Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Catntlle Flatnmnrion, tho proso k nnnt nf tlin nlonnlirv ?n'inrm hn imfc ? -? w -c ? J y made, what tho St. bonis Star-Sayings esteems, a startliag aunouncomout. Ho has discovered that tho su? is losing its force. Ho notices a gradual douliuo in solar powor, accompauie 1 by gigantic upheavals on its surface, which further tend to deplete tho caloric resources of our great luminary. After an astrono u. ical trifle of twenty million years has elapsed, M. Flaitm ariou thinks tho sun will bo a noiseless and blackened crater uuflt for business. In the meantime mankind will watch tho thermometer as anxiously as since the days ^ of Reaumur and Fa'.irouhoifc aud tho dangers of coup do soloil will bo apparent for sbmo tirao to come. Boston merchants nro expressing a doBiro, notes tho Now York Post, to have the Government print an issue of fractional scrip currcucy to facilitate business transactions on a small basis. They complain that they arc compelled to haudleat a loss great numbers of postage stamps which aro received in the mails in payment for goods purchased. And thev all think tlmt the cliarmt for m.?n??r orders is exhoibitant where small huiiu are involved. One prominout firm says that it rooontly had on hand $500 worth ' of stamps which it could not dispose of. , Mr. Leo,of tho publishing Qrtn of Lcc & Bhopard, says that ho oftcu receives as much as $<30 a day in postage-stamps, and it is iuipo3aible to work thotn oil. no suggests that tho Government issue the scrip on a silver basis. Other business mou say that a return to the old fractional papor currency would be a great convenience to themselves ond their customers. Souther Farm, near S.m Loandro, Cal., has coustructed aud fully equipped a saltwater swimming tank, aud it is belioved to bo the lirst over built for tho use of a horse-truiniug far.u. ISxpori meat so far have all gone to demonstrato the practicability of the swimming tauk as a lalfoer1 ...viug device for training, which will sooner or iaier coaio iuto general use. Horses, like all other animals, require baths, and it is claiinod that whilo taking his batli he indulges in swimming, which alfords a different but as helpful exercise as does the track. Swimming is uow claimed to be a great assistance in developing spec J, and the drudgery of track and roa I work is I thoueby wonderfully reduce 1. The tauk at Souther Farin has a concrete basin, ninety feet long over all, tweuty feet wide nud eight feet deep. From each wall there is an easy grade to deep water, making it sale for a horse to walk down. A platform is constructed over the centre of the tmk, which swings ? from the roof. Upon this elevation a man stands and guides the swimming horses, giving thciu the required amount oi exercise. Plcuro-pneumonia is one of t.h<vu? things, admits the American Oairymui, that will not slo.vn." YVeciu keep it pretty well under control in this country. where tho air is comparatively dry, but in moist England it keeps bobbin;* up serenely. Just now it is making considerable troublo niid groat losses to tho fanners In various parts of England and Scotland. Sixteen outbreaks have been reported and 87i head of cattle slaughtered in tho past eight weeks. This looks to us in this country as a fearful slaughter. Thoro have bocu a few outbreaks on the Atlantic coast, where the air,wo presume, Is more moist than in the interior, but this diseaso has never takcu on an epidemic form licic, as it constantly throatens to do In somo countrios iu Europe, and will do unless ths most energetic remedies arc constantly employed. Long Island scorns to carry the burden of these ills for the United States, at least ""eh is the frequent report of tho authorities, hut always denied by those who live thero. It has the misfortune, so far as pleuro pneumonia is concerned, to bo ontlrcly surround;- 1 by water, thus making the atmosphere damp and arousing the suspicions of the doctors. Like conditions, they think, ore linblc to pro duce like results. GENERAL STATE NEWS Late Happeplnge of Importance B Hail and Wire. The Oiit of Three State*' Doing* Carefully Prepared For Our Busy Readers. VIRGINIA. The bank cases will lie moved fror VVarrenton to LOUdoun county court fo trial. Cadet Albcft Cyr, of Louisiana, die* at Bethel Acndcnfy last Thursday. Dr. J. F. Latimer, of the faculty o College church lust week. i iic crew oi tne Alice Veualilc wa tiuoil auit the vessel hclil at Saluda fo violation of the oyster law. Liquor licenses have been granted ii Norton. Tqit Hall, in the Lynchburg jnil fo uiurilcr, says he has killed only fou men. These homicides occurred whei