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THE HORRIBLE WORK CF AN INSANE MOTHER. An Almost Incredible Story of Insanuity. The First Child Died Oct. 1-1. and the Last One Taken III with Samie Symip toms Dec. S. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dee. 2o.-The Courier-Journal says: Mrs. Je-sic Higbee, a neatly dressed aud prepo sessing young country- woman. was placed in jail last c-ening. Against her -_ name on the slate was wrliten the com mon-place charge of lunacy. but behind that eehe accusation of a crime so hor rible as to be almost incredible. -The unnatural mother is accused oJ poisoning four of her children with ar senic. One at a time they died from th< vame fearful drug. but not until the lasi little life had bcn taken was suspicior aroused. She next made a futile attempt on hei own life with the same poison. Sincc then she has attempted to kill her hus band. She is undoubtedly a mad won an, however, and this fact is the only thing that relieves the horror of her aw ful deeds. Until the past three mouths there were no signs of mental failing on the prt/of the nother; and until an examin ation of the bodies. which took plac< :.. here, she was thought to be perfectly , herstrange ations in the past hav been attributed-to grief over the firsi ebild's deatn. The unfortunate woman is. a native o this city, but since her marriage had bee hving on a plantation in Meade county Her husband is well known and is one of the most promment farmers in that P section. No definite cause has been assigned for the strange and unnatural crunes. Until the death of the 1irst chiM she was remarkable for her devo tron and care of her little ones. , - The first murder was cozmmitted on eiening of October 14, and the otherz - ed at intervals of two weeks Duritifthe ilutss of each child the S tlii.showed a stolid indifference ~ er fient~s and physician con strued as grief. Each murder was care tully planned and cunningly executed Though every child was attacked wit: the samesymptoms and died with the s asmodic cramps which accompany arsenic poisoning, the suspicion of nc one was aroused until after the death o! the fourth child, when the mother at tempedher own life. The'women is 23 years of age, ani was ihemother -of five children, the eldest of which-was 8 vears of age. I I wasonly for the sake of the fifth child iand in order to save its life from the in human mother, that the husband told his suspicions and suggested a' posi mortem examination of the children. Itwas then for the fir%:.,time learne that - ictims thein ,ork. and that w * pretend. to give them delicacies ~efore send them to bed, she in rea wasa Jainging for their. death. ]vin ther illness. :snfringsam lthe deaths'of each of these victim's tirs. Higbee moved about the sicl aooms, fulfiling .the physician's instrue and-administering the medicines a fhe ight time without showing anN signs of grief or betraying herself as the ~uthor.of their deaths. Her manner, maore than anything else, threw the hus ~bndii and physicians off their guard. and eted any suspicions which may hani aroused. Aftr the death- of the third child het -- were strange, but this was at. ed to her supposed grief. She sel e, and moved about the hious< - Dec.8,. the'day before the oldes and the last victime, was taken ill fliabee expressed -herself as ver leiiaous about the child's health, an asked her husband if he thought the pa iint looked well. He replied that ha oht shie was Tooking unusually well prayeeheiould not snifer the fati d the other children. At this she re ~'that no one could tell when the; ~oing todie,-and that she had -tment that they all would be dea of two weeks. The next mornin Halle, the oldest child, startedt 1,Ms Hig~bee told hertot -to both shaouf hirlunch, as she would arrang ~herself'. While the rest of the f amil 9fthe -room she buttered ses seral biscuits, and when the child cam n ahad them wrapped op in a napkur ~he meother kissed the child good-byi ;nd told her to come home as soona isS~hool was over. . During the dorning, whdle the- chi] -d'as absenityMrs. Higbee~called her ha. 2band, and again began asking about th iabsent child's health. He attempted 1 her~but she was not to be con n d several ~times was heardi ~tshe was certain the child won. eas'the others had. I'fe first intimation which Mr. 1Higbe 2( t~at his wife was murderingr h children was the fact that it was hardi a-n bour after she had ceased tal ki ab1e ebild at school, when the littl eted, suffering from cramps, -victins had been attacked- I erelapsed into uncoi ~dremained so until he nsband then told his feal *ng physician, and reques nake a post mortem examit is, however, was so bitterl the mother that the matt d. She become indiganat learned what was intende< .ened to kill .any one Wl: Ampt it. be dead very soon myself,"sl: her husband, "and they can ct a choose, but no one sha s. apparently, so real th: suspicions were, f'r