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1 i r A c. p. LEWIS, Editor. -A. Newspjiper for tlie. Familv" and. Pireftide. Terms1 Sl-OO. in Advance, VOL. XII. REIDSVILLE, N. C, OCTOBER 21, 1887. NUMBER 30. F E RE ANOTHER POOL OF SILO All Tennessee Which iiwm Soring ' is creating a Sensation. lv Carolina. fi.-1'r-iitl I,,.;,. WiJh'M-iVan-a t,f- rucks. t- K' in-' lit- '"' ; writing from Etizabcth 1 have recently visited discovered a lew months tlirs mountains of North S rorrespoti' . Ti mi., savs: tl t: "l''s"" ?I'""o 1. 1- lit lelJOV "l , ,. , v . - .... , . . , The story "s discovery nas i, en toM i th" local pipers how 1 leaves irom a aram in ? in : ( ii al'T I'" anrer,. nui li near y, and t,,e next morning ' poism oak sorts" on bis Sii:u Hi' "1 man, ttiin niuiu mi Aii'l the "-'xt morning the eruption f.'.nn.J tliat ti. i.i.i wherever the water touched- firm-, 11." . . ... . -;,i i..vi uVt'l'.' "ir 7-, ; Jcla"iois n spring" either liecausc - r ,t, cil -t t- on this eruption or from the . arv n Aft 1 scrofulous, cancer us ,. it contains. ,-r th ; lad's experience with its healing i -iiij was mane Known, mo mountain ti . i . . i t-t : . . : I 1 li:illlaUO:i Ilce, 10 iti lli'in iiinen (u iu l in I . 1 k T, I . I .il, On :i Hun lav it s-enieu a seeonu rooi 01 fmj loam, with so many CONTRACT LABOR. FROM WEST TO SOUTH. rht. an invalid from Saltville, Va., n I .1 ...... 1 nr. I. n v I , ... V. all'l UK ci aw i fvijiio icvuiiiii uiuu no I1.-1 ;ks fat oM women, landy-legged men an I al lied in Jtintiin m udens dangling their t-ii inks in the healing water .rattle ivt-rw brought, and on thests occasions th r- iin ;!it sometimes he counted a hundred hrc-lncki:d nags and galled steers waiting their turn, i It is wonderful how rapid the curative liropci ties act. In forty-eight hours, some tiin sless, . angry soro is healo I. In lone iiiHtan'!.j a cancer was drawn out by the roots. The Sunday gatherings at the spring soon became a nuisanru tor the county. The mountain men brought "moonshine," and with drinking came fighting and cutting. It was in vain that the better-d spos-?d trid to mako it a religious gathering, tlrj prayers ut the spring were interrupted and "services ol t u ended in a free li Wh.-ii ( nit. 'I'hoinpson, moved up to the spring and i iini"''l near in a tent lie found this state of tilings unHiipKrtabla ad boug t ths pro--i ty mi Hult-di-fcn.se. It was inclosed and t n 1 1 .-inci gained onlv by spec al TenTii.ssio;i. TIk m came trouble. The mountain -men tie- t.l . . . .1 II Af . ri.ii'i' I inao no one man sno'.ua own in n hiri-ig and if (apt. Thompson, didn't move mt they would move him. A crowd of bur ins armed and went down to execute the t lin-at. The ( 'aptain heard of their approach, Kidi-il his rid 'and took astan I by the spring. "'Hie first man who enters that gate,'' wiid lie, when they 'came nwir "the firs, mm who enters that gate will le shot tloa I." Tla-y had mistaken their m in. From tliat ilav he was unmolested. ' 4 "I was seared half to tleatli," said the Cap tain, "birt I did not let them Uml it out." The water oozes up into a flight cavity blasted in the rock and is caught and bot tled as fast as it trickles out. The .h mind for it, is very great, a largo rtioii lieing used at the spring. To the taste the water is pure ami very cold, its mineral projiorty bein-j M arrely perceptible, but its ertct aro unu Mial and remarkable, as in led, is the nn-nly-is, for beside the "bromine ami arsenic," -Mliieh -givt tlio water its name, it contains lithium, iouinc, pota.sh and phosphate "POISONED IEGGS. .lis Inicmlcd for Itat Gets Into a Family IJreak fast. t 'Irs. Margaret Keitz, aged tlfty -eight years und dead in ld at her homo in Thila ill'lllfll'l find t lid tll liin u-iirn tinfifiir1 t.hn.f. llfr tieathwasdue to jioison. An investigation showed that the family purchased from tho the store of James McCurdy five eggs, which vere eaten by its members. Shortly after .Hi meal Mrs. M irgar t Itoitz, August HoffS f....t., ,.r ... ITiiffmon lll.lll, llll -Vlllll JftllS Ml. dV, M C aged eight years, Iicnjamin Hoffman, six years old, and Harry Hoffman, aged four years, w ere taken ill, wit symptoms of ar senical poisoning. All of tho family except Mrs. Iteitz, improved gradually, but she was greatly prostrated and continued tt grow weaker and weaker until she ll edj McCurdy ', stated that ho kept hiC eL'ir: in the. ct Iar and has been trouble! kreaHy with rats, which evineal a decided partiality for eggs. Wach day he found a iiumb-r of empty shells left -where he had' placed fresh eggs the tlay before, In tinier to rid himself of the nuisance, ho had filled several eggs with arsenic anil placed them in the barrels vita trio others. McUur.Iy also VinI that he had .notified his employ es lit i ho eggs containing the arsoiuc were jith the other eg.; an ! cautioned them to 4i ireful. I The dorks, however denied receiving any phi ,1 iiisirucr ions, osiK-riaiiy iiartii'i ionne, v.Tn i told the boy who came for them to go to the cellar and get thorn out of a barrel!. djorui's declared e nnhatfcally that ho was si 1 itely ignorant of their contents, as they werj in the same trav with tho other crnck- l ers.-s w liira t hi HolTmans usutllv nurcli 'so Mt t'ur.ly is sai l to have acted iiulifferentlv nboiitthe niaU-r during tlv. diwtor's oncs- mi.is, and afb r hearing of ho mistake burn-4 -. I the remainder of the dru'z. He has Uen iu business nine year, is married, and is the t uner ot eleven ehildren six sons and live daughters who aro all! engaged in some mercantile business. McCurdy was t ken into eustodv. and will Iw h?hl to await thn esult of the Coroner's investigation. The ' ur oilier pntients ro much improved, and ire i lunouneod out of danger. Froecctlinff AcahiKt a Church For Importing a Minister. Tho new Federal law forbidding th im portation of contract labor has re nil tod in a peculiar cas3 at New York. Particulars Us given by th-5 TrUmne are as follows: Banker J. S. Kennedy has pat on war- S lint and resol veil' that the Church of the oly Trinity and the Ilev. E.