Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V Ar--;i 1 ' '' ^???????1 ?? 'V Chicago Nemi is continced that a* ' Mr ! $kr? largo pronbtfcinn of tho Canadian' rr- people aro victims of Americau fever. gVf * ?? , ? ?mmm English society, according to the Eondon Star, has decided that the word 4,lndy" is to bo expunged from its lexicon of polite conversation,and the good, old-fashioned "woman" is to take its placo. ~ 'llio " Sunday ~ cdllcctlbhs "in Trinity Church, New York City, often amount to $10,000, but tho record was eclipsed on a recent Sunday in tho chuich of the Vandcrbilt family's attcndencc, when $11 ,500 was taken. J I'Oui uue Imudiwt * tools and processes, which ore marvels ol ingenuity and scientific knowlodge," says tho ltoch- | ester (N. Y.) Democrat, "have been in. veutcd by safo burglars. A recent burglar's outGt, captured by the police, con nisted or a little giant knob-breaker, a diamond drill and a high oxplosivo of I tho nature of dynuinite, but put up in the form of a powder. It would open the strongest bauk safe in a half hour, and without noise enough to disturb people in tho next house, while the entire outAt could be carried in the pockets ol ' nn ordinary coat." Nine men out of ten boast that they 'neverforget a face," but scarcely one man out of ten will say that he never forgets a name." The two qualities are rarely combined in one individual. Two of the best examples in New York are in all probabilityJohn L. Hill,room clerk at the ^ St. James Hotel, who never forgets tho name or face of a guest, even after a lapse of years, and Hobert Pinkerton, tho head ?of Pinkerton's Detective Agency, who knows the name and face of every "crook" of prominenco in America. Each man lias trained his memory in the same groove for diflcrent purposes Experiments are being made by the United States Government," said Herbert W. Ilotchkisr, of Michiguu, to the New York Telegram, "as to which spot in this . country is the healthiest. That is, they are trying ft bbltS^ut by certain belts and iJPffgflnhEC'i ?^-h **Ti~fc T'ir cha?the long-life circle Includes OfrAQj Traverse Bay in Michigan, near 01}ar|0. roix, and I can say that it is a ptyca of perpetual youth. I went thereto die some years ago an^f Vra now^onjoying perfect health. There is uo better placo to build up in than there. The ho9pi' tality of lumbermen is proverbial aud any tnau who spends threo months up there and docs not coino out a new man had hotter die at once." The big guns of modern men of-war arc likely, as appears from rccont experiments, to do qui to as much damag3 to X& friends, opines the New Orleans Timca.Democrat, as enemies. A. naval officer has been describing tho firing of a sixtyseven ton gun on the new battle ship Trafalgar, considered one of tho three or 1 fnnr flnjjg] W- ?*., a.irt.1. ?u?j|7 He says: "Tho gun was pointed directly ahead and flrod with a clwrgo of ti.'iO pounds of slow-burning powder and a 1250-pound pojcctilo. The blast produced by tho rudiof the powder-gas and the shot was so tremendous that the plates of the forccastlo were forced in and tho deck beams bent out of shape, while al most every round carried away some fragment of the projecting portions of tho ^ ship, even when tho training was to tho right or tho loft. It is cstimatod that the vessel would be reduced to something very like a wreck wore twenty-live rouuds to be flrod cither directly ahead or directly astern. This interferes with, or renders impossible,- firing when either in flight or chase, and has caused our naval constructors to modify the plans for the projected battle-ships, as it is not deemed desirable to have them sink from the dis charge of their own guns." , According to the Chicago Jftruld New York's Board of Education is considering a proposal to banish the teaching of French and Gorman in tho public ^ schools of tho city. At present French and German arc taught in fivo grades of the schools to about 25,000 children, 100 minutos per week being devoted to these languages. French and German are optional at present with tho trustee j of the various schools, and the system has heretofore given satisfaction. The prinoiple of giving instruction in branches demanded by a majority of the parents i?, however,'* confesses the Htrald, "oae that ieeda to be carefully restricted. Moet of our publlo schools already attempt far too muoh, aad the result is that instead of turning out graduates thoroughly well drilled in the rudiments of English education in too many instances are contributions to swell tho tide I of mediocrity