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"""I"M""T 'm Mimjm J 1 ! A. BONITZ, Editor and Proprietor. " For us, Principle is Principle Bight is Right Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever." Published Semi-Weekly $3.00 a Year VOL. XXII. G G JCDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1886. NO. 31. " . TOBACCO CULT BE. rCaii the Weed be Grown Profit ably in Kasteni Carolina? The Messenger holds that the far mers of Eastern Carolina ought to di versify their crops; that they should first endeavor to make their supply of meat and grain, and then diversify rather than stake everything in cot ton. It has been demonstrated by many farmers iri this county and in some of the adjacent counties, that to bacco of good quality can be grown, and with profit, in many sections in Eistern; Carolina, and we have endea vored to throw all possible light'and information upon this subject. In this connection we take pleasure in publishing the following extract from a letter written by Maj. Robert L. Ragland, of Halifax county,-Va., to the editor of the Rural Messenger, and published in a recent issue of that paper. If the people of Northampton should still be wanting in faith on this particular subject, the opinions of Maj. Kagland should set them at rest. He says : "As your readers well know, I have for years been trying in my humble way, to interest the planters of South Side Virginia and Eastern North Carolina- in the production of yellow to bacco as the most profitable crop they could grow; and I am pleased to know that my suggestions are beginning to be heeded and that speculation has given place to actual demonstration, in various portions of the district, of the adaptability of the soil and climate to the finest type of tobacco. In traveling through Northampton county, North Carolina, the exper ienced yellow tobacco planter cannot fail to be impressed with similarity in the general appearance of much of the soils of this county to some of the best in the old Yellow Tobacco belt. The color, character and appearance of both top and sub-soil indicate their adaptability to the yellow type; and the owners of such lands will likely find them to yield better returns from tobacco, than from cotton or any other farm crop. Provided, always, tobacco ! is given proper attention, skilfully cured and properly handled. i But it is not prudent for any one unaecustomed to raising it, to plant j largely at first. Go slow and learn, is j the safest and best way. The only j grades ot tobacco which ought to en-1 list the best attention ol beerinners or old planters as well are the fine grades The markets are full of the mean i grades, which are largely selling below the cost of production, and on the bet ter grades of all the types offer en couragement to the planters. In short if you cannot produce at least a fair working or shipping grade of tobac co, there is no money in it and no in ducement to grow it. The yellow type offers the best chance to the people of Northampton and surrounding country, and White Stem Oronoke, Hester, Yellow Orono- ke and Granville Yellow will probably prove best suited to that section. Plant only one variety in the same held, to promote uniformity in product an 1 curing. j One ounce of tobacco seed will sow one hundred square yards, which if properly prepared and canvassed, will afford plants enough for four or five: aqres. But it is always well to havej more than enough and to spare, rather than lack a few when the proper plant ing season comes; therefore it is safer tojsow one hundred square yards to evpry three acres for tobacco. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. . We have already published a synop sis! ot a statement made by the Balti more Manufacturer1 Record in its issue for January 30th, of the progress now being 'made by the South in its ma terial development, but following is a more extended view of the same sub ject. -rThat paper declares that notwith stand dull times and financial depre ciation, 18S5 was a year of great in dustrial progress throughout the South. Summing up the amount of capital and capital stock represented by our list of new enterprises for 1885, we'have : Alabama .... Arkansas . . . Florida Georgia ..... Kentucky . . . .$ 7,841,000 I 1,220,000 5,019,000 2.500,000 18,303.200 Louisiana . . 3,118,500 'Maryland. . 6.668,800 Mississippi . . .'. North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee . Te.as Virginia "West Virginia. 