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ESTABLISHED IK 18( FARMER'S CONTENTION. A BUGLE BLAST FROM GEN. BRAT TON, OF FAiRFIELD Tin- Convent ion's Action Considered Ktid ical und l'n reasonable and I'ttcrly lte gardlc-s of tlie Dltllrnlt jcs and Com plications of tli.' Situation in Sun Hi Carolina. In u letter to the Wiunsboro' Xews and licarld (ieu, .lohn Bratlon explains his position iii retercncc to'tiie Fanners' movement. lie says: 1 desire to he distinctly understood ns according to the advocates of the tann ers movement the honesty of purpose and good tntth tliat I claim for myself, and indeed have ever claimed for the sturdy fanners of the land in public matters. The expression "to the man ner born," with all the devoted fidelity to country that it carries with it. has ever been associated in my mind es pecially with the owners and tillers of the soil. Their interest are as fixed as the soil itself. They cannot be stored in safes, or boxed and sent off to foreign vaults in the time of trouble. They must abide the fate of (heir country, whether it be devastated by an invading foe. orient and torn bv internal dissen sions and class conflicts, or calmly rests under the peaceful reign of law based on mutual concessions. If they are not (rue in their hearts to the best interest of the State, where are we to look for lidclily? With no doubt as to their motives I hoped and expected that the Convention would be an ellective agency of agitation, and by its consideration and discussion oflhc agricultural situation reach some intelligent conclusion as to the close of the depression, or at least, throw some light on the subject and to that extent nilay the unrest and discontent which seem to prevail. It was with feelings of disappointment and regrel that I found myself unable to concur in the action of the Convention or in the assumptions on which it seems to have been predic ted. I say seems, because in the publish ed proceedings the ground on which the action was bused are not clearly and detiuitely slated. There seemed to be a vague, indefinite idea that the body politic was afflicted with leprosy and honeycombed with rottenness, and that amid this rubbish of leprosy and rotten ness, concealed somewhere, is a masked enemy to the agricultural intercsfs ol the State. I cannot concur in these assumptions*. I cannot concur in the idea that is floated on the air. not fixed and; located, that injustice has been done to, or justice been withheld from, the fanners of the State by any, other class in the State, or that the agricul tural i depression prevailing is in any ?t?y. jape or form attributable to vb coifduct of our State Government. The administration of our Government since 'TO has never been excelled in purity or in fidelity to constitutional obligations, and it will continue (o be an honor and blessing to the people of the State as long as it iscontrollcd by a political or ganization which combine in harmonious union the conservatism, the intelligence and the character of all classes of our people, whether the oflices are filled by fanners or not. If there is an individual, or a class, organized or disorganized, in the limits of the State, in hostile attitude to the agricultural interests ot the Stale, I will venture to say that lie or they are so closely masked as to defy the skill of the best scouts of the fanners army to locate them. To my mimLit is all baseless assumption?putting up an imaginary enemy in order to yet up a fight. But grant the correctness of these assumptions?do the measures proposed reach and cure the evils? Do they tend to generate or call into service a healthy, sound, elevated, liberal and enlightened public sentiment? Tins is the only reliance?the single and sole agency by which rottenness in a Government like ?ours can be reached and eradicated. To meet the assumed condition (which, by the way, has strayed entrcly away Irom the incipient object of the Conven tion, namely agricultural depression and its cause) the farmers are called upon to organize as a class to enforce class leg islation?to capture the Legislature to take what legislation they want. They are to call a convention of the peo ple, and reorganize the Government to suit their views. In the meantime, such institutions as the assembled wisdom