Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE COTTON CROP. very badly damaged by rain and drought. 1_ JJetalled Itaporta from ?II the Southern Htute*?A Oeneral 11?port of Two Mnoh Itain??Co t ton Shedding and Rust and W?fmi i Other Crops. i Wasiunoton, Aug. 29.?The weath er bureau's weekly crop bullet!a says tho week has been unusually cool tluroughout the Central valleys, includ ing the corn and wheat States and the greater portion of the cotton region, the average dally temperature over these sections ranging from 6 degrees to 12 degrees below the previous years for the same week. These conditions were directly the re verse of those ii um needed over vne corn region where the crop is late. Frosts have occurred in Northern Minnesota, Dakota and portions of Wisconsin and Northern Iowa, result ing in some damage to wheal, cranber ries and vegetables, but causing little or no injury to corn. The wcok was warmer than usual on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the ex cess in temperature amounting to 6 de {frees per day in Southern New Eug nnd and New Jersey, and from 0 de grees to 12 degrees in Northern Cali fornia, Oregon and Washington. The rainfuli during the week was generally in excess over the regions east of the Mississippi, a'BO in the in terior of Texas and at the Northern Kocky Mountain stations. The rainfall in the South Atlantic States was un usually heavy in many places, ranging from four to seveu inches. These heavy rains were accompanied by Hoods in localities wMch must have caueed some drmage to giowing crops. Rain fall was heavy in Southern New Eng Jane, Eastern New York and tho in terior of Pennsylvania. In tho North west, including Missouri and the upper Mississippi valleys, the rainfall was very light, as was tho cose in the lower Missouri Valley, including Louisiana and Southern Mississippi. No rain was reported from tho Paclllc coast during the week. Virginia?Tobacco sustained injury and corn, fru't and grapes were slightly injured by heavy rains. North Carolina?Heavy rains and low temperature were decidedly un favorable to cotton, that is shedding badly and rust Is feared. Tho bolls had just begun to open this tlmo last year, now bales are being marketed. South Carolina?Tho excessive ruins and cool, cloudy weather of tho week did great damage to cotton by rusting and scalding, variously estimated at 10 to 20 per ceni. Rico ready to harvest was injured, and some corn was destroy ed by freshets, Alabama?Cotton and other crops are needing rain. Cotton is shedding bad ly. The yield is reported reduced 30 per cent from the indications of July 1. Mississippi?Dry, cool and cloudless weather has checked the development of cotton. Worms are seriously injuri ous only in tho Delta districts. Othei crops are in good condition. Louisiana?Cool, dry weather was in jurious to cane nnd cotton. Shedding and boll worms are causing some dam age in the northern counties. Cotton is opening rapidlv, and picking has be gun in earnest. Pastures and gardens need rain. Arkansas?Conditous are favorable for corn and saving fodder aDd hay, but was too cold for cotton. Poll and cot ton worms, rust and shedding are re ported in many loo. 'ities and fears are entertained of damage that may ensue. Texas?Drought and worms continue injuring cotton, but with increased acreage, prospects are for about the --^"^no aggregate yield as last season. Tbe^weathOF ia favorable for picking, which is much farther advanced th.tn at this date last year. Tennessee?Cool weather injured cot ton. Tobacco picking soon begins. Host is spreading rapidly. Some tobac co is injuried by excessive rains. In the northern and central counties and elsewhere it is good. Crops are doing well generally. Rain is needed in tho western pc.tion. Kentucky?Cool weather has retard ed tho growth of corn, but favored to bacco, although the latter on low ground was hoiuc,>\ hat, damaged by excessive rains. There was a slight damage to both by hit, i w- ds. DlkCOURArtNO REPORTS. St. Loirs, Aug. 21).?The (Robe-Dem ocrat has specinl dispa.ches from all parts of the cotton belt showing that cold weather and worms in Texas and the Mississippi Valley States, and ex cessive rains in the Southern States, have been disastrous to tho cotton crop during the past week. Not a single encouraging report comes from Mississippi. Cold, dry weather has caused shedding all over the State, and the appearence of worms seems to be general. The loss is placed all the way from 15 t o 50 per cent. In Louisiana the situa tion is not much better. Arkansas re ports are favorable in only four places. The damage by worms at some points is estimated at uO per cent. The situa tion in middle and Southern Alabama is about the same. Excessive rains in Ueorgia and North Carolina have done great damage to the staples, particular ly so in Georgia. A Tenement House Horror. Nicw York, Aug. 28.?Last night the tenants in the four-story tenement house No 321 East ICOth street heard pistol shots in the apartments occupied by a family named Baxter, on the third tloor. No one, however, sought to learn what the shooting meant until 10 o'clock this morning, when it was no ticed that none of the Baxters had been seen. ' The neighbors knocked at their door, but there was no rnswer, and then Po liceman Wm Lawler, of tho East 88th street station, was told that it was thought something was wrong. The i" .iceman went up stairs, forced in the door, and there found John Baxter, a painter, 30 years old, his wife, Mary, aged 28 years, and tneir children, Katie, o years, and John, 4 years old, all lying dead with bullet holes in their heads. Reside the body of tho husband and father lay an American Rulldog, 32 calibre revolver, with four cartridges discharged. It is supposed that he killed his wife and children and shot himself. On the table was a letter written by him to his