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liable for punitive dam&gos in wilfallj
failing to stop for passengers at a regular
station and cannot escape liability on the
ground that there was not sufficient
room in the train if it appealed that by
reasonable diligence it might have provided
cars.
1 The northwest provinces of Canada
have made bountiful provision for the
education of the multitudes of people
who are expected to some day occupy
this now somewhat lonesome expanse of
territory. Sackotchewan has set apart
3,646,000 acros of land for the main^
'' tenauoe off^lo sehools, Assfnibota
8,040,000, and Alberta 3,2u0,000.
{ flays the Atlanta Oonatitutwn: "Humor
jhas its fashions. The funny men of the
past generation do not please the readers
of to-day. Mark Twain realizes this,
and he is trying to strike a new vein.
The Danbury Neiot man, Bill Nye, Eli
Perkins and a host of others have found
their nonalaritv waning and
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.working hard to adapt therrnelvos to the
change in public taste. Their failure ia
inevitable. Tas average humorist haa
only one career. When the public drop
him ho is at the end of hit row."
.. 1 The Chicago Newt says: "The reign
ot terror inaugurated by bandits known
as train-robbers is increasing in extent
and flagranoy. These outlaws invariably
^ select some lonely spot in the country for
* their depredations. It does not follow
,thatarural police force could always present
train robberies, but there can be no
jdoubt that its effect would be to lessen
the boldness of American banditti. A
rural police patrol, especially in sparsely
Isettled districts, would seem to be a nofcessity
of the times. It is not often that
}traic robbers become so bold as to select
a point near a large city for their dendish
work. ,That an express trsin only an
'hour out of Chicago on the St. Paul road
(has been held up by bandits proves how
daring this class of criminals is becoming.
They must be checked in the interest of
?Mp jto'-rr if a
aystern of mounted rural police shouhi be
generally adopted we would also soon
hear tKS'TSst 1ft outrages* hy^ wlilte-oips
,aud their allied outlaws.''
In an address lately delivered in Albuquerque,
Governor Prince says that in
New Mexico tho improved systems of irrigation,
on which they have to depend
for the multiplication >< their area of
useful land, are advancing rapidly. In
the northeast the Springer system, with
fifty miles of ditches and five reservoirs,
covers 22,000 acres; and the Vormejo
system, with fifty-seven miles of ditches
and ten reservoirs, supplies 30,000 acres.
In tho northwest there are 290 milc3 of
ditch completed and forty in process of
construction, giving fertility to 24,000
acres. In the southeast the Pecos Valley
system, already largely completed, about
fifty miles of main ditch and 120 of laterals
beiug in operation, with its great dam
1140 feet long and 270 feet wide at the
base, and its lake seven miles in length,
will soon supply almost 200,000 acres of
land with the necessary irrigation. And
in the southwest tho wcrks along the
Mimbres are solving a new problem, aud
' will supply a section of wonderful fertil
iry whq water requisite for suicossful
cultivation.
Pittsburg, Peon., is stirred up over
revelations of the depravity of tbe Chinese
secret k society T'ian ti, which has
sbeeu persecuting a Christianized Chinaman
turned Ye Tang. In the ethics of
the society tbexw^rsion of a Chinaman
to Christianity is a helnou^trtb, and he is
thereafter a marked man, especially if
he should proaeiytizo in the cause of his
new creed. The Rev. E. R. Donehoo,
a missionary among tbe Chinese in Pittsburg,
says that for a ion,' time the T'ianti
Society has beeu trying to dri70 the
convert Ve Tang out of tho city or plot
him into prison. Tbe latter thny have
now succeeded in doing. The unfortunate
Ye Tang was charge I with obtain.
.ing money uuder the false pretence of se
curing licenses to conduct "business" for
his Cuinuse friends. These friend* filled
the court room on the day of the trial,
and, according to the Rev. Mr. Donehoo,
they lied with euch apt conaiatency
that there was nothing more for the magietrate
to do but aentence Ye Teng to
$Tjr four months' Impriaonment. A previous
charge mado againat Ye Tang, which
fall through, wae that be conspired to
kill several of hie weetthy countrymen
and decamp with their property.
"Heathen Chinamen," aays -Mr. Done
boo, commenting on the woe* of Y?|
Tang, "have no regurd for theh oaths
before civil courts. They observe only
thoeo of their own sooietiee sad religions.
