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E. B. MURRAY, Bditor. THURSDAY, August 7, 1884. TERMS : ONE YEAR._.^.?..,-81.50. SIX MONTHS._ 7?o. Two Dollars If not paid In advance. FOR PRESIDENT, GROVER CLEVELAND, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, THOS. A. HENDRICKS, OP INDIANA. . THE STATE TICKET FOR 1884. jFor Governor, HUGH S. THOMPSON. Lieutenant'Governor, JOHN C. SHEPPARD. Secretary of State, JAMES N. LIPSCOMB. Attorney General, CHARLES RICHARDSON MILES. Slate Treasurer, JOHN PETER RICHARDSON. Comptroller General, WILLIAM E. STONEY. . . . Superintendent of Education, ASBURY COWARD. Adjutant and Inspector General, A. M. MANIGAULT. Solicitor Sth Circuit, JAMES L. ORR. ? ? The Greely: party got within 458 miles of the pole. ? No less than 15,690 persons are locked up in the jails and prisons of New York. ? The . population of' the United States increases at the rate of 82 percent, every ten years. ? Sam Nimmona, colored, of Barn well County, has killed thirty-two hawks since January last. '? ? There are seventy candidates now in the field in Barnwell County and only fifteen offices to be filled. ? The Mormons, it is said, bad more missionaries in the field last year than the American Missionary Society. ? Jay Eye See beat the record at Providence on Friday by trotting a mile in 2.10. The best previous mile war his own?2.10f. ? In fifty-six years Mexico has had fifty-four Presidents, one Emperor and a regency. And yet some people think it a slow country. ? A bet was proffered and taken last week in Boston that Cleveland would go out of that city next November with :wo votes to Blaice's one. ? The prohibitionists are mating an active and telling canvass in New York, and are directing their attacks chiefly against the Republicans. ? Chattanooga physicians say they ? have for years traced every case of typhoid fever directly to the drinking of well water by the patient. ? Thomas Calhoun, a young farmer of Beech Island, Aiken County, shot himself through the head on Monday in consequence of financial troubles. ? Although Frenchmen are spoken of as "frog eaters," it is asserted an a fact that more frogs are now eaten in New York alone than in all of France. ? Alcohol is said to be an antidote for snake bite poison only when tbe patient is not abdicted to drink and his system already saturated with alcohol. ? One of the veterans of the Stone? wall Brigade who had lost both feet in battle, shot and killed a man in Virginia the other day in a quarrel over a dollar. ? Colored Democrats in Aiken have organized a club with twenty-three mem? bers. John Jollifer is President, T. H. Haynes Secretary, and John R. Boyce Treasurer. ? Capt. F. W.# Dawson, of tbe Newa and Courier, publishes a card iu which he denies the truth of tbe story that he is ambitious to succeed Senator Hamp? ton. He says he would accept no public office. ? Information from Florida is such that Democrats may rest assured that the State will wheel in line in November. Considering the fact that returning boards are things of the past, the State is doubly positive. ? Archie Orme, the Atlanta ticket agent .who shot himself through tbe head some months ago in consequence of deficiencies in his accounts, died on Saturday after having apparently pro? gressed far towards recovery with a Bul? let imbeded ia his brain. ? The.Democratic Congressional Con? vention, of the Fourteenth district of Missouri, which has been in session at . Poplar Bluff for five days, adjourned sine ' die late Saturday night, after taking 4-17 ballots without nominating a candidate, an event unparalleled in that State. ? Jacob Wiseman, a miner in West Virginia, while sitting astride of a whiskey barrel, lighted his pipe and fool? ishly threw - the lighted match into the open bnnghole. An explosion followed, shattering the barrel, and the rider was thrown some distance and seriously hurt. *? Tbe annual reunion of the Survi? vors of the 12th Regiment, S. C. V., will be held in Walhalla, on the 21st of August, which day will be the twenty third anniversary of the formation of the regiment. The Survivors of the 6th Reg? iment, S. C. V., will have their reunion in Winnsboro' on the 21st of August. ? The shipment of buffalo bones from the plains of the West to Eastern phos? phate factories has largely increased re? cently, because of the reduction in tbe trunk line freight rate. Thousands of buffalo skeletons are gathered up by the bone men oa tbe prairies, especially in the valley of the Arkansas, every season. One Philadelphia manufacturer alone received in the course of tbe last; two months over 200 carloads. Delivered at tbe factory the bones are worth $25 a ' ton. ? The town of Selma, Ala., claims to have the most wonderful artesian well in the world, and it would seem with good reason. The remarkable feature iu the case is that two separate streams of water of entirely different properties flow from this well. The singular effect in question is produced, it seems, by the simple in? sertion of a two-inch pipe within a four inch tube. Tbe larger pipe descends to a depth of some four hundred feet, the water having no mineral qualities or character, and being very cold; the inner pipe descends seven hundred feet; the water is strongly impregnated with sul? phur and iron; and, compared with the temperature of the twin stream, is quite warm. ? The Fredericksburg Standard says: John -Russell, colored, was engaged in plowing near Alum Spring, on Saturday, and bad to set fire to the stubble so it would burn off. While tbe fire was burning near the bank of Hazel run, he says It occurred to him that he ought to unhitch his horse and shelter himself behind a tree near by from some danger he knew not of at the time. This thought so impressed itself upon him that be did unhitch and took a stand near the tree. He bad been there but a few minutes when a load explosion took place, followed by another and another in rapid succession until the eleventh one bad taken place.' John says he was terribly frightened, and for some time pieces of shells and balls, etc., fell all around