of all classes id' the Slate have been able, with patient ami earnest labor in adjusting complications and surmounting difficulties, to build on the ashes ol our rums, are to be felled at one blow as Mate institutions, ami. without regard to com. converted into class cslublishinets. it die limners or ganize lor such a lighl thev will inaugu rate class eoiillicl in which the action- of men are governed, not Im moderation und wisdom and calm consideration fur the common weal, but by passion and prejudice. Will this. I submit t" the organizers, call into action thai sound, healthy public seiuimcnl that you need to cure rottenness m (he Government? If seem- that one of the purposes of . the movement is to take by legislation for the benefit of jhe fanner their jus) share ol the public treasure. Win n the power is obtained b) such means t" do that, who is to determine what the ju.-i share of the farmer class Ls y Who is to measure the grab? \\ here i- the author ity for distributing the public treasure, justly or unjustly, among the classes of people? When wa- it ever done in our country, except unjustly and indirectly, ns is proposed here, by class legislation, the great source to which some of us trace Ihc depression ol our industries? I mean Federal class legislation. how ?vver, not Mate. Ihn push on a step further. We make this class tight and win. And what do we as farmers. or our agricultural interest*, gain to re munerate us for the wounds and scars ,?,;'??'M.fiin j, vc j o: with which a crippled and debased poli tical sentiment ententes from the con flict ? We will have lowered our standard of education, especially that of the fanner. ! by substituting, regardless Of tjie ex-1 peuse. a set of special class schools for our State University system. By special ; class education wc will secure the per petuation of the class dissensions and strife which we have maugriitcd. The Mate will not be allowed to concentrate her educational strength, and. in her impoverished condition, exercise the highest and wisest economy in affording opportunities for the moral and intellec tual culture of her sons. and. breaking down class lines, train up all into one hearty, healthy, strong family mutually dependent, mutually supporting and al ways strutting together for the welfare honor and glory of their common moth er. How this is to benefit the farmer as an individual, or liic runners as a class, or the agricultural interests of the ; State, it will be difficult to show. There is one assumption that I neglected to mention, which is correct; i and that is. that the farmers constitute i the majority of the dominant political party of the State. This is a lirst-elass I ground for not organizing as farmers for political purposes, as in 11.at dominant party only can they wield their political [strength wisely for the welfare of the State and for the hcnclit of themselves. ' But the programme is an appeal to them, not to assort that strength as citizens and Democrats, but to organize it and wield it as class power for class pur poses. This power is to be wielded . within the lines of the Democratic parly. Thai is the avowed and. 1 believe, the sincere intention of the movers and organizers. Will such a movement con tribute to the harmony und eflicicncy of that party/ Is there any conservatism, and spirit of concession in it? Is there liol the shadow of the spirit that would rule or ruin ? Again?it is a farmers' organization to carry out a platform political in its character and other than that of the ! Democratic party. I low is the member ! ship of such an organization limited to I Democrats? Is it not unfurling a ila'_* that might attract even a judicious enemy of Democracy and under which he could judiciously light ? There is no provision against it. Can we afford this sort of thing in our condition ? rear fully handicapped by the weight of a newly-fledged and debased citizenship, is it not suicidal to fritter away our strength for such :t purpose, when it is all needed to uphold (he (hin veil of the hr.v between us and licentious and de ! bunched government, and with it. if it ever comes again, the debasemen t of our standard of free citizenship? From: such a condition there can lie no rcstora- 1 tic:: for The. situation here in South Carolina devolves on us of the white race the 1 highest duties of citizenship?requires the maintenance of the highest standard of citizenship. While orators, writers ; and sentimental philanthropist theorize at a distance on the race question, it is our fate to be in the forefront in the practical solution of the problem.