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For Sale. WILL sell at privafo sale the following Troot known as Mill place, consisting of vuru aim, vruoat .>iui# oiw Mill, together ,wllh necessary power for ruuuitig, with tho Sv"'""- following buildings: Mill llouse, Store . House, Dwelling, titablss, etc., all iu good order, and doing a good business. Owner 'wishes lo lease the State. Property located at the Meuusftlle Cross-roads, iu Joncsville Township. Property can be examined. TEKAlS EASV. J Apply to D. A. TOWNSEND, !yv( - . Attorney, Union, S. C. or H. A. HOPKINS, Wost Springs, S. 0. ; 0ot IL ? -u_ It*#r tjwlrr ??y* he hM Uia W. T.. PoukISi * >\ * ln?M wltlkobt nauiu anil price ttamucil op the bottom, put him down as a fraud. W. L. DOUGLAS SHAF I -. WIIWM GENTLEMEn. Beet In the world. Kmmlnn lila (S.OO QRNtlNK HAHP-SKWKI) 8IIOK. I fjl.OO HANU-HKWKO WKLT 8IIOK. , 3 .AO POLICE AND FARMERS' SHOE. ' If'59 HW vai.uk calf shoe. 1 |J.?3 WORKINGMAN'S SHOK. . S.OO end 1.75 ROYS' SCHOOL SHOES < All made la Congress, Button and Lace. I +W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE la Was. ' ,/**** Mater)nl. Beat Stylo. Beai Fitting, u not aold by your dealer, write XV. L. UOt'aLAS. BROCKTON. MASS Examine W. L. Douglas' $2 shaes for Ladles and gentlemen. 8. M. RICE, JR., E. U , Agent. Union, 8. C. 8ept 6 3G Cm *^rp" ' ? 1 ? 8uoke Joetooo cigars. For salo at i'jeey's Drugstore. ? TO-MORROW. Wfek eJ'h1 iMBl rounulTllBW iwe www The mighty world that la our am all llfo's glaaa; And attn, as (lows the tide of Joy or eorrow. "To-morrow I" do wo sigh, and yei "To-morrow 1" Oomea April with her sudden gleama aud glooms. Her bluo bright noons of laughter and of show era. The sun flocked shade beneath white orchard blooms. Her wealth of prtmrodo and of cowslip flowers; And yet, for this large&io, from May to borrow Full fain ore wa, and murmur still, "To-morrow r Now summer's here. Warm skies aro o'er us is'v' bent; White sheaves of lilies rise against tbo bluo; The very airs are hot and Indolent, AMvauiiuK vuo iwo naiao uic/ unru uhuucivm through. No thought bare wo for winter's death and sorrow, . Yet must we sigh, unsatisfied, "To-morrow r Lo, autumn's garners, rich with golden grain. Fair fruit In orchards, outs brown 011 the tree, Lost poppy petals, falling In red rain, Blue mists at uiorn about the daisied leal Now look we, mournful, out to coming sorrow. And sigh, with falling breath, "Alas, to morrow l" . ?Morley. Dog Tblevps. Dogs have boon trained to do many useful and many amusing things, but the most degrading instruction oyer N given to a noblo nmmal of its species came to light early in tho week. A great Newfoundland dog ontorcd a noted storo near tho Castile, wandered about for some timo among I ho customers and finally seized a bundle containing somo shooting" lockets with f whichno made ofT as fiist as ho could. ?/$ Some of the clerks saw him and about a hundred of them ran out after him. The cry wus taken up in tho strcetand uuu uu^ unci >vua awn lnjijiu [mr sued by half a dozen nolico ana hundrods of boys besides tno clerks. Tho animal was Anally run down and *- - marched off to the police station, and eventually to tho |>ound, whero ho has Srobably boon smothered before this, evcral shopmen com plained that they had been visited by the do# and had suffered from his depredations, so that there is no doubt that ho had been j&?> taught to steal by some Fngin of the neighborhood, which is not a particularly resjMectablo-ono. ? Paris Cor. New Women nnd tiio Bmolicrn. Women could do a great deal to stop tho habit of smoking,' said a gcntli man recently. They encourage gentlemen to stnoko in their hoiites. nnd dcclaro that instead of tobacco smoke being objectionable (boy like the franran CO of a nico cigar. Men r-moUs quito enough when they ore alone without being encouraged to. do so when they oro spending the evening "* in tho society of any of their friends. A greet many women, too, are learnC j ing to ftinoko cigarettes, and some men X; maintain that they liko to sco them do O. About ono hundred years ego women used to smoke pipes, but they ? had better balanced brains than the Kiwomeu of todiw. They bad no time &X for flirting or for lar.y luxury, and did Knot uu uieir minus wilU lovcsicn storiof. ?Herald of Heal Liu ThU Is Very Fl*liy. Mr. O. H. Mock, who lesi.les near Oameron, says that Jarroll'iHako, noar there, is tho nest placa to catch ilsli ho hns ever hoard of. That when tho bream are in a biting notion any one can toko u worm aim rub it on Ins llnA ger and iioltl his hand in the water, and that tho fish will como up nnu take hold of the finger, then by closing tho thumb down on its head it enn bo taken in without any effort. This *n bo repeated until yon booonto weary of tho sport. Nothing could ^ indueo him to leave that section. ?flylvnnia tGa.) Telephone. 