The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 26, 1891, Image 1
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a writer in ine Ol. JLrOUlS UlO06-IMs%0tr*i,
speaking about the western part of
Australia, says: "The aborigines succumb
very easily to the diseases of the
White man. Lung troubles are particularly
fatal with them. The black man
oomas into a white settlement, wears the
clothes of a white mau, gets restless,
goes back to the bush, throws oil his
cloths, catches a cold and dies. I believe
Australia is as good a place as ever
/for a young mau to make money."
Thero is one thing that has kept pace
swith the ascending buildings, asserts the
!!New York Tribune. It takes you less
time to reach the eleventh story of a new
structure nowadays than it took to reach
' ".you step into an elevator in a modern
building, you feel as if you were flashed
through space. You are uo sooner in
the car than you hear the monotonous
"ninth," or "tenth," or "cleveuth" of
the elevator boy. You find yourself over
> great city hardly realizing how you got
there; so the inconvenience of having an
office in raid-air is reduced to a point
scarcely worth considering.
Buys the Boston Herald: Peoplo who
believe in the heredity of crime will find
some interesting evidence on their side in
the history of a Charles Ford who was
hanged recently lor murder in Illinois.
His father was hanged for the same crime
before him, and his brother likowi6e.
His mother's brother is now doing time
at Sing Sing (N. Y.) Prison for train
^^wrecking, and his sister has run a thieves'
iparadise in New York for several years.
43he was chased out or Chicago, and her
second husband is in the Indisiun State
Penitentiary. There are uumorous other <
relatives in the same line of business, but
perhaps this record will do.
The statistics of floriculture furnished
by the Census Bureau are of a very interesting
charucter. There arc, it ap i
pears, 5000 establishments throughout
the country engaged in raising flowers and
plants; $40,000,000 is invested in the |
industry, and nearly 20,000 persons are 1
employed in it. The products during 1
the census year were valued at $20,000,- '
/ 000, and among the products wore 50,- |
~"cal and the nesthetic side," comments the *
Philadelphia Jtecord, "the extent of this .
industry is gratifying. The passion for j
UowersKs one of the most delicate sentiments
in human nature, ami its subtilo
and reflning influence is a factor in moral
growch and elevation." j 1
I be New York Mail and A.cpreas is of
the opinion that very few people have
any idea of the tnauner in which the development
of the commerce on our great
lakes keeps pace with the cxtcntion of
trunk line railroads. The Ceusus Bureau
have issued a second bulletin on lake
transportation, which places the number
of vessels engaged on the lakes at 2781,
with a gross tonnage of 924,472, a net
tonnage of 780,119, and estimated carrycapacity
of 1,254,721 tons and a commercial
valuation of $18,809,750. This
is a marvelous showing, not only for the
lake traffic, but for the development of
the region beyond the lakes which has
stimulated the lake commerce.
The Louisvllie Courier-Journal says:
"tfie proper way in which to consider
* the size of a city is to include all the
people iu a given radius who are directly
depeudent upon it for support, whether
they may live in a different country or
Btate. The application of this test cnuscs
considerable shifting about of places
among our cities, and results in some
surprises. It givos to New York that
?;reat lead in pbpulation which her commercial
and financial importance and
metropolitan character warraut. Whilo
on the fac- the census returns Now
York has 1,513,000 and Chicago 1,099,000,
the difference does not seetn great,
yet when New York takes all her suburbs
and outlying towns, places in
which people can sleep but live in New
k YorK, she expands into a mighty volumo,
* comparing well with that of London.
By taking a section of country around
New York Bay about fifty iniles square,
one obtains a population of 3,621,578,
all of whom arc virtually citizens of tho
metropolis. By assigning to thorn areas
similar to those given to New York, tho
chief centres of population are in orceins
follows:
Population
New York 3,621,000
Philadelphia 1,422,000
Boston 1,334,00(
Chicago 1,324,000
Pittsburg 077,00(
St. I/ouis 620,000
Cincinnati 500, Q0C
Baltimore 5*0, oof
Providence 532,000
< 'leveland 426,ooc
% Buffalo 385,000
Minneapolis 38i,OOu
Han Francisco... 335,000
Detroit 330,00C
Milwaukee 320,000
Kansas City 306,000
Albany 280,000
Now Orleans 280,000
j/oulsvllle 277,000
LATE SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
Knowing That Variety Is The
Spice Of Life,
We Present to Our Readers All tho
Home News, Freeh, Spicy
And Condensed.
VIRGINIA.
Amelia Godsey was burned to death in
Danville Friday.
The fifty-second annual commencement
of the Virginia Military Institute
began Friday night at Lexington.
A new brewery has been completed at
Richmond.
