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t-eSv AwExtijiot Voicako Fovwd.?BirmingL bam, Ala., Jan. 24.?For two month* men have been tunneling Red Mountain, two V ^ . milts from tbla city, the objeot being te allow the paesage of water from the Catawb* ; Hirer to Birmingham. From the north UMt heading the tunnel hae been completed a distance of three hundred feet. A few days ago the workmen struck a care. This was 51 aeon passed, leaving small openings on each side of the tunnel. One dsy last week an immense amount of dirt and rock from above caved in, completely filling the tunnel for a distance of fifty feet. When this had been cleared away the workmen found themselves in the centre of a large rock-walled room. The cave on the left of the tunnel remained unchanged, but the opening on the right band exiended until it was about fifty feet in length and fifteen feet high. Some of the men started to explore the cave. After a few winding pasmmrr.a M.av ram* loan tnimonx* nnr.iir.rr tl.r ?"BV" J 'v > b "? descent of which was almost perpendicular. The passages leading to it wcro carefully examined. The walls were of solid rock, with onlj a small crevice here and there. At oas place a spring of clear water was found. When firet discovered a hold stream was flowing, but presently it ceased. After an heur or two it began again. At the heginning of these priodical spurts the water is very cold, but it gets warmer and warmer until towards the elose it has attained the boiling point. It smells like sulphur. Huge stones were rolled to the entrance of the pit and pushed in, but nobody heard thesa atrike. An engineering expert, who has visited several extinst craters, and whose knowledge of geology ia not limited, says the character of the rock and everything about the place indicates that the tunnel has encountered a section of tho crater of a leng extinct volcano. The point where the opening was found is l,;l(K) feet from the north heading of the tunnel and 400 feel below the surface of the mountain. Cancer.?I nn> satisfied that Cancer is hereditary in my family. My father died otit, a sister ol my mother uie<l or it, ami my own sister died of it. My feelings may be imagined, then, when the horrible disease made its appearance on my side. It was a malignant Cancer, eating 'inwardly in such a way that it could not be cut out. Numerous remedies wero used for it, but the CaDcer grew steadily worse, until it seemed that 1 was doomed to follow the others of the family. I took Swift's Specific, which from the first dny, forced out the poison and continued its use until 1 bad taken several ft .TTa T *?-j-*> ?.?uatr well I know | tbnt 8. 8. S. cured int. Winston, N. C., Not.'JO, '88. Miih. S. if. Inoi,. ; His IIin11t 11 Ai?.? 1 had arising on the inaido of my ear, which grew so bad ihat the flefh elouglied off. It was lanced?swelled 'gain and was lnnccd (lie second time. I leer 8. 8. 8., which forced out (lie poison, ike discharge being copious. As soon as the poison was elimemitcd the sore In gun I healing, and in a short lime was perfectly w?ll S Si Si linj riivml n ilia, .In,, genuine trouble which was thought to be incurable. J. It. Bii.i.ook.t Greenwood, S. C., Oct. \M, 1S8N. Gknti.kmen.? Knowing Ihnt you appreciate voluntary testimonials, we take pleasure in stating that one of our In ly customers has regained her health by the use of four large bottles of your great remedy, after having been an invalid of several years. Her trouble was extreme debility, caused by a disease peculiar to her sex. Wilium & Co., Druggists. ?V?co, Tex. Mov 0. 18S8. * Swist's Specific is entirely a vegetable remedv. nnd is the only medicine which permanently cures Mcroiuui, ?. 1 Cancer and Contagious Jltood poissn. Send for books on Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free. TUB SWIFT SPECIFIC & CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. N?w York Bankers in Fustiio.?New York, January i!0.?Henry T. Ives and George 11. Stay nor, Bankers, whose traneactions created such astir some time ago, were arrested to-day on an ordor issued by Judge O'Brien, of the Supreme Court. The complaint is based on their dealings with the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dnyton Bailroad Company. The Bail was fixed at fll.V), 000. Fsnnk it. Lawreuce, counsel for the company, iu answer to a reporter'8 inquiry, raid: "All I can Bay is that we, on behalf of the ra<lr*ad company, hare sued Ivea and Siaynor for defrauding the company cut . f $2,GOO,000. The Sheriff has b?e:. lc. ^ing 1 for them for a few days, an l *as net a': e t: place them till to-day. Judge t i'brien ?iei the bail in the case at $'230,Utn each. I: :? hardly expected that bail wil c f?rucoming on account of the large at-aui* required, and the chances are that I??? a: i Staynor will languish in Ludlow street , c . '? nr ' - ? ? ? | (The only Fertilizer wh:;h has : "-t ai ranccd iu price this ,-eas. n is L-.ng ? Prepared Chemicals," sold by (FOSTKll, W ILK INS <??. h-h'r, : Paragraphic. The Pope is seriously ill. 3The Berlin students are at loggerheads with the Kmperor. An unknown American has committed nuicide in London. J. N. Garner, clerk of the Court for liarlington County, died Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. The street-car tie-up in Brooklyn still continues. Lew York is threatened. The Trcisury yesterday accepted :;<X? four anil a half per cent, bonds ni lo'd. |(Secretary Fairchild is continuing his investigations of fraudulent damage allowances in New York. At the trial of the pneumatic dynamite gun at Fort Ijifnyctte, New York harbor, Saturday, out of eight shotn