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~ j Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, jKjm^ JeBMk XX. NEW SERIES , - - * -' *- l?? Economy.' Pottjifc Literature. Politics and the Current News of the Day. 1 \ ... , . . i i i . .. .I. \ UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 5, 1889- NUMBER 2 7. A FASHION ABLE FAD. BT 11UIIT AUKOLD. There's a slung stylo of talking in vogua nawtv- i day, , And wo ro liuilcd on tho street with a boisterous "Kay I" In a voice that crates liard on a sensitive oar | And ia awfully rough and unpleasant to hoar; Like a tough Iroiu the slums tho society dude 1 Freely uses expressions decidedly rude, I And excuses huns. If after manner most sad? , "O, bit's lituglisb, v' know, han' ha falishonablo fad.' " I When in England nn actress appears on tho stage f With some new-fangled costumo that coon is | tho rage To America, also, tho fashion makes way, 1 Wlicro 'tiB (iniekly adopted as strictly <iu fail; And our Madamo ha Oodllsh is out, tlrst of all, On the street ill a costuiuo that's made for a , halt; t In defonso of her taBto, which is shockingly j had, 8bo savs, "ilinglioh, y' know, han' ha fahshon? -d ablo fad." ..? \ K Jfow. tho latest of Bnr^y-rftuo,! ^ ftftCSimtnidnririT'fwiicCl^xSh flugor-nills gihl; l.iko tho Hindoo idolater, Boon we'll bow down, And our 1 resident olTor a sooptcr and crown. < So to ho liko "Hold lliiiglnud" as near as wo 1 can? For 'tin shameful to bo a poor fatherless clan, ? With no idiot peerage or even a ciul "Hits not Hingll-.il, y' know, hnu' ha fahshon- 8 able fad." 'J ?Arkaixtaw Traveler. 9 A MODERN ' L MAGDALEN. I Y K Z?K M. C. FARLEY. J y CII.VPTEH X?Coniinvbd. ~ t-?"Jlie truth is," sayg the Captain ? qu ctly, "that I am not the obditrato J one. You should bring your arguments to bear upon Loo herself. I liavou dim ,r recolloetion of n sccuo that was enacted , lioro shortly aft"r Miss Loo's arrival. Sho?why, sho tlirow me over as coolly ? you please." "Not l oo?' Madam grasps tlio arms of hor couch bi and stares hard at Ifa/ard as ho makes his eonfossion, intense astonislunont depleted on her withered face. tl "J.oo!" ro]>eats tho Captain sulkily. "l)ut I believo sho a as prejudiced ti against mo before she came. Some h gossip had told her that I was a (lirfc. ni And alio swallowed tlio tale without is making a grain of allowanco for anything." b1 "You arc a flirt," Madam says so- is vcroly. h "Oneo, But- not now," protests llio Captain. h< "Perhaps I had bottor boo Mr. Toby," says Madam. es Toby is her lawyer. cc "Do boo Toby, by all moans," says 01 Hazard. "And I hope you'll boo Loo, h< Madam nods lier hoad solely. Hoc eyes twinklo with merriment, and ahe elie finally lungba. "The iuoa, Hazard, of that little gh$ W Buying no to yon. Why, Tve a better L< opinion, of hor now tjjuui over I had "*"Not I.oo?" rh boforo. It will bo safo enough for mo to leave her a littlo money now. Safo fai enough, to bo stiro." j,0 Tlio Captain waits a long time ero ho ce breaks tlio silcneo. Finally ho says: "Aunt, will you wolcomo ISIiss Fa- jj, fargo, should alio eonsont to como to 8U llywater permanently ?" vj| Madam Dundas did not roply atonco. A frown gathered upon her brow, and sho turned away. But lior angor was momentary. I'rosontly alio smiles aga n at her favorito, saying, "I will welcome anybody you cliooso. All I ask is that you will do nothing hasty. Tako tinn enough. And- and, don't ho quite dis- J couragcd; try your chances again with x I.oo. I prof or I .oo to any other, as C mistress of By water l'ark when I am < gouo." \ St CIlAPTIiU Xt. x THE I.1I.ACS ARE IN EUI.1.1JI.OOM. j W HKltlO, attired in ft simple Wsj IfV white gown, with lior dark jp li' ' '"l'r fnllinpf on lior neck, W( . I oo pacoa the long walk j.^, under the lilac trees, her Q( f"* cheeks red, and her oyes j L shining. ' * nV <7 From a gardon boneli : ^ hard l?y tho Captain watclios her curi- I r... I onsly. I on "los," Too suddenly bursts out, I (|n snapping her fingers in tho Captain's ; ju, direction, with a disdainful air. "Yes, | co 1 undcrsinndyou, Captain Hazard. But ' ju| k tho truth is?you do not mean what j co you n.'o saying. A greater flirt never ; lived than you are. I warn you not to i P81 prnotico any arts upon me." ,|e "I won't try to practice any arts upon I fr< Lyon, inv dear," ways tho Captain la/.ily. fr( "But don't yen think?ho frank, and (jj own tho truth- that it will bo hotter all j0| uroujpl for you and T to consent to please Aunt I 'uudas in tliis, her latest j 0]( wliim-?" i .,] ' Not if lhat whim means marriage," ' rj( crios i.oo passionately. i |)V "Marriage with me?" asks Hazard. 