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VOL. XVI. NO. 35. BILJ, AUF TALKS OF APRII, The Grandchildren Had Lots of Fun Out of the Old Man. This month did not begin rigid. April moans i<? open, but ft did not Open. It Wits .in April fool. Nothing shows in my garden (oil the peas and onions. The (lowers mako no progress. There is no sweot south wind to breathe upon them -no sunsliiue. On Monday the graudchlldreu in posed upon me with their Hindoo pranks. They gave me u cup of chocolate with Whipped cream Oil lop, and it was nothing bill soapsuds. 1 pretended to lie fooled, but 1 wasenI; 1 paid them back in various ways. The Hindoos Started tins childish custom away back in the ages, and it still pleases the children. And now Kastor day is at band that is another name that came down from the Pagans. Ostcra was their goddess of spring and it was cor rupted into LCstora. How these old heal hen names do slick to us. The names of the days of the week and of the mouths came from them. So did the planets and the constellations. 10ven the prophets and Job had to take them from the tigvptiaus. Hut the Scotch people don't call it Faster. They say Pascha day, or passover dav. They won't pattern after anybody, lud .lohn Knox, and be said Pascha. But there is a reason for calling U Kasler, for the con ing of spring?the opening of the earth and the flowora is emblematical of the resurrec'.ion?the opening of the Savior's tomb and His return to bless and comfort Ilia peo ple. This day corresp >uds closely with the Jewish passover, and so they ob serve it. Now i want the young people to know that Lent is another woid that means spring. It is preceded by licit foolish festival called mardi gras?or fat beef and continues forty days in remembrance of the Savior's long fast, and it ends with Easier, and the com munion and other rejoicings, As the old-time almanacs would say, "about this tune look for Kastor hats and (lowers and finery." Christmas is an other festival day that is common to all Christian nations. There are many other days dedicated to the saints, but in course of lime it was found that there were not enough days iu the ? year to go round, and so the pope slopped the saluting of SO many and bad one day net apart as All Saints day. The next day after that is All Souls day, on which mass is said by the Roman Catholics for the souls of , the deud Who are in purgatory. It ^ seems that about 000 years ago a pil grim from the holy land found a her- , nut in Sicily who told him of an open* < ing between the cliffs of the moun tains near by that communicated with hades where Pluto lived and that be < could see tho sulphurous smoke rising and hear the groans of the lost souls 1 who were being tormented in hell and ; lie had Known some of them lo escape through the prayers of the priests and this made the devils very mad and be COUld hear them cursing the priests 1 with awful imprecations. The pilgrim ' told all this to the abbots and monks, and they bad a day set apart to pray these lost souls out of bell or hades or purgatory or whatever it is. Besides these international days there are national days in every coun try. Here we have ttie Fourth of July and Washington's birthday and Deco ration Day and some others. Germany , celebrate* the birth of Calvin and Luther and the kaiser. Scotland that of Sir William Wallace and Bruce and i .lohn Knox. Iu old England they cele brate the queen's birthday, Magna i Charter dav r*: ' Waterloo' 1 f , \, ut every . ,co of poison Mayday. Ma,Ptn. foes it quick. ? all and has been i...^ors the hlm^1 ?? i"' I Verse and song and in dancing around the May pole. Tennyson wrote a sad, sweet poem called the " May Queen." 1 Mexico celebrates all the Hoinan Catholic days and has one other that the rabble call Judas Iscariot's day. It 1 is the next day alter Laster. On the 1 beautiful trees in the piazza or park they suspend pasteboard images of Judas Iscariot?-images as large as life, wflh little boles bored in them from head to foot and in every hole is ' fastened a cannou cracker. At a given , signal the fuse in every cracker iu lighted and all of them explode nearly at the same time and such a terrific popping was never heart', outside of a battlefield, and poor old Judas is torn , antl re-.it into a thousand pieces. This is just a sign of what they would do . to him if they had him there alive, but I reckon it is more for trolic than any thing, for Ihey sin ut and laugh and dance the hornpipe and make all the racket they can. Ben franklin said that man was a bundle of habits. He might have adtled " and euporsitlons," for most all people httve some belief in super natural things. Two hundred years ago almost eveiybody believed in witches. Shakespeare wrote about them in " Macbeth" antl Burns in <i Tum O'Shanter." The Puritans drowned many innocent women from mere suspicion of being witches. The conceited, self-righteous rascals never accused a mini of being a wizard. It is the worm n who have suffered in all ages. When I was a boy the young people were more afraid of ghosts