The Free Masons, at Tazewell G. H ,
Temple
The gas works at Charlottesville were
struck by lightning Wednesday night
uud badly damaged.
Daniel Nasli, captaiu of the Silver Star,
plying between Washington and Occoquan,
was found dead near Alexandria.
The remains of William Clements, who
was killed in the Chesapeake and Ohio
wreck, were taken to Cellerstown for in-ei
incut.
Bueua Vista decided at a recent election
to issue $10,000 of bonds to extend
the water works, complete the sewerage
system and make other improvements.
The directors of the Salem Improvement
Co.. of Salem, Va., are preparing
to put their furnaces into blast as soon
as a suflicicnt supply of coal, coke, iron
ore and other materials can be assembled
to ensure continuous work.
NORTH CAROLINA.
It is said there are 1200 visitors at
Morchcad City. . .
John M. Sherwood, of Raleigh, was
elected Grand Chancellor of the Knights
of Pythias, at the nnnunl session ?f the
Grand Lodge, at Charlotte.
The collector of internal revenue received
information of the capture of an
illicit distillery at n point 8 miles northwest
of Hillsboro. It was destroyed,
with a quantity of beer and liquor.
The State Board of Agriculture nd
iourned Friday morning, after several
ilays of earnest work. It has re-elected
fill lllP nftiPftro r\f ? - e a
VI vuo JL/C|jaiiiiivut UI Ag
riculturc. It meets again October 21st,
Juiiug the Southern Exposition.
Before Qcorgo Vanderbilt made his
large purchases at Biltmore, near Ashe
rille, the revenue derived from freights
it that depot by the R. & D. Railroad
uuouutcd to $6,000 per year. Mr. Vau:lc
rbi It's freights alone now average
HS ffgflfe..
RreclOrs of (he Stafe penitentiary, submitted
to the Governor a quarterly report
of the operations of the institution
for the quarter ending May 3, 1891:
Kataings for March, $65,457.29; April.
$16,670.56; May, $18,792.44 ; expenses,
March, $15,381.65; April, $19,861.54;
May, $15,163.33; earnings over evn?ns?sf
$10,197.61.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A sheet and lead pipe factory has been
fully equipped and is now in operation at
Charleston.
A syndicate of German capitalists is
reported as having purchased and as to
develop the Wilson gold mine.
The Governor has respited Lewis Williams,
of Darlington, until November 13,
Williams was to have been hanged on
July 13.
Ground has been broken at Spartanburg
for the dummy line railroad chartered
under the name of tlie HnmtnnVtnrrr
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Clifton and Glendale Railroad.
The South Carolina Railway authorities
have decided to discontinue the parlor
car on the run between Charleston
and Augusta.
The Ladies' Institution for Physical
Culture at Charleston, which had been so
success!uIly conducted by Prof. F. P.
Valdcz during the winter months, has
been closed until next November.
Secretary of State J. E. Tindal, who is
also secretary of the Confederate Veterans
Association, has had a gieat number
of blanks printed, which contain all the
information necessary for those who desiie
to applv for membership.
Prof, benjamin Sloan, who has been
chosen chairman of iho faculty ot the
South Carolina College, is the senior
member of the faculty, having assumed
his duties at the opening of the Agricultural
College iu 1880.
TENNESSEE.
Thc;e has been a Georgia Club organ- |
ized at Vandcrbllt University, and the
first annual banquet was held Fridav
night.
_ The Interstate Agricultural and Mcchaniea'
Fair Assor ialiou '>( Memphis
tins the dates of their fair fixed October
lit to !7 inclusive. R. G. Craig is president.
The flour mills of Nashville now have
a daily output of 8,000 babels. Within
a short time th's production will have
nearly doubled, for two latgo nvl's have
been erected at South Nashville.
The Cherokee Land Company has
given a contract to tlie G'otou Siccl
Bridge Company. of Gioton. New York,
to throw a fine steel biidge ac-oss the
Tennessee iivcr f?oui Knoxville to its
property 011 the other side, known as
South Kuoxville. This biidge will cost
$100,000. It will he ready for u*,e the
first of November.
At Ncwmansvillc, Greene ',oun!y, on
Saturday. a cloud-hurst hid gieat damage.
The plaec is remolc from the rail,
road ami telegraph olioes. hut inforrnation
comes to-day of the calamity. The
fall of water was something terrific, and
small crock became a ragvrg river 100
yards wide.
Chiineellor Sitinmcrfteld A. Key died
' iiiidav ul Chattanooga. aged 54. He
w.is a brother of I* it it oil Stairs Judge
Key. lb* served in the Confederacy
during the war as adjutant of the Fortythird
Tennessee, was elected chain oho.'
