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/ THE 110 Kit Y~ UEltALH. [Kntcrod at the i'ost Ofltco at Cotiwny an second class matter.) oonsr^^^.-^r, 3. o. T1IUHSDAV, Al.'CS. 4, 1J5S7. A terriiio tornado passed over bar go, Dakota, Monday night duly 2b, doing considerable damage in the way of blowing olT roofs, chimneys, breaking windows, wrecking fencos and small buildinos. It was aceom- panied bv a remarkable electrical display in which some few persons were killed. Molatnl, Minn, was struck by a tor- nado about the same time which blew down several houses and wounded five persons. A disastrous rainstorm passed over Heading, Pa. tlio night of tho 20 in- dieting heavy losses upon railroad and private property. In a radius of twenty-five miles the damage is estimated at 150,000. Tho (>hio ltopuhlican Convention met in Toledo, July tho 27, renominated Poraker for Coventor, endorsed John Sherman for President of the United Statos. Put forth a platform of principles reaffirming its udherenco to the protective tariff, condemning Cleveland's administration, especially in the matter of tho civil sorvice law and vetoing pension hills. It favors liberal pensions for soldiers and .-ai 1 1 I l r .1 «>;s «nhi iaro« e \ peno 11 in es «or me improvement of national waterways and national aid to education. It is not a platform on wlueli an intel! ioent jpat riot ie cit i/eiTwould call to stand and appeal to intelligence and patriotism for support, and yet the main design is evidently to catch votes. Slavery in Hrazil promises soon to he a tlnno of the past. The I'ailimenL of the empire is now consider ino a hill providing for the linal stages of emancipation and it will j»ass. 11 declares all slaves registered 11... v .1 r u>oi < i r M I Mil' I IIIL5 a'\*' 1 «U IOOJ l<> 1)1' irt'l'. lint thev must servo their masters two years more, liein^r paid, however ami beino eared for. Moreover, they can redeem themselves for about ><200 each. Slaves b0 years old or more need not thus serve their masters, and if one of a married couple happens in some way to free himself, th" other also becomes free, The registered number of slaves in the empire is about 1,200,000. j1 President Cleveland is overwhelmed with invitations to visit different cities in the South and West. I lope lie may bo able to accomodate all desirous of a Presidential visitation, and we further hope ho may be bio enouoh physically and psychically to fill their ideal of a whole President. Charleston is discussing the expo- mi vin > v i i'vynui'' ii »* i aim ualiiu niuil J r> o to ilio "city l>v 1110 soa" soinotimo in October. No doubt it would pay 11 io merchants handsomely, and enable their country cousins to mako an enjoyable trip to die city. It cope ii i the Citailcl Academy. The n's and ('onrii r says: "The Alumni Association of the Citadel did a very sensible thing in appointing Col John 1). Wylie, of Lancaster, its next annual orator," said a gentle man to a reporter yesterday. "Col. Wylie did as much as any senator to forward the re-establishment of tho Academy, of which he is an alumnus. 1 chanced in Co-, i I.:.. ..i , i.~ 4:..w. .i : r . i i 11111111«i en iiiu i 1111" iiiv »jur.-M inn tu inestablishment was being agitated, Tho House had passed the bill, but the contest in tho Senate was extremely close and was, 1 believe, eventually settled by tho casting vota of the Lioutonnnt-CJovornor. There was a Senator from one of the upper coast counties, tall and ungainly in form, quizzical in language, and delivery, but with a sound sub-stratum of common sense, which always commanded an attentive hearing when he rose to speak. He had voted solidly against the Citadel in tho preliminary skirmishes, and but for ColWylio would have S3 continued to vote. The night before tho third reading of the billWylio went to the hotel of the Senator and reasoned with him untill the woo sinn' hours. So persuasive was Wylio that on tno next day to the astonishment of all tl\i> o< ai r/1 tr I ^rt»\K/\uon I n I i t>/% ' f < iiiw .inn uj j uouu um v u ui iiiu iijiper coast county voted for the re-establishment of 1)10 Citadel, and his vote with that of the Lieutenant-Governor saved the day. The description in the above paragraph suits the Senator from Horry with the exception that ho was not tall of stature. We are informed that it was not simply the persuasive arguments of Senator Wylie that operated the change of his vote on the succeeding day but one of his constituents, who is an alumnus of the Academy and a special friend of the Horry Senator, had written him letter strongly urging him to change front nnd support the Academy, and that was the main factor in bringing out the fma' ."a.orablo vote. rs*- % \ ax impromptu vi:m< i:. ! The Picturesque lluf Pitiable Plight of Augusta. AfUCSTA, .Inly HI. All^USta, to-day reminds one forcibly of that bcautuiful city Venice. Almost the entire place is one smooth but pretty expanse of water, dotted with boats of every description, from a sail'ng yacht to the smallest canoe. Hoots drawing live feet of water can be enrried over three-f mrths of the the city without danger of running; aground. People were piling in boats jtcll-mell from midnight last night till noon to dap seeking places of safety from the rapid rise of the WUtOrs, JMJll tltOll boats WOl'd HO scarco 11i3it many had to sleep in tho second stories of their houses. Dainsi were buit in front of many vards and oven before tho doors and windows or p'az/aas, but th.eso wore apuekly overflowed. Then those whoso houses had two stories lied to tho second, I>111 those who wore not so fortunate were compelled to mount chairs and beds, awaiting the arrival of boats. .Many floated out on hastily constructed rrfts. A number of those who own boats have acted vorv badly, charging as much ais a dollar ai piece to remove people from their iiousesthat wore rapidly filling. ( )f course poor people had to pev this extortionate rate as they feared drowning, and each and every boatman has made from one to live huiidi d dollars. As predicted in this coriespomlence, the river continued to rise throughout all la^t night and to-day when, at 'i o'clock, it rcaiehcd its gaeatost height, thirty live feeet. Since then it has been falling slightly, and ait 8 o'clock to-nigh one inch faill is registored. 'eni-: SCKN ! : IN 11 \ M at no ShoiiiN after 2 o'clock your correspondent secured a boail ami first crossed the river into Hamburg. In many places there the water is fill- ly eighteen feet deep. I noticed wa- tor up to the roofs of many small dwelling houses, and there is not a house in the entire place that the first floor is not submerged. Not onl\ all business has been mis- pendod, but the entire population have moved with their live stock over to Schultz llill. Many hoi's and cows werd drowned, and wagon bodies, tubs, chairs and ail manner of household goods mav be seen floating around on the water. None but foot passengers were allowed to cross the bridge, and they were all advised not to make the attempt. The South Carolina train was unable to get nearer than within a mile! of the bridge, four hundred feet of the Hamburg trestle having been washed away. Neither the Charlotte, Columbia Augusta or the South ('arolina trains went out I his morning, as Llie bridges won? deemed unsafe, hut this afternoon both trains wont out ifter dolayng sonic hours. The t 'harlotte, Columbia and Augusta trestle is all right in Hamburg, but the Tort Kpyal trestle leading to the bridge three miles below the city has been entirely washed away, and no trains are running. NVAT UK IN Til K SKCONb STOItlK*. I then rowed up the river to the eastern portion of the city. There, near the bank, tin? water is running into the second story of the houses. ( hit of some four hundred houses in that neighborhood there are now hardly half a dozen inhabited. IJnteaux were being paddled through the lower floors of many houses, and tho water is from 5 to 20 feet deep, We then rowed tip through Proud | street from the Planters' Motel to the extreme uimer end, and there the water is flooding all the stores, not one having escaped, and is in the first floor of many dwelling houses. We then proceeded out to Greone street above the Kntcrpriso factory, which has water all over the ground floor, and the stores in the neighborhood are covered, in two instances over the counters. The Augusta I>elugc<)ver. Auousta, Ga., August I .".The waters have been slowly receding all the morning and at 2 o'clock to-day a fall of twenty-seven inches from the highest point is registered. The canal bank is washed awav for thirty or forty feet and water is still pourino through in torrents. n n On liroad street the water has fallen enough to allow the street cars to run over seven-eights of the line, but on all the others streets tho water is yet (piito deep. Tho water from tho canal has done considerable dainawo to tho houses on , r> upper Greene street. A dead horse hitched to a buggy was seen floating down the river this morning. A boatman took off the harness and pulled it and the buggy ashore, lotting tho horse go down. Lombard's foundry, whore tho so........1 i....i.n r r..i vwnw i\m i;i < iiiidi i/iimU) in 111 iriii nil condition, some portions of the building I»ointr badly washed,and much of his lately completed work washed away. It is feared that the whole buildings is undermined but nothing definite can yet bo learned. The water surrounds it to a depth of lif toon feet. It is thought now, since the fall has commenced, that the damage is at an end, and the city is regaining its usual business activity. It will take months of work and thousands of dollars to repair the streets alone, so badly have they been washed. All the sowers are broken. It is difficult to form an idea of the immense amount of damage done to the many residences and stores here, but it is safe to predict that it will run up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. ^ > f" ' A Revolt from l\hi« Cotton. Ki..