1* ** rti ' V v- V jl / >UPPLE tn a Penlnn City. Trhorsn is or.oof tho principal cities of iVrsi-t, and is a bustling, thriving place 180,000 people, rapidly spreading out in all directions, and destined soon to outgrow the limits now proscribed by the extensive earthworks and fosse laid out in modern stylo of fortification by the lato Gen. Butler, who captured Ilcrat under Mohammed Shah. Tho nucleus or center of tho city is composed of tho Ark, or tho tract 1 ? .uv.uaiin; wuilill einoniCCS II1C paloco now occupied by tho shoh and tho foreign offices, with tlio arsenal and barracks. Adjoining tho Ark arc tho extonsivo covered bazaars, the finest in tho east after those of Constantinople, less magnificent perhaps, in the oxtcrnal display of goods, out nioro solidly and elogantly constructed. From tho contcr tlio city radiates in all directions, occupying tho spaco of a European city of thrice the liopulation, owing to tho numerous and extensive gardens it includes, and tho largo ground plan of tho dwellings. It is now divided into tho so called old and now parts. ?ho latter being laid out with considerable regularity, with broad streets and comfortable walks. Public baths abound, but Christians aro not allowo/l thoso called public. Everything is open to tlio public. Tho carpenter finds hid shop too small for tho window Bash ho is framing; the good follow takes it out to tho shady sido of tho streot and shapes it on tno pavoment, regardless of passers by. The carpenters aro a curiously independent 3et, who requiro so litllo to livo on that thoy spend half tho time in sleeping and smoking; this hubit is encouraged by tho fact that custom allows them to havo an advance on what tlicy aro to receive for a job, ostensibly to buy tho materials; but, it lazy, thoy spend it in smoking, and then liavo to resort to make shirts to get their wood ind nails.?Cor. St. Xouis GlobeDemocrat. Feeding; Coal to tho Firo. Tho throwing of fuel upen tho firo s generally considered as a means of mgmenting tho amount of heat nroluced, and taken ns a wliolo it aocs iavo that effect. But for tho maincnanco of a steady fire and an oven leat, only a small amount 01 fuel iliould bo thrown upon tho firo at a ime. Tho reason for this is, that coal s dependent upon two constituents ho first will bo ready for burning, the lrst effect of throwing fuel upon tho lro is that of cooling. Not only must ho solid coal bo raised to tho furnoco /imporaturo, but tho volatilization' nust bo carried on. Hero the same aws como into play as in tho evaporadon of watcf. T'no evaporation and tho volatilication require nioro heat than that accounted for in tho elevation of temperature, and which is therefore rcnlered latent. Henco unless care is taken to burn theso gases as they arc riven off, it would bo bettor that they lid not exi.<ft. For it will bo readily understood that if tho tirOj which is iuo to the combustion of solid carbons, did not havo to heat theso gases, it would givo out just that same amount of heat, that would ho availablo for steam making. It is duo to this fact that colco has been accredited with greater heating properties than l>ituminouscoal,simply bccauso thogases in tho coal havo been distilled and not burned. But when tho furnaces are so designed that theso gases arc thoroughly burned, the heating properties of tno coal will bo found to lie greater by just tho amount of heat given oui i>y mo comousnon 01 ino gases in excess of what wns required to distill them.?American Journal of Railway Appliances. The flovll Scared by a Saint. When St. Colum Cill was iti Ireland thero lived n Pagan priest in the county of Tyre on noli who crcetod a tcmplo of great beauty and magnificenco. Among other curiosities of art ho made an altar of flno "lass, which ho suporstitiously atlorneu with representations of tlio sun and moon. It happened that this priest, was seized with a sudden distemper which took away liia senses and ho was without motion, ns if ho had been in a swoon. Tho devil, who had a particular resentment against tho man, took advantage of tho opportunity and, seizing hnn with his talons.