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The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

A SEARCH oe the cells and persons of the prisoners IL the Tennessee State prison al Nashville, a few days ago. revealed q whole arsenal of small arms and other appliances, which it Is believed, would soon have been used against the guards in u general break for liberty.
 IT is reported that gross frauds in the count Of the vote for mayor of san Fran cisco, at the recent election, are being un- earthed by the recount demanded by the defeated anti Chinese candidate.
 TIE Dakota Farmers Alliance recently in session at Jamestown, passed a resolu- ton recommending the adoption of law prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in the Territory. They also recommended the adoption of the Australian system of voting.
 UPto the 14th five applicants had already appeared for appointment as Judge of the Federal Court for the district Of Florida. made vacant by the death of Judge Thomas Settle. less than two weeks ago.
 4 DISPATCH from Sydney, N. s. ". says that copious and mueh-needed rains have fallen in the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales.
 ON the I4th the French Government in- troduced bill in the Chamber of Depu- its Piofialhs Aoi d postpoHcHeHt Tor three months of the payment of the Pana- ma Canal Company's liabilities, including interest and the redemption of bonds.
 THE Supreme Court Of Rhode Island has decided that bicycle is q vehicle.
 IT is reported that the Vermillion & Grand Marais Iron Company, with a cap ital of S5,010,001, has been organized at Duluth, Minn. It is said to be consoli- datiOn of the interests of a large nlInlbar of owners of iron lands on the Nermiilion and Mesaba range, and will control from l2,000 10 15,o)0 aer4s
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21

OH the 18th tho famous stallion Volun- .eer. the sire of St. Julien and other noted trotters, died at the Walnut Grove farm, in Orange County, N. \. He was thirty four years of age.
 CALL has been issued by the Comp troler of the Currency for reports of the condition of National banks at the close of business on December 12.
 THE Radicals and Liberals scored great victory, the ProgressioniSts being totally defeated, in the primary election which has just been held throughout Servia.
 SEVERAL Union Pacific switchmen have refused to work in the transfer yards at Omaha. Neb., on account of smallpox ln the vicinity.
 CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at Glens Falls, N. Y.. over the discovery of silver bearing lodges in the town. Claims are being filed rapidly.
 ON the 18th the Frank Adams Woolen- mills, at Pittsfeld, Mass, resumed work on full time.
 ON the 10th the steamer City of Berlin arrived at Liverpool, forty three hours overdue, after a terrible voyage. Two days after leaving New York she had to stop eight hours on account of one of her cylinders being disabled.
 ON the 15th the first game of base ball played in Australia between the All Americas and the Chicagos was contested at Sydney, \. s. w., and waswitnessed by nearly ten thousand persons. It resulted in q score oi I to i'll favor of the All Americas.
 TIE announcement is made that depu- tation of fighting Figuig notables waited upon the Sultan of Morocco, at Fez, lately, and announced their defeat, with heavy loss, by the French. They urgently asked for endorsements.
 IT is reported that further discoveries of gold have been made in Wales, show ing all average yield of six ounces to the ton..
 TIE Attorney General of Iowa has be- gun twenty-four suits in the District Court Of Scot County upon information fled by Davenport merchants against the Rock Island railway. for alleged viola ton of the State law fixing maximum schedule. The penalty for each violation is 5000
 r is reported that contagious form of sore thfoat-it may be called diphtheria has broken oat among the Mexican chil- dren of BernaliIlo County, N. NJ, and that 10 less than twa hundred deaths have oc- cured in the past few weeks.
 ON the 11th the Alabama Methodist con- ference, in session at Mobile, adjourned, after adopting a report looking to the es- tabisLment of a society for the support of supefanauated preachers If the confer ence.
 TIE Secretary of the Interior rejected the claim of the State of Michigan to a tract of land iu the Upper Peninsula. Some thirteen hundred acres are dirertl. :. involved, while more than one million acres are indirectly affected
 THE German Plantation Company of Zanzibar has decided to remove its plant and staff to Borneo.
 OS the17th the French maE-of war De- staing arrived at Zanzibar
 ON the l1th strikes were reported from several points on the line of the Mexican National railroad, owing to the n-pay- ment of wages.
 ON the 17th Panama canal shares were quoted at 93 francs and 15 centimes on the French bourse.
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
RACE TROUBLES.

