Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mi wbbklyM^shioh tubs _. VOL. VXXI.-NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTII^ARot3J|EPAY, MARCH 31; 189.% NUMBER 13. The Untied State* tarnishes 673.00C Freemasons and 647,471 Oddfellows, 'with lodge room reasons for late boon and latch ke/s," according to the Chieagc Herald. The Chicago Herald says toat captains of United States mail carrying steamshi| companies are expressing diasatisfactioi as to the new United States mail pen' nant. The/ sa; it's too big. In Switzerland tery stringent laws ex 1st for the protection of fruit trees froa insects and other pests. No tree owae is allowed to treat his trees as be chooses *but a strict watch is kept over botl amateur and professional horticulturists. The Liondon Spectator is perfect!] satisfied to see the United States taki the Hawaiian Islands, as England would ? -t-l ~ - * ' uu auie 10 capiurc mem without an; troublo in tho event of war, and ii times of peace it would be just as coa euient a port as it was under a natin dynasty.'' Says the Now York Press Tho N: caragua Canal will cut oil in on avera je about one-half the distance between thi jjort and 500,000,000 of pcoplo wit' whom we trade little an l Grei?'\ Britai trades much. The Suez Canfll is in he favor now, andwecmnot meet her o even ter. a in those markets till our ship can cross the Isthmus. ? p The (loath of General 13jauregar 1 leaves but one of the seven full General of tho Souther l Army living and none o the fivo men on whom the rank was con ferrcd at tho beginning of the war, These five men were Coopor, Leet Josep' E. Johnston, Albert Sydney Johnstor and Beauregard. Braisr and Kirbv Smith were afterward ravlo full Gon erals. Ifirby Smith alono survive*. Tiic fact that about 4')0 application x for patents were madoiast year by womel is an itidicatiou to tho New York Pros jfcf of how thoroughly tho gentler sex is ea tcring into tho practical activities ol modern life. Manmf these applicationrelate to such industrial textile manufactures and railway ltd electrical de vices. The uuseitiih spMit of the fail inventors is exhibited by^ie fact tha1 among the products of the:r genius ari improved braces, button hooters, self attaching uecktiesj^leevi links aud trousers splash preventers. Ma u no longer sole lord of creation. Poverty must indeed bo btttor, musoi tho Chicago Herald, whoa Its victim pledge their bodioi for tho dis section room in order to obtain a few shillings for food. This was one of th< suggestions acted ou at tho gatherings of tho uuomployod at tho oast ond, London, reeentlv. It was renrcscnted that suh. jccts" are difficult to obtain aud an quoted as High as $50. It was propose that the hungry inon should soli theii bodies in edvnnco oi ueath to tho ho? nitals on condition of the present payment of $5. It was foarod, however, that th-.i market would soon become overstocked. orovcr Cleveland evidently thinks tha type-written letters are not good form. % This, at least, tho Now Orloans Picayum thinks, is the fair inforeQCO to be drawi from tho following incident* A pollti cian of National promineneo the othei day, wishing to urge tho claims of a cor tain pcrsoti In a cabinet position, die tated a letter for Mr. Cleveland to hi .^(typewriter, signed it and sout it away \jhortly afterwfcrd he received a reply written iu a somewhat crabbed, but dis tmcx nana, which oh ex intention proved to bo an autograph of M-. Clevo land. The gentleman his pat tiie lettei carefully away, and says that he wil never again be gigjlt of sen ling Mr. Cleveland a typc^^ten letter. Tin typewriter is very co:ivoniont, all th< same, nud a gooi deal raoro legible that most autographs. | A St. Louis man says that "it i? i question ji?ot how far a silk hat and a suprome nerve will c irry a man, but our people appear to yield re i lily to 3uch in tluences. The best instance of this to Colonel Hale, of nowhere in particular, but who has a habit of blowing in with the spring brcevis and promoting things generally, much to his own interest. Colonel Ila'.c blew into a rapidly growing Western to wn recently an I quickly grasped the fact that there was no cable 'road. With everything gone but a silk nai ana r! * >, 11c spom / lor a mission into a swell local club an I proceolel to exist on the romming $25. Hi gathered about him the loafing moneyed men and laid bare the scheno of mill p ions in ft cable road. He agreed to oh' tain the franchise and put it all through for $30,000, part of which was to be paid down as a guarantee of gooi laith. I)o you believe that that follow (lintel . . up his silk hat and attacked the aldor%. men next. By dint of promising and S pompous Appearance of wealth ho ae cured an ordinance, was voted stock, drew what was coining to him and blev out again, leaving every oae to wondor.