The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 24, 1891, Image 1
NUMBER 30. "?' H
I* 1* ia estimated by the Now York T"W<x| ^JJ>RTTTVfMEP^ ' =
' (h<<> *rw? nnn r>t\n *?-- ?
.wtwv^vvvi uia unman race tnaki
use of opium, not as a medicine, but for
ita exhilarating effects. From 200,000,
000 to 300,000,000 employ hesheesb foi
the same purpose. The betel nut ii
masticated by 100,000,000 inhabitant!
of Farther India and the islands of the
Pacific and Indian Oceans, while 10,000000
more indulge in the use of cocoa.
' Tho entire annual rainfall of tho
United States has been estimated by
Professor T. Russel, of the Signal Service,
at about 1400 cubic miles. The
water would fill a ditch, half a mile
deep and a mile wide, extending from
New York to San Francisco; and the
pE average entire fall per second would fill
a cubical box with edges of 187 feet.
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i It is pleasing, confesses the New York
Sun, to obtain official information that
^ there is no danger of the immediate ex
W tinction of the American buffalo, as this
superb beast has found a quiet and
happy home in the Yellowstone National
Park. It is to be feared, however, that
the habits and even the natural qualities
of the buffalo are undergoing a sorious
change in the Park, and that he is becoming
a tame and well-dispose 1 quadruped.
It is truly sad to think that tho
vast herds which roa neJ proudly over
the plaius, even as late as tho middle of
the present cx^itury, have disappeared.
The United Strcios GattUe (London)
?observes: "The encomium pronounced
.-by the German Emperor on the drinking
and duelling corps of Gsr.nan universities
meets with very little sympathy
amongst our officers. That it is well to
cultivate manliness and disregard of
pain is freely admitted, but it is contended
that this object can bo attained
without the revolting slicing of noses
aud slitting of lip3. These words, however,
uttered by William tho Second,
Train your courage, your discipline and
your obedience, without which we cannot
as a State continue to live,' are
worthy of being remembered and taken
to heart."
According to the Grand Junction
(CoL) ffities there is red taps even in the
tiite yvas found to have one of his feet
endowed with a surplus toe, and the Superintendet
ordered a pair of shoes for
him from a local shop, at a cost of $5.
Secretary Noble disputed the bill. Then
the Superintendent wrote to the Secretary.
"Indian boy here with six toes;
can't possibly wear Government shoe.
What shall Idol" The Secretary an"
swered: "Off with his toe." Next
the Superintendent asked: "Which
toet" And the Secretary wrote: "Sixth
toe, of course." If the Secretary thought
that that ended it he was wrong. Again
the Superintendent addressed him, saying:
"Toe off. What shall I do with
it!" To which the Secretary made final
anawer: "Ship to Topeka for interment
in Government graveyard."
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It will be interesting to remember a
prophecy which Sir John Mcdonald once
made to a reporter of the New York 8un
with regard to the future of Canada.
He said that in time the provinces of
Ontario and Quebec will form a greater
France. He thought France was declining,
while in the old provinces of
n J- *1 P. V. mnUInl.Ino litra
1 " VJBUnUU lliorioubu nwio tuuivipijiu^ ?mv 1
nothing tho world has seen before. Not
only do they have large families, but
they possess all the thrift of the French
and are steadily buying up the land.
Like that of our New England the soil
is comparatirely poor and difficult of
cultivation, and the English, Irish and
Scotch are leaving it for the prairie, the
plains and the Pacific coast, "and," said
he, "whenever such a farmer expresses a
desire to go West his next door neighbor,
a i 'renchu.au, a lauds ready to buy him
out. Soon there will be few except
Frenchmen left in old Canada."
California is fast gaining a pto ninont
position as a dairy State, declares the
I American Dairj/mm, some of the Anest
French cheeses being made there. In
1830 Mr. L. Cantel started a factory at
Fetaluma for the purpose of maiufacturing
the celebrated French cream
cheese, and, although at Arst he found it
hard to introduce his product in San
Francisco and other cites on the PaoiAc
slope, he his by his persererauce built
op a first-class trade for the special
brands of fine cheese manufactured by
hid), whioh are French cream, Oamenbart,
Brie, Neufchatel, (Jerome and
Roquefort cheese, all of which are popular,
not only with the epicures in all the
principal cities in California, but also In
Oregon, and he is nor exporting large
quantities to the Tahiti and Sandwich
| . Islands. If manufacturers of those fancy
cheese on this side of the Rocky Mountains
do eot bestir the onelvej, it will be
but a abort time until Mr. 0 sntel, or
some other enterprising manufacturer of
for this line of dairy products, whioh ars
growing in faror among the bettor eiass
f ... VJIVUUX1.
