The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, August 17, 1887, Image 4
APPALLING RAIflJOA) ISASIEU I
OVER ONE HU NDIb E D MULLK. .\Ni) FOi It
HUNDRED WOUNLEi.
An Excuriiou Tran DIro- Throbugh aBur'iM:
Bridge-t'arm Telescoped andl ed ("C'
Upon Another.-The Diaster geHent'd
to Ha'e IBeen Ileiberateli
i'rojected.
Ciiic.wo, August 1.-A special to the
Chicago Timexg. trom Forest, Ill says:
"Last night an (xcursen train ou tue
Toledo, Peoria. and Western rdlriad we!
down with a burning trestle. about three
miles cast of Cuattsworth. and over 100
excursiolists killeil ande uO or more balyv
injured. The train consisted of six sleep
ers. six dav coaches anId ch:ir cars.:and had
on board i60 excur-ionists biund for Niag
ara Falls. The iassene-rs hailed fron va
rious points in central Illintis. t!hemajority.
however. coning from Peoria. The train
was so heavv that two engines were em
ployed, and was an hour and a half behind
time when it passed this place.
Chattsworth, the next station cast of
here, is six miles off. and the run there was
made in seven minutes.
Three miles from Chattsworth is a little
slough, and where the railroad crosses a
dry run about te-n feet deep and :fteen fcet
wide. Over thi- -. as stretched an ordunary
railroad trestle. and as the train c:aue ti.
dering down on it, -1at was the horror
the engneer on the frnt engine whLI
discovered the bridge was burniug:' There
was no cnance to stop. and the next matant
he was on it. But he went e; ersafely, the
first engine kee;ing the rails. As it nassed
over the structure tell, and the next enune
went down. Car crashed into car, coaches
piled upon each other, nd in less than two
minutes nearly one iundred were -crushed
to death and iany n re died ;hortly after.
The wounded were t',h sueen in every di
rection. Only the .iecping coaicescaped,
and as the startled and hatif-dressed passen
gers came tumbling out of them they found
such a seene of death as is rarely witnessed,
and such work to do that it seemed as hu
man bands were utterly incapable. It was
five minutes ot midnight. Down ii the
ditch lay Second Engineer 31Clintock
dead and Fireman Applegate badly injured.
On top were piled three aggage ears, one
on top of another. Then came six day
coaches. They were telescoped as cars
never were before, and three of them were
pressed into the space of one. The second
car had mounted off its trucks, crashed
through the car head, crushing the wood
aside like tinder, and lay there, resting on
top of the seats, where every passenger in
the front car was lying dead or dying ln
derneath. Out of that car but four people
came alive. On top of the second car lay
the third, smeared with the blood of its
victims. The other three cars were broken
and twisted in every conceivable way, and
every crushed timber and beam represented
a crushed human frame and broken bone.
The air was tilled with cries and sbrieks of
agony, and above all could be heard the
agonizing cries of little children, as in soine
instances they lay pinned beside their dead
parents. The briuge vas still burning.
and the cars were 1ying on and around the
fiercely burning embers. Everywhere in
the wreck were women and children whose
lives could be saved if they could be got
ten out, but whose death in a most horrible
form was certain if the twisted w ood of
the wreck caught. There was not a drop
of water with which to light the lire.
Only some fifty able-bodid men, who still
had presence of mind and nerve enough to
do'their duty. The only light was that oi
the burning bridge, and witn its aid these
brvve men fought with desperation for
four hours. Earth was the only weapon
with which to fight, and an effort was
made to smother it. There was no pick or
zqhovel wbe had, and nothing to carry the
t ith,.but in their desperation they du,_
'- leir ngers into the hard, (ry earth, built
earthworks, handful by handful, and thus
kept back the -foe. W hile this was going
o'n other courageous men crept under the
wreck beneath the lire and wooden bars
which held as prisoners so many precious
lives, and with pieces of boards and some
times their handis beat back the 11ames. An
unfortunate being, who was pinned down
by a heavy beam, looked on helplessly
while it seemed as if his death by fire was
certain. WVhile the tight was thus goin.t
on the eairs of the workers were filled with
the groans of dying men, the anguished
entreaties of those whose death seeuned cer
tain unless the teri ible blaze could be ex
tinguished. Some of the unfortunates dug
up the earth with their own hands, reckless
.of the blood streaming from the ends of
their fingers, antI heaped it up in mounds,
to help subdue the fire, while all thej time
could be heard heartrending cries, "For
God's sake, don't let us burn to death:
Finally, about daybreak, the fire was ex
tinguished. Help came from Chattsworth,
Forest and Piper cities, and as the dead were
laid alongside of eath other out in a corn
field, there were ready hands to take them
into Chattsworth, while some of the
woundep were carried to Piper city. One
hundred and eighteen was the awful po."
of the dead, while the wounded number
four times as many.
When news of the disaster was tirst sent
over the wires promp~t aid was at once sent.
Before 8 o'clock in the morning, there were
plenty of people to da the work that needed
such prompt attention.
The town hall was improvised into ahos
pital. The entire capacity o'f the little vii
lage was ta.yed. and kind-hearted women
drove in from miles amund to give their
gentle ministrations to the suffereis.
