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L liS I 11L Queen Regent Appro\ ^ United flMBIIIISI Anglo-Russian Dispute Over the New Admiral Cervera?s Reply to an Inv boro, Ala., to Visit That i^s_ MADRID, Spain. (?y Cable) The cabiuet council has completely approved the reply to ( the United Stales, which, it is said accepts the American conditions. Her Majesty also approves the general lines of the reply of Spain to America's peaco terms, which Senor Sagasta explained to her. The government is fully con- j inced that the note will be satisfac- ' tory to the Washington government ? and that a suspension of kosUiuiee will b? its immediate consequence. From a well-informed source it is j learued that while the auswer to the United States'term6 does not discuss, tho four bases which the United States make an essential preliminary to peace, : and which Spain accepts without reser- | vatioa, it points out that in order to avoid the definite negotiations being an}* way complicated by inoidents of the war, it is expedient to agree beforehand to a suspension of hostilities. E) Imparciai proposes a new solution for the settlement of the Cuban debt. It takes it for granted that the j United States cannot be asked to as- j sume tho burden of about ?32,000,000 j "($100,000,00ui of debt existing 1 when the rebellion began in 1S95. and ' the ?90^000,000 ($450,000,000) spout: since, and it suggests that Spain should undertake to pay interest and redemption on the Cuban debt until \ the new West Indian republic is in a position to do 6o, which El lmuarcial j affects to believe Cuba could soon do, I n-Vmn ita r?t? natural rABr?lir<?AS were ' developed under an American protec- i torate. According to the most reliable sources of information, the Spanish ! note is couched in dignitied language. j It asserts that Spain bows to the force ' -'^-circumstances, having done nothing ! to provoke the war, into which she has I been unwillingly led in the defense of v her rights and territory. It expresses ; a willingness to appoint delegates to j meet the American commissioners to discuss a regime for the Philippines. Guyama Captured. Ponce, Porto Rico, (By Cable;.? General Brooke's advance guard en- I tered Guyama, after a sharp skirmish j in which several on both sides were ' wounded. The Spanish force at Guy- ! ama. numbering *?oo, were driven buck j toward Cayey, with the loss of one : killed and two wounded. Of the I Americans, Privates Gordon, Walcott j and Keffee, of the Fourth Ohio, were j wounded, none fatally. General Haines j occupies the town. Major Flagler, t while reconnoitering near Coamo, ran ; into tho enemy's pickets aiul was tired ! upon. Thirty shots were rirod, but no j one was injured. Baron Banff;. Ihreatetis Count Than. t The Vienna correspondent of the j London Observer says that Count 1 Thun, president of the Austriau dele- j gation, and Karon Banffy, the Hungarian Premier, had a conference recently regardiusr Austro-Huntrarian affairs. Baron Banffy delivered an ultimatum to Count lliun, threatening to introduce a protective tariff against Austriau goods unless Count 'i'hun shall induce I'arliament to enact the Ausgleich bill. Supplies for the Army in Porto Rico. The steam yacht May reoently sailed from Philadelphia carrying sixty tens of supplies, sent by the National Belief Commission to the American army in Porto Rico. The May is the : property of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 1 Van Rensselaer, who haTe placed the ! yacht at the disposal of the National 1 Relief Commission. Street Car Strike Settled. The strike of employees of the Syra- J cnse, N. Y., Rapid Transit Compan}* i has been settled. The company has | revoked the rule requiring old em-1 ployes to make a deposit of S'Tj as j surety, and has agreed to re- ; ceive at any time a grievance 1 committee of its employes. The strik- j ers waive recognition of the Amalga- j mated Association of Street Railway < Employes of America; the purchasing | of seven tickets of the Lakside Rail j road to sell to passengers; and all mi-? nor details. The Atlas liner Altai recently left, New York for Cuba, carrying fifty tons of clothing and uruvisions shipped by the Red Cross Society for the Cubans, j and other sufferers in ftaut'ago. A Farewell Audience With the Sultan. VPr. .Tames 13. Ansell, who resigned in Ma>* last, and has been succeeded as United States minister to Turkey by Mr. Oscar S. Straus, of New York, bad a farewell audience with the Sultan at Constantinople recently. The Forte has replied to the American demand for compensation for losses sustained by American subjects d:mng the Armenian mnssacres. The reply is the same as that given tc other ! powers, repudiating all responsibility fhr the losses. i v / r [fl mm Lir! HuuLI ILL!. es the Reply to the States. HIES 10 CilSf I! ICS. Chwang Railroad Extension Critical' itation of the Citizens of GreensCity. Guyama Captured. LONDON, ling.. (By Cable). That extreme diplomatic tenlis*s-> sion exists between St. Peters- | burg and London, is generally