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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03

The early and deep SHOWS in the
mountains of the Northwest are caus-
ing wholesale slaughter of deer The
animals, compelled 10 leave the hills,
are the easiest kind Of prey for the
sportsman, the pot,huntar and the
wanton sIaughtercr Five hunters
with four dogs killed twenty four deer
In one day, and total Of fifty-one in
a six days hunt in the Elk Creek dis
trict, Oregon. The animals have beeu
driven to the tidewater along Puget
Sound, and great numbers nre being
killed all over the Sound region. The
Indians over the border in British Coz
lumbia are slaughtering the deer in
droves simply for their hides, leaving
the carcasses untouched. A trapper
found over two hundred fresh skins in
one camp of Indian hunters n week or
so ago.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
So ithern Manufacturers oroaoi,e

At Charlotte, n c.. last Tuesday
the cotton spinners, representing the
mills Of Virginia, North Carolina.
Sonth Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
met and organized for the furtheranc.
Of their Interests.
DIR. g. II. Franklin, Of Union
Springs, Ala. was elected president:
ID. w. Oates, of Charlotte, first vic.
president; H. l.. Bloomfield. of Athens
Ga. second vice president, and w. b.
Moore, of Stanley Greek, N. c., sec
retary Jas. ID. Winn. Of the Sumter.
3. c., Cotton Mills, was the origina-
tor of the movement
II was decided to establish permanent
headquarters at Charlotte, in charg.
oE paid Secretary
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
KILLED HIS FATRER-IN-LdW.
TIE Old Man Vas Insane and Fighting
another Son in Law

RALEIGH, \. C.-Near the littl, ham
let of Wade, NJ. ID. Denning, un old
man just discharged from the insane
asylum, got into n fight with his SON
in-lnw named Gniney. Denning had
Goln"y down and the latter called an
other son-in-law, J. l.. Starting, to aid
him. Instead of seizing Dcnning,
Starting took gun and shot bin dead.
The cOroncr's jury has returned YER
dict TINT Starting died this in self
defense. 1t ia possible that the solic-
itor will act in the matter.
Governor Carr accepted an invitation
to deliver the address at the opening
of the New Berno fair.
Attorney General Osborne said that
he had no doubt Of the correctness of
his poGition with regard to the terms
Judges and that case will be made up
at tho February term of the supreme
court IN such shnps as is certain to get
the matter before the court and get a
decision on its merits
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03

A philosophic swIndler, known by
scores OF highsounding aliases, but
whose real name was Charles Howard.
has just died at the age ofscvcnty- eight
years, in the Holloway (EuglandU
Jail. One OF his last operations WAS
an ingenious will fraud, known in
legal annals as the James Hall Cooper
Clark case. He represented that a
wealthy man OF that name hal died at
San Jose in South America, leaving
$4,000 each to the first thirty. ii We per
sons who could provo by psIish
registers that their families hal borne
the name Clark for seven generations
He put himself forward as the execu-
tor OF tho will. and induced solicitor
TO act for him He advertised for
Clarks or Clsr&es, and Of course cot
them bv hundreds. II WIS proved at
the trial that within few months II. q.
Onn ~tters had been written hy Clsrks.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
MIS- HIS Hife and Jumps in a ven

GREENyILLE, s. C.-Ed Davis. the
colored janitor Of the Greenville Club.
Killed his wife and jumped into a well
snd drowned himself. Neigbbors were
attracted 10y the cries OF his three chill.
drcp., aud on going To the house dis
covered his wife lying dead on bed,
with the back of her skull crushed in,
By the side OF the bed was q bloody
axe, which had evidently been used TO
commit the deed. 4 search for Davis
revealed his body in well sbout
twelve feet deep. II is supposed that
he was temporarily insane.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Says Dana Of the New York Sun

1t if only just to say that il Cover
nor Elias Carr of North Carolina, does
make as much noise as Governor
O'Ferrall of Virginia, il is not because
he isn't full Of cloquence. We have
before us a photograph Of the Tar
Heel Governor. His mustnchios meas
urc at least 32l inches from tip to tip,
and are beautiful specimens of art. A
man with mustachios like Governor
Carr's has no need of words. The
guardians of his upper lip will make
themselves heard from afar Those
hairs have language. Tip to tip muir
mnra. and every capillary tube be-
comes u speaking trumpet Carr with
his mouth shut is n greater orator than
even O'Ferrnll nt his period of highest
production and pcrihelion OF palnver.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Two Men KIHed in a Collision.

