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: - v " V | - {j l?yy-c\ ( 1'(laaa,l ! " * * j i ' ^ ^ - THE WEEKLY'fifilDHIOH TIMES Deeded to Agfiom# *?, Eerttuuitnrt, Domeetie Economy, Polite Literature, Pelttiee and the Current Ee*e? oj the Dny. ' " ' ' '' T ' ' 1 ' * I < " ! . ' ' ' I - , , . ^ VOL. XXIII.?NEW SERIES, UNION C. H? SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22,1892. NUMBER 52. ChniSTMAS THOUQHTi ( From heaven to earth at niches high noon There flashed a raj of-sacred Are; And Nature's voice was all a-tune t With songs of sweet desire. ' O wondrous night I O holy morn I When peaoe and harmony were born? tfbe orthems of all Nations ring I Over the seas from shore to shore; , tbe song the Christmas Joy bells sing Echoes fore verm ore. . O Christ I to think Thy baby hands Couid grasp and hold so many lands* i May joy ablda in every breast! 1 May loring thoughts and kindness sway < The souls of men to quiet reefc, I For Christ was born to-day 1 I Let bitterness and envy ceases 1 And all His children be at peaoe 1 ^ < O spirit of this Christmastlda, | Abide with ua, and give us power To mnflllAr nnnn avaww mi Am. Tha battle of life's hour. '. Aqd grant that we may kno w~wlth Thee The Joy of immortality. ?Helen 8. Conanfc. A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. ST MRS. M. C. BALI. ?0 GHI" said ' John v- II I Blake, stamping oil the auow and swioging bia arms about. \ "This is the coldest I 1^iiL* ^kristmas eve I res' i=/?KcVwa- H member in a long v4 time. Whew t Shut i ***? d?or? Frank. Ms?^~r3T||j I Quick 1 What on 1 earth do you let in ?' anJ more air than necessary such a night as this!" Farmer Blake had finished the chores early to-night, and had just come ia for good,'1 as he said. Everything had been done, except the 4'lockiu' up,rt wmcn r rauK, tnc oldest boy, ?u to at- t tend to, and all was to be ready for "the Christmas fixin'"the young' una had to get to bed, so as every thing'd be done in season." The fanner sometimes grumbled that "it was mighty hard work keoping Christmas," but if he had been given his ohoice, he would not have had the day omitted from bis calendar for a good sum of monoy. As tj: his wife, for six months she looked lor ward to Christmas with pletuure, and back upon it with delight for the other six months. "Therc'd be no use living," she said, "if it weren't for Christmas and chil- ' dren." Frank was now to take the waim water to the chickens, for, as the farmer said, "Look's if it might set in for a good spell o' snow; an* thff critl'ers 'd better have enough feed for the mornin', in caco we couldn't get to 'em." 80 Frank pulled down annUier armful of bay, packing it into the manger. He patted old Dobbin and Molly, as, turn ing the lauttru from side to side, he glanced around. "ThereI" he said to himself, "if I haven't forgotten the big key? Too eold to come out again. Father won't think of asking about it, and they are as safe at they ever are." The solemn, slow munchincr of the animals as they drew out the hay in long wisps, only slightly disturbed the 6ilenc0 as the boy stood still for a moment. It was not a very important matter. It had happened before that the barn had been left unlocked, but only when it had beon forgotten, and as Frank thought, "If anything should happen, father would blame me." But the wild sweep of anow, as he opened the barn door, blew out the light, and in the dark, half blinded by the sleet, he fumbled at the latch; until at last, having secured it, he hurried into the house, and then?ho really forgot. sturdy boy of eleven he showed himself to be, as he stamped the snow from his rubber boots, and tossed his wet cap ard "comforter" Into a chair. Rob, a little fellow of about five yean, bad been drawing pictures, as he called his marks, and looked up with a dreamy air. "Is is slowing, father?" he asked. "Now, father I" exclaimed Frank. "Do you hear that? Who would ask such a question but Robi Yes, you silly boy, it is snowing, and likely to keep on for a good while. Do you think it will last alt night, father." "Can't tell," said the farmer. "This time o' year ain't wuth bettin' on. Might keep ou for a week, an' might clear off 'fore roornin', au' the stars como out." "Mother," said Rob, suddenly raising 1 L:. L .1 . .ir?.J ...... _u? I?? i uiB urnu f i/iu 1% ?uun nucu u wus ?tm bornI" 1 ? Lund takes I" exclaimed Mr. Blake. "Hear that now I How d'you suppose we know, cbildf We weren't theiol" Mrs. Blake patted the little golden head, but thought it wise not to attempt , an answer. "Everything in shape, Frank!" said bis father. And Frank, allttlo conscience-stricken, ' looked out toward the barn door, and said: . "Yea, sir; it's awfully cold, too." I "1 hope no one is out-of-doors tonight," said Mrs. Blake. "Did the lantern blow out, Fraokt 