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- -- -A; - (i" ' -A '. 1 The Weekly; Star. . . PUBLISHED AT t : i . j i , - IV I L & I N O T O N, N j C i. AT . 4 i ' 1 9 "W W B . . r- e - r- I j c G O O O O o O S hM VK " o i cc co t- -i s 5g r w" d j : - Ftnotaeovrtoncv c as cc -; r'" 'i " Jp" """". tzt f j. ' 1 - "' 1 Si Si ,Z!j 1 oSSS33Soicois wus3 Si - niO(OQHeneddMdd 1 ndidtdddri9Tcdx9 .ai, r 5 mm v .:-. -- . : . r s : l : : : i i ; s hr s - HMwi0t(OO)bH'iiiaesa i Eutered at the Post Office at "Wlimfnton, N. C, t&3 Second Clasa Matter-l n . , The subscri6tion pricfe of' the W: StakIis as folIow.';!v J "VH-Cc Single Copy 1 year, postage p&id, $1.50 6 mpnths, "V1 T i l.UU " 3 months.' :1 - ! .50J . THE FOOIJ QUESTION. Tliejf ood question is commanding ine attention ot tne . newspapers ana no wonder, in view of tho ; advances in th-e j prices of. the leading articles that enter .into the; consumption of everjr j household; '-Te N'ew'orK jpinanciat XJhronicle oast been con sidering the subject and it discusses the outlook. .-" The following arrests our attention!;; rapid growth of oiir cities and man ufactii ring communines.aurnig tne past T or thirty years gives to the Question twenty of the cost of IiTing, in its relation to and effect! upon-eenerat trade,-an importance scarcely less than that which it has for a long time held; in Great Britain and other densely populated countries. j The growth of the citieals yet to prove J the danger, of our jrepuhlic,: for ; at jwill be in the cities that the socialistic troubles J-; are tx begin, This coupled with the food Question, makesjtheir growth, a very important factor if or good or evil to h6 consid ered by f the - true statesmen -of our couittry. In 1881 the wheat: crop was 25 per cenWless- than Jin 1880, and this means falling off in bush els ;ofl 18,000,000. Thirty years ago, jypu could buy - the - best - flour made in this country for from $5 to - j 50 a barrel, We-have known it to sell f or '$.50. I ow, if you eat the best you must pay $12 to $14. This applies to almost every article that is consumed. Thirty, years ago you j"could buy the" best butter for from 12 to 16f cents; chickens at from Of to 16f cents; hams at "from 9 to j 12A cents, and so on. : We have known eggs to sell hundreds of times for 0 cents a dozen. - - h . Bnt whilst the wfceat crop is 25 per cents, less there is am actual - increase in tlje jconsumption over 1880. The Chronicle tioes inot look for -farther advance in wheat, and says t , v "Stocks of . wheat ia English markets are general ly larger than one year ;ago. i " And finally the prospects for the growing, crop, of winter are almost everywhere good., In middle latitudes of the United. tetes;it" is much earlier than usual,-and in a very few weeks we shall have flour fronr new. wheat in sufficient quantities to at least check the demand upon disturbing points. "This will be aii Important ! gain :to " supplies.'' Our ability to respond to an -export demand in July f and August -will - depend upon the f a voidable or '. unfa vorable weather 1 ; during harvesti affecting the. shipping condition of the crop. But we- nwiy repeat, there is no presept danger of great scarcity and exces sively high prices! ! i : ;v Itj however expects an , additional advance f in ; corn, bacon, pork and lard,, and because w.e are i . so far off f rom another crop of corn and a fresh supply of : bacon, &c. But it says, high prices make people economicaU: We 'quote:' f ' : r t " - ' "From this lime pn, throughout J.he most, of the South, this economy wili be possible, the gardens there, supplying alLt heir needs.. The North has also,; through the South,' and ' very -soon will have fro its' wn.'prodxic- , tion a supply of many vegetables.' . The de ? ficiency in the growth last season of potaj. toes and some other-vegetables has been made good by importations from Europe. This 8pring,our supplies from Bermuda, as well asi from the South, .are likely, to be large, j There remains,: consequently, no ground for apprehension on these,, points." In the South, if we have 1 a , good fruit year, hundreds of .thousands of , dollars will be saved to .-the people. In some sections of : North,-Carolina' the! blackberry - crop alono enables people to live and paytaxes. . The past js full - of folly, 7 Our. people haje acted as. unwlselyias. possible in relying upon the North for their pro visions. In this city-oeariy levery--thipg that is' consumed bv: man or beast comes i rom twenty to a thous and miles. ' Can any one maryel that living is high? . . - Urffc" ien. Chalmers ana tJoL iod?son ire enerasred in, a word dneL The lat- . . , I.I te in his letter says 'Al, refuse ito con-. ciUate. him, and ; I defy his utmost venom. ; He was an imbecile in war and is an imbecile in peace" . - ,Guiteau.don't "bank? on., the court in: banc any longer, , ' EEKLT $6 vol: xiil To all who clamor" for a change in the present system of county govern mcr.t we .commend a careful perusaL of -the article in our local depart ment on The Past and ; Present Financial Condition of the County of ,-NewL. Hanover." ; Will not the Democratic papers of the State give, at least ihe substance of the article, for the ben efif of all who do not fully understand the great advantages )hiat have ,accmed to the Republican; counties of the East since the present system'of county government went into operation ? : . 