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VOL. XXIII.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22,1892. NUMBER 52.
CHHISTMA5 THOOOHTS,
From betvn to earth at night's high noQB
There flashed a raj of sacred Are;
And Nature's voice was all a-tune
With songs of sweet desire.
O wondrous night! O hoiy morn I
When peace and harmony were born.'
4"be art hems of all Nations ring
Over the seas from shore to shore;
)*he song the Christmas Joy bells sing
Echoes forevermore.
O Christ I to thiok Thy baby hands
Could grasp and hold so many lands*
May joy abide in every breast I
May loving thoughts and kindness sway
The souls of men to quiet rest;
For Christ was born to-day I
Let bitterness and envy cease.
And all His children be at peace I
O spirit of this Chrlstmastide^ r
Abide with us, and give us Dower
? I
To conquer upon every side
The battle of life's hour. . ,
And grant that we may know with Thee c
Tho joy of immortality.
? Helen 8. Conanfc. ^
A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. ?
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3T MRS. M. C. HALE. ' _
P
ffO ?WGH!" said John
I I Hlakc, stamping off h
^$ 'he suow and swing- t
ing his arms about,
t "This is the coldest h
\ is=5sgy'^? ? Christmas eve I re- i
t fl memher in a long
*'me* Whew! Shut t
J the door, Frank, t
. I Quick 1 What on 1:
I earth do you let in
W any niore air than *
n necessary such a d
""night as this?"
Farmer Blake had finished the chores e
early to-night, and had just come iu *
'for good," as he said. Everything had f
been done, except the "lockin' up," a
which Frank, the oldest boy, was to at- t
tend to, and all was to be ready for "the y
Christ mas tixiu* "the young' una had to tl
get to bed, so as everything'd be dono in o
season." o
The farmer sometimes grumbled that t<
"it was mighty hard work kcoping ti
Christmas," but if he had been given his n
choice, he would not have had the day n
omitted from his calendar for a good b
6utn of money. As t): his wife, for six g
months she looked i or ward to Christmas tl
with pleasure, aud bae'e upon it with
delight for the other six months. w
"There*d be no use living," she said,
"if it w eren't for Christmuo and chil- ' tl
dren." g
Frank was now to take the watm wa- v
ter to the chickens, for, as the farmer
aid, "Look's if it might set in for a h
good spell o'snow; an'the critters 'd ?
better have enough feed lor the mornin', ti
in case we couldn't get to 'em." 8
80 Frank pulled down auot.ier armful a
of hay, packing it into the tnanger. He "
patted old Dobbin and Molly, as, turn- '
ing the lautiru Iroin side to aide, ho p
glanced around. o
ThereI"' he said to himself, "if I h
haven't forgotten the big key? Too cold
to come out again. Father won't think s
of asking about it, and they are as safe ?
as they ever are." ?
The solemu, slow munching of the t
animals as they drew out the hay in long
wisps, only slightly disturbed the silence ?
as the boy stood still for a moment. It ?
was not a very important matter. It hud ?
happened before that the barn had been 6
left unlocked, but only when it had been t
forgotten, and as Frank thought, "If v
anything should happen, father would 8
blair.c me." But the wild sweep of
enow, as he opened the barn door, blow J
out the light, and in the dark, half t
bliuded by the sleet, he fumbled at the |
latch; uutil at last, having tecured it, c
he hurried into the house, and then?he \
really forgot. t
A sturdy boy of eleven he showed I
himself to be, as he stamped the snow e
from his rubber boots, and tossed his <
wet cap ard "comforter" into a chair. <
Itob, a little fellow of about five years, <
bad been drawing pictures, as he called |
his marks, and looked up with a dreamy
air. I
' 'Is issaowing, father?" he asked. ]
"Now, father!" exclaimed Frank. i
4'I)o you hear that? Who would ask
such a question but Rob? Yes, you silly 1
boy, it is snowing, and likely to keep I
on lor a good while. Do you thiok it '
will last all uiglit, father." 1
"Can't ieli," said the farmer. "This '
time o* year ain't wutli bcttin' on.
Might keep ou for a week, an' migiit
cleur oil 'fore morniti', an' the stars \
come on'."
"Mother,** said Rob, suddenly raising 1
his bead; "Did it snow when Jesus was
burnt"
"Land snkesl" exclaimed Mr. Blake.
"Hear that now 1 How d'you suppose
we know, child? We weren't theic!"
Mrs. Blake patted the little golden
head, but thought it wise not to attempt
bu answer.
"Everything in shape, Frank?" said
his father.
And Frank, a littlcconscience-stricken,
looked out toward the barn door, and
raid:
"Yes, sir; it's awfully cold, too."
1 "I hope no one is out-of-doors tonight,"
said Mrs. Blake. "Did the lantern
blow out, Frank? Well, now, the
snow's driving around so, it seems as if
I'd feel better if there was a light in it,
and it was hung out on the porch. Some
one might ho losing their way, just for
want of the light it gives. There's very
little light between the Cranford station
and the '.Mills,' and anyway, I'd feel
bettei
i "Psiinwl mntber." said her husband 1 i
"don't you think the windows give light
eaough?"
