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— f ■■x* / /' \ “ ' ■ ' . Tm Pwple Pressei. I.iHjnr; M« rt i»niite and -w-:—wllaneous—:— dob Printing promptly and In thi bortstyltMun Urn pKon.fe Prutw- Vol. XV. V*rf V*1 v-v( . -- <M . BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., SEPTEMBER 24, 1891. 1 X. T. WOfll ATTORNCY-AT'l.AWV Bamw«II» H. C. , Moxiff to Imd on iarr t Town l<rt# and improred ! landu for ^alo. Will nefpl nakw »>f < l«arrd and titnhrt land* and laiy avIiWI and cotta tv claim**. ■' . ' :=a’" No. 4 +*? ' • YOUTH AND r'- AGE. ~>OR- LOVELY LADIES —AT— •Jesse Dupp’s. JUST RECEIVED -A 'iweiiyi'ifairflttmiiinjiiwiwww Very beautiful Stock of the Latest and Loveliest When all the world la ruling, lad. and all the trees arc green. And every goose a swan. lad. and every lass a , queen;. I’henliejr for hoot and horse, lad. and ride the world a \vh yf ^ ' <*1 Vounc blood itiunt have Its oounte, lad, and • «v*»ry dog his Uaf? 1 WIk^ii all the world is old. lad. and all the trees arc brown. ’ And all the sport Is stale, lad. and all the j wheels run down: ; Creep iiouir and take thy place there, thy early 1 friends arnniig; <J«d grant you liud one farce -there you lov’d a hen all was young. _ . -— “ i ui n« iced roof, through which blew the gale, a drop of water fell on the dead face aud ran down it like a tear. • * • • • . • What had Jenny been about in the dead woman's house? What was she carrying off beneath her cloak? Why was her heart beating? Why did she hasten with snch trembling steps to her own cabin without daring to look brick? What did she hide in her own bed be hind the curtain? What had she been stealing! —— When she entered the cabin the cliffs GROWTH OF The Indnntriwl THE SOUTH, In Development 10. Vho Week lulling Sept. Chattanooga. Sept.-81.-—The Trades man, in its weekly review for the week ending Sept. 19, reports 64 new indus tries, 17 new buildings, 7 new railroads, 2 electric lines and 1 street ctr line. Among the most important new indus tries established, as reported to The Tradesman, are the following: A brew ery at Alexandria, Va.. a palmetto fibre FIRE IN CHICAGO. A DISASLROUS FIRE. Several Terann* Are Smothered to Death In D 'n*e Smoke. , Chicago, Sept. 19.—A fire occuired Raging Flume* in the < rnohory Uurtthev ' — in Wt«< •rtialu. Washington, Kept. —T8.—President here ira three-story brick building, at Harrison has-signed ( the proclamation 549 and 551 Kedgewirk stre^tt, in the jiOpemng to settlement and^homestead ientry the newly cedefl lands of the Sac j an i F ox, Kiowa and Pottawatomie In dians in the eastern part of Oklahoma. -5^ JENNY. cnair liesicie me r»eu. sue was very iwtle; _ , aiWTmh Hats, Flowers, Ribbons, &c., &c.^ &c.. * on f ft was night. The cabin, poor but i-warm and ef>iy. was ^un of a half twi* —' right, through which the objects of the t interior were but dimly visible by the glimmer of the emliers which flickered the hearth ami reddened the dark 11/4** nifters overheaiL. The fisheruiau’* nets WniCn WCrC wt . rt . hanging on the wall. Some homely 1 Bought at > pots aud {mhs twinkled on a rough shelf Prices * n c^rmr. Beside a great bed with Undreamed of before ^ , , * l n,n * w« ill Barnwell S history, j W |,ich five little children were asleep , and like chenibs in a nest By the bedrido. which will be ^** r forehead presse*! against tlie conn ter i wine, knelt the children's mother , QolH Qi F^ipCi rinQf’ Slmwas alone. Outside the cabin the wUlli GL I II OL UUOLi - binck ormn. dasiied with stormy mow- tlakc>s. moannl ami tuarumred. and her i husliaml was at sea. From hts Imj-hood he had lwen a fisher man. His life, as one may say, had been a daily fight with tlie great waters, fur® every day the children must tie fed. and every day. rain! wind or tempest, ont went hts Is wit to Ash. And while in his 1 font sailed I mat he plied Ids solitary Ittsk * l at aea his wife at home |witched the sails , mended tlie nets, kmked to the litwdis or t watche<l tlie little fire wh^re The Ash . ataip was I Haling As soon as tlie Ave children Were asleep she fell u|hmi her ’ knees sml prayed to h*nven for her ha*, i isnxl In hia struggle with the wave* ami darkness Ami truly sitrli a life as his was lianL The likeliest plsre for Ash j was a mere s|s-ek among tlie breakers. 