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['THE WIMLTiXmiOl TUBS
PP VOL- XXIII." NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1892. NT7MRW.R ?.:
Canada has about doubled its railway
mileage in tea years.
,* There is what the New York Commercial
Advertiser calls "an excellent rule'
at Harvard University which prohibits
any student from participating in athletic
sports unless he maintains a certain
standing in his studies.
What is now North Berwick, Me., was I
known as Dougbty's Falls thirty years
ago. A postal clerk says that occasion- j
ally letters are even now addressed to j
Doughty's Falls, and that he has ha I
one such in his hands within the last t
month.
> - Twenty
million dollars is the 03ti- ^
mated worth of flax products imported- y
into this couutry last year, aud oar farm
oio aw utuu, reeorus tue iNew York v
World, to have destroyed 1,070,000 toua ?
of flnxstraw. .
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The great question in Paris, learns the
Boston Transcript, is whether she shall ^
hold a World's Fair in 1900. It is J,
agreed that the Champ.? de Mars, and n
such buildings as survive from the great fi
shows of 1869, 1878 and 18S9 shall not
be used. ol
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A joint committee of the two houses |,
of the English Parliament has reported
< lectricity a suitable and efficient source *1
of motive power, and rcccomended that
electric railway construction be encouraged
throughout England.
. "It is curious," muses tho Boston ""
Transcript, "how one invention renders
a previous invention useless. Siuce the w
coming in of the electric cars, the patent 1)4
switches which were turucil by the horses
have become inoperative and the railway
company has gone back to first princi- -v!
plos?that is to say, to a man with a *'
witch-hook." "
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The Chicago Herald is astonished that in
although the Uuitod States is a country
. |(i
possessing immense timber tracts, it ap- 1
pears that it imported woo I aud wood
products to the value of ??1,772,185 in
the year ending Juno 30, 1891, and in
the same time exported similar articles
? - tr\
. Au English writer tells an amusing ^
6tory of a country house where a regular oy
l ? > l >?!>??> '
UU..J .UHV,U5 > . ?v, tn
chauce is given one of breaking the sh
monotony. It is of a man who waute.1 sw
to stay in a country-house, thinking it
would givo him the opportunity of propoling
to a gill with whom he lud beeu th
iu love for a long time. 11 is visit was th
to last a fortnight, but the last evening
came without his having had one
ag
chance of beiug aloue with her during sw
the whole time. As he sat at dinuor N
(ot course he was at the opposite end of m
the table to where she was), he felt the 611
re
time was fast passing away, and in a few y,
hours he would no longer be in the same
house with her.? When the ladies weut
to the drawing-room, ho would have to
sit on in tho dining-room. His host ao
might allow him to look iu at the draw- ca
ing-room for a few minutes that evening, fe,
but after that his presence would be re- uu
nuired iu the billiard-room. In utter 'ai
lie
desperation he took up the mouu card, co
and on it wrote: 'Will you marry jj{
W a rlnnltlAil Ik lira t.ftllin'r fchft bp
butler to give it to the lady in question.
lie did so. She read it, ami, with ttio "
Is
perfect sangfroid born only of the nineteenth
century, said: "Tell the gentlotnan,
'Yes.' "
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The Boston Brimmer School had this tl
year an exhibition of what is known as C
the Swedish "sloyd" work?"sloyd" ^
signifying both to plan and to execute. tl
The work was first taught in the North o
Bonnet Street Industrial School in 1388.
n
and consists in copying on paper and then
;in actual material auy model put beforo
the pupil. In 1839 Qustaf Larsson i
went >* ' the school and aodilied tho fti
series of models to fit American ide is, uj
the models previously used having been 8j
K Swedish entirely. In Sweden the plan A
seems to have beon for the pupil to con- 8'
struct his object directly from the mo lol ^
without making a working drawing, ami tl
tho improvements in tho direction of do- tl
signs were added by Mr. Lirssonnt a ^
later period. According to tho report
of the Boston Superintendent of Schools, >
there are now abouWoOO pupils in that '
city receiving shop instruction, mostly (l,
in wood-working. There are six shop3 f,
for instruction in wood-working by
either the Swedish or Russian systems. '
The boys are said to consider tho "sloyd"
work as much n part of their regular
course ns any other study. Tho entire C
course in the work of the put year in- ^
eluded tho construction of About t' ',kyfive
models, ranging from the simple h
whittling of a wedge to tho complex 2
making of a cabinet having a drawer w
and a door with carved panels. This
work is divided, for the grammar
schools, into a three years' course, tak- P
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PRETTY POLITICS,
Interesting Events (From All Over
The Field.
Nomination* For Oongraw and State
Ticket* Mad* at a Lively
Bat*.
A convention of Ohio Democratic colored
men will be held at Akron on Sep
tember 15-10.
Lynchburg, Va.?The Democratic
nominating convention for the Sixth District
nominated lion. Paul C. Edmunds
for re-election by acclamation.
