North Carolina Newspapers

SCOUT. PUBLISHED EVERY TTJESDAT BY MEKONEY & TOWNS, t Kdltora and Proprietors. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. : Advertising rates made known upon application. All advertisements pay able quarterly,, unless otherwise Btdpu- iWted, - - t HEIRS TO A FORTUNK. General Holt's Will Sent Through the Malls to the Register of Wills. What purports to bs the last will et the late General Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, who died over a year ago,' was made public at Washington Mon day in a sensational manner. In the. mail delivered to the office of the reg ister of wills on Saturday were two or three envelopes which were not open ed until Monday "morning by Colonel Wright, the register. Among them was one addressed, in crude letters printed in , ink, which when opened was .,ound to contain: a: half-sheet of foolscap paper, the left end of whiclf was burned,, but not enough to make the writing (illegible. , Several . small hole werebirned intheides ark cen ter of the ehjet, but 'scfrcelr lord was eliminated. The text of the. Iloeu inent was as follows : . y "I do hereby devise end bequeath all ol my property, both personal and real, to Lizzie Hynds, cousin of my first wife, and to Josephine Holt Throck morton, who is my 'godchild, and to their heirs and ass-'gns forever. I do hereby direct that at hnj death all of my property be divided equally be tween them. "Lizzie Hynds is to inherit hers at my death ; Josephine at tho age of twenly-one. Her father, Major Charles B. Throckmorton, will hold her share in trust. I appoint Mr. Xiuke Devlin, of Washington, executo "Signed and seaWTTaJho presence of the witnesses at EVaeBington Feb- rnary 7, 1873. -vAJ. Holt "Witnesses : Ellen E. H Sherman, U. 8. Grant, W. T. Sherm . fi. u mm. m TtotJtme wora or explanation accom panied the will and' the y Jcialf of the .register's office are at a lnJft account for its appearance. , Noone who is familliar with the handwriting of Gen eral Holt and with the signature of Grant and Sherman doubt the authen ticity of the document. FAVORABLE TO. FIGHTERS. Dallas County Attorney Publishes an Opinion. A diepatcn from Dallas, Texas, says: County Attorney John Gillespie pub lishes a legal opion on 'tho status of the law touching upon pugilistic en counters in Texas. The opinion is not in accord with Attorney General Crane's views and contains cold com fort for thpse who are opposed to the approaching fight between Corbett and Pitzsimmons. V Gillespie holds that the club cannot - Denjoinea iom erecting tne Duuaing "OJCMng on with arranaamftxfts. as tne or misdemeanor cases has been re pealed He holds further that tho laws now on the books, one making-pugilism a misdemeanor and the other licensing the same, make affairs complicated. The misdemeanor law, he says, is con flicting, vague and indefinite, and no man can tell just what the law is until the courts pass upon the same. Attorney Gillespie closes by Baying that if at any time in the future a rep utable citizen will make affidavit that the law has been violate, then he will prosecute, but that he cannot antici pate violations of the law. The opinion of the county attorney may not give satisfaction in official circles at the state capital, but the cit izens of Dallas who favor the glove carnival are delighted beyond meas ure. The Collins aad Cavagaugh glove contest, which waa"pullee$ off Mon day night and which will form "the basis of a test case under habeas cor pus proceedings, was stopped by the police in the twenty-first round. WORKING FOR THE COPYRIGHT. Edwin Newcrfmbe Savs Kntrllsh Au. thors and Publishers Oppose Him. A cable dispatch from London says Mr. Edwin Newcombe, deputy minis ter of justice for Canada, who came to England recently to present the Cana- .1 r : r . . . uiau caae ju iavor or me issuance or a royal proclamation to give effect to the copyright act, was interviewed Tues day by the Associated Press represen tative, regarding the results of his mission. Dir. Newcombe said : "I have met with much opposition on the part of English authors and publishers. At present I cannot stale what arrangement have been made with the - government, as lo so would embarass them, and moreover I am under instructions to report to" tho Canadian government before making pnblio anything regarding theso nego tiations. You may, however, say that I have the greatest confidence that the matter will be adjusted in the manner Canada desires." Mr. Newcombe spoke of the cordial manner in which he had len met and entertained by the Right Hon. Joceph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonics. Mr. Newcombe will pail for home by the steamship Labrador on Saturday. BIG FIRE IN B J FFA L' 5 ' Tha -Academy of Muslo and Other Big; Building Destroyed. One of the most serious fires that has visited Buffalo, N. Y., for several years started in the basement of the academy of music' early Safnrday morning. - The flames rapidly" spread to the - adjoining furniture and hat store of George Comstock. . This was oon totally destroyed. The flames then spread to Glenny Sons' store, the largest importers-of chin aware in. the United States, and . burned through two stpries before the firemen were able to drive the flames in the ; oppo site direction, where they found ma terial to feed on in the drug store of Liman k Sloan, the American Express -building and Western Union Telegraph Company, the three latter places suf fering slight damage. A conservative estimate places the total loss at $500,-000.