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1 - 1- t r ENTR G. K. GRAXTHAM, Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesar6, Unto God, God-s. $1.00 Per Annum, in Advance. VOL. II. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1892 NO 10. al; Times' SCIENTIFIC! AND INDUSTRIAL. "Wooden pavement? founded on steel are a novelty. The normal temperature of a man in $8$ degrees Fabr. ; that of a fish,, seventy-seven degrees. Fifty-one metals are now known to nxitU Four hundred years ao only ,even were known. The latest discovery in industrial Fcience is that glass can be cast into large blocks for building purpose?. A new mineral species called "bolerite"' has been discovered in Lower California. It is a copper and silver ore, which i3 found in cubic crystals of an indigo-blue ' Ten dam3 with a horse power of 100,- 000 units will be erected in the St. Louis River, near Fond du Lac, Wis. This power will be utilized for the benefit of Dulutb, Minn. A puddle-ball weighing 606 pounds i3 eing made at the Natioual rolling-mill, Pittsburg, F enn.-, and will form a por tion of the Worlds Fair exhibit at Chi-' cago. The ball will break tho record for size. A brilliant aerolite, burning with a reen color, was observed recently at ."Madrid, Spain. It remained for" five nmute3 near the constellation of the 3reat Bear, and afterward took a north westerly course and vanished. Kecent experiments on the action of metals on india rubber show that copper is the most deleterious. Platinum, pal-; ladium, aluminum and lead act only slightly, while magnesium, zinc,- cad rnbim, cobalt, nickel, iron, chro mium, in, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, silver, and gold have no action whatever on this. material. ' A correspondent of the Geneva (Switz erland) Tribune relates that his family vere disturbed one evening by a mys terious tinging of the electric bells all over the house. Investigating the cause, fbfc writer found that a large spider had established itself at a point where the bell and the electric light wires ran closo to one another, with one leg on either wire, thus establishing a connection. . Most yellow or orange colored flowers are phosphorescent, if watched in the twilight during July and August, wheu the atmosphere is highly electric and not a particle of moisture is in the air. The common potato, when decompos ing, gives light enough to rea l by a Hght so vivid that once a cellar at Stras fourg was thought to bo on flro when fhining with tho phosphorescence of de composing potatoes. A specimen of prehistoric hatchet? of peculiar form was exibitcd by M. Vil avona, of F'iera, at the meeting of the French. Association. About two hun ired of them had been found at Elcho. They were simple emblems or images of 1 hatchet, made of a thin blade of met il, ornamented on both sides from one: end to the other, and without edges. At tho top is a kind of cup suggesting a sooket .hat does not exist, and representing, probably, tho jet of the castin g. Tho reason for the red sunset indicit ng a fine day to com? is because the imount of vapor floating in the air ro lects tho beams of tho sun and more 'reely transmits the red rajs of light ban the colored rays. It is the degree if moisture in the atmosphere which af fects the refraction of tho light, and vhen red rays of evening aro freely ransmitted the amount of moisture does lot approach the rain point, and, there 'ore, promises the following day to bo ine. a unique l'orlrart. Many remarkable stories are told con cerning the wonders of penmanship such as the work of John J. Taylor, of Streator, 111., who once wrote C0Q0 words on the blank side of a potal cardj and the Austiia? who wjote 100 letters on a grain of wheat; but ir the estima tion of the writer, Gustavo' Dihlbcrg, a Swedish univer- student, has ecliped them all. This wizard of the pen has made a portrait of King Oicar, the whole in microscopic letters, forming short and long extracts from the I i I !.. The right eye of t his wonderful portrait is made up of oven verses from the Psalms of David; the, toft of verses from the Proverbs of Solomon, the Book of Chronicles, and tho Song ot Solomon, containing in all .517 words and 1709 letters. Tho King's uniform is com posed of tho whole of the tirot liftj Psalms. iThe exact number of words and lctten in the whole portrait is not stated, but judging from tho fact that it took 1709 letters to ma o one eye, tho whole num ber of letters in this triumph of tho pen man's art cannot fall- much short of 60,000. In making the name of the King alone, Oalbherg 'used all of the Royal Greek prayer aud tho cx.wi.and xxvii. Psalms, says the Philadelphia Press. The portrait, which i- said to look life-like and natural, on tinted paper of the kind k iowu a Ilayne's Stand ard," and is so small that a United States half-dollar laio upon it comparatively hides it from v