1 not ne.re than twtre as large as hts own cabin—a s|s*t ohat'nrv, ca|WH i<ms. chang lug on the nt*»vlng «|esert. ami )-et which Ua«l t«i be dlsroveretl in the fog ami lent- flhst *4 a winter night byaiieer skill ami kuowieilga of tha tides and win4s And | there " while ihe gliding wave* ran past like etnembl ser)wnts. ami tl»e gulf of darkness Ddhst ami tisseil. and the straining rigging groaned as if in terror —there, amid the icy seas, he thnoght uf hts own Jenny; ami Jenny, in her cottage, tteaight *4 him with tram She was thinking of him then ami praying. The aragoU's hamh ami naa-k- ing ery distressed her. ami the Dwtring of the tallows on the reef alarmed her j a si I But she was wrapiwd in th*aight« —thonght* of their |»»verty Their little rhiMreti went liaref«H*tcd winter aud summer Wheat bread they never ate taily laead of Itarley. Heavens: tlie wind roared like the bellow* **f a f«*rge ami th** xeat^aod eclasst like sn anvil ‘ She we|»t ami trembled. IKsw wives wh*ne hushaads are at sma! How terri Idem sa y. "My dear maw—father, lover, i laotber*. siais—are in the tempestr , But Jenny was still more unhappy. Her hnslumd was alone—alone wiUiont as sistance on this bitter night. Ilerrhil- tlren were too little to assist him. Poor nntfher'. Now she says, ”1 wish they ' , were grown np to help their fatherr i Foolish tlream! In years to come, when j they are with their father in the tempest. Improved Friction ami Hope Feed fjtxi • she will say, with tears, ”1 wish they Di $(Mkl. I.uiiimus ami Van W inkle cot- j were but children stilir’ very jiale it seeiueil as if she^felt .repentance. Her forehead fell npon the pillow, and at in tervals, '"with broken words, she mur- mmvd to herself, while outside the cabin moaned the Ravage sea. ■*My.a»^ ,liUiUi JJh, -heavoRS,- These goods must be seen to be appreciated and no lady should miss > the chance to get a share of tlie BEAUTIFUL BARGAINS now Waiting for wise buyers - at Jesse ptnih’s, _ BARNWELL S. C. I Y^^ISH TO HE BOSS —or tors— » | OWN GIN HOUSE? TtlKX HI V THE Thomas gtcam Press — AX lb- Seed Cotton Elevator. fit !• the nH«f prrf«*et .f«t -m in n»e, 1 I nbinding e«4UMt fmm nag*Mi«, clean- i I ng and delivering it in|«t gut* or •LaiU. < ‘«-itou d«*e» n**t t*a«o through Fan ami , Prep*. re«|iiires m* iHilley* imr lielti*.. It aavea tiiuv and money. | Talbott & Sons L* * . . *1 Engines and Boiler, Stationary i and Portable. # Old D< >- minion Com Mills $\2S to 5100. Talbott s Saw Mills,- will he *iaV? fTe h:is ”afready ho much trouble. What have I done now? Five children on our handti nlrendyl Their father toH.i and toiln, and yet. aS if he ha«l not care enough already, 1 must give him thia care more. Is that he? No. nothing I have done wrong—he would do quite right to l»eat me. U that he? No! 8o much the letter! The door moves as if some one were coming in. but no* To think that i should feel afraid to see him enter!" Then she remained nl»aorl>ed in thonght and shivering frith'tlie cold, nn- conscioils of all outward sounds, of the black conn*wants, which pas'H-d shriek ing. and of the rage of wipd and sea. All at once the door Aew «*p» n. a streak of the white light of morning entered, and the fislmnnau. dragging his drip ping net. apjicared upon the threahold. ami cried, with a gay laugh. "Ifc-re come* tin* navyT •*Ynur cned Jenny; snd she clasped works, capitalized at $150,000 at I3ir- mingham, Ala., an asphalt mine at Palestine,- Tex., A coat, mine at- F*>r( Worth, Tex., a gold mine at James town, N. ('., and nn ifoti mining com- riahv at 4'lnit>awtH»mA.^r<uiii ■ it nmtTfTnt~ coke company at Opi-kiska, W. Va., a ] cool aud timWr conqinny at Kenova. ^ W. Va.. and development companies at (kdumbia, S. V., Lvnchimrg. Va., and j Tallahassee. Fla. Electric lighting and i |x*wcr plants are established at Fort , Valley, Cla.: Huntsville, Tex., and Hen derson, N. C. t Flouring mills at Ilrintingtou, W.Vn., W in nesvdle, N. and Hester Mills and S-wanee. Tonn.. an ice ami storage ! company m Birimiigimm. Ala., and iron working plants »t Middleborottgh and Lexingioii, Ky., a furna<*e at Eatcr- j*n>e. Miss., nnd machine shops at Jug raven* and Tallapoosa, Ga. Oil mills are re] tor ted at Jack sotx, <*a., and R »ll- ing Fttrk, Mi*»s., an oil refinery at Park- ■ ersbnrg. W.Vn.. phosphate conqwuie* at Anthony ar.d Ilartow, Fla., rice null at Kissimmee, and a sh*** factory at ; Eustice, Fla., steel Works at Bristol, Tenn.. ami a sugar d-Ath rv at Kis-im- mee. Fla. A Ideachery will lie built at , i’olumhus. Oa.. a cotton mill at Enter* prise. Miss..and knitting mill* at Hunt.