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Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, DomeUie Economy, ow* *** Current Jtetos <tf the Hay. jig; , VOL. XXIII ?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CARQIMiCftCH 4,1892. NUMBER 10 of Australia, with th. IORNRRAT. ffPATB OTWO I *?'? ? ?? ? - I------- -- - reception of two email linoa, are owned, bv the Government. ? ? Mij. " JM Tho recent lo? o( aa oyo by 1'rinc^ Christiau voa SchloJwig-IIoUtoiu turougii iuo uaa nuu o( his brother-iu- ^ law attempting to shoot n bird, recalls eoino similar raisfortuues. Napoleoa I, while hunting phoasaats iu PonUiucbloau.shot out thooyo of the most genial of his marshals,Nicholas Mossena,Duke o( Itivoll and Prince of Essling. Masse tin,' t however, was ovcu a greater courtiorj than general, and immediately declared 1 that the shot had come from the gun of ^ Marshal Berthicr. Berthicr at onco declared himself tl\e can so of his oorarade's viuUforturo. This diplomatic attompt to B t^y S^.-^cld the E nporor greatly ploasod his r and ho rowur^l both marshals _ with fhv&M and prosonts. * Juliau Ralph has written an article on ^ Chicago for Harper's Magazine, iu which c ho says: "Chicago will be the main ex- c , .hibit at the Columbian Exposition of 11893. No matter what the nggrega- * tlon of wonders there, no matter what ^ the Effile-Tower-likc chief exhibit may he, <j the city itself will make the most surprising presentation- Those who go to study ^ the world's progress will Had no other ^ result of human force so wonderful, ox- j tPAMrrnnf. AP noonl- TO*??. ?i- 1 w. |/w,uii(ii. a UU3U wnu unrry 1 with thorn the prejudice begotten out of | political rivalry or coinmeroial envy will discover that, however v/ell founded eotnu of tho criticism hrs been?cs' dt l>cc'a"^ 119 8P,r'^ ?' Ghicagoans ' ?tho development of tho place has not followed the logical deductions. Those i who go clear-minded, expecting to see a groat city, will find one different from i that which any precedent has led them to look for." 1 I" _ . , C It ia not only in tho Uuuotl States. c lo.u-ns tbo Now York Post, that defaulters continuo to livo luxuriously ou small incomes without exciting suspicion. Hcrr Piufsich, who committed 6uicide tho othor day after robbing tho Budapest (Hungary) Savings Bank of $500,000, ? lmd been stealing right nnd left for V^vtrrs. Ho bought an estate, built a magnificent chateau upon it, cntortainod guosta in princely fashion, subsidized a theatre for. tho arausciuout of himself 9 r and his irionds without a penny of honti ^ 1^;i?to?iy;tuhis ci dit. outoqfri cc?dlogly modost salary. And yel Nobody thought of suspecting him .or examining his books, although lie was cashier of tho establishment. When ho shot himself, und the truth came out}3 ? everybody was profouudly astonished. A clearer ease of diiectors who did not direct could scarcely bo made out., An eminent lady missionary in Burniah recently gavo Dr. A. J. Gordon an instructive but somewhat startling chap- i ter of her cxpericuce. Ia oao of her 1 tours, she said, she came upou a villago , where cholera was raging. Having with i her a quautity of a famous painkiller, she went from house to house administering the remedy to tho invalids, and left a number of bottles to bo used after she had gone. Returning to the villago some months after, tho missionary was met by tho hoad man of tho community, who cheered and delighted her by this intelligence: 4'Teacher, wo have como over to your side; tho medicine did us so much good that wo have accepted your God." Overjoyed at this news, sho was conducted to the house of her informant, who, opening a room, showed her tho painkiller bottles solemnly ar^Jtonged iu a row upon tho shelf, and before them tho whole company immediately prostrated themselves in worship. ' Tho abnndonod farm of Now England is?so tho Now York Post alleges?fast (taking ita place with the mortgaged farm ,of Kansas?in history. As tho raortgago is iiiLou so the word "abandoned" is erased with a return of agricultural prosperity, which, however, in Now England seems to depend on manufacturing inJ 'dustry, to tho region interested. In a 'descriptive catalogue of abandoned or ,partially abandoned farms in Massachusetts, issued undor authority of lav 'by tho Secretary of tho fltato Board of 'Agriculture, it would appoar from tho jtonor of the replies to questions tint tho jcondition of farming property is much net tor man nas iroqucniiy uuou rcprosen tod. Of 113 auck replies receive 1 on October 1, 1891, fifty-eight stated that inquiries for and values of farm property 'were increasing, forty-two that there an 1 'been no appreciable change, while only 'thirteen stated that thoy wore decreasing. |Ag?in, on November 1, of ninety-nine 1 definite replies to the question, "Do you think farmers anticipate an increaso of {prosperity in theij business in tho near future!" seventy-nine said yes and twonty no. Except in two countios the jtowns reporting show an aggrogato increase in population since 1865. A do'cline in population generally appears ia |the towns of the counties containing abandoned farms and having no impor. tfQt niAQufacturixur industries ^ W * ? ^ ^ ' * MX11.1,1J HUIIUi Ate Happenings of Importance By Mail and Wire. 