The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 17, 1894, Image 1
Hawcasfe Heilgtr,
1 HI RLOW 8 CARTFR, Editor and Manager A Family Newspaper: For the PFtT&'nfon of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests. Terms H.JJO a Year. Payable in Advance.
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION. LANCASTER, S.C.. FEBRUARY 17, I89L ESTABLISHED 1842.
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John D.Rockefeller has given nearly
85,000.000 to tho Chicago University
and h-i3 what tin Detroit Fro i Pron
(erran, "the gooil taste" not to demand
that it be named for him.
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Bir Charles T)ilke, recently said in jn
the debate in the British Parliament:
'The moat dangerous illusion any in- ?
habitant of tho unite I kingdom can
have is that wo are a popular power. Jn
"We are probably tho most unpopular
1A the great powers."
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Tn the opinion of many, the religions w
tales of A. L. 0. E. are the beat Bunday-school
stories in tho language, w
The initials stood for "A Lady of Kng- fr
land," and her name was Miss Charlotteo
Maria Tnckor. The announcement
of her death will bring regret to
a large number of people who have *
, m
been interested and helped by her
books.
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Navigation of the great lakes dur- N
ing tho season of 1893 resulted iu the
loss of 123 lives. The number of ves- h<
sels lost was fifty-three, with an aggregate
tonnage of 24,258, and valued
at $1,040,409. Partial losses by
stranding*, collisions and tires bring Ci
the total up $2,11.2,588. The shallow ^
waters of Lake Erie claimed nearly
half the lives lost, Huroi b?'na
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According to tho figures piosonted tl
by tho London Times in its agriculiural
review of the past year, tho area
iu Croat Itritain devoted to whoat was
1,798,889 acres; to barley, 2,201,293, ^
and to oats, 4,435,941. Tho wheat
crop is estimated 45,429,407 bushels. ^
Tho paper bovs that at tho end of tho l
year there were 2,079,587 horses in as
Great Hritain, 11,207,554 hoad of cattle,
31,774,924 sheep and 3,278,010 V
pigs. tfc
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"While in Germany the people ar?
-just learning how mauy good things
can be made from our cornmeaJ,"
states tho New York Post, "in England
they are dis;ovcring how good
our cranberry is when properly j>(
cooked. Heretofore tho English have ia
not taken to it kindly, which is not b<
wonderful if it be true that they have ^
always cooked it :n tin and poured it
into metal dishes. Cooked in poroelain
and served in nhina, the tartsauca f
to
hac ?juit<> a different flavor."
' in the University baw Keview some
interesting figures nro collected as to th
the pecuniary value of life and limb
as estimated in the courts within tho jn
last Hve yearn. The value of a lifo is tl)
in Nome Htntea fixed hy law, and New
York is one of tho States whioh does ti
not allow the recovery of nioro than '
$5000 for tho loan of a life in a suit j,
against tho person or corporation p,
through whose negligenco tho lose oo- ot
eurred. This figure seems strangely
low, nince five times that amount has cr
been allowed in this State an compon- ^
eatiou for tho loss of a limb. Fifteen
thousand dollars has been held not ox- ^
ccssive for the life of an intelligent ^
young man in Kentucky, and a verdict (j
for a like amount has been sustained
in Tennossee when tho life was that of ^
a postman and express agent, thirty- j,
three years old, though a verdict for ii
$13 ,1K)0 was held excessive in the same I
State where tho life lost was that of a >i
xveak man fifty-seven years old. The 11
courts allow less for the loss of a
drunkard's life and more for the life
of an industrionsaud steady man. The ^
lives of children are usually valued at j
from $3000 to $1500. In Illinois the tl
loss of sn eyo has been compensated n
for by $5000, and of two eyes by $9000. ''
In New York a verdict of $14,000 for '
itho loss of an eye and disfigurement of
tho faoe has been sustained. In this f>
Htate, als<>, it has t>een held that $0500 |?
for the loss of a hand is not exoeaeive.
Two thonsaid dollars was held to be j JM
the proper nmonut for the impairment 4
of the iim of a hand in Ijoniaiana. The
New York oourte hare usually been
liberal in allowing verdicts for damages.
A verdict for $10,000 for the
loss of the arm of an eight-year old
boy h*a been held proper. Texas Jc
juries are even more liberal and the
courts in that State have upheld a vor- ot
diet for $11,000 for injury to one arm
and other wounds. An allowance of to
$11,lot) for the loan of the leg of a man
eighty years old was held not exoee*
aire in thia State, and one of $16,000 Ai
for an injury to the limb of a woman ^
o' /wonty-seven waa alao held not ex*
c / A verdiot of $12,000 for the
Jofc' of a leg by a boy Ore years old
;; u waa ala<i approved in thia State, and th
one of $21,000 for a similar injury waa m
not disturbed. In Wiaeonain a verdiet
of $40,000, for the loea of both M
lege of a hoy waa reduced to $18,000, in
and a verdict of $20,750 waa reduoed ea
to $' \7fi0 for an injury to a man's leg *r
in a tern State. The loaa of the ^
leg -if i boy waa regarded aa worth
fwh) 0 il?i?* W*wcia L<
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.
