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IS SENATORIAL pi. Fivo Candidates Are, Skimping the State for Earlt's Place, i: A SUMMARY OF THE SPEECHES, v' ' ^lolmurlti mill 1'j v <, 1 1 h Speak oil t'uiill issues ? 31ny Hold DIkciihsch Otspon | _ r-Jiiby .lumps Mrlmurln, . - x # Tho following in ft brief summary of tho Senatorial campaign npooches from day to day. 'I'liO ( 'liui'lcst nn Mvollng, ~ Htato.Honator ?S. (?. Ma.yllold ontored thq Boimtorial rni-n in tho campaign meeting Ik, lil hero. Ho Haiti ho fayorod the tarift' for revenue only ami Uemo ' initio dootrinoH. llo dovotod much time In (liBouftfiiMy bin Holution of tho ^dispensary trouble?,, -advocating local option by counties^ llrst making tho ?State prohibition^ antl lotting Buoh counties as wanted to liconso tho Halo :? tinder restriction. ? . Senator McLamin, who was nnwoll, Bpolto entirely on tarifV issues. llo do John Ij. m'ijATHUn. .1 fend oil his position in voting foratarill on rice, lumber, etc., and agreed that -? the time bad come to look out for t ho iL^tionth'^j^oc^otbook without surrender ^?f~"T>nniiiT>lo. ij(J Wft8 hansomoly ro ;._.ceivod. f ? Former Souator Trlry started out complaining of an interViow* given in ? the afternoon papers by Mr. Appelt, a friend of AIoLauviii, .. Appelt suid no disrepeot was intondod when ho said ' ' Irby would not carry L<aurons. Jrby said lie did not expect mucl^in Cbarles ton, as ho had boon too close to Till man and the interests of the poor man. Ho was a friond of Charleston when 4<ho needed friends, and had no ill will ' 'toward that city, but feared thyro was: a. scheme to do ChftW^Hjon injury bw> engendering 1 i, ^ trtfet i o not' ? prejudice.' Trby joked alioTtr. tho career of Mo Lauriu, and tfai'd thht Mel {pur in could , lmvo douc his State j^iiolrlnoro good as . a mombor of tl?0 ways and moans com mittee than as Senator. The meeting!1 was attended by 000 " peoplo, and the best 6f order was ob ? served. . Announcement was made of tho candidady of John T. Duncan and his regrets wore expressed. No mes BHgo was received from John Gary "Evausf) another candidate. Tlio Wnlterboro Meeting. - ? ???Former Oovcriior Evans joined" tho oarapajgii party at Waltorboro. Ho spoke for about an hour, devoting his 'attention almost entirely to the tariff *l>ill, -advocating a tariff for revonuo only. Ho said the newovaugel of .Sen ator rtfcT^fci^cin was undemocratic ami wOuld .lead to more povorty in tho South. 'Tlio protection of long staple cotton, ho urged, was a sham, ii^ Pe ...ritvian and .Egyptian cotton wore irlr, m. mnr. ' twed for entirely different purposes to long staple cotton. He'said McLaurin ? trtiHi'-'tO"- tto"to - THIuunt.' mid that Tillman favored thoso schemofl simply to make t(ie bill .aa objectionable as . poifsible, and load it down, while Mo "7 LtMlYfii "SppYdy.Cd of tlio principlo in - volred. -?-Senator Irby stated that the strained relatioushljiiietween himself and- Sen* "*? mioi Tillmln "had been fixed, that thero had been iiutual explanations, and all and . (Candidates May Held )W<1 the itapor -- tanee of lata ekpanwion of tkecu r re n oy , advocatingttet the bank* be allowed rfeifPtcpohs *> iasue to 40 p?r , of their capital stock. He is ?n ?M\y, - WtfjMd to the State dispoa mana^ed, holding that it ption and aoandal, and if in coast.. Jffiin thr ? ittrtothoMio i*TT7r~?jir ? on diatruat Ho mtfrf tt* imrtyir.-' just, unfair and tho like, Ho said (Jon zaloft ahd Hemphill Icopt tip factional strife and that it would bo host if (ion vales wore tlroxviuur nncl Hemphill lumped. Ho said ^Herbo wrote a lot tor to conservatives olVoring to romovo tho metropolitan polico and failed to carry out tho promise. lOvaiiH was naked if ho expootod votoj* after ho htul put (.'harloston under met ropolitan polico, hut refused to answer a ay annouymous question. iMcLaurin spoko entirely on taritVex- ? cept to say lie had generally boon Ian I v treated by tho press; that he had no deal with tllOU) and tbht they ran their ( paper* liko fnrnvovs do 'Ynruis io make money and know their busino?ft. (!ood deal of pleasant ropartoo be tween Mcl-aunn and Kvans. The Hampton Meeting. The campaign mooting here was at tended by SOU out of tho 1 , oUO white voters. Senator Mchnurin wanted to know how many thought Ids tarill' pol icy right. About half the audience raised their hands and applauded. I. at e4r on ox-liovornor Kvans called for a raising of -hands of all who raised short staple cotton and only llneo or four rabed their hands, much to tho n.iur/.omout of all. Senator Mel. am in said that Ktrvptian cotton hud almost driven out 1'eo I >00 and A llan cotton, 1 1 o favored the f atirner dispensary bill because ho thought the State and not the nation should dispose of the liquor question for South ('aroliun. 