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THE WEEKLY ife 1 ?~~*^m'"AV| Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, Polite Literature, Politics and the Current News of the Day. ? SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 2, 1885). NUMBER 31. I'm t<?l<t. In rlrilnc u..... I i i ?????? ??????????ri^ , |||H A BtrariRrr found"v li'ooL T7' In other words, a bockevr Just bis eiMHich to hold t? P\ TT' "D TVT It" "Itualton. low but oi W J?S 1-J 1\ IN Was on I b<t lionlcr" of ^ CY M. C. FARLEY. CHAPTER XVIIL " madam's wilu R. FREDERIC BOLjT TON chafes in spirit 1 as tho news of MadI it ni's sudden death rone lies him. He knows now that n!I hope of a rcconeilia4f\ tion with her is at an , r<\? end. No matter how Wjjp truly ho may liavo roponied of past follios; * uo lnftMer ?hout the r many resolutions ho 'hoa mndo for future TOrtil f>An illl/tf ATit/lnnt ta 1 nx/v\? vvumuvv. iu itvinin in ucn i, ctiivt there is absolutely uo show now for his being rernembereil in her will. Moro is the pity. The Captain will fall hoir to all the property, there is no doubt nbout that, unless Loo Mr. l'olton Hei/.es his hat as the possibility of Loo's chances comos to his mind. Ho rushes away to (ho o'hcO of Toby, Madam's lawyer, ami in dcfiunce of etiquette, or public opinion, or what "they" would say, determines to ask Iho lawyer how Madam has disposed of her money. Mr. Toby, howover, is not in. lie has gone away, and does not return for Borne d ?vs subsequent to the time apponted for Madam's funeral, and, porforco, Mr. Holton has to curb his curios Ily and smother down liis anxieties us best he can for tho time being. As a "blood relation" and tho father of Miss Loo, Mr. Frederic l'olton appears at tlio funeral of his late aunt. He is a goutleman in appearance, and captain Hazard rathor warms to the profligate ns the two meet in the darkonod rooms at. Hy water l'ark. "J3nt for mo ho would inherit the property," tho ('upturn thinks, as he 'Suppose you vend thai lasl line oet r.n looks rtt his vis-a-vis. "How ho must liato mo." lint Holton is entirely too lazy to fool no strong an oinotiog as that of hatred, tio, while lie envies his nioro fortunate rival, and curses his own ill-luck, ho fools no other pang, as ho congratulates the Captain beforehand on his prospective good fortune. Tho funeral over, Mr. Holton takes his daughter and makos rondy for their speedy return to tho old rooms in Mrs. McUillicmldy's hoarding house. lint, this ilu; Captain objocts to so strenuously that Hoi ton, nothing loath, consents to remain at Jlywater Park, until after tho reading of Madam's will, any way. ^ Madam had rested in her stono gravo just throe weeks when this important event transpired. Olio morning Mr. Toby notified Madam's bereaved relatives that, agreeably lo tho wishes of his late client, ho would, on a certain day of a certain week, in a month that liad been particularly specified by her, make known her last will and testament to her heirs. Promptly at tho time and place mentioned tho lawyer appears, wifli tho allimportant document in his hands. Mr. Toby is a roly-poly man, with a frosty mustache and a shining poll. Ho is a Presbyterian in creed, a lawyer by profession, and a Democrat in politics, and for years lias been the chief manager of Madam's business a Hairs. JIo now stands in the back parlor at Bywalor Dark, with the lato Madam's threo heirs beforo him, and her last will and testamont lying on a table ( lose by. The Captain gluncos covortly at Loo as the lawyer takes up the document, and, unrolling it, proceeds to read therefrom. .As Mr. Toby reads ho cannot help but feel tho amazement that is depicted upon the faces of his auditors as they listen to tho provisions of that remarkable document. Mr. 'J'obv leads to tho end of the last page. IS'ol .1 word is spoken by any of the tliroo as lio looks over the top of the sheet, momentarily expecting a burst of indignation from one or all of them together. Utter silence greets him, as Mr. Toby finishes his reading and looks about liiui, The will has taken them all by surprise. Mr. .Frederic l*>olton's face is oxprossi\oof p'aeid satisfaction. There is a look of intense astonishment on that of Captain Hazard, and Jjoo has turned scarlet, pors stently avoiding the Captain's eye. Still, slio is calm enough, to all outxvnrd appearance, and. experienced old stager that Captain Hazard is, he can detect in that quiet exterior but little sign of the raging tires that stir her blood as the lawyer tinishos tlio dooitmont, and pauses with an expectant look at the two persons most interested in the bequest. "1 suppose," begins Mr. Toby, "that you consent to tlio terms of tlio will." "Of course they do," erics Mr. Helton, joyously. "They will bo a pair of fools if tho.v refuse." "Cm?or? Rtipposo you read that Jast clause over again," ventures Hwz ard. "I don't believe I undertand it very well." Mr. Toby again unrolls tlio parchment, nnd, adjusting his glosses, procoeds to read in a monotonous tone: "And, lastly, I, Evolyn Dundas, being of sound mind, and of my own desire, hereby revoko all forinor wills mado by mo and pronounco them null and void. I herewith give nnd bequeath?on the conditions stated below?to Captain Hazard and my gramtnieco, I ouisa Holton, daughter of Frederic Holton, all my bouds, stocks, mortgages, pinto, pictures, furn tare, the fifty thousand dol'nrs in the