North Carolina Newspapers

1. 1 H A j.. ' ' 4:; . G. K. GRANTHAM, Editor Render Unto Caesar the Things that are Caesarfl, Unto God, God's. . 1.00 Per Annum, in Advance VOL. II. DUNN, HARNETT CO., N.C.,THURSD4 JUNE , 1892 . N0.16 I - . r ..... """" A GKEAT CAT PL E RANCH. T COVERS 700,000 ACHES AND IT CONTAIKS OVEH 100,000 CATTLE. It Is the Largest Ranch in the United States How Orders lor Cattle arc T are Filled. THE largest ranch in the United ocaies ana proDaoiy in me worm owned by one person is in Texas, and belongs to (Mrs. Richard King. It lies forty-tive miles south of Corpus Christi. The ladie3 who come to call on Mr. King drive from the front gate, over as good a road as any in Central Park, for ten miles before they arrive at her front door, and the butcher and baker and ice man, if such existed, would have to drive thirty miles from the back gate be fore they reached her kitchen. This ranch is bounded by the Corpus Christi Bay for forty miles, nnd by barb wire for three hundred miles more. It covers 700,000 acres in extent and 100,000 head of cattle and 3000 broodmares wander over its different pasture?. This property is under the ruling of Robert J. Kleberg, Mis. King's son-in-law, and he has under him a superin tendent, or, as the Mexicans call one who holds that office, a major-domo, which is ao unusual poution for amajor domo.as this major-domo has the charge of 300 cowboys and 1200 ponies reserved for their use. The "Widow's" ranch, as the people about call it, is as carefully organized and moves on as conservative business principles as a bank. The cow boys do not ride over its ranges with both legs at right auglcs to the saddle and shooting joyfully into the air with both guns at once. Neither do they offer the casual visitor a bucking pony to ride, and then roll around on the prairie with glee when he is shot up into the air and comes down on his collar-bone; they are more likely to offer him as tine a Ken tacky thoroughbred as ever wore a blue ribbon around the Madison Square Gar den; and neither do they shoot at his feet to seo if he can dance. In this way the Eastern man is constantly finding his dearest illusions abruptly dispelled. It is also trying when the cowboys stand up aud take off their sombreros when jne is leaving their camp. Tnere are cowboys and cowboys, and I am speak ing now of those I sav on the King ranch. The thin that the wise man from the East cannot at first understand is how the 100,000 head of cattle wandering at large over the range are ever collected togethtr. He scc3 a dozen or more 6teer8 here, a bunch of horses there, and a single steer or two a mile off, and even as he looks at them they disappear in the brush, and as far as his chance of finding them again would be, they might as well stand forty miles away at the other end of the ranch. But this is a very simple problem to the ranchman. Mr. Kleberg, for instance, receives an order from a firm in Chicago calling for 1000 head of cattle. The breed of , cat tle the firm wants is grazing in a corner of the range fenced in by barb-wire, and marked pale blue for convenience on a beautiful map blocked out in colors, liko a patch-work quilt, which hangs in Mr. Kleberg's office. When the order is re ceive J, he sends a Mexican on a pony to tell the men near that particular pale blue pasture to round up 1000 head of cattle, and at the same time directs hi3 superintendent to seud in a few days as many cowboys to that pasture as are needed to "hold' 1000 head of cattle on the way to the rail road station. The boys on the pas ture, which we will suppose is ten miles square, will take ten of their number and five extra ponies apiece, which one man leads, and from one to auother of which they shift their sad lies as men do in polo, and go directly to tho water tanks in the ten square miles of laud. A cow will not often wander more than two and a half miles from water, and so, with the water tank, which on the King ranch may bo either a well with a wind mill or a dam med canon full of rain-water, as a ren dezvous, the finding of the cattle is com paratively easy, and ten men can round up 1000 head in a day or two. "When they have them hll together, the cowboys who are to drive them to the station have arrived, and take them off. At the station the agent of the Chicago Arm and the agent of the King ranch rid through the herd together, and if thej disagree as to the fitness of any one or moro of the cattle, an outsider is called in, and his decision is final. The cattlt are then driven on tho cars, and Mr. Kle berg's responsibility is At an end. In the spring there U a general round ing up, and thousands and thousands , ol steers are brought in from the different pastures, and those for which contracts have been made during the- winter are shipped off to the markets, and the calves are branded. Harper's Weekly. A SylTan Savings Bank. - A man in Milbridge, Me., was build ing a small schooner and was about to cut down a tree for