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n TruitOrtO His State.

Ex-Governor William Holden, of
North Caroliaa, was stricken with par
alycls at Al late hour Saturday night,
ana his condition is extremely critical.
HIS health has for several years been
very feeble, and he has boon unable to
walk much this winter. Four years
ago no had stroke Of paralysis. His
death is now expected at any hour.
lie was for quarter of century ono
OF the leading public men in the State.
He was editor Of the Standard and
atterward was appointed provisional
governor by President Johnson, and
in 1868 was elected governor. In 1870
he was impeached for high crimes and
was convicted and lost his citizenship.
he was postmaster here several years.
His age is about seventy-hve.
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equal parts of manipulated guano.
cotton-seed meal and kainit was
strewn la tho wide spaces, and the
corn on tho entire field was hoed.
kain came the noXt day, but, on Juno
llth, 100 pounds of nitrate Of soda
was sowed in the narrow rows and
hoed in.
Inc crop was now wonderful sight
IL soon became necessary to put up
posts and nail Stats to them, on each
sue OF tho row, to prevent the corn
falling. No hilling was done hut the
whole acre was kept perfectly level.
Arrangements for irrigating had been
made, but the season was early and
wet, as compared with other years;
rains followed frequently, and no irri-
| CATION was necessary. In fact, as Mr..
Drake says, che season was tho most
| favorable for corn | ever saw" The
| fame of tho contest acre spread far
| and wide, and farmers and planters
came from al parts Of Marlboro and
and adjoining counties to behold it.
Our engraving, from dim photograph,
gives but an incomplete idea Of this
tremendous crop. p. l.. Breeden, a
great cotton-planter, and ono Of the
| mo It progressive farmers in tho State,
| says 1T WAS "a wonder to behold"
S. A. Brewn, editor of tho Marlboro
Democrat, writes: "The harvest was
indeed Il curiosity. Ono laborer told
us that the crop, when pulled, was
knee deep on the ground. The yield
was not much of a surprise to those
who visited the crop while growing.
Some Marion county farmers put tho
estimate ut about three hundred
bushels.
Copyright 1890.
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A MAID IN MASCULINE ATTIRE.

hcr Sex Revealed by the Vny Hhc
"rung Out II DIshsiOth,
AnEic Fisher, handsome young girl,
apparently about 16 years Of age, wa.
found in hallway Of Butler street
house, Pittsburg, in a cOmutose condition
at an early hour Monday morning by tho
people nf the house. Shs was taken to
| the hospital, where she is In critical
| condition. She was evidently Srugycd
and 1T is thought she tried to com
| NIT suicide. A romantic story has been
developed in hcr case. Some time last
week she made her appearance in Pitts
burg dressed in boys clothing and appli-
cd at various places for work. As she
looked the aiapl country boy to per
fection, lady living on Stanton avenue
took pity upon the friendless boy and
gave him temporary home at her house.
The girl could not have had her dis
suisc penetrated had it not boon for a
nero accident. Having had occasion to
wash cup while sitting at the table she
went and got a dishcloth for the purpose.
The lady who had bofriendcd her hap
pened to notice the manner in which she
twisted the dishcloth as she was
wringing it out after washing The cup,
and Mt once became convinced that the
supposed boy WAS \ girl and taxed her
with being in a disguisc. The girl
thereueon brske down and made com
plcte confession. She claimed that she
had run away from her father. farm near
Franklin, Pa. Her mother had died
some years ago. She claimed her father
had not treated her ri sht, and she donpcd
boys clothing and ran away.
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An Auiou After the Banuuct

A good story was told at the expense
OF Congressman Ashbel p. Fitch, OF
New York.
Not long ago he received an invita-
ton to dine with the Hon. Herman
stump, of Maryland, at his residence
in Baltimore. The table was SpreaC
with all the delicacies ofth Nr,son.
Rare wines were served and thore was
aplentifal supply of champagne. Man,
of the guests dined not Wisely, bui
too well. AS Fitch stood upon the
stoop, biddingh;s host good night, Mr..
Stump said:
"Go down carefully, Mr.. Fitch
When you get to the foot of the atep.
you will see two cabs. Take the nrst
one. The other isn't there"
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General Southern News.

