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* * r' will be n~Jre of the commodity left for
manufacturing purposes and but little for
domestic use either in that State or in
Indiana.
It is the opinion of the Chicago Herall
that "Uncle Sam does not offer much eucouragement
in the way of remuneration
to men of science in the Government employ.
No matter how able a scientist
'may be the maximum salary he can receive
is $1500 a year, and it is frequently
i never $1000."
' i
Tho United States Secret Service officers
have notified all tho jewelers of '
- Chicago that hercatter they will be pros- (
IMiltwt oniin?o.f?:H "
?--v- -v wuuiiviiciiiuj iu case nicy
are caught gold-plating silver or nickel .
AP coins for use eca -bangles. Tiiis action is
* taken because M has l>ecu discovered '
that some of these * plated coins havo ,
>been passed for gold coins, which they
resemble in size. a
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Joseph Nimrno, Jr., the Government 11
Statistician, is of the opiniou that "at J",
the rate at which the Interstate Commission
is now evolving decisions, it is ?
to be apprehended that in the course of
ten years the railroad lawyers of this h
country, except those willing to study J
themselves to death, will throw up their
profession in despair, for the reason that ? j
it has become too much for them." U
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a
' Tho Prince of Monaco having secured
wi^P^vith $600,000 annual income haj a I
rhnde up hia miad to be gonrr Una "nave ^
no more gambling in his spacious realm M
after the present lease of tho Casino is >
\ run nnf A nrll lit Tlnf fVin milnr. *.*
0* prising managers of the tables have
made arrangements to reproduce the en- ?
tiro establishment, theatre and all, iu r,
Andorra, the little republic in tho
Pyrenees On the border of France and ?
Spain. Already 5*4,000,000 of the capi- ^
tul stock has been taken up in Paris. ^
The asylum that anarchists of ah ,i
Europeru countries have made of P
Switzerland has never been regarded
favorably by the Swiss peasantry. They "
have been impervious to all attacks of
socialistic oratory, and in order to make 0
v a more distinct resistnnoc njnins* ?OCl?l~ "
ism, peasant associations, under tho ,,
name of "Uauerbunde," have been ..
n .
founded in several parts of German !i
Switzerland. The movement, lias two ^
newspapers, one of which advocates this
policy for the Government "The nbolition
of public festivals and Government g
pensions, opposition to all superfluous j'
expenditure of the State and improved ^
^education."
L. I I
Professor Lombroso, a student of '
criminals, says that out of forty-one an- i
arcfcists whom he studied in the Paris
"JWlifo omilc, tuniy-uiie poi wui, ouuit-.-i
the criminal type of features. Of forty- i
three Chicago anarchists the percentage <
of wicked faces w.is forty, and that is *
atout the percentage obtained troni the
professor's researches among the political
criminals of Turin. liogicides or
murderers of presidents, such as Fieschi,
Guiteau, Nohilingand historic evil-doers
like Marat, ha 1 nearlv all the ortmia;;'.
cast of features. Nobiling, Guiteau and
Booth, in the specialist's opinion, ha I
^hereditary tendencies to crime. Certain
socialists, like Karl Marx and Lnssalle,
are exempted from the doctor's classification,
as their features arc noble, but thc>;
such men do not favor anarchy.
The real truth about "the attempt in
Japan to assassinate tho Uzarewitch" has
renched the Berlin embassies from St.
Petersburg. It appears that the- C/.arewitch
and his companions, having dined
freely, proceeded in plain clothes into
the lowest <juarierof the town in which
they were staying, where tiiey entcre I a
"tea saloon," in which a large and
l
rowdy company were assembled. The j
Czarewitch and his friends appear to
have been somewhat exhilarated, and
wro aeanmf>rl to hfi ;i Ivtnd of not VCTV
retiucd touists "on the sprue." A row
spedily took plane, an 1 tlio police were
called in, whereupon there was a rough
fight, in the course of which the Cznrcwitch
was slightly wounded, l?y a pure
accident, and ho and Prioco George of
peffiWtsatiu f?,l?wers wcrc t,iy ou,y
laughter at the idea o f~flu"]vn"
liussia having so hastily decorated his
Greek nephew for saving the Czarewitch,
who was in danger of nothing except a
prison-ce'l for tho night, which Prince
George would hp?-? share I with him, for
they were bn.'n equally eolpiblo. The
Kmperor was furious when the truth
reached him, an 1, not eoatunt with tel
graphing a very severe rebuke to the
Caarewitch, he ordered him to return
home at once. His "bear-leaders'
will have aba I time of it wh -a they get
back to Itussia.
Jackson, ia chief engineer.
GEORGIA.
Columbus is to have a garbage crematory.
Savannah will probably build a second
garbage crematory.
