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VOL I NO
Spain must concede to Cuba the right
of self government within certain limit
or there will be trouble there, declare
the Washington Star, and resident Span
iards will tide with the Cubans.
The Superintendent of the Building
Department in New York city thinks that
b actual construction the first half year
of 1989 was the busiest that has ever
been known since the department wai
created.
There is a movement on foot to bring
back the remains of Davy Crockett, the
bero of the Alamo, to hi birthplace in
Tennessee. He was born midway be
tween Greenville and Jonesborough,
where the landmark of his cabin home is
dill to lx aften.
Electricity will be used in a practical
tray in the taking of the census. The
census blanks will be the same a3 usual,'
hut the information they contain will bo
recorded on a large sheet of paper by the
punching of holes in it at certain inter
nals. An electrical circuit is formed
through these holes, and counters are
added electrically, recording on their
dials all items of the same kind.
The . New York Commercial Adcert'uer
predicts that a revival of the old spirit of j
Arctic adventure will result from Dr. i
Hansen's expedition next year, for which!
he has succeeded in securing subscrip-.
lions amounting to $100, 0U0. The ship;
will be us.:d to carry the party as farj
cofth as practicable, and will then be
either sent-home or abandoned. The;
txplorers will push on with boats and:
iledges, without depots of provisions andj
without a base for retreat, persevering in;
their northward course so long as there is'
iuy chance of approaching the pole.
, OX course It will never be known ex
actly how many men, women and chil
dren perished in the awful disaster at
'Johnstown, observes the New York Mail
oTtd Express, but the Board of Inquiry at
Johnstown has made a careful estimate,
based on long and patient research, of
the number of persons drowned in the
. flood, and thi? estimate is believed to be
approximately correct. It places the
ntire loss of life at 6111. This is an
appalling total, but it is very far short of
the wild estimates which were at one tima
made, and which placed the total loss of
Jife in the Conemaugh Valley at from
10,000 to 15,000.
' Says the Atlanta Constitution: "The'
German Emperor opened his eyes "when
be saw the British naval review at Ports
mouth, England, the other day. He saw
blood and muscle and iron enough to stir
bis pulse. He saw 113 grim war vessels
aanned by 23,000 British sailors. The
light impressed him. He must have felt
ihat although he represented a great mil-1
itary power England had a war-like arm
ment on the sea surpassing anything of
&e kind in the world. Now, as always,
England's strength is on the water. Sho'
a still mistress of the seas. Her sturdy!
wulors arc able to whip anything that;
tails the briny, deep."
The gradual diminution of" the popu-!
fetion in certain parts of New England
y reason of emigration to the "West is'
laving a curious sequel, remarks the New
fork Tribune. Steps are being taken in
Vermont to attract a good class of immi-
pants from abroad, and thus the firsts
Ute to be admitted under the Federal
Constitution comes into competition with
ihe young Commonwealths of the North
west in the bidding for settlers. The
Jensus of 1SS0 showed the population of
Ferment to be practically at a standstill,
here having been an increase of less
than 9000 in twenty years. Maine and
Sew Hampshire made even a poorer
ihowing, though in both cases there had
e,a aeme iucreaso Bince 1870. The re
wit of the drift westward has been that
fcoy farms are abandoned and the prices
. good farms, as we all know, have
alien to a singularly low figure.
Nowhere is the art of roadmaking and
toaiatenance carried to such perfection,
erts Harper ;i Ttelly, as in France,
"here the necessity of constant super
rision and prompt repairs is fully ap
preciated. Her roads have a length of
oout 200,000 mile, of which more than
iO.OOO miles are macadamized. They
aave cost nearly $600,000,000 for con
itxuction, and the jum of $13,000,000
ar about three per cent, of first cost) is
annually spent for their maintenance.
Cntil we are prepared to expend the nec
sry sums for solid construction and in
cessant maintenance, we cannot have good
toads. With an area of 201,000 square
Sales, and a population of 88,000,000 in
habitants, France has about one mile of
foad to every square mile of territory.and
to every 190 inhabitants; its roads have
ost about $3000 for each square mile, and
about $1S for each inhabitant; their
aiatenance costs annually $90 for each
Kare mile, and forty-eight cent for
tack inhabitant.
K1E.
SUMMARY OT EOUTHERS
NEWS
Happenings of Snecial Importance From
Virginia to the Lone Star State.
N0ETH CAROLINA.
Poindexter W. Capehart, son! of B. A,
Capehart, of Kittrell, has been! appoint
ed by the. Governor ; to succeed j the late
Bryan Satterthwaite as his executive
clerk. Mr. Capehart is a youngl man, 18
years of age. i f
Maj. John Hughes, of New Berne,
cued at Beaufort on Monday.
