Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ V*. > f\' : V' *' ' ' '1 a -_s. 4^-y^ ^ vpSffi . | . * > wr; 1 ????????? . __ ? ?. . ~?? Jfc&" V. Deeded to ^liuwHniw, Borfieutture, Dommtie Economy, PoUtx Literamty, Politico and the Ourrent Neux oj the Day. VOL. XXIV.?NEW SERIES. UNION 0. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25,1893. NUMBER :?. * Lelftnd StAnforil UniveraMy. Coll' I mnti vnmn T*T nnmn > . ?? ?? * * "S- fornia, receives about $13,500,000 in & property and money l>y the will of the ?0 lata Senator BtAnforil, who bnilt the jjHf-,'.' Institution in memory of his son. The San Francisco Board of Edncakion has raised a tempest by allowing -! t Japanese children to attend the pablio eohools. The Chinese in attendance - number 100 pupils, and there are forty i Japanese. "The idea that any Government >\ has offered a reward for the discovery 1 " ' of perpetual motion ia a dolusion," j. declares the Atlanta Constitution. "Yet nine out of every ten pooplo bo|ttr lieve that there is a standing reward PPRr. offered for it.' One of the scientific sharps has announced, notes the Detroit Freo Press, that if the funny little bean from which castor oil is squeezed be grown arouuc the windows and doors of dwellings, instead of hop vinos, hollyhocks, bur TJ^dooks, fennel or sunflowers, flics wil I > ^^Wceep so far away that you can't heal -- one bnzz. The small boy will oasilj believe this. to the increasing spread of reports the Amorveter order that |^F?^^^^^HBIoto IxNllpHod B??^HH^^^Hhve-stock stopped; that HO the diseased animals should be slaugli-. tered, the owners receiving oompensaR^^H^ion; and that several hundred new ^^^Hreterinarians be appointed, Wf^ It is a matter of common occurrence * in England nowadays for an auctioneer to sell a castle or an abboy, but it is raro that an entire village comes uuder the hammer, as will bo tho case when the historic Aldermastou estate in Berk* shire is disposed of at auction soon. This huge property comprises t he mansion house, situated in the centre of a fine park renownod for its ancient trees, together with the entire village of AJr dermaston. Tho Scientific American remarks: Invention is sometimes thought to have reaohed its limit, but of tho enr . _ ergy in a pound of coal when burned, some ono lias oaloulkCed that only one per cent, is usod in moving n passenger and only one-half of ono per cent, in incandescont electrio liorhtiuc. Tho problem of the next century is going to be the Having of thin wanted ninety nine or 99} por cent., just as tho problem of tho last century has been to secure the use of one por cent, which moves trains an?l the \ per cent, which makes an electric light. India isineoountry wnoso prosperity and business relations with tho world are most wrapped up in tho silver question. The Baltimore Sun says: "It has been the only ourrency in the hands of the poor, and nearly all of India's population of 250,000,000 must be so olassed, and the amount in circulation is estimated as high as $1,000,000,000. In addition to this u reoent estimate places me vomo 01 uncoined bullion, largely in the shape of barbaric plate, vessels aivd ornaments of L silver in the hands ofi the rioher na^ lives, at another #?#0,000,000. According to statistics furnished by our > own Treasury Department last year's > production of silver throughout the ) world was 152,000,000 ounces. Of S this amount India absorbed 45,000,000 ounces, whioh was ooined and went into circulation." The triads of the rainmaker are, indeed, numerous, remarks the Washington Star. For a long time it .has been asserted that a rainmaker is a myth. People may think they produoe rain, and they may make other people think so; but, according to the doubtert, it is s oase of imagination purely. Under conditions liko these the rainmaker might oomfort himself with the thought that genius very sel| dom secures prompt appreciation and go his way, feeling sure that posterity would see his vindication. But now . oomes a grief of an entirely opposite character. A Kansas rainmaker boast* ed that a cloudburst, whioh carao quite unpredioted, was the result of his pro* fessional endeavors. Thereupon a I Kansas farmer arose with a claim for damages beoause the cloudburst had r destroyed his crops, and the wife of a man who was killed in a washout wants liberal damages. The dilemma is a painful one. The rainmaker