mother, in which ho teld of his intention to kill the fami ly and himself. Sacramental Wlan Poisoned. Rome, Aug. 2?.?The Popolo Romano publishes a sensational dispatch from Palermo, which says that Don Ouisep po 11 Rosa, private chaplain to the Countess of Mazzarlno, while celebra ting mass in the presence oi tho family suddenly fell to the floor in violent con vulsions, his limbs writhing and froth foaming upon his lips. He was speedi ly removed to his private apartments, but before medical aid could bo sum ' mould he died In fearful agony. The same dispatch says that an investiga tion revealed the fact that the chaplain bad been poisoned with corroslvo subli mate, which had been put in the sacra mental wine served at the mass. The police of Palermo are making strenu ous on ort s to discover the perpetrator of theshocking crime. lie Joked and Laughed. Paris, Aug. 28.?A dispatch from Douai says that a youth named Raillet, convicted of a number of murdors un der circumstances of exceptional atroc ity, was guillotined there this morning, lie refused the spiritual ofllces of the priests, and shouted: "Vive la Repub lique." He was seized and flung be neath the knife, and two seconds later the murderer's head toppled into the basket. PLUNGED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT Ten or Twelve l'ersone Killed and a i u ue Number Iojured. Evansvii.le, Ind., Au*. 31??A wreck occurred on iho Cannelton branch of tho Louisville, Evausville and St, Louis railroad about 11 o'clock this morning in which tour lives woro lost, thirteen badly hurt and eighteen slightly Injured. Tho Hange of ouo of tho for ward trucks of tho engine broke while tho train was running at the rato of thir ty miles an hour. Tho train at tho time was on a trestle, two miles from Troy, lud. The engine passed over the Ires* IV and plunged down tho embankment. The train was a mixed one, tho passen ger coach boing next to the engine. Tho coach followed the cugiuc into the dilch and rolled over on top of it. It was oc cupied by about thirty people. Tho steam pipes gave way und tho scalding steam entered tho coach. Many of the passengers were women and children. Their screams were appalling. As soon as thoso who were slitditly iujutcd extricated thcnisolYcs they be gan the work of rescue. All wero got ten out, but none escaped injiuy. Many wero so badly burned that their Hush was cooked in places until it camo oil'. Earbara Neimeyer, aged 18 years, daughter ofa wealthy farmer of Perry county, was taken out dead, having been terribly scalded. Mrs. Canau^h was horribly burned and will die. Her little ten-year-old son was taken from tho wrecked coach and died before reaching home. Emma Sehne, aged ton years', died, after being taken out, from her terrible burns. Jacob App, the engineer, and his ih o man, John Tolle, went down with the wreck. Roth are scalded, hut not fa tally. Conductor James Gordon is danger ously hurt, having a number oi ribs broken. The most scvorcly injured arc: Kate Kelshoe, Sydney Hess, Henry Hotline, Michael Elberihorn, Wm. Newman, Mrs. Wm. Chaso and child, Maggie Hudson, Mnurico Durbin and G. P. Bolt. The. wounded are all at Tennessee City and aro receiving careful attention. Tho 8ceno of tho wreck is isolated and tho information is meagre. Only one telegraph wire reaches it and Hint has been down for hours. A physici ui at tho wreck said that tho death list would probably reach ten or twelve. A l>e-.,?orato Moxlcau HiukII., San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 21).? Some years ago, in tho Lower liio Grande country, HejlnO Ramon was known as the most desperate man, accomplished bandit, and thorough-paced scoundrel in the two republics. He had lost his right arm, but used a pistol with re markable dextority. Alter committing a thousand crimes and a hundred mur ders, ho died peaceable in his bed, at tended by a wife who had been his de voted eomnanion through forty years of war against tho law. He lett a son named Eustorjlo. This man is now twenty-three years old and possessas all the evil qualities of Iiis father, intensified by a better education and.larger bralu. Ho has become the terror of tho frontier States of Mexico. Tho ollicials of every village aro arrayed against him. Ho comes and goes with the celerity of lightning, is here one day and there tomorrow, and is heard of almost simultaneously at places a hun dred miles aport. He is surrounded by a band of cutthroats as desperate as himself. They aro iifty in number and regard smuggling as a very tame occu pation, to be resorted to" only when there is less exciting matter afoot. Tru r incursions into Texas aro very frequent. They have had three affrays with ollicer?-'?n this Blue the Uio -4r.""*uie. homo of them have been killed and others wounded. News has been received at Rio Grande City that the baud which makes its home camp in the mountains of Ty mulivas is intending another forey. Eustorjio, on these raids, rides a horse of remarkable size and swiftness. The animal is bay, gray, black, cream, sor rel, blue and white in spots. Tho ig norant peasantry speak of him as "tho cavalier with the horse of seven colors." ()a Thursday night Eustorjio went to a fandango at Camargo, became involved in one of his usual affrays and escaped with his customary luck. He danced a whilo, became angered at a man, felled him with a six-shooter, siiot at him while he lay on the Hour, missed and lied. Ho was followed by three soldiers of the Mexican Army and a policeman of Camargo. He hi :ird their pursuing steps and secreted himself in the chap oral. When they came up he opened lire. One officer was instantly killed, another was shot twice through tho bowels, and the policeman was .