The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, October 21, 1892, Image 1
flB
Lowell, Whitman, Parsou*, Curtis and
IVhitUer have all died within a year,
fever before, probably, muses the Chiago
Herald, have so many great men of
letters passed away in so short a time.
They are hading it hard to decide on
t State flower for the State of Washington.
The difficulty is, explains the
Hew York Sun, that any flower that will
(row in one-half of the State won't grow
in the other half.
, Hand-woven tapestries are now reproduced
in such a perfect manner, declares
the St. Louis Republic, as to
make a most satisfactory substitute for
the real and vastly more expensive fab
nc, ana constituting, in Tact, an industrial
art of positive importance.
^
Many of the dairy schools ot ningiana
have artificial udders made of India rubber
for the boys and girls to practice on.
A facetious exchange of the American
Farmer remarks that the cows have
cause to be thankful that the children
have somethiug as tough as rubber to do
their pulling on. ?
i It is estimated that in the United
States the anuual expenditure for public
charitable institutions is fully $125,000,000,
and not less than $500,000,000 is
invested in buildings and equipments
for carrying on the work of these institutions.
In this estimate no account
is taken of penitentiaries and jails.
' A bulletin issued by tno uensus uureau
at Washington, D. O., states that
there are 3,240,354 communicants in the
Methodist Episcopal Church in the United
8tatcs, represented in 102 conferences.
It has 22,844 church edifices,
with a seating capacity of 6,302,708
valued in tho agregate at $96,723,403,
Tho amount appropriated last year
for public schools by the Russian Government
was $2,892,000. "How pitfully
small this is for a great country like
Russia," observes the New York Tritbune,
"is vividly brought out by the
fact that for the year 1880 the amount
expended for the public schools in tho
State of New York was $18,214,687.58."
There is a good deal of profit in the
prophet business iu Java. A prophet of
that island has been paid $100 a year for
the last tifteeu years "for not predicting
a tidal wave which will sweep clear over
the iiland." But, ofter all, he cannot
be very enterprising, conclude? 4he New
York Tribune. With the amount of
crodulity ready at hand to work upon,
he could get $1000 a year as easily as
not.
An American biologist, who retorne i
recently from a year's study in the German
laboratories, declares that the
Wood's Hall (Mass.) Laboratory is no.v
rl a! n ir nsarnjnnrnli iitapIt fhnn u n it nfVwiv
' " " ""J
institution of its kind in the world, the
Naples Station alone excepted. There is
certainly no doubt that the most eminent
of foreign biologists are taking a
profound interest in it, as their letters
to Dr. Whitman, the specialist in charge,
(testify. _____________
A tunnel, the longest in the world,
has been projected and begun, practically,
under Simpiou, to supersede the
famous road over the mountain constructed
by Napoleon. The "Route of
the Simpion" is thirty-eight miles in
length; the tunnel will be a trifle less
than twelve miles and a half. The
wagon road is 6592 feet above sea level,
is twenty-five to thirty feet wide, crosses
611 bridges, and passes through several
tunnels. It takes eight or nine hours to
cross the mountain by the wagon road;
the tunnel can be traversed in three
quarters of an hour. The power to run
the drills, light the workings and venti
iate ttie tunnel is to be derived from the
River Marsa. The cost is estimated at
about $1,249,000 a mile.
/ Adulteration is bad and sanitation
is good, admits the New York Sun, but
some of tho results shown by vigilant
inspectors and clever chemists in their
efforts to show tho frightful dangers
that surround us aud ruu down offenders
against sanitary laws are very funny.
A wholesale and highly ro.spectei grocer
was tried in a London court a few days
ago for seliing tartaric acid adulterated
with lead. The acid was used in making
lemonade, and tho lea I in it got
there from the vessels in which it was
manufactured. Tho prosecution showed
thdS tlin fiirf.irir nniil r.niil.tiirmd .0002fi
per < -lit. cf leatl. The defeuco showed
that in order to get a twoaticth part of
a grain of the poison into one'" system
it would be uecessury to drink lomonade
cyorv lav for six months at the rate of
220 bottles per day. The experts
adde I gravely that before a twentioth
par! of a grain could be taken in tha1
manner the experimenter would dio ol
dyspepsia. The charge was dismissed,
but to satisfy the sanitary officials the
Judge agree ! to "slate the cue," presuwbljr
a* a warning to other evildoers.
THE SOUTH IN GENERAL.
The Latest News From Ail Over This
Land.
"Dull Times" 'Tis True, But Those
Items Show Industry and
Progress.
.Capt. Lewis Jones,of the gallant Sixth
South Carolina cavahy, died at his home
at Edgefield, S C , Tuesday a - d was
busied Wedocsdny with Masonic honors
Capt Jones was 77, be ng Edgefield's
oldest inhabitant.
