North Carolina Newspapers

; WE'LL HEW TO THE LINE 'LET, THE'' (5HIP8 FALL.1!" WHERE THEY MAY.' iYOLr'1 HILLSBOROr-N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1887. ; NO. 7. GENERAL NEWS. FHOTOGHAPni OP MATTERS IN AMERICA AND EttOPE. y ' ' ' 'i ' Haaa Safe) AHtW Plll Tat ef ' ' farayosa raltiloa-Laaar Halter " ' at Baaaa AaraaA, eie. 1 A French smack report! the - loss of a vessel with fifty hands in the English channel.. . . The number of nail makers on atrike in Suffordshirtt England, alore, it i5,ooo.' .:;, " An explosion of dyqainite occurred in the custom bonne t Callao, Pern, killing j eixpcasdns'and injuring eight others j" The St. Louis Browne rcftfscd to play , base-ball with colored men. An exhlbi (ion game had been arranged, when the clnb rebelled. - f"'r The Iowa Supreme Court decided that the prohibition law authorised the atate'a authorities to prevent the exportation of spirits, aa well u their ue in the state. Lieutenant-Governor Waterman, of California, took the oath of office aa gov ernor, the executive chair, having been made vacant by the death of Governor Bsrlkttv, 2 ','- - There "were reported fifty new casee of cholera and twenty deatha at Manama, Italy; nineteen new cases and eleven deatha at (Mania, and eleven new caaes at Palermo. Elsewhere the disease is stationary. ' ' ' ' ' ' Two brothers named. Jnergenveo, who returned to their native village, Alberaim, on the island of. Fohr, Germany, foui - months ago, after an absence of twenty years in America, have been ordered to leave German territory. The roof of the Jewish ayuagogua, on " Judd street, in Chicago, 111., caved in, currying a numler of men who were en gagr4 in repairing the buijding, in the hum, A part of the walla also caved. I'ive men were seriously hurt ' An east-bound passenger and a west bound freight tram on the New York, : Pennsylvania and Ohio rd, under full beadaav. collided 18 miles east of Ur- . bana, Ohio. Engineer Craig, of the pas senger train, was killed ; Engineer Kelly, oi tbe freight train, waa nornuiy man gled. . ; . A Lockhart and Tullng stage, Texaa, carrying the mail, waa robbed by three mked highwaymen. There were only three passengers in Ihe stage, all el whom were ruade to surrender their val 1 Hsblrs at the point of revolvers. Even the driver was relieved of his watch, ' The - mall pouches were left untouched. ' Gov. Washington Bartlrtt of Cat i fur la. died at the home of his cousiu. Mrs. Or. Beckett In Oakland. Ilia death re sulted from chronic affection of the kid neva, ' Gov. Bartlctt wu a native of 8a vanaah: Georgia, and waa sixty-three Tears old. lie remove to California la 1844, and haa lived there ever since. The dcstiuction by 1 floods on the " Southern Pacific railway, in Arixooa, is . much errenUr than at flrt supposed. For .50 m Ira there are numerous washouts. There has been bo train from the east or west for nearly a week. One thousand wen ara working, and it will require thrre weeks to repair the damage be tween Tucson and Benson. Three soldier, at Trapan, Italy, were sent to perform a disinfecting duty and wero emailed by a mob who tried to fovea them. to swallow carbolic arid, . which they bed beeh sprinkling about the atreeta and houses. One of tho sol diers imbitd the liquid, and soon after died in horrible agony. The other two refused to drink the add and were killed. At a cabinet council Gen. Ferron, French mlnirtcr of wsr, reported that he was satisfied with the operations of lite treat recently mobilized. M. Herrid, minister of publio works, etresiK-d hit belief that after the completion of means of transportation, it would be posdble to reduce me-uroe renmn iur wo mmim' xatlon of aa army cor t0 one tiny. A crowd of men wero discussing pull tics in f roat f tho Itingbam'on, N. V., wrings bank, whin a rumor got out that it waa a run on tho !ank. J I'm dreds of depmitors anxiouty presented themselves, but aa all tUman Is were promptly met, confidence was recor d, : and in a couple of hmirs tho rush wa checked. Tna bank is thoroughly al- fent, " ' v A party pf prominent fym hem railw.iy ; men art la Chicago for the pnrpoaa of securing Chicago capital to as lt them in constructing a new line in the South. ' It is prnpowd to build the Birmingham, Mobile Sav; Cove llailmad, at a prob abta con of .