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PINKERTON (AUGHT THEM. A1.1. F1 VE OF THEI EXPRESS ROBERS IN CUsTODY. A Marvelou. Nairiative of Thtir Dietection Through tl Impatiteic- .r niizidtie' ' itrock in Writi:: th Ite-j in: C mnaiti. Lett er. tFrom the d;.he Time. It is made known through the Pinker ton detectives tbat they have captured and fastened the evidence upon five men, who were concernted in the robbery of the 'dams Express car on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad'on the niglit of October 2,. thirty-six miles from St. Louis. The most important clue was obtainable through the ".im Cium- I mings" letters to a St. Louis paper which were written by Fred Witrock. who, with a man named Weaver, both engaged in business in Chicago, were the princi pals in the affair. A portion of the $60,000 stolen was recovered from the five men, from Witrock's wife and from an innocent stranger, who had in good faith undertaken to hold $4,300 for Witrock. The detectives refuse to say whether Express Messenger Frothing ham was concerned in the crime. HOW IT WAS DONE. To-night the Pinkerton detective officials revealed the facts of t? arrest of five men for the robbery of the Adams Express car of R60,000 on the St. Lonis and San Francisco Railroad on the night of October 25. The men under arrest are Frederick Witrock, who is the author of the "Jim Cummings" letters, and is claimed to be the man who per petrated the robbery; W. W. Haight, an ex-employee of Express Company, who is supposed to have aided in planning the robbery from his knowledge of the railroad "ran;" Thomas Weaver, a Chicago laundryman, who was with Witrock before and after the robbery: Edward Kinney, a brother-in-law of Witrock uoon whose body was found a considersble portion of the express money, and Oscar Cook, who hid Wit rock after the robbery, and divided the money and mailed the "Jim Cummings" letters. The detectives have turned up about $15,000 and estimate that from :940,000 to $45,00 is still unaccounted for. The detectives hit on no clue to the robbers until the --Jim Cummings" let ter was addressed to the St. Louis Globe Democrat, and upon this they detected the criminals. First they started to find all the people who had left the service of the Express Company during the vear and found W. W. Haight, who had been discharged for theft and who had been a messenger between St. Louis and Tinita, Indian Territory, the same run upon which was amployed Frothingham, thc messenger in charge of the phuider ed car. Haight worked in Chicago for Witrock, who kept a coal yard, but left the city on October 27, saying that he was going to Florida. He had been very poor, but suddenly exhibited plenty of money. The next step was the discovery that Witrock and Veaver left this city on October 12, well armed and equipped for hunting, which they said was their object in Arkansas, whither they were going. Weaver returned to Chicago October 2-2, and after the robbery oc curred the Commings letter to the Globe Democrat was received and stated that he had gone to apoiniton the Missouri river, opposite Labadie and floated down in a skiff. At St. Charles the de tectives found that the two men answer ing the description of Witrock and Weaver had bought a skiff on October 14, but had gone up the river. USING THE MI1CROscOPE. From this point the search reverted to the bundle which "Jim Cummings" said in his letter he had left at the Union Depot, St. Louis, and in it were discov ered some - printed ballads, on one of which was the address 2108 Chestnut street, butso faint as to b~ only dis5 cernible under the microscope. This wras a boarding house in St. Louis kept by Mrs. Berry, who remembered that xr - resembling Witrock and Weaver had cc ne to her house on October 18, and Weaver left on October 22, saying he was gcing to Kansas City, Witrock ostensibly following him on the evening of October 25i. In the rooms the two men had x~u pied were found two stamps correspond ing to the labels on two valises shipped to St. Louis from St. Charles, which proved to be the baggage of the men who had procured thu skiff at St. Charles. Then a watch was set over Witrock and Weaver's places in Chicago, and five weeks ago a daughter and son of Mrs. Berry camueto Chicago identitied Weaver as one of the men who had roomed at their house. Oscar Cook, a close friend of Witrock, was found to have gone to Kansas City, where he lived at the house of a woman named Cox, but frequently left the city, his ab sence being invariably followed by the appearance of one of the "Jim Cumn mings" letters. A detective ingratiated himself with Cook and accompanied him to gambling houses in the guise of a friend, Cook always having plenty of money. The lookout for Witrock was kept up in Chicago without avail until last Tuesday night, when another "shadow,"' whom the detectives did not know, and a large man looking like Witroek entered Witroek's residence, No. 10 Lincoln street. Kinney was run ning the coal yard for him, and having gone to Quiney a detective managed to see there a telegram to Kinney announc ing the return of Witrock to Chicago, and signed by the latter's wife, Rose. FniaxC MANx .rs) MoNEY. When Kinney returned to Chicago he and Weaver were seen to cautiously en ter the Witrock House, the blinds of which were constantly drawn, although lights could be seen inside. On Friday morning the mysterious shadow camne out of tihe Witrock House, as did also Kinney, and, after making a careful sur vey, Witcock appeared. 