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mpv w? "*" 9fl| .^ K % omnesiic Economy, PgJm Literature, Politics and the Current News of the Day. UNION C. II., SOUTH ^AROLINA~JULY 5, 1881K mLMKEuTTT^ merohaX-/' sho t - suoceseful career as buMr Jin; fl?ct orcdit, which the?L Vwoll I a them, ?8 well as the WWnTh whic -v*-. are Uuiog business. end interest tliei C . ft lends und customers. n. 8. LIl'sCOUH, J the head of the new firm of Lipsooi Tolleson, is a native of Spartanburg \ B. C., and was was born in tbo yea: \ t Having obisinod a practical eduoat gau business as elerk, in Mr. A. N. i Urge store of genoral merehandiso, i ] After serving in this capaoity for w J years, Mr. Lipscouib became a co i- * ' ' With Mr. Wood. In 1880, Mr. Wood sold out his t tile interest to Mr. Lipaoomb, it\ oi ooncentrate his capital and energies .</,tabliehlng sad conducting Wood's B House. Since which time, Mr. R. S comb has oontinued business in the Bolldiog, occupying Ihe basement,,' second stories, under Woo&a ' ha dnas i? r- ' 'i j~-rnilln gild . i.tKC ino Hindoo tdolutor, soon vro'll bow down And onr 1 resident oiTor a nooptor and crown. 80 to bo Ilko "Hold Hinglnnd* aa noar as w? can? For tin ehmneful to bo a poor fathorless olan. With no idiot pcorngo or ovon a end? *llit n not Hlngltsh, y' know, lnui' ha fubehon able fad." ?Arkatuaw Traveler. jL A MODERN JpiAGMLM. BY M. 0. FARLEY. CHAPTER X?Continued. trutU CftntniQ qu'etly, "that I am not the obdnrato one. Youshould bring your arguments to bear upon Loo herself. I have a dim recollection of a scone that wasonaoted bore shortly after Miss Loo's arrival. 8ha?why, she throw me over as coolly dJl jfcu please." *$V>t I.oo? ' jtlara grasps tho arms of her couoh and stares bard at Hazard as ho makes hi. 1?:? i-? ?*?*-? ? > vuiuvisivii, luivuin H-lvuniHUUloni depicted on her withered fnoe. aJ..ooI" repeat* tho Captain sulkily. But I believe sho ?as prejudiced against mo before she came. Somo gossip had told her that I was a flirt. And she swallowed the tale without making a grain of allowance for anything." . "You are n flirt," Madam says severely. "Onco. But not now," protests the Captain. "Perhaps I had better seo Mr. Toby," BAjjns Madam. k "Do see Toby, by all means," says B& ' Hazard. "Ana I hope youll see Loo, ?> f hot now t^an ever I had before. It will be safe enough for me to leave bcr a little money now. Safe enough, to be sure." The Captain waits a long time ere he ."breaks tho silence. Finally ho Bays: "Aunt, will yon welcome Miss Lafargo, should sho consent to oome to f livurnfov ivofmonnn flu 9** Madam Dnndas did not reply at once. A frown gathered upon her brow, and aho turned away. Ilut her anger was momentary. Presontly she smilos aga'n at hor favorito, saying, "I will weloome anybody you chooso. All I ask is that yon will do nothing hasty. l'Ake time onongb. And' and, don t bo qnito discouraged ; try yonr chances again with Loo. 1 prefer Loo to any other, as mistress of By water Park when I am gone." CHAPTER XL TUB LI1.AC8 ABB 1M FULL BLOOIL V HERE, attired in a simple . white gown, with her dark Tfaaffikft Ihair falling on hor nock, T oo paces the long walk under iho ldao trees, hor <x>cheeks red, and her eyes * shining. >?'V Prom a garden bench hard by tho Captain watchos hor ourinnalr. ""ft*," T oo suddenly burst* out, snapping hor fingers in tlio Captain's l - direction, with a disdainful air. "Yes, ^ I understand you, Captain Hazard. But Ulft truth is?you do not moan what ^ TOii"ii>?-witig. A greater llirt novor livod than yt^ware. I warn you not to praolioo any nfb? upon ma" . . ** '"Ijvon't trjito practice auy arts npou ^' 1 ffr&tny dear,'" says tho Captain luzily. "Bttt don't yen think?bo frank, end K owftfho truth?that it will bo better all arotttd for you and I to oonbont to pUggS Aunt Hondas in this, hor latest if that whiiu moans marriage," dnealoo passionately. "Marriage with mo?" asks Hazard. "Of any l.o?!y," sho maintains stoutly. . . "Amis beast, that I should be bought at a momont'.'j notioo V" "Yjflt wouldn't object to irtnnying If I4*wbW wore BitbatituUxl in my r venturon thtJ Captain, n red Jlamo of wr-nth bnrning np in hi? palo Ky;^;<fl?eok?? "Tliat popinjay receive* attention^ from y?u that aro "Withheld . from downtor^ mou than ho erer wm, mTA The Cantata nWiIra villi KAftrt> K? {> ir Ibeir W>nrneet tlian alio has will re- wes^uru'fi nihcir noquaintanco. KCr',t?i munWp bo?Lrt tremblo8. She is ' " iVVi'iVb Captain, in some r ma y bera of tlldV^atjon Qf hor ideal. it was ^^^Tj.rnsbos down tlio ob and sio'n^fitattJfy. tt <lU08^0;l1 .?f county oolved replied11 F.rompta him r 1860. he insetted in^ saonlleo on tbo Ion, be- ing the writer %f??1,nB ?J 601,5811 Wood's regard to the W>K?8 and grows in 1880. meet him. ThoWiden prosonts itseveral was tried by au ty to win in partner it gave what purjjca from hor of the men wtafTnro. nercan- and who f<&0 latter to I* tho case, rder to oigtfggg^ twirls a curious old rw? 1?.es* ^dam has givon her round and i?f *upon her llngor, then sho draws * ^y'v^lf up stitlly and marches past tho inWHry Captain. I i.f, ?-?t- -? ?