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Dedhan conslth 4f soven cars and tg gige car, under cLaroeof Conductor ginb tRY1 t rs-wb bycv' eaTy, but live others fell throu h the brio the road beneath, a distane of 80 feet, 'lhe last car, which was the smoker, turned completely over and struck on top of the others, all being crushed almost out of shape. 'I he caUSe ?f the accident is said to have been the. breaking of the bridge. It is stated that the bridge is a cotupatatively new one, and that the accldent was caused by a truck of one of the cars giving away. causing the car to strike against the abut ment of the bridge. 'lhe smoking car after it fell caught. fire. but. the fire department wals promptly on hlaind and prevented any sprcad of the Ihles. The bodies of the dead have all been remuoved, and of the wounded some are at hospitals and sonic have been taken home. The latest estimate of the casualties is ;>Z killed and about r 0 wounded. h'Itat the horrors of fire Were not added to the terrible disaster was due to the promptness with which relief was sent. A chemical engine from Itoslindale was at the scene within 20 minutes after the wreck occurred, brought by a letter-car rier, who gave an alarm of tire upon ob serving flumes issuirng from the debris. The flamnes were soon extinguished and the fire men then did excellent work in rescuing lie injured. 'l'he stoves in all the cars were securely fastened to the floors by iron bolts and the doors of the stoves were locked. In only One car did the stove up set, although in o1c instance a stove was s mashed clear through the roof of the car im which it had been. N'onan'e Wondrous P'luck. A case of extraordinary pluck on the part of a woman occurred. lt Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, recent'-. The lady applied to have a tumor removed irom her arm. 'I'Ie pllysicians decided to have the operation performed in the pres ence of the students, aiui when the hour for the clinic arrived arrival the lady was invited into the apIhll heatrt. The doetors told her that they wotlt lhive to adminis ter ether, as the operation would prove very painful. She reflused to allow this to be done, and then t he physicians tried to induce her to take a glass of brandy, which she likewise refused. ''hey next ollred' her a glass of wine, but the lady simply Waved it away, ayilg that she would be able to lnlergo the operation. Tie dloctors consulted for a loment 1111d cccided to take the womaln at her word and go ahead. 'l'hey bared her arm to the shoulder, laid her 11 her side and then buried the knife in the tlesh, cut a big gash over six inches il length, pulled the bleed ing pieces apart, reloved the tumor, scraped the bone (and then sewed the parts together. 1)uring all this time the paitient never noveI. Not a cry escaped her, and a1s she gritted her teetI her face beenme as white us a sheet. The phystcians antd stu dents looked on Wit i ainlazement at. the l)lucky womanl aid maurveled how she could endure the terrible pain without a whimlper. After the operation was over I)r. Brinton, turning to the 600 stuldents, said: "'l'herc is not a mllanl iiniong you who couldl have stood tl is opcration as heroic. ally is this lady ha's.' narinu and .yMieri:l, 3lurdter. A dtuit a tnysteriolis murder was comunit ted in ('hlrler"ton 'Tlaui s lay. \V illi:n HIenry Baxter, a colored boy sixten ye:t-s old, employed at \\'ern-r iroil works, on lorlbeck alley, was enll, to tIe door by somle boy-. \Vlu-it lxter r(e-lciJ door11, one of thle b)0s stabbled him- the left breast. lPrank \\~~ Illk smih, was it woI hefli rear If thc buiild mg,~ andi sa; salw t wo or thIiree bloys ter:w11nnie he(aw liaer callurnx hicling tor a liti while to his b)ench, ~~"' t hen fall to thle t toor. I laxter vomlited' shook as if ini conllysionls andil dii(< ini :' few mflites. No (one was foiud whol( saw the blow struck. Thew wounhd was made withl a wide blade, probablly a dag er. It entered thle breast just above thle let t ni1pple andi( evidently pierced thle heart. Mr. 