North Carolina Newspapers

iacreasmu: Oix'ciilatioit. T U o O nly Woohlv PAPER Published in the -.Territory Lyin between the Roanoke anil Jlonerrm rivers, embracing the three counties of Hertford, Northampton and Her tic jV p.VERTI S I NO M KDIUM, JOHN W.HICK3, Editor and Proprietor. DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OP IIEUTFOUD AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. SI.50 Per Annum 5f" Rates Reasonable. VOL. III. MURFllEESBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1887. NO. 11. MUMFREBSBORO 1 it IS IT SO? Is it so; ye gods of Hea-n, that pain ever haunts each heart? That the sweetest souls must suffer, that tn fondest friends must part -That the do ve3 we deem the dearest often r rove but trials new. That death's hand the soonest gathers to him self tho pure and true? Is it so, ye sods of Heaven, that best pleasure soonest dies That the truth is lilo the rainbow that for- ever from us flies; s That the more we seek to find it we become ; the more undone, : That its pure perfected beauty is the constant prize of none? Is it so, ye gods of Heaven, that our hearts must ever change That the love we deem the dearest soars the soonest from our range; . That the Ham j th it warm? our b3ing grows the soonnst old and cold, "That the very souls of mortals may be bought and sold for gold i Is it so, yo god of Heaven, that our sorrows ne'er will eas That forever and forever we must seek in vain for p a-'e; That within thi realm? of science and phil osophy no mind Is a moment free from sorrow or can perfect pleasure find Is it so, yo gods of Heaven, that the friend i we love the best Are tx often first to leave in when by sorrow we are pres ied When we no:l their lovo most truly, when their words of cheer could bless, Wo-too often ibid them wandering, their affection growing less. Ik it so, yo gods of Heaven, that our dearest dreams of lovo Tin 1 no mate-hip hi-re with mortals that they (like the ark less dove Onward Hew above the Deluge) soar above a surging sea. An 1 iind naught so like unto them that it t an a solace be? Is it so, ye go Is of Heaven,- that the labor we wouli I do With an undivided spirit, for the beautiful and true; Is it so, this too must suffer from Earth's ignorance and hate, And that none w.ll leiru our motives till for r us it is too late ? Is it so yo g Is o! Heaven, that tho ages yet to come Thus must seok for lovo in sorrow, find truth's lips forever dum'j? That in tears, the years, the aons of the time that yet shall b Must forever keenly suffer for the truths we strive ito sjo? ' Is it so, ye gods of Heaven, that there is in deed a day When truth's sun shall shine in splendor, when 1 the mists shall roll away; When all truth shall bj unhidden, when each love shall find its mite. When' all douut, and fear and sorrow, to tha haunted hell of hato? Shall be smt .foraver from us when each pleasure that has died, Shall live on again in splendor in perfection deified, ; When our hop 3s,1 our loves, our longings all shall find a final rest In a realm of bliss arid beauty where all truth shall bo possessed? "N here the finite shall iinvil fulness; where the twilight oLour mind Shall bo changed to day eternal; where no - joy shall be confined; Where all love shall reach perfection, be each being's highesfrdaw, And each soul in love's pure freedom shall to it all others draw? Where we each shall live for others and all others for us live; Whore our highest, ho'.iest purpose shall be, joy and truth to give; Wliere unknown for aye and ever shall be want and woe and strife Is it so, yo gois of Hjave i, that this is our future life? - Is it so, ye go Is of Heaven, that we need life's keenest pain To prepare us for th future that we all at last shall gain; That wo need ojr tears and sorrows to pre pare us for this bliss That shall ever fl.l our spirits in that life which follows this? Fred. Shelley Iiyman. MISS POTTER'S PET. . BY WAM.ACK r. REED. Amon the prisoners contiued in the convict camp at Centre it was generally admitted that Red 0 lover was decidedly' the worst ::nd most desperate. "lhe guards always kept an eye on Clover, and when he was chained at night his irons "were always carefully ex amined. Kcd Glover was not a murderer. He was a burglar, and his daring exploits had made his name famous throughout several tate Tin; judge who ha 1 sentenced him held to the old-fashioned idea that a burglar would not stop at murder when human life stood between him and his booty cr his safety, and for this reason he had given him a long term, some fif teen a ears or so, in the chain gang. .It was not "unusual for the wb.te con victs to break down and die, but the vic tims were almost invariably the best men in the cam;. The consciousness of their disgrace depressed them, and when they j ere si -k they mad no effort to get welf. ney die I not because they were over worked or ill-treated,' but simply because they did not wish to live. With lied Glover it was different. He had no sense of shame. ,lle grew strong ard plump on his coarse fare, aud went Jhr-ough his daily task without fatigue. The rascal had hTs fun, too. He chaffed le other convict frii l " " U3r(iS. Until t li Tr rro -t n a 1 Virrw r- r T- t,lvjr A, c. ,f- rmini' gentler methods The first visit of Miss Potter to the tamp was a genuine sensation. Miss otter was an estimable maiden lady on "e shady side of forty. She was a mcm Apr of half a dozen benevolent and re- her h iH atlons an o-nad taken it into her-V ' lfc wa3 her duty to devote e,f tomvssionary work in the convict - When Miss Totter visited the camp on Sunday, and made a little talk in a quavering voice, the : rough men there were inclined to laugh