* i/uu i> miiv ui matrimony,~ says alio. ; "The subject is tiresome." He catches at her gown as she goes , by, and forces her to stop. "The subject is tabooed from now on and forever more," ho laughs. "Hut stop. Miss T.oo, let me see your jewelry. That is Madam's ring, as I'm a sinner. She has takon a wonderful liking to you, or she never would have given you that." She waits, whilo he, making a protenso of examininr the emerald upon her finger, holds her hand. "If you must give it Buoh close attention, i will romove it," says Loo. impationtly taking the ring from hor finger as alio speaks. "Jt is a stone you must have soen^nany times, as Mwlam told mo she had worn it liorso'.f for years. "Yes," admits Hazard, flashing tho emerald in the sun, and admiring its " changing color. ' "I've often soon it beforo." Loo waits for h'm to return th'o rincr. Tho Captain evidently moans to take bis timo About it, for bo turns it about slowly, finally slipping it upon the little finger of his own band. "If you .cn't mind, I'll wear it awhile myseli, says lie coolly. "Wear it yourself 1" Loo gasps in uttor astonishment, - gazing blankly at the Captain. ''Yes. And you shall woar mino in return," pulling off a diamond that has long boon the secret admiration of bis astonished compauion. "Evon exchango is no robbery." This he says gavly, as tho diamond slides upon her white linger, and tliero is so curious a look in his eyes that Loo blushes, catches hor breath, and again feels that strange fluttor about her honrt. 81\p has no time, however, to oithor expostulate with the Captain upon bis cool method of settling matters to hts own satisfaction, or to soold herself for her part in the transaction, for tho maid , at this moment approaches them with She wallet in cflrtco,by the vnptaifls 1. will bo?:eve ob little ? possible, and imAgine nothing at all. Madam is Bitting iu tho big drawingroom, and here they ikul lior. "What do von think, Captain," cries Madam Dundas, easting a sharp glance upon the pair as they approach her ehair. "I have modo up my mind to give Loo a party, and to tuns introduce hor into society." "By all means," assents Hazard, "tho vory'thing. Young ladies adoro parties. Miss Loo will bo no exceotioa to the rale." "Lot us make out a list of those we yrlll invito." Loo fetohos her writing-dosk, and ii.? r\?i.j- t *? a 11 uu wupiiiuu uugius lucmi on mo names of those whom he considors o'.igible. "Lot us begin with J ark Littletiold," says Hazard, gravely. "I feel cor tain that he at least of all the gnosts, will bo very welcome." Madam jots down a list of namos herself. I.oo wants to haarthat of her j rival added to the number. It'conies, ] but last of all. ! "I suppose wo must not omit tho La- . farge," Madam says absently. "I mot hor whilo driving the other day. 8ho is cortainly very handsome." "Yes," I.oo says. "To insure Captain Hazard's happiness for tho evening, be ' sure and send Miss Lafarge an invitation. " , CHAPTER XIL T/tn'fl viaiTou i ff OR some canse, only ' known to horaolf, Madam . Dundas was curiously lax 1 in the payment of tko little Balary she liad promised Bolton for his (laugh- 1 ter's services. If Madam suspected that Mr. Bol- ' 0 ton's supply of bread and s- V butter depended entirely u on that promised stipend, 1 which so far remained an unknown 1 quantity, her nephew could not guess. 1 But the faot remained that the weeks wont by with no sign of the allowance 1 lw bad' expooted, and now was in nood of having. nir. KOI ion, urgeu into action by tus grossing necessities?necessities which ! is not too indulgent landlady nover failed in giving him periodical reminders of?made up his mind to visit his dnughtor, and to lay his caso boforo her. lie did not determiuo upon this ' oourso of action, liowovor, until ho had exhausted all milder methods at his : command. As tho weoks rolled by and his hostess booamo moro importunate in her demands for ready cash, I?oo received, from timo to time, very urgent letters from the solitary lodger in Mrs. Mc- . (lillicuddy s third-floor back bedroom, letters in which his precarious position - i.A*1 J lkj_ *A_ ww? puimj stniwi, mm in* wan 18 moss oloquontly nrgod. Tho poor girl was placed in a dreadful dilemma. She was richly clothod, and handsomly liousod; i bat not a cont of money had as yet i found its way into her hands. i Therefore, sho was quite as unahlo I to fender her fattier pocunisrjr assist- i anoe as sho ever had boon, and worso I th?n all, as timo went on sho disliked more and moro to ca'l Madam Dundaa' i attention to the fact of hor nnnoconnt* ahlo remissness in tlio matter of money. < Madam had ghron hor handsome and- ' costly gowns besides many presents of 1 AWnnttoi?n {avaIvi* KnUiitiT /v\ raa/1 . S V A^vtnH.v t> *7^ "VWt- 1 1 ed for her own personal adornment or [ | 1 pomtort ww wanting Madam's Quie* < eyes had at ooco porooired tho girl's needs, and a generous purse had supplied thom. Tho sujcct of money had never boon so much ns li ntcd at by Madam, and though Loo was fully awaro of what hor father's wants must be by this time, she could not bring herself to ask her aunt for money. Moroovor, tho understanding in tlio first placo had been that Loo was to rcceivo no money. The salary was to be paid to Bolton himself, not to his daughter. Having made up his mind to visit Loo, Mr. Bolton at onco pro ocded to curry his determination into eQect. Ho was too wiso, howover, to r?nt on a bold