North Carolina Newspapers

6 A T 1 TRA G. K. GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar's, Unto God, God's. 1.00 Per Annum, in Advance. VOL. I. DUNN, HARNETT CO.vN. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892 NO . 50 Gen -I HJE IMER AX ATLANTIC CANAL. An Inner Waterway From New York J.U xiunua. Something That Would Stimulate The latest News Notes and Dis Commerce in the South patches From the Potomac Wonderfully. to the Gulf. Tiie Now York Board of Trade at its Hivuul mooting last week adopted a' reso lution urging Congress to include iu the rivtr :md huibor bill an appropriation of $.'.1. out.) to be expended by a commission to he appointed by the governors of- New V:k. New Jersey and Pennsylvania fo? making of a preliminary survey or a ship . ui il between New York harbor and Delewarc and Chesapeake bays. The completion of the proposed canal would be a long step towards the final t onsummation of the plan originally su"--g '-,ted by Robert Fu'toa for the creation "f inner waterway from New York to Florida. Many links have been con trite ted of the chain of .hip canals he proposed for connecting the bays and sounds of the Atlantic coast and tormina n continuous .system of safely navigable waters and haibors of refuge from storms vj from enemies in time of war. "While the proposed canal would be of u mo immediate benefit to New York and Philadelphia than to the coast cities fur -hi-r South, yet, as an important division f chf; grtater scheme, it ought to be looked upon as a national enterprise, and sueh receive due consideration. But whether or not it is entitled to the aid of the national government at this tim? is utother matter. The Albemaile & Chcsa prake Canal, which connects the North '.u-olina sounds with tidewater in Yir ;;i:iia, was built many years since at the I IKl of those two States. It has served the purpose of its builders well, but to make it such a canal as Fulton's plan outemplated it would have to be widen ed and deepened, and its course, in some plt.es exceedingly tortuous,straightened. This would cost a great deal of money, vhich would, of course, be furnished by J h-general government, if eveLtually it .-hould be determined to construct this -v-lem of behiud-the-eoast waterways Hi old the government ever enter upon .this great work for the national defence, suid for the protection of American com merce, it would probably be found neces sarv to build the canal that the New York iiid Philadelphia merchants have under consideration. Meanwhile, if the people of the populous and wealthy States of .ew iorw,;ew jersey and I'ennsvlvaui . r the merchants of New York and Phila delphia, believe this canal to be an im- sneuiaie necessity, ici uiein lollow the example set by Virginia and North Caro Una, and build it at their own cost. If they are unwilling for any reason to do this, then let them take measures tnimitr- all the Atlantic seaboard States in favor of the great public work outlined bv Ful ton, but enlarged to meet the present and prospective requirements of American commerce. Congress has never f -tiled, to rrsmnd favorably to requests from States tor the services 01 army engineer olhcers. and would unouestionablv consent tn lnw some of the corps detailed to make this preliminary survey. But it is unseemly, Jo say the least, for those three States to ask that body for the pitiful sum of '!., Oi)l), to be expended by their own commissioners in asceitaining wheth r the-scheme they propose is practicable. New York atid Philadelphia merchants, if they wifh the survey made by a board f interstate commissioners, ought to pay a!! 'expenses. Baltimore Manufacturers Record. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. The National Democratic Convention, w id be held in Chicago June 21st. A New York man, who was liberated fiom a hospital a few days ago, danced , violently for joy that he burst a blood vesoel and did Ti c executive committee, of the Na tional Fditori.tl Association at Cincin nati, Wednesday decided to hold the an nual meeting of that body at Los Angeles, Cal., in. May.. "Balveeiija." Wiiea the Russiau wishes to pay s compliment he will invito you to dinner; he will ask you to staad with the other guests aio'J.i I a small side table, laden with hot curries and cheese omelettes, bread and baiter and radishes, cavair, and plentiful beer, and a wicked-looking white Russian whisky called Vodka; here you make au ordinary meal, won dering at the handsomely decked table ia the centre of the room,, an I why you were not asked to sit down there. Bat this iirt meal finished you do sit down, and forthwith proceed on a dinner ol iu:ta courses, .served a la Russe, every one eating with as much gusto as if breaking a fast. You become accustomed to the Za kouska, as all this side show business is called, and dinner gets t; bo unsatisfac tory