he was a Uuitcd States officer dealing with desperate men iu the uiouutaiu re gions. The Danville leaf tobacco market ii glutted. A little child was burned to death ii Pittsylvania county. A bill has passed the legislature autli oriziug Warren county to borrow $12, 000 for the construction of a bridge ove one or each branch of the 8hennudo.il river at Kivertou. The leaso of the lltitfinokc & 8outhe.ii railroad by th? Norfolk & Western is ai event of very great importance to th railroad aud business interests of Virgin ia anil tho Carolina*, aud its effect wil be very far-reachiug in many directions Pctur fiAwis Pflllil/n. Jl lirftf mil'n on. well known eccentric character of Ilcur; county, fell from an upper platform ii Martinsville and was so badly injure* that he died in a short while. lie wa probably knowu to every citizen of th county and knew every man in all there gion round about. For thirty or fort; years past he has never failed to nttcm the county courts and all public gather ings and by his eccentric ways and man; comical actions afforded a great deal o amusement. He was kind-hearted, o generous impulses and was never kuowi to wrong a human being. A movement is on foot to induce th city of Norfolk to purchase the old Tnze well residence and grounds ou Grnuh street and convert the same into a park This is a line old house with honutifu grounds, the vesidoneo of Governor Tazc well, and is now owned by liis heirs. NOBTH CAROLINA. New York parties will build a largt brick hotel with ad modern improve mcuts near the university at Cupel Mill. Plans have been prepared for a hand some new 140 room hotel at Stutcsvillc Ashevillc streets arc beiug paved witl vitrified brick. Senator Hill is to be invited to Char lottc to participate in their 20th of Ma; celebration. A clock peddler lias been doing ii| Union county, and has registered over : l60 chattel mortgages, for fldclocks tliu could be bought from Monroe merchant for Gaston county is put down on the lis of counties that arc entirely out of deb and have money iu the treasury. Qastor also has a railroad within ten miles ofcv ery doorstep in it, yet has never paid ou ouo cent of taxes to build railroads. Petfcr Eastey, a negro who was clcclet alderman from the third ward in Winstoi will have his election contested on th ground that he cannot hold agoverumen and city position at the same time, as h is now a mail carrier. A company was organized in Wilming ton last year to cultivate ousters for mur ket. It. now owns 1145 acres of oyste jdantiug bottom auu has built a steam ooat and several scows for their plantinj o^6ratious. It has already'planted ove 100,000 bushels, and propose to distrihut :i00 bushels each month and expect t put the first oysters ou the market ncx fall. The revenue authorities huvo lodge* in j^il at Smithfield, Johnston countj Joe Pulley, a moonshiner, but they liav not as yet secured his still. lie ha* sunk this in a marsh, upon hearing thu the revenue officers were after hiui. The lion. Burgess Sidney Gaithcr die* itt. his home in Morganton, on Tuesday aged 85 years, llis father, Bulges Gaithcr, went to Iredell county from Au uapolis. Md , after the clone oi the revo lutioii, his wife huing Amelia Martin, c Richmond, Va. Bu'ge.ss Sidney Gaitho received a collegiate education and cntei ed upon the praclhu of law in 1829. II was a delegate to the Whig Nations Convention in 1840, which liominatoi Gen. Morrison for Presidont, and i 1841 President Tyler appointed liim sup erioteudent of -1iio mint at Charlotte which position he held for two years Me served in the House of De'egates and wr9 president of the North Cnroliu Senate in 1845. During this season h was elected solicitor of the 7th judical circuit for four years, and in iu 1S4S wa rc elected for a second term of four years Eminent Judges have said that he \va the oldest prosecuting' attorney who hn< ever appeared before them. Mr. Gnitlie represented his distliet both terms c the Confederate Congress, and was die tinguished for his manly bearing durinj all that perilous period rtince t-heu h has taken little port in public affairs ej cept to udvisc the younger generation. 