Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. jPk Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Dommtic Literature, Politic* and the Current Newt oj the Day. VOL. XXII.-- NEW SERIES, UNION C. 11., SOUTH CARQLl^^gRlDAY? DJB?EMBjSR 11, ?* An - 4 ~~ ~ oiwuc ruHUWSJ DM DM1 unearthed iu . Illinois, and it hM.heen suggested that IV may bare bee?(j$wiW the Aatees before they were driven out of that region by the Indian*. As it is largely composed of cobblestones, observes the Philadelphia Record, thoso municipalities which favor that style of road construction to-day have at least antiquity to fall bac'.c upon as an excuse for continuing the present system. C. G. Leland told the recent Folk lliore Cougress in London that lie jhad interviewed at least a bundrcd old jgypey fortune-tellers, and had discovered that they kuow nothing whatever about the art of palmistry. He said they hearnfed k? lnn<? ?- ? 1 3 , ? -J*r^r -?5 ^i^v. ?vuuo w w miruwu judges of character, and that whilo protending to look at hands thoy wcro in reality insjpectl ng faces to find out the v ebameteriiflca of pcoplo. Many a gypsy, he said, S?ho has acquired famo as a fortune teller is merely a good reader of physiognomy. * The Adjutaut-Ooneral of the United States Ar.ny has writton a letter to tho (Presideats of military colleges, saying: 44The Secretary of War is of opinion thai the law of Congress and tho action of tho colloge authorities in accepting, under the law,arms and am munition and tho detail of an officer of the army for tho purpose of military instruction, esl.Ull.L.. at a? 1 - 4 wuutu>>4 vuu a?iiiQa.ii cuaracior o( IQU institution. Uaior thoio facts he consider* that the National Government has the right to require and should imist that oa all occ isioni wlteu a flag would be required by Uaited State} amy tactic} or regulations the nation il flij of the United States bo use J." In these days of close figuring and email profits nothing, maintain* the Boston Trantcript, is despised by the man who seeks to acquiro wealth. It appoar* that in Scotland there is a company which pays a certain amount yearly to a number of iron works for the privilege of collecting the smoke and gAscs from the blast furnaces. Those are passed through several railea cf wrought iron tubing, and as the gases cool there is deposited a considerable yield of oil. j. One plantTs reported to yiel I 25,OOQ*. gallons ffFfurnace oil per week. The sum paid for the privilege is such as to be Drcfltable. it is O&lfl tn hatk n i considerable quantity of cresol, phenol, and some other substances arc procured from it,,white ttie oil remaining^; used its nn enricher of gas for %luminating purposes. In spite of the wonderful commercial ' ind industrial progress of the Uoite<] States, we are still to a large extent, sayi the Forum usiug the same soft, dusty, muddy country roads that served for oui remote ancestors. No organization has done more to remedy this surprising state of thiugs than the League ol American Wheelmen; and it, Secretary, Mr. Isaac B. Potter, of New York, has t word to say in the Foruit about the evil and its cure. He considers that the cost to the farmer, of carting his producr over the "roughened streak of soil" that serves us for a highway, is oo small fno tor In the existing agricultural depression, and points out that the cost of maintaining proper public wagon roads, though great, is more than repaid to the conn^jj munity in the enhanced value of adjacent property alone. This position he sup porta by statistics. It is to be hoped, adds the magazine editor, that Mr. Pottei and his co-workcrs will succeed iu rousing our rural communities to the disgrace of a condition oi things which makes ui the laughing-stock of European travelen in this country. ' The cultivation of the thin shell poena has, aooording to the New York Post, become one of tho most piofihtble industries of Texas. The tree begins to bear nuts when six years old; at eight it more than pays all expanse* of growing, and at teu yields a handsome profit. The demand in the market is muo'j greater than the supply. The following glittering prospect is held out to the farmer by a pecan-grower of experience: Fifty acres in pecans will, when ten years old, bring him an income equal to a bank with a capital of $300,003 earn* intr ten mr mat. In California- fruit. lands tell at $800 to $500 per aore. At these prices the value will be earaed in fiveyearej la six year* they earn