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VOL.1 XV 1I VL.XV.PICKENS, S. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1886. N A.4 -t The W>ll of' Saint, John. [Tbo well of 8:iilt John in the parish of Newttiottage, Olhinorgatwhlro, h as at tifle of its owlt, which is gQnerally he'"ivei to run counter to that- of t ho sotu, sotuo half-"ine awaty. "Thore is plenty of room for two lit boro, Within tbo atoep tunnel of od tay-stone; And tt.o well (s so dark, tn1 tho spring so Clear, It iIs quito unsafe to go down alone." 'It Is perfec,;y safe, depenl upon it, For a girl who emn count the steps, liko mal And If ever I saw dea,r ntother's bonnet, It is there on the hill by the old ash-tree." "Thero is nobo(ly but Itens Motrgat's cow Watching the (lusk on the unllk-white slea. I'is tho tImo <al tho plce fPor at 1ie lIng vow, Suci as I own vou, and you owo lno." "Oh. W illi(... , ... I, in this tli'nea well? I shllU d;. .. brown titelr, I' you 1et gzo: The long -ro'i I.. mliiutrnitg like it sen-9hllt. Anal the "-]tW , ' are sbad(teriui; to nti fro." "'Tis the (-mu,.xI of the obb it Newton iay, Quickens Ithe spring as the tide grows lese, Evei t trte love ti(rws away 9ounter tic' flood of the world's success." "Thero is --r in #air way for love to flow; Wbenovcr srtniu 4 in a w(o,nn':-: h,reast, 't the homo ' il-i ownt htar i it rit go, Antd run c it r:t-y to all the rest." "Thet ill tto sweet cup of your ltand, my And ( tfige ( o y,'tr nmtatl1'- fnith thrre(n, 'By thee "ntt h ti f III' let t',"(l atoii'' it " v', Anl the hol,' watter ot- Saint Joht.'' "0)', ',titt n nall I r"ny? M. heit dtropv lew; My '-igers:itie a b. ni *:I t h."l'n<l to( 1!:ll, nIa lovt to 1 tinetitu -el by haitd fuls so? And you know that. I lovo you-witlhiut Want." 'They stooped in the gleatm of the faint light, tAver 'The print -' themst,ives on the limpid gloom; .tnl elhe lIflead her full pai towarl her lover With ler li)s prel>are<l for the wordts of don . But Gttt w... neart rose, an'(1the cold hand fell, And thie ).iedge of her falh siprang, sweet attl C ir From it holler souroe than th'' all s:tint's wo!l, From tho novor-ehlitig ti<I(" of love-a ta-nr. --R. ). Btekore, in 1)'einber T'iarper's. ELSIE'S LOV EL. "1 stppose it isn't )?!;ht to say -nteh a thing,'' s:aid winsome Elsi(, with a phrintive sigh, to her fri a'I and c)-)ti dttnt. old Nurse Barnes; : oft en wish I'(1 never been born. Notaiy knows what to do with tme, and I eer tainly (lon't know what to do with my self." "Dear, dear!" said Mrs. Barne, "what are they" going to (10 with i you?" "I don't know," said Elsie s:atllv. "Uncle Joseph wants mle to go aid work im the factory. Hie thinks I miht earn twelve shillings a week, after I lad had a few weeks' pi-act ice." "It's not hard work,'' said Mrs. Barnes. ''You'll soot get. used to it, my (lear. One cant1 get used to any.. thing." ''And Aunt Betsey want's to sendl me l)p to the Manor Ilutee a . help Mrs. Perkins, the housekeep"r," wient (an Elsie. "I was ther a week in the. spring. Oh,"-wit h a long br:atth, "'it is the pr";ttie-t h)lat(e! One roolm tll full of botki, don't vou k1,ow, and a hall where th,) liatt nott:iag nmit PC tines. I lsed to eep all over the ftgco, when the squire va" gone out on horsgback, and Mrs. Perkin.