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i The United States Government in JS(>? paid itussiii ^7,2000,00 for Clio Territory of Ala-dut. I Alaska has paid baok her purchase uiouey in geld four timOii, having j dueml dnriufl'thotinic it has boon a jniH of tho.U nitod States about $30,000, OOQ of the precious yellow metal. To-day t ho uyos of t h?> world aro turn ml toward our fro/, on acquisition in tho north, for within it>. borders lmttbocn discovered-jin Eldorado, somu i,ngly "richer 4"?au t'luto's inino." A fiiw weeks a.(^> tho word Klondike, titondly tVi\nslatod meaning Door Avivur, wui known to geographers and fow mi noes on tlu< Yukon; to-day it is on ovor.y ? tou(uo and is known an tho designation, if tho reports 1 ??> hut half truss", for a gold hearing district 'Creator in area and rieher in character than any tho world hat known, with tloj possible exception of California. Tlio reported gold discoveries of tho juvsant day in Alaska and tho report ed }'? >1 d discoveries of '49 in California Ullbrd ntauv purulhds, To tho average "loan flits, -ltyasure:? of tho const State wore Koon.ing'y a* inaccessible an are iho riches of tho Yukon and its tribu taries. One whs more than 2000milo? ? truss a fi.u-klo.ss desert and over aiiow-bonnd mountain passes, besot by. savages, whoso deadly attacks marked the trail with bleaching bonos across tho Western States; the other is nearly 7000 miles by water, through a rigorous climate, or. almost 4000 miles by land and water, with moun tain passes to scale us dangerous as tbSYso of tho Swiss Alps. Tho fahulo'iiH talcs of wealth sent out. by the California pioneers were no less Wonderful than those brought back by tho men who braved tho last cold season in the Klondike mineral belt, border. They were discovered, as has boon aaid, by a parly of "tenderfoot," who, against' (ho advioo of tho old timers in tho tliMtr iot, wandered "ovor yonder iu tho Klondike" and atruek it rich. From Klondike oomos much of tho gold and from Klondike aocma to oomo all tho oxoitomoul. A few, "tondorfoot, " going it Mind, have stirrod np 'tho Nation. Out of tho regions ?.?f their diseovory has oomo, it is estimated,. Sii. 1)00 worth of gold during tho present Hummor. Nearly all of that gold has found its way into tho United States. tt is hard to Ml where tho Alaska gold Holds aro located except that in n gonoral way tho host of tho in aro along tho Vuk on. Thoro aro a few "lodo" miners near Junoair and along the annlheiiHt coast of tho Territory (tho most accessible part of it), hut tho ore is of low grade and mining is made profitable only by tho most earofnl management. The placer mines, frfrm which proa poutora are said now to bu lining their pockets with gold, aro in tho region remote from civilization, little known, and, on account of its uncertainties, dangerously alluring to tho avorage man. Thin gold-producing country of the interior is in the vicinity of the 1'nkon near where that great liver turns to tho west in its course to the sea. Hoforo the discoveries in the Klondiko tho most product ivo districts had boon along Forty Milo Creek, partly in British and partly in Ameri can territory, and tho Birch Crock dial rid, all in American territory. Along all of tho river in this sect ion, tributaries to tho Yukon, gold dig gings yxist, nud.Jn many places pay tho prospector well for his trouble. In all tho immense country over AH THK MINHIM JOUltN'HY Dofv.N J-AIJAIUSH DUItlNC THK WINTKU. nnd in both casus those who roturno 1 brought back with them ((rent nuggets of tho precious stuiV th.it loft little or no doubt i ;i t li o mind of tho hearer. The Crdifmli in minor in tho song who hud so many nuggets that ho wan ac customed to "go a hatful blind" linds his parallel in tho Yukon minor who claims to have "washed out"- '$2 1 ? in ono panful of dirt ?a process that re quires ton or twelve minutes. I'ltoi1 ?Willi'* .Mini'*. Tho Alaska and l!. difg.ruiagohl Holds ni'o aliko also in being plaeer mines. 