'The men went south on Lincoln street, showing evident alarm all the while,'and entered a liquor store kept by an 1taliain on Mad:son street near Lincoln. Robert A. Pinker ton and two operatives shadowed the place until Kinney went out when they entered and arrested Witrock after a sharp strumggle. The latter attempted to draw a revolv'r, two of which were found ot. his person. He protested against the indignity, but he was seaich ed and $110J tken from a red pocket book found on his perso.n. The shado-.' was searched and 84,50i was found on his person. The shadow turned out to be a young man named Gecorge W. Buarnhbam, whom Witrock had met in Savannah, Ga. He expaiined that he had come North with 'Witroea and hadi shadowed the latter's house, as \a itrock had explained that he had dhot a man in Chicago in a row and wanted to escapeC arrest. He was afterwards released, when he had explained tv the satisfac .tan of the detectives that he had nio knowledge of or connection with the robberv. U'N'!T1tBUTING THE IODOLF. When Kinney reappeared he was searched and $1,000 in loose money was found on his person, while in a belt tround his waist was found $4,000 addi tional. These men were ironed and taken to the Pinkerton Agency in a close car riage. A search of the Witrock house resulted in finding a skirt on Mrs. Wit rock into which 81,900 was sewed ii -50 notes. A bunch of money, $450 in all, was also found on her person, together with 4 carat diamond. Weaver was ar rested in the coal vard about the same time. and in the basement of his house wars found $3,000 in some fruit jars. The arrest of Cook and Haight was then ordered by telegraph. Clt ap Labur in the Wett I udicA. Nw th 'at cheap lab11- iS attracting gen r:d attention, and givaig rise to created di-cussion, the following, from one whlt) hais Just returned from the West lnd1ie . will'be read with interest, no doubt: Th e negToesY work on the saIlt-pan,. mei and N\oinen alike, for 35 cents a day and botar tienmselves. As to the wonien. the emploversay they wouid rather have theni than the nen heause tht-y work steatujr Spend il lesS time rolling 01igaettes and smok in.. themi. By salt-pans you will inder itrnd that I iearn those areas on which salt watcr i- let in to the extent of nine inches in depthi and from which three inclies of ptreialt is obtained simply by solar evap oration. Do not think that hreeause these ha rers obtain so low a rate of wages that theN live poorly. On the contrary, they liv- etetti Illa the average of our laborers dtv hee the reason of this is hat fruit of t ..Limii is very veap iand tish i- aluost i.The phmirair-banin:mia is 'used aboutthe same as we utilize potatoes here. thev are cut in thin slices and tired, and bo.ed with mecat of ditTerent kinds: also e a w in alist tunlintited abundnihme. ie lot of the work is done very early in the morning and late in the afternoon and evening. In 't rniddle of the day the hihorers take their siesta. :nd no matter liw , 'lot the day Uay be. they .lee sound Iv which is done as mitch becatse of cus tttn and practice as in tcsequence of the requireents of nature: and when night ce andc :tlabor of the dav is over, instead! of reting themiselves they. as a g-eneral hing. go to frolickin.2, such aLs dancing. v ing and having a good tine generallv. It is but se,:ioi that you see a drunken perstn on ano of the islands, although rum Is very eie:tp: so ehietip that :lno.t every ::- has it ou hurand at all timeA. Tho-t who ;ret drunk are mosi tie crew% of Amecricani and l-.nlish vessels. The crews of :h1re vessels of oilier nationalities general lv behave themselves better, when ashore. than these do, as regarrds the ise and abme of liquor. The state Unierrirv. Tlt first iecting of tie ord of Tru tes of the State University, under the clrnges effected by tIhe election of new memrbers at the lite scssioni of the .egisa ture. was iel1 inl the Library of the Col eie :it week. The following members were present: Governor fRichardsol, As sociate Jistices aleGowan and Mclver. D. P. Dunean, President of the State Agrictil tural Society. Colonel A. C. Iaskell. Gen errl James F. lzar. General .ohn Bratton. 