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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
Hogamanay,
Trollolay,
Give US Of your white bread

Give us Of your white bread
And none Of your grayi
They also beg for cheese, which they
call "nog-mone "and Brands Popu-
lar Antiquities" gives this begging
rhyme used by Scotch child,en:f "a
Get up, guide wife, and binno iIweir;
Deal cakes and cheese while ye are here,
For the time will come when ye'n be dead
And neither need your cheese nor bread.
As the children on these forays are
swathed in great sheets formed into a
deep bag or pouch to carry the oatcake
they form quite mumming and fam
tastie appearance on the by streets and
lanes. Independent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

Fresh Oysters.
Bruce's restaurant will from thin date fur.
nish fresh oysters at all hours.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
DENTAL NOTICE.
s. f. KillingswOrth,
No. A Seal Block. Abbeville, 8. G.
Stolen Mare.

- night, the 18th. Il was red bay mare
with blaze in her face and scar on her
nose, hind feet white, and she ts very Grabbed
and PAGER. ROBERT MCADAMS,
Dec. i8, 1895, Due West, 8. g.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25
Restaurant.

II would announces TO my friends and custc
RANT to Cothran's Block, on Washingtpr
Street, where Will be glad 70 serve the pub
lilo with as good meals az the provisions o
the market Will afford.
Oct l. 1886, ems. e h 8 ,7,' :. ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

C.P. Hammond Il Co.'s Locals.
Call and see our line Of toilet slippers fol
christmas.
Ladies over CATERS. Prices from S5 cents To
See our line Of shoes.
C.P. Hammond & Co. !,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-12-25

NOW is the time to buy your ingram car
peIs, at Haddon's. s
Table linens, all grades, at Haddon's.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
TERRY ~ B1fLED.
Judge Wexford Fixed the Amount al
s2OOO-A New Charter

Mr. George T.. Haw, counsel Tor george
3. Terry, of King william county,
charged with passing a forged court-or-
der. appeared before Judge Wexford IN
the CITY Circuit Court yesterday morning
and made an application for bail Tor ms
client. The motion was granted, and the
amount fixed at 5000, with George i.
Haw as surety, to appear before the Hus-
tings Court the first Monday in April
Judge Wexford yesterday granted
charter TO the Old Dominion Hospital,
whose purposes are the management OF
a hospital for the treatment OF curable
diseases that are not Of a contagious
character and the conduct OF training
school for nurses, located at 10 east Mar
shall street, I'm the building OF the Medi-
cal College OF Virginia.
The object Of the company being purely
benevolent It will possess 10 capital In
the ordinary business sense. and its capt.
tai is fixed nominally ar 800.
The officers are as follows: President,
Mrs. W r. Hatcher; Corresponding Sec
rotary, Mrs. Norman V. Randolph: Sec
rotary, Miss Abigail Crenshaw; Treas
urer. Miss Celeste Berry. Board OF Di-
rectors--AIrs. w. T.. Hatcher. Mrs. -. D..
Talley. Mrs. Matthew Cillmour, Mrs
lanes w. Shields Mrs. PrOsser Harrison.
Mrs. Thomas Mcmahon. Mrs. Gray skip
with. Mrs j. +. +. Anderson. Mrs. Sally
Asher, Mrs w. G.. Ferguson, and Mrs.
NJ w. Todd.
The following eases were disposed OF In
this tribunal yesterday:
Bedford city Land and Improvement
Company, who sues. &c, against Clayton
Il Churchill. Judgment for the plaintiff
for 800, with interest from August ].
1920
Isaac Harston. convict at the peni-
tary. having been adjudged Insane. was
ordered sent 10 the Western State Hos
pital.
f.. c. Garrison. who sues. &c. against
Charles II. Kaufelts administrator.
Judgment for the defendant.
The following new suits were insti-
tuted:
j. r. Franklin against Goodman Broth
ers 4 Co. action OF debt for Si.00l.lO.
j. ID. Davis against Goodman q Rosen-
baum action for debt, SlSL2l.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
SWEET ALICE, BEN BOLT
WIEN, now AND WHY THE SONG
WAS WRITTEN.