761.500 3,230,000 856.000 2,692,000 3.232,000 3,314.000 12,056,000 Total $66,812,000 Some of the most important enter prises organized during 1885, in our State, were as follows: North Caroliua A $200,000 copper milling company; a $500,000 company, not exactly a manufacturing concern, but Tt coming under the head of in dustrial enterprises, as its object is to supply water power for factories and secure the locatiou of factories in that State, &c, was chartered in the Spring; Lexington has a $9,000 roller flour mill; Raleigh. tiaa a $10,000 ferti lizer factory company; Goldsboro has .a.$20,000 foundry and machine shop and a $35,000 rice and planing mill; at Durham a $30,000 furniture-manufacturing company has been organized; at Aheville a $30,000 or $40,000 furni ture factory, is to be built, while a Urge number of saw mills, flour mills, tobacco factories, &c., costing all the way froni a couple of thousaud up to $10,000and to $15,000, have been es tablished in different parts of the State, and many mining enterprises have been organized and commenced "Work. . The Record lias been iaccused at times of giving too rosefcolored a view of Material matters in the South but yhose interest has always been assur- ' lQgr, goes on to say ' ,, j Since 1880 the South has added over 1 10,400 miles to her railroad mileage, the buildings of which added lo the investments in old roads and their im provement, foots up nearly $575,000, 000 rthe actual cost of the railroads of the South and their eauiDffwot ac cording to : statistics compijtecT from Poor's Railroad Manual, being over $1,250,000,000. against $679,804,828 in 1880. The assessed value of property in the South, notwithstanding the far that the assessments are much less than the actual cash value of the property and that a large amount of manufacturing property that has been ; created since 1879 is not repre sented fa the tax assessments, owing to exemption laws, shows an increase of nearly $1,000,000,000. In manufacturing we have seen the number of cottonmills increase from 18G to 353, and the number of i spin dles and looms from 713,989 and lo, 222, respectively, to 1,4G0,G97 and 27,- 004 a gain ot about 100 per cent. Cot ton seed oil mills that in 1880 num bered 40. with a capital of $2,504,500, now numner 140, ana their capital is $10,702,450. In 1880 the South made 391,301 tons of pig iron; in 1884 it made 657,599 tons a gain of 260,298 tons. Three States Virginia, Ala bama and Tennessee that in; 1880 produced 178,000 tons of pig iron, in 1884 produced 481,744 tons an in crease of 303.738 tons, or 9,500 tons more than the net increase in the Um ted States, the production in the whole country outside of these three States being i less in 1884 than in 18S0. In 1880, 6,048,571 tons of coal were mined in the? South, and in 1884 the output was 10,844,051 tons. The amount of phosphate rock minedin South Car olina in 1880 was 190,000 tons, and the capital invested in the business was $3,493,300; while now the capital is over $,500,000 .and Ihe amount of rock mined largely over 400,000 tons. In agriculture, great progress has been made and especially in the diversifica tion of farm products and in the in crease in grain and live stock raising. The production of corn has increased from 334.000,000 bushels in 1879 to 499.000,000 bushels in 1885 a gain of 165,000,000 bushels and of oats, from 42,000,000 bushels to 78,000,000 bush elsa gain of 36,000,000 bushels while, iin tohac.p.o. f'rnits nnrl vecretn.- bles, the grasses, &c, the increase has been as equally satisfactorily. In 1880 the live stock of the South was worth $439,900,000; at present its value is noo 000 an f $159,- 900,000. HANGING TO A. TREE. !' " Where the Son Found His Fath er on Looking for Him. Columbiana, Ala., January 29. Special. Before daylight the body of Mr. Jesse Holcomoe was found by his family hanging to a tree near his house. The family lived about three miles from this place: they say that he had for some time past expressed a wish to die, and threatened to take his own life upon several occasions. But upon the night previous to his death he expressed himself as feeling better than for some time past. When he arose he and his son went out to attend to the stock; his son was; at- tending to the oxen, and he walked a hundred yards from his house to feed some hogs. Ibis was before daylight. In the course of half an hour break fast was announced, and the family assembled around the table, but the father was nowhere to be found, and his son was sent to call him, which he did, but could receive no response. He then! returned to the house and all ate breakfast, after which a search was commenced for the father. In a few moments the lifeless body was found dangling from the branches of a tree. A coroner's jury was sum moned and an inquest held, and after thoroughly investigating the affair they rendered a verdict that the de ceased came to his death by hanging at his own hands. Mr. Holcombe was about 68 years of age and leaves sev eral children to mourn his