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million of ffcb'l'Vus * ^liat scveuty-fivc vessels be added to his 'cf5ubtry"s armament, almost doubling its strength. Probably no town in the United States ? , , -?CTcr jumped into popularity so suddenly as did the little railroad station of West*x>rt, Decatur County, lod., which has 'been proven by the census to be the cxaat cen'.er of populutiou of the Union. Delaware is raid to have more llvTng ex-Governors than tuiy other State in the fUniou. Five of them?II. T. Biggs, John P. Cochran, James Pouder, John 1'w ifci'l '>nd Charles F. Stokley?arc MlV.l in active business. i 'mnjniw 'iOOJj 'k Hrrah? estimates that XhWJJ*.! p?? f'1'8 ycar V'H he short ot SMiloailSct hv about 27,000,000 !8100H?M^?"ruc?Tof; I'""' XUJVM|J h,000 pounds shortage, ** iJSC to 11,1111 p the prict 1*1 foe on -uvinoih. JIJU pojqnopnn OOJJ lU.no 'h 'O .. ?? ?.oa"aioa ^^uuicipal ?lcct. #??!>r?iap *?i nince, last j&t+J "nix VPJJ^upoH \ . . *? <1 .MtiiN i.npo n? j.mj? |[?Ai s receipts nv < ' J! It OK*n PUKAS. J 'A>oUiSn thp Uf .:,i. -i>|iiUJU J/uiiuj ?.pp g jiopu^.D poipoia jsoq o* an argument, ^1 | | ^pri'rf, in favor of _ .v lighting. ^ ^ fr<>D1 tho en -i?-og J >il ot Industry, King infra oUt'Df teTll?riuiu, said that he had forgets a name." ' his support to the rarely combined In cf# suffrage, but not 1 the best examnles in"Ut Wv? ri?? . -- ??? probabilityjohn L. Hi-ide. St. James Hotel, who . I name or fnco of a giao^urcra Gcr- < lapse of years, and v? a novcl ox- 1 the head of Pin)? procure cheap Agency, who kuowsr e8? ^icy hava esof every Mcrookv ?^ breeding places America. Each w'll be sold to memory intthc s ,vcs^ possible prices, purposes J lookctl upon with favor " Exnerim * i United Stategins, of Delaware, says 1 "\V. IIotchkj>piug.post and tlie pillory \ork detained in his State, owing to i countrrnat the Slate lies in the neigh^=aBSW"<Ti^^^mlop^mS'^^^^w)ii'sCto,prote"ct it* i self from becoming tho asylum of crimi( nals from theso great centres. He is him- | self opposed to the preservation of theso forms of punishment, states the New ' .York Tribune, although he concedes that , their preservation has a tendency to mako | criminals give the State ft wide berth, i The whipping of to-day, ndds the Trihunt, is merely liominul and in no way resembles the brutal punishment of the past when the ent-o'-niuo-tails as a form of punishment was first established. Manistee, an obscure town in the interior of Michigan, is the terminus of a railroad that is operated in an uniquo manner. The road is known as the Manistee & Northeastern, and is fiftythree miles in length. It doc3 a profitable pusscngor business, and has neither stocks, bonds nor mortgages. It pays its bills in full 011 the 25tli of each mouth. There is not one dollar of indebtedness on it, ami never has been. The road was originally built to carry lumber out of the woods, but as it was extended in mileage, passcugcr traffic was established. It is owned by Edward Buckley and William Douglass. Between thorn all the offices except general passenger and freight agent are divided. Welshmen are looking forward with peculiar iuterest, notos tho Now York Observer, to the census of 1891, because, for tho first time, a clause has been inserted directing an enumeration of all persons who speak Welsh and English in Wales and Monmouthshire, and of all Welsh-speaking persons in England as well. It is generally maintained that ~there aro more Welsh-speaking people in existence at the present moment than thcro were ever beforo. That there arc rnoro periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets and books published in the Welsh language, and, therefore, more Welsh readers now than at any period heretofore is very certain, and admitted on all hands. The other assertion is , .bio 00 it might ?M>?' neither ooconoid"** nnm?t f,t?t ot|jU ?>'t" * , i0 ,he ntinctpoi luir joL WolsUmcn ^ ^ ft? principality in Loudon alone, where there uro twenty-eight Welsh chapels, and. more than 1.10,000 in Liverpool (which, has seventy-four Welsh chapels), Man-; Chester (with twenty- nino Welsh chapels), aud other largo centres of population, besides tho great, numbers who have crossed tho \tlr.utic and are thickly scattered all over the mining districts, and j forming a few agricultural settlements jr. ) the Now World. 'j It Will B? the Greatest Day the State Capital Hae Ever Seen. Colcebia, 8. C., I8peci?l.]