must either repudiate his science and declare that his assertions were empty boasts, or else he must assume the moral and finanoial responsibility for this devastating storm. It is an interesting problem, too, for the courts to handle, and the publio will wait with interest for light whioh the judicial mind may throw on the question of to what extent H is possible for a rain* maker to be responsible for rain. nib nci tt o in djuejT. The Latest Happenings Condensed and Printed Hera. < Id 1880, William Qarren,wa9convioted of horse stealing in Henderson count/, N. 0., and scntencrd to ten years' imprisonment. Ho escaped and settled at Walking Rose, On., where be became one of the "loading citizens," and served as a policeman, no returned to North Carolina on a visit five years ago and was srrcsted and sent back to priiOD. The Governor has just pardoned him. The Btate Farm at Roanoke, N. 0., employs more than 800 convicts who have under cultivation G,COO acres. There will bo an enormous crop this season. Tho cornfield contains nbou' 2,000 acres, and will yield about 100,000 bushols; the cotton crop will be about 1,0 iO bales. More than 8,000 bushels of wheat have been harvested, and the pea crop will amount to nbout 10,000 bushels. The bank of Leesburg, Fla , Yager Bros., proprietors, assigned Monday. Its haliili'ici arc about $40,000 and assets fully $90,000. The v?luntion of Georgia property, as reported by the State assessors, shows a falling off of $12,000,COO. The estimates were high, and the prospective school funds were based on increased receipts from taxation. The rcductiou in returns friim f.-tTna 1 v fV-.n nnanoeAfoi change. Two building and loan associations in Athens, Ga., have been placed in the hands of a receiver. A Georgia legislative committee, appointed to cousider the question of enlarging the State lunatic asylum, will recommend that $120,000 be appropriated for crectiug new buildings to accommodate 600 additional patients. No action will be taken until the next session of the legislature on the recommendation. Industrial dcvclopemcnt proceeds apace in the South, despite adverse conditions due to financial stringency. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports that for tlio week ending August 14 therohad been incorporated 33 now industries, including two large cotton seed oil milld, several wood working plants, .tobacco factories, tanneries, cotton mills and other enterprises dcno'.iug a continued diversification of the elements of pro duction. Committees of the various St. Louis labor associations begun Saturday, to urge all unemployed workmen coming into the city to proceed to Washington and make a demonstration before Congress. It is said that 5,000 workmen will oather there. Judge Brook, in the corporation court it Norfolk, has granted n charter to the Virginia Farmers' Insurance Co. The purpose of the company is to conduct the Ore and marine insurance business, with the principal office in Norfolk and power to establish branch offices. The capital itock of the company is to be not less than $25,000 nor more than $100,000. RAMMED BY A WAR SHIP. The Hi Luck of a Steamer from Ooosaw, S. O, Loudon.?The British cru'ser Forth rammed the British vessel Kirkby, Copt. Brown, off Start Point, in a fog on Saturday evening. A bad hole was knocked in the K'rkby's port side amidships, through which the water rushed in immense volumes. The fires under her boi'crs wei? soon extinguished and some of her compartments filled with water. The sudamaged compartments kept her afloat. The Kirkby was afterwards towed to Plymouth by the Forth. The Kirkby is from Coosaw, 8. O., July 13, arrived at Plymouth, August 4, and at the time of the collision'was proceeding with part of her cargo for Rotterdam. Tho Forth had just left Torbay, where she had been with the blue manoeuvering fleet. A Prospective Bride Commits Suicide. Indianapolis, Ind.?Miss Rose Bsiley, aged 17, pretty, and a most estimable young lady, whs wns to heve been mar^ ried Monday, committed suicide 8unday with morphine. . reports will have a serious effect on the schools of the Stato. Pat II. Mchnn shot and killed Robt. i McBridc, president of the cotton seed oil mills at Ni wnun, Ga. Mchan claim; i McBiido iusu'tcd his wife. . '1 he steamer San Juan caught fire oil ilic (liiuesc const. Cliinnmeu on boird cl'mbed into the rigging where thefinnus followed tlum