Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JMEF^8bw^ JWW8> ?ii Qyw^wi Jfc? %)* At JDNjf ^ ^ V OL. V X XX?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAKOIJ^A, FRIDAY, JULY 7,1893. * The Madrid Epoca expresses the belief that Great Britain will ultimately cede Gibraltar to Bjmin if indemnified for the ocst of the fortifications which Great Britain has constructed there. Tho New York Mail and Express claims that it was the first to use the expression "Old Glory," as applied to the Stars and Stripes, the former appellation being not almost as common as tho latter. T? 1809 Europe hacl 0,958,000 suldici* and now she has 22,248,000. Europfvxpended iu 1809 $445,600,000 on its armies, and now she expends $813,000,( 00 nnd the various ftn.cmmon*find they have not yet enough. r An official Bavarian document states hat dog flesh is largely consumed by Italian workmen, thousands of whom are employed in Munich, and that the Germans themselves are beginning to look on it with favor as an article of diet. The dogs eaten in China are fed on vegetables. Tho church in tho United States k grows in number and wealth. Its " property has increased 1)21 per cent. in forty years. In 1850 it amounted to $87,000,000; in 1890 it had reached ^ $031,000,000. To this is to bo added tho immense properties of Christian institutions, such as hospitals, colleges, publishing houses and the like. There is no oltv in t.i??< iimtiwi sinfno - ?^ ? - ?Vs which might bo called tlio City of ChurcheH with more appropriateness, declares Public Opinion, than Washington. Tlicy arc not particularly, large or imposing, these Washington churches, but there are an immense number of them. As a matter of fact, _/ the Capital contains nearly two hundred churches. y> The steamer Jolin Hancock, which Was wrecked ft few weeks ngo, hy a galo? while tied up rt tlio wharf at Sandpoint, Alnsko, has ftu interesting history. During the troubles between . tlio United States and Japan the Hancock carried tlio pennant of Commodore Perry, and it was in her cabin that tlio treaty between tlio countries was signed. jt appears mat during the ton years from 1881 to 18'.)1 the population of India increased from 258,000,000 to 287,000,000. Tlio enumeration of tracts previously neglected and the addition of Upper Burnish to British territory accounts for nearly (5,000,000 of the increase, but the actual population of the area enumerated in both years chows an increase of over 27,000,000, or ubout cloven per cent. Shot effects have been introduced in hosiery as woll as into all fabrics for feminine attire, and may ho found to match or contrast harmoniously with tho gowns of many colors now popular. The prettiest evening stockings have lace insertions over tho top of tho foot nad tho instep, while some have pieces of colored baby ribbon to match tho dress run in and out of tho lace, but the prettiest, as well as the most cost 1 v. have medallions or insertions of real Vaco over the instep. , It has been fonnil in the coon n% primitive river names in the Old World that a syllable meaning water occurs once at least, and iti many instances \ several times, in the same namo. From this, philogista havo been able to trace A| successive conquests, as each conquerv*l *nK tribe added its own name for water yf or river to the syllables already form* / ing tho names of streams within the "> conquered district. Tho same thing has happened in this country, as the whites have tacked tho word river to many Indian names already including ^ the word. A report recently issuod by Stanford University, I'alo Alta, Cal., which was established two years ago, states thai the number of students, men and wo ^ men, is 7(51. Of this number (5(5 are post-graduates, 500 are under-graduates and 108 pursue special courses. The proportion of men to women ie about 5 to 2, there being 587 men and 227 women connected with the institution. Every State in the country in represented, 408. 