Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE WEIKLY?i? OHI0I TI1EI ^ Devoted to JLyrieulturo, Horticulture, Domeotie Koonom^flgfliU Literature, PoUtiee and the Current Heu>o oj the Day. r ' ' VOL. VXXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H.. SOUTH UAROLlll|fptiDAY, MARCH 31,189.(. NUMBER 13. Tbo United State* furnishes 673,000 Freemasons and 647,471 Oddfellow*, 'with lodgeroom reasons for late hours and latch keys," according to the Chicago Herald. The Chicago Herald says tnat captains of United States mail earrylng steamship companies are expressing dissatisfaction as to the new United States mail pennaut. They say it's too big. In Switzerland very stringent laws ex 1st for the protection of fruit trees froa insects and other peats. No tree ownei is allowed to treat bis trees as be chooses, but a strict watch is kept over bott amateur and professional horticulturist. The .London Spectator is "perfectly satisfied to see tbo United States take tho Hawaiian Islands, as England would bo able to capture them without any trouble in tho event of war, and in times of neace it would bo but ?? venient a port as it wai under a native dynasty." > ^ Says the Now York Press Tho N:PP caragua Canal will cut oil in on averaje about one-half tho distance botwcoa this port and 500,000,000 of |>coplo with whom wc trade little and Great Britnir trades much. The Suez Canal is in hot favor now, and we c tnnot meet her ot even terms in those markets till our shipcan cross the Isthmus. The Oonth or General Beauregard leaves but one of the seven full Gonorals of tho Souther l Army living aad none of the flvo men on whom the rank was conferred at tho beginning of the war. These five men were Coopor, Lse, Josop'i -V E. Johnston, Albert Sydnoy Johnston and Beauregard. Bragg and Kirby Smith were afterward made full Gen* crals. Kirby Smith alone survlvci. Tiic fact that about 4')U applications for patents were made last year by women is an indication to the New York Prcsi -m of how thoroughly tho gentler sex U entering into the practical activities of jjr modern life. Many of these applications fl^Ejrelato to such industries as textile msnu^^^^Tacturce and railway and electrical dovices. The unselfish spirit of the fair inventors is exhibited by the fact that nmon^the products of th?'r genius are WF' improved braces-, .huthpU *? ? - HOftttH, sell attaching neckties, aleeve liuksaud trousers splash preventer*. Man Is no longer solo lord of creation. Poverty must indeed be btttor, muses tho Chicago Herald, whon its victims pledge their boiioi for the dissection room in order to obtain a few shillings for food. This was one of tho suggestions acted ou at tho gatherings of tho unemployed at the east end, London, recently. It was represented that "subjects" are difficult to obtain aud are quoted as high as #50. It was proposed that the hungry men ahould sell their bodies in advance of death to tho hospitals on condition of the present payment of #5. It was feared, however, that this market would soon become overstocked. urovcr Cleveland evidently thinks thai typo-written letters are not good form. This, at least, the New Orloans Picayune thinks, is the fair infereace to be drawu from the following incident* A politician of National promineneo the other day, wishing to urge the claims of a certain porson for a cabinet position, die toted a letter for Mr. Cleveland to his typewriter, signed it and sent it away. Hhartly afterward he received a reply, written in n some what crabbed, but distinct hand, which on exiniontlon _ proved to bo an autograph of M-. Cleveland. The gentleman has pat the letter carefully away, and says that he will never again bo guilty of sending Mr. Cleveland a type-written letter. The typewriter is very convenient, all the same, and a good deal raoro legible than most autographs. A St. Louis man says that "it is a question just how far a silk hat and a supreme nerve will c trrj a man, but our people appear to yield readily to such Influences. The best instance of this is Colonel Hale, of nowhere in particular, M but who has a habit of blowing in with ^ the spring bred is and promoting things generally, much to his own interest. Colonel Ilale blow into a rapidly grow, intr Western town ronently and quickly grasped the fact that there was no cablo road. With everything gone but a silk hat and 1123, he spent $10J for adoaission into a swell local club an 1 procoele 1 to exist on tho romsining $25. He g&therod about him the leading moneyed men and laid bare the sahene of millions in a cable road. He agreed to obtain the franchise and put it all through for $30,000, part of which was to be paid down as a guarantee of gool faith. Do you belicro that that fellow dasted up his silk hat aod attacked the alderr/ men next. By dint of promising and pompous appearance of wealth he secured an ordinanoe, was voted stock, drew what was coming to him and blew out again, taring every oae to wonder.