death. THE ELECTORAL BILL. COUNT Mr. Hoar submitted to the Senate ah amendment to the electoral count bill which he proposes to offer when the bill again comes up for considera tion. It inserts in the fourth section of the bill a clause providing that in case of more than one return or paper purporting to be a return,from a Staite jif there shall have been no determina tion of the question in the State then those vdtes only shall be counted which appear to have been cast by the electors whose names appear on the lists certified by the executive of the State, in accordance with the provis ions of sections 136 of the revised ptatutes, as amended by this bill; but 1 case of a vacancy in the board of electors, so certified, then by the per sons appointed to fill such vacancy, in the mode provided bv the laws of the States, but if there be no such list r if there be more than one such list urportiug to be so certified then those votes, and those only, shall be counted which thei twp houses acting separate ly shall concurrently decide to be the lawful votes of the legally appointed electors of such State. It also adds to the bill au addi ional section, makinjg it the duty of the executive of each State to caue three lists of names.of the electors in his State to be mado and certified under the great seal of the State I and to be delivered to the electors on or before the day on which they are required to meet. . A ais-ase oi so delicate a na ture as stricture ot the urethra shoukL oinly be entru-ted to t nose of Iage expe- rfence nd i-kill Byonr mproved meth ods we have feen enabled tj speedily and permanently cure bund reds of the worst cases. Pamphlet references and terms, 10 cents in j stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street, .Buffalo, N.IY. Great addition to the Crockery and Glass Ware!; department, at t M. rj. GA8TEX & UO 8. TUP DKVCim.'Vrp VfI?A1 i.. - A Direct Issue to be Made on the Subject of the Senate's Demands. Philadelphia Times Washington. January 28. The po litical situation as between the Presi dent and the Senate was again taken up in the Cabinet meeting to-day. It was understood that an agreement was reached as to the manner of pro cedure, the only question at issue be ing in matter of details. The main point of the President's acfion in case of a direct request on the part of the Senate has been generally understood from the beginning. There was no doubt or hesitancy on hispart. t was the question of deal in er with the Senate by individual members of the Cabinet which caused deliberation. That question, it is believed, was satisfactorily settled at to dav's meet mg. The attorney-general will return the Senate's request in the Dustin case with the reply that the papers on file are a part of the Presidential reasous, were filed for his private information and do not constitute a part of the public records in the sense that they can be surrendered by a subordinate of the President and without his ex press direction. The other officials will make substantially the, sam an swer, the refusal extending to the pa papers relating to appointments as well as removals. This will lay the groundwork for a new move on the part of the Senate, which seems to be arriving at the real issue by easy ap proaches. They will probably call upon the President direct and he will refuse directly aud in such a way that will serve as a precedent in time to come. 1 What the Senate will then do is now the most interesting because the only unsettled point. From casual talks with Senators it appears that the Sen ate will simply lay aside the nomina tions over which contest is made and refuse to confirm. The deadlock will have then begun. KINSTON ITEMS. Paragraphs by Our Regular Re porter. Doctors J. P. Bryan and John A. Pollock performed a very delicate op eration on Mrs. Aldridge on the 25 inst. At last account she was con sidered out of danger. In this connec tion we wish to say that Kinston has more medical ability and surgical skill, to the number of men engaged in them, thail any town we have known in eighteen States or Canada whither we have roamed. J. M. Hines, Jr., came near having a serious fire recently by a coal pop ping out on to a bed up stairs. The bed and its covering were about ruined take warnings Messrs. Noah Rouse and Shade I. Wooten, were in town last week in consultation concerning the new house of worship soon to be erected in La- Grange by the Disciples. When such men as they take hold of a project we look for success. At the residence of J. M. Hins, Sr., near Lenoir Institute on the 28 inst., the marriage ceremony was performed by H. D. Harper for Mr. Jesse H. Hill 1 m. Tl n TT ! y"v t . ana miss juiia tu. nines, uur Dest wishes attend them. Several of our citizens