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VOL. Iii, MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1888. STORIES OF BUFFALO BILL. The Bugler of the Old Fifth Cavalry Tella Some Anecdotes. (Philadelphia Times, Aug. 29.) Buffalo Bill was watching half a dozen rosy-cheeked, .bright-eyed, delighted children romping among the tepees of the Indians in the Wild West camp yesterday afternoon when a tall, well built man, with .a blonde mustache, stepped up to him and said: "H6v do you do, sir," Colonel Cody courteously replied.. "You .don't seem to remember me," said the stringer, as a modest, half-smile stole over his handsome lace. "No I'do not, I am sorry to say." "Did you ever know the bugler of the old Fifth Cavalry?" "Why, is this Bugler Kershaw?" "That's whoit is." "Well, put i'there, old boy," and as Buffalo Bill's right' hand shot out it grasped the hand of the old comrade in the Western country. It-was one of 'the happiest meetings between two men. Kershaw was only seventeen rears old when he appeared on theafr ' t arly.bart of 1868 a bugler o! Gener$ ;Carr's command. He was from Chester, in gtisAtate, the native town of Major Browii of the Fifth Calvary. He was a -tall boy, of slim build, but was as brave as the bravest trooperr:-; As bugler he was often with the scouts during the active campaigns against the hostile Indians, and it was not long be fore Bufalo Bill took him under his wing. He was a great favorite with the famous scout, and was soon known as 's Kid." Kershaw endured the h ps and braved the dangers of the wilds with Buffalo Bill' for four years, and was aprincipal with him in a number of thriing' adventares : the, Indian country.. , --- - Buffalo Bil a3-bise r-o und friend were exchanging hearty greetings when the signal was given for the .opening of the af tenoonperforniano, a'd Kershaw was put in charge of Major Burke, the genial manager of the .Wild West, with orders to hold the bugler captive until after the show. While Arizona John and his captive were having a jolly time in a tent Kershaw recalledmany interest ing stories of Buffalo Bill. A NAD-nOo nMG CASE. "When I first saw Buffalo Bill," he said, "he was the hardest-looking case I had ever laid eyes on. He had just come in from a three months' scouting tour by himself down toward the Indian Terri tory. Our command was at Fort Hayes, in Southen Kanas. When I joined the regiment Cody was then away, but lie was talked about every night around the camp-fire. Suddenly one day General Oarr saw a solitary horseman coming across the prairie. It was the long-lost scout, whom many of the boys feared had been killed or captured by the red skins. As Cody rode into. the camp he wa given a tremendous reception. "I heard the cheers and when I ran cut Isaw a man who looked like a tramp. . He wegon a -d ? ed-look 2g'ks 1~ wrecked eenk'tiiniehair 1wiful of '' shaggy ' bea io'o elfed!b1 hisyes. One - footjUMid nasi5 0 dield on by sen44neheLortoS5ale top of ' w? ' ofdeer or sole. of faded red blanket was fastenedaroundthe right leg and the other leg was partly hidden with a tatteredagray blanket. He wore - a -n.L.s ,,.>. abir ad his b~eenthrougha-amieS of Kanas ~yloes. "I had heard so much of Coysman ly beausthstI was disgusted. Btsoap, water, a razor and a new outfit made a 'wonderful change and Bill looked like a -.different man a-few hours later. Bill1 had brought back important information *.eadalvely camlpaign was opened agamnst - the Tndians that is patof American his - tory, anin itthat ' Cavalry did he .rom work. - "We suffezed' many bidships and -were often in danger, but we also had Iota of fun on the 'fron~ier. We had a -great time with abadger that Bill captured onia hunting expedition. We named the badger 'Flynn,'- da honor of an Irish lord who was .then visiting General Carr. We watch for emigrants and other strangers and wagered that no dog could take 'Flynn' out of a .box we had builtior his house.e Scores of dogs tried and failed and the boys won many dollars.. 'fHE nADGER CAmE OUT. "One day .n: old man and his wife came across the prairiein a wagon. They had a mongrel car with a shaggy head and body. The boys wagered the old man the dog couldn't take the badger out of the box. He took all the bets ferdan4.the cawoaAk a big ~stong nio, 1,eqnaa4put up the cahin taeodrCody's hands. I bet almost a whole month's pay and so did twenty other of the boys. We felt as if we were robbing the old couple and some wanted the old folks to take back the money, but the old man insisted on the dog tackling the badger "The whole camp was gathered to see the fun when the old; mhan shoved his cur into the boxe Almost instantly the mongrel yelped and was about to turn tail and run when.Flynn flew at his face. Tha bsdger'sOlaWS stuck in the hair of the dog, and as the howling cur dashed out he involuntarily dragged the badger with him and we were ruined. 