.ihout live years ago A w'fc uud tb'ee
hildrcn survive hint.
GEORGIA.
The "Atlanta Society of Civil Enjji
neers" was permanently organized last
Tuesday. 22 members wtfre enrolled.
Augusta, it is claimed, will have one
of the handsomest union passenger stations
in country. The plans of it a. e
already completed. The cost will be
$100,000.
The local option session is gi owing
warm iu Athens. Anti'sand prolii's now
occupy considerable space in tho local
papers, and a lively fight is in progress.
A special from Ta'botton, says: The
> 11 which will be introduced iu the legislature
by Hon. Simeon Maxwell, ret|uiiiug
the voters of Talbot county to 1
register, is generally approved by the <
people. <
"Yes," said Judge Gaston, of Gaines- '
ville, "General Longstreet is in pretty 1
fair health. He has built a cottage on J
J on his book about the war." '
At the recent commencement of Mer. '
cev University, ni Macon, f.Lo title of |
IX. D. was conferred on Governor W. J. j
Norlhcn. The Governor is au alumnus .
and a trustee of the university.
FLORIDA. .t
Duriuir the se.-ison a hnvn? it..*.,..
tou, received $1,300 net proceeds from 1J >
acres of strawberries. fl
The closing exercises proper of the '
Florida State Agricultural College at 1
Lake City for 1891 took place Wednesday "
evening. Hon. John E. llartridge, of x
Jacksonville, delivered the oratioD.
The contract has been let for building n
220 miles of the Mexican Gulf, Pacific s
uud Pugct Sound Railroad, commencing ?
at Pensacola. v
Correspondence now being had with s
New York gentlemen by Mr. Carncll, of
Ormond, will probably result in bringing "
fifty families to that town and its vicinity
to settle permanently.
The Secretary of the Jacksonville '
Board of Trade has received a telegram
from Gov. Fleming that the bill to bond
Duval county $300,000 for the improve
ment of the St. JohDs river has become a ?.,
law. v
Within less than a year the next Governor
of Florida will undoubtedly have <
been named. There aro at least twenty ?
men in Florida who would give a cool "?<
$1,000 apiece, says the Times-Union, if
tlicy knew right now whether or not the z:
lightning is going to strike them. o
OTHER STATES. ^
The peach crop in Louisiana this ycat
will be large.
. , to
II. M. Stringfellow, of Hitchcock,
Tex , writes that he netted last year over \
all expenses about $2,000 from his 200 t>J
Kieffcr and 200 Lc Conte Uc^1_ea?lLA,i?
six nfid sCven^l^^^^P^^PP|^CT^e^P|
Attorney General of the State fjfea a t>C- ,
tifion praying for an injunctibn against a. a
club composed of fifty six of the leading jt
insurance concerns in 'operation in that as
Stale, who. the Attorney General h*!dr, p
nave lormctt incmseivos into a trust ana u
entered into n conspiracy in-violation, of
the laws of Texas. it
Footprints of a Giant Steed and Rider i(
Chawfokd. Ga., [Special |?There is
a flat lock near the old Echo's mill that ?
covers an acre of grouud. One of the "
strange featuies of the rock is the track sl
of some huge beast of burden, also the n
track of the ?idcr of this ?|ucer, anfede- ]'
luvian monster. It seeins that the rider
and his steed made a tour across tne '
sock, leaving their tracks impressed in ?
the solid granite.
About middlcway of the stony surface
can be seen a place where the girth of the
rider's saddle broke and he dismounted
to fix it, leaving his tracks as plain as if
made in a sand bed. The hand of time
has not erased theni, but they arc there
now, showing the form of the animal's
feet and the precise impression of the |
giant's feet impressed therein, with toes i
n.wl nil as perfect and dialing as a |
schoolboy's bare-foot tiack of to-day. I
Women Fight With Revolvers. t
T Dimrif f D r-.ir I C nn/.iA II ^
jjiv.iu > iiii.r., v v/u.) [ U|H. ti(U j i "w . |
women, Ellen Cloucartcu and one whose I |
name could not be learned, both resi- I
dents of Stray Horse Gulch, near the
eastern limits of the city, while engaged .
in a wordy war this ofternoon, suddenly .
resolved to settle the dispute in the manner
usually resorted to in that locality? ;
that is, with g ins. They were in deadly
eat nest, and did not cease firing until
each had emptied the chambers of her j
revolver.
To the condition of extreme nervous j
agitation the women were in when they (
did their shooting may probably be at- 1
t<United the fact that they did so little ,
damage. Neither of the participants in
the sifray received a scratch.
