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Swain County Herald.
Published Weekly at
Jlrytion City,
H. A- Hodgo, Ed. & Pub
The people of EiK'linA are iaid to be
very enthusiastic over the marriage of the
prince of Walk's oldest daughter to an
Englishman.
Hoisclfw powder is said to be finding
favor with military authorities abroad.
That v. ill tend to make war much more
generally popular, observes the Washing
ton filar, for raw soldiers ropoit that,
liext to being killed by a gun, the most
disagreeable thing to be frightened to
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death by the noisy.
John K. Moore claims half of the city
of Kan Fraiieisco, r 300,000,000. "No
matter how jut his claim may be," as
serts the ' Atlanta Conntifvtin, "he will
liever-get wIiLit he sues for. Defendant?
In possession of .'i00,000,'000 worth of
property can keep the plaintiff out until
doomj-day. Money talks."
t An o.TIcUl inspection of liu.iuu prisons
Jhas revetled a fad slate of overcrowding,
la one prkon' in the Caucasus designed
to accommodate eighty prisoners no less
300 are huddled. It iV said that the
chief cause of the annual increase of con
victions is the -widespread drunkenness
which now obtains in the village com
munes, and 'n demoralizing and impover
ishing the peasantry,- '
J From tho Bureau of Labor Statistics of
Illinois we learn that the mortgage in
debtedness ,of Illinois fanners for bor
rowed money has increased twenty-three
per cent, since 1880, and that this is
more than twice the ratio of increase la
the value of farm lands upon which the
mortgages rest. In 1870 tho total of
mortgages on farmlands was $95, 721, 000;
In 1880 it was $103,565,237, and in
o88 it was $123,783,068:
Very ipit r advertisements are at times
fifen in Ike dany pi'pcr., uu a penisal
of the "want" :iK will show come in
terest iii'f opinion on the value of labor,
remarks the New York Sun. For in
stance, a big dry goods firm advertises for
u "thoroughly experienced double entry
bookkeeper who miut furniah best of
reference. Salary $11 per week."
Directly following reads: "Wanted, a
coachman ; f alary per month, witb
board and lodirinsf."
Electric lighting has had a marvellous
;growth in this country.. President Dun
can's address to the recent National Elec
tric Light Association contained, the state
ment that one year ago there were 490C
plants in the United Slates; these now
number nearly C0OO. One year ago tlien
lwere 175,00') arc lamps in use; there arc
now 210,92 i. One year ago there wen
Jl ,750,000 incandescent lamps in use; at
the present time there-are over 2,500,00C
i forty-nine per cent, increase.
Mr, Willi.uu Walter Phelps, one of th
roeent Ainevican commissioners to the
Samoan conference in Berlin, has con
firmed the report that tho proceedings ol
that conference- were .conducted in thl
English tongue, although heretofore nil
important matters of tho sort have been
arranged through tue medium ol tn
French speech, which is the accepted
language of diplomacy. Mr. Phelpt
further save that the treaty itself is writ
ton in English. lie believes that hencei
forth Eiig'iibh, iiibte ul of French, will b(
tho language of diplomacy.. . j
Says the Atlanta Constitution: "Therl
are manypvierr devices for inducing sleep!
'Many believe that we should always., lit
iowu with our heads pointing due north
borne uso a hop pillow. Another wa
Is for a mau to breathe through his uos
trils, and imagine that he 6ees ever)
breath. This is very like hypnotism
The sensible way is to have regular tern
parate habits and not excite the brain
Great soldiers like Napoleon, and Wei
lington put themselves to sleep merely b
exerclsiug tVir will power. They coulc
sleep at al ies and under all circum
stances, ahJL wake up when the'j
DleaAod."
The interesting fact appears to be now
"Vail tmi Vit i aV a 4li t At1i.itM MA1nM
ingSi7U do not always belong to the
same gcofciP1 period Thus, in Ken
tucky and TenUr8 tu petroleum ia
VurmlsheA by the lrrsilurian. stratum,
that Is, by the most liPient stratified
rocks; in Upper Canada it is r&Vd inthe
vtni:ia, mid in enusyiViihMr
ike upper Devonian. The springsdl,
western Virginia flow from the upper car
koaiferous strata; in Connecticut and
Jforth Carolina coal oil is foimd in the
trias; in Colorado and Utah in the
lignites of the cretaceous formation, while
ike "oil-producing regions of California
belong to tho tertiary! period. It u
stated as a remarkable fact that most of
Ike deposits of the ancient world exist in
j comparatively recent tertiary formations,
i afc for instance, those of the oil-impregnated
sands of Alsace, of the south of
Esance, and of Abruzzia and Emilia, in
Itsly. There are numerous deposits in
Oallcia and the Danubian proTinces sim
ilarly placed, while the strata that con
Vn those of the Crimea, the Cancasua,
and the island of Taman are of nearly the
eamo geological epoch." Another fact
stated is that the oils coming from the
greatest depth prove to be of the best
quality, those produced from nearer the
surface of tho earth seeming to have lost
fome of their volatile elements.
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NORTH AND WEST
NEWSY ITEMS BY TTXEGEAFFL
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Being A Condensation of the Principal Hap
penings in Bifletent States
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IIikbt SnrMOJrs, al twanty-four year
and tro boys, Willie Simmons and Eddie D
ploro, aged respectively twelro aad nine
years, were drowned while boating at Pitts
burg, Penn. '
A prima TCRE explosion of a blast at Coal
Valley, Penn., killod two miners,; John
Btoke.3 and Thomas Allen. !
