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jjfc&:- *? ^^BBKitf ^'' i V' __-LIJ" ., -=tsi?a^?HBB^Ml^^a^'^^^- JM *?"?*- rr I J.ff.irtj.^ I I ^ II VOL. VXXL?NEW SERIES. UNION G. II., SOUTH CARajJH|WWHHBHBBBTO ' 1 ' ~?_ --Li-LI I 'L ? There are ten Chinamen in this ( country to every American in China? the figures are eleven hundred against one hundred and ten thousand. Switzerland is veritably the land "flowing with milk and honey, and rattle upon a th?n?nd hills." Great attention is paid to apiaries; the honey is famed for its aroma and delicacy; though some tourists are disposed to doubt if that which is on every breakfast table is all the product of the little busy hymenopter. \ In spite of the fact thai emigration ast year was against the Argentine Republic, and that the country was undergoing finsuci?*l tiepresoion, the total *Hj _arcs^npib>r crop* ww 6,90^,000 ^ alius 1 acres. The onlv wools wbieb *n ' the United States from the Argentine ' aro the Cordova carpet wools from ' native sheep, shipped mostly to the j Boston mills. When General Dodds, the successful j French Commander in Dahomey, re- ( w . ceived the brevet of General dnring c f the recent campaign he was unable, i says a Paris correspondent, to procure t there the four silver stars which, ^ stitched on the uniform, aro a sign of 1 that rank. It was suggcstod to make u them with silver coins. As the only ^ ones that could bo found were English P shillings, tho stars boro tho head of ' Queen Victoria, the General's original b sovereign. P Rays OAce A Week: "Tho year 18111 n aras one of tho worst years ever known b - u fix the iron and steel industries of li ? Great Britain. Attention will be di- e< .rccted at once to tho building of rail- c? f } firoads in India and to tho development tl Itflf til A fADAll vn.ic *\9 a -wx ^?vuvu4vuii vi lunt wuniry. xi is in order now for us to devote all our a< energies to fthe development of our in ne^T States and Territories, and to oultivating closer commercial relations 8* with South America. The develop- BU ment of India, forced at last upon D Great Britain as a commercial and in- ^ dustrial necessity, will mean a slior Old World market for us." ^ In belbre a Congressional Commission, ^ send $20,000,000 a year back to Italy m for the support of their relatives, or tc pay their passage to this country. cq "For all this," observes the New York ^ Independent, "they havo paid an amJ pie equivalent in work which has eu- jjf riched the country more than tha money they send impoverishes it, nol w to speak of what they earn and speml cj. here. And it must be remembered ^i that a considerable part of what they l< send comes back ugain; and greatly tb increased in value, iu the person ol H , other immigrants, even if wo put the K ' valuo of freo men no higher than tha CI old valuation of slaves." Ci ?* tfc A Belgium newspaper correspondent ar finds that thero aro twenty per cent, th more voters in proportion to the popu- w lation in Franco than thore aro in tho United States. His figures are: France?Ono voter in overy 3.00 of m ? population. Qroeco?One voter in al every 4.30 of population. United P' States?Ono voter in about 4.50 of ftl population. Germany?Ono voter in 113 every 4:87 of population. Great Bf Britain?Ono voter in every 6.13 of ^ ^^gx>pulation. Italy?Ono voter in every ^ "jnkG7 of population. Holland?Ono vjkor in every 15.02 of population. ]S?>rway?Ono voter in overy 15.57 of ' population. Sweden?Ono voter in ii every 16.60 of population. Hungary d ?One voter in about eighteen of popu- p hUion. Belgium?One voter in overy b M. 20 of population. ? . \ A timbor expert makes tho interesting statement that the spruce lands oi e Maine aro to-day worth mere than c were the pine lunds of fifty years ago, ^ mainly because of the development ol the pulp business. Ho estimates the value of wild lands at $20 per acre, reckoning only eighty-ftvo cords to an 1 aero. Thore are nearly 9,500,000 acrei < of wild land in Maine, and assuming 1 that only a quarter of this is covered with merchantable growth, the total ' valuation would bo something likA 1 s $47,000,000. Home idea of tho irn- ' mouse extent of wild lauds in Maine may bo gainod from tho statement thai thoy would make a State twico as largo ' as