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AVm?? iitp/kH?i.U IN TB XAS. A ?":TT'- V.'i.Ttud by . ?tona-Whole F*a?lle? < .??oif:TU-R:.-.!r.-in nome? ouJ llr?Idcnce? Capjl^rt1. -?ao Occopuuta browned. GALVIOTOK, October 14.-Tho iowa o? Dab?no Pr \ ut tho UlOUth o? Sabine river, inc dividing Uno between Louisiana :ind Tox&a,?n rep* Hied .?) beentirely washedaway by Mn terrific torin of Tuesday night. Over GO live* are reported to be lost <>ut oi a total population ot 200. All t?l? graphie COtUUlUDlcalloU With the town ls CUl Ol?. Sabine PttSS ls 00 milts up the cone, from Galveston und 28 milos south' wesi oi beaumont, the county scat ot* Jef ferson county. Another report says that during the over How a h(>tel containing b> or .o persons waa swopt oui Into the bay and all thc oc cupants were drowned. Off All.S OF Tlt? DI&ASTKK. UtSAUMONT, Tc\a ? October 14-1.BO A. ll.-Our town was i.i a .state of intense CV cltemeat to-night at news just received I fr.>ui Sabine 1 'ass. Wo have no telegraphic counnuulcatioil willi Sabine Pass, ; s thc wires aro all down, but tin engine arrived hereto-night ever the East Texas railroad that h it ii,ere about 0 o'clock. Two l ili I Zens, who rowed in a sir.:.ll boat ?.cross thc expanse ><i angry waters, a distance of sev eral miles, from lin lown of sabine to the railroad track, carno lu ou thc engine af.'.', gave a henri ronderiug account ino affair. They say the waters he-o.v, to invade the town from Hie fj?up> um' (Uc |?fc0 together about 3 o'tlock Tuesday til'tcnioou, and rose wi-,',, unprecedented rapidity. M?o citizens ol the d touted place did uol realize the iuimlnotit danger until it was too hlo to escapo. When safely by Hight was recognized ns being om of the ?pies-don. the people who wen situated so they could do so betook themselves to houses and other resorts which they judged to he sate. Thc water kept rising, and between '-'J ami 4 o'clock tia smaller nouses began to yield to the resistless force Ol tho waves, which not cn'y moved them '.'lom their founda tion.*, bul turned them over on their sides aud tops. A little later t he larger houses began lo give way, and death by drowning seemed in store for every person in lin place. With the yielding of the sinalki houses, several persons who bad remained ia them were drowned, ami when Hie resi dences and business places began to erna; ble the fatality began to double. The following list Of the drowned was obtained from the gentlemen who came in on the engine: Miss Mahala Chambers, Jim Vondy and family of six ; the wife of Otto Brown and two children. Homer King, wife and child; Mrs. Junkcrnud son; Mrs. Pomeroy and family of live; Mrs. Stowart, daughter iitid son; u man by the name of \\'ilsonj Mrs. Ai thur McUeynolds; Mrs. McDonald, daughter and grandson: Frank Milligan and family: Columbus Marlin and family; about 25 colored petrous whose names could not bo learned. The above list comprises over 50 human victims of the storm-among them some ot the leading families of tho place. There are others, and many of them doubt Ic?-.* drow lcd without any ono Using kuowiuu anything about it. ll is teared ?hat whole families ie dilVen nt places have been swept away without having a vestige ol their fate. lt is sahl that the situation during the kilter part nf Hie afternoon beggared del script ion. Tho manifestation- ol terror and agony by people looking face to lace at death, and realizing thal there was no escape; thc dying cries of women, audible but rend, rid nlniosl noiseless by the roar of thc mad sea; thc lionrsi Voices of pallid men. trying to save those dear to thom-all I combined made a scene too horrible lo be I describ? d. On receipt bf ibis news ike citizens pl I ' Beaumont Immediately began preparation* I for thc relief ol' ibo sufferers. The Kast I Texas railway luis placed Hit engine at their dispo:al, ami a party of men have gone lol procure ti boat and start lo the scene ol' the disaster, t he damage lo properly is\<ry great. The wharf properly i-f flic town wus owned by New York capitalists, who also own the adjoining lauds, and v.< re aiming to make Sabine Puss an important point on the Gulf eoasl 'I bo Knight* of J.nimr. RICHMOND, Ya.. October ttl.-The most important wollt <>? the convention was begun yesterday, win n (he General Mnsterl Workman declared amendments to the con stitution lo he in order, and was .