by attempting to givo instruction in too many branches. Thor ough work in tho ossentials first and after that the extras, if there is time and money for thsin, should bo the aim of publio school work-" ^ ALLIANCE COLUMN. Interesting Alliance Politics From the West. Tho Kansas Senate Announces Itself the Defender of the State's Honor. Topkka, Kan.,?The House has passed a compromise bill appropriating $00,000 for the aid of destitute settlers in the Western counties of Kansas. The Senate has agreed to .concur in the bill. The money to l?c used for the purchase of seed grain in the counties where the crops last year were destroyed by drought. Tho following resolution has been passed iu the Senate t # Whereas, the passage of the House bill commonly called the IClder tux bill and others of like character by the House of Representatives of this Stato has .caused great apprehension and distrust among the holders of Kansas securities, and is, as we believe, doing the people of thia State great and irreparable injury by causing the withdrawal of all foreign capital from our State, thereby rendering it impossible for the debtor class of our people to renew their mortgages or even pay their interest accruing thereon; therefore be it Jiceolted, That it is the sense of this Senate that no wild or visionary measure, calculated in its thrture or by its provisions to injuriously affect the people of this State or the credit of the same, can or shall pass this body. The House, in Committee of the Whole, has recommended the passage of Senator Richtcr's Alien Lana Ownership bill. The measure is a most stringent one, and [trovides that aliens who now own land u the State must dispose of it in ten years under jtenulty of forfeiture to th? State. Aliens who acauire by inheritance or in satisfaction of debt must sell il within five years from tho time of secur ing title. Corporations, 20 per cent, ol whose stock is owned by alien*, are pro hibited from owning over ff,000 acres o! land. farmers alliance notes. The National organizer of the Fanners Alliance is now in Oregon, and he sendi word that tho wheat raisers there an flocking to the Alliance standard. The Kansas Alliance leader, wh< lately hoisted the name of ex-Senatoi Ilngalls as the Alliance candidate foi President. has nnt vet met nritti ani encouragement. The Alliance in the State of Washing ton, which held a convention lately, took no action in behalf of a third party, bu favored the establishment of produce ex 1 iwnuinftmi laimafeVjis ni'wiu uuwwui Farmers' Alliance Exchange held a con vention at Birmingham, Ala. Meas ures were adopted regarding the liand ling of this year's cotton crop and thi establishment of a cotton tie factory, anc other business of a practical kind wa transacted. Several brunches of the Farmers' Alii auco have recently beeu organized in New Hampshire. The charge that Senator Chandler has been coquetting with the Alliance is the subject of a great deal of speculation in both parties in th< State. The Boston Ilernld has obtained interviews regarding the Farmers' Alliance from a large munber of the Old Grangers of Massachusetts. Nearly every one ol them says that the Alliance cannot find favor in the New Eugland States. According to the Secretary of the Minnesota Alliance, there are over 50,000 members of the organization in that State; and both of the political parties are afraid of itspowcr. The leaders of the Kansas Allianco arc preparing for tho local elections next month. Tho women are even more active in the political field than they were last year. The Nationalists of Rhode Island, who are anxious to join forces with the Farmers' Alliance, have nominated a full State ticket for tho spring elections on a Socialistic platform. The candidate for Governor is an engineer, the candidato for Lieutenant-Governor is a newsdealer, and the other candidates are mechanics or shopkeepers. The New Nation says: "To the Nationalists of Rhode Island has been reserved the distinction of bringing out the first full-fledged party ticket." a* ~e ii txr?x-? * duiiiu ui iiiu western iarmcrs are nnving hard luck. The following pathetic announcement is made in the news columns of a Nebraska paper: "John Thompson's dogs are all dead but twelfb." a Ha Kntw JCtmpkU. Tie was a backwoods Tennesseean seeing Washington last week, says the Star, with an official friend, and the last night they did "Cleopatra" as presented by Mrs. Bernhardt. lie was greatly impressed by the performance, and in that scene where tho Egyntain Queen sits upon the terrace overlooking