Patrick E. "WnrrE and Stephen Wallaco
fell from a staging wventy Iot high w'uilo
working on a building in Boston, Mass.f and
were killed. I
Prxsivzst HAPJ.rso.f, accompanied by
Secretaries Windom and Proctr and Private
Secretary rial ford, went through New York,
city on his way to Bar lTarlor, Me., .where
be was to pay a visit to Secretary Blaino.
OixiE MAitrnr, of (Joan ersvi lie, Ind., and
Miss Maud Saylei-f, of BrownTV'iUIufL.were
drowned In the Whitewater ltivcr. They had
leen out driving, and in attempting to ford
tlie lifer tho horso and bjggy were carrie'l
down by the current. TLy were to have been
married goon. j
AT Princeton, Ky., John Hut: chins shot and
killed two broliicr.-,0?orge and Albert Lewis.
One of Ilutchins's stray shuts -also killed
Frank Dunn. !
Delhi, Iowa, has 'been nearly destroyed
by fir. Kvery Lusint-ss house but one was
consumed. i
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TBt'young twins of Mrs. Line were killed
by a passing truin at Lawrence, Va.
Jons Carter, a guard a San Quentin
(Cal.) Prison, killed Jiis wife wliila sho was
dressing her hair ljefore a mirror, and thea
shot himself In the hea?!, dying instantly.
Richard Tate, Kentucky's, defaulting
Treasurer, has been arrested at Scottsboro,
Alabama. j
Tni Topeka (tlnn.) sugar works were
burned, involving a Jos of about $250,000.
Severe storms wore reiwrted in Kansas,
Missouri and Virginia. 1
At the reriuefet'of tlie Postmaster-Geueral
tho Swretary of War has directed the Quartermaster-General
to instruct his subordi
nate; to pay no more Government telegraph
bills until tho rates to be paid are furnished
by tho Postmaster- General. I
Acttxo Genera t. Land Commissioner
Stone in his annual report shows that dur
ing tho fiscal year, .ending Juue 30, J18S0,
thera wore certified to railroad companies
under the various grants a total of 425,0-16
acres of land, being a decrease of 404,116
jacr'os as compared with tho precediug year.
General Pmuprovrcii, the conqueror
Of Bosnia, died recently at Prague from
apoplexy. j
' Privy Councilor Krcoer has been
arrested in Berlin, on suspicion of complicity
in the corruption recently unearthed in the
German navy, for which several j naval
officers are now in prison. j
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I John CTiBBg-and'-D&vid' Jirwin, . farmers,
quarrelled over a division of crops near Kan
sas City, Mo., and Erwin shot Gibbs dead.
Later in the day n son of tho murdered man
shot and instantly killed Erwin. j
Chris. Sylvester, and Archie j Cock
burn, while fishing from a rock . teii miles
south of tho Cliff House, San Francisco.,
Cal., were washed off by an immensa wave
and drowned, j
Returns from tho election for j State
Treasurer in Kentucky on the day after in
dicated that Stephen G. Sharp of Lexing
ton, the Democratic nominee, had been
elected by about 30,000 majority.
- A wagou containing a family of five, fa
ther, mothor and three children, was blown
from the road into Black Creek during a
storm at Mitchell, Ind. All five were
drowned. I
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An epidemic of bloody fkir is raging with
fatal effect in Warsaw, Iowa,and Whitehall,
III., and has also appeared in Keokuk, ' Iowa.
Thirty-one deaths have occurred at White
hall, and sixteen at Warsaw. j
' Secretary Windom has directed that all
the Iwnds purchased by the Government
emco July 1 be applied to tho sinking fund
until the requirements for the current fiseiJ
year, estimated at $47,000,000, are met The
amount already applied to this purpose is
$3,0GR,450, of which all but $15,500 was ia
4 1-2 per cent, bonds. - !
The Royal Grants bill was passed by the
British House of Commons. This gives to
Queen Victoria the additional sums of money
that she asked for. j
Hkavt rnins have fallen in certain dis
tricts of Japan. At Amagi 565 houses were
cither washed away or knocked down and
twenty people were drowned. At Hit a 203
houses were washed away and nine people
drowned. j
A terrible riot took place btwem tw-o
factions of the Chinese coolies at Sangkong,
Siam. About five thousand men engaged in
the conflict. Spears and firearms were used
and 900 coolieswere killed.
Tue entire Pacific fleet of the British navy
has gone to the scena of the recent seizure by
the American vessel Rush, on the Bearing
Sea. This was the result of much telegraphic
communication between the admiral in com
mand of the fleet and the Canadian and Im
perial Governments. The fleet that; went
iCorth consists of seven war ships and two
torpedo boats, t-
Two Million Eales ia Texas, j
The Herald of Donison, Tex., says:
'Our canvass of every rart of Texas
fows that the reports of com, cotton and
vhc5trolis have lcen underestimated.
From ncSri5',cveriT com'ty there is cheer
ing news, vih cotton was never' before
seen. Wlu'ata oats arc up to the
average. TroH-tH 2,000,000 bah
of cotton are good, ifft-C weather holds
for a fortniirht lonircr."