The Chattanooga marble and stone
qu2rries did an exceptionally large
trade last month. They shipped seven
ty-Bine carloads Of stone during the
month, each car containing POO cubic
teet OF stone. The ramilications OF
tins firm arc between tho lakes and
tho gulf, and tho Atlantic and Pa
cific.
-sam Jones has beeu waking up the
sinners Of Tyler, Texas. where he has
compared dancing girls to ,adpoles,
and has greatly offended tho fashion
able girls by say ing that they "look
no more like God Almighty's woman
than a Chi"aman looks like salt
NINE
An Arka kansas negro plowed up a
jug containing SIG, 900, and in his Joy =
ouo deiirium ran off to town to tell of
his find, leaving the Jug in the field
after loading himself with 800 Of the
treasure. When he returned to the
field the Jug had been STOLEN.
Tho Tennessee Legislature is get
ting down to business in good earnest,
and will probably get through with
the business before them in fifteen
days.
AL the touns which have been
established and doomed in Jefferson
county have added to the growth and
development of Birmingham. The
same thing will be true OF Admission.
1'hc larger Oxford, Jacksonville and
Piedmont boom the better it will be
for Admission.
Mrs John Outland, who lives near
Jackson, Tenn, is very old lady, aud
came TO that country fifty eight years
ago, settling three miles north of town,
where she has lived ever since. she
says that whcn she passed through
Jackson the court house was a little
log nut sitting in one corner of the
present court square, and that though
she has lived within three miles OF
Jackson all these years she has never
seen tho town since She knows it
must be great deal larger from the
number Of whistles sho can hear blow.
ing the dinner hour. She is the mother
of large family OF childle eli, who. with
Their children. are among Madispn's
active, progressive farmers
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diherent things. The ono is glad and
the other is sad-very sad. There is
no gloom upon earth as dark as that
which hangs over broken VOWS. 1t
brings cankering, corrodiny sorrow
mat Ireys upon the heart and ends
only with death. Our people have
long been ble3t with com parative free.
dom from the aood of dive. ces that
oVerrun the North. Illinois has only
twice our population, but twelve times
our number of divorces, and it is near
~ as bad in all the Northern States.
They tie and they unite at their pleas.
ure, but still they are unhappy because
The negro amt vote. May the good
Lord deliver us from ,their miserable
condition. RuJArp
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CORN AND WHEAT.
Unprecedented Quantities Remaining In
tho lluHds of Growers.

WASHINGTON, ID. G., March l3--rnc
statistical lrpnt OF the Department OF
Agriculture for March relates to the dis
trlbution ah'i consumption Of corn aud
wheat. 1t makes the proportion Of the
corn crop in the hands of growers III. 8
per cent or 970, 1000, 600 bushels, and Of
OF the wheat crop 31.0 per cent. !,
or 1876, 900, 900 bushels. The stock of
corn on hand is the largest ever report
cd in March, of the largest crop after
the mildest winter. The average of
eight annual returns is G77, 900. 600 bush.
ella. That Of last year was 7S7, 900 600
bushels. The estimated consumption to
March 1st is ,143, 900, 900 bushels. The
figures arc exceeded only by last years
and 1886. The proportion Of merchaut-
able corn of the crop Of 1889 is S5.7 per
cent, exceeded only ny those Of 1884
and 1876. The average value Of all corn
ON the first of December was 1913 cents
per bushel. The average on tho tirst of
March was 27.9 cents for merchantable
and 1872 for unmerchantable, making
the aggregate of value S35, 900, 900 less
than the December estimate,
The wheat crop OF 1899 was exceeded
by this crops Of 1880 and 1892 aud 1884,
The average remaining in the hands of
the growers on the first OF March for ton
years past has been 130, 900, 900 bushels
the average yield during this period be-
ing $50, 600, 900 bushels
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He Heard II.

You should visit the seaside, Mr..
Blank" said a gushing young maiden to
srusty old lawyer, "and listen to the
murmurins of the tide"
Il L.ar enough of that every day.
grunted the lawyer.
Where att" inquired the girl.
In the divorce court" replied the
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An Aged Negro.