1 jj0 "Or anvl.ody, "sho maintains stoutly. ! "Am I a beast, that I should bo bought t0 C or sold at a moment's noticoV" ! ftn "Yon wouldn't object to marrying if JjittloHclu were substituted in my n? place," ventures thd Captain, a red I fttl flame of wrath burning up in his palo 1 tt|, checks. That popinjay receives at- i tontions from you that aro withhold ' co from docenter men than ho cvor was, I cx or ovor will bo." j c<j rJTio Captain speaks with ljoart; bo is I co ovidont'y moro in earnest tlian alio lias seen him during their acquaintance. Perhaps?Loo'b heart trembles. She is only a girl, and the Captain, in some things, is tho realization of her ideal. Perhaps?but 1 oo crushes down tho thought. It is only a question of r.elllsh intorest which prompts him t > offer himself a sacrilieo on tho matrimonial altar. A feeling of soltish interest, or?1 oo cringes and grows tot with auger as this idea presents it?olf?or an unmanly curios ty to win in ibis way somo Qvidbnce from her of rer real opinion'of him. 1 oo bel eves tho latter to l>o tho case. Bho pausos, twirls a curious old ting .Iiat Madam lias givon her round and Ottfld upon her liugor, thou slio draws lerself up utillly and inarches past tho vary Captain. '"Don't talk of matrimony," says sho. The subject is tiresomo." Ho catches at lior gown as she goes >y, and forces lior to stop. "Tho subject is taboood from now on ma torovor more," bo laugh*. "lint top, AJiss 1 oo, let me sco your jowelry. flint is Madam's ring, as I'm a sinner. ' >ho has takon a wonderful liking to ou, or alio nevor would have given yon 1 hat." i Sho waits, whilo he, making a pro onsu of examining tho emerald upon ' or linger, holds her hand. "If you must give it such eloso atten- ? ion, i will remove it," says boo. im- t ationtly taking the ring from hor lln- 1 or oh sho speaks. "It is u stono you lust have soen many times, as Madam ' aid mo sho had worn it liorsolf for 1 cars. ' "Yes," admits Hazard, flashing tho 1 morald in tho sun, and admiring its lianging eolor. "I've ofton soon it efore." S I.oo waits for h'm to roturn the ring, ho Captain evidently moans to take is time about it, for ho turns it about 1 lowly, finally slipping it upon the lito linger of his own hand. "If you 1 en't mind, I'll wear it awhile myseli, iys ho coolly. n "Wear it yourself!" I.oo gasps in E ttcr astonishment, gazing blunkly at 10 Captain. H "Yes. And you shall wear mine in ro- c irn," pulling off a diamond that has mg been tho socret admiration of his j itonishod companion. "Evou oxehango no robbery." ? This ho says gayly, as tho diamond H ides upon her white linger, and thoro j] so curious a look in his eyes that p oo blushes, catches her breath, and ^ ;ain fools that strange flutter about ar heart. ? Bl\,o has no time, however, to oithor w tpostn'ato with tho Captain upon his j >ol method of settling matters to hts ^ vn satisfaction, or to scold horse!f for ;r part in the transaction, for the maid c this moment approaches them with ], message from ^Indiiai 'r_ _ 8he -walks in silence l>y tho Captain's ie. aa they at cnt Tor tU L )use. If itwerS not for Miss Lafftrge, oc would almost believe-5 * Never rnhid. Sh? drons her eyes to e ground?" will bolievo ns little possible, and itnAgine nothing at all. Madum is sitting in tho big drawing- l om, and hero thdy liud lior. 1 "What do yon think, Captain," cries I adam Dundas, casting a sharp glance ton tho pair as they approach her iair. "I liavo mado up my mind to / vo r.oo n party, and to thus introduco ir into socioty." ^ "lly nil means," assents Hazard, fc ho vorv'thing. Young ladies adoro a-ties. Miss l.oo will bo no o\cop- g >* to tlio rulo." ^ "l ot us nmko out u list of those wo ' ill invito." C I.oo fetches lior writing-dosk, ami o Captain begins to call oil'the names \, tlioso whom lie considers o'igiblo. "I.ot us begin with .lack J.ittletiold," ys Hazard, gravoly. " I feol certain at ho at least of all tlio guests, will ^ ' vory wolcomo." Madam jots down a list of names j? rself. T oo wants to hear that of her ,'al addod to the number. It comes, ' it last of all. J* "f suppose wo must not omit tlio Large," Madam says nbsontly. "I mot r whilo driving tlio other day. She is V rtainly vory handsome." "Yes," I.oo says. "To insuro Captain . izard's happiness for tlio evening, bo re and send Miss i.afargo an in* tation." Il( CHAPTER XIL I.OO'S VISITOR. fOlt some cause, only ^ known to horself, Madam , Dundus was curiously lax k in tlio payment of tlio lit- .. tie salary she had promised Bolton for his (faugh- 111 tor's services. If Madam suspected that Mr. Hoiy C^uj2> ton's supply of broad and A $ butter depended entirely on that promised stipend, s< iiich so far remained an unknown J'.1 lantity, lior nephew could not guess. ll .it tlio fact remained that tlio wcoks jut by with no Hign of the allowaneo I 81 i hail expected, anil now was in need having. ! M Mr. Jfolton, urged into action by his caning necessities - necessities which 511 not too indulgent landlady novel* _ iled in giving him periodical remind- w a of?made up his mind to visit his lighter, and to lay his caso boforo r. llo did not determino upon this m urso of action, however, until ho d exhausted all milder methods at his 111 nnnnnd. I As tho weeks rolled by and his host- J'1 s bccarno more importunnto in her J" mauds for ready cash, l.oo received, am time to t'.mo, very urgent lettors >m the solitary lodger in Mrs. Me- " illieuddy's third-floor back bedroom, 1' tters in which his precarious position w is plainly statod, and his wants most jquently urged. Tho poor girl w.is accd in a dreadful dilemma. Sho was lily clothed, and haiulsomly housed; m it net a cent of money had us yet st mid its way into her hands. * er Therefore, slio was quite as unable hi render hor father pecuniary assist- is co as slio cvor had boon, and worso In an all, as tinio wont on sho disliked E >ro and moro to ca'l Madam Ihindas' gi tention to the fact of hor unaccount- "< lc remissness in tiio matter of monoy. oi Madam had given hor handsome nnd fr stly gowns besides many presents of oi pensivo jewelry. Nothing l.oo r.ocd- in for her own porsonal adornment or pi mfort wm wanting, Madam's quiclf di eyes had at once porooived tlio girl' needs, and a generous purse had suj plied them. The Biiject of money had never booi so much aa h'uted at by Madnm, an though I no wn3 fully aware of who hor father's wants must be by this time she could not bring herself to ask he aunt for money. Moreover, tho undei standing in tlio first, place had bee: that Loo was to rcceivono monoy. Th salary was to be paid to Bolton himself not to his daughter. Having made up his mind to vied Loo, Mr. Bolton at onco pro ocdod t< carry his determination into eflect. Hi was too wise, liowover, to nut on a bolt flout, and march up the entrance t< By water l'ark and .demand an in to; view with 1 oo. Tq do ihis?