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THE TABERNACLB PULPIT DR.TALMAQE PREACHES ABOUT THE TEMPLE OF DIANA. Continuation of ill* llrooklyu Divine's Series "of Dlscoui ???? on III? Travels In .'he Kant? BU Visit te the City of Kjiho sks Described la Detail. . Brooklyn, Nov. 15.?Dr. Tnlmngo continued this morning Iiis series of ser mons entitled; "Prom the Pyramids to tho Acropolis." His toxt was Acts xlx, 3>i. "Great is Diana of the Epho sians." We have landed this morning at Smyrna, a city of Asiatic Turkey. Ono of the seven churches of Asia one* stood here. You rendinUevelation, "To the church in Smj rna write." It is a city that has often been eliakcn by earth quake, swept by conflagration, blasted by plague? and butchered by war, and hero Bishop Polycarp stood in a crowded amphitheater and when he was asked to give up the advocacy of tho Christian ro ligion and save himself from martyrdom, tho proconsul Baying, "Swear and I re lease thee; reproach Christ," replied, "Eighty and six Years have I served hiae, and he never did me wrong; how then can I revllo my Kin* ant] Saviour?" When h? was brought to tho fires into which he was about to be thrust, aud tho oflicia'.H were about to fasten him to the stake, ho said: "Let mo remain as I au), for he who giveth mo strength to sustaiu tho lir? will enaalo me also with out your securing mo with nails'to re main unmoved In tho lire." History says the tires refused to consume him, and under the winds the flames beut outward so that they did not touch his person, and therefore ho was slain by swords and apoars. Ono cypress bend ing o/er Ira gravo is the only monument to Bishop Polycarp. But we'are ou tho way to tho city of Ephesus, about filly miles from Smyrna. Wo aro advised not to go to Ephesus. The bandits in that region havo had an ugly practice ol cutting oil'the ears of travelers and sending these specimens of ears down to Smyrna, demanding a ramora. Tho bandits suggest to the friends of tho porsous from whom the ears have been subtracted that if they would like to ifavc the rost of the body they will plcaao- send an appropriate sum of money. If the-money is not sent tho mutilated prisoners will be as sassinated. There havo been cases where ten and twenty and hVtj thousand dollars havo been demanded by these brigands. We did not feel like "putting our frieads to such expense, and it was suggested that we had bettor omit Ephesus. But that would havo been a disappointment from which we would never recover. Wo must see EpheHUS?associated with tho most wonderful apostolic scones. We hiro a special railway train, and in about an hour and a half wo arrive at the city of Ephesus, which was called "The Great Metropolis of Asia," aud "One ol the Eyes of Asia," and "Tho Empress of Ionia," the capital of all learning aud magnificence Hero, as 1 said, was ono of the seven cnurches of Asia, and first of all we visit the ruius of that murch whero ont o nn"*ccumenical council of two thousand ministers of religion was held. Mark the fulllllment of the prophesy. Of the sevcu churches of Asia four were commended in the Book of Revelation and three were doomed. The cities having the four commended t churches still stand; the cities having the three doomed churches aro wiped out. It oc curred just, as the Bible said It would occur. Drive on and you como to the threator, which was GG? foet from wall to wall, capable of holding 50,700 specta tors. Here and there thero walls arise almost unbroken, but for the most part the building is down. Just enough ef it is left to help the imagination build it up as it was v lion those audlonces shouted and clapped at some great spectacular. Their huz/.aa must havo been enough to stun the heavens. Standing thsre we could not forgot that in that buildiug once assembled a riotous throng lor Paul's condainuatiou, because what iiu preached collided witli the idolatry of thuir national goddass. Paul tried to get into that theater and nddros8 the excited multitude, but his friends held him back, lost he be torn in pieces by tho mob, and the recorder of the city had to read the riot act among the people who had shrieked for two mortal hours till their throats were sore and they wore black in the face, "Grout is Diana of the Ephcsiaus." Now wo stop into tho Stadium? Euou?h of its walls and appointments aro lotl to ' !in v what astupondous place it must havo been when used for foot races aud for rights with wild beast*. It was a building OHO feet long by 200 feet wide. Paul rol'er? to what transpired thero in tho way of spectacle when he says, "We have beeu made a spectacle." "Yes," Paul says, "I have fought with beasts at Ephesus," an expression usu ally taken as figurative, but I suppose it wa8llteraliy true, for one, of tho amuse ments in i oat Stadium was to put a dis liked man in the arena with a hungry lion or tiger or panther, and let the light go on until either the man or 'the beast or both were slain. It must havo boon great fun lor tfieso haters of Christianity to hear that on the morrow in tho Stadium in Ephesus the missionary Paul woul I, in the pres onco of tho prowded galleries, fight a hungry lion. Tho, people were early there to get tho best scats, and a morn alert and enthusiastic crowd never assembled. They took their dinners with them. And was there ever a more unequal combat preposed? Paul, ac cording to tradition, smull, crooked backed aud weak eyed, but the graudest man in sixty centuries, is led to tho cen ter as tho pooplo shout: "Thero he comes, tho preacher who has nearly ruined our religion. The lion will make but a briei mouthful of him." It Is plain that,all the sympathies that crowd are with tho lion. In one the anderground rooms I hear Ihr?rowl of the wild beasts. Thoy have been kopt for "everal days without food or water in order that thoy may be es pecially ravenous and bloodthirsty. What chance is there for Pa?l? But Jon cannot tell by a man's size or.looks ow haed a blow he can strike or ho*., keen a blade he can' thrust. Witness, heaven and earth and hell, this stragglo of Paul with a wild beast. The coolctt man in.thfc Stadium is Paul. What hx\ he to fearP He has defied all the powers, ^earthly and internal, and If his body tumble under the foot and tooth of the wild beast, his soul will only the sooner find dlsea thrall men!. But It Is his duty, ae far as possible, to preserve his life. Now,* I hoar tho bolt of tho. wild boast's door shoved back,?and the whole audience i iso to their feet as tho fierce THE TABERNACLB PULPIT DR.TALMAQE PREACHES ABOUT THE TEMPLE OF DIANA. Continuation of ill* llrooklyu Divine's Series "of Dlscoui ???? on III? Travels In .'he Kant? BU Visit te the City of Kjiho sks Described la Detail. . Brooklyn, Nov. 15.?Dr. Tnlmngo continued this morning Iiis series of ser mons entitled; "Prom the Pyramids to tho Acropolis." His toxt was Acts xlx, 3>i. "Great is Diana of the Epho sians." We have landed this morning at Smyrna, a city of Asiatic Turkey. Ono of the seven churches of Asia one* stood here. You rendinUevelation, "To the church in Smj rna write." It is a city that has often been eliakcn by earth quake, swept by conflagration, blasted by plague? and butchered by war, and hero Bishop Polycarp stood in a crowded amphitheater and when he was asked to give up the advocacy of tho Christian ro ligion and save himself from martyrdom, tho proconsul Baying, "Swear and I re lease thee; reproach Christ," replied, "Eighty and six Years have I served hiae, and he never did me wrong; how then can I revllo my Kin* ant] Saviour?" When h? was