The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 07, 1899, Image 1
Illf FPUS RK!iIj
) Democrats Make Heavy Gains in j
Michigan Cities,
REPUBLICANS SWEFP OHIO,
Tliei Carry Columbus fur t fi e first Time i;i j
T v. c I > c \ cars ? Uirinoc r j!ic Mayor for
C in fljn'J? Ncm>s from the PhH^pliiea.
C'iNV INN A I O., SjiuCiftl. ? ni?Cti0U8
-w^ro hold hi Ohio .M 'outlay for aiuuici
I >u 1 aud to\Vus^ii|> oJliooi s. biio tlio
local ly.iiio ? us?tally control thefo spring
okcuouf, thoto wo 10 uihoi inUuoncos
in sumo placu*. At Ciovoland ibor<^
was a dcciaivt Democratic victory on
the bead of tho ticnet only, John Far
ley, tbo roauit bein^ on echo of last
^oar'a senatorial coutosl. whoa Mayor
-MoKitsou was tho candidate of tbo
bolting Kopublicane aud tho Docaoorats
> u tbo Legislature, uyainst Honatur
Ilauna. At Coiutubus, a lvopublioau
on ay or was olceiod tor tbo first hmo tn
12 youi*. AlCiueiuuati tbo Republi
cans bavo a plurality of 7,000. Tbo pres
ent Democratic mayor was olecled "two
3 oat a a?o l>y ?dtuo>t us laijjo a plurali
lly. At Toledo an iudopou<lout lippub
lioau was elnctod on 1'iogroo issues,
onsistod by factional complications. At
Dayton the Doim-crats made municipal
a i u.'s but tbo I?e publicans carried tbo
township, Tbo western reserve main
tains its usual Kepubliceu majorities,
?with touio yuius over those of former
April cl cot ion a. uotably at JTouuirs towns
Wurrcn, Cadiz, Delaware and other
cities, an v.oi I as in mral districts tho
Bopubhcaus claim gniu:'.
Hi Michigan ll?<tio?*.
t).ErfcOir( Mich., Special. ? Monday's
o'ect'ions iu Michigan bavo not sbowu
nny marked obanco iu tbo L'oneral po
litical comp cXion of the State, winch
is uoncaily i;< publiean, but tbo rosult
shows qnuo heavy l)eu\ooratio grain* in
Boino ot tho larger cities, uotably so iu
Detroit, (irai.d ilapuls, Saginaw, Jack
toii and Kahmazo.>. On a youeraily
JightvyUj fi;o Tie i ul.licans hold tboir
own in tbo Mnailor cities aud through
out tho rural district?. Circuit judges
w aro eloa ted iu oO judicial districts.
About two-thirds of the now judges,
wlioato elected for bix j'ear terms, yro
berublicaus.
N.hs trt'in t !i j Ph.li pines.
Manila, special. -?A cavalry recoa
noiauauco uorth o? Mulolos Monduy do
voloped a thousand- of tuo oneuiy at
Kuingua, llvo uidos north-oust, After
a sharp tk:iiu e'u they retreated. Two
heavy cjast gu<is woto discovered by
MnCArthur's meu burled in tlio eticut
iu M?j1o1os. I ho situation is uow
clearly iu tho Americans' handB. T h o
Philippine Commission have decidod
tuat thoy wiil immediately issue ?i
proclamation to tho natives that will
not coutaiu a singlo word suggestive
of i?depeud??co of tho Filipino*, but
will cjmrfci campioio submission and
will etato ?hat tho United Statos will
bo emiueutiv humane. Tho docuinont
will bo scut broad-cant throughout tlio
Philippines and will givo tho natives
?cboico between Burrondor nnd practio.il
extinction.
Tho following cablegram was ro
caivod at iho War Department early
Monday morning: "Martilio, April 3,
Adjutant General, Washington: Pros
ont indication .louoto that tho insur
gent govornmeut is in a perilous con
ditio! with its ormy defeated, dis
couraged and scattered. Tho insur
gents arc returning to thoii' homui in
tho cities and villages between hero
and points uorth of Malolos, which
our roconuoitoring parties havo
reached nud desire protection of Amor
icaos. Tho now* from the Visuyan
Islands is myro oticouraging every
uav. 0x16."
Brigad:or General IT ai neon Gray
Otis tails for bourn on board tho United
States transport Sherman, today. lie
stun ho bclievos tho insurrection has
received its death blow.
Almost a Revolt.
London, Eug. , Spacial.?A grave
crisis iu Bulgarian -Turkish aflairs
cannot l>o avoided much longor. Tho
wholo Bulgarian provinco ia armed and
is rapidly drifting intoopou revolution.
Vfbo people aro drilling for tho coming
struggle and the country is virtually in
a Htato of siogc. Turkish troopi havo
been pouring into most of tho nubur
bau districts, concentrating chiefly in
tho north. Reinforcements are arriv
ing daily and dotachmeuts guard the
railway from Salomon to tho Servian
bordor. Tlio garrison towns aro packed
with soldiers ? Xhoro is a widespread
impression throughout the land that
momentous oTouts aro impending.
BuWr/f a^s fijjhl Turks.
Vienna, special. ? A fieriou* collis
ion has taken placo botwoon Bulgarian
and Ttrkish frontier guards ai Kozyl
Agob, betwoon Jamboli, eastorn Rou
mania, and Adrianople, on tho banks
of the Tronja. .>(> miles south of Jam
boli. Acoording t?> a dispatch from
So?s. capital of Bulgaria, tho Turks
attacked % weak Bulgarian outpost,
and tlio Bulgarians, aid?d by armed
inhabitant*, ropul*od the assailants
after A four boars' fijrht. Both sides
Bartered losses of killed and wounded
Tho Turks, the di spat oh esye, were
seeking to secure a position hitherto
held by tho Bulgarians.
Csftsst Reslfitetf.
ATtBKB) Greece. Special. ?A com
mittee of tho Chamber of Deputies bar
ing declared theft the eleotioa of 21
Zaini*, thO president of tbo council of
mieietere aintiftlntster of Foreign At
fairs, wes Jnyalid.owlng to briber* end
Istiai kletion, the oabiaet aiur Monday's
meeting, rieigted. Klag George Iu
accepted tho reegaation.
. ?
Tk?l.locs Completed.
iisr or w * k RivcNUl act.
Jusiici Pcckhun Holds That St ot K Yardj
\re inn.iar te^Cxchaufcs.
