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THE BLACKSHEAR TIMES. VOL. VII. TELEGRAPH AND CABLE. WHAT !S GOING ON IN THE BUSY WORLD. A SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE AFFAIRS CON DENSED FROM NEWSY DISPATCHES FROM UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN AND WHAT TIIE CABLE BRINGS. A severe shock of earthquake occurred in Lima, Peru, at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The assignment of Bowden & Jenkins, stock brokers of Wall street, Xew York, was filed Tuesday. Steamers arriving at Baltimore, Xew York and Boston continue to report many icebergs, aud some of them of large di mensons, on their passage. A dispatch from Loudon says: Cholera has crossed the Caucasus, and appeared in the southern provinces of Russia, making its way westward. Richard L. Edwards, of Cincinnati, was drowned three weeks ago. When found his hair had turned white, it is supposed from fright while drowning. Mrs. J. C. Ayer, widow of the noted patent medicine millionaire, is to erect a hospital in New York city for consumpt ive patients, at a cost, it is said, of $3,000,000. A dispatch of Tuesday from Council Bluffs, Iowa, says: Loveland, a brisk lit tle town in the Missouri valley, has been destroyed by a waterspout. Several per sons were drowned. The prosecution of the striking car penters of Chicago by their old bosses is being continued. The strikers’ pickets are arrested as fast as one shows himself near a non-union job. An Egyptian claims to have discovered the sarcophagus of Cleopatra, and has written to the directors of the World’s Fair, at Chicago, offering to sell it, with the skeleton of tlie queen, for $150,000. A Providence, R. I., dispatch of Mon day, says: The first day of the enforcc ’at of the Sunday law resulted in the closing of all the baker shops, groceries, stands. meat markets, and news and cigar Henry Hoffman, a discharged employe of the LaC lcde flour mill, 8t. Louis, has been arrested, and has confessed that, out of revenge, he set fire to the mill, by which it was destroyed. The loss is about $75,000. The Chicago bill appropriating $250, 000, onc-half of which is available during the present fiscal year, will be reported immediately by the senate committee on military affairs, and promises to become a law at an early day. The cracker pool recently formed at Minneapolis, having proved unsatisfac tory, a cracker trust, with a capital of $10,000,000, has been formed. It is to include and conduct the entire cracker business of the country. Governor Fifer, of Illinois, has an nounced that he will call a special session of the legislature on the 17tli of June, to act upon the suggestion of empowering in the city of Chicago to issue $7,000,000 bonds in aid of the world's fair. Councilman Maloney, from the joint standing committee of ways and means of the Baltimore council, Wednesday night, reported an ordinance authorizing the sale of the city’s 32,500 shares of Baltimore and Ohio common stock. A dispatch to the Baltimore Sun from Richmond, V«., states that at a meeting of the Lee Monument committee on Mon day it was announced that $0,309 had been contributed by persons in Xew Jer sey who who do not give their names. The London Times declares that the order to dispatch the American cruisers to Behring sea smacks too much of the methods of the first Napoleon in dealing with weak statesmen, and that if the or der is executed British men of war must follow. An explosion occurred Thursday after noon on the German junk steamer, Hans, on the Delaware river. Thirteen men were caught in the flames, and several were badly burned; one has since died. The loss on vessel and oil is about $150, 000 . T-, De ec n g Ucivono in Wallace ’ who rob ie uncle” , the P nublisher of Wal lace Monthly, of $20 000 Lewis, r— : the h s young man s aceomphce is also in Ila van brougnt a A 10 , but T b- t og irether . The Home Market, club, of Boston, Mass., had for its special guests Saturday evening, Secretary of War Proctor, Speaker Reed. Congressman Dingley and Greenhalge, while among the 250 gentle men present were many who were prom in national and state affairs. The big worsted mill of Ackroyd and Scull, of Camden. X. J.. has been closed by the sheriff, under executions hens and juaments amounting to o,000 or fiUAL 000, with assets estimated at The closed mill is one of the largest •WOT sted manufactories in South