Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' \ JAILER FAILS A M01 The Plans of Would-be Lynchei Frustrated. Plucky Jailer F.irney Refuses to Sui render tho Koys to Shorter's Cell and Saves Him From n Mob's Vengeance. Wincukstbu, Va.? A determined at tempt w.-sm<de to lynch Wi liam Slior ? \ " tor, n negro, wlio was committed to jni Mondny, tho 13th, charged with an at . . tempted assault on Miss Mary Clevinger and had it no', beca for tho cioar cut gril |L o.' tho jaile:-, Adam Forney, he would s have been dangling at the end of a rope. ' =%dby Mr Forney thoy proceeded to beat SP^ ?g?inst th?door wl b 8,edgc bamm?r'' AVhen tta door was forced open Mr. For ney on the porcb.whena handto.^^S^sle was had, s->me of tb< riikftCPTjciiig thrown off the porch. The j iter was finally overcome, wheu a hall score of cock- d revolvers were shoved in his facoO Ouc zealous indivulu d tried to shoot him,' but, fortunately, Farncy knocked the pistol^up and the ball lodge 1 in the cc ling, k The keys were demanded and refused f 1 y the jailer whilst looking down the barrels of the pistol. The iron door ol the corridor leading to the cells was bat tcred down with Blcdges, but the stee door of thocnga containing the prisooci rcs:i?ted their efforts, and arter an houi 'flh'clcavor to work the com biuation ami batter tin cell door dowr they t ok their depar ore. It was a current rumor on the street Ilia' they p-.n^oscd to return at night. A number of negroes confined in the jail vr>re terribly frightened, and it is said their protestations that they were not the man the raiders were looking for could be heard for BOinc d:stance outside the jail. The authorities, fearing a recurrence of the night's violence, have temoved the prisoner to Stauntm. M118. l'OTTKR I'ALMKR. President of the lioardof LadyManagci of the World's Columbian Expositib . ?? uiiu fi onCi WAS Filtit An Aged Negress Sues for Servicei for Twenty-four Year*. Boonvim.e, Mo.?Edie Hickum, ai aged negress, is the plaint ill in pcrliap the most rcmarkablo case ever tried ii the Courts of this county. She is an ol( ex slave, aud brought suit against he master, Joseph Iliekam, of this county for five dollars a month wag. s as a fatni ly domestic for twenty-four years, dur ing which timo she claims to havo bee kept in ignorauce of her emancipation, ft The suit was instituted hire in 188f i; r fi.iuu, mm resulted in a juugcmer "Afrrt'lier*favor for $700. The dcfondar "/appealed to tha Kansas City Court t / Appeals, wh:ch remanded the case to th Circuit Court of this county, which no' renders a decision for the defendant. A motion for a now trial has boon flloc and pub ic sentiment is in fnvoi of th ncgrcss, who has toiled for her naostc for a quarter of a century without r< muncrution. COTTON CROP RUINED. Distressing Condition of Affairs R< ported in tho Overflowed Districts. A Memphis, Tenn , dispatch says: Th news from the ovciflowed districts j Arkansas snd Louisiana are of the mo discouraging character. Specials froi | points on the west side of the river b low Memphis report a distressing cond lion of affairs. The water which hi o - 1 a\ 1. _ _ j - / 11 ? been no wing arouua ine r.eau 01 1110 icv< system above Osceola, Ark., has inn dated the Pranpfr farmers b log compelled to abandon all hopes i raising a cotton crop. Killed Himself Carrying Money. Richmond, Va. ? Charles Milburn, negro driver, fell dead in the street front of tho First National Bank. I had a bag of $10,000 in coin nod not< which dropped to the pavement wh Milburn fell. Hc ivus taking the moo from tho bank to Tne p iy wagon of tl Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He h< just lifted $60 0l)o mo t of it in silvs and the exertion ruptured his htnrt. J 5. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. rs The Latest Happenings Condonsot and Printed Here. The flooding of the St. Francis Valley r* in Arkansas, will prevent tho planters o that section from making a cotton cro| this year. The 7 counties in the over flowed district cultivato annually, whex not flooded, $75,000 acres of cotton anc the vield is about 40,000 bales. i Mrs. Jefferson Davis and daughter, Miss Winnie, have engaged rooms at | Narragansett Pier for the summer. I The directors of the whiskey, trust held a meeting at Chicago Monday and reduced the price of whiskey 1 cent. ^^-tojCnirr rf v r j master General vice A. D. Haseo, resigned. The 8panish Infanta Eulalie is in Washington, as personal representative 5 of tho Quern of Spain, and is the guest ? ->f the nation. A Br'stol, Tenn., special says: The 1 yard engine of the South Atlantic and ' Ohio Railroad tclcjcopid a street car at t crossing, instantly killing the street cm conductor, Alf Parrott, and injuring J :?r 2 others slightly. The conductor was ' horribly mangled and the car was totally 5 dcinol shed. Tho printing of envelopes by tho j Government for business purposes will be abolished by September next, and r Uto 050,000 annually paid for this work will hereafter be distributed where ii ( bc'ongs, among tho printers through out tho country.. There is no more sense in th >. government printing envelopes for business purposes than there J would bi in the government starting a , clothes pin factory, or in?S?t op. lettering all the tombstones sold throughout the I country. The work belong! to the printers nod tho law ought to have been repealed long ago. During the recent term of 8tokos court at Danbury, a horse was sold for 65 cents and afterwards syvapped off for a pocketknife. Denial as to tho Use of Alliance Money for Third Party Purposes. Ralbkhi, N. C.?Wc, thoundemgued officers of the N. C. State Alliance, in r). Lfirom iaiciu i\. iwiggs, a tending to society woman, of August!, and a retain tire of Senator Gordon, arrived in Chatst tanooga at noon and was immediately m married at Stanton House, to Mrs. Core oelia E. 'iarrison, a charming young i- widow, of Charleston, S. 0. Mrs. Haras rison has been living at Stanton Housi ee for the past month with her five-year-old n- son, awAitiug the granting of the divorce e- JA Judge.Xwigg*. of The juago is fully thirty years th? lenior of his new brido. That Tariff Bill, a ! Washington, D. C. ?Represeutaliv in Wilson of West Virginia, assisted by a le able corps of expert# and amateurs, i jb, said to be at work on a tariff bill whic en is expected to bo ready for presentatio ey when Congress meets. It is reporte he that this bill will hew nearer to the lin id of the Chicago platform than any othi ir, bill now in preparation, and will cam ill with much organized backing. answer to several statements by newsp^ - ltfft"ulc'i'tyud. ouu-mtumjib wjpfli dither sum was appropriated or aljowed to be used in the interest of tho People's party last year. Not one cent of Alliance funds were used for such a purpose. By order of tho executive committee at the May meeting last year, all the Alliance lecturers were withdrawn from the Held, this being several weeks prior to the first start to organize a new party. Not a cent was paid for lecturing after that time and no money was used for other than legitimate ixpcuscs of the Alliance. Signed, S. B. Alexander, J. 8. Johnston, I J . M . MKWnOHNE, Executive Committee. Marion Butler, President. Ctuus Thompson, L'ctnrcr. W H Barnes. Sccrjtarv-Troasuicr. 8 y*> ? Worth, Statu Busiacsi Agcut. _ V. A. Gb.vham, Trustee. I. NORTH CAROLiNA SviCioo. s Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee to Currituck. & Trinity College commencement will be 8 lielil at Durham June 7 anil 8. Q Wilmington's water supply consists ol ^ marly a million gallons, divided into 32 r cisterns. Rev. Dr. W. S. Black, the Supt. of the Oxford Orphnu Asylum, says that worthy restitution is greatly over-crowded. There are now in its shelter 232 children, while the accommodations arc only for 200. 