- - . THE WON $Y GEORGIANS. SAVANNAH RIFLEMEN SECURE THE PRIZE AT SEA' GIRT. They Were Closely Pushed, However, by Washington's Team. --iThe south wa9 victorious over, the north Wednesday in one of the most important matches ever held at Sea Girt, N. J. It was the third day's programme of the New Jersey State Rifle Assrciition, and the event was the interstate - military matclf. . The trophy 6hot for was a large bronze '.'Soldier at Marathon," presented by the commander-in-chief on behalf of the state of New York to be shot for annually and to be - held -during the year by the adjutant general of the state whose team wins it now. It is at the statehouse at Trenton, it having been won last year by the New Jersey marksmen. When the Savannah shoot erf sfarFfor home they will take this trophy along with them, and each con testant on the.team will wear a medal to show what he did toward maintain ing the reputation of the south. v The wind was blowing . about six miles an how when .the matcKcbm mencadfat 9150 a,,m.. j. The guarumen set their wind guages fcccordingiy'. , As the day wore on the wind- increased. Five teams entered the interstate mili tary match as follows : Georgia, Dis trict of Columbia, New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. Each state selected twelve of its best marksmen.' At 200 yards the position was stand ing and at 5,00 yards prone. An Exciting Finish. ' Georgia led the Washing tons at the 200-yard mark,' but they were afraid of the Capital City marksmen on the longer range. . Captain Cann, one of .4 he Georgia marksmen, said alter the 200-yard scores were finished that he doubted very much if the southerners would carry away the. trophy. The Washington marksmen had made un usually good scores in the 500-yard range and Captain Cann based - his prediction on that fact. Little atten tion was paid tq either New, York, Pennsylvania ar Jew Jersey, as they were pra'cticalfyontof the reive, al though the New York boys putiup a fairly good score on the long"rrngV but the low score of, 473 gave them little chance of winning. The excitement between the District of Columbia and the Georgia teams was at fever heat. Captain William son, of the last named Yearn, stood by his men and coached them. When Private Pollard, who is over 60 years of age and as spry and agile as a man of 20, misted the target at the seventh round on the 100-yard range, the Georgia boys were jubilant, but their joy was short-lived. Carleton made a score of 49 out of a possible 0. This dampened the enthusiasm of the southerners. Up to that time the highest score was 48, made by F. -F. . Wilson, of Georgia. Georgia Wins. U last snot was rated. W hen the scores on the two ranges were added it was found that the Georgians had made 1,043 points to the District of Colum bia's 1,037,. a difference of only six. Then a cheer went up that drowned the noise of the shooting. Captain W. W. Williamson was the happiest man on the grounds. He' shook the hand of every one of his men and congratu lated them on the good Shooting they had made. No feeling of. hostility was there among the gathering of national marksmen, no feeling of envy existed. It was one nation bonn together by a fraternal bond of friendship. . The Washington guardsmen sent up a cheer and the Georgia boys followed with three cheers 'and a tiger for their op ponents. . INDIAN LEGISLATURE To Meet In Extra Session and Act Against Trespassers. Surprise was created at Tahlequab, I. T., when Chief Harris issued his proclamation calling the Cherokee legislature to meet in extra session September 11th. The proclamation doenbt specify what the extra, session is called for. It is understood to be to make disposition; by sale or other wise, of the improvements made by 173 non-citizens of that nation, who are trespassers. It is said Harris re ceived some instructions from the sec retary of the interior as to what course to pursue in disposing of the im rove ments of the intruders, who will be re moved at once by the United States government by agreement. . Matters have assumed such an aspect -as : to oanse uneasiness among many intra-' ders throughout Indian Territory. ' WHARF AND FREIGHT BURNED' . . . W. -'- y . Valuable Merchandise Destroyed by Fire in Boston. The ; Boston and Albany extension wharf and freight sheds in East Bos ton, -known as pier 1, Grand junction docks, were destroyed by fire Wednes day morning. The sheds were filled with freight of various kinds, none of which could be saved. In the sheds de stroyed were stored about 5,000 baleB of sisal grass, fifteen to 4 twenty car loads of hay in bales, nearly fifty car loads of flour in sacks, a large quantity of wool and hemp, sixteen car loads of merchandise,' and a large amount of general merchandise all valued at about $300,000. The wharf and buildings destroyed were worth $200,000. The losses on freight . will . fall upon the consignees and shippers, who, it is stated, have their goods insured. -'.. CARLISLE FOR - PRESIDENT. A Letter from His Wife In Which She Says He--W1U Run. A special from Clarksville, Tenn., says that Mrs. Carlisle hits written to a friend in Christian eounty, Kentucky, that Secretary Carlisle is a candidate for the democratic presidential nomi nation and will have his name placed before the - party. . Further than a general statement that '-this is true, none of the communication's details is given, : except thai such' prospective candidaey is the reason for Secretary Carlisle's support of Nominee. Hardin in Kentucky, along with the assistance of all administration forje'es. ! BANSOil IN MORE TROUBLE. Cannot Get His Salary Until His Ap pointment Is Confirmed. - . . ' 111 luck Beems to be the lot of United States Minister Bansom, one tronble following close upon the heels of the other. ., Now, Mr. Willie, acting audi- tor of the treasury for the state department,- has deoided that Mr. Ran som 8 salary as -minister to Mexico. j cannot be paid until -he is confirmed by .the senate. He bases his decision upon the law which reads : - "Section 1716. No money shall bej paid from the treasury as salary to any person appointed during the recess of the senate to fill a vacancy in any ex isting : office, if the vacanoy existed while the senato was in session, and was by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the senate, until such appointee has been confirmed by the senate." -- " - - The question of allowing him ex penses, etc., has not yet been taken np. It is stated that Minister Ban som - himself raised the point whether he could be paid prior to confirmation, as he wanted to-know exactly -where he stood before he departed for Mexi co, that he might make the necessary financial arrangements for his mainte nance. Congress will have" to provide for his f alary between. July 1st, -the date it was held np, and ihe date when, he may confirmedr ; ".si ,- ' -.