cw. Taken all in ail, it is accounted tie most wo'i'krtul piece of penmanship over executed. A Tip to Inventors. There is a good opening for an inven tive American mechanician to construct a signal gong or telegraph for communi cating between the engine room and deck, also for transmitting steerage and lookout signals, alarai gongs, etc. It appears to us that an English firm main tains a close monopoly on these special ties just now, and the field is somewhat noticeable on acconnt of no American ii strnments or system bein j on the market. This is not as it should be, nor do we believe but that more perfect, durable and effic': -at mechauism might be devised by an American who would turn his attention to this special feature of a steimr's outfit, and it is a foregone 'oiKiusion that a large patronage awaits the inventor thereof. Marine Record. THREE STATES' BRIEFS. Condensation of the Principal Happenings. The New Gleaned troin All Sources ' and Prepared For Our Jiugy People. VIRGINIA. The Buena Vista paper works will, as reorganized. -be a latge establishment. A pv;;-en:rti steamer will be put on the Rivanna between Columbia and Palmjta. Milton W. Wright was struck by an engiue near Burkcviile, and died of his injuries. A lot sale was held at Clifton Forse last Thursday, the proceeds amounting to12?.000. Buena Vista chamber of commerce is collecting an exhibit of raw materials and manufaetuied products for the Chi cago Fair. N. Y. parties are negotiating for the purchase of the Norfolk C ty railway, and if the purchase is made elec ritity will be used. At the Ljnchburg primary Yancey re ceived the renomination for Mayor, and the delegation to the Richmond Conven tion is divided, with a Hill majority, who arc elected as unpledged. Edgar Allan has been designated to re organizcthe Republican city committee of Richmond. He succeeds Captain Henry Hudnall, who was compelled to u tile on account of bad health. A meeting of the Cotton Exchange was held at Norfolk, and representatives of the Norfolk & Western and Seaboard & Roanoke and Norfolk" Carolina rail roads appeared before the body and sub mitted plans fot the organization of a stock company to erect largo piers, com presses and cotton sheds for the handling of the cotton trade of this port. The Norfolk & Western advocated locating the plant neat Lambert's Point, the oth er roads near Pinner's Point on the Poitsmouth side. The exchange select e I the Pinner's Point location, and ap pointed a committee to raise $100,003 for a stock company. $300,000 will be sub scribed by the railroad. This is a vic tory for the Portsmouth people Riid the Seaboard fc Roanoke. NORTH CAROLINA. There are 70 students at the Keeley In stitute at Greensboro. A Richmond county farmer who culti. vatos but a medium sized farm, this seas on made a clear profit of $2,000. The Dukes have let a contract for the building of a $500,000 cotton factory at Durham. Last Sunday evening letween sunset and dark a masked man invaded the house of Samuel Barnes, of Tyro town ship, Davidson county, demanded hi money and got $1G0. The Church of the Holy Innocents, at HeudersouviPe, was consecrated with impressive services Sunday, Bishop Ly man performing the ceremony, assisted by many prominent Episcopal clergymen A Concord paper states that a Mrs. Hooks, of Stanly county, gave birth last week to G well -developed children- 1 boys and 2 girls. Four of the children have since died. This lady has in the past given birth to twins and triplets. Gen. Glenn says that as soon as possi ble the regiments of the State Guard will be brought up to the standard, 12 companies. They will then be divided, as provided for in the new regulations, i-:-to :5 battalions. The company at Ash -viile has received permission to enlist That will give the 4th regiment 11 com pauies The dead body of Charlie Adams, a lad fifteen years old, son of Joseph Adams, of Cedar Falls, was found in the river near Randleman. He went with his la ther into the woods where he had been chopping, to assist him. After a little while his father missed him and went in search of him. The boy wa subject to fits and fell in the rivei during an attack. No lipior is allowed to be sold in Northampton county at present, but np plication will be made to the board of commissioners at its May meeting for li cense to sell it by one of the wealthiest merchants in the county. Captain. R. B. Peebles will appear for the applicant aud Senator Ransom aud others in oppo sition. The case will excite considerable interest and will be fought hard by both sides There is a strong prohibition feeling in the county. SOUTH CAROLINA. "The new Presbyterian High S hoo building at Rock Hill is about finished and will opeu in the fall. A World's Fair club has been organ zed among tho little girls of Columbia. ana u is the nist girls' club in the State. The president has appointed Walker W. Jones