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I - : - :." 'v , - ' ' " " " - Tiir.ivf . ?.;-v-:v-,- .- , ..... . . . , " ; : T ' . 'I , J. A; RONITZ, Edito? and Proprietor. " For us, Principle is Principle Right is Kight Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever." Published Semi-Weekly 13.00 a Yer 1 i n YOL. XXII. GOLDS BORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1886. - - 1 - NO 9.3 THE DEAD OF 1885. A tong Roll of .Distinguished Men and Women Die at Dome and Abroad. From the Buffalo Tribune. The sudden death of . William H. Vanderbilt, the powerful railroad ' piagnate and millionaire, following '. closely. the death of the "ice President v of the united; States, and that of Ah - foi;so, the young king of Spain, brings . forcibly to mind tho fact that the list . of distinguished names that already swen me ueaia-ron pt ooo is an unus ually long one. It embraces names " famous in every walk of life and in all iirids; of all creeds kud tiongaes; schol ars, soldiers, artists veterans of many years of honorable usefulness, and " , names young in years a,nd fame, but '. ; rich in promise an are represented in the long roll of the illustrious dead. The death, of the great captain. : Ulysses S. Grant, after months of suf fering an Pftin arid the wonderfully r, impressive ceu ol uib ouriai amm the sorrow jyt his countrymen, will never be forgotten by this generation. : ften. Georere B. McGlellan, Gen. rvin McDowell, Gen.-James' JVlcQuade and ; Bear Admiral Gjeorge II. Preble,! all names interwoven with "the early scenes of . the great rebellion, have oassed a,way during the vear. ... France has been called to mourn for : ber greatest! renchman,;the venerable . Victor Jlugo, tull pt years, and crown ed with many honors. Germany has lost the Emperor Wil 1 liana's old friend, Baron Von Manteu -fel: his brilliant but hot-headed ne phew, Prince Trederick Charles, the dashingred prince of many cam . paigns, and Franz Abt, the charming song-writer. - , England mourns the loss of gallant . Fred Burnaby, slain in battle: the un- . timely death of Gordon, a character unique and perhaps in many ways not yet fully comprehended; air Moses Montefiore, the noble' Jewish philan . thropist ; Sir Francis4" Hmcks and . Lord xinusr.nion , oeiter Known per- ' -haps as Richard Monckton Milnes, the cracef ul poet and essayist. ' . pesides Alfonso, Spain has lost the h brave and sagacious Marshal Serrano. ' Among our own public men who have passed away since the Vear be- j ?gaii we find the names of ex-Secretary Frelmghuypen, ex-benators Wm. JV1. Gwinn, William Sharon and Reuben ' EJ Fenton; Edgar K. Apjrar, Scott Lord, ex-memTjer of C6ngress and once a law partner ot Koscoe Conkling; Ecbory A. Storrs. the brilliant lawyer and stump speaker; the venerable George W. Clinton, ex-Lieutenant Governor Henrv R. S'elden, Col. John D.Vari Buren, Judge Theo. R. West bropk, ex-Judge Albert Cardozo, of wretched memory; Gen. Kobert Tobmbs, of Georgia, and Malcom HaV, ex-Assistant Postmaster Gen eral. A. ' "he musical world has lost Dr. Leo pold Damrosch, Brinkly Richards, Ar rthur Burt, the solo cornet player; Fer- . dinand Hilier, Col. W. A. Fond, the music publisher, and Gen. Henry C. - Oliver, who fifty years ago composed Federal Street." s Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous litjgant; Charlotte Cooper, daughter " of jthe great novelist, James Fenimore '' -Cooner: Mrs. Frances Vanderbilt, h widow of the commodore; Mrs. James Russell Lowell; Susan Warner, ot fWide, Wide World" fame, and Mrs. "Helen Hunt Jackson ("H. H."), are among the notable women who have " " passed away during the year. X fM Jtfahdi and Oliver Pain have ended their careers t'rk Foss, the last of the famous stage-drivers of early California days; James W. Marshall,'the discoverer of ' gold in California, poor, old and dis appointed; Charles Wright, one of the leadingbotanists pf America; Lieut. Commander Henry H. Gorringe, who brought Cleopatra's Needle to America at William H. Vanderbilt's expense; George T. Hope, "president of the Continenfal Life Insurance com- 'pany of New York; Fred L. Winston, . .. president of the Great Mutuai Life; James H. Rutter, the brilliant railroad : manager " and president of the New : York Central; Gilbert C. Walker, an ei governor of Virginia since the war; , I?aac W. England, publisher of "the New;York 'Sun; Gen. Anson Stager; - Commodore C. K. Garrison; Thomas ' .C.j Fields, of Tamrnany fame for in- ,famj'; Elizur Wright f the statistician and. writer, and the venerable Dr. S. Hr-Tyng, are all careers that have i been ended by death during the year ( A mong the authors who have passed away can be named T. S Arthur, Hichard Grant White and Josh Bil lirigrs (Henry W. Shaw). 