firvson Giiy, H. C.
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
GLEANINGS FROM MANY POLXTS.
Important Happenings, Both Home
and Foreign, Briefly Told.
Southern News Items.
The rivers'" arc overflowing in Mis
sissippi, Texas and Arkansas.
"Work has been begun on the new
Tennessee penitentiary near Nash
ville Mr. Geo. Nicholson, one of the pro
prietors of the New Orleans Picayune,
dicfl of pneumonia.
An effort is being made to remove
the capital'of Mississippi from Jackson
hrtha ritv nfierintr the rrreatest in-
.li. 4..
The lower house in the South Caro
lina General Assembly has passed the
bill allowing the State treasurer to
lend the State sinking fund as he saw
fit. .
' Senator L. B. Morgan, at Nashville,
Term., was shot by a man named
Laport, but his life was saved by an
Atlanta Constitution which was folded
up in his pocket.
In Montgomery, Ala., the Mont
gomery, Tuscaloosa k. Memphis Kail
, road was soliTand was bid in at $300,
000 by Col. IT. . Tompkins for the
bondholder's. There are outstanding
88C9,t)00 in bonds'. ,
The South Carolina Legislature has
elected W. O. Tatiim, of Orangeburg,
IS. P. II. Garris, , of Colleton, and J.
H. Brackwell as members of
the penitentiary board. Willoughby's
successor was elected, but Willoughby's
name was not mentioned for the place.
Northern News Notes.
At LincolD, Neb., President Mills, of
the Stnto Iiank of Republican City,
was arrested for embezzlement.
At Whiting, Ind., Hungarians and
Poles, embitterred by troubles of live
years' standing, engaged in a riot,
which was quelled after three had been
killed and two injured.
The Cashier of the Standard Oil
Company at Kansas City wa9 held up
by a highwayman on the street in day
light and robbed of $545. The high
wayman was captured and the money
recovered.
AVashlngton.
Secretary Carlisle rejected all the
Lids for the marble work, eto., of the
Birmingham, Ala., public building as
being excessive.
Tho Internal Revenue Commission
er has declined to make a ruling pro
hibiting the enclosing of pictures, etc.,
in cigarette packages.
- i '
i Foreign.
The Liborals in the next session of
the British Parliament will, it is said,
favor arbitration of the Anglo-United
States Venezuelan trouble.
Ecuador through her minister at
Washington urges a congress of rep
resentatives of all the American repu li
lies to bo held in Mexico on August
10th to perpetuate the Monroe! doctrine
on this continent. j
The London Chronicle learns from
good- authority that a partial settle
'ment between Great Britain and Ven
ezuela has been effected or is on the
verge of being effected. It adds that
tho settlement refers to tho Yuruan
affair.
The Swiss Federal Council has de
cided that tho President of the Con
federation may nominate an arbitrator
in the Bering Sea dispute between
Great Britain ard America, in accord
ance with the agreements between the
governments of those countries.
Th .question of admitting an Ameri
can dispatch boat into tho Bosphorns
is still pending. The Porte does not
.contest the right of the United States
to have a vessel there but regards the
present moment as not fitting for its
admission. It is remarked that since
Minister Terrell's vigorous action in
, behalf of the American missionaries
the court circulars have mentioned him
as the sole guest at court jlinners.
Miscellaneous.
Orange growing in Arizona is de-
. clared to have passed the experimental
stage, and will become an important
industry in the Territory. This year's
Crop in the Salt Iliver.Valley, where
mo8$ of the experimental groves are
situated, is large and of excellent qual
ity. The Arizona oranges ripen some
what earlier than those in southern
California.
7
CONGRESS ACTS ON CyBA.
Rather Weak, but Still an Indication
xitthe Feeling of the United
States.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
agreed to report the Cuban resolution . Tbe
resolution doesn't go quite so lar as to re
commeud recognition, but is more emphatio
than the extention of sympathy, as follows:
Resolved by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, that the present de
plorable war In the island ot Cuba bas
reaohed a-maguitude concerning all civilised
nations to the extent that it should be con
ducted, if unhappily it is longer to continue,
on those principles, and laws of warfare
acknowledged to be obligatory upon civtlized
nations engaged in open hostilities, inclufc.
lag the treatment of captives enlisted in
either army; due respect to the cartels for
the exchange of prisoners and for other pur
poses, truce, flags of truce, provision of pro
per hospitals, hospital supplies and services
to the sick and wounded of either army.
IlesQlved further, that this representation of
views of the opinion of. Congress be sent to
the President and' If he concurs therein that
he will in a friendly spirit use the good
offices of the government -to the end that
Bpaln be.requested to accord the armies with
Which she is engaged In war, the rights of
belligerent the same as are recognized under
the law of nations. .
The granite pedestals for the eques
(trian stamps of General Winneld Scott
Uaueock and General George !. Meade,
to bo t-rected oil the Gettysburg battle
lieldt have beeu shipped from tin quar
ries at Westerly. It. 1. The pedestal
. for the Meade statue consists of three
large stones weighing In the neiglibor
kwd of seremy-Hjug tojis.
BILL AliP'S LETTER.
HE ADJURES THE HEROISM OF
A BRAVE GIRL.
A Visit to the Orange Groves-The
Return Home.
