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INTERESTING TO FARMERS. 1M10KT.1NT Bf. K KT I NOS IX VIII OF AG Kier LT IK E. Tin? Ne? itoaru of Agrlculture-TUe SlHto Orange ami the State Agricultural Soi lo? ty--Hie Slut? University! Thu Board of Agriculture, a? reorgan ized ander tho recent Act of the Legis l?tate, c?ct iu Agricultural Huh, Colum bia, on Tuesday tho 31st ult. General Johnson Hagood was elected chairman, and Major Ii. A. l'an som seen tary. The law in relation to the Board and it.? duties was read, and was discussed at some length. A.ter a discussion of ibo work of the Department und thu methods I r carrying it [pto execution the following standing ? mn inti h es wer- app hiteil: (in Finance-D. I*. DUM an, Il L. 15 . John Lawton. Agricullund and Industrial Improve mem. Immigration, Publications mid Sta Mailes- ii. A hove. Ii V Craytou, D P. Dunc :ui I.a!.oi..;..-ry and li *-; . '! :. < f Firtilizors -W. A; Ancrum, if h huck, J. St? ney portlier. Farmers' Inatl otes undb'onvi ntl* ns-T. .t Moore, Jame.- McCuttliCh, I >. 1'. Duo can. Experimental rttrnt-i and Stations-John Lawton, T. J M ore, ,W< A. Ancrum. Phosphate Depart nient-Ii. F. Clayton, J Stoney Porcher, J hu Law ton. Ibitanical, Veterinary natl Entomological Department-13. F. Cray ton, IL A. Love. Ti J. Moore. Fish Culture, State' Weather.?s ivice. Kv iiibhions and Buildings-ll. h. Huck, W. A. Allerton, it. A. b< ve. Mechanical Department-Janies Mc cutchell, Il F Clayton, J. Stoney Portlier. Executive Ci Inmittee-Johnsi n Hugood, John Liwtou, D P ? hint in. Thc report of the ?omiiiiss! ? . r w .- r< ? fern dto upproprint - coinmii ces to cviinlnt ami report upon. The following ge nonti right phosphate licenses were gt anted: Paul S. icier, il li. Jennings, Uah Point Mines Co., und Carolina Mining < ?. .Mr. L. S, litowo, th- District .''..--enge: Agent of llii Piedmont Air Line,'was ap pointed Immigrant Agent fe; thu State. The t oiniiiissi?ni 1 was Milln fi/.cd ft) ap point patrols to prevent illegal tithing in the Tc- Dee river. The romieat of Mr. II. Dry M. nibble, of Aiken, for a Farmers' Institute lo 1*3 held nt that plaie was considered and acth n post I Killed f"r the present. The Commissioner was Riithori/.cil to < x tend the Slate weatboi . by (lie , Hf phase of adilionnl instruments, Much of the tiine of tito intetitig wns consmned in discussing I lie plans for thu fut o n.-conduct of the woik of theilcj ul ment and in disposing of routine inatteri tied had accumulated sino the meeting ol the old Board. The Board met with the University Trustees, and vu rr.- assigned to their duties in ohargo of its Collego of Agri culture. They afterwards met tho Prov ident of tho institution, for a free con ference on tho plana to bo adopted ior the future. Tue Board adjourned on thc evening of the 1st inst., to meet ia (John ibia oo thu Isi day ol Maroh. The Slate Uranno. The SUtc tirang!: ol tho Patrons of Husbandry mot iu tho hall ??f the De partment of Agriculture on tho morning of tte 1st inst., it being tho sixteenth annual meeting. Worthy Overseer J. W. Wo?ord, act ing Worthy Master, presided, and Sec retary T, W. Holloway was at bis post. A Quorum being present tho Worthy .Muster declared the Crange opened. Prayer was offered 1 y tho chaplain. Tho following were prosent: Oflicero-J. W. Wofford, Overseer; J. II. Stone, Steward; .1. ii. Richards, Chaplain; \. M. Aiken, Treasurer; 'J. W. Holloway, Secretary; M. D. C. Col vin, ( iuto Keeper. Executive Committee .1. W. Norris, W. K. Norris, It, A. Love. Members - J. L, Hughey, E. M. At kirsou, D. B. Douglass, Wm. Horne, (i. W. Moseley, Lt. h. Ch burn, T. J. Cauthon, S. A. West, B. j;. McWhite, .f. W. Shelor, M. J. J on ki'ia, M. i'. t- r, T. B. Martin, Auton fordon, W. F. Bussell. After thc rtadiug A tho Worthy Mas ter's Address, a resolution wus adopted making the hours of meeting in.rn 9.30 A. M. to 2 P. M., and from !J J'. M. to C> P. M. The matter of changing the time of the encampm-ii' at Spnrtanburg to the middle of Augnst was discussed. Five o'clock was made the speolal order for thu oh et ion ol a Worthy M is ter, to ill] the unexpired h rei of Col. James N. Lipscomb, and thu i lection ol a member oi the Executive Committt o. A resolution looking to the appoint ment of deputy collectors w is referred to the Committee on Uesolntii ns. Thciuiiiu.il repot ls ol jh-. i. tory and thc Trcasuier were read mid rcfi ried lo tin Committee on Audit! vg and Fin .inc. Certain amendments were made lo the constitution. The following committees wi rc appoint ed ; On Woiihv Master's Addrcs* E M. Atkinson, !.. h. Clyburn, J. II. Stone, Executive Committee's Honor t- H 1! Mc While, M. Foster J. I- Hughey. On Resolutions- W. F. bussell, M. J Jenkins, I). 15. D tuglass. Business and Uullnbhcd Business 0 W Mosely, Wm. Home. Aaron .ionian, Suggestions for thc Good >.f ibo Or :- r J. W . Shelor, T. II. Marlin, T. J Caiithen, Auditing and I bianco M. I). ( !. ( lolvin S. A. West. J..0 Hi .hards. Messrs. M. D. C. Colvin. J c.. ({iehnrds and T. B. Marlin were appointed a cou, mittce to Biibmlt a memoir on UK- dcnili of Brother D Wyatt Aiken The foi.owing resolution, offen d by Mr W. F. Bussell of Um Committee on Ucao bidons, was adopted: JiiMolcit/, That tho Committee on R?solu lions heg leave lo report lh.it they have considered the resolution offered lo nppoini Deputy Loottirera for radi county In thc State, and recommend Hint dbi adopted, and that reasonable compensation he :?