( "Well, the windows will ho dark I
when we go to bed," she answered, "and |
besides, no one rati see tnem till they i
get in frcnt of the house. I guess I'll 1
hang it out."
' And with the wick turned up to give J
a bright, clear light, she hung it by a
dall dn the outer post of the porch, where
It bed often bung before. 1
The kitchen and dining-room iaced
the Cranford road, as it was usually 3
called, because it was uear the point 1
where several roads from Rihway, from *
the "Mills,*' and from Koselle, turned
Into the one leading to the village of 1
Cranford. The construction of the house '
was very odd, but as the neighbors said <
"When Jane and John Blaka set out <
:o build a house, you might bo sure it i
wouldn't be like any other." And it i
lad not altered their opinion when Mr. i
Slake explained that as they were to >
ipend most of their lives in it, he didn't 1
tee why they should build the best part
lor somebody eise. When he built the 1
urn beside the hotflfe, Its door directly t
>pposite one from the side of the kit- i
:hen, the neighbors only laughed good- \
taturedly and said: "That's like them,
oo." i
n-1 l- n *- ' *
i uoujiu r raoK was oia en ougn to stay ]
ip and help with the "flxin's," he made j
10 objection to going to bed with Rob, ,
ind tho two boys snuggled together in i
he effort to get warm. 1
"Say, mother," said Rob, as she leaned 1
iver tho bed to give them the goodlight
kiss she never omitted, "do angels t
ver come down now?" ;j ^
"I'm not sure," she answered. "Somo <
teople think they do, hut others don't.'. ]
As she went down staVrs she added to' ]
lerself: "I'm ono of the people that ?
hink they do?for awhile." ;]
She was thinking of tho baby girl who t
ind lain in her arms, and blessed her
ife, for one short year. ?
When she came into the kitchen her f
lusband sat beside tho bright fire, with ^
>oth hands on his knees, gazing at the 1
ight, a troubled look on his face. 8
What s the matter, father?" said his T
rife, who knew the Bighs of mental t
listurbance. [" "
"Well, there is somethiu' that both- J
rs me, sure enough," he nusnered. J
You see, when I was driving back k
rom Elizabeth, this afternoon, Istoppcd
t Derby's and Crane's to leave somo ii
hings, and get the turkey trimmings c
ou wanted; an'they both mentioned 't b
hey'd heard that Johu Granger 'd beeu 1
n a spree, an' driven his wife an' child fl
ut o the house, an locked era out,
do. I suppose the poor critters '11 be ?
aken in an1 cared fur by the neighbors
ear there 'fore this time; but it makes
le feel kiuder shivery to think she may \
e out in this storm. Dgh! the wind f
oes through one like a mowin' machine
iirough the grass I"
Mrs. Black went toward the front .!
ri^dow aud looKed out on the road.
"Yes, it is a bitter night," she said,
bougbtfully. "I'd like to feel sure the
irl was under shelter. AH, JoIid, it
ras a bad day for Anna when she marled
him. Poor orphan 1 I haven't ever ?
lid it up against her when ehe got the ?!
lea that marrying anybody Wiis better
nan being 'bound out' to us. Pretty, ?
untle spokeu child, and I don't see how '
ny one could ill-treat her. Mr. Wins- '
iw says lie's heard her cryiug out; u
Don't strike me again, John!' Ah, ^
oor girl, poor girl I And a babj, too, ^
nly about six months old. A girl ,
ftby I" ?
"I ain't stopped there of'en lately,"
aid Mr. Blake; "John has been so n
if'en half drunk, or all drunk, that it 11
in't been pleasant. Well,I suppose we'd ?j
letter begiu fixin' the tree, hadn't we?"
"I suppose so," his wife answered,but ?
he still lingered beside the window.
>he pressed her face close to the pane,
ud peered out. The lamp on the porch
eut a L right stream of light out into the
oad. All about the lanteru the flakes c
vere whirling, like flies and gnats on a
ummer's night. *
John had brought in the tree, placing "
t in a corner of the dining-room, while
lis wife was upstairs with the boys, and
aking tho lamp with them, they now T
iroceeded to trim the tree. The ornu- I v
nents saved from one year to another r
vere brought rut and fastened, the rosy- *
:heekeu apples nnd golden oranges were 0
rung on, the popcorn they had spent
leveral evenings in stringing were flung ^
>ver the branches, looking as if a flurry ^
>f snow had frozeu there. The candy 8
)rnaments, and last the caudles, com- c
pleted the pretty etlcct.
"My!" exclarced Mr. Blake. "Who'd 4
drink you could beat up on such a night? 1
[t makes one as warm as r-hayin'. Most c
done, ain't wc, mother?"
"Almost," said his wife,as she stepped *
toward the kitchen door. The light f
from the porch was taintly reflected on
both of the windows, while the inside of <
of the kitchen " as without light except r
from the lire. *
As Mrs. Blake looked toward the window
facing her, she repressed a scream
as she saw a woman's face outside.
With a beating heart at the apparation, I
Bhe drew nearer the window. As she (
did so she saw a white hand raised, )
and a slight tap sounded on the glns?.
