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Al RTL 18, 188(S ?7^^^ZZZX NO. 38* lill!, J J M li-KILN CLUE THE COLUMBIA PROFESSOR MAK ES THE MEETING LIVELY. A 1.earned Discourse on tho "Koatt> thingness of Nothing und Hie Noth ingness of Bouioifilng-;*' ? PI-OUM-U inundated.- Philosophy und Loyir I', IMO): lu i<> I Vt Icol i tn m. When Hie nicoling opened, Broth-! er Gardner announced Hud Profes sor Conflict Johnson, of Cohunhht, S. G., wns in tim ante-room und walt ing to address Hie eluh on thc sub- ' Joet of: 'The Nothingness of Some thing, and the Something ol' Nolle bigness." Tho. Professor w.-is noted , nil over tho South as a Philosopher, and this lecture would ho n practic al demonstration of Philosophy. The , gentleman hud boon in tho city throe (lays, the guest of Givcadnin Jonos, and luid not yet offered a corn-euro or a hair renewer for sale. This was j pretty fair proof that he was the phil osopher he claiiuod lo bc, and the i President hoped all members present would pay strict attention to thc lec ture. Thc Professor made a favorable im- I pression as lie entered the hail. He j was a small, eawed-oirman, with ears I standing out at just the right angle j to scrape snow off thc top of a rail fence, and there was a look of deep i intelligence in Iiis eyes as lie cast j them around the room. Thc Professor loosened his neck-tie I pushed up bis sleeves, took a gulp of the purest drinking water furnish- ' cd any city in thc land, and began : ? 'My frons, look across dc room at dat stove pipe hole in de chhubly. Dat hole ar' a nothingness. You can't carry it away you can't handle it; you can't pledge it to the pawn broker; de police can't arrest it. Au i yit dat bole war' made to take in a six inch stovepipe, an' carry off de smoke from a big eoal stove. Wu?- , out dis nothingness thc something ness of combustion, beat an' comfort j could not prevail. Sec?' (Applause, and cries of bear ! hear !) j 'I turn my breeches pocket wrong .Ide ont,, continued the r Professor, aa : he suited the action to the word. 'What do you see? Nothingness. An* I yit if I didn't have this nothingness ' whar' would I put my somothingness? In odder words, but for this pocket, where would I put thu money nec essary for my existence? At present it ar' nu empty somcthingncss hold in' a powerful lot of nothingness, but j de nothingness is highly necessary to fuoher soraethingncss. See?' (Great applause during willoh Shin dig Watkins swallowed the brass over* coat button bc was holding in bis mouth to cure palpitation of thc heart.] .Heall is a paper bag,' said the ' Professor, as lie held up one to view, i.imk inside and what do yon lind? Emptiness. It is n somethingness ' full of nothingness. If wc timi a mlllirfnof dis somethingness wc would starve on thc nothingness of it. An' | yit, when Kider Toot-* goes to de grocery nu' orders ten pound ol* white j eugar, de grocer makes use of dla ; berry nothingness to bring about, a ' somothingncss. De emptiness is driv en out an' becomes a fulness, an' dc Kider goes home wid a bag of su gar under bis arm, I don't mean to ! insinuate dat Hider Toots bas cher bin financially able to purchase ten | hull pouuds of any wort of sugar at ' one timo, but I simply suppose n case for illustroshuu ! Seer' {Vooiforntis applause from nil ev- i Cept the elder, who said thal if he ' waa flfty years younger he'd lick the Professor before ho loft town.; .We look Into a bnr'l on il dark night. We seo de nothingness of something, and de .somethingness of nothing. Do nothingness wns created to hold forty-two gallons of cider or soniethingne.ss. We go an' boro a bolo in do ground. It ur a nothingness. Nobody kin take lt away. Put a gate post In dat hole nn' do nothingness becomes n somethingness to once. See? [Long continued applause, du ring which Pickels Smith lost three suspender buttons by an unexpect ed careen to starboard.] As a furder illustrushum, take <1U reoin when empty. All ar' not bingles*. Do reg'iar Saturday night meet in' comes around, un' ile nothingness becomes a some thingness P. D. If. De mootin' :ul Journs in duo time, au' do some thing resolves Itself into nothing ness wld promptness an' dispatch. Mut, my hearers, I do not intend t<s take up de valuable time ordo meeting. My object was to provo to you dat riches do bot c<uistituto happiness, and > dat de Standard ?Uli Company does not run dix koo *ry. (Cri?e of 'Go on J* from nil part s of the hall, and during the confus ion Homo min hit Trustee l'ulbaek (n tho lefi oyo with ii potato.) .po Pyramid of Egypt ar' minder flfuslraMhun,' continued tho orator, ns ho wiped bia brow w ith Hm back ofhls ffiiftd arid* tfnlpod down some ?nor? water. 