*' DIXIE NEWS. The Beloved South Gleaned and i Epitomized. All the News and Occurences Printed Here in Condensed Form. ^ Spartanburg and Greenville, S. C., j will soon be connected by telephone. < Cora Rccsc, aged twelve years, of Scoti 1 county, Vn., was married recently. < It is reported that George Vanclerbilt ' has purchased Mt. Pisgah, near Ashe- -1 villc, and will build n hotel on its top. Nearly 1,000,000 barrels of sweet pota- ' toes are annually shipped from Accom c j county, Va. ; At Charleston, S. C , Friday, the Savannah bisc ball club beat the Charleston club; score 0 to 4. Governor Tillman has issued a requisition to bring buck to S utli Carolina n man for ftealing $4.10 which bad been entrusted to him to buy n postal money * order. 1 Manchester. Vn with n nnmil ? ir.n nf ' more thnn 10,000, lint but one candidate for Federal patronage-that of p stmis tcr of the city. A school boy 17 years of ago, at Slid bjville, Ky , on account of his unrcquit- ( ed love for n girl school mat-, laid his head on the track before au appro idling train and was decapitated. In the part t 11 weeks 297,281 tons of Pocahontas coal have been hauled ever the Norfolk & Western railroad, and , shipped at Lnmberis Point, Va. Mayor Kllys 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. It Is reported that George ">Y. Vandcrhilt his decided to build forty $19, 000 houses on his estate, near Aslictillc This grent outlay of money will ha o! great advantage to Ashcvillc and Western i Carolina. Suits for $207,000 have be n filed agMinst the city of Atlautn, (la , hy pi o pic who claim that their 1 ealMi has been luji.rcd through miusmi from the city dumping grounds. The Secretary of the No. th Carolina Teachers' Assembly, has had up to da e 400 applications to join th) teach r excursionists, who will go to Chicago to the World's Fair. It is cs imatcd that 4AAA 51 uwr uuu wut go 011 mo cxcursi in. A stranger hired a horse ami busj ?y at Durham, N C., tbo other day b it never ctnic back. Tnc owuer h is learned that his bnggy has probably been left neir Lynchburg, Va. The Fisherman's Alliance of Benufo t, N. C.f offer a reward of $10 for the re covcry of the body of Mr. Karl Willis, cf lh-aufort, who was drowned near Wn-U - U * ? * The Florida orange crop this reason will probably be the largest ever known. The trees are now iu blossom, and are so full of bloom that should only half of th m mature the trees would not hold the fruit without considerable propping aud bracing. Frank Mnthes, colored, of Forsyth county, N. 0.t is probably the oldest citizen iu that couir.y, having celebrated his 100th birthday list October, lie tells a pretty straight story about seeing Waslrngton who.i he passed through Pal m, N. C., over 100 years ago. Major John H. Winder, superintendent of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad, was at Abbeville,8.C.,Wednesday closing the contract forthcrailroadshops with that town. The plant is to coat $110,000, double what was originally expected. The Durham and Charlotte Itaiirond Company, which lias been chartered by the Legislature to build a railroad through the counties of Durhun, Chatham. Moore. M'mtirnmerv Sr I I > r1" . ? o ? . I Cabarrus ana Mecklenburg, is composed chiefly of Philndelphii capitalists. The company will buy out a railroad, ten miles of which is graded in Chnlliain and Moore counties. The total length el the road will be nb>ut 130 miles. The crops down about Wiightsville and Middle Sounds, N. C., arc looking well. Hadishct are almost rculy for market, green peas, onions and beets ere growing beautifully, asparagus is about ready for market nnd struu hurri s are fruiting freely. Captain E. W. Manning has shipped his first lot of asparngns, and strawberry picking will probuMy beg'n early ia April, provided always, there is no untoward wtather to set them back. E. T. Powell of Wachsprcngue, treasurer of Accomack county, on the eastern sboie of Virginia, will rend to the Chicago Fair a solid mihoginy c .est of drawers more than 100 years eld, nnd once the property of Mrs. Betty Custis of Accomnck, through licr husband re atcd to the Custia family of Arlington. The eastern shore counties of Virgin'a arc peculiarly rich in old mahogany furniture, and almost ev?ry considerable bouse contains several pieces. The region is yet unspoiled of the relic hunter, and the people treasure these heirloom*. 