Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 rm weekly s&rnon times. HKf'- ~ * Thn Hnnromo r<- ? - "' ' 1 ' * " ""* v?mv vvuk ui nxiunenof-a 18 rc^Hp ported to have lately rendered a dcF ? cision declaring that "bank chocks are not cash, and do not possess legal value as money until cashed." ' 9- An English experimenter, E. T. Chap3in, has given an account of hypnotizing HL ja laying hen, and inducing her, in that E* manner to sit on a sitting of eggs until jf.' seven of them hod hatched out. K&A ^ The Manufacture?' Record claims thai KtoA l."the agricultural possibilities of the ^yAi^outh are greater than those of the bal-j P#^^V|||ce of the countrv all enmWi?vt and' on actual ( Tbe banner orange- growing town in I Southern California is Riverside, and it [is, perhaps, the richest town in the country, concludes the Commercial Advertiser, if its wealth has been correctly estimated. Of 500 persons 266 arc assessed .for more than $4000 each, which represents $12,000 of value. \ In tho suit brought by Merriam & Co. against a numbor of publishers to keep them from publishing tho Webster's Unt 'nbrldgod Dictionary of 1847, Justice iMiller, of fit. Louis, Mo., declared that jus a copyright was granted only for fortytwo years, the book belongs to the people and not to those to whom the copyright Iwas granted. A Chicago inventor claims to have produced a machine for picking cotton that will do tho work in the Southern fields for one-tenth the 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 suving effected will be not much leas than $9(1,000,000 a year. It is said that more tobacco and alcoIholic liquors were used during the last three months than over before in thia .country. Such, at least, is the report ol ,thc Internal Revenue Department, whioh tshow8, according to an estimate made by ithe New York Newt, an increase in revenue from these articles for tho months iof July and August of over oae million cqrqpurtid with ,the manufacture of article\\f^Vhich it is an ingredient. While tea has taken the place of coffee on the Ceylon plantations, there does not appear to be any likelihood, notes the Timet-Democrat, of a falling off, in the world's production of the fragrant berry. Coffee plantations are being cultivated in Central and South America and in Mexico, while there are millions of acres in Brazil suitable for coffee which aro not yet un der cultivation. The abolition of slave Jabor in that country and the establishment of new political conditions are favorable to an expansion of industry; and figures which are given by the American show that while the Ceylon cofTBe crop has fallen off, that of Brazil has 'increased over 100 per cent. ' "It is singular," declares -Frank lie1*, "that the rise in silver threatens to seriously affect Christian missions in foreign lands. When silver was worth twenty or thirty per cent, less than it is, an American dollar was obviously worth in the debased silver coinage of foreign countries twenty or thirty per cent, more than it is now. In other words, the rise in silver has brought the currency of silver lands pretty nearly to an equality q with that of countries banking on a gold basis. It is said that the Methodist Missionary Society will, by reason of the rise in silver, require a special appropriaPk Mnn nf 'A9H AOO i. * >1 1 1 p V?v,wv W IUCCV IUT7 lUUrtWMJU coat of exchange in India, and that all other religious missionary societies will be seriously affected.'1 What strikes the pilgrim from other lands (writes a Philadelphia Prsss 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 bo doing all the work. Foreigners from New York or Chicago, ignorant of the customs of the country, Sometimes make an effort to be pleasant with these young ladies. The result is always disastrous to the foreigner. I -wan much amused at the attempt of one of these "foreigner#," just in mtioned, ^ 9 to bee tow a small fee upon one of theee young women. Bhedrew herself up with all the hauteur of family pride?lor no doubt her name waa Winthrop, or A.