'T. W. Sires, mbuanigr (If the iron wortks, found RI xter dyin1g. Th'le boy was t hell taken home. .Nei her thle fat her nor mnot her of the boy knewv of any juar-rel that might have led to thle mu lrder. The plhi(e are nows working on the unitter. \Vhitmnan, the blaksmlith, tiniiks lie could identify one of the nunltelrers. Thle scenle of thle muirder was bet weeni Aleetinig and1( King commilittedi ill nooluhay. teIeprosy ini ewI (orliinus. WVhile (delving for informrnatien onii thle subject 6f the city's liealthi, I isceltrtie what I bielie-ve is ntii genierally known i in New Orleans-thmat leprosy exists here to a considierable extenit. it hasi bzeeni known in a vagule sort (If way thi:it there were someI cases of thle d readedl disease in the lower palrishies, bult, ino t I luit it p)revauiled toi any extent Ill New Orleans. T1here are no0w under treatment. In the Charity lIos pital no less than 18 eases. I am informed that t-he victims of the dIsease (10 not kno1w with what they are ailhlietedl, and lare goIng about their ulsual vocations. One of these, a woman, is acooh. I am told the nlat uro of their diseaise is concealed so as to spare them from isolar tion. Perhaps the dlistinlguishled medical gentlemen at the hlospital know best what is propelr ill thie premises, bult the uinpreju dicedi ob)serveri wouldi say, far better- the(se uinfort unaltes beI shunnlied andit forced in to isolation than that they spread the malady by conltact and( bly bearing children, which they are now in danger of doing innuo cently.- (kr. CicagoI iTnu. Thosei "lEolnes EvangeHIntn." A special to the New anld Ch~urir. daited Raleigh, N. C., March 14, says: 'Yester day a party' of 1peop)1 knowun as 'Holiness Evangel ists' airri ved( here. Someii were white and some colored. In the afternoon one of them-a womlan-reached oin the street. Last night they went to tihe eel oredl chulrches, whiere the mlost ext.raori nari~y scenes (occurredl. Tile Evangelists tolId the negroes that all jewelry must be given upi. They took earrings from the ears of negro women, andl they took also0 other jewelry. They kept this andl have not returned it. To-day the negroes are greatly excited about this matter, andI have mnade complaint to the Manyor. One of the E1vangelists Is reported as having pulled down pIctures in thle colored ehurch ,sa ing thoy-imt be burned. AMayor 1)0(1( Issued ordecrs this afternoon that hereafter nteithIer these Evangelista nor the Salvation Armny shall ;be allowed to conduct services on the streets. These Evatgelist;s are said to be the same:who were ordered out ot Coltuniat, 8. C., bya vigilance committee." - "A.e Good a. New," Are the words used by a lady ,who was lit 01ne time given upl by the mn st otiinent phfi'ictap..4wd left to die. R~educed to a Rfnoe ke tonj a ead haggard, not able - mall those distrcein~ ' shifer.ing females, sue ...... UcfhGa inflammation, Sh )gj talkin Dr. Pierce's - - f" tuIalso sng the ieY rce 4., -8 er't. t ingw h in hasteb t l a doi awbitIoua soribes. ' A fire at Lumberton, N. C., on Monday; destroyed 17 buildings. Loss $100,000. The Prince hwd Pri*tees Colonna are to visit Papa Mackay in May or June. The French Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 818 to 248, has passed the bill sur taxing cereals. Moonlighters have wrecked the houses of ten tenants on Gen. Stewart's estate in West Clare, Ireland. Dr. T. Q. Ford, of Louisiana, having been pardoned by the Governor, has been released from the parish prison, Mrs. L. C. I)uer and her child were ulied by a locomotive while walking on he track at Gainesville, Fla. Mr. Parnell reports his health much im lroved and his appearance is said to con lirm his report. Lieutenant, now General, Greely, of the Signal Service, is lecturing in Washington m A retic subjects. Mr. Blaine is to go to Europe in May. if he does not change his mind before that timo. Miss Cleveland dined with Mrs. Beecher at the latter's home in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon. Cardinal Manning has heartily endorsed the policy advocated b y Cardinal 0it,ons towards the Knights of Labor. The oilcial arrangements for I lie Worhl's Exhibition in 'aris in 188 , qre now eon ple(e. The total of persons killed in the rail road wreck is now put at 24, and the wolldedt a bout 150. Wn. I. Travers continues to grow weaker and now sees nobody but his inti mate friends. General Sheridan is to build a summer home near New liedford, on the \lassachu setts coast. Senator and Mrs Edmtunds will not leave Washington fir Vcrmu nt until the middlc of \May. Senators Slermtant and ingalIs, with the other nelhers of their Washington party. have arrived at Ilavana. 