?Columbia's centennial celebration in May next is the principal topic of conversation here, ana the proportions of the festival are such that a very great degree of interests is manifested in it throughout the entire state. The celebration is inteuded to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Columbia's existence as the capitol of the state, aud the preparations that me being made for the event give promise that it will be a festival worth coming hundreds of miles to see. It is very probable that the Columbia canal will Incompleted in time for the centenuial aud this will lend au additional interest t<> tinoccasion. Among the features of the centennial are an address by Wade Hampton; a sham battle, the opposing forces commanded bjr lfamptou and Oordon, a grand parade and review, participated in by all the state troops and many frSm other states, civic societies, Mexican and confederate associations, fire companies, old inhabitants, commercial travelers, students, etc., the whole to be headed l?y Governor Tillman aud stuff and visiting officials: a i/minl in dustrial and allegorical procession on tire u>~J^t of May 15th, iu which there will y to two hundred magnificent floats, ^ ^?08tiug as much as f500 each; disijvo of fire works by the great Paine; ^ . people'* ball and serenade concert to tvhuh lo admission will be charged. Besides these there will be racing, championship ball playing by the best amateurs in the South, amusements at the theatre, and dozens of other forms of amusement. The form of decoration to be adopted is the most unique and perfect ever tried in this country. Each county of the sfate will erect a handsome arch over Main street. They will bo substantial woodeu structures, handsomely painted and artistically designed and festooned with bunting, by committees sent here from the counties for the purpose. At llic centre of the street the "City of Colum uir arcn win cross, and nt the entrance 1 to the capitol tho state officers will erect in arch. A TRUCE IS DECLARED. Cho Alliance Makes a Contract fo: A Supply of Jute Bagging-. Atlanta, Ga., [Special.]?The Faun rs1 Alliance and jute bagging trust linvt nude peace. Tho proposition of the "ordage Bagging company to supply at Oi cents- per yard for 1J tounds, ^of 7^ cents for pound has >cen accepted. These are maximum priced, and compel i- | !o" "")Y m\m ttvr Tt <n i it least half tho cotton crop. Heretofore the fanners have obeyed tlit vlliauce, although it caused tliem to buj tagging at over $1 per bale extra cost. Now that tho pnee of jute bagging is educed, Alliancemcn will adopt it. Tho Cordage company represents all ut one of the jute bagging factories ii tho trust two years ago. The factory left out is said to be located in Charles on. ' 'I., ./.linn n( 4l>n Allimis>n lnnvpa I In I farmers free to buy cotton bagging i! hey prefer, but as jute is choaper, feu i.f them, it is believed, will buy cotton i.agging. Ring-Tailed Monkeys in the liver glades. Tampa, Fi.a., |Sp< ial. | Jack Robeson, of Fort Meade, h as hei u down in the Everglades since last D< tuber, surveying. One day not long since, lie captured a genuine South American ring tailed monkey, in the top of n high trt-e down there. The Indians have known these monkeys to be there for the last tifty years. It is supposed that a vessel from South America was wrecked on the coast, ami that some of the monkevs aboard escaped to the Everglades, vhere they have thrived for half a century. Hugh O'Neill, of New York, offered ltobeson $100 for the monkey to semi as a present, but .lack refused toscll his pet. However, he agreed to loan him for the season, and R. T. Ration brought it up with him, intending to leave it in the gient oak tree that stands east of the Tampa Ray hotel. Coming upon the steamer the monkey hit a hoy who teased it. and Mr. Ration took it to his home in Sanford, where he will keep it until it is perfectly tame; then he will bring it down'to amuse the hotel guests. Some of the hoys talk of organizing a monkey hunt d ,wn in the Everglades. CAUGHT ON A TRESTLE. A Frightful Accident on a Trestl? "Oai Xiyncliburg. Lynchburg, Va., [Special.]?A horri ido accident occurred on the N. & W. lilroad, six miles below this city Fri lay. A force of hands were working on t estle when a train came on them uncx eetcdly. They tried to escape, and all ureeeded by a close shave except three, aines Dean was ran upog by the engine aid torn to pieces. A man named Rur on jumped t?0 feet to the water below, ud while not. killed, was rendered mi 1 mscious by ^?by \hc loro,n?bca Vror. * v \inn t^ficdHh^ftfifttist ehurcir'Thursdaj ' evening. It was attended by an immense crowd. All the protestnnt ministers of the city netful as honorary pall hearers, and several ministers from a distance were present. The various Masonic organizations of the city attended in a body. Kev. Dr Garland read sketch of life and work of the deceased which was fol owed by a most eloquent and touching liscourse by Bishop < hauberry. The ?enains were taken to Richmond, where, fter memorial services at Centenary hureh the remains were interred in Hoi wood. , ~~~~? '< Southern Men And Measures Paragraphed. 