Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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In fact, laments the Boston Transcript, few things are ever seen labelled "American" iti London shop*, no milter what their origin may have been, that arc not of the cheapest and often most inferior description. I According to tho Boston Cultivator the wood cutters of Englaud strongly object to the methods of the Salvation Army in interfering in their businoss. One of the avocatious to which General Booth has assigned a part of tho outcasts and unfortunates lie is reclaiming is that of woor! out tors. Thn nntnropian Ko/>b-/*rl np by bencvolcut contributions, has boon extremely successful, so that Ocucral Booth is now one of the largest wood merchants of Loudoa. He is, of course, nble to undersell those with smaller capital who have no one to set them up in business. What is needed for England ^s._^|is not greater competition, for it is that which has overthrown thom. They need ;n country whero competition is less fierce and the chances of success for small capitalists are greater. 'Statistics show," alleges the New York Tribune, "that more inmates of insane asylums comes from farms than from any other source proportion ?te!y and a very large per cent, of these are women. The cause is evident. The farmer's wife, contrary to nature, spends most of her time in comparative isolation, and htr wakeful hours are all passed ia liiimdrmti \\'t I'lfinT 111 ?r ft -1? V 1?!i 11 < fi n <r labor. There are fe.v to converse with to lead her thoughts outward, away from herself and her environment. Her mind is ever turned inward, upon herself. This, loug continued, becomes a strain nnd the mind eveutuilly gives away. In foreign countries, where farmers live mostly in villages, an insane woman is a rarity, because her condition is nitural. Thoughtful care for 'mother' on the part of her husband and the other members of tho family would oft deprive the asylum of a new victim." Some person with a passion for facts, ,iio matter what sort, recently asked American N<jUs and Q teries what diseases (the American Presidents died of, and tins was tlio Answer* Washington's Ifatiil illuo3s was due to a cold caught [while riding about his farm iu a sleet storm. John Adams's complaint was old age; that of Jefferson, chronic diarrhoea, slue to excessive drinking of the waters of White Sulphur Springs, Va.; Madison and Monroe, old ago; John Quincy i Adams, paralysis; Andrew Jackson, consumption and dropsy; Van Buren, asthma and catarrh; #i'll istn Henry Harrison, pleurisy, the result of a cold caught at his inauguration; Tyler, unknown; Polk, cholera; Taylor, cholera morbus, cause 1 by the excessive drinkiing of ice-water, followed by the i:n moderate eating of cherries; Fillmoro, ,paralysis; Pierce, dropsy, and Buchanan, rheumatic gout. The remaining diseases aro fresh in mind, Andrew Johnson's having been duo to paralysis. It ik.i -i 1 i * '? J9 lllllltuawiu blltlb UIHI3 2K1U UrUIlCIllfll affections played all'irge part, effectually refuting the fallacy that * 'only a cold" is a matter of trifling concern. An American boatbuildcr who has just built a small steam boat for the Magdalene Kivcr, in tiie United States of Colombia, says1 "They gel $2.50 per 100 for freight ->80 miles, and $00 for passengers, $10 extra if they take a room. L5ut there is hardly >no who wants a room. They all carry their bed with them. It consists of a straw mat. You will sec them come aboard with be Is under their arms. Along this river there is some very fine laud. Everything grows without aid. They never plow or hoe, but just pal the se d in the ground and go of! and leave it till it gets ripe. They can raise three crops of corn a year, and fine potatoes. Vegetation of every kind grows the year round. The < climate is just the sine, never varies | more than tea degrees. it is now seventy-five decrees. Mo3<juitoo3 and alligators arc plentiful on the river* It is amusing to sec the r.ior.l;; ya play jug on (he trees as we pass, and the alligators plunging into the water. T urc is no system about boating do.vn here. They are never in a hurry and take no care o! anything. If they had a full crew of our stenmbnntmen they would get rich in n short time." - s Many Important Happenings That Get People Into Print The Latest News Note* and Dispatches From the Potomac To the Ouif. VIRGINIA. n; _i j i ? mcumoiHi nas a meat juice works. At Radford Geo W. Miles will erect at once n large "St Albans" college for boys, at a cost of $20,000. Several cases of hydrophobia are reported iu King George county. The National Government will establish a light-house on the Shamrock shore, fifty miles below