The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 09, 1886, Image 4
A FLORIDA COON HUNT.
Incidents, Accidents anil Fun to Ile Found
tn nu Old-Fashloued Way.
"Como," said thc Major, flipping thc
ashes from lu's cigar, "let's go coon
hunting to^Uight."
"Whv, certainly; when do you
start?" "
"I will come for you at 1 p. m.," he
answered. "It is ten miles to the
{limitation-our starting point for tho
mut. I'll ride Selim and bring my
black maro for you. She is a daisy, ii"
sho is a little frisky. Good day."
At 4.SO p. m.* wo mounted our
horses and rode out toward tho setting
BIMI. It was a beautiful afternoon,
with just a suspicion ot* fall in the
cool, sweet breeze. On either side
were tangled masses of wild and
shaggy undergrowth, tho ilotsnm and
jetsam ol'thc redundant life of nature.
Giant oaks and stalely pines stood
guard over these and lofty bamboo
bines climbed to thc top for ti more
extensive view. Sometimes tho road
ahead of us would seem to come to an
abrupt conclusion, tho overarching
trees appearing to torin au impassable
barricade, A- wo approached thoy
would open ranks and onward wc
would go. About live milos oui wo
carno to a little stream and stopped to
waler our horses. This little stream
was clear tts crysta], the bottom being
of hard clay, ll slipped out of the
woods in ibo culosl manner and,
spreading out toa width of three feel
in tho road, sparkled and glittered,
thou (lushed into the darkness ol' tho
other side.
SOM I FUN TO OEOlN WITH.
A mile further on a little opisodo
occurred thai nlfbrdotl me considera
ble uneasiness and discomfort and tho
Major ti like quantity of amusement.
1 was riding along, carelessly con
versing, paying but very little atten
tion lo my horse, winn a little spoiled
fawn ran across thc rt.ad. My horse
stood Mill about one second, trowbling
in every limb, nostrils distended, wild
With terror, and then made n tremen
dous leap lo <>ne s'ule, throwing mo
half out of the saddle. Here my
Indian experience came in hand and
I soon recovered control. There was
a scries of plunging, kicking and roar
ing, a desperate effort to rub nicoll'
against thc trees, and then Kitty,
having found her master, settled down
to liqiot again.
AN OLD-TIME KU IN KO HOME.
Passing through one large, well
cultivated plantation, wo came to a
second one, and herc our journey
ended. A long avenue, lined with
spanish bay ono t, lcd lo the old man
sion, once a stately edifice, but now
almost in ruins, lt was nearly in the
centre of a grove of immense live oak,
hung with masse- of soft, gray moss.
Tangled vines and creeping roses hid
the Ihe rotten planks ol' thc wide
piazzas. On thc second Door but two
rooina were habitable, one being occu
pied by tho bachelor overseer, tho
oilier was (he guest chamber. The
only furniture ol the hiller was a cot
and some chairs. .\ wide, open lire
place gave au air ?d' com fori to the
large, dingy, shuttorlcss room. This
dilapidated mansion had once been the
Bummer homo of one of tho wealthiest
planters in thc county. W hat scenes
of merriment tho crumbling walls had
witnessed! What shouts of joy and
laughter ! What strains ol' long-for
gotten music, to which tiny foot kept
lime! lu these rooms the wail of thc
new birth has been heard! Here thc
fair bride has stood upon the threshold
of a fated ul, untried lifo. From herc
too, the dead have been carried forth,
for I ho tombstones gleam white in thc
grove some distance in tho rear of thc
house. Hero il was the handsome,
Stalwart, chivalrous owner donned lin
Confed?rale gray lind went forth to
battle for lhi' cailSO Of his people
Herc, also, was ho brought back colli
and still, snot at tho bead (d'his regi
ment, died on tho field ol honor.
A SOUTllKUN SUPl'KK.
From some hidden recess tho vining
overseer brings forth a corpulent bl ac ii
bottle. Wc hali lill ??ur glass with n
reddish-looking fluid-I am positive ii
was not milk--abd then take jonis al
tho supper i,d> in thc lower room
lt. isa bachelors' repast, for wo are all
bachelors, and we enjoy it, for good
old Aunt Jenny knows ? xtietly whal
we want. A plate of biscuit, pl um |;
and snowy while, a larg" dish Ol
chicken tried to a delicious golden
brown, built ii potatoes, bursting thoir
brown jackets od in ?heir eagerness lc
be eaten, coffee, strong ns Sampson
and black its Nigge rife mos, rounded
out the int al. Aller slipper WO Jil OUI
pipes ami sal out <>i: the crumbling
porch while waiting tho preparation
ot i lie hunting apimiinent. Tho night
air was full of sound. The grotesque
laughter of thc mule caine to US from
the far-off stables; tho chattering whin
of insect lifo made tho darkness melo
dious with monotony of sound. Some
times a shadowy flap of wing and ti
harsh note showed where some be
lated bird was going wearily home
ward.