were in at tendance on the Union meeting held in i.TOiasooro last weeK. ineir ousi ness arrangements for those meetings we think is a model one. Mabel Clare Nunn, the four months old daughter of W. B. Nunn, died of meningetis, January 28. We have known several children by that name. and have not known one to reach the age of five years. Is there any thing in a name ? and yet no name is sweet er, or dearer. Mr. G L. Hodges and wife returned from their bnd.l trip among the frozen orangres last Saturday nii;ht. The ladies of the Methodist church will bold a festival at the store on N col's Corner on Wednesday, Thurs day! and Friday, February 3rd, 4th and5th. The next meeting of the Lenoir county leachers Association will be held at the graded school building on Saturday, February 6rh. The subject for discussion is "The Impoitance of Legibility in Penmanship." Prot. G. A. Gnmsly and Dr. H. D. Harper have been appointed leaders in the discussion, ur. It. U. .Uewis will 'deliver the oration postponed at the last meeting. Subject, "Why." Miss Cynthia Tull is Essayest. We saw a snow-bird last week with i perfectly white tail. Had we not een on matrimonial business we should have sought it with a truu. In reply to Esquire Coleman's, much mixed widow and , widower problem submitted in the Itemizer last wek for Dr. Harper's Analysis and Solution, Harper says he knows how to mix them but his mission stops there and then unless thev have a tooth to pluer. But a certain Kintonian comes to his 1 L . 1 J L rescure, ana says "tne son wouia oe his own daddy." On our trip to Pitt county, last Sun day we saw some thinsrs of interest. The first was Mr. John Tuli's Apiary, which is the largest and best arranged known to us. Next, Mr. William Rountree had, it looked to, be fifty to one hundred bags of cotton thrown down for the rise. Then came Bells Ferry which is & sparkling little place. Would not Sparkleton be a better name? By a little tickling of thelivn Gray we were soon in Centerville (Johnsons Mills,) where J. P. Quinerly has about 300 , hales of cotton and Messrs. Will and Cand Quinerly also have a large amount, all waiting for seven cents or more, i A large crowd had assembled at the Disciples church, the occasion being a Union meeting. Rv. T. L. Chestnut preached a short but pithy sermon. The most import- ant thills' done during the ousiness session was the donation of $200. in cash by the meeting to aid in erecting a house of worship in New Berne. ;. J. W. Collins , has ; purchased the f i machines and tools necessary and opened a first-class establishment Sfor . . ... t - tinning ana gunsmun w,nn roor iug and spouting and repairing house furnishing articlesV'swiog machines, pumps, stoves, locks, keys &c, He has, employed Mr. J. B. Babbitt, well known in this community as a skillful workman, and will employ su'ch other help as the growth of the .business may demand. He has opened in his store onendoor north of the Post Office. This business is quite a necessity in every ommnnity and we i wish him success. 1 1; ' Rev. Israel Harding was in Wil mington last week, j- ':. Rev. Mr. Juraey, is a crack shot, as 23 partridges last Saturday will tell. Mr. John M. Brown, oo years old. living near Kinstor. fell out of a wacr- on last Saturday, r The wheel passing over his leg broke it. A supposed thief caught. On the night of the 25th. Jan., J. H. Sugg's meat house was broken into, and a large amount of meat taken. Police man Oast took the case in hand and on Tuesday found seven hams in a ditch nearby and also near town. Suspicion and evidence settled down on Kate Lee. colored. A searcn war rant was procured and part of the meat found in his house and identifi ed, Lee was arrested and had a pre liminary hearing before T. J. Meach- an ). tr. ana in aeiauit oi aouo - pan was sent to jail. Put, the rascals through until the swamps and poco- sins of eastern North Carolina are changed into harvest fields and hones ty prevails. Superior Court m session. Judge Gilmer is giving satisfaction. H. S. Nunn, ot Newbern Journal and the indomitable Rom. Johnson on hand. Mr. John Tull sold about 40 bales of cotton in this market Feb. 1st and caught a huge wild cat in a steel trap a few days before. " We are glad to learn that Mr. Frank Sutton is convalescing. Mrs. John Phillips died at her home in Kinston, on the evening of the 1st instant. She bad been sick but three or four days and not thought to be dangerously ill until the morning of her death. We will miss her as a neighbor and frieud. No borne in Kiuston has been im proved more during the hard times than McF. Cameron's. RELIGION IN TURMOIL. The Salvation Army Fightiner the Authorities. Joilett, 111., January 30.