11-n. W. C. Goker and Dr. Robert Henry. The vacancies in the Executive Commit tee were tilled by the election of Governor Richardson and Judge 1laskell. in place of Colonel 3!e3hister and the latc Colonel Rion. The Coamittee consists of the ncwlvy-lected meubers. the .Judes of the Supreme Court. and President 'lcBrvde as Ch airman e.r ofe'v. Th'ie follotwing namied members were elected ars the Executtive Conmmittee of Calin University: General J. F. Irlar. Chairman: Judge C. II. Sirmonton. Hon. W. C. Coker, Hon. G. Lamb Bunist and Dr. Robet Henry. Colonel A. C. Ilaskell was elected a member of the Library Commrittec of the Stmih Catrolina College. in place o1 Colonel F. W. Me3Iaster. Tfbc recormmendation of President Me Bryde, that the "sub-collegiate" depart ment be abolished after the close of the current session, was adopted. It was ref.-rred to the Executive Coam rirtee to frame proper rules and regula ii.ns for the admission of beneficiaries, in obedie~nce to the Act passed1 at the recent session of the General Assembly. The committee will report at the next meeting of the Board, in MIay next. While Th re is Life There Is H ope. Many of the diseases of this season of the'vear carn be averted by a small amrount of care and at little cost, by te timely use of EwBANK's TOriz CNCHONA CoRIAL. It cures Diarrhea, Dysentery, Chol eran Norbus and like complaints. No tareler should be withmout a bottle, as it will prevent any disease that would tno doubt arise from the change ot u a.ter, food and climate, without its use. The most valuable medicine ini tre world, contains all the best and nost curative properties of all other Tonics, Bittersi, etc., etc., being the gretest Blood Purifier, Liver Rtegula for' and Life and Hecalth-Rlestoring Agent in existence. For Malaria, Fever anid Agne, Chills anid Fever, Dypepsia, Indigestion, Sick Hiead che, Ner-vous Headache, Chromec lhcrnatismr, etc., etc., it is tr'uly a ierculean Remedy. It gives new life and vigor to tihe aged. For ladies mt deicate health, weak and sickly chii dreri, nursing mothrers. See circulars wrapped with bottle. CH A LFESTON, S. C., Sept. 1, 1885. H. B. EwAx Esq., President of Tie Topaz Cinchona Cordial Co., Spartanburg, S. C.: Dear Sir-I have ued a case of your Topaz Cordial in my family, arnd as a Tonic and Appe tizer .I carr cheerfully recommend i: to ll who are suffering from Debility and lack of apipetite. My chiidren, e-pecially, have been much beaelitted by its use. Respectfully, IIUTsoN LEE. Ask your druggist for EWBANK's ToA.Z CINCHONA COR1WIAL and take no other. T1 tnE TOPA z CINCHONA CoR DIAL Co., * Spartarnburg, S. C., U. S. A. A nother G eorgia \1 Onder. Thre is a gcrentlema in this city who can1 outdio all tire feats perforamed by Bishopt. :ne mind-reader. le tliers to tak~e any t r thiree men in A:latta :md lt themr -ji-- ar ril whatever in any way or \ina persmurs with w homi ihe is :accurstomcd iu a wrte ainy mname they may think of. d will inove to anty pairt of the roomt anld & t\ nurticle they mnar think of. in this ca.- is bidfobd1ed. 'As he hasr never re le his powers miuch withl straugers. hnals it hriud to control thirnr minds, aind min Ihe becomes aceustomied to them he witi ake a few failurres, but with half ar das ceration he aigrees to do anythting r'uired. le can tn hidden articles with: peract grainger ini a few miniutes. arnd cn b-h:ema tt dit likew-ise in ai few minutes. Thi~e Annaerican \ apor Stove Company leadi other manufacturers in the matter of a stove that combines all the elements of excellence. Read the advertisement The total visible suppiy mi caIIn for tr world ;, : l22 i1b:!vs S.me Of the Philadelphia brwr have yiehled to th rike- s The hlul1deph ia E I ', : ha, ben converted itoL a pe1 '::lir An odicolored mo:: ii rozn to death in (Camden. N. .J.. iM* Thur--y. .Austriazn Jews are iig expelled by the wholesale froi a and Wo-:-a The D~ailpJmu: yw f30ie Ali . has suopende pu1icati. (,-al minerst ui: eaver z F: . Pa., have struck for l :tiv:nce m wa11 . The inda law i einl 1-en- t forced in Ne renand i- ;pprt-ved byv the pulblic. The mC i n T r p::r! that 2000persons aire utu, fol i T e ii- nonuatioin of I hiin::ahUa. .\Iex..1 sail: to Nh eripe f,-:r rl tlin.: l are C wa !nor for a leadr. plo.:ed by Wm,1. Kraft. Uf Newark. N. J.. struck y-e'terdlay. A disiastt"rous 1ire has occurred on W lod stro t . Lowndon. afleeting the property 25 tiris. The damagre i- enornous. Gen. E. P. Alexander ish wienning his gt fr tie control ioi the eorliL Central itailroad. Twelve persons vere killed on Sinlay. in n railroad collision near Sau Antonio. Texas. Gen. H lusedi will lie nominated lbv the New York Rtepiublicaus for !tpeaker of the 11 oise. No oppoSItion. C hurchill has pr(iod-l to re du e thi.