1'Ihcol* mining is couriionly called "poaj^" man's mining," for tho reason that it is doiio without machinery, while tho implements required in the work are f o w an I of k;h;?1I cost. A placer minor can gel along very woll with a pick, shovel and gold pan. If the dirt is not rich ho can accomplish bolter results by running it iiiro'igh a filuieo box, but whoro the yield is in nuggets instead of tinp gold he prefers to "pan" it. Tho groat Klondike strike was made liino mouths^ ago, but nothing was known of it in tho United Stales until Juno 15, when a vessel called tho Ex colsior arrived in Wan Francisco Indon with miners from the, Klondike, who in turn wore laden with gold. , They told almost incredible laics of tho richness of tho l'lowly discovered district, where fortunes had been ac cumulated in a few months. Kxpori onceil minors and "lendeVfoet" seemed to have shared good fortune aliko, and with some justice, ivo, for the credit of tho discovery of IhVnew gold fields is duo to tho inexperienced men. Another vessel brought to Henttlo a fioeond party of successful prospoetofs ,BUtl a ton and a half of gold. Those mon lmd endured peril nnd undergone ? MIpHRft CBOijHfKfl TflR OHII/KOOT PAB?, ' great h*r<l<rtiipa in nccurtiiilMing tHo ?, fort<M??s .iMf -tofoflgUty Andthey told rv ?ipT> iiwU u*a * Hide.' To ToHow 4h?U" fexample !' mHM* "*' risk of Wealth. health i?nd .hatfpr (hoMCPwho Mri) willing i 10 cKwio.'slbe pr<wpeci they "SlWttrt#. ' ' ^ -l w ' lioUiri ' the Kloa ?* #w >a# %<tWr Siikgc; V?**'y *'r- '?' -Jv^>r ? '? which tho placer mining extends it is estimated tlia6 up to last year there wore 2000 miners. 'l'lio districts in which most of them worked were in u a lirond bolt of gold-producing rook, through which quarts veins currying gold occur frequently. Through Hit; gold-bearing rocks tho stroums luivo cut deep gullies and cnfions, and iti their beds tho gold which was con tained iu the roojt in concentrated. The mining of 1 1 ? country consists, therefore in was4nng out tho gravel of the.so b?'d*?. So the miners worked, being fairly well paid for their h>bor, until the "teuderfeet" made the Klon dike discovery. That .was nine months or so ago, and the ndws -of it is just reaching the outside world. It was not loir-c in reaching the miners along Forty Mile and Birch Creeks, though, arid they shouldered their picks and moved forward in a wild rush at the first word of the new lucky strike. As a result gold dust and juiggels'by the ton are turned into mints out on the coast, and men who never before rose above tho level of the commonest of minora have eomo back to civiliza tion and comfort loaded with tfold to last thole a lifetime. Take as an il lustration this list of returned minors who canio on tho Excelsior: JiroiiKlit Value from of Alaska claims. T> K. flippy . 1)5.000 ?1,000,000 1\ (J. II. IJowkor 1)0,000 ? 601), 000 Job I. a Duo 10,000 600,000 J. II. IJolllnsood 26,600 Will Iota KuJJu 17,000 JitmM MeMrtuo is .ooo Albert Clalbratth./ 15,000 | Null Macarlliur 15,000. Doujjlas Macarlhur.... 15,000 llornard Aiidurson 11,000 35,000 RoMirt Krook 11,000 '20,000 Fred Lendesser 13,000 Alexander Orr 11,600 John Marks 11,600 r Thomas Cook 10,000 25,000 M. H. Nor^ross 10,000 . . . v. J. KrnmcrKcr 10,000 .. Con Ktamatln 8,250 Allien I'oxr: b.ioo jw.ooo Cre? Htewart 5,000 20.000 J, O. Host wood 5,000 250,000 Thomas I'lftek ...... , ... 5,000 50,000 ? J#ouTh TT.'HTioiKlp . . .V, . . i 5,000 ?? itf ,000 ! Frod Price 5,000 . .20,000' Alaska Commercial Co. 250,000 Total ..' .