at the fragile "woman ttIio looked at them so mildly through her spectacles, and gave them good advice and Scriptural quotations at the rate of about two hundred words a minute. . ' ' " '.. "Go it, ole gal!" shouted one of the men, after the speaker had finished an affecting exhortation. Whack! It was a slap from Tied Glover's big right hand, arid the impudent disturber of the meeting held his head down in ut ter silence during the remainder of the services. I M iss Potter's eyes' snapped when she was interrupted, and then she gave Keel Glover a grateful glance. Lut it was during! the singing of the oospei Hymns that Glover showed him self at his best. He had a magnificent voice, and as he stood there making th va'ley ring with the melody of his song, his athVtic figure and bronzed face with its strong, massive features attracted every eye "Who is that man?" Miss Potter asked one of the guards. j "I Jed Glover, ma'am." 4'Is he a very wicked man?" " Vou bet he is, ma'am the worst bur glar in the country. "j Miss Potter shivered. She had hoped that he was a forger, or a swindler, or something else that was gentlemanly. "Did he ever kill anybody?" she pere:. " j "Well, it was never proved agin him," aid the guard judicially, "but we have our doubts. There is nothing too am." I for him, ma' Miss Potter went sadly away, promis ing to return on the following Sundav. "How did you like it, Kcd?" asked a guard, jocularly. j - "She's a good woman," replied Glover, and I won't see her insulted. That's all." This speech w is "reeled with roars of laughter, but Kcd Glover's conduct Avas talked over amonir the officials of the camp. The prisoners called him Miss Potter's Pet, I All that week the burglar went about his work in a quiet way, altogether dif ferent from his usual manner. He was respectful to the guards, and had very little to say to his associates. Miss Potter made it her business to get acquainted with some of the prisoners on her next visit. i 'That man Ked Glover surprised me," she said to the Superintendent. "Do yo i know, he told me tbafc bad associa tions and '"whisky, had ruined him, and that he regards his confinement as a blessing? lie proposes to turn over a new leaf when he gets his freedom." "Urn?" said the Superintendent. "Red will be about fifty years old when he leaves here, if he serves out his term. But don't mind his' talk, Miss Potter; the fellow never was drunk in his life, and his bad associates were hunted up by him. He'll say anything, you know." 'Oh, I can't think that," protested Miss Potter. "If I am any judge of human nature, he is really in earnest about doing better." ; "So you are working the sneak racket?" said the Superintendent to Glover that night, as the convict passed him on his way to the quarters. "I deserve your bad opinion," was the calm repl', "but if I live I intend to show you that I am a changed man." "Bosh!" shouted the disgusted official. "Move on!" j .The newspapers took up Miss Potter's work at the camp, jand it became the custom for the reporters and .various ladies and gentlemen interested in re form work to attend her meetings. Once the Governor was a spectator. He made a short speech and gave the missionary a Jiearty indorsement. ! -The most remarkable revival that had ever been known struck Centre. Hun dreds of people were converted. The religious spirit invaded the camp, and scores of convicts professed conversion. Among the converts was Red Glover! When (ilover was Unformed that Miss Potter wek endeavoring to secure his pardon lfeshook his head. "I have no wight to hope for it," he said, humbly. "Myj punishment is just, and while I 'know that I am a ransomed sinner, others do not know it. My kind friends should leave me to bear my bur den to the end." I Ked Glover even in his striped clothes had an imposing appearance. His voice had a melancholy tone that affected Miss Potter and her friend's to tears. ' 'I'm sure he's a good mau !" burst out the lady after one of her Sunday talks with him. j "He is certainly behaving well," said the superintendent, 'and we treat him kindly now." j Occasionally the great public gets into a sentimental mood, j The revival at Cen tre softened the hearts of the people, and when Miss Potter took the streets with a petition for Red Glover's pardon she had no difficulty in securing signatures. One morning a stalwart fellow walked out of the convict camp at Centre, and headed for the town. "Ie wore a new suit, but his bronzed face and horny hands told a story of (hard work and ex posure. With the Governor's pardon and teu dollars in his pocket, Red Glover was beinnninfr his new life. ! . I Miss Potter awoke with a start. It was a dark and rainy night, and the lit tle woman felt that there wa3 danger in the air. She lived in a cottage on the outskirts of Centre, ard her one servant slept in a detached building, too far away to hear a cry for help. Striking a match, Miss Potter looked at the clock. It was just midnight. "I thought I heard a noise," said the nervous woman; "but I must have been dreaming. It was the rain," She lay down again, and in a few mo ments "was slumbering peacefully. There was somebody in the house. Occasionally a floor, creaked, and then the sound of a door-knob quickly turn ing might have been heard. If anybody had been awake the clatter of silver spoons auu lorss eouiu nave ueen iieara, i a -. T- i a 1 l 1 1 spoons and forks could have been heard, uuc ;liS3 j-oiicr siept ine sieep 01 a tirea Some one glided into Miss Potter's room, a large man with a mask over his ftace. In one hand he carried a dark lantern. Flashing the light upon the sleeper, he paused uutil he was satisSed. Then he advanced to the mantel and