Washington, on tho Potomac. There are seventy theological students at ilainpdcn-Sidney Seminary. Gilbert Drooks, a wenlthy farmer was killed by a traiu near Lynchburg Thursday. It is said that the Richmond and Danville will git control of tho Lynchburg and Durham railroad. Charles Jolimton was sentenced to ten years imprisonment at Staunton Thursday for complicity in the murder of James F. Lots. Supreme Regent Loving, of the Royal Arcanum, died at Norfolk and was buried Saturday. The Bucua Vista Cassiiucrc Mills have received from the United States Government nil order for 40.000 ynnls of cloth. President Harrison'Ins pardoned L.W. Buckoy, of Norfolk, now confined in Albany prisou. tri.? * ? ? * ... - - ? i iic motion n>r a new trial lor .IclfctBon Phillips, convicted at Alexandria for murder, was overruled and he was scuteuced to hang March 25th. A new tiro insurance compauy was organized in Danville Wcducsdny. The sale of 85,000 acres of iron and timber lands near Covington to West Va. capitalists have been consummated. Mrs. Annie Smith, of Danville, wants to practice law, but can't. The courts say "no" and the law says "no," and so Mrs. Smith has set to work to have the law changed. She has so far succeeded that the committee on courts of justice in the State Senate are considering her bill and arc likely to report it. "What chance it will have before tl\c farmers in the Legislature is another question. NORTH CAROLINA. The Slate Guard now numbers 1,578. Robert Phipps mu:dcrcd Eminet Long in Ashe county. The Fisher gold mine near Greeus boro, will be worked again. The street railway of Wilmington has been sold to an electric company. At Summcrtield, near Greensboro, there ate a number of hydrophobia cases. Nearly two hundred brands of fertilizers have been reported in the State. I. N. Norwood, of Greenville, 8. C., is interested in a project to organize a new bank in Wilmington. The Hornets Nest Riflemen, of Charlotte, offered their services to the Government dill ill" 1 lie ' 'liili vbii? O "VOIV. The Secretary of the North Carolinn Teachers' Asscinhly has arranged for several teachers' excursions to the "World's Fair. Dr. Edward Ashe, the oldest physician in Anson county, died at Wadesboro Thursday. IIis practico once extended over half a dozen counties. An olTort will be made by the chamber of commerce of Winston to induce the Postal Telegraph Company to build a line to that city. Lieutenant Shipp, of the Fifth Calvary U. S A , is detailed f r duly iuspiectiug tlin State Gii.i. Jb i>? (he U. M. War I)opurtment, (Jovernor Holt having applied for such an otlicer. Legal proceedings are to be instituted against several preferred creditors of the defunct First National Bank of Wiliuingtou. Mrs. Sallic Foard, a well-knowr. lady of benevolence, who died at Greensboro recently, leit in Iter will (he sum of $'.200 to the King's Daughters' Hospital of that city. Yadkin county jail was destroyed bv fire last week, originating from a basket of ashes which was left in the hall. All the prisoners in the jail were safely rescued and prevented from escaping. Borne beautiful specimens of kaolin have been taken from the deposits recently discovered at Walnut Cove. The deposits arc said to bo inexhaustible, and the kaolin is n? white ns chalk. It is stated that a pottery will be established at Greensboro to manufacture the finer wares from the material. A posso of revenue officers have just completed an exciting raid in Wilkes county. They succeeded in destroying three distilleries on Routing liver, which is the stronghold of the "moonshiners.1' While the work of cuttiug up the stills was going on the "moonshiners" had found the horses of the officers and cut nil their throats. As the officers were leaving they were fired upon, but nobody was hurt. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston now has a pawnbroker's shop. The Charleston Light Dragoons have donned a dark green and gold uniform, which is a revival of the old antebellum uniform. The South Round railroad company has decided to erect its machine shops at Grahams. It. H. Righnm of Florence county will erect a canning factory at Effingham. Plans have been prepared for the new buildings of Converse College, at Spartanburg The Governor has appointed J. W. Halleman Master for Oconee countv, at Walhalla. In Spartanburg county the oats and wheat have stood the winter well and art oats will be put in during this month. The U. 8. Senate has confirmed the nomination of C. J. Pride, postmaster at Hock Hill. The Republicans of State w ill very likelv put a full Staowicket in the field next November says Chairman Webster. Samuel Jones, colored, was cutting down a tree on Edistn Island when it fe I