admit- i ted, though the officials deprecate the i alarmist reports which were recently current. It is hoped that the lirmer j stanu aaoptea i>v tae .uarquis 01 onus- | bury, which seems to have already | created some misgiving at ht. Peters- j burg, will have the desired effect of i arresting Russian aggressiveness. It is fait both here and ou the continent that the outcome of the dispute in regard to the new Cliwaag Railroad extension, is the crucial poiat of the success or failure of Great .Britain's policy of "open doors." As evidence of the fact that Great Britain appreciates the gravity of the : situation the Associated Press learns | that the admiralty is preparing for all j emergencies, and that it will soon be J able to mobilize the entire fleet at the shortest notice. Every officer and man on furlough or on hulf pay, has been assigned to a ship and instructed to be in readiness to join at the earliest moment. Therefore, practically every ship in the British navy, whether in or out of commission at the present moment has its full complement of officers and men ready to take her out to sea when the time arrives. Admiral Cervera's Reply. Admiral Cervera in reply to an invitation from the citizens of Greensboro, Ala., Lieut. Hobson's home, to visit that city, said: It would be very gratifying to me to accept your invitation to visit Greensboro, where was born the brave Lieut. Kickinond Pearson Hobson, but it will be impossible for me to do so, for as 6oon as the war is ended it will be obligatory upon me to return immediately to Spain, to account for my conduct which must be judged as provided for by the law. Nevertheless, I shall not fail to carry through all my life the remembrance of such brave officers as Lieutenant Hobson and also the flattering invitation tendered mo by the city of his birth." it's Not All Sunshine and Gold. Returning Klondikers, who recently reached Ban Fraucisco without any gold, report the conditions existing at Mt. Michael's as being extremely pre- ' carious. Thev sav that thousands of i people are stranded and that relief mast j be tout by the government. Commer- i cial companies control the only avail-) able landing places at St. .Michaels, | and vessels aro unable to land their ! passengers or their cargoes. The Yukon is getting too low for navigation and the distress will be very great unless the government takes energetic relief action. Spaniards Disgusted With Porto Rico. The news that has reached Madrid from I'orto Rico regarding the cordial welcome given the American army by Spanish volunteers and natives of the Island has disgusted the political leaders of Spain. The general opinion is that it is not worth while to risk lives and spend millions of dollars for the sake of territories which are worse than disloyal to the mother country. Tlie Open Door in North China Now Shut. The Shanghai correspondent of the London Daily Mail says: "Russia is now practically in possession of NewChang, and 'the open door' in north China is already shut." Mr. Hooley's revelations of the rottennes of London financiering have thrown into a panic millions of Englishmen who have invested their savings in the stock of companies. Texas Democrats Favor Acquisition. Congressman John II. II. Stevens, of the Thirteenth Texas District, was nominated by acclamation for re-election by the Democratic convention held at Abilene. A p'aak in the platform favors the acquisition of the Spanish West indies. A Russian Back-Down indicated. The correspondent of the London Daily News, at Odessa, gives under roserve a report that the Russian charge d'affaires, at I'ekin, M. Ravioli', will soon be removed, and he regards it as indicating a Russian back-down. Queen l.ouise Seriousl> iil. The Berlin correspondent of the1 I.ondon Times telegraphs that private advices from Copenhagen say that the condition of Queen Lonise, of Denmark, is most serious. A local paper says that one of the Western volunteers threatened to quit unless the State, in addition to an overcoat, Diankets and a gun, furnishes him a reeonnoiter in which to carry his ammunition. | SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN. i Cotton Growing Too Rapidly. Good Corn Crop. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 2, Showers occurred in some portions ol | the State every day of tho week, heavi lest over Pickens county, where from :! to t> inches fell; in places over the southeastern counties and in the Tee Pee section the rainfall was loss than an inch, but generally over the entire State the rainfall amounted to from one to over three inches, the average of 52 measurements is 1.U5 inches, and tho normal for tho same period is approximately 1.54 inches. The following heavy weekly r..ius wo:e reported: Columbia 2.*?ii, Winnsboro 2.M, Shiloh 3.00, Suiters 4.00, Camden 3.21, White Hall 4.70, Loopers 4.