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VOL. VXXL?NEW SERIES. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROL^A, FRIDAY, JULY 7,1893. ^ NUMBER 27. ^ me fliaaria i&poca expresses the T>olief that Great Britain will ultimately cede Gibraltar to Spain if indemnified for the oost 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 the latter. In I860 Europe had 6,958,000 suldfei* and now sho has 22,248,000. Europfvxponded in 1869 #445,600,000 on its afmies, and now she expends $813, mm,iuu and the Tar ions Governments find they have not yet enough. . An ofHcial Bavarian document states that dog flesh is largely consumed by Italian workmen, thousands of whom are employed in Munich, and that the Germans themselves aro beginning to look on it with favor as an article of diet. The dogs eaten in China are fed on vegetables. The church in the United States grows in number nnd wealth. Its property has increased 921 per cont. in forty years. In 1850 it amounted to $87,000,000; in 1890 it had reached $031,000,000. To this is to be added the immense properties of Christian' institutions, such us hospitals, colleges, publishing houses nnd the like. There is no city in the United Htntee which might be called the City of ChnrcheB with moro appropriateness, declares Public Opinion, than Washington. They are not particularly. large or imposing, these Washington y churches, but there aro an immense ^ v number of them. As a matter of fact, the Capital contains nearly two hundred churches. mi_ - -a L ? ? ? " - - k xue iwRmer jonn Hancock, wDieli Was wrecked a few weeks ago, by o gale while tied up rt the wharf at Sandpoint, Alaska, has au interesting history. During the troubles between the United States and Japan the Han* cook carried the pennant of Commodore Perry, and it was in her cabin that the treaty between tho countries was signed. It appears' that during tlie ten years from 1881 to 1891 the population of India increased from 253,000,000 to 287,000,000. The enumeration of t racts previously neglected and the addition of Upper Burmak to British territory accounts for nearly 6,000,000 of the increase, but the actual population of the area enumerated iu both years shows an increase of over 27,000,000, or about eleven per cent. Shot offsets have been introduced in hosiery as well as into all fabrics for feminine attire, and may be found to match or contrast harmoniously with the gowns of many colors now popular. The prettiest evening stockings have lace insertions over tho top of tho foot and the instep, while some have pieces of colored baby ribbon to matoh tho drees run in and out of the lace, but the prettiest, as well as the most costly, have medallions or insertions of real lace over tho instep. It has been found in the caso ot primitive river names in the Old World that a syllable meaning water occurs once at least, and in many instanoes ^ several times, in the same name. From this, philogists have been able to trace HHt'"vubcessite conquests, as each conquer* ing tribe added its own name for water ' or river to tho syllables already forraing the names of streams within tho conquered district. The same thing has happened in this oountry, as the whites have tacked the word river to many Indian names already including the word. 9 A report reoently issued by Stanford University, Palo Alta, Cat., which wai established two years ago, states thai the number of students, men and wo men, is 764. Of this number 66 are post-graduates, 600 are under-graduates and 198 pursue special courses. The proportion of men to women is | about 6 to 2, there being 637 men and 227 women oonnected with the institution. Evory State in the country is represented, 468, 40, 81, 29, 21, 18, 18, 12, 11, and 10 representing the at* tendance from California, Washington, Indiana, Oregon, New York, Illiliois, Iowa, Missouri, Nevada and Ohio respectively. The following countries also send students: Mexico, Germany, Uoumark. France, Hpain, China, Ana* , tralia, New Zealand, Japan and Hawaii. The University Library now contain* 15,000 volume*, 4700 pamphlet* and 800 periodicals. The biological laboratory at Monterey will open Jnno 5 a (or a course of six weeks. The aim V sought in the establishment of this stall tion is to supplement the work given in the