ten per c?nt. oa a valuation of $1000 to $5000 per aore, and Id tea years ten per oeat. on a valuation of $10,000 per acre. Whet I say the pecan exoeedt these figure largely, I am only saying what other* who have investigated the profits on peoan-growing will confirm. The peean not is a favorite everywhere. No fear ol growing more than can be sold, for, when Ml the markets of the United States are sop puou, UHminwoi Eiur<v>j ,vm ue open for (hem. At one cent per pound the; pay better than cottou will at ten oenb p?r wound. Ten acrei In pec mm (tin Zi ** ^Jn-ebell) will earn more oleai ^ "* oottoa',, DECEMBER DOINGS. ' The Latest News From a Trio of States. Interesting New* Item* From Many Point* in Our Own and Neighboring State*. VIRGINIA. Tho Lynchburg shoe factory has been ' sold to a local svudicatc. 1 A baking powder factory is one of i Portsmouth's new industries. A monument has been erected to the Confederate dead at Newport News. Fifty students were before the mayor of Lexington Thursday charged with singing on the street. Arrangements arc being made to establsh a steamship lino between Now port News and Olosgow. iJ Colonel COiyir, "Oirror fbe counsel in the State line controversy, thinks Ten- ' nessce will win the suit. An effort is to bo made in Qrccne 1 county to pipe crude oil to tide water if ( found in paying quantities. The Richmond camps of Confederate | veterans arc making preparations to , Eroperly celebrate Qcu. ltobt. E. Lee's j irthday on Jan. 10. The census of Newport News has been 1 completed bp the Board of Trade, niul j tho population of this live young city is 5,61S. Virginia has supplied a good many < bishops to other States. There are Bish- < ops Wilmer, of Alabama; Petcrkin, of i West Virginia; Dudley, of Kentucky, i besides Bishop Williams, of Japan. I Some unknow person sent Julius Liebert, of Petersburg, a water fowl of a species.unknown. In body it is the ai^kand shape of a Pckiu duck, dnrk gray in color, web footed and with a bill shaped like a crane's, though somewhat shorter. On the box containing the stranger was written: When I am ] thirsty give 1110 water; when 1 am hungry , give me fresh fish " , oome 01 mo dipnoi officials think nil 1 effort wilt be made at this session of the I Legislature to largely increase the np- I propriaiion for pensions for disabled i Confederate soldiers. Th??l made by the 1 last Lcgislntuie was $85,000, exclusive ] of the $10,000 for the Confederate Hoidiers' Home. An effort was made last ] year to put the figures at $150,000, but < in the then financial condition of the i Commonwealth the advocate of the in- i crease was induced not to press it. I NORTH CAROLINA. < An English syndicate is negotiating , for the purchase of -tho asbestos mining , Jesse Goodwin, a joung mechanic, was convicted of counterfeiting, and sentenced to two years at hard labor iMifJP'peiiitentiary at Albany. T II ? ? ' ?? * ?ui, U. u< umiciv nnu C*-1\CV. J. I. Bull, the parties concerned in the pugi . liatic encounter at Raleigh, in which ' Ball felled Barrett to the ground with a , I sticV, were before his Honor Mayor i Badger, aud the evidence showing tlut ! it Wtis purely au nasuult on the pait of ' Ball ho was bound over to court in the ' ' suin of of $200 and Barrett was discharg1 od. Christopher Stephens, a leading fanner , r of Ricnland, Onslow county, died Sun , day. lie commenced life a poor youth, ] purchased a $25,000 farm, and prospered i until at the date of his death he owned 11,000 acres of land. \ It is reported in Savannah that the South Bound Railroad will be extended to Charlotte, N. C., whero it would form a junction with the Seaboard Air Line nyuium, uius creating a new route between the North and the South. It is ' also, it is said, intended that a ennnee ! tion shall be made by which the Souih i Bound can reach the Ronnoku & Southern Hoad, which would make a direct line from Savannah to Wiuston, Roanoke and all the country reached by the Nor- 1 folk & Western and the Shenandoah 1 Valley Railroads ] Tho noted Pickcring-Wbceler land , suit, in Stokes county, is being prepircd for trial. Surveyors are now at work 011 1 tho lauds in both Stokes and Surry 1 counties. The laud includes the proper- , ty of many citizens, and it is thought J that it will require at least three months to complete the survey. The property ! holders are making a vigorous light for ; their rights and the su t promises to be ' one of the livlelest, and most complicated suit ever brought before the American : courts. SOUTH CAROLINA. 