* 1 DIXIE _NE\YS. i The Beloved South Gleaned and > Epitomized. 11 the Mews and Occurences Printed i Here in Condensed Form. * Bpsrtsnburg sod Greenville, 8. C., 1 will ?oon be connecteel by telephone. Cors Reese, aged twelve years, of 8cotl county, Va., was married recently. It U reported that George Vuuderbilt has purchased Mt. Pisgnh, near Athci villc, and will build a hotel on its top. , Nearly 1,000,000 barrels of sweet potatoes are annually shipped from Aceom c ' county, Va. E At Charleston, S. C , Friday, the 8a nnnah b>sc ball club beat thu Charleston club; score 0 to 4. r Governor Tillman has issued a rcquisib tiou to bring buck to S uth Carolina a I man for stealing $4.10 which bad been entrusted to liiiu to buy n postal money ' order. 1 Manchester, Va,, with a populition of * more thau 10,000, has but one candidate . for Federal nntronncc-- that of i> stmts tcr of the city. A school boy 1? years of age, .*>t Slid bjville, Ky , 011 account of his unmjuiti ed love for a girl school mat -, laid his , head on the track before au appro idling train nml was decapitated . In the part t 11 weeks 297,284 tons of r Pocahontas coal ha v.) been hauled ever a the Norfolk & Western railroad, and ( shipped at Lamberts Point, Va. Mayor Fllys n, of Richmond, Va., is in New Orleans for the purpose of nr ranging for the removal of the rema ns [ of ex President Davis, j It is reported that George XT; Ynn-J dcrhilt his decided to buihl forty $10,1 000 houses on hit estate, near Asliei ilie This great outlay of money will bo o! great advantage to Ashevillcand Western t Carolina. Suits for $207,000 have be n liled 1 ngainst the city of Atlanta, Da . by pi o pie who claim that their 1 calMi has been injt.rcd through miasma from the city dumping grounds. The Secretary of the No.th Carolina , Teachers' Assembly, has ha<l tip to da e k 400 applications to join tin teach r cxVkcursionists, who will go to Chicago to World's Fair. It is cs iniatci that over 1200 will go on the cxcursi in. [ A stranger hired n horse and bugjy at Durham, N C., the other day 1? it never 1 ctmc back. Tnc owuer has learned that his buggy has probably been left neir Lynchburg, Va. r The Fisherman's Alliance of Dcaufo t, t N. C., offer a reward of $10 for tho re covcry of the body of Mid* Itarl Will. 3 c-f Roaufort, who was drowned near e The Florida orange crop this rcison B will probably be the largest ever known. The trees arc now in bios om, anil nrc so full of bloom that should only half of | ill m mature the trees would not hold the fruit without r<tnaiil?r.il.ln ' ami bracing. Frank Matins, colored, of Forsyth county, N. C., is probably the oldest , citi/.eu iu that couir.y, having celebrate! , his 109th birthday list October. He tells a pretty straight story about seeing Waslrngton whc.i he passed through Sal m, N. C., over 100 years ago. e Major John II. Winder, supci iutend. ent of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad,was at Abbeville,S.C., Wednesday closing the contract for the railroadshops with that town. The plant is to cost I 10 000, double what was originally expected. The Durham nud Charlotte Railroad 1 Compauy, which has been chartered by the Legislature to build a railroad through the counties of Durhun, Ch it\ hnm, Moore, Montgomery, Sti.lv, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg, is composed chiefly of Philadclphi i capitalists. The 5 company will buy out a railroad, ten i I miles of which is graded iu Chatham and Moore counties. The total length ol the I rota will ire an 'lit i;so miles. The crops down about Wiigli'sville uCil Middle Hounds, N. C., are looking well. ltadishcr are almost rctdy for s market, green peas, onions and beets are growing beautifully, asparagus is about rendy for market and straw berri s are fruiting freely. Captain E. W. Manning has shipped his tirst lot of asparagus, and strawberry picking will proha' ly heg'n early in April, provided always, there is no untoward weather to set them buck. E. T. Powell of Wachapreaguo, tresisI urcr of Accomack county, on the eastern sboie of Virginia, will send to the Chicago Fair a solid in ihog iny e est of 3 drawers more than 100 years old, and J once the property of Mrs. Betty Custis of i Accomack, through her husband re ated to the Custis family of Arlington. The eastern shore counties of Virgin a arc pcculiar'y rich in old mahogany furniture, 1 and nhnost evtry considerable house contains several piece*. The region is yet unspoiled of the relic hunter, and the people treasure these hcirlooin*. \ 12th Hour Items. A. L. Kendall, of Atlanta, shot and i.!11 s l: i* >-- ' l--'- ? IV 11 If i 1 11IIII* f 11 III UK* |?l fjlfllix III lll?S VV 11 e and little* son last Saturday night. Wrecked by "wine, women and cards," Alfred Itheinstoim, man ger of the Wheeling, W. Va., opera house, fled then; and the town last Sunday. Mnj. It. L Itnglaud.ol Halifax county, Vs., one of the most piomiaent farmers * in the South, died Sunday morning,aged 70ycirs. He was the largest grower of tobacco seed in the world and his teeds arc famous. The oldest church exi.