<la:ns, or Hancock, or Winatow?and then ahe remarked: "Excuse me, air; we are liberally rewarded for our service# by the oorporate leasees of the place, and, consequently, the offer of any gratuity is entirely a supererogatory sot." Then, K; turning to small boy, she murmuredi "Johnny, secept the gentleman's nickel. We keep blm for that purpose, in order not to offend those who may bestmagen AliL. thkajuuh dixlk. i What Has Transpired Since Last We 1 Greeted You. Ail the News of the Eastern Section of of the South, With the Chafl Sifted Out, Presented Here > in Neat Form. VIRGINIA. Contracts for sixty buildings were awarded in Glasgow Thursday. Alfred Madison, of King William, was" accidentally shot and killed a few days ago. ' A large dish factory is lieing built in Courtland, Southampton county. It is rc|>ortcd 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 donato $5,000 to the "Homo lor the Sick" at Petersburg, provided another $5,000 is raised by the citizens. Gen. M. La Hue Harrison, who died at his home near Ft. Mycr, Va., last week, was, by date of commission, the oldest inspector of the Postofflce Department, having been placed in churge of money order inspections soon after the establishment, nf inn ounlntn Un 1-J ??%/ ?j.nv,iu. 11U WllllllilUUUU II1C First Arkansas Cavalry. tjalc of 100 lots of the West-End Land Improvement Company took place Thursday at Petersburg. i The Virginia Steel, Iron and Slate Co. i is the name of a corporation recently organized to develop the mineral wealth of 4,000 acres of land in and uround IIownrdsville, a station on the line of the James River division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Thero they propose to create a manufacturing center to be called Logan City. In connection with this site they are arranging the purchase of from 10,000 to 20,000 acres mineral and timber i lands, containing valuable deposits of manganese, slate, marble, building stones, marketable clays and other minerals. 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'Brien will mako speeches. J. W. Hodges was appointed postmaster at Ramboca. 1 Fully 10,000 people flocked to Charwhichshowed I Evangelist Fife lias just closed his meetings at Mt. Ilolly, nftor wonderful success, resulting in largo numbers of conversions. About 40 joined the Methodist church, 40 tho. Presbyterian, 86 the Baptist and 10 the Lutheran. Tho grading of the Egypt Railroad, a nine miles feeder of the Seaboard Air Line System in North Carolina, has been completed, and the-rails am to be laid at once. TKiu rnQ/l ia ?.vfon/l * IUU I */uv? BO W VAWIIU IIUUI l<UU coal mine to a point on the trunk line some three miles from the town of flanford, at which plnco the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Road crosses the flenbonrd Air Line. The corncr-stouc laying of the new main building of Trinity College took place on the campus of the college's new site at Durham, Nov. 11. The ceremonies were under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina. A Munonic nH<i?oon woo fif>U"awvl Hnn R I>. Vnneo, of AulutviUo, and an pducaUoQal address was delivered by ex-Gov. Thos. J. Jarvis, of Greenville. SOUTH CAROLINA. The anuual Conference of the M. E. Church, meets at Anderson on November 25 and continues in session until December 3. The next Convention of the 2d district of flouth Carolina of the Young Men's Christian Convention will be held at George's Station, on the Month Carolina Railway, from Novemlrer 21 to 23. Governor-elect Ben Tillman visited A 4.. 1 4 1. A 1 *? ? 1.1.. I Au^unui wuuiv miu iiiiiaiu^ inn departure, the Captain visited the finest mercnant tailor shop in the city and had a handsome suit ordered, which he will wear at. the inaugural ceremonies. Beech Island, 8. C., near Augusta was again visited by a destructive tire Wednesday morning. The gin house, machinery, twelve bales of cotton and eight , hundred bushels of cotton seed of E. II. Atkinson were all consumed. The origin of the tire is unknown and it could not Ihave been ignited by sparks for the ginnery is o|>cratcd by water power. Atkinson's loss amounts to about $:i,000 1 and he only had $700 insurance on the entire building. Ceremonies of the completion of tho Georgia, Carolina and Northern Ilailroad to Abbeville was given Thursday. A barbecue was served to live thousand Seople, and speeches made by Hen. Butler, udge Cothran, Cnpt. L. W. Perrin and Congressman Hemphill. At night a bouquet was server!, ami numerous speeches marie. On Friday night a grand ball was given, the town b?