At the low nrices received lOar the
cotton crop is worth 48,000,00074"
grets that it cannot all go direct from itV.
irin to Texas mills to be manufacturetl in
stead of being snt to Northern and 'for
eign mills. . !
; The Areas tt Large Cities.1
The following table shows the present
areas approximately of the cities named,
several of them, notably Philadelphia and
Chicago, having benefited by the annexa
tion of suburbs: ' j
Square SlZtt.
Philadelphia ; 12!).33
Mmrxeapohji... ; . 0idO
St. Louis ; 01 37
St. Paul 58.00
Chicago ; 174.75
New York ; 41.50
Brooklyn. ; 20.50
Kansas City , ; ll.Ou
A DESPERATE BAlTliE
Tiic Eypto-Britisli Forces Slanslitea
1500 Soudanese Derrisbes-
General GrenfeU, in cemmand of the com!
binetl British and Egyptian forces, engage
the Soudanese near Toski, Soudan, and comi
pletely routed them. Wa4eWmni, the Sou
danes leader, was kiHtd. The Arab loss wai
15)0 killed and wounded. The Egyptian losi
was slight. . I .
Besides Wad-el-Jumi, the slain on the Aran
side inciade twelve emirs and nearly aU ths
fighting men. Fifty standards were captured
by tho Egyptians. , !
i General GrenfeU marched out of Toski at
5 o'clock in tho morning with a strong reeon
noitrtng force of cavalry and camels and ad
vanced close to tho Arab camp. Making a
feint of retreating he drew tho whole ol
i Wad-el-Jnmi's force to a point within foul
miles of Toski. ;
i Jlwre tha Egyptian infantry were held ia
readiness for an attack, and a general action
was at once begun. The Soudanese made a
gallant defence, but were driven from hill
to hill. The Egyptian cavalry made a suc
cession of - effective charges, In which Wad-el-Jumi
and the emirs wero killed.
( After seven hours of hard fighting the der
vishes were completely routed. Gunboats
followed the scattered remnants of the Arab
force along the river.
i General GrenfeU, in his official report of
the battle, pays that the dervishes made re
pcatyl and desperate charges upon his
men. They were met by the infantry,
in line of battle, supported by the
Twentieth Hussars and thb Egyptian cavalry.
The Egyptian horse artillery did excellent
service. i Tho dervishes numbered three
thousand fighting men. The British troop3
will now return to Cairo,
i Ths latest advices give the Egyptian loss as
seventeen killed and 131 woundod-
Ono
tbousand dervishes were made prisoners.
Important Appointments Made
by
f President Harrison.
J The President made the following ap
pointments:
Edward F. Hobart, of New Mexico, to be
Surveyor-General of New Mexico.
! Joseph v. Ularlc, of Maine, to De .Tension
Agent at Augusta, Maine.
i Calvin G. Townsend, of Michigan, to be
Principal Clerk of Public Lands in the
General Land Office. -
i Isaac P. Conwell, of Indiana, to be Prin
cipal Clerk on Private Land Claims in the
Ueneral Lana umce.
: William T. Harris, of Massachusetts, to be
Commissioner of Education.
i William H. Hart, of Indiana, to be Third,
Auditor of the Treasury,
t John T. Rankin, of Pennsylvania, to ba
ttoputy Auditor .of the Treasury for the Post
offico Department.
I Joseph H. Kibbey, to be Associate Justice
of tho Supreme ; Court of the Territory of
Arizona.
i George W. Jolly, of Kentucky, to be At
torney of the United States for the district
of Kentucky.
i William Grant, of Louisiana, to be Attor
ney of the United States for the eastern dis?
tnct of Louisiana.
; Peter A. Williams, of Florida, to be Mar
shal of the United States for the southern,
district of Florida.
t Walter H. Johnson, of Georgia, to be Col
lector .of Internal Revenue for the district of
Gsorgia.
I Eugene A. Webster, of South Carolina, to
be Collector of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict of &outh Carolina.
t Granville G. Benedict, of Vermont, to fcs
Collector of Customs for the district of Ver
mont.
Henry Hebjng, of New York, to be Collecii
tor of Customs for the district of Genesa,
New York.
Columbus C. Wimbish, of Georgia, is to be
Surveyor of Customs for the port of Atlanta,
Georgia.
1 John F. Patty,? of Louisiana, to be tha
Naval Officer of Customs in the. district of
New Orleans.
i John Ingle, Supervising Inspector of Steam
Vessels for the Sixth District (Louisyiileb
Kentucky). '
A
Grand British Naval Iteview
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Honor of Emperor William.
The arrival of tho Emperor William, of
Germany, at Portsmouth, England, was made
the occasion for one of the grandest, if not the
grandest, naval parades the world has ever
known. According to programme the Prince
of Wales at noon went outside the Solent in his
yacht, the Osborne, to await the arrival of
the German monarch on board the imperial
yacht Hohenzollern. The weather was su
perb. Outside the uerman pquaoron was.
sighted, and the great English men-of-war
took up their positions.
As th& Osborne approached tne rlohenzol-
lern thePrinec of TV ales signaled his greetinga
to the Kaiser, to wijich the latter responded.
The Osborno then accompanied the Hohenzol
lern with her escort through the lines of war
vessels drawn up in parade to receive her.