Don't you remember Sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt.
Sweet Lice. whose hair was so brown.
Who wept with delight when you gave
her smile,
And trembled with fear at your frown?
In the cold churchyard, in the village,
Ben Bolt,
In the corner obscure and alone,
They have fitted a slab, of the granite so
gray,
And Alice lies under the stone.
"'Trilby' and Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt are
becoming a trihe wearing to me-" 1t =
Dr. Thomas Dunn English who thus, and
in a tone bit irritated and spiteful. con-
fessed TO this double reason for ennui. L
had found him at 2:30 o'clock last Sun
day morning in the lobby at the rear of
the House of Representatives, Washing
ton. lie was stretched fun length on
plush sofa, and was RECALLING himself with
a thin and narrowed view of an oil paint
ing of Henry Clay, which chung to the
lobby wall above him. The Doctor is now
76 years old. and his eyes are so dimmed
by many books that. as he said, II can
no longer recognize my friends until they
speak. i can see a man, but it's all
blur, l can't tell one from another"
DR.. English is a figure familiar about
the halls of Congress, where, representing
the Newark, ~ j., district, he had been
faithfully in his seat He is sour, sharp,
apt TO bite with retort, but his honesty
and kindness of heart are house proverbs
Unlike most old men, he is open-handed
as prince, and gives his money TO any
who ask, smooth or shabby, good or bad.
Have l read "rrilby? I've looked 1t
over. And" continued the old DOCTOR
sitting up and lighting a cigar" don't
think much of 1t. Alice, Ben Bolt, Is the
best thing in it, and I've never had much
of an opinion OF Alice. Ben Bolt.
what is the story which goes with
Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt. Well" went on
the Doctor, ut isn't much Of a story. and
in that behalf fair match for the song.
/ wrote ,t when / was quite young, fact
one might have guessed from the poem.
i had started in an idle moment TO write
a sea song; something like the converse
ton which might occur between boyhood
friends, separated for years. one at sea
and the other ashore in the old village
where they were both boys. l wrote the
first three etanzas and then threw it
down. Ii didn't seem to go right. and /
didn't like 1t. A month or two later n.
T. Willis, who was running the old New
York Mirror, under the name OF the New
Mirror, wrote and asked me TO do him
I'D some stanzas. He said he had no
money and | must write them for love
and fame / picked up the unfinished
Alice, Ben Bolt and write two more
verses. sent 1t to Willis and he pub
lished IL in his magazine. l thought no
more OF IT. nor did Wills.
STILL" went on the Doctor, While
retrospective look dwelt In his face like
"A haze, as the man and the scene OF al
most three-sore years ago came back to
his memory; still. the verses must have
had the touch of something sad or natur-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17

and Broad, subject to deed Of trust for
$1,000 $1O,5OO; Richmond College to city
of Richmond. right Of laying sewer
through it's property, $l,5O); Richmond =.
b. l.. and T. Company TO w. Raleigh
Robins, 20 feet on Broad street north
west corner Twenty-third, $500; julius
Straus and Others trustees, 10 Richmond
p. b. l.. and r. Company 20 feet on
Broad street northwest corner Twenty
third, $3.50.
Henrico: Beveridge &, Crimp. special
commissioners, to Fritz Sitterding. y
feet on Mosby street southwest corner
jay, $40; O. l.. Dickcn and wife to c. A.
DiclIen, acres miles west of Richmond,
$225; James II. Barton and wife to
Thomas NJ. Hundley. lot s and % feet Of
lot g. in block ]. North avenue. Sub-divi-
sion $500; n. w. BoWe and wife to High
land Park Company, lot 16 in square Al,
5000; j. Il. Jones and wife to same, lot
II in square A. 500: Sally II. Parker to
same lots 20 ard q in square Al, $400;
same to same, lots 90 and q in square
g. and lots 20 and Il in square o. $500;
T.. S. Turpin to same lot in square al,
500; Highland Park Company to n. W.
Bowe, lot 10 in square q, 5000; same TO
]. II. Jones, lot In square 8, 500; same
to Sally Il. Parker, lots /, 2, g. 4, and
6. i'm square 80. 81 200, Edmund s. Read
and wife TO Joshua B. Newell. l lot in
Highland Springs. 800; Fritz SitterdinS
and wife to Virginia Il. and L. Company,
q feet on Mosby street. southwest cor
nsr Jay; Sa'ue D. Stouts trustee TO
Virginia state Insurance Company, l46 so
feet on Cary street southeast corner
West, TO correct error, $1,000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
Thomas Dunn EnGlish's Latest.

