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GoiNd TO Texas TO Buy HUNDRED Thou AND
ACRE Washington, January 29.-The
Earl of Huntington, accompanied by L,rd Has.
tings, his son and numerous suite, left this
oty this morning in special car fer New Or
leans and the extreme Southwest. The Earl
has spent several days in Washington, and has
gone away delighted with the National CAPITAL
he gave dinner last night at the Arlington
Hotel 10 Honor of Thomas Mast, the caricaturist
In an interview last evening the Earl said that
he had come to this country to make certain
large investments in land. "We English peo.
pie,' he said "now believe that this country is
on safer oasis than any other. You have
passed through great civil war safely and
do not see how you can have any real trouble
hereafter. You may have small disturbances
but nothing that can upset your general pros.
perity. Over in Europe matters are different.
There IS an unsettled, uneasy feeling of not
knowing what may happen in the way of great
social OF governmental changes. great many
of our people arc looking to investments in
America as the safest possible place to secure
their fortunes beyond the range of any future
misfortune. have no hesitation in saying that
this is the object of my visit here. intended 10
buy land in Texas and New Mexico If can
make good selections.
"How much will buy do not know OK :
actly, but possible l00, 900 acres or more. as the
case may be. shall merely buy the land as A
long time investment, as many of my country
men have done"
The Earl of ouslow, who was here two weeks
ago, made very large purchases in the South.
west, His purchases is one of many made by
English noblcmen.
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IHE LAST OF THE GANG CArrUREp. p.-R0c ok
Hill, January 3l.--BaLe Dixon member of the
gang of burglars with Louis Broomtield as can
tam, was captured few miles above this place
yesterday afternoon, by DR.. W. II. Fcwell and
ms son, Aleck, and turned over to the Dcputv
Sheriif, T. {. Beckham, who sent him to Jail
The whole gang is now in the hands Of the
authorities The officers here are deserving of
great praise for their unceasimg efforts TO can
ture these outlaws. They have robbed not less
than forty houses since last June and have been
terror TO the country. They arc charged with
entering as many rs seven houses in Fort Mill
township, in this county, in one day. Drew
Avery, Dixon's step. father, is deserving of some
credit for the capture of Dixon inasmuch as he
notified the captors as to where he could he
found. The Charlotte Observer awards all the
credit for the capture of these burglars to tine
police authorities of that city. This is upnsi
to the officers here, who obtained the clue and
followed it increasingly and successfully. The
arrests in Charlotte even were made under in
structions from the authorities here, who desg
mated the house in that city where the burglar
could be found.-NeVS and Courier
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a New ENGLAND MURDER TRiAL.- Saco, Me-,
January 5l.-To.day's proceedings in the Bar.
rows nnrdcr trial were highly sensational
Oscar l.. Blaney and Mrs Barrows were Jointly
indicted for the murder of Thomas Barrows, but
were granted separate trials, Mrs Barrowss case
now being under consideration. This afternoon
Blaney took the stand and made n complete
confession Of the crime, giving its minute details
BlaHey killed BarrOws at, Mrs. Barrows's in
siigation.
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DusriSd Or THE BLUE LAWS FOR DOUGLASS
An amusing controversy is in progress here
as to the possibilities to which Fred Doug ass
has subjected himself by his marriage with a
white woman. An old statute has been disooy-
cred, in which fine of Eve thousand pounds of
tobacco figures ~as the punishment for such
marriages. The statute alluded to Is one hon-
dred and sixty years Old Washington Special
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ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO IMPROVE THE Por.
PULATIoN OF OHIo.-Erie, Pa, January DO
The Rev. Frank Heath, Chairman of tho State
Greenback Committee, had q hearing before the
United States Commissioner to-day, and waving
examination was held in 81 500 to appear for
trial Heath says that his pamphlet "Law of
lieredity; or. Man versus Devils" was written
and mailed from purely philanthropic motives
and for the purpose of. producinga superior
species of human beings. Long and careful
investigation had convinced him that men are
being born daily who should never SEQ the light,
or, being born, should be straightway s,rangled
in the interest of humanity rather than live to
work evil to the community. Being of a scen-
tifc turn of mind lie applied himself to the task
Of inventiug a remedy. Selecting Ohio as tho
best State for beginning his grand work he
mailed 700 pamphlets to as many men of OF %.
but in less than week the United StSlss
officers stopped his humanitarian work by
arresting him.
