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BLAINE CAN NAME THE MAN. No Longer a Candidate, He May Be a Republi can Warwick---Republicans All at Sea Booma Growing Meanwhile. (From the New York Star, May 31.) Not in many months has so much dis cussion been excited among the politicians of both parties as was provoked by the publication in the Star yesterday of the second and final letter of declination from Mr. Blaine. In most quarters it is accepted as conclusive, and as leaving no room for the slightest encouragement to hope that anything that can happen in the near future would influence Mr. Blaine to change his mind and face the trials and disappoint ments of another presidential campaign. A near relative of Mr. Blaine was seen by a Star reporter yesterday, but he insisted on the suppression of his name. He said: "Mr. Blaine does not want to undertake another campaign He is doing all he can to prevent his name being used and he is doing it concientiously, and with a persist ence that he hopes will result in an agree ment on some other name. He has written a great many letters like this one to Mr. Reid to other confidential friends and they all have this object in view. He hopes it will be successful and that he will be spared such another trial as he had in the last campaign. But, if everything fails and the nomination is given to him unanimous ly, I still think he would accept and make as gallant a fight as he could. He is a Re publican of-the Republicans. His declina tion then would ring the death knell of the President Richard A. Cunningham of the New Amsterdam Club had carefully studied the letter and thought that it meant Mr. Blaide's peremptory withdrawal from politics. "He is out now for good, and that's the only construction to be placed on his letter," said Mr. Cunningham. "If it is true, look out for a circus at the Repub lican National Convention. There will be a big fight for an empty honor, for that's what it would amount to. Still nobody knows but Blaine would jump in at the last moment." Colonel Michael C. Murphy was not a little surprised and wasat a loss to diagnose the Republican situation. "If Blaine is really out," saidhe, "it complicates matters very much for the G. 0. P. Many Re publicans took Mr. Elaine's first letter as a bid for the nomination, and of course the Blaine men went to work with a will. Now they don't know just what this means o1 jst exactly what to do. I guess they'd beet take him at his word." Senator Erwin, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, wouldn't say much. "If I were tc write a letter like that, my friends would know how to interpret it. It's a good letter andwll give the boys a pile of work. ] gueshemanit." Senator Warner Miller, who had such i time of it at Buffulo to be delegated to the National Convention, didn't like to talk He thougebt, being a delegate, it might b immodest or compromising, but he didn'1 see how anybody who knew James G Blaine could put more than one construc don on that letter. "In fact, it was alto gether a work of supererogation for him tc write it," said the Senator, "for we al = knew what he meant by the first letter. I means that he is out and we must look for another man." "And that other man-?" "Ah, there now; you really don't mear that, do you?" said the handsome Senator, * miling and moving away. "See me ai great regzat for Blaine's with drawal, and that h n< body mistak " . bert P. Porte] American Protective Tari " is that no other Republican coul -draw on the Democrats for votes as b oald. The Irish element were stron friends of Mr. Blaine and I think many c tbemwilldeeply regrethis preventing ther easting their votes for him. There ison thing I want to say, and that is this, thi bonest Democratic papers, such as the Stai - havfrom the first given Mr. Elaine th credIt of knowing whathe was about whe .he wrote his Florence letter, and accepte ias final. The Mugwump press, on th 'cotary, tried to discredit it, and in doin so have only discredited themselves." "Well, after Blaine, who?" ventured th "E~ dlmcnlt matter to say, and ther are a mniber who will have a good deal t sh' out It. Sherman has a kind of g, and Gresham has friends, toc As for me, I think Harrison and Pheli would make a winnineg ticket. It may t -a combination thatbhasn't struck everybod as yet, but I think it would suit agoo pple whom I know." this new Idea percolating throug hIs head, the repotrhunted up Mr. Jaj P. Poster, the. Prsdent of the Nationm - Reg~fennLeague. Mr. Foster preface hi-ramma b~y saying that the Lewe made up of representatives from3, R publican clubs, with a membership of ha] a mmIan, every man of whom would hav done what he could to make Blaine's su< *"The Republican party will have resa to rertMr.BElaine's withdrawal," said he was~he the one man of all others bea calenlated to insure sucess. " "Oh, yes, to be sure," said Mr. Fester "thepatyis rich in good men for Pres denlaltimer.There are a dozen wh could 'win." "For Instance?" "Well, for first choice, Gresham or De pew." Mr. James A. Blanchard, Vice Presiden of the Republican League of New Yor] State, thought that the party was strong enuhto stand it. "Its the