The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, January 22, 1892, Image 1
THE ?EEKLlfpiOII0I TIMES,
Devotfdto Afrriqulture, Horticulture, ^Owiatvre, Politic* and the Current Newt oj the Day.
VOL. XXIII.--NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 22,18i>2. NUMBER 4
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*? Some yeara ago a rich Glasgow (Sc>t- . rpjjg IN BRIEF. I ?>!<? ? lierd of Jersey cows to the Lunatic , * A NEWSB0Y.anVPPXTOT> . * *....
iad) mjrchaat naui :d B jjhaaii loft tho I | Asvliiin fnr ?? ..???- ? * "
Kionftv tii Knllrl ?" > i-' '
j ? nuvi lujiuiiiu d saourjsi
*ome for sixteea uufortuaato business
won or other deserving citizen) ol Glasgow,tbo
only stipulation being that they
ihould boar tho na no of Buchanan. Tho
place, which i) uudor the trusteeship of
Ihe Provosts and magistrate) of Glasgow,
to now ready for occupancy. Tnore is a
park ot throe aero, a handsome build- |
ing, aocommodations for sixteen men in
perfect stylo, and un ain't\l revenue of
F6000. The only thing lac'ting i) impoverished
Buchanans. Tuore are lots
?f that nnuc in tho town, tout none who
tceis help, and the Trustees are going
d upp'y t) the courts for permission t?
to stall bearers with loss fortunate
patronymics instead.
' Since 17'JO tho increase in tbo population
of American cities is one of tho
most significant signs of our growth,
observes tho New York Jfeiot. In that
year, taking 8000 as a basis, there were
aix. In 1880 there were 23G, in 1893
hore wore 411?vi increase during the
decade of uearly forty-four per cent.
Grouped, the majority of peoplo find
their homes on the Atlantic slops. Yet
while this shows a tendoncy to mass
population and with it active enterprises,
lit has not, as in tho case of EuglauJ,
.been at the expense so far, of the country
population. "Should tho migration
tp the cities continue," aids the At<j:cj,
4lit would be a subject of concern, but
2 'the average of growth is fairly distributed,
aud the toucmcut houses and slums
of the great comnercial centres are not
absorbing all the life-making influences
of the new people who arc fiudiug homes
in our country."
, Remarks tl\e Boston Trunieript: "Tne
istoryof tho tragedy just euaoted in Hungary
is one which, had it been wrought
out upon tho theatrical stago, would
have been doclarcl impossible. A son '
returns after long absence in America
with $3000 in gold. Ho seeks his old
home, and as a stranger asks for foo I
and lodgiug. The mother is absent,
but tho fathor recognized his son. They
embrace, and the son tells of his good
fortune. The mother returns after tho
on has gone to bed. Her husbaa 1
speaks of the stranger, but does not say
he is their sou. He will keep that surprise
until the morning, when the son
shall reveal himself to his happy j
mother. Tho mother rises in the
night. She overhauls tho stranger's
baggage. She sco the gold. Her cupidity
is aroused. She grasps a knife, 1
cuts the strauger's throat an l seizes and
hides tho gold. When the fathor awakes
he discovers his sou dea I and in a pool
of blood. His cry of horror arouses tho
mother who had expected her husban I
would bo a ready acco.uplic; for tho sako
of the plgudcr. The fathor gasps tho
namo of tho victim. Tin murlercu
utters a cry, reels ml falls (toil. C>il 1
anything bo more dramatic? Oould anything
be more terrible?"
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Says tho Sari Francisco Chronicle:
'During the lml six month* thoro hava
been many attempts made to introduce
the meal of maize, or Indian corn, into
Europe ns a food, most.of which, it is
understood, hivo been unsuccessful.
Tho Europeans insist on considering
cornmcal as fo lder for auitnals instead
of as food for human beings, and this
prejudice must be removed before American
cornmcal can tind a market there.
A gentleman who has lived in ecvoral
countries on tnc uonuuent ot Europe,
suggests as one reason for the prejudice
that the Europeans know nothing of
tho distinction which exists between different
kinds of corn. They are familiar
with the coarse, rank kind which is fit
only for fodder for horses and cows, aud
know nothing of American sweet corn,
or of the fine meal which is ground from
the bost varieties of corn produced in
this country. It is very likely that this
is one of tho causes which lead to the
A- dislike for American cornmeal. Ignoraocc
is very hard to overcome, especially
whea backed by predjudice. However,
if the continental nations will come to
Chicago in 1898 thoy will have an opportunity
to complete their education in
this respect. It is proposed to erect a
corn palace, and iusido it to have corn
and cornmeal cooked in every way known
to American gastronoiuical science. If
vUitnr nil resist corn
meal mush and corn meal caku and hominy
and hulleucorn aud routing oars wa
may at well give up tbo experiment of
introducing corn into Europe, and keep
it for home consumption. As a matter
of fact the corn products, or many of
them, which are refused as food it
Europe, aro luxurios in this country, and
we cannot believe that our taste is so
crude and barbaric as to differ very
i widely from that of the people of
L Europe. What tin y need le to be eduL
cated in the possibilities which lie in
B the husk of the golden corn, and it
should be our proud privilege as well ea
A our duty to instruct them."