'l'he New York coopers have renotuntcd all allegiance to the Knights of Labor, and have gone back to work at reduced wages. The inciting of snow and ice is causing overflows of the Missouri river and its tributaries. Lx-Alderman O'Neill is said to pass his leisure time in Sing-Sing in the earnest 'tudy of St. Augustine's confessions. The health of ex-'residIenlt .1ames ). Fish continues to grow worse, and it is thought that he will be pardoned to avoid his death in prison. The British aristocracy is being dlIi gently ''worked" in the effort. to insure :a large attendance at Mrs. .James Brown Pot ter's debut, whiclh occurs on liu; 26th inst. Lizzie McGowan, aged 15 years, of Cii C'1pee, Miss., while tempcrarily insaunc, took suilicient l'aris green to kill 25 persons and died in 15 minutes., An engine and tender went through the railroad trestle near Marietta, Ol1h, killing the engineer and the ilrccman and seriously scalding the conductor and a brakeauan. The report that there was a coohiess he tween the .President and Secretary Eiu,1. cott is denied by the press and d' ouneed ba- Mr. Cleveland. t'anniliC RIasch, at New t Orleans 'witow who followed the occtupation of rag.) tcker, was found dead #n bed with '$.l," lt0 jon((i ee:alaud abovt her shabbily-furnished roomu. '1 viite and colored women in K anitsas yW.:' eing organuized to vote at the 'oingi' sirmg e'lection which promises to be ani ex (ciig oiie. I leytind a tewv se'rinlunages in I 1.ondon. der'ry and.(1elsewhelire, St. Paitrick's <hay wvas obi servedl mi an orderly manner th.roughout I reland.~ TIhe New Yoirk Enq/ineerin/ iKeo's says th id isaste'r on Forest lIhill Bridge, near lsn,was due to its defective const rue The Triasury D epartmnent has re(ceived an opiniioni from the fir-st. Controller, to the ellee~ timt Congress fai ledi to appiopriate imoney for te agricultural staitions. Thie Ilhlinuois Legislature has voted down a res, h ition to submait a p)rohiibitoiry amiendt inenit to thle people at tile next genleraul eee tin. 'The v'ote was (15 yeas, 9)8 nays. An Ottawa, Oat., dispatch says that, an other fa.st sailing schooner hams becen addedi toI the ilsheries protection cruiser let, for use during the coing sununcr. TPhe French Chamber tof D eputies. by a vote of :128 against 238, approved thle hill imposmng a duty of live francs per t1t0 kilos oni whleat imports. Thhe case aginiist the parties charged wit hi thie shooting of CulbreathI, in Edgejield, hias la-en postponOueil, on the ground( of' ab senice of defendani s' wvit nessos. Th'le Governor oIf Tennessee hats signed he hill submitting to the people a prohibi iln eilndent to the Constitution. The ehecthin will b,e hlcd iiext September. 'The silk muills in Union Mills, N. Y., hiave' been obliged to shut dIown, owving to the strike in the mills at Paterson. O ver 200t men and( wvomen are out of empo men'it. - liy At. a meeting of (Congregational mdi.ls t ers in ChIiicago a statemlent highly eulo,is. tic of the Rev.11I. W. Ie.echer wias adopted and1( ordered placed oni theO recordls. 'he D uchess of (Otranto commaittetd smi cide at Pa'ris 'Tuesday by blowing her brains out1 with a revolver. She was overwrouight withI grief at the recent, dheath of her huus band. Chairles Heillly, the famous short stop oIf lie Princeton B rowns for several seasons pa1st, hias just been secured by the Savan n Southern League Club. heCn last heard from, Secretary Bayard hiatt met the lady only twice to whom lie is said to he engaged ,both of those times having been inh)public places. The British wvar olie authlorities hatve madite aurangemients for t.ranspor.tatioii from Cainada to London (luring the comling sea son of 3,000) horses for artillery trains. TIhec lion. Willis P. Bocock, twice Attor ney General of Virginia and a mneumber oIf the Constitutioniil Convention of 1850, (died Monday in Appomnattox county, aged 80 yearsi'. Stockhohlers in Rlichmiondt andI West Point Terminal want President Sully to resign, in order that they may elect Mr. Imana to hisa place. They say Mr. Sully is too fond of speculation. Sonmc boys in Augmusta tr.ied to play a p)ractical joke on the Salvation Army biy an1 expIlosioni of powdier in an adjoining house. Quite a panic ensmued, btut inobody was hurt. D)oi,iniek Gray, who killed his infant (chilid ini its mo)the's iarms iand nearly killed ~.'he mother a few days ago, (lied on Sunday night in a hospital in New York from die hiriaum tremens, Letters from Prague refer to an earth tquake on Saturday aroumnd Pezibram, and say that the village. of Birkenberg was de stroyed, tihe inhabitants taking refuge in Pragum.e. On Tuesday Robert Furnace and Jessie Jennings, two farmers, while crossing a railroad track about a mile from Nokomis, Ill., in a wagon, were struck by a train and instantly killedl. The strike on the Mahoning divsion of the Now York Pennsylvania 'and Ohio railway still con nes, but trains are run ning anid freight is beinlgLhapdbedl as fast as relys10, y.' . 