regular course of instruction in the zoological, botanical and physiological departments of the University. CONGRESS IN AUGUST. President Cleveland Makes His Proc- t lamation. It is Terse and Makes the Day of Con- to vening August 7. Washington, D. C.?The President M Friday evening issued tho following proclamation: Executive Mansion, cl Waamwe.TON, I). C., June 30, 1803. ? Whereas, 1 he distrust and apprehen- N sion concerning tho tinunoial situation, which pervade all business circl.s, have c' already caused great loss and damage to ?' our people and threaten to cripplo oui tli merchants, stop the wheels of manufac- P1 tore, bring distress nnd privation to oui I" farmers and withhold from our workingmen the wago of labor, and Whereas, Tho present perilous condi t on is largely the result of 1 lie financial v< policy wh'ch the cxcculivobraucli of the government finda embodied in unwise <?i laws which irust be executed until ic- hi pca'cd by Congress. Now, therefore, I, Grove: Cleveland, >< President of the United St>Ui, in per- 2, formance of n constitutional duty, do hy this proclamation declare tliat cxtraor- fdinary occasion requires the convening pi of both houses of the Congress of the h United States at tho capitol in the City of Washington on the seventh day of d August next, at 12 trclock noon, to the t?' end that the people may be relieved >?' through legislation from prcsout and iin- d pending danger and distress. h All those entitled to act as members of tl ti c Fifty third Congress arc required to hi take notice of this proclamation and at- hi tend at the time and place above stated T Given under iny baud and the seal of II the United States, nt the City of Wash- M ington, on the thirtieth day of June, in d .the year of our Lord 1893, and of the tl i dope ndcuco of tho United States the <nchundrcdaudsevcntecn.il. tl [Signed.] tinovkr Clkvei.amu. m The proclamation was issued at 6 '' o'clock this evening. Tho President had >< I ft directions for the issuance of the 2 proc'ninniion before his departure for Gray Gables. His dttermination to call p the extra session tho first week in Au< ci gust instead of the first week in Septem- b b r, it ia understood, was only definite- f< ly arrived at at this morning's cabinet < session, after giving full weight to the numerous telegrams received from all ^ parts of tho country, urging the cause, jj Another consideration which caused tho Q| President to change his mind was foreshadowed in tho remark made by onc'of tiis cabinet officers two days ago that if ^ the President received reasonable assur- ^ uucca that there was a likelihood of the cj prompt repeal of the socalled Sherman silver purchase law, he might be disposed to call Congress together earlier than ho had announced. It is iufcrrcd from the ^ fact that the President has done so, that tj he considers that ho has obtained the as- ^ surances ho desired. Most of the cubinct have followed tho o| President's example and left the city or j are leaving for brief vacations. Those C( who remain say tho President's procla- ? mation speaks for itself and decline to discuss tho situation further.- I yibwiho Tin rui n? a roller oh At* f( At the World's Columbian Exposition. w p A STRANGE FAILURE. Sl t< A Great Paper Firm Fails With As- r< sets Over $1,000,000. Ciwcihhati, o.?Louts Buyders' Sons made an assignment to C. M. Harding,of Franklin, and George B. PHrmlcc, of Hamilton, of their four groat paper mills at Hamilton, of their real estate in Butler n county and of their great paper warehouse, with contents, in Cincinnati. r' Their asset* are over $1,000,000,05 which e over $950,000 is debts due them, cou- 1 sidored good. Their total HsbiUtes are 6 less than than $8,000,000. It is estimated h that a liquidation bj forced sale would 1 leavo them $450,000. Their assignment is due to the fact that they were unable 4 to borrow from the banks Monday the ^ rum of $7,000. It is a very old, well established firm. The Fell in Silver in London. Loudon, England.?An extraordinary 1 decline has taken place in the price of h silver in the market here. The fell is " 9 8-8 pence, making (he present price 81| *< pence. * ... v3 THE NEWS IN BRIEF. lie Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Hers. Prof A. M. Muckcnfuss, of Charlcan, S C., his been elected professor of lcmistry at Millsap College. Jackson, iss. Ho graduated at Wofford in 1880. Prof. W. II. Hsnd, suporintondont of ic Florence S C. schools, has been clcct1 principal of tho Chester graded hools. IIe is a native of Qastou county, . C., aud graduated at Chapel Hill. J.