It was raining hard and the wind
was driving it at an angle of 45 de
grees, when I was aroused from my
reverie by the stea jier's signal that we
were going to stop for something.
Looking out from the open door, I
ear the same female mail boyj of Pal
maroea that I wrote about last time.
She was some distance up the coast,
and had just pushed her little boat
from shore and was rowing with all
her strength against the wind and
waves and the drifting rain, So as to
meet the boat that was slowing up in
the middle of the channel. Up and
down over the heavy billows she plied
her oars. Her back was to us, her
head was bare, her hair hung loosely to
her shoulders. She was clad in a loose
shirtwaist, with sleeves that fitted
closely to her shapely arms. Ever and
anon she glanced behind to see that
her course was right, and shook the
water from her tresses. Grace Dar
ling could not have rowed more
6wiftly, and in a few ' min
utes she, had neared alongside, where
the mate stood at the gangway
with his long, hooked pole in hand to
catch the prow and hold it fast until
the had exchanged Uncle Sam's
pouches. I looked at her with anxious
interest as she stepped up lightly on
the plank seat, and with a pleasant
smile, tofS9d the mail into the open
way. The mate threw another pouch
down to her, and faid, "Why dident
you wear a hat and put on some
elothes, Miss Grace! You will catch
your death with cold." "Oh, no," she
paid, "I like it; it is splendid fun,"
nd she shook the .raindrops from her
hair again. I had a good look at her
nut-brown face as she receded from ue,
and would have thrown her a kiss if I
could have called back forty or
fifty years. "She is a good, bravo
girl," said the captain, "and is not
afraid to earn her $25 a month and
help tho family. Bain or shine, she
never fails to meet the daily boat just
at the right time and in the right
place."
I had been down to Manatee and
Braidentown to see what the great
freeze of last winter had done to the
oranges. I found that most of the
crop had been gathered and marketed,
but the boats still take on a few more
boxes every day. The crop was not a
full one, but brought about five times
as much per box as it did the year be
fore. The fruit was never finer in
size or more luxurious in flavor. One
orange was given me that measured 18
inches in circumference, and it was not
puffy or overly thick in the rind. The
growers realized about $2.75 per box,
and those that have been held back are
now bringing $3. As a rule the best
groves belong to residents. Non-residents
got discouraged last year at 50
cents a box and quit fertilizing and
quit paying a man to look after their
property. Consequently, you will see
many groves that have been practi
cally abandoned, but right alongside
you will see a grove in perfect and
vigorous condition. "An orange
grove," said Sheriff Watson, "requires
as much nursing as a baby, but it will
reward you if you care for it." The
clever sheriff took me out to see the
Boyal Palm nurseries that are conduct
ed by Mr. Reasoner and son. The
young man was kind and courteous
and I wondered at his enthusiasm as
he explained everything and discoursed
of the beautiful tropical plants, and
talked botany and floriculture, much
of which was all Greek to me. ? He
gave me clippings of coffee and tea and
rubber and camphor and cinnamon
and other exotics and showed me orders
from the north and west1 and from
across the water. If I was a young man
I would pursue this business for one
reason if for no other. 1 haye observed
that all florists are enthusiasts about
their calling. They love it and are happy.
Look at Mr. Berckmans of (Augusta
what a noble, earnest man he is.
Just think how much pleasure his
fruits and flowers have given the peo
ple, especially the wives and daughters
all over this southland of ours. How
intensely he studies nature and how
extensively he diffuses knowledge over
his adopted country ! He has neither
tinio nor inclination for politics. He
hankers after no office, he has no quar
rels with mankind, but is happy in
communing with nature and nature's
God. I would rather know what he
knows than to be learned in any other
profession. Besides all this, horticul
ture is a profitable business and brings
its surerewards. These Reasoners be
gan on a small scale and from year to
year have enlarged their plant and now
are financially independent. I looked
into the depot at Bradentown and saw
boxes of their trees and plants waiting
for the boat, and some of . them were
marked to' Nebraska and Mich'gan.
Their palms and ferns and acacias go
to Boston and New York, where they
are wanted for funerals and fetes and
weddings. I They can get $50 for the
leaves of a single plant.
In company with Judge Cornwell I
visited Manatee, which is only three
miles from Bradentown, and is the
oldest town on the river. The country
between the two is thickly settled and
is ornamented with orange groves and
date palms and other tropical trees.
At the beautiful home of Mr. Adams,
of Boston, I saw more beautiful birds
than I have ever 6een in all my life.
The veranda was full of cages large
cages, six feet square and six feet high,
and in them he had pairs of most
every fancy kind to be found in the
wo. Id. Strange to say, they wers a
happy family irom the tm.-.s. linnets
to tne paroquets. In other cages he
had rabbits and guinea pigs, and there
were doves and quails and pigeons and
pheasants from South America and
Honolulu and the isles of the sea. He
has been a great traveler and has
brought treasures from every country.