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. Boms one might be losing their way, lust for want of the light it glees. There's eery little light between the Oranford station and the 'Mills,' and anyway. I'd feel better." f ^"PshawI mother," said her husband; | "ood i you think the windows give light enoughf" } "Well, the windows will be dark when we go to bed," she answered, '*and besides, no one can see them till they get hi front of the house. I guess I'll Msg it out." f And with the wlok turned up to gire bright, clear light, she hung it by flail On the outer post of the porch, where It had often hung before. The kitchen and dining-room laced the Cranford road, as it was usually sailed, because it was near the point where several roads from Rihway, from the "Mills," and from Roselle, turned into the one leading to the village of Cranford. The construction of the house was very odd, but as the neighbors said "When Jane and John Blake set out obuild a house, you might be sure it rculda't be like any other." And it iad not altered their opinion when Mr. Blake explained that u they were to ipend most of their lives in it, he didn't ice why they should build the best part for somebody else. When he built the >arn beside the hotfl%, its door directly jpposite one from the side of the kit:hen, the neighbors only laughed goodlaturedly and said: "That's like them, ;oo." Though Frank wu old en ougb to stay ip and help with the "flxin's," he made 10 objection to goiog to bed with Rob, tnd the two boys snuggled together in ihe effort to get warm. 4,?ay: mother," said Rob, as she leaned >yer the bed to give them the goodlight kiss she never omitted, "do angels iver come down now!" "I'm not sure," she answered. "Some >eople think thej do, hut others don't.'. As she went down staVrs she added to! lerself: "I'm one of the people that ;hink they do?for awhile." She Vras thinking of tho baby girl who lad lain in her arms, and blessed her ife, for one short year. When she came into the kitchen her lusband sat boside tho bright fire, with >oth hands on his knees, gazing at the ight, a troubled look on his face. i What s the matter, father?" said his wife, who knew the sighs of mental listurbance. , "Well, there is somethin' that both*' >rs me, sure enough," he answered. You see, when I was driving back rom Elizabeth, this afternoon, I stopped it Derby's and Crane's to leave some hings, and get the turkey trimmings rou wanted; an' they both mentioned 't .hey'd heard that John Granger'd beeu >n a spree, an' driven hin wife an' child >ut o' the house, an' locked 'em out, oo'. I suppose the poor critters *11 be aken in an' cared for by tho neighbors tear there 'fore this time; but it makes ne feel kinder shivery to think she may >e out in this storm. Ugh I tho wind ;oes through one like a mowia' machine hrough the grass 1" Mrs. Black went toward the front window and looked out on tbe road. "Tea, it is a bitter night," she sai<l, houybtfully. "I'd like to feel sure the girl was under shelter. Ah, JohD, it was a bad day for Anna when she mar* ied him. Poor orphan I I haven't ever aid it up against her when she got the dea that mnrrjria^ anybody was ? ;han boing 'bound out' to us. Pre'ty, gentle-spoken child, and I don't see how ?ny one could ill-treat her. Mr. Winsow says he's heard her crying out; 'Don't strike me again, John!' Ab, poor girl, poor girl I And a baby, too, inly about six months old. A girl babyl" "I ain't stopped there of'en lately," laid Mr. Blake; "John has been so tf'en half drunk, or all drunk, that it lin't been pleasant. Well,I suppose we'd better begin tixin' the trefc, hadn't we?" I suppose so," his wife answered,but ihe still lingered beside v the window. Jhe pressed her faco close to the pane, ind peered out. The lamp on the porch tent a t right stream of light out into the road. All about the lantern tbe flakes were whirling, like flies and gaats on a llimmcr'a ninhl John bad brought in the tree, placing t in a corner of the dining-room, white lit wife was upstairs with the boys, and eking the lamp with them, they now jroceeded to trim the tree. The ornanents saved from one year to another aere brought out and fasteued, the rosycheeked apples and golden oranges were lung on, the popcorn they had spent teveral evenings in stringing were flung >ver the branches, looking as if a flurry ?f snow had frozen there. The candy ornaments, and last the candles, completed the pretty effect. 