A grand reunion of the surviving veterans
uf the famous Fortv second Georgia
teg'uicnt t^ok place Wednesday, at
Grant Park. Atlanta.
These Late News Notes Will Re
fresh You.
A. Digest of All the Principal Hap
penings in Our Galaxy of
8outhern States.
VIRGINI A.
A<?fitie Odd Fellows hall is to be erect
ed at Miueinl City.
A building and loan association with
one million uolluts capital was chartered
in Alexandria Thursday.
Ninety-two warrants have been issued
for the participants iu the prize tight between
Indian Wongo and Jack Connors,
which took place in Princess Anne eoun
ly Tuesday night.
The charter of the Business Man's Protective
Vniu!i, ufKi<Juuoud^|^J^*A
iment^ed, (OTStioi
general banking and brokerage business
Herbert L. King and Millard A. King.
:hildren of M. F. King, ? f Hie inond.
vcre drowned by capsizing of a boat ir
fork River Tuesday night.
Plans have been prepared for building
i tunnel under the tracks of the Chesaicake
A Ohio Railroad at Newport News
it a cost of $17,000. The tunnel is deigned
for street travel and a street cai
inc along Twenty-eighth street.
The Catholics will build at $10,000
hurch edifice at Buena Vista.
E. King, Sr , of Petersburg, claims to
c the author of "Stout-wall Jaeksoa's
Vay." It has been credited to John
Williamson Palmer, of New York.
Governor McKinlcy issued a ie?piision
upon the Governor of North Carona
for Charles Wat kins, who is charged
ith the murder of his wife on April 6th,
car Salem, in Roanoke county.
George S. Smith was shot and killed
1 Alexandria as
one of Alexandria's enterprising citi
jns, and for a long time was lieutenant
f the Capitol police force at Washing
>n. I). C.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The electric street ear company, of
laieign, nave arranged to construct a
elt line around the city.
The railroad commission has completd
assessing the entire railroad property
f the state, making the total value at
I P. #00,0(10. Last year it was $12,000,00,
showing an increase of 50 per cent.
The contract has been given for the
c\v freight depot in Statesville, in the <
late of the one burned. i
Grand Sire Busbcc, of Raleigh, has
ow iccuperalod so far that he is allow)
take short drives. . t
Misti Helen \Y hi taker Fflwk, dnnghtrr >
f the latp GUmmmmw** r>.?i.i -fx _j
us married Wednesday afternoon to Mr.
'homus Duerson Knight, of Chicago, iu
hrist church. Raleigh, and witnessed
nly by near relatives and immediaie
! iendfs. The groom is a near relative ot
Irs Senator Vance and of Mrs. Charles
1. Busbeo.
The Capital City Land Co. has been
rganized with A. S. NichoU, of Miehian
City, Ind., president. This coinany
lias purchased and will improve dull
iggs & Womble property in North
luleigh.
It is now no longer a secret that Gov.
I..It will not carry out the provisions of
lie law passed by the late Legislature,
ippropriating $25,000 to the World's
-'air at Chicago, to be taken from the
urcci tax money sent ncre oy tne i*ovivU
rfi?iuo v*xr*c? uur
rased on ti decision of the Attorney Genrral.
Gov. Holt does not think he would
.)<; justified in appropriating funds of
.vhich he is the custodian to any purpose
other than that for which it is intended.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A North Carolina party is corresponding
relative to the establishment of a tobacco
factory in Florence.
l?ev Prrf. A. G. Voigt, ol Thicl C'ol cge.
Pennsylvania. has accepted the professorship
in the Newberry College and
Seminary.
The Richmond A Damille, South Carolina
division, discharged several con
doctors and engineers for allowing accidents
to their trains.
The Columbia firemen will at*end the
firemen:-" tournament ai Durham, N. ('.,
on August 2*?, 2fi and 27.
The Comptroller General has issued a
circular t?. insurance agents I'" the idea
of the law propounded shall prevail the
taxes of iiiMiraueo agents will be about
doubled.
Winston*.- < bampion b? ball team
were defeated for the first time this year
at Charleston Thursday; score to nothing.
Win-ton won the second game;
? " a t, l ti to 2.
iion C. I>. Tillman delivered an adI
dros> at St. Matthew'>. in (be interest i>f
t)i. new i ..mil v of Calhoun The subj...
t of his remarks wa : "The Importance
of Smaller Subdivisions of the
Slate."
A n onlei lias been taken in the I mted
States Circiil t'ourt anth nizing the sale
of hix-lin's Island, for I lie stint of if 150,
(inn. t> a company organized in Itoston
11 v Receiver St owe. of the Old Pacific
Guano ( oinpanv.
George Wallace, ??| Boston, Mum., representing
a syndicate of capitalists of that
. .*qti- t.W purchased the (.olunibia cannl
QUO, says that ttie removal of
11ftibi'iiii/it vi,tr
TENNESSEE.