'Aff?t* sight dev ai' fiothingnes . You , ?use an' ax ?'erself what dey ur' good fur?, "resentiy ulong comos ft newsboy Mid polios outd o fiU'tdat (lb gient I ?naps of stone break de raw winds off lots of truck patches, un' you at oncesce the ?omet lilngness. Hut lt would be Idlo for mo to pureeed I further. My sole object waa to eon- | vince you usn body dat bela' dis- I cou.aged nobber encourages any body, un' dat .lay Gould must obey de laws an well as de poo' an' bum ble citizen. Thunkin' you fur your dessicated attenshun to my disrup ted address, and trustin' dat do seeds I have sown may (?ill on good and spoil Qc ground, I will now'bid you good doovning.' I < 'rios of 'j;o on p ,.u,d 'come back' ? with much applause,during which thc proiossor made good bis escape ami n couple of lamps chimneys wmc knocked over hoard and brok en!--1< Yoe Press. b VLKICII Until ivs KUTI KN. And Now Will I* roba bl) <!o, Scott Kroc. lt was intimated to ll Nows and ! Observer reporter on Sunday night that tho prisoners would arrive yesterday morning and later it was learned that chief of Police Heart! had telegraphed officer Lewdly to have carriages at the [fargett street depot on tho arri val bf tho train this morning. The arrival of tho prisoners bad been kept a profound secret, only a few being apprised of it, and there were consequently very few persons at tlu? train when it pulled up at Ilar gott street. Mr. White was the, first tu step idl" tho ears and as he was going from tim cars to the car riage shook bands with several i gentlemen who were standing by. Mr, White was in custody of ? Capt. I rear lt, and Deputy Hedgers j followed with Mr. Cross. Mr., (I rn ves was also with tho party, but Mr. Ilusbce, w ho went by way | of New York and Washington, did not return with tho others. They left him in Toronto and be expcct od to leave there ?Saturday for New , York, where be would stop lone;! enough to arrange some matters with the Park Hank, and thence be j was to go to Washington where lie j Will also stop to COIlSlllt with the i Comptroller of tho Currency. The news of tho arrival spread Uko wild-lire and soon thc streets' were literally alive and teeming with people. The carriage eon-j faining thu prisoners and officers was rapidly driven up into the city, followed by hundreds of peo-! plo. Tho news spread and tho erowtl grow more dense, anti dur ing Ibo short space of time requir- i ed for driving tho carriage from the depot to the jail tho whole city bad become aware of the arrival of tho prisoners and had poured!' fourth Oil masse. The prisoners were committed to jail, Ind ng placed in Hie front room up stairs sometimes used by Ihe sherill", and 1 affording very comfortable quar- ? tors. During the morning tho prison ers were visited by several person-, al friends. Mr. 'White said that! they would have nothing to say un til placed upon the witness stand, both mon presented a most worn, dejected and haggard appearance, and Mr. White especially appeared much reduced and broken. Capt. Heart t say s the prisoners showell no disposition during the j dil rutty* homeward to be trouble some in any way, but were perfect ly submissive, and b?-? found it in?, llrely unnecessary to handcuff or se. tire them in any way. He says they seemed eager to como borne from the first. While in custody in Toronto the prisoners wert) subjected to ver> bard treatment, bein-,' Confined in : company with a rough cl iss of pris oners. Mr. White was snltl lo have re marked yesterday morning soon , niter he had arrived thal In all the vicissitudes through which be had been bo bad not lost all bis relig ion. Capt. lleartt, tn a conversation with our reporter said that be was of the opinion that If tho prisoners bad not agreed toc?me voluntarily ho had serious doubtt) as to wheth er the attempt to extradite them would have proved successful, us the Canadian authorities would