1 Annv.l? /..no'.nw 1 ' ?_ IKV'UIJ in lieing I built At Beaufort. J. II. Agnew, the Bupt. of the South Carolina railway has resigned. An Alliance Publishing Co. lias been formed with headquarters in Columbia. The Stono Phosphate Co., of Charleston, has been incorporated with a capital stock of #200,000. The General Assembly last week elected Attorney-General Y. J. Pope atso elate justice of the supreme court. The Presbyterian congregation "of Spartanburg has extended a call to Dr. Watkins, of Raleigh, N. C. They offer #1,800 and a parsonage worth #800 a year. Greenville has also called Dr. Watkins. k 'The Columbia Water Power Co. will ) erect a #500,000 cotton mill; work on i same will soon be con.menced. The Charleston Water Works Co. has 1 * <1 1-'-! * ? ?? vuhhwu IUI iuo niuMii^ oi it[i mmttimi t well on Nassau street at n cost of about , $50,000. Among the new bills introduced in the Legislature is one to create Tillman coun* l ty and a bill to make Good Friday a legal . holiday. . A bill passed its third reading in the Lcg'sMure which restricts the mortgagee ? given on cr.?ps to the year in which the r crop is raisea. The obiect of the bill is to prevent the giving of indefinite liens on crops. . -Tbteteotton to Iho bench makes the Attorney-Generalship vacant. Assistant AttorneyQencral Townsond is a candidate to fill the place. It is said, though not on their authority, that Speaker Jones, J. W. MccLaurin, Ernest Gary aud John Gnry Evans have been requested by friends tocuterthe race. OTHER STATES. * ? i uu pecan crop in Texns is very largo this year, ami the nuts are of fine quality. In Atlanta there is a strong movement in favor of the founding of a State reformatory for juvenile criminals. One night last week, when a bl.ick man and his son wero asleep in their cabin under a tree on a Mississippi plantation on the banks of the Sunflower Itiver, the tree fell, crashed through the cabin's roof, uud killed both of them. It has been decided by a Florida court that dentists practising in thnt Btatc do not need a diploma, nud many of the people's teeth at their own sweet will. Friday of last week was "Arbor Day" in Georgia, aud a holiday for the children in all the public schools of the State. In the schools the teachers read appropriate passages from the Scriptures, after which the children jang "My Country,' 14s of Thee." During the day tens of thousands of trees were planted by the youngtcrs in the public highways, the town lawns or parks, and the school aud church grounds. The case of two colored Haptist preachers who have entered suit against the city of Portsmouth for $100,000 each, because they, in 1885. were oiecteil frnm the ladies' cabin of the Berkeley ferry steamer, is being tried in iho United States court, Norfolk. SKIPPED WITH $10,000. A Couaty Treasurer Proves False to His Trust. Ei.iz abkthtown, N.C., [Special. ]?J. M. _ Benson, treasurer of Bladen county, has* ibsconded with $U,000 of the county's noncy. Benson has for several years sold the position of treasurer of his county, and for the past two years hns bccu largely engaged in the .mercantile business at Klizabcthtowu. Ilis store has necn headquarters for the Alliance of Bladen county. fteverai days ago it was learned that Benson was short in his accounts, aud in consequence of the rumors that were muni. iu? ?.uuni? uuuimn>?iuuei'3 caneti a uceting. Benson was to appear before ihat body for n thorough investigation >f his accounts. The commissioners met recording to agreement, but found out ;oon afterwards that Benson had skipped luring the night. It is thought by many ,hatthe money >hat the county will po a cyuip natively iiecn highly respected and abovo suspl-~ :ion, the farmers would put whatever nouey that they did not not need in his trsnds, he paying thoin good interest, but icldom paving the principal. In this way quite a large sum must have been in tiis bauds at the time of his departure. There seems to be little doubt but what Benson has appropriated at least $10,000 jf otiier people's money to the exclusive benefit of himself. Much excitement exists over his sudden disappearance, but those most interested have not the least idea in which direction Benson has pitched his tent. Telegrams have bccu sent iu every direction for the apprehension of the fleeing treasurer, but uotliiug has been heard. KEEP OLD COLLETON INTACT. A Mass Meeting in Waterloo to Protest Against Division. Watrrim, 8. C., (Special. 