Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ^','*'^^SS^^'!B,^''l,^ _ ' ~ * ^ -jiHipw VOL. XXIV.-NKW SERIES. UNION 0. II.. SOUTH CAROl^^||^mA^N<^?MfiiiBdftMMl0feHMl<HMil^HiiM9HlNBKR ' flKdiaon ?ja that gold is not u ralB^Esblo nor as necessary as iron or lead. A public library anil literary report exclusively for the blind has been opened in Chicago. It is said thero is no case on record in Massachusetts where a verdict having been set aside in a capital case and a second trial granted a conviction was secured. 1 The Chicago Herald haa discovered that every crowned head of Europe, with the exception of that of Turkey, is descended from one or two sisters, ^ the daughters of Duke L-udwig Rudolf ^ nf Rmn?wii?W.Wn1foiil>iiMnl *1 ' It |irr. ,, Vs?v?a?uvv\ n 1IU IIVCU 1 ^^wbout one hundred ami fifty years mk -TTTT? 1 > have an Iclea that the United" fk ia a great place, with its CO, , 000 people, obsorvos the Detroit i F Press, but there nro 800,000,- t Oipeople in Asia, and ruore than v 2(00.000 in Afrioo ccicutifi? esatoisthat there aro 1,450,000,- n OOi'ooplo on the earth, of whom not v too than 500,000,000 wear clothing jj fro neck to sole. )i Cb of Boston's plcasantcst small 11 chaitios is the furnishing of streetcar ^ tiokts in summer to i>oor invalids for rideun the suburbs of that city, but w ft is now asserted by tho conductors sl that vorv manv of - 1 y ? j VUVOO IR'ftClH uro *' oiisused, being tondercd to them by sl p6rson)*^yho not only are not ill, but 81 ^^ro^ron^^bairdrose and appearnuce, to pay their own ? fares. ^ ? it] c Tho Manufacturers' Record of RaltiP1 more publishes a list of 502 industrial concerns established In tho South since tho 1st of July, showing that business , uas affected very little by the panic j)( below Mason and Dixon's line. The q list is made up largely of cotton mills, canning factories, foundries and woodworking establishments. During the g( first half of tho year some 1100 new enterprises of this kind were started in tho South. a 1 a convert to vuguiunuiiisiu. ?? written a letter to a Paris paper tieHcribiug bis experiences, in whijh be ba aaye tliat bo is only a ''moderate" veg- w etarian?tbat is, bo eschews only meat 81 and admits oggs, butter and cheese, milk and tisli to bis regimen. He finds tbat bo is in much more vigorous ol health and in better working condi- in tion than before. The jfirst wcok, bo i" Bays, is rather bard to bear, but tbo *' benofit is soon folt tberoaftcr. The Chinese doctor's lot is not T wholly a happy one, the Courier-Jour- . mi 1 is convinced. Four members of . the Imperial Collogo of Physicians at Pekin failed recently to make a proper diagnosis of the Emperor's indisposi- ' tion, and were punished by being lined a year's salary. ~ jq Tbo big liners New York and Taris, . 1L according to tbo Now York Snn, burn about 330 tons of coal per day, or .about 30,800 pounds per hour, in main* ^ taining 18,000 indicated horse power, 4, which is equivalent to a coal eonsump- ^ tion of 1.71 pounds per hour per horse ^ power. The average for all the fast ships with Iriple expansion engines, ti lib,, V?rl, l'.,riu AToinulif If Teutonic and Fnorst Bismarck, is said ti to be about 1.75 pounds per horse i A * Umbria and Etruria and similar shijis, 11 which have only compound engines, the rate is higher. This is an evidence o of the advance made in marine en* t' gineering by the introduction of the ^ triple expansion system. That the public, domain still offers ^ opportunities for home seekers is ! .. shown, think.