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rHE NEWS. TOCCOA, GEORGIA. It is proposed now in France to sub¬ stitute death by electricity for the guillo- Ane. Canada will soon have an independent Atlantic cable to England,the $2,000,000 required having being nearly all sub¬ scribed. Oklahoma was an unsettled wilderness but a few weeks ago, yet it managed to have the biggest Fourth of July accident of the year;_ Over 20,000 French people have bcei induced to emigrate to the Argentine Republic, and about the same numbei would be awfully glad to get back t« France again. The daily consumption of crude ane finished iron, of cheap dry goods and ol ihop and mill products generally, is growing with amazing rapidity in all the Western and Southern States. Dr. Felix L. Oswald predicts in the North American Review that the progress of forest destruction will before long re¬ duce a large area of our farm land* to the necessity of artificial irrigation. At present the exports of the United States to Chili are not far from $3,000,- 000 per year, and our imports from that busiest and most thriving of South Ameri¬ can republics are a little less than this sum. London Justice says that all the people now living in the world, or about 1,400,- 000,000, could find standing room within the limits of a field ten miles square,and, by aid of a telephone, could be addressed by a single speaker. English investments in Mexico seem to be increasing with thc regularity of arithmetical progression. In 1886 they reached two and a half million sterling; in 1887, five millions, and hist year nearly eleven millions. The Philadelphia Record declares that “while the sunflower and the lily have their enthusiastic admirers aud advo¬ cates, the laurel is gaining ground as the most appropriate American national flower. If a vote should be taken it is probable that the laurel would have a ma* jority over all floral competitors.” The state of anarchy in Hayti is pro¬ ducing its natural results. Trade is paralyzed aud the lack of all security foi property is forcing all foreign merchants out of thc country. Provisions are as deal as they were in the early mining days in California, and the people are in a bad way, for they arc without- food or money. The lot of the Maine peddler is not now as happy as it has been. A law has gone into effect which makes it incumbent upou persons pursuing that avocation in the Pine Tree State to provide themselves with a paper certifying to their good moral character and to the fact that they w® American citizens. The peddler who lacks such a passport is to be prohibited from peddling. Mr. C. Meriwether, of South Carolina, graduate student of John Hopkins Uni¬ versity, has entered the educational scr- vice of the Japanese Government as in¬ structor of the English language and literature in the second higher middle school of Japan at Sendai, in the northern part of the main island. The appoint¬ ment was made through the Japanese Minister in Washington aud the engage- went lasts for three years. Missouri is one of the few States in the limon ^ which continues to pay bounties on wolt scalps. A St. Louis paper explains that during the war men were so busy hunting men that they paid no attention to wolves, which increased so rapidly as to make sheep-raising impracticable in some of the southern counties. In five years, from 1S70 to 3S76, the State paid out $1,500,000 for wolf scalps at- $3 per scalp. The St. Louis editor says it will take another million and a half to exter¬ minate the wolves of south Missouri. The Giant Diamond, lately discovered in Cape Colony, South Africa, and now at the Paris Exposition, weighs ISO carats, and is valued at $3,000,000. It is kept in a glass case by itself and guar¬ dians stand around it all day. At night it is placed in a big safe, which is simi¬ larly guarded all night. It is said to be of the first water, and as pure as the fa¬ mous Regent iu the French Crown dia- monds. It is for sale, and it is confident¬ ly expected that some American in home¬ spun clothes and a slouch hat will come along one of those days and buy it as a pocket piece. A scientific authority has figured out the best average time run by trains irain4 in m > •Jr,,, t- , j . attained by one of ,he Freoch railroads, Ztnz ' ' “ roads d * renre&eiitcd ‘ ' 1 in le i- ^ : 'ited • States, and wlulc . . the New York Central dm* no, show the fastest ui eruge speed for any distance, it leads the van with an average 1)eed , of , 41 8 10 mHes ' per hour for 439 miles, which is about the distance 6 Bp be ' tween New o k aJ d D Buffalo, ~ , and the -ongest , ^ . distance ,. represented. . SODTHEM NEV ,ni d ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM F14- R10 US POINTS IN TEE SO UTU. A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS GOING ON Of IMPORTANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. Reports from the Virginia tobacco crop are