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The Latest Happenings in Virginia
And The Carolinas.
Many Mishaps, Newsy Notes, Telegraphic
Ticks, Town Talk, Rural
Records. Rapidly Reviowod.
VIRGINIA.
The Norfolk police made 3,848 arrests
during the past year.
The electric street railway from Fortress
Monroe to Pha-bus has been com|
plcted.
llncna Vista has npplied for n city
charter, but the people of the county are
trying to prevent their securing it.
All the city ofliccs and public buildings
of Norfolk were draped iu mourning
last week in memory of the late May01
Morns, who was buried Friday.
A county physician says, "The whole
of Gloucester county is one big hospital,
lu a 40 years' experience I have never
known any thing like it." 'Tis the grip.
The Hon. Frank Morris, mayor of
Kichmoud, and president of the Union
Savings llnnk of that city, died Wednesday
aftcrnoou at 0 o'clock after a long
illness of cancer of the throat.
The Chesapeake West Virginia Kail
road has armlied *< > ? '? -
t _ .v ?uv loinvuir iur u
charter. The road is to cxtcud froin
some point iu Highland, Augusta or
Rockingham county to some point on the
Potomac or Kappahanuock river.
The Richmond, Uiackstonc & Southern
Railroad Co. has applied to the Legislature
for a charter, authorized to build n
railroad from a point at Richmond or
Manchester through Chesterfield, Amelia
and Nottoway counties to Blackstone,
aud thence to the North Carolina lino at
a poiut near Henderson or Ridgeway.
Among the nominations for postmasters
sent to the U. S. Senate Thursday
were the following: Morten 0. Sanger.
Basic City; George T. McClenlic, Cov
ington; George Richardson, Farmvi'Ie;
William II. Mosby, Bedford City; Thos.
B Muhouc, Williamsburg, and Robert
A. Fulwilei, Buchanan. George Rich
ardsou, who is to succeed Captain Me
Kenney, a broth r of the Governor, of
Farmville, is a step-brother of ex-Congressman
Hooper. Captain Mosby is a
brother of Colonel John S. Mosby.
Colonel Whitehead. Commissioner of
Agriculture, and lite members of the
State Board express themselves much encouraged
at increased inquiry from
ibroad about Virginia lands, and think
ihc outlook for valuable immigration to
.lie Statu is rapidly improving under the
dTortit of the den/nt ? ??>
.Mission wtis in receipt rbursdfiy of three
otters, one each from Canada, Eugland
nul Ireland. Two of these wero exper
cnccd agriculturists, with capitul, who
tnuounced their intention of moving to
Virginia, and a?kcd for detailed particulars
as to different loca'itics, while the
hird wanted to establish an industry
with machinery.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The State Geologist is boring for coal
at Walnut Cove.
Asbestos mines are to be developed in
Watauga county.
Corund. m mines arc being opened
in Jackson county.
Machine shops arc to be erected at the
Colored State Agricultural and Mechanical
College at Raleigh.
Philadelphia patties are to build a
$30,000 cotton mill at New Heme.
Northern capitalists arc negotiating
for the purchase of mineral lands in
Granville county.
Receiver Robinson, who is in charge of
the wrecked first National Bank of
Wilmington, places the amount of the
shortage at $220,000.
There arc over two thousand children
attending the several schools in WinstouSalem.
The No v Berne tisli. oyster and game |
fair, in February, ii being well adver- I
tiscd. The agent b:n been in 45 counties.
Dr. A. W. Miller, who bus been pastor
of tiic 1st Presbyterian church, at Charlotte.
for 37 years, is death Five thousand
people attended the funeral.
A prisoner made good his escape from
the Rockingham county jail Thursday.
The jailor went into the cell and left the
door open. As he did this, the prisoner,
who was standing in the corridor,jumped
out the door nnd lied.