"What is that, mother?" called Mr. 8
Blake from the next room. 1
... . * . . - -i (
ins wiie mimed 10 his sine.
'Did you hear it, John," she asked. 1
4Whv," he answered slowly. "I !
heard a tappin,' sorter."
She was worried aud troubled.
"I saw a face, a womau's I think,
against the window," she answered. |
"And she tapped at tho glass. It did (
frighten me u little, but it must be some
poor creature, cold and faint, iniybe,
We must go out and look for her."
Hut John, who hated to leave tho
warm comfort indoors, for the cold discomtort
without, suggested that whoever
it was, would probably be glad to
como in. But though he opened the
door and neere 1 out aud around, he
saw no one.
"There'r ni one there, Jane," he said.
Then he added, curiously, "Did you say
you hung the lantern on the porch?
Well, it ain't there 1"
"Now, wo must go," said Jane, decidedly.
"Some poor soul is out there,
and must be brought in. Set the lamp
in the kitchen window, so wo can teil
where to come bnc v to, and we'll get the
other lantern from the barn. Wrap up
warm, John. Heady? All right."
It had taken them several minutes for
piepara'ion, and as Jane glancd toward
the clock, it was with a slight thrill that
ib? saw it wm ? few minutes before
welre.
Like tbe lovers tbej had been fifteen
rears before, they stood upon the front
>orcb, band in hand, and peered ahead
>f them.
Down the road, a few lights from the
rillage glowed faint as a glowworm's
orob, but ia the opposite direction none
:ould be seen. Slight marks, partially
:orered, showed here and there, but the
shite spsc? seemed endless, looking like
vhite capped wares. The lamp in the
w indow threw its beams far out on the
oad, and the snow, now falling eoftly,
ormed a golden haze in the light.
The lantern wat not where Mrs. Blake
lad placed it, certainly, and they passed
;o the side of the house. There, hangIn?
on the latch of the barn door, was
the lantern.
Slowly, for the snow had drifted here,
.hey pressed toward the glmmering
ight, keeping their eyes fixed on it as
f it were a beacon. The snow around
ind about it, the soft flake* falling orer
t, gave it a weird, uncanny look, like a
jalo spreading indefinitely until loss in
:he whiteness around.
John shivered and wished he had
itayed in, but Mrs. Blake drew him forward.
Some one had been here. Some
>ne had moved the lantern. In her
nind were the words, "And they followed
the star."
They reached, the bafn, unhooked the
astern, and John then disedtered that
he door was not locked.
"That little scampi" he muttered.
But as wo are here we may's well see
f the critters are all right." And they
vent in. Old Molly had been led from
ler stall, and was standing on the other
ide. This so startled J^hQ that he
aised hia lantern, swinging it from side
o side.
"There' therel John," said Mrs.
Hake, catching at his arm. "In
lolly's manger. What is that!"
They drew nearer, till the light
.ashed down on the fragrant hav heaped
a the manger, on which a woman was
rouching; while pressed closely to her
>rea9t was a little baby, fast asleep,
'he mother's dark eyes gleamed at
hem que9tioningly; fearf- and joy at
nee showing in her face.
"The baby, John. A little baby in
he manger," said Jane, in a trembling
oice. "Oh, you poor girl! Oh, Anna,
inna, why did you not come to me at
rat?"
But the young mother, the oruelly
rcated wife, hacl fainted. John carried
lie slight form in his strong arms "into
le light out of the night," while Jane
eld the baby?the baby girl?pressed
losely to her heart.
A abort journey, but to the young
lother tho change seemed like, that
rom death to hum. To Jane Blake
t seemed liko e realisation of the erar
ew Christinas story. They, too, had
allowed the light where it led; they,
oo, had seen the babe lying in a
janger.
When Anna had told how sho had
ried to reach the house before dark?
ow, when she did reach it, her heart
ad failed her, aud knowing how Mrs.
Hake had pleaded with her not to
isrry John Granger, she had feared ?he
light not befriend her?how she bad
ntered the barn and laid the baby in
be warm hay?how she had passed from
ne window to another, had almost encred
several times?when all this was
old the rest remained unsaid, because so
nell understood by all. Anna, whom
hey had all loved for many years, had
ome back to her home. That was all.
When in the early morning Mrs.
Hake and Anna arose and began the
laiiy work, Jane suggested that the
. . >tt .1 a Vinnfa,! Kn a
ivy2 IUU1U, vvuivu wni Uvaicu uj a
rom the kitchen, would be a better
dace for the baby. Bo the cradle in
fhich .Tnn? and Jane's mother had been
ocked, with its solid sides and hoodliko
op of mahogany, was moved into the
ither room.
Jane smiled to herself as she heard the
?oys* bare feet on the floor overhead.
Ihe imagined their start of surprise at
ight of the cradle. But she did not
arry her imaginings far enough.
A shrill whisper of "Mother!"
'Mother 1" came from the stairs. Both
nothers hurried into the hall. Rob,
{uivering with excitement, stood on the
niddle stair, whilo Frauk, half wise,
lalf mystified, but wholly curious, was
it the top both nightownod, barefooted.