'he Gist of Three States' Doings, Carefully Prepared For Our Busy Readers. VIRGINIA. A big Masonic Fair is to bo held in lie Masonic Temple, Richmond, iu May. A series of inter-college games have >ecn arranged by the University Athletic tssociaciation. President Harrison and Mrs. McKce ind licr children aro at Virgiuia Beach. The Do-Drop-In Club is the name of a lew Democratic organization iu lticbnoud. .A. fplored man while out hunting near TityPoint found the skeleton ofa white nau. A bill was passed in the Legislature o provide for tlio enumeration of towns laimiug 5,000 inhabitants with a view if becoming cities. Pnramoic's Island, near Onancook, has >ccq recently purchased by r. company if Philadelphia capitalists, who will soon rect there a mugniticent club house and :ottnges. Capital stock, $000,000. Chester Itonch, who was born in the Ulcghuny county nlmshousc seventy-five ears ago, and who tramped with his pacuts through the couutry for 'cars, died in Minnesota last week ami eft an estate of $400,000. lie made his irst money ns tramp tinker, and iuveste I lis earnings in Minneapolis real estate. NOBTH CAROLINA. Cottonwood is a new postoffice in Hecklcnburg county. The Governor's Guard hns increased in trength to sixty men Recruiting is go ng on all over the State. New heme's fish ami oyster fair passed >11 with great eclat. The Roanoke bottom lands uenr Wei lou will grow rice this year instead of inlton. S. L. Yount, ex-sheriff of Cntawba :onnty, assigned nt Hickory. Liabiliics, $11,000. W. II. Williams is the issignco. A Northern lady has made a handsome louation for a school for colored youths tear Winston. John Bbultz, of Salcin, hns prcseutcd Secretary Rusk with a cane mule of na.ivc apple wood. Most of the stock for tha now Weldon jauk has b.cn subscribed. The total disbursements for Winston 'or 1802 were $153,844.20. The Directors of the Piedmont Nationd 13nnk, of Greensboro, huvo elected rjaffirat 3cales. Some Weldon youngsters sent up ? cite nt night with a lantern attached t? .he tail ofit, and many thought it a star ihich had lost its way and was seeking tiu i-uihu. iv 111lic nervousness was ilie esult. Others thought it a sign from Hcaveu. The Seaboard Air Line gets tho Oxford '"oust Line Railway. This line is to extend from Oxford to Rocky Mount or Nashville. It was first thought that the Atlantic Coast Line would operate the road. The owners will grnde it and put !he rails down and the Seaboard Air Line will put on tho rolling stock and run it for Leu years. The road v. ill ruu through a tine bit of country. SOUTH CAROLINA. The ladies of Charleston nrc giving "Russian teas" for the relief of the starving pcasauts of Russia. Adjutant and Inspector General Farley is ill at Charleston. Truck gardeners of St. John's Islaud are shipping asparagus North. A Jell Davis monument fund is being raised at Camden. A Kcely Institute, for the cure of drunkenness has been opened at Columbia. The Bi-cbloiide of Gold treatment is used. Senmtor Irby writes: "The 'political s'tuntion' in South Carolina is not now serious, notwithstanding that it might have appeared so a mouth ago, for the conservative people of the State arc always to be relied upon to do the right thing at the light time." Gen. Juo. C. Anderson, postmaster at Spaitanburg under Cleveland, died at hit) home there last week. The fifteenth annual Convention of the 8outh Carolina Young Men's Christian Association will meet in Spartanburg on April 31, and continue in session for three days. Among the prominent Christian workers who have promised to take part iu the Convention arc: Gov. W. J. Northen, of Georgia;the Hov. I)r. K. J. McBrydc, of Lexington, Va ; L. A. Coulter, of North Carolina; International Secretaries II. P. Audersou and P. S. Urockman, and others. The opening address will he delivered by Dr. Jauics H. Carlisle Striko in New Orleans. Nkw Ohi.kans, La.?The strike of the longshoremen is on, and 2,000 are oot of work. The demand is nn hour's pav for a fractional parts of nn hour. The ships agents have taken u decided stand by employing stevedores, giving them the time needed to secure new hands for unloading vessels. A number of new laborers have been obtained and it is proposed to put them to work. Trouble with longshoremen is anticipated and the mayor has been asked for protection. A North Carolina Colored Professor