-ting in the United States is situated near Smithficld, Va It was built in the reign of Charles I, between the jenrs 1011) and IfidS, the brick, lime and timber being imported from England. The timber is English > oak, and was framed in England. It i? u brick structure, erected in the most substantial manner. The mortar has become so hardened tbnt it will strike Arc in collision with steel. Cotton Break for $700,000. Nash vim.e, Tknn Dubbins & Da/, y, cotton brokers, wish branch liousis in f St. Louis, Jack-oil, Tenn., and New ' Orleans, flhd a bdl of assignment. Their liabilit'us nrc $700,000, * AN ATTACK BT DESPERADOES. Four Beset the Buncombe County Jailor for Hia Life and Their Liberty. Asiikvillk, N. O. - At noon Thursday when Jailor W. 8. Jamlaoa entered th-j cell on tbe third floor of the county jail iu which ' Bud" Whituiore, John Lawclyn. A. 11. Edwards and Bill Parbam, white, were confined, to give them their dinner, nil f ur sprang upon him and bore him to the floor of the ceil. The jailor uttcmptcd to draw his pistol, but was prevented by the liuiog in hia pocket. Whittmorc wrenched tho ke?a from his hand and got | oasersion of the jailor's pis ol, and, followed by Lewellyn, dart* td down ata rs, hoping to unlock the uiaiu door and make their escape, leaving the jai or struggling with Elwards and Purhitra. Toe jailor called to liis wife, who was ou the scond floor, to sliuot the escaping prisoners. She ran town s uits, got a pi tol and n turned it time to sec Whittmorc trying to open tin niuin door. Thrusting her liand through he grating, Mrs. Jam son fire i, just a* Wliittmore fell into ilie cell corner, and tho bulict m ssed him. Iiy this time tho jaik<r lad Fubducd * >1 wauls and P..rham; and, rushing dowe taiis, lie got tho pistol from h s wife nd forc.d Wittmore to give up the key# liid pistol, and drove tho men back to (he cell. No ouo was hurt except Kdwaids, whose head was cut by the jsi or with the lock which he carried into the cell. ?, ^ ?- t 11th Hour News. Mrs. Lot Erving, of Buena Vista, Ga., aged 35, give birth on the 16th to her thirteenth child. Alt the rccolpta from Booth VmlUv< privilege tax tags, amounting now to over $45,000, go to Clemson College. The Ashcvdle, N. C., aldermen hare nppo iited n special Wa'dcnscs committee to look after Buncombe's interest in getting tint people to emigrate to that county. The contract for the erection of the new Dime City Savings Bank, at Co'umbin, S. C , has been given out, and the work will be commcnc d on the building at once. Governor McKinmy, of Virginia, acting on the suggestion of the Governor of Arkit's is, bus invited the Governors of the Southern States to meet in Ric hmond April 12 h, with a view to the general development of the South'* resources. The Mann-Arrington gold mine in Nash county, N. C., has re umcd operations. During the Centennial Exposition in 1876 ores fr.un this mine took the second pi ize. A c nisidt ruble amount of new machinery has been purchased. The operators ex'\"p< C?'"'1 rrrnrln nr? Three masked mon held up the night 0, crat.r nt the Port Republic station Va , on the Norfolk and Western railroad Wed ncsdny r ight and rifled the cash box. They carded away about $2) in change, but ov. i looked an envelope containing a larger amount. They ts.sped, leaving no trncj of their identity. Oyster planting in Virgiuia waters lias been inucli discouiogod of lute years by the fact that private oyster beds are not adequ .tcly protected. The law of Virginia permits any person twelve months a resident of the 8tate to tnkc oysters from a natural bed, and forbids auy persui to make private property of such 1. .1.. ..... U U3, f? IK IU |ll ITHIC UCVIO BIO BUb UUU natural deposits they are prcttvsnfe from pir_t t?, but where oysters have been planted in open water near the natural teds it is almost impossible to protect them. The ^warding of the contract for furniture for n schooihou a in Harrisburg, Pa., to a manufacturer in Roanoke, Va., is another s'riking illu?tratioa of the encronchmcut of Southern