I here worked long among them,
gf: . end can safely say I would not believe
tbern uo.ler oath. We Americana can
not reaHr,-. the intense hatred felt, agtina
w bo has the key of the Christmas Land?
Where the bonfire shines,
And the holly twines.
Carol 1 ere sing?a merry band?
And stars are bright o*or that fair strand?
Who has the key of Christmas Land?
Light are the hearts in Christmas Land;
In each group you meet
There are faces sweet.
Bosoms young and guileless are there,
And brows not yet wrinkled with care?
Who has the key of Christmas Land?
Dear baby hearts in Christmas Land,
We want to be near,
And join in your cheer
When the tree with its strange fruit bends, i
And yon wait for what Banta send*?
Who has the key of Christmas Land?
Lore has the hey of Christinas Land,
Ob1 come, Cherub Love,
Viith wings like the dove,
Spread over hearts thy light of peace,
flow for a harvest full of iaorease?
Open the gates of Christmas Land.
Open the gates of Christmas Land;
There is mjich to do
And the days are few.
Bid all men set Charity free;
By thy grace, let us see there be
None of God's poor in Christinas Land.
?William Lute.
A MAf CHRISTMAS
BT E. PHILLIPS OFPBNHEIM.
If there is one thing more than another
when a bachelor commences to doubt
whether his state of single blessedness is
' the most desirable form of existence it is
at Christmas time. The joys of the season
are essentially domestic joys; and
every one is either looking forward to
convivial meetings with a circle of relations
and friends or a happy reunion
with his own family. At such a time a
middle-aged bachelor with no relations
(eels rather out of it.
Now, although I must plead guilty to
ten years of bachelorhood, I never was
one of the misanthropical tme. I ??<>
tingle (observe the past tease) not from
principle, but merely from force of circumstances,
and I was never addicted to
(hutting myself up with my books and a
cat, and growling cynical remarks at the
pleasure seeking world. On tho contrary,
I am of a somewhat jovial die position,
and was always fond of society.
Christmas time Ilikea to spend at a jolly
country house, and could turn my inind
to charades, dancing, romping with the
villagers or children, conjuring and
many other accomplishments. In fact,
I may say with fine modesty that I once
Juaui ni|iwtr nwmw *? ?.* ? hostess
as an "extremely useful sort of
man."
j?
"WITH MY BACK TOW ADD THE ENGINE.'
* The idea of spending Christmas in an j
olitary rooms, with only my landlady
and her domestic to talk to was a contingency
which I bad aiever contemplated
for a moment; but last year I
was very nearly brought face to face
with it. 1 generally had at least two or
three invitations to select from, and
choee the one where I should be likely
to meet the most interesting set of
people; but on this occasion my usual
invitations did not arrive. The liarwoods,
with whom I had spent the
Christmas before, had lost a child, and
.ss a
WCIC 111 tuuuruiu^ j IrLlO JIUUIUOUS VVCIO
wintering at Nice (lira. Houlden was
delicate) and at Houghton Orange botb
the girls were married, and the Christmas
house parties were things of the
past. These were my stock invitation;
and as I recollected others among my
circle of acquaintances to whom something
or other had happened since last
year it slowly dawned upon me that if
I desired to avoid a Christmas in Condon
I had better make arrangements to
remove myself either to a northern hydropathio
establishment which I had
occasionally honored with my presence,
or to a Brighton hotel, where I was sure
of falling in with some pleasant company.
Just as I had arrived at this
melancholy decision, however, a letter
arrived which afforded me the greatest
satisfaction. It was an invitation to
spend a week or two with my old friend,
tt*A Halle ton. at his dIsco in Leicester
hire; and with the vivid recollection
before me of ? pleasant Christmas spent
at Oaolbj Hall some three years ago, 1
loat no time in penning a cordial assent
to the weloome invitation. A few days
later beheld me, followed by a porter
earning my various impediments, on the
platform of St. Paneras, prepared to
imrfrt my journey down to Leicester by
the half-past three Manchester and Livsmtooi
ezpraas. The Pali man wat
crowded with a pack of noisy school-,
boys, so 1 eschewsd it and selected an
empty flret class carriage. I took ><Asession
of my fsvorite corner seat, with
my baok to the engine, and wrapping
my leg round my kneee and unfolding
newspaper glided away from the city
of smoke in a remarkably good humor,
pertly inspired, no doubt, by a capital
lunch, and pertly by pleasurable antici
t pationa of my forthcoming visit.