without it. So important a func tion is it, that even at tho hurried table tl'hote of a station, no matter how in significant or far away from thc main road, the Z ikouska is never omitted. The host bent on serving his choicest dish v.ill oifer you Batveeuya, which is the euphonious name of cold beer sup, lTc6?WOuud requiring more courage to attack than enlistiog for the wars. Of what is it made? Alas! of what is it not made! Spinach, salmon (they have magnificent salmon in Russia), green onion tops, strings of sausages, poached eggs, and beer much beer. To perfect this remarkable soup to which every true Russian is devoted, the servant presents in one hand a dish of sour cream, and in the other cracked ice ; the rule is to take a liberal, portion of each and stir in judiciously. Wide Awae. Tt is n-iven out that, as a means de creasing the over-supply . of cotton, a large number ol planters in aiusissipi'i. besidps Ipsseninrr their usual acreage will plant only the long-staple variety. This makes a smaller yield but commands a Ixtter price in the markets. FEBRUARY FANCIES. Many Important Happenings That Get FeorIe Tntn Print jr. - Va VIRGINIA. Richmond has a meat juice works. At Radford Geo W. Mil M will . orof-t at once a large "St. Albans" college for boys, at a cost of $20,000. Several cases of hvdronhobia are ra. ported in King George county. The National Government will ctH lish a light-house on the 8hararock shore, fifty miles below Washington, on the Po tomac. There are seventy thcolorrieal student at Ilampden-Sidney Seminary. Gilbert Brooks, a wealth v farmer - kilUd by a train near Lynchburg Thurs day. It is said that the Richmond and Dn. ville will get control of the Lynchburg and Durham railroad. . " Charles Johniton wa3 sentenced to fpn years imprisonment at Staunton Thurs day for complicity in the murder of James F. Lots. Supreme Recent Lovinor. of ihe T?rvnl Arcauum, died at Norfolk and was buried oaturuay. The Buena Vista Cassimcrfl Mill Y,va received from 'the United States Govern ment an order for 40,000 yards of cloth. President Harrison his pardoned L W. Buckey, of 'Norfolk, now confined in Albany prison. The motion for a new trial for JpfTW- son Phillips, convicted at Alexandria for murder, was overruled and he was sen tenced to hang March 25th. A new fire' insurance comnanv was or ganized in Danville Wednesday. The sale of 83.000 acres of iron nl timber lands near Covington to West va. capitalists have been, consummated. Mrs. Annie Smith, of Dinville, wants to practice law, but can't. The courts say "no" and the law says "no," and so Mrs. Smith has set to work to have the law changed. Bhc.has so far succeeded that the committee on courts of justice in the State Senate are consider ing her bill and are likely to report it. What chance it will have before the far mers iu the Legislature is another ques tion. NOBTH CAROLINA. The State Guard now numbers 1,578. Robert Phipps mu-.dered Emmet Long in Ashe county. The Fisher gold mine near Greens boro, will be worked again. The street railway of Wilmington has been sold to an electric company. At Summerfield, near Greensboro, there are a number of hydrophobia cases. Nearly two hundred brands of fertili zers have been reported in the State. J. N. Norwood, of Greenville, S. C. is interested in a project to organize a new bank in Wilmington. The Hornets Nest Riflemen, of Char lotte, offered their services to the Govern ment during the Chiliwar scare. The Secretary of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly has arranged for sev eral teachers' excursions to the World's Fair. Dr. Edward Ashe, the oldest physician in Anson count", died at Wadesboro Thursday. His practice once extended over half a dozen counties. An effort will be made by the chamber of . commerce of Winston to induce the Postal Telegraph Company to build a line to-that city. Lieutenant Shipp, of the Fifth Calvary U. S A , is detailed f r duty inspecting the State Guards bv the U. S. War De partment, Governor Holt having applied for such an officer. Legal proceedings are to be instituted against several preferred creditors of the defunct I irst Isational Bank of Wilming ton. Mrs. Sallie Foard, a well-known lady of benevolence, who died at Greensboro recently, left in her will, the sum of $200 to the King's Daughters Hospital of that city. Yadkin county jail Avas destroyed by fire last week, originating from a basket of ashes which was left in the hall. All the prisoners in tha iad were, safely res cued and prevented from escaping. Some beautiful specimens of kaolin have been takeu from the deposits recent ly discovered at "Walnut Cove. The de posits are said to be inexhaustible, and the -kaolin is as white as chalk. It is stated that a pottery will be estabiished at Greensboro to manufacture the finer wares from the material. A posse of revenue officers have just completed an exciting raid in Wilkes county. They succeeded in destroying three distilleries on Roaring river, which is the stronghold of the "moonshiners." While the work of cutting up the stills was going cn the "moonshiners" had found the horses of the officers and cut all their throats. As the officers were leaving they were fire J upon, but nobody was hurt. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston now has a pawnbroker's shop. The Charleston Light Dragoons have donned a dark green aad gold uniform, whkh is a revival of the old antebellum uniform. The South Bound railroad company has decided to erect its machine shops at Grahams. R. H. Bigham of Florence county will erect a canning factory at Effingham. Plans have been prepared for the new buildings of Converse College, at Spar tanburg The Governor has appointed J. W. Halleman Master for Oconee county, at Walhalla. In Spartanburg county the oats and wheat have stood the winter well and are full of promise. Many more acres of oats will be put in during this month. The U. S. Senate Las confirmed the nomination of C. J. Pride, postmaster at Rock Hill. The Republicans of the State will verv likely put a full Sta e ticket '"n the field next November says Chairman Webster. Samuel Jones, colored, was cutting down a tree on Edisto Island when it fed and crushed the life out of him. lion M. L. Donaldson.of Greenville.has resigned the position of manager of the State Exchange of the Farmers' Alliance. This gentleman is being mentioned for Governor. Mrs. Helen C. Brayton i3 in Barnwell attending to the investment of the fund raised by her for the benefit of the widows of the eight negroes hnched there in 1890. The 10th annual session of the W. C T. U. will be he!d in Columbia Feb. 18. Columbia will welcome and greet Hie guests wi h her accustomed warmth of roception. Mrs. Tillman has extended the courtesies and hospitalities of the Executive mansion to Mrs. Chapin, prcsi dent for South Carolina, and to Mrs. Sib ley, the president for Geoig'a. Mrs. Mary Latarop will attend the conven ion and deliv, r two addresses. OTHER STATES. Gainesville, Fla., has a lady lawyer, and is very proud of th; fact" While some other towns cannot boast of a legal light of the feminine gender, yet almost all of them have women who occasional ly lay down thelaw,aa many inarriei men will testify. The committees of Jewish l abb's that has been in session in New Orleans pre-v paring a unifotm and revised ritual fr r use in the United States has eomp'ehd its work, aud will present its report to a rabbinical conference to be held in New York. Two great great-grandchildren of Sir Francis Drake, the great English Ad miral of West Iudian, South Pacific, and Spanish Armada fame, are living in Sa vannah, Ga. At least Mr. James Iloctoi and his sister, Mrs. Mamie Fitzpatiick, believe they have the distinction of that relationship, and they are claiming a share in a reput d CBtate of Sir Francis Drake's estimated at $50, 000, 000. A few days "ago they received a request from an English law firm for all the facts in connection with their claim. A Sa vannah lawyer is preparing the interest ing documcuts. A REFORM CONGRESS. Representatives of the Alliauce, Prohibition and Labor in Chicag-o. CntCAoo. It fa safe to say that such a gathering as that which assembled here Wednesday morning has seldom, if ever, been seen before. It was the Na tional Conference of representatives of the various political reform movements now existing in this country, including prohibitionists, farmers, laborers, Green backers, general reformers, etc. Miss Francis E. Wiilard presided and stated the object of the Conference to be to uevise wavs ana means oi electing a President of the United State who will with one blovv kill the rum traffic. Among t' ose present at the meeting ere: lady Somerset; Geo. A. Wash burn, f B son, secretary of the peo p'c's party; Gilbert Delemator, of Ak on, Ohio, a Greenbicker ; Mn. Anna M Diggs, of Kansas; Gen. Weaver, of Iowa; . Wardell and If. L. Loucks, of Huron, south Dakota; Prof. Samuel Dickey, of Albion College,. Albion, Mich., and Pres ident Powers,, of the. Farmers' Alliance. 