I never saw at any fair 6uch beautiful
f owls, nor so many of them as those that
grace his grounds. There was only one
thing lacking to make his home com
plete, and that was children little
girls and boys to brighten up the pict-
tire. ot far away from Manatee lathe
old castle, the tumbling walla of a once
stately mansion that was built of con
crete away back in the 40s. Spacious
halls and spacious rooms up stairs and
down, broad verandas without floors
and windows without sash, wild orange
trees and palmettoes crowding the walls
and a wilderness almost impenetrable
around. Surely this must be the place
where Hood wrote "The Haunted
House" "O'er all there hung , a
shadow and a fear." Mr. Braden, for
whom the town and a river is named,
lived in it like a prince until the In
dians drove him from it For a long
time he and his family and his slaves
successfully defended it by firing from
every window,but they carried off every
thing he had outsiae, and he was
forced to abandon his beautiful and
costly homestead. How little do we
know of the brave deeds, the sufferings
and perils of the pioneers of Florida I
If tradition is to be believed, there is
not a country or a township in all this
region, from Pensacola to Charlotte
harbor, that is not consecrated by the
blood of the early settlers. It took
thirty millions of money and . twenty
thousand soldiers first and last to sub
due 6,000 Indians, under the lead of
Osceola and other chiefs.
But I must leave fair Florida for a
time and go home to comfort the bet
ter half of the family. It is hard on
tie old people to have to run after the
children.but it won't last much longer
our time is almost out, our journeys
will soon be ended, and we will have
to trust them to the keeping of a par
ent who doeth all things well. Bill
4bp in Atlanta Constitution.
niK FI FT Y-FOURTH CONGRESS.
A Synopsis of the Proceedings of Both
Houses.
THE SENATE.
In the Senate on Tuesday Mr. Morrill,
chairman of the finance committee, reported
back from that committee the House bill,
"to temporarily increas-J revenue to meet the
expenses of the government and provide
against a deficiency," with an amendment
to strike out all after the enacting clause
to insert in lieu thereof the froo coinage
substitute adopted by the Senate lust (Satur
day. Among the numerous bills reported and
placed on the calendar were the lollowing :
Granting a pension of S100 a month to the
widow of Gen. Thomas Ewing; also a pension
of 1100 a month to the widow of the Into
Walter Q. Gresham ; the Military Academy
appropriation bill; the general pension ap
propriation bill; the bill to prevent
the desecration of the national Hag.
Mr. Turpie introduced a joint resolution to
amend the constitution so as to have United
States Senators elected by a direct vote of
the several Slates. After a brief executive
session the Senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY.
During the morning i.our in the Senate,
when reports of committees were called for,
Mr. Morgan reported from tli-' committee on
foreign relations a substitute for the couch -rent
resolution reported from the same com
mittee on the 29th of January in relation to
Cuba. The substitute was read as follows:
"Resolved by the Senutc(the House of repre
sentatives concurring). Tha', in tho opinion
of Congress, a condition of public war exists
between the government ot Spain and the
government proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force of arms by the people of
Cuba; and that the Uuited States of America
should maintain a strict neutrality between
the contending powers and accord to each all
tho rights of bellgerents in the ports and ter
ritory of tho United States."
The uiplomatic appropriation bill was re
ported and placed on tho calendar.
The joint resolution ns to seeds was then
laid before the Senate. It was reported from
the committee on agriculture on the lflili of
January, and it directs the Secretary of Ag
riculture to carry into effect the provisions
of the appropriations act for the current lis
calyear forthe purchase and distribution of
valuable seeds and for the printing, publica
tion and distribution of farmer's bullctius.
The joint resolution went over without action
and the rest of the day was spent in the dis
cussion of the resolution to distribute tho ap
propriation bills among the several commit
tees having charge of the subject matter. The
resolution did not reach a vote.
TUfRSDAV.
The matter of greatest public concern in
aonneetion with the proceedings of the Senato
when it-met Thursday, was the disposition
to be made of the resolution to re-commit
the House tariff bill, with the free coinage
substitute, to the finance committee with in structions
to report them back as separate,
propositions. After soino debate the resolution
was agreed to.
The Sonate passed without division, de
bate or amendment, the bill passed by the
House Wednesday to prevent prize fightings
in tha Territories.
Resolutions of iuquiry were offered, and
agreed to, in relation to the bond bids opened
at tbe Treasury, aud in relation to discrimi
nation against" American ta tie, meld, and
other agii-mltural pr. ducts ty the govern
ments of Germany, France. Belgium and
Denmark. The remainder of the dav'.
session wa; given to tbe consideration of the
resolution for the distribution of the general
appropriation bills. The matter went over
withour final action.
FRIDAY
Friday's session of tbe Senate presented
me interesting features.
Senator If rye, of Maine, was chosen Presi
dent pro tewi.
The resolution to distribute the appropri
ation bills anions several committees was
practically defeated by being referred to the
committee on rules with instructions to re
port it back on the first Monday in December
next
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
THE HOUSE.
In the Hon -e Monday the army appropri
ation bil. for the eomiug fiscal year was re
ported. A iifl was passed granting right of
wav through the Choctaw nation to the
Arkansas " A Ch ctaw Railroad Com
pany. The Senato free coinage substi
tute' for the House bond bill was
received and referred, under the rules,
to the committee on ways and means.
A m-ssar from the President asking n iea
sonable appropriation for the families of
four Italians killed last spring in Colorado
was referred to the committee on appropria
tions. A oill was offered amending exist
ing law so as to permit national banks to is
sue currency to the par value of bonds
depositpd. When currency is issued to the
banks the, Secretary of the Treasury is di
rected to redeem and cat. eel a corresponding
amount of legal tenders Should no le
gal tenders be presented for redemp
tion, then the Secretary directed to redeem
and cancel notes issued under the Sherman
act. To carry out the provisions of this bill
the Secretary is authorised to issue a 3 per
cent, gold bond, payable in 20 years, to be
sold as occasion requires. The bill also re
duces from 1 per cent, to one-fourth of 1 per
cent, the tax on national bank circulation.