a stem-piece when he was approached by an elderly French Canadian, who asked : "You cut down that tree?" "Yes," the shipbuilder re plied. "Well, he my safe I keep my money In there," the Acadian responded. Pulling out a carefully concealed plug at the base he brought forth a tin box filled with coins. Chicago Herald. A Coir and CaUas a Wedding Fee. Some of the tribes of India have a marriage custom which calls for the presence of a cow and calf at the cere mony. " The principals and the priests drive a cow and a calf into the waterand there the bride and bridegroom, as well as the clergyman, clutch tne the cow's tail, while the officiating personage pours water upon it from a glass vessel and ut ters a religious formula. The couple are now united in wedlock, and the priest, for his part in the ceremony, claims the animal, and also receives any sum in money which the groom thinks it neces sary to propitiate the idols. Yankee Blade. POLITICAL PROBLEMS. Maneuverings For Control of Govern ments. Four Parties Actively At Work Furth ering Their Interests. The three Republican IPs from Illinois Hitr, Hopkins and Henderson have been renominated. All the strongest Republicans on the, Pennsylvania delegation will le in the field for reelection to Congress . A Republican Senator is authority for the statement that Mr. Blai ne w 11 not write a political letter of any kind until after th Minneapolis convention. He says Mr. Blaine told him this. Among the Democratic Conyresemen renominated are Geary and Caminetti, of California; Springer, Busey,and Williams, of Illi toi-; Ho' man, Bert., Brown, and Cooper, of Indiana; Hayes, of Iowa; Tarsney, of Missouri ; "Williams, of North Carolina, and Layton, of Ohio. people's party call. Birmingham, Ala. George F. Qaither, State chairman of the People's arty, issued a call for a State cmveution o meet in Birmingha'ii June 23d to put out a full 8: ate ticket and elect delegates to the Omaha Convention. The official vote of Louisiana nt the April election has just been announced. The following was the vote for Governor; Foster (Dera.), 79,383; McEuery (Dein.), 47,037; Leonard (Ken.), 29,459; Iireaux (Rep.), 12,359; People's party ticket. 792. The total vote, 17S,93.j, was less by 7,751 than the vote for Governor in 1888, an astonishing fact in view of the great excitement of the April contest. FUSION IS KANSAS. Kansas City, Mo. A joint meeting of the Democratic and People's party of Kansas was held here and they decided that it would be well for the Democratic and People's party to form a coalition against tho Republicans in the coming elections The meeting went into secret session at 11 o'clock and did not adjourn uutil 5 p. m. During the intervening hours the-whole matter of fusion was thoroughly discussed and a resolution was adopted giving the sense of the meeting as in favor of fusion. At the Massachusetts State Prohibl tiou convention Thursday the committee cn permanent organization icported for chairman the lie v. L. A. Banks, D. D., of Boston and for secretary George Cook, of Cambridge. The chairman was given three rousiug cheers as the "fighting par son" and delivered a stirring address. Wolcott Hamlin, of Amherst, was nomi nated for Goveruor, and Edward Ken kail, of Cambridge, for Lieutenant Gov ernor by acclamation. The platform de nounces the liquor trnffic,opposes the free coinage of silver, trusts, monopolies and combinations of capita?. ILLINOIS PROHIBITIONISTS. Springfield, III., At the Prohibition Stat-j convention the report of the com mittee recommending George W. Gere, of Champaign, and James Felter, of Sang amon, as electors for the Jftate-at large was unanimously adopted. R. R. Link, a farmer, was nominated for Governor by acclamat on, and addressed the convent ion briefly. ,The ticket was completed as follows, all the nominations being made by acclamation: Lieutenant-Governor ex Reprcsentative James Lamont ; Secretary of ctate, John Killam; Auditor of Public Accouuts, Samuel D. Noe; Treasuier, T. S. Marshall; Attorney General, A. P. "Wright. The platform adopted by the convention declared emphatically against the liquor traffic. A resolution was adopted declaring in favor of closing the World's Fair on Sunday. ' AN INDIAN RUNNING FOH COSGRRSS. The Republicans of the Fourth distii. t of Kansas have chosen a quarter breed In dian named Charles Curtis as their candi date for congress. He is a native of Kan sas, having been born iji Shawnee county in January, 1800. His f;tther was a ferrymin or the Kew liver at Topeka. His mother was a half breed Pottawat omie, anJ her son is proud f her blood . Curtis' parents weie poor and his early life was a struggle. When a boy he was a succes-ful rider of race horM'S, and thus manage 1 to make a living and some thing to spare for his fath r and mother. He was ambitious ;tnd U ok advanvage of the pub ic schools. As he grew older he became a hick driver, and among his patrons in the s v cnties were United States Senator Potue roy