industries upon the North. Harrisburg is less than 100 miles from Willinmsp >rt, the greatest furniture manufacturing centre of the East, while Roanoke is over 300 miles distant. The placing of this contract with the Roanoke i'uiu implies an advantage in thut locality with which Pennsylvania manufacturers cannot compete. And this is but one instance of frequently occurring events of similar significance in many branches af Southern industry. Carolinians in Washington. Washington, D. C.?Thiiteen good Democrats, who address the Vice President as "Cousin Adlni," are awaiting recognition. And only ten States have been heard from. The list, so far as completed, runs as follows: Cousin Davidson, of North Carolina; Cousin Henderson, of North Carolina; Cousin Brevard, of North Carolina; Cousin David.on. of Florida; Cousin Davidson, No. 2, of Florida; Cousin Stevenson, of Virginia; Cousin Carson, of Tennessee, Cousin Ewing, of Kentucky; Cousin Stevenson, of California; Cousin McKenzie, of Keutueky; Cousin Ewing, of Illinois; Cousin Stevenson, of Texas; Cousin Stevenson, of Idaho. Just one Vice Presidential cousin has turned up with the announcement that he wants nothing This notable exception is Cousin Pat Donan, of Devil's Lake, N. D. The rellit i V i? l linvfl oil Knnn sir* Ia s.aa ^'aiioiis Adlai, and ho has notified them that at some time during the coining week they uic to be his guests at a little family reunion dinner. All but one or two of the cousins trace their connection with the Vice President through old Kphraim Brevard, the North Cnrolina pntrot, who signed the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. Death of Dr. Cullen, of Richmond. Kiciimom), Va.?Dr. J. O. I). Cullen died here in the (list year of his nge. He was dean of the faculty of the Medical College of Virginia, and professor of sur gery of that insti'ut on. He entered the Confederate nnny as surgeon of the 1st Virginia regiment nod roso rapidly to the prominent r .nk of medical director of Ocn Longstreet's corps. During the battles anuud Richmond h 5 was appointed on the field, by (1 n. Lec. acting medical director of the army of Northern Virginia. He also served as medical dircc tor of Longsreet's army, in East Tennessee, in 1304. GEORGE dttDOWON. * Alabama's Senior gl pr AMnatet Result of the Work UU 9. * S*a ate Affricultur*9Kl?itt*e. ?? Wasiknuton, D. (Mnt Ssjatr, in Ap/il, 1898, passed a^Kfthtlomiu^truet ing iu commit oe otyH tntke an investigation withi^K^ewJ'Of ascertaining the cause of depression in agricultural productJHPbtyng al thU time. Senator Janie^^Btocge? oT Mlss?. is-i|>|>i, was made ch*HKp ef (be subcommittee to iBitt^Kjotton. Alfred I). Shcppersoi mHHpO secret ?ry scope of the Isvewp^H^ery broad, sod covers the mattvr*ra>flgp praiuclion and c,<nsumpti Srala#Q country, with the COSt of pnJSOBm, p>inibilitin? of extension of cu tdffic. The work of SowBjr George's committee will be Cftmflbed by the next mo* ting of Congress WDn account of the iiu| o tnncc of t'ie lumr under cons deration to cotton plantfi and the people i of the South, ce.intnSicorge, chnirmuu of llic committee of^Mcultur.: under the n w orgnnizati m of w Senate was reipic to t to pr psrc ttiflfollowing for puV hention: It> p rnmjSt importance c* 1 Is for the widest public?. ' To the Cotton F\ix?ia of the Unicd "In cbscbargc of S duty imposed by the Uuit d States So?to on the committee on agriculture^? iave tigate the causes of the low prfi of co ton and the rcmc ly, I liavc 111 if?omc investigations which, th nigh as yaBiiconiplctr, uu hiriz me to sta'e tlicfMiwing conclusion: ? " I'Iwk are cau^otjKr this low prici, j co> ing frornr^TogHBtM) now in force; nnd there ntc ?th ^Bttcs coning from needful legislation J?Kb be enacted. It is certain, however&rftiAt these cau-cs cnunot be remedied ifcAimc to sff ct the pric.'-of the crop no vjibout to be plant cd, even, indeed, if vcir force can lie substantially dimiuHwd. Tin cotton farmers mud therofdn for the present resort to such rciuedintor pal ia'ivcs for low pric-s ns mny c nttf om their own action, independent u?eyislalion. "The Inst crop has brought n higher price than preceding one. This resulted from ttiHfa t that it w. s much small r. Thg?rkc wou'd have been higher if thcrft n^Kbt b?cn a large1 surplus over the coisumpftbn, coming from the Ver^Hge crop of the preceding year (18ftlj?B. The natural rise injrsxs of the crop n- w b ing inaikctnPlins been largely impeded by the g;cwyB-ikc among.the op ratives in the colato^Kdories of England,. Iu this etnril???,. r,.,n>a7^rnr<?