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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-04-13
FROM POST TO FINISH.

r. Walter Z, $40, will be campaigned this
year.
The Ascot races were founded by Queen
Anne.
Horsefiesh was used 10 sustain life In
northwestern Kansas during the blizzard.
Robbins Batteli, the first importer Of
Orloff t~rotters, died In Norfolk, Conn.,, re-
Gently.
There Is some talk Of giving a purse for
q five mile trotting race at Belmont park.
Philadelphia, this season.
The Harlem Futurity, to be run In 1897,
received 1890 entries, the largest number
ever made to a stake race In this country.
George Gould contradicts the rumor
that he wonld, go In for racing thorough
breds. lat any rate, not at present, " he
added.
A school Of farriery has been Established
In Philadelphia In connection with the
Master and Journeymen Horseshoers' as
ISOLATION.
Legal talent can no longer resort to the
bubble that a mare is not a horse. "A
decision has been handed down. which
settles that for time evermore.
An electric lighted race. track will be
operated In Kansas City in the near fn-
ture. Robert J. Holmes has leased the
Exposition driving park for "a, 600.
The bicycle sulky was used for the first
time IN racing over Ice at Saranao lake,
New York, recently, and is considered by
competent judges to ba from two to three
seconds faster than the trottlng sleigh
Horseman.
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THE STAMP OF STYLE.

New washing silks are prominently dis
played, and, though closely woven, are
soft and pliable.
Md d'Abeille, or beehive effects, are an
nounced among the newest designs In
French crepons.
A new color Is announced called "pha-
raoh." 1t is a yellowish shade of red and
will be much used In spring millinery.
Very large loose rosy purple Parma vio-
let's, made of shaded silk and delicately
perfumed, are stylish, effective and expen-
sive.
The newest fancy waists are made of
pale tinted liberty satins or small pat
termed brocades that cost less than 81 q
yard.
A velvet ribbon edged with a tiny single
row of cut Jet spangles makes an effective
and becoming flat garniture for silk or
sheer wool gowns.
For spring uses there appears to be quite
a tendency toward fancy puff effects in
sleeves, rather than for q continued use Of
the mutton leg varieties.
One of the popular spring silks, known
as gros de tours, has a soft finished cord.
ed surface heavier In quality than ~taffeta,
but less glossy of surface.
Many ~mousquetaite lengths in gloves
are brought out for the spring and sum
mer seasons, when sleeves pulled to the
elbow will favor this style.
Most of the short jacket bodices are
made with revers that widen into a deep
cape collar across the back, Which In some
cases Is deeper yet over the sleeve tops.
Capes will take q fresh lease of favor
this spring, for the reason that good sized
sleeves will continue in fashion and be-
cause they are easily put on and off.-New
York Post.
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spent in Toronto
where ne was edp.
Gated. In 1865 Ia
moved to hIassa.
chusetts and now
resides in Dan.
vers. He is \
charter melnberot
Agawam tribe Of
Taployville and
for II years was
its chief of rec
ords. He was
elected great Jun.
ior sycamore in
COZ nd v,3..1
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1895-04-13
ROYAL ARcANuM.
New Jersey Councils Working Lustily.
Various Cllpplnga.


The councils Of New Jersey need n net
gain Of 400 members for January, Feb
rnary and March to exceed last years In
crease Fiscal year, and keep in second
place In the list of go grand councils. One
hundred and sixty-seven each month will
do the business.
The ~varions Cincinnati councils ars
making arrangements for a vigorous cam
paign this year.
Public installations are very popular on
the Pacific coast.
Denver council made "A total gain of 81
for the past year.
Gilbert council, Brooklyn, increased its
membership % the past year.
There seems to no an awakening alt
Along the line in Pennsylvania now thst
the new officers have entered upon THEN
duties.
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His love, he said. was like the sea.
The maiden answered quick
She thought that he was right IN that
Because 1t made her sick.
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RED MEN.

