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Local Paragraphs. ?O? i3 invite?! io ?ne remora, lo?ice i?yde ?nd sewing m*chia? dt*pot ot ndred aod five tons ?f ice were y the- ice fac.oties ic ?bis city G. Rowland will not rebaiid bis se which waa demolished by the Thursday night. work on the new brick walls of the o*a of the Court House has been tem snspeaded, bat the remainder of the i? being poshed forward. will yon bay bitter nauseating tonics Grove's Tasteless CM ll Tonie is as it as Lemon Syrup. Your druggist is authorised to refond the money in every case where it fails to cure. Price, 50 cents. Mr. W. E. Commander sold a wagon load of watermelons yesterday. It was tbe S Kt of the season, and they wera larger and 5 oer than osoal for Ju oe melons Col. and Mfa. T. V. Walsh celebrated last Thursday night the forty-fifth anniversary of their ta*.Triage. The colonel says tbe storm that eight reminded bim very much of the night oi) which he was married. The Sumter Club will hold an informa, r?? ception and dance on Wednesday evening, tbe 30 th, from 9 to 12 o'clock. A ll members with their lady friends are expected to be present and add to the success of the enter? tainment. Refreshments will be served. Toe ?oly people tn towa who are well pleased with the weather at present are the iee men. They are shipping ice as fast as it cao be made and as long as tbe supply of tor? ridity bolls oat toe demand will not be less; Health Officer Reardon reports births and deaths for the past week as follows : Births 2 colored females. Deaths-1 white female, age 63; 1 white female, age 70; 1 wbite male, age 26; 1 colored female, age 68. 1 colored male killed by lightning. Constable Frank K. Winn coo give en? quirers several new points oa how to get a rival ic a position where he cannot keep ao engageaient. Tbe scheme be worked tbe other day is the best of the season. Ask bim about drawing a fellow oo the ja ry and then filling the engage?t himself. Huckleberry are being shipped to north? ern cities in small quantities from this place 'There is no reason why this business cannot be developed, and large shipments made evary season. The swamps furnish an almost inexhaustible supply for several weeks each year. Toe local market does aot begia to be equal to taking ml that could be supplied. "Two wb;te women from this county weie committed to tbe Asylsm Monday. The o amber of insane persons seat to the Asylum from this county this year is unusually large and the average is maintained month after month. Insanity is evident j oa tbe increase in all parts of the State, and the Asylum is already filled almost to the limits of its ca? pacity. Brown, Cuttino & Delgar announce .an? other big reduction sale of Sommer Clotbiog, Bats and Furnishing Goods. D?ring the next sixty days their entire, stock of summer goods will be sold at unprecedented ly low prices. Cost will eat oo figure ia ?be selliog price and whoever Staads ia need of aoj thing in their lise win do well to examine their stock and get their prices. The swimming pool at tbe artesian well was ready for ose yesterday aod was be? ing filled with water for the evening's swim, bal there was no swimming io that pool yes ! Terday afternoon. ' Anont 30 feet of ooe tide wall gave way and tbe pool will have to be drained and tbe wall rebuilt. This will caose a delay of at least ten days or two weeks, as the damage is quite extensive and a great deal of work will bave to be done to pat the pool into condition for ase. Quinine and other fe? ver medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. A number cf the Clemson College sta dents passed through the city Friday afternoon on their way borne in the easter a part of the State The college bas closed until the mid? dle of August, at which time the oext ses? sion will begin. The college closed about .en days earlier than osoal oo account of the epidemic of fever that bas prevailed for eeve ' ral weeks. Tbe Coroner ia having a most prosper?os and busy season. What with murders aDd lynching and railroad accidents and sodden death by lightning he is kept uncomfortably busy. Be is having a real good time, bot it is rather tough oo the u nf tv ton a tes wbc come as grist to bis mil). Toe Coroner has altered the old motto, "live and let live" to suit tbe exigencies of bis ease, aod it now reads, "d ie and TH live better." Tbe water maia on Maia Street barst Friday night, and the city wa? without water Satur? day. The break