-u-taitu 1 in bis decision by Ibo lissi nibly. despite the objections of a 'cv. Tiiis work ol amend ing the constitution was resumed this morning and prosecuted throughout thc session. Th.. pro[)osed amendment to thc consti tution extending to two \ ears I he terms ol all general ollie? rs, excepting those of mem bers of the corporativo board, w as adopted. Thc ternis of members of the corporal i vi board remain as at present Changes in the constitution require a two thirds vole for their adoption, aud tho calling ol ti.e O?S delegates consumed a good deal ol time. When iba' matter had bcon disposed of the regular ord? r of business was suspend ed, and thc General Assembly proceeded toi tho election of general olllcor.s. Genend Mase r Workman Powderly and General Worthy Foremau Grillilli were elected to the olliees they Imvo already held for -even consccutiv ; tenus. At tho nl'ornooii session it was decided to divide thc ellice of Secrcttti y-Tri usur< r. Charles ll. LiebtmaUol Marl lellCUll, Mass, and Joseph Buchanan of Denver wore nominated for tho ofilco ol Secretary, Litolunan was elected bj moro (hut I?J? majority. Frederick Turner, the present General Secretary-Treasurer, and ll. Bcckmcyerof New Jersey were nominated for General Treasurer. Turner was elected by more than 'Jon majority. Balloting for mcmlicrs of the Executive Board thou began. Tho following ? ames were placed In nomination: W. H. Bailey of ohio, T. li. McGuire of New York, Tom O'Reilly of Nev York, Joseph Buch anan of California, William ll. Mullen of Richmond, Va., Ira B. Ay si wort h of Bal timorc, John Howe of Mossachuai tts. An informal ballet was taken, in which Hayes lcd in the number of votes polled, with Merry second. Some delegates wanted to continue voting, but n motion to adjourn until to morrow was put and carried. RICHMOND, October 11.-Tho Executive Board of the Knights ol' Labor held a meeting at 8 o'clock thia morning lo con sider the question of sending aid lo tho locked out colton workers td Augusta, Go., the curriers and tannera at Salem and Pea body, Masc, and thc journeymen plumbers of New York eily. The General Assem bly had alu inly voled that money bc ap propriated for their relief, ii was resolved that thc sum of $15,000 he devoted to thia purpose-15,000 li, each of thc cases eon ?ldored-and thal further sums be sent ns needed. Mr. Powderly held a conference at Ford's rintel lost nicht with 15 or IO colored dele gates to the General Assembly. They rep resented colored assemblies pf Knights of Labor of Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Missis aippi and other Southern States. Thc pb ject of the conference waa the formation bf a bureau of colored Knights through out tho Southern States for the purpose of procuring accurate statistics relative to the condition of rho colored people and their rolatlotia to whhu laborers where ever they aro employed together. Thoentfro morning session Was consumed In balloting ??V member/-, of the General Executive Board. Thomas B. Barry, .Ino. W. Hoyos and W. H. Bailey were elected. "If you will chew tobacco In God's house, don't spit on the Moor-spit in your hat." This request of tho pastor of a city congregation waa timely. TELLINU ON KACH OTHKR. The Taylor Uro thor e. Knllven Their C'rui ?yuna hy Recollections of Karly Oayn. From thc Nashville American. A moment of silence marked thc close of Hob's recital. Then sonic one turned to Alf, who bad been nu lutout listener, bis eyes llxed on thc lloor, tho smoke from lila cigar cul lin?; over his fine hoad, his whole attitude sugges tive of calm repose (t What sort of a hoy was Hob?" was inquired of thc Republican candidato. Alf removed tho tragraut weed from bis lips, and turning hi? chair toward thc uro and peering imo tho hinze, while n genuine smile stole over his countenance, said: "Well, ho was a queer boy. To begin with"'-"He careful, Alt," smilingly interjected bis younger brother. "All right," mid thea, continuing, ''yes, ko was queer. Ile was in all manner of mischief at nil limos, but ho hud a iknnck of getting out of thc worst Iciv.pl s without a scratch, while Nat md .lim and I caught tho devil. Ile vas a unturnUborn humorist, and Villi his droll ways could trick the ld folks nin*/ times out of len. Ile | ould lcujj.fi-; imo en-chief and then [ ,tjptrt-rJast in thc nick of limo and leave us to caleb thc conscqilOUCOS. A lucky star bas been over that boy," pointing to Bob, "from thc day he was boru. Let mo loll you bow ho gol ahead Of us oil ?nie occasion, but [| will serve as an instance of bow be managed things. Brother Nat, Jim and I, 1?J!