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ESTABLISHED BT 1ST WOMEN IX COUNCIL. theiconventiqn of stroing.'mind ed:females:pithily described. "I Told Yon There Would Be Extra Snap in tliis Movement When .Southern Wo men Joined It." Washington'. Fob. 20.?I went to the women's rights convention on Thurs day night and had much entertainment. The ladies in the audience boisterously enjoyed the wholesale denunciation of monster man. while the men vigorously and chivalrously applauded the many bard bits at their sex. Miss Susan 13. Anthony, a small, grim, energetic old maid, presided, aud dearly relished the multiform compliments paid her by her vociferous sisterhood. Miss Anthony is sometimes called "Colonel Susan." but this is the designation of some . masculine wretch. In the audience Frederick Douglass stood up, like a great bronze giant, with a forest of coasc grey hair. In old days Douglass used to preside, at these meetings, but seems to have fallen into disrepute since he turned his back on (he negro and married a white woman. All of the speakers were quite old or mature, ex ccpt the last, a German-American lady, who had a comely lace, a splendid voice aud the true tire of eloquence. Miss Anthony, in a prim, starch way, like a veteran campaigner, told her oft repeated story of the wrongs of persons who happened to be boru of the female gender. The old lady punched and cmt ed her misguidad brethren and warned them that her spirit would haunt them until justice was done. A buxom Boston lady, rising 50 years, sententiously pursued the same theme, and severely rated statesmen who tried to make woman a nonentity. She said : "When Sara Bernhardt came to this country, people were curious to sec her. She was exceedingly thin and was joked about her attenuation. One day, a man was told to look in a carriage window if be desired to behold the famous actress. He did so, but declared that, he saw nothing. ^Then you saw Bernhardt,' was the instant reply." The Boston lady proclaimed that denial of suffrage, made women nothing. The fun commenced in earnest when Mrs. Merriwether, who announced her self as a Southern woman from the crown of her head to the tips of her toes, took the stand. She was considerably advanced in middle age, but full of fight. She went from Memphis to St. Louis. A novel of hers, "The Master of Rose leaf," was a lurid attack upon the Yankees and their reconstruction of the South, but the last chapter was so hor rible and revolting that it sunk the book out of sight, I understand. As Mrs. Wcrri\votluir or;j?ro*?M><l-KauXiiV- that hor busband was a Democrat, I presume she has modified her opinions, but she and tier son created something of a dis turbance by calling forth and prodding out the traditional "negro in the wood pile." The idea of a black brute having the franchise to the exclusion of the most exalted white woman roused the indignation and wrath of Mrs. Mer riwether and her "baby boy," a chipper and cheeky lad of 19 or 20 years of age. This lady made a rattling harangue, full of wit. sarcasm and bitterness. Argu ment was lacking some what, butillustra- j tratiou abounded. She read a letter) from Senator Vest, who uncoinpromis- j ingly opposes the woman movement. ; and then, bit by bit,and line by line, held ! him tip to ridicule as no man has ever' yet dared to do. she had not read the [ minority report of the Senate committee on woman suffrage, sigucd By Senators , Brown and Cockrcll, but heard about it: and yet she assailed if all the same, with a Hille spice of blasphemy, in the beginning, aud a concluding ober to j teach a better Bible doctrine to the two I Senators, whom she invited to go to \ Sunday school. She discussed the Utah bills of Senator Edmunds and gave a pa tent recipe for exterminating polygamy.! winch is worth, attention. "I would." j she exclaimed, "allow the Mormon w<> men to keep their suffrage and disfran chise the men. Then f would send strong minded members of our associa tion out there as missionaries to teach 1'taii sisters to be strong minded, too. Then :i Mormon* man would not want more than one wife, as one strong mind ed woman would be all he could en dure!" I am quite prepared to credit this assertion and to go beyond it. In deed, an irreverent scamp says, that in stead of one such woman, he prefers twelve wives of the other