$3,000,000. A ntimWr of Chlcagoana hava already promised their . iofinsnca and wealth to back the scheme. A: Ruaalsn engineer haa discoverWI a new it xploirive, which he baa christened aelectover." He clalma that the ex plosive is destined to take the plsca f : a'l exisUag ammunition, and tbat it Is equal la atrength to pyrolyline. Tlie HuaainB war olhVa will build factory especially for the manufacture) of the pswvxploaiva power. M!m fry Tucker, a fclrt of nineteen, daughter of John 8. Tucker, former state represeotstlve, living near Kew jUb, juonn., ha married John W. lisQchctt, her fsther's colored coich man, and dlwpprared with him, Han chesfnursusded her to color herself with a liquid prrpred by himself and which msda hrr Wk like a neirtoMi The til lage aiinl(rr performed the ceremony and uteceupieihua Del. . Twc design n the menu card of tha Ma!ft drummers' dinner In Portland wss the pit turf J of a traveling man an prtav hlnsr a -young Isdy la a rwly airifty rsIlro.l car and sajlng: "I leg your pardon, U this seat engaged r , ,S0DIBERN FARMING. . tllXTS FROSt ItEX TFUO VNDER J STAXD THE BUSINESS. . - . What the SlcasJ Offltcr Rert s-ObJeet hi Ueart la Farmer gaaafllhlaa; 4 S, THE LAW REIGNS. BAZLBOAD ATTAIES. DOTS FROM WASHINGTON. . t TUX WEATBEB. The weather has been reported by tho Signal Officer at Washington, D..C . as favorable to growing crops in Massachu setts and North Carolina, and ' unfavora ble In Tennessee, Arkansas, missiBsippt and South farolina. , In the corn grow ing region, Jhe crop is reported to have been harvettfed ind below .average in Ne Waska, aa out of danger from frost in Minnesota, and mora rain needed for law corn in central and western Kansas, Cut ting is in progress in Michigan. The weather is reported to have been too dry in the cotton region of South Carolina, Alabama ana Mississippi, and damage by worms in Mississippi. , The tobacco re gion of Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, the deficiencies in rainfall is reported to have been injurious, while In North Car olina tha weather hw been favorable. Pastures are reported good from Nebras ka, aa improved in Minnesota, Michigan and northern Illinois, and aa dried np in southern Illinois. A light frost is report ed to bare injured aweet potatoes in northwestern North Carolina, and as having occurred in northern Illinois. Killing frosts were reported irom central Minnesota and upper Michigan. . : SrLEBDID CRorriKO. CoL Primus W. Jones, of Albany, Ga., the noted firat-bato man, haa already marketed between fourteen and fifteen balea of cotton to the mule, Jias enough now picked out to swell the number to eiiihtecn, and counts on gathering seven Or eight more bales to the mule, swelling tne number to Z3 or 26 boles to tnemuie, This is extraordinary cropping, but Col, Jones is farmer in the true sense of the word. . FBACTICAli TALK. Gooda Price, ot Lee county, Ga.,' waa at Macon, abaking hands with bis many friends. In response, to tne query oi "IIow are. cropsr ho replied; "Well, sir. if I don't make 850 balea of cotton. I'll quit farming. ITad it not been for the biff rains I would hava rathe red 800, eeilT."' "Tbat ia nrettr rood for an amateur P f "Well, I consider it ao. I went dowa there early last spring, ana put ia with the determination to try my hand at terrain ir. You know I had been working around town and on the land for soma time,and the venture was somewhat doubtful, but I have succeeded beyond my expectations." "How many plows do you run!" "jnave run iwenty-eigm this year; I have kept them working, too. Mv corn