THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
VOL. IV. NO. 27.
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W.C. SMITH Charlotte NC,
The potato crop of the I'nited States
in 1887 a*gre"atcd 131,080,000 bushels
on an acreage of 8,800,000, which was a
yield per acre of fifty-six bushels. In
the last eight years, 1883 was the ■* ban
ner ” potato year. In that season, the
yield was 308,101,483 bushels, raised
from 8,880,9*5 acres, which was a yield
of ninety-one bushels per acre.
M !1S 1 —S
I The WarM asserts that "for a great
metropolitan city New York is remark -
abty free from crime. When it is con
sidered that this city has a floating popu
lation of fully 250,000 a day, who enter
and leave by the different means of
travel, and that many an unknown thief
may slip in and commit robberies and
get out, the wonder is how Inspec tor
Byrnes keeps the crooked element so
well in baud. But th : eves will seek the
society of crooked people as a rule and
through his system no new or old thief
can move about town twenty-four hours
and fail to be known. If the thief is a
stranger he is brought to some place by
a fellow-thief, apparcntiy.and he is there
looked over and photographed by a vest
camera, and described by one of the In
spector’s keen detectives as ‘Tommy
Mugs.’ The effect of Inspector Byrnes's
system is seen and felt, but his methods
sre fully known to no one but himself.
The unseen hand of the great detective
is a strong factor in the life of every
thief. •’
A Washington correspondent says in
the Louisville Cb«rter-<£>wra«! that
“when debite on the floor of tbe House
becomes very warm, and questions and
answers fly so thick and fast that it is a
wonder how the stenographers can tell
who is speaking. Congressman Robert
R. llitt, Illinois, is often scea to leave
hit seat and stand fur many m notes at
the side of Chief McElltone or one of his
assistants of the shorthand corps, wale h
ing every stroke of the pencil with the
liveliest interest. The secret of the great
attraction which this work possesses for
Mr. Hitt is found in the fact that fifteen
years ago. w h"n a beard let. young man, he
ic as a member of the House staff steno
graphers and worked under the same
veteran, John SleElhoae, who to-day
superintend, this important detail of the
daily routine of the" House proceeding*.
As a young man he entertained the
greatest reverence for the lan makers of
the land, and confidently looked formant
lo the day when he should himself oc
cupy a chair bch nd one of tbe shiney
little desks on the floor of the House.
This ambition lie never lost sight of,
though his varied career carried him
abroad more than once, when he served
as Sectetary and Charge d'Affairca of our
I‘aria 1 egatiou. He waa ( lerk to the
Eenate t omrnitle* on rnvilrgra and
Election*, and in 1881 Assistant Bccro
tary of the Mate of 111 noia, hut in 1882
the ambition of hia life was readied, and
ba waa fleeted to the Korty-aeventh Con
greaa to All the varancy routed by the
death of k. M. A. Hawk.
CHAINING HIS WIFE
, And Searing Her Body With a Bod
Hot Iron,
A Terrible Siorr or Brutality. Tliomuo B.
IMnkleioo Bun flown in Lowndes
C ohniy And Taken Back to
Florida by Officers ol the
Law.
.V recital of the treatment of his wife
by Thomas B. Pinkleton, now in jail in
Valdosta, Ga., is almost beyond the
houuds of belief. It seems that several
mouths ago Pinkleton married Miss Cla
ra E. Leo, in Hamilton county, Florida,
not far from the state line, and no sooner
! had the girl became a bride than her
huslwnd became a fiend. Iu less than
three days he had beaten her so severely
with an oaken paddle that she was con
fined to her l>cd for weeks. His cruel
brutality multiplied so fast that he found
she would leave him, and appeal to her
people for protection. He threatened to
kill her if she dared leave and declared
that he would kill her father, too, if he
were told of it. He enforced his threats
by knocking the woman to the floor with
his fist, a stick or anything that came
haudy. He would thrust a pistol in her
face and with horrible curses and fiendish
laughter repeat his threats. Many times
he choked her till life was almost instinct
and the only thing that saved her life was
that the fiend incarnate supposed she was
dead. Asa further safeguard against
her escape, he chained her to the bed
with a trace chain, securing her by a turn
areuud the auklc, and thus the helpless
woman passed the dreary hours, while
this human brute would * be about his
pleasures. At night, should he wake
and find the woman iu a different posi
tion from that when he went to sleep, a
heavy scantling came down on her frag
ile form to remind her that she existed
only at the will of a fiend. About two
weeks ago Pinkleton asked his wife to
leave the country with him, w’hich with
woman iugenuity, agreed to, only asking
leave to tell her people good bye. She
obtained permission aud flying to her
father told him her woes. Mr. Lee took
his shot gun, and went after Pinkleton,
but the cowardly our cringed and beg
ged for his life. He got away, and w’as
later arresß'd. A gentleman on the
street said that it was a fact that Pinkle
son seared his wife w ith a hot iron in or
der to add to her tortue. The people
of Hamilton county are greatly ineersed
and Pinkleton may fare badly at their
hands.