% wats takit her affter-dinner 1:p. "I tin'l tos:t dow11 in the silk c1h1a1r, and fal lnvysaif wit h the big senlted1 faans, aal make b li ,re I wajs a great heiress, w'h'iil lt,ts of Se' vants to o'der about." "Oh, Esi(! that wva- mt;ak '(' bold," said Mrs. Barars. with an aw e siri('el enShmbler. -e,Ikno,''" cont'o E& "bult it i1'ar oly1 a in h ievf.'r,.t. and nobod(' k-W. lt I '- b tRavent twi',', and tal k t: d . tto Il. as kind- -(oh! a d':i1 kim. t t t Joseph does. AItd i'' to'- im of sot' of the rarest. : 'r to lend imec bo):ka outt a - a- I - brary. Baut Mras. Pe'a i 1( t ha Be'tsey' thtat I n toto'.4 idl :n ' . aa fora serv ie'. So- 4 whthtlr I aml to) Ie h'Ie-' Miggs, thle drie-'ia - r, or ..i : to h.a-a .the artli hmI aower tanua. "'li's mo.tAt at pity. ai I *T' .:I I -a Bar'ne4, Ilookin sympaa h Iaeya. Anid juast thean, ta' ., - 'am ya1 '. h-a-e .dark i'yes, the cht-a-L d. t . Ca -und(er thteir' sla;n of 'a a;ni a a.a a lithe. gr'acefual li'gure an ats on:-,-rown gowvn, the f~aa' ane. ldamhlly croati h -r mind thal, mal-r s-om 'it n-.' Elsie ,inaii ight, bet almao-t hiand I . "'You see., I bt-ve tno an' ralbi b "El:en~ Uncle Joseph1 was 1n is 'ati miotha'r- Ihalf-b)rot her. Anda they 'don i1 know wvhai.? Lo dlo wtith tme.'' "Whrlaat wmyO'tld yout like1 bet'l to dlo?"' staid Mr.s. Bat'rne', who wvas paraing' pota toes for thte one o e coek dIinner'. "'I shouald li ki tot ha Ci un aors, andta write books,'' sa id I t', ie, 'ith kiniin tg "'Bless me, chaild!"' said Mrs. Unt'tre, "wihat (1o you know ablouit :uuhlore'.s ?'' the troutble. . Or I shtouald like to paitl picttur'es, anal to be famous;l or' lie aCeeni of a coutntr'y thiat was alt wvar, and leadi thte soldiers to v'ict oty, maountt ead ott a coal-blauck hoarse; or do someatIthing v ry gret~ anal graati, so4( thaat people aaaa:.ht,. never forget my maemiort'." Mrs. Barnies' firstt st ated anald ten aighed. Poura souil, thero' was pit er1juiu>s a tinme when shie, too, had her wild dre-~iuns and impossible imagwitnings'. "'Suelathaings don 7t happe n)111lowadayt . Elsie,'" saiad shae. '-Wom netn havie'to scr'ub, anda wvash tad sawv ini thIis counih try, not r'ide to battlea orI lpain gam-a piacture's. Better leave oil' thi nin-rti of suha fate." "Y~es,"' cried Elsie, with a at artI, as; thla elock struck twelve. "'Anad Autt B4ttsey will bo wvanting mo to set theo tatble.' must hurry homne. Howt shea will seoida to be Blure." But to ElsIe's infInite relief', when shte reached lhome, Ault Betsey met hert with no frown. "Come In