cron and other crops ara good. and my cotton would have been a grand aucceta but for that wet spell. I tell you, those Lea county lands ara all tight. All a man has to do is to cultivate tnem wen, and tbef will respond every time. "IIow ere crops generally f "Well, the coUua cron ia cut off considerably. It haa been flooded, and ia now burning up. Tho crop will soon be harvested and on the market I suppose the general crop ia pretty near as good, aa usual. You know something always happens to cut it short." "Do v ou like Tour new ven turer 'Oh, jes; I am delighted with it. True, it ia not like city life, at all. but there are many charms connected with Mfo ia Lee." ? . Mv Price ia well . known all over ' aoutb west Georgia aa genial, companionable and energetic young man, and hia many friends will be clad to learn of his suc cess as a farmer. The chance life must have cost him conriderabla aacri lice, but he has met all demands in a moat prsii eworthy manner. IH COTT05 cnor. CHICAeOBOMB-THIlOWEIlSTO BE HUNQ NOVEMBER 11III. Great Cselteaaeal la Cklc.a-Taa Caw ean4 Naa Kecelve the Maws Verjr t;alail7 TS) Jtaarcaiaa nimmi iwmm.' Justice Magruder announced tho de cision in the anarchist case, at Ottowa, Ills, i As the justices filed into tha court room, headed by Chief Justice Sheldon. thev appeared more dignified than ever. The chief justice waved his associates to their seat even more stately tnnuuia wont; his nod to the sheriff waa more stiff and his "upen tne court" icss auai ble than on the previous days of the term.. .' ' '. ?' ' '' ' Justice Magruder appeared flushed and nervous aa he entered the court room, the cJise wf which was evidenced a few mo ment later when Chief Justice Sheldon turned to him, and in a .voice, which would have been inaudible save for the deathly stillness which pervaded the room, Mid: - "Justice aiagruuer, nave vou anv announcement to make!" The flushed appearance of the justice changed to that of pallor and his voice wai husky as he responded: "Ia August Spies and others against the people of the state of Illinois. No 09 advisement docket" The chief iustice nervously turned the leaves . of the court docket to tne case maicaiea, when the iustice read the decision of tne court in the "anarchist case." As he commenced reading he retrained his com posure. His voice waa clear and distinct until the order fixing the death penalty and the date of execution was reached, when his reading became labored, his voice husky, and his mannershowed that it waa with the greatest emotion tnat ne performed the duty he had been dele gated oy nia associates ing voiced the decision Saaaaa-Up I Obl-Attempte4 Wractpg la ikaaaas-Tke Uearala Ceatral Bargala. On the New York.' Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, an Atlantio express, east bound, while running forty-five miles an hour, collided with a locomotive that was standing on the track at Peoria, Ohio; Norman Grgg, engineer, of the passen ger, wai Instantly killed, and hia fire man, name not learned, bad botn arms broken. John HUrey, engineer of the single locomotive, was fatally injured. Both engines were completely demolished and the track torn up some distance. , An attempt was made to wreck a south bound passenger train on the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Road at Banford. a station all miles eaat of Topeka, Kan. As the train was coming around a curve, at tne rate oi thirty .miles an hour,, the engineer saw mat the switch was open. He put on his brakes and reversed his engine, called to his fireman to follow him, and jumped from the cab. The engine ran into some empty cars that were standing on the track, and while smashing them was it self completely wrecked. : No lives were tost and none of the passengers were in jured. An examination of the open awitch showed that it .bad been broken and turned with the evident intention of wrecking the train. The purchase of the controlling