The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 14, 1898, Image 1
VOLUME IX.
?AMDEN, S. C.^KIUDAY, ,IA
Handsome Showing Made Undef
Col. Neal's Management.
$9,600 PAID SINKING FUND.
lioard Will Itocommend the rearing
Down of the Old Main UtilUlIng
and tho Krcctlon of a Modem One.
Tho annual report of tho Superin
tendent of tlie State penitentiary re
fleots the greatest credit upon the man
agement of Col. W. A. Neal. The re
port shown that with eotton at5oent?
Col^ Neal lias been able to pay consid
erably over borrowed from the
sinking fund for the puiohase of the
Reed farm, and turns over to the State
Treasurer the baud some surplus of
about $10,000 makiuR&ljJe not earnings
of tho institution for tho year about
S1M&0. ?
? Another thing that the report shows,
indicating a remarkably lino sanitary
condition, is that the death rate has
been only 8$ per. ceutfor the year.
The board rocommend? the tearing
down of tho old main building in the
yard and the erection of a modern
prison structure in its stead. v If this i?
done the authorities pro confident that
the death rato can bo reduced below
that of any rrison in tho Unitod States.
A physician who has been going to
the prison occasionally says that the
eauitary conditiou was as good as that
of any prison he had eyor seen. Tho
hospital service ho considers better than
that iu most large cities. He fouud
that each convict wan clean and healthy
I'u - appoarauco aud, iuquifing as
o the cause, ascertained that
??eh man was provided with three suits
of underclothing, three shirts, sooks
?ml drawers; that each day the men are
given a bounteous vegetable dinner well
Cooked; that each day each man 'get* in
the way of meat a half-pound of bacon
aud a pound of beef or three-quarters
of a pound of pork, besides all the
wholesome bread he can oat.
It may bo mentioned also^41nrt""fne
prison has had to pay in its expenses
the expenses of guarding prisoners sent
to Cleinson, Winthrop aud the hospital
for the insano from timo to time.
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Successful Farming.
One of the most notable examples of
?ucoesBful farming in the State in the
year that has just "closed is that of Mr.
vf . Q. Jiatniuond, roportod by the
Monea trath Chroniclo a few days ago.
Mr. Hammond, it is stated, planted 110
acres of "bottom land," on Rocky River,
in corn, and has harvested 7, 400 bushels
from the tract, or, at tho rato of nearly
66 bushels to the acre. The yield, he
claims, would" have been ' still larger,
but for the fact that 15 actee^ofhis crop
Were raided aud badly ^damaged, by. cut
worms. There were several acres, as
reported, which produced over 100
b u? hole each . Resides this enormous
ootu orop, however, Mr. Hammond
made 800 bales of cotton and 1,000
bushels of oats, and b*$VCorn of last
year's orop' for ?ale. His cotton crop, '
be eays, cost him $?5,000 in cash, and if
sold at $25 a ?ale, or 5 cents a pound, ,
would leave Wia a net profit of $2,500,
and "all his cojn." Or, if the corn
were sold at the ourrent local prica, 60
cents a busboir it woultl bring $4,400,
or nearlv euough to pay the whole ex
pense of making the cotton crop.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Tlio First ttoud Luw
Sovoral daya ago it. f as stated thai
tho Good Honda Association wotlldgivo
out a aeriya of article* on 'the question
ol.good roads, so ns to arouse interest
iu the work. Tlio that of tlio aeries has
boon givon to the. proas for publication
by Chas. W, W'ilaon, seorotary, ami it
givos a brief sketch of the hiaUry of
road building from tho carlieat times,
but we only give thut part of it that re
^fttoa to the toad problem iu the State
taher early history, it follows:
"South Carol in :4 took up tho road
problem very early iu her history. On
tho 2Uth of May, 108'?, the Colonial
Assembly passed* tho first road law,
entitled "Ail Act for lliirhways. " In
1787 an Act waa passed directing a road
to be built to Orangeburg from "the
heaaof tne path tliat leads from Dor
choater to Oapt Izard's cow pen." iu
1743 an Act was passed providing for a
ferry across Santee River, and a road
made in connection with it "to facili
tate tho passage of travellers from
Charleston to Williamsburg aud others,
the northwestern parts of this province. "
From 1768 to 1 780 tho following" roads
wero provided for: From /Kutuw
Springs through Manchester, Camden
and Lancaster 0. II. ; from Fort Mott
to Fishing Creek; from Society H?U to
llennettaville, Marion, Conwayboro
and Georgetown, aud from the tamo
noint to Darlington, Kinustreo and
Fort Mott; from Orangeburg to Ninety
Six, Abbeville and I'eudleton; from
Augusta to Edgefiold, Ninety-Six and
Fisn Dam, and from Friday 'ti Forry,
on Cougaroe ltiver, to Augusta.
