Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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This gavo great dissatisfaction to customers, and a test case was sprung in the Circuit Court, whioh has resulted in a ruling r^aiost the Last year was the fourth year of sue ^^^^ ^lily fallen tho ^^^goeato the United States and about ton per cent, to British North America. The report of Sir Adolpdc Caron, Miu ister of Militia for tho Dominion of Canada, has just been issued. It shows tho strength of tho armed and organized Canadian militia to be about 87,000 inen. As the population of the Dominion is about 5^00,000, tho proportion ol ( citizen soldiers to the whole number of tho peoplo is obviously very much greater .than in the Unitod States, where with r^Ds,000,pOO people we have not far from ? 100,000 members Uf ttw Natl&aal Guard. ,lOur Canadian cousins seem to bo much more sfcronarlv imbued with tho military spirit," admits the New York 1Veirs, 'than our owu people. They possess a plentiful assortment of artillery, more or less modern; thoy have a government cartridge factory, where plenty of flrstclaks cartridges and artillery projectiles are turned out, and tho fact that half of their 37,000 militia spent ten days in active open nir drill in camp last summer indicates the probability of a fair degree , of efficiency in the entire force. When \ one of these days Canada takes her na ? American Republic, her well organized" ~ *' body- of militia will prove a very wcl".v <tom? addition to the military strength of the United States." ? 1 There is a corner In diamonds, accordr ing to a. New York Press writer, who ayst Diamonds are plentiful in New York, but their price continues high. If a Maiden lane diamond-dealer of my acquaintance is any authority, tflfcj oaust come down in price. This is what he said to me: "I have the best of information that a syndicate of Englishmen, backed by the Rothschilds, holds in Lon don at tho present time 16,000,000 carats of diamonds in the rough. Their hoidings may reach 20,000,000 carats. _ At $5 a-carat on the lowest estimate of It '? . wn*t they possess, lilfllV diamonds are worth $400,000,000. 'if dressed thev would bo worth at the very least nve times that much. But imagino what would happen if these diamonds should all be precipitated on tho mnrket at once. It is to the interest of the syndicate, of course, to keep up the price. But if diamouds continue to be found in such quantities as for the past two or three years in Africa, Australia and Routh ^ America, there is no chance for them to realize on their stock except by takiug their chances on a falling market. 1 havo even heard of diamonds being found in Lapland, but my experience has demonstrated that no diamonds of any vaiue ever come irom a coi<l country. Thoy seem to have been planted in th 1 oi regions almost exclusively." One of the passengers on board of th< stcomohip Fulda, which arrived r.t Now York the other day, was a famous Great Dune dog, who has heretofore rejoiced iu the name "Sander," but who will hereafter be known as Irnpcrator. Hia new owner is W. E. llagans, a wellknown dog fancierof Chicago. As soon cs Mr. llagans learned that this dog was the tallest one living, ho know that uaturc had intended it for Chicago and paid the big price demanded with cheerful alacrity. The animal is said to com* ^^^^iiearcr meeting the requirements of the ^ moat notabWHWwi^H^fnn^intefn^ flat tional Show held last May at Berlin. There, although he had 150 German h inastius as competitors, he carried off four first prizes. His height is somo|thing over thirty-rtve inches at the A shoulder. In color he is a golden fawn with a black neck. lie is now three years old. It could not be learned what was paid for the animal, the owner merely saying that it was the largest price ever paid in America for a German mastifT. Russian dog fanciers tried to get him, but, of course, ttood no chance when Chicago entered the lists. !