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a ! i :i-'it nftflrbythu peo-
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t K'itiicrforil, Burks
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v, (nr. .ir.a, aid is there-
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' " l HK MKSSENOEB.
t Marlon, N. O.
"JEST MAKE YER
-. Vr-- t i:n it tak'
a lot to
. niiy to hani'ii mm, som
,t i!i'-"iirit.'-rii"Mt ami S'"-!
in lii- own (jmoiI li'ni-i.
:,' - Will eOIIif i. l Ii li.-ic f;o-
.. . r ea-e fuel sociaine-s t !
:! - v.i-il to call to tii t ii 1 v
: r 1 f..r higher hoard .
.1 it -tn-uk that's well to havi the streak, determination,
;. ill.. tli. I.est yi-r -:iu . tV.u'i ficiig of starvation,
-tv r-.uir. s es gnil., why, make the (.'nil. I. ill shorter;
... ...th'-M keep y-r credit up, t.'i'-n w.-ar 'em, as vi-r orter.
r folk" than us have don., sonc- elosf. c..)icr:nisin',
v I it did not keep t!i...a flown who had n will fi-r rhln',
an' tl'-n h-t s f-all to what Franklin at dinner.
rto his ho.-t".--' greed -"Jest ma;:f-yr frii'l thinnor:"
Will T. Halt', in Nashville American.
-- -' iio 060 o oii
1 'laintiff and
Kv HELEN PORUEST GRAVES.
0 5"v tU"v r:,i:,''T
A X ' " u
X v.oul.l Lav.- 1.'
!ff mi nrclit'-ol-
IV. I 'r it win
' not ;i tow cr, never
( li;t'I I --: i it tow (,
' ',. v " !l" nii!ia-
.-''V.i I'illty never lni'l
.'..'.-;.;' ;' Ii. i ii intend. -fii l'i r
:i tou cr.
-: : toi ie.l, ttru-
. lil'.le, witii a M'llli
"i the front, which,
'.i- . ; : 1 1.-;! iiuilal ion of
u :i llillf CffVeKeil
; a - ff u f Mi.Mii ne ami
' oi r. y.
I " t " lia 1 al ways lieen
a : .-f- that luw-iii it ca Me
I t of ce lel.rity IllJ-lel-
: . I.: : II. I III .'.
I Mi- -i hi.loni Ives,
; i. in.- ftill. iii"I ni-
'!.!' I!'.. -yt!iin. else t!n-y
.i v . : I lulu in", l-ei'iui-M-
a l.-l ohl ancestor of
' h; 'k.'iic to a .Ice.l Molu.
... i-a 1 of MohnC. llol,-
it leii.-r of tlit! itlpha-
1 ii. iii.y liiii'crciicc! J'vo
1 nil pic! The iiiajcsly
. in !.!' JVitiiw!"
' ' ; ; ' of tie- property lie-
' ii - i ii I '! linsoii, si
i i ." -I Mi's. Mit-
. ' i e!p ihnt." sai.J MiH Isi
!!' I am and here I mean
Moh v opened hei- wenl; eyes.
:. U:ii.. !i,-,s,.!f, ,,. colli, 1
i r. t : - i . ! siieh valiant ros-
. .mother.
' :i tin -y come here w itli 1 ,ic
I :t I1"1- . coniit.d fi, anil .1
1 .il ..!- corpnsV" she ialtercil.
!." stii'l Mi-'s Isi.loiii, "thiy'll
f-iear out ii'.'ain. Coiinuoii
i ciniiiion sense. Tin1 house
. iitel I ineall to kei p it. I've
i."!t - iiml bars t.. ail the doors,
' ' :i Li ttle of hoiliii; witier on
e uivht iiinl ilay, an.l inv
lr .lell'rcys, who is a clerk ill
. h.i ' i en i ne t he hint never
' i ' ::i 'i v. i! ii a l:i. "
1 w.
w
ii"! . ' I n eat h!eJly ipicst ioneil
1 ' o V .
i oi! sec'.'" sai'l Miss Isiilorii.
. "i:: aiisc it will l.e full of
. i it s ami stuninoiises,
at sort of thill'.;-."
.u 1 Mrs. Milroy.
aii'i' upon the hint. Miss
' i n '1 the plumper's man
! re olntelv flcclil.ol to have
! ' -ay to the l,ook-:i";e,it ami
Ii ti ihiitor. She consi.lercil
in i o. i mil tii" w i uilow w ii ii
a'. I a chain, commuiiicateil
! a io--' pe. ple from lehin,l
, i' iMches of doorway, and
: .. I sii" di. I not know f, ,r
I'h" Tower was hers, and
h" meant to keep. And
'.cr !i;t!c n aid, w as .-. rit hi i:
admiration for her
: s-i: it :i .
; ' ):r-, -. ti :.-!':,: 1 1 . " said l'.r
' ! ca-l s::nd :i-;airi -I the
' - t lo-r 1 hey can or no', '"
I : iora I ves. i!e sure von
well lillc.l. U.-li.-cc.i.
' !;. out. .!;- or
er --ii" received ! hr.umh
' ' I w 1 1 h a h"-al appc.-i!--
:-ve!..p.- cc-tcd w nh the
! V.t --. Tai.e .V Stri'i!'
! ' i :n KoImiimiii's lawyers.
' ; l ok.- i it liei wect; the
- . :i:id smiled M'ldic-
H l.!a.-c.
' "" to do v. itli such a
::id Mr. Tape, w li.-n he
.'! ill 's otaccf at otice."
i. 'Tln w ic.ua n is a
' : i.a- ''ecu all her life.'