in Connecticut. Midoi.ktown, Conn.?A colored man who represented himself to be Prof. 0. H. McDowell, of the Onslow Literary Institution, Bwannsboro, N. C., was arrested on the charge of swindling. He collected small sums of money from prominent citizens, but a fraudulently headed list, with Mayor Brigg's name down for $95, led to his detection. He has collected a large turn of money in the differeut cities near by. . .1- uni^i TT A. s. NEws^^t;^ ^^^VvviiE A Cleveland a Candidate. Toi.kdo, O. ? Hon. Frank II. Hurd, Who went to Ann Arbor to have a coil- ^ forunce with Mr. Clevclnnd, announces authoritatively that the latter is a candi- j date for nomination. SCI Collector for Louisiana. Wamiinoton, D. C.?W. W. Chis th holm was designated to perform the du- as ties of revenue collector for Louisiana, vice Wiinbcrly, removed. Mr. Chisholm eri was the deputy .. . ^ Sufifocated by Oas, th * re Cincinnati, O. ? M. Dugan, of Augus- ' tn, On , was found* dead in bed at tho Cincinnati House, having suffocated by , ' escaping gas. Mr. Dugan had been at J. the hotel two days cn A North Carolinian Pardoned. Washington, D. C.?The President th has granted a pardon at the expiration of G< 18 months1 imprisonment to Josiah Stan- tri cil, of North Carolina, sentenced Decern- w] bor 8, 1890, to two years' imprisonment for violation of the postal laws. of )c Jay Oould Off on a Jaunt. ru New York City .?Jay Could has left }'* the city for an cxteuded tour over his lt rnnronuH 111 mo tvest una Moutli lie in- ^ intends being in St. Louis March 8th, Pr when the annual nit etiugs of the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Itnilwnjs are held. he ?^? in Oens. Morgan's and Green's Monu- vc ments. ru Washington. I). C. ? IIoubb? Mr. O'Ferrnll, of Virginia, from tho Com- Jj? mittec on Library, reported tho bills for *' erection of luonuincuts to Ueuerul Dsnicl 1,1 Morgan at Winchester, Vu., and Nathnn- vc iel Greene at Guilford Courthouse. N. C. P1 Referred to the Committee of the Whole. ? Killed Four Persons. pi A special fiom Smithville, N. C , says: g' The jury iu tho case against Waitmnn Thompson for t .e murder of one W. W. Ptursull, wife and two children and ri; horning their theii house over thtir dead hi bod es 011 the 2:1(1 of December, returned th a verdit t of guilty, and requested that ui his sentence be imprisonment for life, the to judge fulfilling it. d< T Charleston Memorializes Against p,( Free Silver. u, ? vCirAiu.E8TON, S. C.?The chamber ot w iog*he tuir^ors and cssinaTfS^ JJ this Stute to use all their iiiuucncodn defeating tho passage of the bill looking to P' the free coinage of silver, asserting that P< the boards of trade ot the country can ct only be maintained 0.1 a sound currency. b< of Gavo Clovoland a Gourd. hi Fkkduhh-ksiiuku, Va.?Colonel Wm. C1 Rodgers, a jolly and handsomo bachelor ?| of Loudoun couuty, is in the city. Col. },, Rodgers presented Mr. Cleveland, during C[ his term of office as President, with a long handled gourd, grown on his place tv iu L)udoun. lie did this in conformity tj with the old custom to present couples a( with n gourd who hud remained child- Vl less for more than two years after inar- Q| riagc Mr. Cleveland still has the gourd, pi and baby Kutb delights to play with it in prefi reucc to a gold rattle presented ^ by an admiring friend. 0] mm ~ ii Talmage'a Tabernacle Under the t< Hammer. V Nkw York.?Cbur'cs T. Willis ob- ^ taiurd a mechanic's lien on Dr. Talmage's 0 tabernacle in Brooklyn, aud then brought ^ au action to foreclose it, aud judgement was rendered iu his favor for f.">2,210 on ^ the 10th of February. The judgment i wiic liv _Iiwlor#? IN-ott anil it1 ?JtII ^ ... f, ~j ??-8v ? ?, be enforced l>y the sale of the property . by tbo sheriff at public auction iu one parcel. Wills built (lie tabernacle, which cost $400,000. This judgement ia the unpaid balance. The sale is subject to a 0 mortgage of Itussell Sage. ^ A I air go Tarpon \ Tbo tarpon or silver fish is uudispu- t ably the gamiest inhabitant of the Gulf n of Mexico. It affords more sport to ama- s tcur tisherman than any other of the fishes s of the sea. Tho truefoilower of Wal- o ton uses the pole, reel, line and hook to r catch it with,and the tarpon is the acme I of bis ambition. To boat a large specimen after a drag (by the tarpon of a boat) and an exercise of exquisite skill (by the fisherman with his tackle) from a contest of an hour or so, is a spell of splendid excitement. It is a question of "I win and you lose" tothc end. At the "Cottage by the Sea," 1'nscagoula, Miss.,has just been received a stuffed specimen of this celebrated fish, which mcasure&exactly six feet in length, and when caught weighed 202 (rounds. It is handsomoly mounted and most artistically preserved. This fish when hooked behaved liko an astonished