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-- 4t r fOL XIII. THIRD SERIES SALISBURY. I?. C, 1T0VEIIBEB 17, 1881. HO 5 j fl , cTh Tf Tv ' -n 61 . V V cub iLlJLll-lClLllo : The Carolina Watchman, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1852. PRICE, $1.60 IX ADVANCE. 30NTRACT ADVERTISING RATES. I J FEBItCAltY 20, 13S0. inches l month 2 m's S m's m's IS m's Oat tor I Tr lor . I tfcreetor j lour tor column tor do. a. I do. do. $8.00 12.00 15.00 18.00 SS.OO 40.00 75.00 R.1 CRAf FORD & CO. AHE SELLING -:- PORTABLE FARM AND FACTORY . STEAM MWU. ALSO Pnw- n I U II tier- and Caps. ALSO y - Tie Finest RIFLE POWDER Mile. nrrnio m II gum, warn Oj our own and Foreign make and ! BUGGIES, -1 , j From. tae Finest to the Cheapest. EHteer Belttnj, Champion Mowers Horse Rakes, &c. Saliilmry. Jan. G, 18SI. ly , 1ST O TICE! F, EAGLE, -FASHIONABLE - BOOT :anu SH02 3r A. J 10 1 i , . I nvitenlvonr attention to his fr.op, opposite Mayor'k OlHce. lit-nuirinjr neatly and l roni t- IV dorw. All grades. fif good made to cnWr ,i 'i I i "LIFE INSURANCE" fVIADE CHEAP. TobU fihoicinff A dual Cost to Members of 04,000 insurance Jor Unc Year (March 1, 187J, to March 1, 1880).- First Class, aged 18 to 3(1 years. . .$ 17 00 Second " 30 "40 "... 1 " ' 40 45 "... 25 50 .-Third TourtW 45 " m " ... 34 00 50 "55 " ... 51 W T5 " 6G " .. . 68 (HI J.I. IcIJeely, Ag't. Fiftii Sixth' anxess, gig. I am prepared to ftirnirih WAGON AND BUGGY IIABNESS, i Madi of the best Northern Tanned Leather. Worn and Leather gu ran teed. Call and see me. - Opposite AtweU s, ialn street, Saliit)uiyT N. c. Win i - JOHN H, JAMES. -" ' 1 "1- 1 . ZB.VIsce. W. II. Bailey. VAfjCF. & BAILEY, ATT0RNSY3 AND COUNSELLORS, - , CUARLOTTE, N. C. Practice in Supreme Court of the United State,- Supreme Court of North Carolinn, federal Court, and Counties of Mecklenburg, Cbarrti., Union. Gaston. Kowan David wn- ! t,Otiice, two dooneaEt f Indepen- oeace Square.- 33:tf ' ' l r J. i. JtCCORKLE. THEO. F. KU'TTZ. McCOHKLE & KLTJTTZ, . ATT0UNEYS AND COUNSELORS, I : Salisburv. N. C ' tSTOffice on Cpun;il Street, opposite the vourt House. 04 SERUCn.UGE, L. H. CLEMEXT. ! CRA1GE & CLEMENT, SALISECRY. X. C. 1S81. ani HeiiersonL rxieys, Counselcrs - ! 1 and Solicitors. L i 4 ' r ! I SALISBURY, N. C uuay2ii 18'79 tt. INGRES UNDPrfeifJ HggDlANDRETH &S0HS. PHILA. $1.50 $2.50 13.50 $5.00 3.W0 4.60 6.S5 7.50 4.50 C.OOl 7.50 11.00 6.00 7.50 0.00 13.50 7.60 9.16 11.25 1C.69 11.25 1 6.7 5 80.60 25.60 13.76 1 26.26 S3.75 48.76 1 .r1 itmti n nrnn la fa rrnno If UUll). H I. 1-1"' ? Uii ' A.J' Federal micrxerextce elections. State On Saturday last Mr. Hill of Georgia, offered in the Senate of tbe United States the following resolution : in Lesohed, That the appointments to , ing to pass through the draw of the Keo offiees under tbe federal government knk aud Hamilton bridge, was baffled by ought not 'to be made to control or influ- ' i , v !L . i enee elections in the several Sta te, and i U,c .esand cns-curret. and swung appointments made with such intent are "j rona agaiustthe bridge breaking out one unwise, unpatriotic, aud contrary to the span and entailing damage amounting to . r it., . .i ... ; - . . epuit oi our poiiucal insulation, anu u . continued without rebuke by the people win-become dangeroua to the perpetuity of our institutions. ' . I , Mr. Hill ahked for the immediate con- sideration of the resolution, but Mr. Mc- Milliambjecting, it was laid over under therulc8. " !.' .This resokition ls evidentlvi aimed at the Administration wfciellts ttiow using "thTFederal patronaceto 'aid Mabone in e&Tvinir the Stete of Vircinia. Iuiustbe evident to every nrt prejudiced man that the interference by the General Govern nieiu in State elections, whether by the bribery of patronage or the more violent means of the bayonet, -is altogether wroncr. The Kenublican nartv has used bbtli these means of accomplishing its objects, and in our opinion the Stalwart wing of that party, now iu power, would urc either means to accomplish its ends, if its leaders. belived they could count on a imilfifif v Mf fliA .kt'tlifflT vntupa tn ana. iuiijuiii j v. ...v.. . v a w i tain them in such a course. The Federal Union was not created by the States, or by the people of the States, for - the pur pose of becoming a dabbler in State poli tics, and it is a degradation