serious Trouble at Wahalak, Miss. ,Inyolv-
 Ing Loss or Life-A Mass of Conflicting
 Reports of What Has Happened, with
 Strong Probabilities of More Bloodshed
 Before Oniet is Restored.
 WAHALAK, Miss, Dec. 17-There was a terrible riot last night at this place. and to-day twelve white men and one hundred and fifty negroes lie dead as d result For a long time there has been much iH-feel- ing between the whites and blacks at this place, aggravated by the impertinerce of the latter, and yesterday the two elements became involved in the quarrel which ended in the great loss of life. The, facts, as far as they can be ascertained, are as follows: A negro and a white man became engaged in a quarrel and the negro was killed. This was the excuse for the assault, and immediately black horde swept down upon the whites, who were greatly outnumbered. Know ing it was fight to the death, the whites prepared to receive their black as- sailants, and when the battle was ended 1t was found that twelve white men and over 15Q negroes had been killed Terrible as this slaughter k. it is quite probable the end is not yet. The Gov ernor was at once telegraphed to for as- slstance, and troops were immediately sent to the scene of the trouble. \ spe- cial train bearing the State troops is now on the way here from Meridian. In the meantime it is known that the me- groes are being reinforced and the whites are preparing for an onslaught. The troops are eXpectedat any moment. as this place is only forty-eight miles north of Meridian. The negroes at this place have been very restless, and have made themselves very obnoxious for month past, and the attack was undoubt- edly premeditated. While it is possible the slaughter of the blacks m>y teach them lesson, it is quite probable more trouble will follow, and the arrival of the troops is anxiously awaited The excitement is so great that it is impossible to secure reliable inform ation regarding the origin Of the ditti- ealty.
 LATER.-It is now stated that the exaet number of negroes killed is unknown. All the whites in the place were. t fs said. slaughtered. The special train from Meridian has not vet arrived, but 1t bears thirty brave and desperate white men and more will be taken on en route. and more Uloadshed Is almost certain to fol- low
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
\ Fetal Collision.

CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 1S.-It is reported that two locomotives have collided on th Concord railroad near Bow. One man, named Williams, is reported killed, and another badly injured.
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
{ on flictinc KennrfS.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec. 1s.-Reports from the scene of the riot are conflicting Itis HOW stated that no negroes were killed, hut that twelve white meg lost their lives. \ special train left here at l P. m. bearing troops for tle scene of the troable.
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
\ Probably Correct statement of the A.
 fair.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1s.-A Columbia tMlss.0 special to the Pjcaylne says: Persons arriving from Artesia bring par ticulars of the fighting near Wahalak. On Friday negro and white boy quar- reled' and when the white boys father tried to separate them, the negro attacked and beat the white man. The latter swore out warrant for the negro's arrest, and on Saturday Constable Seth Cobb went to the negro's house to execute it, but was attacked and beaten by a number of ne- groes. The constable summoned poss ot twelve men and went again on Sunday to arrest the negro. The posse were fired upon from ambush and five killed out right and others wounded, some serious ly. The news spread rapidly and the ne. groes were strongly reinforced.
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
shet Dawn from Amhn.ll hY Neeroes.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec ls.-A special to the Piraattae from West Point, Miss, dated the I1tb. says: News reached. hefe th.s morning af a=horrtble tragedy enacted s3st night at the village of Nahalak. Miss. forty miles south Of West Point. on the Mobile X Chic railroad Four white men Were killed outright, and eight wounded, three mortally. The particulars of the shooting are gwen as follows: some two months ago q white farmer iv- ing few miles from Wahalak, lost his gin-house, together with eight or ten bales of cotton, by fire which was evidently the work If ineeHdiaries. Suspicion pointed to tsqo negroes living in the vicinity with whom the farmer had had some trouble SHfti- aient evidence having been secured an 1t1cer last night attempted t0 arrest one 7t the negroes. The negro resisted. and succeeded iu making his escape after hay ing brutally assaulted the officer TEe whites i'll the ncighborhOod then organized to capture the negro, and proceeded to- ward the fellows house with the inten- ton of arre7ting him. Before reaching the house, however. they We're fired on from ambush by fifty well armed negroes. and every white man i'll the party vas shot down. The horror stricken people have telegraphed for aid. Seventv-fiFe armed men left Meridian. Miss this morn ing for the scene of the tragedy, and West Point will ftlrnis b mora
The Springdale news., 1888-12-21
More Conflicting Reports.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1S.-A special to the Plcd4aHe from Macon. Miss. says the people there are greatly excited over the kemper County race troubles. The names If the white mon known to have been killed are: Henry Maury, Cobb. Vaughn and N. B. Hare. There were three or four others whose names are not learned Hare lived ia NoXubee County. near the kempcr line. II is said that no negroes were killed. Tom Nicholson is the name of one of the whites wounded. He was shot in the body, and one of his arms are broken. Several other whites are wounded. but no negroes.
 Twenty young men have gone from Ma con. and nearly every town i'll Eastern Mississippi is sending aid to the whites of hempef County. It is reported that tie blacks are wen-armed and assembled in large body, apparently prepared for serious fighting. The trouble is said to have originated in the murder of a white boy by two negro mon about seven miles from Wahalak. The reports, however, are conflicting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
Is 1T A GHOST?
Tie Occupants OF Bad Behaving House, LOT
Comforts Sake, Leave,