"In 1788 a general road law was
passed, requriug twelve days' work, or
a commutatiou tux of $2 per dieto', aud
in 1789 the fuuds dorivod fronr tavern
licenses wore appropriated to road im
provement.
"Thoso early roads were, as a general
thing, locatod with romarkable skill,
and well/built, aa the prosont condition
of many of thoih will provo. Drayton'H
'View of Houth^afMina,^ published
iu 1802< says: 'The rtfrfds in the State
are weH adaptod to traveling aud traus
Ppj^ationt evon to tho mountain^, and
Ifence the dragons find no difficulty in
coming from tue upper counties, bring
ing with them tho commodities of that
distant* region. Cross rouui* to aud
from each oourt house are made
throughout the Stato, and a wagon road
has lately beenf made from the north
fork of ?faluda river over the mountains
to Kuojtville, in tho State of Tejiuessoo;.
by which wagons have passed carrying'
loads of 2,600 pounds weight \ * * *'
And at this time a carriago and four
may be driven from uuy part of this
State to the other, from the seashoro to
the mountains, without auy other difll
culty than such as naturally arise in
long journeys.
| "As a further proof of to? high de
gree of efBcioncy of these old Stato
roads the cost of transportation by
wagons between Columbia and Charles
ton in 1821, as given by Mr, ltobert
Mills; waB only 17 22-100 cents per ton
per mile. Standard authorities give the
cost at 18 oents per tou per mile on the
jvery best earth roads, while the avorogo
etostvjn this State now is variously esti
mated at from 25 to 40, cents. ,
Since the beginning of the Railway era
in the thirties the historic! the public
, roads in this State has beeu entirely
"Witimut interest, reoording ouly a
steaay and unbroken decline. An ef
fort 'was made about ten years ago by
the writer to awaken some interest in
the fiuhjeoL-hlititwaa-aoou crowded out
by other issues. It is to be hoffed that
the present movement marks a turning
point, and that with the beginning of
tho twentieth ceutury an era of great
activity in road-building w.ill be com*
.afeenoaa^ .
as much ooMqn m last year. Figures
from the# treasurer's office are instruc
tive Ftom December 10, 1006. to Jan
uary 5, 1807/ tie amount paid on ac
count of the prfvilegetax was $4,052.60.
From DeiembW* 10. 1097. to January ft,
1690, the imonnfwas #2,267. This is ?
fall off of moN thinh^lf, and a gentle
man who is fafntlitr with sneh things
says that he dopi not believe that the
f store will show any increase. Jflrt
cent cotton will keep down the sales
mere than anything else. The Reg -
Incendiary Fire at Alcolu.
The Bishopvillo corrospodent of the
Btetesays: At Alcolu^Jjostofflce, uoar.
this place, Mr. J?. H. H?arou .a barn aud'
stables were burned on the ftth, to
father with 600 bushels of corn aud a
arge quantity of peas aud forage. x Jkfe
also lost five flue horses and mules, one
fine milch cow and two two-horse wag
ons, making his total loss over $2,000.
This makes the second barn and stable
Mr. Hearon has had fired in four years
and the fourth stable that has beeu fired
in a fourth of n mile of Alcolu postoffice
in the last two months. As a conso
quenco the people of tho community of
Aloolu are thoroughly aroused and de
termined to run down and*puniah the
fire fiend in their midst regardless of
ooet. If there ever was a case that de
manded reward from the Governor this
ie one.
The Privilege Tax.
Ail the indications point to the fact
that the farmers will not use as much
fertilizers this year as last. This may
mean a serions decrease in the revenue
of Clemson college, which last year
amounted to #60, 000. and may alsomean
that the farmers are not going to plant
Mooresvilio, N, C,, Office Safe
Cracked and $154 Stolen,
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NO CLUE TO THE ROBBERY.
