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IREN. LEWORK OF AN INSANE MOTHER. An Almost Incredible Story of Insanity. Tite First Child Died Oct. 14 and the Last One Taiken III with Samie Synp tonas Dec. a. LOUISVIL,, K * ., Dec. 2.-The Courier-Journial Says: Mr.jes"ie Higbee. a nentleny dressed and prepo se"ssin y)otingi coluntry wvoilmn, was placed in .jail la5 c Veniln'. Agailst her namlle oil tihe state %was written the comi mon-place charge of lunacy, but behind that is the accusation of a crime so hor rible as to be almost ineredible. The unnatural mother is accused of poisloning four of her children with ar sonic. One at a tile they died from the same fearful drug, but not until the last little life had been taken was suspicion aroused. She next made a Futile attempt on her own life with the same poison. Since then she 1HaS attempted to kill her hus hand. She is undoubte(ly a iad woml an, however, and this flet is tile only thing that relieves the horror of her aw li deeds. Until the past three months there were no signs of mental failing otilhe part of tie mother, and un(il anl examin Itionl of' the bodies, which took place here, she was thouighit to be perflectly 4anc, her strange act ions in the iast hav mg1 been attiributed to griel'over the first -eil's dvathi. The unrtunmato voman is a native of this city, but since her marriage had been hvinlg on a plan fation in Meade county. 11er hu1snId is wel kiown1 1111( is onle of the most prolnllellt hrmer110s ill that section. No definite cause Ihs beenl asqigild for the strane and unnatural crimes. 'nfil the death of the thst child si was remarkahle fo her devo tion and care ol her little nies. The first iulrder was conillilted ol he evenin, 41tOctob I1. and tin thers 6)Ilowd ut intervals Ill two weeks. Dur-inlu, the illie,s of eol,ach rhild the motermhoed a siolid inl,eht1, -rence w licll he. fri4,11ls a111d pIl 1ein1 conl strued a4 tfriej. l'ahmre a ae lu lly plalm'd :i evillllin.ly execluteud. Th'lou1h (very, chil was altaal wvilh thesaiesympom:, and died withi the spasillodic erimps whie aecoipaly .arselic plsonil, the tluepicin ot' no one was arOUsed un11til aftite the death of the ourth child, %when tile iother at tempted her min hifl'. The woilnn is 2: jears of. ae , anld was tho inother of five children. the ldest of which was s Nealrs of a;;e. It VIs OnlY fIo the sake of the lilth chil, Ml inl 0der to save its lite from tile ill i anlln mot1her. tlat tle Ihi!sbald told his suspicions an1d 1lsuifoested a post iortem examilitiol of the children. It Ails then for the first tine Iaried that they were tle Ni-tins of tleir motheir's woik, and iltt wyhile! plretenld ilig to give thei deleacies before sed iif them to bed, slie inl reality was aIr ralnginlg for their death. During the illness, SuI1eriLngs atil tile deaths of each or these victins. Airs. Ilighee inoved about the sick roollis, tulfillin tile lhiysician's inistrue tion1s 1and'" adilmitIsterinW tihe i(ledicinesat the ri-lt tile without, showinlg any "igns of' griel or betralying lherselt' ats the -utIhlor of t0heir deaths. Iler 1 ma11ner, more1 than anyithuiing else, thirew~ thle huis ban0d andti physiciani s oil theair guard, and eiuiielted any suispiciou w15 hiichi inay~ have -heecn aroused. All ter thie (deathI of thle lhird'u chil her nielions werei'C stranuge, hut this t~ as at Siributd tc o her supp)losed groief. She sel dom unpo~ ke, andI mo'ed ablot thle house wiha cal-like stillness. Oni Dee.S. thle (lay 1befor~e thle oldest chil. anid the laist vicltirne, was f aken ill, Altsi'. iIhlib e ex pressed) herse5(l I ais veryi aniuii about11 the chIld's health, and asked heri huisliih: i i e thought2i the pa-~ tientI looked w iellI. lie rei died t hat lie thought she wats looking unusually well, atnd p)rayedi she) would nit sutfer thle Ifat of the otheri chiih(lren. Al tis~ she re li.ied that no) (onle (roub( tell whien theiy werei' goin.g ito die, amid that1 she had at presentI ineint tha:t the al :l w ~ould b e dead mnside o1 t wVo weeCks. T1hei niext. miorin before 1lhalIle, the olest ciild, started to> school, Mirs. lI iigh ie told liernot1) to hothI er abomut her lunch, as she wouhi arrange it, hierself. W hde thei rest of' tile f amilify were Out of the room she b utfered( sev eral biscuits, and wihen 111e chil camei ini haid them1 wrappleid up in a mapkini. Theo mother1( kissed thelu cihild !Zood-hv)e, aimul 1(old1hler to (''nC ie oin ais soon1 :1s schoo01lYwas overI. Dur)iniig thle moin'fi;, wii'ii l h (chihl) wats abhsent, Mr:s. Ilidhee enilcl her' bus bal,lli andi) aint begant asking about11 the absent chii's henhb ti. lie attcempted to reassure lier'. but1 she wvas not, to lbe com forted, iand1) so eerai timeos wa':s heard'c to sa.y that she) was1 cer tinl thei chuild would die as the other1s had. cihi'eii wasi the ithet that it. was iTar'dly li