him. It is supposed that a pile Of uhells was left there during tbe war and had never been.found and when this fire reached them they were all exploded. Arrested Once More, Boston, July 28.?The charge upon which ex-Governor Moses, of South Carolina, was arrested yesterday in Chi? cago, on a requisition from Governor Robinson, of this State, is obtaining money under false pretences. Among Others from whom it is alleged he obtain? ed petty sums was Col. Thomas Weot worth Higginson, of Cambridge, and A. Williams, formerly of the "old corner" book store. It is charged that on April of last year he called upon Col. Higgin? son and stated that he was Capt. G. D. Bryan, who is corporation couussl of Charleston, S. C. Col. Higginson had met Capt. Bryan at the celebration of the battle of the Cowpens, where he was sent to represent the New England States, but having met him only that once bad for? gotten his personal appearance. The story he told Col. Higginson was that he had visited Montreal on business, and, coming from that city, his wallet, con? taining all his money and private papers, was stolen from him on the train, and he wished to borrow enough money to get home. Col. Higginson loaned him $34. What induced him to lend the money was the perfect familiarity of the applicant with mattere in Charleston and the extreme improbability that any im? postor should know that Col. Higginson and Capt. Bryan had any acquaintance. The suggestion of the identity of the borrower with ex-Governor Moses pro? ceeded originally from Mayor Courtenay, of Charleston, to whom Col. Higginson wrote, and who stated that he had receiv? ed several similar letters from persons in Boston. Col. Higginson gave the clew to Inspector Garraughty, and he obtain? ed, from the Rogues' Gallery in New York a.picture of ex-Governor Moses, which Col. Higginson recognized at once as that of the man who had called upon him. i It is alleged that Moseaalso called on es-Mayor Green at the same time, said his name was Middleton, and that be was <a lawyer of South Carolina. Under the same name and by the same story it is alleged that he obtained $40 from Mr. Wilhams. An officer left for .Chicago to-day. Chicago, July 30.?Chief of Police Doyle, Inspector Welter and other offi? cers of the police department to-day wait? ed on Governor Hamilton and submitted, a request that the Governor issue a war? rant for the re-arrest of F. J. Moses, who was Governor of South Carolina when the Republicans ruled in that State. He was arrested for swindling several physi? cians in Chicago, but was released by the grand jury. Similar charges exist against him in Boston, and on a requisi? tion from Governor Robinson, of Massa? chusetts, he was re-arrested here to be sent back to Boston. In their zeal, how? ever, the officers neglected an important formality, a warrant from the Governor of Illinois. As a warrant was not issued and Moses was arrested on the simple requisition, the proceedings were irregu? lar. Judge Sbepard so held, and discharg? ed the prisoner on a writ of habeas corpus on Monday. Now Chief Doyle and Inspector Welter wish to re arrest Moses, bnt they wish to proceed legally. Governor Hamilton said he would have to look up the statute before he could issue the warrant, as he did not know whether be now had the power since Moses bad been discharged, unless a new requisition was made by the Governor of Massachusetts. Why Hendricks Hopes. f '" Saratoga,* July 31.?Ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks spent some time alter breakfast in the hotel corridors, chatting with friends and acquaintances. Later on a correspondent bad a brief talk with him in his room.. The correspondent called the attention of Mr. Hendricks to a recess to elaborate publication alleging that be bad advoca? ted armed resistance to the drafts in 1863 at Shelby ville, Ind., and remarked that they had already begun to "sling mud." "Yes," he replied, "but it is nothing new. I have been t'-rough too many campaigns to meet with any new lies now. This is one of the old ones which has been answered time and again." Speaking of the recent scandalous {mblications concerning Governor Cleve and, he observed that it was inconceiv? able that any man could have gone through three campaigns, as he has done, without bringing to the surface any event in bis career which could by any meaus whatever be tortured into a scan? dal. The attitude of Tammany came under consideration, aud Mr. Hendricks said he had seen Mr. Kell1' since his arrival here, and had talked with him for a few minutes. He did not know what Mr. Kelly would do, had not referred to that, but he heard that he would support the regular ticket. Mr. Hendricks said that be would go back to Indiana in time to take a hand in the campaign there, and expressed the utmost confidence that the Democratic party would carry the State without difficulty. Referring to the an? nouncement of Chairman Jones, of the national Republican committee, that he proposed to throw a great deal of his work into- Florida and West Virgina, |with the determination of carrying them, an announcement which has been coupled with the statement that he leads the campaign subscription with $100,000, Mr. Hendricks remarked: "Well, that is bcld, isn't it ? He means everybody to know that he it: going to buy them, if he can, doesn't he ?" "Will the prohibition movement affect the result in Indiana?" "I think it will," replied Mr. Hen? dricks, "and for two reasons. The nomi? nation of St. John and a national ticket has inspired the prohibitionists out our way, and they have gone to work and put a complete State ticket in the field. This means a very vigorous campaign on their part, and their voters will be drawn in the main from the ranks of the Republi? cans. Tho situation is made still more interesting by the fact that the Indiana State platform of the Republican party favors the calling of a constitutional convention to amend the State constitu? tion, and the Gcrnihns are suspicious that they want to introduce a clause pro? hibiting the manufacture of liquor. The