1?News has just reached here that in addition to the sflort to form Tillman county out of Colleton and Berkeley, inakiug St. George's the county seat, nnother effort is on foot to form a second new county from other portions of Colleton and Berkeley, making Summerville the county seat; and still another effort to hitch the two up per townships of Colleton, Braxton and Warren on to Hampton. At the same timo we hear that many portions of Colleton sought to be detached are violently opposed to tliis division. A. meeting was held here Thursday and Cant. C. C. Tracy sent ns a delegate to Columbia to protest against this dismcmbcrment of "Old Colleton." Petitions are being rapidly circulated, aud on Monday, salcsday, a large meeting was held and a luge delegation sent to the Capita). Itisgeuerally understood that our mure delegation from .CoUp&OP, in both the Senate and tlu- llnn.se, stands pledged against any d viuit n of the county, and we will be grently surprised if these pledges are not fulfilled. Pays to Grow Vegetables. The South furnishes the North with a large percentage of its daily food and table delicacies. Resides fish, oysters and sea fowl in their season, it forwards many kinds of fruits and vegetables. Just now New Orleans is supplying egg plants that retail at 50 cents each, whTle Norfolk's truck farmers are shipping green peas that command 00 cents n peck, also butter and string beans that retail at 20 ceuts a quart. These last three articles illustrate the favorable climatic conditions that havo made the truck farmers of Norfolk prosperous. Beginning shipments of garden stuff before the frest is out of Northern soil, they klep up a succession through the spring ana summer, winding up their season by shipping late in the fall second crops of ueuus mm peu The Cashier is Still Missing. Wilminoton, N. 0., [Special. j?No further news has been heard as to the whereabouts of Cashier llowden, of tho smashed First National Bank here. His hastily leaving at the time when he was to meet Bank Kxaminer Alden leads many to expect a sensation. Some are now expressing the belief that he will not return. The bank examiner, when asked for information, compresses his lips, shakes his head and says nothing. >. ,n ?' i, > \C0;. V: i * 4 '.;. '< ^j Emperor William's Remarks to the Becruite. A cablegram from. Berlin, says: Tho Freisiuuigc Zeituug asserts that Emperor William's speech made a week ago on tho occasion of the administration of the oath of allegiance to tho recruits of the guard really contnincd the following: "Recruits, you havo before the priest and altar sworn fealty to mo. You arc too young to uude'ritaod tho true meaning of tho words in which you have sworn; but be diligeut iu following tbo instructions which will bo given you. You have, my children, sworn allegiance, that means that you have given yourselves to me, body and soul. You havo only dlic enemy. That is my endtny. In tho present socialistic agitation, I may order you,- which God forbid, to shoot down your relatives, your brothers, eveu your parents, and you must obey without Six Cars and a Locomotive Plunge oh The Track and Into a Swamp: PlI AUT WtTAW A ^ A -A*. * "* uuxiuk, u. v,?a Buum-oounu passenger train on the South Carolinti Railway, with 200 passengers on board, was wrecked 20 miles north of this city. The fireman, named Parks, was buried under the tendefftud crushed to death. Baggage Master Anderson, Express Messenger Pierson, nud three passengers were seriously injured. The train wns made up of the Iqcoiuotive, fdhr coaches, n Pullman, and a baggage car. All wero thrown down a thirty-foot embankment iuto a swamp, and nil except the Pullman were badly wrecked. The disaster was deliberately and skill, fully planned by train wreckers. One of the fish-bars joining the rails were looscued, the bolts having been drawn. The fish-bar and avvrcncii wore used to remove the bolts. ^11 evidcnco points to the fact that it was the work of au ex. pcrienccd railroad band. Xhe South's Steady Progress. The Manufacturers'Record, of Baltimore, of December (5, in reviewing the industrial progress of the South, says: "The general growth of the South goes on with no arterial change; but, taking a look rnTrAyi whole field, it will be seen that tuv progress which is made is of tho most substantial diameter, and that it will add vastly to the wealth aud progress of this section. The iudus trial growth is being supplemented l?y a most astonishing rate of increase in foreign trade from Norfolk, Newport News, Charleston, Savannah, New Orleans and Galveston. One after another of the great manufacturing plants that have Iwjen under construction for the last 12 or 15 months are being ooroplctcd and going into operation.