These Late News Notes Will Rei
fresh Yon.
i
A Digest of All the Principal Happenings
in Our Galaxy of
Southern States.
VIRGINIA.
The prohibition contest in North Danville
was won by the "wets."
Alick Wade a negro, his dog and a
coon were killed by the falling tree while
coon hunting in Bedford county a few
days since.
The Campbell county election case for
Supervisor bnn bee*--OeuUl*d''!?! tStUrOr
the Republican ifnteste.'.
The Bell Telephone Company has a
direct line front Richmond to New York.
Professor Noah K. Davis, of the University
of Virginia, has consented at the
urgent request of the teachers of the
Baptist Sunday school in Charlottesville
to deliver a lecture before them every
Friday evening on the Sunday school
lesson of the following Sunday.
A few days ago some workmen digging
on property belonging to aland company
in Northeast Norfolk, unearthed an old
?ot containing $3,000 in gold and silver.
lie money is in possession of the land
company.
NORTH CAROT.TWS
A new #15,000 court house is to be
built nt Wadesboro.
The Western North Carolina Raidroad
has been completed to Murphy, county
scat of Cherokee, the extreme western
county of North Carolina, and trains arc
now runniug there from AahevilU.
Mis* Helen, daughter of the late Governor
Fowle, of North Carolina, is to wed
Mr. Knight, a prominent and wealthy
man of Chicago.
The Jnmesvilleanu Washington railroad
has been sold to the Suffolk and Carolina
road.
Prof. Winston, of the North Carolina
University, has returned from his tour to
all the priucipal Northern colleges and
universities in the interest of his Institute.
Negotiations arc invited for furnishing
brick and lumber for the erection of three
and probably six tobacco factories at
Statesville on the property of the Statesville
Development Co.
SOUTH CABOLINA. ,
Sam Campbell, colored, who killed
Turner Fowler,- also colored, in Hunter
township, Laurens county, last Decembcr.
voluntarily auncndar/uL
The annual exhibit of the 8tate Horticultural
Society will be held in Greenville
on August 13, 14 and 15. Liberal
premiums arc offered for exhibits of all
kinds of fruits, flowers and vegetables
and State canned goods.
Florence couuty has the honor of putting
the first new tobacco on the market
this season, from the plantation of W.
F. Claussen. Florence will soon have
her tobacco warehouse ready.
Comptroller General Ellerbec has dcel
ned to pay the salary of Supervisor
Cant well, who was removed from office
by Gov. Tillman and whom the courts
reinstated. This mav he taVincr the mot.
ter to the courts again. ?
There is a contest pending over the
election of a major of the 3rd battalion
of State troops. Messrs. Westfield aud
Hunt, of Greenville, were candidates,
one gentleman being a member of the
Greenville Guards and the other of the
Butler Guards. The face of the returns
show Mr. Hunt elected. Mr. Weatfield
will contest on the ground that Hunt's
company voted mco that were not members.
Geneial Richburg has referred the
matter to Col. Cagle.
TENNESSEE.
Ed O'Connor, of Tullahoma, was taken
to a grove near that place by masked
men aud whipped severely with switches.
The alleged cause was that he mistreated
his wife.
8. J. Moigan, of Hariiman, proposes
the organization of a stock company to
develop brown sandstone quarries between
Knoivillc and Chattanooga.
An election wsh held in Kuoxvillc
Thursday to decide whether or not bonds
for sewerage and bridge building to the
amount of $500,000 should be issued
The vote was five fo one in the affirmative.
Governor Buchanan and Col. Granville
Sevier have arrived ntBricrville with three
militia companies aud quelled the riot,
where. Wednesday morning. 300 arincd
free laborers drove the convicts and
guards from the Tennessee Coal and
Mining Company's mine.
GEORGIA.
The election for fiec schools at Madison
resulted as follows: 200 votes for and
13 against, making u total of 282 polled.
Under the law two-thirds of the register
ed votes veto required, so the election
went against free schools by 4 majority.
The Piedmont Chautauqua, on the
Georgia Pacific railioad, north of Atlanta,
has opened and many distinguished
speakers from all over the South are
present.
Rice beer is to some extent taking the
place of Jamaina ginger in the prohibition
regions of Georgia. In some places
this so-called beer hns been prohibited,
and it is a matter of speculation what
liquid more vile will be found to take its
place.
Georgia has nlic.rdy shipped between
7,000 and if,00 1 car-'o ds of watermelons
this season, and sovcinl thousands more
car-loads will go out. The shipments
are made as far West as Iowa, Wisconsin,
etc.