*; the Washington Star, in I n part by the figures which are found in ' . the annual report of the commissioner j of the general land office, recently j made public. It is stated that during j p the year which closed on the 31st of i .j July last nearly 12,000,000 acres of a the public lands passed into the pos j session of settlers and citizens. Only a little over 1,000,000 acres were sold c for cash, and as under the present land I laws the public land is open mainly to j f homestead settlers it is ovident that I 1 * " 1 the era of tho settler lias not yot paeaod. ) In Bpite of the hoavv drafts which have i been made in recent years the public : ^ domain still has respoctable propor- ' < tions, and while a pood deal of the f land is not considered valuable, still 1 i there is a surprising acreage available < for settlement under the land laws, j 1 These facts show that as a Nation wo t have not vet outgrown our heritage. < PITHY NEWS ITEMS. The Waldensan colonists in Burke county, N. C., are expecting about 300 more of their countrymen to arrive this month. Snap beans and green peas formed a part of the cargo of the steamer Neuse, which sailed from Newbern, N C., Wednesday. A little 17 month old child of O. W. Stockton, of LattimoreV, Cleveland county, N. CM fell into the fire and received burns from which it died. It is estimated that 2,500 people from North Carolina attended the World's Fair. Cut gems from McDowell county, N. [J., obtained the prize at the World's Fair; the collection was made by Col. H. C. Demming, and he says $100,000 was offered for a duplicate and it cou'd lot be found in the world. Tha ?rl?.i.n wall cnnlr Aikcn.S. C.. lias proven a success, water being found it 175 feet to 2C0 feet oclow the surface, krrangemcnts will now be mndc im ncdiately for the entire equipment of a raver-WU1K8 piaOt. A. French and Johu M. Parter8on,bot:? f Pittsburg, Pa., were in Charlotte las reek. They are visiting the State proi iccting with u view to the erection of a irge iron working machine plant. A bank has been organized at Sum icrville, S. C.. to be called the Bank of utnmcrville. Its capital is **5,000. At Winfiton. N. C., Oil?? , e -Oman of qucstionalile character, was tabbed by a brick mason named Joe .cwis. She will probably die. Lewis kipped, but tin i-hoi iff has gone in purlit. i In the United States Circuit Court at Torfolk, Vn., Judge Hughes dismissed re case of the American Drier Compay, of Lev.isvillc, Ky., agatnst J. C. Em- | rson for on alleged infringement on a itcr.fc for a lumber drying kiln. ] J. C. Blank is lodged in tlic Rich- 1 ond, Va., station house, charged with >rgcry and passing checks of small de- ( munitions, purporting to be drawn by * . D. Pcarman, Wm. H. Briggs Bros., td others of that city. D. A. Goodwin, a practical tanner of j tlisbury, N. C., now running a tan ^ rd there, it is learned, lias procured a f itent on an infrniiif.iia -r 4? ? ?rv?i'* vwoa vi tanng leather. He was o/Tereu $iu,uuu for half interest in his natcut bv a Haiti- , The Confederate monument question t s been decided in Raleigh, N. C. It j ill be built of North Carolina granite, < id will stnud at the west gate of the ipitol. Lzzie Sin'tty, a white girl 17 years ^ d, who c'aimed to be from the Brushy ountains, Wikes county, was placed i jail at Sparta, AU- gbany county, N. Inst week for stealing a horse from < om Jam's Land ret h. ! The Lyc.uin Theatre of Memphis, , ouui| won U'a-royed by lire Tuesday f glit, wiih three adjoining buildings, fireman was fatally injured. Tho toil ioss is cstim itad at $8<i9,000. The bar of Danville, Va ,lias endorsed , udgc R rri man Green, of that place, >r United States' Circuit judge. W. M. Smith, a lawyer of Concord, . C., is in receipt of some letters which idica'ell.o development of North Caronn. One letter is from parties who ant to locate an Knglish colony, and to egoGnte for the purchase of a large \"Ct cf for their use Anftlh?r let- I ?r is from a Northern syndicate, which rants to purchase 15,000 acres of hard imher land and 10,000 acres of short >af pine land. Still another is from paries who want to 0117 10,001 ceres of ind for grazing ion pises, their plan heu t, * w,' otitQ|i? nising industry. Governor T llinan ' as <i|T\ucd a reward f $250 for the am si and e uivirtiou of be pprties who shot .1. 