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DARLINGTON
HERALD.
VOL. I
DARLINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1890.
NO. 7.
According to the Buffalo Saturienp
Tiding), the Chinese have one custom in
connection with medical men that wo
night adopt most advantageously. They
>ay their doctors a small regular salary,
tnd this salary stops as soon as sickness
secure in the family and doss not begin
igain until the sickness stops.
Owing to the fact that the lands of the
West are being rapidly taken up, a Denver
paper predicts the abdication of the cattle
king and the extinction of the cowboy.
Of the latter is said: “The cowboy, with
rattling spurs, his leather trousers, his
broad-brimmed hat and his dedant swag
ger, will soon join the stage-driver, the
nunter, the scout, the trapper and the
mountain explorer in the procession that
moves reluctantly to the quiet, peaceable
commonplace ways of life.”
The Atlanta Comtitution thinks it re
markable that New York, with all its
immigration, has increased only thirty-
three per cent, in the past ten years.
“Little or no immigration comes South,”
it observes, “and yet the cities of this
section are growing rapidly. The average
increase of twelve Southern cities in the
past ten years is 182 per cent. There is
nothing in the North like it. In another
generation the complaint will be that the
South is too densely populated.”
Advices from Florida to the Atlanta
'Conttitution state that the excitement in
the phosphate fields is intense. There is
much dissatisfaction over the news from
Washington that all the phosphate lands
will be classed os mineral lands, and that
those who have taken homesteads must
give them up. Many persons have been
staking out claims, and when the proper
papers come from Washington there will
be a greater upheaval than Oklahoma
ever saw. Lawyers and business men
have been staking out claims, and at least
5000 ejectment suits have already been
filed. The value of the property involved
is at least $16,000,000, and the home
steaders will not yield to the Government
without a stubborn fight.
> The people of Japan will hereafter have
their greatest political anniversary very
near our own Fourth of July. On the
fintof July 5,000,000 of them voted for
the first time for members of a national
legislature. The results of this new step in
political progress will be watched with
deepest interest in this country. Jap
anese islands occupy geographically much
such a position on the Pacific as the Brit
ish Isles do in Europe. The strides that
their people have made in civilization
mark them as the Saxon race of Asia,
md perhaps as great a future awaits them
as did the Anglo-Saxon race, for ages
•unk in barbarism long after civilization
of its kind had flourished and decayed in
Egypt, in Rome and in Greece.
It is a noteworthy fact that the cession
of Heligoland is really the capsheaf in
the unification of Germany, regarding
Heligoland, from its geographical stand
point, as German soil. It was Prince
Bismarck's ambition to add this little
itom of territory to the Empire which
he created. Its possession by England,
ilthough not originally seized from Ger
many, was a rankling thorn in the side
>f the German nation, like Gibraltar to
Spain, Malta to Italy, Aden to Arabia,
tnd such as Calais was for centuries to
Prance. The floating of the British flag
»ver the long outpost in the North Sea
bos been a perpetual reminder to the
world of Prussia's great humiliation, and
Its surrender is the crown of Prussia’s
triumph.
It is disclosed by a lawsuit in San
Prancisco, states Frank Lttliet Neva-
taper, that a number of millionaire min-
og kings and business men in Western
States agreed to furnish from $1000 to
(10,000 apiece to have their picturesand
liograpbies printed in a publication
ityled “ChronWes of the Kings.” The
hirst for fame and noierjety, so common
B this country, is especially common
tmong that large class of Americans who
lave, as the saying goes, “more money
than brains.” And yet, nowadays, it
trdinarily takes brains to make money.
Che only surprising feature about the
natter is that in view of the constant ex
posures of schemes of this sort to obtain
noney from the wealthy on the promise
hat they will bring them into public no
tice, there still remain men of means, if
sot of intelligence, who submit to being
Imposed upon by unscrupulous adven-
brers.
The Milwaukee Witeoneln gives credit
to Bigvald Qvale tor leaving $1,000,000,
constituting the bulk of his estate, t>
endow a State hospital for cripples
But it does not give credit to him alone.
It declares that Mrs. Qvale also is en
titled to public praise and gratitude, be
cause, with full knowledge of the effect
of her act,she signed the deed conveying
her husband’s property to trustees for the
purpose named. And so she is, agrees
the Chicago Timet. She deliberately
chose to second the humane and philan
thropic wishes of her husband, when
she might hare defeated them and se
cured much wealth for herself, and to
bestow upon her two sons by a former
marriage. As the adopted citizen who
made the bequest has set a noble exam
ple for native Americans of wealth, so
his wife, also a Scandinavian by birth,
has set a noble example for native Amer
tanMrej,
NEWS SUMMARY.
FROM ALL OVER THE BOUTHLAHD,
Accidents. Calamities, Pleasant Mews and
Nates of Industry.
VIRGINIA.
It has bren doubtful for some time
whether Roanoke or Salem would be the
northern terminus of the Roanoke and
Southern railroad. $50,000 has been
raised by Roanoke citizens and now the
railroad will go there certain.
Some sensational features concerning
the murder of Treasurer Caddall, of
Pulaski county, arc being developed, in
which m'pcion points strongly towards
a prominent citizen as the murderer.
Interestiog developments are expected
in good time. , .
The one-bundred snd fifth annual ses
sion of the Roanoke Baptist Association
closed at Ricev,,.., in Pittsylvania
county. The annual termon was
preached by Rev, T. B. Thomas, of
Danville.
A meeting of farmers was held at the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics" Hall, in Petersburg. There
were some fifteen or more delegates in
attendance, repnsenting the counties of
Dinwiddic, Prince George, Chesterfield,
and Surry. The meeting was held with
cloc&d doors. It is understood that it
was dccidid to establish a farmers' co
operative waichouse.
