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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10
A TALE WITH A Il A
Always Propose Beneath n Tree,
ana the Ring May BE Thrown
In.

when | was 20 years DID,
SAID a veteran OF many dollars,
IL was working on a farm III
Massachusetts not far from
Springfield, where lived q pretty
little girl as poor as | was, the
daughter of a Methodist minister.
Oue day under the shade of a
big tree in the churchyard | told
her how much there was III my
heart and how little there was
III my pocket and asked her to
marry me. She was II and silly,
and she consented on the spot.
For an hour or more after that
we sat under the tree talking
over the fair and foolish things
that lovers dream, when it occur
red TO me that an engagement
ring was the correct thing for
such All occasion, and | began
bemoaning the poverty which
prevented my getting one for the
dearest hand on earth. 1t was
absolutely true, too, for | really
did not have enough money to
buy u tin ring, much less the
only kind | thought jamie ought
to have.
but jamie didn't care for the
ring. She said we ought to thank
Providence that we had each
other and let the old ring 60. She
was on the point of saying more,
when she stopped suddenly, gave
a little crea and pointed to
something bright in her lap. l
looked, and there lay a pretty
gold ring with a small diamond
flashing greeting to us. AT
first we we're afraid to touch it,
but We soon got over that, and AS
we looked 1t over We wondered
where it had come from, and
though we knew that the days of
miracles had passed we we're both
inclined to think it was 4 bless
ing from heaven on our sweet
and pure love.
"lhere was no one in the tree
to have dropped it as a joke, but
as 1t could not have reached Us
by any way other than from
above we proceeded to search the
tree. Nothing could be seen
from the ground, and ! climbed
up, and there over in the fork
above us, high up, | found a birds
nest building and knew that the
builders had picked the ring up
somewhere. for various bits Of
colored ribbon and rags iluttered
about the nest. One of these
pieces Of silk jamie recognized as
tho trimming of a lady's gown
who came to see her mother, and
we decided at once that 1t was
right to e if it belonged to the
lady.
"Thither we went, happy as
two Children, and jamie went in
and ! waited outside. Presently
she called me in, and when | had,
with many bushes. told the story
Of the ring Oh JAMES she kissed
her, and SAID it was now mine to
do with as.l pleased. She hoped
| would not forget those who had
been my friends when | had no
diamonds, and then right there
before the lady | had never seen
before slipped the ring on JAMES
finger and kissed her. As soon
~ had done that she kissed
jamie. and III be shot If che didn't
kiss me. too, and as we went out
there were tears in her ewes
g]listening like the diamond on
JAMES finger Washington Star.
THE COLLAPSE OF 4 BRIDGE.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10

The ENTERPRISE believes in
theoretical prohibition, but it
does not believe in the kind OF
prohibition that those do who
voted for Geo. ID. Tillman and
Schumpert-anything to down
the dispensary.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10

With the News and Courier it
is anything to down the dispense
ry. 1t will even undertake TO en-
dure two years of prohibition.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10

Think of IT'D people in
Charleston believe in prohibition,
and yet Charleston will vote for
prohibition
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10

If YOU really and truly believe
in prohibition, vote for prohibit
ton. We will honor YOU for it..
But if your purpose j. 10 get the
dispensary out, you had better
stay at home.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10

If you want TO help the liquor
men and the believers in bar
rooms, just vote for prohibition.
They will vote that way Tuesday
to q man.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-09-10
pIl.LAGE FOLLOWS.