> and a little negro boy went in iv i ni ming one Sunday mornlug in thc mill pond near our house. Father had told us he would whip ns if wo wei ' swimming on Sunday, but wc disobeyed him. He found it out that afternoon. Ile would not punish m because it was Sunday, but ho took us bright and early in the morning to tho barn yard. Wc knew what was com lug. Ho took a shingle and bored hoi. 5 llirough it with a gimlet anti then ho made as berni over a log. Yoi cnn imagine tho result. Ho punlshot Jilli and Nat and inc, and ive were al crying when ho weal up lo Hob, win Was leaning over tho log waiting hi turn. Fat her raised tho paddle, sud dollly Hob [called a hall dollar oat o hi pocket and twisting bis boat around at lather with n most humor otis cxpiosslon ?d' countenance, li said: "Dad, I'll gtvo you ?his to lc me oil'," and at tho same limo oller!nj lather tho half dollar. Wo wen? ul Wal ?liing him as intently as our pain woe.ld lei a-. Father stood with iii puddle ll pl I Hod. Hob continue I in hi leaning position, holding tho hui dollar bot ween hi- uplifted linger with that grimace unalterable oil Iii ..'ea'ure-. Hob was cool a-a ?ucuinbei l'ai ber al long! h broke mil ?a a laug Illili bade Hob be up andell in a lwltM< ling. Bob -pian;;' to Ills feel an slipping Ms half dollar back in hi pocket walked by US lo die hons making faces al us as ho went by." Tiie laughter which this Iraient: .sally had created having ceased, il same inquisitor asked Bob of the hoi hood Of Alf. "Well," .-aid Bob, wii a merry twinkle lu hts eye, "Alf lui more temper than 1 ; ho had more Hg! tba . I did. but I bad moro Inn. I wa- ouick io resent an Injury an emt illy quick lo forgive. Alf wi always fond of hunting. When mere hid lei would go out on tho mom tail.- wah OM tdd man who lived HCl us ; nd camp Olli for week- al n ??in I believe ho had rallier hum now ihr do anything. All wa- my favor! lao ber, ii' I had a favorite,and I thu he thought ibo most of me, al tho iq he never loki mo so, for ho always d have a way m concealing his allcctii from I hose ho loved, father thong then: was more outcome ill Alf tin in any of us, but brother Jim, wi invented that gilli of which you ha heard, is thc smartest. All always w a Leen ono. Von may ho suro could work a scheme as well its ali body. I'll tell youan Incident oil manhood which illustrates his bo ho?-!. When ho wa- running fort Leg ida! uro lhere was a big Bapt! volo which b" wanted and wain badly. One day ho weill lo ft bapt big. Thc prcachor liada nu in ber couverts ia tho creek. Alf, as big life, stood among tho people on t -hore, singing tor dear life.) As las! a person was baptized and shirted I thc -h ire AU would wade Into i cree!; am!, singing as ho advanced wi his hymn-book in one hand, he won extend thc other lo thc (tripping poi lent and escort him or lier lo I shore. All* yoi tho vote of every Ba Ibt in thc district. That's thc -ort fellow be was," and in this gay ban illOgO the evening passed. While rn re is Lifo There ls Hope. Many Of the diseases ol' this sea* of I he year eau bo averted by ft sin ann.uni ol' caro and at lillie cost, thc timely uso of Kw HANK'S Toe (JIN. IIOXA Couta H.. Ii cure- Diarrlaei liyacnlory,Ch? era Morbus and Uko complaints. . Ire rt/i.i should bo without li bottle, ii will prevent any disenso that won no doubt arise from thc chango wider, food and climate, without use. Tho most valuable medicina t lie world, contains nil Hie bes) a ino-t curative properties ol' all ot Ii Tonics, Bitters, etc., etc., being l greatest Blood Purifier, Liver I tego tor and Lile and I len) I h-1 tes tori Agent in existence. For Malar Fever and Ague, Chills and FoV( Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick lien ache, Nervous Headache, Chroi Rheumatism, etc., otc, it is indy Herculean Remedy. Il gives new I and vigor lo the aged. For ladies delicate health, weak and sickly ell dren, nursing mothers. See circuit wrapped with bottle. CifARI.KSTON, S, C., Sept. 1, 1SK.'>, It. B. ICwiiANK, ESQ., Prcsldonl Thc Topaz. Cinchona Cordial (J Spnrtanbtirg, S. C. : Dear Sir-I ha used a case Of your Topaz, Cordial my family, and as a Tonic and Ap] tiz.cr I can cheerfully rccommond lt all who aro suffering from Debil and lack of appetite. My chi ld ri especially, have been much benditi by Its use. Respect tully, Hu ISON LiiR A~.k your druggist for EWUANI TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL and tu no oilier. Tine TOPAZ ( 'INC MONA < IORDIAI. CO. . Sparenburg, s. c., U. S. The Ooiloni ur n Town in Peontylvanla Fnii Oui. SIIKNANDOAII, RA., October IO.