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SOUTHERN-ITEMS.
t BUDGET pr-SEWS GATHERED
t HERE AND THERE
Many Blroa4 Aaoldeate What I Trans
nlrlag ta Tempera c 8Ur-!lt
, Am KellnUns Uewlp. ,
. Should Atlanta, Ga., go 'wcttt in tho
proposed election on tbe ' prohibition
question, a license to sell will cost f i.ouu.
Savannah, Ga,. b&s been visited by a
gang of professional burglar, who do
up meir work in ine most icicnunc man
A strike of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad brakemcn Was started at Eir
mingham, Ala., (or higher pay and many
Bremen ioiiowea suit. ;
The steamer Avollon, of the Maryland
' Steamboat Company, was totally burned
at Queport, Y , on the Great Wyomica
nver; loss IW.OOO; insurance 1 60,001).
Judge Thomas J. Simmons has been
chosen by the Georgia Legislature to fill
the judgeship in the Pautaula circuit
made vacant by tbe death of Judge Hull.
A fire started in the engine house of
the Barren Fork Coal company, near Flat
nocjf, jiy., ana destroyed costly mi
chinery used la mining. The lost is
1300,000.
M. E. Reid alias James Men in, agent
of the National Express Company at
Glen'a Falls N. Y.. was srrested at Hen
derson, N. C, charged with the theft of
0,000 from tbe company.
The Union Waiters' Association, of A t-
ianta, us., at their annual parade, made
we Dest snow u appearance, good man
ners and marching, of any colored people
mat bare appeared In public in tbe Souin,
Dr. R. & Adair, of Gainesville, Ga.,
who is stopping at the St, James Ilotet,
in Washington, D. C waa knocked
down by a horse and wagon while cross
ing Peunsylvania avenue, and was in
jured.
The corn fields in the Dismal Swamp
of Virginia are overrnu with bears, ana
some of the farmers have killed or cap
tured several ia a single night. 1 be
Norfolk markets are well . supplied with
uearmeat. ,
Boy Bisk and Dock But, two boy
aged about 16, were hunting doves mar
liuntsvUle, Ala. Risk's gun was acci
dentally discharged, the whole charge
striking bim in tbe face, blowing an h,s
nose and tbe top of bis skull, cauing in
slant death. ' . ;
t At the last term of the superior court,
.. in Augusta, Ga., Mrs. Killiaa got a ver
dict of $U, 000 from the AuguaU 4 Knox
viUe road on account of her husband be
ing killed while working on it. Tbe road
asked a new trial, but it was refused by
tfuage ztoney.
At Greenville. Go., a nesro Lrakeman
named Dave got into a quarrel with a
negro, cm nenaau, ana tnrew a Dries,
struck Kendall oa the head, glanced and
nit Lagar jnilcocll, a white railroad man.
just above the ear. Kendall was not hurt
much, but Edgar is unable to be about
E. A. Pledger was run over and killed
by a freight of the Central Railroad at
Jiidvuia, Oa. Mr. Pledger was about
fifty-five or sixty years of age, a mechanic
by trade. His remains were buried in
the cemetery bv the town authorities.
He was under the influence of whiskey
I tK tint ! (. ..I I - "
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The fast mail train lcavimr HU-hmnnit
Va, for West Point, when Bearing Fair
m siauon on l tie luebmond, York
Hiver & Chupeske road, ran into a
mule team, which was crossing the
track, killing both mules, demolishing
the wagon, and so injuring the driver, a
farmer named Verrell. that he died soon
after reaching West Point, where he was
tacen. ''....
The Committee on Education of the
ueorgta House of Representatives has
reported a school bill authorizing a levy
of one-tenth of one per cent on the tax
able property of the state for school pur
poses. This law would raise, it is rsid,
309,000 net which, with other moneys
appropriated, would give a total fund of
tbttf.OOO, sufficient to kerp tbe schools
open four months in tbe year.