The farmers around Buena Vista, Va ,
desire to have a broom facto y in that
town so that they can find a ready market
for their broom corn.
The common council of Norfolk, Vn ,
has authorized au appropriation of $140,
000 for the purchase of 10J acres of
land which arc to be made into a city
park.
The Alabama State fair will be opcucd
on November 9, nnd a h\r_e attendance
is expected. A fine s t of exhibits has
been prepared, and various amusements,
horse racing, etc., will take place.
Advic^s^ Washington state that it
is pr?w * .at the total amount of
f /**l/ounty to b# paid this comi 'g
6eason will be no illy ^0,000,000. This
wouia inuicaie a yieia neariy one-quirtcr
gi calvr than last season.
It is estimated that the fruit, watermelon
and vegetable crop of Houston
county, Ga , brought nb lit $317,000
during the part season ; 100 carloads of
peaches and 634 carloads of watermelons
were shipped away.
Local papers 6tatc that some valuable
pearls have been found in the t?outh
Licking river, near Lair, in Kentucky.
One said to have been found near Livingood,
in Pendleton county, is reported
as weighing twenty-three gra:ns.
The Palatko Kaolin Co. shipped
through Gainesville ou the 23 d inst.,
over the 8., F. & VV. Railroad, thirty
tons of kaolia to Golding, 8ons & Co ,
of Trenton. N. J. This is said to be the
finest kaoliu in Florida and more ship
uicnts will follow. The deposit is lo
cated near Okahumpka, in Lake county.
J. W. Moore, of Wilmington, N. C ,
has invented n machine for taking the
long fibre from the inside of bark and
weaving with it a coarse and strong
cloth suitable for bagging and similar
uses. Mr. Moire is now at Port Town
send, Wash , where the m chine will
be used ou cedar and redwood bark.
A special meeting of the East Ten
ncsse Land Co. was recently held in
Har riman, Tcnn . at which 28,000 shires
of stock were represented. It is intend
cd to recapitalize the company and fiec
it from all debt.
; 1.
riAicuaivi; nil jjru vcuiuil l? lire UCll'g
made on tho Baltimore (Md.) 6Ugar refinery,
and it. is thought the plant will
be in operation next year. The newwork
will cost from $250,000 to $300,000.
Contract for the Jetty works on the
Cumberland bar at Brunswick, Gn., has
been let to E. II. Gnyuor. The sum of
$112,000 has been appropriated for this
work.
San Angelo, Texas, is one of the largest
wool shipr>g towns in that State.
During the last season over 6,000.000
pounds of wool were shipped, and this
will be largely exceeded this year.
The Salem (Va ) Steam Tannery is
now working up its stock of hides for
sole leather, and will shortly change to
belting leather, of which it will make a
specialty. The building; are being cn
larked and other changes made toward
this end. The present main building is
208 feet long by 48 feet wide, with twn
wings 49x80 feet. An addition, two
stories, 112x48 feet, is being added to
the left wing. In addition to this a new
buildiug 50x36 feet is being constructed.
The two bark sheds will each be made
04 feet longer. Seventy two vats, 7x5
feet, will be putin. At pnseut about
forty handsale employed, but * ben in
full operation many more will be te
quired.
At a meeting of the Staunton (Va.)
Development Co. held Sep'ember 28 the
president read a report showing the condition
of the company's finances. Out
oi its capital stocK ot $1,200,( 00 only
1354,000 hus been sold. The liabilities
are $296,519.80; assets $147,309.89; nel
liabilities $149,149 91. In the statement
of the resources and liabilities the resources
are placed at $710,599.83, with a
surplus of $138,901.12. The sale of lots
in June, 1891, netted $48,790 96. ft is
intended to sell some lands and reduce
the liabilities.
A number of vessels drawing from
twelve tc sixteen feet have recsntly eutered
the Brazos river and taken cargo at
Velasco, Texas. It is said that the cost
of loading there is lesr than nt some
other Gulf ports.
Arrangements are being made to run
an electric car line in the new town of
Nantahala, Ga. Charles Boech, ihe engineer
in charge, is making surveys
from the top of the Nantahala mountains,
where it is proposed to run the cars.
The town is now laid off and picpnrntions
are being made to erect lumber,
tale and marble mills.
The railroad commission of North
Carolina has readered the Governor a
report showing that the value of steamboats
plying on the waters of tint State
is $200,0 >0 The steamboat lines have
never paid taxes to the State, and it is
now proposed to make the n do so.
On Oct 20 the corner stone of the Virginia
Co'legiate and Industrial Institute
was laid at Lynchburg. Vn This ;s a Method
st college for training colored ynuGis,
and a large attendance to 'he ceremony
is expect* d
A convenient arrangi niont has hern
elTccted between ChatleRton, S. (' , ami
Heaufort, Port Royal and Coosaw by
whirli British shipmaster* at tl:e three
ports Inst named e?n eommnnicate by
wire with the British eonsnl in Charleston.