Every vessel, both German and English, was;
in holiday attire, and tho spectacle, as the
German fleet steamed slowly through the
narrow aisle left between the gayly-decked?
wars-hips the flower of the British navy-
was imposing in the extreme,
i As the imperial yacht-passed each shi
she was saluted by loud huzzas from the tars
spread out upon the yards or ranged upon the
deck, foUowel by tho booming of the ship's
guns, wnicu snoi oui rneir tongues ot liam&
again and a?rain until the Hohenzollern was
hidden by i he smoke. Then other voices took
op tha welcoming huzzas and other cannon
Loomed forth thundnrous greetings.
I Through this gantlet of fire and smok
the llehcnzoli l n passed with the iron
clads Deutseiiiand, .Kaiser, Preusser
and Friedrich' der G rosso and tha
frigate Zieten in her wake. At
Trinity Pier the Kaiser disembarked and
proceeded to Osborne, where ho was en
braced by his grandmother, the Queen. Tho
Emptror dined with the Qiieeu at Osborne
that evening.
The spectacle attracted to the shore of the So
lent hundreds of thousands of people, whil
the water was literally covered with every
conceivable lorm of eraft Iwaring sight
seers, most of which, as didRll of the war ves
es and the transatlantic liners serving as ex
cursion steamers, displayed the German flag.
I Tee Pamell Commission ia London lAsO
jviM lieu uuvu vv LO jet.
The revelfe in Crete is spreading. Risings
are threatened at Sphakia, Retlmo, Milata
and Sidera.
! The Yellow River has again burst its
banks in Shantung, China, inundating anim
niense extent of country. There is twelv
feet of water throughout ten large Gover4
mental districts. The loss of life and prop
,erty is incalculable. The Government au
thorities at Pekin are dismayed.
s Sir John Henry Pulkston, Member ol
English Parliament for Davenport, gave a
dinner in the House of Commons to Robert
jT. Lincoln, the United States Minister, and
Cbsuntvy :l. Depew, of rsew vork.
An Underground Canal 16 Miles Loas.
"The strangest canal in the world."
s.va English clergvman "is one I
clergvman
never saw mentioned in any book or
newspaper. It is a canal 1G raillong,
between Worsley and St. Helens, "in tha
North of England, and is underground
from end to end. In Lancashire the coal
mines are very extensive, half the coun
try Itiug undermined, and many years
go the Duke of Bridgewater managers
ugm i ney coma save money ly trans-
porter uw coai unaeigrouna instead of
on the'srface. So the caml was con
etructed, theriiues connected and drained
at the same timOrdinary canal boats
are used, but the poTSJ i9 furnished by
men. On the roof "of thS011 arch art
cross pieces, and the meiiho do tht
work of propulsion lie on theirbltks oa
the coal, and push with their feet airaisM
the erois bars on" the roof. Six
men wul draw a train of four or five
boats, and as there are two divisions ia
the tunnel, boats pass without difficulty.
GUt-Democrat-
Kansas farms are mortgaged for $285,-
000.000.
THROUGH DIXIE.
SUHMAEY OF SOUTHESH UEW3
Happenings of S Dedal Importance From
Virginia to the Lone Star State.
RORTS CAROLINA.
A waterspout above Patterson, raised
the Yadkin river ten feet in SO minutes.
Great damage was done to the growing
crops and the factory dam at that point.
Jumes D. Manetsby has been appointed
postmaster at Whitcsville.
At Shelby the Cleveland county Veter
ans' Association re-union was largely at
tended. J. W. Gidney was elected pres
ident. An excursion from Lancaster, S.
C.j brought the Lancaster Guards and
the Catawba Rifles of Itock Hill. .
The county and railroad bridge at Wal
nut Cove were washed away and trestles
on the C. F. & Y. V. were damaged by
the heavy floods. The loss is estimated
to be several hundred thousand dollars.
Winston is to have street cars, as the
parties who have been negotiating for
the electric lights have about completed
all arrangements, and will take charge
soon. They will be run by electicity.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
An industrious colored boy, Jackson
Ilieklin, aged 13 years, was on Monday
last, near Hock Hill, found dead with a
pistol ball in his had. Who shot him,
and why, is not known.
Miss Daisy Hampton, daughter of Gen.
Wade Hampton, has entered one of the
New York hospitals to train as a nurse.
Rev. E. F. Flemon, alias John Yeldell,
colored, has been brought from Pitts
burg, Pa., on requisition papers to Col
umbia and there delivered to Sheriff
Cowau, of Richland county.
At Spartanburg, after being out twenty-two
hours, the jury brought in a ver
dict of manslaughter in the case of Tom
Otts. It was a cause of eleven stubborn
men who held until they reached a ver
dict. TENNESSEE.
A Baptist-Mormon war is raging in
Wilson county, Tenn.
All Chattanooga's street railways are to
be run by electricity.
Prof. J. W. Howell, of Rutledge, died
of hydrophobia.
Messrs. Lyerly, Watkjns and Diven,
who own and operate the new electric
railroad system in Chattanooga, which
has been successfully - operated about a
month, have closed the trade with the
city street railway company for a con
trolling interest in that system. The deal
was a big one, the considefation being
about $450,000. The city street railway
company owns and operates about twen
ty-one miles of street railway, using i
thirty-five cars and operating five dififer
ent lines running into different parts of
the city, The new company will discon
tinue the use of horse power as soon as
possible and adopt, electricity on all the
lines. Ten miles of extension of the two
lines are already under contract and arc
being pushed to completion.