have fought such an attempt to the last, and be thinks it would have taken several weeks to get posses sion of the prisoners, if it had been done at nil. A new phase seems to li ive de veloped now In connection with the charges of forgery agiinst Hie I risonors which seems to make tholr conviction for thoso offenso-s somewhat doubtful. It will bo re membered thal tho charges for which the extradition papers were issued wein the three forgery In dictments brought In by tho grand ju i y on t lie day on which our o 111 - eers left tho city for Toronto, and which aro named II tho hgreemenl of trial below, lt ls xtuted that Messrs. White and Cross now claim that thoso wore not bonn tide forgeries, that, tho forged notes were simply placed among thy as sets rf the bank to make tue condi tion of the bank appear sound, and that no money was obtained on them. They seem COIlfidont of be ing acquitted on these grounds. fnlarrh, when FnroniO, becomes very offensive, lt is impossible lo be - Ibm wise healthy, and, at the sntno time, at?licled with catarrh. I This disagreeable disease, in its I most obstinate and dangerous1 : forms, can be cured by tho uso of ' Ayei's Sarsaparilla T11 K < i A M I : COCK Ti > XV N. A Satisfactory Municipal ICIoe tioit-l>r. ?tooti Uloclcd May or-Death ol Mayor Itloh 801I-A Itovival. Su SIT mi, April lO.-vSpeclal: Thc iiiunicipnl election was held lo-dsty und passed nfl* very r(iiietly. Ore?! interest wus manifested hy the cit izens, ii full vote hoing polled. Sev eral iiilluenthil colored men sup ported tlu> regular ticket and work ed hard Cor its election. While (hero was -onie oxeitoment timi much electioneering, every one seemed lo be in a good humor, and t he ! Icl< it o h-ci cd will give SittlsftlC lior < vee. lo Its opponents There was II good deni ol' cutting of both ticket-, and ninny colored men vo led Ibo regular citizens ticket. The rcsull of tho election is si - lollows: For mayor, hr. J, A, Mood, 271 vote.- ; ?. NV. Sutler, 2:13. Vox alder- I men tho vote stood: Dr. A. J. China 201,1). Jus. Winn 207, Neill O'Donnell 202, lt. A. Brand 2?0, W. .1. Andrews255, M. ."Moran 2517, The four elected are the nomi noes of the citizens' mass meeting. Andrews received the votes ol some ol'our best citizens mid was plumped hy a good many colored voters. Mayor NV. V.. Richardson, one of tile oldest and most respected cit? Hens of our county, died at his home near Wedgefield yesterday after-j noon. A revival meeting was commen ced in (he Baptist Church last ev ening. The lte\ . Mr. (Jnlphin, of Ornngeburg, is assisting thc pa-tor. Thc Kev. M r. Snyford, w ho preach ed so acceptably in Charleston and Slimier two year- ag'?, ls expected next week. The Kind We Want. Tho following extract from Sen-! ator Butler's letter to thc State Ag- ! ricultural Department is a vaina- 1 lile, suggestion as to tho kind nf im- ! migrants the South wants; It occurred to me that the agents might do this without nundi trou ble, and with trille expense to tlie ! railroads, and with such accurate I and full information showing the' grout attraction- in the Stute for homos and profitable Invcstsmenl -, that American farmers an I me chanics ami manufacturers with capital nilgbi bc in luccd lo bi come laud owners ami make permanent settlements among us This class of pimple (Americans) I very much prefer to foreign) i's gut herod Indis criminately from immigrants ar riving from tho (?id World <>r Hom ! the large cities of the country] without capital. We lui ve labor enough in thc South. What Wo want is intelligent cili/ens to em ploy and direct and utilize it, and these wo cnn belter sc are muong the farmers of the North, who can i sell their high-priced lamb- a ni in vest to a greater lld VU ll (tige with US. Th? rien or tho Postal Clerks. Thc hill which Congressman s. s. Cox Introduced in thc house tu Increase thc .alarios of I Ito Culled States postal clerks ls meeting with general favor, mid such a >.trung showing him been mailt- in behalf cf th<- clerks timi ii is mon- than probable that thc bill uin pass. lt ls to lu- hoped Ibid il will, fur of nil tito government ohiploycs nono .-'.rc poorer pahl in comparison with thc responsibili ties which they aro culled Upon n> hear than th?