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VOL. VXXI.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 28,1893. NUMBER 17.
UULUMBU8CARAVELS.
The Arrive Towed by the Spanish
Fleet.
a Bxomlv* Amount of Gunpowder
Burned Agftln.
Fortress Monroe, Va.?The throe
Columbus caravels arrived here at 10:80
o'clock Friday moralog ia tow of three
Spanish war ships, and were received
with great thunder of salutes and display
of flags from the counties represented by
the fleets. They dropped anchor at the
^V^<d ot the American line of vessels.
day could not have been more
beaJfK^r the scene more impressive as
they cameSi^h? road, decorated from
jib-boom tot3h^??d with the flags of
Castile and Aragowfetd.. of Queen Isa*
bella standing out and fluttering in the
gentle breeze. The little fleet was turn
bled about on the Virginia cooat Friday
in a lively fashion by the northwest
wind that blew all day, but it managed
to make the Chpes early in tho morning,
and, after taking pilots aboard, preceded
in.
At the head of the flcot was the uftprotected
cruiser, Infanta Isabel, towing the
flagship Santa Maris, which displayed
the fl*g of the admiral. Behind and a
mile eastern came the torpedo vessel
Neuva Espana with the Ninii as her
charge, aud in the latter's wnko was the
big black pretocted cruiser Reina Regentc
with the Pinta. They were towed
by at least a quarter of a mile of hawser
and looked like so many ducks sitticg on
tho water with tho feathers of their tails
plucked. When off the fort the stars
and stripes were thrown out and were saluted
by the leader, the fort quickly te|t
sponding.
r Before the Sautn Muria was abreast of
the Philadclplro, the Dutch frigate Van
Speik ran up tho Spanish colors and saluted
them with thirteen rounds. Then
' the Russ'nn ship, General Admiral, commenced
to salute and later every flagship
in the harbor houoeJ these curious looklog
cra'U and the CvUutry they came
from.
"vko Smith's Patronugo Court.
(.From the St. Louis Globe Democrit.)
wasiiinqton, D. C. -Ilokc Smith has
introduced a novelty. IIo has established
what mMit be c died a patronage
court. Finding himself bes t by the
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u>|iui. uutuu iricnus or rival candidates
for a certain ofli :e, Secretary Smith inform)
them ns fast as they call: I
"Gentlemen, I will set a timo when I
will hear jou in regard to the qualifications
of your candidato."
lie consults a memorandum book,
which might be very well eutitled, "the
office seekers'* docket," and makes an
entry, of which the following is an illustration:
. "Saturday, April 8?Governor of
Oklahoma. 1 p. m."
When the day and the hour come round
the friends of the candidates assemble
in the Secretary's office. The private
secretary acts as outer guard, and informs
all comers on other business that Secretary
Smith is engaged. Promptly,
when the little hand and the big hand on
the clock indicate the appointment.
Secretary Smith leans back in his big
chair and asks:
"How many candidates are represented
for this offleef"
The partisans announce their candidates
in turn. The Secretary keeps tab
on the fingers of his left hand, bending
down a finger as osch candidate is announced.
"Fire," ho says, looking at the flagera
K when the names of entries ceases;
V-. "Now, how'much time will you require!"
There is a hasty canvass in each group
and then some scattering suggestions.
"Well," says Mr. Smith, "say an hour
for eaoh candidate. Will that be enough!"
Usually it is enough and ,more than
enough. Secretary Smith calls the name
of the candidate first in alphibetical
order and the candidate's friends go at
the biographical business with seal.
Secretary Smith is patience in a big arn>
chair. Hour after hour the praises are
sounded. When all have finished the
Secretary announces that hia decision
will be reported to the President of the
United States. The patronage counties
adjourned. Four sessions of tho court
were held during last week. Each was
devoted to the office of a Territorial Governorship.
The hearings were very
spirited. The only thing that occurred
to dampen the ardor of the proceedings
was the complete reversal of ono of the
deqjsions of Secretary and Judge Hoke
Hmtth. After a long and heated debate
the fiiende of Mr. Lett got a verdict of
the court that he was the man for Gov nor
of Utah. Two days later the
President nominated Caleb West for
that office. Since then the partisans of
Lett hare been making i area* tic remarks
about the patronage cour t
Killed Hie Mother-in-law for a Burglar
MoNoNOAHKr.A Cmr, Pa.?About
midnight Jaincs Burtinett of Goal Centre
shot and killed his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Lett in Tray. Thinking burglars had entered
tKo heuso, ho got his shotgun, and,
* ithout speaking to the intruder, fired
both barrels. Then he got a Ugbt and
found be had ahot Mrs. Tray in the head.
