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i I THE GOLD SB OR O MESSENGER, APRIL 5, 1 886.--DpTJEI. SHEET . A :.i I- SfOKMSAND FLOODS. Destruction Wrought at Varl- m.-m. . m - A V . ous 1'oiiits in me aouiu. Helena. AfcK.. March 30. A tor nado of unusual velocity swept through this section last evening, doing con siderable damage, tin this. city quite a number of buildings were blown down and turned over. The Atlantic Beer Garden was blown over on4he roof of a one-story frame house adjoin ing, crushing through the roof and setting tire to it from a ceoking stove. By great effort the fire was extinguish ed, before it had time to spread. The walls of thei Helena! j Opera House and other large buildings, remnants of the late fire, were blo'wn to the ground. The coal tleet was swept out into the river; and the distress signals of the boats added to the confusion. The county court house; was unroofed and stripped of its window blinds. The glass; doors antl windows were smash ed in like egg-shells. , The direction of the tornado was - from west to east. From parties who have come to the city since the tornado it islearnedthat west of the hills, which act as a haf rier to the city, it was more violent than here, levelling houses before it. It is impossible to 'travel on many of the roads leadirigtfrom the city west and northwest, except on foot, owing to the trees blown across them.. No serious damage to life was done that can be learned. Owing to the losses being scattered it is impossible to es timate them. FLOODS IX EAST TENNESSEE. Chattanooga, March 30-Unprece- dented rains have fallen in this section for the past forty-eight hours, the total . rainfall varying from eight to ; ten inches throughout the Upper Tennes see water shed. At 8 p. ra. the river here marked 35 feet and is rising at the rate of ten inches per hour. Advices from above indicate that the rise will reach 45 feet and may go to 50 feet. No passenger or freight trains on any of ' the eight railroads have left the city or arrived since last night, and there is no prospects of traffic being resumed to-morrow.. On the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Road heavy washouts and slides have occurred between here and Loudon, Tenn., and heavy slides on the Georgia division of the East Ten nessee, Virginia and Georgia. On the Cincinnati Southern a small bridge at Rock Creek has been carried away. The tracks of the Nashville and Chattanooga, Alabama Great Southern, and Memphis and Charles ton Railroads, at the foot of Lookout Mountain, are undermined by torrents of water and the bridges in the vicini 0 ty of the mountain are in danger. An engine on the Alabama Great South ern Railway ran into a landslide and was precipitated down an embank ment. No one was seriously hurt. On the Western and Atlantic Road a culvert was washed out near Grays ville, and a slide occurred at the mouth of the tunnel near Tunnel Hill. No damage of consequence can bo done- here unless the over forty-eight feet. river rises ,says that 200 feet of railroad track washed out, and the coke ovens of the Roane Iron Company are oadly dam acred. At Emory Gap, Emory Run marks seventy feet, and the bridge of the v Cincinnati Southern Road is in danger. At Dayton, Tenh., the back waters are inundating the town, and many are driven from their homes. At Ris ing Fawn, Ga., water flooded the coal mines and one miner was drowned. The Rising Fawn furnaces were com pelled to shut down, and a coal famine is apprehened at Dayton and Rock wood unless traffic is speedily resum ed, and the same is prooable here, which will compel the largest iron plants to shut down. THE FLOOD IN NORTH GEORGIA. AtlantAj Ga., March 30. A special to the Constitution from North Georgia and Alabama show heavy losses from freshets. It has rained continuously since last Sunday evening, and at midnight to-night is pouring in tor rents. The rainfall in Atlanta has already been over ten inches. Rivers are flooded and great loss of property is reported. Every railroad leading out of Atlanta has suspended traffic. Many bridges are down, and it is thought others will fall to-night. .The Rome and Carrollton Narrow Gauge Road is almost washed away. The Western and. Atlantic Road has loaded its bridges with freight cars. The East Tennessee is terribly wash ed and the Atlanta and West Point is greatly damaged. The long bridge across the Chattahooche at West Point is reeling and it is believed it will fall to-night. Telegraphic communication is cut off from West Point and Rome and, throughout northwest Georgia. Merchants and residents in those places have moved to the second stories and the towns are several feet under water. It is estimated that the damage will amount to two million dollars, and it may be more. ONE FUNERAL MAKES MAX . MontgomeryAla., March 30. A special to the Advertiser states that a cyclone swept across a portion of Bul lock County, about 'fifty miles east of here to-day, and in its path struck a negro church in which a funeral was going on. The church was blown down and four persons were killed and ten badly injured. . THE FLOOD INjTHE CHATTAHOOCHEE. Columbus, Ga., March 30. Rain here to-day has been incessant. The Chattahoochee River is higher than ever before known and