until some dropped to the deck while others It op: d ov.rbonrd and were devoured by sharks. Some took to life boats aud so overcrowded them that ths shirks leaped up from the waters and caught their victims. The panic was friglrful. One bundled and. eighty-two lives wtre lost. The Victoria furnace at Goslicn, Va , is preparing 11 blow rnt. It will only bi operated long enough to manufacture the pres nt s ipply of ore, which will requiro about a month Low prices and gcn.ral stagnation iu tho iron trade arc the r.'usons given for censing operations. Tho plant employs more than 100 men. The first two bales of Sea Island cotton were received last week at Savannah, Ga., on Friday last, one cou igned to W. W. Gordon & Co. aud the other to Butler & Stevens. They were at once sampled aud placed on sale at the cotton cx A DISASTER UN THE TENNESSEE. Three Ladies and a Little Oirl Drowned While Pleasuring. Chattanooga, Tbnn.?Mrs. Geo Reif, wife of the president of tin Chattanooga Brewing Company, Mrs. Chaa. Rief,wife of the secretary and treasurer of the Chattanooga Brewing Association, Miss Lena Wagner, sister of Mrs. Cbas. Reif, and Nellie Weber, the four-jear-olu daughter of Cha9. Weber, traveling audi tor of the Chattanooga Brewering Company, were drowned in the Tennessee River, about six miles from Chattanooga. The sieamer R. C. Guntcr carried the Magnolia Pleasure Club up the river for a day's outing. A dancing barge was lashed in front of the steamer. The yacht Eva, owned by Carl Painter, conveyed her owner and three malo friends, keeping about one hundred yards in advance of the steamer all day. Sir. Painter's guevts were token on tho barge in the afternoon, and a party of Indies and gentlemen went on board the Eva. About 4:30 p m. tho party signalled the Quuter to slow down to mskc another transfer ef the yacht's pnssang'-rs to the barge. The yacht was brought up to the barge with her prow to the barge's bow. The steamer's course was not wholly arrested, and the yacht was quickly drawn under tho barge. Ed. Ransom, Carl Painter, Charles Reif and Mrs. Charles Weber were rescued by tho strainer's boat. Nono of the others came te tho surface, and their bodies have not yet been recovered. It is thought they were caught under the yacht as it capsized. A TOWN MAKES ITS OWN MONEY. Columbus Cotton Mills Issue Certificates of Indebtedness which the Banks and Merchants Accept as Currency. Columbub, Ga.? A largo and onthu iastlc meeting of the b)ard of trade was ! J IV .5 I. .ivivt 11/ kuuiiuvi me liumiciftl situuion. Business men, not members of the hoard, were a'so invited. Considerable har ranny was manifested. B-solutions were adepted urging Georgia's So latere and Representatives to work for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman silver law, also requesting the Columbus Clearing House Association to banc certificates and approving the action of rho cotton mills of the city in issuing certificates to be taken in payment of debts for the next sixty days. The banks' will take these certificates and merchants pledge themselves to accept them as currency. This will afford immense relief to the people and will enable the mills to run" on full time and employ a full force. Great gratifica'ion is expressed generally at this action of the b >ard. [A permanent system somewhat on this plan has been for a long timo in voguo at Mt. Holly, N. C., in the mills of A. P. Rhync & Co., viz: The Tuckaseego Mill, the Albion Mill, and the Mt. Holly Mill. Brass checks are given in payment of wages. Tbc.se pass for currency among tbo operatives and at tbe local stores. The company exchange) these checks for cash upon request. This system certainly puts more money into circulation at Mt. Holly and could be emulated with success at other places. Editor.] The Man That Women Like. An Engliah magazine lately offered a prize for the best answer to tbo question, "What kind of a man does a woman most admire?" Here is tho winning answer: "The man mnst interest by nncommonness, either in appearance or manner, or he must have tho indescribable quality called charm. He must know his own mind and steadily work thereto, oven to masterfulness. He disregards 'they say,' and is not ono of a herd. His friends are mon?not women. He is only once deceived by tho same person. His perhaps hasty temper never rnns to unkindness. He needs sympathy and solace in a sometimes