J. M. Dye, dealer in groceries at Ral-
,eigh, has made an assignment to Major
John W. Scott, of Moore county, trus
tee. Assets and liabilities not stated.
Winfield S. Chndwick, of 3eaufort,
was elected president of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railway, si cceeding
Washington Bryan. f j
At Williamston, Wednesday, after de
liberation of about three hours, the jury
in the case of the wife murderer Coun
cil found a verdict of I not guilty, the
cause being that he was ins me. He
was ordered by Judge McKae t be held
till arrangements could be mad a to get
him in the Insane Asylum. J
It is reported that the Na.;'s Head
Hotel, off Roanoke Island, was blown
down during the storm and va number
of persons killed. i j
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Mr. David! Bonnetheau, aged about
75 years, died at the city ho spital at
Charleston. He was severely jurat on
Friday night at his home, a ad from
these injuries died. Bonnetheau is the
last of an old Huguenot famil; r; of that
name, and for many years has kept a
junk shop, and was" a jeweler by trade.
He lived all along- and -in a hcvel, but
is said to have left a snug sum cf money,
the stinted savings of years. "V rhen his
house was found burniug he waj in the
lire and refused to be moved. He was
taken out by force, but fought to stay
with his property. His broiler, who
died several years ago, was a painter of
decided merit and some reputati on.
The Alliance is coming to the front
with its business institutions! f WTare
houses and oil mills seem to enghge their
attention at present. Within the next
month it is expected that at least fifteen
Alliance ware houses will start fin busi
ness , in this State." There have
been ' thus far only j five Alliance
ware houses chartered, I but a
number of others are being planned
The Co-operative Alliance store j of An
derson, with a capital of $50, COO, is the
largest of the Alliance enterprises.
ijyncnburg, m buinter county, I has nn
Alliance store with a capital ofl $3,000.
The Farmers' Alliance cotton seed oil
mill has been started by the lAlliance
men of Oconee. Gaffney City bjas asked
for a charter for her-Alliance ware house.
A store has been opened by thejj Wood
ruff Alliance upon a charter recently is
sued.
State Treasurer Mclver received by
express from the American Bank Note
Company State bonds representing about
half a million dollars. These bonds he
has obtained to exchange for stock that
iriav be held, and for which State bonds.
mav be desired. The former bonds were
sigued by the late Treasurer Bamberg,
and the present supply are the first
signed by Col
L,. It. Mclver as treasurer.
The denominations of the
bonds
are $1,-
000 4& per cent.
South Carol
na blue
bonds and $500 and $1,000 bro-fvn con
sols, j
The .next State Fair, which is to be
the twenty-first given by the State Ag
ricultural and Mecnanical Society of
South Carolina, begins on November 11
and continues until the lGtbif From
every indication it promises to even ex
cel all previous fairs. j ;
TENNESSEE. v
Joe Moran and family were ' poisoned
at Nashville bv eating mushrooms which
thev had gathered. They grewhrery ill
and only the prompt arrival of a physi
cian saved their lives. j
William Braill, of Hopkinsville, Ky.,
who was a passenger on the Earlington
accommodation train, shot ant j killed
station, Tcnn. When Lemon j asked
Braill for his ticket near Bakers station
he found that he had not purchased one
at Nashville. Braill refused to jpay the
extra fare asked, and had some words
with Lemon. The latter was aoout to
put Braill off the train, when Braill shot
him in the right side, the ball causing
death one hour afterward. BrailU jumped
from the train and has not bjeen seen
since. Lemon died on the train, and his
remains were brought -to Nashville,
where he resided. Lemon leaves a wife
and child. He was 30 Tears old
GEOEGIAl
Dr. II. II
Tucker, an eminent
Baptist
divine died at' Atlanta Monday morning
from injuries sustained in fallind from
a
second story window of his rei
idence.
He had been Chancellor of the
Univer-
sity of Georgia and President of Mercer
Lmversity. j
The total business of ! Savannah
for
the year-foots up $109,000,000
about
$3,300,000 increase over 18SS.
val stores trade was $3,000,000,
The na-
an in-
crease of $1,000,000 oyer last yeaY.
The
grocery trade was $19,750,000,
And the
liquor and tobacco and provisions
trade
8,7o0,000. 1 he dry goods
trane was
$3,500,000. A million and halfl
dollars
in pro-
preach-
in building improvements are
gress. J
It was repotted that sixhegro
ers, en-route to Lincinnatti, were
taken
from the ladies coach on the north, bound
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia train
at Baxley. ua., and badly beaten
for
having refused to go inti a seeonld
class
coach, when asked to do so
FLORIDA.1
At Fernandina fire destroyed the city
jail and one negro pnsoner,named Henry
Baker, perished in the flames.
he on
is sus-
gin of the fire is unknown, but it
pected that the prisoner Baker
tally set himself and bedding
acciden-
on fire
while lighting his pipe.! The new city
water-works were in operation
for the
hydrant
first time, and a stream from a
THROUGH i DI
helped to save the county jail, which ad
joined he city jail.