Nortli Carolina is going lo do well at
Chicago. The 20,00 J feet of space asked
for is a larger amount than has yet been
applied for by any State. It is proposed
tliat tho display shall be in five depart.
a . /i.i rri - n tr -.t ?
ineiui. v.01 i IMMHH3 i> rveogn gives
aa-uiance that the State will have n building
at the Fair, the plans being now matured.
Before the Giand I.ocfge of Masons adjourned
at Raleigh it elected all its old
officers aud also elected Julian S. Cnrr to
succeed himself 011 the committee on the
oiphun asylum. It forbade auy Mason
in North Curoliua from having auything
to do with the Cernenu rite. The re publication
of the Masonic code, as amended.
wafc ordered. The installation of the
officers was done in the presence of at
least three hundred members of the or
.dor. It was decided to hold the annual
session of 1894 anywhere save at Raleigh.
Jt is desired to hold it at Wilmington,
then in honor of the St. John's lodge
centennial.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Greenville will spend $73,000 for sewerage.
J Elmore Martin is the new Chief of
Pollco of Charleston.
Abbeville will erect several ward
school buildings.
A shell road is under construction from
Port Royal to Beaufort.
Gen. Rudolph Seigling has been elected
President of the Bank of Charleston.
In the chicken tights at Greenvillo between
Augusta and Greenville, the cocks
of the latter city won; prize. $500.
A $80,000 resort hotel is to be built on
St. Helena Island, to be known as "St.
Helena by the Sea."
It is said that Goreruor Tillman hai
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News and Courier wants him to pay a
, license tax for dealing iu live stock.
Peak. Lexington county, is a "dry"
town, ami some of her citizcus have
formed a club for '-social and literary
purposes " on the order of the Columbia
Club.
A little six year-old giii named Fowler,
burned to death on Monday morning
last, near Greenville. She stated
before her death that her clothing was
set on fire by a younger brother.
The towushipsof Jonesvillcand Pinckney,
Union county, w ill hold an election
to consider the subscription of $20,000
each to tho capital stock of the
Jonesvllle & Lockhart Shoals Kailroad.
The Savings ami Five, Per Cent. Association,
of Columbia, has decided to increase
its capital stock to $00,000 und
convert its organization into a bauk.
The main building cf Converse College,
Spartanburg, consisting of halls,
chapel, dormitories, recitation, art. dining
rooms, etc , burned the other day,
will he rebuilt at once at a cost of
$05,000.
The recent death near Statcshurg of
Mrs E dward C. Ilutlcdge, the daughter
of the Hon. William Lowndes, recalls to
memory that great statesman, who. Hen
ry Clay raid, was the wisest man lie ever
knew, who was recognized during the
war of 1812 as the founder of the United
States navy, and who was a prominent
candidate for the Presidency of the
United States at the time of his death.
OTHER STATES.
The county court of Knox county,
Tenn , has voted $20,000 towards tho
expense of making an oxhiWt or the resources
of EivsU'ew"*"'^0 "* ^ orld's
! Fnir.
A company with a capital stock of
$150,000 has been organized in Galveston
t3 establish a fnotiirv t r> ,....lr? i~~
iftinic and cotton curtains, mosquito netting,
etc.
The Oemler Oyster Company lias jost
settled sixty colonists from Wilkinson
county, Ga., on Wilmington Island, below
Savannah, where an extensive oyster
packing establishment is iu success
ful operation.
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CARDINAL MAN31X0,
Cardinal Gibbons Grieved.
Baltimore, Md., [Special.] ?Cardinal
Gibbons was profoundly a fleeted when
informed of the death of Cardinal Manning,
of England "May God have mercy
on his .soul," was his simple and earnest
prayer upon reading the dispatch
conveying the intelligence of the demise
of his distinguished co-laborer in the
English speaking religious world. Cardinal
Gibbons at once imparted the sad,
but not unexpected news to the priests
of his household, and said he would prefer
not t> be disturbed for a short time.
But before ho could reach his room, another
dispatch was hnnded him. It read:
"Cardinal Simcoui died this morning of
iutluenzn."
This announcement, following so
speedily upon the cablegram conveying
the intelligence of the passing away of
Cardinal Manning, almost completely
prostrated Cardinal Gibbons, and ho
immediately retired to his room. ( ordinal
Gibbons had long known each of his
?l.*ad associates of the church.
ANOTHER CARDINAL DEAD."
A cablegram from Home says: Cardinal
Simeoni, formerly Pnpal Secretary of
State and Prefect General of the Propaganda,
died Thursday. His death was
duo to au attack of influenza, from which
ho had been suffering for several days.
Failed as a Farmer and Committed
Suicide.
