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VOLUME XXXYT---NO. 20. i 1 THE MIEN WHO BUY illllWI GET New, Hobby Clothing-up io the minute in style and priced fairly. Ours is not an old. out of date, joh lot of Cloth ing, made up and bought for a sale. We won't handle that kind of Clothing. Won't let it into our house-not even at the back door. If you want Clothing that's new, nobby, up* to-date, made by merchant tailors ; Clothing that fits, Cloth ing that has the right set, and Clothing that carries a guar antee of satisfaction or your money back-we've got the kind of Clothes you want. Come in and see the sort Of Clothing we sell. It's not usual that you'll find such a big stock to select from. You'll be pleased with the make, the fit, and the price will be less than you expected. Evans' $3.50 Shoes for Men. No firm attempts nowadays to sell a better Shoe than we do for $3.50. Our competitors will tell you they have as good a Shoe as ours, and will try to makes you take their's as a substitute. Don't let them induce you to take something just as good, when you can get the best $3.50 Shoe in town from us. Evans' $3.50 Shoes are made in the following leathers : Box Calf, Willow Calf, Enamel Calf, Patent Calf, Patent Vici and Vici Kid. All sizes, all styles. One price, and that is $3.50. (IVE HMS' $3.55 SHOE I TRUE. . 0. Evans & Co THE SPOT GASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. 9 I ! Everyone is Anxious To try our Latest Pneumatic Tired and Bail-Bearing Axled THEY are triumphs of modern inventive genius and a great boon to horses-so easy and faction has do they ran. They're not the only ones, how . ever, in our gJtock EVERYTHING ON WHEELS," Unless it might be a Fire Engine, and we could get you that. JOS. J. FRETWELL. THE WATCHWORD ! BUY IT CHEAP AND SELL IT CHEAPER. Special prier s on Pants, Overalls, Shirts and Underwear. Our line is complete and hought for the hard cash. '' '. n f "nt?* ^Dghan18? Outings, Satins, Serges, Canton Flannel, Sheetings and V/becks, all nt pricfis that will suit you. Extra values in Ladies' and Children'* Hose. This line is our pride, and we guarantee the beEt values in the city for the money. Our line Baskets, Brooms, Buckets, Tubs, Clothes Pins, Wash Boards, tinware, Crockeryware, Glassware, Lamps, is correct, in qciVtity and price. Joap, Starch, Blueing, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco are winners. Don't forget to eee our 25c. Boys' Pants. Mr. J, H. Brown is with us and will be glad to see his friends. KEITH & CO. ""S JLTJC FOR JLilSsS. rSeuth Main Street _ . W**Le. A m (Teething Pcw-ds?) JL?LTEETri?NA Relieve? moBowt? &*Z~Jh TH. i_ ?~Lx x n ' Ironhki of Children ol ?^^mff?^ Co^(^j25c?itsatDf?ggists, ANY AGE. > ^^Sm^^ OrittttfiBewls feo. J. MOPFSTT? M. ST. LC Ul 8. MO* FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our (Jim Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C.,NOV. ?, 1000. . The election aside, the most im portant event daring the past week has been the announcement of the census totals for the United States and for the several States, for on these will be based the repr?sent?t iou of the States in Congress and in the electoral college during the coming ten years. Of course the determination of the total number of Congressmen depends entirely on Cou^reas, which may make it whatever it pleases. There is, how ever, some reason to suppose that there will be an addition of about thirty members to the House, as this is the least number possible that will not re - quire the representation of any State to be cat down. If this number is adopted, the total in the House will be 887 an 1 the total electoral vote will be 477, necessary to a choice 230. Of the increase of thirty, the New England States will get two, the east seven, the middle west eight, tho far weBt three and the south ten. This phenomenal increase in the South was not expected and will certainly cause a renewal of the efforts to cut f own the representa tion of that section in accordance with the number of negro voters assumed to have been disqualified under illiteracy clauses. As the Bepublicans have full control of all branches of the govern ment at present, there will in all proba bility be a bitter fight before vbic mat ter is finally decided. The membership of the House may be increased further by the addition of one, two or three States. Oklahoma is the most promising aspirant for State hood. According to the census returns Oklahoma has 808,245 inhabitants, which would entitle it to two members of Congress if it were admitted, and, as it is customary to admit States wheu they have more people than necessary for a Congressional district, it is safe to assume that Oklahoma will soon be granted Statehood, lt has a larger population than Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont or Wyoming and almost as 'large as Rhode Island or Oregon. In fact, the population of Montana, Nevada and Wyoming combined is ex ceeded by that of Oklahoma, and while these three States have three members in the House and six Senators, Okla homa has no representation in either chamber, except a delegate in thc House, who has no vote. New Mexico has nearly us many residents as a Con gressional district-193.777-and may be allowed to enter the Union, while Arizona is climbing upward with 122, 212 inhabitants. All three may be ad mitted before the election of 1004, and if so, the following electoral college will consist of 487votes, with 244neces sary to eiect. Washington is filling up again rapidly from the return of government clerks who have been absent on the stump or who went home to vote for the Repub lican candidates. Of corn ey ali these employees, while away telling the peo ple how to vote, drew full pay from the government, and were carried with out a murmur on the pay rolla. The employees thus enjoying the lavish bounty that enables them to be away from their desks while they played politics, point for exense to Governor Roosevelt, of New York, who waa away from his State for several months, yet continued to draw his pay. Thoy argue that if the governor of a State can do these things, surely a Federal bureau chief has the same privilege especially when he is canvassing in the interest of the administration sup 8or til him. Among the Federal office olders who were out of town working in the campaign were Postmaster Gen eral Smith, Fourth Assistant Postmas ter General Bristow, Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden, Superin tendent Machen, of the Freo Del . i very Service; Auditor Castle, of the Postal Department; Secretary Gage, Assistant Secretary Vanderlip, Comptroller TrncCwell, Treasurer Roberts, Comp troller Dawes, Commissioner Powder ly, Director Roberts, Assistant Secre tary Meiklejohn, Solicitor Genernl Richards and Att" *nsy General Griggs. It is probablo that the Court of Claims will soon take up what is known as the Shurtleff case, in which F. N. Shurtleff brines suit against the gov ernment for his salary as or.e of the Board of General Appraisers at Now York. Mr. Shurtleff. says President Harrison appointed him in 1800 without his solicitation. He closed up his busi ness on the Pacifie Coast and came East, expecting to keep the position during good behavior. But about January 17, 1809, he received a letter from Secretary Gage requesting his resignation. February 7 ho wrote to the Seoretary expressing 'AB surnrige, and on February 22 ho received n letter removing him. Meanwhile James S. Sherman ?was named as his successor, but he refused to qualify. Mr. Shurt leff continued to draw his salary, and on May loth received another lotter, practically tho sam? as tho preceding one of removal. The next nay Israel F. Fischer appeared at the office and proceeded to toke part in the apprais ers' functions. Mr. Shurtleff continued to go to the office until November 1, when ho retired, because his salary ceased. The government's answer is based upon the principle that tho President's power of removal is abso lute, Congress having repealed tho Tenure-pf-Office Act. It has. how?ver; always been supposed that these ap ?iraisership posts were practically lifo obs, ns they are essentially f mi ?AI ni in tbeir duties, and it has always been held to be good policy to have thc tenure of office of tho judiciary fixed. Scarcely a week passes that a member of tho Board of General Appraisers could not make his fortuno for life by deciding a ca?e in a certain way, and it seems tho poorest sort of policy to have men with this power subject to dismissal and perhaps poverty at tho whim of tho office seeker. A DOUBLE WEDDING. i The Story of an Unusual and Interesting Event. Columbia ?State, Noe. 5. During fair week, at Kingstree, in Williamsburg county, there was a double wedding with features of more than usual interest. In the first place the ceremony waa by special invitation performed by the chief executive of the State, there being only a few instances of this kind in tho history of tho ?iute. in the second place, tho brides were sisters, Jewesses, and tho grooms were Christians. In the third place, a special ceremony, prepared from those of several denominations, wore used, aud by accident the wed ding was rounded off with ono of the features of the Jewish ceremony-tho breaking of a glass. After completing the ceremony Gov. McSwceney's arm in some way knocked a goblet off a table and it fell in the midst of the wedding party. The parties wore Mr. William Solo mon Lynch and Miss Esther Benjamin and Mr. Hoxie Glenburn Askins and Miss Rose Lillian Benjamin. Dr. Lynch is ono of Coward's rising and popular young physicians, a son of J. C. Lynch, one