- M. Itoach has been elected tunty disp.-nscr at Columbia, 8. C. The iPovring prices for liquor ate announced lero: X ryo, $3 per gallon, 75 cents er quirt, 40 cents per pint, 30 cents lt half pint; XX rye, $3.50 per gallon, ) cents per quart, 45 cents per pint, "35 nts per half pint. Mis Stonowall Jackson is at present siting in Fnrmvillc, Va. There is n house in Salisbury, N. C., ivned by Frost, buiit by Frios, the unber of which was furnished by Sirow. II .ckburn & Willctts, truckers at Now?rn, N. C , shipped & few days ago, 500 boxes, live carloads, of cucumbers. A dispatch to the New York Tribune oin Honolulu says the adheronts of the rovisional government nro beginning to >ok to England to nnucx the islands. Senator Colquitt is a surprise and a isnppoiiitment to the Georgi\ politicians o.uc months ag > they had him dying, id now ho announces tint he is a canidste for re-c'ection. He will not havo walk over, though, for Governor Norfcu, ex Congressman Henry G. Turner iid Speaker Charles F. Crisp arc all iixious to till the scat held by him. 'here i i sonic talk of miming Secretary [okc Smith as a Cleveland candidate. Tunc of the other candidates takes any ccided stand iu rcgatd to silver, though icy all Ic.m towards free coinage. During the shiglo yeir of its existence io Youug Mens' Business L"agu?, of Umphis, Tcnn., has succeeded in sccur ig four now factories for the city, payig 300,000 yearly in wages aud adding 500 to the city's population. The grain elevator which the Chesa cake & Ohio Railroad has contemplated rcctiug at Richmond, Vu , will soon be uilt. The structure is to be 40x100 >et iu size, 108 foot high, and bo built f coriuuated iron and mineral wool. William D. McCoy,colored,of Indiana, sited States Minister to Liberia, is dead, [e is tho fourth Minister who has died i his post in Liberia during tho last 12 sars. The newly-completed Great Northern ailroad has created a sensation among s competitors in tho West by announ ng 3,000 mile tickets, good for one oar, for $75. Tho increase in attendance upon tho World's Fair is so rapid and marked that ic bureau of admissions is confident mt the duily average will soon reach the )0,000 mark. The executive committee of the board [ education of tho now Presbyterian heologicut Seminary at Louisville, Ky., included an important meeting last eek. The faculty has been completed, 10 chairs being filled with some of tho jlest men in the Southern Church. The iminary will open next fall. August 25 is colored people's day in to World's Fair calendar, 'and 250,000 fro-Amcricans are expected to pass trough the gates during tho four days [ the convention. The bronze replica of the statue of olumbua in Madrid has arrived in New ork and was privately inspected on nturdny by the Duke De Veragua, his rother and Qen. James Grant Wilson of >0 Lincoln Bank. The silver in the standard dollar, acjrding to tho price of the last purchase F bullion, is worth about 69} cents, and le legal tender quality of that coin is, icrefore, made up of less than two lirds of intrinsic value. The trustees of the State Agricultural oltege of Florida have requested the regnation of all tho members of the iculty of that institution. A complete organization is to be made. All the iculty promptly handed in their resignations, except Dr. James P. Deaf b, director of the experimental station ad professor of agriculture. He refuses > resign and will force the trustees to :move him. Dead Kan at the Throttle. CnRHTBR, Pa.?The fireman on a fast reight train on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad observed bat the eaginecr did not alack up in ouuding the curve near hare, and clambred up to tho caboose to see what the rouble was. He made the startling dieovery that Engineer Craig was dead at is post. The fireman quickly reversed be engine and brought it to a standstill a front of the Chester station. .When he traiu stopped a few miles north of lere, Craig was apparently all right. A Kentucky Bank Vails. A special