GEUKGIA.
A freight train was wrecked on the
Atlanta and West Point railroad Monday
night near West Point, when the fireman
was killed and the engineer injured,
though not seriously. A cross-tie had
been fastened to the track by train
wreckers, with the intention of wrecking
a passenger train, but a freight came
alonsr first. .
The veterans of the 3d Georgia regi
ment, in re-union at Fort Valley, had for
the guests a detachment of the 0th New
York Volunteers, whom they had met
during the war. The reception was cor
dial. ?
viuraNiA.
The gross earnings of the Norfolk and
Western railroad for June show, an in
crease of $6-5,140.42.
The bright tobacco, crop near Danville J
has been injured by too much rain.
Jake Kilrain, the pugilist, and wife and
child, are reported to have gone to Cobb's
Island from Hampton to recuperate.
A telegram from tlie Warm Springs,
announces the sale of the Warm, lot and
Healing Springs properties to a company
composed in large part of Chesapeake fe
Ohio Railway. It is a separate organi
sation, of course, but ld. Drexel and
others, who are large owners of - the
Chesapeake & Ohio stock and bonds, are
prominent in the Springs company, and it
is understood that the plan of develop
ment includes a branch road from Cov
ington to the springs.
On Saturday afternoon the special
grand jury empanelled by the Bedford
county court to investigate the recent
disastrous wreck at H'haxton, Va., on the
Norfold and Western railroad, completed
its report, entirely exonerating the rail
road company from all blame in the
premises.'
FLORIDA
A delegation of sixteen representative
business men of Chicago arrived at Tam
pa, where they were as guests of that
city, in the interest of establishing direct
trade relations between Chicago and
South and Central America by means of
steamship line from Tampa.
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A subterranean passajje has been dis
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covered in the Sante Fe River, near High
bpnngs, Fla. A sKt about fourteen feet
in diameter has no bottom, apparantly,
and water in the locality is unlike that
surrounding it, having a decidedly bluish
cast.
William Gaskins, colored, was hanged
at Deland, for the murder of his wife a
year ago.
OTOEBSTATBS.
Forty skilled metal 'Workers, many of
them men with families, have left New.
Haven, Ct., to go to .work at Florence
Ala. These are all men of experience
and ounring in their special work, that
of lock-making, and will be a great ad
dition to the industrial family of Ala
bama. It has ben learned that parties have
recently been sprinkling salt on the track
of the East Birmingham dummy line so
as to entice cows to come and get killed,
thereby giving the owner an opportunity
to get good damages. Birmingham, Ala.t
Chronicle.
Dairy schools, at a cost not exceeding
$25,000 a year, have increased Denmark's
butter export in twenty years from
J $5,100,000 of poor quality to $13,000,000
The courtof Pope Leo is said to com
prise 1160 perQus, nearly five hundred
of whom bear tbeitle of Chamberlain.
He has twenty nrivatevecTetaries in bis
employ.
Appealing to Got. Lee For Aid.
Gov. Lee, of Virginia, received a letter
from Commonwealth's Attorney Moore of
Patrick county appealing for aid in pun
ishing deperadoes who are guilty of law
less acts along the North Carolina and
Virginia border. The letter says:
' "Last Sunday, while religious worship
was being conducted in the county near
the North Carolina line, one John Smith
shot oil a pistol near a spring, remarking
that if he and his companions had some
more whiskey they would take the
preacher from the pulpit and have some
fun. J.W.Griggs, an officer, went to
the spring, and finding John Smith with
a pistol in his hand, ordered his arrest.
After a severe struggle Smith was dis
armed and given in charge of an officer.
As soon as he was placed under arrest he
began calling in a loud voice for his com
rade, William Smith, to come to his res
cue and shoot the rascal. William
Smithy, who was but a short distance oft,
came running with a pistol in his hand
andopened fire on the persons havingJohn
Smith in custody. Bystanders attempted
to arrest him, and during the struggle
William Smith shot a young man who had
hold of him three times, twice in the arm
and once through the shoulders. Griggs
was shot through the bowels and died
the next day. John Smith is now in jail.
William Smith escaped across the Vir
ginia line to his home about eight miles
distant . The fellows belong to a faniily
of moonshiners living along the Virginia
and North Carolina line, who have long
defied the law, and have been guilty of
many crimes in both States."
Gov. Lee will take proper action in the
matter.
An Appeal From the Indiana
Richmond, Va., Aug. 5. Among Gov
ernor Lee's callers were delegations repre
senting the Pamunky and Mattaponi In
dians, who came to have a talk with him
about certain rights possessed by those
tribes on their reservations. It seems that
none but those who are of pure Indian
blood, have any right under the treaty to
reside on such reservations and the dele
gation called the attention of the Gov
ernor to the fact that there are now on
their reservation persons who haye negro
blood in their veins and aro not entitled
to reside on their reservation according to
the law.
The Governor assured the Indians that
he would take the matter under consid
eration and see that all the rights possess
ed by them under the law should be ac
corded them.