-- vllle. Ala., and Tar!s»ro, N. C. Water upjx'r stories, which were occupied by a nnmberof families as living apartments, reaultetl in the death of seven persons and the fatal injury of another. The dead are: These fertile lands may lie entered upon next Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 12 ... lard tim \ - On ill,- noiiler* of tlie I.mih1«. GUTUjUK, Ok. T.. Sej>t, 1H.—Thepros- pective settlers oir the borders, of the , new lauds to be ojiened for settlement on Tuesday next have received the news ^ Mrs. Schalk, aged 42. Annie, John and James Schalk, ngetl 15,12 imd 8 year»r ^Robbie Burns, aged 14. An nnknowu woman. ' Cytt!l»fatt5'FchaIlr711ic' F m^v snrvivTng _ . - ♦ member of the family, ngwl 17. was' 3 ' great joy. and, although the crowd is overcome with the smoko ami it ia good-natured, tliere -will undoubtedly t^ight CTntait recover, lie an unprecelented rush wlien the promised land in ojHmed for habita tion. Am«mg the numlw-r awaiting the ar rival of the time are eowlmys, gain- biers. Indians and negroes, as weft aa hundreds of whites. . Tlie United States marshal him sum moned a hundred or m«m- gnanls to assist in keeping the peac«- and pre- ven!ing any irunld** that may arise during the tiim* of ouxiuty ami exeite- »n»nt m this jwirt of the-nmntry. TRAGEDY IN TEXAS. A DiffirMlty with F*t*l Ke««lt« Growf Ont «>f Hnb.Trraunrjr i'nntrwmnj. hMAJty Kept. II,—A tragedy was en-. acted on the public square at Hulphnrf Springs in thia state. For some tii past Everett Moore, editor of The Alli ance Vindicator, and E. M. Tate, the editor of The Hopkins County Echo, have been engaged ih a bitter newspa per controversy which had its origin in a t<lt> moU-troHmra rinta***^ " 1 men met oh rile square and the old tumble came np. Words fed to- blows, when the men gnqqded. They broke away, but puUed r>ist*»ts and i ls*tli fire*!. McK>re fell mortally uronnd- j ed ane expired a few hours after wants. ; Tate was place*.! nmler arrest. Tno ...feeliug -mws- high, both men wort* ]h >pulur amt encli ha*! many friends. ’’ r.* -i her hnslmnd liken lover, and presMtl hera work* at Gaffney City. N. C. # Plaque vrna Jiighteiwsl. “ the winter is s hanl time But ton Gins i Cotton Presses. We offer Saw Mill men sml (tinners t he most coniph'te outfit* in the Slate, and at bottom prices. II. C. BADHAM, GlUKKItAT. A«KN r l\ ' • • • • • • Jenny took her lantern and her cloak, j '’It is time,” she said to herself, “to see , whether he is coming back, whether the . sea is calmer, am! whether the light i* i burning on the signal mast." She went j out There was nothing to lie seen— bandy a streak of white on the horizon It was raining, the dark, cold rain of early morning. No cabin window show ed a gleam of light COLUMBIA, S. C. The Talbott Engine is the best, apr 16 If SUMMER sale. One Thousand Stt|K*rh New Pianos ami Organs, from l>cst. makers only, to be sold during August, September and October, 18111, at. Spot. Cash Prices, with liaymeiit Xovembcr 15th next. No in terest.'' L See These Bargains. \ Beautiful Upright Piano only 1225. > Superb Cabinet Grand Piano only $250. /A ’ ' ■ ' • J^ine Parlor Organ only $50. Rich Parlor Organ only $65. Superb Mirror Top Organ only $75. N. W. TRUMP, fol/UMBIA, S. C. aug20 ROBT. C. HIXSON. " SURVEYOR JIND ENGINEER, WLACt T Li.E, K. C. Special aUenU*4t giv«n u* I am*! Sur- v eying. aurottaa to all bu*u- iy cara. All at once, while peering round her, her eyes [a-rceived a tumbledown old cabin which ahowetl no sign of light or I tire. The 'door was swinging in the I wind; the wormeaten walls seemed ; acarcely able to fciippbrt Hie crazy rouf, ; on which the wind shook tlm yellow. filthy tufts of rotten thatch. ••Stay," she cried. ”1 am forgetting J the poor widow whom toy husband found the other day alone and ill. 1 must see how she is getting on." She knocked at the door and listened No one nnsweeed. Jenny shivered in the cold «ea‘wind. v “She is ill. And her poor children! She has only two of them; hot she is very jssir. and has no husband." She knocked again, and called ont. “Spy, neighbor!” But the cabin was still silent . ' -— • Heaven!" she said, “how sonnd she sleejis that it m)nires so much to wake fieri” At the instant the door opened of itself. She entered. Her lantern illu mined the interior of the dark and silent cabin, and showed her the water falling from the ceiling Os through the openings of a sieVe. At the end of the room an awful form\wa* lying—a woman 1 stretched ont motionless, with bare feet ami sightless eyes. Her cold, white arm hung down among the straw of the pal let. Site was dead Qnce a strong and