\< Kvn.i.i:, July A few years ago the man who would havo ventured to suggest to the farmers along tho railroads in this county that more money, per aero, could lie made planting watermelons than could he realized from the old staple would have been regarded as a crunk. Many <>f litem wotdd have looked upon it as almost desecration to utili/.c tho fine cotton lands that border the South ('arolina Railway on both sides, from Midway to White I'ond, for melon growing. To one like myself, who has been deeply interested in the development of the magnificent agricultural resources of this county, and has talked it and written of it on al! proper occasions, and ascertained in that way how deeply tho one idea of cotton growing was fixed in the minds of our planters, it is almost incomprehensible to note the change that has come upon them in tho section mentioned. It is, however, as refreshing and gratifying as it is hard c* r~> j to understand. What an interest now is manifested in melon-growing. What an inn n dustry it has become. What life and animation it. throws into business cirj cles at this otherwise dull season of the year. Por the last three weeks this town and those above us and bo| low on the railroad have exhibited a scene of life and activity that is not equalled, in some respects, in the busy cotton months. IJuyer and sol| ieitors for commission houses from all parts of the North, Past, and North, west have filled up our towns and go from place to place by every train, ami actively compete with each other in their endeavors to secure as many carloads us possible. The telegraph operator is kept busy sending and receiving dispatches as to the state of the market from all points. The South ('arolina Railway is kept busy moving the crop. liuying and sel lino is active every afternoon when the cars, which have been loaded all along the line, have been massed here. farmers, merchants, and buyers from abroad arc all alike filled with the desire of bio profits, and a frajj- |i meiit of the spirit of Wall street seems to have turned loose here. The re- suit this season has boon greatly beneficial to our section. The planters have realized oood prices, and all who have handled the crop are satisfied with the profits realized. The crop is easily made, rapidly marketed, ind the universal verdict is that the profits far exceed, per acre, the best cotton crop. I hit the beauty of is that it does not interfere with the cotton crop in my way. It is so oasily made that the cotton crop need not be decreased to any jrreat extent. It is marketed at a time when planters have little else to do, ai.d brings cash into oir eolation at a time money is oroatly needed. Some of the small fanners tell mo that theyjhavo already in pocket as much money as their cotton crop will realize, at one-fifth of the cost, and at the same time expect to make as much cotton as they nsualU make. It is safe to say that the watermelon industry has passed tho experimental sfago in this section. It did not prove near so remunertive at first, owinpr to the fact that the movement was new and our planters inexperienced and did not understand how to market the crop to the best advantage, and consequently iduttod some mar- ket whilo others wont unsuppliod. Tho arrangements for freights had n ~ not been systematized and in many instances consigners were swindled r> by unscrupulous parties, who sold melons in many of (lie markets, lint these matters have all been overcome and this season's crop has been well handled and prices have been very satisfactory all the time. It is estimated that the crop of this season, which has now boon mostly marketed, will put at least tifty-thounand dollars in the pockets of out people in this section of our country. ()f course molon-growing can only be profitably carried on where the lands are contiguous to railroads, as it will not pay to haul them any great distance. The railroads are doing much to pro mote the industry but can and should do more. They should provide cars more suitable for tno shipment of the fruit, so that the freshness may be bettor preserved, and guard against loss from excessive, heat. They should also reduce the freights and arrange for schedules of rapid and continuous transportation to all markets. They can well afford to do this, as the more accommodations and assurances the people have of realizing profits from their industry, the larger the crops will be, and consequently an increaso of business for the roads, and that, too, at a time when thero is nothing much else for them to haul. Hut whilo the monoy realized from melon growing is very gratifying in itself, yet the rosult of the experiment is much more far-reaching. The most encouraging feature connected with it is that our farmers have made a break from exclusive cotton planting as a money crop. Other agricultural experiments aro now sure to bo made which will lead to a development of the wonderful and untold agricultural resources of our Stato. With soil, cl'mato and every natural advantage £pr successful agriculture there is absolutely no reason why our State should not be tin? garden spot of our great country Break our people away front the erroneous idea that cotton is the only money crop we have, and the work will bo fairly begun. Why may not the watermelon culture in Barnwell County provo tho turning point? , Ktptallv as groat results have had their origin in a smaller cause. (>ur town is rapidly and solidly re- I covering from tho ashes. Fine bricl stores now moot the gaze on evorj hand and handsome residences an rapidly tilling up tho open lots. The South Carolina Hail way is making alterations and amendments t< meet the largo fall business whicl loooms up so prominently. Blackville, the outlet over the South Carolsna Railway, for the splendid country traversed by the Blaekvillo and Newberry Railroad is advantageously located for ul! kinds of business. The climate is eoual to Aiken, health unsurpassed by any locality in tho State, near tho ilea lings Springs, with good society, good schools and churches, there is mo reason why parties seeking a good place to spend the winter, or to locate and invest permanently, either for business in town or sueessful planting, should seek farther than this community to lind all tlio advantages they eon Id wish. Wo will welcome all who wish to come among us to so! cure homes and become citizens or sojourners. Wcv/vj an<l (.'onricr. Carlisle on (lie Situation. The .M emetnjt:v has tin? greatest confidence in Speaker Carlisle s judgment as a statesman and politician. Being interviewed the other day by a reporter of the New Vork l/rr<i/d> Mr. ('arlisle summed up the probabilities of the next campaign and tho personalities of the candidates most admirably. Mr. ('arlisle said: ' I think the renoinination of Mr. Cleveland is a foregone conclusion, and in my opinion it is tne wisest and best thing the Democratic party can do. If nominated ho will be elected, no matter who may be his opponent. J lo has given tho country a sensible, business-bke and patriotic administion, and the best evidence of his capacity for the place he occupies is found in the fact that even his most vigilant and vindictive political opponents have not been able to point to a single instance in wnicli any public interest has suffered on account of his oilicial conduct. The petulant tone of the party criticism to which he iias been subjected throughout ildiuinistra11(js ,,f itself il r<hifession that his couptjo in loiraud to laroe and hnportont matters is unassailublo. So long as ho does the ritrht thing at i n h n the right time, and