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Politics and ^ UNION U. II.. SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 2, 188!). NUMBER DERN ; , ^TaASDALE-N. tJY M. C. FARLEY. CHAPTER XVIIL ? MADAM'S WILL. R. FREDERIC BOLhT f TON chafes in spirit H | ns the news of Madrl Mi \ om'8 ?udden death \ Vt y r e a o h e s him. He fj knows now that all tj j&2??{ hope of a roconciliall CPST*\ *'on her is at an fj T2jKfc.-ZS end. No matter how M lismf) truly he may have rorent?d of r^t follies; no matter about the r many resolutions he 'has made for future (rood conduct. Madam is dead, and there is absolutely no show now for his being remembered in her will. More is the pity. The Captain will fall heir to all the ^ properly, there is no doubt about that. unless Loo >!r. Vol ton 8oiz.es his hat as the possibility of Loo*s chances comes to his mind. He rashes away to (he oTcG of Toby, Madam's lawyer, and in defiance of etiquotte, or public opinion, or what "they" would say, determines to ask tho lawyer how Madam has disposed of "her money. Mr. Toby, however, is not in. lie has gone away, and does not return for some d kvs subsequent to the time appointed for Madam's funeral, and, perforce, Mr. Bolton tins to carb his curiosity and smother down his anxieties , as tiest lie can for the time being. An a "blood relation" and tbo father of Miss Loo, Mr. Frederio Bolton npBiars at' the funeral of his late aunt, a is a gentleman in appearanoe, and Captain Hazard rathor warms to the profligate as the two meet in the dark oooa rooms at JBywater Park. "Bnt for me ho would inherit the property," the Captain thinks, as he Suppose you read that last line over." looks at his vis-a-vis. * How lie mast hate me." But Bolton is entirely too lazy to fool bo strong an emotioq as that of hatred. So, while ho envies his more fortunate rival, and ourses his own iU-lnek, he feels no other pang, as ho congratulates the Captain beforehand on his prospective good fortnne. The funeral over, Mr. Bolton takos his daughter and makos roady for thoir needy return to the old rooms in Mrs. McGillieuddy's boarding-houso. Bnt this the G'aptaiu objects to so strenuously that Bolton, nothing loath, consents to remain at Bywuter Park, until aftor the reading of Madam's will, any way. Madam had rested in her stone grAve just three woekB when this important event transpired. One morning Mr, Toby notified Madam's bereaved relatives that, agreeably to the wishes of his late client, he would, on a certain day of a certain week, in a month that had been particularly specified by her, make known her last will and testatnanf 4a koim uci UVIIOi Promptly at the time and place mentioned the lawyer appears, with the allimportant document in hia hands. Mr. Toby is a roly-poly man, with a frosty mustache and a shining poll. He is a Presbyterian in creed, a lawyer by profession, and a Democrat in politics, and for years has been the chief manager of Madam's businoss affairs. He now stands in the back parlor at By|L. .water Park, with the late Madam's three heirs before him, and her last will and testamont lying on a table close by. The Captain glances covertly at Loo as the lawyer takes up the doonment, and, unrolling it, proceeds to read therofrom. V As Mr. Toby reads he cannot help bat feel tho amazement that is depicted upon tho faces of his auditors as they listen to the provisions of that remark.t.l. a 1 ?u?o UUVUUIOUt* Mr. Toby reads to the end of the last page. Not a word is apoken by any of the three as ho looks over the top of the sheet, momentarily expecting a burst of indignation from one or all of them togethor. Utter silence greets him, as Mr. PToby finishes his reading and looks about hiro, The will has takon them all by shrpriso. Mr. Frederic Bolton's face is expressive of p'arid satisfaction. There is a look of intense astonishment on that of Captain Hazard, and Loo has tnfned scarlet, persistently avoiding the Captain s eye. Cttlll .U. I. 1~ --V. 1- .11 ?? miiu, sua jo umui hi mi utlli* ward appearance, an<l, experienced old stager that Captain Iiaxard is, he can dotect in that nuiet exterior but little ign of the raging fires that stir hor blood as the lawyer finishes the document, and pauses with an expcotant look at the two persons most interested . VfV ' in the becfuest. "1 suppose," begins Mr. Toby, "that HBwgteAj; yon consent to the' terms of the will." "Of conrae they do," cries Mr. Bolton, Joyously. "They will, be a pair of foola if they refnee." "Um?or?suppose yon read that last ei&na* 0T?r again," vuutures Ba? ard. "I don't believe I nndertand it very well." Mr. Toby again unrolls the parchment, and, Adjusting his glasses, pro- it needs to read in a monotonous tone: a "And, lastly, I, Evelyn Dundas, being of sonnd mind, and of my own de- <* sire, hereby revoke all former wills h mado by me nnd pronounce them null ti and void. I herewith give and be- f qneath?On the conditions stated be- it low?to Captain Hazard and my grand- h nieco, Louisa Bolton, daughter of h Frederic Boltcs, all my bonds, stocks, ? mortgages, plate, pictures, furn tare, a I the fifty thousand dollars in the Mur- 1' rayville Bank, and the estate called r< i By water Park, to share and share alike, I nnlliontl f/t tKia nnn/1 wii "That, within six months from the P date of my death, they marry each o: other, and reside, as I have