12th Hour Xterus. A.'L. Kendall, of Atlanta, shot and killed himself in the presence of his wife And little son last Saturday night. Wrecked by "wine, women and cards," Alfred Rheinstoim, man ger of the Wheeling, W. Va., opera house, fled then; und the town last Sunday. Maj. R. L Rnglnnd,of Halifax county, Va., one of the most prominent farmers in the South, died Sunday moraing.aged 70 yeira. lie was the largest grower of i tobacco seed in the world and his ieede are famous. The oldest church existing in tho United States is situated near Bmithficld, Va It was built in tho reign of Charles I, between the jears 103) and 1635, the brick, lime and timber being imported from England. The timber is English osk, and was framed in England. It is a brick structure, erected in tho most substantial manner. The mortar has become so hardened tbat it will strike firo in collision with steel. Oottoa Break for $700,000. Nash vim.e, Tenn ? Dobbins A ])ar.?y, cotton brokers, with branch liouiis in St. Louis, Jack-on, Toon., and Now Orleans, fllrd a b.ll of assignment, Thoir liabilities arc $700,000, AN ATTACK BY DESPERADOES. F"our Besot the Buncombe County Jailor for His Life and Their Liberty. Asubvillk, N. C. At iiouu Thursday ivhen Jailor W. 8. Jamison entered the :tdl ou ti e third floor of the county jail n which 4 Bud" Wbitmore, Jobn Lswjlyn, A. II. Edwards and Bill Parhain, white, were confined, to give them their 1 inner, all f ur spuing upon hiin and >orc him to the floor of the cell. The jailor uttcmpted to draw his pistol, but was prevented by the lining in his [lo.kct. uri.fii ? ?? 1 - * ?t - * vv miimore wrcnciieu inc Ktv 8 iroin lis hand and got | ossetsion of the jailor's f>is ol, and, followed by Lewellyn, dsrtd down stars, hoping to uolock the naiu door and make their escape, lenvng the jai or struggling with Eiwards ind Furham. Tne jailor tailed to hir wife, who wus on tho scond floor, to ihout the escaping prisoners. She ran iown s ails, got a pi tol and r? tinned it time to sec Wbittinore trying to open th? nuin door. Thrusting her hand through lie grating, Mrs. Jam son fire 1, just at Wbiilmote fell into ihc cell corner, and die bullet m sscd him. Ily this time tho jaiLr 1 ad subdued Edwards and l\.rham; and, rushing dowe tails, he got the pistol from h s wife nd forc.d Wittmore to give up the key# iud pistol, and drove tho men back to die cell. No ouc was hurt except E<iwaids, whose head was cut by the jsi or with the lock which he carried into the cell. 11th Hour News. Mrs. Lot Erving, of Buena Vista, Ga., aged 25, give biith on the in in to her thirteenth child. AH the recotpts from South CanUot privilege tax tags, amounting now to over $45,000, go to Clemson College. The AshcVille, N. C., alelcrmcn have appo nted a special Wa'drnscs committee to look after Buncombe's interest in getting tl at people to emigrate to that county. rri. ..i x t al a! it - i iic uuiiirnci lur me erection 01 uie new Dime City Savings Dank, at Co'umbia, S. C , lias been given out, and the work will be commcnc d on the building nt once. Governor McKinnry, of Virginia, act ing on the suggestion of the Governor ol Arka* s is, bus invited the Governors ol the Southern States to meet in Richmond April 12 !:, with r. view to the genera development of the South'* resources. The Munn-Arrington gold mine in Nasi county, N. C., has re umed operations, During the Centennial Exposition in 187< ores from this mine took the second pi ize, A c msiderable amount of new machinery lias been purchased. The opirators ex KCkto Jittd binh nritd^?nx ?m? ihna WW slop pCtl. Three masked mon held up the nighl o, crat .r nt the Port Republic station Va , on the Norfolk and Western railroad Wed ncsday t ight and rifled the cash box. They varied away about $2) in change, but ov> rlookcd an envelope containing i larger amount. They escaped, leaviuj no trncj of tluir identity. Oyster planting iu Virginia waters hai been inucii discouioged of late years b] the fact that private oyster beds are not adequ .tcly protected. The law of Virginia permits any person twelve month' .. !....? rxt ll.? It llfMllia IM HIV LlRtO 111 IMIVV WJOl^ll from n natural bed, and forbids auy per sin to make private property of suet b ds. Where private beds are aot neni natural deposits they are pretty safe fron pir-t h, but where oysters have beci planted iu open water near the Datura teds it is almost impossible to protect them. The awarding of the contract for furniture for a schooihou in llarrisburg, Pa , to a manufacturer