Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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k^ ' '"" * z '^?^* >v'' ^sisSE v ~^B ^~ Itorotid to Agriculturf, H<*r1icult>ir?, Ih>mc*(ic Economy, PolU^ A ^ ^ i ne supreme Court of Minnesota is re]>orted to have lately rendered a decision declaring that "bank chocks are not cash, and do not possess legal value ' as money until cashed." An English experimenter, E. T. Chaplin, has given an account of hypnotizing a laying hen, and inducing her- iu that manner to sit on a sitting of "eggs until seven of them had hatched out. A _ The Ma nufacturert' Record claims that \ "the agricultural possibilities of the - Aifjouth are greater than those of the bal-; f'wee of the country all combined, based' pn .the aggregate values and' on aotual. WWtow>B-,,s, Tbo banner orange growing town in iSouthorn California is Riverside, and it lis, perhaps, the richest town in the couu;try, concludes the Commercial Advertiser, ii lis woaun nas oeen correctly estimated. Of 500 persons 266 arc assessed for more than $4000 each, which represents $12,000 of value. , In tho suit brought by Mcrriam & Co. against a number of publishers to keep them from publishing tho Webster's Un^ abridged Dictionary of 1847, Justice Miller, of St. Louis, Mo., declared that <?b a copyright was granted only for fortyjtwo years, tho book belongs to tho people !and not to those to whom tho copyrighi i was granted. A Chicago inventor claims to have produced a machine for picking cotton that will do the work in tho Southern fields for one-tenth tho present cost. The present cost is estimated at nearly $100,000.000 a year. It follows that if this machine will do all that is claimed for it, the wiving effected will be not much less than $00,000,000 a yenr. It is said that uiore tobacco anil alco'holic liquors were used duriug the last three months thun ever before iu this country. Hucli, at lenst, is the report ol the Internal Revenue Department, whioh shows, according to an estimate made by tho New York News, an increase in revenue from these articles for the months of July aud August of over oqo million .has been greater activity thai! usual ip the manufacture of articles 'flT'Nvhich it is an ingredient. While tea hns taken the place of coffee on the Ceylon plantations, there does not appear to be auy likelihood, notes the Time*-Democrat, of a falling off, in the world's production of the fragrant berry. Coffee plantations are being cultivated in Central and Houth America and in Mexico, while there are millions of acres in llrazil suitable for coffee which are not vet un der cultivation. The abolition of slave .labor in that country and the establishment of new political conditions are favorable to an expansion of industry; and Azures which are given by the American grocer show that while the Ceylon cofToC erop has fallen off, that of Brazil lias increased over 100 per cent. "It is singular," declares Frank lie's, "that the rise in silver threatens to seriously affect Christian missions in foreign lands. When silver was worth twenty or thirty per ceut. Ie3s thau it is, an American dollar was obviously worth in the debased silver coinage of foreign countries twenty or thirty per cent, moro than it is now. In other words, the rise in silver has brought the currency of silver lands pretty nearly to an equality with that of countries banking on n gold basis. It is said that the Methodist Missionary Society will, by reason of the rise in silver, require a special appropriation of $20,000 to meet the increased cost of exchange in Iudia, and that all other religious missionary societies will be seriously affected." Wliat striKcs the pilgrim irom oincr (writes a l>hila<l??1j?l*ia. 1'reix correspondent) is the predominance of women in Boston. Women everywhere? in the restaurants, behind the lunchcounters, in the shops, in the offices, women seem to lie doing all the work. Foreigners from New York or Chicago, ignorant of the customs of the country, sometimes make an effort to he pleasant with these, young ladies. The result is always disastrous to the foreigner. I was much amused at the attempt of one of these "foreigners," just r> mtioned, ^ to bestow a small fee upon one of these ........... ............ Kl.? .... with JOUI.fc .,_, ...v.. all the hauteur of fiunily pride?tor no doubt her nnine was Winthrop, <?r Ad.t us, or Hancock, or Winslow?and tlien she remarked: "Excuse me, sir; we are liberally rewarded for our services by the corporate lessees of the place, and, consequently, the offer of any gratuity is entirely a 8uj?ererogatory act." Then, turning to small boy, she murmured: "Johnny, accept the gentleman's nickel We keep him for that purpose, in ordei not to offend those who may bostrtuger ALL THROUGH DIXIE. What Has Transpired Since Last We Greeted You. &.11 tho News of the Eastern Section of of tho South, With tho Chaft Sifted Out, Presented Hero in Neat Form. VIRGINIA. Contracts for sixty buildings were niviiriliul i.. *11.." 1 - I Alfred Madison, of King William, was accidentally shot and killed a few days ago. A large dish factory is being built in Court land, Southampton county. colored college in that city. It is reported that the late Mr. Lckies, of Norfolk, has left u bequest of $10,000 to Randolph-Macon College. The Seaboard Land and Investment Company, of Norfolk, has been chartered with a capital of $100,000. The trustees of an estate left by a Connecticut lady to charitable institutions, proposes to donate $.'>,000 to the "Homo for the Sick" at Petersburg, provided another $.">.000 is raised by the citizens. Gen. M. La Rue Harrison, who died at his home near Ft. Mvor, Va., last week, was, by date of commission, the oldest inspector of the Postofficc Department, having been placed iu charge of money order inspections soon after the establishment of the system. He commanded the First Arkansas Cavalry. Sale of 100 lots of the West-End Laud Improvement Company took place Thursday at Petersburg. The Virginia Steel, Iron and Slate Co. is the name of a corporation recently organized to develop the mineral wealth of 4,000 acres of land in and around Hownrdavillo, a station on the line of the James Hivcr division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. There they propose to create a manufacturing center tola; called Logan City. In connection with this site they are arranging the purchase of from 10,i)00 to 20,000 acres minernl and timber r lands, containing valuable deposits of manganese, slate, marble, building stones, marketable clays and other iniuerals. The capital stock is $2,000,000. NORTH CAROLINA. Gov. Fowle has accepted an, invitation to preside at meetings in Philadelphia at which Dillon and O'Hrien will make speeches. J. W. Hodges was appointed postmaster at Hamboca. Fully 10,000 people flocked to Cbar^^^ctu^^P^iumi^^^m^vdhich^showed ^^^^wingincircus disbanded for the season. Evangelist Fife has just closed his meetings at Mt. Holly, after wonderful success, resulting in large numbers of conversions. About 40 joined the Methodist church, 40 the Presbyterian, 110 the Hnptist. ami 10 the Lutheran. The grading of the Egypt Railroad, a nine miles feeder of the Seaboard Air Line System in North Carolina, has Iku-ii completed, and the rails are to be laid at once. This road is to extend from the Egypt coal mine to a point on the trunk line some three iniles imm the town of oanfonl, at \vhi< li placo the Cape Fear anil Yadkin Valley Bond crosses the; Seaboard Air Line. The corner-stouc laying of the new main building of Trinity College took place on the campus of the college's new site at Durham. Nov. II. The ceremonies were under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina. A Mlfonic nildwBW wuu<lttU*uiMul hy Hmi li It. Vnnt.c. of and an educational address was delivered by ex-Gov. Thos. J. Jarvis, of Greenville. SOUTH CAROLINA. The annual Conference of the M. E. Church, meets at Anderson on November 25 und continues in session until December 3. The next Convention of the 2d district of South Carolina of the Young Men's Christian Convention will be held at George's Station, on the South Carolina Kailway. from November 21 to 23. Governor-elect Ben Tillman visited Augusta last week and before making his departure, the Captain visited the finest incrcnaut tailor shop in the city and had a handsome suit ordered, which he will wear at the inaugural ceremonies. Beech Island, S. ('., near Augusta was again visited by a destructive tire Wednesday morning. The gin bouse, mnI... I .i hundred bushels of cotton seed of E. II. Atkinson were nil consumed. The origin of the lire is unknown and it cotlld not 1 luivo been ignited by sparks for the "ginnery is operated by water power. Atkinson^ loss amounts to about $;',0Q0 ami he only had $i(MI insurance on (lie entire building. Ceremonies of tlic completion of the Georgia. Carolina and Northern Uailroad to Abbeville was given Thursday. A barbecue was served to live thousand people, taut speeelies math by Sen. Itutler, Judge t'otliran, Capt. I.. W. 1'errin and Congressman Hemphill. At night a bnnquct was served, and numerous speeelies made. < >n Friday night a grand ball was gi? ?'ii, I he town being gaily ly decorated Among the prominent people present were Senator Hutler. Congressman Hemphill. Col. I). Caldwell, Mays Cleveland ami others. 