^TflP^ton-iUipc works at Birhimgliam, Texrtsf making the third one there; the furnace company at Jef ferson, Tcxns, will build a cotton-tio and rolling mill; work has been commenced on the construction of a 1,000,000-buslicl grain elevator at Galveston, Texas, and another of 5000,000 bushels capacity will probably be built; a company has been organized in London with a reported capital of ?5, 000,000 to purchase and develop largo rainprftb Aid timber properties in the South; ht!)U)i000 company has purchased 8,00Ovt?JEj Of coal laud iu West Virgiuia, aiu!*will develop on a large scale; a factory to make fertilizers out of basic-steel slag is being built m Chattanooga. Among other entcrprbes reported for the week arc a $30,000 comSires* company at Thomasvillc, Ga.; a MOO,000 compress company at Montgomery, Aln. ;n $26,000 eltctricflight and flour mill company in Texas; a $10,000 phosphato company in Florida; a $50,000 icefactorj ana- machine-shop company in Dc Land, Fla.; a $50,000 mining company at Salisbury, N. C.; water works at at Millcdgcville, Ga.; a $50,000 ice and electric-light company at Velasco, Texas; $50,000 lime works at Chattanooga, Tcun.; a $100,000 engine and machinery company at New Orleans; a $100,000 fertilizer compnny at Baltimore etc." The Stevens Murder. Ralkioii, N. C., [Special.]?The publication by the State .J^hronicle of the mystery concerning 'the murder of "Chicken" Stevens, and its clearing up by the deathbed confession of Dr. Felix Roan, a prominent physician of Caswell, has created much commcut here. Judge Tourgee, it will be remembered, introduced this murder in the "Fool's Errand. Superstition of the Sen. Oo? of Macbloi'a old sea Captains, while en route to tho Wert Indies, had bean bccnlmad for lAvornl ?it n..? tens; be had prayed for wind, he ha<l sworn for wind, but the wind carao not. At last he thought he would try another scheme, so he kissed a silver twenty-flvecent piece aud threw it as far as he could out upon the *ea. In n short timo the wind blew a gale, and it drove his vessel to the coast of Africa. ? Leieiston (Ale.) Journal. Wasn't Fuany For Bill Nye. Jackson, Mis?., [Special.]?At th? opera house last bight, just after the curtain rose for the Bill Nye-Burbahk combination entertainment, Nye fell out ol the back door of the opera ho'ise, a distance of 15 feet, landing on a pile ol i* l-ji- 1 i * i iuiiiuvi iic vru9 su uauij mui\> 10QI lie could not Appear and the audience wa? I dismissed. Hernandez Captured. El Paso, Ts^|^8pocial.|?Francisco Hernandez, who lobbed the paymaster of the 11th batfcdion of the Mexican army in Chihuahua, Mexico, and killed a policeman in escaping, has been cap| tured here and ext?iaciit?d. He will be shot. . A Colored Waiter Shot. Asmrrrtxc, N. jfc [Special.]?James Hayes, a colored jj^B^ employed at the Kentlworth In^^^Haot by a colored woman, Koxig^^^^HL and dangerously wounded. jS^Rp^iBd the woman were returning frbfba "cake walk The Farmers Discuss the Railroad* Id Missouri. .Eight Crisp Reasons "What the Alliance is Here For." In the National Fanners' Congress nt Sedalin, Mo., Congressman John T. Ilennl, of Missouri, delivered an address on railway transportation, which, he said, was a subject of supreme importance to the farmer. One of the solutions was found in State railway commissions. Missouri had been among the first of the States to deal with the question that way, and Missouri's experience showed that the method had been successful. Another method Of mil til ill inn < fy ? H?IHU?U LU1 jiunition iti the interests of the people was should be placed under Government management. Government, railroading, he believed, would be a gigantic failure. In the first place the Government would have to buy the railroads, and that would cost $10,000,000,001). That would be impossible and impracticable, because there was in circulation oulv $1,500,000,000. II. C. Brown, of Georgia, endorsed everything that he hnd heard said. Georgia, he said, hnd tried State ownership of railways. Georgia owned the Western and Atlantic Railway. Understate control the rates were high, the service was bad and deficits were