greatest blow that has come t< the party in a long time," said Corone 'uet with Blaine we could have mad< a winn ihbut now-well, Depes can carry ewYork State, and he's m3 man." Mr. A. R. Whitney, a delegate to Chi cago from the Sixteenth District, said his people were solid for Depei#, and that h4 was practicaly instructed to vote for him Sherman S. Rogers, of Buffalo, didn'1 think there was any need of borrowing trouble. He was rised that any Re hulcu ad doubted . Blaine's sincer tywhen he sent out his first letter, and toewho didn't began to cast about fo2 "Frwhom?" "Oh, there's lots of them. Don't think that Mr. Elaine is the whole Republicas 'at though he was one of its pillars and wcease to be." General Nehemiah M. Curtis, the depart. lent commnander of the G. A. R. of New YokState, who came to town to see and lpaein the parade, said that up in the letter made a decided sen ato.Teconfirmation of the news wa not' uepcd, but the question on every lipwas"Whonow?" The General wouldn't undertake to say on whom Elaine's mantle would fall, but he did say that Chauncey K. Depew was highly thought of all truhthe State. "Alisn is the man for the West," said John S. Clarkson, of Ghio, "and when it comes to Chicago some folks will be sur prised at his strength. The Republicans who say they didn t believe Mr. Elaine's first letter are only those who didn't want ...-t.I knew him well enough to know that he had studied every word, and that no power could drag him into another cam paign. The friends of Senator Allison acted on the good faith of that letter, and that's why they have gthered strength for him so early in the Ws. Mr. James W. Arkell, who, besides the editorial cares of the Judge, writes double -leaded breyier for the Albany Evening Journal, says the Republicans cannot afford to take upaless pronounced protec tionist than Mr. Elie and that that man is Chaney M. Depew. His nomination will solve the Republican problem. In t+is his 1wothereditor Mr. Elliott F. Rhep pard, agrees with him. He says now its Depew as a matter of course. Joe Manly, last night. said he didn't know what action the Maine delegation will now take. They have had no consul tation since the election of delegates by their respective Congressional districts. BLAINE WILL RUN NO MORE. A Letter that Settles the Talk about illy Candidacy. [N. Y, Star, May 30.] The following letter from Mr. Blaine to Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the Tribune, was received in this city yesterday. It for ever sets at rest the question of the Maine statesman's ambitions with respect to the presidential nomination. He will not ac eept a nomination in any event, and may be regarded as out of the field of practical politics henceforth. PAIUs, May 17, '88. Whitelaw Reid, Esq: My DnAn SIR-Since my return to Paris from Southern Italy on the 8th inst. I have learned (what I did not before believe) that my name may yet be presented to the National Convention as a candidate for the presidentional nomination of the Republi can party. A single phrase of my letter of January 25 from 'Florence (which was de cisive of everything I had the personal power to decide) has been treated by many of my most valued friends as not absolutely conclusive in ultimate and possible contin gencies. On the other hand, friends equally de voted and disinterested have construed my letter (as it should be construed) to be an unconditional withholding of my name from the National Convention. They have in consequence given their support to emi nent gentlemen who are candidates for the Chicago nomination-some of whom would not, I am sure, have consented to assume that position if I had desired to represent the party in the presidential contest of 188. If I should now, by speech or by silence, by commission of omission, permit my name, in any event, to come before the Convention, I should incur the reproach of being uncandid with those who have al ways been candid with me. I speak, there fore, because I am not willing to remain in a doubtful attitude. I am not willing to be the cause of misleading a single man among the millions who have given me their suffrages and their confidence. I am not willing that even one of my faithful supporters in the past should think me capable of paltering in a double sense with my words. Assuming that the presidential nomina. tion could by any possible chance be offered to me, I could not accept it without leaving in the minds of thousands of these men th impression that I had not been free fr indirection, and therefore I could not ac cept it at all. The misrepresentation o: malice have no weight, but the just dis pleasure of friends I could not patie ly en dure. Republican victory, the pros ts o which grow brighter every day, n be im periled only by lack of unity in uncil o: by acrimonious contest over' men. Th issue of protection is incal .aably stronger and greater than any ma ,for it concern, the prosperity of the p ,nt and of genera tions yet to come. W re it possible fo: every voter of the Re ublic to see for him self the condition and recompense of labo: in Europe, the party o free trade ^' United States would n port of one wag- rit een the tw