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THE CHARLOTTE MESSENG VOL. IV. NO. 25. THE Charlotte Messenger IS PUBLISHED Evei-y Satnrilay, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. Able and well-known writers will contrib wte to its columns from different parts of the country, mid it will contain Gen eral News of the day. The Messenger is a first-class newspaper and will not allow iiersonal abuse in its col umns. !tis not sectarian or partisan, but independent—dealing fairly by all. It re serves the right to criticise the shortcomings of all public officials—commending the worthy, and recommending for election such men as in its opinion are best suited to serve the interests of the jieople. It is intended to supply the long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the inter sts of the Negro-American, especially in tbo Piedmont section of the Carolina*. SUBSCRIPTIONS: (Always in Advance.) 1 year - - - $1 50 8 mouths - - - 100 9 months - 75 3 months - - - 50 2 months - 35 Single Copy - 5 Address, W.C. SMITH Charlotte NC, How Russians Make Tea. “This is a Russian samovar,” said the head of the Russian depart incut at Tiffany’s in answer to a question. People in this country don’t know how to use thorn. They imagine that a samovar i& to make tea in; whereas tea in Russia— where sea is made in perfection—is always made in an earthen teapot. “The samovar ought to be engraved on the Russian coat of arms. Every Russian, from Ihi peasant to the Czar, has a samovar, but the samovar is only to heat the water for the tea. This centie tube you notice,” lie continued, removing the cover, “when- in use | should he filled with lighted charcoal. I usually advise persons to start the char coal in the range and put it lighted in the samovar tub". The space around this tube is filled with cold water, the samovar is placed on the table, and in a few moments the water begins to boil. Russian ladies always prepare their tea themselves at the table. An earthen tea pot, with a small box containing tea, is always placed beside the lady at the head of the tabic. She first turns a little boiling water in the teapot to heat it; then she turns this out and puts in the tea. She turns boiling water over it and instantly turns this out—it is merely to wash the dust off the tea. This done, she turns on the tea sufficient water to make it quite strong, covers it witn a napkin, aud leaves it for a few’ moments to draw. Then she tills each tea glass tartly full of this strong tea aud fills it up with boiling water from the samovar, regulating the strength of the glass of tea to the taste of the person to whom it is served. “Russians do not drink strong tea. All tea is served in thin glasses Bet in metal frames, like Turkish coffee cups. A tea glass and holder is a popular gift from a lady to a gentleman. Water that has boil <1 over fifteen minutes is con sidered unfit to make tea. All tea is served boiling hot. Cold tea is an abomination. It is not known in Russia.” —At id York Tr ibunc. Tli" Spirit Rein. A lot of people were -taring yesterday afternoon into the sunny window of a curiosity shop on clay stiait. The afc traet:ou was a lot of little nuts spread on a sheet of | after, 'fln y were popping about like things of life. “What ar • they?’ asked an Eastern lady. “t best nuts,” ventured nn old Cali fornian. “The projier name for them,” said n iwunlMir of the Academy of Sciences, “i* spirit beans. They're ids# sometimes called electric be,hih. There is nothing mysterious about them. They grow in Mexico and Central America. A variety of the ichneu non pie ces an almost mi croscopic hole in the nut with its ovi jmsator aid deposits th" eggs. From the egg comes a grub t sat feeds upon the interior of the nut until a sj ace is formed. It is tbe convulsive motions of the grub which prod ucc* I he net ions t hat astonishes you. I ntil revived by the heat the grub lies dormant. If allowed to dcvelopc list mall v it would eat its way oat and Ixroine an ichneumon fly' • •ort of winged b-.-*tle. «S an Jkamiotr. FARMS AM) FARMERS. Short Talks With the Men Who Guide the Plow. Os General Interest to Farmer*. Will It Pay? Fanning bus its bright, poetic side. The embowered cottage, with vines and flowers and shade, the ruddy-faced chil dren, the blooming maiden, the sturdy youth, the patriarchal father and moth erly mother; these naturally spring up before the mental eye at mention of the farm. Green fields, waving corn, lowing herds, frisking lambs, racing eolts, grow ing cocks and cackling geese, complete the picture. “Far more the world’s igno ble st rife”—removed froni many of j&e temptations that beset the denizens of cities and towns—the farmer lives in close communion with nature. The sun shine, the clouds, the rain, the storm, cold and heat, touch him on every side and become part of his daily life. llow to put himself in unison with nature; how to co-operate with her; howto avoid opposition to her laws, these are his