This will save the time otherwise
taken in going to the latter port to consult
with the consul, and, owing to a
speci d arrangement with the telegraph
comp nj, will be inueh less expensive.
A wire is dim direct to the consul's ? dice,
where a | ro consul, who is a j raetieal
telegrapher, receives and answers the
message
' WW?
It is stated in a special dispatch t
Itichru nd, Vu., from Tas'.cy, Accoma
county, that Capt John Marsh, wit
two men, sailed in his schooner for Bal
timorc to secure a ccw of dredgen
When in Chesapeake Bay the schoone
w as capsized iu a gale and the thrc
were lost.
The coastwise shipments of lumb<
from the port of Jacksonville, Fla., f<
the mouth of September were 4,410,19
superficial feet of lumber and 22,47
bundles of shingles. The foreign expor
for the month were 311,833 ftet of lun
ber, valued at f3,370.30.
The lumber trade of Alexandria, Va
since January 1st is unprecedented, an
has reached proportions and figures alma
fabulous for a city of its size and ooon
mc:ce. One firm has sold since the vei
set in 1.3 -7,000 cypress and 300,000 whil
pine shingles, and others hire sliij pc
from forty to fiity vessel loads ef I urn be
to points on the Chesapeake tributariei
There is not n day tha'. a steamer or
vessel is not discharging or receiving ii
cargo at the A!exandri i wharfs.?8outf
em Lumberman.
MEANT TO HAVE THE GIRL.
Frank Johnson Responsible for th
Death of His Sweetheart's
Father and Brother.Br'Stol,
Tenn.? Knox county, Kv
near Leacher and Floyd, is be ng s:oure
by officers of the law who a-e on ih
hunt for Frank Johnson and party, wh
killid two men on Monday night,
love affair was the cause of the crime.
Johnson, a reckless young man, fell i
love with the daughter of James Wn
wick,a well kuowu citizen of this county
The latter objected to the joun
man's attentions and so informed hiii
but Johnson did not s'op his vi?iti
Finally the young people became en
gaged.
On Monday night Johnson wont to th
home of liis finance and knocked for ad
inittance. He was met by the irate fath
er, who shut the door in his face. John
son became enraged and went to th
homes of some of his companions, wlicr
lie rcl-itr-il f hit rii'onmctunooo In
time he returned, accompanied by h.l
a dozen of them, all well armtd. The
approached the house and ordered th
father out. He anticipated events an<
summoned his son and a laborer to hi
aid. A pitched battle ensued, dozer
of shots being fired by both sides. Whc
the smoke chared away three men, JWa
wick and his son Tim and one Jcosie <
Johnson's gang, were found to be dead
Johnson fled with his comrades nn
they have not yet been heard from. It
thought they worked their way to We
Virginia.
THE CONTRACT LIMIT.
An Important Question As to Cotto
Options.
Galveston, Texas.?The Galveato
Cotton Exchange adopted rcsolutioi
condemning the custom of the New Yor
and New Orleans cotton exchanges i
pcrmittii g inferior grades of cotton to I
tendered in fulfilment of future contract
thereby depressing the market. Th
Galveston Exchange asks other exchang<
to join in the movement and induce tl
New York and New Orleans exchang<
to adopt low middling grade as the 1 ?v
est that c>n be offered in fulfilment <
future contracts, urging that as the onl
objection to the present system of optio
trading.
new orleans says no.
New Orleans, La.?The board <
director of the New Orleans Cotton E:
change decided at a meeting held that
was injudicious at this time to make
change in the form of contracts undi
which cottons for future delivery a
' sold in this mniket. Notice to the nboa
eflect was promulgated by Presidei
Flower.
Legate From the Pope.
Baltimore, Md ? Monsignor Satolli
the Pope's legate to the World's Fa'
d die tion, accompanied by Rev. Dt
O'Conoell, rector of the American Churc
at Koine, and the committee that went <
New York to escort them here, arrive
at Cardiual Gibbo .s' residence where
recep ion was held. Monsignor delit
ered some verbal messages of esteei
| sent l>v the Pope an1 other high dign
" taries of the Church to His Eminence
a particularly pleasing nature. Monsij
nor Satolli also stated that he had in h
1 baggage some important messages fro
Cardinal Gibbons, presumably from tt
Pope.
A bunpiet was given by His Eminem
to Monsignor Satolli at night, at whic
time the Untied Press dispatch fro
Koine to the effect that the Vatican In
dcci led to elevate Archbishop Vaughn
and Monsignor Stoner to the cardinals
caused considernVe comment. Jt led I
a statement by a clergyman high i
Church circles that th > report was n
doubt true and would receive offici
confirmation in a few days.
Interesting Railroad Notes.