The people of Charleston, 8. C, have
just issued an official document showing
the wonderful progress made in the
resurrection of a yeir, since the earth
quake. It shows that 6,938 residences
and other building were rebuilt or re
paired; ill new buildings rrwted ; s
town ia itaclf. The cot :t the rebuild
ing and repairs wss 1 1,204,775; Charles
ton spent on this work $1,000,000. the
balance coming from ou!ile the city.
A white nun named lltxmton la Au
gusta, Ga., has engaged lawyers to pros
ecute Ib-rrian Ilac-liacla, a county convict
guard, for having bis nrphew whlniel,
Houston slated that bis tiMhcw, wim is
a mn Imy, was eraploted on the Snnd
II ir Ftrry road, nr where the convicts
are working, and that a few days since
he refused to do something Rachaels de
manded Lira to do, when lUchael had
burly negro convict to catch and , whin
the boy severely.
Two womrn wete caught at work in as
Illicit distillery la Halienbam county,
Georgia. Thry were Mary Ana Docr
and Sarah Adaline Dover. liquify Col
lector Strong and Deputy Marshal Jilt
were scouring the country near Clarkea
villa, when they came 0on tba dbtillcry
in active operation, the women being en
gaged ia making corn whiakey and apple
brandy. The oliiccrs destroyed the si ill
and other apparatus, but when it came to
arrests, -their gallantry got tbe beat of
them and they let the wumen go.
When fihermsn left Columbia, 8. C,
on fire, tlur was but one bouse on the
principal thoroughfare left, No. 243, on
tho eaat Side of Main, Ix tween Richland
and Lumber strwt. This sole survivor
was destroyed by fire a dsy or two since.
The bouse w? a two-story wooden
struituro, occup'el by Mm, M. C. B
4itnd aud family, and was owned by Al
exander Civil, who built it In 1803. At
the time of gnerinnn's visit it was rented
aud occupied by Theodore Iluchct and
family. ' . ! - i
. TEEBIFIC BLOW.
Okie la Visiles' kr a Taraaila, Which ( aases
;; ; , JUaoh Uamaae-N Lives le..
A tornado struck Sylvania, Ohio, blow
ing down - two gas well derricks aud
wrenching a boiler from its brick foun
dation. Three horses in a pasture were
killed by falling trees. All tall ire.s
were ievelod. - One farmer had fifty
acres of fine timber all blown down. A
brick rchool-houHc, at Michie, . was de
stroyed. , The track of the tornado was
south by east from there along the line of
tbe Toledo Si Ohio railroad, and is from
one to two hundred yatds wide. ; No
fences or tall trees are standing. : Corn
is scattered and bouses and barns are un
roofed for miles. . At Watersnlle, sod
other villages to the southward, much
damage was done. j The slate roofs of a
number of buildings were tiadly damaged
and the towering chimneys of the main
building of tho insane asylum were blown
down, crushing in the roof. The total
Ions to the intuue asylum is f 8,000. Dr.
Enibry, assistant superintendent of the
asylum, wss driving into the grounds at
the time. His wife nod little daughter
were with him. Ilia buggy was over
turned and nil three were thrown out
Tbe doctor held on to the horse, which
with the vehicle, was lifted and carried
several rods. Hit wife and child were
carried over a buuared feet and dropped
into a ditch of two feet of water, from
which tbiy were rescued unhurt. The
Wabash train met the center of the tor
nado and tbe smoke stack of tbe locomo
tive was blown off.
. tub caruouc vnivkrsitv.
At a session of the Catholic University
held in Washington, D. C, were present
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bish
ops Spaulding, of Peoria; Marly, of Da
kota; Maw, of Covington; Iteva. Dr.