qauick, child," saId she, "and change your frock. Mr. Rtaven IA . here." "aOh! " cried Elsie, with a .ski > over the door-step, "am I to be Mrs. 1 e.rkin'A maidP" ."We don't know," saidl Aunt B-etsey -,-mysteriously. "'fime will show. Don't jump ab)out, my child. ry to tako short stops, aind ho a lady. And, ohs what a drenadfulh tear- thaat is in your dress. Nevera mind now. Run quick and charige It tas soon as evaer yout Can, and then comoa downa to the best prarr But long before Elsie Linn's sml toilet was8 made, an awful fear took p0s session of her 14hat Squareo i Rvenba come to toll Uncle Josepht of the big bnh of hat.hne ....... wh-. -sh pai%l, .'t,& o,Am, last htrIng; nil gave to l.tll W Idly 5llil1 , in tho roadl, til last day slUe was.at tix Manor ious). "T.li -ri wero sutch lots of tht'ni," she argued . 'with herself, ''haiging thero in 'ht' .un:--hine, aill , pn>'.p)o t!uI fragrant, and W-lly hll just got Oer the scarlot fever -poor liltlt nite!-imld did long for thlemll so. I knew it wI wieked, but the temtl )tiLtioll Cam1 Over mle0 80 St(l(l'in lv that I colldli t lIolv it. A nd now if Mr. Raven.has told Unclo Joseph, and1 Uncle Jose)h is going; to :cold mo0---" Elsie drtw a deep inspir":atiol of h>r ror tt (his idea, but sic must face her fate, and endure it as best :.h iuiht. Aidil itier best frock, whieb was sr.e;it :t( f.dtli Olln gh in ll i conienl .h1. d( I t d t d ll t it llav"y ' t. to t e "i t -II! 'aO0 l t1(11.1 . 1' nt.a I't r ill I 3Brin,r ltcr inl!" s:u!t! Unllcl( Jos-c3ph w1Ith1 aL ('bn(.1. '"1 neverl' yet )ld o ld a y(":-h Ii alf will) - 1Ii, i t ' jl rll ]a - r 1 a (ji;lne 't' :: tl . lis bar':Un---ha, hu, ha! A lI i y.ou really want. the hild, t.:nie 1 . I a\ n 1'o.:c (Oit n :l put :L chair for I as ,10o as . n '( , wilh dropin ht :1 an, houk thi m . 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(!) i:.. ha'. -r, a :+ \; "1.. ?t l aii td ini l:-. Ia i h l n t :- t- i t tr. :i" "a ti ; "h LIt ir " . E .e n :c lt1 J fleh : - tiiili ti . ', allt tlut :\ a ; . '1" 1' -''t ? ,l w hat hl:tll t-o mll. t.i alititt- l. ii' at' - Mt ir i mi, a,i t -n hta e b'r ft a m e a :i ub e A . :a fa: t a; i '' w A:t l as hii.-r d r ene o that~iil th y t' b: il)e tst lahnti. 14''1 "jpOItnew i:i a'n alon. It b..n - ii ~t tw her picktin --11: dai's'itlain h i n, wi tatp Nhuvws th114 soi tit t OXreatr in a.tll t o com tc er v:Ilt.i hvengith tten, ad l'av Ittlivse I t lbt o' e I wlx thtteI'aa I li050dau otoft he Ai i l Ii N. i''i .Iit samAiunc?H I:, aithwhit ,' h-Etg A ;'a ' ' PEItILS. Traplpi1 , t t .i - S u;1a11 t ion.; the Now "It is u.t to go to the north ern, ha it({ t . I t 2.ty 1.C(gSnU. ! spo t(!w I.i r,'l ln l:._-:ttin, New Jt r t3'. it ,: . . :I I tI l'. t. 