- postal clerk-, whose salaries i.e.. rango from |800 i? $1,000 per nanum. Tho position which a postal clerk holds i-i a mos) responsible one, und only thorough, com poten I and will equipped mrti .-ire cn pu hie nf perform In-{ the thillos "f dc ofilce as ls ncccs-sary lo givo tho public, na nccurato and elllcioiil mull service, lb-iv piecoof mail mid ter handled in thc Uulli l States, except lhere which aro distributed ia thc <ilties in which tboy aro malled, goes lliroiigh tho hands of thc postal cl -rks, of which then- were, ut theclnsoof thollscal year of I HHS, -1,51a .lithe whole lonni ry. These clerks ban? died 4,00*1,073,077 pieces during that year, ..nul this mail was carried over 121,082 miles of rond. This wus non ri y three years ugo, und there hus been u very great imaea.se since then in the Work which thehe clerke uro called upon to perform. Tho nverago annual run for each dork was 4U, 1(?7 miles, or nu average of 110 niilei for every day hi thc year. Cor this the compensation overages only about $ 1 OOO animally, and out ct this thc clerks ari' compelled to pay their owuexpenses. Tin- post odu c dop.n I ment has fre<pieiit ly recommended to congress un increase in iheso Halarles', but a combination of cir cunisiiiiices lins prevented tho increase i>e Ing mudo before this. The Inadequacy of tills Ci un pot I8U t ion has been very strongly impressed Oil tho present congress, mid from all [-uris of the country the postal clerks have brought strongest Indorse ment* of thu justice of their request for nil Increase Of all public servants there ore none bronchi more directly III Contad with the publie than the postal clerk-, and oil thc faithful performance of their work busi ness and toole ty depends largely fur ibo m?thode which guarantee reliable inter Coarse. Doy after clay they are engaged In work which carries them from one place to another, subjected to Inconven iences and dl.scoinfor>s which aro borne, by but few others In the sorvlco of tho government, and yet they are tho poorost paid and tho hardest worked class of its employes. These men have proven themselves wor thy of public confidence, and ll is an ex tremely rare thing that any In this depart ment of thc government's mail service aro found guilty of Improper use of the mail ?, Nearly a thousand persone wem tried in the United States courts las) year for ot? tenses against thc mails, ami of that mun her only eight were postal - li rks. Millions nn<l millions of dollars pa- ? through their band* annually, and the Honesty and com potency of their work ls attested in thu fact that of the complaints against tho mull service, fewer oro modo against thom than any others who handle the mails, sud yet tho groat bulk of tifo Work passes through Ibo blinds of tho railway postal clerks.---Atlanta Con?Ututlou. A THIRD PARTY MORli SAM SMALL DLSIGNING ON GLN. GORDON'S POSITION. Tho l?kliior-< >i ?noe-T. van^i list -Politi cian - Prohibitionist - llif. ' tun! HIN Third I'nvty Movement-"XVIII llie Prohibition lb nm Take small lo Glory Hough-Shod Over Gorrinn. A Tl, ANTA, A pill M.-Tho Allan Li prohibitionists oro vory intieh stirred np over the two culls for meetings on the 21th mid 2?lh of j April. The case stands about UH follow.-: Some lime since <;. Throw er, chairman of Ibo state ex ecutive prohibition committee, and several of tho most prominent pro hibitionists, called ii convention for tin' 2?til. Shortly lifter J. O. Perkins, sec retary of tho state executive com mittee, and several other known third party prohibitionists, called n meeting on tho 21 th, a day before the other convention, lt i ; a sig nificant fact that the call for thc meeting on the 2ith was not made until after tin* call for the conven tion on tile 24th luid been Issited. At the meeting on the 24th Sam Small proposes to deli vcr a lecture, and, in fact, lie proposes tu conduct the convention. In order to get up enthusiasm Kev. Sam Small pro poses to deliver lectures in cadi city of prominence in Georgia. These lectures w ill, It is said, be nothing moro nor loss than politi cal speeches, in which it third par ly idea will bo introduced, it ls (bought thal Mr. Small will bc her? on (lu- 1 'Mi, ?inti will go to work al once. W ll A I Pl' M I A N's. All the h ailing prohibitionists of Hie eily are oppose?! to Mr. Smull'.s call fm a convention, ami ure strongly against any (hird parly movement, lt is thought that this is simply a movement on the part i)f Mr. Small to ri.le into I he'guber natorial chair on a I bird party horse, or to gain ibo notoriety at tendant up? u such ti campaign, as it is not thought for an instant thal lie would ever succeed in getting the ellice on such a pl it form. The greatest dissatisfaction prevails i among the prohibitionists und com plaints und disselltiolis an- In-ard an all -ide.