.The liobbory is Supposed to IIav?
lioen Committed by Professional
Safe-Crackers.
Tho postofllce at Mooresvilio, N. 0.,
was robbed Wednesday night of last
week. The back doot of the small
building in which the office is located
was prized open with a crowbar, which
had been obtained at the railroad ata
tiou, a abort distance from tho olllce,
and an entrance thus ofTeotod.
After the btfrjjlars entered thoy be
gan operations at ouce on the safe. A
hole twelve inches deep was bored
through the top of the safe, and dyna
mite put theroiu. The aafe wa* moved
from the wall and tho fuse lighted. The
door was blown completely from tho
hinges, sovorat panos of glass iu the
front windows were knooked out, and
pictures thrown from the wall.
Although the robbery was committed
iu tho heart of tho town, within a
stono's throw of the Johnson Hotel,
only a few heard tho explosion, and
those that did did not think there was
auvthintr wrong. Tho burglars got away
with about $154 in money and stamps.
Daylight disclosed the robbery, and
threw tho town into a state of oxcite
ment. Mr. Robt, S. Tompleton is
postmaster at Moorouvillo. As soon as
ho learned of tho robbery? about 0
o'clock? ho wired Postmaster Mullen
at Chaflotto asking for instructions as
to what courso to pursue. Mr, Mullon
wired him to notify tho department at
Washington at once.
The mayor of Mooresville also told
f:? aphed to Chief Orr for bloodhounds
>ut none could be gotten. The hounds
at the oonvict camp are not sufficiently
trained to be put on tho scent.
The yobbory is supposed to have been
oommitted by professional safecrack
ers.? Charlotte (N. C ) Observer,
NRW YORK LBG181ATIIRK.
Governor lllack's Suggestions as to
the Labor Problem.
The Legislature of the State of New
York mot and organized on tho 5th.
The Senate, with a membership of GO,
has a Republican majority of 20. Tho
assembly, with lOO.namoson the roll, is
Republican by 8. In both houses the
Republican caucus* nominees were
eleoted without any unusual iucident.
The speaker of the assombly is ?T. M. E.
O'Grady, who presided dtiring the ses
sion of 1807.
Tn h"fs message to tho legislature
Governor Black made three sugges
tions in connoction with the labor
problem:.
1. That immigration be chocked.
2. That a fair rate of wages be paid
laborers.
3. That in opposing strikes by armed
men some method should be adopted
which would not at first discharge of!
firearms produce those fatal, tragio re
sults which have caused a recent event
to hp universally depjorod.
MEMPHIS tlOKS ? INDKPKND NT
The .Entire Democratic Ticket De
feated By a Small Majority.
Jas. J. Williams, independent Dom. of
MempbiB. TVnrnr, has been* eleetetr
mayor over Hon. Lucas Clapp, the
prosont incumbent, by a majority of
about 50& votes. The entire independ
ent ticket was also carried by reduced
majorities. The campaign has been an
exciting'ofio and both sides claimed the
victory up to the last hour. The elec
tion was quiet and orderly, and a heavy
vote was polled.
tlanna Has Gained Two Votes.
A special from Columbus, O. , of the
6th, says: Conservative estimates to
night place the legislative vote at ?6 to
70 against Hanna. The workers of the
Senator claim 71 votes, and Assurances
of the two neoessary* additional votes,
and possibly four moro. The opposi
tion insist* that Hanna will never have
70 votes on joint ballot, and that they
have gained two votes.
Disastrous Nltaro-Olycerlne Rxploslou
An explosion of 1,000 quarts of nitro
glycerine near Booth, an oil town a
few miles4eaBt of TeledofO., killed an
oil well shooter named Stephen Wilson,
and wipe<| out of exiatenco a team of
horaea and^wftgon. A piece of Wil
aon'a flesh1 and the head of one horse
was all that was fonnd. Considerable
damage was done to property in the vi
cinity, but no one else was injured.
A Crazy. Man's Awful Deed.
A Bristol, Tenn. , special to the Nash
ville (Tann.) Banner, eays: "In a fit
Of insanity, Alexander Carter, a white
oitiMn Oreenville.-kiHed bis wife
and \13-year-old daughter, Montie,
while they slept, and then shot and
Mil vhrtff hif wife
itfrwith an axa. He ia said
to have been mentally unbalanced for
Illwyr Klpfftl KOvvptJ*
Espfa** Graapany, at
JfowSUtt, haabaaa rebbsd
\ tltAVt) MAVK IjIKK.