"The Mohammedans are pill
Laying Gambia, Edhcm Pasha, the
governor. declares that the mob
is uncomfortable. but the general
opinion is against him.
acknowledgements are expected
from Canca, and the Christian in
surgcntS are massiny around the
Gordon. As this dispatch goes.
rcinforccmeutS l. arriving in the
Italian flagship francesca Moro
SIM"
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OPENING OF REGISTRATION
BOOKS.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
" in accordance with the Act of
1896 providing for the registration of
electors. the books OF registration will
be- opened on the first Monday of each
month at the Court House, for the
registration of electors entitled to
registration under the Constitutions,
and kept open for three successive
days in each month until thirty days
before the general election in 1898.
Electors who registered on or before
the. LIST Of January, 1898, are not re-
quired to register
Ofice hours from . a. IN. to 3 p. m.
W. e.. a. PORTER,
. Supr. of Reg. for Lancaster County.
Lancaster, G. III. :. c.. Feb. !, 1898.
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completely anu 'he 'hi'u was
nearly completed when the south
pier gave way at its foundation,
causing both spans to fall into
sixty feet of water, taking its
load with it.
The names of the killed and
drowned cannot at present be as
certained.
The scene Of the accident is To-
Gated about four miles from Ho-
gansburg above the st. Regis In
dian reservation. The bridge that
gave way was being built across
the st. Lawrence river at the
foot of Long SauIte Rapids near
Reinharet's Island. The water
at this point is known to be very
swift as in any part of the river.
The immediate of the dis
aster and the giving way of the
span of the bridge seems to have
been from the washing away of
one of the large piers.
Late reports from Cornwall
hospital say thirty-three men
have been taken out of the river
and transferred to the hospital.
Eighteen of them have since died.
The latest information concern
ing to-day's tragedy makes it
probable that the death list will
reach thirty. Many of the men
are terribly injured.
As far as can be learned 50
men reported for work this morn
ing. OF this list only IS have
actually been accounted for.
AN EYE WITNESS.
Cornwall, Ont, Sept. 6-An
eye witness of the fall of the New
York and Ottawa railroad bridge
says he was sitting on the bank of
the river watching the busy work
men above him, when, without
warning there came a fearful
crash. Two spans of the bridge
collapsed, the immense mass of
timber and iron dropped down
ward and the agonizing shricks Of
the men who were being crushed
in the wreck were drowned by
the rushing waters. Then he saw
bodies coming to the surface and
the work of ruscue began. This
was hclplessly inadequate, there
being only a few boats in the vi
cinitv and very few men who
would undertake to swim out
into the turbulent waters. Many
who might have been saved were
drowned before help could reach
them.
About fifty of the men en-
ployed on the span were Ameri-
cans who came here to work for
the Phoenix. Bridge company.
The remainder were mostly In
dams who acted as assistants.
Every man on the division went
down with the wreck. Many of
those who escaped climbed up
the iron work which still rested
on piers at either end. The
scene around the Hotel Die,
where the wounded and the
dying were taken. is Il heartren-
ding spectacle. The wives and
relatives of missing men are anx-
iously inquiring after their loved
ones.
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BRITISH CONSUL REPORTS.

London, Sept. 7.--Sir \. Bilotti,
the British consul at Canea. who
went to Gambia on board the
British battlcship Campcrdown.
cables to the foreign Office saying
that the rioting at Gambia was
caused in the following manner :
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FOREICN FINANCIar.

NEW YORK, May 31.-Evenng Posts Lon
a a financial cabiegram: The stock markets
mere mere were quiet, but fairly firm today Oh
cheap money. americans and Grand Trunks
were active and were quite the best mar
kets. The buying of Americans was chief
~ lor New York and the continent, but there
are signs OF more buying here. Brazils were
easier on reaction In exchange. Spanish
rs were stationary. The gold premium was
u today, after touching rs on Saturday. The
continental demand for gold at IT'S 9hd is
s eecoming keener, but scarcity of bills has
forced the discount rate to weak 2 per cent
WALL STREET GOSSIP.
New York stock gossip, reported by Fl. Hol-
pert q Son bankers and brokers' 341 Ro5ert
street, National German American Pax
building, ST. Paul:
higher today and has large buying ord rs in
our market but were unable to accomplish
awning on account of the buoyancy CT our
opening. The news received yesterday taas
the Spanish admiral was actually tottl
up at Santiago brought big buying orders
In fact the outside purchases were larger taan
ior a long While past. At present 1t looks SIS
II the market would go very much higher and,
barring ADVERSE news, we think the active
STOCKS VIII sell % points above present lel Ell
this summer. for the war seems to be virtual
~ over from present news"
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, May 31-Money on cali
steady at 1A@2 per cent; last loan, per
cent cent crime crime mercantile paper, 3%g4k per
''ci iiH5 cACHduSe easier, WITH uctuaI
business in bankers bills at s4.s6QI4. 1914 for
demand and at $4.84Q484A for sixty days
p po stl a rates s4s594S7 Commercial bills.
Bar silver, $3.50. Mexican dollars, 451ac.
BERLIN MONEY MARKET
BERLIN, May 31.-ItaHan securities were
weaker on the bourse today on account of the
ministerial crisis in Italy. The other inter
national securities were firm. Locals were
buoyant and Americans firm.
TREASIIRY STATEMENT
WASHINGTON, May 31.-Today's statement
of the condition of the treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance, s19S, 8O7, 1852; gold reserve,
$171, 1922, 142.
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Paul, $671, 3OS.4S.
Minneapolis, s2,O69, 319.
Boston, S12, 426, 1854.
New York, $50, 1856, 25O.
Chicag1$22, 500 800.
SPANISH FOURS.
MADRID, May 31.-Spanish fours closed to-
day at 6O05 Gold was quoted at SO.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS.
GRAIN GOSSIP.