On Tuesday the ways and means com
mittee in the House reported, with a
recommendation that the House do not con
cur in iiie Senate substitute therefor, the
bill passed last December authorizing
the issue bonds to protect the gold reserve
and to provide against temporary deficiencies
in the revenue. Mr. Crisp stated that
the report was not a unanimous one that
the minority of the committee urged the
House to accept the Senate's free silver
coinage substitute. No action was taken
By "unanimous consent a cumber of measures
were considered and passed, among them a
House bill authorizing the appointment of
commissioners to treat with the Shoshone,
Arapahoe and Bannock Indians in Wyoming
and Idaho for the surrender of any rights
claimed by them, under treaties with the
United States, to hunt upon occupied public
lands. This bill grew , out ot tne out
I break at Jackson's Hole last summer.
The following bill was favorably reported:
j 'That section 3U9 of the Revised Statutes be
, amende ! so as to read as follows: When
; ever any person knowingly sells or keeps on
hand for sale, ships, transports, or removes
any spirituous or fermented liquors or wines,
whether foreign or domestic, in bottles, casks
; or other packages, under aay other than
the nroDer name or brand known to the
to the
iitv of
other
a such
i trade as designating the kind and qua!
the contents oi the bottles, casts or
tackaces containing the same, or causes such
act to be done, he shall forfeit the said liq
; oars or wines and botties, or oiuer
images M t subject t0 pay, a tine of
S500 and fo be Imprisoned "Btx rtoMM J
for the first offense; and to pay
a fine of f 1,000 and be im
prisoned one year for the second offense.
The rest of the day was spent in further
consideration of the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill. The consideration of the
bill was completed In committee ot tne
whole, but a vote was not taken.
WEDSaSDAT.
In the House the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill was taken no and the amend
ments made in committee of the whole were
aereed to. except that the House refused to
strike out the item of $1,800 for the German
Orphan Asylum. The bill was recommitted.
Mr. Henderson reported the bid presented
earlier in the day, modified to meet objec
tions then made, to prevent prize and bull
fighting In the Territories and District of
Columbia, which was passed. As amended
it fixes the penalty at imprisonment for
from one to five years in the discretion ol
the court, restricting its operation to the
principals and promoters.
There' was considerable debate on the report
of the committee on ways and means recom
mending non-concurrence in the Senate free
silver coinage substitute for the bond bill
passed by the House last December. The
debate was continued in a night session, but
iio action was taken.
THURSDAY.
Thursday's go-sion of the House was de
voted exclusively, to the further considera
tion of the bond bill and the Senate's
free coinage substitute therefor. It
was the understanding, when tho
House adjourned, that general debate on the
bill would contiuuo throughont the rest of
the week and next Monday, and that the
five-minute rule should prevail.
FBIDAT.
In the House Friday the discussion of the
silver bond bilt was continued, and a unan
imous agreement was entered into to close
general debate at the close of the legislative
day of Mondayinext. with a night and early
morning session until then.
Consent was asked and granted for tbe
judiciary committoo to sit during the session
of the House.
SATURDAY.
The entire time of the House on Saturday
was devoted to the discussion or the Senate
free silver amendment to the House .bond
bill. The discussion will be continued Monday.
THE 'NEXr BIG FAIR.
The Great Benefit to be Derived by the
South From the Chicago and
Southern States Exposition.
Vhe greatest interest is taken in Augusta,
Ga . in the proposod Chicago and Southern
States Exposition. The provisional commit
tee there is actively at work promoting the
exposition. Ex Senator Patrick Walsh has
addressed the following letter to the Govern
ors of 14 Southern States aud the mayors of
57 Southern cities :
'The idea of the proposed Chicago and
and Southern States Exposition originated
in Augusta. The su:,';:esiion has been tak n
un bv the leading business men of Chicago
and 'eordialiv endorsed. Invitations have
b n ent by the mayor and leading business
men of that e:tv to the Governors of the
Southern Stiles' and to the mayors of 57
s ithwn citie- ti anpOiUtciei g ne lora iw
femiee at Chicago on Wednesday,
tiie l'Jth
of February.
"The first proposition v, as.to bo.d aa
n,!im to be co -fined to cotton and
ex
the product thereof, to show the wonderful pro
gress the South has made in the last 15 years
in the development of this great industry,
but the exposition has been broadened to
embrace the products of Southern manufac
turers and tho products of Southern agricul
ture and horticulture, uud all tho natural ad
vantages of the South, embracing its wealth
of miner 1 and forest resources.
The reposed exposition being exe-lusive-Iv
for the Southern Slates it is claimed by its
projectors that the opportunity should be
enthusiastically embraced to. show the people
of the West and Northwest the products of
tne South and its' wonderful wealth of raw
material.
l'i.c South missed a great opportunity in
not being properlv represented at tbe World's
Fair in Chicago. "The Cotton States a d In
ternational Exposition just closed at Atlanta
displnved as never before the wonderful pro
.iess and natural !'.ui:t!e of the South.- To
n:ake iu Chicago this fail an ex.-Uisivciy
Southern etpfstio' w.mid be to concentrate
upon it tho public attention of the West and
Noith'vcst and to promote, by the lie s:
li omuKh aud practVal object lesson, the
speedy "development of the South's unrivaled
wealth of natural advantages.
