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*Ji^ ^^* ' II v\ uL^^y ^^ndj^^w**' .v^t? BitB . ! ^m^rt v^j l^s I If l^\ II 11 I i^\ I b* ||b1 ^hi *^|jj8 ??*"' '* *? -???--?.*> *?? - ~-- *? - ->?^ 'i? ? <r*r*fprr 1 The total consumption of pork products, exclusive of lard, in the United States lait year, is estimated at 3,653, 000,000 pounds, which would make an average annual consumption per capita of about fifty-eight pounds. v A western Kansas man says tuat section of the State has a great future before it. There is nothing that grows in the temperate xone that does not flourish there. Nothing is lacking but water, and that is beiug supplied by irrigation. \ i , ,, i The reclamation of the Okensenokee. swamp in Georgia by means of drainage canals running to the St. Mary's Iiivcr is (proposed. The area of the annitip In 07*0 . equnro miles. There will bo about sixty-four miles of main and 1000 miles of lateral cnnals and many small agricultural chains. Savs the Pittsburg Commercial Ti'.iVc fin: "The discussion as to the means of remodyigg our immigration cviU seems to fall short of the gist of the matter. The remedy that must cure the evils is one that will be applied not on this side of the waters, but on the European side.'' " l4ie Hartford Times has ascertained nn interesting fact illustrative of the mar^| velous development of the country. It has fonod au aged couple who have returned to Connecticut after ri\ absence of fiftythree years. It took them, iu 1.833, to go from Glasconbury to their new western home iu wild Illinois, three weeks un?l two days. They have co.ne back iu one 'ay and two nights. J Trustworthy authorities state that in eastern New Mexico nearly f> JO,000 of fruit and farm lands have been reclaimed by the construction of storage reservoirs and irrigating canals during the past two years. Several corporaA lions organized for such work are now V seeking capital in the East. The above . shows that private capital can be see ire 1 for irrisation schemes that nro nise irood results. A remarkable instance of profitable agriculture is afforded by a Jersey far 1 % land and is yet in a prosperous flnnncinl condition. He grows ten acres of potatoes, keeps sixteen cows, sells butter ?nd Jersey cuttle. 11 is sons and daughters help to manage the business. f Many English manufacturers are said to actually regard an English degree in tbo light of a disqualification, so that most of the posts of "word chemists" are held by non-grnduates. Apparently, says tho New York Time, they prefer to train their own inen?that is, to givo them such ai education in researches as bears on particular problem* which they themselves have to solve?or to tako them from tho laboratories of general analysts, where new problems present themselves from time to time. According to tho Chicago -\eirs, a Pennsylvania murderer has been discharged because the court foun UltariMP possible to hear testimony against h'.m. The only witness to his crime was his wife, and her statements worn barred on the ground that she an 1 her husband were one. This one?when giving tcsti mony 111 ner person?woui'i i/v uuii^e i either to testify for himself, which no one ought to do, or to incriminate himself, which is frightfully unorthodox. So the case was dismissed, and there is ' one more man who has awakened to tho utility of tho marriage institution. A few years ago correspondents used to send their papers column after column describing the many delights of summer life at Long Branch. Tho parades of fashion upon Ocean Avenue, the !i.i33t road in the country, were pictured in detail by the enthusiastic writers. The most noted people of tho land were seen in those days driving upon Ocean Avenue and adjaceut thoroughfares. Long Branch was then the tirst watering place in the country, but for several years past it has been declining fast in popularity. The inany elegant ejuipages, with their distinguished occupants, are now conspicuous by their absence. Gambling houses have helped to drive away tlie best social clement. Many cottages which foimeily rented at high rates now go begging at one-third of their former prices. That grandest of . drivewavs. Ocean Avenue, his been al lowed to crumble away until iu ninny k places carriages can xvitli difficulty pass each ether. It would bo hard to find a watering place with such poor roads. The summer residents declare r they pay very high luxes, and complain that the roads are in miserable condition, injuring their horses an I cirriages, and causing general discomfort. It is a great pity that this once inut p lpu' ir of stunir.or re?orts should ha ruming lo.vn so rapidly. AUGUST GLEANINGS. Some Rare Pick^B of