(55, Longshore 2.85, Spencer ' .55, Beaufort 2.50, Liberty 4.75, Trenton 2.84, Florence 4.05. There was a deficiency in sunshine over the greater portion of the State, with estimates as low as 15 per cent, of the possible, and an average estimate of 53 per cent, of the possible. More tDau the usual amount 01 cioumuess prevailed during tlio entire mouth of July, lu the vicinity of Batesburg much corn was blown down by high winds, but elsewhere no destructive winds occurred. ; Showery weather prevailed during the week, with even, nearly normal temperature, conditions favorable for rapid growthef vocation, resulting in a genera! improvement in crop conditions, except where owing to excessive rains, corn and cotton have deteriorated on bottom lands and on light sandy soils. Slow progress was mado in laying by crops, but this work has been linished on most of the fsrrns, with, however, many fields still grassy and needing cultivation. Karly corn continues to improve nud will be a much better crop than previously anticipated. It is practically maue ana iouuor stripping nab ueguu but has not yet become general as the frequent rains were not favorable for curing fodder. Upland corn looks very promising, bur much bottom land corn was injured by water. In Pickens county corn is firing. Stubble corn is doing well, except in some of the southeastern counties whore the ground is too wet for its best development. A large majority of this week's reports, representing sections in every county of the State, indicate a too rapid growth of cotton, which is apparently making too much "weed" and not fruiting proportionately; rust has appeared in many places, and there is more than the usual amount of shedding. The plant is very sappy, and the ground is too wet to give it much needed cultivation, and many fields have become grassy. Laying by is being completed as fast as the condition of the soil permits. Cotton is no longer of a uniform healthy color, but in places is turning yellow. The crop as a whole looks very promising, but needs dry weatberaud sunshine. Open bolls are common in the Southern counties. Sea Island cotton has attained a large stalk growth, is well fruited, but needs dryness and sunshine. The tobacco crop is a large one and of excelleut variety, although less humid weather would be more favorable for curing. Cutting and curing continue. Kice is developing rapidly, and early rice isheading. Keportscontinue fuvorable except from Florence county, where in places rice is not doing well. Peas are making rapid growth, but excessive moisture has caused shedding of lower leaves. In many core fields, peas planted between the rows aro being smothered by grass. Peaches and tigs aro plentiful over the State, but apples continue to drop and arc generally v.ormy. Pears continue scarce. Plenty of grapes, but much rotting is. reported. Scuppornong grapevines uve generally not bearing well. Considerable hay was damaged by rain in Charleston couuty. Stand of grass for hay is heavy and, with favorable weather lor curing, a large hay crop will be secured. Sugar cane and sorghum caue look line. Sweet potatoes are promising. Pastures are making luxuriant growth. Lands are being prepared and .sown to turnips and other fall root crops, but many lands intended tor turnips aro too wet to prepare. The following extract from the National Climate ami Crop Bulletin shows the condition of tiie corn and cotton crops, for the week ending July 25, 181)51: "In the great corn States of the central valleys, Nebraska, Kaneas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, which produce considerably more than half of the entire product of the United States, corn isgenerally in need of rain, and in Iowa and portions of Missouri the crop is threatened with serious injury unless rain occurs soon. In the Southern States continued favorable reports concerning corn, which is maturing rapidly, are received. "Reports of rust and shedding, though probably less numerous than in the previous week, continue from the central and eastern portions of the cotton belt, where excessive rains in some sections have caused too rapid growth of stalk. The crop is 111 need of cultivation in portions of South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana; some fields on low lands of Mississippi have been abandoned. In Texas the crop i' jcorally promising, bnt boll weevil are increasing, and it needs rain in localities. Picking bus commenced in southern Texas, and cotton is beginning to open in southern Ala1,0.