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... . * vT' • THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 10, 1805. MTffiMJMMS BILL! MiHONB HELD. TRADE FOR THE WEE8. lappenings of the Week Past Throughout the State. The Famous Virginia Readjust- The South’s Progress In the r TOOK A RECESS. LAME LAWS. er Has Just Passed Away. LAST Wd- KLY CHOP R-PORT. A SINGULAR OHAR*OTER IS GONE, GENERAL AOTIV TY IS R PORTED. AN OLD PR: 0 .DENT DISCOVERED. □3 Li and Front 1’txy lixToo With the ^Bpiers of the mate—Governor Carr Itelegrttrs to the Uoaii I’arlla. J it Atluntu—A diil.i’a Horrible I Ltlle^e.l Aluritt-rer .sarr. Uoera. RThEiaH, Got. 8.—The last weekly Weather <rwp bu iutiu lor this year has just been issued by tlio i'iurih Carolina wea'.her service. It says cue past week was very uuiavoralne, tne temperature being cousiderab.o above thj normal, with tinea irosts damaging looacco slid a.l other crops considerably. Drouth continues to prevail, practical.iy no rain having ianeu any wuere. Cotton is a very poor crop. It is ueuny all open and will be all gathered iar earlier than usual. Ail late crops aro injured by tue drouin and turnips aro nearly ruined. Corn gathering is under way. but tall plow ing is at a staudstili. During Septem ber tho ram:all was oniy tinny eight one hau tredths of an inch. While the cotton crop is so small in quantity, it is the finest ever known in quality. The drouth has Killed large numoersof trees, mainly onss; the loss being great est in c ay lanes Water is in many sections becoming very scarce and many mills are loreed to stop. (■ov.-riiiir Carr’s Appointee*. Governor Carr appointed the follow ing delegates to ih • road parliament in Atlanta, Oct 17: il. .i. B evara, presi dent, and J. A Holm s secretary North Carolina Road improvement as sociation; S 13 A.exauder, J. Van Lindley, Charles McDonald, H F. bchenck, W A. Graham, Cnar es Me Namee, George Smathers, W. 13. Cou- cill, Jr, S L Parte|--)Ou, H E Fries, C. A. Spratt, C. W. Johnson, W C. McMackm, W F. Green. J 13 Cottieid, W. R. Capehart, Franii Wood, W. W. ClarK, J. C Stevenson. G Z French, H A. London, J. C Tipton, Thad R Manning, W W. McDtarnied, H W. Ayer, Edgar Leinback, 8 H II Mrne, J. A Aiciver, J. J Mott. G.-orge rf. Pow’eli, J C Rankin, Tnotnas <iml- liam, N. W. W- si and J N. Vvrigut. A L.ittl« CIiiI.i’h Horrible Ileitth. Muri’IIY. N. C., Oct. 7.—Tne littlo child o. John Elroi, in tho lower end of the county, was burned to death a few days ago. 'lln parents left it to take care of the bany wnile they went to tne field to work In some m tnn -r its c o h j s caught fire. Tiie littlo one tried to put out tho fl imes nut failed to do so, and its clothing burned entirely off, leaving omv the baud o: i s dress around its nei k The body was terri bly burnad. 13e:oro it tiled the little joue craw led up m o the cradle, where it was foun t by its pirent.s, and was hardly reco: nizable. Tne grief of the parent* ov< r tno accident is extremely heart rending. iT An Alto;«*<l iiur er.r *urr«n(l*-rn Mukphy, N. C., Oct 7 —J. B. Suit, implicated in tho killing of United States Deputy Marshal S. H. Stallcur, gave htmsei: up to too ullicers and was placed in jail. Court convenes here next week, when he will have his trial. It will be reiuembereu tnat Foley Tav- lor and S H. Stailcup had a fight, in which Staneup came out fir.-t best. They tilC!) r e*orted to arms. Suit was [Taylor’s personal friend i.nl a specia- ^tor. He had a doublebar:el sliin^a::, and seeing that Tuyior was in danger he fired, ki ling Stailcup. Taylor is now under arrest. Tne trial promises to be interesting Triplet", mill vl| |toy«, Murphy, N. C., Oct 4 —Mrs. Susie Dean, who lives at Hot House, near here, is the mot ter of triplets, all three boys, each weighing a traction over eight pounds Ail three o’ the chil dren are living and doing well. The mother is the wife of a prosperous farmer, who is much elated at his good fortune. H® Wiia K>u:»rile'l by General Itobert K. L>ee an » Great General \\ hull tne Fate of the Cenletler.icy I ung III the Hal. anc.H—>orv.-U Hue Xerui In tile Unlteil Matrs Senate. Washington, Oct. 9.