extraordinary. The State found that it had been too expensive to ruu its own railway, ami the lino was leased to private individuals. Under private control the road charged cheaper rates, gave bc'ter service, pa>d a rental of $3,000 a month and I made money for the lessees. KeSOiULioua waia mtmimending that the President of the United Stales and United States Senators be elected by a direct popular vote; demaudiug an extension of the signal service reports issued by the agricultural department; requesting the Federal Government to aid the State* in the irrigation of arid lands The resolutions were all adopted with the exception of the latter, which the Congress defeated by 41 to 17. A resolution asking Congress t c improve tlu harbor of Savannah was loudly applauded and unanimously adopted. The committee on finance presented a report requesting Ihe various State Legislatures to make appropriations for the expenses of irtate delegations to future congre sea of this character in order that eaeii Slate may have full and proper rcplesentation. The report was adopted. l lie administration of the department of agriculture by Secretary Husk was highly commended in the resolution. The following additional resolutions were also adopted: Requesting the Secto push fhe work of introducing American corn as food, believing tint marked success in that direction attained already is war routed for such a request, and requesting Congress t > appropriate sufficiently to over the expenses of this increased represent at ioi abroad; demand ing a systematic and thorough improvement by the Federal Government of the waterways ami harbors of the United Stales; requesting the extension oi the delivery of tIre mails among farmers; demanding the contiol of all trust and monopolies, so lliat they shall work no harm to tlie people. * * # * WHAT TIIK A I.I.I A NC If IS IIKHK FOK. The Alliance is seeking to make the rich man pay his propoition of the taxes. It is'seeking to pay up the bouds that have almost ruined the people and nation. It is seeking to forthwith reduce the salaries of cfliciuls to au equal of othei salaries and prices. It is seeking to break up the speculator's corner iu grain and pork. It is seeking to make it possible for s poor man to get money us cheap as ? banker can get it. It is lik tnvn tlin mkvornninnl , h , . h t issue nil money in sufficient quantity to do the business of the country. It is seeking to watch the Congress from the people's side for the uext 25 years. It seeks to make a profit in farming and industry and not in money-lending, It attacks the giant monopoly and it intends to follow him to his overthrow. ?Vindicator. The Raleigh Progressive Farmer sa "1 lint the growth of the Alliance h* been 'too rapid to keep track of durii the past month.' !l "T..erc has been a net incrcacc of 4< members in the Alliance iu Oklahom 02 Sub-Alliances have been formed North Dakota with a net increase of 2,0k members, Iowa is said to be 'doing son glorious, aggressive and successful wor w ith 9,000 new members of the Orde 14 counties have been organized in Cal fornia, an increase of 1,000 members rni./xrlr./! / a iL %ir A tvi iv|;ui iuu liwill OUU111 L/1IKOU1, >V t'Hl VI ginia is credited with 10,000 new incm. hers, and of Ohio it is said that 'tlj 1 Huckeyc State heads the lisi' with 1 ' new counties org nized with 170 Sub-A buncos and an increased membership q ' 10,000 Mississippi is credited with net increase in mcmbeiship of over 1,00 ' sinco December 1, 1800, and the growtl 1 of the Order in Louisiana is put down a, 1 500 members. The following statemcn is made in regard to the situation i? .South Carolina: - - - * "Twenty two new Sub-Alliances havl Leon established, with about 1,000 new members, but a loss of nearly as man} have been sustained. This is the on'; State recontly heard from in which ai increase in membership is not reported.' * * * * 41 * Jay Gould says he "can buy the vob of a farmer member of the legislature foi the price of a bull calf." A^ain he says 'I can hire one-half the farmers of th< baited States to shoot the other half t< death." ****** - Upon four and one-half acre* of land i find* it proniaule to cents a pound, and his namo is Henry 1 Johnston, lie is shrewd enough to hold his crop for a rise in the market. * * * * * * oil from American corn is being used 1 l?v Herman soap manufacturers. The humors of this couutry have not only to feed Europe but to wash Europe's face. PICKED UP THE WRONG JAR. lir. Anderson Intended to Take Quinine But Qot Morphine by Mistake. Ghkenvu.i.k, S. C., [Special.