to it and the people who created it, when it descend iioiu the lofty plaoe upon which it was intended to operate for the good of the whole Union, aud makes itself a party to the local contests of States. What con cern has the government of the Uni ted States with the question whether Virginia pays her State debt in ivhole or in part f Why should the Federal Ad iniuistiation interfere with the question of sufirage iu Virginia, any more than in' Massachusetts! Virgiuia demands the prepayment a poll tax before the voter cau be allowed to cast a ballot. She re quires some evidence that he possesses a pecuniary interest in the government which lie undertakes to control, before allowing hiiu to vote. There is nothing unreasonable iu this, but it has become one of the issues in the Virgiauia cam paign, aud the United States (jiovern-uu-nt is throwing its influence iu favor of abolishing this prc-requisite. Why has not the U. S. Government goue into the Massachusetts elections demanding there the abolition of all electoral qualifications except the mere fact that the voter is a mail f For the simple reason that Massa cliusett is already Kepulilican, and there is uothit g tobe gained there by stirring the nuestiou of manhood suffrage, whilst in Virginia it is honed that the Demo cratic party will be divided on this issue and defeated. Fayettcville Examiner. Chairman Mott aud Cooper baje been inviting the Democrats to join with them in breaking down the Democratic party The i.sue on which the next campaign iu this State will turn will be the abolish ment of the internal revenue department. e once had occasion to say that w hen the proper time .should come we would ask Ketiublicaus to vote the Democratic ticket, and we pioposed togivetheni good reasons why they should do so. To make a beginning we invite Chairman Mott's attention to the issue above- mentioned and hope he can spare the time from his official duties to examine it thoroughly. If it, shall commend itself to his judg ment, we shall hope to see him following the Democratic banner, ou which is iu scribed down with the revenucrs, aud free the neoule from the burdens of the internal Ttvenue system. It will;be re membered that our State courts are quite rood enough to try all the citizens of iNOrtn Carolina lor oaeuses agaiuM.our k . . t . 1 P rt ' A. I criminal laws, except alone the j night raiding revenuers. 1 hese, when charged wan assaults on women, anu eveuj rape, we have heard, make affidavit tha thev did it unuer color 01 rueir omce, anu uiko their cases to the federal courts, wheie they are- never trreu, out go uuwuippeu ot justice, ju our euoirs logei, ui j..o.c thing burled out of sight uenina ns, we alisill have the aid ot many wno i nave heretofore co-operated with the Republi can party. But for the present we mere ly iiivite the prayerful attention of Chair man- Mott aud Cooper to the subject. jir & Obserrer. A f I7RDER AND A. DEATn.-On the 2d instant two sous of Mr. Ahart Halsey, together with one Ishnra Cx, shot aud c J killed a man by the name of Heuryj Rob inson, in Grayson county, Vn., near the North Carolina line. The three youug men are now in iau ui luuopcuwun., Va. An oldiady ly tho name of CoX, feeble health at the time - and who was related to somfrof the par died ties concerned in the murder, from the effects of grief and horror ait the murder. Leuoir JTopic. It is worth rsroembenng that noijoay eu . . . . . i joys the nicest surroundings if hi bad bjjifth lorfoSTtle gravh'cntlKUrieo . .iiV.t.. Tonic would do them bore rnd than all the doctors and medicinesj 4 they have ever tried. See adv. A Colliding: Steamer. An Exciting Scene on the Mississippi. Keokck, Iowa, Nov. 5. The palatial passenger packet; War Eagle, in attempt- JS15U,UUU to the bridge. The clerK or the Rtl.flmi.P Mr, . Tilft Pailtai ,,! two f .. ... . " . tt . . . . the pilots were in the pilot house when the whistle blew for the bridge, and then 1 ,,eara De,la lo MOP l,,e 00:11 "eauway. AW,en 8aw u,at we were o&aame w uie jbridgejjand that the boat was backing trong. Mnstautly ran into the cabin and threw up both hands-to giro the Alrm' I caught Md of onelaOy wd follow me,, as the uuat was goiug 10 biiikc uie unuge. all passed out the aft door on the star board guard, reaching there just as the crash of the collision of