WE HU NT Tl IK COON".
"Kill in,' said tho Major, and oil'wc
started. Josiah and his son Ike, both
of thc color warranted to keep in any
climate, lcd the column. They have
torches made of fat pine ami carry
under the loft arm bundles of the
same. The overseer follow s, equally
well equipped. Tho Major and 1
follow bim. We leave Ibo plantation
and tramp through an immense field ol
brown sedge. Circling around us,
obedient to tho caJJ of Josiah, are the
famous coon dogs, "/lill" anti "Shep."
Al tho word they forgo ahead eagerly,
and on we go. ' After a wpftry trail
through thc tall grass wo come io an
immense oak tree and Josiah halte
with a smothered ejaculation. There
is a cleared place under tho tree and
signs of a recent camp. Wo notice
traces of lire and seo a huge pilo of
corncobs and some few chicken bones.
..What is it, .Josiah?" the Major asks.
..Neilin' but or ole camp ob dcm
roFgco niggers, Been gone cr bout a
week, 1 'low. Wush I'd cotohed 'cm.
doggone dort; I ri Hin' poMioker skins!
Mus'a bin three or lb' ob 'em. Dal's
wharmy big roos'or wont las' wo^k".
Now wo have to cross a swift, rushing
stream, showing darkly green under
tho flaring light of tho torches.
Tho bridge is a liomc-inadc, homoeo
pathic ono cf two rails width, sup
ported by rickety, swaying polos,
guarded by an equally rickety hand
rail. Tho water looks to bc of fathom
less depth. The negroes and tho
ovorscor gd over tho bridge as care
lessly as if it was as stable and solid as
the connecting link between New
York and Urooklyn. The Major oyos
it dubiously ami tells me to go first.
With snail-like pace I cross it safely.
Now ho tries it, first picking up a pole
to steady his path, in tho middle of
?he bridge tJie pole-which proves to
OG ft rood-breaks; ho moko? a misstep
in ho goes. How tho tho ovorsoer and
I lough, for tho water, dcoined almost
a mile in depth, doos not roach the top
of his holts. As ho scrambles up tho
bank we greet bim with rouowcd
laughter and cheers, but becoino vory
solemn when bc says in a quizzical
tone: "Hoys, you forgot that tho flask
is in my pocket." Now wo como to a
cane-brake and pl ungo iu boldly, no
nu tter howcoldly the swamp mud and
water runs. After tramming about a
mile wo halt to hear from the dogs.
We build a Uro and break oil' some
canes to throw upon it. As they catch
lire the quick, sharp snapping sounds
like thc skirmish tire of war time.
Awakened from pleasant dreams by
tho unwonted heat, a deadly moccasin
glides oil* within reaching distance of
the Mt\|ot'- There is tito sharp, quiok
bark ot a Derringer and, its hoad shot
oft", tlie snake writhes out its life.
WE KIND TUB COON.
Tito frantic yelping of a dog. "Dat
Shep,*' Josiah savs. Another dog
joins in. "Dat Boll) coon dono treed.
.'1 golly, pop, he in dal tree ober dar
OU oigo of ile swamp,'' shouts Ike.
"Hush you motil, von fool niggah,
don' you s'posc old Josiah know whar
am?" i- tho paternal reply- All fatigue
is forgotten. Torches are replenished
and on wc rush to tho spot indicated.
Ike is right. A rather slender tree
hangs over tho swamp. On one of
tho il Ul IM we SCO somollliug grim and
silent, ii-? eyes shining like coals of
Ore. t nt few words are spoken.
Holl is leaping against Hie trunk, Shep
.-?ts. on Ibo ground, ody, motionless,
watching tho cneu hove. "Ike,
climb the (ice ami si. kc die coon off."
li ?s tin- overseer v . speaks. Tho)
grinning Ike scrambles up thc tree and
crawls uni upon a limb under Ibo one
on which tito coon ls perched. He is
nearly lo where ho can reach this limb
when sl ap, (lie limb on which he is
breaks and down lie goes into Hie
swamp. Both dogs arc on bim in n
minnie and roll him over in the water.