- The vital question with us is?can we. under the load thrust upon us. maintain a healthy, liberal, enlightened public and political sentiment, or .arc we to suc cumb and bo dragged down to its level" By taking care of ourselves in this mat ter, we render (he highest service and do our full duty to the State, and. In deed, by thus holding up to his view a high and worthy standard we render the only aid in our power to the "man and brother" in working out his own destiny; for that he must, under the laws of na ture, do for himself. But the point is made for application to ourselves and I our duty in working out our own destiny. Is it not the par! of wisdom, is it not j the dictate of self-preservation, to con ' centrale our force?our intellectual and moral force, our educational and politi cal force, our Anglo-Saxon race force? and apply it to the accomplishment of this purpose ? How can we. do it ? The only agency ! in our reach for eiTcclilig this combina tion is the Democratic party?the organization not of any class, but of all classes?the organization of the people. It was framed for the purpose and used effectively to lilt the political sentiment of the State from a condition of ruinous and disgusting degradation loa healthy standard, and thereby restore toils allegi ance to Ihr ('onstitutiou the Oovcninicnl of the Stale. It i> the only means at our command for mainland! u'the lidelily of (iovcrninciit in the expressed will of [he people. Ii is the only instrumentality, through which we can concentrate our strength for Ihe supreme duly of the situation. Su lony as it will require of the officials of (?overuim-nl lidelily In constitutional obligations in the conducl of their offices, and maintain the rule of their Constitution. -<> hue.' may we await ill calm security the dcvclopo ineul of the destiny if l he black race. The De.era tic party, wiih all its faults and shorl-coiiiin^s. i- our -<>!e re liance, nur tin lorn ho] e. in I he conflict with the difficulties and dangers of ibis critical period in the life ol the Slate. ? an we niliurd any inovciiieiil thai will cripple and impair ils efficiency': Bui enough has been said to indicate 111V va w- oil the subject. I am forced to the conclusion thai the movement will operate in the opposite direction from that intended, and is a most tin fortunate mistake. Iis fulle.-i success would sacrifice tlie substance for the shadow, and. far from bonrlitiiiy the agricultural interest* ol the Mate, would be detrimental to all lie- interests o! the Slate and especially lo the agricultural. Bui the particular misfortune of such a movement lies in the fuel thai success is not necessary lo enable ]?, to do barm. The mere persistence in it will be like a lire in the rear and will distract and cripple our strength in the urcut conflict in front. In my judgment the action of the Con I? ANGEBURG, S. C, TH vcntion was ill-considerate, radical and unreasonable, and utterly regardless ot the difficulties and complications of the .situation here in South Carolina. A MOUNTAIN FRESHET. Catching a Train anil Katini; I In- Track from Under It. AsilKVi i.i.r.. X. C. June 9.?The most terrific and phenomenal rain that i ever fell in the history of this suction. 1 occurred last night in the vicinity of j Marshall, and your correspondent was i in the train which left Asheville at ? p. m. j Two small slides* occiired before reach-; ing this place. They were soon re moved. The rain descended in terrible torrents, and there was great uneasiness .for fear of other troubles on the road ahead. When the train reached a point ; just below Marshall, a slide in front of . the train stopped it. The conductor1 ordered the train to back to the depot, i (? ATnoun'aiti torrent, which live minutes! i before the train had 'passed over, could : . not now be crossed. The driftwood, trees, timber of houses, and the boulders. 