Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 , A iii : llolilicry III ? liarlrnlon. Charleston is very much stirred UP over Ibo systematic robbery of ono of tho largest wholesale bouses on East May, ami n Pin kerton detective who hus Leen working up Hie. cuse lins just made his report, ll Is said that since the doolb of the senior some six years ago the house ha-- fallon behind between #10i>,000 and $150,000, hut it was not untit six months ago that the hooso sus pected tiny t hi UK wrong, A Pinkerton de tective was sent for. S um after this a young man was given employment in the store and gradually worked himself up from porter, watchman nssistnut shipping i ii rk, etc. remaining in each department long enough to lu i ome thoroughly ncipintutco. with Iiis fellow clerks Tho youngman turtled oui to he a detective and about a WCCk llg? he returned to his employers and made Ins report lo tho iigeney who sent il to tiie bouse. The re pori exposed tho whole business end designated the guilty parties. Thc linn i- now I real lng \\ iib them with a view to recovering a portion of (be spoils, li i s said thal one of thc clerks ur salesmen, or whoever bc is (nobody seem* to know who he i-.' has offered ^ '>. * Ht? ) to get oil'. This enterprising youth, so the .story goes, has managed in live or six years to accumulate a deposit of $10,000 in ike city bank, ami lo do (hi : ou a salary of xii per month. There are said to bo Ihrcoor four Others who have been cipia'ly SUCCI 8! ful in business, and it i- stilted thal tho reason tho maller has been kept quiet is he cause the iii ni i- endeavoring to compromise with il> wealthy < lil pto? ees. This, ii may lie repeated, is simply a - limitai \ ol the thons and and one illinois thal are Hying about condensed and put hilo narrative lorin. Savannah A'< ir*. - . - <*?>-.. lin- llnilromlM mid I lie l.nw. Prominent railroad men suggest a con vention of railroad representatives to ngrcv upon a rise ol' lou per emt. in through fri ight rates, with th.c anticipated elt'ecl of creating a panic and bringing about the re peal of Ino hiter Sudo commerce Act. ouch an advance would pay thc railroads very well until the Commissioners brough! l he m lo books for violating Hie lui.da in? mal requirement of tho act. which is that ike rates shall bo "reasonable and .inst." An advance of lot) pei* cent, in rales at om time by all the railroad- would look liken j pool or conspiracy,' and would have io be explained satisfactorily by reference to de tails. There is a penall) o? $5,000 for euell violation of the ni t. Tin.- p< nally, togctbi r with thc tenors of an investigation, will probably previ ni ntl* unnecessary advance of rates. Thc . et ter policy for thc mil roads b to accept lb" Act loyally and try to carry it oui in good fnUli, They have long desired something lo protect them from themselves, and they may yoi lind thc inter State commerce Ac! Ibo very thing they have wanted, lt subjects Hiern lo thc re struini- id law, ami must tend lo substi tute civilized methods for barbarous ami predatory habit-. There an -onie road probably that in ver had a -?>li?I basis of business. Hut to loads Umt are really needed, (piiel, steady and hom -t ways, such as the law requites, will in Hie end bc lld milted to bo bi Uer. Stockholders will un doubtedly lave better \\ hen railroad olllcblls lose their autocratic powers mid wild cat adventures liavi an ? nd.-Baltimore timi. llr.nl ni I ll ?i ?vunal ."i-rilir. Officers of high rank in thu army aro COUlldenl that lio action will he taken in tho matter of I he oppoiutmcul of a new chief -igual olllcer for the present, lt will be Impossible lp accomplish anything in tho way of a transfer of the signal bureau to thc civil service at ibis session of Con gress, lt ls the gow ral Impression thal for ibis rea-on ike W ar Department will usc its huilient o to postpone the appoimnent ol' a new chief Until aller thc licXl session of Congress. Captain G rooty will bo al lo weil to remain at Ibo head Of the corn- until Ibo fate of she proposed changes ls dellnile)y known. In case ibo transfer cannot bc cltccted, ii is not the opinion Unit Capt, Creely will be made chief signal olllcer. It is one ?,| thc o| lunts" of thc service, and lhere is uni II colonel of the line who would not willingly nccepl it. ?Oll. 1 la/en held Ibo rank of colonel when bo was ap pointed, and it is nol probable an olllcer of tl lower rank could jump lo a brigadier generalship. Another question bas arisen in connection willi Ibo tempor?r* appoint ment of Captain CJrooly. The statutes have it that lhere ball bo no temporary ap pointments for ii longer |>criod than len days after ibo death, resignation or di -mi sal of an ofllclal. There is some dilTcrcnco of opinion as io Un- proper construction lo be placed on ibo statute, Tin second comptroller will take up thi* ipicstlon when icu days have expired h om ibo deutli of Gen. 1 laxen, and will probably render some decision on ibo dispute points, I.IIU.S of I li "it.ile. e noreen ox- l-'UOM FonESlWiltEH. AN Arr to amend Section 2*107 of tho donor al Statutes of South Carolina, in relation to Sitting Pire to Gr OSS. "SECTION 1. Tl at Si ction 2107 of tho Qonornl Statutes of South Carolina bo, und tho same is hereby, arnonded, so that saul section, win n amended, ?s?mil read as follows: .'