ti1~ ~ sband das informe~d the b~i diiswere corroborated his grii ~a iible. H~e then told that he ar bis ife had not lived 1.appily togeth< for the past six months. and feared th: ~her deed was the outcome of her unhal Spiness. Dr. Pusey, who is regarded an expeit on the subject of insanit: mad'e a careful resume oi the ease a: examined the condition of the moth~e H e pronounced it an unmistakable ca of puerperal insanity. broughtabout! too rapid child breeding and continuot nursmng. fler mental condition was a gravated by loneliness andl re-mors From the Iirst she showed an insat jealousy of her husband and upbraid. h~m for faithlessness. Nothing. he cou say had the slightest eireet upo~n :ze ad she stood firm in the belief that wished to get a divoce. SWhen taken it. to custody, Mrs. Hi&b showed the same indifference whi<:h iu characterized her actions from tirst ~last. She walked into her cell compose and quiet. When asked the names her three youngest children she said si ; speak~ioY.them. Th~bonly remaining child is a girl. Sears of 'age, with light hair and bl eyes. She cried bitterly and clung heranother when the latter was plae in thspatrot w agon and driven to ja ])gDgegeglays that in all his experien he~ had'n-ever came across a case so pat doxcaland batling. "T here is no dou about her beind inrane. but it would a difiicult tin for any one who is not s pecialist -to -imagine her so. I ha never seen a similar case, or a more h< WHITE CAPS I NtOIANA slay WorthItss Charattert for O&ff;.a and "General C:ssedness." NEW ALBANY. Ind , Dec. 19.-~ WS has been received here from the SOith ern portion of this sta-e of the manner in which some worthless characters were ilayed by the so-c died White Caps in that section. The littl- town of A.entor. Dubais county, on the Louisvill, Ftansville and St. Louis rairoad, fifty miles west of this city, was the set-ac of their opera tions. Th-re is in that town a saloon :of unsavorY reputatieni among the bet ter ehss of citi zens, -1 Samuel Brov a, aged 21 vears, :nd single, and J. Beard, aged 2i veots, with a wife and two chil dren, have been devoting their entire tine or late to the effort of drinking up al the liquor iii this siloon, refusng to make any provision for the support of those depende-nt upon them. Both had received w:amas from the Whi 'te Caps, lnt pa l no attention to these notices. rather boasting that they -could clean out a regiment of those -Wip Ips,' as they termed the knights of the switch. At a qiarter before 12 o'clock on Sat urday night. as itrown and Be.rd were enjo'ing their cups "t the saloon, the White Caps suddenly pounced down on them. Thtvy took both men from the saloon to the n oods near by, and t%:ing theim to trees, gave them a whipping with switches that drew the blood at every lick. lbth pleaded for mercy as the lic:s rained down u:pon their bare I backs. U1t in vain. The night riders knew no aerey for such fellows. The pair we e fairly laytd, and it will be some time before they are able to be out, Both promised to reform. A few nghts before this visit t wc othe mn, iamed Darwin ard Jones, were taken from their homes, neat the Crawford and Dubois county lines,and "dressed down," as the White Caps cx press itfor "ofleuses against their famna ilies and geneTal cussedness. Scrambling for a Iome. 11ILLIwAIKtEE Dec. 20.-A special tc the Evening Wisconsin, from Wausu says a great raid on the land office tc file claims on the land in the great rese voir strip began at 9 o'clock this morn ing, and thus far the filing has proceed ed-without disturbance. At an early hour this morning 3avo 3Mueller directed Capt. Bellis, of thE Wausu Light Guard to march his com pany to the Court House square to pre serve order, and forty-five blue coats with glistening bayonets, took up sa tion close to the land oflice. The arri val of the militia put an effective dam per on the ardor of the homesteader, who would not get in line, and every thing was peace and quiet when Regis ter Saunders slid back the wicket foi the first filing. Up to noon forty-five claims aggre gating eight thousand acres of the besi land in the strip had been filed and , line .of over one hundred men were stil waiting at the wicket. Ei't-h*inerec settlers left ly3stiwght-Aith supplies t( t-on -th land. Besides having t( I cntest with these squatters, men wh( filed claims this mornirg will probab3 have to go to law with Byron J. Hamil ton, the Vausu lawyer, vho walked m to the land ollee shortly before 9 o'cl-cl and laid down an application with th necessary fees and tendered them to I h( ceiver. The tender was refused ant Iimilton announced his purpose o: bringing suit. At iclaire there was almost a riot The win w-Ps of the land olice weri smashed,.b the lard officers succeed edi in gnellinMhe disturbance. Th< trouble was caused-by ai policeman, wh< was stationed at the 'vicket to preservt order, tiling a claim 'or himself. li1: application