ocpr l'may not be directly in ou power as philanthropists to elevate th - European laborer, but it will be a lasting stigma upon our statesmanship if we pei f mit the American laborer to be forces I down to the European level. And in th e end the rewards of labor everywhere wil 9 be advanced if we steadily refuse to lowe f the standard at home. Yours very sincerely, J.s G. B . A' 'Groat" Indian Doctor. eA few weeks ago there appeared in th neihborhood of Shady Grove Church inxBelton Township, an Indian, accom Spaniedby his wife and child. He se Scured a house on the plantation o y udge W. F. Cox, and took up hisabod< there. In a very short time it wae Snoised around that he was a medica Sdisease. Several darkeys who wer< affiicted consulted him, and he begar treati' them. In a few days the' cli hat they had been entirela r cured of their diseases, and since the3 I his practice has diyincreased. People both white and blcwho are afflicto t with cancer, white swelling, rheumatism -dyspepsia, etc., etc., are fiocking to hir from miles around, some coming fror Sboth Greenville and Laurens counties Sand in nearly every case the personi claim that the Indian is benefiting them eOn our trip into the eastern section o: the county last Sunday, we passed b the home of the "medicine man," anc Swe venture the assertion, from what we saw and heard, that there were no lesa than one hundred persons to see his during that day. The Indian claims tc be from Little Bock, Ark. He user herbs and plants, and manufactures his own medicines. He makes no charget for his services, and is satisfied wit] whatever a patient gives him. He is said to be very illiterate.-Anderson Intelli gencer. Shot the Sheriff's Posse. Sr Louis, May 30.-Sheriff Allen, of St. Louis county, and three deputies crossed the Missouri river at Musick's Ferry this morning with a warrant to arrest King, -Eurd and Groegan, charged with stealing a horse and ferry boat from John Smith. Three miles below the sheriff and deputies found the boat, but upon nearing it the sheriff and deputies were fired upon with pistols and shotguns by the parties in pos session of the boat. The three deputies were all wounded, and one of them has not been heard of since. H. Breckman crossed with the sheriff to this side, and received the contents of a shot gun in the abdomen, and is thought to be fatally hurt. C. C. Garrett, a deputy, was shot in the forehead and right arm. Otto Ashefet, a volunteer deputy, is thought to have been killed, as he has not been heard from or seen, Sheriff Allen has placed the matter before County Attorney Mudd, who has sent the sheriff to arrest John and James King, Henry Groegan and Lewis THurd. PIA2'08 A1iD ORGANS. We are prepared to sell Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Cash or easy Instalments. Pianos from $210 up; Organs from $24 up. The verdict of the people is that they can save the frcight and twenty-five per cent, by buying of us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial, We pay freight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. Respectfully, N. W. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. DEAR MB. Eprron:-Won't you please tell your male readers that SS will buy a fine, strong and serviceable pair of pts, made to order by the N. Y. Stan dadPants Co., of 66 University Place, New York city? By sending 6 cents in postage stamps to the above firm, they will send to any address 25 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientific measure ment blanks and other valuable informa tion. All goods are delivered by them through the U. S. Mails. A novel and practical idea. Advise your readers to try the firm. They are thoroughly re liable. Yours truly, * WomLIAVanUERBIL LAMENT OF THE -BLOODY SHiRT. A Ia Whitman-Swnburne. I am in the shirt business, the political shirt business, the ancient bloody shirt busi ness, the shirt all o'er deep dyed with gore and ruddy stains and freedmen's pains and negroes' chains and moans and groans and dead men's bones and freedmen's skulls busted and Republi can hearts thrusted with dagger's blood rusted and every decent man Ku-Klux ted! 0, that deep-dyed, traitorous, treasonous,. villainous, poisonous Democrats unite with us in decorating Union soldiers' graves. I would rather far they flung mud on those sacred mounds. I s0 in this yearly growing affiliation of n3 party with their party, this brotherly love and lack of sectional hate, naught but ruin to the dear old sacred, hal lowed Bloody Shirt. I see, alas! its blood-red stains washed away. .I see it going. Its tail is being rert asun der. Oh, shucks! and John Brown m ldering and so forth and all that sort of thing and Garrison and Sumner ani Chand ler and Andy J., and all the rest of our sacred band who believed in blood, and tubs full of it. and was and battle and shootin' and cuttin' ajid stabbing right and left. Right f-oot, left foot, hay foot, straw foot and streets a foot deep with Democrats aria traitors-Oh, where are you now,. and can't you come back a day twc} and raise a row and brighten up and carmine and touch up the dear old Bloody Shirt ? Oh, sad was the day 'hen the blue and the gray marched .n