* - ,i ?TT . : Surrounded By Haton Clothed In Her Xoet Beautiful I Att ire. VIRGINIA. I The Danville and Western has been | absorbed by the R. & D. system And Col. i C. K. Griggs made Gen. 8upt. t The site has been selected at Lynchburg for the Colored College. The prin- I cipal building will be of stone to cost ?, 25,000. ? Ex-Senator Calvin A. Bliss was buried c at Fannville Thursday. c The May Musical Festival, under the 1 auspices of the Petersburg Musical Asso- 1 ciation, opeued at the A^doniy of^M^sic " J^blfc^nKS^tfon,has issued a circular G urgiDg teachers to attend the summer s institutes. The net earuiugs during March of the . Norfolk and Western Railroad Company were $227,706.41; expenses, including . taxes, $408,880.28. 1 Frcclin Law ton, a road hand, was caught under a rolling stouc on Mill " Mountain and crushed to death. . . . ? ? a tri._ ?i-i-t? ' ? * * i iiu usiauiisiiincDi 01 jx'wis ?v rury, v Roanoke, has l>een robbed of between $400 and $500 worth of goods. NORTH CAROLINA. <J The May Music Festival at Charlotte 1 on ttie 5tli nud 0th, was a wonderful sue- 0 cess. Over 0,000 people attended. Harry Taylor, who chloroformed and * robbed his grandmother of $2,000 at Mt. ' Airy, lias been taken to the North Caro- J >ina penitentiary. The Fanners' Alliance of tUc.U?Jtt*'t tobacco growing counties of North Carolina and Virginia were in Eession at Hen- a dcrson, Thursday. * i The oldest man in N. C., Jesse P. Can- J, dell, died at Whitehead, Wednesday, lie wns born April 24, 1705. 11c was twice married, cacli wife giving birth to eleven children, of which fifteen still ( live. He was one of the first settlers of r Allegany county. j The Norfolk southern railroad was sold at Elizabeth City for $500,000, under an . order of the United States court to foreclose a lion of first mortgage bondholders. The purchasers were Gen. Alex. ,, T. Van Ness and John G. Moore, of NonYork. Forty thousand a-XC^frpymi) lands, lieid by the state ox education, | j d^soU to a ^ One hundred bales of cotton were to- i tally burned Wednesday, 8 mHea from Raleigh, on the plantation of Burt Wilder. There was no insurance. The cotton is supposed to have e*"j?h+ fire from sparks from a railroad cugine. SOUTH CAROLINA. . The Baroness Ottilie Von Bristram of literary reputation is visiting Charleston. A $50,000 carriage nud wagon factol..o hx.. ..I..1 IJ 4I4IO UUITII OVtll LUU lib iimuuci^. Camden lias this year had more winter j nud spring visitors tlian ever. The two { lending houses there have been compcll- ( ed to send away more guests than they could entertain. ( Miss Jessie Sudlow, of Columbia, won < tlie prize for the best composition on | ''The best hook and why I like it," < opened to the world by the Tims* of j Manchester, England. There were com- t petitors from France, Germany, Canada. | the South American States, Mexico nn?*~ "1 the_United States. Miss Sudlow's sub- ( The reports from the fire at Wilson's. 1 on the line of the Central ltailroad of South Carolina, in which the planing null and considerable lumber belonging to Mr John Wilsou were destroyed, in- I dicntc that the losses amount to over $1*),000. There was no insurance on the property. The mills will be rebuilt at i once. ! Some few planters on Young's Island have begun shipping new potatoes north, i The railroads arc crowded with shipments of truck. ! Annie bright, abas Ihyant, the woman who was shot by Mcrideth Cox in n house of ill fame, at (lieenville about a month ago, died in the hospital there. She has I>oen paralyzed ever since the shooting occurred. Cox was arrested and is now in jail awaiting his trial for murder \ at the next term of court.. TENNESSEE. ' Wednesday night burglars broke into \ the Southern Express Co's office at South ] Pittsburg blew open the safe and helped themselves. ( The enpitol is heing visited daily by i large numbers of people who have direct tax claims. i Detroit, Michigan, parties have purchased 10 miles of mineral land adjoining Pikcsville, also 1,000 acres, for about $100,000, and have organized a stock company to develop this property, construct iron furnace and coke ovens, build new town, etc. In the United States district court at Nashville District Attorney Ituhn tiled criminal hills against K. II. Horner, of 88 Wall street, New York, charging that said Horner had caused to he delivered l?y mail to various specified parties in ^^^^nh*invinlatioii of the law, eir^^^H|BB||^BM|^^yi^aliiiul)()ii(l OOOforni^'xnTmF^pH^^^^^W^^W^HB sition. It is proposed fo send a solid 1 train load of raw material for exhibition. 