1.:.' 7 . ,, .... .j...; V , . Republican County Convention. . . ; 1 i The -Republicans of this unty nict inj jDoivehliea; aTlhe uourVHouse yesfcraay morning.- :Gen.; S H." 3uanhing,. as Chair-- man of the County Executive Committee; palled the Convention to' order, and was subsequently made permanent Chairman, ' Joseph E, Sampson and Moses C. Hargrove being requested to act as Secretaries. . On.motion, Owen Burney, JamesK. Cut lar, Jwdan Nixon, Joseph Sharpless and J. E. Sampson were appointed a committee on Credentials when a recess was takenly the Convention. . '.''-v ' - ' ) XJpon the reassembling of the Convention the.confmittee. on Credentials reported as follows: 1 i - ' "Your" committee, appointed by , the County Convention jn session to receive and canvass the credentials ($ delegates to said Convention, beg leavelto report the follawing, tp-wit: we have jfound all the credentials correct and regular in form, all being properlytapproved by ;jthe chairmen and secretaries of the severalj precincts in the county .except: those from the Fifth Ward, there being contesting delegations from that ward; and, not being disposed to assume the authority of asserting which set shall be admitted, wedo recommend that two from one . side ' be admitted and one frcrai the. other, viz. : II B. - Green and Jos. D. Sampson' from one' side and John W., Moore from the other side." . . Nominations were then in order, and. oh. motion, Stacey VanAmringe; the present incumbent,vras placed in nomination for Clerk of the Buperior Court, and' the same' was agreed to by acclamation. ' The following were also nominated by jacclamation: Gen.. S. -H. .Manning for Sheriff, Joseph E. Sampson for Register of Deeds, E. D. Hewlett for Coroner: and L. D. Cherry for Surveyor.. ".,.'. :. . For County Treasurer, Elijah Hewlett, the present Incumbent; and Owen Burney colored, were placed in nomination, and a final ballot resulted as follows: For Hew lett 12-votes; for Burney 18 votes. Where upon Owen Burney waadecJaredLthe choice of the Convention.. . For the House of Representative sthe fol lowing were placed in nomination: J. A. Sharpless, Henry Brewington, W. H. Wad dell, E. E. ; Green, J.". D. Sampson- and W. H. . Chadbourn; all colored but the' last named.- - - '"' ' . After several ballots E. E. Green and W. H. Waddell, both colored; were finally de clared the choice of the Convention. Robert Sweat was then nominated for 'Constable for the Township of Wilmington, i The following were elected as delegates to the State Convention: ' '.. i Delegates: W. R Canaday, H. E. Scott, jG.- W. Price, Jr., H, Brewington. Alter nates: J.: S. WvEagles, Ed. Ancrum, Daniel Howard, Thomas J.j BelL ' ; ' I .Delegates to the . Congressional Conven tion i'i S. H. planning, Z ?E.l Taylor J." IL Whiteman, J. A. Lowrey. Alternates: Soi; H. Nixon;! CP. .Iockey, JWflliam Myers, George E. Burden, -v----" ;- 1 Delegates to Senatorial Convention: E. R.' Brink; E. J. v Pennypacker, John E. Taylor. ; Alternates: Ed. McCabe, Sol. H. Nixon, S. VanAmringe, W. H. Gerken. . f -" Delegates to the f, Judicial ; Convention S. VanAmringe, - C. " P. Lockey, Jas. K. Cutlar, G-- . Price, Jr. Alternates : W. H. Gerken, George P. Sadgwar, Joseph , K Sampson, Wright Grady. . ' : . ' "' I A. number of resolutions " were 4 passed, recommending-. W. P. Canaday, - Esq as a candidate for Congress from this District, and recommending.the delegates from this Convention to use their utmost endeavors to have him: nominated. - A resolution was alsd; passed recommending H.'E. Scott as the choice of the Convention for the State Senate, and' one complimentary to the. va rious county ofilcers. -. The Convention then adjourned. -, The Convention was rather . slimly at tended," and the proceedings ; were orderly. AlonstbeW., A. B.B. . The crops are looking well and promise a good yield. ' Many improvements are nota ble, including new fences; houses,, stills, and anew saw milk between here and Florence. , At Florence many improvements have been made' The Methodist Church, which .was burned some four months ago, is to be re built of brick. ; Mr. i Henry Sholar, of this city; has the contract When -finished it will be an ornament to the town. - . f ;Atthe.shops of the W. , C & A. R. R. "the men have plenty; of work, and are turning out as good as any shops in- the country. In. the car shops, in charge of Mr. W. H. Day , formerly of this city, three new postal cars, of the latest pattern, finished inside with oak, are being builtj One of them, will be