?Section 2-107. Whoever shall mali ciously or negligently set Uro to, or burn, any grass, brush or other com bustible matti r, so as thereby any woods, fields, fences or marshes of any other person or persons be Sot on lire, or Cf.uso the same to be dono, or be thereunto aiding or assisting, shall, upon indictment ami conviction thereof, be liable to lino and imprisoilini nt at tho discretion of tho Court, and shall, more over, be liable to thc action of any per son or persons who may have sustained damage thereby: Provided, Hint no per son or persons shall bc prevented from tiring woods, fields, lands or marshes within his own hounds, so Unit ho sutler not the fire to get without the bounds of Iiis hinds and injure the woods, fence or grass of any other person or persons." Till". COI.TJKOTIOX OP TAXES, AH ACT to Regulato tho Time for Col lecting Taxes by I'.xi cution or Distress. SE< rios 1. That hereafter county treasurers shall not proceed to collect delinquent taxes by execution or distress Until ton days after tho addition of the lifteeii percent, penalty, so that delin quont taxpayers shall havo an opportuni ty within sut*]i limo to poy tho luxes und penalty without additional costs or ex penses. SEC. "J. This Act shall take e?'cet from und immediately utter the date of its ap proval, Wall l'npcr*. If you live in a rented In.u-e. refuse lo sign the next lease unie-- ibo bouse shall be papered for you. Accept a ( heap paper If necessary, bntstipulnlo llinl von shall do your choosing yourself, Thou mako your self ll! lo choose, and don'l rely on ibo glib liest clerk Hint ever persuaded a hesitating customer. Head Kasilakes "Hints on Household Taste," git Hu- "House Hean ll fill" from Hie library, and look up Sf rib ner's Household Arl Beril -;. Al least, road Eastlake, and (llscovor for your eil' thai thc so called Kaspakian p iper-. Mild carpels ure fur from being nenie aftor his designs; ore, in short, what he most abominated. Tlicn, armed and equipped with know ledge, make a determined raid upon Hie cheap papers; ask for 15 cent roll*, first, mid then, if you must go up to 25, bul no higher. Ono of tho prettiest papers ! ever saw was only 15 cents a roll. Of course there was no gilt, hut gilt is of doubtful value in a poper. If you aro very short of funds, put the paner on yourself. It ls not it all an impossible task.-Hood JImi.se ? KN BK A L ft" KW 8 Mm:-. Tho deadlock continues In thc Iudimm Legislature. Thc Wes! Vtrgiuio Legislature failed lo oloct n Senator. Thc bfowors nt DOS .Moines, Ia , have a:;ain closed their retail Itara. The nial of hoodie Alderman O'Neill, of N> -\ Voil;, began yesterday. The I?i ?tish steamer Cranebrook has been lost lt sea with lier crew of HO nu n. A dozen families lu Hazelton, Penn., have heen poisoned hy calinga had cheese. The shot tower of the Gulf Shot and Lead I' nopain . of New Orleans, has heen hui ned. The (?neon's speech on the opening of Parliament excited little interest. A lire in Pallas. Tex., on Wednesday, il stroyed $400.000 worth of property. Uss President llave- has been unpointed a Trustee of the University of Ohio. Argument in the telephone case begun In , i r l idled States Supreme Court Monday. In thc last IO days more than ij??.OOO.OUl) worth of Alabama public lauds has heen -lld. The British steamship Nepaul rcceiltb -nd- a Chinese transport with loo manda l ins and soldiers. Thc lowerliouscof the Texas Legislature li i- passed a hill forbidding olin ?als ol' that S ale from using flee posses on railroads. The National Convention of the Woman SuU'l'ilgO Association opened its session al Washington yesterday. Governor Fondler, of Ohio, ha- issued a proclamation of quarantine against the shipment of callie fur Illinois. Judge Thomas s. Ashc, of the State Bu prctUO l'omi. is critically ill at his home, iii Wade.-'-oro. N. C. The residence of ll. F. Ross, at Fenian City, Pa., was burned, and his lour ?hil I dieu were hurtled to death. The United Labor party of Philadelphia, Pa . in convention have nominated Thomas Phelps, a shoemaker, for Mayor. Two pilots were drowned while attempt ing to make a landing at Paringa'., N. J., their boat being lost In the gale. Tho resolution to amend the Constitution m a-to permit women lo vote hus been killed in tho Senate. Kx-Shcrlit Hauy II. Koch, of Bullido, 'v Y., committed suicide Tuesday by hang ing. There has heen 110 advance towards a set tlement of the trouble in Higgin'.