The Advocate, 1888-1-19, Page 8Our Washington Letter,
(From our own Correspondent.)
Asn rule the prayer of the Sena
es lapi:tin is daily delivered to an elm
empty. chef nber It is a. very r.
thin;; for the preeiding officer to call
n;utit•iltn to order frequently not mo
than half a dozen Senators -.&r preset
l i'tAStars genetaliy admit that it is
reproach to the body to thus ignore
nilly velig )a►s:eeervice in connecton evi
the pro ee, iia es, and numerous quie
etfurte have ben made to affect a ,r
form. In the laet °Negress Servat
honer teffred a. resolutioi's to requi
the presence of a quorum at the praye
tut the seionci day after he failed
vet in au appearance iia time Whe
.the ,Prayer hal been delivered M
Roam entered the chamber wearin
eeteewitat in ale` of t'ltibari'asmer
Il is desligaency was ol►senved, and th
le„iralufiotr became a deadietter. Thi
i„ne i; l; of the. prayer has grown to h
to I bili of the Senate. When Judg
Davi; of Hinters, was .;president pr
of names: "Date, 1841, August; name t
L, Q. C, Lamar. Father, 'L. r Q, C' o I subLicovHE
'.
Lamar. When born, year 18.5 month
to September; date 17th, etc, Ile be- }
orsti e came at once a tnenlber of one of the P1ox-ch Wailer,
are literary societies, the .~;Iii-Gan)ma. The
e records of that society report identically
the same as to the time of his bird:, W mb S1(le of Ntbill-"^ tre6t,
t Sept. 17, 1825, with other particulars,
Q place of birth. . etc."
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tip clitt mei ►+> one els - and tl
p t the ori
Sec,:s»alr v rsible was Mr. Butler,
Sent:r Carolina. Judge Davis did no
panise : ninstant, but with all the so'
nitro and gravity usually observe
3,y him vee such oecasioaia, he gave
stroke with his gavel and "saes: "Th
Sea;aater from South !Carolina will coin
to rarer." The summons was treated
¢.e s jest ley the.gaileries and the page
free this 1,00r, it was not so intended
I'tJe tireeitaing .officer took that Teethe
oe
*thing the Senate and of havin
his teinik,e go into Record. There is a
(1,01 ;+ Meng, rola of the Senators t
crime prompt .attondauce, and th
sal:led has been canvassed to eons
Nitwit. There are Senators who hold
that it would he better to do away with
the prayer altogether than to trea this
religioes formula with seely Apparent
disrespect. But of. coarse, no propo-
siti1tt to dispense With the chaplain
s°a+ul<l he aceriousQy orasidered,'end the
-.Von is how to erevalit upon the
Mors to be en band in the time for
Itrayer. The pre meat opinion is
8.ila. it must lie a moral reformation, as
l tl t attempts to make prompt attend -
nn e t rad ng ley resolution have failed.
Aleeander liz du n.Anil isa very rich
lege, olid so are all his relatives.
While lie owlet ht, deprived of hie
A rc e.'lrf debt:, -et, his future ineoane is
wry mu,•It in (17)&4. Should the de -
.i lien of the United States Supremo
Core. fie, adverse to Bell the people of
the ectentry will get cheaper telephone
erc-ieee and the cptlbrs of a great mo-
1toply wall no. longer he stiffed full to
over aweiang: Mall is a handsome Can-
adian, t uti enjoyes the luxury of the
leurdsomest,hnuse in Washington for
;which he paid $110,000. He is
vweil•built than, with black hair and
!eeaid just beginning to turn gray, and
has' a young looking face. The interior
of hie home L. superb. Water eolors,
s'Ave painting, andl soft etchings -sur-
rzernd ,vou un eyerg side. The furni-
ture of the house is .a, marvel of taste
marl richness. The ibrary, which ad-
joi�is tilts train entrance, is'a model
item of its hinge, end contains thou.