' said Mr. Tape. Maml-
- liiillo No harsh Ji.CiW-
- t 'ion Uohii.si.if s exv.ress
.'. ad coiu tcsv he show n
' st ' W e"d fy soiaethttm
proceed to et remit if'S. "
' 1 - .-a'lt ( ,:.. her ;!l"teril.oll.
ail 1-liie mist, anil
' -! :oiie as ;t' through a
' ' : : -."Id. the lamllor.l
' ; '' !'cts came putliii'jr :ii
:t -tout, pleasant-face. i
i . 1 ram,' the l.ell. which
i 'louliie chime throii.u'h
l s ; ; , i ?,;', Isi. Iora. from
' ! .- oiu tile tops ,,f two
s p;eaked Ke-
"' M.oalder. shall ! ire!
: i.la':i:l." said the
' 1 - i.v "' sternly reipeal-.'d
' s. K.dfivca. hriii": in
I !::;vt, you 1 1 uu.h r
' ! ''"t t" he tl'llie l with."
' ' ' .! iiii.ii' ho-; ..f the
- !.; 1 -i'MaitiUieoiisiy re
' .--ii an.i his presence of
l.stertorously.
! s oidv lsfaci
ated:
healt!" said Miss
v i;-!n't he say so 1 forcV
e:e til flo Voll W a'.lt lll-lV,
'i . Mis- 1 ves." said .le'i
i -.-': md M , . . iMdoraV
1 s, ,iaej, ,w . !; hiuiself to
w ;ih the t'amdv
icpeated Miss Ives.
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VOL.IL NO. 21
CRUEL THINNER.
sat ify n Mlow
p.,.. try to mellow.
ii ;!. ik, t l.e corit'.nt".l.
r ji t in oin" t'cu's r-:it"'l.
n as p-r-ons out a-l.ikin',
""'i- well, Lton.; a-strikln '.
int r'r.vii.iin suM at dinner
i" day "Jest make v.t rruel thinner:1
atP, -a&a o6o-ifiSSfj i2VoMs.io'-&3-v''1
Defendant. H
f5
"This in't a lodging-house, man
alive;"
"Yes'iu I'm ipnte aware of that,"
said Israel, meekly. "And where no
o!Tense is intended, it's hoped us none
w ill he took. Hut, knowing as you
was alone and unprotected "
'J don't know what you call unpro
tected," liiiis.piely interrupted Miss
Tves. "I've got a loaded gun and a
six-gallon kettleof I .oiling w uter here."
"And," mildly went on Israel Jen
kins, "this 'ere gentleman, a Mr. Mar
shall, of Alabama, wanted a pleasant
lodging in the neighborhood, which
meals could be took at the Toplady
Arm though our apartments is all oc
cupied wtth the gentry as come to fish
and shoot, through October and No
vember ami it might be a consolation
to you, Miss Ives, to have a gentleman
about the premises; and I could par
ticular recommend him as very quiet
and decent."
"(iood gracious;" said Miss Isidora.
"Why don't the man speak up for
himself? Is he deaf and dumb?"
"It would be a great kindness,
ma'am." sai.l Mr. Marshall, of Ala
bama, at this direct appeal.
Miss Ives hesitated,.
"Well," she said at last, "I don't
know that I've any objections. Ke
becca, unbolt and unchain the door!"
And so The Tower garrison was
strengthened by an addition of one.
Of course, Miss Isidora Ives told
Mr. Marshall the whole story before
hi! had dwelt twenty-four hours be
hind tin! queer little wooden battle
t!! -nts of The Tower. Mr. Marshall
listened quietly.
"Isn't it a clear case of swindling
and extortion?" she demaifded, ex
citedly, with her short curls (parted
on one side, like a man's) all rumpled,
her cheeks reddened, her plump little
list unconsciously doubled.
" should think so," said Mr. Mar
shall. "Would von submit to it?" she
asked.
"No, I wouldn't," said Mr. Mar
shall. ' And all because, my great-grandfather's
name was written John ii., in-.-
iead of John ('., in the deed," per
sisted Miss Isidora. "Why, any
schoolboy would be ashamed to avail
hi iisclf of any equivocation like that!"
Mr. Miii shall proved hir.iseif a quiet
an 1 peaceable member of the little
household. He liked dogs, and al
lowed Miss Ives' King Charles spaniel
to sleep, undisturbed, amid the papers
on his table.
He was partial to birds, and en
tered, iit o:tci, into the most friendly
of a'liaiices with the parrot tud the
macaw. Jle grafted ?Miss lsidora's
orange tree for her, and showed her
a new way to train her wax plants.
And at the end of four weeks Miss
i ddo'-a put into execut ion a plan which
she had long been funning.
"Mr. Marsha!!," said she, "it's a
-Teat deal of trouble for you to go
three times a day tramping down that
long hill to the Toplady Arms and
back aaiii. You are no longer a
stranger to us here. We have learned
to respect and trust yoti. If you
choose to take your meals with us
here. I shall be quite w illing to admit
y ,;i to my frugal table, as a friend. "
Mr. Marshall's countenance changed
oddly. Hem-idea curious sound in
his throat as if he were swallowing
soi, i. 'thing.
"Miss hi lora," he said, "I can't."
"Can't:" repeated the lady.
'Nothing could induce me to eat
alt under this roof." said Mr. Mar
shall, incohevently.
l'.less and save us! Is the man
mad?" cried ?fiss Isidora Ives.
"I am. socially speaking, a fraud."
sai'l the st linger --"a forgery."
Miss Ives sat ilown on the sofa in a
helpless way and stared at him.
"Hi'.t your sweet gracionsness and
kindness have conquered me." added
Mr. Marshall.
"What do you moan?" said Miss
I ves.
.lust this." said the stranger, "I
a n here on false pretenses. I am
v,ir,r cousin, the plaint ill". My name
isn't Marshall, but Gideon Marshall
ilobinson."
Ma'am." whispered the heartless
maid, who turned absolutely green on
hearing the name of the family
enemy, shall I bring the kettle of
boiling water?"'