| lowed the suhl deputies for their services from the charier lee A resolution relating lo inter Slate com meroe and thc repeal of the tobacco ami whiskey tuxes was referred to tho Commit tee on Resolutions. Thc election for Worthy Master to mi out thc Unexpired terni of Col, James N. Lipscomb, resigned, r< sidled in the choice of Col. W. IC. Thompson, of Kershaw, Thc lengih of the unexpired Icrm is one year. On motion the Secretory cast a vole for Colonel Thompson aa the unanimous choice of tho Orango for Inter Slate Com missioner at thc Orange Encampment in Spin lunion '.' Col. J. VV. Norris and Mr. W, F. Hus sell were elected members of tho Bxccutivc Committee, to fill respectively IhftVacahcief caused hy the expiration of the turin of Mr W. J. Shelor and tho election of Colonel Thompson to tho Onice of Worthy Muster. Mr. John Shelor, from thc Committed on Suggestions for tho Good of the Order, re ported that the order had lost ground dur ing tho past year. Tho suggestion was mndo that tho first duty of thc Chango waa to inculcate more of tho policy of educa donal and social Intercourse between thc mendiera as a lover to build up ami restore the lost condition, and tho importance of Of using more knowledge and information n thc rank and file of'the order was urged. Several committee reports were mads 1 ?nd adopted, among them being Mr. Cob rln'a ref ?lullen Btrongly endorsing the pre sent later State Commerce law and oppos ing thc repeal of any of it-* provisions until t it was clearly f u nd oppressive of the rights \ A the people or unjas? to thc railroads. t I i... Orango adj mica ?inc die on lue , hid instant, I The tgrleultufal and Slrrhaotcal Woclfcty, { o utub;.i Kicunl. February 2 ) Thc Agricultural and Mechanical Society t .f South Carolina assembled last night in . Agricultural Hall. Thc gathering was larg? and emluently typical, ibo gcuUcmcn pr? 84-nt being thoroughly identified with Lli< objee ls and alma of thc Society. Tho meeting wad called to order by Pres- ' [dont Humbert who, in graceful language, J referred to tho Society's condition. Its past ? ul lory, tl e in ul tea it had encountered add j weathered, an<1 ?li hri?/ht prospects Ile < outlined the object ol tho Society, saying < that its purpose Incl ided ibo development i and advancement of the iuterests of thc ? who). St it? Heexli ?ried all to turu their ? facta lo the future ?nd to take no steps . backward, ll delighted him to seethe vigorous spirit exhibited hy thc people of Columbia and said that the < hy would yet IKJ thc manufacturing and commercial ti nlro of the South. Thc Secretary and, Treasurer presented hi* ri ?. .it, showing u welaucc in thetrca?urv of *1,273. Thc following L'cnth men were elected lo membership: NV. A Aucrum, Dr. K. P. Dlvycr, ll. Mcinnes, ll. L. Huck, C. W. McFadden, J <: Onlgnnrd, J. D. Brown, N. W. Brooker und Jem it NV. Shelor Mr. NV. A. < lark < IJcred a resohitl ti. which was referral to the Executive Com mittee, asklBg that another class he ?ul ltd to ibo horse department in offering prc mi nn*, to I? known ita the second class and to consist ol t-tnndard bred trotting horsi - owned in Souita Carolina. Horses . ompeting f r ] retniuma in thia ? i asa must show a certificat) of registry in Wallace's A in? i i? an Trolling lUgistcr. ? Geo. K Wright then explained the object ' i thc Ci ! tym' i Fair Association, rending thc rccommci^datlona adopted al tl:?- ?. m meeting of thc Executive Com mittee. On motion of ii p. Cray ton this muller was rcferaed to the Executive Coin; millee. Slr Crawfor I offered rei dallons, which I were referred to the Executive Committee with 'power tb ac?^ asking lim! the purses ."or th ? r ?.- be raised io that more purses bc otfered t trolling i. ?- - Maj. T. NN' NVnnd'wnrd . Ifered a r?solu tiOn for the appointment of a Committee to draft memorial r?solutions in relation t.. deceased mei ibi rs. H Wyatt Aiken, H. I-', and john NV. NN'iliiutns u and John S. lirnti Messrs. .1 K ftlehardsou, John P. Thomas ami -I Wadi NValts \vcrc ap p Int? ! on lids committee. ( Tilman NVatbon suggested thal the Exe? alive Committee place thc machinery department on an cjuai footing with other departm tits. <?;!. Thomas rose before the adjourn ment and said that il wat u suggestive thought that tho > iQioty waa on the eve ot attaining Its majority. Organized in the s J i : i ! : '.f l*hv it WO'llld soon he of flgO, me isun db) the wi '..know ri rule of law us applicable to.individual*, Hosaw around him many, gray-lieaded and otherwise, wdio with Iiiin hud stood hy the cradle of the inf-.m Hercules and heljicd to nourish him into life. In spite of thc desire ?>f tho st rj < nt of ll tdii .lii.-ni ?o strangle tho South ( -ir .j I na halie in hs weakness, h hud lived, waxed stronger and stronger, and uow it st M ul in tlc- s;r.-'i.-.!i 'if nen,ho? d. The s ' lety lind passed through a try itu.' Ordeal, but it had survived ?di ita troubles, and n ?w i" waa nco- nourishing than ever In view ot it J enlarged ?ue) repr?sentative mem hei ship, i' - \\ i-< management, its coin prehensive aim8, HIHI ila solid lluancus; in view ? i 'in L'I ncr HIS supp .rt it nota from ?ill points of dur ti rritory, the Mute Agn cultura] anil M .. dil? al S icioty was never lieforo In such good condition or had litu-r prospects Progresa was the watchword, and I'resl lent Humbert luci suge/.-sted, thc motto w is "upwind und on wai d Thc omens were all propitious. South Carolina had, * tld <'?.!. Thon uti, taken an tw lease ol vigorous life. NVllh its agriculture Improved, ita manufactures growing, anti its trading facilities enlarging--mid, above all, with hs educational opportunities ag i cultural, mcolmiilcni ki ixl gem ral, nobly uugiiienied, there wa reason why ove ry man in tim Society Miall strive eon ?pi) ito an.I eon nimm to tu ike tho next State fur t ie best line! ihc fairest thc Society hus yet rculi/.c<i. '1'" ttii- end, as onie of Ibo first meinh< r. of the s-.i lety, ho would earnestly -KI ..in! ibe ' fib ci i an?l Invite the hes? efforts of the membership of the Sock ty. I., i tho Society's stnuelard i><- placed hi : her than ever lief nc. The meeting then adjourned The Executive Commute held a meeting immediately afterwards al which thee one millee '.: *h.