—General Wil liam Mahoue, who has b^-eu suffering Iroin a stroke of paralysis over a week, died at his hotel m this city at 1 p. m. Tno deatn ot G moral Manoue has re moved from the walics of life one of tho mos: unique characters of the day. During the war he was one of Lee’s trusted lieutenants, and, it is said, that unon one occasion, General Lee was a*ked that, in tne event something transpired that would remove nun from tne command of the Coated *r ite forces, who, in his opinion, would hi tne most available man 10 succeed h m. General Lie replied that General Ma hone had the qualities requisit! to make iiim tno best man, in Ins opinion to fill tnat high and responsible position. During tne stormy period of Vir gitna’s exn-rienca wi h readjustment agnation. General Mah me was elected to the United 8t ues seua'e upon that issue as a readjuster, serving one term in that body. bince tne expiration of his term, he has snout most of his t mi in Wa hing- ton. making his hea Iqu.irrers at Ch im- b riin’s hotel, and devo ing his tune to tne consummation ot a real estate deal with the nov-rninont, in selling it a sue or public buildings. Ahnougn favorable action of con- gr ss was several times secured there was always something in tne way of consummating the deal and it was never done. The general is said to have been in reduced circumstauccs for sume time before his death. All tho members of tho fanrly were about the bedside when tne end came, including Mrs Muhone, the two sons, Butler an i William Malioue, Jr. Mrs. McGill, a daughter, Mr. L L Maury, of Virginia, a nenhew and Captain Rogers, an old friend of the general and present chairman of the Virginia Republican committei. The waten-rs had been at tne bedside continuously tor many hours and were prepared There will be no public mueral at Washington, as, in accordance witu the wishes of the widow, the remains will be borne quietly to the general's old home at Petersburg V i , where the service and interment will occur. Tue active pallbearers will be mem bers of General M ihono’s old con- maud famous as “Mahone's Brigade,” the one whicn held the “Crater.” The honorary pallbearers will be selecte 1 from officers n the same briga le The Confederate Veterans’ union tendered their services as a militarv escort to the body, but it was the .auuly’s wish to avoid any display. Various Business Branches. Care Will Be Taken When the Move Is Made. BOTH DISTAPP MNTED. KILLED IN A RIOT. The Ovrn.-p of a Ituat Who Incurred the Hostility of Ho it Louirr*. Tonawanda, N Y. Oct. 8—One man was killed and another lataily wounded here iu a riot among boat men over the question of loading a boat at beribuer’s dock. About li>0 men were involved in the riot and several pistolsuots were fited. Captain Foil lips, owner ot tue boats Joi.n Grattaud May. s is shot in tue nead as he stood upon lu-> boat and be died soon a ter- wards. Pniilips* sou was sirncn on the Head witu a c un and knocked in sensible it is believed his skuII is fractured and his deatn is :eared. Captain Phiinpi brought his boats down trom Buffalo two nays ago and ■ought to load out of turn The boat men Objected and g ituored Very early at the uocK to prevent mm A quar rel arose and soon shooting began. 1'he Tonawanda boatmen say that Pniilips began it. H -wever tnat may be. Phillips was the tne first to fall His sou then cut tbe hues and the boats dri.ied down stream out of tne range of the pistols. W idle cutting tne lines, young Phillips was assaulted and hurt Tne ■hooting brougnt the police to the docks, but tne affray was over aud the men dispersed. Administration Deinoorats Angry, Binghampton, N. Y., Oct. 8—The administration D.-moorats are much ex cited over what they term the treach ery of several delegates to the judicial convention in tudors ng the nomination Of George F. Lyon, the Republican candidate. A meeting of the leading Democrats has been caded lor, to take Return iu the maiter. Two Matrimonial Kureitl Fitrnn* M or t Only to Hart Iu >liort Or.I.