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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1900. VOLUME XXXV-NO. 85, Th?tt 25 per Cent mcpniiMT CAI r UI0UUUI1I ?HLL Of ours is certainly bringing business to us. People know that when we advertise a thing it's so, and they act accord ingly. Now, don't put off coming here to get what you want in the Clothing line, because this sale won't last much longer, and if it should stop before you get here don't blame us. We give you fair warning. While it lasts you save 25c. on every dollar you spend here. You get our $5.00 Suits or Overcoats, 25 per cent off, for $3.75. 7.50 Suits or Overcoats, 25 per cent off, for 5.63. 10.00 Suits or Overcoats, 25 per cent off, for 7.50, 12.50 Suits or Overcoats, 25 per cent off, for 9.38. 15.00 Suits or Overcoats, 25 per cent off, for 11.25. 5.00 Odd Pants, - - 25 per cent off, for 3.75. 4.00 Odd Pants, - - 25 per cent off, for 3.00. 3.00 Odd Pants, - - 25 per cent off, for 2.25. 2.00 Odd Pants, - - 25 per cent off, for 1.50. This is not a sale of old, shop-worn Goods but brand new stuff. Just got too much Winter Clothing on hand and we we don't wish to carry it over. That's all. B. 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. THE HUSTLING CITY OF ANDERSON Is still Booming, and KING BEOS. BARGAIN STO&E is Booming with Bargains. WE have never before had so much to cil'nr our customers and friends aa we have now. You will remember tho way we sold JEAN8 laBt Fall. We have bought another lot at old price and aro selling right and left. School Boy Jeane 12ic. yard. We have bought tho Bee Bive Stock of Goods at prices that tick lo us to think about. Now, if you want the best Over and Undershirts you ever bought for the money get one of ours. Our 10o. Suspender? art? going on by the dozen. Come be fore they are all gone. Socks, bocks, 8ooks ! That's enough t Come and see the rest. We want you to see our 5c. Comb if you ever expect to buy-it's a dandy. A few more Spittoons to go at 5c. Dust Pan 5c. Patty Pans 5c. a dozen. Never forget us when you need CROCKERY, GLASSWARE and TINWARE. For Spice, Soap and Starob we are the people. Yours very truly. KING SROS., BARGAIN STORE, Two Doors from Post Office. E G. EVANS, Jr R. B. !>AY, M. D. PENDLETON. 8. O. lODR/UQ-S and MBDIOIISTES, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Fancy Soaps, Sponges, Combs, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Rubber Goods an&Bruggist Notions, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Dyes, Buists' Garden Seeds. NOTICE. I have a considerable num ber of small unpaid Accounts on my books. I am notifying each one of amount due, and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 8,1900 29 Notice io Trespassers. M LL perons are &3r?by warned not JOL to hunt, fish or otherwise trespass on Lands owned or controlled by the un dersigned. A. J. Stringer, W.O. Bowen. B. H. Greer, P. B. Mitchell, W. N. Cox, M. E. Mitchell, J. J. Kelly, H. A. Orffin, O. K. Breazeale, O. K. Booro, : T. O. Pooro. W. F. Smith, C. B. Lewis. B. A. i Lewis Jan 31, 1000 82 4 WARNING. ALL persons are hereby warned aol to treflpaea or hnnt on any of our Landa In Anderson County, ander pen alty of law. _,'.. Rev. C. L Stewart, E. H. Welborn, Jas. W. Williams, John Garrett, Irvin Garratt. B. F. McDavid. : Jan 81, WOO 82 4? WOOD'S HIGH GRADE Farm Seeds. Our business in Farm Seeds is to-day one of the largest in this Country. A result duo to the fact that quality has always been our ?T?t consideration. We supply oil Seeds required for the Farm. GRASS & GLOVER SEEDS, Cow Peas. Cotton Seed, Seed Oats, Seed Corn, ISoja, Navy & Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Broom Corn, Kaffir Corn, Peanuts, Millet Seed, Rape, etc. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue gives the fallest Information about these and all other Seeds; best methods of culture, soil best adapted for diff?r ?rent crops and practical hints as to -what ara likely to prove most profitable to grow. Catalogue malled free upon request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond. Va. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Own Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 19, IMO. j With tho exception of tho Senate, j feeling in this city is almost universal- | ly against the Hay Pauncefoto canal surrender. Tho House of Representa tives is at least five to ono against it and the publie is practically unanimous in its opposition. The attitude of tho Senate is most peculiar and hard to un derstand. Senator Morgan, of Ala bama, whose whole life hus ?been devoted to a constant warfare in favor of building the canal under American guns now says that fortifications will ho of no use und favors tho treaty. His is the most striking change of face though there aro other Senators whose new position is scarcely less surprising. A recent poll of tho Senate showed a two-thirds vote for the treaty, but the universal opposition of tho newspapers of the country, democratic and repub lican, alike, is having its effect and it is