done, at f< By water Park. h "However, if from any cause eithor 0 refuses tp comply with this condition, 8| \ I revoke the bequest; and, instead, the y stocks and bonds, t no mortgages, f, , plate, pictures, furniture, the fifty ^1 thousand dollars in the Murrayville p Bank, with the estate called Bywater t( Park, are bequeathed to the Govern- ), mont, to bo applied in payment of the national debt." Mr. Toby clears his throat, and Hazard takes advantago of the pause and glances at his fair vi? a vis. She looks stony. The Captain is staggered. Loo certainly doesn't seem to be an over-ripe plum roody to drop at the first shaking of tho tree. She rather looks ns if sho would enjoy throwing over their chance of inheriting the money nud doom'ng them both to poverty. The Captain has a beggarly pension and exponsivo habits, and Loo has the oxponsive habits without the beggarly pension. Without Madam's money they are poor as church mice, and likely to remain so. " Well ?" says the lawyer, inquiringly. "Fr?er?it seems a good deal like crowding the mourners. Eh, Toby ?" responds Hazard, helplessly. _ Mr. Toby coughs. . "Of course you can act your own . pleasure about complying with the terms ol the will.* Bi "Not oxactly," says Hazard, shaking J liis head doubtfully. "I admit that so far as 1 am concerned nothing would suit me better than to call Miss jj Loo here my wife. But the young lady " Loo shoots the Cuptain an angry i glance. He hesitates?stops. { "If the young lady, refuses she will huve the pleasure of knowing she has tuiunu awajf n luriuuu, ' HIT, XOUJ ?j blandly remarks. ol Mr. Toby has no patience with a a( conturaaciona woman. Moreover, the w fat little lawyer is a Pemocrat. with an wrdent desire to see that publio debt melt away entirely during a Dem- jj ocratie administration. He rather hopes ' his Into client's heirs will adopt tho ^ higu->iiujue<i alternative, and let the * Government be the beneficiary. ^ Hazard hesitates for a moment, then -p he approaches Miss Bolton. * There iB something in the Captain's eyes and in his manner that foroes a convietion in the lawyer's mind unfavorable to the Government's chances as i heir-at-law to the Dundas bequest. * "There is no fproat harry about arriving at a decision," says Mr. Tobv, jy, shortly. "Any time within six months will be soon enough." . "There's no time like tho present," ejaculates Mr. Bolton, his hopes rising, phcnnix-like, from tho ashes of his late despair. "Let's give 'em a chance to _ talk the matter over. It is best to j~ strike while the iron is hot, yon know." !?; if. a*-_ ?? " wr. iuuy |>uHf iu? jmrcumeni in > ' tin box. Then he takes up his hat, and ? Uolton acoomp&nies him to the door. ,p The door opens, closes, and Madam's ? two heirs are alone together. CHAPTER XfX. CC now THEY DECIDE IT. (It - J fll 1 ^ EFT alone th ~ Wjj with each oth- B; riiWiP^iE: Ml J er? koo rises tr b 3t=p M^m i to ^or 'eet - r wiii an<* marches ht JmJl^ K II proudly ap pi "V II down the or V\\ |v \J I I'a ' fftAjjKj? I\\a humiliated is !\] and angry, dc I I Vfl^3Brrr^A_ f*5l 8he wonders na I I wa?' ' \} lf**m *' Madam had H imuxfafP^ suspected all p? a'?n 8 the feel- by / i 11//V^sTwf inK Loo has nt JZf T/Msecretly cher- th ^sSsS^^f^jiBhed in her hi heart toward the Captain, and made l]iai Will A/iHAW/littMltf l^ltA will ?? wi Joubly abominable, inasmuch as it h< throws the Captain's futnre interest* re sntiroly in Loo's hands, and forces the lie Captain into marriage with her, with "T poverty as the only alternative. A* "Yon see that yon are in for ? Miss ra Loo," begins the Captain, commiserktingly. "Mr interests are at yonr }J moroy, and blessed are the merciful. I hope yon will koep that in riind when aE fou decide the ease." [l "There in nothing left for me to doside," says Loo, shortly. "The matter g has been arranged beforehand." ni "That is. Madam has taken it for granted that we will agree to her plan, ?nd has anticipated the natural result." "Madame certainly expected us both 1 k~ g A 1 At- Jlxl - S .? in raiuw ki oooj ?uo ounuiuons ui VUO will. She never believed, it yon do, PI thai we would allow ourselves to be thrown at each other's heads like | blocks of wood, all for a little money," |jg Loo cries, bitterly. r alt "But I am not being thrown at yon," nj, ?ays the Oaptain, stoutly. "I am anxions for the consummation. I'will not ? refuse to fulfill the oonditions of the ' will, for they are agreeable to me." ra' "They are not so to mo." Hazard site down, feeling very much ehl is if a wet blanket had oeen thrown n* aver him. die has never been quite juro of Miss Loo; still, there have been nu 11 - _4 U- 4 i-l ? " M1UOD WH?u no uaw UIKOII rA)nmgB 111(1 an hoped that all would oomo right in the kit sourse of.time. The present attitude Wl doesn't argil* very favorably fot hia JJJJ hope*. Hazard wonders vaguely to bu himself what there is about him that is Dm k> very objectionable to I.oo. Other girls But here he bites bis lip, ?., and changes the current of hia thoughts, ,h) for tbe vision of Littlefleld risoc up be- ho lore him* alt Yon refuse to inarry me?