^Wr?frrB Hop pod work. The effect of this sbikc, up to this date, h s been to dccrcntc the amount consumed by the British factories since September 1st, 525,000 bales and is likely to amount in the near future to more than 1,000,000. 'In siddi ion, this decrease in the demand has by th ccitaia laws of trade diminished the pric *, or, which is the same thing, prevented the full lise which would otherwise have como from the small crop. American t pincers carried over from last season an unusunliy large stock of cotton, having bought heavily at the low prices prevailing iu the spring and summer; and, wliil-t doing an ex* ccptionaby good business, they have taken, so far, 35 ),000 bales less than for the sime period fusing 'loft season. This, alsincreased the si;, plus. "The ptospects of another large crop coming from an incrcaspd acreage,if that should happen, would'.not only be an effectual bar to nny r'sf in the price, but would cauae a still further decline?so that now the cotton raisers of the South are confronted \\i?h this serious question for solution: Shall we, by iucrcasod acreage in tbc crop now b ir.g planted, as compared with the acreage of the Inst season, raise a crop of 9, Out), 000 or 10, 000,000 bales and thereby glut the markets of the world, causing a fall to the low pric.5 of 1821 02 ana perhaps even lower, or will we, by reducing the acreage to the extent necessary to raise all our food and forage crops and work animals. especially our nu at, corn, hors.s and mules, increase the price of our cotton crop, and at the same time diminish the uses of the proceeds of the crop by a larger reduction in tbc amount hereto fore applied to buy neccss.rv supplies? "There can be but one answer to this question in the minds of thoughtful mAfi If if lw? a itfl flint mnnnrr an ntim/ir. 0u8 a class as cotton raisers it will be impossible to pet up An agreemcut which will result in combined ectio.i to plant a reduced acreage in cotton, and if this be conceded, then the situation appeals with still stronger force to each individual farmer to decrease his bwn crop to the extent needful to raise hln supplies. For in case there shall not be such diminution in the acreage as to affect materially the price, so that the next crop is to be a low-priced one, the advantage to him who has wisely raised his own supplies will be clear and manifest. He will not have to buy high priced supplies with the scant proceeds of low-priced cotton. These proceeia will then be,in the main, surplus or nearly so. "On the other hand, if there shall be such a general movement in the direction of raising a crop so much smaller as to raise the price, then all who contributes to it in the manner herein indicated will enjoy this increased price ns the result of tbeir own wise action, and at the same time be exempt from expenditures for supplies which they have so raised. "Alter much reflection upon data collected from all the couniiies adapted to raising cotton, I am satisfied of this painful truth: That we arc nerer, at least in this gen* ration, to have generally the high prices for rotton we once had. Cotton will never,except in'cxceptional cases, and for short perieds, be high enough to warrant the producer iu relying upon it as a means of purchasing supplies which can be raised nt home. Very respectfully, J. Z. Qrouge.' Doath of Col. Elliot F. bhepard. New York. - Col. Klliot F. Sheprrd died at his r sidcticc at 4 o'clock Ffiday } afternoon. I' 4 PAT LIGHT AHKA1). 9Hn Tks liehmond Terminal Ijnttm at iMt to Bo Put on Its Foot. New York. ?The rvopnlnHw of! the bis Richmond Ttrminol iji'tn of mora than 8,000 mi In by Drexel, Morgan A Company uxij now bs aaid to ba assured. The plan la about ready and may be announced any day. Q.:e of the On ) tens toward restoring order out of obana Win be the app 'lutuieat of a r. ceivtr of tfeie Richmond A Danville Railroad, who will repieaeot Rrcxcl. Morgan A Co and ba Independent of either faction in the comj any. Samuel Spencer, who is connected with the ba king firm, uriil be aelected for the position. It is understood tha Receiver Reuben Foster 's to be tbo one 1$r?ti a. Receiver fluidehoper will re main, but will act in harmony with the proposed scheme of reorganization of br?x?d, Morgnn A Co. The firm will liava complete access to Ihs book* ami nil nccc sary legal steps can be taken without interruption There have i eeu ? xten-ivc preparations for the reorganization I eforc the hanking firm found their way clear t > take charge. All of tha prominent men who have been assocint d with the management in recent times have willingly submitted to questioning and ng red to submit to auy plan suggc ted. Convicted of Murder and Respited. C -LVuntA, 8. C. ? Wade Flames, who was to h ive been hung