than t they are now. Ghosts art) very scarce in these days. I havent seen one in a long lime. In my early youth I was the null hoy and I remember that one evening In the early IwilL ht as I was astride my horse and grist und going slowly borne I neared the country graveyaid of Fair viow church and saw, or thought I saw, a ghost abend of me in the big road, it bad arms and legs, but bail no heatl. If wan white and goiag slowly from me. I checked my horse and wondered. I started on again and got a little closer. Still the form waa headless. Iboal shoulders and arms akimbo. Nearer and nearor I drew lo' it, but it made no sign. My horse pricked up his cars as if alarmed. The road forked not far ahead, and I bad resolved that if tho ghost took one road 1 would take the other, when suddenly an old man slopped to cough and took the rack from his shoulders and laid it upon the ground. 1 knew him instantly?old Uncle Tom Wileon, the hunchback?going homo from the mill with his grist across his shoulders and his head bent forward so that f could not bco it in the dusky twilight. Now, ii both ol in had reached tho lin ks of Hie road and hud separated 1 should always have helioved I miw a ghost. Thai old mill toad and chuich and grave yard uiade lasting impressions upon me, and so did the mill ami the pond and the spring hoard and big win el and the soothing sounds of the water lulling over the dam. We had various adventures with the country schoolboys on tho way, for they dideut like the town hoys?and they don't yet. I remember that it was on April tool dav that I saw in the road just beyond the schoolhouse a package done up in brown paper, and as I had met a man in a buggy a little while be t?rt , I supposed Ik: had dropped lt. I slopped my horse and got down. I'Ick ing up the package I untied the string and took off the wrapper and found auolhei wrapper and another string ami then another and another and at last two big black bugs, whose odor was familiar. That kiud of bugs that advance backward, and you can't tell whether you meet 'em or overtake 'cm. .lust then a score of boy8 jumped from the bushes and veiled and screamed " April Fool !" 1 was so mad 1 could hardly mount ?v horse again, but 1 never spoke a word. 1 took it out in thinking ami haling. VVjst Point hazing wasent any worse than that April tool was to nie. Mut boys will be b iys. Bill A up. IN A HUMOROUS \F,IN. A medical sensation makes u sensa tion of a man who lives without bra in." Brethren, what we want is new.-! - Atlanta Constitution. Kerrigan We're thinking av nam ing him (iarge Washington. CilSOy?Have yez got Kelly's per mission ? Thai's UP name av bis goat' - Puck. The Justice?1 don't remember ever seeing you before. The Accused No, Your Honor; fOU sec, you don't belong to our set.? Boston Transcript. Mistress 1 hope I didn't disturb 1'iiti and your lover when i went into be kitchen last night. Cook - Not at all, mum. ()i told ihn tbut you was my ehappyioue. I'uck. Teacher?Of course, you understand he difference between liking and lov ng? .Pupil?^ es. miss; I like my father tnd mother, but 1 love apple-pic.? Pit-Bit". " You are awlutly, foolishly extrava gant," said the matronly friend. " I know I am," replied the girl, ' Papa never will let nie have money is long as 1 have a cent."- Indiana polis Pres?. " Trans mentis across," said I lie .eacher, " can any boy give nie an (lustration of its use ?" "Yes, ma'am," spoke up little Willie; ' 'trans-parent,' a cross parent."? Philadelphia Record. " lie would never have become so iddictcd to drink if it hadn't been for be trouble be bad." u Why, what trouble did he have?" " He bad trouble in keeping away rom it." Philadelphia Press. Bliffcrs ?Bunconi i* a self-made nan, isn't be ? Winers?-Yes. What made you of the m\. by others idle seems to be so well sat the opportun? job. - New York WeoK fcntativos <>f J .)?-,lii a - "I think education might put an end 0 war." " How ?" " Well, if the weaker parlies were iducated to see that it ia better to give n than to get whipped." Harper's tu zur. She?-I want you to promise to do vhat I ask before I tell you what it s. Papa?But why not tell nie what it a first? She?Oh, il I did you wouldn't do l?Brooklyn Life. The Old Man - Your love for my laughter seems to have grown very "ast since you found out I wub worth 10 much money. The Young Man (admiringly) -No Taster, sir, than the subject warranted. ? Detroit Free Press. " The boy," concluded the oculist, 1 is color-blind." " Then, what do you Ibink we should put htm at 11 Well, what's tlie matter with mak ing an impressionist painter of him ?" ?Philadelphia Tunes. " 1 could die for you," be cried. But the girl gave no sign of recipro cal affection. " And my life," bo continued, " is insured for 820,000." " I am yours," she sighed, " till death."?-Philadelphia Press. " I tell you, hank clerks nre not suf ficiently remunerated/1 exclaimed the broker quite forcibly. " Oli, I don't know," said tlie bank president, with a snd smile; " our last receiving teller got about $20,000 a year foraix years."