-truck in the groin. Roth of these will die. The remaining soldier grappled with thd bandit and erc'eavoied to stab him with a bayonet?Eusto'.jij drew a bowie, stabbed his adversary across the stom ach, and continued his Might, leaving his four opponents lying in the middle j of the sandy road. He has gone to his I camp in the Mexican Mountains, and tho Texas side of tho Rio Grande is pre paring for his raid. I'ii l.V>; illii.v ill Ohio. Lima, O., Aug. 2G.?Residing near Napoleon, Ohio, is Michael Cramer and thrco wives. They all live on a $50,000 farm, and three houses arc used by the thrco families with one head. Cramer brought his second wife to the farm In 1879, and placed her in a cosy house ho had erected for her. Wife No. 1 Offered no objection. He was arrested at the time, however, and tried for bigamy, but escaped on a technicality. In 1SSI Cramer brought his third wife to the farm. For somo cause, no action was taken until Monday, when tho county prosecuting attorney completed an in vestigation and prepared evidence to lay beforo the grand jury. Hurled Iuto u Orevu*no. Rkknh, Aug. 20.?Particulars have been received of a terrible catastrophe on MontRlanc. A partynscending tho peak was compelled by bad weather to return before arriving at the summit. When the party reached tho Petit Pla teau fierce gusts of wind roleased an avalanche, which hurled a Rr uns wicker named Roth and his guide, Michael, into a crevasse. Tho two men wero dashed to pieces. Rescuors from Cha mounix found tho bodies on tho follow ing day. Tho other guido and another party consisting of Count Payernay and guides had a narrow escape. Tho accident has caused a painful sensation. Uni.in ii a Church. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 27.?In tho city court yesterday the Rev. Georgo Moore, paster of tho colored Raptist church on Seventh stroet, had a prelim inary trial, charged with stealing a Ri ble, a clock and a chandelier from the church. Tho parson admitted taking tho articles, but he said the Riblo be longed to him. As an excuse for taking tho clock and chandelier, ho said the congregation had only given hiur forty soven cents a month, and he had to live. He was held over on a charge of grand larcency. Lost to the Democracy. PAKKKNsnuno, Mo., August 27.? Missouri will have a Third Party. That was settled yesterday when tho Farm era' Alliance State Convention deposed U. S. Hall from the presidency and elected Leveret t Leonard his successor. President Hall represented tho conser vative element of the .Mli.uice, which opposed tho Third Party and tho Ocala platform, the sub-treasury scheme in cluded. Leonard represents t he radical element of the Alliance which favors the Third Party movement and the nub-treasury scheme. TUE CHILIAN WAR. BALMACEDA, THE DICTATOR, COM PLETELY OVERTHROWN. Peace mid ?Julei s-.ui Looked For?Scenes Ht Valparaiso?ltioters Oet Arms at Fri day's Jiuttleileld?Inceudlarlaui Feared ?'His Cuiiltal < 11 > sii i r .110,1 -. VALPARAISO, Chili, Aug. 30.?Santi ago has been formerly surrendered, tho triumph of the Congressional party is completo, and peace and quiet may be looked for in Chili beforo many days have passed. After tho crushing defeat which Balmaceda's forces met with at the hands of General Canto's troops on the hills baek of this city Friday, and the subsequent entry of the conquering army into Valparaiso, the fall of the capital was only a question of time. Balmaceda seeing further resistance useless surrendered his capital and fled. The Insurgent fleet came into the bay yesterday morning and found conven ient anchorage ground. The sailors were greeted almost as enthusiastically as were tho soldiers when thov entered the city Friday. SBNOlt MONTTE TAKES Oil Alt qb. Senor Don Jarge Montte, chief of the .Junta Da Gobierno, came iu with tho fleet and took charge of affairs immedi ately on his arrival. The first business to he transacted was the formal capitu lation of the city. The foreign admir als have had a general supervision of affairs in connection with Senor Walk er Martinez sieco Friday, and a confer ence was held at which were present Senoi Monlto, Senor Walker Martinez, ihe foreign admirals and the late in tendente, Viol. Senor Montto an nounced that the only terms lie had to oiler wero tho unconditional surrender of the city, and 01 all ollicers and troops, as prisoners of war. Ho had no terms to oiler to civil ollicers, and had no pledges to give. These terms wore, perforce accepted, and Senor Walker Martinez was continued as intendente, until the arrival of tho Junta from Iquique, when final arrangements will he made, .most EXEMPLARY eeiiayiok. The behavior of tho insurgent troops since their entry into tho city has been most; exemplary, perfect discipline bus been maintained and ofllcers and pri vates have endeavored to keep tho un ruly elements hero in order. This is next to impossible, however, as the town is crowded with disbanded soldiers, and disorderly characters of all kinds. Many of them "have visited Friday's battle Held and possessed themselves of rifles and ammunition. Fights and riots are of constant < ccurrenco in the streets and several people have been killed by the rioters. incendiary attempts frequent. Incendiary attempts are frequent, and lears of a general cor Magration are entertained, strong patrols of soldiers are 0 .t through the streets constantly, and ihe lire department and suburban guards aro on duty all the time. By their active work no serious outbreaks have occurred, and as summary justice is dealt out to men found leading dis orderly demonstrations, it is altogether probable that order will be secured and maintained before very long. elve jackets on hand. In the meantime a batalliou of 100 marines and blue jackets from tho United Stales ships, under command of Lieutenant Commander .1). F. TilleTL, executive olllcer of the San Francisco, has been stationed at tho American consulate and will look after American interests generally. Similar action has been taken by the other