the boat against the bridge came. I kept calling to the passengers who seemed bewildered, to cet on the hurricane deck, as they did not seem to understand. I led the way and they followed, beveral ladies were clinging to me. As soon as the boat struck the bridge, a span gave way with a feafnl crash. I. looked forward and i leauiugou me west yier, II t... I. - -1 - 1 .1 . I ! iier Mem iijiviii cieureu mo rnsi where the break in the bridge occurred, I and saw the people climbiog from the boat on to the bridge. I took one and the rest followed. Most of the pas sengers were safely lauded, when the boat swung olf aud floated dowu the stream. She floated with the current aud rounded to head down stream. At a point 4i few hundred yards below the elevator, where with the aid of one wheel and the assistance of parties who came iu skiffs and took a line ashore, she was made fast. Capt. Wood remained on the roof and all the officers, so far as known, stood at their posts. The deck crew got on snore as they couui. cant. a. jm. Hutchiusou, general manager of the St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company, was interviewed, aud said it would be impossible to estimate anything like an accurate amount of damage done or the insurance There is insurance of about $25,000 ou the boat, which is valued at $40,000. The cargo eousisted of about ten thousand packages of miscellaneous j freight, chiefly potatoes, barley and flour, a large portion of which will be Bared. The steamer is settled iu about 17 feet of water. The uew Cotton Factory. Messrs. Shnford, Gwyuu & Co. are now erecting a large cotton factory on the' r, , . r, , , ,, waters of Gunpowder, iu Caldwell coun- ty. The location is known as the old Beard Forge and U onlv one mil from Lovelady, and about seven miles from Hickory. Water is plentiful and the dam has a fall. of about fifty feet. The factory is a two-story building 50x100 feet, and will be completed in a few weeks. Two members of the firm, Messrs. A. A. Shu- ford, of Hickory, aud N. H. Gynu, of Patterson, have returned from Lowell, Mass., nud Provideuce, Rhode Island, where they have been to purchase their machinery which is the latest improved and the very best make, a part of which will be here about the first of uext mouth wheu it will be put up and the factory started at once. They will run about thirty thousand spindles, which will con- .? AM... sume a large quantity oi conon every day. . The company is putting op on the grounds six residences for tenants and a building for a store of general merchan dise. Hickor' will bo their postofficefor the present. Piedmont Press. The Rice Trade in Eastern North Carolina. Our rice mills seem to be .at uquite a revolution in the trade m t,mt cereJl j ll)e norti,eastcrn gection of t,(e gtarCf w,jere upJand rjce ig fast be coniing the leading product, and it should b - f Arntification to nU to . f d , that artc,e diverted j go perceptibly from its usual channels jng itg natural course in the di- of the COIumercial metropolis of the StJlte Formerly all the rice iu that important section that was shipped at all found its way to Charlestonand other ports outside of our own State, but now. the great bulk of the crop will probably come to Wilmington. To give sonie idea of the extent of the trade iu this article at present, we would state that five thou sand bushels of rough rice nre expected to arrive here by vessel to the order of the Carolina Rice Mills, aud that other large cargoes are on the way. In addi tion to these shipments by water there are also constant arrivals of rice by train, shipped at Newberu aud averaging at the least calculation one car load per day since the 15th of October. Char. Ob. Raleigh Sews and Observer: At the colored fair was shown a gun owned by Henry Berry Luwery, the famous outlaw. It is a Maynard, with two sets of barrels, oue rifled, the other smooth bore, aud is iria case which coutaias a wonderfully ... . . n jj . r;fleti the other smooth bore, aud is which coutaias a wonderfully complete apparatus for making cartridges, with this eun he killed several persons, mmnn thm i.:a mother .His initials 'H. D. B. L." are cut ou the stock. Saved by a Shadow. J. Eaten Cooke in tbe Philadelphia Times. The scoot was surrounded. He took in everything at a glance and dj:.n.. . , . . ... . - - J . . ' I aistingcisheu -American -cwil engipeer. iernIOel lO CUl HIS Wy llirOUSU aUQ risk the chances. But the ladies rep resented to him that thus was certain death. They could conceal him, and S assented. The young ladies acted promptly. One ran to the win dow and asked who was there, white another closed the back door that in front being alreadyfastened. S was then hurried up the staircase, one of the ladies accompanying him to show him his hiding; place. All had taken place in jl few - moments, and the Federal troops ga'e sudden; evi- d Slice of their estimate of S- They fired a volley through the front door aud the bullet) whistled bv the young ladies. Then the door was burst in and the troopers swarmed in to the house. S had been conducted to a gar ret bare of all furniture, but some planks lay upon the sleepers of the ceiling, and by lying down on these . ....... m I a man migut conceal iinu&cu bviuu ... 1 1 . " 1 II ipnorth anil tlie voun? ladV rciireu anil I tllp fn iUm ,w,r floo From h;s , e - . . I , -n ... lady'. . ... v-. I said in the hall beneath. 'Where is the guerilla? exclaimed the Federal officer commanding the detachment. 'What guerilla?' asked ona of the ladles. 'The rascal S 'He was here, but lie has gone.' That is untrue,' the officer said, 'and I am not to be trifled with. I shall search this house. But first read the prders to the men,' he added, turning to a sergeant, j The sergeant obeyed and S distinctly overheard the reading: of . . rpi . his death warrant. 1 he paper chron- ' ii - icled his exploitsdenounced him as a guerilla ami bushwhacker, ana uirec- ted that he should not ibe taken alive; the men were exprely ordered to kill him, not to take him prisoner. This was not reassuring to the scout concealed under the rafters above. It was probable that he j would be dis covered, in which case death would J fallow. There was but one thing to ., . . . i:r ,i Li., aa........ no to eu ins uieucaiiv. nun iu- ,. . - . sacking every room on the first and second floors, the ladies had attempt- ed to divert their attention from it, but tne of them asked : 'What room is that tip there?' 'The garret,' was the reply. 'He may be there show the way. 'You see the way returned the young laky, 'I do not wish to go up ' in the dust: it would soil n.y dress.' ,ymj then,' said the l i l 1 l ! l" 'w 6'" " made to carry about a lighted candle, for niht had come ti.. i now. a ue gin laughed and said : 1 here was nobody up there, but at the order went up stairs to the garret, followed by the troopers. The decisive moment had come. S - heard the trampy feet and cocked both his pistols. The light streamed into the garret, and looking over edge of his. plank he saw the garre. filled with troopers. All seemed over and : his discovery certain he was about to spring dowu and nre, when the men the men growled : 'Hell, there's nothing litre,' and went down the stairs again. The servant girl had saved him by a ruse. She had taken her stand directly be neath the broad plank upon which S was extended and the deep shadow had concealed liim. An hour afterwards the Federal detachment left the house in extreme ill-humor, and before morning S was miles away from the dangerous locality where he had overheard his sentence is now one of the of death. S- leading clergymen in Virginia. WmsKt's Work. On last Friday", the 14th inst., James Warden, Bill Woddie and Jimmie Baker were shot by a man named Roberts, who was! stilling near Laurel Springs, in this county. Warden lived tweuty-six hours after he was shot lived longcuough to tell his family that liquor had been his ruin, that there was no hope for him iu eternity. He died, leaviug a brokenhearted wfe, and a large family of little children. The other two Lboys are said lo oe lauuiy wouuueu. 