Intera G&rdffed. They Are Presented Our Reader With the Assurance That Evciy Item Is Worth Perusing. VIRGINIA. AY oik lias been liegun 011 the $14,00 Chesapeake and Ohio passenger depot r Clifton Foige * ^ The Virginia Fair Amoi iation conchul cd its session at the White Bulphu S5'?Jfe.f.!?u- *"*** T"?k* .Ino. Kpnes. minairer of the Wester Union Telegraph oflire at Suffolk, wn murdered from nn ambush laid for hin l>y an unknown prison hist Wednesday the murderer escaping. The affair ha caused much excitement. Th *s. Morris, n colored man. came t town last we? k from the vicinity of Stn art. His age is said to be 110 years. II is the father <>f 4Nchildren, and has bee niariitd five timc3. All of his wives nr dead. The Ciaig Mineral division of th Chesapeake and Ohio railioad has bee completed to New Castle, and pnsscnge ttains are running. The lloan 'ke churches are wonderfull pi os per* *iis. The new $'J(>.000 Fir* IlaptUt church was dedicated Sunda h^i k. I>r. Haw thorne, of Atlanta, preach sermon. St .lames' Method it cliuWl was also dedicated on the sam day by Ucv. Collins Penny. Last Sur dav, MiidiopAMN^AVilsoir:of the Bout! which will cost $60,000, is well undi way St John's Episcopal congrcgatio is creeling a $-10,000 stone church an rectory. The 1'ie-hyterians arc crectin a $10,000 house of worship and are prt p iring to begin building another muc ii ier struetuie. Calvary baptist rhurc i; crcet in a $25,000 edifice on Cam| bell stiert Grace Methodist Episcopi church South w ill soon begin the cot struction of a fine house of worship i fci eas'crn part of the city. The churc of the United brethren have purchase gr uoids and w II build at an early day. NORTH CAROLINA. Cleveland Springs is reviving in popi laritv as a summer resort. James J?. Lucky, Sheriff of Lincol county, died Friday, after a four wcel prostration with typhoid fever. Col Fred A. Olds, Quarter mash Holt planted i>ernnssio> to the NeWbe rv i idea to enter this State, armed an eipiipied for the purpose of going int ( amp at lltndersonvillo. At the close of Con. M. W. Ransom speei h at the camp at Wrightsville, Fr day, all i lie old veteran:, united in givin the "Confed rate war yell,'' as it wi given in the dark day# of war, for tl henctit of the visitors piesent Advance sheets of the crop reports ft .Inly at the agricultural department, sho the avtrage condition of cotton over tl state to he .'it J against 102 for the parr time last year, the lowest average f< years. SOUTH CAF.OLINA. The Southern Express Company wi transport free of charge nny exhibits < fruit or flowers to he sent to the hort cultural show at Greenvi'lc, to he hcl on the 12th, Cith and 14th of August. Governor Tillman has received a eou tcous personal lett^jfrom Governor Paj of Vei mnnt?jtfin(?QSy^ujU|L<)taicci pt i invitation (?> tlio HtlwIir^Ta tllC Rcj liingtoii battle monument August 151. The committee appointed at the la nice ing of the hoard of trustees of tl Fouth Carolina college, to make rccor mendations for a president of that inst tutiou, will recommend the election i Dr. .lames Woodrow, of Columhia, f< thai position. The W>th anniversary of the lirst Imtt of Manillas wnn cclobratefl in Charlestn l>\ military demonstration ami nnveilit of :i monument to soldiers of the Was! ingloii Bight Infiintiy who (lied durir the war <>t secession. A patent has been issued to P. j Emanuel. mii attorney of Aiken, for i economic process for utilizing the chcu cat heat stored up in the sulphide of aim in:i to make alumina and sulphuric aci lh fore next summer Columbia w have a water works plant that wi'l pun and tiller ff.OOO.OOO gallons daily from tl Congnrec liver. Six ear loads of ni chinery for this plant are now in th city. The canal recently sold to Bosh parties will supply tin power to an ii mensc turhinc wheel, which in turn w lui: the pumping apparal us. Col. .lames (J. ilildis, agent ot the Sou Carolina sinking fund, will sell at |>ul>! aiietiou S.IMIU acres of valuable hind August and 20,000 acres in Septemhe lie hits recently located upwards ot 2.1 000 in res of State hands on the Snvanni river said to he well stoc ked with evpie tiinltewwhi< h latter he will offer for .sa iiL^Mo. TENNESSEE. <'oinimneini; An&^tot 1st, the husinr men of (iiiittHiHM'ijii i11 he furnish* with u fast fr* itrlit line from New Voil The route is via the Pennsylvania ar Queen and Cio-ccnt systems, and is i rail. tern. Dave Carter's eyes were put out ai one hand was blown off; his injuries n ! fatal. Eli Fides and Robert (iec wc badly burned and lacerated, but may 1 cover. GEORGIA. The Macon and Northern railroad h been turned over to the Richmond ai Danville company. The corner-stone Whitfield