interest in the Georgia Cen tral has proven rather an onerous burden to the new owners. . Tho syndicate which began buying against the Baoul party not only paid a good round price for what they secured, but they paid sirs. Jietty Green a handsome bonus for the block that she held, with which rested the bal ance of power. They were unable for some time to provide for carrying it as the amount required wu disproportionate to the earning capacity ox the stock", par- iiau urcu. uot I .,.,, - o - v r,..l.i: e&rSSSZ 1, 5S"2irc Uonb. mTvTr, vi uv vw.. i . a wu, ; tug iiim iuu lJ uts mr wu. at least, in order to meet the interest of the bonds, and until it pays more, then the moat celebrated case it has ever been called noon to decide, Justice Sheldon said: "in wis case mo court orders that the sentence of the su perior court of Cook county of the de fendants in indictment Augutt Bpiea, twmuei leiueo, iv. raiauua, auuiiu Fischer, Engel, Louis Linggand Michael 8 :hwsb be carried into enect by tne ahenff of Cook county on the ISthday of November next on Friday, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon on that dav. The judgment of the court wu the working capital must be drawn upon for all expenses. One per cent on the capital stock of the company would call lor 1129,000, so that it is apparent uuu no dividend can be possible until the Georgia Central Road pays more than eight per cent, VNDSUR4BLB SPOT. The government telegraph be- The opinion makes 60,000 "tweea Norfolk, Va., and Cape Battens The CW6 World, of New Orleans,La., gives tha following report on the growing cotton crop, in continuation of the Na tional Cotton Exchange ayitem: There has been deterioration in the condition of the ulant and corresponding diminution of crop prospects throughout the belt during the month of August Oa the Atlantic coast aa excessive rainfall caused luxuriant growth of plant but fruitage was decrrsicd. In the upper part of tho Misaisstptn valley and iniexna, protn 1 drought operated adversely. Every wherq thtfre bu been unusual loss from shedding and rust and the fruitage hu txrn diftanpolnting. V onus nave none considerable derange la some localities and poisoning operations thave btwn re tarded by Inability to obtain supplies or material with which to work. Aa a rule labor ia sufficient for all requirements. By reference to the table of conditions it will be seen tbat tne ngurea nave been lower oa alt States, bringing down the average for the belt below the figures at a correopomling date last season. Last year the month of August waa, oa the whole, favorable, tne deterioration re sulting from dry weather io Texas and west of the Mississippi river being more than offset by favorable conditions of the Atlaotic eeaboud, ao that the average wu marked up one point. Picking be gan mmewhat earlier than last season and Is now grncral In nearly all the States. ' Conditions by States r Virginia M. North Carolina bfl, Pouth Carolina 87. Georgia 14, Florid 87, Tennessee 80, Arkansas 81, Mississippi 89, Loulslsna 8,1, Texas 80, Abtbsma 88. Average for the belt 83.0; average test yrar88.v. - V ' m att htctvnr. Gov. Cordon of Georgia has signed the bill which imposes a license en wine rooms of tlO.000. Comptroller-General Wright ssys the law will be enforced at once. - He would nolify the 1a collet t of Fulton county to collect the fli'.Mrt, and il the wine-rooms do nut pay the lax, to clott them up. unanimous." wort's. . The anarchists had no counsel to represent them before the court M the decision wu announced and no steps were taken ia their behalf. . They have fifteen days in which to file s motion for a rehearing am thirty daya from the close of tne term to me a petition in eupport thereof. This will not act u a stay of sentence, and they will have to ahow very strong grounds before the court would consent to the issue of a stay of execution untu a rehearing could be bad next term. The turnkey