.'Tu'n ino loose, I tells yoi*; tu'n me
loose. Can't vcr tell a nigger from er
coon? Tiru me loose!*' Tho dogs
slink away abashed and resume their
former positions. Up the tree again
goes Ike. This time ho reaches tlie
limb safely and gives it a vigorous
shake. Hoi here comes the coon.
?"?Sick him, Shep! Sick him, Bolll"
A short, sharp light and Mister Coon
I'Olluquishos the ghost.
THU CURTAIN tutors.
lt i-- 2 a. m. when wc regain the
hOUSO. Thanks lo Anni dinny's
thoughtfulness, a good lire is blazing
in tho llro-ploco and on tho table is n
huge cako of S0U1C unknown style ol
architect uro. We are hungry and eat.
We arc chilled through, but a hot
Whiskey punch restores the circulation.
Now foi a littlo folding of (ho hands in
sleep. I dream that I am a coon, and
tho Major, ?ting yeller dog, has me hy
the throat, when a vigorous shake
rouses t? c out of this pleasant dream
and the genial voice of the Major says:
"(Jct. up, old man. Tho horses are ot
tho door. I Io, for home". Karly as
it is, Aunt Jinny is up lo bid us good
bye This means a dollar apiece,
Which WO gladly give her, and then
ride out into thc glory of the awaken
ing day. HAMILTON JAY.
XIII-: IIAHUSHIPS Ol' LA lionKItS,
Dr. Tultunga Dlucoumoii <>n thc Gonernl
WickodttesH ?if tCiitployors.
tn a recent sermon, Dr. Talmagc, in
Iiis lisna! dramatic and eloquent fash
ion, pictured "Tho Gonuino Hardships
of Working Classes.'* li was Hie third
of his s. rics ol' lectures on tho labor
question. A large audience more than
took up the seating capacity of tho
Tabernacle His di ?co u rsc treated ol
Hie darker side ol' tho life ol' Ibo wage
workers, especially Hie working girls.
"In (ho olden time," said Mr. Tal
mago, "tho Children ol Israel were
(hui's chosen people, but to-day the
American people occupied that proud
position. Pew persons realize thc
trials and burdons ol' anybody but
,thcmS0lvcs. lt is idle lo say that be
cause some of Hie (also friends ol'labor
did unlawful things thc cry for reform
is all hullabaloo. Tho great question
ol' the day is thc labor problem, and. it
milSl lie -ohed ?li tl short lillie. Who
will dcilV that Hie largest employing
firm to-day is (nip, Gongo, Grindeni
ic Co."
i 1?re the speaker retal extracts from
a late report, in which a factory girl
was quoted as testifying before a labor
commission (hat sin; was only able to
gol lour month-'work ill tho year, and
then she could scarcely carn $3 per
weet*. Ile al-o read tho list of lines
to which i bo employ?s of a largo cot
ton mill were subjected. Il contained
BUcJ) items a> twenty-five cent-, line for
washing one's hands. For eating n
niece of bread al Hie looms another
girl was docked dollar. A poor
spinner who (old a follow employ?
that her mo thor was about to die had
lo pay twonty-fivt cents linc. Mr.
Tal mage thought that lhere was no
fdr roar on why women, especially
those employed in tho government
< filceo in washington and in tho public
schools, should UO tho same work as
tho male cinploU-i and got only half ns
much pay. -He said that uiui? were
65tO0O mewing girls in New York and
Brooklyn who Uki not get half enough
to feed and clothe, themselves, while
i heir employers wore roiling lu wealth.
Somo ol' them made shirts for sj\
cents a do/on and died of slow starva
tion. Thc needle, ho said, killed more
pooplo than thc sword.
Carlisle's I'l-esLlont lui 1'i-o.spcetfl.
Thora ix a hwy:/, of talk going on
now about Speaker Carlisle being a
Presidenlial candidate in \HHH. It is
strange how that old woman's super
stition about Hie Speakership of Hie
House being a short cut to Ibo Presi
dency ?-Li 11 prevails. Mr. Blaine
thought GO-every man who ever sat
in the Speakers chair has thought so.
Tho fact is, tho Speaker of tho House
stands just one chance in thirty of get
ting in thc White House. There have
been thirty Speakers, and of these only
one-James ii. Polk, and ho was an
accident-ever became Presidont. Mr.