Massachusetts, twico as largo as Now Hampshire and Vermont combined, and thirteen times as largo as Rhode , Island. In Aroostook County alone there are nearly 8,000,000 acres, while in Piscataquis, an adjoining county, thero aro over 2,000,000; in Washington, another adjoining county, over 500,000; in Somerset nearly 2,000,000, "\L and in Hancock about 400,000 acres. I Penobscot tho most tliickty settled { county in eastern Maine has over 800,000 acres. PRINCESS MAY MARRIED 8he Becomes Duchess of York an4 Royal Heir Apparent An Imqisnaa Assamblay Witnessed tfeb Royal Frocecaion to thsOhspel Royal in St F&lacc. Los don, Cablegram.?The marriage ol the Dnke of York, Prince George ol Wales, and Princess Victoria Mary, of Teck, the event to which all England baa been looking forward with deep interest, took placo in tho Chapel Royal, St. Jani's' Palace. The wedding was a brilliant function and was attended by a large gathering of the nieml>?'? of the D.iiVa royai family, continental sovereigns or their repaad highest nobility: The weather t^aa b??u tiful, ?ud tf there is any truth in the old proverb: "Happy is the brido whom the sun shines on," the Duchess of York will be exceedingly happy, for a more iplcndid day bas s ldom been seen in r -i ? jWUUUO The occ s'ou win one of national rooming nnd n partial British holiday. 3rcnt crowds of people gathered, many leep, a'ong the line of route from Buclcnghnm PalaC". up Constitution Hill, hroug'i Picadilly, St. James stroet and Inrlborough Gate to the garden enrnocc to St. Jnmes Palace, which is sitatcd on the u >rth side of the Mall. The ccorations along tho line of the royal iroc-ssion were piofuse nnd beautiful, 'ho roadway was kept open by the ousc troops in their glittering uniforms, y detachments drawn from military deots, by the Metropolitan Voluutcers nd mi lit in, by Middlesex yeomanry nnd y the police. Tho scone wns full of fe aud movement and the ceremony :lipsad in pomp nnd splendor any re3nt S'ate ceremonial in connection with ic British court. The royal party left Buckingham Pal:e iu four processions, tho first convev ig the members of tbc household aud istingui-hed guests; the next procesou included the Duke of York and bis ipporters, the Prince of Wales and the ukc of E linburg; the bride came in ie third procession, accompanied bj :r fnthcr, the Duke of Teck, and her other, Prince Adolphus of Teck; the st procession was that of the Queen, lia WB?jmmnnuni?l bv .ok. Her younger sons and the GraVa uke of ftess drove in State to the cercouial. Each procession was accommied by a Life Guards escort, and, in Idition to this, the Queen had an es irt of native Indian and Australasian >rsc. Her Majesty rode in a handsome a?s coach used at the opening of Pariroent and on other special occasions. The marriage ceremony was opened ith a procession of the clergy into the inpel. This consisted of the Archshop of Canterbury, the Bishop of ondon, the Denn of the Chapel Royal, lc sub Dtan, the Bishop of Rochester, on. and Rev. E. Garr-Glyn, Vicar of ensington; Canon Ilarvcy, Domestic baplain to the Prince nf Wales, and anon Dalton, Honorable Chaplain to ie Duke of York. Handel's march and i occasional overture was played by ie organist as tho procession came forard. While the Archbishop and clergy were iking their places, the music of the arch iu "Scipio" came from tho organ id immediately the front of the second roeetninn including the royal family id the royal guests, came in sight. The icmbers of it were conducted to their * _ it A !RI? *?.? IS'.'V CIliriHU, As the Queen's procession, which inluded the Dutchess of Teck and the rand Duke of Hesse, walked up the isle, Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Imporial larch" was played. A march composed 1 "G," composed by Smart, was played uriug the progress of the bridegroom's rocession to communion, and as the ride and her supporters passed up the isle to tho altar the organist played Vagncr's march from ''Lohengrin." The Archbishop of Canterbury, assistd by the other clergy, performed the erpmnny( the bride being given away by ter father. Latest in North Carolina. The Wilmington und Weldon Railroad las decided not to pay its regular July lividend because of having to pay heavy jack taxes to the Stato. Trains are expected to