Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H^BMMBE * IP -PHHI S JF**-*' .H'f'fiP. :a| IP*" ?-yfZ-r J$ Hp k ^y, ?* ^ ^^BaTS|KLl^Bi UHI9M TIMES. fefclM all 111 /V?M*? ??d O* cw?a JVmm / *A# 2W the bene of numbers carried is very ? - greatly in taror of the electric and cable roads and against the horse car lines. The Chicago Herald maintains that the buffalo are in no danger of becoming an extinct species. Since they have been placed under protection of Government troops they have been increasing. The lYtle King of Spain very much dislikes being seated upon the throne at State ceremonials, lie tries to olimb down, and on one occasion declared, with tears, that he would rather sit on his mother's lap. 'Tldslijp^Ubg fanciers have" fully haff a" ' million dollars invested in rare dog flesh. . Th*> dogs in the Hillside Kennels, at Lancaster, Maw., are valued at $100,000, and those at the Melrose Keunela are worth $75,000. [ It is said that Mrs. Kyle, wife of thi ^ ' Alliance Senator from South Dakota, fell overpowering confidence during the cin nn that her husband would be electld, and whenever he talked of declining tht nomination she insisted that he would yield aud.v win. This, confesses th? Boston _ . brings woman'i Intuition into play in politics in a new and admirable way. Says Iho Washington fost: OTLo ? careless and apparently indiscriminate manner with-which the courts of to-day destroy the wills of rich men,-documents that embody the purpose and object of a lifetime of toil, has become one W -of the notablo and notorious abuses of the day, aud against this evil there is risv. ing a vigorous demand for rectifiShtion and reform." The Atlauta Constitution gives these ominous facts: Italy has tcu ironclads, five steel warships, and two wooden warships, all of the first class; tweuty-one war vessels of the second-class, twentyseven of third-class, fifty ocean lorpedo vessels, sixty torpedo boats of various classes, twcnty-thrcc ironclads for coast defense?in all a navy f 258 vesse'ts, y r&ilmeut at very high speeds would | be best secured by very slightly curving the line of road just sufficiently to cause the flanges of the wheels to bear constantly against one side. With that construction he considers that any possible speed that could be got from electric motors, say up to 200 miles au hour, would be perfectly safo. The Atlanta Constitution remarks: First-class type-written- copy is hailed with pleasure in newspapers and magazine offices, but very little of it is first class. It is a positive relief to get a manuscript legibiy written oAwhite paper in good black ink, with a pen that makes a broad stroke. The troublo with many writers is that thej use a pen with -?* tCHne* point, and write a haTf-l!n8 scrawl that is hard to read. It is possible to make written copy as plain as print, and i r'nis is wnat every writer should do. I "King Cotton must be surely losing ihis grip on the South," exclaims the Washington Star, "when cotton States like Georgia embark in the culture of tobacco. In old times, bofore Cotton was frowned King Tobacco's reign was over ^ a smaller territory than at present, and it was a sway finally detrimental tc tho whole region, for it left tho lands of Maryland and Virginia very nearly worn out. The change may bo good for Georgia for a short season. What is wanted in the South is variety of crops and the shifting of crops on the same farm from field to Gold from year to year so as to prevent the soil from becoming exhausted." There arc a large number of words which, until recently, have escaped the attention of le: cograpliers. In tho text of the Eneyclc redia Britunnica there are 10,000 words which have never been \ formerly entered and detiued in any dic!/ tionary. In the Century Dictionary thcro are 70,000 words found in no other. This fact shows tho unrealized wealth of the English language. It takes a , child several years to acquire 1000 words. The average illiterate person never uses more than from 1000 to 2000 words. Intelligent persons, even those engaged in tho learned professions, do not make use of moro than from 6000 to 8000 words all told, although there are properly belonging to the English language over 225,000. The Shakespearean standard was less than 2500 words, not COuu ting those tnat are compounded and nypnenaieu. nowever, ine lamous wnt?r or authority of to-day, whether ho uses words to express nico shades of meaning or as technical tools of thought in his own department, must have at his command a vocabulary of from 30,000 to 40,000 words, the latter being tho maximum acquired by an^ mffti now living. , i - I iHT-i 1 I m ~ i SOUTHERN STATE NEW8. Soithern Hen Aid Measures Paragraphed. Newsy Chit-Chat and Telegraphic Dispatches From Many Points In Our Own and Adjoining States. VIRGINIA. The Farmers' Alliance of Albemarle county is rapidly growing. The North Side viuduct, at Richmond, i connecting the city with Chestnut Hill, was opened with great ceremony. The criminals in the Amherst jail have , been taken to Ljrnch^rg^for^ja^cJcee^ ^ Four thieves were arrested near Dau- 1 ville, Thursday, all charged with arson, < theft, and poisoning. 