Clay comes first with Hie greatest
length of service in thc Sneaker's
chair. Ho was elected to preside over
six Congrossos. Ho had tho Presi
dential rabies badly. Next couuv
Androw Stevenson, of Virginia, who
was olected four times, and was also
bitten by tho tarantula. James G.
Ulai nu, Schuyler Colfax and Samuel J.
Kamlall follow, each of whom served
three Congresses, Everybody knows
bow Brother Blaine and poor Mr. Col
fax raved and cavorted whon tho virus
got into their blood. Mr. Kondall has
moro nearly oscaped than any man
who over sat in tho Speaker's chair;
but he. too, has had faint symptoms.
Now that Mr. Carlisle bas boen inocu
lated, acaso of moro or less devoloped
mania may be expected. But to bo
Speaker is to take ono chance lo thirty
vor being J'rcsidonl.
A THIUUTK TO JOHN KELLY.
What a One?? HoMlIc Journal Now Hayi of lb?
Hood Tniuiuaoy < Mel.
It is not ns a philanthropist or ns a dis
penser ol' large charities or tis a man who
went much a ?out doing good to his fellow
man that .loin. Kelly will becliictly known
hi history, yet we doubt whether there is
another citizen of New York whose death
would toueh so many hearts with a sense
of personal loss. Unquestionably the sincere
and widespread sorrow occasioned hy his
death is due in some degree to the generous
and charitable nature of the man. but it is
tkd teodor rather than the friend whom
most of those who followed and trusted
him in life will mourn to-day. The politi
cal followers ol' .Mr. Kelly belong, for the
most part, to a class whose ?motions are
easily stirred and in whom thc sentiment
?>f loyally lo a leader approaches much
more nearly confines of personal affection
than is thc case wdtf'-thc members of cooler
blooded and less tjLaorelasttC races. A life
ol prolonged nudVd. Told activities bod
inailoJohn Kelly i?of oj? prominent ns the
skilled leader of a rnnvcriul faction of the
local Democracy, bul it had also won for
him the boundless couflilooco of something
liken third of the legal voters'of this great
city. To these voters, not thc most dis
criminating part of thc electorate, but un
deniably a very active part, Mr. Kelly
was the visible embodiment of every politi
cal measure nnd every political principle,
lie was to them nol merely Tammany Hall
and sound Democracy, hut tho Constitution
and the e mut ry. So long as he retained
his health and his purl in politics .lohn
Kelly cai ried under his hat the principios
of lits liiiincilialo party, and thc members
of that puty will I..nient his death as a
kingdom mourns its sovereign orarcpublic
its founder,
The public's tribute to the memory of
.lohn Killy will gain much in sincerity
and in impressiveness from thc publics
feeling (hal lie was un honest man. Per
sonal honesty counts for much lu lifo, even
in this eily, v\ hero the dishonesty of public
men is proverbial, hut in dentil it iounts
for every! liing, .since it has not yet hcCOIllC
customary with respectable persons lo join
in reverent, ceremonies over dishonored
dust. And Ihc consoling rcllcctioil that
in all the struggles and thc tumults of his
life, in all thc ofticcs he held, and in hts
private relations Mr. Kelly's |>cisonni char
acter commanded the respect of his bitter*
est politii il enemies will servons the com
fort nial - ?lace of his mar and Intimate
friends amid tho criticisms w hich it is In
ovituble anil not to bo regretted that his
public Ctl eer and services should undergo.
-?. )'. limes,
Kx|ttohlou lu a Flriuvorku Factory.
Thc l i excelled Fireworks Company, of
which K. F. billion is the President, oe
cu pies four detached buildings on thc cor
ner of Bennett and Liberty avenues. Fust
New York, where ??0U men arc employed.
These buildings arc spread out over an aero
of groin.d, and all were in full operation
Tuesday. Shortly after ll o'clock there
was nu i xplosion in tho building No. 88
Bennett avenue, and Hit brick wall fell in
with n crash, 'l here wi re not many w ork
men in thal "building, and the firemen pre
vented the llames which were caused by
the explosion from spreading to the un
joining li: 'Uses
When thc debris had been cleared away
thc body of 1 lowan! Johnson, an opera
live, was found. A Luge steel bolt had
been shot Into his chest, anti his foot had
been lorn off at the ankle. Death must
have ens ?,.;i iibiiosl instantaneous. Near
his body another employe, Janies Hasher.
was foilll I Insensible, but still alive. Ile
will recover. Thc damage lo the building
can bc repaired for about i}!1,000. The
cause of inc explosion, Ibo force of which
broke v iudows in the Heimelt street school,
500 feet away, is not known.