$890,850 A I'erlloti* Journey* Every ono of theso mou has a story to tell of tho vast riches of tli? new gold? fields^? bnt ? tfroy " Whwothcr story, tbo-r? story, of hardship, trial and suffering through longwiutordays, when tho sun WM smiling on this earth's other polo and them in miserable cold ant! (lark tie* JH'hey tell a stotfy of prodigious travels, of stagger ing jonnieja and th?,<Uug41* WfaTSe: set tho traveler. They toll what a trip- it is to reach the gold folds, And *h?L* . jLb?y g?t through ?tfc? Mini-. h^rtod projipfctor, who idn't thOT ~ .1 ; jrny IWpe wiwtrt^ nn -? at \ j'rn i < r olftSw | Vthmrsfr.rtrt em t *"*? v ' r t : unheeding, crowding into the A la^lra hound steamers without anything like enough supplies or enough money b> see thom through ton days of travel on land. Miners who have been thorn any that sueh us those will perish. lfow t<? tho Svyt <;<>}?! I'lrltN. There are two general routes to the Klondike district. From Chicago both load to Heat tie, and (hero diverge. One goes l>y ocean Rteaumr west and a lit tie north, and passos through Dutch Harbor, at the oxtremo ond of the Houthwoat Alaskan peninsula. From thero the Bteamer turns north and con tinues on to St. Miohaol'H Inland, a little above the mouth of the Yukon, in leer ing Sea. At that point pnasongors arc transferred to the river steamers to be gin the long journey up tho Yukon, v which winds northward and eastward, and iinully brings the traveler to Daw son Oity, now tho principal town in the mining district, although sixty live miles from tho Klondiko Holds. Tho cost of tho trip from Chicago this way, as prospooting minora usu ally travel, is $251.50. It is divided as follows: From Chioago to Seattle (second class), $51.50) from Seattle to Dawson Oity, $200. Fn time tho trip costs thirty days ? four from Chicago to Seattle, fdxtoou tub mviiu Kourr. to: DAwaoN. from Seattle to St. Michaol's Island, and ten up tho Yukon to Dawson Oily by t lio fust boat. Tho distance in tfeu oral ligures is 2250 miles from Chicago to Sent tie, 2500 miles to St. Michael's I island ?n<l 18U0 miles nj) the Yukon to Dawson. ii total of about 6(500 miles. Tho other way to tho Klondike, tho "mountain route," is shorter in miles, but equally long in the time it requires ami a great deal more difttoult. IJv this route tlio traveler sails uioro di roetly north to Juneau, which j? S'jN j miles from Seattle, ami then g/yes by j lake ami river and over the mountains I 1000 miles to tlio new mining terri tory. On arrival at Juneau the trav eler changes to a smaller boat and sails 1(10 miles north to Dyea/" From there he has a jiortngeof t wenty seven 1 miles through the Cliilkoot Vass. Tho last, half-mile of this pass is over a ! glacier and the severest of climbing. ] Cliilkoot Indians are employed to pack j supplies to the top of tho puss, but ' from there on tho traveler has to pack j his own load. After getting through the Cliilkoot j Pass the traveler reaches Lake Tiinde- I man. At that point is a sawmill, I where boats are sold for $V5 each, j Travelers who do not care to pay Unit j price en 1 1 purelutiso lumber and build j their >wn boats. .The lumber can bo > bought for 8100 a thousand fet:t, and ; about 500 feet are required to build a j boat that will answer the purpose. | Still other travelo?s carry whipesaws j and get out tlipir owli lumber, and a [ man handy with a saw and hammer ! can build a boat* in three or four days, j To continue tho trip, though, a boat ; is necessary and by some means or J other one must bo had. After securing his boat tho travel ' or floats down Jwuko hindeinan ami j bake. Meniwtt and then has half a mile, of portage iv here his boat has tube' moved on lollcin. There is any j ajjifltint of I'ollei.'i to be bad, though, j for earlier beaters of the path have j left them. This half mile overland; brings j ho traveler to Lake Tagish, | through which ho goes six miles and j over ii quarter of a mile of portago to i Mud Tjakiv and on to the "White Hor.se j Itapids. 