-l7he re ligious excitement in the city has been raised to fever heat by the diffi culty between the salvation army and the civil authorities. The mayor, the chief of police and a majority of the councilmen are Catholics, and because the members of the army have been nightly arrested, under city ordinance, for disturbing the peace, the cry of re ligious persecution has been raised. On Thursday uight, six of the salva tionists were arres-ted and locked up over night, but City Attorney Ben nett, who is a Protestant, refused to prosecute the cases. The action of the city's legal adviser caused Mayor Kelly to call a special council meeting last night when, by unanimous vote, the mayor's action was sustained Ja cob Johnson and Stilwell, two mem bers of the army who were arrested, have filed suits aerainst Mayor Kelly, Chief of Police Murray and two po licemen for $10,000 damages each. The board of supervisors yesterday further complicated matters by grant ing the salvation army the freedom of the courthouse square for the purpose of holding open air meetings. SOUTH CREEK ITEMS.. Thirty years ago the lands known as the South creek lands were consid ered almost worthless. A gentleman whose truthfulness cannot be doubted told the writer that he was offered six hundred and forty acres of most de sirable land for 10 cts. per acre. Only a few white families had moved in. Its principal inhabitants were bears, free negroes and wild cats. About 1859 a few white families moved in and began clearing. The war came on and all attempts at clearing ceased. After the war families from different points finding out what valuable lands were here moved in They came from Wayne, Greene, Wake, Hyde and other counties. Those lands that could have been bought for 10 cts. per acre, now rent for $10. per acre. Where the bear, free negro and wild cat roamed at their own sweet will is now occupied by large farms which yearly yield large crops of corn and cotton, yet there are large bodies of fertile lands rejjdy to be cleared and cultivat ed. These lands can be purchased for prices ranging from $5 to per acre. Lands that can be cleared and put to the plow in three years without any cost to the owner. The lands paying for the cost of ditching, fenc ing aud breaking. This land will then yield from f to a bale of cotton or from ten to twenty barrels of corn per acre without fertilizers. GRANT-HALLECK New Yory, January CHARGES. 30. Mr. W. C. Prime, tho custodian ot Gen. Mc- Clellan's papers, states in a card print ed to-day that he bad made a thor ough search and has failed to find any such dispatches between Halleck and McClellan regarding Gen. Grant's being drunk, as.were alleged by a re cent letter to the New York Sun. to be in existence. In connection with Mr. Prime's card a letter is published from Gen. G. W. Cullom, who was Halleck's chief of staff in 1861 2 in which he declares that Halleck al ways had confidence in Grant. Gen. Cullom says Halleck commended Grant for major generalship before he proposed C. F. Smith's promotion, not withstanding- the assertion of Gen. Grant and Col. Grant that Smith's name was sent in first. Grant's com mission is dated , February 10, 1862, and Smith's March 21,1862. I . . , mimmmtmmimm HE WILL. NOT ANSWER.' I The President Refuses to Send Certain Papers to the Senate. Washington, January 29. The Attorney-General has sent a letter to the Senate, in answer to the resolution for "all documents and papers in re- latron to the duct of the office of United States At torney for the Southern district of Alabama," in which, after acknowl edging: the receipt of the rpsol nt inn in question, he says : in response to said resolution, the President of the United States directs me to say that the papers which were in this Department relating to the fit ness of J. D. Bennett, recently nomi nated to said office, h ready sent to the judiciary committee oi ine senate, ana the papers and doc uments which are mentioned in said resolution, and still remaining in th custody of this Department, having exclusive reference to the suspension by the President of George M. Diistin. late incumbent of the office of District- Attorney of the.United States for the Southern district of Alabama, it is Tint considered that the public interests :n',u i. - i i i. ... wmue promoiea oy compliance with said resolution, and the transmission of the papers and documents therein mentioned to the Senate in executive session. Very respectfully. A. H. Garland, Attorney-General. The Democratic Senators met in caucus. ..They discussed the pending issue between the executive and the Senate fully, and unanimously adopt ed the following resolution, which the Secretary of the caucus was author ized to make public : x Resolved, lhat we approve the views 1 A.I 1 ana acnon or tne iresiaent communi cated