--Ea this morning a girl named Henncs-cy, Biding on West Coal street, went into IIMS' nient of her house, opened tho door ll found herself standing on thc brink 0 cave about iH feel In diameter and RH) f deep Tho whole bottom of the hasem lind fallen Into ihc workings of die Ol dale colliery. Thc houso is still stamin but fears are entertained not only for safely, bul for tho safety of other bulldh int be neighborhood, and tho people aro t rlbl, excited. (?I:M:H M. KKW? IHM:. Kacu of luiercut Uolhrrrd Troro Varlou* Ittiarter*. Primo Louis Napoleon is in Anu-rlcn. having arrived at San Francisco. Kau)hara is nt Varna awaiting orders as to whether he -hall remain or return to Kas sia. Oflloial circles in Berlin continue hope ful ot an amicable settlement of the Hui garlau u< stion. Tlie 1:. . Augustus Stopford Brooke, au eminent Unitarian preacher, of Dublin, I relam?, has gone mad. A two tongued girl lately arrived from Switzerland. She wanted "to go to Ulah and join the Mormons, but they wouldn't have her. In response to the appeals of Messrs. Parnell ami Fitzgerald, Augusta, (?a , has subscribed if??OO as a ti rsl installment to the anti eviction fund. Thu wife of General Pickett, thc widow of the Confederate General, has been ap pointed to a position in the Depart meat of thc Interior. Sucre ny Lnmur announces to his friends lieu his mai' iago to thc widow Holt, of Macon, will nike place between November T aud thc convening of Congress. Fal t lug onions is said to insure -lei p. It may in the follow who flits them, bul how about the other poor chap who tries to sleep with him .' The missing steamer Auchoria arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, at !)o'clock yes terday morning in tow. All on board were well. She broke her shaft w hen live days out. Intense excitement prevails among the Polish residents of thc South Side. Vitts burg, Pa., over an alleged attempt to as-as simile thc Kev. Falber Miskcwilz, a Polish ptio-t. ^ A: the state University at Chapel Hil!. X. C., Jacob A P?t ese, a student, was shot lino igh thc heart an 1 instantly kiled. mid another student named Fleming wounded, by a negro. Frank I lamil ton, aged ">. of Waynes burg, III., an Inmate of the ohio institu tion for the deaf and dumb, was scalded to death Sunday through thc carelessness ol' au attendant. Toe ofllcial report of the med ii al experts appointed to investigate thc ins utily of K : ll _T <>:to has been made. ll say- the King's disease ls Incurable paranoia, which docs not effect thc duration ol life. Titos. C. Stewart, mniingerof the Mobil.' Western Union Telegraph olllee, has been missing since Monday and his accounts nra $1. IOU short. I le leavi 3 a \> Ifc and family, and is supposed lo have gone to Mexico. I.oui i i blt -leigh, Foreign Secretary, had ii pi ilou ;ed interview'Thursday willi thc Baron dc stael, Russian ambassador, lt is understood that the crisis in Bulgaria has r< ai le d an acute -'.age. Th. remains of 150 Confederate soldiers ol Texiis and Mississippi, buried in un linn ked gin ve* at llopklnsvillc, Ky., will be burled in a beautiful cemetery given hy the city Council. Ignatius K. Carova was arrested lu Wash j logion Wedin-day night on request of I he Florida authorities on suspicion of having committed a minder in st. Augustine, Fia., -i\ mouths ligo. Mr. Abram S. Hewitt hi- agreed to ac cept the Tammany nomination for Mayor, and has written a letter announcing thai fact. Mr. lb win stipulate-, however, that I Ibu b dance of thc ticket -'nail lie sntlsfac j tiny 'O loni. 'lie report of the Cotton Annotation show s that the eon on i r< ?p of Fgypl is fully u,> to thc average. Worms have di-ip pealed. The yield i esl I ma led al lt, 100.000 cunutrs. The arrival ol the nev crop shows ii lo bc of superior quality. Senator Butler has written a letter io Hon. W. A. t omb nay. dated Holborn, London, September Sy, in which he e.v presses profound sympathy for thc people of < h?rtesten, and um loscd a < hui k fdr $T>0 to bu used for their bene tit. <> : lb- Creek, near Houston. Mo., on Friday morning last, while Mrs. }{j|n wu Maths, thc bride of llnlpli Williams, was h it . asleep hythe side of her husband, sonn unknown person ? ntered the bedroom and ; I teed ;1 pistol at her forehead and sent a hullcl through her brain. Thc couple had been married two months. A ipcL'ial from Ashland, Wi-., dated thu 1-lth, .says: "Two men entered Wihnaitli's bau!