pc
Six cottages along the canal nt Co- mi
imbia, H. C., lmrnccl Thursday. T1
Mai. W. A. C. Doggett was crushed 'r,'
? death by two cals at (laflfney, S" C" to
at week. nh
200 bales of cotton burned at An- of
prson, 8. C. m
Cnpt. R. R. Crawford, a prominent cr
ian of Winston, N. C., has failed. m
ur
Jones' livery stable in Atlanta was bt
nmod Friday night at 11 o'clock, pi
oss 8100,000. A number of firemen B<
ere seriously burned. be
FTenry Snorderly, an old man, and his *ri
ife, were killed by burglars 18 miles
om Knoxville Thursday night. Tho
urglara got 8200. *?
he
The Bear Spring Iron Furnace in m
tewart county, Teun., will resume in
few days giving employment to 300 jR
en- . co
Tho postoftlcoof NewportNows, Va., nl
as robbed Friday morning of 81,000,
o clue. Br
ex
A flour mill has been contracted to n,
p built near Fingerville, S. C. C(]
Stanhope Fallen will erect a new in
ininess block in Raleigh, N. C.
Many of the cotton iiiiIIh of South
arolina are adding more machinery.
he textile interests of the State are
miming. F'
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C. H. Almoud, dry-gooda merchant A.
; Ijynchburg, Va., has assigned, with in
abilities of 831,000. m
The Wilmington (N. C.) branch of ftl
io National Loan Association has
sen organized with Samuel Northrop, :,J
resident.
f?
The Consolidated Lumber Co., at n|
ulaski, Vn., linn made an assignment. r?
ssets are estimated at $10,000.
Charles A. Oladke, dry-goods mer- ctl
innt at Staunton, Va., haa assigned. 1''
iabilitiea are estimated at $35,000 and w
acta at 8 18,0(H). t<
bi
The improving credit of the State of .
irginia i? shown by the passage in y
16 Virginia aennte of a bill autliorizig
the monthly purchaae, out of the j,
irplna of 8100,000, of "Century
mds."
Peteraburg, Va., ia to have electric >?
reet earn.
It ia exported that the Manchester ^
Augusta road now being built will
s completed by April. Tho grading ( l
nearly tlniahcd and tra< klaving haa |'(
pgun. Tliia ia the Atlantic Coaat
ine'a extension WUveen Retmni and
enmark, H. 0.
It ia reported that the Baltimore
Ohio ia oonaidering the idea of ex- lb
'tiding the Valley division of ita aya- th
rn to Roanoke, Va. *1
Bida have been opened at Oharlea- 1M
n, S. C., for the reconstruction of '?
ie bridge acroaa the Ashley River.
In
A reduction of .r?0 centa per gallon Wl
i whiskey have been announced by
ie South Carolina State diapensnry. r#.
The bill to repeal the Federal elec- <>v
on law haa passed the U. S, Senate, re
id received the President's signature,
tewart, of Nevada, and the three
epnlist Senators, Allen, Kyle and
eflfer, voted with the Democratic,
herwise it was a strict party vote.
Hope Elias is slntod for tho Demo- ^
atie nomination for Congress from n
ie Wth North Carolina disti ief
Hosch are blooming out of doora at !'
owhern. N. G. C
The Daily Newa offlpi>, Orwnvillp,
C., wraa partially burned lnnt Sun- 1
mj' ti
Prof. ftlair, Supt. of the Winnton, Hi
f. C., graded achool, expelled u< v. ral |j
npila for going to the DegratY liangr?K
Capt. .John L. Morris, of Graven,
I. caught 215duckaanil three Iooiih
f? hia ahad nets on Hancock creek and
ad them on the Newborn market hist m<
riday. vil
The Uadica Memorial Araocintion of J18
filmington, N. haa invited t'ol. .11
nlian S. Gnrr, of Durham, to deliver n
le oration on the olmervanec of Me- *
inrial Day at Oakdide ei iio tery on the
Dth of next May, and he ha* aeet pted "
le invitation.
to
Theophilua IMand, of Pitt. V (' .haa
?ven aons, and nooneinthe <>ntHt,tbe |oi
Id man counted, wciglia lean than J'Mt oa
onnda. frt
Another bomb ah- thrown in f ins,
fonday afternoon, fatally wounding '
people.
The MeArtor Farm, adjoining Upervtlle,
Fampner county, Va , was
dd at public auction Thursday, to fr,
>hn I). Hooe, of Alexandria for $1,- co
f-V Al
McKtnley was enthusiastically nom- *?
isted in the convention of lb pnbli ,n
ins at Columbus, O , fin President *' '
f the United States. n'"
pr
A aour-wood tree fell oti Oscar Hrit ftf<
n, of Jonea county, N C , and killed ?u
ni- on
Oen. C. A. Kvar.* ami Hon W. Y. 1111
tkiiiaoii are to canvas* Georgia for
ic Democratic nomination for Oovnor.