- Columbia Fer Association prese nit <1 their suggestions, and aft- r s uno discussion il waa deehlcel to leave thc mat ter lo a .special e:oiiimittec lobe hereafter iipiMiinte I with p ?wer to u"t. UKICTINO ?1-' 'I'llK 'M't ertvi. < o-.i un i KK. The Exccutivi Couiinittcc ' f Hie Society mei ;.t thc Agrii uliural Hall thi> morning. Mr. J, c. P. Sima wa? elected Superin? tendent of ihc fair^g^aunds for I8S8. lt w.i- decltk-il tit it rio nicholle drinks but i? er ht allow . ou.iUo grounds, Thc S-er. . ITV w.e rlirt.-ct d to oik thc express cofbphny lo bring freight to tin fair for the pnyn ont of fare ono way. Tho < ommitiii on Uroumis were em pow. i. l t.. improve liie race track Messrs. l> I' linnean, .1. B Humbert and T. .1 NJ ,oie werei a; p.hite lu com mittee hi coiife-r .\itli Ihc State Orango ns to Ibo summer mi cl i tig. The- meeting ndjourned lo meei at the ?.all of Hie 1'resilient oi at thc next regular lime. 'I'll*! I .'llwr-ao, TriKlrm. Thc Ilotnl of Trustees of the State Uni versity, os enlarged by tho Loglslatiiro at Ita last session, nut in tho College Library, ou iii*- night of thc :)l*t nit, Thc plan for the organization of tho Uni versity, os submitted by thc Executive Committee, and as already reported, was adopted ?.ml May next was made tho limb for th? election of the far ally. Ur, MoBrydo was olecteel di rec toi of tho experimental station, Professor Burney wus elected, chemist and Professor bongil rklgc was elected analyst. Thc Board of Agriculture was divided Into two ?xeoulivo conittnifecs, who are to control the Agricultural Stalloos, as fol low.*: On thc College of Agriculture und Mo chado Aria. Ex-Governor Uagood, Chair man, Col. IX P, D?rfest), .lu* Nf 'meian, J. s. Porcher, Il h. Huck. On Experimental Stations, Y s rs. John Lawton. Chairman, H. F. Craytofi, H. A. hove, NV. A. Accrual und T. J, Moore Thc subdi vision r*f the trustees into other committees was loft with the Governor. Thc Executive Committee and Commit tee on hilliary were re elected. Thc Board Increased the talarles of Pro fe mrs DoTrovillc, Glover and Heyward, of Ohtflln College, from $1,000 a year to tl,OOO, to continue at this figure as long ai thc state continues its spp oprloUori of $5,000, Tiio committee 6n Clsflln wer?; authorized to expend any balance of the appropriation inane tit thc last session, as they might sec flt. President MeBrydc was authorized to lake ImrAedlatS steps towu'rds securing thc $7,500 of Ibo Hatch fund. Thc executive committee were given power to act in reference to tho purchase )f thc Lamar farm from Col. Ooo. K. Wright. First Actor-Well, how's that cold In roar head ? Second Actor-It's had a run >f thirty nights. INDUSTRIAL TB AIM IMO. low Vouog Men May Learn Something Ileitides What I? Taught lu llook*. (I-rom tho Columbia Dally UecorU.) Mr. Beujum?i ll. Stuart, of Churles on, a gentleman o? loug experience as a cacher, publishes a card in the News iud Courier, iu winch ho announce* his 'strong desire to bo elected to tho Legis ature from Charleston, upon tho next egular Democratic ticket." Mr. Stuart l'.sclaims any special desire for "the five lo?urs u day" or for tho "reputation he ?ill make as au intelligent and ellieicnt juember," though lie bas "no doubt of ;hat" The ground of his aspirations, bo itates in the proposition, ' that South Carolina and the entire South needs sev eral hundred industrial boarding schools for students from tiftceu to eighteen years of age, in which thc instruction ?hall bo of the first order, and Hie labor A the btudents will bo so managed and ipplied for several hours daily, as to se ;nre them their entire ruainteuuuee, their food and clothing und books and furni ture, while they ure improving their health and pursuing their studies during thc spring seasou of curly youth.' These schools "should be feeders to our universities, " as Prof. lb Means Davis has so admirably suggested. They should yield "remunerative revenue, to be ob tained by methods of labor already fully understood ar d proved efficient, should alone be aimed at, as the object oi the work." Mr. Stuart thinks that ample provision should be made for the indus trial education "of tho negro, and says timi "if the L?gislature will pledge au appropriation conditioned upon 850,000 being raised outside of tho appropriation for such a school for nogro- s, he will undertake iu perron to obtain thc money." Ile concludes by promising tint "if tho Citizens of Charleston will elect him, on the distinct hsbtie on which he desires to be a candidate, the atten tion ot the entire State and of the man agers of i ar educational system will be directed to this matter." Wu Inuit passing upon Mr. Stuart's particular claims to the place he seeks, and without undertaking to determine how far he might be aide to impress his views upon tiie Legislature and upi "the entire State," it is plain that the subject he mentions is one of great im portance to Hie people of South Caro lina. Nobody eau question thojneed of industrial training m this State. Tho tcudenoy of our youth has for thc past tweuty yt urn been more and more away from the very departments of labor which would DO feuturesof thc course nf training in trie schools winch Mr. Stuart, in common with numerous other edu cators, desires to see established. There has been a constant reduction cd tho avenues through which a young mau might seek competence and indopei. dence, il md wealth uud ease. The workshop, io every department ed labor, seems to have become so distasteful as to bo thought well-nigh dishonorable, it Ls perhaps more due to this sentiment than to the absence ol opportunities that BO fow of our young men havo received any