A good many years have come and
gone since Thomas Dunn English wrote
ben Bolt" Last week he composed a
new skit in rhyme about the Fifty-third
Congress. i'm which he represented the
Sixth district of New Jersey. The New
York Evening Telegram makes 1t pub
lie. Here are some sample stanzas;-
From CAB and doctrines pestilential.
From Outhwaite's manner consequential.
From Reeds old jokes by long use tar
nished.
But frequent mended, patched and var
nished,
Good Luck deliver US.
From Cockran's high and lofty airs.
From sham economy OF Sayres,
Which saves at spigot. wastes at bung-
hole.
And leaves the country in dunghole.
Good Luck deliver us.
From Dingley's courtesy TO strangers.
From Hatch's cuddling of the grangers,
From Springers very good intentions,
And Joness hate of soldiers pensions,
Good Luck deliver us.
From Bailey's constitutional scruples,
Which much our misery quadruples,
From Murrays rum, Which sense can
smother,
And make a Quaker kick his mother
Good Luck deliver US.
From those Shakespearian quotations,
BY Brosius In his great orations,
From BANDS contempt for golden money,
From Walkers vitriol and honey,
Good Luck deliver US.
From Holman's skinning of the red men,
From Morses euiogies on dead men,
From John Dunn's eloquence. God bless
And other things which might distress us,
Good Luck deliver US.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
al. too, for they were copied and read

al. too, for they were copied and read
quite widely.
"The music came about in this way,
Wilson Kneass, a Philadelphia, was a
tenor singer, who-to their notion-had
disgraced his family by singing in thea
tres. His brother. Horn r. Kneass, was
a great lawyer. Wilson Kneass was PEN
niless-a not uncommon dramatic con-
ditlon even TO this day. He went to Por-
ters Theatre in Pittsburg for something
to do He was starving. The manager
who knew Kneass could sing, told him
there was nothing about the play then
running-it was the Battle Of Buena
Vista, / belieye-that he could do.
But, added the manager. If you had
n good new song. Kneass I'd let you sing
II between the acts
IAN Englshman named Hunt suggest
ed Alice, Ben Bolt to Kneass. He look
ed over the lines, and taxing an old Ger
man air which was fairly fitted, he began
to mix the words with the music until ne
warmed the whole thing over into Sweet
Alice. Ben Bolt as you have heard II.
Kneass made hit, and the song became
popular. one time and another In that
dav everybody who could sing at all had
a shot al II. That was the last OF II un-
I'll Du Maurier-I think that's his name
looking for 4 thread wherein 10 string
his glass beads, seized on the song.
what became of Kneass?' asked.
ooh. poor Kneass?" replied the old Doc
tor, died and is buried at the little town
OF Chillcothe, Mo. He was with barn
storming company which stranded there.
Kneass was out of money and fell SICK
and died. on his tombstone, which was
put up by strangers, is written under his
name:
The Author of Sweet Alice Ben
Bolt. ''--Philadelphia Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
SOME SUNDAY SERVICES.
DIVINE WORSHIP IN MANCHESTER
CHURCHES TODAY
Special Sermon to the American Mechanics
by Rev. j. w. Stiff To-Day-News Notes
and Items OF Interest-Personals.
MANCHESTER BUREAU RICHMOND TINES,
No. 1921 HULL STREET. BEATTIE BLOCK,