North, East and West.
The Ohio Republicans arc organizing a
Sherman League.
A fire at Fort Markin way, Wyoming
Territory, destroyed SIOO,OOO worth of
provisions, and the garrison has been put
on half rations.
The Ashland steel works, about twenty
miles north of Baltimore, have stopped
work, the Reading strike causing a scarc
ity of coal.
At Woonsocket, R. 1., the Harris
Woolen mills was burned. Loss $130,-
000.
Fire at St. Paul, Minn., destroyed two
buildings occupied by a large w holesale
grocer. Loss $300,000.
Fire in Montreal destroyed SIOO,OOO
worth of property. It was so cold that
the fire ladders froze to the walls.
The Delaware rolling mills at Phillips
lmrg, X. .L, shut down on Monday,
owing to the scarcity of coal and dullness
iu the iron trade. Three hundred hands
are thus throw n out of employment.
An immense bob-sled, containing fifty
two |»orsons. collided with another sled
while descending Broadway hill, Kansas
City, last night, and was overturned.
! Seventeen of the occupants sustained in
| juries, three of them, young girls, being
seriously hurt.
Edward Cohen, president of the City
1 bonk of Richmond. Vo., died last night
of heart disease. He was attacked yes
terday afternoon while attending a meet
. iag of the Richmond clearing house.
A fire in montreal destroyed a coffee
. mill and several other buildings. The
fire department was powerless in conse
quence of the freezing of the hose. Loss
$200,000.
The residence of Frank Smith was
burned at Lima. < ikio, and before the in
mates, who were sleeping, could be {
awakened, the ent ire structure was envel
oped in flames. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and
their five children were burned to death
liefore assistance could reach them.
James K. Nolen was hanged at Cain
bridge jail. Boston, Mass., for the tnur
der of George A. Codman, his employer,
a milkman, January 4. 1887.
At Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a fire
gutted the large five-story brick
building. No. 531) W*hhl street, occupied
by A. W. McCoy & Co, wholesale sta
tioners. and damaged adjoining buildings
Total loss SIOO,OOO. insurance $85,000.
,F
lUrp-r Pickens, for more than forty
years tin* Ixwly servant of Governor
Pirkrns, died a few days ago at the ad
( vanned ag»* of ninety. Such was the
i fidelity and love he Inin* his master
that during the time that Governor
Piekins was minister to Russia he took
entire control of the Governor's planting
interests, snd such waa the confidence
placed in him by bis master that it is
said the Governor would never make a
« hange iu his planting operations with
out nutsuiting Harper, ami that on one
occasion while in C'ongreM some question
|h claming to national affairs came tip for
the Governor’s decision, and being
somewhat |m rplrMil as to the true solu
tion of the matter, lie instiuctively called
j »r Harper's advice.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1888
NOTES OF SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
There is talk of building a cotton fac
tory at Asheboro, N. C.
A stock company is being organized to
start a large cigarette factory at Danville,
Va.
A Brunswick, Ga., Company will build
a $30,000 hotel on St. Simon’s Island.
Machiuery has been ordered to start a
shoe factory at Clarksville, Ga.
Negotiations are being made for the
erection of an electric light plant at
Reidsvillc, N. C.
Parties have been prospecting with a
viciv to starting a soap factory at Peters
burg, Va.
A broom factory is reported to be es
tablished at Reidsvillc, N. C.
About 100,000 acres of Arkansas tim
ber lands have recently been purchased
by Michigan parties who will develop,
build mills, Ac.
A company is being organized at Ilico,
Ark., to start a canning and evaporating
establishment.
A site has been purchased by parties
who will build a cotton mill at Colum
bus, Ga. Their capital stock will be
$200,000.
It is stated that the Rome, Georgia,
Canning Company, will be organized
with a capital stock of $25,000.
It is reported that the Knights of La
bor Tobacco Company will build a new
factory at Raleigh, N. C.
Negotiations arc being made for the
erection at Raleigh, N. C., of a large
auditorium capable of seating about 7,-
000 persons.