8incc the year began no )t less than 00 applications for admissiou j have been rejected. c A guinea nest was found in Pitt county w with sixty egg* id it. Tbero is in Greenville a colored wo I, man, 42 years old, who is the mother of le eighteen children, twelve of whom are >r living. 8- . The Judge Marries Again. Chattanooga, Tknn.?Judge H. D. D. Twiggs, of Augusta, Ua., who reI cently secured a divorce at Sioux City, n v\ # * ! _ T) H - f _ 1 J i:r-i T , ? -jzs1 zr y VIEW KltOM GAT.T.KItY OK MAIN II \I.T. JOHN L. SULLIVAN IN A BIGHT. A. One-armed Man who Was Not Afraid of the Big Fellow. Biddkford, Me.?John L. Sullivan figured in a light 011 tlio east-bound Pullnan train. He and tho members of hi* "Man from Boston" iliealric.il troupe .vero going through to Bangor. The exchampion occupied a scat in the smoking car, and beside him sat John Sheehan of oogiou. Max L. Lizottc, a Biddcford Attorney, got aboard the train at Noitb Bcrwyek, and took a scat at the end of the smoking car. Mr. Lizottc and Sheehan were former residents of Lewis'.on, Mr. Li/.otte went back to speak to Sheehan,and as he reached over to shak* hands Sullivan kicked the lawyer in Ilia domneh, .at tho same time shouting. 'Get out of my way!" Lawyer Lizottc has but one arm, but virh that lie let out with u blow that took licet under Sullivan's car and doubled him back over the scat. Sullivan stood mouth, driving Mr, Li/.^lto's toetlr into his upper lip *nd bringing a flow of blood from his nose. Other occupants of the car separated the belligerents, and John L. was hustled olT into the sleeping ear. At the Saco station the Biddcford lawyer went into the forward cud of that car, hoping to find the ex champior there, but Sullivan's absence prevented further hostilities. THE MARBLE STAIRCASE. The Only Natural Underground Stairway in the World. NatitraIi Bridge, Hockiiridoe County, Va.?The marble staircase was openad at the Natural Bridge Saturday with appropriate ceremonies, and in the midst of public festivities. This staircase leads Ts the only natural underground stairway in the world. The grottoes have been thoroughly illuminated and afford abundant opportunity for studying the beautiful and wonderful interiors. The cntraucc is ?bout five minutes walk from the Natural Bridge. The ceremonies of the day were begun with religious exercises, after which a procession of 200 school children, followed bv the studeuts of Washington " ? o md Lcc and the Military Iustilutc and ;he public in general cute red. The archway is oOO feet in length, ami reaches from the Cannon river to tier plains ibovc. And Now Another Rule. Chicago.?The local directors of th Columbian Exposition hnvo decided t open the fair on Sundays in all depart ments. At a meeting held Tuesday th directory adopted a resolution reversin their former action in closing the build ings to the public and then submitcd th amended rule to the national board fc approval. This decision has been ai rived at in view of tho cxtraordinar pressure brought to bear by tho peoph who demand the absolute freedom of tL great show. ; KILLED IN A FOLDING BED. ( The Head Piece Topples Over On Mri Clough and She Soon Dies. Chicaoo.?Mrs. J. E. Clough, wife c 1 a Baptist missionary, died iu Evauste at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Clough was killed I ' a folding b.d which closed upon her an crushed her body whilo her daughti stood by powerless to prevent. That sh c too, was not crushed to death was due i n accident-, Tho victim lingered in a swot 18 lor a lew nours aod died. n The South Carolina Bonds Aro Vali< (j Columbia, S. 0.?The Supreme Cou e ronder.d n decision sustnininor the valid! il> of tho State bonds, recently issued. Tl e question raised was that the new issi had not been voted upon by tho pcopl IN SVOMAN's BU11.DINO, CHICAGO l \ 1II. ANOTHER NORTHERN OUTRAGE. A "Lynching Bee'' Away Up in Indiana. Ukdkohd, Ind.?At 2 o'clock Monday morning a mob of a hundred men Appeared before the jail here, forced the sheriff to give up the keys and took John Tcri<*H, who murdered Conductor L. F. Price at Seymour, from his cell nnd hanged him ia tho iait yard. Terrell begged for his life, but his appeals met with silence. 