quite probable that enough may chango their minds to defeat the treaty. The news cabled from London thut it is practically admitted there that Lord Salisbury would have consented to the United States fortifying, if he had been sufficiently pressed to do so, has added to the indignation at Secretary Hay's tame surrender of our rights. However, according to administration ideas, tho good will of Great Britain must be retained at whatever cost to this country, for it is held that only hy her aid can the president push his im perialistic schemes in the Orient. One lucky thing has developed hero within the past week and that is that the ship subsidy bill, which proposed to pay over fortunes to the wealthy At lantic liners, will bc posponed until next session; that is until after the elec tion. The popular opposition has been so strong even to the substitute offered by Mr. Grosvenor that some forty Re publicans have declined to follow their party in supporting it, and it hos been therefore practically decided to let it go over. It was somewhat difficult to arrange for this as the s iipline owners refused at first to contribute tx> the Re publican campaign fund this foll unless they were given the money in the bill, but it is probable that they \ ill yield to the inevitable and contribute, realiz ing thr.t a Republican victory this fall will so intrench that party th it its members will risk the anger ci their constituencies. At present they arc unwilling to go home and inform these that they voted for a bill carrying $0, 000,000 in subsidies, largely to old and worn out vessels. It is a fact that there are 117 old ships which would share in the benefits of the bill, 77 of them ten years old and quite a propor tion 25 years old. Twenty-eight of these are of foreign construction. What these old ships would leave out of $0,000,000 would go to the fast At lantic liners, which carry little or no freight. The advocates of the bill re fuse to accept an amendmentproviding that no ship shall receive a subsidy un less it carries one-half of its tounge in freight, as this would furnish little plunder to Mark Hanna's friends al though it would nt least give to the slow freight carriers a share in the plun der and might possibly have reduced freight rates. General Stone, U. S. V" who hos done such splendid work for Porto Ri co, is bitterly opposed to the proposi tion to impose duties on tho products of that island whon imported into the United States. He says that the inhabi tants welcomed our soldiers with open arms and saved u? hundreds of lives by their adhesion to our cause during the war. "When our army landed there," he saya, "the first thing General Miles did was to issue a proclamation declar ing that we came to offer them*' tho blessings of our government." General Stone thinks that it wouid now be bad faith to impose duties. Said he: "Can we afford to break our solemn promise to these people ait the outset of our rule? Shall we give them throe-quar ters or some other fraction of what is due them, and that, not as a right, but as a concession, which the next Con gress may revoke? If the conscience of the nation could'- consent to such an iniquity, it might still bo wise to con sider that we may have, any day, to de fend thnt splendid possession against a foreign foe, that it is now the grand outpost and guard over our coast and commerce and canal that is to be, and that when such an occasion comes, if our dealings with these people have shown kindness and liberality, or even fairness and common honesty, we might raise fifty thousand fighting Porto Ricans to defend the island against our enemy." Genera! Stone scouted tbs idea ol in jury to our producers from Porto Rican competition. "What possible plea or excuse can we offer for sacrificing the honor of the nation," he exclaimed, embittering a million warm-hearted friends, and risking a failure in expan sion, ? general overturn in politics, and a loss of present prosperity in the country T" ' . . Representative Crumpacker, of In diana, has abandoned for the present his attempt to secure the passage of an act directing the Director of the Cen sus to furnish Congress with informa tion to be used at this session in reap portioning representation in Congress so as to reduce the voting power of the South in the election this fall. After tho,election, however, ho will push his billi before the next Congress convenes and the Democrats aro again in power in the House? OUR COLUMBIA LETTER. I Coi.UMiti.Y. Feb. li?, j Tbc Legislature bas adjourned and it lias much to its credit as nconserva tive body, lt bas broken the record in a good many respects, but in nono so acceptable to thc people as that of having passed thc least number of bills of any assembly of late years. Thc total number of hills passed was 178. There were (pate a number of these effecting in more or less degree thc procedure in the courts. Thc most important matter was the dispensary legislation, and the whole State is now watehiug with eagerness thu fresh at tempt to purity a great moral institu