the bureau and quickly stripped them of vari- ous ornaments and pieces of jewelry. "Help! Murder! '; It was Miss Potter, sitting upright in ed and screaming at the top of hei voice. "Blast yoc, I'll stop that I". growled tne uurgiar, rustnng ,upoa 11 her and seiz mg her by the throat. His mask fell off, and his victim recog nized him. "Red (Hover I What does this mean?" The burly ruffian turned the light full upon the excited face before him. "Be quiet, ole gal," he whispered; "I don't want to hurt you, but I'll have to gag you." Miss Potter could not say a word. She merely stared and gasped. With a half smile on his face Glover bound and gagged her. t " Then he started to go. Ia the middle of the room he paused, i ; i "You'll get over Ibis," he said, "and you will find that you arc not much dam aged. I don't think I have made more than a hundred or so by the; job. ; It was hardly worth the risk." - He moved toward the door, but stopped again. Of course you think I have treated you badly," he continued; "but I don't. I was built for it. My little racket about being converted goes for nothing. I saw that it was my only chance,and I worked it. You and the other fools were easily taken in. : And yet you were old enough to know better." I - - Tears of indignation stood in Miss Potter's eyes. Surely he might have spared her any allusion to her age. "Well, I must be going," said Glover deliberately. "Give my regards to the Governor when vou see him, and to the Rev. Mr. Whatshisname. son that I'm a backslider. Tell the par Tell him that I'm still in" the gall of bitterness and tha bonds of iniquity. Good-bye,, old gal !" The burglar walked through the hall and out of, the house, leaving Miss Potter glaring at the ceiling, i The affair at the cottage was never known to many people. ; AVhen Miss Potter's servant released her in the morn ing the injured and wrathful lady bound her over to secrecy, aud no complaint was made to the authorities. ; The sudden ending of Miss Potter's visits' to the con vict camp was the subject of some com ment, but the missionary merely said that she wa3 compelled? to give her time to other work. She had been deeply wounded, and concealment was the only balm that would afford her any relief. Atlanta Constitution. . r Tho Brooni-Corn Harvest. Benjamin Franklin was the most prac tical of men, and it is not unlikely that the culture of broom-corn Sorghum vul gare) in the United States is due to him. It is said that having had given to him a short sprig of broom-corn coming from Africa, he found a seed or two, and plant ing these, first introduced this important agricultural product. If the consump tion of soap marks the development of a country, in a minor way it may be ad vanced that the cultivation of broom-corn is an index of its cleanliness. The whisk brush is peculiarly an article of American use, but the broom is in universal de--mand. The Shakers, at the close of the last century, grew 1 room-corn, ming its product for their own wants,- and began the making of brooms as a business about 1798. In Illinois the broom-corn harvest is of great value. In certain ; portions of that State, notably in Douglas and Coles counties, not less than 3000 men find em ployment in the broom-corn fields, en gaged in tabling, cutting, threshing, and curing tho broom-corn. Experience has shown that it is among the most remun erative of the agricultural products of the State. From statistics of the cost of raisiug the broom-corn, while manuring, planting, cutting, and the preparation of the product are estimated at $50 a ton, the selling price varies from $75 to $100, according to quality, i Broom-corn cul ture has made rapid strides in Illinois. In 1883, according to the most carefully prepared estimates, tho total value of the crop was $5,000,000. For this year the crop will probably be 150,000 tons, worth something like 11,250,000, the larger proportion of the broom- corn being grown in the counties of Douglas, Coles, Cham pagne, Henry, Mercer, and; Knox. Broom-corn requires a fair soil, and, according to locality, may be planted from the middle of May to the beginning of June. About 500 pounds of broom corn per acre is a fair yield. In the har vesting the stalks are first tabled, and by that is meant the stalks are bent over about three feet from the ground. Cut ters are next used, which cut off the tops some eight inches below the brush. The cut brush is then-hauled from the fields to the neighborhood of the sheds, wliere the stalk is run througli cylinders to take out the seed. Then the brush is laid on shelves in the sheds to cure, care being taken, by means ofthin layers, to allow the air perfect entrance.' When the brush is dry it is baled like hay, and is then ready for a market. The demand seems to be a constant one, for never is there a house built in the United States where the first requirement is not a broom. Harper's Weekly. 