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IIILLSBORO, ; N . C, .' THURSDAY; DECEMBER .1, 188T.
NO. 17.
The art of paper ranking has reached
a point where a growing tree may be"
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out ai a newspaper, all within thirty-six
bouri.s' . -f" 'f f
"i-1 1 a .
The now library building recently bo
gun in Washington"; for 'which Congress
appropriated something like (1,000,000,
will be the largest structure' in fhe Fed
eral Capital, with a single exception.
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Statistic show that the consumption
of sugar in the last fifty years ha gone
up from about fifteen to seventy pound
per head; of tea from one and one quar
ter to four pd three-quarters ipounda
per head ; of tobacco from eighty-six
hundredths to one and forty hundredths
pounds per head, and so on.
A fine Leghorn rooster residing ' in
palcra, " 111., ha developed a tasto for
music, y When one of the young Indie
in the family where he abides rents her
self at thfi piauo.be hu:r;cs iuto the room
through the door 'or window", flics upon
the instrument, and, after regarding the
keys for short time, pounds out notes
that seem to fill hi :n with delight. Ilap
pily for tha iBKtc of the house,' Mr.
IJoostcr docs not attempt to sing, though
it Is feared he may one day find be h-u a
Toice and Insist on its cultivation.
Thirty-two years ago, when Mrs. Tlelen
Fralick wm a little girl, sic was stolen
from her parents in Chicago whi'e her
mother was a guest at the former Lake
street hotel. Mother anl daughter never
met from that day till a short time ago,
when her mother tailed at her hoi;e in
Syracuse, N. Y., and fully ideotitlcd hir
long-lost daughter. A sear n Mrs.
Fralick' chin end a portion of one of
her fingers being cut o:I. both of widt h
murks sho had bom 'oce childhood,
satisfied the mother th.it she had found
her child. "
, Mr. J. Q. A. Ward has received the
commission for the statue of Henry Ward
fceecher to Krccted in Brooklyn. The
contract is for a life size figure in bronze,
the consideration being $23,009. The
fund raised for vlie work Is somewhat
more than the atiove sum, and consider
able additions hive accrued from the
eulogy delivered by Dr. Joseph Parker at
the Brooklyn Academy of Sln.ia. "This
surplus will be appropriated to a crariitij
pedestal which w:ll be paneled with b
reliefs representing rbaracteiu.R scents
in Mr. Rcechrr'a career.
The New York Ftate A jrlrultutal Fo
cicty is preparing to hold iwent; farmers
institutes this winter whhlhe appnpna
ation made by the lat legislature. The
community in which an iintiluto in held
will be expected to furnbh mi ub!e
place fur meeting, and warm and li;bt
theame,.and furnish mit-ic, if such is
fle.ircd, t evening svsdou.' One third
of the speakers, which may in-ltidc any
Indies who may be ab'o to Interest and
iwtroct, the spectator, are to prepay
short article! on such mUTc- is as chill
.inott concern the locality, tho ind-itry
tote enrours'c l ordu ouajel always
to he among the topics for dicu ston. jit
will be neccMutry that twoiAuitic be
accommodate! at hh h institute, ai th -re
are nearly Hity counties in Iho Mate
which lbee instihre a-e hd-nded to
enlighten.- It is claimed ths few itti
tufes held fan winter have s!man the
great power Ihey po-e a cducafiomd
hel in arousing the f.tr:ner to a closer
study of their pursuit and a more care
ful watching of their interct.
Another notabto announcement In the
line of industrial exposition iconics fr m
Great Britaia. An international cxhbi
tion of industry, science and art i to be
held in Glasgow, rVotlied, e .tealinf
from May' Io October, KM. tlm usual
patronage of tu ea Yieioiii, the Prince
of Wale, and other no:!jilUie l tit d
in the propetu. A gura at o fund
of over 42irt,00) ate lias h w already
been sul rilo.l." For the eM!)hion
buildings a site of oer sixty nrros awn
las !een grontM by lbs city of Gljw.