J. II. Hunter o! Blacksteck, S. c..
was in Charlotte day or 50 ago, hav-
ing with him an old colored man nam
ed Billie Aiken, who is 1876 years old.
He remembers having seen George
Washington and Lafayette. He came
to Charlotte on horseback, and is
worry hale and hearty for so advanced
an age.-Chronicle.
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Encounter With Rrignnds

CONsrANTIKorLE, Nuch ia ter.
riic encounter between Turkish troops
and band Of Brigaads has taken place
at Eilasonia. The Turkish troops s$ic.
cecded in dispensing the Brigands. but
lost tweaty, killed in tho fight. while
the Brigands lest only six.
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Destructive Fire in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, March 13.-The five story
building on the southeast corner of
Jhlrd and Vino streets, owned and oc-
cupied by Stern, Mayer g. Co., one of
the largest and wealthieat clothing
manufacturing firms in this city, was
completely destroyed by fire early this
morning. The loss is estimsted at $3.50
900; insurance $25O,O
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Where He Struck Him

Ibid the prisoner at the bar strike
yeu in the altercatIon" asked tho
lawyer.
"No, sar, boss," replied the dusky
prosecutor. che biffsd me rite behind
the lef' yer. Ef yo'll jos lean ober a
little ways, kin sho' yo' do zlct spo t."
The lawyer didn't lean.
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;nri'aesec

Sterling Organs, $50 up.
EVERY Instrument guaranteed f., six
years Fifteen days trial, expenses
both ~ays, If not satisfactory.
Sold on stalments.
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Expelled From the Southern Society.
NEW YoRK, March 13.-Major Han
cock Clark, the man whe shot Milton
Randolph as a result Of a quarrel at the
Southern Society. short time ago. wa.
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That Remarkable Jury.

Despite the denials of Mr.. Chandle,
and other Republican Senators the
Jacksonville Times Union Tclterates it,
charge that the recent grand jury drawn
In the United States Court for the North.
ern District Of Florida, Judge Swain
presiding, was packed with Republican
grand jury men. 1t shows that Of the
twenty-three jurors selected, twenty-five
were Republicans and eniy one Demo
crat A prominent Jacksonville mathe.
matican figured upon it, under the rules
OF combinations and chances, demon.
strating that, if the names in the iury
box represented an equal number OF
Democrats and Republicans, and the
drawing was fairly done, such result
could happen but once in 1928, 537 times
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The News and Courier, having dis
tributed its hundred premiums for sub
scriptions, has now instituted a nam.
moth guessing match as to the cotton
crop of $4,000. 'rhe cotton year closes
the last day of September. The esti.
mate of t%e Financial Chronicle will be
tsken as authority as to the number OF
bales. Ona guess ballot" may be found
in each copy of the Weekly News and
Courier. On this your guess must be
entered and forwarded to the Office IN
Charleston. Nineteen tons of uuano
are amongst the premiums. You NAV
sec particulars in the Weekly News and
Courier.
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ARP ON MATRIhOMY,
He THINKS TIE PEOPLE MUST
BE PRGSPERING.