All of the cotton presses in Norfolk
are now being oveihaultd for the com
mcnccmcnt of the season. At West
Point one of the cotton presses bos been
taken down end shipped to Charlotte,
N. C.
A white man namid Walter Hughes
jumped from tho decks of an Old Do
minion stean er while she was crossing
Hampton Roads Sunday, and was
drowned. His body was recovered
Monday and interred Tuesday in the
cemetery at Newport New s. Financial
embarrassment caused the suicide.
A man was found floating in Jackson
river west of Clifton Forge. The body
was of a man of sandy hair, with a light
moustache. He was five feet eight
inches high, and apparently about thirty-
five years old. It is supposed to be the
body of John Dull, of Staunton, who
was last seen about ten days ago. De
composition had set in, anil the remains
vere not fully identified. The coroner’s
werdict was accidental drowning.
NORTH CAROLINA.
At Highlands, Macon county, Vender-
hart Lewi-*, a wealthy planter of Green
Pond, Colleton, county, 8. C . met a
tragic death, by falling 100 feet over a
precipice while walking out with his
lamify. Mr. Lewis was rpending the
summer at his Highlands co'tage. The
body was taken to Charleston for burial.
The Lumber River Industrial Fair was
a success. It was held at Red Springs
and five counties were represented. Sen
ator Vance attended the fair and made a
pleasant speech on Friday.
From a letter it is learned that Dr.
Eugene Gtisscm, formerly of Raleigh,
has opened offices in the Masonic build
ing, Denvci, Coloiadn, and is practicing
medicine in that city.
A handsome portrait of Col. Thos. 8.
Kennan has has been added to the col
lection in the State Library by Librarian
Birdsong.
A rich vein of silver ore has been dis
covered by the contractors who aie con
structing the Roanoke and Southern
railroad, near Price’s station, in Surry
county. The ore is of fine quality, and
parties arc now negotiating for the pur-
ebtue of the land on which the vein is
situated.
An old negro dropped dead in a bar
room at Winston. He had been drinking
all the mcroing. He is said to be the
third man who has dropped dead in the
same bar room.
The late census gives the five largest
towns in the State -Wilmington, 19,500;
Raleigh, 12,070; Chailotte, 11,098;
Winston Salem, 12.100; Asheville, 10,-
500. Charlotte, Winston Salem and
Asheville have made the most satisfac
tory progress.
BOOTH CAROLINA
Mr. Deltvan Yates, supervisor of the
census for the 2d districi, has furnished
the returns of his enumeration for
Aiken county, which puts the present
imputation at 31,935, an increase in the
last decade of 3,523—a gain of about
12 per cent.
The work of locating the lire of the
extension of the Ch irlcston, Sumter
acd Northern Railroad from Sumter to
Renr e'-tsvillc has been completed. The
construction of the line has been com
menced, and all the contracts for
brdges, trestles and grading have been
awarded.
C. L St. John, the new British consul
at Charleston has been going over the
affairs of the office, aud now takes
formal charge,. Mr St. John paid his
respeefs Wednesday to a number of the
consuls of other nations resident in the
city by tho sea.
John D. Muller, one of the highest
gradua'cs of the class of 1890 of the
College of Charleston, has been < tiered
the position of first assistant of the
Marion graded schools. Mr. Muller has
accepted the position.
The St. Matthew's Saving? Bank was
chsrteiel in June, 1889, and commenced
business with a capital of $15,000. This
was toon found inadequate to meet the
demands of the town, and was increased
to $25,000, upon which a dividend of
11 per cent, was declared the first year.
The prospect of the rice crop has de
cidedly improved since the last teport,
and the outlook Is very promising on all
the rivers north and south of Charleston,
except on the Cooper and Ashcpoo, and
even on these things have brightened up
materially.
The work of locating the line of the
Carolina Southern Railroad, which has
been surveyed from Cheraw to Sumter,
has been completed as far South as
Black Creek. This road is expected to
be in operation in a year between Cle
raw and Sumter, and this will give
Charleston another feeder into a splendid
farming section, as well as another out
to the North.
TENNESSEE.
Earnings of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia for the fourth week in
July, 1890, $200,134; 1889, $151,139;
increase. $40,044. For the month of
July, 1890: $593,052; 1889, $471,405;
increase, $121,556.
At Lebanon, Tenn., an old negio
man named Levi Gordon, killed bis
wife by placing a shotgun, loaded with
buckshot, st her breast and discharging
it. She was instantly killed. The
negro is a habitual drunkard, and when
asked why he bad murdered bis wile,
replied that she had bien woirying him
fifteen years and he bad eto:d it as long
as he could.
At Dresden, near Palmetsville, Satur-
dsy afternoon, Erastus Webb, a piomi-
nent farmer, acd eight neighbors were
killing sheep under a large tree, when a
thunder storm arose. During the
storm, lightning struck the tree. Webb
was killed almost instantly. George
McWhirtcr was struck, and lost his
mind. A negro's clothes were buined
off bis body,but he was not fatally hurt.
Sim Eanes's hat was burned off his
head but he was not otl erwiie toucl ed.
The escape of the otheis is aegarded as
miraculous.
For several years James Phillips, a
merchant at Adamsville, Tenn., has
been engaged in selling whtsky within
four miles of any institution of learning
except in incorporated towns. His vio
lation of the law has always been a thorn
in the side of the women of the locality,
and they held a rreoting to discuss the
question. As a result, a notice was sent
to Mr. Phillips to move hia w hisky out
of town immediately. He declited to
do so. acd seventy five wonen immedi
ately marched to his establishment and
broke in the door. Several jugs were
found and placed in a r w outside the
building. Mrs. Saliie Wolverton then
broke the jugs with an ax acd notified
Phillips that he would be whipped with
hickory switches rind tarred and feath
ered if he sold any more whisky.