The house recently occupied by T: l..
Wise is now vacant. On the night tolloW-
ing the shock mentioned IN last week s
Press and Reporter, while Mr.. Baird ana
his wife were at supper, consldersole
noise was heard in the direction OF Mt.
Wise's house. He wanted to 60 and see
what was the matter, but his wife was 100
much frightened to allow him to absent
himself from home.
On the Sabbath evening following. while
Mrs. P. L. Wise and Mrs. Abram Long
a neighbor who was paying vlslt-Were
getting supper, all at once, without warn
ing, something began popping around over
the floor. a sound such as is made by hre
crackers was heard. and scent like burnt
powder or sulphur was noticed. AT tne
same time the house shook. The family
became so frightened that they all lett the
house and went over to Mrs. Longs tc
spend the night. Mr.. Wise and his wife
returned home Monday morning, and the
occurrence of Sunday was repeated Wnile
they were there. Mr.. Wise Immediately
went to work and moved out. At sun
down, we understand, is the faVorate time
the house selects to commence its shaking
This information is obtained from MessrS
Wise, Baird and others Of the immediate
neighborhcod They do not understand
why the house acts as it does. 1t certainly
has caused Mr.. Wise great deal OF lncon
venience and trouble.-Prosperity Press
and Reporter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
g 5000 REWARD FOR A BABY.
Stolen from the Sidewalk In Front Of Store
in New York.


New YosE Apsn 1e.3seigel s Co. run
dry goods store at Seventy-seyenth street
and Third avenue. Yesterday afternoon 8
ssylishly dressed woman left her fifteen
months old baby in its carriage on the
sidewalk Tor few minutes while she went
into the store to make purchase. When
she returned to the sidewalk, baby and car
riage had disappeared. Detectives were st
once engaged. and the following advertise
ment appeared in the morning papers:
Zone thousand dollars reward and no
Questions asked for return of baby stolen
romsin- front Of Siegels dry goods store
ApritIS fkT&Ss sSEGEL & Co.,
'.Ssye5ty,seyentd Street, Third Avenue"
Assrangeieatare Of the case is that the
nameso the parents are not made public.
A representative Of the firm of Siegel &
Co. .sRss asked todsy if he knew who they
were.zGH His reply mas:
'sOhsye of course; but that IS a matter
that csnnst come out yet."
Why?''
"Weil, they are people Of wealth. They
have puSS tie matter IN the hands Of pri-
vate detectives and have authorized US to
offer 81 900 reward. The detectives, how
ever, have advised that all names be sup
pressed for the time"
'tIs it not rather strange that the parents
do not want the newspapers to be placed
in position, to assist them in finding their
child?"
"Weil, I don't know. All can tell you
is that they live between Seven:y-ffth and
Mghty-sixth streets and are wealthy.
Further, If the bsby S not found, a still
larger reward will be offered. Special to
the Philadelphis Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
s Lesson to EorSemen.