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TRIED EoR lNFANTICIpE.-Pick
January, 23.-The Court of General Ses>
sons convened at this place on Monday
and adjourned on Wednesday. The only
case of importance tried WAS that Of the
State against Mrs. Martha Gunthropc and
her daughter, Matte Gunthorpe, charged
with the crime Of infanticidc. They were
charged with taking the life Of the new boru
child of Matte Guuthrope, in the Town CT
Central, during the month of November,
1888. The evidence was circumstantial,
and from the nature and secrecy of The
offence it was next TO impossible ior the
State to make out its case to the satisfaction
ola Jury. Nevertheless some ugly circum.
stances were brought out against them-
Much interest was manifested in the trial,
| and the Courthouse was crowded to its ut
most capacity during the progress of the
case, which consumed whole day. The
case was given to the jury about 7 O'Clock
Tuesday night. The jury remained out 4
short time and returned with verdict of
Not guilty"
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AELLoW FEVER BY MosQUIroEs.-Dr.
Carlos Finlay, of Havana, maintains that
1t may be communicated from one individual
t" another through the agency ofmosquitocs.
lie has seen under the microscope spores
and tilaments Of particular nature on the
sting Of one Of ft:cse insects that had Just
bitten patient suffering from yellow fever
and thinks that the germs may undoubtedly
be introduced into tcalthy individual by
the bite of a mesquite. He recalls the
fact than these insects were remarkably
numerous il Philadelphia at the time of
the great yellow fever epidemic in 1907,
and states also that the same conditions of
temperature are necessary for the life of
the mosquito as for the existence and
spread Of yellow fever.
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.r. REPORT OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
FROM
File Book of Proceedings for Fiscal
Year 1882-'83.

We, the County Commissioners of Union Coun.
ty, would respectfully submit the following re-
port of the fiscal year Of 1882 and 1888, en-
bracing transcript from File Book of the pro
ceedings Of the old board of fCounty Commission
ers from Nov. lst up to the 2Sth Dec. 1882, on
which day this Board was organized and assumed
the duties of office
NS Oh Date OF by whom presented Amount
claim ming of claim
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THS TRADE III CoRrsEs.- January
3l.--Thrce human bodies encased in hay and
compressed in two ordinary whiskey casks came
to this city from Baltimore yesterday by The
American Express. One of the barrels contained
the bodies of two adult white males and the other
that of colored man. The police on making
the discovery arrested John Carlson, n veteri.
nary surgeon, who paid the express charges and
the driver of the express wagon who hauled the
CHASTITY freight to Carson's place Of business.
The bodies we're addressed to Fawcett, Barnes
Co., suppositious firm, and il is though, by
the police that the bodies were intended for one
OF the medical colleges of The city.
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IStk8ex+tn& &NupNvueySbhu NHfpfe time TO. .oes shalf
way to Texas before the officers of the la could
tbcsnotifed. All of them wore supplied with
'9horses and money by somebody, and it would
probably be easy to prove who il was
/ / a few prosecutions against accessories after
the fact and three or four well conducted ex.
ecntions with white men in the principal parts
would cause a universally careful handling of
weapons throughout this State. 1t is fac, that
deliberate, cowariiy, cold. blooded murders are
rarely committed by white men, and that fact
naturally causes the presumption, when q white
man kills somebody, that he has some justifca.
tion, or that there is some palat.ng c,rcum-
stance. But such presumption is not always
sustained by the facts
We ought to proceed in our courts on the
theory that the white man is to be punished
more severely than the negro for equal crimes,
being blessed with intelligence enlightmcnt and
moral trairiug and that n criminal is a crimi-
m an4 must be treated like one whatever his
social position or wealth m ay be, or however
respectable lie may have been. Let us stop
demanding new laws against carrying weapons
and selling whiskcy, aud go to work to enforce
the laws we have against using weapons and
drinking too much whiskcy or giving it to the
wrong PEOPLE. GrecnrHie Neps
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DYING OF THIRST. Did you ever
suffer extreme hunger or tmst p was
asked Of Kentucky Colonel who had
been relating some solid stories about
rimself
"Wcll,' he replied IL never suffered
what might be called extreme hunger, but
no man knows how to endure the agones
OF thirst be ter than | do"
IL remember the time we'll, lie coulinu-
cd rctrospectively. Il was on fishing
excursion aud became lost in the woods.
For three d ys not a drop passed my
lips. My longthened absence finally caused
alarm, aud party was sent in search of
me- They found me lying in an unconscious
condition on tho bank of little trout
stream, and 1t was hours before any hopes
OF saving me were entertained"
Was the trout stream dry?" asked one
Of the interested listeners.
Dry? Certainly not How could catch
fish If the stream was dry?
well, don't see how you could suffer
from thirst with stream of water close at
hand"
"Water close Mt hand" repeated the
Kentucky Colonel. and what has water
got to do with mans being thristy?,, -
Phiiddc(pha GaH.
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the sklH md cunning OF his hand' aud eye
are 100 valuable TO lose, and must be paid
whether the products are slowly or rapidly
consumed. II business ceases, the master
hand is eagerly seized by some rival house
which knows and values the product orhis
skill. He who would crush down the ob,
staccs to success in our own days must have
as well rs the wit to see tho crevicc, the
strengnt to deal the blow. This is an a.