WaSui.vo ioy, P. C . ? jmwUI.? la iho' Su? !
proiue C .mi . I tho United Staus Mouday
an oplu.'ou wai handed d?>wn '*y Ju?two
l'c- Kliiini in Kt- Vi raioiijus it.voiviuh Uio valid
ity ol tt.e war r? vctim* not. lao oa ?u* wtiri)
lio^O of JuilHW Nl "t>l Vr>, JaiVivSA UtlU'*d
^lUlOa M:U>1jU(, petition ful ful hubtttti COT
ptla by tlcorgc- 15. ykb.ls, petltloatfr; IMwiq
ij. Sxiilu), appoiiuiit, \ r. the mrt.'-bal, rt'.d
churio- 11. lL.jjwer.it n, piaijmiY. i i cmi, vs.
tb? Uulioa MtlUlM. T'l<> tiliiVi II. i Oj&iu tfO J&
the Cuicrtjio I c-ui ffil C I'.ifiA. i hciO cil.io.i in
volve Cif.OO.'iliiy ? lio V:'llUliy Of 1!jO tux pro
vided by f Uo war rcvdnUenot upon an tuilei
and all COL.H K'ta Id it'll lUerviWiudiSC ' J OU
exchange boft:d-> of tr k'lrt or ifiuiinr placi.*.
'I Do \v?\r tcv.uuo a:t n tuCoiorad
dura to t >o nvdo of the tiausastloui and a
sump hfl)x<-d, t ho amount of wiilciti l;
w-vismod i.y i ho \aiuo ?.r the j>.j!o,
Xtio <.?e>ea of Suvd. iippollai t, of
yi'-bOl."?,JJUf<lU?>l.rtr. 'til I ol Sai.tlli, <?; pi.il.ll. I,
pi6?rt!it all iho j j \) :t e* i:i .'?? d in |
Uat^atiloji on tho i ,.i- ?.! c-t trut) at us!- '
cajjo. Tlfo t.ux'i ??f i <?iii **"i involves too
OueMion -ft* i'? whether t u ?? Union ntt-o* j
yards at Cnloa-'ol: an or aiaiitar i
place making Miivo tl'.eic t i'll'.u. The court, !
ia it? opinion. biiaK^ix d the validity ol tho
tax nod hold alio that tiio biook yards la a
place feiuulttr to the exchange, making Its i
transactions liaoie to the tax TOO ca-io was j
argue 1 ty ox-J-ecrotnry Carli-jle ntid 31r. ;
l<ubt ins, ( t C 'H'litto. lor tho |)?tUloDor?, unci 1
t'.v.Mr. J. K liictiaras, eolioinir Honcrul lor
tlio tc?vor;.Dioal. Mr. Oailislo coulondiid 1
that Uiu tax upon oalOa on ??xohau^s la a I
direct tax; Ur^t, hoou-ii;o n tax n^ua ci?lC3 la i
virtually a tax noou iho property sold, and !
bCCond, Locau^o tht^ tax cannot Lo kliif-od, ;
l?Ut mu. t o'.> paid by tho eailvr on ttio ex- i
chaaijfs. It vvaa also insisted that II tho tax j
Is ah iiidiroot tax, it luoLa nnifo/mlty, bo? |
Cause" uot itnpOM'd upon ?il wbonover ;
unnl". Tho polbt alto w.'.a mndo that if au
indirect tax, it >? a Mamp tax <>o doc-tmontB
and that uoniticM had iu> powor to requite
a writtuu ai'inoriiuUtim to bu mndo Ut.;a
traoiajtl jn? within a stato for tho pnrpuao t
of nixing such tat moi andum, Th? oourf, I
InitKOplnion, crii efu ily" ?1Jhc?ihs<*8 all tbvee J
ol^fCiiouy, uud ovi-rralcs thtiu. It bold* 1
that tho tax i3 uot a direct tax, hat "a duty 1
Of exciiO laid upon iho pilviio^o, onpor* j
lucity or facility oU'-rod ;.t l>vaids of {
tradt or exci!(im<t'3 lor tho yroHeoution ;
of tie buHluees njeiitloned In thy net.
Tho requirement ol a memorandum It np. !
bold bo.:uu*'j it Ik n??Ci")'?>ary fortho colHetlou |
of tLi* tax. Tue tax is pronounced uniiorin
becaast) it applnii to all who ?'ujoy tho spe
cial privilege or fa.Mlittod incident to th-J
traasavtiou of bunine^s at the b aid; of
trade and similar plaue#. lii the matter of tho
prosoijtatlon for wilt Q/yhabeaa corpus the j
petition was deu !<?<), while m tho othi'i case.!
tb6 judgments of tho Ciroult and t'.rtilot t
Courts wore afi!rmt;d.
Killed bv Mis Wife.
Chicago, 111., Si.oo:al. lioforo his
two chtidien aged y and 4 years,
Joseph Brown was stabbed to death
Monday by ltis wife, Clara. Tho
mimlni win tho outcomo of a family
quart ol. Brown had beaten and
kickod bis wi?o and threatened to kill
hoi' with a butcher kuito that wan Ivuik
ou a table. When Brown made a
move toward tho knife, Mrs. Brown
snatched tho Undo horaelf. Brown
laiaed h'B foot and kicked her, but in
falling eho lungoil forward with tho
knife, striking him fairly in tho
Btomuoh. Tho two battled forth und
back, tho husband kicking aud. strik
IU7, ti.o wifo plunging the kuifo into
her husband until at tho fifth blow ho
fell back doad. Brown was. r?tabbod
flvo times. Ilo waa a packing bouao
em ploye.
. ?
Cotton Mill Wages Ra sed.
Boston, Maes. , special. ? Cot Ion niilla
generally in tho l^usland States
operating mot o than three qtlartcra of
the total number of spindles in tho
Vortli, began work Monday under r.a
advancod wago tcbedule, which, in
nearly all of the Uilhi, i3 about tho
sanio as that which eXisto 1 prior to tho
gouerol reduction made in tho early
Sort of 1SDS aud which, it ib estimated,
irectly a Heels from KJO, 009 to Ml, 00 J
hands employed by inoro than 1V0 oor
poratioiiB. The reduction made in 16-i8
averaged to a little more than lu per
cent, in Fall River mills, which in
cludt 2, 15)5}, UiiO spindles of the 10,8do,Jlo
iu Xe# England, it amouuted to 11 1-9
per ceht.
S c\ only ?lif'r*\"nni 'ersa ry.