'The old codaple drove off with our cash and their cur. We were howling mad and madder still when we learned Bill Cody had put the job up on us. "We had a good time when Grand Duke Alexis of Russia was with us, but the Duke used to make it uncomfortable for me sometimes. Alexis, Cody and I would be lying in a tent at night when Alexis would pick up a long fihing rod that he always kept at his side at night and tickleimein theer untlIwoke. I was general utility man and when Alexis would tickle Bill until he gotiup I would have to fix up'&nk~ wtAlexis led Cody into a gae ealdi Si annar RWERTDAN'S TURKEY. "One day while we were hunting with Alexis a wild turkey was shot. As utility ' man I cleaned the turkey and the cook roasted it in good style. General Sheri dan, General Carr and Major Brown were -i~ Alexis and his .at~ General -gdid the Tarhpg, tarxE was so deitex 'tgat ega ad 'ngi soon disap .dAnd C nem1 ihend was runnin knife into the carcass when he laid open the craw. "There was the craw filled with beetles, grasshoppers and bugs of all kinds. I had forgotten to clean the draw ind almost wilted when General 'Sheridan turned to where I was standing and glared at me. I glared at the other utility man and the General was about to burst out with indignant wrath when Bill, who had a seat at the table, said: "'My God, General, the boys searched the prairie for miles for seasoning and now you are kicking. "That saved us, and the distinguished party turned to work and finished the carcass and seasoning with a relish. LORD FLYNN GOT SQUARE. "After the visit of Lord Flynn and his party a wash-bowl belonging to them was found in camp. Some of the boys boxed it up and sent it to Lord Flynn in New York. When Flynn recieved the mysterious box from the West he had to pay $32 freight charges and when he opened it he found only the old wash bowl. "Lord Flynn had promised to send us a barrel of the best Holland gin from New York, and about a month later word was received that the barrel had arived at the railroad station a couple uZ hun dred miles off. There was $40 worth of freight against it, but the boys willingly chipped in and paid the damages and soon had3 the barrel in camp. When Bill tapped it there was a big discussion as to whether the white fluid was water or gin. When the head of the barrel was smashed in by a disgusted trooper the old wash-bowl was found floating in a barrel of water. Lord Flynn had got square with the boys. Some of the boys didn't stop swearing for a week, out a few weeks later the real barrel of pure Holland gin reached camp, with all freight charges prepaid and bearing the compliments of Lord Flynn. THE FAlt[ElRa' PICNIC. President Cleveland Writes a Briet Letter to the Grangers. (Philadelphia Times, Aug. 29) WraIA s GROVE, August 28.-Twen ty-four trains unloaded about 6,500 peo ple here to-day, who, with those who tented on the grove last night and those who arrived in carriages and other vehicles, made theaumberpresent dur-1 ing the day about 12,000. The arrivals by rail exceeded the number transported the corresponding Tuesday of last year nearly fifty per cent. Many were at tracted to the picnic by the announce ment made from time to time that President Cleveland would be -among the visitors. All hope of his coming was dispelled to-day by the receipt of the following letter from him to Colonel Thomas, dated yesterday: DEAR SIR: I hope I need not assure. you that I should very much enjoy. meeting the large representation of farmers who will gather at Williams Grove to-morrow (Tuesday.) I shall not plead confinement here by official duties as my excuse for declining the courteous invitations I have received to be present at their picnic, but shall frankly say to you that the; opportunity long contemplated to epjoytwo or three, days of rest and recreation unexpected ly presents itself in s , er,that if Iavail myselfof it Inustego the pleasure of visiting Williams Grove. - I am sure that I am not calculating too much upon the kindness and considera tion of those managing the picnic when I believe that they will be content with my non-attendance if I am thereby en abled to improve the opportunity I am offered to enjoy a much needed rest and freedom from official care. I have heard of the character of your exhibition and of the large congregation of farmers and others interested in subjects relating to farming which are there brought togeth r and the exhibits, the discussion and the comparison of views which necessa rily are the accompaniment of such of a meeting cannot fail to be of the uemst use to those directly ine~ iai. what is useful to our people.' T The reflection is an interesting and consoling one, that in the midst of po litical turmoil, in the feverish anxiety of the marts of trade and in the rush and hurry of financial operations, our agri culturists pursue the even tenor of their way at all times, furnishing thie moat stable support of our country's pros rlale sourc of nd strength. When our farmers are pros perous and contented the welfare and advancement of the nation is secured. Hoping that the picnic of 1888 will exceed all prior ones in the enjoyments and benefits accorded to those in attend ance, I am yours very truly, (OROVER CLEYREAW. OPERING THE PICNIC. In his address formally' opening the pinic Worthy Master Rhone congratu lated the Grangers on the favorable auspices under which they had been permitted to meet.'