special training for an j departmont of human labor. They quit tho farm to be clerks er to find ?mue employment more congenial or, what is more to tin point, le->-- uncertain to yield an income, lt is ior this class perhaps more than for any other that industrial training is needed-though, in ult our towns, there ure jo.mg nun who arc frittering away their time as clerks or salesmen at beg garly ualaries, with little prospect oi any thing higher or lutter iu the future, lt inure of these persons could bo induced to learn trade?, it w ould be infinitely bet tor for them, and tho good effects would BOO!) be foll in the communities tn w hich they live. i o i stablish separate industrial schools must be thc work of limo. We need an expedient w hereby to meet present Rssittos, There aro opportunities non wailing, which our young men ought to be induced t > employ. In every impor tant town in ho,itu Carolina there is at least one printing ellice. Here is un op portunity to h ai n a trade which prom ises constant and remunerativo employ ne u: to competent persons. Fow de serving printer? remain long out of Work. So with oilier trades wood working, shoemaking, blacksmithing, tim machinist's trade, and perhaps otil ?is. W hy neglect these opportunities, on tho plea of waiting for industrial schools? The answer, wo fear, must bo found in the notion, ever too prevalent ill tho South, that leal.:; ii labor, how ever skilful, however fruitful ol good to so. iety, is in some acuso degrading, Win ther or not degrading in itself ami of c ause it is not-every rmm may, if ho will, lift his culling up to the plano he himself deserves to occupy. Mut lt will ot course be urg'd that WO must have industrial schools, in order that industrial training maybe accompa nied with studies such as will make the artisan intelligent as well as skilful. This is quite true. Ignorance ami skill aro of course incompatible. Fortunat !v the dilMjtilty suggested is readily solva ble in most sections of the State. Tin free eohool? more especially tim g nub-xl schools already established in various parts of the Staten-afford ample facili ta 8 for just snell education as ought to (in cede the learning of a trude. Let the i v knish Iiis course at a good high school, then take hi.s trade under some competent mechanic; and ho will h ave the workshop quito as well equipped us the graduate of an industrial school. lt might even be practicable, though per haps not especially desirable, to combine tho gradual acquirement of a trade with the taking of a special couticof study ut school. Industrial schools aro unquestionably most encollent means of training the youth to systematic and well-directed labor. They ought to bo established. But wo ought not to await tho accom plishment of this object, meanwhile neglecting opportunities already ut hand. If those who have tho guidance, not <v S'iy control, of tho youth of tho Stale will upon their nyes to tho neod of more mechanic* -intelligent white mechanics - nut will brash away what may remain of tho effete notion thal manual labor, being inconsistent with gentility, ma t needs all ot a man's social standing, we may ero long hope to seo some of tho frail I which are promised from tho estab lishment of industrial schools and col leges. Dennis Kearney has recently addressed tho House committee on foreign affairs In ad vocacy of additional legislation tor.oslrlci Chinese Immigration. Kearney exhibited ii map showing tllQ ChlneSO district of San Francisco, and snit! tliat Chinese lo flic mun herof 70,000 now occupied Ibo entire pio neer ilistriet of Han Francisco, and had .reeled joss houses close tu thc leading L'atholie ChlirCll in thc city. As he pro "ceded ho made personal' reference to Hilt, .f Illinois, a member nf thc committee, do lounclng him for his antagonism of all (fforts to stop Chinese immigration, and hreatcniug to stump his district against dm for Congress and pelt him with dead :ats. A "bawl fight" at the University of 'cnnnylvanfn carno off Monday, notwith landing lt hod lieon prohibited hy the acuity. It proved to lie very exciting, and t is results may prove serious. OKXKIIAL. ?KW? ?OTK?. Hem? ol Ini.T, ,i li nt li rr rd from Vari?os ?luatlrr?. Florida strawberries ate Belling In New York at $2.60 n quart. At Cornwall, Oct.. 1,600 cotton opera tives are on a strike, against a reduction of wages. 'Mic annual conference Of the Methodist Episcopal Church ?ol >red) ls lu session at I . reliada. Miss. The Gorman Government will take p ot officially ID the Paris Exposition by send ing exhibits to the Ano art department. The President has been formally invited to attirai tho Florida Ex posit lou to Le held in Jacksonville on the 22g hist. Mr. Alvan G. ( lark Is Still on Mount Hamilton, his work on tho Lick telescope bel?g greatly delayed hy the intensely cold weather. Eugene Zimmermann, of tho defunct Fidelity Hank of Cincinnati, has returned from Europe, pleaded not guilty and given $20,01 ? ball. Governor McEncry, of Louisiana, ha? calli d a convention t"- meet in Now Orleans 1 on March 0 lo encourage immigration Into the Mate. L rd Spencer predicts that the scale.? will BO i foll from tho eyes of the Salisbury ministry and th ti they will adopt a policy of conciliation in Ireland. . The base hail men of Greenville projv.se lo organizo ati amateur inter state, league, to Include Augusta, Columbia, fainter. Greenville, Charlotte and Wilmington. A ( hil amnn named A. II. Fih wa? linngcd nt Victoria, H. C., on Monday for thc murder of a woman named v inny Wiicy. H" declared his Innocence lo the !H-?. and di I iu his old faith. Prof. Virchow hts examined a fragment taken from tin very centro of the trouble inihe Crown Prince Frederick William's throat, and declares it shows no evidence of cancer. The- committees having in charge the proposed demonstrad m in bondon in honor of H Ihn n and Sullivan, have been boy cotted by all owners of large halls iu that city. (iver half a million pounds of manufac tured tobacco \va> shipped from Danville, Va., tinting January, and more than a quarter of a million poun ls of old hat to bocco Was shippo i lucsd ty, Mr. A. li. Williams has BCV< red hts con r..