A Canadian writer draws attention to
the fact that many horses are subjected
to much pain by the bits being put into
their mouths on very cold mornings with
out precaution being taken to free them
from frost. He makes the following re-
marks on the subject, which are certainly
worthy of consideration: 1.-The bits should
be carried into the house and thawed out
by the kitchen stove, or dipped into
pail of water. If you want lesson you
will not soon forget in regard to this
matter, put your tongue against a bit
that has been exposed all night to zero
temperature. 1t will stick fast, and you
will not get it free without leaving some
of the skin behind" Giving horses ice
water is also cruel, and not calculated to
conserve the health of the mcst useful
helper man has on the farm.-Chicago
Times
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
A Bit of Porcelain.

1t is while examining a collection O,
japanese, Chinese and Corean porcelain,
pottery and faience that one realizes tha
fact that no hare work illuminated By
taste or genius perishes from the world.
The original designers of certain form
of porcelain may be forgotten these
thousand years, and so may the men whe
discovered this color and that, and those
who found out the secret of under glaze
and over; the way to heat just so rluch
at one stage of the painting and just SO
little at a.other; the inventor of har-
monious blending of all that his prede'
cessors had discovered But all their
work told, and here is the result-a bit Of
porcelain that when examined at leisure
and in the sympathetic frame of mind i
found to rank itself with great poetry,
great music. great sculpture.-New York
Cor. New Orleans Picayune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
A BUSINEsS-LIKE DOG.
He Compels his Master, the Doctor, to
Call Upon Patient.

Call Upon q Patient.
(From the Gridley, CAL, Herald)
DR.. Harris, of this city, is the owner
of dog whose remarkable intelligence
is worth recording in the historical an
mails of marvels peculiar to this sges
"Don" is thoroughbred bird-dog,
spaniel and pointer combined, and al
ways at his masters heels when that gen.
tleman is at home. About six weeks ago
the doctor was called to Sishyou county
and did not return until last Saturday.
'sDon" was compelled to stay at home,
and stuck very close to the house. When
parties would call and inquire for the
physician the dog would invariably IN
terrupt the conversation, and, taking
hold Of the callers coat or dress, en-
deavor to lead them to the depot, at the
same time barking vigorously. He
would also be at the depot regularly
every morning when the train arrived
from the north, apparently looking for
his master. The last week Of the gen
tleman's absence ssDon" was at the depot
upon the arrival of every train from the
north, hence when the doctor got of he
was met by q gentleman who seemed too
much astonished to speak. Chow in
the world did you know that [ wanted
you? Did you come purposely to see
me2'' he said as he greeted the physi-
clan. s'Yes," replied Harris; s'but ]
shouldn't have come here if the dog
hadn't almost forced me- to-" Harris
then ascertained that the gentleman had
been at his house the previous night and
left word for him to call as soon as he
arrived home. In as much as Dr.. Har.
ris had not seen any person and acted
as he only to please the dog, the logical
conclusion is that 'sDon" heard and un-
derstood the conversation the previous
night and did that which his dog sense
dictated. Thst the canine has pretty
near as much sense as great many
human beings is further evidenced by
the fact that he will, at his masters
command, traverse the town IN search
little Joe Harris (aged Z years. and com
pei him to come home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
The Tacsier Tansle.

WASHINGTON, April 10.-The Navy De
partment has received a long report from
Commander McCalla, of the United States
ship Enterprise, respecting the Tangie1
affair and the strained relations between
the Moorish Government and United States
Consul Lewis.
The communication, which is dated
Tangier, March 81, says the present unsat.
isfactory situation is due to the unsettled
condition of certain so called mosque i'm
proved real estate, which is leased by Amer
lean citizens or their proteges, and to the
circumstances attending the case of El
Hodr, protege of Leon Rofh, citizen of
the United States Hoir is now imprisoned
at Rabat.
Commander McCalls thinks that our gov
eminent is at disadvantage in Morocco,
because It has only consul there, while
all the other powers except Sweden are rep
resented by ministers resident.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
THE EMPRESS WINS.
Aise. Long Conference with Bismarck She
~ @R.. Rsnres Smiling.