- The cropsahad been measurably good and the granaries we'll filled. The 'wise policy pursued by those entrusted with the affairs of the government had led to the consumption by the American people of ninety-eight per- cent. of all the products of our manufactures and of ninety-two per cent. of the products of our well-culti vated farms. The speaker gave the "home market" theory a boost by stating that this country was able to produce everything necessary to ensre our comfort and happiness. Mr. Rhone spoke at considerable length on subjects of interest to the farmer. Dr. Ormasby made a few remarks in drsing agricultural experiment etations, when J. (i. M. Sparran, overseer of the State Grange, made a speech partly in answer to that of'Mr. Rhone. , He pro duced figures to show that the farming interest is in a depressed condition, lie took no exception to the statistics of Mr. Rhone as to the increase of the wealth of the United States, but said that since 1860 the farmers had received comparatively small benefit. While the aggregate Value of the farms of the country was seater than in 1860 on ac count of thew ,territory taken under consideration, there had been an actual decrease from the value of the 163,000, 000 acres under cultivation at that time. It was a matter of regret that the farm ers did not realize their condition. The signs of the times indicated bankruptcy nt rnin to their calling nnless th1ev aroused from their indifference. Th( founders of the (irde;; of -Pati'ons o Husbandry saw Iliis from the beginnini and sought to avert the disaster b; formning the present organization, in order that farmers might reason togeth er in matters concerning' their financia welfare. The several speeches received carefu attention. A speech and a literary an< musical entertainment constituted the evenings ex.ergys R% RItMoS sOF A MURbERER. He confesses to a Crime Committed in Belgium. (New York Star, Aug. 3.) As the Cincinnati express on the Erie road pulled into the Jersey City statiot yesterday there alighted two officers, and between them walked ; man who has a strangelistory. -Therman is 'ap parently about 40 years of age, black haired and of a swarthy complexion, with steel gray eyes. He was poorly dressed and walked with head cast down. Under his arm he carried a bundle of clothes. United States Deputy Marshal Bernhard rmet the trio at the station, and when the prisoner's eyes fell upon the officer they lighted for a moment and a smile played about his mouth. The minn's bame eanFrancois Steyaert; and'dhe story connected with his: arrest is one among the most extraordinary connected with criminal history. In Langerbergge, near Ghent, on the banks ,of the Canal Fernenzen, in Bel gium, last March, a midnight murder was committed. A wealthy merchant named Vanderwalle was the victim. His skull was crashed, he was robbed of 300 francs and his body flung into the waters of the canal. The body was found next dsy floating upon the water, clad-only in underclothing.' Search was made for the clothes, but they were never found, and after a long and fruit less search for clews the authorities re luctantly came to the conclusion that the merchant had injured his head by a fall and toppled into the canal. The murderer supposed, as was after ward learned, that the merchant had a certain large sum of money on his per sun that. night;, -ut he- had left the geater part of it at home. The case was dropped by the authorities as anoth er addition to the list of mysteries. The murderer had made good his escape, leaving no trace behind. The tragedy Was fast being forgotten. On August 25 last there appeared in the office of the Belgian representative at New Or leans a man who resembled a tramp. He had the appearance of a thoroughly broken down man. He laid a bundle of clothing before the Consul and told the official in a broken voice that he'was the murderer of Vanderwalle and wanted to give himself up. The man was Steyaert, and in a sworn statement he said that he had waylaid the merchant and murderedhim, expecting to realize aadargesumi of money. After rifling the pockets, he stripped the body of its outer clothing and threw it into the canal. He bundled up the clothing and made off. It was then that he realized the gravity of his crime, and his conscience almost drove him mad. Quickly he made his -way to Bremen, where he took a steamer for America, hopingtodrive the picture of the trage dy from his mind. Arriving in this country, he drifted to New Orleans, and there sought to drown his horror in drink. His money was soon spent, and he took to begging until, driven almost to distraction by being haunted day and night by remorse, he finally gave way to despair, and bundling the conclusive evidence of his sguilt, the dead man's 4lotiesg he gave himiself up and. -mae a eam.hseat ofit.1 Charles Mali, Consul for Belgium at this city, was at once notified, and or dered the murderer to be sent to New York, where he arrived yesterday morn ing. He was taken atonceeto the:Red Star steamship Belgenlandi, which sailed promptly at 11 o'clock. He speaks only Flemish, and was once a soldier in the Belgianu Army.E Boing asked by .the offecr if he-realized the severity of the ~enaity lie would have to suffer for- his crime, the prisoner said he did. it was imprisonment for life, as capi tal punishment is not in vogue in Bel gium. He was resigned to his fate and. felt better than at any time since the murder was committed. 