-; lion with th- Charleston >in. and wi!! resume editorial charge of thc Greenville AV"-* Mr. Stanhope Stuns becomes the managing editor of the Diin. Tin Washington Star says thal Thocbe hhs presented to the House elections com mittee t bill amounting to $1,700 for bli expenses In contesting tho wal of Carlisle. The largest amount allowed hy* law h t-:.iMH.. Tlie London Times correspondent al Home, io a dlspiiti !i givin . the lexi ol lin American pilgrims' address, says that tia pu,?' has -ii.e. been surprise i to leam that tb'j majority ol the pilgrims wore Protest auls, E >lcrt. a railroad agent >?' Knoxville, n station oil tho Louisville, New O rican! and Texas railroad, was assassinated Insi night al Vicksburg. His wife, who wai With him. Was Bin ! lu thc haCk by the saint P " l> ? Dr J. Il, McGee, connected with thc in tem ii revu.ne service, shot and killed Ki Hickman al Ikirdstown, Ky . yesterday '1 he latter hud Insulted Nb Gi cann ns - utltei him witb ? knitc. The parties belong il good families. At bulla!.. N. Vi, yesterday thc larg? dry goods establishment of Kums, Ib u g?rer vV. Co. was destroyed with the coil touts. Loss $750,000. Thc total hws ? lihou' a million aid a quarter, prohib?; fully ci vercd by Insurance. The coin ui i lice of thc General Assembl; of the Not ihern Presbyterian Church having In charge a pian to unite the North ern and South' in hratichi - of Hud donomi nation, held i meeting in baltimore Tuci day night. Proceedings private. The new mint irv hid now before th Itelchstag staler that the loan asked i needed for anning tlx ?OO.O00 extra tr--.?> in order to IM prepared lieforclmnd for ; declaration of war, and lo avoid confusion Thc harbor at St. l<Ollifl i-> now free 0 Icc, ... hh Tin- exception of nu occasions drift that i- piled several feel high agni ic (he bank, and f< rry bi nts, MUS "nd nil har hor craft have resumed their usual work Tue weather is fail ly mild. The Mississippi House of Representa lives has adopted II memorial lo Con rev protesting against I lie passage of the Sen ale bill having tor i'- ohjecl Ihe proVoiltloi nf thc UKO ol cotton seed oil ns a sulrstittil hu hogs' hud. Ab u; 11,000 men, women and girls em pl '\ed ?a the -hoe manufacturing nuslnes are locked in Cincinnati because the em ployecs of one firm sina i; on account o the lirra keeping hack Ihe wages of twelv gil 1- claimed to he overp dd. Th? latest report- from thc mountains i Manitoba indi'-a? thal lhere ha- Ixseii grcn loss of Ufo Oil Ibo Canadian PttClUc Itali road, owing to snow di h s. Passenger C 'ining on trains from Cal /.try brill m< ago- particulars of ihe disasters. Em ly yesterday morning tire-broke on in the Virginia penitentiary nt Richmond which ls leased by ile- Davis Shoe Com puny of Hpston. The Davis Company1 less H about $176,000, and ihe State's abon $260,01 M'I he Male had 110 insurance. A deal Involving the reorgani/.-ilion ri the Indianapolis ?A ulm-1 Un. Iieen pei fectei by which thc paper passes Into the hand Of a joint StOCK company with a capital O $76,000, W. .1. Graig, Hie present ow;.ci retains tho majority ol tho stock. The Indianapolis Sentinel, the ()emc eratic Stale orgai has been sold by w. .1 Craig io n Fort Wayne syndicate for $.;.'), <?<)0. S. E. Morse w ill he editor and E. A K. Hackett, of ihe Fort Vfuyna Sentinel publisher. At Danville, Va., the amount of leaf to bocco sold from warehouses In Januar; was -j. To 1,000 pounds). For tho flrsi foti months ol the tobacco year Hie-ales wu. 1(1,700,000 pounds, as against 5,600,001 pounds for the -ame lime losl yeor. Near bong View, Tox . on We Incsdny a passenger Hain on the Texan ami Paella Uallrond was dorailcd by a defective sw itch Mich u l Kan-, engineer, was killed, and T U Johnson, M u Jojdnn and Peter Jh gi I) were fatally Injured, At a party in Greenville i otinly las) Sn! Itirday night, Charley Winn playfully struck at Charley Collins wbh what l? ih night was the bull end O? n knife. Till blade was (urned that way, liOWOVl r, ami Collins was painfully, but not seriously, stabbed. The House post oiih-e committee liai agreed t0 report favorably thc hill to ex elude from the second class newspaper and periodical rates of postage all publication! in the until rc of book-, complete or in parts, bound Of unbound, or in series w hat ever, sold by Subscription or otherwise. I nder the decision of Judge Given, that permits to sell liquor for legal purposes eau be used only by the persons to whom is sued, tho stock of every wholesale liquor linn in Des Moines, Iowa, was seised Jcs terday. Each firm does busbies under the company's title, and thc Judge's niling for bids such latitude. A sharp shock of earthquake, has been felt bi Scotland, it caused no damage. Shocks wero also felt in dlflcrcnt parts of Knglimd. Itcpnrts from birmingham, Coventry and Edgbaston, a suburb of Hir mlngleuu, show |?atdisturbances occurred In those places. Ia Scotland shocks were especially marked at Dingwall, County HOBS, and at Inverness. 'The steamship baltic arrived at bau Francisco from Hoin: Kong and Yoko hama yesterday morning with four cases of smallpox < ?