gentlemen or an assaulted cowboy; it made fight instanter, measuring its gleaming length above tho water in a jump of fully forty feet, clear ovor ilia /ipaft In uiKtrvk ??? '1 ?.?v viuiv iii nui^u mi; xcttuj tuu(juvrur ) stood. Tho anchor of the skiff was t hauled in by an assistant and tho l>oat ( was thereby set adrift while the wheel 1 was played with dexterous accuracy by the cool and accomplished manipulator with a wind back and a let go, until exhaustion in the endeavor of the tar* pon to escapo made it a prise to tho Ktud fisherman.?New Orleans New lta. What aro you doing in my housel" asked a man who surprised a burglar at his unlawful ^rork. "Your house!" exclaimed the burglar, as he commence \ once more to put silver spoons in his pocket. "You seem to imagiue that 1 don't know the title to this property is w'fa'snsme,"?Brooklyn fciie, L.L1AJNCE DEPARTMENT. d _2 P le St. Louis Convention an En- JJ thnsiastic One. ti i ti b Platform, With Many Strong Foa tl turos, and Denouncing Both 1} Old Firtiea, Adopted. b 81 Sr. Louts, Mo.?The great Alliance ft1 id Labor Congress passed off with wonxful enthusiasm. ^Thc second morning s< :n Terrell of Texas, l'aul Vnndovort of ll jbraska, ami Thomas Wadsworth of c diana, had spoken appealingly for non- ? ctionalism, tive old veterans all over h o hall clasped hands and cheered for '' o restored Union. When the enthusi- h m had subsided Delegnte branch, of c sorgio, cast a lire-brand into the gath- a ing in the shape of a resolution protestg. ftggjimt 't on people of thi?country, ana holding < c Republican and Democratic pirtics r; sponsible for'the conditions. There '1 xs a spirited debate, but the resolution I1 w adopted by a vote of 410 to 139. tl iter it was declared to have been irregarly proposed and was ordered strick- 1 from the minutes until nftcr the report the committee on platform was heard. icii tliore was a tremendous row over c eligibility of a colored delegate from ' jorga, which was quieted ouly the en- " nice of the com uittee ou platform, iiich reported as follows: * "This, the first great labor conference ;l the United Slates and of the world. presenting all divisions of urbnn and w ral organizations and induatrw auanm. ? # o - " "~"t "' J ? MO"vul ed in national congress, invoking upon ' i action the blessing rind protection of " linighty Clod, puts forth to and for tho t> oducers of the nation this declaration unison and iudepeadencc. P "Tbo conditions which surround us ist justify our co-oporation. Wu meet ' the midst of a -nation brought to the 1 rgc of moral, political and material '' in. Corruption dominates the ballot >x, the Legislatures, the Congress, and sl uches eveu tho crmino of the bench. Hl lie people are dcmnrali/.cd. Many of c e States are compelled to isolnte the r' iters nt the polling places, in order to event universal intimidation or bribery. lie newspapers are subsidized or muz- 'J ed, public opinion silenced, business ^ ostratcd, our homes covered with inorl- H tges, labor impoverished, and the laud 11 mcciitrating in the bands of capitalists. The urban workmen are denied the glit of organization for self protection, lpoitcd pauperized labor beats down leir wages; a hireling standing army, ? nrccognized by our laws, is established i shoot tlicm down and they are rapidly * generating to European conditions, t! be fruits of the toils of millions arc ^ ildy used to build up colossal fortunes >' lpreccdented in tbo history of the ? orld, while ttycir possessors despise the jwcrto create money is appropriated fb * irich bond holders; silver, which has C ;cn accepted as coin since tho day-dawn I history has bcon demoralized to en n rge the purchasing power of gold by jcrcnsing the value of ull forms of propty as well *s human labor, and the sup- ? ly of currency is purposely abridged to C itten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and * lslavu industry. A vast conspiracy gainst mankind 1ms been organized on vo continents and is taking possessionjof to world. If not met and overthrown ; ouce, it forebodes terrible social connlsions, the destruction of civilization r the cstuhlishmeut of au absolute desotiam. "In this crisis of human affairs, the indigent working people and producers f the United States, have come i the namo of peace, order (Sand society, > defend liberty, prosperity and justice. < Ife declare our union and independence. < fc assert our purpose to vote with that ' rgaulzation who feptweitis^Qjjr jrlncl-, ' les. *' ^ "We charge (hat the controlling influ ( nces dominating the old political parties * avo allowed the existing dreadful con- 1 itions to develop without serious elTort 1 a restrain or prevent them. Neither do ' liey now iutend to accomplish reform. ' 'hey have agreed together to ignore, in ' he coming campaign, every issue