rtoiit, and niaroh up the entrance to By water Park and *doinand an inter viow Willi J. oo. Tp do thiS'tms UfMttr both himself anolus daughter forover with Madum 1 uudus. But nouo the loss was he determined upon having the monoy Madam had agrood upon giving him. This being tho caso, Mr. Bolton at once departed upon his journoy to Bywntor l'ark, lirst sending a lino to Loo, notifying her of his intontion and giving the date of his arrival. Mr. Bolton did not at once proceed iji ??i.. -i '? -* '? ww viiy |r?u IV y tJ* Illy AD A llttJO inn far removed from Bvwator, sent a lino to his daughter, bidding lior meet him undor tlio trees in the ovoning. Loo's heurt quaked when she received this message. Hho was afraid to go to her father, yet bocauso Bolton was licr father slio could not refuse. It was early twilight whon sho finally loft tho houso to koop her appointment under tho treos. lfo was already waiting for lior whon sho appeared upon tho scene. "You aro wonderfully iniprovod, Loo," he says, after tho first hurriod salutations aro over with. "Bywater Park must agrco with you." t "Yes," Loo says, abruptly. "I think it docB. But you " "I am no worse at least," ho says, with n bitter smile; "but hush! 1 hear voi os." They listen. Only the low chirp of a nigh third in its nest brenks tho dewy stillnoss. 1 "I must have been mistaken," Bolto i spoaks with ovident relief. "Loo, what uuii yuu uo ior mo, anythingV" "I wroto you that I had not a cent in tlio world." I "I know it," Bolton speaks harshly. , "What a skinflint your old aunt is to bo snro. Loo, I feel certain sho Buspocts how great my povorty is, and is withholding the beggarly salary expressly to punish me." This samo idea has been in Loo's mind so long that it is a conviction. Sho resents th s use of her power by Modnmo Dundy .-but she is powerless ? ^ "It will novc^<^Joji|ft?te^e?a^m^ ^ Making a pretense of ^examining the emerald. jewolry which T boo loaded up on your lingers? 1 might pawn it until such Wmo KB Turn1 nlifuiimu tngnmndiian with tho cash; then it woulu d6 Tffburned." Loo glancos at hor fingers. It is the Captain's diamond that has taken hor father's oyo. "Not this," she says hurriedly, "the liamond is not mine." "Whoso is it, if not yours? i I.oo'b lioftil droo|)s as she roplies: 'Captain Hazard's." Bolton looked quizzically at ltis [laughter's rod faco. Then ho laughed. A. light seemed to break upon him. "Your aunt is a schomor. Do you know sbo lias mado Ilaztrd her heir?" "I do know it. 8ho told mo herself, that I might build no castles in the air, nor liavo any great expectations." "I hope you oxpect to bo Mrs. Captain Hazard, Loo." Blie turns palo. "Don't jest. I expect nothing of the sort. Captain Harard is barely civil to me. His heart turus in anothor direction entirely." "Ah I But to go back again to the inbjoct of the trinket. Do yon think you will be able to part with any of your possessions for a short time? Koniiy 1 am at tho curt of my credit, i and there is no cash in my exchequer. i I hopo you understand tho necessity < which compels mo to this course." "Yes," Loo says sadly, "I do." ( "And I may depoud upon your assist- , "I will do all that T can If you will moet iuo hero on Tuesday evening, I will givo you soinothing to pawn?a ' loekct Aunt Dundns gave me on my birthday. J'nt it must bo returned at tho earliest possible moment" 1 "'I'lie bauble shall come back to you with tho very first installment of money Madam Pundas sends mo," says Loltou, with much oarncstness. [co ns continued] A eonmwroNDBNT who nan spent many yours in the wilds of the Caspian steppe's, inclines to the ojiinion that tho : olor, not only of crtir white and black, but oven of the common "bay" liroso, is a result of artificial selection. The tiuo of his wild relatives iu Asia and Eostom Europo varies from gray to a fpwyish brown on? might describe as "deer color." Black horses are seen only among herds mixed with runaways from the farming districts, and white anas are l>orn now and then (about ones [n'a thousand times) by the same caprice of nature which occai ion ally pn* ilntM crow* end while eamhrei*, ; ii THE NEWS, ! Btop'uon Winchester Dana Jackson, who has boon connected with many of the Puna ma Canal schemes, died at Newton, Mass. Lizzio Llud, of Kansas City, Mo., after? ? qtiarrol with her husband, snturutod he# clothing with coal oil, applied a match, and was burned to doath. Wind and lightnidfe bare been playing havoc in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. Heavy rains have cansod the Upper Rod Hirer, Ark., to flood Van BuTen county, and sno man lost his wife and seven | children. A two-story wooden tenement in Boston fell; two persons were killed ami several injured. -The Johnstown physicians now estimate that tiboy^qp of the dufanct Farmers and Met*** ,,r piu*i>?>> ?? ?* ? ..?6t uiu DuiiMucvi to Bin years in tho Penitentiary for embexzlemufct.