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r y^urrfis ari urgnm Itng. I U
Ramcioh, N. C.?The Pnpnliiti are r*
tin early beginning to hold county *<''
ltH>0iior tfc piHMwaf owiihdn ' 1
iilm At each meeting a letter fr<?in
tairman Taubeneck, of the national
entire eomimtte, m read urging tho
imediato organisation of club* in
ch township. It in aaid theae clulm
e to meet publicly ami haW no aign
rMWorda, audi at the Pupslilta (lr
in their organization two yeara do
o, and that tlnii motto will be "au do
>ueat government and a fail count." vii
Must Bestir Themselves.
Bremen, the famous German seairt,
has addressed an official com- Politic
indention to Clarkaville, Ttnn.
icse two ends of the earth have time rp^,
mo together, because, as Bremen
:.nrgcs and Clarksville admit", th? crtuci
bacc? packed nt the latter place snd
i]>ped to the former .falls far short , j
the samples furnished to the Bre- j|( ii
en tobacco importers. The import- R
s announced that they would give no py j
ore orders for Clarksville tobacco ^
itil a satisfactory reply should have
sen received to the circular of com- , , '
aint. Tie Clarksville Tobacco
jard of Trade, which had already
>en investigating the question of p,,]jp
audulent tobacco packing, not only
nt a full and satisfactory reply to
remen, but thanked tho importers ^ u
r their circular of complaint, and ^jr"
mceforth Clarksville is likely to ^eeti
aintain her good repute in the -pj1(
bacco importing world. Clarksville |j?f|e
a town of 8,000 inhabitants, the ^ ,
mnty seat of Montgomery county, m,M10
i on the Kentucky border and the (,om|,
ipot for a large tobacco-growing fj.
en. As Bremen is a tobacco port of vice
tensive trade, neither Clarksville f,,rilj|
>r any other American depot can be
nnfortable when tho Bremen tobacco j,.y(
lporters look askance at its products. ^ yp
Hanged For Killing His Sweetheart. u/l'l
At Winston, N. C-., in the presence q'hi
over 0,000 people, Peter PeGraff, j>.,l t
lid the penalty of the murder of his ?<>]ect
ieet heart, Ellon Smith. Sheriff Mc- com
rthur sprung the trigger at 12:55and He- ]
i an instant the lifeof tho condemned doubt
an was out. His neck was broken q'he t
nl death was instantaneous, but the j ,rHr
mart's action continued for seven jhe v
i nu tea. Th
In his speech PeGraff made a con- ideas
ssion of tho crime, which he has Secrr
ways bitterly denied. He talked the cl
ipidtv but was notexcited. He said: prove
"That thing you cnll corn liquor, olutic
n ds, dice, an l other games of chance,
istols and bad women, are the things
hich have brought me to this place,
i stand on this scaffold. 1 have kept p(
ick for months what 1 am going to
II you. God told me to keep it t-nok.
es, 1 shot that woman. I was drnnk ., ,
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in ? niv. ? puv me pisioi ro lier "
reast hitil fired it. The only word* . o,|H?
10 said after 1 ?hot, were: 'liord.have
ercy on me.' I stand here to day to
reive my junt rewnrd."
lie ronrliidrd ltin remarks by telling
i* hearers not to do as he had done. v|
'lien IVter ahook handa ami told his '
v*i brother* and the officers good bye, ?r ,n
ir aeene waa a aad one. He gave his
iblv to hia youngest brother". j>y tb
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Sam Jones and tngalls Meat. *
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Nashvillk, Te.nn.?When Evange- ^ tp(
?t Sum Joiiea railed for penitent* at
e Goapel Tabernarle in this-city, p
hero he ia holding a revival, the first i,Prot(
raon in the line of those who went 8,| fr,
rward to take hia extended palm waa ,,ur.,(
? leaa a personage than Hon; John
uiiea Ingalla, of Kansas. Mr. Ingalls Nor
ia in Naidiville to lecture. reaoh:
"I endorse every word you say," he M<) HM
marked earnestly hh he grasped the
angeliat'a hand. "Ood bless yon," r
aponded Mr. Jones, fervently. liow t
. const!
Water Falls in North Oa ol'na. mjtto
Vire !
On the Yadkin River on the line of
ic Richmond and Danville R. R.t
lere ran be found 27 miles from Elin,
N. O., a magnificent wnter- power
inning to waste. . W/
Then again at the Cartera Falls on turn
lkin Creek, fi miles above r.lkin, N. roiiait
., ran be obtained?if every ' advan- B 1m
ige of the position ia taken?a90 feet Wilm
II of witter, the volume ,of whirh romn
iroughout the year ia sufficient mo- ed fa
ve power to drive the machinery of Her
ly one of the largest textile estnb- a Htat
aliments in the country. rust"
year:
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* Governor and the Typattting Machine. fet-H c
[ From the Galveston Daily News. ] . ? dfeto
Governor Hogg was shown the
cchatiiam of the machines, ?ud in- V.
Led to take a seat and set up his J"hni
me. It is necessary in operating '
p keys to touch lightly and quickly.. V ,m!
the first effort the Governor's touoh
m not delicate enough, and as the
pe poured down the Governor thought
i'machine was coming to pieces.
"What's the matter with that blamed . g
ing?" inquired the Governor.
Ho was told not to press the keys so Vu
ag, ami he proceeded to finish his F??"th
me, and here is what he se^ printed *hen
?m the identical line he made wi(h
9 machine: fellow
J J J.I J... 888H HHHH00 QGOO. W" V*
quant
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Troops to Protect Negroes. ?ij Hj?
