Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Western cattle rancher says it U be coming an every-day occurrence to se women out West dealing in cattle am horses. Tbc loneliness and harpships o the great prairies do not seem to dete energetic women from the purpose o conducting a profitable business. A fev day* ago a cattle queen from Idaho sole two carloads of fine horses at Omaha at a much better figure than any man coul( have obtained. "Singular as it inay appear," says the Paris American lis jitter, "the German capital has and pays an official birdcatcher. The catching of birds is prohibited, but the collections and educamist Lomin is the only person commissioned to furnish them within the precincts of Berlin, and the districts of Teltow and Niedorbamim."' Tf ??-oo U..? * " - ??-- - rnw i/u?, u jciti ui iwu niicr inc war when the Hanlons appeared on Boston Common on velocipedes, muses the Boston Tranteript. The Common was crowded, and the curiosity to see the wuch-talkcd-of machine in practical use was intense. There followed a regular velocipede fever, and it ran until the following spring. The velocipede was well enough for indoor riding or a smooth Qoor, but it surely was not the thing for road riding. So tho velocipede retired from view, and in process of time the bicycle appeared in its stead. Now ^ the bicycle?what is called tho uordinary"?is stepping down and out before the "safety," which is in appearance more like the discredited velocipede than its successful successor the bicycle. AU of which goes to show the changes brought about by the whirligig of Time. About 17,000,01)0 tous of coal Is th? annual amnuut taken out of the chief tuai uia.nuia <jl urrem. uriiaill, iin I It IS estimated on this basis that the supply will be exhausted iu abaat 6-J ) years. It is further calculated that, drawing u >oa only one of her lields, t'.ie Westphalian, Germany will uot exhaust that before the end of the twonty-scvcuth oeatury. but -r is- 4tefcj aKitoiivw tAfeesfeJ hi Aachen and the Silesiau districts will also be entirely used up. What will Europe do for fuel theu? Why, simply import coal from Anerici, answers the New Orleans Piciyuie, unless seen', genius inveatsa practical plan fot staring and utilizing solar licit, which is certainly among the possibilities. Captain Alexander Kodgers, the special World's Fair Commissioner to Brazil, reports that the botauical exhibit from that country will be the finest ever made. The director of the botanical garden at Rio de Janeiro, Dr. J. Barboza Rodrigues, probably the leading scientist in that republic, is taking a .arreftfc int?rest.in the work of preparing a fine display for Chicago. He will"send the fullest possible collection of plauts, and make a full exhibit of orchids and palms, on both of which he is a high au money, navmg mtnscu discovered over five hundred varieties of orchids and fifty new varieties of palms. Ho will Rnnd also V? private ethnological coiieetion of over a hundred pieces, the most valuable .and the rarest that he found during his stay in the Amazon country. Dr. Lndislao Neeto, the director of the national museum at Hio, is also very earnest in having a tine exhibit at Chicago, and has already made requisition for "funds for that purpose. Dr. Neeto organized the Brazilian section of the Berlin fisheries exhibition, and promised to get up a similar display for Chicago. This may be given to the United States Fishery Commission in exchange foi something of theirs. While both France and Denmark aro engaged in the elaboration of the system of compulsory insurance for the working classes, which was initiated some timo ago by the German Government, SwitH xerland is about to put into force a law of the sane character, but one which differs fro.-n the others in certain notable features. It applies uot to the workingman residing in his own town, village or commune, but only to thn stranger ia the locality, the object being to relieve the communes of the troublesome burden of providing for tho wants of the sick and aged who do uot properly bolong to the pla*.?4j Strangers, therefore, no matter wheth^'-foreigners or Swiss, are obliged, as soonlls they take up residence in a commune, to join one of the existing i^urancc or mutual aid societies of the canton and to contribute an en tsnncc fee of ten cents and a weekly pre_: c t? ?ka ini(iiil UI live UCUIO All ur; evc.n ui me contribution proving insufficient tlic de^ is ">i?i out of the cantonal poor iuud. In the ease of total disablement by illness, injury or old age, a daily allowance, ranging from twenty to thirtj cents a day, is granted. Tue funcra expenses are also paid by the society, and provision is made for the welfare ol the widows and orphans. Asm. ; 80UTHERN STATE NEWS i t Oar Coterie of