1 the raging, mad torrent piled upon the ' track made it impossible for the train to return to the depot. The roadbed is on j the margin of the river, and the turnpike road between the railroad and the mountain. The embankment next to the river began crumbling from under it. and the conductor and passengers] lied ii. consternation from what appear ed to be the doomed tram. The waler | was lour feet deep on the (rack, and I rising at the rate of six inches per minute. A heavy log about two or three feet iuj : diameter was dashed against the cars, and for a few minutes the scene was one ? of the greatest fear and excitement. J3y the most heroic efforts the construction 1 1 force got the drift wood and debris from the road, which was actually inciting! away from the cars, and the brave en-' ? glueer, Mr. Clark, drove through the I turbid waters to a place of safety. ! Captain Murphy, the conductor, says 1 that he never spent a moment in such j imminent danger in all bis years of 'railroad life. The stream, which is j known as Itigsbv rim. is ordinarily not' more than three or four feet wide. This ! j sudden and unparalleled rise is attributed . , to a wctcr spout which broke forth n short ; distance a-j^vc the lowu' of Marshall, j ' and angme^.d by the heavy rain which j I was all while failing in great torrents. The wah r at one point in the low lands ! below Marshall sprcd out to a distance of a half a mile, houses and stock were carried oil'by the raging waters of the heretofore small and comparilivcly j harmless stream I AVARICIOUS RELATIVES FOILED. j The Courts Kefnse to Prevent a Man's ' \ 0' i..-r.,-ily v\v?;'ltrd .. ttRiafjj \YU.-. ]I.\i;tko::i>, Conn..June 3.?The re latives ofC'hauncey Winship of Wether- ? ' I'eild, aged seventy-live, who wanted a 'conservator appointed over the old I gentleman because he was giving too ' much of his properly to the buxom wile ? he married last year, are not likely to 1 [ succeed. After a long bearing, in which ! the old gentleman showed that marry-, ' ing at seventy-four did not necessarily establish bis mental imbecility, the ! Court to-day reluscd to appoint aeon-, scrvator. The Judge suggested, how I ever, as a compromise, that the wife j transfer back to her aged husband the j I .si'i,0(JD cash and securities he has given i her and receive for her absolute use the j third of Iiis estate, to which she would j be entitled at his death. The remainder [ would be placed ill trust for his support! i and subject to his will, the Court sug 1 gosling that there was no doubt of bis testamentary capacity. It is believed i that the venerable Chaunccy will reject the compromise, as he is uratcful to the buxom widow for marrying him after a j dozen younger women had rejected his proposals of marriage, backed by offers : of several thousand dollars cash down. - Triplets Twice in About a Year. A little more than a year ago we re : corded the fact that Mrs;. George Poorc ' of West Xewbury, gave birth to triplets. ? two boys and a girl. The girl lived but 1 a short time afer birth, and the boys 1 grew healthy and strong and arc alive and well to-day. Now we have the 1 pleasure of recording an exact repetition of the circumstance. This week triolets were again born to them, two boys and a girl. The girl breathed a short lime ami died: the Inns an* as strong as in fants at that a;_'o can be expected. The mother is doing well w ith her lour boys, the eldest of which is but a trill.: over a year. -Georgclown (Mass.) Advocate. A 11 sale ami Sound. IIostox. dune v. A lew days ago Detective Dearborn was called to I race lip- disappearance from a lawyer's office in this city of >?". hi.oiio in unregistered Government bond-, lovc-thraiion di closed thai a tin trunk conialliiu^ the securities had been stolen by a little oiliee I mm . who knocked oil' i he buk and helped himself to tiiiv dollar.-, in coin, which w.i- in the trunk, and Went to lill i.j ..ii pic. leaving the trunk with the bonds h'al.i. n in the rear ol the old Merchant*' Kxchanire. Next day (be iad returned the trunk (o the offlce. bid im; i; in an oiit-of-iho-wa\ place, where it was Intimi with the '.on.I- untouched. I'oiiiiiI Iti'otber- and sister*. I'IKMI.MIIAM. CoNN.. .I||||e |._Miss Mary Filbert, uneofthv prettied -iris in ti*I ? lown. returned ti. \*cw York to-night a- h ippy a- a ijueen. Seven teen year- ago -he vvns lefl an orphan, ami was adopted by a famih named Fil bert, ire:* own name was I'uthmami. but she took bei' parent's name and lost .vi-lu ,,; brothers ami sisters. For (bur yeai> she has been trying to tin.1 them, and recently interested postmas ter Clark in the search, lie went to work with a will, and was successful in discovering the liUtbmanns in New York. Miss Filbert went there a week ago and returned to-night. UESDAY, JUXE IT, ISi CAPTURED BY A MAMAS. A STEAMSHIP CREW TERRORIZED BY f A CRAZY COMMANDER. I)uy.