in the right way, a , » , fi J no political capital can bo made bv attempts to ridicule or exaggerate his personal characteristics; and if lie is renomi'iatod the Republicans will discover, long before the campaign is over, that this shot is too small for the game they are hunting. Mr. Maine 1 think, can securso the Republican nomination if he wants it. Rut I am not certain that he would take it. lie is the most perfect living representative of the real principles and methods of the partisan Republicanism which characterized administration of the government for twenty years after the close of the war; and if the party intends to make an honest and aggressive campagn in support of its actual political faith it will compel him to take the nomination. Mr. Maine believes implicitly in the sovereignty of the Republican party, and in himself as the impersonation of its 'power, lie therefore claims the alj legianco and active support of every professed Republican, and never for- gives any one who opposes him. I'his alienated h'rn from a large number of prominent men in his own party, but lie is still stronger inside the party than any other man, and if nominated would rociovo the full partisan vote; but he will never again receive such a vote as he received in 1881." The following is the copy of an Act to permit the sale of domestic wines manufactured in this Stato without license: Skcsion 1. He it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting inCJeneral Assembly, and by the authority of tin; same, That from and after the passage of this act it shall bo lawful for any person or persons in this State, without license, to sell, trade or barter, in quantities not loss than a quart, domestic wine manufactured by such person or persons from grapes or borrys grown wi'hin this State: Procido/, That all wines sold under the provisions of this Act shall be put u|i in bottles, casks or demijohns containing not less than one quart, and that a label containing the name of the person or persons manufacturing and selling the same shall be placed upon each and every bottle of wine sold b^ them. Sue. 2 That any person or porsom violating the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be lined in a sum not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not more than one month, or both fined and imprisoned, in tho discretion of tlui / A vuun. Sue. 3. rhat all Acts or parts ol Acts, gen oral or special, contrary t< the provisions of this act bo, and the same arc hereby, repealed, so far as they may be in conflict with this Act. Approved Dec. 20, A. 1). 1885. A Poetical Address. Columbia Record The following is tho novel addross upon a letter put in tho Columbia post office on Saturday. It was evidently written in tho city: Toot! toot! your whtHtlo loud; lot her scream! '''akemo along with a full head of Htoam. To Fort Scott, Kans&a, I want to go. Whore in summer gentlo zephyra blow; To It. ». Walls, who in there making brick. 1'lease tawo me right away, <|uick! In advance tho sickly season rendoi yourself impregnable; a malarial atmos phero or sudden change of temperature k fraught with dancer; use Dr. .1. II. Me bean's Strengthening Cordial, 1.00 pei lK>ttle. « t Important ICnilmnd Matter*. Piiit.ADKMMiiA, July 80. -Kraal ? Thompson, vice president of t'io l'enn > sylvaniu railroad had an interview ' yesterday with tlio managers of sev 1 oral important railway lines leading South from Washington and hnvt ! concluded negotiut'ons for one ol ' the most important railway traflic ar' rangeinonts ever entered into by tin I Vnnsy 1 vania railroad. Thoarrangomeat embraces the formation of three throundi southern lines in order to n overcome expense and delays by numerous transfers incident to shipment of freight from cities and interior points in the South, destined to any points North reached by the I'enn1 sylvaniu road system. There were present at the intoro1 view, John Robinson, President of the Seaboard and Roanoke road; II. Walters, General Manager of the Atlantic ('oast -Line; K. 15. Thomas, General manager of the Richmond and Danville railroad; Sol Haas, Trallie Manager of the \ irginia Midland railroad, and John S. \\ ilson, (jioneral Freight ami Traffic Agent of tho I'ennsy Ivania railroad. I hroe through freight linos aro so arranged to cover all tho important southern territory reached by the roads out of Washington and they will run via the Virginia Midland Railroad; sen 7 ootid t<> run via the Atlantic ('oast Lino and tho third via Wilmington, Norfolk, Richmond and I'ortsmout-h. Faeh *»f tho companies interested will furnish its (ptota of ears and lines as j established will provide all rail connection, which will undoubtedly have ureal influence in promoting business interests of the SoutIt. \ ice-1.'resident Thompson has al- ready directed that cars to bo provid- ed by the I 'ennsy I vania railroad shall bo promptly assigned to this service, and it is the intention of all parties interested to proceed at once to get these through lines in operation at the ear'iest date possible. Interstate Kevenue Statistics. W as 111 n»; ion , .1 uly 23, The commissioner of eternal revenue, Miller, to day submitted to Secretary Fairchild a preliminary report of tho ope rations of that service during the liscul year ending July 20, 1S87, from which the following facts and figures are taken: Total collection from all I sources of internal revenue for tlie fiscal year just ended, were $I 18,835,I 757. This is $ 1 ,035,888 more than the collection for the previous fiscal year. The cost of collection to he paid out of the appropriations made to the revenue bureau was about $1,i 075,000; to this must be added the cost of printing the internal revenue stamps. The receipts from different | objects of taxation, as compared with the receipts for the previous veer, was as follows: Spirits $05,820,332, a decrease of $3,202,040; tobacco $30, 108,007, an increase of 2,200,705; fermented liquors $21,022,187, an increase of $2,2 15,150; oleomargarine $723,018, all increase, lianhs $!,588, increase. Miscellaneous $247,045, an increase of $21 1,350. The figures indicate a decrease in the eonsumption of sb'rituous liquors, and a corresponding increase in the consumption of malt liquors. A UllWtti'I'illlt »tl lOxpein e to llie County. As a specimen of tho way in which county Trial Justices soinetimes carry to trial frivolous eases at oreat expense to 1110 county, which could ho settled without expense, the holow is {riven. The ease was one, that of Statu vs. James Bredlow, brought heI foro Trial Justice Brown, in the case of alleged larceny of a poeketkn'.fe, the value <>f which was probably about 15 cents: Trial Justice's fee $8,00 Constable' fee 5,75 Sheriff's bill, commitment 50 " " board for J line 1,80 Clerks charges 1,00 12,10 There is besides a further bill for hoard for July, and fee for discharge from jail, for the case was appealed j from tho Trial I Justice's court and dismissed, From the same Trial Justice hills i, have boon received, including some cases which were dissmissed before . tho Court of General Sessions, yet considerable expense caused the I county by ooin<r through the form of triad in the lirst court when ai mere ' looking into the faiMs would laaive shown the baselessness of the actions, s -Columbia /{< f/isfri'. t «.A Sli'i'H sa o«*v I )i>nsi>l i V i. !! .><1 > 1 ' * > ( WUmimjton Mrdacnyev.) 1 Mr. John Watters, superintondanl of tlie fibre department of Acme Manufacturing Company's works at f Cronly, vouches the following: ) A colored man brought several > hens to that embryo city for sale M They were purchased. One of them, '! a little yellow fowl, came into posessI sion of Mr. Walters. Dutifully she laid a nest of eggs and perseveringly she hatched a brood of chickens, and with maternal caro she nursed and hovered over her brood. When the chicks were weaned the hoti grew sick, nigh unto death, and , began to moult. The process kept Jon until a full cock's plumage adorn C<1 I lint lion K1 »<> nninrifitil /\ «i I" . ...WW CI full fledged black-broastcd' brass winged red cock, with glossy How ing tail. .Mi Walters regretted he lmd sonl the lien-rooster to Capt. Strudwiok r.j of Hillsboro, and the reporter couhl not see it, her or him. * Messrs. Wilkes Morris and W. If r French say they saw tho.strunge compound and attest the story as true. p. > r A ridclity TIlcOM riay. t Washington, July 29.