40, 81, 20, 21, 18, 18, 12, 11, and 10 representing the attendance from California, Washington, Indiana, Oregon, New York, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio respectively. The following countries also send students: Mexico, Germany, Denmark. France, Spain, China, Australia, Now Zealand, Japan and Hawaii. Tho University Library now contains 15,600 volumes, 4700 pamphlets and 300 periodicals. The biological laboratory at Monterey will open June u \for a course of six weeks. The aim Bought in the establishment of thissta^ tion is to supplement tho work given in the regular course of instruction in the zoological, botanical and physiological departments of tho University. CONGRESS IN AUGUST. President Cleveland Makes His Proclamation. It is Terse and Makes the Day of Con* ening August 7. ttabo i notox, D. C.?The President Friday evening issued tho following proclamation: Exkcutivk Mansion, 7Fafl*nri;TON, I). O., June 30, 1HU3. Whereas, 1 he distrust and apprehension concerning the financial situation, which pervade all business circl s, have already caused great loss and damage to our pooplc and threaten to cripple oui rcrcliauia, eiu|i iiiu n iii'vis oi manufacture, bring distress and .privatum to out ftimers und withhold from our workingmen tho wage of labor, and Whereas, The present perilous condi t on is largely the result of the tinunciul policy wh'ch the cxecutivo brauch of the a L. is.Ji I - iniiviit iiiiiii (.iiiDUdioii ia unwise laws which must be executed until iopea'cd by Congress. Now, therefore, I, Grove r Cleveland, President of the United 8t:itet, in performance of a constitutional duty, do by this proclamation declare that extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both houses of the Congress of the United States at the capitol in the City of Washington on the seventh day of August uext, at 12 o'clock noon, to the end that the people may be relieved through legislation from present and impending danger and distress. All those entitled to act as members of tl-c Fifty third Congress arc required to take notice of this proclamation aud attend at the time and place above stated. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at the City of Washington, on the thirtieth day of June, in thcyiarofour Lord 181)11, and of the i dcp< ndeuco of the United States the i nc hundred and seventeen h. [Signed. J 0rover Clkvki,ahi?. The proclamation was issued at 6 o'clock thiscvening. The President had I ft directions for the issuance of the pioc'nmalion before his departure for Gray Gables. His determination to call the extra session the first week in August instead of the first week in Scptenib r, it is understood, was only definitely arrived at nt this morning's cabinet session, after giving full weight to the numerous telegrams received from all parts of the country, urging the cause. Another consideration which caused the President to change his mind was foreshadowed in the remark made by onc%of his cabinet officers two days ago that if the President received reasonable assurauccs that there was a likelihood of the prompt repeal of the socallcd Sherman silver purchase law, he might be disposed to call Congiess together earlier than lie had announced. It is inferred from the fact that the President has done so, that lie considers that he has obtained the as surnnces lie desired. Most of the cubiuct have followed the President's example aud left the city or nre leaving for brief vacations. Those who rcniabi say the President's proclamation speaks for itself and decline to discuss the situation further. YIEWIPUt THE FMH IH A IIOLLir.lt I ItAIII At the World's Columbian Exposition A STRANGE FAILURE. A Great Paper Firm Faila With Assets Over $1,000,000. Cincinnati, O.?Louis Suydcrs' Sons made nu assignment to C. M. Harding,of Franklin, and George It. Pnrmlcc, of Hamilton, of their four great paper mills at Hamilton, of their real estate in Itutlcr county and of their great paper warehouse, with contents, in Cincinnati. Their assets are over $ 1,000,000,of which over $250,000 is debts due them, considered good. Their total liabilites are less than than $5,000,000. It is estimated that a liiju d itioti by forced sale would leave them $150,000. Their assignment is due to the fact that they were unable to borrow from the banks Monday the rum of $7,000. Tt. is n vpry o!(l, well established linn. The Fall in Silver in London. London, Ekoland.?An extraordinary decline has taken place in the price ol silver in the market here. The fall is 2 3-8 pence, making th<> piesent pr?cc31} pence. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Lateai Happenings Condensed aod Printed Here. Prof A. II. Muckcnfuas, of Charleston, 8 0., his been elected professor of chemistry at Millsan Collog-. Jscieos, Miss. Ho graduated at Wofford in 1889. Prof. W. II. Hind, superintendent of the Florence 8 C. ochools, has been elected priucipal of tho Chester graded schools. He is a native of Gastou county, N. C., ?ud graduated at Chapel Hill. J. M. Roach has been electod county disp nser at Columbia, 8. C. The following prices for liquor ate announced there: X ryo, #3 per gallon, 75 cents per quirt, 10 cents per pint, 30 cents per hilf pint; XX rye, $3.50 per gallon, 90 cents |?er quart, 45 cents pee pint, 35 c.nts per half pint. Mis Stonewall Jackson is at present visiting in Fnnnvillc, Va. There is n house in Salisbury, N. C., owned by Frost, bui-t by Frios, the mmocr oi wmcu wasiurnisnca oy Duow. II .ckburn & Willctls, truckers at Newben*, N. C , shipped a few days ago, '2,500 boxes, five carloadi, of cucumbers. A dispatch to the New York. Tribuuc f.oiu Honolulu snys the adherents of tho provisional government nro beginning to look to England to annex the islands. Senator Colquitt is a surprise and a disappointment to the Gcorgit politicians 8o.?ic months ag? they had him dying, and now he announces tint he is a candidate for re-e'eotion. He will not have a walk ovor, though, for Governor Nortlfcu, ex Congressman Henry G. Tumor and Speaker Charles F. Crisp are all anxious to till the seat held by him. There h some talk of running Secretary Ifokc Smith as a Cleveland candidate. None of the other candidates takes any decided staud iu rcgaid to 6ilvir, though they all le.ui towards free coinage. During the single vcir of its existence the Youug Mcus' Business L'agu\ of Munphis, Tcnn., has succe. ded in securing four new factories fur the city, paying 500,000 yearly iu wages and adding 2 500 to the city's population. The grain elevator which the Chesa peftko & Ohio Railroad has contemplated erecting at Richmond, Va , will soon bo built. The structure is to be 40x100 feet iu size, 108 feet high, aud be built el corrugated iron and mineral wool. William I). McCoy,colored,of Indiana, United States Minis'cr to Liberia,is dead, lie s the fourth Minister' who has died ai 1114 post to Liiocrm uunng the last 12 years. The newly-completed Great Northern Railroad has created a sensation among its competitors in the West by anuoun cing 3,000 mile tickets, good for one year, for $75. The increase in attendance upon the World's Fair is so rapid and marked that the bureau of admissions is confident that the dai'y average will soon reach the 100,000 mark. The executive committee of the board of educution of the new Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., concluded an important meeting last week. The faculty has been completed, the chairs being tilled with some of the ablest men in the Southern Church. The seminary will open next fall. August 25 is colored people's day in the World's Fair calendar, and 250,000 Afro-Americans are expected to pass through the gates during the four d*vc of the convention. The brouze replica of the statue oi Columbus in Madrid lias arrived in New York and was privately inspected on Saturday by the Duke De Veragua, his brother and Gen. James Grant Wilson ol the Lincoln Bank. The silver in the standard dollar, according to the price of the last purchase of bullion, is worth about 63} cents, and the legal tender quality of that coin is, therefore, made up of less than two thirds of intrinsic value. The trustees of the State Agricultural College of Florida have requested the resignation of all the members of tlu faculty of that institution. A complete reorganization is to be made. Aii the faculty promptly handed in their reresignations, except Dr. James P. De pass, director of the experimental station and professor of agriculture. He refuses to resign and will force the trustees tc remove him. A Dead Man at the Throttle. Ciikstkh, Pa.?The fireman on a fas freight train on the Philadelphia, Wil ining'on ?fc Baltimore Bailroad observe! that the engineer did not slack up ii rounding the curve near here, and clamb ered up to the caboose to see what th trouble was. He made the startling dis covery that Engineer Craig was dead n his post. The fireman quickly reverse! the engine and brought it to a standstil in front of the Chester itation. Whei , the train stopped a few miles north o . here, Craig was apparently all right. A Kentucky Bank Fails. A special frrtln