'Here there is another poct>- i age of throo-quarters of a mile, und 1 ihovtruvelor brings his boat to.Tmko ! Labargo. From there on lhe/*journcy ! is through Thirty Mile Hljvor, tl>oj Lewis Kiver, J50 miles to \Fivo Fin- j jeer Rapids, to tlio- Yukon at Fort Sel- j kirk, and then down stream 250 miles : to Dawson. I r--' DAWSON CITY, IK THE KLONDIKE GOLD -REGION. Ttld Ctfflt at tho trip ' thifl w ay can not -he definitely y?4ated beyond Ju neau, because after that point it d? nonipwhnt on the bargain ma<le with the Chilkoot Indians, who pack eupplies through the pass/ and the lengt h of time the oierUad pact of tu journej requires. The coat from Chi cago to BeatUe is the. same' as by the other Tonte, of coUta#^ $51.60 second claaa and #10 more f6r fir?t #U?a. The fsra np 3o Jnneaq Moa-tv Dyes is $42, ? What (t eoets on the )K\rttatljr for himself, Mil tfceladlaas WlftO In ft ITBH-Tg Ami pjftlr MMUik M4 wiak aMni yi|y - - - coast ft is more than ft mite. Wldd and ll?? volume of its water is so great an to frcshoathe oco&n ten miles on t from land. - - The principal cities of Alaska are Jnnean and Bitka. They are both -ibfivfotf-i4""*"; and^probebly they with thriro from now on, for a time at least, as they have never thriven before. 'Alaska is ruled by ft Territorial Got ernorf whojnst now ie J. O. Brady, recently .aftpobkted by Preei4e?t Mo Kinley to succeed Jamee A. Bheakley. Ttis (Jtarernor-w mtdnoriiis tttte. The ciHiwmj np in that frozen cxran try Ao not rote for rreaident of oourse, Tlio Coatr* ?%f tho Doltl Itcgton. PawHon (Si v, tho oontro of tho now mining' region, although ?i\t.v llvo mil.-. I'loiu t h Kloiuliko, is sui<l to ho a typical tuning i-ainp it> i > i ii h tho Tho British < lovctn ! moot oiih<rooH it s laws in l>a\vs?ni, ntnl tho-u? laws jirtihihil tho use of tiiriuniM, j mo lew iiiimi cany gnus. Tho law? of t luM'anij) avo enfovootl by mounted jh? ! ) > n t thoy >^> 8on?) ilclo^atoa to (ho Mn? I ional |u>li(li>iil oon\ ontious. Tlio .jutli oial function tluMO i-? t'XtMvi.Mul by a ! .listrioi court, I'slrtblialuul in 1 SS 1 . j Tho ooiivt sits Iiltrvurttoly ivt Sitka un>l ! Wran^lo. | I low odd for a coiu t t o nit 1 at Si! !>il' aliil \\ I iniy!?>. | Ali i speaking ol Wrau (lo, among tho Ihiu, i Mask a ha-; tloiio for llii.s conn i try us itlo from Muring up tho jnosonk A Pl.AOKn M INK IN T1TH lvT.ONI.XKK <101. P FIKI.DH. lioo, whoso captain is a civil o (11 nor. Though there are said to (to H000 poo phi in Dawson, few housos hnvo boon built, for (ho principal reason that lumber i^ ?100 per 1000 foot. Tim general four i>i, of course, that there will ho (front KuftWing thoro 1 1 ? I m win tar, and it will ho increased, it^in ex pected, by tho rush of unprepared prospectors who sailed for tho now field ) immediately on learning what I u i lc had hofiillon tho.so \s ho have hut recently roturnod. To give an act-undo idea of tin* coat of living in Dawson City, tho prion list of a general store (horo is herewith given: I'M on r, per 100 [ton tuts . . . .w $ P2.00 Mooho limn, per pound I. (til < '/ill t. on mea(, per pound Jil'llllS, I'tT ?l(l .11) JIK'O, per pound -*'? Ku^ar, p?r pound 2;> l*ieon, per pound 40 J5ul i??r, per roll J..6M KkR-S I'd" dozen J. .Ml UeM< r ej?f?.s, |>or dozen 2.011 Kaliimn, eaeli ?I'l to 1.50 Point mis, p"r pound Turnips, p4?r pouiiit 1;> Tea, per pound 1 .00 ( !<ilT?e. pur pou jj(l ;><> Dried 'Mills, per pound ( 'aimed fciiis 00 ( 'ami'Ml meats 7;> I .nlliniiS, ?<?e|l v?"-'0 Oraitjf'-'s, raeli fill T?>l>ueeo, per pound l.ftO Iiiipuxs, per drink SH Shovels '. 2..MI Pi-ks fi.OO <!oa! < > i I . per gallon J ,00 Overalls. l.MJ I'ndervvvar, per Hint...., $0 to 7.50 Shoes 5.00 liuhber boots. ... 510 to lf>.0(( iiikI I(m !{<??<> ttrtt'S. In t ho purchase, of Alaska, tlio U nil t??l Stall's >t?'c | ii i r<M 1 a Territory inure limn 1 1 :i 1 f :i mijlkm square miles in extent, a pari. of it within tho arctic, circle ami in tlio region of everlasting ice ami f now, where, during part, of tho sum mer, there is eulitinuoris day and dur ing t ho winter rontinnoun, drear}' night. Tho Alaskan coast lino in greater than our Atlantic seaboard, bat the entire population of whites, l^Ski mos ami fierce Indians, who are called tho Apaches of tin) north, is not much more than that of a ward division in Chicago. y In acquiring tho Klneknn Territory, though the United ttStateB moved its center, figured in