in Roanoke, Va., is another s'riking illustration of the cn cronchmeut of Southern industries upor tho North. llarrisburg is less than 10( miles from Williaaisp irt, the greatesi furniture manufacturing centre of the East, while Ronnoko is over 300 milci distant. The placing of this contiaci with tho Roanoke firm implies an ad vantage in that locality with which Peun sylvania manufacturers cannot compete And this is but one instance of frequent ly occurring events of similar significtnci in many branches of Southern industry. Carolinian* in Washington. Wasiiinoton, D. O.?Thirteen good Democrats, who address the Vice Presi dent as *'Cousiu Adlni," are awaiting rec ognition. And only ten States hav< been heard from. The list, so far ai completed, runs as follows: Cousir Davidson, of North Carolina; Cousir Henderson, of North Carolina; Cousir Brevard, of North Carolina; Cousir Davi<l:on. of Florida; Cousin Davidson, No. 2, of Florida; Cousin Stevenson, oi Virginia; Cousin Carson, of Tennessee, Cousin Kwing, of Kentucky; Cousin Ste venson, of California; Cousin McKenzie of Kentucky; Cousin Ewing, of Illinois Cousin Stevenson, of Texas; Cousin Ste venson, of Idaho. Just one Vice Presi dcutial cousin bu turned up with lh< nnnouncemcnt that he wants nothing This notable exception is Cousin Pa Donan, of Devil's Lake, N. D. The rel ativei have all been up to ace Cousti Adlni, and he has notified them that a some timo during the coming wcel thev are to be his guests at i little family reunion dinner. All bu one or two of the cousins trace their con neotion with the Vice President througl old Ephrairo Brevard, the North Carolini Eatr ot, who signed the Mecklenburg declaration of Independence. Death of Dr. Gullen, of Richmond. Richmond, Va.?Dr. J. O. D. Cullei died here io the (list year of his age. H was dent) of the faculty of the Medics College of Virginia, and professor of but gery of that insti'ut'on. He entered th< Confederate army ns surgeon of the Is Virginia regiment and rose rapidly t< the prominent nnk of medical directo of Hon. Longstrect's corns. During th< battles around Richmond hs was appoint ed on the field, by Q n. Lee. acting mcd ical director of the army of Northern Vir giuia. He also served as medical direc tor of Longsreet's army, in Knst Tennessee, in 1804. GEORGE Alabama's Senior sjmer Addresses Cotton Iters'. Result of the WorkCT.ths U. S. Seaate AgriculturaljCommittoe. Washington, D. OMd^fc Sfe.-.ate, in Apjil, 1802, pa^ed ajtifOlution.instructing its commit:oc oiHHBhltsMpo make an investigation with vfcew'-of ascertaining the cause of JC depression in agricultural product?9$fcling at thst time. Seuator Jame^BKlSorge, of Miss-, issippi, was made rhafiptP of the aubcommittee to invest^Rj/Cotton. Alfred U. Shcppcrsoi w&'rhfcnc secret try of Senator Gcorgo'pf*onH?it'eo. The scope of the invcstigaM^t His very broad, and covers the matterCjUou production and c.msumpti country, with the cost of prodiggtbi), pnsstbilitin' of extension of cu tunej etc. The work of Senior George's committee will be comncted by the next inc. ling of Congress WOn account of the iiu| o tancc of t'10 mjfflpr under cons deration to cotton phintap and the people of the South, t'euntojeQcorge, chairman of the committee oMftlcultur-: undi r the n w orgnnizati >n of Ac Senate was reijue tc 1 to pr pare lis following for puV hrntion: It? p raniuAt importance c.dls for the w idest publitjB. ' To the Cotton PaiSi'S of the Uni'ed "In d:schnrgc of fl duty imposed by the Unit d States Smfcte on the committee on a.;riculturcjB> invc tignte tlie causes of the low prK*of co ton and the rcmc ly, I have lui'fVtamc investigations which, th nigh as nu lnriz me to stn'c the f$P>wing conclusion: "I'iicM i?re caitsoifcr this low pricr, 1 co t ing fronr lrgtumno now in force; and there nrc oth t?Hhcs coning from i needful legislation y^to be enacted. It is certain, however, iflhat these cnu-cs cannot he remedied ifJLimc to all ct the ; pric.