A Farmer and a Pound of Powder. 1
Bikmingiiam. At.a., |Special.)?John
Siverly bought a pound of powder, a
pair of shoes, and a new tin pan at
Moulton yesterday, lie put the powder
and the shoes in the pan, and set it in
ti e back of bis wagon, wlcre the sua
shone on it. lie then slatted home. He
was not smoking, and there was no lire
about the wagon, but a mile out of town
the powder exploded, knocking him out
<>r the wagon, tearing his i lot lies olT and
huniing him terribly. Ii is thought Hint
'i now li'? not oil like ;i mirror, end ooo
:>trnto?l the rays of I lie* sun so as to ex
loile t lie powder.
Southern Immigration Bureau.
Halkiuii, N. l'.,|Spccial |- The South*rn
Inter state Immigration bureau linn
established a department of health, ranitation
and climatology, re< eiving the
co-operation of .sontlicii inedienl organizations.
It will furnish applicants with
data on the climatology and the sanitary
condition of any pa't of tin- south. The
oflicc will be either at Knoxvillc, Atlanta
or Asheville.
Not a Now Thing in the South;
The great sensation New York is now
linking because the first negro lias been
allowed to set ona jury there must strike
Southern people as strange. Here in the
South negroes have been allowed on
[ tries ever since they were made ftcc.?
Hicluuoud State.
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STARVniO ISLAIVDKBS.
( First Decimated by aa Epidemic and
How Buffering for Food.
MoKTRKAfc, Cam AO A, r Special. 1?
Capt. N. T. Jordan, of the schooner i
Mary, (jives additional particular! ef the
ep'dimic at Magdalen Islands. Two
months ago the aon of a lighthouse
keeper at South Point, Amherst Island,
fell ilL His disease was not considered
dangerous until other members of the I
family were similarly affected. It was t
thought to be tho giip. The Malady t
spread rapidly iuto tne neighboring vil- ?i
logo of Btang du Nord, and in less than h
ft WMk UVfn.olalitKi ?' A- I.ViUli
COM
The German Stvl ;|ktirw The
And Will No^Bntertafci Hi* Boya)
London, flablogram.]?Tb? position
>f^Pi inco of^alcs is btn omlog move and
*?la>me liim when his fleet arrive^ off
Shserness, and for similar reasom he Mil
Hit be accompanied oa his visit bv'tbe
?r'*ncc. whose absence, however, wilfbe
nove than made up by the piesence of
lie Queen.
The Frcetnans' Journal publishes a caroou.
iu which Pai n ell, Healv and others
uc sealed around the baccaiat table,
ilaying the celebrated game. Healy is
>icturcu iu the act of surreptitiously
ddiug cou titers to his bet, while Pa:ucil
ihispers to Erin, "this is too hot." ?
The police authority of Biimiogha1^
e afraid that the Ptinee of Wales wu?
ncct with hostile demoust:atious in the
t'cels when lie conies theic to oiieu up
ew law courts on the 21st of July, and
rill rual.e careful arrangements and
tringent jegu'aMoDS to prevent them.
fcKINLEY WItT" A BIGWHOOP.
Lmid Wild , Enthusiasm Ohio Bopublicans
Nominate Him
for Governor.
Coi.umbos, Ohio, [Special.]?The
ccond day of the Rcnublicau State Con
option of Ohio opened bright and clear.
The proceedings were opened by prayr.
nfter which the report of the comlit
tee on credentials was presented and
dunted.
The committee on permanent organiition
reported amid applause the name
f Geueral Asa 8. Bushnell, of Clarke
unity, for peimanent chairman of the
invention, and E. 8. Kessinger, or
i hens, for permanent secretary, iNominations
were declared in or&|pt
id Ex-Governor Foraker arosa to pta>
nt Hie nn^F of McKinley for <*vei M^
llii mat iou, the oonvcritiou ?l<-t lai c?i' M 1
ir McKinky nominated fdr Governor by
?claqiatidqT' and ? committee was ap;;:::?cd
to apprise him C> his miiuiunon
and cscott him to the hall.
Major McKinley. in accepting the nomlatiou,
spoke with unwontcu energy.
The nomination of Harris for Lieu'iiant-Governor
was a victory for the
hctmao contingent and was the result
f a st ill hunt. Upon the calling of the
ill Hon. Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, a
launch Foraker man, seemed to have the
omination by a sufficient majority. Ma
>r McKiulcy and Senator Sherman hid a
ngthy private conference this afternoon.
Tic campaign w ill be inaugurated withut
loss of lime.
SLAVIN WIMTHE FIGHT.
A
\ iteferee
Dunn, Hvwayct, Handera a
Decision Which Creates
Adverse Criticism.