1 Final anaugemcuts have been made 1 for the erection of the glass works plant at Buena Vista. The Virginia Pyrites Mining Co. has been incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000 to develop pyrite mines in Louisa county, manufacture sulphuric acid, soda, etc. Sutherland & Asliworth have purchased the Swan coal land of 100,000 acres in Wise and Dickinson counties, aud will develop same. Dr. E. H. Smith died at Richmond, Wednesday night. He was known < throughout the south as the surgeon of Chimborazo hospital there, during the war. He was consul to Naples under the j administration of Presidents Garfield and i Arthur. ] NORTH CAROLINA. In 1800 dhaitotte contained 65 free { Eersons and 59 slaves. It had a court ouse aud a jail. In 1792 Wilmington had about 1,100 inhabitants, accordiug to Gen. George Washington's diary or itinerary. Ground was broken at Winston Wed- 1 ncsday for the new $100,000 hotel to l?e erected there. It is reported that Haltimore, Md., Salem. Va.. and other capitalists have pur- . chased several hundred acres of land in North Winston as site for the construe ' tion of a Bessemer steel plant. Dr. John F. Crowcll, president ol Trinity College, was married Thursday, April 30, at Woodbury, New Jersey, to ' Miss Carrie H. Pascoe. Jas. H. South- ' gate, of Durham, was groomsman. The machine s^ops of the Raleigh & ( Gaston Railroad Co. will be moved from , Raleigh to some point farther south, it , The Savings bank of Barnwell, capital j $85,000, has been organized. The Central Hotel,_which was burned a few weeks ago at Florence, is being rebuilt. Tl? r<.,w,i;..<. B-:I?...n.?: m .IV icWiiii* viuyuun mj autliui Ities have placed the tug Lila oh the Coop- , er River for the accomfuoda^jon of truck farmers on the islands ahfl matajand. Another tug is run on the Ashley River. , McCorinich, Abbeviflo comRj, owes its name to Cyrus H. McConfluifc, the , fan' ous inventor of agricultural machinery, who, after hejfecquii'ed his fortune,hough! ' in 1868 a gold mine and 1,300 acfts of land where now this town stands. The gardens of Magnolia,up the Ashley river, near Charleston, are justly famous as one of the iposfc charming resorts in the world. These gardens are visited by thousands of people. There can be seen the finest collections of flowers in the wnrldj the chief attraction being the gorgeousAzaleas. The number of"applicants for admisoiuu to Clemson College is increasing very r??>idiy Sccrcta.j Tiuual received a letter in which the information is given that the roll is now 410. , . TENNESSEE. Knoxvillc will vote on June 16 whether to issue $500,000 bonds for sewerage and streets. John Cruze, a prosperous farmer living near Knoxville, was instantly killed by lightning Thursday. Perry Durham, of Franklin county,has had in the last tive years. 12 illicit* disa~..I 1 .> ... v.iia iKBiiujvu iiv iue government. Tliougb arrested he has always escaped. Wednesday he was convicted and sen- 1 tenccd to prison at Columbus. Ohio. The state board of dental examines, provided for in the act regulating the , practice of dentistry, was appointed by Governor Buchanan, as follows: Dr. J. Y. Crawford, Nashville, three-year term: Dr. K. B. Lcc, Nashville, two years Pi. J. L. Newborn, Memphis, three ycarst Dr. T. W. Arlington, Memphis, one year\ I)r. T. A. Shotwcll, Kogersville, one year; Dr. 8. B. Cook, Chattanooga twe years. Two bridges in Shelby county,one over Loosa Ifatchie river near Memphis at $5,350, the other on Liverinore avenue, in the suburbs of Memphis, at $1,535. GEORGIA. David Keuipner, manager of the National Hotel, Atlanta, is dead in that city. He was also a musician of ability. Colonel L. F. Livingston is just from ' Oglethorpe county, where a big meeting of Allianeemen lias been held. A now theatre is being built on Edge- 1 wood Avenue, Atlanta. 