No sooner had the wreck occurred than
a scene of robbery c-ommened. Miiscre
ants were on hand who plundered the
dead, taking even the shoes which covered
their feet- Who these wretches are is not
known. Whether they were a band of lick
pockets who accompanied the train or a
robber gang who was lurkin.g in the vicinri
ty cannot oe said. A horrible suspicion
exists that the accident was a deliberately
planned ease of tradn-wrecking: that the
bridge was set on tire by miscreants who
hcped to seize the opportunity offered. The
robbers went into the cars when the lire
was burning fiercely undemneath, and when
the poor creatures who were pinned there
begged them for nelp, stripped thienm of
their watches and jewelry and searched
their pockets for money. When the dead
bodies were laid in the corn held the rob
bers turned them over in search of valua
bles. That plunder was done by an organ
ized gang was proven by the fact that six
teen purses, all emnpty, w ere found in a heap
in the field. Ihad the plunde-rers been
caught they would have been lynched.
A Mlathemnatical W1ond(er.
Higginsville, Mo., has a mathematical
wonder who doesn't know a letter of the
alphabet or one printed figure from
another, but who is wonderfully strong
on mental calculations, making them
off-hand. His name is Rieuiben Fields,
and he is 36 years of age. He claims
that his gift was given from Heaven, and
says it came to hinm suddenly when eight
years old. He says the Lond made but
one Samson, one Solomaon, and one
Reub Fields. To the'- one he gave
strength, the other wisdom, and to him
self mathematical instinct. He guard
thiL instinct with the utmost care, and
will not answer questions unless he is
paid, fearing that it will be taken from
him should he use it to satisfy idle curi
osity.-New York Suin.
Dr. Pierce's "Favorite P'resc-Iripttin w'r
feetly and permanently cures thuose disearses
peculiar to females. It is tanc anid ner
vine, etfectually- allzaying. and a'rin::hos
sickening sensations that nifee: the .t-:onnch
and heart, througth retiex au-ion. 'Thc
backache and "dragging down' senlsiain
all disappear under the strengthenin z eil'ects
of this reaot estoative By drgists
Quartersc.
Thie 31ormos are looking around for a
nev. President.
T is a prohibition war at Alli-ne,
;hio.
The sculler should be like the ovster.
quite at home in his lhefl.
Fcutncne case-s of cholera and six
deatIs have leen reported at MIalta.
The vilhiec of Saudusky. Mich.. was
nearly wiped out by a ti- yesterday.
Tlhonas J. M lolovy who set lire to tie
Nati. :d Line steamlner Queen has bI eel de
eared to b 'e insane.
"A winning plat form"- is wali.t the Rich
moId JI-D !Jt.-/t teCams tihe recent dcelaration
o the Virgina Demnocrats.
I'rom nearly ai million imlemubers a few
moniths ago. the Kihhts of Labor have de
creaid to abillt six hundred thous:d.
A New York boy six vcars old drank a
pin. -f biraindv the other day. It burnt out
ils ti l ie in a few hours.
.l * c Band has again decided against the
' hCato!inata on non-resident drum
iHv1aa dispatch says that Sinle Wed
'here have been indicatius of a cy
Clone ;outhwest of that city.
The disaster to the rice crop on the Sn
v-umhi river eems almost complete. Only
a ftewv hundred acres escaped destruction.
R d:s hanve been general in Iowa. Illinois
an. .iebhigun. and tile crops which. a few
day ngo, seeled lost, are now saved.
The Sa-vannah river is up again at Au
:1ii it is feared that the rise will
cgl1: that which, visited the city some days
-mp:aei yellmw fever are ragiug
in H1:vaoz. Cue. For July there were
1!. hdam. 7:-om vellow fever and 112 from
small pox
Nlrs. Cleveland is making a collection of
New Elngiaud mosses and ferns for the
adoruieLnilt of the Whuite IIolIse library af
ter her return.
General Neid Dow. who is now in
MIa.ie. thinks it morally certain that the
Prohibitiunists will nominate a national
ticket next year.
Rain has v-iited the Milwaukee section
or WXisconsin, ending a sixty days' drouth
which has caused Ia loss of thousands of
dollars to the farmers.
.Jerry Pa.elcs, murderer (f Samuel
Kohn, and sentenced to be hanged on the
26th inst.. at St. Louis, committed suicide
in his cell Monday night.
A tire occurred in a large warehouse in
Concord, N. H., yesterday. Eight men
in tie fourth story had to jImlp from the
windows, and all received severe injuries.
Captain S. S. Brown, of Pittsburg. lay
in. m de z tO$100.000 on Troutadour, tiinks
it is about timle to give the great race horse
a rest.
Now that the wall paper pool has phiz
tere I the country over wit'. Japatnese de
sigts. it announces that these must give
way to "oriental" patterns.
l)uring a lire in St. Louis on Wednesday
morning three 1iremen were killed and four
injure' by the fall of a wall. One of the
i ured wiil (he.
They must have plenty of money up in
Connecticut. Twentv-one thousand dollars
has lain unclaimed in a Iartford savings
banlk for twenty year,.
The employes of Park Bros. & Co., of
Pittsburg. recently struck. After they
had lo t ':0,000 in wageas they wen' back
to work just where they left olf.
The bes' paid w, man journalist in thC
word is 31rs. Crawford, tie well known
Paris correspondent. She earns 10,000 a
year.
A camp meeting at Neshaniny's Grove
near Phldlha onTesday' drew to.
gethecr fully 11,000) persons. T welve trains,
fi fiten hluddred wagons and forty-one by
eveles carried tihe exeursionists.
Fire in the packing house of T. 31. Sin
clair & Co., of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, dle
stroyed the slaughtering department and
tank' rcom. Loss is i$t0,00; insurance
$80,000.
Cha~rles Williams, who was contined in
the j ii of Log:.n county, WN. Va., for tihe
murder of Jan-.es Aldrich,. surveyor oIf tile
cuntyi~ a few daiys ago, was taken fr m
the jail MIonday by citizens and hanged.