Chnttanooga labor union denounces
convict labor, and petitioned Governor
Buchanan to summon the Legislature in
extra session to consider the subject.
Mr. Marker, of Pittsburg. Pa., and
others are endeavoring of organize a
$'?00,0n0 stock company for the purpose
>f erecting a steel plant nt J spa.
\ eoiumittee has been investigating as
to the u< 1 \a - ability of constnu ling canal
between the Tennessee and ('iiiiihcrlnm'
tivers and between tin Tennessee ati'l
^1 iv?i?sippi i iveis 'Jhcseenit.il inks (to
be An or (.in miles in length) will, it is
Ai a meeting of Brunswick citizens
the Southeast Georgia Fair Association
was organized for the purpose of holding *|
an annual fair in Glynu.
Virgil Steed has sold $100 worth of 2
watermelons for the cash in Talbot ton s
since the opening of the seasoh off of
two acres of land, on which he made c
less than one thousand pouuds of seed t
cotton hist year. li
Captain Dempster, of theSalwrtta^ ?1
gest liar in Ilnnishurg. Mrs. McArfnur?
slapped the captain's face at the time Cor-' ?
using such approbious language. * *
The colored stn'e firemen's tourna- n
ment was held at Augusta last week, with
companies present from Macou, Athens. '
t'uthhert. Americus, Washington. v
Barnesville and Albauy. The first named
i aptured the $100 reel race prize
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The Atlanta city council h s ratified n
ihe contract ??f the wa or commission for ~
the three ])umping engines for the new
water works; also adopted a bill for pre- ?
Mentation in the legislature, authorizing
the issuance of $500,000 of water works
bonds. .,|
FLORIDA. d
Gihuore & Davis have secured contract
lor the erection of a building 00x72 feel '.
for the State Industrial College for col .
ored students, at Tallahassee. |
W. II. Brnden, a farmer, was shot ol
Tuesday at Mundun's Pointy onjjicj^^ ^
bothen, win told "him that he had come t\
cither to get rations or kill him."
The doors of the First National bank fi
of l'alatku closed last week, and a notice ft
thereon says that they will remain closed
until the arrival of a national bank ex- in
nmincr. This bank was regarded as one n<
of the staunchcst in the state.
So far July in Florida has been de- "
light fill Another month of the weather l'
would break up the northern exodus.
There has been for the past few years, to
says the Times-Union, a great cry for cl
"younger blood" in the supreme court of 01
Florida. The "blood" seems to he young m
enough now, and the work of disposing u<
i?f cases is certainly going on more rapid- ?
ly tnau in the past.
A Fairbanks special says: The P|
shipment of pears and putting up fruit.
bWJUUI til bo tfta tflinw yl. ?- - W P * ?
dcliscious this year.
The jiincapple luovcmcnt is about end- ^
cd. This year's crop was the biggest in m
the history of Florida.
A well-known railroad man estimates |?
that 250 tons of phosphate are shipped
from Florida per day.
A big ship arrived in Fcrnaudin..'.
Monday, and is loading with phosphate.
Four other large phosphate ships, are ex- .j".
pcetcd daily, and Fernandina's people
are jubilant inconsequence. '(;
OTHER STATES. a<
The last of the jury bribery cases was 'l'
tried in New Orleans and resulted in an
acquittal ^
The law of Mississippi require three n
x-ciMvr,-, ^
he must be able to coustruc the Constitu- ^
tion of the State. This last clause is q
vague and uncertain, and under it one- v
half the voters of the State can be de- v
prived of the right of suffrage.
Royal Arch Masons.
Minneapolis, Minn., [Special.)?The
general crawl rl>.??>?cr Royal Aicii Masons l
:?t the United States of America began i
its twenty-eighth triennial convocation y
here at high noon, Wednesday. This i
body is the largest Masonic body in the ;
world, having a .membership of 141.901. I
It is nlso the oldest body in the United
States, and it will celebrate its centenial i
in 1897. An address of welcome was de- <
live-red by Mayor P. 13. Winston, and a >
response by the general grand high priest, i
I). F. Day, of Buffalo, N. Y. The report
of the general grand scribe showed that '
in two years the new growth of the or
tier has been 14,942. The total membership
now is 141,901. Since 1889 $186796
were collected and $168,095 expended.
There are 2,069 enrolled chapters,
Interesting references was made to the *
growth of the order in Asia, Mexico and 1
A morion I'Kn rriMiml cliftnlnr in <
dwmi niiivuio, . ...... vU?,.w. ...
Chile lias not been heanl from on account
of the civil war. The general grand
high priest in liis address said Chat the
grand chapters of Pennsylvania, Virginia
and West Virginia, which were still independent.
would probably be brought
under the general chapter, as we'l as the
Canadian grand chapters, before the centeu<
ial.