1,400 will be 1 the seating capacity. j Wiley Miller, a freight conductor, fell , under the cars near Cochran, and was In- , stantly killed^^^^ j The* singing invention of norlfcwest I Georgia will meet in LaFnyctte on fiatur- < day lieforc the third Sunday in May, und i will hold a two days' session. i The Sumter County Alliance Co-opcr- ' ativc Association is reported as to erect a fertilizer factory. FLORIDA. Between Lake Jlnr;is and Lake Min- 1 nchalin, there aic about tifteen bundled i acres of very tine tomatoes, from which t shipments are being made daily. I The Itcv. II. ('. Column, of Louisville, ? Ky.. was at Biooksvillc Saturday lertur- ^ ing to the Free Masons uu "Masonry in f ti e Holy Lftfld." 8 Griffin & Brice will build a railroad fiom Lakeland to the Alalia phosphate fields. The Methodists are preparing to erect < a $15,060 church at Tallansssee. The Polk County Alliance will establish a bank at Tampa. j The St. Augustiue Guards hare *c- 1 reived won!, indirectly, that Governor t Fleming lias decided to call a state en- 6 caiupment of the Florida state troops in July, and that the north beach has been t decided upon a* the place of rendezvous, a Last year an effort was made to have a ? date encampment, but the governor de- ? inded against it, us there were no ti funds. c OTHER STATES. 8 In his snecclAk. Birmingham, Pioai- 01 but, as yet you are spinning in the South '* unly 8 per cent, of it. Why not, with the .. help wc will give you in New England anil the North, snin nil of it?" x Gen. Albert Pike's successor as the ^ highest ?liguitary among the Free Masons in this country is Dr. James Cunningham {( Bntchclor, of New Orleans. Death of Major Peyton Randolph. l> cl Washington, D. C., [Special. J?Major Peyton Randolph, an old citizen of ^ Richmond, and who has many friends y and relatives in that city, died at his c| residence on Iowa circle, Thursday. g He had becu suffering for months with ^ heart disease, and since February was contied to his house. -As is usual with tj heart trouble, Major Randolph's condi- Cl tion fluctuated. At times he seem to gj rally and his family grew hopeful, but these; recuperative symptoms would be ^ follo\vcd by sinking spells. L Majar Raudolph suffered a severe attack of grip about a year ago, and that jj seemed to aggravate- his heart trouble. tE He remained at his post of duty as third vice-president of the Richmond and Dan- ai ville system despite his illness until the w 1st of February. For a month prior to his death the condition of Major Ran- ^ dolph had caused his family serious ^ ularm. Ilts death was quiet and U( peaceful. He was conscious until with- w iu a few moments of his death. When the summons came he was surrounded j by his family, Mrs. Randolph and five [laughters. 4ij Money in "Sang." *1 One of the queer industries of the :ouutry, about which very little is known ai outside the custom house, is the cultivation of ginseng. It is fouuu iu the of mountain regions of Georgia, North Car- a olina, Alabama and Tennessee in abun- fii dance, and only the roots of the plant lire used. These are dug up in the fall of IUMJIUIVIJ!, Una the last syllable pronounced as if it were spelled with an "a.^' The roots are dried and sold to the nearest storekeeper, aud are eventually col- Ji iecied in large quantities, sent to Cali- b fornia and Ihcncc are shipped to China, ol The Chinese attach wonderful medicinal ci properties to this article, which has an d tibominable odor and a vilainous taste, hi and they place an especial value upon al roots which has fantastic shapes. A gin- st song root bearing a fancied resemblance ei to a human shape is worth its weight in c< gold in China. tl ?? Ji The Terrible Experience of Young Men. la GRKENVU.i.r, S. C., |Special.J A party of young men trom this city went up the . Carolina, Knoxville & Western railroad 10 >u a hand car. While going down a fl steep grade tliev lost control of the car, and it b gain increasing speed until it was running at the rate of forty miles an 1 hour. They were nearing a high trestle. and fearii g it might jump the track, all 1 of the party, except one, Darned James | n Henderson down >u c mcut, and escaped with only a few j( bruises. Henderson prepared to leap, (l huug his foot over too far, when it j, caught between the crossties and jerked iiim otT. He fell on the rail just in front j of the ear. and the wheels on one side passed across his body. He was serious- j ly injured and will die. A Home For Printers. s Colorado Springs, Col., (Special, j? |( Ground was broken here for the national home for aged and indigent printers. 