-ii>g gaily ly decorated. Antony the prominent people preaeut were Senator Butler, Congruwman Ilcmplilll, Col. I). Cardwcll, Mays Cleveland and others. At the annual meeting of the Columbia Club a night or two ago the following officers were elected: Prerklent. Dr. T. T. Moore; vice president, D. H. Craw fort I; secretary sinl treasurer, H. P. Green, Jr.; ekecutivo committee, Dr. W. 0. Fisher, chairman, J. 8. Dunn, Dr. Is;wis 0. Wood, J. II. Davis aud F. VanlK-nthuyaen. Only a small election row la reported from Carteraville in which one Lucas and Cooper Mims, TiHrnanitee and A. B. Haynie and I) L. Smith, Haskellites par Julius Williagas, alias "Rurppty Rattles," who recently distinguished himself by "robbing" a lady of her purse in Wentworth street, Charleston, died at the county jail in that city. Shortly after his incarceration he became ill with pneumonia, and although he received the best of medical attention, his end came after considerable pain. TENNESSEE. Wm. Ragio, an Italian barber, shot and fatally wounded O. C. Terry, a prominent Nashville manufacturer, for not extending the debt lie owed Mr. Terry. Frank Wilby, of Memphis, through his attorneys, Gantt & Patterson, filed suit in the Circuit Court to recover $20,000 damages from the Memphis & Charleston and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Companies for injuries received Gen. J. B. Palmer, of Murfreesboro, a gallant cx-Coufedcrate soldier and brilliant lawyer, died very suddenly at his home a few days ngo. A great shock to the community. A special train, consisting of seven sleepers, a coach and baggage car arrived in Chattanooga Friday, hnving aboard 150 railroad conductors aud tlieir families. 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 spent n few hours shaking bauds with friends, and thcu the party broke up. Thos. Perkins, an inmate of the Nash- i villc asylum, killed George Rains, 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 Sequaehce Coal & Iron Co. is r.ip- i idly developing its new town of Scquu- i chcc, Tenn. It is already recognized as a I postoffico by the U. S. authorities, and several important industries to employ a large number of operatives have been lo- ; catcd anil others are under negotiation. | Thosjpecurcd are the Soquachee Agricul- I turnl Works, capital stock $100,000, work Oil bllildinom to pnmmnn - 'L p- -x, w.i.Mivuvv ?*v uuvv, IIIU I Sequacliee Manufacturing Co., with the i same capital stock, organized to manufacture sewing machines nnd a large line of knittiug machinery, has machinery on the I ground and the factory will soon be completed ; a furniture factory, also capital- ! lzcd at $100,000, to begin operations some time in December nnd ejnploy from 100 I to 125 men, and a planing mill now iu I course o? erection. The development company is managed by Eastern parties, nnd has a capital of $1,000,000. GEORGIA. < The exports from Brunswick durin;; the month of October amounted to nearly $1,500,000. * t siding. , The North Georgia and Alabami 1 exposition Ircgnn at Rome a few days ago. i The agricultural display is splendid. The < mineral exhibit nn?t manufacturing pro- < ducts arc exteusivc. Aside from the ex- i hibits, the horse racing was mugnificent. } Macon will surely have a $1,000,000 car 1 works within a very short time, says the 1 Atlanta C'oiiKtittition. About $50,000 of i .stock has been taken by workingmen of 1 Macon. Thos. If. Morgan, of Gfcensboro, Is said to be tin; oldest printer in the State. ' lie has tinislied serving 50 years at the * ease ami still gets up a good "string." 1 The floral fair of the Atlanta Horticul- * tural Society was a gorgeous display of all kinds of chrysanthemums, etc. It was Iraki in the rotunda of the new State capiwimm Thursday to Saturday, inclusive, and many of the cities of the State sent their beauteous prize flowers. ' <+4 flwrglft for M(1 tU:t to Amend the prohibition law of Hart county and provide n "system to establish an agent iu the county of Hart for the purpose of selling lirjuor for medicinal purposes only, and for other purposes." A colored boy was driving a wagon loaded with four bales of cottou from KlufTton to Blakely and regaling himself by smoking cigarettes. The cotton caught Are, and the rest of the tale iu 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 the next term of Taylor superior court the couuty will bo out of debt, with a surplus of $4,000 iu the treasury. Gwinuctt, 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 Ix-d of phosphate has