---.- -.i'vir:-.. f ,-' 1 - V-L MINES. TROOPS AT THE To Protect Men Taking; the Places of ) - -- Strikers. A'hundred and a half of state soldr iers are encamped in the vicinity of the Lake Angeline mine, at Ishphem ing, Mich., where the steam shovels are to be operated by men who have been brought from Chicago to take the places of the strikers. The mining companies are determined- to begin the movement of the ore after a month's idleness, and Governor Rich has dispatched - six companies of the Fifth regiment of infantry " to tho tcene for the purpose of affording all the protection which the sheriff and the owners of the great mines may need to keep the peace and resume business. The thousand odd strikers, skilled miners, laborers, trimmers and steam shovel men who have been re-, duced to desperate straits by their idleness . and the prospect ' of seeing other men fill their places, threaten to prevent the operation of the ahorels and tne situation is alarming. . ONLY MALES CAN VOTE On the Adoption or Rejection of Utah's Constitution. ; -L The territorial supreme court' of Utah has rendered its decision on the woman's suffrage . question, holding that only male citizens are entitled to vote on the adoption or rejection of the state constitution and for 'the first state officers. The basis for this de cision, as stated by the court, was that the Edmunds-Tucker act, which ; dis franchised women in the territory of Utah is still in force and applicable until it is repeaied.or the territory ac tually becomes a state. . nhiAF .TtiuMra "RfpFritt 'VtAtnonrftt. anrl Associate UartcBTF repuDiican, Brfcori in that view. Associate Justice King, democrat, delivered a dissenting opin ion, holding that the enabling act by implication repealed the provision of the Edmunds-Tucker act, and that women were entitled to vote on the constitution and for the first state offi cers. : ' v Big Blaze at San Antonio. ... Fire broke out Monday morning in the "four-story furniture store-of L. P. Peck & Co., at San Antonio, Texas. Tie entire fstock was destroyed. Esti mated loss $75,000 with $50,000 in surance. Damage to building about $20,000, covered by.iusnrance. The Alamo trunk factory adjoining was damaged to the extent of $5,000 and the Texas Millinery Emporium Com pany suffered a loss of $2,000. TELEGRAPH ICTICKS. President Geo. C. Smitfi-0' tne Western and Atlantic and West Point railroads was re-elected at the annnal meeting of directors in Montgomery. George Augusta Sala; the famous journalist, is critically ill at his home in London. . . - ' . - Wednesday the Union Coal company of Shamokin, Pa., began working 3,000 men sixty hours per week. . Reports received in New Orleans in dicate that cotton worms are destroy ing the crop in adjoining states. A Chattanooga family named Scan lan ate toadstools, believing -them to be mushrooms and are critically ill. The announcement comes from Montgomery that Secretary.- Herbert will be a candidate for the United States senate. ;"" '". . v 7'- Home Secretary -; Bid ley . has an nounced in the British parliament that his office had no power to.order an in quiry in Mrs. May brick's case, --r - Middletown, O.V people ar6"atisfied that Dr. H. H. Holmes aahce su perintendent of public schooie-at that place and was known as C. W. Hatch. Two Oklahoma farmers, Oiler and William Knapp,' fought with hatchets i and pitchforks about a load of hay. Both men were badly wounded and will die. ' - v: . . z i'-'-L Samuel Gompers, ex-president of tho American '.Federation of ' Trades, was accorded an ovation by the Trades Union Copgress at Cardiff, Wales. ' The thirteenth Ohio senatorial con Tension met at Marysville and in dorsed Governor:. McKinley for presi dent and Joseph B. Foraker for United Statpa apnatnr. - - The organization of the Ohio demo cratic state executive-1 committee has been completed. It was deoided to open the campaign on September 28th, in the evening.. Ex-Governor Campbell will be the principal speaker. ' . ' ; ' . The eighth, annual convention of the republican league of the state of New York met in session at Bingham -too, N, Y.,- Wednesday.: It is esti mated that five thousand delegates and visitors are in attendance. . urant's Trial Begins. ' .The actual trial of Thegdore Dnrant for the murder of Blanch j Lamont commenced at San Francisco. District Attorney Barnes delivered the opening address. , ; ISolfebuTiNG, MONSTER PJADES,Y PIC-NIC3 . AND MAO MEETINGS. ' ' Labor Day Geneally Observed by the Ir WprMnfj jjjjjjn Everywhere. There was hSEuy any . labor organi- zation in New Yfrk city but what had mapped out a parade or outing of some W-nA tnr T.aVin "Da-- .Thft list of a. oursiohs out of Se city , was' long and! well arranged, la excursion to Coney Island was deemed the feature of the day and as a result the sea beach pal ace was. crowded with men whose del agates practically ' regulate the labor element of the lity. A. CoTkmbus, Ohio. At Columbus, jOhio, there were 4wo parades the trades assembly v and the anti-trades assembly. The" split was due to . the ; chalge ' that some of the uniforms Wornofere not sold by union clerks. The to bodies passed and repassed on the reets but there was no clash. Patrij k McBryde addressed the antis whil tate Senator Earhart, Hon. N. R. H el and others enter- Ltained the oth body. . ' .. .. :Ay lit' Atlanta. " One of the' cant pageant ."at has ever hien wit ton iliern eitr massed neesea in - k .