Memphis, his enthusiasm bubbled over. "Moonshine and Molasses!" he ejaculated in a whirring whisper; "ain't that a socker from the headwaters? What is it anyhow?" # "It's Memphis." Whispered the official, holding him down. "Come off," he said, after a moment's reflection, "it ain't. They don't talk French in Memphis. I sold a car load of mules down there last fall." Great Confederate Gathering. United States Senator Walthall and Kx-Governor Lowry will deliver oration* at the unveiling of the Confederate monument in Jackson, Miss., on June 8rd. Governor I A) wry will, it is understood, offer a tribute to tho 1 to Jefferson Davis, while Gen. Walthall will speak of the Confederate cause. It is expected to be the greatest demonstration of Kx-Confedcratea in Mississippi aince the war, and preparations for the event are projected on a big scale. fMHing Weather in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., |Special.]?The mercury here Saturday night went down to the freezing point and materially damaged tender vegetation of all kiudis. MX... * SOUTHERN STATE NEWS. ' Southern Men And Measures Paragraphed. Newsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points In Our Own and Adjoining States. VIRGINIA. The Y. M. C. A. of Danville hns elected J. L. Atlee, Jr., of Portsmouth, their secretary. The body of a man was found in Patrick county Tuesday horribly mangled.^ Tho name of the North Danville Pre#-"" bytcrinn church is changed to Shclton Memorial church, in honor of the late W. N. Shelton, who made large dona tions to its building fund. Mayor Yancey, of Lynchburg, sent three smnll boys to the prison reform, near Richmond, Tuesday. Tlid formal opening of of the Roanoke & Southern Railroad from Winstou-Sa1cm, N. G.. to Martinsville. Vs., was celebrated by the people of Martinsville on April 15th. A negro who has a white wife in Roani okc, says the Richmond Time, is wanted for the murder of a colored woman who was legally married to liiin. The white wife hns been arrested, i Lyon C. Tyler, of William and Mary's College, has bccu selected as Virginia's member of the pan-American congress in Washington. The much-talkcd-of fight between J Bill Nally, of Wrtshingtou, and Walter 1 Campbell, of Philadelphia, took place at 1 Alexandria Wednesday night. Contra' ry to all expectations it was a glove fight ' of ten rounds for a purse $100 to the vie' tor and $35 to the vanquished. Camp' bell knocked out his opponent in ten ' rounds. It took place on the st go of the Opera House in the presence of about ' five hundred spectators, and was uuA l-4~.ll.. -l.~ 1 ?~1 1 A! ? uuuuicuij iuu must uruuu mm uiHgnu'Cful affair that lias ever taken place in , Alexandria. I NORTH CAROLINA. ? Dirt lias been broken for the new Union depot at Raleigh. * Rev. C. R. Woods, D. D., of Missouri r will preach the Baccaluhreafe sermon r at Trinity College this year. The electric street care will be ruuning in Charlotte in a few weeks. The old ' liorse car tracks liavo all been replaced ^ with full equipment for tho electric system. ? , ?nnTM J"' mi. ri,. ?jym * *jd QtytM] The Catawba Yalley Masonic Lodge, of Morganton, is to be revived. The first train on the Yadkin railroad b entered Albemarle, the county scat of 1 Stanley, on Saturday last, and John R. j Drake was the only passenger. The 231st law passed by the recent Legislature, allows a person, after i ten days' notice at court house, to apply ; to clerk to change his name?can only j bo changed once. fc A new land company, composed of > Maj. L. A Burke, of Aberdeen, S. D. Prof. Carr and S. S. Brown,of Grccusboro, has been organized, and is buying up s land around Stutcsville. Just what use i they will make of it is not yet known, f Several large capitalists from New 1 York and Ohio have just purcliusod 1.200 acres of land in the "Southern Pines," near Raleigh, on which they will plant nO,000 peach aud 5,000 pear trees. ; About 350 acres arc now being cleared to i begin the planting. BftTi? Mioxixirav- ? ! Rev. Peter Goldsmith and wife, left ? Greeuville, Saturday for Guadalajara, 1 Mexico, as a IJaptist Missionary. The Charleston Port Society celebrated its 09th anniversary in Grace church 1 Sunday. Two infants were cremated alive near Grecnvil le, Wednesday, while their par' ents were out in the fields. 