of South Caroliu a to be a ;Jrd Lieut, in the revenue cutter" service. Tho corner-stone of tho new Converse College was laid at Spaitanburg lat Thursday with Masonic ceremonies. Grand Master Branch niesidin". The aunual meeting of the Pec Dee Medical Association was held at Dailiu:; tou. Tho following .ariccrs were eloi ted : Dr. C. Kellock. president; Dr. C. Miller, vice president ; Dr John Lunney, secre tary and treasurer. It is rumored that an allot ments welt made by a country cc.igregatinn, not many miles from Grecn vood. to boyco t their psstor because he could not believe Tillman's re-election wo dd be beiurkhl to the State, and consequently in the pri mary would cast his vote for Sheppard delegates. The boycott failed to material ize. The Columbia State estimates that at least one third of the delegates to Chica go from South Carolina will be for Cleve land, no matter what the action of the State administration will be, and it is not impossible that the delegation for the ex-President will be solid. Still another hedge fence c ompany in the State was organized last week. The Sccretaiy of State issued a commissi an tc the "Orangebiiig County Hedge Ferce Company.'" Capital stock $15,000. Gen. W. Burns died suddenly at Beau fort of apoplexy. The body wis embalm ed and will be taken to Washington for buriaL tJeii. Burn3 was 66 years of age a graduate of West Point, and was retired from the United States army in 1890. He was a classmate of Gen. McClellan, and wai quite prominent, both during and after the war, being at onetime miH tary mayor of Charleston. Other stAte. A new "whiskey cure"' doctor ba3 es tablished his headquarters for the South ern States, at Nashville, Tenn. He is Dr. Frank Young, of Kenton. Ohio, for merly a Confederate soldier from North Carolina He bar? anitarlums In-Balti more, Cincinnati. Louisville abd .Chica go. His method ;is different from the b -chlovide of gold cure; there are no hyperdermic injections, but the medi cine is said to be entirely of vegetable composition, and. is administered internally. NEGROES WANT PROTECTION; New Yorkers Complain to Harrison of Alleged Outrages in the South. Washington, D. C. A delegation of New York colored men arrived iu Wash ington for the purpose of making au ap peal to President Harrison for protection of the colored race in the South against alleged outrages at the hands of the Southern white men. The delegation was met at the depot by Frederick Doug lass and William E, Matthews and en tertained at. breakfast by them; At 10 o'clock the visitors proceeded to the White House and were ushered iuto into the cabinet room. The delegation consisted of Rev. Dr. William B. Der rick, chairman; Rev. Dr. D. W. Wisher, Rev. Dr. George W. Brjant, Rev. Dr. Alex. Watters, Dr. T. S. P. Miller. Mr. Charles R. Dorsev, Prof. William John son, Alex. Powe 1, II. A. Monroe and Isaac B. Johnson, of the Brooklyn Mes sage. They were introduced to the President by Auditor Lynch, of the Treasury De partment. Rev. Dr. Derrick made the address to the President. He spoke of the" many alleged outrages which he said are perpetrated upon the Colored race in the South, and from which no redress aud from which no protection seems ob tainable. As a list resort the colored people appeal to the President for such action by the Executive as his judgement dictates. In his reply President Harison explain ed just how far he could exercise his au thority under the Constitution stat ng Very clearly the difference between S'ate and Federal authotrity iu regard to crimes committed in any particular State. The New Orleans lynching matter was taken as an example. The Federal Government, he said, clearly had the right to provide for the protection of the Italian subjects as that was a matter of treaty rights, but it has not been done, no legislation has been enacted aud neither the Federal courts nor the President could interfere even in that case. Mr. Harrison advised the delegation to collect in detail the fa ts c 'ueeruing the lynchings in the South for a year and present them to him and to the public" press, and said that upon these facts he would assist as far as he could in creating a public sentiment against lawless methods of punishing col ored men in the South. While willing to do everything he could in behalf of all of the citizens of the country he explained clearly how an attempted interference with State author ity by him woud do more harm than good . The delegation were very much pleased with the President's speech and attitude. PLOT TO KILL THE KING OF SPAIN. Munozthe Dominating Spirit in This and the Plot to Blow Up the Hall of Congress. MAniun, Spain, Cablegram. -Public excitement on the subject of anarchis, plots has been renewed by the report that the anarchist, Phillip Munoz, h is confessed to a plot to kill the king of Spain, who will be six years old on the 1 Ttb of next month. Munoz was former ly a sergeant of artillery, who has been living abroad and in concealment in Spain since he took an active put in the rebel lion in Madrid in September, 1880. Delbocbc, the Frenchman arrested for the attempt to blow up the chamber of dep uties, said that Munoz led them on to make tho attempt against Congress, and provided thorn with bombs which, they say, he handed them in a street a few yards from Congress hall. Delboche stated that Munoz lived in Calle Clavel, Madrid, and had besides another domicile where his mistress lived. The police succeed ed in arresting Munoz, who has under gone a rigorous examina ion. The con fession attributed to him is that at a meet ing of anarchists it was determined to kiV t!