-Walpo'e War ren shall not violate the .law prohibitins tue imiiortation of contract lalor. - Ha h:u Ktudi! out th'j meaning of tho words " labor n on l "contract," ho has. read the law carefully an 1 ho has uo cided, and United states District Attorney alker agrees with nun, that tne lashion able congregation at Forty-second street and Madison avonue aro malefactors. " There is deep irv-thod in Mr. Kennedys conduct. Not content with lie! ng a hanker, he is President ol the St Andrew's Society. In looking aftor tho interests of immi grants the case of the Scotch gardener, XL Cummings, attracted his notice. Cummings came to tbU country to ent w tlie service of a KentucKy gentleman, but Collector Magone detained Cummings under the Contract Labor law, as an agreement has been made in Great Britain that Cummings should perform ser vices as a skilled gardener here. A Unite 1 States Ju Ige wrettlod with the eas3 and sent Cuinniiugs lack to Sc Jtl md. A short time afterward Cummings caino back to America without any "contract" or agreement, and how is probably watering the groun Is of the Kentucky gentleman who wanted him ab first. Mr. Kennedy's ire arose over this case and he ji esolved to make the law appear as ridiculous to others as it appeared to' him. If the poor and lowly were to be sub ject to such a rigid interpretation of tho law1 it was only right thit , th j rich and highly should suffer. The ltev. E. Walpule Warren,1 who was recently called to the pastorate of the Church of the Holy Trinity, came from -England, and h3 didn't start for this side until an agreement had been made with tho oflieers of the church. Hero was an excellent opportnnity for the crusading Uanker to maks a test case. Before Mr. Warren's arrival Mr. Ken nedy wrote to Colloetor Magono, calling his attention to the fact and saying that he was legally advisnd that . Mr. Warren could not be permitted to land without violating tho letter and spirit of the law. But the Collec tor didn't aojicar to share tho banker's views and Air. Warren was not prevented from landing. Secretary Fairchild was then appealed to , iiy Jur. n.eiiuuojf w uiuuixd tua iav. iui. Kennedy, in his letter to the Secretary, ended as follows: "I need hardly add to the assurance con tained in ny letter to the Collet-tor that I take this action with the kindest feelings to ward the llev. Mr. Warren and toward his congregation, which numbers several of my personal Inends, ana soieiy lor iuh purpose of calling public attention to what I lielieve to tys an unjust and unreasonablo law. I see no reason, however, why a law should be enforce 1 in the case of a poor gar dener or mechanic and should not be enforced iu tlie caso of the chosen head of a rich city congregation, to 'whom it equally applies." Tiie Treasury Department replied to Mr. Kennedy's letter hy referring him to United States District-Attornay Walker, who might prosecute a suit against a corporation or per son violating tho law. Mr. Kennedy wrote to Mr. Walker, and that official responded in a letter in which ho said: ''Notwithstanding first impressions to tho contrary, I have reached the conclusion that the case presented is within tne statutJ, and that it is my duty to bring suit against the church for l.OJJ penalty.". DETAILS OP THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIP SOUTHWARD. Mr. Cleveland and His Wife Conllallj Ecceired. a' TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. FAILING FOR A MILLION. The National! Ilubtx-r Company el Ithode Island in Serious Financial Trouble. A LADY PLIES THE WHIP. MAcitvMnnt in Prominent South Car- v'"t HT US V I f III 4A V V' Draw Poker. Wakeilioro, Colleton couuty. S. C. 'ii in- .ewhi.lii.igs an I threatened duels, all tho parties eoiieerned belonging to the first fam ilies of the place, Hie eldest son of- Maior Eilwartls. tho Irm,-ii l-iwyer of the town." has leen lead- ng a fat life since he marri.sl thn K.iiitifnl lau -liter of Colonel James 1L Rion. who was allegtl to be the son of the Dauphin of -IVa-ice. Young Kvhvar l's freouent and r.v ra.-Uil aliSrnws from hiinne at night aroused as wires, ire, and last Saturday night, "i'l.vl l.y a lad nam tl fzlar, she uncerenKv aouMy enUretl the rOom in which her ,lwl 'i it. ..!...... 1 . M-vt-rm oi ms mate inends were l in a game of draw ioker. 1 -Xniiui those iins.iif. Minsn Vi n..M;.,,.. The National Rubber Company, of Provi dence It. I., owjning the most extensive fac tory of tho kind in the world, has made an assignment. The liabilties are upwards of $1,000,XX, and the chief assets'are tho plant and real cstat9, situated in the town" of Bris tol, a dozen mil s from said city. Sometime ago Treasurer Brown went to Eupopo and the affairs of the concern were placed in the hands of'men who were given implicit orders about the conduct of the business The mar ket price of crude rubber was then about 0-1 cents. The selling agents were instructed, to put goods on the market and take advance orders, the price of manufactured goods being at correspondingly- low figures. This they did, and the raw. material advancing, they readily took enormous orders at the low prices. Treasurer Brown remained several months in EurojH?, and no one in his alsencetook the responsibility of altering the selling agents' prices.! The result was that the contracts when parried out, resulted in a loss of $125, 000. With the company in its unsatisfact ry financial condition advance was considered hop. less. A rumor was started that there was a lapse in the-payment of theemyloyees, and the latter began a stampede, which in a few days was settled by a partial payment ami with promise of payment of the full amount on the next regular pay day. The pay-roll of the workmen alone was ov r $o0,000 a m nt ! There was due the opera tives alout 4.,0iX) at tho time, according to the company's statement. The next regular my day came around and their, bei me no monej' to settle the back accounts n strke in the calleiulering room was liegun, which caused the factory to shut down. At a recent meeting of the directors it was voted to issuo the $.0tH) preferred stock au thorizod by an act of the General Assembly but this not being deemed sufficient, after several weeks of negotiation, a plan has been arrived at, the success of which will bring an equivalent of $1,000,000 to the coninany, thus placing it on a strong financial-footing.. In the confidential statement Oct I, to the stockholders, the ass ts were p'aeed at $1,- JOSjOOO.and the liabilities at Jr-i,WV. Tbtf President and Mrs. Cleveland, accom panied by Governor McGill an I -.Mayor Smith, were driven through the handsomest part of St Paul on Tuesday morning. The party took ref reshmants at Mayor Smith's residence, after which Mrs. Cleveland wa3 driven to the railrva I station, while tha President was take 1 1 the Minnesota Club, and presento l to its members. Soon after he joined his wife, and