Commonwe&ltlLS Rer presented Here, f j Happenings of th? Day Reported and Notes of Industrial Proggres3 Find Space. VIRGINIA. The Bu?incss Men's Association of Norfolk arc arranging for a gay time in October. airs, .Margaret Pugh. of Rockbridge county, diea Thursday, aged one hundred and two years. ^ < Station Agent Shewbridge, of Itock' robbed Th-ff sd&y % The assessed value of property in | Roanoke, Va , this year is $11,058,915, < an iucueose of $4,000,000 over 1889. The Newport News Su i reports that several new steamships are to be built at ? the big ship-yard there, and that 1,000 i additional men are to be employed. I The Southern Grauite & Marble Co. 1 has been organized at Roanoke. The < company has purchased 300 acres 0 miles < from Roanok , in which is a granite that experts declare to be of the first quality that langes from gr.*y'to piuk iu hue. < A stouc-yard will be opened at West ] Roanoke, where from 20 to 30 skilled t stone-dressers will be employed. j The large factory at Salem, built for ' tin use of the Chad wick Two-wheel* r < Co., is under roof and will toou be ready ' for occupancy. This company, which has b.'cn doing a large business at Olcan, t N. Y , has shut down there t On September 1st the sovcral wino ' cellars i t Albemarle county arc uunuully ' opened for the purchase of wiuc grapes. < Cash is paid for them, and they are ! bought at the rate of |40 per ton for Con- 1 cord, Ives, Hartford and others of that 1 chnaractcr, $05 per ton for Nortons and $80 p.r ton for the best white grapes. si The Governor pat doncd Ileury Rogers, 1 dying with consumption, who was con- A victcd in Kockinghum county in 181)0, ( of horse stealing, and scnteuccd to live 8 years in the peuitcutiary. '1 The fourth annual fair of the Che a- f peake Agriculture Fair Association was ' commenced at Cape Charlei Tuc-.day : with very flattering prospects A telegram from Farmville states that two uicn nam d Fox and lluwley had " been sentenced to ten years' imprison- ( mcnt each for robbing the postorficc of i that place, and that another robber, a Clark, was sentenced to fifteen years for c NORTH CAROLINA. ; The Chief Postoffice Inspector has re- i ccivcd a telegram announcing the ar- i rest of Assistant Postmaster William?, of f Demiauco, for rifling the mails. i Wednesday there was brought to the ' ]> uitcntiary at lialcigh the youngest con- ' vict ever convicted of highway robbery in the state. His name is Will Edwards, and he is only thiiteen ye is old. He committed the crime in Orange couuty, in June, and wai successful in obtaining <] money from bis victim. He gets a sentence of seven years. Col. A. Iv. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times, has accepted an iuvitatiou to deliver an address at the North C irolina Exposition, at Italei h, October 21. He will also goto Asheville, where he says he has long been wanting to make a visit. Col. McClure will see a beautiful and progressive country. 'I Tiuny UUlIbgv tins Ji mil I rn ? m m t| ma . tice of the donation of a collection for the museum, consisting of 500 specimens of American and other woods and 120 specimens of of iuvertehrates, labelled in alcohol and ready for shipment. These spe imens arc the gift of a friend to the institution living in Washington. D. C. Thursday was the ?rsnnics of the Mecklenburg Confederate Veterans Asso ciuuou, in i narioiie. iiiey were given a giuud picnic a I.atta l'avk. 1 George A. Gil igan, who was wanted ' at Wilmington 01 bigamy, and for whom ? a heavy re waul was offered, has h.-cn * captured and sent to \V Imington. lie * hail a wife and child at Wilming 011, and * recently, while in Virginia, he met a pretty young girl, whom he married. ' He left her >0011 afterward, however, and detectives have si < c been 011 his trail, I effecting his capture a dav or two ago. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA. Arthur It. Hair, Jtlackvillc, has been , appointed a cadet at ibe West Point Mil- . itary Academy, The directors have bccu authorize I to j select a building for the, new Farmers' ( Alliance bank at Columbia The independent cottonseed n?i ^ oi South Carolina, were represented by t delegates at a convention held in Charles- f ton last week. J The fol owing epitiph is in Lancsboro: "Here lic< Jane Smith, wife of Thomas { Smith, inarh'e cutter. This monument j whs crecicci uy uer nusnana as a tribute t to lier memory and :i specimen of his j work. Monuments of this same style ? 