admirals, and they will act. in concert If the occasion demands. This, howev is not re gai.de/' :s likely, Tl 11:\I bn SA0Rl Viced. Now that fuller details of the lighting of Friday are at hand, it appears that the jealousy and bickering of Bahnace da's generals was largely responsile for the overwhelming defeat. They had no concerted plan of action, and the battle was (ought on their side with absolute ly no regard for tactical advantages. Their men were brave enough, but they were, it is now pretty certain, simply sacriiiced. The total number of killed on the government side is now given us 700 men and of the opposition 200. It is impossible to learn the number of wouni'ed. they're Al'TElt balmaceda. F.very possible effort is being made by the Congressionalist leaders to dis cover the whereabouts of Balmaceda, but they have not sreeceded in Unding a trace of him. The impression is grow ing that the president and some of tho ollicers of the fleet are making all pos sible haste to escape from tho country by the way of some of tho passes in tho Andes. It is now winter In this coun try and it is a task sulllcient to daunt the strongest man, to make his way overland to Montevideo or Buenos Ay res. Tue .Junta has already taken steps to get hold of tho thirty tons of silver bul lion which was taken trom the treasury by Balmaceda, and shipped on the Brit ish sloop-of-war Kspiegle, to Buenos Ayres, there to bo transhipped to Eu rope. The treasury is empty, but it Is doubtful if it will bo relillcd by this silver._ Shirked tho RcHiioiislldllty. qreenyille, S.O., Aug. 28.?Spe cial.?Wednesday night, twenty miles below here, a party of thirty-live white nun.started out to lynch a negro who had been captured after having at tempted to outrage a white woman. The man confessed his crime and was prepared for death. On the way through the woods tho lynchers gradually left tho party, and upon arrivul at tho placo appointed for tho hanging therowero only four white men present. These were from another pj.rt of the county, and after consultation they decided that, as the people of tho community where, tho injured woman lived had evaded the responsibility of tho lynch ing, they would have nothing to do With it, and accordingly they turned the negro loose, told him to "git," and left for their homes. The negro disap peared. Win -in tluiti Pirates. New Orleans, August 28.?Tho Pi cayune's special dated "Off Bimini, Great Bahama banks, August 23," says: Tho revenue cutter McLano arrived hero this morning with tho wrecking schooner Cora in tow. Captain Byrne of tho disabled steamer Fldorado re ()orts that on tho 15th hia ship was warded by 150 black English Bahama wreckers armed with knives. They de manded tho cargo and then to prevent bloodshed ho had to lot them have it. Of course half of It will bo secured when thoy arrive at Nassau. The wreckers who invaded the ship afte.* t he MoLaae's departure aro worse than Bimini pirates. _ 1.vni 11111;-. Iii Kentucky. OeORGETOWN, Ky., Aug. 28.?A hoavlly armed mob surrounded the jail at 2 o'clock this morning. Tho doors wero brokon open and the leaders took from his cell Frank Dudley, a negro, who killed farmer Frank Hughes Monday night, and strung him up to a neighboring treo. Mob violence is also feared in the caso of 'Squlro Kendall and his four sons, imprisoned in the same placo for the triple killing report ed yesterday._ ItolUwl to Deittli. Clarksburg, w. Va., Aug. 28.?Wil liam F. Cook, who was oonfind. At the Western lunatic asylum, committed suicidoin a horrible mannor last Satur day. During tho absence of thejnurse ho got into a bath tub, turned on tho bo'ltng water, and lay thero until his body was entirely cooked. When tho attendants attempted to remove the body, tho flesh dropped from the bones, in largo pieces, leaving only tho skel eton. , SENATOR BUTLER INTERVIEWED. lie Writes Letter? to Dr. btokea und Suell's Alliance. Asiieville, N. C, Aug. 31.?Sena tor Butler is at tho Battery Park to night, on his way to Highlands, with his family. Talking with the Ediior of Tho Slate touiidit, ho said that ho had writ ten letters four or iivo days ago to Dr. J. Willip'u Stokes aud to Sue'PsAUi anco, but had not seen them in print. Asked about their purport, the Senator gavotho following as e rough outline of what he had written: To Dr. Stokes he had lirst presented abrief statement of the?facts of the Prosperity meeting. He (Butler) had been invited there. Stokes and his friends laid arranged tho terms oi the debate, and tho Senator had acceded to them. Tho Senator then took The Stalo's stenographic report of tho speeches, stating it to bo absolutely cor rect, and showed that, according to it, Stokes had done him grave injustice, which he requested him to correct in The Stale, so that its readers, who had been informed of Iiis editorial, might sec his roply. "I note," ho said, "that you predicate your editorial upon tho report in tho News and Courier. This report was not a stcnoraphic report and did not purport to bo such, but it is not amen able to tho construction you put upon it. The issue is between yourself aud myself, and 1 will be obliged if you will givo tue your individual recollection of What I said. You replied to mo in a half hour, and if I said what you charged me with saying, why did you not rebuke mo in your presence?you, who claim to be the special champion oi the far mers?" To SuelPs Alliance, Oraugcburg County, Senator Butler wrolo in sub stance as tolloWB, his letter being ad dressed #.) the prcs'n.enl: "A triend has handed me a copy ol a paper containing your resolutions, as tollows: [Itcsolutions quoted.] I will be obliged to you "n you will furnish mo the source of the inlormatlon upon which you predicate these resolutions. 