RALEIGn, \. 9Th" accommoda-
tion freight train, which was standing
at the water tank at Henderson, on
tn" Scnhoard Air Line, was run into
by another freight. l.. Bowman, Of
Richmond, and Rev. Mr.. Shaw, of
Portsmouth, who were in the cnhuOsc
OF the first train, were killed, and Mr..
Brodie, of Warrenton, had his thigh
broken. The first train was seven
hours late, and hagman WAS sent
back, but not far enough to flag the
second train down.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
xUcHAH DESTROYED syAH EARTHQUAKE
Twelve Thousand People Killed in city OF
Northeast Persia.

SAN Francisco, CAL, Additional
ndvices by the steamer Bclgic fro IN
China announce the complete nnnihi
lntion by earthquake Of the town Of
Kuchan, Persia. Twelve thousand
people were killed III the awful disns.
ter. Ten thousand bodies had been
recovered to date. The once bcNuti
full city of 10000 people is now only
n scene of death, desolation and ter.
ror. Fifty thousend cattle were de.
stroy"d ut the same time.
kuchan lies in fertile plain at the
foot of some mountains. AS is usually
the case, the soft nlluvial plain was
undoubtedly disturbed in n far greater
degree by the earthquakes than the
ncighboring rocky masses. The above
report confirms the earlier iutimntion
of the destruction Of Kuchan.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
MARTIAL Law ron CHARLESTON
Governor THnvGH Says the Fjddyers Must
Pay the Bills.

COLUMBIA, s. C.-Governor Tillman
heard OF the attempt to lynch a dis
pcnsary spy in Charleston on his re-
turn to the city from Washington. He
was considerably stirred up over the
matter. 81 will" said he, "declare
martial law, il necessary, before will
allow such overriding of the law as
seems to he contemr lnted II seems
to me that there is concerted CON
sriracy there which will have TO be mt
down, II IT takes all the troops in the
state, and will say that Charleston
Will have to pay the bills, for all tho
expenses should fall upon those who
made the trouble. / will see that the
Legislature makes her pay them.
Every man in South Carolina who
knows Elliott knows that he never
struck woman, and there is not a
man IN Charleston who will stand TO
his face and tell that he did"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03

An Odessa correspondent saws ih.l
the Russian orthodox missionaries have
so failed in their rroselytizing efforts
among the Khirgese that the missions
will probably be shortly withdrawn.
Nearly the whole of the steppe tribes.
generally described as "heathens, arc
now adopting, almost en- mass, tho
Mohammedan faith, which is spread
among them chiefly by Tartar teachers.
The Mohammedsn Tartars have always
enjoyed the right of free proselytizism
among the natives of the Khirgese
Steppes. According to a report Just
issued by the All Russian Orthodox
Mission Society, during the last TWEEN.
ty-five years il missionaries have made
$4,000 converts among the heathens
of Asiatic and European Russia and
japan. The cost of these missions
during the quarter of century
amounts to 3, 146, 1853 rubles.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
A Massachusetts Mdnufactory 6rranqjoo "a
Come South

BosToN. Mass. The committee on
mercantile affairs Of the Legislature,
reported bill authorizing the Dwight
Manufacturing Company, of Chicopee,
to increase its capital stock from 81, .
200, 900 to 81, 800, 600, and to engage
in business beyond tho limits Of the
State. At the hearing it WAS stated
that the company dosired to build
mills in the South for the manufacture
of coarse cotton goods, which can he
made cheaper in that section, whcro
the labor cost is small, compared with
the cost of the material
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
PITHY NEWS ITEMS.