niai hourat'ir she hald ceatsed falking aboi(ut thce chuld at school, whienl the little thei othe it t ians hado been at tacked. Ini au leiousse r'elapsed int o unconiil SeIllusneOs, and( r'emineiid so unil her deathII. Thle ihsband then toild is fear's to) th e at tendfin. phvsieian, and re<quest - cd(I huni to muake al post mnorteml ex anin aitioin. Thlis, hIowever', was so bitter'ly opposed by the~ molither' thai:t the ma:tter' wa'ls droppedc(. She heromce inldiganlant and1( thr'eate'ned to kill anmy 0one whio 8should( attempilt it. "I1 will be dieadl very~ soon miyself,'' She said to hler hulsband, "'and they call cutl me up if they choose, but no onie shall cut miy children." IIer grief was, app)arenltly, so real that h.er husband's suspicious were, for a time allayed. When the hlusbandl waIs informied thaut his suspicions were corroborated hi grief was p)1tiable. iIe then told that heC andu his wltfe had not, lived happily together for the past six months, andc fear'ed that her deced was the otc4ome (ot her unhlap pinc.as. Dr. Pusey, whIo is regarded as an expert on thle subject of inlsaniity, made a careful resumo of tihe caseC and examined theo conditLion of the mother. Ile pronounlcedh it an unmistakable case of pluerperal insanity, brought about by too rapid childl breedmg~ andh continuous nuIrsmng. 11er mental condition was ag gravated by lonelIness and remorse, Frm Ahe first she showed an Insane 'lousy of her husband and upbraided di~ for falthlessness. Nothing lhe could syhad the slightest effect upon hier, she stood firm in the belief that hle shedto t adivoce. hpdta$n itocustody, Mrs. Iligbee e~~'wd the same i ndifl'erence which had oterlzed her actions from first to SShe walked into her cell composed, ieL. When asked the names of tree youngest children she said she had forgotten them and preferred not to 4 speak of them. The only remaining child is a girl, six .yCrs of age, with light hair and blue, eye8. She cried bitterly and clung to ier mother when the latter was placed in the patrol wagon and driven to jail. Dr. Pusey says thatlin all his experience T he had never came across a case so para doxical and bailling. "There is no doubt about her being insane, but it would be a difficult thing for any one who Is not a speCiallist to imagine her Fo. I have never seen a similar case, or a moie hor rible or pathetic one." WHITE CAPS IN INDIANA Sh1sy Worthless Characters for O I!ne i a ld "enerial CumoInevs." It NF.W ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 19.-News has been received here from the south ern portion of this state of tho manner ( inl which some wort-hless characters were (layed by the so-called White Caps t il that seetion. C The little town of Mentor, Duibols ) cointy, onl the Louisville, Evansville t and St. Louts railroad, fifty miles west U of this vity, was the scene of their opera- V t ions. 'lhere is in that town a saloon I ol unsavory reputation among the bet ter chass of citizens, and Samuel Brown, I agcd 21 vcars, and single, and J. Beard, aged 211 years, with a wife and two chil- t dretn, have been devoting their entire t t itne of late to the effort of drinking up all the liquor in this saloon, refusingt o 1 make any provision for the support of those dependent upon them. Both had received warnings from the t White Caps, but paid no attention to I these notices, rather 0oasting that they "could clean out a regiment of those 'Whii Ups,'" as they terimed the ( knights of the switch. At a <Iiiarter before 12 oclock on Sat tirda.y night., as lirown and Bvard wyere eljoying their cups at the saloon, the White Caps suddenly polneeI dowi ol r thei. 'I'hey took both ien from tle I saloon to the woods near by, and tying I them to trees, gave them a whipping I with switelies t.hat drow the blood at ( every livk. Both leaded for imerey as t tilO- licks raiied lown upon their bare baiks, but ii vain. The night. riders I ki-w i lerev for such tellowvs. The p:air w%.(. e ailahsvcd. and it will bev t sono-iini lw-ore- thev arv able to be I mit. Biot h proinist-d t'o reformi. .\. fvw- nights before tIis visit two tIei niii, natned I)arwin antd .Jone, s were takvn i from their i homes, neIar tle Cra wford and I)uhois coit lin les, and I "diressel down," as the W.hite Caps ex. t piess it, for "offenses against their faim. ilits :1and general cussedness. Scramblinig for a lnome. i\hm .1.W.Wum:-:, )ee. '!0.