'Dudes as Garbage:Gatherers. On'Mondayat niidnight'three d'udes, dressed in the height of fashion, who were returning to their homes in Brook lyn, amused themselves by overturning ash barrels. Their actions were watched by an officer standing in the shade of a near-by tree.. As they passedl tnder the, spreading branches of the tree the policeman came from his ambush, and stopping the trio, said: "This is nice, gentlemanly con duct. No doubt to you it's rare fun. Now, if you want to avoid disgrace .and the loss of $10 each, you must come bch with me, and I'll show you what to do." "Oh, only a little joke, old man," ex plained one of the dudes. But the officer was obdurate, and made the fellows march back to over turned barrel No. 1. "Now," said the policeman, "place the barrel in its proper position, gather the ashes and rubbish andpaetm in the barre'l."dpaetm "But surely you don't mean that ?" exclaimed one of the missing links in horror. "Do what I say, or I'll arrest you," replied the officer. With great reluctance the three took their first lesson in garbage gathering, and the same operation had to- be per formed until the four barrels which they had upset had been refilled. When this had been finished the officer allowed them to go home.-New York Star. A Fainful Accident. Mr. John P. Morris, who belongs to the Providence congregation in this county, but who lives in Union county, was very seriously hurt, we regret to learn, at his hoWie a day or twoago. Hewasintheact'of nmounting his mule, when the saddle girth sluppe1 and he was thrown violently to the ground striking upon a rock. It Is feared that his leg is broken near the thigh. Mr. Morris is about 70 years old and is a very highly respected citizen. -Charlotte Chq~n icle, Aug. 30. Great truths are often said in a few ELECTIONUSia S YEAR. ermont and an e Only September. States--Vote of the Electoral College. (From the Baltimore Sun.) Only two States will be heard from at the polls..between now and next Novem-. ber. Vermont will edeot Stsfe. officers and Congressmen September 4, and six days later Maine will elect Governor, Legislature and Congressmen. Both of these Statgs areconned to the Repub licas, and that- " making an un usnaily-active ciuvs, .ith the hope of obtaining increased majorities, as an in finence on the doubtful States. .1l the States will elect Presidential electors on Tuesday, Noyember 6. The electors then chosen will meet at their respective State Capifols on Wednesday, December 5, and cast their ballots for President and Vice President of the United States. The whole number of electors is 401, necessary for a cioide, 221. The several States are entitled to representation in the electoral college and in Congress as follows: Elec- Con. tors. gress. Alabama ..................10 8 Arkansas....- ...........i 7 5. California ................ 8 6 Colorado.................. 3 1 Connecticut ................ 4 Delaware........ ....... 33 1 Florida.................:. 4 2 Georgia...................12 10 Illinois ...................22 20 Indiana...:.. ....:... .....15 13 Iowa .....'.......:....13 11 Kansas ................... 9 7 Kentucky.................13 11 Louisiana.......... .. 8 6 M aine ............. :.-... 6 -A Maryland................. 8 6 Massachusetts.............14 12 Michigan ............13 11 Minnesota .......:.....:. 7 -5 Mississippi................ 9 7 Missouri..................16 14 Nebraska:................ 5 3 Nevada................... 3 1 New Hampshire........... 9 2 New Jersey ............... 9 7 New York..............36 34 North Carolina ............11 9 Ohio .....................23 21 Oregon................. 3 1 Pennsylvania..........0...:.g0 28 Rhode Island.............. 4 2 South Carolina........... 9 7 Tennessee.................12 10 Texas.....................13 11 Vermont . ............ 4 2 Virginia ..................12 10 West Virginia............. 