Jersey It has come to the knowledge ot tne police of St. Petersburg, Russia, that the xiihilists in France are engaged of in the a fresh conspiracy against the life czar The french police were made cognizant of the conspiracy by the authorities there and placed on track of the conspirators. V Joliet Ill dispatch savs: Bernard life , who received word Oesiev a convict, had few days a<*o that his sentence been commuted and that be would lie fter-next October, dropped dead Wed tMauIav while telling his good fortune His excessive joy J ' undoubtedly produced ‘SrrJ'reoorts A Sa disease received Xeb dispatch Bradsha'w, savs: u from hi tints some four or five hundred in h about fifty miles west of Lin that the town waa swept away BLACKS! I EAR, GA. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, late Wedesday night by a cyclone. Six persons are reported killed and twenty five or more injured. The steamer Nacoochcc arrived at New York, on Friday, from Savannah, Ga., and among her passengers were the crew of the steamer Louis Buchi, which was burned at sea on the 3rd inst. The schooner's crew, comprising rescued thirteen nien and one woman, were in an open boat a mile from the burning vessel. The negro conference opened at Mo hawk Lake, N. Y., Wednesday. A number of distinguished men from alt parts of the country were present. The conference'is called to consider the ques tion of Christ'adzing aud educating the colored people. Among the speakers were ex-Presideut Hayes and Albion Tourgee. The laboring classes of the City of Mexico are up in arms because the gov ernment has decided that hereafter all working men on both public aud instead private of works must wear pantaloons authori the usual cotton carmeot. The ses determined, however, to enforce the order. In the general term of the supreme court of New York, a few days ago, the the decision of Judge Underwood,of Au burn, in the Kemmler habeas corpus cases, was affirmed. Tills allows the (use to go at once to the court of appeals, The only question at issue is whether Kemmler can be legally executed by the warden of Auburn prison. About fifty silk ribbon weavers em ployed by Pclgram & Myer, lage manu- Tues facturers at Paterson, N. J. struck day against a reduction in wages from fif teen to twenty per cent. 'J lie weavers ol the Velvito Silk company aud over one hundred employed by Johnson, Cowdin & Co. are also out, resisting a similar re duction. The free coinage convention of the state of Nevada, met at Carson a few days ago and adopted resolutions re questing senators and representatives Nevada fa- in congress from the state of to vor the measure for the opening and of unlim- mints of the United States for free ited coinage of standard silver dollars, and to support no other bill. The court of claims at Washington, I). C., has dismissed the claim of A. B. Mul let for $150,000 compensation us architect of the building now occupied by His the state, war and navy departments. claim was for architect’s commis sion on tlie total cost of the building, al though it was not completed till 1888, thirteen years after he ceused to have any thing to do with it. A business men’s meeting for the pur pose of protesting against the passage of McKinley tariff bill was held in Phila delphia Tuesday afternoon. Alexander K. McClure presided and tlie list of vice presidents included the names of many prominent business men of Philadelphia. The building was crowded, the tobacco, tin plate and woolen industries being largely represented. The statement has been made that the claims of the German colonists in East Africa, regarding the boundaries of theii possessions, have caused irritation in government circles in England. Officials false, at Loudon pronounce this statement aud they say, furthermore, that there is no doubt whatever that the German gov ernment will refuse to recognize the claims in Question. THE FLEECY STAPLE. HEPORT of THE new ORLEANS EXCHANGE KEGAitDiNG the croi*. _ The New Orletns cotton exchange is sued a statement Tuisday, embracing thirty-nine weeks of the season, from September 1st to May 30th inclusive, this and last year, showing that 7,078.915 bales of 1889-1890 have come into sight at the ports, overland points of crossing and leading southern interior centers, including the takings by southern mills. Up to this time last season the amount brought into sight was of 0,805,112 bales, or say 98.08 