GEORGIA
The Rome exposition is si cured. The
money was raised on Tuesday and the
lists have been closed.
Feet are cbeip in southwest Georgia.
Mr. Guinn, the young man of Shellman,
who had his feet cut off b.y a Central
railroad train vt Dawson son e months
ago. has been given $500 by the road.
The Forty-third Georgia regiment held
a re-union at Buford Thursday. Ad
dresses will be delivered by Governor
Gordon, Hon. W. T. Smith and Hon.
H, P. Bell. The forty-third was invited
and some members attended,
Miss Hattie Hester istheUnited Stabs
mail earl ier over a 40 mile route through
a spars* ly settled region in Montgomery
county. She is not twenty years old;
but besides delivering the mail in person
three times a week, she manages a farm,
doing much of the work herse f, and
supports her widowed mo'her and three
other members of the family.
Tic 1st battalion of the Georgia Vol
unteers (eoloredj had a gala time in
Savannah Friday,which was thcoecasion
of their lentil anniverstry. Troops from
ail over this part of the Sou-h were
pirsen*, including a large contingent
from South Carolina. The following
companies participa'c 1: Atturks Light
Infantry, Lincoln Light Infantry, South
Carolina Volunteers, Randolph Riflemen,
I/ncoln Republican Guards, Hawkins
Rifles, Douglas Light Infantry, Garrison
Light Infantry, South Carolina Kill s,
Mishaw Rifle Guards, and the Mount
Pleasant Rifle Guard. In addition to
there companies from Auguata and
Jacksonville were present, and the occa
sion were probibly the greatest m the
history of tho negro military of the
South.
Deputy Coroner Rivers hdd an inquest
Thursday over the body of Jan ei Sul
con, who was run over by a train of the
Charleston and S.vannsh Railway at
Montcith, Ga. The jury Lrought in a
verdict that the deceased came to bis
d< ath by being run over by a Charleston
and Savannah train, through his own
carelessness. The body was buried in
the public burial ground?.
The Georgia State Agricultuial Soci
ety convened at LaGrange with Prcsi
dent NortLen in the chair. After the
meeting was organized Col. Nortkcn de
livered his annual address and talked
about the State fair. There wss only
one lady delegate to the convention,
Mies Mary Walker, of Carsonvil'e, Tay
lor county. She is a daughter of Col
A. M. AValkcr, of C'ar*onvi le, the gen
tleman who delivered the address on
“Practical Dairy Farming in Georgia.”
She often takes control of her father's
dairy during his enforced absences. She
was a great favorite among the dele
gates.
FLORIDA
The Citrus County Hard Rock Phos
phate Co. has been formed and incor
porated with a capital of $100,000.
The Jacksonville, St. Augustine and
Halifax railroad company will build
their machine shops at St. Augustii e
Ground will broken in a few weeks.
L. J. Haisdell, of Ocala, sold 934 acres
of phosphate land in Msrion, Citra and
Hernando couniics ta J. A. Harris, of
Citra, for $40,000. Summerficld parties
purchased 1,000 acres of the rich ''dirt' 1
near that place.
The town of Madison will sink an
artesian well, J. A. Durst, of Crescent
City, having the contract.
OTHER STATES.
The Sruthern ice manufacturers will
bold a meeting for the purpose of organ
izing a stock company to erect an am
monia feretory either in New Orleans or
Galveston, Texas.
A dispatch from Beauvoir, Min 0 .,
states that the wedding of Miss Winnie
Davi? bss been postpone:*! until next
June, at the desire of Mr?. Davis, who
did not wish the marriage to take place
until at least a year after the death of
Mr. Davi*, The date now set is June
25. Apropos of the wedding, it is said
Mrs. Davis and her daughter arc busy
making a fish scale necklace, which will
be set with diamonds, to be worn by the
bride.
They Hauled Down the Fisg.
Washinotos, D. C., Aug. 15.—The
State Departusat gives out information
that last Friday afternoon a telegram
was received at the Derailment trom
Minister Mezr.er at La Libertada saying
during a battle in the city of San Salva
dor, the forres of tl e provisional gov
ernment seized tho consulate in that
city, hauled down the flag and damaged
property. Tbs dep»rtin**nt the same
day instruc ted Mr. Mizoer by telegraph
to demand full repsrationjof Salvador,the
reinstatement and protection of Consul,
and see that nil rights of the Unite*!
States and its citizens were observed.
Last night the depsr'roent received word
from Mr. Mezaer informing it that the
Provisional Government of Salvador had
hoisted our flig over the United States
Consulate the day before, st the same
time saluting it with twenty-one guns,
nod the Consul bad been reinstated in
office, and the rights of the United
States and it* citizen* were guaranteed-
F. A. & L. U.
ALLIANCE AND KINDRED NEWS.
0. W. EtevsnBOs, State Lecturer of Illi
nois, Writes a Pleasant Letter, The
North Carolina FanneV il-iacoe
Meet at Ashevi le,
AVriting from Hanover, III,, C. W.
Stevenson, F. A. & L. U. Lecturer of
that state, says:
“Now let me suggest that we go to the
national meeting next fall, and form a
soldiers’Alliance, composed of the blue
and the gray. Let us there clasphands;
let us dig a grave across the Mason and
Dixon line. In that grave let us put the
bloody shirt with all its bitter remem
brances ; let us bury that shirt and its
bitterne-s deep from human eyes and
dau.ned be the man that ever rcsunects
it to divide the people of this gpvern-
nent. Let the cry be for fraternity for
yourselves as well es cur dear brother.