-wns ImiTwing nini .tttuj tuiougu ino air. :>i. Coiuni Cill, looking up, perceived tho fiend on tho wing boaring his prey, and whou ho was flying directly over him tl ,/> tli/k ci n /\f I 1 >#\ itnnnn < tuu Daiui' maviu iuu di^ii ui iuu uivin.) ill tho air nbovo his head, which so astonished tho devil that ho let 170 his hold and dropped tho priest, who fell twT "t. Col urn's feel. This deliverance was so gratefully received hy tho priest that ho became n convert to Christianity. ? ICcating's History of Ireland. ? Mr. Proctor In Stay*. Considering himself soraowhat too fleshy and having been advised that corsets would reduce eornulenev the Into It A. Proctor tried them. And this is what ho writes: "I was foolish enough to try the tiling for a matter of four weeks. Then 1 laughed at niyBolf as a helpless idiot and determined to give up tbo attempt to reduce, by artificial means, tho superabundance of fat, on which only starvation and much oxorciso or the air of America has ever had any real reducing influenco. But I was reckoning without ray host. As tho Chincso lady suffers, I am told, when her feet bindings are taken off and as tho Flathead baby howls whon his head boards aro romovod, so for a wliilo was jt with mo. I found myself manifestly better In stays. For one month of folly 1 had to endure three months of discomfort. At tho end of that timo I wus my own man again."?Dry Goods Reporter. ETa . } ' # MENT 1 * Ttio flrx?c(!0. * Most of tho hot winds of tho Old World aro modified forms of tho simoon. Tho sirocco originates in tho Sahara and travels northward to tho Mediterranean and southern Europe, but it is not so deadly as its prototype. It brings with it great quantities of the desert sand and tho nir becomes so dense at times that tho sun is obscured as if by a London fog. While it rotnains on the African mainland it is characterized by a-very marked dryness,'as thcro niro no oxtensivo water surfaces to supply it with moisture. As soon, however, as it is launched over tho Mediterranean it bogins to tako upcopious draughts, so that whon. it reaches Malta, Sicily and .tho south crn snores or Europe as a wind from between southeast and southwest it has undcrgono a cliango from a hot, dry wind to a hot, damp wind. Tho result of this alteration is that it becomes most enervating to tho human constitution. Indeed, whilo it prevails from ono to several days at a time lifo is scarcely worth living, so depressing and burdensome is the wind. It 13 tho . plumbcus Austcr of Hpraco. Human energy is quite dissipated under its fatiguing influence and with a temperature ranging botweon 05 dogs.' and 110 degs.; tho streets of tlio towns afTectcd by it are deserted. According to tho Italians, a stupid book is put down as "era scritto in tempo dcl.scirocco." To the Sicilians tho oppressive wind is a perfect plaguo, for, although naturallj indolent, they cannot 6tand tho further loss of energy induced by it. During its. pre valence iron rusts, clothes spoil with mildew, meat, turns putrid, crapes a ml green leaves wither, wiifb will not fine, null paint will not dry. Sicily experiences tho sirocco about a dozen limes a year, but it is not so frequently met with in other parts of Europe. Thero is no mistaking tho origin of tho wind, as tho rcddisli sand is stili present when it arrives on tho northern shores of tho Mediterranean and causes a misty atmosphere.?Cornliill Magazine. I A-iniin mr l'luuililng. A proper set of working drawings for tho plumbing, of a house, upon which bids aro to bo mado and tho responsibility for plan and workmanship is to resL and which is to bo preserved as a guido for future work in changos ancL,,Kyv)iiip 4 ?? . and trap, in their relations to walls, timbers, floors, gas and steam pipes and ventilating flues and givo their dimensions. From tneso plans and specifications a comixjtont plumber should bo able, not only to moko out a list of ovcry length ana size of pipe, trap, hanger and fitting that ho will need, but to do a considerable nart of tho work in his shop and, deliver it njady to put in place. It must be admitted that such plans and spccilocations aro rarely prepared, and that when they aro furnished they arc rarely niauo in tho oflicc of tho architect. " I do not think, however, that this fact is duo so much to tho inability of architects to make such drawing's and spccillcatfons, as to tho fact that they aro unwilling to tako the tin\p and troublo to prepare them unless they aro specifically demanded by their clients: thinking that any good plumber will bo able to settle all tho uetaOs of tho work if tlio goneral scliorao is only indicated, and that de tailed working drawings aro on unnecessary oxpcnso. Certainly the courso of instruction in our schools for the systematic education of architects includes enough to enable tho graduates of such schools to do this kind pf work, although it may bo doubted whether actual practico in the preparation of such drawings and spcciGcations is sutllciently insisted on as compared with that required in tho designing of facades and ornamental carving.?John S. Billings, M. D., in Popular Scienco ftjontlily. CoCwliiV iLctort. Tom Corwin, of Ohio, was a ready man. John C. Calhoun onco pointed to a drovo of mules from Ohio and said to Corwin s "There go somo of your constituents." "Yes, said Tom, "tlioy ore going down south to teach school." Govornor Brough was once matched against Corwin. and in the midst of his speech said: ''Gentlemen, my