'though they are still alive. From what we can learn. Wardeti, Woddieand Baker were trying to forcibly take liquor from ! Roberts, and the shooting of the three was the result. Lenoir Topic. Wonderful Inventive Faculty. Tbe newt of the death abroad recently of Hamilton E. Tbwle recalls the bright J1 Mil. ft.lf.l.ln a.I.!a...... " t Mr. Towl was a munr nn t!.A fnm-n. Great Eastern during her memorable voyage across the Atlantic when she en countered a great storm which broke her steering apparatus. Her commander and crew could do nothing in the terrible emergency ,and slit 1 ty r act cat y I elp'e s at the mercy of tbe-waves. In this criti cal moment Mr. Towle carefully and with self-posession examined the broken ma chinery and rigged up from the material at hand an apparatus of his own design ing, which proved equal to the argent needs of the situation. The - improvised rudder brought the great vessel safely in Prt, and the great distinguished Ameri- can received from the grateful pussengers who deemed their lives to have beeu saved by him, the gift of a superb gold watch, ornamented with costly jewels, and engraved with a memorial inscrip tion commemorating the historical feat of engineering. This timepiece he wore with conscious pride daring his lifetime, and he also exhibited at times with an equally pardonable egotism, a medal presented to him by an English humane society in recognition of his achievement. . . iwui.uiji oi ku uv prom A i f .v ikV. IrnmlmWA M- . n n... n w" ui. nuvmcuKsyi vimuwnuj:,ii ever, were, it seems, the only ones to dis- pute the value of his splendid services, aBdhewas compelled to bring suit to recover the salvage to which he was just- ly entitled. At the time of the terrible shipwreck of the ill-fated Atlantic he delivered a lecture in Cooper Institute, asserting boldly according to his knowl edge of navigation, that the disaster was attributable to faulty seamanship. From early boyhood he displayed a noteworthy inventive faculty, and rigged up all sorts of ingenious toy water-wheels and the like. This surprising supply of clever ideas seemed to grow with his years, and tile ingenious conceptions with which his active; mature brain teemed, and many of which bore fruit in useful engineering inventions, seemed endless. He designed surveying level, which met a long -felt uced : was instrumental m the perfection , "e Towle bell-register, adopted by the Tliird ftvenue gurface raiIwav at the advent of the bell-punch, and was infer ested in a host of other inventions, of which a machine for type setting, self i uking letter-stamps, telegraphic instru ments, argand burners, patent washing chemicals, theodolites, and weighing scales were but a few. Before his illness he was head of the Towle Manufacturing company, iu Cortlandt street, in this city. The saddest feature of his death is that it is reported to have been due to the weakening of a brain whose strength and extensive creative power made him at times a marvel to his friends and asso ciates. New York Times. A Millionaire Beggar. A blind clild of Italy bearing upon, his niauly breast a placard with the legend, "I am a poor blind man caused by small pox," and led by a bright-eyed vivacious little brunette, who called herself his daughter, wandering yesterday from house to house begging a pitance. Many, no doubt, opened.their hearts in pity for tho man aud child, and it will without doubt be very pleasant for them to hear that the . .... . t . .. "poor Diina man caused oy small pox, ' was seen yesteruay, oy a genneman oi this city, to count out $5,000 in cleau cash destined for his paternal ancestor amongst the white walls and bine hills of distant suuny Italy. The reporter did not see tho roll, and this comes at third hand, but it comes straight. Possibly the man of small pox origin eonld be induced to invest in Southern securities. It is shrewdly suspected that Friday, attended, by probably one hua he is a millionaire probably one of the dred men of both colors. He was notified Erlanger syndicate. Char.Ob. Gum Arabic. Iu Morocco, about tbe middle of No vember. that is after a rainy season which begins in July, a gummy juice ex udes spontaneously from the trnnk and principal branches of the acacia tiee. In about fifteen days it thickens in the fur row down which it'runs, eitherin a vermi cular (or worm) shape, or commonly as suming the form of oval or round tears about tho size of a pigeon's egg of differ ent colors, as they belong to the red or white gum tree. About the middle of December the Moors encamp on tho bor- ders of the forest and the harvest lasts six weeks. The gum is packed in very large sacks of leather, and brought on the back, of bullocks and camels to cer- tain norts. where it is sold to english and Prnrh mprrlinntjl. Thft frnni is hiirhlv nutritious. Daring the whole time harvest, of the journey and of the fair, the Moors o tne desert i ve a ,nosC en- tirltr nnnn ir . and PTncnnii ha nrov " ' r that six ounces of cum are sufficient for the support ot a man for twenty -four hours. London Family Herald. ----- O The latest about A. T. Stewart's! bou'es is that Mr. Stewart has effect- .1 i cvj a wm. vim .w .... 