lx*eu discovered ou the Blaekwater river, about 0 miles from Horrcnto on govcrument land. A 10 feet hole was sunk and solid phosphate found. At the Pcusucola quarantine station, last week, u shark that nieuaurcd twelve feet in length was caught. The monster had seven rows of the teeth, and was ?stimated in weight at 7(H) pounds. Ho had a ship's bucket iu his stomach. The town council of Ixikcland has granted a franchise* for the establishment of an electric light plant and ice factory nt that place. Then; was a joint debate at the city IihII in Tallahassee Hat unlay, in which all the speakers wen; colored. Jesse Dennis, Kd. ltolxit.s, Kicliard Gail and G. W. McCall spoke for tho domocracy, and W. II. Carr, llob Smith, J. W. Jefferson and William lYUs for the republicans. There is every prospect of a heavy run of fish along the Florida coast throughout tho coming fall. The cause that tends to this belief is the immense schools of mullet, Spanish mackerel, groupers, and bass, which at present are being met with along the Florida reefs. Florida fishermen say that the present run exceeds anything they have ever ?cen in summer months. An incorporation has been formed in England called tho Florida Phosphate company (limited), with a capital of $1, 7?^3 . " TS-; liorougli and DcSoto bruntiee. The first ; operations will be corfnionced on section t, township 31," i#ige. 24, seven mile* northwest of Ft. )0rado. OTinjH STATES. The report ofjfhc committee, on levees of the Constitutional Convention of Mississippi has lWn adopted by th^ body. Anions the napst important sections is one granting full power to the levee authorities to appropriate private property whenever and wherever needed for their work, till damages to the owners to be settled byh Inmrd of assessment. 1 J. 8. Richardson, of New Orleans, a undoubtedly the largest cotton planter ifi this country. He owns 40,000 acres if tine alluvial land in Louisiana and Miss* sippi and cultivated 20,000 in cotton tlm? year, much of which, it is claimed, will yield two bales to the acre. Besides his planting Mr. Richardson is the head of a largely int created *hfflie Vicksburg and the faotory at Wesson, where two thousand operative# arc employed. Ex-Qov. Edward A. O'Neal died at his home in Florence, Ala., Friday morning. Gen. O'Neal served with distinction in the Army of Northern Virginia, and wo>j wounded at the battle of Seven Pines. OUR POPULATION. We Exceod Sixty-two Millions in the United States. W ARttiNoToM, D. C. [Special).?The I Census Oflice shows the population of the United States as shown by the first count i?f persons and families, exclusive of white persons in the Indian Territory, Indians on reservations and in Alnska, to be 62,180,540. Those figures may be slightly changed by later and more exact comnila lions, but such changes will not be material. Iu 1880 the population was 50,155,783. Flic iucrense of the population ra iue leu years intervening was 12,824.757,*and the |K?r cent, of increase was 24.57. In 1870 the population wax slated as 38,568.071. As iu 1880, New York still heads the list tind is followed by Pennsylvania. Ohio ind Illinois have exchanged places. The population of Virginia is placed at 1,(>4K,iill, an increase of 13(1,310 during the past ten years; that of North Carolina 1,017,340, an increase since 1880 of 217,500. Vermont and Nevada are two states that show a decrease in population during the decade. MURDER AT A WEDDING. One Italian Fatally Stabbed by Another in Glasgow. A cablegram from Glasgow, Scotland, ays: A terrible murder occurred at a wedling, when a young Italian named Lawthe tics and, although they haanbt btscn in-| ritcd, they refused to leave aud were I jjeetcd by the other Italians nnd Scotch who were the invited guests. In the itrcet one of the invaders, either Luigi Marco or I.urito Pnlemho ? 