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IN THE NIGH T. Sometimes in the night wheN i sit and write, I hear the strangest things, As my brain grows hot with a burning thought That struggles for form and wings. I can hear the beat of my swift blood's feet As it speeds with a rush and a wbirr, From heart to brain aid back again, lAke a race-horse under the spur. With my soul's fine e.r I listen and hear The tender silence speak, As it leans on the breast of night to rest And presses his dusky check. And the darkness turns in its sleep and yearns For something that is kin And I hear the hiss of a scorching kiss, As it folds and fondles sin. In Its hurrying race thro' leagues of space I can hear the earth catch b-eath, As It heaves and moans and shudders and groans And longs for the rest of death. And high and far from a distant star, Whose name Is unknown to me, I hear a voice that says, "Rejoice! For I keep ward o'er thee!" Oh, sweet and strange are the sounds that range Thro' the chamber of the night.; And the watcher who waits by the dim, dark gates May hear if he lists aright. -:o: A STORY OF WESTERN LIFE -BY THOMAS P. MONFORT. There was nothing before the Greens but a repetition of the experiences of the winter two years before. Their store of provisions saved from the crop of the preceding year was almost gone, and they had no money and no means of raising any. They had not even the privilege of borrowing from Scraggs this time, for they had nothing to mortgage him in return for his accom modation. Take the most cheerful view of the future that they could, and picture it in the brightest colors their buoyant fancy could suggest, and it re mained a dark, somber, forbidding prospect, unrelieved by a single ray of light. John regretted the loss of his money now as he had neverregretted it before, and no opinion he could form of him self, however low and debasing, was spared him. With that money all safe ly at hand he and his family could pass unpinched through the coming wirter, and have enough left to pay the debt off the farm. But regrettingdid no good. and so Mary told her husband, though she was far from free of it herself. The Greens were not the only family that were thus placed in a precarious position. Nearly all the settlers in that section were victims of the Paradise Park boom, and now found themselves stranded. Very few of them had three months' supply of provisions on hand, and none of them had money. The farms were all under mortgage to the eastern -capitalists, so they could not money, and it was useless to think of earning anything in that part of the country, for there was no em ployment to be had. In this state of affairs somebody eedameeting of the settlers a Markham's store, and when the day came around John Green went over to see what could be done. There were twenty-five or thirty other men there, all with sad, bronzed faces and quaking --hearts. The men spoke together in low, earnest tones. There was none of the ~pig and laughing in which men thus assembled usually indulge. Not a smile disturbed the gloom that hung over the meeting. No hopeful light kindled in the eyes of the poor settlers. It was a solemn occasion and weighty matters occupied the thoughts of all that gatheringof stouthearted pioneers. *-.Before them and their families they saw nothing but starvation, and it is not to be wondered that their cheeks were *blnhed and their eyes dull and heavy with anxiety and fear. The situation was discussed in all its peph~es, and innumerable plans of action ~' erjuggste. Some favored givingup the lad and movinigaway, but a great m like Gr~en were too poor to go, and of o place where they could betercondition, even if they were abe make the change. After a. great many had given their opinions some one called on Green to speak. "Men," Green began as he arose, "we are placed in a position where it is hard to find any way out. We have 7nothing but our claims, and unfortu nately they are in the grasp of the *money Shylocks of the east. The ma ~jority of us are little better than pau pers. We have no money, we have no provisions, and our land, the only pos session we have, is being devoured day *by day by that gormand, high interest. The country in all this part of the state is in desolation, and there is nothing for -us to do to earn bread for ourselves and families. Yet we must eat or die, and we cannot starve. We must find some way of earning a livelihood." "That's so," said some one, "but how is it to be done?" "That's what I am coming to,'" John replied; "but, after all, my suggestions may not be worth much. There are some men here who have friends in the east who are able and willing to aid them. Those men can get means to tide them over the present difficulties, or, if they. prefer, can return east with their families. Those who are thus fortunately situated need have no anxieties and fears. But there are some of us who are less fortunate and -who have no one to look to for as sistance. We who are in that condition must have recourse to our own ener gies. We must earn a living, and, since we cannot do that here, we must go where it can be done. In short, men, we must leave our families here and go back east in search of work. Back in eastern Kansas and in Missouri employment can be had at some wages, and even if we earn but little we ought to feel thankful if it enables us to keep our families alive." When Green sat down several others all in indorsement of his plan, and at last it was agreed to by the meeting. It seemed a hard thing to go away leaving the wives and the chil dren out there on the bare, brown plains, without friends or money; but there was no alternative. It was that or worse. So it was agreed that on the following Monday all those who wished to go east in search of employment should meet at Markham's store and start from there in a body. After the meeting John went home and informed his wife of the proposed plan. Her face paled as he spoke, and the tears started to her eyes, but with an-effort she controlled her feelings, and true to her nature attempted to look cheerfully on the arrangement. "I