- carpet factory at New York. Bismarck claims that ho will soon publish a paper from the Pope, taking sides with die government. Over 30,000 longshoremen are on a -trike ia New York, ami many ocean steamships ate kepi in pori. Tiie North Carolina Knights of Labor have passed resolutions urging the passage of tin- Blair educational hill. The headquarters of Ibo Richmond mid Danville railroad will soon he moved hack t.. Iticlimond. The Chicago Union League li.ts declined io elect Mr. Gladstone nn honorary moul in T ol' that hmly. Thc longshoremen's strike in New York is growing in proportions, and has now ex I ended to marly all the steamship lines. An order has boon issued forbidding tho exportation of horses across tho Cern?an I nuttier in any direction. Thc Memphis ( Tenn i National Pink, with its capital stock of $500,000 all sub scribed, was organized last night. ??J?? A boiler explosion near Oil City, Pa., in the Pgypt oil district, demolished thc boiler llOUSO and killed two men. j The Senate has passed the Househill to appropriate $000,000 for a site ami ti pub j l?. building in Charleston, j The Tennessee Legislature, on thc -r.'.li I ballot for United Stales Senator, elected ox j G ivernor \V. B. Pates, Democrat. Tho Michigan Legislature has passed n I bill directed against imported detectives like pinkerton's men. Two boys, aged I'i and P> respectively, were drowned in tho Schuylkill canal. Tiley were skilling, and the ice broke. Tho bill appropriating $100,000 for tho relief of tho sulVercrs by the drouth was pas-ed in the Texas Senate. Thc COple of Corinth, Miss., are elated i \v? thu discovery of what appears to bc ! Ia$t and white Iron ore 12 miles distant, j rour ballots were talon in joint session in the Ti \a- Legislature for Senator, but without dual result. Ucttgan leads. The longshoremen's strike in Now York i- growing -i rions,'Juni trouble is expected ; In a few days when large ocean steamships c mo. The Health Commissioners of New Yuk have decided not to declare simd! pox cpl' domical ns it would causo thc elly to lose about $1,000,000 worth of trade. S uitor Piiik-r lins introduced an amend meut to the river and harbor bill, providing for un appropriation of $100,000 for Win yuh Pay. The Texas Legislature balloted for United Stale- Senator without result. A joint bal lot will bo taken today. General Mnxey leads. 'i'oday tho two house, ol' the Wist Vir ginia Legislature will ballot for Senator in joint assembly, and il is thought thal Cam den will Ix)elected. Hollingsworth, tho di faulting treasurer Of Knox county, Ind , walked Into the court room mid gave himself up. lt is said ?ie \> ill implicate prominent citizens. S ivorill pei-ons have died at Mount Clair. N. I . from drinking water from a wi ll that h.ei been poisoned hy the drainage of n cess pool. Tiie Now German Liberal- ot thc Second Berlin district have nominated Prof. Vir chow for the Itciclistng, in opposition to Von Moltke. .i. IL Kneel, of Sunbury, Pa., died re cent ly of hydrophobia. Ho was bitten by a d >g above the oyo a short lime ugo. He frothed at the mouth with convulsions he fore dying. Ten thousand people assembled in Mndl -on Square Garden, New York. Sunday night, in compliment to Michael Davitt and his wife. Governor Lee and sinne friends have gone i ) au excursion to Minnesota. They will "!.-ii tin- leo publi e al St, Paul, ami alter w ard? go to Duluth. Mts. Van /.amit, the mother of the girl who w ants to marry the anarchist Spies, say- -he is going with her daughter to Parla till the appeal of Spies be decided. Father Mcfilynn has replied at length to Archbishop Corrigan, Ile accuses the pro late of (lising0nUOU8n088, and adheres to his ?and theory. A party of masked men, supposed to be Illicit disllllors, in Dawson COHO ty, (Ja., waylaid Andrew Howard and stamped him lo denlh, la Towns county, Ga., J. c. Justice shot mid killed J. P. Goddard, whom he sus peeled of giving information lo revenue rilli era. The murderer is in ?ail. The January thaw has produced remark ible Hoods and icc gorges in Schuylkill river, near Beading. Pa., and nt other poi ii ls. A lite in Whitehurst A Owen's sash mid li?n 1 factory al Richmond, Va., entailed a I?.-- o| $:|,.",no ami caused the death of a Colored ti reni?o. Tit. employees in Wiggins A Co. s carpel fnctory at New York, numliering 2,">00, lin ve struck because of the discharge of lome employees. General Charles P. Stone, the American General who in recent years rendered con spicuous service in lue Egyptian anny, is dead. Sunday night the post ellice ai Columbus, Miss., was robbed ot $.