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Ien1-Ite tlw Ib:mlll,, ';11.i t 1ur u) above the level Vi the w:: r, and ihe'e, in tho litilcs dry yubterr:m an c. i1 )'r, ho !Ien(l the day inl sleeping or i', bt,sy" I1(2r'1'i!r aa:y.' fo)il for wilter. ''llo t'llt.ipp is ha het t"Ilt'n hle lindsI1 tihe enl tran'"t to th1,e'"e Lou.es. 11J will spJc1 tule 11 tin w2ith a lonr, .ek (ut(nler t b ' tiit'"' Jiles. \\h'iien found hl ' the tra1) 121 !r'" wetei' jl'11 inl thei tr111an ('. It tiwe rat, is (':lli! ht he will pro1ba:1ly drn,as tho weight of (in. tra :nti li, ti to get, away will thre him, :ai 1 tinally, exhani '. i e : (. l1t' In the :-in::ll psom(ipe w ie >w h)l.: the mu.'r.ats olteii hhIl 11H l'n of t"Ornlstalk or1 1'ra:Sf.es. W h,r a n.fiie' livel ill thte:.( ('l ee.c tr:mee, :111 tw re m- n sui::ii 2 . . arle und r :a -r. Insid , I 1' are it"le 1t1) intb) (.;::Iflll r -o y 1 [ h in . lincw( w:h -"iu '_-: t.a . A i:.\.'-ite m O' of c::tch1(ing. tlie r:i in it . own louse i. to eut ('l t h' tk:o of hi" (1')1mic.ile :aml J)1 'e the tr tl inl ce)m' of th liti1' roonl.:, etret:t"ld C."\ t er ; it O -t ' itIi a2 pat-uof his M(Ifi iwdl. 7'l:i' r:it \%h ib n 12 n1 n :lit: c'elnigli a Il I el \\ il irh'lt fut'il)nI IV, I: 121 1: : 1 m1(4 n '' h1 1 :' ' l will Ie 1'''iv bi ' he w, ill :e Ip I' is cOr11'!r e'" , ( '( . 1 on hi< 1 n '2 11!. w ill make the ii!ti . a; i y22nn;2', o;l1 old t'app)rs w;illI' :' -. \\'h iw t tlere i no way 'Of e":,-)1l'h i' ;I : t'i:!t Iv g t, revadv t o rI s t 1 . A, d ' h1 ! i 1 1 :. a t t i n i p . per's le;, and1 l if he t,ne' :trilkes a howl ( ain will e:.:ti p the poor, tr:pj'J 'r, w\'2tlt 1 ' 1 it lonl .h-il t) -Ilh will hol on t\V:th a1 ''rip t1hait w\.nld shi:ln(' : balil 1.,l Too . '!21r)' ' ..n :1111mat(euI some-U ' I I ll' ('e lt"1' Idi t i I111h'1"s l li 'l 1)', 'he re* ul ('l?. f t'O mnehit 1f2 I"e. dOm' with tIhlr J, 'e\. "1 i > 2 at) i' the favorite for1 Ntr' ; n1l. as it is ea" ily m:lale, and0 of;en s("vendl ratn ar1"" Pt "11e inl one in a sint Ile n";'ht. It en a sOf a lonlr", strai1"ht boxl, r en. h' - in sh1 .-, m:le wi Ai 2'2ntr1an 'es at boithi (ntlls largo ent)n'h tO :lnnit -It! 1r:u e'mfortaly. In the, (tnl. lir' a'e1 gIt ' inadIe of "lit1' wire, sh22nin! to'wvantl the insi(o of the box, so that it (:t be lifltd ill) easily by the rat o i l, in. bu (:uitl( l be Ollm'nl'd ouit 'ar'di . Sp)a"1 :-1:' t left2. 1b -tw elni ti' . rs so tha1t the wVa:tr can run1 thron'rh ea; i . 1 h ix i, sanlk in 111 mi'let' of at sta' aml l :ll n-l ani('bored'l wt':thbig r2'o. ks. T hen a r21 of F(:ta is drv1'.n' 1 fom th'I1 bex t) I t sh' '.'ilrmnt 2lv iml bi tiedtd in' til' i222 tof 1th12.': . anu. 'he are 11-1ally 1:I2: : . 1' ip th' r11't :2t22 "2 22 tt form t :' i t'f I i e a (I t\'ll w Coh tl'11). 