on the road in a few days. ? They have also one new baggage .car,-which is as neat as any car on the roads in this section. Con siderable freight work. is also on hand, and the company is building a large shed in the rear of the shops, . for. this department of business.. x s , ,.v . r- BepnblIcan.PonlbItIonlt. - - The Republicans profess to be. strong anti-prohibitionists, i " yet: they "yesterday -nominated, in .' their county; convention, three well knofn prohibitionists, viz: S. HI Manning,.E. E. Green andW, H. Wad dell -' Green "made - speeches in favor of prohibition, - Waddell voted ''for the bill both in the Legislature and at- the polls, and Sheriff Manning was a : pronounced advocate of the measure. I Green and Wad dell; both 'prohibitionists are, 'Curiously enough, the Republican candidates f orjthe House of Representatives, v 1 t WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, COUNTY MATTEES, Tie Part and Present Financial, Con-, j r dltlon of flie ' County of ICew llan i over-An Eneonrasias 3BSKaIbt. - As an item of interest to" the tax-paying . people of the county, as well as an evidence of the ' economical tendency -of Democratic administrations, we give' herewith ..some facts and figures in regard to the past and present financial -rstatus Of t?th county "of New Hanover; and' we will premise by stating that along about ; the year . -1877 the debt of the county was increasing so rapid ly, and the. finances - had become ; so tho roughly demoralized, that: it became abso lutely necessary for the dominant party to so far relax in their partisan tendencies as to consent to the introduction of two Democrats of financial ability into the Board of County -"'Commissioners, -.jfwo'r pflheIiiBpablican; , members resigning v with . that , purpooe in view, in order that ,. the , finances... of the county might be straightened up and its credit saved from , utter .and probably al most irretrievable ruin. At that time county scrip could not be disposed of at above forty cents on the dollar and even at that low figure no one would -buy it unless the holder- would . consent to "trade it out," fearing that if Ahey purchased ft at forty they might soon find that it .was down to thirty-five cents on" the dollar, - In fact, , business men didn't care to meddle with county paper at all, and it was only in rare cases that one could -be , found who could be prevailed upon to take it. Now for the figures: - ',-',-,' ' 1 At the end of the fiscal year closing August 31st, 1878, the bonded debt footed up $59,900, at which time the general and special fund (school fund not included) amounted to $5,594.81.. At the close of the -fiscal year ending August 31st. 1879, the bonded debt footed up. $46,200, .with, a balance due the treasurer of $222.86, show mg a aecrease aunng tno year oi fia, 477.64. v J On the 31st of August, 1880t the close of the fiscal year, the bonded debt aggregated $29,900, and the amount in-the treasury (general and special) footed up $11,429.88; and on November 31st, 1881, to which time the fiscal year was changed by the Board of Commissioners,, the bonded debt footed up $23,300, while the amount in the treasury aggregated $23,871.44, or more than enough to meet the same. - Now in this. year of grace," 1882, the county ; of New Hanover, with : a good Democratic Board of County Commission ers, -whose "financial ability, integrity and economy of administration is evidenced by the result before jis, can boast that she has not one . cent of floating debt; that all authenticated demands, upon Jlie trea-, sury are paid .when presented; f that her paper is . as good ;- as gold, or , as a check on the bank; for the full amount on its face, and that the present bonded debt (only about $16,000) could be paid in full at any moment but for the fact that the bonds do not fall due until 1887, and the holders prefer to keep them and let the interest accumulate - until , they have ma tured,.:" In fact, we doubt if they would part with - them on any terms short of a handsome premium. . . The Late Fatal Shooting by Mr, Berry . Binford at Monroe. . - We find full particulars of the late kill ing at Monroe in the Express and Enquirer of yesterday's date.' The homicide took place in the county jail, where the prisoner, Willis Edwardsa stout negro man, about 25 years of age, was : confined on a peace warrant. ; He had . become desperate : be cause the 8herin! had informed him' that he ! would have to remain in ; jail until court; and raved and swore in an outrageous man ner, tore planks from the ceiling with his bare hands and told ; the sheriff that if he could get' at him he would kill him; The sheriff finally reported.', thematter" to ' a magistrate, telling him' that.. Edwards was desperate and would soon break out of jail.' The magistrate told him to take the prison er Out of. the cell and chain him in the dun geon "tDL-iel-becamequiet.ivA.''posse.wa8 summoned for that purpose, and its mem bers