GOSSIP by private wire to C. H. F. Smith
& Co., Sit. Paul. members of the New .-olk
stock exchange ard Chicago board of trade:
Indian wheat shipments for the week, 3 Is :
coo blu, compared with 2,136,O10 the week
previous, and none last year. Receipts list
year: Duluth $50, Minneapolis 5J7, Chicago
Snow estimates that Texas, Oklahoma ard
Kansas this year will raise 100, eco 0t0 bu, COM
pared with IS, coo, goo last year.
March estimates of growing French crop,
800, 100000 blu. Arrivals at United Kingdom
during the past week about 2, 400, 900 blu, com-
pared with the same amount previous week;
Weather in England cold and 1t is unlikely
that crop will be early.
Danubian shipments, 2N, COO bu wheat, COM
pared with 560,000 blu the week previous nd
6SS, 900 last year. Corn shipments 2S0.000 blu.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, May S1.-Flour-Receipts,
80, 500 bbls; exports 1920 bbls. Markets quiet
and weaker. Wheat-Receipts. 722, 425 bus;
exports, sos, 212 bus. Spot weak: No. O. red
nominal export grade No. Q, red S9Ac t. o. b.,
afoat Sept. to Is; options opened frmer
on foreign buying, but soon turned weak.
especially for near months, which under.
collapse of the May deal broke very sharply.
May, $1.15@1.1S; July, $104% al. liz; closed
S1.W. Cbrn-Receipts, $4,000 bus; exports,
444, 800 bus. Spot firm; No. g. 391ec; options
had a firm day on covering, lighter country
acceptances and the strength in provisions,
closing nc net higher. July 37es@38Ac;
closed 38Nc. Oats-Receipts, 3S2, 300 bus; ex-
ports ISL 900 bus. Spot firm; No. 2, 32A@
321hc; No 2, white, 341ac; options moderate
ly active and steady, closing unchanged. May.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
SEED MARKETS.

CHICAGO. May sl..The haxseed market
large receipts. The May deal has closed In
and rather disappointing to all. Receipts
here were u cars. IS cars at Duluth, and 6
cars at minneapolis. The of1cial close, as
is as follows: Cash fax at SLIPS per bu,
Northwest at SIPS, May, 1925, July at s1.26
and September at $109 September timothy
closed at $3.50 per 100 lbs. Minneapolis fax
seed quoted at s1.19h per blu.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, May 31.-The opening Of the
dry goods market showed slight changes In
the prices prevailing. Export goods are not
more So Sellers insist that the reports Of
the heaviest buying centers are extremely IA
vorable to a belief in heavy business for the
shape Staple cottons of all grades for do
nestle use are unchanged. Print cloths are
very firm at &c.
NEW YORK COFFEE
NEW YORK. May 31.-Coffee option opened
steady at 10 points decline, under disappoint-
cal covering, following moderate receipts at
Rio and Santos and fair warehouse deliveries
IN this country. Closed steady; 10Q15 points
net lower. Sales IL $50 bags, including july.
5.75c. Spot Coffee-Rio quiet No. I invoice,
81 S1se; No 5obbing, &c; mild, quiet; Cordova,
S1s0l514c. Sugar-Raw stronger; fair refining,
3Ac; centrifugal, 96-test, 5-16c. '7'7--
WEEKLY COFFEE REPORTS.
RIO JANEIRO, May 31.-WeekIy report:
Coffee dull: exchange, standard, s375; receipts
during week, 81, coo; shipments to United
States 3.000; stock, 49,, 900.
Boston, May Northumberland is good
with prices quoted firm; common grade vet
l71ac; good, lie; Western fresh, i61Sdi7c:
dairy, Northern, best lots, 15@16c; good, lac;
common, 13c; imitation creamery, 13h014c,
ladle packed 13c. e -
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STOCKS STRONG AND ACTIVE
CONDITIONS, HOWEVER, NOT
UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED
tanning Influence, Rock Islan0
Being the Feature of the Group
st. Paul Closed the Day With a
Net Gain of Over Two Points
Iron Stocks Strong.