- Nlch* olfiB Foley, of Elgin, Neb., wfco murdered Mrs. Pomsroy Clark, was taken from tho sheriff and lynched.??Kato dtynbock, of St. Paul, Minn-, poured gasoline into tho tank of a lighted gasoline stovo being used by herself and Kate Hynso/.o whilo ironing at a hotel in that city, and both girls wero fatally burned. Tho two, hundred and fifteenth anniversary of theostnblishment of tho first public school in the United States was celebrated at Dorchester, Mass. benjamin Morgan, a farmer of Antrim township, Franklin county, Pa., was struck by lightning aiul instantly killed while plowing on his farm. four blocks of fratno buildtngsdn tho town of Vancouver, W. T., wero destroyod by flro. Losses $70,01)0. Edward Iiobortson bos been appointed commissioner of labor statistics In Wosfc Virginia. William Ilonn, a farmer of Sbounmloah county shot his wife and committed suicide. H. 8. Salvant and C. J. Lo Breton, mlddle-agod men, wore nrrvslod in Now Orleans for fighting a duol in tho city park. Whilo temporarily insano, Mrs. O. B. Beckbam, of Sterling, Kansas, killed bor child and committed suicide. Two young men and two young womon in a rowboat on tho Schuylkill wero swept over the Fairmount dam and all woro drowned. A new Insect Is dnlncr anriniii * B w mo fjruwJUK wheat in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Frank Pilington, book-keeper for A. F. Bifaetb, furniture dealer of Newark, N. J., boa disappeared with (3,000 of hla employer's monev. Eislin Packer, agod sovonty yearn, nophow oj the lato Judge Am Packer, of Pennsylvania, died suddenly in Now York city. A passenger train on the Pan Handle Iload was wrecked near 8toul>enville, Ohio, and two persons instantly killed and eight injured. The remains of John Boner, the first Governor of Tennessee, which rested in Alabama for seventy-four years, were yea tho fonttjf wotnaa - Ml MwB^^H6and wan drowned. W.'A.'CollitrfSiHHton, Chilton county. Ala., shot and killed Jiis ?on-Inlaw, Philip Grotann.??'Three Hundred delegates to the World'a Sunday School Convention, to be hold in London, sailed from New York. Tho freight buildings of tho New York Central Railroad <ft Buifalo, wero burned. A second attempt was mndo on the Cincinnati, Wnbash add Michigan road near Wabash, Ind., to wrrcfc a train. Tho Michigan legislature has passed a local option bill. ??The Chicago, Milwaukoo ?nd St. Paul Rallroid O.D|>any has made to the United States Trust Company of New York a mortgage for one hundred and flfty millions, for the purpose of taking up nil )th?r indebtedness of the road at a lower rate of interest and to lay additional double ....I 1. , -ii ? ?nv?<> ami Miau UHIU UrUVKHtrj improvements. Martin Burke alias Delanoy bos been indicted ns one of the conspirators in the murder of Dr. Cre-1* --- 'r . 1T~?nenliirn lettiflnt*1''1* was declared elected United R totes senator. The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steol Workers has admitted the bolt makers. Twenty buildings were burned at Nashville, Ark. Loss. ?90,000. Hnrdy Hamilton was hanged at Homo, Go., for the murder of a Chinaman. Captain Stevens, of the Allen line steamer Peruvian, died on lh? voyage from Baltimore to Gueenstown. The storage sued of the Delaware illver Chemical Works In Philadelphia was destroyed by (Ire. Alex. Rivera, his son, and Ixxiis Howard were drowned while (labing near Quebec. Two Choctaw Indians wero murdered uear Fort Smith, Ark. Frank Bear was stabbed to the boart by Augustus Parkin Chatham. Ont. Charlotte Allen the widow of Richard O. A lion, living near Washington, Ind., baa confessed to tho murder of her husband. A boy named Snyder was murdered in ludinnnpolis by foul* companions. Mr. and Mrs. John lx>nv<tt, of Lincoln, Neb., havoT>ee*nftrtrrestefi"on tho ohorge of murdering tbolr two daughters. ??In Langton, Ont, a boy named RavIs, sged fourteen, shot and killed John llohrer, aged twelve.?Three hundred and fortyfive Mormon proselytes were landod at Castle Garden. Alvin l\?rk, of Now London, Ct, murdered a fourteen- year old girl nume.1 LUtleQeki. Net tie Colburn, aged thirteen, of Efshart, Ind., committed suicide because iha was fleshy.^?Andrew Grimes, tbocolorsd murderer of John Martin, was hanged at MayVi Landing, N, J. Mr. Josipb Chiles, of Fredericksburg, Va? attempted to kill wiw v%n nxe. 1 lie ?caie or iuumio Inland has repealed the prohibition amendment carried three years ago. WRECK OE A POSTAL CAR. Two Killed and Others Injured Near Stcubonvflle. The eooond eeotion dkJfcait train No. 7, Westbound on the Pan iftXlIf Railroad, waa wrecked in the afternoon while passing New Cumberland Junction, two miles east of Steubeoville, Ohio. Three persons were killed and eight were injured, four of them seriously. The accident waa earned by the third ear from the engine leasing the track. It was followed by two others, all going over an embankment. Besides the regular train crew there were fifteen postal clerks on the train. In consequence of the wires being down, tho cause < of |ks aocfi has not been learned. Surgeons wera promptly sent from SteubenrlUe, r~ ?ffJP1w * ^ a "M $SimS;-: TOPE OF TAB WEEK. Moderately Increased Activity at the Business Centres Despite Apparently Depressing IiiflucncraStut'k Speculations Continue Bullish?Not Much Injury to Crops by 1 tains. Special telegrams to Brw iitrczt's report a moderately increased activity in general trade at Boston, Philadelphia, Memphis and Burlington. This is likpwiv) tru^ot^PittsKansas'City the improvement is most pro. uonnoed wfyoro reduced lumber rates havo "Increased'shipments and stimulated building. There has boon only n molorute buiiness nt Now Orleans, St Louis, Galveston, Omaha, Detroit and San Francisco. Chicago, St. Paul and New York maintain full seasonable averages. Heavy rains ovor the Wostorn'and central Western states are reported, but no serio.u damage to crops is reported. Fight out of eighteen leading staples have iidvanced hi price this week. Five are steady, even ttrm, cotton and bog pro luots nlono boiug noteworthy ai allowing declines. In spit." of disturbing elements in the Wosteru Kailroad situation the danger of disruptlnn ? "> Urn l..l..r.l.l? ? 