New York, f Special.]?Jere Dunn,
lie referee of the glove fight between
Prank Rlnvin and Julro in IIC
lokeu, Tuesday night, has made known
lis official decision. He decided that
>laviu had won the bout, and was entiled
to 75 per cent, of the $10,000 purse,
>nt that all bets that Kilrain would be
<nockcd out within the ten rounds were
ff.
New York sporting men look upon
he decision as inconsistent. They claim
hat a ten-round contest must be condvided
unless one man is knocked out or
ujured so that be must stop, and that
udy an event of either character can end
t contest of a limited number of rounds.
In this instance the mistake of the timekeeper
in not sounding |the gong before
Kilrain was on bis feet after a knockdown
in the ninth round, caused the
trouble, but tecbnteSIRyTfcgsrtted Kilrain
being up and ready to fight when the
gong was struck was not knocked out.
The decision has made a considerable
stir among the betting men, many ci
whom had wagered for and against Kilrain's
being knocked out.
He Stood Up.
IIii.ton, Ga., [Special.]?At a pro
tr.t-ted meeting the other day the minister
preached a special sermon to thi
young men. commenting at some lengtl
on i lie character of George Washington
and requested any one present wh<
thought himself Washington's equal tc
-land up. One young man arose. Th<
p i tor asked him upon what did he bas<
iiis claim.
"Sir," said the young man, "I an
'wuinl of llilfnn ofafton "
The thirsty Bostonese have been unde
lie legal necessity for some time past of let
:ng their thirst go unslaked' save in
i'Ming posture. Tlitf^ciyrtisU and re
formers of that singblar town demon
si rated to their own/satisfaction that
li iiik permeating aim percolating alon
the sinuosities of tlfc seated figure w?
less deleterious (ham one plungiDg pn
cipiijtely along the Vair liner! a peeper
dicular toper. I
Killed by Lightning While in it
Mother's \\rms.
FonT Smith, Auk.J [Special.]?/
..owell, Ark., the two-yVar-old child <
Dr. White, whilo playin(r in its mother
irnis. was*struck by lighVning and killc
a>uutly, The mother yj at uninjured.
1
_ iu? luuiuunuis |
1 wan down. The disease liad then as- s
? most maliguant foirn. Deaths I E
a Oaten and children, were afflicted,
while the death roll had run into the I
hundreds. The people became panic- t
stricken and helpless. s
' The outbreak was at the opening of
the fishing season, but as nearly every ?
one was affected tho fisheries were en- v
tircly abandoned. The is'anders depend o
on the catch for food and supplies. r<
Their condition is simply deplorable. J It
Deaths nio now so frequent thai the p
dead have to be immediately buried o
in the merest npology for a coftin. In tl
the vicinity of Fox liurhor, Capt. Jordan ai
has apcu upward of thirty families at tu- 1
Rilly'tarving, while others arc satisfied if fti
hey can get a biscuit each as a day's ra it
ions He visited one family named ti
Jameson, consisting of eight pe >ple; four n
are dead, the mother aud two children r<.
dying, and the father, who is ill. said ct
that oxccntiog a little Indian meal, they ni
had not nad food for two weeks. The 11
same terrible condition prevails on the it
other -island** A tw-MMyri,' - ?w
cine Is exhausted. The Captain said un- tl
i? r?~,i ? -
1WU TTCW* iiumQUinioiy HCQl inOgO WIIO | 11
survived the disease would staive to p
death. The islands ate under the con- c
trol of the Quebec Government. They d
art? private property, having been grant- u
ed by the British Government to Heat si
Admital bir Isaac Collin, and ate now b
owned by h;s nephew. tl
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THE NATIONAL CHAUTAUQUA.
A
P
Formal Opening of the New Educational
Institution at Washington. |,
Washinoton, D. (I., |Special. I?The
''National Chniitau<|ua" at Glen Kcno,scv- 1'
en miles from this city, was opened to- r<
day. The main building is an amphithc- |"
atre 206 feet in diameter, capable of 6eal- 'v
j tJ.O'MV , < <mipO ik tcti of I"
big new organ. The Rev. A. H. Oillet, the 11
Field Secretary of* the original Chautau- 11
qua and the Chancellor of the Glen Echo B'
Chautauqua, presided and introduced tho
sneakers. The 1nt?er were local clergymoo
and the Hev. T. DeVYitt Talmage of ?
Brooklyu. Several thousand people were 11
piesent.
The dedicatory add toss was by Chan- ^
ccllor Gillct. lie unfolded a flag that f(
had been presented to hint by llishop
Vincent, the originator of the Chautau- P
qua idea, and which I)r. Gillet said had
been unfolded at every Chautauqua event 'l
of importance in the history of the move- ?
meat.