divino discontent. He abides nnder no failure, bnt goes on. His occasional want of suocess only attaches and rivets his determination." Bi-Ketallism in House of Commons. London.?In tbe House of Commons Robert L. Everett (Liberal) asked that the House, in view of the fact that a bill /as f paa AainawA svf atlwaw n i iba rai i A iwi vuo iito iA/iiia^u ui oil ?cav vuo inviv of 24 to 1 bad been introduced in the Senate of tbo United Statea, declare that the time vu opportune for Great Britain and tbe United States to establish a durable par basis for gold and silver. Mr. Gladstone replied that the bill referred to by Mr. Everett in no way represented the views of the United States government. Its introduction, therefore, could not form a suitable opportunity for communication with tbo American government apart from the question whether the passage of such a bill by the Congress of the United States would justify the opening of communication with that country. The peacock throne of Shah Jehan was valued at $80,000,000, his erown at $12,000,000, and when he died $100,000,000 of gems were found in hie treasury. rftl *' r i Tin]! fi t ? -ia OUR WORLD'S FAIR LETTER. Chicago, Iia., Aug. 17, 180:1. : The Agricultural Department contains the raw materials of manufacture,-"-cotton, wool, silk, and the fibres, as well as < the dyeing stuffs; Machinery Hall con* 1 tains the mechanism of tho latest inventions for manufacturing, while the | Manufacturers' and Liberal ArtB Build- < ing has tlic goods in finished form, ready < for market. The exhibits are varied and nfford of opportunities for allelusses to study the odvarccment in mechanics, arts and sciences. Disappointment is at once felt ?>y < Southern visitors at the absence hf ma- ] cbinery for the manufacture of cotton 1 goods. Cotton is the South's agrleul- i tural king, though only three firms!make exhibits of machinery for cotton manufacture, and these are lrutu. jr Eng- i land, by tho Pettcr & Atherton Machine 1 Co., of Pawtuckct, R. I., tho Kitson i Machine Co., and Lowell Machine Co., of Lowell, Mass. j ( However, as a practical New England remarked the othor day, there hM bjen i no time in the history of the textile in- < dtistrics of this country when ffe have been obliged to depend upon devices of ( foreign make, as being supcrior'to our own, for weaving. The best principles that have bc.n introduced into the weaving of fabrics on power looms have brcn the invmtions of American mechanics. Xpc loom perhaps, is the only machine used in our textile mills wbicb has never been obliged to call upon foreign ingenuity for improvement. On the other hand, our looms have teen imitated extensively by foreigners, and today the best looms in England^and on the couiincnt are those patterned s,fter American invcutions. Cotton, in its varied forms* < rops out on all hands at the Expositlc a. Noar the c:ntral section in the Ahicultural VJ -----Department, the need of cottpn shows ; its importsnco id connection with the ] advancement of cookery, j Science struck the kitchen and added1 another merit to cotton seed. The exhibit referred to is that of cottolene,7by N. K. ., Fairbank & Co., of Chicago. Cottolene in the simple preparation of Cptton seed oil and beef fat,is a pale yellow material, of the consistency, texture and substance of lard, approximating at .times the color of natural butter, barring a neutral flavor to the taste, and epporsed by French chefs and skilled t?acher3 of cookery everjnhere, lawwl at this exhibit a half dozen merry ' and pretty maids serve free to the vast and eager mulitudes delicious hot cakescookcd on the spot with cottoloeno, asserting to all another instance of tho increasing and practical utility of the cotton plant. * The Associated exhibit of American wool manufacturers shows tho products of 105 mills situated in 21 states. This is a noteworthy exhibit of enterprise on tbo part of the woolen mills, which display fairly the products of the woolen textile industry. Thiee Southern mills are represented, the Mississippi Mills, Wesson, Miss., Aldcn Knitting Mills, New Orleans, and the Charlottesville Woolen Mills, Charlottesville, Va. Tho Mississippi Mills exhibit woolen and cotton fabrics ?cassimeres, cheviots, meltons, flno jeans, fancy shirtings, dress good", checks, plaids, cottonudes and hosiery. The Aldcn Mills exhibit r-oltnn i-natimnrna wnnl niwl aim .... <1 