4.; wckk. o c!' owoCvf'r o WeIo Theodore Tilton was told of aMr. Hcor'as h and asked whether he had anytlt o tMay, he shook his head sadly and ed: "No; it will do no good T tidftil be four men in the United ta ak who tjiink they resemble .d i Both, but only one of them, Daniel, of Virginia, really bears any resemblance to the great tragedian. 'Tlie British Cabinet has decided on a land purchase scheme based upon revised rent ls. Under this scheme, therefore, land lords will fare worse than they would ui der Mr. Gladstone's bill. ''. .1. Brennan, who has been the private secretary to Secretary Manning, will be aide corresponding secretary of the West ri National Bank, Nt.,w York, of which 3Ir. Manning is to be president. 'T'he listless manner in which thle lar (tis of I iorne lhas been discharging many ut his reet( pub be duties is Cxlpained by the a1mUntneentient I hat he is engaged on a plliti al rs uy of considerable magnitude. 'Tihierte is a rultr in London that Ie l;tumror of Grmany will abdicate his throne on the 22d inst., but in Ihis country it is thought that he adicated s')me time Alifed S. W hite, Ilie fastcst stettogra1Iher in the wor'd,l whio waS reported tuissii I'rot his Inhue i New Y Vork last wcelc, has breet fo il in I. 'liicngo in a high state of in digitation against the ni an wh Io attIi buted his tbsec t opl)iumn. Somi(' 1)emioratu: pulitilci)ns in New' Y ork are howii ng over l:tvor IIewitt's appointnent of James C. It ylc;, to be President of the I1otrd of Ibalth. The objection is tint 1koyles is a K night of L,a hor. 'I'he lialtimore /it a fac e't un/ )':rs' .1ic"r(l is olicially authorized I anotlunce th:t the new\ ("ott(4n ser(d oil m(ills, aboutIl Wh1ich 1 Iherr lnis been tnich dlisculssioI, will lp'o iti\vly he bttil. all : jeports to the ((II IIaI'\ iot wit hstantding. It is 'sti-olli(iallV sthtll 1 th:t -1 per souns IIOstly" stn(dents. have brcen a r tr lle 10r connertion with the r(a (vntlyO disovered pItit to assassinate the ('zlir. ( One of the p)risonetrs is i wonuti. 'T'lie lepubliuan ietmbes of the l'lhla deil)hia derlet;tion iin the Ilutis of l)epre setatives has decidlred1 (108iii uisly to re arrange the cottngre.sio atl a1 ppurtion tut for IPhiladelphia, so as to ' ovide a 1)etmo crati(c distrirt for 'ir. ItatndalI. ''he anutal mt40(ing of the National As soiiation of tGeral P':ts'enger an( 'ticket Agents of tIe . nited States and ( ula I'gan it the Arlington lbo tel. Washi gton, I'csday. t flicers e"cr1 elected for tlie cn suing year. A lady wa;ts i1 i'tmpring Lord liothsclil( t"I dliret hter aon into a pay(ingt bu.ineSs. " aclatue," said lie, ' 'aiiy 1uisineiss is g tod s1 1,iug nittches evei is a splildi(t business, it yout doI cnought of it. Th'le wife ulf Senator-elect IIisofek, of NewV Yorkc, is Saidt to be "attrartive uand I>tite,' withI an idea ini the back of her shapely Iead that statesnmshifp b ega ti w lien her husb411ad wits born. 1)oyle's statue of cneral Albert Sydn(ey 1UInston has been successfutlly :tst 1ly the Ames Company, of Chic pie, >la ss., and will be unveiled witI ip)rolriate cecenni nis at New Orleans next mttii. Senator Mclihersot, If N(ewV ,lerNv. cats a cowl of tusli iand(1 mik b1efti gling to a W\ashington dhinne and1 1u((ne en his letutrn theref'roml. 1k' (:at. httle 'r nlothiii" at thie di,nier;uand drinks no w":jur. Ini thlis wtay" la' says, Ie is enabl(ed to retain iis health. lx Assist:it IP.o.st11nister 1i' .(einral iral y. 14f Stari lotet Iunc, is stoont to mairy .\is. 'YaIt's, a haimtndoe widocw, who hia been for' several yeatrs a clerk in tihle Sixthi Aui ditor's tlithie att. Waishtigtoni. (lei. lirngly waV;s left ai w~iower ablouit I wo yetar's :tgt. Tlhe coin iniittee of Wa':sh ingtoni increhiatts ca:riva':l, atfti'r te style of lt hbel in Newv til nexthi iti i oilt fall. They s til icic Ihweer tht :m unprwel ceen te iail oil te neld ciut t oh horniei rl de L- hyt lim i into I :tt it lii iysgt fat- ile p h im-' whe~ I - wtlalcu( drii n paalsicis hats cmptlit. thati'i insisso iii' g tit it i i tpein-un-ia tc'. Thefo thie eli /'iittn/ :iytirlsot th):eisautihits oc (;tarretti tat thee lain.r uigtiis he Bll bt thlie heil:iIio' the newit rall iroa (lmi onion,t that. hie was not oldi or.i\ li dispa t c riom t t t I ' pat..swh ereh 'I'lie (o urt l is ltincl it'n, taes l a lt' tp. h<;tiingo Cat'dgum e t n at o ie 'ota il A inttirio :te ii begn'Turs acant i' lThe deatint romCai'ln crowdedii inwitsl.tiieii' of teopohstioti of be iriiere ttd.Acsu to he (l)oiirnmeitnt has biegmi ilscsuit ainsti the'ill elephoneit Copndi h li Sas ('iticite our t l:t t Tlw rt''uit isxe anuus t hatentseld b iy& 'ts fi'lot thnin throin Iiethat. hen wat it i n-i vrigina Iinentler ad sint th )e altets were fraudutletly intaierne. to 'ii 'Ath Popl has't