Bixouamton, N. Y., [Special.]?Last
spring Andrew Johnston of Springport
cawc into pose&ion of $20,000. lie
thought he could make a success of fariniug
on a large scale. lie did not know
much about farming, but he purchased a
well-known farm of 165 acres in Tompkins
county, to try bis luck on. lie paid
,50(1 for the property. The farmhouse
ou the premises is one of the finest in the
State. It is of atone, and cost its original
owner $30,000. When Johnston had
purchased this farm he married a prominent
Tompkins county young woman and
settled down ns a farmer. The experiment
was a failure. Ilis crops of last
season sold for less than $700. Ho recently
sold his farm for $13,000. His
fine live stock and expensive farm machinery
he disposed of for n song. Last
week he figured up that his brie? experience
in farming would cost him $10,000
more than it had brought him in. Then
hi< went mil in hia lim n unrl kninml liin,
self. His young wife discovered him
and cut hin? down, hut he was dead.
Bail Was Refused Him.
8siiTHriKLP. N. C, [Special.]?An
old feud between Bud ParUl) aud Davia
Langlcy, white farmers Ju Johnston
county, has caused the peipetrntiou of a
terrible irimc. The men live near
Princeton, nhd I.auglcv was waylaid by
1 Parish, soi/cd nud ?iragged into rho Intter's
house. There he was set upon and
> beaten until he was entirely insensible.
Both of ids eyes were put out, and his
internal injuries me* considered fatal,
i Parish is in jail here, bail being refused.
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Nortfi Dakota's Chiof Kxecutivc Originally
a New York Waif.
OOYEKNOR ANDIIEW IT. Bl'KKIl
Andrew IJ. Burke, the present Governor
of North Dakota, is one of tlio 7.",000 waifs
of New York for whom the Children's Aid
Focietyof that city has provided homes in
tiio West. Young Andrew Burke was sent
West many years ago and was adopted by n
gent.'euian named Butler. For two years ho
was employed in a wholesale house in Minis
ap >1 is and was married theiv. From Minneapolis
he went to a small station named
New York Mills, on the Northern l'acific
ltaiit oad, nud took charge of a general storo
end sawmills. Afterward lie removed to |
Cassjlton, N. D., and after six mouths' rosi- j
den-e became Cashier of the First Nation*'
jr.11jfbjmrwi m
tt;e position'Tor six years. At tlio Inst election
lie was elected Governor on the Kopub
licau ticket.
A Good New Year's Start.
The Manufacturer's Record, of Bnltitiinorc,
January 0, in reviewing the industrial
progress of the South, says :
"It is too early in the new year to expect
any very great activity in new enterprises,
but notwithstanding this the past
week shows a henlthv ornwtb ?
decided tendency of capital to seek investments
in the South inoro freely than
for many mouths. Very large sales of
Southern municipal securities have lately
been made in the North and the West,
and tiie outlook is promising for" increased
confidence in Southern securities
of all kinds. Active efforts for tho
building up of Newport News additional
shipping facilities arc to bo constructed;
nt Norfolk large piers, a machine shop
and round house arc to be built by tho
Norfolk A Western to accomutpdate its
heavily increasing business th .;
ists. At other por's the
aping their foreign trade goes on sieflnTTy:
In the industrial line there has been a
fair amount of activity, and among the
new enterprises reported for - the week
ire a $250,000 ccnl mining company in
Alabama with the full capital subscribed;
\ $500,000 coal mining company ill West
Virginia; a $150,000 car works company
in Florida; a $25,000 brick company nt
Ccdnr'.own, On.; a $1,500,000 pliosphnto
company in Florida; n $50,000 clothing
company at Atlanta, Ga.; a $200,000
land improvement company at Fort
Worth, Texas; a $200,000 hotel company
at Dallas, Texas; a $1,000,000 loan and
immigration company'in South Carolina;
a $50,000 kaolin company ia South Carolina;
a $50,000 improvement company, at
Dallas, Texas; three large tobacco factories
at Louisville, Ky.; a $60,000 caual
building company at New Oileans, La ;
a $100,000 distillery company at Dallas,
Texas; a $500,000 street car motor building
company nt l'cnsacola, Fla ; a $110,
000 phosphate company in Florida; a
$100,000 machine company at Bnitimore,
Md."
Africans Not to be Molested.
WAsnixriTON. D. C.?Tho Benato
Monday, in executive session, finally
ratitici the general Act signed at Brussels
July 2, 1890, by seventeen Powers,
including the United States, for the repression
of the African slave trade, and
alsa a convention of commerce and navigation
between the United States and
the independent State of Congo, signed
at Brussels July 21, 1891.