-e kiug. and that lots were cast as to who sh 'uld kill him. The confession does not state upon whom the lot fell, but it is believed 'that Munoz himself was the probu!le man. There is no doubt that he was the leading spirit in the plot. Delboche and Ferreira. the two conspira tors who were arrested with bombs in tended to blow up the clumber of depu ties, pretended that they were dominated by Munoz. Liouisiana Elects Foster. New Orleans, La. Returns indicate that the anti-lottery Democratic State ticket, headed by Murphy J. Foster, is elected by pluralities ranging from 15,000 to 20,000. There were five tickets in the field. One headed by McEnery, Democrat; one by Foster, Democrat; one by Breaux, Re publican; one by Tannerhill, People's party; and one by Leonard, Republican. A Boy Suicides. Winston. N. C. Has Walker, sixtcer yeais old, a sou of Johu Walker, a prom inent fanner near Smith Grove, Davie county, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a shotgun. No cause is assigned for the deed. He tied the team, told his hi other to watch it until he returned, then went to the house, got the gun, placed it uudcr his chin ami discharged it with a stick, tear ing his head neailv oil. ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. President Polk at the St. Louis Convention. Plutocracy Is Arranged. Facts and Figures Showing Where the Money Is. (Stenographic report of President Polk's speech, in response, to the address of welcome by Mr. C. P. Waldridge, President St. Louis City Council ) Reproduced by request.- Mr. Phesipkmt: Gathered here as the representatives df the the millions of wealth producers df this great count ry it is gratifying to receive your kindly and cordial words of welcome, and on behalf of this great Conference, I beg to assure you of our warm appreciation of your proffered kindn ss and hospitality and of your brave words of good cheer and encouragement. With your sixty-driS square miles df municipal jurisdiction, your two hun dred and fifteen square miles of street railway, your two hundred and fifty mil lions of taxable property, your annual output of three hundred millions of dol lars of mmufacturcd products, your hun dreds of trains daily, which pour into tour gates, two hundred and fifty mil lions of people annually arid locate I here. On the bank of the "American Nilej" tvhat shall be the measure of your future possibilities and greatness. Within the radius of yoUr influence and legitimate trade, is embraced the richest agricultu ral regidn on the face df the earth, capa ble of sustaining three hundred millions of people, and where shall be reared in immortal grandeur the magnificent seat of future political and industrial empire of this continent. We share with you, sir, the just pride and che ring hope which is inspired by jour auspicious surroundings and assure you that we feel quite at home within your hospitable gates. All the States, all sections, and all the great industries of the country are here represented The men are here who feed the world ; the men are here whd cldthe the world ; the men are here who house the world. They are here from the farm, the factory, the workshop and all the departments of industry throughout this broad land. It is that mighty host whose blended blows of honest toil go to swell the chorus of the world's happy song of industrial progress. Why are we here? We arc here to voice the solemn protest of a nation's wealth producers ttgainst the inequalities and uujust condi tions which seriously threaten to paral yze and destroy the industrial energies of the countiy. Owning less than 22 per cent, of the country and paying over 80 per cenf. of iU taxes, the outraged and struggling victims of iniquitous and wicked clasi legislation, we are here to redress these grievances and to right these great wrongs. In the Board of Exchange of New York, money is quoted today at from 1 to 4 per cent. In Liverpool it is quoted at from 1 to 2J per cent. In Houston Texas, Vicksburg Miss , and Shreveport, La., it is quoted today at 12 per cent In Selma, Ala., Macon, Ga., Italeigh, N. C, Columbia, S. C, aud Pine Bluff, Ark., it is quoted today from 10 