'I'ho e.v-( iovornor said that if Senator "WcLauriu's tarill views prevailed it would impose a 10 per cent, lax oft the farmer who used munufaetured goods. Candidate Mavtield opposed the Stale dispensary and denied emphatically that he was in any political combina tion, as he wa!? tho very first to an nounce himself as a candidate. Senator Irbv denounced all alleged UAllY KVAN.S. political ploi? to elect McLauvui ami paid that the newspapers were not ?iv in^j tho peoplo what they wanted. Ho Haul General Butlor told him that Alc Laurin had Biiid Tillman told him (Mc Latuiii) that ho was gointf to break his political neck. This, Irby sn y?, was the beginning of tho political estrangc mont between himself and Tillman, since lioaled. Senator McLaurin said he had no recolloction of tho mattor. 1IITI5S OFF I||iSADS OF DOGS. A Strango "Varmint" In York County Hhh K?oii Seen. Tho negroes east of Yorkvillo, bo ?ays the Atlanta Constitution, for a distanco of ten milos or more, aro greatly wrought up over allegod run ning through the cottutvy of a myslov ioua but forooioua animal which, by oommon consent, thoy Uavo dubbod "tho vavmint. " Koports say the an i nlal has been seen at difl'eront points ranging fi{>m throo to flvo miloa apart the eamo night. It ia described aB bo ing "as lar^o as a calf, black and wooly. " Ho far it is not claimed that it has attaoked a human being, but it is ohargod with having killod " and oaten quite a number of hogs and dogs. Ono negro, naniod John Heather, living on the outskirts of town, claims that tho animal came his way and as it was passing his house his two dogagot aftor it. Tho "varmint" ? turned upon tho dogs, and right before Heather's eyes bit both of their heads off and went on without giving tho unimnle further at tention. A negro named, Ham Miller, and liv ing noar Tirzah, put ft pistol in hia fiookot as ho wont to work 111 order to J lave some protection iiffniiist tho var mint,,' in tho event ho should suddenly oomo across it in tho cotton Held. Wliilo going through tho motion of what he would do should tho varmint ruddonly. put in its appearanco, ho put a 88-calibcr bullet under tho cap of his left kneo, completely destroying th<* usefulness of tho joint. \ Tho whites generally aro skeptical of the existeno of tho varmint. TILL^In'S C1UICATKST <ir?OKY. You may snoor and kick at TiUman M-om the morn until the night; You may say I10 'lias a pitchfork that emita asilvor light; You may rail at his orations, his profes sions or his whims, And that sarcasm of his answers that no question ever dims; But you really must acknowledge, while your eye with wonder glowfe, That he's gaining lasting glory by his Kr_^itariff ripping pose - K<** Just observe him in tho Henato as the ... schedule up he takes, - When he pltchei into sugar and lays bare the tariff fakes: How he keep* the boodlers squirming m he Mores them with a thrust. * . While defending common poople 'gainst rr; the Inroads of a trust; ? And it's eertjOn by the plaudits of the ? ^ masses r in repose. ? ; ? ? 'That BwTTillman'* gaining glory by. |* < hie tariff smashing blows. There's a glean of exaltation buretiog it? ? vivoiuvri lit 1 sub if Some Now Features for the Next State Fair. CAUSE OF FEVER AT CLEMSON. Wlnt hrop's Scholarships- -Norton Is Out for .(/Ottftrosa ?