was ref usea.. Miss Richardson, daughterv1-'ieJ Richardson. of Chippewa Falls. fought heroically, and when she reached thi desk her hat wa's gone and her hair waw dishevelled, but slue got a tract worth 85.000. Two men fainted and were laid out on the sidewalk. The Care of the Robbers. Sr. PETER. im., December 20 The cave whereiL the Younger ant .ames gang bid during their raids or Northtield, where six mnen were killed Shas been discovered, and at the sam< -time the mystery of the disappearanlc ~'of the your~est of the ,James boys ha: Sbeen solved. His ski leton has bee Sfound in the subterran-:an rendezvous A party of hunters traversing- Grea Fav Ravine in Nicolt County foun< 0an old door opening inlto a commol dugout. IHewed logs at the rear form eed ~ a "blinai" door, which led int< another room, twenty feet long an< sixteen feet. wide, along one side o which bunks were arranged, and fran the number of these at least thrt; persons had found1 sleeping accommec dations there. Tlhis room contained several ben ches antd seols, an~ old ta ih dtin plates an~d cups, kettles, cook stav and various cool-ing utensils, and th '*skeston referred to. There was als-' leter referiinir to thes theft of sown horse suppoasedl io have bee~n writtej Lby .Frank James to .Jim Younge: 0 till another aparmenat was foun were the horses had been secreted. th artiici .1 cave being iarze enough:' eaccommodate twenty head at a time. Over the Ocean in Little Boat. E w ~nYORK, Dec. 19.-News has bee ~'received by the .3 orton Lifeboat Conr Spany in this city of the arrival of thL lifeboat F. L. Norton off Gibraltar. A Sthe yacht passed she appeared all righ Sand signalled that everybody ab.-ar rwas well. Captain Norton, on whose plans th -Norton lifeboats are built, sailed froi 1-this port on November 20, accompanie vby his wife and his 16-year-old nie ~The lifeboat is 5S feet long. no larga - than an ordinary yacht, and is fitte with a double bottom. holding a veir: ing supply of water, which Captain No: ton maintains acts as ballast, an makes her unsinkable and steady at it same time. Her passage is a remark: bl -odoe for she doubtless stoppe atFayal, in the Azores, for coal. She is the second smail yacht. bui itafter the unsinkable model, to cross t1: aAtlantic successfully. The first wvt the Neversink, which went to l'ar -t during the exposition in the summerc 1S9. Captain Norton is on his w~ay 1 Touon-, France, where he will exhib his yacht. it anged in B,-rkely. -Adam Thergin, a negro about 3i0 yem: tjold was hanged Friday at 3It. Pleasal for the murder of another negro name Jackson. in Berkeley County, last la: orgin met his death very calmly, sa; ag he was going straight to heave> -There was not much of a to-do arunt Ithe gallowvs. lie came out envelopedi a shroud, an:l when the noose was a< -justed began to sing, "On1 Zioni's brigl -and Ikowing mount." The preparation were in the meanitimie completed, an clhe was told to bid good-bye to the c'olo iled minister, which hi'- did. His nec ,w as broken. and hie died almost instani elv. Uie had no relatives but an age father, who took his body. 3Iorgin sh< ris vitim in the back and claimed was self-defense, Hie added, hioweve tothat Jackson had a pistOl when he sh< d.him, but no pistol was found. 3Morgi: Salthough defended by the ablest colore lawyer in the State, was convicted. 1E persisted to the latthatm it was a e of self-defense. iX A Canadian Wreck. i jQ-EC. cec. 1.-Word is jusn t ceived from St. Joseph do Levis that 11 Lidwest bound Halifax express train wei .i.throuh the bridae at that place short e be-ore un. Th~e entire train exce) a de baggage c-ar and eu-gine went dow) A numbcr of lpassengeis are killed al ee others inujuredl. Assistance was si a from Levis. No particulars have b'< ereceived as to the numiber killed andi luredl but it is sai the ears were smas "I WILL DIE FIGHTING." SITiiNG BULLLS DECLARATIONS PROVED TRUE TO THE LETTER. The Story of the Expedition Which Coit the Lives ofthe Famous Chief, ot Seven of T1i, Followers and of Five of The i n dian Police STANUING OCKw A(GENCY, N. Dak., Dec. 17.--Gud Almighty made me; God Almghty did not make me an agoney indian, and I'll tight and die lighting before any white man can make me an agency Indian." This was the declaration made by Sitting Bull to General Miles on the occasion of their first meeting, and the detailed reports o the great mdicine tuan s death which began arriving at the agency yesterday gave to the de claration the full force of a pronhecy. All eyewitnesses agree as to the facts that every circumstance considered, make the final tragedy involving the extermination of probably the brain iest Indian that ever lived one of the moost picturesiique and characteristic incidents of Amewrican history. The expedition which started from this agenev for Sitting Bull's canp for tv miles distant, to take him deal or alive, with the chances ten to one of his death. was no