Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A THANKSCIVIWO HYMIf For bud and for bloom ana for bahn-lader breeze, For the singing of birds from the hills to the seas, For the beauty of dawn and the brightness of noon, For the light in the night of the stars and tho mooo, Wo praise Tfceo, gracious God. For tlio sun-ripened fruit and tho billowy grain, For tho orange and apple, tho corn and the en no. For tho bountiful harvests now gathorod and stored, That by Thee in tho lap of the Nations wore poured, Wo praise Thee, gracious Qod. For tho blossings of friends, for the old and tho new, For tho hearts that aro trusted and trusting and true. For tho tones that wo love, for the light ol tho eye, A :uu ?in ins wiiu <1 auu K^Uillij with good-by, Wo praiso Thoc, gracious God. That tho desolato poor mny And shelter and bread, That tho sick may bo comforted, nourished and fed, That the sorrow may eeaso of tho sighing and sad. That tho spirit bowed down may bo lifted and glad. We pray Thee, pitying Lord. That brother tho hand of his brother may clasp From oeenn to ocean in friendliest grasp, That for North and for South and for Fast and for West The horror of war bo forever at rest, We pray Thee, pitying L >r<l. For the blessings of earth and of air and ol "Very well," said the farmer, dog godly. "I'm (letarmine'l they shnl have a cood Thanksgiving' dinner, whether they eat it hero or at home!' And forth stalked Moses with hit hands defiantly thrust into the pocket? of liis trousers, heedless of Mrs. Whca ton's energetic demands us to "svhal he meant by that, hey?" I ho sun was just setting behind tin line of leatless woods that fringed the far horizon, ns Moses drove on hi? way ; the air was full of tho aromatic breath of fallen leaves, and tho wint that whistled through tho quiet soli tudes w as lcccn and cold. "(luess we'll haven harp frost to night if the wind goes down," soldo rjuized Moses, as he chirruped to 1 >ol ly, tli slot k brown lmrse. "Won 1 i bow Mrs. Main;* : - and 1. iith ere ol for Wei. i ! ( o; I'll ,? !. 1 ov r a 1 it tie t<< . rm 1 an I let lie that's my iiiulto! Ji.dlo, mbt.-rh fhouto 1 to a 1< isurely pc 1< trim upon whom hi i ve-> foil tt* tlint 1110 luctit. "'which \* iy you p.oin'V Wsiut i i f t ? " 1 In; atrunge-r turned round at tin Midden address, M ft. theroh i {food view <?? lii.i outward :n 1:1. Hi was tall and si en dor, apparently ubou twenty-six t . -<oven y.ai* of n;je, witi dark, wavy hair, aud cheaka bronze l>v tbo Siiiu of Kutan fornian cliuin. an sivy That fall 011 u< all frotn tins Fattier on high For the 'Town of ail blessings since ble.-sing.bogun. F'.v th" gift, "the unspeakable gift," of thj Son, Wo praise Thee, gracious Cod. ?S. E. Adams. THANKSGIVING INDEED, V ET'.S have n reg'lni |l ^_r old-faabiouoi Thanksgiving din r/Sr^S^k ' nor?" Farmei S*\iL W heat on. Mrs. W h e a t o r 8k??k ^cr head i^u ? biously, with n re mark concerning "taxes" anil "hart times." "O, pshaw!" said the farmer ''We've been pretty well to do ull thi year, and I guess we're about as abl< to pay taxes as other folks. Corao we'll havo a turkey and a big ludiat pudding, and I'll pick out tho yellow est pumpkin in the corn lot to mnk< pies of! Say, wife, shall we?" "I don't care," assented .Mrs. Wliea ton, rather ungraciously; "but 1 wai n-cglculatin' to sell tho turkeys? they'll bring sixteen cents a pound.' "O, haug the sixteen cents a pound \V.,'li 1-...... 'Pi -- *?. ?? v <1 luiiuno^ivill jmt Hrt llil'J ^ used to when I was a bcv in old Ver mont. And I nay, wife?" 'Well, what now !" "bet's ash. Mi83 Manners and hoi mother to como to dinner. Thoreain'l no prettier gal in tho conntry, and she don't get sewin'enough to do to kooj tho breath of life in her body, hardly ! I'll stop this evenin' as I go by and ash em to como?shall J?" "M oses Wheaton, you're the Strang est man I ever saw iu all my blessed life!" began Mrs. Wheaton, querulously. "I can't be bothered|with com pany. There'd bo tho china to get out, an 1 the best room to be slicked up, and no end o' ceremony, aforo tho houso'll be tit for Miss iMauuerfl. 