* of the crop no vAbout to be plant cd, even, indeed, if ^icir force can he , substantially diminished. Tin cotton fariucfl mud therofiiR fur the present icsort to such reiuedi&tir pal iaives for low pric. s ns may o'nft f nin their own action, independent iMCgislation. "The last crop (18v^>3) has brought I a higher price tiian & preceding one. This resulted from th-frfa t that it w e j much small.r. The rice wou'd have ' been higher if thcrrvhflnM h?en a large ' surplus over the n?e4#S coLsumption. coining from the VeraflBge crop of the i preceding year (l80t?Jw). The natural rise iitjw^cs of the crop I n w b ing maikctprf' lias been largely impeded bv the g cat tVike among the 1 op ratives in the cottcslfactories of king land, Iu this altJRT-tffriflQQ oneraCy*-, > I I u f> <HHTB UO|iped work. The cflect of this st> ike, up t to this date, h s been to decrease the ( amount consumed l?y the British factories since September 1st, 525,000 bales and is likely to amount in the near future to innrn tlinn 1 000 0( 0 i -'In uddi ion, this decrcnsc in the dof mami has by th certain laws of trade diminished the pric*, or, which is the same thing, prevented.the full tiso which would otherwise have coino from the small crop. American t pincers carried over from last teasou an unusunliy large stock of cotton, having bought heavily at the low prices prevailing iu the spring and summer; and, whil t doing an exceptionally good hu-iness, they have taken, so far, 155'),000 hales less than for the s nne period r'uiing Mart season. This, als *, increased the surplus, j "The prospects of another large crop k coming from an iocrcusod acreage,if that should happen, would1 not only bo an effectual bar to nny the price, but would cause a still Hiftbcr decliue?so that now the cotton raisers of the South 1 are confronted wi'h this serious question " for solution: Shall wc, by increased 1 acreage iu the crop now b ir.g planted, ' as compared with the acreage of the Inst ^ season, raise a crop of 9,000,000 or 10,5 000,000 bales and thereby glut the inar1 kets of the world, causing a fall to the 1 low pric.s of 1891 92 and perhaps even " lower, or will we, by reducing the acrc' age to the extent necessary to raise all our food and forage crops and work an " imnls. especially our meat, corn, hors s 8 and mules, increase the price of our cotton crop, and at the same time dinvnish the uses of the proceeds of the crop bj a larger reduction in the amount hereto fore applied to buy ne.'css.ry supplies? . "There can bo but ono answer to this question in the minds of thoughtful men. If it be said that among so nuraeri ous a class as cotton raisers it will be i impossible to get up an agreement which i will result in combined ectio.; to plant a t reduced acreage in cotton, and if this be k conceded, then the sit ustion appeals with i still stronger force to each individual , farmer to decrease his town crop to the f extent needful to raise his rupplbs. For , in case there shall not be such diminu tion 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 hie own eupplies will be clear and manifest. He will not i have to buy high priced supplies with the scant proceeds of low-priced cotton, t These proceeds will then be,in the main, . surplus or nearly so. i "On the other bnnd, if there shall be t such a general movement in the direction c of raising a crop so much smaller as to i raise the price, then all who contributes t to it in the manner herein indicated will . enjoy this increased price as the result i of tbeir own wiso action, and at the t same time be exempt from expenditures f for supplies which they have so raised. "Alter much reflection upon data collected from all the countries adapted to raising cotton, I am satisfied of this painful truth: That *"e are nerer, at least in this generation, to havo generally the high prices for rotton we once had. Cot ,1 ton will never,exccpt'in'cxceptionnl cases, >. and for short perieds, be high enough t< e warrant the producer in relying upon il t as a means of purchasing supplies which can be raised st home. Very respectfully, J. Z. Qborob.' Death of Ool. Elliot V. bhepard. Nbw York. - Col. Ell tot F. Shenrrt died at his r sideucc at 4j>'clock Fnda; afternoon, | ! DAYLIGHT AHEAD. The Richmond Terminal System at .Last to Be Put on Its Feet. New Yonic.?The reorganization of the big Richmond Terminal sys'tm of more than 8,000 miles by Drcxei, Morgan & Company iniy now bj said to be assured. The plan is about ready and mathe announced any day. 0.:c of the On steps toward restoring order out of chaos will be the appointment of a r.ceivtr of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, who will repiescnt Drcxcl. Morgan & Co and ba independent of either faction in the company. Samuel Spencer, who is connected with the ba king firm, will be selected for tho position. It is understood tha S:cciver Reuben Foster s to be tbo one rtli c. Receiver fltiidckoper will re in.tin, but will act in harmony with the proposed scheme of reorganization of DrcXcl, Morgan & Co. 