The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 28, 1893, Image 1
VOL. VXXI.- NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1883. - NUMBER 17.
COLUMBUS CARAVELS.
The Arrive Towed by the Spanish 1
Fleet.
la BxcmsIt* Amount of Chnpowlw
Burned AfUln.
Fostksm Mow bob, Va.?The three
Columbus caravels arrived here at 10:80
o'clock Friday morning in tow of three 1
Spanish war ships, and were received
with great thunder of salutes and display 1
of flags from the counties represented by 1
the fleets. They dropped anchor at the
v"d ot the American line of vessels. i
\ day could not have been more 1
bcaut'tu. "jr the scene more impressive as 1
they came le-!he road, decorated from
jib-boom to toffra:l and with the flags of 1
Castilo and Aragon at 2 . of Queen Isabella
standing out and fluttering in the
gentle breeze. Tho little fleet was turn
bled about on the Virginia coast Friday
in ? livelv fashion bv the northwest
wind that blow all day, but it managed
to make the Cipes early in tho morning,
and, after takiug pilots aboard, proccdk
ed in.
At the head of the fleet was tbe unprotected
cruiser, Infanta Isabel, towing the
flagship Santa Marii, which displayed
the flsg of tho admiral. Behind and a
mile eastern came the torpedo vessel
Neuva Espana with the Nina as her
charge, aud in the latter's wnke was the
big black protected cruiser Ilcina Rcgentc
with the Pinta. They wore towed
by at least a quarter of a mile of hawser
and looked like so many ducks sitting on
the water with the feathers of their tails
plucked. Whcu off the foil the stars
and stripes were thrown out and were sa,
luted by the leader, the fort quickly rt rffc
spouding.
** Before the Sauta Maria was abreast of
the Philadclph'n, the Dutch frigate Van
Bpeik rnn up tho Spanish colors and saluted
theui with thirteen rounds. Then
the Russ'an ship, General Admiral, commenced
to salute and Uter every flagship
in the harbor hono cd these curious looking
cra't-s and the country they cniue
from.
Hoke Smith's Patronage Court.
[From tire St. Louis Globe Democrit.]
Washington, D. C. ? Ilokc Smith h:is
introduced n novelty. lie has established
whnt mijdit be cdled a patronage
court. Finding himself bes t by the
impor.unatc friends of rival candidates
for a certain ofii re, Secretary Smith inform?
them as fast as they call:
"Gentlemen, I will s?t a timo when I
will henr you in regard to the qualifications
of your candidate."
Ho consults a memorandum book,
which might be very well cutitlcd, "the
office seekers's docket," and makes an
entry, 01" which tho following is an illustration
:
"Saturday, April 8?Governor of
Oklahoma, 1 p. in."
When the day and the hour come round
the friends of the candidates assemble
in the Secretary's offico. The privato
secretary acts as outer guard,and informs
all comers on other business that Secretary
Smith is engaged. Promptly,
when the little hand aud the big hand on
the clock iudicatc tho appointment.
Secretary Smith leans back in his big
chair and asks:
"How many candidates are represented
for this office?"
The partisans announce their candidates
in turn. The Secretary keep; lab
on the lingers of his loft hand, bending
down a finger as oach candidate is announced.
"Five," ho says, looking at tho fingers
when the names of entries ceases;
V --"Now, how much tunc will you require?"
There is a ha9ty canvass in each group
and then some scattering suggestions.
"Well," says Mr. Smith, "say an hour
for each candidate. Will that be enough?"
Usually it is enough and i more than
enough. Secretary Smith calls the name
of the candidate first in nlphibetical
order and the candidate's friends go at
the biographical business with zeal.
Secretary Smith is patience in a big armchair.
Hour after hour tho praises are
sounded. When all have finished the
Secretary announces that his decision
will be reported to the President of the
United States. The patronage counties
adjourned. Four sessions of the court
p- were nein uuriog msi wee*, n.acn was
devoted to the office of a Territorial Governorship.
Tho hearings wero very
spirited. The only thing that occurred
to dampen the ardor of the proceedings
was the complete reversal of ono of the
decisions of Secretary and Judge Hoke
Smith. After a long and heated debate
the friends of Mr. Lett got a verdict of
the court that he was tho man for Governor
of Utah. Two days later tho
President nominated C-dcb West for
that offico. Since then the partisans of
Lett have been making Muea-tic remarks
abont the patronage court
Killed His Mother-in-law for a Burglar
HoNOMI Aiifci.A t ITY, FA. About
midnight James Hurtinett of Coal Centre
shot and killed his motbcr-in-'.aw, Mrs.
Lottie Tray. Tninkiug burglars had entered
the heuse, licgrthis shotgun, and,
without speaking to the intruder, fired
both barrels. Then he got a light and
found he had shot Mrs. Tray in the bead.