count;'* JKn court house was laid with impoeing ceremonies at Dalton, by the Free Masons, it . The Macon Volun'eers. with a mem- At J bet ship of ICO. have now on font a move! ment to divide their company into three | companies nod oigan ze a battalion of ' their own. 8p Woih on the G., A N. road ha# r i idly pitdied during the present month n d the load i now completo to Athens, to which p'nee the aiconiinodation trains { now run fiom Monroe, N . C. poi FLORIDA. I lit I 0 A big alliance rally was held nt Monti- j? it j 'clIo Inr.t Thuisdav. President Living- j j stone, of Geoijjin, and Piesident Stokes. ? ?k? i- ?f South Carolina, were the speakers. I r A Ft. Picrco special uti; At M?a | _ T ff q will in- a big hooiu there, ns there is now ^ g on Indian river. nm a A r ilro.nl will he built from St. An- H||i hews to Montgomery, via Geneva, in (|,c is the n".rr fflture. Iue 1'iofessor Lawrence Johnson, United c?n 0 States geologist, his returned to Gaines- liji' i- ville, alter visiting ami exploring Middle |A| c Florida, which he fays has incxhausta - ski n b'e supplies of phosphates. intc 1 lie Florida CentimI Railroad is about '"'j to buildnew connection that willshor e ten by SO miles the present railroad dis 0 n ta cc between Tampa and Favannali. 'r Tltc region around Kissimmce promises ^ to become one of the great sugar produc- . y ing seetions of ihe world, 'the Florida J 0 it Sugar Manufacturing Co., which was or- ^ y ganized by Hamilton Itisston, of l'hila- f|I, i- dclphia, a few years ago, has been very u > >1 -successful, and expects this year to turn e out 8.000,000 pounds of sugar, on which f0' 1 the Govt rmncut bounty will lie $00,000. t- "Next year," said Mr. Disstcn a few u in.u'ti. allv in.limited',' as also the rc- till souire.t of the Floiidn Everglades, and be d tie- pr< iluction w ill be limit* d only by mi g tie1 amount < f capital available." tin ; OTHER STATES. h ou )j Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb has lui ). mill >i need himscll as a i amliuatc lor tne | fm n) Itcmocratic nomination for (Jovernor of foi j. Alabama. ami is putting the Farmers' tin ii. Alliance machinery in active operation to h accomplish 'hat r. suit. gi> :d Texas is anoMicr State which lias defied aliens the right to ,ic?|iiiic title to '>H and hold land, and in consequence a vast amount of foreign capital is prcparJ ing to withdraw from the State. tn< The Southern Kxposition, to he held I"1 'n at Montgomery, Alabama, beginning on M 18 the 28th of October, lost $10,000 in cash "y by the failure of the Moses banking house ?r to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITV, TEE. ? en ~ dp ns The Accounts of Last Year's Cam- ^ ic paign---The Meeting of The Next Convention. p,Washington, I). (\ (Special. J?The |,r w National K publican axccutive commit- 'al le ?... ...?i ,.i t . i;......... ii. , i nr. mi II-*- 11 ill 111 l|Wl"l, 11 I MIir.MlilY. I * ,c 1)1 thiiteen mcnihcrs of the committee f01 or then* were present hut seven, mamely: Chairman Quay; V. Cliairman C|n?kson, dc of Iowa; Secretary .1. Sloat Fasset, N. Y.; <a ... Treasurer W. W. Pulcy, Indiana; Samuel Fessendon, Connecticut; Garrett A. c'! " ilohart, New Jer ev; aud .1. M. Ilnyncs, i>sl rT of Maine fa 1 he first business before tlie committee was the consideration of the accounts ?f r- crowing out of the last campaign sub- 1'* ?? mitted by Tr asurer Dudley. This pro- '* *n n(^, liotvevcir, w n Jntcrupicft for a i- the time in order to allow Col. Scott, of ?" Omaha, Neb., io made a glowing speech oi st i? favi r of holding the next Hcpublicnn tit ie Nat onal Convention in tnis city. Scott w n- had reasons in plenty to support his ar- Fi i- guinciit, base I largely upon tbc prccari- re of tnis slate of the | arty in Western States lei or adjoining Nebraska, which might be iin- fa proved by infnsi n of puty spirit engen- <|> dered by the great National Convention. dt ' When tlie coiiiiniitei! met after recess of ' Chairman Quay ami Treasurer Dudley both tendered 'heir n ign itions and tlic co jg resignations were a ei pled. S1i i The Clemson Professors. tli ? . ?'? ( OM'MBIA, S. C , |Special | At Pen _ dleton, S. (!., the hoard of trustees of ,|, Clemson Agiieu'tmal and Mc< han al col(j from a li st of npptiean's, elected j,T, * the professo s to till all the chairs in that fei institution, save the chairs of biology |n 'P and botany and of geology. As will be ,c seen, the majority "f the successful np,a" plicants arc na*ivc South Carolinians. " They are: Pr fessor of mathematics, " "i? President Str??d- ; associate professor of th n- inatbcinntii . Pn?fessor -I. S. Clinkscales, ()| II of Columbia Female College; assi taut professor of ma hematics, T. P. Pcirin, w] th ' <>i AMievilte, S. (' . profi sor ol I.ngli-h, 'an ic 'M. Furm.'in. s??n of the lute Dr. .lames At in Ktmnan, of 4 Ji\ ille, S ; assis ant tli r. prof# ssin of Knglish, T, 1*. llanCon, of nil i,- Anderson, s. ; professor of physics, 1 Al ill \V. Welch, of Newberry, S ; Sup- ! eh ss ei intcndenl. \V. T. Morrison, <f the j lc Ctccnvillc ?ria<lc<1 schools; profi ssor of ci agricult tiuaid horticulture, Prof. J. S. <>?