N r.Justice Gray is tihe only bichelor on
the Supreme Court bench. The justice is
a bad man to fol with. It is said he oncej
sued a coquettish damsel for breach of
promise,
Th tbrst Polish newspaper ever printed
in A n--rica has been started in Buffalo. It
is c11 i the Oja:,nam. A year's subscrip
tion vsiii be iven to any Amnerican who
- an pronounce the name of the new journal.
The dlemandl for President Cleveland is
becomngn unliversal. Even little Joe Fora
ker who crew furious over the Ilag order,
has cooled diown sufficiently to bec the
preidlent to take in Ohio on his Western
trip.
C -nlarrssnman Pat Collins, of Boston,
ha.afely passed the impertinent tory
spies at Glug~ow, is now having a high old
timel in Ireland. Patrick is a zallant Irish
man and a true D)emocrat. IIe deserves
the oivatioa he is receiving.
Tihe removal of the iron bridge on the
PennasylIvarnia R:i road across Conestoga
Crek to tem1l'rar-y timber supports forty
ive feet ;i-t-tnt. was made in fifteen nlin
utes, and in t:.n hour and twenty minutes
traffic was resumed.
,Ju lge Re--c,'n was a mlemlber of thle first
Democratse Convention ever assembled in
Texas. It was held in 1857. Tihe Galves
ton KePN is unkind enough to remark that
he hats been holding office ever since.
At Winone, 3Minn., the tent in which the
Rev. 3Messrs. Ilosler and Schulz, Seven
Daiv Adventists from Nebraska, were hold
ing revival services, was attacked -by amo
of 200 Germans and Poles Sunday nirht
and pulled dow n.
The roof of Chatterton's Opera Ihouse
at Spm inafield, Ill., fell in on 3Monday, pre
ipitatina six mna to the ground. Tile
loss is $50.000. Architents say the~ fall was
due -to shrinkage of timbers, caused by
heat and dry weather.
31. 3Iatchevitch. Dulgarian foreign muin
itr. accompanied by Pi ince Ferdinand of
Saxe-Coburg Gotha and retinue, tias started
for Bulzaria. It is officialy announced
that Prince Ferdinand has been permuitted
to retire from thme Austrian armv.
Galiganis' messenger advises MIr. Blaine
that lie can win the respect of Scotchmlenl
more readily byi ceasing to slander the
South-rn States than by making chea p
after-inner speeches, and payinag pretty
compliments to tihe Scotch themnselvye-.
The Virginia Republican Committee held
a conference with MIahone at Petersburg
on Wedinesdaiy. and dilscumsed the situation
inI geneiral. li Th cmmlaittee au11thorized(
31ahonec to) prepare an additre. to tile pleople
Petitions ire being genterally circuilated
throi; houmt tie State oIf V'irginti-i(enlling
for i Stat IC onventio o(1(f ithe Prohibit ionl
party. Stauntr wvill ptoably lie seleted
as ihe place of mleetiinand th11 ie cou;iVen
tin will be heid early inl Septemb:-~r.
The. O wes tn express train was robbed
Weth c-div nighit th irty tmili-- east of Tuei
n. Aizona. The train was ditched :md
he < press camr robdibed by four men. The
thle I lt-a Mmannaus.
They bhave1-ome- very coniderate burglars
ill Loumiisville. A~ few' nLihts agoZ( one enitered
a' rI-dmente anid stole a1 tine suit If clothes:
but heC left a note in a1 new plug halt staiting
that the hat did njot sutit his comlplexion,I
Dako ta clims popualaton of '1(100.
lais of population tire alw:*ys ;etx to
;lsuspicion, :!md wheni thley emn frm tr
ritorY whih irin to hif iii w t iW 'nto
Ahe Union. t i t: rul. to umke a dI;
(ount f mhirty to y p.rct
rId, (:Cei-n - by thec of the 16
c-raph oveorg. . 1o nx a. adee a''t hi pst
O~n of the '''reme ts kila ~loln bthi the
I The iV a' ':rtween ir'a
lr 1(:Pmvw , I v Lo nmLi
0 11 "!111 "'ti Ll *c
b he~' efton of T .li. 1o.iTlei , '
ecreav and Tr.:..... T1 - ht . 2t
L' il th' : i111d n * r T"
en surveyed.
Frdo Hoh. was Slot to d::thu at I : 1!
Thursxitt, for a nurder ciiommnitteder
vears :-. Ite s four time co" n i'
n 'im'rs the Unitil inti' l :
'ourt rantd hi anew I ! i:ill - I I t ie ni
onbut the fo urth tim"e !Ihejdmn
of thei lower court was n-im-ud.
Te irst Repubican c:npign Ile in
fiuy is that Mr. Powell, the Deimocra i
publlieis can't 'ivent a et oune iel
thi.i seiu nc r t:1 they (re taking a
mani with a mighty wifte n' retr
Th reports sm dy t1he_ -ki.
Exvimine.rs for promot)ion inl the Wa De
partmIent show thlat i .'I i''t dep' tO nr"
*ined in the Parm;.strea'r Gn: t'.t oilick-,
twen;ty-tlhree in number, pa- ed scv
fulliv, -11d that hiut oneclr out Oftem
foui ained ill) in the lceofih Chie
Engnersfaiedtopnzs a eee ..ul ex
i'lationl.
