Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tuie figures of the none td^; * catch ' 1 acihc are: American i ? JLnnn sealers, 60,036 ; Canadian and RusfL- ' J , , , sealers ^ 1K probable, suggests thf ^an ^,rftUc.lf8(,? Examiner, lu> r?t.itrn> ?n? :lnnl Cwuiiuei*-, one iu the . ot repreal sin uglier we take inent that it of five open sea, mate that he figures le existing he guns of ihan the inting in ed if the ed. The lenrbK'A'tioii court should be strictly enforced. The dismantlement of World's Fair structures his in one respect proved a godsend to the poor of Chicago. In Jackson Park there were recently'2000 wagon loads of excellent firewood which the officials were glad to get rid of. The Chicago ltelief and Aid Society obtained permission to cart the wood away, and put up tho following sign on the park fence near the Sixtysecond street gate: "Free Wood for the Poor." Any person with a horse and wagon is now admitted to tho park and allowed to tako away all the wood his wagon will hold, tho only condition being that ho shall present a permit from tho society. Tho pile of debris through which the wood is scattered has a longth of 300 yards, a width of 100 yards and a height of twelve feet. it consists of haslrcta or?^ barrels. The man in need of fuel has only to delve in this pile to get aB serviceable kindling wood as could be found anywhere. The applicar ts are foreigners for the most part, aufi judging from Iheir ragged coats and pinched faces, they could get the means of warmth for their families nowhere else. . Chicago is becoming such an asylum for tramps, notes the Now York Post, who are attracted by reports of the wholesale dispensing of charity to the unemployed, that it has been decided not 10 teen iwieus who cnmo lo trie Cltv solely to subsist on its bounty. Police officers are to be detailed to watch freight trains crossing the city limits for the purpose of stopping "deadheads" who cannot give a good no count of themselves. The chief of police also thinks it time to relievo the pressure on the resources of the relief committees by sending out of town those of the assisted poor who have homes elsewhere and might obtain support among their neighbors. The humbei i.f dependants increases unaccountably. One night recently 000 men applied to the City Hall for hods, in spite of the fact that free lodging houses were being opened on every uitle, and the following night the ntttnher of City Hal! lodgers had risen to The authorities have really need of men to work on tho etreete, but the appropriated m??ney is very low. The superintendent of the Street Depart mem says no (*nu iikc .-juoo men 11nx.11 spring. He would put them io work cleaning ditches in the outlaying wardp in order that the surface drainage might not he stopped. The superintendent of the Bureau of Htreet and Alley Cleaning says he can work 5000 men on the streets until spring il money at the rate of #1 per day fox each man is giveu to Uiui, . Pish. the ralllionsirt president ofthe leather trust. She ttouta West later, and wota high musical honors. Last 'all Mr. Plea came to Obicago oil a visit sod renewed hie suit, and Anally Mies MaoDouald consented to become Ms wife. Then Budd appeared upon the eoene and laid siege to Miss McDonald's heart, and with such success that the lady repented of her promise to Mr. ^ooordihgly she telegraphed Mm that she had met another wnom ?he loved better,and had married him. Mr. Fish could not but believe thnt it was all a joke, but to assure himself be tolenr*"?,T?hed n Thin reached Chicago last Monday, and Unfriend telegraphed back that Miss MaeDonald has not married yet, but would bo on Thursday. d Conletlirale Crank in New Orleans. A special from Now Orleans says "Ex-Congressman Dudley H. Coleman although a gallant Con federate veteran, has been making matters lively for Comrades of the Armv of North Virginia of late. Recently he was given a vote of censure for public strictures on the management of the Hohlier's Homo. At that time there was a notion for liis expulsion, but it was uot put. Ho created a sensation by