IIIIHIHCXH Xorlh amt South.
Thc Providence (lt. I.) Journal, in an
article on "Business North and South."
says that ibo people of thc South have suf
fered little or no interruption to their ma
terial prosperity, "The unsettled state of
affairs in thc X" iii." ii continues, "has
caused a !*rent deal of capital lo Mow from
the North and from (beat britain lo the
South, ii is estimated that during the Ural
ihre, months ol this year fully $80,000,000
has been Invested in thc South in new un
dertaking-, most ot it from the North and
from Bnglaud. This is something which
should interest the Northern workingman."
To this the Richmond (Va.) Dixpatcn adds:
"This is something which should interest
thc Southern workingman, loo. lt speaks
volumes lor thc conservatism of our work
ing classes, anil is very suggestive." Tho
fud is abo significant (hat the working
population of the s ait li so much prefer
toil lo talk that tho iron works of Chatta
nooga, birmingham and North Carolina.
Hie oil refineries of Memphis, Helena and
New Orleans, and tho cotton factories of
South Carolina and (borgia, are all busy,
without a strike, boycott or lockout.
Charlotte /vV< ni ny Chronicle^
l iie Troublt-noiiie Itedaklna.
Tho commandant of Pori Bliss, near Kl
Pas >, Texas, h e received orders from Cen.
Miles to immediately move Iiis troops to
some point in Arizona to alli in the prose
cution of the war against tho Apaches. lt
is undetst .d that these troops will strike
directly for the (lila Liver country In hopes
of intercepting the band of cutthroats. All
is bustle and excitement ni the fort. Troops
arc lng lightly equipped foi'long marches
and large ipiaulitics of provisions and med
Iel nos uro liebig loaded, which seems lo in
dicate that lion Miles prpposos lo remain
out all summ; r it necessary. Thc vigorous
action of this officer duce :?is assumption
of thc command of this department causes
general satisfaction, Mid lias done more
than any other one thing to quiet the pco
plo, n.store confidence In tho Government,
and proven! a general II pr bing of (he border
men.
Tho l te Indians purchased large quanti
Iles of arms and ammunition in Durango,
Gol., last week. They also purchased n
number of saddles and a greater number of
useful articles than usual. Il is expected
by some that they are preparing to make
?rouble if the removal scheine is not carried
out satisfactorily.
vi hal lha KniKhix Want.
C KEV KM NP, May Bl,-This morning's
session of the Knights of Labor convention
was by far tho most important ju ils results
lo the publie at large, if not to the order it
self, of any session of the convention. A
resolution was adopted requesting Congress
tO declare the national i lection day ii legal
holiday. A letter was ordered seilt to the
Amalgamated Association of Iron And Steel
Workers. The contents and character of
the letter Bf? withheld until it has been rc
ceiveo hy tic Amalgamated Association,
but tho assurance is jfti n (hgt il contains
nothing but good will lind ihc spirit of fra
ternity. It was resolved lo appoint af mice
and send to Washington a ipeclsj commit
tee of dine to look after tho,labor legisla
tion! now pending before Congress.
" A . lea i .?i-... a Onana."
This is what Airs. Mayer, ot Boonoo
street, Now Orleans, says of Brown',,
hoi. J3ithors. A "charm worksm?etly,
fiuroly, nromptlV; thoroughly and with
delightful oftect. That io just tho way
this wondorftd family medicine worka on
invalid" who havo been suffering t?i?
\s( n s of liver complaint, dyspepsia and
impoverished blood. Those wno know
ita worth say it is a complete euro for
dyspepsia, weakness, malaria, neuralgia,
eto.
The best plume in wisdom's pinion is Ute
. lory of pa? 'ollios.
UENBRAL. NKWH IHM?.
F?ct? of Interest Gathered from Varlou?
?{?artera.
John Kelly, thc Tammany chief, died
"ii thc 1st inst.
There U a scheme afoot to enlarge the
navy of Spniu.
Thirty-tw? new case? of cholora have
licen reported nt Venice.
Capt&iQ Bonham, of Abbeville, has heen
very ill at Providence, H. I.