1 Donnelly was down for an open"ng speech, but failed to appear. The cen tral idea is to unite all of these elements v.i one candidate for tnc Presidency, and their belief i that they outnumber either of the regular parties. The meeting was held with closed doors. TO CURTAIL THE CROP. A Meeting of Merchants and Farm ers to Reduce the Acreage of Cotton in N. C. Raleigh, N. C. , Special In pursu ance with a resolution of the Alliance of Wake county at a recent mectiug a com mittee appointed by them met here with a number of the merchants of the city to consult concerning the cotton acr age quest ion and to ascertain whether they iould secure the co operation of tt.c merchants in the reduction niovemtnt. The merchan's expressed themselves as being in entire harmony with the move ment, and a committee of five was ap pointed from thc r number to act with the Alliance committee in preparing resolutions calling for a reduction of the col ton acreage These resolutions wiil be submitted for the signatures of alj the merchants and business men of Wake county North Carolina in Congress. Senator Vance has introduced a bill in the Senate to pay the administratrix of Thomas C. Tat nam, of Valley Town, Cherokee county,N. C, f 3,829.50 being principal and interest on a claim of the deceasfd for services rendered in 1842 as a surveyors n surveying the pre-emption rights of the Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Bcprcsentativc Alexander, of North Carolina, has introduced in the House the following bills:. Providing for the. erection of a monument to i he memory of Brigadier-Gener.l William Lee David son; for the construction of a macada mized road to tin National Cemetery n-ar Wilmingtou, N. C, and to con inne the improvement of Town Creek river in JJrunswicK county. i Kj. Representative Williams has presented a petition in the House for a mail route from Greensboro to uieoona, 2i. u. Something Had to Giv Away. Washington, Pa.. Special. J George Crrlisle. a oung farmer of Arawelltown hip, called on sis betrothed, Miss Nellie Adams. He became so affectionate and his embraces were so fond that he rup tured an artery in his arm, and a doctor was sent for. Nellie's ribs are still in tact. - JERRY AFTER JERRY. Alliance News and Notes Interest ingly Arranged. - Nuta to Crack at the Fireside Topics Of Conversation Throughout The Country. Washington, D. C. Jerry Simpson is a brick, socks or no socks. He is having lots of fun in Washington and doing some valuable work. He recently introduced a bill to have the agricultural department at Washington aired. Speak ing of .it, he said : "I have been a3 much among the far mers as any man in the country," said Jerry, "and I know that there is a wide spread opinion among them that tha agricultural department is not conducted on the square or solely in the inter ests of the farmers. Information from the department which should first reach the farmers are given in advance to pro prietors of bucket shops. Th ;n the seeds )urchased are old and worthless. The seed louses palm their old stock off orv the government. The department is 6imply the neat of a lot of politicians, w ho are kept there owing t) their influence to help the Republican party. Now Uncle Jerry Rusk is au old gentleman aud would like to see him stand well with the farmers. If he runs his d-partment on the level and only in the interests of the farmers, they should know it and have confidence in him. Possibly the department is run as the farmers believe and Uncle Jerry doesn't know it. He may be imposed Upon. That is the rea son 1 Want an investigation. 1 hope it will prove that the farmers are mistaken and that the agricultural depnr uient is run only iu their inteiest,for I want Uncle Jerry to stand well." In California as well as in Kansas and the east, the question confronts our peo ple shall we own the railroads or are the railroads to own' us. Boston ' New Nation. The Farmers' Alliance has never re ceded from any proposition. It is not built that way. It has never . been nor never will be a political party. Gaiues- ville (Tex.) Signal. So called municipal governments cost the people more than the Federal govern ment does, and to sum it up, it is only to furnish a lot of bums and frauds a job. Southern Mercury. The great unterrified Democratic party now has a chance to show its hand. The farmers ave watching to see how long its platform and the pledges of its leaders remain iu force. Dallas (Tex.) Farm aud Farm. The men or party who carl and will effectual ly put through Congress a bill to break the backbone of the money pow er, will merit the everlasting gratitude of the people of this country. St. Louis Journal of Agriculture. The Alliance has not come to destroy the primitive principles of the govern ment, but to correct abuses, purify the government, and to re-establish justice; and this, loo, without becoming a parti ' Ban organization, or political patty. Southern Mercury. At the pre cnt price of" corn it would take three solid trains of cars, holding 400 bushels each, reaching across the State from Colorado to the Missouri riv er, to pay the interest on our farm mort- iges for one year. Oh, how prosperous we are. Kansas v estern Advocate. There is only one hope for relief for the laboring classes of this country, and that is through legislation". The pluto crats are conuemning the reform press: but then the reform press can stand it as the people are with it. Terra Haute (Ind.) Standard F.rmer. The greatest political revolution and public