honored opponent himself, while he preaches advocacy of homo industrv. has a carriaxrw at homo whfcfa he frot in .England?had it shipped across tho ocean to him. How is that for supporting homo industry and labor?" When Corwin camo on tho stand ho mado a great show of embarrassment, stammerod and began slowly: "Well, gontlomcn, you havo heard what my friend Mr. B rough has to say of my carriago. I pleau guilty to tho charges, and liavo only two things to say in my defenso. Tho first is that the carriage camo to mo from an English ancestor as an heirloom, and I hn<l to take it Again, I havo not used it for seven years, and it lias boon standing in my back yard all that time, and tho chiokens havo converted it into a roost Now, gontlomen," with a steady look at Brough, "1 havo nothing fur ther to say in my defense; but 1 would liko to know how trough knows anything about my carriage if ho has not been visiting my chicken most."?St Louis Globe-Democrat A German expert rcokons that if a siuglo grain of wheat produoos fifty grains, and that theso fifty grains eaon produce fifty grains more, and so on, thcro will bo in the second year 2,500 grains;.' in tho third year, 125,000 grains; iu the sixth year, 15.C25.000 grains; in tlie twelfth year. 844,140,625,000,000 grains. Tho third year's prop would givo ^00 men pnemoal, leaving enough bran to feed oight pigs for ono day> Tho produce of tho feinglo grain In tho twelfth year would sufilco to supply all the inhabitants of the earth with food during thds lifW timp.?lSew York TSs%raph Major Terrell's Speeoli-Conelnded. 1 REPORTED BT J. L. /TRAIN, 3 Now, gentlemen, I wish to raj a fow c tiling* about this grinding credit system, bo- a foro I close tny remarks to you. This "bur- c den of debt makes us cowards. If you go I to a merohant who holds a lien or mortgage ? on your crop, and perhaps everything you h possess, in a property sense, and tell nim you want a little bacon, lie will very likely I a toll you that you ami your family nro eating ii up more than you nro making, and he will <1 not let you have it. You belong to him, g and you can't help yourself You can't say a p word, but must submit to his autocratic die- a tation. YouwilFcren crouch your headand say y with a forced smile, that you are living on as n |ittle as you possibly can. WJiat a shameful o condition you are In. Of pmjpsc you oug^t to n pay every debt you contract, but it is such i.? folly on your part to Contract debts you can- w not pay. I tell you it is moro honorable to tl go in rags and live on the cheapest scale, y< than to be some rich man's slave. Come up tt and say, from this time on, "mo and my oi family arc going to do our duty. We are going to pay cash for what we get, and use pi nothing we can possibly do without." ai A poor, honorable boy, in my ' icigiibor- oi hood, started out in the world to make a living for himself his mother and two sisters. s< IIo had nothing in the world but himself and his honor. Renting a place, and by his industry he procured some corn bread and sorghum for them to livo upon. He A also raised some chickens. He went to work m and got his crop started, then he went to a p. merchant and Knifed to get some supplies. " Tho merchant wouldn't trust him. So ho tl went home and oontinued to live on his corn rc bread sorghum and water. Tho first wo M knew about him hb had his crop well nigh raised- We went to him kail told him that the ? way he had been treated was *1 Scandal and *c shame, and told him - we would ptand by tb him. He thanked>ufe very Viitdly.agd said Q he did not need any help jtiet then. That t0 was ten years agov I tell you, tny friends, that boy is the most prosperous fanner in ca his county to-day. He has never bought a aB thing on a credit, has money in the bank wl and has ono of the most refined and intelli- on gent families I ever saw. He stands upon his honor, and has fairly won independence. , He is an exemplary man, and has an eh viable future ahead of him. [Amen to that, liy uv friend Franklin] I wiah you had a few like ly him in this county to sot such an example as nD lie lias put upon reoord. Can't you, too, my sa friends, colored as well as white, livo on bread, sorghum and water for a few years, if ^ you and your families can be independent? be ("Ycs4 rfhd we's gwine to do so," comes from jo a crowd of colored bearers in rear of the ?i i speaker s stand] Then you my friends will feel and know that you are free and inde- Uc pendent. You will dash aside the shackles that have bound you in the most cruel bond- an labor"wouW )tUUt# teMjtfltyoi* to 'pnyj u< you &to dollars per-lpoaVlt for your labor, oo 13ut he too is livutff hitrd and making noth- an ing, and you see Ms land and property grad ually getting away from him. The products of his labor is gone into the pockets of these