230." Edward Van Odcn is suing the city of Charleston for $4<>.4do damages for infringement of h s p tent on feed water heaters loi steam tin- engines. Col. Thos. W. I follow ay, the se rctnrv of the S ate Agricnl oral and Mee.t nnieal Society, of South Carolin*, has just had ' jointed the premium list for the coming 1 The records of the war department ! show that there are buried in the two national cemeteries in South Carolina 12.1 281 federal soldiers. The largest is that , at Beaufort, where the interments nuin- , her 0.270, of w hich 4,730 are classified | ns '"known" and 4.320 as ''unknown." in the? cemetery at Florence there have been :i,0M interments, only 206 being "known," while 2,700 are "unknown " At a meeting ? f the South Carolina 1 r Agricultural ami Mechanical Ass eiation, held An,ust 8, at Orangeburg, rcsolu- i t'ons were unanimously adopted in favor ' of gr a'ly diversifying agriculture and of redu ing the area usually devoted t ? cott n. A committee of 20 extensive pi <nt?rs, with ex-Governor Hagnod u chainnau, was appointed to attend the cotton growers' couveutiou at Alabama next month ( Dr. Wood row, president of the South Carolina University, left Monday for a trip up North, lie said that he would not resign the bank presidency uutil a few days before October 1 The object of the trip to the Nor h is twc-'old. First for recreation and second to make personal inquiry into the methods of physical cu turc at the Northern colleges OTHER STATES. t Inter-State Commerce Commissioner, I Walter Bragg, of Alabama, died Friday t at Spring Lake, N. J. i Alfred GolJthwa te, of New Orleans, ouc of the council in the celebrated Gaines case, has been stricken with "liin'in'M t !.? -4 Cordcle, Ga., has a two-logg. d billy goat that walks up ight like a chicken,sits 1 down like a dog, is very intelligent and J a great pet umong the children. f Sheriff O'Connor, of Augusta, has call- ? ed on the wh te troops to do guard du- ? ty at the execution ol Frank Danfortli, ? the negro wife in ird-rer, on the Seplem- !' t>cr 1th, but the officers of the white 1 company flunk it unnccesary to servo as the sheriff has made a similar request upon the colored troops. b The Florida Fibre Co., of Jacksonville, " capital $10,000, owns 1,010 acrei near C Port Lauderdale, in Dade county. On "V his land it has put out 200.000 sisal h danti which it is now cultivating, and 1> it the same time it is procuring its ma- P liinery for fibre-making and is building <1 louses and shops. h Governor Northcn, of Georgia, lias called a meeting of the road congress of .' hat Stale to assemble at Atlanta, October 18 28, at 10 o'clock a. m. In compliance M with the request of the vice-presidents of _ ;hc congress fro n nil the districts of the -tatc, he has issued nn invitation for a . ond cong ess of all the Soulhcrn StaUs 0 assemble at At'anta the following day. ^ The Suwance Canal Co. is the name of 0 1 Georg'a corporation of which Captain ^ Icnry Jacksou, of Atlautn, is | resident, n] vhich has purchased from the State 210,- n] >00 acres of land in the Okef nokec t| twainp Aud proposes to obtain still more, g ['hen the Suwanec canal will be con- c Iructed, vhich will drain this vast c n or j ss and at the same time furnish f, rausport ition for the splendid timber hat covers it. | On the 10th inst. the people of Texas idoptcd five amendments to the State c' onstitution. One of these indicted the G lopular interest in education, for it tl luthorized th i lcg'sluturc to take one per el :cnt. from the permanent school fuud c1 md add it to that immediately avuil- ti ddes that the lega' rate of interest slinll v n no case exc!ed 10 per cent., and that h ii contract! where no rite is stated it shall be 0 ji r cent. The fifth ameudncnt provided for the neat ion of ad- ? litionul courts t f appca', both civil aud j, criminal. (j fi GOV. N0RTHEN SAT UPON. tl Che Georgia Alliance Refuses to Listen to Him and EndorsesLivingston. Atlanta, [Spe ial.J?Governor Xoith- n :n went into the State Alliance Wednes- a lay, although lie was not a member of g hat party, and attempted to overthrow u President Livingston v The first move was a motion by the I Rev. J. G. Gibson. The Chair ruled r< liin out of order, and Gov. Northen had fi -cakeAhefloov "Air. President," said o tie, "I hold that the gentleman Is not out jf order. I know something of parlia- t nentary law, and he is cutitled to the s loor." Tlic answer came amid cheers: "I am 1 satisfied that you are well versed in par- i iainentary law and you know as well as r [ do Una the gentleman n not in order i .intil the Convention is reorganized." a rhc Governor att mpted to hold the t loor and President Livingston said sharp- t y: "Let ine suggest to you, sir, that t I'ou are not entitled to a scat on thn 1v/,,. ..A r...f .. <l..l?/.ntA iwvm. j wu (iiu iiwi i\ iw lliu Convention ami you have no right^u in.errupt the proceedings at this tim^* The Governor remained standing, and lie President said : "Mr. Northern you must either take 8 four seat or leave the Convention." 