1 The exhibit will consist chiefly of inag- 1 netic iron ores, Bessemer pip. eoke, 'mar- 1 ble, limestone, silver, lend, copper, vn- 1 rious hnrd woods, cereals, and a diversity of agricultural products. * GEORGIA. Home is to have another military com pany. J, Governor Northern is working a repic- i mentation of Georgia at the Chicago K.v < position. I I he plans for the new gymnasium of ? the State I'lilvcrsit.v have been completed. t Thv building is to be of brick and fclonP, 1 fep idrt# twy, old citizens. In Ulleor county alone there are four men whose combiued ages make a total of U64 rears, and whose childrcu, grand and ^rcat-grandchildren make up a total of 1,000 souls. The Augusta exposition fund has nearer reached the flu,000 notch. At Athens, the contest for orator to e present the Uuiveraity of Georgia at uterstatc contest at Charlottesville, Va., lext month, came off iu the Demostheuau hall. 8. J. Trible, of Caruesville, vas the lncky man. A special from Ablreville. says: The argest catfish ever caught in the Ocmul;ee river tipped the beam at the eightyix pound uotch, and contained the skull if an infant child. John Smith, who aptured the lisli, has the skull in his xxuoNHion. The flsh wm l?r)(e enough to lave swallowed the child wholo. It was if the mil road eomwdwrioners of ' tate. A bill to be entitled, "an act to cstabish and protect the marital rights of nnrricd women," was introduced in the .cgislutuic Monday. Tito altars of the Church of the Im naculate Conception at Jacksonvilo are otcd for their bounty. The two smaller Itars have been tinted a delicate blue, fith white aud gold pillars. Orlando is to have another important ailwny feeder. The new road will be (1 miles in length, and win run from hlutulo to Narcoosscc, in the sugar belt >f South Florida. JlOO mcu are employed in the construeion of the Gainesville, Tallahassee and Vostern railroad, near Tallahassee. A iew charter is pending in the legislature, f granted work will begin at various ioimIii nluatf llm linn. The former TtMlWlt" "pbTtlona or fruit .rc to be utilized at Venice, Fla. Frank iizel has established a plant for tho tickling of lemon peel, watermelon rind, manufacturing orange jelly. OTHER STATES. The shipments of Alahama coal from Jroenville, Miss., to New Orleans, by Ivor, is another important development 11 Southern enterprise. Land lias been purchased near Little lock, Ark., for a Danish colony. It is ( ported that H00 of these immigrants vill sail from Copenhagen next week. These people will engage in farming round a trailing town which they pro-' lose to create. The Scandinavians are mlnstrious, frugal and moral. They lave built up large sections of Wisconatatta. SuoV iverv Southern State. Dana's Kind Words; At the Southeru Slates Immigration Convention. held in Asheville, North Taroliua. a delegate from Virginia spoko if the strong desire of the people of that Itate to enlarge its population. Ho told >f the many attractions of Virgiuia, the ulvrtiiUiges that it otters to desirable iinnigraiits, the variety of crops that can be awed from its soil, the easiness of acquirng hind there, aud tlio need of iudusrious settlers in nearly all the counties if tlie Slate. Not long ago, the Virginia State Board if Agriculture took up Hie immigration pieation. It appealed by an official re !>ort bcrore the IJoard that there arc 15,300,000 acres of tillable lund lying idle u the State, and that this land is uncultivated on account of the lack of the *ii?ht kiml nf lA.QoHivatc.it. The Sfiife Commissioners ot AgncbTturo nave uiven notice that millions of these acres fte tor sate to farmers at low prices, and that farms should l>c secured by settlers who have at least a small amount of capital. The delegates from North Carolina at the Aslicville Immigration Convention were also very desirous to secure an increase of the population also, and they told all about the opportunities to be found there by settlers. Similar reports were made by the delegates from Georgia and other Southern States. It may be taken for grauted that these States will yet obtain the kind of immigrants required for the development of their resources.?New York Sun. Mrs. Jackson's Forthcoming History, Mis. Mary Anna Jackson, wife of Gen. "Stonewall*' Jackson, is