No. 1l2l HULL STREET, BEArTIE BLOCK,
To-day the meetings of religious in
tercst in the city will be many, and the
feeling of enthusiasm has been stirred
up to a high pitch by the steady and fer
vent work that has been done during
the past week. All through he week
the meetings at Leader Hall have been
Pratt has conducted them in such a
way as to make them a pleasure and
profit TO the community.
At 3 o'clock this evening Mr. Pratt will
preside ever meeting at Leader Hall
for persons between the ages Of twelve
and forty years. The admission will be
by tickets, a supply Of which were given
out to persons between those ages on
Friday night. None but the holders Of
such tickets will be admitted. Tonight
a 80 rvice To- the public generally will be
held in the hall, and the meetings will
continue through the week.
This evening at 1870 o'clock Rev. j.
W Stiff will preach a special sermon to
Liberty Council, Junior Order United
American Mechanics, at West-End Metho-
dist church. Invitations have been sent
to the other councils OF the city, and
quarter to three o'clock, and go from
there tc the church in a body. An inter-
esting and able effort Is expected.
Mayor Maurice yesterday fined Alonzo
Saunders, coored, $3.50 for creating a
disturbance at house on Twenty-second
street.
Mrs. George II. Morris and daughter
Burel, OF Fsrmyille, and MISS Louie
Wells, OF Petersburg, are visiting Mrs' W.
II. Lithgow, on Perry street.
Master Emmett Turpin, who mas been
confined TO his mothers residence Tor the
mast ten weeks on account OF sickness,
is now able to walk about the house.
Revs. c. n. Van Houten, OF the Presby-
terian church, and w. w. Lear. OF Cen
trail Methodist church. will exchange pull
pits this morning at II o'clock.
Services will be held In all OF the
churches tomorrow at the usual hours
II A. NJ and 1880 y. NJ.
Captain Pollard who has been section
raster on the Southern railway for some
time past, has resigned his position to
accept more lucrative one on the Coast
Line.
Treasurer Gillian, of Chesterfield. was
In the city yesterday looking hale and
hearty.
The March term Of the Hastings Court
will begin tomorrow.
Miss Carrie Allison Is quite sick at the
residence OF Mr.. Henry Gary. In Swans
boro.
MIR. John r. Roberts was reported as
not so we'll yesterday.
Little Nervin, son of Mrs. Il. r.. Parks,
of Swansboro, had a severe fall Friday.
cutting his chin quite badly. DIR. Ruck-
or was summoned, who rendered the
necessary medical attention.
Rev. w. w. Lear, OF Central church.
will preach the sermon he selected for
last sunday nlght-Our Modern Sodom-
tonight at 7:3o o'clock.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
From tie ity G uncil.

The Board of Aldermen and the Com
mon Council will hold a joint session to-
morrow evening at o'clock to elect
school trustees for the First, Second
and Third districts, and transact such
other business as may be laid before that
body.
Messrs. James Caskie and John r..
Epps have been appointed committee
to represent the Common Council. on the
board of directors of the Eye, Ear and
Throat Infirmary.
The Committee on Finance will hold an
adjourned meeting In the City Auditors
office tomorrow evening at o'clock, to
give parties interested in the appropria-
lions to be made for the present year
another opportunity to express their
views.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17