and his successor, Senator Ingalls. While he drove a hack he kept up his studies. He saved enough money to go through the Topeka high school, and af terward read law aud was admitted to the bar in 1881 . He was chosen county attor ney in 1884 nnd again in 188G. He is earnest and resolute, aud if he gets to congress he will not le lost sight of. MITCHELL FOR GOVERNOR. Tampa, Fla. The Democratic con vention was in session till nearly 3 o'clock in the morning. At 1 o'clock the two thirds rule was adopted and then the Mitchell men forced the presentation of names of gubernatorial candidates agaiivt strong oppositiou and amotion to adjourn. After Mitchell's name was presented county after county, fell in line for him andat2:15 he was nominated by accla mation, no other name being presented against him. The convention re-awembled at 11 a. m. R. Fenwick Taylor, of Alac?un, for Justice of the Supreme Court; Dr. John L. Crawford, of Wakulla, for Secretary of State, and W. B. Lamar, of -Jefferson, for Attorney General; .W. N. She ts, of Alachua, for Supt. Public Instruction, were all nomiuited by acclamation. The committee on Chicago delegates was controlled by the Alliance Four names were presented for State Treasurer: State Senator J. F. Bayn, of Columbia coun'y; State Senator John D Perrong. of Cal houn; C. B. Collins of M irio.i. ntyl K- J Triay of Duval, the present incumbent. Collins was nominated on the third bal lot. For Commissioner of Agriculture, L. B Wambell, of Jackson, was chosen. The ticket is generally acceptable to the anti-Mitchell men. Following arc the national electors: For Stite nt-large. T. M Shackelford, of Hernandon, and B. B. Black well, of Suwannee; first con gressional district, A. E. Maxwell, of Escambia; stcond, Y. N. Thompson, of Nassau. Alternates Stife-at-large, A. W. Gilchrist, of DeSoto, and S J. Turn bull, of Jefferson ; first dis'rict, W. IT. Milton, Jr., of Jackson; second, W. L. McDancy, of D.ival At 3 o'clock the convention took a recess until 4 pm. A LEGISLATIVE SNAG. Free Rural Mail Delivery Gives Rise to a Debate. WxsimfaTos, D . C. After a bill was reported to expedite the consideration of pension claim, the house went into com mittee of the whole (Mr. Buchanan, Democrat, of Virginia, ia the chair) on the postoffice appropriation bill under the five m'nute rule. The item of $10,45i,000 for free delivery proved the first snag in the bill. Mr. Caldwell (Rep.), of Pennyslvania, thought that the free delivery should be extended. There were many" importent localities entirely cut off from proper postal facilities because the appropria tion was insufficient. Mr. Clark (Dem.), of Alabama, attack ed the operation of th.i postal laws, un der Postmaster GeneralWanainaker. Mr. Compton (Dem.), of Maryland, thought that the solution of rural deliv ery was in the establishment of more postofficea. He favored free de'ivery wherever it was practicable, but this was not the case in rural localities. Mr. Henderson (Rep.), of Iowa, thought the farmer was as much entitled to rapid postal facilities as those living iu cities. He favored free box rent to every farmer. Mr. Moses (Dem.), of Georgia, diverted somewhat from the bill for a tar II speech, in which he attacked the McKiu ley law and said there was not a law ever passed by Congress which recog nized the rights or interests of the far mers. The farmers paid for the postage that the citirs use. Who would deny it? Mr. Bingham (Rep ), of Pennyslvania, interrupting: "I do." Mr. Moses: "No sane man would deny it." Laughter Mr. Dolliver, Republican of I wa, sym pathized wi h the movement to extend lite delivery to the rural districts. An attempt was made to limit the d -bate on this clause for free delivery, bi t no understanding could be arrived nt. After an hour's debate a votj was ..taken, which disclosed the lack of a quorum, Mr. Caldwell, Republican, of Ohio, mik ing this point. Mr. Hendetson, Demo crat, of North Carolina, being in charge of the bill, then moved a call for the com mittee. This disclosed a quorum present which vanished, however, on a vote. He then moved that the com uittee rise, aud a resolution passed revoking all leaves of absence except for personal or family illness, and directing the sergeant nt arms to ttlegraph to absent members to return. Oil motion of Mr. McMillin, Democoat, of Tennessee, the House the i adjonrued. The following d iy Mr Lanham, (Dem.), of Texas, by request of Mr. Craiu, (Dem.), of Texas, offered the following amend ment: That the apprpria1 ion of $10,450,000 for fee delivery shall be disbursed in such manner that no additional free de livery offices shall be established in any congressional district created by virtue of the congressional apportionment act in which there may be established one or more free delivery offices, nor shall the free delivery facilities be increased in said offices until every congressional d:s trict ia which there may be a place p s sessing the necessary qnalitic .tions shall