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^ ??., i ? ? vw ?- n VOLUME VIII. tllfllpi Agricultural antflndustrial Progress In the South. Prosperity ^ e^ry section, I'roftresa lit "Vrult Culture ? Tobncoo And Cotton? Urowth In Textile Iu 'lual plf.s, In a recent convolution with Mr. M, V. Richards, land nml industrial agent of tho. Southern Railway, 1 was sur* * prised to lonrn of tho extent audvaiioty of tho material development that has tnken place reoontly and' is still in pio grass in tho Southorn States, and of I ho ggnoraL.ro vival in business now in pro gross tuoro. Mr. Richhrds hasrocoot ly made (i tour of observation along tho lino of tho Socvthein Road, ftn(l ropio Bonts that tho conditions nro ftll favor ablo in tho .South to ft sens- ; on of continued prosperity. I no pOoplo ftio employed, mines, nulls, and railrods are busy, farmers have boon blossod with abundant crops in ovorytliing save cotton end to bacco, and prices nro higher than in former years. Now enterprises ato being eilftblishod in various sections, and immigration from tho Northern Statos is increasing and is of tho best character. Industrially and ngnoul b turally, tho South has novo* boon so prosperous as now, and nover befoio have thOro boon bo many ovidoncos in dicative of n steady and rapid dovolop WOnt on all business lines. Mr. lucn ards collected data during his tour ot observation for a general roport, and, at my request, furnished ft detailod statement for tho l.odger, which will bo of intorostnot only to porous who aro interested by reasons bt invest ments in tho South, but by the peoplo generally, who will rojoico at tho ovi doncos of progross in tho South, fur nished by Mr. Richard's faots and ng . uros. Tho Southorn Railway system reaches so many portions of tho South. ,runs through to many parts ot tue ^ eight States it enters, touches so many . businoss, and populous centres like Richmond, Norfolk and, Lynchburg, Virginia; Raleigh, Winston, bahsbuiy and .Durham, North Carolina; Colum bia, South Caroliua; Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and Brunswick, Georgia; An niston, Birminghain and Selma. Ala bama; Chattanooga, Rristol and Knox villa, Tennessee, that nearly evory in dustrial and agricultural interest is represented along its lino, and tho pre vailing conditions, therefore, found m tho country through which it passes may bo regarded as representing tho gonoval condit ion of aftairs in the South ern Stntos. INCUKASKD VIEI.I) Or WITEAT AND CORN. In his roport Mr. Richards says: 1 ho agricultural interests of country trav ersed by tho Southorn Railway are greatly diversified. Thoro were much better grain crops than usual lost, j'car and, of course, pricos wore higher, in Virginia the wheat yield was immense, mid tho samo i? true of tho kast lonnes boo crop. Kentucky's yiold is good and of a lino quality. Tho North Carolina crop was increased both in aoreage and viold. In tho other States the yield was go6d. Tho South not only uses all tho wheat it raises, but imports wheat flour, though thoro is no good roasou whv this jrUouIiV.Uq dono, . On thisao-. : count tho Houthctii, frfrmer realizes a ??? bettor price for his wheat than the Western and Northern- farmer, and tho samo is true as regards the corn crop. ?Tho total wheat and corn acreage of tho Southern States east of the Mississippi it i vor was increased last year. ^ hero is - a Btoady increase in th# number of flour ing mills. New mills aro boing erected in various placos in Virginia North ?Carolina and East Tennessee. In many f. places in theno States nulls, have this year paid farmers a bushel for wheat, , and in somo cases $1.05. ?ronACOO and cotton. Tho tobacco crop is not so good as last year, especially in Kentucky, but prices moro than compensate for tho falling oil" in yiold. Tho great tobacco districts of Konl^-Vwnia, **orth Caroliua and J\net 'lentfBBW^we ftll j prosperous. Tho markets aro preparing ? -for great sal at good prices, aud the factories arc all busy. A number of uT.* tew -factories have beou-XAcently- open "" ed, shovyfhg a lfl?go^.g?in in this mdus trv Tho groat stli'plo of tho uouth is cotton. Recent reports show a falling off in tho yield, but planters will got moro money than last year. FHOORB88 IN F1<UIT CUIAURE. Fruits and vogotables aro also great crops in tho South, and this hns been one of the host of years for these. I he a new vineyard town of i rnithurst, Ala., * mado its first shipment of grapes, and henceforward will-send largo quantities 'to tbe North. Tho other road -sent for ward largo shipmonts of the several va Pieties of fruit. Wotorn North C?.o liuft has come to tho front as a particu larly good apple couutry, and will un doubtedly Mton beconro one of the greatest sourcos of tho supply of t^?t " fruit. Thoy claim, and with good roa ron. that tho fiuo mountain <M??ate . about Ashovillo and in tho I con Wiry gives frhits a peculiarly fine flavor. There aro large profits b apple, peaoh, graptfnud other fruit culture in CteWonkh, #?d oldfwt?