in New York mgaged in writing up a biography of ler distinguished husband. A New York pecial states that for many years after iiu ucnerai s ueam Mrs. .mcKson steadily refused all requests to give to tlie publie the story of his life as only she could write it. It. was not until their only child, Mrs. Christian, had married that ( he had yielded to her request to write '.lie life of a father she had never known except hy reputation. Since Mrs. Christian's death Mrs. Jackson has looked upon this as a labor of love, and has continued the work for her grandchildren. The hook is now completed anil will he published this fall. It will be essentially the story of General Jackson's private and domestic life. The Cigarette Trust. BAT.Tr.Mow?, Mi)., [Special.]?The American Tobacco Co.. capital stock $25,000,000, has recently acquired control of the large smoking tobacco concerns of Marburg Bros, and (Jail & Ax, of Baltimore. This company, in its var^m^^^^^^North and South, produces 31 inese two tanious r.aminore nouses, ly, will Ik- able to control in large ineastire| that branch of the tobacco industry of the United States. 140 Acres of Southern Land cd by a New England Man. A New England correspondent writes is that he desires to purchase 040 acres pf land for stock-raising farm, preferable i Ashe. Alleghany, Watauga, Mitchell >r Yancey county, N. ('. It is desired > pay hn the land in installments. Adiicss with description of property, eiins, etc , J. 11. O , MauumcttirciV Jecortl otflee, ftaUimoi'e, >1(1. Tht nd flotui A Wou* A A Baltimore dispatch J: Tho projector* of the new Ro*n</ and Soothem Railroad, 60 miles of Jkb, the ftret division, vu completed lajreek, cxpcctcd that the Baltimore andhio co?p?nJ would extend it* Yirgtnlafallcy brnoch to Roanoke to crmocctth it. It i* said that the understand!! between the companies on the matter Lost amounted to an agreement. The Ultimore and ^ Ohio, however, has thus faflone nothing ( but survey a route for thipnpoeed cx t tension. The friends ofjthe Roanoke , end Southern are ao well jsurcd of the , future sueoeas .of the Ifae lit they think they can afford to %df ladLeadently of the BalUmor^^i^^MpiiflLadM^^h^ Ohio TTMt wnlwIwjTyj^ffi^rjT*!'^' . J.*. - ? ? "fw w*Da IDWCL the Baltimore and Ohio at Lexington, Va. As originally intended, however, Roanoke will be lta t northern terminus, and the Norfolk and Weatern its ally and outlet. Its north-bound freight will coruc via the Shenandoah Valley (now owned by the Norfolk and Western) to Hngerstown, and thence to Baltimore by the Western Maryland Railroad. Tho Honuoke and Southern will be 120 miles long. It parallels no line for any part of its length, and its nearest competitor is the Hichm >nd and Danville, 40 miles eastward. As feeders, however, it will have the Richmond and Danville, which it meets at Winston, Its present southern terminus; the Seaboard system of roads; the Cape Fear and Yadkin Yalley, and the Norfolk and Western. ? * * s * * The Chattanooga Southern. Kensfngtonf1 t5a.,^sTexpected to be finished and ready for the trains to run through early in June. There is said to be about IB miles of track between Yellow creek and Little river, which has not yet been laid, but the company expects to run through trains from Chattanooga south to Gadsden, Ala., 98 miles, by June 15th. ****** It Reads Lice A Baron Munchausen Tale. During the first three months of 1891 I'iuoty-three now railroad companies were incorporate1 in southern states, thirteen in Virginia, thirteen in North Carolina, twelve in Georgia, ten in Alabama, seven each in West Virginia, Tcxas^nnd PnUth Carolina, and olevy ^n Tiie^Voor Mower maky*--' Industries of I from two to six years to le^fa thehtfgT* ncss. Roses, leaves, violets and <vww like lilacs are the popular braoches and nu aro pniu uy ine piece, me orst year the learner average* $1 a week; the secend year $2.50; th third $3; th^.fourth $4, and after that eighty cents A day is considered fair.pay, for the reason that first class work is not abundant, the buyers preferring imported' flowers for the same money to the hotne product. Strong chemicals aro used in the work and huvo a deleterious influence on the health of the girls. These rose makers and loliagc-branchers are