An epidemic has hroken out nt Chemnitz,
Germany, arising from eating raw hecf.
United Stntcs Minister Cox and lady
dined with the .Sultan of Turkey Sunday.
Major ll. C. Russell, n Mississippi gaut
hier, suicided at Indinnapolis Sunday.
In Cliina tho fee for medical attendance
ls from S to 10 cents a visit.
Henry Havcnieycr, sugar refiner, died
suddenly, on Wednesday, nt Babylon, L. I.
Over $80,000 has been raised In Chicago
for thc familier of thc killed and wounded
police.
Thc police of Belfast, Ireland, seized a
quantity of arms consigned to parties ia
Armagh.
Thc Normal Institute for Richland will
begin on thc 10th or 20th of July and last
ten days.
Silence never shows itself to so great an
advantage as when it is made thc reply to
calumny and defamation.
Opportunities are. importunities. They
are like Howers that fade at night; seize
them, therefore, while they last.
Orangeburg is now without a telephone,
tho Bell Telephone Company having taken
their instruments away.
On Saturday night hist tho Quirk resi
dence, about a milo from Florence, was
burned to the ground.
Thc Kev. J. Q. Wert/, has accepted a
call to become Ibo pastor of thc Lutheran
congregation at Orangoburg.
Mr. M. B. Anderson shot and wounded
a large eagle near Titree nnd-Twenty Creek,
Anderson, on last Wednesday.
Thc deceased wife's sister bill has been
sat upon by the House of Lords again.
This was expected.
Tho Washington fund collected for the
purpose of buying Mrs. Hancock a house
now reaches nearly $10,000.
The Grand Division of the Sons of Tem
pcrance in South Carolina will meet in Co
lumbia in .Inly.
Thc United States Consul ut Samoa bal
established a protectorate over King Ma
lictoa.
Rx President Fish, of tho New York
Marino Bank, is now nn assistant to th(
Auburn Prison chaplain.
Mr. Ejijah Wilson, of Abbeville, aged
Ul years, fell from a wagon last Saturday
and injured his spine.
Dr. AV. (). Baldwin died at his home ii
Montgomery Sunday. He was among tin
most eminent physicians of the country.
W. II. (Jiger shot and killed Dcputj
United States Marshal J. W. Higgins al
(.'arlhage. Tenn., Monday. Old feud.
The Chicago Grand Jury returned 8
additional indictments against thc Amu
chists Wcdncsd -\
In the first game of faro on record, tin
inventor (incorrectly callek Pharonh) wen
in a.liltle too far and was done up.
lt is now thought that the present troubl
in thc (ishories question is a blessing in dil
guise, and will hasten a lasting settlement
Fourteen thousand milesof railroad traci
were changed in the State cf (leorgia fron
thc broad to thc narrow gauge within afc\
hours.
< >n Saturday W. O. Riley, town mai
shal of Abbeville, was accidentally sin
while attempting to quell a row. He wi
recover.
The residence of Dr. Henry Faust, nen
Graham's, Orangoburti County, was ace
dentally burned Th o . i iy. Loss $1,(>0(
no insurance.
Capt! Pierce, of the San Carlos Reservi
lion. Arizona, is iia.uug $100 apiece for th
heads of host ile Indians found in San 1\
dro Valley.
The Pall Mall (inutte, of Monday, call
upon the Government lo take imm?diat
stops to meet Hie threatened l ister relic
lion.
Dr. George NV. Pyle, his wife and tw
children and a hired man were brutall
murdered on Monday in the Cherokee Ni
?ion, Indian Territory, hy unknown partie.'
A freight house in East St. Lons wu
destroyed byan incendiary fire yesterday
and an ofllcor shot at twice while cnterin
thc building. Loss estimated at $75,001
A closed door meeting of Chicago Si
dal Isis was held Sunday night lo raia
means for thc defence of Spies. Schwa
and Fielded.
The subscription raised for the fiunilk
of tho Chicago policemen killed and injure
in the Hay Market riot, now exceeds $70
ooo and is still increasing,
Friday afternoon the wife of Silas Foi
ter, of Columbus, Qa., shot herself throng
the henri. Her husband charged her wit
infidelity, .
The Provincial Mayors throughout Be
glum have Issued orders prohibiting th
Socialist demonstrations announced fr
June 18.
The President has nominated Davi
L. Hawkins, o? Missouri, to lie Assistai
Secretary of the Interior, nVvj Junks, r<
signed.