and crushed the life out of him. Hon M L. Donaldson,of Greenville,has resigned the'position of manager of the State Exchange of the Farmers' Alliance. This gcutlcman is being mentioned for Governor. Mrs. Helen C. II lay ton is in Barnwell attending to the investment of the fund raised by her for the benefit of the widows of the eight negroes lynched there in ^81)0. The 10th annual session of the W. C T. U. will be held in Columbia Feb. 18. Columbia will welcome and greet the guests wi h her accustomed warmth of roccption. Mrs. Tillman has extended the courtesies nnd hospitalities of the Executive mansion to Mrs. Chapfn, prest dent for South Carolina, nnd to Mrs. Sihlev, the president for Gcmg'a Mrs. Marv Lathrop will attend the convcn ion and deliv. r two addresses. OTMEK STATES. Gainesville, Fla., has a lady lawyer, and is very proud of On fact. While some other towns cannot boast of a legal light of the feminine gender, yet almost all of them have women who occasional lv lay down the law,as many married men w ill testify. The*committccs of Jewish 1 abb's that has been in session in New Orleans pre paring a unifoim and revised ritual hi use in the t'nited Stales has comp'ctid its work, and will present its report to a r.ibbinical Conference to be held in Men York. Two g. ent great-grandchildren of Sit Francis Drnko, the grent English Ad miral of West Indian, South Pacific, and Spanish Armada fame, are living in Sa vannab, On. At least Mr. lames llocloi and his sister, Mrs. Mamie Fitzpntrick, believe they have the distinction of that relationship, and they art claiming * share in a repot d estate of Sir Franco Drake's climated at $."i(),000,000 A , low (lays ago t Hoy received a toques I from ;m F.nglish law tinn for all the fact> in couneclion with tlu'ir claim. A Sa vamiah lawyer is preparing the interest ing documents. A REFORM CONGRESS. Representatives of the Alliance, Prohibition and Labor in Chicago. Ciiicauo.?It is safe to nay that such a gathering as that which assembled hero Wednesday morning has seldom, it ever, been seen before. It was the National Conference of representatives ol the various political reform movements now existing in this country, including prohibitionists, farmers, laborers, Greenbackers, general reformers, etc. Miss Francis 10. Wiilurd presided and stated the object of the Conference to be to devise ways and means of electing a President of the United Stater who will with one blow kill the rum traffic. Among those present at the mce'ing were: l ady Somerset; Ceo. A. Washburn, of Huston, secretary of the pcop'c's party; Cilbert Dclomator, of Akron, Ohio, a Crecnhicker; Mrs. Anna M Diggs, of Kansas; Gen. Weaver, of Iowa: A. Wardell and II L. I.oucks, of Huron, South Dakota; Pi of. Samuel Dickey, ol Albion College, Albion, Mich., ami President Powers, of the Farmers' Alliance. 1 Donnelly was down for an opcu ng speech, but failed to annear. Thr. ecu. tral idea is to unite all of these elcmcut? on one candidate for the Presidency, and their belief i< that they outnumber eithei of tlie regular parties. The meeting wa? held with closed doors. TO CURTAIL THE CROP. A Meeting of Merchants and Farm ers to Reduce tho Acreage of Cotton in N. C.. Raleigh, N. C., [Special ]?In pursu ance with a resolution of the Alliance o Wake county at a recent meeting a com mittee appointed by them met here will a number of the merchants of the city t( consult concerning the cotton acr. ag< question and to ascertain whether tho; ?ould secure the cooperation of tli merchants in the reduction movement The merchan's expressed themselves ai being in entire harmony with the move inent, and a committee of live whs ap pointed from the r number to act will the Alliance committee in preparing resolutions calling for a reduction of tin cotton nc?i..g( These resolutions wii l>e submitted for the signatures of all th merchants and business men of Wak county. North Carolina in Congress. Senator Vance Iihs introduced a bill ii: ' the Senate to pay the administratrix ol Thomas ('. Tatnam, of Valley Town, , Cherokee county, N. ('., f3,820.50?beinj principal and interest on a claim of tin deceased for services rendered in 1842 ai a surveyor in surveying llie prc-cmptioi rights of the Cherokee Indians in Nortl | Carolina. Representative Alexander, of Nortl V <liwnmi, l!H"? IIIIMKIUtni 1*1 (lie I I()\IS( (lie: followiut; lulls: Providing for (In erection of n monument to (he meiiior] ' of Brigndier-Gener.1 William Lee David son; for llio construction of a macada 1 mi zed road to tin National Cemeterj ne ar Wilmington, N. C., and to continue the improvement of Town Crock river u Hrunswiek county. N C. Representative Williams has presented a petition in tho House for a mail route from Greensboro to Glcnona, N. C.. ? , ^ Something Hnd to Give Awny. Washington, I'a.. (Special. ] ?