to 13 per cent. If a broker on Wall street can borrow money at 2 to 4 per cent, interest on wheat, corn and cotton as collateral, why cannot the farmers of Michigan, Kansas aud Georgia do the same? One year ago to-day, m'ddling cott n sold in New Orleans for i ine cents In t pound, or 43 per bale. Today it is quoted at 6 and U-16 cents per pound, or $32.20 per bale - a decline of over 28 per cent1 to the farmer. Has there been a corres ponding decline in the pri'e of the arti cles manufactured from this cotton? Have the cotton factories of New England shared this great loss? Have the staple manu'actured eoods. which the farmers are obliged to have, declined in a cor responding ratio? From a list of staple manufactured goods from the lead ng mills of New England. I find .that the de, din in these goods has been only about 2 J per cent. Has the dilTcrence of this de cline gone into the pockets of the manu facturers or did they p y it to the em ployees? I it be overproduction that drives the farmer to accept it price for his cotton absolutely below the cost of the product, why should it not aff ct the output and price of manufaetuied goods. Permit me to q icte fuither from our official census returns which presents a very significant phase of the situation. During the past ten years, from 1880 to 1890, the single State of New York, with a population of 5,Oy2,871, gained in act ual wealth $6,000,00.) more than fifteen of the great producing Slates of this couutry, towit : Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Ten nessee, Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, with a population of 19,996,827, a d with a territory equal to sixteen States the size of New York. The small non-producing State of Massa chusetts, with 1,783,08') people, gained in wealth, about $10,000,000, more than nine of the great producing States f Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Geor gia, North Carolina, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa aud Nebraska, whose population was 13.409.lfi7, nud wihan area as large as fifty-eight States the size of Massachu setts. New England, New York and Philadeipha hold today 180,000 shares of the banking c pital of the country, while only 41.000 shares are held by all the remaining States of the Cuion. Must argument be added to these startling fac's to convince us of our doty? To me they proclaim- in thunder touts that the time has arrived for the great West, the great South :md the No.-thwest to link their hand- and heart? together and march to the bill t box and take posses sion of the government, restore it to the principles of our fathers, and run it in the interest of the people. Two years ago we presented the6e facts to the American Congres". They were supported by the petitions of a half million freemen. One year ago th;y were presented, and what was the answer to these appeals? "Go home, work hard er, live closer and keep out of politics and all wjll be well." Over a month ago, we again knocked at the door of the pres ent Congiess, and what has been its an swer? A good friend,, in th magnani mity of his heart and it may be for the purpose of -perpetrating a joke on that august body, offered a resolution last Jveelt; generously extending to the dis tressed fanners throughout this broad land expressions of "sincere sympathy." Sir?, we are not applying to Congress of elsewhere for sympathy or charity, but in the digintyand power of American manhood, we are demanding justxe. and nnder the favor of God, we intend to have It.. We want re'ief . from these un just oppression", and as I have said ftord New York to California, in my speeches, we intend to have it if have to wipe the two old parties from the face of theearrh. Again, sir, assuring you on behalf of the great workinc classes here aseembled, of their earnest- appreciation, of thtir cordial stud hospitable welcome of Jour progressive city, so kindly and eloquent ly tendered through you, 1 doubt not that each and all "of "us will take with us to our homes the warm and pleasant rememberances of our visit to the great and enterprising city of St. Louis. PALMER IN A PICKLE. Four "Wives Confront Him Whiie He is Trying to Get a Fifth. Memphis, Tenn. John Palmer once, a well known Arkansas politician, who figured in a race war in Crittenden county some years ago, and was made to leave, found himself confionted by three wives this morningj and another woman to whom he was engaged, with still another wtfe ch roi'te to this city from Mississip pi. Pdlmcr Came here tonie months ago, and met llattie Palmef and married her. His Arkansas wife appeared oil the scens a week ago and had him arrested on a bigamy charge. Then a woman from Greenville, Miss., appeared, aud said she and Palmer were married five years ago to-day. It has also developed that about four years ago Palmer married Mollie Whitlaw at Vicksburg, and when