-. Pile Pow? roi I nm g i it a I iou. T.ho following i- (he substance of ivhat a lead lng dent isl said the other lay: Ile was engaged with some gentlemen in discussing (he virtue .f remedies used (o avoid the pain j .aiised by Hie ex I raid ion of teeth ivhcn a lady w ho wanted one of lier molar- pulled entered Hie of- ; ?ice. Tho dentist in order lo prove | ? ivhnt bc had been saying told her io had some of the new remedy! : md would use it so (hat she WOlll I 1 no! feel any pulu. She was well i .leased, mid, II flor I? ing sea toil in he chair, Io- rubbed a little water ni her gum-, and pulling ber tooth ; i tossed it up (otho ceiling, exclaim- , i ng: "There! That didn't hurt i my did il v The lady was positive ! that she felt lie pain, ami Went iway piaising tim new remedy. _ i lu (be Th coe ii ol' Hydrophobia. I 1 About R o'clock Pisl night a large .rowd gathered on the corner of Ibo Bowery and Houston idreet at tracted by Ibo contortions of II vouug man about 2.1 years < ld, who ay upon the w alk, writhing in agu ny and snapping like ti clog. < dil cor Michael Healy of Ibo Tenth pro duct took tho man in charge, t'ili <CUH ran to the ollicer's assistance, mil with groat diftlculty the unfor tunate fellow was taken to tho sin- 1 lion house and i.a ambulance sum moned from St, Vincent's Hospital. While awaiting tho arrival of Ibo iinbuhince four study officers had il) tiiey could do to hold the man jew ll mi the floor ami heep him from battering his hiains out or' tutting those abo,M him. In his druggie to free himself his trousers IVO re torn oil'and most ol'Iiis wear ing apparel destroyed. Waler was tu'oughl to him in a tin cup and he <!tnk Iiis ie<dli into tho vessel so llrml.t) that it was willi diftlculty that it w as (liken from him. At nie lime ho seethed t<> bo recover ing, and thc O 111 CC rs allowed him (o di up. Suddenly thc m ni espied a smell terrier that M US (iud to II coal box I lull i nd tlx' stairway, and willi a cry Uko tho bark of a canine hematic i spring at Hm dog, snapping and marling ferociously, ThoolHoors .aught him just in time tn pn vent i terrible scene,- New York Slur. A Bloody UH le War WASHINGTON, April ii.-Special rrom Knoxville Temi., to New York iud t'hicugo papers report that the triking laborers at Cumberland (J ip, on Hie Powell's Valley rail road, became riotous Monday und thal a battle occurred between drik ors ami men employed lo take their places. Kl vi) men ure repor ted killed and ??vcr a dOf.on woun ded. A courier had arrived al Knoxville to plirchuSO arms ami aniunUioe, and more trouble was expected. soi TH CAROLINA, .?Tho Itichcsf slate in (ho Whole I'ni on Wit hoiil \ i? j K.vecpt ion." Tho Department of Agrietilturo has just issued its sketch of thc re sources niitl ?lulu tries of South Carolina, with thu purpose of pre senting in u concise form some of tho advantages offered lo -milers' uinl lither- by thc State, ami lo (tall 1 attention l'? matters of special in terest,:!- fully ns possible, lu ti . pin e necessarily limited. Tin- sketch show.- that the asses*, oil value of taxable properly lu the Slale is$111,ont),.-, farm products, $ 17.ooo,ouu; manufactured products, :jtf2,000,000; liv?