Murrayville bank, and the estate called Hy water Park, to share and sliaro alike, subject to this condition, viz. : "That, within six months from the dato of my death, they marry each other, and resido, as I havo done, at Hy water l'nrk. "Howevor, if from any cause oithor refuses to comply with this condition, I rovoke the bequest; and, instead, the stocks and bonds, the mortgages, plate, pictures, furnituio, the lifty thousand dollars in the Murrnyville Hank, with the estate called Hywater Park, are bequeathed to the Government, to be applied in payment of the national debt." Mr. Toby clears his throat, and Hazard takes advantago of the pause and glances at his fair vis a vis. She looks stony. The Captain is staggered. Ijoo certainly doesn't seem to be an over-ripe plum ready to drop at the first slinking of tlio free. Hhe rather l,w.L-? .... it ..I... ItiMaino IVM'UO (to It OI1V7 ? V/UIU CUJVJ tiiivnui^ over their cliimco of inheriting the money and doom'ng them both to poverty. Tlio Captain has 8 beggarly pension and expensive habits, nml Lo" has the oxponsive habits without the beggarly pension. Without Madam's mouey tlioy aro poor ub church mice, and likely to remain so. " Well?"says the lawyer, inquiringly. "J'r?er?it seonis a good deal like crowding the mourners. Eh, Toby?" responds Hazard, helplessly. Mr. Toby coughs. "Of course you can aet jour own pleasure about complying with the terms or the will." "Not oxactly," says Hazard, slinking his head doubtfully. "I admit that so far as 1 am concerned nothing would suit 1110 better than to call Miss Eoo hero my wife. But the young lady " Eoo shoots tlio Captain an angry glauce. Ho hesitates?stops. "If the young ladv refuses she will have the pleasuro of knowing she has thrown away a fortune," Mr. Toby blandly remarks. Mr. Toby lias no patience with a contumacious woman. Moreover, the fat little lawyer is a democrat, with an wrdent desire to see that publio debt melt away entirely during a Democratic administration. He rather hopes his late client's heirs will adopt tlio high-handed alternative, and let the (Joverninont bo tlio beneficiary. Hazard hesitates for a moment, thon he approaches Miss Bolton. There is something in tlio Captain's eyes and in his manner that forces a conviction in tlio lawyer's mind unfivorable to tlio (iovernment's chances as heir-at-law to the Dundas bequest. "There is no groat hurry about, arriving at a decision," says Mr. Toby, ; shortly. "Any time within six months j will bo soon enough." "There's no timo liko tlio propent," j ejaculates i>ir. isoiton, iub lu>]>es rising, ' plucnix-like, from tlio ashes of his Into I :lospair. "Lot's give 'em n chance to i talk the matter over. It is best to jtriko while the iron is hot, yon know." Mr. Toby puts the parchment in n tin box. Then he takes up his hat, and IJolton accompanies him to tho door. The door opons, closes, nnd Madam's two heirs are nlono together. CHAPTER xrx. now THEY DECIDE IT. - ^ EFT nlono : with each othr~ H- Ml J er? 'J?? r'H?8 t- j I -j W*J5jfV \^f(| ',or -V" C.W W Z f/4 nnt^ marches Xyj/ [III proudly up | In and down tho ' i ro?m*. ^',o *8 1 Vl/ilffffl ^'10 wonders I i \ y Madam had suspected all ?r"r/c-alone tho fool j lion.i t toward tho Captain, and mnde J ihat will accordingly. Tho will is i ioubly ahoniinablo, inasmuch as it i throws tho Captain's future interests autircly in Loo's hands, and forcos tho Captain into marriage with her, with poverty as tho only alternative. "You see that you are in for ^ Miss fioo," begins tho Captain, coinm'ser; itingly. "My interests aro at your i mercy, and blessed aro tho merciful. I I hope you will keep that in nind when ?ou decide tho case." "There is nothing left for mo to do?i?le," says Loo, shortly. "Tho matter lias been arranged beforehand." "That is. Madam lias taken it for granted that wo will agree to her plan, ind ha< anticipated tho natural result." "Mudume certainly expected us both to refuse to obey tho conditions of tho will. She never believed, if you do, that we would allow oursolves to bo thrown at each other's heads liko blocks of wood, all for a little money," Loo cries, bitterly. "Hut I am not being thrown at you," I ....... <1... O.nlni., "T n i 11vJ v?{U(?iiit ni/imtn, JL Mill llll.V ions for tlie consummation. I will not refuse to fultill tlio conditions of tfio will, lor tliey aro ngreonhlo to me." "The}' are not so to mo." Hazard Hits down, feeling very much is if a wet blanket had been thrown jver him. lie 1ms never been quito uiro of IMissHoo; still, tliero have been dines when ho Iiuh taken eourago and hoped that all would eomo right in the ;ourso of time. The present attitude locsn't argue very favorably for his hopes. Ila/.ard wonders vaguely to himself what there is about him that is m very objectionable to I oo. Other Sills ? Hut liero ho bites his lip, md changes the current of his thoughts, for t ho vision of Iiittlofield rises up bolore him. "Yon refuse to marry me?" Will she refuse? Slio asks herself the question. Every impulse of hor heart prompts her to accopt him. *' She knows well enough that until she c came to By water Park the Captain was 1 Mail a m's declared heir?that thoobjco- 1 tionablo will is of late origin. If Bhe v refuses to be his wife she plungos him n into a poverty he nover would have * known but for hor sake. On the othor \ hand, his egotism is ho great, that if she j should