New Members Of Boards Of Director Of
State Institutions

State Institutions.
Governor OFerrall yesterday appointed
the following new members Of boards OF
directors of State Institutions and direc-
ted the Secretary or state 20 issue their
commissions for terms OF three years
beginning wiki April 18th, % succeed
the present incuwbents.
Western State Hospitll-Mr. J. 7. Beck
ham. Of Alexandria, 10 succeed himself.
Mr.. G. W. Larrick. Of Middle town. Fred
Cr.ck county 20 succeed Mr.. S. n. Hans
broCgh. Of Winchester: Mr. II. !. VIII
liams. OF Greeuviie Augusta county. 20
succeed Mir. G.. b. COiucr, of Augusta
county.
Eastern State Hospltai-Nr. r. vs..
Tuggle. OF B.al NstOne. NottoWdy county
10 succeed HIMSELF. Mr.. l.. s. Foster. ~
Mathews Courthouse. 10 succeed h.m-
sef; Mr.. II. ID. Cole, OF WILLIAMSBURG
10 succeed SIR. Thomas j.. Watkins of
Charlotte county
Central STATE Hospital Mr. Julius
Straits. of Richmond 90 succeed himself.
Ir. ". -. Turner. OF FERGUSON Land
ing, Isle of WIGHT county 10 succeed
Judge j. Thompson Brown. OF Nelson
county; Mr.. q. 81 Bowman. OF salem,
Roanoke county 90 succeed Or. j. Frank
Mason, Of L,Csburs, Loudoun county
The Governor also appointed the fol-
lowing members OF the board on directors
Of the Deaf Dumb and Bllnd Institute. at
Stanton. for Ike term. Captain George
4. Mushhack. OF Alexandria Mr.. Robert
W. Watkins, OF Halifax Courthouse, Mr..
w. y. Quescnberry. OF Caroline county.
The Governor further appointed Hon.
II. H. Maynard Of Norfolk county men,
her OF the board Of visitors II the Nir-
glnia Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, at Blacksburg. TO fll the unexpred
term of Mr. Thomas -. Fitzgerald. OF
Pittsylvania county, who resigned some
time ago.
The following members OF the board OF
visitors OF Mount Vernon were appointed
for enc year from this date. Hon Tay-
lor Berry Of Amherst Courthouse Mr..
w Henry and Colonel John Bell Bigger.
OF Richmond; Colonel Robert J. NASH
ington, OF Oldham Westm0reland county.
10 succeed themselves: SIR. Il. Walton
Moore. OF Fairfax county. 60 succeed
Captain George A. Mushbaek, or Alexan-
dria; Mr.. \. G. Goodwin, OF stanton,
TO succeed Hon. Henry Fairfax, OF Aide,
Loudoun county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17

colored. were fined s. and costs each for
being disorierly
Jessie Hilton. colored was fined 500 and
costs on the charge OF carrying concealed
weapons.
The continued cases Of Albert Granger.
charged with choking little James Man
ming, and abusing Mrs. VI. j. Manning.
and of Mrs. Ella Granger. charged with
abusing and using indecent language 10
Mrs. NJ. j. Manning were called and
after a thorough ventilation OF the exist
ing difficulties, all charges wer9 dis.
missed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
JUSTICE JOHNS COURT,
Not the Proper Person To Take Care of .
Little Child.

Mary Wilkinson, who lives in Ex-
change alley. was brought before Justice
Crutchfeld in the Police Court yester-
day morning. on the complaint OF Police
man Il. II. Robinson and DIR. w. w.
Parker, charging her with keeping her
two-year-old child In house OF ill-fame
and with being an improper person To
have the custody OF the little girl. The
child was given into the custody OF DR.
Parker. who will have her provided for
by the Humane Association. The mother
was discharged.
Robert Ford was sent TO jail for thir-
ty days. In default OF surety. as sus-
picious character.
Charley Browser and BEETLE Brown. both
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
UOlleran Acquitted.

Thomas Holeran, charged with the
murder of Gabriel Papini. was yesterday
morning acquitted in the Hastings Court,
the jury being out only ten minutes. The
ground upon which he was acquitted was
self-defence, a loaded pistol having been
found by the side OF Papinfs body. The
case was submitted to the jury without
argument. after the Court had instructed
them, with the above result.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
Law Ant Equity Court

The following suits were yesterday In
stituted In the Law and Equity Court.
Stephens * Co. against the Rough Ash
lar Publishing Co.; damages. $500.
Peter Donald e. Son against Nj. Byron
& Co.. damages, 500.
Vetterlcin Bros. against c. c. Rady;
damages. $500
William Demuth & Co. against G. L.
Rady; damages, 500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
Sentence Not Commntsd.