-> of Agonizing Suspense on Hoard tin: Prlna Priedcricli Carl?Captain Linda Uitn.s Amuck With Cutla>s ami IMxtols. When the German steamship Prinz Friederich Carl of Hamburg arrived at ptcc 45. Fast Kivcr, on Sunday after noou. Captain Gosoff Linda, who bad been her commander, was not with her. lie llftd been lost at sea. ITis death and the.-incidents which preceded it make up a terrible story. The officers and men of the Prinz Friederich Carl were fond of their captain, but most of them felt almost glad that the voyage was continued without him and that the ocean relieved them of a fearful dread. On the morning of April 27. tit 7 o'clock, as Hie Prinz Carl dropped anchor in Suez Iloaus. Captain Linda disappcard. He had been seen a few moments before sitting on "a rail of the quarter deck, near the stern of the vessel. When the* crew searched fur him ten minutes afterward no sign of him could be found on the vessel, and he was given up for losi. The German Consul and the agent of the vessel at Suez came aboard during the day, and said they had seen a can resembling a Turkish fez floating in the sea. The descripton of the cap answered to that worn by the eaptajn. livery oue became sntislicd that captain Linda had been drowned, and Chief OfiiceJ^F. II. Stohm was made captain, land Second Mate Henry Dohm was promoted to chief officer. Tl>& Prinz Friederich Carl has been out from Hamburg for eight months visiting Chinese and Japanese ports, nod taking on a cargo of leas and mis cellaneous goods. At Singapore a young man came aboard as a passenger, and at Hong Kong a line-looking young woman made the second passenger. They both came to New York. Not long after the arrival of the young woman on board Captain Linda began to manifest signs of'insanity. lie drank heavily, and when under the influence of liquor, and lbr.two'or three days after a spree, he wns.'e.^cecdingly dangerous. lie would ariimself with a cutlass and pistols. whieJi he strapped around his waist,and par?de the deck, threatening to kill the entiib crew. The men were frightened, and tes a time a mutiny seemed proba ble'. The lit would wear.oil', and Cap tain Linda was again one of the kindest and most considerate of superiors. Chief Malc^lohm tells the story in the follow ing words: ''Oi.e day 1 entered the saloon and louitn/he captain in a terrible humor. s<:v. ?i1 cutlasses were near by in a lock ? ?r.-?&$ ' fear thai hk- would seize one of tiic-ni and injure some our I look them up in my arms and turned to walk out. The captain became more, furious, mid demanded the weapons after he had run to the door and locked it. Having no means of escape, 1 threw the swords on the floor and the captain seized one. Brandishing it over his head he cried: T am going to kill you: I'm going to kill even- oncj on board the ship.' Ho made a movement toward me, and bend ing my neck 1 said, 'Here, captain kill me if you want to!' That seemed to pacify him, and be called the boy who was cowering m a corner to unlock the door and let me out. One day he ap peared on deck with several pistols, and after frightening all the meu into hiding places, he tired at Chief Mate Stohm. and came near killing him. Captain j Linda was most attentive to the lady j passengers when he was sober. It was '. a bright morning in April, and the sea was gently rolling under a light breeze ; from the South. Oue female passenger ] was sitting aft on the quarter deck under a parasol, reading a book. The captain ; appeard at the head of the stairs leading ? down into the cabin, and when he saw ' the woman his demeanor changed. A pleascnt look had been on his 1'ace but I now his eyes looked tierce, his face livid. He disappeared down the stairway, but sprang out a moment afterward like n tiger. The woman looked at him and screamed. Leveling a pistol at her head j