haphazard foray of semisavage Indian police and ill-advis ed armv subordinates. It is conceded that the operati'n against Sitting Bull's personality was suggested by the effectual quelling produced by the re moral of Medicine Arrow, the great Chevenne leader, when the Cheyennes threatened an unprecedented uprising Sitting Bull's promise to die tighting had much to do also in shaping the determination for a sudden, decisive result, as well as the old chief s oft-ex pressed wish to be remembered as the last Indian on the continent to give up his rile. When General Miles left Chicago headed in this direction it was the beginning of the end. SimultaiieOLIS with the General step ping quietly aboard the train at the big railrodd depot at Chicago the expedi tion, whicn had been with equal quiet ude under preparation at Fort Yates, wilhch forms part of the agency, was also readv to move. Almost at the same montent that General Miles's car glided out for the Northwest the mem bers of his little command here sileitly took their departure and were quietly lost in the darkness that enveloped the wilderness stretching to the camp or Sitting Bull, on the banks of the Grand River. The van was led by men of Sitting Bull's own blood. Superbly mounted and accoutred, every one wore the bright brazen buttons 'md showy blue cloth uniforms of Unce Sati's service. This was no mere cincidence. It was to be part of the great object lesson to the ghost danIcets and a demonstration of the value of General Miles's new method of solving the Indian problem by turning the Indians wholesale into soldiers. One thing is-certain, the band of wellfed, warmly clad, copper faced athletes that led the way for the white soldiers bent on a mission of utility, was a strikinir contrast to the starving, ragged, crazy v:retches that formed such a menace in the Grand River camp. Close behind the blue-coated Indian horsemen's hardy ponies, but taking a slower pace on the frozen trail, came Capt. Fouchet's cavalry command. The cavalry were encumbleredl with t wo pieces of inc.dern light artillery, ma chine guns similar to those which so speedily settled the fate of Louis Riels half-breedi foilowers, when his noted Liut. Gabriel Dumont made a stand against Gen. Middleton in the British Zi imst (.utbreak. To the rear of Fot t's cavalry, and at times taking a :oi. quick step for ward, for the night wi - bitterly cold, the infantry cammand (-LCol. Drum swuing along in the darkness. M~iitcult matrch it was. .. The distance andl the e of the troops to withstand the fatigW . such a journey had been figured ouP nicely and when the first faint light of dawn appeared the expedition was within eaisv distance of its destination. The brokeni order of a triple separation of forces bad been carefully preserved, and the Indian police were the nirst to sight the huddled cluster of ugly-look ing tepees on the river bank.. Despite the early hour all was astir in the village where, on evey hand, was evidence that a hurried exodus was Icontemplated. Tlhe ponies of the po rlice were pushed for all they were worth, andl before Sitting Buil's (lazed adheents had half a chance to realize -the situati on' a diozen of the police had Spuled their panting animals up short on all sides; of the chiet's abode. No time .was wasted in ceremony. The Sproud old medicine man was hust.led Sout, hoisted on a waiting horse and in a trice faced toward civilization. IIe raved and splittered in a fury of rage~ for a moment and then straightening up, shouted hoarsely, not for help, b.it ea commiand to his followers. D)esptite Sthe threateninlg of the police and W in enesters alternately direted at his head] and those of his kinsmen, the old medi eue man retained his presence o1 mind, aand with powerful voice continued to direct his owni rescue. Suiddenly there e~as a puff of smoke beside a tepee and 5 he sharp crack of a Winchester. .The I.policeman at Sitting Buit's right, figrasping the chiet's bridle, reeled in the samddie and topph-~d over a.2d was etrampled under the hoofs of the ponies anowv in the mud helter skelter of retreat dfrom the village. .The shot was instantly answered by 'ra volley tr nm the police at their blank deted tribesmen, many of whom were --already mounted and in a frenzied pur suit. -~The police volley told with dead ly effect, and the firing in a momient .ewas general on btoth side. -Sitting Bull could be neard in the dconfusion sitill attempting, though ca~tive, to direct the fight. Raising Ithis gaunt forma he was beckoning his .esons and warriors on when, without .swarning, his bodly straitghtened rigidily, :sthen dropped limp on the hard prairie. fThe police halted round the corpse. not 0knowing for the inomnt biut it was a ittrick of th.e wily old chief. The sudden muovemnt a'nd the fall of Sitting 1Bull disoncrted the purstueis, who, remiain n at a distauce, tiredl at int ervals to w S~'ars the police. Tlhe latter held their tround. knowing tiat, the cavalry, dunder Capt. Fouchet, would be at hand. '-To the surprise of all. however, the hostils, whio had been consultitng 1.among thei~ves, begam a movlinent dto close inl from all sPi' s. The tiring Ufrom the WVinchesters was now ra-doub led by both parties, the police uising itther ponies as protectin. 