Richmond, Va Persuaot to a call been <
^m the Sheriff of prince William t?<)M*oi
unty, Gov. G'Ferrall ordered the 1 was
e\nndriA Light Infantry to proceed K
Mnii'i -iiiii tn aid lK? niutl f\tt ikm
- -..v v.f I. Nurur/Itiim -n?
profiting two n.'groe* to be tried WBH 0
i>r<? for UHAulliiiR two women. The learnr
groea were tikento Alexandria to nainec
event lynching. The Hheriff in his
(jninitlon niyn he cannot gel a pome ^
fficiently atrong to protect the priaere
upon tneir arrival at Manamaa Ath
leae aided l>y the military. tor? *
Fla .
m* of thi
tVantt tO Por Cunt Tat Mboliohod. 'J1*'
the c
Richmond, V*.?A resolution was
trod need in the Hnnae of Delegate were
rnefitly requesting the State's Reprc fc/q j *
ntntives in the Congress of th> p, n,
sited States to use every pomible protui
bi t to have abolished the 10 pe'
ut. tai on State's banks' manes.
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Honk, of Ohio, Orops Dtad. Rome
Washington, I). Representative tli?* l?a orge
W. Honk, of the Third Ohio Fope
itriet, dropped dead from heart ^at
m r??e at 4:30 o'clock, p. m., while the pr
liting friends. fl?at*?
NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE.
s Were Not ConsTdered at the Annua) h
Mee'ing.
5 snlarv of Marion Butler, of
ibo*o, to. 0.. and editor of the r<
Mian, the Dew president of the p
nnl Alliance, is $3,000. Hereto tl
he president hna been required o:
eat Waahington, D. C., but nn- o
new rule bo can reside where- p
;ie likes. a
. Butler nays the meeting gt To- n
Kansas^ wen large. The dele- a
were entertained at the city's ai
me and the |<>wu left no stone on ti
1 to innkc .theft |t?y pleasant tl
iob were not discussed. There a
0 change ifhij, "institution of c
llianee, nndt r > .<nc?l tneasmes a
r kind were etjto#ted.
r. Lease was present at^ ihf 6
up, althongh Topeko js her home. tl
i* next meeting, says President c
r. will be in Raleigh, by which i'
the Polk monument, for which *
v in now solicited, will have been b
ieted, , . I:
n other officers elected -were d
president, J. L. Gilbert, of Cali- ti
i; secretaryand treasurer, D. P ' O
an, of South Carolina. .?
L'cntive Committee?Mann Dage,
rginia; H. 0 Dunning, of Penn
ninf.l. E. Dean, of New York." '
1.' L. Lucks, of South Dakota;'r?
executive committee was authorr>
appoint a national lecturer and f
a place 'ftvr holding the. next |
i?tion. Ben Terrell,..of Texaa, 1
prem-ut notional lecturer, will c
1 less be chosen for another t^erm. f
inlnr v ?if 4 lio ?n> nDi <1 a?i A 1 *
wnatlxed nt-?3,0<)0 each, aifd of '
ice preside lit at #'2,250. ?
0 Alliance took exceptions to the c
advanced by J. Sterling Morton, r
tsxfv of Agriculture, relative fft *
Issues, sod expressed it* disap t
il of Secretary Morton in a tea- 1
>11. r
mm
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
a
tnce. of Colorado. Proposes a BUI to *
Thin Effect. r
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sniNOTOM, I). O.- Mr. Pence,
list, of Colorado, offered in the
a bill proposing woman!*' suf..The
bill differs somewhat frym
< presented on the same subject A
tfore, as it does not propose' to t
1 the constitution, but simply, a
women over the age of 21 t
to regiater and vole at all elections t
embers of the House of Re- h
iitativea, a#d provides that their
, kheli not !> ? denied or abridged s
e United Htatea or any tttatf. a
iresmhfe to the resolution says (
h? right to choose .members of 1
on so of Representative* is vested t
>> constitution in the people of the c
d States, without distinction of 1
>ut for want of proper legislation 1
>f<?re, one-half has been restrict- c
(in voting. The bill if for the i
(se of correcting this error and I
e fiill-effect to the constitution,
no days sgo Mr. Bell offered a
ition amending the conatitntion
Jo give "woman suffrage." It
fcrredto the judiciary cmritnittec 1
eported adversely, 't'lie reaolu- ^
i/ Mr Pence does not amepd tiie rs
itutuiK, rind was sCnt to the com- V
e on'ilie cbAttioliH of President, |
President and meinbevs of the |
Three Ought Washington Rriefk. t
lmiisoton, D. C,? The, uominn<>f
Nf/fxrW. <T II. .fiffrnigrfn, -for *
il general'MShangai, and W. '
for collector of.-cpstom at '
lington, wore both referred to
lerce committee a:ij there report
rornbly. ''
retar.y Carlisle sent to Congress
cinent of the cmolumenta o f the I
ins collector* for the last flaeal *
District- of Albemarle, William '
>ii<1, total compcnK*t!lOn? $386.77,
ollcctod $"> 20, Kenneth R. Pen- *
ii. total compensation, $855.37; *
tort, H (' . I^ibcrt Smalls, $1,- 1
6; Georgetown, 8 C., Bherma A.
son. $.1,582.74; Pajnliep, Robert *
ock. $1,181 28; Wilmington, '
(VI fancy, $>,853.58
e.Remit* has contfrtrfed-the nom- *
>n of Win H Cnlltngwnrth to be
^nnti'i ut UichbuOn<J,i.V? ^ j
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a/o Panti. of the Moat York Sun.