6 4 Wisconsin.................11 9 Each of the organized Territories, namely, Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Mon tana, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming will elect a delegate to Congress on Tuesday, November 6. Alabama elected Democratic State officers and Legislature and voted upon a:constitutional amendment limiting the time for the introduction of l'ocal bills in the Legislature on Monday, August 6. Will elect Congressmen November 6. Arkansas will elect State officers and Legislature and vote upon the question of holding a convention to frame a new constitution on Monday September 3. Will elect Congressmen November 6. California.will elect Chief ;Justice ;of .the;supreme Coftj.ssociate Justice of the same, Legislature and Congressmen 1ovember 6. Colorado will elect State'ders.,Leg islature and one Congressman Novem ber 6. Connecticut will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen Novem ber 6. Delaware will elect Legislature and one Con-gressmani November 6. *FUbrida wrill elect.State offcers, Legis lature and Congressmen November 6. Georgia will elect State offcers and Legislature and vote upon a proposed constitutional amendment to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges from three to five on Wednesday, Octo ber 3. Will elect Congressmen Novem ber 6 latuce anid Congress a' d votea a'pbsed State T 'n -law ~oe~ ber 6. Indiana will elect State officers, Legis lature and Congressmen November 6. Iowa will elect minor. State officers and Congressmen November 6. .Kansas will elect State offcers, Legis lature and Congressmen and vote upon two proposed constitutional amendments November-6. ;Qne camendment astriles. out the word "white'in aclause relating 'to the militia, and the other concerns the purchase, enjoyment and descent of property. Kentucky will elect Congressmen No vember 6. *Lonisiana elected 1emocratic State officers and Legislature and voted upon six proposed amendments to the consti tution of the State on Tuesday, April 17. These amendments related to the Tulane University, the selection of levee commissioners, the terms of the District Courts, the new basih canal and shell road, the succession in.~ event' di the death of the Lieutenant Governor and the exemption of certain property owned. by religious, educational or charitable organizations from taxation. Will elect Congressmen November 6. Maine will elect Governor, Legisla ture and Congressmen and vote upon .two proposed amendments to its State constitution on Monday, September 10. One amendment makes the Staite Treas urer ineligible after six years' successive service; the other proposes a restora tiou of the annual sessions of the Legis lature. Maryland will elect Congresemen No vember 6. Massachusetts will tlect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen Novem ber 6. Michigan. will elect State ofiiers, Legislatuim and Congressmen Novem ber 6. Minnesota will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen Novem ber 6. Mississippi will elect Congressmen November 6. Missouri will elect State officers, Leg islature and Congressmen November 6. Nebraska will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen Novem ber 6. New Hampshire will elect Governor, Legislature, Congressnmen and delegates to a convention to revise the constittu tion of the State November 6. New yersey will elect Legislature and ongessmen Novamhar 6. Nevada will ^elet Supreme Judge four regents of-the State University Legislature and one Congressman, anc vote upon four proposed amendments to the State constitution, and also upon the question of holding a convention to frame a new constitution, November 6. One of the proposed amendments dis franchises polygamists, one authorizes a lottery, the third relates to county officers, and the fourth prescribes quali fications for holding office. New York will elect Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, Assemblymen and Congressmen November 6, and vote upon a proposed amendmen t to the State constitution, which provides thai upon certification of the Court of Appeals to the Governor that its calender is crowded, the executive shall appoint a second part of the Court of A.ppeals, consisting of seven Supreme Court judges, to try cases which shall be as signed to it by the regular Court of Appeals. North Carolina will elect State oflicers, Legislature and Congressmen, and vote upon a proposed amemendment to the State constitution increasing the number of Supreme Court Judges to five Nov n ber 6. Ohio will elect minor State office'rs and Congressmen November 6. Oregon elected Republican Congress men, Supreme judge and Legislature on Monday, June 4. Pennsylvania will elect Supreme judge, Auditor General, Legislature and Con gressmen November 6. Rhode Island elected Republican State officers and Legislature and adopted a constitutional amendment enlarging the suffrage on Wednesday, April 4. Will elect Congressmen November 6. The suffrage amendment adopted places foreign-born citizens on the same foot ing as'native-born, provides for a poll tax and does away with the registry tax, but it will not become effective until the spring election of 1889. South Carolina will elect State officers, Legislature and Congressmen November 6. Tennessee will elect Governor. Legis lature and Congressmen November 6. Texas will elect State officers, Legisla: tare and Congressmen November 6. Vermont will elect State officers, Leg islature and Congressmen on Tuesday, September 4. Virginia will elect Congressmen and' vote upon the question of holding a con vention to revise the State constitution. November 6. West Virginia will elect State officers,. Legislature and Congressmen and vote upon three proposed amendments to the constitution of the State November 6. These amendments prohibit the manufac tare