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TAPPED A DSN OF SNAKES.
There Were 114 of them in & Ball in
the Bottom of the Old Well.
Norwich, Corn.?Honry Dolbearc,
with Frank Baker of MoDtvilte, in the
country, six mites south of the city, went
to the extreme end of Henry's house lot
iu the morning to clean an old well there,
and after ten minutes' work in the well
tapped the most extraordinary subterranean
snako reservoir noted in the annals
of eastern Connecticut. The well was a
deep, dry one, and for years Dolhcare
and his family and other people had flung
all sorts of rubbish into it. There were
stones and rails, and sticks, old boots,
hoopskirts, and tin pans in it, but nobody
su-pccted that away down in the bowels
of it was a seething colony of rerpents.
Wi'h their coats off, crowbar in hand,
the two moo stepped into the rubbish
heap, which roachcd almost to the mouth
of the shaft, nnd with vigorous thrusts
loosoned the pieces of dsbr's and flipped
them out ou the ground. After ten minutes
thi v were almost at the bottcm of
tlie will, tw nty f?ct below the surface
of the house lot. Then they removed a
couple of br. ad boards, an 1 of a sudden
the bottom of thi w.dl rose up, heaving
and billowing b.ncith their feet.
The phenomenon hid come so sudden
ly and mysteriously that iheir eyes bulged
with awe snd terrc, nnd tbey hopp: d
about with trembling legs on their serpontine
perch. They sa v at onco that
they had struck a sort of a solid stratum
of wo 1 snakes, deep, co volutcd, and inbraided,
a g cat round ball, as big as a
fchool globe, of hibernating reptiles.
Worse still, the spheres of slim snake
strands, which had been wound into a
hard mas*, like a ball of wrapping twine
in diss cross fashion during he winter,
had instantly burst into multitudinous
and nimble consciousness and activtyunder
the tread of the farmers' cowhide
boots; then it bega i to unravel itself,
and scores of serpent tail* and red forke 1
jswa detached thcmsclv.s from the mass
and shot upward, twining tliemsolvcs
about the men's legs an I sl ipping them
viciously. In a moment the whole ball
was dissolved into its componcut parts,
which first straightened themselves, fo ming
a palpitatin ; and luaving batter of
serpents two feet thick or more, nod then
4he wrn h'ul reptiles, bi-siog and ceiling
themselves into swift loops, turned upon
the fe^i ful intruders in their den.
Those scared p rsons, now fairly wallowing
in snakes, had been stepping
lively in order to maintain their unstable
foot ng, and the instant tho serpent* attacked
thcin they wcro seized with a
Sanic of fright and loathing and made a
reak to get out of tho well; but their
feet slipped on tho undulating well hot
torn, and losing their hold on their ladder,
which had been set up against th?
side ( the abaft, and whicn both assayed
to climb at the same time, they fell back
into the pit and resumed the business of
treading serpents again at the same old
stand. Then a spasm of desperate courage
took possession of them, and with
their short iron pinch bare they sailed
into the attacking army of vipers with a
vengeance, regardless of style and form. 1
The combat was brief and decisive as it
was extraordinary. I
For eight minutes tho old well seemed (
to be full of flying snakes.arms and legs,
and gcaticultatiug pinch bars, and the
whole undergrounds business went on i
amid a steady rhythaaic purring or swish- |
ing uproar, and an accompanimsnt of
intermittent but regular dull thuds. The
well buzzed like a hive of swarming 1
bees. The farmers were spry and muscular,
however, and they finally got the i
beat of the battle. Then they fought
inore leisurely. The enemy haa weakened.
The attacking column of serpents,
the first onset of which was like the roar
of a mad river advancing from subterranean
regions, had dribbled away to
a mere rivulet of reptiles, and the men
as speedily disposed of the rivulet.