A company with a capital stock of
$15,000 has been organized to manufact
ure woollen yarns at Mossy Creek, Tenn.
A large canning factory is to be erect
ed at Chestcrtown, Md.
A large wood-working factory is be
ing erected at Birmingham, Ala.
A sash, door, and blind factory, and a
stave factory, are to be erected at Liv
ingston, Ala.
It is reported that a shoe factory will
be established at Mobile, Ala.,
It is reported that a company is being
organized to manufacture furniture at
Thomasville, Ga.
The Sumner Glass Company, of Steu
benville, (>., are considering a proposi
tion to remove their glass works to Bowl
ing Green, Ky.
The American Wire Nail Company, of
Covington, Ky., contemplate building a
wire nail factory at Anniston, Ala.
It is reported that the Mann Boudoir
Parlor Car Company contemplate build
ing large machine and repair shops at
some point in the South.
The Winnsboro, S. C., National Bank
has now on deposit $35,000 more than it
ever had since its organization fifteen
years ago.
The owners of the quarry at Rock City
S. C , have recently elected a large frame
building to be used as a hotel or board
ing house for the workmen.
Houlhern New. Note..
Seven persons were drowned in Sand
Lake about 10 miles east of Ennis Texas.
They were skating on the ice.
The Wilmington N. C. Star says Mr.
M. L. Groom, a merchant of Wilming
ton, camp near bleeding to death by rup
turing an artery in his nose while sneez
ing.
The train which left Columbia. S. C.,
for Spartanburg and Asheville was
wrecked by striking a cow on the track,
five miles above Asheton. The engine,
the mail and express cars were, thrown
from the rails and demolished. The en
gineer, Ed. Bird, is seriously injured.
A little sixteen months old child of
Mr. J. H. Wiliiamsion, of Berryhill, N.
C.. was painfully burned on its hands by
accidentally falling into a pot of hot
niusli.
The Jasper Centennial eommitte have
invitcd’thc President and Mrs. Cleveland
to visit Savannah on February 22.
Mrs. Cleveland will be asked to unveil
the monument.
At Mobile, Ala., the Courthouse of
Mobile County was destroyed by fire.
A defective flue set fire to th& roof, and
the flames spead slowly and gave time to
save the records. The building was val
ued at $50,000.
The Rev. Dr. W. B. Shaw, the Baptist
minister of Johnston S. C., who went
crazy over the doctrine of sanctification,
anil who attempted to commit suicide a
few days ago by cutting his throat was
lodged in the lunatic asylum in Colum
bia S. C.
Charley Taylor, colored, shot and kill
ed Will Banks, colored, one week ago on
Captain Tom Wilcox’s place near Crisp,
Ga. It was wholy unprovoked. Cap
tain Wilcox arrested the murderer and
he was lodged in jail the next day in lr
winville.
In Terrell County Ga.. there lives a
man, who, if not the oldest in Georgia,
is the oldest man in southwest Georgia.
His mame is James Kilpatrick, and hia
age is 07 years. He is still in perfect
health and able to walk with as much
agility as many who are thirty years his
junior, bidding fair to score a century.
Beatli of a Bank Officer.
It. M. Hloan, cashier of the Bank of
Reidsville, N. C., died at his residence
in that town after an illness of five days
from pneumonia, lie waa one of the
best known bank oflicers in the State.
He begin banking in the old Bank of
Grccnslmro twenty-eight years ago. He
was aged flty-four years, and leaves a
wife and six children. His life was in
sured for $15,000.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
News Collected bylWire and Mall From
All Parts ol Dixie.
A mine of paint clay has been found
near McNair Station, Miss.
A snowfall is reported from the section
about Hendersonville, N. C.
Petersburg, Lincoln County, Tenn.,
has subscribed $25,000 for a bank.
Prohibition will rule in all but about
a dozen towns in Arkansas this year.
The Standard Oil Company is to have
a warehouse built at Tallahassee.
Pine Bluff, Ark., expects to handle
65,000 bales of cotton this season despite
the short, crop.
Clarksville, Ark., will follow the ex
ample of Little Rock and forbid the sale
of cigarettes to boys.
Mrs. Polly Butler, living near Cleburne.
Ark., is eighty years old and has eighty
two grand children.
Ram Lee, aged 35, died in jail at
Corinth, Miss., last Tuesday. He was
charged with horse stealing.
Only $60,000 has been secured of the
SIOO,OOO subscription at Pensacola, Fla.,
to secure the Pensacola and Memphis
road.