regret having to leave you and Louise thus,"' John said, "but I see no way to avoid it, and besides the separa tion will not last long." "Never mind us, John," said Mary. "We shall get along all right. We shall miss you and feel lonely while you are away, but we shall look forward to the time when you will come back to us, .and the autumn and the winter will soon pass. Cheer up, dear John, and don't worry on our account." CHAPTER XIII. Wttiers took placz at arikhan!s stre: and all day Weducsday Mary Graen busied herself arranging John's cloth ing and preparing for his departure. John was away most of the day looking after some business affairs. and Louise went over to the store to make some trifling purchases. Left thus alone, poor Mary had plenty of time to think over her situation, and naturally her mind reverted to the past -to the long line of sufferings that had fallen to the lot of herself and loved ones, and from that to her child hood home and her father. Unable longer to hold her feelings in check, the poor woman laid her head down on the table where she sat, and gave way to her grief. Long the tears of bitter anguish flowed, while her frail form shook with heart-rending sobs. Arising after awhile she went to a little drawer and, unlocking it, took therefrom a picture of her father. Through all her sufferings andthrough all her father's ernielties and neglect she had elung to this shadow of him, and often in her hours of sorrow, when the (lays were darkest and her heart heaviest. she look-el on his face and re ealled all that he once had been to her. Long and intently she scanned the well remembered features. recalling the times when he had taken her on his knees. hugred her to his breast and kissed her with a father's fondest affec tion. "Ah. father, father," she cried, in deepest anguish. -little did I ever think then that you could be so cold and un relenting to your child. Little did I think those lips that so often kissed mine could be so cruel of speech. Little did I dream that you could steel your heart against me and make me less than a stranger to you." For a long 'ime Mary Green sat there gazing on the picture she held in her hand, her mind butsy with fancies of the past and pre- ent. She lived over again all the old Imp days when she was at home with her father, and as she re caled his tender expressions of love a faint shadow of a smile lurked about her worn and wasted features. But even that shadow was. fleeting, for the remembrance of the present brought a cloud to drive it away, and the old sor row that preyed on her soul came back to her in all its terribleness. Then Louise returned from the store, bringing with her a letter addressed to her mother. Listlessly Mary Green took it and glanced at the postmark. Then she eagerly tore the envelope, for it was from Dayton, and her first thought was that it must be from her father, and for a moment she indulged the wildest, fondest hopes. Perhaps he THE LETTER WAS NOT FROM HER FATHER. had relented, and again opened his heart to receive his child. WXith trem bling fingers, and fast beating heart, she drew the letter from its cover and began to devour its contents. But soon the flush of hope died out of her face, and a shadow of sorrow and grief deep er than any it had ever worn succeeded. The letter was not from her father, but from a lady of her acquaintance, who wrote with more zeal than discre tion. A portion of it was as follows: "Your father is well and apparently eon tented. His wife is all he can desire. I sup pose, since he bows to her will in all things. She has her way in the home and the business, and she needs but to hint a wish to have it grat ified. She has brought her sister's chii dren, three in number, to liv-e with her, and of course your father supports them. The two youngest, girls. he keeps in college, while the other, a young man grown. he has taken into the bank with him, making him a partner In the business. Your rather and his wife are active members or Reverend Wheedler's church, and she Is one or the most devo-ut members of the congregation. The young man whom your father has connected with him in the bank is somewhat rakish, and I think very unprincipled. Ho spends money lavishly, and of course it is your father's money. for he has none of his own. He has just returned from a stay of several nonths In the west, and has married the daughter of a merchant here. It's my opinion, though. that he did not marry for love, but for moey. I think, from what I have learned, that he met some one out west whom he loves. Your father made a great dinner on the occasion of the wedding, Inviting all his wife's relatives. I was there, as was also Rev. Wheedler. The minister pronounced it a most enjoyable meet ing, and I wondered if he noted your absence, or remembered that you were a stranger to your father for no good cause. I told this min ister afterwards that I could not understand how your father could so far forget his own flesh and blood ad take to his bosom those who were nothing to him. I told him that in my opinion no parent could be a good Christian while he was so unrelenting, Ie re plied that sometimes children tried. theIr parents sorely, and that no matter how Chris tian a man might be It was not in his nature to forget some things. He thought Brother Blatchford was more forgiving than the ma jority of men. and as for Sister Blatchford, she was deserving of much sympathy, for hers was a trying situation, and no doubt her heart often bled for her husband's wrongs. Mrs. Blatch ford has a brother, Joseph Spickler, whom your father has set up in business several times. Joseph doesn't seem to be of any great conse quence in a business way, and about all he sems to have any success at is falling. He has failed enough already to make your father several thousand-dollars poorer. He Is not ta only one of Mrs. Blatchford's relative who have had your father's assistance. for nearly all of them have gone to him'.for money to tide ovr hard places. Old Mrs. Spickler. Mrs. Blatchfords mother, has come to live with your father, and intends remaining there all