5It was at this critical j ucture t hat tiCapt. Fouchet's menI dashed up and the -machie gun~s, which had been p~ut in kposiion, opened on the retdskins. The -latter were too dismayed at this unex dpected onslaught to stand for a muo m tents, and all bolted for the river. tAccording to another report, wvhen rthe Indian police tinder Liet. Bull Ut ead aud First Sergt. Shave IIead entered the camp and aunouueed thei; derrand. Sitting Bull expressed his will ngnss to go with the~m, but said he Cwanted to make somne preparations foi the ri e, and ordered his horse to bt got ready. While Bull Head and Shave Hed were in the shack where the old CIchief was getting ready, two bucks en 10veloped in blankets entercd the shack itand throwing o0f their blankets openet *v ire on the police. Sitting Bull's wilt Ihd gonie out andl set up a howl, whiel eems to have been the signal for thn a ssault. itiT-: Cincinnati G z.ette is disgustet with the Farmers' lliance. D~eacor *i mith says it is "saturated with South .mntiet" Gomd for the. A lli A riiled ani. IjhaLo, Cal., Dec. 19.-The pi-trified body of a t an has been hrought ht-re froi Cant aCanyonabout sixty miles from towr. T lie bod y was discovered by two me i named Packwood and Ba;r rett, who % ere building a dam. Part of the foot was exposed, and when the whole bod, was exhumed it was found to be wonderfully preserved. The body lay on a rock covered with earth, parts of it being buried to the depth of twelve feet. The body was straight and measured seven feet in length. The man was physically perfect. The face is clearly defined, the nose, eyes, fore head, mouti and chin being natural. The neck is long and rests on muscular shoulders. The - arms are long and shapely, the left being folded high on the breat, with the hand resting nar the throat, while the right comes diagonally across the body and rests on he stomach. The hair is gone, '-ut the ei rs are el-arly' outlined. The hands are perfec:, the nails and wrinkles in the skin of the lingers being as natural as life. 'I se same may be said of the icet. the tendons showing the contrac tion familiar to physicians in cases of death fromi strychnine. The body weighs six hundred pounds. Cantuia anyon is dry iust of th year. The indications are that tne body has b -en buried for ages. In the same canyin is a petrified forest. The body is st pposed to be of an early Spanish e.cplorer. A. glance at- the petrificatio'i, as well as the character of the discov' rers. preclude the idea of :iy decept on like the "Sold Muldoon" giant fraut in Colorado. The curiosity will be sen: to the California Academy of Sciences. v^hird Party Talk. WAsAINGTox, Dec. 19.-In 11is speech on the reapportionment, Mr Tillman of South Carolina, had something to say about a third party movement, and warned th< politicians of both parties to look out for lightning. There is an impression here that a third party will be organized, and that it will cut quite a figure in the next na tional elec'ion. Mr. MceP -erson. clerk of the house, a well posted, observant politician, thinks that such a inovement is impracticable. because he does not believe the Alli ancemen of the south will desert the Democrati:- party. Represexative Morrill of Kansas, who com-s frorn a state where the farmers pr:,ved a potent factor in the elections, is disposed to differ with Clerk McI -erson, and thinks that an Alliance en adidate will not only he put in the iekdtfor the presidev'ny, hat that they will ne strong enough to carry seve.rd stites. The names of these stafes he d not venture to give. Represenrative Pickler of South Da kota.. was one of the delegates to the Ocala convention, and he came back here very sensibly impressed with everything he saw and heard. le says the northwest Republicans and Demo crats are ready for the revolt, and at the convention he found many southern Democrats who stood ready to desert their party whenever the Alliance bu gle was sounded. Judge Crisp and Mr. tynum, on the Democratic side of the house, i epresen' ing the two distinct sections. believe that the discontent now manifested by the farmers grows out of conditions made by the Republican party, and that in the event of athird party move ment that party would be the chief sufferer. Drew too Much Water. JACKSONVILLE, -December.. 