upheaval ever known to this n dion will be witnessed during tha - year 1892. What its results will 1 e, this deponent say.eth not, but we do say tho very exis tence of our government and the freedom of our people from the degraded servi tude depends upon the patriotic action of the hopc?t masses at the ballot box. Rea der, you arc one of the peo:-le and must bear your part of the iesponsil ty. '1 he Toiler. " . We rejoice to announce that Postmas ter General Wanam -ker has recommended the owncship and control of the tele ,-. i -I .. t- grapn. leiepuor.e anu express service ot the United btates, and couhJently looks to the time when we will have a 1 cent postage, 3 cent telephone and 10 cent messages. The uew doctrine is spread ing like wild fire and it will continue to spread uutil monopolistic greed is swept from the face of the earth. Wanamaker has certa'nly been reading the New Na tionAlliance Echo. Kansas Citv. The fact that 20,000.000 of people are starving in Russia, where women se'.l the hair from their heads fo-- .'mall turns to devour foo1, where famished children devour rags and earth, where whole vil lages are reduced to solitude, is, indeed a tcrril.de incident in this wonderful yt-ar, but o us the fact t' at in this city 150,000 people go to bed every uight guests of chariiy, not kuowiug where a morning meal is to come from, with nothing whatever to do, hope er n being dead, is a much graver factor in the problem of our to-day. New York Becoidci . When it becomes thoroughly under stood, it will be seen that the doctrine of Alliance is for a5 1 the people, and no de ception or itickery about it. It is a doc triue that must be pressed the front, to the end that the old ideas, purposes and policy of partyism may be overthrown peacefully at the ballot box. Bossism has done its work, and it is now time for the people io come to th rescue, and se cure good government for all. Let thz Farmeis' Alliance and Industrial Union wake up and put on the whole peon'e. The People's Aid. We note with pleasure the advance of the good work going on in Oregon. Less than a year ago the Sub-All:ance organ ized in Eastejfi Oregon, sinc-2 then a wouderful change has tsken place, the laboring element of the State are not rash in their conclusions, but have given the matter profound attention. It has been to them a tubiect of much study aud premeditation. The principles of reform have been carefully weighed and. the in them a remedy round whereby weanh producers can unite and break don those sectional lines which will be the mea3 of destroying parti power and blood yshirt rackea. "Old things have passed away and all have become new." The People's Aid . " About $2, 000, 000 ware spent in North Carolina for fertilizers last season. Wheth er this was a wise expenditure or not we cannot say, but anyhow raise your own supplies and buy less of everything. Blaine Tells a Storyon .His Health. Washington, D. C Blaine told a good story "to a prominent citizen who for,certain reasons, does not want hia name mentioned," illustrative of the sen sationabreports of his sickness which are going about the country, and which he declares are and have been for a year largely imaginary. T have told this story before," said Mr. Blaine, "but not with the present application It is about a man who wa3 carrying something across the Fulton street ferry iu a box. Every now and then he would open the box curiously, peep in, and then close it mysteriously. His action excited the attention of a nat uralist who wc.8 seated near him, and who finally touched him on the elbow and said: " 'I bee pardon, but I am curious to know what you have got in that box. What is it?' o a ' " Oh. I don't want to tell.' said the , i man. " 'Well, let me look in' said the na'u ralist. 44 'I'm afraid to' replied the stranger, 'it might get all over the boat.' "'Is it a savage animal?' " Yes, kills everything.' Then the peeped in aga n. Coming more curious the naturalist besrered him to tell its oo name. " 'Its a kal-ma-roo,' he said, 'from Central Africa a very savage beast; eats men aud everything.' " 'What do you feed it on?' inquired the naturalist. " 'Snakes, sir; plain snakes.' " 'But where do you get snakes enough to feed such a ravenous monster?' said the eager man of science. " 'Well. sir. my brother in B ooklyn has the delirium tremens, and when he .ees shakes by the thousand we just atch 'cm and " 'Oh that won't do.' interrupted the naturalist; 'you can't feed a beast on ira aginary snakes.' " 'Well, the fact is,' said the man, opening the box and blowing in it, 'don't give it away, out mis is au milium j kal-ma-roo.' - "When the lid was taken off and the box looked into." said Mr. Blaine, "the correspondent discovers that my sickness is an imaginary kal-ma roo. An English View of the Cotton Question. The Textile Mercury, of Manchester, England, is