per cent the entire crop. The statement shows there were brouirht into sight after May 30, last season 344,178 bales. It indicates that of the supply this season 2,117,592 bales have been taken by American and Canadian mills, including 429,587 south of the Potomac, and 4,725,047 have lieen exported F to foreign ^ ports. ‘ It also shows that mill ki * aud Canada over lan(1 ia 32 %0 bak ahe ad of the cor responding thirty-nine weeks of last year, and that excess in foreign exports for the season is 220,537. Between the 1st and 0 f May, inclusive, this season’s stocks a t American ports aud twenty-nine lead j n g southern interior markets have de cre ased 17,910 bales, against a decrease <j ur ing the same period last year of 122,- 334 aud are now 141,278 bales less than they were at this time last year. A p HO SPHATE SYNDICATE - 3KGA> -j ZED rs bartow, Florida, with over a million capital. - A dispatch of Monday from Bartow, F]a > rC ports: One of the largest pbos phate syndicates in Florida was formed very q U j e tly in Bartow. It is called the American Mining and Improvement Com pa ny with a capital stock of Thev own 4 72 0 acres of the noted phos phate bed on the Alafia river. This com pany is now preparing to mine and have a contract to deliver 10,000 tons of phos phate in a certain length of time, begin a ing July 1st. Austin . Offlrbm , . s wedding ... present , to . an old friend in Philadelphia was the use his magnificently appointed private car for a trip to Mexico. The car was pro vided with everything needful, including a corps of servants. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, WORK OF THE FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. PROCEEDINGS OP THE ItOVSE AND SENATE BRIEFED—DELIBERATIONS OVER MAT TERS OF MOMENTOUS INTEREST TO OUB COMMON COUNTRY.—NOTES. On Tuesday the house proceeded to the consideration of the Alabama contested election case of McDuflUc vs. Turpin. Mr. Comstock, of Minnesota, opened the dis cussion with an argument in favor of the claims of the contestant. Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, presented the claims of the con testee. Pending the discussion the house, at 5:15 adjourned. Among the memorials aud other papers presented aud referred in the senate, on Tuesday, were resolutions from the Louis iana legislature extending thanks to eon grass and the president for the relief af forded sufferers from the recent Missis sippi floods, Mr. Davis, from the confer ence committee on the dependent committee pen- had sion bill, reported that the t.een unable to agree. The senate bill for preventing the adulteration of food aud drugs was reported and placed on the calendar. The silver bill was taken up, aiul Mr. Pugh addressed the senats. ilis speech was largely devoted to a criticism of the tariff bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Pugh’s speech the silver bill was temporarily laid aside, and a number of senate bills were taken from the calendar and passed. The most important was one permitting bottling houses to be con nected with breweries by piping, under regulations set forth in the bill. The silver bill was again taken up and Mr. Farwell addressed the senate, lie de clared himself in full accord with the purpose of the bill, but said he was in favor of going still further. lie would use for money all the silver offered and not a stipulated sum as provided for in the bill; and he would coin it at its market value. At the close of Mr. Far well’s speech, the silver bill was again laid aside and the fortification bill taken up. An amendment to increase the ap propriation for rifled sea coast mortars from 1250.000 to $400,000 gave raise to a discussion in which the condition of American sea ports was discussed by Messrs. Dawes and hale, and their ap prehensions were ridiculed by Mr. Cock rell. The discussion was participated Plumb, in by Messrs. McPherson, Gorman, Dolph, Ragan and Platt. Finally agreed a vote was taken mid the amendment whs to—24 to 22. In the house, on Wednesday, Sir. Os borne, of Pennsylvania, presented the con ference report on the army agreed appropriation bill. The report was to. Mr. Morrill reported the disagreement of the conference committee on the senate de pendent pension bill. The house insisted on its amendment, providing a service pension, and a further conference was or dered. The house then proceeded Alabama to the further