'l'he slave trea'y was sent to the Senate
bv the President nearly a year ago,
and but a few weeks remained of the
time allowed for the exchange of final
ratification. Sixteen of the Powers rep
rcseiit d at the Brussels conference had
signed the convention inuny months ago,
and the failure of the Senate to act upou
the convention until this late day was
caused by reluctauce on the part of a
miuiocroi oeuutors 10 recognize rue jug-tiee
of the partition of Africa among the
nations of the world. This sentiment
was urged very strongly by Senator Chandler
when the treaty was under consideration
last year, and again at the beginning
of this session he introduced a proposed
amendment to the pcuding ratification
Act, disclaiming ou the part of the
United States any approval of the \vi?'
dom, expediency or lawfulness of protectorates
in Africa, There was no substantial
objection to tho treaty 011 other
grounds, and to it was ratified, the views
of Senators who sided with Senator
Chandler being recognized in the adoption
as part ot the ratifying Act of the
language of Chandler's amendment.
A Great FAilure.
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Baltixioiik, Mn.?The. old and well
known banking house of^I. J. Nichol 011
A Sons made an assignnientJn the afternoon
to John M. Carhfc.and lltittbcw K.
Aiken.
A great crowd gathered about the
doors of tho bnuk, many of whom were
depositors, hut none dhuld gain admission
or information as to the extent of
the failure. John II. f'holson was seen
in the back office of the hank.
Tho assets will not gjo over $250,000,
It is absolutely unnosstb'.o to tell whai
the liabilities aro \
The firm was orgunjved in 1828. A,
T. Nicholson died sulblenly a lew day:
ago while talking onVbusincss at tin
counter of tho hank.lVhe house hai
long enjoyed an cxcelll Jk standing anr
for a long time has df V\n cxtensivi
business both in the if \ States nn<
Europe, having covreajf fits in ncarl;
toll the large cities, ?
ciiwn nnu iv Nt,UKU LAWYER.
A. Young: Man Accuses His Prospective
Mother-in-Lnw of Stoaling
The License.
Richmond, Va., (Special |?Marx Melilits
appeared ngains t.Mrs. lici t ha llrcancr
charging her with stealing the marriage
license from her daughter, to whom
Mclitits was engaged. The marriage
was to occur early in December, but w s
pos poncd until December 20. Menut
me the prospective bride a?ked lies l e
tio'licd to let her keep the marriage license,
so as to show it to some friends.
Them some one poisoned the mind of the
young woman against Marx. lie discovered
that his prospective mother inliw
had the license, which she refused to
suricnder.
(!ilcs Jackson, n colored lawyer appealed
for Marx who is white, aud E. A.
Randolph, colored, represented Mrs.
llrenner. also white. The point was
made that the bride expectant owned
one-half interest in the license. There
could 1 c no theft of it, and Mrs Uicnncr
whs discharged.
Origin of the Phosphate Roils.
Professor E. T. Cox, for.ncrly Slata
Geologist of Indiana, vegards tue rook
phosphate of some of the immense pho iphate
beds of Fiorida, as of miner il
and not animil origin. He calls this
especial variety of phosphorite by the
name of Floridite. These remark d?'?'/
ll.wla tin l.?* ' -
| of al)LV?k imlei in wi<lth. The 1
phosphite rest3 on rocV.s of Eocene age. 1
The uu iorlyiug r*>^k tr.uy bj carbonate '
of lime or s auditing, an I contain* from ;
one to three percent, ot phosphoric neiii. '
Sosno of the beda of bone phosphate are
thirty-seven feet deep; an 1 the rock will !
sometime* yield eighty per cent, of bone ,
phosphate. Floridito he regard* us tiie ,
mineralization of an ancient guano. A.* (
the Pcninsulii of Florid i wa. elevate 1 <
nbovc t no ocean, the 5 in I l> ir Icring tii3 I
sea on the west coast became the restingplace
of innumerable aquatic birds and
other animals, itains carric I away the ''
soluble alkalies, leaving the !e.s* soluble ^
phosphate of lime. Ho says that on som< 1
of the islands of the l'.icilic Coast art J
guano beds 200 feet thick- - so that there
is no dilliculty in the way of looking t< p
this as a source for the mineralization o n'
an aucient guano.?.Yeo York ladijiuii- t
ent' . ti
G^criui Kauri tiuui. 2
-x >mportaat Amtflltftti iodM^ry.pgrfor
ithit the roots of tlio tree*. The Tffefw nl
has beon accumuhting Tor ages and ^ s<
is usually found iuasenii-fossiliza-l state. * g
It is usod in tho manufacture of varnishes '?