to the Senate through Attornev- General Garland in his letter of Jan uary 29th, 1886, and that we cordially support the executive therein. The letter of Attorney-General was re- ceived Dy and seen by benatprs, but as there was no executive session it was not formally laid before that body. LAG RANGE ITEMS. February came robed in sunshine and cloudless skies. A good crowd from LaGrange was up to hear Kellogg sing. The entertainment at L. C. I. was a success. We are glad to see our popular druggist H. M. McDonald back again. Miss Pauline Montegriffo was the ideal personification of bewitching coquetry. One sat enraptured under the radiance of her brilliancy. Farmers, sow peanuts for your hogs. Dcn't select a sand bank though, bat a stiff, bottom land, well prepared with an out-spread of lime. Try it. A fellow who took his girl up to the Kellogg Opera is now endeavoring to bribe a sure ease of the catching bal lads of the inimitable Miss Monteg riffo. But alas, she smiles archly over her chin and hums 'No sir, no sir' with the irresistible 'no, ah!' He is a wiser and a sadder youth. Everbody complains of dull times. But we guess its more the 'popular habit' than anything else. Several of our merchants intend building, and improving their present store houses. Winter goods are selling cheap and Miss Webb our milliner is disposing of her. stock at actual cost for the incom ing spring goods. Be ambitious, but not heartlessly so. A famous writer once said, "never expect a selfishly ambitious man to be a true friend." The man who makes ambition his god, tramples upon every thing else. He will go upward, and in his eyes your only value lies in the use you may be to him. Personally one is nothing ; and if you are not rich or famous or powerful enough to ad vance an ambitious man or ambitious woman's interest they care no more about you. Mrs. W. H. Whitfield and daughter, of Kinston, were in town recently vis iting Mrs. M. A. Croom, of our toivn. A dove-eyed darling of the do as-, you please air of a hotel parlor enliv ened her elbow-acquaintances with the declaration, the night of the Kellogg Opera, that Mr. Bonitz didn't do the right at all, why he allowed strangers the best seats at every entertainment. There was a lively animation sudden ly, and smiles for we were all stran gers. But we must disagree with the pretty complainant about the 'nght' part of it, for Mr. Bonitz does every thing right. We thought so especially when we didn't have to view the prima donna ovtr well, it's nice to be a scribbler sometimes. Capt. J. W. Rice, our tobacco cul turist, has some of the finest of this species on record, as we can well tes tify. The Captain experimented last year, but the incoming year will find him equipped and competent, not to ! experiment, but to cultivate a larere j acreage in tobacco. Also he has added j several new buildings for extensive j preparations, but we do hope when a : certain wise lady says well, we guess the Captain will take advice in the future. We never appreciated cannibalism 'till we saw an opera. It may he that j we are more impressionable than some, : for we heard, a good many say they enjoyed it 44 very well ;' but we guess the fellow who kissed his hand so ex travagantly at Miss Kelloger could sympathize with us. For when the anticipation of anything destroys ap petite, they certainly stand in need of sympathy or salting down. We re frain from speaking of Clara Louise Kellogg. To us she was divine. The young blood on the evening ears said she was a "star on the decline," and ;' even that was not original alas. However we repeat, those who missed her missed an event of their lives. : If there is a villian more pitiable than the fellow who growls and grum bles over his linen, we hope he'll sail with the nexflArctic explorers. The linen maniac takes op his shirt, ejes it like a Florida farmer gazed "at the ' recent cold there is a silence so pene trating 'twould give a clam the tooth ache, by contrast then he blows breaks. He swears that when last he Eressed that garment lovingly to his reakirg heart it was as whole and solid as a treasury dollar, while now it is as disunited as a divorce case. He yearns to patent his washerwoman and pay for it in old shirts. He grinds his teeth like a fluting machine, trims off those fiendish edges from his cuffs, and saunters out with as dapper a "dood" air as a Fifth "Avenoo" aris tocrat. WAYNE COUNTY COMMIS SIONERS COUUT. February 1, 1S8G. The Board met in regular session Present B. F. Hooks, Chairman; M. T. Johnson, J. A. Stevens, A. B. Thompson, J. H. Loflin. Report of Jury to lay off a new road in Great Swamp Township from John ston county line to crossway near James Aycock's was approved, and the Clerk instructed to notify the supervisors