1 The aggrcga tc earnings of all South | Carolina railroads for February were | $971,000.48, an increase of $06,907.81 over the sume in ontli of lust year. The diamond ring to be awarded to the lady who sold the greatest number of tickets for the "Fall of Babylon," at Columbia, was won by Miss Percival. The committee has selected Greenwood for the location of the baptist State Orphanage, which will be called "Carrie j Maxwell Orphanage," taking its name i from a daughter of ex-Testator Maxwell, j of Anderson county, who gave $40,000. | The town of Greenwood gives $2,200. Charles Boyd, of Atlanta, who went to Charleston about two weeks ago, and started a watch club, was raided and fined $20 Tuesday for carrying on a game of chance. The local jewelers got wind of his game, and forced the police to arrest him. Boyd says he has a jeweler's license, and will go on with his business. A reward of $1 ,000 is offered for the capture of a white man and two negroes and tho recovery of $1,050 they stole from James Gardner, employed by tho Brewer Mining Company, while he was returning from tho town of Kershaw to the mine, lust week. TENNESSEE. J. W. Taylor, of Omaha, Neb., haa purchased a 1,210 acre tract of mangencee --- U.J 1? W wn huiu iu rvuync county. ICaude Scolea, tho daughter of a prosperous merchant of Hamilton county, was drowned in Sale creek. She was rescued in ten minutes, but couldn't be resuscitated. New York, Ronton and other parties have purchased tho Rellevue and Highland additions, at Johnston City, of 60 acres for $76,000. The county court and city council, of Chattanooga, each appropriated $500 to entertain President Harrison during his top there. The Stivers planing mill, near the E. T. V. & G. railroad bridge, Chattanooga, was burned to tho ground, Wednesday; loss, $10,000. A wonderful freak of nature took place ?I? ? f?-? *? ont|fc/ann of David Stokley, at New- | poWTTfew days ago. A cow gnvo birtii ! to n oalf with two well-developed heads, but the calf was dead when found. The Tl hide was taken off and will be preserved. "The northern paper* are making merry at the expense of Governor Buubaiian, of jj Tennessee, who pardoued a man in the penitentiary, only to find out later that the fellow had forged his petition, signatures and all. There is nothing funny al>out it. The prisinor acted like a bold, bad man, and should feel thoroughly ashamed of himself. 0| Toof, MeGowan & Co., a prominent firm of wholesale grocers and cottou fac- ^ tors in Memphis, made an assignment j) last week. Liabilities are $197,000, assets, $875,000. Gov. "Buffrlr*1"1 has received a letter _ SggHt in Washington to collect the fund coining to Tennessee under the act refunding the direct tax, in which he states that ho has found all the assessment and sales books and other records except the stub Teceipt books. He ia having the records copied. GEORGIA. The citizens of LaFayette have decided to build a fine academy and to sturt up a first-class school. The Compress Company of Washington declared a dividend of 20 per cent, for the year past. The capital is $20,000. In Augusta the society people nrc in a flutter of excitement over the claim for the estate of an old hnrgess-mnker, amounting to about $2,500, brought by v the famous 11 argons family, of New v York. The estate was about tp be turn- * ru over to tne county, having been uu- 11 claimed for twenty years. h The farmer* TITlHe vicinity of Abbeville have restricted their acreago of cotton this year, and have correspondingly increased their acreage of grain and other crops. The wisdom of this course will be manifested when the crops are gathercd and marketed. II. C. Odom, of Leesburg, " who was I possibly the largest merchant in the coun- f ty, was closed by the sheriff under mort- j gages amounting $35,000. t The stock yards in Augusta now have t to go. The law is in effect, and the v board of hcnlth is going to have the law enforced to the lettter. I The Presbyterians of Cedartown have about finished their elegant $8,000 c church, and have called for their pastor, N He v. John Knox, of Kentucky. Niue prisoners cut their way through the roof of the Fulton oounty jail Wed- ? ncflday night, aud for more ^than^half B Bishop Qilmour, who has been very T ill at St. Augustine, and whose life was ' despaired of, began to rally Sunday and ' continues to improve. 