^?nd ^wieTW, m woll'as mauy colonics from tneNorth ?who havo been ' tocatop lotig enough , to I v,y0 bMriitg oroWis and vmeyards^ ?? tttade money this year. The same tooy - fcAMid of truck formers, who are nnm ' Bfoni"aIonKWlIhe' of the railway in 8 V&X for* C?oUm, jg .?~rA7itrtsr4 heBontbern, tfah-tf" track" m4 whkki?f? tMm Waahinitouand na4 condition. Lvor farmor* in other localities in stock 'faising, This knowledge has added materially to tho prosperity of the Hc>uth'orn faruiors this year, uud will add btill more in ihe futiu'o. liAHOK 1'UOl'lH FOK KAHMKHS. 1 havo spokon at length regarding the various crops, because I dosiro to i^iiKo plain the conditions surrounding tho Honthem farmer at the paosept. time. Ho ha? not, it is truo, beon groat a sufVeror from low pricoaa? tho Western farmer, who lias not lm<l bo good mar kets within easy reach, and has not boon ablo to diversify his crops to tho saino degree as the Southern farmer. It would be hazardous to make an esti mate of the excess of prollts to South ern agriculturists this year over last, hue it will run into millions of dollars, lit has been said that tho wheat will yield tho farmers 50 per cent, more than last year. I have the returns from one farm of (57 1-2 acres in tho Shen andoah Valley, which shows a yield of 1,788 bushels of throshed wheat, or a fraction of over 31 bushels to the aero. Such yields aro not uncommon in tho j valley country, and tho prices rangod fioru 70 cents to 81.0-i per bushel. 1M M lO RATION rilOM TUB NOUTII AM) I WB8 r. Auothhr thing tending to agricultural prosperity in tho South is the increas ing immigration from tho North and West. Most of tho farmers from tho Northwest liavo gone into fruit raining. Several colonies from the North have beon founded along the lino of tho Southern Railway, at Missler, Bremen, Fruit hurst, Toccoa and Fitzpatrick, whoro largo tracts of land wore pur cbrsed by companies and sold to set tlors in small farms for orchards and vineyards. Theso colonies havo boon uniformly successful. Lands aro now boing selected for tho location of three or four colonics that aro now coming from tho North this fall. RAPID GKOWTH IN MANUl-'AC'Tl'ltES. Thoro has Vicver been such activity among Soutliorn factories than at pres ent, so many men employed, nor so great and so healthy an incrcaso in tho number of manufacturing plants of va rious kinds. Tho figures showing the growth in somo industrial lines in States east of tho Mississippi are simply wonderful. Those States, owing to pe culiar advantages in obtaining raw ma terial, costtof power, whether steam or water, and labor, havo not fcullered liko tho industries of tho North anil West sinco 1893. Indbod, in many respects, Southern industries, from 'Alio natural advantages postsssed by them, havo steadily grown and prospered, and now, since a chango has como in tho busi ness conditions of tho ontiro country, they are enjoying a most prosperous era. development of textile INDUSTRY. The growth of textile manufactures is tho frecpient subjcct of discussion and coinmont. Tho secretary of tho Now Orleans Cotton Exchange recently published a report, showing that in 1890 Southern mills consuuiod 540,801 bales ot cotton, and in 1800-07 they consumed 1,042,071 balos, an incrcaso of 40), 777 bales, or over 90 por cent. In tho same time tho increased consumption in Northern mills was only frcjin 1,799,258 to 1,804,080 bales. In 1890 tho South ern mills tookjonly 23 percent, of the cotton consumed by American mills. In 1807 they took nearly 37 percout. In tho eight Statos traversed by tho Southern Railway thoro wora in 1890, according to the ceusus report, in opera tion in Southern cotton-mills, 1,533,250 spindles and 30,200 looms. Thoro aro now in the same StatcB 3,451,031 spin dles and 90,902looms, again ol 1,918,381 spindles and 52,902 looms, or 124 and 148 per cont. respectively. In 1804, when tho Southern Hallway was reor ganized, tliero were ou its lino 1,402,101 Bpiudlos and 39,884 looms. This year there aro 2,394,307 spindles and 00,501 looms, a gain in three years of 992, 170 spindles and 20,077 looms. Of the 240 ?uiiles along tho lino of the Southern Road, 78 havo boon erect ed since 1884. A number of new mills are now building in North Carolina, South Carolina, Uoorgia and Alabama, which will incrcaso tho spindles by 300,000. It has beon estimated that