six hit the target. The gun is regarded as having shown remarkable accuracy. K. Irving Lattimer, of Jackson, Mich, lias been arrested for the atrocious murder of his mother. A female nurse at the Cooper Hospital in Ciimden, N. J., was murderously assaulted Saturday by an unknown man who tried to imitate the methods of Jack the Kipper. ? . ... A Woman s Discovery.? Another wonlieiful discovery hne been mode and that to, by a lndy in this county. Disease fattened i s clutches upon her tind for seven years she withstood its severest tests, bet her vital organs weic underminedjand death seemed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly and could not sleep. Hie bought of us :i bottle of Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption and was so much ttheved on taking the first dose that she slept all night and with one bottlo has been miraculously cured. Her name is Mrs. f.111her Lutz. Thus write W. C. il.tmrick A ( o , < f Shelby, N, C.?(.let a freo trial botll free at J. W. l'osoy k lire's. 1 || i. Vf.ri?ict i'na.nimoi-. ? W. 1). Sun, Diuggist, llippus 1ml.. testifies: '1 can recommend lllectric Hitlers as the very best remedy. llfcry bottle sold has given relief in eveiy ca#?e. One man took six bottle*, nn?J was cured of ltheumatism of Id years >t ikIii !.' Abraham Hare, druggist, lie! 1vi'lr. Oiiio, affirms: 'The best selling melicine I have ever bundled in li" years' experience, is Klcciric Bitters. Thousands of ' titers have nddt d their testimony, so so ihot the verdict i* unanimous that Klecui. it : ers do cure nl! ureases of the Liver Kidney or liiooel. Only lialf a dollar a bot'le ui J. W. l'osey & Bro'e.^m a Ifie IDeclfg Kiiion li?K8 R.tM.18TOKEB^:-^ - Editor I Friday, rebrnary 1, 18?t. SUBSCRIPTION, f2.00 TER ANNUM POST OFFICE DIBECTOBY. | |The P. O. will b? opened Jfor busincse from 8 A. M. to 6.30 P. M. The Money Order Department will be opened for business from V A. M. to 4 P. M. The Northern and Southern mails will both close promptly at 1 P. M. A ttw inBtloniinli o? irremilnsilioii aK/iIlM be reported promptly to the 1'. M. J. O. HUNTER, P. M. THE PUBLISHEH'8 NOTICE. Hereafter no "application for Homestead" will be inserted unlets the fee, $3 is paid in ndrnnee. We don't like to dun widowe, and we have ten or twelve such charges on onr books unpaid. Another matter we would poet our readors on. Obituary notices over ten lines must be paid for as advertisements, la other words for every one hundred words, after the first one hundred we shall ckargs one dollar. Count the words amfttnd the cash wth the copy, to make sure of seeing it in the Tinas. Union Cotton Market. find roads and limited supply of cotton tho pnst week. Sales 298 bales; prices from Si (ii\ '.'cents. We aro pleased to slato that Dr. TT. S. Peaty is much better, and it is hoped he will bo out in a few days. fifty** The Governor has appointed Dr. J. F. Norman County conamtaaioaar in the nlnna ..fC.r.l I 'I' tlaimlaH raairnarl r'"vw V1 v"i"' " * Tho late raiim hate made the roads throughout the count/ almost impassable. One farmer told us that it was hard work ?.: un mules to haul one bale of cotton to town. The only Fertilizer which has not ad-1 vanccd in price this season is "Long's Prepared Chemicals." sold br F<?STKit. WILK1 N'S ft CO. nW- The first snow this winter fell here i last Monday: but only just enough foil to ssy "it snowel.'' Thscff.?rt was like the cotton Factor/ scheme here, a perfect fail- I urc, although at cne :;of it Uwked ae if we were sure of a snow bcom. but ths boom did not come nearer than Spartanburg, where the cotton Factor/ stepped. Messrs. Allen J; Miller hate told their brick Liter/ etab'o building to J. C. J Hunter & Son. Ths latter gentlemen will continue the Liter/ and Kale business at the old eland, and Messrs Allen k Millar hats rented the old Palmor stables, now known as the itodger stable, and motsd their businesB to that Dunning. fitaY" In cur notice of tho marriage of Mr. Wolling to Miss llica last week we i staled that liishop Duncan performed the interesting ocremony, which was a mistake. It was Rev. S. A. Weber, the beloved Pastor of the Methodist 4'litirch here, who lied the fatal knot, and we venture to say it was at J securely tied as if all the isishops in the j world had performed the job. jGey* Hev. (J. \V. l'ainler, a Missionary of! the Presbyterian Church to China, delivered an interesting discourse to a large congregrtion last Sunday morning, also lectured to the Sunday School in the afternoon, preacliel | a* nignt aril lectured again Monday night, 1 c*. ;!. character, habits, religion, etc., sf ;r.e i"?. His discourses were both en :: ard iii'tructive. MtAitn. -1? account cf wboee-?<I>' -b wc - > * 11 ^ a~l Union railroad some years ago. H. G. I A-fttll. died at Atlanta about fire ysars ' ago W. It. Inman died at Tate Spring Tent).. la-t Asgost. and II. Y. McAllsn, the last cf the trio, breathed his last in Charlotte last Thursday. The read was leased for ninety-nine j years by the above named owners, sores years ago, to the "Clyde Synlicato," now known as the Richmond and Danvitls system of Railroads. .We never heard that either lntnsn, Anatoli or McAden ever sold their interest in the road. Mr. .McAdeu had an insurance on his life of *110,000. ? ? __ ic&" A correspondent of the Charleston World, over the signature of "It. 1). A.," writing from I.awn in this County, thus states how and where the Alliance members of that region will get their supplies this year and the prices they will pay. The prices will not astonish the merchants ofthis t>wn, we think. It will be no saving for a man to borrow money