wab(' d~oked thniea ofn up portntin. tarinalSali:tI~ nin 'th'e drillin (13eniretaysip o'tie, in:aie rant by pldthI dth ofiCardinaly acbini, i otif -m-e Afitheit,aa posriouslyof ( oernimy' Im) Aoia t thee apoiet li fist now itsaed tIni Chalrd ili Vati, x i l'pli,w' id a (lienna,wl bae aponitessd xip ' Advsiite-- from,piliiI - Ru tti' ta tht ithe f'iarirety.'' tIhe Contadreincss in mtedt e tatused, ld are sttong y where n theea supr esti iterfrn. i llai te Viilantie waor awoks, Orer ('rig i ot Conn., trhard, uyme wttee onillin. i a hIsh, wihihotied ' 'ay tnxloelkii otithe g r,insandl kil ligtpio. lieu'e mhen, shtsere hi red fatxu oitalin ft'oter Anti ad th s(fteriuslyia wounti htf tltt., A feir namei.1 iso' i mrricaagatein 'ais. 1)n1 Sanudy,i 1th wehligrparsyhdrovlot'. Aoe wrote' at qit lie liikastf4 was. served wIsll n ot resiigany thre fi' piub lii,":i sai sthettnwl adoutnotes, "acidpcros hslilated-"wel perad s er ielncet whio spebresidenhec.dhssindapeiit asIThe Vgibants of Law tad ode Suiub Toeatrab Otrchard,tg to. waidon omrt. EizaFe a laicuor tser iThery tok ther aors' finthe lyard ad twere hpin sen whenshonts were firxed lilm ovnae te sei Thi doamest areJohnt ArngWatr Tavir p inead In Hiiary.vThereois to cin Smitiio Redoak,y garnell feiillicnt woel wndremlaid othests.o siThen tae .fiwera ed'port - agents to offer hid to per cent. on the jtdil*cI It ot bre-but with the pu hlif the costs of 'h o>oztl _ pei them to pay the full is. T ants decline this condition bocaus.those Costs will be more than the proposed reduc tions tliemselves. 8unday the police of St. Petersburg were informed that an attempt might be made on the life of the Czar on that day, bein the anniversary of the assassination of hi father, and as a result the police arrested near the Imperial palace several persons who were discovered holding dynamite bombs in their hands ready to throw them at the Czar as he emerged. Two hundred arlrests have been made in all. At a meeting of Richmond and Danville security-holders, in New York, it was de cided to levy another assessment on the stock and pay off the receiver's certiicates. The plan.of reorganization has been noti tied to provide the payment of 2 per cent. interest on new bonds in 1888 and 5 per cent, thereafter. it is also proposed to foreclose the road and organize a new com pany before July 1st. Jefferson Davis has written a letter con tradicting the rumor that he was about to visit Washington. lie says that he will never see the Capital again. ''It would be pleasant to view the scenes which were once so familiar to me," he adds, ''though I doubt if I would hardly recognize the city now, as it has so improved and grown. No, I shall never again see Washington. I'm getting too 01(1 to travel." Oscar %ilde's mother, Lady Wilde, who is fanous as "Speranza," the patriotic poet of the Dublin Nation, is said to be in such straits that she will have to go to the poor house or (lie of hunger, unless her country uen c 'ae to her aid. 1er husband, Sir William Wilde, who died long ago, In V(eti much of his money in land in coun ties \\icklow and Clare, from which Lady \ildc has not received any rent for six ye'ars. 'lhe remains of Captain Eads have ar rived at Jacksonville. Touching the cause of his (lentil it is state( that he suffered f)rom cold contracted winter before last, lut careful nursing, it was thought, would bring him through. On March 1 he went y.chting with friends. On his return he (omplamlied of severe pains in the breast. dclical advice was summoned and every thing possible done to arrest the disease, but, without avail, and at 12 o'clock on Iuesdhay morning, the 8th inst., he expired. l'he family of Charlie Morris, colored, hivimg near Milledgeville, Ga., twelve in number, have recently been poiSOned in som mysterious manner. One child is lead. Other members of the family are ilm a titical condition, it is Supposed that the poisoning took place on Friday, and that it is the outgrowth of voodooism re cently practiced among the negroes living on that, plantation and in the neighborhood. 'Il atfair is causing much excitement and will be investigated thoroughly. 1i(lTIi ANNUAL STATEMENT or the Vailey Mutual Life Association of Virginlia, as filed with the Comiptroller (ienerai of South Carolina. ASsETs OF ASSOCIATION. Boitds and Mortgages which are unquestionably solvent.$93,776 87 .:roperty, IIeal Estate, Furni ture and fixtures.......... 14,123 13 ('ash on hand............... 4,013 47 (asii in hands of agents and in process of collection....... 17,276 66 Total Assets ........129,190 13 LI AniLTIEs. Indiv'idual credits duo Mt,em bers... ...... -..... ...... 