the special train soon bore the party to Minneapolis. Upon their arrival at Minneapolis the party were conveyed to tho West Hotel through streets thronged with ieople, many of whom had come hun lrods of nulcs. After lunch the Presidential party were driven through the fine business and resilience portion of tn-s city, and upon tlioir return Mayor Ames mado an address of welcome'.' from the hotel balcony. The President responded in a short address,' and then the party went to the Exposition in carriages, escorted by military companies and a band of music. At the Exposition grounds tha President made another short address. Aft r supper at the hotel the party at 8 p. M., under military es cort, returned to the depot aud took the train for Omaha. During the long ride south from Minneapo lis to Omaha the President was frequently summoned tOL the platform of his pecial train to receive the greatings or the country i jieople who had gathered at the various de ixts. The train reached Sioux City, la., at 0:130 Wednesday morning. The party, ac companied by the military and brass bands, were driven- to the Corn Palac?, where almost everything, insul-s and outside, was made of corn in some shape or another. After a short stop tho travelers continued their journey. The v.llage stations from Sioux City to Council Blull's were crowded with the solid farmers of the surrounding country. At Omaha a com nitto3 took the party in charge, and they were driven through the streets, which were crowded with Xeopleand adorned with stream?rs and ban ners. Civil and military organizations toot part in the demonstrations of welcome. After leaving Omaha the next stopping place was St. Joseph, Mo. Here 00,000 resi dents and 25,000 strangers gave the party an enthusiastic welcome. Brass bands and va rious organizations helped ih making matters livlv. ' . 1 The train reached Kansas City at 8:15 p. si Wednesday. Ac the depot and for blocks around an immense crowd had gathered, anc a roar of cheers went up as the train ar rived. The President and Mrs. Cleveland were driven through the crowded streets in a barouche driven by six gray hoi-ses. At th Coates House the President and Mrs. Cleve land, assisted by Postmaster- General Vila and his wife, held a reception, and later re viewed the grand parade of the Priests ol Pallas. The President and Mrs. Cleveland, accom panied by the rest of the party, were' driven through the streets of Kansas City on Thurs day morning. Large crowds greeted them icartily at every point. After the drive Mr. Cleveland laid the corner-stone of the new Young Men's Christian Association Buildin he l resident mado an address, re ferring to ; the good work dono by Young . Men's Christian Associations throughout the country. After the cere monies the party took lunch and then were driven to the Custom House, where Mayor Kumpf mado an address of welcome m presence of 50,(100 spectators, tho Presi dent responding: Then Mr. aud Mrs. Cleve land held an onen-air receotion. thousands of people walking past the Chief Magistrate and his wife. At h o clock there was a ban quet at the Coates House, and later Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland reviewed an imposing parade. The streets were brilliantly illuminated. At 10 p. m. the entire party took the special train tor Memphis. a . -.XT' i a . . ... . . At nest Mempnis, wnicn was reacnea Friday afternoon, the visitors were received by a Committee of 5300 leading citizens, and taken by steamer to Memphis. About H),- 000 people had erathered on the levee when the Presidential party left the boat,thousands of strangers having traveled to the city from Mississippi and ad joining States. Ihe party were taken in carnages to the Gayozo House. In the morning there was a reception av the hotel, and later the guets were driven out to see a fine display of fireworks. Saturday morning there was a grand parade, an ad dress delivered by Judge Elliott in the Court Square, a reply by the iTesident, and after ward a public reception at the Merchants1 Exchange. Early Saturday afternoon the special train was again taken, and Nashville, lenn., was reached early Sunday morning. A sad incidont of President Cleveland s visit to Memphis was the sudden death of Judge H. T. Ellett. of the Chancery Court, a few minutes after he had delivered the address of welcome to Mr. Cleveland from the crowded stand in Court Square. The President was responding to Judge Ellet, when that gentlemen was suddenly tataensiclc antl sank to his seat Although attended by Dr. Bryant, the President's physician, and local doctors. Judge Ellet succumbed to par alysis of the heart The exercises were closed on the stand by the announcement that there would be a reception later at the Merchants and Cotton Exchanges.and the crowd hurried away. Both the President and Mrs. Cleve land were much affected by the sad event At rfashville the ITesident and Mr. Clove- land were the guests of General W. H. Jack son on that gentleman's magnificent sto 'k farm. Belle Meade, six miles from tho city. There Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland spent a quiet Sunday their first in the South. During the day thev were driven to Nashville an I calle i on Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of President Tolk, and lady of the White House forty years ago. Kat em anrt Middle States. R. S. - Hicks, Cashier of the StafTord (Conn.) National Bank has. been arrested charged with embezzling WO.aw. Hicks is also Treasurer of the Stafford Savings Bank, which is a heavy sufferer by his downfall. The defaulter is a young man, and has lost much money in cotton speculation. - The American Bankera Association has been m session at Pittsburpj.- The fishing schooner T. C.- Tarr,of Glouces ter, mass., and her crew of fifteen men are given up as lost by her owners. - A box containing dynamite explode 1 at the Callao (Penn.) Custom House with ter rible effect Twelve of the persons present wc-e blown into fragments, throe other died i rtly afterward, and nineteen oth?ra were expected to die from injuries received. ' David Staijt and Oliver Cromwell Smith, charged by tlie former's sou with having killed Cashier Barron, of th Dexter, (Me.) Savings Bank, nine years ago: have been taken to Dexter. "Dcfc" Andrews, another man mentionedLia ronuftctti- with the crima. has been arrested at Bangor. Smith declares he never was-in Dexter. The large Sprague Baltic Mill, built of stone, five stories in height, 1,000 by 500 feet. at Baltic, Conn., was totally wrecked by fire the other morning. The loss is $1,500,000; in surance $'.