The well was now knee deep in dead
snakes. Not a serpent got away. Then |
the farmers, 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. Dolbewo'a
home they procured a couple of i
stablo forks and a bn?ket. Then returned
to the well, and drew all tho dead
serpents out of it. Thtro were just 114
of them, and tho men placed them in a
row in the tunnel at the mouth of the ,
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snakes, except three venomou*,fiat headed
adders, and tho blacks nvc aged five feet
in length. Some of the largest ones were
seven feet long and as thick as a man's :
fori arm It was tho most remarkable :
single priv..to exhibit of snake*, pro- I
bably, in the record of the State. So |
Mr. Dolbcrfre kept them in line at the ,
well until most of tho farmers in Mont- 1
vil e cairn and raw them. Some farmers '
drove eight mi'ei to see the show. One
of the biggest blacks Mr. Dolbeare
broug t to tnis city and displayed It in 1
the office of the Norwich Kvening Be* '
cord, caving: *
"Now, th's ain't no fish story Tin glv- 1
log you, and, if any one still doubts my i
woru, I'll engage to take him in my team .
and show him the well and the hull .
snake collection "
The sides of the well, sold Mr. Delbeare,
in the neighb th od of the snake I
nest, wtre yet/orated with deep, round
l tunnota the serpents had borod, and iato
which th y might retreat la case they
were attacked and did not feel like flsht* 1
?Id winfcr, y, when serpents' in |
Connecticut arc in a comatose state.
Mr. DoI1>eare resumed work in tbo wall
purposing to deepen it until he reaches
water, but, sa'd he, "I'm going slow
now, and keeping on my guard, for I
suppose I'nr liable to tap aoothet den of
'em so; moment.** : >/ -f J
Convict's Vaorful Work.
Auborh, K. Y.?John Johnson,
known as the "blue nigger from Clyde,**
nut amuck in the broom rhop of the Au
burn prison. Be was armed with a sharp
knife used in cutting broom corn. He
first attacked Charles Peck, a fellow con iCt
from Wait Chester county. Leering
him dead In bia tracks, he mat fatally
atabbed another convict and wounded
tao others bdfore he was shot by the
keeper and rendered powerless.
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SHUT OUT THE BRIQGS MEN.
Ill Feeling in ths Cincinnati Presbytery
Over General Aeeemb y
Delegates.
CmciHNATr, O.?A very b'ttcr feeling
iog hu been developod b.twicu tho
Smith end orthodox factions of the Presbyterian
Church over the action of
tho conservatives in n fusing to give
the Briggs men a sing'e delegate to
tho Geccr.l Assembly, although they
represent a Urge minority of the mem
hers of the Church nud ministers in this
Ticsb.tcry. T .e Rev. J. L.Taylor, ons
f t the lea iing liberal minister;, said that
the other side were trying it boycott him
mm ana otticr mimst ra wh> believed
thnt (bo Scriptures were not absolutely
n itho t error. Everywhere ha went to
deliver sermons or addresses be learned
tit .t anonymous communications of warning
had preceded him. It is said that at
least Ave of the wealthiest churches in
this vicin'ty have tbnatened to refuse to
pay their assessment for the delegates to
the Gkneral Assembly, because the men
chosen are regarded as bigoted beyond
any of the others who were named for
delegates.
The orthodox side is also raising a
howl. They ch r*e that the 1 berals have
circulated stories of difference* in the
orth dox church s, which threaten to
lead to disruption a-.d have led some of
tho mini ters to resign. It is conceded
by every one, except a few hotheads
among the orthodox, that the Presbyter
ian Church ia this section is in a bad
way, snd that if the Geueral Assembly
convicts Dr. Biiggs there will probably
be a schism.
The orthodox declare that they can,
under all circumstances hold the churches
but th<s is as vigerousiy u nied, with the
assertion that the cour.s havo declared
that, unless there is somethiog in the
charter of a church binding it to some
particular form of warship, it can withdraw
at anv time bv a mainrltv vn??
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the member*. Scverul of the wealthiest
churches id the city ara not bound by
my such testriotions, and two of theui
re said to be getting ready to sec.dc.
Philadelphia, Pa.?The issue of
Brggsism involved the Pr sbjtcry of
Philadelphia North into fever best at i's
second day's session in Gcrmantowu. The
excitement was precipitated by Frnuklin
L. Bhepard, an Elder in thj First Presbyterian
church of Gcrmantowe, who introduced
an overture to the General Aslembly
not to consider uppca's from the
Presbytery, but to direct that they be
made to the Synad in the regular course
10 as to keep up the dignity of the Synod.
Dr. Brigg's name wis in everybody's
mouth in a few roinu'es.
Elder Bhepard thought Dr. Briggs was
"an injury to the church," and if be remained
it might cause disiuption. The
Rev. John Peacock thought the Synod
[>f New York abundantly ab?a to look after
the Briggs case.