In the death of Miller Willis, the
Georgia evangelist, one of the queerest
characters that ever preached the gospel
r.t a camp meeting, is gone, fits pure
and holy life was a model for all.
I FLORIDA.
The Lake City Bank failed Thursday,
with $35,000 to $50,000 shortages.
Twelve oranges, which grew on a twig
inches long in George Stone's grove,
near De Land, completely filled a peck
measure and weighed thirty-five pounds.
The census ?ftlcc has made public the
tobacco 'statistics of Florida The total
number of planters in the state during
the census year was 029; total area devoted
to tobacco 1,169 acres; total product
407;298 pounds, and value crop to
producers, estimated on a basis of actual
sales, $104,631. j
De Land News: A bad man filled i
Florida editor with buckshot, and tie
dying paragrapher wrote a note to the
coroner, sjying that the cause of h's
death was too much leaded matter on Iris
inside.
OTHER STATES.
Thos. Roche, a wealthy capitalist of
Fort Worth. Texas. Iilm?*?
<;<Weulnv TTTTTvg, of T<* liijf ha<v4*ke?Tl
100 shares of World's Fair stock, being
the first man to subscribe to the enterprise
of his 6tate.
Archbishop Janssens, of New Orleans,
rcccutly addressed at the Convent of the
Holy Family, in that city, a large assemblage
of colored people who, in answer
to an invitation issued by the Sisters, had
I willingly responded. 'I he object of the
j meeting was to raise funds to build a
home for colored girls where tlicy would
be taught trades. The discourse of the
Archbishop proved highly satisfactory to
those present, and a committee was appointed
to formulate plans to raise the
necessary funds, about $20,000.
JUDGE WARDERCOMMITS SUICIDE
He Waa to Have Been Tried for the 1
Murder of His Bon-in-law.
Chattahooga, Tenn., [Special ]?
Judge J. A. Warder, who is tmder in- ,
dictment for tha murder of his 80u-in:
law, Simpson Fayette, the banker, cflto- \
initted suicide in the night at hiB resi- |
deuce on Lookout Mountain by blowing ,
oui nis o rains. since trie death of his ,
son-in-law Judge AYarder has been at- |
tacked with melancholia. Since his re- ,
lease from confinement he has been residing
on Lookout Mountain with his j
wife and mother. Upon the advice of <
his mother, he went to the city, so as to ,
be relieved of the monotony of rural life. ;
He secured a pistol in Chattanooga, and
at midnight, after saying his prayers in t
the presence of his mother and bidding
her an affectionate good-by, he placed
the weapon to his temple and fired, the
hall enntcriug his brain aud causing
death in about two hours.
Mr. Warder, before the unfortunate
tragedy in which he killed Mr. Fayette,
his son-in-law, was one of the most prom- f
incnt politicians in the State. At one J
time on fEe^upremc flenclf of'tne Vtrtrer
He was attorney of the city of Chatta- ]
nooga up to Wednesday night, when his (
resignation was accepted by the City ^
Council. His suicide has created a sensa- 1
tion throughout the State.
THE OHKTCAMPAIGN.
Gov. Campbell Renominated By the
Democrats. !
Cleveland, Ohio, ISpccinl.J?One of
the largest aud at the same time most in- J
harmonious conventions ever assembled j
iu the history of tho Ohio Democracy
inet here and nominated the following
ticket:
Governor?James E. Campbell.
Lieutenant-Governor?AV. V. Marquis.
Auditor?Hon. T. E. Pcckinpaugh.
Attorney-General?John P. Bailey^,... _
State Treasurer?C. F. Akerman. ~ <
Judge Supreme Court?G. II. AVald.
Commissioner Common Schools ?
Charles Miller.
Member Board Public Works?John
McNamara.
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muuiuui ruuu uuu unir) ^uiuiui^siun?
II. 8. Tnimbo.
After passing the usual vote of thanks
to the officers, the convention at 5 p. m.
adjourned sine die.
The vote for Governor stood :
Campbell, 508 7-16
Ncal, 124 9-16
Kline, 56
Thomas Johnson, 1
The North State Encampment.
Wilmington, N. C., [Special.]?The
different companies of the state militia
have been steadily arriving at Wrightsville
for the encampment. Sunday
morning the First Virginia regiment, 300
strong, came in, accompanied by Brigadier
General Charles J. Anderson and
several officers of the First Virginia
Brigade. The company from Lincoln ton,
N. C., will not do here, aa a lynch-" "
ing has been threatened there. A great
number of Confederate pensioners and
other veterans will go into camp on the
29th. Gen. Ransom delivers an address
on the 81st.