who took the dispatch to celt 25 of the Chicago jail and ahoved it through, tne bars, lingered a moment to wstca tne enect it would nave oa ppies. The anarchist took the message, glanced m . i . , , .i r.tj . nrmiy at we mroaej anq, uca witauicw to the darker end of the celL Ia two minutes or so, he called gently to the old man who aits u a death watch outaide the barred door and asked him to band the telegram to Parsons. From him it went to all tne others and reached ncebe, who ia the only one under sentence of imprisonment. . it could be dimly seen that each of the condemned men mads ostentative efforts at coolness and brava do. Tbey took seats at their cell doors and read newspapers and books, smoked cigars, and once Lingg, the bomb-maker. whistled. Their wivva and friends bad been with them for an hour during the morning, but shout thirty minutes before tue news came they were all excluded, and the prisoners locked up, Sheriff Justeon bad remained away from the jail. UJ bis orders during tbe night the guaras nsd an been doubled, in eluding court bailiffs there wero twenty oi tne therm smeo oa outy, tea turnkeys snd guards mat are on regular duty at the jail and six policemen who patrolled the alleys outside. ' Cspt rkhsack brought with him four detectives in the morning, who were stationed in the jail court I pon Capt. Schaack, the protec tion of the jail devolved. He professes to experience no uneasiness from any at tempts to break into the jail, and My she us iaaen every precaution. '1 he news of the affirmation, bv the su pre me couit of the decision of the lower court in tne esses ox the condemnor! an ftit'liisfe, caured great excitement among New York sorisU-t and anarrliUia. II err Mott waa fiiriou. Mosl's editot in! Is ad dressed 'To tha Workingmea f All Countries," Ho charactcrircs the julgcs bo mmie the e tton aa infamous am b'ood-thtnty fools." ami the jury as cor mpt November 1 1 was the daysct fot the mimhf of thess 'heroes." Tho cap- niii.i wt-nci in ice bioou now to show the people iM they were t law and doaHlit-y ileatd. . . iJtrEMouaia.it. ilia PeDnsrlvania Railroad new round house, machine ehopf, five locomotives one Of whim was a new one, ana sis. i-nka at Lewiston. Pa., were destroyed by fire, supposed to havw been of aa in cendiary origin. Favorable winda and application o salt aved Loyd 8tickney's itsn.ive stock of coal and shutrs. The losi is est Imsled at ftf.l.u w. , AatsUSTBD AT LMT. -. ' saaWassaWNsaa William O'Brien, editor of an Irish newspaper, a member of Parliament, and who made a sensation soma weeks since In Canada by attacking the Marouls of Lansdowne, the Governor General, has been arrested ia Ireland fur making speeches against the English government destroyed by the late cyclone bat been re built and communication established. The wire is In working order and infor mation hu been received relative to the great damage done by the ' cyclone. About tlO.000 worth of property wu destroyed, and during its prevalence the uvea oi tbe residents ox that portion ox the coast were in imminent peril. Tbe wind registered ninety-six miles an hour. The ocean rose to an alarming height and swept over the narrow neck ox land into Pimiico Sound, carrying everything beiore it witn almost irresistible xorce. Houses were swept from their founda tions, sails of vessels were torn into shreds and the vessels were dismasted and dashed udob the beach. Manv familes were rendered homeless and took to their boats u the hut resource. The situation was one which it is hoped will never oc cur again, band and water were nying through the air and large limbs of trees were borne along on the wings of the gale threatening death, and destruction to all in their path. Alter tbe gale the beach was lined with wreckage showing tbe damage sustained to vessels on iiat teru during the Storm. Many persons were Injured. PREPARING TOR HARD 'WORK Appalatajeatt fgaaiarra Mca-laterestlae