introducing a resolution that the arrangement committee for the annual banquet invite twelvo Union veterans to the feiist to assist i" m^inor it signtlcantlj indicative of the cordial and patriotic relations now existing between the two sides. The resolution was voted dowu. Mr. Coleman then t jndered his roi gnntion." n Mythical City of Oklahoma. Guthrik, Oklahoma. ? Within the last week a number of letters have beeiroeeived here from persons in Tennessee nnd Mississippi asking about lot* which they have purchased in Cherokee City. Investigations reveal the fact that a ooup'o of sharks have been victimizing hundredsof people in these two States and the South by selling them lots at various prices in Cherokee City, which they represent to be the uouiiiig-gt cat "ity of Oklahoma. Chera kec City is in fact a myth, a city on paper alone, located on barren land and the extreme western part of tho Territory. The hits are not worth tho paper the deeds are written on. The swindlers have been working the schemo some time and have harvested thousands of dollars. A Mew Dance. From the Hartford Times. The event of tho evening was tho dancing of the. new German dance called. "The Aristocrat." ThiBdanco was produced for the first time seven weeks ago at a court ball given by the Emperor of Germany. It is a combination of the quadrille and the contra, and is danced with tho stateliness and courtly grace of the minuet. The position taken by the dancers is i._ il.A ?? ? minimi ?<> unit which ih iRKt'll 111 I'le qnadrillo. Tho hands are held ?h high a* in the minuet, atyl the movementa are as meaaured and as precise as those in which the dignified dames and artistocratic gentlemen of a century ago graced their ballrooms. Tax Collecting Down Fine. (From the Charlotte Observer.) Deputy Sheriff Haues, of Yadkin Co., held a sale of taxes at Jonesville, N.C., last week. One fel'ow who owned nothing owed a tax and Hanes could get nothing else, so he ran an attachment on a pair of patched pnnts aud sold them at public auction for 4 cents and credited the amount on his tax. Coldest Region In the Country. Tho coldest region in tho United Htates lies ah g the northern border of Minnesota, between the southern point of tho Ijake of tho Woods and the Dakota border. The temperature nlong that line often falls as low as ft f ttr rlorrroou li.il.ttv '/I r* 1 U7 I f 4|1VJ ti\ UOIWH *<0? V? J-H AWI * VlIU instruments at Pembina registered from fifty-six to sixty below. To Hobnob with Gov. Ca<~r. Governor Flower and other prominent New Yorkers, with the wellknown Burgesses Corps, of Albany, as nn escort, will spenrl February 2nd in Haleigh, N. C., as the guests of Governor Carr and the chamber of commeico. They will be wi their way to Mardi Oras. Mr. Scarlet Doing Well. (From the Greensboro Daily Record.) William Scarlet, colored, who was so unfortunate as to have a collision with a buzz saw at the finishing mill, ov which tic loatathumh and the index finger, i? getting along all right. Not an Unreasonable Request. From the Wilkeabarre Npwr Dealer. When the iqe came that was to be placed around the reinai na of Mrs Htroahrecker of Lewiaburg, ahe p.ronr from her auppoaed death and anid ahe wanted a little more heat turned on. Another Eminent John Smith BnAZiii, Tnd.?John O. Smith, nged 74 yeara, whh fatally cruahed by falling alate in a mine near Perth. He ia the father of thirty-Hve children, all ol whom are living and reaide in this county. ^A ta^M^ ii being built iit^ia^M l A shoo iftctorr is being erected et jj BUtee^*,*. d . Tin is now being suooessfuMy mined- ? st King'# Monntein, H. 0. t A new one net woolen mill is pro-11 posed at Staunton VV Dr. E. Burke Haywood, of Raleigh, ^ N. C., physician of prominence and surgeon during the late war, died f Thursday. T Bishop Capers of the Episcopal v church, is to have an official residence ' at Columbia, 8. C. > J. A. Strickland, a counterfeiter has j been arrested at Aiken, 8. C., by a U. 8. officer. The South Carolina Dispensary v 111 in future operate the Palmetto brewery f at Charleston. ^ Raleigh's Chamber of Commerce en- ? dorses the proposed North Carolina c exposition movement and calls on the press and people to support the morement. * Governor Carr offers a reward for x 1 P~?