> . Fred met me st Leicester station, and
I saw with regret that ha waa looking
pule and ill end much thinner than whan
I felt Mfrkte tat. WMMd plMMd
warmly.
During our drive to Gaulby I hazarded
a few remarks, with a view to ascertain- ,
ing what sort of a party there was collected
at the Hall, but 1 got nothing definite
out of him. He was quite unlike j
bis old self, and I eainc to the conclusion ,
that he must be ill. As we drove up tho ,
avenuo I leaned out the window to gazo ,
at the fine old mausion, and !t struck mo ,
at once as looking cold nud uninviting, ,
while the grouuds were certainly very j
much neglected. Something seemed ]
wrotg all round, and I began to feel al- (
most sorry I had come. We overtook |
Mrs. Hallston at the hall door, just re- i
turned from a walk. Sho was as gracious i
and as pleasant as she had ever bean to <
me, but I fancied that I could detect in
of the ill being which^^n^dT'to^eiS^
around her. i
We all three entered together, and the
moment we passed through the door I !
felt conviuced that my expectations of a !
jolly Christmas party were doomed to dis- 1
appointment. There were no decorations r
about, only one doleful looking servant
and apparently nothing stirring. I felt e
sure something was wrong, but at any '
rate I consoled myself with the reflection c
that I had lost little by coming, as it had a
been a choice between here and the e
hotel. But, all tho samo, I did not feel li
particularly cheerful as I followed the d
doleful lookinc servnni- -1
O niuug 1]
wide corridor*, across passages, upstairs s
again, and then down a long corridor, n
until at last we reached my room in the a
west wing.
My surmises were correct. When I I
descended, after prolonged and careful v
toilette, my host was lounging about in tl
a shooting jacket and he and bis wife u
were the only occupants of the room. I a
was the only guest. T
'I've something very serious to say to b
jou, Neillson," he said slowly (Neillson n
is my name). "I'm going to make a b
contklant of you, if I may, old man." si
I bowed my head and listened. ' b
You haven't noticed anything par- I
ticular about my wife, I don't suppose, It
have you7" ho asked, with a searching ii
glance. r<
I admitted I had thought her strangely t<
silent, and apparently having some d
anxiety weighing upon her mind. k
He laughed, a short unpleasant laugh, I
and leaned over to me confidentially. li
"I rely upon your discretion, you a<
know, Neillson. I wouldn't have it I
known for the world; but my wife is F
mad." , u
"Mad!" I stared at him iucr:lu)ously.
Yes, mad," he repeated impatiently. tl
r a
herself to it. The doctor whom I have tl
consulted advised me to send her toa hi
private asylum, but I haven't the heart bi
to do it. She's perfectly harm you w
know; but, of course, it's an ' A trial c<
to me." _/
I stammered out an expression of syrn- in
pathy. To tell the truth,I scarcely kuev r(
T V. :u?
tv iiai/ iw oay. i nas UPWHUCICU at (UIS IE
painful explanation of the gloom which al
reigned over the house. Presently Fred ej
closed his eyes and left rae to digest this Is
strange and unwe'.eome piece of news. g
I am naturally somewhat selfish, and before
very long my sympathy was diverted w
iu some measure from my host to my- ai
self. It occurred to me tha; it was by ri
no means a pleasant prospect to be a tl
guest in a house the mistress ol which n
was mad. It was not altogether kind o'. n
Fred to invite rae, I thought, under the a
circumstauces, without some cxplana ii
tion of his wife's state. I began to fee! n
quite ar iujured man. I was quite tired ?
of my own company, and Fred was fast f
asleep. So I opened the door softly and ri
made my way down to the hall. As 1 a
passed an opuu door Mrs. ilallatou up h
peared and beckoned me in. 1 had no fl
alternative but to obey her invitation. g
?: b
i I
"I'm OOINO TO CHUCK HER DOWN." j
' V
"Mr. NeilWon," she said, in an agitated
tone, "as you are going to stop
here for a day or two, thero is something
connected with this household *
which you ought to know. Has my t
ausband told you anything?" I
I bowed and told her gravely that I ]
knew all, and that she had my profound- t
est sympathy.
She sighed.
"Perhaps you are surprised that I
should ask whether Fred had told you,"
she said, turning a little away from me.
"It seems strange, doesn't it, that one
should be mad and be eonscloue of itf
It only comes on in fits, and they ere
terrible.