?Brooklyn Life. Deacon Jones?what do you think of our latest new convert? Do you think it a genuine case of convetilon ? Deacon Brown?I'am afraid not. In tho remarks be has made In prayer meeting thus far bo has not boasted of being the vilest of sinners. Boston Transciipt. " I must confess Pin rather super stitious." i4 Well, I'm not. I wouldn't bo lhat way." ? You wouldn't, eh ?" " No. It's a sure, sign that you're going to have bad luck when you be gin to get superstitious."- ?Philadel phia l>ees. OABTOniA. *#*ri ?* *'n(l ?2S ?!2 MSBBot1^1 THIO TliXAS OIL DEI JSITS. How the First Discovery Was Made May Give Cheaper Fuel The excitement over the discovery oi' seemingly inoxhansublo < n' deposits in 'IVxas appeals to im growing. The government experts, geologists and conservative business men con uder the locution of oil in Texas and California of far more importance than the dis covery of gold in California. In biet, it Is looked upon as a development that will have a tremendous economic in llueuce ou all the industries ol the Bouthwest. Ueorge F. Adams, an ex< pert of the geological survey, has been sent to Texas to make an investigation ami ruport upon the extent of tin; oil deposits and the manner in which they are being worked. An ollicial of the gOOlogical survey in spcakim/ of tins matter to the Brooklyn IS tig lo 'a Wash ington correspondent said : " The oil is not the illuminating va riety, but in used for fuel. It will supply the one thing that was before lacking to enable the Iretuou'Jous re sources of that COUUtry to he propel lv developed. Texas is nearly the rich est State in the Union in natural re sources, hut there are no eoal deposits there. .She has gotten her fuel in the past from Indian Torritorj . and alter it had been mined and shipped to 'J exas it cost between $8 and $U a ton. The excessive cost of fuel has done much to retard the operation of the deposits of cement, iron and oilier ores with which Texas abounds. The discovery of a cheap fuel within her borders will work wonders with Texas inter ests, The utmost excitement prevails all through Texas, ami excursions are run from Onlvestoii to Beaumont to see the big geyser. Four thousand persons recently visited Beaumont in a single day. As may he supposi d the town lias experienced a tremendous boom, l'eople are Hocking in and scouring the country prospecting for oil and buying up land leases. It is almost impossible to secure accommodations in either bole s oi boarding houses, and liviug rates have gone way up. New wells are being sunk every week, but precautions are always taken to prevent a waste id' oil. ItnpioYcd ma chinery has been introduced, am! as soon as oil is struck the llow is checked until lank ears are. secured, i'ipes are being laid to Tort Arthur, the lidarest port, where it will l> ? pumped ou board oil ships. Lucas secured lenses on 5,000 acres of land before he began operations, and he pays a royalty to the owners on each barrel that is sold. As before staled, the various raihoads of that section are preparing lo change from eoal to oil fuel. The main thing that the operators uro waiting for now are tank ears to lake their product to market. Following the discovery tile price of oil in l'ittshurg tumbled dan gerously, hut it has since been steadied. Among those who have since learned that oil existed under their farms is ex Senator Hoger O. Mills, who i> said to have been made independently rich by the products of a well sunk on his laud. " One of the great advantages of the oil deposits is that they are right ou tide water, thus making is possible to ship it by water at little cost. The governmout officials are very enthus iastic over the discoveries and declare that the oil will furnish a cheap fuel not only lor Ihr local industries of Texas and New Mexico, hut for trans continental transportation and for shipping interests in the gulf and West Indies. The story of how the lirsl oil strike, was stumbled on and the. opening up of the unlookcd for riches reads like a tale from " Arabian Nights " A. F. Lucas, a Washington mining engineer, was engaged as superintendent of the Avery Hock Sail mines, in Louisiana, but having a disagreement with the management, he left and drifted over to Texas, (teaching Beaumont, which is about three hours' lide from Galves ton, he went out prospecting for sul phur. He struck some sulphur springs and observed that a small quantity of natural gas was coming from them. In putting down a well he ran across a slight deposit of oil, and this fact, together with the presence of natural gas, led him to believe that oil was to be found there. He accordingly sank a well for oil. About 1,(100 feet were penetrated and a six-inch pipe inserted. Inside of this a section of four-inch pipe 720 feet in length, was dropped. The oil stratum had not actually been leached hy ihe drilling machine, but ii seems that it was almost touched at tho time the. four-inch pipo was put inside the larger pipe. Suddenly those who were working the derrick that was lowering the smaller lube, noticed that it