Republicans have done nothing in the way of announcement or otherwise to allay that suspicion, and the liquor in terest has been thus strongly antagonized. The nomination of St. John and of the State ticket has weakened the Republi? cans, aud thus fear of Republican inter? ference in the liquor question has strengthened the Democrats." Mr. Hendricks will stay a week or ten days at the Grand Union, going thence to the seashore and returning to Indiana late next month. The Georgia Wonder. There is some prospect that Miss Lula Hurst, who has been giving performan? ces in Boston during the past ten days with large financial results, will return to New York for the purpose of testing her power against the physical strength of certain noted athleteB. While she was appearing in Boston she seut an invita? tion to John L. Sullivan, the prize fight? er, to meet her for any reasonable sum of money, but Mr. Sullivan declined the proposition. A strong man of New York, reading Mies Hurst's challenge in a Boston paper, telegraphed that he would go to the city in question to take j Mr. Sullivan's place and accept the mo? netary challenge offered by Miss Hurst. Her response wa-. that she would not trouble him to come to Boston, but would come herself to New York. She added that she would cover any deposit that might be made. These arrangements were understood to have been in progress yesterday. Should the matier come to a satisfactory conclusion it is probable that the exhibition will be given either in the Madison Square Garden or the Academy of Music?New York Timet. fcr. Hurd Talks. WAeumrjTONi July 24.?Mr. Frank Hurd, the distinguished free trade advo? cate, was found this evening sitting in front of his hotel fanning himself and trying to keep cool. "What do you thiakof the situation ?" a Courier-Journal correspondent inquir? ed. "It is v?ry hot." "What, the situation?" "Is there a situation ?'' gusped Mr. Hurd, grimly. "It is almoMt too hot, I think. Let us wait until it gets cooler before we commence the fight." "Are you pleased with the Democratic platform ?" "The Randall protectionists claim it is their own. The platform is all right in the main. There are some things that could be changed in it with profit, but it is a pretty good platform. From a news? paper standpoint the platform is much too large. I suppose the average editor would have made sad work with it if he had been asked to pass upon its literary merits. "For ray own part, I think tbe platform could have been cut down without seri? ous injury. It contains far too much verbiage, and does not state its principles clearly or candidly enough to suit tbe average reader. But the campaign, I take it, is not to be made on platforms* So far as our platform relates to the tariff I am satisfied with it, although I could have wished for a clearer statement of the case. A tariff exclusively for public purpose is the same as a tariff for revenue only. The wording is different, but tbe meaqing is the same. The tariff will not be tbe issue this year. The people will simply be asked whether they will vote for Blaine or Cleveland?for corrupt or honest government." "Is Mr. Blaine an honest man ?" "The proof seems to be against him." "Is Mr. Cleveland an honest man ?" "There is nothing in his record to con? tradict it, and this year we will make a fight for legislative reform. If we are successful then we can turn our attention to the abuses in tbe tariff, to the issue of legislative reform." "Do you think the attacks on Cleve? land's private character will injure him as a candidate 7" "Such attacks seldom injure any one; even if they are founded on facts, no one believes them. In Mr. Cleveland's case, I believe that he has been grossly slan? dered. I see a Cincinnati paper is the first to publish the stories about Mr. Cleveland's moral character. The editor may yet regret it. I think this publica? tion will mark tbe decadence of tbe boss influence in Ohio politics. If it brings about a change in this disreputable style of journalism, then the publication will not be altogether in vain. Decent peo? ple in both parties must condemn such things, and should Mr. Cleveland be elected the Cincinnati editor can not hope for recognition. Mr. Cleveland can never forgive him. He would be less than a man if he did. On the other hand, I don't suppose Mr. Blaine, if he is elected, could exert himself very much for McLean. I think this editor has at last severed the knot that held him with? in tbe circle of respectable people. Hereafter he must be an outcast from all parties that have any regard for their j self-respect. He has passed the limit of ; decency and must take tbe consequences. From this time on his political power must be very limited." Changing the subject, Mr. Hurd said : "The only thing that can save Blaine, in my opinion, will be bis power to control the Irish vote." "Can he do it?" "I think not. In the first place, the Irish are a very peculiar people. They are influenced largely by traditions. Take tbe Irishmen that have been born in Ireland and have recently become citizens, and they may be influenced to vote for Mr. Blaine on account of the prospect, possibly, of a speedy war with Great Britain and the avenging of tbe wrongs of Ireland. But the second gen? eration of Irish voters iu this country, those that were born here, are not affect? ed by the same influence. Their fore? fathers were Democrats, and at school they have fought the Republican boys. Democracy has been instilled into their blood and they are likely to think more of this, their native country, than of any imaginary wrangles of Ireland. Conse uently I believe that tbe great body of rish voters will remain true to the Dem? ocratic standard. Now among the Ger? mans there is a strong revolt against Blaine. This is particularly noticeable in Ohio. I do not think they will go back to the Republican party right away. The revolt seems to have a strong foun? dation, but it may not be sufficient to defeat Blaine in Ohio, and what it will do for him elsewhere is of course simply a matter of conjecture." Repudiating