frotn Ashland, Ky., says: "he Second National Bank ef this place as closid its doors. It is solvent, but ras forced to suspend because of inability > realise on good paper. Tho depositors rill get all their money. FIN ANCI AL^SITUATION. The End of Pry' Silver Coinage In India. Tori iblo Blow .to the Hopes of the BiystsUiets. Since the netfc Mm been authenticated that the Iuditt&Mivcrnment, dominated by England, ihad popped the coinago of silver at the lhd(al:piiuts, tho discussion of silver coinftgty4?fa assumed a new phaso in (he Uniy|gBt-itcs KKKKCTS OK THK1?1W8 IN WABHINOTOH. Washington, C.?When tho reports of GlndAtoiiMf-aDiiouucenient in the House of Common ami Lord Kimberly'a statement in th?|Ious*of Lords ?eribreceived tho jtintioh becaino ut once apparent. Carlisle immediately went over to the Whito House and for renrly two hours discussed the bearings of this action with tho President without rvarhing any posit've conclusion ns to the line of action to be adopted. The Conference was renewed at Woodly, the President's surburban home, later in tho evening and was protracted until far into tho night. 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 action of the United Htatcs cannot bo accurately gaged. CA niNKT DISCl'-HKB IT. Washington, I). C.?Two hours were consumed by tho cahiuen Tuesday in dis tiscing the new phrase of the silver ipiistioii and other matters demanding attention. Two conferc- ccs Monday between the President and Secretary Carlisle bimpl tied m ittcrs to some exteut. Although the diBcussion.it is said, took a wide range it ncccssar.ly brought Ivck to one important and unmis'akiibid poii t. Miat the cxoiutive had no power in the premises) Congress alone being a lu to dual with measures of relief. It vus plain to the cabinet that tho monthly jrurchaso of silvi r must be continued or u'be Congress must be convened in special h- s ion immediately. As the President had decided to call Congrcs together in tho early part of Soptcmber to oeal with the financial situation and nianift steel no intention of changing his itated purpose, tho projoct of an earlier s ssioii of Congress, it is understood, was dropped. 8? far ns the continuance of the pu chase of silver bullion under the Sherman law was concerned it was point ed 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 ffnly 0,000,000 ounces, comparatively a small amouut in view of the previous purchases; but the best way to deal with the qustiou was to wait the couiso of events for two months longer. It was generally agreed to and it was with this view dominant that the meeting adjourned.' Mrs. Grant and Mr*. Davia Wkst Point, N. Y.?Mrs. Jefferson Davis, accompanied by her maid, arrived here ou the steamboat Mary Powo'.l. She was m^t at the landing by Mr. E. Q Maiuriu, the manage of Cranston's Hotel, escorted to her carriage, and conveyed to tho hotel. Mrs. Davis war assigned to a suite of rooms on the first floor, nearly opposite those occupied by Mrs. U. S. Grant. Mrs. Grant has been ul Cranston's Hotel for several weeks. She was greatly pleased when she heard that Mrs. Davis was to visit the Point and that she was to meet her upon that historic ground. As soon as Mrs.Grant was told of Mrs. Davis' arrival she left her room and stepping out into the hall met Mrs. Davis just as she was leaving the elevator. Mrs. Grant grasped her hand and said with much fccliug: "I am very glad to sco yon." The two lidies then ianf intA Mrs TV. Vlft* unm-lmont nnrl Imsi a long talk. _ To Abolish the Hevenue Office. AbinodoN, Va.?Official notice wai received hero Thursday morning by Deputy Collector Paul ?. Haylcr that the office of internal revenue at this place is to be abolished on the 80ih instant. Owing to tho largo decrease in collect ions the department has deemed its dig continuauco proper, and in consequence the Hon. P. II. McCaull has ordered ah the stamps, with ojher Government prop erty of the office, lo his headquarters in Lynchburg. Tho patrons of this office will hereafter have do purchase revenue stamps from thoRoanokc office. Insurance Companies Withdraw from Tennessee. NA6nvn.i<a, Tenn.?The following insurance companies havo withdrawn from the 8tate because of tho law requiring them to file their charters: The American, Central, Orient, Glen Falls, New Hampshire, Continental and Georgia Home. They feared they would become liable to taxst'ou on their capital stock. Pre/erred Death to the Chain Qan?