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^ ^jgg^ ^ \k, " ^ M. [ . ^| ^ VOL. XXII, - NKW ?J?RiKfc> , '. A PHIL, :?, 1B9V. '\^.j^-'" bbbi^ ~ ' ' ipu uvn. uiiTy is, marven 1m New fork PtUs, "the naval officials lave the greatest difficulty in getting $ " rapnble seamen enough to mnn it." Says the Philadelphia Record: When William Penn laid out Philadelphia lie didn't lay out that in the year 1890 Philadelphia manufacturers would furnish locomotives for a railway in the Holj Land to draw trains from Jaffa to Jeru* ealom. [ According to the New Orlejma Delta ^ 'a Axteen-year-old school m?m in Wis cousin, in order to subdue an overgre^^ y : (boy who wa? attempting to break up hei , *chOol, used a four-pound school bell ot . Mm until he was^ *^"4. No^para wtl run ovSV W1& TSHy.1* * "Tbo finding of gold," remarks the Atlanta (knttitvtion, "is getting to be a common vthiDg in Georgia. In many Aunties iff the State rich mines are being worked?notably in Lumnkin f!nnn. , - ? ty, where gold is found in abundance. Only recently, at Fork Creek, in Madi sou County, workmen who were build ing a bridge struck n large vein of rock 'rich in gold. The vein is nbout ten feet "wide, and one of the pie-> of the Iridg \ mta"ds upon it as a foundi. n."' The railroad statistics of the United States furnish no end of interesting figures to those who care to investigate ttms. "Nearly one hundred and sixty I 'iffljft 1 ' ' ?..1 ujkMl million people in various capacities. During the last year $1,000,000,000 was spent in railway freights, and, figuring upon a basis of 62,000,000 population, 1 thb would make $16 for every man, woman and child in the country. Thie sum would pay. tho national debt, oi supplv free education to all the children in the Country for a long period. A most novel suit was begun recently In the District Court at Lincoln, Neb. In 1873 David Butler, then Governor, of fored, in conjunction with the Lincoln Land Company, a cortain Lincoln lot as a present to the first child born in the tettlenient, provided it was named for the ,plty and Governor. The first child was ing a contract for the lot was made. The lot was then quoted at $50. To-day it is worth $40,000. Time passod, but the deed was never dolivcrod, and ,'^ie lot (ell into other hands. Young $reed has just bocome of Age, and knowing the value of the property, commenced suit to recover possession. The proof of the adage that whe there is a will thero is a way to break Is seen in some statistics in a Boston legi .journal. They show that in the Unit* States last year 4000 wills were contest? 2400 of which were broken. Large they seem, there is no reason, confess the Chicago Ueraldy to doubt the accura f these figures. The contested will cs as becomo a f n iv> i I i > r feature of eve jrobato Court, and the skill of lawy< kettmg aside wills has become prov tial. Even the will of so subtle a In yer as Mr. Tildon was successfully c tested. The situation is an unfortuc one for tho man of wealth. At his dc 'he can wRther take his riches with nor be certain that they will be distribi afterward in accordance with the boh of his will. ^ It is likely, states the Omaha Bte, I the reindeer of the domesticated Bibe ariety will be introduced into Ah before the close of this year by Government of the United States, subject was brought before Congrcs a Federal agent in Alaska, Doctor ? don Jackson. Agent Jackson says the natives live along tho Arctic < of Alaska are in a state of starvatio account of the gradaal diminutio the means of subsistence there, thai slight expense would be incurre bringing over from Siberia a sux reindeer, and that by the propagati * " onimlv of this ammat n t'UUOMIIIb nuj.j, .j would be secured for the Alaskans. means needed to procure the rei from Siberia will be put at the di of the Interior Department. The Sibcu^n variety of the reindeer is by too Tungusians, who also use draught and who valuo it for its endurance, and particular r laptnJ traveling on snow. Reindeer i Wi delicious, and the milk of tlio m WW preferred to oow's milk. Clothii is almost impervious to the cold of the skin; and, in fact, hardly any part of the animal not available to some useful [ The varieties of wild caribou < found in the northern regions of Dominion would be less rervief fXlaskn than the Siberian dorm breed. Those of our Afflericsi . ? jP ^ turers who are always on the loc novelties may have the pleasure < the reindeer, in Tungusian fa< soil of our own country. I | THE NEWS OF A WEEK. ] Southern Men And Measures Paragraphed. ) Newsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points Jn Our Own and Adjoining States. VIRGINIA. , In sixteen cities of Virginia the negroes . own property worth $'1,324,543, the greater part of which is in real estate. 