Blaine. Utica, August 1.?The Republicans of the fourth ward met in tbe city ball here last evening to form a Blaine and Logau club. The meeting was a large ODe, and contained many of the best known Re? publicans in the city. M. W. Van Auken was made temporary chairman, and while the committee on permanent organization was deliberating, several speeches were made. Judge William J. Bacon being called on said be felt I hesitation in responding and bad felt ! hesitation in coming to the meeting, but as he was a Republican and had lived fifty-two years in tbe ward be bad come. "I feel," he continued, "that I may say something to-night which may not be in harmony with the feeling of the majority of tbe Republicans present, but whatever I say or feel, I wish it under? stood that I do not propose to retire from the Republican party. I fear my remarks may give offense to some, but I propose to maintain my self-resiect if not the respect of others; I need hardly say that I do not_ make such an avowal as this with cheerfulness. It comes with pain, but I never yet voted for a man whom I did not believe to be honest. I cannot vote for a man whom I do not believe to be honest, upright and sincere. I cannot vote for James G. Blaine. I expect to vote the Republican ticket, except tbe electoral." Judge Bacon is upward of 80 years old. He has served on the supreme bench and in Congress, and there is no mnn in Cen? tral New York to whom a purer charac? ter is accorded. His repudiation of Blaine is felt to be a severe blow, and the followers of the plumed knight are busy inventing excuses for his course. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Miss Susan B. Anthony, president and vice president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, have issued an ad? dress to tbe members of that organization discussing what political action should be taken by advocates of woman suffrage in tbe coming campaign. The address says it is to Republicans they must look for discussion and decision of the ques? tion by the passage of a sixteenth amend? ment. They have nothing to expect from any of the parties now struggling into existence. It says Butler would be powerless to help the cause on account of his supporters, though long a valiant champion. As to the prohibitionists, for them to make woman suffrage a tail tc their kite is to defy the laws of gravita? tion. Prohibition could not secure woman suffrage, but woman suffrage is the only power by which prohibition would be made possible. They say that "if Cleveland is elected by tbe aid of George W. Curtis aud other friends of woman he would be powerless for good," but they say "in Mr. Blaine we have a nominee in harmony with the Republi? can majority in Congress." For these reasons they advise women to give their support to Mr. Blaino. ? The cholera is still raging furiously at Marseilles and Toulon, France. Onr Circulating Hcdium. The following statement in regard to the contraction of the aggregate circulat? ing medium during the last session of Corjgress is based on information obtain? ed at the treasury department. On December 1st, 1883, silver dollars in cir? culation outside of the United States treasury amounted to $41,301,983; silver certificates to $87,976,261; gold certifi? cates to $58,897,620 ; national bank notes to $343,998,787, and legal tender notes to $306,806,372. On July 1st, 1884, the same items were, silver dollars, $39,794, 913; silver certificates, $90,427,011; gold certificates, $71,146,640; national hank nates, $325,337,860, and legal tender notes, $306,497,215. These figures show a decrease of $1,507,070 in silver dollars ; an increase of $8,450,810 in silver certifi? cates ; an increase of $12,249,020 in gold certificates; a decrease of $18,660,927 in national bank notes, and a decrease of $309,457 in legal tender notes. The result is an apparent increase of $222,676 in the aggregate circulating medium of the country outside of the amounts held in the treasury. This apparent increase, however, is due to an increase of $12,249,020 in gold certificates, which are merely circulated in the form of certificates of gold, which was already in the hands of the people and the banks. In other words the scarcity of paper cur? rency caused by the decrease in the na? tional bank circulation induced the people to use their gold, and they depos? ited it to obtain more convenient gold certificates. Deducting, therefore, this $12,249,020, shows a real contraction for the seven months ending June 30th, 1884, of about $12,000,000. In addition the exportation of gold from the country exceeded the importation during the same period by $32,494,326, while the gold production of the mines of the country ia estimated to have been about $12,000,000. The net lo3s of gold was $20,000,000. This, added to the contrac? tion of other forms of currency before shown, to amount to about $12,000,000, makes the total contraction of circulating medium of the country outside of the treasury of about $32,000,000. It is asserted in the office of the comptroller of the currency that the McPherson bill, which failed to become a law, would have at once added about $36,000,000 to the national bank circulation of the country, and would have compensated for the severe contraction which has occur? red. THE CANDIDATES' MEETING, Hendricks Seeks Cleveland for the First Time. Saratoga, N. Y., July 31.?This has been another eventful day for the Dem? ocracy. Cleveland and Hendricks have met and conferred for the first time. There was no display, no noise, music or fireworks. All was as quiet as though two ordinary citizens were exchanging social calls. Governor Hendricks had so intended. To be sure be had passed through Albany in coming to Saratoga, but this was the evening before the com? mittee was to notify both candidates of their nomination and he thought it best to postpone his first call on the head of the ticket until after the formal notifica? tion had taken place. As soon as this waB over Governor Hendricks notified Governor Cleveland that he would visit him to day to pay his