encouraging. Hr. J. B. Wortham, a prominent citi¬ zen of Winchester, Va., committed sui¬ cide Monday, by shooting himself through for the head. No cause is assigned the deed. At a meeting of capitalists in Charlotte, N. C., Thursday night, it w r as decided to build a cotton oil refinery at once. It will be located either in Charleston or Columbia, S. C. About eighty gentlemen of Boston, Mass., left that city Saturday for Shef¬ field, Ala., by special train. It is stated that the party intend to invest heavily in local enterprises at Sheffield. Matthew Gibbs, supposed to be the oldest man in the state, died at his home, n ar Center, N. C., Monday morning. Mr. Gibbs wras 108 years old, and died of sheer old age. The heading of the great tunnel at Cumberland Gap, which unites the states of Kentucky and Tennessee with Vir¬ ginia, was knocked in at 6 o’clock 1 hursday afternoon, with appropriate ceremonies. The Chicago delegation which lately visited Tampa, Fla., returned home and reported Tampa harbor as possessing su¬ perior facilities for making it a terminal point for South aud Central America and West India vessels. Sunday morning iu a gambling den in Macon, Ga., Herman Bohnefeld and Levy Loweuthal quarreled over a game of cards. A bloody fight ensued, in which Bolme- feld was stabbed to death by Lowenthal Charles Camden, of Lexington, Va., died Saturday night of a cancer, which, iu one year, literally eat away the lower portion of his body, starting in the legs. 'Ihe case resisted the treatment of the most eminent surgeqns. J- ?*• ^hilfi 8 , who opened a music store in Birmingham, Ala., a few weeks a f?°i went in debt as deep as he could and skipped. Ilia shop is in the hands of the sheriff under attachments sworu out by numerous creditors. The Tradesman , at Chattanooga, Tenn., has received authentic informa¬ tion that the coal miners of Alabama are organizing to fight the convict labor system and company stor< s, and demand better mining laws. A convention will be held in September aud the struggle will be inaugurated. At Charlotte, N. C., the jury in the case of state against Police Sergeant Boyle and Policeman G. J. Morris, for clubbing and the Justice Hunter, could not agree, judge ordered their discharge Sunday, entering a mistrial for Boyle. Morris was acquitted. The jury stood five for conviction and seven for acquit- tal. A special from Lexington, Ky., says the Arlington hotel at Blue Lick Springs, was burned Monday morning. A hun¬ dred guests were at the hotel, all of whom escaped. Loss, $35,000; insurance $17,000. Senator Blackburn and ex- Chief Justice Hargio and family, were among the guests. The heirs of brothers William F. and George W. Norton, deceased millionaires of Louisville, Ky., have decided to give $6,000 to the building fund of thc South- tru Baptist 'lheological Seminary, moved there from South Caroliua a few years ago. Both brothers made princely gifts to the seminary during their life¬ time. RozzelPs family, of Charleston, N. C., consisting Monday of a wife and three children, relatives on Union evening were going to see m county in a carriage, The and when driving along a precipice, carriage capsized, throwing Mrs. Ilozzell and the three children out. All the children are badly injured, and it is thought Mrs. Ilozzell canuot recover. Extensive preparations are being made at Knoxville, Tenu., to celebrate the 103d anniversary of Davy Crockett’s birthday on the farm where he was bora near Limestone. Among the guests will be 11. 1*. Crockett, of Granberry, Texas, the only living son of the frontiersman, and the only living grandson of Colonel R. H. Crockett, of New Gaseny, Ark. The Dispatch newspaper of Montgom¬ ery, Ala., was, on Saturday night, sold by its president, Colonel D. S. Troy, to the A <h rrtiscr. ’Ihere will be no hyphen¬ ated name, and the editorial and office force of the Advertiser remains un¬ changed. The Dispatch is understood to have lost over $50,000. The Advertiser has been in existence since 1828, and has absorbed over a dozen papers. Gen. J. R. Lewis, the newlv appointed post-master and Col. A. E. Buck, a prominent republican leader, were burn¬ ed in effigy at Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday mglit. The burning was the result of the appointment, by Postmaster Lewis, ot a colored man to a position in the registry department of the Atlanta post- office to work in the same room with a young lady, daughter of the super- intendent. A band of cattle thieves is getting in work in the the section Apalachicola of Florida contig¬ uous to River, Tt.e band has been depredating upon the herds of cattle for some time, and many farmers have been their victims, The community would is thoroughly aroused, and it not be safe for the farmers to to^be get in sight of the gang which is said composed oi two white men and two negroes. McDowtll coumjf \V7 ua [ s are nicagre. It appears that a widow, named Giliis, lived iu a remote district of the county with two daugh- ters about grown. They were poor, but respectable people. Friday the neigh- bors found all three dead. They had evidently been criminally assaulted and murdered. There is absolutely no ciue to the dispJoh perpetrators of the deed. A from Columbia, is S. C.,sav s; The Secretary of the State kent busy fi issuin’ 1 charters and XhaTbringor! eomnissions o numeroasiudwtries ganized throughout the state. Three charters of commissions were taken A out r f „ , v-, , lt villa and MK&r'fer AuEE w “ el, ". b8 *r ed .