(leorgi Crrlisle. tx >oung farmer of A in well town hip, ealleel on ais betrothed, Miss Nellie Adams. He became see affectionate and his embraces were se? fonel that he rnp .iireel sn artery in his arm, nnel h eloctoi 1 was sent for. Nellie's ribs are still in i tact. JERKfk AllTElt' JKJtRTT k \* % Alliance Vewa and Motes bite rest ingly Arranged. f Nuts to Crack at the Fireside?Topic Of Conversation Throughout The Country. WASiimoToif, D. C.?Jerry Siinpso is a brick, socks or no socks. lie i baring lots of fun in Washington nn< doing sonto valuable work. Ho recentl introduced a bill to hare the agriculture department at Wasbiugton aired. Speak ing of it, lie said: "I have been us much among the fni mm u HQ hn v mnn in fhA rniint rv ani, ?-? ? ?J ? ?? JI " Jerry, "anil I know that there is a ?ni( spread opinion among them that th agricultural department is not conducts on the square or solely in the intei est* of the farmers. Information fror the department wl^lhMihm?ld8fst r<ac pricfors of huclfft^r^S^^nwn?V seed purchased are old and worthless. The see houses palm their old stock off on th government. The department is sitnpl the nest of a lot of politicians, who ar kept there owing to their iutlucnce t help the Republican party. Now Uucl Jerry Rusk is nu old gentleman and would like to see liiui aland well wit] the farmers. If ho runs his d-parttueu on the level and only in the iuterests c the farmers, they should know it an have confidence in him. Possibly tli department is run as the farmers bcliev nud Uncle Jerry doesn't know it. II may be imposed upon. That is the re> son I want an investigation. 1 hope will prove that the farmers are mistake and that the agricultural depar uient run only iu their iutrioat, for 1 wautUoc Jerry to stand well." ****** In California as well as in Kansas au the east, the question confronts our pe< pic ?shall we own the railroads or ai the railroads to own us ?Ilntlnn Nation. i The Farmers' Alliance has never r ceded from any proposition. It is uc built that way. It has never been n< never will be a political party.?Uaine villo (Tex.) Hignul. Ho called municipal governments coi the people more than the Federal gdveri incut does, and to sum it Up, it is only I furnish a lot of bums and frnuds a job.Southern Mercury. The great untcrritied Democratic part now has a chuuce to show its hnud. Tl farmers a;e wntcUiug to see how long i platform and the pledges of its leadc remain in force. ? Dallas (Tex.) Farm hi Farm. 0 | The men or party who can and wi r efle. tually put through Congress a hi to break the backbone of the money poi f cr, will merit the everlasting gratitude t the people of tin's couutry.?8t. Lou r Journal of Agriculture. The Alliance has not come to destro the primitive principles of the goveri ment, hut to.correct abuses, purify tl government, and to re establish Justin i aud tills, too, without becoming a part sail organisation, or political paity. Southern Mercury. ' At the pre cut prico of corn it woul take three solid trains of cars, holdin 100 bushels each, reaching across tl State from Colorado to the Missouri rh cr, to pay the interest on our farm inor ' traces for one year Oh, iiow prosperoi we arc. ? Kansas Western Advocate. There is only one hope for relief f ti... i?i. ..i .ui- ? - iiiu iiiwwi mi^ i.in33i.*3 vi mis tuuiiiry, an . that is through legislation The plut crats me condemning the reform pres l but then the reform press can stand It I the people are with it.? Terra IJnu (lud.) Standard K. rmer. i The greatest political revolution an public upheaval ever known to this unti< wiii be witnessed during the year 189 What its results will t e, this depone savetli not, but we do say the very cxi tencc of our government and the frecdo of our people from t bo degraded ser> tude depends upon the patriotic action the hone-t masses at the ballot box. He dcr. you are one of the pe.?