John 8. Foley, of Baltimore, and Chap
Ttelra of Washington, and Mesrrs. Eugene
Kelly, f New York, and Thomas Wag
gaman, of Washington. Tba selection
of a site was determined upon and Wssh
iugton City selected as the choice of a
majority of the archbishops and bUho
of the United States. Plans for tbe build
ings were presented and adopted. It
was resolved to begin work during the
preteot fslL Rev. Dr. Keane, bishop of
luebmond, va., was eiectca as erst rec
tor of the university. A building com
mittee, consisting ol Archbishop V) II
liatns. BlshoD Keane, and Thomas Was
gaman, was appointed. It it said that
eight million dollars will be required to
build and pisce tbe university on n soli I
basis. Of that amount about $700,000
baa been secured, including the 1300,000
donated ty utss una well, i be theolog
ical department will be first to be opened
and that will be under charge of the order
of St. Sulpice, -.
-, nr.vriNu silver mink.
Pronpectors are roHming about the
mounUia country of Tea netace. through
which railroads are to piss, seeking ore
beds. Lands can now.be bought for
merely aomiosl price. Rich' lead and
aUvcr have been found in several localities.
Ia an immense cave ia Putnam county
Are distinct veins of lead hare been
found. Lead and silver an said to ex
ist ia the upper edge of Smith and tbe
adjoining portion of Jackson county.
The lead ore ia said to be the cause of
deadly sickness there, the poisonous salts
Incoming dissolved in the water. There
is large cave on the preuuce of Hop
Lee in the same section, from which val
uable specimens of kad ore have been ol
tained. This oie is also said to civs off
noxious gses that render the exploration
of the cave very dangerous. Three men
who wentigto the cave recently wre suf
focated. , TKIX WBM HIM4.
An attempt was made to wreck a Chic
ago. Milwaukee and St. Paul train, con
vrying Burr Itoblnsun's cirrus from fait
land to Yankton, Dak. Old rails and
telegraph poles were placed arroat the
track fiftcea miles north of Ysnkton, lut
as tbe train was running slowly the engi
neer saw the obstruction in time ta atop.
Three hours later, n southbound fre'ght
came lo a top before a Urge pile of lira,
hlrh had been wsdgrd bctace n tbe Mils
at the same place. ' -
. peatii or a stx-uorKiewoTt.
- ExGoveroor William Alkla did at
his country place at Flat Itotk, X. C,
aged eighty-one. Ho wjs governor of
South Carolina in 1944. and dn;rermaa
from W, to 137. He was before Hie
War the largest sinve-lmlder In the state,
and was a successful rice tilanler. He
consistently opposed oullinYation and se
cesaioo, and took no jwrl la wlith afier
leaving Congrcai. llewaa ato one of
tbe first splinted truntrct cf the Pea
body fund.
tisauar rEorm.
The revolutlnnarv frirr unAer TtnV.n.
It I iwnnrtjul at Panama anrnrl.,1 mmi
took possession of Port Haunion. The
garrison wss betrayed by two odlwrs.
The fight between the revolutionists and
government Iroopa ia n ported to have
been very severe. A general rWng is
feared in San S.ilvatlore, Guitetmla and
a
iionauras.
rt.Ei no-r.ir.1 Mott. :
Tliirty llirr-a cows Munng to J..lia
(lay, a milkman In Unllimoie c mitt,
Md., stTcitcd with plr-uro p;M hok'I is,
were killed and Inn led. The state piii
tIJ pf r head for tht-m. . j
DOTS' FROM WASHINGTON.
TPREPARISO FOB HARD
. next mxrER,
WORK
AppolataiaBU afneathera Hra-latc reallag
, Bepana arDesarlineiit Offlccra-Natrs
Abaai Mated OOleiala. ;
TBB TUOEBK-CARLISLK C1RR,
r The testimony in tho con teat cd eler tion
case of George H. Thoebo aguinit 'John
G. Carlisle, nth Congressional District of
Kenm?kr. was opened by the Clerk of
tho House and ordered printed. Mr, Car
lisle appeared in his own behalf and
Gon. J. Hale Bypher, ex-member from
Louisiana, appeared as counsel for Mr.