Cecil Gnbbett, general manager i
the Columbus Southern, has been elccte
president of the Atlanta A Florida Kai
road. He will, it is understood, ei
denvor to re rganize and make flnanci
in mi c.Mt-iuniig ine roar
There is talk of having the Atlanta .
Florida, Columbus Southern and Georgi
Midland & Gulf combine into a sys'em.
' At the annual stockholders'meeting <
the Atlantic A North Carolina Rnilrou
Co. W. S. Chad wick, of Beaufort, N. C
was re-elected president, and F. C. Hoi
erts, of New Berne, secretary. The n
port of finance committee shows groi
earnings for year t tiding June 30 of f!59
375.57. The operating expenses wer
f100,189.84,
The dispute regarding the taxation i
North Carolina of the Seaboard A Hoar
oke and Raleigh it Gaston railways hr
been compromised by the roads agreein
to pay taxes for three years back, and t
surrender the right of exemption froi
taxation granted bv their abaters.
A Grasshopper Raid.
St. Johri'II, Mo. ? Milliousof grasshoy
pers have made their appcaranoe in thl
and adjoining counties, end the whei
crep threatens tc be a totahfailure in coc
sequence.
7 0
NEW. YORK'S JUBILEE.
h The Metropolis Honors the Memory
of Columbus.
r A Grand Quia Tim* Wound Up By
L a Columbus Banquet.
sr
1
a 1^^^
? columbus mo!* cmknt.
U
i. Nh.w York, N. Y.?In c9o*??'?"wrm*
r tlon of tlie discovery of America on October
12, 1492, by Christopher Colurae
bus, the 400th anniversary wns ce'cl
br ted here with nil tho pomp nnd disl
play the Metropolitan eity is nble to
i- command. And that means much,
? when it is known that the dccorac
tionsof the buildings hIoiicrepresented an
rt outlay of over two millious of dollars.
If The city was transformed with gay
y colors everywhere from Harlem to the
c the Battiry, even the various foreign eld
ements, who talk not yet in English,
s covering the r tencmeut houses in buiit
is ing, U. S. flags intermingling with flags
in of their own countries
r- Tnc celcbnv iou commcuccd Wednes)f
day morning, continuing two days, and
the pnrades, pageants, floats aud naval
d shair battle were all indescribably grand,
is A banquet Thursd iy night closed the
Bt jubilee. The auditorium of the Lennox
where the feast was held, is an ideal
banquet hull.
The guests of honor dined on the stage,
which was so draped as to resemble an
n alcove of the main banqueting linll, &ud
- ~ .in thtt cajuiwppiim ntLjv portrait of Columbus,
encIrc!Cm$CllK3bagr-~w#
lD Spain and the United States,
is ^ ^
WASHINGTON ARCH.
f* May r Grant presided, supported on
the light by Vice President Morton,
a Secretary Foster, ex-President Grovcr
er Cleveland, Mr Arnold, president of the
re Board of Aldcrmeu, Baron Fuva, the
e Italian minster, nod Mr. G. F.
Wahle, Jr.; on the left by Governor
Flower, ex President Hayes, General
Horace Porter and Bishop Potter.
The boxes were assigned,amongst othi.
crs, to the Spanish minister and suite,
ir Sec etary Foster ot the Treasury, Secretary
Itusk, the French Charge D'Affaires,
h Mr. Fairchild, Commodore Eiben, the
:o Spanish admiral, lion. Benjamin Wood,
d the Italian admiral and Mr. and Mrs.
a Cleveland.
r. Thn Q(IH nrnnctc iiwlnrlorl tViO OAtuvaoro
m of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsyli
vaniu and South Carolina, General Behoof
field and many others of prominence.
15- But there was only oae empty chair at
la the table of honor. Chauncy Depew,
in who was to have acted as toastmaster,
le wasnbsnt. Mayor Grant supplied his
place. The mayor proposed the first
;e toust, "The President of the UniUu
h States," to which Vice-President Morm
ton responded.
bs Secretary Foster spoke for the "United
tn States," and Governor Flower for the
te "State of New York."
to m
in
,0 Bich Find in C ^gi?.
al Savannah, Ga.?Thi^gw.liles from
Wright?villc, Liberty comity, Sumter
James (colored) while digging on his
fnrtn found an ancient urn pot. in which
were more than three thousand French
r>f and Spanish silver coins, l:jO or more
td years old. Their value is placed at $4 I
00). The coins are believed to be part
a- of the plunder buried by Black Beard,
al the pirate, shortly before his capture in
1. that section of the State The negroes
fc have nearly gone crazy over the discovery,
in and parties ate diirging everywhere.