1 In Richmond their possessions amount to r $820,138. i Considerable excitement is created in I Danvillo cwer the effort to close the InrWilliam II. Turner, of Glasgow, was arrested in Lexington Thursday for obtaining money under false pretenses. Billy Young, a Virginia prize fighter, knocked out Abe Monehan, of Baltimore, in a middle-weight match at Ocean View Thursday. The visiting Boston Base Ball team defeated the University of Virginia base s ball team by a score of 18 to 1. Eddie W. H. Brown, of New York 11 State, lectured at Chase City on.the sec- x ond coming of Christ. The foundations arc being laid broad { and deep for the Virginia Steel Car vv orns coin p.my nt Glasgow, aim ior mo tnacliiuc factory, and gangs of laborers may be seen busily engaged putting the. streets in perfect condition. A meeting of the Danville business men was held to consider the Farmers' Alliance schemo to establish a cigarette 1 ' Arranged" tor tne lonflanoit- th- 'A'''nirA A! company. i NORTH CAROLINA. ? Salisbury voted to issue bonds for street improvements. ' , The Chnrlotte compress No. 1, up to date has compressed 02,301 bales of cot ton, an excess of 30,000 of the same date i last year. ' Rev. Mr. George, rector of the Episcopal church at New Heme, has accepted ? i call to become rector of the Church ol' Good Bhopherd, of Raleigh. beading editors of the State are advo- i eating the raising of a fund for tho erec- | iion of a monument to the memory of the late Julius A. Ronitz, the founder and chief proprietor of the Wilmington Mcs- , sengor. A Coucord correspondent writes that t Mr. and Mrs. Wagganian, of Washington, ( have purchased the Montgomery , - rfh ii ?{ i *Governor Fowlc has Issued a formal , proclamation offering a reward of *400 ( for the arrefet aiul conviction of the mur- , derer or murderers of Revenue Ofliccr R. ( I. Barnwell, who was fatally shot by moonshiners a few days ago near Mount i Airy while destroying an illicit distillery. , Dr. J. F. Crowcll, president Trinity College, which has recently been re ' mover! to Durham, has inaugurate*^ a movement, looking to tho establishing of a female seminary at Murfrcesboro un- | re der the direction or the trustees 01 irmity and the Nortli Carolina Methodist I Conference. *d SOUTH CAROLINA. Florence is to have an ice factory. a3 Tuesday evening a Mary Washington Ball was held in McNeill's opera house. ,os Charleston, to aid the fund for a monucy ntent to the mother of Washington. It iso was a brilliant society event. irv The city council of Hnartrfhhurg has ttp|"U|IIIMlcn f rac ..Li. I .L_ Br8 ed in Cohimhia for the coming Centennial.er" Land Agent Gibbes is daily receiving iW- numerous letters from Northern and on- Western states inquiring about good locations and for settlement. Parties liav1 ing farm lands for sale should advertise ;atb them. him The Piedmont Savings and Investment itod Company, of Greenville, a new enterprise chartered by Secretary of Btnte, hasbccu organized and officers elected. Capita' stock is $100,000. The Butler Guards, at a meeting, do that cided to buy new uniform and uttend th? rian Columbia Centennial. The Grecnvilb iska Guards will also go, and both companici ^ will he there in handsome uniforms. Mrs. Ex-Governor Pickens has recent ly presented to Dr. B. 11. Tenguc, of At a by ken, to his already interesting collcctioi Jhel- ?f curiosities and souvenirs, a lnittoi .. . from the overcoat of Gen. Andrew Pick ens, of the Revolutionary war; crescent ol ioast the Btnte flng that floated over Fort Mou n oa trie during the bombardment of Humtc m of niK* u fr*??nrent of mnrblefrom the Wasl ton monument, on which is a painting < i but Mount Vernon. Any one visiting Aifc< d in would do well to visit Dr. Tcaguo's la' ck of ,fttorT. . TENNESSEE. on or food ^ w're fence factory is to be estahlir . ed at Knoxville. 