There seems to be crwy projM t of the
exhib'tion being a gr.al uvrK The
gronotlsare Intcrset tc.l hy tli( rirer Kel
vin, ninety f,Tt wide, elghty-sl feet
decj, which it ia s-ig.;etcd, may be util
icd for murine tihibit. . Th nieal
plan include the clarification of thec$
Dibits into twenty two elands, and two
special division for women's work and
aitisani exhibit. EnhiMts of the fine
arts are also solicited, and fur litre, u
well as the two laat-named AWUfowt, no
' charge will bo mada for noor-Stace. No
awards are, according to present Inten
tions.to be mailo lrxhiliitoia, the conn
?cil balicring tliat the shnpluTrxl.ihiiinn
of the articles ia so important a ceotro as
Glasgow should be a snilicicnt iiieu(v
to secure large contribution from all
tmrti of the world.
' WASHINGTON : HEMS.
riCIVRES OF THIS 1)01 xa 3 AT
IKE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Thn Drfai-linpnia Cotlldf Dawg In RnvtnMt
Asilii Th Nnllon' Mnannra-Appalnt.
u miniB it ad ltruinvnti- t'crionul.
i FEAIM ASSASSIN ATIOJf.
Tim .Englhh rejireientutivcs on the
Canadian fWieties commission, especially
Joseph ChaniU rluin, are accompanied by
a npiad of. Mnkerton detectives, four in
number. "A friend of Mr.' Chamberlain
states that the Englishman does not four
any violence, but the British minister
has i mploycd I'inkerton'a men to keep a
fiithfui attendance upon him, sleeping
or wsking, while in the Uuitcd States.
At night one of 'these detectives guards
his sleeping npartmonts. When he goes
to his meals, which he invariably insists
shall bo served ' in tho public dining
loom, the Pinkcrton agents occupy seats
at the adjoining table until he has fin
ishuj. They are always armed, and when
lie goc out for a wulk or a drive they
are always near him.
. DEHIEO TnK WRIT.
A decision was rendered by the United
States Supreme Court, upon applicatiot
rvf Willium M. Henry, of South Caro
lina, or a writ of habeas corpus. Henry
is now a prisoner in Albany penitentiary,
serving out a second sentence for the of-
tense oi using the mails to carry out a
scticme of fraud, an offense of which
ho was found guilty in the United States
dii'rict court for the western district of
S itith Carolina on the 11th of Septem
ber, 1330. The prisoner maintains that
under section 5,440 of the licvid Stat
utes he could not be legally cnudemucd
to more than one terra of imprisonment
for domes committed within tho same
sit calendiir months, and that be has
already served out one term, and should
le released, t This court, however, holds
that hia series of fraudulent acts did not
constitute one continuous' offense, for
which he could receive only one pun-if-hment,
and that the court had legal
power to sentence him to two or three
consecutifa terms of imprisonment, for
two or throe separate acts of fraud. The
m ilion for a rule to allow causa why the
writ of habeas corpus should not it8ue,
was denied.
BED TAPE METJIODS.
Senator Cocfcrell's report on the meth
od of transacting butiucts with the Gov
ernment will cuiit-iin a recommendation
to furl at some of tho ofhYiut correspon
dence, which to many of the bureau of
ficers, now appc irs unnecessary. For ex
.ample: a collector of customs recently
nuti occasion to repair iocs upon one oi
the door of hi i.tlicc. A locktmith was
summoned aud it wss found that the
net-try r-jmiia wou'd require an tut
liy of fifioen cents. Tho collector was
obiied, according to tiio nual practices
to write a letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury requesting eniiisiin to make
tb expcndiiure. The receipt of the let
ter by the d.-iKirtmont bad to lie acknowl
edged and authority givon to repair the
broken bick. The vomLerof the Iccksmith
had to be forwarded Jo the department,
and nficr it pawed through the regular
fl annels, a warrant for fifteen cents was
diawn, limned and returned to the per
son in wh -ae name it was made out. In
this Ins'ance eiht cent was expended
fox postage t-tamps In addition to the
stationery ued to carry on the corres
pondence, giving nlfiri.il sanction for the
repairing of a Imk. Tho red tape
method pruLably brought the Cost up to
113.