in repairs, additions and now mills alono there will bo invostcd in tho South this ye&v nearly 815,000,000. Nearly ovory ono of thecomplotod mills is now run ning on full time and making ffltono.v, and they have boen buey all .this year, savo whore it becaiuo nuoessary to cur tail production from tho scarcity of raw cotton. The big Eagle and Phcouix Mill at Columbus, Oa. , has started to work on an all-night schcdulo. and othor mills are reported equally busy. Moje labor thaneyor is boing omployod in Southern cotton . mills. There are numerous (woollen autV knitting mills in tho South, and liko tho cotton mills, thoy are pushed with ordors. Somo of tho li^ills aro shipping cotton Soods and yarns to Chiua and Japan. >ur land and industrial department has an exhibit at tho Pittsburg Exposi tion, in which aro numorous sAmplos of the yarns, sheeting hosiery, and other products of tho cotton and knit ting mills along tho Shu thorn Railway, which show something of the great pro gress of tho textilo industry of the South. BOUTHKRN MKUC1IANTK BROOMING ArtUKKH Id all tho ciliea and town along the line of the Southern Road wood work ing factories, lurabor* mills and othor nianufactaringentprprifiosaro busy, and employing full <A)mpl<unentB of nion. M or chants and jobbers at lliohmouw, Norfolk, Atlanta, / Augusta. Binning* Jiom? iLaoxYillejaiiH Nttflhvillo ai o emu lilting those of Northern and Wesfern cities. And *re reaching out for trado. Considerable building is .in progress at the. plaoea pimed and at other places alonfc^the line of the road. In fact, evidences of prosperity are everywhere to bo seen in the South.? Ji M. Carson in the Philadelphia (Pa. ) Ledgor. Si# Minister to Ouatatnala. ; 7' President MeKinly ha? signed ex Btpulintetift W. Godfrey Hunter's , commission as minister 16 Guatemala. ' It k aatUntood that the President has decided on WB. SOriby, !orjoonn?al . general a?4 igatiffn at Gn#tAmala event Dr. finally to e?eepi the position of n^itsr, . to cinata L tl I.. I ^ . Armstrong, a Member of the Legis lature, Dies at a Fire, 'SOME NEW CHARTERS GRANTED . I j I'urtlous (ii-Mittiwl---\\ intltrop's Open In/*- l))s|>t'iisiii<; Hack Profits- - OC her l*u 1 mot to Happenings. 9 C" ? V I ho Wiulhiop College ftt Hook Hill, I opened with prospects for a bright ' year. To make room for more pupils in tho dormitories, many of tho teach ers aro boarding in tho vicinity this term. In that way room has been mado to)' about forty moro dormitory fitudouts than last year. Thoso quar I evs being fully taken up, brings tho nuiuber to about 380 or moro livina thero, while under tho supervision (if Iho teachers who board out, many moro aro I ? y i 1 1 ^ accommodated. Although tho college has only heou.opon for a few days everything is running alonK a# smoMh us clock work under President John buu's ablo supervision. ] -??? ' Fire was discovered in theginuerv of tho lion. \V. .1. Armstrong, a wealthy farmer residing near Bethel poHtollleo, York county, and about eight miles from York villo. Tho ginnery was com pletely destroyed. In the excitement attending tho Jiro Mr. Armstrong be came overheated and very much excit ed. lie was a sull'orer from heart dis ease and tho unduo oxertion andoxoito meut reHultod in his death. Mr. Arm strong was a member of Iho legislature from York county. He was a prosper ous farinor, a man of undoubtod integ rity and porhaps tho host known man in Northeastern York, ilo leaves a wife and hosts of friends. 9 Gov. JOIlorbo has granted a full par don to Cluis. Situs, who was convicted in November, 1(391, in York county, of Vttpo and sentonood by Judge I'tyisor to lifo imprisonment in the Stato peniten tiary. Ilo has also granted a full par don to Israel Hrown, who was convict ed in January last in Union county of receiving stolon goods ami wan sen tenced by Judge Watta to fiftoeu mouths in tho ponitontiary, A mooting of tho Wostern Carolina Gamo Protective Associatipix was hold at Greenville at tho office of the presi dent-, O. F. Dill. Action was taken along tho line of enforcing tho ganio laws, especially tho shooting of quail boforo tho season opens on Nov. 1. It is said that gunnors nro already hunt ing birds and the association will in vosligato tho matter. ?*??. . A meeting of road commissioners will bo alio feature of thoStato fair and dif ferent towns In tho State are already olccting delegates. Tho subject of good roads will bo thoroughly/ talkod over and somo plan will l>e decided upon that will onablo all tlVe counties to have roads that will beadrAoui to the people who travel them. . . ??? The following chartors havo been granted 1)3' tho Secrotary of State: Cheraw Agricultural Fair association, of Choraw; tho Chatleston Firo De partment Aid association; tho George town Grocery Com pan 3'. Tho capital stook of tho latter is to bo So0,00() divided into sharos at 3100 each. The Htato dispensary authorities have at last paid into the State Treasury the entire amount of 818H,fi00. 