1). Ilairs'oiie at is home in Goldville, 8. C., a few ights ago. One of the large turkey gobblers at lie Columbia, S C., Fair, it is said, deberately commuted suicide by fastenng liis head 111 the nirc netting, fie ad not yet been judged. The best nat ive row nd ju'ged to be t the Co'umbio, S. (', Fair was one xliibited 1?v .1. II. Wh rton. of 1/ urcrs bis cow also won the milk test p i/, of 25.00, making a record of IJ7J ; ou ds The rice planters of Georgetown :ounty, S. C., have lormed the Hi e "Mjuiters" Association for the purpose of idvancing the culture of nee and the otere9ts of the planters. Capt. 8. M. rVard has been elected president. A Savannah dispatch states that the rouug business men of that city have Ucidcd to organize a commercial club or the purpose of promoting commercial ntorosts mill develonin?j the city. The nice ss of sitnil'.r Inches elsewhere shows hat such an org a1 i/ttion ran c(Tcck un? old benefit if the nicinhiss wo:k togetb;r with energy nun h nnony. Tho Augusta 01ms Works at Aarqp|| G?., has boon placed la thehaads^^TC ceiver*. At Bedford City, Va., a board of trad* has been organized by the business men The Carolina Central R R. depot a Rutherford ton, N. C., burned dowi Monday night with all the freight there iD. A passenger train standing by wa: badly damaged. Rcr. Dr. J. A. Mundy, petor of th< Baptist church of Greenville, 8. 0., ha< resigtct, and in such terms as leaves hi) congregation no alttrnstive bu* to accept his r. sig lttinn. lie is to accept a c?' nt Wils ?o, N. C. The total product of coal?all bitumi n<?us?in North Carolina for 1894 wai (t,G?9 short tons which wai all loaded ai the m'nes for shipment. The total valur was $9,509. Number of employee 90 .iv rage uumber of active daya 144. Tb* product has varied for several years. In 1889, it was only 222 tons; in 1890, 10, 202; 1891, 20.855,_Xiba areaof Useeoal field. Is ?, 700 acre* The monthly bulletin lrsu~d by tl c Sta'e bureau of agriculture gives th> fo losing as the prospective yield of crops in Florida as indicated by reports iiuui luo several couuiies: Upland cotton 82, Sea Island cot'on 100, sugar-cm c 109, rice 98, sweet potatoes 99, fiold pens 98, p anuta 108, hay 111, or nges 98, lemons 92,limes 89, grape fruit 92,banan as 108, guavas 93. TOBACCO MEN COMFORTABLE. They Think the Tobacco Tax not Likely to be Raised. Washington, D. C.?A committee from Winston, N. C., representing the tobacco interests have visited the Secretary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. They have also had a hearing before the ways and means committee. As a result of the various interview s they say they are sanguine that the tax on manufactured tobacco will not be increased, nnd that tha provision of the McKinlcy law as to leaf tobacco will not be re enacted. The Secretary has made no recommendation )f the kiud and both he and the Comraianoner are opposed to troubling tobacco. These gentlemen understand that the committee is not likely to increase the ax of six cents on the pound, but they lave a sub committee to look after hings if it is proposed to disturb the ituation. A distinguished member of the ways ind means committee said that tho in- | he committee has some backbone, but it s conservative and its actfou will be :onscrvative." Importations in South Carolina. The report of secretary of state of touth Carolina gives a condensed statencnt of the number of charters and cer ificatcs issued during the year ending Dctober 31 as follows: Seventy-two :crtificates of charters have been issued ind fifty live commission# of incorporations. to which returns have not been made, which are classified as follows: E:ght building and loan