Appropriations Eeoommended for North
and South Carolina Waters.
A supplemental report has been made
by Capt. F. V. Abbott to the Chief of
Engineers at Washington, D. C, upon
Carolina rivers and harbors. In the work
on Charleston harbor it is contemplated
the construction of two jetties from Mor
ris and Sullivan Islands. Built up to low
water mark, these jetties are estimated to
cost $4,380,500; to three feet above low
water, $5,345,800. There has been ex
pended $1,473,669. For next year $750,
000 is recommended.
For other improvements, Capt. Abbott
recommended the following sums : Lum
ber River, N. C , $30,000; Mingo Creek,
S. C, $12,000; Clear Creek, $5,0Cvi;
Edisto River, $15,00Q; Great Pedee
River, $50,000; Santee River, $20', 000;
Wateree River, $12,500; Congaree River,
$39,500 ; Wappoo Cut, $55,000; Wrcca
maw River. North Carolina and South
Carolina, $75000,
A Cousin of Stonewall Jackson.
non. Edmond B. Fairfield, D. D., LL.
D., recently appointed by President Har
rison as consul to Lyons, is a Virginian
by birth and cousin to "Stonewall" Jack
son. He was early imbued with aboli
tion principles and graduated from Ober
lin College iu 1842. He was the first
president of Hillsdale College, Michigan,
a place which he held for twenty-one
years. While occupying this position he
was elected Lieutenant Governor of thP
State. Several times he was candidate
for Congress and for the United States
Senate for Michigan, but his removal to
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xiLUKinnit L ucluuiu llluuttilUI Ul 111V
State University took him out of the field
of active politics. He returned to Michi
gan in lbba. He is an accomplished
linguist in French, German, Portuguese
and Italian, besides, biug cYassic&l
scholar.
Kelics or Hie Johnstown Disaster.
With very few exceptions, all the Ne
Vork "boys" of the press who did dutj
it Johnstown brought back relics of thl
eventful trip. Among a collection which
happened to see was a gravure type oi
the Madonna. The fiood had evidentlj
torn the picture from the frame, but thl
face was not marred in. tho least. Thl
relic was pasted upon a large white sheet
of cardboard, and the whole piece s
framed that the ragged and torn edgei
were visible. Among the same collectioi
was a marble which had been taken fronj
the little hand of "a dead child which th
reporter had stumbled over the first night
he spent in the village. A more interest
ing souvenir, but one fraught with mort
sad recollections, is the silver half dollar
wrapped in a piece of brown paper, upo?
which wa3 written the following gen,
tences: "Three and a half .pounds ol
brown sugar, one pound of starch ; yeas!
cake." The handwriting was that of "i
woman, and the coin and paper weri
tightly clinched in the hand of a twelve
year-old girl, whose body was found haK
buried ia the sand.
A Sweet Potato Treat.
A sweet potato trust is the latest form
of combination. Baltimore, Md., is the
greatest market for the sweet potato, and
recently prices, especially in the wost,
has been so low as to make dealers ap
prehensive. To the end of regulating
the business there has been incorporated
the Sweet Potato Supply Company at
Baltimore for buying and selling sweet
potatoes. The capital stock" is S22.0C0.
L divided into 220 shares. The president
is J. II. Seward. This year's crop is said
to be large.
Missouri is down on trusts, according
to the New York Voice. A law has been
passed making every agreement or under
standing to fix prices or restrict produc
tion a j conspiracy punishable by hear
fines and forfeiture of franchises.
According to the latest figures, naoro
gold is produced ia Montana alone than'
in all the South African gold fields. Hie
present output of Montana is at the- rate
jfct $7,000,000 annually; $4,750,000 an
the figures for South Africa,
The nresent norjulation of New Vorlr
city is estimated at 1,500,000, and tka I
A MTSTEBI0US CASE.
A Noted Colored "Woman Poisoned to Get
Her Money.
Lucinda Bedford, the richest negro in
Tennessee, and well known by everybody
in Nashville, and her niece, -Emily Per
son, was mysteriously poisoned Friday
morning, but by whom there is absolutely
notlewT They lived in the Bedford wo
man's house on Vine street m Nashville.
Lucinda Bedford was the mistress of a
white man who died many years ago,
leaving her all his property, which
amourfts to $75,000. Last April she had
two thousand dollars stolen from her and
has siuce had her niece with her. The
coffee tasted peculiar and Lucinda drank
only a small amount, her niece drinking
about half a cup. Both were taken
violently sick and at once summoned a
physician who found tho coffee heavily
charged with arsenic. " The niece died at
half past three in great agony, but tho
older woman will be saved. Lucinda
Bedford is eighty-seven years old, Emily
Person was sixty-five. There is no clew
to the perpetrators, but it is believed to
have been some of her numerous relatives
who are anxious to get her money or some
one who knew of Her habit of keeping
large sums of money hidden about the
house.
The mystery was solved by the discov
eries of a detective, and the subsequent
confession of one of the parties arrested,
from which it appears that the poison was
net intended for those who received it.
A search of Lucy Bedford's premises re
sulted in the finding of the paper in which
the arsenic had been wrapped. This
bore he name of a druggist on the cor
ner above the residence, and from him it
was learned that the poison had been sold
to Catherine Small the daj hefore the
poisoning. When, confronted with these
facts O.ierine Small broke down and
confefciScfd that she had put the poison in
the coffee. She protested, however, that
she only intended to poison the cook,
Gracie Hunter.