>f South Carolina Timbor.
d Several days since several gentlemen,
one of whom was J F. Anderson, of
> the Charlotte, N. C\, Oil & Fertilizer
is- Works, were at Calhoun Falls in Bou'h
Carolina. They were struck with th*
1- Vdliotv of wood to be found there With.
e in 100 feet of the spring they counted
the following different kinds of wood:
n Cedar, Sour wood, Sweetgum, Pass*i
fra<. Ash, Pluin, Persimmon, Mulberry,
is Whiteonk, Alder Hickory, Block Wulg
nut, Maple Poplar Sugarberry, Pine,
o 'Hrch, Hcdoke, Buckeye, Dogwood,
n Peach, Cherry, Elm, Blackgum, Coinquepio.
The Oin's Work in South Carolina.
>. Columbia, S. C. ? Capt. G..M. Hodges,
ig n proinmcot citizen of Abbcvill**, was
j jerked into the saws of his gin and had
I both arms and hig face mutilated. His
injuries are probably fatal.
I
J
Candidates, Conventions, Nomina hfl
tions, Elections. ,u
All the News of Political Movements
50
of the For Parties.
Of the eleven congressional districts ,j
of Kentucky there arc Third party caudi u,
dates in the first, second, third, fourth,
fifth and ninth, aud Prohibition candi
dates iu the first and fifth. The election
of 8ilas Adams, Republican, of tin |?
elcveuth. is conceded.
Several candidates are alrerdy in the
field for the United States srnntor*bi|?
from. Georgia uow held by Mr. Colquitt. *
whoso days of usefulness ate ended. f?
Among the names prominently mentioned ?p
in this connection is that of Hoke Smith, oe
Esq. of Atlanta.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS IN NEW YORK itl
New York.?Judge Andrews, ol ,(h
Svincuse, the liepublicnu nominee fui ,n
Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals to
ha . bccu endorsed by the Democrat it
Stale commit'ce. The committee pio
(ceded to nominate 11 ichurd Croker, (>: WJ
New York, e'cctor-at-large In place e 31)
Krastus Coming, ot Albany, resigned ,g
and ale* electors in tho followiug dis
triets: Third, SatnucI Stewart White _
hu st, of Brooklyn; eight, Peter P. Mev ^
er, ol New York; fifteenth, Jos. Keegan,
of Uockland; twenty-sixth, P. J. Mc V"
Tiglic. Binghamton; twenty eighth.
Johu Lnrg, of Wutkins; tweuty-uinth
James B. Day; thirty second, Edward U
S. Miller, of ButTalo. ih
THE Itcono VOTERS IN GEORGIA. tr
Washington, D. C.?Bishop II. M. 10
Turner, of Atlanta, was asked hore what
incontivc the colored r">"r' BUl'
tiie licmocraltc party in the late
electiou of that State. He replied that m
' there was no special incentive as far as it
the Democratic party was concerned. A ce
large number of the colored people did eu
vote for the re election of Gorcruot Br
K.',,. fh. ..r, !..
frequently mentioned west of the Missis
sippi. The caterpillar has wrought some
injury in the southern belt. Insect rnv
ages will have less influences in red neb g
the crop thsn unfavorable weather conditions.
Murderers Lynched.
Camden, Ala.?Four negro boys,
William Jackson, John Thomas, Abe
Davis and Dave Masod were arrested ami
confessed to the murder of R. H. Johnson
and daughter, in Monroe county, f ?r
_ the purpose of robbery and assault. A
posse of citizens and officers took th:m
back to the scene ol their crime, and on
arriving there they were met by 500
men, white and black. The murderers
were taken from the officers and hanged
to the nearest tree, and their bodies
were then burned.
Killed by a Rattlesnake.
Chattanooga, Tenn. ?Near Knueklcsville,
Flu., two ch Idrcn of F. II. Ashmore,
were kil'cd by a rattlesnake.
While at play in the woods they over
turned an old log, under which was the
snake, which bit the five year-old girl.
Her brother, two years older, came to her
help, but received two bites. The chil
dren were taken home and domestic re i
medics applied, hut the little oues died <
in horrible agony.
-..W ..uv. ....... CJi
Democratic ticket, and indeed, manv
voted for him alone Governor Northen
was the first Southern Governor, said the a
Bishop, who had opcuIv spoken out !a
against lynching negioes, and had dared It
to oiler a reward for that class of inhu- th
man brutes who wero making our conn gi
try ? hiss and a byword throughout the fc
globe, and inasmuch as tho position p]
taken by th 5 Governor had been beneficial
of good rcsul s, many colored pco
plo felt tlint their votes were due him Cl
under the circumstauccs. This great
nation is too weak, worthless or rucau to
put down these midnight mohs who J;
break jails and murder innocent men by "
hundreds, and if God has put it in tire w
heart of one Christian Democratic Gov- 0
ernor to try to stem the torrcut of blood
aud slaughter, he shall have my vote." p
Bishop Turner says he still favors Af g
ricnu emigration for such of his people ?
as have souls aud backbones. lie sets ?
no manhood future here for the negro,
The colored people will never be re- j,
spccted until they found a nation and
intelligently run the same. !