brought to tho fires into which he was about to be thrust, aud tho oflicia'.H were about to fasten him to the stake, ho said: "Let mo remain as I au), for he who giveth mo strength to sustaiu tho lir? will enaalo me also with out your securing mo with nails'to re main unmoved In tho lire." History says the tires refused to consume him, and under the winds the flames beut outward so that they did not touch his person, and therefore ho was slain by swords and apoars. Ono cypress bend ing o/er Ira gravo is the only monument to Bishop Polycarp. But we'are ou tho way to tho city of Ephesus, about filly miles from Smyrna. Wo aro advised not to go to Ephesus. The bandits in that region havo had an ugly practice ol cutting oil'the ears of travelers and sending these specimens of ears down to Smyrna, demanding a ramora. Tho bandits suggest to the friends of tho porsous from whom the ears have been subtracted that if they would like to ifavc the rost of the body they will plcaao- send an appropriate sum of money. If the-money is not sent tho mutilated prisoners will be as sassinated. There havo been cases where ten and twenty and hVtj thousand dollars havo been demanded by these brigands. We did not feel like "putting our frieads to such expense, and it was suggested that we had bettor omit Ephesus. But that would havo been a disappointment from which we would never recover. Wo must see EpheHUS?associated with tho most wonderful apostolic scones. We hiro a special railway train, and in about an hour and a half wo arrive at the city of Ephesus, which was called "The Great Metropolis of Asia," aud "One ol the Eyes of Asia," and "Tho Empress of Ionia," the capital of all learning aud magnificence Hero, as 1 said, was ono of the seven cnurches of Asia, and first of all we visit the ruius of that murch whero ont o nn"*ccumenical council of two thousand ministers of religion was held. Mark the fulllllment of the prophesy. Of the sevcu churches of Asia four were commended in the Book of Revelation and three were doomed. The cities having the four commended t churches still stand; the cities having the three doomed churches aro wiped out. It oc curred just, as the Bible said It would occur. Drive on and you como to the threator, which was GG? foet from wall to wall, capable of holding 50,700 specta tors. Here and there thero walls arise almost unbroken, but for the most part the building is down. Just enough ef it is left to help the imagination build it up as it was v lion those audlonces shouted and clapped at some great spectacular. Their huz/.aa must havo been enough to stun the heavens. Standing thsre we could not forgot that in that buildiug once assembled a riotous throng lor Paul's condainuatiou, because what iiu preached collided witli the idolatry of thuir national goddass. Paul tried to get into that theater and nddros8 the excited multitude, but his friends held him back, lost he be torn in pieces by tho mob, and the recorder of the city had to read the riot act among the people who had shrieked for two mortal hours till their throats were sore and they wore black in the face, "Grout is Diana of the Ephcsiaus." Now wo stop into tho Stadium? Euou?h of its walls and appointments aro lotl to ' !in v what astupondous place it must havo been when used for foot races aud for rights with wild beast*. It was a building OHO feet long by 200 feet wide. Paul rol'er? to what transpired thero in tho way of spectacle when he says, "We have beeu made a spectacle." "Yes," Paul says, "I have fought with beasts at Ephesus," an expression usu ally taken as figurative, but I suppose it wa8llteraliy true, for one, of tho amuse ments in i oat Stadium was to put a dis liked man in the arena with a hungry lion or tiger or panther, and let the light go on until either the man or 'the beast or both were slain. It must havo boon great fun lor tfieso haters of Christianity to hear that on the morrow in tho Stadium in Ephesus the missionary Paul woul I, in the pres onco of tho prowded galleries, fight a hungry lion. Tho, people were early there to get tho best scats, and a morn alert and enthusiastic crowd never assembled. They took their dinners with them. And was there ever a more unequal combat preposed? Paul, ac cording to tradition, smull, crooked backed aud weak eyed, but the graudest man in sixty centuries, is led to tho cen ter as tho pooplo shout: "Thero he comes, tho preacher who has nearly ruined our religion. The lion will make but a briei mouthful of him." It Is plain that,all the sympathies that crowd are with tho lion. In one the anderground rooms I hear Ihr?rowl of the wild beasts. Thoy have been kopt for "everal days without food or water in order that thoy may be es pecially ravenous and bloodthirsty. What chance is there for Pa?l? But Jon cannot tell by a man's size or.looks ow haed a blow he can strike or ho*., keen a blade he can' thrust. Witness, heaven and earth and hell, this stragglo of Paul with a wild beast. The coolctt man in.thfc Stadium is Paul. What hx\ he to fearP He has defied all the powers, ^earthly and internal, and If his body tumble under the foot and tooth of the wild beast, his soul will only the sooner find dlsea thrall men!. But It Is his duty, ae far as possible, to preserve his life. Now,* I hoar tho bolt of tho. wild boast's door shoved back,?and the whole audience i iso to their feet as tho fierce bruto springs for the arena und toward its ?mall occupant. I think tho first plunge that was made by tbe wild beast at the apostle was made on tbe tiolnt of a sharp blade, and tho 8 muling monster, with a howl ot pain aud reeking with gore, turns back. .But now the little missionary- has his turn of mating at* tack, and with a few well directed thrusts tho monster lies dead in tbo dust of tho arena, and the apostle puts his right foot on the lion and shakes him, and then puts tus loft loot on him and shakes him ?a scene which Paul afterward uses for an illustration when bo wants to show how Christ will triumph over death? ? "He must roign till he hdth put ull ene mies under his feet'*?yes, uu lor his feet. J Paul told tho lltoral truth, ;"1k? hfe eald, "I have fought with o/.0'V-b Jit Kphn <uk," and as the plural is VjfcSlTl think he had more than one such light, or several beasts wero lot loose apon him at one time. As wo stood (hat day in the middle of the Stadium and looked around at the great etructuro, the whole soeno enmo back upon u;?. In the midst of this otj of Ephesus onco floate 1 an artificial lake, brilliant with painted boats, and through the river Cayster it was connected with the sea, and ships from all parts of the known earth floated in and out, carrying on a commerce. *? hich made Ephesus the envy of the world. Great was Ephesus! Its gymnasia, its hippodrome, its odeou, Us athennjum, its forum, its aqueducts (whoso skeletons aro still sjtrowu along I the city), its towers, its Castlo of Ha drian, its monument of Androclus, Its quarries, which were tho granite cradle of cities; its temples, built to Apollo, to Minerva,, to Neptune, to Mercury, to Bacchus, to Hercules, to Ciesar, to For j tuno, to Jupiter Olympus. What his tory and poetry and chisel and canvas have not presented has come up at tho I call of arcluoologists,' powder blast aud crowbar. Hut I have not to unveil the chief iwonder of this ehieltst of cities. Iu 1863, under tho patronage of the Eng* lish government, Mr. Wood, the ex plorer, begun at Enhesus to fcol along under the gronnd at groat depths for roads, for walls, lor towers, and hero it is?that for which Ephesus was