'My 1" exclamed Mr. Blake. "Who'd think you could heat upon such a night? It makes one as warm as i-hayin'. Most lone, ain't we, mother?" "Almost," said his wife,as she stepped toward the kitchen door. The light from the porch was faintly reflected on tiolhof the windows, while the inside of the kitchen was without light except From the Are. As .Mrs. Blake looked toward the winlow facing her, she repressed a scream is she saw a woman's face outside. With a beating heart at the apparation, the drow nearer the window. As she lid so she saw a white hand raised, ind a slight tap sounded on the gtasi. "What is that, mother?" called Mr. Blake from the next room. Hit wife hurried to his side. ?"Did you hear it, John," abe asked. "Why," he answered slowly. "I heard a tappin,' sorter." Site was worried and troubled. I taw a face, a woman a I think, against tha window," aha answered. And she tapped at the gloss. It did frighten me a little, but it must be some poor creature, cold and faint, miybe, We must go out and look for her." But John, who bated to leave the warm comfort indoors, for the cold discomfort without, suggested that whoever it was, would probably be glad to come in. But though be opened the door and peere 1 out and around, he saw no one. ' There'r no one there, Jane," he said. Than he added, curiously, "Did you say yon hung tha lantern on tha porch! Well, It ain't there!" "Mow, we must go," said Jane, decidedly. "Some poor soul is out there, and must be brought in. Set the lamp in the kitchen window, so we can. tell where to ootne bacx 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 pi operation, and as Jane glanoed toward the olook, it was with a slight thrill that j *: ' \v? .. ( he law it wu a few minutes before twelve. Like the lovers thej had been fifteen 1 years before, they stood upon the, front porch, hand in hand, and peered ahead of them. Down the road, a few lights from the village glowed faint as a glowworm's toroh, but in the opposite direction none could be seen. Slight marks, partially j covered, showed here and there, byt the white epace seemed endless, looking like white capped waves. The lamp in the j window threw its beams far out on the | road, and the snow, now falling softly, formed a golden haxe in the light. The lantern was not where Mrs. Blake , had placed it, certainly, and they passed , to the side of the house. There, hanging on the latch of the barn door, was i the lantern. < Slowly, for the snow had drifted here, | < they pressed toward the glmmering ] light, keeping their eyes fixed on it as if it were a beacon. The snow around and about it, the soft flakes falling over j it, gave it a weird, uncanny look, like a < halo spreading indefinitely until loss in I the whiteness around. John shivered and wished he had ] stayed in, but Mrs. Blake drew him for ward. Some one had been here. Some ] one had moved the lantern. In her mind were the words, "And they followed the star." > & They reached the bafn, unhooked the {lantern, and John then discdtered that the door was not locked. "That little scamp!" he muttered. "But as wo are here we may's well see if the critters are all right.And they went in. Old Molly had been led from her stall, and was standing on the other side. This so startled Sjfin that he raised hia lantern, swingiog it from side to side. ?* "There1 therel John," said Mrs. Blake, catching at his arm. "In Molly's manger. What is that?" . They drew nearer, till the light flashed down oh the fragrant hay heaped in the manger, on which a woman was crouching; while pressed closely to her breast was a little baby, fast asleep. The mother's dark eyes gleam 3d at them questioningly; feat and joy at once showing in her face. "The baby, John. A little baby in the manger," said Jane, in a trembling ?ial ? * tuiub. "\jh, you poor gin i ud, Anna, ? Anna, why did you not come to me at ( first?" ?*** < But the young mother, the oruelly treated wife, had fainted. John carried I the slight form in his strong arms "into * the light out of the night,** while Jane 3 held the baby?the baby girl?pressed f Closely to her heart. A ahort journey, but to the young mother the change seemed like .that from death to heaven. To Jane Blake 3 it seemed lilt* a realisation of the av$r < new unrmmaa 'fgUfJ. 1 Ttiuj, too; lied" ?j followed the light where it led; they, too, had seen the babe lying in a t manger. When Anna had told how she had ' tried to reaoh the house before dark? ( bow, when she did reach it, her heart ! bad failed her, and knowing how Mrs. . Blake had pleaded with her not to marry John Granger, she had feared she might not befriend her?how she had ' entered the barn and laid the baby in the warm hay?how she had passed from 1 one window to another, bad almost en- 1 tered several times?when all this was told the rest remained unsaid, because so ( well understood by all. Anna, whom 1 L.J .11 1 1 * - * f tuojr an loveu lor luuoy yearn, oiu come back to her home. That wu all. When in the early morning Mr*. [ Blake and Anna arose and began th* t daily work, Jane suggested that the boys' room, which was heated by a pipe from the kitchen, would be a better place for the baby. Bo the cradle in ( which Jane and Jane's mother had been rocked, with its solid sides and hoodlike top of mahogany, was moved into the . other room. Jane smiled to herself as she heard the boys' bare feet on the floor overhead. Bhe imagined their start of surprise at sight of the cradle. But she did not carry her imaginings far enough. . A shrill whisper of "Mother 1" , "Mother I" came from the stairs. Both ] mothers hurried into the hall. Rob, ] quivering with excitement, stood on the miauie eiair, wano rriUK, nan wise, l half mjBtifled, but wholly curious, was ' at the top both nightowned, barefooted. 