tion. Biennial sessions and tho wide tire bill were killed after all tho enthusi asm they evok d on the lirst half of tho run. Tho State House will bc finished according to tho original plans, but'the public schools will not get their $100,000. Tho Senate stood tho House down on this. Tho State Colleges get a liberal appropriation, however, and the cause of education will be well cared for. Among the most important bills re lating to changes in the judiciary was the Gruber county court mutter, and once it is tried in a few counties, and tho fact that there aro new olliccs to be had, and money to be disbursed out of tho pubiic purse, tho chances are that other counties will want to come in on thc disbursement and the system will be extended, to thc cost of the State and the lowering of thc standard of our courts and the judiciary. Among the other Acts of general it. tcrcst were the following: Providing that any purchaser of com mercial fertilizers shall have the samo tested at Clemson College without cost, and having a punishment for falling below the standard. Providing for a constitutional amendment allowing thc drainage of swamp lands. Requiring thc burning of dead swine. Doing away with thc second class faro on tho railroads and providing separate coaches for tho two races. Providing for tho registration of tho births, deaths, and marriages iu tho State. Providing for a homeophatic board of medical examiners. Providing for a constitutional amendment by which certain citizens may issue bonds in excess of the pres ent constitutional limit. Providing for a juvenile reformatory in the penitentiary. Regulafing reinsurance by others than residents in this State. Providing for the State carrying the insurance of public buildings. Among thc other Acts amended and added are the County government Act, w'ujh got its usual number of stabs and cuts. Tho concealed weapon law, Mle matter of the adoption of illegiti mates and children, tho matter of bail by magistrates, tho law as to tho dis tress for rent, the limitation of thc liabilities of partners on dissolution, tins provisions for the incorporation of towns, tho holding of special courts, the holdings of inquests, the Act to prevent drunkenness and shooting on thc highway, tho settlement of estates, tho keeping of criminal records, and the investigation of trusts. An Act which will have a far-reach ing effect in this day of railroad devel opment will bo that peimitting thc County oE Chesterucld to use the Coun ty chain gang in tho construction of a railroad from Chesterfield to Lancaster. Thc event ?^t' the week in the Capital was unquestionably thc visit of Bryan. It was a great stroke on tho part of his friends, and it was equally enjoyed by those who are nt variance in their po litical opinions from this great com moner. Mr. Bryan is strictly and truly n man of tho people, from the people and for the people. He is a mau with a mission in tho world, and ho is to somo extent a fanatic on tho subject. It is very evident that no discourage ment or no failure cnn dnmpen hie ardor. There has been no end of speculation in tho matter of the successor in caso McLuurin resigns from the Senate. Tho general gratification thnt was exhibited when it became probable that. McLaurin would resign was anything but grati fying to his friends. It seems to bo the general impression that he has gotten out of touch with tho people in this State, and that he is "misrepresenting" them in the Senate. They do not like his intimacy with tho Administration, and it is hoped on every hand that tho Administration will do something for him, on the assumption tout lu* belongs to them r. iw, and that the bridges arc Eradically burned between hun and is people in this State. Among the names mentioned for bis successor is that of Judge Wallace, which linnie is heard with profound reverence wherever it is mentioned. There have been a number of members of both tho Senate and the House spoken of in connect ionUvit h the otlice, but nono of them with thc warmth that Judge Wallace evokes. Gov. Mc sweeney, Attorney General Bellinger, Senator Henderson, Congressman Lat iner, representatives Gray, Stevenson, Prince and a number nf others have been mentioned. If McLaurin docs resign, and there seems to be no doubt, but that he will accept the position tendered him in the Philippine com missson at $25,000 a year, tho election will undoubtedly go to the people in the Democratic primary. I was told the other doy that one of the best friends of Speaker Gary, in talking with him about coming out for governor had advised him not to do it, as the people of tho State have grown rather tired of having the name of Gary brought up for every position of honor or profit that is vacant. The speaker is avery popular man, but tho people aro very tired of the Gary's now, and think that tho old claim of Gen. Mart has been amply paid to his rela tives. ! It is stated positively that Col. Hoyt. . of Greenville will bo the nominee of j the prohibitionists. Col. Knox is said tobo ont of the race. HARTWELL