-Ie atrmyi estimates *1. M.0i a~ it:nd the civil zer-Vice: estimiates -:300.0;0. A memorial h1,been ent o' CC Orre'S flr aiJ to a WorId's Fair for coilired peoiple. to be held at Brminnghamn n1ext fall. Gen. Win. Lour-v vas buril in New York on SnldaLy. The funer:: took plae in Grace Church. The Pr-sident is rep I)e to b (inbtter hic.lth than beCfo ire the New '-Year. He lie!d the utsu:d recptixon hist %aturday. TheL. counltl try aro'ml Arcadia .ni 1a vle. La.. is 'covered with f'iLr inche of ( holera is st ill raning- in Aret_-ciniie In fcderation. Tiree hintetid and ify1 wo ilurglirs got in!o the af4 of tile South we-t postal tatiol. ChJicaL. .uIrlwlLy night InA stole $11.84L. Tihe races at New OrleaLns VesterdaV wIre post pIledI till TiLriIday . u ccounlt of tiv cohl weather. The vLtries w in stand. Three men were kilikd lt Pewaukee. \*is., last night bya pais;sengevr train whici str::ck a sleitrih load if ice laborers. The Adamis Express r-1bber-iS. Fred1 WV; rt--k. W. W. Haight :ii Th1mnas Weaver. w-re taken to the penitenitiiry ysterday. The Miinlesot a Republicals herv nio mi n:cd ex (overnior Cuslman C. Davis for United Str.:e. Senator. This inLisures his election. Thomas C. 31ani;;. !If LoiiLma, has ben i nomitltC4ed liv the President to bte 3Minister to Mexico. The failure of E. Ducan Snitlin. if New York. an advertisiag agent. is ninunced Liabilities amount to about $10io,00. The Alabama Ilsurance Copany inl th-- Citizens' Insurance 'Company., at Mo bile. Ala.. have made a eneral assigmnent. Joseph Mauri, the Brooklyn drugrgit. anwd his family. who were SUIppoLIsed to hIave been uois-oned, have hemorrhagic smaIltlpox. The hippopotamts at the Zoohogical Gar d-ns, at Paris. killed one of is kee- y terday, in what se-med to be a tit of inaan It. A tre in JLncaster on the 5thd destroyerl th~e drug store of Crawford & Uruner~c. Total loss on stock and bu-ilding'~- is -:50: mostly covered by insurance A Pennsylvania Comipany. has just be gun to work the gobIl mnen ini~I Chrlotte county. Va. It is said the yield of gold ore is very satisfactory. The Democratic membhers of the Legiisla tare of Missouri in caucus at .Jetfferson City nomitnatedc Cockreli for re-election to the United States Senate. An old French womn of I )cnaldsonvL ille. La.. wias murdered for her maoner on New 'hiar's day. The muirdcret has not yet been ar restedl. Great fears are etertained at Ro~ckaway. L.. [., for the safety of 1iveu unknown ment who are out in open boats, hemmed in by ie.' in the middle oIf Jamaica Bayv. Latest advices from 3Mandtulay state that thle British army of occupation are within two miles of the great ruby mines of fur DiaII. The Doloures lAnd antd Cattle Company, oif Austin, Tex., has failed, with liabilities exceeding .$500,00J0. Assets estimtateud at $510.000. The Britishi ste~uner IDragomnan from S:: vanLnabL. December N2. for Liverp.ol. cot Iihiid with and san1k alL unknoIwn vessel ot'i B3ir-dser. Fourteen peson~s were drownted. The R~ev. Wadho Me.5sarI5. wvhose' trial oni tIhe ebar~e of felonious ass:mit was in pr gress at Philadlelphia hLst week. has5 been at- uitted by the jury. Thie publiec<h-bt statemen~lt. to lie iseuedt to day. will probably show a redtl!ion inl the dlebt during the p:st mothtt of a1 little The carpenters of Chicago w ill lie thel ne-xt oIf thle buildingt traIdes to ma~ke ,: de termnied attempLIt to obtano th~e eight hour Th~e expreCs robb ers yesterdlay luLedC guilty andt were at once SenttenLcd. Wit rock tand I [aight seven yearS. andi W~eaver tivt years inL the penitentiary. We athLerby. Stevensrl & Co~.. dry pird mLerhanlt, If Cincinnat:, vesti:ba mtadeL :mn assignm~tent. Liabilities $155,00i0: ass The bu~siness5 portiont of thte townV of1 Saekett's HaIrbor. N. Y ., wasL burned 310n dayv. Loss, $50.000l~: practicallyV noL in Witroek. Weaver and Haight. the Fri-co express tain robbers. wvilil protbably pleii~ guilty to-day and gio to the phenitenniaLry for highway robbery. An explosionI oft gas occured SundayL\ in the Camnbridgre barrai-ks, It PortsmouthI. Englanid. killing four men outright :al. buried 11 others ill tihe debris. At tile Republicant legislative eautcus' at Aug-ustal. Maine. EugenLe IIlle was- Lunan mLouLslyi reILtno xie for Unit:-d States Senlator. At. a meetingu (f thle le-at tibcc dLader~l ini Ne sy ork te nix was Ibrand;-d as a wa measu re anid as a frutit ful s->urrne of oi iL corruptiont. AIexand~r ' co. thel manli who auenii tLd to as'sasi'-.. th~e Primne 3inister ait Iah:o r-st. Septembher i' Int.-. wast-te 20I years pe-nal servitde. Thriee Lancal-er firmts ulnit a;i :l- atl order laist Fridlay. to start tic :new teaL with Six thousund mlenL andil boy are thowr. ouit oLf emtplormemt hv the stie of iLe dock handsl, at Pert -JoitCsou andI ELi'be resign is- place in the- (ctn. - L ta's said to be st ringly aver'l ti Ihel woeitui life If WXashintn. IA sle-d, conLtainling- 20 o1 i:aeih id If a rdea tutd . tnwn the boy- headlforemohiIt it te '-rea. Tlwoi were killed and onet bait-LU injure. IAt the signal theie yesterdayv tt was 'tated lint I ..ie -trnoon-et cos or ih, mt'. ;Ippi River, with the exception of the New England States, is covered with snow. The port of Baltimore is virtually closed on account of the ice, which is reported nive iniches thick, and in mnany places packed to a thickne-s of more than one foot. Tie eletion for county otlicers inl Au -a. Ga., hld on WeLdnesday re.sulte:d in ii choice of the administration candidites. h::res of bribery and ether improper Im:l - are freelv made. A Iepulihan le zislative caucus of Ponn svi'mia nomiznated Mathew S. Quay, of Ih ildelphi.