80UTH CAROLINA. Another cotton mill is to be erected f Ft. Mill Spartanburg's cotton acreage will 1; reduced JO per cent. Efforts arc being inadc for the estal lishmcnt of a steam laundry at Cheraw. One of the profitable amuscmen's : thi- South Carolina College is the stud of telegraphy. A regular telegraph c<m pany has been organized and there ai now four stations being operated by tl company. ton 1m( week, had u exciting tiihe. W Amnno tKn Inrnn yJz f ?V tivwu VI UU9COKVTB were Dr. G. F. Forreet and bis brother, Martin L Folnjat, both of New Yor* The Brooklyn base ball team was also on ! board. The Forrfets were l>ouod to I Jacksonville. During the voyage Martin Forrest was violently sea sick, accused the ball players of hypnotising him. On the arrival of tho vessel at her dock ho bocame violently iuiane and created a panic among the passengers. Ho was finally II overpowered by the purser, aided by r Terry, the pitcher, and Burns, an outfielder of the Brooklyn team and turned i over to a policeman who took him to a Charleston hotel. lie was placed in f charge of a medical man nnd left there. m- CHIUI UIWN ? I ? ? ? II wi i I . lar General's office, says thar much had 3 Ijccu said about pushing insurance comr panics out of the State and doiug them great injury. He showed a statement of a one of tlio largest life insurance roiup:nies doing business in the State. Tho return made a statement of a business of r $'340,812.55 for last year. Mr. Norton r says that so far as he knows this com1 pauy has not paid ono cent's worth of ? taxes to tho 8tste, neither has it made any returns of the above amount for taxation. Under 8cction 102 lie said that 8 the companies were liable for taxation on the gross amount of the business of u the company. Whether it is proposed to insist upon the payment of this tax is mi open ipitstiou. heephill^aTreformer. r 1 Ono of South Carolina's Congressii men's Energy at Washington, ' Washington, D. C.?Representative Hemphill is a practical economist, us was j shown during the consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill. Upon bis motion the recorder of deeds ' for the District of Columbia was made a y salaried official instead of rcceiviug fees. " Mr. Hemphill proposed to give the rc' eorder $3,000, ~r.d his amendment was s adopted. The ltepublicuus antagonized u it vigorou<ly, because the present recorder is Ex-Senntor H. K. Bruce, a colored Kcpublicau from Mississippi. ' In support of Mr. Hemphill's motion it was shown that the net profits realized V. by Hccordcr Bruco during the first yenr of his tenure of office, over And above all expenses, amounted to $11,380.10. In 11 the'second year business improved a little and his net profits amounted to $12,c 413.45, or a total net profit of $23,802.55 fOr two years' work v At the instance of Mr. Hemphill the House also gives the register of wills a i fixed salary instead of fees. Mr. Hemp hill is uot a member of the appropriations committee, but us chairmau of the committee on the District of Columbia he is familiar with this subjects He believes i in giviug these officials a reasonable sal ary, but insists that the surplus revenues of the office should be turned back into the treasury. Such economy does not cripple any brauch of tho public service, but it is a 1 severe blow to Aio politicians who are constantly fighting to get the recorder ship. For years past the office has been f given tp colored men, much to the disgust of the white local politicians. Oar i> field gave the recordcrakip to Fred Doug1 I 4 V- - 1 * 1 I-*- * inss \vm ii mu lucni rcai csutie oooui was greatest, and he is said to have realized over $25,000 in one year. Mr. Cleveland, to show his friendship for the col ored Now England Democrats, appointed a colored friend from Albany. The Senate refused to confirm him, so a Bos ton colored man named Trotter was appointed to succeed hitn. When Harriscu came iu there was a grand scramble among local Republicans, but Ex-Senator Bruce carried oil the prize. COL. LAMONT TW THE; SOUTH. His Trip Has the Appearance of a Political Character. J ACkson v i i.l,K. Ki.a.? Col. "Dan S. Lamont, of New York, is at the St. James Hotel in this city, accompanied by Dill. E. Hendricks, an old friend, whose homo is in coin ml New York. Mr. La , mont has been lying low ever since he Uas been hero. Tliu loom clerk of the hotel said : ' "Col. Liimont and Or. Hendricks regr? islcred hero on last Friday. They haven't ? eaten a meal in the dining room siuco ^ they came. Everything has been scut to t their room. No one hits seen them about the office, oven." , The iinpicssioii has been given out that Mr. Lamont was ill and unable to leave ' his room, but it became known that 1m 8 and Dr. Hendricks have been out frequently. One day iney went to l'alatka, and came back at night. Another day thoy went to St. Augustine, and this r morning Pablo Heat h was their destination. Thcv must have used the sido e door in going out Col Luinout says I that he is getting over an attack of the I grip and taking advnnlugcof an enforced absence from business to see a little of ( Florida and the South i. ? ' Darlington's Big Fire, ^ Dahi.inoton. S. C. ? It in found that e the insulauce nearly covers the loss of ^ $117,000 by lire Saturday night, in which 18 much of the public i quaie was laid iu . ashes. B The flames commenced on the north ,j side of public square nnd destroyed every ,r frame building on that side. Only on3 frame building was left facing the west j. side of the public square, and the loss on ? Orange anil I'earl streets is h nvy. About fifty stores and icsidcnccs were burned. Tho square presents an unusual spectacle, with smoking uiins all around, and tall, solitary chimneys it 315 . 