M. Aran. STATE NEWS. - The town of Union voted $00,000 for sewerage ami oilier improvcmcts. - Work has begun on the Seneca Cotton Mills. Thc ground is being laid off and annie ready for the build ings. - lt is rumored that Col. Jas. H. Tillman, of Edgctield, will be a candi date in thc next primary tor Lieuten ant-t? o vernor. - Mr. G. Duncan Hellinger of Barn well will not run for Congress but will boa candidate for re-election to the ellice of Attorney-General. - Capt. J.A.l'eterkin.of Port Motte, started a tomato cannery last year. Ile succeeded so well that hi- will en large his factory this season. - simpsonville is to have a cotton mill. Tbe capital stock may reach $200,000, and Alexander Kinley, of Greenville, will be president. - Nancy Patterson, a colored woman in Union county, was burned to death by her clothes catching Uro when she was burning brush in the held. - Along during the war from 1SC1 to 1805 the post oflico at fcSpartanburg issued a few [stamps. These stamps arc now worth about $100 each. - "The Golden Weed," a tobacco journal published at Florence, is the latest, candidate for public favor. Mr. H. A. Brunsen \h the editor, and the first issue is a creditable one. - Theodore T. Bedford, of Potter ville, Penn., will establish a knitting factory in Greenville. It will be equipped with .'10 machines and its ca pacity increased in the future. - Clemson College is sending out some valuable bulletins now, Bulletin 48 tells about the use* of broad and nar row tires, while4\) gives much in formation about strawberries. - Mr. ?<W. C. Husnsing, a former resident of Midway, was found dead recently near tho Coast Lino track in Charleston, lt is thought lie fell from his bicycle and was killed by the fall. - While rabbit hunting in Oconee County a few days ago a negro boy was killed by the explosion of a singlc ba rrel shot gun. Ile took aim to lire tho gun when tho)breech pin flew out aud the load blew his brains out, - At the annual meeting of thc Agri cultural and Mechanical Society held in Columbia tho premium list was re vised. lt was a long and tedious job, The premiums were increased $1,000, there being $1,000 offered for county ox bibil s. The'race purses were made $2,500, being an increase of $1,000. - A remarkable occurrence happen ed over on the factory hill some day? ago. At the home of Mr. Liner twin? were born each of whom had a full sd of upper teeth. This is the llrst in stance of the kind ever happening in Union so far as we cnn learn. Both of these children died a few days af tc: their birth.- Union Times. - Fully half tho students of thc Medical College of Charleston have the mumps. One unfortunate student developed a case of them about twe weeks ago, and since then they have been spreading very rapidly. SOUR aro confined to their rooms for two oi three days, while, others for over ii week, and don't know how long some will have to remain in. - Tho store of Mr. John Simmons; o f Mountville, was entered by bur glars and his safe blown open will: dynamite. Thu safe contained about twenty dollars which was, of course, appropriated by thc thief. Mr. Sim mons, who is both a merchant and cot ton ?buyer, generally deposits" large sums of money in this safe, but or this occasion, luckily, the amount wai small. ? - A through freight on the Georgia Carolina and Northern was wrecked six miles from Clinton last] Friday moniiug. Thc engine went off ar embankment and overturned, carrying over a number of cars loaded witl merchandise, which were demolished Rains probably caused the embank ment to settle. The fireman was kill ed and a brakeman mortally injured The track was blockaded for hours. - Maxey Fewell and Hopo Robert son were hunting ducks on tho for mer's plantation in York County They wero lying down by a pond, Few ell in front. Fewell was to shoot firs and Robertson to fire at tho ducki when they rose. Fowell tired and then in the excitement to see the result sprang up in time to get tho full lom from Robertson's gun in his head. H< died instantly. Fewell leaves a wif< and two children. Robertson is a boy - Cherokee is up with the proc?s sion in all material progress and whei it come to boys she has the largest om in the State of his age. Laurens Vas Bey, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Vnssey is five years and eleven months old He is four feet and linee inches hi g I and weighs 108 non HUH. He mensuro thirty-nine inches at the waist, four teen inches around the knee, elevei inches around tho wrist, and is ver; healthy and has an unusually brigh mind.-Gaffney Ledger. - Because she disagreed with him oi a warm discussion about love, Jame Brown, colored, shot and instantl; killed his wife in the phosphate min inj district, near Charleston. The stor; is that the discussion occurred at th dinner table. Brown said that if wife loved a husband faithfully sh would die for him, while a man migh love ns many women us he pleased nn< die for none. Tho woman said tha she would not die for any man, where upon Brown is said to have reached ii a corner for his shot gun and fired The woman's brain was scattered ove tho food. Brown made good his escap after thc murder. (?encrai Neus Items. - (loorgia is shipping] cattle to Ha vana ?ml Cum fm ?gos. - Thc legislature of Mississippi has proposed to build a now State House to COKt ?1,000,000. - Milwaukee and Kansas City seem to bein the lead for tin- Democratic nat ional convent ton. - Tlte American Steel nnd&Wiro company, of Pittsburg, has increased wages seven and one-half per.Yent for about ?