1 Hon. E. S. Crell, ex-state treasurer, ( was elected mayor, of the Palatka, Tues- t day on the democratic ticket. ( The Florida Palmetto Brush company I has been organised at St. Augustine with n a capital of *10,000 to manufacture brush- f cs from the palmetto root on a larger l scale than heretofore. t The Tampa National Bauk has beer. 1 cliartcred to succeed the Commercial Bauk at Tampa. ThrfNorth Beach Railway Cp. at St. J Augustine has applied for a franchise j, to operate a street railway by steam pow- ^ cr- - o The white squadron sailed from Tampa lur ilBmnwi ^ir-- \ ^ ? "j A Northern parT<ftT\rfK?rect an ice foe- I tory at Fernandina at a cost of $10,000. ti L. II. Davis, of New Jersey; A. R. ^ Swoope, J. M. Bryan and others' have in- * corpornted the Delta Canal Co. to eon- c struct a canal from Lake Apopka to T J.akc Uriflin in Lake county,. The cap- v ital stock is $50,000. p Reliable telegrams received from ? Gainesville, state that tins Florida crop of 11 beans and cucumbers will bo very short, e as a result of the frosts. Savannah truck- ? era will replant those articles heavily to meet the deficiency. ft The following are the officers of tlio ? Htntn I..W *> *>?>? ? M.xiv uv$i?iniiiii;.-<ivu MM, liruwn, ney \ West, president of the senate, and I)r. J. 8. Gaskin, of Starke, speaker of the C( house; C. N. Finluy, of Lake City, secretary of the senate, and Dr. William For- a] sythe Bynum, clerk of the house. n OTHER STATES. f< The Governor, Sfliretary of State, and Q, Attorney-General, of Mississippi, consti- Ci tuting a Board to fix the prices on certain p public State lands, have dc ennincd to ct place on sale 30,000 acres of pine lands tl which have recently been granted to the A State by the United States. The price is gt fixed at $2 per acre. Kansas City and Chicago packers have m recently purchased 80,000 head of Texas " jattle at a cost of #9,500,000, or an aver- w age of $81.25 per ?head. It will require 250 trains of 10 cars each to transport tc this stock to the packing houses. II The Rt. Rev. Thomas Brennan, the BI new Catholic Bishop of Texas, was consecreted at Erie, Pa., on Sunday. Texas is a new See,. and Bishop Brennan is its first Bishop. ? ? ? * d< A Female Miser Starve* to Death, tl N*w Yob* Ol*r. fSoeciel.l?Kate W Roach, aged 60, one of tbe characters of 114 the 4th ward, was found iu her miserable- ^ hovel, slowly djrfhg- of- ntar ration. She ol was removed to the hospital where the 111 doctors say she cannot recover. A search was made through her apartment, and amid the rags and squalor, the officer found over $2,000 In gold and bills, u. and bank books, culling for nearly $4,000 jr< moro- ?, 00 Tallow Fever on Shipboard. -? Southampton, Kso., [Cablegram.]? The British stoamcr Trent, from Brazilian Crts and the River Platte, his arrived re and been placed in quarantine. During the passage from Brazil four f( deaths from yellow fever occurred on board the Trent. The steamship's mails tl had not yet been landed, o, BARNUM IS NO MOfiE.' be Great Showman, After a Long And Useful Life, ies at Hia Home in Bridgeport, After Three Month's Illness?His Travels in the South Bofore T h o War. BmnoEronT, Conn., [Special.]?Tin rent showman, P. T. ilarnum, passer way at 6:22 o'clock in the evening, ii 10 presence of his grief-stricken family, 'uring the period of Mr. Barnum's in W P. T. U A UN CM. alidism and confinement to the house rhich began twenty-one weeks ago las 'riday; there have been frequent fluctua ions in his condition, from each of whicl e rallied, although in each instance witl lightly lowered vitality. Air. Barnum sank into comatose condl ion, from which it was evident thn here would be little hope of his ngai eturniug to consciousness. When th nd finally came, it was peaceful, and t ,11 appearances, painless. The physicians sav that Mr. Barnut tad no organic disease, whatever, the cr ecbled heart action which had been aji tarent for the past few months being du o the gradual failure of his general men al powers, resulting from old age. H vns above eighty. Phineas Taylor Rarnnm was boru a lethel, Conn., July 5th, 1810. After clerking awhile, he opened :ouutry store, and made money out c arious lottery schemes. In 1829 he bt ante the editor of The Danbury Heral tf Freedom. Moving to New York in 18114, he pui based Joyce Heath, an aged colored wc nan, for "?1 ,000, and exhibited her a leorge Washington's nurse. He mad ^Wltnmis company, some time durin he thirties, he traveled southward i vagons. At thiit time there was no mi oads, and few tow us in north Cleorgit following the old Indian roads throng Icorgia, he entered Alabama, on his wti o Montgomery. One man in the eon >any was very eager to get into a ro vith the Iudians, and his blood-thirst alk made Barnum resolve to test li tourage. The showman took a few men )ers of the company into his conlidenct md at a given signal they dashed ot rom the woods in all the glory of re taint, feathers and blankets, brandishiit heir tomahnwks and yelling like mad neu. Just as Barnum expected, the