rt" F"""d"ti"" oil rhis BeItefis tho Num-
ber o. Marriages Among tho Young
Foiks-~Somc RccOlIections.
Atlanta Constitution.
Our people must be prospering, for
the young folks are mating and marry
ing all around US. IT seems to an
epidemic or contagion or something,
and tho town talk is, "who next"
Some Of tho poets sing sadly about mar
riage, but most everybody takes a
lively interest in the performances,
and it looks lees like funeral than
anything l know Of Only u few days
ago one Of the churches was dressed in
bridal robes, and half the town gath
cred there to see and to hear and Give
good wishes, and everybody felt 50
good, that they kissed all-round, and
they have been talking about the
handsome couple and their bright
prospects ever since. And there was
another one yesterday at anothe,
church, aud the young people put in
again to lond a helping hand. NV
young folk ) stayed at the church ali
day, with a whc!o flock of chatteriap
birds, and they said they wanted s
frame for wedding bell to hong in
the centre of the rch, and 80 | had ia
hunt up an old bird cage and take out
the bottom and squash in tho top and
make it bell shape, and then I got an
old wash pan and cut ouS tho bottom
aud turned it upside down and fasteA-
cd it securely and mado a first class
bell frame. Tie girls covered it with
eVersrecnS and roses and used a large
calla lily fora clapper, aud 80 it was =
success and | contributed NV mite t,
the elysian show. There was nobod Y
crying that l observed, and all Yent
merry as 4 marriage bell.
| like the Episcopal marriage csrs-
mcny better than any, except for onu
thing that sometimes don't fit the Door
icllSw when he has to say "With all
my worldly good, / thee endow," and
perhaps he hasn't got anything but a
dog and a peck,t knife. 1t reminds
me OF the fellow who wanted to uui,
his wife and consulted a lawyer as to
the division Of the assets. "Suuiro. ,
aid he, "sposln' & feiler what ha 4
noth!n' married a gal what had nothin'
and they agree to quit one another, is
his thing hisen aud h.rn hern-or
how?n
| married q couple once. 1t war
thlrty-iive years ago, whea | was a
Judge of the inferior court aud lived
out in the fat woods among tac poor
folks. They sent for me one nj sht.
AID | walked about n mile to little
log shanty that hid but Quo room asd
two beds aud mud and stick chimney
and great, broad fire place. The
ol" woman was baking biscuit and
gingerbread on the hearth, and frying
chicken and roasting 'taters and max
iEE coffee. She hal pipe in her
mouth ara her daughter had snuff
stick in hers. There wcte about a
dozen ofthe neighbors standing al ound
the door, an'i when / said howdy, |
asked if the parties were ready: They
pointed to the girl and said She urs,
but jim hadn't come. In fan minutes
jim put in his appearance. Hc was a
rough country boy and chewed his
tobacco hard and fast. He was "skeer-
ed" the bog. said, and so was l. The
outsiders cane in and soon had Jim
and Sally before me. | had oot ~"
lesson OretIC wall anJ r~as ,,r,
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HOCICT Y,
charges
c other
atcd.
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ceet, Go
., direct
mi jsions,
mo.
| for its
ouch ant
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to see the license before pc
the ceremony. | paused al
Jim, forgot. | must Ice tn.
before prscced.' Jim locke
darcd anH alarmed. Sally
sick Ia her mouth After a
ments OF silent Embarrassment
tho boys came forward and
the document and sad: L"
that's hit. | forgot to give it
80 | had to begin at the begin;
DO 1t all over again. Wh
nounced them man and wife
oman smiled and said: "Jil
the bridc-thats the way ".
ricd." Jim gave her sma
sounded like pulling Il stoppe
jug and the boys all follow
and they looked at me In sucl
that took 81 delicate taste
they had left on her Juicy lps.
she enJoN ed it, for | was pref
looking then.
The old woman invited me
to supper, but | excused mysel
parted these coasts repeatir
beautiful limos Of Tom Moor
marriage:
And oh, there lie an elysum OF
III is thiS--it Is this.
A poet cannot disguise his h
1t Is comfort for woman to k
the greatest and purest an
them have paid homage and
the marriage relation. But
anI the women must be mate.
as married 1t is the misma,,u. ,,,,,
briu-.s so much discredit upon thei.
stitution and keeps the Young msr
from prospering. They arc .fraid tc
venture more afraid than the women
l have known many girl to keep hel
lover In tow, but 1T a respectful dis
tnnce, hoping for q better catch. After
awhile she accepts him as last resort
Colonel Stansell told mo to-day of q
young married woman who some wears
ago who came to him to procure D.
divorce. AS she was very reticent
about stating her grounds for asking
TO be separated, he ENCOURAGED her hy
reading over the various things that
the law expressed, but she said no to
all Of them. When he pressed her
for reason, she Dlushed and said she
bad married him for fifty, but had
found out he was sevenCy-four. The
poor thing had been TEN pied by his
property TO throw herself away, but
he frightened his grip, and she was
neither an old mans darling nor o
young mans slave. How sadly roman
tic was Sam HOuston's marriage. Ho
was great man, q grand man; tho
governor ofTennessee, the friend of
Andrew Jackson. He married a beau
tilul and lovely woman, and they had
n oparently every reason in the world
to be happy, but shortly after their
union he observed that she was not
happy, and on pressing her gently for
the cause, she told him frankly that
she had married him through piuue-
that she had another lover whom she
had discarded without just cause, and
her heart was break :ng Houston
never upbraided hor. but in n few davs
kissed her an aflcctionate farewell,
and left her forever. He wrote her
from the Cherokee nation to sue for n
divorce, as he had abandoned her. She
did so, and was married te her lover
tho day the divorce was granted. Hous.
ton married Miss Lee, of Alabama. af.
forwards, with whom he lived most
happily, and they were blessed with a
flock ofgooa children.
But tieing and untieing are very
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a few
ems the
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-07-25
Killed By Train Robbers.