At Richmond, Va., the Third party
listrict iuct and nominated Walter E.
jlrunt for Congreaa.
At Martinsville, Va . tho Democratic
Jongrcssional convention for the Fifth
lomiuatcd Claude A.Swausonof Pittsylania
county.
Rat.kioii, N. C.?John 8. Henderson
ras renominated for Cougrea* by acclanation
by Democrats of the 8eventh I>isrict.
Frank Koonce is nominated for
Jougres by the Third party in the Third
iistrict.
The number of voters registered in
lissksippi and entitled to take part in
lie November election is about 80,000,
f whom 9,000 are negroes. It is cstilated
that 91 per rent. of the negroes
ailed to register.
Col. W. C. I\ Brcckcnridge has been
(Hcinlly declar> d the Democratic nomi
ee for Congre s from Ashland district
i Kentucky, no candidate having apcared
against him.
Senator llalc stated in an interview
mt Mr. Blaine will, if physically able,
i-liver two or three speeches during the
imp<ign in Maine; otherwise lie will
(press his views in a letter.
The Washington Democratic State
invention at Olympia nominated H.J.
livclly of Yakima, for Governor; J. R
unday for Congress; H. C. Wi son tor"
ieutenaut Governor, aud B. K. Ilaima
id H. W. Brinker for the Supreme
Mich.
During the session of the Kentucky
'gislaturc a Senator said that any man
lio said the journal was incorrect "lied
?m the tip of his lying tongue to the
ittom of his black, bribe taking heart,"
d that he was astonished that the Sene
would tolerate such a member who
inc into the Senate "bleary eyed and
capable of comprehending the business
fore it." When lie was called to orr
he "disclaimed anv intention of be.
g personal."
An Electric lint Polisher.
The electric hat polisher is the latest
novation in the field of applied eleccity.
In the lower corridor of the
'W.vy i
is process. The operation is as simplo
it is effective. The hat is slipped
er a clutch, which holds it firmly, and
e clutch is attached to the end of the
aft of a small motor. The current is
ritchcd on, and as the hat spius around
the rate of 2000 revolutions a minute,
brush moistened with benzine, or some
ore mysterious fluid, is applied. .After
is cleansing strips of silk or plush take
e brush, and the hat is polished off.
Ironing is rendered unnecessary, as
e heat developed by the friction
;ainst the rapidly moving surface anrers
every purpose of a heated iron,
ot only is much time saved over the old
ethod, but the results are said to be I
ipeiior. Silk, derby or straw hats are
novated with equal success.?New
ork Advertiser.
Cniqi'o Way of Cntolilug Seal.
Mr. Dyer, who livos on a small Islan 1
ar Seven Ilundrod Aero Island, Isle9rough,
Mo., has a unique way of
tching seal. Ho takes u pole seven
et in length, to which are attached a
imber of common co ltish hooks with
nyards several feet in height. The
>oks aro batted with a herring. This
mtrivauce is anchored and buoyed, the
loks being ju9t below the surface. The
als in swallowing the herring become
)oked and are caught. Mr. Dyer has
,ken a large number in this manner.?
ew York Post.
8hot*$By Hie Mistres*.
Cmfton Fohoe, Va.? Rucker Booze,
young man from Buchanan, Ya., who
as been here for the past few weeks in
le employ of the Withrow Lumber
'oinpaiiy, was accidenlly shot and fatally
founded by u pistol in the hands of
arrie Moore, his mulatto mistress, while
liey were in a vacant house about. !!
'clock iast uight. Booze is of good
amity. He will die. The woman has
ot been arrested.
Two Roads Didn't Sign.
Ateanta.Ga. ?The Southern Steamship
id ruilwuy Association adjourned after
early all the roads of Virginia, the Carlinns,
Tennessee, Georgia and Florida
going, the C. "qniiHti Southern and the
labnma Great . Athern having fniled to
gn the agreement. Major Fink has
veil days in which to make up his mind
he impress on among the members is
int there will be a bitter boycott of
lese roads unless Major Fink gives in.
reed Her Dress to Take Her Life.
New York, N. Y.?Mary Burns, aged
?, of 42 Christie street, was arrested on
ite Bowery last night for teing drunk
d disorderly. She was locked un in
'io station house and this morning was
Mind dead. She had torn lijer dress into
!i eds and hanged herself to the bars of
lie window.
A Mountain Cave Ho?p?ta!.
Memphis, 'IVnn.?A special from Coal
'reek says a mountaineer arrived there
lingiug information of the discovery of
ho - pital in t e mountains a few miles
rom Coal Creei which the miners have
uproviscd into a cave. lie says he saw
1 dead bodies there and a large number
rounded.
MacHne Associate Justice.
Rai.kioii, N. C.?Gov. Holt has apoiuted
.lames c. McRae, of Fayettcville
ij be Associate Justice of the Supreme
ourt, to till the vacancy caused by the
eath of Judge David Davis.