“ Co!umbia - The v *• i em . T . ^ SSOC ationin convention ttSSSS* j cruel, thesenteuees^fallpersonslintencS^dS requesting Governor Hill'to commute law, and asMngfor the repeal of the ... ___ Ref over * 41 *.°00,000 have been i^s-joowooollf^Ptuf^u icrease hi Veoi 0 ' ^ ^ “* Whicb I ll\^ “ ork * great over iE BUSINESS OUTLOOK. ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM R. G. DUN <k CO. FOR THE PAST WEEK. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for the week says: Changes in the business worid during the week, though but slight, have all been in the right direc¬ tion. There is a little better movement of products, some improvement in crop prospects, with confidence particularly in cotton, and more and strength in the stock market and less chance of a dis- Sn In r manufactures, mZ,7„eJ:,re aWa all n°'n changes 5peCie ,m are E in ? ro the R?- direction of improvement, and reports from the interior indicate a volume of trade exceeding last year’s, and, on the whole, steadily increasing. Of all cities reporting this week, scarcely one notes dullness in trade. The glad news that the coke strike has ended, removes the apprehension of closing many iron works in the Pittsburg district. Prices of iron and manufactured iron and steel had been advancing. With steady improvement in the reports of food products from the Northwest, wheat has declined about i on sales of only 8,000,000 bushels at New York, and corn $c. on sales of 5,000,000 bushels. Oats are nearlv one cent lower and hogs 10c. per 100 pounds. In oil there is an advance of $c., and in coffee prices have been lifted J of a cent. Sugar is nominal, with 6J cents, quoted as above any bid at present attainable. The stock market has been strong and advancing, and money in ample supply for commercial use is quoted at about the usual rates all over the country. During the week the treasury took iu one million dollars more than it paid out, but mer- chandise exports from New York for the week were nearly 30 per cent, above last year, with an increase of about 20 per cent, iu imports. The average prices of commodities have slightly advanced. Business failures throughout the country during the week number, for the United States, 1G4; Canada, 35; total 201, against 210 last week. AN EXCITING SCENE. A BALLOON BURSTS IN MID-AIR AND CRASHES TO THE EARTH. A. Mount Holly, N. 0., Friday afternoon, Professor W. K. Perry, the celebrated aeronaut of the American Balloon company was to have made his marvelous leap to the earth after ascend- ing to a height of three-quarters \ of a When decoding the balloon by aid of parachute. had traveled upwards about seven hundred feet the crowd dis- covered that it was bursting, gas could be seen shooting out, and soon the cau- Vas Perry cloth began”to drop. As Professor was bolding on under the para- chute, he was not aware of his terrible situation. The crowd became frantic with excitement. Yells went up and pistols were fired to attract the man’s attention, but all of no avail Soon, however, ail the gas and air iu the balloon was exhausted, and it bemra to fall downward. It was too late to loosen the parachute from the wrecked balloon, but for some distance it was Successfully engineered. The balloon causing the parachute to capsize, all came down with a terrible crash to the earth. The unfortunate man was taken from the wreck in an insensible coudi- tion. Many of his bones were broken, and his recovery is very doubtful. AN ANGRY MOB* FIVE HUNDRED HUNGARIANS ATTACK IN¬ NOCENT WORKMEN. Hungarians at Morewood, Pa., where the miners were on a strike, and which was satisfactorily settled, refused to go to work Friday morning,because they did not understand that the strike was set- tledi Hearing that the Alice and Besse¬ mer works were running, they formed a howling mob of about five hundred and etarted for those plants. The men at the Alice mines were warned in time,aud fled. Upon reaching Tipple, the mob tore the boards off and started ihe c^al wagons down the slope, to wreck them and block the entrance so that no coal could be hoisted. They next made a descent upon the store at Bessemer, and after breaking the windows and doors open, carried off nil the bread and bologna sausage they could find on the premises. By this time Sec¬ retary Thorn arrived, in company with another of the leaders. They