1 ?.v?? w ?uv ??wiiovu\u rt>av/uuivum <11.11 (1(>parent sensitive conditions in the money market, stock speculation at New York continues to show n decidedly bullish temper. Activity is slightly docreas si, and attention drifts from the grangers to tli > co il st >cks and"indu*trial" specialties. Honds are strong in anticipation of a July reinvestment demand. Over f50,OiW.OiW gold was shipped to France and Now York money market stitTeuod, tho rate for call loans rising from 0a 31^' to 3 per cent at tho close of tho wool:. Foreign exchange is ilrm. Sterling is lower relatively thin Continental bills. Demand sterling 4 88%n4 80. Gross and not earnings of ninoty-ono railroads for April and for four months ending April 30, show gains ovor April, 1888, in gross of !) per cent aud in net of 0.5 por cent. For the lour monts the gain in gross is 5.7 per cent and in net 10 per cent. A phenomenal j improvement by the granger roads is duo to | comparison boing tnudo with thep?riod of t tbo great Burlington strike of last year. . Thoro has been nn advance nil around in ( bread-stuffs, d> spite the glowing domestic jrop reporis, wheat having gained 3J?o, corn and oats lc per bushel. Flour has share-1 the stimulus ami, on & freer export movement is quotod high>r. Whoat lias boon very variable, ilowu on good weather roports and easy cables and up again on rumored revised crop reports. New crop winter wheat ! bus sold at St. Ix>uis at 75c. The Australian and Braailiaa demand for California wheat has advanced spot at Baa Francisco to $ L SO t per cental, as millers there want old crop, I and new crop is slow in coming in. Hog I products have been more activo, but are lower or barely.t^eady, as receipts of hogs \ at Western cputres continues very heavy. Demand f <frr?w?ui jar has slightly declined owing to modified request fdr refiuod. | Foreign markets remain very firm ai)M*otive. i'rouucuon "of refined at New York . has, however been increased to supply aocuKftafcrtafcr The latost report of the world's visible sup J?y is 7H2,S.>3 tons, against 1,003,133 tons a I year ago. Prices remain firm. Heavy liquidating orders in the speculative cofToo inur- 1 Icet here and abroad have resulted in unusual ' excitement and adeoiinoof 1.35c to 1.45c per ' pound. The break in pricos abroad was quite 1 us precipitate. Tbe outlook is not rcgurded as oncouragiug. Large new crop figures are i current i At Eastern dry goods centres Fall trado i opens with dark prints and ginghams in de- i mend, the latter?leading makers?selling at Cotton goods are firm, and so:no bleached goods are highor. Somi-anual cloar- , ing outsalcs are being arranged. Woolen , goods are firm but quiet Print clothes are ' stronger. Manufacturers having bought wool more freely and tbo staple is llrmor, , more active and at some points 1c higher. , Haw cotton is in very uctivo demand at a decline of }?c. The business failures occurring throughout 1 the country during the lost seven days numtior for the United States 195 and for Can.ula 25, or a total of 23d, as camp uvd with 259 1 last week and 225 tbe week previous to the 1 last. For tbo corresponding week of last ( year tho figures were 204, representing 170 failures In the United States and 23 in the Dominion of Canada. CONFESSION OF A MURDERESS. * """ Jlnohuil tvith Mor pliino niitl thou Outs IIin Throat, t One of the most terrible crimes ever committed in Davis county, Ind., bus just been brought to light by tho confession of the murderess, who is seventy years old. On the 12lh of November last Kichard O. Allen, nn oged former, living five miles south of Washington, was found tied to a tree near his home, with his throat culfrom ear toenr. The general b..|>|s sition was that ho hat', taken his own lifo. lie wus buried, and the matter was little thought of till a few days ago, when the mystery was solved by the confession of tho man's wife. Charlotte Allen, mid two colored servants. Hoe and lier husband had bnd trouble as to who rightfully should own the little farm, and in order to Hottlo the dispute hIio gave bun niorpbiuo in Ilia tea on that fatal duy. She then drove biin Into tho garden, where he fell into a furrow in a deep sleep. Hhe then procured a case knife and a rope and went whero her drugged husband was lyingnu his fac.