ALLIANCE READING.
President Butler's Annual Message
To tha North Carolina State Alliance
in Seaaion at Qreenaboro.
To the N. C. Farmer?' Stat* Alliance:
BrbtiirknOne year ago you placed
your banuei iu my hands. You placed
mc in the front of the N. C. division cI
the great national army of reformers
It was a position of tremendous responsibility
and I trust I felt in a large dc
, grce the gravity of the situation. It wm
at a time when the organization was enteiing
the roost critical period of its existence,
a time when we nud our principles
were to be subjected to the supremcst
crucial test The year has been a stormy
one. Every day, Sundays exclu led,, the
fire of the euemy lias been poured upon
us with merciless force nud iu an un
scrupulous manner. The inoucy power
has left no stone uuturned to crush the
movement and dowu the cry of the weak
for mercj aud the deinsud of freemau for
ju tice.
Toilav Wfl HIP t nirain I .? "" """
what has been accomplished; what the
present status of the organization is, and
what is our duty iu the future. Every
reform movement has its various stages ol
growing and development. Many ol
those movements sooner or later reach
the stage of disintegration and decay.
This hss been the case wheu tho cause
has beeu slight or local or temporary or
when the people failed to tiud the true
cause for a real wrow^ and therefore
could not apply the tr^ remedy. The
cause of the present movement is deep
rooted and wide spread. It is one that
in a large degree affects alike every laborci
aud wealth producer of the whole country
A portion of those suffering from the
blighting effects of some great ij^fetmrr
caused them to organize to study the
situation. They formed themselves into
a great vigilance commit tec to search for
the cause, a cause that made them poorci
while each worked harder created more
wcal'h, a cause that has made poor the
people whose labor has made their country
rich. giucc this class of men ami
this cond<tiou existed in every <piartci
of the country, the organization soon
spread over the whole country. Fot
years the cause or raftocr the causes have
been simultaneously searched for aud
studied from Maine to California and
from the lakes to the gulf. The cause
or part of the causes were found. The
whole organization agreed on them. The
public generally agreed that the evil
causes existed. We then appealed to
the law makers of the country for a rem
cdy. Great sympathy was expressed
for our condition, but no remedy was
offered. The organization then formul
ated its own remedies for each cause and
appealed to the law makers to give u<
tiley if^ivcT',0iYwXo,'5il fail It with
something better. That was fair. For
if the wrongs exist, if unjust and oppressive
laws are on the statute books, it is
the duty of our law makers to give m
relief, to give us our remedy or a better
one. Up to date the demands of tliepeople
have been ignored, while every
rcqust of the monopoly corporations and
the mouey power has been promptly
agreed to. We have just realized that
the organization cime too late for justice
to be gotten by petition. * * * *
THE KALKIUII CONFLUENCE.
On April 17th I called u conference of
the Alliance of the State through on-'
representative from each county. I did
it in the iutercsts of our principles and
the cause of r, form. While at times during
the year many of us (though a unit
iu thought) havo differed in judgements
as to methods, yet today the organization
is practically a unit in action as well as
thought. I believe that the guidance of
a divine hand hus turned what at times
seemed to be mistakes, into blessings.
Our seeming errors have proved to be the
essence of wis lorn, for by what methods
could we have have been stronger thau
we arc today? Therefore let us at all
times have that chaiiiy of opinion for
cucli brother, for we may honestly differ,
that we have a right to expect from each
other brother.
DEATH OK COL. l'OI.K.
During the year the organization. Na
tioual as well as Slate, has suffered an irreparable
loss, and each member h;?*s felt
a sore bereavement by the untimely death
of our great and beloved leader, Col. L.
L. Polk. We have never known u purer
mail, nor has any organization ever been
blessed with a more ardent, devoted and
loyal leader, yet bis charity toward those
who differed with him in opinion, and
liis spirit of fairness toward those who
opposed him was almost supeihuman,
liis great work and his magnificent example
lives after him. ami is today an
inspiration to every icforinei to have the
courage of his eo ivictions and to carry
on the work for humanity so grandly
and heroically begun. Let us Imild a
tilting nioiium- nt to bis inemorv. but bis
greatest monument will be the place he
holds in the hearts of his people. Let
his last words ever be the motto of the
hour, "Do your duty "
Dr. Talmage As a Dion.
TIirminoitam, Eng. ? Dr. Talmage Sun
day addressed the largest assembly evci
glittered in liitmiugliam. The town
hall was trammer! with an audience of
S.000 persons, and outside there hovered
:;0,0 (0 more people, whom Dr. Talmage
addressed from his cariiaee after the scr
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vices iu the hull.