1 havo never stigmatized the farmers of South Carolina as thieves and scoundrels. I suppose you mean to intimate, by your language, that I will hear Irom you again, to intimidate mo from the full and lair expression of my opinions upon public questions, refer; ing, I presume, to my election to the United States Sen ate. You must indeed have a very poor opinion of me it yon suppose for one moment that 1 am to he. diverted horn the path ol duty, as I see it, by any such threats. I may not live to see the election of my successor, but If I should, 1 shall abide tho consequences with re asonable complacency. There are some things dearer to me than holding olllco ?among them are m y own self-respect and freedom of conscience. I would not surrender these for all the ollices tho Stale could bestow upon me. The peo ple of South Carolina bent mo to the Senate, and when they retire me, 1 shall make no complaint. But one thing is certain] L do not intend to permit polit ical bushwhackers and guerrillas to get between me and the people, il l can help it. An early reply will very much oblige yours, etc." Senator Butler tells mc tonight that at tho Batosburg meeting on the Oth ol September he will formally announce llinipclt as a candidate for re-election to tho United States Senate, and will say that ho will sacrifice his election before he will abate ono jot or little ol his con scientious opposition to the sub-treasury scheme and other devices ol the men threatening him. The Senator is in the light, and the hottest of it from this limo forward, and will meet his oppo nents upon every slump in Smith Caro lina. A (ihiiriily Work Bmleil. New Yokk, Aug. 20.?It was announ ced this afternoon that the search of the i'ark Place ruins was completed, and that no more bodie<r*reuiained there. Work was at once 'opped and long shoremen and other laborers employed in clearing out the debris wero dis charged. The department of public work will continue its work of clearing the debris from the street, but tho task of clearing out what debris remains in tho Taylor building must bo done by the owner of the property. There still remain about tho .spot several desolate women, whose dead had not been found and who refused to believe that there had been a cessation in the work of tho searchers. Indeed it was a wonder to all that there was so large a number of missing who could not. be accounted for. The theory was advanced that owing to tho fierceness of the flames, which raged several hours, some of the bodies were entirely consumed. Forty six bodies havo been Identified. Fif teen are at tho morgue still unknown. Twenty-live persons aro reported miss ing, and deducting lit teen unknown bodies leaves ten to lie accounted for. m n nir to i ji itii l>v n Uee. Philadelphia, Aug. 27.?A dispatch to tho Press from Williamsport, Penn., says William II. Danloy, a young man who carries the mail between tho Wil liamsport and North Branch Kailroad station and the villiago of Tivoli, met with a singular and sudden death yes day. Danloy was at his work as usual, when an ordinary honey bee buzzed around his head. When he attempted to ward it oil' the bee alighted on one of his lingers and stung him. Danloy complained of excruciating pain and his hand at once commenced swelling rapidly, aud in a few minutes Iiis whole system was affected. Ten minutes al ter being stung ho fell into a comatose condition, and before aid could bo sum moned ho was dead, only fifteen min utes having elapsed from tho time he was stung. Tho physicians who wero called were mystified, but expressed the belief that the beo.'sf stinger had entered a nerve or blood vessel, and that the poison was quickly carried to the vital organs, causing almost implant paraly sis. Danley was a strong man of vig orous constitution. l'liiiioH And Orr,in i N. W. TRUMP, 184 Main Street Co lumbia, S. C, sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. Tho celebrated Uhickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for Its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & \ Handln Upright Piano. Sterling Up | right Pianos, from 3225 up. Mason & 11 audio Organs surpassed by nuno.St.er i ling Organs, #50 up. Every Instrument ; guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' ! trial, expenses both ways, if not satis j factory. Sold on Instalments. The importance of purifying tho ? blood cannot be over-estimated, for j without puro blood you cannot enjoy ! good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, ; Poke Boot and Pottassiuut) is a mirac ulous blood purifier, performing mom cures in six months than all the sarsa 1 parlllas aud so-called blood purifiers put together. Bheumatism.?.lames Paxton.of Sa vannah, (ja., says he had Rheumti <sm so bad that ho could not inovo lioin the bed or dress without help, and that lie tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the uso of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas sium), and two bottles restored him to ! health. 1 Rheumatism is cured by P. P. I', ' Pains and aches in tho Ivack, nhoulders. I knees, ankles, hips, and wrists aro all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by Rb blood i cleansing properties, builda up and strengthens tho whole, bedy FACfS ABOUT OUR OWN STATE. Kncouraging Uuout (rum tua Bnreao ol Statistic* In Washington. Washington, Aug. 28?It is said most of our torists see foreign lunds before they are fully acquainted wilh their own country, and iu the same way many students of history and cur rent events give their mind to foreign Governments before fully ?live to home matters. The bureau of stutisties of the treasury department has been get liny; together some interesting and use ful information relating t > the States, their people, productions nud industrial fuisui's, which convey in a compact orm much useful knowledge. Your correspondent has collected such of them as pertain to South Carolina. To start at the initial point tt, can be said that South Curoliua has