and sale of intoxicating liquors, re ate to trials by jury and limit the ses lion of the Legislature to sixty daye, mles extended by concurrent vote of two-thirds of the members elected to sach house. Wisconsin will elect State officers, Leg-' slature and Congressmen November 6. IS BLAINE GOING TO PIECES? A Washington Correspondent Says That. He Is. (From the Philadelphia Record) hir. Blaine is going to pieces. I was en the train that took him to Boston, dI went with him from Boston to Nigustat :and from Augusta to Port land. His friends were pained to see how he had changed since 1884. His mind is not as clear as it was. This shows in his speeches and actions. very speech he made, even two or tree sehtences of thanks to the crowds hat gathered around his car to see him, ad tobe fixed up, revised and altered efore it was given out :for publication. En some of the speeches revision was a loak for rewriting. As the speeches were delivered they were faulty in ex ression and construction. Mr. Blaine would start to say something, and be ore he finished he would say somnething 1se. His mind wandered from the sub et, and his words wandered apart from is mind. There is little color in his face. His yes frequently fill with tears down his face if they are not brushed away. His nouth vacillates, and he has an old and dick man's way of allowing his saliva to scape involuntarily while he is speak ng. His right hand is partly palsied; e says this comes from too much ex rtion.. Tlge fingers curl up and he Idee not usesit. His left hand is little etter. Both are without color. it was apparent in the speeches he, ade that his stock of vitality is ne~t arge. He went from New York to Be s on in easy stages to prevent exhaustic,n. The exertion of a few speeches from 'the ars, not equivalent in all to a quar Ler 1ur speech, used him up so that he culd hardly speak the next day. At Portland, where he was promised 'to de iver the opening war cry of the cam aign, he stopped before he we a half hrough, and abruptly left the ha!.t. He spoke from notes, which sea-mned to weary him. So he put them do wn and went to speaking extempora'aeously. Tis was not to his liking, and he sim ly stopped after having said nothing ut a promise to say something after a while on the fishery questic *n and a short defense of trusts. At Fr cesent he s resting in Augusta to recov. er from a rip to New York to~ Angr tata, little further than from Philadelphi a to Pitts urg. One thing that was freqisently men ioned while Mr. Blainse was in New York was the English attir e he wore. With a trifle higher collar sand a more resplendent cravat, he could. pass for a ude. He wore a brown prot hat with a band a little darker brown than the lat. His coat was an English cutaway, low cut to show the shirt and a curled gold stud. His trousers were a big heck, which looked different according to the light and angle. O ver varnished shoes he had checked outgaitere of the same cloth as his trousers. He was more fashionably dresse4d than Walker Blane, his son. Three Men Blown to Piece.. ALBANY, N. Y., Au gust 30.--Michael Angelo Latouche, Antv~nio Latouche and Francis Moore, employred at rail-:oad work at South Bethlehem, w ere clearing away debris from a two we eks' blass. in a rock last evening. One of them stru'ck a dyna mite cartridge, which exploded,, killing the three men. They were liter'lly torn tc BIG GRASSNOPPPEK YARNS. Some of the Stories They Tell About Them in the West. No fiction can approach the trath re garding grasshoppers in Minnesota when the plague is on. At $1, or even 50 cents, a bushel grasshoppers have been for four years out of the last twelve a more profit able crop than wheat ever was along the incomparably fertile valleys and uplands of the Minnesota River. More than once -such a bounty has drained the treasuries of prosperous. counties.to the last dollar within a week after offered. The first serious visitation of the pest since early in the '60's was in 1887, says the Chicago Tribune. In the latter part of June the farmers began to grow anxious, for reports from Dakota were to the effect that the young crop of grass hoppers having drowned every green thing, included the leaves on the trees; were preparing to deluge the East. July 10 the advance of the destroyer was heralded from the Big Stone Lake county. His path was a desert, without an-oasis to relieve the eye or succor the famishing. Jn the afternoon of July 15 the farmers along the river bottom in Nicoliet and Blue Earth counties saw the san go out like a candle suddenly ex tinguished. 