She shuddered, and so, to tell the
truth, did I.
IiQiiaVi a n^aaa of marlniita I*
? |iiiax7 ui uiau ucu A* jituwauij
not incurable," I ventured to suggest
timidly.
"Incurable 1 of courae it ia not incurable,"
aha answered, vehemently.
I edged a little toward the door. ]
had no experience in talking with lunaties,
and felt anything but oomfortable
in my present position. Mrs. Hallaton
was beginning to look very exoited and
dangerous.
"Of courae if you are frightens J, Mr.
Neilltoo," she said a little contemptuously.
"you leave us whoever you
'
r.?v. m. uma iib? no now cane oa 01 ten
but they are anything tat pleasan
thinga to witness when thy do com*
on." /
"I should imagine so," I Useuted, de
voutly hoping a St was not (then pend
ing. Soon I managed ti make mi
adieu, and with a sigh of/relief fouad
myself once more in the till. I made
my way to Eurdett's room, but he had
orone to bed, and seeing it las nearly 11
o'clock, I decided to go a bed, and,
preceded by a si|8|?,*,*V (I (could nevei
have found theT^?6? ^ll, I mounted
again tho widcA.** '6? ??' threaded the
numerous par \ Qf Jed to my
room. It wa>/~*Jt wide corridor,
on elt' were ?*x
"Does atw one^Asj^^^P^LAsked
ut [luiutoa Jt*y oppciite
"That is the masLr'i room, sir," he
eplied; and the on r at the bottom end
8 MVs. H&Uaton's. No one else sleeps
n this part of the 1 tuse. The servants'
ooras are all in the Kirth wing."
I nm generally ab i to sleep at whativer
hour I retire; I i*t it was early, and
he fire looked tem] ting; so, instead of
mmediately undressing, I changed my
oat for a smoking jacket, and, lighting
pipe, made myself comfortable in an
asy chair. Soon I heard Mrs. ilallaton's
ight footsteps ascend the stairs, and the
!oor of her room open and close, and a
ittle while afterward Fred halted outide
my door to bid ine a cheery goodight,
aud then enteipd the room oppoite.
How long 1 eat Ihete I cannot tell, for
fell into a heavy doze, and when I
roko up with a sudden start it was with
lie une \sy consciousness ^hat something
nusual had awaTtctfKTTne. I sprang tc
ty feet and looked fearfully urouud.
'he flickering flames of my tire, almost
urncd out, wero still sufficient to show
le that nc ono had entered the room.;
ut while I atood there with strained
snscs I heard a sound which made my
lood run cold within me; and, although
am no coward, I shivered with fear.
twas the half -muffled shriek of a woman
t agony,and it came from Mrs. Hallaton'i
)om. For a moment I was powerless
> move; then I hastily unlocked my
oor, and, hurrying down tho corridor,
nocked at her3. There was no answer,
tried the handle; it was locked; but,
steniug for a moment, I could hear the
>und of a woman gasping for breath.
rushed back along tho corridor to
'red's room. The door was closed, bu'
nlocked, and I threw it open.
"Fredl" I cried; but Fred was not
tere, nor had the iJbed been slept on
tfco
to room was whai^QH^d to bo a
ole in the wall, bntwhen I stood
Bforo it I saw at once that it was a
:cret passage running parallel with the
arroidor. Looking down it, I could
;e a light at the other end, and knowig
it must lead into Mrs. Uallaton's
>om, I caught up the candle aud bondig
almost double half rau, half crept
ong it, until I reached its otbci
itreraity and founl myself in Mrs. Haldon's
room. I stood upright and
lanced half eagerly, half fearfully
round. The room was empty, but the
dndow directly oppdfcito to me was open,
ad as my eyes fell upon it I stood petted
with a dull siotcening horror, aud
le candle dropped with a crash from
kj nerveless- fingers. There was a
kiniature balcony outside the window,
nd on this stood Fred Hallaton, holdag
in an embrace, which was certainly
ot of love, the failing form of his
rife. The mood VasSTfiningfullou his
ice, ghostly and demoniacal, with the
iging fire of the madman in his eyes
nd the iml>ccile grin of the lunatie on
is thin lips. In a moment the truth
ashed upon me, and as I stood there
aping and horror struck he saw me and
iurat into a fit of wild laughter.