~ -uii mary wno ^ murdered Rom Haywood, the colored centenarian at Raleigh, N. C. v Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, has | declared himself a candidate for Gov- r ernor of South Carolina. t Marion M. Hutson has been ap- ' pointed collector of cufitoms at the port of Beaufort, S. C., by President ? Cleveland. 11 Judge Izlar, of Charlesten, 8. C., J has filed an order with the clerk of the I court decreeing that a receiver shall c bp appointed in the now faniona Roy- i al Fertilizer Co.'s case. A Shelby, N. C. dispatch says: "C-. ) D. Jones, a prominent young farmer and magistrate, was foully murdered l by Lc wson Howell, a n tgro near here. Particulars ore meagre." J' It hos been discovered that persons ? have been making up a fire in the ,| Episcopal church at Morganton, N. \ C., at night and playing cards by it. H W. E. Furr, of Stanley county, N. h C., is the father of 22 children. He has heen married twice, his first wife being the mother of 18 and his last j a ill .f Li. .l;ij ' 1 ' nun v, iin in iim umiuieii are marrieo except 6. Mr. Furr is 62 yearn old, but does not look to be over 50. Dr. Farhcr, Jewish Rabbi at Macon, Oa., fled from town Tuesday night, taking large amouutn of money borrowed from the members of his congregation. Oreat excitement prevails , among his people. The military board of Virginia, Governor O'Ferrall concurring, has decided that the blue fatigue uniforms now in use in the United States army be adopted instead of the gray uniforms of the Virginia Volunteers. The Confederate Veteran Camp of New York held its fourth annual dinner in h-s^r of the memory of Gen. T Robert E. Leo on the anniversary of his birthday Friday, January 19."Mrs , T T\ * w m w* .renerson l-mvis ana raiss Winnie Davis , were present. j One of the most prosperous railroads in South Carolina is the Georgia, Carolina and Northern, which has only recently been opened for through travel, i The report of the earnings for Novem- , her show a healthy increase of busi- , ness. They are: Earnings for 1892, $46,242.91; 1893, $67,107.16; increase, \ $20,864.27; per cent, 45.12. f There are now 53 dispensaries ii . South Carolina. I A movement i? on foot to build s ?! cotton factory at Lumberton, S. C. I E. S. Mart<n.a young man. accidentally shot George Grant,a young negro, near Laurens, S. C. Graut will die. . The two were good-humovedly scuffling . over a gun. It. D. Carpenter has resigned ai. c commissioner of the Associated Rail c ways of Virginia and the Carolines,thf f resignation to take effect February i. W. 11. Fitzgerald succeeds him. Ry a vote of 80 t.> 24, the U. 8. States rejected the nomination ot William 11. Horub)ow?r of New York 1 to b?> ?u Associate Justice of the Su- * preme Court, to till the vacancy caused * by the death of the late Justice Rlatch- c ford. 0 t Tb" Norfolk and Western Railroad n Co. Iuih ordered from the Baldwin f works nine compound consolidation j, freight locomotives. t The Norfolk and Bonthern Railroad fl Co. litis awarded contracts to the build- * era for the construction of six depots along the line from Norfolk to Edenton, N. C. This company ? improving its property nnd rolling stock gen-rally. 0 A c< tton platform, a small boy, a eignretts?a blaze. Fire bells. An a excited town. Twentv?flvo bales burn ?1 All ?t, Newberrv, S. C., January ^ 13th, 185)4. * Cl \i Rev. J. R. Bri<lgea, of Salem, Va., (, Iiiih decided not to accept the call ex- t tended him from Chapel Hill, fi. C.. 5 Presbyterian church, 23 * 0TJ?