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I h 1 !2idii i'(2 ' 4 w22 an2'.2.:s i's 2 t Iy La~ y 2 012 aJ y2ar :1 the2 juior 1edi.. 2mm2: 221.lit n t: m 124 11221m 12nr2lves,1 222-1'd t wo d- ii ni -SI 1hanalb 1Lake :2ro ,., Il n 2 22 f n"'2 I'' 22''2,2(12 'ml : 21 1h:2 i2ul 2222 into2.1 a222 b :'une hv'22z'22 ('1222'i. Ir of.2 tin-222 Linil2e '.22I r.122 \ihen the:'. ran1.. of1 the.1 1 1:2:222h2.22 hi le12: be-'.'1 22t 2w 12 Ith ' s!w 2 2:1 1tiw 12:wk1 lum2,2 tra 2o aml2 '.mp22r2 ii': 22 Ii rs trul wlwth-21 1121 J2r ii,-1 ' 5 h:d 1 ny 112. e linhait ant22 s.12 "221-' 22a ! h 22 221222 1rien2 in 121 h:up2'tI paXins lik22 wa22s > 12tin '.2'W e2 r2u1n1rked( I' m-:r122 21es''y that22I wi22 2 u2 h pa:n21222'l 222were'I al-:2 j2 rmist2's 12' leg T2'r moe aok (21tre2tched,222 : :u 21ky1wned, m il 2( w ith 4:11 mor2e than22h222oub2 sand. ''121 gave a1j'' .21221 , :n 122p un in:1221,2 122 21 bhlb-1.1 '2f1 the m.2 Gobrin t'22242 wo 222 t21r1 , a pr' 1 a''b11 r,2 t h21 1: i ':i-hon tit!red ' j :-I 2 2 compre-iC it al lato I iih :'n tri2d2 t U12( b12. 1 th1' o) Cetororatli r1 -v:u1( 'Iftryed b ir A CRY FOR TTi r LImIT The Itleks a Minor ltun,( Ilceaut to Can Not S(1. For overy fifty tIh ,u and t n Q of co 'e nt imiinedl in the ant 2h(':te' eI:icIns, wriY a Scranton, l't., cOrr1'espon1d nt, one liu mai life is lost. This is et tho r.it (:o fifty lives a month, or ainiot an a\vera"u; of two i dty for every workil( dv in thuyear. Vhen the price of coal it adjusted for the soason the eost of pro. duetion and transportttion is all enro fully summed up in tho estimates, but this one factor of the cost of human life in mining the eoal dloes not get into the calenlations, and is 'tever reckoned in the price currelnt. 1hle chief causes of fat:lity in the Inines are explosions il gas and falls of rooling. While tII, most dreaded form of dtstrution, that of ox plosion, does not apceae from statistics to bo the niost fatal nuinr'ie:tIl, yet it is attetuldIc by a fat, tha:t adds to the minlantholy of the fate of i:s victinis. lif. lost inl i i n e exph:: io:n is a sacrifice to carelesliosn , either the care less and culpable act. of a niier or to the more delib -rate carlessness of mine Owners inl Ontttin;l:' to provide better light and vent 1a t;on in the inine. Searcely : wek ltta-si s inl tie coatl re.'IO1 w\itoltl iii \\'ws of soilitC I:;istt'-q fromi explosion ol" the f:allini. of a 11)i11e roof, anI every accident is fol:low"ed i the cry, that has b('en ni:-it (Ve' sin:,t coIal-iniining.' big:an in tht re;:1onl, iat there must be bhttter li.ht or ie :n ilinu;. Tiho Cry is s(( in forgotteII, )(. eatse it has never bt'en followt d up b y' any pautiell etlor"t oil the part of the mtI tuost intere'sttd to n mke it of prae ticil etll'et. Aeilents in iines a re enormtlou,ly' incr('ased by the (ar:kness. A daiige'r greater than that, frou a ,as exl'los,on coinst adntly mlenae, a iim-'. ()f th deadly prosene of the lire-dnllp he ntmv fr"etpwntly' lru;t his t(Il-e of .ltm,"l t'o w\arn him, but the other (:lrr It. Icn onlyv discover w\"ith his e\t:;. 'lhki dan.. ger is that frtlm the f:ll of iae.'