1 Tom Davis (Sawdust Tom), the ac . tonplished swindler, haB meet his ddtim at the hands of ' an sinf uriated Texan; poor John McCullough hasf v. phased off the stage forever, and Dan ttdwn the , home stretch and passed oiider the wire. UNCLAIMED ESTATES IN EN GLAND. A paper on the subject of unclaimed estates in England, prepared under the direction of Minister Lowell by M.r. Henry White, one of the Ameri can Secretaries of Legation, has been ' sent bv the President to Congress with other state papers.. "There seems to Jbe no -doubt." Mr. White say'that, many are ted to believe themselves heirs to Vast, estates in Great Britain by designing persons on both sidesof the ocean.'-' Mr. White deseribes-the results of inquiries relat ing to the 'Jenneus estate," to which there were many American claimants, showing that the property went to the heirs at law long before American claimants were heard of, and that the latter never had the shadow of a titled Similar' to this case are the "Hedges estate," the "Bradford estate," the f'Hyde estate," the "Horne estate" 'ind many others which; are described &3 among "the; ordinary myths by wiich. so ; many of our countrymen have been beguiled." With regard to large sums supposed to be awaftmg American: claimants in the Bank of England, Mr. White quotes from a let ter written by the chief accountant of that institution as follows : ''There are no large amounts of un claimed stock or dividends standmgin our books. Speaking generally with out, having, made an exhaustive re search, which would involve some considerable labor, there are very few amounts of, 1,000, and probably none Jexce.othif sunr by more than IUU or JC200. It will doubtless cause some surprise and disappointment to such as these to be informed that the whole amount of, money in the ens-, tody of the court of chancery at the present time is about jeS4.000,000, of which 83,000,000 belong to owners nn7 areknown, leaving about 1,000, 000 only of unclaimed or dormant funds." THE TALK OF LONDON. Literary, Artistic and Personal Gossip of the British Me tropolis. ., Special Cable Dispatch to Washington Star. London, Jan. 2. The report of an auegea gigantic Chinese loan of thirty five million sterling causes some ex citement at first sicrht. The eon rip Hon between the. two simultaneous pieces of news, the Burmese annexa tion and the Chinese loan would seem to be obvious. The ronort sepm? tme. The Rothschilds will probably have cuarge or rne enterprise. The passages in which Faust exnrpR ses his intention to marry Margaret were struck out of the representation of "Faust" at the Lyceum, after the nrst performance. Sir Theodore Martin has sent to press with Blackwood his translation into English verse of the seoond part MacMillan's new novel, by Marion Crawford, is called "A Scholar's Ro mance." Froude's new work, which the Loner- mans publish, will be called "Oceana, or England and her Colonies." John Morley is writing a reply to Sir Henry Gaines' "Popular Govern ment" for MacMillan's Magazine. I hear it is a very severe criticism of Matthew Arnold's official report to the government on tree education. It will not be ready for some time. Cannon Malcolm McColl is writing a pamphlet on the Irish question, to be published by Rutledge. This is im portant, as the canon is one of Glad stone's most intimate friends, and has been recently staying at Ha warden. Musical .forecasts for the coming season include Patti at Covent Garden, if there is any Itan opera there, which is doubtful; if not, in concert at Albert HalL Sarasate will appear in April, May and June. Rubinstein will give seven historical pianoforte recitals. The date is not yet fixed. Carl Rosa will have a season at Drury Lane, in which Mackensie's; opera, "Guiellaunie de Cabesran," will be the chief novelty. Ruskin's admirers are preparing a testimonial to him, not as an art crit ic, but as a political economist. What form it will take is not yet decided. William Morns' socialist paper, the Commonwealth, is about , to be issued as a weekly instead of a monthly. Sub scriptions are , asked to purchase a plant. ' LAG IXANGE ITEMS. It is distressinerlv healthv around our town fdr the present. . Monday was as meiancnoiy as n.ari Ivanovitsch's host , fn the 'Lonely Manor.' . ' An old colored man, Madison Lane, who na been a trreat sufferer of bron chitis died last Sunday night. Mrs. Lydia wooten, wno ppenr rne recent holidavs in Goldsboro with re latives returned last week. . Deputy Sheriff George Walters is like an oleaerinous streak of lightning on the track of evil doers. His vigil ance and- performance of duty is in deed commendable. ; " We .recently saw some exquisite embroidery of silk on felt, did by Mice Tttie McCov of our town. The designs were richly portrayed and showed marked ability for one so young a$ Miss Lottie. i 'Have you any writing paper r iasneu P.nsfnmer the other dav as he leaned on the the counter of a store in town. 