but ' no. They propose to drown the out 1 ries of a plundered people with the up- 1 oar of a sliaiu battle over the tariff; so hat corporations, national batiks, rings, rusts, 'watered stock?,' the dcinonetizaion of silver and the oppressions of usury nay be lost sight of. They propose to ' acriticc our home and children upon the iltsr of mammon, to destiny the hopes f the multitude in order to secure coruptiou funds froin the great lords of ilundcr. "We assert that a political organizalon, representing flio principles herein tated, is necessary \o redress the gricvnccs of which we com plain. Assembled n (be anniversary of the birth of the ilustrious man who led the fust great remit on this continent against oppression, illed will sentiment which actuated that pand generation, we seek to restore the roveinment of the reimblic to the hands >f the |>laiit people, with wh in it origiinted. Our door Mauds open to ull ?oints of tlic compiles. Wo ask all hoo>st men to join with and help us "In order to restrain the extortions of iggreggted capital, to drive the nioncyjhungers out of the temple, to form a perfect union and establish justice, iimire lomcstio tranquility, provide for the :ommon defense, promote the general vclfaro and secure the blessings of libory for ouiselves ami our posterity, we do irdain and establish the following platform of principles: ? "First.?We demand a national currency, safe, sound and flexible, Issued by the general government, only full legal tender for alf debte^public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations; a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution, direct to the people, and not to oxcced 20 per cent., to be provided as got forth in the sub Treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some bettor system, also by payment in discharge of its obligation for public improvements. "Wc demand tho free and unlimited poinage of silver. j "We demand tjJu tho circulating moJi ?& ium l>c increased to- not less than $50 C cr capita. "We demand a graduated income tax. ITc believe that the money of the coun- Thi y should be kept as much as possiblo in ic hands of the people, and we demand rat all State and national revenues shall ? .1 ? iilihcu iv iuu necessary expenses oj le government, economically ami honest r administered. "We demand that postal savings hanks e es'ablislied by the government for the ife deposit of the earnings of the people nd to facilitate exchange. * "Thp land, including all the natural >,K1 purees of wealth, is the heritage of all 'I" l?c people and should not be m onopoliz- W|1 it for special purposes, while alien own- tin rship of land should. All lands now Lo eld by railroad and o'her corporations ?re i excess of their natural needs, and all th< mds now owned by aliens shouhl be re- co' laimed by the goveruuicnt and held for f?' ctual settlers only. no "Transportation being n means of ex- tiv luuiya and. u publio necessity, the gov sol rnment should own and operate the dii ailroads in the interest of the people, p" 'he telegraph and telephones, like the J\> lostodicc system, being a necessity for bo transmission of news, should be own- he d and operated by the government in gil he interest of the people. . |>" "We demai.d that the government is uc legal tender notes and pay the Union :i 1 aldiers the difference between the price ch f the depreciated money in which he K: . as paid in go'd. M< "Hesolved, That wc hail this confer- co nee as the consummation of a perfect nion of hearts and hands of all the sec- | "0 i.mio ui uui i;uuiiiiiiu country. rue men w. rlio woro the grey aud the men who or; rore the bluo are here to extinguish the ?g ist smouldering tires of civil war in the co sare of joy of a united ami happy peo ?ti le, and we agree to carry the stars and vc tripes forward forever to the highest as oint of national greatnc-8 " eh The convention then took a rcce3s un g" il 2 p. in. On the afternoon session he bo ig called to order, Miss Frances Wii- wl ml submitted her minority report. The f" rst plank declared in favor of uuivcrsal I I uffingc without distinction of sex; the pi t'cond, that the liquor trallic was the en hi my of reform, the chief cause of cor p< option in politics, and that as the States w ad full authority to legislate regarding gi liis traffic it was the duty of the govern- <a tent to respect the action of those co tates that had vot.d the liiptor traffic, lid that the government should collect sa o liipior revenue within those States. K The majority report was adopted. Southern Society Presidency. j'n New York City.?The annual election II f the Southcru Society will take place o| a a few days,and it promises to be one of 11 llA mAflf onlrifwrl t?? aI lie club. Captain Hugh It Garden lias M >ecn the president of the society for two gi cars. Last year n number of the friends !v f Dr. James II. Parker proposed to uom- !' ante him, but he was retired after Cap- rt sin Garden's friends, who claimed to H PCflR for "lilQT."