was acting quccrly. Sometime lilting it from the bottom. Mr. s understood the signs and called to s men to run for their lives. The oil had burst through the crust of earth that sopnratod it from the drill ami came spouting up with terrific force. It pushed the. pipe through the derrick, carried away all tho machinery nnd finally threw the 720 feet of pipe high into the air. Fortunately, the. pipe came down end first and hurt DO one, hut it buried itself deep into Hie earth. It has not since been dug out. Turn ing about Mr. Lucas saw a stream of oil shooting out of bis six-inch pipe to a distance of 200 ieet in the air ami (lowing off over tho plain at a terrible rale. There was no way to check the llow of the valuable fluid, and as it spread over the prairie aid was sent for to build dams. Soon all the male i population of Bsaumont was out on the plains throwing up a wall of earth to hold the oil. A monster lake soon formed nnd breaking through the dam ran off to a railroad track. A culvert was built under the track and another dam constructed. The ut most caution had lo he observed to prevent a spark from dropping into tho Oil, for a fire meant complete disaster for everything within resell. Had a conflagration occurred it v. .Id have extended to the spouting geyfior ami would have been burning lo this day. An armed patrol of men, mounted on bortes, kept guard of the lake night and day, and special care was taken to sco that no sparks were dropped hy passing trains. Tho great problem then before the. mining engineer was how to control the (low aud thus savo tho precious fluid. ^Spring The Blood needs a i Spring 1 Cleaning as much as the house. All the family need to free the blood from the humors that gather during the winter months, in order to keep the appetite good, the complexion clear, maintain health, give strength to the entire frame and double the pleasures of life. Joipistoip's Quart Bottles has been the standard blood cleanser for 30 years. Your parents used it?your children and grandchildren will find nothing- better for its humane purpose. No other remedy comes in so large a bottle for the price?a full quart for only one dollar. Don't neglect your health when so small an expenditure will accomplish so much. There is no substitute?though plenty of imitations. Get the genuine. Sold by all druggists. Made only by THE MICHIGAN DRUG CO., Detroit, Mich. iw III Finally ho hit upon n scheme. A lonu I section of eight inch pipe was secured i aid mounted on n movable carriage, i line end of it was litleil with U valve. | Half way up this pipe a T-joint was made and a branch of a six-inch pipe was run out, also titled with a valve. This structure was then moved up to the side of the peyser, and the eight- . inch pipe slipped into position over the | old six-inch tube. The openings ol the smaller pipe were tilled up with oakum and other material, so that tin oil was escaping only through the top of the main pipe and out of the side section. The valve at the top of the' main pipe was then closed, thus divert i lug the entire stream off to one side through the branch section. This made it possible for men to work about the base of ihr wi II. A deep trench was dug nil around the 1)880 ol the geyser and then liHod in with a bed of concrete. Flein this concrete heavy supporting lines were run to the lop of the pipe, so that the Whole ap paratus was securely nnchorcd t<? the concrete foundation. When it was certain that everything was ready, the valve on the branch pipe was closed and the stream was cut off. This operation consumed nine days, and in ' Hie meantime the oil was pouring out ; at the rate of anywhere between 75,000 and 100,000 barrels a day. The esti mated value of the crude product i bctwee 11 10 and 50 cents a barrel, so it will be seen that each day's product was wotih in the neighborhood of $50,000. After the How bad been! checked a lire occurred in one of the' oil lakes and 750,000 bands were lie-'. St roved, representing a loss of about I 9300,000. l " FIGHTING PARSON DUNLOP." A Desperate Charge Under n Storm of Shot and Shell. The Charleston Sunday .News con tains a most graphic description of a thrilling incident at Murfrecsboro, Tenn., which is from tho pen of Itev. Henry F. lloyt, D.D., of Harmony GrOVO, (In. The hero of the occasion was Itov. ?'