Tuesday evening the officers of the
North Carolina State Guard tendered a
reception and gave a grand ball in honor
of Gov. Holt and the visiting military
from Virgin'a. It was held' in the admirably
arranged now ball room of the
IsUnd Beach Hotel.
On Wednesday Gov. Holt reviewed all
the troops.
The Governor made the following ap
pointments: G. W. Myers, captain Co.
4'G," 4th Regiment; J. N. Creg/, captain
Co. "I," 8rd Regiment; J. N. Gibbone,
1st Lieutenant. E. S. Black well.
2nd Lieutenant Co. "I."
The Third Party in Kentucky.
Louisvillc, Kt., [Special 1? At Pad*
1. EdKHa tj i.ii ... ~ - -- - - -
ucisii joticiuoj vno i?^|iuunvnu v\m?cution
decided not to nominate a candidate
for the Btate Senate, but to support
Graham, the People's party candidate.
In an in interview there, Jisse Harper,
the People's party leader, said the purpose
Is to get k strong vote in Kentucky
to show that the People's party will receive
the support of the farmers.
Contracts have iust been made for the
shipment via Baltimore of 5,000 tons of
cannel coal from Kentucky to London,
where it will be used in the gas works.
Kentucky cannel coal has for several
years been going to England, its excellence
justifying the heavv cost of shipment
to the seaboard and thence across
the Atlantic.
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ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT, i
P&sident Poll Addresses The Order <
Officially.
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<Ln Interview With Congressman |
Oatea of Alabama, on the Al- c
liance Demands. ]
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To tho Brotherhood of the National \
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial
8
Union. n
It is now apparent that the enemies of r
reform throughout the country are mai- f
ihalingJ^^trocM^lor a vigorous and 1
if we be cautiwri^^TOM^faithful and s
firm. The outloSfor the success of the a
great reforms we'advocate, was never so 1
hopeful and cnbciiffngiDg as now. The
Order throughout the whole country is
daily udding to its numbers, and it is in
finer spirit und is more thoroughly united
than ever before^ ,But the peculisr con > ,
ditions confronting us demund the u(- i,
most caution, lest we commit errors, t,
which might prove fatal to our cause. ,k
The action of our Ijtnte Alliances nnd of ft
the Supreme Council, in their forthcom- si
ing annual meetings, wdl be universally ti
regarded with earnest interest, and the >
character of that action depends largely t<
on the wisdom of the subordinate bodies, tl
The sub-Alliance are to select members h
is delegates to the county Alliauccs, a
ivhich are to choose delegates to the p
State Alliance, which in turn is to select j
lclegates to the 8upfcrae Council. b
In view, of the great and important ?
vork to bo dttnft4.duriA?/'' next Alb- 'o
uuMt-^fCar, r^Ttyw^WTITMPrPU^t'e>??r4iVj Wi
largely directed by the'State bodies an<i t
the Supreme Council, the brotherhood is s
arncstly admonished fco exercise great a
-arc in selecting the men to whom must i
L?c entrusted the responsibility of guidiug v
nir course as an Order. v
Let those who are to legislate for us, p
u tlie State Alliances and in the Supreme a
Council, bo not only our ablest and p
visest men, but let Ihelr loyalty to our ti
ausc be without taint or taruisti. t]
Put none but true and faithful Alii- a
luccinen on guard in this hour or our
jreat need, ana all wi 1 be well. V
L. L. Polk. p
Pres. N. F. A. and I. U. v
Washington, D. O. In
If there is a person on earth whom the <?
ivernge politician hates "worse'n thuu <1
ler" it is the farmer who "knows some- |>
plunder of the ' politician s;
,vlio during the t^Bpafgn doles out to e
the rural uistricldHie specific taffy the t(
nty "boss" has fiflushed him.?Pacific *
Union Alliance Fa|per. Sl
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Perry HutchinsojL of Marshall Co., has ,J
150,000 bushels of Wra cribbed at Mary. villc,
for which he paid 17 ecnts a bushel ,v
Within the last fe&days he has been
offered 50 cents a bufeel for the ent lie ?
lot, but he is holdiaglton for a higher
Grice, and will dfilblless get it. Mr
[utchinson will Wear at least twice as V
much as he invested, and will wad his ''
jeans with a clear jApfit of $40,000. How ,l
raw that will mak^ue chumps feel who !
let Kansas coin go waging at 15 cents n .
bushel when th^fmft plenty of money 1
to take it in.? 3JNM*City Star. ^
OATR8 ^LLIANCE. "p
' Washiwotoit^ IX ^^^^cciid^-Thc a
an%rtct7i^^aen^^lfl^mthc^ticity o* fi
the reported interhim some
weeks ago, in yhich np was quoted as I
saying that the Democracy must beat the
Alliance out of exis??nce.