11 The home is the outcome of a donation n of 110,000 by () orgu Wm. Childs and A. 0 J. Orexel, of Philadelphia, to the inter- i national typographical union. Subscriptions froui printers of the United States have increased this fund sufficiently to warrant the union in erecting a building f nt a coat of $50,000. The land upon i' which the home is boiag built cocsisU * of HO acres and was donated to the print- r ers by A. A. McGooney and L. F. Mar- J tin, of this city. The structure will be 40 by 150 feet, three btorics high, with ' a 00 foot tower on each end. lted aaud- * stone quarried in the mountain of this ' vicinity will he used in the construction 1 of the home. n Pensioning Confederate Widows. J1 li Atlanta, Ga., (Special.J?In provid- a .ng a pension of one hundred dollars for j, widows of soldiers who died in the Con- j, federate service or from wounds received j( in disease contracted therein, the General Assembly of Georgia estimates that some ix hundred beneficiaries would be found >11 iiiu otitic, nut up in iiiih nine ?ne up- j. plications are about double that number. \s the law reipiires that the widow shall ? have been married while her husband ^ was in the service and shall have remain;d unmarried since his death, the oum ,j i?er of applications proves either much g Idelity to the memory of the departed y ?r such a destruction of male marriage- t, ihle material hy the war as to render impracticable ? second choice, perhaps " >oth. Raid on Kentucky Bourbon. Louisville. Ky.?Revenue agent Haw- ^ tins and a posse has returned from a noonshiuc raid through Letcher, Lestic H md I,aurel counties. They made a live mod red mile trip, captured aud destroy- *' d six stills together with 100 gallons of vhiskev, 1000 gallons of high, and .100 gallons of low wines. Fifteen ntoouhiners were arrested. C I )ur 8imr Hfllii 1W ? With Tuuia ?mtiat ttw fMidnt. El PabOj Tex., [BpeciU 1?Mexico oined the United Stale* Tuesday in donj[ honor to President Hatrieoa. The nun arrived at ?1 Paao after a run of 00 milea from San Aatoaiql A part of the rout* l*y along the picureaque Rio Grande, ancfth* President pent several hours onthf rear nlntfonn f the observation car admiring the scenry. ^As the train rjua&roujrh the sec ame out from queerSStlog hat* and azed with wonder al tM train A large ncampment of MMl railroad laborrs cheered as,MMHBijpwnt by. A ition of the Htfle UWoSmI out to -elcome the Chief Jfrecutlve. The staion building ati^tirty covered with rreaths of roses, add bouquet after bouet was handed to the Presidential pary by persona in the crowd until the latform of Ur. observation car was deep 1 sweet-smelling flowers. Two little iris presented the President with a large asket of roeee, an?T the public school bildren preseated a writeen address. The President made a few remarks and rr. Wu? a maker and Mr. Rusk also spoke 'sleta El Paso, which the inhabitants laim is the oldest town in ths United tates, had a brass-band with Mexican lusicians to greet the President. When in iruin VialiiM^ fViftm it Q nVlnolr lis morning, Mexicans and Indians nowded about tha car and nearly all 100k the President's hand. The train arrived at ?1 Paso on time, overnor Carrillo, of the Mexican State [Chihuahua; Mexican custom officers of <t border, General- McCook, of the nitdfi States, and'Tirominenv eMte?s let tna President at tne train. A detachment of the Fifth Infantry ad banava number of Mexican officers ith a military band and local organizaons formeb a procession to the court ouse, where the speaking took place, t many of \he street corners were baners in Spanish and Xnglish bearing the ords, "Kecijirocity vritn Mexico." General A.\L. Mallory made the adrcss of welcome at the courthouse. Governor CanLUo also spoke in behalf r President Dian^and several others made leeches welcoming' the President to the one 8tar State. The President mcffle ?brief response id was heartily applauded. Mrs. Harrison and number of ladies : the party visited Juarez, on the Mexim side of the riverj?here a salute was ed by Mexican artawT. A salute wai so fired on the American ride. Eastman, Ga., ^jfcycial.j?Last year ohn 11. llargrovtta^BBlled the second est farmer in thel^Hto in the number r bales j>er acM^BKbis entire cotton rop. And this proposes to rcuce his number AMbrcs to less than df of what it was last year, so that he lone, in person, carijtftoltivatc it, and ill obtain a like yi5p of cotton. lie rpects to apply seventy-five bushels of )ttou need and ttOO pounds of guano iu te drill per acre at. planting, and in aly feed 300 pounds more of guauo to ic growing plants. Mr. Hargrove's nds arc alrcaay in a high state of culvation, and, with good seasons and the ccellent tillage he will give it, we may ok for fine results. .ICHMOND'S TREASURY ROBBED. he Mayor Makea an Incriminating Report. Bicbxond, Va., [ibpeclallY?;The m?