kiud. Mrs. Merriwether claimed Sam Join s as a Tcuncssccau, and quoted him to show the superiority of woman. lie had heard a lady make a prayer so fervcnl thai she seemed to bring heaven down to earth. ??Now." ejaculated Mrs. Mcrr:w< Iber, "I never knew any man. preacher or J otherwise, who ever brought hcaw a and earth within I'.i.OOOmiles ofeachother." Aud vet there are softie sainllv men :n this world, and the llcdccmir of it was not a woman. "Colonel" Susan reluctantly caihd lime upon thus ilerv South- rn matron.: Wid. wagging r "head sigiiilieam.lv. jerked out: "1 lohl you thcro would be extra snap in this movement when 'outfit m women joined i:." Then, ailei- a mi!! prulesl from Mi-s Col M Glover Ja? 1, 'gg- ; 9. O York, the German lady mentioned in the beginning of this article. Her address was so noble, so grand, so pure, so full of thought and spirit, that it dwarfed the flippant, boisterous beings around her. and lifted the whole conven tion into dignity and sublimity. She compared the American and German governments as well as the American and German women, pointing out skill fully their respective virtues and defects. She anathematized the rich American women who shrank from maternity and cared for nothing but display. The pic ture she drew of an ideal republic, re fined by women in all particulars, was so beautiful and exalted that the men present more than the women paid her homage of an applause that was sincere, although reason bewailed that such an Arcadia did. not and could not exist this side of paradise. 1 declare, under the inspiration and magnetism of this gifted and devoted woman, my senses were taken captive for the moment, and even .Susan li. Anthony and her sardonic sisterhood melted into something lovely and serrnc. But there was a rude awakening. In stead of dismissing the audience under such a powerful and pleasing spell, old white haired and bearded man who was said to be colored, but could hardly be so discovered. This man was presented as "the noblest Roman of them all." and some of the audience seemed to hail him as such by clapping Ihcir hands. !n a deep, solemn, sonorous roiee ho proceed ed to rebuke young Merri wether for bait ing the "negro in the wood pile." and. in a lone of resentful thunder, shouted: '?Southern people can never lind eterni ty long enough to make atonement for the wrongs done the negro?" The audi ence in part echoed that sentiment, ami the colored orator was about to amplify bis wrathful indignation when Colonel Susan nipped him in the bud. The ??noblest Roman" succumbed to the resolute little white woman, and retired with dramatic resignation. As she strode back, like Borest as Spartacus, Mrs. Merriwether her bangs all awry and her frame heaving with excitement, rushed to the footligltts, and, in defiance of Miss Anthony's quick remonstrance, shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, what that boy said was from his head and not his heart. It was inadvertent. He was brought up to believe in freedom lor the black as well as white man." The "noble Roman" bowed his head in proud pro pititation. Miss Anthony shook her cork screw curls bcnignautly. and the strong mmded were uproarous. But the effect of'Mrs. Neymau's radiant prosepoem was dissipated in a smell of sulphur and the purgatory of disccrdaot clamor. While these strident women, rich or comfortable, arc making fierce demand for sud'tfigc, hundreds ol'llioir ?istorhood ask only for honorable employment and the right to earn an humble living. Pos sibly they would be more fortunate if the ballot were given lliein, but probably not. I am for giving these sisters ol ours the most enlarged opportunities ol making their way in the world, but the suffrage may not be best tor them, and f am inclined to think that the vast ma jority do not desire it. especially at the South, where the evil, because of a pecu liar race environment, would bo some thing infernal and intolerable.?J. R. Randall in Augusta Chronicle. STARVED TO DEATH IN BED Pitiable t):-:'.''i nf Congressman Smalls The Palmetto Posl of Ihe 2?tli ;nsi . says: Charlotte Williams, a step daughter of Congressman Smalls, was found dead in her bod on Monday morn ing, in IJcauforl. under circumslauces ol the greatest poverty and neglect. When her two little children woke up they found their mother sliu* and cold beside thorn. The damp, squalid