1 AIlUUI U Luciano. Audio's wife witnessed the nuidcr from the window of the house in which ail the wedding guests were asserailed. She screamed as she saw her husinnd fall and immediately fainted away. \not her Italian was also dangerously dabbed in the conflict. L\iigi Marco was irrested and his hands were found to be jovered with blood, but Lurito Pnlci^bc atceecded in making his escape. BUD McCOY ASSASSINATED. The Kentucky Desperado Killed? Struck by 18 Bullet*. A telegram uou? * Bu?l McCoy, tho leader of {he notorious McCoy gang, wos killed near Tennyo' Camp, Logan county, Va., on the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Weetcrn Rail road, Friday evening, by a man named Dempsey of the Hatfield gang. Eighteen bullets wore found in Ws body. Other parties are supposed to hare assisted in the killing. McCoy had collected considerable money from Contractor Tenoys. and Was returning to his home on Petei Creek. Although an old grudge rathci than plunder prompted the killing, the country is wild with excitement, and it is believed that Dempsey and his associatewill lie found ?tnd the death of McCo:' avenged. McCoy is known to have killed eight men, but he hns always escaped punishment. London Dock Laborers Angry. London, Novemlicr 11.?A scheme, submitted to the directors of the dock coinpanics, provides for tho establishment of the pioon to take the place of I lif inrroomonf linilrr wKlrtt th<> mnn have been working for a year past and which has expired. The rneii generally do not favor the new scheme and much discontent exists among them. Although most of the men are working, pending a decision on the directors' proposition, it is feared the strike will be inaugurated any moment. Early this morning Messrs. Fillett and Mann, lalior leaders, visited the various dock gates and exhorted the men not to quit work. Their advice was followed in most cases und the men resumed work, though in numerous instances u sullen disposition was shown by the Ixhoivrs. ijight hundred men employed on the Hoyul, Victoria and Albert docks refused to acquiesce in the decision of the lenders and trejt on strike. Robbery of a Guano Agent. At Itivrrdalc, Go., on Saturday night, John 1{. McCollough, agent for an Atlanta guano house, whs robbed of #1,000 in money and $7,000 initqick .lie had theui lu n satchel in the rfcftfii~1?hero he was sleeping, burglars broke the lock and secured the booty. TfcfB4tchel and notes wore found later, but no trace of the thieves. ' i Tea, Cotton la King. The cotton crop, snya thgMcmphix Ap r*4, i? treusenden-, ** tin reports from the various exchanges dctoggaatrnte. There ia aorae complaint as to yilHtj. but tliere ia every reason why should re Election echoes. t>emocracy Carries the Day Both \ North and South. Late Returns Gives the Houso of Rep resentatives Overwhelmingly To the Victorious Hosts of ' Democrats. Wabuington, D. C., [Special],?The latest returns received here by the United ] Press point to a Democratic majority of at lea?t 145 in the next House of Renre- ( Hcntatives. Below is given the complex- | ion of each State delegation as corrected i by the latest reports: States. Dem. Rei*. Alabama, 8 ? Arkansas, 5 ? ' = Q ! Connecticut, 8 1 Delaware, 1 ? 1 Florida, 2 ? 1 Georgia, 10 ? Idaho, ? 1 I Illinois, 13 7 Indiana, 11 2 Iowa, 0 5 1 Kansas, 5 2 ' Kentucky, 10 1 Louisiana, 0 ? ' Maine, ? 4 1 Maryland, tl ? 1 Massachusetts, 7 5 < < Michigan, 8 3 Minnesota. J " Mississippi, 7 Missouri, 14 Montana, 1 4 < Nebraska, 3 Nevada, 1 New Hampshire, 2 New Jersey, 5 o | Now York, 22 12 ' North Carolina, 8 1 ( North Dakota, ? 1 1 Ohio, 14 7 1 Oregon, _ 1 Pennsylvania, 11 17 Kliode Island, 1 ? South Carolina, 0 1 J South Dakota, ? 2 , Tennessee, 8 2 Texas, 11 ? ' Vermont, ? 2 Virginia, 10 ? Washington, ? 1 West Virginia, 4 ? 1 Wisconsin, fl 3 Wyoming, ? 1 ! Total, 238 03 1 Whole number of members, 332 1 HOW THE SENATE WILL, STAND. 1 he defeat of two Republican U. S. Senators seems to be assured?Mr. Evarts in New York and Mr. Ingalls in Kansas? * and it is probable that in Illinois Mr. Farwcll, Republican, will bo succeeded by John M. Palmer, Democrat. j A J against one majority in the last lcgisla- , lure. In Colorado the Republicans elected the Governor and Congressmen. The Re- ' publicans have the legislature. ( Michigan is Democratic by 0,000 to I.),000 plurality, ana the Democrats have j the legislature. I In Nebraska, Bo3Td, the Democratic ( candidate for Governor was elected by ( 4,000 to 5,000 plurality. The Farmers' Alliance have the legislature, two congressmen, and most of the county offices. The Republicans of California elected their state ticket, five out of six congressmen, and will control the legislature, which elects a United States Senator. One Republican Alliance Congressman also elected. North Dakota elected a Republican governor, legislature and congressmen. Oklahoma territory