A serious ruptuin;1 the,, Grawl Army iy
thre'taoteed by tI pid im-rense in th
memrtilship of the :ioa eea'A
sc:in.The newv order was fru, e h4
lioua h' men who) are not iin t.o.
rep-es ivtedl by su:-h er,:tLures asoa,
Lo(I es hive been estab:i-Id all oVer lo.:
and tli or'iinizi:tii wivll1soon spirel t(
other State.
'3 avor Sutton, of Wi' itrie, Penm.
ninetecal Couneihnen :uath Nee Com.
ni;-sioier were arrested n a comlint 0
cit rns for failiing to keep th tIreetS '
order, and for '!owing segnant w ater
aceum u laie. from ixhich foul'a smells arise
dlun'erous to the l ahof the c mmni:'
in 1iat part of the ciy, and harmful 1,
property interesits.
1 .R Dill, of Somers-t. Pa.. dild thi
otlher day from the A es of etlier admin
i'tered by the distinguish'(i surgeon, Dr
Agew. The brother o the deanI man
incliied to blanic the do ctor, but be i ex
oner -ed by the unarniious ti' of th,
medical profession. Ether is f..al In on:
cas. out of 10,000 and Dill haIppened to h
the ten thousandth man.
Tibe foflowing from a Georgia i
a iih story: A gentlenmn of Ameri.u.y
Fl;,- iiver -was So low last week tha it
cat-nhleft the water and invIld th,
wod ard tields. Tlhey neariv divas tt
a fti' of corn for Lucus HndI&n livIn;
s.ei! iles from the river. it is i: i I.n
the noi-e they made in pll
was equal to a hundred of hl of hur:
TIeV have a United State c r joi
in I -a.:iappolis Iby the nme of W7oo
for w'nom th' Sentinl m does t che.Tish I
h tregard. of hinit'ys 1.
o, totallv demented * A -e . c p
ion- i blunted thcli. hes t' itee
thc li-e. Vivid as l'ightninthat - dia
"is between a Judge ni Juggier. lhi
and leierdemii'
Ex-Governor Moses, who ku s hoxw i
is hin-if, has w% ritteali, a book :i1
refo:n in prisons. In it ie alh!z to ,b,
opnu: I ait, to which in f* o,"rmr y. vl
was " hive. but which Ie is now free from,
nd reointes hiS own' prison exp''e-riences~ i:
ord'r, ai" he s, "thait I mii t' 'id myi
divi-!.-I em r' to thiose. whici' 'thers ari
na'th g t *or eplainng thesjct -a O~
prso'n ref"m.
1B er drn!..ng a'ording~ to initerni'i rev
ene iu'es, "i' u-rowig in popub1ir fIv
at thet. e~spenlse' x L'whi y. Tha' taxesc' 0:
dit al I sp ts fo ltc is fisi a year. sh, Iii
tho '4'- on nadttliquor! ":'ve im-ra "rat
fV. Rect ro tak~e i> loiime 'toi
rial anda' no atlie of 'iincre::D i da
to ei:'a "'ttei. pT(eod .int'ra hf veno
p arried womre. a aufma'"n, Tex,
ari ofrqenld tk in lhicr' pii' 'L.iit '
fen. homedb the pice hilein- masqurad
sax1'a!i. 3Marion 1Uhags. a Diss count1
farm hi. v, has turned out to be a frm i
She wore trousers for a year be'fore discar
rc.
Innumenrable dire's are' ragin ' in the pra'
ries and woods of the drouth-:sieiken see
iors of Northern Illinois, Wisconin ':m
3!!higan. No loss of lifec has b~een: te
portl, nor very hc'avy loss of property it
any particulair locality, but the agrepba
losses are immien'se, :uO i te graVt of thi
situatititni lies in the con dit ion of t he colun
try. In sevxeral inst'ancesI"a inai!-is s
towns anid villages- havex been'cr obliUedp 1(
iht te llames in the woods upon tih
very lin:its of thei se xttlemen'its.
The statement pre.pared at th Interio:
Deparmecnt, Wasing'ton, sh'ows thia t ro
.January 10, 188,'to Ju l l''-. there we:~'
205 ivil service app'" iiuentas made. in tai
department, exclusive of 2 rnsfean
one reinstateme~nt Of this numbert -4 er
from Pe'nnsylvania,~ 2. "nm New'' York. 21
from Illinoi-, 1i) from Ir'd1ina 17 fron
hin, 11 froni Teinnessee, 10 frt iliaryb~ ln
and 10 from the District of (Co'uTil:
eacti from 3Iassaich1usetts i. I-,wa Kty
Loisana, 3Missouri. V'irginii. Wuionsia,
and 0 eaceh from Mlississbipi, 31ichilan.
Alamia and Texas.
hair is variegated and that she enamels hi
ace. Tro cotnvincte a reporter she knult uni
ier the soft lih of si wa taipers anid tin
loosd the snood wichi impi) ned her'1 it
luxuiint chestniut locks. They' fell in a
loodi over her beautiful inecxk and bathed
her plump, "arm should'rs with their
wxaveas of unbroken brown,. whichi ripl
:lown to her .silver goidle. Thecn s'he
rouiht her benatful tace 'ao deii ous
proxinity to the blshing r. .ir and
'isked him if he ccould so'' the 'lts
race of enamecl. ie was thoareii'~dy ton
v'in0cd that the Liiv' had beenc' ''u or"d.
The P'resident wixil! lave Wa\h a'i 'I hei
ax wreek in Septembe~r. goi":: to(. LIoui's.
~hiciiop'. i 3 Ixwauke ( h. h n.it. 'u!