consent, will he not suspect tho f, secret she has guarded so jealously ? a Bather than that he should know h\io q really loved him irrespective of fortune, Loo had rather lose all. Shall she refuse? Poverty is their portion if she does. She knows well enough the Captain has no trade or pro- a. fession, and no prospeots save those he ? has been taught to look lor as the heir ^ of By water Park. To refuse now is to strip him of all the appanages he has for J* years considered h s very own. To refuse is to doom liersolf forever to the c third-floor back bed-rooms?tho sham ol pianos ? f the McGilliotiddy regime; P to endure a greater poverty than she hi has vet known, and. rterhans. to nnn hor P "With the Captain'# armh about her. o father end Ins wretch od life in the alms- F house. These reasons marshal them- ~ solves in line bofore her ns the Captain * again repeats, in a tone of disappoint- tl ment: si "Then jou rofuse to be my wifo?" lr lioo shuts lior toeth; she looks at Hazard, and her resolution is taken. o ".No," she says, "I do not." d A red flame leaps info his sallow j, cheeks. Whether it is cnnseil liu n. feeling of satisfaction or disappointmerit iB impossible to guess. "I will marry you," Loo says again, * "but yon are not to suppose that any n other than a mercenary motivo actu- ? atds mo in consenting to n marriage " with you. You are not to suppose that k 1 am " ri Then she breaks of suddenly -"ij a oi light, dawns on the Captain's minu. ci "I won't supposo nnvthing, Loo. I L know?it's those tqyriblo llirtations? n rny awful egotism. I stopped all those ei things when you came to Bywater t.l Bark. But I deserve a great doal; 0 don't spare me." I, "No," says Loo, hysterically, "I t] won't." T And then she breaks down completely. ' * * * * * * 81 More than an hour lias elapsed since c Mr. Bolton and tho lawyer left tho 11 Madam's heirs alono in tlio back parlor, to arrivo at a conclusion. Mr. Frederic Bolton lias passed k away tho time in pacing up and down s< the hall outside tho parlor door, mo- n meiitarily expecting to sco either Lou n or tho Captain emerge from the room U] to announce thoir decision. (] 1Mr. Bolton becomes impationt at Bl last. lie coughs. Nobody comes. 1. I 4.1- - -1 J 11*311 11U ciHUIUlijr U|P]iruuuilU? l)UU uoor U |)| itself, and coughs again. c< {Still noho<ly comes. Mr. Bolton is , consuming with impatience. llo won- Jn ders if Lou will ho so foolish as to throw away nn inheritance liko that of ? By water I'ark. If sho does she is no true daughter of his. Ho far as Bolton is concerned personally, he would not hesitate to make a marriage himseif, b< providing tho pill was gilded highly It enough. ai Ho can wait no longer. His curiosity tc is burning him up. He taps at tho g; door. Hilonco. Mr. Bolton feels a (t natural alarm. Perhaps they are dead, g Ho turns the door knob softly and g poors through a crevico as the door v swings gontlv back. Ho need fool ^ no alarm. Tlie first words that saluto tho ears of tho anxious parent dissipato 1 his fears. H o soes Loo standing by tho long K window with the Captain's arms about Vl her, and she is quoting, evidently in responso to sonio confession of his fol- n lies which the Captain lias just made: "Tliey siv, host moil aro molded out of faults; n And, for tho most part, become much moro tho , hotter * For being a little hail." I Mr. Frederic Bolton whistles softly C beneath his breath. He shuts up the (j door as carefullv as ho has ononod it ? < - V I VJ and goes away with his minu at rest. ,j Ho knows now, quite as well as Mr. j Toby knows a few hours later on, that ^ llv water Park will remain in possession of the natural hoirs. [THIS KND I 0 ?ft LIGHTNING'S OUF.F.R HAVOC. ll Playing About n House ami Stunning p, I he Occupants. ^ During a storm ?it Fredericksburg, Vn., H| lightning struck the homo of II. A. Carner, M almost completely wrecking it. The lightning first struck tho north on<l of the house {< at the top, and passing down tore oil |, every vestige of weather tioarding. It then ?| ran down the stove pipo into the parlor, j,, whero Mrs. Corner was sitting with a young H( child in her lap, lioth of whom whoro stun* j)( ned. From the parlor it ran to the diningroom, completely demolishing tho table, setting tho curtain on fire, and destroying a iiuiiiIkt of household articles. From the dining-room it proceeded on its way to the It kitchen, and passing a smalt table, 011 which H were a set ot knitting kneedles, completely hc melted them. In tho kitchen wore live di laborers, all of whom woro sjvcrely stunned, 1. but otherwise uninjured. 1 solving tho house in ttie electric fluid ran on a wire clothes lino ol which was attached front the hotiso to a dl cherry tr<-o, and demolished both. Nearly ci all of the window glass in tho hoi;,so was a< shivered. There were eight people in the N house at the time, hut 110110 tveru killed, m although all w?rs stunned. tt """" ' THE NEWS. Detective Geramilt, of Wisconsin, orreete n ban Diego, Cel., J. P. Edwards, on i barge of embezzling $10,000. An earth uske shock was felt in Memphis, Tenn. ? 