Tbo American Sunday School Union,
whoso headquarters aro in Philadel
phia, with Morris K. Jesaup, of Xow
Yoik, an pronident, will on tho 9."th of
next May colobrato its 75th anniver
sary in Philadoiphia. Many leading
speakers of the country are to bo thero
and repropontativo* of tho Union from
nil parts of tho United iStates will bo
present. N\* pains will bo spared to
make thia one of tho greatest gather
ings of the kind evor held in thia coun
try. Thia is tho oldest and largest
Sunday School missionary society in
America, having for its Jiold of opera
tions tho wholo United Statos and hai
organized over ono hundred thousand
Sunday Schools during' ite eoventy-live
yeara of woik.
No .More "Ordinary" Sleepers.
Some tlmo ajro tho Pullman Com
pan yr as an experimental measure, in
troduced "Ordinary" alefipintr car ser?
rice on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road between Baltimore and Newark,
and Pittsbnrg and Chicago. The re
sults to tho railroad company wero
very gratifying, but subsequently it
was ascertained the Pullman Companv
waa not m position to furnish thia olaas
of equipment to all road* operating.
PuHmau cars cast of Chicago and St
Louis, and to alloy auy friction that
might result from thia inequality of
?erviotj- the Pullman Company re
quested the Baltimore and Ohio Bail
road to resume the standard ears oce
?iously in service, which ^nfl be donV
commencing April 10th./
ladtlof the People Afllast the BritUb.
The Hong Kong correspondent ol
ihf London Daily Mail says that pla
cards blf^Kbeen posted in the Kew
Iioo^HBinte^Kod, inoittng the people
to step (be British officnU from snr
?eyitir there, nnd Wwofficials hare re
tarMd to Hm? Eoig beesn? el tbo
threatening attitude of tbo Chinese.
Ifcn.Sii? ? Settlement
WianteroK, D. O., Bi?e1al.? The
PntidMt nnd Secretory Hay bare been
glfUl wtdffHM lo the selection
of O repreeent alive of tho United Stotoe
nwwnett oi tbe flsnow commie
?ten. wbicfc may bo taken n? ? ptittf
?aro index ol tbo confidence of onr
it in tbo mrrooetnt of tbo
toUUto to Tbo United Stnton
HvtflllMbotjMiW of \
^PROCLAMATION TO FILIPINOS.
They Are Assured of the Cordial flood Will .
of the tinted states.
MaKJLa, Special. ?Tho preamble ol t
tho proclamation of tho United bta'o^ i
Philippine commission, reoitinjf t lie 1
cession by tho noaco treaty of t li t ?
Philippine Islands to tho Ignited j
States, refers to tho appointment of
tlio commission, a*.*- area the i coplo < t '
tho Ooidial pood* will uQ-.l frntoriml j
fooling of tho XVeaidfut of tho L'uiU'd ?
btntoa and the Amertouu poople, and '
asserts that tho object which thol*n?t<. I j
bti?cT government, apart from the
iullliimont i>f us 8oiemu oblii/ation ', j
has assumed toward tho family of nn j
tions by tho accoi<tnuoo of tho aovov* j
i ),.'nty ovor the i .'lauds, tho well bo- 1
itltr, prosperity and hnj p uo*3 of t ! ~. '
fUihpptno people, and thou elevation
and advanoeii""it to a position ani.ui ;
tLo im>?t oui .z 1 pcopio of tho worid. j
Tho proclpui.it inn contains elevon nr- j
i oleo, declaring America's intention"', ;
as follown;
1. The Hupromacy of tho United fttotc-j ?
must and will by ?m to rood throughout ? very ?
parti./ the Archipelago. Those who rtwti-t
can nooompllsn nothing except their own
mm.
2. Th? amplest liberty of self.govercnent
will !>e granted which 13 reOoneilnble wub
Justifiable, effect I vo and economical admin
fctrntlon aud compatible wit a ttio so\t<r- |
oiyn ilghtt and ooli^uUon* of tho Cnite.l
State*.
8. The civil rights of tho Tdiplnos wit
guaranteed and protected, th-slr religious
freedom will l>^ assured nnd oil will have
ecjnnl standing before tho law.
4. Honor, justice and friendship forbid the
exploitation of tlio people of tht>ifland.j, The
purpose of tbo American government is the
welfare and advancement of tLo Philippine
people.
5. Guarantors an honest and ''(Yo3tiv.,, civi]
service in which to tho fullest ex tout pru?*
tk>.ibl?>, natives tdinll oe employed.
C, Th? collection and application of tnx ^
nnd other revenues will bwput upon a Bom.d,
honest and ooonomhal I The |>u i ?)!%?
funds, raised jmlly ami ooliveted honest. y. i
will bo applied only t" (let raying tho pro} < r
expenses of 'he ost'nbii-hm^nt ami maluteu- 1
auce of th>< Philippine government, ami such
general Improvements as public Interest
demand. Lo<-a! funds collected for local
puri-oses shall not ha diverted to othur in. is.
With *i?uh prudent and honest *^.il Admin
|j-t, ration it IS behoved that tho needs i 1 the
gov* rcment will in n *b >ri time become coin
p .tlble with a oousidorablo reduction in tax
ation.
7. The establishment of a pure, speedy a- 1
rftVctlve a Iministratl >n of Jn-ti:o by w nch
tho evlig ol delay, corruption and exj loita
tlon will cffi-etUiiliy eradica'.od.
t?. The construction* of road?, railroad ?
jii l other me.ios of oointnunieatlou aa<j
;rans|tortation and other iiuhiio worK's ..f
xanifest ad vantage to the people will bo
pmrnotod.
0. Domestic and foreijju trade and r-O'n*
! merce nud other Industrial pursuits and tao
Kaneral doveJop-i out of the country in tho
Interest of He inhabitants will be con>tant
objects o{ soiieitu'le and fostering ear-",
10. EfT'iCilte provinlon will b<? -niie for
the establishraant of elemoutary schooir-*, in
which thy children of the people will be edu
cated. Appropriate fac ijfk-s will al-o bo
provided for highor education,
11. Keforrasia all departments of the gov
ernment, all branehea of tho public sorvl,o
and corporations closely touching tho roa>
tnoa life of tbo people must bo undertaken
without dela.v nod eft-j -tod conformably wi h
common ri>cht and Ju?tice in n way to rati-ly
the well-founded demands and the hiif':"-t,
Roi.ti.-neiitg and asplratioEis of the Philippine
0*<'?i>ie.
A Town in z Bad I i\.