| scwinnu. ot the Aliihauta Agricultural so college; a'sistant professor of horticul- he ss liiic. .1. C. Dupree; ptofes-or of mechan- tel ^d i< Oflkcr A. V. Znno, of tin; United ha k. States navy; instructor in drawing, Wil- wt id Main Wi h h. of Newberry, S. C.; asso- th til 'in ? piolossor of chemistry, A. M. ' gu i'.arkett, of Charleston, S. C.; assistant ui piofessor of agriculture, \V. C. Wilburn, hn UL of Mississippi. .u The First Lord From a Colony. 18 ? U ml A Loudon cablegram, says; In the 0, ire Mouse of Lords, Lord Mount Stephen. g re formerly President of the llank of Mon ()| e- treal, and now President of the Canadian C( Parillc Kailwny, who was in May last v| raised to the peerage, took the usual oath ai | and subscribed to the roll of peers. This, n| as it will be remembered is the first instance t) id I of a native of a ibitish colony being f>J j made a peer. ^ FARMERS' ALLIANCE. lianoemen Governor Tillman and Bon. Terrell Debate. artanburg is the Sceae of a Great Discussion of Alliance Demands. >rAnTANnmo, 8. C , [Special Cortcsldencc.) -The debate be' wwn 0?v. Imtut end Hon Ben. Te rell was hHd the Alliance Hnllv behind closed doors Treat secrecy. \ep.Mtns were finally givenAl recti of spcod^covering the miri^fpoint* ^ 1 appreciate tho South Carolina A lib emeu and tl-oenitfho were not only ed with liitnVM^Aslcally but in night and prinoMM '^Applnus . | I c I come not only to5tea?h aa best he ild, but to l>c taught, for mutual cnlitenment was the spirit of the ngo. It.llllllKC 1 llfi WHS I?ln?l to 111 !'t Kfl ilfnl and able an opponent. Going > i he argument hc ettil thst the faibirsury was one of the demands of tho i oti c and as such it should be ipspcctllo felt and knew that TU it Iter the lianrc nor any other popular organizn:t ? ou'd exist if it <li<l not *Hk s meng that would benctit the whole proIle held thttt the tuen of the St. uis (' -nv ntion were cipial in Jtrain 1 intlueiicj to any delegates that ever eo.l d :i co tVf ultun. That convention * composed of np n who in the end tresentod the sub-Alliances and thirce the | eoplo. lie then discussed OOVKUNM KNT CONTROl, * *1 fci m* t* ATHnntfT He hold that the onstitu mal right of the Government could no eontrovtr ed, and tho Alliance win lv asking the Government to carry out e law. He bold that expenses of tin 1 mads in lobbying, etc , must be pai< t of the people's pockets He tli n ill led to the demand for financial re n, or, as expressed by the Oea'n plat rin, the abolition of national banksaml [ establishment of sub-frennu i< s. The position of Col. Terrell is here ren in his language as follows: 44 We demand the abolition of nation nks. Hy this the Alliance means bank: issue. We believe the Govcrnmenl tie has the right to make money and ii c national hanking system the Govern lit. has delegated that nower to tin nks, without restriction as to thi lount they "hotbfrfelfp *n circulation ith the latituMMpreak abuses hav own up in connffTlon wlth;them, an< abolitioi the nailw Kf of issue com "Second. WeflH^^Hnkfc the Gov lmcnt shall cntjfK^^HpJwe&suries o positorics in thflH^^Hptatcs whicl all loan money atrecBWTne people a low rate of interest, Hot to exceea 2 pc nt. per annum, on imperishable farn oducts nod also upon real estate, witl oner limitations upon the quantity o id and amount of money. In this de \nd the Alliance intended to providi r increasing the circulating medium In vancing money on land (which thei mand shall bo increased to $50 pei pita.) In the ailvance on farm pro |cts the intention was to give to tin culation that flexibility absolutely nec sary to the welfare and protection of tin rmcrs. "Now let us fiist look at the necessit an increase of the circulation. I be ivc tlint I shall l^ftAklc toproys .l9.JJx tisfnciTon'Ai Hti.i^M^Arnnon'inan tha very great crime has been committci rjiinul ??w. pcr.jllC bj 1-UllHNCllOn of Oil rculation. If you ^ill examine statis s for the last twenty-five years yoi ill lind that tliry will prove three things list, That the per capita volume of cur ncy has been constantly and materia 11; rscncd ; second, that bankruptcies ain ilures have inp dly multiplied in eonse icnce; third, that the national deb iring this period has increased insteni 