'JThe lynching wai conducted in a most orderly manner, Terrell's cries being the only sound heard. After lynching their man, the mob requested that the body should not be tuken down until daylight, after which it dispersed. The mob hanged Terrell to a tree in tho jail yard, within twelve feet of the railroad track, so that persons on all trains could see his body. He was dressed as though he had been expecting them. Tiny cqgipl^tod their job at 2:20 THE* BAM^^^S^AROUNAS, With a Number of Branches at Different Points. Suansnds. Charleston, 6. C.?The doors of the Hank of the Carolina*, with the home < lllce at Florence, this State, closed with notice of its temporary suspension until a meeting of the directors. The capital stock of this bank is nearly $60,000. It has brunches at Kingatrcr, Conway, Willistcn and V.arnville, this State, and several towus iu North Carolina. It is believed the bank has assets to coverall indebtedness. The stringency of the money market and the consequent inability to realise on securities held by the bank, is the cause of the...Tho iM&A&lfe a good business and successfully withstood considerable pressure at different times. Little, if any, doubt is entertained of thoApnk's paying dollar for dollar and Mr. Coffin has executed a deed of trust for nil his town lots and personal pjoperty in Florence to secure any possib'c deficiency. PALMETTO CHIPS. i Nowb and Notes From Here, There A [ Evarywehre in South Carolina. The fishing smack, Mary E. Jenkins, , foundered on the bar at Charleston Wed, nesdny. Two colored men belonging to the crew were drowned. The monument to Gen. Francis Marion, llin Ku-nmn Vnv tcna tint ??Ias1 uahj._ IMV *. ? ? ? UU ll?U illUUUKjr, ic May 23. ? The eili/.ens of'STaKon are arranging to t- build a cottou factory on the Building & 0 Loan plan. " The first crate of peaches came from Williston last week and were sold in e Charleston. While two young newspaper men from Washington, D. C., were stealing a ride ' on a freight train it was wrecked at Bam' berg and one of them killed, le b ___ Mora Treasury Removals. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Carlisle made the following appointments: To bo superintendents of construction of '* public bui^pgs: M. H. Deveraux at >f Clmrlcston^KO.; C. N. Denny st Reidsu ville, N.C. Supcriutendcnt Herman Stump, with (1 the approbation of Secretary Carlisle, has er ruled that an idiot immigrant cannot be 0 admitted to this country, e?en when so ^ companied by his parents. >n Hanged By the Saras Mob, Skyhook. Ind.?Lou Trenck, who - muracrea itenry itneaicr a ween ago last rt Sunday, was hinged at Brownstone, at 'y 2 o'clock Tuesda/ morning by a mob 110 from this place. The lynching party wai composed of the Siroo men who hanged ?* Turley at Bedford, 1 f v~ iUiV x i5U, THE CIVIL NEK VICE. Mr. Cleveland's New Reform Plans Announced. All Subordinate Fedoral Oll'iccrs to b) Separated From Politics. Washington, 1). CJ.?That uew rulings arc contemplated, preliminary to a complete reorganisation .of the working 1 force of the departments, the Treasury 1 especially, seems more than probable. J This, it is believed, is one-reason why so few dopartuientnl changes have been made. Those thU have been made nrc on a lino consistent wilh the new rules sti'.ution of some main features of the ' English system. ' For this purpose legisla'.ion will lie ' needed; and vet considerable pr gross is possible under the | resent laws. Mr. Cleveland's cxp riencc, more espccially during the last two months, has * set him thinking, and lie has thought 1 like a man disgusted with the idea of 11 public patronage in return for political 1 services. It is reported that in bis own 1 mind he has advanced considerably to- ' waid the plan of employing in the Gov ' eminent service only those who arc best qualified, regardless of political consid ' orations. The qualifications are to be ascertained by a Board not less remove ! 