Tlr^ First Usq of the Roentgen ltays
*? ?? ta Surgery la the South.
About eight weeks ago the 6-year-old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Will E. Harris,
of ilurriuburg, N. 0., swallowed a brass
thimble- child's site? and the shape ( f
a tailor's thimble, open and sharp at
both euds, which caused the child great
ugouy, and it hqd Masted away until it
M as a mere skoleton. The parents hud
I>r. llenry Louis ttmith, of Davidson
Colloge, N. 0., to apply tho X ray,
which resulted in looatiug the thimble.
A consultation was held and it was
decided to take tho child lo
tho Charlotte Medical and Sur- !
gical Institute, Charlotte, N. C. , which
was did at ouce, and on the 8th Dr.
HipiLh made the application of the
Roeutgen rays to tho body at tho hos
pital. Tho ohllds clothing was not re
moved as the rays easily penetrate any
number of cloth. Tho fiuoroseopo re
vealed the object plainly, and all the
physioians present examined tho body
aud agreed as to tho location of tho
thimblo. Tho thimble was found to bo
located to tho left of the backbone, aud
at tho br-furoation the trochia, about
throe inches below what is known as
the ''Adam's apple" in the throat.
l>rs. J. 1'. McCombs, R. L. Gibbon,
A. Miflonhoimer. W. II. Wakefield, J.
R. Irwin, of Charlotte; Dr. H. M. i
Hendron, of Croft; Dr. .T, C. Black, of
Harrisburg; Dr. Henry Louis Smith,
of Davidson; Rev. J. W. Stagg aud
others were present when the Roentgen
rays were turned on the body.
Dr. C. A. Misenhoimor handled the
surgeon's knife and ho was assisted in
the operation by Dr. R. L. Gibbon and
Dr. Trwiu. Tho first strokoof tho knife
struck the thimblo, and it could almost
,be touched by the linger.' Rut it had
'been thero for oight wooks and tho flesh
had grown around tho edgos and held
it firmly in place. Tho surgoon work oil
somo minutes beforo tho thimble could
be dislodged, and then it had to be
txirned completely around and drawn
out the liygo end foromost. The
thimble was out and tho opera
tion comploted in an hour and a half.
The child rallied in a short while aud
asked for somo wator. She seemed
f;roatly roliovod and not many minutes
ater wanted her d inn or brought to her. i
Bho is resting oaBy anduuloss somo un
forosoen rolapse occurs will soon com
pletely. o
<. TUB STATIC OF TKA1>E.
rho Year Opens With Quiet Confi
dence In all Hrunchea of Iiusluess.
Rradstreet's review of the stato of
trade. for the past week is as follows:
The year opons with a quiet confidence
per.vading noarly all of the branches of
btlsinosB. Encouraging activity in the
iron trade, resumption of work by many
thousands of industrial employees in
the Western glass industry, largely ro
ducod the volume of business failures
as compared with corresponding periods
iu preceding years, and tho general out
loot is cettuinly not inferior to any
previous year al this time.
The distribution of trade has been
rather slow pending stock-taking and
tho return of salesmen to the field.
While the volume of distributive busi
uesjLis no larger, tho industrial activity
is Wiipocial feature, unooufined to any
one section, but specially notable in the
West.
Resumption of work after the holi
days litre bocn general and encouraging
in that section.
Autumn weather in the Northwest
checks distribution, but collections are
reported good.
Hales of Southern iron large. The
Louisiana Sugar crop returns are very
satisfactory.
Nine-tenths of the Florida orange
crop uxagiiilicrod befor? the last freeze.
Cotton is steady on good export de
m a ml. '
Wool has opoued upfcetively a^poine
Eastern markets, and lower prioal for
cotton goods have stimulated sop{6 de
mand.
Tho wage reductions at Now England
cotton mills is very generally aapepted.
The jewelry trade jb encouraged by
the small number of failures in that
lino. ?
Preparations for active Alaskan trad?
are being made on the Pacifio coast,
and reported in Cajjjfc nia.