afraid that if S-.'uthern cot ton planters reduce the acreage in culti vation the English cotton mills Will not be able to get their raw material at the low prices now prevailing, and so It at tempts to prove that there is no need to decrease the acreage. In its last issue it savs: The cotton growers are reported to be in trouble owing to the superabundance of their crops. e suspect this is a (rouble that will be much easier to bear than a great cletl iency. As an illustra tio", take for instance the grain famine in Russia, and tin sufferings this is in Aiding upon the poor peasants Sup noss the cotton crop"' had failed in the American States as completely as the orain crop in Russia," what would have been the plight of the growers? . We venture to say a great deal worse than it is at present. Suppose that the cot ton crop and that of last year had been each a million bales less than thy have been, whilst the tame outlay had been made upon them Take it that the pres ent decline will represent an avera drop through the two seasons of 20 per rfMit. it will certainly not be more thev have had a gain in the production of 25 per cent , which wiil have left tV.om a handsome ptotit. Where then is the necessity for the agricultural com missioners of the cotton States to have adopted a jo:nt appeal to the those con cerned to rsuuee me conon acreage uy 20 per cent., as we learn from Memphis that they have just done? Of course this appeal corresponds to appeals made to sDinneis and manuiacturers in Lanca shire in times of pressure, but is quite destitute of the like justification; and we don't exnect it will be any more success ful- therefore, the trade on this side.need nnt mn down to Liverpool to voluu'eer id ner pound more for the raw material they may require We hardly think the motives or facilities for combination amourr eotton frioweis exceed those to be fminrf on this side, or that a more suc cessful result will attend this appeal. North Carolina and the World's Fair The committee on collections, appoint ed bv the Board of Agriculture, met in Raleigh. The preliminary arrangements for the educatioual exhibit were made and the committee will have the co-oper ation of the Supt. of Public Education in making this exhibit, aud the commit tee expects that the exhibit will be such as to represent me enure euucauouai system of the State, the public and pri vate schools, the colleges and the Uni versity. The committee also made pre liminary arrangements for gathering to gether the exhibits in agriculture, horti culture, forestry, m'nesand miniog, gen eral natural history and fish and fisheries, and the details of this work were turned over to specialists who will report at an 'adjourned meeung of the committee on the 13th of next February. The mem bers of the committee present were Pres ident Peter M Wilson. Commissioners John Robinson, T. K. Bruner, Prof.'J. A Holmes and Dr. II. B. Battle. Chased by Sixty Girls. CnATTASOooA, Tesit., Special. A rather good looking girl entered the sec ond district schoolhouse and took some hats. The teacher turned all of the girls out after the thirf, and the citizens wit nessed the novel sight of sixty girls t basing a hat thief through the stieets. The thief escaped. GAEZA IS REINFORCED. The Mexican Revolutionist Means Fight. Said to be at The. Head of a Bis Army and Will Begin a Des--perat War in February. A dispatch h:s been received from ctu'lnrv ttiif fiir-r-i t j nAiv Del Rio, T x , ' " . ' .... V U i V 1 -7 111 II on me Mexican side ol tue river near that place and that he i at the head of an army of from 4,500 to to 5,000 well-arm ed and mounted Mexican revolutionists. Bauds or from 2i to 100 oieu arc join ing him every day. w It is fuither stated m'the dispatch that Garza mcins fight, and that the most desperate war Mexico ha evet knowa will be opened by February with an attack by the Garza men on the town of Las-Vegas, located just across the' river from Del Rio TRYING TO CAPTURE GARZA. Camp Fitzsimmons, Tex. Both the State rangers and troops of the United States army are making their way iu the vicinity of Pena It is understoood that Garas rendezvous is b cated there, arid that the State rangers were the first to discover it. As soon as word was tele graphed to the Adjutant-General of Tex as, who is in the field that Garza was lo cated, the entire forces, both State and Federal, received orders . to brck camp and march to the' scent of action. San Antonia, Tlx. Gaiza has auoth- er band in the Sar.ta Bosa mo'int.un country of from 1,800 to 2,000 mm, well armed and mounted, under command of General Francisco Salos, and it is a well- known fact, among all Mexicans who try to find out anything about the trouble that Garza will have nt least two-tbirds of the f ntiie Mexican population on his side wher, the matter comes to show up; which will be imm diatcly