-co:tl ': the roofs, and on-:hintl of the liv lo in the coll-:iiI.'; art lo.t by th i. falls of (cl. A blait in a illie may shat ieri a ,r' area of (c:l:Il than is tIi dt\i n clt,ti. If the miner see, i erntek in the waill abe;-l of himi, or in the rooi above htln1, ih' know he is inl d:mi ir, and he ci: ii l whe-her it is inimn it by his n\r failing te-t. of the p ee of wet el:lv.i dlay, pIasteet"d over tite cira, wl shortly till him wh.'ither the '"r:t- is at at ion:-i v or is Slt1wi' but sn-t'lv ell. hii 'nid1 1 :tr ia in ;'eii toward the t:1ine i of thti f ll of O c' k t,r t::i. If ti;te r:1 - is i ila: ' in; the ciay w\i!I soon sli(>w\ a ere\viee in It (lf. 'Then the're i'< dlan-e-r sw ltt an i t, i. Ih ininer has the repuamtion of b' in' 1 iim0 recki"s l'ls and heehIle; pr-.n. :cid th' evidnce of mlany iite a..ci d nt t1how; pl:;inly th:a t except f.'r' .2m1e c ' rtte i :n - o f a w o l i: m I it w . u wi hoiw1 ha' pten i d. ii The li',hu t. of r 1 : !m . l, , l l ' l ..ih al t,; ii .. .i l" t1 r Ilit) i il li it.^ 1 I t I ld < r u . o II - . 1 , . . I lk , l ' .;1, 't': 1' :< :; - : : tc t , . " t It nii . T '1 Iy t n i - .cl i l'by th,-. 2 Ii d:u a'r t: Ei - k ii woulow hi'om ,' ' a bi i - [i til a ckward i'ty> i iiii*t tfhan .1r1 n~llith I i l b'i ter'oc.iaut it ihc iih t i lt't a ll1 lcy v.hi'. 'h .h i cv t wilhi:cl w as in-l..aint i~cii ii wlin ofi the' gh, hlu hi -tti n ohuld br:1t2''. thf 'i. 2 i ii 2k)2I l of t li nit he li t e''. ci 'I lii iI fc h hc'r' of t h ci'chn. lielicc othc hwyuli hs :ie Ho mogztolgt 1)ralinini ::amau. Mltarslhoe. Fe!\w peopl1 gr, piroi1t'l awaro of the r1 tt rrn (mil:r wnt "Irtakinr(t in which is it hi b-t n enaed ( ' or years, t i-t' l'int.i 41.In:tVh. Theso aro <( .t 1' a O ,' t-ur . ciial lesign:a i4ln tn '- n-y ml 411 a of I,1'-op)e, be in' ", w\"t hi t h,', Ie only c:(lso of the kmd, aMl in po)nt of the a t'a ' Veretvr muih Inrgei r tian Irel:mnd. Situated on the In c-Polish conlincs they have be COmtt f:nou:i it ru;ian bltaory as a ri: f ad mni1:'r of romantic chatr ti s. 4nd( have rm:'ied al irreelain (lt \\'ihltl('n4 t :" i tht' i it ,t of a pros 'u44444 (n u 'se 3rn) 'O''4 I'('' tt11; 1 up to wVithint ie :4:t f,'\\" w i. In 18 70 the lussiani - r 1n1a i '') 1t tOok in Ii: St '"iOuls.v h - b f 1 h(I i 14 w l , 4il 4'XIau11;t, -va . ic.1 , )wl,rg to 1),'n i - rt'tu1 al'tlt ly more or less '.bl)r1: 1 d :1t t vreth "itlh a j-m1gle ''lt)".;ht Oi' 1'n)i. pr1 venttd ntot Only\ n m oilt11(':lt 'n b,"'t';een'l the RItissiat 1 ;ri, r O1 ('i1 11T . , but al(o betwtv1e lin a :I and n r- .mu - (0n5.. t . 1 )tl' t "tll'of n' i e I rt' n'tl r o ii t: into II h - i), and th(el.t, 111V(, ,(:1n iti: mi l(l rtakin..,-J11Ct'. F.wo mnit about four h ' ) :l - r( , h a lv t ' b 1 , ( + rI n c l a i t. u d , 1;.,. tI' t tl:h (',1;)-. 'tlt )4tiln o f Mevtr1'a l ' an 11:1 '.; of dil-h1 I)1 ani( o[ .1ias .rO:! a' tto b naivital)c: for bars ,"ral hontltt;r ir 1 1, itr'd ln. Just 4 41 4 t'r, arle drai n - 1up 1 t1 T'i. ' m -!l t<)r nex,t y a , w ,h Com1 I '4 l4' of tI 't,l't:', O , ()I).l'J :Ier t's by 1'n(1.O thti c"Onstru(t ion1 Of' 1:) muilts or n! 44na . 