At Kingstree, S. c., highwaymen
"held up" u. Il. Eaddy, from whom
they secured 81, 400.
Congressman Jerry Simpson has au.
nounced himself n candidate for re-
election to his Kansas constituents.
Gov. Stone, Of Mississippi, has re-
tired from the senatorial race to sue.
ceed Senator Walthall. AS the silver
question was made the issue, and as he
was an administration man, who favor
ed the repeal of the Sherman law, he
decided not to be a candidate.
Judge Lacombe of U. s. Circuit
Court, N. Y. city, has decreed that the
property of the Richmond Il West
Point Terminal Co. be sold at Rich
mond, Va. The date of the sale will
be set later on.
A gentleman shot one hundred and
fifty ducks in two days near George
town, s. c., last week. His expenses
we're trifling.
The Philips Investment Co. Of Kan
sas City, has lately purchased large
body of land at Linnville, Tex, and
will develop by locating Alderman col.
ony.
The city council OF Louisville, Ky,
has voted to annex five suburban town
to the city. This will add 90, 900 TO its
population, making n total of over
lS0,
The Bank OF Tazewell and the
Clinch Valley Bank, both located at
Tazewell, Va, have been consolidated,
with a capital of $500, 30.
The wytheville, Va, building and
Loan Association has declared a divi-
dend of 10 per cent. for the past
year.
The bank Of Hampton, s. c., has
declared 10 per cent. dividend on
the last gears business.
They are going to start chewing
gum factory in Tarboro, n. G. Won
der il it will be made with Tar?
A 10000 company has been organ
lied at Norfolk, Va, to manufacture
ard sell "hygienic salt"
The Winston, N. c., Republican
there the other day was looking at
some pigs in wagon. He said h,
would buy a couple but he was unable
to feed them. He had eight dogs,
however, that cleaned up the extra
meal, and scraps ms well, from the
kitchen table.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Simple Remedy for Nose BE q ding.

Obstinate nose bleeding, snya
Science, is frequently one the most diff
ficult things to check. Several aSgra-
waited cases have lately occurred at tho
hospital of the University of Pennsyl-
vnnia. AS last resort, DR.. d. Hayes
Agnew tried ham fat with great suc-
cess. Two large cylinders OF bacon
we're forced well into the nostr,ls, anil
the hemorrhage ceased at once. This
is very simple remedy and ono which
should be remembered for cases Vi
emergency in the country.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
ARorAL WELCOME Fo6 BiSMARcx.
His Return the Occasion for Biid Enthusiasm
Missed BY the Emperor.

BERLIN, GERMANY. Prince Bis
marck, his son, Count Herbert, and
several friends left Freedresshaus at
half past 9 o'clock for Berlin. The
train arrived punctually at Lcsert sta
ton. Prince Henry, % Prussia, the
Emperor's brother, the Governor of
Berlin, and large suite of officers
were waiting the Princes arrival.
Prince Henry walked to the carriage
occupied by the ex-Chsnceller and
warmly shook hands with Prince Bis.
marck and Count Herbert. The
cheering and salutatfous from the
crowds passed Prince 2,smnrck very
much Most Of the h, assrs along the
route to the Emperor palace were
decorated with flags.
The cutire population of Berlin,
swellcd by thousands from all parts OF
Germany, had apparently turned out
to welcome the return of Bismarck, and
he younger element cheered them
selves hoarse as the state coach passed
along. When the party arrived at
the castle Prince Bismarck and Prince
Henry descended from the state coach
and entered. The Emperor, who was
standing at the foot Of the stairs to re-
ceivc his guest, wore, as special mark
of honor, the uniform Of the Bismarck
Cuirassiers. His reception of the old
statesman was of the wnrmest and most
cordial nature His Majesty embraced
the Prince with the utmost heartiness,
and the kiss pressed on the old man. S
cheek sealed the reconciliation be
tween the Emperor and the greatest
of his subjects. Prince Bismarck
gravity of demeanor during his re.
ccption by His Majesty was much com
mcnted upop.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03

1t is not surprising to learn that a
small herd of buffalo has been found
IN Routt County, Col. 1t is the ex-
treme northwestern county of the
State, a large area of sparsely settled
mountain country, rich in big game
and i'll provided with railways and
other methods of transportation. No
hunter from the East ever went into
Routt County without hearing the
tradition that few buffalo still re-
mained in part of the county. The
skulls of buffalo killed years ago are
still found occasionally by Routt
County hunters.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
We WAS a FAKE JEHFLE4,
The Merchants Cot on TO MIN and No Skio.
red Out