She died iustantly.
TAPPED A DIN OF SNAKES.
There Were 114 of them In a Ball ia ill
the Bottom of the Old Well.
Nomwicn. Cork.?Henry Dolbeare,
with Freok Baker of Montville, in the I
country, six mile* south of the city, went iof
to the extreme end of Henry's house lot Sno
in the morning to clean an old well there, byl
and after ten minute*' work in the well the
tapped the most extraordinary subterran- th?
ean snake reservoir noted in the annals the
of eastern Connecticut. The well was a rep
deep, dry one, and for years Dolbeare bci
and his family and other people had flung Ph
all sorts of rubbish into it. There were < f
stones and rails, and sticks, old boots, the
hoopskirts, aud tin pans in it, but oobody hie
bu-peeled that away down in the bowels thr
of it was a seething colony of rerpents. ?il
Wrih their coats off, crowbar in hand, (|0|
the two men steppid into the rubbisli ^
heap, which reached almost to the nrouth
of tire shaft, and with vigorous thrusts ,MS
loosened the pieces of debrs and flipped lea
them out ou the around. Afior ten rain- ihi
ntes th< y were almost nt the both m of
the w? II, tw nty f?ct below the surfnee ' *
of the house lot. Then they removed a 'I"
couple of br. ml boards, an 1 of a sudden ch<
the bottom of th ; w -ll rose up, heaving an,
and billowing bricith their feet. . j
The phenomenon hai coine so sudden- er
ly and mysteriously that their eyes bulged
with awe and terro", and they liopp. d ho'
about with tr.-inbling legs ou their ser- cjr
pentine perch. They sa v at once that 0lJ
they had struck a sort of a solid stratum
of wo'.l snakes, deep, co volutcd, and inbraided,
a g eat round ball, as big as a the
fchool globe, of hibernating reptiles, by
Worse still, the spheres of slim snake
strands, which had been wound into a
hard mas*, like a ball of wrapping twine ,an
in ciiss cross fashion during the winter, wa
had instantly burst into multitudinous cot
and nimb'c consciousness and activty-^
under the trend of the farmers' cowhide ,
boots; then it bega 1 to unravel itself,
and scores of serpent tail* and red forkc i un
jaws detached thcmsclv.s from the moss bu
and shot upward, twiniug themselves ^
about the men's legs an I slapping them .
viciously. In a moment the whole ball
was dissolved into ils component parts. ch'
which first straightened themselves, fo m- pai
ing n palpitatin : and In aviug batter of (jr,
serpents two feet thick or more, and then
the wra h'ul reptiles, hi-sing and calling
themselves iut > swift loops, turned upon
the fe^J ful intruders in their den. id;
Those scared p rsons, now fairly wal- ir(
lowing in snakes, had been stepping ,
lively in order to maintain their unstable
foot ng, and the iustant the serpen's at- ?r
lacked them they were seized with a Pli
panic of fright and loathing and made a ,ec
break to get out of the well; but their
f3v-t slipped on the undulating well bot- '
torn, and losing their hold on their lad- k*
der, which had been set up against the by
side ef the shaft, and which both essayed tro
to climb at the same time, they fell back
into the pit and resumed the business of
treading serpents again at the same old "r
stand. Then a spasm of desperate cour- mi
age took possession of them, and with w
llieir short iron pinch bars they sailed pr
into the attacking army of vipers with a
vengeance, regardless of stylo and form. m(
The combat was brief and decisive as it
was extraordinary. ?'a
For eight minutes the old well seemed m|
to be full of flying snakes,arms and legs,
and gesticultatiug pinch bar9, and the
who'e undergrounds business went on of
amid a steady rhythmic purring or swish- ter
iug uproar, aud an accompaniment of <
intermittent but regular dull thuds. The
well buzzed like a hive of swarming 1)0
bees. The farmers were spry and muscu- Pf
lar, however, and they finally got the co:
best of the battlo. Then they fought pr
more leisurely. The enemy had weaken- .
cd. The attacking column of sernonta.
the first onset of which was like the roar
of a mail river advancing from sub- thi
terrancan regions, had dribbled away to ;ei
a mere rivulet of reptiles, and the men
as speedily disposed of the rivulet.