Tho muuioipal election at Ibviiaon,
Kan., miles wost of Fort So;ift. wi-i.t
by default Monday and an mrquc mu
nicipal government will res-nit. J Live
political organizations oXMt in tli?
town, but tho peoplo were t o I usy
piiif/ for natural gas and zinc that tlii'V
utterly noglectcd to call n convention
and mako nominations. No ballot*
woro printed, and wbon under tho law
thoy must open the polls, tho election
commissioners telephoned to the
countv attorney for advice. They wore
iustrnoted that no legal election could
bo held aud n dess tho present mayor
and othor oftlcora can hold over the
town wdl bo without ?government for
two yoars.
Sale of Florida Railroads.
Tho maiu lino of the Jacksonville,
Tain pa & KeyjWesi wa* nold in DoLand,
Fla. , Monday to tho Plant Investment
Co., for SnOO.OOO. ? Too branch extend
ing to Tituaville, known as tho Atlantic
Coast, fSt. Johu's ?fc Indian liivor^M
vision, was knocked down to T. r^in
ford Boaty, of Now York, nnid to rep
resent tho bonded interest of t li <3
branch, for $G0,0Gd.
0o> crnor Johnston u a ncd.
Unrn^onAM, An., fSrecsa!. ? Tul;;e
Wilkerson has puatainod the board of
rovenne created by tho General As
sembly at tho ijitfiauce of Governor
Jolmst/in, to take t bo p!n<s* of t he boar i
of county commissioners of .TefTorsun
oounty, abolished.
Rebels Armect With Mansers.
M AXIL A, Special. ? Goi. oral MacAi
thur reconuoitorod in forco fuesdiiv
niorniuj,' with the Montana lieflf mo i ? , (
tho Fourth Cavalry and three eunn of
the Light Artillery, as fur a-i the i iver
north of Malolog. The reooniioisanco !
developed tho fact that thoro are itl'ly
1,0U0 robels armed with Mamor r.!l<;>,
preparing fur defenco. Shots wcr?>
exobaiiged and two mcuuber-J <.f tin
Montana resriment woro wouffdeil, bai.
thoro was no engagement.
Accepts the Bishopr c.
Norfolk, Va., Speeial. ? Hev. Jnmr?
Bowen Fnosteu, lector of Trinitv
church, Portsmouth, Va. . who wa*
elaoied bishop of IJoifiO. Idaho, by tin*
College of Bishops in Washington. last
Vovember, and declined tho bigh
fjonor, has announced his ?coejt<?ni-?
of Hm bishopric. Ho will bo eons.,
crate a .by Bishop Randolph, of tie
sotitfacrtt^loyse of Virginia, April 27.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The Constantinople correspondent < f
Tbe Tiina* sax* that Turkish pan ?
pblots nave been found scattered abemi
tbe uaos^ua* or tba oitv, exhorting tho
fjithfnl to overthrow the realms of
Abdul Hamid.
Tho dead bod i e# of W?*t?ru B, Tur-.
t?r and uia wife, a well-to-do coaplo,
each about 60 years old, who made thoir
boma at Falls Choi-oB, Va., were U7*^
covered there. Turner evidently
had shot his wife whila aha wae asleep
and the? pttt another ballet through
hie own head.
Tha Waf Daoartssaat offic
?ary mnah gratiflad. at tha c lion
existing ia tha Philir
?o?
Harrison fie- Elected Mayor by a
Plurality of 39,610.
8T, LOUIS GOES REPUBLICAN. |
Hot Springs. Ocnwr a<:<J Other utics licct
lumocfjtc .Mayor:;? Republicans Cdrr>
lincolu? Die c uba;i Army DisfoanJe-J.
Cinc.vrc, 1!!., Special? Carlor Tt.
Harrison wni 10 elected mayor < ? f Cm
Oa;,'<> iu< '?Ihv, by ii total voto of Hi\
011,UL'ftuiM for Z>miu 14. Carter,
tho Republican candidate, and J.\?M?1
for Mr. Join: i'. Ait>zoid, tho independ
ent ft* cttutitrfato. Harrison1?
piurnMty i?t m'.niu. itie Demoorntfi
hnvo elected their candidate* for the
town ? Ji!co-? iu tho north and Wd:<t
town a, iho Ropuhhcuus carrying tlio
honth town, although tho llu:il couul
may tnko this from them.
'1 ho city c?unod has been composed
of 4 '? Domoerats nud iM Republicans,
and tho D< niocrats will without doubt
retain a Worktoi* majority. iho elec
tion was entirely upon tho local isme-,
uo (dements of mil iouai i'Oi it ion entering
into tho campaign, Tho cleohon re
vealed nouio remarkab o ehnnsoa in t tin
Republican voto, jarticnlarly in tho
strong republican ward*, wluro tho
ah fttri^' to tho Democratic candidam
Wus very marked. Tho election was
ouo of tho mo<t quiet that tho oity ha?
over erienood. Of tho 31 ahtartnou
elected, tlio Republicans hocuioI Ji)
and tho Doiuoeeols lii. Tho UeXt city
council will consist of 2# Republicans
nnd 4o Democrats, auaiu of fivo for tho
Ropuid tonne. The city ticket of tho
Democrats wao e'eeteu by u uaejoritv
! rrsnoing all tiro way between (5,000 antl
8, 000,
Houston, Tex.? Muuloipal eleotionn
! wcio hold throughout tho Stnlo I'liei -
I day. There wxro no Konoral issues
| uud only l<>oai questions were involved.
I Democrats were generally successful.
At Laredo, A. AI. Vldauri, a projires*
| hi vo Moxicau, was elected Mayor.
1 Christinu headed the other ticUet iu
I tho tit !. I.
| br. Louis, Mo. ?Six members of tho I
i city oo u t: oil (ui por lionse), 23 mom
i born of tlio Ilouso of Dole^atws and four j
school director* wnro elected hereto
day. Tho Republican council iickut I
was elected by about 10,000 majority,
und that body will etill oouliuuo to ha
solidly Republican. In iho House of
Delwirates, nine Democrats "were elect- j
c-d, making a Democratic ma'U of tivo
members. Two Democrat'.o and two
Republican school directors wove
elected.
Hot Srjtjvfts, Ark. ?Georgo R. Bal
ding, straight Democratio candidate,
J was elected mayor of Hot Springs
j uesday. Ho was fctipporlod by the
Williams faction, which clashed witl
the opposing foreoH on March 15, when
iivo men were killed.
Dn.WEit, Col. ? Henry V. Johnson, j
Democrat, has been eloolod mayor of ;
Denver, by h plurality of about .'3,000.
QcZNOY, lib ? J ho J)6lX)ooral~s oloctod j
their eity ticket by pluralities ranyin^
from 100 to 1000. Tho RopublicuuH l-f.d
liomiuiited for mayor Chns. II. Wil- '
liam.Hon, chairman of tho State centra!