Thoebe. - '. , , M,
. sw -.a. r .a
HES10SED.
Assistant Secretary Porter has tendered
his resignation. He leaves the Deport
ment of State with the best feelings for
all of its oificiale, and is only influenced
to adopt thJa course by reason of Mrs.
Porters ill health and other reasons pure
ly personal and private. He will return
to Lis home in Tennewce upon the te
linquishmen of bis office. t ; '
AMEBICAH SCIENTIST IS CBIXA.
The Department of State has been in
formed that Prof. Church, of Columbia
College, of New York, a distinguished
mining expert, recently arrived at Tient
sin, China, and entered the service of the
Viceroy, Li Hung Chang. He has made
a personal examination of and full report
upon the interior Chinese copper and sil
ver minps, in which he deprecates the
continuance of the old system of hand
labor in mines and recommends the
adoption of machinery, which will be
bought in the United States.
LAND OFFICE METHODS.
Chief Clerk Walker, of the General
Land Office, baa issued an order t the
chiefs of the divisions where applications
for Land patents are examined, which it
is aaid will facilitate issuing of patents
ia cases where no questions of irregularity
have been raised. . These cases are to be
passed upon aa rapidly ss possible, and
where there is any defect or omissions,
or where an amendment is required, the
necessary steps are to be taken forthwith
to close the case. The filing away in
definitely of suspended cases is expressly
probioited. Tbe clerks examining the
cases are required simply to report the
facta, and they will be rated for efficiency
on the record thus made.
THE DOCTORS CALLED.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
received members of the International
Medical Congress with their wives and
lady friends at the White House. The
time assigned for the reception was t ne
hour, a visit to tbe Corcorsn art gallery
having been planned for the latter por
tion of the evening. . When, however,
the hour had expired, there still remained
a line extending to the west gate and
thence along 'the entire front of the
White House grounds, composed of la
dies and gentlemen atill waiting an op
portunity to pay their respects. The
reception was therefore prolonged until
all had been presented. It Is estimated
that the number received was not less
than 8,000. The reception took place in
the blue parlor, where several of the
leading local physicians, with their
wives, were stationed.
MBs. Cleveland's ajiswer.
The President's wife has declined the
Invitation to present flags to tbe New
York fire department in the following
letter: Executive Mansion, Washington,
September 5th," 18S7. Hon. Abram 8.
Hewitt, Mayor of New York City; Hon.
B. Bcckman, president board aldermen,
Hon, James. K. Fitzgerald, Gentlemen :
I have received your pleasing note, re
questing me on behalf of the donors of
certain nags to be presented to the New
York fire depaitment, as well as ia behalf
of the citizens of New York generally,
and the executive and legislative branches
of tbe city government) to deliver the
colors mentioned by the fire department
on such day in September, as stall suit
tny convenience. It would certainly af
ford me a pleasure to contribute, in any
degree, to the significance of this occa
sion, and to the satisfaction of tha brave
and gallant men, whose services are thus
to be recognized. I hope, however, that
I shall not be misunderstood when I
base my declination of your kind invita
tion upon my unwillingness to assume
that L, at tha wife of ft President, ought
to participate so prominently in a public
ceremony, in which he took no pa it.
Yours very truly, Francis Foisom
Cleveland." Tha letter is in Mr,
t'levelsad'a owa handwriting.
'".., yoru..
Tba Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has appointed John It. Milliken to 1 a
ganger at Pittsboro, N. C.
The Acting Secretary of the Treatury
has appointed William B. Webb lo be
United Statea ganger at Grain Yulley.
Mo, .
Tha Acting Secretary of the . Treasury
has appointed John A. Davis to be
ganger in tha Cih district of Virginia,
and David Poindexter to be ganger in
the Mb district of North Carolina.
The contract for furnishing 300,030
pounds of distinctive paper fur use , in
printing internal revenue slsm li.it I ecu
awsrrU;d to the Fairchlld Paper Co np.inr,
of Et peppered, Mass.. at seven and
one-fifth cents pr pound. '
mum vn. roTTox mill.