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT. 1:
The Deterioration Least in Texas and '
Heaviest in North Carolina.
Washington. D. C.?The statistcinn j,
of the Department of Agriculture reports
a reduction of 3J points in the g? neral p
percentage of the condition of cotton,
from 76.8 in September to 711 !$ in th-to- "
ber. The deterioration is heaviest in *
North Carolina, nod least in Texas of my I
of the States of considerable production
Georgia has maintained its condition 1
better thau any other Atlantic State, t
The percentages arc: Virginia 71, North a
Carolina 69, Soutli Carolina 7.1, Georgia
75, Florida 08, Alabama 69, Mississippi t
72, Louisiaoa 71, Texas 77, Arkansas 71, .
Tennessee 75.
.. . .. . , _ - .... I r
i i\um id inn esr.j pari 01 DC|Mtami?cr
and cool nights later have caused tlie '
rotting of immature bolls in North Carolina
an I South Carolina. The crop is '
matuiing somewhat better in G- ? rgin, (
though exce-s of mois ure in the South '
em counties has been iaju ions. Tlio g
low conditon of Florid i cotton in September
has been further depressed by
heavy and incessant rainfall, which lias
delayed p'eking. The low Status of the *
Alabama, breadth is the icsnlt of wet (
weather insufficient cul ivation, dispo- '
poitiouutc growth of stalk and fruit, and
fotting of young b .lis. Somewhat more
favorable influences in Mississippi give \
rise to more cheerful reports. Louisiana
cotton is very latj hiid unpromising from
excessive moisture thiougli the season
to September 15'h, and cool nights since, '
which dis ourages expectations of late
Silanteis There is hss romplaint and
iscouia'cineat in Texas than in any
other State. Areas plan'ed late in Ai '
kansas are very unpromising, though ;
recent favorable wca her is rapidly
opening the early bolls. Favorable
weather has recently succeeded the
heavy rains in Tennessee, and bolls are
beginning to open A late and favorable 1
autumn can alone dispel the prevailing
Th.. I.,.11 Jo ....... '
mmmmmm
seiEtmnc aku iwcsS^Ff!
Iff* is ft flvo times u bright now as Buj
i will be whoa ou the far side of the j
n* . . alu
Tlio average duration of lifo in the fm
Id climate of Norway is said to be Th
eater than in any other laud. ck
The number of stars visible to average pr<
esight on an ordinary night does not ab<
uch exceed 4000 for both hemi- on
bores. bci
After considerable study a Connecticut be
ientist calculates that there are 43, ''b
>0.000 mosquito larvas to an acre of r!0
ramp land. lK;
Ad astronomer has figured it out that tr!
would take a cannon-ball 8,000,000 w
?ra, moving at its ordinary rate of rai
eed, to roach Alpha Centauri, the P?
inrest fixed star. P11
Dr. Koch has espresso! himself tfn
rongly against excossive watering of j
e streets during a cholera epidemic, tj
tho ground that the baclli thrive uu- '
r the influence of moisture. cnj
Corrosive sublimate, in tho strength vc,
sixty-four grains to the gallon of th,
iter, is found by the Uealth Depart* fot
ent of Now York City to be the most
Icctlveof the germ-destroying agents. wo
Tho new sub-treasury building at 8au po
ancisco, Cat., has au electric burglar- Sti
urin installed between the rows of arc
icks so that any interfereuco with tnr
ther tho bricks or cemont will cnuso an rcc
arm to sound. sic
A fender for electric cars is made of mi
eet iron attached directly to the coi
ucks, the lower plates coming within iu
i inch of the rails, springs of great pr<
i>"
Tho difficulty of making an indelible
arking on ivory push buttons has beou, mt
is said, overcome by a London con- *1UI
rn. The process employed is called "r
iM-ittf inr* ami f la o maplrim/fl
[UUUbUIV p(IUMU^| QUU WIIW in ?i
e claimed to bo iudelible iu any vcl
im&tc. '01
The Swedish Goveromeat has adopted <)r
new smokeless powder, which is
id to havo the following advantages:
is easy of inanufacturo, produces no j
unos and does not heat the rifle. It 1
ves the ball an initial velocity of 2100
et, with a pressure of 2200 atuioshere*.
Jacques Inandi, the French lightning ,]),
llculator, says that it is sound which as|
uides his mind in its prooess, and not ??
io memory of or imagination how ti<
gurcs look. Ho was born with a gift rtU
ir figures; long before he could read or
rrile ho solved the inoit intricate
iitlimetical problems.