* "Will she refuse? Slio asks herself the question. Every npnlse of her heart prompts her to ecept him. Hue knows well enough that until she ame to By water Park the Captain was ladam's declared heir?that thoobjecionable will is of late origin. If she ofuses to be his wife she plungos him ito a poverty ho nover would havo nown but for hor sake. On the other and, his egotism is so great, that if she hould consent, will he not suspect the ecret she hns guarded so jealously? lather than that he should know sno enlly loved him irrespective of fortune, joo had rather lose all. Shall she refuso? Poverty is thoir ortion if she does. She knows well nough the Captain has no trade or pro988ion, and no prospects save those he as been taught to look for as the heir r r? a. 11 i- m _ _ ? ujinutur x urk. xo reiuse now is to trip him of all the appanages he has for oars considered h:s very own. To rpase is to doom herself forevor to tbe lird-floor book bed-rooms?the sham ianoe cf the McGilliouddy regime; > endure a greater poverty than she as yet known, and, perhaps, to see her With the Captain's arms about her. kther end his wretched life in the almsouse. These reasons marshal themilves in line before her as the Captain gain repeats, in a tono of disappointlent: "Then you refuse to be my wifo?" Loo shuts hor teeth; she looks at tazard, and her resolution is taken. "No," one says, "I do not." A red flame leaps iuto his sallow lieeks. Whether it is caused by a >eling of satisfaction or disappointlent is impossible to guess. "1 will marry you," Loo says again, hut yon are not to suppose that any ther than a mercenary motive actutAs me in consenting to a marriage ith you. You are not to suppose that am " Then she breaks of suddenly, and a ght dawns on the Captain's mind. I won't suppose anything, Loo. I now?it;s those tqyrible llirtations? y awful egotism. I stopped all those kings when you came to Bywater ark. But I deserve a great deal; Dn't spare me." "No, says Loo, hysterically, "I on't." And then she breaks down comLetely. More than an hour has elapsed sinoe (r. Bolton and the lawyer left the radam's heirs itlsna in KonV ??? ?r, to arrive at a conclusion. Mr. Frederic Bolton has passod iray the time in pacing up ana down te nail outaide the parlor door, moentarily expecting to see either Lou r the Captain emerge from the room t annonnce their decision. Mr. Bolton becomes impatient at st. He coughs. Nobody comes, hen he carefully approaches the door ?elf. and conghs again. Still nobody comes. Mr. Bolton is msuming wttli impatience. Ho won>rs if Lou will 1*> ho foolish as to row away an inheritance like that of )?water Park. If she does she is no ne daughter of his. So far as Bolton ooncernod personally, he would not 'sitate to make a marriage himself, oviding the pill was gilded highly lOUgll. He can wait no longer. His curiosity burning him up. He taps at the tor. Silence. Mr. Tint Inn fa?l? a. itural alarm. Perhaps they are dead, e turns the door knob softly and >ors through a crevice as the door rings gently back. He need feel alarm. The Arst words that salute e ears of the anxious parent dissipate s fears. He sees Loo standing by the long indow with the Captain's arms about >r, and she is quoting, evidently in sponso to some confession of his fol* >s which the Captain has just made: bey say, beat men ere molded oat of feulta; Ml, for the moat pert, become much more tbe bettor >t being e little bed." Mr. Frederio Bolton whistles softly ineath his breath. He shuts up the >or as carefully as he has opened it, id goes away with his mind at rest, e knows now, quite as well as Mr. oby knows a few hours later on, that ywater Park will remain in possession tbe natural heirs. . [this kxd 1 LIGHTNING'S QUEER HAVOC. eying About e Hoitee end Stunning the Occupant* [hiring a storm at Fredericksburg, Vs., htning struck the bouts of H. A. Carnsr,,, nost completely wrecking it. Tbe lightlg ft rat struck the aortb end of tbe bouse the top, end passing down tore off wry vestige of weather boarding. It tbes a down tbe atove pipe Into the parlor, I ere Mr* Garner was sitting with a young lid In her lap, both of whom where stun* \ From tbe parlor It ran to tbe dining* m, completely demolishing the table, setg tbe curtain on Are. aud destroying a in bar of household article* From tbe ling-room Jt proceedort on its way to tbe chen, and pawing a mail table, on which t* a M>t of knitting kneedlee, complete)* .lied them. In tKe kitchen were Ave >orera, all of whom were ejTerelr etunned. t other wiee anioJurat Leaving the bouae ?eieotrio fluid ran on a wiro clot beel foe itoh wee attached from the bouae to a irry live, and demoliabed both. Nearly of the window gleet In the bouae wai rered. There were eight people in the nee at the time, but none were killed, bough all were ttaaued. * j ? r -? THE NEWS. Detective Geromlll, of Wisconsin, arrested in Ben Diego, Cel., J. F. Edwards, on a charge of embezzling 40,000. An earthquake shock was felt in Memphis, Tenn.?? The English syndicate lias closed a deal which will result in the purchase of the Min ncapolis Flour Mills. A general s rike was inaugurated among the coal hearers in West Superior, Wis. Daniel and Martha Dauks, of Warsaw, Ind., bare been arrested for killing their child. The latter was offered -] as a sacrifice. Burglars robbed the store j of H. P. Bod well, in Massachusetts, of ( 12,000 worth of Jewelry. The Columbus, , Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad will t hare to default In the Interests of its bonds, ? and a reoelrer will be appointed. James j dykes, dealer in grain In Chicago, was con- j POnffio^ ft# iaaitlnw ...R ..tiMimnut wsrenoum ] certi ilea tee, and sentenced to two yearn im- j prisonment Monsignor Corcoran waa y burtotri^lade.phla from tjy Cathedral. ? Cardinafl^SjK)n? %?al-JlT^T;t?l8hop kyan oft!" oiated.?