In the language of AVashington, let us
guaid with a jealous eye and indignatly
frown upon any attempt to alienate one
part of this Union from another. And
if political blatherskites and wealthy
scoundrels persist in trying to array us
against each other, let us retire them
from business.
, 'AA r c are brothers of one bomehold;
eve may disagree and even fight, but that
is no reason why we should always be
divided. Anl when any man or set of
men tells you that the soldier of the
North or the people of the North have
any such feelings towards Ihe soldier or
people of the South as you see in our
pjp*:r.*, tell them that they sre liats. I
am pi city well ncejuainted with the
sentiment cf the working people of the
North.”
* * * + * *
The North Carolina State Fanners’
Alliance as: ombled at Asheville, Presi
dent Elias Cat r, of Edgecombe county,
presiding, every coeinty in the State
but one being icprcscnted. President
Carr said that it was the largest, as it
would lie the most important assembly
of the kind ever hold in the State.
S. B Alexander, a prominent delegate,
said that the Alliance, as a body, woulel
not oppose the re-election of Vance to
the United State* Senate, and he was
certain he would bo returned. A meet
ing of delegates and citizens wsa held in
the afternoon, at which addresses of
welcome were made by Mayor Beanton,
General B. B. Vance, Captain T. D.
Johnston, and others. K< spouses by
Piesident Carr, Coi. L. L. Polk, Presi
dent National Allianee, and others.
Colonel Polk spoke at night. Officers wore
elected for the ensuing year as follows:
President, Elias Carr. Old Sparta, N. C.;
V.ce President, A. H. Hayes, Birdtown;
Secretary, E. C. Beddlngfield, Raleigh;
Treasurer, J. D. Allen, Falls; Lecturer,
Thos. B. Long, Asheville; Assistant lec
turer, R. B. Hunter, Charlotte; Chip-
plain, 8. J. Veacb; Doorkeeper, AT. H.
Tomlinson. Fayetteville; Assistant door
keeper. H. E. King, Peanut; Sergeant-
at Arms, J. S Holt, Chalk Level; State
Busiicts Agent, AV. H. AVorth, Raleigh;
Trustee Business Agency Funei, AT. A.
Graham, Machyciah; Executive com
mittee, S. B. Alexander, Charlotte, chair
man; J. M. Men borne, Kinston; J. S.
Johnson, Kutfio.
¥ * Y * * *
Georgia now has 140 counties organ
ized and a membership of 85,000.
Rice county, Kansas exchange h's
been organized with a capital of $5,000,
A elay has been set apart for the
Alliance at the Piedmont A Fiance,
Atlanta, Ga.
Ford county, Kan., Alliance exchange
has been organized with a capital of
$100,000.
Dr. AV. T. Cheatham has been ap
pointed physician to the Vance county,
N. C , branch of the National Farmers’
Alliance.
The farmets of Leavenworth, Kan.,
have resolved that they will not support
any lawyer or banker for Congress here
after.
An Alliance man in Georgia walked
twenty miles recently to cany important
news to hi? bretheren.
The Alliane-c of Alabama will use flax
bagging for the coming cotton crop.
Cost cents per yard for 1J i>-iund
bagging, six cents per yard for tvo
pound bagging.
TheKanausCitizens’ Alliance, supple
mentary to the Farmers’ Alliance, and
composed of men who are in .ether pur
suits than farming, but hold the same
political belief? as the farmers, met in
State coiivculio-i at Topeka and formed
a State organization. This new alli
ance now numb.rs 10,000 membera.
The State convention of the Farmers’
and Laborers’ Union of Tennessee met
behind closed door*, Itia said by the
leaders that the Convention took no ac
tion as to the pending political campaign
nor consielered the Sub-Treasury bill.
The meeting of the Arkansas State
Union was most satisfactory to friends
of the Order and its purposes. Consol
idation with the State Alliance was
ratified, thus paving the way to one
organization when the latter body meets
at Dover next month.
Six weeks of drouth, eight months of
Congress, cyclones on our trail, a mort
gage on the farm, tariff on our clothes
and a pension bill to raise for every
soldier, we ought to be glad that air is
yet free to breathe, and water to drink.
— Hi/e- Opener,
Congressman AVhceler, of Alabama,
introduced a resolution, which was rc-
fcried to the Committee on Rules, to
instruct the Committee on AVajs aud
Means te> report to the House the sub
treasury bill on August 4, and that it
be made special order in Committee of
the whole daily until disposed of from
August 12. It is yet possible that some
opportunity may be given to discuss this
matter in this Congress.
The Anvil (Castroville, Tex.) says:
It is objected to the demands of farm
er and of the erganized labor of the
country that many of such demands are
too radical, too extreme. A ready reply
woeild s*:cm to be that their cone ervative
claims have teen so uniformly ignored
that they are only illustrating the natu
ral trend of all forces, natural or artifi
cial, that meet with undue opposition.
The demand for a whole loaf is requue 1
in order to get a half loaf—or anything
at all.
Men who have lern permitted to be
come members of the Farmers' Alliance,
and now go about throwing cold water
upon it are like “gnarled oaks in the
forest of industry,” and should be
weeded out immediately. Such meo,
wbije they cannot injure the order
materially, are no good to themselves
and of but little honor to any class of
people who might be deceived into
permitting them to mingle among them.
Drive out the drones.
AA’hat is the remedy for hard times?
ATe answer cheap money to piy off hi?
mortgage, raife his supplies and equip
his farm for higher pioeiuction. A land
which withstood the destructive shock
of the greatest war of modern times for
four years, and the mercilcsa extortions
of the usurer for twenty five years, and
still auruives, deserves cheap money to
rebuild its homes and farms, and a just
political economy 1 f the nation will
grant it.—Alhtila Southern Farmer.