>n~ BSt; if fend tt itQrf lOr OTei abject o if VnrfnIL , an at b vest Llts ? erm ter> i fa nd "com unial am crosn at. aMwSr n villainy by any town on tine Mexcan border, nnd if they will only give ne the law *o it I will brcsj; he" lawless resort if I have to call on! he entire military force to do it." The Governor then read the law on he subject of prize-fights and said he run inclined to think that all persons rho witness such a fight in the eyes of aw "aid and promote" the fight, and nay upon conviction be punished by mprisonment for a term of three years n the penitentiary. iwo mono Hottis. Two more hotels ore projected in loulhern cities, which if built, will greatly improve the places where they ire intended to be constructed. A. lompany in being formed in Charleeon, 8. C., to earry out the plans of f. A. Wood, the New York architect vho designed the famonfc Tampa Bay lotel. It is proposed to ntilize the Mccliug ulrrctc T,l.cre me Charleston Hotel now stands and build i structure of brick and artificial store, rith steel girders, which will be flre>roof. The hotel is to contain 300 ooms, with a large veranda around he outside and an ornamental rotunda n the centre. Two towers each 100 est high are to be located on the front ovuers, and the interior is to be finshed in cypress and pine. The cost s estimated as between $400,000 and 1500,000. Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, r. W Wageuer and W. M. Bird, all if Charleston, are among the capitalists uterested. Chicago people have made a pro?osition to the eitizensof Fort Woitb, Vxas, to build a hotel to eost $300,1ft, provided a site is donated in the itro of the city. They have subletted plans for a tire-proof bnilding, 25 by 100 feet, to he built of brick nd artificial stone, with sffiel pillars n l cirders. Robert MeCnrt and R. J. Paddock are assibtiug to secure a ite for the hotel and a committee ia ecuring donations TRUSTEES IN SESSION. 'eachers Will Be Wanted for the So/th Carolina Girf s School. Rock Hint,, 8. C.?The board of rusteoa of the Winthrop Industrial and formal Hchool of South Carolina met iere,viz: Gov. B. R. Tillmnn,Messrs. V. M. Elder, H. B. Burnt, ?T. E. Ireazeale, D. W. McLaurin, E. 8. foynes, A. H. Pattcraon, T. A. Craword, W. J. Roddy. It ia expected hat the buildings Anil be finished tbia utumor and the Hchool will be opened n the fall. Quite a number of teaeh'ra Avill be required and "applications or positions may be made at any time 0 the president of the board of trusees, viz: Hon. B. R. Tillman, Cotimbia, 8. C. The teachers required nmt be experts in some of the lines of ork the school will undertake, such is qualifying girla to teach, sow, cook, iperate a typewriter, take shorthand lotos, besides giviug them a general English education. The Atlanta Exposition. The exposition 'ever has got from he Pacific round to the South, and 1 A.1 1. * _ 1 i.. I a a Minuitt ih engineering n nig ooom lor t Cotton StateH and International Exjosition, to be held there next year. Reports from nil sections, from Mason ind Dixon's line to the Gulf, and even lown through Mexico, are to the efect that the business men think highy of the proposition. Gov. Stone of tfississippi commends the scheme, and Reason business men propose to dedge half a million dollars for the epreseutation of that State. One great >bject of the expesition would be the levelopment of commercial relations .?????? ? U ik i!*?* 1 rev n tru uir uvruuicril nlMV V^UUR, ifexico, anrl Centra) and South Ameri(a. Already freak features are suggested. and one Atlanta plumber baa Irawn plana for a pipe tower 1,150 eet high. Ai/minufti Leggings. Charles B Corey of Boston, is tramp ng and hunting about the swamps in be Banaiin Stiver country, Florida, rith a novel addition to a hunter's intflt. Venomous snakes, spiders, and ithor such "varmints" are quite ploniful in that region, and give hunters ouch trouble, so Mr Corey had made or use on the tryp a pair of aluminum egginga. They tare light, convenient o wear, and a vfcry comfortable safeuard. Mr. Corey got four bears on rip last week. Away 0?wn in Texas. A Nt w Year'si >nce at Cedar, Tex., b' interrupted ? \ the killing of three f the dance rs, D # fatal wounding of Mirth, the seriajL V?onnding of two thera, and the disaot. g ot half a dozn more by pistol iind riHe bullets. Ine girl was shot dead, another revived a bullet in the face, another aa wonnded in'the middPe of the forecad, and another through the right nil. It was all over in a few miipijcp, ut it