peaceful array as they did yesterda on upper Broad way. Oh, saddqr and madder and badder I feel as'squeal and I feel how the fates steal still so gently o'er me stealing this horrible feeling that all the old gor shirt feeling is from the united coun ry peeling. My head is reeling witbi such peaceful dealing. Oh, let me gysomewhar, there's a bar near or far, or I'm dry for whisky, for I need t assauage this terrible rage with some ing strong and long, something fier . and wiry and raspy and nasty. [N. Y. Star, May 31. Evolution and the Presbyterians. n this position of Dr. Woodrow, (which the only part that concerns the Church t all), he is sustained by a respectable and growing minority in his own church, and, in the church-at-large, by the overwhelm ing majority of the great thinkers and 1 writers of our times. I name a few: Dr. - Robert Flint, divinity professor in th Presbyterian University of Edinburgh Scotland; Professor Calderwood, mora - philosophy chair, in the same institution Professor Henry Drummond, of GlasgoR Presbyterian University, whose immorta - book, "Natural Laws in the Spiritua World," has passed through its fifty-seconc edition, and now yields him the handsom sum of $15,000 per annum- in royalties, 5 Every line of the book assumes the trutl of evolution, and yet the Free Church o: Scotland raised him at once to his nrof sorship upon the rp.,,toat; ned by hi ' wo k! M ne, in his discussion o . ersoll, takes the same ground. a - anybody can see by reading his article ii > the May number of the North Americal r Review. And Mr. Gladstone, for the firs e time, so far as I know, adduces in this con 9 nection the words of Bishop Butler, con fessedly the ablest defender of Christian I ity in modern times, showing beyond : e doubt that Bishop Butler's patient and calm I reflection had already entertained, as fa r back as May, 1736 (the date of his master piece, "The Analogy of Religion to th< Course and Constitution of Nature"), th great thought which Darwin has develope< with unrivaled power and cogency. Sei North American Review for May. Thi a venerable James McCosh, D. D., LL.D. ,ex-president of Princeton College (Presby . terian), is just out in a book, "The Re .ligious Aspect of Evolution," in which b~ ftakes the self-same position as my friend SProf. Woodrow. The volume is from the Spress of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 1and therefore is accessible to all readini Speople. I need only to reter to it.-Dr Win. E. Boggs in Memphis Appeal. A Little Child Run Over by a 8treet Car. A colored child about 3 years old, the son of James Pettigrew, residing on Wash ington street on the premises of Mr. Ed ward Horlbeck, was quite seriously hur this morning by car No. 17 on the Enter p rise Railroad, and now lies in the City 1Hospital. It appears that the little boy, with hi: sister a few years older than himself, were selling plums at Mr. Horlbeck's gate, wher the little girl threw a switch or stick on the Ecar track and the boy went to get it. Cai No. 17, in charge of Mr. Ben Lamb, wat coming down the street, and on the dowi grade. The driver saw the child, but could not stop his car in time to avoid the acci dent and one of the wheels passed over its leg, inflicting a severe wound. Policeman Carroll picked the little fellow up and he was carried, as above stated, to the City Hospital, where his wounds were dressed. He is still under treatment at the Hospital. -Charleston Sun, May 31. A Good Flogging More Efrectual. Andrew Tally, a negro prisoner, was re leased from jail last Monday on expiration of sentence. He was arrested last August on a charge of stealing a hat worth seventy five cents. Twenty days later he was re leased on bail, and at the October term of court he was convicted of petit larceny. Not appearing for sentence, a sealed sen tence was left and a bench warrant issued for his arrest, which was effected on the 18th of October. He then remained in jail until the February term of court, when the sealed sentence was opened and he was sent to jail for ninety days, which expired last Monday, he having been in jail alto gether eight months. That little case of petit larceny has cost the county about one hundred dollars. A good flogging, admin istered under sentence of a Trial Justice, would have been far more effectual punish ment and would have cost the county little or nothing -Anderson Journal. A Fight With Indians. DcLrn, Minn., May 31.-Two deputy sheriffs went to Deer Lake Indian Camp, in Itasca county, ten days ago, to arrest an Indian, Cutface, for the murder of a white man, Joe Bonville. Arriving there they learned he had left, and followed him to Net Lake Camp. Enticing him to their canoe, they bound him and started off. The alarm was given and sixteen bucks gave chase, soon overtaking them. After a fight, in which both sheriffs were badly handled but not seriously injured, Cutface was released and both the white men can tured. Through the intercession of an In dian who spoke English, the sheriffs were released, but told that they would not be allowed to take any Indian for killing a white man. A Pair of Pugnacione Policeans. Caicicoo, May 30,-A Herald special from Cape Girardeau, Mo., says: "Judge David L. Hawkins, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and W. V. Leech, a promi nent citizen of this city and Democratic candidate for the Legislature, fought in the street, in front of the city drug store, last evening. The difficulty grew out of a letter written by Judge Hawkins from Washington regarding the appointment of postmaster at this place. Friends inter fered and separated them before either of them was badly hurt. The fight created quite an excitement, and friends of both parties fear that it will not end with this GENERAL NEWS NOTES. prem. of Interest Gathered from Various Quarters. The St. Paul, Minn., knitting works have been burned. Loss $117,000. 