CfMnmittoo of the gold standard Demo
crat''. llo wan beaten by 1,000, after
tho warmuft oamj-aiKn the city lias ever
k n own.
Lincoln, Nob. ? H. J. Win noli. Ho
publican, was olected mayor of Lin
crdu by n majority of nearly 80'), over
j/. Wier, lusion. Tho Republican!!
elected their oity ticket, excopt ono ex
oiho man, and clectod pix of tho sovou
couneimieii. At Beatrice, tho entire
Republican ticket is elected. Nebraska
City is solidly Democratic.
Cuban Army Disbanded.
Havana, 8pooiat. ? The Cuban Mili
tary Assembly Tueaday afternoon vot
ed todisbuud the army and ditisolvo.
Tho voting was 2) in favor n(<aiu?t 1
opposed. Thp inuater rolls woro left
in tlio po^ppsisiou of theexecutivn com
mittoo of tbo Asflombl}', who will facil
itate tho rr?paration of copies for Gov
ernor General J3rooke. 'I ho array
question in considered noltled. "Am
tho phndows of nijjht fall over tho cit 3*,
wo finish our work. 80 1* Cuba's fnt
ure oloudnd and dark. I take leave
1 oi yon with p.orrow, and my laat wor<b
arc: 'May Cuba aomo day lie fieo and
[ indepenaont. ' " With thonc words,
General Fernando Frayro de Andinde,
Presulont of tho Military Assembly,
I closed its lunt session at 7 o'clock.
Vand*rbtlt-I air Nuptials.
i 2s rw YoTik, Speolal. ? Yonth and
beauty, with millions of money, nero
| joined together in holy matrimony at
noon Tne?day, whon Virginia Fair bo
[ enrao the bridn of Wm. Iv. Yapderbilt,
^Jr. A hunt 150 crnesta wejro -present ut
tho coremony, which took plnoe in tho
Fifty seventh street jroaidence of Her
man Oelriohea, whoso wife is the ?ist.<r
I of tho bride, _ Ibo borao wai aurrottnd
ed by a curious and mixed crowd.
A Sword for Captain tvans.
Sax Francisco, r:p|.( Speolal. ?Tho
Crew of tho battlo>-hip Iown, now 1 y
iuir rt this port, have presented Cap
tain Robley D Lvane with a handsome
a word, accompanied by a fitting letter.
Tho sword boars tho inscription: "Pre
sented to Captain Robley t). Evan*, 17.
8. N., by the crew of tbo U. 8 S.
Iow?." On the reverse aide are the
words: "To Onr Hero? Too juet to
take a fallen hero's, giro this
sword instead." ? "
Mr. UUm4 Dead.
Xew York, Sreciol.? Worron P. Lo
laod, proprietor of tbo Wiodaor Hotel,
which wua deatroyed by fire on Moreb
17tb, died in thia city at tho Hotel
! Grenoble. Mr. Lei and** death followed
[ an operation for appendicitis.
Dr. Talmafe's ReiifMtfoa Accepted.
? W*a*nroT?nr, 0. Cl, finsfftl. ?The
Presbytery of Washington City baa ac
oepted tho resignation of Dr. Telxnago
?s Paator of tho First Prosbytwlaa
ohurohof thia city.
CRTO ataefro ftoitrator.
Pnmnin, flpooial. ^Tho Pitt?
b?c?r Prosbyt ery, foe tho 0nt liao m
?w D>aiVf> Ifunea m eeierea mi ptoO*
gunr Hah Rat, If H liaaioa, ro?
i ** of jkmjkH**
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SOUTH CAROLINA NOTES.
T.<* lirst I nVh of war clninjfl of tho
v> 1 1 t c? u^u.ust the l e. trial novornuump
lijci been approved by * the Ti eoMiry
O * |Mi 1 1 iiif m i , und tho money wiJhwhuvi
! t .1'/ '.llitl) fiM WHlxil'll 10 UuVOTM.il
I .! !oi In'. .i In* i i)in u in Hi"? elvmn ?i i
no s;0* ?'vl oil SCoU UUil beloi 0 K>l)
be ( u. l. I ho i ollowimj uro the t-1 nim **
for *v h icli money has been received to
I ay t ! i ? ? f\\ : J oh 11 Stollim.*, Miaw, 5f8'J. 1' ,
Colo L. HI on *40, military t-oct nt.uv.
So. J): ! 1 Tel ?'id lelophona i o ,
tolepluwio sevee, J. A. Sirioii
lend, livery It : r 0. I '?. 00; \\\ 11. Swy
pert, aoiv oos, 11. J. lion mo*,
water buckets, vl. .'<(?; <T, I. X'tti?rar ?
C'., taidwmo, -!?j.03; Stewart ?
f*i ontia.-t, hnr?l\v?i??' . J. T. M'
Cart ho, 1 ivory i * 10.00; .T. 1'.
McCarthu, lively iii'> o i i 0 ? lolfll.
J. U3,
GnrxNvir.i.r.. - Comi liofttios.* ecetuft U.
follow CJiiipliO^tiull 1U iho Colohliil,
liiiQXvillc ui! '1 W o; tci u c.'.ao. 'JLhoruii
ore being steadily imu o i> aud tboptob
ability is thnt by tbo day, April iS'b,
sot foi h heaving heforo Vedoiol Judge
Bmwloy it; tuo lujuiiolion ease the i ond
Will bo Ol M) 1'loUdy dismantled. llioui
junction .prnntod by Jud^o Jliawloy in
(pllles till) rollttCM'# to (?IVO S'sOilO boill!
i. i 0oVi>r (in i on if oh. Till.* bond has n*'!
been cXceU'ed nor is it Ijkely to be.
I iui r?dnt.ii3 take tho position i ti.it
ahottld t lmy put lip tho bond end lo-e
the on so tiioy wouM bo aued on tin*
bond white ;f they Witt the cti'-o they
can force tlios? who take up tho road to
put )t back, ro that thero u> nothing to
gain bv giving tbo boud.
Governor K^Lojfbt* has rafdofiod Sbiu
Wiibank >, of 0* >nee O'-unty, who wa*
Convicted of manslaughter and sou
tonood to threo year* in tho penitentia
ry, in. Inly, lyi)^. F.icht of the juror*
huvo aignod t ho application for tho pot
douo and a ltir</o uum bor of eitiyoim of
Ooonno r.ny mat. tiioy think Wiibank'*
Iihh boon mifUoionlly i>u?iRhoil, l?tid
that ho ki.'lod bis victMi) at a tmppnr at
which wUnkov wat froolv unewund that
both pnrttoH wcro driukniii. It )? ftit'
thor htu'od that tho Wi lli aud OSDOsliro
havo uncloruiinod Vvillbank'n health
und that to ooutmuo bia toilU would
likely load to Inn doath.
i'lio Convemo consorvatory of tuuslo
bus boon formally nccoptod by tho
board of tru?ten?, ond Spnrtaubur^ now
baa tho band ho m est bUildtuCT rcuth of
W'a.-ihitiK ton dr.votod ontno-v to inuaio.