1 Nowsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points J In Our Own and Adjoining States. I VIRGINIA. 1 'I The Finance Committee of Danville has recommended high license aud waut , to tax each saloon $5,00. < Siuion Seward delivered a war address >1 in Petersburg Thursday uight before the f< A. P. 11 ill Camp of Confederate Vet- o . c:aa?. t | ? Robert Bland shot and"" Wiled lames The Cnrnavnl do la lifer opened in Richmond Tuesday to continue ten days, c Sales of leaf tobacco at Danville for t" "March, 45,000 lbs.; sales for the first six t< months of the present tobacco year, 23,- H 000,000 pounds, an iucrease over- the si corresponding of last year of about h 5,000,000 pouuds. Nearly twelve hundred barrrels of Spreckle's sugar were delivered in Alex anuria Weituesdav. '" ?r( The Old Dominion steamer Guyandottc aiuled at Norfolk Thursday the captain. ? two mates and four setuneu rescued from the sinking burkcutiuc Addie P. Gould ' six miles from Winter Quarter. At a meeting of the Alberinarle and ^ Atlantic railroad directors at Virginia j Bench it was decided to change the track L to standard guage at ouce and increase he rolling stock. Judge Brooke, of Norfolk, granted a charter to the Lambert's Point Knitting Mills Company. Tlio~COTrtpnTiy ft fn?ft **? mitted to manufacture and sell woolen, n" hemp, flax and silk fabrics. Tho max- Pa bnuni capital stock is $t00,000. lion. Barton Myers is president. t:? T. B. Proctor, of tho Parlor Car Com- ''' pany, was run over and killed Tuesday '? by a passenger train on the Hichmond, IM Fredericksburg and Potomac Bailroad within a few miles of Milford Station, as He uttcmptcded to cross the track a short d:i distance ahead of the moving train. He II was 42 years old. NORTH CAROLINA. ha A brick and tile manufacturing coinfiauy lias been organized at Rocky Mount; cnpacity 40,000 per day. John Steele accidently shot himself in the knee in Lincolnton, which has neccs- j,' fcitnti'd si in lr ii I ii 1 inn A. young man named Mooro was shot 1'" aihI killed from ambush iu Pitt county XmiilV* ,, "" their labors April 1st. A suite of Guices liave been fitted "up fOf. them in the iirst sei floor of the agricultural building, at Raleigh. * l,c A postofiicc has been established at sei Areauite, Randolph county. The prayer hook of Lictenant Charles , in T. Ilnigh, of Fayelteville. who was kill- j ed May 12, 1801, has just been returned ! ,.0 io his relatives by 1). F. French, Quiney, |1(1 Mass. j.'l The largest mortgage deed ever recorded in Forsyth county was recorded sever- |i> al days since. It was for a milliouand a T: half dollars. The mortgage was given .si; on the Wiuston-Wilkesboro railroad to the Richmond and Danville railroad. j;1 The building for llingham's school in or Asheville will cost $35,000. This pays tif for eight ranges of barracks, a iness hall, n't kitchen and gymnasium. The contract calls for the completion of the buildings u, for occupancy October 31st. This work ,|. will require more brick than any contract ,n Vanderbilt palace. | J "Uncle'' Hilly Todd, of Charlotte, eel- vi sbrated his ninety-third anniversary last week. 1ft) was deputy shcritl when the p old colonial court In liniP r>f leg.". ...id jj I raised on posts, stood in Independence a I Square. Mr. Todd is a robust old man, j, | and has never worn glasses in his life. v SOUTH CAROLINA. The salaries of the Public School teachers of Charleston have been reduced all s around ten per rent. j, The bank of Georgetown lias been incorporated, capital f-ifl.OflO, On Thursday night two colored men, I i Henry Ncsinith and Fowler Presslcy, \ 1 went tislimg with a net in Wilson's lake, i Williamsburg county, and were drowned. ' The Clin! lesion, Sumpter and Northern Hail road Iras been inspected and opened for traflic as far as Lamar in Dar- c lington Comity, and it will soon get r through to Darlington, C. H. "On to ' Heir.ret tsvillc!" is now the watchword of ' the company. A military company has been organiz i ed at Williston with Sid flair as captain, j sad are drilliug for the Columbia ceni leouial. A great religious revival is in progress j at Jjccsville, J.oxngton couuty, conuuct I cd by Evangelist Lci:ch. The congregation of Grace Episcopal | church, Aiulerson, which was injured by j lire lately, will build a new church instead of repairing the old one. , 8upetiutendent of Education Mayfiold ( h is received a handsomely framed diplo( uiairom the comiuilVc on premiums at I j '.lie I Vis Exposition. The diploma , | gives tho information that the cducation. a1 exhibit of South Carolinain 1889 at the j Exposition has been awarded this premir ?ud HCal ?t the committee. 