't John Bright has passed the crisis of his 3ilness and his condition is more favorable. \The six newly-elected bishops of the Northern Methodist Church have been con secrated. Three of the six nominees on the Ala bama Republican State ticket have refused to accept the nominations tendered. Leprosy is spreading at a dreadful rate in Russia. Thirty cases have been officially reported in Darpah alone. Parnell, much improved in health, has returned to London for the reopening of Parliament. The Republicans in the Second District of North Carolina have nominated G. A. Mebane (colored) for Congress. Charles Bell, of Marlboro, Mass., was accidentally shot and killed by a com panion while gunning yesterday. Henry Kreutzer, of Covington, went to the graves of his children near Cincinnati yesterday and committed suicide. Professor Virchow, after his last micro scopic examination of Emperor Frederick's throat, declares that the glands are per fectly healthy. The Hon. W. R. Morrison thinks the Democratic Convention will nominate Thurman for Vice President if he con sents to be a candidate. Twenty-nine Social Democrats of Berlin have been sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging from two to six months for circulating seditious prints. At Wilkesbarre, Pa., William Leslie, a reporter, has been committed to jail for contempt in refusing to testify before a grand jury about a prize tight. The project to build a grand hotel in Charleston is well in progress. At a pub lic meeting last night the subscriptions in money amounted to $117,130. It is estimated that the reduction of the public debt during the month of May amounts to $4,000,000, $12,000,000 having been paid for pensions. In New York yesterday the Richmond Grays, escorted by the 9th regiment, in spected Castle Garden and viewed with much interest the landing of a ship load of immigrants. At the annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League in New York Geo. Wm. Curtis, who presided, was re elected president for the coming year, making his seventh election. The National Prohibition Convention nominated Clinton B. Fish for President and John A. Brooks for Vice President. The South Carolina member of the execu tive committee is James A. Tate. Mrs. Lewis Wingo was killed by light ning Tuesday afternoon, near Wellford, Spartanburg county, while she was sitting near the fireplace. Two children were in the room at the time, but were not hurt. As a rule everything eatable at a ta t should beP l wior fork J de prunes, however, may be taker with a pruning knife. A reporter who attended a banquet con cluded his description with the candid state ment that "it is not distinctly remembere by anybody present who made the las t speech.-' The word Birmingham, so common ir naming towns and cities, is compoundet of three words, which together mean "thi hill which is the home of the broom," ai English shrub. "If it be true that the hairs of ones heat are numbered," said the man after he hat escaped from his wife's clutches, "ther will be one angel at least who will show ul with a big deficit." Horseradish yields from two to four ton: per acre and sells from five to ten cents .pound. The worst drawback to its cul . ture is the difficulty of eradicating it wher it once gets a firm hold on the land. SrHenry Parker, premier, has consentec toopen the Austrahlasian conference or Chinese labor at Sydney, Australia, or July 12. Chinamen rectntly released un de; writs of habeas corpus in accordance witl the decision of the Supreme Court hav4 returned to Hong Kong. At Chicago, Nelson Morris, dressed beef shipper and meat packer, has bought bacl from the Cattle Trust the Fairbank's Can. ning Company, and has satisfactorily dis solved all relations with the Trust. Thi consideration paid on the repurchase was $2,000,000. "Did your son take the valedictory ix college?" said a gentleman to a lady who was enthusiastically praising the ability of her offspring. "No, indeed, he didn't,' she replied, with pride; "he didn't take anything He is the healthiest boy you ever saw." A wreck occurred three miles from Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, on the Louis ville and Nashville Railroad, in whibh En gineer Quinn was killed and Firemen Rich ardson and Beckman Farley fatally injured. The engine boiler exploded and twenty-one fi eight cars were demolished. Fire broke out yesterday morning among the drapery stores in Edgeware road, Lon don. The flames spread so rapidly among the inflammable material that many em ployes were hemmed in. Six women were burned to death, and It is feared others have perished. Search is being made among the ruins. "I could gaze at the moon for hours, Mr. Sampson," she said, in a voice full of sweetness and pheumonia. "I never tire of it." "Ah," he responded, "would that I were the man in it!" "Yes," she assented, softly. "And why, Miss Clara?"'he asked, getting ready to take her hand. "Be cause, Mr. Sampson," she said, shyly yeil ing her eyes with their long lashes, "you would be four million miles away." Trial Justice-Had you ever saw this man before? Witness-Yes. "Had he camei before you had went?