The bones of the head of some large ^
rohistoffc animal wore taken out ol the
round at Ituby Creek, Washington, tho j,'
ther week, at a depth of 250 feet. Tli? w
reat mastodon, judging from tho depth (j,
t whicn the bones were found, must jn
avc lived in an early period and is af n,
resent extinct. The slinpo of the head nc
j-cuiblca that'of a cow, ouly it is much SI
irger. wl
The three singlo eyes of bcos have 111
een a puzzle as to their use. Mr. Grim- 1,1
Imw, of England, starts the theory that *'
liey are not eyes at all, but bull's-eye
interns that emit a very feeble light to
piidcthe bees iu their work at night,
luck production of light is quite com
uon among iusccts, and the source of tin J'J
heory gives it sowo title of respect, foi x'j
dr. Grimshaw is au able observer. |H
Mr. Romanes is experimenting ii U
needing rats and rabbits, with reference i><
o heredity. Those now bred are tho rc- ?|
mlts of experiments intended to dis- ??'
prove wiiat Mr. Romanes believes to bi xy
icrtuin errors made by some writers oc "
leredity. In the particular r*?e? crperi
fleulcd on by him the progeny liave
:ertainly taken cither wholly after tht ..
ather or wholly after the mother. Mr
Romanes does show certain cases ol J'
joramingling, or rather reversion, which '*
ire highly suggestive. _ ?(
Itnkera and Struck are Alike Indicted. ' J
Pittsbuko. Pa.?The grand jury came fl
nto r. >urt and returned true hills against
he Homestead advisoryVoiniuitteecharg
;d with treason. 1 he informations were
nadc before Chief Justice Pnxson on h
Friduy, September 30, hy County Detec- C
:ive Bcltzhoover, against David II. Shan- ii
ion, John McLuokie, David Lynch. I
rhomas Crawford, Hugh O'Dontiell, H
Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Ball, Isaac Flyers. C
Henry Baynard, T. VV. Brown, George e
Champcoo, Isaac Critchlow, Miller e
I'olgao, John Coyle, Jack ClilTord, Dennis
M. Cusli, Wm MeDoncgly, Michael
'uiniuings, William Combs,, John Diek
n, Patrick Fagan, W II. Gaelics, w
Matthew Harris, Keid Kennedy, John B,
Mil er, ('. S Scarighf, John .Murray, M. j]
II Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh fi
ioss, William T. Roberts, George By jt
ands and George W. Sarver, charging
them with treason. {,
Warrants weie issued I he same day p
md so far i bout fifteen of the 33 mem>ers
of the committee have been found
l ine bills were also returned against H
I'. Fiiek John G. A. Leishman. Law- p
renee Phipps F. T. Loyejoy, tjuperin- ?
endent Potter, Otis f'hilds, He ry Cur fl(
iy. Ncvin MeConnell, Cap niu Coop r, ^
Fred Primer, and nil others of the Car- p
i ogie omeials and J'jnker ou detectives. ri
rrharg (1 with inuitl r and conspiracy.
3ix Hundred OirU Invade Richmond I
Richmond, Va. ?Six hundred gi'b 1
roin the Kinney Works, of New York, n
vhich burned rcceutly, have arrived ii i
itichiuond, and will work here until thi 0
aetory is rebuilt. Some of them art h
:hcroot markers, and some are cigaretl c
Tinkers. The latter will work at the 11
Vllcn <fc Ointcr establishment, the former
it the Whitlock Works, f'olh the facories
r ferred to are owned ni d operated
by the American Tobacco Company, tl
>f which Mr. John Pope, of this city, ?
s vice president. This will not inter f
ere with the local employees, the new ii
oiners working at night, the regular
force in the day as usuil.
Southern Eloquence at Chicago. i
('iiicaoo, Iix.?Senator John W. Dan- <
iel, of Virginia, delivers the Columbian x
oration, October 21 at the dedication fll 1
the exposition building. 1
A noted tuthodty3w?det">i
umarisee the om of frulte Iti mn?^9)Hp^
: diseased condition of tho body. It
>uld not bo undoratood that odlbto
its exert direct medicinal oflccts.
oy tiiuply cncourago the natural proisos
by which the several remedial
jcojsos which they aid are brought
out. Uudcrtho category of laxatives,
ruges, tigs, tamarinds, prunos, inulrries,
dates, nectarines aud plums may
included; pomegranates, oranberries,
ickbcrrtos, sumach berries, dowbers,
raspberries, barberries, quincos,
sis, wild cherries and medlars are asngent;
grapes, peaches, strawberries,
lortlobortics, prickly pears, black curnts
and melon seeds are diuretics;
osebcrries, rod aud white currants,
uupkins aud melons ore rofrigcrauta;
a lemons, iunos unci apples nro rofrig*
mis and stomachic sedatives. Taken
tho early morning, an orange nets very
cidcdly as a laxative, sometimes
minding to n purgative, and may genilly
bo relied on. Pomcgrauates nro
y nstringont, and relievo relaxed
oat. The bark of the root, in tho
ui of n decoction, is a good antholutic,
especially obnoxious t.? tape
irm. Pigs, split open, form excellent
ulticcs for boils nud small abscesses,
rawberries and lomons, locally applied
) of seine sei vico in tho temoval of
tar froui the teeth. Applos are corstives
useful in nausea, and ovcu seakness.