have been supplied with at least one free deliverv office. It was adopted 114 to r:;. Mr. Livingston, (Dem ), of Georgia, offered an nmeudinuiit providing that $100, COO should be used for experimental rural delivery outside of towns and villages. The chairman ruled the amendmeut out of order. The bill pa-. sed I lm ;d.iy without any further material changes. New Industries in the South The record of new industries iu the South, as giveu by the Munufactu'ers' Record in its rssue of June d, shows the following impfotant items: A $100,000 and a $25,000 machine works company, an $.8,750 machine company and a $25,l'00 cotton compress company, a'l nt Birmingham, Ala ; a $100,000 heat and power company at bt. August inc, Fla. ; a 1 25, 000 lumber com pany at Atlanta, Gi. ; a $10,000 hedge fence company at Savannah, Ga. ; a $125, 000 prow-line company at Talbotton, Ga. ; a $50 000 publishing company at Coving ton, Cy ; a $10,000 saddlery company, a. $100,000 manufacturing company at Louisville, Ky. ; a $25000 leather dress ing company at Baltimore, Md. ; a $100, 000 e'ectric light and water company at Ncwbern, N. C. ; a $00,000 cotton mill company at Shelby, N. C. ; a $10,000 creamery company at Waynesville, N. C. ; it $25,000 so ip and refinery company at Dallas, Texas; a $25,000 cotton-seed oil mill compiny at FlatouiaIYxas; a $100, 000 wharf aud warehouse company at Norfolk, Va. ; a $30,000 tobacco man ufacturing company at Louisville, Ky. ; a $25,000 saw mill company at Jas .er, Tean., and a $10,000 manufacturing and a $150,000 machine works company at Ba timore, Md. The Virginia, Shenandoah & "Western Railroad Co..- which was chartered by the last legislature proposes buiSdios a railroad, beginning at a point on the Po tomac river either in Fairfax, Prince William or Stafford jcounty, thence to some point on the Virgiuia and West Vir ginia State line either in Rockingham, Augusta or Highland county, A brauch to Alexandria is also contemplated. - The Old Dominion Lumber Co., of Norfolk, Va.. has purchased Green's swamp in Brunswick county, near Wil s mi. N. C , and will endeavor to at once make arrangements for erecting saw and planing mills to develop the timber on same. G. A. K. MEMORIAL DAT. J f f; IS- An Ex-Confederate Officer at River side Park. Col. Marshall Fays Tribute to a Fed eral Commander and Says, "Nb Such Peace as Our Peace." I'j ' .. I i Nejv York City, Special. The grand feature of Decoration Day in jthis city was the military parade which tt6k place this morning, and in which! tjhe regular troops, the militia, the nava re serve and the G. A. R. took part. . Afler breaking ranks, the different posts jabd associations went to the graves o the fallen heroes. There were .special sbr vicesatthe tomb of General Graqtjat Riverside Park. General Horace Poj-ter, chairman of the Grant monument com mittee, delivered an eulogy on the char acter of the hero. Members of the Liy al Legion were also present at the tojnib ; also a number of ex-Confederates. Arq'ng them was Col. Marshall, who delivered an address, and in part said: jf 'It is not easy to express the thoughts that the scene before me iu9pires ia jny mind and in the mind of every manjwiho understands the full meaning of this 6c casion. Men who once were ' lar rayed against each other in dead I v strife arj now met togetherto do hbiior to the memory of. one who led one part of this audieiice to" a complete and abso lute victory over the other part, anl yet in the hearts of the victors there h aio feeling of triumph, and in the hearts? of the vanquished there is no bitternest, no humiliation. '(. 'No such peace as our peace cveri f;ol lowed immediately upon such a wir as our war. The exhausted South J.yfas completely at the mercy of the victorious North, and yet the sound of the last-gHin had scarcely died away, when notably peace, but peace aud good will wsre jre established. I am here today with ip'mo of my late companions -in-arms, and with the belief that I oxpress the feeling of every Cou federate soldier, to bear wijqess that the American people are indebteJ for thjs great blessing, for all the good that followed it, and for exemption frOm the countless evils that were averted-J'by it, to the illustrious man whose grave jwe strew with flowers of gratitude and Jaf fectionate veneration, more -than td any other, and to none is the duty of recog nition of his great services m re graelfu' than to the soldiers of the Confederacy. At Appomattox, during the meeting of General Grant aud General Lee, theftcjm ver atiou turned on the subject of afgj-'U-cral peace, m to which .General Qraut had already declared want of powW to treat; but iu speaking of the meaiislby which a general pacitication might Ift 'af fected General Grant said to General Lee with great emphasis, and strong feeiig: " 'General Lec, I waut this war toeud without the shedding of another droi of American blood.' Not Northern blood, not Southern blood, but 'American blood,' for in his