con stant aim and study. They bring no per sonal animosities, no iniatiativc antago nisms. To watch the tiny seedling spring from the buried seed; to see it expand and grow into the lofty corn with its yellow tassels, flowing silks and hanging ears, or the branching cotton with its snowy locks, suggestive of death and life, of the grave and the resurrection, this is the pleasing, ennobling occupa tion of each recurring year of his life. In these he sees his own life pictured: birth, growth, maturity, death. No, not death; for in the now perfected grain a new life is hidden away, seeming death only—a real immortality. Is it wonder ful that noble natures, with the ripefning and mellowing of age, turn instinctively to rural life, and seek, or long for, its quiet and freedom from the bickerings and strifes of men and its foreshadow ings of heavenly rest? Rut farming has also a hard, business side—a matter of dollars aud cents, in the strictest sense. In every Venture, outside of the adornment of his home, or the comfort of his family, the first ques tion that a prudent farmer should ask himself is: “Will it pay, is there any profit in it?” Why should lie labor “for that which is naught,” any more than a merchant or manufacturer or anybody else? “In the sweat of thy face shall thou cat bread” is the divine announce ment ; he shonld sweat, but he should have bread as the reward thereof. After taking due allowance for possible contin gencies, after careful, sober calculation, a farmer should have reasonable grounds for believing that an undertaking will pay before he begins it. Like a judge on the bench, he should canvass every thing for or against it. Neither blind hopes nor gloomy fears should sway his judgment—these should he ruled out of court, and lie should look at the naked facts in the light of Iha past experience. Past experience that is the touch stone, that is the safest counsellor. You need not fear to follow it. The only point to lie guarded is, that you do not draw false influences from it, and then substi tute these in the place of the experience itself. Take the naked facts; they are right hard to get at sometimes; they be come mixed up with opinions, and false deductions, but strip them of these as much as you can and then he guided by past experience, whether it is pleasant or not. Be honest, whether it reflects on your past management or not. Let us propound some questions which are pertinent to the present season: Have you good land to justify your running as many plows next year as you did this? If you had left out the |>oorest land you planted this year and put Ihe manure and labor upon your best land, would you not have made as much, or possibly more, and saved the keeping of one mule and one hand ? Would it not l>c very pleasant to have the money paid that hand back in your pocket now, and the feed con sumed by that mule back in your barn? Would it not have been Initter to have sowed down that land, or to have left it to rest and gather fertility to be utilized at some future day? Does it pay you* to cultivate poor land? That is Ihe most serious, the most important question that confronts the southern farmer to-day. Think of it. Look at il, as applied to your own farm. Count up the cost of cultivation, and then set over against it the actual yields obtained. Nododging. No shoving over the matter. Perhaps one wet year you made a fair ciop on the poor land. Will you let that balance the failures of four others, when the sea sons were not favorable? Far better to concentrate on the best laud on your farm, though, by so doing, you make it a one-ln r*c farm, than to run eight plows on poor land and simply make enough to pay the ex|Ninse of cultivation, or jnissi bly not do even that. Does it pay to keep the same land year after year in cotton, without rotation? Does it pay to run rows up and down hill and let the soil wash away without terraces or ditches to save it ? Does it pay to raise cotton to buy corn and meat? Does it pay to buy mules and horses when they can Ik* raised at home? Does it pay to use commercial fertilizers on thm land, destitute of humus? Does it |uiy to cultivate land that is half prewir ed? Does it pay to use poor implements of any kind? Which pays lwist, a big venture on credit ora small one on a cash Iwisis? These are a few of the many qu<*- tions which a farmer mav ask himself. He ought to ask and weigh them well, answer them carefully, and then plan his arrangements for another year. It is not wise to go forward as a matter of course, blindly taking Hie chances as they conic. Look in-fore you leap. —Atlanta tvtwn. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 1888 THE MIDNIGHT SHOCK. Freight mid PnMMcngrr Trains Telescope and Burn—Several Lives Lost. The west-bound Union Pacific passen ger train was halted near Edspn station, Wyoming Territory, to repair a slight damage to the engine. After the delay, and when the train had proceeded hut a few hundred yards, a freight train, run ning at a high rate of speed, rounded a curve and dashed into the rear car, tele scoping Iwo emigrant cais, which at once caught fire and were entirely con sumed. The teal* of the sleeper “Delhi” was also biitned. A w leek hi g ear rtnd corps of surgeons were soon on the ground. Five hours after the collision the track was cleared and the dead and wounded were removed to Rawlins. The thermometer registered 20 degrees below zero when the accident occurred and assistance was nearly fifty miles dis tant. The clothing of many of the emi grants was consumed in the flames, and a number were badly frozen before reach ing shelter. The company did every thing possible for the unfortunate ones. Scott Vermillion, conductor of the pas senger train, fled to adjacent bluffs im mediately after the accident. Twenty cowboys searched for him all day, and it is believed lie was rendered crazy by the awful sight. He doubtless ran until ex hausted and then tumbled into an iso lated drain and expired. FATAL ACCIDENT. The Engineer aml llie Fireman Killed—A Complete Wreck C'aiiMC of Ihe Accident. A fatal railroad accident occurred on« the New River division of the Norfolk and Western railroad just below Eggles ton’s, sixteen miles below New River Junction. A freight consisting of thirty five empty coal eats ran into a rock slide, and the engine and fifteen or twenty ears were thrown from the track rtnd wrecked. The engine was precipitated into the river, carrying down with it J. G. Abbott, the engineer, who was instantly killed and partially buried under the wreck. The fireman, F. Johnson, was also killed, his body being fearfully mangled. The front brakeman bad his ankle severely sprained by jumping from the train. The slide came down on the track just in front of the engine, and no precaution could have prevented the accident. The railroad authorities here will send the body of the engineer to his home, in Pennsylvania, for interment. Crushed to Death. A locomotive ran off the track at Bcn ncttsville, 8. o\. and several hours clasp ed before it could be placed on the rails again. Among the crowd of country people who had gathered to see the pros trate iron horse was a white hoy about sixteen years old, named Owens, who seated himself on the track in frontofthe engine to watch the proceedings, and while thus engaged lie fell asleep. Mean time the engine had been replaced upon the track and started up again, without arousing Owens, who was run over and crushed to death. A shocking fatal accident is reported from Pekins county, S. C. John Run nells, a prominent white farmer, was standing in Bogg’s mill, when his coat caught in a large cog wheel in the ma chinery and before he could be released he was drawn to the wheels and crushed and mangled almost beyond recognition. His death was instantaneous. FATAL EXPLOSION. Exploftion ala Boiler of a nnv Snw Hill' Killing one llun and Injuring Two. The boiler burst at K. H. Worthy & Boil’s mills, two miles from Jonesboro, N. C., instantly killing Richard Mclver, colored, and fatally jnjuring Henry Dark, the sawyer, and Peter Mclver, one of the hands. Richard Mclver, the firc m. li), had chained the safety valve down to prevent a loss of steam, and having tilled the furnace full of pine knots, left the engine for a few minutes and im mediately after his return to the engine the explosion occurred, blowing him through a grist mill house and throwing him a distance of 75 feet front the place of the explosion, completely demolishing his body from the waist down, tearing it into very small pieces. Geo. Sloan a young white man, was standing in front of the engine ami was blown a distance of twenty feet, on top of a pile of lumber and left unconscious for some minutes, but escaped unhurt. 11 is hat was blown at least one hundred yards in Ihe mill pond. One half of the engine was blown fifty yards from the place of the explo sion. The loss of property is two thous and dollars. A Difficult Case. Mr. S. Wittkowsky returned yesterday from New York, and reports that his son, Gerard Wittkowsky, is rapidly recover ing from the surgical operation recently performed upon him in that city. Ge rard has the distinction of being the only person in the world who has survived nn operation of a like character. Drs. Ba ruch and Bands, assisted by five other physicians, had Gerard’s ease in hand, and they performed upon him an opera tion of laparotomy for jicrforution of the vermiform appendix. This ap]K‘ndix, by the way, is one whose use has never yet been ascertained by the doctors. The cause of trouble in Gcrardc’s ease was a raisin seed that had lodged in the appen dix. Dr. Bands says that this is tin* only successful operation of the kind that has Ixjcn performed within the history of the. world. Qharlotte Chronicle, WASHINGTON. WORK OF THE 50TH CONGRESS. A Few ofilie Bill* Wkleli Were Introduc ed In theHenate and Ilouae. Jan. 9—House—Mr. Baker of Illinois, tendered his resignation as a member of