Virginia's World's Fair Convention.
The spirit manifested at the State convention
held last week, Wednesday, at
Pulaski, evidenced that the World's Columbian
Kx posit ion lias taken a strong
hold upon the minds of tlie people of
the Commonwealth, and that there will
be a substantially unanimous call upon
the general assembly next winter to make :
a large appropriation, so that every resource
ami eveyy attraction of Virginia
*???.vjae adequately and fittingly exbibite
T Vv IlllCTlO Sinn tyub fixed ti'
last that would he required, there was a
general agreement that *100,000 would
be the lowest sum that the legislature
should appropriate.
It has been noticed that in some other
Mates the farmers opposed any appropriation.
or else insisted that it should be'
very small, and that tlicv denounced all
liberality of appropriation as grievous
extravagancies. Not thus feel the Virginia
agriculturists, ? |,o were represented
at Pulaski. On the contrary they intend
to spend liberal!v, but not lavishly
m order that their Commonwealth may
I ivea rew rd for the enter,,. and pubI
lie spirit of her citizens. j
AXLIANCE TJI||ll#EOT.
Everything Mortgaged I Sooth
wester* Kama*
Countie* With Small Btpuli ion* and
L&or? 0?bts th? Outc do of
Wildcat Settling Sch? e*.
Southwestern Ttansa* boa s of the
direwdtst financier* in the w< id, writes
i Topek? correspondent of ie Boston
Herald How the people Ut *nd what
hcv can hope for in the fh&n< have pu*:lod
the brnius of the easl^fta jart of the
Mute for many years. ... I
The attention which thaveqnt killing
>f Col. Sam Wood ha* MM towards
he district bordering oa mMnifcUna
resulted
? $"'^u^jffl^Sfchthe.
ast,has bden Vobl?wt%if^(|<e?^Ji?^hleli'
<OT^6ncere must command (Jen the
diuiintion of their victims.
Tne thirty-second judicial difrict is
(imposed of six counties?ScwarT Stevns
and Morton, on the southern Ino beiveen
Kansas and No Man's Land,, and
!runt, llaskell and Stanton joininr them
n the north. Each of these couities is
T miles square. A few years ago every
re of their area belonged to the g?vcrnleut.
Hncc then they have been taken
l? by alleged farmers, who, as soon they
>uld secure title from the land office,
lortgaged them to loan companies for
I the agents would advance and abauoncd
them.
Now the loan companies are in undiluted
possession of 90 per cent, of the
aims, and about the only remaining evlence
that the country was everjpoputed
are the ruins of sod houses and dugits
that dot the broad Qlail)sg?j-<jg}i)|g||
incfieation that
ic little hut ia occupied, and that water
being pumped for the family's use
mil a depth ranging from 100 to 189
of. .
Towns which were abiding places for- |
oi ly of from 500 to 3,000 people are I
3\v either entirely deserted or nearly '
?. County seats which contain fully
0 business houses seldom have over
tree in use, aud
Til E AUE ENOUGH BUILDINGS
i furnish two for each man woman aud
liid resident. City lota, which were
ice in demand nt II ,500 each, and
any of which have brought $2,000,
>\v have no value, and their owners do
>t pretend to pay taxes upon them.
These counties were organized in pros rous
times, when eastern loan compacs,
through their agents,
gani/.atian under the state law, while
i w there is not one that has half enough,
bortivc attempts at farming have alost
invariably proved complete failures,
id the only crop that has been raised
is been one of bonds and mortgages.
Commencing Monday, July 27, a Farm's'Alliance
and Kuights of Labor enimpincnt
began at Sulphur Springs,
cxas, to continue five days. The
rogramme is modeled upon the Chnuuiquan
system, and includes
ldresses each day- from well known
eturers, the following speakers beiug
f the number: Prof. C. Vincent, 8ena>r
PefTer, President Evan Jones, Harry
racy. M. W. Wilkins, R. W. Coleman,
f. 8. P. Ashby, AV. 8. Morgan. C. AV.
iOuv, KiHi Jwumuor Ralph Beaualhering
of labor in
'exas was present. Oroiwf).^ wnod and
rater were provided ?r those who
rerc camped. * (
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1'KFKER IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Wuwi'i icn tV Va., Svurtiur >V. if.
> ir. _ ..r V nuih Kulional Alliance Sec
etary Turnei and State Alliance Oignni:cr
t'arskudon addressed an audience of
<>,000 people at Moundsville. After the
iddresscs a eonferencc was held with
ending Alliance and People's party men
>f this State with n view of mapping a
0 n of cinping in West Virginia. The
;reat majority of the Alliance leaders,
u< h as Congressman Capchart and Scnaor
Knott, stand aloof from the movement
md predic t its failure in this State
* ? + A 0 *
a national. alliance encampment.