'Grasshcppers!'" That was all they said. The.eornplow was stopped where it was, the scythe engaged in mowing a swath through the weeds around the now never-to-be-harvested wheatfield dropped from the farmer's hand; further farm operations were purposeless-everybody au-andoned all other pursuits and watched the approach of the ominous gray cloud. '.hle front edge .of. the cloud passed over' Nicollet county, and the center of the gray, granulated, swirling mass hung, seemingly undecided, a mile above the earth. Then half a dozen ,fat, insplent fellows, with paunches distended with Dakota good living, dropped down and folded their. wings. Now .it. begau to pour. Never did the heavens precipi tate a more disgusting, disastroiistorrent.. People fi.ad to their houses and shut .the; doors and' windows. The grasshopper is a nasty pest. He lives upon sweet l green blades of wheat and corn and: .eupectorate s tobacco juice upon the test provocation. &al an hour of the storm and the. destroyer had arrived. During the re maininghour before sundown a thousand acres of waving wheat had disappeared utterly. The third day the most beauti ful sight fertile Western farms afford luxuriant, undulating fields of corn was transformed into a scene of utter desolation; only the ragg d stumps re mained. The meadows, tame and wild, went next, and the leaves on trees and shrubbery disappeared. "Now," said the farmers, "we shall be rid of you; there is nothing left for you go eat, and to eat is.your one missipn on earth.,' But the farmers had forgotten that the grasshopper has two missions on earth; the other is to propagate and multiply his species. It is a duty he is proud of and never neglects. If the verdure of the locality he is infesting disappears before he has reached the propagating stage he moves a league onward and .fulfils his other mission. The two missi'ns do not interfere with each other; when he is ready to devote himself to the business of raising a family he stops eating-whatever he puts forth his hand to do he does with a The Edmunds bill does not apply to ,the grasshopper. He is a monogamous pest, but his helpmeet is the acme of feundity. An inch below the surface die leaves an egg fully an inch long and a large as her own body. It is more tha an egg-it is at least 100 eggs, each the ,size and much the color and shape of a grain of rye, packed snugly togeth er ini a tough membranous covering which defies the elements. A dozen days of sunshine in the -following May and thiesa eggs increaise the pest fity fold. Ifa blade of wheat or a stalk of corn escap ed the parents no remissness of the kind will remain a reproach. to the children . Until they have flown to ther fields n ot a green thing will appear on the surfac, e of the earth. A hundred little gasshol. 'pers, scarcely bigger than a flea, will wal ch for the appearance of eahbaeo haadt each hill of orn there will b e a thousand. The field in time is as be k as the plowed field of ctober, and swa rm with a pest that annot be foughin or destroyed. To prevent, if p >ssible, this visitation of young grasshop era it has been the ustom to offer he unties on the old grasshppers before the eggs are laid. In 1876 Nicollet and ,Blue Earth coun ties offered a bouuty ,"f $3 per bushel soon after the pest arri vetd frum Datkota. The amount did ne~t kco k large at first. There are sonething hki e 20,000 adult grasshoppers in a i.umsh*-. Who would undetake to devote liis elf exclusively to the destruction of grasslhoppers for a consideration of fess than 933 per 20,000? That is the way it looked to thle county oficials. 0. -she third day after the offer was made tht4 changed their minds. A German di ove up to the front door of the Nicollet-inty court house at noon withr- his far mi wagon loaded with sacks of somethi. ig. It was not wheat, for the load had a horrible smell. The sacks were drenched'. with a offen sive brown liquid, stre ans of which trickled through cracks in the wagon box. It was a cargo of grasshoppers. There were thirty bushels of them. Thre German drew $90 in cash. troi the treas urer and drove home in a gslbop to set all his children and hired ni Wen to catch ing grasshoppers. Inside. .of a week: over $30,000 had been pad5 out, not withstanding the bounty had' be en thrice reduced-to $1.50, then $1, :and finally 50 cents a bushel It was simple enough. Orne ma.u wt a scoop made of a bag of cotton cloth stretched on a barrel hoop could walh through a meadow or wheattield and catch grasshoppwers at ther yate of a bushel an hour. The unost popular method of capture, however', was to line the inner arc of a wheeled. wire-tooth hay rake with cctton cloth u a drive at a trot wherever the grassho ppers were thickest. When the cloth was covered with four or five bushels of the pests the rake would be lifted suddenly, leaving the grasshoppers writhing mnder a neat winrow of cotton cloth, f ror ai which they would be easily transferred into sacks. Numerous instances are kD~own where two men with such an applir wmee as this ba- aptned fifty bushl~ of gracs hoppers in a day. There is -no'iom for "fiction" where grasulio ppers are concerned. At this moment parts of Minnesota are deluged with the4 pests. STICKLER'S CLOSE CAL " He Jokes About a Bear and Eoen&kQ"e in Earnest. 