'Ihe firm will liavo complete access to tlie books and all nccc sarv legal steps can be taken without interruption There have i ceu ?xteii-ivc prep.rations for the reorganization I cTorc the banking firm found their way clear t > take charge. All oi ill"? prominent men who nave uccn nssucint d with the management in recent times hnve willingly submitted to questioning and ng ceil to submit to any plan suggc ted. Convicted of Murder and Respited. CvLUMntA, 8. C. ? Wade Haines, who was to h ivc been hung Friday for the murikr of Miss Ilornsbj. a whi c girl, was reprieved shortly before tho hour set for the execution. Governor Tillman vis'ted llaiues in his cell, but would make 110 statement to the press concerning his intentions. Public opiuion is very much divided ts to llaiues' guilt, nud the Governor has given the ease unusual attention. M iss llor. sby was murdered with a ] knife nenr her home on the outskirts of the city, and II lines reported finding the body and went back with tho^e he inf rin.-d of the fact. Ileitis 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 Bees Won the Fight. News retched the prcsiof a remarkable flgbt iu Cleveland county, N. C.,near the , 8011th Carolina line. Two men, named Trout an 1 Hutchins, were removing a beehive, about which th> y had wrapped a cloth. Two men name t McDauicl met them, and a qtiar.el and fight followed. Hutciiins st'ippcd the cloth from the hive, and, placing it over his head, held tlm ItS un tit t r/ili fr tt c Its* ?trlv<t itfnrl f AWfii il tho Afcl)?ni?*l?. Tlio been poured out anil to retreat. One of tlicin shot Hutching in the fho hler, but he advanced with his novel Gatlh ? gov, ntul aide I by the b c, drove the Alt-Daniels ov r the line into South Carolina I,arrest Fruit Fur a in tie World. Howell Co inty, Missouri, will soon have the largest fruit farm iu the world, if it hag not already that honor. A company has been organized by S ?uth .Bend, Evansville and Springfield capitalists fo: the purpose of convening 12,000 acres near Brandsvillc into nn itn nensc fruit farm, work to commence within thirty days. There i9 plenty of money backing the scheme. The company proposes to build a cold stoiage plant, evaporator and distillery. The land is situated 011 the line of the Gulf road and is tuc most desirable location iu tho county.?St. Louis Republic. "Passed Over tho Itiver" to His Friend. Lf.xinoton, Va ?l)r II. T. Barton ia de.d, aged 70 jcars. When Stonewall Jackson w. s n nrofessor at the Viirrinia , ? *? M litary Insli utc, before lie won military fume, Dr. llnrton was bis intimate friend for some jcars. After the war Dr. Barton was the surgeon of the Virginia Military In-litutc and will be recalled by hundreds of old cadets all over the country. Two YoungMen Los: Their Lives in a Fire. Na'uvillr, Tknn.?Fire at Athens, Ala., tarly Monday morning destroyed several stores and small lnii dings. The damage will not exceed $<">0,0( 0. Willi?m Chandler, of McKeii/.ic, Tenn., a student at the Alabama Agricultural College, and Owen Brown, of Athens, were (aught under falling walls and ciushcd to death. Southern Grocerymen in Session. Bt. I.ouis, Mo.?The Southern Wholesale Giocery Atso iation began its se ond annual convention in the Lb dell Hotel. Abeut 2 0 dt leg tcs are in attendance. Mayor Noonan welcome I the delegates, after which Preside nt J. II. Martin, o! Memphis, r.nd his annuil address. Monte Carlo Counts Two More Victims i Nice, Italy.?Two me i from New OrI..... .1 ?... <i.? ii ium Lciiiiimt u run mi: WII IIIU v^tisiuu grounds at Aloi.tc Carlo Friday night. Their names arc given as Weill and Robb. They had bvcu playing heavily nt the Casl' o for several days, and on Wednesday and Thursday lo t enormous sums. Carolina Truck Farmers Taking Action. Ciieai.K9'ro>, S. 0.?Tie Tiuck Farnrera' Associatioi met here and t^ok slops * 1- ?U.. !... c. .4 ' i ?i njMuj ug u; iiiu nucr-i tiu'H cwuiiiieiue commision for a reduction of lates on fmits and vegetable 10 N- rthcru points. They have cilled on Northern dcalcis to join in Ihcir npplicntion. Carlisle Prevents the Life Savin# M-tlal. Washington, l>. C ?Secretary Car j lisle, in an appropriate lett?r of rulogy, ^ transmitted the g >ld life saving medal { to W. G. I.cc, of Savannah, Ga., fo? saving from d<owning a? various timet eight petsons. Death of the Commandant. CnAiti.RSTON, 8. C.?First L'cutenao John A. Towers of the teeond Unite< States artillery, and commandant of th< 1 cadets of the South C arolina Mi'itnry Ac j ademy, died at his father's residence it Apdcrson, 8. C., Thursday. STORM SWEPT STATES. Much Life and Property Destroyed. Tennessse, Mississippi and Kentucky in the Path of a Cyclone. Mkmi'IU*, Trnn.?The path of the cycloue, which entered Tennessee in a southwesterly dir.ction from Miss ssippi, appears to hive been about tw nty utiles in wi 1th, nltl/odgh the