/r ?.?? QitK.nWtcd Iv a ,0iul BCMIOO OI ine ouneil his report of the investigation he ^ns made of tne offices of treasurer and uditor. He says E. Buford Grimes, who * under indictment, is guilty of frauds omiuitted through several ye-r:, that s> 11aq iicorl nxrorv r?/inPrtivnKla moans iinnipulate the records to rob the city, lis shortage, so far as discovered, is bout $2,tt00. but the mayor thiuks urther invcstigatiou will add to this hortage. He criticises severely the nose manner in which the auditor and rensurcr have conducted their departfients, saying they have completely igored all ordinances respecting their ffices. Another Bellamy Looking Backward. Normon, < >. T., April 2'J. ? George k'llainy, a young druggist of this place, i noted for his joking proclivities. Yeserday ???uuig be?joknr^v proposed narriage to Miss Emma, daughter of l)r. I. S. Cannon. She jokingly consented, >nd County Judge F. P. Case happened n and was invited to perform the eerenonv. which lie did in regulation style n the presence of several witnesses. Jpon returning to his office, the Judge nade the record of the marriage. This morning, when younjf Bellamy earned of the Judge's action, he made laste to explain to his Honor that it was M h jone, >>ui was cooiy lniormeti mat iiw <ii(l uot recognize jokes; that tlie law md been complied with, and that he was Bgally married. A Centipede in the Coffee Pot. Little Rock, Am., [Special.]?Parieulnrs of a shocking poison were receiv(1 here. A family of Ohioans named luilding, on the route overland from 'ipton, Tenn., to Texas, were poisoned rhilo in camp in Boone county, Ark. 'he mother and two stn^V cfrvUd/,^' nd tuJ iAtuc.1" auvTot he r "otiVfdren - ere saved with difficulty] An cxaminaion showed that they hid drank coffee ii which a large centipedd was boiling. A Suicide in Birn^jngh?m. Hikminoham, Ala., wiBecial.]?Mrs. . M. Goldstein, shout /ulrty years old, nd the wife of a merffc took sixty rains of morphine, a>r wpied in a few ours. General despony;|#cy is assigned ?the cause. ^BL_ Vo^]fc^lfalud' llLHi.i.N,^^|^H^^^^^^U)legram ount I I I I I I - TIME TO AWAKEN. ( 4 Wall of Distron From New Hamp- : shire. The Green Mountain State Ie Visited by ,48ocklfl9s Jerry" Simp. s son. Who Preaches Alii- c ance Doctrines. ^ Mancakstkr, N. H., (Special.]- Tlie [ Weilly Budget says: Hon. Jerry Simp- j sou, of Kansas, visited our State last ? week. Precious little welcome did he pet front lh? - ' l a ?? wnojiauvio V'J lilt- r>t:iic J The message that he bore was not suited t| to their tastes. But he set the people to j, seen event* that contrmsd those people 8 in their belief. The Supreme Court of r New Hampshire, responding to the ? queries of the Legislature, has issued the dictum, almost iu so many words, that ? the railroads have succeeded in defraud- ? ing the State of its interest in the Con x cord railroad. The Legislature of 1880 , as was gcuernlly understood, conteuiplut- . ed no such result. Not au advocate of ,, those bills by which railroad eousolida- ,. tion, stock watering to large amounts, n and a revival of old and dead stock were ,, permitted, ever dared to suggest that the ., |>cople were surrendering any rights they n possessed in passing the act of 1880. K But the court has said that they did it. t That right which so sagacious a man as q Austin Corbin was ready to pay $300,000 for it in 1880 and which lie considered j worth $1000,000, this year the court in effect declares has l>ecn waived, giveu t away, utterly lost. And how? With an understanding of what was being done? Nol But through subterfuge and chica- 1 wArjr t? iwyi\rifcwwi WHft-~T cure the people in their rights, but the I , court does not hold that it aid so. On the contrary, it coolly informs the people, by implication but not set words, tnat the reservation of rights in that statute was a delusion aud a snare, void and of no effect. The act of the court in that regard has been followed up by another in the same direction?the issuing of an injunction by Judge Blodgett preventing the laying of the railR ou the old road from North Wearc to Ilcuuiker. Tins last act of railroad nrrogancq is he laststraw to break the back of the long suffering patience of the people of New Hampshire. It is u reassertion in an aggravated form of the Vaudcrbilt t reed, "The people be d d." Aud if the people do not resent it they deserve just