%tts t<Willi both himself and his daughter forovei with Madam 1 uudus. But none tht less was he determined upon having tho monoy Mndnm had agreed upor giving him. This being tho roKfl, Mr Bolton at onco departed upon his jour noy to Bywator Bark, first sending i lino to Loo, notifying hor of his iuton tion and giving tho date of his arrival. Mr. ltolton did not ftt or.co proceoc to tho park; but, stopping at a little inn far removed from Bvwator, sent o lino to his dnughter, bidding hor meel liim undor tho trees in tho ovoning. Loo's hourt quaked when sho vojeived this mossago. Who was afraid tc ;o to hor father, yet bocauso Bolton ivas her father sho could not refuse. It ivas enrlv twilight when sho finally loft ho house to kcop her appointment unlor tho trcos. Jlo was already waiting 'or hor when sho appeared upon the iceno. "You aro wonderfully improved, [iOO," ho says, after tho tirst hurried lalutations aro ovor with. "Bywator ?ark must agreo with you." "Yes," Loo says, abruptly. "I think t docs. But you " "I am 110 worso at least," I10 says, villi n bitter smile; "hut hush! 1 hoar roi os." Thoy listen. Only tho low chirp of > nightbird in its nest breaks tho dewy tillnoss. "I must have boon mistaken," Bolto 1 poaks with ovidont relief. "Loo, what an you do for me, anything?'' "1 wroto you that I had not a cent in I10 world." "I know it," Bolton speaks harshly. What a skinflint your old aunt is to bo nro. Loo, I feel certain sho suspocts iow gront my poverty is, and is witlilolding tho beggarly salary expressly o pumsli mo." This sumo id on. has boon ill T.oo's liml so long that it is n conviction, iho resents tli s uso of her power by ladnmo Duudus, but slio is powerless o prevent it. . "It will no vox tip Jo* mo to press my laims for tho s?Iftr?^v_suv&' 13plto4 M ist. ''>1 ad;ui/mignt off ji iiiliaf f in| that would never do. ioo, ouk't^yomBporo me a bit of that ^Taking a of ^cxamini??/ the emerald. iwelry which f sco loaded up on your ngcrs? I might pawn it until such me US Jour mint. uliunuos to come down itli I ho cash; thon it would bo roirnod." Loo glancos at her fingors. It is tho nptuin's diamond that has takon lior ithor's eyo. "Not this," sho says hurriedly, "tho iamond is not mine." "Whoso is it, if not yours? Loo's head droops as sho replies: Captain 11 azard's." Bolton looked quizzically at his tiugkter's red faco. Then ho laughed, light scorned to break upon him. "Your aunt is a schemer. l)o you now sho has made liaztrd her heir?" "I do know it. tSho told mo herself, lat 1 might build no castles in tho air, or have any great expectations." "1 hope you expect to bo Mrs. Capon Hazard, Loo." Sho turns pale. "Don't jest. I oxpoet nothing of tho >rt. Captain lla.ard is barely civil to io. llis heart turns in another dirocon entirely." "Ah! Hut to go hack again to tho ibjoct of tho trinket. Do you think ou will l>o ahlo to part with any of our possessions for a short time? oally 1 am at tho end of my credit, ml there is no cash in my oxche (tier, hopo you understand tho necessity liich compels mo to this course." "Yes," Loo says sadly, "1 do." "And I may depond upon your assistno?" "1 will do all that I can If you will icet mo hero on Tuesday evening, I ill givo you something to pawn--a icket Aunt Dundas gave mo on my iruiuay. nit it must i?o returned at 10 earliest possible moment.'' "The bauble shall eomo back to you ith the very lirst installment of money [adaro I >undas sends mo," says L'olton, ith much earnestness. [I'O HE CONTINUED] A coniiKSPONDiWT wlio has spent any years in the wilds of the Caspian eppes, inclines to tho opinion that tho dor, not only of onr whito and black, it even of tho common "bay" hroso, a result of artificial selection. The 10 of his wild relatives in Asia and astern Europe varies from gray to a nyish brown one might deseribo as leer color." Jllack horses aro seen lly among herds mixed with runaways om the farming districts, and white res aro horn now and then (about once 'a thousand timos) by the same ca ice of nature which occasionally pii> 1003 white crows and white squirrels, s THE NEWS, IJ a Stephen Winchester Dana Jackson, who d hos boon connected with many of tho Puna- Mo d ma Canal schemes, diod at Newton, Mass. >, Lizzie Lind, of Kansas City, Mo., aftoi* I r a quarrel with her husband, saturated her clothing with coal oil, applied a match, and ^ ll was burned to (loath. Wind and lightning CJ P h ire boon playing havoc In Indiana, Illinois ? and Iowa. Heavy rains have caused tho Upper Itod IliTer, Ark., to flood Van Baron county, and ono man lost his wife and seven 0 children. A two-story wooden tenement ^ In Boston fell; two poroons were killei aiul yurJ 3 several Injured. The Johnstown phyfci* hnrn . cipns now estimate that jt^_thog?.