her life. I hope the day will come when your fathr will see and understand his duty, and I think it will" When Mary Green finished the letter she sat for a long time with her hands clasped inl mute despair, 'too deeply troubled to utter a sound. Then turn ing her sad face to lkeaven she moaned in anguish, and in her sotul cried out: "Mv (God, what have I done to merit this? WXhat crime, what sin have I committed to call down on my head such punishment? Was it so wro)ng to marry the good, honest man my heart loved? Oh: God, if Thou be just, how eanst Thou permit such things to be?" For an hour Mary sat there heart broken and disconsolate. pouring out the sorrow of her soul in tears and moans. Oh! who can picture the misery' of that hour? Christ in the gaxrden of Gethsemane wept tears of blood. He knew what it was to be poor, friendless and alone. He felt the bitter grief of a forsaken soul. Hie wept andi lie pr'ayed. Yet ie knew that God wals with liim and that Hie was only to pass through the shadow of night and come into a brighter and better life. Mary wept. All about her there was darkness. There wvas no future hope to buoy her soul-no beacon light to guide her on. She was penniless and fria-'>s, and in afew short days she and ner had would be alone on the great plain with no one near to offer aid or speak a con soling word. The agony of that hour was too great for her, and her feeble frame sank under it. The dread disease that had lo- ben sealing into her system and tntrMii Vkiein, anid waa a mn~ re. ttirnedI homo he found nis wife buruiu wxih --ver, while her eye3 roamed al-mtt dnlirIusls A dli \'r was omeed inimexdiateli., and v.~he . cme as.: msmned is patient. he '2iouk his head :.io::lv. "It is a b:1.l cas." he sid, "a Very bad ease. Tihe disease has bIeen ii grow in in her system for nwiths, and s'he i, thoron,hly iipre.:nated with it. I t will take a long time to eradi.-:atc it, ani it may he several months before is able to g'o about. I am afraid she has sujI'eredl a great deal mentally, for her mind aplars to be broken dow n. It is a bad ease at any rate, and she ought to have the best of care, and good nuingi." Joln sat a long time with his face buried in his hands before he made any reply. Then, looking up, lie said: "Great God, doctor! What is it you say? . it possible I have brought the best and noblest of women to this? Oh, it can't be so bad! She cannot be in such danger! You can! you must save her!" "Well! well!" cried the doctor, who, by the way, was as kind and generous an old soul as ever lived, "don't get ex eted. Green. It is not so bad as that. Didn't I say she would get along all ri.tht. only it. would take a long time to beingr her through?" "Yes, yes, butyou said she must have good care and attention, and I have no way of pro-uring them for her. How can I Wt them, doctor, when I haven't a dollar in the world?" For a little while the old physician rem:ined silent. This state of affairs Was nothing new to him, for he met with similar cases almost every day now in his practice, but he was not inured to it, and each new ease ap pealed to his sympathy and touched his heart. "You. can get some means from your friends to tide you over this spell, can't you?"' the doctor asked. "From your relatives or hers?" "No. it is useless to think of that, doctor," John replied as lie slowly and sadly shook his head. "We have no friends to call on for aid, and both my parents and hers have cut us adrift and left us to stem the tide alone. Her father is rich, but he denounced and disowned her when she and I married, and from that day to this he has not spoken to her. She is dead to him." "But surely, Green," the old doctor urged, "in a case like this he would not maintain such unnatural and unfather Iy feelings. He cannot be so hard and inhuman as to let her suffer when he has it in his power to prevent it. Why, think of it, man, that would be simply terrible. It would be heathenish. it would be worse than brutal, and surely no Christian man would be so hard as "I fear it would do no good to appeal to him," John replied. "I don't know what to do, doctor, I'm sure. My poor wife must have attention, but I am not able to even so much as pay you for your attendance." "Never mind about me, Green," the >ld doctor replied. "Don't-worry about my pay. I'll attend her and do what ever is in my power to benefit her, and you can pay me when you are able. Thore won't be any trouble on that core." John wept like a child at these words. It was the first time he had heard such for three or four long years, and he had onme to believe all mankind heartless. lie had felt all alone in the world and thought that of all the millions of souls on earth, not one had a feeling of sym athy for himself and family. And now to meet with such kindness, and to ear such generous language from the ips of a stranger, touebed John's heart eeply. H~e reached out and took the "Ho ca vr hn ou otr dor sch kndines? and ath I tere ay you for such generous conduct?" "Come, come, Green," said the doctor with embarrassment, "don't act so. et's not be children. Why, why it's othing. Come, rally 'up, man, and be uiet." The old physician's tone and manner were so frank, quiet and unpretentious, hat John was struck by them, and they acted on him like a soothing potion. In a little while he became calm again, amd as the doctor talked on. always in a heerful, confident tone, John's spirits evived and something of his fear and read forsook him. 