><>') and seven legi terni letters. Two mail robberies occurred mai linzlcliurst, Miss. Uv a tire at lbid-villc, N. C., Sunday, tho Plcihiionl Hotel, Star wiirohouso and eight sion - were destroyed. Entire loss shout $110,000. About I"1? of the borilltird strikers rc Pinnd to thc factory mid bogged lo lie ra Instated on the old'til ins. Tiny were till taken back. A Dcm wm tie caucus met ul Nashville, Temi., M.lay, and nominated Hale, who bad Just retire?! tram Ibo gubernatorial race, j This assures Ids election. A dispatch from Templin says that Col, ll-tissnnd has ctn t ied ibo relu i position al Mikit Tbmi Hon, and thal not) were killed, '{'he french \\ ne pursuing the rebels. Tho Women's Temperance Union of Vir? gillis has passed resolutions congratulating AMS. Cleveland on her being n total nb stainer. Joseph !.. Morgan, of South Carolina, seerctat y o? the Lulled stales legit lon -.A ?Mexico, has reslgucd, to take elici t thc 1st of Mareb. freeman Arlington, of Augusta, Chi., was shocked hy electricity "|! Thursday night, lu try to lix ntl rle, nie light. Ho ts expected to die. Tho President's reception t<> Congrt . and Ibo Judiciary, thc second of this M a son's .series, took place ?lt tho Willie House Thursday night, Tin- bool ami shoo factories of Worces ter and Spencer, Mass., have commenced a movement looking to the non-employment of any Knights ol' Labor. The American. Cotton <.!! Company, o])Ci'ilthig in Mississippi, bas raised du plico of cotton seed-a victory far tho planters. Postmaster Francis K Sharp. . I Ooonlo, Wis., was lodged in j iii al Milwaukee last night, charged with having rilled u large number of registered letters. Calculations on Hie I lal yield of lin sugar crop of Cuba vary between 1100,000 und 80(1,000 tons. There ls sill! ii fair de mand for lob icco and cigars, Tho boiler bi ibo Harvey paper mill al Wei Isbn rg, \\ . Va , CN|iloiti-d, killin--.lehn and Thomas Nelson and severely injuring Joint Parish. frank 1). Walcott, from Vermont, weal int.>an opium den lu Livingston, Montana, mid died from the use <>t the tl rug. Thc Chinamen running tho den w ere ordt red t?> ?pdt,and tliey did so. Three colored men wire drowned i.'. South river, near Annapolis. Oho of Hie nu lillie r broke through l he ice, and Un other two were drowned in Hy ht j to rt i him. Advices from Zanzibar say Count Tele key's expedition for tho explorai ion . f Cen tral Africa, \ylileli arri , c i in /.uuzib.-tr i.t-i J une, lias now st ar (eil for tilt mtiinland. .1 unes .1 Titus, of I! 'Ividofo, N.J. tho ct ?lego jim I tor convict? d of tho murder and outrage of (bo servan! cir! mimed Tillie Smith, is sentenced ti? he hangi il A [ I'll ? I. Three local assemblies in Phi hillel ph in composed of journeymen iail"is, hav? st ci lcd from ti.o Knights of Labor. Their grievance is (bul "boss" ; lilors . middle inciO lui vc I icen Admitted into I he order. A dispatch from Sunkiin say. i: is re ported ilia! a small force of Abyssbii-i lilt teked Wassowah ami were repulsed w Ith a loss of ??0 killed, rive Italians .vcr? killed. Thc Senate separation at tndiriiKipolis, Ind., is without change. Two ballots Wi rc taken. All the members were present,ibid thc figures Went hack to those ol last week. President and Mis. Cleveland, with a largo patty of friends, wen! ; i Ihdthiioro Monday night and wera present il! Ute i charity ball, They returned to Washii lon about 1.80. At Nelson, Minn., Thur dil} ; ight, |"-:i nu n in a sleigh, crossing a railroad track, IVCro run Info hy a train TAO nf ibeill were killed, one was inorttllly lind ii.< fourth was badly ill juted. Thoma C. b.vnns, of Xatitiooko, Pa., i who was arrested Iiis! fall I ir bribery al (lit I?-publican Convention, was convicted in tin-Criminal Court al Wilkes I irre. The striking operadi. . in Iiiggtu '. i . r pet factory at .New York aro saul ti havi gained the victory: over (heir employers, They have ni urned t" Work in ti b >dy. llavcmoycr's Sugar llcllning Comp ny'> works on Commercial strtci, brooklyn, have ht el) closed by a wanto! COU I, throw i 11 a large number of inen out bf employ ment. ( inities Taylor, nged Is. formerly clerk in the post ellice al Columbus, Miss . li i lieon arrested in Nashville Willi !|!.">00 ol stolen money in his possession. The passage by th? f ulled Stales S? nat? of Hie fd m mids lisbcries bill attracts vcrj little al I cn lion nt Toronto. None ol Un newspapers comment nh the mailer edilo Hally. .'.?.ven juror-, in the O'Neil! bribery e.rtsi have liecn tak.-n from the ho.