1 At the animal meeting of the Columbia Club a night or t wo ago the following ollieers were elected: President. Dr. T. T. Moore; vice president, I). If. Crawford; sceivtary and treasurer, II. 1\ Green, Jr.; i.tridditii-.. it., u: /< ij: i...M i ? i uinr t 'iiiiiiii 11 'i', i /i . H . \ . I' miri) chairman, J. S. Dunn. Dr. Lewis O. \V o ill, .!. II. Davis :iii<I F. Vaulicntliuysen. Only a small election row is reported : from ('artorsvillc in which one Lucas am) Cooper Minis, Tillnianites, ami A. II. Huynie ami I). I,. Smith, Ifaskellites par' tieipiited. Minis is severely hurt in the I head. If pistols Inut not failed to tire Smith and Minis would have been killed, jluvuic was cut ia the side, Julius Williams, alias "RuiQUty Rattles," who recently distinguished himself by "robbing" a lady of her purse in Went worth street, Charleston, died at the county jail in that city. Shortly after his incarceration he liecame ill with pneumonia, and although he received the best of medical attention, his end came after considerable pain. TENNESSEE. Wm. Ragio, an Italian Imrlier, shot and fatally wounded (?. C.Terry, a prominent Nashville manufac turer, for not extending j the debt lie owed Mr. Terry. Frank Wilby, of Memphis, through his ( attorneys, Cantt & Patterson, tiled suit in ( | me circuit Court to recover #20,000 dam | ages from the Memphis & Charleston and ? the East Tenuessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Companies for injuries received j Gen. J. B. Palmer, of Murfreesboro, u ' gallant ex-Confederate soldier and brilI liant lawyer, died very suddenly at his ' home a few days ago. A great shock to 1 ! the community. A special train, consisting of seven 1 I sleepers, a coach and baggage ear arrived ' in Chattanooga Friday, hnving alroard 150 1 railroad conductors and their families. 1 They were on their return trip after an excursion through Georgia and Florida, they having left Chattanooga at the close of the convention at that city. They 1 spent a few hours shaking hands with friends, and then the party broke up. Thos. Perkins, an inmate of the Nash- ( ville asylum, killed George Kains, another \ inmate, the other morning, while they , were quarreling over the possession of a . piece of bread. Both were negroes and , confined to the lunatic department. ^ The Scquachee Coal & Iron Co. is rap- c idly developing its new town of Sequa t dice, Tcnn. It is already recognized as ii I postoflico by the U. S. authorities, and several important industries to employ a 1 large number of operatives have been lo- > cated anil others arc under negotiation, j Thos^ecured are the Scquachee Agricul- t turnl Works, capital stock #100,000, work on buildings to commence at once; the a Scquachee Manufacturing Co., with the a same capital stock, organized to manufacture sewing machines and a large line of 1 knitting machinery, has machinery on the t ground and the factory will soon be com- 1 plctcd;a furniture factory, also capital- 2 lzcd at #100,000, to begin operations some time in December and epiploy from 100 t to 125 men, and a planing mill now in t course of erection. The development company is managed by Eastern parties, and has a capital of $1,000,000. GEORGIA. ( The exports from Brunswick duriu;: the month of October amounted to nearly *1,500,000. ' s ^^^^iorM^^^r^l^emiference of the j siding. ' The North Georgia and Alabama 1 exposition began at Home a few days ago. t The agricultural display is splendid. The \ mineral exhibit, and manufacturing pro- i duets are extensive. Aside from the ex- > hibits, the horse racing was mugnificeut. s Macon will surely have a $1,000,000 ear J works within a very short time, says the I Atlanta Coiixtitution. About $30,000 of i stock has been taken by wnrkingmen of v Macon. I Th os. 11. Morgan, of Greensboro, is I ' said to be the oldest printer in the State. 1 lie h as linished serving ."