-r. Cmctoo, Oct 9 —Aii unknown man from R idio.ie, Ills, and Mrs. J. A. Freeman, of Scranton, Pa., arrived iu Chicago by agreement arrived at through a matrunouial bureau Mrs. Freeman is 43 years old and a divorcee Letters, photographs au l prom ses were interchanged, and accordingly they met at the Au itonum hotel. Mrs Freeman tooic a go > l long look at him aud asked him whose photo graph it was lie hat sent her *T thought you wore handsome,” sue said m surprise. “Well, that’s what I thought of you ” ho retorted, ‘ judging from the picure ” Tne mm asked her if she had any money. She said no Ha said he was similarly situated. She told him tneu he had no charms for her. Without the le vst show of gallautrv ho tol 1 her she h id no a (vantage of him, and fled. Mrs Freeman ieit later lur home. Til® Cotton Crop I* Certain to He Sliort A Good I’rlon I r.-vali* and l‘»i ur. -rn Are Not urrled loS*ll—l.urjie Capital Fin *• ll* W iy Into tiie lu lUtirlee ol tlio Conn. try irurmi; tile v\ eek. CiiATrANOoGA, Oct. o—The Trades man's reports as to industrial coudi tions all ever tho south lor tho week ending Oct. 7, show that tho condition of tno southern iron mark its has been strengthened by favorable reports from tests made o southern unv gra le b.t-ao iron in mak.ug steei. Adding auotner grade of pig iron to tne gr ides already on tno market w.h increase business at tne luruace.s an i sustain the non iu in utacturers m their efforts to enlarge the business. Coal mining is active and the demand is fully equa to pn-smit supplies, with no sign oi a admg off m pro lucoiou or prices. Lumber operators aro doing a good business. Railroad orders are coming m quite fr-ety, aud tno export demaud grows larger irom woeK to week. General business is active and prices are firm. Reports as to tho condition of the cotton crop; give no encouragement,and the reports as to us amount add notn- ing co previous reports. Existing higa prices lor co ton are partly owing to speculation and are in fact cause i by tue certainty o: a s ort crop Cot;ou planters aro iu no haste to m irket t.ieir crops. Tnare is a general belief tnat tne market will not depreciate mate rially uur.ug tho season. Merchants re port tnat ih*ro is u-ss outstanding in debtedness among the planters tliau has ever been known. Among important new industries in oorporated or established during tho weeit iii the southern sta’es, are tho Tyirer R vr Manufacturing company ot Woo.iruff S C., capital $100 000. to build a cotton an l woolen mili; a ropo aud twine mill at B unettsviUe, b C ; the Big Stone Gap Iron company, citar t'*re 1 at Loui.-vi.ie, Ky , capital $150.- 000. and tno Texas Briquette and Coal Company of Sin Antonio, Tex . witu a capital of $100 00); the Pioneer Tonacco Manufacturing company, camtat $50,- fOO, is reput'd as incorporated at G ddsboro, N C ; the L me Star Ico company, capital $50,000. at Austin, Tex . and tne Winston Salem Granite company with th > same cnmtal. to open quarries near Winston, N C. Itals* reports the organization at Waco, Tex . of tne Improved Cotton Condenser co m pany, capital $30,000 and the Ss ircritt G >ld Mining c mipany at Petersburg, Va , with $20 000 capital It also roi oris the establishing of a foundry an i machine shoo at .-helby, N. C , of agricultural implement works at Little Rock, Ark., and Dinas, Tex , of fertilizer works at CunHeston. S C , and of flouring mills at Winter Garden, Fla, aud Faith. N C Glassworks are to be built at Fairmont. W V i , an-ice factory at Rock Hill, S. C , and a brown stun - quarry is to bi ope led at Greens boro. N. C Cigarette machine works are to be established at R chmond, Va., a tobacco grann atiug maculae factory at Roanoke, Va, and woodworking plants at Little Rock. Ark , Moss Point, Miss., B ack Mountun, N C . Giorgi town. S. C . Berkley a i l Hiust >n. Va. Car works, witu acanital of $509.0)J, are reported as iu coutcmpiatiou at Ma cou. Ga Waterworks aro to be built at Dublin, Ga., Groenuo and P.tduc ih, Kv. Tne enlargements for tho week inciu le the Knoxville, Tenn , electric light cotnoa ny, wuioh adds $30 0 >0 to its caoital, and the San Antonio sewer pips wonts of Sin Antonio. T>‘X , whose capital is increased to $?00 000. CHASED BY POLICE. ANOTHER CRANK. Til® Whit" lloiisn Ha« a Vi«itor Wlio Wimt* a J.»i» an I'reti l.