1 "Oh, mother I" aaid Rob, "Angels 1 come nowadays I One has been iu ?.? ] room and left a Christmas hsby t u*r : ! Come and set 1''?Now York Observer. | Botanist Ya31s Tifteen Stories. j Chicago, lu..?Charles Chantler, n i botrtnisf, who was engaged in the hprti- 1 cu turd department at the World's Fair, i met a frightful death in the Masonic i Temple. Lie fell from the fourteenth story to the basement, his body being mangled almost beyond recognition. Mr. Chautler attempted to alight at the fourteenth floor just as tho elevator started upward, and fell before the cage cou d bo stopped. He leaves a wife and , three children in Wisconsin. He was Secretary of the Agassit Society, and came to this country in 1880 from England, where ho had distinguished himself in scientific circ'es. aearriea as me sauasre ot a aevolver. Asiikvii.br, N. C.?Mra. Carrv How ard, a handsome woman twenty-five years old, swore before Judge Bynum in the Superior Court that five years ago Walter Howard forced her to marry him at the muzzle of a revolver, threatening to kill her unless she did. She sought divorce and the court promptly granted it, tho husband failing to appear. Oeorge Vanderbllt III cm Hie Be turn. Nkw York.?George W. Vanderbllt arrived in this city late on Friday afternoon, after a stay of several months in Japan. He came directly to New York from bis estate, Biltmore, in North Carolina. He went there after hie arrival at Ban Francisco several weeks ago. Mr. Vanderbifc is confined to his bed with a slight sickness resulting from a cold and i the fatigue of the iournev. DIXIE IJtEWS. rhe Sunny South Gleaned and Epitomird. All the New* and Occurences Printed Here in Condensed Form. Two Mormon missionaries are laboring in Sumter and Mnrion counties, 8. C. A safe in Carpenter Bros, store at Kings Mountain, N. C., was blown open by burglars Thursday and $2,000 in money and valuablo papers were carried off. Harrisoo Evans a 16 vear old white boy shot himself while out hunting near Winston, N. C. v~ A sensational "fake" is going the rounds of the papers of a negro woman of Edged .-Id, 8. C., *ho killed and cooked her baby aud 6orved it at a quilting party. Tom and John 01j,?er, first cousins, and wealthy farmers living near Waco, Tex., fought a duel last Wednesday over a too charming young woman. Johu was shot through th body and will die. United States Senator R. L. Gibson, of Louitinna. died at Hot Rnrinwa Arlr rhursday. He was buried Sunday at Lexington, Ky., by'the aide of his wife. A cyclone passed over Summit, Miss., >n Thursday, cutting a path 500 yards wide, and leaving therein five person tilled aud many wounded. At a meeting of the Roanoke, Va., bar Son. John Randolph Tucker was unaninously endorsed for attorney General in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet. The South Carolina Sewerage Co was >rganized at Columbia to construct sew>rs; capital stock $30,000. The gross earnings of the Northeastern Railroad of South Carolina for the year mdcd June 80 were $650,250, operating txpenses and taxes $500,411, and net ;aruings $158,845. Weldou, N. C., is to have the largest jotton factory in the State. Workmen ire now engaged in clearing up the site or the mammoth str icture, and it is tated lli? nntpr lioc lm?" ? .... -.J (Jlllll for the brick. Gen Mnhoue is largely ntcrested in the enterprise. Last Sunday morning an earthquake hock was felt at Gaston, N. C., and from here as far up the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad as Warrcntin. The shock was rery decided, shaking houses and winlows to an alarming degree, and was sc:ompanicd by a roaring sound. The Colored Stutc Fair held at Columns, 8. C., last week was a big suices*, rinding up with a ''First Annual State .tall" in Agricultural Hall, given by th :o!ored people, or more properly speakng, the "Convivial Cataree Cluo of louth Carol jka?.'* Miss Maru'Murflfoy, a highly connected roung lady of Leeds, Ala., was found lead in bed yesterday, morning. Besid yr.