> board and was placed tu quarantine. This is the fourth successive ?teamer from China whim ha* arrived with smallpox ou h aid. The steamer New York, which arrived last week, is still in quarantine. The i nion Passenger Raliway, which has its ramifications through many oj the principal streets of Richmond, and on Which the ear? are propelled hy electric motive power, was formally opened to the public yesterday. With Insignificant In terruption cats "were successfully run over the line for a distance of seven miles. They were crowded with passengers all day. Mr. John H. Veazv, who recently trav eled for I., lt. Read's wholesale liquor lion v.-of Augusta committed suicide, Inst Dight ut his room in a boarding house, hy taking an overdose of laudanum, ile was found in his room in a comatose erudition. Physicians were summoned, who attempted to resuscitate him without success. Finan cial troubles arc supposed to have caused the act. Tiie women of Wisconsin were defeated in th<- Supreme t oort Tues.hiv. the Court holding, hi an claliorato opinion, that th? Legislature .-i ls>"? did not for r. moment contemplate cxteuding th?- e tmc suffrage to females which males enjoy, but, on the other hand, incant to ros tri : female voting to schooi matters only, as specified in tho law. S > urgent has tho demand for fuel be come ?est of Duluth, Minn., especially olong the North Pacific Kal I rond, that or ders have been issue 1 hy that rond n> it? Duluth agents to ship nothing hut coal. All hs motive pow, r and equipment is to he used tor co d shipment, and other freight mutt wah until the fuel famine- i.s checked. S uno ??00 I'.ir.s of coal are sent out daily. Tho California Supreme Court has tiled its decision in the celebrated Sharon di vorco case, in which the lower court grant ed to Sarah Althea Sharon divorce from tho late I S Senator William Sharon and allowed alimony ,-md counsel fees. Tho aline ny is i?\. d ni $1,500, with an annual allowance of |?KK>. Three of thc judges hold that Sharon aud Sarah were never legally married. Frank Aunett, a colored coalman, was drowned in the .Savannah Uiver,.nt tl.c Augusta locks, Tuesday morning. Fi ur men left Augusta, on thc Petersburg lint, to go up thc river for n load of wood. Tho bent was gtdded into tho raceway aud three ol the inen remained in the boat. Amii it. seeing danger, leaped lor a rock, which ho missed, and was drowned in o whirlpool. The < thor 'nen were saved. Gonzalez, ngenl for ;several wealthy res! dents of Coahulli, Mexico, has cl..sed Hie - lc of 500,000 a. re. of land in the State . ( (' inbuilt) to representatives of an Eng lish syi dilute, wi,ii h already owns '.'.ooo,. 000 a* re- in thal Slate. Tho consideration was $ I'?1,000, or -'.*> cent? mi acre. Thc purchtoi comprises much mountain land. Knglish capitalists now own fully ono quarter of the State of Cofihulla. The Icc gorge which has formed on tho Mississippi lover in front of St. Louis be gan Co move ihirine; Monday night mid il ri f tod dowti Ibo stream about three hun dred yards, lifting two learners out of thc water, slightly injuring them, when thc immense, weight was checked and remained Intact til ia \t morning, Ala n tho thaw loosened Hie coat mass nnd ii slowly crashi I down upon nearly $1,600,000 worth of property, which it is t -w slowly grind lng Into ruins. Two negroes were found dead lu New berry County 011 Tuesday. .Tosh Hender s ,;, w LS found in lils house, lying near thc fi pince, his h dy partly burned and a gumbol w..und In his bend. Tom Sims. . ulored, hos been arrested on suspicion. It ls supposed tho two had ipiarreh-d over a game of ?aid-. Another negro, Isaac Boozer, was found deal ip the woods ah ni fifty yards from the public road and llboul ihr 0 Blilo? fr..m town. He wa* lying oil his face wi:h his skull crushed in as ii Struck With lill ll\o. Ile had bien missing from his home since Tuesday. The i ot..M i -jury h is not yet concluded its Investigation, itu ii - \ nu \r. Jusl bu k this legend on your door For those w ho re going through it "Please take this dooralong with you As i ir as you can do it." Uespi ns! lo for bad fits - Ite-idy nindi: clothiers. It strikes us that if politics were religion, nine tenths of tin American people would be saved. An old bachelor defines n dowry xs "n lump of sugar Intended to nullify the bitter ness of lin dose." In a c inteslcd will case spun nut in a New York court thc stenographer's feen wore nearly eight thousand dollars. There BCCII18 lo he a contradiction in calline a sick mana patient. Generally In Is anything bul p dient. .Mi- t /. ir. of Uussia," hus the fines! emerald necklace in (he World There are seventy stones, lo coiled and match which consumed two yean. There is a' le isl one good reason for re taining the creen postage '-tamp, lt is ox trcineiy suit, ihle for love letters likely to ho n ad In court. Misir.-- Did you pt|| the (onion thc -tove, bridget? New 1 inportiitlon-I did, nunn, bm it will be some tolmo before it pils liol, fur thc lire's out. lt ls an odd foci (hat among tho German exports t.. this country is grease extracted from wool, and shipped as a substitute for -1) coi ino. "Tho A neel Dolly" ls tho name of H ship ni San Fran? ?seo. The captain proba bly named Ibo vessel after ?onie sweet Creature he Isn't married to yet, Pn s, nco "f mind ls well onough in some CI18C?, bul when n man finds himself in -lancer of freezing lo dent h ho shouldn't try lo keep too cool. t "Then vou do love me. Rvelloe?" he Bald. .'1 do,- sd,,, murmured. .And shall 1 sp< ik to your pat" lie asked. "Ne," she rep] let I, "speak ioma; pa isn't of any ac count In this family." It has ? ?si 1 cen learned that the tree the woodie.nu spared was a chestnut tree. Public feeling is very strong against thc man, and if caught it is nullo likely ho will bo lynched. A French periodical says Hint such bird? as tho esglo, thc swan, and tho raven live more I han a hundred years The parrot tho heron, tho goose and tho pelican have been know n to live for sixty years. To prevent plo juice from running out in tho upper crust, and inser? a