On his way back to his hotel Dr. Tal
mage was informed that 10,000 person.wete
still waiting on the other side ol
the town hail to near liim. Heirmnedi
ntily turned and briefly addressed them,
and the immense crowd, estimated at
WhQO, sang 'Tmise ?'iou, from whom
all blessings flow." The main doors r l
the hotel had to be bolted against tin
surging crowd, which ran ahead of the
doctor's carriage.
Ran Away With His Mother in-Law.
8ai.rm, Va. ?A citizen of this place
has been placed in a curious predicament
by the action of his son in law. The
latter, who lives with his father-in law
and works at tin' mines of the 8nlem
Furna 'CC Company, returned home a few
nights ago and eloped with his motherin
law. The father-in-law lias ins itotcd
a suit for divorce on the ground of desertion.
THREE STATES' BRIEFS,
Telegraphic Dispatches Froa Htay *
Points of Interest
The Fields of Virgins, North and jj
South Carolina Carefully
Gleaned For News, nj
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VIRGINIA. T1
There are about 1,000 miucre out on a h<
strike at Pocahontas at present.
The national archery tournament began ?|
at Old Point Comfort Thursday, an !
nearly all the clubs in the United State ?*
have representatives present.
Col. John M. Brockenbrouxrh died at fe
his resilience in Richmond. He was 03 Ml
years of ace and a native of Richmond ^
county. 11 u. Vir- gj
cihia legfuicnt in thcwirTSp^Pnllt'yt'- ft0
th?
Mrs Ye, wife of the Corean secretary, ea<
lias not been well for some months past, gu
and will leave Washing:on September 5th to
for a vi.sit to lier lionte in Core* *n
, ~ - -.V? 1UI
country she will be accompanied by Mits '
Davis, of Abingdon, Va., who will go as coi
a missionary. 1 hey will sail September Tb
17th from San Fiaucisco. 6i
A fa'al and singular accident occurred
on board the tiaiu a tcr it left Quantico
for Frederi' ksbuig Saturday evening, by
which a colored woman had hrr neck <
broken She wasou her w ay fr m Wash- gQ
ington to her home, near Brooke station, ^hi
After the train left Quantico she at- cjj
tempted to pass through the car, when e(j
by a sudden lurch of the train she was 0f
thrown viol ntly against the back of one nn
the si ids and her neck broken. aje
NOPTH CAROLINA; in(
The residence of Sheriff R. D. Rom of
at Asheboro was buriicd Tuesday. all]
The Rowan County Fair will be held ftd<
in Sulisbuty October 4-7.. bri
(Joy Maxwell, aged 83, was drowned ('?
in Lake Forsyth at Charlotte, Friday. 1
Ayourglady, Miss Kate Pat>er, was
killed by lightning at Farmer's Turnout, J|j,
Brunswick county. jn
The aggregate valuation of the prop- off
crty in Forsyth county, as shown by the 8. <
taxlistcrs, is $7,570,318. The property one
held by the white citizens is rated at wai
$7,450,593, aud the colored people at p?l
$122,725. A I
Dr. Kemp P. Battle, of the State Un ant
ivcrsitv, has accepted an invitation to aiu
deliver the historical address at Raleigh's die
ccntconial celebration on October 19th (2
His subject as assigned by the committee anc
will bs "The Fiist Hi.udrcd Years of haj
Raleigh." Ion
The convention of oysler growers was bis
hold at Ocracokc last week. Resolutions CXf
were adopted ami ordered to be present- 8e*
cd to the Legislature next winter that
the oysterinau were opposed to scraping '
or dredging of any kind Od ojster w?s
\VTtupdate u> v.. t hM^iiai i Christian
chaplc, in LcnOu?^m^RPBr ?k?,
about three months past. Their church t
now has a mcmbeiship of about 140. The u
Hicctiugs aie very sensational, the people
falling on the floor in trances, etc. Three
young men of that section have been or
daincd ministers of this church.
SOUTH CAROLINA: LFr<
Ch ulesion has quarantined against the me,
cholera. ?0t,
Lieut. Commander Win. W. Rhodes /
lias been ordered to duty at the naval sta- aft<
lion at l'ort Royal, S C. sho
The acreage ?>f set island cotton in the cir<
State is 12 to I > per cent, less thau last ooc
year. bin
A little boy named John Meldow was mu
drowned in Colonial Lake at Charleston, mrt
Thursday.
Fairfield county fair will bo held at
Winnsboio October 27-28. The Rich-1 mi]
land fair will open at Columbia on Nov. ^
** Ma
The Gcogetown Rice Mill has recently cut
put?loven liiigleburg rice hulicrs iu its wo
mill at a cost of $4,000. The acreage in the
rice is increasing. the
OTHER STATES. Cri
A coroner's jury nt Nashville, Tenn , ^
investigated the killing of J 11. Taylor, ?.
a horse thief, and returned a verdict that .