'The success of the exposition depends up
o'i tbe Southern people themselves. It will
cost verv little for each State to be represent
ed n mere triMo for good exhihits will be
the main capital le pured for the enterprise,
lis success means closer trade relation be
tween the South and Ye.;t and Sorthwest,
and the migration of people from those sec
tions to the South, and the investment of
auital ana tne cerium uevuiupmoui m iuc
S ,i:th. t .
Now is the accepted time to present in
the most attractive' and convincing manner
the varied and wonderful products and
rc
the sources oi
the South bto tne people oi
West and Northwest, who arc au.xiuusiv
looking iu this direction for homes aud in
vestments. Your co-operation ly the appointment of
delegates to the convention at Chicago on
the VJlh instant is urgently requested
Yours respect fuliy,
Patgk k Walsh,
Cliairman ei.mmittee n publicity and
promotion. ...
-For further information telegraph or
write and mivise me o" y.ur action in this
matter IIowako II. Stafford.
"Secretary provisional committee."
THE BOND lilLIj
With
Its Free Coinage Amendment
Adopted by the Senate.
The text of the biil (tho substitute) is as
follows, the title being amended so as tc
read "ti restore the coinage of silver dollar
aud for other purposes:"'
"That from and aft-r the passage of this
act trie mints of the United States shall be
open to the coinage of silver, and there shall
be c i:.ed uollars of the weight of four hun
dred and twelve r.nd a half graius troy, o!
standard silver, ni ie tenths fine as provided
by the act of January 18, 1837. aud upon the
sail e terms and subject to the limitations
and provisions of law regulating the coina-re
and legal tender quality of g Id and when
ever the said coins herein provided for shail
bo received into the Treasury, certificate may
be issued therefor in the mauiicr now pro
vided by law.
"Section 2. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall coin into standard silver dol
lars, as soon as practicable, according to the
provisions oi section 1 of this act, from the
silver bullion purchased under authority of
the act of July 14. 1890, entitled an act di
recting tho purchase of silverbullion and the
issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for
other purposes, that portion of said silver
buliiou which represents the seigniorage or
profit to the government, to-wi!, tbe differ
ence ttween the cost of the silver purchased
under this act and its coinage value, and
.iiiid silver dollars o coined shall be used iu
the pavment of the current expenses of tbe
.government: and for the purpose of making
Ibesaid seigniorage immediately available
for use as money, the Secretary of the Treas
ury is hereby authorized and directed to is
sue silver certificates against it, as if it was
already coined and in the Treasury, r
Seeriuii 3. That no national banks note
ali shail be herealier issued of a denomina
tion thau t..-a dollars, and all not of suoh
banks outstanding of denominations less
than th.it .-um. shall be, as rapidly as prac
ticabie taken up, redeemed and cancelled,
and uou-s of ten dollars and larger denom
irmtiocs shall be issued in their stead under
the direction of thi Comptroller of the Cur
rency. 1
'.Section i. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shul! redeem th- United States
totes, .'-..mmonlv called 'o-f-nbacks' and
sJs. i"re;surv notes issn-d under the
; pre'.:- usuf the in-toi. July i-!'.h. 1SS0, when
; prex-iit'-d ff r red-iupiioii. in -taudard silver
! duihus or iu g..Id ::!, asii fr redemption
! :,l7,7'"
"Va"-tat '-'
! --'--vely at ir. ,
! P :" -r
of Mi ! !,.,t-s citL-. r cold -r silver eoia. or
;. n of the holder but ex
of tne Treasury De
al l notes, coxmoaiy raueu
- " '.
rtvftbaiUa, whoa so reuermeci, scan te re-
aa provided by the act of May 3lst,
1S73.'
NORTH STATE
COLLIMS.
OCCURRENCES WORTH NOTING
FROM ALli OVER THE STATE.
Fertilizer Analyses at the Experiment
Station.
Bulletin No. 124 containing analyses
of all fertilizers analyzed during 1895
has bn issued by the Experiment
Station. It is issued as a guide for
'purchasers during the present season
before it is possible to analyze the
amples of new goods soon to be offer
led on sale in the State. Xew analyses
iwill be iesnecl every two weeks. The
Kbovo bulletin contains the seaboard
valuation of the unmixed ingredients
of each fertilizer, also list of freight
rates from tho Seaboard to eighty-two
interior points in North Carolina. This
list is accurate. Any one can see the
actual commercial valuation of the un
mixed ingredients at any of the inte
rior points. The above bulletin will
be seut upon application to Dr. H. B.
Battle, Director, Raleigh, N. C.
Greensboro's Proximity 31 ill.
The new Proximity Mill which is be
ing built at Greensboro by the Cones,
oi New York, and Dr. Murdoch, of
Salisbury, will be completed in about
three months. The same people have
already purchased and put in operation
a saii.ll mill that had already
been commenced when they
took hold here. The finishing
works will be enlarged and the devel
opment of the land company's proper
ty will be prosecuted without delay.