1 won't huvo any sueli arrangements made, and that's tho long and tho fchort on't!" PREPARING FOR t ? thcro whs in liiB mien an indesoribably something that mado Moses lift hat with involuntary greeting. 'Thank you," said tho gentleman, good-huuioreilly. *'I havo boon walking some distance, and should bo vory 1 glad to ride." "Walkin' somo distance, oh?" said ' Moses, as tho stranger took tiio vacant seat at his 6ido. "Where might you be goin', if it's a fair question, sir?" "Perfectly fair," returned tho gentleman, fsmiliug. "I am going to visit some friends iu this neighborhood." "Oh !" returned the bafllcd Moses. "Thou you'ro acquainted round here ?" f "I used to be." "Don't want to go no further'n the ? cross-roads, do you? 'Causo I've got ' to stop there. I'm enrryiu' a basket . of things to Miss Edith Manners and her mother, that live just side o' there," "To whom?" said tho stranger. "Miss Edith Manners and hei i mother." "I thought ?I understood," exr claimed tho gentleman, "that they reI sided at Pinely Hall!" "So they did until 'bout a year back ; ?rtnttnA ir?11 t. _i i [- I.HUOV-, JUII ctu, i imjijr u 1111 Ol'IOURCU to n great friend o' tbciru?a young i feller that was brought up in furriu . parts, ami only come over here, visit. in' occasionally, llo was engaged to 1 marry Miss Edith, folks said; but 1 dou't know how truo the report wis. Wall, about twelve months ago a lota ter coiuo over, tollin' how this young 0 man was ilrownod while he was out ; boatin* on some o' them lakes with tho ! outlandish names. Of course, tho . property went to tho hoir nt-law?a 2 sort o' distant cousin, and tho poor ladies were turned, bag and baggage, . out of tho hall, to provide for thems selves the best way they could." "The brute!" involuntarily ex claimed the strauger. "And docs he t make them no allowance?" 7 "Not a cent, llo^is a brute,'thero's . no denyin'it; and all tho neighbors allow he's a hard man. Eve been wantiu'*to buy a nice lot o' laud from r the Hall property, that jiucs right on t to mine?three rtcres of madder?and j Mr. Hadley wou't soil it at no price. , That ain't the kind o' man t^Jielp two 1 frieudless'ladios ; and so thev jest keep soul and body together by takin' in sewin*. Sec that ar' basket, mister?'1 "Yes." I "Well, that holds a Thanksgivin' dinner I'm takin' down to 'em from . my place. I can't dew much to help 'cm, but I try my best. I sent down a load o' wood last month, and I calculate to send another to-morrow,Hor [ ?Hallo, what you siiueezin' my hand , for that joiut-craekin'way ?" "You are a noble follow," said the gentleman, enthusiastically, "and I . iiunui j u,i mure iniiu ai e u: i express. j "What in thunder for?" exclaimod the amazed Mohcb. "I liaiu't ilono no more than airy other feller would that , hu l a hear*, biggcr'n a poppy seed ! . (Join* to got out here, Bir?" "I must?I havo business with this . II:ulley fellow! Hut if wo livo I shall ?eo you "gain, my friend!" ; The Thanksgiving dinner was amok' n ing on Mrs. Whcuton's table, the ; kitchen door swung open, and Moses 1 i liter d, his faco beaming with suppressed exultation. , "Hallo," ho ejaculated. "I ain'l . 1 into, be I? (iuoss I am, by your face 1 - : Hero's something to sweeten it," ami ho llung a folded parchment toward r j his wife. I" "Land o' masse, what's that?" ex e'.. i?ij" 1 hi < wife. " \ ! i u" t!i- :u t!.r< ? acr t > liiO tllWI property." , j "Who?oil -?ftirtli? 'cm t< i you?" ^bricked Mrs. Wheatou, ii* i ? month apart, and her ovca opca wide :n astonishment, j "1 he gentkin m who owns tho II ii', y ! who's fioia' to ho married t< M. s lhiitu Manners, and Hottlo dowi t : hero." ii ! "Now, Moses, that's all nonsenso? I j Mr. Iladley'a married a'reudy 1" il i "I ?uv? van Kain't haa*tl Ilia noafo t' I THANKSGIVING. 