addressed * them, and finally succeeded in making them understand that tha strike was over in their favor. A BOLD ROBBER. A MAN, SINGLE HANDED, ROBS A WI8CON SIN CENTRAL TRAIN. The Wisconsin Central passenger trait from Chicago, was held up and robbed by a single man between Chippewa Falls and Abbottsfoid, at 3:30 o’clock Thurs¬ day morning. At the hour named, a man entered one of the sleeping cars, corn- munied the conductor and porter to throw up their hands, and proceeded to go through them. He took from the conductor $30 and a silver v.atch and from the porter a gold watch and a small amount of money, aud from a passenger tackTed * some money and a watch. He another passenger, but the latter told him the conductor had all his money. As a matter of fac f , however, the man had $500 on his person. The robber pulled the bell rope as goon as he had c >mpleted thc robbery, and when the train came to a stop be jumped off aud escaped. A BIG SUIT. 000,000. ---- The Robert Morris Land and Coal Companv, of New York, on )[» D dav, filed a bill in equity against the Phi lad el- phia and Reading Coal and Iron cornua- nv, in the United Slates circuit emm at Pittsburg, Pa., alleging that they are owners of 8,949 acres of coal and timber land in Northumberland county £“ta Penn posse sion of the land and timber is ranidlv re raovnm the coal and bein^taken from oui it 2,00ffi000 tons of coal annually. The property P in di,pute P is worth $30.000,000. —- - --- PINE ST BAGGING - ~ ,h" *" F f® lbre cm hrJl >t for r w 1 >ri,w 1 r ; on Me* on a very j £ea » mlde i of / industry,; t ami the P nr ^ f m u* r are r n no " shipping pme j „- a ln /° vanous sections ot the , / Ur the P ur P ose of mtroduc- i a.rneu, , ITT wi l solve the " cT \ baggm w *? Ich question * 11 . !S - ,cr lhe motion planters cd tl.eS uth. and rt i, *' v . e ! J eu * of Mr- exactions uf fhe jut* . GENERAL A’EWS. CONDENSA TION OF CURIO US, AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM EVEBTWHF.BK—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST. Adirondacks, 4 6hock of earthquake in New was felt in Satur- the York state, da J morning. On Tuesday, Alfred Tennyson, metrical En«r- lan f a master of form, will be eight? Years old wafrafused Frank rvuinV tR M \r innea P£ r hs r bought*i han’rm . He had re * ccntlv “ 7 b ° Ught $100 nn. ’ 000 hfe insurance, Sheriff E. C. Swain, of Paulding G., has been found to be short in bls accounts fco the amount of something °ver $2,000, and his bondsmen asked to be releaSfcd - fully According to the latest statistics care¬ compiled by the board of injury, at Johnstown, Pa., Wednesday, the num- ___ her of lives lost in the devastated district was about six thousand. There w r as terrific explosion of a natural gas main in Pittsburg,Pa., Satur¬ day evening, which resulted in the killing of two men instantly, fatally injuring two more, and seriously injuring some fifteen others. W. H. Talman, a deputy clerk in the chancery shot court, Richmond, Va., who himself Monday, died from the ef- fects of his wound Friday. Soon alter the shooting, Talman explained to his family that it was accidental. In the constitutional convention held in Helena, Mont., it was decided that Helena should remain the capitol until 1892, when the question shall be voted on. Woman suffrage was defeated bv J a tie vote. Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, was identified on Monday by Mr. and Mr-. Carlson, owners of the cottage in wlii< h Dr. Cronin was murdered, i s the man who rented it from them, giving the name “Frank Williams.” An investigation of the accounts of W. shortage amounts to $6,000, and may reach more. Denny lias not yet been an- 1 prehended. The total visible sunnlv of rnttnn the world is 1 043 313 auaintt bales of / 0^0 which 024,313 arc Amerkan /or ft 23 *" and 694 223 biles rpsnprrivpw 7 i! l v- Receipts for bifes. the w ok fll . L S . towns 1,027 The cron ^ b - 6 868 720 bales 1 i Chicago Evening r Journal , reports J, C9tuna ^} 1*0 to 175 cases of typhoid avc “ ue between J t} a “ d * ° rty sixth . streets. The • . attubuted the pollution Py emic is to C,ty water caused by the recent heavy . to the r ^ inS carr ymg sewerage out source SUpply m thc lake * At New York, Monday, the grand jury P resen ted to the court of general sessions, two indictments against Eben S. Allen, as P re8 i den t of the Forty-second Street aud Girand Street Ferry Railroad Com- P an y, charging him with forgeries. The s P ul 'ious stock issued is a trifle over 1,000 shares, I ire broke out in . the book store of Bearer, Batsley & Co., in the Treutman blockatFort Wayne, Ind., Thursday evening. The stock was an entire loss, reaching $40,000. Stern, Mautner & Iredlick, clothing, on stock, $15,000: Louis Wolfe & Co., druggists, damage to stock by water, $20,000. All losses lully covered by insurance. Cardinal Gibbons, who returned from Deerparkj busy Me., Saturday, will