6 A 100-barrel flour mill will bo erect indeer At Winchester. sposal, Tlie Senate bur. rejected a bill api> i large printing $250,01 0 for the State exhibit ridden World's Fair. The House, howcv passed a bill allowing county nuthori! It for nppj0priate money for exhibits at speed, Fair. tion to There will soon arrive in thin com neat is *n eminent British geologist and min , , engineer to lay the foundations fo icr s is enterprise in Kant Tennessee, ag that ^ bill has been introduced in the is made Islatnre authorising the city of Memj there is to issue $1,000,000 of bonds for st that is P?vin8' etc turpose. A bill has been introduced in the 1 . latere authorizing Bristol to isene $? are qqq 0j for street improvement the New Mis* Jennie Btaley, sister-in-lav jable in County Judge Hugh Whiteside, at < nticated tanooga acccidentally shot herself T1 . day evening with a revolver. They a a ven- wjjj probably recover, but ikout for wound is a very serious ono. of riding The Newport Development Co. hi >hion, on cured the following industries for I tion In Newport: An electric-light I and sash, door and blind factor?, t erected by North Adams (Mass.) ca ists, and brick works; the company is ul jo negotiating for a 50-i <m woolen mill i 4,000 spindle cotton null, and a foun Iry nud machine shop. GEORGIA. At Atlanta, Juo. W. Woodruff filed i suit against the Atlanta and Florida rail oad for $10,000 injuries, sustained in i vreck near Woolsey. K. K. Stanley, who died recently a dilledgcvillc, it is said, had the reputa ion of having killed two men in duel 01 lie same day. The Grady Cadets are now regularly i >art of the slate militia. An order wn ssued by Adjutant-General Kcll, attncli ng the company to tho Fourth Gcorgii >attalion, Colonel W. L. Calhoun com nnnding. Iteplies havelicen received from eight* :ountics in the state, giving approximati nl 41? ?uulu?U? widows entitled to draw pensions. These ighty counties show a little more thai 5,500 widows. There is money enougl w pension GOO of them. A trio-county fair, consisting of Catoo ia, Walker and Dade counties has beei suggested and the citizens hope to sccun t. The enterprising farmers of thesi hree counties are interested in the fair ind they are working hard to make it i access. Other counties in the state an dsn discussiug the trio-county idea vliich is gainiug in popularity. Samuel If. Humph, of Fort Valley, i retting rich on peaches. He owns tie 'Willow Lake" nurseries, near that place ind his income from his orchards amount 0 over $G0,000 per year. Good pea*. I auds can lie obtained in the best peach aising sections of Georgia, and on line >f vilroad where the shipping facilitie * In for from $8 to $20 an acre e purpose but 1 favor of I sources it v i'rsC*r^n<??>fnte Convcntioi if the Odd Fellows, at Gainesville. William J. Dunne, was instantly kill*:* it St. Augustine, Sunday, by the givinj HiuM* ,hc roUcn 'silin/r of the porch o It would lie highly interesting to learn wys the 'l imes-Union, exactly in wha 'opdition Bain .Jones has left the devi ipou retiring from the light with hin ieie in Jacksonville. Sam struck somi tenvy blows straight from the shoulder urn it is only fair to presume that he h-r he devil "slightly disfigured but still ii he ring." Over two thousand crates of strawbei Ics had been shipped from Sydney ui> t. ast Saturday. Twenty acres of land ure being clearer jp about three miles west of the town o )i lando, for P. P. Ink, and soon tin l.tuc'r TTnnii^ Sumpter county says: Our jaills p?75 rail}' empty, bav/ig huf one prisoner Our pauprr list numbers about a hal dozen. The relations between blacks am whites are peaceful and harmonious, air laborers have employment in orang groves, mills ami phosphate mines at 11 numerntive prices. A hail storm visite.d Orlando Saturd.i last, and the stones, some an inch in d nmetcr, fell for five minutes. They drif ed in piles on the south sides of tl streets. Several horses ran away, but i one was hurt. One hundred windows the Sun Juan Hotel were broken. Tl damage to fruit was considerably. The was a small tornado at Wilcox, liall w to Winter Park, and many trees wc torn up by the roots. OTHER STATES. The business managers of the alliar j are in Birmingham, Ala., devising a pi 1 /? .v. nrmini/uiioti of an immense I lur iiiu ui^uu.h. . all the section of JiOtiisiHna which is' voted to the cultivation of cotton coi the news that the planters arc prenar t?> decrease the acreage of that staple i diversify their crQps to a greater exl than heretofore. This determiflatioi the result of the low prices for the fit staple the present season. 