SUCTfoX BOSS AI A WtUSTIST.
How ignomnt a man can I and yet
pan a a scientist i astonishing. A m m
held one of the scinntitic p sitina in the
gift of tho Government for a nmnlicr of
vi sr. ami still ho'ds it Iwa'iMi his berth
is one of the favored few exempted from
insixction. ' His only qualitlcaiion for
tho n'se at the time of bis apiiointment
was lh it he lwd served at a section Ikws
on a Miihicsn railway. On hi arrival
l.c iinmedwtely asserted himelf and
wiMied to imtircM tinon his clerks thnt
their relation, should Ik? exactly those he
bei with the pick ami shovel artists in
M'cliiiran. He h sin n-curded every
unfortunate Government imptoye under
his snt ervlsina as a tuteiami uns accused
them of making away with chairs and
even desks. He thinks thnt his
hfinds." . as he calls his clerks, are
eheiitintr the Government out of
lime. He could not refrain from
ilisnl.tf lmr his authority a abort
time ago, however, and issued a lUt of
ct iron rul-s to gowro the conduct of
his "hands. The rules were in in own
loind nriiinif, ai d w-h knomnceof Lug
Hub did be display a t" m ike some of his
UUxeis feel inot ml. It will l ot be
lurcmaiy to give the rntire set of lule.
Una w ill I sullieieiit na an example f
the rrmnrknble brilliancy of the ienti-t.
"The cleiks la this io. m will be allowed
a half hour, for his or hers lumli.
Thi cthcn will be alloweil a half
hour to go out or slay in." How to
oley such an o der- Is a question
tho hands' have not Jrt determined.
The rules have served one good purwi.ie;
ihry have t cc.isioned many benny luughs
at the eiH'use of the w riWr.
' orra. . :
The Acting secretary of the Treasury
hn apMintid the fdlowinr i-tore-keepersand
guarr: John llthnson,
JaiiMS V. An.iern and P, !L Ixeuby,
In the Fifth dmtnet of North Carolina.
The Acting rVcmtary of the Treasury
bii nppolnid tho following store.
kecNr and gimtrim: John II. Johnson,
Jsiim-8 F. Attlrrw.n and V. It. I,acnby,
in the Fifth district of Noith Carolina.
t'lirdlniil Gibbiins mide a lsort i I-Sc to
tlm I'rt si b nt at the While House. He
was airompatiicl by Marvhul Wilson.
Ailing Hecrctnry Thotuji'on wa present
during a portion of tho visit and Lad a
pleasant chat with tho cardinal, . t
Tho President has approved the rcc
ommendution of tho Secretary of the
Treasury that the revenue marine vessels
Gallatin, Hamilton, Dallas, Woodbury,
Dexter, Colfax. Ewing and Grant, to
cruise in tho vicinity of dangerous coasts
during the Winter, for the purpose of ren
dering assistance- to Vessels in distress.
TUB ANAttCUIST WOMEN.
Nina Van Zan.it is believed to be dy
ing at Chicago, 111." Food has not passed
llii einiA Aiifriief Rnina lM-r!alipjt nil
the scaffold, ; Tlie only nourishment she
tins partaiccn oi in an mat time, nas oeen
a little fruit aud an occasional drink of
milV Rim tw.rnisfi n ftnnlnrintf (hut sha
cannot eat, and that she does not need
f.iod.i r Cspt. Scbaaek and the officers of
ik. ft4..A .v.ima Klaflnn trwlirrnftnttv
IliC mvuw -'I- f
deny the story, and which Mrs. Parsons
ik suid to nave told, tuat alter uer arr.st
.t. m iiifn 1I nf Itin f!hiciisra
avenue station, where she was visited by
several police officers and asked by them
to disrobe to tho skin and be searched,
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uin oniccra ociieving tuat sou oou oouiw
ennci nled on her person. According to
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Uer wory, alio iiiuikiibuiij fciuireu, nun
.1. ,1. ..n,lrntifl ho llm nffinir who
denied her request to have the matron
willed to make tho search. Her clothes,
she aj s, were literally alt torn off her,
and f'T three hours, or until after the
execution, she was left stark naked in
hur cell to be gazed at by policemen.
aboit ruoariiATK.