19. While boring a well on his vineyard and orangery. situated on the outskirts of Econ fnna H~enry Hardcastle recently Istruck what must be an immense under ground river and which poured its water outh at such a tremendous rate that the men who were doing the boring narrow ly escaped being overtaken by tile flood, which, gushing down the side of the slight incline on which the fruit farm is situated, had soon worn a channel in thre dry bed of an ancient creek. This i soon filled with a rushing, furious tide. which finally emptied itself into the A p palachicolat md which has continued to flow unchected or without signs of ds ~d very cl, with e ily a slighit mninef flavor. Fih by the thousands have been thrown ut an'd are of several varieties, some of which are of a kind unknown to ichthy ologists, be ng perfectly colorless, whule others are transiueent and gelainous, and~ al are withe ut eyes, and very small, ex ept a few ( : a sort; resembling our pick eral. andl wiich measure from a foot to three and a half in length, and are pro vided with 'ery large pointed teeth. ~ Great damage h~as been done to lis fruit and 'vi es. and Mr iardeastle, see ing no prospect of the 1100(1 abatiug, has offered a revard to stimulate the ingen uty of the ~ ocal enzineers to find a way f controll:dg anld utilizinir the water. People fronm miles around have been coming in < -owds to inspect the wonder. and one or :.wo venturesome spirits have narrowly ercaped drownin:g. A New S-:ret Political Organization. GAniDEN CIrY, Kan., Dec. 24--The new secre. political orgamization re citly refe 'red to by thiepress at large, known as ie "Knigh ts of Reciprocity," is about to form a State organizaltin by organizing a grand lodg~e for the .ate otf (ansas. Numbers of the prominent members of the order rare iow here i obedience to an order pr. nulgated i y the Supreme .Jludge of the Supreme L'dge of the United States nd foune :r of the new order. who called a m<' ting of tihe chief justices of suordinat' lodges of the State to meet here to-da-- for the purpose of estab lishing a state lodge. A sutlicient n um her ofr hier justices are present. re presenting mubordinate ldges recently organized a the State. All the pre lijinaries 'f the ineeting have been ar ranged for mnd the s-'ssion will be bri-f. The meettig is strictly se-cret and no details will be given out for publica tion. Numerous applications are be ing received by the supremie officers for dispesati.)Is to organize new lodges throughout the United States and all indications point to a rapid growth of the ordler. Senator vance's Election Assured. RA LEIG H. N. C.. D~ec. 26.--President Carr of the North Carolina State Alli ance addressed a letter to Senator Vance last weei, in which he asked the following question :If the Legis lature instructs you to advocatearid vote for th.. sub-treasury plan of finani cial reform. wvill you carry out such instructions in goodl faith ? In reply Vance said :I hold that the will of the people, clearly and u neqiivocally ex pressed, mu tst be obeyed, unless com pliance would involve the representa tive in a moral wrong, in which case it would be his duty to resign and give place to a representative who would obey. Good faith in the observance of instructions and public pleudges is abso lutely essential to a governmtent based 'n the popular will. The Progressive Farmer, the Alliance organ, says the Legislature wil! instruct Vance to sup port the sub-treasury plan, which will remove all objections to his re-election. Au n'ndianai Traaedy. FonTi W~AYE, D~ecember 26.-Wesley Ttilis, a prominent y oung busmness man Iof New Corydon, a town forty miles sotht of hiee,~hot and inistantly killed Miss Veroa Ei. T ravel this morning and thien eo nmnitted su icide. Tullis has for a long ti ne been paving attention to tile girl. I er mother objected to the match. This morning lie entered a grocery kepit by MIrs Travel and asked the girl to ii .arrv him. She referred him to her mnot -r, who ordered him out of the house.. Hie drew~ a revolver and shot V\erona th ough the heart. lHe then .1turned uponu he-r mother. tiring at her t wice without effect. Tullis then blew Iout his bra ns, and fell lifeless upon the In dwea bd the grirl. the Lost Feinud. INDIANAPO.LIs Dec. 19.--A strange ,ase came to lItgit at the: new D -nison hotei, which, up.n investi gation. prov ed to conitam, a romance in rea! i. The other day, a well drers-eil wom;n re.:istered as Niu Mark of anzbv rv, o., and riot uitil this iowintr did her pres -nc in this city lead to ai. suspi eior;3 that her mission here was n Wi imi portant one. At 1 o'clock in ;t, ter noon -ie entered the lobby with an ther lady, who registere1 as Grave E. Stark, also of Sarbiry. "The lost is fomi," Nina rntarked to the clerk, and the two p:tid 'ihir bill and left on the afternoon tr iin for Sandbury. The attention of the hotel clerks was first called to ihe ineident h Gill. a clerk at the hotel cigar stand. Ile learned the story from Nina s!tark. Stark is her maiden name, and Grace Stark is the wife of her brot.her. Grace went west with her husLand sonie time ago. and they settled in Colorado. They did not uet along well toget ri-r, :nd on some pretensg !arrk induced Grace to come to this city. She did so, and not long ago her hasband died i i Colorado. Grace stayed hrre, and her peoplr- at Stanbury became uneasy about her. They made every etThrt to learn where she was, b-it failed. Finaliv, they traced her here, and found sht n as an iniate of ine Home for Frieudless Women. The reason thr-y tried so hird to find her was hecause h-r husbaid's father died recently in Satibiry, and her share of the es.tate! is said to ue nearly 81,000,000. Heavy .Mtortality in New in'>' n%. NEW OULEANS, Dec. 23.