Englishman travelling in the f
.some years ago wm interested ,
h chunfe acquaintance at a hotel
0 him. "I hare aoitre of Long'a
hair." Then ho .draw from |
>cket a little bo* and exhibited a
ity of coarse black hair. "Oh," 4
tic Engliahinan,' %Vth aitrpriae,
fluid have thpnght it would have t
white." "No," Mill the proud
wor of the relief "It's all right,
in the stable myself yesterday,
nt this where he'd switched it
uinat the aide of .his stall." It <
iuh that the Englishman first '
>d that a famous horse had been <
1 for the poet <
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tit Honor s Romantic Marriage J
ir.wu, (1a -Judge J. W. Proc- ?
prominent jurist of Olenwood, ?
married Mfsa Elizabeth Msddox (
a city: Neither party had seen i
her previous to" One hour before t
eremony was performed The
ement and all afriyigcmenta
made by correspondence and
ecret It was a great surprise
e relatives Both parties are 1
rii.rti nitil Kmlilw ?
V r?M<* MISHIT mprviwi. 1
Beatification of ..'oan of Are j
IB. iTAiiV The Monitoiir do
pntihftli)-* s lU'creo fti)nouncing ,
Nil'ifloMiion'of Jdairof Arc. Tho
h*? iMined document* hhomng
Ij?i beatification ib in ?*rnril with I
ivht? records of Hiierewiii e ponti- |
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REOPEN THE MINIS.
idia'a Trade Has Been Sadly Oemoraliied
by Closing them.
CAi.rtrrrA, Inoia The India Cur?nce
Association has entered a strong
rotesi, which has Iteen addressed to
lC government in regard to the disrganiyution
of trade 111 consequence
f the charges in the silver policy. The
roteut aaya that the present state of
flairs shows that the closure of the
lints did not do any harm, though its
dvuntagee were temporary and were
impended by tlie abnormal importaioiiB
of silver, of pieCt; goods and
bough other caa?eB. The government
handoned the miuimiim priee for
Duncil bills at the moment success w as
Mured and this resulted in a panic,
i In now imperative to restore condenoe
and the association recommend
be Using of a minimum price for
ouncil lulls, tho prohibition of tho
nport of silver for private account
nd that the sale of council hills be enrusted
to an agent appointed by the
ndia finance minister. A few firms
isaent from the above rocommenduon
and advocate the reopening of tho
iinta.
UN APPEAL TAKEN
rrom the Commissioner s Refusal to Grant
Tillman's Trademark
Washington, 1>. 0.~ There was anither
legal step taken today that will
irolong the light between Governor
Cillmrn, of Honth Carolina, ami the
lommiRsiotier of patents over the
granting of a trademark for th" PalHetto
brand of whisky. An appeal
rom the commissioner's refusal to
crnnt the trademark was taken to the
i red it'court on a petition for a writ
f mandamus, which was granted by
he court. The commissioner carried
his decision to the court of appeals of
be District of Columbia, where it was
eversed
,1 Alphens Johnson, attorney for
^pvernor Tillman, entered an appeal
iivai iiai Wo .le.iiuon. ..f ' " 4 '
v..^ ..rnmi.ll ..1 VIIC OOOH Ol
ppeal* and the cast- will now be carlert
to thcKupremccouitof tli?* ITn
it* tea.
The Co'jn try 5 ?Te ten iter s
The annual report of Secretary of
Vnr Lament to Congress, shows the
otwl organized militia of the States
n?l Territories as 112,1'JO. or MHO less
ban in any previous year Most of
he big militia Slates lost, while those
i*ving small organizations increased.
X'ork and Pennsylvania lost OM
irid respectively, while Alabama
iiid other Southern States had small
:ains. South Carolina, with 0.140,
i*s the largest militia force in proporion
to her population, and is only e\eederl
in numbers by New York, with
2,810; Massachusetts with f?,t>6f>, and
'^nusylvnuia with 8,614. The strength
if Georgia is reported at M,53o, Florin
4,011, and North Carolina 1,782.
"Hdaware's militia numbers onlv H30.
The Three C'9.
Oon. .T. T. Wilder npcn( Friday in
Urinto', Vn. Speaking <>f Iho recent
p*ih t of Samuel Hunt, |?.-I* *?t of t!?>
rhree C'a roHil to .Tohnaon City, ho
ia'd lint it whn tin* plan of M . Hi ntto
lave the roml completed to the eonl
i?'ld??, provided he Hnda the himiuewi
> lit Took HiiOicieDt to justify the \ enure.
There is no like'ihood, hei.
WiMer th'eka. of the road heing hu'lt
h'ough tlie mountains 01 either a'de
loon, lmt lie rnther expects the coti tm.ction
to he completed to the N ir<inii>
eonl fields.