very nice girls as a class. Taste is required in the work, which has a refining influence on those called upon to exert it.?Nw York 1 ' * Drunk Cornea on Headache Day. , JCVKI., **a;, , i, j, sold in this town is almost TntiSrin Its effects. But it does not effect a person at once. A man inay drink it to day aud not get drunk until tomorrow. Then it Strikes him nnnwiirM <\n(l rmnklctclv prostrates him. A printer stopped only n week in this town and raugltf. the "jim-jams." lie left town before being seized with them, but before he got two miles awav he wan as crazv as a loon. lie was seen running up tlic road and acting so that the neighbors were notified to look out for a cr&xy man. A Partition Car Adopted; Galveston, Tex., [Special.] ?Every railroad in Texas was represented at the meeting in this city to devise a plan to comply with the state law, which goes into effect the 18th of June,compiling all colored passengers to bo provided with separate coaches. The plan of W. F. Siddons, mastc uifchanic of the International and Great Northern was adopted. His is a portable partition, and each eotah auy bo divided r^miodation of colored passengeraaA the somber reouires. Counterfeiters in Jail. At Charlotte. N. C., two young men were arrested Wednesday for counterfeiting money, and both have been committed to jail in default of bond. They registered at the Mansion House under the names of C. W. Hi ley and C. C. Williams. They were caught in the act of making the counterfeit money and all iheir implement* were taken with them. They are very fresh young men and do not hnvc the nppeurunce of lteing experts in the business. Died of a Spider's Bite. Litti.b Rock, JRpecial.)?Word Vo.' L *? bi-d'q rJ.'Tic death of a fi * ' tir >lc*ati<h?", at the ' n [{.HZ4* 'f'tow ? 'bast i an county * ^ lad was was captired on the ofli^J^n^^^^^Fresisted and fire and seriously vrounc^^Pretutned the Gold Still Ooixts | Nkw York City.?GrVAbroad, amount of $250,000 is </ K<| coin to tin. to Europe by thesteaau ^L-red for c\|?>it toiia, and f200,000 lot Augti-ta \ dered thll weeji. |1.U ^Aba. Total ?.t ^Hr"t UJANCF,. CONVENTION. I i Orguitttlou For No* Yotk < State Conplotod. , . I ,!.K~ flttorly t(t?or.d iu Tt>? *">' \ ?wUaee of th. Conventional. Ocnln Plntfona . Adopted in Toto. Hon*?i "T.', utj?e'J, Fnna["h? onrtnirntion of th? without fticAlKnco -?Ui.n w? So^ur%"S--='"oT.. It may be said in* "general terms thst Sditics havo been let severely alone iu e proceedings of the Convention, although it has been the uppermost subject ambng the delegates outside the Convention hall. In fart, the most importaut effects of the conference will come, not from the routiue proceedings in ConventtOu, but from the unoflicial caucuses or consultations of the delegates. The Committee on I'lntform recommended first the endorsement of the Ocala demands, including the abolition of national banks, sub-treasury scheme, Government loans on lands, free coinage of silver, Government control or ownership of railroads and telegraphs, increase of currency to $TtO per capita circulation, Ac. This platform was adopted without debate. Tlie only preliminary difllculty had been over silver, and it bad bceu explained that the free coinage plank could do as well^ ustrucd to mean free colntfffi firAcnt coin, so* that was swidlowed! The 8ub-Trehsury scheme nil the delegates declared themselves ready to adopt. When it came to the framing of State issues a good deal of conservatism was manifested. It wns urged that nothing should be dono which might limit the growth of the order, and Hint the framing of a complete platform should ho deferred until the w hole Statohad been organized. It was finally decided unanimously to demand : First, tliat mortgages for purposes of taxation shall be treated as part of tho real estate on which they lie, and that they be taxed where tho real estate is located. 