- I'ui'uiun Uni versity's Now I'rcoldonti Tuesday, thaCith, at Columbia, thero was a fionsation that was novor boforo equalled in that city. A your ago Dr. Henry T. Kendall married M iss Clui guard, of Hrookland, ti suburb of that oity, Tho marriage was against the wishes of hor family. Two wooks aj^o Mrs. Kendall became sick with typhoid fever. Her husband declined offers of neighbor*! aud employed u uurso. llo attondod hor himself, but later called in bin brother, Dr. l'\ 1). Komlnll, tho largest praotioner in Columbia. A brothor-iu-law and undo of Mra. Kendall called but woro not admitted, Dr. Kendall saying his wife was too ill. Thoro bad novor boon a roooneilliatiou with hor family. The nnrao told inquiring neighbors that tho lad}' could occasionally sit u{?. On Saturday death camo suddouly and Bunday tho burial took plaoo in Colum bia. Hlandorona tongues were wagging boforo tho grave was olosod. It was known Mrs. Kendall was in a delioato state of health, and the charge was that death rosmltod from mal-praotioo. Mrs. Kendall was a member of ono of the best old families in tho Stato. In iirookland it wns paid tho lives ofoitlior of tho doctors would bo in dangor if they appoarod thoro. Dr. ,1<\ P. Kendall, in behalf of liiR brother, who was prostrated, doinandod a post mortem. Tho deooasfil lady's family was notiflod aud every physician in Columbia invited to attond. Efforts woro then made by the family to liavo him desist, but he refused. Tho pres ence of the loading business men in Columbia was alsarocpiostod. .Judge A. C. Ilftskftjl, prosidont of tho Loan'ttnd Exobaugo Ha'uk, arriving oti the scone after tho disintormonthad bo gun, made a statement in which lie ex pressed deep sympathy for tho Kendalls, who lie know had beon foully slandered by cowards. He dared any man tocoino foiward with an affidavit. Thou ho ui'ced thoDoctor to dosist. Dr. Kendall said that the post mortem must bo had t > protect his brother. A ohargo of murder might bo preferrod a few weeks honco, aud ho would bo poworloss to diBprovo it. Ho the* body was disin terred aiid tho unanimous" finding of tho tho pliysioians was that death was causcd by typhoid fovor. Mru. Kondall was a beautiful young woman. 8ho had been married loss than a year. President Child;} of tho Agricultural iiiul Mochanical Sooioty states that it has been deoided by tlio society to add soiuo additional attraotivo featuros to tlio exhibits this fall. First tboro will bo promiums offered for tlio best deco rated bicyclo, and in addition there will bo bicycle races with fine prizes, which is expected to induce many wheelmen to come to Columbia. Tlio next feature will bo a display of dairy products and utensils under the direction of Profes flor Hart, of Olemson. Other now do partuionts will bo added later on. ? Reg ister.-- - President J). B. Johnson of the Win trop Normal College,- is hard at work, try it y? to got everything thoroughly or ganised preparatory to tho noxt session, ll^'was in Columbia last week lopking up tho apportionment of mombers of tho Oonoral Assembly to tlio now ooun tics which liavo boon formed recently. Tho mi mbor of scholarships in the col lego is regulated by the legislative ap portiotfVnont. Tho formation of tlio now obuntios, therefore, transfers cer tain scholarships from old countics to now ones. Tho committoo of thre^prominent physicians from different sections of the Htato, uppointod fH>mo time ago by Gov ernor Kllo^be to investigate tho cause or cauqp^of tho fever at Olemson, has mado its* report. It makos rathor im portant disclosures, and tho oarryintj out of its recommendations will entail consideaablo expense on the State. Tho roport finds that there is coi?ejderablo causo for complaint and that tho sahi tarj- arrangements are more than worth loss. Dr. Kdwin 0. Dargan, of, tho .South ern Baptist Thoological Seminary at Jjouisvillo, Ky. , has boon eleotod by tho board of trustees to succeed Dr. Chan. Manly as president pf~Furman University. Dr. Manly resigned riov erdl days ago. It is not known that Dr. Dargan will accept. - Tho board will meet in G'blnmbia on tho 20th to olootanothor president if hodoolinos. Comptroller (Jeneral Norton has pos tiroly announced his candidaojK for Congress in tho Sixth 'Congressional district to sncceod $fr. Mofiourin. So far two candidates, Solicitor Johnson and F. D. Bryant, Esq. . have filed thoir pledges. It is considered certain tlfik? Mr. D. W. MoLaurin will also b? in the race. TTi o Board of Control in session at Columbia elected ' B. O. ' Webb, of, Charleston, olerkj as successor to W. 1 -H. T>awrenoe, by * unanimous vote. . ? ? , . ? r Itev, O, Walt Whitman failed