\ hy challenge' by llie prosecution. Others liavn been >b tained, and Hie day closed willi ll in th. box. Tin- demands of I he employees of tlx National Tube Works of Pittsburg, l'.? , for an advance of wages has been granted. The increase will average l "> i cr i ont., anil afTocti 2,.V)0 workmen. An immense breaker of tho Parish Cou Company, at Plymouth, Pa., was totnlly burned Tuesday night, li was one of Un hugest breakers iii o thrncllc coal regions, und had a capacity for 1,300 b-ns |>er day Thc origin of tho recoil! great lires ;,i Yverdon, Switzerland, has been lru?-etI h Anarchists, who se! lira lo many building! wilh the object ol' makin, work for um m ployed persons. Thirty Democratic members of ibo I Ions? imd nino Democratic Senators ol thc New Jersey Legislature balloted In joint session for Senator yesterday, bul did not have ii, required majority, They ndjourncd II tull to day. Ad\ices from Mexico say a great deal ol stiU'cring is reported oinong I he Chinese In Mnz-itlan, arising oui of differences bei w ecr thc laborers and tho companies which brought thom out. ('oil operators along the baltimore and Olde district haw lu cn compelled to closi down a number of their works on ueeouni of tin scarcity of cars. About 1,000 men are thrown mil of employ mini. Thc ellice of the (hilf, Colorado alni Santa fe rn i I rodd, at IticlllltOlid, Texas. was robbed of $1,400 on Tuesday night. The station ngt-nt was forced, ni (be muzzle of a pistol, to show them thc safe. Tho cotton crop in Mexico ibis year will amount to about 1100,000 (pd nt "ifs and as l nt i, (HM) quintals a month are required ti make up, lim deficit will have lo bo im ported from Ibo United Slates. Sonntot Maheno Introduced in ibo Sonnie t bill to pr?vido for tin- reimbursement ol thc Sintis of .Maryland anti Virginia for rnoncy advanced to the Tidied States to nd In the erection of public buildings ni icrmnnonl seats of tho Government, ll is (ho general Opinion at Madrid thal here is no prospect of negotiations for lin lominorclnl treaty between Spain a id the nib il Statis liebig suer?, ?sful. The Span sh authorities ure distrtistfnl of thc lulen ions of the American government in thc natter, There wa? great Jollification Monthly ight nt Oloiicestor, Mass., over the pas ugo of Um retaliation [ilbery hill by "?< ?ennto. A large crowd assembled in thc vicinity of tho custom houso und post ofllco, blocking thc street amt showiug groat en thusiasm. Tho Indiana Sonatorshtn is ns far from a settlement ns ever, and there is no Imme diate prospect of n change. " Tho General Assembly met in joint convention Monday and look ono ballot, which resulted: Tur pie, . i ? Harrison, 70; Allen. 4. The explosion of a boiler occurred ut S;<: ig8 A. Co.'sirou works at Etnaborougk, near Pittsburg, l'a., badly wrecking tho mill, one man mimed Patterson was in stantly killed and u number of others se* iviiisly injured. Friday, Mrs. Kucstor, of Wlsner, No? braskn, put poison In a hettie of whisky with which her husband afterwards treated ll ? family of .lohn Wherrcr. All who drank WOfO taken violently ill, anti Louis Wherrcr has since died. Sirs, Kucstor has been arrested. Two Pill* directed against tho employ ment of Pinkerton's oOlccrs within tue S:aie were Introduced in thc New Jersey ... , it ure vestorday. They were general bills, prohibiting, under heavy penalty,tiny m aol actually a citizen of tko State from ailing as police or detective ofllcor. Bud Cornish wen! to Hie house of n farmer, .lohn (?reen, nearSlinrpsvillo, Ky., and aflcr a few words, shot and killed Lulu tireen, nged H*5. The mother attempted lo save her daughter and was also seriously w< muled. Cornish was arrested and lodgep in jail at Springfield. Thc orguui/.alion of tho New Jersey Sen ute lins been postponed until Friday, In lite llousc thc Democrats by u parly vote pa 'I:: resolution to begin balloting for .- unter, and keon Abbott, of Hudson, re . ?ved the :10 Democratic votes, thc Itcpub heans refusing to vete oil thc ground of illegality. Senator Morgan introduced asan amend ment lo thc bili Which passed lhe House creal i ng u Department ot Agriculture and i. dior, a sci lion providing for Ibo transfer ..I (lie signal service to ono of the civil de parlmcnis of tho Government (not mimed) and providing for thc retention of Hie pr?-st m orgniii/.alioii. Henry Stiles, a colored hoy 10 years old, \. i- arrested in Savannah for tho murder of Chat'..s IJogens, colored, ll years old. Tho two hoys had n quarrel on Tuesday, and Stiles struck Dogen? in Ibu hack with u brickbat. Ilogens died Thursday meru. lng. Ile wns subject t?> spasms, rjtilcs plain ed Illili thc brick was thrown in self defence. A bot)I 'Jun cases of giant powder OX* : 1 ided while in transit over thc Missouri I'aeillc toad half a mile west of Fort Scott. Kansas, yesterday morn lug. J; was hoing transported in a magazine ear. Tin. I ru in < ;.