Two human skulls were recently
unearthed at Clarksdnle, Miss., by men
diging a ditch. Their presence there is
a mystery.
A northern girl now living near Tren
ton, Tenn., takes her gun and goes afield
and kills more game than any of the
young men.
At a ball near Hot Springs, Ark., re
cently a young lady, her mother, grand
mother and great grandmother danced in
the same set.
Strangers often ask if the population
of High Point, N. C., is not about 1,000.
A careful estimate shows the population
to be about 2,500.
The Jackson, Tenn., Dispatch has been
presented with an egg one inch in diameter
and three inches long, and shaped like a
Chinese lady's shoe.
The schooner Myra Pratt, Sherman
master, of Mobile, was wrecked on Tam
pico bar a few days ago, and two lives
lost. Part of the cargo of crosstics was
saved.
The national democratic eommitte will
meet in Washington on the 22nd of Feb
ruary next to fix the time and place for
holding the national democratic conven
tion.
At Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday night,
Warden Pearcey of the State penitentiary
discovered a desperate plot among the
convicts to murder the guards and es
cape.
The oldest person in North Carolina
was buried a few days ago, being about
120 years old. He went by the name of
Adam Mendenhall, and at one time the
body servant of the late George W. Men
denhall.
Seventeen negro farmers of Attala,
County, Miss., eaeh year give a prize to
one of their number who raises the larg
est hog. The prize for the year was re
cently taken by Elam Meek. His hog
was twenty-three months old and weigh
ed 615 pounds.
During 1887, says the Brookhaven
Radiator, there has been started in Mis
sissippi three cotton and woolen mills,
one blast furnace, four mines and quar
ries, three railroad companies, fifteen
woodworking establishments and twenty
one miscellaneous industries.
George Hunter, alike by name and oc
cupation, of Ekenhockhatehie County,
Fla., expects to receive $14,000 back
pensions from the United States gov
ernment. He is an Indian soldier, and
also claims to have hauled the first lum
ber for the first house in Orlando.
Work on the Stokcdale and the Madi
son branch of the Cape Fear A Yadkin
Valley railway. North Carolina, com
menced a few days ago. Part of the con
vict gang on the Monroe and Atlanta
road has been removed to work on this
new enterprise.
Captain W. S. Pitt, of Orlando, a well
known saurian hunter of South Florida,
lias gone into the culture of tobacco, and
will set out several acres near Orlando.
The Captain says that in 1870, in the
Poyntz, he raised fine tobacco and made
it into cigars, which he sold rapidly at
$5 per hundred.
The reputation of High Point, N. C\.
ns a health resort, for both winter and
summer, is growing rapidly, ami the at
tention of people in every direction is
being drawn toward her. An able Pres
byterian minister of Virginia speaks of
going there to live with the hope of ini
proving the health of Iwdh his wife and
daughter.
Near Marion, Crittendon County, Ark.,
last week a'wake was held over the body
of Mrs. Wm. McNelly, the religious
service* being conducted by Parson Wm.
Robinson. In the course of his remarks
Rev, Robinson made use of several un
complimentary allusions to other persons
present, whereupon the husband of the
deceased knocked him out with a club.
The obsequies came to an untimely end
Anderson, S. C., holds her reputation
as a live stock market. The stablemen
are sending out large numbers of mules
and horses every day. Some one has
asked what becomes of all the mules that
are scattered over Auderson and sur
rounding counties every year. If they
do not die rapidly ami are not kept
moving on into other counties, surely
Anderson, Abbeville, Laurens, Green
ville, Pickens and Oconee w ill soon Ikj
overstocked,
LAMARDONS THE GOWN.
He Takes the Oath of Office—The Scene in
the Supreme Court Chamber.
In the United States Supreme Court
Chamber, at noon Wednesday, the oath
was administered to Mr. Lamar as As
sociate Justice. Mr. Lamar accom
panied the Chief Justice and other Jus
tices into the chamber attired in civilian's
dress, and remained at the clerk's desk
while the, commission was presented and
read. He then read in a clear, earnest
tone the following oath:
“I, L. ( l . C. Lamar, do solemnly
swear that 1 will administer justice with
out respect to persons and do coual right
to the poor and to the rich, aim I will
faithfully and impartially discharge and
perform all the duties incumbent on me
as an Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States according to
the best of my ability and understanding
agreeable to the Constitution of the
United States. So help me God.”