- -Tho soc- rotary of tho interror to day denied : the claim oT William Hcdgspcth, ox! |>rivato it) the 12d Indiana volunteers. r The case is an uncommon one, and > has been the subject of much d'scusf sit>n by pension oTeials. I ledgesjielh was captured in 1S1W and eon*, lined as a prisoner tit Andersonville. After remaining in capt'vity five ^ months ho enlistened in lho ('onfed ' crate army, lie says, to escape starvation, and so informed his fellow-prisoners and that at tho first opportunity ho would desert, and if possible make his win back to his old command. After a short service in tho < 'oufodorato army ho carried out his intention, and linallv reached Ins old regiment, in which ho served until discharged. Sonic veers ago Iledgspeth >»j»i>1 i«><I for a pension on the ground of disability contracted w hile in the Federal service. This fact was fully sustained. The law provides that no one who aided, directly or ine'rectiy, the enemies of the Cfovenunont in the late war shall bo permitted to draw a 'pension. Iledgspeth's brief ooonee| tion with the Confederacy made him amenable to the law. lbs motive, »t is said, cannot be taken into considj (nation. .Opinions by the do/en, somo favorable and others unfavorable and others mifa\^»rable, have oeen written upon the case by different oflicials of the interior department. At last, after the lapse of 'years, it reached the secretary of the interior for liual action The papers mi the case, which are very voluminous, include a strong protest by ('omuiiss'oncr MlarU against the payment of tho pension. « <or» -<r- litiltd Torn. M.\i/i'iMot.i:, .1 uly Jit). .) udge Mond sitting in the I'uited States District Court today, decided that TIioiiias \\ iggins, known all over the world ".suMI;nd Tom" the pianist, shall be delivered on or before August 10 into the custody of Mrs. Fli/.a Methane, who represents ('limity W iggins, the ,t e . i»e i M' ' « '- mi iin<m i i i >i11111 i (mi. :11i«i 11illi .J sis. \V. liethune. who lias had charge of liiii:, shall at the .same time pay to .Mis. I Jot Isune t Ik* sum of $7,000 for past services. The. cast* has been in the Courts for several years, ami has attracted considerable a. < ntion from the fact that Tom aas been held as a chnttal by the IJethunes ever since his musical jjeuius has made him val| viable. The suit was brought in the interest his mother l*> te^ain pssession of him. ('liicUens llntebed li\ (lie limit. 1 M»tA\Al'oi.ts, .Inly 20.-- A novel siohi was witnessed here vosterdav as the result of hi<rn temptu'aturo of the oast three weeks. Some time am* a . i* tirin received a consignment of eoos packed in boxes after the usual uianI nor. The <mos were placed iu stora«ro ami yesterdaymorninif tho consignee opened the ease. W hen the lid was removed the low call of chicks sounded in his ears. ()no entire layer of coirs was found to be hatching out and in a few minutes aTter tho e<ri»"s were brought to the » i lioht fifteen welldevoloped "orphans" picked their way through the shells. Another layer began to hatch out about, noon and it now looks as though the cntiro consignr> o ment will hatch. Sioux <'i<> Sinking. Ciiicauo, July 29.. A special from Sioux City, Iowa, says: "The Missy uri River continues to 'cut the hank in front of this city, several hundred foot of valuable property having gone out «>f sight in the last twenty-four hours. The 1 llino«s ('entral, Siou* City and Pacific and Milwaukee Railroads have {joined in an effort to stop the eutiting, and are working three hundred men. Knginoers say they can control it in tune.,1 Sick headache, wind on the stomach, liiUinux.ncsM, nausea, arc promptly and agreeably banished by Dr. .1. II. Mckean's kittle Liver and Kidney Pellets, 2fic. per vial. The Atlantic Coast Line sent ties week I'm lirst watermelon train Iroiurli froiii V hkitUo ( -.. I'-" ^ V "1-, I" 1 »>'" 1 on, with 15,000 melons on hoard. Tiio trip was inado in ninety-live hours, auavoraga of twenty-live miles per hour, at a cost of about lifteon cents per melon. It is pleasurable to note any convenience extended to tillers of the soil. Truckers in this section mi<dit observe this item and n govern themselves accordingly. According to an old custom , Cieorge \V. t'hilds is acting, during the summer, as sexton at the little Kpiscopnl Church at Klberon, X. .1. lie seats visitors who have no pews of their own and also passes the coni tribution box. Mr. Chi Ids is very proud of his office and will not ac- > ccj»t auv other in the t_f«ft of the 1 it' tie church. » Thore sre many accidents and diseases wheh affect Stock and cause serious lnon venienco and loss to the farmer and in Ins work, which may he quickly remidied hy the use of Dr. .1. 11. M cLeans Volcanic Oil Liniment. .lust fame is accorded to a Kontuckiitu who is ninety-nine years old t and has never been a candidate for , an office. [ o # If you suller pricking pains on moving the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly use Or J. II, McLeans strengthening Eyo Sal»o '25c. a box. / ^ Coerciiiff a Country. Loi;>svii.i.k, Ky., July 20.- I "nitod States .Marshal Cross returned from Tavlor County tonight, whore ho wont with a mandate from Fedoral Court to collect tho railroad | tax. The marshnl, although boycotted by the people of that count\ , ^succeede in undone1 seyeral hundred Io\ »es. He reports it as tou^di work. Tho cit'/ens put eyery ohslaclo in the way and refused to pay. ()no man, who was about to |>ay h's taxes, it was rumored, was lynched and others have boon threatened. The ooods have not been sold yet, an i doubtless will have to be slopped out of the county before purchasers can be found. o .* jl r"«r immut iiiiin 1 no hush treatment or medicines which horribly '.rri|».» the patient land destroy the coating of the .stomach Dr. J. II. Mcheatis Chill and Fever cure. Sold at ad cents a bottle, $0 What is neurasthenia? It is more common in the I'nited States than any oilier country. Physicians say that from the equator north, and from the arctic regions south, nervous diseases reach a climax in the temperate /one, the /one in which Kuropeau civilization exists. Neurasthenia is a comparatively modem disease, and is supposed to arisi^from the increased activity, the nervous strain under which the American people live. In ICurnpo nervous diseases classed under this head are hut little knosvn; but our people are everyday becoming more nervous, and their organizations more delicate. It is partly due to our climate, but principalis to American enterprise. fS» . Some cruel wnir spread the report that Queen Victoria would trive six louineas and a silver cradle to every child horn in her dominions on Jubilee I )ay. About four hundred people made application for the precious <>ifts for their darlings, but the Queen has evidently concluded that it is mere blessed to receive that to Vive presents. Hence many tears. Two balloons have been purchased for the military school at Tientsin, t'hina. The larger one is capable of holding sixty or .-event y persons, and the smaller thirty persons. An instructor lias already arrived at Tientsin. and after live months practice tiial trips will be .nude. < 'liarles lh>lm, of Indiana, sold his wife to .1. II. Ituncli, a blind pensionsioner, for $15(10. Wonder who was cheated in the transaction. lAposure to romth weather, ip'ttinx *et living in (lamp localities, are favoralile to the contraction of diseases of the kidneys and hi.elder. As a preventive, and for the cure of all kidney and liver trouble, use that valuable remedy, Dr. .1. II. McLean's I.ivi r and Kidney Malm. $1.00 per bottle A I >VKIvTlSK.\l ifiXTS FAIR HU FF Mali: ami fkmai.E" I \ '. tfnirni trni i li\M I I U I W, With Military Department lor Roys and Calisthenics and Fine Arts for Girls. REV. J. A. SMITH Giuduath ok Davidson Co .1,1.0k, I'hok. ok Latin and (' ilkkk, MoUAI, and, Mk.STAI. PlMI.osopily. CAPT. W. L. FLOYD, Gkaduate ok S. C. Mii.itahy Academy, I'hok. Mathematics and Mii.itahy Tactics. "" MISS LOULA AYERS, Gkaduate ok Chowan Femai.e Ins t«t:te, Teach eii ok Cai.isthknk s, 11 Ki 11 Kit Hnoi.isii, Music and Fkencii. MRS. MARIA LOUISA SMITH, Savannah, Ga. IIioii Sciiooi., Tkaciikh ok vocai. and instrumental music. > Tuition and Hoard reasonable C'lTADKI. Cap AND I NIKOH.M $10.75. Session Opens on the First Monday in Septemiikh 1887. Foil 01 it Large Circular, Addhess (APT. W. L. FLOYD, FAIH Hl.ukk, N. C. j uly 21 52 8m. . 3STotice to Ored.itors. ^ M. T. FIojtI, Administrator of L. 11. Floyd, deceased, Plaintiff aganist Cathcv'ino V f'/\l/»mo»* c.- .....X, V V/IV I1KIII, 1 J, v Ult'Ill.'ltl, Hugh Floyd, <f nl, Defendants. ( <>mplaint for Judgment- and llelief. In obedience to nu Order of the Court in above stated case made by Judge .J. II. j Hudson, of date the "itli day of .May 1887, notice is hereby given, that all creditors of the lvdate of the said L. II. Floyd, deceas! ed, are re(|iiired to prove their demands before the Clerk or this Court, 011 or bet-ore the 10th day of September next, or this notice may be plead in bar of their claims. JOHN M. OMVfilt, C. C. P. july 21 52 3f. THOS. F. OII.LESPIE. A.ttorney at I.iuv uikI Trial .lustlee. " Oonway, ^B.XP J ^ Afi- m