'We can't have everything in tis world that we want," continued the octor, "so we have to do the next best hing, and get along the best we can with what we have; and I guess we'll et along well enough." So lie put out the medicines for his atient. saying as he did so that he ever liked to give prescriptions to the rugstore, because the m'edlicinles there ere not always fresh, and the drug ists were not ahvays careful in com ounding them, thus unostentatiously taking it upon himself to furnish his remedies wvith his skill. Having com pleted the object of his visit, he arose to go, saying that he would eall n the morrow, but when he camne out f the cabin lie haited by the door, and for some time stood hesitatingly on the hreshold. At last he beckoned John ut. "Green," lie said, "your wife's father ught to knowv about this sickness, and f you don't object I'll write to him. It an't do any hiarm,. and it might result n some good. What do you say?" "I don't know that there would be nything wrong in it," John replied, fter thinking a moment, 'and if you think it best I shan't offer any objec ion. But I don't think it will do any ood." "Well, perhaps it won't, but we can ry. Anyhow, we will give him a hance to show his heart. Just give ne his adldress, and I'll write whecn I et home." John gave the address, and that night the doctor wrote his letter to Hiram Blatchford. CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHlER. L'AN NEEDED. John was, of course, compelled to give up the idea of going cast in quest of employment, lHe could not think of leaving his wife. lie waited day~ after day and week after week, hoping against hope for a happy turn of aff airs. The doctor had written his letter to latchford, but no reply came, and after a month of waiting all hope of any was abandoned. Mfary continued in a precarious condi tor W -.P1fiLhful in his n.istratiaun th dread mainria had :n:d t firm a hold -,a is victizn that it was dillicult '> miake an iinpres~son (in it. *.ion ando Loiuise shared the duties o: nurse. and often through the s-d. sol M nights.h'hU sL out the heirrs by the sie o-f his :.ic wif, and in the( stitude and loneliness his tho uht, ran back over the events and sevnes o i s lif,-. O)ften in her dieliri e-,si hours 11 mind of p)o Mary wnme:-d, and in a weak, fra il voice she i:, e f her youth, of her old homlne in the east and if her father. A-rain a again Shle imained herself achild and thounght her mother caie and1 -nt over her and Eoothed her with loving words and caresses. just as she had so often done in the long ago. Again she would remember her father as she knew him when a child, and in her wild fancy he would come and kiss her and fondle her as lie used to do in the old. happy days. Sometimes she would dream that she was -in the old house, playing about the large. airy, cozy rooms, and again at other times she romped over the smooth, soft lawn. Then her fancy would take a turn, and through her mind would come trooping remembrances of less pleasant scenes. She would live over again all the sufferings of later years and in the agony of her soul cry out to her father for mercy. "Oh, napa, papa," she would cry, "have m arcy on me and spare me. Do not be so cold and cruel to your child. but let me once more feel the touch of your hand, the pressure of your lips. Let me once iore hearyou speak words of tender love as you did vwhen I was a child." Thus the weeks dragged by and the autumn came. John's store of provis ions dwindled down until the larder was almost empty. For (lays he and Louise had gone on short allowances in order that so much as possible might be spared to the sick woman. But now the time had come when the larder must be replenished in some way. John ponlere-d the matter over long, and at last he hit upon a plan. le had his wagon and team and few farm imple ments left. i1e would make an effort to dispose of them. Ile was loth to take thib step. for with the sale of the things he parted with all chance of raising a crop the coming year. "Yet, it must be done," he mused. "Thiey must go, if there is anyone to buy them." So he made an effort to raise some means that way, but day after day he sought for a purchaser in vain. There was nobody to buy them, for few of the settlers were much better off than he, and many another would gladly have exchanged his possessions for provisions or the means of securing them. Find ing it impossible to get a purchaser for his things at any price, -%hn began to seek out another plan, nd at last hit upon one. Scraggs still lived, and as a last re sort he decided to go once more to him. Perhaps under the circumstances Scraggs would be so good as to increase the loan on the farm, or at least accom modate him with a loan on the wagon and team. There was no great hope of his doi:.g either, but as a drowning man catches at a straw, so will a starv ing one catch at anything that offers a bare prospect of relief. Nobody save Scraggs seemedI to have money to loan, so to Scraggs John went. e When lie entered Scraggs' office John found Harry Pearson there. Pearson gave him a warm salutation, asked after the health of the family, and was greatly shocked and much saddened when John told him of Mrs. Green's sickness. "It is too bad," he said, "and I regret it exeedilngly. You have my heartfelt sympathy, Mr. Green, indeed you have. I have felt a great interest in you. and while I was away I often thought of Iyou. I should have been out to see you, but only returned from the east three day aoand I have been very much crowed ithbusiness since." John thanked Pearson for his kindly interest-thanked him from the bottom of his heart, for he was in that condi tion when the kindness of a dog, even, would have been grateful. Moreover, John looked upon Mr. Pearson as an exceedingly generous young man and was glad to have his friendship and company. So he expressed a wish that Harry would visit his family as often as he found it convenient. Scraggs looked on this little scene with anything but a pleased ex pression. H~is face showed a mingling of anger and pity, and if John had been a close observer, capable of read ing the human countenance, he surely would have seen something in the ex pression of Seraggs' face and eyes to have warned him against future dlanger. B3ut as it was John saw nothing. "Mr. Scraggs," John said when the salutations were over, "I have come to you for a little further accommodation; as you call it, and in this instance I will term it an 'accommodation' myself even though dearly bought. I have come to that point where I must have money from some source, even if I have to steal it, and I want to know if you couldn't possibly make a slight Iadvance on my loan. The farm is un doubtedly perfectly good for more than double what