"Rebecca." said Miss Ives, "hold
vour tongue and go out and feed the
young turkeys. 1 am fully compe
tent to manage this matter myself."
And llebecca. feeling herself put
down, departed.
"I came here." went on Mr. Rob
inson, "io look into the facts of the
case for myself. I have heard of your
prejudices against me "
"Yes. I think so."' interposed Miss
lve.
"Ami I do not blame you for them."
said 3Ir. Robinson. "Now that I am
-personally acquainted with you. Miss
Ives, nothing could induce me to
prosecute this -"
"Iniquitous claim!" interposed Isi
dora. "Iniquitous claim!" acceded Mr.
ijobinson, with a repetition of the
! swallowing sound. "Just what you
j please to call it. I respect yon as n
' lady, but I appreciate you as a rela
tive; but. of course, knowing who I
am, von cannot tolerate me any longer
: as Vour friend. 1 "ill pack my bag
1 an 1 depart at once. I ean only feel
! regretful that I have deceived you so
long. I feel myself to be a hypocrite '
and a swindler!" i
He waited meeklr to receive the '.
full tide of Miss lsidora's curbed
wrath. She put out her pi urn p little
hand, with four dimples in the four
joint.
"Don't go!" she Baid, in a low
voice.
"What!"' cried the incredulous plain
tiff. "There's no reason why we should
n't be friends," said Miss Ives, in her
odd, Lrusk way. "Things seem so
very different, now that we are
acquainted with each other. Couldn't
we compromise?"
"Tsiflora," said Mr. Robinson,
"we're cousins, you know, twice re
moved. I may call you Isidora?"
"Oli, certainly!" said Miss Ives.
"Wo are the. two last seeming
heirs."
"Plaintiff and defendant," nodded
Isidora.
"Exactly so. Now it has just
occurred to me I mean. I've been
thinking of it for some time that if
we were to unite our claims "
"To get married, do you mean?"
said Tsidora, bluntly.
"Yes, precisely. It would put an
end to all litigation," pleaded Mar
shall Robinson.
"So it would," observed Miss Isi
dora, thoughtfully.
"Would you be willing to marry
me?" said Mr. Gideon Marshall Robin
son. "Y-yes!" said Isidora. "I think I
should. I'm not young; but then six-and-thirty
is not absolutely old."
"Yon are a rose in full bloom," said
Mr. Robinson, enthusiastically, "and
I myself am not a mere boy, it must
be remembered."
"And if people should laugh at us?"
"Why, we'll let 'em laugh," said
Isidora.
"And we'll laugh, too," said the
middle-aged lover, cheerfully.
The fire was allowed to go down,
the kettle cover taken off, the charges
drawn from the gun, and The Tower
pronounced to be no longer in a state
of siege.
And this was the way in which the
famous case of Robinson vs. Ives,
which had promised to swell the fees
of lawyers innumerable for the next
ten years, was removed from the
court of records. And no one was
sorry except the legal gentlemen afore
said. Saturday Night.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The perspiration from human heings,
if injected into rabbits or dogs, causes
death.
A machine for registering the strokes
made by the oarsmen in a rowboatwas
recently exhibited in London.
Dr. Weinek's great photographic
atlas of the moon is to be made on
scales of ten to thirteen feet for the
moon's diameter.
In the night illumination of tho
British fleet of warships assembled
for the Jubilee naval review 75,000
sixteen-candle power electric lamps
were employed.
A goldfish will die in ninety minutes
if placed in water which contains one
per cent, of alcohol. In water which
contains twenty per cent, of alcohol it
will die instantly.
Common salt that is used daily in
our food is needed in the body. It
aids digestion ami the assimilation of
tlin food, and helps in the composition
of many of the tissues.
A prize of i.t50) is offered for 1898
by 1 Industrie Elootrique for the best
work done in the manufacture of per
manent magnets. It is not stated
whether or not the prize is open for
international competition.
A hospital has beeu opened in Lon
don for the treatment of wounds,
ulcers ami kindred ailments by oxygen
gas. The new method of treatment
was suggested by the Zulus. When
they are wounded, they climb an
eminence and expose their wounds to
the pure air of the niouutain toj)s.
What is called Fronde's Law of In
crease in the Speed of Ships assumes,
as an example, that an increase of one:
i:i a hundred, or, as we may say, about
four miles a day in tho swiftest trans-!
Atlantic steamers, calls for two per
cent, of added length, six per cent, of
displacement, seven per cent, of horse
power ami fuel.
The bayonets of marines on board
Rrilish ships-of-war having frequently
become highly magnetized through
oroximity to dynamos, and thus af
fected tho- ships' compasses when the
wearers passed them. Sentries have
been ordered not to wear side-arms
when on duty in the dynamo flats.
This is expected to overcome the dif
ficulty. A Canadian sea captain has invented
an apparatus with which he thinks
w hales can be killed by electric shock.
A harpoon is fixed at the end of a
long metallic cable, properly insulated,
and which serves in place of the usual
rope. Through this cable an electric
current of l'U00 volts is to be sent
by means of a dynamo carried in the
whaleboat.
An electric target, the invention of
two Austrian military men, is reported
to have given satisfactory results in a
recent test at Gratz. The target is of
tii ! usual form, but made of meshes of
wire tolerably close together. It is
connected with the stand by an elec
tric cable, and when auy part of it is
hit by a J'all the electric current is
dosed, ringing a hell, and signaling
on an indicator ut the statu! the por
tion of the target struck.
To Ireland by Tunnel.
It is expected to erect a tunnel be
tween Scotland and Ireland from the
Mull of Cantire to Tor Point, in
County Antrim, a distance of only
thirteen miles. A tunnel between
those two points will cost about 0,
uiM.OOo. with an additional S5,000,fM)C
for the grading. A novel suggestion
has been put forward which will
abolish tunneling altogether. It is tc
construct a bridge enclosed in a con
tinuous cylinder sunk some fifty feet
below the surface and kept in position
bv anchors and chains.