Louisiana $ice Crop,
One of the most remarkable as well as
interesting features of tne present crop
situation is the condition of the rice crop.
It will be remembered that some time ago
it was feared that the rice yield of the
present year would amount to barely half
a crop owng to the abandonment of a
large 'number of fields on account of the
unusually low stage of water in the river
and the prevailing dought, which ren
dered successful cultivation of the ques
tion where planters were not provided
with the means of securing artificial irri
gation. Even where pumps were at hand
the uncommonly low stage of water ruade
pumping very costly, and, spmc planters,
after pumping for weeks, finally were
compelled to abandon their crops.
Owing to these causes it was generally
supposed that the yield would be very
light, and many in the rice trade predict
ed a shortage of fully 50 per cent. Dur
ing the few weeks, however, there has
been a considerable rise in the river and
copious rains alsft benefitted the fields
Under these favoring circumstances ric
made wonderful progress and late plant
ings were particularly benefitted. Many
plaanters who have abandoned their
fields were encouraged to take them in
hand again with the most gratifying re
sults,. According to the present appearances,
the crop is in splendid condition, and
with a good bar vest sen-son there is every
reason to believe that the yield w;U come
up fully to the average oi recent years.
The decrease in acreage in the river rar
ishea he? beefl'rnpre than compensated by
the increased plantings in Calcasieu and
in the Attakapas, from all which sections
reports are j encouraging as could w ell
be. -New Orlmn Picayune.
An Aerwiant Falls 700 Feet.
The final exercises at the Mt.. Holly, N.
C. Fair were to be concluded by the as
cension in a balloon and descent by the
aid of a parachute by Prof. W. . Perry.
The ascent was beavdtfuijy made, and
as the balloon shot into the sky like a
rocket, a roar o,f applause went from the
assembled crowd. The balloon mount
ed the skies swift as an arrow, the gal
lant aeronaut smiling and laughing from
his perch on the trapeze below the par
achute amid the the cheering crowd.
But soon the cheering was changed to a
cry of horror. All that the eye could
see was a cloud of escaping gas, and the
aeronaut unconscious of nis peril.
"Shoot, " shoot, somebody, for God's
sake," cried his partner, in a frenzy, and
in a trice a number of revolvers were
fired to warn him of the danger. But
the aeronaut "was not sleeping. The
heavy gas bag fell over the side of the
parachute, and in spite of Perry's vain
efforts to free it, turned it on one 6ide,
the weight of the bag bearing man and
machine at a fearful, rate to. the ground.
The parachute opened beautifully, but
too hampered to do more than ease the
fall. With a dull thump it struck the
ground falling 700 feet in about ten
seconds. .
Prof. Perry will recover but will not
make another ascent soon. He has made
over 500 ascensions and has, leen injured
but once before. The parachute is the
invention of his partner, J. N. Fisk, and
has never failed. He has a"wife and two
children in Birmingham, Ala,, and is the
only Southern-born balloonist in the pro
fession. Ie intended to give an exhibi
tion at Greenville, S.-C, next Wednes
day,, but Mr. Fisk will make the attempt
in his stead.
A Remarkable Cyclone "Relic.
E. 8. Wilson, a blacksmith of Ozark,
Ifo., has a relic of the Marshfteld cyclone,
which occurred on Sunday, April 18,
1880, that is a very remarkable curiosity.
The witness of one of .the freaks of the
great storm is a black quart bottle, bent
by tome mysterious force iato an ellipse
without a crack or break in the' glass
that the closest scrutiny can discover.
The neck of the bottle actually touches
the edge of the bottom,' and the fact that
the glass was not broken In any way by
the strange force of the storm is shown
by the test of its holding water or any
other fluid. By gradually turning the
bottle as the water is poured in, it can be
nearly filled to ita full capacity, so as to
show the perfect soundness of tho mate
rial. This bottle was found by Mr. Wil
son the day after the Marshfield disaster
and examined by Prof. Tice, who soon
came to the scene of destruction to. study
the phenomena of the cyclone from a
scientific standpoint. The famous mete
orologist attributed the bending of tho
bottle to the force of electricity. Tha
bottle was found in the wreck of one of the
Marshfield drug-stores. Mr. Wilson has
been offered extravagant prices for the
J relic. Bt.LovU Qldhe-DmocTt,
curiuaiiy, dui declines to part with tha
HOUSEHOLD AFFAnJ
To restore the whiteness trt
died knives, wash with01?"!
and lukewarm water; then wi
Soak them occasionally in 51
that has been boiled and alwl?0 5
Let the handles lie f or an W 3
and then remove them and w ?
say with a nail brush. AfteV?v
a clean linen towel, dip it in
squeeze it out, and while wet
around the handles, leaving twP 1
dry gradually, as,-if dried fc?
out of the alum water theySi13
J? ..K Proper managed,
will whiten them. X0 Torljg
TO CXEAK THE PoT3.'