-, about io o'clock this morning nud compelled Mr, Wihe n th to unter thu nudl ai Ibo muzzle of their revolvers, While he was in thc vault thc robbers se cured $4,000 cash fi om n small safe and made their escape." . ' ' Death comes in all manner of ways, lien is a eiirioui Ballimore e;asc: Daniel Wilhelm's Uti lo daughter died of diphthe ria s vero I days ugo. timi thu lee hillie c skol where sh. bad lain w as emptied lulu the load. Tlc soil of Frank Harper, of Hampden, picked up-onie ol the iee ami lite it, from the effects of which, ii i- said, hu i- now lying dnngeioiisly ill with tho sune disease Which carried oil' his little pitt) male. DcHiriicilvo Morna*. ( .m \i o. October ll. A high wind, aec-inpanicd by a driving rain, lins be, a prevailing herc since early this morning. Th.- itorm toro through the trees of Doug' lass, Garfield and Humboldt Parks with ila- fury ol ii hurricane. Tho soit maples ami saplings were twisted oil close lo their roof; and hurled over the tops of large ttic Two r?lil estate ngeiiclcs' buildings on Madison street, near Garfield Park, wore picked up by tiie wind and pounded to piece; oil the praries. Thc report- -how that tho storm extends over II very wide area, bul no particulars call be obtained a llic telegraph wires are down in nlniosl every direction, A fearful storm prevailed just west <>f Tole do, O., yesterday, w recking thousands of dollars' worth of ?IOUSCS, windows. A.c. Several steam cars were blown from lin track, freight cars demolished and six yacht-; riding al anchor broke loose and were -mashed lo pieces. A dispatch from Fort Wayne. Ind., -tab - thal a terrific gale from the south ps.-H I over that elly yesterday, unrooting thc Odel Follows' Temple. Cunt iver'-, brew ery. Hake's bottling works, thc Adams l'.\ pre-- ofltCt*, together with sonic of the principal business buildings. A fire broke Oil! just before Ibo gide. Which spread rap Idly, destroying many houses, A hard wind storm prevailed throughout thc Slate Ol Kentucky yesterday, bul no special damage is reported, THE OLD, O?.D STORY.- Why do wo hear so much about dyspepsia? Simply because SO many people have it. \\ hy are SO ninny popple talking about their cure from this dreadful disease? Simply because they have been taking Hrown's Iron Hitters. Tims it is with Mrs. Tay lor, of Lynchburg, Sumter county, H. ('., who says: "I have used Hrown's Iron Hitters for dyspepsia with mos? favorablo results. I believe this medi cine! is all that is represented." Dys peptics and sufferers from neuralgia, weakness, etc., should try it. -The firent Northern Bail way Com pany employs boys to carry special mes sages about Loudon on horseback. An American messenger boy on foot now goes on both side? of tho street and everywhere ho can ?nd takes tho most roundabout route ti) his destination, oven though ho must sacrifico his shoo leather md leg strength. Who but the impish doth himself can imagino tho extent of Iiis wanderings if he should have a horse :o carry him where he li stet h y Hill? - \ Ult V? . A pair of slippers-Au eloping couple. An oki hoad-Tho head of navigation. Never gets full-The contribution box. . Tho nicest things in summer hats Pretty gills. The mini w ho feels certain that he will not succeed is seldom mistaken. What i-< it thal :i man with two eyes can no! seo with one? T'other eye. Wonder if thc sen serpent could swallow all tho stories that arc told about him? Thc question of thc hour is always ono cd" great moment. Why was Eve like Sunday? She was tbi' first of the weak. Thc lies foi med at sociables sometimes lead to matrimonial knots. !; everybody would mind his own bust' tu s; wc wonder how a lawyer would live. Tl e following words, if spelt backward or forward, aro thc same: "Name noone man." What will bc tho ruling fancy of thc season? In other words, what will take tiic placo of progressive euchre? A Western paper says there are pretty lough nuts in thc army. Docs it refer to the kernels? The man w ho has tnado his ow n ment and bread is the man who carries home the mouey wheu his cotton ls sold. There ?3 frozen music lu many a heart that the beam- of encouragement would melt into glorious song. Now for thc "scar and yt How leaf " poet, lb may approach, but With the under standing thal WO keep a club. lt isn't always thc niau who knows thc mos) that wins' but the man who cnn apply what ho docs know. A man <-f short statue gives asa nason for his stunted growth thal be w as brough! up v hen a child ou condensed milk. [I ?aa little singular that a journal foi tho blind should gel so excited as to print: scathing article against low ia eked dresses Wc know thc summer is over becausi when WC pick up tia- papers now wo don' seo t ol uni ns about bow thc girls look ii their bathing suits. Georgie: "Do yon know. Ethel, oh Smokes had a perplexity tit the Other day . Ethel: "A perplexity fit.