went Republican. Rarvy, Republican, for delegate to con~ The hiira^rJt\lh)VHMVI?J^.y-_^ show thftt~Hwj nmU.iV an Allion^,. vieoi* ry, and that Lnucks has i>eon eiec??J governor. The legislature will also be Alliance, thus insuring the defeat of Senator Moody. TIIK BOUTUKRN (JUARTKTTB. Wilson of Kentucky, Cheatham of North Caroliua, Miller of South Carolina, and Taylor and Houk of Tennessee, are probably the only Republican Congressmen elected in the Southern States. Three Children Drowned. A press dispatch says: Tlitee children of Hector Green, colored?a girl of fifteen years, a boy of six and a baby?wero drowned near Wilmington Green was removing his family to a bout, and when withiu twenty feet of destination the baby jcuupcd from the nrms of flu- girl. In attempting to catch the baby the girl fell overboard, but (-aught hold of the boat. Her father attempted to cateli the child as It came to the Miirfaee. In his cxcitement he capsized the boat in ten feet of water, and all three children were drowned. Owing to the early hour there was nolxaly to otter assistance. With Masonic Honors. The corner-stone of the new Federal building at Greenville, 8. ('., was laid Thursday with Masonic honors, Grand Master Divvcr and other prominent Masons l?eing present. The silver trowel used by. the Grand Master was used by Gcu. LnFayettc in 182") to lay the cornerstone of the DeKall) monument at Camden, and was made for liirn for that pur pose. It contains nn inscription to that effect. aud the handle is decorated with a silk rihhon tied on hy Gen. LaFayctte. In the evening a grand huiupiot was given by the Masons at the Mansion House. Ooking Coal in Southwcat Virginia. One of tlio finest veins of coking coal yet discovered has recently bcoa found in Southwest Virginia, measuring twentytwo feet in thickness, with two feet of slate. It belongs to the celebrated Flat Top or Tocnhontns Held, which has licen partially developed in the last few years. They Killed Each Other. At Kingston, Tcnn., John M. Wester Jr., town marshal, was shot hy Jaincs Edwards, whom the marshal was trying to arrest, and Wester in turn shot Edwards. Both men dial in an hour froih their wounds, / , * Householders, Landowners and Borne Women Are Enfranchised. London's now government rests upon a franchise so popular that practically nobody who would cavo to vote is excluded, says the Century. In the first place all householders are enfmuchised, and this includes every man who rents a place for his family, even if it l?c only a small room in the garret or the cellar of a tenement house. It also iucludcs those who live within fifteen miles of the metropolis, hut nwn or occupy metropolitan (punters for any purpose worth a certain very limited rental. Owners of freehold property in London, 110 matter where they live, if Ihitisli subjects, are entitled to vote. Widows and unmarried women who are householders, occupiers or owners of property are also authorized to vote for The priueipul basis of the rranrhfse fiT the household, and the .chief disqualifications are receipt of public alms and failure to pay rates that have fallen due. Any resident of the metropolis or vicinity who is entitled to viIL* is eligible to election. Furthermore, any British subject who owns land in London, or who is possessed nf a limited amount of properly, 11 matter where lie lives, may Ih> chosen a councillor of the county of London. The fact nf residence in one district docs not disqualify, either in law or in the popular judgnient, for caudiduey in another district. AN ALABAMA FEUD. Duo Man Killed and Moro Bloodshed Expected. A press dispatch from Birmingham, Via., says: A feud which has been brcwng for some time near Crosswell, St. Jlair county, broke out Saturday in carn st. Two promiucnt families are iuvolv;<1, ami many lives will probably lie lost lieforc it is ended. Fonso and Powell llaucock and George Narglioir had been running for eacli other for some time. Saturday morning Fonso Hancock tired Uvo shots at Narglioir and missed him. I'owell Hancock went to Nurglioir's house tud they opened fire at each other. At the fourth shot Hancock fell dead. His brother and friends are now hunting Narrhoir with the iutoution of shooting him iown at sight. Friends have also rallied irouud Narglioir, and a bloody tight is xpected if the two parties come together. The principals