. K. Dunlop, now a zealous and honored Presbyterian minister, living at Georgetown, S. 0. Dr. Iloti's account is as follows : In the summer of 1802 a Confeder ate cavalry force, consisting of four or live regiments, was encamped al Mc Minnville, Tonn, Forrest, afterwards general, hut at that time rucking only ns colonel, was in command of the brigade. The 3d Georgia cavalry regi ment, commanded by Col. W..I. i iw ton, was part of the force. In it win a company commanded by the Itov. ?I. F. Dunlop, a Presbyterian minister, who bad resigned Hie charge of bis church in Baiubridge, Ca., lo buckle on tho sword, and bad been i lee'.ed captain of a cavalry company, which he bnd been instrumental in raising and lo whom bis men were perfectly devoted. At Murfrcosboro was a force of Yankees, consisting of cavalry, artillery and infantry, and considerably out numbering the Confederates, (.'ol. For rest decided to surprise and COpllUO the Federals, and thus get supplies and arms for his men, many of whom at that time bad nothing more effec tive than double-barrel shotguns. Ac c mlingly we. broke camp one Saturday anc, after inarching all night, reached Murfrecsboro Sunday morning just al tho dawn of day. Tho Federal pick I c(9 wore captured without giving an alarm and our foe, all unconscious <>f danger, was quietly sleeping. Tiny were in two camps, one on the oppo site side ?'t' the town from our ap proach nod tho other lo the righl as ivc entered. The gallant Whnrton, of tin Texas Hangers, with part of (ho command, was ordered to attack the camp to our right, w hile Fol rest, with Hie oilier part, was lo attack the one on the oppositO side Of the town. Whnrion's attack was ;( complete sup prise to the enemy. Without wnrninu lie ami his Hangers laust into tin sleeping camp, yelling and shouting, drove out the lorri'.led Federals, and lor a while hold pOSSCSSiOU of the camp. Afterwards, seeing the ?:uall force of their assailants, the Vankccb, rallied, and, altera stubborn light, in which Whnrton was wounded, they regained possession of the. c oup. The part under Forrest, in which was the 2d (Jeorgia, were not so successful. The noise of the horses' hoots striking upon the stony ground as wo charged through the town awoke the sleeping inhabitants, who rushed out lo greet us, wildly shouting and cheering, and in their enthusiasm raising such a din as to roach tho cars the. slecpiug camp, a short distance out of town. Then, too, another unexpected dif licillly arose. In the centre of the town, directly fronting tho street up which we were charging, stood the Inick Court House. In this was a Federal guard, keeping watch over some prisoners. As soon as the head of our column came in sight this guard opened lire upon ns out of the win dows of the Court House. This unex pected attack delayed Fori est and frus trated his plan of surprising the camp beyond. W hen WO got then-, instead of taking thorn by turpriso, wo found them drawn up in line of battle ou the crest of a slope in an old field, having a splendid battery of six guns and a long lino of infantry supporting it. We were the party surprised. Under Ulis unlookcd for condition of things Forrest ordered Col. Law ton 10 draw up Ins regiment in front of the Fedora' lines, in a piece of woods which sin '.- . lorcd us lo some extent, faying that he, with the rest of his troop, would line around them and attack tlicm in the rear, and ordering Lawton as soon as ho heard his guns in the rear to charge them in front. Thus WO stood for about two hours, I suppose, wait ing to hear Forrest's guns in the .ear. in the meantime the Federals know ing that wo were m the woods, kept up nn incessant lire with their aitll? lery, sending a continual stream of she I ami shell screeching over our In ads, cutting down the liinhs of trees, burntii _; over us, doing no particular damage it is true, hut terrifying and demoralizing the men, most of w hom i had never been under live before. Thus mailers stood : We, with our shotguns, listening lo the music of the shells, and the Vaiikccs having a per fect picnic in the way of target prac lice; WO being the la get. Finally, becoming emboldened bj our continued silence, the sharpslioot-1 ors from the infantry crept down to tho edge of the woods and, concealing themselves in the underh iah, began to pick at us wrli their rillen, nnd the whi './. of their bullets WA8getting to be uncomfortably close, to ou. heads. Col. Lawton, noticing this, directed his ad jutant to carry a verbal order to the major lo send a squadron?two com panies?to charge those sharpshooters, drive them hack and return to the cotn , maud. The adjutant, in his excite . ment, misunderstood tho ordor and, riding up to tin' niajor.be said: "The Colonol ordcis Ihut you Bcud a Bquad? ron of men lo charge that line of battlo, reform the men ai.d charge back. The order was delivered lo Copt. Dunlop lo execute. 1 saw him ttraighteu himself lo his full height in llic Baddle. 1 saw the lire of battle kindle in bis eye. 1 saw him draw his sabre and turning to his mcu he said : "Forward, I bov8 !" "Theirs not to reason why. Theirs no! (o tuake ret ly. Theirs but to do or die " Hiding down the >h irpshootcrs clearing (he wood", out in the open Hold they were no t by n loin peal ol grupc and canister from (ho artillery ami of minie bills from the infantry. Many a gallant rider and bis horse went down under the storm of shot and shell. Mut nothing could stay the headlong course of the fearless leader. Passing between the battery ami the infantry, he sab*cd < no gunner, drove tin in all from their e<in^ and caused the whole line of infantry next the ar tilery to waver. Had Ibis gallant charge bet It follow ed immediately by that of our whole command we undoubtedly would have won the day at that moment. Mm it was