The ftiisa'an court rhsmberlafn. tilt.
fhsjri.ff, Prince l mid off and parly of
millinualrM, are Inspecting the cotton
fields of Bokhara with a view to select
if if a suitable aitt on the lie of tha
projected Sainan-nnd railway for a cotton
mill. A larpn rtortlon nf itii matrUl
and tha overseers will be American.
GENERAL HEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS OP HATTERS
AMERICA AXD EUROPE.
IN
Hams Rale Acluiloa Boilluc rot mf
Earopeaa fIUIc-Lahor Mmttera . ...
al Ilarae ana1 .thread, eie. .
A razor wi.s found in the cell of A. R.
Parsons, the condemned Chicago, 111., an
archist, with which he intended to com
mit suicide. . '.,.-
E. S. Wheeler & Co., of New Haven,
Conn., failed for $3,000,000. Tho firm
carries on, among other enterprises, the
New Haven Wire Company,
The Litoral League, at a meeting in
Alexandria Palace in London, resolved to
establish branches of that association
wherever National League lodges are
prohibited in Ireland. :
The proposed evictions on the Ponson
by estates, in Ireland, have been aban
doned. ' Under the provisions of the land
act, twent; -six of the Ponsonby tenants
are protected and cannot be evicted.
While a big gun was being cast at Vick
er's foundry, in Sheffield, England, the
mould exploded, killing'four men on the
spot and injuring many others. Tbe
buildings of the establishment were more
"or less shattered.
Greenway, Smith & Greenway'a bank
at Warwick, England, has failed. Tbe
bank had been established for a century,
and had the highest reputation for
soundness. It is feared that the failure
will cause widespread ruin. -
Clara Barton, president of the Ameri
can National Association of the Red
Cross, and Dr. J. B. Ilubbell, general
field agent of the association, sailed on
the steamer Arizona to attend the inter
national conference of the Red Cross, to
be held at Carlsruhe, Germany.
An official note issued by 'the Brazilian
legation, at Paris, France, indicates an
intention on the part of the Brazilian gov
ernment to suppress an attempt made
under the auspices of Frenchmen in
Guisna to found a republic in the neutral
territory of Counanio, between Brazil and
Guiana. .
A state of anarchy prevails at Hono
lulu, and the British government, having
sent several warshipa there to make de
mands in connection with ft loan recently
negotiated in England, it is not unlikely
that the United States government will
assume a aort of protectorate over Ha
waii until affairs are straightened out
A schooner loaded with naptha was
lying near theVharf opposite John IL
Cunningham's great oil store, near the
Chelsea end of Chelsea bridge, Boston,
Moss. Four men were on deck and one
below. Suddenly there was a puff of
black smoke and then a tremendous ex
plosioo, and a man on the bridge saw the
deck of tbe vessel rise into the air. In
tbe midst of flame and smoke were the
bodies of four men. They were hurled
high above tbe schooner and then fell
back into the flames. The fifth man
jumped overboard and was drowned.
The flames quickly spread to Cunning
h m's store-house, which waa soon de
stroyed. . ,. '
' LABOR'S nOLIDAT.
' The annual parade of labor organisa
tions was more general this year
than last . In Chicago, Boston, Cincin
nati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore,
Newark, New Haven, Buffalo, Albany,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia and other large
labor centers, the ceremonies were elab
orate and crowds of workingmen paraded
the streets. At New York fully 83,000
men, belonging to nearly every trade or
ganization in the city, were in line. In
the ranks were printing presses in opera
tion; baker's ovens in full bl.tst; ft num
ber of large safes, sailing bonta fully
equipped and a group of 'squaws'' rep
resented by cigarette manufacturing girls.