1...: ,i:.?i >? in;ill?4 ?iiiiiiiii>iic?i lie tlicit diiilt with the subject of tin 11 tract ion of the currency and the re Itant failures and losses Speaking ol e plan of relict t o', Terrell saul thai c sul> treasury was introduced to give e people c ontrol of the circulation ami < power to prevent (liscriininntioi ainst the pioduccr, He discussed al ugtli the need for more money^aiul dc nded cotton as gdod u basis as golf illion. . (IOVSRMOH 'lOi.i.MAN is rc. eivcd with great enthusiasm wher aro e to speak. I!c was evidently ii e house of Alliance mm ami friends, [idling his speech he said: "I thank yon f r the cordiality with liich I was received by you yesterday, d for the renewal of that feeling today, the outset I would call attention tf e charges that have been made insidf d outside that I have been lighting tin llianec. I need not tell you that sucl .urges are not till". [Applause | I am aware that the Alliance Inn beer iticiscd and that I have been applaud and patted on the hack on the as mption that there was a personal light tween the A llianec and myself, hot 1 II you my friends that that ciifhuscmenl s been of no avail. | Applause. ] II is too transparent. (Applause.) II ey have been urging me forward on tin pposition th it there was a war bctwcei e mm my menus in inc aii nine, me; ivc been mistaken." TESTING Tim PLATFORM. Governor Tillman/then took up tb rain platform and ilistussed it from tli pening to the closiiig section, lie Ini rent stress on the vdilue and important f the free coinage mf silver aud cxplait I the robbery < onniiitted by its demo i/ntion. Ile then /argued in faror < i income tax and/the absolute neeessit r having Senntai/T elected directly 1 ie people so ms/|o get rid o' the pow< ionised by m)yiionaires who bougl )<1 sold the pcojmta like cattle or h#g?. t. He claimed that the sub-treasury bill had come (o the people downward from the St Louis (netting in a perfunctory w?v, an?l that it had gone back to (Vain and had been endorsed in the same way, with the result and effects not understood bv the people, the source of authority. (Applause. | "but I will not deny," he said, "that the agitation has done great good in this luoad country of ours, for it his called attention ef the woild to the fact that the producing cissies hit soiely opp'eased. and ate ?1<> rounding, m ing tor relief. | Applause. Governor Tillman then touched upon the mutiny question. I am, lie ssid, in rf currcuey. of a creator ^ J/ti of .currency ; but 1 maintain that i Uie flexible currency mm enunciated bv J<ommomtSa l>y utttftc. That, my friends, j ftrY fAUcy, brrnu e the price must 1>o j regulated hv the inflex hlo law of supply ' nttd demand. " roi.t.V OK TilK COTTON HTOH \UK ItlRA Govcrnoi Tiilmnn snid tluit in case cotton got dmnincd up in the warehouses the consumers would know tlint it would have t ? coinc out in time and that just as soon as the quantity was known, wliieh could not ho concealed, the priio Would gravitate to its normal level. This illus tuition lie iiitrodueed to show that an at tilicial means could not evade or run counter loan cstchlisncd law in the commercial world. It was asseited, lie said, that hy spreading the supply o\ri twelve months the f II in price would he pie vented and that the evils of inconstant prices would lU^Lihv iab-d. 'liny had, however, foigo^^^^hat hy the trims of the hill hy w^^^^^lie whole could lie only held for tmuvenioriths, one twelfth . of the crops must lie sold each nmn h, nnd that there was nhsolutclv nothing to * laws. He would have the same chance ' with thesuh-treasury as he now has with s the people. The Governor held to the 1 position that the suh treasury hill was class legislation, or. as he put it to day, "it is a special privilege rather than a r glit." I admit, ho said, that the (Jovermnent has loaned money, hut the riglit for such action is based on the general welfare clause -if the Constitution, and not upon prescriptive or statutory right. ' It will not be denied that any scheme ............it,... ,,r ?i... . lllt?> I ? ?I urt ?r>nuiii|'? iwii ?m clastic general welfare clause of (he Con ' slitution. which from its very name set1 ties no specific right or piinciplc. rATKHNAIjIHM IN OOVKHNMKHT. e I liohl again. said Governor Tilltnnn on 3 the next branch of discussion, that (he . sub-treasury l?ill is fairly open to the e chftige of paternalism. It propoBCR to i I concentrate tha business of the peeplo ii> RMfllll ilU1' ]\t!S!! e I other words, that there should he equal n I rights to all and special privileges tc i. I none. He would appeal, he said, to the good sense and patriotism of the people in the majority to aid in the obtaining of just and reasonable -'aws, instead of the partisan favoritism shown by the Govern( inent in the maintenance ot national r banks and nursing private luanufacturj ing industiics. | Applause | , < Al.l.s I'ol.K A SOCIAMRT. f He characterized Col. folk's views on the money question, icfcrring tothcGov3 eminent lending money with the avowed f intent of injuimg otln r cla ses of busi)' ness, as Socialism ii wouhl amount in r thi'end to the division of the property of the people and produce a condition in e which the provident and the improvident would share alike. 