not done. ('apt. Dunlop dashed on after culttr.j through the line of battle to tlie rear, and win n out of range of their shot halted lo see who were left ol his Command. Seven men had followed him through, and were all that were hit. Turning to them, lie said, with gum humor : 11 Mo\s, the command wusto reform and charge back." One of the men replied : 14 Well, Captain, wo have followed you i his far, but if you are going back through that line of battle you will have t<> go by yourself. We have had enough ol it." t.'f course be had no thought ol doing so. He was only putting his men lo the test. Hiding around their line and out of range of their shot, the heroic ?tlle band re j- iued their command. It is no! my intention to continue the history ol ihe battle. My only pur pose was to recount the most desperate charge I^ivir witnessed duting my four yearn'experience in the war. Suf llcent to -a\ that by sundown we bad captuied the whole force id'the enemy. Tho boys threw away their shotguns, replacing them with improved arms. The battery we kepi til) the war closed and good service it did against its for mer OWIli rs, That nullt we started back lor McMinuville, halting only long enough lo parole our prisoners, with whom l'otie.sl did not wish to be burdened, We reached our camp at McMinuville about noon on Monday, having beeil 111 the saddle about forty cight hours. That battle secured For I'OSt's promotion to tin- rank of gen eral, and our gallant Capl. Dunlop afterwards became colonel of Ins regi ment, and was loved and admired by every man in his command. Long may he live to do valiant service to the army of the Lard of Hosts uudor the leadership of the great Captain of our Salvation. 1 i. F. I Ion t. Harmony Grove, Gn. SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN COLUMBIA. A Strange and Mysterious A flair Killing of a Popular Railroad Official. The Columbia Stale gives the fol lowing account of a mysterious mid shocking tragedy which took place in that city on batuidny afternoon, in which Capt. .lohn ,], Grillln, commer cial agent of the Norfolk and Western railroad, received a bullet through bis left breast, just above the heart, dying in less than an hour. The shooting took place in the room of Maj. Mar nard M. Evans, and the weapon used was Iiis pistol, but whether be was re sponsible for the death of Capt. Grlllltl remains to bo seen. Maj. Fvans is a son id the late Qeu. N. G. Kvans, of this Slate, and Ins mother is a sister of Ihe late Gen. M. W. Gary, and be has a largo number of friends throughout the Slate. He was a candidate for railroad commissioner in 1808 and again in 11)00, receiving a large, vote in both instances. The State says: ('apt. Grillill met his death in Maj. Fvans' room, the corner room . n the second lloor of the Greonlleld building at the corner of Main and Lady streets. There be died in ihe presence of officers of the law, and the citCUIUStances are most peculiar. The fatal bullet came from a I I calibre Coil's pistol, said lo belong lo Maj. Kvans, found on the table in the room, with one chamber empt y. There, is no evidence, that any other persons were about the room. Capt. Grillln died witli his clothes on, in Maj. Evans' bed. The fi st news of the tragedy caused a profound seusaiiou throughout the city. All knew ihe two men, know that they Wi re friendly, and were shocked III tl.e a liOlliiCOmcill. Crowds gathered in trout ol the building, and many tried to get pad the police of* liceis &tilll<>llfd at ihe entrance. All kinds ol stone- were afloat as to Ihe sad tragedy which had ended the lite of a popular man and sent another man -the son ut a Confederate general and the brother of an ex-governor?-to jail, tobe held puntling Investigation. The tragedy occurred about !) o'clock, it is supposed, or possibly a little later. At about IS minutes of I o'clock the victim was Stiff in death, .ind the crowd was in search of Infor mation. To briefly sum up the essential fuels of the matter as gathered from those tlrst on the scene, it may be said that Capt. (iiillin had been to Greenwood die day before, returning in the after noon, He and Maj. Kvans were seen together during the afternoon, and seemed to be perfectly friendly. Yes terday, Capt. Grillln was about hie business as usual, and was talking to some about the coming reunion in the most enthusiastic manner. At'2 o'clock he was seen entering the building in which Maj. Kvans roomed, and those I who saw him say he was not appn j routly driuktug. That was tho last seen j of him until ho was fouud uuccuscious ami dying i" the room. About .'5:1"> o'clock Ma j. Kvans canu* down iulo Mullet's grocery below ami used the 'phono, Baying that a man hail been hurt in the bin ding, ami calling up several doctor8. Finally he got Dr. tiihbcs over the wire and asked him to ' come. Ouiittiog for Ibopresent Dr. ?.;il?ln ^* living experiences, this summary of whnt lie fouud is given: There wus a pool of Mood on the lloor some fcot 11<>m the lout of the lu d, and the foot board \va> .