an area of 34.000 square miles, or 21,760,000 acres, with a population of 1,151,141?. The de velopment of the State has not been so rapid as might be desirable, but thu ad vance has been steady from year to year, Beginning with the first census iu 1700 South Carolina ranked in popu lation as seventh among tho "original thirteen," tho number of people then being 249,073: by 1800 it had reached sixth place. Thon, owing to the gigan tic strides made by the West, it com menced to fall back in rank while steadily going ahead, until In 1800 it be came twenty-third on tho list. Be tween 1800 and 1870 thej increase of population did not reach two thousand, largely owing to the casualties of the war, and no doubt also to imperfect enumeration. Tho public school system of the State cost $400,300 annually, taking the last figures for a basis, of which the teachers and superintendents receive in salaries 8401,581. The; o teachers number 4,250; males, 2.210; females, 2,040. The num ber of pupils enrolled in the public schools is 1114,201. For tho higher edu cation of tho young of both sexes South Carolina is as well provided for as the average State. There are live theolog leal schools, with 275 pupils studying for the ministry, two law schools, and one medical college. Tho colleges of tho libelal arts are eight in number, having 1,001 students. There are live female colleges, tho attendance being 722. As a cotton producing region South Carolina ranks as sixth State, having an acreage of 1,040,518 acres. The number of farm animals iu South Carolina together with their value, is glveu as follows: Number. Value. Horses.08,81)7 80,105,754 Mules. 70,209 7,770,210 Milch cows.150,575 3,324,087 Oxen and other cattle..208,202 2,013.023 Sheep.?8,070 180,125 S wine.070,052 2.028,057 While the State debt has increased during the past decade, that of the counties shows a considerable reduc tion. Taken together a slight decrease is shown. The facts can be underslo d from the. following statement: The State cleb*\ lers sinking fund, in 1880 amounted to 80,140,500, while in 180C it had grown to 80,600,840, Tb^'CSunty debt, exclusive of.ir.iiuieipsl and town indentedness, less sinking fund, was in 1880^1,573.760: in 1800 81,002,750. Total debt, less sinking fund, in 1880 87,720, 35571800 87,020,500. Debt, less sinking fUhd, per capita, iu 1880 87.75; 1800 80.03. The business Interest show up well in the comparisons relating to commer cial failures in the South last jear, as the per cent of local failures is but .00 as'against an average of 1.20 per cent for tho entire si ction. The number of failures in the State last year was but 72 out of a total number of business concerns of 7,310. Tne total liabilities only amounted to 8410,015. One particular fact should be recorded, as it exemplifies the tendency to econo my of the working people of the State. South Carolina wage-earners have a larger amount of money in tho savings banks than can be shown by any other Southern State, Again, with tho ex ception of Georgia,it has a larger num ber of depositors. The figures lor South Carolina are as follows: Num ber depositors 21,885; amount of depos its 83,274,410; average to each depositor 8140.82. The deposits have increased during tho last year in tho sum of 8577,150. It is the usual assumption in some quarters, that Southerners are a liquor drinking people, and that in the South tho trade particularly nourishes. The statistics, however, do not bear out any such conclusions. If they prove any thing they prove that the South is not a good Held for the temperance advo cates. In tho whole of south Carolina there are but 1,020 persons engaged in tho liquor tratlic, and this includes everybody, from tho distillers and brewers to the country grog shops; while iu little Rhode Island 2,050 such dealers can be scored up. Little Khody, too, leans toward prohibition. Tho number of miles of railroad in operation in South Carolina is 2,328, as against 1,427 miles in 1880, showing an increase in mileage of 001 miles in the ten years. All told, it only remains to be said that South Carolina makes a good showing in this exhibit of the States.? News and. Courier. Dakota Purniors Itulnod. Faulkner, s. D., Aug.20.?All of the northwestern part of Faulk county was burned over last night by a terriblo and destructive lire, twenty miles wide and extending from Faulkton, fifty miles northward. As far as the eye could reach the sky was lit up with burning stacks of hay and grain. The farmers are ruined. For a space of twenty miles not a foot of grass is left for the stock that escaped the (lames, The damage cannot be estimated yet. A heavy gale fanned tho (lames. The eleventh census will show that in our 05.000,000 population 1 man in every 203 is over six feet high and 1 in every 262 is a lunatic. FLOODS IN NEW YORK STATE. A Terrible Cloudburst In tbe Little Ilooslck Valley. BERLIK, N. Y.. Aug. 28.?A cloud burst (?Vit this tow n, twenty-two mll^s east of Albauy, and the town of Peters burg, last night wus followed by a Hood that did damage unparalleled in this vicinity. Itain fell steadily all day, but at 5 o'cliek in the afternoon the water fell in torr?"its, Ip.stlmr an hour and alarming the comim- my. Those who were in dangerous locali ties bought places of safety. Had the cloud burst after the people hail goue to bed, the loss of life would have been awful. As It was, the wife of Thomas Taylor was drowned iu her house iu signt ol her husband, who was outside, but could not get through the current to save her. tl's two children were save'!. Jaulet Smith was found dead stan du <; in the Vt'D up to hts neck,horribly mangled, about half a mile from his ba n, in vhich be was last seen alive. The Lebanon Springs Railroad, between here and Petersburg, a distance of about live miles, is washed a way into the meadows for many rods in half a dozen