man wh ras hunting for a fight put spurs to th torse and tied at lightning speed in th lirection of Montgomery. He was final y overtaken, but the adventure mortitict lim so much that he embraced an earl; pportunity of leaving the compauy. At one place on his southern trip, Ttai turn came near losing his life. He ha tlacked his face, and was taking a negr ainstrel part iu the performance, whe te heard a quarrel at the door of th ent. Forgetting his black face, he wen ut and endeavored to quiet a drunke vhite man who was trying to force hi ray in. The stranger at once drew hi tistol, swearing that "no d?d nigger hould talk to him in that style. Notli ag but presence of iniud and a promp xplanatiou of the situation saved th ranagcr, and after thnt when he blacket is face, lie was careful not to forget hi ssumea character. He discovered Tom Thumb and start d him through Europe, meeting Queei 'ictoria, and other crowned heads. Later lie brought Jenny Lind to tlii ouutry, and made a fortune out of her He failed in business many times, bu Iways picked himself up again. Hi luseum inflow York, and his circus, an imous all over the world. He was a staunch republican, and wai ace defeated for congress in Connecti at. During the first Cleveland cam aign, he offered to sell out his Connecti at property at 25 cents on the dollar, i ie democratic candidate was elected fter the election, he was challenged t< and by his promise, but he backed out Ilis books, 4'The Life of P. T. Bar inn," "Struggles and Triumphs," ant The Humbugs of the World," have beei idely read. Mr. Barnum frequently lecturer! or mpernnec and other popular subjects o was always a moral man, kind-hearted id charitable, and many of the greatest ien of the country were his intimate lends. Several times during his carcei 8 was forced to begin life anew without dollar, but people felt so much confl race in his integrity and ability, that ley were always glad to help hira. Had Is energies been directed in other chan ?ls he would have dbtinguished him ilf in more useful and reputable walk? ' life. As it is, lie made himself tht rince of showmen. Ben Butler Oeta $900,000. Washikoton, D. C.?General B. P. itler, of Massachusetts, has received )in tho United States treasury |200,0 for property owned by him at th? rner of New Jersey avenue and ? reefs, Washington. April 0now in Alabama. Birmingham. Ai.a., [Special.}?Snov ill here and nli over North Alahaiut unday. The fall wus slight, but it wni in first April snow in this vicinity it rer 40 yeras. THREE BRITISH SYNDICATES. J Buying: Up Largo P.r.j. . Lies in tho . South for Is . _ **-nt. Bm.timokk, Mr.. |?This week's Manufacturer- I publisher extracts from a letter ot an bullish cor- ^ respondent holding very intiinatu relations to iron and steel and linancial circles of Great Britain, which states that the British company which has purchased property in Sequatchie valley, Kast | Tennessee, has ?*250,000 capital and is the strongest English directory yet orgau1 ized for operations in the south. ?' The American representatives are John ' II. Iuman, John G Calhoun and General . Chamberlain, of the Southern Iron Com- V pany, of Chattanooga. 1 I? ?ini tmW ?U acnt British expert to examine 100,< 00 c acres of timber, coal and iron and fireclay v lands on Licking river, in Kentucky, % >vhich wib be purchased and developed ' if the expert's report is satisfactory. A third syndi'ate, with a capital stock ! of ?1,100,000, is being organized to make extensive purchases in the south, for which ' negotiations nrc now in progress. This company is to secure its property in time 1 to begin work next autumn. The same writer says that the recent rumors that the *' British syndicate behind the Kimball town company of Tennessee has purchas- c cd also the properties of the Tennessee 1 Coal, Iron and HaihoadCompany, in that ^ stale, and will unite all its acquisitions under one management, are correct. This ! reported purchase does not include the Alabama properties of the Tennessee t Coal, Iron and Itailroad Company. ; VIEW OYSTER FIELDS. l 1 . v Governors of Maryland, and Virginia to Inspect Them. 1 n Richmond, Va.. (Special.]