be kept several weeks advising with the committees and formulating plans for the great Catholic hierarchald centennial celebration in Baltimore next November, it! and other events iu connection with there will be a re-arrangement of the cathedral to fit it for the large number of prelates, who will take part iu the celebration. A cable from London, England, says: The memorial to the Government, asking that Mrs. Maybrick be reprieved on the grounds of the conflicting nature of the ntedical evidence given at her trial, has been signed by eight hundred broke:s and merchants of Liverpool. Judge Stephens,on Saturday, protested iu court against abusive letters addressed to the jury in the Maybrick case. He said he thought they had conscientiously done their duty. The finding of the dead bodies of Ollie Jones, his wife and two other persons, was reported Thursdav from Corvallis, a small town in Bitter Root Valley, in western Montana. A young girl who had been shot in the hip w'ns also found on Big Gole mountain. All of the dead had been shot in the back. No further de¬ tails could be obtained as Corvallis is without telegraphic facilities. Jones was married three weeks ago and was on the road to his ranche. The newriran steamship “Kansas City,” built at Roach s yard for the New Eng- land and Savannah Steamship Company, was successfully launched .at Chester, p a., oni Saturday. The vessel is 350 feet °J\ r al J> 4o feet be ? m and 27 feet depth of hold. Her T engines are of the tripple expansion surface condensing type, with 3o-inch and 54-mch diameter, aud 54- inch stroke, supplied w ith steam by eight steel boilers. L.he has been con- structed to move 16$ knots per hour. Her passenger accommodat.o: s are 116 first class and 1-0 second class. Ahen finished she will ply between New York and Savannah, Ga. A DUEL FOUGHT ” "“bTwd BDT K ° * - Mr Pat Calhoun WiC ofAtUnta ol it „ n Mr T D ITri \ h Pk ^ fought nooaa Rom Sf«i C< ? ,umbus railroad ’ a evening, Geo just lbe r ^ a hne > in 4 \, Q t a ? ome 1 Becatur ,, tluamson . tired fiye V “ marked'^ r l ^ tch ’ At this point controversy was satisfactorily adjust- Mr Hatemeuts^Sde h? ^ ^ mSnf 1 ^ ^ ( cmI alho ’ Ja b efore a meeting of the railroad -, committee ( f as & •**»*■*«* they■ organiz e. ' ihe pear growers seeking means to ™° I “ I The pear growers and shippers ol Cairo, Ga., have organized an association, and will petition the other localities of the P«a r belt to do likewise, and then meet ut ome central point an<l organize a general association, the purpose of which wid be to oevisv ways and means to protect thpir inuustry. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT SENDS OUT A FAVORABLE REPORT. The August crop report of the depart¬ ment of agriculture at Washington, D. C., makes the condition of cottou 89.3, au advance of nearlv 2 poiuts during the month. Since 1880 this average has been exceeded but three times, in 1882, 18S5 and 1887. Improvement is noted in five states. Two report the same condi¬ tion, while Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi show a lowet average than a month ago. Rains have been frequent during the month, except in portions of Texas, and in many dis¬ tricts they have been excessive. North Carolina has bad too much rain, delaying good cultivation, but ihe Carolina weed showi the a growth. In South condition has been improved by good local seasons, damage though there was some from excess of rain. Alabama returns show the crop in promising con¬ dition, clean, with a good growth, and fruiting well. Mississippi reports the condition lower than one month ago on account of excessive, rain. In Arkansas, the early season was not favorable, and the plant was small and late, but favorable weather during July placed it in vigorous condition, and it is improv¬ ing rapidiy. In Tennessee the condition The has fallen off during the month. stand was generally poor and late, and tbe eycess of moisture has prevented the P ro per cultivation. The averages of the condition by states are: Virginia 63, Nord \ Carolina 80, South Carolina 90, Georgia 91, Florida 95, Alabama 90, Ar Mississippi J ansas $8, Tennessee Louisiana 78. 92, Caterpillar Texas 91, worms are occasionally men- ed m Mississippi and Louisiana, and . 8everal , counties of Texas, but the damage from them is as yet inapprecia¬ ble. ON THE WAR PATH. TWO FAMILIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA I*RE PARING TO EXTERMINATE EACH OTUER. Tile Mc How verdict, at Charleston, S. n na8 been a dozen or more shooting and CUt y ng scrapes m the state within the past week. The last occurred in Laurens ^ ouat y Fr * day > wh «“ B * w - Langford, a . cltlZbn I killed Ben- > anf ““ Lnngatou be both white. A vendetta ba8 i L ^ een \ declared Langfords and Langstons, )een ’ au ^ both families are ?°'T “ tho ” r !»