1,203 63 Amat. duo femiale assessment account....-.-..............,094 03 Ilills pafyable.............. 5,00 00 $17,297_66 N et Assets. .. .. .. .. .. .111,92 4'7 Itle,-ipts & iInabmarsententsa rting Year I85 (ash on hand D)ecemb)er 31st, i-S., .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .. ..$11,391 -42 I'einoIs mnd Annuals. 4,443: 65 1I teIrest on lRedemption Fund ,l nvested.....--. --.. .. .. .. . .224 64 ad~lvance pafyments.. .. .. .. . .;,409 11 Assessments. ..... ... . ... ..1,782 43 Inlvestments paid in... .. .. ..4,211 30 Bills payable.. .. . .. ... .. .. 15,000 00 Aggregate lReceipts.. 83,492 55 .i>IsnURs5EMENTHs. D)ea th losses pai l.. .. .. .. ..$208,634 80 Palid Agenits-..--..-... .. .. ....,902 34 AdVauce payments.. .. .. . ....,494 17 Salarmjs, postago,taxes, print mng and all other expenses. 28,923 19 D)ividends..----.............,6000 Inivestlmonits.-..--.. .. .. ......15,067 26 l)iseummt... .. .. .. -----.. ... 17 32 Cash on hand December 31st, lSb. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .....-4,013 47 Aggregate............$283,492 55 A mount of Insaurance in force Jualy 1st, 1886. .. .. .. .. ..14,123,600 Amount of Insurance in force Diecember 31st, 188(6.$....14,152 600 I\Tl (r ['IFuM uEPiORT' OF lION. A fEX. IH. uI. SlUART, PRIE5IDENT, JAN. 1, 1887. We havo met every (death loss as it matuired, and since we commenced busi ness5-a little more than eight years ago -we havo p)aid to policy holders the aggregate amount of $804,520, .12. In accomplishing this great work our policy holders have for the last eight years, been furnished with safe insurance, at less than one-half the cost they would have hlad to pay in moat Northern In HliraUcee Companies. This was proved by actual Iigu res, from authentic sources, in my July lleport of 1886. Active and reliable agents can obtain liberal contracts by applying toLE 1HA001D, Manager, Columbia, S. C. The~, Western, UnIon In a Hlad Way. The Western Un ion Te'legraph company llearcls to be in a worse way than ever. ilhe statenimnt for tihe <quarter ending the 1 st inst., submnittedl to the (directors Thuirs <iy, is thet worst ever madile. From rep)ortS recently pult out it was beClievedl that the comipany wvouldi earn 1 *. per cent, for the Icurrenlt lIuartter, hut tile statemnt shows only thrle. fourths of one per cent, earned. Even I Iiins IIisLsd on the usual "'estimate," uIIII fori the, corresponding (luarter of lu'st yeari tilt estiunaite was $299,151 in excess of a.lth Iiltt udI earnings provedi to b)e. I lbt et una1 td n( et, earin Igs at e the smallest ever- reporitedI. No dividiendi, either in cash "r I p .'. was diellared, buit it was dIceiided to iMa- -0:I200,000 of new stock to take up e l .1p o j,venI for dlividendls last year. A lilnnut ti-e was IlppointedI to form a plan1 t or t. up thle sccuritie-s gularanlteed b, thle \\> eternl IUnion issuing thorefor a col llater.i truIst h,oid at five per cent. "-It Knocks the I4poI.,' .Andl everIyIhing in the nature (of erup. t ions, lojtehe, iifpimpls ulcers, scrofulous niunIors, and1( lluipiernt consumption, which "ti lun g moreI 11or less tuh scrofula of the hmilgs, comtpletely out of the system. It Sthlnubites andl Invigorates the liver, tones up thet St('Inaeh,. regulates the bowels, pu rifles the blood,. and- builds up the weak places of the body. It is a purely vegeta ble compound, atnd will do more than is claimied for it. We refer to ?r. 1Wlres's 1 "Gde Meia - )ie e Asupporter-A 1omg *akoe $cks.--The railroad builder;' A stIrIig speech-"Pass mte a spoon." A reguldl toper is a very irregular citizou. An unfo'tunate man says he has'oue suit that will last him all, winter-a lawsuit. There are two very loud colors worn by schoolboys thig season, rattan and yeller, and they usually go together. A smart young man picked up a flower In the ball-room after all the girls had gone, and sang, "'Tis the lost rose of seie her." If oonscienco is what makes cowards of us all, there ought to be a great many very bravo men these days. Young ladies who arc anxious to marry should bear in mind that a sealed proposal can be sent by mall for two cents. You can't expect a man to exert nuch of in influence in this world who is too lazy o exert himself. "No more personal reflections!" exClaimed the editor-in-chief, as he threw a crooked .ooking-glass out of the oflice window. Adversity is sometimes hard upon a an; ut for one man who can stand, prosperity here are a hundred that will stand adver ity. "Why do you shiver?" was asked a poor ittle boy at the city hail. "That's the nly way I can keep warm, sir," was the