11 This rais d an uproar, and many of the nembers sto-Hl, crying: "Put him out," "Throw him out of the wi dow." In the afternoon scs< on Gibson and Northen were on hand again with a resoution that, before the body should proceed to the election of a President, an nvestigat'on should be made of Presiient Livingston's character. With a migh y shout the resolution vas laid on ilie taiiie, and then a resoluiou declaring confideneu in Col. Living* s'on's integrity and honor was carried hrouyh by every vote but one, that of IIr. Gibson. The result of this day's \\o*k ha^een o make Livingston the undoubted politcal boss of Georgia Holding the key o the situation in both tlie Alliance and Democratic organizations, h can do us ic pleases for at least a year to come. The 3 C's Reorganization. The latest iuformnt on as to the proha ailities of a rcorgaui/ation of t"c Three [J's IL'iilroad comes from ex-Governor * Jhatnberlnin, who, to a Charleston Wor'd c reporter, said that Mr. Hunt, a member g sf the reorganization coinmittc, h id ox c prtssc I the opinion that when the road ( was completed to Minneapolis, Yn., h , would be able to earn the interest on its t mortgag s, but the lull benefit of the ex j tension of the road would not be realized until i, is completed to Cinc'nnati. When this was done he was of the opinion that the Three C's would be one of the best freight lines in the country, and would "originate," to use his own words, "more freight than any other line east of the Alloghauict." The receiver thought, however, that the practical reorganization would come shortly, that the financial and b-gal difiicubics would hardly be overcome short of one or two years, but felt at present time a s longer belief in the completion of the toad than ever before. FARMERS' ^LIANCR 3oloa?l Polk Talks 4 The Political 'Object Che Senate the Fob! Towards Which All the Bnerkes of the Alliance Will water. WASHiKoTOrf, D. C., [8 sciel.l?Coloicl L. L. Polk, president < the National 'miners' Alliance, was see in regard to he objects and a ms ofth< alliance in the inpending state elections. "Our campaign at prcse t," said Colo>el Polk, "is not to elect ajprcsident, or o secure thegovcrnorshipaf states. We rc striking at Iho m mopolists in the Tnmpton, of South Carolina; theu John r. Ingnll*, of Kansas, fallowed by Gidon U. Moody, of South Dakota The ext oue to go iato retirement will be Johu iherinan, of Ohio. Matt liansom, of forth Carolina, will also be retired. The ?te of these two senators is just as ccrlinly sealed as that of John J. Ingalls. MISTAKKS NOT TO BE REPEATED. "Wc made two mist-ikes that will not e repeated," continued Colonel Polk. With complete control of the North !arolina legislature we allowed Senator rance to be re-elected on the strength of is promise? that he would be a faithful obtirnl servant to the interest of the eoplc. The election of Governor Gor011, of Georgia, was also a mistake, as c has shown himself to be far more innested in his own pc-snnal success than int of the alliance. Hereafter no promts of the politicians of the old parties ill be accepted." "How do you propose to dofeat John hertnan in Ohio?" "Wo have him defeated. In legi-laivc districts the alliance wi'l supnort undidatcs pledged to vote against 8ner>nn. The voting strength of the actual rganization is 40,000. Our members, owever, are doing missionary work moug the farmers generally, and thousnds of voters not yet mentioned with le alliance itself will be rallied against hcrman. If you would look over the orres-poudence from Ohio you woulu be ouviiiced that it is now an impossibility or him to succeed himself." "Is the fight being made on McKinley Iso?" "It is not. As I stated, we are now eauing out the United States senate, overnorships arc not valuable to us at lis time. It would have a good moral ITcct to elect state officers, merely as an mlcnce of the strength of the orgnnizson, but our primary object is to secure TiTcrr* cnflcT6 xTmSwfB, nlill elcLC (jllllBd tatcs senators. Tll? FIGHT IN OHIO. "Probably many alliance members .'ill support the pe pie's ticket in Ohio, ut there h no inov. ment to have them o so. Consequently the ulliance is not ghting McKinley; but don't infer from liat that I think lie will be elected. " Can Senator Wilson, of Iowa, be reamed?" "We are not figuring much on results rom Iowa," replied Colonel Polk. "The rgaui/.ation in that state is weak, though lie popular assumption is that we are inking a great fight there. 1 hat idea is mistaken one. The most we expect to ct out of the contest in Iowa is to detcrniue what strength the movement is deeloping there. No steps are expected, n the notthwea*, however, tho voters cem to be more ready to break away rom the old party than in other sections ' the country." TTW the si.'