Special Phosphate Commissioner
Hot he's forthcoming annual report to the
South Carolina Legislature snows the
condition of the great phosphate industry
of South Carolina to bo in a very serious
condition. The stock on hand is very
large, and tho market extremely dull,
producer? being absolutely at the mercy
of buyers. Sevetal compauies have sus
pended operations, and unlcsi a changa
takes place, further suspensions are immi
nent. Producers are compelled to force
sahs to bring in the auiouut necessary to
keep their works in operation. The
commissioner says the situation is ex
tremely irrave. and calk for immediate
relief from the Gcncial Assembly. Over
500,000 tons of rock was mine l during
the past year. x Of this, a Utile over
2J0,000tons was river rock, on which
the royalty paid to the state was f su,
"000.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
A large quantity of dynamite, kept in
a tool oox on one oi u;e main streets iu
Hyde Park, Lackawanna eounty, Pa., cx
plodcd and caused great destruction c-l
tiropcrtT. The druc-store of John I.
Davis was destroyed. Every window in
the buihling waa smashed. For nenr'y
two blocks, buil iintrs were considerably
injured and a shock was felt for mi c
around. Contractor Phillips, who was
endeavoring to ascertain the cause of the
smoke issuing from the tool box, was
caught unawares by the explosion, blown
across the street ana aanaerousiy iu
jured. Several children in the struct
were knocked down by the force of the
explosion, ami many persons eeaei
tne eying fragments as it ty a m racie.
The d vnamite was used in the coiit ruc
tion of sewers, and some of it wms pla-cI
upon a heater to be kept iu readiness fur
blasting.
IIOXOBIMI JVirER.
A meeting of a large numlier of com
mitteca from the various orgatiixtti-ms of
Savannah, Ua., took place at tne e tin-
house, to consider what ceremonies tuouiti
accompany the unveiling of the nio iu
ment to Scrccant J.istier. This tVtiit i
to take place on the 22 1 of February
next. Washincton a Wrthdav. It was
decide I to make the unveiling the occ.
sion of a crand ca!a peiiod. The ui.veil
ing will be done with inipoing civic and
military pagewtry, t uo sucicuci on
the 23d and 21th by elaborate festivities
Inelndinif a trades disnlav. a nyroteebnie
exhibition, yacht racing, riflo and f.in
dub contests, horse racing sn lm lituy
parades by the Savannah soldiery and
tneir guests, a MntsMic proccsion, i
firemen' contest and other fjrnncf ii
version.
OEOUUIAN ATTC.MPTIS nClflOK,
Miss Annie Ilodgers, one of the bright
est student of the Cincinnati, utiio, i oi
lege of Music, a beiutiful brunette of 23,
made a desperate attempt at self de
struction, the fiit tn(t morphin- and
then a half ottnee of laudanum, aid Ir a
time her life was despaired of, but h -r
lihynician finally succcel"I In nxto'hig
her to concioiisne. She went to ('in
cinnati fro n AtlanM, Ga. .several m-Mihs
aco. and ha la-en livtnir in the family of
Mr. Fovte. She has liccn stulyi.g
verv hsrd. and it Is bur
ed that her mind- I slTe.ie.1
For several weik shn ha la-en tieg
strsnirelv. and coiniihiiiiinii that she wa
m t Drottressing satisfactorily in lar
studies. . . ' - ' '
PtHMT TO ArttlC
A company to ratablish a sta.im.llp
line of tranpotlati m and trade between
tii n Southern Atlantic t''rt and the
..f A frit, ti Im en iml-r
iwatcil at II ililmore. Md., with a capi
tal f 2.0il.Ht, It l cslhil Ihe Uni
ted Stnti-a ami 'ono Heamship Kmigra-
a fn.H.,.M ami h. ir mliie I tV till
fliTtiortef Henry Coxa pnwident Sid
tiiOfgc . ion a 'n "'
.. It will mi a line of s'einit-i te
frrifht and mail, a I
ti. i,-.mel Will lo"!i the port .-I
i!. .i.i.... .if. Vi wi oit New, i hnrltstoe
' sml Savannah also at the tauary Wan Is.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS;
READABLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
GATHERED UlTUEtt AXD XOW,
SImIbI, TesapcraaM mad Hell(Ut Slav.