*o a *ooi"j/U"lc vattnrina jidafng her relatives an affectVTiatc jood-bye. Ill health caused the suicide. Gen. tt. It. Vance, aged sixty five, jrother of fc'tujator Vnnce and number ilect of the h Carolina Legislature, was married Thursday to Miss Lizzie K. 2ook, at the home of the bride, in Grn um county, N. C. A negro who outraged Emma O'Bryan, in 18 year-old white girl of Nasheville, Tenn., has been captured and hanged to i Irve in a church yard and his bodv ere mated. Application will be made to the General Assembly of North Carolina at it> lext session for a charter incorporating i company to construct a railroad from ,he city of Durham, N. C., through tli. lounti a of Durham, Chatham, Moore. Hontgomtry, Stanly aud Mecklenlu g o the city of Charlotte, N. C. BOLD ROBBERS CAUGHT. Six of a Notorious Gang are Now in Jail at Bristol. Bristol, nh.? "We have been burglarizing and robbing people ever lince the war in an almost successful manner, and have never been caught up with yet," said Ben Richarda and James 3addell to a number of youn? fellows when they wished them to join their gang, but they wete caught up with last night and four others, John Burke, John Bowser, John Gray and John Jordan were pulled with them. They prove to be six of the boldest thieves, who ever infested this country, rheir latest work was at Lindell, in Washington county, Va., where they 'obbed a store. For mouths difforent IPAnla rtf Rriaia! Rswo anft'ora^ ? i |/UV|/<v w> ?# *??v* iM**V OVU1VIVU Civ iUUU lands. A cave east of Bristol and an>ther southwest oi Bristol have been used 'oxAbfiir More-houses, and to day when m officer Win* to these places to make nvestigatioDS he found them well supplied with almost every article mentionaV.e. The burglars are now in jail, and will await thejr trial, when each will get teveral years in the Virginia peoitectiary. Cheatham Will X^ecture. Ralbigh, N. 0.?Congressman H. P. Cheatham, of North Carolina, the only solored man in Congress, contemp'aes levoting the nfst two Tears to a lectur ng tour through tho North and North west. Mr. Cheatham failed of re-election, le says, by a technicality, but intends to xy again two years from now. He is sn educated man, a graduate of Shaw University, with a strong, clear voice and a pleasant delivery. Guilty and Aska the Mercy of Court. Norfoi.k, Va.?W. R. Drury, an attomey-at-law, was found guilty iti the United 8 ales Court in this city for making a false paper for procuring a Unitid oiaiea p? asiou nnu was sentenced to one ear in jail mul $100 fine. When naked b? Judge Hu"h?s if he had anything to say, he replica, "no," and threw himaelf on the mercy of the court. Suicided for EoVe of a Mule. Columbia, $. C?Lome Armstrong, son of a prominent farmer in Greenville county, comrrfittod suicide to-day by hanging himself in hin father's ham with a plow line. His nc<k was broken. A few days ago bis father sold a mulo of which the boy wan very fond He grieve ever the loss of his favorite animal to such an extent Mint his mind became mi balanced, and he finally killed himeeb. \ ' GOV'MT APPROPRITION8. What Share of Dollars the South Has in Them. It Takes a Great Deal of Honey to Run These United States. Washington, D. O.?The total estimates of appropriations required for the eorvice of the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, prepared by the Treasury Department and transmitted to the House of Representatives on Tuesday, amount to Hie aggregate sum of $505,861,835, being $15,929,941 more than the estimate for 1898. These estimates, of course, do not include any anticipated amounts for deficiencies in past appropriations or for miicellltniymit ?niwnnrintinni WKilo tKa formal estimates submitted to Cong*ess last December footed up only $489,932,093, the appropriations authorized at the first session of the present Congress upon those estimates anl upon additional estimates subsequently submitted amounted to $507,000,188, or $17,068,005 in excess. Kxcludiug all deficiencies and miscellaneous appropriations, the estimates for 1894 exceed the total appropriations for 18S8 by $17,875,200. On the other hand, the total revenues, as estimated by the Becrcttry of the Treasure, for 1894 will be only $490,121,865, including postal revenues, thus forecasting a prospective deficit, in addition to that which exists at present, of $18,739,069, and this without counting any probable d ficiencics or miscellaneous appropriations. If, however, default should be made in the payment of $48,000,000 to thj sink ug fund, and deficiencies and miscellaneous appropriations are exclu ded, there is made to appear a prospcc- ' tive surplus <*4 $32,860,OHO. These arc the new estimates by bills, as compared with the estimates and ap> 1 propriations for the present fiscal year, sot for;h in an official table prepared by j the clerks to the committees on appro- ' priations of the Senate and House: An ana ysis of the budget shows that 1 Southe n interests are equitably cared for in the estimates. Under the tunc