Great Chief of Records, M-assaehuse,,
ReserVation-Short Talks.
Bro. J. Peter Gardner was born in Scot
land Aug. 7, 1853. but his early life ,.-
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alone. will make him help meet
for him. Can YOU say it with me:
he added gravely.
Her pretty lips curved into their
quiet smile, butshe shook her head.
Not to-day" she answered, but
I'll think it over, and if ever can l
will let you know"
Itwas two months before he saw her
again. One day when he came home
from call he found a note awaiting
him which would have seemed an un-
solvable enigma 10 any one but him.
Il say it now. the line read. DO
YOU wish to hear it, When 1sreal
Weston returned to his study that
evening he destroyed the half-fnished
outline for this next sermon and plum
ged head first into a semi-religious
essay on political ambition, and from
time on he has never been known to
preach on marrying and giving IN,
marriage.
Last month the committee got out
new report and general history of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. The
name Ruth Temple, spinster," was
conspicuous only by its absence, and
away down at the end Of the member
ship list is another on which her index
finger often rests and its owner reads
it with simple-'Ruth Weston. =
CHICAGO News.
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The Years Crop of Cotton.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 2.--The Cotton
Exchange of this city makes the fol.
lowing Statement of the cotton crop of
the United States for the year ending
August 81, 1895, the figures being
given in round thousands: North
Carolina, ets., 465, 200 bales; South
Carolina, 800, 900; Georgia, 1900, 600;
Florida, 10000; Mississippi, 1900, 900;
Louisiana, 800, 900; Arkansas, $50, 900;
Tennessee, etc., $50, 900; Texas, 1926,
900. Total crop, 1901, 900. The Texas
crop, which amounts in exact figures
to 3,275, SIS bales, includes 120,9S2
bales grown in Indian territory. The
statement of overland this year in
cludes $4,000 bales by two railroads
that have not hitherto been considered
as cotton handlers. The cotton crop
of the United States for the year end
ing August 81, 1895, giving port re-
ceipts overland and Southern consump-
ton, is as follows: Port receipts, s.
0O6, III bales; Southern consumption,
S07, 973 bales overland, 1,0S7, 101 bales:
Total crop, 9,90l, ,251 bales. The total
Southern consumption was SG2, S5S
bales, and included 81, SG5 bales taken
from and counted at Southern out
ports
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All Were Poisoned.

CHATTANOOGA, Sept. MANY
guests at birthday party given last
night at the. e.home OF James Reed, in
London county, were poisoned by
something they ate. Members of the
Reed, Simton and Abbott families are
very i'll and one or two will die. How
poison got into the food is matter of
conjecture. One theory is that Reed
had loaded several watermelons with
arsenic TO catch thieves who have
been getting into his patch and that
some of these melons were eaten.
Another theory is that a custard had
been allowed to stand some time IN
the brass kettle in which it was
cooked. BY the use of antidotes. all
but one or two of the eleven victims
were gotten out Of danger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-11
EartnQpake at Sea.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Capt. Hen
erickson, commanding the Norwegian
steamship Gurley, which to-day ar
rived here from Port Antonio, Jamai-
ca, reports experiencing, at an early
hour yesterday morning, when about
thirty miles South Of the Winter
Quarer lightship, the earthquake. At
the time it was dead calm" and sud
denly the sea rose up and the ship
dived down deep into the water. The
waves flooded the decks over all and
the sea boiled an bubbled up in a fu,
rious manner. All hands were ter
rifed and the commotion lasted for
fully thirty minutes before it settled.
At first the ship quivered from stem to
stern. The American Line Steamship
Belgenland arrived here to-day from
Liverpool, with 155 saloon and
613 steerage passengers, after an un-
usually perilous passage, having, when
between longitude 81 and 45, passed
through terrific cyclone. All the
passengers were badly frightened and
many OF the women went into hys-
terics. For hours seas leaped COM
pletely over the vessel from all sides,
but she escaped injury. The cyclone
was first experienced on August 26
land lasted until the following night,
when it moderated down to gale.
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SIX PERIsHED, ONE ESCAPED.
Tragic Death ofa Gang of Gas Men in PROV