pathetic reply. California is no longer the favored round of the miner. ''he annual value of :ho fruit product is almost equal to that of the mines. When Clara was asked what she would lo if a nice young gentleman should ask her hand in marriage, she naively replied, "I don't think I'd no." A German dermatologist says bnahiess is :atching. Yes, gentlemen with bald pates 3omplain that they catch it from all quar ters. It may be of interest to know that ti hemist has discovercd that fair <qualities of rum and whisky can be made from sorghum mnolassess. A young lady recently made the ascent )f Mont Blanc. It is rumored that she thought her husband was on the top with another woman. A young mani who left his charmer's front gate in a hurried manner and lit away aut in the street asserts that her father was illicted with palnitation of the feet. ''Ma'ma, what is hush?" "Why, dear, what makes you ask such a question?" " 'Cause when I asked sister what made lierdress stick out behind, she said 'hush!' " The Yankee seamen used to be the best. n the world. The crews shipped now.a lays are almost wholly made up of men of foreign nationality, chiefly (et mans and 3wed es. A Wyoming man recently blew out his brains because he had the rheumatism. If he thought that his rheumatism was CausCd by too much brains he must have been sad ly mistaken. "A farmer's wife" wants to know if we can recommend anything to destroy the "common grub." We guess the next tramp that comes along could oblige you, if the family can't stand your cooking. It will harrow up tle feelings of scnti mental people to learn that the hallad "Comin Thro' the Rye" does not refer to a field of grain, but to a little stream in Scot land. There are others who use it to refer to a mixture of grain and water. An inuirer asked what lie should do with a horsc that was troubled with pcriOu ical dizziness, and the editor answered in these word.-.: ''Our advice would he to take the horse some day when he is not dizzy and sell himt to a stranger." ''What comes after- 'T ?" asked a tenclwta of a small boy who was learning thme ahs bet. " -You (to, sir, to see Sister- .osie. There was an audible titter among the mon advanced pupils, which-h of courase wm~ quickly suppressed. ''There is a single -sentence ian the Engm. lish foreign enlistment act which conitaians six hundred wsords" A loniger senitenice was that of a New Yoak judge the other (liy. Ini contains tweanty years. A southern D)akota muan rcentily priia isedl his dyiaig wife thait lhe woutld maeet heri in heaven. Whena t he fact b'caime knaowni that the man was aan ediitoir, thle joke wa.s regardled as too good to keep. Th'ie colored folks at Wash ingtoan hmve it. solved that the Freedmiana's Bhanak swinle was " the most sinful sw indle thaimt (via. stained earth or shocked high hecaven." Thius lets the trade dllari out a little. " Well, I swow !" decclar -d Farmencr ,Jone-; "these liter-ary chaps h r'et lie dIuradst. ideais. Talkia' al:out the shadderi of tlhe grave! Now who ever* heard of a litle in the ground mnakin' a shamdder ?" In a recent, letter- to Dra. 3lona iston eo liaitiamore, 31r. lB(eecer said: "T'lhe tfor mnulated (doctrines, as I hol thtean, are: A personal God, creator and ruler over- all things; the huaman family unaiversally siat ful; the need and possibility aind facts of conversioan; thme dilvine agenacy ian such a work; Je.sus Christ the maifest lat of God In human coaiditionas; Ilis ollice ini re. (demption supreme. 1 (do not believe in the Calvinist.ic form of statiang the atonement. I (do not believe in the fall of time h umnan race in Adam, and( of course, I (do not hold that Christ's work was to satisfy the law~i b)roken bmy Adam for all his posterity. The race was nt lost, but hais beent asceanding steadhily from creation, I am in hearty mte cordl with revivals and revival p)realching, with the educating forces of the church, anti in symp)athiy with all miniasters whno in their several ways seek to build up mna into the imange of .Jesums Christ, by whose faithfulness, generosity, and1( love I hop)le to be savedl andl brought home to heaveit." A Hauan Hmody an a Iaarrem. Tfhc Adnamis Express5 Comp iiany reeci vedi at Dalton, Indiana, on the 10tha a barrel from New York, via the New York & New England railroand, for delivery to the Amtericani Express Compaany and to be for wardedI to >arties In New Birunswitck. Thle American Fxpress C.omnpany ref useda to r r-eive the barrel on aacepuant of certaint suis plc-ius maraks on it re.sembhliing blood. Th'le >airrel was then takean back tio the traina flc of tine Adamsi Expra<ss. On