- You mean i parallel stroke' "I'm v< ry fond of little boys.' tin; said ns sh triplied pu n siring stretched aero* tho pavement. "1 feel a^ if 1 could cal ; couple of them this minute, raw.'' The ll-.lill bell is getting IO be lathe stale for marriage ceremonies. Why shuni not some enterprising couple bo marrie* under O pair tree? A Chicago minister preached on "Wini eau I do to be saved?" !. would seem lld about the llrst move would 1M- to gel out (j Chicago. .Moiler." ??id ll little girl, "I bcliev /'I! be a duchess when 1 grow up." "Hoi do you expei t to become a duchess, in daughter?" Why, hy marrying a Dulci niau to be sure." The lawyers and doctors of Kllswortl Mc, went oui in cold blood the other da ami tlllempled lo play base ball. The lav yera won, hut thc doctors will cventuoll get the best of them. A young man who has a good deal i spare limo on his bands wishes lo learn i something (lint will keep him occuplei Wo eau think of two things right oh*-gc ting married and lipping over a beehive. A little girl lately wrote lo her frieni "Yesterday a little baby sister arrived, ar papa is on a journey, lt was bul a pie* ot' luck thal Minimini Was al home to tai caro of it." When a wife runs away leaving a bu band and lillie < hildicn, as n Toliness woman did th? other day, the poor ni: might almost lie excused for w ishing th be had never seen her, Clive a boy address and accomplishmc mid you givo him Ilia mastery of palac ami fori une wherever lie may go. Heh not thc trouble ol earning or owhh them : they solicit him lo enter and posset Thy girl who never screams w hen R! sees a snake Isil'l a safo girl lo marry. WI inn:.be, cool, collected, ti nexci table ?I position she would lilt where she ainu with iii" rollhigphi every time. A eontcni|iorary asks: "Mow sh; women carry their purses to frustrate t lbicvos?" W hy. carry them empty. Not ing ?l?strales a thief more ?han to snatch woman's purse, after following her foi mil?', and then lind that it contains only receipt for spiced peaches. rho Hen H(*r|ienl mm?- Baal. A veritable sea sorpent was seen e.t t mouth of the I'iscatiKpia river at (i o'elix Wednesday morning hy Augustus Ferna lind 11 ?ram Tobey, of Kittel v, as they wc palling up in their dory from Fcrnali weir, elf Pocahontas l'oint. Their atti lion was lir.st attracted be seeing what th for a lew moments supposed to bc a lol St I in ? of Heating seaweed, hut upon a sin Inspection ihoy ascertained the string seaweed to hy sonic kin?! of a living ere l'?le, which held its head about four fi above waler. When they first saw hi (or heror ?ti he was pas,ing over Wo Island har lind making his way rapidly st ward. Ile appeared to ho about ~>~> fi long, and when they were nearest hi they w ere liol over DOO feet aw ay. Th were somewhul alarmed a! the proximl ol li.i Illustrious visitor, and plied tin oar- lustily for the shore.-wr?iiwuth (. ?I ) Ch nm ide. Krnur? "Poollii *.Mii" Ucrinany. PA ms, Octolicr 12.-There la n viv grow lb ol War feeling in France. J l.avcdoil, (ho military critic, w rites to / yuro thal Gen. Boulanger has prepared well conceived plan, in conjunction with Mall olin ci of hi^h rank, for a continent campaign. Tho MiUtain say? that Gen. Moulting desires war, not for Ute purpose <>i recovi ing Al-aee. nor to gratify personal ami lion, but as a step leading lo n solution social questions. The strictest taboo of everything Gi mau i> being observed. .M. Lockern Minister ?>l Commerce, has ordered t police lo prosecute all persons selling box of toys imported from .Germany and co [nilling a map of Erame without Alsace. Mutter? tn Mexico. ST. Lou it*, Mo.. October ll.