Baltimoue, Mi>., [Special.]?The
\meiiean says that the National Farmers'
Alliance will hold their encampment
in Maryland, near this city, and that the
annual encampment will lie hcnl here
every year, certainly for the mxt five
yeais, and it is probable that a Ite will
i>e purchased and the encampmea located
here permanently. This year the encampment
will he held in 8e>tember.
About two hundred acres of lam will be
needed for the encampment andan auditorium
will l?e erected which vi 11 seat
12.000. The encampment will last two
a^ecks and 2~>0,000 persons ma* be expected
to be present. The Penuylvauia
and Baltimore and Ohio railronls have
made liberal offcis to secure the tncampment
along their lines.
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-- - * \\r 4 o r> r motAW
ri>L.n a% " Aoii.iiv. v.,.
Washington Post: An iut?rosting
talker, because his words ring wlh the
sincerity of honest conviction, is Col. L.
Ij. Polk, of North Carolina, present of
only of medium sS*n?,$ct no ifcoVoU**.
tractive face full of shrgtvdness and good
humor. Mis hair is- iron-gray and hi?
long pointed board nearly white. lt<
looks about five and fiftv, and dnsae? ?'
good taste.
"The partisan pr?, ' " he said, "is ful
of misreprc-entatiol. of the Alliaoet
You must have hear* of the alleged n<
tion of the Kansas si W Alliance, to tl
cfTeet that, as the Hoi1 Lu was not repr
sen ted at our Ciiicinnjfsti convention,
was a scheme to enrryO he country in t
next national election for the Democrat
and therefore the sub J y Alliance in gu
tion would return to the Republic*!
party. Now, this was made of the wholt
cloth. The presideut of the Alliance
came out in a card denouncing the whole
story as a falsehood. No such resolution
tiou was ever introduced, vet it nets in
print, and people who read ouly the par
tisan papers fancy the Alliauce has gone
to pieces in Kansas, and that ita members
will go straightway luiek to their old love,
the Republican party."
"I waut to tell you that such notions
are absurd In Kansas today we have
from 15,000 to 20,000 luemlu rs gained
since the adoption of the Ocaln platform.
Does that look like losing strength? We
aio growing faster than ever and are
thorouohlv lmit.-.i "
"Will there be a third ticket in the
Presidential nice? 1 will give vou a
straight answer: So far as the Northwest
is concerned the third party has cotne to
sisjyit^wjUJuort tiftkat iniWfl?UsV^
io leWers (to not put
Xh end to their int dernnce, proscription,
and denunciation of our order and its
principle there will be a third ticket in
the South also. There is a grva' deal of
human nature among A1 iancemen. They
have stood a good deal from the Petno
enitic leaders, but are grow ing weary and
may turn ou their detractors."
"Is it true that you have demanded
the resignation of President Hall, of the
Missouri State Alliance, being lie is op
posed to the sub-treasury plank?" "About
as true as the story that as
commander of a Confederate brigade I
had some prisoners shot in cold blood at
(Gettysburg. I never got higher than third
lieutenant nnd the Union soldiers I had
executed existed in the fertile brain of a
partir.au editor. No, President Hall has
not been asked out of the order. I have
had some corresjioudcucc with him and
think that lie with Wade of Tennessee
nnd McAUiater and Beeman, of Misaissipv.f.
arc makimr sad miatakaa in dnniatiai.
"What nbout tho charges that Dr, Macune
has sold out lo the protective tariff
advocates?"
"That is on a psr with the other stuff.
Wo never notice the calumnies directed
against our prominent men. Tin: public
lifts pot so used to the fakes ot the party
organs that little dependence is placed in
what such papers say."
"Col. Polk has been lecturing in New
York State to enthusiastic audiences, ami
will start shortly for Georgia, where he
is to make a speech making tour in company
with (Jen. Weaver, of Iowa, Hon.
Jerry Simpson, and Mrs. Higges, of
Kansas."
A YOUNG JEW'S STORY
Of Inhuman Treatment in Russia
How 1 E,ua^J Bitertfr.m
fuUKObiWh in1?!trtir
deteutioa bmcan at the barge office,
awaiting the decision of the supcrfatrndent
of iiumigia*ior It is ptobablc that
they will all be sent back, nr. each one
has been "assisted."
Oncol the detained immigiauts, Men
del Tiogaiski. a young man of twenty, a
carpenter by trade, tells a thrilling story
of his own ad vent ures and sullerings in
Hussia. lie became ;; suspect, while winking
at Ids trade in lliga. end to escape
Siberia, which was inevitable, lie lied
fiom city to city, pursued constantI". lie
was finally taken prisoner, beaten and
ticated most inhumanly, and picpnr ed
fot Siberia, when lie again managed to
escape, lie succeeded in reaching the
frontier and by the assistance of his countrymen
was sent to Hamburg llcm he
was further assisted aud left for America.
