The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 07, 1893, Image 1
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
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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. *
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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
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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.
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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