92 : : 3.4x *. 1. T>k Kami, Mo.?We have n man within '? one mile of I)e Kalh, William Jones, who is 24 years of age, 0 feet high, 52 inches i- around tho waist, wears a 60-inch coat (chest measure), wears a No. 12 shoe, a it No. 10 hat, and weighs 315 pounds. He lv ran hold out at arm's length with ease a man weighing 100 pounds, lie is a farmer and can do an much work as two common 1C sized men Mr. Jones is married to a lady thut only weighs 92 pounds. FARMERS' ALLIANCE, g 1 " tl What the Leaden an Doiag tad Saying In Waahtigtoi. M fa A Discussion on Why Cotton Mid g, Other Food Product* are Down, If By a Northern Paper. tr w ol A Washington correspondent writes: at "I met Judge Fuller, of North Carolina, at the other day aud lie told me that the th farmers of hia Slate were seeing .hard time* owing to tho low price of cotton. Tobacco, he also said, would 4m planted to oulv two-thirds the extant of |mj| H Mm' ? Commission recently created oy ID* House is investigating the matter aad at will soon suggest a bill intended to rem *| edv (he existing evils. L 4,Hon. K. T. Stackhouse, of South * Cnroliun. is nrooariuir with rrreat otrw * graduated income tax bi'l which wi!' " soon be prcscutod to Congress for con- V. sidcrntion. * "Senator PeiTer says in relation to pvo ^ hibition: ''There is no cfficiout way to ^ deal with the business of dram selling gj but to prohibit it. Any other course '? merely temporizing." ^ "Senator Peiter, who has hitherto op- (}< S?scd any appropriation for the Worm's air. has been won over and will favo* 04 early aud liberal Oovornincnt assistance. Li The President in his recent message ou \V this subject intimated that au appropria- lit lion of us mucb as $8,000,000 would not otl be vetoed. $C "There nro thousands of persons who id wonder why I am colled 'Socklcsa' Simp re son," said thaii?|*rua?mlatlvon*f the State $' of Kansas to un acquaintance. "But W there arc very few who know the roal reason. I was n young fellow with a ? considerable fondness for tho society of young Indies, and I was very proud of W uiy feet." Tho Congressman stretched t"j out his neatly cased ptdnl extremities for the inspection of his friends and glanced P< at thein with prido. "Wc all used to wear tight boots," h* continued, "sometimes so tight to be verj uncomfortable. There was a fellow whe had a foot just n tritle smaller than mine. II lie could wear hoots a size smaller than I, tr and a mutual acquaintance, who, by the tl way, was a youug lady, spoko about it b' to mc ouc evening. 1 was in the habit of ? wcariug heavy woollen socks, and 1 knew that if I should take thorn off 1 ni could wear smaller boots. To mv great 'n joy 1 found on trying that I could weai w a si/.e smaller than my rival, and I at once purchased a pair. I went to call m that evening as usual, and found him there, proud in the i>oeaentan*#?y _ The subject came u W it?about the size of our boots, and he eagerly accepted the challenge to ? measurement. Of course I won. and he w seemed to feel as badly over it as if he had lost n horse race. But the boot- bt maker who was in possession of my hi secret gave me away and the boys all got CI on to the story. Do I wear socks now' bi I should say that I do." hi * * * * * * lei The man who joins the Alliance for tw the purpose of getting a little cheap sugai n 1 or a little office of some kind, isgcuerally te< the one who is found kicking. bi The Alliance Aid Association of South m Dakota has voted almost unanimously t Fi transfer its membership to the New Na tionul Aid dogrec. The Kansas Mutuu' Aid has determined to do likowise When these transfers are completed, tht aid degree will stand square on its feet, J"? and be ablo to pay losses in full at once. Applications are cotping iu by the 1* hundred for agent's commissions, and everything points to* a ?wKini success. ^ Brother Wardall is now inakiug a tour of th m the State*, mid meets with encourage- d< mcnt wherever he goes. dl ? ? * * I U( rERI'KTUAL MOTION. I During tlie discussion of the United "" States Banking bill in Congress some . time in 1835 