*r * aSr, f Wjrtl mi lh Iho Joo!?--^Oasn.^ jgJJ P of tho defunct Farmers and Meufcar. ICank ? 3 oi riitsburg, was sentence 1 to six years In "j*ncrt ? the Penitentiary for embeasletntmt. -?Nlch* ^hoi i olas Foley, of Elgin, Neb., who murdered ^ow . Mr1. Fomeroy Clark, was taken from tlio potr - sberiir and lynclio I.?-Kato dlynbock, of pauj i Ht. Paul, Mian-, poured gasoline into tho aver " tank of a lighted gasoline store being used jIo l>y herself and Kate Itynsoxo while ironing VVesI ' at a hotel In that city, and both girls were dam* s fatally burned. Tho two hundred and ?>ighi ' Qftcenth anniversary of the establishment of cotto tho IIrst public school in the United States wort was celebrated at Dorchester, Mass. Hen- In ( jamin Morgan, a farmer of Antrim town- tioi/' ( ship, Franklin couuty, Pa., was Btruck by pnroi ; lightning and instantly killed while plowing marl* ; on his farm. four blocks of frame build- 'bmi . ,ngs,iri tho town of Vancouver, W. T., woro ; destroyod by flro. Ixiases $70,000. Kd- and" ? ward Robertson has been appointed com- in ai misslonor of labor statistics in West- Virginia. William Ilonn, a farmer of Shenandoah ened, county shot his wife and committed suicide. U H. 8. Salvant and C. J. Ijo Breton, mid die ago<l men, woro nrrvs'.od in Now Orleans for lighting a duel in tho city park. Ori While temporarily insnno, Mrs. O. B. Heck- roads bam, of Sterling, Kansas, killed her child o/g j and committed suicide. Two young men the b and two young women in a rowboat on tho cent i Schuylkill wero swept over tho Fuirmount 'ml)ri dam and all woro drowned. A new insect ttu'g1, is doing serious damage to the growing Tlx wheat in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. bread Frank Pilington, book-koopor for A. F. Sifaeth, furuiture dealer of Newark, N. J., the st lias disappeared with $15,000 of bis ouiploycr's meut money. very E islia Packer, aged sovonty yen re, nephew ? oj tho lata Judge Ami Packer, of Pennsyl- has st vania, died suddenly in Now York city.?? and I A passenger train on the Pan Handle Hood hai ^ was wrecked near Stoulnrnville, Ohio, and {^jjC' two persons instantly killed and eight in- urodt lured. Tho remains of John Soner, the lower first Governor of Tennessee, which rested in 'Alabama for seventy-four years, were yes- owing terday reluterred ia Knoxville. Princ.v ForoiJ tpn College conferred the do g vjfiL? ~fcrh- D. 'lTe\ I ITesldootu Jag on the Delaware. T?>'f echooner that came to their aMi^anej. the young woman fell ovorboafa 4tond was p9 pr< drownetl. W. A. Collifer, nreMton, Cbll* as one ton county. Ala., shot and killed his son-in- cu!^ law, Philip Grohan. Three hundred delegates to the Worlil's Sunday School Con- mand ventiou, to be hold in I?ndon, sailed from 8)^c. Now York. Tho freight buildings of tlio New York Central ltntlrond at Buiralo, goods wore burned. A second attempt was made stronj on tho Cincinnati, Wnbash ami Michigan wool more rond near Wabash, Ind., to wreck a train. Raw Tho Michigan legislature lias pavsed a doolii' local option bill. The Chicago, Milwaukoo Ttu jnd St. Paul Roilroid O.nimny has made to the Unlte?l States Trust Company of New York n mortgage for one hundred and flfty last vr millions, for tlio purpose of taking up all 'nst* other indebtedness of the rond at a lower fa/jur rate of interest and to Iny additional double Domi tracks and make other necessary improvements. Martin Burke alios Delnnoy has been indicted ns ono of the conspirators in the murder of Dr. Cre*''" Xir-~'.~"? ii>u<|ii-iijro leeislat """ ^^ was declared elected United States senator. I"' The Amalgamated Association of Iron ' and Steel Workers has admitted the holt mitto makers. Twenty buildings were burned brou> at Nashville, Ark. I^oss, $'jn,000. Hardy '?urd Hamilton was hanged at Itonio, Ua., for the murder of a Chinaman. Captain Stevens, 011 of tlie Allen lino steamer reruvian, died ou ^ as^ 'he voyage from Baltimore to (JueonHtown. I''" The rtorage sued of tho Delaware Ulver The Chemical Works In l'hiladelphia was do- taker: stroyed by liro. Alex. Rivers, liisson,and matt I/niis Seward were drowned while IDhing MK?? conic near (Jiict>ee. Two Choctaw Indians were ? .< _ ? /% I It'll murdered near Fort Smith, Ark. Frank her h Dear was stnbbod to the heart by Augustus 1 ully 1'ark in Chuthuin, Out. Charlotte Allen, tho widow of Kichord (). Allen, living near him i Washington, Ind., line confessed to tho nuir- furra dor of her bushnnd. A boy nnmod Buydor was murdered in Indianapolis by foub tied I companions. Mr. and Mrs. John lx>avitt, oyer, of Lincoln, Neb., havuUeon'iirresteJfjn tho [Jj " I charge of murdering their two daughters, tliere, In Langton, Ont., a boy nnmod Davis, sand; aged fourteen, shot and killed John Itohrer, ' aged twelve. Threo hundred and forty- ^jr!