PROVIDENCE, r. T., Sept. Five
employees of the Providence Gas Com
pany went to their death in the cellar
of the Westfeld street gasholder
about l 80 o'clock this afternoon, as
phyxiation the cause The names Of
the dead are:
James Cotton, aged %, single, Bird
street.
John Kelley, As, married, Borden
and Mary streets.
Lawrence Burnes, 10 East Provl-
dence street.
John McNamee, 81, single, Brook
street.
The accident was a peculiar one.
For several days leaking gas has been
detected in the holder, and to-day the
company sent six men and a fore
man to repair the leak, which proved 70
come from defective valve connecting
the four.inch main which supplies the
West6eld street holder with gas from
the main holder on Globe street. The
men had just returned from dinner at
l o'clock. and going down the wooden.
stairs which led from the entrance of
the holder to the cellar below, began
to work on the broken valve. They
disconnected it and tied cloth bag
about the large main extending IN
from the street, when the bag gave
way and an immense volume OF gas
rushed out. In less time than it takes
to tell it, all were overcome with the
exception of one, who managed to
grope up the stairs, where the fresh air
enabled him to recover sufficiently to
reach the street.
Immediately after it became known
that the men were there and unable
to get out, willing hands attempted to
60 to the rescue, but nothing could be
done while the escaping gas rushed up
the stairs. Foreman Charles Allen
did all he could, but there was no cut
off in the street and he knew not what
way to turn. The police were quick
ly on the spot and roped off West
field street, and Medical Examiner
Palmer stood in the doorway to pre-
vent any body from going down the
stairs.
At the foot of the stairs lay one Of
the men who had almost reached the
bottom stair when he was over come
and sank back, with look of anguish
on his countenance. Soon after 3
o'clock the gas company sent a gang
of men to dig up the street and get at
the main shut off fourther along, it be-
ing understood that nosother means of
shutting off the gas could be attained
this evening and it meant two hours
work. Foreman Allen took a hand
in the excavation and was overcome
before the digging had proceeded far:
He was taken to the Rhode Island
hospital in the ambulance, which ar
rived short time before. His life is
despaired of.
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When Niagara Ran Dry.

Congressman Dan Lockwood, of
Buffalo, says that within his recollec-
ton the great waterfall at Niagara
was suspended, and that many people
passed over its rocky places dry shod.
He says that the miracle was wrought
in 1S4s, during the month Of March.
To be exact, it was on the morning Of
March 90, 1S4S, and for several hours
the wonderful torrent did cease to
flow, and the river ran dry. The pre-
ceeding winter had been a severe one,
and the ice which had formed in Lake
Erie was of phenomenal thickness.
There came on March 81. sudden
warm spell OF weather, which melted
the SHOWS and warm rain poured
down in torrents during the entire
day of March %. The ice was loosen
&C., and a strong east wind drove it far
out in the lake during the night. But
at sunrise on the 18th the wind came
from the west and as the sailors say it
was blowing great guns" This ter.
rife gale drove the immense mass of
ice into the mouth of the Niagara
river, where it was gorged and piled
up from shore to shore, hermetically
sealing the river from damming the
waters back into the lake. Thus it
happened that Niagara ran dry, its
falls became black, barren rocks, and
it's mighty thunders were put to sleep.
Within. four or five hours tiny streams
of water began to- trinkle through the
gorge. The tremendous power back
of those streams accelerated their flow
ing, and in short time the ice dam
gave way, and there never was such
wild, roaring mad flood in Niagara
before or since, and thus the cataract
became itself again.
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Attempted Outrage.

BAY CITY, Mich, Sept. 3.-While
Annie Shultz, a German girl, is years
of age, was walking on Columbus ave-
nue. at 5 o'clock this morning, she was
seized by two young men, who threw
her into buggy, and drove into the
suburbs. There was only one house
near, that of Thomas Wilson, a long
shoreman Miss Shultz was prevent
ed from crying aloud by one of the
men who held his hand ovrr her
mouth. At the corner of Eleventh
and Johnston streets. the girl man
aged So jump out while the horse was
trotting. She ran to fence, where
she held on and yelled for help. The
men gagged her and were about to
outrage her when Wilson came to her
rescue. After knocking down Wilson
with blow on the head with club,
the men escaped. The girl is pros
trated with excitement. The police
have been securing the city, but have
failed to make any arrests.
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Road Building.