40 duo tho State on the general fund, and it is now considered that- tho State has, been relieved from -tho necessity of bcxrrow ing/rtKjnoy to meet tho current expanses of tli6 government. ? Gov. Ellorbe has o/fercd a reward of ?150 for tho apprehension with proof to conviot of tho partV or parties who re cently fired upon W\ N. Hnsel from mnbush in Saluda c\unt\\ This was the second attempt to rake Mr. Mnsel's life in this manner, l\p h?vnj?.been badly wounded several monfclrsago. -? ?itii*? In turning a curve a third of a milo beyond Hilton, Lexington county, the down train from Laurens, oyer tho Columbia, Newborryaud Laurens rail road. struck and lustantlp killotl . John Henry Haltiwanger, ?.*> years of ago, who was slowly walking on tho track. A crowd of negroes wore in the woods gambling, near Kelton and they had a quarrel over tho cards. One of them named Bird, shot and killed another namod Henderson. Bird walked olY and has not bocn arrested. Kaht-. A. Van Wyck, Tammany's candidate for mayor of Now York, is re momborod by old settlors in Groenville. >fle M'as born noar Pendleton, his /mother being Miss Maverick, of Ander i son count3\ \ * Win. Little, a citizen of Spartan burg, has been arrosted there for counterfeiting. Ho waved a prelimi nary investigation and gavo bond for ^.5,000 for his appearance at tho United States court at GreonviHo. . , The.. hctv" county seat of 8*1 tula, throtigtr the enterprise of Messrs.' ,T. A. Attaway i|nd Alvin Ethridge, has placed herself in touch with tho outside world 4>y building a telephone Jmo frou Saluda to Johnson. The laying of the cornerstone of the new coart house, on October 20th, will attract a large crowd to Ander ? Wyatt Aiken is urged as a- candidate fer Congress from Abbeville. . ? Cheraw *? fair will te held nextmonth, 22-20. There will be bicycle racing nnder the sanction of the L. A. W. , which will 'dottbileee attract riders fronralt oreTTh<r8f*te. - Thoae farmer* who made * Mr crop ? . _ it f Z _ . 1H.SI KOYK.l) HY FLOODS. Ton* of Thousands Arc Homeless In China. Tacoma, Wash. ? (Spooial.) - The steamer Victoria brings nows of tho most disastrous floods that linvo visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Sung Chou, containing over 80,000 bihabitunfs, have been destroyed by floods and tho people drowned or forced to lleo. There are no means of finding oul bow many thousands have been drowned, but tiie number is estimated by Chinese authorities at 15,000 to 0>0. t ho flooded district is within twelve miles of Poking, the capital of China. Ah a rule Chinese oftloiats make very little stir when a calamity like thin hup pens, but tho pioxiiuitv of tho.disastor has resulted in its being brought to the attentjoii of tho einporor, who has orderod that all possiblo relief be given. .<? Survivors from tho villages nearest Peking have boon allowed such shelter an they can lind in the city walls but thousands uro without protection against tho rain, which continues to fall. Their distress is most pitiable. I'ublio spirited and wealthy men of Po king and Tung Chou nroaetivoly assist ing iho authorities in providing them with food. Tho Moods havo greatly damaged a largo number of estates be longing to Poking nobles. The un usual rains began July 88, and con tinued until Aug, 15. The crops in tho flooded districts wero dostroyod. The prefects, local magistrates and people of tho flooded ' district prayed for tho cessation of tho rain sovon days before tlie.y were filially driven out of thoir homos. Marly in September high oiNcials of Pekin and Tien Sien suddenly forbado the slaughter of cattle, thoir object being to appeaso the wrath of God and stop tho rain. Proclamations to this elVect wero posted. Tho rosult was to cut oft' tho entire moaV supply, which led foreign counsels to protest against the prohibition and to report the situ ation to the foreign ministers at Pokin. Jt is claimed that tho action of tho of ficials constitutes a violation of tho froaty rights. VIRGINIA It ICl'U 11L1CANS, Patrick Ilcnry MeC^t!! Named as tlio Candidate for Governor. Tlio Slato Uopublicnn convonti6n of Virginia, in session at Lynchburg, nominated tlio following tiokot: Henry McCaulI, of Culpepper, for Govornc;-; Col: (). H. Itollor, of Harrison'our^, for Lieutcnaut Governor, rnd .ViiniG.i Lyons, of Richmond, for Attorney General. Col. Win. F. Wfokbnin, of Powhattan was olected J^at? chair mnn, and ho with J, B. Pat