Ashland, Ky., says The Second National Bank of this plant has closid its doors. It is solvent, bul was forced to suspend because of inability to reabzi on good paper. The depositor! , will get all tlu ir money. FmANCU^lmJATIONr The End of Free Silver Ooiiage la Terrible Hopes of the Since the unfit|M been authenticated that the IndUjMMyarnmcnt, dominated by EDglaod, MNppped the coinage of silver at the ftdijlSniluti, the discussion of silver coinagjuBfete assumed a new phase in (he UnitflBUtcs KKPKCT8 or THlSva IN WASHINGTON. Washington, ?When the reports of Gladstyiiv&aonouncement in the aauua* ui CuiIIlM nad Lord Kiebciljl statement in thomwiibof Lords ee^fcre caino iirnSHo apparent. CailMe ImutS' intcly went over to tbe Wbito House and for r early two hours discussed the hearings of this action with tho President without ranching any posit've conclusion us to the line of action to bo adopted. The Conference was rcnewod at Woodly, the President's surburban home, later in tin evening and was protracted until far into tho uight. Iu view of this announcement at -the conference tho action of the Indian Government was not altogether a surprise to treasury officials, though what its effect may ho on the futuro uction of the United Htatcs cannot bo accurately gaged. caninkt d18cc-he8 it. W ash i no ton, I). C.?Two hours were eons tuned by tho cahinen Tuesday in dis uscing the new phrase of the silver ?p lest ion and other matters demandi?g attention. Two conferc ccs Monday between the President and Secretary Carlisle bimpl tied m ittcrs to some extent. Although the discussion,it is said, took a wide rat;go it was ncccssar.ly brought h ck to one important and unmis'akahle . poii t, Miat tho cxei utive had no power ill the premises,* Congress nlona being a le to deal with measures of relief. It a as plain to the cabinet that tho monthly |nirchaso of silvtr must be continued or e'se Congress must bo convened in L special S's ioti immediately. As the President had decided to call Congrc s ! together In the early part of September to deal with the financial situation and inuniftsted no intention of changing bis >tntcd purpose, the project of an earlier h ssioii of Congress. it is understood, was dropped. 8 > fur as the continuance of the pu chase of silver bullion under the Shtrinnii law was concerned it was point cd out that little more than two months remained before Congress would convene in extra s ssion and that during tho intervening time the silver to be purchased would be only 9,000,000 ounces, comparatively a small amount in view of the previous purchnscj; hut the brst way to deal with the qU'stiou was to wait the comsc of events for two months longer. It was generally agreed to and it was with this view dniuinaLt that the meeting adjourned. Mrs. Orant and Mrs. Davis Meet. Wkst Point, N. Y.?Mrs. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her maid, arrived here on the steamboat Mary Powell. She ( was met at the landing by Mr. E. G Maturin, the manag'-r of Cranston's Ho tel, escorted to her carriage, and convey?i.? i./*?,.i xi-u rv..,iu 1 I vu iv iiiu iivii.ii iu o, lyiif 10 ?TU1 n.v^i^uvii to a suite of roonia on the lirst floor, nearly opposite those occupied by Mrs. U. S. Grant. Mrs. Grant has been at Cranston's Hotel for several weeks. She was greatly pleased when she heard tint Mrs. Davis was to vicit the Point and that she was to meet her upon that his^ torio ground. As soon as Mrs.Graot wns told of Mrs. Davis' arrival she left her room and stipping out into the hall met Mrs. Davis just as she was leaving the elevator. Mrs. Grant grasped her hand and 6aid with much feeling: "I am very glad to see you " The two lidies then went iuto Mrs Davis' apartment ami had I a long talk. To Abolish the Revenue Office. ? A ui no don, Va?Official notice was 5 received here Thursday morning by ! Deputy Collector Paul E. Hayler that the office of internal revenue at this place is to be abolished on the 30lh instant, i Owing to the large decrease iu collect ; ions the department has deemed i<s dis > continuance proper, and in consequence the Hon. P. II. McCaull lias ordered ah the stamps, with other Government Drop erty of ihc office, lo his headquarters in Lynchburg. The patrons of this office will hereafter have to purchase revenue ) stamps from the Roanoke office. u Insurance Companies Withdraw