Of the steam, ond it is the engineer, not the
conductor, who is master.-Boston CONS
mcrciul BuiCtm
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MAD FREAK OF DRUNKEN DOCroR on A
CHEHAw AND CHESTER TRAiN.-Just after the
passenger train cn the Chcraw and Chester
Railroad left Chester last Saturday evening,
Capt. John Moore. the conductor, started through
his train to collect the fare, and while in the act
OF punching ticket, he heard some one cxclalm
Don't do that" and as lie turned TO see what
was the matter, he was stabbed with q knife in
the left breast just over tho heart by Dr.. I. ID
Marion, a pracicing physician of Richburg,
who was aboard the train. The force Of the
blow was partially broken by one of the passen-
gers throwing out his arm to protect Captain
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.NF a'
up to that time they had been on perfectly
friendly terms. As soon as DR.. Marion realized
that he had been thwarted in his dealy purpose
he turnel round in his tracks AMI in n
ut OF maddened frenzy cut up one Of the car
seats. 1t is said that he he'd been drinking
CAPTAIN Moore says thai rs he entered the car
he noticed an open knife in DR.. Marions hand
partially concealed in his coat pocket. hut never
suS ectcd tor moment that he intended to
ault any with it, much less himself.
short time after the difficulty occurred
While Capt. Moore was standing on the front
platform of the rear car DR.. Marion emerged
from the smoking car and stepped out on the
rear platform facing Capt. Moore, drew his
knife and was in the act of making another
assault upon him when Moore, having armed
himself in the meantime drew his pistol, cock
ell 1t. and just as he was about to pull the trir-
ger his a!m was arrested by the R,v. Frank
i!a!lam, an Episcopal clergyman, who happened
to step on The platform just at that time DR.
Marion was again seized by some Of the passen-
gers and carried back into tho smoking car
Capt. Moor es wound, though painful, is not
regarded as dangerous. 1t bled proflsoy after
he arrived here Saturday night. He is now
confined TO his bed at the Catawba iouse.-
Lancaster Rcriep.
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How TO STop y STYE-Dr. Louis
Fitzpatrick writes to the Luncct that he
has never seen single instance in which
the styc continued to develop after the
following trcatmen, had been rcsor;ed to:
The lids should be held apart BY the thumb
aud index finger Of the left hand or lid
rolrlctO-, if SucI DO at hand, while the
tincturc Of iodine is printed over the in.
famed papilia with a fine camci's hair pencil
The lids should not be allowed to come in
contact until the part touched is dry. \
few slch applications in the twcnty~lau
b ours are sufficient.
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Alcohol does not contain any of the OLE
ments OF food, and therefore is not useful in
developing bone, nor muscle, nor BRAN, nor
any part of tho human body DR.. Story.
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NEW York ENvELoPED IN Foe. New
York, January 3O.-A heavy fog prevailed
over the city and both North and East
Rivers to day, causing several collisions
between ferry boats and other craft, but no
loss Of life has as yet been reported From
the same cause three collisions have occur
red on the elevated railways, each being a
case where the train ran into the rear OF
another train ahead Of it, which was delay
ed by cautiously feeling its way. Several
persons were injured in these accidents, a
great deal of property was destroyed and
delays OF hours to travel occasioued, but no
lives were lost outright.
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u LESSON TO LAND GRApBEBs.-Was6ip ~
January 3l.-At the conclusion of the mo1;
hour the House proceeded to the consderj III
OIL business on the House calendar, prece3
oelpg given to bills reported from the com62Ssy
on public lands. The first bill taken up w&fn -
declaring forfeited certain grants Of landsS5
TO certain States to aid in the construction ,p4f
roads 1t iorfeits all lands granted toSi ~ -
Fippi, under the Act approved August III
e{eept the grant in aid of railroad frgt,ff
,sPn tQsthc State line ofAlabama; also .thS
'Gsehtedsto Alabsms4fder the Acts of I'D
sls5e arch 81 1867, to aid thssscon3[
ton Of q El ytou to ihsdTS
.itiys,T illss ala chss,ssr1
ths sasAnaai,s sseat ban Y esSs Nlso,t
granted to L6uisiana-fo aid in the asHsf ta etf6n
of a road from New Orleans to The State>Tfne !;
also the lsnds granted to Arkansas to aid 10 tb6
construction of q road from the point whore tbe
Iron Mountain road intersects the Southern
boundary to point near the town of Helena,
Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, made brief explaSa,;
nation of the provisions Of the bill, stating that
the lands which it was proposed to forfeit. had
not been earned by the various companies and
declaring himself in favor of forfeting
every acre granted to railroad conpa nics
which had not been earned in strict Accord
ance with the law. None of the lands affected
by the bill were patented either to the States
or companies, and in its second section ;he bill
fully protected settlers who had entered upon
the lands.