MURPHY, n. C.-This little town was
shocked when II become known that
one j. III. Bruno. whose correct name
~ X. +. Truslon, was wanted in Ten.
nessee for embeZzlement and grand
larceny and that he had skipped.
Last November Truslon, alias Bruno,
arrived here and gave 4 out that he was
looking for q location 10 open large
iewclry establishment and said that Inc
could control $4,000 However. he
only opened up repairing establish
ment, but about Christmas he ordered
. small amount Of Jewelry.
About e week ago word ysss received
by prominent lawyer from detective
that a safe-cracker was in this town
and enclosed n photograph, saying the
mans name was Truslon. Bruno was
spotted az the man The merchants
were all notified Of this fact and eyery
night each one carried his money home
with him. On Sunday night Truslop
got wind Of the status nf affairs some
how and left IN n buggy for parts nm
known. The sheriff, early Monday
morning, with posse started in pur.
suit, but the ssfe-blower had several
hours the start of them
Truslon took prominent part in
religious exercises and conducted him
self very nicely while here
He deposited in safe at the post
office two packages of money, one OF
which was marked $1,000 and the
other 81, 900, and which he failed TO
get. They were opened Tuesday and
found TO contain only blank paper,
In his hurried flight he carried of
watches, rings and bfeastpins belong
ing 10 citizens.
IL Is supposed he is in Georgia by
this time.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
ARRESTED F0R ARSON.
Mites Threatened English. and the Latter
Suspects him.

COLUMBIA, s. C-J. w. Miles, a
white man living in the lower part Of
this county, bas been arrested for
burning the gristmill and ginhouse of
B. NJ. English, of Camden, last Satur-
day. Miles and English had some
trouble over piece of land year or
two ago and Miles has threatened him
often since. Several weeks ago the
two met in the public road and Miles
drew pistol on English, but before
he could use it English had taken it
from him. Last Saturday Miles wrote
him several notes requesting that he
return the pistol, but this English re-
fused to do. Miles wrote him another
note late Saturday afternoon saying
that was the last time he expected to
ask for the pistol and agian threatened
English. With this evidence in his
mind, English at once suspected
Miles of burning his mill and sworc
out a warrant for his arrest Miles
escaped from his house, but was caught
near the Wateree river.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Rewarded Hir,

In 1864 Col A. NJ. Benson, OF Bos-
ton, Mass, escaped With seven com
rades from the Confederate prison at
Columbia, =. c., aud camc to the
mountains, where they divided md at
tempted to pass through the Union
army. Col Benson one cold, snowy
night slept in the barn of j. III. Green
lee, where he was discovered by a
colored man, Mark Greenlee Mark
found out who he was and instead of
reporting to his master, kept Col.
Benson in the barn and furnished him
with food aud water for eight days,
when he procured pilot to take the
Colonel through the mountains. Mark
has often felt ike generosity Of the
man b. befriended. but until Satur-
day has never seen him since they
parted in 1864. The Colonel, who
came up on the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad.y,w Uncle Mark
at the depot and made himself known.
and when he left on the Richmond and
Danville train, which he did in few
minutes, Mark was gazing at roll OF
money which Col. Benson lef' in bis
hand ns he said good bye = Col
Benson was lieutenant colonel OF a
regiment of Union soldiers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
4 6ip Which has Pad Mony Debts and A.
ways Comes Sack
(Morgnnton. n. c. Her,ldN

(Morganton, n. c., HeraldO
When a five dollar bill torn in two
and pasted together by piece of vel.
low paper is brought into Piedmont
Bank for deposit it.causes laugh on
the part of the President, Capt. Geo.
Phifer Erwin. IL would he almost
Impossible, he says, 10 estimate the
number of debts this bill has paid. Il
was first deposited in the bank last
summer and since that time he has
paid it to various persony about fifty
times. Each time it has remained ont
sometimes few days, sometimes a
week or two, hut like the proverbial
bad coin, IT always rcturns II is cir.
culating around the town now, but he
says 1t is only a question Of time Ms to
its being deposited again
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
TRiEO TO LrRcB TRs SPIES.
Small Riot AT Charleston Over be E1.
forcing OF the DiSCensary Law.

CBAhLEsroS, s. The first riot
caused by the attempt to enforce the
new dispensnry law has occurred. A
body of 500 angry citizens proceeded
to the lodging house where the spies
boarded, with intention TO lynch them.
The police, however, got wind Of the
affair and the spies got out of the way.
There was fusiladc ofpistol shots and
much excitement
A citizen named Wallie Bellanceau
was wounded in the neck but not ia
tally, and the crowd then slowly dis
persed after finding that the spies
were not ut home. The feeling here is
very intense.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Hystijpa Women Down in Geo,ojo

The womon's Cooperative Club has
decided to erect building for the
women of Georgia, and will raise
funds for it nj the Cotton States Ex-
position. The club proposes to take
charge nf the dining and lunch de-
partment Of the Exposition, and OBJ
tain the money from the proceeds Of
this department.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
oferTaUs Successor.