~" "No." "Is them your egs what you say was stolen?'' " Yes." "Vi ould you have recognized them if you had seen them before they was brung here?" "Yes; I would have knowed them." "Speak grammatic, young man! It ain't proper to say 'have knowed'; you should say 'have knew.'" The largest auction sale of flannels ever held in New York was made yesterday by Faulkner, Page & .Co., commission mer chants. Over 1,000 buyers were present, from all parts of the couniry. About 14, 000 cases were sold aggregating about $2,000,000. The sale lasted all day. Scar let flannels brought from 12 to 25 cents, plain white 16 to 25t cents and quichee white flannels from 23+ to 43rr cents. In the Senate yesterday the bill reviving the office of general of the army, and au thorizing the President to appoint General heridan to that office passed the Senate by thirty-four yeas to seven nays. The bill provides that the office of lieutenant general of the army shall expire with Gen eral Sheridan's promotion, and that the ofice of general of the army shall expire at his death. The seven Senators voting no, were Berry, Coke, Harris, Reagan, Sauls bury, Vance, and Wilson of Maryland. A Train Blown from the Track.j PITTsBtaa, Pa., May 29.-Wcrd has just reached this city that during the heavy wind storm that passed over Western Penn sylvania yesterday, a passenger train on the Pittsburg and Western road, while running at a high rate of speed, near Clarion Sta tion, was blown from the track -into the ditch alongside. All of the passengers and passengers and trainmen were injured, some of them seriously. Miss Aldy Rankin of Clarion was fatally hurt. HAIL AND HURRICANE. Further Reports from the Big Storm in the T West. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 29.-The storm which swept over Eastern Ohio, West Vir- a ginia and Western Pennsylvania yesterday E afternoon was of a very destructtve char- si acter, and the aggregate loss to buildings, F crops and railroad and telegraph lines will a foot up many thousands of dollars. Several e, lives were also sacrificed and a number of v persons were injured about Point Pleasant t< and Huntington, West Virginia. At Can c ton, Ohio, Beaver county, Pennsylvania and through the oil regions the storm was j particularly severe, the hail falling in tor- I rents, while the wind was very violent. s< Near Ravenswood, West Virginia, Mr. and ( Mrs. William Powell were killed by light- C ning while sitting in their home. At I Charleston, West Virginia, Mrs. Robert I Shannon was killed by a falling tree. At n Bridgeport, Ohio, a six-year old son of d Joseph Powell was caught by a rush of s water in a narrow ravine and drowned. I Two campanions made a narrow escape. L At Bellaire. Ohio. a railroad brakeman n name Costello was killed while endeavor- 1 ing to manage his train during the storm. ' At Canton, Ohio, houses were lifted from their foundations and the steeples of several s churches were wrecked. The south wing I of the new Hamden Watch Works, 200 1 feet in length and three stories high, was r blown down and is a total wreck, and the c Dueber Watch Case Works were badly damaged. There were many narrow es capes from death by the fall of the Ham den building. A workman named Miller was probably fatally hurt and Jos. Myers, adother employee, is seriously injured. The loss is estimated at $70,000. In Beaver county. Pa., fully $20,000 of damage was done to property by the storm, but as far as known no one is injured. At Oil City the roof of the Arlington Hotel was blown off and the guests rushed from the building panic-stricken. Titusville also suffered severely. Frank Burchfield of Pleasantville, croising Pine creek bridge in a buggy, was blown over into the water. The vehicle was reduced to splinters and the horse was lifted bodily and carried one hundred yards. (Burchfield was badly hurt. Mrs. Barlee and family, who were out driving, were also thrown from their car riage and slightly injured. Through the oil regions derricks were blown down and much damage was done. About this city the storm was not so heavy, but specials from many other points represent the hail falling as falling as large as hen's eggs. Telegraph lines are (town badly, and in many places the railroad tracks are covered with debris from the hills. The damage to orchards has been particularly heavy, many trees in the re gions visited by tile hail being stripped of every leaf; and other crops suffered in a corresponding degree. The total loss will probably reach several hundred thousand dollars. CIUCAGO, May 29.