more eolebralod than all else besides?tho temple of tho goddess Duma, called tho 1 sixth wondor of the world, and in 1889 wo stood amid tho ruins of that temple, measuring its pillars, transfixed by its sculpture aud confounded at what was the greatest temple of idolatry iu al> time. As 1 sat on a piece of one of ita fallen columns 1 said, "What earthquake rocked it down, or what hurricane pushed ll to the earth, or under what strong wine of centuries did tho ginut stagger and fall?" There have been seven temples of Diana, tho ruins ot I each contributing something for tho splendor ot all its architectural succes sors. Two hundred and twenty years was tills last temple in construction. Twice as long as the United States have stood was that templo in building. It was nearly twico n* largo as St. Paul's cathedral, London. Lcut it should bo disturbed by earthquakes, which have always been foud ot making those re gions their playground, tho temple was built on a marsh, which was mado firm by layers of charcoal, covered by fleeces of wool. Tho stone came from tho quarry near by. In removing the great stones from the quarry to their destined places in tho temple, it was necessary, iu order I to keep tho wheels, which were twelve I feot in diameter, from sinking deep into the earth under the. unparallolcd heft, I that a frame of timbers bo arranged over winch tho wheels rolled. To put tho immense block of mcrblo in ita pluce over the doorway of one of these tem ples was .so vast aud difllcult an under taking thai the architect at ono time gave it up, and in his chagrin intended suicide, but ono night iu his sleep ho dreamed that tho stono had settled to the right place, and the next day ho found that the trroat block of marbo had, by its own weight, tetticd to the right place. The templo of Diana was four hun dred und twenty-five teet long by two hundred and twenty loet wide. All Asia was taxed to pay for it. It had owe hundred and twenty-seven pillars, each &ixtv teet high, and each the gi;t ol a king, and inscribed with the namo oi the. donor. Now you sco the meaning <if that passage in Revelation, just as.a king presenting one of those pillars to the Temple of Diana had his own name eh'.sclcd on it and the name of his own country, so says Christ, "Him that ovcrcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, aud I will write upon him the name of my God and the name of tho city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, and I will write upon him my now name." How suggestive and beantlfull In addition tc those, pillars that I climbed over while amid tho rums of Diana's templo, I saw afterward eight of those pillaiu nt Constantinople, to which city tlioy had been removed, aud aro now a part of the Mosque of St. Sophia. Those eight columns are all green j asper, but some of those which stood In Diana's templo at Ephesus wero fairly drenched with brilliant col ors. Costly metals stood up in various parts ot tho templo, whore they could catch tho fullest Hush of tho sun. A flight of stairs was carved out of one grapevine. Doors of cypress wood which hud keen kopt In glue for years and bor dered with bronze in bus -relief, swung against pillars of brass and resounded with echo upon echo, caught up and Bent on and hurled back through the cor ridors. In that building stood an image of Diana, tho goddess. This image was carved out of ebony and punctured hero ami there with openings kept full of spikenard so as to hinder tho statue from decaying and make it aromatic, but this ebony was covered with bronze and alabaster. Anecklaco of acorns coilod gracefully around her. There were four lions on each arm, typical ot strongth. Her head was coronctcd. Around this figure I'mni statues which by wonderful invention shed tears'. Tho air by strange machinery was damp with descending pcrfumcB. Tho walls multiplied the scono by concaved mirrors. Fountains tossed in sheaves of light aud fell in showers of diamond: . The tomplo was surrounded with groves, iu which roamed lor the temp tation of hunters, stags and hares and wild boars, and all styles of game, whether winged or four footed. There was a cave with statue so intensely brilliant that it oxtiaguishod tho eye of thoso who looked upon it, unless, at tho command of tho pnost, tho hund n' t he, spectator somewhat shaded the eyes. No wonder that oven An thorny and Alexander and Da mis cried out in tho words of my text, ?4Grcat la Dlaaa of the Kphealacfl." *?.',?>"..'?. --?yv.'.v,"-..- '. . .?? .v? ? ? Ono whole month of each year, the month of May, wag devoted to her wor ship. Processions in garbs of purple aud violet and scarlet moved through it, aud thero were torches and anthems, and choirs in white, and timbrels and triangles In music, sacrifices and dances. Hero young men and maidens were be trothed with imposing ceremony.' Na tions voted large amounts to meet tho expense, of the worship. Fisheries of vast resource wore devoted to the sup port of th'v resplendeacc. llorac/}' and Virgil and Homer went into rhapsodies while dt^cry^ing this worship. All artists, all archaeologist, ail con turios, agreed in saying. "Great is Diana of the Epheslans." Paul, in the presence of this Temple of Diana, incorporates It in his fvures of speech while speak ing of xflfi spiritual temple, "Now if khy man build up.'.n this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, etc.," and no doubt with reference to oue of the previous torn pies which had been sot on lire by Herostratus just for the fume of destroying it, Paul says, "If any man's work shall bo burned, he shall suffer loss, etc.," and all up and down Paul s writings you realize that ho had not only seen, but had been mightily impressed with what ho had soon of the Temple of Diana. In this city tho mother of Josus was said to have been buried. Here dwelt Aquilin and Priscilla of Bible mention, who were professors in an extemporiz ed theological seminary, and thoy taught the eloquent Apollos how to be' eloquent for Christ. Here John preach ed, and from hero because of his fideli ty ho was exiled to Patmos. Here Paul warred against' the mugical arts for which Ephesus was famous. Tho sor cerors of this city pretenaed that they could cure diseases, and perform almost any miracle, by pronouncing theso sense less words, "Aski Cataskl Lix Tetrax Damnameneus Aision." ?Paul Having performed a miracle in the name of Jesus, thero was a lying family of seven brothers who imitated tho apostle, and instead of their usual words of incantation used the word Jesus over a man who was possessed of a devil, and the man possessed Hew at them in great fierceness and nearly tore theso frauds to pieces, and in conse quence all up and down the streets of Ephesus there was indignation excited against tho magical arts, and a great bentire of magical books was kindled in the streets, and the people stirred the blaze until thirty-llvo thousand dollars' worth of black art literature had been burned to ashes. But, all the glory of Ephesus 1 have described has gone now. At some sea sons of tho year awful malaries sweep over the place and put upon mattress or in graves a large portion of the popu lation. In the approximate marshes scorpions, centipedes aud all forms of reptilian lifo crawl and hiss and sling, while hyenas and jackals at night slink in and out of tho ruins of buildings which once startled the nations with thoir Hi most supernatural grand uer. But here is a lesson which has never yet been drawn out. Do you not see in that temple of Diana au expression oi what tho world needs. It wants