* IHtmilWp that if -D?. -u> withdrawn he wouki A |et a clear field this year. Dr. Parker T ros nominated a fow weeks ago and O 'aptaia Gnrdcn wag also renominated. C< t is believed that Captain Garden will dhcre to the agreement and withdraw lis name. Dr. Parker, who will probacy be elected, is president of the United Itates National Ilank, commander of the 'onfederate Camp and president of the lew York Club. He was formerly prcsdent of the Cotton Exchange and vicciresident of the National Park Hank. &. New Southern Railroad Enterprise. Cl A nnwr Hnxllmrn ( contemplated in the corporation of the ()| Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston ' ] railroad company, with a capital of $10- I )00,000, to build a line from Norfolk, "<rj Va , to Charleston, S. C , with a branch to Columbia, S. C. It is said that the ? new road will shorten the railroad dislauco betweeu the east and south- tj jrn points nearly 100 miles. The dircc- 0| tors are Ex-Govcrnor Thomas J. Jarvis, (l of North Carolina; Duncan Harris, of PIBw-I, i C.M, ?biu^hton, of Phila- ... Jelphia; Colouel TTcnry Young'?.... ?.? trJ nil Thomas A. Haquimin, of Charleston; Captain Thomas Pinckney, of Rich- jj mond; A. A. Gnddis, of New Jersey; -p l h ambers II. McKibbin, of Washington, p tnd A. C. Haskell, of Columbia. The p dlicers arc: John C. McNaughton, pres- p ident; It. Duncan Harris, treasurer; Car C( ihiI 1 Forstev, secretary; C. II. McKibbin, ? general manager. I, I 1! State Conventions. s The following State Conventions havo w been cnlled: t \l bams, Dem Montgomery, June 8. ? Florida, Dent Tjiiij a, June 1. a Illinois, Dem Springfield, April 27. 1 Illinois. It?p Springfield, May 4. Indian), Rep Indianapoli-t, March 10 Indium, Dem Indianapolis. April 21. * Kentucky, Kep Luiisvihe, Marco 10. < Massachusetts, Hep Huston, April 2'. c Maine, Proh b Bangor, Mnv 0 , Maryland, I'rohib Hiltiinurt Match 8. Mumesi.ta, Dcn? St. Paul, Msreb 21. Nebr isk i, Sep Kearney, April 27. North Dakota, Dom (hand Forks, March 24 Nuw Yoik. nnti Hill thracaie, May M. N?w York, Hep Albany, May 1 , Hluxle l-Omul, JVni IV viilcnco, Mrrli2. 8. C., H'jforiu Hop Ci luuibit. Apiii 11 South Dakota, Hep I liainlx rlnin, March ' South Dakota, Dem ('luinil orhiiu. May 'J. > Tenne*-e?, ltep Nmhvil o, May 4. | T>xas li??p Aii->t in, Mai oh H. ( W? t Vng'nia. U-p Mnrtluxliurg, May r>. Wtbt Virginia, llep ll'intington, Aug. .'I Georgia's Now Bishop. Ati.anta, Ga , [Special.] ?In St. Luke's Cathedral, Wednesday, I)r. C. Kinloch Nelson, formerly rector of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Pa., was consecrated Bishop of Georgia with impressive ceremonies. The sermon was preached by Bishop Rulison, of Pennsylvania, (Bishop Quiulard, of TcnneRce, presiding) who took for his text, "Launch out into the deep." At night a I rilliant assemblage attended the reception given by Gov. Northen to Bishop Nelson and tho visiting prelates. Bishop Nelson will inuko Atlanta his headquarters. . "You don't seem to l>o as friendly with young Wilde as formerly, Maude." "No; I am trying to cast him out of my thoughts. Ho is unworthy." "Do you find it hard to forget liimt" "Well, the more 1 sec of him the less 1 think of hio?,"-rNew \ork Press. . ONVENTION IN JULY. By Will Nominate a People's Ticket i at Wai the Outcome of the St- Louia Conference of Alliance i.U'1 Labor Loaders. ?t. Lovis, Mo.?The delegates to the luslrial conference have left, most of tin expressing themselves as satisfied Ih the outcome of the gathering, nl>ugli the delegates from Oeorgia, uisiana, and other Southern States ely coufessed that if the platform of s Democratic National Convention irered tho tiunncial ]duuks of the platin adopted, the new movement would t cut much of a figure in their respec- | c localities. The Kansas ami Mioiiotn delegates, loo, were inclined to he 9gi untied over the decision to hold the L'sidential nominating convention on ly 4, nnd the old politician* that maim In tod the conference were soundly rated for their part for making the thcring follow those of the two old rties. The special committee are considering i>laco for tho national convention, the liins of St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaha, msas City, Birmingham, Ala , and [>bi!e, heing presented. The prim- pal ntest was between the tirst three. The mmittec wanted a guarantee of $50,0 for the expenses of the affair, hut it >8 not offered. St. Louis offered a decided hall free of charge, and later reed to throw in a hand. Omaha uld not offer money, hut its represent ivos promised to throw the electoral itc of Nebraska to the People's tic ket a reward