--Dispatches from Western and Northern Illinois report that the hail storm of Sunday night and yester day did considerable dam fruit crops. A '~ any horses and sev eral b A cattle were killed by lightning. Farm buildings were damaged to a consid e.able extent and in Elgin thousands of panes of window glass were broken and chimneys were destroyed. Reports from Iowa and Kansas say the - fall of hail was terrific. The hail stones I were piled up and drifted in many places t from two to four feet deep in the morning and large sections of country were covered with a sheet of ice. The damage to gar. dens, fruit trees and vegetation is incalcu lable. Windows were broken, vegetables beaten into the ground, and fruit and for est trees stripped of foliage. OMAHA, Neb., May 29.-Two children, a son and daughter of Hugh Beckett, four teen miles southeast of Beatrice, were drowned during the heavy rain on Sunday night. Mrs. Beckett and four children were at home alone when the rain came up. The house stands near a stream, in which the water rose rapidly. Fearing the house would be washed away, Mrs. Beckett, taking two children, aged 4 and .5 years, and bidding an IS-year-old daughter tto follow with the baby, left the house. In crossing a small gulley the mother became frightened and fell, losing her hold of the children, who were swept away into the stream below, where they met their death. The other daughter and the baby, after a severe struggle, reached the shore and were saved. Why She Didn't "Holler.'. A young woman from the country was suing her ex-sweetheat for breach of promise, says the Texas Siftings, and the lawyers were, as usual, mkig all sorts of inquiries. "You say," remarked one, "that the defendant frequently sat very close to you?" "Yes, sir," was the reply, with a hec tic flush. "How close?" "Close enough so's one cheer was all the settin' room we needed." "And you say he put his arm around you?" "No I didn't." "What did you say, then?" "I said he put both arms around me." "Then what?" "He hugged me." "Very hard?" "Yes, he did. So darn hard that I come purty near hollerin right out." "Why didn't you holler?" "Cause." "That's no reason. Be explicit please, Because why?" "Cause I was afeered he'd stop." The court fell off the bench, and had to be carried out and put under the hy drant for the purpose of resuscitation. Destructive 25aorm. In Ohio. XENIA, May 30.--At Fairfield yesterday lightning struck the parsonage of the Re formed Church, setting it on fire, and though the flames were extinguished, there was great damage done. Nnw LEXINGTON, May ;.-A terrific rain and wind storm occurred late yester day afternoon, blowing the roofs off the opera house and the Catholic Church. The St. Aloysius Academy was also unroofed. HILLsBORO, May 30.-A terrific storm; of rain and wind set in here about 9 o'clock last night and did a good deal of damiage. lon. John L. Hughes and his wife were. seriously injured while driving along the Belfast pike. Their buggy was blown. over and Mr. Hughes was fatally injiured. .A LL CASES~RSty MTO c kIR A SFS MA~LE F WALNIT C THAT SAME OLD CAME. he Jewelry Swindler in Priently Garb Turns Up in Washington. WAsuIsGTON, May 20.-Early last w.ek man called at the residence of the ev. A. McGuirk, S. J., pastor of St. Aioy us' Church, and introduced himusel. as ather McCarthy of Montreal, presenting the sasiwc time what purported to be a ,rtiticate of transfer. Father MIcCuihk, ery much pleased with the suave visitor, ndered him the hospitality of the paro iial residence. Yesterday Father McCarthy went to the rwelry house of George B. Desio, on eunsylvania avenue, and directed that >me diamonds be sent to Father Mc uirk's, from which to select a present for ardinal Gibbons from the Jesuits of ashington. Desio called there and 'ather McCarthy, in cassock and beretta, let him at the door. McCarthy took the iaionds, valued at $700, and went up airs, ostensibly to show them to the nests of the household. That was the ist Desio saw of McCarthy or the dia ionds. The swindler div sted himself of is robes and slipped out the back way. 'he police of the country will be notified. A Brooklyn jeweler wn- victimized in a imilar manner last week, and within the ast six months the same game has'been laved in four or five other cities. The nethods in all the cases have been identi al, and this makeg it probable that the ane man has perpetrated all the swindles. The EngliNh Sparrow a Peat. The English sparrow which was intro luced in this country about a decade go, has become a terror not only here )ut all over the country. He was first et loose in Fairmount Park, Philadel 1hia, for the avowed purpose of extermi sating worms and caterpillars, but it has peen said that he immediately became he boon companion and bosom friend >f these vermicules. He quickly made his way to the South and seems to be :ommitting havoc in the feathered king- + 3om in this section. An observer says "he thinks that he hears fewer of the South's greatest songsters, the mocking birds, now warbling than ever before, and believes that the feathered singers are abandoning this