apartment in which she was found was the base ment of an old neglected house, with no window panes in the sashes and the fireplace without a spark of lire or a cinder, and her only covering was a thin quilt upon a rickety bedstead, and some meagre furniture and tinwerc about the dirty floor. A bottle of gin with lightwood chips steeped in it was at the bedside. The spectacle of poverty and squalor as presented to the jury of in quest was siekeneninir. She was a lewd woman, to be sure, but no more than some of the well-to-do of her race. The colored men. composing she jury were loud in their condemnation of Smalls for his neglect of her. A verdict was rendered thai she came to her death from waul of at leu lion. A strange story?so sinnige that in fiction it Would ! e colld: d *'<K U- h>l possible situation-comes from Milwau kee. Five years ago, Mrs. Ileriietuau. wife of William iierneinaii submit ted quietly li? a divorce Ibr which he sued on the ground that she !.ad borne him no children. William soon afterward married again, and now han two children. About two mouths ago he removed to Milwaukee from Michaam. where he had divorced itls nrs! wife. .\ few days lu ler lite lirsl wife arrived in Milwaukee, and begged so pilot ?usi\ ;?? b.: tear :: r former husband, v.horn >aid siiii loved ? a..,-.- [ban life, (has Mr. 11 cinema:: and !ii . , ;;! wile took he.- in as ho'.! v keeper. '. !.e\ are now ?!? livai: uu'dt r ii.i sana r? < .. and the .? :?;.:> .? -..'..'?: ?? tu ins to 1?. exci cdlngly ?. rait lit! for her privilege; ! : u ! <?:'!.:r lonner !.:; it woman i.?:<?rcpi :i.'- -Una; ion inn-i S! e;> 1 >attt;h1 er. .\ It:.!>(?>' family. ..:: ca.i ur: >? I . "Waunnma! er. KAXGrEBUKG-, S. C, TH IN A BAD FIX. An Emigrant Agent Named Walker Slakes Many Other Walkers. A correspondent of the Laurcnsville Hcnild, writing from Waterloo in that county, says: "On the 13th of Febru ary Mr. Walker,the emigrant agent that skipped by the light of the moon from our town last year, stepped oil" (he train to take a look at our town. lie recog nized some faces, and said he would pay us a visit soon. The next day Mr. j Boyd, his sub-agent, appeared in our I town, demoralized the labor. For some j distance around all the negroes that ' could be induced to go to Arkansas be gan to collect at the depot, with their ' baggage, ready to take the special train ! that Mr. Boyd had entered for them, i They spent three days wailing for a j special train. In the meantime Mr. j Boyd had left for Greenwood to hasten, j on the special train. On Friday forty-" I seven colored and- one white emigrant ' left our town for Arkansas. They were stopped at Greenwood to change, j cars for Atlanta. Five days have pass ed, and they arc still at Greenwood, without transportation, money or food? with their baggage locked up in the de I pot, being held as security for freight [charges. The most of them are. anx ious to return to Waterloo, and some of them have endeavored to gel. their for : mcr employers to pay their way back to : Waterloo; but our citizens seem dispos : ed to let them freeze out. Boyd has in deed left them in a helpless condition. At this writing, Monday 22d we lcaru I that the most ol them are. walking back j to Waterloo and have left their baggage I in the depot, at Greenwood. The white ! emigrant alluded to is Ltobt. Henderson, , son of James Henderson, of St. Albau's ; Grecnvill countyc. IBs lather would do Well to make immediate scarchforhim." "LAY ON MCDUFF." The Kersliaw Gazette on tin; Threat of the Fertilizer Companies. Two of the greatest drains upon our country since the late war. withoutcom mensurate good, (in our judgment.) has been worthless insurance companies and trilling fertilizers. They have sapped deep, and to the. quick. They have play ed a heavy game upon the upright, hon est working man, and these wounds are slow to heal: leaving behind them scars deep-cut and lasting. The old insurance business, which was a tarnish upon all honorable trans actions in most cases, is about dead and a new, healthy growth has taken its ? places but its counterpart still stalks boldly in the noon-day sunlight, seeking whom it may devour. It bears the gentle and euphonious name of fertilizer. I aud although no good seems to come j from most of it. it frowns and kicks if its j utter worthlcssncss is shown up to those. I