little roll of brown paper perpendicularly, The steam will escape from It as if from a chimney, and nil the julee will be retained in the pie, Philanthropist-Why don't you apply to tin- benevolent buster* for assistance? Hogger-O thai s a charitable society. I cannot gel "ny help there; lt takes nil (he money in their trensury to support the officers, A carpet, particularly a dnrk carpet, often looks dusty when it doe? not need sweeping, Wring out n sponge quite dry In w i.ter (a few drops of ammonia will help to brighten the color), and wipe off the dust from the carpet. This saves much labor In sweeping, "Well, there is one thing turc," said an I earnest Hartford lady. "I'm not going lo get ns excited about this Presiden lia I elec Hon as I did over the last." That's right," exclaimed ber husband, "Women ought DO! to bother their howls with politics, any how." "Hadn't eh / We'll see about that between now and next November?" nu i i ????ifi^iM.iii.i A i ' jinn II_j.. . A Imiter From >lr. D?*U. JACKSON, Miss . January 30 -Mr. Davis has written thc following letter: BBAI VOIR, MISS., January 21. T., thc senate and House of Jiepretcntalitet: GI SH KMKS: I am sincerely thankful for the honor c. nfc rn-1 by your COW urn int resolution of tho I2lh Instant, Inviting nra to vlsi? >ou during your present session, it wcultl give tue gnat pleasure to meet tito roon tentatives of ?lie people 1 nave served so lom.', and have lovell so much. It is reasonable to suppose thal thc limo i? mar at band when I shall go hencei for ever and 1 would lie chid personall) t know the men of tho present generation lo whom the destiny of Mississippi la to ho confided. , ,, . Mississippians, from the tune of her terri torial existence, have horne an honorable part in the affairs of the country, and bave shrunk from no sacrifices which patriotism bas demanded. Bearing testimony as ono who c 'ines down to voil from n past ngo 1 can applaud tho chivalry and Integrity of old Mississippi, and m> highest wish i- thal her futaie rec.rd may bo worthy ol ino past. ,, , When your very complimentary resolu tion wa* received, my health did not per mit me, 08 1 desired, t.t OI1C0 10 accept and htdii tte a lime at whit h I would visit you. My anxiety to confer with and learn the views of my younger brethren caused mo to hope that at n hiter period 1 might be able to send to you au acceptance, bul thal hopo has not hun realized, and unie s the session should be protracted I am compelled lo announce my Inability lo attend. With qrnlcful ocknowlcdgincnt of your kind consideration 1 om, willi cordial wishes for your welfare and happiness, In dividually aud collectively, your fellow citizen, Jun BUSON DAV is. Iloapltftlltl I" irl/onn. An English capitalht, who lins Just re turned from :i trip to Arizona, ls d< lighted willi '!.-? hospitality of the people. .Why. sir. bo says, "mil hi Arlzoiu overvb ?dy appears lo be on < quality, Tin common gambler and lite bloated milli ii hire grasp each other hy thc hand a ll open engage In a common enterprise, sie mid yen liapp n to be In a barroom when II general treat takes place, you must drink whither or no or elsi.' bc considered rude. Indeed, 1 have heard that nan have been killed for refusing, and 80 I drank ? .cry lune I was asked."' A llurf ii.li- Oorurri nee. The family of n farmer named Doyle, consist lng ot fa'!.er. mother, an Imbecile s n nnd titree daucliters, hdmhiling an Iso lated house m ar Killarney, became Insane Sunday evening from tho elTects of eating poisonous foods. During Ibo nlghl they fought one another Uko wild beasts, lc rino theft clothing and cutting their Iii di horn hiv. Tin son was fount! dead In thc pigsty next morning, his lusly m arly nuked and hi- face entirely eaten away by Ibo pigs, while the other's were discovered in a si-nil nude slate. Still lighliug in the house. They were removed to nil asylum, where they wire pronounce 1 Incurably insane. The father, il is thought, will" die from the effects of his injuries. ?j . .. a breach of promise suit ; are now called "whin- mniling nttaeks. A TONGUE IN KNOTS. 1 contracted malaria in tho swamps of Louisiana while working for tho tele graph company, and used every kind of medicine I could hear of without relief. I at hud succeeded in breaking tho fever, but it cost mo over $100.00, and thru mv system was prostrated and saturated with malarial poison and 1 became* almost helpless. 1 dually caine lure, my month so tilled with hores that 1 could scare* h eat, and my tongue raw ano ti led with little knots. Various remedies were re sorted to without ell'ect. 1 I 1 ?!!..' I . ' tWO bottles of ll. 15. H. and it has cured and strengthened mo. All sons of my mouth are healed and my tongue ?ntir? ly clear of knots and soreness, and I feel like a new man. Jackson, Tenn., April "Jd, lss.;. A. F. BltlTTON. STILT JOINTS. A MOS f ItKM A UK AI ;I,K CASK of BOROPUbA A N"l? Il II Kt'MAT ISM. I have a little hov twelve years old whoso knees have been drawn almost double and Iiis joints are' perfectly stiff, and he has been in this condition time years, unable to walk. 1 Miring thal time tho medical board of London cotllltv i X am i ned him and prononncod the disease scrofula and proscribed, hut no houoflt ever derived. I then used a much ad vertised preparation without bcno?t. Three weeks ago he became perfectly helpless ami Buffered tl read fit Hy, j A friend who had used 15. /{.' 15. ad vised it? mo. Ho has used one bottle and all pain ha? Oeasotl and he can now w.?k. This has boon a most wonderful action, as ins complaint hud hauled evi n thing. 1 shall continuo to uso it on him. Mlt8. KM M A GltlKPITIIS. Unitia, Tonn., March 2, 1880. WEBB ( ITV, AUK., BLOOD. Having tested B. 15. 