of Florence coun ty's most substantial business men. Hoxie G. Askins, Esq., is a promising young attorney of Lake City, a son of Maj. S. M. Askins, n prominent mer chant of Lake City. Tho brideB are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Benjamin, who lave re sided many years in Kingstree. Both aro attractive and accomplished young women, having many friends in the society of the town. Both were dressed alike in white or gandie, trimmed with embroidered chiffon, s:i ti a ribbons, lace aigrettes, and wore beautiful bridal veils. They carried bouquets of bridal roses and ferns. Tho flower girls were Misses Thetis Stackley, Adelaide Harpor, Ada Brockington and Florence Jacobs. Thc wedding march was played hy Mrs. M. F. Heller and Mrs. W. \ Brockington, Mendelssohn's "Midsum mer Night's Drenm" heing used. Tho brides were given away by Mr, Louis Jacobs. The decorations of tho house were beautiful and tasteful. The presents were handsome and numerous. The bridal party left for Charleston and other points after the ceremony, Gov. Mcsweeney returning to Colum bia. Tho text of tho special ceremony used by the governor in this unique marriage was as follows: "It was ordained by the Creator from the time when man dwelt in innocency that it was not good for him to be alone, and therefore there was created for him an helpmeet. Marriage is honora ble in all, but it becomes those who would enter into this estate to duly weigh the duties and responsibilities which it involves an weil as the pleas ures and happiness which accompany thia holy union; for only by a full real ization of the duties and responsibili ties can the parties enjoy to their full measure the happiness which thia con tract into which you are about to enter carries with it. You, cannot always expect to enjoy propnerity; daya of ad veraity and of Borrow will alao come; the annahine and the shadow chase each other; and so will daya of glad neaa and rejoicing b?> followed by days of sorrow and weeping; but if you fear God and keep His commandments He will not forsake you. He will strength en and keep you in every time of need, and comfort you in all of your sor rows. "This is the most important epoch in your lives, and I charge you to vi?gh well the contracc into which you ro about to enter. It involves the closest and tho tenderest of all earthly rela tions. "As no impedimentshavehecn shown why you may not be lawfully joined to gether in matrimony, I ask yon, in tho presence of God and of these witnesses, (mentioning name), do you tako this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinanco in tho holy estate of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, as a faithful husband is hound to do, in health and in sickness, in pros perity and in adversity; and, forsaking all others, keep yon only unto her so long ns yon both shall live? (Answer: 'Yes.') (Mentioning name,) do you tako this man to bo your wedded hue band, to live together after God's or dinance in tho holy estate of matri mony? Will you love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, as a faithful wife is bound to do,??n health and in sickness, in prosperity and in adversi ty; and, forsaking all others, keep you only unto him so longos you both shall live? (Answer: 'Yes.') (These ques tions were given first one couple and then the other.) "Join your right hands. "Forasmuch as (names) and (names) havc^^sntual?y'e??B?nicd ?oiive to gether in holy wedlock, and have wit nessed tho same before God ami thia company, I as tho chief executive of the State of South Carolina pronounce them man and wife; and what God hath joined together, let no man put asunder. - "Let us pray. "O, Eternal God, the Creator aud Preserver of all mankind, tho Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of over asting life, we would acknowledge rheo in all our ways, aud devoutly im plore Thy direction and blessing. Wc ulore Theo as tho source of our br no volent affections, and of all our social satisfactions and comforts. We praise Theo that Thou has ordained for us domestic institutions. Aud wo beseech Thee to behold with Thy favor aud to bless those Thy servants, who have now entered into tho closest and tenderest of all earthly connections. Help them to ful?T with fidelity tho vow aud convenant which they hnve made in Thy presence; that the rela tion iu which they stand to each other may not bo to them a state of tempta tion and sorrow, but of holiness, joy and indissoluble love. Give them grace to overlook each other's infirmities, to cherish a due regard for each other's virtues and good intentions, to improve cech other'" understanding and heart, and to travel hand in hand to the end of life. Enable them, by preserving af fection, by a worthy deportment aud by united devotions to soften to each other the unavoidable