"Ha, ha, hal You NellUon? What a
oke! See what a glorious view of the
;rounds I Come and bond over, man;
lon't be afraid. Does the height make
ou dizzy? It's made her;" and he
aotioned to the insensible figure of his
rife, whom be still held clasped in his
irms. "Do you know what I am going
o do with her? I'm going to chuck her
lown there," and he pointed to the garlen
below. "A. mad woman is of no
ise to anyone. Come and lend me a
land."
Mechanically I rushed to the balconv
nd strove to wrench from his encircling
riaspthe fainting Trifr Liko
flash his imbecll^prtli vanished and
lis eyes filled with a maiiguani fury
to let go hia grasp of his wife and sprang
,t me like a tiger cat. It was in vain
hat I wrestled with hira. His long
irms were Around me and held me as if
were in a vice. I tried to snout for
mlp, but my tongue cleaved to the roof
>f my mouth, and a faint gurgling was
ill the sound I could command. Nearet
ind nearer we drew to the parapet's
;dgc, until at last I could see ths lawn
>elow, studded with flower beds like the
>attern of some fancy work; for Qsulby
flail was built high, and we were on the
bird story. I felt his hot breath in my
uiuuipu ns ne siowiy forced me back[
ward against the outside rail, which
B creaked and swerved with my weight,
nnd then my Btruggliug feet seemed to
. part with the earth, as with a wild yell
of:
f "Leicester! Leicester!'' I opened my
eyes and silt up with a start. The paper ^
had slipped from my tiugers, and the
train was slowly steaming into Leicester
station, and there, standing upon the
platform, smiling and robust, looking
, the very picture of health, was Fred
Hallaton.
That Christmas party at Gaulby Hall
was the most enjoyable I was ever at, ?
and the people (the house was crammed
full of visitors) the most entertaining and c
agreeable I ever met. There was oue
young person especially? a Miss Alice si
IS
j ? ?v. a ji
visit so much in uiy life as I "did that
one, nor a ride so much as one afternoon R]
when Miss Pratison and I, after a capital r<
run, rode home together with her little \\
hand in mine and our horses very close
together. Next Christmas, if Alice e]
doesn't object, 1 mean to have a jolly
little house party of my own. r
THE BROADENING OUT ?
ft
Of Southern Development.??-Signs of T
Improvement Everywhere. h
The Manufacturers' Record, of Balti- Rl
more, of December 19, in reviewing the
industrial progress of the South, says:
"The signs of a general improvement 11
in industrial development and in large
investment operations throughout the 11
South noted in the last issue of the n
Manufacturers' Record are even more noticeable
this week, notwithstanding the
near approach of the holiday rcasou, I4
when business meu*generally wait for the
next year before going into new enter- h
prises. There is a decided revival in the P
projection of new miniug, manufacturing
and railroad cnterpiscs, and, despite the J
very low price of ?otton, the general out- t
look in the South is daily growing bet- s
ter, though collections in mercantile lines t!
may for a while continue slow. A gcu- 1
crnl survey of the field shows that good S
progress is being made towards securing 8
the full $800,000 required for the pro- i
posed steel works near Birmingham,
while one or two other steel enterprises p
are in a fair way to secure the requisite ^
capital. Important coal-mining enter- 8
prises are coming to the front in Texas, p
and, while one company reported last ()
week is putting in a plant to mine 1,000 j
tons per day, another company with a n
capital stock of $100,000 is preparing for ,,
active work. The opening up of coal ?