1 from partisan influences and cons'dera- 1 {ions than the Supreme Court. The service is to be arranged in grades, aud under the best rules known in the business 1 world, whereby fitness, moral, intellectual, aud physical, will be taken into the account; politics never. With making appoint incuts, save those I of foreign Ministers and certain high olli 1 cials nearest ta the Executive, the Piesi dent will have nothing to do; anil the ' ( . tenure will virtually he for life anil good behavior. Provision will be made for : constaut Mipei yinion of the service with : a view to keeping it up tJ the highest standard in all respects. Mr. Cleveland h is seen and thought enough,he believes,to quilify him to muke fn Pnnrvroaa wlion if mn/ifo uirnin r>v^nnii'n I 'UBwwmii'Wonk'yiii'mj ?4iwnSWJ-i ' the executive brooch from wh it, fc his judgment, has become a'positive scandal and nn injury iu every light. Mr. Cleveland is convinced the time has come foi reforming altogether the practice of op pointing men to ollieo on paity grounds, and is giving his best study to the sub jeet of reforming the evil. It is understood ll?3 Prcsidc.it Ins persuaded himself that what he intends to recommend, will command tin requisite strength to put though Congress a law that will permanently reform out of existence a number of evils which,iu his judgment, threaten the welfare of the republic; and he believes the reform will shed renown on his Administration. Mr. Cleveland is considering this question with the aid of members of his Cabinet, and at the same tunc he is con as opportunity is afforded. Ocn Schurz, as I am informed, was ma !e a quaintcd with the President's purpose 011 his recent visit to the White House. On the degree of support this cularg.d civil s rvice reform may rcceivt? in advance of the meeting of Congress w 11 depend not a little Mr. Cleveland's recommendation. The opinion prevails to a considerable extent that recent experience, which has so impressed the President :iml brought him to think earnestly, will also bring favor to the proposed system from both political parties. APPROPRIATES $25,000. The Florida Senate Favors Exhibiting at Chicago. Jacksonvili.k, Fi,a. ?A. special from Tallnhassco to the Times Union anja the ( Scuatc has just passed the Marks Wor'.d Fair bill, appropriating $25,000 for maintaining exhibits in the Florida building at the exposition. The bill provides that the Governor shall appoint a commission to expend this money, provided the railroads and other corporations contribute another $25,000 in cash. The bill will probably pass the House in a few days and there is no doubt that the railroad companies will raise the requisite nmount to make the appropriation avail ib'c. FALLING THREE THOUSAND FEET. The Terrible Death of Ten Miners in o Ah off in MinViifran Houghton; Mick.?Ten timbermcn were dashed to pieces in the Red Jacket perpendicular shaft of the Caluiuet and Hecla mine. The miners were coming up in a cago to dinner and the engineer hoisted the csgo against the timbers of the shaft, when the coupling pin broke and the men and cage were dashed down over 3,000 feet to the bottom. Two Ifore Indiana Banks Gone. > Chicago.?Word has been received of OliaSAnA:AM rvf it. . /Ill* ? CI, . M uo oiiopvumuu ui me Vyin/.cns Bituc linnii ? ?t Churnbusco, Ind , capital $25,000, dex>sita $30,000, and the Citizens* lJink it Kempton, Ind. AN ATLANTA FORGERY. Henry Hill, of n Prominent Georgia Family, Missing. Atlanta, Ga.?For several days there hive been enquir es for Henry Ilill, a well known young inau about town, and his disappearance gave iisc to a great amount of gossip. It was not ki own until now that detectives are t-eurcbing for Hill and that charges of forgery have been made against liiin. Hill belongs to or.c of the most proin'neut families in Georgia, mcmbeis .ol which have been important factors ir business an 1 no'it'es. lie is a ncpvew Alatonul Hank. *i"? 