cares of life, to alleviate its sorrows, to Increase its in nocent enjoyments and to edify their friends and all around them. Aud hav ing been pious, virtuous aud happy in their connections here on earth, may they be at last united in the realms of everlasting love and bliss." The Hampton Legion. Tho veterans of tho Hampton Legion me' in tho chamber of thc Supremo Court nt the State House yesterday af ternoon. Gen. Wade Hampton wns present and acted as chairman of tho meeting and Dr. li. H. Teague of Aiken as secretary. A ttcr being favored by the general with many interesting inci dents connected with tho legion tho meeting went into a permanent organ ization by tho election of Maj. T. G. Barker of Charleston as president, P. A. Emanuel, Esq., of Aiken, vice presi dent, and Dr. B. H. Teague secretary. At the suggestion of Col. U. lt. Brooks of the Sixth South Carolina cavalry regiment all South Carolinians were in vited to attend tho annual reunions of the Hamptpu Logion, which, upon res olution, arc to beheld at Columbia dur ing fair week each year, thc day and Lour of meeting to be appointed by the president. It was resolved that tho president also appoint a suitable committco to collect historical data of tho legion ? that a complets history of tho com mand may be compiled. An incident of the legion's ling was given by Col. Wade Manning, after which Dr. Teague read a sketch of the legion printed several years ago in The News and Courier. The old comrades were overjoyed at meeting again, and especially were they gratified to have had their oid general with them once more. They assured him of their constant apprecia tion of and affection for him. The meeting then adjourned after many fervid handshakes.-Thc State, Hov. 1. A Strange Story. A prominent Atlanta business man told a good story on himself at the Aragon recently: '?Years ago," said he, "when I start ed in business I had as a partner one of my best friends. We grew together from boyhood and hnd always planned to become business partners. The first year was a successful ono and we laid aside a neat sum on the profit side. Tho second year business was not so good. I don't know what got the matter with mo but tho idea took possession of me that my partner was looting tho con cern. I had no reason for my sus picion, but tho suspicion was there and it gave mo no rest. I would go to sleep and dream about my partner ab sconding with all the available assets and leaving mo bankrupt. "Finally I r.ould stand the toiture no longer and hired a private detective to 'shadow' my partner. The detective shadowed tho partner for two months and then made mo a written report to the effect that my partner's life was absolutely straight. Then I got ashamed of myself for entertaining such unjust suspicions and for a long while could hardly face my business a?80ciate, "After awhile my partner decided lo go into business in another city and I bought him out, still feeling that I had greatly wronged him. Well, my asso ciate went away and two years after wards I was at my desk thinking of him and of how I had had him shadowed. Almost unconsciously J pulled open a drawer of tho desk that hadn't been used since my partner left. I noticed in there au envelope marked 'confiden tial' and addressed to my partner. I opened it, thinking it related to homo or tho linn's business. "What did tho envelope contain? Well, you'll hardly believe it, but it was a report on myself made to my Eartner by tho samo dctectivo I had ired to shadow him. Tho idea that I was a thief took possession of my nai f - nor at tho same time that I grow suspi cious of him and ho hired my detec tive to shadow mo."-Atlanta Constitu tion. _ _ How's This. Wo oiler OHO Hundred nnU?m rttmarA for say case^f Catarrh Hui ran net Lu cm;J by Hall's Ca i irr li Caro. Wo. tho undersigned havo known I-... . Cheney for ino last 18 yearn, a od believe bim perfectly honorable In all business transactions and finan cially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. WBHT ?C. TRVAX, Wholcsalo Druggists, Toledo, O. WAUHXO. KTKNAX A MAI'VIM, Wholesale Pruff Risls, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken internally, acting directly apon tho blood and macon* surfaces ot tho system. Tostlmonials cent freo. Hold by Druggist*. 