The procession wss headed by alutooa
of mounted police, and the route was
down Broadway from Thirteenth to
Fourth street, to Fifth avenue, to Union
square. At this point fully 10.009 peo
ple were maoscd, and the reviewing stand
was located there. On the stand were a
large number of representative labor men
and women. - Among them was Heury
George, General Master Workman Pow
tlerly, and Rev. Dr. McGlynn, who were
announced to attend, waa not present.
Notwithstanding the tabooing of red
flags, there were many of them in the
line, but tho red in eacb eate wits relieved
by colors leas suggestive which, in lettrrs
of gold, told which labor organization
wss carrying it. No distinctly socialistic
flag was to be seen,
MINUIXAB ftClt'lDK.
John M. Bramlett, clrtk in the drug
store of J, W. Posey & Bro., at Union.
S. C, committed aukldo recently, and
was found dead in his bed. He left this
I. Iter on his table: "Union, Sep. 8d,18S7.
I'm weaty of this world it .has no
charms for me : 1 don't believe then any
heaven or hell, I am a miserable being to
bliold, don't grieve after me dear friends
& relatives." On the back of tho letter
and. presumably after bo had taken tha
dmdly narcotic, waa written in pencil :
"Wb-i Is to be will be. What is not to
be won't be." Ho looked very natural,
and his position In bed wss aa perfect as
if be had been raid out for the coffin.
The verdict of the coroner's jury waa:
That John Bramlett cams to his death
by a deadly poison of a character and
kind unknown to the jury, administered
by his own hands." It waa ft most de
liberate self-murder. No one can asaiga
ft reason for the deed. Bnmd.tt was a
young man of good moral hrfbits a
Birmlx'r cf the Baptist Church, aliout
taenfy-two years old aud ft native of
Laurens,
ROASTED TO DEATH.
SVRMXaOF THE THEATRE ROT
AL AT EXETER, IX ENGLAND.
Daring the Performance ef MRomany Rye"
- A Fire Breads Out, anil ISO Pespla
Lass Their Lives.
The Theatre Royal, at Exeter, England,,
took Are during a performance of "Ro
many Rye." .The occupants of the pit,
aftor ,an awful struggle, escaped, but
many of them; were greatly injured.
There was only one exit from the gallery,
and the rush there was terrific. " Scores
were trodden under foot and suffocated.
Fire escapes were brought to the win
dow and many . intide -were rescued.
Sixty corpses have been removed. ' The
injured survivors were sent to the hos
pital. The mortality is estimated at 100,
The structure was built after the latest
designs, and was elaborately fitted, being
considered one of the prettiest in Great
Britian. There was a full house, and
everything was all right untiLthe end of
the third act, at half-past ten o'clock,
when a drop scene fell and in a moment
the whole stage waa a mags of fire,
and ft wild panic ensued. Occupants of
the stalls, pit and dress circle escaped
altera dreadful crushing, many being
badly braised. The actors and actresses
were in their dressing rooms when the
fire began, and all escaped. The fire
originated in the flies and spread rapidly,
filling the theatre with a dense smoke.
Occupants of the upper circle and gallery
rushed to the windowa screaming fran
tically, and many jumped from the win
dows and were injured, and others were
rescued witn tbe aid -oi ladders from too
verondas. The fire blazed fiercely, light
ing up tbe whole city. People were seen
nocKing to tue scene in tnousands, in
quiring for friends. .
The scene inside the theatre when
the fire broke out waa an awful
one. Some men implored the au
dience to be cool, but it was impossi
ble to check the frantic rush.- The thea
ter hose was brought into use in a few
minutes, but the water had little effect
on the flames. The- actors and actresses
were taken out from windows with the
aid of ladders. They lost everything
except what they wore at the time. Up
to tne press time one Hundred and tnirty
bodies have been recovered. They are
almost unrecognizable. Thirty injured
survivors have been taken to tho hospi
tals. Fire burned throughout the night.
Search for tbe bodies proceeds slowly.