>. Hhe tied tho rope around his body, turned him over, and, making several sloshes nt his thront, half severed his bend from the nock. Hhe then drugged him to a troo and tied him there. When this was done she wrote in the sand; "Choose to dio by my own hand." Tho murderess then wont to tho house, changed her clothes uud then gave the alarm. Mrs. Allen's confession was made when In iiui inic unuor nMi^iuus excivoiiiuai. AN IMPORTANT OMISSION. Ifotv tin? Wflldcn Extradition Hill Una Itccomo Itciroart ivo. The Minister of Justice of Canada, states that it hns been discovered that after the Weldeu Kxtraditlon bill had passed Parliament and received the Governor General's slgnaturo the omission of one word had made the bill retroactive, and that the moment it is put in force Kno, Axworthy, Bartholomew and tlfty others will come within its scope aud bo liable to extradition if asked for. The retroactive clause, it will be remembered, was the main objection to the bill. That clause reads: ' The provisions of this act shall apply to any crime mentioned in said schedule, whether ?ucrt orlme was oominiltoil before or after the corning into force of this act, See. That It should not be rotrooctive (t was amended to read thus: "Shall apply to any crime montioned in the said soheaulo committed after the coming into foroe of this act." .The omission of the worl "only" to make the act read: "Shall only apply," Kcea the bill on the same footing as all exdition treaties and makes it retroactive. Thoso who opposed the retroactive clause are greatly chagrined to tind they have been so)d on a legal technicality. Natur. Jly this disclosure has caused great excitement and uneasiness among the colony of refugees from United State* Justice, who have fcuud fa asylum oa that aide 9< the Una, A MAIL POUCH MISSING. MyNtcriouH Disappear:! ni rof Valuable Mailer al Nualivilln. All the mail that loft the pustollloo at Nashville, Tenn., for tho South on the night of K'ujr 7 bus disappeared. Tho fact has been withhold by tho postollico officials that the investigation might not lie hampered For two days a government inspector or do. toctiva has beer, in the city, but ho has proceeded so quietly thnt his presence lias boon knowu to only attaches of tho ^department, and not all of thotn were awnre of bis coining. Tho mall for eonthorn points ns far us New Orleaus was arranged us usual, put in n pouch, locked up and delivered at tho door of the postolllce to the driver of the wagon which carries mail to the de|>ot. Tho pouch whs locked up in the wagon, which drove otf towards the depot., and that is tho last, heard of it, as yet. Tho loss of tho pouch was do- i tee toil in two or tliroo days, nml in this way: According ton rule of the government h mintl?or of Southern postolllces are required to daily remit to Nashville postollk-o any excess of receipts over a certain sum, which varies according to rlie volume of business done at a place. This is done thnt no largo amount of i money may be stopped nt anJ olMce. Nash I ville in turn makes a daily remittance to Ismi- I isvillo and Louisville to New York. Receipts for these remittances are daily sent to post- , masters forwarding tho money. On May tl > the postmasters to whom receipts were due j Troiii Dr. Curry for remittances of May y j wrote that their vouchers had not arrived. The banks at hVanklin, Columbia and l'tilaski then notified biiu of the failure to get 1 checks, &o. l'roof that tho entire mall frmn Nashville [ to the Houth had disap|>eared rapidly uc- ' cumulated, and Dr. Curry made an investigation. He learned, it is stated, that the < mail pouch hod been delivered at the door I jf the |x>8totllce as usual to the driver of the ? contractor's wagon. The mail clerk on tho t train which should have received the pouch uuted that lie hail never seen anything of it. j The pouch, it was thus reasoned, had disap- | [te.ared after leaving tho postollice. Hut j uowf To settle that ipi<*stiou I)r. Curry, on c May l.'l, notified the department at Washing ? ?u?. iv iin^iib iii.-iko mi investigation. Nothing further wns heard in tliis coituocfion until ns stated, Mr. Btubhs, a ?pecinl J igont, cnmo to Nashville to hunt thu ntrair J iown. It is impossible to loom how much c noticy was in tbe mail. It was destined for i large and important territory, and tho i, resumption is that the pouch contained i; uuch valuable matter. 1 v DISASTERS AND CASUALTIES. \ 1 II Mrs. Kirshmnn and her daughter, Mra *' oldlterg, were burned to death in a lire in Norfolk street, New York. J During a thunder storm In Cincinnati, ^ two children of I<owo Emerson were struck * by lightning. Oiu of them is thought to be ?' fatally injured 1 Two bodies, a man and woman, ss^posed to be victiinsof the Johnstown flood, wore c found in the river noar Cincinnati. Thoro ? was nothing by which they could be identi- " k A-gravol train collided with a passenger ? Uf^a 0"thoPitlsbur^^^mniml^mlBt. ~ Raphael F. Forrandini. aged8 years, while ** i Sjg to catch a floating ball in a gutter, ~ itwir a rain storm in Baltimore, was swept jj into a sower and drowned. His ho ly wus 1 not recovered. r D. L. 1'hillips was killed and his wifo bady jj injure<l on tho Boston and Altiany Railroad, ^ near Worcester, Mass. They were returning front the funeral of a sister of Mrs. ~ 1'hillips, and were crossing the track. Mr. * 1'hillips was 71 years old. J Threo men jumped from a freight train j it Sutor, 1'a., just as nti empty engine w s n passing, and fell tinder the engine. Joseph v darker and another man, iiaiiio unknown, were killed, and Isaac Williams was fatally injured. All were stealing a ride from Con- J1 i?llsville 1 Hnrry Sloven* and his cousin, Charlie Clemens, aged about 13 years, were