{tyMenry j^ooan, the Baptist '1 preaober who murdered hiawlfein Alabama, * has been sentenced to death. Prof. R. N# t Pool has sold the Specular Iron ore property, t at Waynesboro Junction, Vs., to a company * of which Oener.il Rosecrans is president. t Dr. Eugene Orissom, superintendent of the fc North Carolina insano asylum, has b~>on ac- * quitted of tho charges preferred against * him. Jordan Washington, of Fredericks- t burg, Va., was convicted of murder in tho o second degree, and sentenced to eighteen P years in the penitentiary. Max Ijee allot j ahd killed his wife in Philadelphia while she c was crouching In a doorway. The M? x- 1 lean Customhouse at Bassily, Bonora, col- * lapsed. Three men were kilkd. i, Miss Nellie Breess, of Co'mrg, Onf., ha1 ? been found guilty by a coroner's Jury of ^ poisoning her husband. Secret service ofllo^rs raided the United Slates Hotel near ft srayson. mid captured a lot of counter- v felt bills. The counterfeiters escaped. n Mrs. John McGregor drowned her two cbll- c dren and herself In a creek near Youngs- b town, O. Arsenic was placed in the food of Joseph Hunter's children, living In Little Rock, Ark., and three of them have dlod. Tho Manitoba and Canadian Northwest y wheat croj^ is a failure.??The Indians at the Cherrystone River Agency refuse to sign tho bill providing for the sale of their t lands.?jr-Mrs. Mary Pillow has brought c suit for slander against Colonel Clay King, y of Memphis, Tenn. Bhe claims $100,000 , damages. Fire destroyed half a business t block in Colurahpr, Co The loss Is about 3 $75,000. In Gray port, Miss., Zim Filman, a v negro, w^s murdered by parties egalnet , whom he bad appeared In court. Three t men were killed in Chicago by the explosion a of a toiler In a planing mill. A convict I in Kentucky named White was shot and J Willed ?b!h vnape. war- t rants have been issued for tbM|Mkresi of Col- y or ado State officials, who JkfcAarged with 8 crookedness." Postoi*it^M^ of Gain, 1 wuuvy. Aim., was spot arid killed by I I a desperado, who escaped.??Mr. Blsiss is ! enjoying good health, and denies the story J that he iutendod to resign. -?Two of the { oldest drivers in the employ of Ferris & Co. ? have been arrested for steating nearly nix * thou uind dollars worth of barasL Martha Thompson, wife of R. N^Tboinpson, of At- v lantio City, Va., has confessed that she ? struck her husband with a hitchet, but D claims it was in self defenoa. Dr. McDow, ti e sloyer of Captain Dawsoo, was expelled from the South Carolina Medical Society. Captain Wis. J. Blake, of Fairinount, A Md., was stabbed by 8ora Fisher, a colored seaman. Captain Blake, it is thought, cannot recover. Martin Boyran, of Newark, tl N. J., is charged with the murder of bis tl mother-in-law and assaulting his wife. A ?i disappointed lover named Faston committed K suicide in Brewton, Ala., by throwing hiin- 01 elf upon a circular saw. An as odution u * has bean formed to assist D|, Bau-e-tt in the construction of a steal nfV-ntfip. -?Four-men ** 'oat their lives in a ossspool while attemptlog to recover a watch th^t bad (fallen in. .dl The large stables of the Lowell (Mass) >" horse railroad was burned/together with lfj horses aud 80 cars. Thfe next Saengerfest n of the Scandinavian singers of America will in be be id at Minneapolis, July 4Ui, 1800. Dr. T. J. Uourigan, convicted of murder, a*j aud a fellow prisoner Wroke jail at Beards- ti town, Ky., and escaped. Archbishop Corri- P1 gan, it is said, has beet summoned to Home U| to answer charges mode against him. t? Iter. O. D. B. ftpfr, president of Colby University, has resigned, aud Prof. Albion W. Small elected his successor. Charles Keller, of Littlestown, Fa., was shot in the bead and dangerous y wounded. Seven S business buildings were destroyed by Ore at Shell Rjck, Is. A train on the Peansylvania road was telescoped by two runaway * freight oar*, and two men were killed. A number were leriornKf lsei red. 1 Robert Dalton, a deputy United States Jj marshal in Oklahoma, was killed by I** . West, a moonshiner, who in turn was shot 1,1 by Dalton before the latter expired. [[ Charles H. Bbliman, of the National Kish w Commission, died In the swnmps of Southern re Georgia.?Tom Condor, a Mormon mur derer, was hanged In Nashville for killing c, Jack Riley At a grade crossing In South Is Amboy, Francis Mulligan and Neils Nlelson were killed. Henry Thornbill, a tough t) character, shot and killed William Barrett, ti a well to-do farmer In Aurora, Nebraska, ti Horace Letting. of Three Oaks, Mich., wa? 'J arrested charged with attempting to poison his father, mother and sister in order to get tr possession of tbe farm. It is reputed tbst Jf tbe wheat crop of Dakota is S3,000 bushels ^ short Michael Botek, tbe murderer of Michael Beilinshire, was hanged iu Belvi- IS dare, N. J. Rx-8t?t? Soon tor D. J.Creighton, of Ban Francisco, convicted of jury A bribing, and who escaped, baa given himself ? !>. 