happy mother, she tvas now only the 1 specter which remains of poor humanity after a long struggle with the World Near the bed on which the mother lay two little children—a boy and a girl— • slept together in their cradle and were smiling m their dreams. Their mother, when she felt that she was dying, hod • laid Her cioak across (heir . feet aMp j wrapped theta la her dress, to keep them i warm when she herself was cold - How soacd they slept in their old, tpt- tering cradle, with their calm breath I and quiet Itttfe faces! It ataoMd os tf nothing oooJd *vak* Lhasa sleeping or phans. Uotmd* the rata beat down in , Bawls and tha sra gara forth a soand Bhr me alarm bdl Fiun tha ohi crav- m«Kith against hia nmgli jacket ’ Here I am. wife," he said, showing in rite firelight -tlie good natural an*l conteoteil face which Jenny loved so well. “I have been unlucky." he continmsL **Wbat kind of weather haw yon harp” •Dreadfol." “And the AsfttingT* •Bail But never niin«l. I hare you in iny amts again, and I am sati-fied I have t-anght nothing at all I have only b'm my net The «b*nce was in the wind tonight At tme mom* nt «»f the tempest I thonght tlie tsiat was f**iiu*fer- ittg. and I he mid*- broke lint w h.il liave yon lieen doing all this time?" Jenny felt a shiver in tbe darkness “f?" she said m lomble Oh. noth ing; jnst an osnal 1 hive br*n m-wing I hare been listening to the thunder of the sea. and "V never in in* I it now." Then, tmmbhtig as tf she were going to c**11111111 a crime. “Ilushand.** she said, “onr neighlior is deiet. She must have died last night, S4*»n after yon went ont. She has left two little children, one called Wilhelm and the other Mieh-hne The boy can hardly haldle, and the girl can only lisp The piior. g'<od woman wa* in dreadful want." Tlie man looked grave. Throwing into a corner ids fur rap. sodden by the tempest: “The ♦Icm-er* he said, scratch ing his bead “Wa already have five children; this makes seven. And al ready m tmd weather w© have to go without our tiipjier What shall we do now? Bah, it la n«*t iny fault; it’s Uoil s doing. These are things too deep for me Why ha* He taken away their mother from these mites? These mat ters «rv too diffirnit to understamL One has to tie a scholar to see through them Snob tiny K-ra]iA of children! Wife, go and fetch them If they are awake, they must l«e frightened to be alone with their dead mother We will bring them np with ours. They will be brother and sister to our five. When God sees that we have to fee*! this litUo girl and boy iiesides our own He will let ns take more fish. As for me. I will drink water. I will work twice as hard. Enough! Be off and get them! But what is the mat ter? Does it vex you? You are gener- ally qnicker than this."^ ~ His wife drew back the curtain. “Look!" she Raid.—Translated from the French of Victor Hugo for Ktrand Magazine. O' Guide* at Vesuvius. A correspondent writes from Valle di Poinpei: ’ * Tha death of the Drazilimr iiilji**, Na.. Orange Uity, Fla., and St»«d- byv»|le, T* iiii.. cnrriag** atwl wagon fac- lorie* at Little R«a-k. Ark., and Gaines ville. Ga.. a »offia factory at Xatrliet, Mi**., saw mills at Chipola and I^evy- vyie. Fla., lleo and IlumlstMt. Tenn., lbcaitir, Ala., and tlatii«n<viUe. Mi** , varMy works if .Savannah^ Ga., and ieii***r works at Waverlv. Va. New railmmhi are reistete-l at Annis ton, Ala., AaffuMa. ( n’ckanimga. < Vv In in bus an*l Rome. <i» , Lmle R.ak. Ark., an*l Alexan*lria, Va.; ehcirtc line* at A*Hertile, N. C.. mii«1 a slr*-et car line at Little tbirk. Ark. Among th** u* " I gs are bnstueM* I4*u*k* at Bki lgc]Htrt. Ala., an*l t'hatiaieMera. Tstitt., a oairt liou-e it Orala. Fla.. **n gine iHm.-*- at Furt Worth. T*x..m»hI Mempiii*. Tenn., a *rh*»il bnildmg at Mavasota. Tex., an*l war* b>ai-es at U waU * Bluff. Ark . F:«*r«*nce, 21 C., Motir***, L •.. ami Orlando. Flo. BALMACEDA suicides. TKe rtUlluu t'«-l*rrs'd-Mi lllaiaell ulih a I;***«•!««-r. Nfw York. Kept. 51.