or 1836, John Randolph,..of 8,1 Roanoke, who was opposed to the passage of the bill which was intended to ^ establish a United States bank, said that 'r he had discovered perpetual motioD, and tb it wus very simple, being that? tli "Paper makrs money, 6C Money makes banks, tt Hanks makes poverty, j0 Poverty makns rage. I tags irakvs papor, Paper makes money, Money makes banks," and so on for ever and ever. . . ? ? rir^ * of The Manufacturer, of Philadelphia, the ed organ of the Manufacturers' Club, dis- In cussing business and financial matters, in says: "The Southern newspapers and 81 cotton exchanges are just now urging gi the plautcrs to reduce their cotton acre- 8< age, and to turn their attention in large measure to tho production of food. This BC counsel is offered upon tho theory that <j< the supply of cotton is in excess of the ,)( consuming capacity of mankind. For Q. this theory there is no warrant iu fact. There are millions of human beings in thin e| country and in Europe, to say nothing of |c the rest of the world, who never in their jj lives had enough clothing. Tho trouble with the planter is not that lie grows too much cotton, but that lie cannot get a fair price for what he docs grow. Ife is driven to enlarge bis product by a des- j, perato purpose to forco up the quantity jj so that with the price falling lie may still c' pay his fixed charges. It -id not j( profit him to grow lesa*cott/V^f~f' more ^ rood, for food prices are dc *o also. He sannot join in nn attempt io force up prices by diminishing the supply, for tho movement would ruin him. TTie only hope of salvation lies in an advance of . prices. Extreme shortage might pro- " duce this result, but the eiTect'could not w be permanent, nnd the planters cannot ft afford to make the exjteriment. The a remedy lies in far other directions, and it ? is of it nature which will effect not cotton only, but all other commodities. Cotton is down because gold is up. The measure of values his been artificially length- f cned, and until it M dl be reduced to " normal proportions (here can be no v ; Mm) returns of pro*polity. We i ere, and Europe suffers, from tiro mry and useless reject iou of silvi W civilised world. When bimets mil be generally restored pries ivanoe and ike mad ecrminblo for ilf be over. It waa reported last > Mr no doubt, that huge deposi aid had been discovered iu C'olo ' ?u At a discovery should be inadt ouble would disappear at once, f ould tumble tho value of gold in ! demonetisation, and uutil tbat ' tall be brought low by ouo mem lother there will be uo improvciuc ? situation that will last." CLAIMS AGATNST CHIU. [ore Than Two Millions Aaked Washington, D. C.?Papers wort the Btate Department asking for r ion and damages for the crow c uitcd States steamship Haiti more, c ililiau (Jovertiuieul for injuries rcc< id false imprisonment undergone n no of tho riots at Valparaiso iu Oct >01. Tho damages claimed aggri >,095,(MM), as follows: False Imprisonment ami Assault? cAdom, $ 110,000; John Downey, >0; Andy Iloyle, *30,000 ;0. Welle 10,000. Very f?-tivc Injuries?Jeremiah A n, $150,000; John Hamilton, $150 eorgc l'autcr, $150,000. (Serious Injuries?Joseph Quigley,! H); John McBridc, $100,000; Wi icy, $100,000; M. lloulchnn, $100 'illiani Caulfleld, $75,000; 1'. Mi uns. $75,000; James M. Johnson, >0; John Uoouoy,$75,000; James <1 K>,000; F. Clifford, $00,000; F. Fr k, $00,000;F. II. Smith, $00,000; it Brown, $50,0000; It J. J. He i0,000; John Butler, $50,000; ( illiams, $50,000. False Imprisonment and Light As John W. Frecse, $40,000 jTiiomas gher, $40,000; C. II. Out It, $40 Sullivan, $40,000; Audrew Ne 10,000; S. W. Cook, $30,000; II. ugham, $30,000; Peter O'Neill, $30 ter Johnson, $30,000; Alfred Pfc 10.000; Adolph Swausou, $30,000, Tho Groat Wall of China. A pnrriiQnnntloiil of tlisi T.n lustratod News, who baa r?o avuled acrms Siberia, Mongolia ? Gold desert, entering Northern C f tho Nnnkow Pass, givesnu inturo icouat of tho world-reuownod "( rail of China." "I iind folly prof ysolf for something wonderful," 10 correspondent, "but this mart ork more than realized my expects id fairly held me spellbound for a iautus. One can form some idea c mic the Celestials must have be fcoa. they undertook such a gig wrier. What struck tut. must ir: all was its wonderful stato of prost on, tho symmetrically licwn ston hick It is composed showing but [trs of tho ravages of timo." biding of tho gigantic wall in sal iva been ooiunuincod by Km| le-Hwaug-Te in tho year 214, 13 it it whs not completed until nc indrod years later. It extends ngth of more than 2000 miles, is rontv-five to thirty feet high, and thickness varying