a God who can "provide food. Diana was a huntress. In pictures on many of the coins she held a stag with oue hand and a bundle of arrows in the ether. Oh, this is a hungry world! Diana could not give one pound of moat or ?ne mouthful of food to tho millions of her worshipers. She was a dead di vin ity, au imaginary god, and so in idola trous lands"the vast majority of people never have enough to oat. It Is only in tho countries whore the God of heav en and earth is worshiped that the vast majority have enough to oat. Let Diana have her arrows and her hounds. Our God has tho sunshine and the showers and the haryests, and in proportion as he is worshiped does plenty reign. Sb also in the Temple of Diana the world . expressed its need of a refuge. To it from all parts of the land came debtors who could not pay thoir debts and the offenders of the law that they might escape incarceration. But she sheltered them only a little while, and while she kept them from arrest, she could not chango their hearts and the guilty remained guilty. But, our (Jod in Jesus Christ is a refuge into which wo may fly from all our sins and all our pursuers, and not be safe for time, but safe for eternity, and the guilt is pardoned and tho nature is transformed. What Diana could not do for her wor shipers, our Christ accomplishes for us. Bock of ages cleft for me, Ii?t me hide mysolf in thee. Then, in that temple wore deposited treasures from all the earth for safe keeping. Chrysostoni says it was the treasure house of nations; they brought gold and silver and precious stones and coronets from across tho sea, and pm them under the care of Diana of the Ephesians. But again and again where treasures ransacked, captured or des troyed. Nero robbed them, thoSoythians scattered tbom, the Goths burned them. Diana failed those who trusted her with treasures, but our God, to him we may Intrust all our treasures for this world and the next, and fall any one who puts confidenod in him ho never will. After the last jasper column has fallen, and the last temple oa earth has gone into ruins, and the world itself has suf fered demolition, the Lord will keep for us our best treasures. But notice what killed Ephesus and what has killed most-of the cities that lie burled in tho cemetery of nations." Luxury I The costly baths, which had been the means of health to the city be came its ruin. Instead of the cold baths that bad been the invigor ition of the people, the hot baths, which are only intended for the inllrm. or iho in valid, were substituted. In these hot baths many lay most of tho time. Au thors wrote books whilo in these baths. Business was neglected and a hot bath taken four or live times a day. When the keeper of the baths was reprimand ed for not having them warm enough one of the rulers said, "You blame him for not making the bath warm enough; I blame you because you haVe it warm at all." Gymnasiums? Yes, but see that the vigor gained in them be consecrated to God. MagnlUcont temples of worship ? Yes, but see that in them instead of ! conventionalities and cold pomp of ser vice thero be warmth of devotion and the pure Gospel preached. Imposing court houses? Yes, but in them let justice and mercy rule. Palaces of journalism? Yes, but let all of tho printing preatfes be marshaled for hap piness and tin,"i. Great postofllce l>uiidings? Yes, Hat through them day by day, may coryspondenco helpful, elevating and n?Yjni . pass. Ornate dwelling house:) V Yes, but In them let there be altars of ((evotlos, and con jugal, filial, paternal aWd Christian fidel ity rule. London for magnitude, Berlin for universities. Paris for fashions, Borne for cathedrals, Athens for clas sics, Thebes for hieroglyphics, Mem phis for tombs, Babylon for gardens, Ephesus for idolatry, but what shall be the characteristics of our American cities when they shall have attained their full stature? Would that "holi ness to the Lord" might be inscribed upon all our municipalities. One thing is certain, and that is that alL Idolatry must come down. When the greatest fjoddess of the earth, Diana, enshrined u the greatest temple that ever stood, was prostrated at Ephesus, it wns a prophecy of the overthrow of all the idolatries that have cursed the earth, and anything we love more than Uod is an Idol, and there is as much idolatry in tho Ninoteeuth century as in the First, and in America as in Asia. As our train pulled out from the*'. Na tion at Ephesus, the cars-surrounded by the worst looking group of vdliaos I ever gazed on, all ot them teeming in u wrangle with each other and tryiug to get into a wrangle with us, aud wo moved along tho columns of ancient aqueducts, euch column crowned with storks, having built their nests there, and we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and that night in a sailor's bethel as we spoke of the Christ whom the world must know or perish, we felt that be tween cradle and grave there could not be anything much more enthralling for body, mind and soul than our visit to Ephesus. ? l'luohy Messenger. CHICAGO, Nov. 12.?Reports of a train robbery near the Western Union juuctiou have been received. General Manager Earling of tho Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul Railroad states that tho safes have beou recovered und that the robbers did not get any booty. Tho report says six men boarded train No 3 at Western Union junction, sixty two miles North of Chicago at lip. m., aud it is supposed the robbers reached tho junction over the Northwestern Eoau. They held up the engineer and (ireinan ami when tho truln reached Franksvllle, a small station of 200 or 300 inhabitants, about three miles be yond tho junction, they caused the en gineer to stop it at the point of a re volver. They domandod of t ho express messenger that he open the car door to which he refused to do. The conductor came up by this time and he was taken prisoner. 'Tho robbers then broke in tho window of the oar and threw in some kind of explosive which forced out tho end of t he car. They then went insido and covered the express messen ger with a revolver and tried to make him open the safes. This lie positive ly refused to do, and the safes were thrown out of the car. In the meantime, the rear braxeman, understanding the situntiou, rushed back to the junction and got help and au engine. The engine und posse at onco went to the scone and the robbers lied. The tram went on to Milwaukee, and the fast mail train, which leaves Chicago at 3 o'clock p. m., picked up tho safes and carried them to Milwau kee. The police of Milwaukee and the secret service of the system, together with the sheriff of Kiolno County, were sent in pursuit of tho robbers. Their flight was so hasty that they did not take the precaut ions they had evident ly intended to take, so thai the officials believe they will get them before noon oday. Allison Cotton llnrvotttor. augusta, Nov. 12.?The Mason cot ton harvester, which has been anxious ly looked for here for several days, ar rived today and was exhibited in oper ation in a hold of cotton in tho Exposi tion grounds this afternoon, in the pres ence of a very largo crowd of interest ed spectators. The machlue gathered at the rate of 300 pounds an hour, or 3,000 pounds for an ordinary workiug day. Tho bushes nave been killed by frost and the cotton has been open in the bolls about two months, but des pite these drawbacks the cotton which was picked was ginned without being passed through a cleaner, and produced a good clean sample. Mr. Patrick Walsh, the president, of the Exposition and the