'Oh yes' said the polite clerk, 'bow many quires shall I wrap for. you?' twJi T HTi't believe I'll take the quires to-day, I'll step in to K. C. Bizzell oc isro s ana ouy several ilu, and whistling softly 'speak to me love, only speak' he sauntered into Mr. McDonald's drug store and bought nickel's worth, and went on nis way soliloquizing. ru. ii. wmineiu auu. x. companied Mr. P. H. Baker otV the firm of M. N. Baker & Bro., to Geor gia last week. , There are things so sacreu, most grateful words, crush upon the pure beauty, even, as the touch upon the glory of unbroken snow leaves the fatal impress. Silence, only silence can speak the holy gratitude of. the soul. Such was the emotions that thrilled us, New Year's day when the sweet gift, so long hoped for, came like a Heaven willed realization. Christmas is called so, from the Mass of the birth of Christ. On this day Priests are; allowed to hold three Masses! in honor of the three births of our Lord. His eternal birth m the bosom of His Father. His temporal birth in the stable at Bethlehem. His spiritual birth m the hearts of the just. ' $500 ot Called For. It seems strange that it is necessary - to persuade men that you can jure their diseases by offering a premium tc the man who fails to receive benefit And yet Dr. Sage undoubtedly cured "J"? cases of obstinate catarrh with his Cat arrh Remedy," who would never have ap Sted to Wm, if it had not been for his .of fer of the above sum for an incurable ier oi .uw kaapt fox cure or case. no i ue i cnaen : THIS YEAll'S IRON MARKET The Production and the Market , Effect of Tariff Talk. Philadelphia, December 29 .A re view of the iron trade in 1885 has just been prepared by James M. S wank, general manager of the American Iron and Steel Association. The be ginning of the yeai he says, was marked by a continuation of the de pression of 1884. There was a steady sagging of prices from January to July, except for steels, quotation for which improved a trifle in May- In July and August all prices stiffened, and in September a flight advance was established, steel rails taking he lead and continuing to advance. until De cember. Steel raik show the greatest advance in price during the last half of 1885. In April sales Were made at Pennsylvania mills at .$26 and $26.50, and a few sales are said to have been made at the astonishingly low price of $25.50. These prices were lower than foreign steel rails could have been de livered at Atlantic ports at the same date if entirely free of duty. In May quotations advanced to $27, and the price thus established was substan tially maintained until the last of Au gust, when a further advance took place in consequence of an agreement among the manufacturers to limit and distribute the output for 1886, which i was fixed at 775,000 tons, but no Yes; triction was placed upon the price, each manufacturer being permitted to make his own price. But the price of pig iron, bar iron, nails, steel rails and other forms of iron and steel could not have advanced in the last half of the year if there had not been an increas ed demand for these products. The increased demand for iron and steel which occurred in the last half of 1885, and which was one of the inci dents of a general improvement in the business of the' country, might confi dently ibe counted on to continue throughout the whole of the new year but for one little" cloud upon the horizon. If here were no threat to daVof tariff revision, the promise of 1886 would be bright, indeed. Not to borrow trouble, however, it can most, positively be said that a feeling of confidence in the future of business now prevails through the entire coun try. . We have entir. ly recovered from the effects of whatever panicky feeling prevailed a year or six months ago. The uncertainty about silver may excite financial circulars,but it is exercising no injurious effect upon general business In the first half of 1885 the total production of pig irou was 2,150,819 nettonsof 2,000 pounds, against 2,267,021 tons in the first half of 1884, and 2,322,592 tons in the sec ond half. The produotion of Bessemer steet rails in the first half of 1885 was 452, 446 net tons, against 593.370 tons in the first half of 1884, and 523.251 tons in the half. Our production of pig iron was 4,5S9,613 net tons, and our production of Bessemer steel rails was 1,116,621 net tons. Railroad building in 1885 was more active than has gen erally been supposed it would be. In 1884 we built 3.950 miles of new rail road, and in 1885 we built over 3,000 miles, which