' Oh, mother!" said Rob, "Anpei
tome nowadays! One has been :::
oom and left a Christmas boy t it
Joine und sei 1"?New York Obsei *<.r.
A Botanist Tails Fifteen Stories.
Chicago, III.?Charles Chun tier, i
jotauisi, who was engaged in the horti
u tur.l department at the World's Fair,
net a frightful death in the Masonic
reinplc. tic fell from the fourtcentl
lory to the basement, bis body beiiu
mingled almost beyond recognition. Mr
li.iiitler attempted to alight at the four
centh floor just as the elevater startcc
ipwnrd, and fell before the cage cou c
>0 stopped. He leaves a wife and thrc
hilc'run in Wisconsin. He was Secretin>f
the Agassis Society, and came to thi
tountry in 1880 from England, where h
lulu (li-tinguished hirasvlf in scieitifi
irc'es.
married at ine muzzie 01 a itevolvor
Asiikvii.ek. N. C. ?Mrs Carry How
ard, u handsome woman twenty-five yeai
old, swore before Judge Bynurn in th
Superior Court that five years ago Walti
Howard forced her to marry him at th
muzzle of a revolver, tlneatening to ki
her unless she did. She fought divorr
and the court promptly granted it, th
husband failing to appear.
George Vanderbilt 111 on His Returi
New Yohk.?George W. Vanderbl
arrived in this city late on Friday afte
noon, after a stay of several months
Japan. He came directly to New Yoi
from his estate, Biltmore, in North Car
lina. He went there after his arrival i
San Francisco several weeks ago. M
Vinderbift is confined to his bed with
slight sickness resulting from a cold ar
tin- fatiuue of the iourriev.
DIXIE JNEWS.
The Sunny South Gleaned and Epito ilftd.
11 the New* and Occurence* Printed
Here in Condensed Form.
Two Mormou missionaries are laboring
in Sumter and Marion counties, S. C.
A safe in Carpenter Bros, store at
Kings Mountain, N. C., was blown open
by burglars Thursday aud $2,000 in
money aud valuable papers were carried
off.
Harrison Evans a 16 year old white boy
shot himself while outhuuting near Win*
tOD, N. C.
A sensational "fake" is going the
i rounds of tho papers of n negro woman
of Edgefi-ld, S. ~C., Who killed and cook;
ed hot buby and solved it at a quilting
party.
Torn And John 01j,?er, first cousins, and
wealthy farmers living near Waco, Tex.,
fought a duel last Weduesday over a too
charming young woman. Johti was shot
through th body and will dio.
United States Senator R. L. Gibson, of
Louisinna, died at Hot Springs, Ark.,
Thursday, lie was buried Sunday at
Lexington, Ky., by the side of his wife.
A cyclone passed over Summit, Miss.,
on Thursday, cutting a path 500 yards
wide, and leaving therein five person
killed aud many wounded.
At a meeting of the Roanoke, Va., bar
Hon. John Randolph Tucker was unani mously
endorsed for attorney General in
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet.
The South Carolina Sewerage Co was
organized at Columbia to construct sewers;
capital stock $30,000.
The gross earnings of tho Northeastern
Railroad of South Carolina for tho year
ended June 80 were $050,250, operating
expenses and taxes $500,411, and net
earnings $158,845.
Weldou, N. C., is to have the largest
cotton factory in the State. Workmen
are now engaged in clearing up the site
for t'ic mammoth str dure, aud it is
stated the order has already been given
for the brick. Gen Mahone is largely
interested iu the enterprise.
Last Suudav morninir mi fmrilwnmL-,1
V o v?. V.'IU.IIV
shock was felt atQastou, N. C.f and from
there as far up the Raleigh & Gaston 1
Railroad as Warrcntui. Th> shook was
very decided, shaking houses aud windows
to an alarming degree, aud was i r- \
companied by a roaring sound.
The Colored State Fair held at Colum ,
bia, 8. C., last week was a big succes*,
winding up with a "First Annual State
Hall" in Agricultural Hall, given by th
colored people, or more properly speak- (
ing, the "Couvivial Catarec Club of .
South Carol Any." "SSMiss
Mar"*Murmjy, a highly conuectcd
joung lady ol I,eeda, Ala., was found
ncr Vft" tt TirnrpitTTir imwwj iiuii
bidding her relatives an affecthTiale
good-bve. Ill health caused the suicide.
Gcu. It 1). Vance, aged sixty five,
brother of Stgiator Vance and mtinhrr
elect of thei a'" )i Carolina Legislature,
was married "Thursday to Miss Lizzie l<
Cook, at the home of the bride, in tir.i
him county, N. C.
A negro who outraged Emma O'Bryan,
an 18 year-old white girl of Nasbcvillc,
Tenn., has been captured and hanged to
a tree in a chiKch)ard and his body ere
mated.
Application will be made to the General
Assembly of North Carolina at itnext
session for a charter incorporating
a company to construct a railroad from
the city of Durham, N. ('., through th
counti s of Durham, Chatham, Moore.
Montgomery, Stanly and Mcckleulu g
to the city of Charlotte, N. C.
BOLD ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Six of a Notorious G&ug are Now
in Jail at Bristol.