_ Atlanta, Ga ? Jack Booth, teacher of a band of music, committed suicide at Waycross M?nd iy morning by taking morphine. He had been Hoed thirtyfivo dollars for disorderly conduct, and could not pay it. Ilo killed himself rather than go to the chain gang. A New Process for Gold Extraction. One difficulty which has always been cocountcrcd is developing gold ' properties in Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama his been thnt at a little ( beneath the surface the gold bearing . orea became su'phureta, and no satiafac- j tory process for treating them to extract saiaH amounts of gold have been found. ( The suiphuret ores are in largo quantities in all of these Stftes, carrying from ten to fifty dollars or even more in gold, | the problem being, therefore, to handle - a largo quantity of meterial and eccure the sranll proportion of gold in it. Receutly A. M. Beaiu and Hugh Calhoun, with J. 8. Hamilton, of Athens. ? V Ga, have been experimenting with a , jwW process which they have patented, Ind engsgod3*ror. N. 8 Pratt, the well known chemist, of Atlanta, to examine and report upon it. Iu his report Pro- (l feasor Pratt states that the experimental '' plant was under his direction for one ' mi , 3 week. The ore used was quartz carrying a considerable quantity of pyrite. A sample showed it to contain 0 05 per cent, of gold, silver and copper, the val- ] ue being gold $32.14, silver $1.91? total < coin value of one ton ere $35 05. A trial j run yielded $12.10 gold, or 37.83 per i cent, of the total, and another run gave ] $12.40. After passing through the new t process this oro yielded $25.55 gold. | The process, it is understood, is not complicated nor expensive, and if such < results as this may be had in regular | practice it will do much toward develop- ( ing the gold prop rties in these Stages. , A Caahier Arrested. na8iivim.k, Tknn.?Will Il.Scoggins, assistant cashier of the failed Commercial | National Bank, has been arrested and ( placed under bond to appear nl the October term of the Federal Court on the chirge of being cognizant of operations j which caused tho wreck of the bank. A special session of the grand jury will be held July 20th when matters it. connection with the fai'ed bank will be cou- ( side red. . I Q I I m*m mBTATUE OF THE nEPUBMO. World's Columbian Exposition. How Georgia Truck Farms Pay. Major G. M. Ryals has a truck furrn of only 125 acres near Savannah, Ga., in Chatham county, from which ho clears between $7000 and $8000 annually. The place is considered to be one of the best managed fnruis in the South, nnd thnws what can be done with Southern land where skill and judgement are us -d in >i.? .1) r ..? <i.- ... vuiviiaiiu^ vuv; o#iu ii isi ?c?i I IkU tll~ cumbers were the bc9t crop raised on Major Ryals's land. Pota'toc s were plcnti ful, but sold at rather low prices. The cucumber crop, however, made up for tjie loss. Cabbage, beaDs, tonmtot s, beets i and carrots sold fairly well, and, while no fancy prices wero received, these crops all paid fairly well. This year potatoes have been the leading crop, and up to date Major Ryats has shipped 4150 birrels off the sixty acres he planted, lie baa shipped nearly 4000 crates of cabbage also, and about 500 to 600 crates of amarl crops, such as tomatoes, beets, peas, cucumbers, carrots and others. In all be has taken nearly 10,000 packages of truck off his place, and ho estimntcs ; that the total amount will be at le st 18,000 packages. Most of the vegetables go to Northern markets, and hi9 freight bills ' average $7500 a year. The farm is oper.U/l w_ 4UI-A? J *V aw* "J luiifcj iuru, uuuci uiivc liver* 1 ; seers, and thirty mules. Assistant Bishop of North Carolina,, Rai.rioh, N. P.?The Rev. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., rector at Charlotte, N. C., was elected on the thirty-ninth ballot Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Diocese of North Carolina. Mr. Cheshire was born in Tsrboro, N. C., in 1850, and graduated from Trinity College in 1870. He studied law I and practiced several years. He has been rector at Charlotte since 1888. The remains of a mammoth mastodon ware nnearthed bj workmen whila 1 working ina tunnel near Pomona, Cat, a short time ago. - ANOTHER TRAGEDY. r6 People Buried in a Collapsed Hotel at Fort Scott. Fonx Pcotx, Kas.?At 9:30 o'clock in he morning, without a moment's waning, tho Trcmont House, a four-story tick structure collapsed, burying nearly eventy five people in the debris. The tody of a young woman was the first re overcd. Three men were taken out soon ftcrward but their injuries were such heir deaths were expected in a few hours. The fire department and n hundred itizens aro at work among the broken imbers and arc stirred on in their efforts >f rescue by the cries and iu>uns of the rounded people underneath th i mass of lebris. The ground floor of the hotel was oc upicd by stores, many of which wcro illed with ciiatomcs. It is not known iow many people are beneath the ruins, t is believed the d.'utli list will reach vcr twenty. Southern Competition. Already the cotton spinners of New Bnglaud, alio wore pioneers in that liti<: if busirc s on this continent, aro I u 'inuiug t> feel the competition of ih Southern mills. The treasurer of the Massachusetts co ton mills at Lowell, and Whittcnton mills, at Taunton, says the Houlh is rapidly gaining on toe North in the matter of manufacturing jnterpriscs; that the condition of affair liavc so completely changed in this di rcctiou that be is absolutely diiven out >f his own S'nte and he is going .South to build mills in ord< r to hold his export radc. His gcods, he says, can be made nuch cheaper in the South on the nunc machines. Wc neither desire nor exp .et to sec the manufacturing interests of New Eng'und ruined by Siuth*.rn competition. Tin rc ii r mm 9Rough for troth. T1 e mmket of th: world is wide :nough to handle a continua'ly increasing supply of American g?.o Is. Our pros, erity is not cautingcut on the Jownlull ot ?ur Northern brethren. It is a pn'cnt fact that 1110:0 indiistiinl enerpiises h ivc lieen started in the South, chiefly m&mif during and mining, with in the last ten years than in any previ ious quarter of a century, and it is grat ifying to add that 1110-t of them liav I been paying investments. The r.cxt ten years are likely to witness similar pre gress, and even in this generation the South willcc ise to bo a purely agricultural ruction and will like her place lithe side of the Noi 111 and Eist in miniu * and manufacturing (titorprises. The our popu'aliou will rapidly increase,anc even agriculture will fed the reflex in flucncc of the gerernl prosperity. TJ eri will bo more mouths to till and as'cady market for all t> c products of the farm, garden and orcli ird. A bright day is dawning for the South, which is at prcs tut, iu the trust sense, the lavd of promise. Chained Because He Didn't Pay His> Tax. [From the Memphis Appeal - Avaliinc* e ' FijOKKNCK, Ai.a.?On one of the principal thorough fan s of the ci.y a nceiv was bound to a rock i.nd k< pt in tin broi>ing sun throughout the entire day because he had failed to pay his taxes and refu cd to work them out. A young lawyer, actuated by a kindly impulse, sent him a chair. The marshal promptly returnei the chair and gave the s.-udcr a loiind "cussing out" for interfering. Tl^it cnustd others to take sides with the vouni' lawver. and for a few moments tf o ?/ ? ? ? " exc temcnt was iutcuso. The altuir is condemned by many as barbarous. T he ucgro will be kcj>t chained in the same place until Le pajs his taxes or agrees to work them out. OUARDK ON UtTTY AT THE FAIR* World*8 Columbian Exposition. SACKED A NEWSPAPER OFFICE. It Denounced White Cap Outrage*, and Has Had to Suffer for It. New Ai.bany, Miss.?Tho otficc of the xxew a many unzeuc was uroKcn open and sacked by n mob Saturday night. All tho type was dumped into the street and destroyed and the office, furnituro smashed. The paper has ptcn very outspoken lately in its denunciation of White Cap outrages and "blind tigers." It thereby incurred the onmity of tho lawless clement. The members of the mob were masked, but several of them were recognized. The St. liouta water tower is {ho highest in the world. PEFFER TURNS STATISTICAL He Will Have a Lot of Figures About Agriculture to Present to Congress. Indianapolis, Ind. ? Senator PefTer, of Kansas, is in town. In an interview, he , said: "I inn going to all th<j?Btatc capitals in the Union gnlhciing stati ti?s ou ngricultuic to present to Congrcis when it meets in September. 