( five Mormon proselytes were luudod at C.is- |>orin tie Garden. Alvin I* .rk, of Now London, """* Ct, murdered u fourteen-yoar old girl named A Is Littlefleld. Neitie Colburu, aged thirteen, of Eishart, Ind., committed suicide bccauso she was fleshy. Andrew (Jriioes, tho color- "ow ed murderer of John Martin, wax hanged at May's landing, N. J. Mr. Jos'ph Chiles, of Frodoricksburg, Va., attempted to kill himself with an axe. Tho Utute of Itluslo ^ eld Island has re|>oalod tho prohibition amend- ,nent mont carried threo years ago. 1 B'G,in the l> I is mil WRECK OE A POSTAL CAR. Aud - ?? The i Two Killed and OllirrH Injured Near ^ " Steubcnville. JJJJf "* Tho Bocond section <5f Wt.il train No. 7, sohed Westbound on the Pan Handle Ilailroad, was l?efor wrecked in the afternoon whilo passing Now * Cumberland Junction, two miles east of atner Hteubenville, Ohio. Thrco iwrsons wore crini killed and eight wero injured, four of thorn miit? sorionsly, act.' The accident was caused by tho third enr nvak< from tho engine leaving the track. It was plac?! followed by two others, all going over an tradi embankment. Thos Besides the regnlnr train crow thore were groai fifteen postal clerks on the train. In conse- sol'' quence of the wlro3 being down, tho cause disci of the accident has not been learned. Sur- | unen goons wero promptly sent from Btoubonrllle, i f, olu pud the Injured repjoved to that city. 1 au a ME OF TEE WEEL deratoly Increased Activity it the Business Centres. pito Apparently Depressing Influ icrsStwk Spoculntions Continue Bullish?Not Much Injury to Crops by Itains. octal telegrams to Bvadslrest's report xlerately increased activity in general e at Ooeton, Philadelphia. Memphis and ington. This to Hkewise truo g a.lj l'ittsIllshu btffrMilmad. At sarOn^ u?e Improveinout is most pro. load whon?^reduced lumber rates havo wsed shipments and stimulated building, e has been only a moiorate butiness nt Orleans, St I/)uis, Galve>ton, Ontiha, oit and Ban Francisco. Chicago, fSt. and New York maintain full seasouablo ages. avy rains over the Wostorn'and central torn states are reported, but 110 serio.is ige to crops is reported. Fight out of *>en leading staples have advanced hi this week. Five are steady, even firm, in and hog pro luots aloao being note hy fti allowing declines, spiteof dlsturbingelonients in the Wost tnilroad situation tlio danger of disruplo the Interstate Association at.d aplt sensitive conditions in the money lot, stock speculation at Now York con's to show a decidedly bullish temper, hrity is slightly docreas-d, and attention s from tlio grangers to tli i co il st >cks industrial" specialties. Hoods are strong iticipution ot a July reinvestment <1?I. Over f50,000,000 gold was shipp?d to i co and Now York mouey market stiff- I tho rate for cull loans rising from 3u > 3 per cent ot the close of the week, ign exchange is Urm. Ntorling is lower ively than Continental bills. Demand ng 4 88%?4 80. ess and not earnings of ninoty-ono raili for April and for four months ending 1110, show gains over April, 1833, in gross >er cent and in net of (15 per cent. For jur nioiits the gain in gross is 5.7 per and in net 16 per cent. A phenomenal ivoinent l>v the granger roads Is duo to arisen boing made with the p iriod of i-eat Burlington strike of last year, ire has been an advance all around in [stuffs, d* spite the glowing domestic reports, wheat having gained 'JJijO, corn id oats lc per bushel. Flour has shared imutus aud, on a freer export move is quoted ingiiT. Wheat has boon variable, ilowu on good weather roports any cables and un again 0:1 rumored rocrop reports. Now crop winter wheat >ld at St. Ixmisat75c. Tbo Australian Irasdian demand for (.California wheat ivanced spot at Han Francisco to $1 30 mtal, as millers there want old crop, new crop is slow in coming in. Hug icts have been more active, but are or barely.ateady, as receipts of hogs sstern centres continues very heavy, nand tat r??v sugar has slightly declined ; to a modified request fdr refined, gn markets < r*VJn very Arm atjMfeoProductioqf 8 ajefined at New Tork owover beej afcased to suitnly Mast report bOVue world's visible sup782,032 tons, llgaiast 1,003,138 tons a igo. Prices remain firm. Heavy liquig orders in the speculative colToo mar;ro and abroad have resulted in unusual iment and adeclinoof 1.33c to 1.45a (tor I. The break in pricos abroad was quite icipitate. Tbo outlook is not regarded souragiug. Large new crop figures are nt. Eastern dry goods centres Fall trudo with dark prints and ginghams in do, tho latter?leading makers?selling nt Cotton goods are firm, and iwno hod goods are higher. Hemi-anual cloariutsales aro being arranged. Woolen i are firm but quiet. Print clothes are jjer. Manufacturers having bought mora freoly and the staple is liriuor, active and at some points lc higher, cotton is in very nclivo demand at a le of >?c. i business failures occurring throughout >untry during the last seven days iiuin>r tho United States 11)3 and for Canada a total of 230, as camp ir. d with 230 reck niul 223 the weak previous to tho For tho corresponding week of last tho figures were 2i>l, representing 170 'ck III tlio United Sl-iliw nnil 'AS in Hi" Dion of Cannula. FESS10N OF A MURDERESS. ivl?h WOF* iii<* nn(l limn Cuta His Throat. a of tlio most terrible crimes ever com<1 in Davis county, Ind., bus just been jht to light by the confession of the cross, wlio is seventy years old. On Jtli of November lust Kichard (). Allen, jed fanner, living five miles south of lington, ??i found tied to a tree near Jin?, with his tlirout cut from ear toear. general supposition wus that ho had i his own lifo. Ho wus buried, nud the or was little thought of till a few days when the mystery wus solved by the ission of tlio inun's wife, Charlotte i, and two colored servants. S.ie und usbnnd hud hud trouble as to who rightstiould own the little farm, and in order tie the dispute she gave morphine i tea on that futul duy. She then drove uto tlio garden, where ho fell into a w in a dwp sleep. She then procured n knife und n rope tind went where her <od husband was lying on his fuc.'