he was arrested he was paying court to Mollie Skates, a negro belle, with a view to matrimony. llattie Palmer, whomarritd him in Memphis, admitted that she had been married once before, and that she married Palmer without getting a di vorce from Palmer No. 1. She was ar i cs cd and the charge of bigamy made -I gainst her. ' Vengeance of the masked mob. Negroes, Suspected of the Murder of Stevenson and Payne, Lynched. Atlanta, Ga., Four negroes were lynched at Inverness, near Ocala, Fla., Tuesday morulng about 2 o'clock by a mob of 150 men. Ou Monday eight ne groes suspected of the murder of Steven son and Pajne were caught. One of thsra was a woman; who confessed and implicated two others. All were taken from the jail by a mask ed mob. Three were hanged first, and at the hanging another was implicated. The Governor wired for the Ocala Rifles, who remained at their armory until the 4 o'clock trainj ready at call, but their services were not needed . The names of those hanged are. Jerry Williamson, George Davis and Willie Williams. Then Albert Robertson, who was left at the jail, but was implicated by the first three, was taken out aod shaied the same fate. The negroes are in great strength at the phos phate mines, and it is estimated that 1, 500 weapons sre iu their possession aud futute outbreaks are expected at any time. New Enterprises in the South. A review of the South's pr. grcss in in dustrial mat'ers during the past week, shows a continued activity in all direct ions Among the most important new enterprises, as noted by the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record in its issue of April 22d, are: A $100,000 quarrying company at Atlanta, Ga. ; a f 10,000. 000 iron company at Covington, Ky. ; a $50, 00 brewing company at Louisville, a $100,000 stove works company at New port, Ky. ; a $50,000 cotton mill at Dur ham, N. C. ; a $10,000 manufacturing company at Baltimore, Md; a $50,000 clothing factory at Durham, N. C. ; a $500,000 cotton mill company at Wins ton. N C. ; a $50,000 cotton mill company at Clinton, S. C. ; a $20,000 cotton mill company at Dillon, S. C. ; a $10,000 dis tillery company at Paris, Tenn.; a $100, 000 cotton-seed oil mill and refining com pany, and a $50,000 ice company at Cr sicana, Texas; a $60,000 mining company at Rockda e, Texas; a $900,000 mineral land and furnace company at Roanoke, Va ; a $50,000 harness maunfactuting company at Parkersburg, W. Va. ; a $200 000 carriage factory company, aud a $100,000 gas and oil well company at Wheeling, W. Va. ; a $10,000 plantation company in Florida; a $50,000 can man ufacturing company at Baltimore, Md.. aod a $35,000 lumber company at Fort Smith, Arkansas. THE PHOSPHATE TRUST. Combination of Charleston Fertilizer Companies. Charleston, S. C Representatives of the largest phosphate companies in the city met Wednesday and formed a "trust,'' to c -utrol the output of com mercial fertilizers They are very reti cent about giving information, but it is understood that the combine w ill be oper ated on the same plan a other such asso ciations, and will have for its president F. S. Rodger-, and for superintendent A. 31. Rhett. The trust will, it is stated, issu-and float $2,OO'J.O0O worth of bonds. If the present plans are carried out, the number of employees ana traveling men for the phosphate companies will be great ly reduced. Concord Voted the Bonds. Concord, N. C. Concord voted a sub cription of $75,000 to the building of the Concord Southern Railroad - 380 votes for to only 13 against, o-it of a reg istered vote of 561. The road is to 1 built South from Concord to Charlotte or some point on the Carolina Central. Called to His Reward. Weldon. N. C., Rev. Aristides Smith, one of the oldest Protestant Episcopal preachers in this country, is d ad, nged eighty-three. II s remains were removed to Norfolk, Va.t for burial. H00SIERS IN COUNCIL The Indiana State Democratic Con vention Meets. Cleveland is Endorsed But National Dlegate3 Are Instructed for Uncle" Isaac Gray. IsniASAPOLi?, Ind. The Indiana State Democratic convention was called to order by Chairman fnggatl. The venerable David Tin pie wa.t pre "o nted and delivered au address. Before any nominations were made the fo'lowing icsolutions were adopted: Repolvep, That this convention en dorses the wise and patriotic administra tion of CJrover Cleveland; that the presi dential compaign of '92 should be con ducted tin the issues of tariff reform as defined in the presidential message of 1SS7; that upon this issue Mr, Cleveland i- the logical caudidatc of the Democratic party. Resolved, That the Democratic party f ludiana expresses its unalterable con lideuce' iu and attachment to its gallant ieader, Isaac P. Gray; that it holds him to be worthy of any honor in the gift of the American phoplc, and that his name be presented to the convention by the delegation appointed, and in the event th it the national convention deems the nomination of Mr. Cleveland inexpedient. I he delegation is instructed to use every honorable effort to secure' the nomination of ex-Oov. Isaac P. Gray for the prcsi ofency. The delegates and candidates for minor offices were. elected and at 4 :30 the contest of the day, the gubernatorial nomination, was declared in order. The candidates were John G. Shanklin, Mason J. 