t^ifcet his pledge in the hands of Btete Chair man Tompkins, therefore he will nol be able to make the race for Congress. I At ihe South Carolina MiHtary^Aci^- j ?3?i?Sjp| 'ri'z- ; . W-- v HOT ANI) OliV WKKIi. J. W, Hatter's Weekly Wont Iter Crop linllotln. Tho South Carolina wookly crop lml lotin for tho. wook ending .luly 1 j says, in port ; [ Altlu/ngh tho wook was exceedingly hot and ia placoa dry, yot on tho wholo correspondents prouounco Unfavorable ono for tho fannor. with in any excep tions principally on aooount of lack of rain, anil extreme heat. The grontest nood of vain exists in tho uppor Savannah valloy, the.e.ttr.omo northwestern and northeastern conn ties, and in soattorod sections oUewhuro, but fiinoo reports closed quite heavy rains havo fallen ovor portions of tho State, but whothor tho ruins oovoiod tboso portions must in tfood of it, is not known. ' ? ; Cotton in blooming ovor tho ontiro btuto and although tho stalk and weed continuo small, is fruiting heavily. Cotton was damaged by bail in Claron don, .Dorohostor and Aiken oountios, \vhiio from Horkeloy there are reports of too much nun. Complaints of shedding, and that tho plant has stopped growing, were roeoivod from Clarendon, Orangeburg and tidgoflold, and of grassy oondition of Holds from llamwoll, V airfield, Jievkolvy, York, Hamburg, Hampton, Floronoo, Now borry, Cliostor and Clarendon. How over, favorable reports preponderate f really those to tho contrary. Son slnnd oottou continuos in splondid condition, growing and fruiting well. Early tobacco is boing out- and curcd but its quality is not us good aa tho later planting promisos to bo. Hail damaged this orop slightly in Florence. Rico is growing weU generally al though tho Holds aro quite grassy, and caterpillars donlimio troublesome in placos, but tho Holds are being flooded. Swoet potato /ilipu are still being sot out and tho crop is doing well gener ally. Molons aro riponing ana boing ship pod but tho orop is a small ono in acre age, yield and"gonerally in sizo of tho melons. Only a fow roport this orop up to aii average. Poos aj'O doing well with j,ro?orall3' good stands. Aro still boing sown for forage. Cauo is tassolling. Army worms in grass in Charloflton county. Gardens failing. Special roports on tho proaont condi tion and probable yield of early corn woro reooived, ana indicate a more promising outlook than horotoforo, but the Hnal rosults aro as yet dependent on tho weather for- the- next few woeUs. Tho stalks aro smallor than usual, and are tassolling low, but havo a healthy color generally.. The stands are irreg ular/ duo to poor germination of some seed and to th^ rayagos of worms, the wet spring.-ahd pdor preparation of laud. ' ?/ SIIOWKR OF .JULY l< J5. \ Graphic Account of a Terrific Hailstorm. It. T j. Campbell, a largo farmer of th<* Hothol neighborhood, York county, waa in Yurkvillo last Saturday and gavo a graphic account of a torrifio hailstorm, which dovastatod liis section ft fow (lays ago. "The storm," paid Mr. Campbell, "nunc lip very suddenly. I won out in n cotton Hold at the timo, and the first thing I noticed was a great chunk of a black cloud with a Htrango headlight dike glow in front. It wan approaching so rapidly and looking so threatening that I thought it would bp a good ideft to nmko for a tenant house. Several of 1 1 10 farm baud a had run for tho saiuo j placo and by the tiino wo wore well un der shelter tho storm hroke in all its fury! Of all tho situations I have over been it Van 'ho moat scarry. There was not much water. It was principally a shower of ice. Tho roof of tho tenant house was good, but in loss than two minutoH tho hail hud beaten off tho boards and was ) >ol tii^ . us so unmerci fully that wo woro forced to crowd un der beds for sholtor. The whole things i suppose, lasted live minutes. MWhon I went out and took a look at the dandseapo," continued Mr. Campbell, "tho scono made me sick. Whoro a little whilo before 1 had a hundred acres of ub lino whoat an is over raised in tho county, and acres and acres of cotton /md corn, there waa nothing but ? barren wasto, whilo in spots with layers of ice Tho crops, with tho oxcoption of a fow small ski fin woro completely Annihilated. In fact most of tho laud looked as if it had just 'noon prepared for seying wheat or as ii a pea crop had bp*jli turned under. "Next day ?