—Tlie Herald print* a sp-cinl from Valparaiso, t’hili, stating that Balmaosla has committed fitncide at the Arg*-iitine l«*gatioo. in Santiago, by *hoi»titig hiniwlf in Ilm hea«l with a revolver. Th«* disimtch *ay» Ikdiuaosla left Santiago Aug. 2V in h*q*e of making hi* esca|»* from Chili, but *eeing every nvemie of re- tr**at ent «>ff. mnnie*! Sept. 2 and went direct to th*’ Argentine legation, hi* intent ton**being to go aboard tbe ▼e*?el Condell, which ho ex]ie< te«l to find in Situ Antonin luiy. Upm arriving thi’re he found the ve-sel Knl saileil. Sim*e his return to the Argentine legntton. in Santiago. Balinaceda bad lieen in nn extremely nervous condition. No-one, with the exception of the Argentine minister and one other man. who was devoted to the ex-president, w.v* permitted to even see him. Senor Umburia had a long talk with Balmareda Friday night relative to the latter’s ideas almiit the advisability of giving him- *eli up to the junta. IBlmneeda mid Senor Umburia went to lied aliont midnight. Senora Umburia. , m find fl«K>r, wiii< h was occupied by W”». i Keafits as a l»akery, and is thought t> j have caught from one of the bake iiVfn.>. i It spread to 4he shed in the rear in ! which was a quantity of bay and straw. From this it rnn np the rear .«d-iir ease and into the sleeping rooms on the sec- oti<l and third fl«s*rs. The fnmt dmiuis on the second fi'***r | wer** occupied by John Dondo, his wife ( and two ehilttreii, all of whom escaju-d without injury. The rear was occupied I by Mr. Keafits, owner of dhe b.ikery, and two talker* The liegenstidn. ii*e senfeld. Scdialk ami Bunts familie* oc- enpied the r« ar third flo<*r. Burn* ami wife and tlieir throe children were rea- J c 'e»l bv Ureim-n. Keants'and hi* family eacupsd from | ih*’s«s*ond by mean* «*f » la«bler. Wh**n tbe room* of th** Sclialk familv 1 were reach 1 **!, it waa found that aft were mieon^ciou*. Mrs. Schalk and (Yiitliiatin gave evi- | ifenc** of life, but the mother died be fore tin* patrol wag >u arrive*!. Tbe family wa.* mu«»i h»-r***l. and not . burned tv «l**ath. The finineial loos it insignificant. THE LANDS V OKLAHOMA -elllrHient Tuewliy, It. —A in**«t r.txaatrov* •roub’iTT p.irshea. MURDERED TBo BY HIGHWAYMEN. Maae'le'emteMt **f a Win* 1* Allot 1»> rutiaoira IVrsons. NrvAn.t, t al.. Kept. 19 —H. Qallvotti, sn|a*rinten«lent of the IierU*c Drift mine, wa* mnnlered by highwaymen while cooling to thia city with fijm) in gold tors jnd cleiimd up at tbe min** Gall- v«ifti and J. D. Ostrmu were matwrv hnioe laiggy. oaceoillng the Sonth Yuba river gra-l**. »ix miles fnun tl»e city, when a nth* shot was fired fnnn tb<* batik ala»ve. The Imll enterr*! the taick of Gallvotti'* bend, cansiug inslant death, •<i«trout »track tin* li*»rs«M with a whip, urging them into a run up the steep gride in»t a* a sei-imd »lK*t wa* fired. Tha bullet entensl tlie neck of **ne i f the horsca, lait a torn in tlie road soon took the team out of the range of the *hnotcr*. Oitmm con tinue 1 to force tlie team np tlie grade, holding hi* companion's dead ImmIv in tlie vehicle with «mi*‘ Ann and Iwing Mia ksl fr. •ni h*\»d to f«Mit with his com psmon's Idtssl. Rcnclitng tlm Mount VerntHi hill Oatroiu hid tlie ImUion in tlie brush, mm! then rode to thia city to notify the officer*. A wagon Ua* •nit after the dead mij* nnt* mb-nt'-- Isslv. ami several squads of armed men have started fur the K*eue of the mur der. . ON ACCOUNT OF RUSSIAN JEWS. strike at a Glanaworks nt 0«rr SI* llttn- d»e*t Kinptoyes. MiLi/viu.r.TT J., Sept. 10,-Tending boy* nt the (Rnsstown nnd Konth Mill ville glassworks of Whital, Tatum dc Uo.. ov**r 6o0 in mimta*r, refused to go to work laTnnse some fourteen Jew tan**, from Hiissinn settlements near tlie city, ha«l ta*en given eniplovmeut. The firm, it is said, preferred* Ameri can Imya to the Jews, but could not ol>- taia them. The strike caused a susjien- sion on the part of the blowers and other ►killed workmen, as they cannot work without the help of the Isiya, and consequently hundreds are idle. The strikers held a meeting, hun dreds of the boys crowding Metropdi- tan rink. Having struck because of the .Will Itr 0)»4<n«-«l for M-|*» Tout if. Sept. 1H fire in raging in the ta*tw**hii Valley Jnne , » ^i nn<l N«»rway | Rnlge. The fir** originate*! m M**ir« ! litarsh from an old forest fire that had been smouldering for the last three ! week*. Fanii«*l l*y a brisk gale fnan the south.* It itpr. ad and wasamaibv- yotvl c«»nlr«*l. All th«? buildin ** on Tavtor’s marsh filled with harvesti*! I^rrie*. w*-rr } ffukftffj rtaiBaffUitcit. I toe fliiue* i initiii* t aing in a s*aitfi«*aeterly diD'cthui and •weeping ret-rtMngiii th*ir path. 1 The I'erry* lackers rm, leaving their tents and arcotit o neuts to (Ip* (lain—. • The ratlrHwd tTvck wns cfsoe^-U, and ihe ; . fire swept onward. Between twenty* ' five and thirty square mile* of marshes } liave been consumed. 