|?NV. B. i Audcrsou, a young man of Cedar Grove, j Laurens county, South Carolina, died ! suddenly on Monday night last from the ; cllects of a dose of morphine lie had lak- | en through mist'ke. lie had been feeling unwell for several days, and after j rising that morning thought he would I take a doso of quinine, lie nine, but which proved to be morphine. After taking it he started on a journey, but had only gone about half a mile when he felt so sick he w?? rnm...."-' ' - WUI|IVIIVU IU stop at the resilience of |)r. John A. Westmoreland. The doctor soon discovcd the cause of his illness and used every means in his power to relieve him, but after lingering unconscious until.S o'clock that night Andenoo^bed^ GEN. ROWLEY'S SON EMBEZZLES. Once Chief of Police iu Now Orleans, j He is Now a Fugitive From Justice. New Orleans, La , [Special.]?The police hero are looking for Kichurd lb Rowley, formerly chief of police of th:s city, and at the time of his disappearance cashier of the New Orleans CoJ ruiw0*!"" -P- ' '* p "",u ley has been missing several days, but that fact was kept secret until Tuesday night, when it was aunounccd that he had disappeared with all the cash of tho bank. Rowley is a sou of Gen. Rowley, of Mississippi, was chief of police of New Orleans, from ly.SO to 1SS4 ami had held many political aud commercial positions. 11c was a grand chancellor of the Kirghts of Pythias, and it has been discovered that he is short with them also, lie is married, of good habits and the police are altogether unable to explain bis embezzlement. Grandson of Jefferson Davis. _ I i jekfkr80n hayes davis. ' Jefferson Addison Hayes, of MississipEi, hns been made Jeffer-011 Hayes Davis, y act of the legislature. The nrosideut r of the Southern Con fed HWy-'find sons, but they left no male issue. His daughter Margaret married a Mr. Hayes, and when it became certain that no male Da1 vis was to remain, they had the name of ' their first born changed. Young Jefferson Davis is a bright and healthy boy, with many of the characteristics of his ' grandfather and namesake 1 EXTERMINATION OF SPARROWS 1 The Bounty of Two Cents for Each Causes Hundreds to be Killed. t Ciiicauo, [Special ]?Under the new law which went into effect December last, giving a bounty of 2 cents for the head of each English sparrow killed i in the ly> 'jTr^ l'' G0(1,C i ng supplies, viz : -8 I BER BELTING, LEA'1; SUCTION HOSE, (Som<^ 1 A C HI ]\ e - y | OILERS, KELT IIOOKS ' I UNCIIES, ' I KG. PRESS ROPE, C(f ber, Hemp li iste T IRON PAINT, (for painting | flvv f?a"T7iT^ TT:V vJjiiBB o^o 'i uoma JO uontiMOnmmoa P I 'ooncM o^ao"Tl I o a uw nwrease in y the interest bearing and non interest , bearing bonded debt during November >? was 12,570,139.50; an aggregate of debt bearing no interest. $387,433,340 35; aggregate of certificates and treasury 5 notes offset by cash in treasury, t5G9,221,r 709; aggregate of debt, including < crtifi? cates and treasury notes, $1,540,001.B 695,01; aggregate cash in treasury, $718. 1 356,760.15; net cash balance, excusive f gold re erv<\ $89,125,917.06 I ncitic railroad bonds are not included in iho a above statement Kasse^^ill, Dynamite. Four Persons,^Including the Bomb Throwor, Blown to Atoms. Nkw York City, [Special.]?At 12:15 o\ lock in the afternoon a poorly dnssed in in, carrying a brown satchel, entered the otlice of UiipscI Sage at 71 and 7o Broadway and demanded a private interview with Sago. W. It. Laullaw, Sage's clerk, told him that Sage was busy and could not ho seen. The man persisted and continued to talk in a loud tone. Sage was in an inner oftioc and came to see what was th matter, lie asked the man what was wanted. The man said: "1 demand a private interview with you." Sage replied that it would he iuinossible for him to see the man then, hut he might do so later iu the day. The man ...v.i .lu.i hh-ic, mm .-*age oruercu mm lo leave tin; office. On this the man dropped a leather bag and in explosion, which shook the entire block, instantly followed. Sage was throwii across the room and stunned. I.aid law. who had turned awav and was standing within a few feet of the two, was also thrown across the ollico an t had one leg hadly larcerated In Safe's ollice at the time of the explosion were Col. J. J. Slocum, F. C. Osburn, 1). \V. Osburii, F. C. Men/.ics and If. C. Noiton. Noitonwas badly hurt and was taken iti an ambulance to St. Vincent's Hospital. where ho died. Pieces of several bodies were picked up < ii tiie second floor of a building near the scene of the explosion and placed in the tire depnitment life-savii g net. Humors arc rife us to the number of persons killed, but as far as can be learned-w -Aal only four are lost. One of the iijoftff"7?