^ jlc has 110 money, having been robbed
he was ?aken prisoner lh UUUIH, mm
says if hois caught again in ib.it country
ho will he put to death. The Jewish
societies have taken hold of his case.
That Big Light House.
" Vabiiinoto.n, D. C., [Special.]?Un
derson & Ban of New York, contractor
for the construction of the light liou.se 01
Diamond Shoal, ofT Cape llaltcras, havi
informed the Light House hoard tha
notwithstanding great loss that theyhavt
already sustained in that work, they wil
make anotlu r endeavor to secure a solie
foundation. On a treacherous reef, it will
he impossible, they say, to do that <>1
anything before next year beyond the con
stretion of a caisson which will be largei
and stronger than the one which was destroyed
a few weeks ago while being put
in positiou.
They feel confident that a pcrmancnl
light can lie estah'i-hed at that point hut
think it cannot he done for much les:
than two million dollars Theit contract
price is $485,000, being within *15,00(
of the available appropriation.
It Means Dollar Wheat.
A Baltimore merchant tells the Anieri
can of that city that "Fiance has ordciet
wheat this year in Baltimoic up to tli
piescnt time to the extent, of about 25,
000 <>00f, (*5.000.000".) The < xpenditun
i of *5,000,000 ineansthcpurcha.se throng
tirms in this city of, roughly estimated
.?.< 00,000 bushel- of wheat. The pun has
money alone noes hoi ny anj n..
present the henelit u? < ruing to thiseit
fioni siieli ex pcnd i t ill e, for you must tak
into consideration tli?* vast number <
hands that must nc< essui ily he employe
to handle the grain. on the tailioad, i
the piers, and 01 shipboard.
1 lie shortage of tin* wheat crops in Kt
ropea o count lies ami 'he heavy crop <
wheal anil other meals with which w
on this side'of rlie watei have hetn hie-.'
ed. feive to give a lioom in flopping i
this and oihe. por* of tiie Atlantic tha
makes the iiearts of the mariner, the fa
"yf I "^twl the middleman glad,
(WSI5IWT nr ? m
The Hev. Dr. Cuylcr of Brooklyn
' that Horace Greeley onrc told him tt
; he believed that at the time of his you
manhood it. New Hampshire hiB wa,
II oniv teetotaler in the State I nc K I
, Cnvler further says upon the
the Hev Dr. byman Heechcr, that
those times, when the CuMngM<
Ministers' Assoeiation of ( onnecti
it iield a dinner, the place where they <
i?. ?-d lmd so much whiskey 111 it that
.v smelled like a barroom. ihiugs I
eV- changed since then.
; "STONEWALL" JACKSON, j
The 30th Anniversary of Manassas
Fitly Celebrated.
The Statue of the Oreat Cavalry
Leader Unveiled at
Lexington.
Lexington. Va ?[Special, j?The SOth
anniversary of the first hat tic of Matiassos
was celebrated here with great enthusiasm.
I
The village was bright nml hustling
with color, while 10,000 stiangcrs assembled
within its enviroua to participate
in the exercises incident to the uuveiling
I tifully.
Three arches extended over main street
i on the line of march. (In one Honoured
Jackson's telegram after the battle of i
McDowell: |
"God blessed our arms with victory at '
McDowell yesterday." I '
On another banner is his leanest to . ?
rest in Lexington:
"In the valley let tuc lie underneath 1
God's open sky." '
The decoration of houses was profuse
and soute of them beautiful, consisting 1
of loug streamers, Confederate States' '
Hag", and the battle flags, set off with
national colors. Lee's mausoleum was s
wrapped in evergreens and cut flowers. I
Thestatucof Thomas J. Jackson stands i
in a circle in the centre of the city ccmctery
on Main street. A square contain- ?
ing four acres of ground, well set off '
with giant trees partially hides the stat- i
uo from view. The site ia a ffVu|u^ *
^nTesemptorisii
Virginian, Edward V. Valentine, who
designed the Lee monument. The statue
is of bron/o, hctoic in si/.e and portrays 1
Jackson with uncovered head, leaning j
on his sword and left leg, and looking ,
out upon the field of battle. In his I
right hand at his side is a field glnss. ) 1
The figure is clad in full uniform of a ! '
Confederate Lieutenant General with 1
gold lace on sleeves distinctly visible and 1
with heavy military boots and spurs | 1
The carriage is easy, and.the attitude is !
one of c lose observation with the right . '
foot advanced, ready and alert for in- I
stant aud vigorous action. The scabbard 1 '
of the swoid upon which the gauntiettcd
left hand tests, bears the letters, "U. 8." '
The historical fact is it was modeled J r
from Jackson's own sword. The statue h
proper measures eight feet and surmounts 1 <
a granite pedestal ten aud a half feet '
h i nh in h+nami^T - - in " I '
X^EScripti^jn : 'Tlnckson, 1^1-lWII/1 and
on unotlieFlhe single -w or tone wall," I
the sobriquet given Jackson by his chief, 1
Gonaral Lee. Beneath the pedestal is a
vault containing six sepulchre chambers, ,
sui rounded by a circular gruss plot
around which is a drive way with four ,
approaches. The general effects of the j
structure is imposing, and old soldiers
who followed Jackson during the war
are pleased with the statue.