Bristol, ?knn.? "We have been
burglarizing and robbing people ever
since the war in an almost successful
manner, and have never been caught up
with yet," said Ben Richards and James
Caddell to a number of young fellows
when they wished them to join their
gang, but they were caught up with last
night and four others, John Burke, John
Bowser,John Gray aud John Jordan were
pulled with thera.
i They prove to be six of the boldest
thieves, who ever infested this couutry.
i Their latest work was at Lindell, in
Washington county, Va., where they
robbed a store. For mouths different
people of Bi isioi have suffered at their
hands. A cave east of Bristol and another
southwest ol Bri-.tol have been used
for their store bouses, and to day when
an officer went to these places to make
investigations he found them well aup
i plied with almost every article mentionab'e.
The burglars arc now in jail, and
, will await their trial, when each will get
: several years in the Virginia pcDitectiury.
I ?
t Cheatham Will Lecture.
Hai.kkiii, N. C.?Congressman H. P.
Cheatham, of North Carolina, the only
colored man in Congress, contemp'a es
' devoting the next two years to a lectur
c ing tour through the North and North
y west. Mr. Cheatham failed of re-election,
8 he says, by a technicality, but intends to
c try again two years from now. He is nu
0 educated man, a graduate of Shaw University.
with a streng, clear voice and n
pleasant delivery.
g Ouilty and Aeke the Mercy of Court.
10 Norfolk, Va. ? W. K. I)rury. an atir
torncy-atdaw. was found guilty i i tlic
o United 8 ntcs Court in this city for mak
11 ing a false paper for procuring a Unit* el
;c States pc isiou and was sentenced to one
,c year in jail and $100 fine. When asked
l>v Judge Hughes if he had anything to
say, he replied, ,;iio," and threw himself
on the mercy of the court.
Suicided for Love of a Mule.
It Columbia, ft. C.? Lome Armstrong,
r- son of a prominent farmer in Greenville
in county, committed snieido to day hy
k hanging himself in his father's barn with
o- a plow line. Ui< ner k was broken. A
at few days ag<> his fnthei sold a mule of
r. which the hoy was von fond He grieve
h over the I<?js of his favorite animal to
id such an extra' that los mind became tin
balan< < d, a? d I * finally killed hiniseh.
GOVMT APPROPRITION8.
What Shar* of DoUarv the Sooth Haa
in Them.
It Takes * OrMt Deal of Money to
Run Those TJnitsd States.
WstaiKOToit, D. O. ?Tho total estimates
of appropriations required for the
orvfce of tho fiscal year ending Juue SO,
1804, prepared bv the Treasury Department
and transmitted to the House of
Representatives on Tuesday, amount to
the aggregate sum of $505,881,885, being
$15,939,941 more than the estimate
for 1898.
These estimates, of course, do not in
??.i /^. A?
vmuv muy ?uiiwi|)aicu huiuuiivi iui uoficicuc
ea in past appropriations or for
miscellaneous appropriations. While the
formal estimates submitted to Cong'ess
last December fooled up only $489,932,093,
the appropriations authorized at the
first session of the present Congress upon
those estimates an 1 upon additional estimates
subsequently submitted amounted
to $507,600,188, or $17,068,093 in excess.
Kxcludiug all deficiencies and miscellaneous
appropriations, the estimates for
1894 exceed the total appropriations for
1898 bv $17,375,200.
On the other hand, the total revenuoa,
as estimated by the Becretiry of the
Treasury for 1894 will be only $490,121,365.
including postal revenues, thus forecasting
a prospective deficit, in addition
to that which exists nt present, of $18,739,669,
and this without counting any
probable d ficiencios or miscellaneous approprist'ons.
If, however, default should
be made in the payment of $48,600,000
to tha sink ng fund, nud deficiencies and
miscellaneous appropriations are excluded,
there is made to appear a prospective
surplus of $32,869,030.
These are the new estimates by bills,
as compared with the estimates and appropriations
for the present fiscal year,
set forih in an official table prepared by
the clerks io ihe committees on appro- '
print ions of the Semite and House:
An aim ysis of the budget shows that 1
Soutlie u interests arc equitably crocd for
in the estimates. Under the tune hou
orcd precedent set by tlio first session ol 1
the Forty-font tli Congress and folos cd J
by all of its sueccsNors, by w hich no l iver 1
and harbor bill is framed nt second sessions
ot Congress none will be prepared 1
tVliu ffVll- lull i; I notllllBtiiu liot',1 I..1/1*. I 1
submitted by the engine. I department of
the army for continuing such works us s
have already begun uiic-t the coi.lrac's \
authorized bv the river and harbor bill '
of last session. These works, if appro |
printed for at all this ses* on, will doubt* '
less be carried in the sundry civil bill,
according to the recent practice. Among 1
the amongts which, its is stated, can be 1
profitably expended, are for this part ol 1
the South. I
IUVKIt AND DAUBOH WOHKB. I
{Jliarlvslun' *1ial'llW." '
Sullivan isl n?l and Mount Pleasant shore.
$750,000.
Savannah harbor, Gu., $1,000,000.