/*docided that porhapfl Bomo of tho wheat that had not been beaten into tlur ground might bo saved mid put tho nogroea to work with a couple of horfio rakon raking it up, and along with tho wheat thpy raked nj) thirty-seven dead rabbits, together with an almost conntlcsj number of -aumll-hirdu of differ cut kinds." Continuing, Mr. Campbell said that a large number of ohiekons had boon killed about his yard and almost every tflass bad beon brokon out of his dwelliug house. Tho track of the Btorm war about half aniilo in width and some three miles long. ? Hoveral other farmers brides Mf. Campbell, inoludin^lIeproBontaMve L, K. Armstrong, suyfaijiod heavy dam ago. ? Atlanta- C^flffltitution. . dacRwakd counties. 'Ji'our J>e!aye<1 Pension Reports Afo., ? \ - wl by the Domptrottfr. / .[All of . the counties of the Htato save v thbae of Bflaufoi t, Laurens, Ilorry an Hampton have forwarded to the Btajj board of pensions the revised lists I the pensioners In those counties whose claims hare been approved, Comp troller Norton has asked that theie counties be requested to send in their Wpo?t* immediately as the wboUpen Jion machinery had been elogjged by be delay. * Inasmuch as /the 11100,000 pension appropriation has to be pro dfl iiiHTordlh^ fa> ill# totil BQialrtr of pensi oMriio^M Btate it is absolutely IMMMd- very A OHKAT Of It AN VICTORY, lien. ('ai'IIIo Whips Out au Army of lO,O(>0 S|>f\n tarda. Information received 1/ Ju?to Cw illo, a Cuban patriot, of Jacksonville, I'l ii , from liih brother, Ool. VlAnoonto < "anile, under dato of Banta Otara province, Juno 'Mth, shows tlu\t an ac tive campaign is being carried on, and that tho Cubans hi o holding thoir own, despite tho presence of tho Bpaniorda in muoh greater numbers. An exoiring engagement is reported io have taken phu'o bet \v eon (Ion. \\ oyler's troops, uumhering 40,0(10 men, and those under ( I tii*. Carillo, commanding tho Fourth Corps of (len. ( Joino/.'s nriuy. Pinoro, which divides Sanoti Splritus from Remodios was tho buttle ground, tho Spanlarda being on the Romedios side of the town ami tho Cubans on the other side. Four sharplv contested battles wore fought, thoCuWus coming out vietoriouH, killing mauv Spaniards and having few dead on their aide. MMio Cubans cunningly prepared ambuscades and succeeded in entrapping many Spaniards, who were loft dead and wounded. In recognition of tho splendid ser vices of (len. Cnrillo's corps he has been requested by (leu. (Some/ to fur nish him with the names of the otlloors for promotion. I >oet H ute tn ( 'u ba . United Stales Counsel (loneral l.oo has lieen rendering some accounts to tho (lovernment as lo his expenditures from the fund appropriated by Con gress for the relief of destitute Anieri can oltizens In Cuba. His figures has been presented to tho Cabinet and tho showing was remarkable, for it appear ed that of the JJio total of $50,000 at ihe disposal of the Counsel (loneral he had expended onl v $<l,()00 and yet had given substantial relief to every dia tressed American whom he could find ready lo receive aid, and, besides, had shipped some of them back to the United States. NT. JOHN WiTTiTnOT IjKAVIS. Sh.vs There Is No Truth |<i IIIh Humor ed KeHlgiiftflon. Mr. Everott St. John, under whoso management the Seaboard Air-1 ?ine Iiiih sprung into prominence as ono of tho foromost of Southern railway systems, will not retire from tho vioo-presidonoy of the lino, as has been roportod. Air. ^t. John's early work was done in Ihe NVost, where ho was for yearn general manager of I ho Chicago, Rock Inland und Pacific Railway. It has been re peatedly stated in dispatches that ho would return to Ihe NVost and tako charge of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and his recent railway tour was con strued as a basis for tho slory.