---A slieeial to the lEvening Wisconsin, from Wausu. - say; a great raid on the land oflice to tile claill's on the land in the great rese voir strip began at 1. o'clock this morn- 1 ing, and thus far the filing has proceed ed without disturbance.'t At an early hour this morning Mayor Miteller tirected capt. lellis. of the I Wallsu Light (ktard to march his com- I V1ny to the Colirt. IIoise square to pre erve ilrder, and forty-five bilue coats, I \\ith glistening bayonets, took up sta tlon close to t le land otlice. Tho arri val of the iItlilitia put an effective (aim per on the ardor of the homesteaders I who wOud ulot get in line, and every thing was peace and quiet whell Regis ter Saxuders slid back the wicket for the first iling. Vp to ntoon ftorty-live claims aggre gatinlg eight thousand acres of the best lm- I in the strip had Ieten .IletI and a hl i t of ver' t)ne hunditred mutn we're still waiting at thle wicket. Eight hulndr(ed sttlerus left, last night with iisuppllies to si<mtat oni thle land. Biesides having to tco ntest wit h these s<t tters, men1 wvhot lilecimiis this miniug wvill prtobabilly luiie tIl go to law with Ilyroni .1. Ilamnil tuon. te Wamisu 1lawye'r, who walkedi in to I lie land otlice shortly before 90 'clock atti laid tdowni ani apl)icationi with thei iittcissariy ft-es and1( tendered themn to the< re vter. Tfhe' tende(ir was~i refuised andti binzgiiig smuit. A t l-:auitlaire' there wvas almost a ritit.t Tlht w indaows if thle land otlice were smasheti, but the lar-d (ltlicers succeed- I tid in( <iitell ingi t he disturba1~ince. 'he roiubiie was cauisedt by a potlicetman, who " wvas st at ionied att thle wick(et ti preserve ' tlrder-, lilig a claim for himself. 11is ( apphl icntitoni was refused.a \Iliss liicharison, danughiter of' G en. s Ili;ilursoni, (f ChIippewva F-alls, fought I hetrtically, anti whlen she reac'hed the (tiesk lier hat was gone and her hiaiir was I1 diliev-elled, but she got a tra(-t worthl e %5,4 00. Tiwo meni finted aid were e laitd (lit tun the side(walk. l O)ver the Oceian in a 1Little 1ioat. N i-:w You i. i )ee. 19. -News has been r-ettivedl by thle No(rtton LiAfehoat I om pantiy ini Ithis city of thme arrival of the liftchoat F-. L . N ort on off Glibraltar. As thle yacht p1assed( she appearetd all right, 111ud signiailled that everybodiy abardt waiswell. . (Captain Noton, Onl w~hose5t plans th lt N outotn lifeboats are built, sailted from thlis port- on N ovember 20t, alceompanmieti by his wife and his I l-ycar-oltd niect. . The li fteboat is i58 feet. ltnig, no larger than an ordiinry yacht., anti is lit te<il withi a douilble bttomt, holiting a vairv inig suppilly of' water,. whic(h (Captaini No'r- a I on maniitainms acts as ballast, andi imaktes heir miisinkabite andit steadyv at tim d samei' tme. IIcr passage is a rmuar-ka lbly gooti onea, f or she doubittltess stoppecd ~ at. l'ayai, ini the Azorest, tor coali. Slit is t hit sectondt smalli yacht,h built fteth un i ci siniikablde mnodetl, toi -ross the R Atlantlic sulccessfu liy. Th'le Iirst was lie Neversinik, whichl wenit to l'ar-is I minig the ex posit itoni ni thle siuiimmer of I 51. Captalin Ntortoni is oni his way to Touiilono, l''ranice, wh er.e ht will exliiit iiis yacht.a Hm anged ini Berkely. Atdami Morgini, a negro abouit 30 years a old, was ha nged l-'iday at. At. I 'keasant i: form the' muirdei- of anmothier negro namedi v .l ackson, ini lerkeley ('ounity, last Mlay. Alorgini met his death very calmly, say- c ig lit was going straight to heaven. c Thecre was not much of a to-db arouind h the gallowvs. lie caime tilt enveloped in s a shirtouit, an:l wvheni the nototse was ad- v jumstedi begani to sing, "O n Zion's bright i were mi thle meantim1e1 comlpletet, an,i k' lit w-as t old to bitd gotod-bye to I heC color- t edl minister, which lie did. IIis neck r was brokten, and lie died almost instant- d~ ly. lIe bh no relatives but an a gedi I fattier, who totok his body. A lirgin shot v his victim in the back amid claimedl it 8 was self-diefense. lIe addedc(, however I that .1lacksomn hiatd a p)istoi when lie shot 'I hum, but no Pisto1 wats foundit. Mlorgin lI although defended by the ablest colored lawyer in the Stat-e, was convicted. IIe t persisted to the last that it was a case of self-defense. An Exiuiosion of Dynamite. Prmr'rsm-nn, D)ec. 21.-A special from ( Wheeling, W. Va., says: "On theiNor folk and Western lbuailroadi in Way no1 Cdnnty yesterday a gang of men had been at work on line blasting and sever- I al sticks of dynamite were placed around1 the fire to thaw out. In some manner they were exploded tearing everything to pieces in the immediate vicinity. T wo men were killed, an Italian and a negro names unknown. Ten others wore in. jared, several very seriously." 'I WILL DIE FUHTIN G." v R ITTING BULL'S DECLARATIONS r C PROVED TRUE TO THE LETTER. v It he Story of the Expedition 'Which Cont the Lives of the Famous Chief, of Sevenl 8 of I1s Followers anud of Five cof Tho In d11an P'olice. STANDINU VOii AE.i._NCY, N. I)ak., b ec. 17.