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Page 1: Horry herald (Conway, S.C.). 1887-08-04 [p ].THE 110KitY~UEltALH. [Kntcrod at the i'ost Ofltco at Cotiwny an secondclass matter.) oonsr^^^.-^r, 3. o. T1IUHSDAV, Al.'CS. 4, 1J5S7. A

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THE 110Kit Y~ UEltALH.[Kntcrod at the i'ost Ofltco at Cotiwny an

second class matter.)

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A terriiio tornado passed over bargo, Dakota, Monday night duly 2b,doing considerable damage in theway of blowing olT roofs, chimneys,breaking windows, wrecking fencosand small buildinos. It was aceom-

panied bv a remarkable electrical displayin which some few persons were

killed.Molatnl, Minn, was struck by a tor-

nado about the same time which blewdown several houses and woundedfive persons.A disastrous rainstorm passed over

Heading, Pa. tlio night of tho 20 in-dieting heavy losses upon railroad and

private property. In a radius oftwenty-five miles the damage is estimatedat 150,000.Tho (>hio ltopuhlican Convention

met in Toledo, July tho 27, renominatedPoraker for Coventor, endorsedJohn Sherman for President of theUnited Statos. Put forth a platformof principles reaffirming its udherencoto the protective tariff, condemningCleveland's administration, especiallyin the matter of tho civil sorvice lawand vetoing pension hills. It favorsliberal pensions for soldiers and .-ai 1

1 I l r .1«>;s «nhi iaro« e \ peno 11 in es «or me

improvement of national waterwaysand national aid to education.

It is not a platform on wlueli an

intel! ioent jpat riot ie cit i/eiTwould callto stand and appeal to intelligenceand patriotism for support, and yetthe main design is evidently to catchvotes.

Slavery in Hrazil promises soon tohe a tlnno of the past. The I'ailimenLof the empire is now considerino a hill providing for the linalstages of emancipation and it willj»ass. 11 declares all slaves registered

11... v .1 r u>oi < i rM I Mil' I IIIL5 a'\*' 1 «U IOOJ l<> 1)1' irt'l'.

lint thev must servo their masterstwo years more, liein^r paid, howeverami beino eared for. Moreover,they can redeem themselves forabout ><200 each. Slaves b0 yearsold or more need not thus serve theirmasters, and if one of a marriedcouple happens in some way to freehimself, th" other also becomes free,The registered number of slavesin the empire is about 1,200,000. j1

President Cleveland is overwhelmedwith invitations to visit differentcities in the South and West. I lopelie may bo able to accomodate all desirousof a Presidential visitation,and we further hope ho may be bioenouoh physically and psychically tofill their ideal of a whole President.

Charleston is discussing the expo-mi vin > v i i'vynui'' ii »* i aim ualiiu niuilJ r> o

to ilio "city l>v 1110 soa" soinotimo inOctober. No doubt it would pay11 io merchants handsomely, and enabletheir country cousins to makoan enjoyable trip to die city.Itcope ii i the Citailcl Academy.

The n's and ('onrii r says:"The Alumni Association of the

Citadel did a very sensible thing inappointing Col John 1). Wylie, ofLancaster, its next annual orator,"said a gentle man to a reporter yesterday."Col. Wylie did as much as

any senator to forward the re-establishmentof tho Academy, of whichhe is an alumnus. 1 chanced in Co-,i I.:.. ..i , i.~ 4:..w. .i :r . ii 11111111«i en iiiu i 1111" iiiv »jur.-M inn tu inestablishment

was being agitated,Tho House had passed the bill, butthe contest in tho Senate was extremelyclose and was, 1 believe,eventually settled by tho casting votaof the Lioutonnnt-CJovornor. Therewas a Senator from one of the uppercoast counties, tall and ungainly inform, quizzical in language, and delivery,but with a sound sub-stratumof common sense, which always commandedan attentive hearing whenhe rose to speak. He had voted solidlyagainst the Citadel in tho preliminaryskirmishes, and but for ColWyliowould have S3 continued tovote. The night before tho thirdreading of the billWylio went to thehotel of the Senator and reasonedwith him untill the woo sinn' hours.So persuasive was Wylio that on tnonext day to the astonishment of alltl\i> o< ai r/1 tr I ^rt»\K/\uon I n I i t>/% ' f <iiiw .inn uj j uouu um v u ui iiiu iijipercoast county voted for the re-establishmentof 1)10 Citadel, and hisvote with that of the Lieutenant-Governorsaved the day.

The description in the above paragraphsuits the Senator from Horrywith the exception that ho was nottall of stature. We are informed thatit was not simply the persuasive argumentsof Senator Wylie that operatedthe change of his vote on thesucceeding day but one of his constituents,who is an alumnus of the Academyand a special friend of theHorry Senator, had written him letterstrongly urging him to changefront nnd support the Academy, andthat was the main factor in bringingout the fma' ."a.orablo vote.

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The Picturesque lluf PitiablePlight of Augusta.

AfUCSTA, .Inly HI. All^USta,to-day reminds one forcibly of thatbcautuiful city Venice. Almost theentire place is one smooth but prettyexpanse of water, dotted with boatsof every description, from a sail'ngyacht to the smallest canoe. Hootsdrawing live feet of water can beenrried over three-f mrths of the thecity without danger of running;aground. People were piling inboats jtcll-mell from midnight lastnight till noon to dap seeking placesof safety from the rapid rise of theWUtOrs, JMJll tltOll boats WOl'd HOscarco 11i3it many had to sleep in thosecond stories of their houses. Dainsiwere buit in front of many vards andoven before tho doors and windowsor p'az/aas, but th.eso wore apueklyoverflowed. Then those whosohouses had two stories lied to thosecond, I>111 those who wore not so

fortunate were compelled to mountchairs and beds, awaiting the arrivalof boats. .Many floated out on hastilyconstructed rrfts. A number ofthose who own boats have acted vorvbadly, charging as much ais a dollar ai

piece to remove people from theiriiousesthat wore rapidly filling. ( )fcourse poor people had to pev thisextortionate rate as they feared drowning,and each and every boatman hasmade from one to live huiidi d dollars.As predicted in this coriespomlence,the river continued to rise throughoutall la^t night and to-day when, at

'i o'clock, it rcaiehcd its gaeatostheight, thirty live feeet. Since thenit has been falling slightly, and ait 8o'clock to-nigh one inch faill is registored.

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ShoiiiN after 2 o'clock your correspondentsecured a boail ami firstcrossed the river into Hamburg. Inmany places there the water is fill-ly eighteen feet deep. I noticed wa-tor up to the roofs of many smalldwelling houses, and there is nota house in the entire place that thefirst floor is not submerged.

Not onl\ all business has been mis-

pendod, but the entire populationhave moved with their live stock overto Schultz llill. Many hoi's andcows werd drowned, and wagonbodies, tubs, chairs and ail mannerof household goods mav be seen

floating around on the water. Nonebut foot passengers were allowed tocross the bridge, and they were alladvised not to make the attempt.The South Carolina train was unableto get nearer than within a mile!of the bridge, four hundred feet ofthe Hamburg trestle having beenwashed away. Neither the Charlotte,Columbia Augusta or the South ('arolinatrains went out I his morning, asLlie bridges won? deemed unsafe, hutthis afternoon both trains wont outifter dolayng sonic hours.The t 'harlotte, Columbia and Augustatrestle is all right in Hamburg,

but the Tort Kpyal trestle leading tothe bridge three miles below the cityhas been entirely washed away, andno trains are running.

NVATUK IN Til K SKCONb STOItlK*.I then rowed up the river to the

eastern portion of the city. There,near the bank, tin? water is runninginto the second story of the houses.( hit of some four hundred houses inthat neighborhood there are nowhardly half a dozen inhabited. IJnteauxwere being paddled throughthe lower floors of many houses, andtho water is from 5 to 20 feet deep,We then rowed tip through Proud |street from the Planters' Motel tothe extreme uimer end, and there thewater is flooding all the stores, notone having escaped, and is in thefirst floor of many dwelling houses.We then proceeded out to Greonestreet above the Kntcrpriso factory,which has water all over the groundfloor, and the stores in the neighborhoodare covered, in two instancesover the counters.

The Augusta I>elugc<)ver.

Auousta, Ga., August I .".Thewaters have been slowly receding allthe morning and at 2 o'clock to-day afall of twenty-seven inches from thehighest point is registered. Thecanal bank is washed awav for thirtyor forty feet and water is still pourinothrough in torrents.n n

On liroad street the water has fallenenough to allow the street cars torun over seven-eights of the line, buton all the others streets tho water isyet (piito deep.

Tho water from tho canal has doneconsiderable dainawo to tho houses on

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upper Greene street.A dead horse hitched to a buggy

was seen floating down the river thismorning. A boatman took off theharness and pulled it and the buggyashore, lotting tho horse go down.

Lombard's foundry, whore tho so........1i....i.n r r..ivwnw i\m i;i < iiiidi i/iimU) in 111 iriii nil

condition, some portions of the buildingI»ointr badly washed,and much ofhis lately completed work washedaway. It is feared that the wholebuildings is undermined but nothingdefinite can yet bo learned. Thewater surrounds it to a depth of liftoon feet.