Sheriff Hill was justified in killing the .
man. th)
A man at Macon, On., has a $10 note thi
of the State of North Carolina, priutcd it
in 1788 While he is rather proud of his ra,
treasure as a curiosity he cannot helu cal
dilating the compound interest lie has *C!,
lost by the money lying there unemployed. wj
Mrs. Tom Woolfolk Remarried.
Macon, Ga.?Mr*. Georgia Byrd
Woolfolk, the widow of Torn Woolfolk,
was mat l ied to George Lamb, superin 'P
tendent of u barrel fnrtory here. Woolfolk's
crime is well kuow,o. Five years
ago he killed nine members of his own
family in order to gain possession of the Pc
family estate. For three years he was 'p'
in prison awaiting the final disposition
of iiis case by the courts. During that W(
time his wife kept up the appearance of
constancy, but dressed flashily and be
havod in a questionable manner. Geor- J?
gic By i d's Aarriugo to Tom Woolfolk
was a t unajBp alTuir, and the ceremony 1,1
was perforimd or a moving train while
it was passing through the principal -r
cemetery of th city of Macon She has P(
frequently ascribed her ill luck to the J"1
fact that she was married in a grave"rd
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Gen. Prince Commits Suicide. b
I.ondon cablegram: It is now del ^
initelv known that the American gen
Ionian who committed suicide oo Friday
at Marley's Hotel was Brigadier-General
He:;: v Thincc. aired Ski. a retired ofticei
of the American aimy. Gen. Prince G
left a letter n fid rested to "All my si
friends," in which he s.?id that death was in
a relief which physicians ought to bring w
about when a man's life becomes was'ed tl
by n.ituie. At the inquest a verdict of it
"temporary insanity" was delivcicd. al
Gcu Prince had shot himself with a C
revolver and w;n found dead. Ho is w
supposed to have become despondent on ri
account of old age and lameness. tl
The Strike Ended.
Buffalo, N. Y.?The switchmen's
strike is otlicially declared off. Effective f
at midnight. c
JUMPING FOR LIFE.
Biff Hotel at White Sulphur I
Springe Destroyed
Ashkvii.i.e, N. C -The Belmont
otel, at White Sulphur S| rings, tivc 1
lies from the city, was destroyed at uiidight
by a Are which broke out in the
undry aud spread with great rapidity,
here wore nearly 200 guests in the
>use at the time, many of them jumped |
on the windows. Mis. Dr. Von Huck, t
! Asheville, was badly injured, and t
?d Thursday morning. CharlesUretn, 1
ficw Orleans, bad a leg d slocated. i
erk Henderson also had a lc/ dislocat i
I, and a colored nurse a leg broken. A i
w others were slightly bruised, but none 1
riotfdy hurt. A'l the guests lost their s
iggage aud some of them other person- 1
bOtoogiwgs. a A good many diamouds n
d a good de.il of money were lost in
b fire, numbers of those in the building f
raping only iu their uight clothes. The A
eats.made their was, as best tney rould, h
Ashcville, where fliey were made com- u
rtable. d
Tho hotel property was owned by a it
rporatiou and leased to Dr. Von. Huck ti
e building was erected at a cost of n
5,000 and there was insurance of 22,- a<
) on it. ei
It Wm A Mean Trick.
That was a mean trick played on a ?
uthern stranger in a Vine street saloon n,
d other eveuing,savs a writer in the Ciu- jf
inatiTimes Star. The said stranger float p
in and opening the apeiturc in the face |,
the knot ou which he carried his lial u
d perfumed locks, ordered a glass of p
i. His dudiah appearance and air of j,
ffablc wisdom attracted the attention
a well known ward politician, who. j,
pping a chunk of ice from the lemon- Cl
2 he was sipping, hastily deposited a ((
ght silver dollar on it. Keeping the
liar on ice out of sight he engaged in OI
ivernation with the Southern gentle- ,.j
n and finally led the talk to the coin- vj
> of silver. "And do you know,"
J the W. P., 4 that the dollars coined
the North are colder than those struck
at New Orleans?" "No." replied the i?
U. "Well, it's a fact. Look there,"
I the cold and carefully dried dollur
i placed in tho Southerner's sweaty cn
m, where it felt like a chunk of ice.
ook of wonder passed over his face, jK
I all he sould say was: "IJy luckcrs,
't that strange?" Then commenced a Wl
kcr, which resulted in a brand new
bill being given for the cold dollar,
I the Southern Gentleman departed 111
ipyasaboyat the circus. Laughter ttl!
g and loud filled the snloon as soon us 1''
locklcts vanished, and "Well, boys," t.(
claimed the politician; I'll have to
-Vm up on that." Ninety-five cents .