The measles and spring fever have bec
conducting a Joint canvass in Georgia U
some lime. Both sides '.?vc found fu
material.
There ls no longer any concealing Hi
fact (hal pro||lhitlpi] has tull possession .
Georgia. In Norla Georgia the peacht
aro rotting ntn\ fulling from the trees.
Anarchist Most was sentenced Wedne
day to the New York Penitentiary for Ol
year and lined $.~>00; Baunschincg, nh
months and $'2.~>0; Bcheuck, nine months.
The Blue and thc (?tay mingled j
Charleston, West Va., on decoration da;
to pay their Moral tribute to ibo dead s<"
diera of tho late war.
A petition from the KnightM of Lain
has been presented to Congress to abo|ll
national banks and establish national jon
offices.
Mr. Thomas Adnms, of Prosperity, sn]
hp saw a horse and buggy floating dow
the Saluda when the water wna up la
week.
A rnttlesnnke measuring four feel tt\
inches in length, with fourteen rnttles, wi
killed by a colored man, ucnr Sinn's lb all
in Colleton, on Wednesday inst.
A dispatch from Australia reports Un
thc steamer Lycemoon, from M el bou ri
for Sidney, was wrecked off Oreen Cap
Seventy persons were drowned.
Deputy Collector J. B. Elkln capture
T. Bellow and destroyed a large distiller'
nen'/ Lnnd? urn's. Greenville County, carl
Monday morning.
A destructive fire broke out in pen^n-oji
Fin., Tuesday, burning thirty building
Ono hundred people are homelcas in cons
quenco. Ix>ss $<;o,ooo, small insurance.
Tito Count and Countess of Paris leo
roturned ld thoif r^deiye nt Ku to mal
preparations for thou departure froi
France lu anticipation of no order of e:
pulsion.
Thc United States Consul at Samoa bi
placed Huit domain under the protection (
tho American flag, nt the request of Kin
Mnlietoa, and notified President dovelan
of bis action.
Rev. Sam Jones lins modified his viev
upon base ball, and now admits that it is
healthful and harmless sport in itself, ui\
only becomes objectionable when it is niiv'
tho occasion of betting and tho like. The
national game may now proceed.
Thc couvlctlon?nnd punishment of all tho
men in Illinois who preach chaos and prac
tice bomb throwing would not deliver tho
State from anarchy. Her divorce law?
would still remain to menace lier tranquility.
Thc iucliuation of the American girl to
marry a coachman is justly characterized
hy tho Pittsburg Dispatch as nu "extraordi
nary freak." Most wives prefer to take tho
"relus" in their own bands.
A fight occurred in thc Minnesota Legis
lature Saturday, between Premier Norquay
ami an opposition member, on account of
the defeat of the motion of confidence in
the Norquay government.
New Orlcaus is a little straitened for
money, ami last week borrowed $105,OOO
at 8 per "ont. interest to meet the pay rolls
of ofllccrs and other employees for the
months of March aud April.
Thc Pittsburg, Oakland and Last Liberty
street cars, of Pittsburg, l'a., wen; tied up
Monday on account of the failure of the
company to make out thc twelve-hour
schedule as promised.
Congressman Tillman vigorously defend
ed thc manufacture of oleomargarine,
which, he said, was the poor man's butter,
and denounced the proposition to tax it out
of existence.
Kev. Dr. Mlchelis, Bishop or tho tdd
Catholics in Germany, who persistently re
fused to accept the decree declaring tho in
fallibility of thc l'ope, died at Ericburg
Sunday.
The Salvation Army Congress opened in
London last Saturday. It will remain in
session a week. Two thousand ofllccrs and
many thousand members from all parts of
thc world are present.
It is authoritatively staled that Chamber*
lain and his Radical supporters have made
up their minds to abstain from voting on
tho home rule bill, Hms ensuring its success
of Hie lil ensure on its second loading.
A North Carolina Congressman has re
ceived from a constituent a rcqucsl that 1)0
borrow a sum of money from thc United
States Treasury, to bo secured by a morl
Sige on tho constituent's farm in the old
orth State.
Thc United States revenue cutter Dix
biought to Pensacola, Sunday, thc Spanish,
lishiug smack Chlotildc, which she captured
for violating Hie fishery laws. The captain
bas been reported to thc Washington au
thorities.
The annual report of President (!inner,
of thc New York Cotton Exchange, states
Hint it is a subject for regret that the busi
ness of thc Exchange had felt the effect of
dullness which bau prevailed bl die trade
during tho year.