that fate aud nothing better. i The Knights of T,?her were organized | iu this State for one purpose, the securI ing of a ten-hour law. When that was .L'7- , i v . """"i y-1 - zxzzzrr Let the recorooftheLegislature of 1891 answer. Its first business almost was to pass, absolutely without amendment, bills injecting millions of dollars of new stock into two railroad corporations and rresenting to their fortunate stockholders gifts of millions of dollars which must eventually conic out of the people's pockets. It has followed it up by voting down in the Senate the only measure in the iutcrcst of the poor man that the House could be induced to pass, viz: the >ill allowing tne poor man's five dollars In KlIIV fill nminl rtwMwieft inn rxf I " J vijm?u |M W|/?M IIWII IM II aunjfUI lit" tion over its lines with the rich man's tweuty dollars. The same Senate is relief! upon to thwart the will of the people in the matter of the construction of the Wenre-IIenniker road as authorized by the House of Representatives. The exactions ( and extortions of the railroads of Kansas j were at the bottom of the Fanners' Alliance movement in that State. Have the ' farmers and citizens of New Hampshire ' less manhood than they? Cheerful on the Sc&ifokd. cliahlottebvili.e, Va., [Special.]? William Muscoc, alias William T. Jordon, the negro who murdered Policeman George F. Seal in thir. city on Dec. 81, 18HH, was hanged in the jail yard here Tuesday morning. He made a full confession. lie distributed money and trinkets to the women prisoners, and requested that his body be sent, to his parents in Lynchburg. He joined in the singing on tbescalTobl. baurian Degeneracy. A Rhode Island paper says: The average Florida crocodile brought North by the tourists is seven inches in length, and he has sea room enough in a cigar box. Wc look at the little cuijs, ami then, thinking of his ancestors whom we saw pictured in the geography of our boyhood days, carrying olT an ox in his iaws ? ?c conclude that the Augustuu age for crocodiles, is past.^^^ A Fireman Killed by an Electric Wire. Ciiattanoooa, Tknn., [Special.)?A large crowd gathered at the corner of Ninth and Georgia avenue, to witness the File Department put out a small blaze in the European Hotel. Charles Werner, head hoseman of the Lookout Fire Department, was at the top of the long ladder near a third story window. He touched a live electric light rui 1. ..>>.1 .1.-.........I .T..O.I III tVis nrnnnil I M ? *? * iv ?"v rt. Received Her Money and Fainted, j Washington, I). G\, [Special. ]?Eliz- I abeth Mulverhill, <?f Frederick county, ' Va., fainted in the Treasury Depurtmcut I just after she signed her receipt for $4,- ; JM5.17 and received a draft for the same. The money was due her under Die Bowman act for properly destroyed by the Federal army during the war, and the [ claim had bgen pending for veais , A Tragedy ?t? Churchyard. Lakk Ciiari.ep, La., [Special.]?At Dry Creek church, as the people were congregating for religious services, an altercation took place between E. Miller ami Dr. W. A. Sigler, in which Dr. SigIcr was shot and instantly killed by Miller. The cause of the trouble is not known. The murderer was arrested. A Mayor Accused of Dog Fighting, Cincinnati, O. .lames Broderick, Mayor of Carthage, was arrested this morning on the charge <>f p.-utii ipating in a dog light. aanMaaaawMaZwSmSHEiaBMnisissn THE POSTAL 8UBSIDY ACT. S Batobliihiif of Steamship Linu ^ Between lottthrn Porto and South America. Washington, D. C., (Special.]?For ome time representatives of commercial rganixations of New Orleans, Galveston cl( md St. Louis have been confemog with 'ostmastcr-Geueral Wanain*ker and oth- l r postal officer* with the view of eetab- N' isniug lines of vessels to ply lietwcen ' 'few Oilcans and Galveston and South f(M nd Central American ports. 8t( Ex-Governor Warmouth, representing w; lew Orleans and Galveston, has con- W{ ucted tho principal negotiations, and ?c e took advantage of Wtnamaker's trip j bowing that tho negotiations have cached what may be legarded as a favov- en Ailo termination. th Wanaraaker in the first place gave as- to uiances Xhat the administration was w pecially anxious to aid the South in de- Hl] eloping commerce with South and Ceu- BO ral America, as the nearness of 8outhcri? ne torts to the proposed now field of com- jc ut'roe renders them the natural trade tj, out res for our Southern lygghbors. lie Rl ddod that if tlie conl&aAtc* of stimu- tj, in could bo established from Southern rj, oils to Southern aOd Central America fo| n terms to compete with projected tcamship lines from the Kent, then con- caJ racts would be made with the South. aQ "be representatives of tyutherb commnr- ^ iul IkhIIos claim ibat they can establish iiies with advautege over Bpateni lines, nd they are gratified with the assurances hat the South will be gftth a fair Show. ^ la a *r.u a gather la"some tain themselves with plpee and tfuy oupe w of black ooffee. At such times the pro- (, fessional story-teller is weloome. Some winter night we look in upon auch a eoene. 