tin, of Hoanoke; Alva Martin, of Nor folk; 'J'. K. Hftokan, of Harrison burg, and Colonel It. T. Hubbard, of .Buckingham, composo tlio Htato oxocutivo cominittoo. Tho Stnto cen tral committee is made up of three mombors from each congressional dis trict. A completo plan of organization was adopted. Tho platform is brief and en dorses tho National Republican plat form, the McKinley administration honest oleelion, etc., and deals with Stato issuos. F1KK SWKKF8 MANITOBA. Sotno of tlio Towns Tlircatoned-All Farmers Suffer. Winnepeg, Mau. ? (Special. ) ? Ito portu continue to pour in from all parts oi the pranrioco of destruction by prairio firos. In somo districts not a farmer eecaped Iosh by the ftery wave that awopt over tho oountry. Appoals were mado in all the city ohurchos fof aid for tlioso who sustained loss in the brush country east of tlio city. This was whore the two women and ftvo children lost their livos and many other families had thrilling os capos from liro which had hedged thorn in 011 all sidoA. Soveral familios lost homos, ''cropfv'and all live stock, and as thoy are tt^w settlers ^ro left destitute. The firo run to withiU' 100 yards of one of tho principal residence portiohs of tho city south of tho AKsinihoino, ami tlromen had to bo called out to boat out tho threatening (lames. RObll'Sifi OF THE SUN, To l>o Witnessed In India by Amcil can Astronomers, ^ Two expeditions will leavo California this month for. India to witnoa* tho total eclipse of tho sun. Prof. Uurck halter ast/onomor at the Chaboy ob oervatory, will go with a comploto out lit, aiid'Prof. W. W. Campbell, of Lick obsorvatory, will represent tho State Institution. Tho Pioraon expedition for tjie Chaboy observatory will leave Octojjbr 5j0. W. W. Campbell, of tho Lick observatory, will start October 1U, and it is probablo that tho two expedi tious will moot in the Orient. <i ? Collapse of a Illg Hotel. Two men aro dead and ten injured as tho result of the blowing down of a big now hotol at Lindsay Park. Charlevoix, Mich. The structure had beon nil en closed and partly idaateretf. About 40 mon wore at work in and around tho building whon tho crash came. All w<*o buriod in tho ruins. The building '440 feet long, and tb^ -ixputh end iMxran to sway, theroof teemed to lift aim the whole immense structure ca reened and crashed, the ruin following liko a tidal wave to thC north end. It is asserted' that the bnifding wan not perfectly braced, and tli* supervising earpeftter la blamed. Kxploslon In a Mine, At Plymouth, Pa. , in No. 2 elope of tbc Pail lib Coat nan r, IhrW iacri wer?. killed, ono burned, by gaa and were overcome by Are-damp by a4>*ploaion. Pencil Point are. The Nebraska bMddla-of-the-Road Populist Convention at Lincoln, was. lightly attended. The body of Charlea F. Wing, a, Owing to a drought at Ovocolo, Ark., welt* tredrynud pOojle I bafra to t Tbo arehitacte of tba world have been ; L HI Pension Attorneys Barred From Practice, ? ? \ MALE STENOGRAPHERS WANTED l.itok ul'Krosli Walrr MikIo itn Km'U.hh For Nut Km( nhllshliiK a liurgoi' (<ih i Isou Oil Sulli\ tin's IsIhikI. Slowly but shroly tho roil tn| o sur rounding thcostablMluncntof a military garrison on Sullivan's Island is being unwound at t ho war department and in a fow weeks troops will bo ordered thoro for duty. Ir. (ho general orders pro- j mitigated from army headquarters Sur geon \> in. I'. I jpw is has boon order 0(1 to duty iu connection with tho now Harri son to bo established at Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, S. ('. 'I ho order detailing tho bat tor v for duly there lias boon prepared and forwarded to the commanding K''" oral of tho depart inent of tho Fust, at Governors Island, New \ ork harbor. Mo is expected to promulgate tho order m a few dayn. It appears from tho in spection of tho surroundings of tho now fortifications on Sullivan's Island thai Homo of the ofiicert} lour the supply of fiosh water there will not bo adeipiato, and Homo of them are uncertain whether in boring jwtosiaii wo 1 1 h* frosli wulor will bo obtained in sufiioiont quantities to warrant tho establishment of t? gnrri- I Hon composed of more than one battery, I IhiK is u subject for imiucdiato outlaid- I oration, and if it can bo domouulrated that there is an abuudanco of fresh wa* i tor on tho Island it is probablo that a two battery garrison may bo established thoro. Hurgoon Lewis is ordered to re pel t for duty ntl'harlcston immodiately. Ho was originally ordered to duty at 1'ort Mel'horson, (loorgia, but his or ders were modified to send him to ( 'harloslon. Ihoro is a larger demand for male stenographers and typewriters in tho departments than the civil service com mission