lion orcd precedent set by tho first session ot ' the Forty-fourth Congress and fo lowed ! by all of its successors, by which do river and harbor bill is framed nt second sessions ot Congress none will be prepared 1 this year, but liberal estimates have been ' submitted by the engine. I department of the army for continning such works us 1 have already begun under the contracts { authorized by the river and harbor bill 1 of last session. These works, if appro \ printed for at all this scss on, will douht* 1 less bo carried in the sundry civil bill, ' according to the recent practice. Among ' the amoujjts which, its iB stated, can be ' profitably expended, are for this part ol 1 the South. niVKU AND nAIlllOK WOHK8. Ch?teonr^rirrb^r?2%30qtlc,ufll|,g Sullivan isUndaud Mount Pleasant shore 700,000. Savannah harbor, (4a., $1,000,000. Mobile harbor, Ala., $1,000,000. public buildings. These estimates ure given for work on Federal postoffices and other public buildings throughout the South. (Jlarksvilte, Tenu., postoffice, completion of approaches, $25,000 Charleston. S. C , postoffice comple tioD, $50,000. Norfoik, Vn , postoffice, $60,000. Savannah, (Ja., postoffice, continuation, $100,000. Wilmington, N. C , Murine Hospital, surgeon's resideuce, $7 000. CapeCbniles quarantine station, new, $131,000. Gulf quarantine station, $30,000. Key West quarantine station, Fla.,new, $4,D00. South Atlantic q larantine station, $9,000 LIFK-SATINE BERV1CR, LIGHTS, SIGNALS, 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-Biviug ?ta lions me esuuisie is 40 ',000. nn increase of $5 000 over current law. For supplies of ligh houses the estimate is $408 000, an increase of $38,000. For repairs of lighthou* 9 the estimate is $710,427, an increase of $305,00) For salaries of lighthouse keepers tho est mate is $680,000, an iocrease of $20,000. For expenses or tigut vessels the estimate is $300,000 en increase of $50, ( 00. J " expenses of bu >yiige the estimate is $435,000, nn increase of $05.0 0 Fer cxpens s of fog signal4 the csti mate is $110,714, an increase of $40,000 For lights of rivers tho stimnte is $850,00 ?, nn increase ot $4 00 l. Fo lighting of rivers the estimate is $860,000, an lucrensc of $7 1 000. For party expenses of the Coil-1 nn t Geodetic Survey the estiin ite is $140,000, sn increase of $17,800. For light 8 ation at Key West, Fla., $1,500. ' Fo*- new light slntioo at St. Catharine's sound, Gn., $20,000 For additional range lights on Poboy sound, Ga., $1,500. For new range lights at Doller Point, Va . $2,500. For additional lights in Mobile ship canal, Ala., $60,000. For new light and fog-signal statian In Alligator river, N. (J , #20,000. For new range lights at entrauce of Beaufort harbor, N. U., #10,000. For new range lights ou Capo Foar river, N. U., #3,100. For dow steam light vessel with stenm for sigual on Csjie 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 Hillsbor.i inlet, Fla., #00,000. For new light at Machipoage inlet, Va.. #195,000. For beacon lighta in the inside pa*sago i om Savannah, Ga., to Fcrnandin, Fla , #1.000. Fur new light station near Mt. Cornolia, Fla , #175,000. For new light station near 8t Joseph's Point, Fla., #95,000. For new light station near Wreck Point, N. 0.. $0,000. OTBIH SOUTHERN OBJECTS. For extension of quay wall and ex- A tension of water system at Norfolk navyyard, Norfolk, Va., $48,000, an increase .. $10,500. tl< For Columbia arsenal,Columbia, Tenn., $21,100, an increase of $9,600. For Ohickamauga and Chattanooga jrJ National Parks, Toon , and Ga , $160,- ' 000. an increase of $10,000. 8,1 re For artillery school at Foit Monree, 8a Vn., $$,83$, an increase of $1,823. n< The estimate for contingent expenses of the mint at New Orleans is $35,000; 0j an increase of $2,000. co The estimate for contimzeut expenses set of the assay office at Charlotte, N. C., is eP $?, 500; an increase of $500. 8r The estimate for general expenses of w' tho weather bureau under the Department of Aoricultura. innluriinor ?mom a 8U signals, forecasts, crop bulletius, etc., is $748,170, an increase of $49,805. The current appropriation of $190,000 for special mail facilities *on trunk line railroads from New York to Tampa, Fla , is omitted from the estimates. In other ( ' respects the estimates call for substnn- m< tially the same amounts for other objects ev of Southern interest as are given in the current laws. Aj _____^ W( ' ho AWFUL END OF A SPREE. *1 ev Ool. Thos. G. Lamar Shot and Killed fai at Aiken. nu Lanolev, S. C. ?Mr. Bob Chafce th( Aik n: Tom Lamar fans pistol. He is ph very mnd with you. He has gone to p0 ukeu. C. B. Lamar." Da This wne the contents of a telegram chl Jispatch received by Mayor Robert A. bu Jlitifcc Aiken, 8.0. The dispatch w is hij signed by n brother of Col. Thomas (J. am Lamar. Mr. Linur.ii