broke tip the dance. .' ' / t??? ODD THINGS IN PATENTS human vanity responsible fob soke queer inventions. Devices in the Patent Office In Washington for Improving One's I<ook? ?Things That Slip Through. VANITY furnishes the inspirn tion for many of the inven tions shown at the Patent Office. One of the latest o! this sort is a mask of very thin rubber, designed to be worn on the fact at night. It oanscs profuse perspira tion, whioh washes impurities out ol the skin and makes the complexion olearer. Sun tan it quickly removes, ao it is olaimed. Another devioe, for producing dimples, is a woman's idea. It is a wire mask, likewise to be put on when going to bed. By an arrange* m?nt of NnrowN. rwni>l'1n of wood ??r< ? r ? '"-j r blunt, are made to press upon the | checks and o'uiu ~t the points where dimples are desired. Uncomfortable? Why, of course. But, as the French say, it is worth while to suffer for beauty's sake. If one is so unfortunate as to lack a nose he can obtain a false one of papier mache, artfully enameled, to imitate the skin. One kind of imitation proboscis is attached to a spectacle frame, so that the owner puts on his counterfeit nasal organ in adjusting hit glasses. Yet another style is intended to .be painted at intervals. When it gets shabby the wearer has merely to go to some oapable artist and have it touohed up with water colors. Several applications have been made for patents for processes for setting diamonds in the teeth?the front teeth, of oourse?holes being drilled to receive the gems. Such ornaments must have rather effect think. Dental surgeons have patented processes for imitating gold fillings in false teeth. This is done by burnishing gold foil upon them in the manner Commonly termed "fire gilding." Nobody would be likely to suspect that grinders showing plain signs of repair were artificial. A very ourious invention is a device for keeping the mouth upcu nuur siukiu^. jl chuuuid ui vuuhi music have had trouble an to this point with their pupils, but it may be obviated by employing the contrivance described, which has a spring, and may be set so as to expand the jaws at any angle dosired. Speaking of the mouth and teeth reminds one of a patent that was granted only two years ago on an ordinary corncob of the pattern familiar in nature. Covered with corundum paste, it wos to be used for polishing dental plates. The notion of getting a patent op corn cobs sqems rather absurd. But many queer things have slipped through the great Bureau of Inventions owing to carelessness. In 1878, for example, exclusivo rights were granted on a process which consisted of nothing more than punching pin holes in hen's eggs. This device was for the purpose of letting the inclosed gas out of preserved eggs to prevent them from exploding when boiled. Masculine vanity is concerned in the genesis of about eighty patents for various h inns 01 mouBiacnn guards. Some of these contrivances take the form of metal attachments for the cup or glass. One such is a gold plate with a spring, which may bo fastened to any drinking vessol at a moment's notice. Ar other is specially designed for beer glasses. A tube connected with it goes down deep into the beer, so that the moustache drinker is able to avoid the foam. Similar devices are applied to spoons. Other guards ore to be worn like spectacles somewhat, with wires to pass book of the ears of the wearer and hold them on. The shield for the moustache is of gold or silver or of a fine gold wire net. Moro simple is a pair of wire springs in the shape of a helix, one of which is made to encircle each wing of the hirsute ornament, keeping it away from the mouth. Now and then a man from some outof-the-way part of the country, who ho-s never heard of the new and improved artificial limbs, applies for a patent on a wooden stump. It is granted if the device lias anything novel about It. But people are constantly inventing things thought ol long before. Not long ago a person 1 1 M 1 % itaituu iur excmsivo rigaiH in a peculiar kind of lock. The examiner to whom the matter was referred turned to