eyes all the men arpqnd him and all thos who might be confront ing each other on their fields over ithe wide area of war, were 'Americaus.' These words made a great impression upon all who heard them, as they did, on General Lee, who told us with no little emotion that he took occasion to express to General Grant his appreciation of Jthe noble and generous eent'inentsutttml by him. It is in the light of this noble thought of General Grant that I have al ways considered the course pursuedby him. At the moment of his supreme triumph, at Appomattox, aud Zi in, nothing could be grander, nobler or piore magnanimous nor more patriotic thajn jhis conduct on that occasion. Bat sofsim ple, so patriotic was th mind of Gdniral urant tnat tne tuougiit oi sell senis neer to have affected his conduct..;; I doubt if the self abnegation of Washing ton at Annapolis was greater than tljaj; of Grant at Appomattox, and it is the glpry of America that her institutions breed men who are equal to the greatest strain that can be put upon their couragofand their patriotism." ( j Col. Marshall, in concluding his-Address, said: "At the cntrmce ofji-jthc great harbor of our commercial metrojjo lis standi the representation of 'Liberty enlightening the world.' In herjiand the figure holds the torch toward which the artist desired to draw the eyCs pfj all nations to the hope of the oppressed;; ind helpless of mankind. Here upon his sacred spot, my brethren, raise a noble and grand temple, the hope aud assur ance of the defenders of our national faith, aud upou this altar inscribe fori the teaching of the coming generations of Americans, the illustrious name 'GfNiut of Appomattox, Grant "the Magnani mous.'" , V ; J , At the conclusion of the ceremonies a number of the G. A R. pfHs strewec rings:; the tomb with floral offeri THE OLD LADY OUTWITTEft A Loving Couple of Marboro Wed ded on a Train, Bennkttsvim.e, S. C. Julius Vathe son and Miss Mattie McLeod of Bethle heim,thiscounty,haveheen lovers for some time, and their marriage has been pre veuted by t eunre c iting opp;:s'tion of young lady's moth r. Wednesday Miss McLeod took the train at this j lace, bound for some place in North Carolina, to attend a college commencement. At Tatum station, six miles north of here, Mr. Matheson, iu company with Rev. E. P. Eas'erling, also boarded the train, and the two lovers were inim. diately married while the train, was in motion, continu ing the trip to North Carolina. The. con tracting parties are from the best famil ts in the count v. A Funeral Instead of a Wedding- Richmond, Va. The body of William T. Abbot was found floating in the caual at Sevc.ith street, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Ab bott had been missing since Monday night. He was engaged to be married to a very stimable lady of this city, and it is paid the wedding was to have taken place Thursday night. The Clevelands at Buzzard's Bay. New York. Ex Pjesident Cleveland md his family left tlic city for their sum iter residence at Buzzard's Bay, Mass., vhere they expect to find rest nnd recrea tion during the season. MANY KILLED AND MAIMED. Furious Sweep of a Cyclone Over Texas Causes Much Damage. Galveston. Tex. Special from Lett, Texas, says: The vicinity of Durango was visited by a terrible cycloue. W. Y. McPhersoa's place was struck first and wiped from the face of the earth. The places of Phillip Stevens, John Strawn, Lee Farmer, Tom Farmer, J. M. Ander son and J. P. Bolin were utterly demolish ed, and Steveus Strawn,- Mrs. Bolin, her two children and Lee Farmer hurt, Tom Farmer's child was injured and the place of J. Groce was swept away, but Groce and his family were secure in a storm house The vext place in the path of destruc tion was W. T. Weather's. Mr. Weath er's wife and five children and J. Re eves, wife and baby were all in this house. Mr. We ber's wife and two children were killed, the other three children being dangerously hurt. Mr. Reeves had his leg and collar-bone broken."" Mrs. Reeves was severely hurt aud is still unconscious, while her baby escaped. Mr. Reeves' place was next completely destroyed. Ed . Bull's place was next in the path aud was destroyed acd he was crippled. The house of H. Childers was next de stroyed and he and his two children hurt, but not seriously. All of these placestVcre completely destroyed. One of Mr." Joe Bolin's children was hurt. Utter desola tion which passes description, is to be seen. CENSUS OFFICE COTTON BULLETIN. Comparative Production in Four States for the YeaTs of 1879 '80 and 1889-' 90. Washington, D. C. The census office issued a bulletin containing the pfelimi nary statistics of cotton produced in the States of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida for the year euding May 31, 1890. In North Carolina the total area de voted to the cultivation of cotton in tne year 1880-"90 was 1,-147,200 acres, and the production of cotton 330,245 bales, is compared with a cultivated area of 493,153 acres, and