to buy his supplies for cash, as the cash and credit prices h.uuiii "> uicniuuc uung. 11 is only those I who cuit pay caih without borrowing will receive the full share of benefit in tbc Alii ancc contract with Messrs. Carve 11 & Co. (?n last Friday ten ef our North I'acelet Farmers' Alliances, in Union ami Spartanburg. met State Business Agunt Lester at (jaflney City and made arm ngetaeni* to trade with Messrs. Carroll A. Ale., at Uaffney for thc'prcsent year, at the rate of 5 per cent, above cost for cash nod 15 per cent, on time: purchases to he made through the State Agent, and all hills s abjeot te his examination. The concentration of (J(X> farmers' trade with one firm will materially diminish ths sales of a goodly number of ether merchants, still they can have more time to devote to pinders and the checker-board, nnd your reporter can '.he more readily obtaia interviews, laden with personnl and general abuse on the slow debt-pay?r and tho farmer who wears a clean shirt to town on business. Iiicklkn's Arnica Sai.vk.?Tub Bkst Sw.vk in the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcer-, Suit Blicum, Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and nil Skin Kruptions, and positively cures l'iles or no pay required. It is guarantcd to give } Bcrfi Ct satisfaction, or money refunded. ^ Brici 25 cents per box. For sale by I'osey I & Bro. |J^Feb. lU, ly. ft t laeineae ve a Town Hall- t-*i ? tUM The Union corre?pondent of the Arte# and Courier (ells in that the Town Council hire gone eo far towards building a Town Hall as U be negotiating far thebriek, and 1 would alao make ua believe that the citisena generally, enderee the project. If that is ao, we have bean carefully kept in the dark about it. Tbe correepondent gay*, in favoring the move: "The council are already negotiating for brick with which to build it. Ttiia building will not only till the wants of the people but ?: 11 nmtminl In nnr town. To ahow mn 11V nil VI?? ?? the need of an optra house, the UranvilleWarner Comedy Company, after arriving hare, found that they could not aecure Niob olson'a Opera Houac, ao they secured the Court nouse." Well, if thepehple of Uaion arc willing te saddle themeclvos with a bended debt ef $f>,000 or $8,000 for ornamenting the town, the finances and business of the town arc in much better condition than "the citieens generally" believe. We, however, daro to enter our protest against it, until we are convinced that a Town Hall, Callaboose, and other such ornaments and luxuries will contribute one dollar to the wealth, tho I basinets and general welfare of the community, or improve the present deplorable condition of our streets. If the tewn has f G,000 er $8,000 to invest, wonldit not be more business-like te invest it in something that will be likely to havo a market value, at par, pay dividends nnd benefit the town, in business population, and every other respect, than to spend it upen ernamcnts and for the nnvenience of fife or aix strolling tliealrieal companies that may wish ta exhibit here every year, or to accommodate a few turbulent spirita that tho Town Marahall may be compelled ta profida with a night's lodging occasionally? W? intet nat forget that we ha?c $25.f 000 of railroad bonds, just in the same condition na the $10,000 Town Hall bonds are. ready to be delifered and bear interest, when the conditions upon which they were authorised arc complied with, and the interest will hare to be provided for byjtaxatien. If the ranroaa ooao. fJr and we helisfa thoy will be. and the Town Rail bnilt, anJ (-10,000 of bonds issued for it, it will require an extra levy upon the taxpayers of the town of $2,500 annually We are all grumbling about high taxes now and yet. eTtn in the present depressed state of all businesses an 1 all species of properties. there are some who advocate an increate of taxation, not to iooreaae the busineis and population and enhance values of the properties cfthe town, butjto erect ornaments and snch conveniences as can well be disp?n?-?J with; at any rate until the present business outlook is brighter and there is sama actual need for them, or wo can batter afford to indulge in such luxuries (?) If the town council can issue bonds for a Town Hall, it can issuo bonds for a cotton Factory, and ifthnt honorable body is am- | ?. i- -??h*t. will be a lasting j blessing (o the town, and place tbeir names feremost on the roll of itsj'bencfactors, let I thorn head the list with a $20,000 subnoriptiou of town bonds for a cotton Factory, auu r.caiously work forsucli an institution. The stock of tbe Clifton Factories is now quoted at $140 f???l50, and is in demeiid? but cannot be bought, while the stock of a!! the other Factories in I ho State is held at nearly the sstno price, and as anxiously ssught for by capitalists. Why should it not be so with a Factory here ? As wa have said before, a town tax on. $20,000 at 7 per cent would bs $1,400 and in five years at most, the stock would find ready purchasers at say ?1 25 per share, or $25,000, an 1 the premium would then almost build a Town Hall and wipe out the bonded debt; or tho dividends from the Feetory stock, above the interest on the bonds, would more than pay the interest on the amount necessary to build tbe Hall. A rwl all it,at /.?