were increased as the desperate dispo sition of the " man, became more "-apparent. ; In the meantime a large crowd had gather ed in the corridors of the jaiL T : Edwards de fied the crowd, cursing them for everything he could think of, and said he would kill the first man that laid hands upon him; said he would kill somebody if he ever.got out anyway, and told the sheriff he might as ; well get his rope ready to hang him.: An aftempt was finally made to take him,when he rushed into the corridors, swinging & piece " of plank right and left among . the crowd, but in the struggle he filially got info the cell again, - carrying ; Mr. Berry Binford; a former resident of this city,with him, when he Btmck the latter two or three severe blows with the piece of scantling, and was preparing to ' strike: him again, when Mr. . Binford shot him twice in the back and right arm, upon' which he fell with a groan and died in. about two hours.' The coroner's jury entirely exonerated Mr. Binford, who shot Edwards purely in self defence. " ' ' ' ' Mr. Binford was pretty badly hurt;"but was expected to be out in a day or two. . A steam Ferry. ; Then ferries k across the Cape Fear and Brunswick rivers at and near this point, have been leased by the Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Company to a responsible party; who will put a steamer on this, end of the line to convey passengers to and fro.across the Cape . Fear, and attach a flat , to carry vehicles back and forth, the arrangement to go into effect on the 1st of July. : This Will be a bigv improvement upon; the old process of ferriage, and a source of great convenience to the. travelling public. in the section particularly interestedi-.r : A Reunion. - ; .There is to be a reunion at Burgaw, Pen der county, on the 10th of June, of the sur viving members of Company KV . 3rd N. C. Regiment, and CoL E. . D. Hall, . between whom and " Captr;David Williams of that company, who was killed at Sharpsburga warm intimacy, existed,- has been invited to deliver an address on the occasion. "- THE OBTOST IIOItlLQJl. Further Partlenlam of the Terrible X Murder An Axe Ued Instead of a - Knife. - , ' ' s .We got some additional particulars yes terday in reference to the murder at Orton, briefly alluded to in our last' issue. - The deed was committed pn Wednesday, about 12 o'clock, by a colored man named Pharo ah Sykes, formerly of this city,? where he Is well known; the victim being a yonng colored woman named Isabella Jones. ,A brother of the deceased who : arrived here on the steamer Passport yesterday eve-, J ning, stales that. 1 her head; , was split open ; with an axe,' : a deep; wound r hav' ing been found ' on V the "right - side of the head, and- that her left, temple was alsO crushed in; either of the wounds be- , ing sufllclently seriouso have -produced death. The deed ? was ' committed while a sister of the deceased was gone to carry her father his dinner, the old man being en gaged in rafting timber at a point some dis tance from his, house. : When the: girl re--tumed she found deceased lying weltering, in her blood just inside the door," and a younger sister, about twelve years of age who was a witness to - tho terrible tragedy,; told her that "Uncle Pharoah killed Bella out in the yard and then dragged her. into 4he house. "' The murderer also told a little boy who was in the house at the time; and who screamed with terror when he saw the ibloody work going' on, that if . he didn't hush he would kill him too. " J ' The murdered woman's brother states that Sykes was jealous of another colored man named Fred. , Robinson,! who seems to have been a rival of the murderer in Isabella's' affections. It is also said ' that Sykes was heard to ' say during that morning that he would have Isabella or kill her. . ' ' .r 4 I .N ' i Sykes is about 35 or 40 years of age and the murdered - woman was 'about 21- J her brother stating that she ' was born during the first year of the war. -; :- ! . -.; .. . . . The body will be interred tot-day. though no inquest had been . held up to the time the Passpdrt passed Orton yesterday after noon. The murderer is still at large.', v- The Orton Murderer. !.; ; Pharaoh Sykes, who is charged "with committing the brutal murder at Orton on Wednesday last, is, as we have stated, very well known in this city, and this is not the Jfirst scrape" he was ever in. He was arrestr led here in 1878 on the charge of stealing a watch, had a preliminary examination' be fore Justice Scott on the 4th day of January, gave bond In the sum of $200. for his ap pearance at the February ternrof tha Court; iWas tried and found guilry.. and sentenced to the Penitentiary for twelve months; ap pealed to the Supreme Court in forma pau peris, failed to give the necessary bond and went to jail, but at the October term of the Court a nolU pros.j!raa entered and ' he !was discharged, the Supreme Court haying 1 reversed the decisionxf - the Court below. Another