Saveil the ISoy.
An ohl man, eighty-eight years o:
age, standing on the bridge at
Strakonit;-.. near Pilson, in Bohemia,
saw a schoolboy drowning in the rivet
at Wattawa. He jumped in, got the
boy to land, but sank back exhausted
ami was being carried off' by the cur
rent when an eighteen-year-old girl
sw am to him and saved bini.
MARION, N C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1807.
I FIELD.!
The Past Week Was Not a Very Fa- ;
vorable One
FOR CORN AND COTTON.
Tobacco Crop Short la Kentucky and
Tennessee Cotton Picking Pro
gressing Rapidly.
The United States "Weather Bureau,
in its report of crop conditions for the
week ended at 8 a. m. on Sept. nth,
says:
In the central valleys and Southern
States the week has not been favorable,
owing to the general absence of rain
and prevalence of high temperature.
Hot, dry winds have proved injurious
in the States of the lower Missouri and
central Mississippi valleys and rains
unusually heavy for the season in Ore
gon and Washington interfered with
harvesting and threshing in those
States, but caused no serious injury to
grain.
Corn has been unfavorably affected by
the weather conditions prevailing for
the past week in the corn producing
States. High temperature and the ab
sence of much -needed rain have check
ed the growth ami caused iiremature
ripening, while ihe prevalence of hot
winds has caused injury particularly
in the States of tho lower Missouri val
ley. In Iowa ami Missouri much corn
is past help ami will be cut for fod
der. The conditions, however, have
been more fovorable in the lake
region, upper Ohio valley, and in New
England, and the Middle Atlantic
States the crop is generally doing
well.
The general condition of cotton is
less favorable than in the previous
week, and over portions of the middle
and eastern sections of the cotton belt,
there has been marked deterioration.
Absence of rain has caused it to open
rapidly and to some extent prematurely.
In portions of south and southwest
Texas, showers improved late cotton
and the top crop, but over the northern
portion of the State, and over the cen
tral and eastern portion ot the cotton
belt the conditions have been unfavor
able, except for picking, which has
progressed rapidly.
The bulk of the tobacco crop has been
cut and housed in generally good con
dition, except in Kentucky and Tennes
see, where the crop promises to be very
short, particularly in the first named
State.
THK I'KVKK IX MISSISSIPPI.
New Orleans Has None Hut Three
New Cases at liiloxi.
A New Orleans dispatch says there
is no yellow fever there, and the house
where Gil oi died and those who were in
it have been quarantined. Four or lh
doubtfnl cases were reported, but none
showed a symptom of 3'ellow fever.
One additional death is reported at
Ocean Springs, Miss., and three new
cases at Biloxi. This place has been
absoluely cut offfrom the outside world,
and the only means of reaching the
town is by wire or mail. Ice, which is
very necessary when fever rages, is
very scarce.
1 hysieiaus at the Springs get but
little rest, and it is not so certain that
the medical supplies will not soon be
exhausted, bt't in a day or two means
will be found whereby relief can be
had.
Dr. Haralson, of the Mississippi
board of health says: "The Gulf
quarantine at Ship Island is a menace
to the health of the people of Missis
sippi and the people of the entire South.
Ship Island harbor should either be
devoted to quarantine or to shipping,
and should not be used for both pur
poses." At Mobile, Ala., every precaution has
been taken to guard against the intro
duction of fever. Atlanta, Ga., will not
quarantine against the fever-stricken
district.
At New Orleans the board of health
has withdrawn quarantine restrictions
against all points on the gulf coast,
upon certificate from its own health
officers, of the non existence of suspi
cious fever, except in Ocean Springs
and Biloxi.
Dr. Porter, Florida's State health
officer, has taken official action in re
gard to the yellow fever reported in
Mississippi and Louisiana, and has
placed an effective quarantine on per
sons and baggage from infected ports.
AliMOli PIj.VTK MAKIXC1.
A Delegation to Wait on the Naval
Committee.
A Nashville, Tenn., special says:
General Manager A. M. Shook, of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company, Congressman James and
Congressman Enderwood, of Alabama,
and Congressman Livingston, of
Georgia, will go before the naval
armory plate committee in a few days
to urge the examination of the armor
plate making facilities of the South.
Col. Shook says his company stands
ready to deliver steel plate at any
Atlantic seaboard port, at a less cost
than can be done by any company in
the United States. Ho also said the
iron made by his company was well
adapted to making armor plate, for
Carnegie uses it as a mixture in mak
ing plates. Col. Cook claimed that the
capacity of the blast furnaces at Bir
mingham is more than sufficient to
supply all the demands for plate.
A Lizard Diet to Cure Cancer.
An Aaustrian priest named Gentilini
is said to have cured thirty patients ol
cancer of the stomach by feeding them
lizards. Both toads and lizards possess
beneath their skins certain secretions
which constitute an extremely powerful
chemical agent.
Died at the Age of 10G.
Jack Fitzpatrick, aged 106 years, who
was the bodyguard of an officer through
the war of 1812, died at Bowling Green
Ky. m
Three Persons Killed.
A Philadelphia and Reading wrack
ing engine crashed into a wagon at a
grade crossing at Fruslh ValUy, Pa. ,
a few miles above Reading, and three
lives were lost. The dead are: Evan
Helster, aged 45 years; Warren Faust,
aged 10; Leon Faust, aged 7. All were
iastantly killed.
Nebraska Will sell Its Grain.
As a result of investigation the State ;
Board of Agriculture of Nebraska, has j
issued a statement that 75n.OoO,'HN
bushels of grain will be raised in Ne- j
braska, of which 3"0,CK)0.XK) bushels .
will be shipped out of the State. !
NEWS ITEMS.
Southern Pick I'ps.