geographical miles, not in area or population, as far west as Han Francisco. The country now evlcnds from about tho sixty-lifth de gree of longitude up at the far cast corner of Elaine to the lH'Jd dogrcttnp at the far ny^thwest tip of tho .Alaskan mainland. This is taking no account of the litile island of Attn, 1000 miles j out in tho Pacific, boyond thu Hawaiian 1 group, which, since tho purchase of i Alaska, has really been our western j land limit. Tins United Stales, therefore, may | almost ."ay with England that the sun i never sets mi its possessions. The principal river in Alaska, 'the Yukon, tip which prospectors have to work their weary way to reach the gold !h hi"? was called by Schwatka, the Alaskan Nile. It rises a little more than 200 miles above Sitka, in tho southern part of Alaska, and then strike. s northward, following a broad circle to the west boforo it empties into lim ing Ses through an extensive delta. Six hundred miles in from the gold excitement olio of tho most for ward was to involve it in disputes wftli i l.tigland on iiit! lion i m In i y ipicst ion and l lie soul fisheries business. Until of tllO^" d is|l||t OS threatened war, 1'iit white-'wingnd peace settled over tlio situation in each case and J I 'I n|l>' ll t tin* SH;*gOStioll of tlllll newly : invented Kngli ;h Vmerican institution ' arbitration. I bnvover, tho boundary question is not si ttledyot, and tho Ui it- ! i^h lion even now roaring a little and angrily swishing its tail because of a diplomatic (tho Uritish call it undiplo matic) iinto from Secretary of State Sherman demanding that British ves? sols' ''keep otV the Kraut'." as it. wore in the seal fishing grounds. ^ Tho I triii ml ft ry It. was not niiexpootod, < if course, that the discovery of gold in I lie Klon dike region would revive in a measure the old question of a boundary line be tween Alaska and the Uritish North west. Territory, The Klondike fields are considerably east of h'orfc CJndahy ami Dawson < !ity, and both of these are. on Uritish soil. Into tlio new regions, though, Ameri can miners first ventured and made (lie first. discoveries of gold. .Since then hundreds of them have trooped over tin; border, staked out their claims in the rich hills and begun to dig. Should the ('amtdian ( loveriiinent pans an exclusion act all of these miners, of course, would be dispossessed. Tho ditficiilty of enforcing such an not, especially on miners who have slaked out their claims, is at once aj> MINK Its. CilUSbi.NU T1US UUiltllilt. parent. Tho resell in retaliation by the Government of iho United Statea is hIko easily imagined. The Domin ion ( lo vern mon I Ims already established a custom houso on the border, nml in doing a fair business <m>1 i n? duly on the goods dial. f$< i illio iho jinw country, and minors think they will l?c nut islied with that. The exclusion of A ineiicaus would practically close tins country for a time, for t he best of the moans of transportation to that fro/.en region arc owned by American companies. In the paid miners of any national i t y have boon free to enter any new diggings and atako out their, elnimn without restriction. Canadian minora art) now free to work norosA tiio border in Iho Alaskan fields. What the result of an exclusion act would moan io Canada in a retaliatory measure by the United Mates, Canadians know libtter than I hey can be told. It ih not believed, howevor, that Canada will attempt to exclude Amer ican miners. It is true that the United States exeludes Chinese, but Canada probably recognizes that keeping out C'hiiiamen and barring the way for A i n orieuii s aro two dili'erent things. Oticcr I'lnco of Itoruj;o, 'J'lio passengers on a Tenth at root ; trolley car wero treated to un unusual i sight early yesterday morning,. Ah tho ear was bowling along in tho vicinity of Parish .street a couple of sparrows, olio in cIiiibo of tho other, swooped down in front of tho car. Tho pursued, l?y a flank move ment, eluded it* tormentor