'he Knglish syndicate lias closed a dee rhich will result in the purchase of the Min eapolis Klour Mills. A general s rik ras inaugurated among the coal heavers ii Vest Superior, Wis. Daniel ami Marthi tanks, of Warsaw, Ind., have been arreste* or killing their child. The latter was offere* 9 a sacrifice. Burglars robbed the stor f H. P. Bodwell, in Massachusetts, o 12,000 worth of Jewolry. The Columbus locking Valley and Toledo Railroad wil are to default In the interests of its bonds nd a receiver will lie appointed. Jame ykes, dealer in grain in Chicago, was con anvicted of issuing fraudulent warehouse ertitioatee, and sentence to two years im risonment Monsignor Corcoran wa uried i?**hiladelphla from the Cathedral lajdinay&p&ns and ATPfiStebop kyan oftl lated.?"HSenry Duncan, the Baptist reacher who murdered his wife in Alabama as been sentenced to death. Prof. R. N ool has sold the Specular Iron ore property t Woynesboro Junction, Vs., to a company r which General Hosecraus is president. >r. Eugene Grissom, superint>ndont of thi orth Carolina insane asylum, has b^on no uitted of tbo charges preferred ngnlnsl im. Jordan Washington, of Fredericks org, Va., was canvicted of murder in th? icond degree, and sentenced to eightoor ears in the penitentiary. Max Lee snol nd killed bis wife in Philadelphia while sh< as crouching in a doorway. The Mi x an Custom-lion^ at Sassily, Honora, col >psed. Three men wero killed. iiiiss Nellie Breesa, of Co'wrg. OnL, hrv icei: found guilty by a coroner's jury o oisoning her husband. Secret servlci Hlcrs raided the United States Ilotol neat inyton. O., nnd captured a lot of counter ?lt bills. The counterfeiters escaped. Irs. John McGregor drowned her two clillron nml herself In * creek near Youngsiwn, O. Arsenic voir placed In the foo?l f Joseph Hunter's children, living In Utile lock, Ark., and throe of them hnve dlod. ?Tho Manitoba and Canadian Northwest heat cro*^ is n failure. The Indians al tie Cherrystone River Agency refuse tt gn tho hill providing for tho sale of theii inds.?? Mrs. Mary Pillow has brought lit for slander against Colonel Clay King, f Memphis, Tenn. Kho claims *100,001 amagos. Fire destroyed half a business 'ock .in Colurabpr, Co The loss is about 75,000. In Grayport, Miss., Zim Filnian, r egro, was murdered by parties against 'honi he had appeared In court. Thret ion wore killetl in Chicago by tho exploslor f a I oiler in a pinning mill. A convict I Kentucky named White was shot ami llled while attempting to escape. Warints have been issued for the^rest ?' rado State official?, who pr^M^argod with rooked mss. Postmnsb^Vwmrj^ of Gain, lainnr county, Ala., was shot and killed by desperado, who escaped. Mr. Dlaiue is II joying good health, and denies the story lint ho intended to resign. Two of the blest drivers in the employ of Ferris & Co. avo been arrested for stealing nearly six Sou ;nnd dollars worth of hams. Martha 'hoinpson, wife of R. N. Thomirsoo, of At. mtic City, Va., has confessed that she truck her husband with s h itchet, but laimsit was in self defence. Dr. McDow, I o slayer of Captain Dawson, was expelled roin the South Carolina Medical JSociety. ?Captain Wm. J. Wake, of Fiiirinount, Id., wasstablved by Sam Kieher, a colored 'annul. Captain Blake, it is thought, can ot recover. Martin Boyrnn, of Newark, f. J., is charged with the murder of lib lot Iter-in-law and assaulting his wife. A isnppnintcd lover named Kastou committed licide in Brewlon, Ala., by throwing him If u| ou a circular saw. An usodition as been formed to assist Dr. Baussett in the instruction of n steel ai'r-sSi'p. Four- men st their lives in n cesspool while attemptig to recover a watch that had .fallen in. ?The large stables of thfc Lowell (Mass) use railroad was burned, together with 1^'J irses aud 30 cars. The next Saengcrfest [ the Scandinavian singers of America will ) held at Minneapolis, July 4th, lS'.H). r. T. J. lluurigaii, convicted of murder. id a fellow prisoner broke jail at Bvardsmn, Ky., and escaped. Archbishop Corri?ii, it is said, has been summoned to Home ? answer charges made against him. ev. (i. P. B. Pepper, president of Colby Hiversity, has resigned, and Frof. Albion f. Small elected bis successor. Charles teller, of Littlestown, Fa., was shot iu th? a id and dangerous y wounded. Seven Lisiness buildings were destroyed by lire at hell ltjck, la. A train on tho Fennsylania road was telescoped by two runaway 'eight cars, and two men were killed. A limber were serious*; p^red. Robert Paiton, a deputy United State* inrshal in Oklahoma, was killed by 1a* Vest, a iin'o;>8binor, who in turn was shol >y Dalton l>efore the latter expired. Charles H. Boliman, of tho National Fisl Commission, died in theswampsof Southern leorgia. Tom Condor, a Mormon nmr erer, was hanged in Nashville (or killing ack Rdey At a grade crossing In Soutl imlniy, Francis Mulligan and Neils Nlelson 'ero killed. Henry Tliornhill, n tougli haracter, shot and killed William Barrett, well-to-do farmer In Aurora, Nebrnska. lornce LePring, of ThreoOiks, Mich., wai r res led charged with attempting to poison is father, mother and sister in order to get nssessiou of the far in. It is reputed that le wheat crop of Dakota is JO,000 bushels loit. Michael Bolak, the murderer of lichaol Bellinshire, was hanged in Bolviire, N. J. lOx-Stote Senator P. J.Creigh111 pf Sir i n ItVn rioiu/wt <vtnvlnliw4 /?f < ? -- ? "* J rihing, and who escnpod, lias given himself p. The nailers the Itrooks Iron Commy nt Itirds'.ioro, Pa., have decided not to ;eept tho reduction pr >posod by tho comany, Tho schooner Golden Hind, froin Grand attks, arrived atGlouceiter, Massachusetts he had on tioard two men of I ho French shooner Georges, parked tip Juno 13 in ?i ory. Captain Hoppell reports thit on June J, on tho western part of It ink Quaro, fell i with Mie French fishing schooner Georges, f Ht. d?, at anchor and ilying signals ol Istrc >Ier captain reported that nil hi* aw < 4ght inan had got astrny, and asked isfstar.ro to get his vessel under way. otliing was seen or hoard of the missing ion. 1 hoso picked Ap wero forward's! lc to French consulate at ltvstou. V " I ViLLEY 18 MOURNING a ? Devastations by the Flood ir L West Virginia. A '* Ton TjIvcs Known to llnvo IJoon liont? 