1 ? A score of men sit about on low stools, in while at one end of the arched room sits the story-teller. Sometimes he recounts rt very vMdly the valorous deeds of his tl warlike ancestors; now he speaks of love, ??' throwing into the form of verso his vis- >? ions of beauty and gentleness; now the A intent listeners forget their pipos aa he brings back to their minds scenes of 1860, when feuds betwoen Druses and Maronites had sprinkled the sides of Lebanon H with Christian blood. Between the ^ stories, the low gurgle of the water pipes 1}! sounds a musical applause, aud we West- . eruors realise that we *?. u -c-j teut&j ! in the land of "The Thousand and One ^ Nights," listening to the magic language T. ? K V Il7rV>' w"nf of the angels." inn ally, ai ^WPWKS^ ,1 there are signs of breaking up. The t", story-teller is rewarded with a copper bit u from each of tho company, the host is 0 oaid lor his evenincr nrovision of n!n? r. ami coffee, and the tnen retire to &elr ?t homes. Tlu: next morning our friend, the cafe keeper, washes out his pipes, placoe them i in order on the long shelves, and i* I ready for another day's entertaining. " A Fetish Man. From "Fetishism in Congo Land," by one of Stanley's pioneer officers, printed in the Century, wc quote as I follows: I The fetish man under auy name is the ? authority on all matters conuected with the relations of man to the unseen. He is the exorclser of spirits, the maker of A charms and the prescriber and regulator at all pot?gonial vitas. He can auoOTer who "ate the heart" of thf chief who am w yc^tcrdij, wi^pppe who caused the canoe to iipsut,"nnd giro three lives to the crocodile and the dark waters of the Congo, or even who j blighted the palm trees of a village and _ dri?d ?<r? their sup, causing the supply of malafu, or palm wine, to cease, or drove 17 away the rain from a district and with- a ered its field? of nguba (ground nuts'). a All this is within the ken of the Ngangn u Nkisi, and ho is appealed to on all these x occasions to discover the culprit, by his y insight into the spirit world, and hand him or her to the just chastisement of an h outraged community. This is the only p substitute for 'rligion that the African savago possesses; its tenets arc vague and ? unformulated, for with every tribe and j every district belief vnries and rites and ceremonies are as diverse as the fancies J* of the fetish men who prescribe them. i n* I a, Jbttlcru Cut OI ilio virgmia Debt, | it I/OWDow, K.mo., \Cab\rgrnm. ]?The nt ^ gotiations between Mr. Ellis, of the Ci American committee on the Virginia debt, ami Messrs. Lubbock, Liddcrdnlc v and Dauicll, constituting the English ad- y visory board, liave resulted in negotia- / tions for a settlement of the debt baaed " upon tlie plan of November, 1800, rec- & ommended by Messrs. Cleveland, bayard, y rhelns, and others. /' ? u b Wants to Come South. The Grand Hapids Refrigerator Co., of blind Rapids, Michigan, in addition to heir refrigerator business, manufacture 8t citable houses. The company contemplates the removal of the portable house niilding branch of their business to some point in ihe South where iron, lumber uid cotton cloth can be had at low cost. I It invites correspondence on the subject. ,, * -? . i * no Teath - f^i waynksboro, ga^^i^^^^pjtitlon * is being circulated here by t negro c preacher, vrhc lives fc~ silco out in llio country. It is an appeal for money to purchase a set of false teeth. He was q greeted with laughter wherever he ap- J peered, but nothing daunted, he is still t going the rounds with his petition. He \ says he can't preach the Gospel without ?" teeth. { a ? j Different classes of substunccs have been found to affect the organs of taste % in the following order: Bitters, acids, a line substances, sweets and alkalies. The taste nerves arc nearly 2000 times as sensitive to quinine as to sugar. 10SENTHAL ANXIOUS TO BUY, nd Aftervtrd Repented of His Hut* in tb* Hatter. Ghkknvilli, 8. C., [Special.]