-ul'a Hoy. Washington, Ocr. 9—After a long perio 1 of freedom from such nffi crions, another crank turned up at the White Hou e iu the person o: one Owen Jones, hailing from Now York state. He had previously addressed a threatening let ter to the house, so Uie officers were ou tne w .tch for him Iu an incoherent and rambling fash ion that plam y showed a disordered mind, announced he nad conn for em ploymeut as the president's biv He was promptly removed to t ie nearest police station, and it is probable that he will be examined as to his mental condition, aim placed in s if -ty. A Young Woman’* It.ovcln ami liloomnr* < mu*« a .><-n*xti»n. New York. Oct 9 —A special to Tho World from Super.or. Wis , says: A wheolwoman, about 18 years of leisurely rode down tho main street, and the costume she wore was so at tractive that it caused a sensation. H -r bloomers were of exceedingly ligut ma terial. A policeman immediately started af ter her and hailed her to halt, but she failed to do so Down the street the officer ran, but tin wheel woman had no trouble in leaving h in behind. Soon the officer was rein, orced by three otner podeemen. and the :our then spread out with the view of stopping Her Sue only went the faster and soon darted up a s do street when all track of her was lost. TWO SISTEP^ PERISH. A Kiu«' llornH Veksuli.es. Ky., Oct. 9—Imp Or monde D Or, chestnut stallion, by Ben D’0.\ aud brother in blood to Or mon le, that W O B McDonnell, of Cad ornia. paid $15MK)0 tor, is dea l at Soring Hill stu 1. Infl tinmatiou or the bow-ds was the Cause. His owner. William H Sands, oi Now York, valued him at $10,090. What Incoina Tax That Wa* Palit. Washington, Oct 9 —The records of the treasury depnftnnut show that 1 312 persons paid income tax aggregat ing $77,139 before the adverse decision of the -.unreme court as to its coustitu tionality w is ren l ire 1. Of the who e uum >or. 709 have anplied for and been re an ted tno amounts paid, aggregat iug $48.i>45. Ilorribla Kale of Young Girl* by the Kx- plosion of »t Lump. Birmingham, Ala., Oct 9—At Wood- lawn. a suburb of this city, two young girls, Effi i and A Idle Evatt, mat a hor rible death by the explosion of a lamo, and their father and brother are badly burned, but will recover. The lamp expio led just as the brother wa* handing it to ou < of tne giris au l the burning oil was tnrnwn to the top o the room and then ra.ued down ou all three Quickly the young man extinguished the lire on his own c othmg and went to the rescue of tne two girls, bur. d»-s- p to the wor’ .af father and son. tne girls were !«, x burned and suffered agony tor hour®, ^ture death relieved them. ii Deals With a I'iiut. Lmiii; Ako, When the Simtli ami CVutral Aim rictn Kepubl.oa I rokn Away I- nun tl.i Dt»iniinon oi Spain, Wuen Monroe Was l’i-,-*iilenl noU AUaiua Wa® Secretary of Slate. Washington, Oct. G—G m/riles do Qa -za lo, secretary o tho revolutionary arty, with Headquarters iu New Yoric, as been iu Wasuiugton recently on i rivato business. Ho did not see Sec retary Oinoy, nor were any steps taken ;owards securing the recognition o the Cuban insurgents as belligerents. Mr. Quezado nau come on to attend i he inal of tue Cuban fiiu.u-defers at Wil mington, ami ex.ended hi.s trip to tuks city to see friends. The policy of tne Cubans in seeking recognition of tno Unit ■ l States mis been outlined substantially as lollows: No appiication will be made to tne executive branch ot the government uutd congress assemb.es It is tno feel ing Unit, even if the executive autiiori ties were disposed to recoguizi tne Cu bans, tne ac; on wou.d involve sucu grave responsibilities tnat tno exei uuve branch woum desire to have tne co op oration amt support ot congress. Care will be taiteu, aiso. to see that there is uniformity in the steps pro posed to congress. In tnis way the mistaKts maae at the last Cuban upris ing will bo avoided. At tnat time tnere were no less thau 40 different Cuban resolutions referred to tne committee ou foreign affairs, proposing recogni tion, arbitration and many otner plans, all intended to lavor Cuba, in the end, tins great diversity of proposals prevented an agreement on any ouo course. iu connection with the provable pres entation o. tne sunject to congress and tne executive branch, an interesting precedent has bo m found