-The weekly report of the city's mortality shows the largest numbher of deaths during any one week ever recorded here. save whei the yellow fever prevailed in epidemie form twelve years ago-236. The large death rate is due, in the opinion of prominent physicians, t) the prevalence of the grippe, of wiuch there are now nearly 3,000 cases under teatment here. An Execution Kills a SheriT. SHERBROOK, ONT, Decemb': 1J. Remi Lamno:itaue was hangred here this morning for the murder o! his brother-in law, Napoleon Mychel. Sherl' Webb, who had charge of the executuin. thed suddenly from heart disease. It is be lite';d that the excciteent attending the arraageients was the cause of the fatal attack. PEOPLE OF I have just returned from the North with the largest and best assorted stock of General Merchandise that has ever been offered by me since I have been in the business. I am prepared to compete with the largest merchints in the town. My stock consists of DRESS GOODS, TRDIMINGS, HOME SPUNS, PANTS GOODS of all kinds, and in fact everything that is kept in a Dry Goods Store. I also have the best assortment of GENTS FURNISHING GOODS in town, and my Clothing and Hats I can sell cheaper than any one else. If you want first class family and plantation GROCERIES, give me a trial, and I will convince you that it is to your interest to buy from ime. C. KARESH, Manning, S. C. BRUNSON HOUSE, SUMTEIl, S. C. First class accommodations and excellent table. Convenient to the business portion of the town. 25 cents for dinner. J. H. DIXON, Proprietor. C. 'ULEIN & CO. WHOLESALE 880ES Flour a Specialty. Nos. 171 and 17:3 Eatst Barv Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. M. Drake & Son, --WHOLESALE BOOTS, SHOES, & T RUNKS 23.5 Meeting St., CHlAR~LESTrON, S. C. 'rgest stock, bes! assortmnent, lowst pies~ .. . CActuIIA. A. M. flIowN- 1nDET- P. EvANS. MCGAHAN, BBOWN & EVANS, JOBBERS OF Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Clothing1 Nos 220, 228 & 230 Meeting Street CHIARLESTON. S. C. . ThOMAS, Jn.. JT. 3. TH-OMdAS Stephen Thomas, A. A BTo1 JEWELRY, SILVER & PLATED WARIE Spectacles, Eye Glasses & Fancy Goods. :e.'Watches and .Jewelry rep~aired b3 competeit wvorkmaen. -257 KING STREET, CH1A RLLESTON, 5. C'. ESTABLiNIIElD 1536. Carrington, Thomas & Co. -DEALERS IN WaTones, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND FANCY GOODS No. 251 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. A. McC~OBBJ General Commission Merclhant, AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, HAIR, FIRi BRICKS, AND FIRE GLAY, LAND PLAS TER, AND EASTERN HAY. Agens for White's English Portland Cement 34 & 190 East 1lay, Charlesitoni, . C: JOHN TL CONNOR, Cotton Factor' -AN) -CO3DtISSiUN M ElIh'1 \NT CHARILESTON, S. C. Solicits consigni.iants of cotton on which .F * AGE-T EQUITABLE LIFE As MANNING. S. C. OOSEPHi 1'. 1al!ALE, .1 'i"Ti;.VEY .*T LAW. ii .,IANNING. S. C. 011:? . W7'~,ION, H' d.\NNING. S. C. L EVIL ATToi;XEYA;1T L. Au, -%,i.\NNING, S. C. 'Nitary Pubilic with scal. . ALL EN Ii(GGINS, D. D. S., -a-Visit, 1anning every month o two pfe Ionly. JOB PRINTING. Ti[E TIME- OFFICE IS FITTED UP IN a rthat warranits it in soliciting yOir p.:trona. for j.ib printing. Send us vanr r.iwls whb :. l :ta prompt atten tion. J'iC a1 l1 ali the CitleS. atisfac tn Iu.rant 1 s in mind. FORESI N DRU G STORE, FORESTON, S. C. I keep ml n hand a full line of Pure Drugs and Medicines, FA.NCY AN ) TOILET AitTIC LES, TOILET SOAPS, PEIlFMIERY, STATION ElY, CIGARS,GAILDEN SEEDS, and such articls as are usually lept in a tL.st cass drug store I have jus.t addedd to my stocka line of PAINTS AND OILS, and ai: prepared to sell PAINTS, OILS LEAD, AINHEBRUzHES, in quat i tics o suit purchasers. L. W. NETTLES, 1. D., Foreston, S. C. . S. J. PrRY'. t. P. Sr ioNS .A.... PINGLE. Johnston, Crews & Co., -WIIOLESALE JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS, Notions and Small Wares, Nos. 49 Havne & 112 Market Streets, CHARLESTON, S. C. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. R. A. McCURDY, Prest. Assets, S136,401,328.02. - Surplus, $9,657,248.44. Thle oldest, strongest, largest, best cmuanIv in the world. It "makes as surance'doubly sure." E' IR. Canley, A~yent for Ker~taw and . 