The site of the Chautauqua Is in the
midst of romantic scenery ou the Poto- E
mac River. Already ha'f a million has ^
been expended for buildings, for an elcc- ^
trie road, and fot other improvements.
A fine large stoue building, kuowuns the a
Hall of Philosophy, has been erected. 8'
The present programme includes lectures c
by specialists, to be delivered every hour ?
n the day for the next thiec w/;cks. '
LIVELY TIMES IN CHILI. \
4
Balmaceda's War Ships Bombarding 1
the Northern Ports. (
Santiago de Chili, |Special. |?It is 1
officially announced heic that the Presi 1
dential squadton of war ships bombarded
Pisagua on June 8 for three hours, aud
that Iquiquc met with a similar bombard
incut on June 9. In the case of the latter
city, according to the official announcement,
the Huascar and O'Higgin*
fired upon the city with their long range
guns, "but," the announcement add%
"these vessels remained at a distance."
a ....;i i
lu'iatiiuicut ut oauuis auu uuwj*' landed
from the Presidential squadion, on >
June 10, occupied Toconilla and collect- '
! cd the duty, due President Balmaccda's '
i Government, on the saltpetre then Veins 1
i landed at that port. From Tocopil'a ]
the Presidential vessels steamed to An toj
fagasta and bombarded that port also. 1
r The Presidential s.y-^ron afterward:
occupied Chanaral, and, after spikinp
the guns of the insurgent batteries, released
a number of prisoneis held in ens
tody by the insurgents on account of no
litical offences, and who were found to
be in a state of serai-starvation.
~ The foreign and mercantile commini
" ty is weary of the war and heartily defeir1
ous that one side or the other obtain the
J upper hand.
) "" *
> Bright Outlook for Brazil Predicted.
Rio De Janeiro, Bkazii., [Special. | ?
President da Fonseca, at the opening of
1 Parliament made an optimistic speech,
in which he dwelt upon the good rclafions
which exist between Brazil and all
r foreign powers. The President also said
> lhat the condition of the country was
a peaceful, and that there had been an ini
c.casc in the revenue receipts In roni
elusion, President Fonseca said lie hoped
a .o he able to effect an equilibrium of the
g. budget without finding it necessary to
is impose fresh (axes upon the people.
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Killed by Runaway Cars.
Ci.ikton Fokok, Va., [Specin1. J?A col
lision occurred at Balcony Fnlls, on the
ta Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, this evening,
and Engineer Lane and Fireman
Clements of (his placo were killed. The
tt eollission was caused by the train sepa?f
rating. The engineer started his engine
hack nnd met (he cars coming down on a
J curve, tt was too lato to avoid a collia- ,
ion.
. .i
ALLIANCE TWAirfllmrr
K Nebraska Judge to The Rescur
Of A Farmer.
rhe Relation of Col. L. I*. Polk
And the New People's Party
Discussed.
According to The Hub, a paper pubished
at Kearney, Neb., the distress o(
he farmers has touched the judicial
K'ucli, and caused it to exercise u rare
legree of discretion in administering the
?w.
It seems that while court was in sesion
iu a towu appropriately named
Iroken Bow, a lawyer applied for a rule
? aawtoi a Ona iawt<aMBi ..aaVai. [fir
>ut a prcccdeut in court auuals.
Judge Ilauter, who was presidium,
ooked thoughtfully at the lawyer a moncnt.
Theu his eyes ranged over the
faemnra Is* !??? 1?.*II /\f
UM Kiwi 1 (IIIUVIa ill mt IKIII ui JUOIII V.
"I will uot do itl" sait! the judge.
This docket is covered, page upon page,
kith continuation eases. The drougnl
f last summer has exhausted the farmer's
[ sources, and he is unable to pay hi*
>an*. The aet of God, for which the
eople are uot responsible, has reduced
no-half of them almost to bcgguiy, and
His calamity shaft got be made worse by
ay aet of mine. We are asked to true
00 farmers over to money lenders and
l>0 women and children over to pauper
>m. It shall never be done in this dis
ict while lam judge. The people at"
ot able to pay, and 1 will not assist in
>bbing them. Let us wait until a ?lop
in be raised arid confidence restore.?,
ad all will come out right. If a man luting
on his land, or trying to cultivnlc
, ho should have the reward of li.'s
ui*. Twrmnrm wumui- w ?no?err lines
like these, If the owner is trying t"
nakc a living on the land. When the
eople are compelled to ask aid *to pro
uresecd it would be a cruel mockery b
leprive them of the land to sow the seed
pon. I have a right not to eonliiin iulc
when the properly sold does nut
ring two-thirds its actual value, and in
iiese cnse.s it lias not brought that
mount. The sale is not continued.''