8?tiir<iajr ia't?,nU'Ut'h was con~T ? in lm?" ' "foSr ?"T 6u,"h Carolin ? ,n<l>Mtiial / eve,,< much niistak,000 (,,e war ?' /' f "'iiiieiKe n n'f't shrill ' *\?* ( , ,OQ States. Ouse<i"coce to a/J "?! / C . */'ot / Ci . Th ENNE9SEE. r>f|"huioorr,, ir . li:ir?'?.f/ / . , "-1" Meral,roSfeIr?';"? ,v, ' i'l'lS, 0 0* <sta. This *oed, 50 miles loop, makes connection with mry industrial catabishment inth* city and its suburbs. While s hrge class of young ladies of ik Girls' High School, of Knoxville, sere collecting botanical specimens. Miss '.iary Plumiper went too near the edge of > bluff and fed sixt,-feet. She was bad y iujured. Kcnresentative Boyle the credit of (curing in the Legislature the restore ion of the naue ,4City of Memphis." le did it Mondty in the closing hour, nd the Governor hassigaadths bill. The orgamzaton of a cotton compress mipauy with a tapital stock of $100,00 has been ejected at Chattanooga. All lie stock has beef subscribed end s situ ir t lie building sdsted. The promoters f the enterprise b&eve that this is the itliur Kail road has Men mr?wrt fmn. ookviUe to Chattanooga. ind from the ittcr point to Arthur, "where it will in reect with the K., 0. Q. & L. end the [arrowgate extension. This liue will mrten the distance by rail between Nor >lk and Memphis several hundred miles. GEORGIA. * The U. 8. recruiting station at Savun ik has been closed and Lieut. Terrvt l >nc back to Augusta with bin two st^ Mints. A milinary company has tiecn organ ed at Fort Valley. <iuite a sensation has been created nt illman by rumors of burfed "Spanish i-asure. A Spanish priest has written a Iter of inquiry. The daughters or Rev. T. A. Harris, Wiuterville, have bought all the outfit r a hennery and rabbit farm. The city is clean, the citizens havqon olr iioliday suits, and eve-rytning gWr"" erry as a marriage bell, says an Albany ipcr. . Councilman Henry H. Hicks, of An i>ta, convicted and sentenced to pay u ie of $000 in tlic city court last week r keeping a gambling house, has applied for a new trial. Charles Hondo, a German citizen, was mulled by footpads, at Atlanta, Tuesy evening, nnd was knocked down, c died Wednesday. t'ordelc added $50,000 to her banking pital Thursday. Tho First National nk was organized. Floyd nnd Wilcox counties will both ft new courthouses. A more gonewlly observed funeral never i-urred in Rone than that of Augustas W ight. Tht stores closed, and hur. i-ds tiirongcd tlic First Baptist church, d there were mapy who stood on the U!?hiniiii,'|>|<i>i11 /" Florida's law-makers willXoon be as nbled in Tallahassee. ' As farns beard from, nearlv tveri mem rof tho legislature is going/o Tallahas loaded with land assessment reforiu. The Florida Indians will be given lands severally. Hon. Jefferson B. Brawn, of Monroe iinty, will he among the most promint candidates for the presidency of the 01 ida senate. Aets were passed at the 51st Congress r the erection of a public building at an pa. Kla., and to establish a light it ion at Oi near liiiisborougli Inlet. A contract, was signed by Contractor lines McCitlin, of Fernnndina, for eeting wharves and buildings for the ty-thousand-dollar phosphate plant ;ar the present fertilizer wharves there. The Carnival began at Tampa April ic 1*1 and continued 4 days. The first ly there was a grand firemen's tournaent; second day. ^ors'.^cinjA1 inicd Sy7an mini regainrhnT*. ArjWwflay rftlfirth ay, grand tournament for prize cup, and ices. A largo number of orange and vegetale growers of Oranire Lake. Mr>Tnt?oi?, loardman, Evinslou and Micauopy, met nd named delegates to appear beforo tlio IterSUIlC rUliroilU CUllliuinniyu 111 ^nciMiunille to present their grievances. OTHER STATES. A Texas postmaster lias committed uicidc bocnnse ho was indicted for stealng 40 ceuts. Alabama has undertaken the work f laying out a route for a railroad from Florence to Mobile, and any company vill be free toconsturuct the road. Nine housand dollars we appropriated by the cgislaturo for the survey. Ex-President Cleveland has just given lis check for a handsome amount in aid >f the endowment of the Southern Fenalc University at Florence, Ala. The lev. Dr. Bass, preslflefStrofthe Univerlity, says: "I was much surprised at he courtesy extended mo by Mr. Clever.nd. This coni.ibuticu is another evdcncc of his interest in education." A DEATH-BED CONFESSION, * Which May Result in a Doomed Man's Reprieve. CoLUMiiiA, 8. C., [Special.]