Friday for the murder of Miss Ilornsby, a whi c eirl, was reprieved shortly before tho hour aet for tlio cxccutiou. Governor Tilhnan vis'ted IIm'iucs iu his cell, but would make no statement to the press concerning his intent ions. Public opinion ia very much divided is to lfaincs' guilt, aud the Governor has given the ense unusual attention. Miss llor. shy was murdered with a knife near her home on the outskirts of the city, and II fines reported finding the body and went back with tho?e ho inf rm.'d of the fact, lie Ins continuously asserted h's innocence, although the people of the neighborhood where the crime was committed are fully persuaded of his guilt. The reprieve is for a month. The Beea Won the Fight. News reached the prcsiof a rcmaikablo light in Cleveland county, N. C.,near the t-'outh Carolina line. Two men, named Trout an 1 Ilutchins, were removing, a beehive, about which tlv y had wrapped a cloth. Two men name I McDauiol met them, and a quar.cl and fight followed. Ilutchins st'ippcd tho cloth from the hive, and, placing it over his head, hal l ftltrt litvn tit fr/iiif ?? ltn nrlvnnrnd tnwniil tlin McDmiyl*. 1 ho bees poured ont nnd tnTdgflr n<Jn?.'fc?4 i&<)m.1<# Im4 to retreat. One of tlicm shot Ilutchins in the rlio hler, but lie advanced willi liii novel Gatli? g go?\ nnd aide I by the b c, drove the Alt-Daniels ov. r the line into South Carolina Lnrg.-si Fruit Fur 11 in t to World. Howell Co'intr, Missouri, will soon have the largest (ruit farm iu the world, if it has not already thut honor. A company has been organised by S mth -lieml, Evansville nnd Springfield capitilists for the purpose of convening 12,ODD aero; near Brandsville into an im nensc fruit farm, work to commence within thirty day.". There is plenty of money backing the schcmo. The company proposes to build a cold atoiage plant, evaporator nnd distillery. The la-id is situated on tlio line of the Gulf road and is tue most desirable locatiou iu the county.?St. Louis Republic. "Passed Over the Itiver" to His Friend. Lexinoton, Va ?I)r II. T. Barton is du.d, sped 70 jc.us. When Stonewall Jackson wi.sn professor at the Virginia M litmj Iusti utc, before he won military fume, Dr. Barton was his intimate friend for some jears. After the war I)r. Burton was the surgeon of the Virginia Mi! itary in-titutc nnd will be recalled by hundreds of old cadets all over the country. Two Young Men Los; Thoir Lives in a Fire. Na'hvii.i.k, Tknn.?Fire at Athens, Ala., enrly Monday morning destroyed several stores and small bui dings. The damage will not exceed fr>(),0(0. William Chandler, of McKeu/.ic, Tenn., a student at the Alabama Agricultural 0 -liege, and Owen Brown, of Athens, were caught under falling walls and crushed to death. Southern Grocerymen in Session. 6t. Louts, Mo.?The Southern Wholesale Giocery Atso i,it ion be^an its se ond annual convention in the Lit.dell Motel. Abeut 2 0 d leg tcs arc in attendance. Major Noonaii welcome I the delegates, nfter which Prcsid-. nt J. II. Martin, oi Memphis, r?nd his nnnn il address. Monte Cftrlo Counts Two More Victims Nice, Italy.?Two mc i from New Orleans committ d iuicidc on the Casino grounels at lloutc Carlo Friday night. Their names are given as Weill and Robb. They had been playing heavily at the Pjci r> ftir Gi-v.-r:tl ilma tiiiil nn Wi>ilnp?. day mid Thursday lo t enormous suras. Carolina Truck Farmers Taking Action. Cni fi,esto>, S. CJ.?Tio Tiuck Farmer?' Ass. ciatio i met here and took steps f -r apply ng to the inter-^t itcs commerce commision for a reduction of istcs on fniits and vegetable* fo N- rthcru points. They have cilled on Northern dcalcis to join in their application. Carlisle Presents the Life Saving W-dal. Washington, I). C ?Secretary Cur lislo, in an appropriate lett< r of ?ulogy, transmitted the g'ld life saving medal to W. O. l.ce, of Savaunnh, On., fo? saving from d'OWning a*, various tiin?# eight pcisons. Death of the Commandant. Chaui.khton, 8. C.-Fiist L'cutenam Johu A. Towers of the tccoiul United States artillery, and toiunandjut of the cadets of the South Carolina Mi'itnry Acsdctay, died at 1?!? father's residence io Anderson, S. C., Thursday. STORM SWEPT STATES. < Kick Life u4 Property Destroyed. T?in>WM, XiMinIjml wd Kentucky ' ta Uw P?tb oTV Cyclone. ' XBWt*ni?, T*k*.?The path of the cyclone, which cutervd Ivumssee in south westerly direction from Mtse setpni, i appears to have been about tw. nty milct J in w( ith, ahV-tugh the serious damage it > confined to a much smaller area. The | wires are down in all directions, and there is ho tch g nphic communication j with Nashville and lut rvening points ] and little news is obtainable from