*******
The president of the National Farmers'
lliuncc and Industrial Luion, Col. L I.
oik, was uot present at the Cim intuit i
onfercnco that formed the " People'arty,"
and he was not in favor of tin
irmation of u new party so soon. Ne\? i
leless, he does not propose to be in I In
at when the procession ha* started, am
comes out in his paper, the Pn gn
e Farmer, in what aught to be munis
kaljle lnslnon, as follows:
The qucation what will the AUinnet
If. " WWIj1 ItUUgH idhff Him \
dsdom to answer that Question. Tin
cw party has adopted the Alliance dorands
and its platform. Docs any one
appose that intelligent Alliance men w 111
ote ugaiust a party that adopts 1lios?
lemnndu ?n<l in fnyijr nf > pot-lv fli'il i lit
nly fails to adopt, but resists tliosi de i
lands? The Weatern Alliance Stall* I
uve already gone into the new pa:!;.
Vill not the necessity for Alliance uiiiiv
:>rce the other Alliauce States to go into
lie new party also? We sec no way !<
re vent the new party from sweeping (In
ountry, except the simple one of cheer
illy conceding to the people every one
f their just demands.
According to a Topoka dispatch, tin
Ixecutive Committee of the Karimis
Uiatice of Kansas is discussing a plan
jr a private sub-treasury.
The plan is to establish in each county
bunk, aud storehouse or elevator. The
tock is to he taken hy subscription, and
ach county sub-treasury is to be inanugd
by the officers of the local Alliance
rhc farmers may deposit their grain or
tther products in the storehouse and read
vc in checks of the hank 80 per cent.
>f the value of the deposit, minus the
lltirirpa for inuiirTil'." 'l<>nnuil *-!in I
>c kept uutil the owner is ready to sell.
Ileaiiwhile his check for advances is to
lirculutc as money. The amount of the
produce deposited is limited to the
imount of the hank stock subscribed.
Buch are the outlines of the plan.
* * * * * *
An anti-trust bill has been passed In
he Illinois Legislature which forbid*
vith severe penalties any corporation,
rartnership, individual or association to
utcr into an agreement with any other
:orporation, partnership or individual to
egulate production or fix juices. It is
o be noted, however, that combinations
n production are now moic commonly
aking the form of large corporations
cgully organized into which have been
nerged many smaller ones. This bill
would not np|>arcntly outlaw the Hugar
Trust as at present organized, any more
than it would any other corp ration.
***** ?
A grand Alliance mass-meeting held at
Ooldshoro on the 12?tli. A niimher of
prominent men made speeches, among
them being President L. I,. Polk, of the
National Alliance ami Industrial Union,
and Senator Pelh r, of Kansas, Another
similar meeting will he held it: Charlotte
on August 20th.
A meeting of the farmers and workingmen
of Chesterfield county, Va., was held
at the comity court-house on irioav,
June 10th, ami ?n address made l?y
Robert Snavcly, State lecturer of the
Farmers' Alliance, who explained the
objects and principles of the Alliance.
*******
It was Byron who said that a drop of
ink may make a million people think.
So it can, and like the shot that was fired
hy the embattled farmers and heard
round the world, so a word may sometimes
stir the heart of a nation or lead
to the most important results.
Blonde and Negro Wedded.
Jacksonviixk, fix., | Special. | Many
< !! i/.OJl" are indi^ilnnl ovei h lu<?i I <?;;*
which took place eaily in the evening at
:ho resilience af the Rev. Mr. Dewitt.
,? stor of Mount Kmory Baptist Church,
lohn II. Wiight, a Chicago negro, was
married to Miss Valetta Gott, whose
home, accordipg to her own story, is in
Ihn lington, Iowa. Miss Gott is a bright,
good looking young lady, fair and with
pretty blonde tresses, while Wright is as
black as the ace of spades,
His Friends Tendering Him Their
Cheer hnd Sympathy.
New York, [ Special. J - In the best
social circles here there litis l>eeu wbisnered
(or a few days a I tile hint whioh
has absorbed all iutorvsl in other topics.
Never has the charms and popularity
of the fair bride whom Orover Oleveland
won been apparent.
