co-operative common wealth _.founded, it? lirst colonoy nour Hoi* fii^ Wash. v;!V. licslio Cook, convicted nt Koa no .?, Va., of forgery, has been taken to yo penitentiary. .T^bu Dougherty, a lifo-prisolior iu Ne\ '(.Jurdlo jail, Delaware, Mil , broke out -- i t J i tho aili of a fellow prisoner. ib'? Ucorgo H. Morris, a well-kuown iicutist, who died in Morgantoii, W. Va., lef t au eatato valuod al ^100,000. ! t appears thut tho strawberry crop in tin?eastern counties of North Caro lina! sot back two weeks by tho cool weath r iu February. Kevi Dr. Howorton, pastor of tho First Itrosbytorian t 'Kn: eli, t harlotto, ->. <'., classes playing progressive enebro for priv.es us gumiding. Dr. ,T. M. Strong iho<l in Mccklon ortii Carolina, of co ti - nigs an liour after 'bo a Confederate sv.rgeon bm g county, N gestion of tho b attack. Ho V.MS of prominence. In Frodertelt e< Morille --vus shot gaged u\ sereu l ?oorge ( .ibboti (Jibbon ?ful bi.: lip to ^urjb passed HUM. U;_ ? 'barloite, ' lin agr?ment ii . lo ?fy, lind ling a new i v father u loth ii?, h tho h is oui Mav.ylnu.it, ! . ?ilia killed while ou Mr. and Mr.t.S murrio?I couple. e uiuler ar peoplt "Cit :. i i io .Kl !tO rs. i dill. oa; resoun est. had ol' ian - ?oro s ol' > eil - thu C.) Star i; Il - ?.nowa ina that UM', nour!" sys; ii sh til.? .. .so rhii? itt? armina. Tho Coe hoi election bi!! has ? Ibo Kentucky House, Vi to?W, ovi Oovemor's veto, sud is now law. 1 Hiring its pillage two ot thcmembers, Depp ami kilmore, engage i in ti .iieults, but peace vins rcs! oreti. Tho VVillningtot! 'N. Mr. W. fi. ?jVo; p. tho w. tl eal cr, gives tho inforini: catch of ahmt this yeat is large as tba tish men wouit! liku it, i ; owing to the wniil of freshets. Considcrulllo excitement exists ii; tho oil Ileitis abo Vc Chattanooga, Tenn., ou (he Cincinnati Southern I Cati way. Ibo Dayton nil and das Company hua just been formed with a capital stock of $.,'00,000, anti bus secured s ?case of H">, H!)U ?cres of lund. Tho company will boro ior oil at oueo. A Washingtlm special says: Repre sentativo .Skinner, of North Carolinu, has becu informed that a life-saving Mutiou is to bc established at < )craeoko, N. C., and tunt a range light will bo placed ut the llouth of Alligator river, tho order havipg hoon ?nat?o by CUiof of the Life-Saving Servieo Kimball. If the farmers of Kowan county, Kurth Caroliut?|, provo that they can raise sugar beets successfully, a re liuery for beet sugar will bo established thereby tho government nud the South era Hallway. ' >'he seeds have boon or dered from YYasuiiigton, au I tho culti va'iion oi W:. >ugar beet will bo begun at once. The arrest of Henry Hilton, a moon shiner, lins brought to light a peculiar luxm^'.-MH.tra'reijy ut Kussellvillo, Ark. Htevc Mc Alee ii .1 -'M>v." i/JTiltou, noto rions moonshiArs, were -s.t. jr.?';. their still kou?ft Aie \ co, fun, awukon^B 1 il ton ami :fter thom, filtou grabbe o death. I ! m a.-.pirn ol obi hint tho ?Half awako a chair und 'Iton is now sent lo the marshals Wi iv .excite, beat M"Aj[ a raving ntauiac t">d ?viii bc? asylum. An iron ' combino'' has lbecn formad by the Southern iron furnace operators with a view of holtling op ijho prices ol iron. .Those interest e. the Chat tanooga, 1'ii ni ingham. Uocv.wuod, Day ton, .Bessemer, und A uti isl on f?rmico operatives, an?'.: tho price ol' .'. o. i fur nace iron pluec-l at ^T.-.u a t< i. I hero was a general cu tiing of price*-prior to the agreement. Tba tb amudfor iron is good al Chattanooga, Tenn. Tho Day ton (Tenn.) f ii ri M> ces, with a daily out put of over ::..'"? Ama, havo just' be ni "blown in." That* give oin ploy aient to 1.000 men, including thais employed in the company's mine. ? A special to tho Ch-arloittflN. C.) Ob server from Fayetteville, IVH: While the machinery was vt Iii." ng in tho steam laundry of M?jHsra. Lodboller* on Franklin .street, i four inches in ilium? high rate of speed, v fragments piercing t roof, and ono bury i earth, where, after ft il romains undiscoi rolled over lind pinn tho ground, whence unhurt. ( )no large i lauded in tho yard Neill, nearly a quart taut, on 1 >ick street, i steruation i-f tho child i (iel, tWOlltl , re vor i* ut ?t kW to Mima ? lJ<:o,-s and g ?itself in tuet of digi;i .eda The sh:J I t'y.workman 0 5-iiM rescu cc d tho wh J -A J. v. ? ,. oUf\i, milo ii ' uob .<> ibo eu at ipbiy. Thc Mon Wnip*r m'?rr .?tft&H cl v is r?" inter?s ?r, y. ?xv.,: !? i ion lu one of thi 3f l.ontkni tin curious and which not ma Yet ii was liol cl lat? hundred and ?ifty-?r (uiially known ns tho dell very of thc "ibm' instituted in commeiri cideni which occtirri Slr .lohn (layer, an r Km.dcm to\\n. Will . n party in a ileunk',, th J atory goc lr p?ir confront ed l rated'from his friee.ds, htV helplessm ss. and ? 1 neesrsakiii?' that God bim. Op ri iirr. ho was His animal walking awa.v 3o grateful was Sir 3 he beJlevid to be a divin on lits behalf that, on l.onflonrbc s'?t asido a < money that the anni vor , cape might every year by ibo distribution of gi and made arran semi n sermon, it ti generations I prayer and of the lion life