| le and imi bear your part of the lesponsil ty.?'1 i f Toiler. We rejoice to announce that Postnia i ter General Wannni ker has rccommcud* > the owne ship and control of the tel ; graph telephone nnel express service y the United States, and confidently loo c to the time when we will have a I ce postage, 3 cent telephone aud 10 cc a maounfroB Tiro troru . ??? ?? "? ^ tliveou^vc m uv I HIV 19 9|>I I'Jt ing like wild tire mid it will continue spfbad until monopolistic greed is swo > from the face of tlie earth. Wanumnk r has certainly been reading the New IS 3 tion.? Alliance Echo. Kuusns City. 1 The fact that 20,000,000 of people a ? starving iu Russia, where wopicn sell t e hair from their heads for small turns devour foo l, where famished childr devour nigs and earth, where whole v lagcs are reduced to solitude is, iudpoi 1 a terrible incident in this wonderful y? j ^ but to us the fact tk at in this city 150,0 ? people go to bed every night guests ? charity, not knowing where a niornii ! men I is i.o come from, with nothii { whatever to do, hope cv n being dea 1 is a much graver fur tor in the problem 1 our to-day.?New York Hecoider. When it becomes thoroughly und? ( stood, it will be seen 'hat the doctrine Alliance is for a'l the people, and no d ceplion or tsickerv about it. It is a dc trine that must he pressed the front, the end 'hat the old ideas, purposes ai policy of paityism may ho overthrov ' peacefully at tliu baljok box. Iiossis has done its work, and it is now lime f the people to come *.o ;he tes<yic, and t I cure good government for all. Let t J Farincis1 Alliance and Induslrial Uuii wake up arid put on the whole people. The People's Aid. We note with pleasure the advance the good woik going on in Oregon. I.< e than a year ngo the Sub-Alliance orgn i/.ed in Kastern Oregon, siuco then t wonderful change has taken place, t I laboring element of the State are i rash in their conclusions, but have giv r the in alter profound attention. It 1 been to them a subject of much stu and premeditation. The }>riuciples k ' Wealth producers cnO- unito and l>roak > down those Motion*\ linos which will bo ] tho.means of destroying partr power and bl?od? shirt rarkoa. "Old things have passed away and all have become new."? ^ Ths People's Aid. About $2,OOO.OCO ware spent in North 8 Carolina for fertilizers last season. Whether this was a wise expenditure or not wo cannot say, hut anyhow raise your own supplies and buy less of everything. is Blaine Tells a Story on His Health. ^ Washington, D. C. ? Dlnino told a ? good story "to a prominent citizen who 1 for certain reasons, does not want his name mentioned," Illustrative of the sensational reports of liia sickness which are j going about the country, and which he declares arc ami have been for a year largely imaginary. 4 I have told this story before," said Mr. Blaine, "but not with the present r" application It is about a man who was J* carryiug something across the Fulton street ferry in a box. Kvery uow snd theii n*~\vouM oncn the box curiously. ^ peep in, ?nd tlicn close it mysteriously. His action excited the attention of a nut- , e urnlist who was seated near him. and who J y finally touched him on the elbow and ^ 0 said: . 44 'I beg pardon, but I am curious to ^ know what you have got in that box. ,J What is it?' ? 44 'Oh, I don't waut to toll,' said tho J . man. '] " 'Well, let mc look in' said tho na'ud ralist. ' | 44 Tin afraid to,' replied the stranger, 0 'it might get all over the boat.' 4 4 4ls it a savage animal?' \ "'Yes, kills everything.' Then the ' peeped in ngu n. Coming more curious !.D the naturalist begged him to tell its ' !a name. 44 'Its a kal-ma-roo,' he said, 'front ' Central Africa?u very savago beast; eats 1 men and everything.' 44 'What do you feed it on?' inquired j. the naturalist. re 44 'Snakes, sir; plain snakes.' w 44 'ltut where do you get suukes enough to feed such a ravenous monster?' said the eager ntnn of science. 44 'Well, sir, my brother in If ooklvn has the delirium tremens, nnd when he 1>r -oes snakes by the thousund we just atch 'em and? 44 40h that won't do,' interrupted the naturalist; 'you can't feed a beast ou im l* agiuarv snakes.' Lo ?? 'Well, the fact is,' said the man, ? opening the box and blowing in it.'don't give it away, hut this is an imaginary :y kal-ma-roo.' lie "When the lid was taken olT and the ts box looked into," said Mr. Maine, "the is concspoudent discovers that my sickness id is uu imaginary kal-ina roo." II Au English View of the Cotton ill Question. v. The Textile Mercury, of Manchester, I-'.nglaiid, i? afraid that if H'iithci n cntl,s ton planters reduce the acreage in cultivation the Knglish cotton mills will not 'J he ahle to get their raw materin I at the ' low |?ric< s now prevailing, an J no it at?c tempts to prove that there is no need to ?; decrease the acreage. In its last issue it i says I'he cotton growers are reported to ho in trouble owing to the superabundance Id of their crops We suspect (Ids is a trouble that will he much easier to hear ic than a great deti icncy. As an illusliny. tio <, take for instance the grain famine t- in Russia, and the sufferings this is iuj3 dieting upon the poor peasants Suppose the cotton crop had failed in the ur American States as completely as the 1(j grain crop m Russia, what would have 0 been the plight of the growers? We g. venture, to say?a great deal worse than it is at present. Supposo thnt the cotton crop and that of last year had been each a million bales less than tluy have been, whilst the same outlay had been made upon them Tak" if tbs* the puaIII ent decline will it-present an average *" drop through the two seasons of 20 per cent.