^ar?ce undertake to dictate he successor of Senator Quay in Pcnnylvania?" "As matters stand now, I think not. rhe state is not yet sufficiently organzed lIowever, tho work is progressing anifllu Yon '1a ..'.Mt.il it n the newspapers, but about two local lliauccs per day are being organized in he state. Hy the time Senator Cameron's crm expires we will probably be ready 0 supply his successor." WHAT NEW YORK WIM. DO. "In New York state the situation is ouch the same. Neveriht less, Sena'or liscotk will be retired in 181)3, though ither causes will operate to that end beides the spread of the alliance niovencnt." "The reports fr< m Baltimore a-c to he effect that Senator Gormoh has capured the Maryland alliance." "That is au invention. I was present hroughout the recent convention. If he Maryla?fcft|ltolii?fri8 true to its priniples, two alliance senators will be elect a from that state next winter, and Arhur P. Gorman will not be one of them, ie is to much of a straddtcr on the siler que-tioa to suit our principles, and 1 umiccountiblc in otlier ways. The wo Alabama senators ma-1 also be reired from further ici vice in the United itates senate. Mr. Morgan will come irst, then Mr. Pugh. Congressman en. who has openly declared against lie alliauce, will head the procession of hose w ho go out of public service from hat state. This fall we expect to secure oinplete control of Virginia." "Y'ou have been mentioned as the irobable alliance presidential candidate n 1802, Colonel Polk, have you not?" "Well, the newspsjiers said some time go that I wauted to he governor of lorth Carolina, and mhen that did not raospire I wns announce d as desiring to ome to the senate to fill Vaocc's old hoes That statement likewise turned >ut to bo inroy-fcrL. You can draw your iwn conclusion flbout the report now ?oing around. "Do not forget, though, here will be ay alliance national ticket n the field ne.m fall." ****?? GROWTH OF TUB PARMRB*' *JLLIANCB. Since la9t addressing you as president >f the North Carolina State Alliance, it ias been my freat pleasure to watch the lealthv growth of our Order, and the apid development of the principles we lave inculcat^J On the 20th of April, .887, the first1. Coordinate Alliance was trganized at Oiepole, in Robeson couny. Just a yew later there were 727 RiibVlliances Hiring the second year the powths were Lrb that April 20tl\, 188ft, :i . v there were 1,654 sub-Alliances. April 20th 1800, there was a still further gain, so the number was 3,063 On our last | anniversary, the ground being cffectua'ly I covered by the thorough orgnuixatioa of , every county, it was uot a matter of but- ' prise that the increase was less, showing a total of 3,231 subordinate organisations with a membership of 100,000 ?Extract from address of President EliasCarr at Morchoad City, N. C. Charlotte's Gain. CifAHi.orik. X. C., [Special.]?With the removal of th? Richmoud aiul Danvillo offices from Wnsliington to Atlanta, very decided changes in the traffic airangeincnt of the system arc to follow. There has l>cen a general reannngctuent and in the division of offices Charlotte gets a good share has leased nil the looms on thcMuond and third lloo s and will take posses-ion on Scntcintx r 1st. W. A Tuik. foimer division fn ii'lit mrcnt. with otlitM at Raleigh, has been appointed assistant general passenger agent, witlk office# at Charlotte, his Raleigh office being abolished. As assistant geucral passenger ftgeut, Mr. Turk will have charge of all the Richmoud and Danville lines north of Atlanta, Athens, Augusta aud Port Roval, and east, of Paiut Rock to West Poiut nnd Washington. 8. II llaidwick, f rnterly general passenger agent of the Georgia Pacific, is appointed assistant general passenger agent with offices at Savannah, nnd will be in charge of the Ccutral of Georgia and the Georgia Pacific, which embraces all the lines touth of A'lanta and Augusta. As to tho freight dcpaitmcnt, .Tames H. Drrtke will remain general freight agent with office# at Richmond. Re will have charge of nil fire roafld Tu'lhe ayst^ih north of Atlanta, Macon nnd Augusta, nnd enst of Paint Rock. George W. Whitehead will he general ft eight ngent, with offices nt Savannah, nnd will have charge of the Central of Georgia ard the Georgia Pacific. A. G. Craig, former general freight and passenger agent of the Macon and Covington road, will he division freight agent, with offices in Chariot c, in the Sims building. He will have charge of the Western North Carolina Air-Line division, Macon nnd Northern and Ashevillc and Spartanburg, reporting toe Mr. Drake, D ("nrdwel! will be divisio > fr- ight agent, w ith offices at Columbia, nnd will Imxe charge of the Charlotte, Columbia ami Augusta, Atlantic Terminal auti Ohio, Columbia ami Greenville ami branches, Chester ami Lenoir, Port ltoyal anil Western