(0,000. - According to the latest census. Porto Pico has037,000 inhabitants, but they are in a quandary to tell whether tiley aie Porto Iticaus or AHUM ?cans. - All.the railroads in the Southern Traillo Association have made a one cent a mile rate for the Confed?rate Kennion at Louisville May ?10-J une ?5. - Agents ol' the British government are slill buying mules for South Africa; 1,000 mules wen shipped from New Orlonuson Pcb. 8th, and a large lot of i food stuft". - The postmaster of North Lansing, N. Y., was appointed by President John Quincy Adams and has served continuously ever since, being (now HO years of age. - The Cuban census shows tho pop ulation of the island to be 1,573,840, which is between 50,000 and 00,000 less than when the last census was taken by tho Spaniards in ins?. - A man away up in Wisconsin turned as black as a negro's hat allot* a sudden, and for no apparent cause; and ho is now wondering what nature menus hy treating him tims. - (jen. IL W. Lawton's body has been brought home from the Philip pines, where lie was killed last Decem ber, and on Feb. S) it was buried [with national honors In Arlington Cemetery near Washington, D. C. - Albany, N.'.Y., has had a half mil lion dollars of damage from high water in the Hudson river, and the Now York (.'entrai railroad trains had to go around thc city. Old river men say it is the greatest Hood since 1857. - Tho wariin Kentucky has been transferred from the capitol campus to tho menu of the courts, and bills and cross bills and injunctions and quo warranto proceedings are being tiled tirst outside and then tho other. - Thc total British casualty list, up to Inst Wednesday night, ns reported, was: Ollicers killed, 150; wounded, 3180; ; missing, 112. Men killed, 1,477; wounded, 5,050; missing. 2,702; other fatalities reported, 453. Grand total 10,50."). - Expenditures for pensions by the United Slides aro nearly three times UB much ns is paid for tho same pur pose by Kngland, France and Ger many combined; yet tho United States has not keen considered :i military country. - In Queen's county. New York, some colored children demanded ad mission to the school foi white child ren, 'and being refused a ease was carried through the courts, finally reaching the court of appeals at Al bany. This court of last resort sus tained tho separation of the races in the schools. - Census taking is not the political picnic that many imagine. Pew ap preciate the magnitude of thc work; the eleventh census cost more than $11,000,000, and in tho tu elf th census an oilice force of more than 2,000 tor about two yeats and a field force of over 50,000 for from two weeks to a month, will be employed. - Dr. I). K. Pearsons, of Chicago, who has already given away two and j a half millions of his fortune to gcol I leges and charitable institutions, is I preparing to dispose of the remaining million and a half in tho same way, with provision that he receive an in come of $510,000 a year for himself and wifo during tho remainder of their lives. Dr. Pearsons will be 80 years old in a few weeks. - One of the most remarkable ex amples of municipal ownership iu tho United States is shownllby the town reports of Edinburg, Ind. Incandes cent electric lights.' aro furnished to residences for 15 cents a month] and to business houses for 20 cents a month for sixteen candi? power lights. Water works arti also operated at an annual charge of "M to each consumer, and a completo and perfect telephone exchange is maintained with a monthly rental of 50 cents. - Tho city of Bnltimore, Md., was treated on Jan. 2S to a rigorous fappli cation of ancient "blue laws" regard ing Sabbath observance. Milk and ico were tho only commodities allowed to bo sold, and druggiits were permitted to compound physicians' prescriptions. No newspapers wore allowed to oe sohl, bur. regular subscribers wore served by regular carriers. No arrests were made by the 000 policeman on duty, but tho names of all violators were taken and they will he referred to tho grand jury for action, whon it will bo seen wheth er the "blue laws" can and will bo en forced._ _ _ $100 Reward. $100. The readers of tbii paper will be pleased to learn thai there ls al leail one dreaded disease that sci ence has been able to cure In all its stages, and that ts Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only pn*|. tire cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease reqilree a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the ?1 i case, and giving tho pa'tlent strength by buililirg un th? constitu tion