4,000,000 Acres Reclamed in Flori A Jacksonville correspondent of Atlanta Constitution furnishes some teresting information in regard to ' sugar industry in Florida growing oi the reclamation by a Philadelphia sj I cnte of an immense area of unrcclai and submerged lands, which have converted into some of the richest vial soil in the world. Thousand a acres of once submerged lands are a hearing upon their fertile surface mpnse fields of sugar cane and grovi II tropical fruits, and of all this inn 4,000,000 acre tract but a little if 500,000 acres remain unsold tc x One of the companies formed b of original buyers, the Okechoobee 1 ;n "R0 Company, has acquired by i.s b- 1,200,000 acres, the proportion the agreed to give of drained lands when their work is completed the, have secured 2,000,000 acres. Oi of the land reclaimed by this coinp has built a large sugar mill, known ed St. Cloud Sugar Mill, and has be perimenting in the production of ro. cane with entire success. Cane ; at claimed, has been produced on th< er of the St Cloud plantation of a s tie, exceeding anything either Louis! tbo Jamaica can grow, and the comp been encouraged to go into the I still more largely this year, and v y up 1,000 acres over and beyou l,n? acrenge of last year. Another br r ft the Okechoobee Dninagc Compi been experimenting with rice, ui h'g- like success. phis ? m * reef Compliment* to Farnell Dublin, InRUm^^HR egis- Maurico Healv, in a speech in S! ' v" A 1.11 t 500, ho Again cnaiivu ucvi m muvu % a. Reccut speeches of Parnell, he sj v Df more excuses, ami proved him ^hat- coward and sneak, in addition iiurs- crtino and liar. ?'the Confederate Pensions in Arl Liitlk Rock, Ark., [Special w 1? pension disabled Confederal Iocs ^cir indigent widows and plant n,e $10,000 for a soldiers' home o be H?ck has passed both hoiwes < tpitab k"1*8*8 Legislature. ' THE FARMERS'ALLIANCE. The Growth of the Ordenla Not Ethereal. .- 1 So Saya Ingalls, of K<uuu, lnd He | Further Compares It to she t Republican Feeling in l 1858 to 1860. \ Bai.timorr, Md., [Special.]?E%Sena> lor John J. Ingalls, of Kansas, in lu in* terview hcrejw.id of the Farmers' Alliance: "This movement is building greater than Iho majority of the people on the eastern slope arc willing to admit. It presents one of the most intercstiry^r political problems of tlie ceutury. Here in,, the east, where induHUjj? ant^ employing not understood. In Ihn west, a 4 purely agricultural section, it has taken adeepJioid on the public mind, and the evolution of the movement is closely watched by our deepest thinkers and political 1 economists. These farmers have con 5 eluded that there arc wrongs existing e that nc? d adjustment. The growth of ' the organization is not ethereal or sponI taneous, but has come with a strong II undercurrent of reason that will ultimately > land it on a solid foundation which will defy all the efforts of political agitator? s to shake. i' "Of course the blatant demagogues, , whose claims are unreasonable and untcu a able, will not be the ones to carry this movement to the suc cess I look for it to reach. You will find, however, that s with the force behind it aud with even s partial success these agitators will be forced to give way to the more conserva tive element, ami the leadership will be assumed by men impelled alone by the assurance that it wiif ? fc^ljlbangible ? results. The adjustments of the tariff, the expansion of the circulating hicdium, i and other measures the absence of which r thinking farmers Ix-licve underlie it 1 stagnation that now afflicts them will Ik; advocated by the best minds in the move-, mcnt in such a way as to carry with them t a strong popular feeling. I "-1 think ifc mn* .1>e compared to the i feeling of Republicanism which swept e over Uie country from 18o? to 1860. This result might be more quickly reached t could the West nnd the South find coin , moocr ground on which to staud. The hast and the North have recognized this all along, ami have very adroitly prevent ed any coalition. They know that in the South anything that endangers the local government by tho white clement ' will be resisted, and that every other in* tercst will be sacrificed to this. They d "The sections aro becoming apathetic alike to the appeals and menaces, and c when the one dies out and the other is 3- allayed we may look for a coalition that will produce tangible miults. The ex isting political parties, however, niay by their platforms and the candidates nom !' inated make such concessions to the Alliance ns to cause tho members to return 10 to their respective folds with tlic beliel V' j that evils they seek to redress %ill lie re formed in their own households." 