Tlio trustees liavo dotorniuic (1 oIho
build a now j-K'.t'OO dcuiitoiy for tho
accommodation of BtudontH. i his has
been mado a ncco-sMty by ttio fact that
about CO pnp)ls bavo had to bo ojinrtor
cil in privito faiuihes in tho citi.v tliir
1UX t'HH f-.odfiiou. l'ho usw budditiB!
will bo thutc stories hi?l), with a tbor
cughly i-quippcd ^^aiijaniuin ou tho
ground floor.
T lioro in moro than tho u.sual activity
at tho Mnval etntioti at Hounfort jusi
now. J' bo pre:-onco of tho Lancio tcT
atid too Aini'l.iti ijto oulivciis 1 h i iifjb
consul, c-rnbly thoryabout. Iho Aniphi
tnto b.jijj'bcipn having f-iual I arm tat cot
practice in i lie* bay opposite thu nation;
tbo Lnucastcr bus been oft" Jbiy l'oint
c:>f.'a~'inK in sub calibro praotice. 1 h?
A inphiti ito baa just talcen on cool and
in oxpectod to drop down to tho point
iu a duy or two. Grout Kun Drinu will
then comuionco uudor Cupt Baicbiv'r.
diroction.
tdiuiloston will 1m full of C'onfodcr*
ato battle fhtt/s at tho routiion. Uhis
nipKests that tbo lhu^."* of tho fcouth
Carolina le^icaont in tho IiiHpano*
American war ouyht to bo presorvotl,
loo. Congress hua j<ansid the following
act: "That tbo nocrotary of war bo,
and ho is beroby, authorized to permit
volunteer regiment", on bcin? Uitistci
ed out of tho Rorvico of tho United
States, to rotain all of thou le^iineutul
colon*. !-'aid colors thall bo turned
over to tbo Statu authorities to which
said re;YiixiontB boiong.
Olio of South Carolina'n most tab
ciit? d you np woineti is o<.on to (iosert
the licld of journalism, which rho ban
i a) ticulariy graced for several years,
to booomo a blushing brido ond fiil her
destiny in the realm of mat rimony, In
other words Mihh Kvn J'etty, tbo tal
ented itud accomplishe<l <lau>?hlor of
Mr. Chos. Potty, of Spartan bint,', ond
>[r. Claronco John Shooru, of Now
York city, are to bo tn^kied Weduea
<lay April 12, in >- partAPnir^.
Tbo that inter -coilexiuto (.'uwo of tho
neason ropulted in tho defeat of fitntli
Carolina collego in Columbia. La
fayette como.saw and conquered. The
'jig northern men were 'oo mtiuu for
their southern brethren, nnd Soutli
Carolina coIIoko followed tlio fate ol
North Carolina aud other southern col
legos, whoso tooms havo been defeated
by tho Lol-'ayctto bays.
,I.; 11. 1>. Stradley woa jriven a cowhid
ing on Main street, in (iroenvillo, bv
JT. Murrow I voy of ltock HhI, while
Frank Ivey lookod on. .Mr. JStradtev
mnrried a fiiuter ?>f tbo Messrs. Ivi'j*,
and tho troubles between .Mr. and Mrs
fctrndley wcro tno causo of the wui|>
ping.
Tbo fjontli Carolina and (Jeor^u
Railway Ex'.ension Company in now
locating its ex ensiou from Grtffney tt
Spartauburg, via tho Chiton factorior
and Glendaie.
A small sonant ion was orcated in
MolTe'sviMo, Aud<*rson county, liy the
arrest of Homer Newel' ami wifoou the
cb'aruo of aellius contrabraud liquors.
NowaII ia e member of tho btate eon
r-tabularv, has acted in that capaaity
for two yeara, and still holds his com
mission.
The ijecrotary of State has received
notice from the direotoro of tho lfeedj
Kivcr .ManutacturniK Company thai
they liave reduced tbeir capital ; atoc)i
from gyO.a'iO to half that amount. Tbf
p?rmiaaii>o for the reduotion wn* ffi^en.
The Seventieth annual commence
ment of the Medical Collepeol Cborlea
ton topJl place last week. Twenty yonnK
uieu in the College of Me<T?criie and
thirteen in that of -Pharmaoy received
tbeir diploifioa. ,
Union ia soon to bare ft new $10,0gC
hotel.
The revenue officer* have bMB WJ
active of late id OreeovilieoooatT. Tb?
other day tbej cut 0|> eight dtatilleriee
and deatroyed more than <2,000 worth
of property. *>
Mr. T. T. Talley, oily *Ierk *f Wmm
hia, has received eebtdk for I^OIiV?,
Ibc ettjr'e pmrt of the proflte tf tbe lo
cal dl;"4D?wMe doriif tbo loot qturtor
Ol 169ft -r
The etoAoote of Sontb Corollso oel
lege have ban node bo ppj by roqiev
SIMS.
Many peouUlr tales and Aorto bar- i
rowing storms ure told of roveuuo raids
iu tho inoonshuio dutriot oi Gieonvtlle
coUui.v but tlio I >it oa t is of ti now order.
So\oiul days ago thero wool to tho up*
poi portion of tho county a lovonue of
iioof who is new to tlio buBinofts. lie
loomed, or thought ho hud located rt
nidi, I'Ut for reasons beat known to )nm
self did nut wi.sh to mi t tho Hllll uloiio,
m> In* wt-ni to u con u try store near by
and 'phoned for tome other oflleoiN to
conio up and help him raid ttio still.
In tho atoru tit tho tiiuOworo u halt dog
n or to men i?i tho neighborhood who
i';U d (lie in ik over tlio 'phouiv Now,
it I-' >\ well known fact that n revenue
i llloor might start nt mid-day fr?uu
tiroioiviSle for tn? dark corner and bo
foio ho had k'ottti htt'tf the distance hia
coming, t_viu without tho tud of t lie
liuiie, \\ou?d bo a faoi liiiuwn ull
t hiough tho moorishino district. bo
whon tho new deputy called for
help over tho telephuuo to towu
thirty miles away, tho moon
,?h iinu'fl went out 111 the caved nnd fust
UBsaos of the maintain* nnd hilifl and
laughed .dowl v and made prp| illation*.