the Committee on Claims and it was ac cepted. On motion of Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, a resolution was adopted granting leave to Committee on elections to set during the Session of the House. ML Sliaw, of Maryland, chairman of committee on Accounts, ffepofts a reso lution designating the committees en titled to employ clerks. The question of committee clerks excited a general discussion of the subject. Perkins, of Kansas, offered an amend ment. providing that every member of the House not a chairman of a committee should have a clerk at a salary of one hundred dollars a month. Mr. Brumin, of Pennsylania, favored 1 the amendment. Mr. Stubble, of lowa, also favored the 1 proposition. Mr. Browne, of Indiana, opposed the 1 creation of 300 additional clerks. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, urged his party friends to defeat the amendment. . Messrs. Bayne aud Scott, of Pennsyl vania, favored the annnendment. After further expression of opinion on motion of Mr. Mills, of Texas, the report and pending amendments were recom mended to the committee on Accounts. The speaker then proceeded with the rail of States anil the following were introduced and referred: By Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, to in crease the compensation of fourth-class postmasters; also for the retirement of disabled army officers. By Mr. Oates, of Alabama, for the for feiture of the Mobile and Girard railroad Land Grant, also resolution directing Judiciary Committee to report what legislation is necessary to limit and re strict immigration and secure protection from pauper and criminal immigration. By Lawler, of Illinois, resolution pro viding for the appointment of a special committee to investigate the cauees un derlying labor strikes. By O’Donnell, of Michigan, to repeal the duty on sugar and provide for the payment of a bounty of $2,000,000 a year for two years for cultivation of sugar in the United States. By Hatch, of Missouri, for the impor tation of salt free of duty. Without concluding the call of Btates, the House, at 5 o’clock, adjourned. Jan. 9—Senate- In the Semite to-day Mr. Sherman introduced hills to author ize the Secretary of the Treasury to in vest in government bonds that were sold by the Treasury for the redemption of national bank notes to the par value of lwnds deposited \ also to provide for a national hurertu to prevent importations of adulterated food products, Mr. Evarts introduced a hill to protect New York harbor from obstructions. At the close of the morning business tn the Senate Mr. Brown called up his resolution for the alndition of internal revenue taxes, and proceeded to address the Senate in an able speech. At the conclusion of Mr. Baown’s speech his resolution was tabled and Mr. Vest took the floor in opposition to the educational hill. Mr. Vest said that in his opinion the passage of this bill would be worse for the South than war pesti lence or famine. Mr. Wilson, of Maryland obtained the floor On motion of Mr. Spooner the Senate took up and passed a hill appropriating $1,000,000 for a government building at Milwaukee. Wis. The Senate then pro ceeded to consideration of executive business and half an hour later, at 4:40 adjourned. Jan. 10 —Senate In tne Senate to-day Mr. Voorlices introduced, for reference to tin* finance committee, the proposed condition of National hank laws com mittee by the comptroller of the cur rency. The resolution to appoint a s|>ecial committee on postal telegraphy was re- I sir ted adversely, and consideration indefinitely postponed. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill to in corporate the Nicaragua Canal Company. The Senate at 3.45 proceeded to ex ecutive business. Senator Edmunds from tlie Judiciary Committee made an adverse report on the nomination of L. Q. C. Lamar to be Assistant Justice of the Supreme court, and Senator Pugh in behalf of the minority of the same com mittee submitted a favorable rejiort. Calendar. Senator Edmunds made a favorable report from Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Win. F. Vilas to be Sec retary of the Interior. Calendar. Senator Sawyer from the Postoflice Committee made a favorable report on the nomination of Don Dickinson to he Postmaster General. Calendar. At five minutes to five the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned till to-morrow. Jan. 10—House—The Speaker an nounced the appointment of Messrs. Wheeler, of Alulmnm. and Phelps of New Jersey, as members of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Barnes, of Missouri, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the urgent deficiency lull and it was re ferred to the Committee of the Whole. The call of States which was uncom pleted yesterday, was then resumed, the following bills were introduced and re ferred : By Mr. Woodburn, of Nevada, direct ing the purchase of not less than four million dollars worth of silver bullion per month and the coinage of the