1 am nwwi^ iiw Brook* iron uom. paojr at BirdaborQ, P?.. bare decided not to ^ accept tbo reduction pr>poeod by thy com- h| 1 ! ? ? Tb# schooner Golden Bind, from Grand N Hanks, arrived itOhMomtw, Ifamaobusetto. ttbe bad on board taro men of the French schooner George#, picked no June 13 in a b< dory. Captain Hopped report* thtt on Jane M 13, on the #return pert of Bank Quero, fell ?' in ?riUv4h( FreOob ?ebii? schooner (Wge*. J "?* dyi?H| eigne is ot ^ crow f Jvgb* men fea&>feot astray, and asked ^ Nothing iras wa ot*henrd of the missing f" c^^Tboee ptohedj^were^forwarded U> A VALLEY IN BOOBNIN1 Devastations by the Flood ii West Virginia. rcn TjIvos Known to Have Born I?ostTho List (h Not Complete -All I ho Cotinly Bridgcn CJono?A VIIInxA Entirely Wiped Out. A sp-cial from Parkorsburg, W. Va., ssyt rhe Little Kanawha Valley is in mourn ng. It has never known suota a dcvastitio is that which the cloudburst Tburday nigh vrought. It is now known positively tha en lives were lost in this and Wlrtcountioi tnd nsvaral nartlas a?-? rvrt l.*<l d?A?anil it laokson count/. The drowned are. Mr? saiah Tucker, Edward Boso, Mrs. Isaa l>berts, Mrs. Orvllle West and two children lohu BalLy, Ray Risers, wife and twochil Iren, and John Hughes and family, in Jack on county, ana Among the missing. ,iThe little Tillage of Morristown, 01 fucker's Creek, in Wirt county, is entirely viped out of e^^vpee, and every family 01 hat creek is in 2k \of help. The loss t< bat neighborhood la lot loss than twent) bousaud dollars. It^l estimated that Woo ountv has suffered no*, less than Ave hum Ired thousand dollars damage. Every count) iridgo south of the Little Kanawha rivet lit one is gone. A gr. at many families in L& county are in need of immediate assist nee. A publie meeting looking to that enc rill probably be held. The city of Parkers iurg escaped without damage. Navigation n the Little Kanawha river will be sus ended for a good while, because of a brent a lock No. 1, throe miles abovo Parkefsburg, lost of the timber that w ?nt out is being aught, but the lumbermen will lose heavily, 'he Little Kanawha packets were not losl s reported, but saved themselves by cutting x>se thoir barges. The farmers of the val <y are the heaviest suiters. Many of them specially on Lee Creek, State Cre*k, Pond 'reek and Tucker's Creek, have lost every tiing. The cloudburst occurred on Limestone lountain, Wood county, where the five reeks that were flooded have common source, nd from where they take their course In at tany different directions. The damage tc rope was inestimable, and tho farmers will e dependent upon charity until next season. MAN AND *WIKtTSLA 1N. 'he lliiabaml Shot While Asleep and the Wife Beaten to lkcath. The particulars of an ntrocious murder re reported from Elk Township, Clayton ounty, Iowa. John Elkens, about forty ears old, and bis wife, nged twenty-one rbo were tenants on the farm of Allen Por er, were found murdered in their bed aboul .30 o'clock In the morning. Tho d ecoverj vni IHaHa hv V.IkrAraa'an)?>un? ? - . w<r ov.uf on-jo??r-uia son n? t former wile. The story of tho lad is thai le was aroused from sleep in the barn about t o'clock by the report of a rille in tin iou8>, but being ba lly frightened he did tot go to the houso until half an hour later, )n entering the housi he found hi* fathu ind step-mother lying dead u|>on the l>o<l irhile their eighteen-months old infant lay ileeping by their side, lie took the baby tc i neighbor's house whore he told his story. E!hc~: ;V?iouiiy oeen killed Urst, and lefore he ba an opportunity to make any cslstancd. lie bad been shot with his own ilia. Tho bullet pease! through tiis head, t was evident that Mrs. Elkins bad tough* iravoly for her life. She bad l>o n kil:<d rith a heavy club, after a fearful stru ;gl . ler head was liter.illy pounded to a jelly. Articles of furuituro in the room w< ro iroken and displaced. The weapon with rhich she was killed was found noar the iou9e, coverd with blood. Elkens was not nown to have any enoimes nor much loney. ?_???? THE GREAT SALT TRUST. L Capital ?f Twonty-Milliotin?Wliat (bit Combine rro|M)Hen to !>?> E. D. Wheeler, of Manistee, Mich., one ol (io most prominent salt manufacturers in fie West, gives an outline of the plans of ie proposed International salt trust. Tho ssociation will be organised with a capital f $2)1,000,OCO, and will lie Incorporated ndcr the taws of New York. "There has been a disastrous war waged utweon producers in Michigan and Kansas nd New York " Mr. Wheeler said. "We ?yo lieen shipping silt from Chicago, the Istribuliing point, to places in Kansas, pnyig $1 per barrel freight and selling it at 1.20. We have also shipped It East at the ime exorbitant rates. The Kansas and ow York producers havo been sending salt ito our territory with like results?loss both i them and to us. After the association is trmed each manufacturing point will l>o ^portioned its own district. The loss on ie long freight haul will be adjusted, and rioes will go up ten cents a barrel.n The association will begin business on Jnn?ry 1 next. Of tho stock, $5,000,000 will ? held by English capitalists. Trt niPCIIco muiei tiou l\J UJOVUOO tUUlA 1 1U11, cwtion of lha National Council in Naahville?Subjects to be DImjuwshI. The National Councilor the Eluealional ssocfatfoo opened its four days' session in ashville, Tent), The general meetings of 10 association were open en at Cherokee ark with a barbecue. Governor Taylor, te mayor of Nashville, and the State superitendent of instruction, extended