Noith Carolina, reporting to Mr. Drake J W. l ?..?,! freiii-lit. Rnrl jj.u:. cm North Carolina nt Augusta, will be" d vision freight agent, with offices at Columbus, Ga., reporting to Mr. Whitelrad. George 8. Barnes, heretofoic general freight agent of the Geo gii Pacific, will be division freight agent with oflic s at Birmingham, repot ting to Mr. Whitehead. The offices of division f.eight and passeng r agents at Hiclunond, Asheville and Atlanta, heretofore in charge of Jas. Potts, W. A. Win Intra and L L McClesky, have been alml shed Mr. Potts will remain in lite service of the company as passenger agent at llichmond. Mr. McClesky will be general agent at Atlanta, and Mr. Winburn will rctiie to private business. Mr. Turk and Mr. Craig will Iniug about twenty men to their new offices in Charlotte, and their location here is an import?nt eveat for the city. THE BONE OFCONTENTION Between Commissioner Sorb and Hector Lane. Montgomery, Ala , (Special ]?The list legislature passed a law making the office of >ner of agriculture elective, saying nothing whatever of how the time between the expiration of the present term ami the first olee'ive term shall be tilled In this ?oulingency the friends of It. P. Kolb, the present commissioner, contend that the act m king the office elect vc paving repealed all former laws, it took away the app native power, nnu in risen exieoncu me present term until the election of a commissioner by the popular vote. In this construction, it is said, the commissioner's friends are supported by the opinions of several prominent attorneys in different portions of the state Contrary opinions arc held, however, and the position of the legislative in cut on the opposite is strengthened by the fa t that the legislature refused to piss a section of the act continuing Commissioner Kolb in office until the election of his succ ssor. The term expires wit'i ibis month, and there nie live or six aspirants for the position It was reported six or eight days ago that Governor Jones ha I tendered the posit on to lion. Hector I). Lane, of Athens, but although this report came straight, it has been denied bv those in a position to know. At nDy rate, Hector Lane, who returned to his I home a week or so ago, apparently satisfied with that visit to Montgomery, has been brought back by ths discussion, which has been < oiug on f >r the past ten days. One of his frieuds said to-day, ' The race is open yet. though I think Lauc is in the lead." His friends are for bim, and will keep up the work until the cud. Maryland Republicans Nominate a Farmer. Baltimoiif, 3Ii> , (Special. 1?In the hope of getting the furmero' vote the Maryland llepublicaus nominated, at the State Convention, which met in Ocean City, Col. William J. Vau Nort for Governor. The Colonel is a wealthy old farmer, of Keut county, Vice-President of the Maryland S'ate Farmers' Association, and a prominent member of the Farmer#' Alliance. Frank Brown, the Dcmoer.tic nominee for Governor, isalsoa wealthy farmer, President of the State Agrieul'->ral Society, hut not a member of the Farmers' Alliauce. Prominent pol'ti* ci#ns in both parties say that the nominations of men so popular with the farm! ers will completely upset the political calculations cf the Alliance leaders. t ' OUR RAIN MAKERS. Six Honrs' Precipitation Follow the Experiments. The Sky Was Almost Cloudless When the Explosives Were Discharged. and a Sharp Rainfall Followed, Covering an Area of lOOO Square Miles. Midland, Tex , (Special,]? Gen. Dyrenforth's party of ituu makers arc jubilaut. The first important expcriuicuts have otQf. with gjngatsuecesa. A rain fell i o"rlock in the afternoon a largo balloon wm sent up at the C ranch, where the men of science have their headquarters. The much is about twenty-five in ilea from this town. The balloon was sent up about one and a quarter miles and was thru exploded. It made a report like a severe olapof thunder. There were only a few white clouds floating in the blue 6ky al the tiuie, the sun was shining, and an old farmer or mariner wou'd have said that it would not rain in a week. The weather instruments showed that the weather wrs remarkably dry and the barometer pointed at "fair." Ten minutes after the balloon had disappeared in a peal of thunder, kites were set flying, ami attached to their tails was dynamite. This was exploded while tho kites were high in the air, and then a great quantity of powder, which was scnttcrcd over tho ground for about two mUtt, wm set off uy electricity. This -wSrrmref)>t*,l lOTWMtlliti "tftlft1 air for about 200 feet and drifted toward the experts' headquarters. Pcforo it reached there, however, it was driven to the earth by a torrent of rain. The few fleecy clouds had gathered together, others had formed, the sky