run betweon Wilmington and Newborn on the Wilmington, Newborn A Norfolk Railroad [nearly completed) in August. The Fayetteville Gazette says that "Holly" Qillespie, colored, was taken from his house near Hope Mills by some white and colored men recently and *iven a thrashing for having "blown" on a certain "gall-berry still" in that neighborhood. Warrants havo been sworn out for several of the offenders. A Town Sergeant Shop. A special from Keysville, Va., says Town Sergeant V. S. Almond, while at tempting to arrest a negro burglar wai shot through the shoulder. Tho negrr then escaped to the woods and is beinj I pursued with dogs. If caught he wil I doubtless bo lynched, ' tnrit tm , At the World's C THE NEWS IN BRIEF. The Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Hire. Rioting hss been going on in ?h* Litis quarter of Paris sol many students and clerks have been killed and wounded. i. Bsaitiua U? WWBj 1CL<FTWWFpB*E * tss own home. At Blowing Green, Ky., Saturday last, after one of the most exciting elections in the history of that city, the "drys" won by a majority of twenty-eight votes, and for tho next three joars local option will prevail. Throughout the day prayer-meetings were held, women stood around the polls, and the church belis were rung. The report just presented to Goveraor Carr, of North Carolina, by tho State's geologist shows that the work of the survey is being pushed actively in several different sections of that State. One party is examining the clays of Ilarnett and the headstones of Moore, R:chmond I 1 nud Anson. Another is examining the geology of tho Great Smoky Mountains. Another is studying the serpentine rocks and associcted minerals inMacon, Jackson and other counties. Tho forester of the survoy is examining (ho timber interests in the Black Mountain region. Jos B. Marshall, a prominent citizen of Richmond, Va , committed suie'do at bis residence Thursday night. lie was found dead in his parlor with a?pistol in his hand uiid a bullet hole in his head. He had been ill for some time past. The 17-ycar locust made their appearance iu Surry county, N. C., Sunday, July 2. These are the first that are heard ol in this section. J. S. ArmB^ong, of Culpepper, Va., is in Wilmington, N. C., for the purpose of organizing another bank. Ho is experienced in the business. Ho will take $50,000 stock if the people of the community will take the same amount. ^Tj^pftmiciana now sav that Secretary New York as povcfuiT?!^^^iFHntt:nr?^ sor. It is highly probable that President Harrison will become a permanent resident of California. It is now very well understood that if he is pleased with ths surroundings at Lcland Stanford, Jr., University when ho delivers his series of law lectures there next fall that he will havo tho opportunity of becomiug the president of that institution at a big salary. John Wannamaker was so much pleased with Washington that he is now thiuking of making it his winter home. He is seriously contemplating tne opening of a large store there and 1 iuo agoDIS IIow at I work trying to secure tho necessary lot of ~ A /A. 4V.At 1>A gruuuu lur uig uuiiviiu^ lum uc nauto tu erect. Dr. J. A. Hodges, of Wilmington. N. C., has been elected to the choir of anatomy in tho College of Physicians And Burgeons, of Ilichinond, Vo., and has accepted. The Knoxville, Tcn?., street car lino is in the hands of a receiver who announced Monday that no negroes would be allowed to ride on the cars yesterday, tho 4th of July. The negroes announced their purpose to ride and a clash was xpectcd. HUNG AN INNOCENT MAN. Suffered Death for a Murder That YTaa Never Committed. Fatettbvillb, Ark.?Saturday's developments hare rendered sensational a supposed murder case that has long been disposed of by the hanging of an in nocent man. In 1800 George Watkins, with a comely young wife, moved from Kansas to* county adjoining this and settled on the homestead of Andy Hedgepeth, a wealthy planter. Watkins soon became nware , of unholy relations between Hedgepeth and Mrs. Watkins, The two men went to market in Hedgepcth's wacron. Hedcreneth returned alone. The ""o o * 6udden absence of Watkins excited sus> picion and Hedgepeth and tho woman were arrested The woman, at the trial, stated that she and Hedgepeth had agreed to