- to succeed Mitchell in the a nded States Senate. This is equal to an The Delta Kappa Epsilon is in Session i WN % hington, in annual convention. 'lTnere are :'. vhapters in the fraternity, of which a are represented in the convention by h:t 10t dielegrtns. Prof. Josepli Tasso, the celebrated violin dit I at his home in Covington. Ky., veocrrdov, in the 85th year of his age. He ive the aluthor of that quaint melody. "Arkansas Traveller." Laura Varley. of SL. Iouis, was burned to deatli on Wednesday. She was assautlt ed by a regro in her room and in trying to emilpe from him she fell against a red-hot stove, receiving fatal burns. The Committee on Rivers and Harbors has not vet acted on the bill to appropriate :500,0i for the improvement of Charles ton harbor. Mr. Willis. the Chairman of the Committee, says he thinks $150,000 would be a liberal appropriation. The boiler in a mill at Elwood, Indiana. exploded recently. killing Engineer Del Lvst and the miller. Joseph Reid. The houses were wrecked and the mill scat tered wide. Itidinour was indicted recently at Win chester. Va.. for the murder of Broy. the ouigi man whose body was found muti lated and hidden under the leaves in a d(ense wood. A -as explosion occurred at Walker's carria-e fwctory. corner of Wabash avenue :0d Ilarrison street, Chicago, and seven firtmen, in extinguishing the flames, were almost suffocated. Fire it Dartmouth, N. II.. Monday night, detroyed the Dartmouth Hotel. in which i: orig:iatcd. and the greater part of the bsinw sectior of the town. Loss $130. (Oil. with very little insurance. The 1hepublic-ai legislative caucus-, a: C( :on. Nevada, on Tuesday, selected Wrm. .1. Stewart as nominee for United States Senator. As the Legislature is Ilepublican, St-wart's election is assured. II the North Carolina House of Itepre st-:atives John L. Webster, the nominee of - Independent Democrats, was elected Speaker by a vote of 59 to 57. A Republi c.m wac elecled chief clerk. The organiza tion of the Senate is Democratie. The Iharbor appropriation bill contains th- following items for South Carolina: Charl-ston harbor (including Sullivan's ihmib. $150.Y: Great Pedee river. 10, 06m: Santee river, $11.,1)00: W~aeama.w. Th- suit of Rev. W. W. Downs :aatiinst tle Bowdoin Square Baptist Church. of Boston, 3las., tor arrearages of salaries diu as; pastor. has been decided in the pl:iintilfs favor, but the amount of award is as vet to be determined. Iepreseatative Farquhar. on the part of the 'rinters' Union of New York, is con dueing a tight against the confirmation of Publie Printer Benedict's appointment. uipoi the ground that Benedict is not a ractical printer. Gov. Hill, of New York, in his annual mlesage to the Legislature, recommended i.he establsishmenut of -somec permiaren sys teal for the employment of convict labor other than the contract systeni or auy plan whichI is eqjuivaient to it. The cold wave cxtends from the Lakes to the valhley of 31exico. At Chicago the mercury rantged yesterday morning from I to 15 ienrees below zero. In Watertown. N. Y.,- the thermometer regristered 40 de grecs below zero. W. W. Watkins, agedl 17, emtploycd as a printer in Cincinnati. was charged with embezzling some money. He acknowledged the offense. andl before lhe could be stopped swalowed pr-ussic acid and (lied instaontly. HeI bore a good character. The1 joint convention of the State Legis lature of Connecticut assembled to elect State officers, owing to failure of the popu hr vote to give any candidate a majority. Thei result of the balleting was the election of the Republican candidates. A dynamite cartridge was exploded in the man-hole of the Larkin street branch of tile Stutter street cable road at San Fran cisco. The track was torn up and window panes in the vicinity shattered. No one was hurt. A naItural gas explosion at Youngstown destroyed the new Andrews block and four other biuildings Thomas Brannigan, aged Ie v ears. was cremated, and several others ae'reported missing. The loss will be over A special from Chattanooga, Tennessee, says': A construction train on the Alabama G reat Southern road was wrecked Tuesday morning. Engineer ])ewes and Fireman Fowler were killed. Th~e engine struck ai cow, left the rails anrd went down ain cm bankmecnt. Wmn. P. Pearson. who ple-aded gtuilty to embizzing $30.000 of the property of tile A metrican Baptist Publication Society of Pil:ihliai tIy whom~ hie wta employedi av caShiler andl chief book-keeper. was sea tetcid to the penitentiary for two years A comm~itteeC on behalf of the laity of the Protestanlt Fpiscopal Chutrch of the Philado elphia diocese has presented Bishop William Bacon Stevens with a certificate (If deposit (it $7.000)). Trhis was a mark of their esteeml onl thle occasion (If the Bishops co:peting the 25th year of his prelacy. Among the petitionas and memorials pre sme:td to the Unlitedl States Senate were gite i ateumer praying for aippropriatioins, an i mecs asking the dletinlite sum f $100t, to enable the colored citizens to :uiete to Liberia. These