-?no.oed on the outside with blood: in the bed, with the load rest* ing naturally on the pillow, about leu fee; from Ihu bio nl pool, was the dying form of Cunt. Grillln. Doctors sny be couldn't have gotten there by him self. His shirt front was saturated with blood. On tho comer of the table most distant from the bod was the pistol a I 1-ealibie (.'oil's, with Ol u empty chamber. Neur was Capt. Griffin's bat, a derby, viih the crowu indented as if Blruckby a suck. Rome eight or leti feel lloill the bed, near the corner angle of tho building, lav a walking slick, BUietircd with blood. On the table ."at a pitcher containing com whiskey cocktail, und a gluss Ueaiby contained a still drink. (hi (apt. Crilliu's lace and fo relic ad there were a number of Ionises, and a later examination showed powder burns on bis brjust and on the back ol his n^hl hand. In the farthest corner of the loom was a kog of corn whiskey cock tail. ll seems that no one beard the shot. The llrst iutiiuutiou of nuytlnng wrong was when Muj. K\an- cainu down into Muller's store to use the 'phono in call lug a physician to uttci'd sonic one who was hurt, giving no names and not staling the trouble. Dr. Cibbc8 wus linally reached at bis ( Mice. lie answered the 'phoiic himself and when he ntked what the character of the case was bo was told io wait till lie came; it was no matter Iben. When Dr. Ginbcs got to the building he could liud uo uue about, lie went down to Muller's, where Io was toll! that Muj, Kvans had In en (clepbouing for a doctor. Knowing where Mr. Lvuns, 'oom was, lu weni there and knocked. He wont into th( room, finding no one but Maj. Kvans and Capt. Grillln therein, the condi tions being as described above. He was told by Mr. Kvans lo "'do what you can for him, doctor." Mr. Evans seemed to be under the inlluei.ee of liquor. Mr. (inHin was breathing heavily. Dr. (iibbes felt his pulse and realized that he was dying, lie, b<' ever, gave him a hypodermic in jection; in doing so ho broke his needle. When Maj. EvilUS asked what the doctor thought, Dr. Gibbcs told him that Mr. Urillin was dying. Mr. Evans said that " it was a (I n lie;" that Dr. Gibbet was like all other doctors, and as tho doctor expressed it. seemed to become a madman. Dr. Gibbos passed over the abuse With the remark that he would attend to that later, but now he had to ttttl lid to the wounded man. Dr. (iibbes, believing the silualiou dangerous, then attempted to l'et clear the room for a few moments by tin ow ing his broken Byringo 111 the fireplace on the other side of the room, and saying ho would have to gel another. Mr. EvtillS told him he could not leave iho room. Dr. Gibbcs then felt the pulse of the sufferer again and reilernl' cd Iiis statement that Cnpl. Grillln was dying. Mr. Evans then in a frenzied manner said that the man had shot himself. Then he accused Dr. Gibbcs of killing him. II.: ordered the doctor not to touch him again. Dr. (iibbes finally went near iho llropluco to get the broken syrillgO, hoping to gel closest lo the pistol on the table, then covered with a piece of chamois skin. Filially he coolly faced Maj. Kvans, told him he was going Olli, and w ent. He went direct to p< lice headquarters, ami came back with OlllccrS .1 .lines Dunning nnd Willingbum On the way, .Judge Kniest Gary, a cousin of Mr. Kvans, who rooms next, was met and informed ol the tragedy, The officers, headed by Judge tony, and accompanied by Dr. Gibbcs, went to the door. Judge Gury knocked. Mr. Kvans opened the door. He told all to stay out, and would not listen to anyone Finally Olllcer Dunning walk ed up to Mr Kvans and told him he had t" conic in, and was going to do so. He had out bis club. Mr. EvilUS then said >* all right," and the olllcers entered. Mr. Kvans, when Dr Gibbes started in, ordered both the doctor ami I lid go Gary fiom the room. Finally Dr. Gibbes was permitted to enter by the police. After a lively lime Mr. Et'ntlS consented for Dr. I'bilpol to be sum moncd. Olllcer Scott, who had conn in, was sent lor him, and he quickly CtllUO. lb' simplv said that Dr. <>ibhcs was right ; '.'apt. Griflltl would soon be dead. Then the police, after a lively discussion with Mr. Evans, managed to get him < iit. They took him out lllO back way, placed him in a back and took him to the jail. Thoy Bay he was frenzied, apparently from drink, but they treated hilll kindly. Death cuino to Capt. Grillln thirty minutes alter Dr. (iibbes first reached his side. At n<> tune while anyone WU8 in the mom with him, so far as is known, did he utter a word, but re mained UUCOUsi lOUS to the end. After takin_' the prisoner t i llie j.tll, the two olllcers returned to the room, w hore Bhorlly aflorwards Lieut. Swear Ingen arrived. A careful examination of the. condition of things in the room was made and everything was loft Iis u was. Olllcer Willinghnm stotcd that Mr. Kvans had said to bun entering the jail thai Capt. Grillln had shot himself' had gone to the bureau drnWei. got out the pistol and had done so. Mr. EvilllH has made i.thcr statement lo any one. He declined lo see any who called at the j.iil to hoc him. Telegrams I were sent by ft lends nl once, to Maj. Kvans' brolhcis -Ex-GoV. Kvans at SpattftnbUI'g and Mr. Goo. Kvans al Kdgclieid. Coroner Groon was summ med. He OABTOniA. B?