is 500 miles above esti mates for the vear that were made as late as July. We shall do better in 1886. The European iron trade ex hibited no symptoms of a revival of 1885; but on the contrary, the back ward movement which has from the first more than kept even pace with our own depression, continued until the close of the year. Taking the iron-making countries of Europe as a whole, the iron-trade situation is worse to-day than it was six months ago. KINSTON ITEMS. Paragraphs by Our Regular Re porter. Mr. Jack Vause. who. a few weeks ago, by the aid of Rev. C. W. Howard and a handsome young lady was made happy, stopped rather suddenly and unsatisfactorily ilast Saturday. He was but on his first fox chase with "the old regular" Major Barrett. Mr. Vause was on horse bacfc chasing a fmr throusrh a new crround at full speed, when his horse stepped into a stump-hole, turned a complete sum mersault breaking ner ne-K, sending Mr. Vause on a living expedition, but having too many pin feathers he stop ped suddenly about 25 feet away, col liding with a stump in a dangerous manner, but we are glad to say not seriously hurt. There are 5.879 children within the schoolage in Lenoir county ,; and 67 cents per head is the amount ot scnool money for each cnua. 'The Countv Board of Education will meet at the courthouse on the 3d Monday in January, to receive appli cations for aid out of the one third tViat is left in their hands. All dis tricts that desire or expect help from that fund should be represented on that day- . T R TTrzell. Esq.. has severed his connection with the Free Press as local editor, aud, returned to his hrst love (the law), and to his other half (N. J. i?AnpV Mr. Mavo takes his place as lllt'-v. ,1 J captain of the paper, and both he and the paper nave our guuu wbucs. Uzzell and Rouse do not succeed, the law is a failure. We doubt if another firm of yonng lawjTers of equal merit in all respects could be found in the state. VV6 nope me year iogu : war Kno to each a "sweet sixteen" so that the firm may have four halves. .- Rev. Mr. Webb married a run-away couple last week. Have not learned their names. I T. J. Meacham, J. P., has delivered to our Sheriff, 211 warrants for delin quent tax payers. There is trouble m the land; but the county commission ers mean business.' , r.fHn bank is now guarded by a full blood grav hound. ; . Henry Griffin has taken ;op his abode in Durham. "The girl I left behind me" is now his favorite song. J. T. Forlaw, the popular hotelist, has moved into the bnilding formerly occu pied by Dr. W. A. J. Pollock, where he will be gladto see his former patrons. Most peopleMive by eating. What do you think of Dr. SteacyT has been repeatedly sked us since his entertainments here. Well, we think him the most honest fraud we have met. He and his wife can per form many tricks that are startling and inexplicable. They say these tricks are not real, if not real then thev are frauds and tin this sense we call the Doctpr and his charming wife frauds. They can dp what spiritual ists and mediums do, but they have the honor to say that mediums and spiritualism are frauds, and as spirit ualism is a bitter enemy of Christian ity it is refreshing to see it shown up. The county commissioners in session last Monday. Rev. Mr. Jnrney has arrived and has been regularly installed as pastor of the Methodist Church. There was a general regret at Rev. Mr. Jones leaving, but we hope Mr. Jurney will fully fill the vacuum. A bolt of homespun was found in a waggon in town Monday morning which was no doubt stolen, and drop ped there to prevent being caught. THE RECESS APPOINT MENTS. It is said that the President will not withhold from the Senate any of his recess appointments. In this Mr. Cleveland is entirely right. These ap pointments, he holds, were made in good faith, upon what appeared to be the best recommendations and en dorsements, and if since the appoint ments have been made charges have been filed against some of the appoin tee's, it is the prerogative of the Senate to look into the matter and reject all who are not proper persons, lnere are several reasons for this. In the first place he holds that it is for the purpose of scrutinizing appointments more careful lv than he can have an opportunity of doing that the power of confirmation was vested in the Sen ate. Again, he does not want to be put in the atti tude of having made apT pointments during the recess just to give men temporary places appoint ments which he would not have made had the Senate been in session." If the appointments are bad he will make nothing by withholding them from the Senate, as by so doing he would only protect the endorsers upon whose re commendation, the appointments were made, and assume all the responsibili ty himself.