The Rev. L. F. Benson said his blood
bailed wlun he s.w Presbytery after
Presbytery ask the General Assembly to
convict Dr. Briggs. lie thought the
Presbyterian church s were large enough
lo bold him. The Rev. Chart* s Wood
thought Dr. Briggs would be silenced iu
the end. Elder Rim) nrd withdrew hi*
resolution.
SOUTHERN NEWS BRIEFS.
[terns of a General Nature and Other
States.
Although n arly three decades have
lapsed since the peace of Appomattox,
here are atill 102 of the 403 general
>ffl e.s of tho Confed racy surviving.
Tlierj is a horse in Florida that beomes
wildly excited and unmanageable
whenever any one app osches him having
i breath that amella of whiskey.' He ia
>ot a Kentucky horse
Gov. Brown, of Maryland, ia the only
>ne of the Southern Governors who takes
;he least pains with hia moustache. The
>nds of it are twisted and waxed in truly
French fashion. He ia also the moat
fashionably dressed and stylish-looking
>f the Governors.
While 8am Small is writing poetry for
in Atlanta newspaper hia old rival, Sam
Fones, is still beating his record in savng
souls.. A revival conducted by the
lev. Jones at Bowling Green, Ky., last
reek, resulted in the ''profession" of reiglon
by 9,900 of the ungodly of that
sity. <
Bishop Key, of the Southern Methodist
Episcopal Churob, who was recently
narried at Sherman, Texas, to Mrs. L.
L Ridd, president of the North Texas
Female College, the ceremony being p?r*
formed by Bishop Galloway, it a little
>yer 90 years old and is said to bo the
loeet looking of the Southern Method i?t
Bishope.
?i*htiiur in Ikllihurv.
SAumoftY, N. C.?There ?m much
excitement on the atreeU about 8:80
o'clock, eeueed by e peraonal encounter
between Major T. O. linn end Town
Commieaioeer D. M. Miller. The diffi
cutty ooourved about the purehaae of a
took oruaher by the town. Semal Llowa
were etvnek end the faeee of both gentle
men were conatdtrably brtoleed. No
weapon* were ueed, but Mr. Miller accueta
the mayor of baring drarfo e piitol
end e pair of breee knock* on bin^
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PALMETTO CH1P8.
New* and Note* From Here, There A
Everywhere in South Carolina.
The Girls of Converao College, Sport uburg,
had an Arbor Day all o(
their own last Friday, and planted many
trees.
Work on the Cathedral at Charleston
's progressing None bat Charleston
workmen havo been engaged on the
building.
Farmers' barns are being burned by inc.ndinrics
through Spartanburg and Or
sngeburg counties. ^
Thi Charleston, Sumter A Northern
Railroad Co is enlarging its Sumter machine
shops, putting in a foundry, bias*
furnace, etc.
The Home Insurance Company of Co
lumbia has decided to go out of business
The company has been in business fo?
about three years. i
Work has beg-in on the extension cf
the Atlautic Coast Line of their branch
from Sumter to Itemiui, 2) miles southtveit,
v'n Onmccbur^. to Donnntrk. con. i
nectlng there with tho S.uth Carols*
and South Bouud Railways.
Muck Sh Iton, a wbt'e convict from
Charleston County, made his escape fron.
tho penitentiary Thursday. He wa9 uc
dcr n two years1 sentence for burglary
and only had seven months longer tc
servo. He is a (killed mechanic and mnd?
himsc'f ft duplicate key, which he used
to unlock thedojr to the poit from which
ho iscnped.
The sinking fund commission of Sout'*
Carolina, which had power granted lrthe
legislature about a year ago toassumi
control of nnd lease tho oyster beds ol
that State, hi? '?ow tftk'-'ri the matter it*
hnnd and is granting leases to responsible
applicants. By n wise provision of the
law oich lease is for twenty years, and
during each year the lcssco is required to
renlant one twentieth a art of his territory
thi\ insuring the rop'anting of the entire
arc a by the litno the le.se expires. The
rental charged will vafy ^roai ten cents
to one dollar per acre annually. "
VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS.
The Latest Hews liczna in the Old
Dominion.
A new bank has commenced business
at Martinsville, knowa as the Farmers
Bank.
Both the Presbyterian and Episcopal
pastors at Abingdon resigned last week
Rev. J. J. Loyd of the latter having a
call from Lynchburg.
Ollie Brown, a 12 year white boy of
Richmond met his denth Thursday by
falling under a lumber wagon.
The eightieth anniversary meeting of
the Virginia Bible Society was held last
week at tho Grnce-atreet Presbyterian
church Richmond.