*«<•, 1“ B-nlterg there is also a vendetta on between the Prices and Stewarts, growing out of a caning and snooting scrape that occurred sev- eral days ago in Charleston. The col- man and brother is following closely m the footsteps of his white brother, and is using both the shotgun, pistol and ra- zor with lively effect. There have been no less than five or six shooting and cut- tm g s ? ra P es in the vicinity of Chari* s- ton within the past three day s, TRAINS COLLIDE. THREE PEOrLE KILLED AND MANY OTHERS WOUNDED. A collision occurred near Forest Lawn, N- «L» on the Rome, Watertown & Og- densuurg Railroad on Saturday morning. The nigtat express, bound west for Niag- ara Falls, ran into a Rochester train, which was backing down, telescoping four cars of the train, killing three per- sons and injuring many others. The list of dead are as follows: John Day, en- gineer of the steamer Hazelton, Oswego Johns,’ N. Y.; Miss Ella Perrin, of St. ^ Bcb * ’ BoweB C. Brown, Sherman, N. X: 1 ^ Oswego, of engineer in jured are: of the Andrew an y> express; ^ Irs * Lewis Moore, of Gratwick, N. Y.; Mis3 Sarah Sweet, of Walcotf, N. Y.; Frank Bell, of Sheboygan, Mich.; Mr. a,ld M. Peri in, of St. John/ LIVERPOOL NOTIFIED THAT COTTON BAGGING WILL BE USED TO WRAP THE COMING CROP OF 1889. A conference was Held in cotton ex- change in New York city on Monday be- tween commissioners of the Southern states and a special committee of New York cotton exchange. The result was the appointment of Henry Ilentz, C. D. Miller, James Meissmer, Theodore II. Price, M. II. Lehman, R. Wolfenden and R- H. Roundtree, as a committee to draft resolutions to be submitted to the Llv e r Pool cotton exchange, favoring the use of S otton bagging iu which to wrap cotton instead of jute. Tho Southern commission was composed of J. S. Hen- Person, of Georgia, John C. Cheney, of Alabama, D. M. Hood, of Tennessee and A * Butler, of South Carolina, PRISONERS ESCAPE 4FTEU KNOCKING THE JAILER AND HIS ASSISTANT SENSELESS. Friday night, at Lumberton, N. C., Jailer Bennett, with his assistant, went into the jail to serve the prisoners with supper. When they were in the hall way of the jail, three outlaw prisoners assaulted them, knocking both semeless to the floor with a piece of plank They then took the km s from their pocket's and opening the doors made good their escape, and have not since been captured, The escaped prisoners are Steve Jacobs B >b Jones, and Tom Bird. The skull of Bennett and his assistant were both crushed. Neither of them, it is thought, b can recover. A CENTENARIAN.- M ° nE CEACnEa 11ER 10 2u J T La . . A . n . F dlmore, rehet of thf , r ®; f t^ ^ X0I nia | Fnimore, ^‘ who wasfirst m , n h ? u' dle e f President Milord Fldmore p ’ celebrated „ her one hundredth and second birthday Tuesday, at her home near Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. h ill more is without doubt the oldest per- son in western New York, and retains She She was horn *“> August * 13th, 1787, S*"*; and was married to the pioneer Methodist 18 ?' has lived m -^ £ la ^ mber ence cn,,nV ever tlDCe . ^r husband died in 18 iu. a ine w" ' i»rooe» 8 B, which tobacco cab be ccked-s,* w The first Installment of tobacco of the crop of 1889 was marketed at Asheville, *■ &• S.tuMay. This i, remarkable, since heretofore about the 25th of Sep- ■ tember has been the date of the first sales. This difference is due to the in- troductionof a new process of curing the ! weed. Only primings, a< vet, have been i * that cured. The undei leaves hav . in -ection.h retofore bee . cas: as a a* use- h ss. This fir-t lot sold at $32 er hun- dred for bright wraaners. WASHINGTON, D. C. MO YEMENIS OF TEE PRESIDENT AND EIS ADVISERS. APPOINTMKNTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The treasurer of the United States has issued instructions, subject to the con¬ venience of the treasury, to the assistant treasurer of the United States at Now York, to supply notes and silver certifi¬ cates of small denominations to banks ordering them iu sums not less than $ 1 , 000 . fie President Harrison, on Saturday, r J. the following appointments: Samuel Phillips, of North Carolina, commis¬ sioner on the part of the United States under the Venezuela and United States treaty concerning the adjustment of claims; Charles G. Pope, of Missouri, consul to Toronto; Richard G. Lay, of the District of Columbia, consul-general at Ottawa. Lieut. John C. Irvine, member of the class under instruction at the torpedo with station, Newport, has been charged scandalous conduct, drunkeness on duty*, neglect of duty, and absenting himself from his post without leave. A c >urt- martial has been detailed to try Lieut. Irvi^i on these charges, and it will con¬ vene at Newport on Wednesday. Capt. and Thomas O. Selfridge is president, advocate. Lieut. J. V. B. Blecker judge First Comptroller Matthews lias de¬ cided that the appropriation, $600,000, made by the act of congress, of March 2, 1889, for “agricultural the experiment benefit only sta¬ of tions,” can be used for forty stations, for which estimates were made, namely: $15,000 each for stations in each of the thirty-eight states, in the territory of Dakota, aud the agricultural department, aud that no part of the ap¬ propriation can be used in the cstablish- ment of such stations in any of the terri¬ tories, with the exception of Dakota, that being the only one included in the estimates upon winch the appropriation was based. THE ELIXIR OF LIFE A NEW REMEDY WHICH 18 COMMANDING GREAT ATTENTION AMONG DOCTORS. Drs. Wilson Yoe and Dungan, of the Hospital College of Medicine, at, Louis¬ ville, Ky., have been experimenting with the elixir prepared according to r/L/ r „T; SCq v?