was caused by tbe heavy strain pot on the maia by maintaining direct pressure from the pomps, and is ooe of those accidents that could not be foreseen or guarded against, aod tbe Water Company cannot be held responsible for the inconven? ience aod discomforts that it entailed upon the water consumen). Tbe break was repaired aod the water turned on at 3 30 in the after? noon. The Sumter Clcb has extended aa invita? tion to the ladies of Sumter to visit the club rooms an any time they feel ioeiiaed to do so. Toe rooms are pleasant and the ladies will ? Sod that they caa spend a few hours quite agreeably playing pool or aoy of tbe other games with which the rooms are provided., A fine piano was purchased recently, and all' of the popular magazines aod periodicals are to be found in tbe reading room. Tho Sumter Tobacco Warehouse Compaay shipped last week a large lot of tobacco that has been held over from last season. This is the last of last year's crop, and wheo the season opens tbe warehouse aili he io readioess for bnsxaess. It bas been leased for the season by Messrs. Stackey & Hancock, who will roo it on their owa account. Mr. 7. S. Stuckey is well known all over this and adjoining counties, aod Mr. Hancock is ao experienced warehousemao, having been engaged is the business io Virginia aod North Carolina. He was connected with the warehouse lagt season, and prior to coming to this city he was located io Timmoaaville. Tbe latest reporta from the sew county movements over oo Lyoebes River are to the effect that things bave qaieted dova to some extent, new that the task of counting noses bas been practically completed, aod all per? sons, boto for aod against tbe new counties, are now waitiog for tbe election with pa? tience. It is said that Sumter County wi!] give a majority for the new county, but that Clarendon is put in the doubtful columo. With three new counties ic the field, how ever, the matter is so complicated that those who value their reputations as election pro? phets are keeping quiet and are n>.kit,g no predictions as to wnkb ooe will knock down the persimmon, cr what pince will wm the coveted county seat. Sering Rumors, eruption?, hive?, boil?, pimples, sores, are peifectly and permanently cared by Hood's Sarsaparilla, the best , Spring Medicine and One True- Biood Puri- ' fier. Hood's Pills act easily and promptly on | tbs liver and towels. Cure sick headache. The wind ano rain Thursday night did not damage the records and otber nape!s that ?-.re j expo?ed in the Clerk ot'Court's ?-{See while the ; repairs are. j? progress, which is both f-r ? tanate and remarkable uader the crean. I stances A report was in circulation Monday i that the reel race for the Pierson radal had been declared off and that ail the trainine bad been to no purpose The differences tbar . pare rise to this report have been reconciled j satisfactorily,' and the race wiil be palled j i off on tbe date fixed. ! Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER The campaign meetings in the Senatorial contest begin in this city on Monday, July 5th If anything contd reconcile the meet? ing-weary people of this city and conn ty to having a meeting here at at), it would be haring tbe first of the series, before the speeches become thread-bare. Tbe candidates now io the field are, John L. McLauriu, Elli? son S. Keitt a od S G. Mayfield. John Gary Evans bas not yet decided whether be will enter the race or keep ont and wait for some other more opportune time to return to the pol ft ic il arena. Tbe first block from the Peoples' Ice Fac? tory was brought np town Friday moroinzjfor exhibition. It is reported that thia block of ice, although not considered good enongh to offer for sale, it cot being customary to sell tbe first lot taken from the new cine, ts wortb exactly $50 to a certain business man of this city, who wagered the amount several months ago that the Peoples' Factory would be running and miking ice this season. Quite a crowd inspected the $50 block of ice with interest, for it is the most valuable piece of ice ever 3een io this city. The Sumter delegation of veterans to the Reunion io Nrshville returned home on Sat? urday afternoon. They all bad a most enjoy? able time bot were so thoroughly tired out when they got boms that they were ready to sit down under their own vine and fig tree and rest. They are not so yoong as tbey were thirty years ago and are not equal to as long campaigns as wheo they followed Lee