serious damage it confined to n much sinuller urea. Tlie wires arc down in nil directions, and there is no tch g nphic communication with Nashville and i..t rvening points and little news Is obtainable from placet visited by the cyclone. This city barely escaped. A heavy rain lell and a high wind blew at the time the cyclone raged and it became as dark as night for tli rty minutes. Heavy damage was done to trees a id small out bu Mings. A tinin from llirniinghatn, Ala , reports m ch damage bet vein be e and II.. li ilia', t.vcnty m les cast. Xot a house es aped the st'Um's fury and only a few are left stand n/, and tin y were dam iged. The le use of Holand Cox was lifted and b dily blown away. The bouse of Hob?. Stevens was levcll <1 to a heap of iiiins. The residence o' 1). N. 1! i rs, a wealthy planter, was wreikel, and tli-s bouses o' four of bis tenants wue blown away. Three bouses belo ging to S. Iluduell were blown down. The wind in lulged in a queer fr.nk with the dwel ing burst of W. C. Ihmgs Formerly it faced north; it still stoids, in a d.imag il con dition, but now faces s nth. ViCK-ntmo, Miss.?Additional cyclone, news rec iv? d from posseng- rs on the midnight train from Memphis says that the storm spent its force between 1'union and Shaw station, which are about 70 n.a?. ........ .... < >... ... i I ... .r! 4< Ul some s'orcs were bio .11 down aiul a few citizens wounded. At Tuu'ca the court house was serious ly da t'DKi'il, n church and other buildings de t oyid ami atchoolhousc full of negro children was bio a 11 to pice s. Many of the children were hurt but none killed. It will be a day or two before ttc fu 1 ex ti nt of the disa ter s known. NASiivn.i.K, Tknnv?A severe wind and ra n storm swept ov? r Nn hvi'de, doing much damage in the northern part of the city. In fcv utli Na-hvillc a store fi led with people was b'owu down ai ?1 a numb.r injured. One t oy was killed and another will die. Bowi.ino Gkern, Ky.?A (trrible cyclone passed ovir this city and great damage was done. The Louisville A Nashville round house was totally wrecked. About fifteen engines of the Louisvi le and Noshvillc Hailroa 1 Company were b idly damaged, but 110 lives are thought to have been lost. William JPurd'j new. ?M5 vx rue uanusoines, cd.nci's in the city, was unroofed, as were many others. WISE WOK l>. Plain living is long living. Matrimony comes in scaled packages. Pleasure is uarrow; happiness is wide. A woman is never afraid of a brave man. Avarice is green persi unions to the soul. T.ic wi9o man holds his tongue in his Imnl. There is no telling what tli3 w >rl I would have been like if woman had beoi created first instead of last. Great mou are they who see thai spiritual 19 stronger thau any mitorial force; that thoughts rulo the worl 1. Men say, Ah I if a man could impart his talent, instead of his performance, what mountains of guineas would bo paid! Yes, but in the measure of bis absolute veracity he does impart it. The unity in this web of contra lictions is its great wonder. IIow if t!ii? unity prove to be the law of which the oppositions are but ouc clause? llo.v if the perfect unity wore only attainable through the freedom of the iiatura' a a .wl i. il. viiTUIOlkj V AXUVt WllilU 43 l 11U and sum of this fundamental agree ncntt The desire of good, the progrcisivot-cinception of which marks, more than anything else, the progress of the race. Life is a succession of lessous which must be lived to be understood. All is riddle, and the key to riddle is auother riddle. There are as many pillars of illusion as flakes in a snowstorm. We wake from one dream into nnothcr dream. The toys, to bo sure, are various, and are graduated in refinement to the quality of the dupe. The mtcllcctiiol man requires a line bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugge I with his own frenzy, an I the pageant inarches at all hours, with music uud bauuer and badge. A itemnrkable Hole in the Hocks. In Ireland, near Horn Head, in County Donegal, Ireland, there is a remarkable natural hole in the rocks of the eeacoitt, which is known all over Britain as "McSwiney's gun." It is believed lo be connected with a sea cavern. When 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 uatno of "McSwiney's gun."?Chicago Herald. An Ancient llv in oily. M. do Melj, a French gripe grower and something of a classical scholar, discovered that Strab ? ha I dcicrib ;d a ' method of treating diseased vines with petroleum. He determine I to iry it on his phylloxera-smitten vincyarn. He mot , with asuccoss that delighted him, and at a recent meeting of the French Acidemy of Sciences, he exhibited healthy shoots grown from stocks rendered barren by i phylloxera, giving statistics of his expo.