More Failures at Winston.
WlNHTON, N. ft.?Col. .1. W. AN
iaugh, ex-president of the First Nn
.tonal Rank has assigned. His linhili
lea are heavy |<?0,tM)0 .fudge I>nvid
irhrnck, of (freenahoro, is trustee
!fol. Alspaugh owns a large intereat in
phe^ftuilfordCollege Mills,of ?hichlie is
ireaident.
Hiinon T<. Kiger nlso failed, iisinnig
f. H. Orngan trustee The assignment
uvolvea 14 town lots in North Winston,
ind one-half interest in a tract of M
icrea of land in Stokes county.
l>r. A'kins Will Sreak at the Medical Co.ege
of Virginia.
Rev. James Atkins, D. IV, president
!>f Ashex ille (N. C. )FenialoCoUege, has
accepted mi iuvitntiou to deliver the
iniiual oration before the graduating
'lana at the next eoininencement of the
Medical College of Virginia, Dr. Atkins
is a man of profound learning
tn 1 distinguished abilities as a speaker
This is the fifty-sixth year o f titMedical
College of Virginia, and the
most successful in ita history.
England's Torpedo Dealroyera.
The Havoc, tho now torpedo de
itroyer of the British naval force, can
(team am fast as a railway train, ami
an turn with such rapidity iu lmr
>wn length that she would cut a good
igure in a marine waltz. There are
to "he a dozen sneh vosaels. the fastest
iteamera in tho world, and they are
?x pec ted to do smart service on ocoalion.
They conld catch Anything
ifloat, or as rapidly retreat. The next
var will be interesting in more ways
lian one.?Toronto Empire.
An ordinary elephant produces 120
Kinuds of ivory. Two exhibition
uiaks in Ijondou weigh 102 and 17J
pounds respectively.
Fifty years ago tho block on which
he Chicago postoffico now stamln was
old at auction for $605, It h* now
rorth $6.000.000.
The first cent coined in the United
Hates Mint appeared in 17'.'2. It bore
the head of Washington on one hide
und thirteen links on the other*
"OLD HICKORY'S? COUR
STORT OF AN ATTKMPfBO A
SINATICW OF JACKSON.
They Could Shoot at I If in.
Couldn't .Make II im IMuytlic
of a Coward A Nurnav Ksoi
tF ever a man bore a channe
that man was "OKI HicV
That he should live to ri|
(i" age I die a natural ileal!
spite his many dr imatic, nut t
tragic, experiences, was reinarl
Hut of all of General Jackson's n
escapes there was one which la
on the supernatural. Two 1
loaded pistols of perfect con tru
which at no other time were
known to miss firo, snapped in t
President Jackson's bxeast, tin
cussion caps exploding, 1mi< the
ons refusing to shoot I That tli
hero met not the fate of t wo of I
lustrious successors was littl" ah<
a miraclo. As it was, this i at
caused an intense excitement id
the country.
'I am not afraid! Let mc
They can't kill me. I can take c
myself!"
So exclaimed President Jacksc
memorable day in January, liftj
years ago, as breaking away fro
friends ho rushed upon his wot
ashassin. This attempt to murdei
oral Jackson was made on the 3<
January, 1835, the same moi
which, twenty years pr< viousl
motive on the part of the pri??
commit the deed he iittempte
gest ?d t!ie idea that he must be
But hid domeanor at the time
being examinod bore not the *1
appearance of frenzy or doranj
of any kind. Indeed, when as
the Court if he wished to cross
ine the witnesses or to make e\
tion, he answered in the negatii
said that those who had seeu t
could state the facts. At the >
sion of the trial, whon.asked if
anything to offer, he said that h
not contradict what had bceu g
evidence. In the midst of the
meat and anxiety which pr
around him Lawreace appeare
fectly calm and collected.
The President, in speaking
? vent, remarked tbat bawrenee
ner from the moment his eye
his was firm and resolved until
the failure of his last pistol, wl
seemed to shrink rather than
bawrenee was a handsome yoni
of about thirty-five years, srr
stature, with pale complexion
hair, dark eyes, ami genteel <
moot, aud was well dressed.
The keeper of the rotunda
that he had frequently obser*
man about the Capitol so oft
Id, had tried to draw h;ni into <
nation, but had found him ti
won nis nignesi renown i?v tus i
of the British army at New Orloi
On the afternoon of the (lav n
while President Jackson was a
Capitol, in attendance upon tl
nera! of Mr. Warren H. Davis, of
Carolina, one Richard Lawren
painter, residing in Washiugto
tempted to shoot him. This in
ital was seen to enter the hall i
House of Representatives dnriti
delivery of the funeral sei
before its close, however, h?
taken his stand 011 the e
portico, near one of the col
The President, with the Seci
of the Treasury on his left an
retiring from the rotunda to rea
carriage at the steps of the pi
advanced toward the spot where
rence stood?who had lus pistol
eealed under his eont ?and wli
approached within two yards i
half of him, the would bo a'
levelled tho pistol at tho Presi
breast. Tho percussion cap oxj
with a noise s?> great that severa
nesses supposed the pistol hat
tired. On tho instant Iiav
dropped the pistol from his
haud, and taking another
co 'kon irom iiih icit, presentet
snapped it at. the President, i
tho moment raised hie cane nut!
for the nssai'aut with iron-like ei
Ho would have executed veng
but Hocrotary Woodbury and
tenant Godney at the name tin
hold of the man, who waa kt
down, tho President pressing
him until he waa secured.