and Jackson. Tbe Charleston veterans made a great bit by carry in g a supply of palmetto for all tbe South Carolina veterans and none of the veterans, from tbe palmetto state went into the parade witboot tbat insignia of bis native state. It is said that Chartes F. Jones, who was killed at Bamberg last week, is the same Jonea who was at one time a detective in the service of the C. S. & N. R. R. and was after? wards a secret dispensary constable. He worked np a case against Dave Morris soon after the dispensary law went into effect, and when his place was raided by a force of con? stables a riot ensued that kept ibis city in a state of turmoil for an entire day. Jones it i will be remembered left town secretly and with a degree of baste tbat proved bis belief in the unhealthiness of this locality for spies. There it> a possibility tbat there may be two Charles F. Jones who have been in tbe dispensary detictive business, but those who claim to know tbe man assert that tbe mao killed on the 22d, is the one who was mainly responsible for the-dispensary row ia this city. Tbe list of dispensary constables who bave met violent cleatbs'growe apace. . Tbe appointment of a postmaster for Co? lombia has revived interest in the contest over tbe Sumter office, and there bas been much more discussion of tbe possibilities and probabilities of the scramble du?og tbe last week than for a month or more. There are no fewer candidates tban there were some mootb8 ago, bot tbose who preteod to have obtained inside information are giving it out tbat the fight liss been narrowed downtto two of.the candidates One of these candi? dates in Z. E. Walker aod the strongest fac? tor ia favor of bis candidancy is sdi to be the large number of reputable white Dem? ocrats of this city who- eigoed his petition. Hri&record as a Republican and a party worker is unimpeachable and this, taken in conjonction wstb the endorsement of a number of the Democratic patrons of the office, wbo are supposed to represent the majority of the patrons of the effice, gives bim a leverage that may be powerful enough to tum tbe appointment over to bim. This is said to be the status of the case at present, aod if tbe appointment is give's to Waiker, tbe Democrats who signed bis petition will have tbe satisfaction of knowing that tbey secured tbe naming of a negro as postmater for Sumter. If i be people of Sumter prefer Walker to soy cf tbe otber candidates in tbe field, tbe situation is satisfactory to them, no doubt, but if they bave otber preferences tbey bad beet take some steps at once to put our congress aten and senators io possession of in? formation that will make plaio their wishes. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC ig? . . Davidson College. The catalogue of Davidson College for tbe sixtieth Collegiate year is before us. It ie a handsomely printed and illustrated pamphlet of 55 pages and is well wortb careful perusal by tbose interested io education. The annual catalogue of Davidson College shows an im? provement from year to year. Tbe equipment ts as complete and modern as that of any Southern College and tbe faculty is composed of able and progressive men who keep folly abreast of tbe time. Tbe attendance last ses? sion was 154 and the work of tbe year was as satisfactory as successful. Lodge Elections. Cbocuola Lodge No. 261, 0. G. C., bave elected tbe following officers to serve for the ensuing term : Commander-W E M i ms. Vice Commander-B P Shore. Assistant Commander-J Z Mims. Prelate-J F Pate. Guide-T W McCallom. Sentinel-B Randall. Past Commander-Wm Yeadon. Secretary-B C Wallace. Treasurer-Wm Yeadon. Pocahontas Tribe No. IS, I 0. R. M., hare elected the following officers to serve :br -be ensuing term : Sachem-B Randall. Senior Sagamors-J F Pute Junior Sagamore-J L Hayoswertb. Prophet-R 0 Purdy. Chief of Records-B 0 Vi"all-ice. Keeper.of Wampum-F A Folsom. Trustee*-H D Barnett, L. W Folsom, Wm Yeadon. Hundreds of thousands have beeu induced to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by r<ja i iog what it has done for others, aad having tested its merits for themselves are to-day its I warmest friends. For sale by Dr. A J. j China. RELIGIOUS. ! In tbe absence of tbe pastor, who is called away, Rev. J. J. Myers, wtli preach next Sunday Kt Bethesda at li a. ru. and at Provi? dence ai 5 p. m. The public generally io vited. Teacher Elected The Board of Scbooi Commissioners held an adjourned ^meeting Monday afternoon for