Justice Lamar then donned a new
black silk go\Vn and proceeded to the ex
treme left of the Chief Justice, where a
seat remained vacant for the, Junior Jus
tier. As he approached this, the Chief
Justice and Associate Justices rose and
bowed to their new associate, and he in
turn bowed to the court and to the bar.
Justice Lamar then took his seat and
routine business was then taken up.
Among those present within the bar
were Attorney General Garland, Secre
tary Vilas, Senators Vane, George
Ticknor, Curtis and others.
BURNED TO HEATH.
A Yoiinn North Carolinian Burned lo
(tenth in Ilia Wife’* Presence,
A most heart rendering accident which
occurred one mile east of Dobson N. C.,
is reported. Mr. Thomas Marion, a
young married man, was kiln drying
some lumber in a tobacco barn, prepara
tory to building a new house for himself
and his young wife. He had placed too
much lumber upon the cross beams over
the fire, and, discovering that they were
giving way, he ran into the barn and
placed his shoulder under one of the
beams, meantime calling to bis wife to
bring him something to prop it up with.
However, before she could reach him,
the timbers gave way, burying Mr. Mari
on beneath the pile of lumber and pinion
ing him to the earth. The lumber took
fire, and the flames approached nearer
and nearer to the prostrate form of the
doomed man. His faithful wife made
frantic efforts to rescue him from his aw
ful position, but without avail, and final
ly, after being seriously burned herself,
and at the earnest solicitation of her hus
band, she abandoned the burning barn
and quickly alarmed the neighborhood.
Soom twenty or thirty pairs of strong
arms were tearing at the burning build
ing, but owing to the intense heat they
had to work with great caution, and
long before they reached Mr. Marion he
was dead and the body partly burned.
BUCHANAN’S SWEETHEART.
Letters Written in Ilia Yaiiili lo » Pretty
Village Girl.
The St. Paul, Minn. Globe publishes
dozen letters from the late President
Buchanan to Letitia Duncan, the sweet
heart of his youth, who died there a
week ago iu her ninety-fourth year. The
letters are accompanied by a sketch of
the late President's lovt*. affair. Miss
Duncan was born at Erie, Pa., on August
211, 1794.
Her father was a tavern keeper, and
she was the bell of the place. Buchan
an, who was an apprentice in a printing
office across the street, boarded at the
tavern and fell iu love with Letitia. Her
father objected and forbade him the
house. The lovers met in secret until
the handsome person and show v uniform
of second Lieutenant Daniel Turner of
the United States Navy, appeared on the
scene and charmed the fair ones affec
tions away from the future President.
Buchanan's letters to her after this
breathe the sadness of the beet-broken
lover, and a poem in which he bewails
her father’s cruelty, makes up in pathos
all that it lacks in metrical elegance.
The Old, Old Story.
Mrs. Lola McGrndy, w ife of John Mc-
Grady, a farmer who lives eleven miles
from Columbia, S. (\, was burned to
death. She was alone in the house with
her nine month's old child, and was
suffering from the cold. Sin* knelt down
to the hearth and turned her back to the
open fire, when her clothing caught fire
and in an instant her body was envel
oped in flames. She ran screaming from
the house and ran about .three hundred
yards along the road, when she sank to
the ground exhausted and horribly
burned. In this condition she was found
by a colored woman who extinguished
the flames with sand, and sent word to
Mr. McGrndy, who was at work in the
woods. The unfortunate lady's Imdy
was burned to a crisp in many places.
She lingered in intense agony until past
midnight, when death ended har suffer
ing*.
In Defence of Lynchers.
A mass-meeting of negroes, held at
Charleston, S. C., appointed committees
to raise collections to defeud negroes
charged with lynching Waldrop, a white
man, in Pickens county a fort night ago.
Waldrop was accused of assaulting a
negro girl fourteen years old.
Lynching offenders of this class is
common in this State, but heretofore the
whites have done all the lynching. It is
probable that considerable money will lie
raised, as many whites will subscribe.
The prisoners will lie tried this week
and will be tried separately They will
be defended by a wnite lawyer.
Terms. $1.50 per Ainm. Single Copy 5 cents.
WASHINGTON.
WORK OF THE BOTH CONGRESS
A Few of the Bills Which Were Introduc
ed in the Senate and House.
MB. FARWELL*B BILL.