fears are en tertained that the bridge will be car ried away. Four steamboats are water-bound andlfears of a crash from drift and floating bridges . are appre hended. Low-country farms are dam aged many thousand dollars. The river is still rising six inches per hour. FOUR MEN AND ONE WOMAN DROWNED. Raleigh, March 31. Night before last three men William Cook, Frank Ramsey, Mich Buckner, and one-Woman Anna Jenkins, while attempting to cross Tuckaseigee river in a boat near Charleston, Swain county, were drowned, and their bodies have not yet been recovered or even heard of . Tbe men had been drinking, and were too drunk to properly manage the boat, which capsized and threw all in to the water. A large party of excited citizens have been searching in vain for the bodies. The search will be kept up until all are recovered. The men ; are well-known residents of that sec tion. . ; '.!'! Don't forget that LISTERS is the best fertilizer t W. S. Farmer. NORTH CAROLINA DOTS. News Notes Gathered at Raleigh from Various Points. (.Telegram to the Richmond Dispatch. Raleigh,! N. C March 31. Mrs. .Mary Bayard Clarke died at her home, at JNewoeria, eariy mis morning, or paralysis. Her age was fifty-eight. She was a relative of the Pollock, Devereux, and Bayard families. Her father was the late Thomas Pollock Devereux, Of this city. She was the best-known female writer in the State, and very prominent in the South. She collected fugitive poems by North Carolina women and published them. Just before the war she was engaged in literary I work here, at Richmond, and at Chicago. Her writings were characterized by grace and her poems were melodious. Her-husband, Col onel William J. Clarke, an efficient officer in the Mexican war and the late war, died two months ago. Governor Scales to-day pardoned John McLarty, a negro who at the last term of Union county Court was convicted of larceny and sent to the penitentiary. He is dying of consump tion, and the Governor's pardon re stores him to his family for but a few weeks at most. " During Starch sixty-eight drummers' licenses were issued from the State Treasury, j Sales of Korth Carolina C per cent, construction bonds were made here to day at 122fr- the highest price ever obtained, it is stated. There was a heavy thunder-storm here early this morning, followed by a rain-fall which was tropical. More rain fell jo-day than during the entire month ofj February. The streams are greatly swollen. A party of capitalists from Pennsyl vania, under the guidance of General W. G. Lewis, engineer to the State Board of Agriculture, are exploring the swamps belonging to the State in the Cape-Fear section with a view to making large purchases. Last year 30,000 acres of such land was sold in one body, j The report to the Department of Ag riculture is to the effect that this year there have jbeen thirty-nine snow-falls at the town of Boone, Watauga coun ty, which iis the most elevated town east of the Mississippi river. Though green peas are in bloom in the eastern counties, the roads in the southwest ;part of the State are even yet half blocked with snow. A year ago the State Board of Agri culture abolished the Fish Commis sion. "There were charges of heavy ex penses and Ismail results. It is evident that the Commission did good work in restocking; the streams with shad, rock, and trout. A report to the Board of Agriculture for the lower Cape Fear river says that the catch of shad so far this season is double that of last year, when more shad were caught than any previous season. The season begins with Feb ruary and continues three months. So far, from careful estimates made, sixty thousand shad have been caught at Uhe fisheries below Wilmington. This is an average of one thousand per day from the beginning of the season to the present time, and with a month more to run seines it may be safely estimated jthat the season's catch will reach a hundred thousand. This simple statement of facts shows that the much-decried labors of the Fish Commission have been produc tive of astonishing results astonish ing only, however, to those who had little or nofaith in the theory of arti ficially propagating food fishes. It is yet probable that the Commission may be re-established upon a different basis. ! FIRED j UPON BY TROOPS. The Cowardly Conduct of the Bel gian Workingmen. Brussels, March -28. Dispatches from Bharleroi say that there has been further rioting in that town, re sulting in the killing of several persons and the wounding of many others. The rioters at Junelet upon the approach of the troops sent to disperse them, placed 200 iwomen in the front ranks. The troops opened fire and many women were wounded. The strike is extending to Namur. Additional troops hav0 been called from Brussels to quell the disorders. Later advices from Charlerdi report that the town is calmer, .and there will probably be no further riotous demonstrations by the strikers, as the body of the strikers are destitute and compelled fco beg for food. The men are desperate and threaten personal violence if thoir wants are not sup plied. A number of men will go to work to-morrow. They will be armed with revolvers, with which to defend themselves in case of attack by the strikers. The authorities prohibited the sale