> ) years at the * case and still gets up a good "string." " The lloral fair of the Atlanta Horticul- ' tural Society was a gorgeous display of all kinds of chrysanthemums, etc. It was held in the rotunda of the new State capital from Thursday to Saturday, inclusive, r and many of the cities of the State sent their beauteous prize flowers. Icginii'iiiire <>f Ocoririit for an at t to amend the prohibition law of Hart county and provide a "system to establish an ageut in the county of Hart for the purpose of selling litpior for medicinal purposes only, and for other purposes." * A colored boy was driving a wagon loaded with four bales of cottou from KlulTton to IJliiUolv ami regaling himself by sinokingcig.ircttcs. The cotton caught lire, ami the rest of the tale is left for the reader to cipher out. "Speaker Crisp" is the toast of the Georgia newspaper. The county treasurer of Taylor county says that at tin- next term of Taylor superior court the county will be out of debt, with a surplus of #1,000 in the treasury. Gwinnett, Clark and Oconee counties have each had a murder committed within their limits during the last week. FLORIDA. Key West is overrun with peddlers. Lake ( ity will soon have a hosiery factory. A very rich bed of phosphate has been discovered on the lilack water river, about l> miles from Sorrento on govern inent land. A l<> feet hole was sunk and solid phosphate found. At the l'ensicola quarantine station, last week, a shark tiiat measured twelve feet in length was caught. The monster had seven rows of the teeth, ami was tslimated in weight at TOO pounds. II had a ship's bucket in his stomach. The town council of Lakeland has granted a franchise for the establishment of an electric light plant and ice factory it that place. There was a joint debate at the city ball in Tallahassee Saturday, in which all the Speakers were colored. .Icsse Dennis, Kd. Kobe its, Kicbard Garl and G. W. MeCall spoke (or the democracy, and W. II. Carr, IJob Smith, J. W. .letTerson and William I'el Is for the republicans. There is every prospect of a heavy run of tisli along the Florida coast throughout the coming fall. The cause that tends to this be lie I is the immense schools of midlet, Spanish mackerel, groupers, and liasa, which at present are being met with along the Florida reefs. Florida fishermen say that the present run exceeds anything they have ever seen in summer months. An incorporation lias Ik-cii former! in Fnglaml called the Florida Phosphate company (limited), with a capital of $1,000,000 and lumls acquired iu Polk, llilla Itorough and DcSoto ^unties. The first , operations will l>c r^nienced on sect lot: ?, townshii. 31,' range -44, seven mile* . <iorthwc8t of Ft. |#ade. * OTHgfc STATES. The report nHne committee.on levees of the Constat tffioual Convention of Mis- 1 I sissippi has lnjen adopted hy th^ body. Among the iqpst important sections is one I granting full power to the levee authorities lo appropriate private property whenever and wherever needed for their work, all damages to the owners to be settled hy n Ixiard of assessment. i h .1. 8. Richardson, of New Orleans, 4 r undoubtedly the largest cotton planter iti a this country. He owns 40,000 acres 4t ^ fine alluvial land in Louisiana and Missis j( uppi and cultivated 20,000 in cotton this " year, much of which, it is claimed, will S yield two bales to the acre. Besides his A ulniiting Mr. Richardson is the head of a A hugely' i i de resfed*1ft tlie Vicksburg and tho faotory at Wesson, (; where two thousand operatives are cm- ? uloyod. p Kx-Clov. Edward A. O'NpjiI died at his r ionic in Florence, Ala., Friday morning. I< Lien. O'Neal served with distinction in II lie Arniv of Northern Virginia, nud wa^ Ii ivuumled at the battle of Seven Pines. I< OUR POPULATION. ? L We Excood Sixty-two Millions in the ^ United States. ^ Washington, L). C. [Special].?'The y Census Office shows the |K>|iulntioii of the y 'Jailed States as shown by the first count jyj >f persons and families, exclusive of white htsous in the Indian Territory, Indians ^ >n reservations and in Alaska, to be 62,- ^ 1 HO,540. Those figures may be slightly ^ hanged by later and more exact compilaions, but such changes will not be ma- ^ erial. J! Iu 1 ssiI (be population was 50,155,783. ^ Hie increase of the population Til The feu ^ ears intervening was 12,821.757, *und the () H*r cent, of increase was 24.57. Iu 1870 () he population was slated as 38,558.371. As in I MHO, New York still heads the list ^ ind is followed by Pennsylvania. Ohio ^ iud Illinois have exchanged places. The population of Virginia is placed at .V ,648,011, an incrense of 136,846 during .j. he past ten years; that of North Carolina y ,617,340, an increase siuco 1880 of v 117,500. y Vermont and Nevada are two 6tates y hat show a decrease in po|iulatiou during y he decade y MURDER AT A WEDDING. V )no Italian Fatally Stabbed by Another in Glasgow. A cablegram from Glasgow, Scotland, g ays: A terrible murder occurred at a wed- j, ling, when a young Italian named Law- ? cm e Lomii, a confectioner, was married j, ies and, although