from Tennessee. Nasiivillk, Tenn.?The following insurance companies have withdrawn from ( tho State because of the law requiring j them to file their charter1*: The Amerij can, Central, Orient, Glen Falls, New Hampshire, Continental and Georgia I Home. They feared they would become liable to tax-don on their capital stock. Preferred Death to the Chain Gang. Atlanta, Ga ?Jack Ilooth, teacher : of a band of music, committed suicide at ; Waycrosa M-md ly morning by taking t morphine. lie had hccu fined thirtyr five dollars for disorderly conduct, and ? could not pay it. If.; killed himself ruthcr than go to the chain gang. . A Viw Proem for Oold Xxtraction. Om difficulty which l>? tlwajt been eacountend it developing gold properties io Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama hu been that at a little ( b?rath the surface the m>y oreebacame su'phureU, and no satisfac ( lory process for treating them to extract aaaaH amounts of gold have been found. ( The sulphurst ores are in large quantities in all of these Stiles, carrying from ten to fifty dollars or even more in gold, ( the problem being, therefore, to handle a large quantity of meterial end secure the small proportion of gold in it. Recently A. M. Benin and Hugh Catiivuu, aiib J. o. Hamilton, of Athens. Ga, have been expeiimcnting with o 1 . -wW process.which they hayo pateuted, 1 i *??* eegVgedT^fd! J H. 8 P**U, the well known ehcmht, of Atlanta, to exaiuinf ' and report upon it. In his report Pro- ' feasor Pratt states that the experimental ' plant was under his direction for one wees. i nc ore usea wu quartx carrying a considerable quantity of pyrite. A sample showed it to contain 0 95 pur cent, of gold, silver and capper, the value being gold $32 14, silver ft.91 ?total coin value of one ton trc $35 05. A trial run yielded $12.10 gold, or 37.83 per cent, of the total, nud another run gave $12.40. After passing through the new process this ore yielded $25.55 gold. The process, it is understood, is not complicated nor expensivo, nud if such results as thin may lie had in regular practice it will do much toward developing the gold prop rties in these Status. A Cashier Arrested. Nariiviixk, Tknn.?Will ll.Scoggins, assistant cashier of the fnilcd Commercial National Bank, has been arrested and placed nndcr bond to appear nl the October term of the Federal Court on tho chirge of being cognizant of operations which caused the wreck of the bank. A special session of the grand jury will be held July 20th when matters it. connection with the fai'cd bnuk will bo considered. fl $$ il ^fcfim*??V?#,*M,p "* "m%'%' ^ M STATUE OF THE BBPl'TMC. World's f'nliiinbisR Exposition. How Georgia Truck Farms Fay. Major 0. M. Ryals has a truck farm of only 125 acres near Bavituunli, Ga., in Chatham county, from which ho clears between $7000 and $8000 annually. The place is considered to be vine of the best managed farms in the South, and thows what can be done with Southern land where skill and judgement arc us d in rillt il/ul inrr flio a tl' T mf t an* ?!?*% /in cumbers were the best crop raised on Major Ryals's land. Potn'tot a were plcnti ful, but sold at rather low price*-. The cucumber crop, however, made up for the loss. Cabbage, beans, tomato* s# beets ! and carrots sold fairly well, nnd, while no fancy prices were received, these crops ail paid fairly well. This year potatoes have been tho leading crop, and up to date Major Hyals has shipped 4150 birrels off the sixty acres he planted, lie haa shipped nearly 4000 crates of cabbage also, and about 500 to 000 cratis of smarl crops, such as tomatoes, beets, peas, cucumbers, carrots and others. In all lie has taken nearly 10,000 packages of truck oil bis place, and he estimates that the total amount will be nt le st ld,000 packages. Most of the vegetables go I..!. ,1 i.t. r i.:ii """uhu iiiuiaciiit uuu ins iivigiu unis average $7500 a year. The farm is operated by thirty men, under tbrco overseers, and thirty mules. Assistant Bishop of North Carolina, Ralkioii, N. V.?The Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., rector at Chnrlottc, N. C., was elected on the thirty-ninth ballot Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church lor the Diocese of North Carolina. Mi. Cumuire was hoi u iu Tarboro, N. C., in 1850, and graduated from Trinity College in 1870. He studied law and practiced several years. He has been rector at Charlotte since 1883. The remainsof a mammoth mastodon Were nnoarthed by workman while working in a tunnel near Pomona, CaL, ? short time ago. ANOTHER TRAGEDY. 