o>~~.~>-6s
BEa1N, April lin regard to the
crisis there is only one important event.
The Empress had two hours conference
with Bismarck today. The high spirits
displayed by the Empress after her return
from The interview were hardly compatible
with s.rnmor that the projected marriage
is to, BE- deferred TO some remote future
time. The whole affair is mysterious, and
one is tempted to believe that some great
surpriss is pending. The rumor is still
circulated thai. Bismarck intends to resign.
While the name Of Count Munster, Ger
man Ambassador at Paris, is mentioned as
his successor, It is stated thst the Emperor's
choice IS Baron Won Roggenbach, q long
and intimate friend of the Emperor. The
Baron Is. 68 years Of age.
There now seems no longer any doubt
that the betrothal incident was only pre-
taxi employed by Bismarck to bring mat.
ters t6 crisis today. The Emperor, who
Is somewhat better again and took an
hours drive today, had 8 long conference
with Bismarck. Roggenbach is said to
have attempted to arrange matters between
the Empress and the Chancellor. The
Post, the National Zeitung and other pa
pers publish this evening, probably on a
hint from the Government, articles advis-
ing people to give up sending addresses to
Prince Bisnarck.-Special to the Phlladel'
phia Times. ats
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
arHE DYING CHAMPIONS =

The Augusta Chronicle is impelled to re-
mark thus upon the dying condition Of
Roscoe Conkling and the failing strength
of James G. Blaine:
s"The illness of Roscoe Conkling in New
York recalls the fact that another conspi-
cuous figure in national politics is fast fail
ing, and that before the year IS closed
James G. Blaine viii be no more. Latest
advices from europe, through medical
sources, leave no doubt that the Maine
statesman is dying from diabetes. He has
lost flesh heavily Of late, and looks old and
infrm. It is said that Mr.. Blaine is i'm
pressed with the belief that he is going to
die, and his friends admit that he has failed
very rapidly this winter. In the past
twenty years no men have had greater part
in moulding public affairs. Each was
elected to Congress during the war, and
both made distinguished records in the up
per and lower houses of Congress. Conk-
ling was naughty and imperious, but
learned, logical and cogent. Blaine has
been affable, popular, eloquent and mag
netic. Naturally, they have been rivals
and are now enemies, Blaine contrlvlng
always to humiliate and nettle Conkling,
while the great New Yorker has twice
managed to block his rivals nomination to
the Presidency in his party, and, when vic
tory was almost within his grasp, threw
New York State to Cleveland by the solid
vote of Oneida.
Both are now out Of politics. Blaine
forced ConkliDg from the Senate, and
Conkhng knitted Blaine in the last national
race. Neither will ever resume his place
in the councils of the party-where eaca
has fought with gisnt-like abilities. It
NAV be said of Blaine that no party ever
worshipped man so closely or continu-
ously since the days of Henry Clay. It may
be said of Conkling that no breath Of dis
honesty ever attainted bis nane or clogged
his caresr. A statesman with Blaines
temperament and Conkl;ng's character
might revive even the dropping destinies
of the Republican party, which seems now
about to lose the abilities of both and to be
near its own hour of dissolution.
"What leveller, what power of peace
making has impending death! The two
gladiators have dropped their weapons and
ceased their hostile designs. An ocean
rolls like eternity between them. One of
these, in sunny Italy, sees his life ebb
slowly out like the tide of the Vesuvian
bay; the other walks the room in his de-
irium and feels the volcano itself burning
in his brain. In a little while both shall
sleep in the flower cEypts and under the
blue vaults of old New England"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-18
A Youthful Murderer.

Laney Walker has just been lodged in
the Union jail for the murder of Sibby
Ashe Laney is negro boy only years
of age. Sibby Ashe was negro girl II
years of age. The difficulty in which
Sibby met her death occurred in Cowboys
vile Township. A negro woman was
washing clothes down at spring when a
dispute arose between the two children,
and as the arguments Of each had reached
that stage when the debaters had exhausted
their reason, they appealed to brute
strength and a struggle ensued. The girl
apparently got enough and fed to the
woods. The boy pursued, and, overtaking
her, plunged his knife into her side. From
the effects of the wound she soon after
wards died. The boys age may save his
neck. It is reported that he killed another
child last year.