5 ; i The. Chinese Way. ''The Chinese have a novel but effec tive method of providing against the failure of banks," remarked a naval officer who had spent several years in the AsiirSc squadron. "Shoidd such an in stitution suspend, the heads of the offi cials would, under the Oriential law, be cut off and made part of the assets. As a Consequence there has not been a bank failure in the Celestial Empire for nearly a thousand years." The repoiter could not help thinking that some of the Chi nese financial customs might be engrafted upon banking systems of this country with advantages to poor depositors. John Chinaman may not be i much of a stump speaker, or warrior, or political wire puller, but when it comes to flying kites, playing euchre, cleaning shirts and dealing with swindlers he can give his Occidental brethren pointers and hold a lone hand every time. Philadelphia Call. ; i A Sad Farewell. "So you go to southern climate To avoid the winter cold; I wish that I were with you, AVe could have good times untold. "You bachelors are foot-looe, And free to come" and go: With men like me it's different, We're tied to hom9 you know. "My health? Oh, I am never Afraid of frost and snow; My lovely wife wdl make it Quito warm for mo, you know." Merchant-Traveler. RAILROAD CRASHES. TWENTY SIX PASSEXGKRS INJUR KD IN AYlvST VIJTCG IN IA. DEADLY COLLISION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Shortly before noon Thursday the fast express on the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail road, six coaches, going west, met with an accident twelve mil- if Charleston, W. Va in which twentv , asseugers were more or less injured. one were killed but several were severely hurt. The rail road authorities sent for surgical aid. Tho aeci dent was caused by a defective switch, over which the engine, luggage, express and mail cars passed unharmed, But the three middle" coaches, all well -filled with passen gers were thrown from the track. woof them were turned completely over, one turn ing twice. The following aro the sufferers- so far. as known: - Wm. F. Simmon, cooper, 233 West One Hhndred and Twenty-sixth street, New York, right forearm fractured and body slightly bruised. Lewis Baker, colored, Columbus, O., badly bruised about body and legs. O. P. Watson, Tavlorsville, Ky., concus sion of the brain and tempray paralysis. John Kelley, Indianapolis, Ind., scalp cut, wrist dislocated and shoulder bruised. Mrs. Catherine Miller, New ? York City, head cut ond spine badly injured. Mrs. Mil ler will soon become a mother. AV. F. Hiscock, Kansas, clavicle fractur ed, head cut and leg bruised. I Charles James, colored, Charleston, W. Va., cut and bruised in the back and body. Dr. Wm. Fowler of New York City, badly bruised about the spine and hip joint; a met al flask in his hip pocket imbedded itself in the thigh. Mrs. Fowler, had a foot mashed an I sustain ed painful bruises. Otto Levi, peddler, New York City, badly bruised and injured internally. Gen. Bobinson, tobacconist, Maysville, Ky., sustained painfid bruises Marion Smith, United Stites Fo. sion Agent, Ch rleston, W. V., bruised right hip and both legs. Two passengers whose names were not learned suffered with broken backs, It was fortunate th t the fires had gone out in tho stoves or the loss of life would have been great. The train was several hours late. No blam3 is attached to the employees, and the company is doing all in its power to caro for the injured, many of whom were able to continue their journey. Those who are worse hurt are at St. Albans, but a few hun dred yards from the accident. A despatch from Greenville, S. C-, says: A'disastrous collission occurred on the Rich mond and Danville Air Lane R ilroad between Taylors's Station and Greer's nine miles north of this city, between a north bound passenger train and a south bound freight train. The passenger train was loaded with about five hundred people, mostly excursionists returning from the At lanta Exposition, and was four hours behind time when it passsed Greenville. It had in structions here to pass the freight train at Greer'sThe freight train did not stop at Greer'i; but came on, and the collision occurred two and half miles th s side of that station, both trains running full speed at the time. No attempt having be n made to slacken either engine, there was a dreadful crasli when the two rushed together, ami the mangling of human boJies and destruc tion of property was done without a mo ments warning. The two engines were completely demolish ed and thrown from the track. Tt e mail, express and baggage cars of the passenger train and the first tnree cars of the freight were totally wrecked. The passenger con sisted of nine coaches, including two l ull man sleepers, baggage, express and mail cars. Nine of the passengers in the Pullman sleepers or passenger cars were injured. All the injured were in ihe mail and express cars. The following list of killed and wounded is as nearly correct as can be ob tained. Root Wall, engineer of ttufpassenger train killed. Mrs! II impton McDowell, of Asheville, killed. , . J. B. Erwin, of Atlanta, express messen ger, seriously and perhaps fatally,in jured, leg and foot being badly crushed. J. Ij. Killian, of Greenville, mail agent, slightly injured. W R. Wilson and S. N. Dykeimn, mail agents, badly but not seriously injured. Phil. Black, negro train hand, badly in jured. . Louis Webster, fireman, arm broken and concussion of the brain Miss Mary Erwin and Nannie Erwin, of Asheville, seriously injured. 1 Miss Quinn, of Washington, D. C, serious ly injured. Will Erwin, of Asheville, badly injured in back and chest. J. T. Parneli, of Charlotte, badly scald ed. . The passenger train was in charge of Conductor C. F. Marshall, Engineer, Robt. Wall and Fireman Ed Parneil. The con ductor escaped without injury. The con ductor and engineer of thi freight train jumped from the train and have not been seen since- It is believed they were fright ened and fled. There was a slight curve in he road at tha place of the disaster, but the track was on a level surface. The disaster was evidently the result of gross and inexcusable negligence, and a strict in vestigation will be made. SYRACUSE HAS A BIG FIRE. Three Large Kstablishments Go and a Theatre Audience Frightened Loss $400,000. - The largest fire that Syracuse, N. Y., has experienced for ten years occurred, when tlreeof its largest business firms were burned out, besides many smaller ones; Loss, $400, 