-"God Almighty made me; I |od Almighty 6id not make tne an gency Indian, and I'll light and die r ghting before any white man can o take me an agency Indian." V This was the declaration made by t itting Bull to General Miles onl the ecasion of their first meeting, and the r etailed reports of the great medicine t ian's death which began arriving at he agency yesterday gave to the de laration the full force of a pronhecy. ti1 eyewitnesses agree as to the facts hat every circumstance considered, I ake the final tragedy involving the xtermination of probably the brain Nst Indian that ever lived one of the nost picturesque and characteristic nedents of American history. The expedition which started from his agency for Sitting Bull's canp for y miles ditant, to take him dead or live, with the chances ten to one or t is death, was no haphazard foray of emisavago Indian police and ill-advis d army subordinates. It is conceded I hat the operatimn against Sitting ;ill's persoality was suggested by the ifectual quelling prodiced by the re ioval of Medicinie Arrow, the great 'heyenne leader, when the Cheveines breatened an unprecedented uprising. Sitting Bull's promise to die fighting ad much to (10 also in shaping the etermination for a sudden, decisiVe i-sult, as well as the old uhiel's ofit-eX- t ressed wish to be remembered as the ist Indian on the coitiiat to give tip is rille, When (;eneral Miles left 'hicago helaed i il thisdirction it was he beginning of the end. Simultanieots with the (;eneral step .ing Iuietly aboard the trai iiat th ie bi g ,ilroad depot at Chicago the expi-di on, wl;ich had beeni with eqmtl quiet de inder preparation at Port Y.ats, hich torms part of the agency. was Iso ready to tiove. Altuost at tlhib a11e min1lient I hat (;uneral cailess ta' lided out for tihle Northwt-st tht mei i ers of his iLtle command here silently t ook their departure and were qui-t1% I'st in the dnarknas 'hn envtloped the vil(ern(:zss stretchi-ng to the camp of t 'itting ekll.en the banks of the Grand tlvir. The van was IA by Mnt-t1 of sittingl u .l's o n I '.od. kiiperbly m1ouinted mad accoutred. . evl-ry one wore the , right brazen buttons -iil showy blue -loth uniforms of Uncle Samit's ser% ice. Hlhis was no mere coincidence. It was, he part of the great object lesson to he ghost lancers and a demonstration >f the value of General Miles's new t nethod of solving the Indian problem )y turning the Indians wholesale into s toldiis. One liting is certaini, the iiand )i wellfed, warmly clad, copper faced I ithletes that led the way for the white oldiers bent on a iission of utility, vas a striking contrast to the starving, 'agged, crazy wretches that tormed t mch a menace in the Grand Itiver C 3amp. Close behind the blue-coated Indian I hiorsemen's hardy ponies, but taking a t slower pace on the frozen trail, came ('apt. Fotuchet's cavalry coimiand. The cavalry were n.ncitmbered with w o pieces of modern light artillery, mia-i Uhineil gulms simtilar to those which so 1 speediiy settledl the fate of 4Luis 1 iie's I hal f-breed followvers, when his noted Li ent. (Gabriel Dnumont made a stand I iainst (h'n. Midd(letoni in the lIritishi Northwest out break. TIo the rear of a l-ottchiet's cavalry, atnd at itmes taking Sdotuble qluick step for ward, for the tight was bijtterly coid, the infantry -atimlandl of Col. D)rttm swung along in \ lie darkness. A weary diiflictilt, march. I, was. The distance and the capabilltfos of' s he troopis to withstandl the fatigues of twch a joturney had been figuredl out j3 iieely andl when the fIrst [ainut light of [awn appearedl the exp)editLion wvas rithin easy dlistance of its deostination. - 'he brokeni order of a triple separation I forces had been carefully preserved, S. tid the Inrdianm pllice were the first to ~ igh t the hutddled cluister of tigly-look- ~ rig tepees on the river bank. Si D)espite the early hour all wvas astir w lie village where. on evey hand, was p: vidence that a hutrriedl exodust was 11I ontemplated. Tlhie ponies of the 1)0- ini cc were pushed for all they were orth, and before Sittinig IHull's (dazedl Ct ilherents had halif a chatnce to realize y' be situation a dlozen of the police hiad uilled their panting animals up) short ii all sidles of the chlief's abodle. No ine was w asted ini ceremony. Th~le 1) rl)tid old miedicitne tian wvas hustled 01 iut, hoistd onl 1 a waiting hiorse andl ina trice faced toward civilization. II et rived andl sput t.ered in a fu ry of rage e't rr a mtomnt andi then strmaigh tetintg tl: p, shou)itedl hoarsely, not for hetlp, butt vi commttiand to hiis [followers. I )espi te he thIirealtening of' the poli11ce and Win - fr. he(sters alteornately di rected at his he ad in ine ma~tn retal ied hiis pri'esence of mind, . rect hits own re'scue. S'-utlenly thern ' 'itS a puffii or stnok e be'sid e a teju'l' an til hie sharp crack of a Winchester. Tlhe i' olicemian at Sitting lHall's right, a raspintg the I'llief's bridle, reeled ini tl hie saddle and t oppled over atnd wvas rampledl tundetr ihe hoofs of the ponies ow ini the mad11 helter skelter of r'etre'at T~ romt the village. 