of said Township. John H. Powell's lot in Goldsboro reduced in valuation to $2,000. Petition for new roads in Pikeville, Great Swamp and Brogden Townships were laid over until next meeting, and the Clerk directed to publish same at Court House door as the law requires. Julius Jernigaiu and T. C. Hill's bonds as Constables were read, ap proved and ordered to be registered and filed. Tax orders were passed as follows: Wm. Carter and Nathaniel Price were released of poll tax for 1885 on ac count of poverty and infirmity W. B. Adams released as above, for 1884-85 and 80. J. R. Kornegay and George Grimes were granted 12 months retail license at White Hall. G. W. Collier, J. P. and G. W. PiPi kinJ.P. made reports which were approved and ordeied to be registered and filed. J. A. Bonitz awared the contract for county printing to Jan. 1st '87 at $250. J. E. Peterson elected Registrar for Goldsboro, Fork and Stony Creek Townships. D. A. Grantham, Sheriff, allowed to March 1st, '80, to settle his annual aca count of taxes. Accounts were audited and allowed as follows: Moore & Robinson jail grates and coffin $ 14 00 iQ n T V o m To mm -t' Toi fees. Elijah Edwards,, repairs- to bridge. W. B. Grantham, burying pau per. 319 80 3 70 2 00 Sam Goland, $2 ; Sabrey Wil son, $2; Sarah Stanley, $2; Jennie Thornton, $2 ; Sam and Tempe Barnes, $5 ; N. Carraway, $2; Agnes Strick land, $2 ; Bedy Ward, $2 ; Joe Green, $2 ; Arch and Sara Barnes, $1 ; Thomas Baker, $2; Stephen Williams. $2; Caesar and Susan Stevens, $4 ; Polly Forehand, $2 ; Rachel Brock, $2; John Singleton, $2 ; Nathan Holmes, $2 ; David Myers, $2 ; John Hines, $2; paupers. $45 00. B. V. Hooks, B. G. Barnes, E. P. Edgerton, Z. M. L. Pea cock, W. B. Bardin road Jurors. W. T. Yelverton, jail hard ware. R. Rayner Jr. burying pau per. J. G. Tindall,Jan. wages at Poor House. David and Henry Moore, work at Poor House. Amy Wiliams,wa-hing at Poor Pouse. Stephen Whitleyt Quaker Bridge guard. J. B. Whitaker, Jr. stationery for C. S. C. W. T. Gardner, account filed. J. E. Peterson, fence account. 7 50 7 30 2 00 13 00 1 75 2 00 5 00 6 00 78 15 8 00 20 00 71 75 21 01 50 50 2 02 10 95 4 00 18 05 2G 70 21 50 Edmund Mitchell, N. H. Gurley, J. If. Hastings, J. L. Pearson, J. M. Pearson, J. M. Ingram, J. L. Pearson, Pearson Deans & Co. Wm. E. Pearson, J. H. Caldwell, The Board then adjourned to 3rd inst. Published by order of the Board. W. T.' Gardner, Clerk. &c. DEVIL IN THE HOUSE. The Queer Pranks of an Unearthly Being in a Priest's House. j Montreal, January 30. A good deal of excitement has been caused here by the announcement that tome devil or goblin Was working strange freaks in the house of a farmer named Defresne, of He Bizarre, about twenty miles from here, uear the Ottawa riv er. i5cas are btrippa ana lamps pui out, doors are slammed and fin lights appear here and there as though bv electricity. One incident related is. that on Suuday Dufresne found some! coals of fire in his church pew. They burned the sexton's fingers when he removed them, but did not burn the woodwork of the pew. The Rev. Father Labe'rge was sent for to exor- i eise the evil pirit, and he had the bed rearranged, and had commenced a ceremonial when the l-d clothes rolled j up like a flash and were whiskrd on I the noor in tne presence or tne pnest, who is trreatly perplexed at the disre spect shown by the in visible, tormentor. The family comprises seven persons. All are frightened into fits by the su pernatural manifestations except one girl who enjos it and laughs at the fears of the others. She is thought to be the medium, if such a thing can be. The fact is the mystery baffles every body. r Sick an i bilious headache cured by Dr. Pierce's -Pellets w ?' 1 . -. ' .' BAYAItlSSTIUCKI:N HOME Another Ieath in the Family of the Secretary. Washington, Jan 31. Mrs. Bay ard, wife of the Secretary of Stater died here this morning. 'The immedi ate cause of death was congestion of the brain, brought on by the shock of her daughter's sudden death ' two-. weeks ago. For the first week follow iug that event she stood the strain and excitement quite well, but a week ago last Friday she was compelled to take her bed, and gradunlly gruw worse from day to day. On Thursday congestion of the brain made it ap pearauce, and she was unconscious tor tWetltV-four hour h.firo 1 hur death. Although for years Mrs. Bay- aru naa Deeu a connrmeu invalid, be had for thri past six months been in better health than tor many years. Last summer ehe was very ill at her home in Wilmington, Del., with a complication of diseases of thp' liver and stomach, and her recovery at that time was considered doubtful. At the solicitation of her daughter,. Miss Kate, she put herself under the care of Dr. F. A. Gardner, of , this