Mobile harbor, Ala., $1,000,000.
runr.tc nun.DiNaa.
These estimates ure given for work on
Federal postotliccs and other public build
ings throughout the South.
C'larksvdie, Tcnu., postoffice, complc
tion of approacht'S, $25,000
Charleston. S. C , postoffice comple
tion, $50,000.
Norfolk, Va , postoffice, $00,000.
Savannah, Ga., postoffice, cootiuua
tion, $100,000.
Wilmington, N. C , Marine Hospital,
surgeon's residence, $7 000.
t ape Obailes quarantine station, new,
$181,000.
Gull quarantine station, $30,000.
Key West quarantine station, Fla.,new,
$4,000.
South Atlantic q larantine station,
$9,000
I.IFK-SATINK SERVICE, EIGHTS, BIONAI.B,
ETC.
For the life-saving service the estimate
is $1,830,749, an increase of $302,697
over the amount granted by the current
law.
For establishing new life s.ving stations
the estimate is $5 >,000. an increase
of $5 000 over current law.
For supplies of ligh houses the esti
mate is $108 000, an increase of $38,000.
For repairs of lighthour s the estimate
i6 $710,427, an increase of $365,00)
For salaries of lig dhouse keepers the
est mate is $680,000, an increase of $f0, 000.
STiji expenses or light vessels the estimate
is $300,"00 an inc.uise of $50,< 00.
For expenses of bu ?yi:ge tlm oli'iuitn
is $425,000. an incirase of $05.0 o
Fer cxpens s of fug signal* the <sli
mate is $110, ii I. an ui? m usc <>( $40 000
For lights -d livci* the stimnte is
inn on > m> in> <>i no ?
, ? , _
Fo lighting of livers the ti11? te is
$300,000, an increase ?f $7 1 ?<??>.
For party expenses of 'lie Coa t ,-<n t
Geodetic Sin vcy the cstiin ite is $140,000,
an increase ??t $17,80').
For li^>lit s ation at Key West, Fla.,
$1,590. '
Fo?' new light s ationat St. Catharine's
sound, (la., $20,000
For additional isnge lights on Poboy
sound, Oa , $1,500
For new range livlit?, at Doller Point.
Va . $2,500.
For additional lights in Mobile ship
canal, A la., $00,000
For new light and fog signal statisn
in Alligator river. N C , $20,000.
For new range lights at entrance of
B'Aufort harbor, N. C., $10,000.
For new lange lights on Cape Fear
river, N. C., $3, l? 5.
For new steam light vessel with steam
for signal on C?;>e Lookout shoals, N. C.,
$70,000.
For new light station in Dog river bar
channel, Mobile bay, Ala , $?0,000.
For new light station near Hillsborn
inlet, Fla., $90,000.
For new light at Machipong* inlet,
Va.. $125,000.
For beacon lights in the inside pa*aage
i oin Savannah, Ga., to Fernandin, Fin .
$1,000.
Km new lightslation near Mt. Cornelia.
Fia , $175,000.
Foi new light station near 8t Joseph's
Point, Fla., $25,000.
For ucw light station neur Wreck
Point, N. o.. $5,000.
oran MUTaaRH or j am.
For extension of quaj wall aod ex
tension of water system at Norfolk navyvsrd.
Norfolk, Va , $48,000, ao increase
$10,500.
For Columbia araeaal,Columbia, Teno.,
$21,100, ao increase of $9,800.
For Ohickamauga and Chattanooga
National Parks, Tonn , and Ga , $180,*
000. ao increase of $10,000.
For artillery school at Fo<t Monroe,
Va , $8,828, an increase of $1,333.
The estimate for contingent expenses
of the mint at New Orleans is $33,000;
an iocrease of $2,000.
The estimate for continireut cxunnsce
of the assay office at Charlitte, N. 0., la
$2,500; an increase of $500.
The estimate for general axpenaea of
tho weather bureau under the Department
of Agriculture, including expens s of
signals, forecasts, crop bulletius, etc., it
$748,170, an increase of $49,895
The current appropriation of $108,000
f?*r special mail facilities 'on trunk line
r..ilr...<4> M... V..I, ? !
Mii* v?M? tiviu A Wl rv ?vr A niil|ia, r lit I
is omitted from the estimates. In other
rrspoots the estimates catl for substantially
the same amounts for other objec's
of Southern interest as are given in the
current laws.
AWFUL END OF A SPREE.
Jol. Thos G. Lamar Shot and Killed
at Aiken.
Lanoley, 8. (.'. ? Mr. Bob Chafce
Aik u: 'I'oin Lamar has pistol. He i?
very innd with you. llo has gone to
viken. (J. 13. Lamar. "
This wns the contents of a telegran
dispatch received by Mayor Robert A
. hufec Aiken, S. 0. The dispatch wis
signed by n brother of Col. Thomas (1.
Lniuiir.
Mr. Lnuuu nine to Aikeu, as the dis
patch stated lie would, and just oiw
liour later there was a lively shooting
.crape in front of Hlaylock A Wise's barr<?
in, and as a result, Col. T. (J. Lamar,
'ilie kaolin king," lies dead and Mayor
It. A. Clmfoo and Chief Marshal Robert
fusion are at their respective lesidenoe
ulTvring from dangerous pistol shot
ivouuds.