kill hei husband, but denied any knowledge ol the murder. The evidence was circum stantial, but in a strong and unbrokci chain. The case was carried to tho Su prcine Court, reversed, and at the seconc trial Iledgcpath was again convicted anc hanged. It is learned by Hcdgepath' counsel that Watkins is living in his ol< home in Kansas, where ho has been al the time since his disappearance. Fatal Fall From a Car. ? Richmond, Va.?H. Lee Harnett > about 20 years of age, fell from a car am J was killed, while the car was crossing I trestle about sixty f?et high on the Seve Pines electric line. # 1 COUDt^'.Va-' U*|^Fotld> Psir ??d J - waaaiil^jp ^ ?> the rcvcroad gssileman came upon the ha handsome whUky exhibit made by Sir John Powers, of Dublin, Ireland. Suddenly he raited a heavy hickory cane he* Ra was carrying and smashed away at the Its ; bottles arranged in the form of a famous am round tower of Ireland. Three times he coi ' smote the exhibit, bringing down about twenty bottles and shilling the liquor on ( tho floor of the building. Then he was Ra seized by the guards and the club of wrenched from his hand. A patrol wa wagon was summoned and the clergyman An given a ride to the patrol barn, where he thr admitted smashing the exhibit. He was am kept a prisoner whilo a warrant was being produced, acd be meanwhile wrote ( out a long statement of '"Why I struck pre the whisky power,"- saying that it was tbii because Jehovah told him, and ho did,.i^ .on tku Fourth of July as an appropria'e day. C Chicago, Ili. ?Rev. John T. James, poi of Virginia, who smashed tho whisky Om exhibit of Sir John Powers in tho Agri- Thi cultural Ruildiug on the Fourth of July, of t got off easily in Justice Porter's c-jurt. The prisoner refused to make any state- / mcnt und acted so queerly that the fail justice allowed tho charge of malicious six mischief to be changed to disorderly mar conduct. He then fined the reverend Stal vandal $25. Mr. James declared he betl would go to jail and pose as a martyr for cou the demon, drink. Then the judgo remitted the fine. q Ran Ran ty old i/utca pindmilt^. pro Atthe World's Columbian Exposition, lool r-j? ? '* . loot The .Parting W?? AuOcttOuate. _ cen Chanston's N. Y.?Mm. Jefferson Davis, her maid and Afiss Winnie Davis*' ,, departed from Cranston's Mouday morn. jug over llie New York Central. They . jjo direct to Nnrrngutfoft Pi?r, n. I., Jj.jjj where they will remain during the season. rcg^ AH the guests of the hotel, including Mrs. Grant, took their leave of Mrs. Davis Inst night. Tlie parting between Mis. Grant and Miss Drvis was very affectiountc indeed. Mrs. Davis and p?rty? ,n company with Mis* Marv D. Pel!, drove to West jj j Point and witnessed the parade last cvcniug. After their (return to the hotel Mrs. Dnvis remained In the large pnrlsr U during the entire evening and sat con- C"'1 versing wiih Mrs. Gfint most of the ' time. c'ir 1 lior Carried Offjto Sea. C,\r' Savannah, Ga.?'Ihe Austrian bark 'L" Sirena, Cnpt. Marteulub, has been libel- !? ' lod fnr f5,000 b,, R Wl,..t this city, who seeks to recover that f amount for being shanghaied. Last De- t cember, while drinkitg, Whoat fell in ^ with a runner, who car iud him r.S to the j Sirena and shipped hinr under the name of a negro who had deserted. When Wheat came to his scns;s the bark was at (j sea on the way to Trieste. There he laid his case before an Ameiican Consul, who ^ sent him to Genoa, the Consul there ^ sending him home. The Sirena reached K this port a few days ago, and Wheat will endeavor to k'.cp her here some time. ?? 1 1 The Register of the Treasury. Washington, D. C.?lames F. Til^ lman, of Tennessee, the new Register of en ' the Treasury, is not well known to the w ' public, but he is de cribed by nn esteem- bi " cd Virginia contcmpoiary as "a gentle- al ' man of much ability, finosjcial qualities, hi ' and handsome personal appearance, who fr * has been or?!r?>n?,n"y identified with m * 'this Nattomnl Farmers' Alliance." It <1 ' seems tlmt Register Tilhnfm is a manager ^ and an owner of the National Eronomitt, the national organ of the National Farm- ^ crs' Alliance and Industrial Union. c " p J The Oold Reserve Increasing. B a Washington, D. C.?The Trcasnry g n gold bns incrcas d #700,000, standing ^ now at #96,978,043. j ABfti Mtd Merchants Ounot Kt W^lXbir Position Until Oongr** *^jjtlievea the Situation. ^ KAKrVtJaNK failure. Katt?Two Kuum baa ire closed th<xir do.