8econd, Government ownership and maintenance of the great waterways of the State. Third, a uniform scries of text hooks for use iu tho common schools of tho 1 iuiii' 1 *' Fourth, that tlie war tax recently paid to the State d>y the Government he returned to tho counties pro rata, and applied to the payment of this year's taxes. In response to the oiler of political cooperation from the Knights of Labor, submitted yesterday by frntcrnnl delegates, tho Convention took up the cudgels for the ignored representatives of the Knights at Albany. The delegates passed a resolution commending the work of legislative committees of industrial organizations, and condemning those ineinl>ers of tho Legislature who had obstructed these committees in their work. The Convention also passed a resolution condemning the Cantor hill providing (or a Commission to examine and report do the present system of taxation. The reason given for this action was that the uiu carricu an nppinpnaiion 01 tio.onu for expenses, una provided for eoven -"fnfiH'i'iT"! i'i1 r""'-*'""", present legislative and executive omccrR. This was the extent of the platform making. Officers were elected at the afternoon session. Por President there were three or four candidates. Harvey Arnold, ol Arcade, Wyoming county, was elected President. The other officers are: (.'has, Moore, of t'anisteo, Steuhcn csunty, Vice-President; (leorge K. Heott of Belvedere, Secretin v; P. K. Henderson, ol Rose. Treasurer; W. ('. Warner, of York shire, Lectuicr; Cuy Shaw, of Pen Van, Isaac (Sale, of Wyoming, and J. II. Sliallias, of Cattaraugus, Executive ('oininittec; J. K. Dean, of Monroe. Saniord Mead, of Allegheny, and (I. W. ('apron of Cattaraugus, Judiciary Committee. Harvey Arnold, of Arcade, who was chosen President, is a man well udvanced in years, who looks more like a clergyman than a farmer. He is a conservative, intelligent man, highly respected in tlie community where he lias spent all of his /ixty-four years. lie Jives in the homestead where he was boru? and which his father established in the midst of th< original forest in 1812. It is now a wcl cultivated farm of 200 acres. In polities Mr. Arnold was a Whig ami then a Re publican, until lie became an Alliance man among the first in his county a fev months ago. Within the past year o two lie has been independent in local is fiium ir,. I.<i..,.u... .1 ..n An:.... ..v. ....... .... ....... except County Supervisor. Mr. Arnoh said that lie is in lull sympathy with the Ocnlu platform <>f the Alliance. Il< wished ik understood, however, that h< construed the demand for free coinage tc mean the free coinage of a dollar with n dollar's worth of silver in it. The Alliance membership in New York, he believed, was coming from the very best agricultural element. The previous politics of the members had nothing to dt with the growth of the order. In sections where a Democratic majority had prevailed most of the Alliance mv*v.wcrt of V same liticnl action, and he believed the tinrv for that had not comein New York. At tendon should first be devoted to organ i/.ing ine resi 01 um maie. i o mis cm vigorous efforts will at once be made t push this organization eastward. 1! did not know yet whether he should at tend the Cincinnati Convention. lie 1? lieved the entire Strfto would be thoi oughly organized before next spring. The Convention made the Allium I baler of bolivar the State oigau of th Alliance. The hinh-huiidt'd judvpci encc which the (irtuM* kt? MMM manifested itself in the rejection of t W> hit ion thanking the people and prase of lornelltville for cooftreiee received. The < eaolution arse greeted with the remark: We've paid, for all wc got." and it tree tromptly rejected. The nfm-cra were In tailed by National IatImut Willets end Chaplain Davis, of Georgia, and then the Convention adjourned. Death of Oen. Long. Gen, Artniatead L. Long, who wee Gen. Lee's military secretary, died at Charlottesville, Vs., Thursday. Hon. Artniatead I.indsay Long waa horu in Campbell county, Va., September Jlixl, 1H37. lie waa graduated at tho United States Military Academy la '~"~i ?? the 9nd artillery, tcrnbcr, 1868. Ho was chief of artillery, 2nd corps, Army of Northcru Virginia, and took part in nil of Qco. Lee's campaigns. After the war. and us one of ita result*, (leu. Long lost liis eyesight, but. in spftn of this aflTiction, with rare assiduity and go<Hl judgement prepared a large volume of "Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, his Military and Personal History," which is, perhaps, the most valuable contribution yet made to the lifo of the grcnt commander. The dedication roads: "To the disabled Confederate soldiers, the gallant meu with whom he has a right to sympathize, the author dedicatee the following pages." A. L. Long, July 28, 1880. Charlottesville, Va. Old North State Teachers. Rai.viuii, N. C., (Special.]