has boon ablo to meet. Tho salaries range from &000 to $1,000 per annum. From tho following Staton tho opportunities of appointment from this examination aro bettor than from oth ers; Utah, South Carolina, Louisiana, lennoHsoo, Arkansas, Kentucky, South Dakota, Maine, Texas, Washington, Mississippi^ Now .Jersey, Missouri, Now iiampnhiro, North Carolina, Pennsyl vania, J own, Alabama, Kansas, Minne sota, Wisconsin and Illinois. In addi to appointments to thodopartmonts at \\ ashington, appointment:! aro some times made from this ro^intor lo the local oorvico in tho States. tor tho first- time an American nior chant steamship has ontorod tho port of 1 all i to, and tho results that followed prom iso to bo of great importance in the dovolopmont. of tho trado of tho , , I J?1?*08 "* that quarter of tho woi Id. L nitod Stato Consul Doty, who rojiorts tho matter to tho Stato Depart ment says that upon tho arrival of this vossol? tho Homer, of San Francisco ? a general council of tho colon}' was callod, and a subsidy of gJJO.OOO per an num was voted to the Amorioan com mercial houso of Kennedy A Fritch for tho main toenail co of a steam mail service with San Frnhoisey, touching at Mar morquesa. Tho steamers are to make a 2o-day service of thirteen trips per an num. I A man last weok applied in person at the fourth aHHiHlttiit'sofiico for a fourth class postofiiceship iu South Carolina Ho was asked if ho could got Wobstor's ondorsomont. On being informed that be oould not, tho ofilcial told him that ho could not get tho ofllop. Tho would be postmaster then queried if Webster con hi have any ono appointed that he wishod. To this inton'ogatory tbo de partment ofilcial replied;' "Not abac jutoly, but so Jong as the prosont order is in force no ono can bo appointed without ^ebster's endorsement. " ? . H~ I onsion Attorney Samuel Jl. Mc Lean, of Pittsburg, Pa. ; M. M. Chase, of Jjos Angeles, Col. ; and J). |?. Hothu mun, of Mt. Vernon. Jvy. , Jiavo been flisharrod from practice before tho In terior Department. Tho first two nam ed aro charged with demunding and ro* coiving illegal ponsion foes, afid Ho thllmun with filing forged declarations in ])ousion cases. Secretary ,Jas. Wilson, to extond tlin operations of the Department of Aur i enltui o along all useful lines, has'mado arrangements with tho cbiof of tho wcathor bureau to issue luouthlvicharts for tho benefit of the mariners/of the Great Lakes, showing tracks usually pursued by storms and other data which will onablo the inarinor to calcu late a month in advanco what ho may reasonably expect. - . Tho United States Consul at Jiromon informs tho Deportment of Stato that Prof. Ldwm Clobs, an omiuont seion ? tistt, lifts aqilod for tly> United States for tho imrjrMafcfc^L^nvestigating tho toxine^of yellow foVcr. lie will visit Washington during his stay in Ufts countfy. . / - Socrotary Wilson' of tho Agricultural Department, will, in his aniluat fe |>crt, ask > Congress/ to mnko 4inaterial intfroifio in tito ajWopriatior/ forUhe Bureau, of AnimJt^ IndtjstJy, the r armors' Uullotins atld the \\Veathor 13ureau. The United States will probable in stitute an inquiry into the report that Niesrauga hasgranted. certain conces sions to the Aiiaa Steamship Company, of London. Admiral Beasdslee, irho baa been sta tioned at the Pacific Station has return ed, and in pressing hie views of the situation in Hawaii to Secretaries Long ffjgffciWMtf eayatbathe faroreannei P10 >1 AN !> K()ll ATLANTA MQ.l'OR? I'I*0 Sinillifrii ami Svuhoanl Hcfutio to Unit) It Into South < arollnn, An A Hunt ii fcpcoial savn, Iho roccnt limbic hctwoou tho Inpuu dcalcra of Atlanta, tho railroads ami tho State ? >f ? tloiula of South Carolina, ovov tho whip mont ov liquor into tho lull mv Statu, has rcaohod a novol climax. I'ndov tho t ulinK of Jud^o Simoiiton as to what pouHt itutiul an 01 initial package, tho railroads havo hoon sending largo quan tities of liquor acros* tiu> lino, ami tho tli&ponsary l?uainona han craned almost entirely. Tho Southern Ixailway i'o fused to ooutinuo tho bujunoaa, ami haa a Ion lawauil i n eonMiquom'o. I'lio Sea board Air l.ino notified I )io dealers* that they wonhl ooutinuo to carry liquor un til initliUK'ht on tho 'J!?th, \vhoi\ tho IraHlo would con.so. In tho ncramblo lo l.iko advantage of tho limited time, car load after car loail <? f AtrouK drink (uih boon nhipnod from Atlanta, ono firm alono sending hovou cars. Tho result i? Unit iu Atlanta liquor is at a premium. A l'HOl'O.SKD KI.KCililC LIN 10. One l?'rom Wlllieshoro loTaylors vlllo ('onnidered. Tho construction of nn oloctrio rail radwuy from Wilkosboro to Taylorn villo; N. ('. ,n distancoof twenty miles, is now being n;: itidod. Tho