> stock, $20,000,000; mineral produc?s, $1,000,000; fruits and vegetables, $000,000. The number of mlle - of railroad completed i- 1,811; (he available funds for public schools is $?in,uoo. Tlie child crops of (he St at 0 ure harley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rye, wheats, bay, sugar-cane, sorghum, rice, colton, tobacco, Irish lind sweet potatoes. "All th" fruits of the Tempi rate /.one and many semitropical ones grow itt South Carolina." The number of farms, ls 98,801 and the average si/.e is l ld acres; ibo aroa of unimproved lands is l ?,oou, ouu acre-, the population in 1888 w as b'.ii.?TT. showing an Increase of 280, '.?7 I i ii ten year-. Tho sketch contains an admira ble description ?d'tin- rivers, physi cal and agricultural region -, climate and product ions, live stock, horti culture, mttiiufacluring industries, phosphate ami mineral resources, miidng industries, natural history, llsh and fisheries, Hie railroad sys tem ami tho w aler power of the Slnlo. Laney Walker ha- just been lodged in Ibo I nion jail for the murder ol'Sibby Ashe, Lancey ls a negro boy only '.? yea - of ugo. Sibby Ashe was a girl 12 years of age. Tho difficulty in which Sibby met ber death occurred in flow deysvillo Township. A negro wo man w as washing dollies down al a spring w in n a dispulo (iroso be tween tho two children, and u> the argument of euch had reached (hat stage when thu debaters bad ex hausted their reason, (hey appealed to brute strength ami a struggle ensued, The girl iipparantly gol enough und lied le the woods, I hu boy pursed, and, overtaking ber, plunged Iiis knife into her -ide. Krom I he effects of thu wound she soon ul ter wards died. The boy's age may -ave his neck, lt is repor ted thai he killi d another child lust Prunks W ith (be Camera. > i The arneb ur photographers of Huston are biking moro Interest than ever in their occupation,and uro having ti great deni of new fun 1 in it since the introduction of thc ( magnesium light. Some of the j< young experimenters have sueeec- ' lied in producing p li of og r a p h s t which, thought n< t wholly sneer--- < Pul from an artistic standpoint, ?ire - ralle r startling to thc persons pho tographed, and not such a- they [.are lo have exhibited outside of limited circles, Kreiling, of course, is tho lime for making (liesa mag nesium pictures. Having arrang ed his sitter and taken i lu- focus hy gaslight, tho operator (nm- oui Hie prns. lie has thu magnesium in powdered bo in ou a shovel, a II d ? w hen In-gris n ady, without tiny s'giial, ho touches a match to (ho ? magnesium mid :>( Hie -ame Hmo removes (he cap fruin his lens. Tho favorite way of trying this i iii a group of the operator's friends, (, young men and yourg women of ( itssoi?cd relations. When develop- , nd, (ho picture usually shows (hat , the group were not exactly ready , tobo taken, ami ( ile CXposUlVs of | -onie ol'the figures US ("i Ugh I ina (. dale of Suspended animation are ( 'inbnrrasslng to (he victims and s ludicrous io everybody efse, lu | many cases there appears a .-.miden .hocked attempt lo snatch a kiss I in the dark, nod in oilier- nothing' more pronounced than tho move- | inciil of u ham! and arni to -teal ? irotind a willing waist 1ms boon I | doppcd by Hie abrupt Hash. Some ( faces -how an biotic -urprise at', Hie sudden light, and others gre , .aught 111 laughable posing to gel !, theiilSClv s ready. ? What (he Disaster Will Cost. } Claims ure being made upon thc t *>?iva inali, Florida and Wi eiern \ railroad company for damages rc? i suiting front the Hurricane river i llsaSler. A few have been sot (led. | und Hie rosi, of them will be s'.dil CU f without litigation. About (?Ky [.daine will be presented. The \\ lb burs ami (build will md make any lt Oma (ids for damages, ll ls under- ! nt oed. In Hie (hst placo neither of j Hie pari ?es need ( lie money, being * weal hy, and in Hie second place, ? r. Wilbur ami Mr. (?mild ?ire both railroad men, ami do not care to sol I Hie example of claiming damages, t Mr, Wilbur's car win i". repaired I by Hie railroad company. It ls now I j estimated til nt the disaster will I cost tilt) Savannah, Florida find 11 Western fully $100,000, Tf you have a cold, cough, ^inm obilis, or any form of throat el long disease, do not neglect H. Ayer'? Cherry Pectoral, if prompt ly taken, will speedily relievo and ? cure nil ailments of this character. ? A i>\ I:VI i KI: or \ i > K i M - >i cit. Lobbed and Shot neat' Columbia |>j bis Negro Drivor 'Nows A < Vairlor. CoiiI.'M HI A, April lu.-Special : Yesterday evening, a negro, named Lurry Davis, robbed and attempted to murder I). <'. Smith, a tobacco dru in mer, who was driving; through the count ry, und was at (he time of the robbery on t e Dunbar road, six milos from Cullimbin, lu Lex ington ? 'entity. 