and tho greater proportion is sent to New 1'
York. During the last twonty-tivo years 51
over 150,000 tons of it have bean shippe I ' '
away, about seventy per cant, going to "j
New York. The kauri tree grows in the
Auckland district only and the vast for- ^
ests of this beautiful tree are largely n
owned by a syu licite. B i ne of the tree (
uro tUteeu feet in dianiater. The wood ^
is cross* .1-grained an I toug-i and is used ^
for shmhuildi? to a lar_'o extent. It i:
especially valuable baciiisi there arom
knots in it, .-til l it i? but ntnisii tl fat-a
ninety-rive-foot mast to be wituoat u
single knot. ? 2V.M
Azo of Trees.
The German Forestry Commission
assigns to the pine 501) and 700 years a3
a maximum, 425 years to the silver lir,
274 years to the larch, 245 years to the
icd beech, 210 years to the aspen, 200
years to the birch, 170 years to the ash,
14(5 years to the alder and 130 years to
the elm. The heart of the oak begins to
rot at about die age of 300 years. The
holly oak alov.c ercapes this law, and
there is a specimen of this aged 410 years
in existence near Afschaferburg, iu Germany.
Hut in England there arc several
famous old oaks of gigantic proportions,
and with aues variously estimated at
from 700 to ifsQO years. The latter age,
however, seems incredible.?Atio York
World.
Gen. Robert Ransom Dead.
New Bki:nk, N. C.?Gen. liobt. Ransom
died at his home lieic Thursday
morning, lie was seized with congeslive
chill and died before the physician
sent for arrived.
lie was a graduate of West 1'oiut and
served in the United States nrinv uutil
North Carolina joined the Confederacy,
when he sided with his .State. He rose
in the Confederate army to the rank of
Br'gadicr (Jcneial, serving in many notable
battles. He was ranking oUicer for
this State. I.ast autumn he was choted
president of the Confederate Veterans'
Association. Lute years he has been engineering
the government improvement
of rivers in Eastern North Caiolina.
Sullivan Takos nTeniperanco Plodge.
Tacoma, Was., [Special.] ? John L.
Sullivan, after gating beastly drunk
Wcnncsaav nigni, signcu niu ii'inpcmncv
pledge aud joined Murphy llluc Kihbon
Brigade. Murphy met Sullivan nnd, after
talking for same time, Duncan Harris
and Manager Frank Mo rati agreed to
join the Blue Kihbon society if Sullivan
would. To their surprise Snliivan consented.
Friday night Sullivan talked
temperance to a large crowd in a dive.
He seems to liavo no craving for liquor,
hut whether the reform will he permanent
is an open question.
Legal Holidays in Virginia,
Ricinjonp, Va , (Special.J?A bill was
, introduced in the Legislature designating
as legal holidays the 19th of January
(Leo's birthday) and tb.a 3d of June, to
i be known as Confederate Memorial Day.
j It is also provided that every general
s election rlav shali be a holidav, and it
r ^.1. _ i--l a
I jurimr ucunrcs unit ntu^ u.xum.j,
b from 13 o'clock noon, commencing the
i 1st of Juno ninl ending the 30th of Sepv
tember, shall be dettignnlcd ?s half holiday.
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ALLIANCE TOPICS.
Some Wide Awake Work Bein$ Done
Here and There.
The Agricultural Commissioners of
Five States Pledge a Reduction
In Acreage of 20 Per Cent.
At Memphis. Tenn , in the parlors ?(
the llcilinly HuUI k conference Trie* UCll
r>clween the commissioners of agriculture
of the various cotton States who attended
the convention of cotton growers regarding
the action of the convention, and
they agreed to the following memorial:
"The commissioners of agricul
tnro representing the States of
Alabama, Arkausa1, North Caro
lina, Georgia and Tennessee, being
impn-ssed with the necessity of the re
du tion of the acreage of cotton nnd the
greater diversification of crops for hotuc
consumption, hereby endorse the action
of the Cotton Growers' nnd Merchants'
Convention, held in the city of Memphis,
Tenn., on the 8th day of January, 1*S'2,
do earnestly appeal to all agricultural and
mercantile organizations, consisting of
Alliances, Granges, State nnd county agricultural
societies, hoards, cotton ex
cluing, s, chambers of commerce, etc.,
also individual fanners ami inerch-<,
to nss st nml ro-oncr1' l,s 111 sccur;,vr
?j.. results, mid to this end
recommend the general and local adoption
of tlie action of the Convention
Hedging themselves to a reduction of
lot less than 20 per cent, of the cotton
lerengc of last year; and further urge and
'( commend the immediate organization
?f States, counties, and districts or towniliips
to net either independently or
hrough legally organized societies as
nav he deemed host, and as will most"
eadilv insure the benefits arising from
oncert of action and the decreased pro
luction of cottou for the year ISH2 "
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Senator roller, of Kansas, Thursd iv
litrodueed a hill to loan Indiana farmers
I00,0l'0,000. The farmers are to give
heir promissory notes for the amounts of
heir loans and mortgages on their farms
o secure them. They tire to pay no in
[ rest, hut the Governor of Indiana is to
avy a tax of 1 per cent, semi-annually
ml turn over the proceeds to the Secrc-.