- f - through the et - of Atlanta. Ga., on Labor Day.. jjrf rked the first cele bration of thetiiid-'of any importance in the historyf -the southern states, and was an affair that did great credit to the laboringfpeople of the foremost of southern capitals. Nearly - two thousand men,epfesenting-something like forty different labor organizations, were in the line of march. Speeches were made inatiog the cordial and safe relationship between the laboring classes of the city and the state and municipal authorities. The success attendant ut the exercises is an as- surance that abor Day demonstra- tions of the ture. will be an event of unusual inte est to Atlantians. Nashvill a Celebration. At Nashville he labor organizations assembled at t'ndale iark and were addressed layor Guild, John J. McCann and kO. Pomeroy. During the day vari joyed - - lusements were en- - A Monste'arade In Memphis The observance of the day in Mem phis was .the mpst extensive on record. Three thonsanxKrorkingmen were in line rn the morning parade, headed by platoons of "police and eity officials. A monster pilo was held at East End park wre the-multitude was ad dressed by JuMge James M. Greer. : Divldid at Chicago. Two separat! and distinct celebra tions marked K Vday'in Chicago. The labor congress? locialjstio in its tend encies, held a nss meeting and pic nio preceded b a parade. The prin cipal sneakers I Fere Kier Hardie and John Swintolh, , The building trades council cave' counter attraction in waji.-la meeting of its own. Jho attempt was made to carry - the --reJLr flag ihxthe congress parade, Mayoi Swift having issued strict orders against such action. Addressed by McBryde. Indianapolis witnessed a gigantic parade of the various unions of organ ized labor. 'Several thousand people gathered at the fair grounds and were addressed by President McBryde, of the American Federation of Labor. LiETTKR CARHIRRS' CONVENTION Sixth Annual Meeting at Philadelphia. Large Representation. The sixth annual convention of the National Association of Letter Car riers was formally begun in the Bourse building at Philadelphia.; Tuesday morning. - It was tblb first gathering in the new structure and George A. Bartol, president of the Bourse; John T. Bailey, the vice president, and William B. Tucker, the secretary; made addresses of . welcome to the del egates. ' , . . , The convention was called to order at 10 o'clock byJPresident Cowden, of Cleveland. The committee on creden tials reported a representation of 508 out of 528 votes in the ' convention, i Delegate Atkinson offered a resolution requesting the committee on legisla tion to prepare a law for presentation to congress providing for the increase of salaries of second-class carrieB from J850 a year to $1,000. V WORMS EATING THE COTTON V r- i - r . - In the Mississippi Dlta Planters Or- .."--v', T :?' der!4g Paris' Green. W Beports received at New Orleans in dicate that th? worms in myriads are eating up the cotton From Missis sippi in all ports of i the -Yazoo and. Mississippi dwta. the greatest cotton producing . country, in the world, the' jcryis for paris green and london pur ple. , From theBed river country in Louisiana clear on up to Shreveport nd fyoni Vicksburg vto Monroe and throughout that section of thecountty the accounts of cotton worms is dis-. heartening. A canvass of the leading drug houses shows that the orders for parls green and londons purple have been .so numerous from the worm-infested cotton districts that it has been impossible to fill them. . ,. INMANS -TSObY' FOUND. Tro Boatmen' Flh4 the Broker's Body on South Beach. . A dispf rf"eived from New York .fatea thai a 1 dy of BVrt W. In i,in was discovered in frv-of Tatfr'a hotel South' Beach, Friday afternoon. The body was taken in . charge by Coroner George ; F.- Schaefer, of Sta pleton. The Identification marks of the body were eonelusive. The reward of $500 offere for the recovery of the body is claimed by two young men named F. W; Duboisetnd Fred. Fiaher, who are employed at Mo Vaye'e hotel, on South Beach. - " ; n " .;. Assignment at Louisville, . ' Henry H. Wolfe & v Co.,. wholesale, clothiers at Louisville, Ky., have as signed. The Indebtedness of the firm is said to. be between $200,000 and $250,000, it is claimed that the assets, will equal,' if ' not exceed, that sum. . The firm ia one of the largest in the clothin. be lines in the south. - - . J . - Vn ALL ARE DEAD. A- Mother Bereft of . Four Children X : ; Within an Hour. ; - - ' ' An unusual end horrible occurence took place near the town of Sullivan, Mo., Friday morning. - - . ,v Three young children of a widow oimea j ennuis were Ben.,HJ-iutj uaru to hunt eggs. The barn has been xn f ested with snakes f or several.