The well was now knee deep in de?d
snakes. Not a serpent got away. Then [ti
the farmer.', who were tired out with
their exertions and bathed with perspiration,
took a short rest, after which they
climbed out of the shaft. At Mr. Dolbeuc's
home they procured a couple of ;h<
stable forks and a basket. Then returncd
to the well, and drew all the dead
serpents out of it. Thtrc were just 114
of them, and the men placed them in a o;
row in the tunnel at the mouth of the ,V1
pit. All of them were fu'l grown black 4 j
snakes except three vcnomou'llnt headed
adders, and tho blacks avc nged five feet (
in lc gth. Some of the largest ones were
seven feet long and as thick as a man's ,n
for. arm It was the most remarkable :h<
single private exhibit of snake', pro- .ni
bably, in the record of the State. So ^
Mr. Dolbenre kept them in line at the .
well until most of tin farmers in Mont- ,tfi
vil cciwm and raw tiiem. Some farmers >'
drove right mi'cs to sec the show. One
of tho biggest blacks Mr. Dolbeare
broug't to this city and displayed it in lD
the office of the Norwich Evening Re?
ni
cor.i, cay ing: "Now,
th s ain't no fish story I'm giv- ^
ing you, nnd, if any one still doubts my
word, I'll engngc to take him in my team ig
and show him the well and the hull
snake collects n "
The sides of the well, said Mr, Dol
bearc, in the ucighbih od of the snake Ej
nest, wtro fcrh rated with deep, round n)
tuuuclsthc serpents had bored, and into .
which th y might retreat in case they
were attacked and did not feel like fight
ing?in wintr, s y, when serpents in !oi
Connecticut arc in a comatose state. )V
Mr. Dolbcarc resuin'd work in the well jn
purposing to deepen it until he reaches
water, but, sa'd be, "I'm going slow "l
now, nnd keeping on my gtiHrd, for I
suppose 1'ir liable to tap another den of
'cm any moment,"
A Convict's Fearful Work. 0
Auburn, N. Y.?John Johnson, b
known as the "blue nigger from Clyde," q
ran amuck in the broom chop of the Au
burn prison. He was armed with a sharp c
knife used in cutting broom corn. lie n
first attacked Charles Peck, a fellow con- w
vict from West Chester county. Leaving n
him dead In his tracks, he r.ext fatally ^
stabbed another convict and wounded
t*o others before he was shot by the c
keeper and rendered powerless. a
SHOT OUT THE BRIOGS HEN.
Feeling in ths Cincinnati Presby- '
tery Over General Aeeemb y
Delegates.
CiKCiMHATr, O.?X verj b'tter feeling #
I has been developed b.-twten the t
iith and orthodox factions of the Prei- t
Itriu Church over the action of
i conservatives la n fusing to give
i Briggs men a sing'e delegate to 1
i Geccr.l Assembly, although they '
resent a Urge minority of the mem
rs of the Church and ministers la this
psb. tery. T .e Rev. J. L. Taylor, on 3 c
the lea ling liberal ministers, said that 4
1 other side were trying ti boycott him
n and other minist re wh > believed i
it the Scriptures were not absolutely c
tho t error. Everywhere he went to *
liver sermons or addresses he learned
.t anonymous communications of warn* |
; had preceded him. It is said that at "]
st five of the wealthiest churches in ?
s vicin'ty Lave threatened to refuse to
f their assessment for the delegates to
! Gi ncral Assembly, because the men
>scn are regarded as bigoted beyond
j of the others who were mined for
legates.
rhc orthodox side is also raising a
wl. They ch r<e that the 1 bcrals have
culated stories of difference! in the
h dox church s, which threaten to
d to disruption a <1 have led some of
) mincers to resign. It is conceded
cv^J^except a 'cw hothcada
on^^/)"o%aodox, that the Presbyter
i Church ia this section is in a bad
y, and that if the General Assembly
ivicts Dr. Btiggs there will probably
a schism.
Hie orthodox declare that they can,
dcr all circumstances hold the churches
t th<s is as vigcrously d nied, with the
ertion that the couria havo declared
it, unless there is somethiog in the
utcr of a church binding it to some
rticular form of worship, it can withiw
at any time by a majority vote of
i members. 8cveral of the wealthiest
urches in the city ars not bound bv
y such restrictions, and two of theui
i said to bo getting ready to sec.dc.
Philadelphia, Pa.?Tbo issue of
'ggsism involved the Pr sbytcry of
liiadclphia North into fever host at its
:ond day's session in Germantowu. The '
citemcnt was precipitated by Frnuklin
Bliepnrd, an Elder in lbs First Presterian
church of Gcrinantowo, who in- 1
duced an overture to the General Asably
not to consider uppea's from the
esbytery, but to direct that they be ]
ide to the Byued in the regular course ]
as to keep up the dignity of the Synod. <
. Brigg's name wis in everybody's
>uth in a few rninu'es. :
Elder Bhepard thought Dr. Briggs was |
n injury to the church," and if be relined
it might cause dis.uption. The (
iv. John Peacock thought the Synod
New York abundantly nb!a to look afthe
Briggs case,
n. t c n.n.nn v.;. 1.1-^,1
A U<< A?Of AJ. M. AAVUDUII CU IVI II ACT UIUUV4
iled win n he s ?w Presbytery after 1
esbjtery ask the General Assembly to
nvict Dr. Briggs. lie thought the 1
esbyterion clmrch s were large enough
hold him. The Rev. Chsrhs Wood
ought Dr. Kriggs would be silenced in 1
e end. Elder Sh??j srd withdrew his
olution. I
SOUTHERN NEWS BRIEFS
?ms of a General Nature and Other '
States.