?Th< death of W. J. Miller, of Leaphart cn.s< .illidavit fame, has, brought to light, ii Colombia, a second death-bed confession The confession was made to Miller's at lorncy, John Hauskett, and if true wil justify Governor Richardson's reprievi of Willie JiOaphart. In the confeseioi Miller says that l>cing employed as aman uensis for Patrick Cannon, father of Ros Cannon. Leanhart's alleged victim, h heard of ami read her letters declarin, ihf |>ov> innocence. lie acknowledge Judg -ii ' "o? acted, #?-Tto having afterwani jrre;,(Itio"8j TL iincdRosa'8 letters a-i /,nff them to S the Oovcrnor. Th; Irclhn^r' if Wil1 Ci r J"<1* nnm from fh<k"i2| * of forgery an spjracy te 8ccifl 'heart's reprievi Iobrntiug- th<*^Jf Anniversary V,"'ttSTo'v? SK?*!?" [Special. 1?Tl 'illon of the t F Lenty-fifth annivcrs .seoZThhlithm?cr''r 1 ?cth,Mli "'church in mct tfouth Carolina ope s 'IWetK i??la t thi8 CUyi 1>el ,(V ;'?L present we from ne!ir,y CV4 Slat,. S V<?- J-E W"?' etl? aud addrw^'n f Wfre delivert' ?n^ \ ... J\LA II COL SAUNDERS DEAD. Worth Carolina'* Most Learned So Passes Away. Raleicii, N. C\, [Special.]?At 1 V o'clock Thursday morning, Colonel NN il iain Ij. Saunders, Secretary of State o North ( 'arolina, who had Ih'cii at tin |?oiut of death for several days, lireathei liis lust. He was iu the fifty-sixth year of hit ige, umlMss been Secretary of State foi twelve having been appointed bj Governor^Arvis in J879 to till an tin expired tAi lie was Aiuiuated and elected to tin Mime pla< j-^u lSbU, 1SS1 and 1 SSH.v tin ^Democratic convention breaking a long established precedent against third terms by giving him the nomination the third time. . ,^mma ' non^Carolina, as he has long l>een regarded, passes away. He has been a prominent figure in the State for thirty years. Ha was a graduate of the University, and has for year* : ii'*' u oue ol the Board of Trustees of thai . institution, having been secretary ami treasurer of the Board. He practiced law in Salisbury in 1 S.%?? and soon after became editor of the St I isbury Banner. IDENTIFIED WITH JOITRNAMSM. He was afterwards prominently idcnlied with journalism, and wielded a powerful and trenchant pen. He was an nrleut secessionist, and when the war broke out he voluutecred in the Rowan Rille Guards, of Salisbury. Soon after he was appointed Lieutenant in Rowan Artillery, aud went directly to Virginia. In 1802 he was appointed captain o'' ihe new company orgaui/.ed ut Salisbury, and joined the Fourth North Carolina "roups, which afterwards became a part i.f Walker's Brigade, and later of Cooke's Brigade, and participated in many of the most important battles of the war. Uy successive promotion bo became major-licutenant-coloiicl and colonel, lie was twice wounded at the battle of Fred cricksburg and again at the battle of the Wilderness, being shot through the mouth and neck. In 1HC>4 he was married to Mrs. Florid : Cottou. After the war he was connected with the Wilmington Journal, and latci was associated with Major P. M. Ilalc as one of the editors of the Raleigh (fbservcr, continuing till ho was appointed Seere tary of State. His remains were convoyed to Tarhoro Saturday where they were interred by the side of his wife. CAPERS OF A COUNTY CLERK. David M. Morrison nf Rentt Po,-*- J Auditor. Bkistoi., TkNK.?David H. Morrison, deputy clcvk of Scott County Court, Virginia, it is alleged, has obtained by various sharp transactions and npproprided to his own use from $10,000 to"f00,o00 and left the state. Hjs mode of procedure, wus this: lie would tnke un called for claims in his ofliee, raise the amounts l>v hundreds, forge orders from otlieers for tin same and send them to .lie auditor at Richmond and obtain the money, lb* would also leave blank pages in writing up the proceedings of the Com I. till them in with tictitious cast .;, make out bills of costs and draw the money. Iii one such ease an alleged wit iiess named Kinscr from Kansas was id 'owed flhi. It is stated that he went over the books for several years back ami increased the costs and obtained tin* money. Morrison