th of beer went by the board arid the I pi
bill was passed to the bartender, who mi
about to hand back tho change, pirn
he seemed struck with a funny tin
a at" first, and when tiro gang tvonr ^
to look for the long-haired Southern ^
tlcman he could not be found any- ^
sre. Tv
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Former Enemies Meet. u)r
am the St. Louis Globe Democat. |
Ievada, Mo.?The four days'enrnnipit
of the Vetnon county ex-Union cm
liers closed at Fail haven Spring'. pci
iu affecting incident occuncd in the
irnoon. A big showman who had h's
>w at Schell City drove out with his ,
:us baud and Asked permission to ' '
ae into the grouuds. It wa9 accorded
i, and, after favoriog us with sonic ?
sic, he took the speakers' s and and 'j
de a tine speech. lie said he was an
Union spy, and among other incidents Kl
bis perilous career as such told nbout
ring been ciptured by the enemy eight in
les oclow Richmond. He was hanged 0,
them, but, fortunately, a Confederate oi
jor came up and ordered him to be 2,
down. lie still bears the scars of the \?
unds made by the rope, and exhibited w
:m to the crowd, lie stated that d<
! Con fed i ate Major, wh' so name was
ittenden, was accompanied by a private
i ? cut the rope at the Major's orders, ^
1 this private took charge of him and jj
1 him in a swamp, where he lived on
>gs till he got hack into the Union linos. ,p
He had no sooner made the statement jj
2n Uncle Dick Robinson sprang upon
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2 HttftUU miu OCI/XU mi; h|iuii\n ? Ii.uivin.
transpired that Uncle Dick was the
til who cut the rope, and the way thoM
o men fell upon each other's necks and
fihraccd brought tears to every eye that _
itnessed the scene. *
v
Clever Ruse of a Cashier. v
Coal Ckeeic, Ai.a.? A bold attempt *'
rob the cashier of Coal Creek Mining "
>mpauy was made, and one of the iob- '
rs was killed.
For a mouth past the company has [
:en expecting such an ellort, and Cashr
Mounteastle was pi ( pared for it. J"
irn Clang, Bill Jones and Fred Stonies Jere
the men who made the attack.
It was the pay day of the company,
r. Mounteastle had been told the atnipt
would l>e made to iob him, and he
id a bogus package sent instciu of the
oney expected by express. This pack )
jc was labeled $4,00). Food alter the '
ain left, and when the cashiei was sup- *
>scd to be fixing his pay-ro I, tiie three '
ished in on hiin, put a pi to) at his '
?ad and ordered him to open the safe.
Ai tKic (iflir'om uhn were secreted in '
ic strong room cloned in on the robbers, rdcring
them to throw u|> their hands, '
nt the robbers opened fire. Clang w t. !
i'led, but the others escaped. I
Was Afraid He'd "Be 1
Jackson, Mifs. ? Tho Kcv. J. II4 ^
embroil, the Baptist minister who win 9
>inc weeks since nominated for Congiess ^
i this district by the People's party, lias t
ithdiawn He give* the strange reason *
lat he thinks he will be elected if he re- 6
isins a candidate He sava l e cannot f
[ford to give up his chinch and goto "
ongriss, and that his former candidacy (
as for the purpose of assisting in the f
eform movement. His rertson is the
heme of much diverse criticism. '
First Frost in New Hampshire.
Concord, N II Auaj. 22.?The first
rost of the season prcvu led in this viinity
this morning.
THE DREAD CHOLERA.
J. 8. Government Precautions to
Prevent its Coming Here.
Psopl* Dying By the TbouiMndi in
Germany. Persia and
Russia.
Wasuinoton, I). C\?The Stato De
nrtmcnt received further advices rc'ative
o tho cholora, of a very disquieting nauro.
The vice consul general at Teheran,
ilr. Fox, son of a prominent newspaper
nan at Washington, l>. C\, says tho oeti
listed deaths in Persia are 35,000; 5,000
n Meechcd, 18,000 in Tabriz, 8,000 in
Teheran nnd 10,000 in other places. His
ippeals for assistance to tho American
losnital in Teheran have ulready been
naao public.
The consul at Hauiberg telegraphs that
he auth rities of that city admit that
isiatic cholera has been prevalent there
iucc August 18th, and that up to Aug
st 33d I hero were 291 eases and 75
oaths. Nevertheless, the fact of the exitcnee
of cholera there was denied, up
i> August 23d, just as it is now also deied
at Havre. The attempt to suppress
ccurato information occasions much unitsinets
to health otticcM hero.
Til It DRK Al? PK8T1I.KNCK IN HAMBURG.
Hamburg, (jkiim an v. ? One hundred
nd sixty-nine bodies of cholera victims
re awaiting burial in this city. 80 great
1 the terror caused by the cholera that
is ddlieult to get men for the work of
urying the dead ami many assistants of
ndcrtakers have deserted their places,
tusiness is prostrate and shipping is goig
to other ports.
80 serious is the panic that Russian
emigrants now in the city find it dillijlty
to procure food, us everybody tries
? avoid them.
At Allcna (he army surgeons have been
dried by their superiors to assist the
viliau doctors in earing for the cholera
etims.