7 wh nht hev fthe bonesl will be sur rendered. w MISCELLANEOUS. Senator Vance and Gen. Cox on Thurs day visited Aunt Abby Bouse, and found that venerable womau in a very weak condition of body and mind. She was moved to tear by their visit, which gave her unbounded pleasure. She is now 87 years of age. A hotel, built of freestone and brick, 96x69 feet, seven stories above the side walk, was recently moved in Boston with out displacing a stoue, or disturbing the furnitare of the house or hindering the occupants from their business. The ac tual time of moving the distance of 14 feet was only 13 hours and. 40 miuntes, though it required months to make the necessary preparations for it. The screw was the mechanical power employed. The greatest speed was 2 inches in 4 min utes. The cost of the job was $30,000. This is the largest building ever moved. Larger ones have been raised. A novelty in street motors has made its appearance in New York. promising wonderful things in the way of radical improvements in local travel. It works by means of com pressed air, which for such purposes gives all needed power without the noise or smoke or dirt which a steam engine causes. It is found to do its work as efficiently as the steam eu giue, and quite as economically. Railroad Notes. Conductor Tom Murpliy, of the Western North Carolina road has got a leave of abseuce to visit j Florida he being still troubled by a wound iu the leg received in a railroad accident last Spring.CViar. 06. Richmond, Nov. 5. The committee of military officers here from Boston inves tigating charges of misconduct ag&inst the 9th Massachusetts regiment, concluded thklnS evidence in thease last evening, To da wiU visit nl Places where in course of investigation it was developed that members of the regiment "au (""nageu property ana commutea other wanton acts, and at 5 o'clock will leave for home. There is nothing to base an opinion on as to wuat recommenda tion the committtee will make in the ir re port, as they have made no statement whatever in regard to the matter. An astonishing amount of testimony has been taken by the commission. The quautity .character are much greater and more damagiug than was ever anticipated by previous representations. Rape and Lynching in South Caico lina. A special to the Greenville JWc from Pelzcr. S. C. gives the details of the lynching of a negro man named Wil liams for committing an unmentionable crime upon the perseu of a little orphan girl, nine years oM, named Blayton, un der circumstances of peculiar atrocity. It says : "She was outraged several days ago at the Rev. Mr. McIUe's, iu Greenville, near Reedy River. She was tho ward of the Rev. Mr. Attawny, of Wil'.iamston, being iu Greenville on a visit, and on her re turn home her condition was discovered. I She then coufessed aud detailed the hor lil.lc circumstances of the crime, which was committed by Robert Williams, col . . . . . i i : i .i . oreu, iu a cotton neiu, in wnicn iney were i at worn together He had threatened to cut her throat if she told of it, aud terrorized her into silence. Thursday night he was arrested and Friday rooming was taken to Wil- I Hams ton aud identified by the child. He was then taken from the guard house at that place by citizens of Anderson and I Greenville and brought back, being marched through Pelzer about 11 o clock of his impending fate, and acted very coolly, calling a colored man to him to" whom he confessed his crime, and prof fered a request for a preacher, which was granted. Just across the, Saluda River in the woods he was hauged to a tree that iuclined over a hill side, being put ou a horse, which was driven from under him after the rope bad been properly adjusted. He died very easily and was stolid and unmoved to the last. There was not the least excitement or disturbance, : the whole affair being conducted in a quiet aud business style. I A TENEMENT HOUSE CAVES IN Several LIVES Lost. New York, vnvPmWr 9. A4 6:55 o'clock this I . morning, the three story tenement house at the southeast corner oi soum I Fifth ftvpnne and Grand street, fell ofj;0 burying the occupants in the ruins, The fi( department wa3 immediate- ammQn d they, with the as- - I 'J I . . t stance 04 citizens, -u I . tm . t five of the victims Irom the debr.s. The life of two was extinct, and oth- or wwre seriouslv injured. IIow mra th hmhlino- at the ;,Kn, . nnt M untxvrn i 1 1 lilt ui iiiv avviuu - . ... , l it - l e wor u4 icmuii.s ...