* In,.,, ..a,.I.I V\ ft estate he in demand and command ita true value, and business of all kinds flourishing. Girt the town a Paattry first, and the ornamental Town Flail will suroly follow. Strictly Basnets." in the front, conveniences and luxuries come aurcly afterwards. if we had our will no railroad should be allowed to run its track across the street of any town or city?particularly across a main or business street. It is not only very annoying but very dangerous, in obstructing the street and frightening teams by the blowing of the engine whistle, the letting oil of steam and the shifting of cars, which we know are all necessary at railroad depots. The freight business of the S. U. & C, road is now so heavy that for the past week from three to four trains are either at the depot together, or unload and receive freiglu every evening at the depot, just about the time our citizens arc going home from businnau lailioa ah? wi.line* ?? i~ ? ? 1 v?| ?> ?<> vu> ilumg vi nnninj, nuu ttrr subject to the unconvenicncc of being stop- | ped by cars standing 011 the track crossing Main strcst. We do not intend to charge the railroad or its empl >yes with (any wrongdoing. They cannot well prevent the evil. The depot is too near Main street, and a long train of cars reach far below the street. All we ask is that when a train has to stop at the depot over five minutes, to receive or unload freight, the eirs he uncoupled and an opening, the full width of the street, he made for pedestrians and vehicles to pass without uticonveniencc or dangcr. Tin; Rising Savannah.?The Augusta correspondent of the A>? * ami Courier, under date of the 27th inst says ; The heavyrains that. Iiava fallen all this week are now telling on the Savannah River. The hank of the river haa been lined all day wlili spectators watching the steady rise of the threatening stream. At noon the river was 2o feet inches at the bridge, and was ri? ing at the rapid rate of'.* inches an hour. There is not much fear, however of a repetition of the September freshet. There is no communication bet ween Augusta and Ilam burg to-day ne the high river necessarily compels the ferry to lie tied tip. The rain slopped about I o'clock tins morning, but the day outside has boen disagreeable here. A high wind is blowing, and the sun came out about noon. The liver at t> o'c'ock this altcrnooii was 21 feet h inches, and at a standstill. > V: Krra 1 ""P 28.?Mud, mud, mad, is bU wa?Sk?NlVnd hear of, with b j fair prospect <Sf eootinaous wet wool her. , No outdoor tfbtkoen bo done, and b g<?i , deal of tb* short oovU^^yis in the field i jot. Mr. Goran Black, of the Home neighborhood, reports seme good farming for las' year: On one-fourth of an acre he made 60 gallons of molasses; he also made on Lis farm 125 bushels of oorn and fire bales of cotton weighing 6001bs each, with a male that weighs 626 lbs. Ro had to assist him two small boys, aged 10 and 12 yeard reape'e* tlrely. tie works what is known as the John Gtarj plaoe, on the bead waters of Gilky Creek. The wheat and oalr are spreading their green carpets over the field. It is probable that the warm spell has given them an opportunity to take root, that they may ba better prepared for freesing weather yet to come. Mrs "Vox is suffering with a "bealevy" finger; won't some kind old lady recommend obedildoeV She luw no confidence in Wizard oil. The children and oats, especially "jailer Tom," hare te stand around. His presenoe in the cook room and around tho table is no {WnAt needed, and to add to our domeslio ihfelioil^bld Red, Vlie'a outting up, and it takes the whole family, with Rose Ann thrown in, to do the milking. Our friend "Keys" is all right. We are no [ betting man, but will wager a pig to a pin <)er that he was raised by a good old mother, who took more pride in making her son aeeful than ornamental. "Keys," the girls have been reading and caucusing over that last piece you published in the Times. Some of them think (though they lieva't told us so) that a boy of that kind is a "bonanza" within himself. Wo have some good looking girls up here who might marry a good chance. They don't look upon those young fly-up-the-oreek, rsse-oil-hoaded, upper-lipbearded, shallow-brained fops as filling the bill. A man who will wash dishes, fry meat, make coffee, etc., will win every time. TKor r., t,ft fnnla in thairpnnra.1 assentation of that word. The Editor will make his roadars think Vat" ?-? ' 'mtifft," if >Ot ike "CUtfcdtit'' nan in this township He should remember that it takes somothing more than Judicial '"twarrin" and editorial blessing to set things right. Messrs. Cornwall, Jahn 11. Free, and Terry Estes gars us correct answers to the sheep question. Mr. Gault, of Kelton, is also correct?20 sheep is the answer. We will be glad if those answering will give full explanation of tha "whya" and "wherefores'* in I their solutians of any question. I find considerable interest is taken in them by I those who are fond of such amusements, and wo hope to kaop them interested. We give another and solicit answers, which, if correct, wo will acknowledge. A is 00 steps before B, and takes 9 steps to B's G; but 3 of B's steps aro equal to 7 of A's; how many steps will each tako to be together? Mr. A. G. Davis has just returned from a oanva&ing x^^i&^Lrxaaaas. lie reports our 8. C. friends as doing well. Mr. Geo. W. Estes, who went wost 5 year's ago, has a una plantation, paid for, ami has cotton unsold, for which lie is not needing the money. He owes nobody anything?is independent. Such mon as George Estes ars not often net with in Arkansas, or anywharo olse. Ha is a farmer and a werker. Wo need -a fow such lis lie is in this oountry. When he loft here Union county lost one of its best citizens. Vox. . The contract inadc by the Alliances I of the upper part of Union and a portion of Spartanburg counties, for supplies at o per cent advance on cost, for cash, seems very moderate profit for the merchant, rind would