1*he bra ahowa { lit* signs of aloiting, , » What I lie Ujlm w ill be it ia imp*«Mi\iie ' to rotnnVF. TBOROKHta of (taftan t worth have alrt*v*ly heeu l»tirue*l. M**tt fr**m inib*s aroiiml ar • «*n tlie |(dmiii*1 t«i fight tin* fir* 1 , bn rain, of which at i CHARRED BODIES FOUND In nearing Awaj the Debris of the 014 ( uniMieretal .t«lvertisrr lluinilMg. Nkw York, K»qit. 17.—Workmen clearing away the debris of the Com mercial Advertiser building unearthed the charred rewina of a human taaly nlMWtly after mblniguL A few hours later another charred trunk was found. TIm m, 1 were identific! a* the remains of John A*Mman and Frederick, his n*m. by J«*hn Adelman, tlw ami ami l>D»tlier of tlie dead men. Then** men were jew- eb-rs, mid had a work shop in the burned luntd ng. Tlie police In-lieve other hodi*** wil be nnenrthe*!. It will Lake a day or two more to c»itupb-te tbe re moval of tlie debris. VtnM<>p**lls**4 ths I’raj-rr Meeting. Dsl.TOM, M.u*e.. S-|4 17 —Tbelnrol (‘ongregattonal rhiirrh t» greatly stirred np by the action* of a mem her. Waldo Brown, a farrer. Brown, who fe T9 year* «*hl, hi not* d for hla talkatlvenen*. He uiontqvdiaed the (irayer meeting In such an extent that not evqp the sing ing of hvtnna conld slop hi* fl**w of * on Is When remonstrated with after- WT»r*i bv, the |«t«Tor. the R**e Hr. Ad- «!ngrs. Farmer Rr**wn stmek Mr. Ad- drews in Hie fare. A rhur* h oweting la called U» tweet early, when It tp thought the «4d man will be • xpr tod. 17.- Tberw amuag tha Ills* * T«s*sr. s Csttte WW*T l.lR* r HTY, O , S* pt is roiisid* raMe excilctaent farm n* In the vicinity of (aryavtUe tTi.illipnigii county, eight unless* w*-st *4 her-*, let anae of n d known as idick l<*ngue that haa hrutiwa <ait among tlie rattle. A farmer named out iwesetit f h**re are no indhathma. ta tbe I brauttfpui ha* b**t fit head, am a bar only salvation, Tli*Mtsaml.* of a* r»-* ar** •lift tadon* the fire, and mil-m wane unforeseen cvcpt *s.vnr* they will ftu- nish fu>al for fhe huugry ft «m< ». ~ HONDURAS AROUSEdT‘ Ths I’ruftls ars *llrrr«l I |* «n trrswal ml «'**M(>af •'’.Irrl l*M*«. Nrw York. K**pt. 1R.—Advtis** fr*an Managua. Nirarogue, rxieived here, state that on aromut of tlie I'otujng elect ion* in II«*.idurai exc itcim-nt ia at fever h**at. I‘rc*idcnt Dro-r.m u «le sirous «>f anotImt term, to which a ma jority of the people art* opped. Antonio Kzeta, Iwothcr «*f th** prc»i- deiit of Salvador, bus «terlare*l hts in tention of running for tin* piesidcncr of Homtnra*, and in conscqnrtR'e 2.UIIU men have Is-eti statiom-d ou the H<*n- duras frontier to prevent nn invasion. Salvador has 3.tNK)troop* at Yliauct, and more still hurrying to tfie frontier. Gaitcmala is aUd placing Insqi* for the aid of Hondnra*. Niearaiiga. ac cording to the treaty with Salvador, i* )s>nnd to help iter, and tins week will have 1,500 tr<Hqi* on her front let and 2,500 men nmler arm* in M tnague. In Ia*enr recently a plot wu» discov ered to kill President tavasa, and seven prominent men of the op]Mnotion party k n a |ir»e ftve H*m«I. ami a panther of other’beeda sre airk. Th** 4|«r—H Is* sniqsiirti t*» have beeu bntuaiti Imre with • car load uf Chk'agn ***|t1e, Thr AslI-Swk-Trrmmmrf « wssmiww. St. Lafi W. K»-pt 17.— A national rum- intttm uf seven of anti onb treasury Alliam-*men met in rxeentlve ■**wsi*m and elected W. H. MeAlliater, of Mis sissippi. chairman. Dr. W. IN^k mans waa authorised to draw np t*-»t to lie piea. uted to tbe < mined, and after the le«MUng eieintivn se.wion the cfnntuittee adjourned ti* me«.-t in Imltauaiwlb next Noveinoer (’IjtvKl.*ND. O.. Kept. Ifi.—A lineuuui for the Western Union T«legra|ih cum-, pany was talking to iMaae friepda ia fr**nt of the court Im>u*« there and after- ward* la*gau to rlimh a tefegrxt|»h (ado to a*ljuat a wine H« had reached a p*int her»m*l the first cm-a bar. when, with a slrriek. he fell twckifard. Hia spurs caught in the inai stein of rim jsile amt UtL-iinng do\yiward. a tefe- ptione wire Ind fall**ti aer**s the elec tric light-wire, aud Met afferty it*ceived the ternWe voltage in hia body. Hi* face ami arm* were tnrued black, and he hung fully three minute* before a ladder coni 1 lie sernred nnd the un- m Gnmada were s nt <mt of Ih*‘conn- | f,, r j nuM j # , ln;in ijrongbt to the ground, try. When the men were arrested m n,, 8led on tbe way to the hospital. Granada a fight t«K»a place, m which Over a hundred siiectators witnesaed atamt 8 oVltH-k a. in., beard a pistol i Jews, they concluded that while they shot in the ta*in*mi assigned to Bahaa- ' were out they might as well ask for aii red a, amV she notified Imr imsl*amVr, advamvin wages, s< > a