same into standard dollars. %. Hy UalUngcr, of New llampsfljrc, for the protection of the public services (it. requires the dismissal of all persons now in service who are not citizens of the United States.) By Mr. White, of Kentucky, to au thorize the refunding of the national debt, into uniform consolidated bonds. By Mr. Nichols, of North Carolina, to repeal the internal revenue laws. By Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to apply the surplus to the purchase of United States bonds. By Mr. Ilarmcr, of Pennsylvania, to increase the pensions for those who have lost eyes, limbs, or who are deaf. By Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, prohibiting stoves or oil lamps on passen ger trains. By MO Cummings, of New York, to provide for licensing conductors on In. ter-state railroads. Reports of committees ns follows: By Wilkins, from banking and cur rency, to provide for the issue of circu lating notes to National Banks. House calendar. Bills were also introduced for the erection of public buildings at the fol lowing named places; Fayetteville, N. C. ;New Berne, N. C,; Manchester, Va*: Newport News, Va.; Brunswick, Ga. The House then at 1:50 p. in. ad journed. Jan. 11.—Senate—After the introduc tion of a variety of petitions Mr. Sauls- , bury introduced a resolution to declare that this government shall take no fur ther steps to bring about an internation al agreement as to gold and silver coinage Mr. Hoar introduced a resolution call ing upon the President for the reports and accompanying documents submitted by the Pacific railroad commission. Mr Coke took the floor in opposition to the educational bill. Mr. Coke spoke ; an hour aud confined his remarks to the Constitutional points of the proposed bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Coke's speech Mr. Gray obtained the floor, but gave way to a motion to adjourn, which the Senate did at 3:45 p. m. Jan. 11.—House—The Speaker, as the first business In order, proceeded to call the committees, hut no rcjxirts of any character were submitted. The House on motion of Mr. Mills, went into com mittee of the whole upon the state of the union for the consideration of the Presi dents message. Mr. Mills offered a reso lution referring the message to the com mittee of Ways and Means. Confirma tion by the House. Mr. Randall, from committee on Ap propriations, reported a resolution which was adopted, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for schedule of claims al lowed by the treasury department, under appropriations. The House then went into committee of the whole on little deficiency hill. The discussion on the bi 11 became political, and was participated in by Mcssrss. Ran dall, Burncs, Milliker, Henderson and Ilced. Mr. M. C. Comas, t f Maryland, de fended the Committee on Appropriations from the charge of being dilatary in its presentation of appropriation hills, and laid the blame for the tardy passage of those measures upon what he termed the Constitutional and characteristic delay of the Democratic party. The hill was then read by paragraphs. On motion of Burns an amendment was adopted appropriating $100,009 for the payment of judgments and awards against the United Btates on account of damages caused by reason of the improve ment of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. The committee then rose ami the bill was passed. The House then, at 4:30 adjourned. WaMhinston New* Nolen. Hopkins, who some weeks ago sent a bogus infernal machine to Chief Jus tice Waite, pleaded guilty iu the police court was lined SIOO. Acting Secretary' Thompson has ad dressed a letter to the chairman of the lighthouse board in regard to the case of Keeper Odell of Cape Henry light station It is stated at the department that the ease has assumed the importance of a po litical issue in Virginia, and almots the entire democratic influence of the state has been invoked to secure the removal of the light keeper in question. Secretary Lamar has tendered to the President his resignation as Secretary of the Interior, and it wag accepted by the President. The formal resignation, it is understood, will not go into effect for a few days in order to enable the sec retary to close up some routine business. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate: Jacob T. Ake, of Ironton, Mo., to be register of the land office at Ironton, Mo.; David K. Tuttle, of New Jersey, to lie inciter at the mint at Philadelphia. Consuls—J. Harvey Brigham, of Louisiana, at Kingston, Jamaica; Wil liam L. Bradford, of Alabama, at Bar runquilla; Lebbens G. Bennington, of West Virginia, at Rio Grande de Sul; Bickford Mackey, of South Carolina, at Passo del Norte; Charles Storek, of Texas, at Monterey. Postmasters—John F. Redding, at Barnesvillc, Ga.; John F. Kiddo, at Cuthbert, Ga. TIIK OIIAfN CHOP. Estimates of the acreage production and value of corn, wheat and oats for each state? and territory has been prepared for publication by the statistienn of the de partment of agriculture. The area of corn harvested, excluding abandoned or worthless acreage is 72,000,000. acres in round numlierw, 1,450,000,000, value $040,000,000; area of what 37,400,000 acres, prod net, 450,000,000 bushels, val ue, SJM)9,tHK),OtK). The area in oats near ly 20,000,000 acres, product, 059,000,000 bushels, value $200,0(H),000. Reports of wjnter wheas d« sl^ow Terms. $1.50 per Aminm. Single Copy 5 cents. much decrease of area. In Texas there is considerable increase, and a slight in crease in some other states. The average decline appears to be between one and two per cent. In Kentucky 97, Ohio 99, Michigan 98, Indiana 100, Illinois 98, Missousi 99, Kansas 98. The condition is effected somewhat by the dryness of the seed bed in the district that suffered from drought, delaying seeding, germi nation and growth. Later rains greatly improved the situation. The average condition ifi 95, ranging in the principal states from 90 to 98. The condition of winter rye coincides very closely with that of wheat. Telegraphic Ticks, The News of the North, East, South and West, Reduced to Facts An Interesting Budget for onr Busy Rpndem. The news of the shooting of the noted Mexican bandit, Bernal, has been con firmed. The latest news from Powderly is to the effect that he is improving in health. Reuben Crawford of the internal reve nue department died at Lansing Mich. Isaac Merrick, at Camden, N. J., mur dered his daughter ami then shot him self. No cause is ascribed lor the trage <iy. Tin; fire at Louisa Courthouse Va., re sulted iu tin; destruction of twenty-one out of twenty-four business houses. A lire in Chicago destroyed a seven story building, No. 298 and 300 Third avenue. • A large deposit of bituminous coal has been discovered near San Antonia Texes. John Gibson, another victim of the Cineinnatti Southern Railroad accident on the 31st. is dead. The National Bank of Greenville, S. C, has been designated as a depository of public funds by the Government. Two elevators belonging in the North ern Pacific Railroad Company were burn ed at Rockford, Minn. The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans was celebrated in New York by a banquet at the Hoffmau House Presi dent. Cleveland sent a letter. “Aunt Eunice” Cottrell, died at Nor wich, Conn., ageil 115 years. She was the great grand child of King Phillip, of ante-revolutionary fame. The liody of Capt Amos Cliff, former ly of Sheridan's staff, who died in Wash ington about two weeks ago, has been stolen from the cemetary and sold to the medical college. The death is announced of Bonamy Price, M. A., professor of political econ omy in Oxford University. He was 80 years old. The President and Mrs. Cleveland have been formally invited to attend the opening of the Sub-Tropical Exposition at Jacksonville, Fla. At Rockford, 111., the Rockford Co operative Furniture Company's building was burned with all its contents. Losa $60,000. Delegates have arrived in Chattanooga, Tcnn., from several Southern States to attend tne railroad convention to secure an excursion rate of one cent j>er mile from the North and West to all points in the South. The Vicksburg, Miss., Commercial Herald building, newspaiier, job office and bindery, were burned. The loss is heavy. The insurance on building and stock is $15,000. The paper appeared as usual. R. Gaylord Eaton, charged as an ac cessory before the fact to the lynching of Waldrop, at Ccntnl, S. C., applied for bail before Judge Norton, at Walhalla, S. C., and it was granted in the sum of $5,000. I)r. James R. Dugan, Professor of Chemistry at Wake Forest, N. C., Col lege, died there, aged 28 yeairs. For more than a month he had been sick with typhoid-malarial fever, followed by pneumonia and ineuingetis. His body was taken to Linton, Ga., his home. It was accompanied as far as Raleigh hv five professors of the college and a com mittee of ten students*. Dr. Dugan not long situ e married the niece of Rev. Dr. Taylor, President of Wake Forest Uol -1 ego. Large crowds are attending Evangelist Pearson’s meetings, at Spartanburg. S. C. Many of tin* audience have gone into the inquiry meetings, and have otherwise manifested ail earnest interest. Quite a number of |>cop!c come iu from the country, and strangers generally drop in to hear w hat is going on. A premature blast occurred on the 3 C's road, about three miles from Blacks, S. C. One negro was killed and two others severely injured. Henry Dennis, a well-known negro in Si tartan burg, S. G\, was arrested on the affidavit of J. M. S|«mn, charged with robbing the delivery wagon of the South ern Express Company. Dennis was com mitted to jail to await trial. He had two accomplices, who escaped. At Quancock, Va., William C Dticr, 11 cut tlic throat of liis wife, killing her almost instantly, while rilling with her and their two children. Me is said to i lutvc been insane for some time, hut was supposed to have recovered. Uuer was committed to East Vale jail. ER.