quickly had become overcast, and a stortu had been created bv man's efforts. The ba rometcr began falling teu minutes after the balloon was exploded. The raiu was very heavy, and the ecutre of the storm was over the C' ranch. Accordiug to reports from the ranchmen and employees along the line of the Texas and Pacific Railroad the storm extended over an area not less than 1,000 square miles. It is hard to get definite reports and it may have reached further. The noise of the explosion was heard plaiuly at Midlaud, ana even ut ranches forty miles from the scene of the experiments. The people thought it was thun"WveSamSreexpioaionp wbM A AMI fllW. The experimenters were undoubtedly at work again. The sky became overcast inside of half an hour, aud it began to rain at 7:40 o'clock. It looks now as if it would rain all night. This region, as a rule, is very dry, and it is exceedingly unusual to have much raiu at this season of the year. The raiu makers arc sure that they have stolen the secret of Jupiter Pluvius, ami say they can flood the country at au hour's notice. Their greatest experiment, when they will explode a tremendous lot of balloons, kites, and dynamite, will probably not take nlscc until Friday. The ranchmen ana town weather prophets don't believe the storm was made by the raiu producers, but Geu. Dyrcnforth says ho will convince the most skeptical iu a day or two. AN OLD MAID" GRIEVANCE. She Claim* that a Prominent Law Uii 0? jr Oi JUIOIUU aor* Nashville, Tenn., (Special.]?Miss Narrisi P. Saunders, a utondniirrhter nf ex-uovernor Aaron V. Brown, filed a iciisntional bill in the chancery court here against John M. Ouut. She claims that she asked Omit to obtaiu a loan of $!.">,000 or $10,001) for her, and to advance the bid on property of hers, including Melrose, that was sold to satisfy a judgment; her purpose being to save the home pla^c. She claims that he agreed to do what she asked, and nmud his fee; that he afterwards, when it was too late to get any one else to advance the bid, claimed certain White county lands she had deeded to him, in payment of his fee, was not as valuable as represented by her and Colonel Savage, anil required $1,000 additional. She claims also that the defendant took a memoranda of their agreement, and read a typewritten copy, which was rend as ngroca, and that she signed it, believing it was written as it waa read, and not till nfterwnrd found out that things beneficial to her had been omitted. bhc actives Gaut of trying to saclili c the l.ome property she wished saved. and chjj ges that, under the pretense of trying to save it, Gaut in- riliced it. bhe asks that the fees paid Gaut be declared null and void, and asks that Gout bo reouircd to pay to ber such losses ami damages as, by his wrongs, fraud aud imposition, be has iufiictcd upon her. Mr. Gaut is a wealthy and prominent lawyer, and has an excellent rcputntiou. Buying Up the Grain Crop. Foht Doiioe, La, (Special. ] ? The farmers of Northwestern Iown are besieged with an army of Eastern elevator commission houses, etc., who wish to contract for nil threshed and unthreshed crops of September aud October delivery. Lower pric s than those of last year ?.re , offered on the s rcngth of the bountiful harvest. Many of the farmers have thus so d their crops in advance, but the majority have heard of the shortage in European countr-es, and wi 1 hold their grain f r higher ptices It s thought th.v the bulk ut iiie crops in tliis vicini{ ty will not be marketed until a month , later than u-ual this yenr. Mourners Attacked By Beee. i i Kenmett Square, Pa, [Special]-A i swarm of bees that had settled in I nion j Hill Cemetery near an open grave were j disturbed by a funeral party who were ' burying Joseph Frcy. The bees ticw at the mourners, and many of thcin wcie 1 stung. Great confusion occurred, aud I the services were cut short , a I BEN BUTLER'S BOOR. H? is to Throw Lifht on Gonfsd. rate War History. Sr. Lovis, Mo., (Spccinl ]?TheGlobeDemocrat prints the following: One of ths most iutercstiug chapters of Benjamin F. Butler's forthcoming book will t?H t' story of Gon. Hubert E Lee's attempt to resivin. The resignation was tendered to Jefferson Davis on the 8th of August, ' 1863. It was prompted by the defeat at Gettysburg in the July preceding. Gen. Lee waited only to "get his army back into Virginia and to recover somewhat fiom the demoralization. He twin fotwarded his resignation. The original * II copy of Gun. Leo's letter has uot been . NfcHj I found in ths Confederal* srcMm the letter of Jvffetoou Davis wntteii copy^T hut its authenticity i-aoiuewhat clouded. ' jB That. Geu Lee did send in his re* got- jflp tion has brcu known to some of the nigh W officers of the Confederacy. Tho lotter of Mr Davis c mthms the st.