A NT W RHP IN A STATU OF TRKHOR.
Antwkhp, lloi.1.and.?The excitement
this city over the outbreak of cholera
increasing. There little doubt that the
was brought here by vcssimh from
.stern Europe. The lirst victims were
>ck laborers. They were tuken to the
ispitals, where tho doctors stated that
was ordinary cholera nud tint nothing
us to be dtcaded from it. The disease,
>wever, spread and the public became
united. The first victims died almost
imcdiutcly after entering the hospital
id the tppcaraiico of the bodies showed
e disease to be Asiatic choltra.
)n iion moving against TIIK CliOI.Kit a
London. ?The health coimnittce of tlio
uiiicipality held a meeting to consider
coalitions against tl?e cholera. It was
iioiiuced that all the steamship lines l
oiioscd to suspend their immigration (
1 l',c danger from cholera
ed in England. The steamer uemmn
mi Hamburg bus entered at Clraveaend
inging several cases of the plague,
vo women on the steamer have died ^
>m the cholera and nuothcr victim, a
in, is improving. The news causes
cat consternation at Clravescud.
I'ahih.?At Havre forty-eight fresh ,
scs of cholera and 21 deaths arc re- <
>i led.
ki'sman thadk cut okk.
Koniohiikhg.?The government has or
red the suspension of ull trallic on the
ussiaii fiontier except at Eydtkumen
id I'rostken. A multitude of intending
nigrants have been stooped at points on
ic frontier and drivcu back to Russia.
cahkui, ciiol,Kit a mohtai.ity in ill'hsia.
Sr. PetkhhiiijIUI,?Thursday, accordg
to the official returns, there were
322 new cases of cholera against 5,070
i Wednesday. Yesterday there were
977 deaths reported against 2,743 for
'ednosday. in St. Petersburg there
crc reported 103 new cases and 24
filths.
steamship voyages akkkctki).
London. ?The Hamburg-American
cainship Columbia will not proceed to
amburg She is unloading here and
ill start for New York on Saturday
lie steamship Normandie, of tlie same
no, will not be allowed to land, it is
lid, although she declined to take on
oard 100 emigrants who applied for pas?ge.
n Andiana Scamp in South Carolina.
ItorKViM.k, Ind ?.las. II. Morrow, ?
/to-known horse jockey of Washington,
i as arrested and lodged in jail herccnargd
with producing abortion upon a wo11:111
at Columbia, S. some inanths
go and from ?liicb it is reported she
ied. A letter was received by the miliorities
here some weeks ago to keep a
jokout for him, as ho Ind been indicted
?r the njli'iisc at Columbia. The South
'aroliiin authorities have been notified
y t> legraplt.
To Invite Senator Hill to Topeka.
From the Kansas City Times. |
Toi'kka, Kan. ?The Kansas Democratc
Flambeau Clul> of Topeka at a ingoing
voted to invite Senator David II. Hill
>f New York to visit Topeka this fall and
jj their guest For this purpose the
ollowing committe on invitation was
ippoinlcd with orders to report at the
ie.\t regular meeting: Judge John
Mar in, Mayor It L Cofran, ('. K. Hoi:.l
... 1, i.'.. ....... II..., ,,, lOirnnn Wntfa
J B. Isenhait, the Ifo i M llecry, Ranki
11 Mason, Jolin Milelnuu, and A. J.
Arnold. __
leliArcd to Have aoen 125 Year* Old.
Thomasvim.k.?The oldest woman in
Pjgorgia died at the poorhouse on 8ulray
morning. It will sound like fiction
o state Aunt Peggy plater's age, but all
icr acquaintances and her old mastev j
ay that her age was 125. Aunt Peggy
lid not date events from the civil war,
us many do, but from the Revolution.
Vunt Peggy had outlived all her thilIren
except one, and there were quite a
lumber of them. 'I he one living is in
icr 97th year.
Killed With a Shot Oun.
o'lkkcnkf, Ga. ?Boh Crittenden was
sho* and ki led by Frank Brown just
above Ogeechee Brown used a shot gun.
X
Ul'?
A ROMAN BULL.
The Pope Dismisses Cardinal Ruggiero
in Disgrace.
All Germany's Bona llust Learn the
Art of War. Bays Emperor
William.
Romk, Itai.y. ? (lieat excitement Ims
been caused tyy the dismissal of Cardinal
Huggioro, Prefect of Financial Allans of
tho Propaganda, nod who has l?tcii looked
upon as the probable successor of Popo
Leo XI1L It is said tbnt the Popo himself
ordered Huggioro's dismissal, being
convinced, as a result of inquiry, that
Knggiuro, and not Btonsiguor Folchi,
was tho rcnllv guilty patty in conucction
with tho inuiuvcstmcnt*,' to use a mild
term, for which Moesignor Folchi was
iliunis cd from the Papal service about a
year ago. Tho dismissal of Folchi was
brought about, it is said, by Cardinal
Kujjgicro Folchi was Vice-Chambcrlain
to tho Pope, nod had control of the Papal
unds. It w as alleged that, in tho wiuler
< t 181)0 01, Monsignor Folchi, supported
by Priuco lluoncompngni and Union
haxzaroui, resolved, io order to save tho
lhncn di ltoma, iu which tiio Vatican
held 10,000 out of 12,000 shares, besides
oilier RGPuritha t<i # >?#,?l*l ^1. ...
and London, and afterward in Homo.