8 Governor Tillman repented here that the Alliance all agreed as to a grievous y wiong existing, and that the. dispute was only as to the icmcdy. lie poiuted out a itn muses of the burden on the people of ' the South the inequalities of the burdens ' laid r.n t?> > ?lmuidcrs as compared with 1 the people of the North and elsewhere. Ife showed that the millionaire and the 1 poor farmer were the simultaneous and necessary product of such laws. He thought that there was just as much y hope at present for #ctlin# the sub in ns ' ury hill through as there was for the Smith hcin# |>;ii<l for inarms m #cttin# ' the Federal p tisjons reduced. < >n the ' contrary, lie saw a disposition In pension every hummer, win tin t not lie had ever L- heard the whiz of a hullet. In faet, he believed the time was cumin# when the F pensions would hi increased to $.?00,001), O00. t , KOMKIIIISli Allot f 'III K Tlllflf) |'A It'l'V. I GovernorTillman then paid his re , speets to the Tliiid Party. lie read tah I ulafed statement!* show ing the el? etornl strength of the DemoeraPc and KcpnhliI can parties of all the States, lie took those States in which the farmers were its tlic majority and said that if a I of them declared for a Third I'arty they cotthl not cleft a President. MIS IDKAS ON Til K < I'MIKNCV. Governor Tillman #ave as liis r< niedy for a flexible ciiireiic.v fhe repeal of the ' 10 per rent tax mi Slate hanks and the 1 establishment of hanks to issue money based on land and i tops just as our ered' it is now ha ed on loans and uiorl#a#cs. He was in favor of the fanners c-tuhlishi in# their own hanks and printin# their own money instead of payin# stteh hi#li i rates of illicit st. He held that we mi#hl have a stilt treasury under State control, hut a tilth-treasury under national control meant the perpetuation in power of the [ party hy which it was established. . ; Governor Tillman closed hy makin# an t appeal for unit v. harmony ami charity, f ami tin: State. OMIKK MATTKItS. ' After the iiiTTrowcl the ATTnTTTTTTpnufi ^ CfI resolution of thanks to the speaker* o A resolution was passed endorsing th c Ocala demands. c At the morning session Presidcn d Stokes again tendered his resignation e which was again refused. Ity resolntio i. lie was inithori/.ed to employ a secretary r. The following resolution was also pasf >f ed: V Hcsolved. That tin- thanks of the Stat ,'y Alliance are due to our State lecturei :V Uro. \V. J. Tallierl. I?<r the mauly ligli it he has made iu <h:fem e of every intere! of our Order. I AN IMEpSTANT SUIT. 1 Members-4Sf the Farmer's Alliance 1 Involved. z The Responsibility Of Alliance Will *| Be Determined in the Courts. | I'HAHi.r.sTON. 8. C., I Spot is). J?Pome \ j time ago tho Farmer's Alliance store, of 1 I Spartanburg comity failed. Although h | the store was run under the auspices of % the County Alliance when the crash came the Alliance disclaim d all responsibility, J in tho United States Court for tho | , amount The defendants named in tho . < omplaint are A. S. T. Lancaster, II. K. s i Williams, Alfred Haiti a, U 11. Smith, . I Moses Wood. I. It. Padgett. N. F. Wal- 1 i her, tjeo. II. Dean and W. MeZimmcr- 8 man. partners, doing business under tlrin . name of Farmer's Allianee of KoartanI burg t'?>. The eomplnint allows thai, in " Pocemltor, 1800, the plaintifTs sidd and v delivered to defendants goods, wares and 8 merchandise to aggregate to the amount . of which sum the defendants agreed and promised to pay to the plain- 1 tills. ' Although the said debt has been duo 8. and payable foi some time past, no pnrt ' has la en paid < xeept $1,200. Thepldn- * tills pray that jugemcnt against them for $2,1125 be entered. Answer to the eom- N plaint has not yet been tiled, but will no poubt Iw of mueh interest. The easo l_ will have a hearing in the eourso of a Icwwcdt^Iti^^^tlio tlrat of tho j with interest in h-guldhrlcs everywhere. It will probably define clearly the liabilities of Alliance organizations. 