1 ?avi-; had been ?IC companying Mr. Smith on hi< tour through Ibo state. Lust evening, w hile Sm it li was lixing something a hi mt the harness, Dai vis got posses sion of bis pistol and a bag contain ing -SiSii ami sprang out of the bug gy Smith looked around lo SCO what the negro was doing and us he did so ho received 0 ball ill Ills rtght thigh three ?nelie - below the hip. Davis was standing within live foot of Smith when he bred, I Ie thou turned and ran. Smith gave chase and tho negro fired two more .shots without effect. Smith then retreated hastily and the negro ran after him. Davis pursued Smith1 for half a milo bet?re he gave up tho chose. Mr. Smith tinnily over took bis team, which bad run away, | and drove to i be sett lenient ju^t op posite) Columbia. Here he was ta ken caro of, and Dr. Philpot was summoned. Tho doctor probed for the ball, which was from a fIS-eiili bro pistol, but could not And ?i. His probe followed the COHl'SO ol' the , bullet Until it Si I'UCk tho bone, and ; then if- course was lost. Severe j men weill In chase of tito negro, but ? be has inti been bearii of. .M r. Smith left this morning for Iii-! home in Darlington. Ills wound is i no! considered serious. < 'cops i II t he SI n I e. The State Department ? ? r .V ?* ? i - .tilinte has recel Viii! and tabulated [ho April ll rsl reports of cou n ty and lownship correspondents and fur lishos the following summary for iiiblicat inn. SN 11 i : VT. Wheal v. a- planted from t letober HUh tn December Lilli, and the .ondition- h ive been generally fa vorable for the en p exeepl in por tions of l.'pper Carolina where, il ls ist I um I cd, nb nt six per cen I of Hie .rup wa- winter k i ! !< il, The uren ins been melon-. I three per cent iver I ho area of ISS7, a nd the coin! i ioil is reported at !)9. Abolit '. pel' ?ont ol' the crop \\ as SOM II in drills, be balance hoing broadcasted, All. ixeepl lour correspondents, report lint tin- early wheal is in bellet ?ondition than Huit sown late. The .e por ts -bow (hal about :'? per cent. >f tho crop wes winter-killed, and : per cent, injured by insects, OA I'S. The uren in oats is :', per cent, in i.veess of lasl year's crup ami tlu .ondition is reported at 1)8. About mo third of the crop was sown iii lithe fall and all, except ll cor 'cspomlculs, report thal the early ?rOp is lu bel ter coud i I ion Hutu Iho ?pring <own. ItVK ,v.\ ll HA I. I.I.N . These crop* are sown chiefly for pring pastures, The area in rye vus increased l per eeiil over the tren ol' ISS7, lind <>l" harley J pei .eut. i \ non, There are very few complaint- ol nelllclencyol tann labor, 171 cor espondent - reporting us "goutI," :'. a- "bad"' and I'.J as ''Indifferent/' si PIM.I i:-. There bas been considerable d? rense in Hie amount of pu rebase:' d'ord I mi ry farm supplies. More commercial fertilizers base been ISOd (ban lust year, ami a large lumber of horses and mules have icen bought for farm use, bm tho orrespondents estimule thal thc Otu I amount of all supplies pu relin ed for tho farm- will 1)0 l-"> percent ess than in Issy. 1,1 VK STOCK, Tho condition of nil live stock ls eporlcd above un av erage, a> fol? ' owss Horses IUI, cattle 102; sheep Ol, bog- 101. t : la miers bas appear? i id among horses ami mules in s?v irai counties, CpiXOtlc Ol1 ea ( a filia I ever has boon noted in one locality, md tho swine plague hu i prevailed n some of thc lower counties. Thc ,*elerlnary surgeon of tho Depart nei:t ?d' Agriculture lins investiga 0(1 every case reported to the tie .arl ment, ami bas taken proper ?recantion- against Ibo spread of ron logions disensos nnd proscribed ?roper treatment for all diseased, dock. COTTON ON ll AX I). It ls estimated Huit nhout?per cut, of the col ton crop of 1887 wa il the bunds of fanners on the 1st >? April. Tills is about ?10,000 bab-.