consideration of the con tested election case of MeDufliic against Turpin. '1 he first vote was taken on tfyc minority resolution declaring Turpin elected, and it was reported—yens 114, nays 130. The majority resolution seat ing MeDuftiie was agreed to—yeas 130; nays 113, and Mr. MeDufliic appeared oath at of the bar of the house and took the office. Mr. McKinley directing presented the a enrolling concur rent resolution cl. rk to enroll in the customs admimstra tive bill what is known as senate iimend meut 91, in regard to the abandonment of goods to underwriters and salvors. The resolution was agreed to—yeas adjourned, 127, nays 5. The house then, at 4:05, The resolution for an inquiry into the management of the fish commissioner’s office was taken up by the senate on Wednesday, and agreed to. The presiding officer, Ingalls, announo c( ] as select committee on the bill for the establishment of the university Edmunds, of the United States: Messrs. Sherman, Ingalls, Blair, Dolph, Harris, Butler, Gibson and Barbour. The forti fication bill was taken up, the pending items question being on striking out two f or the Watcrvleit, X. Y., arsenal $248,- 743, for the erection of a south wing, and $'80,000 for machinery for twelve-inch guns, and inserting, in lieu of them, the following for boring and turning traveling laths, rifling machine, and eighty-ton manufacture crane fully equipped gins, for Watcrvleit the Arsenal, of twelve-inch at jf. Y., $235,000. A longdebate followed, Finally the amendment to strike out the two items described and insert the sub gt j tute wag agreed to—37 to 18. Amend men ts were adopted providing for the r )Urc hase and test of a new iniantry gun , uid two ncw cannons. All other amend wcre agreed £ to and all were passed, TLe w . nate t en adjourned. In the on Thursday, Mr. MeKin from the committee on rules,re ported * resolution providing tbit the house shall proceed immediately to the consideration of house bill 5,381 fthe sil ver b illj and that consideration be con tiDU ed until Saturday, at 3 p. m. Mr. McKinley gaid that the resolution was in tec(kf ] t0 give the house of repre Natives an opportunity and give to pass the some , ilver legislation coun trv & gilvcr hill, which would be ‘ to the general senti j n / perfect response It give the m( n t of the country. was to house an opportunity ]<f to pass the bill, lvhich wou take all the silver bullion -jf the United Stab-sand utilize it for mon , Ury pur p OSf;S . it was to give the $4.500,- poo pie not $2,000,000 a month, but <x>0. The resolution making the silver bill a special order was adopted—yeas Mi ^ ^ ^ Mc(gr8 williams, of Unh;im , of Texas, .poke in op. poMtion U) t he bill, and Taylor, of Ilh nuLj favort d it. Pending debate, the ho-use adjourned until II a. m Friday, Among the bills reported in the si rate Thursday from the committee and placed on the calendar, was the house bill to es tsblish a national military ]>ark at the battlefield of Chickumuuga. The silver bill was taken up, and Mr. Hiscock ad dressed the senate in opposition long to dis- the free coinage of silver. After Teller, a cussion by Messrs. Sherman, Stew art aud Aldrich, the bill went aver. Several private p-msion and bridge bills were taken from the calendar and passed. p Mr. Blair introduced a bill to prohibit the exportation of alcoholic liquors to Africa aud islands of the Pacific ocean. Referred. The senate adjourned. NOTES. The ncuurc committee on commerce is busy with the river and harbor bill. Republican representatives the went adjourn- into caucus immediately Wednesday upon afternoon, ment of the house to consider the silver questiou. No defi nite action was agreed upon. A delegation of about o"c hundred Importers troin New York city appeared on Wednesday before the senate commit tee on finance, to protest against the passage of the McKinley tarill bill. There is a movement on foot in the senate to have congress take a recess from the first of duly to the first of October. The assign reason the men who have proposed this is that the senate finance committee will take at least three months to prepare a tariff bill, to report to the Semite as a substiuie for the house bill, mid that while this committee is at work there will be no business for the houses to trai suet outside of that which they finish by the first of July. It is understood at Washington that a movement is on foot among southern