Prices hare snowtr few important
changes, and steadiness in tho leading,
feature). There is a slight gain in ths
number of failures reported this week
over last, the to taKaggr ?gating 838
rgainst 297 last week, vuta neavy fall
ing off from 1897, whenAlhe total wm
488. *
Death Rather Than Dishonor.
At Florenco, S. tfJ. , for some time
mail has ( been takbn from the lock
boxes at the posfoffice, Postmaster
McKenzie stationeQ himself in the
office to catch the vogue or rogues, and
so about 10 o'clock on the night of the
7th, after the mail was' distributed, a
white man named Andrew Welch cam*
in, unlocked one of the boxes jtnd
reached around and took a letter bo*
longing to Johnsons A Wells, which
had'A small check in it, aa was after
ward# ascertained. Mr. MoKeozie
came out and caught Welch and carried
him in Dr. Covington's ' drug afore,
vhere Welch pulled bis pistol, tmt Mr.
MoKenzie got the drop on him. so he
turned his pistol and shot himself
through the pit of the stomach. He
died in about one noor. He preferred
death to disgrace.
Smallpox In lontli Carsllsa.
The number of oaaes of smallpox *1
Greenville. fl. (&, hae increeaed to
twenty. There are at this time eighteen
- mm fo tte paat Twvumi hmr*
had the dlssese blts bsia disehargsd
as cared. A easels reported to hare
w?
iew?y.
assignments in Virginia.
baw to Prevent Preferring Wives or
Others to Detriment uf Crodltorti.
lu t ho Virginia I .ogislature tho
tiouso bill providing foj^lho list
ing tor taxation by tbo coiumia
lioutyitt of the revenue of all bonds,
ttocks ami other ovideucoH of indebted
ness boforo they cau be collected by
fogal process, has passed tho Senate.
Mr. Athwithrow, of Hath, ottered a
bill providing that a lien given by any }
person or firm to piofor one or more !
utditors shall iusuro to all. Tho bill
provides in detail that if any person,
Inn or coaporation, create any lien or
incumbrance on hisoi their property or
istate, for the purpose uf giving a pre
ference to oiio or more creditors of such
i?ersou or tlrni, ovor any other creditor
5r creditors, except to eecuro a debt
'outracted, or money borrowed at tho
timomX tho creation of the lien or en
:uuiboranco, the same shall emtio to
the bonelit ratubly of all tho creditors
Cm such person or firm existing at the
tinidf such lion or onciimberauco w as
creatcd.
The bill is to go in force on July 1st.
Jt seeks to prevent the giving of a
preferred claim by partion about to
make an assignment to their wives or
others, to tho detriment of tho remain
iug creditor#.
A EIGHT IN COUHT
Hot ween (hp Judge oil t lie Ilencli and
it Lawyer.
Tho court room of the Tasseii (Cal.)
county superior court was the see no of
an extraordinary altercation botweon a
judge on tho bench and an attornoy at
tho bar. For Home time relations have
been gained botwoon Superior Court
<lndgkt<\ A. Kelly and Attornoy F. V.
Bpencer. Sponcor took strong excep
tion to a ruling by tho court. Sevoral
ironical lomarks pujtflod, and then
.1 ndgo Kelly lined Spencer $'?() for con
tempt. Hponcer dolled tlio court to his
fact, aud tho court rotortQd with tho
statcment'that Hponcer was a falsifier.
?Judgo Kelly followod it up by leaving
tho bench aud striking Spencer.
Npoucor attempted to strike back, " but
Deputy Sheriff Martin interfered and
tho iudgo roturned to his soat on tho
bench. Spoucer stood at the bar of tho
court applying to tho judgo bffouaivo
epithets. The court thon ordered the
deputy shori IV to remove Attorney
Spencer, but afterwards modified tho
instructions and allowed Spencer to
roturu.
A KAMI I A" MUH DIGUED.
An Unsuccessful Attempt Mario to
Hum the II oiihc and tho Bodies.
A special from Worcester, Mass.,
sayB: Francis 1). Nowton, a prosper
ous farmer of lirookliold, his wifo,
Sarah, and their 10-yenr-ohl adoptod
daughter, Etbol, wore found murderod
in thoir bods. The crimo wan discovorod
by neighbors whoso curiosity wan
aroused, by tho lowing ?iT t1>? unfad
cattle. The threo had been killed with
au axe. A hired man who has boon
omployod by Newton, is missiui?, aud
tho authorities aro making a soarch for
him. Ho was kuown only by the name
of Paul.