The Nashville A- Knoxville Railway
will ask subscription from the city of
Nashville.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
sailed on the steamer Australia for Hon
olulu from San Francisco.
In Mississippi a nesrro woman sun
posed to have smallpox goes to chnrch;
she is run off and the next day her dead
Lodj- is found. .
Ann Hughes, suspected of having
smallpox, was brained with a bed slat
by panic-stricken negroes at Columbus,
Miss.
Mrs. Richard Millikeu, of New Or
leans, La., widow of a sugar planter,
has presented the Charitv Hospital, at
Saratoga, N. Y., with ST.-), 000.
Tw o children of Joseph Creery, aboy
and a girl, aged respectively 10 and 1 2,
w ere burned to death at Fairmont, a
suburb of Richmond, Ya.
The schooner Wade Hampton, Wil
mington, N. C, for Charleston, S. C,
was wrecked on the north jetty,
Charleston. The crew were rescued.
Henry Wall, w ho was lynched by a
mob &i Friends Mission, Ya. , on
suspicion of having assaulted Mist
Sadie Cook, is believed to have beer,
innocent.
At Charleston, S. C, Harry Nohrd
ren, 15-years-old, was killed by being
run over by a South Carolina and Geor
gia railroad train. The boy was steal
inc a ride on the train.
Horace S. 1'erry was hanged at Deca
tur, six miles from Atlanta, Ga., on the
Kb, for the murder of Bely Lanier. His
wife and live children were with him,
and when he bid them farewell he com
pletely broke down.
The foil owing North Carolina fourth
class postmasters were appointed on
the Hth: D. P. Fergtidon, Brysou City;
.!. D. Spiny, Gilbert; Amos Lain, Mul
grove;J. H. Blalock, Old Fort; B. A.
Jones, Richmond; J. T. Poindexter,
tStouy Knoll.
Little Johnnie Austin, aged 10 years,
who, it will be remembered, killed Kell
Caton, aged 10 years, in Charlotte, N.
('., w ith an ice pick in a iit of anger be
cause Catou told on him for stealing ice
cream, was arraigned in the criminal
court last week and found guilty and
sentenced to two years in the Mecklen
burg county jail. "
The sum of sio, 000 has been appro
priated to put New Orleans in a clean
condition, and 840,000 more will be
forthcoming, if required; thestatement
is made that there has been but one
case of yellow fever there this sum
mer. At liiloxi theie is a quarrel among
the doctors. President Lewis, of the
board of health, has resigned. There
ure thirty-eight sick people at Ocean
Springs, and J00 people who have not
had the fever.
AH About the North.
White Caps have warned all worth
less negroes to leave Bartlett, Texas.
The coal strike in Western Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and West Virginia is
ended.
W. D. Hirth, of Boston, is to be
superintendent of the next United
States census.
David Pierce, of Toniona, Cal., is dy
ing from blood poisoning that followed
the bite of a mosquito.
Five hundred cornice and skylight
workers in New York struck for
;?. to .;'. .IO for an 8-hour day.
Through the operations of the big
packers in Chicago, 111., prices of meal
on the Pacific slope are being forced
up.
Walter Kennedy, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
has been appointed minister of mines,
railways ami waterworks of China.
The Massachusetts Prohibitionists
have nominated a State ticket, headed
by Professor J. Bascom, of Williams
tow n.
In New York. George Mollinari, a
laborer, drat k two flasks of whiskey
one after the other and then fell to the
floor a corpse.
By actual count 10,000 people between
July 1 and August 28 left the Pacific
coast for the gold regions of Alaska and
the Klondike region.
Wild horses have become so much of
a nuisance in Northern Arizona that
Attorney General Frazier haB beeu
asked if they may not legally be
slaughtered.
Criminal records of Greater New
Y'ork show that 37.J persons committed
suicide from January to June, the ma
jority being men, and the popular
methods shooting and poison.
Twenty-one men dead and forty in
jured is the result of the firing on the
miners by the deputies in Pennsyl
vania. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of the sheriff and his depu
ties. The schooner Grace, of Bangor, Me.,
capsized and sunk twenty miles east
southeast of Tybee Island, near Savan
nah. Oa. She sailed from New l'ork
with a cargo of salt for Savannah, and
four sixteen-ton guns for the Tybee
fortifications. The captain and crew
of seven had to row twenty miles to
reach land.
Miscellaneous.
Francis Aurelius Rulszky, the cele
brated Hungarian literateur and phil
osopher, is dead. Aged Hii years.
A copy of Japan's formal reply to
Hawaii's offer to ai bitrate the matter in
dispute has been handed Secretary
Sherman at Washington.
It is stated that Consul-General Lee
will not return to his po6t at Havana,
and that ex-Congressmau Aldrich will
be appointed to the position b v October
1st.
There is talk of Anderson, the
champion bicyclist, who made a race
against a train up North last year,
racing against a S. A. L. train between
Charlotte and Monroe.
Of Kentucky's 1 1,000, 000-bushel crop
of wheat ' per cent, is still in the
farmers' hands.
The price of bread is rising slowly in
London, and the ontlook for the winter
is of the gloomiest kind. The city re
quires 70, tHCj quarters of foreign wheat
weekly, independent of flour.
A oiblegram from Madrid, Spain, un
der date of the loth, says the insurgents
have captured Victoria de las Tunas,
Cuba, a port defended by seven forts,
and the Minister of War has called Caj-tain-General
Weyler to task.
A dispatch from Honolulu, via. Vic
toria, B. C. ,says: Attempt to bring ne
gro laborers to this country has failed.
The matter was referred to some South
ern Senators for an opinion. A telegram
brought here on the 2;th by a eteamer
knocks the scheme in the head. The
Southerners, including Senator Mor
gan, object to any attempt to take their
labor from them.
Price
Met in a Collision on the Santa Fe
at the Rate of 40 Miles an Hour.