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I he d 1413li !,::' m ousler Ti)( ' m) outh in 13)>4 the 4 r1 a - 1''"i. t wah-r A1( Imit( 14414 Inna !r1.'om44,3j ti 4'- ,hu!01'm- the (4' [)ir (on! 4!!h4443 ('1)ko ti. fon Youe 433)''.'a a f-- ,:- 'a ]4j in4 '' h4E '"r1 14dery 4 , 1he falin(1g pring ,4 vert. nenlo1' 41 Ie 144'4' 4 434 1.1U')'133 t4. 1Mr . /iw! was' f/um 4''4n14e morning I iree backson h i 4, a bl4e.) "Th4 eiIfts , , 4 411r i4,' "i 4)444'3in ein! )'ut1 o I my31 usual no. at a Preih-ut of t e~ U ite GENEKRAL NEWa t. TE .J Facts of Interest, Gwth.red-fom Vaaaas -Bread riots are oon i 0 Quebec. -Crime is on the increase 'In 1 York. -A revolution has brokeb otl Uruguay. --The Socialists in Europe are t 1 oig revolution. --The car drivers of the ?onttb av mue line in New York are on a sttlkoF --J" hu Dillon declares that an Iris Parliament is a thiug of the near -There are said to be 160 houses enantless in Chicago because thetyarp -aid to be haunted. -It is understood that the telephohe ,mitm will be brought to trial in CO lunibu , Ohio, before a jury. -It is estimtated that the depreda liaot's oil British sparrows in England last yet'ar will reach $4,000,000. --'The breakit up of the ice gorges at the North1 will cause the loss of tilionis of dollars worth of propgrty. -13unincsw is quite bisk in Savannah in neatly all lines of trade, wholesale mterchanttt being as busy as bees. - A steam velocipede has been in. vented in s"witzerlatnd which attains a speed ot 12s miles atn hour. - -Iiots have occurred in Leicester and Yarmuiouth, Eiglanad. The unt etinpiocyed wol kmen are becuining des rate. -Two Americans have been ex p lhed from Ilolst-io, Prussia, for t",aving made the"nselves troublesome to the authorities." - It is gen-rally "believed by the Delawaare pcach growers that the buds tye hwen altnost entirely destroyed by he cold. -Lula Hurst's magnetism drew R100.00 into her pockets and now she takting an education at Shorter Col ege. -Serge lvanhofr, recently arrested ) thin lUustan p i icc', watt one of the Nihilists coticerned in the urder of AIi'xatadcr II, -.Jameta"s Madison Wella, a famous Retpnublicantt politician of the Recon +trnction era of Loui-iata, has become ll, poa r and blind. -Jefltrson and Samuel'Ellis, broth. Is, hatd a qtnarrel in Chattanooga, I'e iu , whben t he latter was shot through he head ad kill'd. -A s ight shock of an earthquake was telt alomi the Totubigboe Itiver, A lat ima t, ott " aturday, but no damage was done. - Iury Sullivan, colored, was crushed to death between two cars in the t'entr"al tailraad freight yard in Angn-ta oi Tuesday. -t":u vernor Ktott, of Kentuckt, says the Siate t.u-t have arnure poai teint iary" to 1m, anti have it at once too, with'.ut