-?-'iil nf freight cars and lftoflliom were completely demolished. Thc engine was h idly broken up, bul nol blown olf ll:-- Hack. Only ono man was killed. An O rsi ll i bomb was thrown near Hie Town Iii ? in Akoona lasi night, bul it ex pi dod soon and did no hann. Fragments if ihn b ?mb wen- unaly/cd, ftnil it was found Ihnl il had not been mnnufiicturpd y un e\|H-rt. Several Socialists wen- ar rested on suspicion of being concerned in Hie altair, but they were liberated aller a nh< tri i loton I ion. lu thc sundry civil appropriation bill re ;. : .a by Senator Allison, thc estimates Uti ll !.. sil,.', 10,8(12. Tile House hill appropriated fil),'?i}iM ! I. Tho ?Senate com . nh .< lins increased tho un.01,11' to $22 r?ti;i,s.ri(j Tims the bill as repolin! ?J ?8,84 7,000 lu low tho estimates and $111,9 lo i i M r--- ot the appropriations for inc cur rout year. The nniiouneoinont ls made in Cincinnati i . tn emit rad has I? en ftigiiul for tho pur ?.! puning on thc road a theatrical inp.iny, under the nuspices and willi llie upi oval of ibo Catholic Church, with thc olijecl of < i 1"?! i ng a fund for tho rcllel of ike Ilion "i lue late Archbishop Pur c di. I he venture i- lo slarl vcryteoji, but will not do business during Lent. Aug? *. Goethe, a ear-driver in Milwau i. ie, wa c.- Hilted and robins I .-nine 111..nibs ugo. Two boy*, Mahon McCullough and ?Wm. Pclt/.o, were arrested on tup charge ? if having dono thc crime, were convicted i Si ill lo the penitentiary for three years. D?tective* furnished tho evidence against them. Now Father Decker, a Catholic prii says (hal Ibo real criminal confessed : i : bu, bul lhal he cannot reveal his name, Thc priest's statement is gem rally believed, nil u i- nov. probable lhal th?: boys will be ? rited. They have been shamefully in ated in prison, and om-of them is said ; . bodying "f consumption. 'I'll? bnhallon Irmj Oprni Un-. The Salvation Anny did not present a very formidable array when it opined lire . >n hosts of sin in front of the .\<>rn >? on Sunday afternoon. It consisted ol AdJiUnul Newton, who is a heavily bulli well do sid young Knglishmnn, wenriug a medium leiigib blonde bea id ovo* Ids face, m I his Wife. Mr. Newton worn a red shirl under Ids dress coal and a red hand aronui] his artillery cap, hearing tho words "Salvation Army; Mrs Newton wore only tho bund uboui lu r bonnet. The only iriuil weapon visible was a concertina on . ch Mr. Newton played hymn limes willie lie and Mrs. Newton sang. After a few remarks from Slr. Newton and s ?me singing before tho number of pi iple who assembled the anny went to thc hall, which was well lilied. " Singing, ihr concertina, prayer and speaking con ?thtiled Ibo services. Mr. and Airs. New ion both ?poko, Mr. Newton's remarks bo omi ihiug of a Kennon wi'h a duly an nounccd loxt. The congregation was orderly, hui did nol seem to no much lin pr. - ed. AdJll'iUlt Newton stated thal Hu >ci vi. s now fleing held arc for white poo plc and (hat s peel il services for colored pc? plc Will be heh! soon. There was nulli i i especially noticeable In the sermons. I'hc service l ist night wns well attended and their conduct was as usual, Including ii. collection, which seemed to yield but a si amy sum. The chief Impression made li", Adjiilnnt Newton is that ho is much in earlies! holli In singing and preaching. (//\i neille Neta, The UI?elor*l I omi! lilli. li th I10U8QS of Congress have passed thc electoral count hill, and it only needs the President's signature lo liecomon law. Hap pily Hu ri is thought lo h" no donni of the President's approval. Tho bill passed so rpiieily nt last through both houses that it is diflicull lo realizo why it should not have I? com. 11 law years ago. It removes nil tho doubl and confusion aboul tho counting tf the Presidential Volo in Congress, and Ilms eliminates from our quadrennial con lests ono of tho most disturbing elements IV h ich h tve ever beeil coniieoted with them, i lils und Die Prosidontlnl succession law <>i ho last session aro most important achieve innis, if (hoy could i?e supplemented mw with a constitutional amendment In .aslng tho Presidential term to six years md forbidding tho re election of an locum . nt. wc should advance still further on hu way lo stability and freedom, for n! casi part of the lime, fr<>r political excite m m and partisan plotthig.--A>ie York Vc?ning I'wt. ?4 ? - l in- nut* m soo.