respects. It was so arranged. The candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket left here on the regular train for Albany. He was accompanied by Col/ Fordyee, of Arkansas., and Col. E. D. Bannister, of. Indiana. There was nothing notable in the trip. Governor Hendricks remarked that for the first time in the history of National politics the candidates of a great party were to meet for a formal acquaintance for the first time after the nomination, notification and real beginning of the campaign. He spoke freely of Mr. Cleveland's rapid advance in public favor and regarded it as unprecedented in the history of public men. He discussed also at length the prospects of success, and said he felt sure the Democratic ticket would be elected. He felt certain that New York and Indiana were both sure to give good Democratic majorities. John Kelly and the forty thousand voters behind him, he said, would vote the ticket because they were good Democrats. The charges against Mr. Cleveland he thought ought to be treated with silent contempt, and a campaign of principle instead of slander conducted. His con? versation upon politics with the friends and newspaper men who went down with him was as free as though he was not a candidate for the second place in the gift of the nation. It has been a dreary day and the rain and wind did not help to give zest to the 'rip. It was about half-past 2 o'clock this afternoon when the train upon which Governor Hendricks went down drew into the depot at Albany. By request, none of the local people had been in? formed of the visit and hence there was no demonstration. Col. Lamont, Gov? ernor Cleveland's private secretary, met Mr. Hendricks at the depot with a car? riage and be and Col. Baunister were driven quickly to the Executive Mansion. As the candidate for Vice-President en? tered the door he was met by Governor Cleveland and warmly welcomed. Dan Manning was there and after the formal courtesies of the day between the candi? dates he turned the talk into a political channel, and for something more than three hours there was a general discus? sion of political topics. The candidates dined together and parted about half past 6 o'clock. At half-past 8 to-night Mr. Hendricks returned to Saratoga on the regular train, his only attendants being the few jour? nalists who were attracted to Albany by the first meeting of the Democratic can? didates. To-night Mr. Hendricks spoke free;.y of his first meeting with Governor Cleveland, and said his impressions of him were that he was a man of great force of character, candid in his express? ions and fair and firm in his judgments. There was, be said, no general discussion of the plan of campaign, for neither of them desired to interfere or mix in them. Governor Hendricks will remain here somij days yet and may then go to Block Island. Mr. TVatterson Protests. Mr. Henry Watterson telegraphed the following from Virginia Beach to the Louisville Courier-Journal: "I have seen in the Courier-Journal of the 23d a statement that the managers of the ex? position have invited Mr. Blaine to open the ceremonies of our great commercial and industrial enterprise officially. Asa citizen and as a Democrat I wish to enter my earnest protest against this extraor? dinary proceeding. It is an affront to every Democrat in Louisville, in Ken? tucky und in the United States. It will prove a fatal blow at the exposition. That the representative of a party organ? ization in the thick of a hot fight should be selected for such a purpose will be and ought to be resented by right-think? ing people of every shade of political opinion, and, for my own part, I cannot repress this prompt expression of a sense of indignation and outrage." A Louisville dispatch says: "In re? sponse to inquiries Col. Bennett H. Young, president of the Southern Expo? sition, stated this afternoon that both Blaine and Cleveland had been invited to be present at the exposition, but that neither had been iuvited to 'open' it. This part of the ceremony will be left to Gov. Knott. Mr. Watterson's card has caused a great deal of comment to-day, hut from what President Youug says, it would seem thai he has put his foot iu a mare's nest." ? Governor Cleveland weighs 280 pounds, but for all that he is a splendid runner. I The Cotton in the Fields. New Orleans, August 4.?The report of the cotton crop of the United States for the month of July, by the National Cotton Exchange, is as follows : The mouth of July has on the whole been more favorable to the cotton crop, and has resulted in nu improvement of about two points, bringing it up to S7 as against 85 for June and 84 for May. On the Atlantic seaboard the rainfall was somewhat excessive, particularly in South Carolina, and the betterment is mainly in Georgia. The low tempera? ture and continued rains during the first half of the month proved disadvantage? ous to the crop in North Carolina. In Alabama the plant has suffered from rain and deficient cultivation. The crop in Mississippi has suffered materially. West of the Mississippi the condition has con? tinued to advance with timely showers, but Texas, owing to the protracted drought, has uot made any progress. In that great State the situation is now very critical, for while the plant has stood the dry weather extraordinarily well, it is now losiDg ground and suffering for want of moisture. Fruiting has progressed very well, considering the backwardness of the plant, and the fields are in a good state of cultivation, except in portions of Alabama and South Carolina and locali? ties in Mississippi. Over a very large area the plant is in a critical condition and liable to unusual damage from ex? treme weather. In the Atlantic States and Alabama and parts of Mississippi it has grown rapidly, is very sappy and exposed to loss of fruit from hot and dry spells. In Texas the continuance of the drought will prove very disastrous. General showers with considerable inter? mission of warm sunshine during August would bring out the crop over nearly tbe whole belt and go far toward compensat? ing for the