associaions, one fibre company, two phosphate companies, one fur compaov. twenty-two mercantile companies, three social clubs, one shingle company, fourteen manu facturing companies, one boat company, four lumber companies, two hedge fence companies, three telephone companies, one water company, five hanking companies, nine real estate companies, twclvo cotton mills, one wheelman's track association, one business college, two insurance companies four nil companies, one park association, one engraving company, odc distiller's association, one joint stock company, two hotel companies, one castle hall company, three canning companies, two educational companies, one hospital company, two stevedoring, companies, one campground association, one breenmg Rnd trotting association, ?ftmn(lll|r|> thicc machine companies, one brick and tile company, one incubating company, eight publishing companies. Seventeen companies bave repoited an increase in capital stock. An Industrious Grand Jury. Nokkoi.k, Va.?In the United sla'c. District Court the grand jury returned the following true bills: Pension Violations? Rosetta James. Sennie Thomss. Eliza Burford, W. H. Dnirv, Eugenia F. Etheridge, Jerome B. Etheridgc, and Eliza Ward. The petit jury called and hcnrd nine cases against B. A. Richardson,Jr.,charged with fals certificate* as a notary public in p< n sion case?, he pleading guilty in eacl case,and a verdict of guilty was returned and the papers handed to the judg< who is to deteimine upon the punish ment. R. P. Handy,colored.also pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving an excrs' lve fee in a pension case, and his paper.' also were handed to the judge who sus pended sentence until December 21st. The court thanked the grand jury foi their industrious services (they foure sixty-two indictments) and discharg' e them for the term. Bench warrant* wen issued for the arrest of W. R. Drury an-: ' Jerome Etheridge. Fo Atlanta, Q^BiA Philip*, a wel k known commiwi^BrGbaot, waa found 1 near Baat Liki^B- his throat cut. Philips was at oon^^B^Mm of the best 1 known merchants city, but com* time since be wsqflHHfcf regular business. Thursday drinking and in the afternoon t^Vlast Lake. ITe 1 was not heard frQ^^ktlN next morn ing, when a note_^^^^B to his brother, J. W. Philips ft^^^^^Bmisaion mcr chants. The nofl^^^Rhait his throat ass cut, and asU^^^Hw*tb*r to come once and brii^^^^Hjm Dr. J. S. ' Tedd. Mr. Pbill^Kfct^o^pe and took with bim^H MKsAl"! When he (n|I^^^HHja|h|lhc woods near dently been had been seeu'Jgl^H^HM^SHPK time was in the jflj ne?r supposed that be cut hts tn^^^^P^Aeidal in tent. THE WORK jjJMbtOHISTS. They Throw DT^^^Bpnba Into the Kidst ag^^^Kttre. Barcelona, fp^^VDuring tbe second act of tbtP^^^^^William Tell. Wednesday night ^^^Bf*Lyceum Opera House, two bomb<4^^Kbmably loaded with dynamite, wmHowd from the galleries into the au^Hre below. Ooe struck on the bnck^^Bjpan in one of the seats and fell tti^Hnloor harmless. The other exploctl^^Btbe crowd of spectators, killlng.j^^ftauoding a large number of people q^^Hahing a wreck of *Wo ti*turcr?M|^^Rnlding. Fifteen persons wer~ M^Bcutright. Otherr hare since diea^^Htag tie total to twenty-five. Sunflower Seed Farm Produot. The North Ciarfl^^Kstation has tried experiments witfij^^BUrious kinds of cultivated auofl^^^^LB. W. Kilgorc reports (U. 00 average yield per acre has bee^^^^Hftxty-fire bt.she's. The larger stripe^^^Htmmoth Russian weighed nearly d^^^Beven pounds to 1 the bushel, yielg^^Mly 22 per cent., or five and thn&^^^^Ypounds of oil. The black seetl weighed thirty-two pcuala^^feu:he!, yielding nearly 21 per ccnvJJgfc and two-thirds of all other vegetable onlsTn maby parts of Russia. The large striped seeded sort is used largely as a dainty food by the common people. The average yie'd is about forty-five bushels or 