'The shot wais instantly answvered by v'olley fram the police at their Iblank- hi t'ed tiibesmeni, many of wvhom were t Iready mottnted andl in a frenzied puir- e tiit. T1he p)oli(ce volley told with deadh- b effect, andI the firing in a motment F, ast general on bo0th sidles. Sitting hull could be neard in the p onfusion still attemipting, though a aptive, to direcrt the fight. Raising d is gatunt form he was beckotinug his e, maxi andl warriors on whetn, without a :uarning, his body straightened rigily, si bent dropped limp on the hiard pI'rii. v 'lie police halted rotund the corpse, not t, nowing for the mometit butt it was a rick of the wily old chief. 'The studdeni u tovemtent anmd the fall of Sittinig Blull a isconlcerted1 the putrsuters, who, remain- t rig at a dlistatnce, I Ired at intervals to- a lardls the police. T1he latter held their a roundil, knowinig that the cavalry, Ii ndler Capt. "otuchet, would be at hand. h 'o the sturprislt of all, howev'er, the bi ostiles, whbo had beeni consulting s mnong themselves, begant a miovemen,ft y o close in front all sides. Thle firinig a rem the Wmiehesters was tiow redoub- a ed by both parties, theQ police using heir ponies as protection. It was at this cr'iticatl jtuncture that lapt. Fouchot's mcen dashed tip and the e nachinie guns, wvhich had1( been put in , >ositionl, opened ont the redskins. The t atter were too dlismayedt at this uinex iected onslaught to stand for a rmo nents, and all bolted for the river. Accordinig to another report, when ' the Indian police- uinder Liet. JBull C Ilead and 71irst Serg t. Shave I lead f' entered the campD and announced their r errand, Sitting Butll expressed his will ranted to make some preparutiotnz fg] ie ride, and ordered h18 horse to bi ot ready. While Bull Head and Shavi lead were in the shack where the oht hief was getting ready, two bucks en (-loped in lankets entered t he shack nd throwing off their blankets opelne( re on the police. Sitting 3ill's wif, ad gone out ard set lip a howl. whiel eis to have been the signal for 0l4 sailt. FRESNO, Cal., 1)e. 1.-The pet riflet (dy ofl a m:n1 has beenl brought, hero rom Cintta Canyon,sahot, sixty mile rom I own. The bod y was ( iscovere( y two 111( nam(td P'aekwooland Blar tt, who were biilding a dham. Parl 1 the foot was expoied. anld when tl "hole body was exhltimed it was folli be wonderfully preserved. Th( ody lay on a rock covered with earth arts of It beini huriv(I to the depth of welvv- feet. Tho body was straighl lid invasured seven fect. In lenigt h. The inn was p)hysleally purf'ect. Thv fiac( 5 clearly delined, tihe nose, eyes, forc ead, moolith and cihin bing natiral 'he neck is long and rests oi m iiscular houlders. The arins are long an(l lhapely, the lett beijg Voied high on he breast, with the hand resting near he throat, while tli right colmev i(agonally across the bodv and rests on he stoilnachi. The hair is gone'. but ti( r are clearly outlined. The hands re perfect, the nails :titi wrinkles in he skIn of th(- lingers bving as natural s life. The aneii my im s.thw of tht t,. the tendons showing th contrac ion fainiliahr to phyicians in casv:s (t eath from strychiln. Thi e body .Eirghs six huindred pouids. Caitia Canvol Is dry m v iost. of tit ear. Tvhe indiffeations are that Ohi oly las beenrl il-jed for ages'x. I n th1( nine vanyon is a pvt rilitud iore.t Ti Ody is Suipposedl to bf. of' an va-l3 panish explort-r. A ghunce at tle Pt rifieition, as well as i, the charavter ol he( discoverers. pr-wiliiv the Idea of ily dereptionl liki. the '-Soldi<l lblown' i-int Iraud in ('oiormd(. The curiosit ill he setit to The ('titorulnia Ae;t1.nm Taird iart.y Talt' . WuA-1!NW TN, I h-(. 1W.- I i his Mpe'el n the 1ea(.lpport iomilit. .\lr ,'nlian o uth ('arolina, had i:i-onn- ling to sa. hout a 1ird pirty Nimvmio-t, mi. ul arnved thev polilivianls of bothl par1tie. o look out for lightning. Tlre is an ihvrissi'n le t lut: hird party will li org:tmizvol, ainil ihal Swill cut (11it':a figure inl the next ra. ional ele't-ion. Mr. MlPherson. cIerk of the house, -1e1 post (d, obse,rva it pol itician, t hi nk, hat suc'h at movceent is mi mpract icable caue -'he does not, 1bCiIteve the Alli. ncemeinvi of the( south will de.sert ti )enoratic part.y. Iepresentative Morrill of' Kansas vho voies froi t a stuto where tlt armers proved a potent factor in th( lections, is disposed to (iffer witlI 'herk Mc'herson, and thinik; that ar lianice canddate will not only he puI n the field for tho presiivney. but that hey wIll bw strong 'nough to varry everal statos. 'I'he n arrnes of thest tates lie did not viiture to give. Representative Pickler of South )a ota, was one of the dulegatts to thi )cala convention, and he caie bacli ere very sensibly impressed witi verything lie saw and heard. lie say. lie northwest Republicans and )euo rats ar ready for the revolt, and at thi onvenition lie found many nouthert )emocrats who stomd ready to deser heir party whenever the Alliance hu 'le was sounded. .1 lidge Crisp alul ir. I ynyu in, on tii Democ(('rat ic sidle o0 LIhe houts(e, ('p rescen ng the t wo) dist.ine't .