000, about half covered by insurance. The buildings burned were on South Salina.street between Walter and Railroad streets. Tho rear of the buildings jutted against the Wiet ing Opera-House, which was "filled w.th peo ple to see Joe Emmit. A panic was only prevented by the coolness of Mr. Emmet and Manager Lehnan, who assured the peo ple that there was no immediate danger. The house was soon cleared, but not before the walls near the stage were very hot. There were several explosions of Cart ridges in Everson & Co.'s hardwar3 store, but fortunately the firemen and crowds of people escaped in time. The flames were carried north along South Salina street towarJsthe Wieting block, the largest in the city, but the heavy brick fire walls saved it. David R. Putmm, while endeav oring to save some of the goods in the third story in the Everson block, was hemmed in by the fire and his escape cut off. He was rescued from a window by a ladder just as the flames had reached him. The fire was discovered about 8 o'clock in Barney, Lambley & Co.'s dry-gools store. Two young men escaped to tne street with difficulty after placing the books in the safe. The flames spread to George C. Young & Co.'s dry-gsods store, located on the first and second floors of a four-story block. This building burned furiously and was soon gut ted from top to bottom. The third floor was occupied by Frank Enny, wholesale jeweller, and Dr. George E. Hill, dentist, and the fourth by offices. Everson & Co.'s hardware store, four stories high, was completely destroyed. The firm occupied j two floors and over them was H. II. Warn- ! er's silver and gold plating works The : stock in every building was completely. : destroyed. , . .. , .' I 1 ELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Eauwn ami Miildle StatM. TnE National Ruliber Company, of Provi dence, It. L, has failed for upwards of t)W). Forest fires on the Blue Mountain rango in Pennsvlvania have been devastating valu able timber land. A GtiOUCKSTKR (M assL) schooner's captain reports having fallen in with a French fish ing soop waterlogged fin the Grand I tanks. He hoarded her, and found ten men drowned in the cabin. A lockout of f,OT0 shoemakers has taken place in Philadelphia. A fire in the business section of Syraeww, N. Y. destroyed property valued at 400,000. Hexp.y SciiAKXKR, ff PottsviL'e, Penn., seventy-one years old, in an insane fit of groundless jealousy shot and killod his wife, aged fifty -six years, an I then put an end to himself with a pistol ball. - "A sawmili, boiler exploded at West Brownsville, Penn., killing two brothers named Kelly and wre -king the inilL Senator Frte, of Maine, spoke boforethe Convention of the American Shipping and In dustrial league at Boston, saying tnat Con gress should "put its hand into that big sur plus and pay for sailing merchant ships under the American flag." Ten States were repre sented in tl Convention. South and West, Three huadred citizens started in pursuit of a gang of robbers who murdered the Rev. Thomas P. Hyan, a Methodist minister, near Walton, W. Va. The robbers were found in a fortified hoos-3. The result of a fight was the shooting of one robljer, the capturing and lynching of another, and the wounding of five of the citizens. Arizona's population is stated in Governor Zulick's anmal report to be IM.OOO. Governor West' ,s annual report estimates the population of Utah at 2OO.0).). There are 2,0J0,0iK) miraals of all kinds in tho Ter ritory, and th mining outpitt last year was 7,t,T2 The Governor opposes thorn ove ment of the Mormons for Stateho3.L Mr. Lax, the woman who threw a pan cake at Mrs. Cleveland in St. Louis, was fined The twenty-fourth annual Convention of the Brotherhoo 1 of Locomotive Engineers, at Chicago, was welcomed by Governor Oglesby and Mayor Roche. Chief Arthur, in hi:? an nual address, saoke strongly against strikes and in favor of abstinence from drink. Tha Brotherhood now numbers &j,UK) men. The twenty-first . annual convention of American Architects has just been held in Chicago. The General Assembly of the Knights of Labor at Minneapolis has adjourned. Nett year the Convention will ba held at Indian apolis. The Anti-Horse Thief Association of Mis souri ha; been holding its annual convention in tho town of Mexico. The deliberations were secret. Governor Gray has urgel the Federal Court officers to undertake the prosecution of tho night marauders and whippers of men and women in Southwestern Indiana, known as the White Caps. "Violent winds and heavy rain have been demolishing property in Southern Louisiana. Colonel A. II. MoNTGOMERY,Presldent of the Memphis Jockey Club, fell dead of apo plexy a few days since bn the race track. Extraordinary precautions were taken to protect the Chicago jail, as an outbretik and attempt to rescue the condemned Anar chists was expected. A large Iwxly of polico were placed in and about the prison. Washiinarton. General Greely, Chief Signal Officer, recommends that a trial be made of homing pigeons in the service. The Treasury Department recommends that United States attorneys, marshals and clerks be paid salaries, and tho fee system be abolished. It is stated that the Government will pro4 tect American seal fisheries in Alaska's waters ; from foreign depredations at all hazards. Messrs. Oberly and Edgerton, two of the three Civil Service Commissionars, do noc agree upon some constructions of the Civil Service law. The former opposes political organizations of offi ?eholders at the National Capital ; the latter thinks they have a right to exist. . Counsel for the condemned Chicago Anarchists appeared iu the United States Supreme Court and applied for a writ of error in