?Governor c McKinncy leceived a letter from Com0 innnder Joseph B. Seth, of the Maryland J state fishery force,which reads: "Governor n Jackson wishes mc to cooler with you and arrange a time when you can give us a day or two to look over pur oyster c lields. lie would like a time between t_ the 15th of April and the 13tll of May, e but will accept your convenience." "Governor McKinncy's private scerc- j j <ary, Mr. McLeod, replied: "1 am instructed by Governor McKinncy to nca knowledge the receipt of your conimunication of the Hist nit., and say in reply that he wili^ie glad to go over ihc oyster Lj lields with Governor Jackson and your- ( self, and have a full and free conference with you and him on the Oyster question, and thinks it may result in good to g both States. ' you at'any tunc and place you m:\y dcsig? onto." A 'thoroughbred Don Junn. i. 1, PAitKKRsnuua, W. Vv., [Special.] ? \y Oliver Deacon, a well-known society young man of Tom's Creek neighborhood, vv < 'ubei county, lias made a reputation as a v Don Juan, lie deceived a young woman jc 'lamed Hash under promise of marriage, and ollieers were sent after him, but lie , made his escape into Kentucky, lie was ,( to have married Miss Hash 011 March 20. j it now appears that the Hash girl is not 1 ,r -.lie only one interested in Deacon's |. whereabouts. There are no fewer than 1 .dghtcen young and handsome women in 1 0 the same neighborhood to whom Deacon * e was engaged on the date lixed for his ' e wedding with Miss Hash. People in . Cabcl county threatened to hang Deacon, 1 but he evidently considers himself safe, y as he has written a friend that "they 1 don't hang gentlemen in Kentucky." Galveston Will Honor tho President. 0 Galveston, Texas, (Special.]?Mayor ! n Fulton sent a message to the City Coun- , e oil sayi g that President Harrison, ac- , it companied by a distinguished party, j u would arrive here on April IS, and res main two days. Inasmuch as this would s he the first time in the history of the " State and the city for the Chief Mngis1 tratc of the nation to honor Texas ntnl t Galveston by a visit, lie suggested that e the Council take such action as was ncc1 cssary to accord to the party a reception s commensurate with the dignity of the ' occasion. Preliminary steps are now be- i ing taken, and the Presidential party , a will he received cordially* 1 g Death of Sister Mary Stanislaus. Charleston, S. C., [Special. (--Sister ! t Mary Stanislaus, known in the world as 1 b Miss Catherine Coventry, and one of the | 9 oldest sisters in the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, died at the advanced age of i ciglity-one years. She took the veil in 1816. She was the lender of the band of sisters who left here at tlie opening of linatilitSoa oswl coi-o.wl ^1.. - * I? . Wiviiivivc, mm Willing I UU t'lllIIU f confederate war in the hospitals of Virginia. She was u devoted adherent to > the lost cause. Pool Sellers t; Test a New Law. i 1 Nasiivii.i.k, Thnn., (Special.]?It is i understood that men who have heretofore conducted pool rooms in this city ! i will open a room on the Memphis races ' and endeavor to make hooks, the object I being to test the constitutionality of the I net recently passed by the Ucncrul As- J s senibly, confining all betting on races to r the tracks on which the races are in 1 t progress. The old law gives the pool A men the right to open books at any place * t on races run in the State, but the new f I law gives them no such right. Bids for Government Building' 8ites. i Washington, D. 0., [Special.]-Bids I . were opened at the Treasury department < ior sites upon which to erect public 1 buildings in the following cities: Herds- < villo, N. O.; Meridian, Miss.; Home, i On.; Stannhyi, Y?., and Norfolk, Ya. J A number of sites were offered for sale 1 ! to the government nt each place. A i special agent will he sent to each city to < examine the sites offered. ' Negro Admitted to the Bar. Satannaii, Ga., [Special.]?For the ' flint timo in the history of Havannalr a 1 f negro was admitted to practice nt the bar I i after passing a most rigid examination. f ! lie is John if. Kincle, of Virginia. A ' ! leading member of the liar, prominent iu 1 social life, advocated his admission. ^ GOV. FOWLE IS DEAD, ind Thomas M. Holt Is Governor of N. C. Now. >ied Suddenly at Raloigh.?Appoplexy Supposed to be the Cause. Raleioit, N. C., [Special.]