proposed lino is entirely feasible. and could not fail to declare u handsome dividend to any oonipany operating it. Our pro duce largely seeks a Southern market, and i> inoro direct Southern outlet is r. felt want with our pooplo. Wilkosboro by reason of loealion. in tho natural nhipping i oint for tho produce of Alle ghany, Ashe, and eastern Watauga, and a Southern outlet that would alVord these counties cheaper ratoa of trans portatian than ean be procured via 1 Iroonsboro is badly noeded. Charlotte Obsorvor. Dl> Alj \V n il CAN It- li N 1 V ICS. Farmers llaelc Knelt Other to Pieces In Kentucky, A special from Owonsboro, K^v. , says: John Ovornnd John Smith, both prom inent farmers of thin county, got into n difficulty while cutting cane together in a ftold, and fought a duel with tho .auo knives. Thoy fought for Homo lime, and literally hacked oaeh other to pieces. Jtoth will dio. Thoy aro" quito aged, boing nearly aovont^earH old. 'I'ii rill Duty On Wrappers olid Fillers. Assistant Hcafotary Howoll has issued circular letter to customs officers on iho subject of rates of duty to be as sessed on wrapper and lillor tobaccos, under section 2IS1 of tho now tariff act. Instructions aro given to tho oll'oct that all wrappor and lillor tobacco, whou mixod or packed with more than lf> por coutuiu of wrappor tobacco, ia subject to duly aa wrappor tobacco. .Those in ulruetioiiM aro intended to oorreGt the ruling^ at somo of the customs houses,1 where it has beon erroneously hold that 1.0 per centum of wrappor tobacoo, when mixed with lillor, may be ontered at the lillor rate of duty. The Armor Hoard's Hoiithoiu Trip-' Tho armor board, homlod by ?>Om\ modoro Howoll, paid a formal visit to Secrotnry Long at Washington on tho 20th, for tho first time sinco its organi zation, and discussed work already oc coinplishod. It is probablo that tho departure of tho board on its Southoru trip will bo advanced to tho 15th of October, and that Birmingham, Ala., will bo tho first placo visited. Mullcu Will l>e Postmaster. Tho Charlotte (N. C. ) Nows statos from innido information that Charlotto'a now postmaster will bo .1. W. .Mullen, 'I his news comos from such a soureo as to leave little or no doubt as to its au thenticity. Tho 1 ontr fight ovor t Li in ofiico ban boon closcd, and nothing now remains to ho done oxcept the formal naming of Mr. Mullen. Arm Yourself When r*OCO?t?nvy, Tho three days' sossion of tho leboff convention at Chicago , ended in a cli max of incendiary speeches. K. M Jtanuistor, of HI. Louis, chairman of con volition, resigned the gavel and introdu'cui) a resolution advising strik ers in general to arm themselves for resistance wlieh jiocessaty, - \_ Out of Tit lr Ceflu tor Freedom. Five prisoners oscaped from tho county jail at Welch, W Va. , by breaking down a largo coll in which thoy wero confined and digging through a brick wall. Among tho number was William Leo, under life r;ontouco for the murder of the < 'lino boys. No Further Action, Tho postoftlco dopartniont will tako uo furthor action in tho incidont of tho fhooting of tho colorod postmaBtor at lloga'asyillo, (la. 1 1 wdbtako all steps possible lo prcvonl tho boycotting of Hlt> postoftlco thoro; tho postinaator has Xoturnod to his duties. Massachusetts Republicans. Tho Hcpublicau State convention of Massachusetts nomiuatod the following ticket by acclamation: Governor, Wm. | Ciano; Secretary of State, Wjn. M, Olin; Trcusuror, K. P. Shaw; Auditor, John W. Kimball; Attorney General, Ifosea M. Knowlton. Tho platform de nounced free silver. One 3IIIIIon Dollar Fire. Fire in Washington. D. 0., doatroy* ed the eleotfio-powerhouae and -gutted several other huilcllpg*, causing a low of one million aoli#r#x_ Woman Htreet Cleaner*. Mrs. A. E. Paul has formerly taken . charge of the brigade of uniformed \ irtroettrtwjnwr (riot of Chicago. Mm. Pan! Moored I her appointment aa inspeotor through tl?e CW? Sefrioe Commiaaaon. 8fe? denies that ?he is a "new woman." " ' ? 1 ,p k M - A-wv-V** ^ 4 111 (in i,r.<;\m: i-,M!i<i;v \ short slictch ? ? I' (ho Pevytrd Son ot^ South Carolina. I "olow in a >hort hkotch of tho I i f o of Ion. Hugh l<- Karloy. Iho distinguish ed Confederate whodiod last work: (Uuioral I'urloy was ;VJ years of a^o tml a native of I .aureus eonnty. 