In many cases every shred of clothing is
burned off and the bodies look black and
raw. There are various reports as to the
origin of the fire. It is only certain that
the flames broke out in the scene-shifters'
department. The fire brigade arrived
five minutes after the breaking out of the
flames, but the efforts of the firemen were
without effect A majority of the vic
tims were men and boys. About thirty
women were burned.
When the fire started, ft drop scene was
lowered to prevent the draught. Some
of the actors opened a door to escape,
causing the fire to burst through the drop
scene and to ignite tha gallery. The
flames overtook people who were wedged
in an immovable mass and roasted them
to death, and many who were rescued
alive died soon after being brought out
of the burning building. The occupauta
of tbe dress circlo escaped without seri
ous barm. -
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COXGREM.
One of the most important meetings
cf tha medical profession has convened
t Wahington, D. C, being the ninth
acsnon of the International Medical Con
gress, and about 2,000 practitioners are
on hand. There is but one female phvis
cian in attendance, Dr. Fanny Dickin
son, of Chicago, who is the flist wmin
doctor ever admitted as a delegate to
tho congrcs,'. Among the eminent den
tists are Dr. G. Wedgewood, of London,
and Dr. J. G. Younger, of California,
who will read papera ou the implantation
of teeth; Dr. William Wallace Walker
and Dr. A. L. Northrop, of New York
fity; Dr. J. H. McKcllopa, of St. Louis;
Dr. L. I). Shepherd, of Boston, Maw.,
who will give clinics in operative den
tistry. Tho officers are: President
Nathan 8. Davis, M. D., LL.D., Chicago;
secretary, General John D. Hamilton,
M. D., aupervbdng surgeon general
United Statea murine hospital service:
treasurer, G. S. F. Arnold, M. D.,
M.R.C.8., Newport, R. L5 chairman
finance committee, Rit hard J. Dunglison,
M. D., Philadelphia; chairman executive
committee, Henry 1L Smith, M. D.,
Philadelphia; associate secretary, Wax.
B. Atkinson.
Pot K DAT LAMT.
Mr. Gamble, a citizen of AnnUton,
Ala., who has jnt returned from visit
to tho City of Mexico, reports that he
saw and recognized in tlutt city Mumh T.
Polk, the defaulting state treasurer of
Tenncsnee. Ho sa; s that he knew IVilk
well, and that ha is now engaged in bus
iness in Mexico. It will be remembered
that cirvumMantlul accounts of Polk's
illness, death and burial In Tenner
were published several years ago.
RMRLKM RAILROADIM4,
A train of five loaded list carl went
through bridge fire miles eat of
Swonia, K. Y., on tha Erie railroad, and
ft nan named Smith was killed. While
the track waa being cleared, Buffalo
excursion train approached on a sharp
curve, and before the train could be stop,
ped the engine wss buried in the debris
beneath the bridge. The forward truck
of tbe first car left the track. No other
damage done.
: THE 'SOUTHERN FARMER.
GENERAL PROSPERITY IS THE
RVLE ALL OYER THE SOUTIL
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SWEET POTATOES. ,l
. Of the varieties of sweet potatoes, most
generally cultivated for, table use that
known as the Georgia ysm or sugar
yam is considered best for tho Southern ,
taste which demands a .'wet" potato. ,
This vsricty, however, is not very pro
ductive, nor will it bear late planting.
Next in quality," and more productive, is
the variety known as the pumpkin yam,
which is deep yellow when cooked,
hence its name. The flesh of the Geor
gia yam is of a light yellow when cooked.
Fpr stock, the more productive varieties,
such as the St. Domingo and Hay ti yam,
are preferred. . Under idontical circum
stances, these two varieties will produce
two or three times as much as the Geor
gia yam.
HOME COMFORT.