1350 pounds per acre. Bunflower-seed oil is extracted in the same inauner as cottonseed oil, by separating the hulls from the kernels and expressing the oil fiom the latter Bunflower-seed cake is a highly nitrogeu ous rattle food, and is largely used in Germany and Englaud for that purpose The hulls or shells arc more than half ot the seed and arc used for fuel, and the stalks and seed cups arc fed to sheep. Chemical analyses vshow that the hulls of hnth varieties of sunflower seed contain more protein, fats and crude fibre, and less nitrogen free extract than cot tonseed hulls, which arc just half tha seed. This indicates that they arc at least equal, if not superior,to cottonseed hulls as a cattle food. Whole cottonseed weighs thirty pounds to the bushel, yielding nearly 20 per cent., or five and four fifths pounds of oil. Thus, sun flower see*:! terse!" ccstsin the mn?i mi and the other uuirients show that, nftei the oil is expressed, the sunflower cake it rather more nutritious than the cotton seed cake, which is now largely used in the South. Sir Walter Raleigh's Fort Purchased. NKWDBRK, N. O , ft,e """P"? ?< Ai>dtlemen, a portion of whom arc residing 1 in Baltimore, that was formed in the early part of the present year far the purpose of purchasing the site of Sir Walter Raleigh's fort on Roanoke Island and a good sized tract of the surrounding land, hare new a sound, fee-simple title to the fort and six acres of the surrounding 'land free of incumbrance Maj. Graham Daves of this city, concluded the purchase on his recent trip here. The intention is to take the entire tract, fix it up suitably and preserve it in proper shape us a memorial of the firsl white settlement in Amer'ca, the hiith place of the first white child and thf place whee first the Christian rite o1 baptism was administered on this con' tinent. The location of the property is a mr si : rteauuiui one. it is on tnc end of thai fertile island, three and a half miles fionn Manteo and overlooks both Croatan at,d Roanoke sounds. r In Scandinavia, Switzerland ant Germany over ninety-five per cent, o I ihe population arc able to VTitu ii Great Britain, ninety; in France i eighty-five; in the United States ninety-two. r ARMS. the State Fair :*r*'r~ * 1b Columbia. * ?* Carolinians Making an Effort for Independence in U>? Matter of Hay, Grain and Lire Stock. Columbia, 8. C ?The 25?h Fair of the Agricultural sod Mechanical Association ia now drawing big crowds to South 'nrolina's capital. The cxh bit of Held crops is in poiut u Dumvcr ana quality of the cxhibi's qual to that of last year and consists of a bewildering array of cotton,corn,sweet ( po'atoes, wheat, ra's and otli^r^ grains. , 1 he hay rbown is especially good, inlica ing that more Interest is bciug taken , in this crop, and that fanners do not , i a tend hereafter to send so much money % * r put af tha State for thia necessary article. , ; Son\e splendid bales are v - grass. ' * * \ Sorcral counties have special exhibits. The most extensive in this line is Lexington which has two shows directly op posite to each other, representing differ- i cnt parts of the county. Thg ono re- I I resenting the ' Congarce section" of the I county, is viry fiue. The entrance is through an nnh made of bales of hay, fodder and peas, the pillars being bales of cotton, hay and peas. Around the c base arc vegetables of lurge and fine var- I iotlcs, all grown in tlic^couuty. Hung ? around the pillars arc specimens of shuck a and bark horse collars and door mats. fc Two splendid specimens of tobacco t grown in tho county are also in the dis- : play. The other portion of the exhibits consists of specimens of field crops, wines, pickles, etc., one hundred and fifty varieties of woods, and excellent * samples of tanned sheep and deer hides. >' An old Revolutionary round table, cap- ' tured