-. COM M 8 UCIA I. PK HT I l.l/.r.UK. From November I, 1880, lo April I,'87, tho sales of oommoiehil fer? I lizers in South Carolina ninntin? ed to 01{08i. tons. For the sn me inriod in 1887*8$ the salos have leen 110,220 tons-tin in?rense for ?he present season of !]8,|88 tons. This |S probably Hie Inrg?sl amount if fertilisers ever purchased by Hie farmers in one season, und is n mod indication of an increased cot toll aron, although the low prices prevailing tills your may have in iQCed Ute fanners to use moro Inr joly than usual on other crops. BY MAH. AND WIRI* NEWS OF fHE WEEK'iFROM THE WORLD AT LARC.L I H thc w ill of thc lute Kniporor William provision i- made for thu veterans ot' 1870. Thc Abyss! ii ia ii campaign luis en ded nuil t he I t n I ia nj I roo ps emba rk for l*)uroj)0 in I'Vidny Inst. Tho veterinary buronu of thc np:? ricull II rn I ? t-'r nicnl in < 'olunibin i- reported overrun with business. There |s no chango in thc health nf thc Kin porer cd' (lorin.?ny mid IIDIIC in tin- political situation in 1 ?erl i ll. YY. Alston, ;i funner noni1 Weath erford, Texas, killed bi- daughter recent ly lor running nfl' with tho man ol' her cholee. Judge Norton has decided thal school trust recs arc exempt from service on thc jury ami ii Iso from public road linly. The latest accounts report the condition of itoscoe < 'onkling to be improved, and give hopo of his ul tininto recovery. Thc sentence ol' throe montb Im prisonment on Patrick O'Brien, the Irish patriot, has Ix eu confirmed by thc Superior ('otirt, W. 11. Sheppard, late ni em ber ol' thc Legislature in nu lien it for 1 County, has boon iirrested fur steal ing il COW. Major J. C. ('olding', (tl Appleton, hus served thirty-three lime-un the grand and petit juries <>i' Barn wi !l County. The ne wi v elected bonni of alder men niel for Hie lirsl lime in Co lumbia last week nml tho mayor appointed thcdiffcrcnl committees. Tlie layiiiti of the eoruer stone of the exposition bulldingnl Augusta, t?a., will hu the occasion of impos ing ceremonies and it grand pa rado. The (binghi er ni ( ?encrai Hoot li, of lin- Salvation Army, wai mar ried in London to Mr. Tucker, mt ex-oflleer iii tho I > i < 1 i : i civil service. Tue trial by court iiiarlial of Ma yor Templar, of i he British army, Wlio was charged wit li divulging army secrets, resulted in i!i>- bun unible acquittal of Ibo hocused. Tho it i ti ii iel pu 1 election of ?Sumter s.i'.. passed oil'very ipi iel ly In Hie election of Dr. J. A, Mood its mayor, and n pori ion of thu regular 'iii zens' ticket. The penitentiary uuthorilios have agjeed lo louse Col. ILS Prin gle ono hundred mid i timm I eon vie b l'?>r win!; mi Hie I bl rim eil, Alston anti New berry Itailroad. Tammany Hull's committee of twenty-four recently diseusscd the li in i i i og ol' ( he number lo be seal to St. Louis,and the sentiment w as for u small delegation, Senor Hnlindoz, :i wealthy mer chant nf Cuba, has been kidnapped it bi< ? stale in Santa Kita by ban* i ii s. li ls rc por (c< i thal I wo plan [ors have been kidnapped at Koine lion -. The returns issued by ibo British I iou ni ol' I rude show I hat during t ho month of March the United Kiug IDIII imports decreased C-O(i,<)00, ind Unit thc exports increased C"?0, ion. Mr. William Steinway and oilier prominent Hormons <>f New- Y irk, commend Bismarch, for bis refusai Lo submit to Um Um prc ss <>t (1er ninny's Intcrfcfenee lu political ifl'uil-. Three burglars wore discovered lt w ork recently in the yards of sonic houses in Clinton street New York. Ono of them was fatally dioi >y :i policeman, the others were arrested. den. Boulanger ls said to have been cognizant ol bis candidature to the Kreuch Chamber of Deputies lu spite of the fact that he publicly repudiated ?di responsibility for Hie use of his miine. W hile endeavoring to forcibly "p?suado" Alberl Welland not to Falko hi* departure from a Brooklyn christening ?lohn Blued grappled w illi bis adversary. Both men fell [lown stairs mid Blued broke hi neck. Porty cit l/.ons oft 1 reen wood hrivo signed ?i pledge lo moko thal town "dryM in fact ?is it lms been in miine for fivo years. They a g roe to pros ecute ?iii persons selling whiskey iiuil nil physicians giving unlawful proscriptions for IL The railroad commission has nu Iionized the Richmond A- Banville railroad und Its co n n o e 1 ions io make special rates. o<|tinl lo two llilrd regular ta ri tr rates, on buil ding material und machinery for Iho Paeolol factory, at Puchlol s. c. Hon. Tlios. .1. Jarvis, United States Mini' lei to Krazil, writes (but be has 110 de-ire to bc ( ?overil 6r of North ('?indina again, and (hut be must not be considered ? candidate for tho 1 leiiio.irntb' noiu ihatlo : for that office. This ls gratifying information lo half u dozen guliernntortnl asp! m n t s lu the < ?id North .Slate, ns llicc\-ihiv ernor is :i very popular man,