^ Now eouios ,Mr. St. Jclin's own denial in the form of the following card. "I desire lo say that there is not a scintilla of truth in rumors of my resignation, and tho inducements would have to be very great to malco mo give such ail idea a thought. jMy relations with tho presi dent, directors aud other oflloials of tho road, as well as tho people along the line, are, most cordial." FORTY I>i:AI>; H+ IN.H'ltFI). A Terribly Fatal Hallroad Accident, at a Stat ion in l>cniiinrk. Copenhagen July 12. ? (By Cable)- A terriblo railroad disaster took plaoe about midnight ut Gjontofter. Tho ox press from Belsiugoer ran into a patt suhgor train standing ut tlio station, Ay rock qd night carriages, killed -10 persuris and injured HI others. Mont of tllo victims are of tho artiHan class. 'Tfte dead and injured have been eon loyon in ambulance trains to the city. IX appears that the collision wan due to an error made by the engineer in read ing the Hignul and the failure of a brake to act. msASTitors f," of oil. Ignited by Uglitnlng and Twenty Arms Ablaze. Lightning struck a *1,000 barrel oil tank two miles north of Oleun, Nr. Y., on the lltli. A cannon \va? procured and shots fired at tho surrounding tanks to allow the oil to eseapo and prov/mt other tanks exploding. Tho escaping oil became ieniicd And twenty acres of oil was en Are at one time. Booms wore built, to prevent tho spread of the burning oil and keep it out of tho river. Tho loss will bo large. 1'itliy News Items. f>r. Williams, colored, of Charlotte, X. (J., wants to bo eoiihul to Bermuda. Whilo returning from ehUrch Ham and Oscar Mehanes, farmers of Albe marle county, Va. , were killod by lightning. Keniftor Butler, of North Carolina, has modified his postal savings bank bill ill tho United States Senatound thinks it will now pass. At Greensboro, N. C. , Pardon's shoe store and tttur Wuiuhouso -'has been burned." Tho fire was of an incendiary origin. Tho loss is not estimated. The National Leaguo of Hepuhlicau Clubs hold its tenth annual convention at Detroit. Few statesmen of national rerulfttion #ero present. Thero w.ero in the neighborhood of 1,000 dolegates prosertt. ' The Irom Works CottouMills, ?? em^orton I ? \LfwVence, employing; 8,000 Hands, #aVo;?tarted up. ? ? ? \. ?-< - /udge Jf. Green ' Curtis, a former North Carolinian, died at Sacramento, Col. He wan one of California's' oldest and most distinguished lawyers, and bad served three terms in the State eerate. Aged 71 years. ' Stokes Wonts to Ride Free5 Representative Ntokes, of Sonth Car oline, hae introflnr?d in the United States Hon ?>e a BliTttt compel to issu f FT fiilriWt* tran?pnrt?tinn members ol~ Congress, B4dera* iraee, tl?e ImmmH of U?e e*ecn?fV? do partmenteof the got era me at i of lumwrj >#r"KV ffe??eeiil*K The SUte of Fennsylverfta has at last * - wr. NEWS ITEMS. Soulhci'll I'lMU'll I'olnlortt. Augurttu, (ia,, propose* to establish it textile school, tho second in Amorioa. Stops ave being taken in Columbia, S. O. , (o build a Jewish synagogue. A boo! ion of Ooba' Socialist party bus ho on organized at Atlanta, (5a. Tt is rumored that lloo. W. Vander hilt will ' |)\\il<l a $100,000 hospital at A bIion i 1 lo, N. ('. I >i\ A, N. Tc.llcy, a distinguished physician, scholar and citizen, died in Columbia, S. ('., of cancer tho stomach. :f, Patients of tho lftto l>r. A. N. Talloy, of (.'oltifubia, S. havo on foot a movement to erect a monument to his memory. Tho Christian 1'ndeavorors in session at San l"'ranelsco, Cal , havo selected Nuahville, Tonn., as tho mooting place in 'on. Tho Socialists of Virginia havo uf?mi natcd J. J. Quant/. f??r (tovrrnorl ami R. T. Mayeauner for ! .ioutonant-Aiov ornor. * \ Between three and four thousand stenographers will visit tho Tonnositoa Centennial in August. Ny Tho Ceorgia l!ar Aasoeiat ion at iM annual molding favored legislation cor* rooting faults in criminal law. At Charlotte, N. C. , Abrain Davis, colored, while drunk, got into an alter oation with an unknown whito jnan. >Ho throw a stono at tho lattoiywho shot him in tho head causing lWdnntanooua death. Augusta, < ia. , has for for tho last few months boon anlloriiig from a briolt faniino and an ice famine, and now aha ia in tin* throes of a cotton famiuo. Not withstanding she baa received 100, OOi) baloH of ootton moru than hor last year's receipts, she has now a stock of only 2.000 bales against (5,000 at tho seine po nod last year. W. A. Allan, James Allon, Lindsoy Allon, Mock Tuindill, Ana lhirvl..iilnl Porter Avri ill were instantly filled by a boiler explosion on tho farm of W. A. Allen, near