Seven butchers doing business in the
old city market at Jacksonville were ar
rested for violating an ordinance which
compel all market men to secure permits
for private markets. The city has just
had a new market building constructed,
and the market men refused to vacate the
present stand and move into it. Twice
before they have be n arrested, released
on bail and then their cases dismissed.
However this time Judge Baker, of the
Circuit Court, issued an injunction re
straining the city authorities from mo
lesting stall men in the old market.
The cigar factory of Lorenzo Pendaa
fc Co., in Jacksonville, was dam
aged by fire Tuesday.
VIRGINIA, -
Mrs. Margaret J. Preston, the Southern
poetess, is very ill at her home in Lex
ington. T. L. Waller, a well-known merchant
of Norfolk county, engaged in business
at Sewell's Point, six miles from Nor
folk, was murdered Sunday morning.
The motive for the murder was robbery,
and six negroes are now in jail for. the
crime.
In the Danville City Council an order
was made for an election on October
15th on a corporate subscription of $50,
000 to aid the Atlantic and Danville
Railroad in extending its line from Dan
ville to the coal fields of Southern Vir
ginia. The hotel at Bon Air, a summer re
sort near Richmond, burned to the
ground Wednesday.
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, wife and
grandchildren who have been summering
at Hot Springs left for his home at Co
lumbus, O. Judge Thurman is much
improved, and says his rheumatism is
very much better.
The President appointed Richard C.
Kerr, of Mississippi, to be Register of
the Land Office at Jackson, Miss., and
Thos. Gordon to be postmaster at New
port New, Va.
The Dawson National Bank, of Daw
son, Ga., capital $50, COO, was author
ized to commence business. -
OTHER STATES. -
The State reunion of ex-Confederate
soldiers began !. at Fort WTorth,
Tex., Wednesday. Thousands of people
were present. There was good feeling
all around. The reunion continued
three days.
Since July 4 there have been six in
cendiary fires in Roslyndale, Miss R.
J. Duflee, aged 21 years,'' of West Rox
bury, and Benjamin Davidson, were ar
rested in the act of setting fire to an un
occupied house. Monday morning they
were held in $1,000 bail each for the
Grand Jury. The losses by the fires at
tributed to them aggregate $6,000. ;
A special from Coffersville, MissM re
ports seven negroes killed there within
forty-eight hours. George Allen, who
burned Benjamin Jamison's store, in La
flore county, was carried toGr'enado and
hanged. The total number killed is now
estimated at 100.
The white population in Texas, in
creases more rapidly than the black. In
1870 the white population of the State
was 1,197,237; colored, 394,512. In 1887
the figures were: White, 1,619,459;
colored, 395,576; showing a vast increase
of the whites, with a trifling increase of
the blacks in seven years.
Maj. Chas. F. Hard, a former Charles
tonian, was re-elected mayor of Bes
semer, Ala.
Henry Perry, a negro laborer living at
Avondale, a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., 1
beat his wife's head to a jelly with a
brick. Jealousy was the cause of the
murder. About a week ago Perry at
tempted to kill his wife by snooting her,
but inflicted only a slight wound. Af
ter she had retired Sunday night he beat
her to death with a brick.
LONDON QUAKING AGAIN.
Another Mutilated Hainan Body Found
in Whitechapel s
A cablegram from London says : A po
liceman found the body of a fallen wo
man lying at the corner of the railway
arch on Cable street, Whitechapel. An
examination of the remains showed that
the head and arms had been cut off and
carried away and the stomach ripped
open, the intestines lying on the ground.
A cordon of police instantly surrounded
the spot, and policemen pass the spot ev
ery fiftSeen minutes. Those on duty the
previous night say they saw nothing sus
picious. Physicians who examined . the
body state that in their opinion the mur
der and mutilation occupied nearly au
hour. It is surmised that the perpetra
tor carried off the head and arms in a
bag. The murder is the worst of the
whole series of Whitechapel muaders.
The manner in which the limbs had been
severed from the body shows that the
murderer was possessed of some surgical
skill. The woman was about thirty years
old. Her clothing was shabby and she
was evidently a spirit drinker. The re
mains have not been identified. The
most intense excitement again prevails in
Whitechapel. Crowds surround the
mortuary in which the body lies.
Later details concerning the finding of
the body show that there was no blood
on the ground where the body was
found, -neither was there any blood on
the body. From this, it is evident that
the murder was committed in some Oth
er place and that the body was subse
quently deposited under the railway
arch. The trunk was nude. A rent and
blood v chemise was found lvine near the
body. The arms were intact, but the )
legs were missing. It is believed that
the woman has been dead for two days.