places. The large railroad bridge is also gone, beshles a score or more of highway bridges. The resiliences and outbuild ings of F. M. Cowes, m ar here, narrow ly escape l fatal destruction. The mountain stream running into Little Ilooslck ltiver became a cataract and changing the channel, ploughed deep gorges on both sides 01 the build ings. Stones weighing tons' are seen that were washed rods from their form er resting places. The valuable out buildings of Mr. I iJley are wrecked and several acres surrounding are. covered to the depth of four feet with large stones. house TURNED TGPSY TUUV Y. The residency ot Charlts Park was turned upside down. The entire fam ily was absent at camp-meeting. All the mountain streams were so much swollen that seemingly Irreparable damage has been done. The meadow*, are ruined and crops in tho line of tbo Hood are destroyed. IVvt of the village of Petersburg, lying near the Little lloosick, is completely wrecked. A score of residences and wt rk shops are washed from their foundations. Tho loss to property in that vllliflge will reach not less than 8'_?.c.:o. miraculous ESCAPE OK WOMEN. No livis wore lost, hut 1 here were sev eral narrow escapes IV nd 'h. Sever al women were taken from an uppi r Widdow by driving a horse and wagon under the window. Whi n all were in the walton a trace broke and the driver cut the horse, loose, when the wagon up set throwing the occupants into the current. They clambered out on a le Ige and were saved. The horso and carriage were lost. NARROW l-'SCAPE OK A TRAIN. The south-bound mail train on the Lebanon Sprigs itatlroad left Peters burg about 0 o'clock. Alter running about a mile k came to the Hooded tracks and was i rompllv run hack t.) the station. Sen coly had i: backed K; a place of safety before tho entire road bed in front of It with the track w, * washed away. The loss iu crops will be very severe to lanes throughout this valley. ItAILUOAD TRAFFIC STOPPED. It is thought here that railroad com munication to points north will not bo resumed for buv< ral weeks, as the facil ities lor repairing the damage prompt ly are nut at hand. '1 he tltl'hS between hero and Chatham will soon he run ning. The Ltttlo llo )8ick I'Ivor at P< tersburg rose to about len feet above its normal level. Tho railroad hero and at Petersburg are ba lly radermined and narrowly escapeJ be'ng carried away. Dictator j>.\ lmaceda, of Chili, has been overthrow n by the rebels Who will now inaugurate a constitutional gov ernment in that unhappy country. rnnwii 'i i asaSSKB iSiSStSiSiSSSSi aSssSBsttsstl THE LAU RENS BAR. n. Y. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. LA?KKNS. _:_-_;_8. O. W. II. MARTIN, ATTORNEY AT r. a W. LA UHHA. i - - PI. O J T. jo H.i SON. M. U. ic.CnH JOHNSON A* IllCilKY attorneys at law. Omoi?Fleming** Corner, Northwes aids of l*uidio Square. LACHEN?, 11.. - no. B A L L B a L L, A t t <* it n a t m at Law, LAUKKNS, - - - - S.O. Out. '2:1, Sill W. W. UKMNKDV. ATTORN'BY AT l.-ivr Speelal Attention given to tho invasti i'.M'. ion of til le?. Lau renn 0. H . H. C. April Advice to Wowm If you would protect yourself from Painful, hofuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Meii struation you must use BRADFi ELD'S f FEMALE \ REGULATOR OAJlTRnSVILMS, April Sil, 1880. This will certify that i-wo ntemtxira pf my immediate family, after having Biufored f<Sr yours from 1 rrO|llilurlty, bohm treated without bonofltby pti)*8lclanH, wore at iongthcoroplcloly onroa by oun bottle of BrodlleMl?? iHminlo Ue/tHlBtor, Its of oct is truly wonderful. J. W. STliANQB. Hook to " woman " mnlUil PRKB, whloh contains fiiiufti.in information on i.n fontalo tllvtmscs. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. atlanta, oa. FOIt NATiK lty A.M.J, IUI UGQIBT8, KENNEDY BROS UNDERTAKES NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - ? - LAURENS, ?. C Over KENNEDY HltOS,, Store. Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Collins and Caskots oth Wood andMetalic, which will he sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired. (v iyo KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to ]. M Robertson. aiiett Pa?s the FreittM. A Ork at Okfkb that mat not Aoainj uk Rkfsatkd, bo do not delay, "Sthikk Whii.b tbb Iron is Hot." Write for Catalogue now, mid say what} paper you saw this advertisement In. < Ueinember that 1 sell everything tbat goos to furnishing a home?nianutactur ing some things and buying others In the largest possible lots, which enables me to wipe out all competition. aURI are a FKW op mt start ling BAKU A IN s a No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 Inch oven, fitted with 21 pleoe? of waro, delivered at your own depot, , ?M freight charges paid by me, foij ? only Twelve Dollars. j Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole Uoofclu I ?Raugo 13x13 inch oven, l?x2?? men top, ut Sted with 21 pieces of ware, for TiilR ? STEKN dollars, and pay tho treigbt to Rvour depot. poo not i'ay two prices FOR y our goods. 1 will send you a nice plush Parlor uu.t, [walnut frame, either In combination or {banded, the most stylish colors for 33.60,1 :<> your auiUoad station, freight paid. I \ 1 will also sell you a nlcu Bodroiuos uilj ^consisting of liureau with glass, 1 high j ?head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, l Centre* Ptable, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat ?mr j ?back rocker all lor lb.50, aud pay 1 retgh/j ?to your depot. 1 Or 1 will send you an elegant Bedroom .?im wltjt largo glass, lull laurbletop, toil /hfM, ana pay truight. J?.Nico winaow shade on serin* roller on i ? Elegant large walnut S day cluck, 4.?*, ..Walnut lounge, 7.ovm --'Lace curtains per wludow, l.wv1 M 1 cannot describo every tiling in a small: '-'advertisement, but have an immense store} jTcoutaining 22,t>00 loot of fioor room, with' rjwaro bouses und factory buildings in othorjj Vpuitoot Augusta, making m all the lar-g rfgest business of this kind uuUur ont? man--: Uagemeiit in tho Southern States. 