vwi| WM\? Qtm g&ilUl' less half hose, finest gauge and licliest stock. The Charlottesville Mills display dark sud sky-blue and cadet grey meltons and doe skins, fine kersey nod Venetian overcoatings. The goods covered by the exhibit of the American wool manufacturers represent every considerable branch of the domestic wool manufacture, showing the products of the smaller mills as well as the very largest. Massachusetts leads with "6 mills, then comes New York with 13, Connecticut 11, Rhode Island 11,Pennsylvania 10. Of the 105 mills fifteen are manufacturers of hosiery and knit goods, u!ilizing woo], cotton and silk. The mills include many which have been in existence almost from the opening of the - century, and otheis which have begun operation within a comparatively few years. Of the present exhibitors 33 were sis? exbib (tors at the Centennial Exposition ;n 1870. ' W. 6 IIekdy. WINSTON IS HIT AGAIN. The People's National Bank Suspends I Payment. Winston, N. u.?The People's National Bank suspended payment temporarily, owing to the impossibility of getting currency to transact the day's business. There were balances duo the bank at Richmond, Baltimore and other cities, but the currency could not be obtainod from the banks there. The fullowing notice waa placed on the bank door: "Owing to the facts that we cannot secure currency and that we are unable to realize upon our securities, tho business of this bank ir temporarily suspended. W. A.. Blair, President." The announcement took the people somewhat by surprise, as the bank was known to be in good condition; besides, it has been carefully tnapaged, and every remittance and every, collection is paid up to date, ' < : - < rHE BOTTOM NEARLY REACHED. ft Appears That Nearly All the Mills of the Country are Closing. Nbw Orleans, La.?Ou account of rcarcity of currency, Maginnis' cotton mills havo closed. Lawrf.ncb, Mass.?Tho mills of Congressman Stevens & Sor.s at North Aniover, Andover, and Haverhill will shut flown for an indefinite period aftrr this week. The firm is among the largest individual wool manufacturers in the United States. Woonsockkt, R. I.?The Hamlet Cotton Mills, in this city, Frank II .rris, proprietor, employing 200 persons hnvc closed for two weeks. Occupants of tho mill tenements will l>c charged no rent during this p? r'ctl. Amkrbury, Mass.?Oidcrs have been received at the Hamillon Mills to run only every oth< r week uutil further notice. String field, Mass.? The directors of tho United S atts Whip Company voted to shut down ail the factories in the whip syndicite until Aug. 28, I ccausc of iuab lity to d sposo of goods. Norwich, Conn. ?The Clinton Woolen Mills Company at Bom Hill havo posted notices stating that the mil's will be closed for two or thtcc weeks. Amsterdam, N. Y.?The Stewart Knitting Mills closed ou Saturday night. Mr. Stewart says the mills will reopen as Boon as the conditions of the market warrants such a ccursc. The Liddlc Knitting aud Gioen Knitting Cunpaois mills have f-hut down. The mill of Gardiner & Waning will shut down when tho guuls now in process rf manufacture ?ri> run nnk Tl.n "hl? 1 ting mill of Warren, Do Forest & Co., closed for an indt finite t'me. They cmploy 300 hnnds in this mill. Tlrcta arc nearly 4,GOO people now out of employment in this city. The Salisbury mill and the L?e Manufacturing Company have reopened,but they employ less than 150 hand?. Nonui Adams, Mass.?The Arnold Print Works, the largest mills in this town, together with tho Beaver and Eclipse Mil's of Gallup ?fc Houghton, in this to* n,the Williuiustowu Manufacturing Company in Wdliamstown, and the North Pownal Manufacturing Company at North Pownal, Vt., mills which made cloth for the Arnold Print Works, shut down indefinitely Saturday night. More thau 2,000 employees are affected. A. O. H??v?ghtou, President of Arnold Print Works, says: 4,In view of the unsettled condition of the business of the country, we have decided to close oui mills until tho situation improves. II Congress should take decisive action and the situation should clear up we would start up immediately," The mills have been run on full time with nearly all Help until tho present time in the hope that times would irn prove. ?The Henrietta Mills, Rutherford county, N. C., are now tuuuiug on half time. NEW IJF.deord Mtt.t.S START UP. New Bedford, Mass.?The Warn gutta mills started up Monday in accord nncewith their plan to run a week or and a week off, which was announced when the mills were closed last week The situation is so much improved, how< ever, thnt it is thought that it wi 1 not be necessary to close up at the cn?l oi next week. In nearly nil the mills it town with the exception of the I'otomski mills work will be gradually re siimcd, beginning Monday. Tlio Oil] Manufacturing Company, manufacturer! of line yarns, employing 57.