warrant . for larceny was issued against him a few months ago and he was captured at the Messrs. phadbourn's mills, where he had been for a long time employed but; he succeeded ' in making his escape from the officer who had him in custody; ' f ; Since writing .the ' abeve ; we ' learn that a colored woman who knows Sykes well' sav8 she saw him ' and talked with him in this city on Wednesday! evening, the day of the muraer, ana anotner responsible party says he met him on the road between ' .brton and the ferry' soon after the murder is reported to have taken place, coming this way. Such being the case he must have re turned to the neighborhood of Orton, as Capt. Harper, of the' Passport, informs us that some colored people' who! came up on the ; boat : yesterday af ternoon'say, he was certainly seen in that. vicinity Thursday night. ... ' i? We hear of no reward being offered for his capture. , . 4 Shooting Affair in Duplin. . . A shooting. scrape, which happily did not result fatally toot- place at Chinque pin, Duplin county. " a - few days ago. It seems tnat JJTanKiJntton. wno naa oeen drinking to some extent,' got, into a quarrel' 'with another white, man and attempted to shoot him'. - Bob Sloana friend toBritton, tried to prevent-'him ifront iaccomplishiBg the desperate deed,- when ; Britton turned his pistol on Sloan and discharged - the weapon full in- his, breast. ; The -wound; however, did not prove; a serious one, and the ball was afterwards extracted. Britton fled; but was soon captured and at last ac-; counts was in jail at Kenansville. .:: ' ; v ; A Strange Fish. -4- We saw yesterday at Messrs. W. E. Davis & Son's fish house, on South Water street,a curiosity in the shape, of a. fish, the like of which, we understand; has never been seen: in our waters before, though some' 'of our old- shipmasters- v pronounce it a white salmon. It . measures five feet and: four inches in circumference, "and probably weighs over one hundred pounds It has : powerful fins, is said, to be a swift swimmer, and is a very handsome fish, It has no teeth; : but has a very large tongue.: It was caught in a sturgeon net at the Messrs .Davis' fish-.' ery at the InleV yesterday morning, and will be shipped North,. t . :; t ;V S'-i'S: !. A. ' :'! --..S ' I., : ; '' . v-fc 'Si. f Oak Grove Cemetery. f : i McjIi.'!. Cherry yesterday surveyed the land for the pauper's burial ground, here after to be known as Oak Grove Cemetery,, by direction of Mayor Smith. Itembraces about three acres and a quarter, as newly surveyed and laid out, and is located in the southeastern portion of the city, about one mile and three-quarters from . the Court House. We learn that a good, substantial wooden - fence is to be constructed, around it at once. Both the city and county will use the grounds as a burial place for their destitute poor. - - - . The barque .Glacier, ; Capt. Crowley, was cleared'from this port for ' Point-a-Petre, ' Gaudeloupe,! yesterday , by Messrs. Northrop & Cumming, with 196, 856 feet lumber and 50,000 Bhingles.5" ' JUNE 2, 1882. Foreign Shipments. - f ; " .. . -f f The following comprise the foreign ship ments from this port yesterday': .The Nor wegian barque Gobi, Capt. Svendsen for 'Sunderland England, : by ; Messrs. Alex: Sprunt & Son, with 2,184 'barrels of rosin and 50 casks spirits turpentine,. valued ai $6,450; and the German brig BerWanderetj Capt.' Strubingi ; for Hamburg,; Germany byMessrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, with 1510 ;casks spirits turpentine, valued at $29,250f Total value of foreign exports for-the day $35,700. ' - - Aomlelde at Monroe.' . Information was received here yesterday of the killing at Monroe On '. Wednesday of a negro by Mr: Ben j.Binf ord, formerly of .this city. - Jt - seems that v th.e negro wai :being conveyed to jail when he broke away and gave leg bail. Mr,"r Binford' endeavt -ored to stop him and was knocked down by the 'prisoner with a stick, and 'would havo been hit againhad he had not fired on the man as he advanced, dropping him.' ' The negro was shot' four - times and died Wed-? jiesday night. : Mr. Binford was quite sel riously hurt; but was day- much better yester The Crops. : A gentleman who has travelled consider ably in. Duplin county within the past few' days says the crops of all kinds are looking badly in consequence of the' cold and dry jweather which' has' prevailed during the present month He says .the .worms, too,! are attacking the corn and cotton and doing both a good deal of damage '. --" i , . ' .Burned to Death." v'f" - ; ' : ' A small colored girl, whose name Our in formant does not remember, was left alone in the house by her mother in Duplin coun-i ty, near .Kenansville, a night or two since.l and got too near, the fire, when her clothing ignited and she was" burned so badly that! she died soon afterwards. Aphysician wasi 'called in but he could do her no good1 ' j THE LUTHERANS. 