>rf and shows pretty clearly the draft of Gen. Lee's Utter to which it is n reply: "Richmond, Va., August It, 1808.? Gen. H. K. Lee, Commanding Army of Northem Virginia: Yours of 8th inst. ha* Im n received. 1 am glad tlist you concur so entirely w ith in" a* to the want of our comitiv in this trvinir hour and Hin happy to add tint nfter the first de prcssiou consequent upon our disaster in th?> Weot indication* Iinve appeared that our people will exhibit tlint fortitude which we agree in believing in alone needful to secure ultimate success "It well became Sydney Johnston, wheu overwhelmed by a senseless clamor, to admit the rule that su cess ia tho host ?( r tH ^ tfuf. m ifrre 1.1. I*c nothing olTort of patience than to bear tho Criticisms of the ignorant, who pronouncs everything a failure which does not equal their expectations or desire*, and can sea no good result which is not in tho line of their own imaginings. I admit tho propriety of your conclusion*, that an otttcor who loses the confidence of hi* troopa should have his position changed, whatever may lie his ability, but when I lead the sentence I was not at nil prepared for the application you were about to ntako Kxpressions of discontent in the public journals furnish but little evidence of tho sentiment of an army. I wish it wcro otherwise, tvon though all the abuse of myself should lie accepted as tho results of honest observation. I say I wish-I could feel thct tho publ:c journals wevs not gonvrully partisan or venal. ; "Wcro you capable of stooping to ft, you could easily surround yourcelf with V almmwhiiiuujl. you had not done, rather than aetrecffrom the achievements which will inaks ' you and your army tho subject of history .jfl aud object of the wot Id's admiration for M| generations to comc. * "1 am truly sorry to kuow that you still feel tho effects of tho illiuss you * Vf suffered last spring, and can readily undcrstaiuf the embarrassnicuts you expeiiencc in using the eyes of others, having been accustomed to make your own rccoiuioisaticcs. Practice well, however, do much 11 relievo that embarrassment, and minute knowledge of the country which you have acquired will render you less dependent for topographical information. "Hut suppose, my dear friend, that I were to admit, with all these implications, the points which you present, where am I to titul that new commander who is to possess the greater ability wbich you believe to ba required? I do not doubt the readiness with which you would give way to one who could accomplish all that i _.:..i i j tit j. Iyuu iiavu wibuuu, auu jruu win <ju mo ido 'mi justice to believe that if Providence ' should kindly offer such a person lor our us-, I would not Hesitate to uvnil of his service*. "Mv right is not sufliciently penetrating to discover such hidden merit if it exists, and I have but used to you the language of sober earnest nes when I have impressed upon you the propri ty of avoiding all necessary exposure to , danger, because I felt our country could not bear to lose you. To ask me to substitute you by some one in my judgement more tit to command, or who would possess more of the confidence of the army or of the reflecting men of the country, is to demand au iinpossib lit v. "It only remains for me to h >pc I hat you will take all possible care of yourkc I. that your health aid strength may ^ la; entirely restored, and thai the Lord i will preserve you for the important du^ i ties devolved upou you in the struggle of our suffering countiy, for the ludepcudcnce which we have engaged in war to muiutain. As evrr, very respectively and truly yours, .Ikfeekson Davis. j AT THE RALEIGH EXPOSITION. I Many Prominent Men, Including President Harrison and Sec'y Dnolr Will AO.nrl Ralrioit, N. C , [Special.]?Benjamin Harrison, Presideut of the United States, is booked for u speech at the Southern Inter-State Exposition, which is to be i held at Raleigh, during the months of | October aud November. John Wana, maker and the entire Cabinet think it is ! good policy for the President to visit the i 8 'Uthcrn people. They found out during the President's Southern trip, made during the early past of the year, that the Southern people can treat tho Presilient of the United State; ~it_ courtesy and hospitality. The President will receive an enthusiastic welcome at the Capital of the Old North State. Uncic .Jeremiah Rusk, the practical Secretary of Agriculture- an J Gen. Grecly, chief of the U. S. Weather Burefill hiiVf* I hi! 11 rwiti&r'ii tul t?? !?*? moannf (hiring the Kxpo?ition and deliver addresses. A Negro Clergyman at St. Paul'*.' I om>on. [Cablegram. ]?There was an unusually large attendance at St. Paul's Cathedral, Sunday, to hear the negro . , A preacher, Massiah, of Springfield, 111., who occupied the pulpit, (