liartavillo, Tonn. West Itobinaon and John Dronldor, two enthusiastic wheelmen, havo reached Atlanta, (la., aftor having rid don from Orango, N. .1,, on a tandem. They inado tho distance <>f about- rjl, 000 miles in ton days, averaging a bo lit 100 milos a day. J, At a meeting of tho Sou (.burn Jiuun dry Association at Ashovillo, li. C.,< Jolin A. Nicholas, of that oily, wan ro* elected president ; A. A. Brubakar, of Spartanburg, vice presidont; l'\\j). Lethoo, of Charlbtto, nonrotary liud treasurer. Tho next, mooting will bo hold iu Spartanburg. / A petition is being circulated in C'har lotteo, N. C. , for tho pardon of ?J. U. Holland, who was Bcntonccd in 180ft to tha Albany', N. Y. , ponitentiary fOrein bo///, foment of t ho funds of tho Mer chants' and Farmers' National Hank, of tho above city, llo was sontoncod for seven years and has already sorvod two. * \ At .Lexington, Ky. , Kvhilo a gang of workmen were exoiivating on t ho lino of tho stroet railway, ono of thorn struck what appeared to bo a pioco of pipo, but which provod to bo u sixty-four pound dynamito cartridge. A fearful explosion followed, mid livo of tho six negroes in tJ if) gang woro blown to UtoiHS. O All Alioultho North. Chicago had forty suicides iu Juno. A caso of loprosy has' boon discovered at .Jorsey City, N. Tho international (told Mining con* vontion, which mot at Ponvor, Col., has adjourned and will moot next at Solt Lako City, Utah. Tho MorchantH' Association of Now York lias drawn 2,00'J 'new Western merchants to New York, who formerly traded in Chicago. e ' At Cleveland, ()., Judge Ong, of tho Common Pleas Court, ban handed down a decision declaring that tho law under which members of tho Cleve land baseball club woro arrested for playing on Sunday is unconstitu tional. An olectric car wont through an opon draw at Bay City, Mich. A woman and tlirco children woro drownod. Several thousand excursionists woro'.] panic-stricken by a storm which swopt over a grove near Huron, (). , and many injured. ~ " '?' Four teen people were killed in a/J cloudburst and cyclone near Dnluth/ Minn. 'J'lio damago to railroads ami crops is over $1,000,000. The Ohio National Democrats will call a convention soinn time j?j Heplo::;\ j ber for the purpose of placing an inde- I pendent State ticket in tho Hold. Tho countv organizations will also bo asked to do likewise. ? - Miscellaneous. Oorman exports to tho United States largoly incroased during tho past six months. The Seaboard . Air . "Lino's industrial training school is attracting people by tho hundred at every stopping place, and is accomiilislpng practical good. A spocialfrom Managua, Nicamuga, 'via ualvejabn, ToxV, says tho. recent ? heavy . jrains have oxcavated a deep canyon through the town of Muvagalpa, at the foot of tho volcano, ftmetepo, destroying a number of houses. Jtfrs. Delia Johnson, fonnoriy of Charleston, 8. 0., a widow, but now of Brooklyn, N\ Y., took oarbolio acid with suicidal intent1 because of a quar rel she and herlo^ii^Martin Flynoh, On a wage/ Frank Burton started from New York for ? tft p?around ^b? .world, without a c*mX and returned , wiQ? |8,000 which he earned on his IftOTfr ? [ # * ? " ? -? 1 v - - VlKlKIs W'11,1, NOT I. AST l<()NO - Vho Cotton Mills Have rt Steadily ivud Increasing Trade. Meatus. H. (K Dun ?t Co. 'a Wookly Hoviow of Trade, ending Saturday, loth, says: Thostrikoof tho bitumin ous coal minora has taken 70,000 monov moro from work and thvoatons to ro fdriot supplies of fuol in Homo quarters, ihough tho West Virginia and some other mines which doelinod to tako part, claim to bo able to moot thy T'afU 01 n demand for sonm months. At tho W ost tho strike is by no moans united ly sustained, and 1 1- impression pro vails that it. \sill not I i long. Tho tin plato works have si". led tho wage question, and aro again busy, and ahow u production of 1,500,000 boxoa voailyj with a capacity of 0, ?50, 000 boxes. Tho bar mills havo moro t-ron* bio, but a goner t! -settlement of iron ' and atoot wages va expected without | much delay, Now orders aro amall j since tho annual vacation began, but | yet aro largo enough, everything run i eidorod, to afford some encouragement. I Tho cotton uuIIk havo a i toady niu'f. increasing domand, and tho quotations of middling uplands havohoon advancod a aixlocntli, added by speculative strength on rccciptaof crop damage, os pocially in Texas ami Arkansas. Tho woolou nt i 1 1 h aro getting decided ly more orders for fall wants and begin ning hopefully on spring goods, but aro cautious in contracts for future doliv ory. Homo havft made largo purchases of wool, by fur tho greater part of tho nalos, which amounted to I -I; 1 <50, alto pounds at three chief markets fur tho Week, havo been of a sp&mlntivn char actor. Western price.