Iron Stocks Strong.
NEW YORK. May 31.-Today's stock mar
ket was active and strong, but the activity
ana strength were not by any means uai-
dormiy distributed. The grangers exercised
Isiand was the feature of the group. st. Paul
closed the day with a net gain Of over 2
points points the advance being encouraged by pub
Ished reassurances as to the permanent
character OF the improvement charged to the
large operating expenses for April. The
Aprll earnings, with a similarly large pro-
portion absorbed in operating expenses, was
a drag on that stock early in the day. but
rise of ~.
Peoples Gas was the most conspicuous
STOCK IN the list. and rose at one time ~
Brooklyn Transit was also up nearly 2 pon. s
at one time.
The recent rise in the iron stocks continued
today Minnesota Iron and Illinois Steel ris-
ing respectively 8 and 2k points. The re-
cent entry into the directory of the Illinois
company OF powerful financial interest has
the iron and steel business, and this is the
ground of the rise in these stocks. Chicago
& Eastern Illinois rose 6k points, and North
ern Pacific preferred, Union Pacific preferred
and Sugar also developed strength. A rise
mentioned
The buoyancy of so large a number of i'm
portant stocks was sufficient to carry the
whole market upwards, but the strength was
much less notable at other points in the list
London bought stocks in this market, and
a beneficial feeling was shown in the definite
location of Admiral Cervera's fleet in San
tiago harbor, but the benefit from this factor
was due principally to its giving freer play
to conditions especially affecting stocks gen.
orally. fair amount of commercial house
orders to buy had accumulated over the uou-
BILE holiday, and helped on the rise.
Dealings In bonds were in fair volume and
were we'll distributed, gains being general
throughout the list. Total sales, 81, $50 900.
United States old tours coupon advanced y
In the bid price. There sale at I11A,
dec De of Is from the last sale. O.her-
wise there were no changes.
Total sales of stocks today were 507, 500
shares, including 1888 Atchison, "a, 766 At
Gibson preferred, $3.50 B. & O., $3.50 c. & O.,
2O.14 Burlington. 1920 L. & N, 1O,6G1 Man
haitian, $3.50 Metropolitan, 4430 Reading pre-
Northern Pacific, 1851 Northern Pacific pre-
ferred, "A 1872 R. l., 3715 St. Louis and S. sec
ond preferred, 1926 St. Paul, 4,130 Southern
preferred; 36, 404 Union Pacific preferred, $3.50
Tobacco, 4,A5 Chicago Great Western, S1,275
Peoples Gas, 3S, SOL Sugar, 3,1s5 T., G. & 1.
Alps, Leather preferred, 1,47 Western Union
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and Industrial shaus fur
nished by G. H. F. Smith & Co., members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
of trade:
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DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH, Mimi, May 31.-The market was
dull and weaker. September opened 1c off
at S31ac, sold off to $3.50 In Is minutes, up
to S3Ac at 1890 and at 1885 was quoted at
&c bid. No sales of July but it fell off
12c up to 1890. Cash-40, 900 blu to shippers
at May price. Mills last week were not rum
ming. They shipped 5000 bbls and stocks
We're 1880. Cash sales 5000 bu No. /
northern, $1.35; i, 900 blu No. northern.
$780, 1900 bu No. northern, $1.2S; 1900
blu No. 1 northern, 1927; 1000 blu No.
northern, s1.25; 10000 blu No. 2 northern,
S1.10 1900 by No. / northern 1921;
5000 blu No. / northern, SIPS. In
specton-Wheat, 531 cars; corn, 81 oats, 80;
rye, Is; barley, 7; flax, So. Receipts-Wheat,
23,191 bu; corn, 2,445 blu; oats, 22,229 bu;
rye, 9,152 bu; barley, 2,7O3 bu; fax, $3.50 bu.
Shipments Wheat, 1910 blu. September,
close, s3c. Cash, No. hard, $1.32; No.
1 northern, $1.32; No. northern, s1.12; No.
spring, 81; to arrive, No. l hard, $1.2S;
No. northern, $1.2S; July, $3.50; September,
Sac; No: ! northern, May, $1S2; July. $50;
September, $1.0S1s; corn, 3114c.
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GRAIN IN STORE.
ST. PAUL GRAIN.