they had not been in'itcd, they refused to leave aud were ijcctul by the other Italians and Scotch t] vho were the iuvited guests. In the trect one of the invaders, either Luigi ilarco or Lurito Palembo, stabbed Audro j Luciano. Audio's wife witnessed the ,] iiunlcr from the window of the house in vhieh all the wedding guests were osseinilcd. She screamed iis she saw her hus- 4 and fall and immediately fainted away. ^ Vnotlu-r Italian was also dangerously tabbed in the conflict. Luigi Marco was j] irrestcd and his hands were found to be ovcrcd with blood, but Lurito Pit)en}bc j] ucceerled in making his escape. n BUD McCOY ASSASSINATED. ( a Tho Kentucky Desperado Killed? Struck by 18 Bullets. A telegram n-jiii . _ ? Mud McCoy, the leader of the notorious McCoy gang, was killed near Tennys' s Camp, Logan countv, Va., on the Ohio r extension of the Norfolk & Western Ituil ?j load. Friday evening, by a man named > Deinpscy of the Hatfield gang. Eighteen n bullets were found iu his lmdy. Other parties are supposed to liavc assisted in the killing. McCoy had collected con , siderable money from Contractor Tennys. :i11< 1 was returning to his home ou Pete) ('reek. A It lioii<;li an old grudge rathei ' lhaii plunder prompted the killing, the 1 country is wild with excitement, and it is believed tlint Detnpscy and his associate" will be found itnd the deuth of McCo: avenged. McCoy is known to have killed < eight men, but he has always escaped y punishment. ? London Dock Laborers Angry. I .ox don, November 11. ? A scheme, sub- j milted to the directors of the dock com- t panics, provides for the establishment of < the piece-work system, to take the place I of the agreement under which t|>c men ?i have been working for a year past and i which has expired. The men generally > do no! favor tin- new scheme aud much ( discontent exists among them. Although i most of the men are working, pending u decision on the directors' proposition, it is bared the strike will In* inaugurated any moment. Early this morning Messrs. Fillett and Mann, labor lenders, visited the various dock gates and exhorted the men not to <juit work. Their advice was followed in most eases and the men resumed work, though in numerous iustutu e> a sullen disposition was shown by the hi Hirers. Eight hundred men employed on th*' HoVitl. Victoria and Albert docks r< fu?ed to acquiesce in the decision of the lenders iind wcjit on strike. Robbery of a Guano Agent. At llivcrdiilc, (ia., on Saturday night, John It. MrCollough, agent for an Atlanta guano house, was robbed of $1,000 in money ami $7,000 in notes. He had them in a satchel in the robin"where he was sleeping. burglars broke the lock and secured the booty. Theflltchel and notes were found later, but no trace of the t hie vex. Yes, Cotton Is King. The cotton crop, says the Memphis Aj>p*<if, is tremendous, as the reports from the various exchanges demonstrate. There ia some complaint as to quality, hut there i? every reason win1 the upqnhjl should rejoice. Mcmph|feahNr*VKjdv bcuclitcd. "ELECTION ECHOES. ' democracy Carries the Day Both North and South. ,V jRto Returns Gives the House of Representatives Overwhelmingly To the Victorious Hosts of ' ? Democrats. Washington, 1). C., (Special).?The itest returns received here by the United ' ess point to a Democratic majority of t least 14S in the next House of Renrecntatives. Below is given the complcx>n of each State deleemtion as nomrii'it y the latest roports: tates. dkm. rep. Jabania, 8 ? rkansas, 5 ? A vans; ? ? ionnccttcut, 8 1 lelawarc, 1 ? 'lorida, 2 ? Icorgia, 10 ? j rtaho, ? 1 | llinois, 13 7 adiana, 11 2 awa, 0 5 '.annas, 5 2 Kentucky, 10 1 .ouisiaua, 0 ? laiue, ? 4 [aryland, 0 ? lassarhusctts, 7 5 lichigAn, 8 3 linnesnta, 4 1 j Mississippi, 7 ? Mssouri, 14 ? lontana, 1 4 febraska, 3 ? fevada, ? 1 lew Hampshire, 2 ? few Jersey, 5 2 few York, 22 12 forth Carolina, 8 1 forth Dakota, ? 1 >hio, 14 7 'regoii, ? 1 ennsylvania, 11 17 lliodc Island, 1 ? outh Carolina, G 1 outh Dakota, ? 2 'ennessee, 8 2 'exas, 11 ? ermont, ? 2 irginia, 10 ? i asnmgton, ? 1 /eat Virginia, 4 ? /isconsiu, 6 3 /joining, _ 1 Total, 238 03 /hole number of members, 332 HOW THE SENATE WILL STAND. 7 he defeat of two Republican U. S. enators seems to be assured?Mr. Evnrts l New York and Mr. Ingallu in Kansas? ml it is probable that in Illinois Mr. 