rch parsing a border drama, ill tho attic of their homo in Cincinnati, and, becoming excited, ilischnrged their revolvers. Stephens was laiigerousiy wounded in tho nbdoinon, un l Clemens was shot in the hand. Rev, Dr. YV. K. Kramer, pnstor of tho Reformed Church in I/ehutioti, I'ii., was itruck and killed by a railroad train while Iriving at tho head of a funeral procession across a crossing in that city, lie was TO years of age and had been pastor of the church in Lebanon for 38 years. A collision between two freigti trains near ^avre-dodiraco, Md , on tho l'hiladclpliin resulted in killing Joseph" 1rfch!oan"bFlfitt}man, and wrecking several enrs, two of them loaded with provisions for the Johnstown sufferers. Tho train liuuds say the telegraph operator gave the wrong signals. A passenger train was wrecked near Oakland, Me., l>v a washout. Tho injured were Engineer Win. Underwood, Ixiwiston, arms, legs and breast, not dangerous; Fireman S. Cuburn, South Unity, legs badly crushed; Mail Agent 1'nttorson, lielfast, legs aud loft | liana baaty hurt; Mutt Agvnl Sin-are, liar- 1 diner, logs crushed, dangerous; Mail Agent l.ibhy, Portland, ribs broken mid head cut; < Kxpress Messenger Roscoe Stevens, one leg < torn olT anil tlie oilier badly crushed. Careless blasting of rock in a vacant lot adjoining a four-story brnwnstono dwelling on West Sixtieth street. Near York, caused dnniajo estimated at about $'-?>,nuo. The house was owned by C. W. French, who occupied it with his family. The explosion was followed by astrango upheaval and aliasing of the ground and a rocking of the walls, lieuvy chandeliers fell from their fastenings; the stone |?orch was demolished; the cellar wall bulged six inches or more, and the entiro side of tli> house was a face of broken brick. The blasting was done only four fee* from tho house. NOT THE FARMERS' FRIEND; An Insect That is l'lnyiug Sail itayoc With Wivtern Wheat. The complaints about the destruction of wheut by a strange insect ore increasing at Indinnapolls, Ind. They come chiefly from t ho central and eastern part of the state, but the ravages of the little bug havo already spread to Northern Indiana, and the secretary of tho state board of agriculture regards the reports as alarming. The insect is what is known among agriculturists as the "green midge," another species of which is the "red midge " The latter last [appeared in this region about flftoen years ago, and did great damage to the growing wheat. The "green midge," the little destroyer which is now doing such alarming work, has not been teen 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 upou the stalk, from which tbey draw the sap,causing the groin to shrivel beforo it is matured! The insects are green in color. Little is known about thorn, because their appearance has been rare. The powder works of the Brockvl 1 lo Chemical end Superphosphate Company, about two miles from Hockvillo, Ontario, confuting of one heavy stone building and three frame structures, blew up. No lives were lost, nobody being in the works at the time. Several sheep and two horses in an adjoining field wero killed. The glass in many whitlows in Brookvilla and Moriutowa was broken by ths conousioa. SOUTHERN ITEMS. INTKRI?TING NKWS COMPILED FIIOM MANY SOUIIC15*. llnttio May Corley was drownwl in Buffalo Creek at Davidson, near llowlesburg, Preston County, \V. Va. Tlie chamber of commerce of Durham, N. C., is urging the erection of a union passenger depot iu that city. The Lynchburg, Va., Marl and Phosphate com|Kiiiy has been organizod with a |>uid up capital of ?'JO,<HX). J. M. Guest, gardener at the Allegheny Springs, Va., (omiiiitted suicide by taking laudanum, lie was from Gloucester county. a* So far as learned there is not a mill In Stafford or Spotsylvania counties in Va., that has not been seriously damaged by tho rpoont frn?h*?tL Clmttahoochoo is ono of the oldest towns in Florida, but never has bad a church building for whit) folks. Tho Methodists nru going to put up ono this year. CJ. E. linker i-hot nnd killed Terry Smith, a member of tho order of Locomotive Engineers, during a quarrel at Aberdeen, Miss, li.ikti* declared ho acted ill self defense. while playing with some boys, William Houhliu, colored, foil on tho railroad track fct lilaekstone, Vu., and died in a few miules. It is thought ho broke an artery in liis full. -?Iron work for tho ono hundred and ninety cat a to b" built l?v th-? Itoauoke, Va. Machine Works for tho Norfolk an 1 Western Itailroad bus been begun in tho blacksmith ind foundry departments. William Ilash diisl suddenly in Augusta jounty, Va. A jury of inquest rendered u rerdict that Hush died from pois ill udiuinisered by IVticliy Atkinson and Ida iluscli, lis wife. Harrv Lambert-, watchman at Kock ......i, . M..t.