petitions come frotn variouts qumarters. OIne is from Lan aster. S. C. A te-rritie explosion occurred at a bank in Youingtowin. Ohio. yesterday imorning. Wii' 'illim-t. the boo~kkeper, opened the vault andi ~ .rick a match to light the gas iet Thei ga which had be-en escaping -ic siturdayW exploded. blowing ouit tile -id di fiiront of the- buildig, amnd burtn ngthe boo~kkeeper seriously. T he Scoialstic element wais victorious at the annua! (lection (If IDistrict Assembly N. '4. Knghts of Labor, of Chicago. Wednsday night. The conservative ele met ini the Assembly is regardled a-s sualli eietly utrong. however, to defeat any ex It- ptionally~ radical action ulndertaiken by the new oetlicers. Col. dJ. H. (heves, a tenmperaince lecturer ft'omt !imucky. has intituted suit in the Sntd sesChi-uit ( ourt against the 'ir i f Greenvil!e. Alabama, for $50,000t doig<e for injuries received to his per 'II. 3vyo Perry recently assaulted and t ChIeves at the Greenville depot for ali ! ti d 'huoler ous remtairks concerning him mid by Cheves in spechies during the pro Lto nuvass in Greenville. Th bu0"tterline factories of C. A. Riobitn ,an t o. in Pittsburg, Pa., and of the Pitburg Mieltitng Company. at Alleghany, dC:i ildown recently oti account of the taelw rhibhitingt the mlanlufaicture or .!i iolf ih~lmargariue, being declared cont tar i-il <>-er 1100 pci-sons are throwni o femploymient. Tihere arc $60.000) tmnve-ted 'a the, tWO tactories. What oleo m argarine the comnpanics have is being A Ferocious Sparrow Fight. With the advent of the pugnacious Ea glish sparrow, which, if it carried a hip pocket, would most certainly be liible to early apprehension for carryinie conee L weapons, more innocelt TImebIer.- of th',' feathered funily took to .he v10 oA.:;d. having no other fees to face. the-e d In tive agents of tlI stret-le1in ( ai menit ight am on themelve with ex ' desperatiol and i fearless iSre.r , surroundings. Y~esterday afterinoit. i of them, for reason, best kno-wn to Ihem selves. came to an issue. and. s.kin: a clean place on the sidewalk in ).n st ei. went at each other in in L fUl i d way. There were no poulice ii ih to +) the mill, and soon the two birds were ;lr rounded by a dense crowd of men. T i little belligerents clutched :d w il" and presumably sworr at each o:Lf choice sparrow talk. n o. ) f the hy nt - ers tina!ly stoor.d down and, pitkckd': up. They perched in hi ha nid f : with unabated fury. Then (. pie ::-m apart. but they fluttered bak t1o te -- walk and elinehed again. Oce mi . raised them in his hand, and wvith th: result. Again lie drew thei ar* '! again they returned to the icy paven. nt and a settlement of their dierence. The crowd became excited and mIle a1 rIs.1 for the centre. The principal,;, :fm.iiicd !ti wholesale interference. took flight an - tied on the telegraph wire aho.;e. Then they perched and pecked away :t .IAn other with a ferociouness that wvas Isi tively barbarie. After some niinutes took flight, and, followed by his stilt a: ry, chattering antagonist, disappeared over thet adjacent roofs in the direction of the spa1r row roost in Sidney Park.-Couudda e crd, Jan. 7. The Penientiary Bonrd. The Board of Directors of the Sate Panitentiary met last week, all the me bers being present. A number of applications for the hiring of convicts were received and considlered The following contracts. alrcady existing, were renewed: R. S. Pringle. 100 Con victs: A. J. Twiggs. 100: John C. Seegers. 125: J. C. F. Sims, :10: '. 13. Aughty.:: A. C. Dibert. 100: H. F. 10iton. 10t All of these contracts outside of the pen tentiaryare for labor in the phosphate work., except in the cases of Messrs. Sims. !e. gers and Aughtry, who will employ the convicts on plantations. Touching the leasing out of convicts for farm work, the Board passed the following resolution: 1:e.'ired. That the finni o~l condiilo of the institution forbids the Board from making any further contract< for f::rms. beyond those with parties alrealy inder contract, except for the hire of convicts for Cash. The Board discusCl th e..inaesitou of en tinuing work upon the Coiumb:i Canal. and reached the conclusion that such con tinuance would be contrary to ti.e im:iites& intention of the Legislature, as evidvi.:ee by the defeat of the Act concerni. Ith' canal at the recent Session. It was tier: fore decided that no more work shoul: h. done, except to save that .ready done. The matter will be in charge of the o:licer of the institution, who will utilize *ime of the surplus labor in this direction. The Brai e iire or a Sheriff. A negro man named MIonroe BicI-:. coni fined in jail on the charge of burglary ani larceny, atteipted to make his escape last week. and would hiive succeeded in Uin: so but for the eourage and presence of 1 ind exhibited by Mrs. Josiah Doar, who hra pened to be on the premises at the timte. Buck quietly awaited his opportunity. which came when Scipio, the servalnt em ployed by the Shi'itf, opened the. doo.'r leading to the cells in order to carry up