editor of the Augusta Chronicle was present during the trial of the ma chine and said: "1 consider it a most wonderful machine, it picks the cot ton under most adverse circumstances without injuring the plants and uuripe bolls and it gathers enough to make it an implement of great value." The machine will be exhibited again tomor row and will probably remain here un til tho Exposition closes. Itllll tor tlt? G. O. 1*. ltOH.ICH. Washington,Nov. 16.?The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to day overruled the demurrer of Charles A. Newton, President of the Old Domin ion Republican League, charged with violation of the Civil Service Act for bidding the solicitation or receiving po litical contributions in government buildings. Newton sent a circular ask ing persons to become members of the league, paying 01 initiation fee and 25 cents a month and further contribu tions if they could afford to aid In the campaign. The demurrer contended that the lasv had not been violated and if so was unconstitutional. The court said that Congress in the reasonable ex ercise of its powers prohibited political solicitations or contributions in public buildings and this was not an infring mentol constitutional rights. Civil Service Commissioner Thomp son said he thought the effect of the de cision will bo to practically stop polit ical assessments and to leave ail govern tnent employees free to contribute or not as they see lit. Iovra OtlU'Ittlly Oemoorutlo. DES Moinks, Iowa, Nov. 12. -The county hoards of supervisors have, at last revised the canvass of tho vote cast at tho last election. The returns received i by tho Register from all counties make tho total vote cast for governor 420,214, This is tho largest vote over cast in tho State. Voting in the presidential elec tion in 1888 was 101,000. Boies, demo crat, received 207.074; Wheeler, repub lican, 190,375; Westfall, alliance, 11,527; Gibson, prohibition, 062, Boies plurali ty la 8,200, lacking 4,289 ot being a ma- - iority. Two years ago Governor Boies lacked only 101 of having a majority ot all voles cast In tho Stale. For lieu tenant governor. Bestow, democrat, received 204,822, Van lloutou, republi can, 200,580; Bestow's plurality, 4,242. For judge of sti] reme court, Ktmo, dem ocrat, 203,019; Weaver, republican, 200, 410, Kimo'a plurality, 3,158. For sup erintendent of public Instruction, Knoep pler, democrat, 203,779; Sabin, republi can, 202,880, Knoepplcr's plurality, 893. . Prohibition i ? i m , ni i Columbia, s. c, Nov. hi.?Prohibi tion Ists claim that 25,000 names havo been signed in the Stato praying the Legislature to pass u prohibition bill. Petitions Will be circulated in tho city soon. Some counter petitions are also being circulated in the State, notably In' Charleston. There la promise or a lively light when the measure is brought bo fore tho Legislature. The light preci pitated by the prohibitionists will be hotly contested by the nntis. Not only is Charleston up in arms against the proposed law but the ariti-prohibltlon ?lsts of this city willtako an active hand in it. A copy of tho Charleston petition against the proposed law has been re ceived in the city and It will bo circu lated here. A petition of Charlestlon parties haa also been received pruying the Legislature not to Increase tho license. Those petitions will be circu lated in the city. The anti-prohibition ists have been stirred up by the activity of i in n opponents ami a great light Is o? bet'Mjken tho contending forces.?Re cord, \ THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. THE SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS IN ANNUAL SESSION. The Delegaten Welcomed by the Mevor? Patriotic Kesponso by Secretary Till man ?rroddoiit Folk's Annual Addieo-.? Tariff aud Fluauclal Reform the Itisue. . Indianapoms, Ind., Nov. 17.? The Supreme Council of tho Farmers' Alliance was called to order in Tomliu son Hall at 10:40 o'clock by President Force, oi* ti e ludiaua Alliaucc, with nearly all tho 120 tlelo^ntcs and 500 spectators in attendance. Mayor Thomas L. Sullivan was intro duced, aud welcomed tho delegates. T. F. Tillman. secretary of tho Allimco Exccutlvo Committee, iu responding, thanked the people of Indianopolls for their warm welcome, and. after pnying a tribune to President Harrison, he eon imued: , "It is tho farming and laboring people who feed the world, who fought tho bnttlcB of this country, and to whoso onergy aud patriotism this great and glorious land, of ours is indebted for its richest blessings of liberty and peace. It is not our mission to tear down nor disintegrate our honestly- conducted in dustries, but to preserve them. Yet we do mean the death-knell to all illegiti mate combinations aud monopolies that tend to destroy the very spirit aud in tent of tho constitution. . "We aro not here as polilicions, seek ing to dispute ns to parlisao political parlies or to prouioto the fortune of auy .politic- ! aspirant, nor are wo hero in j tho interest of any third party, for by the very organic teachings wo have the right to vote with whichever political party we may think will best advocato good government. "I desire to call you attention to the laSL billion dollar Congress. Its expen ditures reached a grand total of $1,009,* 260,471. which is nearly two-thuds of all oxisting United States money. More money was spent by that profli gate billion dollar Congress than was spent by all tho Congresses durm: tho Oral soveuty-two years cf tho history of this government. It is more than ?2, 177,000 for every day from tho tim the Pll ty-lirst Congress met till itadjourned. It meant a tax of $10 on the head of every iamily to support the general gov ernment alone, How long would they endure it if collected directly from Lhctn instead of indirectly us it 13 now collect ed through our tariff? "Say what you please about tariff, but it must and shall come down to a reas onable basis of taxation, and these icck 'ess expenditures by Congress must be Hopped, or we will continue to chance ifio personnel o; every Congress. "Yet this is not all, nor is it tho bot tom, which brought about the uprising of the peoploof all parts of this greatC um try. Transportation, tariff and trust, hero is the trouble. There aro three C.'s?crush, chungo and controlled? that constitute the unwritten and Iron bound oath that our friendly political newspapers abuse us so about. I will now tell you what the oath i?. It '.s to crush monopoly, change tariff and con trol transportation. Wo arc going to succeed in our offorts to obtain a largo circulating medium. We must have, more currency aud will have it. "Mr. Mayor, tho Farmers' AIM nice means tho greatest good for the great est number, aud is determined to nave exact justice for all and especial favors to none. It numbers iu co-operation n:ar 4,000,000 and it has como to stay, und will bo held intact as a nonpar isau organization. Members of all political parties may join the organization, a.id it will never become a third political par ty, There is a big political significance in it, but no party political sigui?Ci ncc, because that would mean hopeless ruin. We have already taken party extremes out of us, have made a lew governors and Congressmen and hid fair for 200 next vcar." Tillman's references to tho non-part isan nature of the Alliance caused something ot a Sensation and were re ceived with aboutcqdhl ovldenco of ap proval and di??approval. General Weaver, of [owa. was called for and mado a speech on the ge neral situation, which was received with eu huslasm. Ho was followed by Con