Three sailors who were sleeping under
an arch next to the one under which the
body was found were taken into custody
by the police. They convinced the au
thorities, however, that they had seen
nothing of a suspicious nature and were
discharged.
Dr. Grissom's! Successor.
The board of director of the Eastern
North Carolina insane asylum met at
Raleigh and elected Dr. William R.
Wood, of Halifax, superintendent, and
Dr. Pearsall, of Fayetteville, eecond as
sistant phvsician.
Dr. Wood has for years been President J
of the State Board of Examiners, and
was, during the war, an army surgeon, j
and is one of the ablest physicians in the .
State. There were thirteen, candidates j
for the position.
OVER THE - WIRES,
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ALL POINTS,
Gathered and Condensed In Beadabla
Etyle for the Public
The six days celebration of the anni
versary of the defense of Baltimore in
the war of 1812 continued from Monday
until Saturday, inclusive. President
Harrison reviewed the pamde on the
opening day, together with Secretaries
Yk'indom and Tracy.
A Chinese divorce cae is the latest
addition to the marital misfit bureau of
the Chicago ccmrt? , The complainant
is Mrs. Blanche Lov, wife of Ching Loy,
I a Chinese laundryman, whom she mar
ried in New York, September 19, '86.
She alleges cruelty and desertion.
Valentine Hatfield, leader of the fac
tion bearing his name in the Ilatfield
McCoy feud, on the Kentucky-West
Virginia borders, has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for life for the part he
took in the murder of the theee McCoy
boys. Alex. Messer, another of the
gang, gets a similar punishment.
A gas well drilled in at upper San
dusky, O., Saturday night is conceded
to be the largett in the world, showing
a capacity of over 50,000,000 cubic feet
daily. Forty-five thousand people vis
ited the well in one day.
In York county, W. Va., W. B. Boyd,
a white man, shot his wife and then
killed himself. Mrs. Bo3-d lived about
an hour. Boyd moved to Arkansas
with his wife some years ago and re
turned without her, claiming to have
been divorced. The fate of the second
wife suggests that he may have murdered
his first wife.
Two widow ladies of St. Louis, Mo.,
who were prominent in social circles,
have entered convents in that city. They
are Mrs. T. C. Mitchell and Mrs. Julia
Rogers.
Dick Fisher, alias Dick Rhode3 a
negro, was lynched in Donaphin county,
Kan., Monday for the usual crime.
TailorV bustle manufactory at Bridge
port, Conn., where about 600 girls have
been employed, shut down Saturday
night because the bustle has gone out of
fashion.
Fire destroyed the steamer Theodore
Wcems lying at Pier No. 9 at Baltimore.
The following additional candidates
have been admitted as cadets at the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis: C. E. Fitch, of Illinois; A. A.
Pratt, Illinois; L. F.James, South Ctr
olina; W. T. Crosby, Connecticut; S. G.
Talter, Tennessee:- Graham Sloan, Penn
sylvania; Edgar Richmond, California;
John L. Stich, NevYork;E. G. Asbury,
Louisiana; J. C. Houker, Tennessee; II.
L. Darling, Texas, aud J. S. Moms,
Missouri.
John O'Brien, the once famous show
man, died at his home in Frankfort,
near Philadelphia.
As Lyman Quinn wa3 passing through
a dark covered bridge at Gonverneur,
St. Lawrence county, N. Y., he was
fatally stabbed in the abdomen by some
unknown person whom he and his com
panions met. The assassin escaped.
Four arrests were made of the rioters
at Newcastle, Del., and warrants for
eight more have been issued.
A boiler explosion at Carbondale, 111.,
on the farm of John W. Snider, killed
five men. Snider was using a steam
thresher and a leak in the boiler caused
the accident.
THE GROWING COTTON.
The Department Reports the Ciop Com
paratively Late.
The cotton report of the Statistician
of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington for September, represents
the crops as comparatively late. Too
abudnaut moisture is generally reported,
producing a rank weed, and retarding
the development of the bolls. Rust has
appeared quite generally on sandy up
lands. The grey soils of Atlantic coast
show the most rust ; red lands and heavy
soil3 have been less affected or are en
tirely exempt.
Drought has not been reported, except
in the light pine lands of Mississippi,
similar soils iu Louisiana, and in a con
siderable part of Texas. Iu these dis
tricts there was abundant moisture till
June and July.
iThere has been considerable dropping of
forms and of young bolls in the areas
most affected by the extremes of mois
ture and temperature. The plants are
still growing and blooming in most lo
catiens, though in light soils the bolls
are small, and not developing rapidly.
The general condition is 86.8 against
89.3 last month, and 83.8 in September
of last year. The State averages are as
follows: Virginia, 62, North Carolina,
79, South Carolina, 57. Georgia, 90,
Florida, 94, Alabama, 91, 3Iis.issippi,
88, Louisiana, 91, Texas, 81, Arkansas,
90, Tennessee, 81.