men, who were ex-confederates, some of whom now reside in Now York and others in the south, to raise a subscrip tion for the Grant monument, as it seems New York will never raise the fund for the monument to Grant at River side park. It is now proposed that the men who fought on the other side come forward and subscribe the additional money needed. The majority report in the case of Mil ler vs. Elliott, from the seventh South Carolina district, was submitted to the Iiouse committee on elections Tuesday morning. The report is somewhat sensa tional, in that at the very beginning it declares that the entire South Carolina registration and election laws are uncon stitutional. The basis for this declaration, as stated in the report, is that the state law imposes a number of restrictions upon the exercise of the right of suffrage which are in conflict with the state constitution. Mr. Wilson, of Nortii Carolina, will pre pare a minority report. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. A BOLT STRIKES FOUR MEN, KILLING TWO OF THEM. A Detroit Free Preen special from Cabo, Mich., says: At 7 o'clock Wednesday evening four farmers were struck bv lightning, four miles west of here—T. N. luggott, Edward Goodchild, William Holmes and Matt Iiiuglc. They were engaged horse. in performing thunder an operation on a young A storm came up suddenly and a bolt of lightning r struck in the midst of the men. Goodchild and Holmes were dead when assistance ar rived, although could no murks or truces of the current be found upon their per sons. Kiuglc and Tuggctt are recovering. PREACHER AND ACTOR. THE STRANGE FREAK OF A NOTED REVIVAL IST IN TEXAS. A dispatch of Sunday, from Ban An tonia, Texag, says: A sensation ha# been created throughout the south by the an nouncement from revivalist Iiev. Virgil and Maxey, the noted southern Baptist minister, that he will go on the stage September 1st. He having been engaged by T. Htutts, r the theatrical manager to play proininerftf’parts Mr. Muxey, during in the interview, coming season. an stated his lie object will be to unite the the stage pulpit days and state. on six in the week and preach on Sundays. A CYCLONE S WORK. TWO INDIANA TOWNS REROUTED TO HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY. Information was received at Jefferson ville Ind., stating that Iluntinghurg and Jasper were almost swept away Monday night by a cyclone and tint many per sons were killed anil injured. Huntiug burg is seventy-five miles distant from Jeffersonville, and Jasper eighty-two miles. No particulars were giveu, as tele graph and telephone wires were down. FOR ARBITRATION. THE BRAZILIAN <ABI.NET Ari’KOVES Of TIIE AMERIC AN < (INFERENCE. The Secretary of State (Blaine; has re ceived a dispatch from the United Staten consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an nouncing that the cabinet has passed a resolution enthusiastically approving the actio 1 of the international American con ference in recommending arbitration in all questions of differences between the several governments of America. WILL WIN. Two-Tiiiniis or Louisiana’s legislature in favor of the lottery. Rouge, A dispatch La., of Thursday A ]>oll of from the Baton says: mem bers of the legislature of Louisiana shows that the necessary two-thirds vote will be secure? for tlie proposition to submit to a vote of the people a consti tutional amen * ■ at permitting the re chsrtci ing of : Louisiana state lottery. FARMERS’ ALLIANCE NOTES. NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITS MEMBERS. WHAT IS RK1NO DONE IN TIIK VARIOUS SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION. — LEGISLA TION, NOTE 1, ETC. An Alliance warehouse will be built at Cheraw, S. C. *** Winona, A baggage Miss. factory will be built at * * * The Alliance in Putnam county, Fla., tell the county commissioners that they must be more economical in the disjiosl tion of the comity funds. *** The Alliance covers all the territory from Texas to Minnesota, from Maine to California, and yet it is hardly live years old .—A U in nee 1 'indicator. « Alliunceraen shouhf attend every one of their meetings. Things will bo dis cussed that may benefit you. Know what is being done by your lodge .—Mineral I'ost. The Farmers’ Alliance Exchange of South Carolina has been in operation two months and a half and has done a busi ness Cotton in that time aggregating $50,000,— Plant. A Will those men who oppose the sub treasury plan place themselves on record against the national hank pl.ui, the whis ky warehouse plan and other like schemes? We pause for a reply.