The Roanoke Machine Works has received
orders for cigh'een locomotives,
thirty cabin cars and two wrecking cars,
tho whole aggregating ^about $208,503,
in vnluo.
Tho Governor has granted three pardon*,
via: J. W. Fairfield, sentenced in
1800 to 10 years for stealing; Jacob
Smith who lmd served one out of three
years for grand larceny; Walter Miller
who was sentenced in 1678 for 22 y< nrs
for house burning.
August 0th has boon named as the day
for tho gatheriog of Virginians at the
Chicago Fair. On that day the two huudred
and seventy-fourth anniversary of
the asscoiblying at Jamestown of tho first
representative legislative body of Ameri
vc*uD mil uuvui*
A Richmond newspaper expresses the
hope that "a real Confederate dinner''
will be served at the Memorial Bazaar.
Such a spread would ennpriso "rye cof
fee, "slapjacks, sorghum, Nassau pork,
rice soup, potato pie and other delicacies
that pleased the palates of the-boys when
they got big boxes from home."
THE NEW RAILROAD UNION.
It Enters the Field with * List of
Officer* and 11,000 Members.
Chicago, III ?The members of the
arious labor organizations that have.been
in daily session during the past week
perfecting the new national railway order,
which will be known as the American
Railway Union,finished their preliminary
work.
The officers elected are: Exeoutirc
Board?Eugene V. Dabs, George W.
Howard, W. 8. Missemer, 8. Keliher,
W. H. Seining, L. W. Rogers, F. W.
Arnold, Henry Walton,ahd J. A. Clarke.
The Board elected the following
officers for the year:
Eugene V. Debs,. President; George
W. nowara, first Vice-Preetdent; W.
8. Missemcr, Seeond Vice-President, ud
8. Keliher, Secretary. > v Vgj|jE
It hat been decided that the Eaatyn
country will be divided into districts,
and one member of the Execntlva Board
will be aaatgned to a apodal district,
which will put nine organisara into the
field at onoe. The entire membership of
th* Order of Railway Oman have already
voted to join the new order. Thia
will start the new union with 164 lodges,
having a mcmherehip of nwty 10,000.
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NORTH CAROLINA SQUIBS.;
Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee to
Currituck.
A sturgeon weighing 820 pounds
was on the Greenville market last
Faiday. It was caught in a Dutch net
below Washington.
The North Caro'ioa Corundum Wheel
Co. have completed their $150,000 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 Elinore
PlnnU ??-- J
v.uu.u^ci, iiiu nomiiy postmaster, tins
been arrested and bound over to the
Fedcrjl Court at Statcsville, charged
with embezzling thj money and stampsJohn
F. Lifscy, who killed hi* brotherin-law,
Chns. Key, at Oarysburg Inst
December, was tried at Northampton
court last week, and the prisoner was ac
quitted. Senator R-tnsoin was of counsel
in the case and received a fee of $1,000.
Fire at Kinston burned ton residences
in i a church. The wind was very high.
The 1 ss is cst'inited at $20,000. The
business p rt of the town was not nflLctcd.
The fire burned itself out.
At Raleigh Frank Batchclor, a son of
tho Hon Jo eph B. Batcliclor, while 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 dny to L. L. Couocill, of the firm
of Council!, Taylor & Co., of Elk Park,
for tho sum of $435. The tree measured
three nod one-half feet through at the
stump and is said to be curled from the
roots to the end of the topmost twig.
Such trees are of fabulous value. Mr.
Councill may realize $1,000 or $1,500
for it.
damage cases"compromised.
The Railroad Adjusts Suits Growing
Out of the Bostian Bridge Wreck.
8txtb8villk, N. C.?All the suits
against the Richmond and Danville Railroad,
growipg out of tho wreck at Bos
tian's bridge, ucar Svitesvllle, on the 27th
of August, 1801, in whiijfr-^2 persons
were kiiied and 30 wouadod, bavcV been
compromised. There were 13 of thrtofj
CMOS in Iredell Super ior 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. Weber,
$5,000; Miss Ophelia Polk Moore,$'3,000;
Mrs. 8usnn Pool, $2,000; Hugh K. 1 faster,
$2,500; A. Davis, $1,200; Be v. J. M.
Sikes, $3,500.
Claims for injuries?J. F. Holler, $5,000;
Mrs. Naomi Hayes Moore, $1,500;
Miss Louallie Pool, $1,500; O. W. Lawson,
$1,000; G. W. Bjwley, $1,000.