-A speci from El Paso, Texas, says that staitlii rumors are aHoal her?; to tho offect that t Mexican government is again struggling uippreas Ihc Insurrectionary movcraoi \ Mexican official said this afternoon th ie hud positive Information that ev wenty persons had just been shot at En lillo, n town In thc Stale of Zactecas, I ?rdor of the Mexican government. T ifHcer also said thal ho heard rumors th (omero Ilubeo, Minister of tim inter!* ind father in law of President Dla/., li llsappcarcd while out riding In the subui if tue city of Mexico, and that he was sn wised lo nave lieon kidnapped hythe i rou fonts. -Pittsburg saves annually 105,000,0 nishela of coal by tho use of natural g or fuel. Jn tho river towna as far Wheeling almost as much h saved. T imount of gas daily piped into Pit nirg ia estimated at !151,000,000 cut cot. Thc substitution of gas for ot tas compolled to.o small coal operators \o out of business in . Pittsburg at icinity, but tho large corporations ha [onernJly succeeded in scouring a marh or thoir product at distant point?. TEN O'CLOCK LINKS. An Indian Way or Pixing Boun4arle? of ?ranU lo Willie- Mon. (From ?li* Omaha World.) "That's a 10 o'clock lino," said an old gentleman putting hia tlngor on a d?li cate lino on ono of tho Or. ind Pacific umps yesterday. "What in creation is n'10 o'clock lino?' chorused two young companions, aa thoy traced the linc in question from near tho mouth of tho Miami River northwest through Indiana. "It was tlie boundary of au Indian gran tr- a kind of natural way of survey ing. I was down with a party once to ratify a treaty by which a tribe agreed to cede some territory to tho whites. It was a small matter, but it was a big oc casion with tho savages. Every thing was rciuly. The surveyor bad his compass and telescope and had mounted them on a tripod. The head mun of the tribe came up, looked steadily at the instru ment for a while, grunted and returned to thc circle around the council tire. Not a word was spoken. Soon another Indian got up, walked sedately to tlie in strument, gravely examined, then grunt ed and in silence' returned to his place by tho lire. This exam plo was followed by half a dozen other blicks. Then they held a short consultation, and tho hoad man arose und cumo over to tho white men. " 'That whal Indian know,' be said, drawing a smnll circle on the ground with a stick; 'thut what white mail know,' be continued, drawing a larger circle around the lirst; 'this what nobody know,' he concluded, pointing to nil without tho lust circle. 'White mon know that,'pointing to the instruments; 'Indian no know it. Indian knew tho sun. Him never cheat. Him always same. Him throw shadow. Indian givo white mun lund ono side shadow and kosp other side' After u big pow-WOW it was decided that a line drawn in Un directum of tho sun would cast a shadow from un agreed point ut 10 o'clock w hich ihould bo tho boundary of the concession, tho white man taking the laud on the one side and thc Indian keeping that on the i thor, The other boundaries of tho concession were those of tito original territory of thc tribe, supplemented hy water courses and other natural objects. These lines were frcquontly used and becumo known os '10 o'clock lines.' Hair a Uollar .lloro. For lour nights tho people of Bran ford, Conn., enjoyed a real old fashioned "cnlithlimpio," something very rare in those parts. Thomas Clear, II widower, und an old resident of the town, last Wednesday evening married a widow named McQuccny, und bulf an hour after the ceremony a crowd of men und boy;; surrounded tho house and mudo as mach of a rucket as possible Tho newly wedded couple, armed with cord wood, charged upon them and drove them off. Thc ne>.t night the serennders returned nguiu, with increased numbers and Hum drums, horns and tin pans, (uar and bis bride charged them nguiu, but wen driven buck. Thou the groom offered bis \ isitors ??? to go away. They re fused his oller, und then deinunded half a dollar more. Tho parties disagreed, and for two hours night was made hide ous again. The Calithumpians returned on tho following night, and tho racket was worse than over, (?car stuck to bis oiler, und tho crowd would not lower their demand n cont. Last night half tho town turned out to soo the fun, and the horn-blow eis and drum mein fairly drove (lour wild, but ho held out until threats wt rc made to add tho town can non to thc orchestra. Then ho yielded and gave the crowd $2.50. They kept their bargain, got something to drink, and Brnnford is once more nt peace. Tho \titl,or ul "Curfew Blind .v>i Ulna