mines in Texas will uivc a great impetus c
to the whole Stute. Extensive- railroad 6
| work is being pushed, and' thc ^opeuing f
the Ohio river marks the beginning of
another era in the South's foreign commerce
and domestic trade as will bring
into operation another through liue to t
the West and open the way for pushing
Virginia and West Virginia coal into ter- a
ritory now controlled by Pennsylvania
coal. At Norfolk this road will at once
commence the construction of very large ^
machine shops, and additional piers and
warehouses for the shipping trade. The
building of a road from Ronuokc through
Kincastle to Clifton Forge, which is to
he pushed, will connect the two great
systems, the Norfolk ?fc Western and the
Che peake A Ohio, and open, in counecncction
with other lines, a direct routo
between Pittsburg and the South. In
evciy direction such signs as these tell of
the rapid advance which the South is
making. The fact is also emphasized by
the report of industrial enterprises mentioned
in this wtelf's is>uu of the Manufacturers
Record. Among some of the
in re important ones are the near com
plctiou of large tinplate works at Baltimore
to make 1,800 boxes a week, and of
tiic cotton-tie and rolling mill at Denison,
Texas, giving that State cotton-tie mills;
the organization of a bridge-building
company at Anniston, Ala.; a $250,000
coal-mining company at Parish, Ala ; a
$15,000 lumber company at Perdue Hill,
Ala.; a 000,000 phosphate company a
$"*>' 0,000 phosphate company and a $10,
000 phosphate company in Florida, large
phosphate works in the same State to be
uilt by a Georgia company; a $10,000 j <
CK'vaior-DUUuiug company, Atlanta, ana t
the removal from the west to Chattanoo- i
ga of a similar company; a $12,000 lime r
and fertilizer company, Augusta, Ga.; a <
c.inul-coal company, Maysville, Ky.; a <
$500,000 fuel-gas company at Newport,
Ky.; a $25 000 tool-manufacturing com- >
pany nt Baltimore, Md.; a $100,000 iniuiug
company at Chattanooga, Tenn.; a 1
$50,000 coal-mining company at Dallas, '
Texas; a (535,000 contract for extension '
of water works at Port Worth, Texas. ; J
a $50,C00 lumber company at Leggett,
Texas; tho Srtlo of 80.000 seres of timber
' in 1 in Texas: a $50,000 ice-factory company
at San Antouio, Texas; a $25,000
lumber company at Newsoms, Va.; a
(25,000 woodworking company at liad
ford, Va.; a (50,000 shoe-factory company
at Charleston, W. Vn. ; a (10,000
ron-manufneturiug company at Huntington,
W. Va ; a $50,000 glass-works
company at Kanawha City, W. Va.; a
(200,000 corl-mining company at Fort
Smith, Ark.; removal of hardware works
' from New Jersey to Martinsburg, W.
' Va , etc."
I ^
' V Peculiar Chatham County Case.
Raleigh, N. C., [Special.j?Several
years ago in Chatham county M. R.
Weathers, a prominent citizen, fell dead
in his yard on the day appointed for his
second marriage. Dr. Stone, the family
nlnkipun wac in Invn with V*llic
Weathers' pretty daughter. Neighbors
suspected that the doctor poisoned
Weathers and charged criminal intimacy
!> tween the physician and Miss Vallie.
A year after the father's death the doctor
and Miss Vallie were convicted of
adultery, and the man was sentenced to
tho penitentiary. He was pardoned on a
plea of ill health after three month's incarceration
and left the 8tate. L ist
week he returned to Chatham, an 1 on
leaving carried Miss Weathers with hiin
* to parts unknown. He leaves a family
of thirteen in destitution.
A new napthft spring of immense caKicity
recently opened in litkon,
uMia. if it continues with the same
powers m at present, it will be the richij
e?t a?ptha (ouataio la the world.
DECEMBER DOINGS.
Phe Latest News From a Trio of
States.
Interesting News Items From Many
Points in Our Own and
Neighboring States.
VIRGINIA.
A girl died in Chesterfield who had
aten nothing for five weeks.
A deputy United States marshal is
bared with murder in Smith county.
The Piedmont Hotel in Louisa was
3l> Wash.- "
igton county, putin jail, but escaped.
Two hundred and fifteen people at the
hops of the Richmond & Danville Rnillad
in Manchester were discharged last
-eek.
Congressman Win. B. Wilson has been
lected president of Richmond Co'lege.
A convention of the postmasters of
harlotte county was held at Smithville.
ic object being to secure increased pay
>r fourth-class postmasters.
The tirst annual session of the State
einperance Convention met at Richmond
ist Tuesday. The lion. John E Mas?y
was elected chairman. Mayor Elyaon
ddressed the body.
City Councilman M. T. Page, of Richjoud,
was a*rested Thursday for enaging
in a turk'-y raffle. He was trylg
his luck in a crowd when a police
lan ordered the crowd to desist. Page
eclined and was arrested.
Never before was there such an Odd
'elloas' lodge as that instituted iu Norjlk
last week. The new organization
us a charter membership of 319 and
romises to grow even larger.
A special from Roanoke savs: The
lorfolk & Western has ord red 15,000
ons of steel rails to be used in the coutruction
of the Ohio division. Ten
housand tons are to be furnished by the
'ittsburg steel works and 5,000 tons by
i par row Point, Md. Tho Roanoke and
outhern have driven the lust spike in
he completion of their road.