city, and under his treatment she had improved so much as to be able to go iuto society this winter, and, although still an invalid, she was in comrlaru tively pood health when her daughter died. She was about 51 vear nfLrr-. With the exception of her daughter, Mrs. Warren, of Boston, and herjbon who is in Arizona, the family were present when she died. The body will be takeu to Wilmimrton to-mor row, and the funeral will be held there on Tuesday. ihe death of Mrs. Bayard will have a marked effect on the social festivi ties at the Capital. It closes in abso lute mourning for a week the White House, the houses of the Cabinet ministers, a d withdraws trom society the President and Miss Cleveland,. the members of the Cabinet aud their families. On the announcement of the sad' eyent the President directed thelm- mediate recall of invitations for a State dinner to the Supreme Court, which was to have been given .on Thursday evening, and Secretary and Mrs. Endicott withdrew their invita tions for a Cabinet dinner on Friday evening. Miss Cleveland will not be Ht home to callers during the wek, and her Saturday afternoon reception will bo abandoned. Secretary and Mrs. Whitney hnd issued card for a series of Thursday evening receptionr but their .house will, with other, be ' closed this week, and all acceptances of invitations by Cabinet families for that period will pe revoked. Mrs. Bayard was prevented by ill health from appearing, in society last winter, and her plafewas most accep tably filled by her accomplished daughter, whose sudden death shock ed Washington but two weeks ago. This winter Mrs. Bayard's health was so much improved that she took her place as the head of the Cabinet ladies, and assisted at the President's recep tion on New Year's day. At Miss Cleveland's first Saturday afternoon reception she filled the place of honor' as hostess, back of the lino in the Blue parlor, with a distinguished' grace aud marked cordiality which was noted as the most pleasant fea ture of the occasion. At President Cleveland's first state dinner, thatj given in honor of the Cabinet, two " weeks ago last Thursday night, stie occupied the place of honor at the Presidents right, and the interchange of congratulations which went about the circle of the official family on her improved health and buoyant spirits added much to the pleasure of the gathering. The cessation of social festivities which the foregoing announcement records is but a feeble indication of the personal loss which every Cabinet family feels in the . terrible bereave ment which has befallen the house hold of the Secretary of State. It is well understood that there would be a more marked expression of sympathy and condolence on their part did not Mr. Bayard prefer otherwise in his characteristic consideration for others and his dire that his private grief, almost unbearable as they are, w uli not unduly affect the public. The President was immediately noti fied of Mrs. Bayard's death, and he at once sent Col. Lamont with a note of condolence to the Secretary and later in the day Miss Cleveland called at the house. There will be no funeral services in Washington. The remains will be taken by special car to Wilmington and deposited in the old Swedish church, where they will remain until' 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, when the Episcopal burial service will be read nnd the body placed in the tomb. Mr. Bayard has asked that no official demonstration be made, and the President will not go to Wilmington. Several member of the Cabinet, how ever, will attend the funeral. Cabi- , net officers, Senators Representa tives, diplomats and public men gen erally have called at the Bayard man sion to day to express their sympathy with the Secretary in his tifiliction. Mrs. Bayard was bom in Balti more in 1835. Her father, Joshua Lee, was one of the leading busiuess men of that city thirty-five years ago. She met the Secretary while his father was a Senator from Delaware, and they were married in 1S5G. There were twtlve children born to them,, seven of uhm are still alive. Up to seven or eiiiht years aero Mrs. Bavard was h leader in society at the Nation al capital. 4 A cold of unusual severity which I took last autumn developed into a difficulty decidedly catarrhal in all it rtiMr-.rtPr. istics, threatening a return of mv oM chronic malady, catarrh One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm completely eradicated every ymptom of that t alnful and pre vailing disorder E.: W. Warner, 165 Hudson St.rRoceeater, N. Y. ', , - ; Hyit'rcan Balmi the best medicine for Catarrh' I have ever, used. Mrs. Wood, Mexia, Texas. ' .. ' 1
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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