of the newspaper. People, of this City. A circular signed by Governor Hain aunt hasbeen placarded throughout Bharleroiyi proclaiming a state of seige throughout the district of the strikers, and authorizing the troops to cut down and fire upon all rioters that refuse to desperse. Strikes are threatened at Flencrand Quaregnou, and troops have been sent to those places. It is asserted that the Germans organized the present labor movement. The situation is assuming a serious aspect. Appeals for troops haye been received from Chatelet, Chatelineau la Louriere, Gelly and Coinllet, where several factories and mines have been wrecked, and many persons killed and wounded in the collisions with the troops. Only the Civic Guards re main here, and they are exhausted from incessant vigilance. The burgo master has been compelled to call for volunteers! to defend the streets. News of disorder comes from all directions. There was a sharp encounter last evening a Sabastopal trench, with a crowd of rioters, who were trying to enter Chaleroi. Two rioters were killed, sefefal wounded and others fled. The strikers defy the troops at Chatelet Coilluet and' Chatelineau, and serious fighting is expected. De tachments of cavalry are scouring the country to suppress the armed beggars who have been terrorizing and extort ing money from the villagers. tor Fifteen years 1 was annoyed with severe pain in my head and discharges into my throat from catarrh. My sense of smell was much impaired. By the use of Ely's Cream Balm I have overcome these troubles. J. B. Case, St. Denis Ho tel, New York. " I find Ely's Cream Balm good for ca tarrh of long standing. M. N. Lasley, 1934 West Chestnut St, Louisville, Ky. PR ACTIGA L TO THE LAST. Negro on tbe Scaffold Takes Up a! Collection for Funeral Expenses. Gaeveston. Texas. April l.At Martin at noon yesterday Wash. Washington i colored, was executed in the presence of 5,000 persons, for the .murder of Wills Durden a year ago. The condemned man confessed nis guilt on the scaffold, and said it was right that he should be hanged. He stated that he was instigated to the crime by Ephraim Durden, his half brpther, j Durden was immediately ar rested, on the strength of Washing ton's confession. Washington exhib ited great nerve. v He rode on his oof fin from the iail to the scaffold. After admonishing his large audience of colored people to avoid the pitfalls which brought him to the scaffold, he said he wanted his .body to be buried in! an adjoining county He passed his hat around for contributions to de fray the expenses of transporting his body. He gathered $22, for which he heartily thanked the donors. He took his place on the scaffold, the noose was adjusted and in a moment his neck was broken. MB. CONKLING WATCHING THE OUTLOOK. In a Private Letter He Predicts that Serious Events Are Not Far Distant. Chicaigo, March 27. The following letter from ex-Senator Conkling to a gentleman in this city is published here to-day : Your friendly letter and its pleasant inclosure made an agreeable break in the unending round of work. The assurances you write, especially that off unchanged friendship are sincerely appie iited. The occasion for put ting to political test the feelings of others have passed, but it is none the less a satisfaction to believe that ex travagant assault has not gained en during ground. Mr. was very good to express the thought you mention, but no such thought is mine. My impression is that for you and me it is quite as well to be no nearer the springs of politics than we are now. That some serious events are not distant I believe, and it seems to me they have been rendered more serious by action and sentiment which have seemed to me unfortunate. Which party may gain most from the unsettling which is going on is a matter of less concern and reflection than how the country and its people may be affected. In respect of this I am as earnest as ever, and I hope and believe you are. Roscoe Conkling. THE CORN CROP. Germantown Telegraph, As the time for planting corn is ap proaching, we propose saying a few words on the past, and present culti vation of the crop. We suppose that forty ta fifty years ago means "old times." In preparing corn ground at that time a different process was fol lowed than the present, but not as we see it stated, by merely throwing two rough furrows of unplowed ground together, and after running cross fur rows to simply plant" the corn on the top of the ridge. We do not mean to say that this miserable way was not pursued by some lazy or ignorant farmers, but it was not the common way by any means; indeed, we never saw it followed, though accustomed to notice farming for some sixty years. This, however, was the way most fol lowed. Manure and plow the land, harrow thoroughly, then run two op posite furrows and also run like cross furrows. Planting on the top of the little ridge by this means made the rows uniform both ways, and admit ted freely of plowing and harrowing (there being no "cultivator" at that time,)both ways if necessary. This plan was more laborious than the ? resent one, and more "scientific." he crop produced by it on good farms were as abundant as now: For many years after the present method was introduced this was continued as the