1 A Frizo Fight in San Francisco. An ovmland special from San Franeisco, says: (Jcorgc Dixon, of Boston, and ^ Abe Willis, of Australia, fought at the gymnasium of the California Athletic ' Club for $ '?,000 and the bantam-weight ' | championship of the world. Willis was J . practically unknown to many here, nnd ' the betting before the tight was in Dix- ^ j oil's favor, running from H>0 to 70 to 100 to 00. Dixon won on the fifth round. The battle occupied less than twenty minutes. Willis was knocked out in tlx i fifth round ufter having had the worst of o i n linrd tbdit f 11 ni i the stall Dixoll's stvle I' i of lighting was not known very well licru ami he whs not expected to do much ruahi"g, but ho torcod tha tight (roin the B tlrst round llo rushed Willi* hard when- , i VoBrth 'vm s?jr.,, 4 1 half a dozen sharp rallies ho fought back 1 manfully, but was not able to hit na hard > or as frequently ash's opponent. If la 1 1 quickness and his nhildy to stand hard 1 \ punishment saved him from defeat eailier, ' but after being knock-d down in the I lirsl round and unmercifully pounded in , the four following rounds he was greatly i , weakened, and the blow which finally t , seat him out was a light one compared i j to a dozen others which he had received. I Dixon was apparently uninjured, and | as soon as he saw that Willis could not I rise in the fifth round the colored man t gave a leap almost across the ring, while s the spectators < hecred him wildly. Piscatorial Wealth. The people of North Carolina are fully I awake to the importance of developing * the valuable fishing fields of the State. ! 1 >i Henry V. Wilson, the d rector of the a I Unittd States lishstatiou at Wood's lloll, \ is nn expert in the'TWRIfieKH to which his energies n ill bed voted,and the State will ' prolit largely by his services. The oyster , ! industry has been a go| I mine to | .Mat vlanl and Virginia and C< nneeticut, ! when- iihi-I attention has been paid to | j it, ami North Carolina will undoubted j I ly develop tin business in its teiritory to ( j i in pot t ;i ii t proportions within a few years. , i Speaking on i his subject, the Newssnd , I Courier says: The coast line of South j < arolin.i. however, is xenrr elv exceeded , iii I' iifili l?y that "f Ni'itli Carolina, and ( is longer than that oI any otlur State be- j iu? ? n M .in?! and Flot illa. We liav.j j only In employ tin- <>, port unity nature lias given us, as tiny arc being employed | by oiii ucighho s and livals, in order to j make South Carolina one of the leading , oyster producing States in the Union. Took a Drink at The Altar. | London, [Cablegram.] At Ilishop ! Stort ford's in IIcrtfoi?lshire, Charles (Mark was lined $ "> and costs for in'shchavior in Bitchanger clmr. h. The charge against the defendant was i deiifedly curious, as it appeared from the evidence w hile playing the impoitant pait of a bridegroom, and dining the i per oruiance of the inauiage ceremony i liefore the altar, h" pulled i ut from an inside pocket a flask of whiskey from < which he proceed<i| to drink, notwith- i standing the expostulations of the clergy- , man. i The lnidi groo-ii having been itiniulat d enough io go through the ord-n', and ' | the < '? rgyman having?-ut re I his protest, I the cere nony was completed, and the i cwly in de husbind was handed over, . not o two lender mon ies 01 mc woman who had ju t sworn to eheridi him, Imt . to the charge of mii officer of the law. Mr. Clark, no doubt, found that he has indulged in the dearest drink of whisky he has ever imdyjj, hit life. c 'Int^^ff^^w^^^Wfcrrsity Alumni i have established a la^rT tiumlier of free it | schol irships at the University. Young i, , men of talent and character who need a help in getting an education and who . ! can furi'sli refer nee as to their needs i- I and merits may obtain assistance by ap! plying to President Winston at Chapel e Kill, N C. Early applicat:on is desirable, r, The University also offers free tuition t to ail young men intending to preach, ?t ai.d the sons of preachers of all denominations. ? = MISTRESS OF GRAY GABLES. :he Becr?t That Brine* a Prayer to Her Neighbors' Li pa. A correspondent writing from Busard's Bey, Mate., close* a well-written ? Icscriptive article with this pleasant and Icliiate reference to the mistress of Gray Inblcs: ?*' "But of late Mrs. Cleveland has net nrtd much to leave Gray Gables. She 'ocsen't move about nearly as much as lie did. She loves best to sit upon the crnnda, with her husband at her side, r walk slowing with him hand in hand lirou^h tho pine lead I* usually a yachting cap. The Benedicts and their yacht are gone now. Ilefore they went away Mr. Benedict, his on nnrt Mr. iieveiana wcmover in i;ape 'od bay on n fishing trip. Mrs. Clovo:unl did not go with them. Formerly lie always accompanied her husband to he Indian village, near which it to bo ound such fine aport. Mrs. Cleveland's not her is at Gray Gables now. There rill lie fewer guests the remainder of tho ensin. "Over in tho pino grove, about three nindred yards away from tho house, is a ohio's nest which Mrs. Cleveland disovercd. Every day when n is pleasant ho strolls there. 