Thc acreage in cotton of the colton grow
ing States last year was 17,822,888 acres.
The crop for the season was 5,771.065
bales, equal to 2,743,006,011 pounds of lint
or about 8,228,808,088 pounds of seed cot
ton.
Two children of A. Lcidy, Boyortown,
Pena., aged respectively 3 and 5 years,
while rummaging in a bureau drawer dis
covered a loaded revolver. Tho oldest shot
his brother nearly through, hut the p' ysi
clans think lie will recover.
An understanding has been reached con
cerning the bill for the expulsion of the
French princ es, requiring t lintel he Count of
Paris and his wife and children and Princes
Jerome omi Victor Napoleon should be ex
pelled immediately after tho hill was passed.
The committee of tho Knights of Labor
waited upon Prosidom Bliss and other of
ficials or the Boston and Albany Railroad
Monday and secured a raise of wages of
freight handlers and track layers. Those
getting $1.50, $1.73 and $2 per day w en
advanced lo fl.05, $1.90 and $2.10."
Henry S. Hannis, the famous distiller,
died on Wednesday afternoon at the Nor
liston (Pa.) Insane Asylum. Ile was one
of the largest operators in whisky in the
United States, and just after the "late war
was rated as one of tho millionaires of Phil
adelpbla, his native city.
Special dispatches received nt .Milw aukee,
Wis., btate that tires arc raging in the lim
ber lands along ihc ?scimaba River, in
volving a loss of thousands of dollars.
Eorest tires are also burning nt J linet iou
City and in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay,
ami they an' raging fiercely along thc line
of railroad North .cul South of Phillips,
Wis., much valuable li:jil>cr having betti
dcstroj'cd.
Tlic National Line steamer Amerita,
which sailed from Liverpool for New York
May 2ft, arrived at Queenstown, Moy :io.
having put back in distress. On Friday
last, while in latitude 50 degrees Norlli,
longitude 18 degrees West, a piston roil
was broken, cracking' thc bottom of the
cylinder. Tho America has returned to
Liverjtool for repairs, which it will lake a
month to complete.
A negro boy, living with Walter Cray at
Laurens, was killed by lightning ou Suntlay
afternoon. He was standing near an open
door. The planks on the door where he
was standing and those of thc door on the
opposite side of Hie room were splintered
and Hu; chimney was .slightly damaged.
Several other persons were present, but
scarcely felt the shock. The boy killed,
was about 12 years old.
Tlie debt statement issued today show s
a decrease of Hie public debi during the
month of May to lie $8,828,505.01: tush in
Hie Treasury; $400,406,801.78; gold certifi
cates' outstanding, $80,120,020; silver cer
tificates outstanding, $80,184,120: certifi
cates of deposit outstanding, ft 18,035,000;
legal tenders outstanding, $840,788,486;
fractional currency, (nol including ide
amount estimated as lost or destroyed >
$6,054,087.52.
lt ls hard for our Carolina readers to he
Hove the reports and accounts id' (?enera)
Gordon's style and speeches w hen he ap
pears on Hie Stump, Well, it was hard
enough for Qeucrtu Gordon's friends in
Georgia to realize thal they were Iiis own
words and gCDtimcntS. lind many who have
heard him do not believe thal* they are at
his heart; still he has ad ptcd the Style dc
scrilied in the public prints, and the reports
are substantially correct,-Auottifa Ohron,
An interesting experiment in skin graft
lng is being conducted in Sun Francisco.
The patient was badly burned live months
ago by nu explosion. Ills limbs, face and
hands were covered with huge sores which
refused to heal. Skin grafting was resorted
to, and fully fifty pieces of flesh from rela
tives of the sufferer hove been grafted.
Thc fiesh from the thigh of a. li ve chicken
was also grafted successfully. Thc case is
oh? of the worst ever known In San Fran
pispo, and thc result U awaited with inter
est hy physicians.
Thomas J. Cluvorlus, the young lawyer
who is in Jail at Richmond, Vu., uudor
sentence of death for Hie murder of Lillian
Madison, does not sloop soundly now. Thc
guard who has been placed in his cell to
watch him says thc prisoner wakes up
every night about midnight and appears
restless from that time on. He bilks about
his case to thc guard, and expresses the
opinion that the Court of A pi teals will give
hts case a rehearing, lils long confinement
is bec ?mime, to tell on him.
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