The county will probably open and
macadamize an avenue from the city
to and through the village that will be
made by the operatives of tho Finish
ing and tho Proximity niilis.
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The University Summer School
The third session of tho University
summer school at Chapel Hill will be
gin Tuesday, June 23, and closes July
17, 1890.
Twenty courses are offered in peda
gogics, psychology, history, English
literature, civics, modern languages,
Latin, algebra, nature work, music,
drawinc. vertical writiuc, and all the
i -common
school branches. -
Fifteen instructors from the faculties
of the Universitv, the State Normal
School, University of Louisiana, Clark
University, Muss., and tho city schools
of Vt'ilmiuaton, Charlotte, Winston
and Raleigh will constitute the faculty.
A tuition fee of 35 admits to all
courses.
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Hop Growing In North Carolina.
A meeting will be held at the mayor's
office in tho city of Raleigh on Satur
day, Feb 8th, at 2 p. m., for the pur
pose of considering the subject of Hop
Cultnre with a view to the ea,rly intro
duction of Hop Farming iuto that sec
tion of the State. Hop Grower's As
sociations at tho West and the desira
bility of like ussociitions there will
also be considered. Experienced hop
growers will be present and farmers
and land owners should attend and
avail themselves of this opportunity to
seenso information relative to this im
portant branch of farming.
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Fall i -IS Wall in Winston.
The south vide of the waii ot" H. B.
Ireland A. Ci't lobnceo factory at Win
ston, which was gutted by lire, fell iu,
entombing Mr. Ireland and .Tuft" Al
body, one of his workmen. Mr. Ire
land was gotten out three-quarters of
an hour later. It is believed that his
injuries will prove fatal. His "head
and back are both crushed and he re
ceived severe internal injuries. Al
body was rescued with only a few
bruises. Mr. Ireland was in the base-
ment directing a force of hands in the
removal of some manufactured tobac
co.
.
M as It a Murder?
A special from Marshall, snys: W.
W. K. Sheltou, one of the wealthiest
and best known citizens of Madison
county, left Marshall on horseback fo1
his home in Laurel, a distance of
about 22 miles. Next morning the
dead body was found in the bushes- on
the 6ide of the road. Ho had received
a blow on the back of tho head that
crushed his skull, but whether he was
murdered or accidentally fell from his
horse, is not yet known. ,
A Suit for Infringement of Patent.
"Wm. It. Wood, of Scotland Xeck.
ex-superintendent of the insane asylnni
at Ealeigb, has brought suit to recover
half a million dollars damages against
the United States governrneui for in
fringement uion his patent for elec
trically lighting buoys. He obtained
a patent inlSTi", and in 1888 the gov
ernment suddenly adopted bis system.
The case comes up in the Court of
Claims this spring.
A Find of Hidden Treasure.
J.- H. Tarker, of High Point,learned
some time ago that a large nnit.ant of
gold coin was buried near Lineberry
station on the Cape F-ar and Yadkin
Valley Railway. In some way ho lo
cated the treasure nud unearthed it.
There is $18,000. The man who buried
it is not known. The find tins cansed
great exciUment in ail that section.
Wm. ii. kn;lish dear
The Kunning ?Iate of Haueock for the
Presidency In 1880 Is Dead.
H-.-n. Wm. II, Krglish, capitalist, Doliti
' iar and lit' rateur. died in his rooms at En-giis-hV
Hot-i. in Indianapolis. Ind., after an
liu'-ss of six wc-ks. He was unconscious
"or aa hour before his death. (
Mr. Eagii-h had been ill for about six
Sr.;"'r:s. H- was at first attacked by grip,
riii- vv-a followed by inflammation of the a!r
.MJta 'e- nr. 1 the rnemoranes of the throat.
I' this he &lm.'.-t recovered, but two weeks
u-t he was seized with initamatoi'y rheuma
tism wtii -h, with aa organic affection otthe
!,,,,, ril years standing, completely
!.it,.1...r,yl dim. He leave- an estate various-
Jv-i stimuli?
d at from .j5.OrXl.000 to &,000,000.
Hope They Won't Find Her.
The old tub, the Hawkins, loaded
with
Cuboz filibusters, which sprang a lek""be-
' ' r B .
lore sue go. out oi sigci oi oouuy rix-a.. 18
being hunted fvr by the two United Btttep
cruieers, Raleigh and Montgomery, aad the
entire s-iuadron of the Spanish navy ii Co-
ban waters. '
Snbscribe foi this paper.
FATAL STORM
Hig.i
Winds and a Deluge Cause
Widespread Disaster!
THE ELEMENTS AIDED BY FIRE.
The Greatest Destruction Wraught In Sew
Jersey Water Seven Feet Deep In
Bound Brook Street! While Fire Kaged
-Homes Inundated and Much Proper
ty Destroyed A Bridge Collapses.
Kew Tobk, February 10. Sot since the
great blizzard of 1888 has so fierce a storm
swept around Now York as that of Thurs
day. At one time tne gale blew at the rate
of eighty milea an hour. Even In New York
haroor, protected as it is, small vessels were
wrecked and a big ship driven ashore.
The storm. -reached from Nova Scotia to
Florida, from the coast as far "West as the
Mississippi River, and probaVty 1503 miles
out at sea. The diameter of the storm area
was at least 3090 miles. And tho c?ntre had
so arranged itself that New York City and
BUILDING IN BROOKLYN
the vicinity felt the worst of it. It blew a
hurricane for hours. If the temperature had
been below the freezing point the city would
have been snowbound and there mignt nave
been a repetition of the groat blizzard.