It is thought now, since the fall hascommenced, that the damage is atan end, and the city is regaining itsusual business activity.

It will take months of work andthousands of dollars to repair thestreets alone, so badly have they beenwashed. All the sowers are broken.

It is difficult to form an idea ofthe immense amount of damage doneto the many residences and storeshere, but it is safe to predict that itwill run up to hundreds of thousandsof dollars.

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A Revolt from l\hi« Cotton.

Ki..\< Kvn.i.i:, JulyA fewyears ago the man who would havoventured to suggest to the farmersalong tho railroads in this countythat more money, per aero, could liemade planting watermelons thancould he realized from the old staplewould have been regarded as a crunk.Many <>f litem wotdd have looked uponit as almost desecration to utili/.c thofine cotton lands that border theSouth ('arolina Railway on both sides,from Midway to White I'ond, formelon growing. To one like myself,who has been deeply interested in thedevelopment of the magnificentagricultural resources of this county,and has talked it and written of it onal! proper occasions, and ascertainedin that way how deeply tho one ideaof cotton growing was fixed in theminds of our planters, it is almostincomprehensible to note the changethat has come upon them in tho sectionmentioned. It is, however, asrefreshing and gratifying as it is hardc* r~> jto understand.What an interest now is manifestedin melon-growing. What an innn

dustry it has become. What life andanimation it. throws into business cirjcles at this otherwise dull season ofthe year. Por the last three weeksthis town and those above us and bo|low on the railroad have exhibited a

scene of life and activity that is notequalled, in some respects, in thebusy cotton months. IJuyer and sol|ieitors for commission houses from allparts of the North, Past, and North,west have filled up our towns and gofrom place to place by every train,ami actively compete with each otherin their endeavors to secure as manycarloads us possible. The telegraphoperator is kept busy sending and receivingdispatches as to the state ofthe market from all points. TheSouth ('arolina Railway is kept busymoving the crop. liuying and sellino is active every afternoon whenthe cars, which have been loaded allalong the line, have been massed here.

farmers, merchants, and buyersfrom abroad arc all alike filled withthe desire of bio profits, and a frajj- |imeiit of the spirit of Wall street seems

to have turned loose here. The re-

suit this season has boon greatlybeneficial to our section. The plantershave realized oood prices, and allwho have handled the crop are satisfiedwith the profits realized. Thecrop is easily made, rapidly marketed,ind the universal verdict is that theprofits far exceed, per acre, the bestcotton crop.

I hit the beauty of is that it doesnot interfere with the cotton crop inmy way. It is so oasily made thatthe cotton crop need not be decreasedto any jrreat extent. It is marketedat a time when planters have littleelse to do, ai.d brings cash into oireolation at a time money is oroatlyneeded. Some of the small fannerstell mo that theyjhavo already in pocketas much money as their cotton cropwill realize, at one-fifth of the cost,and at the same time expect to makeas much cotton as they nsualU make.It is safe to say that the watermelonindustry has passed tho experimentalsfago in this section. It did notprove near so remunertive at first,owinpr to the fact that the movementwas new and our planters inexperiencedand did not understand how tomarket the crop to the best advantage,and consequently iduttod some mar-ket whilo others wont unsuppliod.Tho arrangements for freights had

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not been systematized and in manyinstances consigners were swindledr>

by unscrupulous parties, who soldmelons in many of (lie markets, lintthese matters have all been overcomeand this season's crop has been wellhandled and prices have been verysatisfactory all the time. It is estimatedthat the crop of this season,which has now boon mostly marketed,will put at least tifty-thounand dollarsin the pockets of out people inthis section of our country. ()f coursemolon-growing can only be profitablycarried on where the lands are

contiguous to railroads, as it will notpay to haul them any great distance.The railroads are doing much to promote the industry but can and shoulddo more. They should provide carsmore suitable for tno shipment of thefruit, so that the freshness may bebettor preserved, and guard againstloss from excessive, heat. Theyshould also reduce the freights andarrange for schedules of rapid andcontinuous transportation to all markets.They can well afford to dothis, as the more accommodations andassurances the people have of realizingprofits from their industry, thelarger the crops will be, and consequentlyan increaso of business forthe roads, and that, too, at a timewhen thero is nothing much else forthem to haul.

Hut whilo the monoy realized frommelon growing is very gratifying initself, yet the rosult of the experimentis much more far-reaching.The most encouraging feature connectedwith it is that our farmershave made a break from exclusivecotton planting as a money crop.Other agricultural experiments aro

now sure to bo made which will leadto a development of the wonderfuland untold agricultural resources ofour Stato. With soil, cl'mato andevery natural advantage £pr successfulagriculture there is absolutely no

reason why our State should not betin? garden spot of our great countryBreak our people away front the erroneousidea that cotton is the onlymoney crop we have, and the workwill bo fairly begun. Why may notthe watermelon culture in BarnwellCounty provo tho turning point?

, Ktptallv as groat results have hadtheir origin in a smaller cause.

(>ur town is rapidly and solidly re-

I covering from tho ashes. Fine briclstores now moot the gaze on evorjhand and handsome residences an

rapidly tilling up tho open lots. TheSouth Carolina Hailway is makingalterations and amendments t<meet the largo fall business whiclloooms up so prominently.Blackville, the outlet over theSouth Carolsna Railway, for thesplendid country traversed by theBlaekvillo and Newberry Railroadis advantageously located for ul!kinds of business. The climate iseoual to Aiken, health unsurpassedby any locality in tho State, near thoilealings Springs, with good society,good schools and churches, there ismo reason why parties seeking a goodplace to spend the winter, or to locateand invest permanently, either forbusiness in town or sueessful planting,should seek farther than thiscommunity to lind all tlio advantagesthey eon Id wish. Wo will welcomeall who wish to come among us to so!cure homes and become citizens or

sojourners. Wcv/vj an<l (.'onricr.

Carlisle on (lie Situation.

The .Memetnjt:v has tin? greatestconfidence in Speaker Carlisle s judgmentas a statesman and politician.Being interviewed the other day by a

reporter of the New Vork l/rr<i/d>Mr. ('arlisle summed up the probabilitiesof the next campaign and thopersonalities of the candidates most

admirably. Mr. ('arlisle said:' I think the renoinination of Mr.

Cleveland is a foregone conclusion,and in my opinion it is tne wisest andbest thing the Democratic party can

do. If nominated ho will be elected,no matter who may be his opponent.J lo has given tho country a sensible,business-bke and patriotic administion,and the best evidence of his capacityfor the place he occupies isfound in the fact that even his most

vigilant and vindictive political opponentshave not been able to pointto a single instance in wnicli anypublic interest has suffered on accountof his oilicial conduct. The petulanttone of the party criticism to whichhe iias been subjected throughoutildiuinistra11(js ,,f itself il r<hifessionthat his couptjo in loiraud to laroe andhnportont matters is unassailublo.So long as ho does the ritrht thing at

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the right time, and in the right way,a,

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fi Jno political capital can bo made bvattempts to ridicule or exaggeratehis personal characteristics; and if lieis renomi'iatod the Republicans willdiscover, long before the campaign isover, that this shot is too small for thegame they are hunting. Mr. Maine1 think, can securso the Republicannomination if he wants it. Rut I amnot certain that he would take it. lieis the most perfect living representativeof the real principles and methodsof the partisan Republicanismwhich characterized administration ofthe government for twenty years afterthe close of the war; and if theparty intends to make an honest andaggressive campagn in support of itsactual political faith it will compelhim to take the nomination. Mr.Maine believes implicitly in the sovereigntyof the Republican party, andin himself as the impersonation of its'power, lie therefore claims the aljlegianco and active support of everyprofessed Republican, and never for-gives any one who opposes him. I'hisalienated h'rn from a large number ofprominent men in his own party, butlie is still stronger inside the partythan any other man, and if nominatedwould rociovo the full partisan vote;but he will never again receive sucha vote as he received in 1881."The following is the copy of an

Act to permit the sale of domesticwines manufactured in this Statowithout license:

Skcsion 1. He it enacted by theSenate and House of Representativesof the State of South Carolina, nowmet and sitting inCJeneral Assembly,and by the authority of tin; same,That from and after the passage ofthis act it shall bo lawful for any personor persons in this State, withoutlicense, to sell, trade or barter, inquantities not loss than a quart, domesticwine manufactured by suchperson or persons from grapes or borrysgrown wi'hin this State: Procido/,That all wines sold under theprovisions of this Act shall be put u|iin bottles, casks or demijohns containingnot less than one quart, and thata label containing the name of theperson or persons manufacturing andselling the same shall be placed uponeach and every bottle of wine sold b^them.