'Nib lack. Claude Matthews and Mortimer Nve. The first ballot determined the struggle aud the result was: For G o vero or Claude . Matthews. For Lieutenant Governor--Morsiuer Nve. For Secretary of State Captain W. R. Myers. Senator Smith called attention to the fact the Australian election law required the party to place a device at the head, of its trcket and suggested that a rooster would be an appropriate emblem. The idea was approved by a. chorus of cock-crows. The band burst out with "Auld Lang Syue," and after a contin uous session of over 8 hours, the conven tiou was declared at an cud. Republican Convention, Columbia, S. C. The South Carolina Republican State Convention remained iu session during the entire night, and did not adjourn till in the morning These delegates were elected to the Min nesota Convention: K. M. Brayton, Co lumbia; E. A. Webster, Orangeburg; Dr. W. D. Crum (colored!, Charleston; E. II. Deas (colored), Darlington. The platform lauds the Administration of Harrison aud commends the last Con gress for its tariff and pension legislation It denounces the registration aud election laws of South Carolina, by means of which, it declares, "the Democratic party has controlled the State Government for the past ten years . against the will of a large majority of its citizens." The proceedings of the Convention w ere liotous at times, the contentions be inir between the office holders and the mm office-holding clement. Wheu the motion to adjourn was made the negrd Chairman declined to entertain it, an nounciug that he would not do so until he could ascertain who had stolen his new silk hat. Senator Vance Improving. Washington, D. C The attack of piralysis from which Senator Vance is uo.v suffering is his second. The first was in 18135, just before he was taken to the "Old Capitol" prison at Wadiiugton Has face is drawn considerably and he speaks and writes with someefloit. But he is daily improviug aud his vis t to Charlotte on 18th of May will be of bene fit, no doubt. Cnnnin? of Gu'f jv - An example of the cunning of gulls was observed at Tacoma, Washington, when several alighted on a bunch of logs that has been in the water for a longtime, with the submerged sides thick with barnacles. One was a big gray fellow, who seemed to be the Cap tain., He walked to a particular log, stood on one side of it ' close to the water, and then uttered peculiar cries. The other gulls came and perched on the same side of the log, which under their combined weight rolled over several inches. The gulls, step by step, kept the log rolling untii the barnacle showed above the water. The birds pick eel eagerly at this food, and the log was not abandoned until every barnacle had been picked. New Orleans Times Democrat. Bridegroom. 74;. Bride, 73. Washington, Pa. Samuel Ross, aged 74, and Mrs. Richardson, aged 7:3, were manied secretly last week Mrs. Rich ardson's first husband died a jear ago. leaving her nmsiderable property. Two weeks afterward Mrs. Ross died. It is said that the present contracting paities were lovers in their youth. Burnham a Harmless Lunatic. Chahlkston S C. li- F. Burnham, treasurer of the Building and Loan Asso ciation is declared a harmless lunatic by phy iciaus. On Saturday exposure wa made of his default to the association f .r $ ".0,000. The sheriff is guarding his house. Chile Going Rapidly Ahead. Washington, D. C, In an interview with A. Thompson Rei, of Santiago, Chile, who has just arrived in Washing ton, he said: "Chile is going rapidly ahead, and although the war caused the ruin of much property, it is being rapidly rebuilt." Lawver Edington, of Memphis, Tenn., has been in Washington securing ;tfiida- viu. for use in the defense of Alice Mitch ell, indicted for the murder of Freda V, ard. lie learned tnat Alice Mitcneii s . of tnU coutinent. Consequently tu mother smaulen name was kabelle Scott, 'staliion, are usc1 onlj for croMing, and that insanity is hereditary in the york TimM Scott famly. I . SELECT SIFTINGS. Sea birds cannot drink salt water. A hospital patient in New York City slept himself to death. To find the area of a circle, square the diameter and multiply by 0.7854. ' The first railway to Jerusalem will probably be opened in the spring of next -year. A Philadelphia burglar left a vest but ton in the house he had broken into, and it led to his arrest. The members of the Yale Corporation have voted to wear the academic hat and' gown at Commencement. A blind black eel was found in