iu tho aremves of the state department. It mvo.ves the recogn t ou by Presidctit Monroe, of the S>uth and Central Am rican ri publics, wh ur they brok away m m b am Tne Spanish mm s ter at Wa-hnigton made tne most urgent proiest, to wnicn John Qnmcv Adams, socr. tary of state, replied, stat ing tno poi cy of ih.s government in giving recognition. Tne propositions then advanced by Spain and i o replies mane by tho United Staus are said to be exvctly jaraliol in tho statements of facts to tno status c,. the Cuban affair today. President Monroe sent a message to congress in M.ucn. i8'.’2, in which he proposed the recognition of tno in surgent governments in Spanish Amer ica, as tneu designated, and including M'-xico, Peru, Chili, Colombia, Brazil amt other countries. On Marcu 9, 18:2, Senor Anduaga, the Spanish minister, adiiressed a letter to Secretary Adams, expressing his as tomslimeut at tne course of tue prest dent After reciting many acts of kinuness Spain had uono tor the United States, the minister says: “But even admitting that morality ougnt to yield to podey, what is the present state of Spanish America, and wnat are its governments to entitle them to recognition? Bu nos Ayres is sunk in the most complete anarchy, and each day sees newue-pots produced who disappear tho next. Peru, con quered by a rebel urtnv, has jar the gates of its capital a Spanish a iy. In Ciuli, an individual suppresses tho sen- tini dits of thi peopie Ou the coast of Firuia, alsi, the Spanish banners wave. Tne ini-urgent general everywhere are occupied with quarrels an. mg them selves. In Mexico there is o govern ment. Where, then, ar< i j govern meats widen oug.it to be re ’gnizeu?” Secretarv Adams’ answer is dated April 6 1822 He savs he at once laid tne Spauisn minister's letter before the president. Tne latter desired the friendliest re lations wnh Spain. But in recogniz'iig tae southern countries, tho president had been governed by facts, winch, Mr Adams points out, are quite differ ent irom tne facts set forth oy the min ister. .Mr. Adams lays down tho gen eral principles governing the recogni tion ot t le n.nv couutr.es One is tno pnucip e of ngnt aud the other the principle of fact. The secretary says that tho United States has cireiudy re;rained trom taking auv pirtin the outbreak ami has maintaiiie i a most imoartiai ueu tranty. Ba: tno contestants have set up their own governments and have success uliy resisted Spain Ihise aro coudit ons of lact, an l they are -uch as to entitle Uie lusurg-iit countries to recognition. Mr Ana us a Ids: “Tne government or the United States iar irom c insulting tne dictation ot a policy que-tiouable m its mnranty, has yielded to au onhgation of duty of the h gm-st or ior by recognizing as in dependent states, nations, wnicn, after deliberately asserting tneir right to that character have mainiame i and es- tau ished it against all tne resistance brougnt t» op io-e it. Th s is the mere acknowledgment oi exi-ting acts with a vi. w to tne regular estanlishmeut with the nations newly formed, of those relations, political and commercial, which it is tne moral obligation o' civi lized and t hnsiian n itons to enter tain reciprocally with eaon other.” Sonth Carolina Con«tltultoii Maln-r* Rest. iiiK i lom Tlit-lr Libor* K«>r <<n Daj*. Columbia, Oct 4 —Tho constitution al convention took a rece s at noon un til Oct. 14. After a long debate, the convention decided to keep the right of dower iu the organic law, the vote being 82 tor aud 18 against, A reso ntiou was introduced, which will b* considered alter tne recess, iu- struc.iug the com mi 1e on finance to bring m au ordinance pruvi ling f >r an appropriation to run tno state govern ment lor the next year aud that no leg- ishtive session be hc.d until January, 1897. I’lio following resolution was unani mously passed, being introduced by Delegate Paitou of Columbia: Sympathy For 4 ub .ii Innurcsnt*. That we. the delegates of the people of South Carolina, ussemlded in convention for the purpose of framing a constitution fora tree and independent people, extend our hearty sympathy to the Cuban patri ots now struggling for the same precious rights. Resolved, That we call upon