Governor O'Ferrall declined yesterday
TO commute the sentence of Marshall
Black of Pocahontas, who killed friend
i'm a drunken row. and was sentenced TO
one year in the penitentiary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
The Imptrlal Benefit.

The sale of reserved seats for the Inn
perial Quafte'te benefit TO be given on
Monday. the 18th instant, will commence
al the Mozart box office on Friday, the
22d instant, al .. 4. NJ. Already a Large
number OF tickets have been taken by lodg-
es. clubs. societies and associations or sale.
and the reports 40 TO Show that there
will be- an immense Evidence 20 witness
the unique and interesting programme
which Msnager smith has In pgepars'
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17

Richmond: Charles G.. Eckert to r.
Sitterdirg. 20 ALP feet on east side Sec
old street between Marshall and Clay,
ylUo: J. NJ. fouraurean, II. ID. Price,
Jack Temple. w. u. Courtney and their
wives TO Mrs. l.. -. Morris, "A feet OH
west side Fifth street between Grace
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
Mrs. W. Davidson is visiting relatives

In Lynchburg.
Miss Carrie Allison is quite sick at the
residence of Mrs. Henry Young IN Swans
bOro. 80
The condition OF Mrs. Emmett Sheffield,
Of Clopton street, was much worse yes
terday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-03-17
RICuMOND. VA. March Is. 1896.

Editor Times: IL seems to me the Dis
patch forgets that The Times is not
fighting the Democratic party, but Is
oontending for honesty; but the Dispatch
evidently doesn't know what party hon
esty means. or II IL does Its definition
must certainly be perverted.
The battle as II stands Is between
honor and dishonor. faith and unfaiih.
and I take 1t that the Dispatch in its
articles is doing the Democratic party
mere harm by its faithlessness. Its dis
honesty. it's perversions. than the worst
enemy of the party could.
Undoubtedly The Times has every hon
est persons good wishes, end those pa
pers and persons siding with our senile
friend are no better than they should
be. which is putting II mildly.
SHOcKOE HILL
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-24
AT THE CHURCHES.
PRESBYTERIAN.

Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Services on
Sunday morning at 1870 O'Clock, and in
the evening at S.15 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. Thos. NJ. Lowry. Sunday-school at
4 o'clock p. m.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
Rev. S. A. Weber, d. D., pastor. Ser
vices on Sunday morning at II O'Clock,
and in the evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday
school at $50 o'clock, p. m.
EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Robt. A. Lee, minister. Services
on Sunday morning at 1890 o'clock. Sum
day-school in the afternoon at 4.30 O'Clock.
BAPTIST.
Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. YORK
v1LLE-Sunday-s school at 10 O. clock, a. m.
Services Sunday morning at IL O'Clock.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. Boyce H. Grier, pastor. Sunday
school at o. clock in the afternoon. T1R-
zAH-Services Sunday morning at II
o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-24
MERE MENTION.

Senator Hill has given out an inter-
view in which he denies most emphat-
ically that he has agreed to accept a
presidential nomination on silver
ticket. .'.....". Railroad companies and
individual firms have brought suit
against the city of Chicago for Sl5,-
100000 for losses alleged to have been
sustained by reason of the great rail-
road strike few months ago. '''''''''
More than s1OO,0O0,OOO is invested in
Southern cotton mills, and the amount
is increasing steadily. 1.-The hand
some passenger depot of the Southern
railway at Charlotte, was destroyed by
fire last Friday morning. ''"'''The pear
crop, in the vicinity of Thomasville,
Ga, which is usually large one, is
almost completely destroyed by what
is known as pear blight.