Retort rDaiimo onMwr-nasM - NataaOmclala. mrs. Cleveland's fbeseht. ' The Bohemian Athletic Society, which" left America six months ago, tor a tour in Europe, has returned. , Tbe members of tho party have bwtfght with them,' as a present for Mrs Cleveland, a magnifi-i cent set of garnet jewelry, consisting of a Droocn, ear-rings and caain. in brooch is in the shape of an eagle,' hold ing in its clawa three golden arrows ana supported bv two standards containing photographic viewa of Prague. - . The casket, containing the set is lined with white satin, and u inscribed i "To Mrs. Cleveland, with profound respect, from the Bohemian eicursionisls to Prague.? AFFECTUM INCIDKKT. As the President and Mrs. Cleveland come out of the White House one even ing, and were entering their carriage to return to Oak View, their attention wu directed to a little boy who was waiting to shake hands with thm. llis name wu Herbert uudersiceve, and ne naa walked from Pittsburg, a distance of 800 miles, to see the President The Presi dent turned to the little fellow, shook him warmly by the band, and after com plimenting him for his walk, presented him to Mrs. Cleveland, wbo gave turn very pleasant shake ox tbe band irom the carriage. . Herbert wu ten years old, ana made his long pedestrian tour to the cap ital m company witn bis xatner. uotn will return to Pittsburg by rail. TROPHY FOB SALE. A letter received in Washington, from a -son ox Commodore Charles waugn Morgan, of 1812 fame, directs the sale of a valuable and historic sword, which wu presented to the commodore by the state of Virginia in honor of his intrepid ity and valor as lieutenant ot tne Lmted States frigate Constitution and the cap ture of tbe British frigates Guerriere and Java on tbe 19th of August, 1813, and 20th of December, 1813. The scabbard and handle of the sword are of gold and the blade ia ox tbe finest tempered steel On the scabbard, in bss relief, are re pre sentations of naval victories for which the sword wu given to the commodore. The sword hu been for thirty yean in the vault of a local bank, and the son who now -owns it midea in England and desires it to be sold to supply his necessi ties. k' - SOUTHERN ITEMS." BUVQET OF NEWS GATHEU HERE AND THERE. KOTES. Robert B. Biggs, of Dakota, assistant chemist in the Geological Survey, hu re signed Otwav L. Carter, of Mississippi, hu been appointed a special agent for Indian depredation claims. The President has recognized Jose Maria Turo Y. O'Donnell vice consul of I Spain at Savannah, Ga. The President hu appointed W. N. Conley to be postmaster at Tampa, Fla., vice li. It Benjamin resigned. John E. Goodman and Jesse H. Maley have been appointed storekeepers and gaugers for Georgia and North Carolina The President appointed the following named post roasters: Henry C. Metcalf, at Carlisle, Ky , vice W. H. Fritts, re- Haay Ballmi AeoMeBta-Waal la Traaa IrtaelaTaaiawaaeaBInttare-wia. AM tceiliiaas waaaiF- TTia nw steamer. Fsnnv Fern, nu ' commenced running between Columbus, ; Ga.,. and Aptlncbicola, ria, . . ,.. The Georgia State fair authorities will not permit any circus or side-show to ex- 1 T 1. . S . .1 . i v! n .1.., f .1 111U11 III UUIlUg luv - ,j. A nanunirer train ran into a freight at Sugar Valley, Ga., and Engineers Wright , and Scott and Firemen Donnelly and , Wyatt were badly hurt ?v w;ii:n A Waatiinfrtan ' llW A his r li iiiAuu. .... . . - , j. t. nVnth tha nearest living relative of Gen. .Geg Washington, and tho last malo representative of . the name, died . at . Owensboro, Ky. r The celebration of the battle of Norttt Point at Baltimore, Md., or "Old De fenders' Day," was celebrated with c,on sidcrable spirit - Only three of the vete rans were on band, ail ox tnem ueuig uw 00 years old. Ex-Governor Luke P. Blackburn, who has been lying at the point of death at ;. Frankfort-Ky., for weexs put, uieu there at 2:33 p. m. His last intelligible words were: "Oh, the beauty