from Coruwallis, is nlso an inter- I' rsting feature. Samples of plaida and <' ginglinms, of til J Lexington Manufnc- !' turing Company, arc also shown. !i The other exhibit from tlie county si p equally complete as to the display of cot ton and field craps and native woods. The display of drilling and ticking, manufactured at the Red Bank Mills, is ' .extensive. '' the asylum kx iiiiiit, consis ing of handiwo: k of the con vales I' cent patients, is very gco 1, Hnd in some * | instances superior. There are us of needlework, mats, tablecloths, v,.ses, none vi'?'tu..? j .r.i ?..i.,? The frame i< made of cotton woo l, and specimen boils are fu toned on the; cor ners of tli2 frame. It is a very e'ever idea sncl \vc 11 execute'). There is also a ( large oil painting of Calhoun. The stock and poultry exhibits arc by far the most complete, and a-e :i credit ( to the farmers and stock raisers of iron h Carolina. JACKSONVILLE PUTS UP THE CASH , For the Mitchell-Corbott Fight- -At- ' urancea That It Will Tako Place. Jacksonville. Fla.?The onlv now feature in the negrotintious to secure the < Corhetfc.Mitchell tight for this city is the forwarding to Richard K. Fox of the full amount of the stakes. A meeting of three gentlemen representing the syndicate was held, and decided to forwaid the whole $20,000 to Mr. Fox in NewYork, and at 11:30 a iu. the following telegram was sent: Jackson vim.e, Fi.a ?To Richard If. Fox, New York: A certified check for e-m ooo has hem mailed you to-day as the stake of the 1 Corbett-Mitchell fight proposed to ho held in Jacksonville, with conditions nt1 tached. A letter will follow this. (Pigned) 11. II. Rajinett, Cashier National R?nk of Jacksonville. Advices from New York from Fox are to the effect that Corbett ana MitrboU will both agree to the time proposed us soon as the stakes rea< h Ne>v York and they nod their backers arc satisfied that the principals will be guaranteed immunity from arrest or iegal prosecution .M.. ITU it # it - wi mi j Ainu. j nc nuurnej 01 i lie .) acKsonville syndicate says that there is no statute in Florida under which n peaceable glove contest of this kind can he prevented or stopped, and it is said ?hat all the State, county and city ofli ials have agreed that no intctferonot wi ! he 1 made unless there is a breach of the 1 peace. Priceton Hnzera In Trouble. Thrnton, N. J.?The Princeton stup dents who recently hazed Robert T. Leopold, of Washington, were indicted and they will have to stand trial here. The hnzers, who were all members of the ^ sophomore class, were Divid F. Edwards. , of Jersey City; Wm. H. Fulper.of KleinI ington, N. J.; Ansel M. K SchafT, of New York Ci'y; Micijah W. Hope, of Annapolis, Md.; Harry M. Anderson of Charleston, S. C.; Oordcn Johnson, of ' Birmingham, Ala., and Herbert M. * Fitzgerald. They are indicted for as t rauii. and bat'try. I'rr; . ;jtc.r St'i't'or. ? will communicate wit'ti theinby mail and , if they fail to respond bench variants will be issued. i " K -I i * ~ THE PALL ELECTIONS. Virginia Son Dnnoerntin, Ohio, R?ptbUeaa. Judg* Maynard XkfMttd in New Turk BtaU. Richmond, Va .?The Democratic 8tate ticket hat been elected by a large majority and they will have mora than a two-third* majority in the Legialature. The cities of Norfolk, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Staunton and Lynchbu g show Democratic majorities, while scattering returns from throughout the State show the election of the Demociatic ticket, and Cel.'O'Ferrall, the Dtmocrstic nominee for Governor, runs \ little behind his ticket in a number of rountic*. The jmi * J Utrim 5utei? ind Prince Edward* ceuntie*. Toe secretary of the ?tople** party practically J " H|H> tl'fglllf but says io<Mf the Deasoovata have canfedtbe state it baa been done by fraud. orrrnhalor ki.rctrd. Boston, Mass.?The returns so f?t revived show clear!? that Or. anhalcre. tcpublcin, his been elected Governor >y inorc than 25,000 plurnlilj. cii1caoo urrocrath succrssrul. ( 1i1caoo, li.L.? The Democrats have arried this city by u majority that tha tcpublican vote In the county cannot vorcome. The indications at present re that Gary, Republican candidate for iupr.