10 ****** re ry thk alliance in texas, re The following is the concluding paia graph of a circular letter sent out b Brother 8. O. Dawes, Secretary-treasure of the S'.ite Alliance of Texas, 1891. 1 ic0 bIiows a remarkably healthy growth o . the Order in that State: t,e "The growth of the Order is quite er *?ouraiiiug; 100 new sub-Alliances hav ]KS been reorganized. Afso?i>\^pp ne "'j; county Alliance^ lmve N(nrmei ,,u* Life and enthusiasm are being devcjopi cr!t in every part of the State. Bros. Jon IS and Perdue nre devoting their whole tir :ccy lecturing in the field. We may con dently look for a bright future for o Order in this State. You should gi 1 a' these faithful brethren, with others w the are in the field, your undivided supp< in- and encouragement." the d *>f Southern Farmers More Prospero' 'ndi- * lined Prominent citizens of Yuma Coun been Colorado, have published an addi ullu- is king for aid for sett lere in the con s 0f .vho lost their crops by the drought now venr. Two hundred families arc repor t im- so l>e in want of the actual necessaries r9 0f life. They "especially need spi nense wheat, sorghum seed, German mi! over early corn, oats, feed for teams and | i-day. visions of all kinds." The addrca y tho | signed by tho county, pfticcrs and Srain- postmaster of Yuma City, and there 1 work doubt that help is badly needed by Stato | unfortunate people for whom it is i, nnd quested. Appeals of this character y will become painfully familiar in recent y n part however, and they ffo very far to j iany it that the New West is not nearly so i as tho n place for industrious settlers as thi en ex- South. Emigrants from the Nor sugar States will do well to note theexper , it is of their predecessors and govern t } lands selves accordingly. iizc far iana or Suit for Services in forming* a T msbicss Nkw YoIlK- [Social. 1-Tbcodot bns nut len l,aH brought action in the 8ui I * Court to recover from the Keancy 1 '''immnv ir>0.000 for his 8crvi< any has connection with the organintlon < ul" -.uk Amcricnn Tobacco Compaiy, oth bnown as the "Cigarette Trust" in He claims he bad contract wi fondants under yfthich he did the mm.]? The defend ante ddy jhy contract, ligo said 0 resign. An ArgentiWWklition. *id, were _ . 1L Ih , to be a Bijknob Atrri, [Cettegrara.] to ji lih. announced that the provincial Go will signify their adhesion to tl lition of the Mitre and Roen parti (ansae. Governor of Hucnos Ayree, howe1 1 * mi poses the coalition. .]?A lull 1 i soldiers Local Option in New Han appro] ?n- r nt Little Concord, N. ILwThe loca the Ar* license hill was killed in th< t Thursday Ly ? Tote of^66 to 148 DANA IN GEORGIA. H? Tells a Reporter What Strikes Him in the South. Ati.anta, g a. , [Special. |?C'hns. A. llano, Editor of the New York Sun, spent some time here ami talked freely on all subjects, lie is noted for his fearlessness in criticising men and measures, mil this interview bristles with plain, iiluut and caustic comment on current events. For a mail ot erudition, Mr. Dana is ' einnrkahly robust. From his looks 110 >nc would suspect him of being bookish, lie has the physique and the bnisipie manner of a man of action. Though of ull height, lie does not look tall. Ili? massive, well-filled frame gives nil impression of muscular strength. He lias thout the eyes is there any outward evidence of the scholar. This is the impression until lie begins to talk. Then the physical vigor is eclipsed hv the intelectual, and. you are astonished at the rapidity with which he gets over ground In coming into a new place his glances - .com to dart about incessantly until he has sized tilings up. Then lie is olT on something else. Mr. Dana was asked : "What strikes you down here?" "Activity, prosperity, absence of suf faring or distress. There is supposed to he great distress among the fanners, hut don't see it in Georgia, Alabama 01 :lsc where in the South." "I sec great improvement in the nc groos. They are getting blacker. This is a very noticeable fact, you don't see one mulatto where you saw four thirty years ago. I see hardly any except the hotel waiters. This is better, for the blacks are the stronger race and are not ^*81# can tell how it will u. done. The negroes arc valuable labor ers and the country can't get. along without them. If they were taken out of Georgia you would sufTor for lack ol aibor. Their places would have to be filled by Italians or Slavonians, nnd I hail rather have 100 negroes than 100 Slavo | nuiijs. President Palmer Araonp Us. President Palmer, of the World's Fair commission, spent .Saturday Inst in Atlanta, Ga., and then departed for Jacksonville, Fla. While in Atlanta Mr. Pal wier called upon Governor Northern, and lind quite an extended conference with him in reference to the Georgia display ;?t the Fair. lie will return to Atlauta in May, when a State convention is to be held to devise means for securing an adclotion almost before the Fair is over. Di rector General Davis, who has been ii Jacksonville for several days, is nlso'cn thusiastic over the prospects of the Fair which h' predicts will eclipse any expo sition e\or given in this country, it wil give, he says, the host opportunity eve presented for bringing its immense re i sources prominently before the people. . -Women's Pinna for Women's Building Ciiicaoo, III., [8pccial.]?Miss Sophi ?J. llaydcn, of Boston, wins the $t,0f) pii/.e offered for the best design for tl woman's building of the World's Fni r Miss I.ois I . Howe, also of Boston, tnk< r second pri/e, $."><111, and Miss Lau t Hayes, of Chicago, gets $250 offered f J the third best design. Miss llaydcn is first honor graduate of the Massacbuset i- Institute of Technology and Miss Hoi c is from the same institution. Miss Hay re As soon as the awards wc'#e"mfifuF w llaydcn was wired to come to Chica it. immediately and elaborate her phi ?d Her design is 011c of marked simplici es It is in the Italian style with colonnai ne broken by centre and end pavillio ti- The structure is to be 200 by -100 ft ur and 50 feet of cornice. There is vc dome. The chief feature of ornament ho the entrance. TTnnr.Ai.nna ftwlffc nild SlirO . T >??(, Middi.kmp.owhtgii, Ky., [Special.]us. A. Burke, a telegraph operator at Ci berland Gap, was shot from ambush ' -v' the morning l>y a negro named Finn ISS Burke (lied instantly A few hours a n Hunter was captured in Middleshnro a and taken hack to the Clap. Sixty a J ed men met the officers ami took llu ' ? in the mountains, hanged him to a ,,K and riddled him with bullets, iict, . iMr?" Schooner Wrecked on N. C. C< s is the The two masted schoncrs that B TW? OIU anil ^ Onni teX IIlilCH SOU, (he t'hicimicomuo life saving station, n re_ Tuesday morning is the "Stiathairb have Wearn line, Baltimore, llcr crew ears ' om posed of twenty-six, of which >rove teen have perished, among tliem al good officers except second mate. them Woekly Cotton Statistics. iliTm Livunrooii, Era.?Total sales f veek 217,000 bales; * American 2 rade takiug including forwarded sliipside 72,000; actual export 4,0( '>"ust. tal import 100.000, American 90,0< e Al- "d stock 1,188,000; American 80 nrcme l,,ta' 185,000; American 1.1 obac- 'peculotors took 1,200; exporter .*cs in '.300. of the erwise Coming to the World's Fa 1890. 'phe Spanish Government has ith de- the department of state at Was vork. I i(, will participate in tno I 1 'olumhian Exposition at Chicago i ster Lincoln also cabled a l?riof an nent that the Government of (5re _ . tin had accepted the invitation 18 i display at the Fair, vernors 1 r lie cones. The Sale of a Newspaper at a 8 rer, op Wii.minoton, N. C.?The Wi Daily Messenger, including al! th . . material and good will, the pr ' tlie late Julius A. Bonitz, wa I option auction Wednesday under a s House mortgage for $4,000. The p? I. continues. LAST GREAT GENERAL. Death of Joseph Eggleston Johnston. 1 The Hero of Throe "Wars Has Passed Over tho River.?Buried in the Monumental City. I Washington, D. f\, (Sp-ciul. | Gen* I oral Joseph K Johnston died of Huh it | failure at his residence in this city at i 11:15 o'clock Sunday niglit Willi him r at the last moment were e\ (Sovernor i McLnue, of Maryland, and the nurse. t His death was very sudden, and a few ( moments before dissolution there was no appearance to indicate it. He then i gasped feebly once or twice, and the t great leader of armies had himself obeyed t " lhifenaTm,M un n 1 his room for several weeks past, and dur- | ing the last few days had gradually grown i weaker. During the past twenty-four hours he had remained in a semi-coma- \ tose condition, and was aroused with I difficulty. Ilis death was so peaceful that Gov. Met.ane, who was at his hedside, could not for several moments believe that tho general was dead. There was not a sigh, not a movement ; his heart ceased to beat, and lie sank to rest as peaceably and (juicily as a babe to sleep. In addition to his heart trouble, the general had contracted a sevencold when he recently acted as pall bearer at the funerals of Admiral 1'orter and General Sherman. j With the death of Gen. Johnston there is removed the last prominent, figure on cither side in the great civil war. Theic were a great many callers at Gen. Johnston's late residence, including I Gens. Scholield and Rosccrans nml Ad- 1 I miral Rodgers. ' ass, con<lu,li11B II... ,o?