best, and that "looked upon as lacking in skill and good sence. But as a rule far more attention is paid to the crop now than forty or fifty years ago. It was always customary to either ma nure in the hill or apply 'plaster' after the plant had grown two or three inches. And we repeat that we have witnessed as fine crops of corn by the old method as we have . by the new. This much we feel enjoined to say in behalf of the way our fathers and grandfaihers cultiyated the corn crop. A few years ago, on the strength of an experiment or two by one of our agricultural colleges, which seemed to show a gain of from 10 to 15 per cent in: the product of drilled-over-tne-hill system' of planting corn, a number of farmers at different points adopted the drill system, and for one or two seasons thought it the best, but we believe nearly or quite all of them have now abandoned it and returned to hill plnnting. We were satisfied at the time of the experiment alluded to, that being experiments much extra care had been bestowed upon the crop, that they did not furnish reliable in formation, and that the old way could not be unproved on. And this has turned out to be the case. In this section, in noticing hundreds of corn fields last year, we did not encounter one that had been drilled, though there may be still here and there one that follows this method, i It is so with a great many new ways and things. They are sent forth with a loud blast of the trumpet, and they everywhere find more or less believ ers, who will not be convinced they are going to make a worthless invest ment iintil they find their fingers burnt, i .Farmers, as well as other peo ple should keep their eyes open as to new ways and things involving money. V LEMON ELIXIR. A Christian Editor's Experience. J - UVM7UVA V. VUV J " ""'fl Christian Advocate, Birmingham, writes: " I travel all over the State; my friends say they find Dr. Mozley's Lemon Elizir a most excel lent Medicine. My bookkeeper and foreman both use it in place of calomel, pills, etc A Prominent Minister Writes. Dr. Mnzr.KY T)pnr Sir? Afti ten rcora rf great suffering: from indigestion or dyspepsia. With exeat nervniin nrnAfrntirtn and Viilinnonoca disordered kidneys and constipation. I have neen cured qy lour bottles of your .Lemon Blixir. Rnrl am now a 1 man lisv. C. C Davis, E1L M. E. Church. South, xi o. za, minau su, Atlanta, ua Sold hv TVracnrintB. Krt iwntsand 1 fmnwlinf. tie. - Prepared by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. I ; aprir-im. A laxcre and beantifhl line of CHMren'i Carriages just received at T JruCHTLSB Z K.SBK 8 i7" ' ' J . : ST R A:UBS : & OCX, ; : KJLDDS5Df4DDBIP9 K. JD ' ' ' I ' ' Morrison's New Tariff Bill Puts LUMBER on the Free List ! COKSEQUENCE-A " TUMBLE " IN PRICES ! iWUl To meet this Iniquitous attack on a great Southern Industry we have perfected our arrangements to Reduce Prices, as follows : DRESSED CEILING, 7.00 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. DRESSED FLOORING $7.50 PER THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. DRESSED WEATHERBOARDS $7.00 PER.THOUSAND AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. FRAMING LUMBER $6.50 PER THOUsMli AND UP, AS TO QUALITY. PICKET FENCING COMPLETE, READY TO PUT UP, $1.25 PER PANEL, 8 FEET. Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Stair Work, Newels, Balusters, Scroll Work, Mantels, Fancy Store Fittings, Counters. Shelving, in Pine, Cherry, Ash, Walnut, or Poplar. . MOULDINGS at prices SO LOW as to Astonish the TRADE. Rough and Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding, and other Lumber. Estimates made; Contracts taken for 11 classes of Wood Building Material. Special Discount to (Contractors and the Wholesale Tracle. X Laces, Embroideries, Lawns and Brocades and Swiss 31 Black anil Colored Sis and Dress Goods ! OUR PRICES ARE BELOW ALL COMPETITION! THE LARGEST STOCK OF EMBROIDERY MATERIAL IN THE STATE. Embroidery Silk, 1 cent per skein. Embroidery Silk Chenille, 35 cents per dozen. Embroidery Silk Arrasene, 35 cents per dozen. Ball Tinsel, 15 cents per ball. Filo Floss, 3 cents per skein. Zephyrs, all shades, 8 eents per ounce. Our Entire Stock At Lower Prices Than Ever Before. UP Samples Sent By Hail. M. E. 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Postage extra. Address, J. A- BONITZ, Goldsboro, N. C. New Orep lew Ofleaag lfielaeg I BEST GRADES OF SYRUP ! Best Grades of FLOUR. COFFEE and SEED IRISH POTATOES, CANNED FRUITS and VEGETABLES, Tf W" pie mm wmmj woceriesj m Royster's Fine Candies, Tubs, Buckets, Crockery, Glass and Tin "Ware, 03bLesbTp WILLIS EDMTJNDSON'S KORNEG AY BUILDING, "WALNUT STREET, Goldsboro, N.C.- -nvrazLULretotuLrors of- (TOM 1ST - Cream and White Mulls Embroideries, all Widths, to Match ! 3NT - West Centre Street, Goldsboro, N. C. IN COLORS, TASTY MANNER. Book Bindery and other Periodicals at Prices. : : ' m NEW GROCERY STORE, -March Slt IS MOKE IMX1MK. ATT THfflUg I SHE GIG&3ft X3ST tCKS OITT, All Havana Tobacco, and only costs you Cents, sonic thing never done before iri this city. We are selling this Cigar for less than it cost to manufacture them, and will sell only 5,000. Come and try them. We also handle the following Celebrated 5c. 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