$57,000. j - Three members of the British Parliament Sir John Swinburne, O. V. Morgan and Halley Stewart who will present an inter national arbitration memorial to the Pres ident and Congress, have arrived in New York. Cuablks Dickens, eldest son of the distin guished English novelist, has arrived in New York. He will read selections from his father's works. RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. THE PUBLIC LANDS or ALMOST A PANIC. irs the renirt.it ion of Imirn ,in' lan.i i:i.m" ;. .. r.:. --."M " -' '" II iL II" IT l a- I. 'ie inoui'iit. hi.,. ..... "le tllOUgllt him ill SO 11 : K'L'KMw.n.11,1. her 1,,,, ,;mil s habit; ami drawing Cow ! "f" "-'ath her ihiwl shes-i upon ureim K i ; i f 1Vllmn. who, however, 1,1 lus latotitioiu holding her hus fort h w i t. ti Hrflw Then Mrs. Ki t kid -'irreini' i 1 estkorwi la., ...! it..l.. . " "- uu ...Kin imn. Thei Mini o i, ' a,,"nKingkn herkuees before iiw I ."--.-iseu lorgiveness for thn iiiMiiiir mt.l . a . f. ' uiNbauds n7 -'"reatea mm to'spare her Bellin o.... i . . J f nui.-..,, , " tne romr threatening '"iliu-'ton . ;ai,',wl,ta. the story go; out, h.ie u,hi his ,H- -son d h lwar s atthi alrds and wore ou . a J to tho bouse' that Bellina-t-m oom- at tin tioint of & ni'afnl ts h"n tr sh jwiT,r Vount?,"lar w cowhide iU,,,. Mrs- E-l wards the poker prevent in. of father A IlttSfiLk BvllingtoIn Tv. ?ected between Children l'ri;htcncil by I-capina Steam Coolness of Sisters of Charity. There was something'ofapauicinStreter'j (11. C J Church, Jersey City, Sunday morn ing. Tho Rev. Father McAtee, was celebra ting the 9 o'clock mas3 for children in the basement of the church, and there were be tween 500 and 8q0 children in attendance, and also some grown persons. More than half of tho children were girls in charge of the Sisters of Charity. The church is heatd hv steam conveyed in nines from a boiler located in a small brie building between the church and the parochial school building The maiss was about ba.1 nuisned wnen break occurred in one of the steam pipes near the front door. Clouds of steam pcHired out ith a hissing sound and the children in that p4rt of the basement became greatly alarm ed. Manp of them rushed for the door and s me of them tried to climb out of the win dows, which are only about four feet rom the floor. A small section of the ceiling which had been loosened by the steam fell with a crash and added to the excitement. A dangerous panic se nied imminent, when the steam was shut off from the boiler house and the danger averted. The services were not interupt d. In fact Father McAtee was not aware until afterward thata iything had happened. Tho Sisters of Charity in charge of the children acted with coolness and cour age in keeping the children quiet, ' . South and West. Robkrt Garrett has resigned as President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. William F. Burns is acting as President. The Yacht Nettie has been lost in Lake Superior with all on board six persons. A Fond mr Lac (Wis.) birglar attacked Mrs. William Koehne and her two datall ers with aclub, nearly killing th?ni alL There are more than fifty cases ot yellow fever at Tampa, Flo. CrtARLES Edwards 'colored) was hanged at Clarksville, Ga., for the murder of Wil liam Echols (white). Stephen Rawson, tho millionaire Presi dent of the Union Trust Company, of Chicago, was shot five timss anl mortally wounded while coming out of church. His assailant was his eighteen-year-old stepson, William lee, and domestic trouble was the cause of the crime, Mrs. Rawson having separated from her husband. , A RESOLUTION to reduce the General Ex ecutive Board of the Knights of Labor from seven to five members led to a bitter debate in the General Assembly at Minneapolis. The majority were charged with uniting to get rid of Messrs; Berry and Bailey, two of the members. In the uproar whih followed u motion to adjourn was carried. Secession from the Order was talked of by some mem Washington. The coinage of the ? United States mints during September was 8,757,045 piece?. An excellent counterfeit of the five-dollar gold piece is in circulation. It is perfect in form, size and weight, and is marked as hav ing been coined in 1855 Many Person Instantly Killed Bit rnfl Alive in Indiana.' Eleven, persons kille i or burne I alive, and numerous maimed, is the result of the latest railroad horror in the West It took place the other night at Kouts Station.Ind., a Utile place fifty miles east of Chicago, on the Chi cago and Atlantic Railroad. A heavy fresh meat freight train telescoped tlie evenin-r " train, the New York express, which leaves Chicago at 7:45 p. m. . The express, with one baggage car, two coaches and one sleeper, had stopped at the water tank for water about one mile west of Kouts. Th 're the engineer discovered a part of the engine out of gear, and a stop was made to fix it A signal is said to have been sent back to stop the next train, should it come along while the passenger'' was still at the water tank; but for soma reason this signal was ignored, if sent, and the meat train, which runs at a high rate of -speed, crashed " into the passenger ex press. 1 The entire passenger train, consisting of five cars, was completely wrecked. Amid the pandemonium of crash ing timbers and human shrinks aud toppling fragments of the wreck came the cry of fire. The confused, mass of splintered and broken wood was in flames. W. A. Duncan, of Syracuse. N. Yi. Secre tary of the Chautauqua Assembly, said: Our train got into Kouts at 7- o'clock this morning, and then we were told of the wreck , which ortrurred two m'les west ol tlie town. I, with several othr gentle men visit! the scene of , th disaster. There were hundrels of people around, but every one S3.-in?d to be so daze 1 ami excited that little had been do:i3 to assist the woundetL When we got there a most sickening sight met our eyet, Strewn all alongjthe track amid the wreckage were ten or twelve charr od bodies. "I saw a little Bohemian boy who was hurt propped up against the fence dying,and there in front of him lay his dead mother, father and t wo sisters. It was impossible to secure names, as every one was half out of their wits, and it was a Ion; tima after the acci dent occurred that any assistance was rea dered. " I hunt3d up the night operator at Kout, and he gave me the following a" o.mt of the disaster, which is about correct: 'Th i traiu wrecked was No. 13, whic'i left Chicago at 7:45. The train was made up of five cart, the two rear ones being Pullman sleepjrs. Just before the train arrived at Kouts, the eccentric of the engine broke and the en gineer slowed up for repairs. 