1-1 Proceedings of -the . General Synod: : -r South Election of Officers, See, ' . Special Star Telegram. Chaklottb N. C, May 26. In the Lutheran General Synod South, Thursday night, ReVi J. Hawkins. D. D., the retiring President, preached the , synodical sermon in St. Mark's - Lutheran church to a large congregation. r ;- - - At 9 A. M. to-day the Synod was regu larly opened and the holy communion was administered. Rev.1 J. J. Butler, D, D., for some years chaplain of "the ' House of Representatives, preached the communion sermon. Many communed. ": - -f " The following were elected officers :i-i Tesiaem-Kev. J. J. Bcherer, principal of Marion Female- College, Marion', Va. J llSecretary Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, Rich mond, Va. -. Treasurer Prof. .W.l'Ai Barrier; Char. ,lotte,'N. C.i':' -"" IBonard O'Neal Shot and Skilled While r -:".. Gambling with Jfegroes;.-n...'''vr Special Star Telegram. , ' Fkexost, May . 26, 9,55 P. M. Leonard O'Neal, a white man, while gambling with two negroes in a skirt of ., woods near this place, this evening, was shot and killed by the negroes. One of the murderers, named Robert Pratt, from . Columbia, ' S. C, has been arrested. ..The other, . named ... Frank Moore, is at large. The coroner and jury aae now holding an inquest. . . . -. , " ':" U ARIZONA. ?J Drunken Kailroad, Xaborerm Attack ing Mexicans Numbers Killed and ' '. Wounded on BothSldes,:; l-r-.friLi ; CBy" Telegraph to theMcmnnff Star. slrf ; San Fkahcisco, May 25.The Tomb stone Epitaph publishes an account, of a fight at Igna's Ranche, on . the line of the Arizona & New Mexico Railroad, near the, Sonora border.-, ; Mescal is smuggled across, the line and much ill-feeling is engendered between the American railroad laborers and. the Mexicans. A few evenings ago a num ber, of Mexicans, with their families, camped rnear Igna's Ranche. The American labor- ji i i j i . . .1 ers - oemg urans anempieu to .lorue uie , Mexicans to give'' up - their women. : This was v resisted ; and an. affray followed, in which seven Mexicans were killed and seve ral wounded. A number of .Americans were wounded, and it is thought three will die. . ' i- ' ; 5 ' ,: COTTON STATEMENT. Total Becelpta at all American .Ports ..:; f Snee September, y : :?;:--- .New . York, vMay ,26. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all the ports since September !, 1881: Galveston, 418,603 bales; New Orleans l,158.o56; Mo bile, 257,877; Savannah, 713,651 ; Charles- ton, - 486,948r Wnniington,K;i32,698; Nor folk, , 590,775; .Baltimore, 35,573; New York; 166,496; Boston 220,416; Providence,- 12,261; Philadelphia, '72,612; City Point and iWest. Point,) ; 171,991 Bruns wick,. 6,824; Port Royal, 22.590; Pensacola; 10,137; Portland,, 7,694; Indianola, - 13, 689; Washington, N. C, 10,501. .Total 509,892 bales. ' m"m ' " "... , r; . v VIRGINIA. urnnlelpal Election lri Petersburg Beadjustera and Negroes- Carry the ;:-- By Telegraph to the Morning Star. ,' -PBTKBSBTmo, May . 26.-?Full returns of the municipal election here yesterday.were not received , until 4 O'clock this" morning. . T. J. Jarratt, Readjuster, la elected" Mayor over F. H.' Archer, Democrat, by a majori ty of" 1.059. .The entire Readiuster ticket for city ofilcers is elected:- Geo. S Bernard,, Commonwealth's Attorney; J. A. Johnston, City Sergeant; John C. Armistead,- Clerk of the Court; E." W. Couch, City Treasurer; T. H. Bond, Collector of City.Taxesi.Wr D. Menetree, High Constable; W.W.Evans,i colored, City Ganger. .Democratic ; Coun cilmen were elected in three : wards. , vThe first and sixth wards' elected colored JusV tices of the Peace and two colored Council men. -' ' ',' " . . i- ; - i- n e, - - ! A fire at Portland Oregonj" Friday; de stroyed all of the buildings 'in one block. The loss is estimated at $75,000; insurance $40,000. . NO. 31 THEJ'RESBYTERIANS. ; Northern . General " Assembly Bee'ep- tlon of Overtures from the Southern ; .Assembly. r' -"'.'" I tBy Telegraph to the MorQinK Star.t V -: Springfield, - III., ' May 25. In the Presbyterian General Assembly; West, today,- the dispatch of yesterday from the Presbyterian Assembly in - Atlanta was read. - It was received, with great delight and referred to the committee on Corres pondence, and it is understood: wilt elicit a most cordial response. - : -, i . THE METHODISTS. : Adjournment of. the General Confer enee Next Meeting to be Held in j Richmond, - Va-The Question of Change of Name Referred to Various T ' Annual Conferences Interesting De ; hate Relative to the Proposed Change ! ' rByTelefBphto.theJHonung Star,' :: t .Nashviixe, May 26. The, Methodist General. Conference,, after; adopting a reso-s lutiottTeferring the "question of- change of name of the Methodist Church South to the Annual Conference adjourned sine die. ; The next General Conference will meet on .the first Wednesday in Mayt886,- at .Rich- mono, v a. -. , y -s- New Yokk, May 26. A. Times special from Nashville; Tenn .furnishes additional details of tho1 proceedings :of theGeneral' Conference, off the Methodist Episcopal; Church South yesteraay; ; ! ; $ The report of the committee on Revisal, besides submitting a recommendation that the word "South" be eliminated, from the name of the: Church, proposed io change the name from, "Methodist Episcopal" to "Episcopal Methodist." f .:...;:' .:; '."'; i :. Mr Bennett moved that action be indefi-; nitely postponed, 5 and an animated , and ; lengthy discussion ensued. 