Messrs. Van Eaton, Singleton and Barksdale
cndeavored to have excepted from the provisions
of this bill the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
grant, Mr. Van Eaton offering an amend men to
that effect, but without avail, aud the hin was
passed rs reported.
The next bill on the Calendar was that dc.
claring TIE forfeiture of lands granted to the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company under the Act
OF Congress approved March 8, 1871, and Acts
supplemental thereto. These are lands in New
Mexico, Arizona and California appertainng to
the line west Of Ell Paso, which was subscquent-
ly built upon by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, the present claimant. The report
accompanying the bill being very long, it was
ordered to be printed in the Record, aud with
out any debate the bill was passed-yeas 259
nays l, Mr.. Barr, of Pennsylvania
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say 4 hRtis wasssa. Il I,iaFs' s
- atfss aud recr e;Aiop Ie ses, jads.,
sne old story otkhehus us sStoiS;ins bes
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83 Jan 20, S Gregory, coroner,....... l2 80
o4 Feb Z, Wade Crawford, constable, 3 O5
20 Feb 8, S Gregory, coroner....... 13 80,
66 Feb g. Il Macbeth, Jail account,... 60 Al
G7 0, Rawls, old claim, w " 60
6s 10. NJ Chaplin, bridge timber, II 10
90 IL, Gregory, coroner's &C.
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20 Feb IL, Pant, coronsrfs Soep,.
stable, ......,..r = o.
II Feb l2, 81 ssss sssta s : ,s s,2, 80
quest Rost d ae
"a Feb ls; e Lancaster, trial JUS q 'i,tes q =
tice constable ~. 4. ~ 7R
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DRAINAGE OPERATIONS IN FLoptpA-Mr
james Kramer, the engineer and general super.
intendeut of the drainage operations in Florida
of Mr. Hamilton Disstou AMI otl.er PHILADELPHIA
capitalists, reports that the work Of the Okce-
0hobee Land Company 10, progressing rapidly.
n, asAssassstis - %aat fhees,eessf
through the Everglades, which swsy td7
by Major Williams of the New Orleans TimlSc
Democrat, AMI the report rendered by the ex-
plorers, that the country was unfit for cult;va-
ton lic said that the southern boundary line o.
tho Ok eechobee Company land was 10 miles
north of the Everglades nnd the region spoken of
by the explorers Continuing, Mr. Kramer said:
"rhe projectors of the enterprise have spcn t
several hundred thousand dollars in the work O
retaining thelands within the drainage dis
trict' The drainage problem is being solveL hy
opening up the old water courses, Strengthening
the crooked streams, and providing outlets from
Lake Okeechobee and other lakes to the gulcaud
Atlantic Ocean, so that the vast area drained hy
these rivers can be cultivated at all seasons \
an evidence of the work already accom- plished in
draining the peninsula | need ouly mention that
the Indians who visited Key West this winter said
that, owing TO the low Stage of the water in the
Everglades, they were able to cross over on foot
fromMiami to Cape Sable, which has never
beenaccomplishcl heretofore"
lgrge area Of land has already been I'D
judged permanently reclaimed and fit for cuit.
vation. special agent appointed by the State
to report on the lands improved has certified to
the State authorities that in the nothern portion
of the drainage district alone about $40, 600 acre
have been permanently reclaimed In addition
to its portion of this, the company is entitled to
about 100000 acres for work previously per
formed. Lake Okeechobee is twenty eight inches
lower than when first tapped by the canal.
The opening of canals connecting Lake Okec-
chobee with the Gulf has afforded means for
navigation into the central portion of the State.
In addition to the two dredge boats already
owned by the company, third one is being CON
structcd at Kissimmce City, which will DO equiv
alent to the work of 500 men when in opera.
ton.
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Feed a cr!d aud and slarvc fever" is an
old adagc; and one which most people still
believe in. DR., G. +. Page, however,
writes in the Iop"hr Scicmce lonhiy Of
an opposite method. llo speaks of achiev>
ing great success by coniiuigg hiussif to
two two. LIZ. ;@sslss sor,sysn one ainss es,
- - s j @ I hiassjis 81 sss;E ssSae
most rcmafkable ways, SUCH Us Tisihg
from bed o a cold, rainy moriing, and
sitting nakod'ior an hour, writing, and
then put on shirt and trousers only, the
shirt almost saturated with rain and the
trousers quite damp, from hanging by the
window these and similar experiments
have tried repeatedly, but without catching
cold | become cold aud become warm
again, that is all This may b. fun for
the Doctor, but we hardly think the amu>c~
ment Ola character likely to become popular
What an enthusiast can do to demonstrate
theory had an even more remarkable
exempIifcation in DR. Tanners fasting
forty days.