1 he brake man hun? out a danger signal light The train had stopped but a short time when the train behind, 'which proved to be the fast Chicago "meat"' train, rushed on at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. She struck fie rear coach, telescoped it ami tho two in front, and left nothing but the front baggage-car standing. The three coaches wereswept completely away, nothing but the trucks being left standing.' "The wreckage immediately caught fire, and the wounded and dead lay in the flames and were burned beyond recognition. The people around there said that about ten peo ple were burned, but I think there were at least fifteen, as I saw a dozen bodies laid out" MISS GARFIELD CAN'T MARRY. SYNOPSIS OF L?il COMMISMOXEK SPA KKS' ANNUAL KEP0UT. An Entire Chan? V ia ExMin? Laws Recommended. . Land Land Coinmiuotv;r Spwks in his annual report, just is u l, sli wa that ftince March 4, 1S&5, Sl.'fciMSl acre, have Inea restored tC the public doanin. Tha sties, eutriea, an I "el'3ctioas of public H id under the various acts of Congress relating thereto, for thu fis cal year en lod Juhe lS7, embrace 25,11 1,- 400 acres, and of In Pin lands ,74o,6T acre-i. making a total of tl,srS,0M am a, being an increase over the year ISS t of 3,731,471 acre, and an increase of 4,J,5"J4 acres a oomjiared with its.. The receipts front the disposals of public lands are l't.Ts.'l.'rif. from sales of Indian lands, $ 1 ,4S l.:Wi a toUl of 1J.'. V-i-' J.being an increase as conqwred with tho year 1 of $3,"-17,77, and a u increase of a.l,ti4,,ti5 as com pa ret l with the lisc il year 1S5; to which is to be ad led fV,".'l received on account of timber deprlMniioiis.'and $l'J,4'J.l received for General Lan 1 Ollicc, nuking theUtal mvipta Ob. let Thy ord conie true toHlar for the year from a 1 titrcl2,3S.iiN. or Chru iaake, give it U nier RELIGIOUS READING. "If ye tbenu beimz evHL know how to ctva Cond ftittm to your chiHren; how much nwira shall your Heavenly rather give umiioij Spirit to them that ask Hunf St. Luka "O Heavenly-Father, Thoa hast told Of a gift more precious than pearls ail gold; A ciit that i Ire to every one, i Through Jus Christ, Thy only Son; t tw Uis sake give U to nm. "O give it to. ne, for Jesui wild, That a father glveth hi children bread. And how much tnore Thou wilt wirely glva The gift by which the dtd rfiall Uvol ; For Christ nake, give it to n. "I cannot M and I want the sight; I am in the dark and I want the light; ; I want to pray, nnd I dtmt kiMiw bow -O give me Thy Holy Spirit nowl " For Christ's sake, give it to me. i "Thou hast said it, I tnuKtWlieve. i It is only 'auk' and i haU raraiv: - -; v If Thou di. 1st say it, it must be true. And tliere's nothing elso for ma to del Kor Christ a sake .give it tome, "So I come and ask, liecauw my Dee.1 ! Is very treat and real indeed. On tlie strength of Thy Word I come and My S . i a Wa I a. 1.. 41 Foreign. A fire destroyed a portion of the Northern Ohio Insane Asylum, near Cleveland, Ohio. Six maniacs perished. Five of the bandits who recently abducted Sehor Berrera from the Texan side of the Rio Grande .have been summarily executed by the Mexican rancheros who pursued them. Quelito, Mexico, a town of 8,000 people, has been totally destroyed by a storm. Many lives have been lost. The coroner' jury at Mitchellstown, Ire land, have brought in a verdict of murder against tho police actiuse l of killing several people during the recent disturbances. General Boulanger, the French ex-War Minister, has been arrested by the Govern ment for utterances regarding the CafTarel scandal. Geueral Caff arel has been found guilty of selling civil decorations and been placed on the army's retired list He will also tie deprived of his decoration of the Legion of Honor. The days of Germany's Crown Prince are said to be numbered. He is suffering from cancer of. the throat. The case is very sim ilar to General Grant's. Wong Chin Foo, of New York, a cultured Chinaman, author of a recent article in the North American Ileciew, and a naturalized American citizen, was taxed $50 by a Cana dian Customs officer before he was permitted to enter Canada. The Irish Privy Council is about to devise measures for the suppression of tho National League. HOPE TO ESCAPE THE LAW. YELLOW FEVER SCARE. The Government to Ala iu Prevent ing ajsprcatl of tbe Scourge in Florida. Surgeon-General Hamilton has received the' following telegram from Dr. Ames, Sec retary, of the Board of Health of Putnam County, Fla., dated at Palatka, Oct 14: "A refugee s x days from Tampa died at Tn?rlaehen, eighteen miles west of Palatka, i Saturday. I made an autopsy and tbe micro scope' confirmed diagnosis of yellow fever. The refugee six days from Tampa, who died in Palatka, and reported by e city Health Officer as yellow fever, was not rejiorted to the County Board of Health until after the pat ient was buried. No autopsy." The Secretary of the Treasury received a telegram from the Governor of Florida as follows: "Creditable intelligence seems to establish that the epidemic at Tampa is vel low fever. I respectfully ask such aid to local health authorities in suppressing the disease and preventing its spread as you can direct" . Secretary Fairchild sent a telegram in re ply, saying that orders had been given to Surgeon-General ' Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital service, to rentier ucu tuu wine local authorities as he may deem expedient Surgeou-General Hamilton, subsequently1 telegraphed to -Deputy-Collector Spencer at Tampa instructing him to consult with the health authorities and ascertiin their desires and addimr that the Marine Hospital Bureau ks willing to provide all necessary, expenses of hospital, sucn as nurses, ana tsucn inciden tal expenses as may be absolutely necessary. Disinfectants have already been forwarded to Tampa. -; , -; x--.