-- i . . . .... i. i being p"heM UU ati poei Sarannah' Cottou Crop. The report of the Savannah Cotton Exchange for October gives Georgia seventy-four replies from 46 counties. Weather, during October remarkably fine, no damage from frost, three fourths to Beyen-eighthsof the crop has been gathered, and picking' will be over by the firsf of December. The yield of eecd cotton is estimated at about 400 pounds per acre, Xrhich is 10 to 15 per cent, less than last year. The decrease Is attributable to drought of the early summer, then to rust, and, lastly, to worms. The yield of Hut cotton from the seed cotton is nearly 10 percent, less than last year. While the bolls, owing to lack of moisture in the atmosphere, are about 3 per cent, lighter than usual. : ' FLORIDA Twenty-one replies from 9 counties in Flroida, during the last mouth, are as follows : The weather was dry, very favorable for gathering the crop, seven-eighths of which has been pick ed. The yield of seed cotton is about 350 pounds per acre 4wd compared with last year, about ten per cent. less. In the Sea Island section the weather was very fine; three-fourths of thV crop is gathered, and picking will be finished by the 1st of December. The yield is about 250 pounds of seed cot ton to the acre about 12 J per ceut. less than last year, caused by drought, worms and rust. The quality is good. Fine ireather for gathering is gener ally reported, better than last year. More Mormon Missionaries. Mayor De Wolfe states that on his return last week from Tennessee via the French Broad pass he encounter ed upon the stage two Mormon mis sionaries who stated that they were from Beaver, a town in Utah about 80 miles from Salt Lake They were sent from their Eastern headquarters at Nashville where the latter day saints have a bishop or his equivalent. They said they would spend a year at least in Western North Carolina and. made no bones of -the fact that their business was as Mormon propa gandists. They talk quite freely ol their religion and although they ac knowledged that about half of the con verts to the religion of Joe Smith af terwards apostatized they said they never knew such an apostate who was happy afterwards. They called the pass of the French Broad a "canyon," which first attracted attention. They got otT at Bridgewater, on the West ern North Carolina Railroad, and plunged boldly into the wilderness. They seemed to be ignorant though strong-minded men. Char, Obs. Wise Words. Trr vmir skill in cilt first, then in " 'J " i u Publish your joys, bo t conceal your sorrows. People's intentions can only be decid ed by their conduct.' One day is worth three to him who does everything in order. Gravity is butthe rind of wisdom, bat it is a preservative rind. The ignorant hath an eagle's wings and an owl's eyes. The king-becoming graces devotion, patience, courage, fortitude. Judgment and reason have been grand-jurymen siuct before Noah was a sailor. Promises hold men faster than ben efits ; hope is a cable and gratitude a thread. Tt is wise and well to look on the cloud of sorrow as though we expect ed it to turn into a rainbow. Whoever looks for a friend with out imperfection will never find what, he seeks. We love ourselves with all our faults, and we ought to love our friends in like manner. A man has no right to occupy such high moral grounds that he is con stantly so far above his fellowa that he can be of no earthly assistenoe to them. A great deal depends upon a man's courage when he is slandered and traduced. Weak men are crushed by detraction, but the brave hold ou and succeed. A Napoleon (OhU) dispatch tata that the jury in the trial of ex-Governor Scott, of South Carolina, for the wwder f young Drurj, brought in a verdict of guilty. The verdict appears to, gite general tis f act ion. J I '5 r-1 t I i :i H .1 . . : t H 4 ;f i! f Si 1. 4 i t Ocl3-2ioYl3 'f I i .."