Iieapoi'. Kpo a cti I -n h. n
n i tim" t'io' me his .. e - a~m n foIpat- :
L". t'' wiii '"n by'. ordtini l'''\'f'i r'
wie th ''IPe J'pac's n'un'd.: isid
Iod '.uch au enmt I wx lin .3 fm .
i xx'wi't ps quli{'hslver, it t ~ :02
md .cu.e'th skn t iom "b in'txd
b ru. . u ht ::r ' h e'e. it d
pore broe is to te eattn01 ezhd h
V. HI~ 1-( NAiM0L>, SPAiE LAIWE VITIEs.
A ew years ago an expert employed
by t nited States Signal Service de
clared that there was no conceivable rea
son why a tornado should spare a large
city. Lie even went so far as to say that
it was possible that a funnel-shaped
cloud would one day strike New York,
wreckling the city and twisting the great
Brooklyn bridge into a corkscrew. The
Chicago Inter-Ocean takes a different
view--starting out with the assumption
that th- inmunity enjoyed by large cities
in the past is solid ground for the belief
It there is no danger to be apprehend
e.1 It is, nevertheless, admitted that a
whirl-i, aerial shaft having a diameter
of2,;' ).") feet. and moving at the rate of
20 iles an Lour would crush the most
s.bstantial buildings like so many egg
she!l. Tne Inter-Ocean says:
"The reason is very plain, and may be
easily understood, even by people un
versed in scientific lore. The tornado at
the outset is a simple, whirling shaft of
air, caused, as we believe, by the wind
currents from nearly opposite directions,
of unequal temperature and different
degrees of humidity. When it is fairly
started on its course it generates im
mense quantities of electric fluid. In
act it becomes a swiftly moving dynamo,
g-nerating enough electricity to make
it lu.ninous, and leaving evidence of the
burning fluid in its pathway. It is the
theory of some who have written on the
sub)e-t that the tornado is primarily
c mvsed by electric action, but this we
tlink is an error. The mistake is in
placing the effect for the cause. But it
iz certain that after its inception electri
eity is generated, and that the subtle
flid becomes one of the most important
f cto-'rs of its destructive force.
"Passing over the country, the tornado
follows the general trend of the larger
evelonic storm, or area of low pressure.
It obeys the natural law of all bodies in
notiou, -oving in the direction of the
I leaf resistance. A mountain, or other
consid bL-cc e elevation of land, will break
it u!) or turn it aside. A city like Chi
cago iresents an obstacle sufficient to
repel 'the electrified meteorite and turn
it to right or lef t. The city bristles with
rods and spires, and is covered by a net
tin of electric wires. These, together
Nwith the vast aggregation ot metaliestrue
tures, disarm thunder clouds of their
destructive force, and at the same time
evidently tend to repel the more highly
electrified tornado. It is well known
tLat d eath or danage by lightning is of
very rare occurrence in the centre of any
con .iderable city. The bolts may strike
in the suburbs, but if they descend in
the city they are :rrested by much more
swiftness and certainty than a depredator
is caught by 'the best.'"
Howevci consoling all this may be to
the dwellers in large cities, and however
strong the temptation to swallow the
theury whole, there still remains a very
interesting question-how large must a
city be to turn aside a well-devoloped
toriado?
One thing, at least, seems to be estab
lished. In the smaller towns it has been
found that buildings constructed of solid
masonry and good brick, put together in
a workmanlike manner, resisted the
force of the most violent storms. Good
buildings, therefore, afford some protec
tion. The fact that no structure will re
sist a column of air whirling along at the
rate of ,6,00 miles an hour should not
deter people from building their houses
in a proper manner. A tornado that
will destroy a well-built house is no more
anig the probabilities in this latitude
than is a destructive earthquake.
The Cotton Mlovemne-t.
:1The New York Financial Chronicle, in
its rev-iew of the movement of the cotton
ercop for the week ending on the night
of August 5, says that the total receipts
have reached 1,499 bales, against 2,581
bales last week, 3,295 bales the pre
v ;ious week, and 4,600 bales three weeks
since; making the total receipts since
the 1st September, 1686, 5,206,178 bales,
:against 3,tk296 bales for the same
period of 1855-6, showing a decrease since
Septemaber 1, 1886, of 100,118 balee.
The exports for the week reach a total
of 1i,'00J bales, of which 17,056 were to
Great Britain, 87 to France, and 2,256
to the rest of the continent. The t )tal
mies for forward delivery for the week
are 555,900 bales. For immediate de
livery the total sales foot up 10,2:30
b~ales, including 6,217 for export and
4,1: for home consumption.
Th~e imports into continental ports
for the week have been- 20,000 bales.
These figures indicate an increase in
the cotton in sight of 73,000 bales as
compared with the same date of 1886,
an incease of 10,319 bales as compared
with the corresponding date of 1885,
and a decrease of 357,045 bales as com
pared with 188S4.
The old interior stocks have decreased
during the week 710 bales, and were,
F-riday night, 23,569 -bales less than at
the saie period last year. The receipts
at the same towns have been 2,893 bales
less than the same week last year, and
since September 1 the receipts at all the
towns are 73,790 bales less than for the
same time in 1885-6.
The total receipts from the planta
tions -since 1st September, 1886, are
I5,1i,13; bales; in 1885-6 were 5,340,253
Ibales; in 1881-3 were 4,740,574 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports for
the past week were 1,499 bales, the actual
mov.ement from the plantations was only
b-- bes, the balance being taken from
hestock~s at the interior towns. Last
yea the receipts from the plantations
for tihe same week were bales, and
for 18S5 they were 2,716 bales. The de
cre' - in mmouut in sight Friday nigh~t,
as compared with last year, is 105,371
iales, the increase as compared with
1884-5 is 749,382 bales, and the increase
over 188i-4 is 715,000 bales.