The following from the Manufactu-
rer's Record, in view of the interest
that is being manifested on ali sides in
the good roads agitation, will be OF IN
terest to our readers:
The construction Of macadamized
roads around Charlotte, n. c., is still
being pushed, and in view OF the ef-
feet of good roads upon Mecklenburg
county, the following data with refer
ence to road building in that county,
given by the engineer N cha:ge OF the
work, will be of interest:
Most of the stone is furnished by
the farmers. the county paying forty
cents per cubic yard for the stone
piled on the road at designated places.
A small propotion of the stone is quar-
ried by the convicts.
The roads cost about $4,000 per
mile.
The county now has about thirty
three miles Of first class macadamlzed
roads.
The number of convicts now en-
gagged in road building is about 50.
It costs the county about twenty
six cents per day for each convict
maintained and worked on the roads.
This cost includes food, clothing, shell
ter and guarding. The shelter is a
cheap structure of wood and canvas,
something better than tent.
The advantages of. using convict la
bar are:
l. That an organized force can be
better maintained than could be done
with free labor for road building.
2. 1t is cheaper than free labor would
be.
3. 1t frees the country from the ex-
pense of. keeping prisoners without
any return value.
i. It engages convict labori in health
full occupation without bringing 1t
in competition with free labor.
5. 1t is the best possible punishment
for the common criminal.
6. It cures the tramp nuisance.
I. The result good roads is a bene-
faction.
The county owns crushing plant,
consisting of stone crusher, A.
horse power engine boiler. It also
owns heavy steam roller, screening
apparatus, carts, mules, etc.
Lands in the county have been ma
terially increased in value as result
OF the improved condition of the
roads.
Many new settlers have been at
tracted by the new roads.
Considerable capital has been invest
ed in enterprises in Charlotte because
of the good impressions made by the
good roads leading out Of the city.
The road building is done entirely
by convict labor, except only few
skilled workmen..
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Massacre ofInsIIrcentS.