placet visited by the cyclono. ! This city barely escaped. A heavy rain lell and a high wind blew at the \ time the cyclone raged and it brcamo as dark as night for th rty minutes. Heavy damago was done to trees aid small out bu hlings. A tiain from Itirmingham, Ala , reports m cit damage Intvein lie u and II.. India', tsreuty m lea east. Not n house es aped the storm's fury and only a feware left stand*ii.', and they were dam >ged. The lo use of llolaud Cox was lifted and b dily blown away. Th-* house of ltobt. Stevens was level! d to a heap of mills The lesidcncc o' 1). N. 11 atr a, a wealthy planter, was wrei ke 1, nnd thi houses o' four of his tenants who blown tiway. Thrco Iioiimh In-hr ging to S. IIu<lucil wrro blown down. Tho wind in.lulled in a queer fr.sk with tbu dwcl ing hoist of \V. C. I'u?gs Formerly it faced north; it si ill stands, in a daniag d con dition, but now faces s ulh. Vick-iujiio, Mtas.?Additional cyclone, new* rcc iv?d from passctig' rs on the midnight train from Memphis says that tho storm spent its force between Tunica and Shaw station, which are about 70 miles apart and on the railroad. At Shaw some s'oirs were bio hi down and a few citizens wounded. At Tun'ca tho court house was serious lv da i-ngcd, n church and other buildings do t ovid and a ichoolhouse full of negro children was blown to pice s. Many of the children we?c hint but none killed. It will be a day or two before tLc fu I ex ti ut of ilie disa tcr s known. Nasiivii.i.k, Tknn.*--A severe wind and ra n storm swept ovir Na hville, doing inneli damage in the northern part of the city. In S. ulh Na-hville a store filed with people wits Ii'owii down ai d a numb.r injured. One l oy was killcil and nnot her will die. Bowi.ino Giiekn, Ky.?A (irriblc cyclone passed ovir this cily and great damage was done. The I.ouisville ?fc Nashville round house was totally wrecked. About fifteen engines of the Louisvi lu and Noshvillc Ibiilroa 1 Company werebtdly damaged, but no lives arc thought to have been lost. William Jftml's new tni'lrtliu, one m?nro iinmisomcs. en Hers in the city, was unroofed, ns were many others. WISE WOUI). Plain living is long living. Matrimony comes in scaled packager. Pleasure is narrow; happiness is wide. A woman is ncvor afraid of a brave man. Avarice is grcon persimmons to tlio soul. The wiso man holds his tongue in his hand. There is no tolling what the w >rl I would have boon like if womau had beo.i created first instead of last. Qreat men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force; that thoughts rule tho worl 1. Men say, Ah! if a man could impart his talent, iustead of his performance, what. mountain* of guinea* would bo paid! Ye*, but in tiio measure of bis absolute veracitv ho does impart it. The unity in this web of contra lietions is its great wonder. How if this unity prove to bo tho law of which the oppositions aro but ouo clause? IIo.v if tho porfect unity wore only attainable through tho freedom of tho natural diversity? And what is the substance and sum of this fundamental agreement? The desire of good, the progressives>a< caption of which marks, more th in anything else, thojorogrcss of the race. Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to bo understood. All is riddle, and the key to riddle is auot'.ser riddle. There are as many pillars of illusion as flakes in a snowstorm. We wnko from one dream into another dream. Tho toys, to bo sure, are various, and are graduated in rofiuomont to the quality of the dupe. The intellectual man requires a tine bait; tho sots are easily amused, But everybody is druggc 1 with his own frenzy, an 1 the pageant inarches at all hours, witu inusio and bauncr and badge. A Kemarknhle Hole in the Hock*. In Ireland, near Horn ilvau, in County Donegal, Ireland, there is u remarkable natural hole in the rocks of the feacoiti, which is known all over Britain ah "McSwiney's gun." It is believed to be connected with a sea cavern. Wlieu the sea "runs full" the ''gun" sends up jets of water to a height of more than one hundred feet, each spouting being followed and preceded by loud explosions. The "gun ii a perfectly smooth hole about ten inches in diameter, and its history can be traced back to the first settling of the country. No one seems to know, however, how it got the uamo of "McSwiney'a gun."