after the first fight will take place. Yesterday eighty five Mexicans in one band, 'well equipped for war. headed for the Rio Grande to join Garza, passed through Sonora, Sut ton county, I exas. I here is great ex citement all along the upper part of the border, not only among the Mexicans but among the Americans as well. Bands of revolutionists meet at Sonora daily and organize. . -They are not molested, and are permitted to proceed on their way to Mexican terrdory. PENNINGTON'S AIR SHIP. To Build One That Will Carry 50 Pas ' sengers Across the Ocean in One Night. WAsniNOTON, D. C, Special E 1. Penuington, the inventor of the fa- !iou3 air chip that bears his name, is in the city. For the past nine years he has een engaged in stud ting the problem of icnal navigation, and is continent mat ;e has tolved it. Mr.. Pennington said hat a company comprising fome ot the wealthiest aud most progressive ciu.ens ( Chicago had been organized with a aid-up capital of $30,000,000 to build he air ships. "We are engaged ia constructing sev ral small ones," he said, "at our works t Mount Carme', 111., and e'er long will iocced to manufacture a ship with .hieh to crois the Atlantic and capable f carrying fifty passengers. The last . ill require about a year to complete. As lion t s it is finished I will ross the ocean i it. In fact it is perfectly feas b!e to ' avel in it all over the globe. We will I e iblvi to go through the atmosphere at a rate . 200 miles an hour. A man can po to sleep r - , - 1 ' T 1 J t ISew xorK anu waive up iu i-iuimun T .ere h hardly any limit to the uses to . iiich it can be pu A farmer living ;09 miles from a city could load up a lot f ga-den truck, carry it to market, and ! v home--all in two hours time. The .tails could be carried from New Yoik . hicago in five hours. Freight and ! kinds of articles could be let down do buildings by means of chutes con letting with the roofs. Carrying the i-ails will be one of the prime usts of the dr ship." "And what is your ship to be built of?-' "Alumnium. that marvellous whose peculiar properties make it ia:ly adapted to aerial machines, as light ai water, or nearly so. A metal es pe lt is sheet chunk of metal will float, though a solid will sink. The bouyancy chamber, car, p:opeller, engine, and etdite machine will be made of aluminium." Mr. Ponington's machine will fly against the wind, and thereby solves n problem that has hitherto baffled all in ventors. The entire scientific world has become interested in his experiments, and he h:n had.correspondence with several leading European Governments about his air ship. He says that Maxim, the fa in ius inventor of improved guns, is at work on a flying machine, in which he is essaying to imitate nature, taking a bird as a"model. Mr. Pennington thinks that Maxim will succeed to a limited extent only, though he does not doubt his abili ty to produce a machine that will navi gate the air. So far from injuring the business of railroad, Mr. Peonmgtou is sure they will be called on ti do more traffic than evr. The telegraph did not cause people to cease writing letters He contends that his air hip will be indefi nitelj safer from accidents than the rail road or steamship locomotion, and travel will be greatly cheapened, seeing that no roadbed will have to be kept up and no wear and tear-of machinery. King Kotton at Augusta. Acgcsta, Ga. The Carnival of Cot ton III. has begun. If the expectations of the ardent citizens are realized, there ia at this moment "no gayer, no more gayer, iovous city in the universe than Atigus- ta." The King was escorted into th city, by the First Georgia Battalion and by other military and semi -military or ganizations, amid the ringing of all the bells of all the factories, while the streets were crowded with children in masks and fancy costumes, and the houses' dec orated gavly with the royal colors, pur ple and "orange. Wednesday a great pageant parades on Broad street, and Thursday was the occasion of the King's ball. Great is King Cotton, and long may he reign! Great is hia favorite city, Augusta, Vud long may she flourish! WONDERFUL MINERAL DEPOSITS. The Precious Stones of North Carolina. The precious and rare stones of Noith Carolina, although constituting but a moiety of the State's mineral wealth, have been unearthed in such variety and -under such conditions as to lead to the belief in the minda of many that sooner or later they will be found in abundance in nature's as yet hidden storehouse. Speaking of this recently, one who wit nessed the scene told the following story, which the Manufacturer's Record thinks worth publishing: Iu the autumn of 1832 the Richmond & Danville Railroad Co. detailed Maj. C. C. McPhail to make, at a Boston exposi tion, a display of the resources of the territory traversed by that line and its feeders. A splendid exhibition