- This he does not propose to do. If he has made any mistakes he proposes to let the .Senate know how he was led into them, and to make those who deceived him bear their share of the responsibility. Incases where charges have been filed with mm .since tne appointments were made, it is said, he will call attention to the fact after sending in .their names. ATLANTA'S BOASTED WELL An Atlanta (Ga.) telegram says: The city authorities are to-day much crest-fallen over an Artesiau well. Soo, e time since the City Council en gaged Colonel Baum to sink sucha well. He went down 2,000 feet and failed to reach a stream which would come above ground. When $26,000 had been last in the hole work was stopped, and a plan .was made to pump the water. In order to sustain their assertion that it was genuine Artesian water, Professor H. C. White, of the State University, was called upon to analyze it. His report not only knocks down the views of Colo nel Baum, but convicts the City Coun cil .of a woful ignorance of geology, which has cost the city a large sum of money. He says : '.'The city of At lanta is situated on the 'bed rock' of the continent the granite formation. There are consequently no underlying stratified rocks to be reached by deep borings, and consequently a true 'Ar tesian well' in Atlanta is impossible. The geological formation, the charac ter of the water, and all the surround ings indicate that the Atlanta well is simply a deep, ordinary well, supplied by percolation through the granite-of of the water that falls in the immediate vicinity of the well. The great depth of the well gives it opportunity to re ceive water from many rifts and seams in the rock, and thereby to secure a comparatively large supply. Such supply, ' however, c.nnot rpasonably be canted upon as constant or boun tiful Certainly such a well as this, or a number of them, cannot be relied upon o furnish regularly and con stantly even a portion of the water that is needed for th& supply of a city of the size of Atlanta. I should advise the authorities to give supply from this well a. very thorough test, extend ing over several months, before de ciding to make it a factor in the perm anent water supply of the city." PROSPEROUS YEAR PRE DICTED, The Iron Irade Review, of Clevelandff Ohio, publishes a large number of let lers from manufacturers, principally of machinery, throughout the country concerning trade in 1885, and -the outlook for the corning year. In wood working machinery business has been large in volume, but prices have been too low to be satisfactory. Machine tool works have brad a comparatively dull year, with unrenumerative prices. Manufacturers of special patented tools note no diminution in either volume or prices during the -year, some of them, on the contrary, re porting a decided increase. The blast furnace and mining machinery has suffered from dullness, but not as much as might be expected. Manu facturers of iron roofing enjoyed a good trade. Hardware works have been generally well employed. All branches of iron and machinery trade note a decided increase in both orders and inquiries within the past sixty days, and the prediction is made with out exception that 1886 will be a year of widespread prosperity. SENATE IN 1887. Democrats Hoping to Get Control in Two Years. the Washington Star. Mr. Daltoh, the postmaster of the House, who is always well informed upon Indiana matters, said to-day that be believed the Democrats were mro to elect a successor to Senator Ben. Harrison. Mr. McDonald, he thinks, will be the man chosen. The only other man prominently spoken of for the place is Governor Gray; but Dem ocratic custom in Indiana rules him out on account of his being the Gover nor until '88. It has also been a rale with the Democrats in Indiana that no man should be elected to any other Office while holding the position of Governor of the State. When Mr. McDonald was elected to the Senate Mr. Hendricks was Governor; and on that account refused to allow his name to be used in connection with the place. With matters as they now stand the Democrats think they have a pretty good chance of getting control of the Senate ia 1887. Having already elect ed a successor to Senator Mahone,and what they think is a certainty in In diana, they will work to cany Michi gan, Connecticut, New Jersey and California, as they think, with a pret ty good chance of success. They have no hope of doing anything in New York, as that State is districted against them, and is too close, on general elections even, to be depended upon. CONFEDERATE PENSIONERS The Washington Light Infantry Cares for Its Veterans. . Charleston News and Courier, lst.l The Washington Ught Infantry is tho only corps in Squth