the purpose of electing a teacher to fill the place in thc corps of teachers made vacant by tbe reeignatioo of Miss Linnie McLaurin. There were ooly three applicants for the place : Misses Annie Graham, Agnes McCal lum and Laura Mood. Miss Aonie Graham was elected. The Board decided at a previous meeting that the naxt session of tbe Graded Schools shall begin on Monday, September 3 3ib, and close on Jone 3d. Tbe session opens a few days later tban the last, bat this will not be objected to by either patrons or pupils, as tbe first weeks of September are rather warm for school work. Another Heir of J. Cohen Wilson. Magistrate H". L. B. Wells received a few days ago a return postal card addressed "To tbe Court of Justice or any Solicitor in Sum? ter, South Carolina, America." The follow? ing is a copy of it : WABSAW, tbe 14 June, 1897. To the Court of Justice in Sumter, South Carolina ; Informed by kinsman, that my cousin, Joseph Coben Wilson (Dative of Russian Polaod,) late citizen ot' Sumter is dead. Please kindly to inform me if be lefts will and wbo has the curacy of it, or is there ap? pointed a solicitor for this case to whom to apply for further informations. Hoping that you will kindly take care on my letter and oblige me with au honourable answer on the joined card. I remain with m j best re? garas, The faithfully, RAC A A BON WALU THE OPJSKETTA PENELOPE. The Entertainment to Be Given On Tuesday Evening. Tuesday evening, next, has been selected afc tbe date for the production of the Operetta, "Penelope," aod the musical entertainment under the direction of Mrs. T. H. Dick, Jr. Mrs. Dick will be assisted by Miss Mary Ewell, and Miss Anua VanMeter Wilson, of Virginia, the latter reciting a selection from James Whitcomb Riley. The programme wilt be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of vocal and instrumental selec? tions by members of Mrs. Dick's music class. The second part will be the Operetta, "Pene? lope." . Tbe programme is as follows : PART I. Piano Duett, "Dixie"-Misses Gillepsie and Carson. Chora?, "Rock-a-Bye':- Chorus class. Piano Trio, '.'Serenade," Schubert-Misses Carson and Gillespie. Reading, "Prior to Miss Belle's Appear? ance," James Whitcomb Riley-Miss Ance Van Meter Wilson. Vocal Duett, "I Live and Love Thee," Campana--Mies Solomons and Mr. Boltman. Piano Duett, "Whirlwind"-Misses Lee and Gillespie. FART H. Comic Operetta, Penelope. Cast of Characters. Pitcher, io the Police, Mr. Wm. Bultman. To3ser, io the Grenadiers, Mr. E. Bultmao. Chalks, a Milkman, Mr. A. Wilder. M rs. Croaker, the "Missus," Miss Wilson. Penelope, asservant, Mis3 Ewell. THOUBLE ON GOLDEN HILL Thieves Break Through and Steal * and No Police Protect. The following communication was handed in to the local department this morning : "Please allow, space io your valuable paper to call attention of oar city fathers to the fact that we of Golden Hill, just below the depot, are much troubled at night by robbers who enter our houses in the dead hours of night. This is the third time in so many weeks. There are one colored and two white men. We ask the protection of police for awhile in this direction. i W. J. BRADFORD, For People of Golden Hill. Sumter, S. C., Jone 23. The location of Golden Hill is not known to tbe writer-it is either one of tbe suburbs of tbe city, that has grown into importance so recently tbat it bas not bees entered ia tbe City Directory, or bas changed its name to Golden Hill since tbe last directory was com? piled. A nance, however, is a matter of tbe most insignificant importance, and it makes BO difference whether it be Silver Street or Golden Hill, the fact remains that robbers are entering the bouses of tbe people of that section in the dead boors of tbe night and they want police protection for awhile. If they are within tbe city limits they are entitled to police protection and should have it. Chief of Police Bradford probably knows where Golden Hill is, and if he does not be can probably find it, for a bill in the vicin? ity of this city is assuredly a very- prominent feature in tbe landscape. When be bas located the bill, be will be equal to looking after tbe robbers, described above as one colored aod two white men. Draining a Savannah With Wells. Col. D. P. Duncan is making an interest? ing experiment oo his place near this city, ao experiment that is probably uoiqoe io ibis State and one tbat will be watched with care by all wbo have similar land in need of drain? age. Tbe