The presence of the catterpillar and
boll-worm is reported in all the Gulf
States, and in Arkansas the first brood
of the former has webbed up, and prep
arations are generally made for the vig
orous use of Paris Green and London
Purple, which have been very effective
with the first generation. The damage
has been slight east of the Mississippi,
and not generally serious foither west,
with a few exceptions. Correspondents
recognize the value in the present crop
of the factors of good Autumn weather
and late killing frosts in determining
the aggregate of production.
Convicted for Kiilisg an Editor.
Sax Francisco, Cab Dr. Llewellyn
A. Powell was convicted f manslaughter
Saturday night for killing Ralph
Smith at Redwood City, Cal., two
years ago. Smith, who was editor of a
paper at Redwood City, published an
article to which Powell tc V exception,
and when the men met a quarrel ensued
in which Smith was killed. Powell was
tried twice in Redwood City, but the
jury disagreed both times. A change of
venue was then obtained to this city.
MONTANA'S GREATEST FERE.
A Foreit Tire That Swept Away a Mil
lion Dollars.
A dispatch from Helena, Mont., says
Information is just received here for on
of the fiercest fires yet reported in Mon
tana. The fire occumd Sunday night in
the St. Regis District, Missoula county,
and the Cokely ranch was made a barren
waste in less than three minutes. Coke
ley and the hostess, of the ranch mounted
horses and barely escaped with their
lives to the river less than a quartor of
a mile away, and reached the water af
ter having their clothe nearly all burn
ed from their Ixwlies. They remained
in the water over two hours, and even
there heat and smoke were almost suffo
cating. A Swedish prospector, named
Anderson, tied his horse in a gulch
about half a mile from the Cokeley ranch,
and went up the hillside to his claim.
Both horse and man perished ir the
flames. ,
J. C. Veeder, who has returned from
the St. Regis country, says he feels cer
tain that several men perished in the
flames higher up the mountains. The
destruction of property will aggregate
fully $1,000,000.
The Cotton Oil Season.
Following is a review of the cotton
oil industry by Col. Jos. II. Duggin, of
New Orleans:
The cotton seed crushers have lately
closed one of the most profitable and
successful seasons known in flic business
for many years. The former conten
tions and squabbles seem to have died
out, or at least subsided, and from all
sides wo get reports of good results
from all mills that have been prjerly
worked. Prices of cotton seed pro
ducts have been unusually high, con
sidering the competition they have had
to meet with competing products, and
the entire cruh has been marketed to
advantage particularly the cake and
meal output. Owing to unusually high
export freights it was thought that the,
foreign shipments would be considera
bly curtailed, but, strange to say, this'
has not been the case, and the products
have commanded prices above their par
ity, which is indian corn.
The growing demand for cotton seed
meal as a straightout fertilizer has great
ly increased and stimulated the mills to
seek and encourage this home demand.
And, again, the great increase in cattle
feeding in the South adds another val
uable outlet to cotton-seed meal. The
total crush of seed the past season is t-s-thnated
roughly at about 800,000 tons,
or say 25 per cent, of the probable seed
crop. Owing to unfavorable weather
during the-latter part of the cotton
picking season a, considerable quantity
of cottonseed was iniured lv hpRliiur.
I, j - j o
but as there are demands for all grades
of cottonseed products, the crushers
have been able to place their off pro
ducts without loss. All thiugs consid
ered, the cottonseed crushing business
is in a prosperous condition and steadily
on the increase. As the products be
come better known the demand in
creases, and consequently new mills are
being erected every year as new centers
open where crushing can be done to ad
vantage. The South in Ten Years.
; The tixth aunual review of the pro
gress of trade, manufacturers, agricul
ture and education in the Southern
States, published by the New Orleans
I'imes-Democrat, isau invaluable "contri
bution to the literature of the day. The
following table is given showing the as
sessed value of property in the States of
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia :
Year. Assessment.
1879, . ' . . $2,164,792,795
1880, . . . 2,377,564,341
1881, . . . 2,473,620,423
1882, . . . 2,565,903,787
1883, . . . 2,782,115,603
1884, . . . 2,887,834,801
1885, . ; . 2,996,514,585
1880, . . . 3,154 208 813
1887, . . . 3,407,037,091
1858, . . . 3,522,597,367
1889, . . . 3,759,053,307
The increase in the assessed value of
the property in the twelve States named
during the past decade was 73.9 per
cent., and this vast improvement in the
material condition of the South is attri
buted 'to an advance in every line of
industry, manufactures, mining, agri
culture." During the past year the farmers of
the South realized $808,979,523 on their
agricultural products, an increase of 42
per cent, on their income duringt he year
1880, itself an unusually god crop year.
Rare Postage Stamps.