ary of State. If the farmers never pnjhey
are to stay on their f*|nus of - tlicy
rill agree to pay ^ a tax of ?,
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* * * ?ra9s9n f
cf there is at work pohticnlly nfl wcn wfl
ic'ially* The California people aredis^-y
usted" nt the paid reports which arc being j
Il>r? lUMIIbll I III MI IIIV.U 1 %J I IIU Vlll'tl
lat SeI'ntor Stanford is posing in favor
s an Alliance candidate for the presicnt
nl nomination, and say (hoy "might
s well run Jay Gould ns Stanford "
'resident Cannon has put in operation a
a tore system, l?y whic h he hopes to
plead inform ition and political truth
11 th ough his State. He gives his lee
urers suggestions and points ns to what
houhl 111 talked about, and summari/es
is follows:
' Show them how the Union Pacific
abroad gang invested $218,000 and
loeketed $147,208,770. Show that the
.'cutra! Pacific railroad gang invested
K.2,000 and pocketed about $10(5.000,)00.
Tell them these millionaires now
>we the people $1:50,000,000 and refuse
;o pay a dollar. Show them that we
liavo built, and paid twice the cost,
L-vc y one of the railroads to the Pacific
coast, and we arc paying for them in
freights and fares every five years; that
these monster monopolies have the whole
Pacific coast by the throat and arc cliok
111ill our iuiiii9> i IU9 in uunui uv uirn
dimv grip; that while they wall in the
State on the east and c harge all the traffle
will hear, their friends build a tariff
w all across the Golden Gate that fines
vessels $10,000,000 a year to enter and
discharge their cargoes. Demand that
lay Gould, Kussell Sage, Sidney Dillon
A Co., of the Union Pacific gang, and
Stanford, Huntington and Crocker A Co .
the C.ntral Pacific gang, pay theii debts
to the govoininen', as well us their taxes
to this Mate, or surrender their railroads
rut I rgtire fro:u business for the good of
the Statu."
Arkansas has arranged for seven great
Alliance camp and mass meetings to he
held in August, ami is asking for spenk
ers from everywhere. The State presi
dent writes that the people arc thiisting
for education as never before, ami that
speakers and lecturers must he sent aiuoug
them. "You may expect Aikausas to
come to the front,"is a significant remark
in the r tide president's ietter.
TUB FUTl'RR OK TIIK AI.UAME.
[National Economist, j
The Farmers' Alhance cannot as an or
gnni/.at on consolidation or organize a political
party:
1. Jtccausc such cosnolation or coali
lion would make such party a class party.
or more properly, no party, hut a pol.tieal
fxctiou.
2. llccausc the Farmers' Alliance ns
an organization would cease to exist; the
moment it yielded sovereignty ns n farmer's
organization it would become something
else.
1 Ihw niten trt mr?rrr?? willi flliv Diif
parly would drive those belonging t<
ail other parties out of the order, am
that is contrary to the fundamental pun
ciplcs of the organization.
fennossao Miners Give Up tho Fight.
A Chattanooga special says: Miner
from the Coal Creek regions ate passing
through here en route totheOnita Mines
in Arkansas, owned by Chattanooga p?r
ties. One hundred or more men wil
emigru'e. taking their families wit!
them. The latest information from th<
mine legi >ns, in the oa tern part of th
State, is very encouraging, -and there i
very little probability of any fuithe
trouble.
SCIENTIFIC ANP INDUSTRIAL.
Ores arc purified by electricity.
An Inch uf raiu means 100 tons to toe
acre.
The process of separating iron ore by
electricity is working satisfactorily in
Michigan.
An expert says that tho left main
driver oi a locomotive ilattcus more thau
the right.
O?o or moro belts rmmiuv ? * *" ^ 1
cutlw -rtin t'jp of another will add
much to the transmission of power.