?A ansaction and subsequent events con cted with it have been the cause of niidcrnblc comment in commercial oir * here. It appeals that L. Rosenthal, wealthy retired Hebrew merchauk who m recently removed here from Raleigh, . C., entered the stote of H. Kuael, d in an apparently jeatiug manner ofred Mr. Rndel a certain amount for hia >ck of goods, lease of store and good II. Mr. Endcl teplied, snyiug he >uld take a certain suut, which Mr. weuthnl, much to his surprise, accept. aud thev went back to Mr. Kndel'a >i ? * * S'"*H| *** "J"*1** ' " r the amount, recelvin g a bill of sale, _ A ? 1? ? V VUHIO III nUmiLVIvll IH'IU^ IU IUV JJ1VO" co of witnesses. A few hour* nfter is took place Mr. Eudel was surprised receive a visit from Mr. Rosenthal, ho requested hiiu to cancel tho trade id return the chocks, giving as his rean that he did not care to go into bust- . 88 again. This Mr. Eudcl declined to >, whereupon Mr. Rosenthal insisted at the trnuc bo declared off, and, Mr. idol further declining, notified him at he would stop the paymcut of his ecks. When the bank opened tho llowiug morning Mr. Endel presented s checks. Payment was refused. Tho so is uow in the bauds of the attorneys, d tho public, with considerable curtIty, is awaiting the course of events. Ill Fate of An Armenian Girl: A London cablegram says: Gopaiderle oxcitemeut prevails on the Astnoaian ntier, owing to the fata of an A^ynlsn far as the Russian tron|isr/wh*re sho an captured, and, it Is sata, carried Wtk > Hi/.a and murdered. The girl bad l>cen kidnapped two years i fore from l?er house in Ru^lan Artneu, and Hold to a wealthy MoslemalriKa. 'hen the story becumo known to4ho fugec Armenians on the Russian Bide of in border, they wore, with difficulty, strained from crossing the frontier to vadc Turkish Armenia. n Ac-ant of a Bird House Hanira Himself. New Ohleans, La., [Special.]?Chaa. emits, n German, 82 years old, from cw Yoik City, Imaged himself to a bodo?t in his room over William Bartel'a ircl store on ChartreM strpgt. He cimn ere from New York wrsFP consignment f birds, and ever aiuce hia arrival haa led as though he was slightly demtuteasury department has information of le capture of "Dean, the counterfeiter ( Wiuntcd couuty, Alabama." Moulds ji- making coins were found in his pos[*hsioh. f\7* \ EXCURSIOH RATES | i I 4 D Ticket* Good for y Ptvo Days. KEEP YOUR EYE OH IILWORTH, "THE CITY OF AYBHUBS." l Suburban Town Site of 40(1 Acreu, forming the Southern oimwf tianiin "CHARLOTTE, M. C. "he Qiiccn City of the State. A boulevard 100 feet wide, gives a 3 xile drive around D1LWORT1T, nd its avenues, running at right ngles, are 00 feet wide, constructed )ith a view to sanitary adxxtntages, or sctverage with water facilities. >ver one hundred thousand dollars as already been spent on this jyro* erty and many more thousands will ? expended in the near future. The roperty cojitairp the beautiful A TTA Park of 00 acres, a lovely '.ature of which is Forsyth lakcM early 1200 feet long. Taken aim? ?ther, this is prettiest resort of s character in the "Dixie" country. A hAAWA tW or# nmn rr*~? " ' yurse of construction, and will be ompleted by August 1, 1801, a pailion designed by the celebrated Jorrman, "the architect of beautiul designs,'' together with a keepers ydge, unique in character and a onservatory after the English patvrn, at a cost for the buildings and urnishings of over f13.000, together nth other attractive features, now eing arranged for by the Charlotte Consolidated Cons. Co. The company will offer at public lie on the premises on MAY 20, 21, 22, 1891, number of valuable building lots, n the immediate vicinity of the picuresque places above described. !1erms of sale: One-fourth cash, balnce in 1, 2 and 3 years. The visiafjo Charlotte on that day, will be fregeru aiso cu. ine regular annual elebration of Mertieitare Declaratioi of lidcpeideicc. Thli wwtm day i* a futn of North Carolina'* lueeu City, and i* wall w >rth the trip from (be emoted (ectlonof our au- rounding country. Tba m rchaaer of a lot, or lota, will ba rewarded with ha return r.f tba coat of bla fare to tba aale. Ireapectlve of bualneae, tba plaaauraa of tba day rill anply repay all for tba outlay. Celebrated lualo will be on baud to enliven the party. Ante acooaamodationa for yiailora, through four otala and a large number of boarding house* A neljr equipped electric city railway to carry aaiengera over Charlotte and hen environ*, now eoorated in their beautiful Spring attire. make a note ef It, Wvlilt Oil,* VOHTil land < If ARf<OXX?, Mbf 90* 1 and as, thai. CJCl For further Information, addrcaa CHAHLOTTE CONSOLIDATED CONS. CO. v; rt. c,