T? . Nihill." Tln-re is perhaps not one jn r .on in a bundled but is familiar with tin- poem "Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night, 'und yet there is not one ot the hundred who can tell the name of tho author. The poem was written nine tCOU yi ai ago by UOSC Haitivick, U Michigan girl, but did not lind its way into print for loree vi ur* nftorwurd. Tho author wai uol pleased with hex own production, and withhold it from publication. It was lld 111 I effort, and was luid away uu ti I ono day, in an extremity to tullin an engagement to furnish tho Detroit Commorcinl-Ad VOrtisor with U certain amount of COpj euch wock, und not having anything on hand when the demand WOS made for it. she took the manuscript down from its dusty shell and sont it to tho pllblisln r with instructions to put it in tin- waste basket if he didn't think it worth pub lishing, lt was published, however, aud in less than a week was copied into ul! tho leading dailies in the Country. Miss Ilartwick hus since married a .Mr. Thor}' un i nov.-live;; ut (?mud Rapids. (>n .i recent visit to chicago Ilia Tribune r.iid ofln r; "She is bright and OUtortuinillg in manner, aud by no means shows her live and thirty years, ?she ha- llover written anything of note ? xcept hor 'Curfow,' but d- rivcs quite an income from ber children's stories, which she is writing willi Home success."- St. l'uni Globe. A murder was committed on lia plan tn lion of Mr. W. II. Stied in Ibo upper |> r lion of Marlon county on the night of Ibo iib inst. Joe Wright, colored, was on ids way homo w hen he w.e waylaid, shot und killed. David Alford, colored, WII8 tho perpetrator of tho foul deni. At lust Re counts ho had not Um apprehend!d A! ford is n desperate character, having Borvo I one term in tho penitentiary. PEACE INSTITUTE FOR YOUNO RADI Rs, RALEIGH, NORTH I AROBINA. ff HIE FA bb TKHM COMMENCES ON 1 tho flint Wednesday <?i September, issn, nm! closes corres]ioa<ilngtime in .1 une following. Advantages for Instruction in all tho branches, usual iv taught In first class Seminaries for young l.?idic~, unsur passed, building heated hy steam, and In every way as to equipment, etc., equal to liny in the South. A full corps nf First Closs Teachers engaged for session com? monchtg In September, renns RS reason able as any other Institution offering s on,, ndvautagos. 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Chills ?nd Paver, Breakbono Favor, Exhaustion heforo or altor Fever*, Ohronle Oiar rhee.?, Ixws ol Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Imvularitici Inciitontal t > Femalea, Boarlog-down SS ?fift ST? DIG E R'S ft U R ANTI I ls Invaluable, lt la not a panacea for all diseases, bu? IO KT ntl dlooaaooof Ibo LIVER, will ^IJrtC STOMACH i ' BOWEL9. It changes tho comp'ejilnn from n ?s.y. yellow tiiifr--. to i raddy, healthy color, lt entirely removes low, Rloomy spirits, ll la ono ni the BEST AL TERATIVES iincl PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, unU ls A VALUABLE TONIC. STADIGEiTS AUS? ANT i I For >Ua lyall Urupci ?ts. Tr!, o 31,00 per bottle. CF. ST A DICER, Froc-riotcr, I40 SO. FflCNT ST.. Ph|lnjdCT>r?la, p*? CH Vii LOT l K FEMALE INSTITUTE. VUE nullor that tia- Principal will rc move to Columbia, S. ? '.. i> a mistake Ile linn purchased Hit! controlling Inicios of thc CIIAULC 1 IT'? rii M A LE IN* I ? 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"VT" course be mulei / \ V/ that we cannot .111 I lisii certificates \" . corning this KK of thc nineteenth cen tury. _"J KYoiu tie nat uro of tho ease it will of lu understood ot pub con M Kl) Y without w. muling tho (tcllcnoy of thc writers. . Vol wc have hundreds Safely mid luise ,., such tcstimonlatoou tilo, and no motlier -TO- who has once used it Will ever nunin bo Suffering Woman JiHwut M 1,1 ?er tim? V?w?n?nont physician lately remarked to thr prop '. tor, thal ii ii were admissible to nuke public the loiters we receive, tho "Mulbura1 friend" would outsell anything on the market. (?KNTI.KMKN: During my career lu tho practico of modioinu I iisen your "MOTU KU'S KUI KN D" In a >;roat nttmbor of cases, w|lh tho hnp)ilosl 1 caul ts In every i in-tace.'! li makes labor easy, hastens de livery ami recovery, and IN si: it KS SAFETY li) HOT 11 MOTH KU ANO CHI 1.1). No woman can bo induced to go through thc ordeal without it alter once using it. Yours tnilv, T. l?. PENNINGTON, M. D. 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