?Colonel session which will be held in June. The eighth session of the Assembly logins at Morehcad City June lflth and continues to Juno 00th. Hon. George W. Sand rlin delivers the opening address on the 1 Till of June, and Rev. T. DeWitt Tab mage will speak to the Assembly ou the 1 Hi h. There will be not less than 9,000 persons present on the opening day of the session, and the attendance during the meeting will be double that of any previous session. There are now ten entries for the mu l ouu-Mi oy iue leaning icmaic Hcnoois of tlu; State, and thin feature of tho Assembly work will be specially interesting and exciting. The gymnistic club wiR he under the special training of Professor Charlie Minguin of tho University. south run kduoationai. kx cosmo*. The Southern Educat'oncl Exposition HWftlWnBWiilil'l. ' Fisherman's Paradise. Eight up in the western corner of Soutl Carolina is perhaps the best trout-flshin| region witliiu tuo same distancs frog New York. How it came to be bo 1 most interesting. There ure the foothill and Home of clie mountains of the Mil Hidge, or, at leant, of u spur of tlia chain. The streams never had any trou or li.?h of any sort in them. Yet on thi other side of the mountains all the wa tors were richly stocked. One year, no so very Ioiik ago, (Jen. Wade Hampton who had summered there from boyhood I took a barrel in a wagon and went ovei the mountains to get as many trout an hi could. He came back with plenty, anc whenever ho crossed a stream on the east side of the range, he threw a handful 01 young trout in and passed along. Liki llr'cr Fox, lie said notliing to nohcnly. Iu u^cai^^wcChe^w^^a^am^imd^hahec supposed never to have known a flsb lie caught plenty. The next jestf th' sparse population discovered their cxis ictice Now the streams abound witl splendid trout. i A Postmaster Charged With Rob bing Freight Cars. Petrhsiicrii, Va., [Special.]?W. H II......... 1 .. I.....I:.... ...wl [ <i m iiiiiuunub, mm um Postmaster at K.gcrtou, Va., his brothci J. F. Haywood; two employees of th Atlantic and Danville Kailroad Company J. Q. Bailey and Harris, and two nc grot*, John Uoodwyn and Joe Allen Imvc been arrested an?l committed to th eounty jail at Lnwrcneevillc, chatger i with robbing the freight cars of the At lantic and Danville Itnilroad Company o I goo<ls to the value 01 $2,000. The Ha goods are highly connected, l'ostmaste llagood's securities have telegraphed t the authorities at Washington to plac< some one in charge of the Post Office. > Dor and Oat Hunt Birds Together I i iKTon, Ga.?Mr. Vi SllUlt T7liii?u5i who resides near Mud Turtle Lake, haa [ pointer dog and a large brown cat. The go out hunting together. The dogpoin the birds una attracts their uttentioi while the cat, with a flank movement 1 ! the rear, never fails to secure a birr They never banquet until they have a ' cured four birds, when each of them o two birds apiece. Conciliating the Late Lamented. , Atchison, Kan., fSpecial] ?There i t ii wuiow in town who is mini in# seriously of marrying again. Be hIio is so afraid her first husband will b offended that she visits his grave an prays to him to forgive her. Hi , grave lias been better nttendjed, last six months than *" * [ has na ^ '*** iwi ii9k* cilintt l?npWP?! ,-iaJ , sq? Xq pssijsp st ?fs|a*Ap* ** "' *" 5"?!MlBt pouoiqsiij f -*-? ?ui ^ai paa muioj I ? supposeiltonr^^Ml^m^^^^^^^^^H to bite everything in ib^wm^^lim uallv ate one dog which it attacked an 1 kil1^'1'(' Fire Sweeps New Jersey. :* Mim.vim.e, N. J.?The forest fires !- this vicinity arc still burning, intensifii by the high wind which prevailed i day. About I<1,000 acres have lieen bur 'h c'd. involving a loss of as many thousai e dollars. Hundreds of men ha.o be* i lighting tlio Daincs all day. >? 