As an agricultural organization he 1
thinks the Alliance a good thing, lie
favors all the demands of the Alliance
except the sub-Jreasury and land loau
bills and Government ownership of rail- c
roads, but condemns Alliance methods to J
obtain control of the Democratic party J
in the South and commit it to the sup- :
port of these three objectionable measures.
He says that the*complaints of the (
farmers are just, but some of the remedies .
proposed by the Alliance arc infinitely *
worse than the disease; that the Democratic
party favors the reduction of taxes. A
more extended markets for agricultural (
products and a greater volume of money. A
He adds that if tne ^Democrats g<t con- ]
trol of the Government farmers will And ]
ia IhiM "ir>ini|nyrt^[<l(rif [hri? ?h and ,
are entitled to.T* t
He strongly 'eoBpmns all secret meth- <
ods in politics; deJounces the three meas- |
urea named as the most radical, paternal |
and centralizing of any ever advocated
by any party in the United States- He \
calls on the Allienoe leaders to furnish a i
bill of particulars is to their Democracy, ,
and lavors making a test of opinion in '
every convention by a resolution against <
these three measures.
an alliance rumor.
Davisboro, Ga., [Special.]?It ia
learned from a source which leaves no
room for doubt, that the friends of Hon.
O. H. P. Beall, president of Washington
County Alliance, have been grooming
him for secretary of the state alliance
Since early I r 'he spring.
Indeed, it may be said, that he is already
announced as a Candidate, the
county alliance golrg fur enough to unan
TUB ijUKM IWg*? c
James, Ga. , HW'}?The Jones
County Alliance a^Mgular meeting has
endowed the OraWpMorm. There was
a big barbedue anaMfbbHc speech by A.
G. Daniels, who atflWE two hours with
such telling etfectfl^Rtte entire oongrc
gat ion of ore? teoHHmnd people, by a
the sentiments ^ f
' "f'S
iance of Louisiana, as well as state con
nissioner of agriculture, has been unani
nously nominated as a candidate for gov
;rnor by the alliance of his parish. Mi
Vdams will run on the democratic ticket
>eing opposed to the third party move
nent, and will put his name befort^' th
lemocratic convention, where he promise
o be a very strong candidate. Severs
>f the alliances, notably in Catahoula
'ranklin and Calcasieu, have oronounce<
n favor of a third party, and regular al
iance nominations, independent of th
lemocracy, but it is believed that the
re hopelessly in a minority, and that th
klliance will work inside the democrat!
>arty. and try and secure the gyberna
orial nomination for an allianceman
There are now two nominations for gov
inti-lottery man, but conservative, an
trange to say is strongly supported b
ome of the leading lottery papert
V.dams is extreme anti-lottery.
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tiie alliance jubilant.
Atlanta, Ga., [Special.]?Atlanta wa
lie central point of a great Allinnc:
ally Wednesday, thousands of peopli
eing present at the Piedmont fixposi
ion grounds. The audience was uoticc
bly an agricultural one, hundreds o
irmers coming many miles and thou
ands fnsm this and surrounding coun
ics to hear distinguished speakers
layor llemphill welcomed the multitude
:> Atlanta in an address which was en
husiastically received. Col. L. F. Liv
igston, President of the Georgia Alii
nee, Congressman from this district,
resided. The first speaker was Gen. J.
1. Weaver, of Iowa. He declared in tlit
eginning that the Alliance movcmcnl
rjis greater than the Republican part)
r nemrMTTRtjc nartv qt P>ai>l?'?
sreauser trwaa tlie people. He asserted
hat the pools and trusts of America were
kinning Republicans and Democrat:
like. There was no politics in trusts
t was with them as it wa:
vitlv the Dutchman. He was askee
runt his politics were, and his re
ily was "fifty cents a bushel for con
ud five cents a glass for lager beer. My
olitics is business. He said it was high
iuie for farmers to make their politics
heir business. "I am a follower of them
s of Jefferson," continued the speaker,
I worship at his shrine politically,
yhen he said 'Eternal vigilance was the
rice of liberty,' he did not mean the
igilance of the politician, but the vigiince
of the people "
Weaver brought forth the wildest ap lause
from his hesrevs by declaring that
icre are now thirty-eight million more
eople here than there was twenty-five
" 5 *?