^0 " A Montana Herd of HufTalo. A. H. Hammond, of the Astoria railroad, has presented the Oregotiian with n photograph of a hand of buffalo which are the property of a couple of half-breed Indians on the Flathead reservation, near Missoula, Mont. The original herd eleven years ago consisted of a couple of buffalo calves. It now consists of 125 head and is about all that are left of the vast numbers which a few years ago swarmed over the Western plains. These men have gone into the buffalo raising business as a source 01 pruui ;iuu arc* uiu.uuq money. The Crcmian reiehsta? is. saiil to be the cheapest of all the parliaments of Europe. Its total expenses for the eurron. year have been only about $170,000. THR0U1 Tl MYSIIC GLOOM; ' , Four Souls Ushered Into Eternity to Meet Iheir God, , TWO SHOT, TWO POISONED. | Two Youthful Runaways Arrested at Colum4ii nui- d + n,.? Cmill. U.y /til DllierilCbU DiUlll/U UUI?jmaiipax Near Inman. To negroes were killed in Columbia i i Sunday, July 31?one at the hands of the police and the other through the accidental dischargo of a pistol. The negro killed by the police was a fugitive convict and met death while trying to escape a:rest. The other negro, l'ress Grant, met death at the hands of a compauioa named Gooding, who, with several other darkeys, had been shooting at a telegraph pole. Gooding was letting the hammer of | the pistol down, when his linger ' slipped and the pistol was accidentlv cuscuargeti, aimorti msiuuuj' niu.uj, Grunt. All Bitterness Blotted Out. Many letters are being received by ' Charlestonians from Northern families j expressing gratitude for the kindness i extended to sick soldiors who had i stopped in the city. A Wisconsin | Judge, writing a lady there, says: j "Your letter of the 22d, to Mrs. H. L. | Hart, is before me. I desire to thank you for your attention to young Hart, and for writing so kind a letter. You cannot understand how much good it did in cheering a sorrowing mother. I tried to read it aloud to a company of friends, but my voice faltered and I could not finish. I thought of the bitter civil war, of the firing on feumter, and then said: 'All is blotted out; these people are one in heart and purpose now.' All our people appreciate what the noble men and women of ? ? * i i ?? 4 ^ZiariestOQ nave uone ior our uoys. < <w Youthful Runaways. Two boys, Edgar Sanders, 14 years old, and Eugene Halcoinbe, aged 12 were arrested in Columbia by Policeman Hammond, who had been given a tip by the conductor of the train on which the boys came to Columbia, telling him to bo on the lookout for them, a8 he thought they had run away from home and intended going on to Florida. Just before the Jacksonville train was to leave he caught sight of them getting on the cars. He took them in charge, rang up the patrol wagon and sent them to the station house. A Father's Fatal Mistake. Two children of Mr. Thomas Elroed, of Anderson, aged 7 and (J years respectively, were poisoned by taking strychnine through mistake, 'i'he children had boen ill and the father intended to give quinine, and before administering the medicine tasted it. Jt'indmg that it had a pungent taste he gave it to the children and death requited iu a few hours. Are They Legal? The Charleston ministers are not payI ing any attention to the stump act, as they are tiling marriage certilicates without the stamps. It is not known whether the ministers are wilfuliy disregarding Uncle Sam's revenue measure or that they have been advised legally not to allix the stamps to the certilicates, but at any rate the certilicates ate not being stamped. Granted All That Was Asked, j Col. Wilie Jones telegraphed to Govj ernor Ellerbe from Washington that i the War Department had grauted all that was asked, and that ho thought there would be no trouble iu getting the full complement for the second regiment. Smallpox Near Inman. Smallpox has made its appearance a few miles south of Inman. There were j three well developed cases before the [ serious character of the disease was j known, and about iorty lamuies are known to have been exposed. Mr. bescher Appointed. Mr. B. Poschor, the well known dealer in books and stationery, at Charleston, has been p^pointed a member of the executive 'committee of the Cuban-American league, which has now become a permanent organization. Accidentally Killed. Whil* Wayne Shelor, son of John W. Shelor, of Tugaloo, was taking his gun from the buggy it was accidentally discharged. the lead entering the young mau'b abdomen. Young Shelor lingered severa: hours and then died. ? Cr.lorcd Man Kiilcd at Batesburg. A Southern engine with cab attached runniug backward, while passing at rapid need through Batesburg, struck and ki ed a colored man by the uume of Wil. am Corley. -* * The Mo\ement Bein* Pushed. The movement to organize and establish a bonded warehouse at Anderson is eiug pushed. Jt has behind it some >f the most liberal and progresive uiou oi the city. A New Cotton Oil Mill. A <-o4.ton seed oil mill will be erected at (j ;>.y Courts, nine miles above Laurem;. u the near future, with a capital stoc.; of ?12,000. Ncaring Completion. ') he. big Standard warehouse for the ato age of cotton, now in course of co! structiou in Columbia, is nearing i completion and will be ready for bust I by tne time me new crop 01 cotton | begins to move. Laurens' New Street System. The cit v council of Laurens have inj : .iarurated a 6vstem of street improvement that will yive that place better ' streets than almost any town of double the population. WORDS OF WISDOM. Experience is the school of wisdom, j Procrastination is the sleep of folly, j Education is the lighthouse of rea- , son. Fidelity to principle is the highest i expediency. The blush of guilt is nature's confession of wrong. The steps of