1 have been through the West and North, and air now working my way eastward. After that I will attend a meeting of theSennto comniitt e, and then return to Kansas." "Will Congress meet before September?* "XSo. Washington 11 too warm a place in the summer, ami most of the members w -til<l oppose it." "What action on silver ilo \ou anticipate at the next sessionT" "The Sherman law will be repealed the first thin<j. The effect of this will he to destroy both the old pin ties ami build up u new one. The new organization is to l?c composed of the People's pnrly mostly, and it will receive ininv recruits from both of the otlur huge organizatio*,s, which a?e now closing their ca'ecrs." Wyoming s Mineral Riches. The tin of the Black Mills extends into Wyoming. The State has Home extraordinary soda deposits, some of these being actual hikebeds of soda. Copper in found all along the North Platto Biver. .Lend npjvars at least twice in large quantities in a survey of the State mid kaolin tire clay, mien, graphite, magnesia, plumbago, and sulphur are more or less abundant. Gypsum is found in almost every county, and plaster of Paris is being made of it at Bed Butt en, on the Union Pacific Builroad. Marbles?some of them very line and beautiful?arc being gathered in every county for exhibition at the World's Fair in Chicago. They are of nil colors; but tlie only white marble is found in the Sibylee region, where, by the way, is another undeveloped agricultural section of great promise. The granites of tlio State are very line, and the sandstones, which are of unlimited quantity, include beautiful varieties for building purposes und for interior decorative work. Petroleum appears in several place* _ in the State.* There are wells at Halt Creek in Johnson County. Tho Omaha Company have llowing wells at Bonanza in another part of tho county, and this oil, whose flow is stopped by the company, isa splendid ilhiminnnt. A mile away is a spring carrying oil on its surface. Near Lander, south of tho Indian reservation, are more than two dozen borings. All have flowed, and all are now eased, but there is a threc-ncru lake of leakage from them. There are signs of oil elsewhere in tho State. Gold is still being mined where it was first found, below the Indian rescrVftfinn ill tin* Snlllli pftua Tiicfnirtf Here is both lode ami placer mining, but the principal placer owner ia working the quartz. Within the past year many new mines have been opened there; and one shipper claims to bo getting from #200 to #400 a ton out of his ore. Another gold district is east of this on the Scmiuoo Mountains. Others are 011 both sides of the Medicine Bow range, southwest of Laramie City, and near the Colorado line ; in the Black Hills, in the Little Laramie Valley, in the Silver Crown District, and in the Big Horn country. The gold mining in the State is sufficiently promising to interest a great many miners and considerable capital; but the best friends and host judges of tho new State see the richest future for Uer iu tho development of her splendid Agricultural lands!'rat, wad Austin her jowl and iron fields.?Harper's Magazine. n oauie 01 uiams. A novel battlo took placo at Coving* ton, Ky., the other day. It wiw between the Chesapeake & Ohio and tho Kentucky Central Railroads for tho possession of a picco of track which both claimed. Tho Central set a force of men at work to tako up tho track. Then a Chesapeake k Ohio locomotive t was run on tho track to prevent this. Then camo a Kentucky Central locomotive and pushed the other off, and presently all tho locomotives that either side could command wero puffing and straining to push ono another olf the disputed property. Tho heaviest battalions gained tho day, and tho Kentucky Central remained in pooaeo* siou. ?Deti oit Free Press. * *.. The Sffsct on Silver in New York. Nky Yomk.?Silver certificates have droppod to 77^, commercial bar silver to 77 aud Mcxic in dollars to 60 coats. The break is due lo the suspension of purchases of silver ior India account* and the closing*of the India mints. The be- " ? yJ lief that ths.Sherman silver bill will be J repealed adds to the b arish feeling on jfl