The bill introduced in the Senate by
Mr. Farwell authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to apply the surplus to the
purchase of United States Ixmds and to
perpetuate the national banking system
by providing further securities, author- *
izes the Secretary to issue to banks in
such amounts as he may deem proper
three per cent, bonds to run fifty years
and to take them in exchange for bonds
now held by banks paying the premium
fixed by the New York market and in
creasing the circulation of the banks to
the par value of the bonds deposited. It
further authorizes and directs the Secre
tary of the Treasury to apply the surplus
at his discretion to the purchase and can
cellation of bonds offered in open mark
et,
AC TIONS OF THE SHIPPING LEAGUE.
The American Shipping League Con
vention held a short session and re-elect
ed General Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama,
President, and Charles S. Hill, of Wash
ington, Secretary. A long list of vice-pres
idents was also elected. The convention
took a recess at noon, and at 1:30 p. m.
the delegates called in a body at the Ex
ecutive Mansion and paid their respects
to the President. At the afternoon
session the committee on resolutions
made; a report recommending the passage
of a bill allow ing 30 cents ja r ton to
American built vessels for each 1000
mile s traveled, also a resolution in favor
of holding in this city a Constitutional
Centennial celebration in 1880. and a
World's Exposition in 1800. The con
vention then adjourned.
TNE COMMITTEE ON PENSIONS.
The committee on Appropriations have
ready the regular annual pension bill for
report to the House. The bill appropri
ates $80,275,50 as follows: For the pay
ment of pensions, $70,000.000; for fees
and expenses of examining surgeons,
$1,000,000; for salaries of agents, $72,-
000; clerk hire. $17,000; rents, $20,000;
fuel, $750; lights, $750; stationary and
incidentals, $12,000. Theestimatesorig
inally made aggregated $76,212,400. A
subseqeut letter from the Commissioner
of Pensions brought the sum up to the
amount of the bill.
SENATOR BUTLER'S RAILROAD BILL.
An amendment to Inter-State com
merce law introduced in the Senate by
Senator Butler provides that no railroad
shall charge any passenger more than two
cents per mile for a distance greater than
200 miles, nor more than three cents per
mile for a less distance. It also provides
that no common carrier, subject to the
provisions Act shall permit any employ
ee engaged in the transportation of pas
sengers' to continue to work for more
than twelve hours consecutively.
NORTH CAROLINA SPEAKS.
A delegation composed of prominent
citizens of North Carolina, appointed by
the Democratic State executive commit
tee, met the Democratic members of the
House committee on ways and means in
the committee room and urged the entire
repeal of the internal revenue laws
or at least the tax on tobaeco and fruit
brandies. The delegation was aerompa
nied by Senators Vance and Ransom and
all the Domorratie memliers of the House
from North Carolina.
OPEN FOR BlIMk
The Postoffice Department has con
eluded the opening of bids for Star Route
service in North Carolina, South Caroli
na, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Florida. The to
tal number of bids was over 82JMXI
against 78,000 in 1887. The awards will
be made in March.
PROMOTION OF CHIEF OF SECRET SERVICE.
The resignation of Mr. J. J. Brooks,
chief of the secret service, has been ac
cepted, to take effect February 15. 1888.
John S. Bell of Newark, N. J.. now in
secret service, will lx* promoted to suc
ceed Mr. Brooks.
The Fatal Car Store.
Among the many railway inventions
which have attracted special attention, is
what is termed an automatic extinguish
ing car heater, invented by Mr. Christian
W. Wiecking. Jr., of Walhalla, S. (*.
The object of this invention is to auto
matically extinguish the fires iu the heat
ers in case of an accident, no matter
whether the car upsets, collides or In
comes detatched, thereby preventing ac
cident from tire, which frequently is dis
astrous in its results.
To Mr. Wiecking, Jr., Irelungs the
honor of having invented % thc first car
heater with an extinguisher within itself.
A more practical invention, |ierha|>s,
could not have l»con invented at. this
time. Simplicity characterizes this in
vention in an eminent degree, and it w ill
no doubt ere long be universally adopt
ed by the railroad comiwinics.
The construction aim mode of opera
tion of Mr. Wieeking’s invention has
Ireon examined by mechanical experts
and pronounced A No. 1.
They All Want to Enlist.
Recruiting for the United States army
is very brisk at Charleston, S. 0. Since
January 1, over fifty recruits have been
shipped to St, Louis—about thirty five
negroes and fifteen w hites. The recruit
ing office is continually thronged with
negroes who want to enlist.
The World's W. C. T. U. petitiou placed
in circulation in Ceylon by the Mis**** Leitnoh,
niiMiPmaru* at Oodcvrville, revive! 15,001
signatures within six weeks, many of the
natives signing their names with a prayer
for the sulexes of the work.