- The natural color of iron is !
little care will keep iron vek tv 1
.or. If .they are black it is becanj5
are dirty. It is a good plan,
ly, if you must use ironware iastr
lighter vessels, to plunge such arbVu14
baking-pans, spiders, griddles eJr ?
water, with one tablespoonfnl of J'
each gallon of water, cover closei
cook them for two hours. Then i'
one at a time and wash each piece h'
it dries. You will be amazed
changed condition of your wares, ti
time you do it, unless you are one to
10,000 of our hou.ekeepcrs Koil
ton tar.
. CAnrETs ajo nros.
The hygienic disadvantages of earnrt.
dust have been considerably OTerratoH
In the homes of wealthy Tbiki
lung diseases aro almost unkco'sra, er?
sitting-roam and bed-room is oftea h?
nishod with the heaviest woolen carpets
which are rarely removed oftenertS
once in three years. Dust, under thai
circumstances, can hardly be aToidti!
but of such impurities our respLratori
organs seem able to rid themselrej by(
mere sifting process, and the true li
bane is, indeed, not dust, but the sat
poison of vitiated gases. The saahu,
statistics of European cities prove tb3
teamster work, and even street-wepia
are by no means incompatible withC
evity. Still, in rooms where dusthS
to accumulate, movable rugs are, ca tin
whole, preferable to large carpets, vhici,'
indeed, they have begun to superced U
the model parlors of many sanitary estal.
lishments. Felix L. Oswald, M. D. s
FRUITS LNJUKED BY BLSACHTXO. ,
Bleaching dried fruits has beccea
quite common, but no good reason caa be
given for the, practice. They look whit
if bleached so docs tho fanners hiy-i
but the quality or natural fruit-flavor ii
always injured by the process. It if
done chiefly in evaporators, by ad&iij
sulphur or brimstono when the fruit
partly dried. The history ot its orkia
is uncertain. Some one began it, aaiu
it pleased those commission dealers ui
cocks who prefer whiteness to qualitrj
bleached fruit had a boom in price, aaj
other evaporator owners felt obliged to
follow. In some places there is. already
a reaction. The quality of the green frrnt
can be told pretty well if it is of the oatih
ral color, but not if it is bleached. Zn4
poratcd fruit Is preferable to most sun ct
slow dried, as it is cleaner and, in damp
weather, much less likely to injury in
drying. In future, intelligent- &nd otw
serving consumers will patronize evaporv
tor owners who do not bleach their truitl
Joel W.Smith, AT. Z., JTv YVrK
Tribune.
CREAMS.
a delicious
Creams aro
dessert for
summer, being light and refreshing, and
and have the merit of being very easSy
prepared. Creams should be ice cold
when " served. They may bo flavored
with anything desired fruits, tbocolatej
coffee or tea. Cakes should always bi
served with creams. "
Neapolitan Cream Make custard of I
pint of rich milk, the yolks of 6evencg
and an ounce of sugar. Let cool. Vd
up a quarter of a pound of preserved
gingery cook it in a little of tho eyropj
let cool; put "two ounces of dried
cherries around the sides of a mold;
cover with a little melted jelly; cut thy
slices of gelatine jelly in strips andb
round, between and sides. Whip half
pint of cream, into which stir one ounce
of gelatine (melted) ; add with the gini
ger to the custard. Pour in the molds;
set on icei wlien cold and firm turn oul
and serve.
Coffee Cream Make a pint of ricli
custard; dissolve one ounce of gelstiu
and three ounces of sugar ia a small cop
of very strong coffee; add tho enstsri
and strain. Whip half a pint of cream J
stir with the custard ; let cool and potff
in. a mold and set on ice to liarden.
Strawberry Cream Take a pint ol
ripe strawberries, put them on a sievei
and cover with tugar; dissolve two
ounces of gelatine put three ounces of
sugar and the juice of a lemon, and H
on fire to heat. Strain tho strawberries;
add the gclaline; let cool; stir in half
pint of whipped. crc-ua; pour in a mol
and set on ice to .form. . Ila?plrrieiw
currants or other small fmit may be used
ia place of tho strawberries. ,
Pistache Cream Dissolve half 3
ounce of gelatine with thrco ounces of
sugar in half a pint of water; add tha
juice of one lemon and two orang
whip half a pint of cream. When tie
gelatin begins to thicken stir it in witi
three ounces of pistacLin nuts, blanched
and chopped - fine: set on ice and stir
lightly until it begins to thicken. i
Almond Cream Melt half an ounce d
gelatine in a small teacup of boiling
water, with half a teacup of sugar; grs&j
four ounces of almond paste into it, sd
stir over a kettle of boiling water uatd
dissolved; let cool; whip a pint of cream,
aad stir Ughtiy ; flavor tho gelatine strocf
It "wth lemon j set on ice. Covrier
X Great Engineering Text.
"Work has been resumed on the tuat&l
under North River. On the New Jersy
side 100 men are now engaged, sad
preparations are well advanced for pro
cutmg the excavations from the New Tort
end. Soon 800 to 1O00 men will he bu3ed
day and .night in pushing to its comple
tion what will thea be hailed as the rap
illustrious . engineering triumph of thl
aire -AVw Tori TcUaram.
Carp Escaping From Heat.
A barn burned south of Crawf ordsville,
Ind., the other day. Near it was a pond
tocked with carp, and the fire heated ths
water so that the fish leaped ut of ti
"water on to the bank at a point farthess
from the burning building while tryuy
to escape from the excessive heat. Cii
cinnqti Enguircr. ..
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