8ho tries to sootho the luttering mother bird with her soft vnrds. She will not go many more inies, because the purplc-flcckwd shoiia rill break before long. "Nearer aud nearer do Mr. and Mrs. ' eve'and seem to grow to each other. Mimehow the villagers know about it. dothors draw their little onea to their iranu aa she pastas and whisper A pray- , ? j - h - . " * ?* ?*smmy shines from her dreamy cyos, they notice iIn* fluttering of lior lips, now and then Liu* dew in her eyes. They arc quick to >e.' and know?these Capo Cod women, riuit is because they are women, and hey know more in a single glance tban nen can learn in all their lives. Bo when he tluidoxvB lengthen and tho nightly irayer is said, tno devout villagers havo i little whispered scntenco for ncr. Tho lines breathe it in each others ears. Tho csth ss waves gurgle and laugh over tho arret. The hirda chatter about it and he days move slowly by." Foreign Notes of Run! Isiterost. The population of nclgiiitii amounted n the last day Dccomlier to (1,147,041. Li usscls Iiiih about 500,000 iuliubitiiiitn. French drummers nre. to iw excluded io? Alsaco-Lorrain \ and the Ficnch peak of shutting German drmnmera out lilfoftWU' IH ftfcllEW* dhflng the noarf h "' when they nro regularly out of'to a u. Vossisch Zcitung takes a very gloomy jj new of the economic situation of Oer-f*^ iimy There ia great desti ut inn among lie lower classes on account of the high rice of provisions. Home of the small shopkeepers of Pnr have appealed to the I'opo for protecion from the big concerns that arc drivng thetn out of trade. They ask his lolim ss to formulate some plan for npilying the f iw of justice and charity to lie freedom of trade ami competition so hat the little dealers can live in the preen c of the great. A marvellous and horrible accident lappemdnt a private house in Paris. I'lie host had invited a number of friends 0 luncheon. A great Danish boar hound viii io the room, according to custom. 1 guest happened to drop his napkin, nd while stooping to pick it up the dog villi a tpring sei/.ed his throat and killed lint, Tnero was a terrible struggle to |utll the beast off, but without avail. The new crcrrr. iLuo uescriD<1: It is a beautiful work of art, and of grcn? magnificence. It lias been designed iiikI the gems in it selected by his Majesty himself, in conjunction with the German painter, Horr Kmil Doepler, Jr. The gems cninc from the famous collection in the possession of the house of Holien/ollern, which is chiefly distinguish d for its magnificent pearls and dia nonds, some of the finest specimens of vliieh have been mounted in the Km?erorscrown. His Majesty has had the rowii made to exactly fit his own hend. 'uriously enough, he it said, that although t has been the custom in Germany to laud down sword and sceptre from ono sovereign to another, a proper and sym mliral crown?though there are crowns a the llohen/.ollcrn treasury of various tilers has been wanting. This want the hlmperor William II has now supplied. At ti>st it was the intention of his Majesty to have given to the. crown the same form of design as that of the first crown . _ of Prussia, but the Idea fffid to be abandoned owing to O e size and shape of the ston s. The whole broad frontal of the crown is bordered with large diamonds, mounted on beautiful gold lenf wotk, from which liso eight diamond hoops, each so', w'th four diamonds in the shape nf a losctte, with a row of tine large pearls, the whole being crowned by a [ russet udded with diamonds. There me also numerous other gems on the i'row n A Boiler on a Breakfast Table. ViCKsnrao, Mrsa., [.Special ]?A smnll boiler used in flic repair shops of the llall City Oil Mill exploded, early in the morning, fatally injuring Engineer Albert Spier and Fireman Albert Fisher. The boiler, weighing 2 000 pounds, flew into the air and fell into the house oi nary Loweubtirg, three hundred feet away, going through thejoqf. flooiju^cqlina ? it'-tfUflHWis hurt, the family having left the tahlc when they heard th^ report .used by the explosion. James Oordon Bennett Indicted. New Yohk, [Special, j?The gr nd jury has found an indictment' against James Gordon Bennett, charging him with misdemeanor in publishing in the N. Y. Herald more of the di4aiTa of the execution by electricity of Bmller, Sloeum, Wood aud Jugiro than the law allows.