Although r. arly ihree uecades have
ipscd since the pence of Appomattox, 1
ire are still 102 of the 493 general <
i c.8 of the Con fed racy surviving."
Then is a horso in Florida that hemes
wildly excited and unmanageable
lencver any oue app oaches hira haviug
>natli that smells of whiskey. ' lie is
t a Kentucky horse
Gov. BrowD, of Maryland, is the ouly
o of the Southern Governors who takes
> least pains with his moustache. The
ds of it are twisted and waxed in truly
ench fashion. He is also the most
ihionably dressud and stylish-looking
tlio Governors.
While Sam Small is writing poetry for
Atlanta newspaper ins oia rival, earn
nes, is still beating his record in savj
souls. A revival conducted by the
v. Jones at Bowling Qreen, Ky., last
;ck, resulted in the ''profession" of re;ion
by 2,5^0 of tho ungolly of that
y.
Bishop Key, of the Southern Methodist
jiscopal Church, who was recently
irried at Sherman, Texas, to Mrs. L.
Kidd, president of the North Texas
jraale College, the ceremony being p rrmed
by Bishop Oallowav. is a little
er 50 years old and is said to be the
iest looking of the Southern Method i-t
shops.
Fighting in Salisbury.
Salisbuht, N. C.?There was much
xcitement on the streets about 2:30
clock, caused by a personal encounte*
etween Mayor T. C. Linn and Town
lommissioner D. M. Miller. The difti
ulty occurred about the purchase of a
ock orusher by the town. Several blows
rere struck and the faces of both gentle
ren were considerably bruised. No
reapons were used, but Mr. Miller acuaes
the mayor of having drawn a pistol
nd a pair of brass knocks on him.
PALMETTO CHIPS.
fewe Mid VotM Trom HMt, There A
Everywhere la South OwoUmThe
Girls of Converse College, Bperl
uborg, iiad en Arbor Day ell of
belr own last Friday, end pleated man?
reee.
Work on the Cathedral et Charleston
progressing Hone bat CherleeVoo
r<>rkmen here brae engaged on th?
/uilding.
Farmers' buie ere being burned by in*
ndinrics through Spartanburg end Or
aoebunr counties. ?
Tin Charleston, Surator Jb Northern
iailroad Co is enlarging ita Sumter mr
:hioe ahopa, putting in a foundry, bias'
urnace, etc.
The Home Insurance Company of Co
umbia has decided to go out of buaiuesa
rhc coinprny bos been in business fc
ibout three years.
Work has beg in on the extension cf
be Atlautic Coast Line of their branch
rom Sumter to Hemioi, 2) miles southvert,
v'a Orangeburg, to Denmark, con
lecting there with the S.uth Carolina
tud South Bound Railways.
Muck Sh Iton, a wbl e convict from
Charleston County, made his escape fron.
he penitentiary Thursday. He was uu
lcr a two yoirs' sentence for burglar."
md only had seven months tongrr tc
serve. He is a (killed mechanic and mad*
limse'f a duplicate key, which he used
:o uolock thcdo.rr to the post from whic*?
10 i scaped.
The sinking fund commission of SouC
[.'arolinn, which had power granted by
he legislature about a year ago to assume
'.octroi of and lease the oyster beds ot
lint State, his now taken tho matter in
innd and is granting leases to responsible
.ppliconls. By a wise provision of the
law oiclr loaac ia for twenty years, and
luring each year the lessco is required to
replant one-twentieth part of his territory
thus insuring tho rcp'nnting of the entire
ma l>y the timo the lc.sc expires. The
rental charged will vary from ten cents
to one dollar per acre annually.
VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS.
rhe Latest News Items in the Old
Dominion.
A new bank has commenced business
it Martinsville, known as the Farmers
Bank.
Both the Presbyterian and Episcopal
pastors at Abingdon resigned last week
dev. J. J. Loyd of tho latter haviog a
rail from Lynchburg.
Ollic Brown, a 12 yoAr white boy of
Richmond met his death Thursday by
Falling under a lumber wagon.
The eightieth anniversary meeting of
tho Virginia Bible Society was held list
week at the Grace-street Presbyterian
church Richmoud.