~aids or rare literary peoductians. The
lriteli:lr of the books is of the highest
j.oi ft:vti o, and yon alieost fear to
touch the covers. Many of the chairs
art: of ervei Wiu1al wood, Mrs. Pell
a fit of mute, although she can con-
tirc•i�t• with her husband teiulily who
;uCi itrst:tx,ds every movement of her
Dips. She was rieh before she married.
tee telephone magnate, but as largely
inf'reastel her income froio ti is trincely
gifts to her of large blocke of telephone
meek. The statement has been made
tai the authority of an old copy of Lan-
mLamar
Congressional Directory that
:Sea:retery is sixty-eight years of
age. Ili: conversation with your corre-
spouda n t, o. prominent Southern gentle-
man said that he remembered some
years ago the Secretary, laughinerr about
this biographionl sketch. Mr. Lamer
said that be bad, not furnished the ma-
terittl, as he, in common with othe
members of Congress, had been re-
quested to do, by Mr. Lanwan, and the
sketch for this reason was written by
some one who was not acquainted with
the facts. This gentleman also showed
,mei a letter from Prof. Geb. W. Strong,
of Oxford, Ga., in which Jae says: "Yes,
I remember Lticizis Lamar well ;<vhen
he was auurchin of about twelve years:
old, in tie Manual Labor school near
Pillory College in 1837. He was cinder
my supervision ;as one ,of a numleer of
small boys known as the 'rap Shot
,Gang,' I being put over then as an
molder boy. liut there is better evidence
than my personal recollection. I have
reference to matriculation' . book of
Ls',mery .College, a public record in
which each stadent on entering the
college has to have his name recorded,
that of his father, time of mirth, res,
dence, etc. It is now before:me, and
copy the following from a long list
f A Burning ]dine.
Another ,disastrous explosion is tool
from the coal mines at Stellarton, the
scene of the great wreck of 1880 when
forty lives were lost, The "Cage pit"
has been en fire for some years,ond au
enormous quantity of coal bar 'Well destroye&I. The fare from this pit is sup-
posed to have made its way to the
Halifax pit, for it was discovered to be
on .fire at aline o'clock last night, since
which time three disastrous 0..'910010115have occurred. Fifteen.inen were at
work in the mine building .a brick wall
when the fire .was discovered, They
h made
a rush for the surface and they
'
'e s CiledIt an explosion occurred which
.reeked the nnue. Four of the meta
t were badly injured. At half -past one
1- o clock to -day another territiic explosion
d oecurred, which burned the engine-
• house, destroyed the fan and wrecked
e every thing within reach, The force
e of the explosion was treliaQm,dous ;and''
was heard in Pietou, tell miles distant,
s as distinct as an earthquake shook,
while the huge volume of amok° ,ere
d visible Eur a great many miles around.
g litany miners will be thrown out of
work. The urine is owned by 7V'ew
o jYork and English capitalists.
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County and General News Notes.
Thos. Gibson,for some veers an offi-
cer in the Salvation .Army at liVingliar
and other places, and known in the
Army circles as "The happy farmer,"
diet] rho other day at his father's resi-
dence, near W'ingbalu, aftor two days'
ualll meating of Hulled 'Dis-
:t ti. lw,,, was held in the Orange
;tail Seafortii, on Tuesday last Al-
though the day was stormy, there was
a good attendance. The reports from
the different lodges showed that the
Order 'lad made marked progress in
the district during the year. After
other important business was transact
ed the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:. ---JL D. M., It.
Searletty Winthrop, D. D. 1L, A. M
",Todd, Olinton, 1), Chap., Thos. Kearns,
Clintqu, nee. Secy„ P. Canton, Clin-
ton, Fin. Secy., N. Strong, Seafarer,
TReas.,1). Caption, Clinton, Dir. of
Coe, Wm. Ross, Clinton, Leets. J. fi..
Welsh, Seafarer; John Scarlett, Lead -
bury, P. D. 11„ E. Moody, Clinton.
The officers elected were installed by
E. Moody, W. C. M. 'The next annual
meeting will be held in Clinton.
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as 4AI:o tit,
a nice Tea Sett at' 44 pieces,
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ip Qsxlerraal k1kilts get tip la getwt eryle.
Otis Dress Goods are mark..
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notch.
COTTON -2O yds /or $1.00.
A hewn and let, ,site a farm female. Apply
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Pure DRUGS;
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Of rLil lands at the
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