The Chronicle s..ys that the specula
tion in cotton for future delivery at New
York has been fairly active for the week
under review, and the course of prices
has fluctuated so sharply and widely as
as to offord the regular room traders full
Iscope for the employment of their pecu
liar tactics. There was a considerable
decline on Saturday, as the adverse re
ports from the growing crop lacked con
iation: but on Monday the reports
f rm G;eorgia and the Carolinas that
heavy rains had caused loods, with con
tinued dry' weather in parts of Texas,
caused a buoyant market. On Tuesday
-she failure of Liverpool to respond to
our adva-'ce wais atended by a decline,
and a further y.ielding of values on'
\\an'esday morning wans followed by a
gjaiek andu full recovecry on reports of a
renewl of heavy rains in the sections
rb..ve inmed. On IThursd-ay the market
w~as unsettled, without important change,
bu0t made~.i some adv.ance in the later deal
ig.-, wheu the speccution was quite
:,rog Friday- the market was variable
ad wiuthout important change. Cotton
on tie sp~ot mect with a moderate de
-:..nd for homie consumption. There
was C din of .j-10c. on Satiu-dar last.
i *a the v wa a fair business for home
cons-unaption on the basis of 10c. for
O ana sme: of e is only ten cents
a ;n~no.and is m mo :saisfactory thin;g
Terry's Lucky Widow.
There is a long and curious story be
hind the announcement made, with a
good deal of sensational flourish, that a
fortune of $7,000.000 has been left to
Mrs. Kate Louise Terry by her late hu.
band, Ivan Petro Terry, who die! in
Paris, where the lucky widow is still
living. The $7,000,000 will probably
be cut down a good deal, but if the for
tune reaches half that sumI Mrs. Terry
is an extraordinarily fortunate woman.
Of the lady the Hartford Timzcs says:
Her life up to the present time, if ac
curately depicted in a novel, would
make interesting reading. Kate Louise)
Norman (her maiden name) came
hither from England in childhood with
her father, who settled in Brooklyn.
and eventually became a jitge there.
She is now about .32 years of age, hantd
some, of good figure, and a style tha:
has a good deal of dash in it. It was
to her good looks and her style that she
owed her court-room marriage to Ivan
P. Terry. Before that she had been the
wife of the notorious bank burglar,
Charley Bullard, who is now said to be
serving a long term of imprisonment in
Belgium. The marriage to Bullard took
place in England, where she was visit
ing, when she was about 16 years old.
Bullard then went by the name of
Charles Wells. He was a smart fellow.
with a fine address and plenty of spend
ing money, and the girl lie married
knew nothing about his real character.
He took her to Paris, where he opened
a sort of American bar-room on a
showy scale, and installed his pretty
young wife as cashier. She naturally
attracted a good deal of notice, and the
venture prospered for a while. Dullard
gave it up, however, and brought his
wife to New York. It was then she
found out who and what he was.
Another wife soon turned up, and the
couple separated, never to meet again.
The second wife took her two children
and went off on her own account. Ihow
she lived till she met Terry does not
appear to be known. He was the son
of a millionaire sugar-planter in Cuba,
and had made some money himself.
They were married without any loss of
time, but the subsequent proceedings
were not entirely harmonious. A num
ber of little unpleasantnesses occurred,
and led up finally to a police-court scu
sation. Mrs. Terry was of a decidedy
jealous turn, and once on going through
her husband's pockets, after the manner
of wideawake wives, she found a gush
ing letter from a young womanu explain
ing why a certain appointment was not
kept. It is needless to say that the let
ter did not improve Mrs. Terry's state
of mind. After thinking a while she
set a trap for the young woman, and
caught her in it. Then she calledt on
her at her home to give her a talking
to, and zot turned out for her pains.
That warmed her up still more, and her
next step was to make a charge against
the young woman of appropriating cer
tain money that she said she missed.
Then came the police-court sensation,
in which the two women played prom
inent parts, and which the reporters
had a fine time writing up. After a
great deal of wrangling the charge was
dismissed, and the second woman, a
Miss Atwood, soon after retaliated by
suing Mrs. Terry for slander. She
claimed $25,000 damages, and a jury
awarded her $300, but as Mrs. Terry
had no property in her name to levy on
the judgment is still unpaid. Miss At
wood will try pretty hard to colect it
when Mrs. Terry returns to New York
as a millionaire vidow, if she does re
turn. Her husband's will has boen re
ceived there for probate, and she will
probably follow it. The unborn child
is expected next month.
A Correction,
Mr. E. II. Hallock, agent for the Dr.
Harter MIedicine Company, of St. Louis,
to whom attention has been called by the
Orangeburg Times and Dcmiocrat, w hich
piece we publishedd in our last issue, warn
ing the people against him as an enIemy of
the South, visited our towni la.st week.
Mr. H~allock appears to be a man of at leas~t
fifty years. Is quiet, unassuming and mild
in his manners, and his conduct in MIarion
was in every respect perfectly in kceping
with that of a gentleman. He is a native
of Pennsylvania, lived for some yeais in
Iowa, but had resided with his famnity in
Greenville, Tennessee, ever since the war,
is a Democrat and always has been. The
explanation he gives of the attack sati-ties
us that it was a picce of spite on the part of
a debtor, with whom he had some dillictilty
about money matters. The worst thing we
heard him say on politics and men was
that we of the South would have a bi-tt.:r
opinionlo .John Sherman if we kniew him
better. We believe from the general bea:r
ing of Mr. Hallock, that his story is the
true one, and we arc not alone in ouir helief.
in Marion-,M~ari'an Indez.