Nowton was 45 years of a?e and hui
wifo was threo yoars younger. An at
tempt had been mado to conceal the
crime by netting fire to the hotiso.
Kerosene had been spilled on tbo floor
of the wood shod nod a lamp so placod
as to set fire to the wood. One stick
was burned through, but for sorao un
accountable reason a blaze was avorted.
Robbery is supposed to havo been the
motive of tbo murder.
ROW IN AUGUSTA'S COUNCIL^
Fight Hdiween an Alderman and the
? Fire Chief.
At tho session of the Augusta, <>a ,
city council, on the 8th for the eloct jon
of city officers for the ensuing term,
tho fight between tho Walsh and Kerr
factions was resumed with all
pugilistic features. The Kerrites have
a majority of fivo and proceeded to
amputate tho heads of those officers
wjhorfilpported ox-Senator Walsh in the
municipal campaign.
When the Are department was reach -
ed, tbo presence of Chief Koulette wits
necessary, and pendiug his arrival a re
cess was taken. During this recess,
Connty Jailer Collins and Councilman
Lougee became involved in a difficulty.
Lougee attempted to strike Collins, who
landed a blow on Lougee's jaw. Lougoo
reached for his gun. but |>eacemahers
interfered and quiet was restorod.
Feeling is running high among the
citizens, and the action of tho Korri^cs
is denounced on all sides.
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Money to Surceo?l <jeorgr.
The Democratic caucus of the Mississ
ippi Legislature has nominated Hon.
II. D. Money as United States Senator
to succeed the late Senator George.
TORNAUO I^KBNTUCKV,
Ofent Damage l>one In the Town of
3forg<tnfleM.
A tornado struck the town of Morgan
field, Ky. , unroofing the old Methodist
church and parsonage, totally demol
ishing the large two story buck bard
ware grocery store of H. 'L. Hart &
Bio,, the city hali .ADd_ J.-_M* Jean's
produoe store. The Crown roller mills
building was considerably damaged
and the smokestack was. blown down.
The front of A, W?mo's iewaUf store
w a* blown in and a number of small
BBffeO&tf fcfid cbi=?rs
blown down. Mr. Harrey Hellers, ths .
city marshal, who was in . tks police
TOID IN A PARAGRAPH.
Til 6 South,
Atlanta, (in., Inst year used $3,000,
000 in building.
Fivo at \\ ashington, On., doBtroyod
$oo,(XH> worth of property, Insurance,
$ to, ooo.
Bich deposits t>f platinum ha^o boon
discovered near Jacksou, To A. at a
depth of lifty foot. ^
Tho car "City of Charlotto" was
slightly damaged at Marion, N. C. , by
u shifting freight ear on tho sido track.
Thiply-six buildings in Fnrmvillo,
Va., Luvo boon burned, causing a loss
of $1 AO, 000; iusurauco $10,000.
J], II. Mil lev, a prominent tobacco
manufju-tur or at Ihuiville, Ya. , lias
mada--nu assignment; liabilities &'>",?
0014.''
Tlie President ban named Owen l<.
W. Smith, of North Carolina, to bo
miuialur resident and consul general of
tho United States to Iiiberia.
The Virgin Cotton Mill, at Hunters
vil to, is running day and night. A
number of new faetorv Iiouhos aro boiug
built. Charlotto (N. C.) Observor.
Governor Tyler of Virginia, has an
nounced the appointment of Col. \N m.
Naile, of Culpeper, to bo Adjutant
General of tho State, to succeod t tonornl
Charles Anderson.
Secretary Toxvnson, of tho Norfolk
(Vu. j Youug Mou's CUriatiau Associa
tion, has resigned to accept tho socro
taryship of the Pennsylvania Hailroad
Association.
At HuhhcI ville, Ky. , two boys named
Robert Evans and (loorgo Duncan, bo
came involved in a quarrol, which re
sulted in Kvans stabbing Duncan to
death with a pocket-knife.
At AsheViUe, N. C., several boys
wero in a room fooling with a- pistol.