The Roanoke Machine Works has received
orders for eighteen locomotives,
thirty cubiu cars and two wrecking cars,
the whole aggregating ^about $208,501,
in value.
Tho Governor has granted three pardon?,
viz: J. W. Fairfield, sentenced in
1890 to 10 years for stealing; Jacob
Smith who had served one out of three
years tor grand lurccoy; Walter Miller
who was sentenced in 1878 for 22 y* ars
For house burniog.
August 9th has been named as the day
For the gatheriog of Virginians nt the
Chicago Fair. On that day the two hundred
nnd seventy-fourth anniversary ol
the nssemblying at Jamestown of the first
leprescntativc legislative body of Americans
will occur.
A Richmond newspaper expresses the
hope that "a real Confederate dinner''
will be servod at the Memorial Bazaar.
Such a spread would c unpriso "rye cof
fee, "slapjacks, sorghum, Nassau pork,
rice soup, potato pie and other delicacies
that pleased the palates of th^boys when
they got big boxes from home."
THE NEW RAILROAD UNION.
It Enter* the Field with a last o
Officer* and 11,000 Member*.
Chicago, III ?The members of tb<
various labor organizations that have.beei
in daily session duriug the past weel
perfecting the new national railway order
which will be known as the Americai
Railway Union,finished their preliminar;
work.
The officers elected are: Executivi
Board?Eugeno V. Dabs, George W,
Howard, W. 8. Missemer, 8. Keliher
W. H. Sebiing, L. W. Rogers, F. W
Arnold, Henry Walton,aAd J. A. Clarke
The Board elected the followin|
officers for tho year:
Eugene V. Debs, President; Goorg
W. Howard, First Vice-President; W
8. Missemer, Second Vice-President, an<
S. K'.'lthcr, Secreiarj.
It has been decided thAt the Eastqyi
country will be divided into districts
And one member of the Executive Boat*
will be assigned to a special district
which will put nine organizers into th
field At once. The entire membership o
th s Order of Railway Carmen have al
reidy voted to join the new order. Thi
will start the now union with 154 lodges
having a n}C!pber$hip of pearly 10,000
NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS.;
Iww/ OlMU>ii>g? from Oheroken to ;
Currituck.
sturgeon weighing 820 pounds
wis on the Greenville market last
Faiday. It was caught in a Dutch net
below Washington.
The North Caro'loa,Corundum Wheel I
Co. hare completed their 9150,000 mining
plant at Sylva.
The Farmers* Alliance have opened a
general merchandise store at Durham,
capital $5000.
The pos office at Clairmont, Catawba
county, was burned recently and Elmore
Cloninger, the deputy postmaster, has
been arrested and bound over to the
Fedorjl Court at Statesvilie, charged
with einbozz'.iag th j money and stamps.
John F. Lffsey, who killed his brother- 1
in-law, Chaa. Key, at Garysburg last
December, was tried at Northampton
court last week, and the prisoner was acquitted.
Senator Ransom was of counsel
in the case and received a fee of 91,000. |
Firo at Kinstou burned ton residences
mi ? church. The wind was rery high.
The 1 as is cst'inited at $20 000. The
business p rt of the town was not affected.
The tire burned itself out.
At Raleigh Frank Batchclor, a son of
tho Hon Jo cpli B. Batckelor, wbilo out
driving complained of a pain in his heart
and soon afterward expired.
Abner Adams, of Watauga county,
sold a beautiful curly walnut tree the
other day to L. L. Council!, of the firm
of Couocill, Taylor & Co., of Elk Park,
for tho sum of $435. The tree measured
three and one half feet through at the
stump and is said to be curled from tho
roots to the end of the topmost twig.
Such trees are of fabulous value. Mr.
CounciU may realize $1,000 or $1,500
for it.
damage oases"compromised.
The Railroad Adjusts Suite Growing
Out of the Bostian Bridge Wreck.
STATX8VILLK, N. C.?All the suits
against tho Richmond and Danville Railroad,
growing out of tho wreck at Bos
tian's bridge, ucar Statcsville, on the 27th
of August, 1801, in which 2*3 persona
were killed aud 30 wounded, havn been
compromiacd. There were 13 of thtse
cases in Iredell Superior Court and the
following amounts have been allowed in
each case:
Death claims?J. C.. Brodie, $5,000;
W. M. Houston, $5,000; Chns. G. Wtbcr,
$5,000; Miss Ophelia Polk Moore,$2,000;
Mrs. Susan Pool, $2,000; Hugh K. 1 instcr,
$2,500; A. Davis,$1,200; Rev. J. M.
wI. *0 KAA
rmw, fu,?iuv.