lying that times were dull and asking
ach other what made them dull. Hi
old them to feel in their pockets anc
hey could auswer that question for them
elves. "I feel,''said the General, "tha
he time has coine when we don't care i
luuble nor a tig for nny party. [Ap
ilause.] We kuow what we want aui
re're going to have it. If the old par
ies get in our way, we'll run right squari
ver them. There wou't be as mucl
ft as there was of the Republican part}
a Kansas last fall." Continuing Weavei
xclaimed: 'T tell you, my friends, tin
ldustrial people of this country canuol
ITord to h-se another presidential clcc
ion. | Wild applause. | Wo must incel
tie capitalists of the country in the opcr
eld and we must conquer them. If wc
re kept for another five years undei
heir laws now in operation, we shall bi
rrc^crtFsfslaves to aTi/ir of plutocrats."
le advocated the free coinage of silvei
ud concluded with a fraternal message
roin Northern AUiancemen to theii
Southern brethren.
ILAINE WEIGHS 183 POUNDS
le Expects to Resume Work ?
Washington on Sept. 24.
Boston, Mass., [Special.]?A reporte
if the Boston Traveller secured an intci
dew with Mr. Blaine at Bar Harbor, an<
lis report bears out previous statement
o the effect that the Secretary of Stat
ms been suffering merely from overworl
ind nervous trouble, and that he is re
:overing.
The reporter sajs that Mr. Blaine'
ace shows no traces of disease, hut bear
he pleasant expression of a man in thi
ugor of good health. His eyes wen
dear and bright, and his grip cordial an<
vithout tremor There was no evidence
in which to lying a suspicion that Mr
Maine had any organic disease. Mr
Blaine eats everything he desires, excep
pastry, and weighs 183 pounds, his norma
weight. He takes a great deal of exer
cise and transacts the routine affairs <
Sfftl^^ictating and signing letters. II
lakflWisolutcly no medicine.
So firmly convinced are Mr. Blaine an
the family of the certainty of his pcrmr
nent recovery, that Sept 24 has been si
as (he date wlien h>* \\ ill r? tuiu to Wast
ingtofi to assume the full duties of hi
department again.
National Educational Associatioi
Toronto, Ont., |Special. J?The auni
J convention of the National Educntioi
al Association of the United States forn
ally opened in the presence of ahoi
0,000 persons. Rev. (J. N. Grant, j?rii
cipal of Queen'a University, Kingstoi
welcomed the delegates on behalf i
Canada, taking the late Sir John M
Donald's place. Other Canadians alt
delivered welcoming addresses. Sho
responses were uiude by lion W. 1
Garrett, of Tennessee; Hon. W. T. Ha
ris, District of Columbia, Commission
of Education for United States; Prof \
11. Bartholomew, of Kentucky, I
smiirnern central marcs; marc oupen
tendent John E. Massey, of Virgin in, )
the Southeast; Hon. Solomon Pnlmer,
Alabama, for the Oulf States; Hon. J<
eph II. Shiqp, of Arkansas, President
the Southern Educational Association I
the South, and others.
A Pa trifled Man Found.
Knioiitsvii.i.p., Ind , [Special J?Fil
feet under ground in a top coal veil
miner after making a blast, discover
the petrified body of a man with n r
on his head. 'I'ho facial features, hci
body and legs are in a perfect state
; preservation.
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[- DESPERADOES QUELLED.
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They Lay An Ambush For The
Police.
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1 After a Repulse the Toughs are Rout,
ed, The leaders Jailed and
1 Afterwards Lynched.
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y Louisville, Ky,, [Special.]?A dese
pcratc attempt was made to assassic
nate the Middlesborough police force
i- in the afternoon about three o'clock.
It seems that a lot of disreputable char
aeters, wlio^ fre^vtciit Oum Springs, a
n to murder tfcc officio's. They according d
ly stationed about fifteen of their gang in
v ambush along the Louisville & Nashville
i". railroad, and two of the number came
just within the city limits and commenced
firing their Winchesters. These
two were Giles Johuson and Frank Kassimus.
Chief Maples, with a posse of
| officers, went in pursuit of the pair and
they led into the ambush. Over ouehundred
shots were exchanged. Special
officer Dorsey Williams was shot through
I both thighs and Patrolman Todeker was
shot through the leg. The police were
forced to retire. They returned to the
city. A posse of about one hundred
citizens, armed with rifles, was soon
marching in pursuit. Finally one squad
came upon Johuson and Itnssimus at a
sharp bend in the road. The toughs
threw up their Winchesters and fired.
' The squad returned the fire and about 75
snots were tired when the toughs I
i took to the bush. Rnssitnus was
, caught a few miautcs later just as lie had
flrttain a Imarl n *?- > -*m. *
nuother moment the officer would have
I been a dead man, as he was only about
9 ten feet from Russimus who was covered
by the bush. Five Winchesters leveled
's at him caused him to surrender forthwith
j and he was placed in the city jail here.