>rs. The failure county bank, at Card ity, was not unexpected, as the b* ix fOraome time been in bad oonditio tit bank of Leroj, Ceffoj county, w ? clcscd ? a puqkt fiovlijd bank fails. ssuspended. county money in a kaii.ri> bank. WoHTniNOTON, Minn.?Nobles Coun nk closed its doors Thursday moroin i owner, Peter Thomas, has made i lignment. Several thousand dollars ante mnnev nr?? ? ? ? ? * J ?1' v? a 8avinu8 hank collat8rs. Om ah a, Neh.?The American Savinj nk suspended Thursday with deposi 153,000 and assets of |250,000. s involved in the embarrassment of tl icrican Lorn and Trust Compan; ough the lattcr's enterprise, the Omtl i South Texas Land Compnuy. a speculator kail.h. )ttumwa, Ia ?A. C. Leighton, imincut capitalist nud speculator ( ) city has assigned. . IIis liabilities ni aft fl MO, (TOO ; iUSefs $890,000. A TEX AH LAND COMPANY A8HION8. lAi.VEirroN, Tex.?Judge llryan ap nted II. E. McGregor rcceivor of th aha & South Texas Land Companj 3 liabilities are 100,000. Noschedul i?scts was filed. this is oh4.tifyino in analysis of the Statistics of busines urea of the United States for the pas months by the Ghnttanooga Trade i discloses the fact that the Southcri tea have withstood the financial crisi :er than any other section of th ntry. distress OUT west. 'OPEKA. Kan.?The Findlnv C!r?nnti k, of Gardeu, Kan., has failed. Stat k Commissioner Breitdenthal is ther stigating. iricam malwmib daks bttspend8 wmimfiit i ft?li placed by the bank officers at $1,250. , and the liabilities at $035,000. O I. Baxter, one of the wcaltbics i in the State, is president. It is bo ed that the bank will be able to rc ic business shortly, because its asset in good shape. There is no excite it among the depositors of the othe: ks. a 15a1) failure. >envek, Col.?The failure of tin iTce County Bank Tit Salida Saturda; res to have been a bad one, and i cs as though the institution had beei ;ed. Liabilities, $80,000, and thi uinc assets only $8,000. a noutii carolina bank. winston, N. C.?The Frst Nations ' morning. It is believed that th k will be reorganized and that it wil luie business within a month. SWEPT BROADWAY CLEAN. done Like Doings of u New Tori cnhln rnr. ?"k\v York ? A cd>!c car became uo ingcnhle on Itrradway in front of Ci! 1 park, and started on a rampage to d the Mattery. The motorman wt ible to release the giip, and, under th airastancce, the brake became useles! n front of the postoflico the runawa cr>thcd in the rear platform of se car ahead. The driver of the hore , with commcudablo presence of mine icd his horses to one sido just in tiin tavc them from being run down. Bot cd with slight injuries, jtill the cars rushed on, plowio ough trucks and knocking dow ses. In front, of St. Paul's chord d there was a block 011 JJroadway,an ; drivers of trucks were unable to sa' :ir horses and wagons. ^ When the cars had cut a passai rough the block seven horees we rs do combat and about five wago dly damaged. The cars, with th< ghtcned load of passengers, wr lally stopped near the Battery. An Absconding Sheriff. Whkei.ino,W. Va.?Joseph L. Curl :-shcriiT of Brooke County, this Sta ho disappeared from his home in Wei iirg, is said to be short in his accoui rout forty thousand dollars, lie 1 smo on Monday afternoon, telling lends he was going to Zanesville, Oh id has not been seen ?innn_ if j? be oes not cover his liabilities. L Conference On the Silver Situatii Biiushrlb, Cablegram,?The Bclg overnment is reported to be aboul onvene the Latin Union 8t*tes for urpose of considering what action t hall take in view of the recent fall ilver. This will precede the reass ling of the inter-national monetary c erence. itxrKRiMKWT Statiow"' iUij5iq~i, ! la* O.?K??j season m soon as the hot dry 1 1 weather begins in earnest, the Bxperi* ment Station receivos oomplaiota of the damage cauaed to cotton plants by ft iIts small red mite which most farmeis call of ft louse. This la scientifically known as en totranychus feolarius. It is a tiue mite sk which Uses on the under surface of the ' >n. leaf covered by a white silken wob. It 1 a* inserts its beak iutu the veins of the leaf I wd tucki out