?Governor 'owle died suddenly Tuesday night. He had been nt home slightly indisposil for two days but was not supposed to a he seriously sick. At night he helped his younger chilrcn with their lessons as usual and reircd. vas not feeling well and* expected she vould have to sit up with him. Ilia laughter Helen then went into his room, md in a fctt minutes he said, "I'm faintng." She hastened to dampen a towel, >ut before she could do so he had cxtircd. She ran for a doctor, and other loetors were summoned, but he was al cady dead. His death was probably caused from ippoplcxy. He was GO years old. The capitol, public buildings and excutivc mansion are draped in mourning ind Raleigh is a city of sadness. Lieut. Governor Holt was telegraphed or and arrived on the noon train \Vcdlesdav, and took the oath of office as iovcrnor of North Carolina. Just after noon the body of the late Governor was taken from the stately new nansion, in a parlor in which it had been tlaced in the early morning, to the capitol, tscorted by flic Governor's Guards and listinguished people. The streets and cnpitgl squares were hronged with people. Tlve casket was placed in a catafalque in the rotunda and guard was at once mounted. A stream >f people began to pnr through tho building, each person looking at tho ?1milinr face. The rotunda was heavily drape* in black and white, in bands and festoons. Scores of telegrams of condolence from this and other states poured in. News was received here that several cities and towns would hold memorial services in honor of the dead Governor. Seceretary of State Coke received the following telegram from Gov. Philip \V. McKinncy, of Virginia, "For myself md people of Virginia, I desire to express inj deep regret at the !oss which North Carolina has just sustained in the death if her distinguished governor. Pleaso onvcy my personal sympathy and condolence to his family." . I. Btf" ? I Mil ^ V by an ingnpase number of people. Various civiiim^MQ^H^MMucanoQa rom an purls or the shitto 4 Order of formation of procession: Adjutant General Glenn and governor's StalT, military escort under command brigadier General John W. Cotton, hearse, family and intimate friends, Gov. llolt and state officers, justices of the supreme court, members of the legislature, ollicers of the state institutions, municipal oflieers,Grand Lodge and the subordinate lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, lire departments, eitf/ens. The following honorary pall bearers: Thomas J. Jar vis, M. Vv. Hansom, ('has. M. Busbcc, Thos. S. Kccnan, E. (?. Kcade, Augustus S. Seynour, Kemp 1*. Hattle, Thos. J. Jernigan, Fames C. MeRae, 11. F. Park, James Mc[vee, A. II. Andrews. MR. IN M AN HAS CONTROL. The Annual Election of the Tennes* see Coal and Iron Company. Tracy City, Tknn., [Special.]?The Annual meeting of the stockholders of he Tennessee Coal, Jrou and Railroad Company was held here, nud resulted in ihe election of almost an entirely new board of directors. John If. In man's friends held a majority of the stock by proxy and otherwise, with the result that ihe old board named by William Duncan was retired. The following are the d rectors elected: John II. Inmau, Thomis C. Piatt, C'. C. Baldwin, W. C. Shel:lon, James Stillman, F. T. Brown, fames T. Woodward, Samuel Thomas mil A. II. Board man, of New York; rhoinas Barrett, Napoleon llill and Enoch Fry, of Memphis; Nat Baxter, Jr., md A. M. Shook, of Nashville, and T. 1*. Ilillman, of Birmingham. The dirccuPS met fur iimiini'ifiliiin A.iril t.p.lli m Vow York, inid Nat Maxtor, Jr., was leotcd president, which otlioo ho tilled >efore, when Inman was in control. Small Grace for Hawkins. Washington, Y>. V.?John Hawkins, wlio embezzled $T20 in money orders from the postoHiee at Newberry, S. G\, will liave to serve all but one month of his imprisonment. The President, in noting upon I lawkin's appeal for a pardon, made the following endorsement upon the back of the application: "In consideration of the fact thnt Hawkins had served one month in jail iftcr sentence,his term of imprisonment is commuted to fourteen months." % The original sentence was fifteen nonths and a fine of one hundred dolars. Attorney General Miller declined o recommend Executive clemency. An ippeal was made to show that Hawkins -van an illiterate man, not familiar with he law and was led to do wrong to aslist hia large family. So Soya the Leader of the 400. "The Prince of Wales," said Ward KcAUiater the other day, "ia the best lreased woman in the world. I don't >elicvc that she ever wears the same lrcss twice, and she has her hair dressed n Paris every day. She wears false hair, fou know, and she sends her wigs over to Paris daily. While one wig is going reross the Channel to Prance to l>e dreasthe other is coming to London. Beating the Half-mile Record. Mobile, Ala.?The world's half-milo valking record luis been broken here by lonry (J. Klink, Jr., the present chumlion ono milc walker of tho world. Klink lid the half-mile in 2 minutes and 55 sec nds on a sandy track, fivo laiis to tho inlf-mile. The record for hslf a rnilo TU3 formerly 3 minutes 12-4 sconds.