Claims for injuries?J. F. Holler, $5,000;
Mrs. Naomi Hayes Mooro, $1,500;
Miss Louallie Pool, $1,500; O. W. Lawson,
$1,000; G. W. Bjwley, $1,000.
Messrs. Binghun & Caldwell and R.
Z. Linney were attorneys in tho Linstcr
and Davis cases and ox-Judge D. M.Furchcs
in the case of Rev. J. M. Bikes.
Messrs. Armfield & Turner were uttor
ncys in the other ten cases.
There were a number of suits entered
at Ashovillc, Salisbury and other places.
We understand that all of these have
been com promised. The L-xington Dis
patch understands tint A. L. Sink and
wifn have beer, allowed $5,000. This
case was in Davidson Superior Court.
We have not learned what amounts were
allowed in the other cases, but it is safe
so say that the wreck, tirst and last, cost
the Richmond & Danville Railroad at
least $100,000.
PEACE LIGHTS"ON BELGIUM.
The Country Barely Escapes Most
Dirteful Calamity.
Buusski.8, (Cablegram.)?A nation
yesterday on the verge of < ivil war is today
completely at peace The air of terrible
suspense like that which hangs over
two great armies about to be h tried
, sgainst each other has vanished. The
escape from a dreadful slauohtor y.v.a ! ?
a o "J
the smallest chnnco.
The plans of the revolutionary leaden
are now becoming known. They counts:
f with good reason on turning the guns is'
thej regular army, reen forced by the
mob, against the Civic Guard and the
K police. The conflict would have been
1 one of the most sanguinary in the history
1 of the Government, and the moarchy it'
jelf would have been almost certainty
1 overthrown. Then would have com#
^ Communist reign, foreign interference,
and endless complications for all Europe.
c It must be admittc 1 that the leaders
' of the revolt have remarkable control
' over the people. The orders to retur.,
' to work have been almost universally
obeyed, and there has no' been the slight
% est disturbance.
The agitation f i universal suffrage
6 without plural voting will be continued.
' it is not likely to load to any such erst
^ ic?! situation as tli il of Wednesday. If
the demand is not granted by the present
1 Parliament it probably will bo tho first
' Chamber chorcn under the systOM
* adopted.
? Mrs. Gen. Hancock Dead.
' New York.? Mis. Almira Hussell
Hancock diod at 4:510 p. m Thursday
afternoon. She was the widow of General
'? Wintirld Rcott Hancock, the Democratic
candidate for p.c?!,leiit in 1889.
EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS.
Biilxiy to Ntw Orleans on
Kay tho Twenty-Eigh'.h.
Au Atlanta dUpatch says: It is an*
ouuced that the b^dy of Jefferson Davis
vill iio in state here on tho 90th day of
May while en route to its final reeling
I>1*-* at Richmoud. It is officially announced
by the committ e of Fulton
,'o.nty Ciuf derate Vouraoa' Association,
of which Mr. Davis was one of tho
two honorary membeia?Honry W. Grady
being the other?that the body would
leave New Orleans on the night of May
18th, accompanied by an escort from
he Louisiana veterans.
Montgomery will be reached early in
the morniag of the 2Bth. The funeral
train will art i vein Atlanta about 4 o'clock
>n the aftorno >n of the 29th, and the
oody will bo conveyed to the Stato capito',
whero it will remain until about 7
o'clock, leaving at 8 o'clock for Richmond.
The Confederate Veterans' Assosis
ion wil', in a body, meet the funeral
train and accompany the remain* to tho
japitol and back to thi depot. A comuiitte)
will go ou to Il?chtn >nd with the
ojamhtees from Now Orl sns and Mont,
ornery.
New Profession?The Cutter-Out.
[From the Saturday Rcviow.]
The world is over-populated will) amiable,
good looking young men: highly
educated, healthy and wholly Lctpnblo
of earning their livelihoods. No ingenuity
can provide berths for all of thcin,
but some might be employed as "cuttersout
" This is a new profession. The
duties of the cutter-out nro few, smple,
and agreeable. IIo or she has morcly to
make lovo and to ride nway. Thus, put
case that aoiue one's daughter, niece, or,
it may be, favorito cousin, has become
oDgngcd to a man who is not. liked by
the family. To resist lier choice is futile.
Opposition moroly funs the flame of ins
siou. So jon send a note or telegram to
the central office of the "Socie'y for the
Utilizttion of Johnnies," and they dospVeh
a cutter cut. |Ie is young, handsome,
agreeable, perhaps a lord or nc
honorable, a baronet, very likely. Ilie
duty may be explained in a word?ho is
to cut out the young lady's affianced
lover, to inako her out of conceit with
that diaagrecablo person, and then to retire
gracefully to s me outlandish part
?>f the globe. The sell mo is peculiarly
valuable to parents, but any one may
make use of it. Of cou so there may also
be, and should be, fema'c cutters-out, to
be slipped at joung men who hnvo entangled
their affections undesirably.