the cap, causiug the leaf F to turn red or brown in spot*, producing 1 be what it often Celled "mai." The leaf J he ItHlildlj withers . *fc "olWwfth Ha pr^noo"Tradft>Vflftttlf < by the ructy appearance of the cotton I ty leavoe. ? g. Remedies: Prob.nl ly the moat satis- ' in factory >-*l0edy it to sclU nnn through of the fields with baske's or bngs and pick 1 off all rusty leaves, carry them nway f with their infesting mite* and buru 1 ;a them. As they live on tho under side of 4 ts the leaf it is difficult, to use st ray ngninst ' It them unless one has a nozzle that will ? to throw the spray upwards. Such a noz y, zle attached to a T rod is made by the i ih Field Pump Co., ofLockport, N. Y. A reliable ready prepared emulsion can bo bought of W. S. Powell A Co., Annnpo- ,E a lis Junction, Md., as cheap as auy one M if can make it. J' s The tobircao cjccoctian wdl alto da- (? stroy\hc6c mites. It is made by boiling }l tobacco stems or powder in water for w i- I half an hour st tho rate of one pound of 91 ie tobacco to three gallons water. It will P1 r. be more powerful if sulphur is used in ,r c connection. Mix five pounds of flour of 'I sulphur with ten pounds of ftcsh lime and boil together in five to ten gdlons ol s water for half au hour. Add this, boil- *' t lug hot, to twenty gallons of diluted to- 4 8 baoco decoctiou and use at oucc. In- rc a stead of boiling limo add sulphu", sul- Wl s phide of lime may be bought at the stores. w o One pound of this powder should be well 1)1 mixed with one quart of ordinary soft 411 tonp and tho whole then stirred into ,u y twenty gallons of tho hot tobacco doe coction and usod at onco. Should the o wea'her turn wet those mites will soon ^ disappear as they aro uuablu to with- tf . stand much moisture. tiro ucneuvrai in* m - sects, lady bugs, are already destroying i. tho lico, and hence it would scarcely pay p t to purchase a spraying outfit at this date. c| Gerald McCarthy, ^ Entomologist. N. C. Experiment Sta- K s tion. ^ __ w Prayer Answered While He Prayod. w r Auousta, Oa. ?Tho winds of Tliurs- so day night's storm settled a religious tv wrangle by summarily blowing down tho mi 0 house of worship where the wrangle took f place. lo t For weeks the members of the Brown1 fille Baptist Church, in the southern 6 part of tho city, have been engaged in a dispute ovor a choice of pastors. Through trials and tribulations tho Rev. White, If 1 far removed in color from his name, did ,0 ? a..:i i -? 1 ? * _u. 0 Ood stood complete, and tho church 31 1 members pronounced it good, a bright i)r mulatto theologian came to the neighbor- d hood, smiled upon tho females of the '' congregation, and announced himself a "* c candidate for pnstor. That this yellow parvenu churchman should receive any '' - favor from his flock made the Rev. * 7 White indienaut. He prayod that this (l ?- house of worship which he with his own 9 hands, had built should bo destroyed, ic thus ending forever the audacionl 0 ?. claims of his mu'atto opponent and tho ? v wrangling of his ungrateful congregation. g n Shortly before last night's storm, while g '0 the clouds were growing dark and the ? I, distant thunder rolled, the Rev: White t ic continued to pray. The fury of the blast t h increased, tbe rain fell, the flood came, j, )T- Hie Rev.' White stopped Eis petition the- r church was destroyed. There was $15,* g 000 damage. The negroes of that whole 0 n lection are terrorized over the visitation. h- " " E id rbe Amerioan Bi-Metallic League Called to Meet. Washington, D. C.?Gen. A. J. Warner, president of the Americnn Bi^C, Metalic League,issued h c ill for a national jonvention of that League to meet in gjr Dhicago August 1st to continue as long is the convention may direct. "All nembers of the league are urged to atiend, and all who are in favor of mainmSninn tlio mnnr>v nf the constitution 1111(1 ?*IUJU? VUV _ ii?, >pposed to the establishment of the sinto, jlc gold standard in the United States, lis- without regard to pirty, are invited to nts tttend and participate in the deliberaeft ions of the convention." his ,lo? Port Royal's Dry Dock. 