>ect ins, believi hat thle tI scont ent noT)w ninifelsted bt mil ad by3 the li p ublhIicana party, atn hat ill thI even'lCt of at,ir id [i rty ve11'lf i'nt t hat party would b)e thle chie i)arew too 3ii101: Wati-.'. bhile hoilliiy a w'eii Ol his vinarioliit a:i trunk what must he an iimmrenise tirnder' iroundi river arid which pour'ed its waitei nutI at stueh a tr'emelidolls rate tIi LI th( icn wh o were doing th le h ou'ro in.:arrow. 'ecpd bing overtaken byv the flood, hiich. gushing down tiIhe side of' the igh t incl' Iine on wichd the fruit fuami tUated, hiaud soon worn a channel in the -y bed of' an ancint, erook. Ti s is >oin tilled with a rushd ing, f'urious tIdoe, hieh (inall mptied itsell'int.o the A p ilachicoulin which lhas contiinuedI Lo )'wt uncihiecked 01' wi thiout, sigiis of' dim.. isting.v The water is clear, sparklin. amid ver*y il withi only a sl igh t niinei ral flavor. li by t he thiouisands hav e b e:n throwni it anid are of seve'ral vairietlies, somte ol lichih are0 of a kind unkniown to ichithy oh!Ists, beinrg IerfeclyI (olorless, w Iiile hers ar tranisiniieiint and .gehaitious , atid I arte withiout eyes, arid veri.y small, ex.. pt, a fe'w (of a sort r'esemb iln our p1 Iick ali, andit which melasure fr'om a loot to ree :awd a hailf ini length, awul are pro tied w~i t'i'y lairge' poiinted teeth. Great damage las Iben <kmdoe to 1his oit and vines. atiui Mr l Iardencstle, see leired a reward to si til at thei inigeni Ly of thei local eiin.giers to) 11ind a way 'onitrollinig ando uiilizini.. thle wate(r. L'ople fr'om mfiles5 armoul have been eiiing ini crow''tds to inispect the wonder,i id oneC Or two veturi(Mfesomesiit,L have S'T. I 'ETni \I INN. I )eecmber 20. lie cave wilereii the Votinger anid iimes gang hid (luring theanir raids on orthielud, where six men we're killed, us been diiscoveredi, andi at the St.une mec the imystery of the d isapp)earane E the 3younge'st of' the ,hamies noys has een'f solved0. Ills skcleton has beer )mnd1( in the subiterranlean rendezvous patrty of huniTters traiversing Great ay lulavi in Nicollet County found a 4)l(d (oor openinig into a comm ion ugout. hlewed logs at the rear formu I a "lindl" door, which 10(d intl Tnothier room, twenty feet, 1long and xteen feet wide, aloung one side of hich bunks wtere arraniged, and fronr he nmnber of these at heast tirt) ersons had found slep'~ing acecommuno. attions there. Thiis iroom containe( 'veral bienehies antdI ttools, an oh I tabh le n plaites andi ciups, kettles, cnook stovt nd va'urious~ cooking ten'fsilIs, and th( {(elsi,on referreti to. 'iiThem as 193 i r( ntter rerferrinig to the theft or somti orses siupposed to) hiave' been writter y Frankh ,aunts to ,JIitu Younrger till another aparment was fount 'here the horses had been secreted, thu rtifici d cave beuing largeo eniough t< ccommiodate twventy head at at time. A Canadhin Wreck. QUEREc, Dec, 19.-Word is jiist rt lved from St. ,Josepi hde Levis that th< rest bound IHalifax express train won irough the bridge at that place shiortl' efore noon. The entire train excep -ie baggage car aind engine went dlown L number of' passengers are killed n<i thers injured. Assistance was sen ~om Levis. No particulars have beet eceived as to the number killedl aiid in ured but it is said the cars were smash tl to pieces, THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE What lott. Allet% D. Oandler Thiluka of( Ia le it atiutn and the Prospect. in speaking of the Farners' Alliance I the Hlt. A. ). Candler, Congressian 4 from Ueorgia, says no movement hav ing a bearing on the politics of tle day lias ever assuned such proportions inl so short a time as has the Farmers' Movement in the United States. A small cloid, no larger than a man's lalnd at tie inamguratioit of the last presidential campaign, so 81a1111 indeed as not oily not to alflect but not even to attract, the not-ice of the two dominant political parties, it has grown and spread and darkened till it overspreads the whole political horizon and arou011ses the gravest apprelienisions of the lead ers on both sides. Nor are these apprehensions ground less. This movemient of the tillers of of the soil is the legitimate outcome of a perniclotis systeni of fiialcial legisla tion, which htas prevailed for nearly thirty years-a system which has imi posed onerous taxes, fostered monopo lies anld depleted the Currency until it has 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 i securing redress, provided they are governed by wise counsels, and not led into chimerical scheens and i nancial heresies by leaders whose ambi tion for place or pelf is stronger than