At the session of the Grand Lodge
a Richmond Grand-Master J Howard
Vnyt, of Staunton, declining to serve a
ecotid term, Wm. H. Pleasants, of IIol
ins Institute, was elected grand muster
f Masons of Virginia; Mann Page, of
'rinec George, was elected deputy grand
riastei; J. 1\ Fitzgerald, of Furmvile,
;rand senior warden; A. R. Courtney,
[rand junior warden; W. T. Allen,
;rand treasurer; W. B. Isaacs, grand
ccretary; F. A. Heed, Alexandria, grand
'Hyf?t7rt"vtiW(f(f;"grunR jtfiilW OeViVn. T"
NORTH CAROLINA.
Gov. Holt gave his first reception in
he Governor's Mansion, Thursday.
A company has been organized to build
$75,000 hotel in Winston.
Forty-five of the employees of the Ruligh
& Gaston shops, at Raleigh, were
ropped last week.
A N. Y. company has purchased the
cd of theUwharric river and will dredge
t for gold with the latest improved mahinery.
The Mecklenburg county commissionis
have decided au.iinst nil applicants
or whiskey license and Charlotte will be
dry" next year.
The Wilmington, Chad bourne and
Jon way Railroad has been purchased by
he Atlantic Coast Line. Warren G. Eliott
becomes president and J. R. Kenly
general manager.
The various orders of King's Daughters
>f Raleigh have inaugurated a movement
o e tahlish a home for aged and infirm
adies there.
Rev. R. O Burton, I) D , for over
ifty years a member of the Noith Caroina
Conference, died at his home near
Attlcton, Thursday morning, in his 79th
rear. He leaves several sons, among
vhom are Rob' it O. Burton, a dialing
lished 1 iwyer in Raleigh, and Andrew J.
lurton, a member of the Asheville bar.
Advance notes of the. returns of piopnty
in the Stale for the current year sa\s
hat the total of all property, including
miuunon 01 rauw ys, ts f2r>7,0>2.? 00.
rhis shows an increase in the valuation
)f railways alone this year over last year
>f nine millions.
Shelby has a mechanical prodigy in the
person of young Lector Eskridge, the
loui teen-year-old sou of Webb Eskridge,
the well known machincst Youug Eskridge
can unlock any safe in town in two
minutes without knowing the combin
tion He was subjected to several si
vere tests this week and was victorious
in cveiy iustanco. He is also .an espett
telegraph operator.
Wilmington is greatly excited over the
arrest of Jno. Davis, prominent in church
affairs and principal pr >moter of the elegant
new Fifth Street .Methodist church,
on the charge of false pretense to an
amount approximating $100,000. Much
of the money was church funds. Widows,
orphans and laborers have suffered
at his hands. Claims of $60,000 are already
iu the lawyers' hands for collection,
and Davis is in custody of the sheriff.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The new County Government bill failed
to pass the Legislature.
A national hank has been organized at
Anderson, capital stock $100,OoO.
The massive stone wharf and pie> at
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been completed.
Barrooms are not profitable in Abbeville.
That of F. C. Perry was closed
last week under mortgage of $1-100.
A new social club has been arganizad
in Charleston known as the Button Club.
They have handsome quarters on King
street.
The executive committee of the board
of trustees of Cleroson College at a meeting
in Greenville informally agreed that
they will not attempt to open the Collegf
at the time fixed if the Legislature does
not pass the appropriation of $(11,000 foi
the institution
The Legislative committee reported
fgvon&ly oo joint resolution to jtrovidt
for the erection of marble headstone*
over the graves of the South Carolina
dead at Franklin, Va.
Ross A Smith, president of the Charleston
Poultry and Pet Stock Association,
is enthusiastic over the prospects of the
success of the exhibition to le given by
the A sociation next month.
The Legislative committee on Federal
relations reported favorably joint rcsoluto
permit the French Cable Company to
land its lines at some point on the coast
of this State.