The President's friends then
him to go to the Capitol, whii
| old hero did, with great tirmnci
self-possession, though duriu
eventful moment his commi
voice was hoard above all oth<
tearing himsalf from bis friou
rushing for the assassin, the \
the words quoted.
As soon as the act was known
crowd they wished to kill the a
o.i tho spot. Hut this was pr<
prevented. Lawrence was fori
carried to jail, after a brio
iimiuary examination before
Cranch. At this exaininntio
Randolph, Sergeant at Arms
House of Representatives, intended
the Marshal to condu
prisoner to the; City Hall, tt
tint the prisoner when ask
the Marshal what motive h
to make the attempt, state!
tho President had killed his
The assertion was, however, 1
as, upon investigation, it was
that his father, an Englishinai
died a natural death in Wash
some years before. The son v
proutioed afterward to a Mr.
with whom he lived three years
Claik, when called upon, said h
a mm of excellent habits, hoik
industrious; that he had seei
very frequently, and was w<
quainted with him since he hi
his family, and had heard not!
his disadvantage until of late 1
informed of his being quarr
among bis friends, and that li
treated his aiater badly.
The entire absence of any pf
win Hti'l unwilling to talk. On the clay in
.I'lL. ijuostiou lic? kept prowliug about, but
did not come within the railing near
BBAS- the member's scuts. Ih? Imtnl iv? ;'
iu0d inside his vest, a.; if grasping
something, ami his lips were palo.Rud
nut 'l'?'v?riiig. "
|i.iri < hi his pistols being taken from Iiirn
^ after the nirair they were founddO lm
n very elegant pair, in excellent ofdei
<1 life ?ml loaded with pew dor and ball nltory.'
most to the muzzle, tli" barrels being
fie old about six inches long. It xtas'w aio-t
i, cle- astonishing circumstance, nimost
0 say vouching to tlie miraculous, tint
sable. loaded as they were and of such peril
r row f?>et mechanism, both pistols inisse 1
irdors lire. It was a dual lottery of life ami
?iillet- death, and the hero of New Orleans,
etion, with his usual good luck, drew a prize
1 ever v,ieh time!
urnat There was probably. in our native
5 per- history no more interesting test of
weap- firearms than that made immediately
ip old after the ufTsir by District Attorney
lis il- Key and General Hunter, the Marshal
irt of of the distric t, on Lawrence's pistols,
ident This was clone with some of-the ro
I over mainiug powder, balls and caps of tlii
prisoner, and the result showed that,
1 tro 1 loaded in the ordinary manner,4 the
are of discharge oi tlu weapons took place
1 very time, and their power was juioIi
>n one that the bullet would pass through an
r-uino inch board at a distance of nine yard*
m his and nearly lniry itself in a second
ild-be board at a further distauco of about
rtlen- as many yards.
Mil of So great was the excitement proith
in ibieed bv the affair that some of the
v, he most eminent opponents <>t the Presidofeut
dent, including such men as day,
fins. ('alhoiiii, I'oindextor and White, were ,
timed, in the frenzy of the moment, suspeclit
the ed of having conspired in a plot to get
ic fu- rid of the President.
South But in this affair "there*was a voce,
a ?aan in the case" it appears. It. was
ii, m- if-eeriaiir-ii imir bonie Mill" previous
(livid- Ij-n\relive had formed ao attachment
;>f the for u young lady, and frequently fold
ig the his sister flnl ho would, by his indusrmon
; fry, soon bo enabled to buy a corner
i liad lot and build <>n it r> good house, when
astern he would marry tho object, of his alliums.
bieliment.
rotary With tain view h>* labored day an 1
m, on night until ho had about lint
ch his lie was dijappoint.'.l and became o\irtico,
treuiely pensive, quUall'-employ mont
Law- and would stand for hours, g.i/.mg upI
con- on tho spot whiuh ho ha 1 seleete 1 for
en he his future re?ideuoe. He hceam
and ii hopelessly insane. This was shown at
isnssin his trial, when it was developed that
dent's ho had claimed his right, to the crown
iloded if England and had called on the l'res
d wit- ideiit an d demanded money, threaten1
been jug death to him if it was not soon
vrence forthcoming,
right The jury, after beiyg unit live ininready
utea, rendered a verdict, of "not
1 and guilty, he having been nttder the invito
at tlueiiee of insanity at tko time of eomI
made niittiug the neb" , .
aergy. P.ut before tlje trial an l its terminaeanee,
tion the int-uiae exeitomCrtrt pro due-1
Lieu- by the act t e?iughout tho country ha I
16 laid about wholly subsided. As for Law
locked rouee, he wis sent jy ij jnuatie asylum,
after where he remained ail ifimnte llie rest
of his life, nearly forty years.?Washurged
ingtou Star. ? ; cli
the > . . t<
ss and
rt t}10 Foj'r 'were Tilled.