a pond in Maine recently and sent to the United States fish commission as a curiosity. In California peach trees are success fully grafted with rose buds, thus pro ducing groves of red, white aud pink rose. Bodie, Mono county, Cal., is situated at the hishest elevation of any town in the United States, being 9000 feet above the sea level. Rome, in the time of -Augustus, wa surrounded by a wall twenty miles in cir cumference, pierced by thirty gates, and' had a population of of 2,000,000. One of the Ameer's latest acts U to ordcV that funeral expenses be cut down, be cause of a yerse of the Koran which con demns prodigals to the lower world. Thomas Sumter was the last surviving general of the American Revolution, Ho was a native of Virginia, and became one of the ablest partisan leaders of the South, llo represented South Carolina in both houses of Congress. A Marion County (Iowa) physician Is the owner of a remarkable human mon strosity male child, sixteen inchea long, weighing nine and one-half pounds, its head the perfect counterpart of that of lome gigantic serpent. The winter season in. Russia comes fon so suddenly that while the first part of November may be as balmy as spring time, twenty-four hours later everything is frozen solid, and there is no relaxation of the cold until spring. If all the babies born in one year were laid in a line, head to foot, they would stretch from New York City to Hong Ivong, China. If they could walk past a corner at the rate of twenty per min ute it would take them six years to pass. Two ladies of Olympia, Washington killed a rat by sheer kindness and hfgb living. They caught a big gray rat la a trap, and while waiting the arrival of a man to kill the rat, it was carefully fed, and cherished, with the above sad result Samuel Butler, tho Englishman, who i3serts that the author of tho Odyssey was a woman, bases his view mainly on the fact that the leading theme of tho Odyssey is the infatuation of man with" its corollary, the superior excellence of woman. ' A stretch of track across the pain pa on the new Argentine Pacific Riilroad; from Bueuos Ayres to the foot of the Andes is 211 miles long, without a curve, i single bridge, an opening larger than in ordinary drain, a cut greater than one metre in depth, or an embankment more than one metre in height. According to the epilogue writer of the Seventeenth Century it was then easy to distinguish the country from the town gallaut in a theatre, the latter being known by putting his periwig in order with a comb, while his provincial brother was content to attain the same object with four fingers and a thumb. The Unearned liicranieiiC. - - Fernando Jones and Colonel Babcock were swapping stories tho other day In the Grand Pacific rotunda to the dcligH Df a knot of auditors. Whenever either of those veterans takci a notion to relate lome of his reminiscence? ho is always ure of attentive listeners. Tho conversa tion turned on the great enhancement of real estate values in Chicago and how, the rise in dirt made the fortunes of many. "A case in point," said Mr. Jone3, "was that of a friend of mine who came to Chicago when it was but a village. This friend married and in due tiruerwa, presented by his wife' with a bouncing ! young son. A chum of the child's papa, before the latter had given ho3tage to society by taking unto himself a wife, called to see the little red mite of humanity, in which he became deeply interested. He soon acquired a deep! lore for the baby and desired to make it; a present. He determined f however,; that his gift should be of a substantial ' kind, and after thinking the matter orer' he decided to buy a lot for the baby. 'He went to a real estate firm, which wa3 about the only one in the town, and inquired whether he could buy a nice lot; for $ 100 as a present to his pet. 1 want something not too far out of town,' because I don't want to be bothered going to look at it,' said he. 've got a nice twenty-foot lot on Randolph street I can sell you at $100,' replied the "real estate mia. The deal was closed and the purchaser took the deed, which was made out in the child name, to his friend's house and gave it to the baby, savin?, There, ray little man, is a present for you. 'By some care the b .by was pret efite 1 from mistaking toe pipfr for hi regular meals and the dee I wai p it away. The baby' grew to manhood and bad children of his own. He held on to the let. Ten years ago it was sold for $10,000. To-day it is worth 150,000. It i$ ths east twenty feet of the new Schiller TiieatreV' Chicago Post. Arabian Horse. ( The true Arabian horses cannot b purchased, as the exportation of them from the Turkish dominions is prohib ited. All of them that have been brought here have been given to prominent per sons by the Turkish or Egyptian Govern ments, and as only horses are given and no mares they are not bred pure in any f 111 i V