The patticulars that led to the shoottig
arc as follows, as near as cau be
caracd:
Mr. Lamar had been on an extended
ipree, and week beforn last he created h
listiirbanco in Aiken and was locked up
ii the guard house by Mayor Chnfec's
irders. lie was tilled aud released, but
s> said to have continued on his spree,
ittering threats of vengeance against
I. - ?- s - * -
.lie major. lie mo* me irain at uam- |
l>urg, ou i he South Uuioliua railroad. I
and alighted at Langley, where hta wild 1
talk i-uuscd hU brother to wire Mayor I
Chafeu to be on the lookout tor him. Mr. I
Lamar drove ti Alkeu and stopped at '
"" (MlimiN^ SM^UI Ulluieu
nud Chief Marshal Gaston waikod iu,
and encli taking hold of an arm nut him
under arrest. Mr. Lamar offered to go
quietly with them after he had finished
his drink. As they reached the sidewalk
Col. Lamar, who had his hands iu his
overoat pockets, suddenly fired his pistol
without pulling it, the ball taking effect
in Mayor Clnfce, pissing through
the abdomen just above the waist.
Lamar then fired two more shots in
quick succession?one bull taking effect
in the left side the marshal, just above
the heart, and passing through the lungs.
Chief (J. stou instantly drew his club
and struck at Lamar, knocking him to
his knees Mayor Chafee also drew his
pistol and fired, and Lamar fell over deuu,
shot through the heart.
The succession of shots brought out a
large and curious crowd. Or. Wyiuan
was quickly ou the scene, and pronouueed
Mr. Lamar dead. He then turned his attention
to l hief Gaston, who had been
taken to his ofiice.
Mayor Chnfcc was carried to his residence,
and his physician, l>r. T. C. Craft,
is doing every thing possible for him
Both men nre in a critic il condition.
Co'. Lamar s body was taken in charge
of by the Knights of I'y thins, of which
order he was a member. He 1 aves n
wife and three cli Id 101. lie was one of
the lies' known men in the State, and
had done much to d -velop tlie kaolin industry
of Aiken couuty, being iut? rested
iv several mines.
18 to Marry 18.
Cw*rlottw, N. C.?A man and a lad
of 18 years entered the register of deeds'
? r. /I 4 V?r> //% trtrt A m o r\ nl iarl 4 r\t~ a liaaitA
willtu hum wiic iui uiu o|/piivi iwi a m.nn
for bis daughter, whom he said was go
ing to many tho "man" with him. "How
old is your daughter?" asked Mr. Cobb
"Thirteen yeira," answered he. Mr
Cobb informed him that he could not get
license ns hia daughter was under age.
"Can't get it even If I ain willing for her
to ma ty?" naked the surprised father
"No, sir,'" said Mr. Cobb, "y?ucan't get
a license for a child to marry." 'J he
young would-be groom seemed less upset
by the denial th n the unna'ural father.
A Mid taon MC Ig st.
Asnkvn,i k, N. C ? A midget from
Madison c unty attracted a great deal of
attention from the curious public her.:.
His name is Mcloiu Davis He is cigli
teen years of age, stands three feet r ight
inches, without shoes, and weighs eigh y
five pounds. He was questioned veiy
freely by a good many people as to his
ancestry, birth, piace of res.dence, etc.,
to all of which he responded cheerfully
and without any apparent vexation. The
aucsiions nnaiiv tii\d him. however, and
he departed, as he said to attend to ftiie
buaioit'.
Electric Sparks For Lightning Bugs.
Ctntiiia, Kt. ?Richard Siinma, a
horse trainer was instantly killed in the
riij. ht by touching a ' clephone wire which
was crowd with an electric light wire.
He thought the aparka from the wire
were light ilng bugs, and reached out to
catch thein
Tw ? Men Killed A lout h Woman.
Wahiiinoton. N C. At South (.'reck,
HcanfoM county, Koliert ltogej j, u whi'e
ni'in, killed Win Hammond, colored;
and Tmn Nfoore, coin ed, kil ed v
diic 11v afti'i'uaida. It is rumored that
a woman w s *?? cuitae.
WHO WILL 8U00EBD JERRY?
Belief in Penney Irani* that it Kay
Be Parmer lingerly.
PaiLADKLPiiiA, Pa.?Much specula
tion is goiug o i among,those distinguish
ed Pennsylvania agriculturists, Uoorgo
W. Chllds, A. J. Cassstt, Don Cameron,
George B. Robert*, A. J. Drexcl, A. K.
McClure, aud A. A. McLeod, as to who
shall succeed Uncle Jerry Rusk as Sec-,
rotary of Agriculture. What Mr. Cassatt
wants is a man who can distinguish
a cob horse from a corn cob, and Col.
MnCluro would like a farmer at the head
of the Agricultucal|*Department who
could raise canned tomatoes from the
seed without transplanting or grafting,
eggs from egg plants, ana who could
grow straw nats by cross-drilling the
wheat.