Carolina, and perhaps in the South, that pays a regular annual pension to the widows and orphans of their dead comrades who served in the three . "W. L. I." companies in the war between the States. The trustees have managed this charity fund with great su6cess during the pait ten years, and their annual disbursements amount now to $1,000. In the last twenty years over $10,000 has been paid on this account. Thdse who are entitled to assistance receive it in the form of a handsome certificate stating the amount payable during tne year, attached to which are fouu coupons, payable at the Bank of Charleston on the 22d of February, May, August and November. The coupons require only the indorsement of the-Tecinienyo hftashed. TheR papers are delivered on New i ears Day, those for the country being mail ed in time for delivery on that day. and those in the city are delivered in person by one of the yeterans of W. L. I., who claims this piivilege annu ally. V ita these papers is always enclosed a New Year's card. The one for 1886 is very handsome and bears this inscription; "A happy $ew Year; the W. L. I., send cordial greeting for 1886." This charity, as wellafcthe consider ate form in which it is ( administered, is Worthy of the old corps, and the benefactions are so well secured that it is really one of the permanent insti tutions of Charleston. WAYNE COUNTY COMMIS SIONERS COURT. January 4, 1885. Present J. A. Stevens, A. B. Thompson, J. H. Loft in, J. H. Barnes. Commissioner Loftin was elected chairman, Major Hooks being absent, sick. Robert Fulghum was released of poll tax. on account of poverty and infirmity. Y. H. Knowles was granted retail license at Mount Olive, and Simeon Grady at Dudley. The following magistrates filed their annual reports, which were approved and ordered to be registered and filed Z. M. L. Peacock, D. R. Thomp son. Albert Aycock, J. E. Person and W. B. Bowden. , The following constables renewed their bonds C. J. Dail, Charley Ivey, Geo. W. Winn, Jerre Deans, J. B Gardner, Jesse W. Hooks and J.. Hi Hastings. Tax orders were passed as follows: Allen Mitchenor to list poll. Gaston Browning to list 71 acres. Mathew Smith to list colored poll. Mrs. F. C. Patrick to list real and personal estate. W. B. Aycock released of tax on $1,775 error in listing. A. J.. Harrell, A. B. Thompson and Wm; Daniel appointed to have Arring ton bridge repaired. Commissioner btevens voted against allowing J. R. Roberts account for fence work. J. H. Barnes resigned as Commis- sioner, to rase enect irom mis aare. Jno. A. Srevens, W. Haywood Ham, and W. T. Gardner, were appointed to investigate and report upon the condition of the County Poor House, in accordance with, the resolutions adopted by the Board of Magistrates to-day. Ordered that A. B. Ihompson, rv. B. Bassett and Jno. I Herring, in Stony Creek and New Hope Town ships and any others who may so de sire, ownincr lands contiguous to the above named parties, be allowed toi come into the Stock Law territory. J.A.Stevens was made a member of the Committee to settle with Sheriff and Treasurer, in place of .Commis sioner Barnes, resigned. Accounts were audited and allowed as follows : Bedy Ward , $2 ; Jen nie Thorn ton, $2; Sabrey Wilson, $2; Agnes Strickland, $2 ; Sam Goland, $1 ; ThomasBaker,$2; Joe Green. $2 ; Arch and Sam , Barnes. $4 ; Polly Forehand, $2 ; David Myers, $2 ; Nathan Holmes, $2 ; John Singleton, $2 ; Caesar and Susan Stevens, $l;paupers. $29 00. Dr. M. E. Robinson, Sewer ac- . -count filed. $6 00 iiirj H. H.Cobb, carrying lunatic to Asylum. J. G. Tindall, December wages 1 50 at Poor House. . 13 00 J. G. Tindall, whiskey at Poor House. 1 00 Jas. B. Tindall, December wages at Poor House. S 80 J.,H. Forehand, two coffirs at t 1'oor House. 2 00 Avey Williams, washing at I'oor House 1 SO W. H. Sasser, bridge guard. 7 50 Lr. Jas. bpicer, quarterly sal ary. ;,(, '23 W. P. Daniel, salary and extra work at bridge. 7 25 Mike Kennedy, Cox bridge guard. 5 00 J. A. Bonitz, quarterly Print ing. 75 00 J. A? Bonitz, Dockets &c. 16 00 A. 15. Ihompson, bridge lum ber. 4 00 E. A. Wright, J. P., examin ing lunatic. ' 1 00 J. A'. Washington, J. P. ex amining lunatic. 2 50 Jones Yelverton & Co., ac count tiled. 3 40 J. M. Grantham, December Jail fees. f 250 40 J. M. Grantham, workxm sew ers. 10 00 W. T. Gardner, Register ac count filed. 114 60 Jno. H. Hill & Sons, account filed. 75 Best & Thompson, Poor House supplies. : 56 19 H.Weil & Bro's,coal for jail,&c. 31 57 J.R.&B.Hooks,fenceacct.filed 29 43 G.J. Yelverton,fenceacct. filed 56 07 A. H. Caldwell, fence acct. filed 37 75 A. L. Sasser, fence acct. filed 23 25 Sidney Wilkins,fehceacct.filed 8 20 J. M. Pearson, fence acct: filed 11 00 J.R.