^ hands, havi potted notices that the mills would 1>< shut down for the rest of the week Work will be resumed Monday. PRESIDENT EINSTEIN'S INTBRI'RRTATIOl OK THE MESJAOP. Fombrvii.i.e, N. J.?David L. Ein stein of New York is President of thi company operating the lsrpo woollei mills in Haritan, one mile above here in which about eleven hundred hand are employed. The mills arc the bacl bono of the town of Karilan, as ncarl every person in the place is in some wa; supported by tbera. The mills hav been running on full time up to tb present. When Mr. Einstein read the President' message in the evening papers on Tucs Jay, he at once despatched the following telegram to the mills; New York. Auk. 8. Owing to the President's threats In his mcssag that the tarlRwlll.be ch.ingrd In tho nrar future I waflt the mill* to go on half llmr as toon as po: tittle. David I. Kinstei*. Owing to there being work parti finished it was deemed unanvisablc to d this at once, but both mills were put 01 three quarter time the uext morning This reduction make) a difference o $0,000 per month in wages paid. Mi'lionaric Adolph Mack, who is sec retary of the mill company, mi i o Wednesday that they would prohabl not close down entiroly, but that a pai of the machinery would bo stopped. "Things are too uncertain," said Mi Mack. "If wo arc to bo obliged t compete with European labor it woul put us on our back. If we only ha some assurance that we would have market for some other class of good than thoso we arc making we would not let the m ils stop, but there is no (uture for us that we can depend upon." The mills will be put on half time as soon as possible. RINGS AND WATCHES IN THE MUD. A New Orleans Negro Stubs His Toe on the Rivor Bank and Finds Treasure. New Orleans, La ?Joseph Dozier, ; negro, stubbed his toe in the river mud at Old Planters' plantation, six miles below the city. There was brought to light a bright, shinning object, a gold ring. Digging in the mud, he discovered eleven other gold and diamond rings, some gold watches, chains, lockets, carrings, and other trinke's. The news was circulated among the negroes on neighboring plantations, and several came to I the scene. Over sixty more gold, diamond, amethyst, and other rings were I found, a dozen lockets, and as tunny earrings. About 100 pieces of jewelry ' were found in nil. Dozier informed the police,and several detectives were sent to the scene to investigate. The treasure was turned over to them. The theory of the police is that the jewelry was dropped by burglars by accident or when pursued, and it sank in the mud. It is uot impossible, as the jewelry is of recent fashion, and burglaries hire been numerous Lcre of late. R?markable! The following appeared in the Charlotte Evening News, Thursday Aug. 17: c.hoveh, .nr. Buzzard's Bay, Aug. 17?Mrs. Clcvc land presented President Cleveland with a fine boy, this morning. "We clip the following from the Chari lotte Obseiver of Friday morning, Aug. 18: mrs. cleveland on a cruise. Buzzard's Bay, Aug. 17.?The President remained closely nt Gray Gables all day. The weather looked so threatening at noon that he gave up a fishing trip down the bay. The steamer yacht Oneida returned at 5 o'clock after n tix-hi lire' cruise. Mrs. Cleveland aud the other ladies who arc stopping at Gray Gables were guests of the Benedicts , on the cruise. When the Oneida came to anchor, it rained in torrents and Mrs. i Cleveland did not leave the steamer for au hour. 1 For Governor of Virginia. ! Richmond, Va.?Tho SUto Deuio5 cratic Convention ascmlmd and for r Governor Judge Rhea of lhistol nomif nated Charles T. O'Fcrrall; M?j. Chas. ' S. Stringfield of Richmond nominated ' Col. A.