of reliif ion." ' ' - Ex-Postmastor W. A. Pollard, of Greer's Station S. C, on the Air-Line railroad, wu arrested, charged with de taining and opening letters addressed to other parties. He wu removed from of- . . . it!. .iT. uco several weens ago lor una oucuav. , J. A' Griffin, a brakeman on the Nasn- - ville & Chattanooga Railroad, who hu a family in Chattanooga, fell from a tram and his skull was crushed. He wu taken to the hospital at Nashville and bis wounds dressed. Griffin is about thirty- five years old. Prof. J. T. Newton, principal of tue K. E. Lee institute at Thomuton, Ga., hu re ceived an appointment in the War De partment in WUUingtOD, as a sauu w v. $2,000 per annum, and hu tendered hia resignation to the board of trusteea to take effect at once The trustees of the Mary Sharp college, which ia about to be moved to Chatta nooga, from Wincheater, Tenn., have . held a meeting, and are kicking vigor ously against the project. They adopted a long series, oi rcsoiuuona, au uj by saying that they will fight the re moval in tbe courts. There is much Indignation among the citizens of Richmond, Vs., over the te fusal of the Common Council to appro priate $13,000 toward the expenses of laying the R. E. Lee monument corner atone. Subscriptions are pouring in from private sources. The action ox the com mon Council is due to the insistence upon economy in tbe city government A DEATH TRAP. Tw. Near Wll-DIerAr BaSaeateaar f iIhim. laaasea, Lewis and Jack Bates, two negro brothers, met horrible deaths while cleaning out a well on Simoa .Taylor's place, three miles north ot ureepsooro, Ala. Lewis, while digging in tne well, suddenly cried out to his brother, then at tho windlass, to draw him up, ex am signed; E. R. Wortham, at Greenville, claiming in a gurgling voice: I . Mlss.,ViceWUliamYeager, resigned. choklnV chokin': 1 am dyia dyin. n.!.M.t. a'atC. t Jack and others began at once to hat IMMENSE 8TU1KE. It had been a mooted quraiioa in Haxlcton, Pa., whether the 23,000 men employed in tbe middle coal m-ias, woum oa on str.ke for tbe demand of an in crease of 13 per cent ia wsges if the coal opcr4ors longer refuse to arbitrate or trrant their rooucst Individual opcra- . . . . . , torsuy they ares iiisnea io grant no au- vance, provided nicy ate lumisnea cars in rase the strike continm-s for any length of time. Among the strike r are men of everv nationalitv. Many of the strikers are preparing to leave ior oincr paneio work, ana u ine ainaa snouiu nmuiiuo two weeks, hundreds would ioiiow mcro. Tue co ieriee lntcntttcl are tboso oi A. Pardee A - Co., at Cr-inlierry and Crtstal Ridce: Pard Sjns & Co., at Mount Pleasant ; rraec pros vo., at fjitimer; C. Pardee & at Hollywood; Cose Bros & Co., at Drifton, Stktoh, l.rl.M . V..L l IXiwAti. TmnfW tf(.,r,, ju-w.wtc , lAMuj, " --"f j- kea & Derringer, Lindcrumn & Sketr, at Stockton and Humboldt; W. T. CaiterA Co., at Coalmine; J. C. H.iydcn & Co., at Jearaville, Lehigh; and Wilscslwrre tail company, at Anu-nti n; atom ioi com panv, at Miltwsville; G. H. Myers & Co., at i'orktown: G. B. M irkle & Co., Jl- tl H and collrrics at Tremkaw ami nearer Brook. , So far everything naa occu ouicr, snd tha tnea Kern determined to carrj their point. PBATIt OT A' rLEUT.IA!. Tim cnntrrrcratlon of the Presbyterian church at Decatur, Ga., induced their nastor. Rev. Dr. Donald Frawr, to go on I a shoit vacation to Jacksonville. Fla., u he wu aadly out of health. The rever end gentleman on bis nturn noma aiea la the ears near Indiao Springs. He wu bora ia Liberty county, G. and at the time of his desth wu shout fifty-four tears of aire. He had beca twice mar ried. His first wife was a daughter oil Thnruu. n fn.wla. of Liberty county. and lia trrnrd a Miss KenncbrongB, OI Tallnhaa-e. 1'bt.t Ho left three children, a son and daughter, pow living at Deca tur with Mm. ItMft, and a son, iiev. (.lisltiiers Frawr. who Is pietor of the 1'rc'bjUriso thurch at Marietta. Tbe