from twelve tone ea foot. It is un earth wall, lined iek on both 8ide3 and provided imerous turrets uud buttlcinout rank Leslie's. How n Russia 11 Peasant Riot Count Loo Tolstoi described oently to Octavo Houdaille,who vii m at Jasnaja-Pojauu, how a Hu; iftsaut dies: "Death is dark and torriblo or ie canvas of the painter, but hor U country II is almost a pictur irth. I just cmno from n peasi :athbed. The man knew that he i ? and his nsm lasted several dr*j?, it once did his serenity of soul 1 en. Whoa death was quite near, is customary, a waxed taper was pi his hand, his face essoined an cx| on of unutterable happiness. It s< range to ine that after such a s iat I have felt so little emotion. A otn all religious feeling, death is lese people a release from trot lercforc, all absence of the clou irrow seen elsewhere. It is the po le slumber which the peasant mged for in the depth of his mil id the sorrow of living is over." Phosphate Men Gloomy. MACO'.f, Ga?Freight Agent Do the Georgia Hon!hern Ihiilroad, re I home from South Carolina, who id been since the first of the year, g after the phosphate business in ate for his road. Mr. Dorsey re cat gloom in the phnsph'ttc indusl >uth Carolina, ami soys that the '88 has been badly crippled this se otbing like the amount of phos Id last season has been sold this, etnatid in business is not less tli sr cent. None of the plants are in |)cranon; ami ?,?t u men arc out o loyment. Mr. Doraey thinks the s of south Georgia will put 50 per 88 fertilizers in the grouml thi: lau hus ever been known. Mr. Holden'a Funornl. Kai.eioii, N. C.?The funeral o itc ex-Governor William W. Iloldei eld from Edenton Street Metl hurch here Wednesday afternoon, iterment was in Oakwood Cemetery 'ypographical Union attended in a I An Ex-Governor Burned to Dea Litti.e Rock, Auk.?Ex-Gov. Eli 'onway was accidentally burned to 1 his own residence. It is suppos ras asleep at the time. He was ver nd feeble, quito eccentric and lone, not allowing any one else to n the premises. Death of Col. John T. Rhott Columbia, 8. C.?Ex-Mayor Jo tbett died Sunday after a lingerir iess of one month. He was str vith paralysis on the 3Jst of Januat ??* PRETTY POLITICS. * by 'iiwn The Political Field Growing Ve gold Interesting. vock, . ratio! 84nkW* ****** Domq States Bei , i he ing News of Imporor it tance. R|)itC valuo The North Carolina Convention, is or ut of RiUUen, N. C.?It was decided the 8tato Executive Committee, wlii met here to hold the btato Convention Haleigh on May 18. The dato decided upon was the dr Bv suggested *>y tho president of the 8ti y Alliance, who, though not a member , flh?d meeting, was in tho citjf, and express eitar- himself on the subject in udvauco of t ,f tho meeting. d the There was fouud a disposition to ma >ived uvery reasonable concession to the Fan it the 00,1 Alliance aud there was a good d? loiter outspoken sentiment in favor ol L'gate H,ute ticket headed by Capt. 8. 11 Ak auder and El as Carr. John 1 - .. |,.j0 . in "inttle Rhody." laud, Phovidrnck, H I.?At the Pcinocrn Stuto Convention held hero Wcducsdi ndcr- Ex-Lt Gov. AV. T. C. Wardwoll, of Hr ,000; tol, was nominated for Governor, n Clins. E. Goruiun, of Providence, i MOO- Lieutenant Governor. Ilium Delegated to the National Couvcnti ,000; were instructed for Clcvelaud. AVil- w $75,- Election at Elmira, N. Y. illcu, , Y. City ?Special dispn'chc* or" the World say that "the city uud tot War- vlcctions iu different portions of t ' State show general Democratic revunw /. U. ^publlcana oloctsd Mayors in U ca, Oswego, Auburn, Coruing, llornel "5. , villo nud Amsterdam, and iu Elmira t -J*** regular Democratic candidate, clmmpk ,000; |,y Souutor Hill, curried but one w:i >Ison, ,jl0 cj(y Large huiiis of money w< !n* Kl>el^ 011 both Bides for votes, it is sui ' it . ;,m' 'udependont Democratic cam "Icr, date, for whom Cleveland Democrats n liepublicans voted, wns chosen. "In Ptien, too, Hit 1 nud Clevcla Democrats were arrayed against eii udon other, while in Oswego a split bet we eotly the Democratic factions paved the w and .'or a Republican victory. In Troy t Miina 1 >cmocr its elected their Mayor by o\ sting 5,(tOO majority. ireat "The Republicans also made gains >arcd supervisors, and iu Duchess count save where last year the board stood ciglitc uloua '),MU crii*8 *? C'K^1 Republicans, it is I tions ''cvc^ *1'? Hopnbllciuia havo elect ? lilteeu members aud the Democrats clc fPW ( ? if the en in Prohibitionists Beaten. u?ihc Rome. Ga.?Tho city sloction king i win. . m tin^jjiMcsy issu?, and the Prohil 5rva* lionfsts were badly beaten. There wi 08 ?' inauv fiirlits at the noils few " ? The Chicago's Big