gressman Jerry Simpson, of Kansas, In tho same strain. President Willebo, of the Kansas Alliance, spoke, briefly and the meeting adjourned. The attoudanee at the opening to night was something less than 10,000. President Poik delivered Iiis annual ad dress. The farmers, he said, had bo en discriminated against and were now ap pealing to the ballot box. The Alliance iHib-lreasury bill has received no con sideration except ('enunciation Iw i ho billion dollar Congress. Iowas an im perative duty of tho people to arrest the evident and alarmiug tendency to cen tralize tho niouey power of the con itry. This was ono of the grand purposes of ihe sub-Treasury bill. It would nave supplanted our un just and opprc : ivc national bank system by securing to the people an adequate amount ol n. >noy direct from the government, at a 1 >wcr '?ate ol interest, to moot the legitimate demauds of the country. But in justi fication of tho silent contempt which characterized the reception of the meas ure, assaults vehement and persi tent have been made on its minutest details, instead of arguments on the underlying principles. But despite theso assaults, tho sub-treasury had grown unt : tho sentiment oi tho order in thirty four Stales was a unit. Government control of railroads, Polk said, is ono of the. essential demands of the Alliance: also the retention of the public domain for our own people; also tho wrohibition ot gambling in futures; also the free coinage ot silver; also that no class legislation lie enacted; also that United States .Sena tors be elected by popular vote; also a graduated tax on incomes; but tho greatest demand off all is that tho na tional banking system bo abolished an I tho people's money bo issued direct. by the government to the people. Tlie supre no question before tho people is that of financial refom. The two (peat parties havo ovidcnlly sounded a truce, aud, ns in tlte past, this question ol financial refrom shall continue to 1 e re garded as "neutral ground" between them. Polk urged the merabora to stand firm aud domand of ofticesookcrsadofinU lion of their principles. Tho organiza tion, ho claimed, was steadily growing. Ho rccommonded tho continuance of the educational work through the press and lectures. A history of the Alliance has been issued by a special committco of editors, of which N. A. Dunning wus the chief compiler. Tho honor of the original society belongs to Lampassas county, Tex., from which small beginning de veloped the state organization aud after ward tho national society. It was originally organized to correct ecouomic evils as well as a protective measure against, thieves aud robbers, with which that section ot Texas at that time was particularly cursod. The first meeting of tho national association was held at Waco, Tex., in January, 1887. C. W. Macunc was tho cbiei spirit in that moot ing und 1 irgely instrumental in tho adop tion of a platform, ot which the motto was: "In all things essential unity, and iu all things charity." Only Lou isiana und Texas were represented at thiB gnthcriug and delegates were limited iu number. .ow the officers report 30,000 subordinate lodges, with a membership aggregating 4,000,000 and a representation in every stale and ter ritory. The first noteworthy political acts oi tho Alliance were the Ocala and St. Louis platforms, with their demands for tho abolition of national banks and the substitution of treasury currency; free silver coinage; prohibition of alien laud ownership; prohibition of specu lating in agricultural aud mechanical productions; tractional currency, and that the goverumeut should own tho telegraph aud railway lines. The Ocala platlorm also demanded the removal of tho tariff lrom the necessities of life, an income tax, aud that United States sen ators be elected directly by tho pcoplo. second day's proceedings. Indianapolis, Nov. 18.?Tho open mooting ol the Alliance this morning lasted but a few minutes. When the executive session opened the trouble over the sub-treasury matter began. A communication was received from the executivo committee of the Anti-sub treasury Alliance, asking a henring for a protest prepared by W. Popo Yeo ma08 of Missouri under instructions lrom the St. Louis convention of last September. Tho Macuue faction op posed any hcanug, but Livingstone of Georgia moved tho appointment of a committee of livo to read the protest and report to the Alliauco whether or not. it should bo read. On this motion, which was finally carried by a two-thirds ! vote, a bitter fight was made by tho Ma cunc meu, who made a charge that ac attempt had been made to assassinate Macunc in Mississippi. Before the ad journment of tho oxecutivo session sig nificant action was taken which shows that the protest of tho Auti-Sub-Treas ury people will receive very little con sideration. A resolution was adopted, almost unanimously, reaffirming the ad herence of tho Alliance to every plank iu the Roachdale platfor u. Macuuc's resolution to reduce repre sentation one-half was passed ,uud it gives no end of uneasiness to the dele gates who have come hero with a narrow allowance of muds. The treasury is nearly empty and unless representation was reduced there would not be enough money to pay all tho dolegttes. Tho Alliauco has been falling off iu many Slates aud Slato Alliancos have been unable to furnish their quota of tho as sessment to the national body. President Polk laid.oelbro the conven tion an official letter addressed to him lusl nielli by W. .S. McAllister of Mis sissippi requesting to bo heard in behalf of the complaints and protests of tho a;iti-.-> ub-treasury Alliauco men. The letter, al though courteously worded, produced tho wildest confusion and dis order. . ? Soveml members yelled out: "We don't want to hear anything from Mc Allister, lie has done more to destroy us than all our en mites put together. Down with his trick to sow discord among us." Colonel Livingston moved to appoint a committee ot live to meet the nutl-sub treasury committee ami hear their pro tosts aud report to the supreme, council. McDowell, of Tennessee, moved to table. Livingston's motion, and bitterly attacked McAllister, alleging ho was here in the interest of Wall street, Eas tcrs press and tho Anti-Alliance De moracy of the South. Terrell of Texas opposed tho motion to table, saying^there was a largo and respectable crowd under McAllister's umbrella, whose complaints should be heard and considered. Warded of South Dakota spoke earu cstly in behalf of the motion to table, saying that It would be cowardice to re cognize McAllister's committee the chairman ot which was here represent ing the worst political elements in the South; that he had done nothing olse for eight months but attack Alliance leaders and oppose its measures. Burkelt, of Mississippi, closed the debute In behalf; of tho motion to table. Ho said that owing to tho backing givon McAllosler by tho "subsidized prosB," ho was the worst enemy to the Allianc9 iu the whole country and as a result of his war, the Alliance had lost two Unit ed States Senators in Mississippi this year. Livingston's motion prevailed. Presi dent Polk then appointed a commit .ee with Livingston as chairman. Having disposed of this matter the convention immediately forestalled a prospect ive protest by adopting a resolu tion to stand by the sub-treasury plan. third DAY'S proceedings. Indianapolis? Nov. 10.?Resolu tion wore introduced today declaring that a la>-ge number of men had been elected to Congress by Alliauco votes, mid demanded that they support no man tor