Quotations on hay, grain, feed, etc., fur
nished by Griggs Bros, grain and seed mer-
chants:
Wheat-Price went a tumbling on yesterday,
with closing figures about the lowest for
the day. No. / northern, 81. 30@1.32; No. 2
northern, H10@114.
Corn-No. yellow. s21k@s4c; No. 1, 800
.33Ac.
oats-No. 8 white. 2e@2ssc; No. 8, 2s@2sAc.
Barley and Rye-Sample barley, S4@4Oc; No.
2 rye, 53954c; No. 8 rye, 52Q53c.
seed-No. 1 fax, $1.20 timothy, $1.10@1 30;
red clover, $3@3.50.
Flour-Patents. per bbl sssO@7; straights,
S620@660; bakers, S5.405.S0; rye -four, 50. 40
@370.
Ground Feed and Millstuffs-No. feed. s1460
14.25.
Coarse Cornmeal-S36135 50.
Bran-In bulk, $16.75611
Shorts-In bulk, $11611.25.
Hay-Market very firm; sharp demand for
all good qualities; good to choice upland.
s7.5Ogs25; fair quality, s607; low grades
$4@5; good to choice timothy hay, $S0S.5O.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
D Hopkins and wife to Myrtia Squire.

Hopkins and wife to Myrta Squire,
1t 3, blk l, and 1t blk 2, Hopkins
D Hopkins and wife to j. N. Hopkins S'''
Its 10 and IL, blk 2, Hopkins second
D Hopkins and wife to Minnesota R Sim
clair, 1t 2, blk l, and 1t blk g. Hop
kins' second add ....................... 500
Lucia L futile and husband to Merry
Weidenborner, 1t 5, blk 8, Forepaugh's
Mary H Woodman and husband TO ! Oi0
Colder, It II, blk g. Pease's re pa
London and N W Am Co to W W
Dunn Its and s. blk 81. and It's
and 4, blk 2S Ramaey's Park. $50 I
w w Dunn to Grace L Ramaley, Its I
and 8, blk q, and Its 8 and T. blk 2S
Ramaley's Park -. .............. 800
Caroline E Davis, executrlx, to P H Gil
bert, 1t 3. blk 5, E Deans sub Smith
& L., out lots =. NM. -. 200
Cap Bldg Soc to Emma D Johnson, 1t e,
Safeguards sub 1t 50, Lake Como. go SOD
Cap Bldg Soc to Emma D johnson, part
u of Sc 4, sec 49, town 20, range p LOO
Cap Bldg Soc to Emma D Johnson 1t 21
blk 4, Hazel Park Div 6............. $50
Total, eleven transfers 1G,951
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time to bring the country back into state
Of prosperity.-Drovers Journal.
ROOTS AND SHOES


The shipments in four weeks of May have
been little less than in 1895 or 1895. but
larger than in any other year. and it should
be observed that for 1898 thus far they have
larger than in 1895 Western demands con-
tinue large. and exceed those of the previous
week Retail trade is increasing, and gov
eminent has placed large orders CT wal
2s2.O00 pairs were taken In bids by Wanna
maker. Considerable orders for mems grain
sGss FEC from the South and Large Or
$4,000 pairs for the week for some makers of
wcmen's light shoes.
Leather-The demand is not large. as man
ufacturers still have reserves, and look
Hides-Chicago prices have again hoisted
prices but hides are sow to fc
WoolMsa.es for the. week were rather bet
ter 100 alt although only s,74s,ooo lbs, Of which
ratSer nd SUI pa we so ~ was
ed. for No. 27c and for combing 29c Gov
eminent orders have caused a better demand
for a few grades which manufacturers could
not meet from supplies in hand.-Dun's Re-
view, May 49,
SCARCITY OF BEEF CATTLE.
Shippers of beef stock state that there are
now very few cattle on the ranges in Texas
fit for market according to a Fort Worth
press dispatch. Feeding pens in Texas, as
we'll as the Indian territory, have been
about cleared of their feeders. The feed lots
are likely to remain empty. as there does
which to replenish them. 1t is said it will
be at least three months before anything in
the shape OF CRASHED beeves will appear
on any of the big markets. Even when
they do, owing to the impoverished condi
ton of the ranges, the number will be
small-far below the shipment of last year.
The large number of cattle feeding
the Indian territory pastures may help the
situation little for time, so far as the
supply of beeves goes in the Northern mar
ket but that there is now any great num-
Der of beef cattle in Texas, as compared with
other years, no well-informed cattle raiser
believes. Many think that the shortage in
Texas only exists in the agricultural coun-
ties-at least many of those who willing
to admit that there is any shortage at all in
Texas-and they state that the southern part
Of the state is the most seriously affected,
utterly overlooking the fact that neither in
the Panhandle nor in West Texas could any
one today buy 10000 head of aged steers
in the two districts. The young stock
now growing up, and many yet unborn have
been contracted for too, and they will leave
the country this coming fall.-Bradstreet's
May rs.