'n~ 1'oht Koyal, S. C.?Owing to the earthquake and extremely high tides the on. coffer dam to the dry dock became wcak;ian ened and a crevasse appeared on Friday ; to nitfht, through which the river water the flowed and tilled the dock. The coffer bey dam is being rapidly repaired and | in strengthened, when the dock will be em- pumped out and woik proceeded with, on- The water in the dock can do little dam, age, as it is built to hold water. correspondent* in the South ??d Bouft- VljBg w?at upon th* ooadmpa, July 5ih, of the |jH cotton crop in ther respective leoailllss, Th??a report*, which oorer thoroughly ^JjlS the whole cotton mining Motion of the ' *. United States, makes rery disoouragiag >howtng for this year's crop of that eta- V .* ; J| pie. It is already qtizlz tU ton crop .? uotu uautj damaged by unfavorbaio ' J >scted at this season, catching tho bolatid crop in its present condition, will reduce tlio yield still further. A fow sections, as in Florida and jouisiann, seem to be excoptod from tho ate that his overtake tho cotton terri* ory generally, but they are not cxtensivo uough to make any material difference u tho crop us a wholo. IULLETS FLY and LAWYERS FLEE I Murdorer on Trial Attacked by His Victim's Husband. Tkxarkaka, Tax.?While tho exaniinig trial of 8. E. Leo for the killing of !ru. Josse 11 do, which occurred in this ty some tiuiu yfo, w* to prngrem be. f re Justicu Edwards,' Hale, the husband ' tho deceased, entered tho Court room w ith his twj little daughters and adinci'. g to where Leo was sitting in tho risoncr's dock, set his childreu down, id, drawing a 55-calibre Colt's pistol, icnrd flro on the slayer of his wife. Hale flrsd five times, the second shot ricking Leo in the thigh and makiug a ingcrous wound. Leo owes his life to large stove, behind which he took fugo. The scene in tho Court room as a wild ono, Judges, luwyors and itncFses taking refuge from the flying illels. Hale was placed under arrest id Lcc'a trial postponed to awuit the re* It of his injuries Sun Cotton Factory Blown Up! Nnwponr, It. I.?Firo broke out in io gun cotU^factory^Uh^govg^^^^jyj^^^l ^al Wuccom^r^tlwflro reached a null quantity remaining and it exploded, rnnk Laughlin atul Jeremiah Harrison, np'oyes in the factory, wore killed, aud ichael Koagan, John T. Harrington, nsign Capchart and several others, hose names have not yet been learned, ere hurt. Gipehart's injuries are not rious. All the other injured and the /o men killed are citizens, employees id residents of Newport. The gun cotton building was leveled the grouud. Boilers Explode, Silling SC. fat. Pjstkusmuku, Cablegram.?A tcr)!c disaster, resulting in luago loss of e, occur, (I on the steamer Alfens, a at i in ployed in the river trado on the itl<?t Tim tlmniii mjlti ??? _ r of pa'scnger on board, was apoacbing Komauor when tho boilers exotic 1, killing 2(1 passeugers. Among e dead is General Petrushewski. Tho plosion toro the upper part cf tho pamer to pieces, and burning coal, own fiom the furnace, set tiro to tho reck. Tuc boat burned to tho water's Ige, then sank. Colored People to Visit the Fair. The colored people of Chicago, have rgani/.cd for tho purpose of bringing 00,000 of their race, who live In the ontli, lo tuo l?ir. twelve oouineru tntt'H nre to be worked up and an opportunity to be given by the cheap rates i> visit Chicago. The Monon route and he lines covered by the Chicago and 'a' lcj?> tlUnAla l.uu I. w l? 1 *** un the tint excursion about August 20th, ud the cheap rates arc to continuo for me month. 'inds Religion, but Loses His Wife. Boston, Muss.?Because his wife left iim after he joined the Methodist church, >oth having been Catholics, Thomas F. tyan asked (Jivorce, saying: "She cleerte^ 5?o because I love my Saviour beter than I do her." His suit was dismissed. Justice Blatchford Dead. Newpoiit, It. I. ?Justice Blatchford, of the United States Supreme Court, died Friday night. He was a very able man and one of immense physical proportions. Mr. Blatchford was appointed to the Supreme Court bench from New York In 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur. ]?vu?jr Ciuoi Supouuiouuouv. Wahiiinoto.n, D. C.?Edward E.Gadsden, of Georgia, has been appointed Superintendent of the Money Order Service, Postoffice Department. A Rival for the South. Odessa, Rrssia. ?The minister of public domains lias under consideration a plan for the cultivation of one million acres of cot'on in Met v. ,