a book of drawings and showed him that his lock was merely a reproduction ol one that had fastened a gate of Thebes 4000 years ago. The applicant wont way with the impression that some ancient Theban had stolen his idea. There are many interesting contrivances for individuals who are maimed. One of them enables the cripple to manipulate a knife, fork and spoon with one hand, the apparatus being screwed to the table. One of the oddest patented articles is a sort of looket of either asbostos or lava, to be carried in the pocket of anybody who starts on a railway journey. If there is an accidont and he is burned up, the locket, being of a material indestructible by fire, will be intact with his charred And otherwise unrecognizable remains. On the outside it is stamped with the words, "Address Inside." On opening the finder discovers the name and address of the unfortunate traveler, whoso body,being thus identified, is promptly | III U1B IIIUI1P. A device for attachment to a tombstone in a small Hat case containing a photograph of the late lamented. On the cover, which is movable, are inscribed thj words: "Look at me and cover my face." A very curious invention is a device for irrigating laud by means of a balloon. The Hying gasbag ir, held captive while aloft, its movements being controlled by long ropes and horse?. It carries a sprinkling tnbe, whiol) is connected by a hosq of gToat length with a spring or other water reservoir on the earth. Thus it bestows an artificial rain upon the parched fields. This idea oomes from Colorado, where the richest soil in the United States is rendered unproductive by continual drought. Another interesting idea from the West is a tornado-proof house. It ie* volves on a pivot, with a big weather vano at one end and a six-pound cannon looking oat of a port-hole at the other. When a revolving storm cloud strikes the dwelling) the latter neoessrrily turns to face it) and the six - pounder is automatically, discharged into the midst of the "twister" destroying it. This notion is adopted from the well-known praotico of firing guns irom snips at waterspouts whiob snproooh daugerouslj near. Burglars may somo day have causa to dread a device, which has been patented, for taking their pictures '' they least expect it. The contrivance' " pijic2T,j,h!j. "TVLICU the iuwber steps upon a space in front of the safe which he proposed to rifle, a spring is released by his weight and a flash light records his likeness on a sensitive plate in a concealed camera. A patent spring, oxtonding from hip to heel, is designed for use in running. Tho only troublo with it is that the sprinter, once started, could not possibly stop. Quite a pious invention is a collection plate of peculiar pattern, with a bag beneath, into which the person taking the offerings drops each individual contribution after he has looked at it by pressing a spring. This device renders buttons and other such frauds in churoh-giving out of the question. Among the queer inventions is a luminous cat, to frighten rats and mice at night; a wire hook like a small she""^"*"^'* crook in ?hrr* ing chickens, and a process tor preserving oysters in a batter of plaster of par is, which hardens about them and keeps out the air.?Globe-Democrat. On the Maine Const, Thcro is n great drive of 6cn gulls in tho harbor, and to the wanderers alolig the warves they furnish an inspiring picture. It ia not nu infrequent sight to sec between seventylive and 100 gulls sailing around in tho same immediate "vioinitv, and occasionally dropping down into tho water to grnpplo the floating fractions of fish that are washed off the fishing vessels. "I don't know as they hang out anywhere in particular, but I s'pose they rest down ou Green Island, or somewhere else where they don't have no lmmai\ inhabitants. Down on Green Island they have wolf dogs, they say, lillt T flnnir flinf r?f +Vto ?"1ln sleep on that shore o' nights. They don't do no harm about the harbor, and I rather guess they do a heap of good, picking up iishwnsto in the harbor," was a fisherman's reply.?Portland (Me.) Coast. A