- S. Buford; Judge Walter II. Staples of Montgomery nominated M?j. s J. Ilogc Tyler. Tho roll being called tho t vote resulted as follows: Whole number cast 1,GCJ, of which O'Fcrrall received 1,146, Tyler 3<>0, Buford 159. Necessary I to a choice, 833. The nomination of O'Ferrall was made unamimous. R. C. Kent of Wythe was nominated for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. The chair was about to put a motion - for a recess when Gen. Lee arose and i said: "Mr. Chairman, I move that a I telegram of congratulation be sent Prcsi. dent Cleveland at Buzzard's Bay, whether the boy was born with a silver spoon in t his mouth or not." Carried with wild f acclamation. i it:, t, ..... f.. t> : . a&io avunoua tvi xvuiiuiu^ awliy. Ghbbnvu.i.b, s c.?A telegram was 1 -eccivcd here from D.-puty Sheriff Gils reath, of this county, nnnou c'ng the ? capture at Alexandiin, Va , of Chas. 5 Richardson, who absconded from lure ;wo weeks ago. Richardson was a wcllsuown business man ami was accused of ;ommitting outrageous assaults on his wife's sister, a handsome deaf and dumb {irl of 20*. lie tied to evade the veil ;eance of the girl's brothers,taking with lim all the cash he had in the Imnk. lie :laimed that be ran away bccau>c he ' eared beiug killed on suspi ion o? being >ne of Gov. Tillman's spies under the lispensary law. y Flanagan Asked to Quit. Washington, D. C.?Secretary Care lisle has requested tho resignation of J. c Webb Flanagan, collector of customs at El Paso, Texas. Flanagan is known to fame as the writer of the famous phrase: " "Biger man than Olc Grant." ? [The foregoing dispatch mixes tho ba* bics up. It was Fitzpatrick, doorkeeper o of the IIouso, who was "a biger man than Ole Grant." Flanagan is the statesman who, in a national Republican con y venuou, enquired w nat are wo iiore 101 o except the offices?" Q DeGraff to Hang:. j Winston, N. C.?Peter DcQrnff will pay the penalty of the murder of his sweetheart, fcllon Smith, on Saturday, October 21, 1803. Sentence v/as passed n by Judge Winston. The prisonercxhib y ited no signs of nervousness while the :t sentence was being pronounced. While returning to jail he remarked that he r' "guessed the people who wanted hit ? blood would be satisfied after his hangd ing" d _ a Down to the nays of Apelles the Greeks knew but forur oolora?whiter ls red, yellow and black. " FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. I , The Scniitr. s 8th Day.?When tho Jour,ml was read tho Houso joint resolution for the appropriate commemoration of tho hundredth anniversary of tho laying of the corner stone of the Capitol of tho Unitftl States on September 1*, 1793,was received from the House and passed. ?Many petitions were presented nnd referred for tho repeal of tho purchase clause of tho Sherman law, somo conditionally and somo unconditionally , quite as many against tho repeal. Mr. Perkins presented various memorials from tho San Francisco Chamber of Commorco for tho enactment of a substitute for tho purchasing clauses of tho Sherman act,; for tho annexation of tho Hawaiian Islands, nnd In favor of the Nicaragua Canal. ??Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to provide for tho issue of circulating notes of National banks. Mr. Mitchell introduced1 a resolution In tho nature of an amendment to the resolution offered by Mr. Vest, to maintain tho parity of gold nnd silver. Mr. Hill offered a bill repealing the Federal' olection laws. Mr. Butler introduced a bill repealing tho Stato bank tax. Mr. Hill offered a resolution declaring it to be tho sense of tho Senate that no legislation, other than legislation pertaining to tho finances, shall bo considered at tho present extraordinary session of Congress. Ho asked that tho resolution lie on the table tor the present. Mr. Vest made a long speech in favor of free coinage of silver. At tho cloao of his speech Mr. Hoar obtained tho floor, and then, aftor a short executive' session for tho reference to committees of' tho nominations received, tho Senuto adjourned. 6tu Dat.?Mr. Hoar spoke on Mr. Vest's free coinage resolution. Messrs. Lodge and Wolcott on Mr. Lodge's resolution. Mr. Voorhoes's bill to increase bank issues was laid on the table. 7th Day,?Mr. Vest's bill, appropriating $300,000 for a site nnd building in Washington to bo known as tho "Hall of It coords," was pnssod. Mr. Fryo reintroduced tho bill of tho last Congress providing for tho refunding of tho Pncillc ltnilrond debt. Mr. Berry then addressod the Senate in favor of tho doublo standard of gold and silver. Mr. Galliuger then discussed tho Lodge resolution. 