by darting under the roof of tho front platform, and before tho motormau knew what >^a<i up tho bird had porchdd 011 his hand whjek^feripped tho lover. Thcro it Hat eoj^tentedly, While the passengers craned their necks to get a viow of tho | odd spectacle, ' Tho sparrow didn't jteom to mind tho fact that tho motor man's hand wan constantly turning around -as ho manipulated his lover, and, after riding on ite queer ue*^ for fully A block, chirped its /fhankih and flow away. ? l'hiladelplifa (lVecor <1. "KrfukfMt Flcntcn." , ? People get 1tp e*F?y iiithemorning out ill Nebraska, aud front this habit some enterprising social leader baa evolved %n ide* which has become a M in tho neighborhood of Grand Iehwtd, where ' 'breakfaai picnics" *n in vogne. The gueete etort oat at 4 o'clock, breakout in the wood*, and come bom# t before 4ie. Mii *??*?? JhiagsLtoo botioroomioHy? Kew M ? ?? ? . ^ NEWS 111 (VitL ' I Sonllurn I'oltotl I'ollitoi'A, l.ftst \\ oak's atlondaiioo m tho v iisi\ i v d lo (Toun.) I xi'HsuiiMi xsn-> I ho looal M'lu'ol i iv v hil* hoon do lhrtU.nl }.; onol'al I \ thion.hoiil Noitht ai ? olitm. At I'M^ntiohl, S (' , I In' of Croft A I' 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 liaxo hoon Iminod. Thoro \x a:< no insuu aivo I .ova, ? Senator I honnr* l>. I urloy. "I I en nossoo, is to ho in vi UmI to tako part m tho \lah html and < Miio t'limi -ai,: n>?. 'St|Uiio \loxandor Ali-lifi', of l>rnsh\ CvooK, Uroonvill^ county, N. N. , 'Oil from his hack | 01 oh und l!roko his nook. Ho was years old. IVIix I iohhina, (ho ll/yonr-ohl son of I >. A. liohhius, of ( 'hurloUo, N. xvrm drowned wliilo ill hathin^ at 1'iuo i litia Modioli holoxv \YilliUlt?loM. i Mrs. lililla l'(iv\oll l>nnks, a well to i do wiiiow. hits heon arroalml at (,Mut man, (in., /or droxvninu her I your ohl j son A I hor t ihoounso ho xx as disli^ m od in | laoo. y i Moonshimxrs munteiod I M'ptily >?her i IV \\ ha) Ion,) of I'cnttonc. I'Udiorno vountv. \laj, for liNiiiii to hroak ii|> t hoir hiiaitioVjj. I'ulioii ooiiii t y , < ia , in which is At Irtiita, shows a tallini; oil in ta\ returns : of c'-V^'ii.so: from hr t n *. hi. In a I'ooniil soiinoit at \\ inston, N. Presiding I h 1 01' Wood deeiillod ill fax or of I luyA urfoxv la w . A no^i?\ ! in: Nid.oii, wion^od a. i * year old paralytic lie i<> i-iil on tho outskirts of rhaih-stt.il 1 ho mv^rn l?o|tiilat lo'i is oxcitod. I ho tulit'ir nt 1 1 ; ? ? t it . 01 aid tl ia ) i.oador ha-, soul to lion Win. J. I>ryan a waU intoh-n 1 1 1 n Nil pounds. I he erection ot :i twenty Ion col toil seed oil 1 1 1 1 i I will l.??! commenced at I <n vonia, < in , ut cure. It mepoitel Ml \ 1 1 1? ? i ! j* . (in., 1 1 1 ut 11 locomotive ui (lie i^ovei iiiuent works at Tybeo dfdhml, near Savannah, foil through t ho trestle and several persons wore killed. Kev <1 a i ii oh Vat Of*, a I'uptist minister, commit tod suicide i?y Imii^ui^f .Kiinsoll at Nholliold, \lu H if >vas at outs with WiiinluHK of 1 1 i m chriivh Ho was <>1 ossie K ooijcc d led :il ('oliiin ijjii, ?->. j ( ?. , fi i >)i) |>oiscn)jnjf, liavintr rnblu'il ier toot h with piano polish. Tho IioiIa was interred w ithuiil cere mony. aft her re<pieal. 1 1 or violin, guitar angniiisic were htuieil with her in t ho collin. In a wro?k on (In- Sou hone Air l.iuo, throe ami 'Ji half miles below llockin^ haiu, N. \N ? 1 1 1 :< Taylor, a negro brokemau, was I; i I Io< I ami seventeen oars worn derailed along with the on gino. Tho ears were llJIed with eigiir ottos, shoos, canned gootld attfj* tin) III. . At Woavorvillo, oioht miles north of Anhoviilo, N. !5ob HraokeH iuutow-v. ly escaped I ? o i 1 1 lynched for an as.