for the convention. I* was timed that Indianapolis was ready to laie.ntee the necessary $50,000 hut no sly was prepared to put in black and idtv. WV.rn the committee adjourned r dinner no decision had been reached, jc committee on an address to the pen e, under the chairmanship of Ignatius mindly, agreed to cull upon the indc ndent votcis of the country to meet 1 t hi iv a month in their respective conessional districts ami organize. The ll includes the platform adopted by the hi vent ion. Bcprescnlativo Taubciicck, of Illinois, ys Omaha is the favorite in the race, ausas City has withdrawn in its favor. "The National Committee of the l'eo e's partv of the United States, actim? conjunction with the following: C. Van Wyck of Nebraska,C. W. Macunv " Texas, M. J. Rrancli of Georgia,.). II. Powers of Nebraska, II. R. II umphrcv r Texas, L. I) Laurent of Louisiana, arion Cannon of Ctlifornia, T II. Ala aire of New York, J. II. Williams of ausas, L L. Polk of North Carolina, iorcc llachett of Missouri. M. Al Car It of Illinois, John feitz of Ohio, Mar. . Lease of Kansas, Anna L. l>iggs ')'siat of Columbia, Anna Debbs of Texas, .; maha as the place for flic 4th of July [invention. ^ a new~road to be built. ae That Will Givo North Carolina Another Outlet, and Form a Strong Competing Line. Washington, D. C.?C. F. Z. Cara isti, the mnunger of the Petersburg & hesterfield Railroad, has been actively ignged in listing capital in the com*ny's project in this city, in Philadclliiu and in New York . lie reports that party of capitalists, with the chief en- | nicer of the road, Fraucis It. Favn, ami io head of the contracting firm, "The iTnoil bridge & Turner Engineering ompauy," of New York, will go over ic route in a few days, and constructing Iterations will bogiu as soou as the conacts are closed. Mr. Carucristi states that the proposed >ad is to traverse a belt of country very c^'oaf mbcr is nil of the finest iu Virginia lie road will connect the Atlantic and lanville, Norfolk and Wcstirn, and owhatan and Fannvilie roads, with [iehmond and the North, and if direct onnection can be secured with the Kicliloiul and Chesapeake road a route can c established between North Carolina, 'ctcrsburg, Manchester, Richmond and laltiinore, which will lie considerably liortcr than any that now exists. This vill also, if operated in connection with he Richmond and Chcsnncnko, give an utlct to llichiiioud and Southern freight t a convenient point ou Chesapeake Jay. Mr. Caracristi has appointed Franis K. Fava, consulting engineer of the ity, to he the consisting engineer of the annpany, and directed lain to prepare at nice the reports and plans necessary tor lie construction of the road. The Brave Pilot Dead. Captain John Stout, a Mississippi pilot, lied recently in New Orleans. His life ivas distinguished by several acts of jravery. lie was at the wheel of the iteainer Hubert K. Lee when she was burned at Yueatnu plantation in 1882. Da that occasion he saved a score of lives by remaining at the wheel and lioldin his boat to the bank. lie remained on the hhi/ing vessel until the very last nio mailt, and only escaped l>y sliding down the log chain. Captain Stout was on hoard the steamboat J W. White when she wan burned above Ha you Sara in 1880, and jumped overboard to escape the flames. IIo was picked up almost lifeless. Zeb's Humor. Washington, D. C.?Wh:lc Hen ator Vance was making n speech on the Idaho election case, at one |><>1111 in inn it'iiiBinn i??w |i uiiiiutin Senators wlio were engaged in earnest converse'ion reached a point in their dia cussion which elicited from one of then a most extraordinary sound ? a compound between a laugh and n yawn. Pausing abruptly and gazing in the direction o the offenders, Mr. Vnoeo said: "Mr President, I do not yield." The amuse mcnt which this diversion created scerp ed to break up the interest in the debat< and at 4:3$ a motion to adjourn wax car ried. Hon Witches Wore Convtotsd. "One of the theories of tho age was' that ttio devil set his mark upon each of liis servants that witches were all marked," says WiuHcld S. Nevins in tho New England Magazine. "A jury of tho sex of the accused was appointed to examine the body for such marks. It( ofteu happened that some excreseuce of, llesh common to old people, or oue explainable by natural causes, was found. Oue such was fouud on the body of Goody Nurse, and reported to the court, all but one of the jury agreeing to tho report. Rebecca Preston and Mary Tarbell knew that the mark was from natural causes. The prisoucr stated to the court that the disseuting woman of' the jury of examination was oue of the most ancient, skilful aud prudent, and further declared, 'I there rendered asuliicicnt known reason of the moving cause thereof.' She asked U'or the appointment of another juiy to