is now on it, and you could surely let me have fifty dollars more. at least. Come, Scraggs, can't von do0 it under the circumstances?" Seraggs made no reply further than to shake his head slowly in the nega tive. "Seraggs," said John, "it is a miatter of life and death. I must have money or my wvife will die, and you mfust- let me have it. You must, do you hear? I can't get it anywhere else, and you must let me have it." It was a long time before Scraggs spoke, and then he deliverred his words slowly, and there was a tinge of sadness in his voice so foreign to him that it sounded strange even to his own ears. "Mr. Green," said he, "I sympathize with you, and were it in my power to aid you with a loan I'd do it gladly. Buit it is not. You know that the money I control is eastern capita-1, and I have rules to govern me--rules that arc not of my mnaking, and I dai'c not overstep them or vary from them in the least. I have had other petitions such as yours from the se'ttlers of the plains, and in the Ihope of being able to accomplish some thing fer those people, I have written to the compnany whose money I have, lraying the true state of affairs open to them, and begging them to make more liberal terms so that these unfortunate people might have a chance tco live through these close times." AXt this point Scraggs happened to gl'ance up and his eyes met those of Peason. The latter was scowling and look i' dag~gers and shaking his head angrily 'at Seraggs, but the agent paid no attention to these gestures; and went on: "I have exhausted every means in the effort to induce these capitalists to show a liberal spirit to the settlers, but it has been all in vain. They say ad vance no more money under any cir cumastances, andI that ends the matter for mec. I would let you have the mon er, Green, if I c:ould, and I'd be glad to (10 it. hut my hands are tied, and I caii (do nothing.' "Could y'ou let me have some on my team and agricultural implements?" Green asked. "Couldn't do that even," Scraggs re plid with oanother slow shang of h is "Nct; eve a veyid uan "N t a d0llar "Te n, wblt in the nsme o.f God am I to o?' Must my wife die of want 'be fore ny eyes. and iny daughier and mv self starve? Surely there must ue some way to avoid that. Surely all mankind are not brutal." And the tears came to John's eyes, strong man that he was, and his voice trembt-led and his form shook. Even Serags was touchel by the sad spec tacle the poor man presented and he felt anxious to do something for him. After the lapse of a minute, during which the agent did some serious think- al ing, he looked up and said: "Green, I pity you, and-all the poor y settlers who are so situatc, and I wish ti I had the power to help you all. But I 01 haven't. I am not rich. Far from it- di I have some means, it is true, but it is t nearly all in real-estate, and in these tc times it is impossible to get it out. al Your case. though, is a little harder p0 than any I know of, and I feel that you must have help, so I'll tell you what u I'll do. I'll do my best to get in a little money from some source. and if you'll come here again day after to ti morrow I'll let you have some. Say t nothing about this offer. though, for if it was to get out that I had made it to fc you, I would be overrun with impor- bi tunities from a hundred others. Keep it quiet, and come day after to-mor- fa row." ta At this point Harry Pearson left the tN office, and Green arose, and, pressing w Scraggs hand, thanked him again and 3 again for his offered aid. SL "Mr. Scraggs," he said, "I have mis- bi judged you in the past, and I feel that I owe you an apology for it." "That's all right, Green," Scraggs re plied, "all right. I am not a saint by bo any means, but I guess if the truth was at known I would not be considered alto- w gether as bad as some people think I p) am. Ilowever, that is neither here nor tt there. Come back as I tell you and I'll see what I can do for you." hi [To be continued.] P A MISS!SSIPPI HORROR. g lo I r 'Nighit. h( I ST. Louis. October 29.-Private dis- d< patches just received here say that the w steamer Oliver Bierne, used here as an U; excursion b at during the summer and of as a cotton carrier in the lower Missis- al sippi in the fall and winter, was burned h( at Milliken's Bend, twelve miles from L; Vicksburg, this morning. Twelve lives fr are reported lost. th The lire was discovered in cotton in cc the hold early this morninir, and the flames spread so rapidly that many of or the crew and passengers had very nar- sc row escapes. The dead are a daughter d( of J. D. Adams, of Omaha, Mrs. Fraz- in er's nurse and bTe cabin boys. Two colored chambermaids and a number of se rousters are also missing. D The Bierne left here about a week ago, and carried 708 bales of cotton and 'h 100 tons of other freight. She was one at ot the finest and largest boats on the river. th There were quite a number of narrow br eseapes. Capt. ThorwEgan was the .o last to leave the boat, having to slide hL down a guy rod from the upper deck, hi Pilot Massie made his escapa by passing ta through the flames to thme etern of the boat and jumping in the river. He was Sa severely burned. The mate displayad c~ his bravery by lettinr himself down by a rope,hiolding a little child by the cloth inir. The bodies oi the pantryman, hi baker and chambermaid have been re covered. The crew and passengers all la; left for Vicksburg by the steamer She!