in the affair are prominent men in their neighborhood and have unny friends. TRAGEDY AT A CIRCUS. Che Manager Mangled by a Horse in Presence of the Czar. A cablegram from St. Petersburg says: hi tire course of a circus performance hero, which \%u? M.icudcd by the Czar and me oT the trained Yiota)^ ktil'M^irfjl^VUX* viciotisly attacked M. Giui/.elli, the manager of the circus. The manager was knocked down, bitten, and trampled upon by the maddened animal, which, ii/full view of the audience, mangled him in a horrible manner. The Czar and his party abruptly left the building. The auilimce stampeded, and the performance-was terminated. Engraving by Gunpowder. Shooting a candle through a two-inch olid plank without disturbing it in the least is bciug outdouo by dynamite, which is so quick in its action that a tender green leaf can be compressed into the hardest steel before it has time to flatten. One of the experiments of the United States torpedo works was to place some leaves between two heavy, Hat pieces of iron, set them on a firm foundation and see what gun-cotton would do in forcing the iron pieces together. The reaction was so great from just being exJiw? .the open air that ouo o( tlvo other quick enough to eofSB JW^aIAJA; and complete impression .of the leaves bofore thej could cscupe. It is also a singular fact that the gun-cotton should sink deep into the iron when it explodes, showing the points of the letters stamped into the cartridges. This novel method of engraving by gunpowder is one of the wonders of this century.?Aicw 1'vrL Jour,i d. _ ^ Lancing Abscesses Without Pain. The pain caused by opening small abscesses is nlmost always intense, for a few moments at least, and many people naturally shrink from the surgeon's knife and prefer to bear with the troublesome visitations until they open themselves. It cannot be generally known tuat by tin* use of a spray it is possible to so deaden sensibility over limited areas that such opcratious as lancing boils, enlarged glands, felons and the like can be done almost, if not. quite, painlessly. A spray which is most effective is composed of ten parts of chloroform, fifteen parts of sulphuric ctlicr nncl 0110 part of menthol. This produces local amesthesia in about one; minute, and the same lasts for font or five minutes.?Fall lliver LUraid. Belligerent Councilman. I City Councilman A. 11. thiignu an<l A 1. Phillips, of Richmond, Va., were ar rested Tuesday morning upon a charge ol being about to commit a breach of peace by fighting a duel or otherwise. Justice Crathfleld, after hearing the testimony, dismissed the ease. The parties had ti hot altercation in the council ehambei in the morning, which was resumed on the street, when the lie was passed. A Shooting Affray. T.itti.k Rock, Auk., {Special!.-- Information has been received at Repnblicni headquarters of a row at Pine lilutf, a which a deputy sheriff shot a policeman Ail indiscriminate exchange of shots between the* lb-publicans and Democrat followed, in which two other parties wcr wounded. All is now quiet, with 11 fr?v orablo outlook for the Republicans. A company of Russian and Belgian cap italiats, with several million dollar* cap! ta', will engage in cotton-planting in Con tnd i\sjs. What the Organization is Doing Throughout the Country. A Warehouse on Every Form Advocated By A Prominent Georgian at tho Lu Grange Convention. S The Alliance Exchange, Henrietta, Texas, is giving satisfaction. The Farmers' Alliance will build a largo flouring mill a't Graham, Texas. The Alliance storo of Glascock county, Ga., is doing a flourishing business. "West Virgiuia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New Mexico are tho latest Alliance States. Tho Alliance is educating the masses, which makes the politicians tremble with - > . ?