that at tracted thousauda of visitor was the re sult. Among thise one day was a culti vated, sweet-faced and venerable gentle woman of the best Puritan stock who had bein induced by her son to go with him' to sec the wonderful resources of the Piedmont Siuth. Major McPhail has the courteous digoity of a Virginia gen tleman of the old regime, the practical training and experience of this ago of progress, and is a keen observer and an excellent judge of human nature. Ho paid especial attention to the venerable matron and delighted her by his lucid ex planations. " Filially, after taking a num ber of specimens from his showcase and arranging them on the tables befere her, he said interrogatively : 'You are fa miliar, madame, with St. John's descrip tion in the Book of Revelation of tho precious stones os that great city, the . holy Jerusalem?" "Yes, indeed," was her reply. "Permit me, then, to' show them to you in this order," he said. "These am not polished, .as St. John saw them (J his vision, but they are all here aud were iouna in western norm uarouna. The first foundation was jasp. This is it. 'Thc second, sapphire, the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, art emerald; tho. fifth, sirdo'yx; the sixth, sardtus; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysop- rasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst." As the speaker named themTie handed each stone in turn to his interested visi tor; and when she had seen them all he said: "Now, madam, you can have somo faint idea of the glories that will one day be revealed to you." "Oh," said the dear old lady, as sho clasped her hands, whilo joy sparkled iu her eyes, "Often and often I have tried to imagine how that wall would look as I ncared the pearly gates, but I never ex pec ed to see the stones of that heavenly foundation with these mortal eyes. I thank God that He has given me this privilege, and I thank you, too, for your kindness." Turning to Tobacco. Many of the Georgia cotton growers, who have been groaning over tho low price of cheir crop, arc turning their at tention to the tobacco plant, which may possibly be raised in the State with profit. " There is now a great demand for tobacco seed in Georgia, and the Stte Commissioner of Agriculture says that a vast amount cf tobacco will be planted there this year. The Georgia Commissioners' opinion is that the f -liners of the State should raise more grain than they have been in the habit of raising, and we guess that this is a sensible opinion. It is an opin ion th it wai sustained by the .Cotton Glowers' Convention receutly held in Mem phi. 1 Cleveland Keeps His Mouth Shut. New Orleans, La. Ex Prtsident Cleveland was seen at Joe. Jefferson's home on Orange Island, and in n-ply to a question as to how he 'regarded the ac tion of the New York State Democratic Committee in fixing Feb. 22, as the date of the convention said: "I have every confidence in the commit tee's ability to transact business." In replv to a question as to whether he would write a letter defining his po sition on matters political, Mr. Cleveland said: "I have written many such let ters, but I cannot say what I may write in the future." Mr. Cleveland will leivs for home next week. Robbed Her While He Kissed Her. A Chicago special says: Miss Susie Riy, of 149 West Madison street, called on Justice Woodman, and, after request ing a private interview, told the 'Justice the wanted a warrant for the arrest of Floyd Tyrell, a Halstead street clothing clerk, on the charge of robbery. Miss Kay said that when Mr. Tyrrell left her on Sunday evening he placed one of his arms around her neck, and, while in tho act or kissing her, abstracted a pune containing f 20 from her dress pocket. The warrant was isssued and Tyrrell was arrested. Alliance Election. Chicago, III. The election of officer of the Fanners' Alliance took place, and President Power, of Nebraska, did not get enough votes for a third term. D. F. Ravens, of Washington, had far superior strength. On the caucus ballot the vote stood : Ravens 70, Powers 53. Nebraska thereupon conceded Power's defeat and moved tc make the caucus nomination unanimoi'3. This" wa done forthwith. There was nothing to prevent harmony in the vice-presidents' elections and the list was selected by acclamation. I Rev, Wood's Church to Cost $110,000, The new Second PresbUerian church now being built in Memphis, Tenn., of which Rev. Ncander M. Woods, I). D., is pastor. It is situated on the corner of two of the principal streets. It will cost $110,000, not including the lot. The lower floor of the sudatorium 6cats 803 people, and the gallery 400. The organ will cost over f 6,000. It will be situated to the left of, and a little above the pul pit An arch of 15 electric lights fur nishes light for the organ loft. The church will be one of tho handsomest ia the South.