eoinniUteewas Before going into Balman* la’s r<xiin It* opjH>inted to go to the firm and demand ran around to the house of Carlos i 10 per cent, increase all around, and all j the chief of ]H>lice and seven soldier* wen killed. The whole country is now under martial law. POLK DENIES THE REPORT the terrib!e icene } DON’T WANT THE TELEGRAPH/ s » W '40,00(1 ( litnuuicu 0* e%4MtV tV**rkme« from journalist in Mount Vesuvius has.rather damaged the reputation of tlie guides, but it ia unjust to blame all tho guides and their agencies. It is true that some of them are unfit to accompany stran gers, especially in times of eruption, aud even the permit of the police is no se curity that the excursion w;iH Tkj u safe one.* But the chief fault lies with the travelers themselves. The guide 'who accompanied the Brazilian correspond ent has been regularly’ authorized to conduct visitors for the last four years, and was considered no inexpert guide. “But, as 1 have often had occasion to observe, foreign visitors, and especially English young ladies, retad ^against the cautions of the guides and often run nnd jump atamt on the, very edge of danger. It is therefore difficult when some accident happens to define the re sponsibility of the guides. They are cer tainly upt to blame if the people they conduct will not listeu to them."—Lon don News. ' / . * • > / - - j/- Rock Crystal. Rock crystal i* plentifnl in various localities of the United States.* Amass ef it weighing fifty-ona v pounds from North Carolina was sent fonr years ago to New York. The original crystal, which must have weighed 900 pounds, wa» unfortunately broken in piece* by Walker Martinez and brought him back to the legation. Breakingo]k*ii the door of Balmaeeda’.* room, it was found that he had shot himself. The taxly was refused to grant either demand still -warM*. Tta*re was a gaping wound + boys are equally firm, in the temple. The body was undressed I ~ — —• - ' and lay on the still held in his right hand. TRAIN STRIKES A WAGON Am! Kills Two X**ea'*> 1Vom«*n ami a Chltil an«1 Injures a Man GAtNF.sviiii.R, Ga., Sept. 21.—A pro cession of wagon* returning from a ne- igro camp meetings » a t Liberty, S. C., were crossing the Ri hmond and Dan ville raid road nlxmt two miles lieyoud GentraJ. when tfie north tarn ml, vesti bule train came along and strnc l one of the wagon* containing two negro wu the Jews employed at tbe work* to ta* discharged. Tho firm received the com mittee, but, after N lengthy confei The A bratted Coin. That He Xnrrow ly K«*rH|*«**t a Coat of Tnr ami Feathers. Kansas City, Kept. 18—L. L. Polk,, president of the National Fanners’ Al- J liiiKH 1 , no nrri> m i riiH v11V t | route to Iowa, was int^rriewe 1 by a representative of the Associated Press } m regard to the Tejiort that he narrowly escaped a coat of tar ajid feathers in Wichita. Ku»., at the hands of a crowd priation of $150,000 to cover the loss to th* coin by abrasion, etc. This sum, it ta estimated, will cover ihe loss on aliont $100,000 of the coin, and this amount is now being coined into quar ter dollars and dimes, for which there is a very great demand, particularly for the dimes, as the fall approach*** and trade becomes active. The recoinage men, a child and a man. Tlur wagon i ^tsndard silver dollars of the $5.- WAsniNOTON, Sept. 19.—Congress, nt itft iast session, authorized the recoinage of tho uncurrent fractional silver coin i of ex-uniou soldiei-s.’ He said: "There now iu tfie treasury abraded below the is no trnth whatever in that report. It limit of tolerance and jnade an apnio- is sin ‘V lv 0, ! e ,,f t,,e um , ny V' v<1,,,i,>ns (,f „ my Jiolitieal enemies. During tlie pjisT fifteen days I have lieen in all ttu* prin- c ipal cities or Kansas.and my reception has been a continuous ovat ionjrfiTWsfrom hundreds of old soldiers wlifim I have met every day* I have heard nothing but words of good cheer, aud sympa thy.”* . ' 'WAR IN MEXICO. was torn to splinters, the two women and child instantly killed and th * man supposed to ta* fatally injured. Strange to say, the male escape t with slight in juries. A coroner aud plrysici.m were brought from Liberty on the down train. Great Damage Done by Flood*. Madrid: Kept. 21.—The greatest mis- 000,000 (in round numbers) of trade dol lar bullion, which the last congress an- thorized, is also in progress, and will be completed in the next two months. The Cotton Crop. j, MFMPHisJSept. 19.