—(At lanta, Ga.) Southern Alliance Fanner. ** * Cowley county, Kansas, Alliance will celebrate the Fourth in grand shape. They have secured Ralph Beaumont, of Washington, D. C., and L. L. Polk, National President of the Alliance, as principal speakers for tho day. ¥ * + An immense elevator will bo built nt of St. Joseph, will Mo., be in stored wjiicli and a large hold quantity bet wheat for ter prices. A bank in that city will ad vance money to the fanners. This is tho Sub-Treasury plan by private individuals. Alllancemen and *% have all others n right to ask questions of the office-seekers, and the office-seekers, have a right to an swer or not, just as they please, In fact it is well to know how a man stands on public issues before he elected to official position .—Acicorth l\mt. *** Thu enemies o5 the Bub-Treasury plan ami the farmers tell yirti that it will not benefit the poor man for that bill to pass. Do not be deceived by such talk. The Bub-Treasury phin„ if adopted, will nssist in freeing the poorest farmer from the clutches of those “so-called friends.’' That’s wlmt’s the mattur. 1 • The chiefs of the Alliance organization throughout tho United States, rejairt to the Xew York Herald a membership ol ulaiut 2,000,000; of these there aro some thing over 1,000,000 votes,with the mem bership rapidly increasing. The Alliunce Ih becoming a power in the land which will soon be felt m the political us well as the commercial world. +** An Alliance in Davidson county lias expelled their President ujKin the follow ing charges: “First, for using Innguage in open Alliance calculated to disorgun izc; second, for denouncing the State Or gan; third, for putting wroqg construc- by the tions on the demands made Alliance for the purpose, as ye think, ol misleading the members. Proffretxioe Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. /. As yet we have seen no argument against the Alliance Hub-treasury plan that has any weight when weighed rights. by the scales of justice and equal The farmers only ask that they he aided to secure a fair compensation for their labor by of wealth. advances Bankers upon a deposited enabled evidences to rob are the people with the consent of the gov ernment, by the use of the evidences of indebtedness. The Alliance proposition and is more honest, more honorable, more just.— The Tocsin. The object of the Farmers’ Alliance summarized, is to unite the farmers for the politically promotion and of financially. their interests, How socially, can they promote their interests socially with out understanding their social condition, and how can they promote their political interests without understanding their po litical condition, and how can they pro mote the financial interest:, without un derstanding their financial condition, and how can they understand these conditions without a discussion of them? heater (Kan.) Press. A most powerful farmers’organization, a branch of the Fanners’ Alliance, is un der way in the State of Xew York. The obligation of members is as follows: “I hereby affirm that I will do all in my power by vote and influence to serve the passage of an equal tax law, arid such other laws as will, in my judgement t*n efit the agriculturists of the state.” This new orgaDiza'ion is said to be going ahead like a lightning cxpia-s train, and it is expected that by fall its enrolment will contain 100,900 members. — The Toiler. At a meeting of days the Fulton county, Ga., Alliance some ago, the follow iug resolutions w ere passed : Whereas. The Fulton County Alliance, in convention assembled, do recognize in Colonel L. F. Livingston a gentleman of high personal record, character, a statesman of unsullied a veteran of faithful NO 4. service to (♦oorgia, and a consistent, elo quent and able exponent of Alliance prin ciples; therefore, Resolved, That in further recognition of the conspicuous services he rendered to our order in this State, we hereby an- nouncs iiira afl our choice for the tnext governor of lids State, aud request him to convenience. announce his candidacy at his earliest AMAZONS IN ACTION. / Tho Story of a Fight With Female Warriors in Dahomey. A firm of Rouen, France, has received from a traveler, who is actually following at Kot