A scientific journal states that a littlo
sugar put on the hands with soap will
greatly increase its lather and cleansing
power, and will remove dirt, chemical
stains, etc.
An engineer of Berne finds that 000,
000 effective horse-power can be obtained
from the streams of Switzerland
for electric lighting or electric power
transmission.
Belts running over pulleys of small
diameter at high speeds ought to be thin
and as wide as possible. Orange tan
leather of uniform thickness answers remarkably
well.
A young man who has never had tho
sense of smell has been the subject of
some curious tests, which have
I I IWHS-II1- iu<? Ulrtiij tilings
.. (ncii we cat with relish arc not tasted,
but only smcllcd.
V Frenchman lias invented an improved
method of telegraphing, so that
it is practicable to transmit one hundred '
and lifty words per minute on a single
wire. The message when delivered lroiu
the tnac'.iine is type-written.
Tiiose engaged iu the production of
quinine, whether from bark or chemically,
suiter with a peculiar skin atlcclioti
caused by the inhalation of the vapor
from hot solutions of the drug. Fever
is an accompaniment of this malady.
It is said Inventor lvlison is engaged
in a nioJiticuMoii of the phonograph to
lit it to become the successor of the raised
letter system in production of hooks for
the blind. The changes arc cllictly in
the way of increasing the capacity of tho
cylinders.
What is described as the most perfect jLv**
known spegirnen of a petrified iiutuau
body hns recently been discovered ut .*
Arizona. The figure is evidently that of*.' '
a fully-developed woman. Ttis flye ,,
^1 and a half inches .ial
The large^jteel prttrriin ine
;a SI" fut. loug, six itwhus wide imujy
quarter of an mcb-ttrhSic. Tho^mariuf^ <^7
kfthouglr'tha principal Hiirop7m
Urad previously refused
tho order.
In an electric hammer that lias been
devise I recently the piston is of a mignetic
material and the cylinder is composed
of a scries of coils, through each
of which a current of electricity may bj
passed. The passage of a current through
the upper coils raises the piston. By
cutting oil the current and tranfcrring
it to the lower coils the piston is release I
and drawn down. The blow may be
shortened or icnghtsncd, as desire i, by
regulating the distribution of the current
iu the coils.
Provision has been made for neutralizing
the deteriorating; elfects of acid
spray from a battery of accumulators
wlierc metal fittings aud brass or copper
conductors are mound. The medium
employed for this purpose is an anti-sulphuric
acid euamel. It is applied like
varnish, in black or other colors. It is
found to withstand the attacks of the
j strongest sulphuric acid for weeks, ami
is now largely used iu Knglan i for coiling
woodwork, iron and cipper iu tho
neighborhood of batteries.
Memphis Shaken.
Mkmimiis, Tknx.?Many citizens of
hi- city were awakened from their
iumbers onily Thursday morning by a
:io? k of carthipiakc. It was a distinct
me and was noticed a few minutes after
: oh dm k. The vibrations were from
i''Ii to smith. The seismic disturbance
v i pronounced enough lo gently shake
.vend buildings, especially in the sub
u hs.
Gen. Samuel. Thomas, of New York,
who oufijut lo be in a position to know,
sajs that he anticipates that 1802 will ho
a year of recupciation in the South. The
| mineral, coal ami iron iiitcirsts are tei
viving, ami this fact will olTset in a
| measure the depression which exists iu
| the cotton holt. The South will also bo
benefitted by the great activity in the
I granger States.
A Village Wiped Out by Fire.
Jackson. Miss.-The little town of
I Bolton. 20 miles west of here, was almost
entiiely destroyed bv tiie Thursday night.
Seventeen homes were hunted ami oulv
threw stores are left standing. This is
the third village wiped out by lire in
the county within the past two months.
Prosecuting Savannah Cotton Firms.
Savanna if, O.t. ?Summons of garnisheeuient
were served on all cottou firms
w alehouses here by lawyers representing
the Philadelphia National Bank, Avhieli
has a claim of $25,000 against J. II.
Coats & Co.. the Philadelphia cottou
merchants who have failed.
> A petrified "green" pine lhnb was
i found recently bv a Georgia man near
| Buetm Visjn. ' The limb is perfect
showing where the straws made identa
lions and the grain of the wood. ' It is
somewhat white, and resembles coral
wreath."
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Kx President MrfYsh, of Princeton
* College, has undertaken a very ambitions
I literary work . He proposes to issue a full
I se' of volumes on the various depart(
ments of the human mind, and is at present
writ rg a little book on ethics to begut
the set ies.
Plowiug is done by electricdy in
Spain.
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