Living on Turtle's Blood.
The sloop Sarah, owned and e:smmi~anded
by Abraham Bajarim, left 3lulej--, Spain.
July 2>. The vesael had on ooaid the cap
tan, his wife and children and~ nice~ and
Superintendent Ihale, of the Baltimore
Copper Mill at Santa Rosa, andi a crew of
five mn. While betwveen San Pedro and
Martinez the vessel was struck by a heavy
surf and capsized. All on b~ard per ished
excepting the captain, three snilors m1td a
boy. who saved themselves by cliimbing o:
the bottom of the sloop. On July :30Jw
of the sailors became crazy and( sa-id th-y
were going ashore and imnmediate-ly plunge'd
ovrtoardl They had no0 soonear struck
the water than the sharks devourci theni.
The captain, one sailor and the boy re
mained on the bottom of the vesse! cig-ht
days, sustaining life by caitching turtles
that would come near and suckmgr thll
blood. They were rescuied in a mos-t pit
able conditton by the sloop Ra fugee.
Thme New Rules .About cotton Wenigtst.
Owing to a new reglation of the New
York cotton exchange on and after Sep
tember 1, 1887, cotton btuyers in all Interior
towns w~ill deduct from bles weighuine
under 400 pounds i- cent per pound: under
350 pounds per pound; andl packages le-s
than 300 pounds are not considered bakhs
and arc therefore unmerchantable. The
ginners and farmers will dio well to note
this fact in puttin. tip their cotton. They
will als.> find it to their initerest to ibcrease
the general average of their bales. as thle
heavy weight of bales from the South~wes!
is in addition to the superior staie, an1 .1
ditional indticment toi- Northern an i
Euiropeani spinners to give their orders t
that section. This is anu impnortant 11n: te
to the ginoner's and farmers, and shoubnl r a
ceive their attention.
.1 Uniu;;hit bik it:-r Mioiher.
A special froim Lawrenic, Ka: :s
Satuda:y 3!rs a: ~ ry, ~ hlnson, i
rrived in Osw-en from Ainaulan, .
intending to take up! lher resieeb
laughter. Mrs. Ila~rvey Wi lli'
lay or two the old hidy quarrelil v I
anulhter, whoI w:mitedl to t
her mthier's money. a1 coidera - -i u
Monday morning the two) uni 1 1
lisraceful qu~aire!. in whichi Mr-. Wi
~rbed her mother by the hIdr hrs
ioentlv to the hi' or and h 1at and lt h
ier until .she b-caime ue-ei -- i'
cw hours the iinjured wom~:m ded- i
:he effects of ler' injriies. She isiC-' wh.
iciating a will to excludec he-r u~nnat:d
itugtr from receiving any of her ro lp
The other day - young tal m: unsen,
vhil engged n gi:in-a pilz la:H twist to
wr hrrn rs. ret- cciea l
Neitemen il 1' famwilv cirv'e bl) 'jO l 1
ici h' :: :. . at ph ,i V i : 'P N
;riousth -s ft n n Otut t!:0 17c (I-.'
artment 'n ri !w n u 'V '%
beI SO!atia. G i I'. h ':;v r. tit' i:0
ibllLile',. :m U'li yo Vd W'' 'cle
alion ice, : nd rno eei! of i
..nxicuI for a Fi-ht.
l PnrA2:l"i-pll v:y PrcIe Kr'ii tFiLe
hswrittv:1 :1i i.i! e e oR e
for it, . pr 's I :: i ' : El' Ih ' L'n "i'
fot teI a--e Io :a !h :: ir 12
I; t .,- (be excu ' d 'ror.i e ' ' i :
S ' :i i I
tie letter i 'Y m ' o i
sav that we ' nt il (ow < r(pl' i toin
G~erman in our al I-! ?A.holtv 'vi:
w~il save :;s flem that sh une will la
orthy of 'ratitude.
A AMELESS CASE.
M case has been a very curious omE
for about thirteen years. At imterals o
about Cne week I vould be attacked witl
spIels of severe andc( most exeruciatiIr
pain, always: commencing in tie regiol
of my kiduers. The pain would then g
upwards and airet my body and head
and seemed to ;penetrate my very 4ye
balls, creating the most intense sutl'eriug
lasting about eight hours each spell.
I resorted to all kinds of medicin
without beneilt. Several doctos treate
my case, but none gave relief. I filnali
used B. B. B. as au experiment, aid t<
my utter astonisienment all pain and sil
fe-ing vanished after using three doses
To the )resent time I have used threi
bottles, and not a pain has ever return
ed. I do not know what was the matter
neither could my physician name thi
complaint. The D. B. B. acted finel;
and powerfully upon my kidneys; m:
appetite has been splendid and my con
stitution built up rapidly.
R1. Tro-%,,
Constitution, Ga., May 6, 1866.
Unimpeached Integrity.
I am 55. Broke down twelve year
ago, and have not been able to worl
since. Have lost proper action of M:
hips and legs. For five years scrofulou
sores have appeared on my scalp an<
nose", and at same time my eyesight be
gan to faiJ, and for three years have be
comparatively blind. H'tve been treate<
by eminr-nt phAySici:Ls orf differe
sehools without a em. I have takei
five botoes of D. 1. D. (made at AMlanta
Ga.)mld scrolulous sores ere gradz
ally heating. Inilammatiou about in
eyes has disaipeared and there is soru
improvement in my vision. Am ver;
mub benefited and relieved and be.
to feel like a boy again-feel good.
strfngth and activity are returning in n:
legs and hips. The B. D. B. acts vigot
cusly upon my kitnes, and the grea
q1u't1 y of iatter th' has been forc
cut throl'h the skin is utterly incredi
duce naisea. I refer to all business me:
of Cage a. . 11. Pn" a
L flneG., Jan, r 1,j 158.