-»h '° r T l “’ ‘T giV0 ". ly Uie Lancet. With a rheumatic patient seventy years old they have obtained almost complete relief. He feels young aud re-invigorated. Dr. Robert Porter has tried the elixir in case of an nsth- matic paralytic, who was not informed oi the nature of the treatment. The pa¬ tient has partially recovered from paraly¬ sis, and has new energy and strength, ihe experiments are being continued. THE SEASON OPENS. A special from Albany, Ga., snys: “The cotton market has opened, and the warehouse men are now beginning to look busy. lion. Primus Jones has marketed fourteen bales from this year’s crop. The fleecy staple will be coming in very briskly in a few days. An Elephant Gone Mad, When an elephant goes mad he makeg things lively. A company of English¬ men were out on a tiger shooting expe¬ dition, and all at once were startled by a shout from one of their servants: “Bun, run, sahibs ! The tuska lias gone mad. He has broken loose.” Most of the company got out of the beast’s way, but one fellow was still in the tent. Over the river we could see the brute in a frenzy of rage, kneeling on the shapeless heap and of cloth, furniture, tusks poles, and ropes, digging his with a savage fury into the hangings and can¬ vas. We had little doubt that poor Mac lay crushed to death, smothered beneath the weight of the ponderous animal, or mangled out of all likeness to human¬ ity by the terrible tusks that we could see flashingin the moonlight. It seemed an age, th s agony of suspense. had Everything been showed as clear as if it day. We saw the elephant tossing the strong canvas canopy door-mat. about as a dog would worry a Thrust after thrust was made bv the tusks into the folds of the cloth. Rais¬ ing his. huge trunk the brute would scream in a frenzy of liis wrath, and at la-t, after what seemed an age, but in reality was only a few* minutes, he stag¬ gered to his feet and rushed into the jungle. then Just a smothered groan stmek like a peal of joy bells on our ears, and the muffled voice was heard from be¬ neath the folds of the shamlaha: “Look alive, you fellows, and get me out of this, or I shall be smothered.” In trying to elude the first rush of tho elephant his foot had caught iu one of ° tke whole falling hurlimr >d, L v upon him, limimg the the camp table and a lew chairs over him. Under these he had lain, able to breathe, but not daring to stir. His escape seemed miraculous The cloth had several times been pressed so close over his fu e as nearly to stifle him. The brute, in one of its savage, purposeless thrusts, had pierced the ground between his arms and ribs, p:n- mng his African ehoga or dressing- said ^ V m earth; and he lm felt it himself smKing into uneon- setousness did^^eirnasked/ when the brute hapnily got ° P |ow . ; “It 2d?* aK^I S-emid’to’turn quite Tin concerned. All 8f>rts of funny I ideas came trooping across my brain. could n >t for the life of me he’p feeling cautiously about for mv pipe, which had dropped somewbe.e near when / tripped on the ropes. I seemed, too, to have a quick review of all the actions I had ever done, and was just dropping off'into a dreamv uneonscionsne ^ s, after with my * «7r«” old crew, when your voices roused me to sensation once more.”- T ° Uth ’ S Companion. If there . --7-7“T-. America where is an v pace in an American feels that he is m a foreign 'Iw'^Eogitoh am few Americans who reside there. In fact, a person unacquainted with tbe Germ.,,, ton^ie ha. some diffi.-nlly in making h.s way about. He is confronted with cab drivers and car conductors who s> t -ak only a few words drive of English, avid if lie wishes to take a in the country, Ins way is barred by a toll-gate, inform tbe keeper of which cannot even him of the amount of h s toll in w.iat is generally Limited considered to be the language of the atates, DBRBLICT. She wandem up and down the motn Without a master, nowhere bound; The currents turn her round and round, Her truck is like a tangled skein; And never helmsman by his chart So strange a way as hers may steer To enter port or to depart For any harbor, far or near. The waters clamor at her sides, The winds cry through her cordage torn. The last sail hangs, to tatters worn; Upon the