t i meals of the prisoners, lie attacked 1-ipio vigorously amnd succeeded in thirowing hz:m down. liushing through the lower hiil if the jail, he ran rapidly down the steps int the yard and darted toward the front gate. but was stopped by an imperious commiand from Mrs. D~oar, who forbade his mnoving or putting hands on her. She then calied out to the servants to let loose the dogtS. when Buck, who had started for the rear of the enclosure, surrendered uncondition; ally and begged MIrs. Doar piteously not set the dogs on him. When Sherilf Dohar, who had been notinied of the trouble. ar rived on the scene, Buck had been saifely contined in jail again. Mrs. D~oar's ad:ni rable conduct under these trying tircum: stances is worthy of the highest comnea dation. There arc few ladies who woah! have thus braved the fury of an escitping~ jail bird.- Georgetwan Ew/vqircr. Two Ionitlable Perfumesc. It is said of two of thme most dielightfully fragrant flowers that grow upon this coti nent-the magnolia and the tea olire. hyvim in two or three ol the Southern State that their odor has never been simulated in perfume. Experimenit alter experiment hms been made, and when it seemed as if sute cess had been obtained. the next moment. before the conditions could be Iix'.d audi determined, it was lost again. There is noi doubt, however, bumt that som' oine w i Vet find a method of imtitaring thmeir subltI tal u exquisite fragrance, which comes and goes so quickly as only to leave -m imptression of1 fleeting pleasure. The redl 4killf '1 - perfumer lies in simiulating -such dlie : odors. Those which are ro'n.;er and coarser are less aigreeale, and relinedI peo ple (do not like to employ them. To us~e perfumery skil!fully is an art. for good taste forbids that there shall be atbout the person anything more than a sugeetion of sonme sweet-smelling blossom, and the titter andI more intaingible, while yet perceiptible. the nmore agreeable and artistic it is. The production of some of the most delighitful perfumes has been the work of yecars. Herretary [,amar .Married. 3Iacox, Gi.. .January 5.--SerrtmItry Lamar was moarried this morning at toi olock, at the residence of the bride. by Rev. W. 31. Park of Saindersville. to Mrs. Williatm S. Ihuh of Tha-on. Thos- presenit at the marriage were Captain It. E-. Park. WV. P'. Virgin. C'ol. .J. E. .Jones-.and their wie dang 4. of the bide.D.t! i Ptterson ad~ v.ife and MIajor W. 11. l&'s and wife. At ut0 o'clotk the Secretary and bride ente-red ie ptarli r with joined h;:mdtl. The eerinn was~ brief~ andt original. !aet followed. The tiidett wast dress.edin stf e gray :-ilk. w:bl ttrn:uu:.ntN -fda 'The Se'.ietary andlt his braie left a 5.'t ti :t afternoon ti Npenda the evteniior withi eror Gtordoni and to.-row miormaii:! ther~ will leave for OJxford. 3Miss.. ttt visit relal ives of the ~ eretdary, and then go to SEED8! SWEDS!~ Grass and Clover seeds, Seed Grain hiad Potatoes, Garderland Flower Seeds, Vegetable & Flowering Plants. Prices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed FRI'F. Correspondence Solicited. TWWOOD&SONS,' SEEDSXEN, No. 10 S. FOU)RTE ENT H ST. '-.r twelvt or fuuten yar.1 Y le u'en a great :0-:ufL-i e ) r:t >:i i fr-i ;11=11vr 4! I '. trir f1nn .11;. 1 y ha. 'J :u-d shoudersbeae altata nus t or maon. adtt. lw<iea:cm beCcame 'o( ILioid rpt; v th~at fo~r t1iree vcar I bslutiv reu to et lif in - note. ~ ! o 1 eds sai ap-C iiumat oditi elrio t*j' o crow v l mi :a ust si u relv diCIt one Lre e r I test of e. e -1ti - hsat aisiyn~l mraton. .. n ; n Lr to W. C. p . ty procud . i I L. t l. h i d .: CL d 1u I It , ani I. ' "-n eiut r t btl a bs i f se'u.. ca now le Ceen o11 me. :okin lit a~;.~ nMno h-a-1 lbest well iwnin tidis coun1ty, and for thet br-cilir oA o 1itorsI who may be imin ;ti:tt-d. I think it my duty to gie the fact' t the public. and to exti-a my Imttelt timuks for sio -,aluable a rint av. I have beenfl well over twelve monthI, atia no return of tiie dire:se has occurred. R~LO:T W.n .::: G..Suary, 1 .-We, the u izne 1, know Mr. Ro'i:ri \\ ard, and! take pleasure in s.sying that the f:-uis aUoC st1 i by hii are true, and that is was one of tiic worst cases of IloorI Poison v. -ver- knew in our ecunty and tha- he hast be eured by the- us.,e of D. 1. C.-'ot aic Clod Ban. .\ .1% taTtws U.. 3erchant. W. C. Emeraois & C.., SMerchauts. .T H E rTW-LL, . D. .-- I HAn.T. W. B. CA.w'!ILL.. All w'o tle:,ire full information about tie car.se and cure of Blood Poisons, SerofuLi and Scroinlous Swellings, Ul cers. Sorms, Rheumatism. Kidnev Com plaints, Catarrh, etc., can secure bv mail; free, a copy of our :32 page Illustrated Boowk of Wonders, filled with the moat WW wlerfu an.1 startling proof uver before knIloWD. Addre-ss, BLOOD B AUI C Atlanta, (a. MW INFORMATION MANY PERSON.S at this season sufer from -e either Headache, Keuralgia, Rheumatism, Pains in the Limbs, Rack and Sitdes. Bad Blood, >ndigestion,Dyspepsia, Malaria.Constipation&KidncyTroubles. --VOLINA CUimUAL CURES RHEUMATISM, nal Bloo! nt 1iney Trouble. by cleanr.in- the i.iurad nr:01 itri i a:rities, stren.gtheniig all parts or the body. -Vi!UHA C0GiAL CURES SICHEADACHE, Ne':ro1rn. :>5 ir3 T Lim Th.t. R .n side, by *.Ji~jl fj CUA C'RES DYSPPSRA, .,-p . othe +-V' .1A 3.:.'