' A discovery was made recently at
Galena, 111., that will be of great interest.
It consisted of three Government postage
stamps, issued according to law by the
Postmaster at St. Louis, for the State o!
Missouri, in 1S45, the denomination
being two of the ten-cent and one of the
twenty-cent series. These stamps were
issued in five, ten and twenty cent de
nominations, and are among the rarest
and most valuable to stamp collectors ol
all those issued by authority of the Gov
ernment for use as postage. J. H. Wy
merwas Postmaster of St. Louis in 1845,
and gave the order for the plates to J.
M. Kershaw, a local engraver. The flv
and ten cent stamps are found on two
varieties of paper. The twenty -cent were
printed from an altered plate of the fire
cent, and are per ha pa the rarest
stamps known. The tamp bear the
arms of Missouri, with 4 'St. Louis' above
and "Post Office" below, are rectangnlai
in shape, and printed in black on blue
paper. Chicago Herald.
The New Alabama Midland Railroad.
Me?!rs. James M. Brown 4 Co., of
New York, who are building the main
line of this road from Bainbridge, GaM
to Montgomery, Ala., have been given
the contract of contracting ihe exten
sion from Montgomery north vest through
Maplesville to Tusca'looaa, Ala , a dis
tance of about 110 miles.
ST0RMlE7uTs
Oif THE ASGEY ATLANTId
Details of the Great Storm OffTLe Jertv
And New York Coasts.
For a longtime it wilH.e Itf,rr,.j tt
m the meteorological annals a the -t -1
cyclone of September. Vj. h K .UxiXi
in the "West Indu s. The storm" trav, Vd
along the Gulf Stream T.r a w t lk -in 1
reached the height of filrv . he
Jersey coast. Sea Is'and Citv waT rut
off from the mainland. The a Wall
there was destroyed and fifutn Luum's
washed away. At Atlantic City ttU
damage was very ir-, vqj wrc'rkatfo
was strewn over the leeh.
Lewes, Del. The tide was the high
est since 1879 and telegraphic column's. i
cation with the Breakwater was destroy
ed. The schooners Allen, Covert, IU .
ry M. Clarke, J. F. Becker, llr.m m'.'.
Maud Seward, Norena, Gertrude Sum
mers and nine unknown scli'iouer1 vest
ashore. Both wooden piers have H.tn
destroyed. The schooner J. L. lirvaii
sank up the bay and her mate and ,,ue
colored seaman are the only survivor.
At New York City vessels at n;nii,.r
along the South street piers had the
pearancc of having passed through a
veritable cyclone. The rigging of many
of the crafts was torn intoshnds and
spars and masts weTe dismantled, while
waves beat with great fury against the
vessel's sides, even as thev lay at th.ir
piers. The Custom House quarters ;,t
the cud of the immigration do, k w.
completely filled with water.
Manhattan Beach grounds are ruii.ed.
The great bathing pavilion is a total
wreck. On the beach between M-mh-it
tau Beach and Brighton Beach Hotel. the
only strip of beach left there was a re
ular line of wreckage. To the we-t of
Brighton Beach Hotel there is an i xj.ni-e
of wreckage and debris 100 yards I .n
and 50 feet wide.
LOSS OF LIFE.
Lewis, Del., The crew of the Kate
E. Morse were rescued and conveyed to
a place of safety. Shortly aft r the
Morse went on the shoal the schooner
Walter F. Parker also grounded within
thirty yards of the Morse. She soon
went down and those on the Morse suw
her crew-drown one by one. The Mois,
is a total loss. News conies of the
wreck of the schooner W. O. Snow, of
Philadelphia, coal laden, with the loss
of all on board nine persons. This
again raises the total loss of life to 31.
The wreck of the Snow wa? found by the
tug Luckcnbach between Brandy v, ine
uud Brown shoals.
EXPERIENCE OF THE EXOLAXn.
The Natioml line steamer England,
from Liverpool to New York got to Ik r
dock Thursday after experiencing one
of the roughest voyages her co:nin!ider
had encountered to a service of fcixteen
years at sea. At midnight of Tuesday
one of the firemen was washed over
board and drowned. The England was
struck by the storm on Tuesday evening.
The wind and sea were something terri
ble. Capt. Ilealey says that the M.ainei
was almost turned over by the combined
force of the wind and sea. !ho .ca
reened until the tips of her yards dipied
into the water.
THE WOItK OF HLSOl'E.
Ilughsville, a suburb between the
tow-n of Lewis, Del., aud the beach, was
submerged and its two hundred inhabi
tants fled for life, leaving all their pos
sessions behind. The first boat came
ashore and then came another an. I an
other. The life-saving crew, reiuforeed
by the Henlopen and Rheboth crews,
went to work and labored unceasingly!
The crew of every vessel that was
struck was taken off by these daring
men, and not a life was lost anion" the
scores of men they handled.