18 ^d llic (Jcorgi i ltailroad, n red estate dealer, ind finally engaged in tin wholesah whiskev bu inefs. as see.retarv of wlint i?. \ own a- the Wils 11 Whiskey Company. I'lie fiiancinl troubles of this company sc. in to have lc?l to dis ovcr'es of |>i| crs, vhieh, it is chnrg <1, are forgoricr. They in-ount to i li.nit $20,0.(0 and hear the ndnrscmcnl of Mrs. J. II. Porter, wife >f President Porter, of the Merchants1 3;ink. Hill his been a friend of the [Voter family. The police arc working on theory that ic had accomplices, one bob g a worn an. IVhen he found Hi so papers were dislovcrod, Hill left and it is believed he is u Mexico. VIRGINIA HAPPENINGS. Cho Latest News Items in the Old Dominion. It is sui 1 that nearly a million bushel weet potatoes arc annually rent from Ac oinnc County, Va The who1? county is i veritable sweet potato bed. Some powers of the vegetable su.ipirt their amiliot on farms of only 10 to 15 acres. Thch'.nd book to be issued by Virginia's Commissioner of Agriculture will :oiitaiu much valuable information. W. It. Selegman, of Oceoquan, has jutt completed a raft of 8,000 twentylive foot piles to fill a Government couItoauokc College, Va., on June 6. , - * * ?^tlicf : c,se8^^1T710 TTTT At Fort MouiTrf _^^naniOei lain Hotel p operty and frauchisis w< re soKL Tliurs day for <-200,000 to John 8. THn/'j, of B dt'inore, in the i-.t rest of the bondholder*. A NOVEL LAW IN FLORIDA. Trainmen May Not Bo Out on Runs Over 13 Hours. Tallauassee. Fi.a.?A bilijh-s passed the Seuatc forbidding ruilro.nl companies to make the "runs'1 of train inn longer than 13 hours each and compelling at least eight hours to elapse between runs. It is alleged that several recent accidents were due to oliguricrs and conductors being physically exhausted from continued train work. In one instance they were on duty t .ventj-four hours without sleep or rest. Tbo bill bus luLsud mu.;li indignation am rig the railway officials \vh ) threaten, if t' e bill bojoincs a law, to sit do ve. ft. i .ii<un .'s wages a *1 redn t' e train seiv'ce. Hoko Smith's Orders. w a' u i not >n, I). C.?With a viea to relieving his otlice as far as possible from the pressure of oflicc-scek ;s, aud in the hope of obtaining more time for the transaction of publ'c busiucss, Secretary Ilokc Smith has issued a request lliat poisons, seeking appointment in the public service within the classified grade, apply to the head of tin bureau in which '.he appointment is sought. Persons seeking 11 UCIIIW lilts UIII99IIIUU arc referred to the appointment clerk o the department. If the Secretary's re quest is fuly observed, lie expects to hi nble to receive nil who may have legiti mate business with h's olliee betwecu the hours of 10 and 12 on other thau cabinet days. "Where's the BedP" There is a gentleman living in county, South Carolina, who, althougl he has been to New York and some o the other Northern cities, yet, strange a it may appear, had never seen an elevator Being called on business to Charles ton, he went to one of the principa hotels, and registering, asked the clerl for a nice room. The clerk, calling th colored porter, said, "Take this gentle man to room 15." "Yes, sah," said the porter, and wit a pompous air he picked up the valu and led the way to the elevator. Coin in he put the valiec on the floor and saic "Walk in, sab." The gentleman walked in, and lool ing around in amazement, asked "Is thi the best room you can givo me? ' 'Where the bed?" Drowned in Waubing Lake. Jacksokvii.i.k, Fi.a.?At Micanoj Miss Maggie McNUh, of Savannah, On was drowned in Waubing Lake whi (( bathing. NUMBER 21. LEFT A SOUVENIR IN CHICAGO. 