-aull upon Kitty I iomlorson, hut after boinir spirited away to Uuncomhc jail a mob battered tho door down, ami it is very likely that lie has paid the penalty of his crime. William Austin, know n as the giuiit blacksmith of Stanley county, is to at j tend tho l-nivoraity of North Carolina this year ami join tho football team. IJeJs ti foot inches hi?h, weighs Wu pounds mid is twenty- two years old. Ho walks with a halo of cotton weigh ing .')00 pounds. lie will he tliobiggest football player in the country. liluv All About I lie North. Thoro will bo oniceholders in Greater New York. A k)i i | > direct to tin: K Inudyko yold Holds will leave Now York about Aug ust Cist. Congressman Ashley H. Wright dropped dead at his homo at North Adams, Muss. At Paluin, Ark., in u raco riot, IIimmi 111011 were Killed, ono filially wounded nod two others hud I3* injured. Hon. \V. J. Itryan will speak to tho Marion county (Illinois) old settlors at tho reunion to ho held September <!. Lafayette College, at Haston, I 'a., has received by a recent distribution of {ho Fayei wcatljer estate tho sum of At Halt iinonn Peter Monahan, ??! years old, \uts hanged for tho murder of his wile, Tho crime was committed oil May y/ith, ls/?7. Henry Sttnfoi'd was elected vice prow ident, and William H. Dinsmoro trus tee, by tho dirActora of tho A/Jjuiif; Ex press Company in New York/ It is oRtimntdd that Knuwin will havo nearly r>0, 000,()(j0 bnshols J of winter wheat to soil IhtH year, alio that <10 por Cent, of it will be roarkulod within sixty dnya. A man by the nanio of Haker, at Don nison, Texas, has entered huu against his wife for divorce on tho dnuKo^'df'1 snoring and excessive use of butter milk. At Pittsburg, Pa., James Klhort ar restod as a auspicious eharactor and supposed to bo an anarchist, crcated f float excitement- at No. H police station iouho by slushing llvo policomon with a razor. .Japau will havo a gold curroncy after Oct. I^noxt. ? t. Secretary Bliss )ia? issuod a warning rolativo to the Klondike fields. Bishop Key rfftyfrth'6 Southern and Northern Methodista will never unite, Wm. Cramp .V Sour hiivo sued the I United Sthtea on alilp building con- J 1 There nro ??voral cs?o* of typhoid lever in thy Vandorbilt household ?i Biltmore.N^ C. V . . The death of Sir Isaac Holdon, the | inventor of tbe Incifer match, is an nounced frojoall 1 -k Ethel M. Harris, colored. vKf Park- I erfllmrg, W. Vfc., ha* sued C. 0,} Wattx, rgfrrntl>roo<Tit1oWrul ftfiti l Governor, claiming WO damftg*A j An invention liM vnf?cM| \ niK <;ui.i<:nvii,i,f. ami'mov, V Couornl Oi'ilor Inhii((I -Alt Aiiauuc 111 I'll I H ( i 1 \ Oil. liolow in tjivoll h ropy of a ^Ouoi.U j >i ? l??v \v li it'll lul l 1 1 1 s ( I icv u isHUod \'V j ion, Walkor in ro^tin I lo tho coming | 4 1 mi u u I toiiuiou of tho t 'onfodoruto vot ?Mil us hi Croonvillo. II will bo of t'fC llI )l|(lM'UH( to till* Votl'I'llUa nil OVOI' ! .ho Statu: ! ionoi a I ( inlora No. ill : I I. I lio warm hoartod aim Ijimpitahlo pooplo <>| < i t rou villo aro making ovory in iiii;.:oinant I'ui' Mio ooinlort and out or I Hi ii in<< ii t ol tlio viYioranaot thodiv iaiou, | lllil !oi' lllll MlOOOap of tlllHI annual I'O union, \ ii hmI ??> illi, I S.i r. I II < nin ps? iiu* our madly ii i"|40?l lo ?oml mi largo dolo^a I ioiiii tin puhaiblo I'lio low mio of l'n to, ono oont i vt mile for thti round trip, will wiiablo thou. aiiils from all |?nrts of tlio Statu to attoud lliin, wliioli liolti fair to ho tlio giiiiido> t rfiuuioii of old Coil foil or at ch o vot' tudd in lliis Stalo III, Tlio oiMi volition will oonvouo promptly al I" a. in August v'dh at. tlio hull in tSoattio'a building, ooriioi ol Main ami Wasliin^toi) alioola, I V. 'I'lio lioa?I?|itHi'lfts of tho iliviv>ioi? will ho in tho hiiuio building. All vot orari i aro roipn jitoil to lo^bdor thorn boforo t ho moot ing of tint pon vont ioi? ami Kociiro llioir bad^on oiil itling I hem ? o ? ?'.it:i ami ol hot privilogoa of Iho ' ?