9 ? said Moses, plunging his carving knife into the breaBt of the hnge turkey. "Why, it's all over the village! The yonng Squire wasn't drowned, although he came pretty near it?and ho was ill for months of a fever that followed the accident, in some cottago in Italy, and now he's oome homo and claimed his own, and old Hadloy's turned out, nook and heels? survo him right, I say." "Gracions me!" interjected the breatlilesn matron, "I wish I'd askod Miss Edith and her mother tto dinner hero to-day." ORIGIN OF THE DAT. First Tlianksclvlntc Proclamation Was Printed In 1G77. In the old Now England days thero was no Christmas, for Christmas, to the sornbro Pnritnu mind was a Papal idolatry. When Thanksgiving Day became an annual festival it assumed many of the features of the old English Christmas. It was simply a day of reunion in November instead of Do cember, with tho exception of the interchange of gifts, a day on which Puritans ato turkey and Indian pudding and pumpkin pio instead of suoh "sacrilegious meats" as boar's head, sirloin, peacock and plum-pudding. But Thanksgiving Day was not a fixturo in New England until a long tiuio after tholundingof the Pilgrims, nor yet original with the "Yankees." Days had been sot apart for giving thanks to the Almighty in Eftrope before the Reformation and we{e infrequent use by Protestants afterwards, especially in tho Church of Englund, where thanks days were a fixed custom loug bofore thoy were in tho Colonies. Even farther back wo can trace tho custom of setting apart festivals of thanksgiving in anoient history, when tho priests would designate a time for feasting in commemoration of a great . victory or of successful crops. The first Thanksgiving in New England was issued from the lips of the Popham colonists at Monhegan, in "giving God thanks" for safe arrival in America aud for other liberal blessings, which wero perhaps more imagined than realized. The first Thanksgiving week in Plymouth was observed in December, 1621, and dozens of wild turkeys wero killed to louko the feast. That was tho first j "cold day for tho turkeys," Two years later a severe .Taly | drought scorched the corn and beans, and a fast day of nine hours of prayer 'Iwns observed. A rain followed that "revived their withered corn nnd drooping atlbctions," in tbo quaint language ot a contemporaneous chron icier. A second day of Thanksgiving was set apart booauso "it would show great ingratitudo if they smothered up tbo same." . In 1830 the first public Thanksgiving was observed in Uoaton on account of tbo sftfo arrival of food-laden ships from England. From that timo until 18Gt there was in New England an average of 0110 Thanksgiving Day iD ' two years. It would bedillicult to say just when Thanksgiving Day became a fixture in thowholo of New England, though from time to timo days were designated for rejoicing on account of ! tbo "dissipation of pirates, abatement i of discaoo or for the safo arrival of persous of special use and quality," as well as in gratitude for abundant harvest. | Tbo harvest gratitude accounts for | tho fact that tlio festival geuerally | earno in tho fall, though it was by no menus limited to Thursday or to No veuiber. On one occasion tho town <.f Colchester ignored the Clovernor'a r ointc I <l.iy and h.i.l it-s own fenst ft ; wi - i: Inter in or.lor to allow tituo for , tlu* arrival of e. sloop from New York with n hogshead cf molasses for tho i "pumpkin pus." i'iic first printedThanksgivingproclamation occurred in Massachusetts in ,1 li'iTT. During tho Revolutionary i period frequent Thanksgivings were appointed in "acknowledgements for mercies enjoyed," and it was during this timo that tho observance of tho ' ' (lav bccama in anv dcaroA National. For the Continental Congress ordered j eight different days of Thanksgiving, which fell in April, May, July and Dooember. Wlion tho war was over and tho Constitution had been drawn np it was proposed to incorporate snob a day within its limits. Although there woa nothing inserted in our fundamental law, the motion was soon carried in effect. Washington appointed in that year, 1789, November 26 as a Thauka- j giving Day. But not so great attou- 1 tion was paid to that first Presidential call to thanksgiving as to the later proclamation by Washington.?Path* tinder. THANKSGIVING MEMORIES. To Many Households the Day Brings Sad 'Recollections. "It shonld not be iorgotten that Thanksgiving Day, bcoauso it is a homo festival, oomes to many people, to many households, in a very bittersweet way, awakening slumbering sorrows and roviving the pain of great bereavements. If tho reader will but turn