duty lead up to tho throne of promotion. The loafer who blames his luck, ought to blame his pluck. Beauty may only be skin deep, but the pride of it reacnes into tue nearr. Those who prefer the service of sin, must be satisfied with the wages of sin. Our own temptations should make ns sympathetic; our victories over j them, merciful. People who don't know what they j want, are harder to please than those > who do know and can't have it. Some people are forever putting' their feelings under other people's feet and then crying because they are hurt. Ram's Horn. A Fasting fat. Captain Fisker, of the British steamer Lackenby, which arrived from Rotterdam, had a cat on board which proved her capacity to keep the most rigorous spell of fasting. Captain Fisker relates how when in Mariopol, a Russian port in the Sea of Azov, while the ship was being loaded with grain in bulk.his favorite cat was missing. The steward was given orders to search for the pet, but returned without success. As the Lackenby was lying at anchor and the grain being put on board j from harees. the cat had no chance to I go ashore unless stolen by the Russian stevedores, which was doubtful. On April 28 the Lackenby sailed from Mariopol for Rotterdam, where she arrived on May 20. All thoughts of tlio pet were dispelled from the minds of the captain and those on board, who had made it their pet. The Lackenby had been in Rotterdam the second day when the grain men who were discharging the vessel found an emaciated cat in the downpour of grain which was being led to the grain receivers. The men put it in a basket and sent it on deck, where it was recognized as the pet of the ship, which had been missing twenty-nine days. The cat was taken in charge and carefully nursed, and is now one of the liveliest objects on board the Lccken* i r? n* o uy.?Aiammore ouu. Fislilnjt In the Sand. "To plough the sands" is not always the unprofitable occupation tho proverbial use of the phrase implies. Fine crops of potatoes have been seen growing in the pure sand of the sea shore, while the fisherman finds it profitable to plough it up in search of worms for bait. But the most interesting and profitable ploughing of the sand is, perhaps, the sandbank fishing of the south coast of Englaud. These great ridges of sand left uncovered at low tide are full of animal life which it pays the fishermen to obtain. There is first of aJl the worm for bait, theu there is the razor-shell, said to bo superior to the cockle or mussel as food, and then there is tho cockle itself. But the most remarkable part is tho fishery of the sandbank. Fishing on a bank of sand left | bare by the tide would appear to be as i likely to be profitable as Simon's his- > forical attempts in his mother's pail, i yet a rich haul may thus be obtained. .4s the tide goes down eels and sandsprats bury themselves in the sand. At low water the fishermen come down and dig over the sands with live-pronged forks, and soon till their baskets witli these sand-sprats, said to be as delicate as whitebait. ? New York Journal. Curious Answers. Here are some curious answers culled from an Australian school examination paper: "John Wesley joined the Navy in 1799, and by degrees rose to be I)uke of Wellington." "Charles the First imprisoned nine Members. Among them was George Eliot." "Montford was the chief man in getting the constitution of Clarendon passed, 1158; fought battle of Lewes, 1261, and was killed. 1265." "We have no summer in this country when the North Fole is turned toward the Ecmator." "While the ancients thought the world was round, we now know that the sun never stands still." "Carbonny Cassid" and "Lack-tail dueks" were given as variants of "carbonic acid" and "lacteal ducts." New York Tribune. An Undercrotinil Imitation Foreat. 31. Martel, the well-known French cave-hunter, has explored a cave or natural pit, in the limestone of the Lozere, France, with remarkable results. After descending a vertical shaft for about 200 feet, he found an immense hall, sloping downward, and at tho lower end a forest of stalagmites, resembling pine and palm trees. Many of them are very beautiful and one, over ninety feet in height, reaches nearly to the vault of the cavern. Nothing like thi3 forest of stone has been observed in any other known eave or pit. l-'lrnt Pensioner of 1803. Mrs. Elsie R. Montfort, the widowed motlier of William Franklin Montfort, j who lost his life in the Maine explo- j sion, is the first pensioner of the pres- j ent war. The pension was paid on June 1st by Colonel Jonathan Mc-rriam, United States Peusion Agent at Chicago, who mailed Mrs. Montfort a check for Sl-4.40, that being the sum due her for her pension since February 15th, when the Maine was sunk. .Mrs. Montfort's home is Council BlufVs, la M palmetto gleanings ?.? PATRIOTISM NOT LACKING. Great Efforts Being Made to Complete Second Regiment. If the Second Regiment is not completed it will not be the fault of Col. Jones or any of the other officers, for they are making every effort to persuade men to enlist