Sue. 2 That any person or porsomviolating the provisions of this Actshall, upon conviction thereof, belined in a sum not more than fiftydollars, or by imprisonment not morethan one month, or both fined andimprisoned, in tho discretion of tlui/ Avuun.

Sue. 3. rhat all Acts or parts olActs, genoral or special, contrary t<the provisions of this act bo, and thesame arc hereby, repealed, so far as

they may be in conflict with thisAct.

Approved Dec. 20, A. 1). 1885.A Poetical Address.

Columbia RecordThe following is tho novel addross

upon a letter put in tho Columbiapost office on Saturday. It was evidentlywritten in tho city:Toot! toot! your whtHtlo loud; lot her scream!'''akemo along with a full head of Htoam.To Fort Scott, Kans&a, I want to go.Whore in summer gentlo zephyra blow;To It. ». Walls, who in there making brick.1'lease tawo me right away, <|uick!

In advance o£ tho sickly season rendoiyourself impregnable; a malarial atmosphero or sudden change of temperature kfraught with dancer; use Dr. .1. II. Mebean's Strengthening Cordial, 1.00 peilK>ttle. «

t Important ICnilmnd Matter*.

Piiit.ADKMMiiA, July 80. -Kraal? Thompson, vice president of t'io l'enn> sylvaniu railroad had an interview' yesterday with tlio managers of sev1 oral important railway lines leadingSouth from Washington and hnvt

! concluded negotiut'ons for one ol' the most important railway traflic ar'rangeinonts ever entered into by tin

I Vnnsy 1 vania railroad. Thoarrangomeatembraces the formation of threethroundi southern lines in order ton

overcome expense and delays by numeroustransfers incident to shipmentof freight from cities and interiorpoints in the South, destined to anypoints North reached by the I'enn1sylvaniu road system.

There were present at the intoro1view, John Robinson, President ofthe Seaboard and Roanoke road;II. Walters, General Manager of theAtlantic ('oast -Line; K. 15. Thomas,General manager of the Richmondand Danville railroad; Sol Haas,Trallie Manager of the \ irginia Midlandrailroad, and John S. \\ ilson,(jioneral Freight ami Traffic Agentof tho I'ennsy Ivania railroad. I hroethrough freight linos aro so arrangedto cover all tho important southernterritory reached by the roads out ofWashington and they will run viathe Virginia Midland Railroad; sen7

ootid t<> run via the Atlantic ('oastLino and tho third via Wilmington,Norfolk, Richmond and I'ortsmout-h.Faeh *»f tho companies interested willfurnish its (ptota of ears and lines as

j established will provide all rail connection,which will undoubtedly haveureal influence in promoting businessinterests of the SoutIt.

\ ice-1.'resident Thompson has al-ready directed that cars to bo provid-ed by the I 'ennsy I vania railroadshall bo promptly assigned to thisservice, and it is the intention of allparties interested to proceed at onceto get these through lines in operationat the ear'iest date possible.Interstate Kevenue Statistics.

W as 111 n»; ion , .1 uly 23, The commissionerof eternal revenue, Miller,to day submitted to Secretary Fairchilda preliminary report of tho operations of that service during the lisculyear ending July 20, 1S87, fromwhich the following facts and figuresare taken: Total collection from all

I sources of internal revenue for tliefiscal year just ended, were $I 18,835,I757. This is $ 1 ,035,888 more thanthe collection for the previous fiscalyear. The cost of collection to hepaid out of the appropriations madeto the revenue bureau was about $1,i075,000; to this must be added thecost of printing the internal revenue

stamps. The receipts from different| objects of taxation, as compared withthe receipts for the previous veer,was as follows: Spirits $05,820,332, a

decrease of $3,202,040; tobacco $30,108,007, an increase of 2,200,705;fermented liquors $21,022,187, an increaseof $2,2 15,150; oleomargarine$723,018, all increase, lianhs $!,588,increase. Miscellaneous $247,045,an increase of $21 1,350. The figuresindicate a decrease in the eonsumptionof sb'rituous liquors, and a

corresponding increase in the consumptionof malt liquors..» A

UllWtti'I'illlt »tl lOxpein e to llieCounty.

As a specimen of tho way in whichcounty Trial Justices soinetimes carryto trial frivolous eases at oreat expenseto 1110 county, which could hosettled without expense, the holow is{riven. The ease was one, that ofStatu vs. James Bredlow, brought heIforo Trial Justice Brown, in the caseof alleged larceny of a poeketkn'.fe,the value <>f which was probably about15 cents:Trial Justice's fee $8,00Constable' fee 5,75Sheriff's bill, commitment 50

" " board for J line 1,80Clerks charges 1,00

12,10There is besides a further bill for

hoard for July, and fee for dischargefrom jail, for the case was appealed

j from tho Trial I Justice's court anddismissed,From the same Trial Justice hills

i, have boon received, including somecases which were dissmissed before

. tho Court of General Sessions, yetconsiderable expense caused theI county by ooin<r through the form of

triad in the lirst court when ai mere' looking into the faiMs would laaiveshown the baselessness of the actions,

s -Columbia /{< f/isfri'.t -» «.ASli'i'H sa o«*v I )i>nsi>l i V i. !! .><1> 1 ' *

> ( WUmimjton Mrdacnyev.)1 Mr. John Watters, superintondanlof tlie fibre department of AcmeManufacturing Company's works at

f Cronly, vouches the following:) A colored man brought several> hens to that embryo city for saleM They were purchased. One of them,'! a little yellow fowl, came into posessIsion of Mr. Walters. Dutifully she

laid a nest of eggs and perseveringlyshe hatched a brood of chickens,and with maternal caro she nursedand hovered over her brood.When the chicks were weaned the

hoti grew sick, nigh unto death, and, began to moult. The process keptJon until a full cock's plumage adorn

C<1 I lint lion K1 »<> nninrifitil /\ «iI" . ...WW CI

full fledged black-broastcd' brasswinged red cock, with glossy Howing tail.

.Mi Walters regretted he lmd sonlthe lien-rooster to Capt. Strudwiok

r.j of Hillsboro, and the reporter couhlnot see it, her or him.

* Messrs. Wilkes Morris and W. Ifr French say they saw tho.strunge compoundand attest the story as true.

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ridclity l« TIlcOM riay.

t Washington, July 29.- -Tho soc-rotary of tho interror to day denied: the claim oT William Hcdgspcth, ox!|>rivato it) the 12d Indiana volunteers.r The case is an uncommon one, and> has been the subject of much d'scusfsit>n by pension oTeials. I ledgesjielhwas captured in 1S1W and eon*,lined as a prisoner tit Andersonville.After remaining in capt'vity five

^ months ho enlistened in lho ('onfed'

crate army, lie says, to escape starvation,and so informed his fellow-prisonersand that at tho first opportunityho would desert, and if possiblemake his win back to his old command.After a short service in tho< 'oufodorato army ho carried out hisintention, and linallv reached Ins oldregiment, in which ho served untildischarged.

Sonic veers ago Iledgspeth >»j»i>1i«><I for a pension on the ground ofdisability contracted w hile in the Federalservice. This fact was fullysustained.The law provides that no one who

aided, directly or ine'rectiy, the enemiesof the Cfovenunont in the latewar shall bo permitted to draw a

'pension. Iledgspeth's brief ooonee|tion with the Confederacy made himamenable to the law. lbs motive, »tis said, cannot be taken into considj(nation. .Opinions by the do/en,somo favorable and others unfavorableand others mifa\^»rable, haveoeen written upon the case by differentoflicials of the interior department.At last, after the lapse of'years, it reached the secretary of theinterior for liual action The papersmi the case, which are very voluminous,include a strong protest by('omuiiss'oncr MlarU against the paymentof tho pension.