a production of 369, 589 bales in 1879-'80. In South Carolina the total area devot tl to the cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 1,987,051 acres, and the production of cotton 740,798 bales, as compared with i cultivated area of 1,304,249 acres, and i production of 522,548 bales in 1879-'80. In Georgia the total area devoted to he cultivation of cotton in 1889-'90 was 3,345,520 acres, and the production of cotton 1,196,919 bales, as against 2,617, 138 acres and 814,441 bales in 1879 '80. In Florida the. total area devoted to the cultivation of cotton in i889-'90 was 227, 70 acres, and the production of cotton 7,92S biles, against 245,295 acres and a production of 54,997 bales in 1870-'80. AN INEXCUSABLE LYNCHING. A Negro Taken from Officers and Hanged tor .Larceny. Columbia. S. C. Laurens county has apparently broken the lynching record. Governor Tillman received a tele gram saying: "rriflay night last a ne- irro, Dave -Snow, under arrest lor larceny, was taken from the officers by a mob and lynched. The body has not been found but evidence of lynching were plain No investigation has been made by any officer of the law. We, as law-abiding citizens, ask you to have the matter in yestisrated at once. This occurred is half a mile of Merna postoffice, Sullivan township, Laurens county." The Governor telegraphed to Solicitor Schumpert to investigate the matter. A dispatch from the town of .Laurens states that Shaw was arrested on suspic ion of having stolen $40 and that while constables were carrying him to a trial justice a crowd of fifty men rode out from the side of the road and demanded tne prisoner. 1 ne constaoie s party can t say whether they were white or black men on account of the darkness lue crowd fired pistols and threatened the life of the .11 A " it constame n ne rtiuseu xo give up iue prisoner. The constable complied and the crowd carried ohaw ott. lie nas not been heard from since. Some think he was hung and a place was found in the woods where there were signs of what they supposed to be the execution. Shaw is said to have been a notorious thief. PUT OFF THE ROBBERY TOO LONG. Bold Train Robbers Make a Meagre Haul Just Missed $50,000. Wichita, Kaic. The south bound Santa Fc passenger train which leaves Wichita at 5:45 p. m., was held up in the night bv masked robbers at the slock yards neir the statio i of Red Rock, in the Cherokee strip. The train was flag ged and the engineer and fireman were taken prisoners. The robbers then en tercd the express car, broke open the safe and secured its contents. The passengers were not molested. The robbers secured only about $400 from the express box and $50 and a go'd watch belouging to one of the passengers. - - The? were unlucky in the selection of the night, as only two nights prior to last ni"ht the same tram carried foO,uJ . The robbers mounted horses ami rode away. A large posse left Guthrie at davligut for the scene, but as it is over fifty miles distant the robbers will get a sood start. This Cage Has Hsld Many Birds. Richmond, Va. Richmond is about to lose one of its old and historic land marks. The Henrico county jail, the work of tearing down which has just begun, is one of the oldest buildings iu the city, having been erected about loO, Duriug its day the jail has held many no furious prisoners. A new jail is to be built of stone and 6teel by a Cleveland Ohio., firm, and will cost about $12,000. South Carolina Naval Battalion. Columbia, S. C. Adjutant General Farley has completed the formation of the Naval Battalion of volunteer militia of South Carolina, with the LaFayette Ar tillery, of Charleston, Beaufort Artillery, of Beaufort, and Chicora Rifles, of Mount Pleasant, ALLIANCE COLUMN. How the Order is Standing the Cru cial Test. Congressman Jerry Simpson Warms TJp at Warren ton, Va. Washikgto?i. D. C. Mr. Bland has introduced "a bill to admit free of dutv goods, wares, and merchandise purchas- J m ;m Zx. r eu ia ioreign countries wun ine lariu products of this country." DESTRUCTION op plutocracy. BT DR. A. S- HOUOHTOM (AFTKK BTKOS). The void bug scrooped down, like fierce wolres, on the fold. And taetr cohort were decked In bright purple and the glint of their banners, like wares of the sea, Rose and fell as they charged the brigades of the free. While the traitors and spies, stalking far in the rear. Were destroyed by vengeance or silenced by fear. Like the minions or satan the enemy grew; Like the circling planets tbelr ortlt4 tner drew; xuae ine com Dal or wolves was the conflict begun; Like the melting of snow was the carnage when aone. For the teutons of erll. nnsuattered with blood. Hart been washed from earth by a popular flood. And there lay the leaders imbedded in grime. wun tneir purple accoutremonts covered witn sUme; And the wrecks of the engines they built to enalave. Wereoonslimed to the uabiv and ulaxmi of the cravr: And the white dove of peace spread her wings o'er me lanu. Now delivered at last from the plutocrat hand. And loud was the weeping In London and Weln, And the bottles were broke on the banks of the Rhine, For the pewle, aroused, bad In thunder made plain They were aone with the falsehoods of gold and cf'ampagaie; And forever determined to trifle no more W Ith tne schemes of a foreign Inimical shore. But as free, independent, and liberal foes. Of all who subjection to others propose; Maintain a republic wtaese all take a band. Where tne will of the people's the law or the land. The Alliance Herald (Montgomery, Ala.) says: The aggregate deposits in the banks of this country is over two billions. r If all the depositors should call for their cash the same day, every bank would suspend and everybody would 1 . 