* union. >. i 'oiumiliooa of tlio homo nniip* will moot voloraiiH on Iho incoming IraiiiH as Moll a? at Iho dopol, ami givo nil iiiforjnal ion ami iis.sistanoo in uoour m/,r Ind^inga, ?do. ( a in jut will plfaiao ail vino t lov. \Y. h. Minildin, ohnirman, of tlio nttmhor and uamun ol dologoton, in oi iltir that I hoy may ho UHKignud i P I a r I ora on I ho f i' arrival. II oil! groat l\ facilitate tho work of tlio lorn) o.om mitloo ami t ho ooinforl of thoilolo';i?'io.s, if thin is altomled to. - > VI. Sponsors of tlio various camps unthorizod in gonorul ordor No. !Mwill ploimo report on arrival to Col. Jiihioa A. Iloyt. I'laoh oamp iaoarnoHtly urged ? lo havo a sponsor. Camps will jdoaso oiirry thoir oamp Hags or banners, aa thoy muy ho iioodod hy t h6 nponaors. Nil. (hiring tho reunion, afca finio lo. ho fixed horoaftor thoro will ho a nmu iort of tho old South Carolina oointnanda of tho Confederate army by brigadoa from tho various oonimaudH. VIII. It iH hopod that all countioK having thro? or moro nam pa not yet- orgauiaod Into regiments, wijl do no, and report v to tliofto hoadipiartors hoforo tlio ronton. Tho major general commanding urgoa thin formation of regiments, and of many neighborhood enmps, aa Iho surest w ay of bringing all tho veterans of tho di vision into eiunpH and of keeping up thoir interest in our worthy orgimi/a,* lion, and ita laudahlo objects. IX. CampH in arioaiH for Ihoir duoM tT> Iho di vision for thoyoiira 18!l">-5)f! and I8!KI !)?, oithor or both, will plciiMi send thoir delegations proparod to pny' their (Iuoh of oontH por annum nor comrade. My oouimaml of Major (Jouoral (J. !?'? vino Wiilkor. .lAH. (I. IfOT<MRM, Adjutant (jonoral, (Jhief of iStaft". Til K SRNATOKIAIj KAOK. Thoro May l>o a Moooiul IClcctlon and No Prodlcllona Arn lleliiK Miulo. A Hpcoiul from Columbia to tho At IuiiHii Constitution under date of ..Jtlio 1 1 th, says thoro is u I ready ft good doaj of figuring g<?>'?g to tho result of tho prijumy on AugUat iilat fottfonatoiv , (iiid it in seldom that ti result aa boon ho uncertain. Throe day? boforo tho opening of tho primary it. Boomed aa If iMoi/aUrin would liHvo a walkover, but there lias boon u considerable ohango since then, Tho Hold - I r by van a and Duncan .-is unit ed, on one point, a11 are against AlcJjftxi rin. A constant fire lias boon kept up against him on hid tariff views, withim monHo jabs on many other /flatters, such an hin having dictated t-ho I'opuliat plat form, oppoHod Tillman's polioy in tho Darlington war, oto. Tho crowds, with vory fow excep tions, havo boon undomoiiBtrativo,mauy of tho. county papora are koeplug in tho middle of tho road, unable to pick tho winner, ho that it in diflicult to judge of tho result -of thin hammering on tho young Senator. It in expected that the vote will bo pretty done,, a second primary being a probability, and ( Miarloston's vote in a vory important factor. But it trans pires that a great many voters tfh^ro are without polliax recoiplH, uucuttSiuy to entitle them to vote, while iniyiy othera take no intorost in tlie result, looking on ull tho u?ndidatos in much the same light. I'olltaxoa are alwaya paid more generully in election ycara. Last winter, when tho tax waa duo, luftnv nogiected to pay, not expooting an election this year. Thon the ward heclora havo been nccustomod to pay tho taxoa of many mon to get their voteii, but the ^Beolora aro not in tho field, because no mcnoy has been put uo by tho candidate* and the local pol iticians are not interested. Thoro aro hundreds of mon who aro pot affected by tho polltax matter who will bo ab sent on Hummor vacations at election time. Ho tho prospoots aro that Char leston will give a very small vote. Jrby is said to be tho favorite there, but the friends of Eyans aro cutting in . hard lioka for their man. MoLaqrin being conservative would be the nat ural favorite in Charleston, bat the fact that lie and Governor Eflerbe aro known to be olose politically and that - Ellerbo is unpopular . beiAUso.of. his failure tororuowthe ttiWpbllw-pft"] Hoe, has mitigated Against him. . J'Ani Better; llo fjhtasy.'' ' The condition of United States fSouu tor Mol^uirin, uX Houii? tMrolhm; Hute oidedly improved and hid friends ~*re no longer Apprehensive. It will reqnii-e ? eeverfl d*y* of nbuwlnte reflt for h^u io ?iU wUinm N?W York on - - . ye? J>>ii iho<m