words of elcome, to which the officers and others of K) association responded in appropriate ords, each section of the country being presented iu a response. About 4,A00 delegates have arrived. Many absent at Lookout Mountain and on exlisions. Nearly every state and territory represented, ami delegates are present oui Canada. Fifteen hundred delegates, assembled In le Theater Vendome. After tbe preseiita<>n of a guvul from the Alabama delegaon, tbe meeting proceeded to cousider the ihjuat of manual training. Prof. Woodaid, of St. Louie, earnestly advocated nnual training. Tno subject of manual milling was assailed and defended, and its iture place in public instruction is uuseted, so far as tb>> couveutiou considered le subject. IX THOUSAND WERE LOST. i Waterspout Burst* In a District In China~-VUIa?cca Flooded. Tbe steamer City of New York arrived at an Francisco frsm Hong Kong and Yokoitna. The Japan (Jazotto of the 30th ult. attaint the following: "Intelligence has lawn received at Hong ong from Klaying Chan prefecture, in tbe ortlwastof Kwang Tung, that early on tbe ornlng of the !4d of June tbe Chan Ping ni Ping Yuen districts were flooded by tbe tirstiiig of a waterspout or tornado, doribed by tbe Chines , as a water dragon. w w* ktw country was flooded with nearly itrty-six feet of water. Tho Tillages of has Kon and Ha Ku Haul in the Ping Yuen Istrlct, and CueongTan, Hon Ioil, Ngai Ku, *ni Chan Klu and Han Po Hal, in Um Chan In* district, were overfl awed, many houses Mug wbWiy swept away, white others were lui^pied. ^Upwj*rl? of si* thousand lives I SOUTHERN ITEMS; INTKRE8T1NG NHWS CDNPIIiRD PROM MANY SOl'RORi A nen building and loan association has just been organised in Durham, N. C. William Hliolton.a young railroad man, committed auicide at Atlanta, Ua., by takiug morphine. The Lynchburg (Va.) Industrial Society will hold their annual fair on tha 8th, Uth, 10th and 11th of October next. A regular waterspout struck Lynchburg. I: Va. flooding stores and residences, and causing a lots of nearly $10,000. D Win. Oarson and Captain W. A. Lloyd, while Ashing ofT Wriglitsville, N. C., were '* drowne<l by their boat capsizing. ? ??Prances Cooper,colored, of Mb Pleasant, i, Kla., has confessed to |>oisoning tlirw colored , women wboin he invited to dinner. i. Prof. Kalph II. Orares died at Kalelgb, N. C., from the effect of the wounds indicted upon himself in bis rocout attempt to coro mft suicide. There was a slight shock of earthquake ot Charleston, 8. C., lasting about ten abounds. Buildings were shaken, but no damage was done. v It is estimated thnt the probable mort' tmm I - IV 1 :-t- 1- " ? Iiuvt/wuuciro ill i-ICUVI ICR UUUUI>Jt ITIII. at the prmont time will reach nn aggregate of more than $0,000,000. Frank Millao and Smii Cronln got Into a quarrel over a girl at a picnic near Horse Neclt, in l'leasaut county, W. V?., and Cronin shot Mi I Inn doad. Tbe Riverside Iron Works has given out the contract for building a second blast fnrnaco of greater capacity thau their present one at Ben wood, W. V'a. Mr. O. Kline, of Hagerstown, Md., exhibits a bunch of wheat, consisting of ninetysix stalks of fully developed heads, tbe pro) duct of a single grain of wheat. They hay crop In Frederick county. Md., will be large, and in many places where the ; wheat has been thrashed the yield has Iteen found better than was expected. 1 Lewis Koontr., aged 17 yearn, a son of I Charles Koonlx, of Huntiugton, W. Vs. was drowned iu the Ohio river nbout 4 o'clock, while in the water bathing. 1 Carroll Division, Sons of Temperance, of Westminister, M<1., have decided to tear | ! down their building and rebuild at once, replacing by a substantial and handsome I building. , Near Tunnel Hill, Ga., Martin Love, I colored, attempted a felonious assuuitou Miss ' Addle Rogers, a white girl. He was caught I late In tbe day and lynched by a masked i mob. i A. B. I'rivett, while craned with drink, committed suicide in Goldshoro', N. C., by i taking laudanum. Prompt medical attention was summoned hut could only prolong his 1 life a few hours. i Jnlm Dinklflmnn nn ntro.1 ..? ? dler, was struck by a train on the Ohio Hiver railroad in Parkersburg, W. Va., and ' sustained iujurios from which he dim! in two hours. A summary of one hundred and thirtyr live replies to inquiries sent out by I ho Au, vimtA i()? ) through nvrrnmn counties in Georgia and Carolina, indicate the cotton crop to bo from live to t' uity t days late. Mr. Steiner, of Frederick, Md., who re' cently discovered oohro beds on omvof his farms, is still meeting with great success. He opene<l tlio earth to the depth of nine feet and finds the quality of ochre superior ' to the first fouhd. 1 Younsr Whitehur?t, book -ko?p"r for Branch, Cone & Co., of Spring Hope, Nash county, N. C., committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. It is thought that irregularities to his books caused him . to commit the act. While a passenger train was standing at Oakdale, Tenn., at Mill a. in., it was run inio oy a souin-uounu tram on the Cincinnati Southern, wrecking the engine and potsal car of the south-bound train. Noltody was hurt beyond bruises. < The outline for the programme for Alio- 1 ghany county, Md., centennial celebration has been agreed upon. September lit will < be literary day, the 25th trades display mid I the 2t>th civic and Military parade. JOach I day is to have minor features. 