-me Court judge, is beaton, alboof.li ho hrs ton far ahead of bia iekct. m'KtNI.ry riwhably cahitirs ohio. Cincinnati, O.?Tlie vote all o?or )hio has becu very full. Definite figircs are impossible iu advauce of 10urns. The general feeling is that Mckinley a-d other Rcpnblican State offleis are elected bv highly lespcctahle i'ur ilil irs. Scratching was confined to icul tick ts in cities and vns freely Mc'ictd, especially in Cincinnati. maryland democratic. Itai.tim he, Mu.?Returns received oni many parts of Maryland show that be Democrats have elected theii enndiate for State Comptroller by a large 1 hinliiy and majority. The "regular" lemucrats re-elected Ferdinand C. Laobc, mayor of ihis city, ricnnsyi.vania ilel'ulli.ican. iioody braten in bh00ki.tn. Brooklyn, N. Y.?From returns re eived by the Secretary of State it is exacted that Bcbicren, Republican candibite for mayor, will carry the city by rom 1 0 iO 'o 5,000 majority. noiKfl dkfrated. Dkb Moinks, Ia.?Enough returns Iiayc been received to make the election of Jackson. Republican, over Boies, Democratic, reasonably certaiu by a majority of 35.000. Gov. Iloies has been extremely ill and coutined to his bed. CU.VHKH I uNCKD" D2r!C?T. Nf.w Yohk.?Ri'hnrd Croker, in an interview, concedes the defeat of the Democratic State ticket. The legislature, !i? luiiioi will be Democratic, hut hi fears a Republican elenn sweep. IUr.TI.F.TT'3 I1HI MAJORITY. Nf.w Yoi<k.?The ii?l *1 wave which jwept this state was larger than even the Republicans dreamed. As the returns have come in the vo'e Ins iucreasad until it shows a Republican victory of 34,OHO for John 1'almcr for h cretary or t<tate, ind Bartlett has defeated Maynanl by :he overwhelming plurnlity of 50,008. l'he Republican* elect their entire State ;iekct try good nnjoiiies. 'l'lie JSoohIc will |?r??l?nl>ly nlnnd as folow*: H'publictm 18; Democrats, 13; independent Democrat. I. The Assembly: Republic irs, 75; Drm rrats, 53. Uses of Silver. Silver for other purposes than coir hoe a very extended use. The uses f<>j it in tableware aro weii known, ami In nil other of the industrial arts. II is also used in dentistry, photography and on mirrors. It is the foundatioi of indelible inks, is found in surgery and forms a nitrate in medicine. In mineral water mftchinos it forms th< interior of condensers and the lining of tho block tin pipe. It is used ii galvanometers, and in electricity where the best conductor is essentia! for tho most delicate tests. Aboul 80,000,000 annually is used in the art in the United States, 82,600,000 goim into solid spoons and forks.?liard ware. Ven^mont snakes ax'e reported to > disappearing from Missouri, whei only a few years ago they abounded i great numbers. y. ... . . , ? .. . DIDfft WANT PULPIT CRITICISM. Th? M?mb?ri of Sadls Bfrana'aOhurch Talk Back la Meeting. Culcmbia, 8. C.?Tho services in the Second Prtsbyte^laa Church Sunday terminated in a row. This ia the church from which Miaa Sadie Meant, the telephone girl, waa expelled for working on Sunday. At CUntes last Friday tho synod r?rer??