75c. Hair* Family rills>re?tbe best. STATE NEWS - Four attempts were mado Sunday morning to burn cottou^at Kock Hill. - Charleston's cotton receipts are ; now 2,000 bales ahead of this time last year. - Eleven eases of small-pox are re ported from dray Court, in Laurens County. - Thero aro 57 cotton seed oil mills in South Carolina, usiug 2-20,000 tons of | seed annually. - F. ll. Morgan, the merchant at \ Easley, v:hc killed a burglar, was ac quitted attho Pickens court. N - Tho holding of fall festival.? is g - ' ting to bo quite common nov; through- ! out tho State. Orangeburg will hold one on November Ul, l l and 15. j -Anegro .coting in York county has passed resolutions crying out against thc impending danger from wiiite teachers in colored schools. - Saluda has a population of 40i>. The corner stone for the courthouse was laid in July, 185)0, when not moro than 25 peoplo lived in tho hamlet. - The Baptist State Convention will meet iu Greenwood, the chango having been made necessary by the illness of the wife of the pastor at Newberry. - Thc Synod of South Carolinn has decided to inaugurate n movemcut to raise an endowment fund of $100,000 for the Presbyterian Seminary at Co lumbia. - Thc trustees of the Thornwell Or phanage nt Clinton, S. C., report $10, 000 collected for the last year. Every dollar of that money goes v, hero it is doiug most good. - The citizens of Newberry have or ganized a Game Protective Association, having for its purpose the protection of game and tish by the enforcing of the game laws of the State. - Mr. J. G. Smith, ot Aiken County, recently found on Shaw creek nu alliga tor nest containing 44 eggs. He took them home and reset tlumi and now !i< has 14 young gators about a foot iii length. - Tho famous Donohue, plantation in Marion has been sold by Chancclloi Johnson to Mr. A. L. Calhoun, Jr. Il was perhaps the largest real estate transaction that has taken place in thu Stato for many years, 1800 acres bring inp $45,000, - The National Municipal Leugui will begin its sessions in Charleston on December 12. M ay ol' Smyth has stnl Gov. Mcsweeney an earnest invitatio! to attend mid deliver the address ol wolcome on that day. The Govcrnoi hopes to bo able to accept. - Kev, John Gwen, for several yean past a prominent member of the Sont li Carolina Conference, was accidentally shot last Wednesday by a young mai with whom he was out hunting nem Johnston whero Mr. Owen was located Mr. Gwen died from tho effects of tuc wounds Friday afternoon nt 0 o'clock. - The Greenville News states thal J. H. Traynham, who took the second prize in that county, made 108 bushels of wheat on three acres. Ho sowet peas and mowed 4,414 pounds of bay Counting his prize money $35 and hit wheat at 85 cents and his hay at 71 cents, the crop on the . three acres brought him $157.40. - Mr. Frank E. Smith, of Yorkville, has hit upon a scheme to prevent ne groes from crossing his lot at night He has erected an old gallows, recently found on his premises, and the negroee gave it a wide berth. Hatchet markt on the gallows show that ll poisons have been hung on it. - Tho ministers of the Yorkville dis trict of the African Methodist Epis copal Zion church, lately assembled, adopted a series of resolutions protest ing against thc putting of white teach ers in negro schools to teach negro children. To this whites and blacks should agree. Let the negro "schools bo black and tho white schools white. To mix ono is to threaten the other. - The Cotton Growers' Association of South Carolina met iu Columbia Inst Wednesday ai:d after a thorough dis cussion of the situation determined to push tho work ot organizing the farm ers of South Carolina so as to'control the cotton crop in co-operation with the other cotton growing States. The as sociation also decided to send a full delegation to the meeting of the nation al association this month. - Thc oflicers of the State who went on to New York after Nicastro Dom inico, the Italian murderer captured in that State, have returned bringing the prisoner to Colletou county to stand trial for the murder of another Italian committed some years ago. Tho pris oner reached Colletou n few days ago. Thc bringing back of this*fellow, it is thought, will have a good ?ett'cct upon the lawless crowd of foreign laborers working in tho phosphate ?mines in South Carolina. - Finley Brown, the twelve-year old son of W. K. Brown, of Charleston, died thero last Saturday morning under distressing circumstances. Tho boy was a day pupil at tho Porter military academy. As a practical joke, some of his ?V.'?GOI fellows dropped him into the swimming pool of tho academy, from which the water had beenTdrained off, i and ieft him to get out of tho hole ns best he could. During his struggles to regain his liberty little Finley injured himself internally and died in great agony. Ho refused to'thc last to re veal tho names of tho boys who placed him in tho pool, and ho declared tnat they were acting morely in a spirit of fun, and that no ohimo should be at* tached to them. UKSEU.U. NfcWS ITEMS. - John Sherman leaves a fortune of tinco millions. - Hains in Texas have given cotton au upward start. - Bryan will go down in history os the greatest speech-maker of tho age. - A dealer in artificial limbs esti mates that 5100,000 Englishmen have lost oue or both legs. - A man in Texas has entered [suit for $230,000 damages for being sont to an insane asylum. He places a high value on himself. - Cornelius L. Alvon.1, Jr., who got away with $700,000 from tho First Na tional Bank of Now York, was caught in the city of Hosten. - Tho report comos from Germany j that many Confederate $10 bills have i been passed there recently as Uncle Sam's promis? J to pay. - A.joint stock company has been organized at Winchester, Ya., for tho establishment on 1000 acres of land of an Angora goat farm. - A Chattanooga woman cut her grandson into pieces with a hatchet be causo sho said that ho was a bad boy and smoked cigarettes. - A 3-year-old child in Poughkeepsie smokes cigars or a pipo daily, and is said to have used tobacco since he was eighteen months old. Ile is strong aud healthy. - A formation of the Agricultural Implement Trust is openly announced. After January 1, 1001, every piece of machinery used by tho fanner must bo purchased at trust prices. - Tho visitor to New York need not go hungry for the want of a place to get a meal. According to thc census Imndo in June, .there aro 711 hotels in tho metropolis and 2,500 restaurants where meals are sold without lodging. - lt is reported that Grover Cleve land may be President of Washington iud Lee University, lt will be remeni* bored that Secretary Wilson was PrcBi i dont when be died a short limo ago and since then tho college has been with I out a head. - The mayor of Evanston, 111., has : issued orders to the poiico to shoot on > the spot every person caught iu tho i act of robbery, Highwaymen, biu^ ' glar? and other thieves have terrorized the town for tho past; t,\yo ?v three i Weeks, ?iid the mayor lias determined i to put an end to that sort of thing, t - Edward Henry, reputed to bo tho i oldest man iu thc country, died athis L' home in Pittsburg, Pa., aged 110,'years. r Ho was born a slave in Culpopper, Va., in 1784. During his loug career he was } married livo times, ar d is survived by i his fifth wife, by whom "io had 18 chil r dren. He is said to have been the i father of 00 children, c - Tho Indian territory will soon bo > divided among the tribes inhabiting ) tho Territory, to-wit : Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws, and k Choctaws. There aro 87,000 Indians L aud 10.008,030 acres of land to be divi i ded equally among the diff?rent tribes. I This is said to bo ono of the richest . sections in the United States, i - Charles Steinbrook, who was con > Y ic te d at St. John, Kan., on 40 counts ) of selling v. iiiskey in violation of the . prohibitory law, was fined $4,000 and sentenced to 40 months in jail. As he ? eannot pay his fine ho will, under the . law, have to serve it out in jail at the - rate of 50 cents a day, making his total i jnil sentence practically 30 years and i months. i - Tho seedless orange was a freak of nature found in tho swamp on tho north shore of the Amazon|about 1872. . To-day its cultivation in the United > States has revolutionized tho orango industry. It has brought tho orango yield of California up t?117,000 car ? loads a year, aud tho amount of money i invested directly and indirectly in it is i over ?100,000,000. - During the last few weeks duels have caused a perfect slaughter in Italy. As many ns four duelists were killed in different towns in one day. During tho last year 2,400 duels have ? been fought in Italy, and ISO deaths have resulted. Most of these, combats were between army ollicers and based eu the most trivial pretexts. - A peculiar incident was witnessed in tho Bethany Presbyterian Church of Trenton, N. .J. The .sermon had a so porific effect upon Harry Tidd, ayounr druggist, and he fell^asleep. While still in slumber he arose,tfremov?d his coat, vest? and collar and was about to further dfjrobu when tho women in his vicinity screamed. An* usher aroused iiiin and led him ont of the church. - Chicago is not only the greatest cattle, sheep and hog market in tho world, but it now loads all creation as a horse market. During the niuo full months of tho present calendar year 117,000 horses were r*?cc;?cd fud eoid there, breaking all former records by nearly 30,000. The largo increase is at tributed to thc demand during thc last year for cavalry horses,'.which have been purchased uv tho governmont and by Germany and England. - Two plans for army reorganization will bo submitted to Congress this wi? tcr. Secretary Hoot, meeting the views Of tho President, is having nrr?nnivwl. plans which will follow the same gen eral scheme as that urged upon the late Congress. Gen. Miles will proposo an army of 80,000, including 80 regiments of infantry, i;"; regiments oi cavalry, "~"> batteries of artillery oQabout 18,000 men to properly man the seacoast de fences. Gen. Miles belt ovos there should be at h ast one soldier ti? eveiy thousaud inhabitants.