behalf of the condemned men. Iioger A. Pryor made the argument for the prisoners. The other coansel were Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts; ex Congressmm J. R. Tucker, of Virginia, and Messrs. Black and Solomon, of Chicago. Nine law points were made in the appeal. Foreign. Particulars of a disastrous fire at Han kow, China, have just been received. One thousand live were lost, ani an immense amount of propsrty was destroyed. Unemployed workingmen had a pitched battle with the London police. Many men were injured, and twenty arrests were made. The dedication of a jubilee memorial fountain in honor of Shakespeare, presented by George W. Childs, ihe Philadelphia editor, was made the occasion of impressive cere monies at Stratiord-on-Avon, the great poet's birthplace. There was a procession, a dedi catory speech by Henry Irving, an address by United States Minister Phelps, recitation of a poem written by Oh ver Wendell Holmes, und a banquet. Several members of the Canadian 1 arlia ment are accused of bribery. The Disconto Geselleschaft, a Leipsic banking institution with a capital of 9,000,000 marks, has failed in consequence of unlawful speculations. Two of the directors have ab sconded with an enormous amount Qf spoils and all the bank's stock. Severe snowstorms, accompanied in some parts by a hurricane, are reported from Italy. Crops, and animals were greatly injured, a number of houses were unroofed at Pisa, and several persons aTosrzyfl in Lake Como. The carpenter of a Russian schooler mur dered the Captain and five of the crew, and theu threw their bodies overboard. Heavy" inundations in Cuba have flooded large districts and rendered many people homeless. The Australian steamer Cheviot has lieen wrecked. Many of the pass ngers anil cm were drowned. Scenes of violence in connection with the eviction of tenants on Irish estates are still reported almost daily. Mrsl James A. Garfield and her daughter Mollie have arrived in England. MARKETS. Baltimore Flour City Mills, extra, $3. 00 a$3.0J; Wheat Southern Fultz, 80aSlcts; Corn Southern White, 57a5cts, Yellow, 50a 51cts.; Oats Southern and Pen .sylvania 30a35ct. ; Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania SOafiOcts. ; Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania 13 50a?1450; Straw Wheat, 7.50a$8; Butter, Eastern Creamery, 26a27cts., near-by receipts 19a20cts ; Cheese Eastern Fancy Cream, 12 al3cts., Western, 12al2cts.; Eggs 18al9; Cattle 2.50a$4.00; Swine 6Xa6cts. ; Sheep and Lamb 3a4 cts; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, laT2.S0, Good Common, 3 50a $4 50, Middling, 5a?6.00 Good to fine red, 7a$9 Fancy, lOaf 12. New York Flour Southern Common to fair extra, 3.25a$4.00; Wheat No.l Whit -,82 aSScts.; Rye State, 54a56; Corn Southern Yellow, 51a52cts. ; Oats White State, 33a34 cts. ; Butter State, 17a26 cts. ; Cheese State, lOalOJcts. ; Eggs 19a20 cts. Philadelphia Flour Pennsylvania, fancy, 3.50a$4; Wheat Pennsylvania and Southern Red, S2aS3 cts ; Rve Pennsyl vania 57aoScts. ; Corn Southern "Yellow, 51a52 cts. Oats 3oa37 cts.; Butter State, lSai: ct3.; Cheese N. Y. Factory, llal3 cts.; Eggs State, 17al8 cts. A FLASH OF FLAME An Kxploslon or Natural (3as Dank ages Iiuildings and liurtIany lVoplc. Tho first serious natural gas explosion in Pittsburg in two j-ean occurred in the Hotel Albemarle and Bijou Theatre bloch on Sixth avenue. The explosion was attended with frightful injuries to a number of people and great destruction to some of the finest prop erty in the city. The complete list of the injured, so far as learned is as follows: Jacob Dinger, a young man, emp'oj-e of the People's Natural" Gas Company, hurt in ternally and badly burned, ami one leg and arm broken; will'dick. Thomas Seanlan, employe of the People's Natural Gas Company, badly burned about the hul, legs and bands; injuries niav prove fatal," Mike ?tabranzi, employe of thi People's Natural Gas Company, severely burned about the hands, face and back: may die. Blake, colored man, injured internally, will die. II. T. Feick, injured internally and face severely cut by flying glass; may not recover John Feick, "cut by glss about face and hands, nose cut almost ofT. Leon Kacharfki, employe of P. T. Heed, injured in the back. Gus Datte, member of Engine Company No. 1, struck in the face by falling timbers; tn juries not serious. Unknown woman, blown into tho gutter and sriousy hurt G. G. Nichols, editor Peop'cs Advocate, blown into middle of street and severely cut aud bruised; not dangerous. John Mulberry, a colored employe of the People's Natural Gas Company, fearfully burned about the head, face and hands; may die. Michael Mumphries, arms and head se verey burned ; will recover. Charles Meyers, broken shoulder blade. Joe (ieading, Italian laborer, burned about the head aud shoulders, and injured inter nally: very serious. - A co'ored man, also an employe of the Peo ples c .mpany, was slightly burned about the hands and face. For several days p-ist workmen employed by the People's Gas Compmy have Ieen en gaged in retiring the pipes running into the theatre aud bote . Tho oder of escaping gas was noticed, but for some reason not yet" explained nothing was done to have the gas turned otF. Three terrific explosions occurred simul taneously in the cell rs of D. T. Reed, opti cian, Hotel Albemirle and the Bijou Thea tre. The concussion shook buildings for several squares and broke every plate glass window in the block. Almost instantly flames shot up from va rious parts of the 'Mock, but before they gained much headway they were controlled by the prompt work of the fire department. A crowd quickly gathered to view tho ruins. The Hotel Albemarle, the