---- ' Chicago policeman are now having whU they call "Ararcri t drill." They meet m squads every other da v, and are instructed in the use of Winchester rifles, with which every policeman on tha force is said to be supplied. Boston Pharmacists Call Tobacco a Drug and so They Sell it on Sunday. ' ' The latest freak of the Sunday blue-law leopIe is to try lo stop mankind in Bos ton from buying Tobicco on Sunday. The druggist insist that, by virtue of their license, they are allowed to sell tobacco in any form nn anv dav of the week, inasmuch as it is a drug. The Cigar Dealers' Association, on the other hand, insists that if the pharmacists sell cigars they, too, must enjoy the same right. The association has instituted pro ceedings against several druggists on the ground that they are violating the Sunday law. George Burwell, has been convicted on tlie charge and has appealed the case. After the decision the druggists at once call ed a meeting of their protective association ; and it was decided to employ counsel to de fend any of the members who were arrested for Suntlay sales A fund is to be raised from the druggists throughout the State to-day all the necessary exfienses. It was also decided, follow ing the advice of their counsel, vt continue tueir sales of cigars in defiance of tbe Cigar Deal ers' Association. Druggist Burwell is still selli ig the weed Sundays and says he means to s i continue to do as long as pharmacologist,- continue to recognize tobacco as a dru;,. Her Mother Takes Her to Europe and J. Stanley Brown is Left. , Mrs. J. A. Garfield, wife of the late Presi dent, sailed for Europe in company with her daughter Mollie. Up to a week ago prepar ations were supposed to be In progress for tho approaching marriage of Miss Mollie to J. Stanley Brown. T..e marriage had been set for Oct 20, antl the sudden dt p irture of Mrs. Garfield and her daughter caused some .ftirprisa. The departure for New York and the sul sequant voyage to Europe were unknown in this city until Monday. Then it was an nounced that the sudden trip was caused by the severe illness of May Mason, a niece of Mrs. Garfield's, in London, and that the wedding would not occur until ynsxt fall. An intimate friend of the late (Jcni Garfield and since his death of Mrs. Garfield and family, gave the true version of the trans atlantic trip. His statement is as follows: "I suppowo the real cause of Mrs. Garfield's trip to Europe might as well be told- It is the rupture between Mis3 Mollie Garfield antl J. Stanley Brown, the youn i man who expected to marry her this month, Brown was formerly Geii. Garfield's private secre tary. He is a young im n with a ruffled shirt front, rather preventable in appearance t with aiT-arently poor prospect and not a great ileal of money. Mrs. Garfield once went to Europe with Gen. Garfield and was violently sick all the way over and baefc. it is, therefore, unlikely that she risk such a trip at this time on account of the illness in Europe of her niece, as was stated in the jaiiers. "It is reported on good authority that Miss Mollie denied that she was ever engaged to Brown. It is plainly evident that the young man's suit was not looked ujjon favor ably by tbe family, and at any rate it is safe say that the marriage is oft. Mrs. Gar field r.cent-T remarked that tlie only thing tliat pained her in connection, with tho rumors of her own marriage was that the publ c should think that she could si soon provo false to the memory of Go. . Gar field." The wedding would have undoubted ly occurred had not the mother interfered Brown has no money and no accomplish ments to mark him as a man of promise. Le is said to bo in Washington. LUMBER IN ASHES. Millions of Feet ISttrncd, Ttcinide Number of Dwellings. 1 MARKETS. BitTntoBE Rour City3inis,extra,$3.00 a$a.); Wheat-Southern KuJtx, Masaets; Com Southern White, 57a5Scta, Yellow, 5a 57cts.; Oats Southern ami Pennsylvania oOaSicts. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania 57a58cts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania, 13 50a 14 &U; straw v neai,, .oua-; twiner. Eastern Creameryv 25a9 jets. , near-by recei pts 18al9cte: Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream. W4 al3cta, Western, Ualdcta.; Eggs l$al9; Cattle 2.50a4.0u; Swine tja6cta.; Sheep" and Lamb 3a4tf eta; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, laTiSQ, Good Common, 3 Son, $4 50, Middling, 5a$S.0U Good to fine red, 7a V FaneylOalli .New York Flour Southern Common to fair extra, 3.'J5a4.00; Wheat No. I Whit ,3 aSk-ts. ; Rye State, 54a5o; Cora Southern Yellow, SlaoJcts.; Oata White State, 33a4 cts. ; Batter State, lTadff eta. ; Cheese State, lOalucts.; Eggs YkOOcU. t Phiijjjeijphia Fkmrv Pennfiylvania, fancy, &Sflaf4:' -Wheat Pennsylvania and 8outheraBed,S2S3ct; Rye Pennsylvania 57a53 cts. ; Corn Sob thern'Yellow. &tao2 cts. Oats--0oa.'J7 eta; Batter State, lsalS ct.; Cheese X. Tf. Factory, llaTJ cts. y Eggs State, ITaiS eta, - r . ..." A fire broke out in Crane & Co.'s upper saw mill in the eastern part of Cincinnati. One fire alarm rang out after another in quick succession until th? entire dejiart ment of the" city had bee l called to the cene. A itrong gale was blowinj from the river in the direction of the hills which run parallel t3 the river. At the foot of the hill is Eas tern avenue, which runs parallel with the river. It was but a few minutes until every thing between Eastern avenue and tbe river, between Bayou and Lumber Streets, an area of alKWit five acres, was a mass of flame. In this area was about 9,OU0,OUO feet of bird wood lumber, about. 20 dwellings (nearly all of . them wooden buildings), and St. Rosa Roman Catholic Church, to aay nothing of stable and other outhouse that abound i this part of tbe city. Tbe wind pushed th' fla rives from tbe river toward the frame bouses on the hill-siles and scores of them were on fire, but citizen on boa-wtopi fought tbe flamet out ' The fire-bra'.ds leapetjLclar ever tue roofs and ignited the grass on tb? blufl lopes of the bilL " J T Fortunately tbe wind changed ami blew toward tbe river and aided the flremea, woo were all the while Ently emttarraavxl by sctrcity of water, owing to tbe iaade quacy of the pipes laid by the water-works department. The fire during iU progress caused a panic la that part of the city when at its worst A great many of tfv dwelling destroyed were the borne of poor nvn nod their worldly all But few of them were iasared. .About twenty dwellings and tene ments were destroyed.' 