- Legl*IotarM. l.ogisi iiion should bo offected In every > 0 regulating tho sale and uso of Hie un ny poisons resorted to i?y women in heir das peral lon to obtain beautiful com ilo.Vions, while thora exists In Dr. Hurler's ron Tonic every requisite necessary to RC? omplisli tho Object without injuring the ealtll or endangering life. * . An exchange spooks of a man with double . iii who con crack a walnut. That is nibing. There is u policeman in Oohim la who has a set of false teeth and ho cnn rack a cocoanut. BniO-A.BRAU. WOMAN'S AIM. Wkcii lovely woman throws a rock, A coDltimaciou8 hon to scare, It gives ttl' artistic eye a shock To marl, her nttltude mid nh", But be not lo your dtuigcr blind, If you should bo bc sid- her then; At once a place of safety lind, That is to say, stand near thc hen. Parasites- Kye glassi s, A matter of cores ?Apples. Thc plumber's vegetable -Leek. High strung-.Telegraph wires. A grave charge The sexton's ftc. Hours nf klolucss- Sparkling days. Di) why men make the best telegraphers) A teetotaller-An accountant in a lia .store. Much adieu about nothing Tho parting of two society girls. The wood-chopper is the chap who t an always "make his pile." Tho p's that Hus h waiils-Plunder, power and prestige No man can digest the ICnglish grammar until he lias el a mology. A maid isnyoting lady who is single and who will he won il' she m arries. When the heart is full the lips lire il 111 when tho man is full il ls different. An idler dinner speaker-The bonbon cracker. Never trust thc man who is ni way s de preciating his associates. A restaurant keeper can nc.ke both ( inls nuc? by scry i ng cal f's head and ON lallsoup. Thc latest wrinkle-Thal in Ibo tails ol your overcoat. When a man lose-; his tnlso li elli, C( ubi il be called a gilli! drop? Tho way of thc transgressor is hard-bo cause many feet have trodden it. ''ATorrlble Temptation" Tosay "chivl nut" when an old .joke ls sprung. The mero intelligent you make jury man believe he is the Stupider in A conductor can lie polite to the lad Ic and at the same time knock il.-wu Ike fan J lens have an ambition similar to moil Thoy all want lo gol OU the highes) roost. "Two head ! are Pelter th in one." Thi wi.s *.{, rj'i'Mi before three story bonnels i unie in fashioit. It is said of one fashionable you.;., man that bc never paid anything Pm :>. coin pl I mcni. A sporting paper say?: "A match race bas been Arranged." Wo presume il wii! end in n scratch. Tho elephant is never troubled with bug gage when ho i- t..,velin;;. his trunk i> always "on a head." Mr. .lohn I. Sullivan seldom i>? ? i nu unconscious, still hi- opponents aro always alarmed when le- h ints. An exchange says that the matt ulk i .lill must go. If she have the "go" in in r wj.y fihouidu'l she. Kd neat ion i? sonn tiling like love. M i : turn think they've gol ii iii! ;!; ty rome i >\ b;. nbOUt '10 years nhl. That only can with propriety bo styled rctluenienl which, by strengt honing the In tellect, purities the manners. An ohio girl has had 00 offers of mat ritlgOS within two years. Pet haps the louth in ai) wijl I?; the unlucky fellow. A Nebraska cojirj has undertaken io i >, plain "What is in a sausage." At last reports it hail got no farther than the bark. "Thc must unkiudticsl cut of all" Is fro tpicntly furnished yon hy your butcher wijl) the assurance that it is sirloin. When a girl gels mad ami rises from ;i fellow's kiier. but thinks heller of il ard got s back again, is what tin y call a lelnpsi A Louisiana J inigo decides that a mau who loses mouoy for poker may recover from die ijian win* sells him the ell I] is Sonic ono wants lo know why spike! were placed on tin- heall ol the Goddess i ? Liberty. To keep her hair up. ol" course An article on gingerbread says iii;' has been made sillCO thc- I Ith Ci lltury. V, have certainly eocjt-.SOinc that WC lliougl ' might have bet ll. '.Save thc fat," Says an exchange; lt lhere is going to be a plc foil tlCO in lliofco I i IM- .saved, helter save the lian. l in- hil ones viii hum bettor, A professional palmist says a ?i rsoi ? c ut ni vcr tell a Ile Milli his hand shut, lo can't with hip mouth shut, either, PabiiIslrj . il will lie seen, ix a great Study, "What Is tho difference between nri angry lover and a jilted maid?" "Give it up." "Why. ono is a cross beau, and thc other is a cut ?ass." The discovery of a scniict snake is re ported by an Ontario pup r Thc man who discovered it hal in ali probability lice it painting thc town red, A New Yorker shot at his wife, but thc bullet hit nothing hut her store hair. It is very haul to get ai the cxucl boundaries i a woman noli inlays. Ono difference between riding a liorsi an 1 riding a hobby is this - a m m ctn l oil" a horse at any time, but from a ?lobby, never. That electric boy in California-just dit covered-can be utilized when he becomes n few years older by marrying hun to :.n ch i trie hello. Mr. .J. II. Hoffman's horse hit him on thc shoulder this morning, to tho amuse ment of those ? ho witnessed it und