The parade ground of the Virginia '
military institute was the place of formation,
which wa? under the direction of
Chief Marshal, General James A. Walker,
of Wythe, Va., tho only surviving
commander of the Stonewall Brigade, t
Members of General Walker's staff who
occupied the right of the procession
were: Maj. 8. C. Moore, Berryville,
Va.; Capt. Jno. Bumgardocr, Staunton;
(.'apt. Randolph Barton, Baltimore;
Cant. H. It. Garden. New York; Capt.
[I Mart*. Roefrmghain';' tirftwhW *
all, John T Dtinlap, J. |\ Moore, It. T.
McLcod, W. F Johnson, C'upt. William
Wade, Capt 8. W. Buxton, M. D. Wilson,
J. X. Bell. J. C. Tt*w|lngj Juu
Curmicnael, of Rockbridge. The staff
was followed by the Stonewall Hand with
s twenty pieces, heading the Rockbridge
i (Va.) Battery under Col. Win. T Poague,
r with the guns the battery operated under
t. General Jackson at the battle of Manas3
BUS.
I The remainder of the pioc i -ion made
I up of survivors of the Stonewall brigade,
I consisting of 2d, -11 h, fit It, 2it.h nod U'Jd
r Virginia regiments under comiuuud of
i Col. Andrew Jackson, Grigsby and Col.
r ! J. K. Edmonson; Marylaud bund Confoderato
Veterans of the a: my and Navy
from Maryland under Gen. Bradley JohnI
sou; vutlous coufcdciate camp.*, nud cm ;
riages containing Gen Jub.d A. Early,
< orator of the day, Gen Wade Hampton,
t who presided over the ceremonies, Ed)
ward V. Valeutine, Sculptor*, Mrs. T. J.
Jackson, General Ho.-v-.cj and a number of j
ottlwrw tiutt V
ladies. inocvssioa tirst moved to j
campus of Washington au I Leu Un:\er? ,
1 sity and lulled ubouc 'he pl.iUo.ai which j
15 '
had been erected for distinguished gue ts
und handsomely decorated,
ii It was twelve o'clock when the proces,
sion arrived at the enmpus. Gen llntnpe
ton then introduced Col. T. M. Semmes,
of the Virginia Military Institute, who
v teeited most beautifully three poems,
e Stonewall Jackson's Way," "Over the
>f liver," and "Slain in battle." Gen. Jud
ha I A. Karl v. orator of the occasion, was
it next in'induced, and eommeneed speaking
from manuscript. Gcuerul Karly npi
peared in good health but showed pain.
>f fill signs of old age. He was twice ine
teirupted by bauds that had just arrived.
< lie stopped speaking and turned sharply I
it around and asked if there was no way to |
it stop that fuss The oration was received
r- with attention and great enthusiasm.
A touching incident on the stand wn?
ys wliom sfic ?ia& n^l VWlt fW
int ted to sec for so long a time. She ruing
braced them warmly and appeared mu' h
he a (Tec ted, holding little Thomas in her
>r. aims during the oration Julia sat
of alone. After the oration the paiadc was
in continued to the cemetery, foisuing in
nnl rear of it at two o'clock,
cut At 2:15 Mrs Stonewall Jackson nntl
lin- her two little grand children. Julia Jack
, it son ( In is i-i-i and Thoiues Jackson ( liris
lave tian, ascended the stand accompanied b
Captain John Cairuichael. Two minute
fltarward* audd the firing of c.. inoa by
V; Rockbridge artillery the coru vim
ntrtled by little Julia and the veil fell exposing
to view the statue. Military and
civic orgacizationa then passed in view of *
tho statue thteugh the ceiretery, drooping
out ot .Mne etched their
Quarters.
TRAGEDY AT A DANCE.
Qeorge Futch Shoots Willie Dowling
and Hie Father.
A Starke, Fla., special sais: Willio
Dowling was shot and killed and his
'ather, Joseph Dowling, perhaps fatally
voundud by (Jeorgo Futch, Wednesday ^
corning, about fifteen miles west of hero. .
The trouble occuracd at the hou o of ^
i ucrura Adkius duriegthaDrMtM^^^^^^^^^I
'turned loose." Then Dowling let hiin
* >. Then Flitch slipped hark, pulle?l ?