. C':sS NEiiVOUSNESS, spam .--. .:- :m weduse, by enliven ~+-Vli iM 00'!A!. CURES OVERWORKED an. I)i' wn.-nV. Puny --'d sickliy Children. It iu delighiftl :::.d ~ u:tion as .. general Tonic. Yolina. .\hnanac and Diary for 1 i .'. .\ ;0.1:-om.-. coin;ite I:1 . s - :.* IL M. i li a l.--.*: .nat ura l way. .. .. :i i nu O;>: o :ce. ; t:age amxp. Addres VOLNA DRUC & CHEMICAL CO. --W RL _Thpj Besiness EncaWO oL . As - u- -i- or re~an .,i Commercia'l18 College Leion y Higfhest Honou. and Gold Mledal over an o~her Co::eres. t te Wrsi Eposifloaersyntem of Book-keeping and new oTea-crsemnpoved. Cot of Fait BaiuceaCourae. inludting Tuitioa. Statiiviery an! Board about $tt0. Short an.Type-Writing ant Trelegraphy :,eciaIties. 3uo Ya. eatin. Fnte Now(Grduatn Guarante.d suce.e. For c rculars5 address W.RB. iSMITH, Prdot. Lexington,Ey Potssh 'Victim. Cored by S. S. S. S. S. S. 'vs. I h'ae had Nond poson for ten yeare. I oiceut ut:2 :nina: time, bu:t it d~d mec n< arod imba .n- cvr we2h suret'. and I conk~ u:-amm mn flv ,.oulder. I :tok s. S $., andi it c r. i.: ak-n.My f::e .udy and rneci, ria . My tiret botte hl.-d me ;greatly Iwou'i nio be witto:.t S. S. S. for several tim C. E. M1 Tese piml were a .ndcrfuli discovery. 'Jo othe or re2lsve all :::r ci ofisease. De irrormation to.aof pills. Tido .,~ aIcut them. and you will ainys;- be th.ark ful. On~e pill a dose. ParsosP?is contain nothing harmful. are easy to take, and caue no irnconven the erelus owerof tesepills, they would a witon. o -:mai fr ens in staps I RADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR! Mo h:ppdy .nee:9 trn.' tmanI of the age for WouLa:S piro. 1r m1eno~i. 3I s : reme-ty for wo.MAN oNLY. :uzq or on, SP[-CIAL CLASS of rier d a13. It is a spveel.. "or Certain diseased .it: , l ' -& , al , Controls the Men u:! orga, a to r late lerangementsan-! : :- 4of :-.-r ,nnth'y s -t- . The pro rw ." .a fr i -d no w her medical p ; 1 - i. r yr a *. O :,- o p md ii ;ffie prse IA S .r. of: a i Cn opysicia n f . -b . 1 . a t e !or bI o, "Mes :Ile to *. o;.u:n e ai q .. - -)ULr '''% i AT I l*' . t' . :.i,* PIANOS and ORGANS From the World's Best Makers, AT FACTORY PRICES. Easiest Terms of Payment. Eight Grand Makers, and Over Three Hundred Styles to Select From. PIANOS: Chickering, Mason & Hamlin, kathushek, Bent and Arion. ORGANS: Mason & Hamlin, Orchestral and Bay State. Pianos and Organs delivered, freight paid, to all points South. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if not satisfactory. Order, and test the Instruments in your Own Homes. COLUMBIA MUsIC HOUSL Branch of LUDDEN & BATES' SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. rnCiZ AND TrMS THE SAME. N. W. TR.UMP. Manager. FROn N1qT RnA NK VAPOR STOVE. THIS STOVE HAS BEEN SOLD since 1877 from Maine to California, and never fails-to please. The Soutii is the Place to Use These Stoves. (Gasoline, 74 degrees, is the fluid used. All these Stoves are supplied with a SAFETY TANK, which makes them safer than coal or wood stoves. We war rant our goods the best in the market. .\.J0i'.\N \*\WON 'I'E CO.. GCr~~u ssiL~ Sr., Cr~.EVE >Y,OHIO. CHARLOTTE E1'lmE INSTITUTE, W 0 1\NSTIT T Efor TOUNG; LADIES .9in the SrM:thi has advantages supe rirto those .ifreed hele inl every depart miEnIt-Colleg.iate, Art :ni Musie. Only experiecedI an~d aeroiplishled teachers. Thec bandCing' is lighted with gats, warmed wit' timhet wro iulht-ironI turniaevs, has hlot andl' *om w:: '' ath, ~, anid lihst-class~ apinta Is al. a !kardin~g School inI evry r-peet-no 'chool in the South has l li. :-d::naIL Tuit in everything (: n:.: ColIat eeurl-e, including aI n-IE and moernf lnguages, pe ..m.ly..r.nighorhood. P1upils charged on' Tra ''hi Ltof entrance". I 1or ta Ilogue, with full particulars, ad Charlotte, N. C. I CAUTION. I Cor. .'~wr s~.o '1 nr.: o:r $"e -i 5 ti: wr <- W :r v Iy. A. j.a ..indci 1 alca a fraud and a cheat. and.L t.y :hkrm only1 a.' y a te.c.:from ihe article imLa''. Tr[.i on BlOOd and Skin Disea..e maliled. fre ' ::- "sy a|| drugir's. VZF W!T SPECAIFJC CO.. Dravcer 3. AL'.ta.,t. l POTASHK ~no I 1.-io take'n one har.dred bottles of good. La-I ammeiE'r my face. neck, body crce :.-e my arms5 on account of rhten as. doo- m..::nore good than al' other medi are pr --::y clear and clear.. arnd my rhen hen i ie;:n the medicinc. .and I now we::tn and ta.e me an appietaic~ likc a strong man. Siswig in Iod. EniELL, W. zid1 S:,. Ferry. New Ycork. s ikEe them in the world. Will positively cure arond each bo::::s uo:th ten times the cost of a .do more to Tturify the bloadandcure chron ic ill health than S5 worth of any other ~remedy yet discov cred. If people could be made to realize : 100 miles to get a box if they could not be had strated pamphlet free. postpaid. Send fbr it; 00..22 Cu~stom Hiouse Street, BOSTON, IdASS. kih Blood!