speaker who would not first decluro tor the Alliauco platlorm. They further declared it the sonso of the body that those Congressmen should nominate one of their OWll number for the spcak ership and stick tohim. They further admonished AUiunccmcu throughout tho country to howaro of committing them selves to any party in such a manner as to Interfore with their frocdom of politic al adieu, or of taking any position in favor of men or parlies not in sympathy with Alliance principles. Tho ofiect to make tho platform of the Alliance more radical, on tho subject of government ownership of railroads and telegraph lines was made, by Branch, a delegate al largo from Georgia. Tills rcaoluti m demands comploto owucrshlp of railroads, while tho Ocn a demands is ibr.purliuf,conlrol, with contingent own ership it simply control is dcomed Im practical. The resolution wont to tho commiftoo on legislative demands, and the pros pects are that it will bo favorably ro por ted. upon, Soon after tho opening of this morn ing's executivo session of the Supremo Council, Colonel Livingston, chairman of tho cornmiltco which last night mot representatives of tho anti-sub-troasury element, rose and said that this commit - too wob ready to roport. Instantly there was u disturbance. On motion from a delegate seated on the Macuue side of tho house, a canvass of those present was mads and overy one not entitled to vote in executive ses sion was obliged to leavo tho hall. When tho doors had been closed, Colonel Liv ingston read tho recommendation of tho committee, that Dr. W. Popo Yeamans, the author of the auti-sub-treosury pro test, should have a hearing. After acrimonious discussion word was sent to the anti-sub-treasury men to send in their protest. - The anus replied to this that tho com mittee was empowered through Yea* mans to present the protest, and until Yeaiaans could be beard by the Supreme Council the latter body would necessari ly be deprived of the ploasure of reading the protest. The answer of the council was that the protestants could not bo heard un less they furnished the council with a copy of the protest. This tho antls re lused to do unless they could present their protest in person,'and that ended the negotiations oetween the two wings ot tlie Alliance. The result is a split. The executive committeo of the auti sub-treasury party will now proceed to Texas, where 127 sub-Alliances have already declared against the sub-treas | ury scheme and will begin tho work of organizing a new Alliance. The call lor a national convention will probably be issued to-morrow. The capture ol tho Alliance by tho People's party was practically accom plished two or three days ago, but the lull extent of the capturo was not ap parent till to-day wheu President Polk was unanimously re-elected aud J. II. Louks, ot South Dakota, was chosen vise-president; J. II. Turner was re elected secretary and treasuror; aud Q. F. Wdiets, of Kansas, national lecturer. George F. Washburn, of the national executive committee of the People's party stated that tho leaders ofthat par ty wero jubilant over the election of Polk. Of tho four great leaders in the Alliance, Llvlugston. McCuuo, Terrejl and Polk, tho latter was regarded as the one favorablo to independent politi cal action. Polk in his annual address Tuesday night positively condemned tlie two old parties and in tlie address, so strongly indicated his tendencies to tho People's party movement that tho election of any other one of tho gentlemen men tioned would have been regarded as a blow to tho People's party. While on the other hand the re-elec tion of Polk is regardod as a groat vic tory for tho Peoplo's party, tho election of Louks, of South Dakota, as Vice President, is regarded as a greater vic tory from the fact that h? is a member of the national committee of tho Poo pie's party. The fact that a largo num ber cl Farmers' Alliance delegates arc also members of other industrial organ izations aud working together would in dicate that the trend of their action was toward a unification of all, aud in the direction of independent political action. Fighting the Sunta Hound, The Savannah .News, of a recont dato says: "The Richmond and Danville seems to be adopting a policy of repres sion'toward the South Hound. It has notified the South Bound that it will not receive freights from Savannah and through points from it for any points on its linos north of Columbia and west of Augusta. Naturally it does not turn over any freight to the South Bound that can be carried around bv its own lines. This action of the Richmond and Danville practically limits the South Bound to its local territory. "It pre vents Savannah from getting tlie bene lits of the decreased distance to points north of us," said a South Bound rail road man yesterday, and compels them to pay for shipping thoir goods over the same old round about routes." Tlie putting on of the new schedule, between Savannah and Charlotte to connect with the Richmond and Danville for Washington and New York, giving practically the same time as the Atlan tic Coast Lino is regarded as an attempt to forestall the anticipated short route schedule by the South Bound. It is said now that the Richmond and Dan ville will not give the South Bound a vestibule train or a through Pullman service between Savannah and Char lotte to connect with the vestibule on the Richmond and Danville for Wash ington and Now York, as was confident ly expected a short while ago." A Victory for the Ranks. Nkwhkkky, S. C, Nov. 18.?The banks are on top now. Judge Hudson decided to day that the Comptrol ler General in ordering tlie auditors to increase the returns of banks acted without the authority of law, and his act is therefore illegal and nugatory. The cus? came up on-a petition for a writ of mandamus by the Newberry National Bank to compel the county auditor to change his tax list and tax duplicate and to reduce the assessment to tho returns as raado by the president of the bank. The petition was granted and the clerk of the Court was ordered to forthwith i8suethe writ. The bank returned its stock at par. This return was accepted by the township board of assessors and tho county board of equalization. Tho market value of the stock is about 300 on the share above par. The Comptroller General ordered the auditor to change the return and place the stock on tax duplicate for taxation at its market value, thereby increasing the returns of the bunk about 380,000. Under this decision the auditor is required to correct his tax duplicate so as to restore the original valuation of the property and make tho corresponding reduction in the tax pay ment by the bank. Tho case will go to the Supreme Court._ lAtok Out for 'i ii.mm . NEW Bkrne, N~ C, Nov. 18.?-Two representatives of a Boston bad debt agency, who came here last week, left this city bright and early, leaving be hind them a debt which some rival agency would lind it hard to collect. The men. who gave their names as M. L. llubbard and V. M. Weaver, claimed tobe traveling representatives of a debt agency with headquarters at Boston. They engaged board with Mrs. J. M. Hines, of New Berne, and, after run ning up a bill of $15 for their board, left for parts unknown, taking everything they had with them except the bill, which they kindly left with their land lady, As no answers can be gotten to letters written to tlie Boston firm whoso name they gave, it is supposed here that the men are dead beats and are taking in the country as they go. Will The State? Respond ? Richmond. Virginia, Nov. 18?Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her daughter. Miss Winnie, left tho city to-day for Mem phis, Tenn. The Richmond Dispatch to-morrow in an editorial on Mrs. Davis will say: "The Southern States ought to vote a pension to Mrs. Jefferson Da vis and Virginia should lead tho move ment. It is nothing but fair and pro per that wo shovld put her upon the same footing that the United States Government places the widows of its Presidents. The duty devolves upon the States that composed the Confeder acy is a thing of the past. It can't be a very costly precedent for us, inas much as there never will be another Confederacy, and therefore never an other widow of a Confederate Presi dent." _. Mleers Killed. Bkklin, Nov. 13.?Eleven miners have been killed and two injured by an ox plosion of fire damp in a mine near Essex, the great German coal produc ing district. LOOK OUT FOR YOUR LATO WAS IT EVER OWNED BY ONE THOM AS WADSWORTH T If It Was You May bo In Duucer of JUmIuk It?a Story That Will Interest Many of "* Oor Readers?Manv Innocent^ Pari U * May Suffer. GREENVILLE.S. C, NOV. 10.?ItOCOUt ly tho Greeuvllle News published the following: Tho "Wuds worth poor school fund" and the Wadsworth es tute havo been heard of by many peo ple of this State, but tho story that sur rounds them is not familiar. Inasmuch as the estate concerns many people in nearly every county in the State, tho story is repeated below: Thomas Watlsworth died in Charles ; ton about tho year 1771. Ho came to ! America from England when a young man, llrst settling in Massachusetts and later in Laurons county, this State, near Milton. He became immensely wealthy, owning thousands of acres of land and hundreds of slaves. After living in Laurens county many years he moved to Charleston tiud wont into tho merchantile business with a Mr. Turpin. When he died ho owned lands from tho mountains to the seaboard of South Carolina, principally In the coun ties of Laurens, Spartariburg, Green ville, Pickons, Anderson, Nowburry, Lexington and Orangeburg. After abundantly providing for his wife and mother, for ho had no children, ho left about 34,000 acres in various counties for a "poor school fund." The proper ty was not to bo sold. Everything was left in the hands of a board of trustees, composed of live men. Tho trustees wero to be elected every two years by the white free holders of Duolaps bat talion ot Laurens county and the school to bo supported was to bo located in the battalion. In Mr. Wads worth's days the counties were divided into battalions instead of townships, as now, and there wore four battalions in Lau rens county. There wore also four In Greenville. Tho deeds to the lands wero left in the bauds of trustees and are now In tho possession or the present trustees, elected last year by the white voters living in "Duilap's battalion." A school house was bullt iu the batta lion, now II unter town mip, and lias been in use ever si;ieo, although the vast estate bus not, until now yielded enough to pay a teacher's salary. The trustees rented the land for awhile and tiually leased them for terms ranging ? from fifty to utuety-nino yours. Tho monoy received was loaned out and much ot it was lost. Some of the leases wero renewed by other trustees, hut a number of them are beginning to ex pire and a distressing state of affairs is in store for a number of people now iu possession of tho lands. lt. G. Wallace and W. II. Workman, two of the live trusttues, are in tho city and are looking up a part of the estate located in this county for tho purpose of selling or settling In Betne manner. An act of the Legislature a short time ago empowered the trustees to sell the lands aud reinvest in lai Is in Laurens township, near the Wadswhorth school, Tho trustees lind by old records in the Register Mesue Conveyance's oillco that there are about 1,400 acres belonging to the estate in this county. Over 300 acres of it are located two and a half miles from the city and tho. worst pare of. the story is that about forty seven persons own t he property and there uro over twenty houses on it. Persons to whom it was leased aud released ye/ra ago sold it to unsuspecting aud careless persons and there is not much doubt out that many people will have to suf fer. Part of the land is in possion of Captain William Goldsmith. Much of tho same land lies in the Sandy Plat section ot this count y. No property in tho city is included in the estate and real estate owners here will breath easier. In one tract, in Spartanburg county there are 1,000 acres. It was said at one time that tho town of Anderson was built on this proper ty, Out tho courts freed tho property there from further/trouble. About one hundred and twenty-five acres ea3tjjf the town belonged to tfr&4?stot6, u^tTthe owners settled with'the trustees aonHe^ tlmo ago by paying a fair price to com promise. Wherever the present, owners nave fought the matter in courts they ;l have lost. This would tend to irighten all who have any interest in the prop-, erty. One gentleman In, this city lately in vested In some of this land eas' of hero . and ho is now worried. All over the,,' State, wherever thore is any of thisV land, there will bo uueasiuesu and a few may looso their all. The trustees ot the fund now have about 33,000 on hand. They proposo ,. to push matters to settlement and in crease the fund. They have planned to build two more school houses in Dun lap's battalion, one at Cross Hill and one at MountvillO. The Wadsworth estate is now valued at between .$200, 000 and 8300,000 at a low estimate. Wagoner May Whistle. , Charleston, s. o. Nov. 17.-Tho Court of Common Pleas of Darlington county bos boon engaged since Novem ber 2 in trying cases involving tho lia bility of toe agricultural order,kuown as the Gnuigors. The cases are brought by F. w. wagener &Co., a wholesale firm of this city, against lour grangers, tho amount involved being $?,000. said to be a balance due on not on for #20,000 given by tho agent ot the Grangers for supplies. The Grangers wero branches of the Patrons of Husbandry, which gavo birth here to tho present farmers' Alliance. In three cases tried verdicts have been given for defendants. ltiirnect to D?ath. columiius, O., Nov. 13.?al an early hour this morning n row of cheap frames on North High street was des troyed by lire. This evening the lire men found four bodies, three of young children and the fourth of an- adult, la the debris. They were all members ot n family and this explains why they were not missed. Theliead of,tho fam ily is said to* be Charles Bothers, a la borer, but thlS-jhas not beon continued. Trylim to Suv? Their Nook*. CHARLESTON, S. ('., Nov. 12.~Collec tions are being token up in all colored churches here to procure counsel to de fond tho ten negroeu who wero convict ed of murder in Laurens County ti September last, and sentenced to oe hanged. Tho Governor has respited the men, and the movement now /s to grant them a new trial. So f^r of the ?500 needed hits beenjsecjureuv* ?, A City In Flame*. Fooonow, China,' Nov. 17.?Ad vices of October 3rd, from Hankow. China, says: "A huge fue destroyed 1,300 houses in this city and rondcred. 13,000 people hom-le&a. It is boliovcu a number ot women and children lost their lives. Two 'days af/Qrnurd'200 moro houses were burned." Oullty'of Manslanftter. ?Uaknwell. S. C, Nov. l".~-Aftor uwo lull days' work the case against Wm. L. McKuil, ior killing Polieoman W. P. Burpee at Midway, was given 10 the jury, who rendered a verdict of guilty of manslaughter with a recom mendation to mercy.