An experienced raider wont t<> (he new
man'* help and wasasiouu lod U> karu
tiiat the supposed Mtdi was on-v a tuilo
or ft> from where tije tdlloor hud
*1 honed iu the message, and the old
ollioor was not surprised when tho bal
lots began to whittle. I lie dew man
oriol out that ho had seen it man shoot
and tho old timer lold hllll to bhoot
back, but tlio new follow raid ho had
only a pistol, wluoh wouldn't do much
good at that ranee. Iho experieuotid
har d solemnly advised the preen iioru to
throw away his popgun aiidiretu hand
ful ot rocks. Meautimo the otIiei:i-i were
mukiug ttm bo-l pobuib'u tunc r ut of
rniiL'e of the squirrel i:flo? iu
in lhe hands of mou who-o u:ni is un
failing. Noil tune, if thoro is? a next
time, tho now ofllcer will doubtle'B not
u-o iho 'plione and tie may toe lit to
flurry u gun with huu.
Adjutant (Jenoial Floyd haa reoeivod
a pitil ul letter li?iu a poor woman in
Now Jersey. Sho Iiiih boon twioo w id
owed, if or lb at husband wmi a (Jim
fudotule aoidier, and hao not been lieiud
from Bin oo Her iiecond husbuud
wus a I'u.on volerun. When tho hitler
died ti in widow obtained a poueioQ
from the government* Ibis, <die saj's,
Ik her sole dependonoo, and &hn has no
relatives living who can care for her.
'J he govor mueut n < ? w t h roii teiiH i<.i de
prive hi"- of her pension becuuio she
lias no documeiilni j' evidouce to prove
tho ili-ath of her lirft husbAiid, who was
a ninul'or if the M.vion artillery.
Look II. K ovor tho coufedei nt.<i <?.cotda
(.Jen. I ioyd ami Col. John I'. 'I nomas
found her hnabuiid'6 uan..T with this
marginal nob:? "misaiiig," Mtifeing
through uli liie-o yearf?, iio iou-t bo
dea<l| and it is prnbable thilt ilia wid
dowed widow can aow oLlatu' her j on
lilift ftf *
<len. Wude liampton'K {jlst birlhdny
wuh celebrated by tlie Columbia ( hap
tor, U. [). ('., by a special meeting.
I'lowers decked tho hall, and au atile
and touching artioio w?n read i>y the
hintorian, IVJ rt?. J. I'. Adami, of Con
garee. 'J'iie paper wm o beam ifu I trib
nto to Go n. llanu tou as soblier an<i '
patriot, and tiu> chapter unanimously
echoed Mi 8. Adams's wish that 1I103
may bmg cfllobrnto his birthday. Beau
tiful (l-.weiH woro sent to tho o!it hero
with tho fond wo-hes and rougratula
tiouB oi Iho chapter that bears hi
name. A contribution of ?10 was sein
frmn the chaptcr to tho ( hai loston Ke
Union in .May, with wi?hoH for a must
bacceasful Kouniou.
AHuiuhint Attoruey General U. X.
Gunter has liled 1111 opinion in rogtird
to tlin Rchool law which may have groat
eQ'eet upon htoppinu tho further pur
cha 0 of c.harts, and whioli may loud
to the rejection of a nuinbor of ?warrant
now onicluuding. lie interprets lb*
law to mean that no supplied can bo
bought during owo .school year aud puid
for out of the funds of nnottier year, a?
has heeu done in many instances. Ilo
opinion was "endered in compliauco
with a roqiiust from Mr. W. II. Barton,
niioei inleiKleiit ol edueatiun of Cireou
vdio county'.
An injunction has been signed iu Iho
Und,Hil btatea Circuit Court at Char
boit. ill by Judge Hrawley rentraining
W. C. Cuthi uii , reco ver; A. W. Ai.d. r
euu aud others from tearing ujJ the
track of Iho Cuiolma, Kooxvilha uud
W? frtern KaiiWuy. The pot it ion f r in
terventicm was liied by tho t'u ? of
houth C urolMia,ex 1 eiationo 'J'. JJ. Cua
un.gham and others.
At Manning, while on their way to
school, Bonm ohiidron discovered ti n
body of a uogro lying iu tho water
utidur a Iro't.o about a mile from town.
From the position it wot in foul play
was t-u-ipectcd, t>ut upon examination
no iii'ii k.t oi Violence were fonud upon
the body, rftid ft jury r?f inquoHt re
iiirned n vordict of death from natural
calicos, or accidental drowning.
Upon recommendation of Magisira'o
John J. Hi.well, of St. Oeorgc'H, Gov
ernor Filer bo has ? fT -red h reward of
&><> for tho apiirutit'Dsion of James
Oastt, a negro desperado who baa <lo
fied tho officers of Dorchester oounty.
Guntt ovei powered tho jailor and
cttpcd fro(d jail. Afterward* he tired
upon coiis'tutdea sent to arrest him aud
ayaiu escaped.
Tho annual State Sunday school coo*
veution will bo held tlii* year at Spar*
tauburg, April 2U-23. ihe programme
inoludon many intorenting aud |?raeti>
cal topic*, 'ltiat veteran and diatio
tfuiabed Sunday school worker, Mr. ?.
F. Jacobs, of Chiaaffo, (he cUairmao of
the international ex?butive committee,
will be present.
At the. town of North, in Orangabnrn
oouoij, Han Sultan waa killed. by En*
*eae Calfai Uotb partiaa are aotofv
edv and it seeae that the kdliog waa
tha rea nit of a diapute a few daya bt>
for a. ~ ~ e
~Z
Vvt. nwv Bit vfrfvvj wfwnvovuii bw
thirty-five hundred ot four tboatand
dotiari to malt* tip for a part of hla
'.h.rt^.,.?dmoM BU
C4.NTINI IS ANXIOUS TO OBTAIN HIS CUtK.
John Hay, Secretary of State, Writes tha
fiovornor Regarding An Old Judgment.
Tha Goyovuor has raceivod a Utter
winch recalls a da so celebrated m dii?
po;ua xy litigation. The lettor it aa oftl
o ol one from Secretary of Stato Hay,
wIm wroto regarding ft claim of ovejr
>3,000 against tho Stato hold by A.
<?"*???? tin f? nu Ttalimi citizen. Tha fol
lowing ih tho oommuuioatioa of Sooro
tfary Hay.