and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors hare to much fUth in Its c-irntlve powers, that tbev nffor One Hundred I'ollars for any rai.? that il tails to cure. Scud for list of tes timon?ala AB-Sold hy Drugjial?, 75c. Hall'* Family Pill? are thc best. Flut Hock Items. WV llave been having some rainy weather since our last writing. Misses .leininia and Kiln Milford, ol' Lung Branch, worshipped at this placo lnsl Sunday. Miss Mamie Howard, ol' Hartwell, (ia., is visiting relatives in this com munity. It seems Mr. Lester Haney, of Hol land's Store, has some attraction over on this side, as he makes his visits fre quent. Mr. Kdwin Thompson and sisters, Carrie and Jessie, recently visited Due Wist. One of our young men says lu isgoing lo get married when cotton gets to 10 cents. It is M now. Look out, girls. Mr. Wade Drake, one of Kl?t Hock's most industrious young men, is sawing in Mohawk this week. Mr. Victor Tate, who has charge of tho ltuhamah school, visited here tit?' second Saturday and Sunday. Miss Jessie Kuy, of Helton, who ha.* been visiting relatives in this commun ity, has returned home. JACK. Hodics of tue Hoy? Fourni iu a Closet. NEW YOKK, Keb. 10.-Charles H. Heir ne, eleven years old, and Martin Loeller, I? years old, up to Wednesday had been missing from their homes, at Nos. 115 and 110 Edgecombe avenue, respectively, tormore than six months. The father of Charles Heirno and tho parents of Martin Lootler believed that their boys had been drowned. The discovery was made Wednesday that the little fellows had died and been practically mumilicd in a closet ill a vacant house less than half a block from 1 heir homes. Plumbers who had been culled to stop a leaking water pipe in the house found the withered bodies. Tile terrible deal li that. Hie lads met and the Unding of their bodies long afterward makes a nineteenth century repetition of tho ancient story of G in erva, the bride who, on h or weddiug night, in sport hid herself in an old chest which had a spring lock and was never heard of more until her body was discovered many years afterward. Detectives from tho West Ono Hun dred and Twenty-fifth street station arrested Cornelius Ahern, sixty years old, a veteran of tho civil war, and locked him up in tho station Wednes day night. Ho is accused of being a suspicious person. There is a chance that he may bo able to clear up the mystery surround ing tho death of the boys. He was caretaker of the house nt No. 108Edge combe avenue on August 2, the date of their disappearance. Their bodies were found in this house. He lived in the basement. Complaints isled by the neighbors concerning his habits and his treatment of his own children, Cornelius, aged ten and Patrick, aged (!, led to his discharge early in October. Ahern refused to talk when arrested, save to express ignorance of thc man ner in which young Heimo, and young Loeller met their deaths. Ho denied knowledge of how they had entered thu house, and asserted that in over two months, while he was in the house and the bodies occupied tho elosct on the second floor, he noticed nothing that would lead him to make nu inves tigation. There are mute evidences of the puny struggles for life made, by these little boys on the walis and the door of the closet. Some of tho plaster of the wall is knocked oil'. About the place where the knob should be there are scratches on tho paint, showing where the little fellows dug with their finger nails. In the lower panel of the door there is a crack, denoting that Loeller had kicked with all his might to force the door open. The whole surface of the. door is spotted with minute indenta tions bearing the appearance of scratches. In their desperation the boys attempted to scratch their way out. It was not long that thu poor little fellows were conscious of their pecu liarly awful position. There was not much air in tho closet. Heirno was the first to succumb. Ho lay down with his head to th? northwest corner of his tomb, his bare feet braced against the door. Loeller sat up in tho opposite cornel': his right leg don? bled up, the other across the body o? his companion. And so they died. Lynched Near Aiken. AIKEN, S. C., February 17.-Will Hurts, a negro, was lynched near Hau sutt mills this morning, Two hundred and fifty men wt.o in tho crowd. Last Monday Hurts attempted assault on Mrs. C. L. Weeks, wife of a planter? He escaped and a posse came up with him in ridgefield county last night? They were returning with him to Aiken. When Burts was strung up tho ropo broke and he fell to the ground? Tho rope was tied and Burts was again swung up, tho crowd emptying their guns into his body. Burts confessed to attempting to cut Mrs. Weok's throat, and told her ho would kill her. A re ward of $100 was paid to tho man who captured Burts. - The Kev. Henry Thompson, rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church at Kcnoshua, Wis., has just sued a couple of well known young men of the town for $1 each-tho fees due him for hav ing performed tho double ceremony of marriage when tho two young men wedded sisters^