whose patronage it seeks.' I Recently some of the shortcomings ot [these manufactures have been brought ' to light by a careful aud thorough ?j analysis. This is public property, and j the newspapers taking hold have so used 1 il. For this sin, libel is threatened, war is declared and general destruction made imminent, it is indeed laughable?wc should say contemptible if it. were ser rious; but, alas, it is nothing. As wi ll I might a paper be libelled for calling : Benedict Amol?] a traitor, or Judas Is j cariot a betrayer. i "Lay on. Me Dull', and damned be he ! who first cries -hold, enough.' " SHOT DOWN IN THE STREETS St. Louis Dentists Eight it out. on tlie iside iralk (o the Death. Sr. Louis, Feb. 25.?J)r. Edward 1!. Coatcs shot and fatally wounded Dr. ? A. B. Keith, at the corner of Four teenth and Pine streets, tiiis morning. Both of the men are dentist, audit stated that jealousy ins existed be tween them for a long lime. Mr. Coatc : ? has been endeavoring lor a year past to i procure a divorsc from Ins wife, but has ; been unsuccessful in his cilorls. Dr. I Keith has. in the meantime, been the I defender and sympathizer of Mrs. , Coatcs. lie has been accused by the j lady's husband of improper relations ; with her. Coatcs has been despondent ? for some lime, and this morning au ; nouueed his intention of drowning him self, and started for the river to carry : out his purpose, but upon emerging ; from the house be met Dr. Keith, anil alter an interchange o: some hot words he accused Dr. Keith of having caused ? all his unhappiness, ami the. latter deny ing it a struggle ensued, both men fail ing to the ground. Upon Keith's rising and attempting lo walk away his antag onist drew a revolver Irom his pocket and fired It with the above result. ] tr. Keith was iahen to the city ho<]iii;>!. where i:e died at I. R( this afternoon. Itiu-iiei! !?? Heath. (in Friday id: hi last the house ofBill < 'rafton. colored, who I've near the I >ld W(!!-. was destroyed by lire. !!:- sou Charley, eighteen years <?:':..??. asleeu at the time? was burn d tu?, as a!*o Ids daughb r tain, fourteen years of age. and a red man. who liVi d in Wil liston. s. ' . The father onlv eseaivd by il, ? cracking or bnrMim: ;l which stood n.-itr ?!:.? head hi..: !r,|. ihn uoi a of winch awoke him, In (!?? I'.ousu a; the time wa? a bout liflvdolhirs in in mev an ! it is surmised ihal pro'?a! !\ " \ rccedi d the (in:.- !M.ieM LTRSDAY, MARCH 4, ISi Tin-: WAY TO DO IT. a negro lynched on account of a gross outrage. Indignant Citizens of Spartunburg Ifang the Assailant of Mrs. Lancaster on a Tree-in the Main Street. i Spautaxijukc, s. (,'.. March ].? i Abe Thomson, the negro committed lo j I jail here yesterday, for a felonious as- j I sault on Mrs. Lancaster, near (."10111 j Springs, last Friday, was taken from j prison this afternoon by a crowd of cili i /.ens without disguises, and carried lo a ] grove on Main Street, about half a mile j from the Courthouse, and banged lo 'the limb of a tree. Ue was about 20 years old and of brutal passions. lie , assaulted a negro woman last, week, but 1 she being very strong resisted him. lie I also attacked a white woman on Friday, J who escaped him. This was before he (came across his unfortunate victim. ; Mrs. Lancaster is a highly esteemed ! woman, the mother of two children, and ; about to become a mother again. While ; in jail Thomson confessed to the crime, j and when they carried him out lo the I grove he was asked if he had anything ! to edj'.j lie said: "Yes; 1 did the deed. II do not know what made me doit. 1 I deserve to be banged. Give me a little I time to pray." After praying, awhile he was swung up and left hanging. ? Several persons in the crowd were j drunk, but the greater number were j sober. Coroner livins is now holding an inquest. He will take charge of the j body and have it buried. The hanging j took place at ? o'clock, and at 7 the I lowu is as quiet us Sunday. Several j colored men were in the crowd thai ; entered the jail. The keys wore taken j by force from the jailer, whose hand 1 was lacerated in the scuffle.?News and I Courier._ at appeal to cotton planters Let them Unite Together to Protect Them selves from the Speculators. memphis, Tenn*., February 20.? The Inter-State Agricultural Conven tion, which has been in session at Jack son, Tenn., since Wednesday, adjourn