All who do atul iomai'on at fill th
cause ol' cure 0 I:o d i o0 , -crl an.
eouoE. "w lI ;.. i icer' . r ,:;iem
Secet b! aiil, e e. a c r:1 01-y illE :
;'I ''ott i, file'; with t hi mo
ElniIErful and stariti. tig iE'' veben
known. .x ddres.s, 0 Lol>V i'-MM .,
CATAWE3A COUNTY, N. C.
Ne':;1v titd up -a''hj* new Ho' tel'anid ln
iure 1,'r oEr'E 4' E :uests andi the pr':pri: o
vtOold b)E lih-d 'tEE iiee a liei' old :.od tz:' :
::w tricn' I" re . The .. dIe. propertie' <
iihet v-at ar ' a u:.r ivle for liyvpe1si a.1:e
ntEintJi . Ej...e:-, ..in .y..:: Urina1ry dieas"E:?
Gener ' I-eC! it ' :1 evu I'rotrauor
'EealthIEr :oca.t'i not to be y und
BIATH- C'O.'LETE.
1 001, shoer, \ nrm ad It 5::phur, Ht'
ing' PlIac's. 'ii fI a'alo uoue.
Duh. E. . LLIOiT SON,
.Proprietorsi.
ONE uF TilE fINEST iWESUJfS L2
TilE SUTil.
G5ASTON COUNTY, N. C.
Tliis elegant Summer .Resort is nc
open. AccomcaodJation equal to the e~st
Eevatio'n :2,00)0 feet above sea lovel
Rates 82.00 per day, $10.00J and 812.';
per week. For circuliars or informatici
address the proprietors.
COZZENS '& T HOMAS.
All-Healing P. 0.
PEACE I NSTITUTE
The1 FaI sessonlE comninEes on te Ics
we EE -'~ayt i - ' Ptemzber (NthI day , andl e'nd
the ft. bi V,' dnEE~E.v in .luni, Iss
Ev'tery dep.2 Iitd ofInstrulion file icQ
c 1)rip e i te :tcae. HIe:ed by! .tean::
ltu y E a ll , h e . y t~e br e rii .eEtEi
pel tiate Lfo to or more fro a s~m
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Rev. R. BURWELL & SON.
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s ALL !iUMORS,
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erri.Salt-rheumn,
- o re-." Scaly or Rough
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I iOn.n!. 1:Slehilly has it manifested
..,; Irvin .I Tetter, Roec Rash,
noiis, Carbutilte e, Sore Eyes, Scrof
im sores and Swellings, Hip
j1iNeas, White Swellings,
Goitre, or Tif lck Neck, anl Enlarged
.;,ad t. in ceits in statnips for a
-i r.:., -ati. with co!ore d plates, on Skin
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o., scroflos :eetons
g'rau 21L*)OD IS THE LIFt."1
Tho~rouhly clans it by .using Dr. Pierce's
Go!den YIedical Discovery, and good
dsitesttion, a fair ikin, buo3 ant spir.
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CONS'UMPTION,
Ih s Scrofula of the Lungs, is ar
nd cur y tIis ri*iedy. if taken be
Ilt- li-t sta-s ofd the disease are reached.
!'-n its mav -lous, power over this terribly
ii ..:, wht-n ti-st offering this now
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t ught -ro01I o1f ct'allir. it his "Con
U'1p1oin Ctirc." but abandoned that
iue aos i for a icr1eine which,
ts 7. wder:l' cmbin%!itn of tonic, or
n :: -, : . or hloo-1-ceansing.
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n 1.t I , <.- r :--: rein edy for
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if you .'e a1 drowsy, debilitated, have
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on ae or Uwiy., frcqiient headache or dizzi
ow:. ha' t:. , iinoiith. internal heat or
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Ir. Pierm-c"s Golden MIedical Di.s.
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For W~cak Lutg', Spitting of
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nI DurcmsC-Ts. at $1.00, or SIX
- for $..O
-nts in stamps for Dr. Pierce's
n :% .-imp1)Ntio . Add~ress,
;, o i iispensary Medical Asso
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$500 REWARD
iz offered by the proprietors
of Dr.Sage's Catarrh Remedy
f or a case_ of catarrh which
-have a discharge from the
n o'fensive or otherwise. partial loss of
taste.. or learin;r, weak eyes. dul pain
- nsuire inh . .ou have Catarrh. Tou
uids o casis terminate in consumption.
r.u s CATAI'll REMDY cures the worst
- ses of Catarrha, "Cold in the Head,"
Iand Catarrhal Headache. 50 cents.
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3AINUFACTUREBS,
ATLANTA, GA.
DAL.S, TEXAS.
COTTON C-4NS and PRESSES,
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Cot'-n Seed Oil .ls, Cotton Seed
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ATLNA~
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t.ion. A tlanta, 3ma. Daltas, Texas, and Charles
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E. Van Winkle & Co.,
- Box 53, A TLANTA, GA.
CHAR LOT TE
7 Y \\a) 8DiNS SEPT'. 7, 1887.
m TNsTITUTE forYOUNG(LADIES
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Infatutti or awy diseases of the stomach
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