1 The low of Crane & Co., on saw mill ma chinery and 1 amber is e iaiated f omTJ .ttkl to$!00,OJa Tbeinsuranceonthui' as $37,000. Oa th dwellings and otter bniklinj there was . little or bo insaraae. Tho tosses in these is esUmited at from t-rS' to $).fXW. St Rosa Church as damaged 2,000. Many persons are made hraaeless. With ri'six-t to the surveys of nublic lands. he says that charge of fraud are made in all tho public laud States and Territories, and that an appropriation to cover th3 examina tion of such surveys nnd for necessary reur vcys is a matter of the higlu-st pu'-tlfc imptrt ance A lai-go pro; ortion bf tlie Surveyors General recommend that rates for survey lo increase I, so that eouietent surveyors may be able to erfo,m tlieir work without call ing ou settlers for assistance. Tbe rejort briefly reviews the work of the Surveyors ticne-U or Arizona, .Califor nia, and New Mexico in examining private land claims. . -' About forty claims in New Mexico were examined, and in nearly every instance the SurveytuMreneral recommends their re joi lion. priuciiallyon the ground of fraud or non-compliance with the law. Many were found" to cover- areas several times as largo ns that of th j original grant In discussing the mt imp land grants the Commissioner says' tha claims under thesw grants have already reichod the cnonnous amount of nearly 7.',.riX,00 1 acres and that Citentshave issued forncarlv r,74.),00)acmi. uring the jwist yea says the Commissioner, swamp land claims h ive liffn nmde the sub ject of thorough investigation. Thww investi gations, be says, ha .e demonstrated the fat that many of them are fraudulent the char acter or the land uem-5 misrepres nxea. On the subject of the forfe.turo of railroad land grants tho Commissioner quot?s from hU lat aimual reort, and adds: I renew the recommendation that for feiture be , declared in all cases in which the roads were not completed within the time and in the manner conditioned in the respec tive grants." - Of f raudulent land entries the Commissioner says that the investigations of the past ye vr a At . : nave uecn wuisiaetory, oni mat in no previ ous year .lias such effective work been done. As a result, 2,3i'i entries; covering alout :70,XK) acres, ' were held for caneella t'on, anl 1,153 entries, covering about 10,(XK) acres, were cancelled' for fraud. This Fubject thi Commissioner pur sues at some length. He says: Su'h a recom 01 cnm as mat snown uy investigation made by special agents during the last two years is rarely to be found. Bold, reckless, and gigantic schemes to rob the Government of its lam Is have leen dis covered antl exposed in evjry State and Territory containing public land,and I think I can truthfully say inevery land district and county which a sjieciar agent has visited. Systematic efforts to mislead anl corrupt entrymen, in order that they might become instruments in def raudingthe Govern ment, have been resorted to. Men of intelli gence and high standing in tho com munity, in many instances million aires, Wore tho loaders m theua unlawful trans actions. Over five thousand cases have been discovered wherein perjury or subordin ation of perjury was committed. In a ma jority of ca.srts the officers before whom the proofs or Other papei-s ivere executed, largely State ami Territorial officer not directly re sponsible to the laud Dejartment, were coguizant of the . fraud, or could have Income so by ordinary diligenca "While, under improved regulations and more efficient supervision, the area of fraudu lent entries is gradually becoming circum scribed, there still remains much to do, and the entire or general ces ition of fraud can not be expected as loagasthe facilities offered for iti perpetratio;i by existing laws are so great an 1 the 111 sans provitle 1 for their pre vention are so small. ITpwa-tl of lu.OOJ un examined cases aro now on thi files of this o.lico in which fraud has ben charged by affidavit or information, or in which evi dences of f raud are in heated. One thousand and eleven case of timler depredations or timber tre-pi-sn hiv.j been reported on during the year, involving a value i" timb?r an 1 produ-t thrrefrom amounting to $i,l !,'. i recoverable to tbe United Stat" Tlie amount actually re covered during the year through judgment fines.! etc. is tlW.ii The wholesale destruction of public timber on old numbered sections of public lands, says tha Commis sioner, within the grante I limits of uncon structd railroads continues to an alarming extent On the subject of "reform in the public land laws"1 the Commissioner siys: "All efforts to soenre a reform in the land laws by a repeal or amendment of particular acts antl provisions have failed through tha opposition or interests at variance witb pro sed legislation. I am satisfied that amend ments in detail are impracticable. The time for tinkering has passed. Existing ystems of disposal, fnmlamentally defective in tlie original instance, have become wholly un suitd tojrfwent cnlitions. What i needed, in my oninionis nn entire reformation of ex tst'ng laws, retaining an alolut honn s'ead law and oToleting ; all othrr forms of disposal of agricultural, landi. Actual resi leTice, improvnnent, ami cultivation for the bm'stead periol of fire years should be tbe exclusive condition of ac quirinj title to suchdands. It o ild also ap pear that the time has arrived wnen tne pri vih-ge of approprJatinz publicl uuli shoukl le confined to caUens of the United Hta&ok Ttie mineral laws should be so arneoded as to pressrve the public right of rnm.-ral explor ation to citienn of tbe United States and to prevent a monopoly of native mineral wealth by individuals and enrrnretions. -4Miss V. It HavergiU. ., jFifly Years Ago. Half a century ago seven- bumble he makers in a whop in Hamburg undertook tbe work of evahgelix-ttion on the principle of individual resonsibility. In twenty year they had organized fifty churche. gathered ten thousand eon verts, distributed four hun dred thousand Bibles ami eight million pages of tracts, and preached the Gospel to fifty millions of people. As they went from place tojlaee, the work grew, and new con verts, Inspired with similar ueaL becania helpers: so that a population as great as that of the United Stat, or of the Congo Free State, heard the, (ftqel within thorn twenty years. If any aro distrustful of mere arith metic as nppliud to the problem ot nibvdonft, here is a practical proof that It Is jierfertly feasible so to organise the work as to reach a hundred millions of ioplo every year, and that, too, with only an insignificant Gideon's band. Rev. iA. T. Iierson, D. D. i From Afrloa' to Glorr. Mrs. Do Heer, writing of tho (for tho present dLsliandcd) Benita Hchool, say:. Nearly all the Rlrls we diKmimnl had re ceived sufficient education to fit tbem for any wtritlon they jwill