their patriotism and loyalty to the true princiles of tie reform in which they have engage(. But the just and proper demands of their order, a more abund ant ciurency, lower tariff taxation, free anld 1unlilnited coinage of silver, the (lestiriction of tlie national bank mio nopoly tind all other monopolies built ill) and fostered by the present system, can never be attained through WO He mblicnn party, for tliat party is respon sile for all the vicious legislation of which they complain; nor through a "Ilird party movement." In tlat way strong as they are, all their strengtl woaldt be dissipated and wasted, and tiis agriciiltiral Saison would be siorn of his locks. The revolution c:in only be accomp lishied tiroughi the Democratic party. T Nat party is thIle nat ural frienid and ally of thle fillrIner. Every cardinal priniei phe of the order of t1he Farimers' Alli ance is a D>emocratic priinciple --old as Democracy itself. 'Etual and (-(xact -ist ice to all, special privileges to ione, is a cardinal doctrinlo of Deiocracv. ()pposition to moniop1oly, Oposition to a purely protective tariff, opposition to a national bank, free and unlimited coinage of boti gold and -silver, and the liinitatioin of the taxing power of the goverinnent to the actual (emanlds of its honvst economic administration are no new dogmas in the Democratic creed. All true Democrats, as well ais true Allianceien, believe ill them as they believe in t he decalogue. By united ae. tioli the 1)emocracy and the Alliance tnli accomplIsh all that either ought to require and enough to restore prosperi t y to the country. By sel)arate action the Alliance will lose its op)ortuntity, waste its strength anid S0011 p118 inito oblivion. riaios anmi Organs. N. V. TiUMP, 134 Main Street, Co lumbia, S. J., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. ,o agents' coin missions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushiek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting quulities. Mason & lainlin U-pright Piano. Sterling Up -right lPuiaos, from 22~> up. Mas-oni & II amn11 Organs sur passed bty none. Ster holig Orgauns, 50 up. Every Inrstrininent a gmuaranteed for six years. Fi fteeni days' Sil, expenses both ways, if not cato~* a rv y. So. I on I nistahnents. Th New Associaite ,Justico. W.iN I 1T'x, D . ec. 23i.--Thel PcIresi (hilt to-day lnminalted IIenry li. lirowni - of MIichiigan to he A ssociate .Justice of I th I uprem e ('au1rt. of thle l'i.-mted States, vice Sonne m F1( . Miller dlCeeasedl. . Dist riot Jud1(ge for tIhe third'o districut of . M il ibigani; also I'ol. Ch'larles Su t hierland,( su1rg(eon , t o b 1e urgeon-G(emnerl, w ith rank of I rigadier-G(eineral, vice . II. Baxter, diecease~d. Isheases Peculiar to Women especiaml ly monthly disorders, are cuiredl by the timely use of Ilradrield'.i Femalo llegu intor. A complete Bedroomn Suit for $I16.50J freIght paid to y'our dlepot. Send for Catalogue. Adldress L. F. Padgett, A ugusta, Ga. LOW PRICES WVIL HE MADE'ON f TALBOTT SON'S ENGI NE5 ANI) BOILElRS, SPECIAL EST I MATES ON SAW 2.'LLF. CORN MlLLS. PLANER1S AND MA ClINEliY GENERA %LLY ATL h1OTTOM FIGURES., V. C. Badhiam, Gen, Agt., C4IJYINBIA, m. C. Bny thie Talbott EngIne; It Is the best. ITPO(N TIlE MOSTl AIPPIIOVED) i-plans, wvith SuetIon FVan or Splked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furniishied af corn petitive prices. C OTT1ON GiNS and P'RESSES of best makers. T1homias IIlay Rakes, Dcin mg Mowver, Corbin liarrows and1( Planet, Jri CultIvators. A large stock of Portable and Stationary Gininog and Saw MIlI EngInes on hand. State A gents for C. & G. COOPER & CO'S Corlis En gines Lane Saw' Mills and Liddlell Comi paIny 's complete lIne. WV. HI. GI1BHES, ,in., & CO., Near Union Depot, COL,U~MiA, S. C. PANS -UL?PNAN BROS., Wholesale Drggtet, hela.Pwhrltr.fnnaa eek. Savamah,O N iet Pays the Freidt. A GImAT ('orH 'Irt vr Y xt. o'r A omNAa it Rv.pr.-'rrl,. -o i>o no-r imi,Ay. "s-rulks,W mo.1:ru 1 % 11 ).'r.'' Writo fmll Catalogl' now, and say whmo. paper yous,iw tui atvertisommnt in. romenber that I sell everytmiNg t ihat Soes to furnilshiig a homie-t11anu Ineu 1 Ing 80111 things and ityIitNg other,s iII thev laget possiblo lot-4, whlichiale ( e1 lito wipe otit all Colpet,ition. IIEItF AItE A FEW'IV OIF IJY ST1'AU' LING A RGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. i uil size, 15x17 itel OVVen, litted with 21 pieces of ware, dlivolred ait your own TIdepot, all freight clla'rge.s paid by milt, for Only TwelvO Dollars. Again, I will sol YOU a 5 hole Cooking Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, (i1 ted with 21 pieces of ware, for TIV11R TEEN DOLL ARS, and pay the freight tol your depot. 