Bijou Theatre entrance and the shops which front ed on Sixth street between the hotel entrance and Library Hall were terribly shattered, and an investigation showed that the four teen persons named above had been more or less seriously hurt. A care'ul inquiry made at the scene of the disaster shows beyond a doubt that the ex plosion was caused by the ignition of the People's company's gas while workmen weio making a connection in the basement of Feick's establishment. The damage by the explosion will reach $50,000. The greatest loss is to the Hotel Al bemarle, which will exceed $20,(0). Tho Bijou Theatre loses ?o,500, D. L. Reed, opti cian, $2,500, and Feici .Brothers, dealers in artificial limbs, $4,500. Fully $3,000 , worth of plate glass was broken by ihe concussion. The auditorium of the Bijou Theatre wss not damaged and the regular performance was given. When the explosion occurred the guests in the hotefAlbemarle became panic-stricken and several were slightly in jured in making their escape from the build ing. A number of persons, who were con fined to their beds with typhoid fever, were carried from the hotel to places of safety. The exposure may seriously retard their re cover'. DEAD ON THE RACE TRACK, The President of the Memphis .Jockey Cluh Kxpircs on the Course. The programme arranged for Thursday, at the races at Memphis, Tenn., was inter rupted by a sad occurrence. The second race had been con teste-1 and Gleanorhad won after a driving finish with White Nose. The I large crowd was in the best of spirits, and ; the book-makers were merely singing out Uheir odds for tho Peabody Hotel handicap, which was the next event on the card. Pres ident Montgomery with a party of friends had left the judges' stand and gone to the club house, wh re the delegates to tho Water ways convention in session were being enter tained as guwts of the jockey club. This refre hment-roWi was crowded ami several short speeches had been made in honor of of the occasion. When Colonel Mont gomery entered the room calls were made on him for a speech. "7 In response Colonel Montgomery said: "Gentleman, I am glad to welcome you to the grounds of the lemplus Jocky Club on behalf of the meiiuVrs an I myself." Ashe ceased speaking he fell back dead in the arms of a friend. It was thought at first thathe had only fainted, and medical attendance was prompt in trying to revive him, but his condition was soon made manifest,. He had died of heart disease. When the announce ment was made that Colonel Montgomery was dead the saddest of scenes was witnessed. His three daughters and son (S. B. Montgom ery, secretary of the jockey club,) were urief stricken, and" they were not the only mourn ers over the dead body. Every one in tho room was affected, and the scene of joy was at once changed to that of sorrow. When the grand-stand and horse-owners heard of the sudden death tley were unani mous in their expressed wishes for the judges to iostpone ail the other races on the pro gramme, which wras promptly done by ice President John Overton, Jr. AN INCENDIARY SERVANT. She Stole the Jewelry, Fired the House and Has Run Away. SoniJ time ago Charles J. Roe, took up his residence in his fine house in the valley between Sharon and Norwood, Mass. Ho took as a servant a girl named Katj Agnes Gleason. Shortly .after hiring thi girl, in May last, stones :were thrown through the windows at night, three valuable Shetland ponies were poisoned, money and jewelry taken at certain ttmas, and finally on June 19, the house was set on Are and burned to the grou d, entailing a loss of $20,000. Some time- after the fire the Gleason girl went to Mrs Roe's sister, who lived with hiui bringing certain pieces of jewelry which she said she found in the ruins. The articles bore no -trace of injury, and suspicion was aroused against the girl. It was found that she had thrown the stones, poisoned the ponies and stolen the valuables. She did not confess, however, to setting fire to the house. A warrant was obtained for her arrest, but owing to th girl's promising to return some of the jewelry if she was a low ed time it was not served, and the girl fled. She was traced to Cambridge but disap peared before the officers arrived. The story had been kept quiet by the office, s, who hoped to capture Sae is about nineteen years of age, tall aal raw-boned, with a prominent nose and red faco, , SPEECH BY GLADSTOIIE. DEMANDING A STATUTORY PAttLIA. 31 EXT FOB THE IRISH PEOPLE. The British Minister SctoitIj ArraIr,rJ bj the Ex-Premier. The Congress of tho Lileral Fedora! i":i opened tho other day at Nottingham, V.n land. Ex-Premier Gladstone inful- a s-ch. in which ho reviewed the situation in lrv! m I and denounced tho British Government f r the manner in which it was dealing w itl th Irish question. His rising to s;nk was ti, signal for lou 1 and proKmxl t lHtrin . Mr. Gladstone said he would t ll th-m plainly that he v.