'C;- 1 :":';4, i Judge J. Walker Tucker made a strong speech against the change,- and said that to change the name -would appear as if the .Church was ashamed of her record. v : " Dr." Miller advocated the change, because: in the eastern country " the word "South" had its bad effect, and was ' the means of .keeping a large number of people--from joining the church. .When that prefix was' stricken out, the church would increase -more rapidly in membership than ever." 4 j Dr. Anson was not in Tavor of indefinite postponement,; but was in favor of sending the petition to the Annual Conferences, be cause he believed if they did that it would be defeated. The line between the two divi sions had been obliterated, and he believed a change would do no good. ' . Judge Whitworth favored a change be 'cause the question on which: the separation was based, was dead, and he thought if ; the name was changed four hundred thousand negroes in : the South ; would. join, the ichurch; but would ; not do it as long as it retained its present name. - "; Dr. W. R Brown, of California; wanted the name-changed, because it -, was objec tionable to the western people. . . Dr. Kelley favored a change on the Bame grounds. "DrPottef opposed the change, and said .the logic of the whole argument meant simply to go bodily back into the Methodist Episcopal Church. They could not obliter rate their history without going bodily to theotber side, and to this he was opposed. of the report of the Committee, and moved its adoption : "Jtesolved, That the matter of change of name of the Methodist Epis'l copal Church South to Episcopal f Church bejreferred to the various Annual Confer ences by the bishops during the ensuing four years, and that they report the result to the General Conference in 1886."; , And it ; was . further resolved . that the Church, if changed, - shall ; be ' ' 'Methodist Episcopal Church of Ainerica. '' . . . . Dr. J. E. Evans, of Georgia, moved to amend by making the name "Methodist Episcopal Church of Christ." This amend ment was not accepted. ; " The substitute prevailed by a rising vote of ,105. to 40. ' : -. : . , . . . WASHINGTON. , ) Star Route Cases in the Criminal : Court Observance of Decoration Day Republican Officeholders I Assessed -; for Campaign' Purposes -i'W';;: I -';: By Telegraph to the Morning Star. '-f-1 ; Washington, May 27. The Star Route cases came up in the CWminal Court to-day. .Motions were maae to quasn tne lncuct mcnts. After arguement on the Messrs Dgrsey's case ' Judge ' Wylie overruled the motion. 4 Mr. Wilson called up his motion' in Turner's behalf, r but before he conclu-. ded his argument the court ' adjourned Acting Postmaster General Hatton issued an order to-day addressed to all postmasters directing a general observance of Decora tion day by closing all postoffices, except in large cities, . between-10 A. M. and 5 P.' M., On Tuesday .next i v . ' ' " :, Circulars from the National Republican. Congressional campaign committee were received by employes at the capitol to-day, in which each employe is4 informed that he will be expected to contribute 2 per cent.: of his annual salary , towards a campaign fund which is. to be used during next fall. These circulars impose assessments of twentyfour dollars on each door-keeper and about ten dollars on page boys. . "... TREASURY THIEVES. . A Stolen- Ten Thousand-Dollar Bond Plate Finding a Scape-Goat The Custodian of Plates and Dies ' Dis missed for 'Iaek of Vigilance." - : . By Telegraph to the Morning Star. i Washington; May 27. George SBell, occupying the. responsible position of cus todian of dies,- plates, etc. at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, was discharged by Secretary Folger to-day, and Mr. Bur rUl, of the same department, - temporarily -appointed in his place. To avoid any mis understanding as to the cause of this action,, the statement is authorized that it has no' bearing whatever on the . stolen $10,000 bond plate. Mr. Bell was dismissed because : of gross carelessness and lack of vigilance . in the discharge of his duties. . On Thurs day last two Very important dies used in the making of United States notes, were drawn from here in regular requisition signed by the Superintendent of the Bureau, and in accordance with his instructions he should have seen that they were - restored to their proper place of.: security before leaving the building for the day, but he neglected to. do so, and the dies were found by a night watchman on the desk: in one of the offi ces, where they had - been carelessly left at the close ! of business.1 These facts were reported to the Secretary, wbo-at once in-' stituted a thorough investigation, with the result above stated. Fortunately,:the dies had not been tampered with or misused in any way, though the possibilities of such danger caused quite - an excitement among the officers- and - employes of 'the Bureau. Secretary Folger1' says in this connection that the honesty of - Bell has not been impeached.