-, aro hold mttelr above tlio.su of seaboard markets, Moil (ana scoured being sold, according to reports, at theoqui valont of I'J cunts at. tho Mast, against HH at lioslon and '10 at I'hiladelphia. Thoro is a hotter demand for domestic wool in expectation of higher prices. While tho most cautious esliniales of wheat yield have boon advanced, that of the Orange Judd ('armor to 575,000, l)0t), prices have. lifted liuarly. <1} oenta,. although Atlanta exports, Hour includ ed, were for (lie w.ook l,50H,052 bushels, against 1 , 4 1 H, WW last year. Western rccoiptsavo small, oyly buslv els, agaiiisl 2,1^8,100 last year, uud tho | disposition ofjmo farmers to hold for I higher liguroais strengthened by mnby foroign reports. It seems to bo tho futfb that crops in other eouiitfioa aro loss promising than ustial, and tho demand for A morion n wheat is supplemented, even at this season, , by exports oi' U, ?().>, r?S I bushels of corn, against 590, 010 bushels for the same week last. year. Each week raises tho estimates of tho estimates of tho wheat yield, however^ and if tho weather continues favorable, the crop may prove a most important, factor in tho futuro nalhuml ami inter national business. The prospect, aa to corn iv> growing more cheerful each week, a|i(l an immense crop is now an ticipated. \ Failures for 1 1# week have boon 80(5 in tho United States, against 215 last yoar. ? A Myit?rlon? Murder. j ; - r - Tm?w hunting near Quitman. find * barrel in the rtwawps,, in wlwoh pi?xvw?; thsre is no due to VLeiSoptity of tbs victim. V' ~ ? _ l<KCOIt!> OF1 Tllli "^lOT WAVIC. ClilciiKO Appears to lluvo Suffered Morc8ofcr?ly Thnti Any Other Sce (Ioii. 'Dio floijco heat under which tho greater portion of tho . <k>,u.njxy haa swoltorod pinco tho flint of Julyi-has inodoiatod in many local itios. . Tho record of prostrations and deaths re sulting from tho long heated torm ap proaches in magnitudo that of a general opidomio. KoportH from all HoctipijK of, the country ftliow prostrations numbor ?lii)? in tho neighborhood of 5,000 with futal it-ion close to JJ50. in addition, to this, thoro wero scores of death* rowilt iiitf indirectly from tho tori ibid heat. Tho death rate in many of tho 'largo cities shows a fearful increase ovor pre vious, years. Tho Central fcjtatos havo sulVored more than tho othor Ktaton. In tho numbor of fatalities, Chicago heads tho lint with 87 death, Cincinnati and suburban points reporting 00 ami St. Louis 42. Throughout the South, the heat wan intense, but thp. death rate was much lower than iiilTio Nqrtlu A DISPKNSAItY K NOOK-OUT* Tho Original I'nekn&o Injunction 'ftlacte Permanent.. Tn tho United States Circuit" C'Quft at Charleston, S. C. , Jtidgo Siinonton liiuiuud down a deeiwion which renders pcrpotual tho injunction rocontly grant iod, prohibiting Statj dieponsary con stablos from interfering with tho origi nal paokago store of W. (f. Mooro, of Now York. ? " It is dcchlod that all suloa of liquor made ill- huw! establishments must bo conduotedf under the restriction, i of. time, quantity and porsous made in tho ' dispensary law of South Carolina. Thin Si.utrt the-'original paokago inon as near as lljay bo on a footing with tho State dispensaries. The OonVlltloiifl of < ( on^ ' r Tho July return# for^vjotton to tho Department of Agriculture, indicates averago condition of 80.0, as compared with 83.6 in Juno, an inorosso of ' 2,6 points. Tho avorago condition July I, 1800, was 92.5. Tho averages of .the States are as follows: .-Virginia. 87; North Carolina, OOj fioutli Carolina,' 88;. Georgia, 85; Florida;-: 80; AUbamar'85i~ - boHkHanaj-Wf-Texaw, 88; ArhansnB^gg;" Tennessee, 80; Missouri, OkUh/?inft, 82; Mississippi, 8l { Indian Territory. Oft ??? -7 "?* -