12 KILLED; MANY INJURED.
W. J. Bryan One of the Passengers,
Hut Was Not Injured A Miscarri.ige
of Orders.
A special from Emioria, Kanas, ol
the 8th says twelve men were killed
and as many more badly hurt in a col
lision on the Santa Fe road, near here.
The Santa Fe fast mail train coming
east, and the Mexican and California
train going west, coll ded head on. All
three of the locomotives exploded. W.
J. Bryan was on the west-bound traiu,
but is not hurt.
A special to the Times from Emporia,
Kaus. , says: Twelve or fifteen persons
were killed and as many more badly
hurt. The fast mail traiu going east
and the Mexico and California express,
bound west, collided head on. The
Mexico and California express was
pulled by two locomotives, and when
they struck the engine drawing the
fast mail all three engines exploited.
The passengers in the smoking car es
caped through the windows. The front
end of this car was envelojwd iu c vol
nme of smoke and steam, belching up
from the wrecked engines, and the rear
door was jammed tight in the w reck of
the car beiiiml. The wreck caught tire
from the engines. In climbing out of
the smoking car several men fell
through the rifts into the wreck below,
and it is impossible to tell w hether
they escaped or were burned to death.
The westbound train carried seven or
eight coaches, and its passengers in
cluded many excursionists, who had
beeu to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak
at the county fair at Burlingame. lr.
Bryitu himself was on the train, but
was riding in the rear Pullman. He
states that nothing but a heavy jolt
w as experienced by the passengers in
his coach. Mr. Bryan was one of the
foremost in crowd oi rescuers, lie help
ed to carry out the dead and wounded,
anil gave the greatest attention to their
care. One poor fellow who was badly
maimed, called to Mr. Bryan and raid:
"1 went to hear you speak to-day; 1 am
now dying, and w ant to shake jour
hand and say, 'God bless you.' If you
possibly can, Mr. Bryan, get me a
drink of water."
Mr. Bryan went into the mail car, one
end of which was burning, aud cuiuo
out with the water, which he gave to
the suffering passenger, lie brought
out cushions for others of the injured,
and was everywhere present to admin
ister to the wants of the suffering, it
is feared that nearly all of the seven
mail clerks perished in the disaster, but
so far only eight bodies have beeu
taken from the wreck.
it is stated that the wreck was caused
by a miscarriage of orders from the
trainmaster. At Emporia the eastbound
fa-t mail received orders tc pass the
California express at Lang, feven miles
east. Another order was sent to Lamr
for the California express to take tho
siiling there, but this order was not de
livered, aud the west-bound train pass
ed on, the train men expecting to pass
the fast mail at Emporia.
NEW ORLEANS KEELING SAFE.
The Number of Cases of Fever and
Oca t lis l p to Date.
The latest from the fever-stricken dis
trict of Mississippi says a thorough
canvass of tho wards of Ocean Springs,
completed shows that there has been
748 cases of the prevailing fever since
July 8th. There are now thirty-seven
still sick. The total deaths have been
nine, and in several instances physi
jians certificates show that the fever
.vas complicated with other diseases.
Mail arrangements have been fixed for
Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Dr. (Juit
eras is at Ocean Springs, aud his re
port to the U. S. government is
awaited with much interest. New Or
leans, La., is feeling safe. The cases
it Biloxi are doing well.
Strikers Still Holding Out.
A special from Columbus, O. , of the
the 8th says the Inter-State Miners'
Convention adjourned until the lith
svithout having taken a vote on the
question of accepting or rejecting the
proposed settlement of the strike. Tho
prospects for accepting the propositions
are doubiful, unless some change should
be brought about. The greater part ,f
the session of the convention was piiet,
the delegates listening to speeches
from National President Rutchford and
Htate Presidents Farms, of Ohio;
Knight, cf Indiana; Carson, of Illinois,
and Dolan, of Pittsburg. All of tlute
officials, with the exception of Mr.
I aron, argued in favor of the accept
ance of the Pittsburg operators' propos
ition. One hundred and eighty dele
gates were present.
KILLED BY A FALL.
Col. Isaac W. Avery Meets With a
Fatal Accident.
Col. Isaac W. Avery, at one time ed.
itor of the Atlanta (Ga. ) Constitution,
former minister to Mexico and com in is
sioner of the South American republic?
for the Cotton States and Internationa!
Exposition, of IS'J-I, fell from the porch
of his residence in Kirkwood, a suburb
of Atlanta, and died from the effects ot
the fall.
(jeneral Longstreet Married.
General James Longstreet, major
general in the Confederate army,
former United States minister to
Turkey, and prospective commissoner
ef railroads, to succeed General Wade
Hamiton. of South Carolina, was
married at Atlanta, Ga., on the 8th to
Miss Ellen Dortch, assistant librarian
of the State of Georgia.
Negro Woman Lawyer.
A negro woman has been adtnittf d to
the bar of Tennessee, the only colored
woman lawyer in the United States.
Woild's Swimming Kecord lirokeif
In a 500-yard swimming race for the
championship of the world, at Don
Caster, England, Nntal, the champion
of England, defeated Cavil!, the Aus
tralian champion, in the record-breaking
time of i minutes, seconds.
I Southern League Formed,
i Last week at a meeting in Atlanta.
I Ga., an eight club base ball league was
I formed, ':ousistinsr of Atlanta, Saian
j cab, Charleston, Mobile, Pir:uiiihu:n
J ami New i rleaus. A number of oti.e;
t clubs wants to come into the league.
$1 Per Year, in Advance
TO MARK TII El K GRAVES. t
Monument to be Erected Over th
Confederates Who Died in Varlou
Northern Prisons.
At Richmond, Va. , the preliminary
arrangements toward marking the
graves of Confederate soldiers who
were buried from Northern rrisona,
have been made by a joint committee
from Lee Camp, the Daughters of the
Confederacy and the Sons of Veterans.