he- was about to lire, when the woman leaped upon bun, seizing the weapon, turned the muzzle aside. Then a strug gle followed, but some of us interfered . and disarmed the captain. For weeks none of us felt safe. We did not know at what moment out captain would become violent and shoot or saber us. Themen crept into their bunks at night trembling, and came out trembling in the morning. We knew we bad a lunatic on board, and that lunatic was our captain. The day when he was drowned I had been talking In him only a few minutes before he disappeared, and ho seemed perfectly -aiic. Whether he fell oTl' the rail neri dentlv or committed suicide, none of us know"." Captain Linda was ."??"? years old. and leave- ;i wife and two children in Ham burg.- New Vork Mar. An Ksi rnordiiiurj l';hf, The telegraph has announced the far I that Dr. -L Milton Dowers, convicted in Sau I'rnnrism of poisoning h;s wife b\ slowly adminisicriirj phnspt?rus. ha been sentenced lobe hutiir. The rase is an extraordinary one in the criminal an nals ol San I'raiieUco. a- the trial emu slimed six week>. and the main evidence was found in the stomach ami throat of the dead woman. These, siihjcricd t" delicate chemical- te.-i-. revealed plain traces of phosphoric and a mali-jnanl idrer m the stomach :dsu due to the same cause. Dr. Ilowers had insurance amounting to IT.nnn on his wile's life, and it was proved he had discussed mar riage with another woman while bi wife was lying ill. The evidence was wholly circumstantial, but I lowers' bad character and ihu atrocious revelation of his domestic habits led to his convic tion, lie received the sentence calmly, although the judge who prominent it shed tears. PBTC scalped by the apaches. Tin-Terrible Kx]>erlenee of a Voting Cali fornia Scout. A sick and sorry looking specimen of l Inunanity stepped from the passenger strain last night anil climbed into a wait ing wagon and was driven to I he coun try. His name was Samuel Xelf. fie is a man ol about thirty years of age and his parents reside in Pine Creek. Young Nell' is just home from Arizona, where be lias been prospecting m the mines and acting as a scout on the hunt for Indians. I nfortualcly for him he found the murderous red devils, and they almost made mince-meat of him. One day while riding through a canon he was shot through the shoulder and fell from his horse. His assailants, finding that he was not dead, tortured him outrageously. They cut gashes ' in Iiis face and all over his body, and applied lire to his feet and hands and ended their brutal assaults by scalping him. lie. suffered untold agonies and prayed that death might relieve him. Finally he fell into a faint, and upon awakening he found himself being kind ly treated in a miner's cabin. The miner bad picked him up and carried him a long distance on horseback. Xetf suffered weeks of excruciating pain and raved with a fever, and as soon as lie was able, to travel he took the road for home. Last evening a Chronicle, reporter ask ed Xelf how it felt to have his hair lift ed. **It is a dreadful sensation," he said. ??One thinks, as the skin is being torn Irom the skull, that his feet are coining right up through his body to the top of his head. Oh, It is terrible. It is so .painful that you cannot utter a cry and thousands of stars dance before your eyes. You imagine red hoi needles are darting in and out/)f your llesii and you clasp your hands SO closely that the i linger nails cut into the flesh. I would rather be run through a thrashing ma chine, ground up in a sausage mill or thrown under a locomotive than to ever undergo such another ordeal. It makes me shudder to think of the tortures I have gone through with and I never want tb look upon the, face of another ? Indian." ??l)o many persons survive the opera tion:-" interrupted the reporter. ?*Xo, .1 have only, heard of two or three men besides nr^pfc who have lo>t their hair bv the scalp-'ug-knlfc and then ; lived to telfofit." "Mr. Xelf, do you think the hair will . ever grow out again?'' "Oh, no; 1 shall always have a bald , spot mi there. Tbc skin was torn oil' l for a space of four inches square, and , I'm afraid it will never heal again. if it duci heal over the here place will always be so painful that i cannot toueb il. I keep my head tied np in cotton and sweel oil. You can see that my beauty has been considerably marred. These frightful gashes across my face will go with me b> the grave."