Sweet pillows may be made by the
thousands at very trifling cost by shred
ding, with the fingers, or with a wido
prolonged steel fork, , out of the shucks
taken from green corn, and placing them
in the sun for bleaching. After being
thoroughly dried, without rain or dew,',
they will bo white, sweet and nice and
ready for a tick of any size desired. For
summer use, pillows made in this way will
be found elegant upon which to rest a
weary head, as they are much cooler than
feathers, moss, or curled hair. The
beauty about it is that every family can
manufacture their own pillows almost
without cost, and from shucks generally
thrown away,
south Carolina's prosperity.
The outlook for the planters and farm
ers in South Carolina is especially bright,
in spite of the discouraging statements
which hae been received. The special
report furnished by the State Department
of Agriculture, shows in general terms
that, as compared with the crops of but
year, there will be 600,000 bales of cot
ton, an increase of 67,000 bales, 6,000,
000 bushels of corn, 400,000 bushels of
wheat, and 430,000 bushels of oats, to
gether with a slight increase in the rice
crop and an increase of about twenty per
cent, in sugar cane and sorghum. This
is almost as encouraging a prospect as
could be desired, for the reason that the ,
plantera and farmers have worked thie
year at comparatively small expense, and
have but few debts to pay. Their deter
mination to make sure of their meat and
bread is marked out in the enormous in
crease in the crops of corn and small
grain.
treatment of horses.
Never ride a horse without first mak
ing his acquaintance and securing his
goodwill. Go to his head, speak kind
ly, pat him, look in his eyes. Whether
you are a friend or foe, he will judge by
your voice, your eye and your breath.
Horses judge a man as quickly as a man '
docs a horse. Feed and water abundant
ly at night after work and the animal
has had time to rest and cool off. Feed
moderately in the morning or before
work. Parthians and Arabs prepare their
horses for hard drives by fasting rather
than feasting. More horses are injured
by hard driving on ft full stomach than
by any other process. Never let a horse
eat or drink much when bo iahot from
work. Study your horse, treat him ac
cording to his nature, make him your
friend, and he will do better and safer
work.
POlXTBf matters.
A Tennessee Receipt: -One of the liest
cholera preventatives is the Douglas mix
ture : One pound sul phatc iron, (copper
as) and one oz. sulphuric acid, put into
two gallons of water. Put one table
spoonful of this mixture in each pint of
drinking water daily for cure, and week
ly as a preventative.
Exhibit Your Birds: If you are a
breeder of line poultry, you of course aim
to exhibit your fowls at the poultry
show this season, and lucky will be those
who win prizes, for the prospective pur
chaser will closely examino the list ot
wards to see who has won first prizes on
the variety he wishes to purchuae and
will Invariably send his order to the
breeder who has won, as it is good evi
dence that said breeder has good stock
and is much more convincing proof than
a flaming advertisement or circular. Any
breeder can get up a fine circular or an
attractive advertisement, but only tha
owner of fine birds can win first prizes at
our poultry showa where comjictitioii
is generally keen. SaiUlitrn IWrg
Feed Board : For feeding the young
chicks we urge the use of smooth
board easily cleaned, hence not capable
of carrying disease to the chicks. Throw
the feed on the board, which should have
on it some saad and charcoal. Thorough
ly cleanse tbe brant at least tlitee times
each week. As the chicks grow older
and capable of waning the food by trampl
ing tt, protect it by a light h.tti frame
with toe slute running perpendicularly,
so the chicks can reach through for their
food. At this stage the feed board should
be nsrrow, so that the chicks can reach to
the mlddle..Mfi, G'i., Svnthfn Form,
Hardy Fowl :-The Wy andolte will stead
ily gain favor in the South. It is a me
diu;n sized fowl, hardy, easily confined
in close quarters, but active and ft good
foragrrwhen given range; heavy -mealed,
small boned, good layer, rapid grow
er, good sitter and mother; b-aii-legged,
of high yellow color, rose ronilied, small
crop and small cuter, small nff.d, and
beautiful form and feather.
V
Fruit tiut tin for market in neat attrac
tive shsjie brings tho bct prices.