trusts that are to-day grinding the life out of you, as well as the white mnn, and you inust organise fw your own protection. Oct up your Alliances and work with a deterniination to better your' condition in all the avenues that that organisation will open up for you. Lot no skulking white man, who <d the white farmers won't have in their Alii- it ance, conic into or have anything to do with ye you or your affairs. Your white Alliance ^ friends will adtise you how. and when to act, , and you will receive the same advantages jj* from tho organisation that they will. Tnke bj an obligation that you will not again go in 2( debt, and make your word your bond. Come ar out with that determination to your sub-Al- m liance, where it wil^?brothcr helping broth- . er. Talk to your tflffdren that it is the man who does his foil duty is the mnn after all. of God forbid that wo should worship wealth? isl tho most contemptible thing on earth !. It <J( gives neither refinement, beauty or chat ,.c- : ter. The man who usee his wealth to tyraniie over thp*fl,por. is tho, mQft contemptible 81 demon on tho fact of the earth. [Applauso and cries of "that's so,"} I do not pretend fy to say that wealth Is .-not a,, good thing to have; bitl if a mm i|H?*gentlw*an ha is as . good with It as without?Its tho gentleman _ not the wealth that makes him so. Don't '? havo your wives and daughters to go in Q< finery because somebpdy else is able to do it. ai Tench them that piety and beauty of eliar- w acter oro more in me eyes 01 n true man, tlinn all the finery they eoulil put on. It is " not the dress that attracts us, but the woman, ?> after all. Any good man loves a woman be- M cause she is a true woman, but not on account ro of what she has on. By paying your merchant, you farmers ought to understand that you are helping the Alliance io the best possible way. If a merchant has trusted you, don't mnko war on fn him if he wants his money. If you become b satisfied that he don't s^llyou reasonably go u" and buy somewhere el*e. But hind your- , self (o ho merchant and then cry when he D skins you, Support your families, get out of debt and stay out. If all the formers who ri hear iiiq speak would organise properly there Ii would l>e no cause for complaint in a short w time, I donH wish to say that the merchants don't extort from you. I know they do; but, my. friends; you would do the same thing if you could. It is our sinful nature, and if we oould get a dollar for our cotton we would take it. The way for us to do is to bring about such a oondition of things that g wo will have a say so, as well as the merchants. They price our cotton and they u price our supplies, and any fool could make ,, money on that plan. Tho Allianoc will bring us out of that position, if wo stand by it. There is another matter of which I wish to r speak before I close: There is a feeling of hostility among some of yon against the law- u yers. That is all wrong; but if a lawyer hft< been guilty of or c$ugj>j. in a Questionable act?if he hae dune wfftug and scoured the * passage or exeention of laws detrimental d to your Intend*, and yon know it, then re* a member hint. Lawsuits are like whiskey; n they won't hurt yon as long as you let them f alone. Settle yo?v differences at home, 1 among your fHeuds-dthpe who feel an In- 1 terest in you and your welfare. Aa intalH- t< gent men you can cofltft together and deelde 1< your own difficulties without going into expensivs lawsuits. It you oae't'do so you , can't expect lawyers to work-for nothing. c v ?ill 2?^1.1 a : a m A win niaw ?n uivmwu ui ?n snisi court- ? ing a farmer's daughter. W?e old n?an J id n't e like ki? daughter's sweetheart, but finally consented if the artist fonW pM,d *!**? . suit between farmery he would consent to the match. Thy artist then went to work " and got up his plctufttrS It Represented a t difficulty about a ocwY One of the farmers a had tlie cow by the head ynd the other by a the tail, and a lawyer was on each side milk* ing her. He draw another picture on the othor side of the ennrys, IIwe the cow hsd kicked one of the farmery over the fence, t ? . . Vu vLiiiJ W \ . v ' ! UNIO] * " ' ' ' jutted the other into the ditch, and the lai rera who got all tho inilk were getting nwr iritis the cow as fasf ns they coulil run. I lertain cases lawyers are necessary?such i ettling.titles to renl estate; but keep thoi mt of your personal quarrels, and don't a] >ly to them to settle such matters. You fa ners let other people's business alone; yi tare enough to do to attend to your own. Now, another word to tho colored pcopl nd then I njn done. Organize yoursclvi oto Sub-Alliances and live up to your sacrc uties. Lire honestly, uprightly, and 1; ood citiicns, and the white people will rc? eet and protect you.. lie sure that yo buae none of