?ul his pistol, a ml began tiring.
The llrst shot struck Willie Dowling
ver the region of the heart, killing him
u?tiintly Kutch had tired three shots
it Joseph Dowling, the father, tho first
nteringthe upper jmrt of the right
high, the next enteriug the right lower
<m1 ion of tho abdomen, and the Inst coei
ing the right groin
Futeh then ran through the front gate
nid turned and tired another shot into
lie crowd, dnugciously wounding an
uphan hoy named Vniucs. A posso
tailed pursuit of Futeh at. once, but so
ar nothing has been heard froiu him.
I'liese people are well eouueeted and
uiioiig tin best citizens of Bradford
ounty. In fact, Joseph Dowling bear*
lie reputation of being one of tlio best
uid nujstjmnipcro^^mnor^^
"OLD UNCLE BILLY."
Death of an Eccentric Character of
Cabarrus County.
V II AM.OTTK, IN. C., [ Special. J ?One CI
ho most eccentric mcu in North Caroliuu
.as just died iu Township No. 10,Cabnrus
County, at tho ago of 80. He wm
IVin. Most, known throughout this secion
us "Old Uncle Billy."
Droll iu speech, singular io thought,
v was u bachelor, a woman hater, amis
r and a recluse. His sole companion*
vcre two old dogs and mi old negroes
rho cooked his tueuls. After his 'death
lis lolntivcs ransacked hi:i house aud
gathered together $10,000 in gold found ?
towed away in cans, stockings, pockets
?f old clothes, pltcherH, jars, gourds,
>o.\es, cupboards and nooks and. cronnica.
t ror n a year* were among them.
Three hundred dollars in notos which
had been hid among the raficrs had been
destroyed by rats nnd mice. The old
niau made a will a month beforo his
death, by which he bequeathed of tho 1,800
acres he possessed, 600 acres to Peter
Most and his I Mother, his nephews, nnd
the remainder iu 100 aero tracts to other
nephews. No bequests were made to his
nieces or any of his female relatives, no'
was I lie faithful old black cook remembered.
One thousand dollars was bo<
I ilea tlicd to Bethel Church, fiorn which
he was buried. Tho disappointed relatives
thrcatou to contest the w'll.
Forty Thousand in Gold in Her Woodshed.
Nkw Castle, Pa., |Bpccial.j?ThcEpwortli
Methodist Episcopal Church here
has just couie into $10,000 in a pecuhav
way. Maty Grcev was an eccentric old
inn -i 11 r"" A'\o"'
had conic. *b<> aunt for hmr lawyer and ?
friend to make her will.
*hc first cuiLcd lo uc carried to a woodshed
in the yard. There she pulled asido
some rubbish aud disclosed a can cou
(.lining $-10,000in shining gold. Then
the old lady was carried iolo tltu tiouso
and made a will bequeathing $10,00D to
(lie <:11111c-11. She mas informed that if a
public bequest was made within thirty
days of death if was of no avail, so the
obi ladv handed over the money in cash.
Straws Show the Wind.
The railroad construction which is rceoided
for the six months ending July
I I. shows that of the 1,609 miles of railway
that were built during teat period,
were iu the South. The mileage of
' lie several States is as follows: Georgia.
Iu*>; Alabama, 1J7; South Carolina,
!t?*?.5; West Virginia, 111; Virginia, 100;
'.ml North Carolina, 64 4. Of the Northern
Suites Pennsylvania leads with
169.4, Washington follows with 102,7.
Montana wi'th ^7^.7. Only two"" nWItt '*
were constructed iu New York, four in
Massachusetts, five in Indiana, six in
Maine and Missouri each an J seven in
New Hampshire.
Arms Purchased for the Miners.
Knoxvii.i.k, Tknn., fSpecial. J?It is
said on what seems to be good authority
that arms are being purchased in Knoxvilli*
for the use oi persons in the neighhood
of Coal Creek. Investigation s' ows
that iu the past 21 hours there has been
an unusually large number of calls at
Knoxvillc hardware stores for Winchester
i dles, ii is said that there are tivc hundred
men in the vicinity of Williamsburg,
Ky., ready to come out to the aid of millers
at Coal Creek It is known that a telegram
was received from Pennington pro!
nosiinr contributions of money and also
12r.~.ft-lf.y-y- at? >h?th.
1 "l0UB" ?|
Wrbt Point, Nkb., [Special.]?Th .veatcst
flood in this city's history occur
<1 here yesterday almost completely sub
merging I lie business part of the city,
jist year the city council filled up a
j n ge creek that flowed through West
I'oint, but made no provision for carrying
i way the water, estcrday a heavy rain
' to. in set in and the old creek turned into
' lie main street.
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