75 People Buried in t Collapsed Hotel at Fort Scott. Fort Scott, Kai.?At 8:30 o'clock iu ho morning, without i moment's warn, ng, th) Tromont House, a four-story xick structure collapsed, burying nearly leventy Are pooplo in tho debris. The xhIj of a young woman was th-) first re :ovored. Three men wore taken out soon ifterward but their injuries were such .heir deaths ware expected in a few hours. Tho fire department and a hundred :itisens are at work among tho broken imbera and are stirred on iu their efforts ? iwCuu uji iiio crisn nuu man* ol the wounded people underneath th) mas* of lebris. The ground flo^r of the hotel was occupied by stores, many of whiab were llled with custoino's. Tt Is uot known low many people are beneath the ruins, [t is believed the d.-atli list will reach >vrr twenty. Southern Competition. Already the cotton spinners of Now England, who wore pioneers in that Inn; nf Ituoion u At* il%ln * * ' x?s imioh'v a VVI ium vvimuviil, UIU I v: ginning 11 feel the comjn titiuu of ?li Southern mill*. The trrnauror of the | MasFnchmct's co ton mill*, nt. Lowell, nml Whiitonton mills, nt Taunton, says the South ia rapidly quitting on the Noith in the matter of manufacturing enterprises; that the condition of iilTaii Imve bo completely changed in this di lection that he is absolutely tliivcu out of his own 8'nte and he is going South to build mills in ord< r to hold his export trade. His grotls, ho Bays, can be made much cheaper lu the South on the t ume machines. We ne ither desire nor exp et to aec the manufacturing interests of New Kng'and mined by Siiithcru competition. Tlnre is room enough for both. Tl o (unrket of th-j world is wide enough to handle a eontinua'ly itier.'hsing supply of American g< o Is. Our pros, erity is not cnntiiigcut on the downfall of our Northern brethren. It is a pa'cut fact that luoiu iiidustiial eucrpiises hive lieeu started in the South, chlctly manuf during and mining, with in the last ten years than in any previ ions quarter of a century, nnd it is grat ifying to add thot mod of them hav been paying investments. The r.cxt ten years are likely to witness similar pro grew, and even in this generation the South will cc ino to bo a purely agricultural lection and will like her place b* the side of the Not th and 10ist in mlnin nnd manufacturing ?nlerprises. The our popu'itliou will rapidly increase,anc even in; r leu 11 lire will feci the reflex in ilucncc of the general prosperity. Ti er; will ho more moil (ha to lill mill a s'eady market for all l> c products of the farm, garden and orch ird. A bright d.iy it* dawning for the South, which is at prcs cut, in the trust tense, the lir.d of prom ire. Chained Because Ho Didn't Puy Hit> Tax. |From the Mcmphiw Appeal Avalanc* e 1 Fi.ohknck, Ai,a. ? On one of the principal thoroughfares of the ci.y a nor re was hound to a rock Mid ki pi in tin hroidng Ron throughout the entire day because he had failed to pay It's taxes and rcfu ed to work thcin out. A young lawyer, actuated by a kindly impulse, sent him a chair. The marshal | rouiptly resume! the chair and gave i!?? ? udur a lound "cussing out" for interfering. That caused others to take Hides with the young lawyer, and for a few moments exc teinent was iutensa. The utlair is condemned by many as barbarous. 'I he mgro will he kcjit chained iu the same place until Lcpajs his taxes or agrees to work them out. V OUAKDS ON OUT* AT THE FAIR. World's Columbian Exposition. SACKED A NEVVox'Ai'EK UJKJflCE. It Denounced White Cap Outrages, and Has Had to Suffer for It. New Ai.hany, Miss.?The office of the New Albany Gazette was broken open and sacked by a mob Saturday night. All tho type was dumped into the street and destroyed and the office furniture smashed. The paper !m? beeu very outspoken lately in its denunciation of White Cap outrages and "blind tigers." It thereby incurred the enmity of tho lawless clement. The members of the mob were masked, but several of them were recognized. Tho St. Txmis water towor is tho highest in tho world. Wl ?. - ><m? r"'*' PEFFER TURNS STATISTIC AN. He Will Have a Lot of Figure# JLbeut Agriculture to Present to Congress. Indianaroi.it*. Ind.?Senator e! \\?Kansas, U in town. In an intorvlow, he v slid: "I ara going to ell tWStato capitals in the Union gnthciiug stati ti<a on agriculture to present to Congrcra when it mcc'a in Bep'.cmbcr. 