waves the vessel rides This way or that, as winds may shift, In ghastly dance, when airs blow balm. Or held in deep lethargic calm, Or fury hunted, wild, adrift. When south winds blow, does she recall Spices and golden fruit in store? Or north winds met off Labrador, The iceberg's iridescent wall? Or east, the isles of Indian seas? Or west, new ports and tails unfurled? Her voyages all around the world To mock her with old memories? For her no lighthouse sheds a ray Of crimson warning from its tower; No watchers wait in hope the hour To greet her coming up the bay; No trumpet speaks her, hearty, hoarse; Or if a Captain hail at first, He sees her for a thing accurst, And turns his own ship from her course. Alone in desperate liberty She forges on; and how she fares No man alive inquires or cares Though she were sunk beneath the sea. Her helm obeys no firm control, She drifts, a prey for storms to take, For sands to clutch, for rocks to break, A ship condemned, like a lost soul. —Portland Transcript. PITH AND POINT. > Paradoxical—Calling legal documents “briefs.” Has an attachment for his victim_ The constable. Game law'—The unwritten law that governs a game. Many fine dinners are served in a course way.— Picayune. A business that has its ups and downs—The drivers. Some of the upper crust looks soft enough to be dough. Strange to «ay, the only way to till a lawisnottopxemtf.it not to execute it. Nations move by cycles, says Emerson. Boys move bicycles, too. “Can I help your heartache?” “Yes, if you’ll my heart take.” A man runs and gets warm. Butter gets warm and runs.— Statesman. A man in a peck of trouble is in a measure to be pitied.— Cleveland Sun. No matter how industrious the baker may be, he is at best a loafer .—Merchant Traveler. In Tennyson’s “rosebud garden of girls,” it is supposed there were no “widow’s weeds.” It was a barber who remarked that it took everything he could “rake and scrape” to make him a living. If some men were half as big as they think they are, the world would have to be enlarged .—Merchant Traveler. The Indian squaws of the past were very romantic. They always took their bows about with them.— Statesman. It is wonderful how polite men are in the summer. They even lift their hats to the breeze .—New York News. The wife who can retain a sure hold upon her husband’s heart will never have occasion to take a grip on his hair__ Omaha Bee. “Miss Flyte, do you think Miss Giggle is laughing at me?” “I can’t say, Mr. Softleigh. She often laughs at almost nothing .”—The Epoch. He lifts his soul in grateful praiso Because there is no ice, But later in the season he Will also lift the price. —Boston Courier. The following advertisement recently appeared in a Western paper: “A middie- aged woman, who is capable, honest and industrious, but as homely as a stono fence, wants work.” Tompkins—“What has become ot Dimly, who went around lecturing on ‘The rich should divide their wealth among the poor?’” Johnson—“Oh, he in¬ herited $50,000 from an uncle, and ha 3 gone to New York to enjoy it.”— Light. Not a Mutual Benefit.—Emeline— “Alfred, I am very fond of you, but I doubt if I love you enough to be your wife.” Alfred—“Emeline, give me, oh, give me, the benefit of the doubt!” Emeline—“I will, Alfred. Henceforth, all is over between us.” An Iowa man told a love-sick girl that he would marry her it she would comm it to memory the whole of Web- ■*“* “ a: ‘? ,l0 ____ '*■ and j n !e now dl ?” ne 1 wl " hav » u ,, to cake tbe consequences for the , rest of hls Me.—Burlington Free Press. Tom—“Hello, Tagg. What’s that sign on your front door for: ‘No ______ Ad- mittance Except on Business?’” Tagg— “There have been so many young men filing on my daughters, and their visits have been so fruitless that I have adopted ^ te redurp the * c UrD P i us • v . DJ , Making Castor Oil. u ^ J* * jround ° J “P. Sn e P ut m . , horsehair , . bags. , T In this shape , they are crushed under aipow- e * u [ press giving out in oil about one- third ot their weight. The dry pulp, called “pumice,” is sold for fertilizing, The oil is filtered and finally bleached, if for medical use, by exposure to the sun’s rays under glass. The amount of castor tnflmg compared tor mediae, to the quantity however, con- to S umed in mechanical crafts For lubri- caring leather it is unequaled, while its properties as an “alizarine assistant” are inc arable . Alazarine is an element r n rnM j +o r f rnrn „n -.l -sedfor printing: teatile fabrics' 3,1 an ‘° mako ,heir In India castor oil is used for burning in lamps. The art of making it from the heana to of recent discovery. The an- cients were accustomed to administer the seeds whole for medicine. At first heat was employed in the crushing of the beans, but this injured the quality Volatile of the oil, while during the process a principle escaped, so irritating that tbe viorkmen were compelled to wear pro¬ tecting masks.— Washington Star.