?Chicago Herald. An Ancient Kviu^dy. M. do Melj, a French gripe grower and something of r. classical scholar, discovered that Strati > ha I describid a 'method of treating diseased vines with petroleum. lie determine 1 to try it on his phylloxera-smitten vineyard. He lint with a success that delighted him, and at a recent meeting of the French Actdeiny of Sciences, he exhibited hoalthy shoots grown from stocks rendered barren by phylloxera, giving statistics of his experiments that leave no doubt of the success of the inothod. It appears that the I ancient* knew ft thing or two.?.New | OrleaQd I'icnyune. Jloreland Sonds In a Batch of ^ /f. * AppolntaMta > rhe Senate Confirms a Lot o! - ' Nominations i i Praeident Cleveland eeat th? following lomtnationa to the Uat tod State* BsnaU: Jmm B. BlntK at ljoul?Uoe, to be Ki\rojr Extraordinary and lttnlctor PUnlpj- . * * '*] Mattery Ol Km U&ttol Stoto* to Frame. ' " ..- I theodore Ruayoa, ot Nov Jermy, to ba Knvoy Extraordinary and MlnUtor Plant* potentiary of the United Htatoa to Oerluany; Wade Hampton, ot South Carolina, to I be Commissioner ot Railroad*; John R. Rialey, ot New York, to ba Ba- , yoy Extraordinary and Hintator Flentp6? tontiary oC toe Uuttod State# to Jam** O, jot fftwuwa to. <WPT3SaSifr .130 United Btat-ja Clfoutt Judge for tbaSeiauM - -ISmi itejn s r '>f \? v? JE7TGI * i a*.'v JAMKP B. KU8TIS. Judlc'nl Circuit; Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, to bo Solicitor for tbo Dcmrtmout of State; Charles II. Stuart, of Tex is, to ba Judge of tho United States Court for tlia In dan Territory! David T. Uuyton, of Mississippi, to 00 United States Marsnnl for the Northern district of Mississippi; William II. Hawkins, of Indiana, United States Marshal for the district of lndiaua; Abner Gaines, of Arkansas, United States Marshal for tho Kastern district of Arkantas; James J. McAlester. of In Han Territory, to 1h> Unite 1 States Marshal for tho Uuited States Court for the lndiau Territory: Prank 11. llurkc, of Indiana, to be Unites States Attorney for tho District of Indiana; Clifford L. Jackson of tho Indian Terrs tory to lie Attorney of tho Unite i Htatos Court for tho Indian Territory; Juinos W. Huuk', of Arkansas, United States Attornoy for the Knstoru district of Arkansas; Finest 1*. Baldwin, of Maryland, to ho First Auditor of tlio Troasury; 1'ho n u llolcombv of Delaware, to bo Fifth Au iltor n{Jknica appofntpd filuiaier "to. ~~~ ' Franco, is a native of New Orleans, La., and " "" is fifty-nine years old. Attended Harvard Law School, 1H63-54. He was in tho Confederate service Hrst as Judge Advocate on Uon? eral McGru ier's staff, later, to close of war, on General Johnston's staiT. Served in State legislature prior to reoonstruotiou. Was United Ktuto* Senator from i)ecoinber 10, 1877, to March H, IS70. Then became 1'releasor of Civil Law in tlie University of Louisiana, hut was again elected to the United Statos Senate in lbvt, for tho term ending March it, IM'.il. Theodore Runyon is one of tho prominent ilguros of Now Jersey Democracy, and n man of pronounced ability. For t-n years ho was Chancellor of tho Stale, and lias twice been its candidate for Governor, nt one time during tho war. J|p| i ff W jW 'U N. WADE II \M1T0N, of South C:iro i n, who it to hcomc railroad commissioner, is a well known figure i i Southern history and in Washington, \v' ere he served with distinction nod credit in the United St ite* Senate for twelve consecutive years, finally yielding th t post because of the antagonism of the Alii me; element in his nntvc State, ife is almost 7."i tears of age, but is still full force and energy, liis record of service during the civil war is that of a brave soldivr. lie resigned his seat in the Stitc Senate to icrve ill the field, attained the rank of lieutenant general,and was elected Governor of South Carolina in 1876 in the campaign that defeated the Republican government. The place he h to till was held during tho la*t Cleveland Administration by Gen. Jotcph E. Johnston, another Con' federate veteran, who permitted to remain in tint place by President IlarrisoD until h's death. A New Hygienic To,spat, A new .lygicnio" teapot is tlie Invention of a woman, and a royal woman at that, Princess May, of Tcck. She has just exhibited the pot i:: the giuup o* nursing and sick-room appliances displayed in London previous to their forwarding to tho Columbian Exposition. The model is in plain silver and mad/, in two sections, the upper ono of which it the receptacle for the tea. This is furnished with a double and extroraolv tine sieve, through which the water poured in at the top filters so slowly that by the time it has reached the lower section all the good quality of tho tea is extractod. The principle is quite similar but an improvement on the Japanese teapots, with perforated cups, sold here in New York. ?New York Times. 0 ft 19 said that with a vocabulary of a thousand words a man cau transact all tbo ordinary business matters of life. /