has been in ofliee about a year. He married a lady living .... II- wiul.imrt.Hi I) C ami it is Kill) poged he hag beeu in that city newly a -month; An orrter tor his arrest has been issued. GENERAL PIKE DEAD. The Distinguished Confederate Sol dior P.m? Away a*. Hi* Home in Washington. Washington, I). | Special. | (ten. Albert Pike, prominent as a .Mason ami poet, died at his home here, at N nVlni k Thursday. General I'ike was eighty one years old Inst December, lie was a manof remarkable vitality, and splendid |>li\si<|lle, being six feet four inches in height, and until last fall, when lie was prostrated, wns never known to have been sick in bed for even a day. His works include 'Pro e Sketches and Poetry." live volumes ofieportsol rases in the Supreme Court of Arkansas. "Nugte,' a collection of poems, inelud Ing the "Ifymns to the Gotl-,"and twt other similar collections, besides these he has prepared for the order of Masonr n number of ritualistic and other wot Us in all about twentv-tive volumes. Ecclesiastical Wheat Fields. AmtllDKRN. S. I)., iSpecial. j -Soni I tnontlis ago President F.idcr F. A. 1 itn dick called n uncling in this < ity of a llic Methodist pastors of the Abcrdcc > district, and put before them the plan < 3 sowing wheat for the lipoidat ion ? i church debts The pallors took to ti idea, and after talk with their peop found the fuuncis would furnish tl | land and do the work, if the churi e would furnish the seed. The general si it cieties of the church, which line liehcadipiarters in the Fast, then took hoi n of the matter and shortly announced tIn c the money for the seed should be fort i? coming. ?' d The Hev. Mr. Burrock said last eve e :<>g: "We hppe to have at least for ;B h res of wheat on every ohargs in tl d Aberdeen district, and on some as mat 8 : ? sixty. As a matter r?f fact, the ('hui re at Batii lias already start d the ball ro d ing with sixty acres. The income, (|j this source will be applied altogether 1 word i he payment of church debts, a ^ I e uifidently expect to see several clear away before another winter." Oroom 80 and Bride 84. st Qukkn Ciry, Tkx..?Mr J. Nail a Mrs. Hickman of this place were rnarri |V a few days ago. Justice Powell oflir iatii The groom is SO and the bride is .j yeais old. Both are peart ami lively. ' THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE r- Its History, Its Present Status aud Its Aims, i ( Reviewed in April Cosmopolitan by By W. A. Peffbr, United States I Senator From Kansas. ' Senator Potior, from Kansn^ has con1 tributod a lengthy article upon the topic of "The Faitien' Alliance" to the Cosmopolitan Magazine of New York, and which appear* in their April number. Following are some oftho points covered: "At the city of St. Louis, early in December, 1889, a meeting of the Fumrr'i aud dTffcrentlvodles of organized farmers iq the country. Invitations *had boo* acut out in advnnco to the officers of all these ! different bodies, and also to the officials of the Knights of Labor, and they tvero 1 all represented at this meeting. Conference committees were appointed, and a union for political purposes effected. ritPV Wllfil "I' in.ie.r.ol ??!.* *4"-' '"*4 I- J ?? % IV *avr? \l IIIIU I'll*", 1MII virtually that was douo. Tin* object of I thin consolidation was to influence legislation in the interests of farmers ami la borers generally. The new body was j to he called the 'Farmer's Alliance and Industrial Union.' That is the name by which it is now known. "The Alliance is not partisan, but it is intensely political. Primarily it is social, "out there is a political feature, and this, ufter all, is its most powerful force, that which moves in public allium. and t hough there was no disposition to jro pito poli tics independently, it was understood upon all sides that every possible clToil which could legitiiiiu'clv serve the inletvata of agrioulluxo unvL 1?U?m U put forth. Tho Bt. T,ouls convention adopted a political platform which has aitico been known as the St. lamis do mauds. In time it became a very serious question with members of the Alliance whether they should operate through the machinery of their old pin ties, or whether tliey should join with other workers in a new ami distinct, movement for a redress of grievances w hich were universally con ceded to exist." "What, then, docs tlie Farmers' A bianco demand as a matter of political Icgislat ion If Let us first understandtho condition;out of which this foimidahlu power of the 'armors has grown. Agriculture is depressed, labor is