Cog's Cojrse Dinner. (Fr< tn the Philadelphia Record.) The ap.ppctite enjoyed by a dog owned by John Knox, a well known farmer of WeBt Manayunk, is a matter of pride to the natives of that suburb. It is a New foundland dog of more than average intelligence and rare digestive powers. Yesterday he started his lunch on a box of axle grease. Then he entered the blacksmith shop ef Samuel Sturgis and ate with evident relish two pounds of putty. A visit to Wetherill's grocery store yielded him three pounds of tallow candles, which he devoured with great gusto. Needing exercise after this, he ran over to Ryan's quarry, \yhere his attention was attracted to a stick of dynamite that was being 'thawed out near the stove. The explosive seemed to suit Imb taste, and he promptly began to crnnch it. A stampede of the men followed. They were afrakj to kick the dog away from his meal for fear of nn explosion, so he leisurly consumed the stick and then joined the frightened i i.t 11. L ..r iu. -l worn men, miu mr nit- if1! <>i me treated him with maiked consideration. Shingle Money from the Corner State. (From tho Morning Organian.) Shingle certificates operate an circulating medium in Blaine, Wash. A certificate for SI6 recently circulated until it had paid nearly $800 in local debts before finally reaching the place whence it started. The basis of tlu certificate was shingles, and it would purchase flour, meat, coffee, blankets, fuel, clothing for the wife and bal?i,es, and perform nil the functions of a gold basis certificate. Another Good Move for the South. The State of Florida has tranaferred to the Diaaton Land Co., of Philadelphia, over 2,000,090 acres of swamp land, which the company has reclaimed by extensive diainage operatoina. It is proposed to divide it into farms of twenty acres. Experiments have shown that sugar cane, rice, tobacco and sub-tropical fruits can be produced upon the land. A Rent Estate Object-Lesson. The success of the Statosville (N. C.) Development Co. is a practical leaaon of what can b<? done in Southern re?1 . , ftnt s . ? ? _ _ a _ ?i estate. ? nis company pair; to ??? stockholders 20 per rent, dividends in three years, and still has sold bnt a small portion of the real estate it holds in the vicinity of Statesville. > Big Co*ton Shipment from Wilmington. Wilminoton, N. C.?The British steamer Leander, which cleared from this povt for Bremen, carried the larI gest cargo of cotton ever shipped from Wilmington,cQiiajptiog of 10,612 ? ' f > * * .? i djr*' Sot Enough Income, and Tat mage Won't Preach to People at 10 Cents a Head. . BhuokiiYv, N. Y.?The trustees of the big Brooklyn Tabernacle are again rorrying themselves over the $200, ivu mortgage on ine property, j.ne receipts are not sufficient to pay intercut end cover the running expense* of tin church. For the purpose of solving the tinaucial jsroblem, the trustees, at the suggestion of Leonard Moody, resolved to chsrgo non-pew holders who come to the Sunday services ten oents for their scats. It was estimated that in this way 530,000 a year could be raised. The Rev. Dr Talmsge sst down severely ou the Rcheme. He said: ' My trustcee are mistaken. Do they tbnik^I^onM^pnduct the ^services Tjgrangement wiWH ' offend lfc? earth. They do such things in England, bnt it would never do in America. ' It never csn take place nuder vmy The trustees were surprised at Taltnage'e attitude, and they callecf^^^^? another urgent meeting for last night, brt ?t didn't take place, a quorum not responding. A DIAMOND FOUND. Near a Stream at King's Mountain--Tiffany'a Expert to Come Down. (Charlotte, N. C., Observer.) This section has long been known as a rich gold region, but the keynote of its still greater fame in the mineral line has perhaps been struck in the finding at King's Mountain, several days ago, of a diamond, such as are picked up on th? diamond ! ? South America and elsewhere. The story of the tind is as follows: A negro man, who lives near King's Mountain, started to the spring for some water. In vdS trQflk^n^.bv the branch he saw so. .thing glistening near the water's edge