Lord Algernon is fond of th) rector's
daughter, of th? gardenr'a daughter, ol
whom you will. histoid of crying if
you are his lady mother, or Bwcaring il
you are the Duke, you rend up t) tin
central depot for a really first class cut
tcr-out, married lady preferred. In i
very few weeks the rector's daughter, 01
the g.irdenr's daughter is as disconsolate
as Calypso, and then the cutter-out (lisappeals,
carrying with her the respectful
homage of the family whom she has rescued.
Lady Did the Carving.
The d-sk which Mrs. Co ten and Mn
Kidder North Cirolinn World's F:;'.
Commis ionc-r9, hud con-true'cd ns
memorial to Virginia Dare,the first whitchild
born in America. wns made o!
white holly from Itoinnkc Island, Vir
ginin D.irc's birth place; was designer
by Silas Me Bee of Scwancc, Tenu., onr
carved by Miss Kate Cheshire,of Turboro
This desk is a tiibutc to the memory o
Virginia Dare, from the women of thii
State, and will bcs:nt to the World'
Fair.
Portrait of Oen. L-jo.
The Hon. O.lnndo B. Potter, of New
York, has presented to tho Washiugtoti
and Leo University a splendid portrail
of Qen. Itobert E Lee. The portr.il
was executed by an artist for the flou.
Jehn Bell, oi Tennessee, once Speaker < f
Htn Hnnap f\f Wonrouonlnlirou tl? n Sinn.
-.V,,,. ... .. ,_,V..
ator from Tennessee and a candidate foi
Pr. sident in 1800, Oen. L? c a* that time
being a colonel in the United Sttlcsnrmi
and the portrait of him was in blue uni
form, he at that time having only a mus
tache. Since the war it came into tlx
hands of Mr. Potter, after the artist had
with skillful brush changed the bin i cor
tume of the United States otlic r to thai
of the uniform as the command r of tlx
Army of Northern Virgiuin, nud had
added the heavy board which Oen. Lc<
wore all through the war and until i>ii
denth. It is a most striking and excel
lent p ctute of the Confederate chieftain
Two Doomed Men Respited.
CoLitMiiiA, S. C.?Napoleon Leville
the Charleston wife murderer, was rc
spited until MnyJOth by the Govcrnoi
There is considerable doubt as t> hi
sanity ?nd r. commission will be appoint
sd to pass upon his mental condition.
Wade Haines, the colored rupisl, see
tenc< d to be banged, was respited fo
the fifth time. His execution will t?k
placj two weeks hence, unlc:s in th
meantme some alleged additional cvi
icnec is developed in his favor.
William B. Puett Suicides.
Lbnoir, N. C.?William Benton Pu-.ti
a prominent young citizen of this counti
who has lately been diinkii g beaviij
committed suicide, blowing cut h
brains by a pistol shot ent ring at th
forehead. The act was precipitated b
a suit for divorce instituted l**t frock
his wife, who is a daug'at.r of a promi
ncnt citizen of Mitchell.
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Existence of a Peculiar Baft* of fM>
plo Brought out ia a Murder Trial.
Auhbrst n Courthoosb, Va.?The
Amherst County Circuit Court?the Hoa.
lobu I>. llorsley presiding?which had
bovu iu sent nsinco Mouday.the 10th,ad>
loomed Saturday, most of tho week h*v?
lug been taken up iu the trial of the case
)f the Comraouwealth against William
Srucc, who was indicted for the murder
jf Charles Hartlcss. Thia ia the eecosd
irial oi the esse. The jury on the former
trial brought iu a verdict of murder la
the first degree, which was set aside bv
the court, thereby adding interest to this
trial, a large crowd being in attendance
ach day. Bruce, the accused, and Hart*
less, tho murdered man, both belong to
i peculiar race of people, known in thia
icction aa the '-free isshics," or free issue,
ivho arc reported to be a mixture of In*
jian, negro and Portuguese. They hava
never been slaves, and in consequence
sold theninoivcs above the neor.i and In
turn nre culled by bo h bl .ck and whito
'free nigger*." Thoir customs and nudes
if life, a* brought to life in tbis trial,
anvo been among it* peculiar feat urea.
What has caused most comment, how)v?r,
has been the judge's ruling iu allowing
the defense to introduco witnesses
who clabn to have heard aim of the accused
say n few hou s after tho killing
that he and not tho elder Itruco killed
Harthss. This is olTered iu r. buttal to
:he dying dcclarat on of tho murdered
nun and the direct evidence of one witicr?,
who tostilies that hu Saw tho prlsorer
s'riko tho fatal blow. Young ilruca
ins down to par.a unknown.