inquireiuto the case aud examine the marks found on her person. Tho jury of trials returned a verdict of not guilty. Thereupon all the accusers in court 'cried out' with renewed vigor and were taken in; tho most violent fits, rolling and tuin-j bling about,creating a scene of tho wild-' est confusion. The judges told the' jurymcu that they liad not carefully considered one expression of the prisoner, namely, that when one Hobhs, a con-' fessing witch, was brought in as evidence agaiust her she said: 'What, do you bring her? Shu is one ol us.' The jury retired for further cousultatiou. Even then they could not agree upon u verdict of guilty. They returned to the court-room and desired that the accused explain the remark. She made 110 response, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty." A Lllllo lleroiue. __ Maud lloofl \s on\y n ttnj of uuriecu, ana tnoretoro not capab'o of doiug anything on what the world would call a great scale, but uovortholo&s lior uaiuc merits a placo iu tho large ' Book of Golden Deeds." Thcro are seven motherless little ones iu Maud's homo in Lowo Sydenham, all young. Their father, a working watchmaker, has to earn tho household bread, and ono brother helps iu tho process by acting as a grecu grocer's errand boy. Another is uu invalid confined to bod aud tho cares of the household aud the oversight of the younger ones all fall upon littlo mother Maud. While she was attending to tho invalid, Arthur, four years old, severely scalded himself by upsetting a teapot ut t tie fireplace. Maud and tho \ elder hoy got him into be 1 aud dressed the wouuds with oil as best they could. The green grocer's customers woro waiting, aud tho orrand lad hud to go, leaving his sister iu sole charge. 8ho decided that the huruc 1 child rcquirod hotter treatment than she could give, so sho they would tuko him in,but sho must got a letter of admission. Where? They gavo her tho names of several subscribers. Off sho went to canvass and was happily successful. How to get him to tho house? She borrowed a perambulator, carefully placed tho injured child upon tho cushions, and wheeled it herself to tho instutiou, where the invalid was at onco admitted. All this energy aud devotion were of no avail,for the buras were too severe.?Pall Mall Gazette. The Private and the Boar. Private MeNuin ira, of the Fourth Cavalry, stutiouc 1 in the Yoseinito National Park, got leave to go hunting,^ auu went over to Devil s Gulch, tho roughest canon in the country and tho best hiding place for big game. Mc* Natnara had good luck, and killed about a dozen gray squirrels, which he slung to his belt. He had turned homeward, and was picking his way through fallen timber, when a grizzly arose from behind raised \ils" JM?|*?-. NcNumara bowled and started for hiin~ a*nft 'juOt Naniara felt iu his belt for another cartridge, but none was there, lie had fired his last shot. McNainara realized that he had to trust to his legs to get him out of that scrape, and lie turned and rau faster than he ever sprinted in his life. Hut the bear was the better ruuuer, and gained rapidly. The dangling squirrels impeded McNunmra's action, and as he ran lie tried to get rid of theiu. He pulled two loose and dropped them, ami tho grizzly stopped to investigate. Bruin found them good, und he ate them in two gulps and resumed tho chase. McNaniara dropped some n.oic squirrole mifl ./.liiieil Rovornl vnnk 11.> re. pcated the trick until be hud a good lead, and then lie unhooked his belt and dropped all that were left, and when the grizzly finished the lot McNannr.t was out of sight across the river and getting his second wind for a long run home.? New York Sun. Roots in Drains. Recently, in the yard of a public ichool in Ihiilndelph'.u, a drain from t in out-buildings was found to bo choked, and on examination a little root of a maple tree ha I been foun I to penetrate a very e i?% 1 I nai<a in fi.er ? onH l liinn t'lif u/i .... ... r.,.o ... i..v> .v.... wwvv^ JV. npidly <1 i?l tlicso roots increase, after they found there was plenty of foud at command in the drain, that although the pipe was eight inches in diameter,several bucketful* of small tlbrous roots wero taken out, and which had completely choked all circulation through the drain. 1 r. 1 ll ^/ aU^ :m I , II was n wonucriui caniupiu ui mu mI crane of roots,under circumstAucos favort able through the nbuodaucoof foo l. It is . said that in this case uo trouble is antici i|>atcd in future years, a* it is believe t I that a bucketful or two of salt brine, I passcd'through the drain or.co or twico f a year, will effectually scorch off any fibres that may attempt the same frolic in future. Where, however, this remedy cannot be applied, it will be a caution 1 not to have drains in tho vicinity of th< roots of trees,?Mochau's Monthly,