1 A horso driven by Mrs. Troxell, of Ha- 1 gerstown, Md., ran awny mid collided with the team of Mr. Bankert. This animal also 1 became frightened and started another horse 1 driven by Mr. Teigley. Matters became 1 exciting for a little while, but the only 1 damage done was the breaking of Mr. 1 Bankert's buggy. J The warehouses occupied by J. W. Temple A Co., furniture, cotton and rico straw; * Iiores Bros., pianos aud organs, and Charles Kolshom A Co., beer bottlers, at Savannah, . Ga., were dostroyed by flro. Tbe total loss c is (20,000, witb (4.000 insurance. The State treasurer of North Carolina t has ju3t decided that lioards of county coin- b missiouers have no right to change valuation t of property where no improvements or de- ? preciation have occurred biuce the last d assessment t Willie Bodenstein, neor Wheeling, W. Vs., dropped his hat on the track of the B. A O., and taking a stick was trying to recover it when the train passed, and he was drawn under tho wheels, which crushed the life out of hiin. Mr. Gibbons, of Bnrnesville, W, Va , has a brood of dome-die patridges. Tney were hatched by an old hen, who takes kindly to r.er nimble littlo flock, and is evidently not < awaro of the deception. t Work has been rii neon tin nasi Iho VI r- , Snia oro bank, between Shepberdstown and . nrper's Kerry, W. Va., the Ha very Company having had it stopped on account of 1 the washing of the ore discoloring the water t so that the pulp mill could not be operated. * John Wright, one of the most prominent f farmers of Washington county, Va-, had bis bara destroyed by lightning. The born and its entire contents, consisting of a thou- , sand bushels of whoat, grain drill, harness, ] , &c., and two very valuable horses. Jxies i . between $2,000 ana $2,500; no inBurauo-\ Mrs R. W n..w -- ?'-?? ' - ... ?..?!,< ? "I" ??< / HIll'S t near Lafayette, Ala., won bitten by a rattle- | snake a few days ago. Kb? tieeaiue very ill | for a few hours and afterwards became \ totally blind. Otherwise she has entirely c recovered from toe effects of the bite. Her c physicians do not know how to account for t the circumstance. t A youth while at work In the harvest i Held of Mr. John Basterday, near Fetersville, t Md., fell in front of a self-binder while it * was in operation and had one of his arms caught In the binding voction. Before he could l*? extricated his arms were badly lacerated, two knots having Iteen tied in his flesh. , Mrs. Clayton, of Cumberland, Md., during ( a thunderstorm, went to cloae a window up 4 stairs, wbeu she was stunned by a flash of i lightning. Her cheek was singed by the 4 flash, the mark left having the appearance of 1 a severe sunburn. In the room below where 1 une Biooa a round bole oue Inch in dUmetar 1 is seen in tbo pioneering. i i Charles Walker, an employe at Wood's I saw mill, at Hush Run, Payette county, W. I Vs., was killed in a drunken row with an unknown negro, who escaped after the shoot- | Ing. Pour snots were 11 red, two of which i took effect in Walkers breast, inflicting a 1 fatal wound. ? The tafnersof Frederick IM. mnnisis " that a mimII black fly ia proving particular troublesome to the cowi this ru miner. The ' , fltea nettle in great numbers about the baa* * of the horn and on top of the head between J the horns, and are a acrion* torment. The l,uray (Va.) Mill* Company have ? disposed of their property at publio aale for ' #10,000. Messrs. VV. M. Fielding, T. B. Henaids, John V. Grove, John W. itotbgeb aud a A. J. Huffman becoming the purobaaara at that prioe. It ia the purpoai of tho new a company to run Mpe mill at a niuoh larger capacity than be/awom, f A TRAIN TELESCOPED. * . 1 Two Miners Killed and a Number Injured. ;.i A broken Axlo CauNns n Serious Accident in Indiana. A train loaded with 'JUU minors returning from th'dr day's labor was wrecked near Shninokin, Pa. Two perM>ns wero killed.and, ns far as could bo ascertained, twenty injured. Two of the latter were women. Tho train left Hickory Swamp, a Tillage four miles oast of here, several minutes beforo six o'clock. After a ruu of one mile tho train ran on to the main track. Previous to this time the branch road was concealed from the main track by a "V" shaped mountain. As tho last car pnsied, 'the switch II igman, John Mot/., who was on tho rear end. g'aoced up the main line and was Imrdyzod at the sight. One hundred yards lehina, enveloped lu oloud of dust, cams two loid?d coal cars rushing do^u upon the . train like a black meteor Tho passenger trnin was somjwhnt behind time and was also skimming down the truck nt a speed of fortv miles < Sn.i. wui.....i ?^ " ? seconds though'. Metz yelled to tho inmutes of the car and then jumpod. Ho landed safely alongside of n pile of ruilrond ties, four of which he nt once throw across the rails. Tho pursuing cars cut through them like a knife. Uy this time the inmates of tho two passenger cars, which were literally packed behold tho danger. A wil i scone of confusion ensued. A simultaneous rush for tho door was made. A few succeeded in gaining the platform and safely jumped off, when u jam occurred in the d'Kirwny. Then many leaped through tho open windows and rolled down a steep embankment. Then the crash caine, ar.d in n second many of tho inmates were writhing atmut the Moor in ngony, whilo others were rushing over their tnatiglod and torn bodies to gain tho opjn air. After the run away cars struck they passed through the passenger conches like a holt, the coal flying about the cars like a batlory of Oatli::g guns. After tho vast clouds of dust cleared away tho uninjured went bravely to work, on I in aii hour succeeded in exit icaiing the dead tnd wounded. The cars that caused the wreck started froin the Excelsior Colliery, two miles east of Cool Ituii switch. There were four cars standing"on the siding below I he colliery, and it Is supposed that mischievous bovs in order u> nr.wn?