1 have bcou through tlio West and North, end air uow working tny way eastward. After that I will attend a inci ting of the Senate conunitt o, and then return te Kansas." "Will Congress meet before Scptcm. ; brr?? : "No. Washington is too wartn a place in the summer, and moat of the members w.-uld oppose it." "Tlio Sherman law will be repealed the first thing. The effect of this will tic to destroy both tlio old paitivs nuu build up a new ono. Tho new organization is to be composed of the People's iinrly mostly, and it will rcccivo umiy lacruits from botli of tho ollur huge orgnui/.atio-'H, whieli n?o now closing their co' ccra." Wyoming s Mineral Richos. The tin of the Black 11 if Ik extend* into Wyoming. The Slate haw n?>mo extraordinary soda deposits, some of those being act mil lakolieds of soda. (.Nipper ia found all along 11>?> North Platte lliver. Loud ap]fcars at leaat twice in large ipiantitiea in a survey of the State and kaolin tiro clay, mica, graphite, magnesia, plumbago, and aulpluir are more or leaa alnindant. Oypanm ia found in almost every county, and plaster of Paris is being made of it at lted lluttes, on (lie Union Pacific ltailroad. Marbles ?some of thcni very fine and beautiful?are being gathered in every county for exhibition at the World's Fair in Chicago. They are of all colors; but the only white marble ia found in the Hihylee region, where, by tho way, ia another undeveloped agricultural section of great promise. The granites of tho State are very line, and the sandstones, which are of unlimited quantity, include beautiful varieties for building purposes mid for interior decorativa work. Petroleum appears in several placed in tho Htute.v There are wells at Halt Creek ill .Tohiison (Iniml v Tim Omulm Company huvo flowing wells at Bo* uau/.a in another part of tho county, uiul this oil, whose flow is stopped )>y tho company, is u splendid illiiiniiiant. A mile awuy is a spring carrying oil on its surface. Near Lander, south of tho Indian reservation, are more than two dozen borings. All have llowcd, and all are now cased, but there is a three-acre lake of leakage from them. There are signs of oil elsewhere in tho State. Gold is still being mined whero it was lirst found, below the Indian rescr? vation in the South I'ass District. Here iH both lode ami placer mining, but the principal placer owner is working the quartz. Within the past year many new initios have been opened there; and one shipper claims to bo getting from $200 to $100 a ton out of his ore. Another gold district is cast of this on the Mcmiiioo Mountains. Others are on both sides of tho Medicine How range, southwest of Laramio City, and near the Colorado line; in the Hlock llills, in the Little Laramio Valley, in the Silver Crown District, and in the Hig Horn country. Tho gold mining in the State is suniciently promising to interest a great muny miners and considerable capital *, but the best friends and best judges of tho new State see the richest future for tier in tho development of her splendid agricultural lands l'rst, and AQ&tin her joftl and iron fields.?Hurper'a Magu* zinc. A Battle of Giants. A novel battle took place at Coving* ton, Ky., tho other day. It was between the Chesapeake ?V Ohio and tho Kentucky Central Railroads for tho possession of a pieco of track which l)oth claimed. Tho Ccntrul act a force of men at work to tako up tho track. Then a Chesapeake & Ohio locomotive wan run on tho track to prcvont this. Then caino a Kentucky Central loco motive and punned the other off, and presently all the locomotives that either aide could command were pulling and (draining to push one another off the disputed property. The heaviest battalions f<a?PP tho day, and tho Kentucky Central remained iu jiotvten" siou. ?Detroit Free Press. The Effect on Silver in New York. Nky Yokk.?Silver certificates have dropped to 77$, commercial bar silver to 77 and Mcxic in dollars to 00 cents. The break is due to the suspension of purchases of silver tor India account* and the closing of the India mints. Tho belief lhat the Sherman silver bill will be repealed adds to the b arish feeling on , the metal.