and that is all they cau do. Even with tho modifications in the recruiting rules, which were granted by the war department as a special favor to South Carolina, it will not, with these concessions, be an easy task to recruit enough men to make up the regiment. The great trouble is, and has been all along, that it is not a lack of patriotism on the part of our men which causes the regiment to lag, but rather that it requires more sacrilice than many of them have the ability to make. ? ? killed by an Elevator. David S. Reed, the negro elevator boy at the Hirsch-Israel Company's building, at Charleston, was instantly killed while trying to stop the elevator, which was moving slowly down from the third story. Reed had been cleaning tho elevator, and when through turned on tho electric current and the > . elevator started down. The door was open. The negro's first thought Was to stop it and attempted to jump in to stop the machine by reversing the crank. * - J.,* He was not quick enough, however, for , just as he stuck his head inside the top ' of the elevator ga c him a terrible blow on the back of tho neck, lauding with sufficient force to break it. Reed's body when found a few minutes later was stretched on the floor, while his head reached over in tho shaft and held the elevator. ? killed With a Rock. . In dispute over a game of ball, at Greenville. Will Saxton instantly killed William Manning. Manning was jarring with several negroes when iSaxton came up and was cursed by Manning, ttaxton threw a rock at Manning, hitting him in the left temple, and death . , ;: was instantaneous. Saxton ran, but surrendered several hoars later. He ia a young negro rnd has been considered a harmless mischief lover. Charitable Ladies of Charleston. The good work of the women of Charleston in caring for the sick soldiers in the hospitals goes bravely on, and a noble emulation has risen between the various charitable and patriotic societies in providing for their needs and comfort. The Colonial Dames have been very active in their t 11KaroI in thair nnnfcrihtl ooi * 11/CO auu tions. ,-p Opening of the Darlington Tobacco Market At the opening of the Darlington tobacco market about lifteen thousand pounds of tobacco were sold, all of which was low grades, from early curings, exclusively. Only medium cutters and smokers were marketed and these lowest grades sold on a straight market at 6, b, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15 cents per pound. ?M Anderson's Taxable Property. The county auditor of Anderson county has completed his returns of the property of that county for taxation. The real estate foots up $3,905,C4T and the personalty $2,803,641; railroads $553,850, making a total of $7,262,165, or more than $200,000 above what the returns have ever been before. The Agricultural Kali. -? n- TT T 1- - .Mr. \>. XI. Jjvibs, ivuu u?o iu wugg the Agricultural Hall building, at Colui'ibia, now being vacated by the dispensary, said that among others who j were writing about the building was an inquiry from certain parties who are thinking of operating a "converting" mill or bleaeiieryin that city. A Fireman's Tournament. There is some talk of a fireman's tournament being held at Charleston shortly under the auspices of the ( harlestou lie-ro Heel Association. The plaus for the tournament have not yet assumod definite shape, but it ia reasonably certain that the tournament will be held. Convict Hangs Himself. A convict in the Laurens county jail committed suicide by hanging himself to the highest bur in the iron grating of his cell. *' <1 A Shooting Affair at Greenville. There was a street duel at Greenville recently between James B. Williams end Charlie Potts. The latter was shot through tho right lung; the former waa not hit. Getting in Good Shape. * it. .Lvery aay increases i,ue munnica the Charleston and Seashore Kailroad Company to give its patrons a quick and pleasant trip to Mount Pleasant, Sullivan's Island or the Isle of Palms* . > , Guns for Fort Moultrie. The rapid fire guns long expected for mounting ou Fort Moultrie, have arrived in New York from Antwerp and will probably be sent to Sullivan's Islund within a few weeks. The emplacements were made for these guns some mouths ago and it is likely that they will be mounted as soou as received. State Teachers' Institute. The State Teachers' institute will meet iu Columbia on August 20, aud it promises to be largely attended. Prospects Not Bright. n,v (mm n nniAn x 110 1U1 t? uon uuiuu v*w?/\s* ia Columbia is not very bright at preseut. Marion's Tobacco Break. The Marion tobacco market -was opened under very favorable auspices. Nearly 60,000 pounds of tobacco were knocked down to buyers, and approximately .<4,000 in cash was transferred to the pockets of producers. Fruit of all kinds is very plentiful at Lamar's, in fact the market is overstocked and it is selling at remarkably low prices. A very heavy storm recently swept over the section around Lykesland doing considerable damage to orchards and corn fields. M ' . ' 'i ' J1 ' ^ M i