The Duke de Litta is in Charleston
and will remain two or three months. He
is one of the direct decendsnts of the
seven distinguiched Dukes of Milan, and
arrived in New York from Italy in October,
since which time he has been travCarolina
tobacco, H. E. Harman, editor
of the Tobacco Journal says: "The J?ttlc
tobacco colony nround Florence has
grown rapidly. I have seen the tobacco
grown there come in direct competition
on the ware house floors with the tobacco
crrow H in Vnrtll f'nrolin., \r.
o ? Moulin,
and I h-?\c proudly seen (he Palmetto
pioduct lead all otheis in high
I'ii i? c?.
lhe South Carolina Legislature has
been ask< d for a cha tcr for the Norfolk,
Wilmington and Charleston Railroad
This company has been acting under a
North Carolina char er, and now needs
another to further its plans. It is reported
that his road is to he built from
Norfolk to Kinst'in, N. C , from which
place the main division will continue
down the coast to Charleston, while another
will be built to Camden and Colum
bia.
lloth Capitular and Cryptic Masonry
are making rapid progress, and several
ucw councils havo recently haaa instituted
lu the State The Grand Royal Arch
Chapter and Gnud ,Council both meet
in Charleston on tho second Tuesday inFebruary.
Sloan Oglesby, colored, and Belle
llugdins, white, convicted of arso t and
scull-m ew in i.) years imprison mot, 1 il
1M8."), were pardoned by the Governor
The pardon of Helle Iludgins was mainly
ob ained through a lady of Columbia.
OTHER STATES.
A bill has been introduced in Congress
ptoviding for the appropriation of $10,000,<
0 ? for the improvement of the Miss
ssippi river.
The planters of Decatur nud other
counties of Southern Georgia have found
that they can raise tobacco of fine quality
of the Cuba cigar-leaf variety, aud are
preparing to add that to their usual
crops.
1IU nuuAi JH&HUKY.
The House, After a Short Sesaion,
Adjourns Until Saturday.
Washington, D. C., [Special.]?In
his opening prayer the chaplain of tha
house invoked divine protection of the
House against the assaults of the insiduoiis
disease now p rvadiug the land.
The speaker announced the appointcommittee
on rules as follows:
The speaker (chairman), Messrs. ?
Millin, Catchings, Reed, and Burrows.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, presented
the report of the board of visitors to the
military academy. Referred to the committee
on military atTairs when appointed.
Mr. Gates, of Alabama, oifered a resolution
providing for the appointment of
a standing committee ou order of business.
to consist of lifteen members, of
which the speaker a''all be ex-olficio
chairman
Mr Bnrtinc, of Nevada, who has been
absent < n account of illness, appeared at
the bar of the House nud took the oath
of offic \
Mr Taylor, of Tennessee, rising, said
that it was his mournful duty to announce
the death of his fr end and colleague,
Hon. Leonidaa C. Hook, who died suddenly
from accidental poisoning at hia
home in Knoxville in May last He paid
a tribute to his collcaeue.
The House then, a* a mark of respect
to tlie memoiy of the deceased, adjourned
until Saturday.
As nothing ran be done in the House
until after Holidays the major number of
Southern Congressmen left for their
homes.
Representative. McChlian, of Indiana,
says Governor Gary will he a candidate
for vice president in the Democratic convention,
with a solid delegation at his
back.
Seual i Ca'.i. of Florida. wants Cuba
1 to become aiepuhlic. He has introduce^,
a resolution in the oauatt- to that effect.
The President sect to the Senafctne
nomination < f Stephen B. Elkins. of
West Virginia, to he Secretary of War,
vice Redfild Proctoi resigned.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.
Reports of the ravages of influenza in
various parts of Europe ate constantly
received.
An order has been issued ordering all
telegraphers on the Pacific system of the
Southern Pacific road to strike.
John P. Richardson, one of the largest
and best known cotton planters in
in the South, died at Dallas, La.
The new tariff bill introduced in the
chamber of deputies in Lisbon is strongly
protectionist in character.
The Portsen Island Building Society, of
London, has suspended. The est..listed
securities h'.'. l by the society amount in
value to ?700,000.
ine mission minister ot war nan aura
moned nil the chiefs of the general staff
to attend h council to make a new disposition
of Russian forces.
The nmouut of silver offered for sale
to the treasury department Tue;d?y was
726,000 ounces, and the amount purchased
250,000 ounces at 05 cents
I The steamer Advance, which has arrived
in New York from South Amo iea,
repoits tha* on November 29th C. If.
, rteiBon, quarte. master, aiea 01 yeitow
, fever ann was buried at tea.
r The steamer Herbert, o' Chattanooga,
from St. I.ouis, wee sunk at Florence,
I AIh , after having successfully pa ?e<\
, through Muscle Shoals canal.
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