Remy Fegel, who keeps the Ft gel
Thoroughfare Hotel, at Atlantic City, tells
of a daring rescue on Tuesday afternoon.
It was found necessary to move out,
owing to the rising waters. The current
was too strong to row a lwat, so Mr.
Fgel and six strong men took a paitv
of ibirty people from the Thoroughfare
Hotel to Atlantic City. The 'ladies
w ere led several hundred yards through
the water, which was up to their lieeks.
There were twelve small children in the
party, revcral of whom belonged to Mr.
Van Horn Costomer, of Philadelphia,
and this gentlemen waa one of the
party.
A Priest Must Pay $1,720.
The jury in the case of Dr. Louise
Morasse, a practicing physician of South
bridge, Mass., against the Rev. Fathe r i.
Ely Brochu, priest of the Notre Dir.u
Church, brought in a vere'.ict iu the Su
perie.r Civil Court giving damages for
plaintiff of $1,500 with interest, or a te,
tal of 1,720. Dr. Morale wa a par
ishioner of Father Brochu. He waj di
vorced from his flrt wife and wa mar
ried a second time by a Justice e.f the
Peace. For this he wa denounced fre.m
the pulpit by Father Brochu. and thi
caused Dr. MrasM to bring nuit against
the priest.
Summer Seenes From a Snowy IVafc.
The Signal Service, officer on Pike
Peak, Col., ftid to a correspondent the
other day: "Sometimes I ftand at the
window with my telescope. I ran se
the houses of Colorado Springs, twenty
miles away, the men sitting in tkir
ihirt sleeves, ripping iced drink to keep
cool, the ladie walking about ia white
summer robes. I lower the glas. The
ummer scene i gone. Green trc-ea,
animal life, men and won-.en fade away
like creature in a dream, and I am the
only livmg thing in a world of eternal
snow and ice a&d sile&cts-'
Sunset Cox Dead.
Hon. Samuel Suilivan Cox, the wrll
known New York Congreman, died
at Li heme in the meirotdi at b:27
Tuesday evening. In the merniog hi
condition suddenly changeel for the
worse, and Dr. Lock wood, the attend
ing physic ian. immeliate!y sent for the
other doctors who liAve been in consul
tation with him rince Mr. Cox wa taken
ill. Many telegram of "sympathy were
received from prominent ieop!e all over
the country.
4 LOUISIANA OUTRAGE.
Aa Incredible C;iz.e hx tie Crwl
State Kfjorte.i Tnxa Tiara.
A jecial from I.aftTt-tte, L , uti:
V brutal nmrd.r was couitrutt-d aix
units from thi plm e. on th. AbV-nlU
"i.d, on Monday nicht. Near the roi-
ide stand a mll cabin, and in thii
the mutilated ldie of Koamoud Cor
mier, colored, and hi daughter, Rosalie,
wete found. The following particular
ere dieted at the coroner s inquet.
"K mond, who was over Cv) year of
sue, wai whipped and ordered t lea
some months ago by a bnd of Regula
tor, and. failing to obey, met an ua-
timely etd on Mouday night. It appears
that about 10 o'clock "a partj of rocked
mm rv-de up to hi Lot.e and dcen.n JcsJ
admittance, and on Uing rvfuvd broke
dov n the d-or. The old man Crrd both
lirr l of hi shotgun into the crowd,
kilbng a white tuau named John Juda.
Kosmond then tied, pursued by the now
enrigcd pirty, who tired rein-atedly at
the Jugitivc. They overtook him a!ut
t v o hundred yard from hi houno and
blow the tutire back part of hi hod off
and tl.tn crushed in the frontal lone
by blows with their "tin. The toJy of
1 Jos lie l.ty stntched in front of tha
cabin u i nioreiug, w ith her threat cut.
from ear to ear. The little cabin u
riddled w ith bullet, from Winc hester
rifles and smaller ami,, about two hnn- ,
dred balls, having Ucn tired into it. Ai
the cabin w as an isobited one the onro
iui h jury could find no evidence inc-rim-
mating any one. The Udy of matktd
ie.cn w ho murdered ltosniond and hi
i .u-hter munU r about thirty.
" I lie Regulator, before reaching Cor
mier's hoiii, severely whipped two ne
trroer, I.ueieti Montgomery and Joseph,
alias Tohy (.l.l. The victims were
fearfully lacerated on the ir !. k aud
received uidy wound on the head and
f:t e, ii.il'n ted with an instrument inida
by attaching a piece of buggy trac
aiMiut two feet loug to a handle mado of
wood of nlMiut the s-ame length. Cobb
-as the crowd came t-r hi hou and
w it li an oath demanded admittance. Be-in-
refused they broke down the door
and took himclf uud I.ucieu down the
mad juite a di.struce nnd there befct them
mime reifully for nearly half au hour. He
did not recognize them, a they were all
lu.i-kcd, one Leing diesM .l in woman
ch.thmg. lie could not give any expl
r.atioii as to why he wa flogged, but did
not a i ribe it to politic. He heard the
inen my soinithiiig o I.ucieu nUv.il vot
ing for Miner, but could not remember
whit it was.