&B. Hooks,feHce acct filed 40 33 J. R. Roberts, fence acct. filed 00 95 The Board then adjourned to 15th inst. - Published by order of the Board. W. T. Gardner. Clerk. &c. THE PRESIDENT AND Till I ASSASSIN PRESS. We think the President in his letter to Mr. Keppler, of Puck, shows sensi tiveness beyond what might have been expected. It is undeniable that a por tion of the press has lied most out rageously in statements about the President. But that has always been the case, and it was even jworse when there were fewer newspapers. Take the instance of Mrs. Jackson, tho) excellent-wife of grand old Hickory. Nothing ever said about a living statesman was equal to the atrocious assaults made on this good man in order to strike down her husband, the peopled idol. Nevertheless, Mr. Cleveland, who must be acquainted with that episode, says: Executive Mansion, Washington, Dec. 12, 1885. Mr Dear Sir: I have just received your letter with tho newspaper clip ping which caused you bo much an noyance. , I donft think there ever was a time when newspaper lying was so" general and so mean as at present, and there never wias a country under the sun where it nourishing as it does in this. The falsehoods daily spread before the people in our newspapers, while they are proofs of the mental ingenuity of those engaged in newspaper work, are insults to the American love for de cency and fair play of which we boast. I hasten to reply to your letter that the allegation contained in. the slip you send me, to tho effect -that you ever asked a personal favor of me, is entirely and utterly false. You have never in the slightest manner indicat ed a wish, claim or preference touch ing any appointment to office, or any official act of mine, and the only oc casion I remember when I ever had any conversation with you was during a short and very friendly call upon me in Albany during my term as gov- ernor. I I ever received a letter or message from you on'any subject I have forgotten it a thing I should. not be apt to do. Wnile am sorry that anytfriendli ness you may have felt or exhibited forme has been thecauseof embar rassment to you, I cannot refrain from saying that if you ever become a sub ject of newspaper lying and attempt to run down and expose all such lies you will'be a busy man, if you attempt nothing else. Hoping that the denial which I send is sufficiently explicit, I am yours, very sincerely, Grover Cleveland. To Joseph Keppler, Esq., N. Y. city. PERCENTAGE. The reckoning of percentages, like the minus sign in algebra, is a con stant stumbling block to the novice. Even experienced newspaper writers often become muddled when they at tempt to speak of it. The ascending scale is easy enough. Five added to 20 is a gain of 25 per ce. t; given any sum of figures, the doublineof it is an addition of 100 per cent. Bat the mo ment the change is a decreasing cal culation the experienced mathemati cian betrays himaelf, and even the ex pert is apt to Htumbla oi eo astray. An advance from 20 to 25 is an in orease of 25 per centr but the reverse of this, that is, a decline from 25 to 20, is a decrease -of only 20 per cent. There are many persons, otherwise in-, telligent.l who cannot see why tho re-: duction of 100 to 50 is not a decrease of 100 per cent, if an advance from 50 to 100 is an increase of 100 per cent. The other day an .article of merchan dise which had been purchased at 10 cents a pound was resold at 30 cents a pocnlr a- profit of 200 per cent., whereupon a writer in chronicling" the depression, several - invoices of the same class of goods which had cost over 30 cents per pound had been finally sold at 10 per pound, a loss of over 200 per cent.; because this wipes out the whole investment. An advance of from 10 to 30 is a gain of 200 per cent; bat a decline from 30 to 10 is a loes of only 65 per cent. : . I .1 : JS SECOR MOTOR EXPLAINED. How the Oases are to be Exploded and thus Drive the Eureka on her Way. i New York Trlbuno. Mr. Secor's little craft, the Eureka, which was launched recently from Poillon'M shipyard, in Brooklyn, iU in the water like a duck. All that . wonderful machinery which, accord ing fo its inventor, is to revolutionize the marine world is in itspUce. This renders her a bit "down by the Mern," but when the water tank and other things that are to be stowed forward are in place fibe will be buried to her water line. She is a perfect copy of the steamship America, reduced "eight diameters," a a ruuToMopit would say. . Her builders hope to have her in order for a trial trip bv New. Year's day. Through her main hAtch an upright tubular boiler can be wenr but the rigidly enforced order, "No admittance," prevents further exami nation of her machinery. In sub stance tho latter consists of the fol lowing parts : The steam .furnished by the