saeata-rlre, Deaths aaa Salnldoi-Rall-
raas Ossratlaaa ana iMfravaneata.
Forest fires continue to rage around
Memphis, Tenn., and the damage sus
tained ia becoming serious.
Two entnnes on the El T. V. and G.
railroad collided at Macon, Ga., and were
badly broken up, but no one was hurt. -
Several gin houses in Crittenden coun
ty, Arkansas, have been burned, also in
counties of Mississippi which border on
uio irv. v , . ; .
The fine residonce of Sel Lacv, at Col-
linsville, Ala., was burned to the ground.
Mr. Lacy succeeded iu saving most of
hia household goods.
There have been no new cases of fever
and no deaths in Tampa, Fla., since the
last report. The doctors and the nurses
are going home,and the epidemic ia ended.
The extensive saw mill and planing
factory of J. W. Angel, at Spriug City,
Tenn , was entirely destroyed by fire.
The building caught fire from a spark
that landed on the roof.
The residence of Geo. M. Drake, for
merly editor of the Knoxville, Tenn.,
Unronuu, located on Lookout .Mountain,
was entirely consumed by lire, lne
cause of the fire was a defective flue.
Fire at Covington, Tenn., burned E. E.
8mith's family grocery store, Leather-
wood & Turner s general store, in me
the rear of which was located the post
office and E. W. Smitheal's law office.
The losses were partial.'y insured.
A freight train was wrecked on the
Mexican Central, 27 miles south of El
Paso, Texas. Charles Townsend and
son, of that city, were killed. Tw,tvcthcra
were lateen irom tne wtcck, carncu io
Chihuahua, and are reported dead.
The second marriage recorded in Au
gusta, Ga., of a white woman marrying a
Celestial,occurred the other evening. John
Loo Chong. who keeps a general grocery
store, and Miss Alica Qunttlebaum, an
operative of the Riverside mills, were
the contracting parties.
Some unknown parties blew up old
man Tomberlin's barn, about four miles
from Jasper, Ga., with dynamite. The
old man is about 90 years old, and is
Quite an old citizen. The night before
some one turned over his barrel of syrup
and wasted it all some 40 gallons. 1 he
explosion wai beard some eight or ten
mile.
The wind-storm which prevailed rc
cently, baa been destructive to many
dwellings and outhouses of planters, es
pecially in the counties to tne west oi
Memphis, in Arkansas, but owing to the
secluded country and tne lac oi tele
graphic facilities, it will be several davs
before the true condition of affairs is
learned.
The Thibodeaux. La., white picked
guard was fired upon early in the morn
ing ana two men wounucu. An stinca
was immediately mcae on me negroes
and ten or twelve went killed. The rest
of the men left for tho wood. All is
quiet, and laborer are at work on all the
plantations. There is no excitement out
side of the town.
Dispatches from Granbv. Mo., a thriv
ing town in the lead region of New ton
county, state that a Conflagration slatted
there, and that one Hundred nouses una
been consumed, including an me princi
pal business - place in town. The
drought in that section has been long
and severe, and a the town was built al
most entirely of wood, thehoutcs burned
like tinder.
James Hill a farmer who lived at
Thomasville, a small village ncur Clarke's
I niversity, Atlanta, Ga., met witli a fatal
accident He was on horseback, driving
a drove of cows home, when the horre
stumbled, while jumping a ditch, aud
threw Mr. Hill to the ground. The
horse while struggling to rise fell up t
Mr. Hill, and injured him to such an ex
tent tbst death resulted in a few hours
aftet wards.