the federal government to recognize the Cubans ns belligerents so soon .s the rules of inter national law will permit. Tii« Diapeusary Cl»n*e. On Tuesday last, the position of the constitutional convention upon the liquor traffic in Soutn Carol.ua was defi utely settled by the adoption o. the following section: Sec. 14. In the exercise of the police power the general assembly shall have the right to pronibit the manufacture and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors or bev erages within tho state; the general as sembly may license p rsons or corpora tions to inanutacture and sell and retail alcoholic liquors or beverages within the state under such rules and restrictions as it deems proper; or the general assembly may prohibit the mamuaciurc and sjile amt retail of alcoholic liquors and bever ages within the slate; may authorize and empower state and county and municipal officers, all o; either, under the authority and in the name of the state, to buy in any market a ml retail! wituin the state liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, under such rules and regu lations as is deemed expedient; provided, that no license shall be granted to sell al coholic beverages in less quantities thau one-halt pint: or to sell th m between sundown ami sunrise; or to sell tnem to be drank on the premises and, provided tur- ther, that th' gem rat assembly shall not delegate the p <wer to issue licens.-s to sell the same to any municipal corpora tion. On au amendment to prevent the state from cuargiug pr< 11; tue vo.o stood: Yeas, 45; nays, bl On au amendment to striKe out aii reference to the uispei sary system, only 2-1 voted lor tne proposition No Divorce* iteco^n x <<l In Soutli Carolina The constitutional couv< utio",after a hard ligut, by a vote o; fcG to 49 adopted a section of the constitution loroidumg tho grautmg of divorces for any cause wnatever aud not allowing reco^mtiou ot divorces granted in other states. The suffrage seotion of the constitu tion was presented just after action up on tlio divorce ciauso. It requires “res- idt-iicj in the state for two years; in tiie county for one year; in the election district m which tne electors offer to vote, four months; ami tho payment of a poll tax six mouths beiore any elec tion, provided, imwevor, tnat ministers oi tlio gosp -1 m cnarge of t; iy orgauiz-d church snail oo perm..ted to vote alter six mouths’ residence.” It inrtner requires that, the person app ying for registration must ho able to read and write any se< ion of tins constitution and must show that he owns or pays taxes on $399 worth of prop irty in tins state. Registration once iu ten years is pro vided ior. Tno tollowing persons are disquali- fil'd: First, persons convicted of burglary, the. t, ar-on, obtaining money or goods under ta.si prt-t u*es, perjury, lorgery, roboery, brtoery, auuitery, embezzle ment, bigamy, or crimes ag ins; the eiectioa law ; provided, that tne par don of tno governor shall remove suen di.-quaiifiaai ions. Sec ind, p irsons who are idiots, in sane, paup ms supported at tne public expense, aud persons confined iu any puoiic prison. CAUSES A St NSATION. Tho Kind of Legislators WeH»T» and tho Work They Do. * has v StlCCp Meu H Min • Voien. Great Falls, Mont , Oct. 8—The •heep men of Moutana are arranging 'for repr<MHiitat.ou at Wasningtou dor log the next «• soon of congress, to ob tain a T rot-out* tariff ou wool S«iia tor PoW.T 1 resided, mid a state c-onveu ttos M tw bv u«.u at ILtMHM Nor. ii. Min®workrr* on a "trlkn, Ironwood. Mioh , Oct. 9 —The tim bertuea and (rammers at the Nome mine went on a strike for higher wages and (he mm s are omod with the ex centiou ot No 7 shaft. Only about 269 men are directly »uv<’vol but tue ui uera wrw to V(*sk withoui A Durl In G® Monroe, Oc 9 —Infer. n just reached here of a duel win place iu the lower part of this cOv between Joliu B. Nolan and M a. Wueless, two young men who live just over the line in Morgan, m whicn Who less was shot through the longs aud may 'lie. Nolan was unhurt. Tne two men had been drinking. Fools Mop III® Itallro.ils Phoenix A T , Oct. 9 —Floods in the Gila aud other rivers have caused serious breaks iu the bridges of the Santa Fe. and Mar.copa and Piioen x ran wavs, and for two da/s cut off me otv's rail communication But repairs have been temporarily made aud regu lur traffic lias oeen resum -d. N nllMt’* Ml,-a’« < oiivlotliiM VtTlrineil, Albany Oct 9 —The court of ap peals ha> affirmed the couvi- turn oi “But” bhea for the murder of Rooert Ross at the Troy auriug eiwuuwu* w U*i. A D nth liftitnok i>iii Stole. Danvii.lk, Oct »—(ieneral William J Landrum, distinqui h i as a soldier iu the M> x can and ct/il war, aud a pe?