HARRIsoSBURo, Vas. s. Turner.
oil warren, was nominated on the
seventy-third ballot by a vote Of 2O2I
TO 1854 for Nj. l.. Walter 10 succeed
Goyernor OFerralI as a Representa-.
i've IN Congress from the 7th Virginia
district. Major Turner is 81 wears
old, was cadet at tho Virginia Mill.
tary Institute, and served during the
civil war in the 18th Virginia Infantry.
He is a lawyer ef marked ability.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
The Ronds WI on he Tnken

WAsHISGroS, ID. G. Secretary
Carlisle, after the cabinet meeting,
authorized the statement that there
waG no longer any doubt, II any ever
existed, that tic - full 500. 900, 900 oi
bonds would be taken One offer bv
telegraph from New York for S20,
600, 600 was received, besides many
others in smaller sums. Several, II is
said, we're for $500, 900 and 81 900,
900.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Generous GIFTS for q WorthY Chnritv

CHARLEsToN, :. C.-At the 2Gth an
nivcrsary of the HON" for Mothers,
Widows and Daughters of Confederate
Soldiers, held in this city, gift of
800, 900 from Bnltimorenn was an
nounced. The name of the giver is
withheld. The Home is the oldest in
the South. II was founded and hne
been managed by women. II has
housed hundreds Of widows and edu.
Gated nearly thousand daughters Of
Confederate soldiers. The association
IL supported by contributions Of tho
charitable, and mp td thistim the lato
w. w. CorCoran WAS it's main hcncfac.
tor. The gift materially adds TO it's
fund and is the occasion Of profound
satisfaction
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
No More Prize Fighting in louisiana

The Supreme Court Of Louisiann
has reversed the finding Of the jury ir
the case of the State against the Olvm.
pic Club Of New Orleans, for the for.
feiture of tn" charter, md tho clul;
will he PVT IN n receivers hands t.
wind up its affairs. This ends prize.
fighting in the State of Louisiana.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Sends TO HortB Carolina 70, a Elm.

A letter was received at the Oxford,
N. O., postofiice from bookseller in
one Of the towns OF Texas. IL was ad-
dressed TO "The Oxford Publishing
Company" and ran something like
this: PLEASE send me sample of
your Oxford Bible. If satisfactory ]
will give you sn order for same"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Giqnntic Pen sion ErnNds

Rev. G. w. Lewis, colored, with
many aliases, was jailed at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and the most gigantic pension
frauds ever known in the South have
been unearthed, which will lead to- the
arrest of probably hundred negroes,
implicated with Lewis in swindling
the government.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Retrjb1tion IS Syre.

The grand jury at Kansas City, Mo,
has made clean sweep Of the charges
against officers of the banks which
closed there last summer Twenty.
five indictments were returned All
we're charged with embezzIement and
accepting deposits when they knew
their banks we're insolvent
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
4 Minnesota Wonans Proclamation
From the Royalston Banner

l wish the people who say nm not
Adm Clarks wife would come down
and read my marriage certificate. If
they do not want to do so and learn
the truth, then let them keep still. I
have trouble enough without being lied
about toy unprinciPied people. am
his wife. but have no reason to be
proud of that fact Mas. Adm CLARK.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Gomez out for Protection.

COLUMBIA, s. C.--Dr. Sampson
Pope, candidate for Governor, and
one of the leaders of the Reform Dem
ocrsts of the State, has come out
against the Wilson bill and in favor OF
protection 10 American manufactures
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Insurgents Successes.

RIO JASEIRo, Brazil. Alarming
reports have been received here OF
government disasters NJ Curutibn, Pa
ranagua and Antonina 1t is stated
that these places have been captured
by the insurgents and that the gov
ernment troops have fed, abandoning
their arms and munitions OF war.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
4 LITTLE Bit Of ELolr.

Nashville, Tenn, -four mills have
developed an export trade in flour
which amounted TO over |, 900, 600 bar
reis IN 1893. Some Of the -four il now
being shipped by way of Charleston,
=. g., and IL is understood that rail
way companies having terminals in
that city are making efforts TO obtain
other Mississippi valley products for
export.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-02-03
Heavy Snow Storms.

A heavy snow storm is reported from
Boston and oil over New England,
Lockport, Auburn, Ogdensburg. Wa.
tertown, \. Y, Scranton, Penn, and
oth"r points. Winds are high md
travel and t"l"grnphic communication
interrupted.