--it will certainly not lie more ? they have had a gain in the production "? of per cent , which will have ictt '* I tl.oi.i li!iii<l<soiiio motif When* then is the necessity for the nuricultural coma' missioners of the cotton States to have adopted n jft'itt appeal to life those tonc eerucd to reduce tlie cotton acreage l>y 20 per c ent., as we learn from Memphis v that they have just done''' Of course I'd this appeal corresponds to appeals made lo to spmncis and manufacturers iu Lancaof sliire in times of pressure, but is quite ks destitute of (lie like justitication; and we nt don't expect it will be any more suet essnt fttl; therefore, thetru ie on this side need d- not run down to Liverpool to volttn ecr to |d. per pound more for the taw material pt they may requite We hardly think the er motives or facilities for combination a- anion*' cotton nimviir- exceed ihoxc { > be found on this side, or that a mote suere ccssful result will attend this appeal. he North Carolina and the World's Fair. 'j" 'J'bc committee on collections, appoint j cd by the Board of Agriculture, met in (r; Halrigli. The pre!iminaiy arrangements for the educational exhibit were made (^ and the committee w ill have the co-operation of the Supt. of Public Kdiicntion -t in making this < xhihit, and the commit(j"" tee experts (hat the exhibit will be such as to retires-lit the entire educational ' system of tin- State, the public ami private schools, the colleges and the Unir* versify. The committee also made pre ?* liminary arrangements for gathering to1C* get her the exhibits in agriculture, horti,c" culture, forestry, mines and mining, genl'j oral natural history and fish and fisheries, 1(* nud the detsils of this work were turned vu over to specialists who will report at an "n adjourned meeting of tlie committee on or the 13th of next February. The mem,e' bers of the committee present were Prea!;0 ident Peter M Wilson, Commissioners on John Robinson, T. K. lirttncr, Prof. J. ? A Holmes ami Dr. II. II. Rattle. ?' Chaoed Yy Sixty Girls. ess * i?. Chattanooga, Tenn., (Special.]?A a rather good looking girl entered the scc)ie ond district schoolhousc and took some u,l hats. The teacher turned all of the girls (>rl out after the thi?-f, ami the citizens witnis nessod the novel sight of sixty giris ,lv < hasing a hat thief through the stieets. t,'f I 'I he thief escaped. "he Mexuaii Revolutionist Moans Fight laid to be at Tha Hoad of a Big Army and Will Begin a Desperate War in February. A dispatch li 3 been received from Del Rio, T.x , sta'ing that U111/.11 is now >r> the Mexican side of the river near that llacc ami that he in <t the head of nii irmy of from 4..100 to to 5,000 well arm it and mounted Mexican revolutionists Hand* or from 25 to 100 men are join iiij Iiiin every day It is fu.tlier stated in the dispatch hat Garza means tight, and that the nost desperate war Mexico has ever &uowa will ho opened by February with in attack by the Garza men on the town jf Lna-Vegas, located just across the dver froir. l)cl Itio TUYINO TO CAl'lUltK MARZA. Camp Kituiiiuons, Tkx. ? Roth tlm jtato rangers and troops of the 1'nited States army arc making their way in the vicinity of I'cna It is understoood that Jar/.a's rcude/.vous is I catcd there, and ihnt the Mute rangers were the tirst to iiscovoi il As soon as word was telegraphed to the A??jutant-deiieriil of Texts, who is in the Held that (5ar/a was lo fated. th( entire forces, both Slat ? ami Federal, received orders to bre?k cauip ninl march to the scent of action. San Antoma, Ti.x. - (?n<r.a has auottier hand in '.lie Santa lfosa mountain country "f from I.SOO to 'J,000 men, well armed and mounted, under rommnnd of General Francisco Sains, and it is a wellknown fact among all Mexicans v ho try lo find uiit anything uhoift the trouble that Garza will have at least two tidrda of the' iitite Mexican population on his side when the matter comes to show up, which will be imtn-diately after the first light will take place. Yesterday eightyfive Mexicans in one hand, well equipped for war, headed for the Itto Grande to join Garza, passed through Hounra, Sutton county, Toxag. There is great ox citeincnt all along the upper part >f the border, not only among the Mexicans hut among tin; Americans as well. Hands of revolutionists meet at Sonora daily and organize. They are not molested, and nrc permitted to proceed on then way lo Mexican lei'dory. PEN NINGTON'S A1R~SHIP. To Build One That Will Carry 50 Pub bongeia Acrosa the Ocean in Ono Night. \Vakiiinotov. I) (' . ISneeial I K I. Pennington, the inventor of the f.i nous nil* ship that hoars his naiuo, is ii ihe city. For the past nine years lie Inn noon engaged in studiing the problem o mini navigation, ami is confident Ilia 10 has iolved it. Mr. Pennington sab iiat a < ninpany rompm'sing mine of tin wealthiest ami most progressive citi/en: f Chicago had boon organized with i i<I up capital of $;!