-,.....ia ... II. I. n [tail road, who was struck by it passing train onto <lays ago, died at his homo in Wheutou iiNlrict, Montgomery county, Md. At Morion Junction, I) alius county, Go., I. J'. Stevens, n sect on inun, shot mid killed 1. C. Segnor, a conductor on the Mobile ami iiriuinghuni ltailway. Tin trouhlo w;us t out a woman. ? During it recent thunder storm, tho igulning struol" ind killed four lino threerear-old steers, one cow and calf for (Japt. I. W. Marshall, of Miugo, Randolph ounty, W. Va. Miss Jane Woods, a young lady of Wetel county. W. Va., has just completed a nice |uilt, containing 110 pieces. She comneucod it when seven years old, liuviug rorked at it for fourteen years. ?Three horses valued at ahout $200 each, wned hy Win. Davis, near Fountain Mills, Frederick county, Md., were struck by lighting wh;le standing under a treo in a field luring a thunder s.orin and instantly killed. ? Constable Ooorgo Drill, of llagcrstown ild., while gathering an armful of grass for lis horse was stung in the arm hy a snake, vhich cscai?ed under the stub! ?. By inline liatoly applying antidotes, he will pull hrou^h all right. One of the prisoners confined in Monroe ounty, W. Va., jail managed lo get poss<3s:on of a table knife, with which lie dug a lole through a brick wall, and stealing tho eye from tho jailor's room lot two other iris jners out. ?During op altercation near 1'lains, Funnier Ronntr. Vm_. . ?* - ? -1'" ? *? reast and.hnnd. E. P. Turner was arretted." ?Messrs. Stull and Duvall, of Frdlerick, " ( id, made a narrow escape from doatb. "heir horse and wagon was crossing the oil road as a'train of cars came around the urve. By quickly jumping from the wagon nd holding (ho animal a futal accident was verted. -J rf ? Robert Terrell, a soction boss on tho C. i O., while sloepihg-dti tho track at Corisio, V , V. Va., was.struck l'y-<? .train and fatally njured. It is believed lie was intoxicated. v ^ lis remains w'ere taken to Virginia, his forner home, for .interment. 'I'lu deceased ias 38 years of ugo and unmarried. ?Tho young tlaiiihter of Kinton I^ingfitt, ? ? f Hancock county, W. Va., with her irotht-r, stopped ut a burning gas well, nnd lie boy turned on the gas full force, which lashed out ami caught tho girl's clothing, turning her to death. At llalton, (Ja., lion. S. E. Fields, State uiiitivi, win Miui uii'i Kiiii ii uy ill* Hlep-g.tn, )nui.is Taylor, wlioin he attempted to cltasise. Young Taylor was arrested ami taken o Dal ton. His mother is prostrated with icr double sorrow. Tho director's of tlio Lynchburg (Vn.) *and Company bavo decided to erect ten Iwellings on their property in West Lynch>urg at otic". Tho foundations of the zinc voi ks aro now beiug laid, and the plans of ,he point works are being propared. At Helen wood, Tenn., a mob broke into ,h i jail and took Lloyd and Heynolds, tho xoo near'tTyl ""Aa d?l4 them to a .todies threatening vengeance on nny informer. Public sontiiueut justifies the y uching. William Bagges, a con of ?.lr3. J. P. LJaggos, of Boone county* W. Vu.. amu home front n hunting expedition, and playfillly pointed his gun at his mother. The iveapoa was discharged, and the hall passed through her body, death resulting in a few hours. An attempt was made to burn the Marion county, \V. Vn. court hous'. A qumtity .. f ,,il ,v... ........... I It... ilnov mil down over the floor. Two lighted matches were then shoved under the door hut by some means failed to connect with the oil and the attempt was fruitless. The daughter of ex-SheriiT 12. W. Janney of Klkton, Md., has a kitten which is a curiosity. The animal was born without a tail, and its front paws are double. It moves more like a rabit than n cat. Its mother, ? likewise, hus double front paws, but is otherwise liko a cat. Joseph Smith, aged forty, was shot and killed by Samuel Kxonpeeker near Itoane Court-house, \V. Va. Kron pecker bad loit his wife anil six children in a destitute conditiou, and Smith had been oaring for then, Kron|iecker passed by his house, and seeing Smith talking to his wife, raisetl a rill > and shot him dead. Tiio murderer is in jail. Hugh Russian, wliii-e ploughing recently in his held a few miles south of Oreenshoro, N. C., turned up a very largo spear head made of stone. The stuup point had beeu broken off but the sides are still keen and the implement is in a good stato of preservation. The longth is six inches and the breadth two. I'reston Yonce was shot and killed near 'P- u /a t? nvi.bd .l I 11 ......11 I i umiiwii, n. v., i'jt n iiiui'-'IU imiurii nu?? William Carpenter. It is loornad in Augusta, (In., that the parties who <liil the shooting wore on a spree and objected to being addressed as hoys. A party was in Augusta looking for tho murderers, who lied. The streets of Ijeitersburg, M l., nra lined with silver poplar shade trees, which, at this time of tho yonr, shod n down strongly rosembling cotton, and which burns freely. Several boys set lire to it, and in an instant the streets wero enveloped in dimes. By prompt action of tho citizens, n conflagration was avoided, but tho straw and fodder in the hotel stable wero consumed. ?While employed in the La Belle pottery in Wheeling, W. Va., Frank Koch caught bin hand in the elevator rope noar the drum, and he was drawn around until bU hen l ^ oame within reach of tho cable. This cattfl'.I his head and sliced a portion of tho skull lieyond tho oar. He was extricated, but his iujuries were fatal. During a thunder storm a colored man living near Morydal, Caroline county, Md., was struck by lightning while harrowing in acorn field and instantly killed. His natno was Oibt.s. The horse be was working was killed also. Another colored man working in the same field wm knocked down by the booh.