to the thirtieth stropho of Tennyson's 'In Mcmoriaiu* and read tho verses beginning: Wlthtrombling Angers did wo weavo Tho holly round tho Christmas hearth, he will find thero the most perfect il lustration of my meaning. The household gathers for tho wonted cclebraion of Christmas Evo with an awful senso Of ono muto shadow wntchinjr all. Now they are silont, now thoy essay to siug nil old song, and then comes si. ! lenco again and tears. It mast be j read, for no description suffices. So 1 Thanksgiving comes to many houso- ! holds in deep nllliotion, as remarking ; and emphasizing their losses. What i then? "When tho late Dr. Dutton, of New Ilnvcn, was called to mourn the loss of : his beloved wife, Dr. Bushncll wroto him a letter of condolence, tho last senteuce of which reads os follows: Soften your griefs with much thanksgiving.' Just ponder that sontence a little. Outsido the Bible I have no- I where found a bit of counsel more wiso and precious than that for thoso in ntlliction. Nor have I ever known it to fail of comfort when presented I to sorrowing souls. Think upon your mercies. 'Forget not all His benefits.' Becall and meditate on your manifold occasions of thanksgi* ing to God and mix them into your cup of sorrow. Thanksgiving mingled with affliction is the'more than magic branch that sweetens the bitter waters of Marah." ?llev. Edwin D. Parker, D. D. A Ilarnyfi.rU Mishap. Fir^tTurkey?"Onr oldgobler seems to be in a terriblo plight." Second Ditto ? "Yes, ho just fell down and broke his wish bono." The Eucharist. Probably on no day in the year nro so many union services held by different denominations as on Thanksgiving Day. And, oven when churches worship apart, tho spirit of tho day binds them into unison. So in the home. It is the harvest on tho hills gathered together, which is at once tho symbol and tho cause of tlicso dolightful and affoctionato reunions, which enliven, enrich aud sanctify tho home. Is it not tho vitality of tho sentiment which has kept tho word "eucharist" alivo through so many centuries on its nativo soil, and gives it fresh birth in other languages? And is it not the vitality of tho sentiment of gratitude which shall make our own National eucharist, not only tho recognition of a blessing, but a new joy and blessing in itself? The Day Alter. "I can't offer you anything," said the kind-hearted lady, ' but sorno corned beef and cabbage." "Madam," replied Meandering Mike, "it 'ml bo my salvation. I've walked four miles tryin* to find a house where they'd oiTer mo somcthin' besides dark meat an' wish-bones." What He Had. Diehard (discontentedly)? "Thanksgiving Day, eh? I don't know what I've got to bo thankful for!" Wraggs?"Why, you've got a good home, spk :ulid prospects and a big income." lticharda (savagely) ? "Yes, and dys THIS KLKOTOKAL VOTBMcKlnley Has 27\un(i llryau ?75, According to the fittest lie turns. Tbe latest returns from Kentucky, Wyomlag, (bo Dakota* aud other cK/bo States giro Bryan one vote in Kentucky, the three votes of Wyoming and the (our votes <X South Da- J kota In the Inst named State the Bryan electors < have only 191 votes more than tbe McKlnley electors. In Wyoming the lowest Bryan , elector is 66 ahead of the highest McKlnley | elector. In this State, as well as iuKeutueky, < the official canvass uiay change the result. Tbe electoral table now stands: For McKinlev: California, t); Connecticut. I 6; Delaware, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana, 15; ' Iowa, 13; Kentucky, 12; Maine, 6; Murylnud, 1 8; Massachusetts, lit; Michigan, 14, Mluuc- < sotn, 11; N'tfv Hampshire, 4; New Jersey. 10; New York. :U'?; North Dakota. 3; Ohio, 23; | Oregon, 4; IVuusylvania, 32; ltiiode island. , 4; Vermoir. 4; West Virginia, (4; Wisconsin, ( 12. Total, 272. ] For Bryan: Alabama. 11; ArknL'sas, 8; Colorndo, 4; Florida. 4; Georgia, 13; Idaho. 1 Kansas, 10; Kentucky. 1; Louisiana, 8; i Mississippi, i>; Missouri. 17; Montana. 3; Ne hrnska, H; Nevada, 3; North Curolina, 11; I South Carolina, 9; South Dakota. 