President hss pardoned Thomas R. Knight John A. Brooks and Henry Pats, convicted of manslaughter in the western district ox Arkansas, and sentenced to imprisonment Tbey were Indian polite and killed a man while attempting to ar rest nim. CrjBAN USXTEEECTIOH. A Kev West BsaWMaa Wfelsa Oat lbs ttaaalah Traaaa. While in ambush some miles from Vatenzas, Cuba, just after landing, a band of filibusters, which left Key West, Fla.. recently. were attacked by a ae tacbment of three hundred Spanish sol diers. Tbe latter were repulsed, leaving three of their number dead and carrying off five who had been wounded by the dynamite bombs thrown by tne nnnus ters. Four of tbe Cubans were wounded, but not all seriously, by shots from the soldiers. The filibusters then made their way Into the interior, and private ad vices received from the leader, by a repre sentative of the csuse at Key West an nounces that they have joined those who had preceded them. It is believed tbat ' certain ppaniaa amacKs, tne property of wealthy Cuban home- rulers, sailing out of Havana, and which are supposed to be io the fishing trade are really doing a profit able business smuggling aguardiente to tho Florida mainland and carrying arms and reinforcements on their reiurn to Cuba from Tampa to Havana. Two Spanish gunboats have been cruising in sight ox h.tj west iot several aays. NOT WANTED. . Juhan Most, the anarchist made app'i- cation for citizenship at the court of common picas' naturalization bureau ia New York City. In reply to fluwtiona put by the chief clerk, Most said be bp. licved in the Constitution of the Unite J M.inA ami in tha laws nused bv tiroixT auihorltv. if they were good lawa.' If hi believed the law Interfered with the tights of the people he would rwit tbcmbv force. Most uid that he had 'rei.tcd tvraony in every country he had lived in, sod would continue to do so." Thereupon the clerk declined to administer the oath, adding that if l.c had made mistakes, the courts would rectify it haul him from th well, but when' half way out his hold gave way, owing to hia weakuesa caused by auffocation, and he fell back io tho bottom, dying with groanings and stifled muttering. Jack, alarmed, rapidly aesccnuca into me wen to rescue nia brother, and when ho rearlied the ces. he likewise met tbe horrilfe death of being choked by the deathly gas. The other laborers working at and near me weit, uecame aw icrnoiy frightened that they ran away, leaving the corpses of the two brothers piled to gether la a caseous and partly watery grave. After soma hours the bodies were dragged, irom iuo weu vj bi iron hooks, and the scene u presented was horrible beyond description. The eyeballs of the men had nearly burst from their sockets. ' Both bodies were swelled almost beyond recognition. Ex pressions of awful suffering wu pictured upon both faces. The muscles were badly drawn, and all in all, the corpses were a sight most norriwe io hw ai. Both negroes were speedily buried and variou are the conjectures of supersti tious people as to the cause of the sud den and mvsterious killing oi the brothers. , Oi VEILED. The soldiers' monument at Bradilock, overlooking the site where liraddock was defested, waa nnvelled recently with considerable pomp- Between $,000 and 7,000 Gnmd Army men and Soae of Vet erans participated in the parade, In ad dition IO wnicu mere n a '""" v civic organirations in line. ExJov. Picrrepont, tf West Virginia,- and Gen. Gibson, of Ohio, made the principal ad dresses. The monument is a bandiomd one. - MAftOKti DISCARD 111.4. Lincoln Park Lodge, No. 911, of Chi cago. III., unanimously voted to expel William J. McGarigle, the convicted boodler, from membership ia the Mason ic order. The lodge debated three hours before adopting the resolutions which shuts the escaped convict out I tne chapter, the commandery and the Order of Nobles of tho MjMlc Shrine. He will be formally expelled from thru later on.