Wigwam. noroi Chicago, Iix.?The locall Democrat Convention Committee have accept( 'J plnus for a wigwam to hold 18,000 pe vcrul n0!)8 Tha Western inen think Hill h 1? B lhe National Committee, and tlmt its wl from such a stubborn fight was made by tl has committee for a majority of the sea' ven- 'Phc plans arc now changed and 3,0i with more seats added, which the oommitt with will capture, thus giving this city 0,0 ta.? seats and the National Committee 12,00 The wigwam is to cost $24,000 m will be built on tho lake frout at the fu )a of Madison street. Florida Republicans. isiun The Floriiia Kepublican State Convc tion will he held at Tallahassee April 1 i tho There is some !?"' of the Iu.,,uu!ieui in j?'u'nK forces with the third party on tl . State ticket. The eight delegates ,, Minneapolis will undoubtedly be pled ed for Harrison, mist ? jet SENATOR HILL'S SALARY. eavo and, need He Only Draw it From the Tin [ires- When Ho Took His Seat. corns washington, 1). C?There wai qu 01)1,0 nn interesting little episode in tho rooi LSido <)f f|ie secretary of tho Senate this nfl '(,r uood. After the vote on the Idaho n ible ; iimii licpn tiiki'd s<?iiiitr?r ii ill nl i/,ll?/l ii ' "f (he room nml remarked (lint if convi nice, lent lie rvouhl like (o draw a little mom Iiiis 'j'lm Hccretniy of the Senate, who is (Jt scry, Anson (J. McCook, of New York, is l disbursing ollirer of the Hennte. I draws monthly from the Treasury a sul cient amount pay the salaries of Seiiati ami at the lii'gicuiu^ i?f every sessi draws enough 10 pay their mileaga n "lc y* stationary allowances Hcnntor ilil re ho .request was promptly responded to t k Secretary McCook's disbursing clci 4 who placed before liiiu vouchers for i that 1 ports utnount aggregating ntiout live tnou?ni i v of dollars, and a ked him to sign them, busi- "Oh, no," said the ticikitor, "I want ason voucher for my saluiy from the dip iih'ite w.'s sworn in, the 7th of January, 1 til The "I* <(> "H! rn^ t'cbruaiv. This is yo hi 10 |>?.V day. is it not - the third of t >w in month?" The tleik said it wus, lj f went on to remark that they had a certi farm- an,ouut standing ou their books to t cen? credit of the New Yo k Hcnntor, and h year l>!,y ?u* on'y ^ portion of that anion would cause confusion in both th book-keeping and that of the Treasn Department. With some btusqucncss manlier Mr. Hill said this was none . . liis business; tlicy must keep up th ' 10 books to suit themselves. He wished 11 \s l? draw his salary for the actual tiine IOTH Bervc<' ",'i Senate, and not one c< T|J* moro. Aft r some further parleying t , ? clerk made out a voucher for f897.1 '' and BIr. Hill sigucd it and took ? eh/ I lor that amount in full payment of his claims upon the Senate nn?l milof aa N. fund up to date. Seven hundred 11 death seventy-eight dollars of this amount \ ed he salary from Jununry 7 to February ! y 0|(| the balnncc was for mileage. The tl lived bin sing clerk stated afterwards that i sleep balance left undrawn was $4,221, wh would in due course bv operation of I be covered back into the Treasury. j ^ Virginia and the World'* Fair ?g ill- Richmond. Va ?The Heare c? icken gates passed a bill appropriating $25,< to the World's Fair, and the Seoate night agreed to it. jM _ km SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. I ry The Terminal System Completely Reorganised. tf* Consolidation of Bichmoad Ttrmiul With the R. A p., K. T.? T. & O., and Oogtral of Ooorgia ?Detail* of tjio Organizotion. , by c*! New Yore. [Special. ]-Tbe Richmow! Terminal Compauy's slcx.lthoideft'i . committee aro about ready to submit their. plan for the fluaucial reorganisation of . that company and tho r^adi cout rolled --j- l?^....ia **iiutid*wua er**mw?ah?per^w?i" ' . ? and all the companies included itvjj**1 Itichuioud nud Danville, East Toaqr^l . Virginia and tle??rgia and Contral ?*anKc road of Georgia kj stems, aggregating '4nj 8,8''0 miles, iuto one corporation and ofte |an management. Tin; now company will bo called tho 1 " "Southern Hallway Company." The committee piopyqc the issuo of #500,000,000 of new securities. Those new securities nre to take up aud retire all of the tic securities issued and outstanding ou the iy, properties as at present organized, and is provide for all the flunking debts, car ml trusts and other unfunded obligations for of the several companies. CAPITALIZATION, DEBTS, ETC. The present amount of capitalisation aud unfunded debts of tho various companies is over #480,000,000, instead of #3 It!, 500,000 first mortgage 4s, #03,5(10,to t'OO incomes, $75,000,000 preferred stock, vn ami #150,COO,000 common stock as at ho tii h| pro|H>scd. The