-??,?j,.,. ' |'"'K ' "g aiinplc 'in.I v..i.l ,.r ,|ls.,|,,v ar1s2srdww""ta"^-.^s rnlin \Y Daaieli;' ,,rv ''"'A' (S'nnlni U S A i *' " '"'?? G. ParkiT i jiUr-phr,c^NV- ^ , Rmigem/W: iESK /{(.,.! v W. Brice, Co) Archer Anderson, of Baltimore; Col. Edwin C. Jlnrris, tltc J lion. J. C. Bancroft Davis and Pay I)i- i rector James Watmaugh, of the navy. i The active pallbearers were taken from < the members of the Ex-Confederate ' Association, Washington City. 1 Condolatory telegrams without niim and the'n th^poverS*5^tS5(I^CTBlWp5WP the presence of himself and* 1 Virginia ollicials at the funeral. Gen. Wheeler, from Alabama, telegraphed: "Our universal regret that wc J no longer have our beloved general." . Senator Walthall telegraphed from ' Mississippi: "Gen. Johnston had my admiration and affection and his family has my sympathy." Similar despatches from Gen. A. ft. Lawtou, of Georgia, Representative a Iheckenridgc, of Kentucky, from tho 0 ex Confederate association, from many ie places in the South and from personal | r. friends or war associates of the dead I r;8 general, avowing admiration for his cxra aultcd character and appreciation of his or brilliant services, pride in his career or a regret at his death were received at the ts mansion during the dav aud night, ye P. T. Sherman, on behalf of the late cb Gen. Sherman, sent the following from ??i New York: go tender to the rclntivesT<YtJoiV." .ASfiWii J>Yi ns. assurance of their profound sorrow tuid ty. sympathy." les Bai/timokb, Mo.- Gen. Joiinston's runs. mains were interred at (Ireeinnount Cem et cterv, Tuesday afternoon, attended by a no vast coiiroitr.se of people Only the sim to ?!.. Itm-ial service at (lie grave was read, iii accordance witli the wishes of the relatives. , Wilmington, N. (\, has an establish ment at which are made wooden buttci dislus, diamond and berry baskets, fruit " and vegetable crates, candy and orangt . ' boxes and various other articles. It alsr rj cuts to order veneers from tHfcet gum ' poplar, sycamore, oak, ash, birch am . ' walnut. There is no monopoly in thi ",e' industry, but there is an unceasing am " l" steadily increasing demand for many o its products. >ast Hydrophobia After Twenty Years. wc ,i Mkxico, Mo., [Special. [?William Ga f" I kept with liim all the time. Dutlng tl w;?? night his sufferings were terrible. I nine gnasbed his teeth and frothed at t 1 mouth continually. It is said that abe twenty years ago he was bitten by a m dog, "which the doctor thinks is l cause. or tin State Secretary Elected, ii oil:) * 'from llAi.Kion, N. C.?The members of in - i executive committee of the State Fa ' . is' Alliance who arc here (S. It Al o nun andcr and .1. M. Mewborne) elected o'omi' I'H'Hca, of Wilson, State Secretary s took s,,('oec(i E. C. Beddingtield, resigned. A Hanging at Mauch Chunk. >1 aucii Chunk, Pa.?The jail ,ir- rrowded Wednesday morning to wit notified the, hanging of Oliver William Stai hington His neck was broken an he died wit World's struggling. Min- ^ nounec ut I In I Disastrous Bank Failure in ! < to ruakc ville. Isnnsvil.tj?, Kt. - The official i mcnt of Schwaitz A Co., llic f: acriflco. hankers, is as follows: Assels, $.*i; Iminglon lia')UUieH' operty oi ??ld ??in f?r Cub"' * sold by Nkw York, [Special J.? At the $10,0(H) treasury late Thursday afternoon : iblicution 000 in gold coin was ordered for mcnt to Cuba. A SOUTHERN MONOPOLY. . >' Something About Slate Pencils and it Where Made. Comparatively few persons are aware r>f the fact that the only place in America where slate pencils arc now manufactured is in the State of Virginia, near the city f Charlottesville, Alhermarle county. [ 'or a mimher of years soapstone slate elicits ?