hardly pay for handling the goods; but the merohants of this town can "beat that all hollow," The prices at which they aie selling supplies, for cash, is more like swapping regular i.rnntfiffiioT>v. heard a few days ago of ono firm selling to some farmers 2,0001hs of bacon at the paltry advance of 6 cents on lOOlbs; for oash. If the Alliance can do better than that it GafFncy, let us know it, and we'll promise that our merchants wll go five cents bettor. And not only in bacon but in almost all other farmers supplies tho merchant* of Union have cut down cash prices to less than 5 per cent above cost And when yon buy lOOlbs you get lOOlbs, every time. A sufficient amount has been subscribed to the capital stock of the cotton factory at Winnsboro to warrant organization at once. For this purpose a meeting is called for January 31st, and as soon as the organization is perfected, work will be commenced at once. Over $30,000 has been subscribed ou ths books, and as some whs promissd to subscribe havo not yet done so, it is be'ievcd that by the time of the meeting this sum will be considerably increased. It required a subscription of $ir>(),0<H>, ever two years ago, to start a Cotton Factory at Union. It was that or no Factory, and tho outcome was "no Factory," a decrease in wealth, population aud basincss. Wo are a plodding, honest, stay-at-home. f*r-aeeing people in Union, anil we are all getting rich looking for "something to turn op." General Hrumsix Rbsi<;n?.?Charleston, S. 0.. Jan. 26.?There is crouble in iniiitary circlet* here. It is announced that General iluguenin hae resigaed his command of of the Fourth Brigade. The trouble, it is said, grew out of the Greenville Kncatupmont last Summer. It seems (hat the Ad. jutant Generals department has refused to pay certain expenses connected with the encampment of the brigade in Greenville after the order for payment had been countersigned at the brigade hendquarters. I.'OV..1. ? i?_ ?j. ?. -> --- -L. iuui in c uciu^ untuv iu [inicn up me mutter, but without sucooss so far. The resignation js in lb* hands of the Governor.? Qreetuillt jVwtk' A Town Out of Dnvr.?Tbo town of Chester dees not owe n dollar end has plenty of money in the treasury. A.debt has been hanging over Uie town for a long time, but it has recently been wiped out on. tirety. There is probably not another t >wn in the State entirely out of debt ?Bulletin, I Yes there is. The town of Union is in ] the samo sound condition, and a Town 1 i Mall, a Steam Fire Engine, E'cotric Lights J and other luxuries aud conveniences ure , dancing before tbo eyes of some of our , jccple. [ i Motet from Booming Blaoksbnrg. Mb. Editor.?Or last Wednesday morn, ng, between tbo hours of eleven nod twelve 'clock, .tbe soul of one of tbo brightest >upils in tbe Cherokee High Bebool took (4 flight to the Spirit Land. The deceased vas a "bright young girl, who bbd hardly massed tbe stage of childhood, being only hirteen years of age. She was at school >n Tbrsday, 17th, iust., apparently sound ind well; but was suddenly taken very III noil morning, and in fire days was no more, ller funeral wss preached at the Presbyterian Church on Thnrsday last, by Rot. Mr. Cook, and her remains, accompa nied%by the family, were carried to Yorkrille for interrftbnt. W? deeply sympnlhixo with the family iu this serious loss of one >f its members. We stated in our last ; communication that levernl parties were anxious to mako Illaokiburg their home, and this Is still the case, but their coming will be indefinitely delayed on account of there not being a vacant dwelling in tho plaoe. Those owning vacant lots here could not spend their money more judioiouely than by erecting upon them neat dwellings, which would soen pay for themselves in the way of rents. After being paid for, every dollar of rent would be clear money. A wreck occurred on the afternoon accommodation train of the Three C's. railroad tho other day, in which three box cars were thrown from the track, and badly damaged. The passcngors received no further iniurr than bointr sliehtlv bruised. The engiuo of the regular passenger jumped the track the next day, but no one was injured. Our worthy policeman, Mr. Adolphus Smith, came very near getting into a vary serious difficulty last Saturday at the Three C's depot. A negro whom ho wai about to arrest, boarded the train which wa3 just leaving, but scouring a firm grip upea his ankle, Mr. Smith sucoeeded in pulling him from the car. He was surrounded in a few minutes by sevon or eight negraes with drawn spades, picks, etc., but on coolly placing the muzzle of his pistol in several f their faces, soon dispersed tho rioters. Tt?? South Carolina Railway Co. now has oontrol of that division of tho Throe C's. betweeu Camden and Blacksburg. and will locate, so we are informed, a branch of their railroad shops at this place about the first of next month. They will open with a lorce of about fifty hands. Capt. Kamscur and his corps, who have been encamped hero for the past two months will leave in a few days for Camden to survey the Three C's route from the latter place to Charleston, via Florence. This flourishing place will then be connected with Charleston by two first-class roads, the Three C's. and Atlantic Crast Line. Col. John L. Black, who is working the iron mines near here, shipped eighty tons of tho ore this week to Stoolton. a menu facturiug point, abhut four miles from Harrisburg, Pa. He is a'.so shipping to Pulaski, Tcnn. Tlie surfacing of tho Three C't R. Rbetween Hickory Grove and Bltoksburg was finished through to the latter place last Muuday: and the schedule has since