cirac to Aikeu, as the du erl natch staled he would, and just ou? of lour later there w as a lively shooting for -crape in front of Blaylock & Wise's bar- clc o 111, mid as a result, Col. T. G. Lamar, jee 'the kaolin king," lies dead and Mayor cr It. A. Chnfee and Chief Marshal Robert pei Huston nrc at their respective residence pr< >ufT?riug from dangerous pistol shot -\vl ivounds. a The particulars that led to the shooting arc as follows, as near as cau be learned: r Mr. Lainar had been on an extended iprce, and week heforn last he created h disturbance in Aiken and was locked up in the guard house by Mayor Chafcc's orders. lie was fined and released, but is said to have continued on his spree, del ittcring threats of vengeance against St.' '.he inn}or. He took the train at Ham- pot Lmrg. on ihe South Carolina railroad, Ch ind alighted at Langlcy, where his wild toi talk caused his brother to wire Mayor po Chafee to be on the lookout for him. Mr. wi Lamar drove t) Aikeu and stopped at Mi 'l,Wilft?tfl^9noriuKing Iuujiui vu?n? I nud Chief Marshal Gaston waikod in, Mi and each taking hold of an arm nut him HI under arrest. Mr. Lamar offered to go quietly with them after he had finished ch his drink. As they reached the sidewalk M Col. Lamar, who had his hands in his w overcoat pockets, suddenly fired his pis- p ? tol without pulling it, the ball taking ef- tin feet in Mayor Chifee, pnssiug through nc the abdomen just above the waiat. \ Lamar then fired two more shots in w. quick succession?one ball taking effect wj in the left side yf the marshal, just above the heart, and passing through the lungs, Chief G-^stou instantly drew his club j and struck at Lamar, knocking him to his knees. Mayor Chufee also drew his to pistol and fired, and Lamar fell over dead, ,|v shot through the heart. The succession of shots brought out % ftU large and curious crowd. Pr. Wyman n,( was guickly on the scene, aud pronounced |>'r Mr. Lamar dead. He then turned his at- uc tention to I liief Gaston, who had been ^ taken to his office. Mayor Chnfcc was carried to his resi- Ka dence, and his physician. Pr. T. C. Creft, Btj is doing everything possible for him | Both men arc in a criticd condition. Co'. Lamar s body was taken in charge of by the Knights of Pythias, of which order he wns a member, lie 1 aves a wife and three ch Idreo. lie was one of . the heat known men in the State, and P had done much to d-velop the kaolin in- UM dustry of Aiken couuty, being iutf rested . in several mines. sa. 05 18 to Marry 18. 6r ? ^ , 35 Charlotte, N. C.?A man and a lad of 18 years entered the register of deeds1 g? office and the former applied for a licens for Ms daughter, whom ho said was go f& ing to many the "man1' with him. "How 17 old is your daughter?11 asked Mr. Cobb j0 "Thirteen yetrs,11 answered he. Mr. Cobb informed him that he could not get ti( license as bia daughter was under age. ?? I M..t U ..... It 1 2112 / 1. . . van v get it err" 11 i rtui uiiwiig iui 111'I y^ to ma ?y?" asked the surprised father e;< No, sir,'" said Mr. Cobb, "you can't get th a license for a child to marry." The young would-be groom seemed less upset by the denial th n the unnn'ural fathea. A Midisou Mi ig)t. C(, Abhevim k, N. C ?A midget from Bt MAdison c unty attracted a great deal of Bp attention from the curious public here, di His name is Mcloin Davis lie is eigli w] teen years of age, stands three feet eight Mi inches, without shoes, and weighs eigh y- ki five pounds. He was questioned very hi freely by a good many people as to his ancestry, birtb, place of residence, etc., to all of which he responded cheerfully and without any apparent vexation. The an questions finally tir?. d him, however, aud in he departed, as he said to attend to riue Fi buaima*. th Electric Sparka For Lightning Buga. m Cynthia, Kt. ? Richard Biinms, a horse trainer was instantly killed in the nij. ht by touching a t elephooo wire which was crossed with an electric liirht wir<*. fr He tht>u<fht the sparks from the wire D< were light dog bugs, and reached out to ?* catch them _ _ jj| Tw o Moil Killed About a Woman. Wahiiikoton, N. CJ.?At South (.'reck, Rcuufoit enqnty, Koliert Hogct*, a whito i man, klllod Wm .Hammond, colored; -k and Tom M?H?re, poly ud, killed Ko#> r* P dim ilv afterwards. It la ruuiored that M a woman w.a the cniiae. II WHO WILL SUCCEED JERRY? Belief in Pennsylvania that it May Be Farmer Singerly. Philadelphia, Pa.?Much specula)Q is goiDg o i among,those distinguish Pennsylvania agriculturists, George Childs, A. J. Cassatt, Don Cameron, sorgo B. Roberts, A. J. Drexcl, A. K. cClure, and A. A. McLeod, as to who all succeed Uncle Jerry Rusk as See-, tarvof Agriculture. What Mr. Castt wants is a man who can distinguish sob horse from a corn cob, and Col. nClurc would like a farmer at the head