no pain ful injury to Mr. Hollinan. Miss Singer, of Chicago, is io marry bord Duller. One would suppose from thc lady's name that she would prefer a coachman tu a butler. Thc Irishman's mar,ncr of obtaining sound sleep is worth imitation, lb- said that a short sh cp did fur him, because v. heil he slept, he paid attention to it. Fullness under the eye denotes language. When the fullness ls large and discolored and hurts, this dennies that thc man has been using too much of it. 8ho-"Isn't that papa comingY" li' "How provoking; I was just going to steal a kiss." She (ingeniously)-Jlo'S awfully near sighted, (.'hai ley- au fully !" "If a man could only catch tish SS easily ns he can lie about it!" lamonts A Toxm Bdltor. lb- could, ?i" in only understood llsliing AS weil as he docs lying. The oxprossion "sleeps like a lop" i pilto common, but wo doubt if any bod j oultl Bleep on a peg. mi st pcoplo cannot Hand on one long whoo its business end la ip in ii boot. SEEDS! SEEDS! 3rass and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain and Potatoes, Garden and Flower Seeds, Vegetablo & Flowering Plants Trices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed rm F.. Correspondence Solicited. r.W.WOOD&SONS, SEEDSMEN, NO. IO S. FOURTEENTH ST tontion this poper. Jin HftiOMl, VA BLOOD AND MON KV. , Tl?o blood of mun him mucb to do in Shaping bi? actions during his pilgrimage through tins troublesome wend, regard loes of tho amount of present oroxpoot imt money in pookot or stored awuyiu bank, it ts ;.. conceded foot that we oi)? | pear as our blood makes us, apd ibu | purer tho blood, tho happior, healthier, prettier and wiser wo aro; boneo the oft repeated iutorrogatory, "how ia your blood?" With pure streams of life-giving Huid coursing through our veins, bound? iug through our hearts ?md plouglting through our physical irani? s, our pioruls become bettor, our eon.- tit ut ion ht ron; cur, our intellectual bund tica more aoulo ni I gmudor, and men, women and children happier, healthh r and motu lovolv. Tho unpreccdcutcd demand, tho un paralleled curative pt wers, and tho un mistakable proof from thoso of unim peachable oharaotcr and integrity, point with an unerring linger tu is. l>. li. botanic blood Ualm- ?as far tho best, Ibo olrcapcst, lin (ptiokestaud tho grandest and most powerful blood remedy ever before kuown to morin! mau, in tl) re bel ?ind positivo euro of Scrofula, lihou* mat: m, Skin dis? asi s, all taints ot' b cod poise.u, Kiduoy complaints, old ulcer.; and sons; cancers, cato rill, etc. lb ?. H. (s only about three years old - a baby in agc, ? giant in power but no reined Y in America cull or ev? t' has made tniou a .wonderful showing in its mugioal powers in curing and entirely eradicating tho abovo complaints, and gigantic sales in tho faco of tr? ?...ad op position aud would-be moneyed mom i - lints. I.-Hers from ?ll point-, whore intro duced arc pouring in upon us, speaking iu its loudest praise. Some say th <j r? - ecivo meru beuotlt from one bottle of lb ll. lt. than they have trom twenty, thirty and Hf ty and even one hundred hollies Of ll boasted decoction l i ?UOrt and Poa mi oil in il roi cad branches of COIUIUI li forest ?rees. Wo hold tho proof iu black and white, and wo aliso hold tho lort. All who desire full information about tho cause and euro ot blood Poisons, Scrofula ami Scrofulous Swellings, lbj cor?, Sores, Uhciimatism, Kiduoy Com plaints, Cat irrh, etc., can secure by mail : tree, iv Copy of oar .;.! pago Illustrated Hook of \\ondcrs, Ulled with thc most wonderful mid startling proof ev? r before ' known. Address, UL< M 'i ? ll UJM CO., Atlante, Cia. BWy\ INFORMATION / Butru, Ii ,! lttoott, ^ S fiutt?i '.".;./?;/../?(. ?..?/??, ?tlixinrtn,( .>;....'?;,,too. .1 I, iil.u ;/ fi oultlc*. VOUNA CORDIAL CURES RHEUMATISM, nn<l Uloo?t MI i KI tn? y Trouble-, I?? clrnnslng tho t'toi I nf ill i ii iliuriltut, ile i.^iii. iiiiij nil 1..1I? of th? i ody. 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Ino sliortosl notice at tlio mpst i'ensoualilot rates. Uso AJarka' i 'Oinpo?ition. IK RADICATED. nih a v. rv Utile In my face ?Inri, lani mM ?"ltV ;*,: . . - * -it wont away trfd I? at k.i?t ll ||ii( my KI Irin tn c?Vv| fonrtllieH dlSKhl : .... V ' ;.."?"-?.. M-rf-Cl I.KV JAMI;-, y. M v<n:ius I frets fttr Hnu ina Co., Drawei I, Allanta, Qa, ?ONS9 hfco thom in th? world. Will positively euro fiuitl cacti box is worth ten Um*? tho coat cf a UJunco. Ono box will rio moro to purify tht blood and cure ri. ren ie ill honhh than $6 worth of anjr other remedy yet diseov* ercd. If people could bo made to roalita 100 miles to get a box if they could not bo had lrated pamphlet free, postpaid. 8eud for it; JO.. 23 Cuitom House Stroet, BOSTON, MASS. .ich Blood!