Tho New Orleans, La., Cotton Kx
change say: "we do not reel it neces
sary to say any more m favor oi coi ton
than we have previously cxpressvd, a
the dally advance shows that cither large
crop idea are giving way to small ones,
or.that there ia a general realization that
firices are too low, ' considering its
strength on its own merits. New Voi k
was too poiuu higher after the close
aud we anticipate an advance
both on spots and future in
Liverpool. We see no reason why New
Orleans and New tork should n t ojun
several point higher.
HTRIM.K Or RUI.HOAP Mfc.
There is no change In the switchmen's
strike at the South Pacincyar.isai nous-
ton, Texaa. The striken imike no
thieaU of resistance but iay lb it the
nnan cannot an t men to n akc the
i.in tin. The switchmen in Ihe Mi
souri Pacific yard made a dem md for an
Increase of wage from fi to $2 3 per
dy. Oa being refused lh advance, tucy
.i... .iru.k hit the niuht sw itebmen in
the Tens Centr-d Jrd. in order io avoid
handling the freight -for the Southern
Pacific company, an resigneu mnr i
tion. '
MKTtlOIHaT tOM'tlttl-MCK.
The twenty-fimt annus! ii of tht
Georgia Annual Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, convenid in thr
Marietta 8t,ect Methodist church, at At
lanta. , Bishop William X. Nin-Ie, of
ToiH-ka. Kansas, was expected to pre
side, but owing to ill health, totild not
tw present. Bishop John M. Watden, o!
Chattanooga, Tenn., presided.
THE WORLD OYER,
F.TITOJSK OF THE INTER ESTISQ
,. NEWS OF THE DAT. ., ......
The Irish Traablra-frftbar Aaltuiisn Every.
where What Is Dolus Nanh, Cast . ,
Wrt and Acrawiaa Mra.
In recent raids unon Nihilists iti lead
ing towns of ltussia,180 persons wore ar-
cstca. wine othcers under arrest com
mitted suicide. . ; j : .r.
The Catholic Assembly of Pesth. has
voted to presi nt to tho Pope an address
signed by 1,500,000 men, and 0,000 wo
men. Uburch collections to be presented
to the Pope amount to 183,000.
Russia ia masking 801,000 soldiers near
the German anchAustrian frontiers. Po
lish Jews are said to bo keeping Germany
informed of Russia's movemunts. Prince
Ui-m irek is expected to call the atten-
tion Of the Reichstag to the matter. I
Fielded and Schwab, the Chicago, Id.,
imiirehUt8, were, for the first time, vis
ited by their wives at the prison at Jo
liet. The visit wng received iu the wait
ing loom, lioth prisoners donned citi
zens' clothes, us is the custom when con-'
victs receive- .relatives. Both men ex
hibited considerable feeling. The meet
ing was allccting, but not demonstrative.
Two thousand English crofters on the
Isle of Lewi, supplied with rifles, tents,
etc , have began a campaign to extermi
nate deer in the forests. They allege
that six thousand crofters arc starving,
who ought to be living on the land now
given up to tho deer, nnd they declare
that in adopting their preseut course
they are actuated by sheer necessity.
A fire at Mound City. Illinois de
stroyed thirty-five buildings, including
two blocks. I he residences of Mayor
McCracken, Senator Hogan. two hotels,
two livery stnbles, tho Putrivt printing
office, three dry goods stores and two
salooBS were among those burned. A
treat many families wre rendered
Fior.'.eleKs. A negro was arretted, charged
with incendiarism.
The steamer Telephone was burned at
tho water's edge in Astoria, Oregon,
while on her regular trip from Portland,
with 150 passcugers. Just as she ap
proached the citv, a tire was discovered
on her lower decks and soon enveloped
the vessel, but the boat was run at full
ajiee-l into the bank, and every man, wo
man and child escaped except one man,
who was badly burned and will probably
die.