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M.\i/i'iMot.i:, .1 uly Jit). .) udge Mondsitting in the I'uited States DistrictCourt today, decided that TIioiiias\\ iggins, known all over the world".suMI;nd Tom" the pianist, shall bedelivered on or before August 10 intothe custody of Mrs. Fli/.a Methane,who represents ('limity W iggins, the

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« '-mi iin<m i i i >i11111 i (mi. :11i«i 11illi .J sis.\V. liethune. who lias had charge ofliiii:, shall at the .same time pay to.Mis. I Jot Isune t Ik* sum of $7,000 forpast services. The. cast* has been inthe Courts for several years, ami hasattracted considerable a. < ntion fromthe fact that Tom aas been held as achnttal by the IJethunes ever sincehis musical jjeuius has made him val|viable. The suit was brought in theinterest o» his mother l*> te^ain pssessionof him.

('liicUens llntebed li\ (lie limit.

1 M»tA\Al'oi.ts, .Inly 20.-- A novelsiohi was witnessed here vosterdav asthe result of hi<rn temptu'aturo of theoast three weeks. Some time am* a

. i*tirin received a consignment of eoos

packed in boxes after the usual uianInor. The <mos were placed iu stora«roami yesterdaymorninif tho consigneeopened the ease. W hen thelid was removed the low call ofchicks sounded in his ears. ()no entirelayer of coirs was found to behatching out and in a few minutesaTter tho e<ri»"s were brought to the

» ilioht fifteen welldevoloped "orphans"picked their way through theshells. Another layer began tohatch out about, noon and it nowlooks as though the cntiro consignr>oment will hatch.

Sioux <'i<> Sinking.

Ciiicauo, July 29.. A special fromSioux City, Iowa, says:

"The Missy uri River continues to'cut the hank in front of this city,several hundred foot of valuableproperty having gone out «>f sight inthe last twenty-four hours. The1 llino«s ('entral, Siou* City and Pacificand Milwaukee Railroads have

{joined in an effort to stop the eutiting,and are working three hundredmen. Knginoers say they can controlit in tune.,1

Sick headache, wind on the stomach,liiUinux.ncsM, nausea, arc promptly andagreeably banished by Dr. .1. II. Mckean'skittle Liver and Kidney Pellets, 2fic. pervial.

The Atlantic Coast Line sent tiesweek I'm lirst watermelon trainIroiurli froiii V hkitUo ( -.. I'-"

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1 on, with 15,000 melons on hoard.Tiio trip was inado in ninety-livehours, auavoraga of twenty-live milesper hour, at a cost of about lifteoncents per melon. It is pleasurable tonote any convenience extended totillers of the soil. Truckers in thissection mi<dit observe this item andn

govern themselves accordingly.According to an old custom

, Cieorge \V. t'hilds is acting, duringthe summer, as sexton at the littleKpiscopnl Church at Klberon, X. .1.lie seats visitors who have no pewsof their own and also passes the conitribution box. Mr. Chi Ids is veryproud of his office and will not ac-

> ccj»t auv other in the t_f«ft of the 1 it'tie church.» Thore sre many accidents and diseaseswheh affect Stock and cause serious lnonvenienco and loss to the farmer and inIns work, which may he quickly remidiedhy the use of Dr. .1. 11. M cLeans VolcanicOil Liniment.

.lust fame is accorded to a Kontuckiituwho is ninety-nine years oldt and has never been a candidate for, an office.[ o #

If you suller pricking pains on movingthe eyes, or cannot bear bright light, andfind your sight weak and failing, youshould promptly use Or J. II, McLeansstrengthening Eyo Sal»o '25c. a box.

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Coerciiiff a Country.

Loi;>svii.i.k, Ky., July 20.- I "nitodStates .Marshal Cross returnedfrom Tavlor County tonight, whoreho wont with a mandate from FedoralCourt to collect tho railroad

| tax.The marshnl, although boycottedby the people of that count\ , ^succeededin undone1 seyeral hundredIo\ »es. He reports it as tou^di work.Tho cit'/ens put eyery ohslaclo inthe way and refused to pay.

()no man, who was about to |>ayh's taxes, it was rumored, was lynchedand others have boon threatened.The ooods have not been sold yet,an i doubtless will have to be sloppedout of the county before purchaserscan be found.

o .* jlr"«r immut iiiiin 1 no hush treatment or

medicines which horribly '.rri|».» the patientland destroy the coating of the .stomachDr. J. II. Mcheatis Chill and Fever cure.Sold at ad cents a bottle,$0

What is neurasthenia? It is morecommon in the I'nited States thanany oilier country. Physicians saythat from the equator north, andfrom the arctic regions south, nervousdiseases reach a climax in thetemperate /one, the /one in which Kuropeaucivilization exists. Neurastheniais a comparatively modem disease,and is supposed to arisi^fromthe increased activity, the nervousstrain under which the Americanpeople live. In ICurnpo nervous diseasesclassed under this head are hutlittle knosvn; but our people are

everyday becoming more nervous,and their organizations more delicate.It is partly due to our climate, butprincipalis to American enterprise.

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Some cruel wnir spread the reportthat Queen Victoria would trive sixlouineas and a silver cradle to everychild horn in her dominions on JubileeI )ay. About four hundredpeople made application for the precious<>ifts for their darlings, but theQueen has evidently concluded thatit is mere blessed to receive that toVive presents. Hence many tears.

Two balloons have been purchasedfor the military school at Tientsin,t'hina. The larger one is capable ofholding sixty or .-event y persons, andthe smaller thirty persons. An instructorlias already arrived at Tientsin.and after live months practicetiial trips will be .nude.

< 'liarles lh>lm, of Indiana, sold hiswife to .1. II. Ituncli, a blind pensionsioner,for $15(10. Wonder who was

cheated in the transaction.

lAposure to romth weather, ip'ttinx *etliving in (lamp localities, are favoralile tothe contraction of diseases of the kidneysand hi.elder. As a preventive, and for thecure of all kidney and liver trouble, usethat valuable remedy, Dr. .1. II. McLean'sI.ivi r and Kidney Malm. $1.00 per bottle

A I >VKIvTlSK.\l ifiXTS

FAIR HU FF

Mali: ami fkmai.E"I \ '. tfnirni trni i

li\M I I U I W,With Military Department lorRoys and Calisthenics and

Fine Arts for Girls.

REV. J. A. SMITH Giuduath okDavidson Co .1,1.0k, I'hok. ok Latin and(' ilkkk, MoUAI, and, Mk.STAI. PlMI.osopily.

CAPT. W. L. FLOYD, Gkaduate okS. C. Mii.itahy Academy, I'hok. Mathematicsand Mii.itahy Tactics. ""

MISS LOULA AYERS, Gkaduateok Chowan Femai.e Ins t«t:te, Teach eiiok Cai.isthknk s, 11 Ki 11 Kit Hnoi.isii, Musicand Fkencii.

MRS. MARIA LOUISA SMITH,Savannah, Ga. IIioii Sciiooi., Tkaciikhok vocai. and instrumental music.

>Tuition and Hoard reasonable

C'lTADKI. Cap AND I NIKOH.M $10.75.

Session Opens on the First Mondayin Septemiikh 1887. Foil 01 it LargeCircular, Addhess

(APT. W. L. FLOYD,FAIH Hl.ukk, N. C.

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3STotice to Ored.itors. ^

M. T. FIojtI, Administrator of L. 11.Floyd, deceased, Plaintiff aganist Cathcv'inoV f'/\l/»mo»* c.-.....X, V V/IV I1KIII, 1 J, v Ult'Ill.'ltl,Hugh Floyd, <f nl, Defendants.( <>mplaint for Judgment- and llelief.In obedience to nu Order of the Court

in above stated case made by Judge .J. II.j Hudson, of date the "itli day of .May 1887,notice is hereby given, that all creditors ofthe lvdate of the said L. II. Floyd, deceas!ed, are re(|iiired to prove their demandsbefore the Clerk or this Court, 011 or bet-orethe 10th day of September next, orthis notice may be plead in bar of theirclaims.

JOHN M. OMVfilt, C. C. P.july 21 523f.

THOS. F. OII.LESPIE.A.ttorney at I.iuv

uikI Trial .lustlee. "

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