4 4uLLu2 famb. -.. ED. L. (GERNAND, GENERA.L AGENT, Columbia, S. C. I RAND CENTRAL HOTEL, COLUMsIA, s. C. [s the larges;t hotel in the city, and has, darin'. tie past year, been thoroughly reno vtld r-modeled, and refitted with all mod er: imoirovemenfts'. Centrally located, and (tir4 1t1ineet for the accommnodation ot its pautrons. Has ; spacious. light, and nrv sample rooms. Hit andl cold baths. el .g.,. Cuiin under snpervision of F- E. E.Pt, :seof Lookout Point Hotel, L i oo t: tnia. Tin. The proprietor hopes he 'trict attntion to the wants of his u tou aert a -hare of' patronage. I\X1 GERiS, E. E. POST, Poprietor. .Uanager. PHILADELPHIA SINGER. Arm,Ar es: e ,. ai a FIFTEEN DAYS' TRIAL IN YOUR OWR HOUSE BEFORE YOU PAY ONE CENT. Don't nay an agent $5 or $60, but send for circular. THE C. A. WOOD C0? it,3J -~ ~~Rifes, SEINES, NETS, TENTS, AND SPORTING GOODS Doi.he Barrel Breech Loading Shot Guns, choke bored, $S to $100. Single Breech Load ing Shot (Guns. $4 to $23. Every kind of Breech Loadin and Repeating Rifles, $3 to $I. MIuzzh' Loading D~ouble Shot Guns, $5 to 6:.. Single' Shot Gns, $2.50 to $12. Revolvers. $1 to S2I) Donble Action Self Cockers, $2.o0 to $10). All kinds of Car ti des, Shells. Caps, Wads. T1ools, Powder a.s lSh.t Pouches, Primers. Send 2 c'n for i lustrated Catalogue. Address J. I[. .)liNST-ON. GliEAT1 WESTERN GUN W"ORKlS, Pittsburg, Pa. Manning Shaving Parlor. AIR IETINl .ARTISTICALLY EX eented i nd shaving done with best r 'cs.Sril atteintion paid to shampoo a !.ite' hwis I hav;e had considerable \1perince in ~ sera large cities, and gntar at' saifaction to my! custome~rS. Parlor ne\t door to ilin T imes. L n. HAnrmIT ADGtR 83flTT. F AJ P1ELZER, Specie. p&.tnel, SMYTH & ADLER, Faciors and commission Merchanis, CHARLESTON, S. C. OTTO F. WIETERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Wholesale Deaier in Wines, Liouors and Cigars, No. 121 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. OTTO TIEDEMAN & SONS, Wholesale Grocers and Provision Dealers, 172, '174, and 1.76 East Bay Street, F. J. PELZER, Pr . F. S. RODGERS, Treasurr. Atlantic Phosphate Company, MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND IMPORTERhS OF L>Ere Grerm3a a' it PE LZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., DROWN'S WHARF, CHARLESTON, S. C. Mr. . LEvI of Ma.n wil be plosed to supply his friends and the public gen ally, with any of the -aove braads of Fertilizcrs. MOLONY & CARTER, COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Dealers in Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Flour, Feed. 244 & 246 Meeting St., Opp. Pavilion Hotel, CHARLESTON, S. C.. .PContracts made for ear load lots or less. W. E. HOLMES. LELAND M100=. W. E. HOLMNES &CO., -DEALERS IN White Lead and Colors, Oils and Varnishes, Glass and Brushes, Mill and Naval Store Supplies. STREET LAMPS and LANTERNS ofALL KINDS OFFICE, 207 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. ESTABLISHED 1844. Charleston Iron Works, Manufacturers and Dealers in Marine Stationary and Portable Engines and Boilers, Saw Mill Machinery, Cotton Presses, Gins, Railroad, Steam boat, Machinists', Engineers' and Mill Supplies. *it epairs executed with p.rompine~lCs and Di.spatch. &endfor price lists. East Bay, @or. Pritehard St., Charleston, S. C. PUCKHABER BROS., Wholesale . m th - AGENTS FOR HOLMES & COUTETS SEAFOAM WAFERS AND ENGLISH BISCUIT 464 and 466 King St.. CH ARLESTON, S. C. PE~aiv.Ar~iWF.cdO. SASIIES, DOORS AND BLINDS ?78 to 48& Meeting~ St. CHARLESTON,S. O. THE BEST AND THE CHEAPEST, All goods gnaranteed. Estimates firnishedi by return mail. Large stock, protap; shii~nts. Our goods do not shrirzk or warp. Geo. E. Toale & Company, - MANt.AC~TUREiS OF AND' W1oLsLE DEALERS IN. Doors, Sash1, Blinds, Moulding, and General Building Materi8|. Offiee and Salesrooms, 10 and 12 Hlayn.: St., CHARLESTON, S. C. OLD CLOTHES MADE NEW. SEND YOUR DXEING TO0 THE CHARLESTON STEAM DYE WORKS, All work guaranteed. 310 King St.. CHARLESTON, s. C. SMOKE HENO CIGAR, THE BEST NICKL.E CIGAR 8SO.D, B.A. JOHNSON, Sole Agent,31anning, S. C. SOL.JSEAm, Wholesale Groser, State Agent, 1usa mast may Cliarieston. S. 0. Lilienthal & Blohme, suctessors to .1J. Li.lienthal &- *an. Poreoso SA . O L N_ M I L Ls And dealers in Prepare'd Flout, Grist an.rd Meal, also Hay, Grain, Flour, Mill Feed, etc. S. : 3rcs2. 34, ar.d :'; Beaul'i~n St.. ClI.ARLESTON. S. C. Gome to Sumter 'BOtLMANN BROTHERS, and inspect my larg stc of Clothin,. Hts, Shoes Gecnts Faninn Gods Dr W holesale Gods Hairdwre, Grems T iare Crockery. in fact everythinrg that 15is klt in a r"""la Grocers, GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE, I will give my customer,.s spec il bargins and pay the highest .rcesfor Iides, Furs, 15'7 and 169, East Bay, and all kinds ot counttv prodnee. I. M. K A RE SH, CHARLESTON, S. C. Liberty Street, Sumiter, S. C.- - -- _ _ Jux F. Wausa. L. H. QIraotrW. CHAR ES 0 LES IE JOHN F. WERNER & O0., Wholesale Grocerg Cosignmntsy ofputy eoa 164 & 166 East Bay and 2S & 31 soleied. Vandue Range, Ofice Nos. 18 &:20 Marke-t St., E. of East lkty CHRLSTNS.C.( A L STNS.U