the Agricultucal|2Department who uld raise canned tomatoes from the sd without transplanting or grafting, gs from egg plants, and who could ow straw nats by cross-drilling the leat. A careful consideration of the whole bject leads to^the conclusion that FarmWilliam M. Binircrlv of flwvned.t Is the bill more acceptably th&u any tier farmer iu Pennsylvania. If Col. cClure persists iu refusing the portfolio the State Department, the Farmers' ub of Pennsylvania will soon make a jve for Farmer Singcrly that will carry erything before it. Aud why not Singerlv for Secretary of ;riculture? No man in tlio nation >uld do more to improve the breed of >rses, cows, shoep, pigs, chickens, icks, geese, the wheat, com, oats, rye, tatocs, cotton, grass, the fruits, and srything slse grown upon Americas ms. The able President of the Chestt Street National Bank is so proud of 3 butter raistd on bis farm that he ices this brand on every gilt edge und or half pound: '*The Record iry." With Farmer Singerly as om icf agiieuliurist tho general quality of ttcr would soon be advanced to th" jh standard of ' The Record Dairy" d the price reduced to consumers. From tnis time forward Farmor Sing y will probably become the first choice the Farnie rs' Club of Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture. When tli.t ib unites to secure any particular ol> t it generally succeeds. Wen Farm Singcrly to be called to the Cabinet, ace, good will aud harmony would ->?n iuiiuuj. lue weuiocracy 01 i*. nn Ivauift for the first time in a <piurter of century. 1RST HONORS TO HIS RIVAL. 10 Portfolio of Secretary of State Tendered to Hill. <> >\.lu ant, N. Y.?The Times-Union unr a Wnshingiou date, says: United itCS SCuRtvl' Hill hit? bctn tviiuOrcti tin; rtfo'io of State by President-elect ;vclund. Thia ia following the eusn to give to the lcadiug opponent the rlfolio. Senator Hill was approached die in New York by a close friend of . Cleveland. As a result Mr. Clove id and Mr. Hid met in Baltimore later r. Cleveland in pcrsou tenderer!4 Xti\ ill the portfolio of State. This brlugs as a result the following mges iu New York Stute: Gov. ower and Hon. fid ward Murphy, Jr . 11 be sent to the United Status Sena'o. icing Lieutenant Governor Sheehan in } Governor a chair. r Mil. CLEVELAND SAYS IT IS "6TUKK " Iew York.?Presideut elect Cleveland is apparently up to his eyesiu busiueis ion the reporter called to ascertain the ith of the auuouucement iu the Albany raes-Uuion that Senator David B Hill s been teudered the portfolio of Stat.' j sent down word tnat he was too bu?y be seen and refused absolutely to grunt a reporter a personal interview. In auswer, h >wever, to the paragraph nouncing the selection of Mr. Hill as emier of Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, the esidcnt-clcct sent the followiug note: lo far as I know, not a single word of ith is in the "stuff." Mr. Cleveland had written the word hove," but scratched it out and subtutcd the word "stuff" as more prop |y emphasizing his denial. The Empire State's Pluiality. Albany, N. Y.?The Democratic urality over the Republicans < n the tional ticket in this State is 45,449 The vote on electors as canvassed ows: Democrat, highest, John Lang, >9,508; lowest, Richard Croker,654 884. Republican, highest. Fred P, Morris, 19,459; lowest, Paul Tuckerman, 609,>2. Prohibition, highest, 8. W. Mason, 1,198; lowest, Da-del B. Sill, 88.173 Socialist Labor, highest, Sam'l Jacob u, 17,958; lowest. Erasmus Pullenz. ,959; People's pa ly, highest, 19.430, 1 A JOQ ? Four electors on the People's party :ket each received 10,480 aod three ch received 10.428 Too board of can sscrs declared tlir all the Democra'ic sctors xvere duly elected as shown by e certified return* tiled Hangman'* Day. Cilaulbston, S C.?Joseph Jenkins, hired, win handed at Mt. Pleasant, rkley county, iu the presonce of 100 tctators. His neck was broken aud he ed in five minutes 'lhe criiuo f.-r liich be suller d was the murder of John organ, a Johns Island store keeper, Ding him with an axe and then robbing in. The Pope ! :-u Maeonry. f) .... I .... ? l>? ..II . I.. IV >MK| 1 I Ahf - I UC I upu \>lll BilUlTn lid to the I iilian bishops and the Ital11 pcop'e a clrculai letter denouncing rce Maaonry. Ilia Holineaa will declare at the Freo Masons are pursuing the tunic nisi of replacing Christianity by ituralism. Governor-Bleot Turney Better. Nashkvili.k Trnn ?The latest news om the bedside of Governor-elect Tursy aaya he is sonnc better, and hopes are itertaincd now that he will be well lough to at end his inauguration, which toT?e held Monday, January 7th. South Carolina's Official Vote. Col um hi a, 8. u.?The official vole of ant1! Carolina in the recent olection f?>r _ *4 resident is as follows: Cleveland, M. >8, Hanison, 18,884; Woaver 2,41t?. idwcll none.