TELEGRAPHIC TICK 3 .
The cotton mills of Fail River, Ma's.,
shut down for sixty hours to curtail
productien.
Emperor AVilliam arrived in Berlin on
hia return from hia visit to Queen Vic
toria. He will create Prince Estel Fred
erick, his second ton, duke of Helieigo-
land.
The English geivcmmcnt lias informeel
Cardinal Rimpolis, papal eecietary of
Hate, that it is impossible for Englano
to receive a papal envoy or to send a
minister to the Vatican.
A water spout in the mountains above
Boulder, Col., caused the wrater in the
river to rise rapidly, and the cabin of
AV. J. King and his wife, which was on
the banka of the river, was caught by
the flood and both were drowned.
The colored people of Kansas 1 eld a
convention at Salina, to decide upon a
colored man as & candidate for auditor
at the coming republican s’atc conven
tion. B. K. Bruce presided. John L
AA’allace, of Kansas City, Kan,, was
chosen ss the candidate.
The great New A'ork Central strike is
over. It ended in a complete discomfit
ure of the striking employees, Their
places are now all filled.
Tina AVitts, whom Max Shultz mar ■
tied two weeks ago. has entered suit for
divorce in Chicago, claiming that Shultz
has five wives living.
Chief Justice Colson, of the Supreme
Court, handed down a decision that in
rffort totally does away with the sale of
intoxicating liquor in Scuth Dakota.
Boulanger is now a journalist. He
helps m managing the Voir <hi People, a
Paris weekly, a BoulangUt organ.
Frau August Schmidt of Berlin, 83
yeats old, reeeitly announced the birth
of her sixteenth child. She has had
four pair of twins, and is the wife of a
potter.
The Republican Convention of the 5th
8. C. district nominated T. E. Miller for
Congress by a vote of 21 to 18. Miller
was the colored candid tte. E. M.
Brayton, who ran against him, and who
got 18 votes, drew out his forces, and
will enter the race against Miller.
Are the Vanderbilts doming 7
Two rumors have l een current during
the last two weeks concerning th# hiten-
lions of the A’anderbilt? in the railroad
world. One is that they aie considering
the purchase of the Cotton Belt Hoad
when it is sold this fall, and the other
that they will probably parallel the
Louisville & Nashville from Princeton,
Ky., to Clarksville, Tenn. As regards
the constrnction of a road from Prince
ton to Clarksville, the Louisville &
Nashville bav® given the Ohir Valle y
Railroad Co. 10 days to reply to an offee
made for the sale of the former's road to
the latter company, but it is expected
that the prke is so high as to prccltn’-e
the possibility of the sale. Thus it is
thought that the Ohio A’alicy people will
build a competing line. The Oh o Val
ley Railroad runs from Henderson to
Princeton, Ky., r-nd it is expected that
the Vanderbilts, should they reach
C'arksville, will find it comparatively
easy to get to Nashville. Though the
Vanderbilt people own the Chesapeake
A Ohio ancl Ohio Valley roads, tl ey
have not to any extent proved an cle
ment in Southern movement*. If. how
ever, either of these rumors prove true,
it marks the entrance into the railway
arena of the South of perhaps the most
powerful agency in Northern tailrcad
circles.
Oannirg Georgia Vegetables.
Griflin, Ga., has taken hold of fruit
canning ir earnest, a systematic fae.tory
being conducted by Captain AT. H. Hart
well. Ho has an experienced superin
tendent from New Jersey, who lias been
in the business for years, anel is thor
oughly potted in all of the details of the
busine a. The principal vegetible Gin
ned is tomatoes, which arc supplied
from his hundred-acre tomato farm,
wbichjir superintended by E. B. AV’armxn,
a man whoi? well posted in regard to
the cultivation of tomatoes. Other fac
tories in the section are having trouble
in getting fruits and vegetables to can.
laptiin Hartwell employs about sev
enty-five hands, all of whom make good
wage a, and spend their money st home.
He only employs skilled labor, and the
fruit and vegetables that are canned are
of the best quality and carefully seiected.
A reporter was shown specimens of
peiches, apples, corn and tomatoes that
have just been put up, and they were
very fine', retaining the flavor of ripe
fruit. Captain Hartwell says that his
capacity hail been greatly increaseel
over las* year, but ivcn now orders were
rushing in so fast that he was afraid that
he would not be able to supply the de
mand on him, but that he would work
to his fulieit capacity.
26,000 fores of 'Jentessee Land Sold.
A syndicate of English capitalists is
rcpoitcd as purchasing the Cumberland
Iron AToiks propery in Tennessee from
M. T. Scott, of Bloomington, III. This
projerty include? 46,086 acre? of land on
the Cumbcrb ud river in Stewart county,
about 100 miles below Nashville. Of
this 26,0( 0 acre's ire agricultural lands,
and the remainder mineral lands con
taining extensile beds of charcoal iron.
The syndicate is raid to have incorporated
in London the Cumberland Co., Limited,
with a capita I slock of £250,000, anel
proposes expending $1,000,000 in the
development of the mines and the cstab
lisbment of industrial plants. Mr. Bcott
acquired the Cumberland Iron AVorks
property tao years ago, and is believe 1
to have made e handsome profit by the
deal.
Strike on the Wabrsh.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—The switchmen
employe! by the Wabash Railroad have
(truck, and business in the yards is at a
standstill.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
The census will give Georgia another
congressman and the next legislature
will most probably have to provide for
the eleventh congressional district.
The Delaware Drmocratic convention
at Dover nominated R. J. Rrynald for
Governor and John W. Cansey for Con
gress. Both arc Bayard met. The
Siiulsbury faction was routed.