8ir William Leng Has a Story to Relate of a Polite StraDger. New Yoiik.?Sir William Lcng, of the Shcllicld Telegraph, one of a large paity of English newspaper men who attended the opening of the Chicago Fair, has returned to the Fifth Avenue Hotel with thia experience: "I was standing in the lobby of the Auditorium Hotel, you know," said he, "alien a very polite gentleman, noticing some dust on uiy coat, volunteered to remove it with his handkerchief. I thanked him for his kindness, ami lie s?i.i i>. ? ? ? above water. " " I CS,' 1 IBM. " 'Where is it now?' ho ioijuiio 1. "Yes, where was it? I tuppose that very gentlemanly man wanted it for a souvenir. There seemed to b?a rage for s uvenirs in Chicago." China Will Retaliate. New York.?The Kcv. Dr. J. 8. Baldwin, for twenty-two years Methodist nissionary in Chili, and for nearly a juarter of a century secretary of the nissionary hoard of the Methodist Epis:opal Church, which has largo moneyed ntcrest in China, said that he had pustire information from dignit-uios of the Chinese Government and from his own Chinese missionaries that if the Chines:* exclusion Act is carried in'o effect and /hincsc arc shipped from this You n try to )hinn, deported simply because they a c terc without taking out certificate, that Americans in China will be likewise de orted from that country to the United Itntcs. ^ jj| t.ooo/a of woman's buil1ung. jml* Vicws the -great Columbian E x pos i t i > >ojnp at Chicago. v '!" ' A Gonorotu Cat. A member of the Zoological Society Fays: "I once had a cat which always sat up to the dinner table with nir, and had liia napkin round his neck and Ilia plate and Home lish. He used Li* paw, of course, but he was very par* ticuh.r and behaved with extraordinary decorum. When he had finish ;d his ti?h 1 sometimes gave him a piece of mine. One day ho was not to bo found when the dinner bell rang, so we began without him. .lust n? tho plates were put round puss c&rnu rushiug upstairs and sprang into Lit* chair, with two mice in hie month. Before ho could be stopped lie dropped a mouse on bis own piato and then one on mine. He bad di* viiled bis dinner with me, as I had often divided mine with him."?i-.on* don Answers, _ Reward for His Heroism. Washington, I). C.?Secretary Carlisle has awarded a silver life-saving medal of honor to Benjamin Hewlett, of Wilmington, N. C., for rescuing two girls from drowning on the 8th of August, 18112, on Wrightsvillc Sound, N. ' C. Ilowlctt displayed exceptional courage, taking both girls at the same time C from the channel, where the water was } twelve feet deep. Suicide and Failure. Savannah, Oa.?Dispatches from Brunswick, Gn., state that the First National Bank and the Oglcthrnpe National t Bank, of that city, closed their doors, and that M. Uiinan, president of the lat ter, committed suicide, incsc banks have been looked upon as shaky for somo time, and their fai'ure caused no surprise. f Southern Appointments. , Washington, 1). C.?The President Wednesday made the following appointments: Robert T. Ilough, of Ohio, so\ licitor of internal revenue; William E. ^ Ardrey. of North Carolina, atsayer and ? melt', r of the assay office of the United States at Charlotte, N. C This pays $3,000 a year and residence. h Tillman Commutes a Death Sentence. ' Columbia, S. C.?Governor TiUmnn S commuted the sentence of Levell, the Cbar;eston wife murderer, to imprisonment for life. A commission appointed to pa?s upon his sanity having disagreed, ' the Governor gave the prisoner the bene' fit of tho doubt. A Virginia Fire. Richmond, Va.?A special from West >y Point says that fire Monday threatened , the destruction of the town. Garrett le I ftotel and tbe residence of Maj. Hughe*, I Mr. Burke and others were burned.