(>,000,000 to huih ho air ships. "Wo aro engaged in constiin ting scv ral small ones," he Haiti, ' at our workr : .Mount Carinc', III., ami e'er long wil toooml to nianufaoturo a ship wit I . iiirh to crota the Atlnntiu ami enpahh if carrying lifty passengers. The lasi .ill impure abmit a year to complete. As .on is it is iinishotl I will < loss theorem i it. In fact it is perfectly foas b!e ti avel in it all over the globe. We will I i iblc to go through the atmo.sphorc at a lah . 200 miles an hour. A iunn can gotoslrrj i i New York and wake up in London T .ere is hardly any limit to the uses le iiiich it can be pur. A fanner living i00 miles from a city could load up a lo >f ga den truck, carry it to market, nni !v lioine ?!! in two hours time. Tin ails could be carried from Now Yorl > hioago in live hours. Freight am I kiiuls of articles could he lot dowi ato buildings hy means of chutes con ci ting with the roofs. Carrying th i iiIs will be one of the prime uses of lli :ir ship." "And what is your ship to be bail iff' "Alumnimn, that marvellous mots % hose peculiar properties make it cape ia ly adapted to aerial inacbiues. It i is light as water, or nearly so. A shoe of metal will float, though a solid eliun! will sink. The boiivnnov chamber, cat piopellcr, engine, and entiie inacliin will In: made of aluminium " .Mr. Pennington's machine will ll against the wind, and thereby solves problem that has hitherto bullied all in venters. The entire scientific world ha become interested in his experiments, am he lm* had ccrrcspGiuh net* with sevcra leading European ioverninents about hi airship, lie says that .Maxim, the fa in nis inventor of improved guu?, is a work 011 a living machine, in which he i essaying lo imitate nature, taking a hin as a model. Mr. Pennington thinks thn Maxim will succeed to a limited e.xtcn only, though ho does not doubt his abili ly to prodtuo a machine that will navi gate the air. So far from injttiiiig th business of i ad road s, Mr. Pennitiglou i sine they will lie called on t do inor traffic than ever. The telegraph did mi cause p'ople to cease writing Icltcis II contends i hat his nir ship w ill he indcl nitdf wafer from accidents than the rni read or steamship locomotion, and travi will he greatly cheapened seeing that n roadbed will have to he kept up and n wear and tear of machinery. King Kotton at Augusta. Auousta, f) a.?The Carnival of Col ton III. has begun If the expectation of tiie ardent citizens arc realized, thci is at this moment "no gayer, no moi iovous city in the universe than Ancrus ta.M The King was escorted into tV < ity by the First Georgia bat'nlion an by other military ancl semi military o gnnizations, amid the ringing of all tl bells of all the factories, while thestree were crowded with chddrcn in mnsl and fancy costumes, and the houses de orated gayly with the royal colors, j>u pie and orange. Wednesday a gaps geant parades on broad street, an Thursday was the occasion of the Kiny ball. Gicat is King Cotton, and lot may lie reign! Gieat is bis favorite (it Augusta, and long may sbo Jcmiisii! VMM?inmmmwmmm?mmmmmmmammm Th4 Pmiooa ' StcnjR ? nbrtlr Owolluu The precious and rare stones of Nojth Carolina, although constituting but a moiety of the State's mineral wealth, have been unearthed in such variety and uudcr such conditions as to lead to tho belief in the minds of uiauy that sooner or later they will l>? found iu abundance in nature's as yet hidden storehouse. Speaking of this recently, one who wit ncsseu the scene tola tho loiiowtug story, which the Manufacturer'* Record tliiuks worth publishing: In the autumn of 1880 the Richmond A Danville Railroad Co. detailed Maj. C. C. McPhail to make, at a Boston exposition, a display of the resources of the territory traversed hy that liuo and its feeders. A splendid exhibition that attracted thousands of visitors was the result. Among tin ae ono day was a cultivated, sweet-faced and venerable geutlewomau of tho best Puritan stock who had Iwiu induced hy her son to go with him to see tho wonderful resourcoa of the Piedmont 8 juth. Major McPhail has the courteous elignity of a Virgiuia gentleman of tho old regime, the practical training