large savannah on bis place covers about one hundred and twenty acres of fine land, but to draio it by means of ditches would be very expensive, as it lies in a deep depression and tbe ditches woald have to be sunk to a great depth to reach the level of of the bottom of tbe savannah. As an ex? periment he bas bad a two inch well bored in tbe bottom of the savannah until the first stratum of sand was reached; ata depth of forty feet. The top of .the pipe was sunk below ?be surface of tbe wa?er aod stace last Thursday the water ba3 i been sowing into the well steadily at an es- ! timated ra^ie of two gallons per minute. Tbe '. theory that the first stratum of sand will ab- I sorb all ;be water that can be run in it seems ! to be established ss true by the experiment, ! and it is possible that Col. Duncan will have j a number of wells bored in various parts of I the sav?nnah and run all the water efl* by the underground rou'??. Ke is now having an estimate made of the comparative cost of"*] draining the savannah by ditches and wells, and if the weils c>n O'? pat down cheaper than the ditches can b? dug, be will try the underground system of drainage ^u a large scale. This plan ol drainage has been utilized, it is said, with very .M isfactory results in S'jtLe tedious of the country, but if the attempt h is ever been tunde in ttjis State ti*er*- ?? no recollection ot' it ia the minds of those who hare made a study of the subject. Conse? quently ?he experiment novf being rr ade in tbe vicinity ot this city is attracting more attention than it would under other circa m - i stances. Married m Florida. Tbe Key West (Fin.) Daily Herald of Mon- \ day, Jui.e 21, says : ''They nm now mun and wife Tbe old story of wo souls with bute single though*, : two hearts that beat as one ' The home of j Mr. Berg. Curry on Southard street was the { scene Saturday night of a very pretty home j wedding when Mr. Thomas Murritt Dick, | assistant engineer United States navy, wa3 j united in marriage with Miss Maude Ene^s of this city. The wedding was a very quiet one only the near relatives and a few intimate friends of tte bride being present. "The parlor was beautifully decorated with j flowers and evergreens. Suspended from the ceiling and hanging directly over where the bride and groom were to stand were two large national flags arranged so as to make a graceful arch. "At 7 o'clock, the hour appointed for the ceremony, tbe bridal party formed in the ball and came into the parlor in the following order, to the strains of Mendelssohn's wed? ding march rendered by Mrs. John Denham, the groom with Mrs. A C. Harper, followed by the bride aod Miss Yulee Bethel, maid of honor. The ceremony was very impressively performed by Rev. Gilbert Higgs. The beau? tiful rite of the Episcopal Church being used. "After the ceremony the happy young couple received the congratulations and best wishes for future happiness from all those who were present. The party was then invited into tbe dining rocm where a delicious wedding supper was served and tbe health of the bride and groom drank with bumpers of delicious wine. "The bride is the niece of Mrs. Beoj. Cor? ry, and it can truly be said to know her is to love ber. She possesses all the attributes of a true woman and is universally popular in society circles in this city. "The groom is assistant, engineer in the navy, having stood his Anal examination in May last, and graduated at the head of bis class. He eojoys the esteem and respect of all who know him and bas a large circle of warm friends. "Mr. and Mrs. Dick left cn the Mascotte Saturday for Columbia, S. C., the home of Mr. Dick's parents. After a short stay there Mr. Dick will resume his duties in the navy." Mr. Dick is ? son of Capt. T. H. Dick and a brother of Dr. George W. Dick and Mr T. H. Dick, J., of this city. Lightning From a Olear Sky. The following snecial to the News and Cou? rier, published in Monday's issue of that paper gives the particulars of the death of Mr. Par? nell by lightning on last Wednesday, near Lynchburg : Lynchburg, June 21.