1 " m . .i 1 " i loose ineir money, i nar. is me Diggesi confidence game ever played in any coun try. AVERAGE RESPECTABILITY. Ward McAllister's estimate of the an nual living expenses of the family of average respectability, consisting of hus band, wife and three children, amounts to $183,925. He itemizes as follows: Rent of city house (7 per cent, upon its value), f 14,000; yearly expense of coun try house, f 0,000; indoor servant s waires, $8,010; household expenses, exclusive of servants wages, $18,904 ; his wife s dress ing, $10,000; his own wardrobe, $2,000; children s clothing and pocket money, $4,500; three children's schooling, $4,-' 500; entertaining by giving a ball and dances, $7,000; entertiimug at dinner. $9,000; opera box, $4,500; theatre and supper parties after theatre, $1,200; pa pers and magazines, $100; jeweler s run ning account, $1,000; stationery, $3,000; wedding presents and holiday gifts, $L. 500; pew in church $300; club dues, $425 ; physician's bill, $800 ; dentist's bill, $300; transportation of household to country and return, $250 ; traveling in Lurope three months during the spring, $9,000; cost of tables, $17,100. Ex. A big crowd of members of the Farm era' Alliance ;went to Warrenton, Va., Tuesday to hear Congressman Jerry Simp son speak. He handled Democratic and Republican principles without gloves. and this provoked a Democrat in the audience, who continually interrupted the speaker. At last Jery called out: "If that gentlemen don't keen quite I'll pull off my socks and pitch into him." lhe speaker advocated unlimited coin age and other Alliance measures, and saia: iou can t reiorm tne tariu any more thau you can reform h ll." He wa? for free trade, not tariff reform. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Progressive Farmer says: The State Democratic convention in South Carolina has now become a matter of history. Toe friends of the Alliance demands deserve great credit for the victory they gained. They composed a large majority of the convention and conducted themselves with wisdom and conservatism. They have asserted their supremacy and placed their princples in the Democratic platform. If every htate, or even a majority of the State, had done this, those principles could have been engrafted in the national platform of one of the old parties and guaranteed its suc cess in the coming national contest. But it seems to have been impossible in any other tate. to':'.-fully succeed in this method ; and, therefore, South Carolina will have the honor of standing alone in the Chicago convention, and putting the rational Democratic party on record on the,Alliance demands. The Pickens County New (Ala.) asks: If there is an overproduction of cotton, why are cotton goods not cheaper? hy are so many suftei ing fur the want of suffic ient clothing? If there is an overproduc tion of wheat, why is not flour cheaper? Why-so many hungry people in thelsod? Is there an overproduction of meat? If so, why so much want and stsrvation? Why i land so cheap? Why is labor so chenp? Don't . vou suppose scarcity of J- money lias more to do with it than any thing else? -v The Tndepi U'lrrit I'nw, (Xcb ) sajst Alohn D. lMckcfrl er. of New York, is worth $12.'.l 00,000. As the avorage wealth in this countrv is $1,000 per capita. id order to sutaio this man in use-ess wealth 125,000 licrso.ns must be deprived of their last dollar. A novel plan is being operated in the Dakotas. Each Sub-Alliance is asked to prepare and seed a certain number of acres of land to wheat. This is to be an offering for the epre d of Alliance princi ples, by selling the wheat nnd expending the proceeds for that object. It is sal i that hundreds of acres will bo used in that manner, and great good is expected from the experiment. Such methods di-rclose an earnestness that should know neither opposition nor dis ouragement. and fho Id ead a ration or a people out of the dark Endows of distress iuto the bright Miushine of prosperity. A corresnondent writing frem Min- nc3ota, says that State"has over fourteen! hundred Alliances and many Citirens -Alliances. The greatest "calamity howler" liar just began to howl. He js the United States Census. He declares that there aro nine million mortgages in existence at this time ; that thirty-one thousand people own more than half of all tho wealth in this country. A POWERFUL TRIBUNAL; North Carolina Railway Commission- Lays Down the Law. They Order Car Steps to Se Lowered ;N and Better Passenger Accoms xnodations at Stations. Raleigh, C. Tho railway com mission has issued orders to the Wilming ton & Weldon Railway to provide suita ble passenger accomodations at Tarboro, Bethel, Everett's and Wilson . The rail way states to the comfnission that it is cudeavoring to secure a suit for the depot at Wilson. These cases are held open to see that the railway complies fully with the commission s requirements. 