8th Day.?Tho Senate pnssod the llouso joint resolution providing for mileage for for Senators and Representatives. -A message was received from tho House anuounciugthedoathof Mr. Chlpman, Representative from Michigan, whereupon the usual resolutions were offered bv Mr. McMillan and' wero iigree<l to, nnd Henntors McMillan, Proctor, Vilas, Gibson,'and White (Gal.) were appointed a committeo on the part of the Senate to attend the funeral. * As a further mark of respect to tho memory of the deceased, the Senato adjourned. The House. 4th Day.?Immediately after tho reading of tho Journal, Mr. Wilson offered for! present consideration a bill to ropeal tlio' silver purchase clause of tho Sherman net.' Mr. island moved a bill providing for a ratio' of sixtoon to one as a substitute, and tho debate began. It was participated in by Messrs. Ray nor, Brown, Bland, reneo.' At the close of tho debate the proposition offered by tho nntl-silvor men wns accepted by their opponents, and an order was adopted: by tho House providing thnt tho vote shall bo taken on August 26, llrst on tho amendments offered by tho free coinage men, nnd, if these are defeated, then on tho original! bill ropoallng tho Sherman act. 5th Day.?Tho general debate on tho silver question was continued. Mr. Wheeler continued his speech against repeal. Ho was followed by Messrs. Morse. Hurter, Hen-' drix, Bowers nnd Bawlius. At tho conclusion of Mr. Rawlins's remarks tho House at 4.50' adjourned. , Htu Bay.?xnc spouuci au- m ' lowiug committee appointments . Eiuuusui ?. Bills?Messrs. Pearson (Chairman}, Russell' (Gn.), Latimer, Eines, linger, Adams and! Gillot (N. Y.). Accounts?Messrs. Rusk (Chairman), Faynter, * Tate, Muehler. Ikert. Wells, Post, Wright (Mass.)and Marvin. Mileage--Messrs. Lynch (Chairman), Htrait, Pendloton (Texas) aud Manon. The debnto on tho Wilson bill! wns continued by Messrs. Boatner, Lnyton, Patterson, Warner and others. 7th Day.?After prayer and tho reading; nnd approval of the Journal, Mr. Burrows offered a resolution giving Charles E. Bolknnp tho right to contest the sent of George Richardson, from the Fifth District of Michigan.?The silver debnto was then resumed, Mr. Hutcheson concluding his remarks in' favor of tho freo coinage of silver. Messrs.' Uiancnarij, wrosvenor ana nnougrass uiso gave expression to their views. 8th Day.? After adopting a resolution calling on the Hoeretary of the Troasury for information respecting silver purchases, the debate on the Wilson hill was resumed, Mr. i MeCall spoaking for the bill. Other speeches were mado by Messrs. Coombs, Bryan, llonderson and Moses. 9th Day.?The dolmto on the Wilson Kc-J goal bill was continued, speeches being madai y Messrs. Daniels, Cooper and Ooldzler. > At the conclusion of Mr. Ooldzier's remarks,' Mr. Weadock, of Michigan, announced tho death of his colleague, J. Logan Chipman, and the formal resolutions were agreod to. Tho Speaker appointed the following committee to tako action in the premises * Messrs. Weadock. Whiting, MoMillau, Oor-^ man. Caruth, Cnunon, Towers, Haugen and Aitkin. Tho Houso then, as a tribute of respoct to tho momory of the deceased, adjourned. Died from a Katydid's Bite. Dai.tox, 0.\.?Mrs. Snali Middktoo of Wa kcr county on Sunday morning on the way to church reached from the buggy to pluck a twig from a bush near by, when she was bitten by a ka'ydi i in the hand. She was taken with a severo pain lit Vw?r i?rm unH Itpfnrh rTftpKintr lumo if. "" > ft ? was greatly swollen anil she wcs in a faint. She died. Pennsylvania Shops On Half Time, Ai.toona, Pa.?The Pennsylvania Itailroad shops in this city have been ordered to work half t;mc until furthe? orders. These fhops are 1 lie largest of the kind in the world and employ botween 0,000 nnd 8,000 men. Half of the men will work one week while the otliei half will work the next. The dry air and sandy soil of tho interior of Australia suit the constitution of the camel, and thero is plenty # ii _ _,ii .1 #.1i oi me sail seasoneu ionago m wmuu that animal <lelights. Sheep eat the common salt bush, and the camel enjoys it. Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaire, was born a poor lad. His father i was a weaver in Dunfermline, Scotland. He came to America at 10 years of ago i and began life &a an attendant to a stv i tionary engino. The irrepreasib's Rev. Dr. T. Dewitt Talmage say?: "The inoat prosperous time iu tbo history of the country will be after 1893."