present backwardness. Worms are reported in a good many counties of Alabama, but they arc later than last year and have done uo damage as yet. A few are also noted in Florida, Louisiana, ! Texas and Georgia, but no special importance seems to be attached to tbem. ! It is to be said that while the July growth of the weed has been good over most of the belt and the lateness has to some ex? tent been overcome, it is still much behind, and therefore subject to damage from an early frost, or even one at an average date. In connection with the National Cotton Exchange crop report for July made up | from mail advices it may be stated that during tbe past few days telegrams have been received in this city from various points in Texas reporting seasonable rains in all directions in tbe cotton pro? ducing sections of that State. Rain Sends Cotton Down. For several days past the brokers on the Cotton Exchange have been earnest? ly studying the map of Texas. The speculation in cotton futures has turned wholly on the weather reports from Texas. Has it rained in that State, or has it not? On Tuesday the continued drought in Texas and the heavy rains in other sections of tbe South, gave a boom to cotton values. But on Wednesday came a report that it "rained seven hours" at Brenham. Down went cotton. Then it was said that the report was false, or at best came from a town in the piny regions of the Sabiue valley, where little or no cotton is grown. Up went cotton again. But it was not disputed that the rains had fallen in towns of Louisiana and Arkansas, on the border of Texas, and yesterday a private tele? gram said rain bad fallen at Jackson in that State. Down went cotton, and the net result of the week's content is a decline.?New York Sun of Saturday. A Victim of Drink. Washington, July 30.?William W. Culbertson, Republican Representative in Congress from the Ninth Kentucky Dis? trict, attempted suicide to day by shoot? ing himself five times in a room in the National Hotel. Two of tbe shots were in the back of tbe bead and depressed the skull, but did not penetrate the brain. His chances for recovery are slight He had been drinking hard recently and to that is due his present condition, He went about the deed with great determi? nation and deliberation. He shipped bis trunks home to Kentucky, then entered another room some distance from the one he had been occupying, fired five sbots and when he heard search being made for the locality of the shooting he un? locked tbe door and streaming with blood admitted the officers, saying he waH afraid be bad not been successful, but he would be another time. He then collapsed and is now at Providence Hos? pital, his life hanging by a slender thread. The Saluda Mills Burned. Columbia, S. O, August 2.?The Saluda cotton factory, in Lexington county, three miles from Columbia, was burned this afternoon. The fire broke out in the cupola of the third story. Eight thousand four hundred spindles were operated. The mill was running exclusively on yarns. Loss $150,000 ; insurance $121,000. The fire is supposed to have been incendiary. New Bale at Savannah. Savannah, Ga., August 4.?The first bale of the new cotton crop was received and Fold here to day. It was much cut and discolored, having been picked green. It was classed about good ordinary, and was sold for 10 cents per pound. ? The promises and pledges which were made in the matter of tariff* reduc? tion bv the last session of Ihe Forty seventh Congress, when the tariff com? mission's bill was crowded through the conference committee, have fallen far short of ^he actual result reached by that measnre. It was stated that the act would certainly reduce die revenue from customs from $40,000.000 to $60,000,000 annually, and the Morrison bill was defeated last session because it was argued that the Tariff Act of 1883 had not been in operation long enough forks effects to bo known. The officers of the Treasury department are now balancing the books for the fiscal year just closed, and the receipts from customs duties at the principal seaports have been added up. The result shows a reduction of only about $19,000,000 from the figures of 1883, instead of the $60,000,000 promised. ? One of President Arthur's first ap? pointments was that of steward (a place with a salary of $1,800 a year and board,) which he gave to Howard Williams, a colored man, who had been for many years the major domo of that epicurean merchant prince, the Hon. Samuel Hooper, of Boeton. What be docs not know about good eating and drinking is not worth knowing, and he has under bis orders a French cook named Fortin, who is a master of the culinary art. The result has been that instead of ordering his State dinners from a restaurant by contract, at $4 a plate, without wine, the repasts have been prepared in the White House kitchens and pantries, at a cost, including wines, of nearly $10 per head, fifty guests partaking of each repast. Mr. Charles Eden, of Trinidad, Colorado, says : Seeing certificates of the wonderful cures made by Brewer's Lung Restorer, I was induced to try it on my little son, who was troubled with lung or throat affection, pronounced by one physician consumption. It acted wonderfully on him. and by the time lie had taken one bottle of it the cough disappeared. I am now on a visit to my parents in Georgia, hut will return in a few days to my home and will take some of the Lung Restorer with mc. 36 KENTUCKY CAXE MILL, Excelsior Cider Mill and Feed Cutters, for salo bv A. B. TOWERS. NOTICE TO ROAD OVERSEERS. Office of County Commissioners, Anderson S. C, Aug. 4th, 1884. YOU are hereby notified to warn out the hands on your respective sec? tions and put the Public Roads in Ander? son County in good traveling condition by or before September the first. Special attention is called to the removal of all loose rock Irora the road. An}' failure to observe this notice will be dealt with according to law. R. S. BAILEY. JOHN H. JONES, JOHN A. REEVES, Countv Commissioners for Anderson. August'7, 1884_4_l__ POCKET BOOK LOST. LOST, between Anderson C. H. and Pel zer