■ >nal tri'iid of G neral Grant, is til bevi d rect very at hi* home m Laucai ter. He is «7 years oid Th <»oF«’rniu* , nt Chin*** Iixpeetor nt the IbXp'fftil h>n -Muri llti^ IMncIo^uren. Atlsnta. Oct. 4 —Government Chi nese Inspector Thomas J. bcharf, gent here to watch the colony of Chinese men, women and children, brourht to the Atlanta exposition by Kee Ow Yang and L-ou Lam, has sent to tiie ■ecreiary of tne ir -asury a preliminary report wnicn is Ingn y sensational. Ho scores the inspector at Ogdens burg, N Y . tor negligence an l care lessness in the admi'Ston of the Cht- neg ) to tii * United btates and su.’gests that the Uu ted S ates consul at Hong Kong b- called upon to show the mau ner in which ho took tho descriptions oi tne Chinamen when they left that p:ace for America. The report states that there are 135 mm! iu the Chinese vi lage here, wno are doing aosoiutely iiotning, and who ev.dently bournt tneir wav into Amer ica or tiie purpo-ie of remaining here. It *r ites tha^ tne whole crowd intend to evade the officers aud remain in this countrv. 1’ io women, he suggests, are to t»e sold. Tne whole scheme, ho declares, was organ zed bv wea thy Ciiiiiamen who do not live . i America, aud that Kee Ow Yang and Leou Lam are merely tne r agents Inspector Seharf is pnsuing his in vestigation and hopes to be able to br.-ak up the plans which ho is confi dent the nremeters ot the Chinese vil lage hero intend to cirry out. A l’rliit-r I**ii,-< m O lallnnx®, Boston, Oct. 4.—Leo Reilly, one of the lineotypo operators of tho Boston Traveller, has issued a challenge to any lineotypo operator in the United Mates for a mx d ivs’ contest, five hours to cmiMitute a dav’s Work, tor $590; tne coiit- s' to take place either in Boston or Now York. Oil* II (ill Di'Oit iififl. Moscow Oct. 9 —It is reported here that 10 ; > p-rsons were drowned no ir the village a; ijtarv t>v th ■ cap®Aug of | ft Wg» Vtb. t iM vue ikr«M' 0*4. Flglit H®iw-®ii Ua. lux Men, San Fit vncisco, Oit. 4—Nick Hall, the well kUDWti horseman, st vube i J C McW-diaius tnree times with a pit miorK near the B tv Distnot race Uacit. .Me William-s lot at Hall three times nut "itnoiu *-T*ot B®tu utun tue uw**e enuere <*ud M4tu«Me* yoestlnn of tbe Price Ftgbt In Texne— Sa.n .lone* Preceote Wbat Be Con* ' elder* m Fair isampie of tbe Average Daw. COPTRlOBT 1885. Man is an imperfect being, and per haps perfection will never emanate from man because of this fact; but im perfection is written nowhere in the affairs of men more clearly than It is written in our laws. We have our courts of laws and courts of equity, and yet after all our legislation and Uie millions we have spent upon legit* .ators. still we must confront the fact that our laws are imperfect Let us take the case of Gov Mitchell in Florida, when he would have prevented the prize fight or the .slugging match in that state If we take Gov Culberson, of Tex as. after tbe experience that Gov. Mitchell hail with the gang of prize fighters, it is strange that Gov Culber son would desire to make a spectacle of himself and a laughing stock Flor ida is a small stale, and perhaps two sluggers with the gang of sporte and thugs who rally about them might overcome u state like Florida, but Tex as is an empire. Texas is a great state. Texas has more good people and more bad ones in it than any state of its age in the world Texas has an immense population and all varieties of people. Texas can do anything and Texas can prevent almost anything I. for one. do not believe the fight will •ranspire in Texas Gov Culbersonisa clean, noble, brave fellow, and he would not have t.akun the stand he has take un less he meant to hold his