The dam of Tocabontas Lake, at Morris
town, N. J, wa? broken. Houses were
swept away and a considerable loss of life is
reported.
At New Brunswick. N. J., the five-mile
dam across the Raritan River gave way and
a part oi the city was submerged, some of
the streets being under water to a depth of
three feet.
Tho clamming sloop Fainworth was
wrecked tff Stnten Island, and after a thrill
ing rescue of two men, Andrew Anderson,
one of the crew, was drownoi.
On liberty Ltland the ihree-masted ship
Walker was driven ashore, dragging two
tugs behind which were attempting to tow
hor.
The British- steamship Lamington went to
pieces on the Long Island 6hore. Fourteen
men were aboard Of her, and the life-saving
crews rescued all.
In Brooklyn an old three-story brick build
ing was blown down. Two men were killed
and another mortally injured.
Enormous damage to property is reported
iu this city, Brooklyn and New Jersey.
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A NIGHT OF TERROR.
'any New Jersey Xov.-:is an:l Villages
Uaiaased ly Floods.
Rocsd Brook, v. J., February 10. Bound
Brook has been devastated by twj opposite
elements, lira an ! water, resulting in fully
$150,000 worth of damage. The village is
situated along tho Raritan River, which is
the ocean outlet for all the little streams
that drain the mountainous region of that
section of New Jersey.
The heavy rains swelled the volume Of
waterin the Raritan River so that the arched
openings for the bridge of tho New Jersey
Central Railroad would not permit the water
to flow throueh. The result, was that it
fr-sa. - - ' ... ii i iii i I' im I
TUGS AT NEW YORK THREATENED BY THE HURRICANE.
backed up and inunduted the town, nearly
all the streets being covered with from live
to ten feet of water.
The residents took refuge in the second
stories of their dwellings, and all the row
boats of the town were brought into use to
rescue those whose positions were danger
ous. Hundreds of fragile structures were torn
from their foundations and went floating
down toward the oe.-an in the seething cur
rent. Great numbers of deal animais also
wont down in the torrent.
A man by the name of Miller was endeav
oring to rescue a family fr m aa almost sub
merged house when his boat was overturned
by striking an eddy pool, and Miller sank.
No trace could be found of him afterward.
At 8.S0 o'clock p. m., a large quantity of
lime in Cook's lumber yard was slacked by
the rising water and it ignited the surround
ing piles of kraber. The flames, fanned by
a heavy wind, spread rapidly. The Volun
teer Fire Department wa untble to use their
Apparatus, owing to the flooded condition of
the streets, and in half an hour the whole
business section of the town was on Are.
Word was telegraphed to Platnfleld for as
sistance, and two cars containing ladders
and fifty firemen responded. They were un
able to be of any assistance, as they could
not get anywhere neir the Are on account of
t he submerged streets. The Are finally diod
oat after devastating a large section ot the
town. A large number of families were
made homeless by flames and flood.
Much live stock belonging to farmers oh
the outskirts of Bound Brook were carried
away by the flood aad tueir dead carcases
floated down with the streaim.
Tho water whs bo high that it put out the
fires in the Karltan water works, and thin
left Rnritan and Somemll" without water.
The Raritan River was Over t went j-flve feet
uigner man lis uoumi iKf::. iao nver and
the canal, which were 203 feet apart before
the water began to rite, were one. The
woolen mills In Somerville were flooded and
work had to be saso nde(L
Dams on the Baritan Biver some distance
froai the town of Bonud Brook were brokn.
und this is believed to have been the begin
h!ag of the floor:.
At the time the Are spread to tho Presby
terian Church in Bound Brook, it was filled
with people. T fley thought it a Kite place
to go and when tbe fire reached tbe church
they fled terror stricken. They all reachej
a place of saffcry.
A'hile ou the wav to l?juud Br ok from
1 nnei-t a Bat ear eoutammg an engine
struck an un fort una t rodent ol Bound
j
j.
It.-O'jk and killed him. His body was carried
:wav bv the flocX
Other part .f New Jersey stiiTered severe
ivir.-nntbe n ,oi. luo lower part of Cam-
Le:n a-as ft M-ied, aui trains were forced to
rtop running.
Iu Ud'Jny tbe hah way River overflowed
:i3 banks and th? streets were flooded. For
miles around the lowlands were snhtm
On farms along the Middlesex Count
urmers were oompeuea to move their ii3
stock to places of safety. . UT
COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE.
Helpless Railroad Men Carried Dow.
Swollen River In Connectlcat,
Habttobo, Febru ary 10. According to thi
latest Information from the disaster st iw
tol, six lives were lost by tho collane Ti
iuui?ff uifinuu ujtuvau ifiuge UTCr tlu
Peauabuck Biver. ,
The river was swoUen to the proportion,
of a lake and the rusbinx torrent carried tht
helpless railroad men down stream forioj.
distance. " Many were rescued while ciingtn!
to tree?.
The bodies of the following men were ri
covered: DanielJ. O'Brien, of Hartford, &
tion foreman of the New England ros
Martin Carry, of New BritalD, and an ItaiuJ
named Rich, of East Hartford..