8 Tho List In Not Complete -AH tho " County Hridjjos Gone?A VII% l?K<* Kiilircly Wiped Out. ^ A sp-?cial from Parkersburg, W. Va., says ' Tho Littlo Kanawha Valley is In mourn8 Ing. It has never known such a devastition ' as that which tho cloudburst Tburday night ' wrought. It is now known positively that ' ten lives were lojt in this and Wirt counties, '? and ruveral parties are reported drowned in s Jackson county. The drowned are. Mrs, l" Jsaiah Tucker, Kdward lioso, Mrs. Isant 8 Raberts, Mrs. Orville West and two children, " John Balh?y, Ray Kigers, wlfo and two chil8 dren, and John Hughes aiul family, in Jackson county, nne among tho missing. * litt-le village of MorriHtown, on t Tucker's Creok^in .Virt county, is entirely wipod out of e, ' *nco, and every family on ' that creek is in \ ' of help. The loss to . that neighborhood Is tot loss than twenty , thousand dollars. Ills estimated that Woo I f county has suffered not let* than five hundred tbotisand dollars damage. Kvery county bridge south of the Littlo Kanawha river p but one is goue. A gr at many families in . tUUcounty are in need of immediate assist, ance. A publie meeting looking to that end will probably bo hold. The city of Parkers burg escaped without damage. Navigation j oa Iuo Little Kanawha river will be siisponded for a good while, because of a break in lock No. 1, three miles nbovo 1'arkersburg. 1 Most of the timber that w.-nt out is being > caught, but the lumbermen will lose heavily. The Little Kanawha packets were not lost ns reported, but saved t hems/lives by rutting " looso thoir b?rgca. The runners ot the valley are the heaviest suffers. Many of thetn e especially on I>je Creek, State Cre-'k, l'ond . Crook and Tucker's Creek, have lost everything. 1 The cloudburst occurred on Limestone Mountain, Wood county, where the five creeks that were flooded have common souree, and from whore they take their course In as " many different directions. The damage to crops was inestimable, and the farmers will bo depetidout upon charity uutil next season. ! MAN ANITWTKE SLAIN. ! The Ilusbniul Shot AVhllc Asleep nncl I the Wife Beaten to l>cnth. ? The particulars of nn atrocious murder ' sro re|>ortod from Elk Township, Clayton 1 county, Iowa. John Eikons, about forty > years old, and his wife, aged twenty-one, * who were tenants on the farm of Allen For. ' ter, were found murdered in their bod about ' 3.30 o'clock in the morning. The d scovory k was made by Elkens's eleven-year-old son by ^ a former wife. Tho story of the lad is that > he was aroused from sleep in the barn about > 3 o'clock by tho report of a rifle in tin ; lious>, but being badly frightened ! not go to the houso until hair an hour later. ~TTn entering the housj he found his fath ?r and step mother lying dead uj>on the bo<l, I while their eighteen-mouths old infant lay sleeping by their side, lie took the bnby to a neighbor's house whore he told his story. Hikens nad evltfontly lieen killed llrst, ami before be ba<l an opportunity to make any ! resistance, lie bad been sliot with his own ritie. The bullet passe t through iiis bead. It was ovidcnt that Mrs. Klkins hnd fougli*. > bravely for her lifo. She had bo n kilad with a heavy club, after a fearful struggl . Her heal was literally pounded to a jelly. Articles of furniture in the room w< ro 1 broken and displaced. The weapon willi which she was killed was found noar the , house, coverd with blood. Klkous was not known to have any enemies uor much ' money. I THE GREAT SALT TRUST. , A Capital of Twenty-AI illions?Wliat I llio Combine Proposes to l>o. K. 1). Wheeler, of Manistee, Mich., one of the most prominent salt manufacturers in i the West, gives an outline of the plans of the proposed international salt trust. The association will lie organized with a capital of flM.Ot.f^tk'O, and will ho hicor|>or.'ito.| under the laws of New York. "There has I*h>ii a disastrous war waged tietwecn producers in Michigan and Kansas and Now York " Mr. Wlieeler said. "We have liccn shipping silt from Cidca{o, the .distributing point, to places in Kansas, paying #1 js r barrel freight and selling it at fl.'J ). We have also shippa! It Hist at the ame exorbitant rates. The Kansas und New York producers have been sending salt into our territory with like results?loss both to them and to us. After the association is formed each manufacturing point will bo apportioned its own district. The loss on the long freight luiul will be adjusted, and prices will go up ton cents a barrel." The association will tiogiu business on Jnn' uary 1 next. Of the stock, $.">,IHMI,<I01> will be bold by English capitalists. TO DISCUSS EDUCATION. I ^ | Session or Ili>3 National Council In Nashville?HuhjcvU Co l?c Dismissed. The National Council of the Klucational Association ojioned its lour days' Bosnian in Nashville, Tenu, The general