Messrs. Binghmt & (Jaldwell and R.
Z. Linncy wore attorneys in tho Linstcr
and Davis cases and ex-Judge D. M.Furcbes
iu the case of Bev. J. M. Sikes.
Messrs. Armfteld & Turner were attorneys
in the other ton cases.
There were a number of suits entered
at Ashoville, Salisbury nnd other places.
We understand that all of these have
been compromised. The L -xiogton Dis
patch understands that A. L. Sink and
wife have been allowed $5,000. This
case was in Davidson Superior Court.
Wo have not lenrned what amounts were
allowed in tho other cases, but it is ssfc
so say that the wreck, first and last, cost
the Richmond & Danville Railroad at
least $100,000.
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jtejavcj liiumo un ctiLiVxiUffl.
The Country Barely Escapes Most
Dirteful Calamity,
Urusski-s, (Cablegram.)?A nation
yesterday on the verge of < ivil war is today
completely at peace The air of terrible
suspense like that which hangs over
two great armies about to be hjrled
against each other has vanished. The
escape from a dreadful slaughter was by
the smallest chanco.
The plans of the revolutionary leaden
are now becoming known. They counter
with i >od reason on turning the guns is'
thsg regular army, reen forced by the
mob, against the Civic Ouard and the
police. The conflict would have been
one Of the most sanguinary in the history
of the Government, and the moarchy itself
would have been almost certainly
overthrown. Then would have coro?
Communist reign, foreign interference,
and endless complications for all Europe.
It must be admittel that the leaders
of the revolt have remarkable control
over the people. Tho orders to return
to work have been almost universally
obeyed, and there has not been the slight
est disturbance.
The agitation f i universal suffrage
without plural vetiiij will bo continued,
it is oot likely to loud to any such crit
. ical situation as that of Wednesday. 7!
the demand is not granted by the present
Parliament it probably v/ill be the ft .at
Chamber cho?cn under the systen
adopted.
Mrs. Gen. Hancock Dead.
Naw York ?Mis. Almira Russell
Banoock diod at 4:$p p. m Thursday
afternoon. She was tho widow of General
Windeld Scott Hancock, the Democratic
candidate for p.client in 1880.
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EX-PRESIDENT DAVIS.
His B ;dy to Leave N-.w Orleans on
May tho Twonty-Eigh'.h.
An Atlanta dispatch says: It is enounced
that the body of Jefferson Davis
vill lie in state here on tin 2!)th day of
May while en route to its final testing
(ilmn at Richmoud. It is officially announced
by the committ c of Fultou
'o .uty C/iif derate Veterans' Association,
of which Mr. Davis was one of the I
two honorary mcmbeis?Henry 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 morning of the 2i)th. Tho funeral
train will ariivc in Atlanta about 1 o'clock
>n the aftcrnom of tho 29th, and the
oody will be conveyed to the State capito',
where it will remain until about 7
o'clock, leaving nt 8 o'clock for Richmond.
The Confederate Veterans' Associa
ion wil1, in a body, meet the funeral
train and accompany tho remains to the
ilniln) onrl Isaolr In A ? ? ?
?UNi W..VI* ?v VUJ UV;|JUV. IX UUin iiii11e
* will go ou to K:chin >od with tho
ojomiitcca from New Or! ana and Montgomery.
A. New Profession?The Cutter-Out.
[From the Saturday Review.]
The world is over-populated with aminble,
good looking young men: highly
educated, healthy and wholly i_c*pnblo
of earning their livelihoods. No mgcuuity
can provide berths for all of tlieui,
but gomj might be employed as "cuttersout
" This is a new profession. The
duties of the cutter-out are few, s'mple,
and agreeable. lie or she has merely to
make love and to ride away. Thus, put
case that some one's daughter, mecc,Aor,
it may be, favorite cousia, has becohic
engaged to a man who is not. liked by
the fumily. To resist her choice is futile.
Opposition morcly funs the flame of passion.
80 you send a note or telegram to
the central oflice of the "Socie'y for the
Utiliz.tion of Johunies," and they despa'ch
a cutter out. He is young, handsome,
agreeable, pcrhsps n lord or an
honorable, n baronet, very likely, llis
duty may be explained in a word?ho is
to cut out the young lady's nfl'ianced
lover, to make her out of conceit with
* that disagreeable person, and than to retire
grjcefully to s mfev-ftuthiudisli part
of the globe. The sell nn is" "peculiarly
valuable to parents, but any one mUT"
make use of it. Of con so there may also
be, and should be, fema'c cutters-out, to
bo slipped at young men who have entangled
their aflectious undesirably.