New YORK, Sept. 5.-Reports were
received at Cuban headquarters in
this city today OF the massacre of a
body of insurgents at the town of
Bayamo in the province ot Santiago
de Cuba on August 81, by detachment
ofSpanish soldiers. Not only were
men butchered in cold blood, but wo-
men and children were not exempt
from the fury Of the Spanish troops,
and several women were killed out
right. The news was conveyed to the
Junta in this city by means of a letter
received by Enrique Trujillo, editor Of
Ell Porvenir, a Cuban journal in this
city.
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K;nr Cotton Still Rules.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 3.-The total
of Secretary Hester's annual report OF
the cotton crop of the United States
have been promulgated: They show
receipts of cotton at all United States
ports for the year of S,006, 1T bales,
against 5, $40, ,092 last year; overland,
1,0S7, Iii, against 931, ,706; Southern
consumption taken direct from the in
terror Of the cotton belt S07, ,913,
against CTS, ,019, making the cotton
crop of the United States for 1S94-95'
amount to 9, 9,901,2 bales, against T.
749,Sl7 last year and 6,700,355 the,
year before. The excess shown over
the largest crop ever marketed before
that of 1912, when the total was
9, OBS, 379-is S65, ,S72 bales.
Mr.: Hester has been making an in
yestigation into the consumption OF
cotton by every mill in the South, in.
clu6ing woolen mills that have used
cotton, and the results show total of
S62, S3S bales; but of this. 81, S65 were
taken from our ports, including port
receipts. This total shows that the
mills of the South have used up over
Ia. 900 more than during 1892 SO.
He makes the actual cotton crop of
Texas, including Indian Territory, g.
81, ,S5S bales, or say 216,7 ,79S more than
last year. and states that the actual
production of Indian Territory was
1908 bales.
His report on the crops OF the diff
ferent States is given as follows, in
thousands of bales: North Carolina,
1856; South Carolina, 500: Georgia,
300: Alabama, 1000; Florida, 60;
Mississippi. 1900; Louisiana, 800;
Arkansas, $50: Tennessee, ETC., $50;
Texas, 1926. Total crop, 1901, 600.
The crop of Oklahoma Territory was
included in the Tennessee, etc, and
amounted to Il, 5S4 bales.
Mr.. Hester's full report contains in
teresting facts in relation to the in
crease in the spindles Of Southern
mills and to new mills which will
come into operation during the COM
ing year. He will state that, with
anything like fair trade. the South will
require 1000, 900 bales to feed her.
spindles during 1886.
In reference to the overland, Mr..
Hester includes two roads which form
erly hardly ranked as cotton carriers,
but which this season have handled
over $4,000. bales. He. makes. the
average weight OF the crops 2 pounds
per bale more than last: season, and.
says that it equals 10;0Ss, 600 bales of
last years crop and 10, ,099, 900 bales of
the growth of 1892, when the total
was 8, 9,035, 900 showing that the South
has actually produced this season T.
064, 900 bales more than the largest
commercial crop previously on record.
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sEvENTY-sEvEN MILLS REPORTED.
Indications for Season of Unprecedented
Prosperity.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 5.-The
Manufacturers Record says that the
announcements of new cotton mills
projected in the South during the last
three months exceed that Of any SINH
lar period in the history of cotton mill
building in this section. There were
reported II mills, which will have an
aggregate of over 100000 spindles.
which added to the 500, 900 spindles 10
be put into mills that had been report
ed prior to May 31st, makes total OF
about 500. 600 spindles to be added to
the number now in operation IN the
South. If these mills are all built as
indications promise, the aggregate in
vestment will represent something
over ST., 200, O0O 4 large majority of
these mills are already under construc-
ton, or contracted for, so that the per.
centage Of those that are never built
will be very small.
Mills reported during the past week
were a 2,6O0.spindle mill at Douglas
vile, GA; 500, 900 mill at York
Vile, S. c.; 2,300 additional spindles
to Mooresville, N. c., mill; 1900
additional spindles to a Harmony
Grove, Ga, mill; 5000 additional
spindles to mill at Laurens, S. c.; a
S55. 900 addition to a Knoxville cotton
mill.
Among other enterprises reported
for the week were the completion of
S1OO, 900 coke plant in Alabama; the
starting up of large car works at An
niston, Ala, which have been idle for
several years: $50G,000 gold mining
company, and the enlargement of fur
naces. In Arkansas the development
of bauxite, paint plant; S10O, 0OG
fertilizer works and $4,000 water
works improvement. In Georgia e
$500. 900 water works plant, proposed;
and electric works, construction COM
pany, $4,000 of water works i'm
provements, and a flour mill. In
North Carolina $50, 900 shoe factory,
gas plant, saw mills, oil mills, and
100000 construction company. In
South Carolina a $4,000 water power
| plant, projected; 250-barrel -four mill,
brick works, and shuttle mill. In
Tennessee coke ovens and a furniture
factory. In Texas a cotton compress,
broom factory, irrigating plant. In
Virginia the sale of tin mining COM
pany for developments, a 250-bsrrel
flour mill, a tobacco factory and
machine shops. In West Virginia
several extensive oil and gas compan-
les, and in other States number OF
miscellaneous enterprises, covering
diversity Of industrial interests.
The rapid expansion of the textile
interests of the South and the phenom-
enal activity prevailing in iron and
coal matters, coupled with an IN
creasing demand for farm lands for
settlement by Western people, is
bringing about an unusually healthy
business condition throughout this
entire section. With the continuation
Of high prices for cotton, the enormous
grain crop which has been produced,
and these conditions in industrial in
terests, the South bids fair to have the
most prosperous season which 1t has
enjoyed for many years.
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Killed Dy Lightning.

BESSETTsvILLE, S. c., Sept. 2.-On
Saturday afternoon, during an electric
storm. Mrs. Andrew Deas was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
The family were sitting on the front
porch, and Mrs. Deas got up and went
into room for something, and went
near a window. There were scars on
her nose and the side Of her face and
her shoe was torn entirely from her
foot --RecISter.
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demand kecO-nition.

CESTRAL1A, ILL.,, Sept. 3.-The two
school buildings setapart by the school
board for the use of the negroes were
empty today as they were yesterday
when the school commenced. The
buildings are in every way as well
equipped as those of the white schools
and provided with competent teachers,
but the negroes will not use them.
The blacks demand admission to ali
schools and threaten suits Cor dam
ages for interfering with their rights
of citizenship. The whites threaten
retaliation by refusing employment to
black men.