^ ASWt*OVOK. P. Ct
IIM Excellency, tho (iovoruor of South Oaro
111) fl:
bim I h.atn thn hon-vr to in vita your Atten
tion to tho <lcpiut inin t'9 U> t?r of JuoeStb.
H I whl?:!i remains unanswered, pr&ieutlag
the i othion of A Oiuttnl, an Italian subject,
requesting payment i.>r Uaittagoi Amounting
to 68,606 70, 0''inii:e;l In tha courts of tb??
(Tnlioit rt.nipi a^aini: oflfloora iu tho kliate,
tliooQle, ruin question having no property
to *ati-.fv tho Ja.l?<ni.?iit. X'io Italiau ohArae
ilo affairs fid liit'Miiii f^iTfrquintud of this
?tepn ? I tn?H>t ?n answer to bin noi? pre?eutlngr
mo pennon, nu<t i stiail fto grntltlotl to learn
your vl?w.i on It.
I have t'tft li nor to mi, sir,
Your obedient sor van*.
jonx Ha*.
Cautini and tho oonatnbloi had
trouble over a Rer.es of raids load*
upon i ho former's piaoo. Tho Italian
Olamlod that Inn poaoo of tuind and
that of Inn wife had been greatly dii*
turbod and he brought nut against tha
stato for dumaves on tho ground of in
trusion. Tti tho Uuiiod States district
ooiirt iu Cnarlrston ho was granted a
vordict of ^8,00'J. Tho oane wa? ap*
pon! I'd to the United States circuit
Oi'Urt iu Rolnuoiid, aud tho vardiO^of
the jury mi tho district court wai stja
taimd. Cantint lifts never beeu paid
Mm anion nt of tho judgment. granted
h iu. Tho oouRtahlaH were, of oour**,
n ittHpouedblo, not being bonded, and
thorn ban hctni hoqjo hitoh in the pt^y*
uj Hit. of t ho ii aim. Htraugo to nay .but
one of tho oonntubleu is living today.
Swan, tho chief of tho party. ?Oaillard
is dead, uud Pepper vvaa killed in tha
Darlington riot. 'Teoiotary Iltrv'* Ift*
lor litif beon foiiniiuod to tho uttornay
yoncrai for uii opinion.
True Hill A^jnist Crawford.....-''
Tho grand jury "f Kichlftud oonuty
Monday found a "Iruo bill" iu tlie ca?e
of tbo Ktuto a*ftin<t W. H. Crawford,
charged with murder Tliiu is tbe be
ginning of tho irsnl of tho sensational
Cn-o witieft mix weoit x atfn appalled the
community. Solicitor t'Jiurmond has
noi i?ro?"o l tim mdiotment of murder
nguiaatj. JV Pom, J. X. Coleman and
J. B. Coolev, ohsrsted with being ac
cessories ti'Jth?> killing of .Mrs. John M.
Smart on Fobruary 21. However he
did not nol prosequi tbo case aaft'Ost
W. ]?. Crawford, who is i n d iotod ay
being tbo principal in tbo oauo. Judge
Wntts in banding tbo indictment to
t ho giand jury maMo no romarks, bub
muiply defined tho duties of the grand
jury in tbo premises, ? Mr. Jobu - M.
fi t ii ttr t was thero to appdttY before the
jury. This was I113 appearance on the
Htroota nlnoo Hint awful Satnrday
night. Ills face wai bound up, but he
whn ablo to talk a little to bin friends
who woro glad to soe him out eirain.
His little g rl, Alioc, al?o appeared be
foiotho icrnnd jury, 114 did Israel Har
lis, tbo dofofmi'd negro who works for
Mr. Stuart/ 4 J hero wan .10 demonotra*.
tion of any kind wbou tbo o*se was
culled. Tbo solicitor, tbo judge au'd
tbo grand jury went to work ou the
case iu a very busiuuB3 liko way. Mr.
John McMaster ih assisting Holioitor
Tburmoud. Mr. Co e Li. Blouse end
Mr. John P. Thomas, Jr., are repre
senting Crawford.
A Railroad lax. r '
Ail QOt passod by tbo General AflMm- t,
bly at its 1 uMt uossion Authorizing the
auditor to asso** and~fiio treasurer to
colieot a two mill levy on the property
in Sullivan towunhip, Lurens oonnty,
to pay cerium nltoruoyn' fees as Coua
sol in a suit brought against the town*
ship bj (^30. Husong & Co., to oolleot
tbo paj-Jpint of ocrtuiD bonds issued
in 18HM tiMiuild tho Carolina, Knoxvtlle
and Wesi?rji ruilroa l^fceough Sullivan,
received the appro"al of tfce voters of
tbo towuahip in an oleotioq held there
by a two -thirds majority. The road
was uover completed and the people
have stoutly r?sintud tbo payment of
the bond* on tho groun l that the eon
tract wasn't carried out.
Arrested f ir Larcony and Arson.
Haywood Harkadale.a colored yonth
of 17, of Laureus, in iu jail on a charge
o iiitio out of tho ordiunry for one of
bis years, laro?ny a':d qrspn. Wtfj
Wiutcr, barber at tho Don Delta, miss
ed a packatro of valuable paperd and a
purse containing $34.50 in gold. Barke*
dale, who was employed in the shop,
was suspeoied, and srrested, as he bed
presented a S6gold piece at tho dispen>
?ury for change. Ho oohfa>-aed ths
whole thing, saying bo burned the pa* '
pors end spent bulf ibe gold. Th^ia
per n destroyed oovurod uu amount of
Siloo, 9400 of wbiok oau be roocvorod by -
duplicate.
An A fad Pytbiai Dead.
Mr. August Reckling died at bit
residence iu Colufiib a after att illness
of two mouths, lie wan 83 years of aget
and up to the time of bis illness wat
uuu?ually active for one of bia year*.
Mr. Heckling was without doubt the
oldest Kuight in the State and very
prohub.y tho oldest lu the world. He
always showed tbo deepeat intereet in
the order, and <wt an exaapla for
younger men to jifoilt by.
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Proposed New ?iecir>c Llae.
Great interest is being taken by tbe
citizen* of Waterloo in the erection
, of so eleotno railway from Harris
' Lithia Springs to tbat place. Mr.
Harris, to whom tbe ?pruiir? be*Oo?r.
bee contemplated the railroad for aoma
lime bat oaly very reeeat>? toaa aa v
tVlog dottuitaly baeu eotad epos. At .
. a meeting of tbe citigeaa of tbe Above
f ptsoe about a tboni*nd?3tt?rrvra?
eghjoribed ia order to hrinjri>?L lOJtd