(l the action of thia church and ordered the young woman's name restored to the roll. During the absence of Pastor Blackburn the Bee. Dr. Law, formerly of St. Louts, oocupied the pulpit. After preaching Dr. Law made a statement to the oongregation In which he said he had only last night ascertained that the members of this church were violating the Sabbath openly and that the aesaton acquiesced la it. Ha Iktimatcd that had he known thta aoener be would have refused Uxs Luber jumped op. "Stop right thcrei That fa not true. u*"mi Don't jou go any farther. ?Thls church knows its business, and you aro not atating facta." Dr. Law km uul m oil bum'ucu, ana went on to say that ho spoke to the congregation as a whole, and, while he wished to hurt no onn, lio must say it. After a ahaip colloquy there was conflict >o. Scores of perilous left tho building, mid the elders crowded around tho | u<pit. They sang out that tho preacher had heard only tho enemy'a side. Dr. Law warmed up and declared that lie would rather see tho church closed than go on sinning in this way. The affair ended in cenfuaiou. While sumo were trying to pour oil on the troubled waters Dr. Lit'a wifo caught hold of hint and hurried him out. Tho cud is nnt >et. The congregation characterized Dr Law's action kinpuluut and unrated for. A Big Southern Canal Scheme. A report comes from Atlanta, Ga.f' that n company lu which New York people aro principally interested is being formed in the metropolis to construct ft aeries of canals to connect tho navigablo waterways in Georgia And Alabama. It is argued that by cutting 150 miles of ciiial in tho States mentioned that boat transportation can ho established on tho Alabnnn, Coosa. Chattahoochee, Altamaha and Savannah, nfloriling water coiiaiuunicatior. bvln wii Atlnnlu, muiilgomcry, Birmingham, Savannah, Mobilo aud Selms, Ala. Ono of tho project oij thence south to Hiimfbglt^iHfitrta/uirji cast to tho Coosa river, and down that c(r?i,i? In Mniil?nmi>rv Hnliilii anil Mo bile. Another poet ion is planned to oxtend from Montgomery enst to .Columbus, Oh., find north on tho Chattahoochee to Atlanta. The plan also includes a wiitci way from Columbus to tho Ocmulgee river, down this to to tho Altannilia, and via that river to Brunswick, thence cist to Savannah. It is estimated that the canals can ho cut at h 11 average expense of $5,000 per mil*, owing to the swampy region hrough which they would pass. Tho <b a is to build steel barges with "tern vheel for u?o on the system, although 1 lis idea of electric propulsion by means of the 11olley system has been thought 1 of. The correspondent further writes hat if tli; vessels arc built a boat-building plant is to be erected for turning lit in out at Birmingham, nnd a. shipy.ird with a Simpson dry-dock at Mobile. Tho company, is is said, is to ll'lVtt fi),UUII,UUU riijMUii. The proj osed system of wntcrways, if nmplrted, would be about 875 mile# >ng in Alub una and 400 miiea iu Geor..i Nuggets of Gold in North Carolina. Another (airfare gold mine has been discovered in North Carolina. Several weeks ngo gold was located in Stanly county on the property of W. 8. Ingra* ham, who at once gave parties permission s to prospect for gold. Ab a result an extraordinary rich find is reported, and a nugget weighing over 100 pennyweights was picked up. A large number of others weighing from ono half pennyweight to sixty pennyweights were also discovered. The property couia have been bought for $1500 before the discovery, and the owner has since refused $15,000 for it. The oldfashioned "rocker'* is the only means so far used in working the mine, and the gold is generally easily detected without the use of the rocker. The mining of raono/ito is also a new industry in the gold belt of Rutherford and McDowell counties, and the ore I brings $100 a ton at the tailroad station. t _ji The T. xss State Fair, which ^recently c osel, was notable for the fine exhibit * -f Texas grain, fruits, and other products. A remarkable feature was the /. iy 1 irge attendance,in which,It is said, early every county in the atate was represented. Such exhibitions, if conduct-" ' "* ;:1 ..u hrw* bis'", ".re of the e benefit to city as well as country people, in -i ce a fair is really a great object-lesson from which all can profit.