15. and found it to bc all that is claimed for it, 1 commend it to any and every ono sufToring from blood poison. lt has done nm more good for less money and in a shorter space of time than any blood purifier I ever used. 1 owe the comfort of ply life to its use, for I have been troubled with a severe form of blood poison for ? or 6 y oars and found no relief i .pial to that given by tho use of 15. 15. li. W. O. MOOAUIIKY. Webb City, Ark., .May 8, lKW. AP who desire fun Information about tba jeanie MIKI eure of DlQpd Poisons, scrofula uni] ^Scrofulous swellings, UlCOrs, son s, Klictilila tlHin, Kidney complaints, Catarrh, ? tc . can .ecure by mall, freo, a cony our u page nins ti a. il Book of Wondon, mifel with tho moat wonderful and startling proof ever holors known. Address, DU CU UAI.Vl < o Atlanta, lia. DIAL ENGINE WORKS. A COMPANY MAS BEEN FORMED timi an? now operating these works, manufacturing tho Celebrated TOZEH PATEN I AGRIOl LTUBAL AM) STATIONARY ENGINES, noted for their gnat durability, simplicity omi economy in fuel. Excellent workmanship and design. Return Tnbulor boilers a spcciulty. Also Haw Mill Shafting and boxes. Most convenient shop in tho Stato for having your repairs dono. All work guaranteed. Foundry work in iron and Brass. Writo us for estimates. W. P, LESTER, Superintendent. THOUS WELL MCMASTER, business Manager. S H O WSSmoscr C A8E8 DESKS, OFFICE FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. T?^^fiU'lA?^.T? ?aa. nvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institut Muir or Eighteen Experienced mia su.nu mi i?ii j ..U li?"? ??<i Hmr$t9otut? ALL CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY. Patients tn fttcd hcroorat their hom? ?. Maiiy treated at home, through rom?|?ondenoa,ai lucceiurully ns if hero In person. ? oino uno Sco^uTor send ten cents lu statin* for otu ? invalid*' Gu.dc.Book.'- which BIVCS nll parti? ula?,. Ad iressi WOUI.D - l)nrs?BM WY MED? CAL .\-^"> ?AI ION, M? Malu st.. inm.ii->. -N.y Tor "worn-out," "run-down," dobllltate?' i?hool teacher*, milliners, seamstresses, house" keepers, nml overworked women .irencrM.,, Ur pioree'i Favorite Prescription ff.ti? I**? of all restorative tonics. i< Isnoto ? iiroMrtl. but admirably Phillis a hlngioncss <>r purnos . bein? ? motrt potent Bjieclflo for all thoso Chronic Weaknesses and Diseases peculiar to women. Thu trontinent or many thousands ot ML h m - ..u ibo Invalids* llotol and Burg l, ,1 Instituto law afforded a largo oxporlcnco In aviiiptuiif remed? s for their eur.', ona Cr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription lo th* result of this vast experience For internal congcMtlon, liillamiuatlon mut ul. . rallen, il i ? a Specific, tl lin powi rfu! genornl, ns wi I! nfl ut. rino, tonic mid norville, lind Impart'-- \u:..r mid Mreni?tl. to tho wholo system, it cures weakness ol Btomnoh, Indigestion, blonling, weak ..tack, nervous aros ration, exhaustion, noblet) ino Bluonli tunes*.In . Itliersex. favorite Prcicrlp. ti .a is sold hy druggist* under our positiv? uuaranUc. Seo wnipiwr around bottle PRICE ie : $a.oo, Pend 10 cuts lu stamps for I)r. Pierce's lnr*.. TreatlBo on Diu.f W'.inen ICO pages, fl, ,. i cv. p .! . AiMww. Wom.n'S DI8IT.N. SA KY MKWCAI, Assoi ?ATION, 060 Malu Street, nulla) ?, v. ____ "?s nus. ANTI?BIliIOVa Olid CATHARTIC. SICK H^?ACKE, Hiltons T?rndnelir, Dizziness, Conn ipa? lion, I ml I u e s i i o II , unit 111 I loiif?Attiu U-, liromptly cured hy !?-. IMeree'H IMOtunilt I'ui uail ve Pellet*. '> c utan vial, by Druggists. Gilder's P I L 1 Tho Ittstly celebrated BO UT LIE UN VEO ET ABLE PJLIi having boon used as a household remedy for tho past half century, in all the Southern arid Western Htatos, for tho onro ol Dyspepsia, Bil iousness, -Malaria and hil disco os of tho LIVER, have, by their WONDERFUL CURES, gained tho supremacy over nil other DILLS on tho market. After ono 1 rial you will join tho cry [or "GILDER'S PILLS" with tho ten million peoplo of the United ?Slates who are now using them. If your morohant has not got thom, send 25 cents in st naps to G. BARRETT & CO., Al i. IS IA, OA, i'mYAH: HO AICIHNU. ON TUE FIRST OP OCTOBER, thc undersigned opened a RST (LASS BOAR DI NU HOUSE in Chariest..a, for the accommodation of both Transit nt and Permanent Boarders. The Building, h>cat?d on the northeast corner of Wentworth and (Hebe streets, is conveniently near the business portion of King street, yot freo from tho noise of tho thorough fares, lt is within easy reach from the AcndoniV of Musio and from Ohnrohes of nil tho different do norainations. The house has boon thoroughly ro paired, and titted up in g.-od style with new furniture and fixtures, Terms reasonable.. For further information add ross Mus. E. E. UA8ELL, or Miss H. S. EDWARDS, i.tf Charleston, 8. O. fi IS A LINIMENT PERFECTLY HARMLESS SHOULD GE USED A f?.W MONTHS.VCFORE CONriHBS'CNT. BEND ron BOOK JO MOTHtRS i JBHAD?E? I>'REGUL/VTQR Cb, Cw_l\y\- A \ ITA . G A. J PITTS (A KiUIX ATIVK ! von IJVFANTt A.\D TEETHING CHIL DRE N. An instant relief for eolio of infauta. ?Jims Dysentery. Diarrhoe, Cholera Infantum or any disonsos of tho stomach ami bowels. Maker, tho erilical period of lootlnng wife and easy. Is a safo and ploamnt tonio. For sale by all druggists, and for wholosalo by UOWAUD, WIM.KT A Ua, Augusta, Qa, CnARLOTTK IT.MAI.I; INSTITUTE. Tho curront session of this Institut? oloses January 21st, 18R8, when tho Haring Session begins, which onds Juno Tho present session is ono of tho most prosperous in tho history of tho lindi tuto. There is room for only a few moro boarding pupils. Tim h. alt h pf tho school, thc accommodations of its board ing department, and tho eiTloioncy of itn corps of tcaohorsa.ro unsurpassed any where in tho South. Tho first of January is a very convenient timo for entering. Pupils an chargod only f 'om dato of ontianoo. Rev. WM. R. ATKINSON,