been arranged so as to make conneotion with ths Air Line, both ways. The southbound passenger on the Air Line arrives here at '2.HO and tlie northbound at d.oG P. M. Two accommodation trains leave daily for Camden?ono at 7 A. M , and the other at 6 o'clock, P. M. The regular passenger leaves nt 12 08 P. M. The general appearance of Mam Street has been much improved recently, by ths complstlou of Dr. Mack's two brick storerooms. One of them is now occupied hj Mr. R. A. Westbrook, a dry goods merchant, and a bar and billiard saloon ii kept in the other. lllacksburg will open her third barroom on Monday. The weather ha9 been very inclemen here for the past two or three days and if r - ?ho thermoasstsr having indi cated summer heat sne day this week. M. tfteasrrh Troti.?Philadelphia, Pa. January *27.?The wreck of the famous clip per ship Merrioiaa, which went down on the New Jersey coast twenty-oue yaars ago, has been discovered near Towneend's inlet, by Somers Point wreckere, after years ol search and the expenditure of large sumi of money by many different companies and private individvals. The Merritnac was one of the old time liners, ami cleared from Liverpool in March, 18G7, for Philadelphia, consigned to Peter Wright & Sons. Tin cargo consists mostly of silver bars, 7.inc nnd other metals which water does not cerrode. Its value is plaoed at $150,000, and th? wreckers will endeavor to recover the inetal next snmmer. ?. An Unprovoked Assxt Rock Hill, January G.?News reached this place early this moraing of a horrible crime committed at Catawba Junction, nine miles from this place. Last night betwoen 10 and 11 o'clock Mr. >V. C. Abernathy, a prominent citizen and merchant of this place, whilo in his etore was struck on the head by so.ne one _v. _ 1 1. ? I -- nuu uhuuivcii mni rcnseiess, fracturing, his skull. Upon partially paining consciousness he managed to reach his residence, thirty ynrds distant, falling upon the}pia/ja insensible, where he was found hJ his wife. Suspicion rested on a nsgro, ''baric* Sack, who has been arrested and lodged in jail. The wounded man's condition is considorcd critical, and his physicians hare little hopes of his recovery, lie has never regained consciousness. The oxcitement is intense.?Sunday News. - . Veiit Good nn OaFfNir.?Qaffney, S.C., Jan. lit',.?Our town ia enjoying an unusual rush of freight business just now; owing to the Farmers Alliance taking tho reins in their own hands and ordering their goods by the carload. There seems to be a disposition on their part to do away with the old time style of doing business, and to take the matter in their own hands. I learn that they hare appointed Carroll k Carpenter their agents for this portion of Kpartanhurg and the upper portion of Union county, which represents about fifteen lodges and about 700 members.?Cor. O'reenville News. Disbasi A mono tiib llos*r?.?Laurens, Jan. '21.?The disease commonly called ' blind staggers" st ems to be quite prevalent in this community. Col. II. V. Simp son has lost three horses within the last month, two of them being blooded colts, a beautiful three-year old dy ng yesterday, l'he cause of the disease in this particular ;ase seems to have been the 'feeding of in fcxior corn. ? ? . ?? ? Nnri from 16>8 S*palia, Jan. 1?(. 1889. M?. Editor: Tbt old year bu. pasted, Christmas time* are aver, and it if time we ahoaM Lave formed bow pleas for 1889 and begin operations to exeoute (hem. It makes no ditfrrence as to our calling or our profession, whether we be Merchants, Lawyers, Doctors, Preachers, Farmers, or what not, we can never sucoed in any business anises, we give it eur time and talent. If we would know and protect our interest we must study our business. Doctors shoald not use their practice to oppress any class. Lawyers cannot afford to waste their lime and talent in hammering down any other profession, and what would be worse for the meiohant to ase the means in bis power to oppress and hsld down those who favor him with their patronage and tor the Farmer to try to pull down those of other callings would be equally as bad. As a matter of course, all these different occupations or professions are dependent on each other for support. For instance, the farmers a ust, sometimes, of necessity employ a lawyer or a Doctor, very often a merchant, and some few times, on Thursdays, a preacher is needed, and he is always willing to aocommodate if he does get badly scared now and then. Mr. Editor, there is an erroneous idea among some people in this eountry in regard to the Alliance movement?that of organizing to break down the merchants. Let us correct it by saying tho Alliance was only organized for self protection; and let me say further, if there arc anj of this class of people who expect the Alliance to feed and clothe thorn, pay their washing bills, drive their pleasure carriages te their door, etc., they have made a miscalculation and must get on another traio; and may we always be on hand to flag down any train that may endanger a safe passage of the much talkod of Alliance. One other thought in regard to the Farmors movement: It is high time wo were I laying aside "beok-farmiog" or newspaperfarming, theorizing er guessing and reasoning out plans for othor people to follow. Instead of these, select from others experieneo suoh as will best suit our oaso and go to experimenting on our own hook, not try to catch eomo ones theory carry it out to the letter and fail, probably on account of the kind ef land, kind of seed or something else, then find the promised big increase is# a failure and blame the plan. We must exercise just a little ccmmon sense efour own if it is net as sharp as some, and wo will be better oil and wiser too. Fer fear of being misunderstood we say, 'strivo to learn from all things" and not confine ourselves entirely to theories in agricultural journals. Toll Vox, in answer to his question in your issue of the 18th, we think the number of sueep bought with the $100 was 20. 