. Shu ho ri)|?o around his body, turned him and, making several slushes nt his t, hnlf sov.ered ids head from the nock, lion drugged him to u trco und tied him VViiori tiiis wus done she wroto in tho "Choose to dio by my own hand." ) iimnieress iiieu worn, in 1110 utilise, {ml lu-r clothes and then gave tho alarm. Allen's confession was mado when la g uiiilar religious excitement I IMPORTANT OMISSION. tho Welilen 10 x t rail It ion Itill 11.'is lliTiiine Itclroaollvo. 'Minister of Justice of Canada, stated It has been discovered thnt after tho en Extradition bill had passed Purlinanil received tho Governor General's turo the omission of ono word had made ill retroactive, and that tho moment It I in force Kno, Axworthy, Bartholomew Ifty others will conio within its scopo be liable to oxtradition if asked for. etroactivo clause, it will bo reineint?eras tho main objection to tho bill. That o reads: "The provisions of this act apply to any crime mentioned in said Itile, whether such crime was commilt.st e or after the coining hito force of this tee. at it fihould not be retroactive it was ideil to read thus: "Bhall apply to any u niontionoil in the saiu schedule cont'd after tho coming into force of this ' .Tho omission of tho wor 1 "only" to ) tho act read: "Hhall only apply," 'S tho bill on tho same footing ns nil exlion treaties and makes it retroactivo. 0 who opposed tho retroactive clauso are tly chagrined to tinil they have been on a legal technicality. Natur Jly this osuro lies causoil great excitement anil siness among tho colony of refugees 1 United States justice, who have found ?jrlam oo thut side of the Uuo, A MAIL POIJCH MISSING. MjrNtcrioiiN Disnppcnrii hit or Valuable Miillcr at Niu.li villo. All the mail that loft tho imstoineo at Nashville, Tenn., for the South on the night of May 7 has disappeared. Tho fact haa been withheld by the postollloo oftleials tlwit tho investigation might not l>o hampered For two daj-e a government ins|too tor or dotcctive has boon in the oity, but lie has proceeded so quietly that his preeouoe has boon knowu to only attuchee of tho ;depnrtinoiit, and not all of them were aware of hie coining. , Tho mall for onthom points as far as Now Orleans was arranged us usual, put in a pouch, locked up and delivered at tho door of the postolllce to tho driver of tho wagon which carries mail to the depot. The |touch was locked up ill the wagon, which drovo off towards tho depot, ami that is tho lust hoard of it, as yet. l'ho loss of tho (touch was doill twn nr #?ie.u. .1..? 1 * ? ' ...ivuiui/i, nun in uus way: A wording to n rule of tlm government h number of Houthern postotllces are required to daily remit to Nashville postotllco any excess of receipts over a certain sum, which varies according to rhe volume of business done at a place. This is done that no largo amount of money may be stop|ted at any olllce. Nash villa in turn makes a daily remittance to Iahiisville and Louisville to New York. Receipts for these remittances are daily sent to postmasters forwarding the money. On May tl the postmasters to whom receipts were duo from Dr. Curry for reintttuncos of May y wrote that their vouchers bad not arrived. The banks at Kranklin, Columbia and l'uInski then notitled Inm of the failure to gut checks, &c. l'roof that tho entire mall from Nnslivillo to the South luid disappeared rapidly accumulated, and l)r. Curry made an investigation. lie learned, it is stated, that the mail fioiich had been delivered at the door of the |M)stolllco as usual to the driver of the contractor's wagon. The mall clerk on the train which should have received the pouch stated that lie had never seen anything of it. Tho pouch, it was thus reasoned, had disapItea red after leaving tho jiostolUoo. Rut iow! To settle that question Dr. Curry, on May l-'i, notitled tho department at Washington that it might make an investigation. Nothing further was heard in thiscoimoc tion until ns stated, Mr. Htuhbs, a special agent, enmo to Nashville to hunt the alfair down. It is iuqiossiblo to lo*rii bow much money was in the mail. It was destined for a large and iiii|H>rtnnt territory, and the is MltU Km J>OUCl? CUIltUIUod much valuable matter. DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. Mrs. Kirshinnn and lior daughter, Mia Goldberg, were burned to death in a lire ill Norfolk street, New York. During a thunder storm In Cincinnati, two children of Ia>wo Pmerson were struck by lightning. One of them is thought to be fatally injured Two bodies, a man and woman, supposed to bo victimsof the Johnstown flood, were found in the river near Cincinnati. Thoro was nothing by which they could be idcutii QlsV A gravol train collided with a passenger train on th.. Pitiebur^Cii.uimiau ami tit. -j^p?inti-'jiMs iL^w..,n iwVIIIIJ itrolfn futally wouridoJ.^Both wero engineers, Raphael P. Ferraudini. aged 8 years, while tiAag to catch a floating ball In a gutter, nftCT a rain storm in Baltimore, was swept into a sewer and drowned. His ho ly wus not recovered. 