' It is learned th.it alout two month
n:ro Cobb ha d a negro school teacher
living with hun, :iud thi man was or
dered to le ie. Not doing o, the natty
vei:t to Cohhs Iimiiv one night and di
iii in kd that the teacher be given up,
whereupon Cobb grew angry and fired
into t h-' crow. I. wounding two .f lh in.
Si:u e that tini'- vengeance ha.s leen vow
ed up m him, and it a w reaked on
Monday night. Cobb, wheu seen, rii
in bed and will reuniii there for several
mouths In-fore he rci,er from the se
vere whipping administered to him. It
is th opiuiott of the j-herill that other
parties were wounded iu the afT.ir lat
ni-jht, but no far nothing definite ha
beeii ascertained in this iepect."
Chiiri. sfe.t AV-r.c t" i'-jwur.
COTTON COUNCIL AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Soutbera Cotton Exchanges Adopt a
Dlscriiiiiaating Tar
New Om vs, J.., rial. A C'on
veuti n of Cottoii Kaehaiigci and the
cotton i ra le in general to onider the
different e of tare in cotton bale cecreriD,
met ht.li- Weelnoday afternoon. Dele
gates were j. resent from Baton Rouge,
New Orleans. Nate he. Meridian, Wk
burg, New York.rM. I.ui. Auguta, i ,
Grc nvilk', Mi., Memphis. Nabtl!e.
Mobile, Savannah, .larkson. Mis., and
many other ciie. In addition to the
re gular delegate, e eiumic,ii r 4 agri
culture from seve n Southern Mate -s an I
representative of the Farme-i a Allini
were admitted to seats e.n the tb-or.
At the Convention' rcipiett President
Thomas, of the New Ork-an Kxchang-,
gave hi view-, on the aubjee.t a ex pre--
cd in hi report at the tune e.f the cai:
In order t bring the matter U-foft; fhi
mee ting he moved th.t ail cott'-n in
American market be sold at net Wright,
allow ini' 5 tcT cent etf for the tare o,(
iute -covered bale and : - t cent for
cotton-covert I bale. -Sir. '-lan-i
ser-r.nde d the in- ti n. whi h e a dicu r
ed and amended. One of the interest
ing feature e,f the meeting was tlus
speech e.f Pioidrnt Livingston, ' f the
Farmers' Allianc e of ;e-..,r:.'i.. lie mad?
a stroro' ftttrf-al in behalf e.f the resoJ-J-
ti-.n si a measure c,f justice to l-riner,
a:id he Mid that the Ailim c re gti
ting stronger and would o,n e ee l i
ln-g, and would take wh-it wm undenia
bly their. Lacourafin Cotton g
ging n.ar.yf icture would bme rel
millions in the South tinu-dly. Iln-l-in I
would objee t to it at first but weviid .
..ce cj.t the situation. .
The Liverp .oj Cotfuti A- iti .n m r.t
a hirer agatmt c tr n bagging. Th '
Bremer, l'.ve l.ange wr te tht it b-l
e.bj. trior, to eott..u ji''5-g
heavv eV'.UL'h to pVofV. I fhe c tton.
The folVnt i fMj.tttfln w p. d
"TU it on and after tt :it day ' I"
tK r, e otfon h .ii 1 ' M t
net weight, allow ing t "a e-nty fwirjf.ua-!
off the r weight for f wc on ).' "
r -l bib , and 'iite;. j-. m-b o:T f r
tire on c ottori c overe .1 !! foit.-nco.-
lingtolof sfindird wii.ht. three
.j'i:trte M e.f a JOUU 1 b the Tad.
The resolution - i-iiaroin
ad..pte.l. The- Farmers A:'.i:i e i-oj.V
.-.id tht th-rc-duu .r. woull -r r,!
fied, nd th T wviMotd;. li-ictf a t
point where : the t.rf vi in . j- rte u.
1
A D- :uocrtic Plak.
I ron, the platform of the N Juki
DenvM-r.ts. ad. pted at theTrent-.n Con
vention: The tendra. v of our lItwod civ
i.iutiou is to it-crease thcgencial aver
age e,f hur.iaa hip-ne-ss.
A New Ehea for Ta-Tany.
Abrahiiu B. Tapptn. of the 24th A
.emblv di-tner, .Sew York City, wa,
Wednesdav afternoon e.e-cttl jrl
Sachem t't the Tammany Scietj, ia
place of Sheriff Flack, resigned.