boiler iy supplied to ono or m re little en gines which .drive an air compressor, a rather complicated system of valve .. ami a little dynamo. e hydro-carbon gas can be manufactured on loard by vaporization of pe troleum by a jet of steam or air, for instance ora supply can bo taken from the shore, and stored in tanks. The rest of the machinery consists of a hollow metal globe of great strength, and two xets of heavy metal pipes leading front the globe to the sides of the v l. One set curyes backward so that the dis charge from their mouths is toward . the stern of the vessel. The other set curves in the opposite direct iou and, by the aid of ports which partly open, the gases rushing out from them aro directed forward. The action of the former will manifestly be. to drive the' vessel forward, while discharge from the latter will drive her backward.! Two valves are so placed that when- ; ever ono set of conduits is in connec tion vwith the globe the other is cuf off ,. The hollow globe has two ii.lets nml one outlet, all controlled by valves; which are worked , by the ;:ame me chanism. The first inlet admits com pressed air from the reservoir. Tho second inlet admits gas from its reser voir. The outlet permits the contents of the globo to flow into the conduit described above. There is alsoa cir cuit of wiies along which a current is sentbythe little dynamo. It . either produces a voltaic arc at the inner ends of the conduit, like that of an ordinary arc light, or it heats"a- small piece of platinum wire red-hot by an aciion similar to tnat winch produces the incandescent light. ine action of tho whole atmaratus oe am is as follows: The two inlet valve' are opened at tho same time by tho valvo mechanism, while the outlet valve is closed. Gas and compressed air then rush into the globe and mix in the proportion which shall be found to give the best results in explosion. Then, by a reverse action of the me chanism, theso two inlet .vVilvca aro closed simultaneously. ThV instant kthat is accomplished the outfet valvo is opened and the highly exhivrt mixture of gas and air pours, out into the conduit. Here it comes in con tact with the glowing platinum wire or in the intense he.tt of the voltaic arc, and an explosion is the result. Tho gases thus formed then nudi oat of the conduit, driving the .water in one direction and the boat in the other, This i the mechanism as origiually ' designed. Somo changes : may be made in the details before tho boat comes to be a working success. Many changes will undoubtedly have to bo made before it reaches its highest ef ficiency. Some hitherto unseen but practically insuperable difficulty may arise which will utterly destroy its usefulness. Tho principle "seems to be feasible. The working details,: in the original plan at' least, prfcscrit some bad points. The valve motion is complicated and liable to get but of order. It is not positive in its action; that is, the valves are closed by he aid of springs and worked by ratchet gearing. Any or all of these niay fail to do their duty at the most important moment. In case of such failure. say,for instance that tho explosion should occur before the valve which shuts off communication with the gas reservoir had closed, and tho whole . should be ignited affairs would jfke an unpleasant turn for those on board. ; Inquiries still "continue to pour in upon the builders. .The otherday;tho Government at Berlin cabled its rep resentative at Washington to investi- : gate the matter, and altogether its possibilities as a sj-stem of propulsion for war vessels aro attracting much attention. SNOW STORM. Severe Weather Throughout the Northwest. OirCAOO, Jan. 4.--A severe snow and sleet storm which has been raging throughout the Northwest since Ktnr. day has seriously interfered with tele- grapn wires in an directions. All tho lines west of here are down and com munication Eat is very uncertain. I a uispatcn irom foioux City, Iowa, last night, reports a blizzard there. It has been snowing and blowing steadily since Saturday and there is already snow to the depth of a foot on the ground and no signs of the storm abating. . '.. At Des Moinei and Omaha heavy snow storms are reported, and a St. Paul dispatch reports similar storms throughout Minnesota and Dakota. . The cold wave signal is flying from, the Signal Service building herfc.. There were all the evidences of a com- i ing storm; the very sir vibrated with the j odor of dhger ! but when the kind father took from his pocket a bottle of Dr. Ball's f ' Cough Syrup then csme calm, for tho j baby had the croup' and, would now ret I well. :)' t r - :j V ! 1 i ! i '.
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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