- H flied this evening, with the exception of la Mrs. Frazier and child, Mrs. Worrell p1 and E. M. Howell, whose injuries are hi too severe to permit their travelling ha just yet. The boat had lantded at Rose Hill and Milliken's Landing to take two hundred al bales of cotton for A. S. Collharp & Co, of this place, and after landing loaded this cotton, dropped down a couple of' fo hundred yards and tied up for the night. The fire broke out after nearly every sit one had retired for the night and spread ha with such rapidity that thie engineer was ab uur~ble to turn on the hose. The Ash- co ley Company had about five hundred am bales of cotton on the landing only a s short distance abcove, whichl narrow;d escaped burning from falling cinders.,' to A Vicksburg special says that at Green 7ille the mate had some trouble en with tbe rousters, many of them quit ting work, after which the mate hired levee men, paying them 25 cents per en hour. This enraged the negroes, who m made open threats against the mate and hi: boat. At 3.30 in the mornn the cot- ap ton in the deck room was discovered on pa fire, and the boat was a mass of flames B3r in a short time. Every effort was made ra: to save the life of those on board, but an it is feared the death list will reach te twelve or more. The yawl was lowered th to pick up) those it could reach in time. w~ It; was the only hope of saving many a who were co.apelled to jump into tne tb river, tit The New Orleans Picayune's Mll- ni ken's Bend special, via Tullulah, says tol that the boat and cargo are a total loss. bh Shte had about eighty deck and about twenty cabin passengers. It is dillcult tri to ascertain the loss of life, several re- Bi ports differing as to exa.:t number. The following are known to have been amtong an those who perished: Mrs. Waddell, an au elderly lady, 0f New Orleans; Sam ti' Ertrycken, son of the clerk; two daugh- te< ters of Dr. Worrell, of Baton Rouge thce fu chambe-rmaid and the daudhter of Mfrs. O'( Adams, the barber, second cook and vil pntryman, live cabin boys and two Re white levee laborers. The passengers rei amd crew lost everythin,: they bad in the bci way of clothing and baggage, many leaving the burning boat in their night o! clothes and1 bare leet. Oi LuciiarnG. VA., Oct. 29.-A resi- M. dent of this city who has just returned fronm a visit to M1ontgomery county be county gives your correspondent the N< following particulars of the horrible E. death ot a youmng lady named Likens, Fm near Shawsville, on Friday last. Mi1ss me Likens, who resides a few miles south of Shawsville, went to gather berries Mi on the mountain side, near her home, dr at about 10 o'clock in the morning. She it not returning by dinner time the sus- t picions of the family were aroused, and p a party was formed to go in search of exn her. Af ter being out some time alarge it. bear was discovered a few miles from an her home, perched upon one of thme a lower brauches of a large tree, while~ the outlines of a woman could be indistinct- tui l observed on the ground. One ol the exl party fired on BiruiL', who dropped dead 101 to the ground. On arriving at the b.ise Dr of the tree, where the bear had been thi killed, the body of Mtiss Likens was thi found. It was terribly mnutilated and as eery evidence went to show that the unfortunate victim had tirst bee'n dr< squeezed to death by the bear and then St: partly devoured. Slidiing into the River. Niny ORLEANS, Oct. 2.-T1he levee sal and wharf at the foot of St. Philip. tuc Dumane and Ursuline streets contmnue wa to cave in. the land having already sunk sc from three to eizhteen feet. covering live ha acres in extent. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad has abandoned itsde depot at the foot ot Canal street and transferred its business to the iPonchmar- bee train depot because of the dlanger to its bet proertv. It looks as if all the laudl up ma~ to the #ra!'ch market would eventually d'I] I g into the river. ca; A HORRIBLE DEAJI. R. MORTON OIc.S OF A GENUINE CASE OF HYDROPHOBiA. 9 Det:.P .' ihe H.>rror--Pauted Like a Uc;- Cn;i~otw t., tie L*at-Kuw 1is Canrdition-Remarkablep Cane. CotU-r1nIA. S. C., October 211--Bitten ')ir- tha i three montbs ago by a mad g. diLt-harged as cured from tie cele raied Idasteur Institute, New York, -er a t horough trea! ment.livirg since ithout prenonitory signs of his imi nding fate, Mr. Robert D. Morton, e weil known and popular engineer the Richmond and Danville railroad, ed ye!terday morning in exactly venty-eight hours after the first symp ms appeared, suffering all the agony tached to that fearful malady, hydro obia. The State yesterday morning, as us i1, gave the public first facts concern g the illness of Mr. Morton and the ar of the physician that it was a gen ne cas' of hydrophobia. Hardly had e people of the city recovered from e shock of the information when the ouncement was made that the un rtunate sufferer was dead, having eathed his last at 6.30 a. in. During yesterday the State represen tive called at the residence and ob .ined all the facts. The very first mptoms appeared while Mr. Morton as on his engine in the Columbia and reenville railroad yard. le felt a idden pain in the arm which had been tten, and a sickness at the stomach. This was on Friday night last. He ent home, and after his arm had been tbbed down by his wife, the pain ent into his left side, where he had en inoculated. le grew worse and 2 o'clock Friday morning Dr. Howe as called to attend him. When the iyician first saw him he stated that e symptoms were of hydrophobia. The physician was unremitting in s attention, and did all in medical )wer to quiet the patient. On Satur y icrning ihe unfortunate man be Lu to pant like a dog which had run a og distance, and white froth fell orn his lips. This continued all day. r. Morton, still retaining his senses, )wever, was in a high state of excite ent. As night.came on he quieted >wn somewhat, but seemed much eaker. Thus his condition remained itil about ten o'clock. At that time Mr Morton complained being cold, and was suffering intern agony, saying his sides, where he had en inoculated, were in fearful pain. ter he complained of being warm. e refused to take any liquid, and the th which came from his mouth, like at of a mad dog. turned green in lor. At times he would draw himself up td raise his body on all fours, but as on as spoken to would again lie iwn, the incessant panting continu g meanwhile. With all this he retained wonderful f-control, and calling Messrs. M )ugal and Shumbert, who were watch g with him, to his bedside, informed em of certain papers he had. which, if tended to, woulI provide for his fam r, and asked them to see that every ing was attended to. He realized at his end was near and told his other, when he left him for awhile, at if he wished