- years and has always been considered a dan- - frerous place on that accdunt. Tho eldest of the three children thrust his arm into an opening in the barn floor .and began feeling about for a hen's nest. Suddenly the child withdrew his hand uttering" a cry of pain. He said a hen had pecked his " fin ger. " The other children inserted their arms in the opening, one by one, with" the? same result. Tha children set up cries of fright as the pain in their hands increased. The mother, , Who ' was standing by an open .weJL- some distance away with a two ntSuths- oia infant m her arms, became ex- citecf and leaving the. baby rtfshed to the assistance Cof 'thes?c!5ildr en. The baby ' fell'Tntoithe - .welly and. was drowned The - other' three children died fagony before -medical aid could bf obtained, i A nest of rattle snaljySwaB found later under Ihe barn. IS: :; V:'--'i SHOCKS EL.T IN -NEWJERSEY, JVeWYOC AND DELAWARE. :;-: -vi; Houses Roc"te',' and Fro and People .'waJ 4: In Flight.: ; ,-. '- '3 - - Shortly after 6- o'clbck " Sunday morning an earthquake shock was felt at Coney Island. Tho old "Sea Beach palace building rocked'to an fro for a few seconds and windows were bro ken. At the chute incisure Captain Paul Boynton says that the big struct ure shook, and the glass in tho win dows of his office, was rattled so it cracked in several places. - At the Ori ental, Manhattan and Brighton Beach hotels the big buildings also got a good shaking, and several guests got out of bed and rushed to tho windows to see what the trouble was. '. r. A distinctly perceptible earthquake shock was felt at Philadelphin. Tha vibration did not last longer than a second or so, but it was severe enough to awaken Tpeople from sleep. . The direction was from southeast to north west. .' At High Bridge, N. J.,theshpek was felt at the same hour.and fromrepirts received it appears to have been felt all through Hunterdon county. Build ings rocked, beds were shaken, rudely arousing people who had not yet risen, and in a number of Louses articles fell from shelves, much to the alarm -of nervous people.-. j -. Other places reporting are North port, N. Y., Tlenton, N. J., Chester; West Chester and EastonPa., Brook lyn, N. Y., Wilmington, Del., id Long Branch. ' ; -' The earthquake was not noticed , at Washington. The delicate seismic re corders at the naval ob&ervatofy 'tlid nQt indicate the slightest disturbance. COMMISSIONER M'DONALD DEAD, ' Dies at His Home in iVraaalfigtoti of . " . Pnlmonary Troublei", ' NMf. Marshall MoDonalJ, of West Virnia, who for 4he' last seven years ha9 held tb 'position of United States commissioner of fish and fisheries, died Sunday, morning at his residence, in Washington city, of pulmonary dis ease, after an illness of several months. He went to the Adirondacks, accompa nied by his wife, in the early part of the summer and eeemd for a time to be benefited by the health-giving air of that region, bjit a change for the worse set in and last week he was brought back home to die. . Mr. McDonald was the inventor of a number of ingenious appliances, in cluding a stairway to; enable salmon and Other migrating fish" to ascend the rapids of rivers, and his services were of great benefit to the ..--cause of fish culture. - - - ' " ' DURANTTS TRIAL. Court was Adjourned on Account of j- the Holiday. A large crowd was present at the Durant trial at San Francisco Monday morning. As soon as the court opentd all the attorneys in tho casa held a coneultation, aftej which - the '-deputy called the attention of the court to the fact that according to the federal stat utes it was Labor Day: and -'objected to oourt being held. Judge thereupon made a few : brief . Murphy remarks and. postponed court until morning. .. : t v , . Tuesday GROWTH OF THE SOUTH. The Industrial Situation as Reported " ' for the Past Week. ' - . A reviewof industrial matters in the south: for the r .-.t week shows increased actiTitv iu all branches of business, espo iallv in the iron hi- , Un8tty, anotber auvunou jn prices navius boen made, ana because or the nrmness in the cotton markefy and the general bel ef that (he c o';) ril he short, and that high quotations will t-e maiiiumea - it -- is also reported th it the ou put of coal and iron "ore arc increasing every weeK. The early opemn'' or tJio tw mine.-i to be operated by convict labor in TA n neseee tinder the direc t control of I he prison commiss.oners will add nearly one-half more to the output of coal in Tennessee. . - ;' - The hardware market continues to bjveiy firm at advancing prioef. 8 u'lie n co.tou mids re working ou full tima at fairly sa'is factory rates. Much lepends on tho prca of cotton, and the condition of the crop is not satisfactory to ihose who liarj- looked forward to a yield equal to that cf last yovF. ;? Among the new industries -reported for tlm week arj brick works at Tampti, tocosi $20,000; cotton compresses ami cotton g'rw at Morrillton, Ark EilUville, -Misv, . Houston, Hubbard and West, Tex., and cotton in ilia at Donglawville and Bliddvil'e, Gju, and IJr.-gse-a6r City, N. 0. A $50,000 c al eompu.y is r ported at Jacksonville, Fla.,a 810.00Q inmhcr: company at Conlele, Ga. Coal mining comp.n nie at Pa'ntsvillc, Ky., Km xv.l v'lonn.. a' d Windom, W. Ta.. and an iron miiiiug compaiiv at Clifton Furge, Y. Fcrtilser works whit $100,000 capital sra to In rran 1, at O -a'a, Tia., flouring mills at Elkin and W.l lon i. adafouudry and machine. Rhop eostiug S.r0 0C0 at Alexandriit, Vj. A s'ioo f clo y with $"0,030 capital is r ported at Cary. N. Q. .aula $100,00 toil company at Fairmont. AV. V..- - Waterworks are in couteirpl.niou a F mik lin, Trnn. Enlargements of ottou mi'U ivi 1 be made at Prativille, Ala., Charlotte,- N. C, and Lsnrecs, 8. " C, of ir n works at Ucan s mont, Texas, and of flouring nullj at I'm-ton. Ala., and Coruishvilt,", Kentuck-.Trad.sin n (Chattanooga,. TenDv) - - Nsveb sleep with toward a near wall. the faco tme'. lEAETTIQlIAEl UKV; I)K. TALMAGE. THE NO 1 ED DIVINE'S SUNDAY ,:'L: DISCOURSE. Subject: ."The Chieftain." . - . Tbxt: "The eMofest among ten thou- sand." Canticles v., 10, mrpiC r fP8.011.1. apouth platform. wnicn, aiamona with light, pointed down tc Him f rom" the Bethlehem skv was only a rati ncation. of th flnjrer ot prgpheoy, the finpei of geneajpgyv the llnwr of "chro'nolofrv, the flnj?er of Teqts all five flnjeera pointing in one direction. Christ is the overtopplna fiure of all time. He is the "vox humana" in all music, the gracefuiflst line in all sculpture, the most exquisite mingling ot lights and shades in all painting, the acme of all climaxes, the dome ot all cathedraled gnmdenr and the peroration of all language. Tho Greek alphabet is made up. of twenty, fonr letter?, and when Christ compared Him- -.11 J . II JJ. 'm. -.. . . ,Pba:aridthe Omega. He appropriated to Hi self all the splendors that you can spell ont either with those two letters of all .the let- ters between them, "f am tho Aloha and inn umesa, inn ooginning ana tne enn." '.j. " What does that Scripture mean which says ot Christ-.. "He that cometh from above. is abovo allVIt mnans that after you have piled 1 up all Alpine and Himalayan altitudes, the glory of Christ would have to spread its wings nnd descen t a thousand leagues to touch those summits. Pelion. a hich tnouu tatn of Thessaly: Ossa. a high mountain, and Olympus, a high mountain; but mythol ogy tells uSswhen the giants warred against thtt gods they piled up those three moun tains, and from the top" of them proposed to ! scale the heavens,- Wr th height was not greatenough, and there was a complete fail ure. Aud after all the giants IsaiaV nnd raul, prophetic and apostolic giants; ; Raph ael and Michael Angelo. artistic giants; cherubim and seraphim aud archangel, ce lestial giants have failed to climb to the top of Christ's glory they might alt well unite in the words of Paul, and cry out, "Above f all!" "Abvo altr But Solomon in.mv text prefers to call Christ "the Chieftain," and so to-day I hail Him. I First. Christ must bo chief In our preach ing. There are so many books on homiie tics scattered through the country that all laymen, as well as all clergymen, have mads iid their minds wbat sermons ought to be. That sermon is the most .effectual which most" pointedly puts forth Christ as the par i. don of all sin and the correction of all evil I individual, social. political, national, There is no reason wny we snouia ring tne endless- changes on a fe -phrases. There are those who think that if an exhor tation or a discourse have frequent mention of justification, sanctiflcation, covenant ot works and covenant of grace, therefore It must be profoundly evangelical, while they are suspicious of a discourse which presents the same truth, but under, different phrase ology. - Now, 1 say there is nothing in all the opulent reaTm ot Anglo-Saxonlsm; of all the word treasures-- that we inherited from the Latin and the Qreek and the Indo-European, hut we have a right to marshal it tn religious discussion. Christ sets the exam ple. . His illustrations were from the grass, the floVers, the barnyard fowl, the crystals of salt, as well as from the seas and the stars: and we do not propose in our Sunday-school teaching and in our pulpit address to be put on the limits. I know that there is a great deal said In our day against words, as though ther Were nothing. They maybe misused, but they have an imperial power. They are the bridge - between soul and soul, between Almighty God and the hman race. ' What did God write upon the tables of ston'? Words. What did Christ titter on Mount Olivet? Words. Out of what did Christ strike the spark for the illumination of the universe out ol Words, "liet there be light." and light was. Of course thought is the cargo and words are only the ship, but- how fast., would yoilr cargoet on without the ship? What you need; my friends, in all vour Work, in vour San- bath-school class, in your reformatory instl tutions, and what we all need, is to -enlarge our vocabulary when we eomo to- sneak iabo'ut God. and Christ aniheaven.'j. We ride a tew oia woras to aeatn, wnen mere issucn Illimitable resource. Shakesggare employed 15,000 different words fordrwwatie purposes; Milton a ployed t-000 different words for poetic frposes; Rufus Choaie employed over 11, C00 different words for legal pur poses,; but the most of us have less than a thousand word3 that we can manage, and that makes us so stupid. When we come to set forth the love of Christ, we are going to take the tenderest phraseology wherever we find it, and if it hWnever been used in that direction before all the more shall we useit; When we come to speak of tho gloryof Christ the conquer or, we are going to'draw our similies from triumphal arch and oratorio and everything grand and stupendous. The 1 ranch navy have eighteen flags by which they give sig nal, but those eighteen flags they can put into 66,000 different combinations. And I have to tell yon that thesa slandard3 of the cross mav be.lifted into combinations infinite and varietisseverl.tsting. - And let me sav to the young men who come from the theologi cal seminaries into our services, and are after awhile going to preach Jesus Christ, you will have the largest liberty and unlimited re source. You only have to present Christ in vourown war.' . ' . Brighter than the light", fresher than the fountains, deeper than the seas, are all these gospel themes. Song ha.3 no melody, flow ers no sweetness, sunset sky no color corn- Dared with these clorious themes. These harvests of grace spring up quicker than we can sickle them. Kindling pulpits with their Are, and producing revolutions-with their power, lighting up dyiug beds with their glory, they are tho sweetest thought for the poet, and tney are the most thrilling illustration for the orator, anl they offer the most-intense scene for the artist, aud they are to the embassador of the sky all enthu siasm. Complete - pardon for direst guilt, Sweetest comfort for . ghasthest agony. Brightest hope for grimmest death. Grand est res arreetion for darkest sepulcher. Oh, what a gospel t preach! Christ ths Chief. His birth. His suffering. His mtr-' acles. His parables. His sweat. His tears. His blood, His atonement.His intercession what glorious themes! Do we exercise faith? Christ is its object. Do we love? It fastn3 on Jesus. Have . we a fondness for the chureb? - It is because Christ die 1 for it, Have we a hope of heaven? It is because Jesus went there, the herald and the fore runner. The royal robe of Demetrius was so costly, so beautiful, that after he had put it off no one ever dared to put it on, but this robe-of Christ, richer than that, the eccmaat and the weakest, and the worst "may wear," 'Where sin abounded, grace may much mow abound.'- -- v "Oh,mysins, mysins!"said Martin Luther to Staupitz, "my sin", my sins!" The fact Js that the brawny German student had found a Latin Bible that male him quake, and nothing else ever did make him quake, and when he found how, through Christ, he wa3 paraoued and saved ne wrote to a Iriena, saying, "Come over and join us great and awful sinnerb saved by the grace; ot God, Yon sem to be onlv a slender sinner, and you don't much extol the mercy of God, bui we that- have been such very awful sinners praise His Grace the more now that wi have been redeemed."! Can it be that yot "are so desperately egotistical that yov feel yoursolf in first rate spiritual trim and that from the root ot tho hair to thi tip of the toe you are searless and im maculate? What you need , is a lookins, gluss, and here it is in the Bibb. ; Foot a rd wretched and miserable anl blind and naked from the erown of the head tothf sole of the foot, full of wounds and putrefy ing sores. No health In us. An I then tak? the, fact that Christ gathered up all tht notes against us and paid them and then of fered us the receipt! - And ' how much we need Htm in oust sorrows! We are indepen dent of circa-natauiBPS If we liave His graon. Why. Ht made Paul sing ta the dungeon, oand'under that grace St. Joa from desolate Fatmcs heard the blast ol the apocatytic trumpefs.-T-' AftTT.-all other l candles hav been snuffed ouf this is the light that get brighter and brighter unto the perfect day, and after, under the hard hoofs 01 calamity, all the pools of worldly enjoyment hae boon trampled-into dep- mire at the footot tho eternal rock t,'ie Christian, from onp3 0f granite lily-rimmed, puts out the thirst ol his soul. - - " Agaiuj I remark that Christ Is chief In dy ing alleviations. I have not any sympathy withthe- morbidity aroad about ourdemise. The Emperor of Constantinople arranged that on the day of his eorowatiou the stone mason should come and consult him about the tombstone that after awhile he-would neeH. And there are men who are mono- manlaeaf on ffte subject of detjue this life by death, and tho more they Jhiftk . of it the less Ihey are japarad to- go. -is an numanliness not .worthy of you, not worthy of me. ' - - . . . Snladin, th jrreat .eonqueror ol bis i nay. While dying, ordered that the tnai -on him be. carried after his death on his spaar at the head of his army, and that tfcen the soldW, ever spd auon. should stop and say: "Behold all that ra loft of Baladmtt he emperor and conqnerorJ , Of all the vetatea i-j ' t.i AiA a ml a i n but tOlS shrTud.'' I heno sympathy with such be ,..,. i- - .imh . oViaiinl - demonstration, or With muoh that we hear uttered in regard to departure from this life to the next. There is ar-comitfohSHnsicHl idea on this subjeot that von. need to consideFtheraara only two styles of dDarture. A thousand feet uuderzround. by light of torcn, toding in a miner's shaft, a ledg Of rock may fall i upon us, tm I we may die a miner s death. I Far out at sea, falling from the slippery rat lines and broken on ins nauuvus, wo m.T die a sailor's death. On "mission of mercy in hospital, amid broken bones and reeking leprosies and raging levers', w mu.y ui0 . philanthropist's death. On the field ot battle, serving God aud our counrry. siu-. through the heart, tho guu carriage may roll over us, ande may die a patriot s death. But. after rill, thes are ouly two styl-s of depariurefhe death of the righteous and the death of tho wicke 1 ana we an want to die the former. ' - - God grant that when that hour comes yo;i may - be at - home. You want the nana oi vour kindred ia your hand.. You want your niltiren to surrouua' you. iwi light on your pillow , from eyes t.nar nave long reflected your love, iou warn jut room still. You do not want any curious strangers standing around watcning you. You want your kindred from afar to near your last prayer.-, I think that is tbjj t rind hold us u"n when the billows of death or an or nsu Buia-n4w-'" -. come up to the girdle? Can human voles charm open heaven's gate? Can human hand pilot us through the narrows of death into heaven's harbor? Can any. earth ly friendship shield uv irom the arrow of death and in the hour when sat an shall practteo upon us nis infernal archery? No. no. no, no! Alasr poor soul, if that is all! Better die in the wilderness far from trea shadow and from fountain, aloue, vultures circling through the a; r waiting for pur body, unknown, to mn. and to have no burial, it oniy onnst couM say through the solitudes. "I will ; nevnr leave thee. I will never forsake thee." FroTi that pillow or stone a radaer would soar heavenward, angels coming and going. ami across the solitude and the barrenness woul 1 come the sweet notes of heavenly minstrelsy. . . - Gordon Hall, far irom uome. ayingin aoor of a heathen temple, said; iGlory to Thee, O God !' What did dying Wilberforce say to his wife? "Come and sit beside me, and let us talk of heaven. I never knew wnat nap piness was until 1 found Chrtr." What did dying Hanuah More say? T6 go to heaven, think, what that JsL To go t -Christ, who . died fhat I might liv Ob. glorlou3 grave! Ob, what a glorious thing it is to die!- Oh, thn love of Christ, the lo va of Christ !" What did Mr. Toplrtdy.-the great hymn maker, say in his last hours "wno cau measure 1110 depths ot the thirl heaven? Oh, 'the sun shine that fil s my soul! I Bhall soon be gone, for surely no one can live in this world after sucn glories as uou uua xuuui fested to my sout!" - What did the avmg janewaysayr -x can as easily die as close' my eye3 or turn my head in sleep. Before a few hours have passed I slfall stand on Mount Zion with the - one huucirctianaiony anaiourinwusttuunuu with the iust men made perfect, ana we snau ascribe riches, and honor; and glory, and majesty, and dominion unto God and the Lamb-' Dr. Taylor, condemned to burn at thB stake, on his way thither broke away from thT gaards nen, and went bound in and leaping and jumping, toward the Are, clad to go to Jesus, aud to die for Him. Sir Charles Hare, in his la?t moment?, had such raDturons vision that ne criea, Upward, upward, upward!, And80 met .WiW the peace or one oi uarisis disoiples that he put his linger upon tne Dulse iu hia wrist and couaterl it and ob- . .. , . i r -.1 r.3 ,1 t- jerve l It; ana so grear w.a m piituiuiiy i ui ifter awhile heaul, "Stopped!" anl his life tiafi nniin-1 hnrt4 to biii in heaven. But ?rnderthfc that iS!WiS4'? worn out lirst miesionarj ,- nueu,iu iifj WamMinA dutvi7on. he.'cried. 'I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my de-. narture is at nana; x nave jiougui ma nj;ht, l nave nnisneo. my oourse, i ucyd jicv. the faith; neneeiortn tnere is iam up iur iuc a qrown of righteousness which the Lord, r th- righteoUH Jadge, will give me ia that day, and not to me only, but to alltheai thai -love His appearing!" - Do you not see that ' Christ is chief in dying alleviations? Toward the last hour of our earthly resi dence w are speedin1?. When I see the sunset. I say. "One day less to live." When I see the spring blossom's scattered, I say, 'Another season gone forever." When I clo.3a the Bible on Sabbath night, I say. "Another Sabbath departed.1 When I bury a friend, I say, "Another earthly attraction gone forever. What nimble feet the years have! The roebucks, and the lightnings run not so fast. - From decade to decade, from sky to skv,. they go at a bound. There is a place for us, whether marked oi not. - where you and I : will sleep the last sleep, aud the men are now liv ing who will, with solemn tread, carry us to our resting place. Aye, it is known in heaven whether our departure yriU be a cor onation or a banishment. Brighter than a banqueting hall through which the light fet of this dancers go up and down to the sound of trumpeters will be the sepulcher through whose rifts the hofy light of heaven, stream eth. God will watchou. He will send Hil angnls to guard your slumbering dust uhtu, at Christ's behest, they shall roll away the stone. . So, also, Christ is chief of heaven. Tne Bible distinctly say3 that Christ is the chiei theme of the celestial ascription, all the thrones facing His throne, all the palms waved before His face, alt the crowns down at His feet. Cherubim to cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, redeemed spirit to redeemed spirit shall recite the Saviour's earthly . saeriftoe. . - Stand or botoo high liill of heavenf " sweep the most and in all the radiant glorious object . Will be Jesus. Myriads gazing on the scars of His suffering, in . Silence first, afterward breaking forth into acclamation.- The martyrs, all the purer for the flame through whtcn tney passed, will say, "Thi is the Jesus for whom w died." The apostles,' all the happier tor; tho shipwreck and the scourging through which they went.'will say, "This isthe Jesua . whom we preacheiat uorintD, ana iappa docia, and at Antioch, and at Jerusalem." Little cnildren clad in white will say, 'ThU ia theJcsns who took ua in His anna and 1. 1 . 1 T iiik-i . n II I Mf tlin nr ni-1 rl .- were too eota ana tou-i orou'5.11. u.i juw iu -j-. Ka.nllfnl tI a no " Th m 11 IH ttl ;1 of tha . bereft will say, t'This isthe Jesus who teom- " fort ed us when ,or hearts, brofce.' Many who wandered " clear oft from God- aa-fc-plnngei into vagabondism, but were savel ThIa iathft Jmiis wb'ft : pardoned us. We were lost on the moun tains, andrHe brought U3 horoe..: Wo were . guilty, and He has. made us white as snow." .. Merey boundless, grace.- unparalleled. - And then, after saoh one has recited his peculiar " deliverauces and peculiar mercies, recited them as by solo, all the voices will come to gether into a great chorus, which will make - the arches echo and re-echo with the eternal reverberation of triumph. ' . ' " - . t Edward I was so anxious to go to the Holy Land that when he was about to expire -he bequeathed tl60,0iXTto have his heart, V. after his decease, taken to the Holy Land in : -. Aaiw Minor, and his request was complied with. But therein hundreds to-day whos t hearts are already In the Holy i Land of ;: Heaveni : where your treasures are, tnero . w are your hearts also. Quaint John Bunyaa -r4 . i . . m . . i . a.. causrht a glimpse oi tnai piace, ana iu .his quaint way he said: "And I heard iai dream, and. lo! the bells ot the city, rana again for joy, aad as they Opened tho ates to let in the men I looked in after them. and. lo! the city shone like the sun. and there were streets of' gold, and -men walked on then , " harps ia their hands, to ring praises with 11, and after that they shut up the gat es, wL , , when I had seen, I wtshedmy't am.. them!" .' -f . . c. - A Ra!lroad sold. : t " Pie Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad, seventy two miles iu length, extending from Knoxville to MUldlesboro, Ky., wjs gold at re ceiver's. Bale Monday mornf-'g for $500,003, the upset price. TLo pur- jrfiaser was F. W. Whitridpre, of-New York. who owns a majority of Ih'i bonds.