4; Tonnes- I see. 12; Texas, 15; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12; Washington, 4; Wyomlug, 3. Total, 175. SHOT FOlt WORKING. ; Whites, of l*H(ltieuh, Ky.. Fired Into ; , ? (lung of Negro Wood Cutters. Nows received nt I'aducnh, Ky , on Novem- | ber 17th, is to the effect that four Negroes 1 were seriously wounded and live others sprinkled with buckshot by a mob of white \ men nt Altooua. Ilfteen miles from there, on < the Tennessee river. Fifteou Negroes were engaged in cutting timber for the Standard ; 1 Oil Company. They hud been ordered to | , leave, being told that no Negro would bo al- ! lowed to ?top there. John Keeber, the fore- | man, decided that there was no danger of i 1 violence aud the Negroes were sitting around an old smokehouse when a mob of fifty men. swooped down upon thein and began llring. Some of the Negroes ran into the woods and others sought refuge in the house with the foreman. The mob then started to burn the house, but the foreman sued for peace and the Negroes were, given twenty-live minutes in which to lon.e. The seriously wounded j are: Smith, foreman; Mitch Clark, John ! IJoyd mid Zona Jenkins, i'hey were taken to j Paduciih. No effort has been tuado to up- t prehend the moh. Not a Negro can he found j for miles around Altoona. Several men ' have l>een killed by mobs iu this neighbor- | hood before. A Cuban Editor Escapes. Honor Corouado, formerly editor of La | Diseiision, passed through Atlanta, Ga.. I reeently on his way to New York bearing im- [ pcrtant messages from the Cubans. Coron- j ado's paper was suppressed recently and ho escaped from Habnna to a schooner which WUS in the harbor. The vessel took him to N*>w Orleans An order had been issued for Coronado's arrest and he received notice of it only a few minutes in advance of the visit of the officers to his home. His offense consisted of printing an account of an execution of a pri- ouer and under it was printed the 1 story of a killing, which was headed "Another Murder." Gen. Weyler did not like this and ordered the arrest of the editor. One of his associates has been arrested, tried and transported. Met at Itlchmond, Va. The Southern Associated Press met in annual session at the Jefferson hotel, in Richmond, Va., and transacted considerable routine business nud re-elected the old officers. Mr. M. Glcnnan, of the Norfolk Virginian, was admitted to the executive committee. Mr. lidward Atkinson of Boston, who was in the city addressed the meeting at some length on the banking laws and admitted their iniquity and suggested their re-conI struction. The members of the association I visited many points of interest and took a trip to Old Point. To sum it all up. the local i members made it very pleasant for the visitors. Kdlson Makes the lllind Sec. I Thomas A. l'.dison has verified the cxperi[ mouts reported to have been made in San | Francisco in which by means of the cathode ray a blind boy bad boon cnntiled to distinguish li^ht. Edison has rooontly cxperimeut d on two subjects, l)otti blind, from Nowark, N. .1. Many tubes were tried, each with increased strength and finally the subjects wore enabled to distinguish Hashes. On? of the tnen was ahle after a time to say when th< light was turned on and ofT. The most sueee.-sful results were attained with the aid of a red globe, and it is Edison's intention to continue experimenting in tliis line until i nitedi more satisfaetory results are arrived 1 at which he confidently predict* soon. Decreased tonmings. The ToRuetsco Coai, Iron and Railroad J company reports for t) toher n?-t earnings. I ?o()..ojs, a decrease of ?7!.77f.. and surplus j J after llxed chart's ?_'J'i7l. deerenso f70,,.?,J"?; and from Jan. J. to Oct. :tl. net earnings ?572.221, decrease 125.N;!.!. surplus after fixed charges s'.ij.im, decrease ?l0l?,:i57. I.atest Cabinet Slate. One of the lat* st cabiuet slates made up is tbis: Secretary of State, ltenjamiu Harrison, : of Indiana; Secretary of tho Treasury, Mark A. Manna, of Ohio; Secretary of War, Ibd| field I'roetor, of Vermont; Secretary of th? 1 Navy, Matthew S. Quay, of I'ennsyivaniH; j I'ostninster Oeu? al. Powell Clayton, of Arj kaiisas. Attorney General, John M. Thurston, of N'obrasku. Till1 Agitation to lie Kept I'p. From the present outlook it seems thtlt poi litleul