-as not thn t s.iy mu oth tilings. It was a deplorable fact that tl fi tting of the great Irish question, miht h.ivo leen settlod last year had their tn a dispo sition to discuss it in a. spirit of candor and fairness, had been again s t aside and was .I1 pending, its di:!Uulties aggravatsl and its prospects uncertain. H had always tId th Conservatives that the choio lay ln-twv:i coercion an I hoinn rule. Th Conservatives had told them that horn rule was an i dream, but events had tvhown that it whs not. A coercion bill had leen passe 1 against combinations, against tho liberty of thj pn-v and the right of public me"tiu, an I n t against crime. The Irish spe-Uvk was now a grave an 1 serious one. and if it continual it woul I drive Irelan 1 into such a state tint the difficulties of the Government would be come almost insurmountable. Mr. Gladstone doni d that he proposed h m rule simply to atlraiive lateral interest. It was doubtful, he said, whether the Tories ac cepted. ho:n 3 rul ia its Ihniu.I principles in the sam way that they aorpv.l h:s proposals in lS7i and in 1VV. H wanted a statutory Parliament in Pubitn. subject to imperial control. There was nothing to prevent any reasonable mau from agreeing with the Lderals' Irish pnpvt!s without reference to this or that particular or detail. The imme-.liate necessity of th. day was to watch tlu way in which In-Ian 1 was now governeL If the governm-nt persisted in their rah and.foolisn oliey it would natura'ly lead to olitical demoralization, and ren l r it in th lighest degree difficult. von for KngliMinicn and a Parliament truly representing tht ir best and most eulight-Mw 1 conclusions, to l al rapidly and leiielicially with Ireland. Only oue word could descrihle the pnsent yst-m of Irish government. It wasj'iinp rtiiien The events of the last few weeks in Ire land would not have len tolerated iu Lng lanL He condemned tho action of th authorities at Mitchellstown. H admitted having used the words, "Rini"mbr Mit h ellstown!" The affair must and would lo remembered. The country had an ac-ount to settle with the government in con nection with that affair. The MiteheII-.to.vn authorities were undoubtedly wrong, yet Mr. Balfour, in behalf of tho Government, un equivocally assum?l th" i"csjonsiiility for their acts. The woit featuru of th Mitchellstown incident w. is that th aetioii of the authorities there had iK'-om.1 a model and pattern for the whole of Ireland. Th3 whole system of government in Ireland required to b thoroughly reformed, root and brancli. There had been a break down in tho Government in all essentials. A radical chauga was wanted, and such a change an enfranchised nation alone could accomplish. Mr. Gladstone drevv a glowing picture in defene of his administration of Unlaw iu Ireland and elsewhere in the Hmpire. He ex pressed himself as jierfectly conlident that if a general election were held immediately it would result in the return of a Parliament resolved to do justice to Ireland. CHALLENGED BY A DEACON. Missllre iu a South Carolina A flair of Honor. In the court of General Sessions for Ches ter county, S. C, when Judge Wallace called the case of J. Harvey Ntely, who was indict ed for challenging J. E. McMurray to fight a duel, the State's Attorney announced that the case bad been compromised, whereupon a nol. pros, was entered. Neely and McMurray are well-to-do farm, ers, and both are meiiuVrs of the same 'n s byteriau church. McMurray Wing a dea con. Their quarrel grew out of a di-puto over church matters. Neely's cha lenjjo was to fiht at ten paces with shotguns. Neely went to the a ppointed place prepared to fight, hut instead of finding McMurray he found a constable with a war rant for his arrest. ' The church jx-ople to prevent the evil effects-of a trial in a crim inal court, took the matter in hand, mid through tho instrumentality of a prominent Presbyterian minister, and with the sanction of the States Attorney, elTecU-d a compro mise outside the. court. Immediately after the famous duel in IW) in which Colonel William Shinnon was killed by Colonel 11. B. C. Cash, anti-duelling societies werecslale lished all over the State and the legislature passed an act requiring all officials of tho JState on taking the oath of offictto take an additional oath neither to send rior to accept a challenge to fight a duel and making the act of sending or accepting a clmllenge a felony. Colonel Cash was tried for murder, but after several mistrials the case w.-us dis continued. . The stringent daw is still on the tatuto book, but nothing has yet been fecconiplished by it. GQSSIP.OF THE DIAMOND. Nash vrr.r.E talks of again entering th Southern League next season. Mike Kelly's salary of i.:m w ill, it is said, suffer no reduction next yea The sleeping and dining-room cars of the Detroit-St. Uuis combination cost ?:;-J.oJ for the trip. Those twenty-two games in succession that Bennett caught did much to give the Detroit club the nnant. The St. Ixjuisclub last year placed to its credit the highest nnmlcr of champion vic tories ever won by any club, namely, 'J '. The Northwestern league was the only minor leaguo in the country that retain-d its original membership intact throughout ti e season. The shortest game on record for 17 was that played at Oshko-h, September 10,1; tween the Oshkosh and Eau Claire teams, viz. , lh. Sm. The Tetroit League champions easily showed their superiority over the Ht. IeniL-s American Association champions, in the se ries of games for tho world's championship. President Nimick, of the Pittsburg Base ball Club, has been in Chicago trying to transfer Anson, the Chicago first baseman and captain, to his team. It is said he offered 15,XK.t for the player named, and that 1 "resi dent Spaulding demanded The championship season of all th Leagues, loth great and small, i now ended. Detroit won the pennant of the National League. In the Association Ht. Louis has agaia had a walk-over. Of tl minor Leagues, Oshkosh won the North western Leagui championship. Toronto came to the front in the International League on the homestretch : Lowell bore o:l the palm in the New England League; New Orleans caotuml the Southern league jen nant, and Topeka walked olf with the cat era League championship. ,.The services of General lYvor, J. Randolph-Tucker, and General Butler it is ex pected will cost the Anarchist Committee 25,000. General Butler's fe.-s have been gnaj-anteed by District Assemblies:. and CS Knjsbts cf Labor.