aniy tuore foohing. --In the Mississippi Legislature on la-t Satrdaay, in a conteAted case for a seat in 11h1at body between a negro and a while mai, tle ncegro was seated. --Geo. R Ibtinson and S. J. James, rP olortd lesiieradoes, were lynched in LI.,Itisiatna on Thutrclay -one at Mon rue a ti the other it lieauregard. -- I)uriug the Presidential reception a Feriday otght, Mrs. ex-Clovernor rc otm, of MaL.m land, lost a valuable liautoud a earriag. It was not recover tI. -Two'( colored conitt were killed tad othlers severey I intred by the a d lsin ofat blast on the spnartanuburg tad Asheville lhtaoad, ont theO 15th tisi. -John liia ford,hi w1. ife, sister' and 'ar chiiren--i, of SI. Le.gat', Mo, weree 02 li ii :a hea-vy snow stormi an.d ito OuLlyI frizent thaLt their lives are des -Johna B. Gongh, the reniownted t-iemance ad vocate, wias struck with ttralyhs ini l'tiladelhphbii, while le'cit iig l.ast week, tad his cond.tionu is oisidlered sei I )LtX. -hmgreatt M cCoirmick recaper works I( lhiag elosed dlowni last week and l(ii 4"iIlo.lk- are idh1'. A strike was brauen<0 d uniless five non-uon men vere dismtissed. - Jamnes A D)eland, of Newv York, Sd thirylvt -live yearse, Supeintentdet It the Bo'stoin Arit lumb, shot himself 't, thle einh-t~r' otm, dyvintg istatly. Ic leaves Ia widow antd seven chtldren,. -Tw,o mi ner's, Perry and Gleason, mid a1 dnitllthy in lIed Cilif, Colorado, md th lhiltter wait killed. A mob Iserwarids took (lie titurderer' fr'onm the thillf andIL hung himt from a rairoad vate r n ak. -A revolontionarty cons5piracy,jP with amriticattioins it BaZrcelonaIi, Malaga, :ardoIvaL and1 deville, lias been discov ri inI Madrid. A quantity of dy-na ite, revolvers, etc., was captured. -Jamnes Ehile, his wife, fathter and biree chiildren and Mrs. Klutnev per i-hedt in tiheitr burtm residenuce it LGreen m,b~l, Wis., The hired man escaped, .11d he is suspected of setting fire to le building. --A drtuniken brute told Mrq. Martha F(lohnsont, of Pownial, Vt., a lady 75 inatrs old1, thtat hter' son had droppedt teatd in thie strieet. The story was trute. T1heo old lady wentt into con iulsionsi aiid soon died from the 9hock. -It is a notab)le fact that on Monday befotre hiist the period of mourning ini he arImy prescribed for the late Geon. Gran1it ceased and1(, on Tneeday came :)rders- to putt ott badges of miourning fonr Gen. IIan.cock, who had died that lay. -John Ahearn, who was convicted >f bigamy in scranton, Pent., and <etntetnced to eighteen months in the [Sasternt penitetiary, died 0!n the train whlile onl his way to Philadelphia vie Ia eight other cohvicts in the cus odly of the Shterift .' -At Atlanta eight sat doWia to a niet game of poinker Saturday night a prtivaLte troom. Betore the tame oned1( up otn Suniday morninig $1 400 ad beent lost. Onte actor lodt d200 11d anothuer showttan *250. Three roummer boys scooped itn all the ltney.