Factory, on Monday evening, August 4, a Pocket Book containing about five or six dollars, and between three and four hundred dollars worth of Notes and other papers. Any one returning the Book and contents to the Intelligencer Office can have all the money contained in it, or any one leaving the Kotes and papers will be rewarded. G. W. FARMER. August 7, 1884_4_1 FRESH TURNIP SEED. LANDRETH'S Fresh Turnip Seed for sale by A. B. TOWERS. August 7,1884_4_ READ THIS. MY assortment of Goods is as complete as any other house for this season of the year, and I will be pleased tj show my Goods to all persons wishing to buy. A. B. TOWERS, No. 4 Granite Row, Anderson, S. C. August 7, 1884_4_ IMPORTANT NOTICE. IHAVE a large stock of SHOES and BOOTS?pegged Shoes, T. Miles & Sons and Bay State?which I am selling at low down prices. Ladies' Shoes from 75c. to $3.50 per pair; Mens' Shoes from $1.25 to $5 00; pegged Shoes and T. Miles & Sons Mens' Shoes at cost. Bay State Shoes warranted. Give me a call if you want Shoes. Hats arc still going. Come and get a Hat before they are all gone. A. 13. TOWERS. Angus). 7, 1S84_4_ SUNDRIES IHAVE Wheat Bran, best Flour, choice N. 0. Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, and the Best Tea in the market. A good assortment of Hardware and Nails. A few pieces Muslin at cost for cash. Calico, Homespun, Casbmaret for Summer coats and pants; Cottonade, the best made; and many other things too tedious to mention. Call and see me, as I am selling Goods at reduced prices to suit themonev market. A. B. TOWERS. August 7, 1884 _4_ "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. -1_N All persons having claims against the Estate of Mrs. Sarah Tucker, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law. JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. July 31. 1884_3_3_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of DeJarnett Tucker, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law. JOHN W. DANIELS, Adm'r. July 31, 1884_3_' 3 FARM FOR SALE. MRS. E. J. TRIBBLE, of Martin town? ship, offers her valuable Farm, con? taining 319 acres, for sale. It lies around First Creek Church, and is in a fine state of cultivation, with productive bottom lands. There is also a valuable undevel? oped water-power on the place. Good dwelling-house and outhouses. Will be offered for sale up to September 1. For further particulars apply on premises. July 24, 1884_2_3_ $8r Best Combs at Orr & Sloan's. LAND FOR SALE. BY virtue of the Will of Samuel Bowen, deceased, I will sell at Anderson C.H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1884, the following described Real Estate, to wit: All that TRACT OF LAND, containing about one hundred and eleven acre*, more or lesB, situate in Ccntreville township, in Anderson County, in Sonth Carolina, about five miles from Anderson 0. H , adjoining lands of M. B. Hcnibrec, Martha Wa? m and John Marlin, und being the >id whereon Sarah M. Bowen, deceased, lately resided. Flat of same will brcxhihited on day of sale. Terms of Sale?The whole of the pur? chase money to be paid on 1st December, 1884. Possession will be given on 1st January, 1885. Purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. JAMES WEBB, Administrator with the Will annexed. July 31, 18S4 3 5 ~-S3i-' Cheapest Lamps at Orr it Sloan's. ANDERSON MILITARY SCHOOL ANDERSON, S. C. rHE Exercises of this School will begin on Monday. Sept. 1, 1854. The year is divided into two Sessions of Twenty Weeks each. Tuition, per Session, 88.00 to $1S.00. Board, including fuel, $12.00 per month. We will employ for next Session a Teach? er of German, French and Military Tactics. Special attention will be given to small boys. Deductions made for all public funds re? ceived. For Catalogue, giving terms, iSsc, apply to W. J. LIGON, I prin?;n(l,a H. G. REED, 'Principals. July 31,1884_3_2m iS3Jl- Purest Medicines at Oir & Sloan's BUGGIES, BUGGIES! IF YOU WANT A First Class JBxifggy, Buy the Columbus Buggy from J. S. FOWLER, Anderson, S. C. June 12, 1884 48 3m A.. W. TODD, ARCHITECT, ANDERSON, - - S. G, BL\.S decided to drop the Building busi? ness, and devote his whole attention to furnishing PLANS and SPECIFICATIONS and Superintending the construction of all kinds of Private and Public Buildings. lie will also order, on short commissions, all kinds of Building Mat8ri.il. Correspondence solicited. June 1U, 1884_40_3m ~NEW LINE TO CHARLESTON. THE Atlantic Coast Line is now run? ning, in connection with the C. & G. R. R., a fast line between Charleston and the up-conntry, upon which the time is quicker and the accommodations better than on any other line. Its schedule is as follows: ooinu east. Leave Walhalla. 9:00 a. m. Anderson.10:45 a. m. Greenwood.12:59 p. m. Columbia. 5:30 p. m. Arrive Charleston. 9:55p.m. UOINfl WEST. Leave Charleston. S:10 a. in. Arrive Columbia.12:55 p. m. Greenwood. 4:53 p. m. Anderson.(3:58 p. m. Walhalla. 8:53 p. in. Try the new route. See that your lic'tets read via Lanes and Snmter. T. M. EMERSON, Gen'l t'aa. Agt. J. F. Divine, Gen'l Snpt. July 31, 1884 3 STONE MOUNTAIN, OA. THE LITTLE GEORGIA BAR Having secured the SOLE RIGHT to sell the Celebrated Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey, nal purposes, or any other purpose, for there is not a single Drug Store or Bar in the To that keepi .Stone Mountain Whiskey. Consequently, there is none so good as the Geun'iuJ Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Remember, that the only place you can get Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey is at the LITTLE GEOEGIA BAR. 2Ji F. M. BUTLER, Proprietor. July r.l, 1884_3_Cm L^.J .. _ ?_J_ -._B . . _.I-? The Twenty-Fourth Annual Statement of the EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HENRY B. HYPE, President. For the Year Ending December 31, 1883. Amovnt or Ledger Assets, January 1, 1883.$45,529,581 54 INCOME. Premium;.,.$10,727,547 90 Interest, He:its and realized Net Profit on Investments and on Seles of Real Estate. . 