'IkuooH (jbtorvnaud warehouses two crowded witnw bthe Choicest productions of tlie best lacto-s! SrlOS. Aly cutiiioguu containing illustration. *] Sol goons will bo malleu it you will kiuuiy^j St?aj where you ??w tiiiouuveiiiacnioui. iil pay lrctglit. AUUiess, [\ l. f. rAitJEIi, Proprietor l'augett's Furniture, sum anil Ourpcl storo, J . ?.e-1112 liiua? ?UOtit. AUGUSTA, OA * tonne - m ?be Ihm and woman. 1 1' .'. P Will jwivlfj- IV'A Yttfttte* your , l.Iiivr.>nti'j? ijood ? ^ i'y>.ind tfifoyoar j Wlioh* tQ'utoin tone n>iil sliorgth. i A prominent railroad i ? H-.ioMnnt >* h.ivAt.iifUi.Hiiircrlngwltli nv*f.if> ( -.in, lili.Mimilttwm HIV ???; ?( P. i*. r. nover felt so ?m in uf - i .; J tpfanr. ?rhoooutd Hvof< rover, if Ii k-uU } tnwnyH get). P. P." 1 If y?M mx? t:r?it out f*:..\....... . ? ? cl<wo conttneiueut, uikn ,i P. p. p. if you aro*fooUn?( b c\\y In tho spring I nud out Of Horts, tako j p. p. p. I If yeur iUkcsUvo orge r.g need toning up, 1p. p. p. A . j If rou aulTor with hendncho, hullKe?UoP, j | d>. hihty and Weakness, take I p. p. p. ? 1 If you Buffer with rervoui pnonn-fttlon, .] norvea unstrung and a general lot down S of tho syatetn, t*ko I p. p. p. For nino,l Poison, lthpunifttlHm, Horof ula, OW Soros, M-ilarh\, Ohronio Fomalo Coiuplainta, tako I p. p. p. i\ Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. Vl*> lxvt blood purifier In tho world. LI PPM AN DUOS., Wholesale Dru^elst?, i-'oin Proprlotora, T.li'DUK'd llLOOK, .'^iiviinnali, Qa. 1 BO YOU WISH TO ita: ctosM or ?'oim own TUEN DUY THE THOMAS STEAM PRESS AND SEED COTTON ELEVATOR. It is tho most perfect system in use, un loading cotton from wagons, cleaning and delivering it into gins or stalls. Cotton does not pass through fan and press re quires no pulley nor belts. It saves tune and money. TALBOTT & SONS' ENGINES AND BOILERS, STATION ARY AND ?PORTABLE. OLD DO TALBOTTH SAW MILLS, IMPROVED FRICTION AND ROPE FE KD S'JUO TO ?i>00 LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT TON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. [ We ofTor Saw Mill Men and Olnnors ! the JllOSt complete outfits that can be bought and at bottom prices. V. C. BADHAM, GENERAL ACENT, Columbia, S. C. THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THE BEST Fob 19-1 v. why not use ours ? MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE IS a GENUINE BLOOD TONIC I MU RR AY 'SgfiARS AP AR1LLA is n Rlood Purifier and Spring Medicine! Wo are. the Manufactures and Solo Pr pi.etors of beth. This Is the time of the year the system requires a tonic and tho blood a purifier. Our stock of Drugs. Medicines, Chemi cals aud Druggists Sun dries Is complete. Our facilities for filling your orders cannot be IXOeiled, Wo solicit your patronage. The Murray Drug Co., columbia, s. c. Before assnrltiv > mil life, or investing youi . ey, examine Um Twmny> rear Toutlno P> i.- ?< <-i THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ok tue; United States, Pollch-s matr in? m I8i>i realize cash raturus totlie owners, of amounts varying troui 120 to 17?. per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advautages of the Assurance during 'he whole period of twenty years. Tho following i- one of the man v actual enaes maturluii this yoai: Endowment Polloy No. iH,*.)*;. Issued in 1871, At ago 27. A mount, $?,000, premium, 9239.90. Total Premiums I'aid. ?1,70?. R B 8 U L T g ateml of loutino Period in 18'.H: CASH SUr'tENDEK VALUE, ?8,44l?.45, (Equal to 9170*10 for one i Sldo paid in premiums, which la equivalent to a io turu of ?II premiums paid, With interest at 7'; poi cent, per annum.} (?r, i'i lieuoi cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR ?10,470. (Equal ?o ?<o.r..: n ror oacb iioo paid h. premiums.) on. A LIFE ANMU1T1 ol S033.5B One fact is worth a U?munnd theories There ia no Assurauco exnmt h ;o>y ,mn pany which compares with this. Phe Equitable is the strongest fompanj In the v.t./'.d and transttcts the lawest husineb . For fCTtTTer '.???t nVdiiret s or apply to the nearest ngeni <?! tia isoeiety, or >? riio direct to t*t\* litt IL HitVJI , April 8-8m HOCK It ILL, S. C. THE LAUGEST STOCK. MOST SKILLED WORKMEN, LOWEST PRICKS South Carolina Mfrtte Worts, F. H. HYATT. [IPI10fi*K<*: a itf. Is tho liest place in South Carolina or Southern States t<> seem.- satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Work, All kiuus of Cemetery Wort a speciality. TABLETS, UEADSTON liS, MONUM BNTS, de. Send for price?, and full Infonuatloii. F. H HYATT April 8 ly QOH1 iBIA. S. C. GinoiBE TVIacliinery in Stock A lull Car-I.oad oi SAILOR SEED COTTON ELEVATORS. Three Car-Loa?ls of PRATT ?,'s>si. UROWN AND WINMIir (HNS, ENGINES, UOILINC, HRLT1NO, ETC. Also on hand in Charlotte, N. C, a largo stock of KOSH PfitliMMKM and N BW ER \ 110ILKIIS. Place your orders before the rush; hottom prices guaranteed. First class ? nods. W. H. G1BBKS, . .v C'\ ? ?olumiiia, s. c. College fop Women, COLUMBIA, S U. Second soholAstic year beoili i 'plombftl 30, ls'.M. Full corps of Professors and Tonchoishi Academic, LVIo?i te, ?? lo, Art und od lea I Department-*. ? \\y ladles intend'u u> prepare for ine /'o'. n Profession will (lad .i i" their intures! U take the ouo \ car's Preliminary Coarse it Medicine AI tiiis college MoSl beau ifut grounds and comfottahlc home In ih< couth. For chutdar and catalogue, Apply to tho President. Rev. Wm. IL ATKINSON, l>. D. An^ J-'Jiu First Glass "Work. Very Low Prices. Bupglos, Carriages, Itoafl Carts, \\ Ag? is, itc., Warranted Second to noun. Inquire of nearest dealer In those ^o<..is, ur send for CAtAlegtie?Mentioning thlP paper. HOLLER & AN DERS 0 N buguy co.. kock HILL, H. C, lii?fhan imos., tnioici^o nrotgi?t?, SoU Proprietor!, Llppuun't niock, H?t?nn?l:,0f?