The Bepubiican judicial convention
held at Morganton, N. C., nominated J.
W. Bowman, ot Mitchell, for judge, and
E. Spencer B ackburn, “the tall sugar
maple of AVautaugs," for solicitor of the
10th judicial district.
Hon. John A. Buchanan was renomi
nated at Pulaski City for Congress fiom
the Ninth Virginia district.
W. O’B. Branch was nominated on
the first ballot for Congress in tl e Dem-
rcratic convention of the 1st district of
Nortn Carolina to succeed Mr. Skinner.
Mr. Branch is an Alliance Democrat and
is a son of L- O'B. Branch, who repre
sented that district in Congress before
the war.
The Texas State Democratic Comei-
tion met at San Antonio Tuesday with
2,000 delegates preaent and as many
more visitors, who cane in the in'erests
of candidates or as lookers on. The
hall, built especially for the * cession,
holds 5,000 people, and it was crowded.
The elclcgstioD, as a whole, had a decid
edly rural ap.-earancc, the farmer ele
ment largely predominating. Thu d. ~
was spent in choosing temporary am.
I emanent officers. B. D. Tarlctou of
Hall county was made temporary chair
man . J. C. Hutthcson of Harris county
was made; permanent ehairmsn. The
platform denounces the exorbitant tariff
and the Federal Election bill. A plank
was imerted demanding separate cars
for whiles and blacks. The utmost cn
thusiasm prevailed. The supporters of
Gen. Hogg were so vastly In the ma jor
ity that there was no opposition to his
elimination and on AVcdneaday he was
nominated by acclamation.
At a full meeting of the Maine re.pub
lican state committee, Chairman Manley
said that it was the unanimous vote of
the committrc that the campaign be
very shoit, and tbit public speaking
would be confined to the last two wciks
of the campaign. Chsirmau Manley
saidtbatMr. Blaine would take no p.rt
in the ermpaign, so far as speaking is
concetned.
The Connecticut Prohibition convon
tion met at Hartford. N< minations
were made as follows: Governor. P.
51. Augur, of 51iddleficld; lieutenant
governor, DeWitt C. Pond, of Haitford;
secretary of state, Henry R. Palmer, of
Stonington; treasuier, John B. Smith,
of New Britain; comptroller, Fred Haw
Icy, of New Canaan. They were all
nominated by acclamation.
The Farmers’ Alliance of the State of
Kansis met in convention at Topeka to
nominate candidates for State offices.
AV. F. AVrightmoie was nominated for
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
John F. AVillctts, of Jtfferaon county,
foi Governor, and A. C. Shinn, of Frank
lin county, for Lieutenant Goviruor.
The Mississippi Constitutional Con
vention a sembled in Jackson with 135
delegates present. Gen. Fcathcrstone,
of 51'irshall county, was made temporary
Chairman. After some discussion as to
wl at should be done fir.it, the conven
tion elected Judge Cathorn, of Jackson,
President of the convention over Robert
Patty, of Noxubee, by a vote of 64to61.
Mr. I’ntty was the Alliance candidate,
being President of their State organiza
tion. The members ere representative
Southern men Prominent among them
may be mentioned United States Senator
George, Judges Chrismau, AViley P.
Harris, S S. Cslhoon, Prof. Edward
Mayes, Gen. Featherstonc, cx-Gov.
Alcorn, Henry 51uldrow, John AV.
Fewell, and a host of others whose
names adorn the pages of the recent
history of Aiississtp pi. As to the work
the convention is expected to do columns
could be written, but the most important
will be the settlement of the race prob-
le n. The people expect their represent
atives to puss some sort of a ballot law
that will for al’. time to come eliminate
tl e vote of the ignorant, and it is more
than probable that the Australian system,
with seme modifications, will beadopted.
Otbirs demand an elective judiciary, a
limit to tenure of office, curtailment of
Executive power, and the aboli-hmentof
the office of Lieutenant Governor.
“The other day,” said an old Tennes
seean, “in speaking of the diction of
James K. Polk to the presidency
tome people seem to believe that it
was 5lr. Polk's success in the guberna
torial contest in Tcnce?a*e, immediately
preceding the presidential contest of
1814, wh’ch gave Nm the nomination
that year for president. This is * mis
take. Mr. Polk was never but once
elected governor of Tennessee, and that
was in 1339—five yeats before his elic-
tion to the presidency. Ho was beaten
for governor in 1841 and 1843 by James
C. Jones. He was not, in the usual
acieptation of the word, a candidate for
president in 1844, but, the national con
vention failing to agree upon either of
the pronounced candidate?, Mr. Polk
was introduced as a dark horse er com
promise candidate and elected."
The id Florida district Congressional
Democratic Convention met at Ocila.
Ex Gov. Robert Bullock, of Mari'n
county, tbe Congressman just unstated,
was placed in nomination by acclams
tion.
Hon. L. T. Sm'tb, of Dillon, Ga.,
created a sensation by announcing him
self ns candidate for Congress of the
seventh congressional district on the
republican ticket.
The Democratic convention of the
11th N. C. Judicial di-trict met at Liu
colnton and nominated AV. A. Hoke for
Judge on the 65:h ballot. F. I Os
borne was nominate 1 for Solicitor by
acclamation.
The N C. Republican Judicial con
vention of the AVinston distrut was hi Id
at AA’ilkeaboro, and renominated Thos
Settle for tolicitor by »cclam -t'on.
CONGRESSIONAL.
AVashington, D. C.—In the Senate,
the House bill to ratify a boundary line
agreement between New York and
Pennsylvania, and the Senst 1 : joint reso
lution to lelieve the sufferers of Okla
homa were pissed.
The tariff bill was taken up and the
tin plate paragraph discussed. 5Ir.
Vest's amendment to teduce the rate to
1 cent a pound, was rejected. 26 to 30,
Messrs. Davis and Plumb voting in the
affirmative.
Mr. Plumb offered an amendment to
reduce the rate to 1 cent, and to pay a
bounty of one cent a pound to manufac
timers in tte United State*.
This amendment was pending when
the Senate adjourned.
A NEGRO IN THE PRESS GALLERY.
Elliott Shepard has sent to AVashing
ton a colored man named Anderson, to
represent the Mail and Erpres*. He is
arrayed in a blue flannel suit, a white
straw hat, russet shoes aud Gordon sash.
Anderson appeared in the House press
gallery and delivered his credentials.
His scat in the gallery is between the
Boston Olnhe and the Chicago Tribune.
FOR CAROLINA STREAMS.
The tariff bill was laid aside in the
Senate Friday morning, and on motion
of Mr. Frye, tiie river and harbor bill
was taken up. The bill was considered
all day. Among the amendments agreed
to were the following: Increasing the
appropriation for the Caps Fear river at
and below AVilmmgton, N. C., from
$100,000 to $200,o00; for Contcntnea
Creek, N. C., from $50,000 to $ij),000;
for Ncuse river up to Smithfield, N. C.,
from $12,000 to $20,000, and for Mack
ey's Creek, N. C . from $10,000 to $15,-
0J0; inserting an item of $3,000 for
Pasquotank River, N. C.
Tho Fesllforons Jamaica Tick,
Those tiny pests, the ticks of Jamaica,
in the AVcst Indies, hang in awarms on
tho blades of grass, on the leaves and
branches of trees, on the most graceful
ferns, and on every green thing. Tho
lady who brushes her skirt against tho
verdure on the roadside, tbe planter who
is superintending tile work on his estate,)
equally with the colored laborer in the
cane pieces or on the stock farm, are li
able to be practically covered with ticks
at any minute. Of course, people who
are able to do so take every precaution
to keep clear of their attacks, and this
may always be managed with more or
less success; but they are an every-pres-
ent source of worry and annoyance, and
even if whole battalions can bo avoided,
no care can prevent the. occasional inroad
of single spies. And a tick, though
only the size of a pin’s head, is no de
spicable assailant. He crawls, he bites, 1
he burrows under the skin if he has time
and opportunity, and if ho aud his com
panions have a fair chance of working
their wicked will, the result of the
wounds which they inflict may be very
disagreeable, and, In some cases almost
dangerous inflammation.
Independently of tho nuisance which
they are to human beings,they cause scri
ous mischief on the stock farms. Besides
pervading and irritating the outer cuticle
of each individual of the herds, the cat
tle, and especially the calves, take them
into their mouths while grazing. Then
they burrow under tho skin of the
tongue, palate ami air passages, forming
lumps and sores, which, of course, de
stroy condition, and, if not carefully at
tended to, eventually choke the animal.
In some pastures their presence is so
marked that cattle are known to refuse
to go in willingly to graze, but have to
bo exceptionally forceil to cuter feeding
grounds where so much pain aud discom
fort await them.
It is supposed that ticks first made
their way to tho island on cattle im
ported from the Spanish main, but
though they have been long more or less
known, it is only in comparatively recent
times that they have thrust themselves
into a bad notoriety. The direct cause
of their increase is the gradual disappear
ance of their natural enemies, which, if
they did not exterminate the tiny para
sites, at least kept them within a reason
able limit. The first of these cnemic?
were the bird tribes. To-day one of tho
first things that strikes a visitor is the re
markable absence of the bird life which
forms such a distinctive feature in most
tropical countries.—Dlachtood't M’ga-
tine.
0 arlotte acd the R. & D,
The location of machine shops at
Charlotte, N. C., by the Richmond &
Danville liailroad Co. has been a matter
of much conjecture for tome time The
Maiiiifarturert' Femrd has received the
authoritative inlormation to the effe t
fliat the company has no idea of moving
any of its present shops to that city, but
the large additions being made to tbe
motive power and equipment of the
C< mpany re e*sitatcs the building of
additional shops, acd tbe chances arc
that one of them will be erected in
Charlotte.
Bismarck Caps A’on Moltke's Sent iinenl
A young lady one day requested Jloltke
and Bismarck to write a few words in
her album. Tho Marshal took up the
pen first and wrote: “Falsehood passes
»way;i truth remains. — Von iMoltkc,
Field Marshal.” After reading what
Moltke had written, Bismarck took tho
pen and added the following: “I know
very well that truth prevails in the next
world, but in the meantime a Field 5Iar-
shal himself would be powerless against
falsehood in this world.—\on Bismarck,
Chancellor of tha Empire.”—Sew York
World.
An Ovaiflow 01 the Ganges.
Calcttta, Aug. 16.—The River Gan -
ges has ovciflowed its hinke, inuudatirg
the surrounding country to an extent
cover before known. A gieat number
of j ersons have b*cn drowned.
BOUIHERN MARBLE AND GR ANIIE,
They are Growing More Pojnlar Every
Day aid Displacing Northern
Mub'e.