About one o'clock at night Johusou
! sent word he would surrender, if he I
would be taken immediately to the county
jail at Pinevillc, as he feared violence
, here. He accordingly surrendered to the
deputy sheriff outside the city limits and '
was smuggled to the county site on the
9 o'clock train.
About 4 o'clock in the morning a ;
crowd of masked men entered jailer Pol- '
let's sleeping apartment at the city jail, !
and with pistols to his head demanded j
the kejs to the jail. The jailer was forced i
to give up the keys. The crowd then
went into the jail, took Rassimus out j
| and led him to the big bridge over the
, y&M 'oT TflEfc', '1
' when he was cut down. A placard was |
j then tacked on the bridge rail just above i
the body, bearring this inctiption:
^ ''Warning?This isthefateof all wouldt
be murderers."
1 Aa to State Encampments.
15 The State of Georgia appropriated
, $90,0000 for the encamptoent of its troops ;
f at Chickamauga, and the public there j
r made large donations. It was not a
> brigade encampment, but the troops were j
I put in by regiments. It turns out that
the appropration has been exhausted,and i
t nearly one-fourth of the troops who were
, ordered into encampment will have to
. stay at home. A bill to make further ap- |
propriation for camping these troops ,
. passed the Georgia House, but failed for j
want of a constitutional majority in the
Senate. In Alabama matters seem to
. have l?ecn conducted in a more successr
ful manner. That Btate appropriated
$13,000 for the encampment of the troops
and the people of Mobile gave $2,000
more. Thirty-six infantry companies. ,
' three troops of cavalry and three batteries,
aggregating 1,500 men, transported j
3 from all sections of the State, were con- '
cent rated as a brigade in the extreme
southwestern part of the State and subr
sisted for nearly ten days. The cost of
uii oi 11118, mciuuing preparnuon 01 camp
I ground, etc., was about one hundred dols
lars less than the estimates.
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May Build in Alabama.
A special London cable to the New !
s York Herald of Inst Sunday said:
s The closing of the great Welsh tinplate !
e factories made a sensation here. Out of
e 80 about two-thirds have suspended, but
i 1 have trustworthy information that the
e closing was the result of a joint agreement.
So much tinnlaie had been rushed
over to escape tne operation of the
t McKinley law that the American market
il was overstocked, and the present move- ,
inent is an effort to relieve the market so
if as to raise prices. This had the disasc
trous result of raising prices to a point
that induced Americans to build their
d own factoiies. On the first of next
i- month the owners will decide whether ,
t the factories be opened or not. Many j
i- are in favor of flooding the American '
is market nnd keeping pi ires so low as to \
discourage the home efforts at manufacturing.
Several manufacturers have
I. sent agents to the iron regions of Alabama
to investigate the advisability of
II putting up plate tin works there. Thirty
' thousand Welshmen thrown out of work
arc eagerly awaiting the result.
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n. N. Y. Free Masons Entertained.
Nkw Yoiik City, [Special. j?A throng
' of Free Masons and tlieir wives, sisters,
and daughters, many of the latter lieing
members of the order of the Eastern Star,
Lathered at the spacious house and
r" grounds forming the old President Ty- i
ler residence at West Brighton, Htsten
: Island. They were the guests of Mrs.
"r M. A. Paid win Douglas, Worthy Martha
of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star
in this State. Mrs. Douglas provided a
?' bountiful feast. There was nanring on
"8. a large platform erected for the occasion.
?* In the evening Mrs. Douglas was pre'
Rented with a handsome jewel, the gift
of her sisters in the order of the Eastern
Star.
rty * ~5~*
i a Yollow Fever in Tampico.
A number of rases of jrcllow fever are
nP eported at Tampico, in the State of
" > l*aniaulii>as, Mexico, both outside the
ity in the bar, and also in the port
uclf.
A FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 1
9
Excellent Address by Dr. Oh am.
berlain, of Ohio?Other Speeches. J
Pulaski, Va., [Special ]?The Farmers'
Institute for the Ninth Congressional
district was called to order at 11:90 in ,-^H
the morning by Lieutenant-Governor TyIcr.
and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. fl
Book, of the Christian church, of this H
place. 39
lion. R. C. Kent, of Wythe, was then H
introduced as the presiding officer, and ?|
delivered, as he always docs, a speech of ?
rare good sense, during the delivery of 9
which he took occasion to criticise the 9
farmers of this section for not being __! S^9
present was smqjT. The speakers allud- fl
ed to their flocking together by dozen? B
instead of by thousands. Professor Mas- B
sio, of North Carolina, gave a practical
talk on ensilage.
a spkecii from the farmers .