1). L. 1'billips was killed and his wife h.idy injure.I on the Biston and Albany Railroad, near Worcester, Muss. They were returning from the funeral of a sister of Mrs. Phillips, and were crossing the track. Mr. 1'billips was 71 years old. Three men jumped from a freight train at SSutor, l'a., just as nil empty engine w s passing, mid fell under the engine. Joseph Barker and another mail, name unknown, wero killed, and Isaac Williams was fatally injured. All Were stealing a ride from CouneiUville. Ilnrry H:ovens and his cousin, Chnrlio Clemens, nged about 13years, were rehearsing u border drama, ill tho attic of their homo in Cincinnati, and, becoming excited, discharged their revolvers. Stephens wus dangerously wounded in the abdomen, and Clemens was shot in the haml. K"V. Dr. W. P. Kramer, pastor of the Reformed Church in Isdiunoii, l'a., was struck and killed by a railroad train while driving at the bead of a funeral procession across a crossing in that city. lie was 70 years of age and had been pastor of thu l. i.. I ,.i ... e? t uiii uii in li HMiuuii IUI' ?K) jBHrrt. A collision between two freigh trains near Havre-doOrnce, Md , on the Philadelphia ?H? IOIUK - ?, , * t<t l.i . I rw?ulted in killing Josopn" MoK'iiun, nFiiilnuiun, and wrecking several cars, two of them loaded with provisions for the Joints* town sufferers. Tho train bunds say tho lolrgraph operator gave the wrong signals. A passenger train was wrecked near O tkland, Me., l?pr a washout. Tho injured were Engineer W in. Underwood, Ijowistou, arms, legs and breast, not dangerous; Kireiuau S. Coburn, South Unity, legs badly crushed; Mail Agent 1'atterson, lielfast, legs and loft | band badly hurt; Mail Agent Siaare, Oardiner, legs crustiod, dangerous; Mail Agent Liblty, Portland. ribs broken and head cut; Express Messenger Koseoo Stevens, one leg torn oir and the other badly crushed. Cureless blasting of rock in a vacant lot adjoining a four -story brownstone dwelling on West (Sixtieth street. New York, caused damage estimated at about t'*>,bOJ. The house was owned by C. W. French, who occupied it with his family. The explosion was followed by astr.uigo upheaval and shaking of the ground and a rocking of the walls. Heavy chandeliers fell from their fastenings; the stone porch was demolished; the cellur wall bulged six inches or more, and the entire side of tli > house was a face of broken brick. The blasting wusdone only four fee*! from tho house. NOT THE FARMERS' FRIEND. An Insect That is Playing Had iiayon Willi Wolern \VI?e?t. Tbo complaints about tho destruction of wheat by a strange insect are increasing at Indianapolis, Ind. They come chiefly from tho central aud eastern part of the state, but tho ravages of the little hug have already spread to Northorn Indiana, and the secretary of tho state board of agriculture regards the reports as alarming. Tho insect is what is known among agriculturists as tho "green midge," another species of which is the "red midgo " Tho lattor last ^appeared in this region about fifteen years ago, and did great damage to the growing whoat. The "green midge," the littlo destroyer wnloh is now doing such alarming work, has not been seen by farmers since 1865, when it almost entirely destroyed the wheat crop of Indirna and neighboring states. Millions of them appear in a field, settling upon the stalk, from which they draw the sap,causing the grain to shrivel beforo it ia matured. Tho insects are green in color. Little is known about them, because their appearance has been rare. Tho powder works of tho Brock vllleChcni* leal and Superphosphate Company, about two miles from ltockvillo, Ontario, consisting of ono heavy stone building and tlireo frame structures, blew up. No lives were lost, nobody being in the works at tho time. Several sheep anil two horses in an Adjoining field wore killed. The glass in many windows in lirockvilla and Slyriistvwu was brvkou bjr the coucusiou. SOUTHERN ITEMS. INTKRKSTINO NEWS COMPILED FltOM MANY SOUIICE4. Hattio May Oorloy was Jrownotl in Buffalo Creek ut Davidson, near llowlosburg, Preston County, W. Va. The chamber of commerce of Durham, N. C., i* urging the erection of a uuion passenger depot iu that city. The Lynchburg, Va., Marl and Phosphalo company has been organised with a (Niid up capital of f'JO.OOO. J. M. Cuest, gardener at tho Allegheny Springs, Va., lonuuitted suicide by taking laudanum, lie was (roiuUloucester county. ,s" ? So far as learned there is not a mill in Stafford or Spotsylvania counties in Va., that has not beou serious! y duuiagod by tho recent frushet. i-iiaitatiooclino Is one of tho oldest towns in Florida, but never Ims had a church building for wlntj folks. Tho Methodists are going to put up ono this year. -?C. E. linker i-hot nnd killed Terry Smith, u meml-cr of tho order of Ijocmnqtivo Engineers, during n quarrel at Aberdeen, Miss. H.ikt r declared ho netod in self defense. Whilo playing with some boys, William liouldin, colored, fell on tho railroad track at lllaekstonr, Vu., and died in a few lit intes. It is thought ho broko an artory in his full. ??Iron work for tho 0110 hundred ant! ninety cats lo b< built by tie* Roanoke, Vu. Machine Works for the Norfolk an 1 Western Railroad litis l.