to see him alive be .d better hasten back. Friends told m that it was merely a billir us at k, he said he knew better. Dr. Howe was with Mr. Morton all turday night, and did everything he uld to quiet the sick man. IHe had St dlspatched a messenger for Dr. ylr, asking for a consultation when, fearful agony, Mr. Morton breathed Slast. Mr. Morton retained his senses to the t, by the exercise of indomitable will. could recognize all corners to the it. All the time, however, he would eously beg everyone not to touch m, evidently being fearful of the rmn he might do them. IIe would not en let his wife co'me near. The wounds did not open afresh, and the pain seemed to be in his sides. [e told his attendants that he did not mt them to think he was mad; that knew what was coming, and had ught against it as long as he could. he brother of Mr. Morton said that ice his return from the institute he s had but little signs of illness. Once,1 out three weeks after his return, he mplained that his hat was too heavy d hurt his head. This caused him to my at home a few days. his brother says that Mr. Miorton d han recently'that while in New >rk he had two or three times, awak ed at night to find himself trying to :e his half-brother, with whom he is sleeping.] ~r. Morton was bitten by a large dog the 6th day of August last, the ani 11 knocking him down and lacerating arm. Immediately madstones were pied to the wounds and worked ap rently successfully. At once the otherhood of Locomotive Engineers Ised the necessary amount of money d Mr. Morton was sent to the Pas .r Institute in New York. IHe was ere within twenty-five hours after lie is bitten.] [be Institute charged $225, and guar teed a cure. Mir. M1orton remained ere fifteen days, receiving inocula ins in his sides twice a day. On thei eteenth day he was discharged and .d that the wound would never trou him again.1 [he family severely condemn the ~atent and it is stated that the 1 otherhood will do likewise.1 Mlr. Morton was insured for $1,500 in 1 accident company and for the same 1 iount in the Brotherhood of Locomo-1 'e Engineers. [he Brotherhood yesterday afternoon k charge of arrangements of the eral, which will take place at 10:30 lock this morning at the Barhamn le Chapel, outside the city limits, the v. Mr. Chrietzberg otficiating. The nains will be interred in the family ring there. Cie deceased was thirty-six years i~e leaves a widow and four little e, the oldest being nine years and youngest four months of age, be .es a mother and one broiher, Mr. W. Iorton. the following were chosen as pall trers: John Germany, Thomas I rth, Siai. Soetburst, R. McDougal, 4 S. Fickling. Taylor 31cPhers:>n, and ata Iholland. The Brotherhood will . again this morning at 9 o'clock. )r. llowe signed a certilicate that. .Morton's dieath resulted from hy phobia. When s een, Dr. IHowe said ~as uudoubtedly a case of hydropho 6. I~e realized that when he saw the .ient Saturday night. lie thought ~itement had somethIng to do with r. M1orton never closed his eyes, the doctor could do nothing to ke him rest. 'ie patient had internal spasms and 'ned from water. Had he been less iausted he might have lived 48 hours ger. As to the Pasteur treatment, .owe said: "I certainly failed in. s case, but it undoubtly modified symptons. lie was not as violent he would have been without it." Lhis is the dirst genuine case of hy >phobia ever known in Columbia. A Fiedish 5cheme.. (NoxlLLE, Tenn., Oct. 29.-A sen ion or a peculiar and startling na e is extant here this afternoon, it s occasioned by the disclosure of a I eme somie notorious coilored woman I found to poison all the Chinanmen t~is city. An abundant supply of - dly drugs had been purchased, and dose was taken by Hop Wah, one the intended victims, but he has *n saved by medical attention. The ter class of colored people and n whites are furious, and it is with iculty that the would-be murderess BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBFRY. A Ftrmer Kolievd of SG5 (n G -fv;ik S ree t. COLUMIA, N. C.. ei 23 -J.hl S. Summers, a white Ifar. r frnu. the Lex inIon. Fork s . : i-:ed of $65 la-,t ,igih-,;! z z. to is di.,Sat,.nac tion. Summers to ti of the robbery to Chief of I'o i e ari several other parties.and' .wa iv ig that his story varied very m a u To a Register reporter Sa m:uers told his "tide of w ow." -l aid th:it about 11.30 o'eiock li ws wlini along Gervait srreet and at I * corner of Lin coin strvet was met by a mnia:: who seiz ed him by the sho der .,ad asked if he (Summers) knew him. Summers lookid at hi int-rloenitor and said "Yes, vou're Bill Baxter." Baxter then infornwed *unnuers that he was goingto beat him and co:nmen ced shaking him. Sudceniv Baxter threw him across a (itch. Summers pir-k-d himself up and came back across the ditch. A colored wo man then cane up to him and attempt ed to chuck him under tie chin. Summers thought of his money and run his hand in his pocke-t. withdraw ing it quickly with a despond ing wail. "My mo.ey's gone." Summers s.aid that wlin Baxter met him. he had 365, six tens and - live dol lar bill, in his inside coat , scket and was walking along with his iiand on it. He was unable to say when the money disappeared, bat thought he might have jerked the roll(it was wrapped in paper) out of his poc'iet when he was thrown over the ditch. He claims that another mar was present with Baxter during the whole transaction, and thinks that he might have filched the money from his pocket. lie said it was possible that the colored woman might have abstract ed the money. At any rate he speut considerable time searching around the place where e was assaulted for fear that he might not have been robbed, he might simply have dropped the money in the scuile. A long slit in lis pants and another in Lis coat just over the pockets Sum mers pointed to. Ile was unable to say who cut them. ur, clair-med they were made during the struggle. The police were informed of the cir umstances of the case, and were out last night after Bill .,mxter. He will probably be caught to-day. Summers heard that a colored woman was on the stre:..s with S20, and about 2 o'clock was hur.ting all over town to lind her, thinkiug she might have been been the one who was present at the struggle.