10. 2. News aronnd Helton* Kei.tom, Jan. 28.?News is scarce in this vicinity, llain, rain, rain, has been the order of the day with us, and has prevented the picking of tho cotton left in the field, and many farmers have therehy been us able ts Kelt their obligations as they would have done. Many #f the farmers who did not finish eowing wheat before the holidays have done so since, but some have not finished jci. I think, with the right kind of energy, every farmer could get in his wheat in November and December. Oats sowed Inst Fall aro looking fine. My ' i>art. of hia oat crop in the Fall, and if they get "winter killed" he can sow again in the Spring. It gets the land in better fix for Spring sowing. So far, in this section, it 1 has been bo wet that but few have been ! sowed yet. I would suggest that cotton seed is the very best manure for Spr:ng eats, and is worth more than 15 cents a ' bushel so used. Orts is the most profitable ' crop we can cultivate. After they "come " off," a erop of peas eon bo made on the same land, and the land will be improved and in better conditiou for any crop than before. I am glad to learn that the farmers are making more manure at home than ever before, This change for the better is because commercial fertilizers uro higher than last year. From what I bear there will not be much commcroial fertilizers used around Kelton this year, i My experience in farming is that 10 acres i of land, well prepared, with the tamo amount of manure, will produce as much J aa twenty acrts under the prescul way of cultivation. You have less land t? go over, i and you would have more time to work other crops, ditch, or de other work. The Alliance is in good working order at Kelton. They number TO er 80. They have been getting bids for supplies from the merchants. They will do good for themselves and othore. Wo have goed men in I it, and I hope they will impress upon the I members that economy must begin at home, 1 for we care not how good a farmer a man may be, if he is extravagant, idle, careless about keeping his credit up and inditrereut about paying his honust dobts, the Alliance will de him but little good. It won't feed and clothe him sad his family, that's certain. aad while it may help him to get his supplies a little cheaper, it wilt net pay for thorn, Mr. A. A. (lault has been appointed Trial Justice for I'inckney Township, in place of 1). 1). Fraa, resigned* J, T. A. Sai> Stout or an Ki.oit.mf.st.?Rich- j niopd Va., Jan U'.t.?James Rountree of j Manchester, received a telegram front Ham- ! ilton, Canada, where his brother Willie, who eloped recently with Minnie Griflin, one of Richmond's handsomest girls, is (lying of pneumonia, lie had to sell his winter clothing to buy food for himself and wife.? World. . ? A not ii Kit RAil.nn.ao Horror.?San Antonio. Texn?. Jan '20.?News has reached here of a terrible accident to the west-bound passenger train on the Southern Pacific yesterday afternoon, near l'lum creek bridge. I A freignt train had been derailed, and iho passenger train wliijh had stopped to ren- j der assistance was run into by a heavy i freight train. A wrecking train with pliy- I sicmns was sent on from here last night. The number of casualties are not yet known.? 1 World. A. E. Sin.nn oi. ot Camden, youngest son the late Col. ?V. M. Shannon, died sud- I diDljnn Catndenjon Friday, of heart failure. I ? ? " <jm Failures in Farming?Tfca Fertilizer lrust Mr. Ibitor. It has been suggested by oqe ot four correspondents, Joe, of Hirer aids, that we all ought to tell of our failures in fitruiiug. as woil a* our nvfleesscs etc., to serve as a beacon light to others. I am of his opinion. If we tell of our failures and the causes of them, we might enable some oilier poor plodding farmer (o eteer olenr of where wo made our mistake; and profit thereby, without themselves having to paj for the experiment. Experience is a dear school, and sometimes ono has te pay dearly for a single lesson, I know that I ha ve, and 1 thought I would tell somo causes cf failures which have ooourred in this section , believing that these reverses tho last three yearn, have brought farmers to a stand. In the first place, we did net, lust year, plant early enough. but that could not well be avoided, when the spring was so wot. This year we hope will bo different. 1 have found that early planted cotton, but not too scon?for there are extremes in everything?is the bost every time. It yields more good white,octton th*nthe late planted and not near so wuoh yellow faulty cotton. And it gives one a chance to get it picked out, and "chores" done hof ore Christmas. Another cause of tbo failure, was an insufficiency of hoc hands. Wo depended too much on fickle day lubor, and then could not get it when the crop needed it' That gave the grass a ohance to get a start and "choke" the cotton, and when it was hoed, it was out and flashed and tho roots dug out of the ground and left to scorch in tho parching sun for several days until the plaw could get around to put dirt to it. That kiud of work caused a quantity of it to die out, and tho grass being so largo and well rooted, some of the cotton was pulled up with it, and so much cut up by tho hoehands, in order to make time; leaving on an average only about a