:The bridge that went down was an old
Wooden structure which had been considered
frail for years. It had been strewrthenert
piling and supports. For the past ten djjj
workmen in iuo l oiuuTiiuiiui ousiructioj
Gompany have been building a new W
bridge to take the place of the old one. Thi
work was nearly completed when the
bridge sank nearly two feet under a passem
ger train. This narrow escape from a disj
tcr caused the abandonment of the bridge
and order were sent out from Division
Headquarters lor a consirueiion gang to re
port for duty to transfr tho track to the ttn
WRECKED, BY THE. WIND.
bridge. The train started from Hartford i!
5.30 o'clock. i
On the arrival of tho mei at tho bridge
they were put to, work removing the niii
from the old structure. Not moro than
dozen ties had been removed when th
bridge, without a moment's warning, ni.
donly collapsed and fell into thu stress)
currying down all of tho men on It, exeepd
two on the west end. who felt the brldp
tremble and escapod before it1 foil into tt
river.
A Buildinz Wrecked tn Brooklyn.
Bboohlts, February 10. James Qulgley;
aged fifty-six years, and Simon Beamia,'
aged thirty-five years, were killed tut
Michael Muleahey, eightoea years old, had
both legs broken by tho collapse of an old
three-story brick building In Thirty-nlntk
street, during the heavy storm. Tn; tore
men named were at work in tho huildlnj
when the structure, with hardly n moment'!
warning, came tumbling down upon them
with the result described .
Mobkistows, N. J., February 10. Loowd
by the breaking of the dam of Poeahontu
Lake, a flood devastated a rrf of Morrih
town, and the valley of the Whippmy RWer
aud drove nearly a hundred families from
their houses. It boro with It flo of lot,
which splintered tho Bides of bouses and ton
several dwellings from their foundation,
Many of tha panic stricken citizens um
rescued in boats.
EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUSE.
Representative Barrett Denoimced Mr.
Talbert'(Atenirl; ni Sedition!.
Mr. Barrett, of Massachusetts, was iostm
mental in bringing about one of themo
bitterly partisan clashes that has oceurredla
tho House of Representatives since rewn
struction times, llepresentative Talbert, or
I South Carolina, speaking of the late war,
I said:
r 00M that Smith rumlina was 01
0IU ' ' - , I
rf uhc tnnlr in it: that t
was proud of It, and that I, for one, inrtonecj
secession men. i muasm
thlnV an vl find that, under tbe arousrti
stances, surrounded by the same conditio",
I would do the same thing aga-u. Now. nti
Speaker, I repeat it." J
Mr. Barrett demanded that tho wrlfos
Mr. Talbert be taken down. nnd. de.-j'!t
protests of many Republicans, ii" ftrdj
resolution censuring Mr. Talbert. J J
heated controversy la which the Iteprabllca
side of the House was divide J between Hw
supporters of Mr. Barrett aud those H
,r .U itt r.h tiff
were more conservative, iUn i .-.. e - -
referred to the Committee on the Jodlciarj.
During tht debate the House, prescm
m nf i h oTMtflut eonf ulon. 1 here v
the flotr,
HmiUNiin mrl etwlca TnHns to make th
salTea heard above the uproar. The gaiwr
ies qaiokly filled up. and the affair w
sensation of t he day at the Capitol. Mr. KJ
rat fa tvuirsa was rilHinnroved by rnanT r
the leading men on the Republican side,
thfffA Wa
dered between men on that side as thf re ,
laiuiuin Miuu'.u " -
between the two parties by the debate.
ir TlKarf AV.1.n. l irhor Wo. pa M 1
X filial I t. Aj;MHU.i nun j
misinterpretation, rather than tho misr
resentation of his remarks, by Raying iDj
th circumstances and conditions t&ater
isted when South Carolina seceded
not, and nevor would exist any m'r.
he was glad of it. Headdad: !
"And while Soutfc . Carolina ""'Jr
she thought it to ba her duty, with the uPt
before her then, it is quite different to-Mjy-and
I did not s:vy that I wished to vioU
ttsThirte?uth Amendment of the Consul
Hon hv ad volutin secession, because tn?
circumstance and conditions cannot
an1-
i never will again exist"
&i ids request oi air. wn -
read the resolution offered by him. WBAi
declared that the word uttered by M:. ;
bert "'are seditious and treasonable
Daizell wanted to refer tbe matter to ..
Committee. on Judiciary, enl Mr. C iM"' V
lay it on the table. J
The motion to re.'er waj carried by a "J.
of 200 to 71. Consent was given f- H
Commltteeon Judiciary to sit dJf.
sessions of the House. i
i. il. . r ti tr.a 1,1
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Teacher for Itoth mod Kether."
President Cleveland has selected to act
intnict.,r tf. 1: nhilitron Ruth and EstB.
Miss Frieda M.
i. ..1. - !,:n,1..rcrJirtB ;
Birucior in tne puuucBcaouwi" ,h
n . i i . . .. t .. .....1 for 1 L '
- i position both for the high qualifications JJ
.alias jei uiuRiiu uhi m-ru jjcipv - w
i possesses to flit the duties required oi
hind also becau of the friendship "jT
existed between her mother and the rt
j dent's family. Miss Bethmana was horny
' Boston and is of German extraction. I