One of tho boys, Wainscot, stnrtod to
show his revolver to Willie Hampton,
and whilo extracting a cartridge from it
one shell exploded, tho bullet striking
Hampton iu tho oyo and killing him
instantly, -s
At Huntington, W, Vo?, Carter
Shi Motto has l)oon arrosted for passing
old city ordors which mysteriously di?
appenrod from tho vanltn at tho city
hail. Kiftoen thousand dollars worth
liavo been paid a second time. Shifllotto
says ho camo by tho ordors honestly.
Tho aggregate amount of tho miasing
orders is 40, 000.
The Confedorato votorans of Meek
lonburg county, North Carolina, liavo
begun prepartioiiH for tho 20th of May
celobratioh at Charlotto, that occasion
being tho dedication of tho monument
to tho signers of tho Declaration of Jn
dopeudeuce, Tho Charlotto Typo
graphical Union, composod of about
forty members, will bo represented in
tho parndo, as well an other organiza
tions and societies.
Tho North.
Tho Maryland Hopublican has split,
and thero will bo no fusion with Demo
crats. . - .
Tho Now York Logislaturo proposes
to regulato tho practico of meHinorisui
alid hypnotism in thnt. Hpi it?.
At Jamestown, N. Y. , 100 mou have
been thrown out of work by tho burn
ing of the Straight Manufacturing
Company's j^ant.
, Win. 0. ^HJkloy, of Chicago, has
been appointed by Comptroller Dawes
national bank examinor to succcod Jos.
Talbert, resigned. '
Wm. T. Buckley, who, until. Tan. 1st,
was a member of the dry goods fnun of
Dunham, 13uckley Ar Co,, of Now Yo*i,
committed suicide by shooting himBeir
in a boathouso adjoining his residence.
Adlai E. Stevenson, former Vice
President of tho United Statos, has
accepted the position of Western conn
sol of tho North American Trust Cqiil
~pahy oTT^ew York, with a membership
in the board of directors.
'? Mrs. Augusta Nack, jointly charged,
with Martin Thorn, with tho inurdor of
Wm. Ciuldensuppe, a bath rubber, at
Woodsido, L. I., >n Juno of last yoar,
htl been sentenced to llftoon year a in
JMffiHtato prison at Auburn, N. Y.
K Burglars entered the reeidence of W.
_,W. Jacobs,. 12 Waver ly Plac?, Chicago,
111., 'nud carried away mining stock
valued at about $10,000, besides a col
lection yf rar.e coins, musical instru
ments, rare books, jowolry, silverware
and clothing,
On February 1st 114 looms in the
Manchester (Sr. H.,) Cotton Mills will
be atopped for an indefinite time. The
eauee assigned is the falling off' in tho
demand for print goods. Thero will also
be a reduction of about 10 per cont. in
wagon, affecting about 30 por cont of
tho employes, on January 24th.
Miscellaneous.
California grain crops are suffering
froin'lack of rain.
Corbett offers Fitzsimmons $35,000 for
a fight to a finish*
The number of doatha from yellow
fever in Cuba Is diminishing.
Bobbers attempted to hold nj* a train
on tho Kafisas City, Pittsburg and Onlf
railroad, but they mado a "wind
haul. "
Four colored men have been lynched
in the vioinity of Bpftrden. Ark., with*
in the last few days for different crimes.
ffpaln Will send 6,000' tro^e^icT Cuba
at the end of this month and further
troops, up to 14.000, will be sent to.the
island if needed. j:
A locomotive exploded on the Cin
cinnati ftxtttern Railway, causing tbe
death oi the engineer and flr?a??tt
and the train being wrecked.
Prrfeftns ~
tist. who died at' X
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THIS MA It It IC I'M.
NKW VOHK COTTON fOTl'RKR.
New York. ? Cotton quiot. Middling
upland, 5 10- 10 ; Middling (Jul!
Futures closed steady.
Opouing. Closing.
Junuvry ft 1 8 ft 7ft
fcebruury ft 80 ft 87
!\fftreh . . ft 81 ft 81
April... \ ft 80 ft 80
May \ ft 00 ft tHi
Jnno \ 5 08 ft 05
July >v 0 IK) ft 00
August \ . . . . . 0 05 0 01
Septum bur ?. . . . 0 01 0 00
October ^ 0 03 0 00
November ...
I >o.combor ?...
i.i v Knroofj cotton fit a i; k i j r.
Liverpool. - Middling \ J|. ' Futuros
closed h toady.