1 1 o Mitorod tho army in ism when lii yours >f a^o ami served throughout tho win, tad wan promoted for gallantry at tho >uttlo of Chickamau^a. After tho war >e was for so vera I yeura ouxu,itcd in ?hint iug on tho coast nuuc Chiiclostou, md returned to tho up-country during ? no oloction trouhlo* of and viti uitong tho prisoner;! sotit to Columbia luring tho l.uhi'Oha por.scontious. llo oiviovod to Spartanburg- in |s;i mid wan for a wlulo concocted with tho ^partauhuifj aid Union Ibiilroad there and afterwards aahuiiicd ed itorial control of Iho Spartan, which ho conducted with mark "d ability for four yctua. llo took in active part in tho campaign of <Il> in Spartiinluirtf ami adjoining count ics, and afterwards en^si^cd in tho profession of law. llo uas elected to tho liouislaturo from Sparlaubnr^ I'ountv in INMll, ami w an ?,'ouernlly in his seal, llo was a moat admirer of Mart iarv ami was actively idontitle I with the Ydlnmn inovomont for six or ci^ht mouths hofoi'o he was nominated by tho ; >omooratio primary for tho ollleo of \ 1 1 jutunt ( ioneral, for which lie had heon several times au unsucoo1 #ful can didato, ami which ho tilled with credit, to himself ami to Iho i-atisfitction of tho Conservative*! well an Pilinuiuitov, M'ter hi? retirement from tho ollleo of \d.jutant (ionoral ho was chosen to suc ceed the lamented (Ion. Kershaw as compiler of iho rolls of Konth Carolina commands in tho Confederate Korvice, itud Was earnestly oniru^vd in that work until his health yavo way. (ion. t-'arley was always a moderator man, -cckinic tho truth between extremes, Ami while not mioeOBsful us a pelilieitr , lie hud many warm pornonul friotiUH Uid adniirorw. iM.T.iv SOUTH CAROLINA AT PARIS. This Urgwl <o Prepare for Mi o Itl? Kxposlt Ioik Governor Kllorbo ia in roceipt of n lot tor from ^'Kodoral Nonrotary of Statu Sherman urging him to tako iinlnodiat^ steps towards securing representation fortius Stftto in tho Paris Kxpoaitiou. In hia letter Secretary Shorman says: In this napoct of tho mailer, ami with Hpooial roferonco to that provision of tho law whioh requests tho Governors of tho aovoral States ami Territories to niako a prbpor representation of tho productions of our industries ami natur al re ho nr cob of tho country and to tako such furthor measures as may ho noees nry in order to .soeuro tothoir respective States and Territories tho advantages to ho dorivod from this bonolleent un dertaking. I dosiro to respectfully urgo tho propriety as well as tho necessity, of immediately taking steps to no euro representations of tho natural and in dustrial resonrcoH of your State, to tho end that an exhibit on bohalf of tlio gomrnmont of tho United Statos boflt* ting-ln matorial aud industrial impor tance may bo assurod. Tho roport of Major Handy, whon laid bofore (Jongrosa, will upon its pub lication by that body, .bo sent to yon, ami it is boliovod that further corros pondouco with him upon tho subject, cannot fail to produce bouotloifti re sults. I boapoak your earnest and hearty co oporatioju in this matter in whatovor way~ you may think tho object can host bo accomplished. ? Jtospoctfnlly yours, John Siikiiman, , A SHOCKING ACCIDKNT. A Mother and Child Drowned Near Georgetown. A shocking accident occurred on tho bar of North Inlet, near Goot-gotown, tho details of which are Indeed pa* thotio: A young fisherman by tho nanio of S. T. Leonard with his family, con sisting of his wifo and young child, woro going into tho inlet whon their small sailboat struck a shoal aud capsized. Tho mother, holding on ty Iter baby, was rcoovorcd by tho liusband ami both had hopes of escaping a watery gravo. ... A 6ccond wavo, however, released thoir hold on tho regained boat and for tho second timo JJjo .. Mather.- .with- licr- ckild-waa ? washed away. Wonk from struggling with tho wavos, but nothing daunted in tho work of saving thoso dearest to him, tho anxious husband and father onco again rosouod his wifo and child, lbit fato had ordained it otherwise and thomothor's,jitrongth oompletely failing ~ her, sho kissed hor littlo treasure ami snrrendored it to tho next" terriblo wave that engulfed thorn. Uor husband reaching hor again for tho fonrth timo, she clasped him urouud tho neck, kiss ed him and sank into unconsciousness as tlio next black swell of tho sea separ ated her from him and carried hor info its dopths and etornity. M)'. Leonard roachod tho beacli in an . oxhauatod state and was piokod up and cay'ied |o the oppdsito shoro nndthonco to liis homo to whioh the small family haTBfeen making. Tho body of tho in* \ fantonly was recovered. . " r ? ' DIVORCED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Remarkable Defense or*? Fnlritcliilnn- \ Arretted for A story comes froniKeir^lukW county to the effect that M?gi*Wate Bolton of.,_ (bat county bad revleefl tfce FToutli Cwcv olitm prohibitorylaw ttgeioftt grautiag a divorce and ban gr?Mtod Fairfield owfttym>t? divorce from hia i the aJle?ed grotta4? . Jtf# deserted the ?oi?pUia^*>?pi of nine yeex* . ???? This alleged rallar of tlw ?m brou*bfc?oli|thMteWl| upon the en* " " beengt*ilid&L? ? ?... Sisu* ?'