Dr. Chamberlain, of Ohio, made far
the best farmer's speech your correspondent
ever heard?a speech from th. farm
and not from the books. It should be
published and lind a plaee in the house
of all of our farmers.
Professor Alwood, of Blacksburg, told
how to fight insect pests, and Mr. Jackson,
of the Planter, recommended chick- *
I'll culture in an earnest and entertaining
speech.
No allusion to the third party was
made and no kicking out of the party
traces. The farmers stood under one
flag, that of a common country, and talked
of nothing but farming, though the
Ohio farmer did talk of farming off the
farm ns well as on the farm. lie referred
to the enormities of combines and tho .?
iniuuitics-ol th"1? r* 1, r ,"'L*x*Vrn'.
Everybody present is charmed with the
gem of the mountains, the gra-s of our
valleys aud the glory of our climate.
TENDERED TO MRS7~DAVIS.
The Courtesies of the Richmond A
Danville to the Ex President's
Widow.
New York, [Special.)?The following
dispatch was received by Mrs. Jefferson
Davis:
Mrs. Jefferson Davis. New York Hotel,
New York City: Have just seen in
press dispatches your letter selecting
Richmond as the tinal re-ting place for
the remains of your honored husband.
Permit me to tender to you private cars
and transportation for the remains and
yourself and family. John II. Inman,
President Richmond and Danville
^ steaintli^frftas just beenT!fcriereJ[T'> l\"
take 7,000 to 8,000 barrels of whiskey
from NewportNews, Va., to Bremen,
and additional very heavy exports are to
be made. During the last few yeais a
large amount of Western whiskey has
been sent out of the country to avoid the
payment of taxes, as the government requires
the payment of taxes within three
years from the date of manufacture. By
exporting it prior to the date when the
taxes are due, it can be stored in foreign
countries for several years and then reimuorted.
Heretofore the shipments
have been made mainly through Boston,
New York ami Baltimore, bfit as the ?
Chesapeake & Ohio handles all of this
tralHc it will now turn it maiuly through
Newport News, and it has been reported
that several hundred thousand barrels
will be shipped abroad this year.
Texas Crops and Cattle.
Weatherford, Tkx., [Special.]?The
prospect for cvops, especially corn and
cotton, the farmers say, have never been
better since the first settling of the country.
Corn is, in fact, made, and the
yield will be from forty to fifty bushels
per acre. Wheat is being threshed and
is yielding about thirty bushels to the
acre. It is especially tine through the
Panhandle section. The great overflow
in the Red River country ruined crops in
the valley, but out on the ridges everything
is in a flourishing condition. Cattle
are being shipped now from the
Chickasaw country, and hundreds of
beeves in good condition are being taken
out daily.
To Entertain the Business Men.
Charleston, S. C., [Special J?The
business men of Charleston held a meetiiu?
and raised & I .Mil) in enteit:iiii tlin
business men of the towns of Sumter, Darlington
and Bennettsville July 27th and
28th. Invitations will be sent at once to
the prominent men of these cities to come
here on a special train, which will be
provided. The programme of entertainment
will include a banquet at New
Brighton beach, Sullivan's island, on the
27th, and a grand banquet in the city on
the 28th Mayor Bryan is chairman of
the committee of arrangements.
Lashed on the Back.
Naphvim.e, Tcnn.. [Special.]?Ed
O'Connor, a young white man living at
Tullnhnma, Tenn., was taken out by n
dozen masked men at midnight and
severely whipped with hickory switches
laid on his bare back. O'Connor was
married only three months since to a
pretty little, school teacher named Miss
Williams, of Sheffield, Ala., and they
iived with O'Connor's parents until re!
cently, when she left him, charging that
he and his mother treated her brutally
she could not stay. This is the cause c4
O'Connor being punished.
The Embargo oil American Pork.
Pxuia, \Cab\cgnvm. \?-T bo French -sgf
Government has decided to accede to the
request of the lion. Whitlaw Reid, the
United States Minister, to remove tho
embargo upon American pork. The
government has agreed to bring forward
>t Din moauying ine general custom* imif!
of May, 1881, and fixing the duty at
20 francs per 100 kilos on all salted pork,
ham, and bacon imported from the United
States.
Aid for Colored Feople.
Buffalo, N. Y. [8peeial ]?It is reported
that Mrs. T. L Johnson, a wealthy
lady living near Rochester, gave Uev. J.
J. Smrdlwood, the colored speaker, #13,000
with which to found an educational
institution for colored .people in Vir^inia. -