thle liar rel beinug opened the head of a woman was :liscove-red paced ini str-aw, and enmough~ was seen to coanvlincc tihe tlicitals thait otlhem >ortions of a hu man body wore containied n the baurrel. The heatd was carefually re placed arid the barrel, with its coantents. aken to Jinkhiam's undertakiang establish nlea-t, on IHoward street. Although the fflair' Is suarroundedic( by maystery , it was er. ally113 belIievedl that thle liod y w e in mlended for- sonme ameicail coldlege. A QiJWin FAmI,v (iiF <'nANSs has come o> light anemar New lBrnswick. Th'ei Den na live ini a mi:serald tbulit in the out ikirts of the city. Thew family consists )f one womnan andmi two meni. ')mrly 01n0 >f the maen is ever s-een, and thatt is'whien me goes into the city to) colket i-ents oan roperty. The woman bas,not been aoon or years. 'Thecir- hut is encelosed by a 'stockade" fece of heavy timbhern. (b<mit a amnth aigo it wVas rumored that -he woman had ied. Hecr husband de laredlae would kill any one. who attemp lt d to enter the enclosuro a-ound his mAuse. Lat-er it wai discovered tha~t he ad bough lt one cofiln from a~ coffin lealer, aind that lhe titAn gavet a carl)ai er an order for a hundred coflius like it. lecent investigation lbo~w thatthe death omiultedo froam starvation. New Brun-s vick mnaL aitord a findalimato for crnkg, eh ~ttl ' fesatlrW. e dden o,eti; o h kas ledeyta ,rare'e j $ :e bC e . 1 (>Lp t ll rare 0tAtArct t1 nilohI attcn. tion, . ad wo Ocarfl, i utQdby tt giving illustrations ot theucryltilh and a ful description of them. POrIcAb powin in taite gover nenlt is very evenly divided in the United States. Of the thirty-eight Legilatures, nineteen are reported Denoorn#i and the same number Bepublican. There are twenty-two l)olpocratio Governors and &ixtcon Republicau Governore. EX. GOV. A. II. STEPIIEN' COUSIN. I uIm tf 't ''tiln of the Into elx"-overnor Alexaitler 11. teiphna, and lmve becn postl cltk on dilflront lilroats sitco I8 S. For t('a years 1 havo heeti a sull'r'r- from a ('ue (Ct r1 11n nl. fac, whlehl g ew worso unil dlis. charge of natttor boentoe )'rofusce tnt very ollebivo. I becane thorouglty (isgusted wIth hi od purifers alt(d pronotucc(t thon htnmbug-', a I had tried matay w Ithout rele-f. wasi about ti ho 1st of Ft britary andi cot init. il its use un, it the latter part of Apri . The of. fenslvo altschtargo dcreaued att onc anti the htiIless aroud th e, iner (lisapph attd. It linproved my geornI ith at I r.pitly gulueil flesh atl strengtih. 'the (ilsrharg it utly (creasea-(t t "t the canicer botnlo es atl less In size utltil t.otlting ren 'Ins ox. ecit acar to tell the t(to of aone (Latiger oua (ancer All who have seen mn0 since 1 Iave cotntened Ith0 use of it. It It. bear t( s tinouy to mny getilt inprovetant 11ti 1ho sct' on ily fato siws that it. etireit titn clan. .Car. I fin I hat. ii 11. II. comos s(qualely up to what, it is rectunntettled, antid 1 cannot say too lnmch in pntutso of this wonderful medl. eite. I 1atve tied thon aill, but 1B. 1. It, stands at the topt as at 'lood puritiei. 'I ho abuovo Is copild fronl the Athens ta.) Itauu("r-Walttlltlaun, beling the VOI(ltry Ian gnugo of Mr. Jams A. (1reor, which I dltor (iatnt(t Itatdorses 'Mr. (teor Is an honest, uprIght, citizei of Athe ts, woO hatd ia bati (ltoer, ant ti rl utne,r. ous fritits thought that ho canltth not live very long, ua t ie o tucer was gratlually nap. plrag tito fourndlatiou of his costatt titon, but, now looks well nul hearty.' TwO( AGAINsT E:(Il'TllNx. Several physltins havo )roniuliced tay d is. easo blood p 'son. caused by paint or" enl in the Int nt, ht tity Could ti C to nu'. Litst sttltint' I usd eightctn bottles of a ".rgely adyot tilsed boot tmindelIne, whiclt id i (o i(Ore 0;;od ttthan no Inuchl water. I have nseld only Iwo bottles of it. 11. 11. and ,nt proutt to say that I have received groatcr betoilt frotl tIhet than frotn the eightcln, 1ti amn now rapliy recovetIng. Therte is no qu. at to atbout't he superiority of ll. Ii. 1. over alt 1)100(1 lo relcs !i5 1;eynlolds stre( t. 11. 11, 1V(~ull. A utgua, eua., .1p)-I1l 218t IGS(. All who (losire (tilt informal t)i abt1, tlhe case tit Cure of ltlou(t 'OlSOls, orofnla antl F'rofulousn swellings, t'lcors, Sores, kheunu. tisi, K Id ney (Oinplaints, (atarrh, etc , catn secure by tnaill. fre, a copy our 32 pago itus, Ir.ttet t li o fi o tioers, 11tedl wItit the niost wontderfu tiatid stautling proof e'ver b)e10o' ktiowt. A tliress, h(tt.O 1131 M't ,, Atlatat, (Ita. MRS8. MI.A. FllAZElR, lRIVAT-E BOAR1)ING, No. 119 IO t r., CIIAIIL:STON, S. C. 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