new securities rtill ;s. consist of #420,000,000 first inortgago 4 ti pur cent, bonds, #05,000,000 HswfKoMaii#! Is- mortgage 4 per cent, iucom*bonds. #75,ho 000,000 5 per crut. prefcrud stock, and in- #140,000,000 common stock. Of tho tul first mortgage bonds it is proposed to ifjro sue #515,000,000 immediately for tho reid, tircmcut of tin presold bouded debts sipi li for tho paying of tloating debt, car trusts, ud etc ; 15,000,000 are reserved for impiovcincuts to the properties. OUTLOOK Poll THE NEW COMPANY. ' The new company will tlpis start with 411 interest chnrgri of #8,<100,000, to which will lie ndilcd existing rentals of #1,500,0 JO, making altogether #10,100,000. Tliia la aviip tl'i i\iui nnn l?? * * ih iw ?? *i VII,VW|VW IUDO mail tuu present fixed charges and iinuunl car n trust payments. The new plan while saving fit,000,(100 of fixed cluirgcs, will 011 relieve the companies of Hoatiugdcht and M!aeeurcoiio management for the whole sysr' (em. Iiy the latter competent experts helievu'thut from (0,000,000 to $3,000,000 can bo added to the net earnings during the next your. The gross'ehrn, ings of the system aro now $10,000,000 *d per annum, with cotton and all the in? *# As this vast system oPrallroadsreaches nil parts of the South, any favorable change in tho conditions there will imic mediately improve its earnings, honce it sd is reasonable to expect that tbo gross r- earnings wilt reach $42,000,000 next as year. The ratio of expenses to earnings iy heretofore has bofn uoout 70 per cent., he but it is expected that tho economies 's. which will he promoted by this cousoliD0 elation will reduce this to (JOfl per cent, ee From this it may be sccu that $14,000,00 000 may be reasonably expected. Such 0. a result, which is almost certain, will pay id the interest on the first mortgage bonds >ot and the incomes, uml show immediately nearly 2 per cent, on the preferred stock. AN KIJUITAIJUC 1'LAN. It is said that the plan of distribution n. of new securities to retiro the old securi3 tiet is most cipiitablo, each of tho old llu .oics being considered in all its bearings i)0 and treated strictly on its merits withto out prejudice or partiality. Tho comg. inittco propose to raise about $34,000,000 of cash by the sale of a portion of securities. The Richmond Terminal stock1. ? 1.1 ...in t .a 1 ?i-Ji m " - IIIMUUIB Will 1113 UIICI'UU IIID privilege OI taking the securities nt prices which will promise them a profit of at least 8 per Q? cent. This subscription will be underwritten by a bankers' syndicate, in order .. to assure the success of the rcorganizn|n tion. To the security holdcis the plnn JJ. alTords relief from the uncertainty of their (so security and prospective losses which . have stared them in the face for several i to Y^ars. ,y IJIMKKHK COMMKRCIAL VAI-l'K. m The consolidation of this great system lie under one inuungcmcut, and its iucorpolie ration upon a sound and stable financial fli basis cannot fail to be of immense com>rs mercinl value to the South', on For tho almost unknown stock and nd bonds issued upon local roads through IPs out the South there will be given an by equivalent amount of securities which k, will have a ready market and fortheoman ing value iu the greatest money centres ad 'n our country. This of itsc'.f will ndd greatly to the available capital of the ;a South. I2I Legends of iho Maorlea. iiir The Maorios arc sometime* generally, be and even exquisitely poetical. Oue of nit than relates how the heavens and tho >>n earth wcro at tho beginning of thing' ,c united in marriage, au?l how tho sky ,0 was torn away from tho partner of her "I1 love by bcr own children, tho ntor ii c,r winds. ! ]very nigh; she weeps over her 11 y l.i t lunlHtuI il...r taau ..... It. . .1.... Sometimes tho stories arc very <pi ilutly rjr and oddly imaginative, as where tho fo talc is told of three hrethcrou who look a jie chdoo to fish, and went far, far out into ,nl tho open sea, when ono of them, who ,|,o prepared a magic hook, caught what was [)9, supposed to be a great fish at tho bot ek tnm? ?nd, drawing it up lo tho surface, all found that ho had discovered Now Zenigo land. Tlint was how tho land camo in fid boing, niul the Maorios point to thrco of *'as tho great mountain ranges as tho stone 29; sinncs in which their giant ancestors caino from some far-off country to pco!?c pie tho land. Tho uuxturo of childish ,c" naivete and high imagination makes the aw collection actually fascinating.?Contemporary Review. ?>c There arc in the world !47 educaJ(>0 I tioual institutions called universities. >iat I The largest is in Paris, tho next in VI# I enna and Uie third in iieriin.