lie called to occupy . Binoe our last communion six of the members of -our church have been called to the church above; all died in tbe faith, and Some of tbem in full triumph. Una was a younger sister of Ulunda (in the group of Rctuta women, June Woman's Work), ami hail been accustomel to look up to her; for counsel, but when near the end, he said: "Now you can tt ach me no more, Jesus has Bent for me to come, and he will be my teacher." Another said: "This room is full of glory; bey are coming for iw." and so she passed away. We can but retoice that they are safely over, for their lives hold much of temptation and little joy. Our Mis sion is weak in numbers, and we hardly know what tbe near future holils fr us, Isit One knows, antl wo can trust . Hun. Woman's Work "or Wouian. KNOCKED OUT BY THE MAYOR. Iilowl SpllHl in IxmUv !!!" AUler 4 manic Chamber Several Ited : Hot Kplsode. Th9 Aldermanic Chamber of the City Cou3ci:,at Louisville, was turned In to a prise ring, Mayor P. Booker Reed being tbe Joha L. Sullivan of the occasion. Mayor Iletl re cently reoommen.hl that tbe city buy tbe gas works, as can be dona under the charter. The gas company objects and is fighting tbe pr.?positinu. John M. Athertoo, of tbe com pany, was urging xus side 01 toe question when be became somewhat excited and accused the Mayor of using money in elec tions. Mayor Reed Slid be lied, when Atherton threw a drinking glass at tbe Mayor's bead. ---,-'- The two men cairn together and some b!ond was spilled before they could be sep: aratcL Later Dr. G. W. GnCirh, Preside nt of tbe Board of Alderman, said something which excited the Mayor, and ha went for the doctor, who hit him with a cane. Charles Cramer, wharf master, then took a hinJ, at tempting to knock Mayor Reed down with a chair. Ouiet was finally restored, tbe only damage dona teinjr a badly braised nose for Dr. Gi lUitbs and a scratch 00 tha Mayor's bead, . - , . .. ' . - To the ChrUllan rublle. Thoughtful men are convinced that the closing years of tho IWh century constitute a momentous crisis in the history of the nation. There is a march of events which will not tarry. Tlie net-eity of planting Christian institutions in tho formative west, and of strengthening them in the older states, the duty of overtaking tho rapid growth of our cities with adequate church provision tho importance of clotting the widening chasm between tho church and tlie multitude, and of bringing the regenerative lower of the Gospel to iiear upon every (character nnd life, . demand the. instant nttentiOn of the Christian church antl the full excrcitw of all its ener gies. 1 -' ' . i - Poular education has multiplied wants antl created tastes which wealth has not lmti sufficiently distributed to gratify: hence a growing discontent among workingmon, w hich in pnnjernis times is an illonini, sug gesting grave qutions concerning the next financial muir ami the consmpient industrial deinKioii. The conflict with -the sakon drswiiig to a crii, ami the manifest dctor ui inatiai of tho liquor ower to accomplih its ends by fraud, corruption, or violence: a wide-spread Kjiirit of lawlesffnew; thespatliy of the itopulor oniscicnc: the alktialion vf tho masHm from the churches, and inereartng immigration all thewe wlut to growing cotu plicatimw in the hear future." Under monarchist governments, men have thought that if power could le ptjfiulari1 the ills of life; would moKthr dissi'ar. y In this country, iuntil recently, by reason.. f t abundant iublic lands, a Srse and sub titantially b.nrgeneous jtojiulation and an almost limithws demand tor lnlxr. we have been exempt from many of the evil suiTerwd by European peopkm. Imt we are now be ginning 10 approximate European n.litlniS ofsocietv. The existence of great cities, overe comsit,ion, an unemployed claw, increasing iwuixriwi ami crime, are tlm "ot cajuVmandevklence of a wideftorea-l discon- " tent, for which the ballot affords 110- remedy, lias not the time come for us to make hni onstratkin nt tbe truth that Ute Gospel can do what tnnilar sutTrags coniKit dof U not this tlie nation, and is not this the generation providentially called to make such appjM tion of th Gowd to tlie life of tlie eoplas has never rt t U-va made! Will iMthoe who have en 1 joyed Mgovernment of tlie rido l,y the ffU and ft r tbe pcij'to" b tha first U learn that tbe ewontlal evils of sorMy are cauMl not by misrule, Imt ly sin, and that the Gospel, tlien forr, must furnish tha oJu tion of the pretwdaX yroblem! . ' Tlie CbiMtlan Cbim-h hs not yet fully rco-Knizt-l its relati'm to tho entir life of tle eommunitj. ami tl nation. Evm Christian men. reoccijpiefl with private con r rn nnd overburtWneil by tlie demand 'i -their time, are prune lo neglect the public welfare, and are Utath to accrj any rcron it illty f or exKing evil. Denominations antl local churche. each In- ' tent on Its own good work, have fallen into a harmful competition instead of engaging In an Intelligent and comrefcni ve co-oprTa-tUn. : .,i ' Our marvellajus material growth and tho progresw of lnventkn nave produced ww cond;tiort to which Imxintm has lncn quick to adapt lUi method. Do not lmiiortant change in : prjfmlation ami in the hai4t antl temper of tlie people rejnlre tome change in the mMhods of Christian workl - Tbe owJentfgned, therefore, unite In caning a General Conference of all Erangellcal Christian In the Uniteil States, to be bld ander the auitc-s and directifiti of tha Evangelical Alliance for the United HUb, in tbe citr of Washington, iJeeemlsr tlie 7th, ah. and th. 17, to study in effect tbe fol lowing question: 1st, What aro the present peril and op portunities of tbe Christian Church and of tha country I p aid. Can any of tbem ba mrt bet by a hearty cotration all Evangelical Chris tians, which, without detriment to any dVnominational Interests, wul serva tha welfare of the whole cbun-hl Ai. What are the best means to secure such corporation, and to waken tha whole church to its rwonsibilityf Signed by W illiam E. Dorlga, president, and llev. Jewish Strong, general secretary of tbe U. 8. Eangelical Allianea and nearly 100 of tha lea. ling clergy of tha country, of all denominations. A man's heart gets cold if be does not keep it warm by living in it. and a sensorious man i one who ordinarily live out ot his own tieart.-iF. W. Faber.
The Reidsville Times (Reidsville, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1887, edition 1
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