-Yesterday afternoen Mr. T. M. Parnell, a yoong farmer living on the farm of Mr. E. D. Smith, was instantly killed 'by a stroke of lightning. Mr. Smith was standing on bis piazza io company with Mr. J. J. Durant and Dr J H. Rice. Soddenly there was a flash of light? ning in the clear sky. He called the atten? tion of these gentlemeo to the phenomenon. Directly there was another flash followed di? rectly by two more. The last being tbe fa? tal one. The screams of Mrs. Parnell at? tracted attention, (Mr. Parrnell's bouse not beicg more than two or three hundred yards distant.) They went to ber assistance at once and Dr E. F. Da?by was summoned, but be only confirmed what each one believed that death bad bees icsuntsmecne. Mr. Paroell nj?d just walked out of bis bouse and was standing at the corner of hie garden, about fifty yards from his door. His wife was sianding near the door and his little four-year old boy was about balf: way betweeo the bouse and bis father when the fatal .lash came. Tbere'was not a torn or scorched threid on him. There was a singed place about the size of a silver half dollar precisely io the top of bis bead, and a small bele about the size of a knitting needle in the crown of his bead. His neck and face were perfectly black and there were several congested spots cn the body. There was oo other sign of trie stroke about where he stood. He wes holding a hoe in bis bands at the time and there wa3 no sign of the stroke on it. The clouds that must have induced the electric charge must have been at lea3t two miles away tn each direc? tion. The sun did not cease to shine during the entire afternoon. Altogether it was a remarkable occurrence Meteorological Record. The following is a report of observations of the weather taken at Stateburg, by Dr. W. W. Anderson, for the past week ending June 27, 1897 : Temperature. S 9 M C Cu TS SB Condition. 82 83 87 96 95 93 90 66 68 68 67 70 70 74 74 75.5 77 5 81.5 82 5 81.5 82. E E 6 8W SW NW K .00 .00 .00 .50 .38 .00 .00 (J lear .Cloudy .Cloudy "Cloudy ?Cloudy Clear Cloud? ? ^?Partly cloudy. Severe thunderstorms swept over here just after snBget on the 24th ; wind very high for 10 to 15 minutes and bail for about ten min? utes, bot spattering and not large. About a mile to Eastward of Stateburg tbe bail was quite heavy and did considerable damage to cotton and corn at Farmhill and some other neighboring places. Another thunderstorm during the evening of the 25th was not at? tended by bail, and wind less high. AU Quiet at Key West, Kev West, Fla., Joue 28.-Quiet prevails here, and the trouble between the blacks and whites over Johnson, the alleged assailant of Mrs. Atwell, is believed to be at an end. The local papers censure the county offi? cials because they have not arrested the leaders of the negro mob, and are urging the county commis? sioners to offer a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension of Gardner's mur? derer. A special session of the county court will be held next month to try the negro Johnson. Lamp shades when artistically made c crepe tissue are things of beauty. If yen watt to make shades to beautify your hornee \ H. G. Usteen & Co. can supply the materials ? A large 3tock o?' cre^e tissue in ten foot rolis j USt receive;! 4 D YERTISEMEXTS of five [mes or [ess will be inserted under this bead fer 25 i ?nts tor each insertion. Additional lines 5 c-nts pfr line. AGENTS WANTED. Male or female ia every county. fieriness respectarle i^oujpenratiott good. No trouble to make som? money. Address Cbrouicle, Augusta, ; Ga., for particulars. ' FROM THE WIRES. June 28. Washington. June 27. - Seca-or Dante! of Virginia was the chairman and principal speaker at a largely at? tended Cuban mass meeting held at the Columbia theatre this afternoon. He deciared that the conditiion ot affairs in Cuba was one of war with toe sword, torch, dagger and knife it was not only a condition of war, bat a war of murder sod arson. Portsmouth. Eog., JuQe 27.-The United States warship Brooklyn sailed westward this afternoon after exchanging the usual salutes with the other foreign men of-war, which are expected to re? main here several days. London, Jane 27 -Simo Hamed Ben Moasa, special e o voy of the sultan of Morooo to the jubilee festivities, bas returned to Morocco insane. Athens. Jane 27.-The Turkish army in Epirus have occupied several positions overlooking ?grapha, thus threatening the Greek retreat :in the event of a resumption of hostilities. The Greek governmeo thas decided to occupy Karpenisi with a strong force. William Ellis, recently from New? berry, an operative in the Anolerson cotton anil, bad his right arm cut off just below the elbow on Saturday by maohinery in the ''picker"room. The arm was entirely severed and fell into tbe machinery. He is doing well. Valpariso, Jane 27.