Lord Algernon is fond of tin rector's
daughter, of the gnrdenr's daughter, of
whom you will, histoid of crying if
you arc his lady mother, or swearing if
you are the Duke, you tend up t) the
central depot for a really first class cut
tcr-out, married lady preferred. In a
very few weeks the rector's daughter, or
the girdenr's daughter is as disconsolate
as Calypso, and them'" > cutter-out disappear,
carrying witu'ner the respectful
homage of the family whom she has rescued.
A Lady Did the Carving.
The d' sk which Mrs. Co ten and Mr),
ffiddcr North Carolina World's Fan
Commis ioncr1, had con<truc'cd ns
memorial to Virginia Dare,the first whitchild
born in America, was made of
white holly from Itomokc Island, Vir
ginia Dare's birth place; was designed
by Silas Mcllccof Sewancc, Tenu., and
carved by Miss Kate Cheshire,of Tarboro.
This desk is a tiibutc to the memory of
Virginia Dare, from the women of this
State, and will be s:nt to the World's
Fair.
Portrait of Den. Lee.
Tho Hon. O.lnndo B. Potter, of New
York, has presented to the Washington
an/1 T on ITn5wn?ol?%? ? n?l?.wK.l -?1-:*
uvw vuiTiionji n opicuvi 111 I'unntu
of Qen. Robert E Lee. The purtr .it'
was executed by ao artist for the Iloa.
John Bell, of Tennessee, once Speaker of
the House of Rcprescntatircs, til n Senator
from Tennessee and a candidate for
Pr<aident in 1860, Gen. L< c at that time
being a colonel in tbe United Statesnrmy
and tbe portrait of bim was in blue uniform,
he at-that time having only a mustache.
Since the war it came into the
hand* of Hr. Potter, after the artist hud
with skillful brush changed the bin; costume
of tho United States olhc r to that
of the uniform as the command r of the
Army of Northern Virginia, nud had
added the heavy beard which Gen. Lce?
wore all through the war and until Lis
death. It is a most striking nnd excellent
p ctute of the Confederate chieftain.
Two Poomed Ken Respited.
Columbia, 8. G.?Napoleon Leville,
tho Charleston wife murderer, was respited
until May JOth by the Governor.
There is considerable doubt as t? his
sanity and a commission will be appointid
to pass upon his mental condition.
Wade Haines, the colorod rapist, scntene<
d to be hanged, was respited for
tH* flfltl limn Ilia ATamitlAH will lalfa
placj two weeks hence, unless in the
mennt:me some alleged additional evidence
is dcvelopod in his favor.
William B. Puott Suicides.
Lknoir, N. C.?William Benton Pu-;tt,
a prominent young citizen of this county,
wlij has lately been diinkh.g heavily,
committed suicide, blowing cut his]
brains bv a pistol shot ent ring at the
forehead. The act was precipitated by
a suit for divorce instituted last week by
his wife, who is a daug'at.r of a prominent
citizen of Mitchell.
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MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Existence of a Peculiar Rate of P?opie
Brought out in a Murder Trial.
aifiibrst Couutiiou8E, Va.?The
Amherst County Circuit Court?the Hon.
John P. Ilorslcy presiding?which had
been iu sessi nsince Mouduy,the 10th,adjourned
Saturday, most of the week hiving
been taken up iu the triul of the case
>f the Commonwealth against William
Bruce, who was indicted for the murder
jf Charles Ilartlcss. This is tho second
trial of the cjsc. The jury on the former
trial brought iu a verdict of murder in
the first degree, winch was set asido by
the court, thereby adding interest to this
trial, a large crowd being in attendance
ac'i day. llruee, the accused, and HartIcss,
the murdered man, both belong to
1 peculiar race of people, known in this
section us the '-free isshics," or free issue,
who arc reported to be a mixture of Indian,
negro and Portuguese. They have
never been slaves, and in consequence
sold themselves above the negro and in
.urn are called by bo'h bl .ck and white
'free niggers." Their customs and modes
of life, as brought to life in this trial,
nave been among its peculiar features.
Whit has caused most comment, how;ver,
has been the judge's ruling in allowing
tbcdefeusc to introduce witnesses
who claim to have heard a s >n of the ac:uscd
say a few hou s after the killing
:hat he nod not the elder Druco killed
dartl.ss. This is offered in r buttal to
the dying dcclarat on of the murdered
nan and the direct evidence of one witless,
who testilies that he saw the prisoner
s'rikc the fatal blow. Young llruee
nas flown to par.s unknown.