-i imeuts that leave no doubt of the sue # aL. T? ik.i I cess Ul IU? I1IUIUUU. At tt|H?c:us tmtv uif J ancient* knew a thin# or two.?2?cw ? I Orlenn-j Picayune. / Cleveland Sends in a Hatch of Appointments. The Senate Confirms a Lot of Nominations. President Cleveland sent the following nomination* to the Uuttod States Sjnate: Jaines B. Eusti?, of Louisiana, to bo Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of tho Unite 1 States to France. Theodore Runyon, of Nojv Jersey, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Ministor Plenipotentiary of the tfnitod States to Oermany; Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to ;be Commissioner of Railroad;; John E. Risley, of Ne*v York, to be Euvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark; James O. Jenkins, of AVisconsfn, to I* United States Circuit Jud^e for tho SoveutU pm-yj) . ililR* J.VMKP B. EUSTIB. Judicial Circuit ; Walter I). Dabney, of Virginia, to bo Solicitor for tbo Department of State; Charles B. Stuart, of Tex is, to ba Judge of the United States Court for tbo In ian Territory; David T. Guy tor, of Mississippi, to t>o United States Alarsnnl for the Northern district ot' Mississippi: William H. Hawkins, of Indiana, United States Marshal for the district of Indiana; Abner Gaiues, of Arkansas, Unite I States Marshal for the Eastern districtof Arkansas; James J. McAlester. of In iian Territory, to be Unite 1 States Marshal for the United States Court for the Indian Territory; Frank 15. Burke, of Indiana, to be Unite* States Attorney for the District of Indiana; ClifT >rd L. Jackson of the Indian Territory to bo Attorney of the Unite 1 States Court for the Indian Territory; James IV, House, of Arkansas, United States Attor iivjr ivi nit' liiiMt'i ii uiMrit'i uiaiMiusuSf JSruest 1'. B lldwin, of Marylau 1, to ha First Auditor of tho Treasury; Tho-nn* llolcomb, of Delaware, to bo Fifth Auiitor ?{Ja>'ncs'6?"Siirtfs, appointed Minister to ^ France, is a nativo of New Orleans, La., nnd: ? is fifty-nine vears old. Attended Harvard Law School, 1853-54. He was in the Confederate service first as Judge Advocate on General McGruder's stall', later, to close of war, on General Johnston's stall'. Served in State Legislature prior to reconstruction. Was United States Senator l roai December 10, 1577, to March 3, 1879. Then became Professor of Civil Law in the University of Louisiana, hut was again elected to tho United States Senate in 18i-f, for tho term ending March 3, 1891. Theodore ltu?yon is one of the prominent figures of New Jersey De:n->cr.?-*y, and a man of pronounced ability. For t mi years he was Chancellor of tha St ile, nit I lias twice been its candidate for Governor, at one time during tho war. m s. m-auh iivmiton, of South Caro i a, who ii to become railroad commissioner,is a well known figure i i Southern history and in Washington, wl ere he served with distinction and credit in the United Stile* Senate for twelve consecutive years, finally yielding th t post because ot the antagonism of the Alliance elemcna. in his nat vc State, lie is almost 7"i *ears of age, but, is still full force and energy, llis record of service during the civil war is that of a brave soldi-r. lie resigned bis seat in the Stitc Senate to serve in the field, attained the rank of lieutenant gen. ral.and was elected Governor of Sou li Carolina in lbTO in the campaign that defeated the Republican government. The place he is to fill was held during the last Cleveland Administration Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, another Confederate veteran, who permitted to remain in tint place by President Harrison until lis death. A New Hygienic Teapot. A new ".lygienio" toapot is the invention of a woman, a id a royal woman at that, Princess May, of Tcck. She has just exhibited the pot in tho group of nursing and sick-room appliances displayed in London previous to their for. warding to the Columbian Exposition. The model is in plain silver and made in two sections, the upper oue of which is the receptacle for the tea. This is fur* nished with a double and extremely fine sieve, through which the water poured in at the top filters so slowly that by tho if iioa >-A-ir>hAi] the lower section all the good quality of the tea is extracted. The principle is quite similar hut an improvement on the Japanese teapots, with perforated cups, sold here in New York. ?New York Times. ft is said that with a vocabulary of a thousand words a man can transact all the ordinary business matters of Jife. 1