3hitunooft MMl X4te 000 in a Four Hours' llm. ^*S|| i Cmattahoooa, Tamr.?1%e ire which. entailed a low of a quarter of a srfBloii, dollar* here, begua la a large fumlluw . ; vyf.g?a factory on King afreet. It waa 7 a. M. before the flames were under control, nasi the Held of deetruction owned twenty acre*. The loea is about as faltowa: Campbell it Co., furniture factory, loss $7.1,000, insurance about $00,000; O. 0. Lilly, two-story brick, just nniwpWMlf,, vJjj not occupied, low $10,000; PeahHt Jjjf^ , house, low $l8,OOO^natm^^^^MM|j^J|^j Thero wore several small buildings destroyed, which may aggregate $10,000 in i loss. lly strong work, the new Mountain City Flouring Mill, just completed nt a cost of nearly $?00,000, was saved. Tho Morrison I,umber Company incurred only a small loss. Among tho car loada burned was oue of fireworks. Tho oxploaion created a panic among tho crowd witnessing and workiug about tho flro. Tho three tire engines of the Firo Department were of little use, owing to ths groat field covered. While this fire was burning another broke out on East Montgomery avenue, near tho Grand View Hotel, Mud n two-story brick and eight frame cottages were destroyed, involving a loss of about $20,000, fully covored by insurance. The Fire Department sent a ' ' lnfoi Mflinni i f lnw toiib'iidu, iwl '' i ly got ihe nro under control. The prop- . i erty burned belonged to W. M. Wilhoitc. * I THREE TIMES*SENTENCED. i And Each Tima Upon the Same Day of April. A Coincidence. A Pulaski, Tenn., special says: Larkin Lancaster, who was charged with having cut oft the head and severed the legs jo i Zttck Dickson and tbcu did same up in sacks and throwing them in Richland creek, was yesterday convicted of murder^and sentenced to bo hanged on the second Friday in Juno next. A remarkable coincidence is that this ia the third* time that he has been convicted on the same day of the month of April and sentenced to haug on the same day of the month in June. He has appealed to the * no "'carer a ' (than two years ago. TWfl &C AtiTIFUL *YOUNO GIRLS M ?a Who Will Create a Furore in Newe * port This Summer. * Newport, R. I., in to have a sensation this summer. It is authentically stated B that the !>eautif?l and celebrated dauah" ters of I^>rd Duller! n, lieatrice uud Adclaidc, nro to grace this famous resort ' with their presence this coming seasoSs It will be rcmvml>erod that Beatrice'* ' beautiful dark eyes have played linvoo [ lately with the lieart of Albert, the eld| est son of the Prince of Wales. What it will amount to is as yet a matter of con1 jcrturein England. The young ladies 5 are acknowledge to Ikj the moat beautS | ful in all Europe, and there will bo not At excitement ^ll: hearts of our ? will be marvelB"^f^riol^y7WB,^",'^*"^""',,,^^?^ * 1 u Atjro a IfATTOP XI A T T a TU ' W* MMU UVWWM Jk~ ? lll?l U?| While Rehearsing is Going On, and t Buries Twenty Persons. o Montgomery, Ala.?News reached r, here from Troy, Ala., says the opera e house there fell in while a party of young l>c?ple were rehcursing an amateur performance About 20 persons wore buried in the q ruins: Miss Fannie Jyou fltarke, only j child of Judge Starke, of Troy, and Mis* Annie Foster, of Eastraur, Ga., were 1 killed, and Miss Maggie Burnett auct ? Miss Eula Dawning were seriously injurr ed. Muny others wore hurt, but their in* 0 juries are not serious. The accident req suited from the fulling of tbe roof, which was intended to be self-supporting but was faulty in construction. A TOft WMTgBflgPgflrai ??? 2 As Indicated by the Report of the 3 Weather Bureau. in IUf.Eiuir, N. C., [Special.]?The firat 1. weekly crop bulletin of the present year 8* was issued oy the state weather bureau, n says the growth of the crops is very rapid. The planting of corn and cotton is progressing rapidly. Much corn is up,; unci ho inc. cotton with good stands is re-' [? ported. Winter wheat and oata are looking remarkably well. There is a much icks acreage than usual of spring wheat o and onts planted, on accouj^ a* J weather. The .buMatfx dopoq [g fear tl^^'Aq ?Djnuiui 02 ?M peana rtro tje pas aavuoq pas aemnq ao qcn qi08 IP^T oosjoaej^j u?g i? p?fp [?JH*0 ;o IjtsjSMun sit i? ' 1*1 -~? -fcA ! y- nmm 101') Putnam jn Philip Brooks Made Bishop. ed Boston, (Special. |? In Tburs*11 day'." session of the Massachusetts I)ioo cesnn Convention of the Protest a nl Rpis 'd copal Church, the Rev. Philips 1 hooka, L'u f) I) , was elected liishop !>y q vote of U2 U) 0t). .A - * . . ? 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