1 he omcials of the v estern North Caro lina Railroad having been notified by the commission of the serious complaints made regarding the condition of the JIur- phy branch, report that immediate steps will be taken to put the road in safe and proper shape. For many years work has, gone on on this Murphy branch, and a slow and tedious job it has been. Two or three Legislatures have talked about it. The Richmond & Danville Railroad is obliged by the terms of the contract vith the t tato to finish it, but many a time the railroad people would like to have thrown up the contract. The railway commission issued an or der to all railways ia tho State to cither lower the steps of their passenger cars or else build platforms so that pas sengers can enter the car more readily. There are many complaints that the steps are so high that tliey cannot be reached with any degree of convenience. A Successful Sub mar i no Boat. ' -George C. Baker has demonstrated that water can bo navigated at any rea sonable depth below the surface. A final test of his submarine boat, upon which he has been at wort since December, 1890, was made iu the River Rouge, fivf miles from Detroit, and was entirely sat isfactory. ' The river is only " sixteeu feet deep, which admits of the boat being su -merged two feet. - It was run up and down and across the stream sever. I times, turning, sinking and rising at tho pilot's pleasure. - The boat is cigar- shaped, made of oak, the shell being forty feet long, fourteen feet high, mco feet wide amidship .and seven inches thick. The motive power is a storage battery of 260 cells, which is believed tj be the largest ever made. This also gca erates light. The course of the boat in directed by a pilot who stands in a small conning tower 'which is provided -with lookout holes. Ic ii' necessary, in taking bearings, to riso to the surface, but in so doing only a few. iachc3 of tho top of the tower appears above the sur face. With the conning tower hermeti cally sealed, the interior of the boat con tains 1500 cubic feet of air. The wheel! are on each side, midway between bow and stern and one foot below the center line. The boat is raised and lowered by letting water into the holi and by de flecting the side wheels. Mr. Baker is confident that this will eventually revo lutionize present methods of naval war fare. St. Louis Republic. The Record Broken. Knoxville, Tknn., Signal's. Lily Flagg,. a Jersey cow owned by General Sam Moore, of HuntsvilleAla., nas just broken the record as a butter producer. She has gone through a year's test and is now ahead of the record, with lour days to gpare. Her production for the year will be approximate to 1,040 poupas, Thia makes her the finest Jersey cow in the world. Her pedigree is all right and her record true. ' " , ' Roanoke's Big Boom; Roanoke, Va i Great preparations arc being made; for Iloanoke's"Decenuial cel ebration. Nearly all tiie military com panies in tiie State have accepted invita tions to be present and it is expected that lU.OOy men will be in lioe on the day of the parade. Contributions are coming m liberally. The city council appropriat ed $2,500 for event. Killed Whilo Stealing Cabbages. Savannah. Ga. While stealing cab bages from the farm of William Meyers, n ar this city, at an early, hour, Dennis Small, a crinnled necro. was shot by Meyers find his hired man and killed. and the coroner's jury consiaercu it justifiable homicide. Honoring Jefferson Davis inFlorida. Palatka, Fla. By grace of the last session oi the Legislature jenerson uavis birthday anniversary is now lesal holiday in Florida, and today is its first observ ance. Tt is Biiid that a nartv of Northern capi talists owning a cotton mill of 1,000 looms and the necessary spinning machinery to manufacture fine ginghams are searching for a location in North or South Carolina. They want a site near a railroad and water power. Association of Nurserymen. Atlanta. Ga. The National' Asso ciation of Nurseryman, 3u sessioDj here for the last two frays, passeu resolutions denouncingjthe inspection laws of Cap form's, and adjourned to meet nxt year in Chicago. 1 Bachelor'4 Say, Henpecque, a? your wife is away let's go to a lecture to night." Benedict (ahuddering)--"No, thanks ; I prefer a change from my usual domestic routine Let's goto s deaf and dumb asylum." New York Jour nal,