agitation will not only not eensn with ! the election, but will hu kept up hriskly for j the next four yi'ins. I ( hnirinnu Mark Ilanna, of t!i? Republican ! national committee, nnnonneotl a week ago I that he intemleil to maintain the organization of his committee for the next four years, ami 1 that the committee wotihl net as political inl, risers to the I'resiilent. all oi the while using every means in its power to crush out what he terms "the free silver heresy." Mr. llrvan's aililri'.?s, urging all silvereluhs . ami other Deinoeratie organizations to main- | tain their organization ami keep up the light, tilt* l??fio.i.r off ll.n ll..n?. r.u It is announced on t 1ii? highest nutliorltv that tin- 11 | 111 I i 11. Di-miM-rats and 1'opu- , lists will each i-stal.lisli permanent licnd.pinrtcrs here, and will soon i irin tin- i,<?nt<,.-t for j tin* control of tin* < 'onitress to I < elected in | 1 M!?S, ami for tin1 {j..11 o! tin- I'rcsi.lent in J Cotton t roj? lv<i ininlc. 1,'itlia i . Al.- u: ?! r<V ( .... of V-w York. the well known . tl ;i m.-r -dants, have sent j out tln-ir estimate of crop of the | United Stales for Is 11;. ;i7. 'I'lie e-.tiin.lte is I ei repIn - ''roe. .-nrrcsp. illdetits 1 11sr-. 11 f 1 >ut tl.e South. .i"inif farmers ' and dinners u- well a- l>:;:..."rs and cotton 1 t.uvers, and 11 make., tt< *.il ero|> S,022,<M)0 hales. iseel la neons < 1111 insis. Placards have I 1 ; st.nl in Cancn, Island of Crete, inei'ii. the Mussulmans to enttane in war ai|..i: -t the Christians. Tim Turkish sf.e. nil trihunal has sentenced j the Armenian liisliop at llassekeln to death ! heeaiiso durum the late ri .is a lofl't'.'d rovolj v.-r wa? found iu his house. WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET. Southern Pencil Pointers. At Hylvuniu, Ga? the iury brought In verdict of uot guilty lu the case of Solomon Zelgler, charged with killing tthorllT Broker. St. Augustine. Flu., is seen to have un excellent system of wntor works. Lumpkin, Little. Cobb tunl Fish have rtvceiitly bveu elected to tho Supreme Court IwqdIi iii (Jlcorgiu by the State Legislature. They are all able lawyers. Thomas S. Jones, of Augusta, (la., has . been arrested ia Birmingham. Ala., charged with embezzling funds to the amount oi *19.000 while serving in Augusta as city iherilT and tax assessor. The Kentucky Court ol Appeals did uot hand down tile expected opinion in the Jackson and U allium murder cases. It is not thought It will come before the middle or laid of next week. At Now Amyrna, Fin.. f. A. Roberts hearing that Li. A. bowue was iutlmato with his wile, lay in wait for liowue with a doubleharreilod shot gun and killed him in his tracks. . A special to the Louisville Times from Danville. Ky., says: An attempt to burn the town of Danville has been made and property to the extent of $15,000 was destroyed. An unknown negro who was driven from a livt*ry stable is suspected. A special from Versailles, Ky..says nil toll pates in Woodford county lias been cut down nud destroyed by a mob. Similar depredations have b?>en committed recently in Franklin. Owen, Anderson and Washington, counties. The mobs ure com nosed of ineA who demand free turnpikes in Kentucky, The seventeenth session of the congress'?! tho Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States met iu Norfolk, V. liishop Satterlee presided. At Fernandiu, Florida, the Spanish (lag, stall and all, was stolon from tho Spanish v ice-consulate. Hog cholera prevails in some sections of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana so that tho Union stock yards in Cinnciunnti have established a strict quarantine. It is reported on good authority that Governor Bradly has fully decided that tho extra session of the Kentucky legislature shall begin between Jan. 1 and Jan. 15. Governor Bradloy expects to be elected Unit*, d States Senator at this session. At St. Lous, Mo., the national convention of the W. T. U. adjourned sine die Wed nesdny. lo tin* executive committee is tort tlio duty of selecting the place for the twenty-fourth annual convention. A number of cities have urged their claims. It is beliovoil that the choice lies between