uulin^ WuiM Smnvna. V-V.'? Kimvo lew je.st
ira, us, Ikh'.j rtirseiv???J hpro of,g fight on f>lnck
la fiud Allegheny Mount tin, near tli" Went
lttered Virginia line, betifccen aoverul depntv
bailed St -tea marshals and n pariv of
to tho iMieit distillers. Two of the marshal.!
s80Hsin nit< l.tll' i!, as wrre also two of the
>mptly distill- i<, mill one mini, Ham. Collins,
IH wit li who a. 1. now u ie-re, wan badly wounded,
f pro
n UMr" Beat the Hcrzes.
of the JkrKsoNViiji.F, Pi a' In a ten-mih'
ho at- relay race against live trotters here,
el the Jack Prince, chniupioli abort-distance
jBtitied bicyclist. curdy beat the hora-'s.
oil by Tine .*n ;i?7. The race whs for ?'-50 a
e had Mile and eat" receipts.
1 that "
father. His Eyeball Carried Off by an Owl
"iVa" i Capk < Iihaudkai', Mo. John llider
1 I a l '^"b'htow" w,lH ""I coon hunting
in t"'ii l ueeday night and while looking up a
* ' tree for a coon an owl Hew down,
'ciark "-biking him in the eye with Ilia claw,
* t airing out the ball and carrying it
i way#
n nFrY-Tnt&P_CONQRBSS.
1,1 If.rt I ' Tl,?* flrn.iio.
lillg to | 31m I>?t Mf-. ifiie inlr,? lno?<l n roso'nin
whs ''"illni - for tiiclIT hearings Imforo tho
I Klnsnoo Committee. Messr". Chandler
e " "" mi 1 Fryo spoko mriinst tho ri'p.vil of the
i? i"i I r? lorol Flf-tlon low/.
"?>rn 1'iv. ? M<>*c'-. Hnwlny. I'ryo. Danle'i
>rdon?1 i i'?l Harris look part in tin* on i'i?
?, I K- lorn I Fleet Ion 1. iV,*s H-peii Will : tin vo: <
l | (,|| ii?. ,, , >5g||T . .. V.-.. I pflsSMIWl ?*I"'S
?l Hug- l .n nico Commijleo ?lr"l,lo4 lo glv.? no |.?riU'
insane. ItHirliijK.
i, __ .Virn Hit. Tii v liill rspnlin-r t'i" FiH.
. or,si 11 ion Isw* w is p iss > I l>v n rot of T?
ightest ,
{emont .'17th Dai M?". VVolootl proposal n C?nke?l
by Milntioti ll nni'iilinrnt women thn
* rl.:ht o'snffi-ivro, Mr. T'wkini pr -smite I
n memorial for the mn-'x illoti of Hawsil,
[plana- fro n tSVn I'rsn ;is-o CVim'wr of Cnnie,
an<l more-'. .",?vr,e iry Carlisle'* nuthoritv ?o
he act iw the pro-oo,jy m the nnw lion I Isms ir.n
. illiensvo t.
none In
he hmi The Homo.
0 could T)iv.?Tii j debate on tli-? Hiwiil-in
i?n fso'utIon wis crtnt'nii" t l>v Mesars. Rsvnor,
lvon in Money. Hut. Blair nit I Draper.
oxeitc- 43n Day.?The ,|oti,?le on tho Hawaiian
evaileil r?Holntion wa? ooriilnuoM. Momr*. It nit nil",
tl per* To'iinon. Vau Voorhls, Olios an I Wheeler
* being among the speaker*.
1 tii IUv.?Debut* on the MrCrmry
of the I! nvsliin resolution w.i? Anla'to 1; tho lllair
'a man- nurwnlment ant tho Ifltt MiWInile wr-ri
. v ?to 1 down, lijit no voto coil I I tie obtain* I
" ? i tho resolution Itielf bee.vii" of tholao:,- o!
1 after I n ipioru n. ' fen
he 45tii Dav. Mr. MeCmaiy'* Hawaiian roeoreaint.
I"ttoil", npproving Frwiblont Cloyelnn<V?
I >11.yv, wor<> 4.ass * | hy n veto oi 177 to 7 .
rig man 1 \iiil-slli-or men fllltmsterod sue, .ifnli.tall
in neatuM the Bland >?l 11 nil it th-.Hou-> >rler t
, black 1 the nrr>ist of absentee*. ??-Mr. Hatch lntr<?1
a illl 'fvl III* 11 'V lilll 111 r itriihit?t mi I f??v <!,? * -
i??pori- , |niI |n on(|oitit :m<i Intum.
4flrii I>av. - Mr. IMnn.rn hill to coin tho h'Intnteil
v r M?<<nilicmrc wis takon up :???-l dUennai I
r...l i hi After lo.ir hr>"<\ illiltu?ttirli>i(.
, ( 17tii T?*r. Debate on tlw bill to coin the
nil thn. aIIv**r s?l;rniortip? wis eootlnaesl. npw 1 s
,'onwer- Ifln't m?il? l?y Mcwm. Itlan<l. Btouc, Mo*
iciturn K- >*Uau, llarter and Kllnoro.