1)0 NOT 'AY TWO PRICES F0R14 Y OULt GOODS. I will seA you a nice plush Parlor suit,:. walnut frame, either in combination or pbanded, the most stylIsh colors for 33. V-0 to your .ailroad station, freight paid. - 1 will als soll vol a nice Bedronos uit consisting of ureau with glass, 1 hIh head Bedstead, I Washstanid, 1 Celitte table, 4 caumn seat chairs, I eane seat and back rocker all or 16.50, and pay freigkt to your depot. Or I wil send you an elegant J,edroomI' suit with large glass, foll un1urble top, for 630, atld pay freight. $Nice window shade on svirins! rolimr $ 40 Elegant large walutS day clock, 4.00 Walinut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per wittlow, 1.00' I cannot describe everythitig in a snall' iadvertisement, ult have atn imm1lenseh store containing -2,600 feet of floor rootm, with ware houses anid factory' build ins in othe r parts of Augusta, Inaking in all tie Ilar - rgest business of thuis kind under one mnan-lt Iagemtent in the Southern States. Ted storetantd warehouses ar crow(Iej Wit ui thie choitest productions of the best facto-4. ries. My eat alogue coitainIing illust tationsi: of goods will be mailed if you will kindly Say where you saw this adivertisement, I pay freight. Add eSs, L. F. PADGETT. Proprietor I'adgett'.P Fluiture, tovt antd Calp t Store, 110-1112 1,road t ri'et, AU CSTA, GA. F08 T BED MAN AN WOMAN.1 P. 'will -i. rY Pn-I vitalfze your -r..-At ta a ma. and givo your ft iton- n ho r % er rit St - In hiA lft,'aw1 iv ".4 gc1 a; Y- A re!:-i (P itt fe .e- . gnd if yot it: feinc b;.:P.y in the pring i* O ut 4f sort4, tak y i ):,est !v orgeUi need toning up, p P - .t t MT- piit h lt'a-he, intligestion, SIf yout 'to. r w ith rer vout pros-trtIon, :i nervesI t.r -ug atol a g:twral le don of thte systetn, taimu 'P.Pa P. For 111oot Pols n. iRhtetumatism, Seroe P. P. P. SPrickly Ash, Poke Root -and Potassium. F"armn Wagonst, complete with bodly etc. 3-4 in Thimb|the Skin... .........'9. 50 in Tithibe sin......... ........-1 ... 1.00 One 11orse Wagons, $24.50, $26.50 anid WriiI t for (Circul ars. Buggies, Caria. -s, Road Carts, &c., at 0 per cent less thani regular prices. Scm ar Cataltgtte. Thtis offer is for on11ly ;m ays in ortder tt reduce stock-so ortder at nee. IOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO., ROCK llT , . S. t'., Inl writinig mntion this p)ape.'. COLLEFE FOR WOM1E, Thmis Collegze amni Institute for Women ud Girls opened Oitobter 1 tuder auspices loro favorabhle t hani its mtost salmuline rietnds hoped for. Thte groit umis, buii(l ings, .ppIoinlttmnts andt fturtnishtintgs are une<ttal ed amnong bioarding schtools in the South. Viho historic Olthi atmpt on or' Preston place v'as bioughtt, thet tumnsiont repaired anid re e,a larger and fitter buhInn(1lg construcet di for tihe chaptel, dotitottries and relhtion)t oms. A corp~s of teachers unexcelletd in bility tand expteriettee is no0w teaintg in hoe Co'!bage. Ftrom the 1st of ,htuuary to St of ' dhruaryt3 oiffers a1 convenientt titto for ew putpils to (enter, who are chmarged only rom1 diatto of ttrattce. For terms, &c., ddtiress thte Presidient, the Cohuia . C,. TERRY M'F'Ci oA - is Mexican Mustang Liniment for MAN and BEAST FOR Forty Years THE STANDARD. For Sale BY ALL 0. 3OWEN, - ~* ATTORNEY AT LAW, PICKENS C. 11., S. C. Money to loan" on easy terms, on well ecured paper. 0111ce In Court House. July 26'88. vE LLS& OR , J. E. BOGGS, Greenville, ., C. Pickens, S. C. ELLS, ORR & BOGGS, W V ATTORNEYS AT LAw. PICKENS, C. 11., S. C. I. F. ANsEL, 0. L. 11OLLINGWOP-TH, olicitor sth Circuit, Pickens, S. C. Greenville, S. C. ANSEL & HIOLLINGSWORTHI. ATTouxeys AND CouxsEtOits AT L.AW, l'ICK ENS, C. 11., 5. C. Practice In all thme courts of the State, nd1( attention giveni to all business entrust, dito them. mnrh 14-88tf. [jI L& XE L DON DELNT1ISTIS, 122 Main Street, Greenville, S. C. Gas given every T1hursday and Friday, ,nd teeth extractedI without pan. W. M. NORtWOOD, D.ID. S. DENTIST, G R E EN VI LILE, S. C. Corner Main andI Coffee Streets. D R. J. B, C ARPENTER, DENTIST, Will be found at Liberty on and after the st Octoh.'r. lHe guarantees all his work he first class . feb 13'90 DENTISTr, (lR E ErN YIIlaL E, M. C. Oflce over Westmiorelan'd Bros.& Duke's 3rug Store. Jan 1 '898. DR. FRANK SMIT1 a now permanently located at E!asley, S. J., (.1 resp)ectful ly offers his professional ervlees to thme public generally. Janii 2 90. J. C. Fitzgerald, P H OTOG RA PH E R, GREENVILLE, S. C, Over We'stmoland lirotheors Drug Store. all work done by the Instantaneous process. \lso make~ enlargemients from old pictures 0 anly size Iin water colors, erayon, India nk, oil and plaIn ishotographs. (Ict 21 tf. ZIANSON H OUSE, GR EENVILLE S. C., - T HJE M ANSION HOUSE HAS .1 been newly refitted and excllently 'urnished. It Ia first class In its a olntments, and Is one of the best hotels i ie South. SItuated In the healthiest and >st delh itfuli locality In the coUntry, It niors sa olor attractions to visitors and noffeishne cannot bebixcelled i any OIty.