~ ____ Tlon. R. n. Jackson, the first president of the Georgia State AUiauce, will represent Heard county in tho next House of Representatives. The Alliances in Brown county aro bulking their cotton at Browuwood, and when they can't get satisfactory bids, ship it to Galveston, snya the Honthcm Mercury. The Alliance cotton vavd at Austiu, under tire management, of S. C. Geurnbcrg, is kept busy, and is the means of bringing much cotton to the city.?Mm/hern Mercury. Houston county, (Ga.) Alliance is opposed to speculating in fnrm product "futures," and will appeal to the General Assembly to legislate on the evil, and also repeal the crop lien law. Improvements have been made iu the Griflin, Ga., Alliance warehouse lately, and everybody about the establishment is happy. The office has been enlarged and ? hid fjuujjrc room, which lucilitales the handling of cotton very materially. The Haw-Creek Alliance, in Forsyth county, On., deserves special praise for the aid they extended ton worthy old lady and her two daughters who were about to be evicted. The Alliance procured for them a more comfortable house and gave them provisions. The Farmers' Alliance of Kansas, which now numbers over 145,000 members, liavo organized a mercantile department, and propose to handle their own grain and live stock. They have appointed agents who will handle their shipments in the markets of Kansas City, Chicago and St. Louis, by which transaction the farmer will save the commission which he usually pays the middle man.?Texas Labor Union. The State Farmers' Alliance, of Florida, in annual session at Moiiticcllo, lias adopted the following resolution : A'<W/;<</, That this order is not wedded nor allied to uny political party, and has no room on its platform for partisan politics or partisan politicians. Florida's rcprescntalAytr* Vh" Kftihmul Legislature were ing the national hanking"sysf'iii''iiilrtdwd*stituting for it issues of legal tender treasury notes. Also to support the sub-treasury bill or something hotter. ****** Among the excellent things said at the farmers' convention, at f.at!range, ( ?., we tiud the following in an address delivered by Mr. A. M. Walker: My word for it. the most urgent need of the agricultural classes of the South is for each and every farmer to establish his own warehouse. This he can and must do. First, l?v living within his means. Suconuty, i>y Uiveisilvmg his crops ami raising everything on the farm as far as lie can, that is ncccssaiy for home consumption, ami make llic farm self-sustaining by making our acre produce sis much t r more than he now gets from live acres, thereby reducing expenses and increasing protits. Thirdly, by raising stock of all kinds, (.louts, sheep, hogs, mules, horses aud cuttle. 1 place these in the order of their value, .as i consider \t to the Inrnrar. '(t\U w?u uuu ilu Lii ut.iltenanted ouTaT" pense, to say nothing of the depreciation of these tenanted lands from washing and want of proper management. If this policy were adopted and pointed our people would soon reach that degree of independence where they neither need nor desire aid ftom the federal govern- ^Eg nu-nt, hut could hold their cotton and other produce until prices suited them. 1 desire to impress the great importation of improving our live stork. I' dors not cost any more to raise a blooded horse, or a cow that will yield from two to live pounds of buttei, and six to ten gallons of milk per day, thiv.i it docs to raise jr, common scrub. I regard the cow as tlm best paying invest mi at in the country; especially so, wuit mi many auvnutngos in her favor. The St ns:iii\r Bee Dies. Some people have long ?1 isp\ite<l that when n bee loses its sting hv using it, there is anv serious injury or premature death. But Professor A. J. Cooke, of ?lie Michigan Agricultural College, who js a noted apiarist, says all his experience and that of his students confirms the idea that bees die after stinging. Bees that had lost their sting have been kept and fed alongside of bees still retaining their weapon, and iu every instance the latter have been the livelier and the others have soon died, while the bees with slings 1 have remained alive and active. I he ; injured bee may live some days, l?ut its usefulness is ended and its days arc numbered. ? New York Wihua*. i itussia's Persecution of the Jews. A cablegram from St. Petersburg says: General tirocsser lias issued orders to the |ioliee, commanding rigid adberenco to the letter of the auti-.Vwish law, and saying that they must compel families of " Jews expelled from the Km pi re, or b'Utg^ttB ferred from one part of it to another, to accompany them. s Two Presbyterian Evangelists for Ga. 0 The Presbyterian church, of Georgia, has two eminent and able evangelists in the Htate field now. Besides llev. I>r. Mack, who was elected last spring, Bev. [. Dr. Rachman, of Tennessee, has recently been elected, and has consented to accept