He picked it up, and thinking it was a rather pretty stone, gave it to a Mr. Carpenter who lives near him. The latter thought it was a diamond, but to be sure, he sent it ou to Tiffany, New York City. He was surprised to receive Thursday SI 4 for the stone, and ft leuer "taring tnat nn?ivy a expert, George F. Konz, would be sent to King's Mountain at onoe to examine the stones in the locality where the diamond was fonnd. Mr. Kunz is one of the leading experts of the country. His visit and opinions are anxiously wRitod for. Another stone was found ft day or two after the first one, but it was smaller. f k V The nation may yet be startled by $ the discovery of diamond fields in North Carolina. Three Failjret in One Day. Winsboro, S. C.?A. Williford, A. Williford A Co., Q. D. Williford & Co., and W. H. Williford made assignments Friday morning to G. W. Ragsd?le. The failure of the two latter 6tores was due to their having endorsed notes of A. Williford to a largo amount, and being unable to meet the same on account of hard times. Tho H fftil ure includes two dry goods stores in this place, cue dry goods stove in ot^| Ridgeway, one grocery store and a livery stable. The assets are estimated at $70,000; liabilities $45,000. Tho failure was unexpected entirely r?ud |S Hin no a groat mow to tno town. Are the Red-haired Proof Against S/nstroket HB (From the 8t. LouiaGlobe-Democrat.) , flU Nobody ever heard of a red-headed s^^J man being nunntruck. Why a redhead should afford any protection from the rays of the sun or or'- its owner immunity from one o' ?rte moat singular affections thot humanity ia heir to is one of thone mysteries that even the doctors cannot fathom, but the ^arolinA|^H mains that men with re<l r stand almost any amonn' *'NT?. in or out of doors du- esq., Probate Ju<J weather and never ' suits from it. J* McKitglok, as Clert^l ? made suit to me to vrai^H FIFTY-TH? Administration, on the .31 rs. Kmaline Palmer d^H Tlie 9en*?v- ^H] TOtii Day.? Vfter actinic upo? (cj,e an<l dmon|^^B '..ills on the eelcn.lar the Senate,re<* antl crediU^HI oi Mr. mil, hi eighteen minutes dw.weasea, 0'0'ouk went In!" osacuilve session ? / . the sider the Horublower nomination ani? maiued there until adjournment. Thcnorr*. nation was rejected by a voto of thirty iw 21ht Day.?Mr. Hoar spoke on the Prpsvi^jpi dent's latest Hawaiian message. The <f#-~ ? bate on the bill for the repeal of the Federal '{lection laws was begun. 22n Day.?Discussion over theextooslon of bo Civil Hervloo law and the repeal of the Federal Election laws oocupled most of the pen session. 2.li> Day.?The Clerk readra letter from t n.ator Walthall, of Mississippi, roslgnlug 'tis scat In the Hjnate, to taxe effect on fnnuiry 24. Tae rea^ou. for the rnelgu uion s that Senator Walthall's hceltn has * not been gool for several yoatV tnt* he thinks the climate of Washington docs not ngree with him.? The bill appropriating 50,000 for a monu- \ A A _ At 1 T -I.- r? A 1. ?M?.A4 k.. M 'in-ill iu vrtiuunti JMIIU oiar& wm jiivw I uy i* vole of 32 vena to 16 nays. -Messrs. Peffer 11 ltd Allen Introduced resolutions denouncing Secretary Carlisle's proposod bond Issue.?? .Mr. V?et spoke for repeal of the Federal Flection la we. The Houso. 26th Day.?The President's messape was received and referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs. The debate on the Wilson Mil wai oontlnued. Speeohos were made l>y Messrs. Cochran, Grosvenor, Draper and Bryan. 26tiiDat.?Mr. Boutelletrled again to foroe Ills Hawaiian resolution before the House n.d Wm ruled o?i o? Otuer by ?!*S "ebsti on the Tariff bill under minute rule was begun. . 27th Dat.?The day was devoted minute debate of the Wilson bill. 28th Dat.?Debate on the Wilson . bill was continued; It was voted wool sohedulee should go into efftgj^^HHHfl the rest of the act. 29tk Dat.?Deliate on the Tarlffr^^^^HBg continued ; Mr. Burrows's smondrfOtES^^^Bfl sill utlng the wool schedule ofthe JlieJI bill for that of Iho Wilson bill wat/^SS^MHHH| :'.0th Dat.?Debatb on the bill continued ; there was ?*etween Johnson. Mr. letfl pOl? on tbt tpH U*<