ami experience of this age of progress, and is a keen observer and an excellent judge of human nature. llo paid especial attention to tho venerable matron and delighted her by his lucid explanations. Finally, uftor taking a numbered specimens from his showcase and arranging them on the tables bvfere her, he said interrogatively: "You are familiar. madatne, with 8t. John's description in the Book of Revelation of tho precious stones os that great city, the holy Jerusalem?" "Yes, indeed," was her reply. "Permit me, then, to show them to you in this order," he said. "These an> not polished, as St. Johu saw them his vision, but they uro all here and wore found in Western North Carolina. The first foundation was jaspe,*. This is it. ' I'he second, sapphire; tho third, a chalcedony; tho fourth, antnnemld; tho fifth, sirdo iyx; the sixth, sardius; tho seventh, chrysolite; tho eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz.; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twclftu, ;in amethyst. As the speaker haincd thero ho handed each stone in turn to his interested visitor, and when she hud seen them all ho said: "Now, madam, you can huve aomo faint idea of the glories that will ouo day he revealed to you." "()h,v said the dear old lady, ns she clasped her hunds, while joy sparkled in her eyes, "Often and often I have tried to ima.'inc how that wall would look ns I neared the pearly gates, but I never ex pce'ed to see the stones of that heavenly foundation with these mortal eyes. I thank tJod that Ho bus given me this 1 privilege, and I thank you, too, for your * kindness." ? ??- ????_ ^ Turning to Tobacco. Many of the Georgia cotton growers, . who have been groaning over llio low , iiieir crop, nro turning their atI t<ution to the tobacco plant, which may possibly he raised in the .State with prolit. There is now a great demand for tobacco seed in Georgia, and tho i St do Commissioner of Agriculture says , thai a vast amount of tobacco will be planted there this year. The Georgia Commissioners' opinion in . that the f.liners of the State should , raise more grain tlinu they have been in , the habit <>l raising, and we guess that this is a sensible opinion. It is un opiu, ion that was sustained by tho Cotton , Growers' Couvcutiou recently held iu Memphis. j Cleveland Keeps His Mouth Shut. 1 Nkw Oki.kans, La.?Ex President Cleveland was seen at Joe Jefferson's i home on Orange Island, and in reply to I a question us to how lie regarded the ac , tiun of the Now York Stale Democratic Committee in fixing Feb as the date [ of tlie convention said: L. "1 have every confidence in the commit* tee's ubility to transact business." In t reply to a question as to whether he would write a letter dclhiiug his poI sition on matters political, .Mr. Cleveland said: "I have written many such let ? (era, but I cannot say what I may write I in the future." Mr. Cleveland will loavs c for home next week. ' Robbed Her While He Kissed Her. y ! A Chicago special says: Miss Susie a j Hay, of 14tJ West Madison street, called 011 Justice Woodman, and, after requests ing a private interview, told the Justice I the wanted a warrant for the arrest of il Floyd Tyrell, a lialstend street clothing s clerk, on the charge of robbery. Miss I Jay said that when Mr. Tvrrell left her t on Sunday evening he placed one of his s arms around her neck, and, while in the i' a? t or kissing her, abstracted a pimo t containing $'-!() from her dress pocket, t The warrant was isssucd and Tyrrell was i- j a: rested. < ' I All* ^iiijuiice j&iecuon. e | Ciii' aco, II i, ?The election of officer# it of tlie Fanners' Alliance took place, and < President Powers, of Nebraska, 'iiil not i gel enough votes for n third term. It. k'. I Havens, of Washington, had far superior I strength. On (he caucus ballot the voto o stood : Havens 70, powers 58. Nebraska io | thereupon conceded Power's defeat and moved tc make the caucus nomination I unanimous. This wu? done forthwith. ] There was nothing to prevent harmony t- | in the vice-pros drnts' elections ami the is ! list was selected hy acclamation. Rev, Wood's Church to Cost $110,000, sc The new Second Presbyterian church (1 now being built in Memphis, Tcnn., of i- which Hev. Ncandcr M. Woods, I). I)., ie is pastor. It is situated oa the corner of Is two of the principal streets. It will cost <s $110 000, not including the lot Tho e- | lower floor of the sudatorium scats 800 r- I people, and the gallery 400 The organ at will cost over $0,000 It will be situated id to the left of, and a little above the pull's 1 pit An arch of 15 electric lights fur>g nishes light for the organ loft. The y, j church will be one of the haudaoincst iu ' the Eolith.