VANwERT, OHIO, July 49, A
bold attempt at train robbery was
made last night on the Cincinnati,
Jackson & Michigan railroad,
Three men boarded the engine OF
the north bound passenger train at
Enterprise, Ohio, and attacked
Engineer Yandevender and h S
fireman with hammers and coup
ling pins, knocking both senseless.
They did not succeed in stopping
the train, however, probably owing
to the plucky fight made by the
trainmen, and jumped Of befor
reaching Yanwert. The engineer
and fireman were both lying sense
less in the cab of the engine, and
the train, which should have stop.
ped at Vanwert, rushed through the
yard at the rate OF % miles an
hour, and here collided with a
switch engine and Engineer Valid.
evender was fonnd dead in t h e
wreck. 1t is not known whether
the engineer was killed by the
train robbers or met his death in
the collision. None of the passen.
gers were seriously hurt.
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fractional FIuht,

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 49,
Another outbreak of TIL Smith
Messer feud is reported today
from Knox county. The battle oc.
CURED Thursday afternoon at Hub
bard's mill, on Sinking Greek, one
of the most lawless sections OF the
state. There was a political gather.
Ing there, the candidates for the
various county offices being ad.
vertised as speakers. Both the
Smith and MesSer factions we're on
hand, wearing their Winchesters
and "forty.fours." 1t is not known
just how the trouble began, but
about three o'clock the shooting
began and when the smoke had
cleared away four men were found
to have bitten the dust while the
rest had scattered and disappear
ed. Eighteen men we're arrayed
on the one side and about twenty
five on the other. Those killed
were two of the Mills boys belong.
ing to the Messer gang and Bob
Burchett and John Howard be.
longing to the Smith crowd. More
trouble is expected.
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THE FARMERS.

That the depressed condition of
the agricultural interests OF the
United States requires the immedi.
ate attention Of the Farmers, aud
that they should all prefer and
choose protection in preference to
the Free Trade Policy OF England
is shown on every side and very
forcibly in the speech OF Mr.. Cham.
berlain, a member of Parliament,
who taking deep concern in the
farming interests says;
"The class of agricultural labor.
erS of this country are never able
to do more than make both ends
meet, and have TO look forward, in
time of illness or on the approach
of old age, to the wOrk,hOuse as
the one inevitable refuge against
starvation.
Children are stuntel in
their growth and dull in their in.
tellectS tor want Of proper nOurish.
ment and proper food. The houses
of the poor are so Scanty and 50 IN
efficient that the most horrible I'm
morality prevails, which seldom
comes to the surface, but W ich is
known to all those who move
among the poor, while the ordinary
conditions Of life among the large
proportion of the population are
such that common Gecency is absO.
lutely impossible; and all this
goes on in sight of the mansions of
the rich. Private charity of
all forms and religious orgauiza.
lions can 10 nothing to remedy the
evils which are so deep set in our
social system"
Are there any farmers IN Sheadn-
dOah county lchO rant Free TRADE?
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HOW MUCH WE KNOW AND NEED

We common people k Ow some
things, but Can't be expected &c
know every thing. Election Force
Bill and Tariff Reform we hear on
all sides.
The Republican says Election
Bill only means free ballot and a
fair count, and say they are full
handed to prove much, very much
of fraud and bribery and intlmida-
ton and blocks of fYes and cam
paign funds. If this is true, then
the election Is not pure, a great
question is now opened.
The Bill brings it seems but de-
bate, storm, words and wind.
Showers we want now, not of words.
The Alliance has a chance now,
muscle on rhetoric impressed on
pillow and we would do well, for
what has been fixed is fixed, If
party has SAID so. See our Elec-
ton Law called "ADderson Nc
Cormlck Law it made Grand Com
missIoners tor this County of Ma.
gruder, Wunder and Sonner all
Simon Pure Democrats to run ma
chinery of course not in a party
line and we live. Laws don't hurt
as much as men and talk.
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Kidnapped for a Debt.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, July
2O.-Three weeks ago Mr.. B. F.
Spinney, a business man of this
place and a large ranch owner in
south park, was K dnapped and
taken to the mountains by a Texan
named Harris, who claimed that
Spinney owed him $4,000 for a
bunch of cattle he had purchased
of him. Since that time nothing
bias been heard Of Spinney. Mr..
Harrington, brOther.in.l law of Spin.
ney raised the requisite su m recent.
~, aud went into the mountains to
pay the ransom, bnt he, TOO, has dis.
appeared. The Texan said that he
would hold Spinney ten days, and
the money not forthcoming IN
that time he would kill him. 1t is
feared that he has carried out his
threat.