the privileges guaranteed t ou by your constitution and by-laws. 1,< one but responsible men and women of yon wn color join your Alliance. Let no whit tan hare anything to do or snv to vnu wli i not in good and regular ?tuncling in tli bite Alliance. If he is unfit to l>clong t t? white man's Alliance he is unfit to joi ours. Rick hira out when ho dares to ir udo himself into the sanctity of your coun Is. 1 thank you ladies and gentlemen for tli atience with which you have listened to inc id I hope that success will mjirk the futur ? Tour lives nnd county." The distinguished speaker then took hi cat amid a thunder of applause. James L. Strain*. Allianck Demonstrations ali long the Line.?Greer's Oct. 16.? bis has been a grand gala day foi reer's. From early morn till nigh te Farmer's Alliance began to "let hci ill" and she did roll until 400 bales il it too in solid phalanx, dress d in Aliijoe uniform and old juto. pulled into 10 pnblio square to uwuit the arrival of ie 2.20 p. m train and Mr. Sims from rcenville to o'assify the Alliance cotn before any was sold. Mr. Sims iino. Every man sampled -his cotton id carried it up to the Masonic hall here it was classed in bulk, with cb man's name on his sample, and the tyera invited in, one by one to bid on 0 different grades. The highest crage bid was 9.80, which was prouiptdeelined by the cotton committee, id a regular stampede of wagons cued, moving in cyoiy direction, uutil 10 to 250 bales rolled out of town to 1 held for ten cents. After the adornment 100 to 150 bales wero sold nt 65 and 9} or dumped on the old Id. Never was there groatcr confusion d dissatisfaction to both buyer and m\J I UMfl ut U^IUIW VvW VM* ?. Uv n . . w (too that was duo thcni for rnitplics, id much ucodcd just now to pay (heir ibis. BOYCOTTING SPARTANlUIltO. Si'ART A NBC no, S. C Oct. 17.?The lliauce men aro hauling away their iron to-dny, in obedicnoo to the rcsolions adopted yesterday. Some oi will doubtless go to the factories diet, and some will be carried home by e farmers and perhaps Aud its way ;re agaiu. The rcsolu(ious adopted r the Alliance referred not ouly to the 54 bales stored, but looked further towd a boycot of this tuarkot, and recotnended that no more cotton bo brought ;re for sale. They stated the belicl the Alliance that a combination cxted to injure the order by keopiug >wn the price of Alliance cotton. This the substanoo of the prcuuiblo. The 'ievance seems to be that the buyer' id the Alliance grader differ in cl-ssiing the bales. 11. 11. Grauiling offered merer to take the whole lot here yesrday At 9.G0 bas:s, which means 9 971 r striot good middling, a price which ) other buyer would rontu.e to iflvr id which conservative cotton mcu say as more than Grauiling could safely ly with a view of selling again. Thii fer was made on thoir own giading tr. Gramling s ys ho would havo had t< grade the lot, but thinks on an aver re be would havq^put the grade up r ttle. Oi course the dissatisfaction of thoii inner friends is very much regrettee j the town people. It is difficult n odentand bow there cau be any com ination among tho buyers, who cer linly praotice the aharj eat rivalry as : ole, nod represent conflicting interests t is hard to seo also bow the boycotl 'ill be carried out, or exactly what iti fleet will be it carried out. THE ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS. Ucauquaktkus or | partas1hiho co. farmbrs Al.maxck > W. Mc/.immerman, Financ'l agt. J Spartanwuro, S. C., Oct. 1G, '81). Greenvii.i.e News : "I am authorized to send you th ceolution below, "W, McZimmerman, Agent Spartanburg County Alllanco.' "Whereas, we, the members of th farmers Alliance, representing two hue red ao?l thirty-four bales of oof toe rhich wa? properlj (traded by an ei erieoccd member of the Alliance bo, a the business, and offered for sale it he 8partonburg market yesterday tux o-day, firmly believiog from all we oai rem and front all indications,that titer i a deliberate attempt among the cottoi tuyera and utills to cripple our orde od to defeat our ce-operativo plan e radiog and selling eotton, "Therefore, bo it resolved, that w ake our cotton off the market and se n some other inarki-t. and recontnieit hat members of tho Allimicy heroaftei e far as possible, keep their ootto fray ^out the Spartinburg market.'' Kaslkt, Oo?. 17.?Ono# hundred an hirty-flre bales were brought in o * ^ m Time v" | wagon* to day anil woro offered at au ;y I tion by lh? AHiaoco. W. M. llago lt" I & Co. offered 11. GS{. Tlio bid w?9 r ,u I jecled by tho c on-niuco. Forty-thrj p- bale* worn gold, thirty of which wcr r- j brought by A llianco .nco. About sixt1 five more bales wens on hand by sample' p The cotton not sold wrts carried back. bh ^ Prosperity, Oct. 17.?Tho n?t way of selling cotton adopted by tbo Al u liances, wont into full'cflTeot yesterday a o Prosperity. It wan decidedly a big da_ 31 hero.