'r A Philadelphia named StihkJArsinds several weeks each year indiljatakill Mountains. He had an excting .ad.ven ture the other day, cor the Kingston Freeman. Sticklerisittii re treat, which nestles amon tail pfi in a pict::esque vaHej, early brn ing. He took with him. a dohbl4taar reled gun, auda small Scotchexidog followed at his heels. Followingimpun tain paths, he soon came in-eight of the Hotel Kaaterskill, where hestoped a short time and chatted with"frinda, who bantered her about sio aotmg a bear. Sickler took the jeyTood naturedly, and remarked that.he wDuld return with a bear.. Bidding.his4ends .good-by, he sallied forth on ..w he anticipated would be an enjoyable y'a sport. Stickler soon ca'e to ;he row of the hill which overlooks a deep~valley south of the hotel. - The'hunter descended thenouitain side into the valleys whi . and then he'rampedsonufog or two. Stickler kept a-sharpgeo for game. His little dog kept Se r ahead of him. Suddenly he hgd it bark, and it ran backitolt' *'Doe as if it -was trgl i ~tn !oing cautiously, Stickler a-sondaigrthat filled him with pleasure .anddhpulse quickened with; .exitmet, ;ieen lour tall trees, whichorme a e of about twenty feet, were two cuB at play. Their antics amuigt a .d it was some time -before' he " a ed to his senses that what heheidi(N out for was right before him.- his gun, he took aimat the:argespm the cubs and fired. The- little . . was badly wounded, and it setsz L T that could be heardA-61 The plaintive sounds were old mother dear, whish iaa . on berries. It went tearing; the bushes to its young, licked :te :amnda of its offspring, and looked for the hynter. .The old bear . ijght of Stickler, and with gro tbt~sent cold shivers running up's d~ dwn his spinal.column, it made for him : Between the place whereStidakte was standing aid the spot: wher4he=uubs were there was stretched- .hugd :tunk of a tree, which had bee 4de 49f its branches. The lr oa& po sition that as -I.oldc ,rawl under. This proved a fotuaiffe 'jrcn, stance for Stickler, for his life ived by it. Brain was rapidly apdifmeth, and the hunter raised t:gana4e h shoulder and took a cahefuk s * was the only charge he hadAbtle , - citementthattollowedthesu tn cab he had forgotten to relopd barrel. The charge hit the the shoulder,-and indicted i atiiilii nor fatal wound. This.onlyserv 48 en rage the shaggy-brute-sti Eioregend it reached the log and had is .:forepma on top of it when the httle tei ;! ,hich had stood trembling wi hfe its master, darted nder te aght the beast by one of its -ind : The bear turned its attention to ldo& which slipped under the Ms. The new turn of -affaira gan Stickler, who did notleithe: ne slip by. Grasping his weagon b1gjingre1 he advanced and stuck tn the head. Bruin did.notiee. the blow, and it againtm'uated 'a and the little dog againrepea d rm ance. Stickler began Ac6v' one barrel of his gwn, buteo nea"'ml ex cited .was he that he spiiled:hAg his powder on the-ground. e mnagged, howver, toget acharge~i m ugaso the bear was ontop of the log for' h'ir time. He fired and the terriii^^is the same instant went for the bear's hind quarters. This time bruin dWdiM turn back, and Stickler, realgitumiF life or death with himsgain rnagggward to club the animal. Jiehad. pon ele.vated when the' bear' L ore aws and sftruck him'irHfb m the breast, and he- fell- unohdioil the ground. When - he 'openedi5e5e he saw the bear tying-by-jbist sidksdf was dead. It had struck the--haterom its last death struggle. eaa Stickier found that theaihot l en tered the bear's mouth, wibh ere membered, as it camre acrosh .l~'i~ was wide open. The brute's tonguewas cut off at the roots and was filled wikb shot. Her Heart Wil Ge to Fran WABASH, IN., Aug. 28.-The mutilat el body of Mmle. Mary Magdalen Verge, mother of Mrs. Dr. Taylor, of Peru, was this morning deposited in a grave as Somerset, this county. . The body was minus the feet, hands and heart; which, in obedience to the strange, request or Me. Verge, will be taken to-ner old home in France and there -buried. Mmne. Verge was -69 years ,eldtr She came to this country fout y~e 4g with Me. Taylor and her hsadn4 eld at Bomierset, going the n'eA6' era. Me. Verge- was a graduate. of tree schools or medicine in France. She diagnosed her own case- and Meorrectly pronounced her malady tumor of the stomach, as was verifiel -by: a po6ebmort em examination. Mmne. Verge, soon alter coming to Peru, was stricken bgind by a dash of lightmang,and had been a-ufferer ever since. She would not resign herself to die until she had gained' her dain'hters solemn promise to carry out her-anstrue tions. Dra. Passage and kBansay per ormed the operation of diesection. .rhe heart, hands and feet were placed in a glass jar filed with alcohol and will De preserved until such time as Mrs. Taylor can accompany them to France. The Ride to the sparkling Catawba. The ridc trm the railroad to the Sparling Catawba Springs is a very pleasant one--made especially so hy the fact that Messrs. Brananon kiros, have establshed a regular hack uine from Conover, N. C., tne nearest station, to the Springs. In buying tickets and checking baggage, remember that Conover is the station and that Brannon Bros. wIni supply comfortable transpor tation at reasonable figures. Now it is announced that atroup of Rus sian musicians who play t Wenty-four pianos simultneoulsil iscmo to this country oext season, and we arestillwn~hout a nv and without coast defencesm