nicotines of the association were opened at Clicrokee ( Park with a barbecue. Governor Taj-lor, ( tho mayor of Nashville, and tho Slate supjrl intendeiit of instruction, extended words of welcome, to which tho officers and others of the association res|>onded in appropriate words, each section of tho country liemg i represented in u response. About 4,500 delegates have arrived. Many are absent at l/onkout Mountum and on ex! cumioiis. Nearly every state and territory i Is represented, and delegates are present i from Caua>la. Fifteen hundred delegates assembled In 1 the Theater Vendomo. After the presentation of a gaviil Irom the Alabama delegation, tho meeting proceeded to consider the su'ojeot of manual training. Prof. Woodwaid, of St. i/Oilis, earnestly advocated 1 manual training. Tiio subject of maiiusl training was assailed and dofeuded, and ile future place in public instruction is unsettled, so far as tlio couventiou considered the subject. __ SIX THOUSAND WKRF. IOST A Waterspout Hurste in a District in t'liina-Villn/{cH Flooded. The steamer City of New York arrived at Kan Francisco from Hon# Kong anil Yokohama. Tho Japan (Jaswtto of tlio'JOlli nit. contains tlto following: "Intelligence has Ixmii received at Hong Kong from Klayiiig Clian prefecture, in the I Northeast of Kwimg Tung, that early ou the morning of the ?1 of Juno tho Chan I'ing , and I'ing Yuen districts were Hooded hy the , bursting of a waterspout or tornado, do , scribed by tho Chinos? as a water dragon, I nnd the level country was flooded with nearly thirty six feet of water. Tho villages of > Chno Kou and Ha Ku liatil in tho i'ing Vlien , district, and CneongTan, lion I.ui, Ngai Ku, [ Kani Chan Kill and S:m l'o liui, in the Chun I'ing district, were overiliwai, many houses being wholly swept away, whiie otliers were | inundated. Upwards of si* tuoutf-iuij lives wore lost," | SOUTHERN ITEMS. INTERESTING NKWS OOMPIIiEI* FROM MANY SOURCE-*. ' A new building anN lotin association has just been organized in Durham, N. C. William Hhclton.a young railroad mnn, committed suicide at Atlanta. Ua., by takiug morphine. The Lynchburg (Vn.) Industrial BocMy will hold their annual fair on the Hth, Oth, 10th ami 11th of October next. A regular watenqiout struck Lynchburg. Va.. flooding aton*? and residents, and causing a k?s of nearly $ I0.(KK?. . Win. Onrson ami Captain W. A. Lloyd, while Ashing off Wriglitsville, N. C., were ' drowne?l by their boat capsizing. Krances Cooper, colored, of Mt. Pleasant, Kla., has confessed to |>oiaoning three colored , women whom ho invited to dinner. Prof. Ralph II. Graves diod at Raleigh, N. C., from the effect of the wounds Inflicted upon himself in bis recent attempt to cotui init suicide. There was a slight shock of earthquake at Charleston, S. C., lasting about ten seconds. Buildings were shaken, but 110 dam age was done. It is estimated that the probable mortgage indebtedness in Frederick county, Md. at the present time will roach nu aggregate of more tlisn $o,000,000. Frank Millno and Stm Cronln got into a quarrel over a girl at n picnic near Horse Neck, in Pleasant county, \V. Va., and Cronin shot Millan dead. The Riverside Iron Works has given out the contract for building a second blast furnace of greater capacity tliau their present one at Ren wood, W. Va. Mr. O. Kline, of Hagerstown, Md., exbihits a bunch of wheat, couslstingof ninetysix stalks of fully developed heads, the product of a single grain of whont. They hay crop In Frederick county. Md., will be large, and in many places wln?r? the wheat >?? beer, tuinanod tlio yield has lteen found better than was expected. Lewis Koontr., aged 17 years, a son of Charles Koontr., of Huntington, W. Va. was drowned iu the Ohio river nbout 4 o'clock, while In the water bathing. Carroll Division, Hons of Teiiqternnce, of Westminister, Md., have decided to tear down their building and rebuild at once, replacing by a substantial mid handsome building. Near Tunnel Hill, (is., Martin Iiove, colored, attempted n felonious assault on Miss Addle Rogers, a white girl. Ho whs caught late in the day and lynched by a masked mob. A. il. 1'rivett, while craned with drink, committed suicide in Ooldsboro', N. C., by taking laudanum. Prompt medical attention was summoned but could only prolong his life a few hours. John Dinkleman, an aged German peddlor, was struck by a train on the Ohio River railroad in l'urkersburg, W. Va., and I?iii|.i?. f n..... ...I.1..I. I. . .4 2?4 1.. Iwj hours. A summary of one hundred and thirtyfire replies to im|Uirit*s s?nt out hy the Augusta (On.) Exchange through seventeen counties in Georgia tool Carolina, Indicate the cotton crop to l?e from lire to twenty days late. Mr. Htciner, of Kroderloic, Md., who recently discovered m'hro ImmIn on one.of his farms, is trill meeting with great success. He opened tho earth to the depth of nine feet and finds tho ipiulity of ocliro superior to the fti st fotifid. 4 Young Whitohuraf, book-ke-p^r for Branch, tione & Co., of Spring Hope, Nash county, N. C., committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. It is thought thut irregularities to his tn>oks caused him to commit the act. While a passenger train was standing at Onkdnle, Tenn., at 5.