?California Chronicle. lien. Hui Irr anil Fattier ICyan. The late poet priest of the South fre quently told the following anecdote of his stay in New Orleans: II was during the war when (.Jen. Uullcr was in charge, of the city. A Catholic, soldier in the Union forces there, died, and because some one blundered no religious riles were observed at the funeral. It was reported lo Puller that Father i'van had ? refused to read the burial service. In a 1 towering rage Puller sent for the priest and in the most peremptory and offen sive way demanded why he was not given all the honors of the church to the deccasd. Father Ryan quietly explain ed the matter showing thai lie was nol to blame: that the fault was due to the ' comrades of the dead soldier, and mill ed: "It is therefore, not true that I refused lo bury him. It is also not true I have publicly und repeatedly refused to officiate at the funeral of any Federal soldier or officer. On the contrary, il is the reverse of the truth, for, general, if would give me great pleasure to bury the whole lot of you!" Ilutler's stem face relaxed into a grim smile, ami from that day he and Father 11 van had no further trouble in common. Territory llerovereil, \\re are reliably informed that, by the recent survey id'the State line, made by a commissioner and surveyor appointed by the Legislature of North Carolina, two thousand acres of laud heretofore considered a part of .North Carolina really belongs to South Carolina.' This survey gives*lo South Carolina the fol lowing prominent landowners; .1. M. Howie. Frank Merrill, Xcaly Met Jin. .lame- McGin ami Jackson lloglaiid. The moftl ol the territory is valuable farming land- ami will add greatly to I he panhandle ol our county. Some suppose that the early settler.-? of North i 'aroiina crowded the Indian- down and look possession. AI any rate the Slate should look after her rights. Ii may lind mil uh\ the ililleivncc is so gr? at in the real acreage of the Stale and thai returned for taxation. Lain: a s te r Ledgi r. A Democratic Victory in Ore-jnn. Pi ?in t.a.M'. I >i:i:<;??n. June I". The election returns are as follows : The la-publican.- re-elect Sherman to i'mi ?ji i -- by I.plurality and also eleci their candidates lor secretary of Slate, superintendent of public instruction and public printer. The Democrats elect their candidate- fur Governor, treasurer ami Supreme Judge. As the Governor, secretan ofsiati and treasurer constitute the board for the inaiiagcmenl ofall State institution-. , the Democrats will have control of the Slate alfairs for the next lour vear-. MclJridge, (Republican.) for Secretan of State, has 400 plurality. Strahati, I (Democrat.) for Supreme Judge. I">i plurality. The official tignres will not change this result. The Prohibitionist.* 1 polled about 2.1."On vote-. SWALLOWED IT. [ELEVEN ACRES OF LAND SINK INTO THE DEPTHS BELOW. j The tiesitlt of a Terr Iii?: K.\|>h>*ii>ii?The shaft foil vert imI Into ? flouring Chilli iM'.v of* FlnnihiK Uns?-Mouses Moveil ami j (.'mekotf, uiitl n tlnftroiitl t'mlci'iniueit. WlLKKSKAUKK, P.\.. -Illlie 10.?At ('?o'clock yesterday evening one ot the most violent explosions that ever occur red in the anthracite coal Ileitis took 1 place at the Mineral Spring Colliery at Parsons, when: on Monday last six men were so badly burned by a slight explo sion. It is thought that lire was still lingering in the colliery from Monday's explosion and ignited a large body ot' gas which had probably accumtnulnted in the lower seam, which has not been worked since Monday. The rest of the . mine has been worked as usual since Monday. Yesterday afternoon the ma jority of the men. about three hundred , in all. left the mine between -I and 5 o'clock, and at the latter hour the super j inlcndeitt passed the word for all to leave, i Five men. however, who were repairing ? in the lower scam, remained until nearly : C o'clock, when they ascended the shaft and had just .stepped oil' the carriage when a roar as of thunder startled them. . The ground shook under their feet as , though by an earthquake, ami instantly altera volume of smoke and llame burst i up the shall with terrific