HutTalo, N. Y., a ml Detroit, Mich., but the choice may not be made forsome time. Judge J. <). MoDulllo died at Hnynesvllle. Ala. He was a member of the Fifty-third Congress and a prominent Republican in the State. He was a captain iu the Second Iowa Cavalry and a member of the Montgomery <}. A 11. The Georgia General Assembly has formally elected A. S. Clay for United States Senator. There were 11)8 votes cast, of which 101 were for Clay. At Ilardstown. Ivy., the National Fox Hunters Association's third annual meeting for fox hound trials brought together a large assemblage of fox hunters from all parts ol the country. A party of twenty-five distinguished New Jersians Saturday dedicated the monument erected by their State at the Chickamauga National Park at Chattanooga, Tenn. Several distinguished gentlemen made addresses. At Richmond. Vu., Judge Simonton dismissed the petition for another receiver ol the Cape Fear A Yadkin Valley Railroad, and Gen. John Gill will remain solo receiver of said rbad. Peoplo from F.astern. Northern ami Western States have bought 1,000 acres of land from A. S. Iiozior, on the Macon and Columbus railroad, twelve miles from Columbus, Gu.. and will estublisli a colony. .? ? -? ?- - -? All About tlie North. At St. Paul, Minn,, Rev. J. C, ItaTl, the preacher on trial charged with attempting to poison his wife, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Slate prison for six year.-. The announcement is made that the Holy Father has appointed Ilev. Hr. Thomas. J Conaty rector of the Church <>f the Sacred Heart. Worcester, Mass., to succeed Rishop John J. Keaneas reetor of the Catholic University at Washington, I). C. The third annual convention of the National Hardware Association met in Philadelphia. John it. Gentry, the famous harness horse of the world, was sold at auction in Madison S<|uare Garden, New York, to Lewis G. Tewsk.-bury. of tiiat eity. for tl'.t,!)()(). Tliu Iniyer also owns Hubert J. ami Mascot. Fit/.siinmons de.dines to accept the terms of tlie New York athletic club to light Corbott a limited number of rounds. He wants a lluisli light. Judge I.C.Parker, the famous Arkanstis jurist, is dead. Ho pr<'>ided over court for twenty-one years without missing a day. The town of Mercer, Pa., fifty miles south of F.rie. is reported destroyed by lire,and the loss estimated at JUOO.OOU. Hon. It. I'. Giles. Congressman-elect from the First Missouri District is dead. -? ?Foreign Chit-Chat. Our imports from Cuba have fallen from an average of >0,:tlJ5.5t;0 a mouth, to t2.a25,141, and exports have decreased in proportion. King Oscar 11 of Sweden and Norway has given further evidence of his kindly feeling to Americans by erecting a granite monument on the spot where Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Toumans, of New York City, met their death by accident on July 4 last. Hryan Will Lecture. It has been definitely arranged that William J. JJryau will take the leeturo platform and his first address will bo delivered at Atlanta, Ga., early in December. His route, as far ns it has been arranged, will bo, after leaving Atlanta, Jacksonville, Savannali, Charleston, Augusta, Birmingham and New Orleaas. After leaving .ho latter city Mr. Bryan will go through Texas, then on to California and Oregon, and will not reach the cities of the F.ast before the latter part of February, 1N!>7. The man behind the enterprise Is V. ! :. Mclloe, of Norfolk, Va., the superintendent os the Seabourd Air Lino A Newspaper in Trouble Senator Marion Cutler's paper, the Cnttensiiin, the organ of the Populist party in Vulli Carolina, lias been taken possession of l y tin' -bertCron judgments aggregating $210. < ulier judgment* Will probably be obtained, it l-beiieved however that tlieeiubarassiiient i < .litv temporary It is elaiim d that tlio i i.i: ;i ib iiti- -, of tlio paper are only about 9400 Want Cubans Helped. At Montgomery, Ala., a memorial to Congress was intrnduceil in tlio Assembly expres lag profound sympathy with tlio cause of i ho Cuban rebellion and petitioning th* Congressman fr-un Alabama to oxert every to render them assistance. Th? iiiemorial will bo almost uuuuituously adopted.