Hcrliu ami New Yoik, a syndicate of
Catholic banks, with tin object of ahso
l>ini? the tinnncinl societies of Home
ih d were known to l>e in a disastrous
condition, and to i est ore them to vitality,
while at the same time raising the value
of the depreciated securities. Above all
they wanted to save the Kauro di Hoiua,
intending.as they eventually did, entirely
to reconstruct, it. The scandal arising
out of the affair has already been made
public. Later investigations appear to
liavu exonerated Kolehi and implicated
Kuggicro. There is great excitement in
church circles, and it is generally to
ieved that a tremendous scandal is
awaiting disclosure.
IliCitLiN, 'Jkumany.?It is announced
semiofficially that the Km poor's speech
at the Emperor Fran Josef's banquet has
been misquoted and distorted, and that
the declaration that he has been credited
with making against Caprivi's military
bill was only a conditional one What
the Emperor really said was that tho
(Jertnau people could not expect to have
the service-term reduced to two years tin
less they were willing to pay for it. The
numerical increase of the army, in accord...ill.
?t... ? -
,T.w. liiu iwu-jiftr scrvico pi mi.
must bo accompanied by increase ??f Hp.
propristions, otherwise the efficiency of
army woul?l he impuircd. If I he people
refuse to grant such an increase the Kmperors
preference was for an army of tho
present size, iath?r than for one of mnro
men yet with inferior couipuient and discipline.
* ttT/Yirf* -__j
Koanokk, Va. ?A cloud burst over
his city at ft JO Monday night and rain
fell in torrents over four horns,filling cellars
and lower floors of business houses
in Campbell and Salem avenues and Ncloiii,
Jefferson, Henry ami Commerce
?t reels. Doors were burst open, windows
crushed in by floating debris and goods
washed away. The loss iu goods damaged
will rcuch $100,000. Many buildings
are seriously damaged by the uud?
imining of foundations.
Barney Smith in trying to cross Salem
avenue stepped into an excavation for n
sewer nnd was drowned. Policeman
Peck lost his fo iling there and fell in and
was pulled out insensible. It is said
that other people have been drowned,
but the report cannot be verified. Men
nnd horses travelling the flooded streets
were compelled toswiin.
The electric light station whs flooded.
The electric cars arc not running, and it
will be a week before lights and power
for the operatiou of machinery in many
establishments can be supplied.
The storm was confine I principally to
Itoauoke. Six miles westward there was
only a sprinkle. Fnrme s two miles
South of the city were ploughing, and
north and cast the rainfall was very light.
Fanny Tilings About the Face.
Tho average human nose is badly out
nf linn and it in this fact that usually
lends its peculiar piquancy to tho face.
A medical writer says that there ure anatomical
reasons why a slight deviation
from a true centro line may he expected.
If he is correct in his deductions, the
nosd which is squarely set between tho
two eyes is, aftor all, tho abnormal one.
German and Americau doctors in Japau
have succeeded iu discovering a surgical
process by which the Japanese characteristic
eye cau be relieved of its slaut and
be made to look liko the European optic.
The Japs are having their visual organs
operated upon by the wholesale, which
removes one of their national characteristics,
as they have their national
dress.
Boon, i/ this thing goes on, we shall ,
have changes in the style of wearing,
feces, and the paper will quote the latest
ode in noses as well as sjsa. Mis
a_ aar a ja
I one nronu. ^
Big: Fire in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va.?Fire broke out at 7
o'clock in the carriage manufactory of A.
Wrenn & Son on Union street and destroyed
all the work shops together with
theshops of the agricultural implement
house of Wrenn, WhitchurstA Co. adjoining.
The entire fire department
w .h in service and after hours hard work
subdued the flames. The loss is estimated
at $20.000.
Richmond's Chamber of Commerce.
Richmond, Va.?The corner-stone of
the chamber of committee was laid in due
Masonic form At 5 o'clock. The grand
lodge of Masons a', 5:30 proceeded to the
s te, corner Mnin and Ninth streets, tho
Knights Templar acting as escorts. The
address was delivered by Colonel John
11. Purcell in l?ehalf of the chamber.
To Prison for Hugging Girls.
Nyack, N. V. ? Justice Matthews of
this place ?ent John Lamr.kcof Brooklyn
to Hocklnnd county jail for two months
for hugging girls on the street.
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