A careful consideration of the whole
subject leads tojthe conclusion that Farmer
William M. Bingcrly of Gwynedd
tills the bill moro acceptably thau any
other farmer lu Pennsylvania. !f Col.
McCluro persists iu refusing the portfolio
of the Statu Department, the Farmers'
Club of Ptiuusylvania will soon make a
move for Farmer Singorly that will carry
everything before it.
And why not Bingerly for Secretary of
Agriculturuf No man in tho nation
would do more to improvo the breed of
horse*, cows, ehocp. itius. chioken*.
luck*, gtcse, the wheat, corn, oata, rje^ . _ - ..
potatoes, cottoo, grass, the fruits, and
everything also grown upon America8
farms. The able Presidcut of the Chestnut
Street National Bank is so proud of
the butter raised ou his farm that he
places this brami on every gilt edge
Bound or half pound: "The litconf
airy." With Farmer Singerly as our
chief agiieultuiist tho general quality of
butter would soon be advanced to the
high standard of "Tho Ilecord Dairy"
and tlio price reduced to consumers.
From this time forward Farmer Sing
erly will probably become the first chofio
of the Farmers' Club of Pennsylvania
for Secretary of Agriculture. When th.t
club unites to aecurc any particular oh
Jcct it generally succeeds. Wo? Farm
er Singerly to be cul'cd to the Cabinet,
pence, good will aud harmony would
prevail among the Democracy of P. nu
sylvnniu for the thst time in a quarter of
a century.
FIRST HONORS TO HIS RIVAL.
The Portfolio of Secretary of State
Tendered to Hill.
Ai.iunt, N. Y.~Tho Times Union under
a Wnshingiou date, says: United
States Senator Hill has been teudored the
portfo to of State by President-elect
Cleveland. This it following the Custom
to give to tho leading oppouunt the
portfolio. Senator Hill was approached
i wuiifl in new lotioj a oinse iriuna 01
Mr. Cleveland. Km m mult Mr. C\?v? and
sni) Ms, U\a BffV ,H,_
Mr. Cleveland In person trnaeieinn^^^^^
flill the portfolio of State.
This brings ns a result the following
(hinges in New York Mtute: Gov.
Klower and Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr.
I w II be sent to the United Status iseiia'r.
p Hcing Lieutenant Governor Shcehan in
the Governors chair.
HUT Kit. CMCVKLAND BAYS IT IS "sTUKK "
New YoitK.?President elect Cleveland
was apparently up to his eyes in business
when the reporter callei to ascertain the
truth of the auuouucsmcnt in tho Albany
Times-Union that Benat >r David U. Hill
has been tendered the portfolio of State
He sent down word tout he wa9 too bu?y
to be seen and refused absolutely tc grant
the reporter a personal interview.
In Answer, htwever, to tho paragraph
announcing the selection of Mr. Mill as
ri'.emier of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, the
'resident elect sent tho following note:
"So far as I know, not a single word of
truth is in tho "stuff."
Mr. Cleveland had written tfie word
"above." but scratched it out and substituted
the word "stuff" as more prop
erly emphasizing his deuial.
The Empire State'e Pluiality.
Ai.ijany, N. Y. ?The Democratic
plurality over the Republicans < n the
national ticket in this State in 41,449
Tho vote on electors an canvassed
shows: Democrat, highest, John Lang,
619,508; lowest, Richard Croker,654 884.
Republic m, highest, Fred P, Morris,
609,419; lowest, Paul Tuckerinan, 609,???
Prohibition, highest, 8. W. Mason,
88,193; lowest, Daniel B. Sill, 88,173
Socialist Labor, highest, Sam'l Jacob
sou, 17,058; lowest. Erasmus Pullenz,
17,913, People's pa ty, highest, 10,430,
lowest, 16 428
Four elector* on the People's party
ticket each received 10,430 and three
each received 10,420 Too board of ran
vanners declared t!ii all the Democratic
electors were duly i ic ted a* ahown by
the certified return" tiled
Hangman's Day.
Cfiaiilkhton, 8 C.? Joseph .Jenkins,
col ueu, war handed Ht Mt. Pleaaaut,
Berkley county, iu the presence of 100
spectators. Ilia neck was broken aud be
(lied in five minutes '1 he criiuc f-.-r
which le sullcr d was the murder of John
Morgan, a Johns Island store keeper,
killing him with an axenndthen robbing
him.
The P >p ! Masonry.
H mb, I l alt.?The Pope Will siioiily
oCimI to the I .?lian hHhopa and the Italian
pcope h clr< ulai letter denouncing
Fice MuMiiiry. His Holiness will declare
(list the Kreo Masons are pursuing the
Satanic aim of replacing Christianity hy
naturalism.
Governor-Elect Turney Better.
Nasiikvim.k Trnn ?The latest news
from the bedside of Oovcrnor-eloct Turney
says he is souc bettor, and hopes are
entertained now that he will be well
enough to ?t end his inauguration, which
is to he held Monday, January 7th.
South Carolina's Official Vote.
Columbia, s. tl.?The official vote of
dout i t'urolina in tho recent election for
President i* as follows: Cleveland. M.
flflR. Hanison, 13,384; Weaver ii,41<>.
Hid well none.