'arwcll, Republican, will be succeeded y John M. Palmer, Democrut. gainst one majority in the last legislate. In Colorado the Republicans elected lie Governor and Congressmen. The Reublicans have tin- legislature. Michigan is Democratic by 0,000 to 3,000 plurality, and the Democrats have lie legislature. In Nebraska, Boyd, the Democratic andidute for Governor was elected by ,000 to 5,000 plurality. The Farmers' dliancc have the legislature, two eonressmcn, and most of the county ofces. The Republicans of California elected heir state ticket, five out of six congressmen, and will control the legislature, diich elects a United States Senator. >ne Republican Alliance Congressman Iso elected. North Dakota elected a Republican overnor, legislature and congressmen. Oklahoma territory went Republican, farvy, Republican, for delegate to conThe ^ how that the n Alliance vietoif tiiirl that ijuicks lias been eifct*** governor. The legislature will also be Uliuuec, thus insuring the defeat of Sender Moody. TIIK HOL'TUKIIX (Jt'AUTKTTB. Wilson of Keutueky, Cheatham of S'orth Carolina, Miller of South Carolina, uid Taylor and Honk of Tennessee, are irohuhly the only Kepubliean Congresslien elceted in the Southern States. Three Children Drowned. A press dispatch says: Tlnec children if Heetor (iroen, colored?a girl of fifteen rears, a boy of six and a baby ?wero Irovvned near Wilmington Green wua emoving his family to a boat, and when ivithiu twenty feet "f destination the baby umped from the arms of the girl. In atempting to eateh the baby (lie girl fell iverboard, but caught hold of the boat, der father attempted to catch the child is It came to the surface. In his exeitenent he capsized the boat in ten feet of vater, and all three children were lrowiieil. Owing to the early hour there Viis nobody to oiler assistance. With Musonic Honors. The corner-stone of the new Federal building nt (Irectivillc, S. was laid Thursday with Masonic honors, (irand Master Divver and oilier prominent Masons being present. The silver trowel used l?y the <irand Master was used by (Jen. Lafayette in |H'2a to lay the eorncrstone of tlie Dels,illi monument at Camdell, and was made for liiin for that purpose. It contains an inscription to that effect, and the handle is decorated with a silk ribbon tied on I?\ (Jen. Lafayette. In the evening a grand bampiet was given by the Masons at the Mansion House. Qoking Coal in Bouthwost Virginia. One of the finest veins of coking coal yet discovered has recently beea found in Southwest Virginia, measuring twenty two feet in thickness, with two feet of slate. It belongs to tlie celebrated Flat Top or Tocahoiitas field, which has been partially developed in the last few years. They Killed Each Other. At Kingston, Tenn., John M. Wester Jr., town marshal, was shot by James F.d wards, whom the marshal was trying ti arrest, and Wester in turn shot Edwards Both men died in an hour from thei Householders, Landownore and Some \ Women Are Enfranchised. Loudon's now government rests upon a _i franchise so popular that practically nobody who would caro to vote is excluded, says the Century. In the lirst place nil householders arc enfranchised, anil this includes every man who rents a place for his family, even if it Ik- only a small room iu the garret or the cellar of a tenement n house. It also includes those who live within fifteen miles of the metropolis, hut own or occupy metropolitan quarters for I any purpose Worth a certain very limited J rental. Owners of freehold property in " London, no matter where they live, if | llritish subjects, are entitled to vote, ni Widows and unmarried women who are 1" | householders, occupiers or owncis of I property arc also authorized to vote for >v The principal basis of the fhincntse ft* the hoiiHehold, aiul the chief disounlitlcu- - ? I tions arc receipt of public alms and failure n | to pay rates that have fallen due. Any () I resident of the metropolis or vicinity who is entitled to vctle is eligible to election. Furthermore, any British subject who owns land in London, or who is possessed w. of a limited amount of property, n mat- ^ ter where he lives, may be chosen a conncillor of the county of London. The fact of residence in one district does not dis- ? qualify, either in law or in the popular judgment, for candidacy in another dis- b trier m __ a AN ALABAMA FEUD. Ono Hiui Killed and Moro Bloodshed A Expected. Ht A press dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., says: A feud which has been brewI ing for some time near Cross well, SI. Clair county, broke out Saturday in earnest. Two promiuent families arc iu? o)v J1' i*t, wut tnnny will probably be lost before it is ended. Fonso and Powell Hancock and Ccorgc Narghoir had been < < gunning for each other for some time, tl Saturday morning Fonso Hancock tired hi two shots at Narghoir and missed him. ul Powell Hancock went to Narghoir's house and they opened fire at each other. At ni the fourth shot Hancock fell dead. His i iimincr and friends arc now hunting Nar- n< ghoir with the iuteution of shooting him 01 down at sight. Frit-mis have also rallied pi around Nurghoir, ami a bloody tight is li expected if the two parties come together, w The prineipnls in the alTair are prmui m nent meu in their neighborhood and have I,i many friends. w TRAGEDY AT A CIRCUS. 