profitless, discontent broods like a cloud over the land. The. homes of tjio people are encumbered by an indebtedness which it is impossible to pay under existing conditions; tlicv arc .with fulling prices security wouiroas; nuu while property values go lower nutl low er, dollar valuta go lusher and higher, and taxes, salaries and interest absorb all the people's earnings, leaving nothing to pay on the principal of del)tH. llrielly, ' nearly it not quite, one half of American ' homes are mortgaged; wealth is fast I passing into the hands of a few pePsons; money has hecotnc a power in polities as ! it Iris always been in social life, and the j same intlueiiee which is draining away ! the siib>t)Hicc of the workers is under mining the church, hook wliat way we will, encroachments of the money power are plainly visible. It pollutes our idee i lionu it controls our leuislation, it do hauelu-s our tratio, it owns our homes, il rules 1 lie forum, the school ami the< linn It It is kino. "The great overshadowing problem oi the time, tlien is money. Farmers are not repmlintors. Tiiey want to pay every dollar of debt they owe, and that according to the letter and spirit oft lie ' contract; but they arc powerless to help themselves. They have no money and can get none nt rales wliieli will lelievr thorn When Wall afreet needa won money the President and Seeretary of the Treasury supply it out of the public treasury; hul the farmer's appeal is not heaid. (Jive us money at rates of interest we ean alTord to pay, take our laudt as senility, and our debts will he paid infast as the money can he counted. Ihit lliis is denied us, and year by year, the tyrant's grip is tightened. Farmer.* .mist have money with which to pay their debts or main of theui must lose tiieir homes. And this applies to all win of land, in town as will as in country, for the influence v hieli has brought one1 half of us to tin-vi rge of mill w ill, if not , clieeked. soou bring the other half there.' I "The Farmers' Allianee, then, meant to dethrone the money power and thus eniaiieipale the people. This does not , mean nnarehy, it does not mean repudiation, it does not invnn wur; it mutum only the rule of the people. The people will take > hatge of their own uHairs; they ' will make and issue their own money, anil eharoe borrowers only what tht handling of,it costs, just astlicy now ?Ic with jtost:i _*? .stamps, with court house< c and highways. That is the first and great work to ho done. \\ ith that will coir* " many other reforms, for every device o< " villainy which is supported hy the iiit ' proper use of money will fall when th? f props are taken away." >e "And there is a great social problev 'e which is left for the Alliance to solve. It 59 is known in polities as the "Souther? question." It has I tee n made a foot-hail by politicians for party purposes, a no ' that will settle nothing. It reipiirei broad and brotherly treatment, and that 1,1 is a stranger in party polities. The farm '* era will soon' obliterate sectional line? and loeal prejudices will give way as fas n" as the national sentiment grows au< <y spreads. At the Supreme Council of tbi 'u' Alliance held in Oeala, Klotida, last l>c 'y cember, 35 slates were icpresentcd. mo p! delegates from every body of organ!/." farmers in the country were present t ((V participate or to confer. The nation ( . Alliance of colored farmers was held i )i(j the same time and place and friend greetings were exchunged. The tw bodies lepreserited at least 2,500,0( voters. Kvery state Alliance is authu i/.cfl to admit colored farmers to mem be nd ship. There is no distinction of < >! icd among Kansas alliance people." ig. * "Destroy the influence of money Nf p 1 lii affairs, restore the houic-le.tij ai ave it to the citizens, secure to labor i % xi \j 1U0AA io? iust reward, crippiitk# arum of avarice, ^ 1 give employment to the 'worker*, purify $*3*5 politics, enact just laws, lighten the burdens of the poor, protect the wealc, u olisli caste, establish justice, tuakc comincit e free, put the government in char^ oi ever* public function, end the missiw of th- Fanners' Alliance will hare bee-' ti 'inplished." . -taj GEORGIA'S NEGRO COLLEGE. i Lively Interest in its Location Bhowo by Oolorod People. - * Atlanta, GA.,?The refusal of flecre i tuy Noble to pay Georgia's ?hsrs of the ' -4 Hatch fund until provision was made I ir J he establishment of a negro oollege li ttin* effect of at once itvODted of negroMofl^^HR^m cities offering gratuities for t^lHWRi'M 01 mo college in their localities. 