# At an early hour tho loaded wagon ? began pouring iu from every directioi io with the fleecy siaple. Fully niue 0 tenths of the coti?>n was covered in cot n ton. The soiling com in it tecs, consisting o J no. H. Fellers., J. S Hair, W. P e Hugh. Purr Stockman and Hon Schutn port, took charges of the cotton. '' They wont around to thfe different wagons nod took samples from oacl ba!o. Ouc of tho committee cut thi cotton, another took out the simple, au other numbered each bale and anothoi ' wrote a corresponding number on a csrc " ?the samples nnd cards being given tc r tbo owners of the cotton, who aftcrwnrc carried it all to a room to be graded anc P classified. f Quito a r umber of cotton buyert from Newberry, Prosperity, Columbia 1 and other }>1 toes woro prnsout; but tbe market was dull, nod it was thought doubtful whether they would sell then, ' or wait for a rises in the market. 1 Prosperity, 3 p. m.?No sale. Price offered t\ioe and a half. Farmers refuse this. . - Tub Grading ok Cotton.?Ouo ol the most sensible and practical movements yet takeu by tho 'Farmers All:aucc is that reported to havo been taken yesterday to socu-e changes in tho system of grading cotton. It is a well known fact hero that every year hundreds of bales nro classed nnd sold as "middling" which properly bolongs in nets higher. It is not the fault of the buyers; it is the result of tho difference iu standard- Tho Piedmont cotton cIjmos higher than any oilier up ? - . t -J t , in our tip-oounlry market# asbciog of one grade is classed from one to thrco grades higher elsewhere. The chief difficulty in tho way of a reform of this evil is tho scarcity of competent graders. Tho difference in ' grades of cotton ore imperceptible to all hut trained eyes. It i* likely tho aver ago farmer cannot estimate tho differences in the values of several samples of cotton within half* a cent, and tho general run of buyer-are probably little better. Tho busiLess is full of fine points, brightness or darkness of tho day, tho time, reflected lights and many other conditions causing differeuces in gradings and prices. If tho Alliance can Gad men who can grade and class cotton accurately and instruct its owners what prices to de' mand in relation to the in .rket rate for middlings, it will put many dollars into ! the pockets of the farmers and1 do fur' tlier go>d by giving iho careful aud conscientious advantages they should ' havo over the less careful or intelligent, - ?Greenville News. t i , Maine Snake Stories.?Here arc ' two startling suake stories from Maine The first comes from Watorvillc, when * the post mortem examination of a hors* , that died from unknown causas revealec - in its stomach a "snake four and one > half feet long, with bead aud eyes per fret, six inches iu circumference, noc I the color of h'ood. with the exception o , a white stripe on the b tek." Anotho: - snake catnc from the stomach of Mrs - Frank Konney, of Portsmouth, N. II. 1 who was in HuMelord under uicdicu t' treatment, lu August, 18GG, at a cam] i meeting in Alton IViv, she drank water from a brook, and afterward became ill Sho was treated for cancer of tho stoui ach, but slou ly insisted that somothinj moved within her. Tho other day bj means ot a powerful drug, "a light col orcd snake twelve and throc-cighta in ehes long was disgorged from her stom 0 ach, aud she has gono homo happy.' ? Chicago Times. e Another State Barn Burned.?Spartan l- burg, 8. C. Oct. 17.?The State barn at 111 I, experimental Station wax entirely consume I l?y fire to-day, together with tho tnachincr B and gins, a considerable quantity of product 1 which was thcro stored belonging to tho State ^ and several hales of cotton belonging to in a dividual*. Tho fire caught from a spar! 0 from the engine which was running tho gin n .. ..... The live stocK statiieu in uic building wn P saved. The loss is not accurately estimated ' but is probably ?2,o00to $3,(XX). Insure e for f1,000.?('or. (IrttnrilU Nttrr. II (j The first demonstration of the strength < r, the Former's Alliance in politics wi n bo given at the coming primary clcctio for Senator in Kershaw County. There a] pears to bo a square issue between Alliani (1 and anti-Alliance Democrats, ouch side ha1 Q ing a candidate in the field. iU. Cotton Wedding.?lUleigh,\^h h > i Oct. ] 5 ?The greatest power ia Nor^^^flHSES h- Carolina at present, politically ami H oially, is ihc Farmers' Alliance, and it c ihowed its earnestucss to-day at a unique ; - and mciuorablo wedding ceremony, ^BB ' A few weeks ago William M. Date- fan man, an CDtbusiatitlo young farmer an 1 ^9 secretary of tlio Faruieis Allianco in ^ j Washington County, made up his mind [_ to show publicly how ho iiated tho Juto i Trust by bciitg married