-Register. Eight Trestles Bunrued. MAcox. Ga.. Oat. 2'.-E:ght tres Les on the Central Raliroad. between Oconee and Suu Hill, were burned Mon :lay night and the omattr c-used the greatest excitemnent. invastigation proved that the trestles had bel. set on ire, and opinion ;irs' attributed it to dis :-harged employees of tie Ricimond & Danville systemu. The -arties also cut the telegraph wires in several places. his morning detectives, assited bv Parties from Tenulle and Sandersviile. irrested two brothers named Horton, o Rorton, who robbed the espress train 2ear Savannah a shirt time since, and 1hey are now in jail. The men defied irrest, but were inally turrounded and aken. It is claimed the men made re peited threats to commir dlepredations their brother was not released from iad. For the past two weeks fires. evident .y started by incendiaries, have been ut out just in time to save serious vrecks, but the trouble has been kept liet, in the hope 01 capturing the per >etrators. Trains have been shot into. iross ties placed on the track and wires ut. The burning of the trestl-t reached ;he climax, and it is believed the same nen originated all the trouble. ilortons went from tiieir.honme at Sun WiI to Oconec, flfeen miles distant, unday. They remained mn hiding tili iight and then started back, burning the resties as they went. The men were ;r icked from Oconee to Sun 11111. The dortons were carried to Sandersville 'or safe-keeping, as talk was equally ;eneral of lynching and rescue. The nost inten~se excitement pirevails, as nore than half a dozen dires have oc trred on the Richmond and Dianvil-e mystem during the past week. Her Spirit Haunted Him. LONDON, Oct. 29.-A man giving the lame of Charles Green, and d!ressed as mn American seaman, surrendered him ielf to the police yesterday evening, itating that he was wanted by the po Ice of Philadelphia, Pa., for a murder ommtted about six months ago. reen's statements were entered upon he blotter, and he was accommodated with a cell, pendiug communication be ween Scotlarnd Yard and police head. luarters at Philadelphia. According o the story told by the prisoner, he nurdered a young girl named Minnie ilmour while in Philadelphia in ~Iarch last. Minnie Gilmour, Green ays, was his sweetheart, and she made iim so terribly jealous cf her that in a it of rage he killed her, and subsequent y escaped to England. From this :ountry, the sailor added, he shipped on oard a merchant vessel bounui for the lack Sea. During the uight watches it sa, Green continued,. the spirit of he deai girl hauinted him coutmuually, d made his iife such a misery to him nat, upon his return to Lnidon, he de ermined to sirrender h:melf-i to the olice in order that hie miAgnt be seat iack to Phiateiia and thiere suffer he peralty he had inc-urred by his rime. Kteyealing Amauce .scrts. CLARKSnURG. \W. n., Oct- ?2 ['he members :f the~ Fm mers' Alliance a Tyler county are excitcd because Jos. . Tw~ man, an ackn-leda enemy f the society, has hnrev. aliug its asswords and se-:- ts. A be has ever been a muember of the Ance, it as been a mn'.stery whlemt he 0bliled is intormation. and -harles i roh r who ViaS femerly a memli~er, has keen accused' ua b-aki~ a ca-th. oseph a ubhesc- a. .ard clin-m ta e got his ibnf-maon iom -arsi and :arrol, the ora .es an assrth. is right to.imp.rt... o whom lie eases. The matite.r we me rert (to be national bo-ard at Wa sh-into-. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tart-ir baking powder. [igh est of all in leavening strength. James F. Walsh, WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER, GHH GRADE LIQUORS H! A. HOYT, ~ Sucee~or toi. i..Ehe ..a U I Largest and Wdest kRiyhiR in SUMTER, s. . A very large stock of Britannia waie, e ve.ty host silver plated goods made. 550 Goid Rings on handi. Fine line of Clocks. Wedding Presents, Go!l Pens, and Specta cles. A big lot of solid coin silver just re ceived, at lowest pricos. My repair'g de partment has no superior in the Stat. Try around first and get prices, then come to me. You will certainly buy from me. 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I have opened a first-class liquor saloon in the city of Sumter, in the Solomons building on Liberty street, where I will keep the choicest bmnds of IUORS, TOBACCO, CICARS, and all kinds of smokers' articles. My sa loon will be managed by a first-class bar tender, who will prepa.-c all the latest in fan cy drinks at the shortest notice. I have also gone to considerable expense in preparing a First-class Restaurant in the rear of my saloon. My tables will be illed with the very best the market affords, and this branch of my business will be un der the supervision of one who has served as chief cook in several fine restaurants. The trade of my Clarendon Friends ! respectfully solicited. Come to see me, take a drink of something good, and then sit down to a meal that will serve as an invi tation to call again. WOLKOVISKIE & Co., Sumter. S. C. NOTICE OF RECISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUTNTY OF CLARENDON. I N ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRIOVIS ions of an act of tue General Assembly ratiied on thle 9th day ot F.;bruary, 1882, I wvill be in tihe court hense~ in Manning. in thet oticeof the ecrk of the court, the first Mondar~ of each month. for the purpose of alowng personls comning of age since the lst generai election to register, and to at tend to any otuer business pIortaining to my oflicial duties. s. P. HOlLLADAY, ,..isrlhegistration C'arctndon Co. 1P.0. Addre-s: iPanla. S. C. Stehen Thomas, Jr,& Bro. JEWELRY, SKVER & PL.ATED WARE, Spectacles, Eye Giasses & Fancy Goods. WrWatchecs a.r Jwelry repaired by cometnt workmnen. 2-7 lUG nTREET', CHIARLE~sTON: S. C. Carrington, Thomas & Co., --DEALERS IN i7-ATCIT~5, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE ANfl FANCY GOODS No. -231 Kingz Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. BOLLMANN BROTHER~S, Wholesale Grocers, 157 and 1(9, East Bay,