The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 20, 1897, Image 1
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.
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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
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NEWS 111 (VitL
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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