#,uth* Ihs Kind YTulUveAbAajs Bou?ht Two hundred bushels of po tatoes remove eighty pounds ... ol "actual" Potash from the soil. Unless this quantity is returned to the soil, '? the following1 crop will ? .' materially decrease. Wc ll.lVC books trllitin ;it>out organized a jury and Iho body aud sur roundings wore viewed. Thou Iho body was turned over to Undertaker McCortuick, and carried lo bis oslab lisbtueut wbcuco it was removed to ( apt. Grlllln'a liome at 121') College st r< et. There la not the shadow of evidence going to throw light upon auy cause lor a dillicudy between the two mou. They have always been on the most friendl) lerm?. Tlielr actions the uf ternoou before sh ?w thai such was the case. Il Capt. Gt itlln waaslaiu bv Mr. Kvans (lie most eareful search for a cause of dililcully has thus fur lulled to discover it. The silent k? g of liquor serins lo be the only cine to the cause. L'ho tragedy is ouo of (ho saddest that has ever occurred in Columbia, not only because it ends the career of a gallant and popular lUau and leaves a family without a husband ami lather, bill because il has sent lo jail a young man who has many friends indifferent parts of ihe St ite, to await the action of a jury of his peers. Capt. .lohn James Grillln was a na tive of Ireland. lie was about 5(5 years of age. He leaves a wife and six children, three sous and three daugh ters. The oldest daughter is Mrs. II. K. Campbull, of Indianapolis, Ind.. and the oldest sou is lames Crillin, who i-< with the Seaboard Air Lino in Portsmouth, Va. The youngest child is II years of age. The family has been in (lolumbiu only about six week' Capt. Grillln had rented a nice house .mi College street and brought his fam ily lu re from his old home in Atlanta, when; be has lived for the last 17 years. His headquarters have boon here lor about two years. lie lived in Macon before he went to Atlanta. ( apt. (iriflin Was a devoted Confed erate soldier. He served tlUVUghOUl the war with tin- Twelfth Georgia regi ment, going out from Macon. lb: was wounded several limes, very severely at the battle of Gettysburg, He loved a soldier's hie, and was devoted to the cause for which he fought. He was a gallant soldier und was regarded by all who knew him as a man of the greatest personal courage. lie was a genial, good-natured gentleman, and was liked by all who knew him. Capt. Grifliti was a veteran railroad in.in, and knew tlie business thorough ly, He was jiisl alter the war the gen eral freight agent of the original Kast Tennessee, Virginia antl Georgia rail road. When this road increased its mileage, L'oing through to llrunswick, Ca., he was made ihe division freight ascnt w'th headquarters at Atlanta. Ca. When the Southern railway se cured the lim- he became the contract ing agent, witi' headquarters in Flor ida. He has been with the Norfolk and \ 'cstcril lor about three and one half year-, and about two years ago was matte commercial agent of that system, with headquarters al Columbia. Capt. Gl'illin was a inein her ol t he Cath olic church. Till LONfi UlSTANl K TROLM y. a. K. Johnson tells the Philadelphia llecord that he now has all the neces sary tights far Ihe construction of bis proposed electric line between Phila delphia am. Sew York, and that it will be built iu .he most substantial and modern mn'uior, conforming in every respect to the finest steam railway road-bed. The track will be laid with '.Ci-pound rails md tin- cars will be of ihe latest and niosi improved pattern, scaling sixty people, and will itlu at a speed Of at lea-t fifty llllloa an hour. There will be no grade crossings so that the cat s will go With uninterrupted speed, The fate from the heart of Philadelphia to the bean of New Vork will be fifty cents, but for distances of twenty miles the fare will be only live cents." There is talk Ol a trolley line between Washington an I Baltimore. The trolley is growing more popular every day. K ansas City, M >., Is claiming to be a gn at frail distributing point, ami in pro d of the same ?? p cuts with pride " ti these tw.llSigllllieillS: In one day 1,11(1(1.000 !. man is were received from the tropic-, and on M ircll Ith 000,000 oranges came m the shipment being made from Los Angelos, Cal. This orange Haiti Wits composed < I Ihirty-oighl cars and a cabo >se. There Were.'Ill I boxes of oranges lo tho CAT. making 10,102 boxes in all. Af& ?&k CASTOR IA For T.iiants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tu? Signatare of MONEY TO LOANj On farming lands. Kasy payments! commissions charged, Oor/ower paj? mal cost of perfecting loan. Intcroat cent, up, aooording to security. jN(). B. PALM RR & riOf t!olwml>in. w. POSITIONS! POSITIONS 11 NO OHJ More oalii tlmn Vi 0 ?nu i>ossil> 1 y 1)11. antes of positions imukoiI by V>*? 0. o<> unuxcuileil. Knl?r nay tluiu. Catalogue Adilrui?. COL?MU1A IISSINKSU <;ObLBl C01.umiha, 8. 0.