>f line quality were nuinufactuied it a quarry near Cast leton, Vermont, hut ibout ten or fifteen years ago the slate of which these pencils were made began to .'low gritty and the quarries we'.e nhan loncd. Another slate pencil factory was started lenr Slatington, I'a., hut the slate proved 0 Ik; unfit for pencils, as it was too hard, "id consequently the cntenn JB ^^noMonTTcelTo Hoapst one Slate Com tl |?any's quarries, which are situated about | s miles from the city of Charlottesville, Va., contain a very large body of exceptionally fine soapstone slate; in fact, it is believed to l?e the finest in the world. It. is called "soapstone" slate on account of its slick, soapy feeling when first brought out of the quarry, and as it is free of grit it, is easily worked. Its toughness also enhances its value for manufacturing purposes. It can he very highly polish 1 d ; nud when made into mantels, soda fountains, and other useful and 01 tinmen lal articles can hardly he distinguished from the finest marble, for which it is frequently mistaken, the process of mar lilei/atioii t-o w hich it is subjected making it a beautiful imitation. In this deposit, ihere are seams or beds of slate highly valuable for the manufacture of the line grade of pencils which the Monticcllo Soapstone Slate Company is placing on ihe market. It is found in two colors, greenish white nnd purple; the former is i made into penc ils, which an- mmJi nc the especial product of this company there being no others like them. The purple slate makes a beautiful peneil, ah snlutely fne of grit or other seratchv substances, a .piality highly prized MURDER IN ATLANTA. An Engineer Kills Hia Fireman for Reporting Him for Neglect of Duty. Iy [Si>co^cfooTc* Tiidc.'vond, an engineer 011 the Western untl V1 Inntic liailroad, killed his Fireinnn. ores. Iioth white, at their board in g lioieo m. Maker street. It. scctns that Sires had eporteil Underwood to the Sitperinten lent of the railroad for neglect of duty I liey met at their boarding house, when Underwood asked Sires if he hud rcport11jtdefcwGofl %l^lt)t1rf*TO- -? V ' J while tie was sitting at the table. . * ' \ t " ?*V " A PRETTY GOOD RECORD. " " \ What Was Accomplished in Part of Southwest Virginia During 1300. The following is a list of the new i?* dust l ies and works of improvement .t I points on the Norfolk & Western rt.ilroad in course of construction, under contract, or completed during year I8',)0: 12 blast furnaces, 8 rolling mills, "."i foundries, machine works and other iron works, 85 woodworking establishments, 150 other industries, 4:1 iron mines, 1? coal mines, 2,000 coke ovens, 45 hotels, 7 iron highway bridges, 0 electric plants, 7 street railways, :$ belt line railroads, 0 water anil gas works, 2 public buildings, I ?* ncucjcmics. n *" ? ?-? ?kvvl? thnua ?? "" | i ( nurse of cons! run ion or contracts! f^^^P|N8same**i ami do not in?-l?i?i those contemplated*^^ This is a v-mailiable list,"allowing what has ac tually been accomplished. Of projected enterprises not included in this there are hundreds that will materialize and be put under construction during 1891. Sending Huntllcs by Wir.t. What is. termed telpherage, or the conveyance of parcels by electricity along l iinc3 of wire placed overhead, is little ! known in this country beyond the s'ago ' of experiment. We have little real > need of this device !<> assist commercial business. In South America, however, I telpherage schemes upptur to be j. propitious to the spjeulator, and a line lias been constructed 18(? miles long, which will place Ituonos Ayres and Montevideo in communication. Across the La l'iata there is a swing for the jc wires of nineteen tniles, am'. the initial - tfV'.tfrifoLAht* . ... |C tended to dispatch letter boxes bctAc . j h? the two cities at intervals of two hour?.Sin Francitco Kr^mhutr. 'be l lit: Cosmopolitan's prize of $'200 for ill; best article of 4.000 words written 1 >y i f;;r:in r's daughter, describing farm life, with suggestions as to the Siest means of the making farm hfo attractive and happy, mi has iicon awarded to Miss Jennie R. lex- Hooker, of Mel'utclinnville, Ind. It will W. Ik- printed in tho April number. More t" than .00 writers competed for the prize. Senator IVffer, of Kansas, lias had arli of his eight children, three of whom was Hi- girl, learn a trade. Type-setting nes* rpnis to have been most popular with dey. :hem, although one daughter has fitted bout tor-elf to become an amanuensis, and one on is a locomotive engineer. Miss Mamie Bayard, the youngest i >uic daughter of ex Secretary is to J marry i-oum i.?nviinmi|n, w. ?_ whc hns been studying ship-lmil^?^^^Htt|M state* Wilmington, Delaware, and isJ| tiling large csia'e in his own couottg^^pP^^^ |t.x-Premier Crispi, o^ftaly, finds the .aw a piotitable profession, an Italian . . unship company having engaged hint ' ^ ^ ^ , counsel at au annual salary of 50,000 1 ?100,- :0' ? ijliip- General Miles, the Indian tighter, ij *3 going to Mexico on a leave of ubscncc. *"% . J9