\- __ i.i! i ii ?ret* intact. It is that of a youg man with brow 11 hair, growing thickly upon his head. As both Menzics and C. W. Osburii are missing it is supposed tliey compose n portion of the tangled heap. Among the fragments of bodies found was a leg which the police think was that of a woman. Sage's woicau typewriter is reportea among the killed. The injured people were ut once removed to a drug store opposite and atteu cd to. There it was found that Sage's injuries were not serious, but very extensive and painful. Sago was able to converse. lie said the man with the hand-bag was a total stranger to liiiu. lie iusisted upon presenting Sage with his curd, but ! e declined to accept it. 8agc was completely covered with griiuc and dust and his clothing was hlowu into tatters and his hands, face and clothing were covered with blood. Sage's injuries mainly consist of a cut and bruise upon his forehead, while his face and bauds were fill e l with small cuts as if lie had received 1 VI>11l-.v yf oiayel st ones (mm a shot-iron ? Both fire aim ambulance calls were at once sent out and a few minutes after the explosion tho building was surrounded by tire engines, ambulances and notice men. The news spicm! through Wall street, and, in fact, all over town am! every street in the neighborhood was soon thronged with thousands of excited inen. The wildest rumors prevailed that the number of killed and wounded reported was upward of a hundred The police captain immediately took charge of the police arrangements and the search for the dead and wounded began. The three rooms, No. Ill and two adjoining were totally wrecked. All that remained unimpaired in the ollice of fcjnye was his ik'sk ami ollicc chair. The windows on the Rector street side of building were blown out, nnd those on the other side sha'tctcd. It is said that the name of t: e bomb thrower is Lord. The safe in Sage's office was broken open and securities were scattered over the budding nnd streets. When the dynamiter entered Sage's of. |iQQ he banded the clerk a card which bote naute IT. T>. Wilson. When the^M}-.^ lice examined the wrc ked ollicc there was found just inside of the door of the central ollicc the trunk of n man, in a state that rendered recognition nearly impossible, bead having been severed from body. Pointed reddish heard, gave* appearance of an (ducatcd man, which was enhance I by brown cutis of lrair and lie ivy mustache that adorned upper lip. This is the only person killed outright so far as known and the body is supposed to ue twu 01 tn dynamiter An investigation proceeds and it appears that Wilson had a companion when lie entered the building and itupiircd for Sage's office. Late in the afternoon the firemen found among the debris a leg which was thought to be that of a woman If it is or not has not been learned but Russell Sage never did employ a woman typewriter, and as this fact is well established, the supposition is that if the leg is that of a woman's it is all that is left of one of his "put and call" customers, who was iu the office at the time. TO SEPARATE THE RACES. The Governor of Virginia Recommends That Railroads be Required to Have Separate Cars and Waiting Rooms. Richmond, Va.?The Legislature convened Wednesday. In his nnnual message the Governor says: "There is a very general demand for separate coaches and separate waiting rooms at t assenger stations for the two ra es throughout 0*4-the South. 1 would advise J?Sbo enactment of a statute requiring 1 every railroad company to provide separate coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers and acpa rate accommodations at | assenger stations, alt of equal convenience. When the travel on a road is not sufficient to require two conches a sinclc conch should be so divided by partitions ss to secure separate accommodations. The law should be enforced by suitable penalties." Tho Governor also rccenamenda legislation providing for the adequate representation of the State nt the Chicago Fair. The State debt question and the oyster inter, eat will be considered later by tho Governor in a special message.