ed this evening. The following resolu tion was adopted, with an amendment to include breadstuff's and lout: products as well as cotton: The 'manipulation by speculators of the cotton crop of 1885-80, which so de pressed prices that they have fallen be low the actual cost of production, forces upon the planters of the South the necessity of relieving themselves, as far as in their power lies, from the influence of so ruinous a system as that which now controls the chief exportable pro ducts of tliecountry, and with this end in view the representatives of Ihc agricul tural interests of Tennessee, in conven ^i^-isscmblcd,' call upon our brother FplaTilPrS 'orail the Southern States to "protect themselves by united action. 1 Kmboldenod by past success, the spcril ! lator has fixed the standard price for the cotton crop of 1880-87. This, he has ! done before the seed has been put ill Ihn ground, or even the ploughs have been started. Cotton futures for the months of October, Nobcmbcr and December. ; ls.-v?. and January, I8S7, are to day quoted in Xew' York at from 8.70 lo S.'S?, according lo months. 'Thismeans not exceeding8:j cents for middling cot ton iu Xew YorK, or s' cents at the principal shipping ports 0! the South, including such cities as Xew Orleans, L'harlaston, Savannah, Augusta, Mobile. Galvcslon and Memphis. Middling cot ton at these cities selling for \J cents means not more than 7! cents Lo the planter, who must pay freight, insur ance and tegular commission charges, which generally average from ; to I cent per pound. Now, in view of these conditions, so ruinous Lo our in lere: Is, we appeal to tin: intelligence oi Lhe col tou-growcr. and ask him can he pa} the expense of farming and make even a hare living by selling cotton at 7.' ecu I ? per pound'/ The answer is already giveu iu the negative. The next ques tion following upon this is : What i.s lhe remedy.? W?. answer: Diversified crops: plant onc-lhirtl less cotton and more grain and grasses, raise hogs audhomiuy, let cotton be. the surplus crop, instead of producing six and a half million bales make only four and a half million bales. Iiv this means we may realize a large price for our labor, and at lhe same Ihne live independently ol'speculaling sharks who profit by our losses. In addition to this, the Legislatures of each of 1 he Southern Slate- should be petitioned lo make tleallings for luturc delivery, un less cotton is actually on hand to.-ell and is actually delivered lo the contract ing purchaser, a felony punishable by line and imprisonment, not less than one :!. iisand dollars and two years in the penitentiary. Tht: lime, is now pro pitious for united action, and we appeal lo the pre-- ofihe South lo aid us in our PTMCj CRESCENT BONE FERTILIZER. What CoiiuiM^sIniu'r llutler Says?TIic Farmer lias lteceivetl More than lie linn l'aid for. To dealers selling and farmers using the ''Crescent": OkxtIjEMEx:?Some of LIio newspa- ? pcrs in South Carolina have recently published a .sensational article headed, j ??Fraud ill Fertilizers." in which a large , number of the best and most popular brands are stigmatized as fraudulent and j 'armors arc advised to ??shun" thorn. This charge is baseless and arises from misapprehension on the part of the, Editor who published the original article.' It does great injustice to many honora-; hie and prominent gentlemen, and works injury to the farmers, by misleading them and creating unfounded doubt and suspicion of the best Fertilizers, causing them to purchase articles of lower', grade. j 13v reference to tlte Ollicial Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, which { I refers to Fertilizers sold and used a year j ago, it will be found that those in the so- j i called "Black List" in nearly every,i instance exceeded in commercial value Lhc guarantee given by the manufacturer1 ' and that where the Slate Chemist sh >ws ] , a falling oil' in any Special Fcrtillzea in ! .any one constituent, it is more than ; made up by an excess in others. ::i other ' : words, the average ul lhc Fertilizer was ; i better than the gihirantee and ?'the 'Far-j j mer has received more than be j?ai<l for." I j One of the most palpable eases siiow ing the groundlessness of the charge of "Fraud," is that of the Georgia Chcmi j cal Works. Acid Phosphate (of Augusta Georgia.) Their guarantee was 10per ; cent," available l'liosphone Acid ami 1 per cent of Potash, Commercial value $14.00. The State Chemist makes the sample he analyzed show I"2.3") per cent. Available Phosphoric Acid, 0.06; Potash, Commercial value ^17.04, or an excess of 83.00 in Available Phosphoric Acid aud a deficiency of 2 per cent in Potash, and so with many others, show ing the utter absurdity of the charge of "Fraud." Variations in Analysis are impossible to avoid, and Prof. Shcpard, former State Chemist of South Carolina, tells me he caimot in scarcely any in stance make two Analyses of the same sample and get the same per-ccntastcs. Analyses arc simply approximations indicating the average quality of the Fertilizers, for it is impossible for any man who has ever lived, or will live, to mix millions of pounds of four or live different ingredients and have every tcaspoonful to contain exactly the same proportion of each constituent to the 100th part of a grain. Isold about I, 7U0 tons cf the Crcscut in South Caroli na last year, or 3,4?0,U0O lbs., which were mixed with the utmost care and contained the best ingredients, but not withstanding this fact, no two separate tcaspoonful would analyze by any Che mist, exactly lhc same in Available Phosphoric Acid. Ammonia,and Potash, if one ingredient overran, the other would probably fall below. The Commissioner's report shows ! most of the Fertilizers nol i/iili> i:<.! were sold "ii a low <;iir>,;t,i!i ?? generally H per cent of Available Phosphoric Acid. -1 percent of Ammonia, aud I percent of Potash. Commissioner Untier, writes me as I follow.-, in regard to the "Crcseail" sold lust yean Statu of South Cauolixa. j I)<:fi?iiim nt of Agrienllun . ? Columbia. s. ('.. Feb..* 10. I.KK?. ) Mr. I'crry M. he Leon. Harammh. Ca. L)KAit Si it:?Vpou the evidence pre sented to ne. i am satislied that an unintentional error wsis committed by the party representing the linn selling Crcscut I'ono Fortilizer at Sparlauburg last season, and by Ihe agent represent-) ing lite Department of Agriculture, in reporting thai the guarantee on sacks was Available Phosphoric Acid. '.) j per ? cent. Ammonia, -; per cent. Polash.'g; I per cent, and that the same should have ; been, Available. Phosphoric Acid. 0 per cent. Ammonia, 2 per ecu:. Potash, - ! per ccut. Aud the Commercial Value therefor : would have been $19,70, instead ol $23. f.S, as printed in the Ollicial Report of ; Analyses of Fcrtilizt rs. < >ur Analyses of Crescent Bone gives yon. Available Phosphoric Aeid. f< ! i per cell I, Ammo nia, 2 l'?l per cent, Potash. 2 2S. per rent. CoMuia'ciitl Value ?'go.o'.i. uijuiii:it your guarantee ';/'??- ID.7u. Vours truly. A. 1'. IJU'J I.Kit. < 'oinmissioner of Agriculture. in ot!:er words thc< 're -cent was $l.uO per ton belter than the guarantee, and :!:<? identical goods in question were largely used last M ar ale! gave genera! satisfaction, and by the analyses of IT??f. I.iebig of IJaliimoiv, a ( hi mi-; o! .national reputation, were, fully vp / ? , gi'ir,ynlc<: in if.try < ??;.. '//iu I have some thousand tons stored a! ii.- South Carolina Ibuhvad. whii Ii P?if. Sh pmvl i now analy/.iug and a> sotina? ivcciv .! will nubli.-!i the An dyscs. V< u can rely on the c':???-. ut. being a lirst ?lass l-VrtHi/.i r in all ???.?].. . :> mid upon :-: :vi:i ; -afi-'a.-t. :-. results wi:'i pro per ?-an and etiltivatio;i in jiVfra-ze ?? a ! ?:is. !'..: ?:?.' M. i>rl.>:??-.. Ii., u-.\ t.. I':-.-- it IVtJI . ?. T'ltV -. :-i ii:-.. !. M;--if.-. Frb :'">. Tub nioniiitg Alexander !!??????. an i:-:r.t'!">vi of the KI- Light Coin. any. v. I >\ the lov.i ? a! f'rut!- avenue I Ma-k ? in et l':e no.,-, iff reljliifSll'g i li.;: .'. . ' :.?! '? ? ' ' pl.t:form at the top ??. h<:: !us sud i i-idv Ii-vi r the Kiilhrj and cam ? ? . II : ?? .. - h.i ? . . i .: . . ? ? . .? . : i-.' ??' ? ' iir ? . : save you perhapsa dv, tors i ill. 5 81.50 PEE ANN TM. A BLOODY THAGEDY. KILLED HIS WIFE AMD THEN BLEW OUT HIS OWN BRAINS IHynterloiiKlVlfc-MiiriHT ami Suicide hy a Stranger from North Caivliaa?NiiH' Orphans. GltEENVIIXK, March 2.?A horrible tragedy occurred at Piedmont lb.3morn ing. James W. King, a resident of Piedmont, aller accompanying ifc the depot his broilier-in-law Philips, who look the up-freight train, returned tolas dwelling in lhe village, murdered his wife by stabbing her iu the breast and thront, with a knife, and