4 The negroes of Savannah oflbro 3 91 """S 000; those of Americus, $18,000;* Milledgevill-, $12,000; Columbus $10,000. 'i he college will go to oue of these plarea. The most singular phase of the affair, however, is an endorsement for a scholar hip offered hy Elbert Head, now 72 ears old, aud formerly a slave. Ho bought his fteedpni and has amassed a .ortuuc o $.10,000. Ho writes: "(hi condition that the branch college for colored students is located at Amorii ii> I agree to convey the following described real estate, which I value at $o,000, to tho trustees of tho University reserving to myself a life estate in said property, the deed to be so framed tlmt income alone is to be used as a schnl rsbiii fund to educate the most needy ami deserving students who may apple for admission to said college." ... K HVJKWr OF" How It Haa Mollowod Forty-two Years Despite Fire aud Wator. Atlanta. (1a . IHnneint 1 ?Tim in;; of |ho MudiHoif Hotel recalls mi interesting incident in IH4D, when it wan building. Mr.-1,. Markliuin thru deposited in one of (ho big front columns a pi.-ut Imttic of apple brandy. He wrapped the hoftlo in a newspaper, put it in n small hox, attached a string to (he puck-' "gc, and let it down in a column nhoiit. six feel high. Tho package hore (ho following inscription: "L. Mnrkhani. Independent Order of Liberals, IHt'J." The newspaper was copy of the New York Express, and contained Henry ('lay's compromise speech. Tho package has remained undisturbed for forty-two years. The pillars will lip Fatal Explosion of the Boilor Steamer Near Savannah.Savannah, Ga., [Special.]?On Sat- ' f i rday night, while near Dobov, tho hoil er of" the stchmer Farmer, of the Savannah and Florida Inland Route, exploded. Jell Mills, William Anderaon, Stephen 'liu i is (all colored deck hands) and Jack Will son (a colored fireman), wcro blown M-i-tioard and drowned. Two oilier* alio wcro also blown overboard, wins is I'd. The men were eating their sup < : mi tlie* lower (leek at tho time uf lie: i iilent. Charlotto's May Festival. Tlie programme for the second annual jt musical festivid of the North Carolina '. hoial Association, to he held in CI nrlotie May -lib and tlth, is as follows: May r>111,concert?Itcdemption Hymi:; cantata. Fair Ellen; cantata, The Holy City; patriotic song. "Tho Old North tAUte;" chorus, 800, with full orchestral accompaniment. May (1th, matinee ?Miscellaneous pio gramme, orchestra and soloists: "On hi ion; and fiea,' solo, chorus and orchis tin. Evening concert, May 0th?Haydn u jratorio, Tho Creation; "Ilalehijab," cho ms from tho "Messiah." The Baltimore Symphony Oicliostrn iias hecn engaged for the festival. A Petition for the Pardon of Alabama's Defaulting Treasurer. hi i. m i no it a m, Ala., [Special. ] ?i'eti(io.vs are being circulated in every connlv in Alabama asking the Governor to pmdon Vincent, the defaulting State Treasurer. now serving a fifteen years' term i-: the I'rait mines, near this city. lie has served four years, and tho pet' i ion nigra that longer confinement would be equivalent to a death sentence. The movement began in Chambers countv, when? Vincent lived, and ncadv cvuv man in the county has signed TMO pell ion. S Enlisting- Indian Soldiers. ; r. I.oiiih, Mo.,?Orders have been is- ^ 1 from fie". Merritt's headquarters in i.i. ?ity to begin enlisting Indians in the i ul?ir army. In this department, Troop the 1th cavalry; TroopL. ofthe7tli ' i. -ii\; Company 1, 7th infantry, ami .puny I. 12th infantry are to ho com1 u wiiolly of Indians recruited from :i.* ( !.' ) ' ones. Arapahoes and Kiowns, 1 i: <1 ill be assigned to duty at Fort Sill. * t 1 o.np.iny I. 12th infantry, filled from the 1 -iniriiies and the Comnnches, will be ' igin-d to Fort Supply, Indian Territory. 1 I I.i Indians are to be enlisted for five ' -.ciiis snd receive the same pay as whites * and negroea now in service. Jbo Election in "LiiUla Rhody." I'hoviokncb, K. I., [Special.j?The.' . imis 110 choice by the voters at Wcdut-s lav's election for any candidate on tlic I i* general ticket. The assembly will slaud; Senate, republicans, 21; democrat*, 0 (1 ?vitli six members to Ire chosen; House ,m ( publicans, 24; democrats, 33, If to be li hoseil The ?ntf for frn??rnnr Lj? il . is, democrat, 22,240; Y^add, republican. Iv .'1,895; Larry, prohibitionist, 1829; Bur o mi. Nationalist. 884. r- Doctors say that white, as a nursery i- color, must go Dark colors and heavioc ^oods will keep away many of chihlj? hood's sicknesses-^^^^ Danbury, Conn., produced 6,000,000 l> hats last year. i j