trround. But the trouble seems to be that the laws of Texas are so imperfect. A test case mmt be made, and the judge, though con icientiously opposed slugging am: prize-fighting, says the law is in- ad quate Does the imperfection of ovr laws have its origin in the where ases and be it enacted as aforesaid and a act entitled ‘au act to amend an a and so on. or is it that the aver- a re fellow in the legislature has not s» use enough to frame a law so that it means what it says and says what it means? I heard that a gentleman in the country sometime ago wrote to his friend in the city, saying- “I have several well-broke, standard-bred, harness horses. Is there any demand for such horses in the city now? Let me hear from you ” 11 is friend an swered in reply to the inquiry: “I s say the boys and girls are riding bicycles now. electric power is pro pelling the street cars, and we are sending jackasses to the legislature, therefore there is no demand for stan dard bred horses." Does the imperfection of our law* grow out of the fact that they arc made mostly by jackasses, or are our laws mostly framed by lawyers themselves who muddy and mystify an act of the legislature so that there is room for quibbling and reason for doubt as to iU real meaning? Take our laws for the illicit sale of whisky You can hardly convict a man of this crime There are so .many loopholes and gaps down Take the law against gambling, and it a mighty hard matter to differentiate its the difference between the game for money and the social game Take our .aa on pool selling, bucket shops and m» on What is the matter? Can't ■ plain. common-sense. Anglo-Saxon Myle be adopted by the legislature? Is j d essential that a law should be en- j ’itled "an act to amend an act" and so j on? Ily the way. how long before some | magnificent statesman shall riseincon- | gross or in some state legislature and : introduce a measure entitled “an act j to timeml the acts of the Apostles?" Or I t may be that our laws are perfectly ; plain as written on the statute books of i >nr state, and maybe it is the astute, : well-paid lawyers that warp and twist •hem to suit their client and his crime. 1 f a lawyer has sense enough it is not itml for him to persuade a judge and 1 iiry that any act did not mean what it j said, but that it meant so and so. But I lawyers have lo live. I have thought sometimes that if the 1 u-vil were to die and devilment were •.odic out in the world how many people ; would have to go to plowing I am | -lire the lawyers would, and very likely i we preachers would Sheriffs, po- .icemen, judges. legislators. Jail ors. and so on. will certainly be out of a job when the devil dies. A great many common people wonder why we must have a test case m ecclesiastical as well as civil courts The law is so indefinite that even now n die Methodist church we are wrang- ing over a lav/ passed by our last gen eral conference, some bishops holding • hat it means one thing and some sn- other. some officials interpreting it one way and some another Why not talk right out in an act either of an eccle- -liastieal or civil legislature? Give us ess whereases and so forth and less conglomeration. A sample of the average law is: “An act entitled an act to prevent any black, while, yellow, red dog, who has ever sucked eggs, or who shall ever hereafter suck eggs, shall upon due conviction be sentenced to pay a fine of live liundreil fleas or go lame three months.either or both at the discretion of a man whose eggs he sucked, if the eggs can be proven to have been laid on the premises of the aforesaid man whose eggs have been sucked, and if the hen. at the time the depredation was committed, belonged to sftkl io- ureil party, and it can be proved she .aid the eggs" If I was a bob-tailed yellow ilog I would not be much afraid to suck eggs with such a law staring tne in the face Ami so with the aver age criminal in this country: If he has got money or blood he can generally defy law ami crawl out at some foop- nole Let us send men to tl»e Leffeta- Hire who have sense enough to fr»mft md express in plain English wbat erioic in and what Us punishment shall r>e ami what equity la and bow It msy to* 4M f-1 i