At a meeting of this society on the t'th,
a committee was apoint"ed to select
places at which monuments shall be
erected at the follow ing: Alton, Ills. ;
Camp Butler, Riverton, Ills.; Camp
Morton, lndianaiol;a, Ind. ; Elmira,
N. Y. ; Finns' Point Cemetery, Fort
Delaware; Johnson's Island," Ohio;
Hart's Island, New York ; Old Capitol
Prison, Washington; Sanduskv, Ohio;
Philadelphia, Pa, and Pea" Patch
Island, Delaware. The report was
unanimously adopted.
IS CHATTANOOGA IN GEORC.IA?
They Are Putting I'p the Claim In
Atlanta That It Is.
A question has been sprung in At
lanta, Ga., which may result in Chat
tanooga, which has long been known
as one of the leading cities of Tennes
see, becoming a Georgia town. Doubt
has been thrown upon the accurracy of
tha survey of the Ixmndary line be
tween this State and Tennessee, and if
the theory of eminent legal authorities
is confirmed it may be found that Chat
tanooga is on Georgia soil. This view
is shared by Col. W. A. Wim
bish, special commissioner of the State
for the Western and Atlantic railroad,
who has looked into the question in his
official capacity, aud who expressed his
strong belief that a correct survey
would bring the city of Chattannooga
within the confines "of this State. The
publication of this fact has aroused
much interest, and it is not unlikely
that it may result in the next Legisla
ture providing for a re-survey of the
boundary.
SUNK IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Helle of Memphis Went Down
With lOO Passengers All Rescued.
Tho Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial.
Appeal of the t'th has the following
special from St. Louis, Mo. : News of
the sinking of the Anchor Line steamer
Belle of Memphis, last evening, near
Grain's Island, in the Mississippi river
iust below Chester, HI., was received
lere last night by General Manager G.
C. Missiomer, through the following
telegram: "The Belle of Memphis
sank at irain's Island at :i::J0 to-night,
in nine feet of water at head, and seven
and one-half feet a, stern. There is a
40-feet long rent through the keel.
Will send the passengers forward on
the Bluff City."
In speaking of the wreck, Captain
Missionier said: "There were about
100 passengers on board, many of them
St. Louis people, all of whom got oil
without accidnt. The Belle of Mem
phs was built about two years ago, was
worth $00, 000 and was insured for half
her value. It is thought she will be a
total wreck. "
THE CUBAN TARIFF.
American (Hoods Subjected to Lower
Duties.
Madrid, Sept. !). (By Cable.) -The
official tazetto today publishes the new
customs tariff of Cuba. Nearly all
American goods are subjected to lower
duties. The tariS prohibits the entry
into Cuba of arms, projectiles, muni
tions of war, dynamite, gunpowder,
sugar (except Spanish sugar,) hone-,
molasses, silver or bronze coins, secret
pharmaceutical preparations, tobacco,
(except snuff, ) chewing tobacco and ar
tificial wines.
ood Outlook for Cotton.
Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans
Cotton Exchange, recognized as the
best authority or the cotton business in
the South, tells us that tho number of
mills and the number of spindles in this
section have increased, that the visible
supply of the staple is less this 3'ear
than last and that the home consump
tion is likely to be greater. This, coup
led with the drought in India cutting
off the crop there, and the prosperity of
the Western wheat producers enlarging
the demand here, ought to give our pro
ducers a good price for their crop even
if it proves a phenomenally large one,
as now seems probable. Atlanta Jour
nal. FJ oli tied the Mail Sacks.
The latest from the wreck on the
Santa Fe Railroad at Euqioria, Kan.,
says that twelve known are dead, one
missing and fonrteen injured. Nothing
remains of one express messenger but
a handful of bones. Thieves taken the
advantage of the situation and robbed
tho mail sacks which were strewn oa
the ground. ( )ne tried to snatch a dia
mond from the breast ofan Emporia
doctor, who, weak and nervous, was
creeping slow ly out of the wreck. Ho
hail strength enough Jeft to hit the
brute a blow in the face, which made
him turn away.
Pronounced Yellow Fever.
Several suspicious cases of fever Lave
been reported in New Orleans, which
were investigated immediately and
Xroved untrne. The disease is prevail
ing at Ocean Springs and Biloxi, Miss.,
according to Dr Guiteras, a govern
ment expert. Disinfectants are being
scattered in Biloxi, and New Orleans is
undergoing a thorough cleaning to pre
vent the fever from entering that citv.
No Improvement In Cuba.
Consul General Lee reached New
York last week from Havana, Cuba. He
says there is no sign of improvement in
Cuba: he declined to talk aboutthewar.
Mr. Fishback returned on the same
steamer, and he fays the condition of
the people is worse than when he was
on the island with Mr. Calhoun.
Rltch fiets Twelve Year.
Chas. Pitch, of Charlotte, N. C, has
been found guilty of murder at Knox
ville. Tenn.. and sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary. His at
orneyt will make an appeal.
A Printer iet Three Years.
Charles R. Reid, a printer on the Ma
con (Ga. ) Telegraph, who shot and
killed L. W. Hal stead for insulting his
wife at a circus performance several
months ago, was found guilty of volun
tary manslaughter by the jury and sen-
j tenced to three years ia the peniten
tiary. I Nine Members Accepted,
j Nine cf the eleven members of the
j monetary commission appointed by the
i Indianapolis convention have accented
and among them is J. W. Fries, of
North Carolin,
0a
-Bsjroouiuroa-
JOB PRINTING
J THE MESSENGER,
Marion. H. C.
Promptna, Accuracy, Neatness
and Good Stock Guaranteed.
Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill Heads.
Envelopes, Circular, Card. Poi
ter, TamphleU, and any kind of
I
R.R.