violence, carry ing with it a vast quantity of wreck and debris. The head house was broken to pieces and a portion of the fan house ruined. Several of the men Standing near were thrown to the ground and cut and bruised by the wreck and rubbish that rained down upon them. At the ; same time the surface over an area of .about eleven acres sank with a sharp : shock about two left. The gioutid was Covered with fissures and seams from ' two lo twelve inches wide, from which j smoke and noxious gas escaped. Several j houses stood on the track ami were bad : ly shaken and split, though not wrecked, j The terrified inmates thai from their shaking dwellings amid clouds of dust 'and dirt caused by falling of the plaster from the walls. The tracks of the ? Philadelphia and Heading road crossed i this disturbed area und'"wcrc rendered . impassable until this morning, when i trains were allowed to pass slowly. It ? is impossible to say what the condition j of the mini; is, as it is full of black damp and all ventilation is stooped, but it is I feared, however, that it is almost entirely I ruined, as, if the explosion occurred in I the l?wer seam it must have wrecked ; 1 tic whole mine to have uft'eolcu the sur face. The colliery is owned by the ' Lehigh Valley Coal Company, and wnploy^d :>.bo:il 40r! men and boys, who are thrown out of work. A MAD KING DROWNS HIMSELF. Demised ami Iteinovetl From Hi- Castle Ife IMllllKos lain a Lake Munich, -111110 14.?King Ludwig, who was recently deposed from the Ba varian throne, committed suicide at U o'clock yesterday evening. He had -"lie out for a promenade in the Park of ! Berg Castle, accompanied by Dr Uud i ilen, his physician. The King suddenly 1 threw himself into Stannberg Lake and was drowning. The physicind jumped into the water to rescue the Kim,', and was also drowned. The Medical Com mission, which examined the late King Ludwig, report that he had ordered the members of the ministeral deputation, 1 headed by Count Holstein, who called upon him to procure his consent to a rc !gency. to be Hogged until they bled and ; then to have their eyes extracted. Be fore his death the belief was spreading among the common people ot Bavaria , that tlie King's deposition was illegal. 1 The people did not uclcivc be was insane. Precautions had been taken to prevent the populace from rising to restore the King. There is evidence that a violent struggle occurred in the Lake between the King and Dr. dulden, in the endeav or of the latter to rescue his patient. Many- footprints can be seen in the soil at the bottom of the Lake near where the bodies were found, ami there tire several brusios on Dr. Guddcn's face, which were probably made by the King's linger nails. The marks consist of two large ate I two .-mall scratches mi the right -ide of the nose and forehead, 'fliese signs .-how beyond a doubl that a struggle look place. Iti-iilnl Mimler. Cha 1:1.1 it i'K. N. t .. June 'J. \\". K Cuthbertson. a grocer of this city, was this afternoon shot through the heart 1 and instantly killed by his son-in-law, Cyrus Long, a young dr\ g.Is clerk. Two years aj'> Long "married ( uibberl sou's daughter, but the match was bitterly opposed by the girl's father that the couple ran uwa\ and were married. Since then < utl?t?ort-.hi has made re l-cated threats I" kill Long. Long's baby wa- -ick last week and I iilbberlj son's wile weilt i" sire it. When she returned Cuthbertson gave her a brutal healing and wmild probably have killed her ''in for ihe iuleri'ereiice of neighbors. This week t ulhbertson made threats lo kill Long and sen I bun word he iub uded to shoot him on sight. This alb ruoou as Long was standing in Taylor's store ? ?Ii Trade street. I uthberlson approach ed when Long drew his pistol and -!i"t him dead. A \\ hole i amil.i l'<.i>i>in-<l. I'H'Kkns. s. ('.. via K.\st.kv. s. C .lime |-J. .lo-eph Ilanlui. who lives ;, lew miles North of Pickcns. is ihe father ol eight children. ? >in- nl'lhetu died on the S(h. in.ii Ihe loth, and three on the I'Jili instant. The throe are lo-day corpse.- in ineir lather's house, and two in?>re are al the point of death. The eighth child and the mother took -ick lo-day. The physicians think thcdculh? above are the result of some poisonous substance in the well water the family use.?Columbia Uegistcr.