%) a. in., it was run into by a south-bound train on the Cincinnati Southern, wrecking the engine and pot an I car of the south bound train. Nolxtdy was hurt beyond bruises. Tliooutline for the programme for Alleghany county, Mil., centennial celebration has been agreed ti|ton. Hoptombor 24 will Ik* literary day, the25;l? trades display ami the 20th civic mid Military parade. Each day Is to have minor features. A horse driven by Mrs. Trosell, of Hngerstown, Md., ran away mid collided with the team of Mr. Bankert. This animal also hecaino frightened and started another horse driven l?y Mr. Teigley. Matters Ixcamo exciting for a little while, l>nt the only dnmage done was the breaking of Mr. Bankert's buggy. Tho warehouses occupied liy J. W. Tcm rlo & Co., furniture, cotton ami rico straw; lores Bros., pianos and organs, and CImrles Kolshorn & Co., ixwr bottlers, at Savannah, On., were dostioyod by flro. Tho total loss is ?20,000, with ?4.000 insurance. The State treasurer of North Carolina lias just decided that Isiards of county commissioners huve no ri^ht to change valuation of property where no improvements or de preciation have occurred since the lust assessment. Willie Bodensteln, near Wheeling, W. Vs., dropped his hat on tho track of tho 1$. & ()., and taking a stick was trying to recover it when tho train passed, and he was drawn under tho wheels, which crushed tho life out of him. Mr. Gibbons, of Bnrnesville, W. Va , has n brood of domestic pntridgcu. They were hatched by an old hen, who takes kindly to r.er nimble littlo flock, and is evidently not aware of the deception. -Work lias been discontinued at the Virginia ore bank, between Nhepherdstown and llarper's Kerry, W. Va., the Kavery Com* pauy having hud it stopped on account of the washing of tho oro discoloring the water so that tho pulp mill could not be operated. John Wright, one of the most prominent farmers of Washington county, Va", had | his barn destroyed by lightning. The barn i and its oirtiro contents, consisting of a thousand bushels of wbout, grain drill, harness, I &<*., and two v/ry valuable horses. Jxiss between $2,000 and $2,500; no insurance Mrs. K. W. liarbcr, an old lady living near Lafayette, Al.?., was bitten by a rattlesnake it few days ago. She Iteeaine very ill for a few hours and afterwards became totally blind. Otherwise she has entirely recovered from tue effect* of the bite. Her physicians do not know how to account for tlie circumstance. A youth while at work in the harvest Held of .Mr. John Basterdny, near IVtorsville, Md., fell in front of a sell-lender while it was in operation and hud one of his arms caught in tiie binding taction. Before he could lie extricated his arins were badly lacerated, two knots having been tied in Ins flesh. -Mrs. Clayton, of Cutnlierlnud, Md. .during a thunderstorm, went to close a window up stairs, when site was stunned iiy a flash of lightning. Her cheek wus singed by the flash, the mark left having tho appearance of a severe sunburn. In the room below where k)|H HtdMul IX rollfltl holft MI1A i?/?h is scon in the plastering. Charles Walker, an employe at Wood's saw mill, at Hush Hun, Fayette county, W. Vn., was killed in a drunken row with an unknown n?,;ro, who escaped after the shooting. Four snots wore llred, two of which took effect in Walkers breast, inflicting a fatal wound, The fanners of Frederick.Md. complain that a small black fly Is proving particular troublesome to the cows this summer. The flies aettle in grout ntiuiliers atsuit the base of the horn ami on top of the head between ttie horns, n lid are a serious torment. Tho lairay (Va.) Mills Company have disposed of their proi>erty at public sale for #10,000. Messrs. W. M. Fielding, T. li. Henaids, Jotm 1'. (drove, John W. Hotligeb and A. J. lliilfman becoming the purchasers at that price. It is the purposj of tho new company to run t|n mill at a much larger capacity than ho/etoforo. W A TRAIN TELESCOPED? ^ , Two Miners Killed and a Number Injured. v| A Tlrukcn Axlo Cauons a Serious Accident in Indiana. A train loaded with 'J00 minors returning from tlmir day's labor was wreekod near Shamokin, Pa. Two persona were killed,and, as far as could ho ascertained, twenty Injured. Two of the latter were women. Tho train left Hickory Swamp, a Tillage four tnilcs east of here, sovernl minutes before six o'clock. After a ruu of one mile tho train ran on to tho main track. Previous to this time the branch road wns concealed from the main track by a V" shaped mountain. As tho last car pasted, the switch 11 igman, John Mots, who was on tho rear end. g'auced up tho main line and was par dyzed at the sight. One hundred yards lK'hind, onvolope l in a cloud of dint., came two loid?d coal oars rustling down u|>on the train like a black meteor Tim passenger train wns soin jwhnt behind time and was also skimming down the track nt n speed of forty miles an hour. Without h second's thought Mots yelled to tho in* mutes of the oar and then jumped. Ho landed safely alongside of a pile of railroad tii?s, four of which he at once threw across the rails. Tho pursuing cars cut through them like a knife. By lids time the inmates of tho two passenger cars, which wore literally packed heboid tho danger. A will scone of confusion ensued. A simultaneous rush for tho door was made. A few succeeded in gaining the platform and safely jutni>ed off, when a jam occurred in the iloorway. Then many leaped through tho open windows and rolled down u steep "rrtbuukr.iouU Then iiie crash came, ar.d in n second many uf the inmates were writhing nlmut the