2,743,023 72 13,470,571 68 The net rentals of the Society's buildings, giving no credit 58.000,153 22 for the pa i occupied by the Society in its business (which in the case of ti e New York building is about one-third the entire space in the building) yields, after deducting taxes and all expenses of maintenance, an income larger than can be re? alized on a Government Bond. DISBURSEMENTS. Claims bj Death and Matured Endowments. $3.410,614 97 Dividend.!, Surrender Values, and Annuities. 2,006,099 94 Discounted Endowments. 143,455 75 TOTAL :'AID POLICY-HOLDERS . $6,461,070 66 Dividend on Capital. 7,000 CO Commissi oi:3, Advertising, Postage and Exchange. 1,019,156 66 General Expenses. 973,616 0G State, Cpi.niy and City Taxes.? 107,060 11 8,567,903 49 Net Cash Assets, December 31,1883.$50,432,249 73 ASSETS* " Bonds an 1 Mortgages.*..$13,072,941 20 New York Real Estate, including the Equitable Building and purchases under foreclosure. 5,819,817 08 United S'ate Stocks, State Stocks, City Stocks, and Stocks authcri.:ed by the Laws of the State of New York. 15,341,915 12 Loans secured by Bonds and Stocks (Market Value $10,698, 652 00). 8,199,000 00 Real Estate outside the State of New Pork, including pur chasej under foreclosure and Society's Buildings in oth? er cities. 3,627,515 66 Cash in Banks and Trust Companies, at interest. (A large portion of this amount was in transit and has since been invested,). 3,979.998 38 Commuted Commissions. 112,545 15 Due from Agents on account of premiums. 278,517 14 50,432,249 73 Market value of Stocks and Bonds over cost. 765,653 53 Interest ant; Rents due and accrued. 451,350 44 Premium.'- due and in process of collection (less premiums paid in ad? vance $13,349 00). 446,125 00 Deferred Premiums. 935,203 00 Total Assi.ta December 31,1883.-.$03,030,581 70 Total Li iihuties, including legal Reserve for reassurance of all exist? ing pf'UViea (Four per cent. Standard). 43,914,612.44 Total Undivided Surplus.$ 9,116,969 26 Upon tl e New York State Standard ot 4J per cent, in tt:e. t, the Surplus is.$12,109,756 79 Of wliifti the proportion contributed (as computed) by B.lhies in general class, is. 6,420,523 79 Of wl.ic l the proportion contributed (as computed) by P >lijies in Tontine class, is.'.. 5,689,233 00 New Assu.ancc written in 1883. $ 81,129,756 00 Total Out Ending Assurance. 275,160,588 Ot Increase of Premium Income.$1,805,178 88 Increase of Surplus.$1,451,082 32 Increase of Assets.$5,004,830 84 GEO. T. G. WHITE, Southern Manager. B. FRANK MAULDIN, Agent, Anderson, S. C. July 24, If 84 2 6 THE DRUG STORE MOVED! HILL BROS. Have moved their Drug Store To McCully's Corner, (The Stand formerly occupied by Smith & Co,,) Where thty will be glad to see their friends and i he public generally when in want of anything in their line. July 31, 1?S4 SPECIAL NOTICE! OWING t?. the scarcity of money we take this opportunity of informing the trading pul li : that we have put down the prices of all ?f our Goods to the bottom, and can oft r >onie Special Bargains in our line for the Cash. We will St 11 you our Hats and Shoes about a . cost, and can give you a good variet' to select from. All othe ? articles in proportion. Price them and s e Tor yourself. W. S. LIGOX & CO. j?rfir Dai id Crockett said "Be sure you are right ai d Mien go ahead," and it "every? body now vo'ild do the same thing, they would buy all their Medicines from Orr & Sloan. Bes Brtibhes at Orr & Sloan's. Best Horse & Cattle Powders at Orr & Sloan's. German Carp?Mirror and Tull Scale. ALL persons desiring Carp Fish that will spawn next year can he supplied by the undersigned with 1-year olds, 10 to 12 inches long at 50c?less than 10inches, 40c Also, have plenty of this season's hatching for 10c. each. Parties coming for large fish will bring large transportation cans. Ap? ply to J. B. HALL, Near Storeville, S. G, and Fir ? Creek Church. June 26, 1884 50 3m BARGAIN COUNTER. IHAVE a lot of Women's Shoes, not Bay State, that I will sell at 50c, 75c and $1.00 per pair for cash, which is less than cost. Also, a line of Hats at cost and less, to close out stock of Hats. I have some Hats on which I must have a email profit. Give me a call and see my bargains for cash. A. B. TOWERS. June 5, 1884_47_ ^SB_ Orr & Sloan, Prescription Druggist*. C. H. ORR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ANDERSON, S. C. WILL practice in the Courts of the Eighth Circuit. Prompt attention given to all business. Office?TJp-stairs, over National Bank. July 3,1884 51 Gm NEW CROP TURNIP SEED ? AND ? FRUIT JARS ? AT ? SIMPSON, REID & CO.'S, WAVERLY HOUSE CORNER. July 10, 1884 49 J. A. DANIELS. OU cannot afford to use common Spec? tacles, made with iron frames, and se: with cheap pressed lenses, with irregular, un? polished surfaces, and cone out of centre, when for a little more you can get a nice steel, elastic, blue frame, with patent silver nose-piece, (to adjust the cone in front of the sight,) and will not: rust. King's frames are set with pure white ground, regular, polished surface lenses, with cone in centre. These Spectacles will preserve the eye from decay, by supplying it with the exact, perfect "magnifying power that nature has lost, thus preventing the invol? untary strain that adds damage to weak? ness of the most sensitive and valuable member of the human body. Fitting the Spectacles is QUITE IMPOR? TANT. After trying on a number of Spec? tacles, the customer's vision is so confused he cannot judge right. I have a Patent Optomiter, (or eye measurer,) that will get the exact focus at once. Dr. Holland writes me: "My wife suffered a long time with head? ache, by the involuntary strain on the optic nerve, and King's Spectacles promptly re? lieved it. (Signed) S. N. Holland." Spectacles hhotild b? used as soon as their aid will prevent straining the eye, ji.st as a crutch is used to prevent strain on a sprain? ed ankle. Economy says get the ''Best of Everything," especially of Spectacles. If light'hurta the eye, or you are inclined to squint the eye, or if the eye is sore, get smoked glasses. N. B.?Any one using King's Spectacles, and are not satisfied with them, will please return them to J. A. DANIELS. July 24, 18S4 2