Martin Van Sass and Robert Wald were
arrested in Boston, Mass., for the larceny
of 1SO,000 of the, stocktof the Brunswick
lnd improvement c colonization com
pany of Georgia. The larceny was com
mitted at the Old Colony depot on No
vember 4th, being reported to the police
by Col. -A. J. Rogers, president of the
company. Tho stock is not listed upon
the stock exchange and nothing is known
as to its value.
Prof. Sccuin and Dr. Godfrey dis
sected the carcass of the elephant, Alice,
burned in the ore at liarnum & liailey'
winter quarters at Bridgeport. Conn. In
her stomach wss found over three thou
sand pennies, part of a pocket knife,
four ciric ferrules, a piece of lead pipe
and some pebbles. Mr. Barnum has of
fered a reward of $1,000 for information
that will lead to the capture of tic in
cendiary who fired the buildings.
DENOUNCED TUB SYSTEM,
A state convention of workingmcn
has been called to meet in Staunton, Va.,
oil January 20th, 1888. Prominent
members of labor organizations will ' be
present. The object is declared to be to
take steps to establish a state bureau of
labor statistics and to abolish tho convict
contract plan; to consider the public
schools system with a view to its greater
efficiency, and other measures of interest
to the working people.
. KEW K. OF i. ORGANIZATION.
The seceding Knights tf Labor had a
meeting in Chicago, III. Thcro were a
number of delegates from assemblies iu
Chicago and elsewhere. The spirit mau
fested was a determination to form a sep
arate organization. One of tho speakers
declared that the scceders would obtain
control of the Knight of Labor organiza
tions in all the large cities inside of three
months.
VOTKD DOWN.
Iii the M -ihodUt Conference nt Dan
ville, Y.I., resolution were discussed
inking strong grounds against Sunday
traimC but no action was taken. Amend
mint condemning Sunday steamboats,
street curs and Sunday papers were in-lrodiicc-.i.
but voted down.
KINGLY CLAIMANT.
NEGROES LEATINU.
There Is a regular exodus of people
from Oconee and Andcson counties, S.
C., to Texas. Recently, special ihiough
car, containing sixty or seventy sou',
left that place bound for Jefferson. An
other similar car leaves in a few day
loaded with emigrants who are mainly
from Anderson county. There aie stiil
other to follow, and it the thing con
tinue many month at the present rate,
the population of thee counties will I
materially reduced. Frequent conversa
tion with the emigrants develop no tpe
cial reasons for the exodus further than s
fencral desire to better tlwir fortune
evcrnl bad crop years in succession have
caused dissatisfaction and depressioi.
among the farmers, nnd this season hav
ing brought in more iiimiey than usin-.l.
many are using their surplus ta-h t
reach a more favorable country.
THK VAPOl.tON.
Don Juan, father of Don Curios, of
Spain, died recently, at Brighton, Eng
land. Don Carlos claims that by the
death of his father he becomes the legiti
mate king of France as well as Spain,
by virtue of his place in the Bourbon family-
A MENTAL WItECK.
Senator Jones, of Florida, still in De
troit, Mich., is fast becoming a mental
wreck. He is in debt to nearly all the
hotels and restaurants, and has been
obliged to seek humble quartern and is
buffering for something to eat.
If the fiiendsof Prince Victor Nap i
Icon are to be believed, the rbanc -f
that gentleman's enjoying what he ami
they deem Io be his right', mc im-rca-iii-.-daily,
and the time i not far distant
when a Napoleon will be again at tin
head of French affairs. His little vain
at Brussels is the report of o many of the
discontented and ambitious I but it is not
unlikely that the Belgian govern met t
will forestall the French n m-instnttic
and (peedily request him to relieve llmt
government of his .presence. Prime
Victor is very popular with the Belgians
who pay him manv flatten ing attention,
and profess their belief that iu him the
Napoleon dynasty will be revived.
THR WOMAN rAKDOM.D.