A Fast Passenger Train Collides
With a Stock Train,
30 DEAD; 185 WOUNDED.
The Wreck Set on Fire by a (las
Lamp and Many Passengers Were
Burned to Death.
The worst wreck in the history of
Colorado occurred on tho 10th on the
Denver and Ki Grande, aud the Colo
rado Midland Railway, one and a half
miles wct of New Castle. After twelve
hours' incessant work by wrecking
crews in clearing away V.n debris aud
recovering the bodies ol those who per
ished, it is impossible to more than es
timate the loss of life, aud not even
those known to be dead have been
identified. Many of the unfortunates
will never bo known, and it is possible
the number killed will alwavs be m
doubt. It is now thought that fully
thirty persons ietihed, while one
hundred end eighty rive were taken
out of the wreck, hutteriiig from serious
iu juries.
The w reek was caused by a collision
betw een a Denver and Kiii Oraud pas
senger train, ruuuiugat the rateof foitv
miles an hour, aud a special Colorado
Mifllaud and truck train, running at
thirty miles an hour. So terrific w as the
concussion that tho engine, baggage and
express oars, smoker and day conches
and two stock cars were totally demol
ished, and the track torn up for rods in
both directions. To add to the horror
of the scene, the wreck cought lire from
the explosion of a Piutsch gas lamp on
the passenger tram, ami burned ho rap
idly that many passengers pinned be
neath the debris were roasted to death
before help could reach them.
The most generally accepted theory
as to the cause of tl.e w reck seems to bo
that Conductor Bui bunk, of tho stock
traiu, was miming on tho time of tho
passenger train. Bui hank escaid un
injured, and upon orders lrom Coroner
Clark has been placed under arreHtby
the sheriff. Midland Engineer Ostran
der is missing, and a thorough search
about his engine fails to reveal auy
vestige of his remains. It is thought
that w hen he saw the threatened danger
he jumped from his engine and, realiz
ing the result of his negligence, took to
the hills.
Charred fragments of limbs and
bodies of a number of persons have
been taken out of the ruins, but it is
not likely that any nn.ro bodies will be
positively identified, ami it seems cer
tain that the number of killed will re
main iu doubt.
Ten bodies were found in the ruins
of one car ami four in another. The
charred remains of two women, appar
ently clasped iu each other's arum,
were found. Their hands and lower
limbs were burned oli".
Three More Budien Found In the
Santa Fe Wreck.
It is nw believed that sixteen persons
were killed in the Santa Fe wreck, and
the charred remains of three more
bodies have been found. Two of the
bodies, a man ami a woman, were
burned beyond recognition. Engineer
Frisbee, who was injured, died.
FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
Twelve SucplcliMis Canes In One
Square In the Above City.
A New Orleans dispatch of the 10th
says there are a number of suspicious
cases, and the son of a Methodist
preacher has been stricken ami a Miss
Lewis declared to have black vomit.
'The house ami inmates have been
quarantined ami the yellow flair is Hy
ing. Mayor Howard has issued orders
that the flags should be displayed
wherever yellow fver was found.
Mayor Howard has determined that all
physicians shall promptly report cases,
under severe penalties for failure. Now
that the worst is know n, it is desired
that no facts shall be concealed.
One hundred ami forty people, white
and black, in Ocean Springs, by actual
count, are in distress, many being in
extreme want of medicine ami provis
ions. Not a morsel of food or an ouncij
of medicine has been given to any 0110
except by private citizens, who already
have been heavily taxed. Sisters of
Charity havo appealed to the authori
ties to be allowed to nurse tint sick.
The fever has not spread west of i'.iloxi.
The most effect ivo quarantine meas
ures are iu force, and if thn disi-.f-e is
not held in check at I'.iloxi, iceati
Springs and Scranton, it will not be I e
cauoe the authorities hate lacked 111
vigilance. I'.iloxi is appealing for iie-.li-cine,
and the situation m tin- t,.'.va
is apparently growing steadily worse.
Ocean Springs, Miss., is head'putr
f or tho Marine hospital r en ice, and the
camp of detention has been establish- i.
Natchez 1 at ipiareri titled against New
Orleans.
COTTON CROP SHORT.
The liovernnient Report shows a De
cline of H.t Point.
The returns for cotton to the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington in
dicate an average condition of 78. '4 on
September 1, as compared with 8.9 on
August 1, a decline of 8.iJ j-oints. The
average eoml.Cou September 1, l!it
waj .'4.2, and the average condition
September !, fur the last ten years is
7l. 2.
There has been a marked decline in
almost all the States of principal pro
duction, the decline iu Georgia being
1" points, iu Arkansas ',, in Louisiana,
12 in Texas, Alabama ami South Caro
lina ; iu Tenuesse 7; iu Missisnippiand
North Carolina 2 points.
The only exception to the rule is
Oklahoma, where the condition shows
aa improvement cf '.) jiointH. 'I he
drought that so long prevailed through
out the greater portion of the cotton
belt has been followed in many sections
i.v excessive rains, which have dono
g: eat damage to the crop. Runt and
'bedding' are reported from hundreds
of counties aud the tdateuient, "No top
cro:" i very frequent.
The average of the States are as fol
io: Virginia, !0; North Carolina, 'j't;
South Caro.ina. M; Georgia, 8o; Flor
ida. ; Alabama, ); Mississippi, 81;
1 uiMana, ; Texas, 70; Arkansas, f!7;
' '.nensee. 7i; Missouri, 81; Indian
"t-:r;tory, 'j'.',; Oklahoma, US.
He who re'-klessly Injures I. is Ir.il'i
does not thus prove hi tit:si !.;;.
he simply eurt-ii'x I s pov. rs i f it
good; ami be who Injures In !.:ir:i-!; i
by welcoming evil influences is ll ! .
Inflicting a still greater vil i:;,i: tl..
community.