January and February .\ 8 10 b
February and March 0 10(<fcll
March and April 0 11 b
April and May 0 1? b
May nnd June 8 18 b
?June and duly 0 14 b
duly and August 0 1ft b
August nnd September 0 10 b
?Soptoint>er and (Jotober 8 17 b
October and Novembor. 0 I7(?ftl8
November and Peceinbor 8 18 b
J >oeomber and January 3 11 b
OTTTKR COTTOV MARK JITS.
Charleston. Cotton quiet ; (diddling
ft*.
Wilmington. ? Cotton firm ; mid
tiling ft 7 - 1?>.
Savannah. ? Cotton steady; middling
ft 8-10.
Norfolk. Cotton steady; middling
64*
'Memphis. Cotton steady; middling
ft 0-10.
Augusta. Cottou steady; middling
ft 0-10.
Haltimoro. ? Cotton nominal; mid
ling ijfl 1
Colulnbia --Market steady ;goood mid
dling Gk. '?
*Chnrlotto Market steady; good mid
riTing 1. 40, ' .
DALTIMOUC IpOMWV, II Alt RUT. .
Baltimoro. ?Flour iuuetivo and un
changed.
Wbont ?Weak. S| ot and month
0ft^(r$1)fl; May 08 bid; Hteamor No. S
lied, OO'JtgiOl; Southern wheat by sam
ple 0U(f007.J; Southorn.-vjrheat.on grade
02fi?07. ~ *\
Corn -r Quiot. Spcn~8^T| @32} ; steamoi
mlxod 80j($00^; Southern whiro corn
82(<^!M4; yellow corn, 0()C(j50t.
Oats? Quiot but linn. No. 2 whiU
29 1 (<430.
KICK.
Charleston ? Tho rice -^arkot i?
tirm. The quotations are:
Primo .....ft
Oood ? .4
Fair 4
@5}
<?ft
NAVAI/ BTonKW.
Now York.? Rosin steady. Turpou
^tine qniet at 81i(rA88;{.
^Charleston? -Turpentine tirm at 80J.
Rosin tirm ant} unchanged.
Wuvannah. ? Spirits turpentino firm
at $>2; Rosin tirm and unchaugod.
i Wilmington. ? Spirit%'turpentjn6 30J
HO/. Rosin tirm at 1. 1ft? LJJOrCrude tur
rpontino firm at 1.40M1.00. Tar firm
at 1.05. T
COTTON SKKlWOIIi.
New York? Cotton feseed nil firm;
prime crude 18J@tO; \rimo yeello*
82<ft22. j
Dlmo MuReum to Penitoutlary.
David E. Bates, accused of having
six more wives than tho law allows, ana
who, as a rosult of his~'aFrest several
months ago, has had fttoady employ
ment at the dime museums, in Chicago,
has been conviotod of bigamy in tin
first of ifio numerous cases against him.
lie was tfiven a fine of $1,000 and to,
intermediate sentence in the ponitem
tiary. Throe of the wives were' present
in court
Mot In a^Cdurt liooin.
In the Hamilton (Tenu.) County
Court Esquire SpringfiMd and Ksqtffn
Raidnton had some not words and
olinched. Instantly 250 men in court
started a riot. Clubs, chairs, cuspidor*
and knives wore used, autT everybody '
fought his neighbor. Window* wen
broken and the court room defaeed.
Officers were compelled to restore order
with their ciubs, and then court ad
journed. Tho whole citv was stirred
up and serious troublo is looked for.
Assignment at &&ensboro.
At Greensboro, N. 0., tho firm of J.
L. King A- Co., has filed a deed of as<
nignment, naming John W. King trus
tee. The firm's indebtedness of aboul
820,000 is covered with assets ordinarily .
worth in the neighborhood of $80,000,
and it is only fair to presume ihat dol
lar for dollar will be paid, with a possi
ble balance.. ...Failure to make ooilao
tions f orcod tho Arm to take this step.
American Cotton Shlf^wjiB,
The London Pall Mall Gazette, in
oommentingupon the lucres*? of Ameri.
eaa- eotton ehipmeuts tu Japan M]f?:
"The special intareat for us ) tea in th?
injury to Indian eolton- growers. II
tbe Amerioan staple oodMiiiiiih cheap,
and the American takings increaee, U
^??SSa Uhlnt*