Tho jury, after twelve hours' deliberation,
brought in n verdict f?,r murder iu
he second dcgrtoittid ten years iu tho
jenitentiary.
SWALLOWED A"WHEAT BEARD.
ButPenn'ell Would Have Got Well if
Hia Bull Hadn't Gored Him.
New Brunswick, N. J.?Frank PenRill,
ouo of the Inst known farmers in
Middlesex county, died at Frunklln Park
oflo.kjaw. About a week ngo he inhaled
a wheat beard, which lodged in
his throat and caused much irritation.
t ..t 4.. 11... i. ,?,,i
Jiuui 10 ui |iu^ni\;innn iu i ciuwvv mu u.nnt
were fruit less, but tho man might have
got well had ho not lmd an experience
with a lino Ilnlstoiu bull on Fiiday,
Tho animal bin always been regarded
as tame, but 01 Friday, as Mr. Pcnooll
was leaving tho forty acre field on his
place, ho becumo conscious of tin rapid
' approach of tho bull f.nm behind. Mr.
1 Fennell made for tho Irnccus faRt as pnsi
sible. Tim bull w.:s nearly upon hiin
| when ho was within a few foct of tho
fence. He dropped down, hoping tho
enraged union! would rush by him. Tho
bull did phos him, just slopping ou Uii * ?
, right arm. Then PcnnclJ jffmped tip anoT ~
r attempted to gatij the ieno-i. Tho benst
ami ono of his horns
was jammed into tho man's neck. . Tho
minimal then rush d oil in another dlrcci
tion. Mr. Pcunell was able t> stagger
to the house, where the sight of the terrible
wound in h's neck and h.s pnla
face cau-ed his wf. to faint. Tho four
young children ran screaming from the
house.
Physicians said that despite tho wound
p made by the buM they might have saved
% Mr. Ponnell's life, but for tho ailment in
his throat oaiiRjcl by the vhrnt beard.
Lockjaw set in immediately, aud he died
i iu terrible agony.
Late Nowi Briefs.
1 A fly I van in, (Ja., merchant, who hat
a lot of crinolines left over from the old
[ days, has placed them on sale iu his store.
A divorce was recently granted to a
worn in at Paris, Tex , and live minutes
Inter she faced the judge with another
man and was marrl'.vl.
fluits for $207,0 0 have been fllod
against the city of Atlanta, Ou , bv pcopio
wh > claim that their health lias been
injured through miasma from the city
dumping grounds.
t .Joseph It. Combs mid wife, of Hoiston,
Ind , were manic 1 thirly-five years
ago. About a year ago differences arose
aud they were divorced. On Saturday
1 they were remarried .
Tho ladies of Dresden have been boldly
in j a riding tourn uncut, the honors of
the j <ust bjing won by a young English
4 girl, Misr Theresa Brooks, ller final cx<=
ploit was the driving of a pair of hordes
tandem while riding her own horss at full
speed.
Whde being transferred from the prison
at Bunkius to Ncwpoit, in (Jeorgia, a
' prisoner leaped from the tram wliilo it
1 was going r.t the rate of thirty-live miles
^ an hour The train wis instantly stop 1
ped and a seuich made, which ptoved
uusLiCCCioi ui.
Out of one hundicd men whom you
will meet iu Tobasco, Mexico, scarcely
ten arc able to read, and two out c/cry
three arc held by their creditors ns slaves
for debt. There arc about 5 >0,0 >0 Mexicans
in this form of s'nvcry. The people
often fall into debt through paying
[ the exhorbitant marriage fee asked by
the pries', and another large fee is ex
t acted at the baptism of each child, each
baptism requiring the entire wages of at
[ least two weeks.
3 aTatal serenade.
1
A Farmer, Newly Wedded, Kill* Twe
of Hi* Annoyera.
Tofkka, Kan.?The frontier idea of
celebrating a wedding by tho beating of
'> tin pans and firing of guns was rcspousii
ble for three deaths at a charivari near
Ness City. A young farmer by tho name
is of Anderson was mart led, and brought
t- his bride to the little cottage he had provided
for her. A number of hoodlums
i- in the community thought it would be
r proper to give them a reception.
? About fu'iy gathctcd around the place
c at midnight and commenced making
- deafening noises. One cowboy had borrowed
a doubled batreled shotgun which
was loaded witli buckshot. He wee jftji
drunk, ami, instead of shooting in the
t air, fired both load* at iiy tlfthe . jiyB
< ottagc. Anderson
y ly escaped In liinlllfliOW
^ Anderson grabbed? !tkk&fWL 5j~|
e the door
iouslttflKidtng
' V? ~ fi. Mr N *> 'Ai