-Twenty six miners have been killed by a fail of rock in the Labrar mines, in the prov? ince of Atacama. Jane 29. i Milton Coleman and Hines Beckel heimer became engaged in a fight Sunday night in Montgomery county, Va., when Holman Beckel heirn er in? terfered and drawing his pistol, shot Coleman dead. A special to The Chronicle from Jacksonville, Fla, says : Weyler while at Cienfuegos mace request for 20,000 colonial volunteers with tbe intention of starting an active cam? paign. He has also demanded from Spain 10,000 additional troops to reach Cuba by September 1, The rainy season will be drawing to a close at this time, and this goes to prove the assertion that be will make the effort of his life to couquer the insurgents. The announcement that Gomez would begin active operations has been verified A negro was stabbed to death on an excursion train from Atlanta Sun? day morning while the train was at Bamberg. The murderer was ar? rested. R W. Harris, postmaster of Union, S C , attempted suicide last night by taking 30 grains of mor? phine. At a late hour last night he was reported to be sinking rapidly, and no hope was entertained. No cause has been assigned for the at? tempt A severe storm struck the convict stockade at Dakota, Ga., on Sunday night. Two convicts were killed in? stantly by lightning, and thirteen others were injured by the falling of the stockade, which was blown down. Chief of Police Hale of Camden arrested yesterday a mao supposed to be Sam Gregory, who stole a horse in Lancaster county six years ago. Tue tobacco crop ia the Philippine islands is reported to have been com? pletely destroyed bj a volcanic erup? tion, which covered a portion of three islands with lava and ashes. . Little Reek, Ark, was severely damaged by a storm Sunday. Tbe attendance at the Tennessee Centennial passed the one hundred thousand mark last week. New York is stirred over the dis? covery of a man's body severed in two parts and the head missing. The two parts of the body were found in different parts cf the city and sev? en miles apart. Three men were knocked from the ninth story of a new building in At? lanta yeeterday by the fall? ing of a derrick. Two fell to the ground, a distance of 125 feet, and were killed instantly ; the third caught a rope while falling and was saved. Perry Gillam, colored, was lynch? ed near Aberdeen, Miss., yesterday. Appeals for aid are coming from Alachua county, Fla., which was devastated by the hurricane of Sep? tember last. The greatest destitution is said to exist. Four masked men raided the bank at ?ellefurche, S. D , yesterday and took all the money in the bank. The Cashier bad one ear shot off. The robbers were pursued at once and one was captured. The State Board of Health went to Clemson College yesterday to investi? gate the cause of fever at that insti? tution. Struck Speechless. Washington, June 26.-An abrupt and startling bah in the tariff debate occurred in the senate at 2.30 o'clock to-day wheo, in the midst of a passion? ate speech, Senator Pettigrew (Silver Rep.) of Soat^ Dakota was stricken with paralysis of the vocal cords, which brought his vehement speech to a close with a sentence half uttered. The senator was not physicially incapac? itated except in the pudden loss of the power of speech. He left the chamber soon afterward and was taken home by bis friends. The debate proceeded, bot no further progress on the tariff bill was made, aod the awe-like feeling occasioned by this incident led to an adjourn ment at 3 o'clock. The Sheriff Afraid To Arrest Leaders in Key West Riot or Search for Aims. ' Key West, Fla., June 27.-The city was quiet last night and to day. The authorities are tardy io arresting the negro leaders for the murder on Thurs? day night and oo inquest has been held as yet. One was called for yesterday, bit no action was taken and another meeting of the coroner's jury wiP be held to morrow. Many colored men heretofore ' prominent as leaders and men who took part in the trouble, now deny that they had anvthiog to do with tbe affair. The sheriff had no adequate foroe to permit bim to call for a general search for the goos lost by the militia or to order the arrest of the negro leaders. FOR 60 DAYS. ? i Beginning on July 1st, We will offer our entire stock of Summer Clothing. Straw Hats, Underwear, Negligee Shirts -AT Sweeping Heductions* We sell goods as advertised and yon can count on a genuine har?aiir . ^n purchasing from Leading Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers.