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' 1 hare Just returned from New Y ork, where
1 nave j,ui chased the largest and cheapest!
stock of goods ever brought to the Racket.
Ju t as ejave said all the time, good cheap
en-ugh will sell theniaeltes. This and this
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accounts lor the tremendous trade
alone
-the ltacket. Our goods are cheap and is is
time that jour sledge-hammer bargains may be
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bard hitters for those who bay and sell on
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time, but they ar- real blessings to thoe win
can pay cash for their goods. Gaihesed up
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oir doors with but one profit, too get a
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dollar in ' real value inA every dollar's, worth.
you I uy, measure for measure, dollarlor dol-
lai, at the Backit Store. The cm it system is
aiystemoL sleepless nights of deferred hope,
of blafcteil expectations, vof bad debte of dis
puted ledger accounts; a system which makes
an hoDiht man, who pays , and intends, to pay,
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support and pay for those who never pay;
The wei chant who sella goods on time never
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know s how much he ought to cfiarge to bring
h lm a reasonable profit on his goods, for the
reason he never know what bis loe will o.
The Backet is cutting to the right hand and
to the left, knowing no law but the greatest
Valut for the least money. ,
Twenty thousand Knvelopee, worth 8e, for
8c p-jr Jaek. Splendid Note Paptf lor 64
.er quire. Best Hamilton Calico at 6c, worth
1. One thousand suspenders at 16c . Worth 30i
Mens' Wool Uais at 25c, worth 50ci Big iob
In Boots and Shoes, Notions of all descrip"
tions, Dry Goods, Carpeting and (il Cloths
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.and Bugs Jewelry at one-half its value. It is
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an endless Job to enumerate the special values
in the QiAiiy deparUnenU of the Backet. Milli
nery iulL
t come and see and save yourtmoney.
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NEWS OBSERVATIONS. ! I
: The Galatea
should challenge th
sea-fierpent.
The new "Wheel'
sis failed to roll its
ofiioe.
party in Arkani'
candidates into
i The immortal bard was right about
it one touch of earthquake ma.kes the
whole world kin. !
The Chinese notion of Englapd if
said to be that of 4,a tributo-bcarin
Motion of men without pigtails, governs
ed1j a lady with large feet f I
What's the matter? Here's a;Genf
Guitar rnnning for Congress out in Mis
souri and not a play of words yet made
upon his name by any paragrapher 1
( Plunkett, the abseonding Hartford
financier, has been tenibly punuhed
the Philadelphia Inquirer calls him 'a
'fiduoiarj infidel," whatever- that may
mean. f .
The New York naners all aWee that
pbttsiness in about all branches of - trade
there is looking better for the coming
autumn than for the It at five years at
this season. j f :
n -Now up speaks the surly 8atur
4y Review," of London, avbwing that
pur yachts here in America are ?mefe
racing machines" which shows' that
flour -gripes still grow in England;
I -Thomas Stevens, the bioyclbt who
is riding round the world, has had to
put np with some bad roads since he
started; but now he has come" to Lahore
and starts on the greatest macadamized
road in the world. The road is : 1,800
miles long; Stevens will use of it 1,350
miles. It ; I
", Weeds, it is said, are the onfj
thing that mark the grave of Father
Byan, the poet priest of the South.
Weeds may do for an emblem of mourn
ing, but the author of some of the finest
line ever penned by a poet in America
deserves something else to : mark hit
grave. His verses are his best ; monu
ment, i '!'!? '
- -An African princess is living it
Hanover county, Va. She is 14 yeajfh
old, and lives in?the family of an Epis
ojppal clergyman, who was a ?ni0i9naf)
to western Africa some years ago. She
is soon to return to her native land it
marry the king, and,, with her Amei
can education she is expected to prove
useful queen. -
i German photographers f have suc
ceeded in photographing a projectile in
the course of its flight, and some lot
these photographs show the head of con
densed air which precedes every shot,
it is said to be this "head" which pre
vents skilful riflemen fiom hitting n
empty egg-shell when hung on a loipg
thread. The sir blows the shell out oi
the way of the bullet. 1
j -Major Smith, of Philsielph'u.fu
in trouble about his money account
and the Times puts it thut: "I maj
have been careless, in some inbtancess,
In keeping my balances up," is mayor
Smith's way of confessing the deposit
of nearly J20.000 of efty money to jhis
Own credit and drawing it out for hit
ue, and continuing that use of the ottj
money for eleven months last year iand
for seven months this year, when he iras
suddenly forced to pay. ' -
The distinguished English natural
ist, Dr Alfred R. Wallace, will arrive
in this country from London next month,
and after lecturing before he Lowell
Institute he will make a tour through
"the country. Dr. Wallace is admitted
to be tike most eminent naturalist inthe
world. But can he explain why it fly
Will persist in settling on the same x
actspot on a clergyman's nose twenty
times in succession during the iong
prayerl Let this be the test whew the
doctor arrives. -
The only surviving dauzhte ,of
the late Noah Webster said she saw her
father work 21 years on his dictionary,
and that she never knew him to have
any assistance whatever in preparing it
-for publication. It has been generally
understood that Worcester helped
largely in the preparation of the first
copy of that woik, which, however,
Webster must have subsequently
changed greatly, The later editions of
Webster are free from many errors that
prevented bis earlier ones from being ao-
ocptea as auinoruy.
Another "prominent, popular: and
highly esteemed citizen" has disap
peared with funds which did. not belong
to him. Thomas F. PluDketC of
Hartford, Connecticut, president c the
Hartford silk company and treasurer of
(he Manchester union manufacturing
company, has left for parts unknown,
taking $250,000 with him One jnore
jovial American will probably be added
to the defaulters' colony in Canada.
Mr. Plunkett will cut a large figure
wherever he goes, as he is six feet four
in height and weighs 800 pounds.
Caesar believed in fat men, Uut ; even
size, added to ability, position and pop
ularity, is not always honest. ;
A New York letter says: I once
knew a man who paid Evarts $6,000 to
go before a congressional committee.
The man was full of his case, but Evarts
seemed to be paying no attention, but
rather to be talking about himselfl He
borrowed a few pamphlets and asked
one or two questions languidly; The
client went to the committee room all
wrought up whn apprehension! He
came! k back and said to me:
Xou
ough to have been there today. ' You
mieaed a wonderful instacce of the power
of that little fellow to drfck in our case
and distil it." Here the client filled
up with tears. Said I: "What ;is the
matter?" Said he: "1 never,knew how
badly we had been treated before;" ;
A Poatmaatter Aarwstad far Ior-ry.
Nsw Oklsans, Sept. 10 Harvey F.
Price, the postmaster at Hookton,:Mass..
has been arrested on a charge of forging
MIJCII BETTER,
THE PEOPLE OF CHARLESTON
A flE SHAKEN NO MORE.
TIIY SaJTLK BIG 11 T DOWN TO Till WORK Of
HI II A HI LIT A TION .
CiiAKtESTON, Sopt. 10 Tho night
passed uietly. There were no shocks
in the $ity, and with the appearanoe of
the sua; this morning there were renew
ed signs of activity in removing the de
bris, and an increased disposition on the
part of the- people to return to their
houses.?
Mayor Courtenay has sent tho follow
ing telegram acknowledging the receipt
of a contribution :
To IIom. W. W. Corcoran, Washing
ton, I). C:
"The five thousand dollars received.
Only the loftiest Bense of duty and citi
EenBhiplcould prompt your noble deeds.
Charleston with one voice honors the
American citizen who ever rises to the
height of his privilege, and of whose
bounty it may be truly said, 'there is
no winScr in it '
(Signed) "W. A. Cocrtknat,
j , , : "Mayor."
Theiains of yesterday have just be
gun toe affect the shattered walls, sev
eral o;which fell today. Three slight
ahocka-were felt in Summerville yester
day. jThe relief committees are at
work distributing both provisions and
money? and thtir chief concern is to pre
vent the falling of relief to unworthy
person!. Two hundred and ninety
tents Were revived today from New
JcrseyJ by Governor Abbett. They
were accompanied by his private sec
retary? and an officer of the quarter
masters department. One hundred and
Bixty-aix tents have also been shipped
trom Ohio. The committee, with many
thanks, to the American people, au
thorize; the statement that they have
tents ejbough to meet all pressing needs.
No shock b have been felt today and the
street are now unusually lively.
There is not much stirring today be
yond the evidence everywhere of putting
thingB5, in shape again. The board of
survey is busily at work and has re
commended that several buildings be
pulled; down. Most of the massive front
of the;. News and Courier building and
its job' ofiioe must come down,
but the building containing the compos
ing room ana press room is pronounced
absolutely safe. There is little room
for doubt that the injury to the city will
exceed the estimate of 5,000,000, as
every jday developes damages previously
unknown, as in the oase of the News and
Courier building, for Ampla.
1 he relief committee has opened a reg
istry ;for mechanics desiring employ
ment,; wLere citizens can communicate
with them and make engagements.
As the first rresbytcrian church is
in ruins and the congregation axe unable
to renuua, mey appeal to tne mcmDers
of their denomination elsewhere for as
sistance. Rev. Wi. T. Thompson, D.
L, is pastor, and will receive remit
tances. . Cbarlxston, Sept. 10. United States
m'nister Phelps cabled mayor Courtenay
today: that the lord mayor of London
has issued a strong appeal for subscrip
tions for the Charleston Bufferers,
Nxw York, September 10. The
Charleston relief committee of the
chamber ot commerce met today. It was
reported by treasurer Brown that up to
the present he had received $33,122,
out ef which' the mayor of Charleston
had been paid a draft of $20,000, leav
ing a cash balance of $13,122. Since
yrstcrday the treasurer had received
&7.122, which included $500 from Jay
Gould, $1,000 from the bank of Am
erica; $500 from the United States
national bank and $500 from Robert
Lqeox Kennedy.
Ad Important Dclaloii.
PmsBURG, Va., Sept. 10. The litiga
tion pending for six years of Reose, of
this city, tne inventor oi Dasio steel ana
tho basic proces, and the Bessemer steel
company, limited, which has " prevented
tl c use of the basio steel process in the
Uni'ed States, owing to an injunction
obta;nod by the Bessemer steel com
pany, has been decided by the master,
who reports that the injunction be dis
solved and the bill dismissed at the cost
of the Bessemer company.
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England' Unroas Ofler
Washington. D. C, Sept. 10 The
lord mayor of London, through minis
ter Phelps, recently offered to open
subscriptions in aid (f the Charleston
sufferers. I he oner was communicated
to tne mayor oi unariesion, and was
gratefully accepted by him on behalf
of the homeless of his city. Minister
Phelps has been instructed by cable to
convey to convey to the lord mayor the
grateful acknowledgements of the Presi
dent ot tne unitea states tor tne gen
erous action ot tne city ot tiondou
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i Total Bet Baeolpla of Catlan.
rw York, Sept. 10. The following
are" the total net receipts of cot
tou at all the ports since September 1
1880: Galveston, Xb,bb2; New Orleans
7,602: Mobile, 350; Savannah 14,095
Wilmmeton, 221: Norfolk, oJ2; Boston
3; iPhiladelphia, 432; West Point, 225
Peitsacola, 5b2; lndianola, ; Charles
ton, 3,270; Baltimore, 150; New York,
17 Brunswick, 200; Newport News, ;
Pott Royal, ; total, 54,342.
Baseball Yaatardajr.
;At New York, Metropolitans 5, St.
Louis, 9; at Philadelphia, Athletics 3,
Pittsburg 4; at Baltimore, Baltimore 6,
Louisville 1; at Washington, Washing
to 1, Philadelphia 4; at Brooklyn,
Brooklyn 8, Cincinnati 4, (8 innings,
darkness); at Chicago, Chicago 14, De
troit 8; it Kansas City, Kansas City 6,
St. Louis 5.
ontbljr trap BSeport.
Washington, Sept. 10 The Septemi-
ber report 61 the department of agni-
eulture shows a better yield of spring
wheat than was expected a month ago.
The improvement is in the northern belt
of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota.
In Nebraska there has been a decline;
in Iowa little change. The general
average is 84, an increase of 4 points.
The average yield of the crop so far as
the results of threshing are reported ex
ceeds 11 bushels and may reach 12 J bush
els per acre. The threshing of winter
wheat in the Ohio valley gives better re
turns than was expected at harvest, and
there is some improvement in Missoui
and Kansas. In the Middle and East
ern States the percentages of July are
not materially changed. In the South
the harvest is disappointing and rains in
jured the product in the shock. Returns
indicate an average yield of 12$ bushels
per acre.
The entire wheat product will appar
ently exceed that of last year by eighty
or ninety million- bushels. The exact
determinations of the area harvested and
the results of threshing are equivalent
variation of. at least two per cent.
Corn has declined from 81 in August
to 77 in September. In the States of
principal production the status is as fol-
ows: Kentucky, from 8 in August
to
90 in September; Ohio, from 88 in
August to 89 in September; Michigan1,
80 in both returns; Indiana, from U0 in
August to 92 in September;, Illinois de
clines 77 in August to 72 in September;
Missouri declines 75 in August to 02 in
September; Kansas declines 72 in Au
gust to 62 in September; Nebraska de
clines 76 in August to 68 in September;
ova declines id in August to b7 m
September. The: loss in west Indiana is
caused by the drought. In the South
Atlantio States there has been improve
ment; on the Gulf coast slight improve
ment, except in Texas, where the
drought has reduced the condition. The
present crop prospect, with no further
decline, is 19 per cent worse than last
year and indicates over twenty-one
bushels per acre nearly 1,000,000,-
000 bushels. The ootton returns show a
vig reus condition of the plant, with
ateneee and deficiency in fruitiDg. There
has been an improvement in most of the
States, with a decided decline in Texas
and a little in Arkansas, The indis
putable reduction of the condition last
month in the south and west of Texas
has beeL emphasised in this return. The
average of the condition of the crop
area, 82, is slightly above that of Au
gust 1 for the first time in September in
fifteen years. With a long and favora
ble autumn it indicates an average crop,
yet a decline in the condition after this
date is usual. : Inseots have appeared in
most of the States, with little loss, so far
more' from the boil-worm than the cater
pillar. The State averages of the condi
tion are: Virginia 77; North Carolina 82;
South Carolina, 81; Florida, 83:
Georgia, 81; Alabama, 80; Mississippi,
82; Louisiana, 81: Texas, ib; Arkan
sas, 93; Tennessee, 95. The results of
the returns mske the condition of oats at
harvest 91 a small reduction from
earlier expectations. The average of
barley is 98, indicating an average crop.
Buckwheat averages 90. Potatoes have
declined from 88; 3 to 81.4, from the
t fleets of local droughts, in New York
the decline is from 97 to 89 and it is
heavy in the dry ares of the West. The
condition of tobacco averages 81. The
number of fattening hogs is apparently
less by about Q per cent., with somo e-
dnAtinn 1'n in air a. 0 A .mokt
Kw York, latton Fntures. f
Niw York, Sept. 10. Greene & Co's
report on cotton futures say: Stimulated
by some improvement for the day at
Liverpool and a little nervous over the
small increase in percentage of condi
tion shown in the omoialerop reports, the
shorts were slightly alarmed at the out
Bet and bid the market up some six
points. No new demand came in, how
ever, and about half the advance was lost
and the close proved quite slow.
Killed on tna Ball.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 10. Nannie Wil
kinson, a white deaf and dumb mute,
aged 16 years, was run over and killed
in this city this morning, by a fast
mail train from Atlanta.
Boalnaaa Faili
Nkw York, Sept. 10. The business
failures for the past week throughout
tne country, as reported to R. G. Dun
& Co., number for the United States
149, and for Canada 19; total 168;
against 190 last week and 201 the week
previous. The casualties are fewer in
every section of the United States, but
in Canada they keep fully up to the Av
erage.
Comparative Cotton tH atamans.
Nsw York Sept 10. The following to the
comparative cotton statement tor the week
ending Kept. 9:
1886.
Net receipts at U. S. ports, 42,6T7
Total receipts to date, 54,843
Exports for the week, 11,343
Total exports to date, S0,olS
Stock at all U. 8. porta, 183,419
Stock at all interior; towns, 10,866
Stock at Liverpool, ' 432,000
For Great Britain, 23,000
188&.
65,045
64,459
16,027
15,61
15X153
8,700
654,000
9.000
Inspector Kpler is Permitted ta Banaaln
Auulluir Vlraa In Cbarleatan.
Washington, Sept. 10. Supervising
architect Bell has granted the request
a . m ill .1 . r a
oi the mayor oi unarieston mat : in
spector Spier be, permitted to remain an
other week in Charleston to assist in the
work of examining into the oondition of
the damaged buildings.
fltraslms and His Band Is Still Movlug-
Dinvok, September 10. An El Paso
special to the Associated tress says
Geronimo. with thirty-two hostile
Apaches, in charge of Capt. Lawton,
who was mainly instrumental in bring-
ing about their surrender, passed
through El Paso at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning on their way east to Fort
Marion. Florida, where they will prob-
ably be tried by the court inartiaL
BULGARIA.
aaaaaamaaalaaawi
HOW PRINCE ALEXANDER AGAIN
ABDICATED.
TALK OF TH1 BSBING Or TUB MATTXR ON
Bt
KUKOI'K.
St. Pitkrsburo, Sept. 10. The
Novoe Vremya says, of all the signers of
the Berlin treaty, England alone ap
pears inolined to oppose Russia's Bul
garian policy. Russia must know
whether England s intention is serious
in order to prepare herself to take
measures accordingly, as Russia will
not be brought to a standstill by Eng
land's veto.
The Journal de St. Petersburg says:
Prinoe Alexander's proclamation of
departure contains mention of alleged
Russian assurances given him. For rea
sons useless to discuss Russia could not
make any engagement with Prince Alex
ander. In view, however, of the party
struggle in Bulgaria, and the agitation of
the public mind wbioh the proclamation
has caused, the Russian agents in
Bulgaria have been instructed to inform
the Bulgarian people that Ho sua is dis
posed to exert her influence to establish
party conoord and restore quiet. Russia
will not withhold her suppoi t from any
legally constituted "provisional govern
ment guided oy non partisan interests
and conducted for general welfare. Rus
sia is willing to apply herself to the task
of removing dissensions, fro or the pain
ful consequ -nces of Which iiiiigaria has
already euff rel too much. Russia
hopes that the Bulgarian nation and her
representatives will be able to appreciate
these couLstis ind act accord u gly.
Latest Forelfi-n Fears.
London, Sept. 10 Yesterday, when
Prince Alexander arrived at Lompa-
lanka, on his way out rf Bulgaria,
everything was done to make tne Prince
feel that the populace wished to look
upon his departure as transient. The
vice-president of the assembly, in bis
farewell address to the Prince, said the
nation would continue to consider him
as their ruler. The Prinoe, replying,
said: "I hope to see you all soon
again.
It is rumored that Russia asked the
Porte whether it was disposed to sanc
tion the restoration of Alexander, and
that the Porte replied that as the Prince
in his recent actions totally ignored the
Porte, Turkey wou'd confine herself to
supporting the decision of the powers.
A Slaking or lb Eartb Near Charleston.
CuaatssTOW, S. O., Bep. 6 There
was another theck of earthquake here
about 9 o'clock this mornirg which
shook the grounds and buildings slight
ly, but did not do any damage or create
any commotion. In fact, it may be said
that people have become accustomed ton
them. A slight shake up at midnight
was practically unnoticed. The day
has been a comparatively quiet one. At
8ummerville only one shock was felt.
Exaggerated accounts of it reached the
city in the afternoon and occasioned
some uneasiness, ine shock did no
damage, however. ! It was felt moBt
distinctly in the neighborhood of the
railroad station, and the disturbance
seemed to be traveling from east to west.
Coincident with this shock persons
shock
thought that they felt one m tins city
I the tune was 1 o'clock, 'the most dis-
I - . - 1 .I t 1 J
quieuuK pnenomenon mat urns woorrea
since the shock of Friday night was
marked subsidence of the earth yester
day evening, between, twenty-eight and
twenty-nine miles from Charleston, on
the line of the (Jnarleston and savannah
railroad, between the new road and
Adams Run stations. The earth under
the railroad track sank eight feet. The
fissure was fifteen feet long and six feet
wide. It was discovered early enough
in the' evening to enable a force of 100
men to be put to work filling it up im
mediatelv. Tha work was aniseed in
time to prevent any delay in the run
nino- of trains. The comnanv has estab
.....
fished a patrol along the line of the road
from this city to the Edisto river, fifty
miles away, to look out for fissures.
Ia It a Volcano at Sear
CURIOUS SIGHT OB31RVZD TROM TUB TYBU
ISLAND LTGHTHOUSK.
Savankah, Ga., Sept. 8. A small
oolumn of grayish oolor was noticed at
1 o clock this afternoon towering into
the air from the sea, at a spot apparent
ly twenty to twenty-five miles northeast
of Tvbee Island lighthouse, at the
mouth of the Savannah river. The col
umn gradually increased in size until
2:30 o'clock, when it attained its maxi
mum, and since that hour has neither
increased nor decreased. The light
house keeper and summer residents on
Tybee Island supposed that a water
spout was approaching and were at nrst
irreatlv alarmed. The column remained
stationary, however, and thus dispelled
the water-SDOut theory. It was then
noticed that the oolumn was undoubted
ly one of smoke instead ot water and
the belief beoame general that a volcano
had betrun to rear its head above the
0
surface of the sea.
A later report from Tybee and obser
vations taken from high buildings in
this city definitely locate the smoke as
directly east of Hilton Bead light, at
the entrance to fort tteyal harbor
The smoke can be distinctly seen from
elevated positions in this city and the
belief is unanimous that it arises either
from a volcano or a vessel on fire at Bea
If it bame from the latter source, how
ever, it is almost certain mat guns
would be fired or other signals of din
I tress made. The first earthquake shook
I on Tuesday night last plainly came from
I a northeasterly direction, and this tact,
eoupled with Prof. Mendenhall's the-
I oriee, leaves little doubt that the base of
tne recent disturbances is at sea, some
where off 'the coast between this city
and Charleston. - The appearanoe jof a
volcano in the vicinity mentioned would
therefore not be surprising.
A tugboat reports that the smoke
arises trom M. Helena isiana.
i
Observations of a Surveyor.
FACTS NOTED DURING Till RARTHQCAKI AT
OSBORN, COLL1TON COUNTY.
Osborn, Colleton County, S. C, Au
gust 3112 p. m. The shock oi an
earthquake was first felt, at this place at
4U p. m. by the writer s clock. My
bouse, a small framed building of tour
rooms, was first raised several inches
and fATie down with a heavy thump. I
sat on the edge of my bed alone in my
room. I comprehended the situation at
once, and thinking that the shook was
ouite as local as the shocks had been at
Summerville, three days previously, I
carefully noted all movements, which 1
found undulating north and south or
rather northwest and southwest an os
cillating movement, which seemed to
move the house (earth and all) quite
three feet on a plane. It seemed to gy
rate a little. During these movements
there was an awful quivering of the
earth and a rising and falling, swith a
thump, as if a solid strata of the "earth
had been raised by asupcrnatural power
and allowed to drop on another solid
strata. The movements did not stop
for quite thiee minutes, and almost im
mediately another lesser shoes: oc
curred. Others followed at greater in
tervals of time for about one hour. Then
rest of about an hour. (My clock had
been destroyed.) The thirteenth shock
was quite severe.
A ter the taird shockl set up my sur
veyor's compass in the yard, andjWatched
it c'oselv. 'I he needle kept steadily
but constantly quivered, until at
the first faint murmur of the sound,
which alwavB preceded a shock by &
w second?, the needle, appearing to
dip, showed that there was a movement
of the 6tafi N. and S. There was not a
breath of air moving shown by two
amps which I used in taking notes. 1
Watched the thermoneter; the mercury
'ell gradually from 79 to 74. At this
writing twenty shocks, each preceded
by the awful, ominous, warning sound,
have occurred. ,
8.50 a. m. September 1. Twenty-
three shocks have occurred at this! writ
ing. Craters, from a fraction of an-inch
to several feet, which threw up water,
mud and sand; also fissures in the earth,
some of them as much as forty feet long
by one foot wide. Many of these craters
and cracks arc found from Edisto river
to Rantowles, and from Salt Water to
Caw-Caw" swamp.
1 ?oiork p. ., Ocot. I.- Tjreniy-
six shocks up this time. The writer
starts for Charleston, which is said to
bo destroyed.
lhjs place is on the Charleston and
Savannah railway, twenty-two miles
from Charleston (air-line.).
ibis extremely interesting letter ap
pears in the News and Courier of Sept
9, and u a very valuable contribution
to the mass of information on the earth
quake.
What the aarlbqaaae Uld With tbe Old
Charleston News and Courier.
Arohuale," the home of the Bobuna
and Bakers since the reign of the goad
Queen Anne, and perhaps the oldest,
quaintest and most interesting private
resideLce of Colonial times m "South
Carolina, is a mass of ruins Dr. Rich
ard Bohun Baker, its owner, was in the
house, sick, at the time, but escaped with
out bodily injury. The well known Col
onial mansion. "Drayton Hall," built
in 1740, the residence of of Mr.lC H.
Drayton,) Is Dut little damaged, though
two out-buildings are badly shattered.
St Andrew's church, built in 17UO,
which disputes with the church at St.
James Goose Creek the claim of being
the oldest church edifice in the State, is
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reporiea to De oaaiy snaiiereu aim su
have a wide seam open from top to bot
tom. ;
Two Mora Nboeks.
A HXAVY RAIN ADDS TO TBS DI8COMIORT OP
TBI PiOPLI.
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
Charliston, S. -u., September v
Todav has in some respects been the
the gloomiest sinoe the 31st of August.
The shock at 1 o clock this morning was
felt by comparatively few, but since
then there have been two others one at
8.55 a. m. and one at 1110 a. m, The
earthquake, however, is of small conse
quence compared with the September
rams, whioh today set in in earnest,
The rains find many thousands of per
sons unsheltered. The people are hud
dled together in the public parks in
makeshift tents totally inadequate to
protect them from the rainsh and utterly
unprovided tor as rar as saniwy pre
cautions are concerned. What this state
of affairs will lead to is not difficult to
a V .1 1" 1
be understood, in tnis oiimate ana at
this season it means disease, and that
peedily. To add to the horrors of the
situation, the . scavenger department
seems to be paralyied, and but little has
been done to clean up the debris and the
offal, whioh is accumulating on all sides.
In all about 300 tents nave been re
ceived and distributed. These afford
shelter to about 3,000 persons I at the
outside. The police force has been in
creased, but not enough to meet the
necessities of the occasion.
Philadilphia, Sept. 10. At a nicot
ine of the citizens' relief oommittee to
dav the total subscriptions for the relief
of Charleston was $27,832 to date, of
whioh $8,100 had been forwarded, the
chairman was directed to authorize
-mayor Courtenay to draw on the treasu-
rer tor $io,uuv.
"Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance" ust
as long out in the open barn as they please
The free born American citizen oon'i
fear
neurahria with Salvation Oil to the
front.
Priee id cents.
Tb Thcort of tha Cansa af tha 1 artb-
nmk .
Cor. Of THK NlWSANO OBiRVKa.r
I Raliioh, N. C., Sept. 9.
Tiiere are two theories as to the cause
of the recent earthquake. Prof. Mcn
denhall believes that the disturbance
was i caused by a contraction of the
earth's surface, from the gradual cooling
of the mass; the strongest manifestation
being along the line of weakness. Prof.
McGce holds that it was a slip or land
slide; of the ooastal plain towards tho
ocean, a sudden movement of the recce t
or quarternary geological formation
from;, the older and higher ground, in
the direction of tho ocean. Of the two
theories Prof. Mendenhall's seems the
most reasonable to us. Suoh a con
traction ;would produce the bending
and buckling of the railroad tracks running-westerly,
and we are told by the
dispatches that fcuch buckling did really
occur, in placed ironi two to nvo tcet
of the rails had to be cut out in order to.
straighten the track. If there bad been
a seaward movement of the surfaoe, as
suggested by Prof. MoGee. the effect
would have been to tighten or stretch
the rails more taut or eron to break and
draw them apart. H.
j Bladen County Ha tea.
Correspondence of the Nkws and OnsERvm.
Lkknon, Columbus Co., N. C, Sept 9.
The senatorial convention cf tbo
counties of Bladen and Brunswick met
at ElizAbethtown, Bladen county, yes
terday, tho 8th of September, and nomi
nated W. I. Shaw, Esq., of Bladen
county. The Bladen county oonveE
tion met at the same place and day and
proceeded to nominate as member to tho
house in the next legislature, C. C.
Lyop ; for sheriff, Wm. S. Clark;
for treasurer, John M. Benson; for
clerk of the superior olerk, George F.
Melvin; for register of deeds, John
Monioc; for surveyor, James F. Gil
lespie; for coroner, A. A. Cromartie,
j GOOD RESULTS IN KTKRY CASK.
D,;A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer of
Chattanooga, Tenn., writes that ho was seri
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on his lungs; iiiid tried many rr medies without
benefit. Being induced to try l)r Kinga New Li- -covery
for Consumption, did so and was entirely
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time he has used it in his family for all Coughs
and Colds with best results. Thin is the ex
perience of thousands whose lives has lx?-n
saved by this wonderful Discovery. Trial Bot
tle ail free at drug stores.
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Renominated for Cjna-ress.
Si. Lotts, Sept. 10. W. J. Stone
was renominated for Congress by tho
demo crats of the 12th district yesterday .
Acting secretary Harmony, of the
navy, says plenty of canvass will be fur
nished to make tents for the Ohar Wen
hat, u it u oxdy twenty inches
wide, some one will have to have it
mado' up.
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puaons in sdnuMed Mages ot
too djjirrna Pricw SS eta Oni
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Scalds, Cuts,Lumbag;o,Sores, Frost
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Toothache, Sprain, &c Sold by all
Druggists, Price 25 Cents a Bottle;
Edward Fasnach,
Jeweler anl Optician
I RALEIGH, N. C.
Qold and Silver Watches, American and
i
Imported. Real and imitation Diamond Jew-
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Rings, any size and weight. Sterling Silver
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Ware for Bridal Presents.
Optical Goods
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SteeL Rubber and Shell Frames.
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Lenses,
Seals for Lodges. Corporations, etc Also
Badges and Medals for Schools and Societies
made to order. ,
Hail orders promptly attended to. uooas
sent on selection to any part of the State.
trsr old Gold and silver in amau ana uurgs
quantities taken as cash. dly.
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is desirable in all thingB but demanded in
articles of food.
Dont impair .your health by using adultera
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Try it.
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