in a costumo of v cotton bagging, the fabric which the Allianco ba.s by fnrtiiel leselution adopted ? as the material fir covering the cotton \ ,, and which is ui?do in ibis State at . Leak Mr In. As soon as Mr. Bateuiau's . letter asking f<r some of this bagging was received here, .Secretary Polk of the f State Alliance wrote u>kiog him to le married publicly to-Jay it the State Fa.r . Grounds. Mr. Batcmati agreed to this, and at unco preparations were begun by " the Alliance people to tnako the event , inomi rable Tho Wake County Allij ance took charge T all the detail-; its . Secretary, Otho Wilson, secured briderr maids and groomsmen, all from well | known Alliance people in the country , near here, and aNo arranged 'for cntei* 1 turning the bride and bridegroom as 1 guests of the Alliance. Official notices of the wedding were sent out As tho i Stato Allianco was called to meet hero , at tho Fair, the day was set dywn as a gala occasion which the members anticipated^itli specif I pleasure. Many presents were sent in and bavc been displayed hero tor iouio time. On each is i a card bearing this inscriptim : WcJiling Present to W. M. B.itkman asi> Wifb, of Washington County, N. C., who arc to he married on Tuesday Oct. 15, iu tlie grand stand in Fair grounds, in cotton >agging, under the auspices of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance. They propose to make the Farmers successful tight against tlie .lute Bagging Trust memorable by this event, and this wedding is given to show appreciation of any just move the farmers of North Carolina may undertake. Just nfior noon today tho bridal party arrived nt tho Fair Grounds, having been cscorto 1 frotn the city by a large procession. Tho party comprised tho Maud Stephenson and Florence Stephenson, The ceremony was performed in tho Judges'stand iu front of tho grand stand in which there were thousands of poople. The couple were married by .the Iter. J. J. Scott, Oh&pluo of the State Alliance, who is blind. Tho bride was drossed iu white c itton bagging, effectively nndc up and trimmed with buff satin. llcr bonnet was adorned with cotton blossoms and bolls. Tho bridegroom was abo arrayed in cotton bagging and wore cotton blossoms in his bat. His grooinsmou were similarly nttirpd. while thr bridesmaid* wore cotton bogging sashes, Otho Wilson, who was master of coratnonics, was dressed like Mr. llatemnn, A IIoariBLK SiTfATioN.?Chicago, Oct. 17. ?A tlisj~-nich from Columbus, Ohio, says tho ' mayor of Sandusky. Ohio, has telegraphed the State Board of Health in regard to small pox ravages at l'elee Island, a famous fisliii g ' resort in Lake Krie. 'yie dispatch says the wildest excitement exists, over one hundred cases of small pox having developed there > within the last four days. The island has , about 1,000 population, every one of whom it is feared will contract the disease. All nvonues of escape from the place have been ' closed by the American and Canadian nu? ^ thorities. livery one of tlie entire group of 2 Lake Eric islands, including Put-in-Bay, . North Bass, Middle Bass, Kelleys, and othj crs, have quarantined against l'elee, and the j. Canadian authorities have quarantined the mainland against the island, which has bcr come a vast isolated pest house. Dr. I'robst, secretary 01 me ru.ue imam, n.n seat , instructions anil taken vigorous steps to 1 prevent the <lisense spread ing. P Minium os Johns lsi.ANK.?Clinrleston, S. t\, Oct IT.?News readied the city to-day that Octnvian Fischang, a German shop keeper at Creckside plantation, on.lohn's Island, r? - had been brutally murdered early on ' Wednesday morning. The facts of the case, as far as they are'knowii. aro that Mr. FisI cluing had been feeding his poultry in his _ yard, when, as he turned to go back to his u house, lie was shot dead by some one concealed behind a bank which runs along near his promises. The murdered man was very highly esteemed by both whites and blacks i- on the island, and as soon as the news had e been circulated a large party of men of both il races started out to track the assassin. They y finally arresto 1 a young negro named John s Simons, who is now in jail, and who has conI, fesscd the crime. There Is talk at Mount - Pleasant of lynching him. Anothkr Kainixo Thkk.?As raining "s trees seem to be the latest lib volt y, several '' have developed themselves in tlio Inst few days. Thomas Davis has one in his hack yard which begins to drip atiout four o'clock in the afternoon and continues until sundown. The tree is a common plum and the branches u aro nearly imro. t lose investigation rails n to reveal insects, anil the raining is npparj entlydueto the moisture being absorbed by ?c the roots anil dropping from the extremities r- of the branches, or elso the insects arc very minute.?OrttnviUe A'ticn. * M