This hiul is ouc that women tell
among themselves with that quiet and
delicious joy that the symptom of coming
maternity always creates; nud it is a
fat higher honor ami a richer crown of
happiness than ever hi* great office
moiigiii nun tlint tin* most cordial rvdi- ,
mi' ?i?
lad winner of.one of the most gracious a
of WOIUUO. W
The ltreathlng of a Locomotive. a
Tho "breathing" of a locomotive? N*
that is to say, the number of puffs given m
by a railway engine during its journey m
?Uopundi upon thr oircumforeneo of iU X
driving wheels ami their spoed. No mat- ^
tor what the rate of speed inay bo, for
every one round of the driving wheels a
locomotive will give four pulls?two out
of each cylinder, the cylinders being
double. The sizes of driving wheels vary,
some bciug eighteen, nineteen, twenty
ami even twenty-two feet in circumference,
although they are generally made
of about twenty feet. The express speed
varies from fifty-font to fifty-eight miles
nn hour. Taking the average circumference
of the driving wheel to be twenty
feet, ami the speed per hour fifty iniioe,
a locomotive will give, going at oxpreei^
speed, 880 puff? p?r txiluute, or.
puffs per mile.
going from Ijondon to Liverpool, a distance
of 201} miles, will thiow out
2I8.04H puffs before arriving at its destination.
During the tourist season of
ISNS tho journey from Loudon to Edin
burgh win accomplished in lets than
eight hours, the distance being 101 miles,
giving it speed throughout ol fifty miles
an hour. A locomotive of mi express
train from London to Edinburgh, subject
to the above conditions, will give
45M,45ll pulit.?Iron.
Little Jeff Davis Hayes Indignant.
Jackson, M isb.?When fhePresiden'
:?! puity icached Colorado (Springs,
i 'ol., the citizens were prepared to give
iiiin a royal welcome. This being the
iioine of Mrs. Margaret Davis llaycs, the
laughter of Jefferson Davis, the citizens
President In embryo.
Like other Indian of the town, Mrs.
Hayes put on her children their best appatel
and sent theur out to see the President.
Jeff, whom the enterprising citizens
of the little citv had given a conpicious
place in the reception of the
President, was recognized and saluted by
Mis. McKce. Mr. Wsnnmaker, and other
members of the distinguished party, but
ioi cived no mark of recognition from the
President. At this neglect upon the part
ol the mil ion's executive, he was highly
incimxeil, and on returning home he expo'
id his indignation to his mother.
.|i-Miculating with his bunds, he said:
"Mother, Mr. Harrison didn't even
take his hat off to mo.'-'
Nature's Freaks in Georgia.
Haxi.ky. (1a., (Special.]?J. J Clark,
living but u few miles from Huxley, has
a monstrosity in the shape of a sheep. It
has two perfectly formed heads attached
to one body uud neek. When chewb6?*j^
i ? fond it uses- both mouths.. wUbyarii
feet accuracy, and is a naturaffefretij^Hj
Mostrki.i.o, Oa., I Special. |?Mr. I~*v
Will Thoinasou, near Winford, lias a
lllUl's cifir 11 *|t ?s sfimowlnil n( n C'TICCttJ".
Besides being the usual thapc, it has
from the small cud a growth about one
inch in length and the size of a lead pencil,
which is foi led back toward the larger
end, resembling the aim and baud of
an imam.
Da.niki.svii.ik, Oa., [Special.]?A
large homed sunkc was killed by Lewis
Dandier, a few days ago. It measured 5
feet and :t inches in length. This makes
(lie second homed snake killed l.ere
within a week. 'I he Into of this snake
is fatal.
Womon Fleeing From the Flames.
Ottawa, Ont., [Special.j?The village
of Cusclinnu, about thirty miles flora
Ottawa, oti the line of the Cauada
Atlantic Railway, was almost entirely
destroyed by five to-day. Paascngcrs
by the Cunuda Atlantic truin from
Montreal siy the village, when the pnsscd
through it lust night, was a mass of fiie.
Piles of lumber, measuring millions of
feet, hugh stacks of tan bark, and uearly
every house and stoic in tlie village were
on tire. Men, women and children were
rushing towurd the woods in the most
frantic manner. The population is
about 1,000.
A New and Peculiar Insect.
Tho currant bushes in the vicinit of
Bloomiugton, III., are infected by a new
an 1 peculiar insect, which covers almost
completely the green fruit, and whose
poisonous qualities have occasioned
much excitement. A child of Ed. Moll
of Bloomington died,the doctors declare,
from eating the parasite-infected gre?w<?
currants. The child died in the mosttgj^
intense agony, suffering as if
witb rabies. Two other childfflVM^---'low
from the samo cause. Maay
are ridding their gardens of all currarc
bushes.? Washinolon Star.
Large Sale of Phosphate Laad.
Jacksonville, Fla., [Special].?A
<>, ala special to The Times-Union, says:
James A. lluiimaud Albert us Vokl !m?e
I sold to a syndicate 4,900 acres of pbosLwhatc
land in Marion, Levy, Citrus, HerJm.111d(>
and Polk counties for $570,000
"ash. they retaining in the same fifty-one
one hundredths interest in order to con111
>1 it.
Potest, Peru, loaded with precious
metal, is "the richest region on th]s
hemisphere." .. ^