Says a well known Southern marble
dealer about Southern roaib'e:
“It has been only about three years
ago,” said the dealer, since touthern
marble began to be used for cemetiry
purposes. Long before that it ranked
the market for furniture tops, and its
standing was good for building purpotes,
but it was thought to be too gritty for
cemetery work. The Producer*’ Marble
company, of Vermont, held the entire
southern trade, and almost owrod the
deahrs down here. But when the
change canro it came rapidly, and a year
ago the representative of t!*e Producers’
Marble Company, who had been with
them for years, quit in disgust, and
went into the retail busiaeas. It wss
found that the southern marble could be
worked advantageously, and its color
gives bettor satisfaction than tbe color
cf the eastern marbl*. The Little Dor
set, Southerland Falls, Rutland or
Ameriean-ltalian qumiee, In a few
years, will rank lower than the north
Georgia or E *st Tennessee atone. The
Georgi* pink marble is now becoming
know n throughout the country. As a
building stone it is ucsurpasicd; for
furniture work it rank* the maikct, and
for cimctery work its heanty is begin
ning to be appreciated.
“There is now very little call for
Italian marble used. America will be
the marble market of the'world in a few
years, and the south will be the section
which will supply the moat of the stone.
1 do not anticipate any sudden boom,
but there will be a rapid and continuous
growth in the bus’n'as in this rection.
“The white mtrb'o of north Georgia
and North Cirolina is finer . than the
Caratra ynarble, although its more fre
quent form is with pink or blue variega-
U;ns.
“The piers and abutment! of tbe
bridge serosa the North river on the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad,and
the AVautchello river on the AVeatern
North Caioiina railroad are built of
marble, the stone being right near the
bridge and consequently as cheap as
any other material. These bridges are a
great cm iosity t > passengers.
In north Georgia is the only vein of
blaik marble in the Unit' d States that
has stood the test of experts. Should
this be developed it would be a most
important factor in southern industry.”
* + * +
AA’innsboro Granite —The sleimship
Seminole, whic sailed from Charleston,
8. C., for New York on5Ionday, csrricd
an elegant piece of work. It is a monu
ment made of AVinnsboro granite, and is
intended for the Bristol family lot in
Woodlawn Cemetery, New A'ork. The
monument was made at the marble and
granite works of Cnpt K. It. AVhitr, in
Charleston. It will be surmounted by a
beautiful maible figure. Next week
Capt AVhite will ship another monum nt
of AVinnsboro granite. This is destined
for Hackensack, N. Y., and will rest in
the Gnmewell lot in the cemetery at
that place. The granite industry baa
grown to large proportions in South
Carolina, and shipments arc not only
made through the South, but all ovrr
America.
Australia's Drawbacks.
“What inducement does Australia
rffer to a young American in search of a
fortune?" was asked of J. H. Mulford, of
Rockford, III., who is registered at the
3hcrm.au House on his return from the
:ontincnt In the Southern Pacific.
“None,” he answered promptly. “Don’t
Hesitate to advise all young and old
Americans who desire to make a living to
Ho satisfied in the finest country God ever
made. If a living can't be made here it
ain’t be made anywhere. Of course if a
man lias a situation ready for him there
it might lie all right tor him to go there.
But 1 doubt if even then he would suc
ceed. Very few Americans remain there
who ran get away. You *Co that the
uuainesa men from Australia are English
men who were brought up in English
ways, which arc altogether too alow for
men accustomed to the business methods
of America. Moreover, businessJs at a
standstill there. It has bcea growing
worse for the past four years on account
of the big droughts. Water is scarce,
there being only a few rivers, and along
their banka there have been this year
floods which proved equally disastrous to
tho droughts. Anil if these two combi
nations were not enough, the labor ele
ment is getting restless again. Australia
has the strongest labor organization in
tho world, and when a demand is made
by the organization aomething has got to
give way. Eight hours with a half holi
day on Saturday is in vogue throughout
the colonies, but that is not enough, and
tho question of seven hours with a
whole holiday on Saturday is being agi
tated. Many of the branches have de
clared for it, and it will only be a short
time when the entire organization will
declare for seven hours and all of Sat
urday. The purpose of doing so will
be the hope of supplying work for the
thousands of now idle men by lessening
the productive power of those at present
employed. No—tell young Americans
in search of fortunes to stay where they
are, or if they are bent on leaving this
country to go anywhere but to Australia.
I have just traveled all over that conti
nent, studying the aituation carefully,
and know whereof I speak.”—Chieagt
Pott.
Cold Drinks Don’t RellrTO Thirst.
It is a mistake to suppose that cold
drinks are necessary to re lieve thirst.
Very cold drinks, a? a rule, increase the
feverish condition of the mouth ami
stomach and so create thirst. Experi
ence shows it to bo a fart that hot drinks
relieve the thirst and ‘‘cool off” the body
when it is in an abnormally heated con
dition better than ice-cold drinks. It is
far better and safer to avoid the free use
of drinks below sixty degrees; in fact,
a higher temperature is to be preferred;
and those who are much troubled with
thirst will do well to try the advantages
to be derived from hot drinks instead of
cold fluids to xvbich they have been accus
tomed. Hot drinks also have the advan
tage of aiding digestion, instead of caus
ing debility of the at imach end bowel*.
Chicago Newt.
The Democrats of the 3d Congressional
district of Georgia have r* nominated
Charlie F. Crisp, by acclimation, for his
sixth term.
Threi Missionaries Murdered,
Information ha? been received in New
A’ork city of tbe murder io the Soudan,
by Arabs, of F. M. Gaten, E. Kingman,
and John E. Jade (juista, Presbyterian
missionaries, who, with se?ea other mis
sionarirs, left the United States in May
1b|P. No detail! are at bend,
The G. A. R
The G. A. R at Boston elected Col.
AVhteioi k O. Veszey, of New Hamp
shire, commander in chief, and decide*!
to hold tl e national encampment next
year in Detroit.
A Mysterious SLootirg Results Fatally.
Charleston, AA\ \'u.. Special.—Geo.
N. Vutlert the Republican candidate for
county clerk, who was mysteriously shot
on Sunday, is (laid.