floor in agony, while others were rushing over their mangled and torn bodies to gain the op'u air. After the run away cars truck they passed through the passenger c inches like n bolt, the coal (lying about the oars like a batlory of Catling guns. After tho vast clouds of dust cleared nwnj tho uninjured went bravely to work, an I in an hour succeeded in extricating the dead and wounded. Tho cars that caused the wreck started from the Kxcelsior Colliery, two miles east of Coal Him switch. There were four cars stmding'on the siding below tho colliery, nil i it is supposed that mischievous boys in order to procure n ride, uncoupled the cars mid loosened the brakes. When nearlng a patent switch lending to tl main track, the brakes were put on, but the boys, unable to tighten llietn enough, liecnnio frightened, jumped oil and took to the woods. Wrecking crews are now on tho scene of (lie disaster, and will havo'the road open for trulHc by morning. The road will sulTer a loss of flTi.tHK). Vinctennks, Ind.?Tho morning northtiound express on the Cairo, Vincennes ami Chicago Railroad jumped the truck at II nVlnolf in t.lm mnrnintr tta-A L -0 Mount Curuiol. The baggage cur nnl two passenger coaches wore thrown o(T. The train was speeding along at thirty llvo mi let an hour. No one was killed but several Im-i-hodm were hurt. The axle of a freight oar gave way in front of the passenger couch an;! precipitated the wiioie train down a tun foot embankment. Medical aid was at once stint from Mt. (Jaruiul to the scene. SHOT-BY A BANDIT. ?fl| Brutal Munlq1 of a.I'qat master by an IJscapcct'Trai n sltobber. A special to the Age-Jlc*ald reports that Postmaster dray, at Gain, Lamar county, Ala., was shot and killed by a man, who escaped. Gray lived an hour and gave the following account of thh affair; A few days ago a package camo to the office addressed lo "Cain." No person living there (tearing that name, he returned it to the sender. A man named llurrows culled for the package, and I eing told it had been returned, usked Gray if lie had scon its contents. Gray said yes, upon which Burrows shot him, and throitonod to shoot Mrs. Gray and her sister. Gray said the package hud come to the office partly o|>on and he could not help seeing that it contained a white mask. Gray also suid Burrows was the same ltubo Burrows, the Arkansas train robber, who escajKHl from tho officers at Montgomery, Ala., a year or so ago, the time bin brother Jim was caught and curried buck lo Arkansas. It will be remembered that Bubo and Jim were in Montgomery, and a polico offi<-er had them in charge, taking them to polico headquarters. At the foot of tbn steps both dashed for liberty, Bube escaping, shooting a printer mimed Bray, who tried to interrupt thorn. Butie was subsequently surrounded and shot at by the officers, but disappeared in tho swamps, siuce which tluie he bus not been heard of till now. COINERS CAPTURED. Did Nelson Drigge, a Notorious Conn tcrlcilcr Arrested, An important capture was made at Dayton, Ohio, by United States Secret Service Detectives, and #31,000 counterfeit money secured. Detective have for several months post been watching the road house of Nelson Driggs, near the Soldiers Home, and finally made a raid upon it. Driggs and his wife were arrested and charged with counterfeiting. I Drlggsisknownasan export counterfeiter, | and a member of a large gang. The detocj live who worked the c?se up personated a ' doctor from Hartford, Conn., uud professed ' to be anxious to secure a quantity of counterfeit money. Driggs got it for him, the ! bargain being that the doctor was to pay * #7,000 for the #31 OiH) counterfeit. In makj ing tlie capture Dectectivo A. Donello, of Virginia, was fired ii|>on by a desperute churacter, named Huron, who is one of the counterfeiting gang. Thobnli passed through the ofllcer's ear, under the scalp au J around to the back of the head The wound is serious, but not dangerous. The counterfeit bills were of the issue bearing Daniel Webster's portrait, and all #10 in doiiommution. " ? V-MARKETS. I i>AiiTimi?hk?r lour?v_/iry mins, exim,w.w n$5.00. Wheat? Southern Fultz, OUaOi; Corn?Southern White, 44a45cts, Yellow 4ln42 eta. Outs?Southern and Pennsylvania 30a34 cts.: live--Maryland & Pennsylvania 40a60cts.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania l.r> Udii# 15 50;Straw-VYh??t,rt.00a#8.5O;Watter, Pastern Creumer y, 1 KaVOcU., near-by receipt* 17alHet?; Cheese Postern Fancy Cream. v% alOcts., ?Western, 3?0 eta; Eggs?15 aid; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, la#2.(J0, Good Common, 3 00n#4 00, Middling, 6a#0.00 Good to flno red,7nf'.?; Fancy, 10o#l2. New York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,2.00a#3.40; Wheat-No 1 White 87>? a?!% , Ky??State, 54a50; Corn?Southern Yellow,41%i%4.'c.Oats-White, State 83]*a33JK eta.; Hutter-Htate. 14>$n 17cto.; Chooeo-Stato, 7%a0><ctK.; 1'ggs?14 j^a!5 eta. I'iiii.adei.i'Hia ? Flour ?Pennsylvania fancy, 4.25n4.7&; Wheat?Pennsylvania and Southern lted, 82Wo83; Itye?Pennsylvania 52e5hcts :Corn-8outherr. Y allow, 41%a42>j,ot* Oat?-3:i^a34 eta.; Butter-State, Ifl^a 17 ota.; Cheese?N. Y. Factory, 0a'J>4 eta. Egg*? State. 15aI6cta. CATTLE. Hai.timokr? Beef, 4 25a4 35; Sheep?#3 00 a4 60, lings?$6 00 itJ 25. nkw York? Hoof?#3 87}?a4 85; Sheep-#4 00 af> 25; 1 log*?#4 tV):i4 U0. Hast LibkRty? Beef?#4 50a5 00; Sboop?? |3 30?4 75; Hoea?#4 65a4 7Q { % r.