Governor Gordon recently pardoned
Isabella Rooney, the only white womtn
in the Georgia penitentiary. Isabella
was sent up from Clay county for murder,
and has been confined at the Ch itUhoo
chr brick yard camp since June, iW.
The murder for which she was convicted
was performed by Willi Hudson, a ball
brother, Isabella and her mother being
aecessoni. The murdered man wn
Marion Millirous, and the trouble that
eventually led to the killing arose ovel
the use of a soring from which both fn
ilk obtained water. Willi Hudson,
th murderer, was hanged, Mr. R tonej
died in jail and Isabella was seutcnctd
to hard labor lor life.
Barii-Sloriniiig In the 'Sorthwwt, '
The Minneapolis Journal says: "I
suppose we have had tho greatest trip
that ever a dramatic company had," re
marked jolly Charles H. Yale, the man
ager of the '"Devil's Auctiou," the other
evening. "We hnve been within four
hundred miles of Alaska. In half of tho
places we did uot have any theatre to
play in. At Spokane Falls they built a
theatre for us to piny in in twenty-four
hours. Fact They wanted us to show
there and we were willing, but they
did not even have a skating rink that
they could tit up. But thoy said that
if we would come they would have a
place for us, and they did. Thoy erect
ed a rihiii out of rough pino boards,
and placed a canvas top over it. The
place was packed. Cowboys came in
1nivea like the cnttlo thev take care of.
I remember ono fellow who could not
get a seat He kicked for a while and
thra went out and got a box. When
ever he would get in any one' way ho
would move. The people out there went
crazv oxer the show, and the ballet girbi
uei to get about four offer of marmgo
at each towu. m
"But it wa at Anaconda in Mon
tana, that we had the greatest experi
ence tliat the show ever had . We made
arrangement to play at the Grand
Opera. House. When we got there I
law the most dilapidated old larn that
ever waa. A good able-bodied! ophyr
would have blown it into tho middle of
next week. The wtago waa on trestles,
and every time any one placed hi foot
on it the whole building ahook. There
was no curtain, snd not a dressing room.
Just think of that for a place to present
mr show in. That waa tho Grand
(hiera House. There wa not a man in
the town thnt could plav a muiel in
strument. Tho natives bad never heard
of an orchestra. We only had a few
hour to prepare for tho rIiow. We built
onr own dressing rooms, patched up
some munlin fr a curtain, bunted tip
an old piano, and then atartcd in. The
man who plnvs Count l'ortnno would
apeak a few lines and then put on hi
tie-u.sers and go down and play for the
ballet. We had about a dozen men
under the atage liracing it up w ith their
a . ftl . J .. 1 - . ! . a. .,M
bac.K. auat ia now
nd the people thought that it wa the
greatest thing on earth."
Pull Time West.
Eastern Man "How is buduet ia
Prairie City!"
Western Man Evciything' dead:
don't know what the cnuttry i lomimj
to,''
Ii M. "Why, I hear 1 t-ru new facto-
ru were going up tir re.
of trade
the old
W. M. "Ye, that's so.'
11 M. - "And a new board
ha t 'n te l In otipotl-n to
on.rt
M. "Yc, I If lie e .
K. M. "And I wa.to'd font h imbed
new hoU'i were in on..' of eou-truc-tion."
W. M. "ye. I oie that's nb ut tho
number.' '
K. M. "Hot Jon m lihiigs aH-dull."
W. f. "Pull's t o H i re for it : dead,
aliMdutely dead by, b, l Makcd out
a suburb, nnlr fifty mile ai y, into
taenty-foot hits at fti.C-i a of, an' t
ain't aold a blamed one of Vn "
Lit.
Mie Wanted la Mnr.
'fhall I sing for y.i
simple ballad, d-.ir, a'tii.i
;mi
duih-ik'd.
gladly
1 1. t ii
ICS love we W'-nreaeii !; ; . !!
and her manner lr.di.avd bow
she would do anything f .r Geo-ge,
"Yc. swethcart.' tep'.iv I George,
in a low, swef tone, "Aug Daling,
1 am growing old.'