after this bloody dcO'd cut his own throat. Parties who suspected something wrong broke open the door of their room and found Mrs. King lying on the floor-' iu a pool of blood and her husband lying across her, both dead, and lhe knife lying in King's breast. What led to this dreadful event seems * > be wrapt in mystery. Evidently King and his wife did not live, amicably together. Acir eumslanco creating this belief is that King bad recently uolilicd merchants of Piedmoul nol lo le! his wife have goods on Iiis account. King earned his living by ditching and some of his chil dren worked as operatives iu the Pied mont factory. Jhil lit tie can be learned of the .people. They came to Piedmont as strangers from Xorlh Carolina. It is surmised that King had some family trouble and had bee.ma: insane when he committed the awful tragedy. King was about forty-live or liflv years of age. They leave, it is said, nine chil dren several of them very young. A G H OST - H A U N TJj DCOM M UNITY Tilt- Scene of a Tripple Trajfedy Said to he the Home l>f fcrt.iriiod Spirits. New Ha vex, February 25.?Tlie residents of Killing worth, a quiet little town on the Sound, are very much ex ercised over a haunted house. On a lonely road near the centre of the town stands an old house of peculiar con struction. iL was in this mansion that, a decade ago, Mrs. Horace Iliggins cut the throats of her three children while they were aslcct). They were buried iu the village charchyard, and although the other graves there are covered in sum mer with an abundant growth of grass, not a blade ever grows on the graves of the children. Their mother was adjudged insane and confined iu a room overlooking the graves, and every night until she died she would stand at the window gazing on the clock in the church tower near by, moaning and craving pardon for her crimes. For many years the house had the reputation of being haunted, and it al most continuously remained lennntless until lost summer, when the Hay family of JJoston took iL as a summer residence. The first night they slept there the two tenants were nearly scared to death by the apparition* of a woman iu white standing al their bedroom window. Loud and unearthly noises echoed through the house. The next night Mr. and Mrs. Kay say they saw the appari tion and they promptly gave up the house. ilcccnlly only these facts were learned by tin; villagers and since then scvemi weird sights have, it is said, been seen in the old mansion. GOING home. 'i'le- Chinai.:on t'leltii;;; ilradj in Leave I!:.- Cniled Stales. Won.. Ching Foo. a Chinese lawyer from New l'ork, who lias hei u attend ing some court proceedings in St. Louis, is quoted as authority for the statement that the Chinese community in St. Louis lias received what is alleged to bo a genuine copy of an Imperial Proclama tion, requesting that ?>u*ur before the lii'tcculh day of the liflh moon of the present year (May I V: all subjects of the Tai Tsxinvi Kmpiro (China) now re siding in the I'nited Slates of America return home, and iuslrtic.ing them that upon application to their Consuls free transportation will be provided from any pari of the I uiteil Slates to any part of lhe Chinese Kmpire. except the pro vinces of Toting 'rung, whose citizens, because of superior numbers, are re quired In pay hall fare. The proclama tion. wh;ie it cinb ?dies no threats, broadly intimates Licit the Chinese Gov ernment intends ;.. speedily retaliate upon the Aineivaa exporl trade and American residents iu China for long-continued outrage* upon the Chi neso in this country. This design, if carried out. will destroy an annual ex port of s-.-.i.ooo.ii.: i ami expose 11.000 Americans t ? the b-rrn ? of fmp< rial prosecution. Mo-I of the so.oiiti i fhiusi liieii :u fill? country sum expected I > obey the proclamation. The r,\;:U :;hi. Tl:? Ihnir 'vlncstliouul bill approp;-: alt ? m Iis i re ? :.?l i'""m -7.i*>o lirat \< ar. lO.O ":l the second. %???". im.'-.,. iJj, third. : i.'l.l OO.l'l'O iL." fmrth, v I L' ? ???? ? i\ siiiii, ' ?,<.??' ll:e .tixih. ?". . v. i.tltaii.l ??, ; i.O t'.e .h ;?... :-. 't 1. money !s !?? be i an:.1:; . :- Laie? ! .'. ;t'i :. ? t:u ilii ? ! illiteracy. n:ul .... tal- it Tt rriLorv j !o par;!, ipaie ;.. :. ? . . <:.???? kUil ToVide si It-ee s !,?? ! : Tale "/ .i.ile :?.;?.! 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