-.? iron plod the earn and loosened the brakes. When nearing a patent rwitch leading to tl main track, the brake* were put on, but the boys, unable to tighton them enough, lav canto frightened, jumped <>IY and took to the woods. Wrecking crews are now on the scene of the disaster, and will havo'the road open for tratllc by morning. The road will suiter a loss of f 15,(KX). Vincennks, Ind.?The morning northbound express on the Cairo, Vinculums and Chicaga Railroad jumped the track at 11 o'clock in the morning two miles south of Mount Carutel. The baggage car and two passenger coaches wore thrown olt. The train was speeding along at thirty-live miles an hour. No one was killed but several persons were hurt. The axle of a freight car gave way In front """ r.f the |??virngor coach and precipitated the whole train down a ten foot embankment. Medical aid was at once sent from Ml. Cartncl to the scene. SHOT. BY A BANDIT. ? " I* uruiai Mtxru&r or a .rqat master by an EieapcdJr?iii -dtobbcr. A special to the Agc-Jlorald reports that Postmaster Gray, at Gain, Lamar county, Ala., sos shot and killed by a man, who Bscnpod. Gray lived an hour and gave the following accounfof thb affair: A tew days ago a package came to the ofttco addressed to "Cain." No person living there bearing that name, he returned it to the sender. A man named Burrows callod ror the package, and Loing told It bad b??en r. turned, asked Gray if lie had seen its contents. Gray said yes, upon which Burrows shot him, and tliro itoncd to shoot Mrs. Gray and her sister. Gray said the package had iiome to the ofllco |mrtly open and he could not help seeing that it contained a white nask. Gray also said Burrows was the same llube Burrows, tho Arkansas train robber, ,vho escaped from the oflicers at Montgomery, Ala., a year or so ago, the timo hia trothcr Jim was caught and carried back to Vrkansns. It will bo remembered that llut?e ind Jitn were in Montgomery, and a police iflleer had them in charge, taking them to lolico headquarters. At the foot of the steps ioth dashed for liberty, llube escaping, hooting a printer nainod Bray, who tried O interrupt, them. llube was subsequently urrounded and shot at by the oflicers, but lisappeared in the swamps, since which time te has not been heard of till now. COINERS CAPTURED. [>lil Nelson DriKjH, a Notorious Conntcrfeiter Arrested. An Important capture wos made at Dayton, 3hio, by United States Secret Service Deectives, and $'-J 1,000 counterfeit money sesurod. Detective have for several months last been watching tbo road house of Nelson 9rigge, near the Soldiers Hoino, and finally nude a raid upon it. Driggs and bis wife vere arrested and charged with counteroiting. Drlggs is known as an export counterfeiter, md a member of a large gang. The detecive who worked tho ctse up personated u loo tor from Hartford, Conn., and professed o be anxious to secure a quantity of counerfeit money. Driggs got it for him, the migain being that the doctor was to pay - iuli f,,. ii... toi mm * fi,wu iwi v m' ? "?v vuuuivuoiu. All IIIUKng the capture Dectectivo A. Donollo, of Virginia, was fired upon by a desperate huracter, named Uuvon, who is one of the ounterfeiting gang. '1'bo ball passed through be officer's ear, under the scalp and around o the back of the head The wound is serous, but not dangerous. The counterfeit tills were of the issue bearing Daniel Webter's portrait, and all #10 iu denomination. MARKETS. Baltimore?Flour?City Mills, extra,#4.90 i$5.00. Wheat- Southern Kuitz. WaW: }orn?Southern White, 44a45cta, Yellow Ha42 cts. Oats?Southern and Pennsylvania KiaiM eta.: Hve?-Maryland & Pennsyhaua 10a50cts.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsyhania 15 00a#15 50;Straw-Whoat,8.00a#8.50;Botter, Eastern Creamery, 1 KaVJOcta., near-by receipt* 7a 1 Hots; Cbeeeo Kastern Fancy Cream. vH ilOcts., ?Western, 8.i9 eta; Kggs?15 il6; Tobacco I^af?Inferior, lafS.OO, Good Joinnion, 8 00a#4 00, Middling, 5o#0.00 Good ? fine red,7a#9; Fancy, 10u#U Affi Niw York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,ii.?Ua#3.40; Wbeat-Nol White 87}? iK7W- Itvi??State. 54a5fl: Corn?Southern ' " if allow, 41 % fvi .'o. Oat*-W h tte, State 33Ufa;<3tf sta.; Butter-State. 14){at7cta.; Cheeeo-State, ; Kkr??14^*15 ota. Phi 1. adr 1. rm a ?Flour ? Ponn?ylT?nla S anoy, 4.2fta4.75; Wheat?Penn*ylva.<la and Southern Rerl, 83,'^atO; Rye? Pennsylvania Ja5Scta: Corn-Sou thorn T ellow, 41%a42%0ta >ata-S*KftS4cta-; Butter-State, lOWja 17 eta; ?heeeo N. Y. Factory, OaO* eta - Kgg?? Hate. I60I6 oto. OATTLR. ? Mai.ttmokk?Beef, 4 2ft?4 35; Sheep?$3 00 l4 AO, llofpi?#0 OO16 2ft. A bw YORB- Beef?$3 87><a4 85; Sheep-84 00 xv ft 25; Hoga-84 60?4 00. \ Bast LibbBtt?Beef??4 5fta5 00; 8beop~> ? 8O94 75; Host?$4 65a4 70