third of a stand. I do believe there were some fields with only a fifth of a stand on them. And then farmers expected to make a full crop on baud' with such stands. The cold wet spring mfso caused cotton to die out sonic, but tho greater cause.was in the working. If a farmer could have bauds to put the crop in early, they could havo it lined out early, before the grass gets large. Hut sometimes a farmer is compelled to pick up day hands here and there, to hoe, for they cannot nl.ways igct them for a wholo year.' They ??rn* Ia nwAi-lr bKaii! m sn lliflv run nnif. work and run about whenever they get tired without having lost time charged to them. You may think * * However much he inay he lazy, You'll shame him to a sense of rc.v?a. before he quits your chamber door ? "Sir, you say, hare you no feeling? Do you mean to live by>stcaling? Or by werk and honest dealing? Tell me, tell me, I implore: Will you over work for wages, ca mankind have done before? Quoth the nigger nevermore. Such cases em be remedied somewhat, by planting a smaller acreage of cotton, and then ifit must be hoed by day labor it can be hoed over earlier, and plowed oftcuer, which will cause it to grow faster anil put on more fruit, and make as much on the smaller acreage, as on the larger, with less expense and worry. 1 know 1 cuu make more on fifteen acres of cotton per plow, than I can on twenty, counting in the extra labor it takes the extra five aorce, and the buying of the corn that could he made on thcin, with half the work it takes to make tho cotton, and then buying bacon the corn would help to make. It would he better to plant only tea aeres in cotton to tho horse, and raise corn, oats, ruughness, uiolasscs and peas, to help make pork cuough, and some to spars, and only have to buy sugar and coffee and have the cotton as reserve than to plant twenty acres in cotton, and make a HBii crop, ami 10 nine corn mat 11 gen out by February, and then take the halt crop, of cotton to buy corn an'l bacon, and borrow money to buy sugar and coffee and to hare the crops worked. As for our corn crop; that on the bottoms was destroyed by lite freshets, which no no could help, but the upland coin was neglceted and lost, in order to pet into the bottoms before it was too late, consequently, all wan lost; and now the cry is everywhere, "hard times" "Tie the sigh that is wafted across tho troubled waves, Tis the wail that is heard from the shore, Tis a dirga that is murmured upon the lowly farm, * Oh, hard times, come attain no more." 1 have feund out another thing in regard to farming, that, might tie of benefit to others. That is, when one p'ants early corn it will not do to put off working it, but it should be worked rapidly. It will not wait. The earlier the variety, the earlier and oftcnor the work. One cause of tho failure of our upland corn was, that it was not worked fast enough. Now what makes the times seem still liar- > der to sotne, is the advance in ilits price of * fertilizers, which will take a good ninny hard earned dollars out of their pockets, for they seem to think that they night as well try to live on corncob soup in January, as to try to make a cotton crop without o tnmercial fertilizers. It seems as if number "trust" has been formed. And it seems as if the moneyed men have taken a spite at the poor farmers, ami are now jutting ail the cztra weight they can bring to ''ear 11 Don IIS \r?? r.?l? <1 : - -t ~?v "Iiv .? "g'-'K "? tighten tho screws on us, but a's i to |>ui on jam nuts, to provcul us, if !> ? >m >1 \ tVoui jarring them loose, so that we tuny bo able to run off the single ones. 1 suppose tliey iliink us only slaves; but the larger portion of the farmers can say ; "Though poverty daily loiks in a' our doors, We may be hungry, footsore and ill, We can look the wiiclo world in the face aud say, If we're poor, we're gentlemen still," Much as we hate Trusts, we regret very much that the price of guano wa< not raised tut of our reach last season, 1 would havo been much butter oil', for it di I nil pay mo last year, nor any one else in tins cectien. I ain not writing this in opppsi'iou to the uso of commercial fertilizers; for 1 believe they will pay, if preperly manage I, ;n giving tho cottcn a vigorous start; hurrying it out of the way of being covered u with the plows. 1 think a large quant ty pi) bettor B than a small aoieuut, if ilie er >p is work val out early, lint if the crops are walked like 1 havo already said they were la-t year in this vicinity, no amount v.ill pay, not veil stable manure, for it scaiccly | aid for I ll <% wnvlrii..' 11 " ' .?K?iMio-i 01 l"? iia'ViSimg ami ginning. 1 don't care how much it wdl pay this year. I don't expect to me 't at an advanced prico. Four or five <l <) an p -r ton. is too much, when it is no better than it ii lk-fore I give the Trust men iIt .i tivo dollars, that they don't need near so lunch i>s I do. only to satisfy their insatiate greed. I will give it to ilte heathen, to helpc invert them, but not the men who constitute the linst; for no amount of money, u-u- ed ii i'ioii, nor contact wiih decent pe?|i!o, will ever convert a human hog into a man. <>! - ten are the tiust.s composed. lint we won't kick up too h'.g a t'o-s, f. r it may evenlually prove a hles^in :. ?\ making* us depend more on li one mn i lc Ii.j anda more judicious i tat-nn < f , r p--. l> v keep up the t'enilny of ine land. I .out grieving over this guano trust my? ;Imi I am thinking ahout tii? >? /?? /./ leihns thai can I piissiblii ilo without it. I think the far* iners could do without it oi.o year, or at most, with one-half the u?ual am unt. L. W. J.