onon, a letter, containing the particulars about the attach by the Dnho minns: During the last few days there had liecu about fifteen sharpshooters wounded. Something was expected, but gradually the watchfulness had become rattier weak. Hu* consequence was that the sentinels were fast asleep at 5.80 in the morning when the Dahomians advanced in snake like glidings. They surprised the senti nels and cut off their heads. In the same manner the watchman of the battery was butchered. The artillerv quartermaster endeavored to defend Himself, but an Amazon, a fine girl of lfl, stabbed him with a poniard and cut his throat. Tho same fate lmpjwnod to a brigadier, and also to a non eommialoiied officer of ar tillery. given. Meanwhile the nlarm had licen The Senegalese riflemen arrived on the run and swept off the first, ranks of tho Dahomians. The bold young Auiuzoir was caught, thrown to the ground, ami her neck cut. At the same moment Governor Iloyutt signaled to the gunboat ut anchor off the battlefield. Immediately a hail storm of IxnnliK and Hotchkiss hallo rained over the Dahomians, and caused them to taka flight to the underbrush, leaving from 5IH) to 500 of their people oft the ground. The amazons still constitute the (wst part of the I lahomlan army. This corps of about 2,500 women is mainly recruited from young girls of thp best families in r>uho mey, designated by the caprice of tho King for military service. They live la barracks like regular soldiers. One company of the smarotr regiment hems the name of “razor virgins,’’ because they arc imm-d with parol's lire feet long, which are terrible weapons in African tights, and are used in time of peace to decapitate men sentenced to death by tlio Dahomlan King, who also uaea his ama zons m public executioners. Another company In named “the big muskets," each woman soldier carried being accompanied bv a slave, who algsivy Hint-lock. The “wire to kill" ooinpuur Is formed of the best sharpshooters, 'friere arc also “eurblnci's" and “bayonet'’ ooiiqioHed companies, girl# Tho “urrowbeuron” is of too young yet for actual lighting, but who ties and are in employed the ambulance »s rccounoilering Tho |>ar- “el dostimsl oovpe. for tlie ephant’’company lmttle-fiold, but for 1s huuting not elephants and The procuring daring, ivory for agile the and royal athletic treasury. girls most lira admitted Into this company, which might he railed the civil or private ser vice of King Hondo. 1 WICKED 8TUDENT8 IlKHOUT TO VANDALISM IN UELEBItATIOH OF THEIR VICTOR I ES. A dispatch held from hi^li Boston carnival says: Satur- The Uurvard boys day night over their victories in the Yale busebaji games. During the night the college buildings Were defaced with vari ous mottoes, including some profane r feronees to Y T alo. The statute of John Havurd wos besmeared with rod paint. The inscription was hidden, and aculp tors will have to chisel away the paint. There Ir much indignation over the van dalism. -r A Horse with Good Soa Legs. A horse has no Inclination to lie dowr. at sea, no matter how long the voyage. The writer once traveled with a racehorse on hoard a steamer, and became deeply interested in the animal's behavior, as in fact *el. did It the generally entire population acknowledged of the that ves was there was no hotter sailor on hoard, be fore the mast or behind it. His stall, s few pieces of seantling nailed together, was in the steerage, twenty feet from tb< port l>ow. and he stood there in one i»ob1 ENGLISH CAPITAL AGAIN BROUGHT INTO REQUISITION IN WEST VIRGINIA. A dispatch from Wheeling, W. Va., say*: Tlie negotiations which have been going on for and the past two rolling mouths between the Aitna Standard mills and representatives the of the an English mills, syndicate for sale of came to an agreement Thursday so far as the .Etna i* concerned. The price paid is $750,000 and a forfeit of $15,000 has been de posited. The negotiations for the Stand ard mill will probably be completed within a few days. A BIG SCHEME. EFFORTS OF NORTII DAKOTA TO GET TO LOUISIANA STATE LOTTEBT. A Bismark, Dakota, special of Wcdnes day says; Efforts to secure a charter for the Louisiana Lottery in Xorth Dakota ire being ^pnewed with, great enesgy. the The state is swarming with agents of ottery, and it is said that $500,000 will be expended with’the view t« securing the election of 1 . governor and legislature favorable to the scheme. /