—Owing to a dry, warm weather, crop conditions have generally improved throughout tho ll*volutionintii Fight With A a of C.iintoni fimnlH, New Orleans, Sept. 18.-The Picay line’s Brownsville, Tex.’, special says: "Tlieliest information here shows that 100 men crossed the river near Omir and Camargo. They ent the telegraph wires, but communication have been ery has lieen caused b^-the floods at Memphis district in the last ten (Jays. Htoml The r evoluti( V ii*t* had had a roiw The tendency noticed in the fight with a squad of anne*! custom Camunas aud Villa France. The crops have Wn lost, and it is feared riots will result if relief is delayed. At Con- suegra there is a demand for more dis infectants. Many marauder* have been imprisoned. At Ahheria the taKlies of 1.781 victims of the floods were bnrietl. Many houses were undermined by the floods and continne to fall. 0«*l<!i«»tV •ntl Sailor*’ Maaaoiaat. Jfie ignorant mountain gui who diacov- j Yufftir**. N. Y . Kept. ?f -Tlie dedi credit. Qpe very nsefol purpose the sOdiers’ and Sailor* Ope very useful purpose to j dion of • mineral substance is put^is ’ the maaufacture of mirron, wbeu it can •hick thi. miwnl nteuacc i. pn» . luooa „^ >t HMh bu found is big enough blocks to be sawed into slabs of ndkient size, its superiority over glass tics In the fact that it does not, hkr gloss, detract from tha i of toe ootaptoxvoa. Every pretty iinuieti*e crowds. . It is estimated that lO.Utal vtattor* witnrased i lie ^-r-intu— Tbe secreraTT the navy seat the United hfales steamer B mt*m It ira tlm salutes. Preroding the ram me« there waa a msmsaonih parade Tim •«alhm shoald sure if hare a hand gtaoe A tor day was dativarad hy 0 wl Oc- sjf ryi exj*LsL~ Waainigtaa hug, ^ I* - *** last report, and which was causing muefi alarm among the planter* ta»tfi in tfie hill* and bottom*, ha* been che<’ked, and but little additional dam- j age frmu that source i* reported. Htill, .in low Ij’ing field* on the nplamL*. considerable injury has already been doue. . _ . - — ^ Mokk,->MKir>'. Alar, fcrf* —Uiff: rrnor Jones wa* wirwl by the ►benff uf WUcox county, n-qacting twenty turn of tbs Wilcox cavalry of Usmdsu. ta proved to Furman i«» nauat him la pro t—tju.'r.fir negro f»ne«Mr* who werv in danger of hmig fsnnfely tokea by a av*b The wiveracsr Hnmjaiy erdervd the twssHf wilnua cavoirratea 1a fiir' osaa. whw ssarted imaaahs^sJy ta ths er-as ot arttan m tmw, a |»T il-i guard* nwir Kan Miqne) and .lo>; some of tlieir horse*. No one wa* hurt *o far a* i* known. General‘^[’orteur, the erat while terror of thi* plac.-, has been arrested at Matamora.*. Tue cause is not known. Par4»i»e«t Hr Georgia's <;errr*„r. Atlanta. Kept. 1ft.—G^ivernor X«sth- en msaed a panfeer h* Itacar f*aw4dy. who was tried for murder in Pickens county tn lahft aad Mat meed to tha < E irrut:ary fur hfh Kiaee then H f _ been drtmch*trated that the killuw imm 4 last by was not tateatkonal and that no (sail j He riiauna tha a rxssted IwtsMtsi biai ant ths assn hs arrkdsatotly Inllad TW jadgs trying I’litling I p Telegraph Llneit. S.\N FhaNtiSCO, Kept. 16.—The Rteam-* c*r from China reports I hat over 20,000 people assembled at Lung Ch w in the prevent workmen from putting up' telegraph lines. Ten thousand poles were burned and the men were driven over tho boundary. A society has been formal to keep the telegraph out. and a mob is still on tho wa*< h. Great appre hension is felt by tee inhabitants of the tairder districts m wlu^iel. At New Chang, I>r. Grrig, a missionary dwtor, ha* been assassinated by sof-i diers. The matter ha* born placed in^ the hand* of Mr. Ayrtmi, British con sul. It ta thought thi* ta a local af fair/ not connected' with secret socie ties. Hunan ta in central China. The name means South of the Lake, tho province lying south of Lake Tnng- : Ting. It is also a litile soi^th of flip Yangtse-Kiaug, and it is the most fer tile and liest watered province of a'l China. With the province north of it it forms an inimeiMe ta-isiu, <tf which the greatest depression ta occupied by ■ the big Lake. Its population is uwer 18.000,000. It* people have lieen very little influencetl in any way by the "Western World, and are greatly opfiesuil to innovations. The London Times a few weeks ago railed Hunan the most troublesome province in the empire. •* Nm. Jelfer»«i» Davl* ia Saa Rajloag. New York, Sejit. 1ft.—Tbrungh ex* Govemur Hoad ley. her attorney in thiw city, tbe widow of Jeffenom Davis will ccinmence -uR against Robert Belford* j the Belford oompauy si to recorar fl.ftuft the safe nf tbe Mr » ju*^