They immediately roliove tho
usen due to sinokiug. Bitter almonds , . k "t
utaiu hydrocyanic acid, and aro usofuT
simple OOttgP' -f$r notuT
u.^^^e'persimmon, 01 diospyrosis,
palatablo when rlpo; but the green
lit is highly astringent, containing
ich tannin. Tho oil of tho cocoauut (
i been recommended as a substitute r
cod liver oil, nnd is much used iu
rtnany for phthisis. Burberries nro
-y agreeable to fever pnticnts in tho
iu of u drink. Dutch luodlurs am
ringent nnd not very palatable,
apes and raisins mo nutritive uud do*
ilccut, and very grAteful ia tho sick
umber. A so-called "grope euro" has
ju much lauded for the treataieut of
jgestions of tho liver and stomach,
largcd splocu, scrofula, tuberculosis,
:. Nothing is allowed but water nud
i'ad aud several pounds of grapes per
sm. t^uiuco seeds are doinulccut uud
tringont; boiled in water thoy makp
excellent soothing and sedative loin
in inflammatory diseases of tho eyes
d eyelids.?Boston Transcript.
Raco Trouble iu Texas.
I'aiiis, Tkx. ? The race troubles which
ive been going on in this country an:
Heading, and it seems there will yet lie
ore loss of life, i'eop'e are greatly
[ought np in the southwestern put of
e county, and the feeling has crossed
to Bed Itiver and lie ta counties,
otiecs have been posted warning the
groes to leave He I It ver county,
lerill Hanks has arresle I live pi rsons,
110 arc charge I with being implicated
the recent outrages at Detroit. Tlio
utter has become serious uud is a'tribu
d to poiitieal ugrit utors.
Senator Hill as a Lawyer;
Ai.iunv, N. Y. ? Senator David B.
111 made his tiist public uppearanco as a
acticing lawyer in the Court of Ap als.
'I he case was that of James A.
at Dougall ami S M. mown us admin Uu'ors
against the president aiul Life
isurancc Society of New York, ap[Jlants.
collator Ilill appeared for tlio
tpcllanls us represacnting Stanley, (iatrk
id Smith, of New York, llisjarguincut
as forcible and was listened to attcn
veJy L?y the judge.
A British Steamer Ashore.
Kky West, Fi.a ?The British steamship
Icctricinn, from New Orleans for Liverool,
loaded with cotton and grain, is
?hor? on the South Key at Dry Tortuns
The master is jettisoning the cargo
onsidetable of which is being saved by
;ro lighthouse kcopeis and the pcoplo
ntinned at Tortugas. The wrecking
eet leftjhcre forih"scene in thenfter..oon.
A Student from Over the Wuvei.
A young Jap, from Yokohoma, Japan
as just entered Oak ltidgo Ins itutc,
iuilford county, for the purpose of takug
full literary and business courses.
Ic left Yokohomu on the 6th day of
eptcinber and arrived at Oak luugo
ictober 1st. Tois is perhapr the great
st distance ever traveled by any one to
liter a North Carolina institution.
North Carolina Tobacco Grope.
Winston, N. C.?Statist'cs show there
rere 67,000,000 pounds of leaf tobucco
old on North Carolina markes during
be year ended September Id. These
imrrn dct not include North Carolina
:af sold on Virginia markets. Winston's
?les aggregated ',10,884,345 pounds, an
icreasc of 707,972 pounds over the
revious year.
Substantial Sympathy.
Chicago, Ir.l. ? At a trades union
to ting in the intere t of the locked out
ten at Homestead, resolutions wero
riopicd denouncing Frick and '.Carnegie
i traitors, and acommittce of twenty-ono
rominent labor men was appointed to
rise funds for the support of the strikers.
A Case for Judge Lynch.
<ittlb Hock, Ahk.?This city was
brown into excitement by an assault
nado by Mari >n W 1 i! S(?!uO| colored, upon
liss liosa Henderson - The man in his
Ho t to overpower the woman threw
leron a red-hot stove, burning her sevroly.
Williams was arrested and is
ow in jail. ^
Detroit, Mich .?After a warm debate
he bojrd of education has passed a re
olution which practically excludes all
loman Catholics from acting as teachers
n the public schools of that ci ty.
rhe Italian Deputi-s to be Dissolved.
A cablegram Jrom Home says a decree
s about to be issued dissolving the prcs:nt
House of Deputies. The elections
%ill take place on Nov. 6 nud the second
rallot on Nov. 13. The new House will
neet on Nov. 23.