'i The Manager Manglud by a Horse in Freseneo of the Czar. A eablegiiun from 8t. Petersburg says: (0 In the course of a circuit performance or r l'"Vtti which wiu uU.em.led by the Czar and pj one of (fie trained viciously attacked M. Ginizelli, the maua* in ger of the circus. The manager was st knocked down, bitten, and trampled up- u on by the maddened animal, which, in'full u view of the audience, mangled him in a horrible manner. The Czar and his party abruptly left the building. The audience stampeded, and il:>- performauecwas terminated. w M el Engraving by Gunpowder. 8hooting a candle through a two-inch ^ olid plank without disturbing it in the least is bciug outdono by dynamite, (| which is ho quick in its action that a tender green leaf can be compressed in- n to the hardest steel before it lias time to j, flatten. One of the exoorimeuts of the United States torpedo works was to place . some leaves between two heavy, flat n pieces of iron, set them on a firm foimdu- a, tion and seo what gun-cotton would do c in forcing the iron pieces together. The si r{auction was so great from just being ex- 11 lilodecfia the opw^ n\t ou? o{ vAvo ii I*-** * i _ 11 i other quick enough to cafcH Wf and complete impression of the leaves * before thej could escupe. It is also n 1 singular fact that the gun-cotton should ' sink deep into the iron when it explodes, 11 showing the poiuts of the letters stamped I into the cartridges. This novel method of engraving by gunpowder is one of the wonders of this century.?li'ao l'oi'L Jour,\il. f Lancing Abscesses Without Pain. 1 The pain caused by opening small abscesses is almost always intense, for a few moments at least, and many people nat- . urally shrink from the snrgeon s knife , and prefer to hear with the troublesome , visitations until they open themselves. It | cannot be generally known that by the < use of a spray it is possible to so deaden 1 sensibility over limited areas that sncli operations as lancing boils, enlarged glands, felons and the like can he done almost, if not quite, painlessly. A spray wmcn is moHi eneciivo is composed 01 ten parts of chloroform, fifteen parts of I 1 sulphuric ether anil one part of menthol. ' ' This produces local nmcsthesia in about J one minute, and the same lasts for four or five uiiuutcs.?Fall Jliver (Matt.) Ihr- ' aid. m Belligerent Councilmen. City Councilmen A. II. tbiigon and A. .1. I'hillips, of Richmond, V:?., were arrested Tuesday morning upon a charge of being about to commit a breach of peace by lighting n duel or otherwise. Justice Crathtield, after hearing the testimony, dismissed the case. The parties had a hot altercation in the council chamber in the morning, which was resumed on the street, when the lie was passed. A Shooting Affray. 1,1't ri.k Rock, Akk., | Special J.- Information has been received at Republican headquarters of a row at l'inc IllutT, at wbieli a deputy sin riff shot a polieeuiun. An indiscriminate exchange of shots between the Republicans and Democrats followed, in which two other parties were wounded. All is now quiet, with a favorable outlook for the Republicans. * A company of Russian and Belgian capitalists, with several million dollars capita', wil| engage in cotton-planting in Ccn, tral Asia. t "T\ Vhat the Organization is DolftgThroughout the Country. L Warehouse on Every Farm Advocated By A Prominent Goorgi'an at tho La Grange Convention. \ The Alliance Exchange, Henrietta, 'exas, is giving satisfaction. The Farmers' Alliance will builtl a largo curing mill ift Graham, Texas. The Alliance storo of Glascock county, a., is doing a flourishing business. West Virginia, Maryland, I'cnnsylvaia, Michigan and New Mexico are the test Alliance States. Tho Alliance is educating the masses, hich makes the politicians tremble with Hon. It. II. Jackson, theUnsf jSWSF cnt of tho Georgia State Alliance, will present Heard county in tho next IIouso f Representatives. Tho Alliances in Brown county are ulking their cotton at Brownwood, and hen they can't get satisfactory bids, lip it to Galveston, says the ti<outhem (ercury. The Alliance cotton yard at Austin, uder the management of 8. C. Gearncrg, is kept busy, and is tlio means of ringing much eotton to the city.?South ? Mercury. n oust on county, (Ga.) Alliance is oposed to speculating in farm product futures," and will appeal to the General totem lily to legislate on the evil, and al> repeal the crop lien law. Improvements have been made in tlio ritlin, Gn., Alliance warehouse lately, id everybody about the establishment in ippy. The ofliec has been enlarged aud so the sampre room, which facilitates ie linndling of cotton very materially. The Haw-Creek Alliance, in Forsyth muty, Ga., deservon special praiso for ?e aid they extended to 11 worthy old sly and her two daughters who wero out to be evicted. The Alliance proneed for them a more comfortable house i?l gave them provisions. The Farmers1 Alliance of Kansas, which i?w numbers over Mfi,000 members, havo 'gani/ed a mercantile ?h partincnt, and ropn.se to handle their own grain mid vc stock. They have appointed agents ho will handle their shipments in the arkets of Kansas City, Chicago tiud St. ouis, by which transaction tin; farmer ill suve the commission which he usuly pays the middle man.?Texas Labor tiion. The State Farmers' Alliance, of Florii, in annual session at Monticollo, lias loptcd the following resolution: lit'soltwl. mil mis order is noi wedded nor allied any political ltnrty, mid lias no room t its platform tor partisan politics or irtisan politicians. Florida's represcntaWA Jit?PtfL National Legislature were ig the national bnnking"syWlHiiV'iiiki ImIs itnt ing for it issni's of legal tender treasry notes. Also to support the suh-trcasry bill or something better. ****** Among the excellent things said at the iriners' convention, at Lagrange, (Ja., e liud the following in mi addressdeliv cd by Mr. A. M. Walker: My word for it, the most urgent need f the agricultural classes of the South is >r each and every farmer to establish his wn warehouse. This lie can and must o. First, by living within his means, ccondly, by diversity ing his crops and lising everything on the farm as far as e can, that is neeessaiy for home eouLiiiikition, and make the larm self susliiiing hy making one acre produce as luch i>r more than he now gets from live i res, thereby reducing expenses and inleasing profits. Thirdly, by raising lock of all kinds, tloals, sheep, hogs, lilies, horses ?ud rattle, i place theso i tin: order of their value, as I consider t to tV\i*. InTnwr, 'KVtU ?iu tutu tlu bi^uUL: . ennnted oltTSf m lense, to say Homing oi ttic depreciation >f these tenanted lands from washing iimI want of proper management. If this inlicy were adopted and pursued our { >eoplc would soon reach that degree of ud( pcndcin e where they neither need tor desire aid fioin the federal governnent, Init could hold their cotton and (titer produce until pi ices suited them, desire to impress the great importance >f improving our live stock. I' does not tost any more to raise a hlooded horse, or i cow that will yield from two to five annuls of huttci, and six to ten gallons if milk per day, than it does to ruise^ 'ointnon seruh. I regard the cow as tho rest paying investment in the country; specially so, with so many advantages in icr favor. The Ki nging lice Dies. Some people have long disputed that when a bee loses its sting hy using it, there is any serious injury or premature lentil. Hut Professor A. J. Cooke, of the Michigan Agricultural College, who is a noted apiarist, says all his experience tad that of his students confirms the idea that bees die after stinging. Bees that rind lost their sting have liccn kept and fed alongside ol bees stdl retaining lucir weapon, and iu every instance the latter have been the livelier ami the others have (soon died, while the lues with slings have remained alive and active. The injured hoc inay live some days, but its usefulness is ended and its days are numbered. ? Ncto Yorii Wihu**. .Russia's Persecution of the Jows. A cablegram from St. Petersburg say.;: General Grocsser has issued orders to the polit e, commanding rigid udhereneo to the letter of the anti-Jewish law, and saying that they must compel families (jf . .lews expelled from the Empire, or truiflKSHJ ferred from one part of it to another, to accompany them. Two Presbyterian Evangelists for Ga. Tim Presbyterian church, of Georgia, has two eminent and able evangelists in the State field now. Besides Rev. Dr. Mack, who was elected last spring, Rev. Dr. Bachman, of Tenncmeo, has recontly liecn elected, and has consented to accept {fee offer,