section. The only way he can account for their disappear ance is the advent in this section of the English sparrows, which have become the greatest nuisances wherever they have made their appearance. They are turbulent and pugnacious little birds, and all other birds which do not possess the same characteristics make haste to abandon their favorite retreats and leave the sparrows in possession of the field." It would be a great pity indeed if the South's favorite birds should be forced out or exterminated by the English sparrow, and any means to exterminate or drive him away should be resorted to, as one mocking bird is worth the whole race. (Botanic Blood Balm.) The great Blood Purifier and Tonic. It cures Scrofula, Kidney Troubles, Catarrh, Skin Humors, Rheumatism, Eruptions, Boils, etc., and is a wonder ful tonic. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm.) The great Blood Purifier and Tonic. It cures Scrofula, Kidney Troubles, Catarrh, Skin Humors, Rheumatism, Eruptions, Boils, etc., and is a wonder ful tonic. The Wallingford Wheel Works at Meri den were struck by lightning yesterday morning and were totally destroyed. Loss $60,000; insurance $2:3,000. Frank P. Fleming~, of Jacksonville. was nominated for Governor by the Florida Deiocratic Convention on the fortieth bal lot, after a tedious contest of two days. The nomination was made unanimous amid great enthusiasm. Capt. 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Thatmcome from our 6F asting such en'ormous qnanti. ti~ seklngauch all yroredtL ducts of three mlit, sad that hardly ,atadei our demand. New York Styles, f AVOID IMITATOES. -Alway In the Lead. N EXT we make goods only to order, sod by our sctentidce memnare ment blaukeen ft yoas well V O milee aways we can al ear atorm We send our press, at buyer's op. Vion. NEXT. by sending six cents in samps yu will reive by return mai a package of twenty samples of cloth for Pants, Suits, and Ocercats~ad ifonmentlen this papereO-Ineh Tape MEeaure h ree. Also fall seto mae m blks. Try is dconvin e if. OUR GUARANTEE ?." M2r1be dealt with ue, for weslwayshsve and always will refund motoy for any cause. REF EN CES-Amelen Express C.,?Csv York City.l wi h whom we do so enormous basiness, Send for samples and Call at our Store! Act now, sod begin toars One-Half the otofyour clothing for the balanceef your lit.. Call if adlr's. N.Y. STANDARD PANT CO.,66 Unlver sity Place, N. Y. City, Near Union Sq. MACHINERY. SPECIAL ATTENTION! Being agent for almost the entire State for Liddell & Co., of Charlotte, N. C., I am in a position to offer close figures on their Variable Feed Saw Mills, New Era Boilers, Boss Presses, Straight Line Engines, Shafting, Pulleys, &c. Their engine, of which I have sold a number, is the most satisfactory I have ever handled, and I earnestly recommend a consideration ot its merits to all pros pective purchasers. Van Winkle, Pratt and Winship Gins will be offered as cheap as manufacturers' discount to dealers will allow. The Improved Deering Mower with its durable and Unbreakable Steel Pitman Connections, in one of its three sizes-one-horse, two-horse and giant and the Thomas Imperial Hay Rake and: I o. n ge that younwilineea Barbour Cotton Seed Cruaher in the fall. Wind Mills, Force Pumps, Brick Ma chines, Planers, etc., for sale. Write for descriptive catalogue. W. H. GIBBES, Ja., Successor to McMaster & Gibbes and W. G. & L. D. Childs, COLUMBIA, S. C. CHARLOTTE FEMALE INSTI fUTE. No Institute for Young Ladies in the South has advantages superior to those offered here in every department-Col legiate, Art and Music. Only experienced and accomplished Teachers engaged. The building is lighted with Gas, warmed with the best wrought-iron Fnrnaces, and .a Hot Water Heater, has Hot and Cold Water Baths, and first-class appoint ments as a Boarding School in every respect-no School in the South has superior W FALL SESSION BEGINS SEP TEMBER 5, 1888. For Catalogue, with full particulars, address Rev. War. R. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. C. Gilder's Liver PILLS. The justly celebrated SOUTHERN VEGETABLE PILL having been used as a household remedy for the past half century, in all the Southern and Western States, for the cure of Dlyspepsia, Bil iousness, Malaria and all diseases of the LIVER, have, by their WONDEEFUL CUBES, gained the supremacy over all other PILLS on the market. After one trial you will join the cry for "GILDER'S PILLS" with the ten million people of the United States who are now using them. If your merchant has not got them, send 25 cents in stamps to G. BARRETT & CO., AUGUSTA, GA. DIAL1 ENGINE WORKS. A COMPANY HAS BEEN FORMED that are now operating these works, manufacturing the Celebrated TOZER PATENT AGRICULTURAL AND STATIONARY ENGINES, noted for their great durability, simplicity and economy in fuel. Excellent workmanship and design. Return Tubulor Boilers a specialty. Also. Saw Mill Shafting and boxes. Most convenient shop in the State for having your repairs done. All work guaranteed. Foundry work.. in Iron and Brass. Write us for estimates. W. P. LESTER, Superintendent. THORN WELL McMASTER, Business Manager. INETStE0 0 E% f i~ a 4 -jh YSIii