The jury, after twelve hours' dclibera
iwu, wiwu-iii lii it vi'nuci i?.r mur-.ier m
lie second dearie a ml ten years iu the
jcuitentiary.
SWALLOWED A"wHEAT BEARD.
But Pennell Would Have Got Well if
His Bull Hadn't Gored Him.
New Biipnswick, N. J.?Frank Pennell,
ouc of the best known fanners in
Middlesex county, died at Franklin Park
of lo. kjaw. About a week ago he inhaled
a wheat beard, which lodged in
his throit and caused much irritation.
Efforts of physicians to remove the b.'nrd
were fruitless, but the man might have
got well had he not had an experience
with a line Ilolstcin bull on Fiiday.
The animal his always been regarded
as tame, but 01 Fiiday, as Mr. Pennell
was leaving tho forty acre field on his
place, lie became conscious of tho rapid
approach of the bull f.om behind. Mr.
Pennell made for the irnccns fast as possible.
The bull wv.s nearly upon him
when he was within a few feet of the
fence, He dropped down, hoping the
enraged unimil would rush by him. The
bull did pass him, just stcppiu^oi^hbi^ **
right arm. Then PcnatdjUjffi,,,,^] up and
attempted to gnm^fcehciiCj. The beast
turned in mj,! use of bis horns
was jammed into the man's neck. . The
nnniinn! then rush d off iu another direction.
Mr. Peunell was able t> stagger
to the house, where the sight of the terrible
wound in h's neck and h.s pnlo
face cau-cd his w f to faint. The four
young children ran screaming from the
house.
Physicians said that despite the wound
made by the buM they might have saved
iur. i cnucll s life, but for the ailment iq
his throat caused l>y the wlxat beard.
Lockjaw set in immediately, and he died
in terrible agony.
Lata N'jwj Brief*.
A Sylvauia, Ga., merchant, who has
a lot of crinolines left over from the old
days,has placed thetn on stile in his store.
A divorce was recently granted to a
worn iu at Paris, Tex , aud live minutes
later she faced the judge with another
man and w as married.
fiuits for $207,0 0 have been tiled
against the cityv^f Atlanta, Ga , by people
who claim that their health has been
injured through miasma from the city
dumping grounds. **
Joseph It. Combs and wife, of lionston,
Iud , were manic 1 thirty five years
ago. About a year ago differences arose
and they wt re divorced, O.i Saturday
they were remarried.
The ladies of Dresden have been holding
a tilling tourn uncut, the honors of
the j <ust bjing won by a young English
girl, Miss Theresa Brooks. Iler final exploit
was the driving of a pair of hordes
tandem while riding her own horse at full
speed.
Wh'de being transferred from the prison
at Buukius to Newport, in Georgia, a
prisoucr leaped from the tram while it
was going r.t the rate of thirty-live miles
an hour The train wis instantly stop ned
and a scutch made, which moved
unsuccessful.
Out of one hundred men whom you
will meet in Tobasco, Mexico, scarcely
ten are able to read, and two out every
three arc held by their creditors as slaves
for debt. There arc about 5 >0,0 >0 Mexicans
in this form of s'avcry. The people
often fall into debt through paying
the exhorbitait innrriagc fee asked by
the pries*, and another large fee is exacted
at the baptism of each child, each
baptism requiring the entire wages of at
least two weeks.
ATATAL SERENADE.
A Farmer, Newly Wedded, Kills Twc
of His Annoyers.
Toi'eka, Kan.?The frontier idea of
Ctlebrutiug a wedding by the bcatiug of
tin pans and firing of guns was responsible
for three deaths at a charivari near
Ness City. A young farmer by the name
of Anderson was married, and brought
ins bride to tlio littlo cottage bo bad provlded
for her. A cumber of hoodlums
in the community thought it would be
proper to give them a reception.
About fifty gathcied around the place
at midnight nnd commenced making
deafening noises. One cowboy had borrowed
a doubled banded shotgun which
wus loaded with buckshot. Ha waa
drunk, and, instead of sbgllhg jLthl
air, fired both loada at ity? fflMjiSi 'If the J
rottagc. Anderson and Ida
iy escaped being
Anderson
the door ?"d<J|MBMMfciHl[^BBB?M||nBBPll
crowd, kiU|i|pHNrv4Mjj^ij^^
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