-eou begun in tho blacksmith ami foundry department*. William llnsb died suddenly in Augmta county, Vu. A jury of inquest rendered a verdict that Rush died from puis m administered by l'enchy Atkinson and Ida lluscli, iiis wife. Hurry ljnmhort, watchman at Rock creek bridge, Metropolitan Branch, II. and U. Railroad, who was struck by a passing train some days ugo, died at his homo in Wheaton district, Montgomery county, Aid. At Marion Junction, D illus county, Oa.. J. )'. Stevens, a sect 011 man, shot and killed 11. C. Segnor, a conductor 011 the Mobile nnd Birmingham Ruilway. The troublo was a out a woman. During a recent thunder storm, tho ligutning struct tml killed four lino threeyear-old steer*, one cow and calf for Cupt. J. W. Marshall, of Alingo, Randolph county, W. Va. Miss Jane Woods, n young lady of Wet7,el county. W. \'a., lias juit completed a nice quilt, containing i&,MU pieces. She cominenccd it when seven years old, having worked at it for fourteen years. Three horso* valued at about $'J00 oneh, owned l?y Win. Davis, near Fountain Mills, rn'?i.v.b vuhiivTi mil., nriTU KirUCK l?y lightning while standing under a tree in u fluid during n thunder a.orin niul instantly killed. Constahlo Ueorgo llrill, of ilagerstown Md . while gathering an armful of grass for his horse was stung in tlio arm hy a snake, which cscH|>ed under the slahl?. by inline- . diutely applying uutidotos, he will null through nil right. Ono of the prisoners confined in Monroe county, W. Va.. jail nmnnged to get possession of a table knife, with which ho dug n hole through n brick wall, and stealing the keys Croui the jailor's room lot two other prisoners out. During iip altercation m.?r Plains, PnuP.^Turner,' who*?n Turn was siiot toTS breast and.hiind. K. P. Turner was arrested.' Messrs. Hfcull and Duvnll, of Frd^erick," Md, niado a narrow escape from death. Their horse ( and wagon was crossing the railroad us a'truin of cars cume around the curve, by qu.ckly jumping from the wagon and holding fbo uuimal a fatal uccidont was averted. Uoberf Terroll, a soction boss on the C. & t)., while sluopihgdn tho track at Ceredo, V i- i W. Vs., was. struct/ by a .train and fatally injured. It is believo-l he was intoxicated. 8fc His remains were taken to Virginia, his former homo, "for .interment. The deceased was 28 yeurs of ago and unmarried. Tho young duughtcr of Kiiiton J-unglltt, ^ of Hancock county, W. Vn., with her brother, stopped at a burning gas well, ami the boy turned on the gas full force, which Dashed out uud caualit tho girl's clothimr. burning her to dcutli. At lJalton, tiu., lion. S. E. Fields, State senator, was shot and killed by his stop-son, Ibmi.is Taylor, whom he attempted to chastise. Young Taylor was arrested and taken to Dalton, His mother is prostrated with hor double sorrow. The director's of tho Lynchburg (Va.) Land Company have decided to erect ten dwellings on their property in West Lynchburg at one. Tho foundations of the /.ino works nro now being laid, und the plans of tho paint works nro being prepared. At Helen wood, Tenn., a mob broko Into tb^ jail and took Lloyd and Heynolds, tbo troo near' fij*. ""A" iWlii V.I.'Uj0,'! them t<< it I km lies threatening vengeance on any informer. l'ublic sentiment jus lilies the lynching. William Bagges, a con of Rfr3. J. I). Baggos, of Uoouo county, W. Va.. came home from a bunting expedition, and pinyfully pointed bis gun at bis mother. The weapon was discharged, and tho hall passed through her body, death resulting in a few hours. An attempt was made to burn tho Marlon county, W. Va. court hous*. A quantity of oil was poured under the door and ran down over the floor. Two lighted mutches were then shoved under the door but by some means failed to connect with tho oil and the attempt was fruitless. The daughter of ex-Shc-riiT 15. W. Janney of Klkton, Aid., has a kitten which is a cariosity. The animal was born without a tail, aim its front paws are double. It moves more like a rablt than n cat. Its mother, . likewise, bus double front paws, but is otherwise like a cat. Joseph Smith, aged forty, was shot nn.1 killed by Samuel Kronpeeker near Itoana Court-house, W. Va. Kronpeeker had loit his wife and six children in a destitute con(htiou, und Smith had been oaring for th -in, iviou|>ecKCT pM9C(i i?y uiH nouw. mm wuiu^ Smith talking to Ids wifo, raised a rill and shot him dea l. The inurucer is iu jail. Hugh Riissum, wlii.e ploughing recently in his Ill-Id a few milos south of Greensboro, N. C., turned up a very largo spear head made of stone. The sbiup point had been broken oif but the sides are still keen anil the implement is in a good stato of preservation. The longth is six inches and tho breadth two. l'roston Yonce was shot and killed near Trenton, H. C., by Whitfield Murrell and William Carpenter. It is k-ariitd in Augusta, lla., that the parties who did the shooting woro on a spree and objected to being addressed as boys. A party was in Augusta looking for tho murderers, who lied. Tho streets of Iioitorshurg, M l., are lin'-d With silver poplar shade treos, which, at this time of tho yenr, shod a down strongly resembling cotton, and which burns freely. Several boys set lire to it, nud in an instant tho streets woro enveloped In Amies. By prompt action of tho citizens, a conflagration was avoided, hut tho straw and fodder in the hotel stable woro cousutnod. While employed in the La Bello pottery in Wheeling, W. Va., Frank Koch caught his hand in the elevator rope near the drum. and he was drawn around until his heivi . came within roach of tho cable. This cawgtl* ** Ids bead and sliced a portion of tho skull lieyond tho oar. Ho was extricated, but his iu juries were fatal. During a thunder storm a colored man living near Mnrydel, Caroline county, Md., was struck by lightning while harrowing in a corn field and Instantly killed. His naino was Giht.s. The horse be was working waa killed also. Another colored man working in the samo Held vv?s knocked down by bock.