-' - ' V " ', 1 McLear & Kendall's carriage factory; at -Wilmington,- Del.,' was -burned yesterday. Loss $85,000; insurance $43,500. ' ' Spirits Turpentine; - r- Winston Leader: The case of Mrs. Lena Tise vs. her husband,' Cicero' : Tise, suit for divorce, was heard in cham- bers before His Honor, Judge Eure, Thurs day night last,".-A divorce was granted Mrs.-, Tise. '.-. . ;,'( - Charlotte ..Observer: A large number of Lutheran ministers - arrived in .. .the city yesterday and more are to come to- -day;. The indications arc that the Synod jwill have a very full representation of dele gates, -i-It is one of the finest and -most in- tellectual looking bodiea that ever gathered in Charlotte.. : . ; ;: . . . - - , : . -,.- ': t " -WalterWoley'aod '12at':the Midway cotton mill, Rockingham;- in tempting to put a belt on a pulley in mo tion, had his right arm caught in the wheel, " .and it was so broken and lacerated as to re-, require amputation near , the shoulder, as ,we. learn from the Jfyirit of (lie South. ;The Injury proved fatal. : - . - . " I Wmstxh'S?mTheraa t not less Jthan fifty performers on brass in- struments in the twin sister towns. Canr any other town uv the State :"outblow us ? T-The town commissioners on last Ion day granted license to J. F..Ward to open a . bar-room, -f Mr. vWard tys : the 'town . j$l,000 for thf priv!k:a4'i;i:f;. j W Salisbury;;TPaiman;;.Mr; W. v ; 'tA: Wcant, of Mocksville, 'went toV Wash- , ington recently to - put - down one ot: hfe patent railroad switches and " while there" applied for a patent for a roupler of his in-' iventionbut fdnd,n;inquky,ihatheLwas -too slow, other parties" having,? years ago,- ; patented-lus identical plan.: , - '- Warrenton Jlomei We- are1 re- y -informed, that tWoodlv.i Hawkins. colored, ; of Halifax, last year, bought a icow for $25 worked her oh the farm, made ' two bales of cotton each -weighing, over :500 pounds twelve barrels of corn, twenty ifive bushels of potatoes fmi a? lot of vegeta-" jbles ; and he milked the cow. every pighU' -i Statesville American : Col. Mc-, -Rae objects - to ? being classed asan "ante oiluvian.'V ;We do not ' know about that; y: lut in 1825 we heard . Col. McRae deliver ; !an address of welcome, to Gen. Lafayette, v 'on his arrival in FayetteviHe, ourself then "a boy, and the Colonel another , boy, some- -thing younger. The boys of that day; Col., , do not grow old with age.. , '; . . ' f-AToisnot Home;, Mr. Levy M.r -Hayes died here on the 20th. . , Many- ' tof our farmers have been busy this week ' Iplowihg up their.cotton and planting corn." Some have t plowed up almost their; entire ; jcrop. iThe Rev. Dr. Closs has re-' turned home from feWarren: and; Halifax' Icpunties,! and we are glad to know his. ;hcalth Is improved; although he is yet quite jfeeblei-'wj'i iJ:h-h:fl4;-A i'U-ii. ' ' J v.' - ' Oxford Free Xance; The. Anti- -jProhibitionists of this 'county propose" to have a' convention in Oxford on next Mon- - ;day, the 29th inst'. :- The Democrats of :Granville will present the name of Mr. L. 'C.-' Edwards before the Judicial nominating i convention.. Franklin and -Person will vote for him" certainly, and Mr. Edwards . lias much strength in other counties of the- . district. .-; : . ; -' V,; - ' '' . ' : ' 1 1 ' Fayetteville h f Meammer ft The oolored Odd IVHows of the Golden 'Star fLodge of Fayetteville celebrated their bcv- , ; enth anniversary on the 17th. The mem bers of the Lodge paraded in ; their regalia and John C. Dancy, of Edgecombe county, -delivered an address. . -The colored Free Masons of Fayetteville have nearly ' completed a large, and well built edifice on Person street; at a cost of something less than $2, 500. The building contains three stories, is 31 by 51 feet, . On each.floor is a large ball. ; 1 . . .... j : Pittsboro JRecord: This county is well adapted to sheep husbandry, and it 'would be more profitable to raise sheep than ytning d& j&i&to&i hot f ot'ino ' worth.-4 less curs that destroy so many. ? And yet; our law makers seem to think more of dogs than of sheep, i On last Saturday a ' little son of Mr. N. M. , HilL of this place, , "was riding on a load of lumber in a two- horse wagon, when he fell oil and the front ;wheel ran over .his, leg and arm, and yet. wonderful to relate, no bone was broken or serious injury inflicted. We regret to learn that some of our , farmers are . very much afraid of their wheat crops being in-' jured by a . peculiar .kind of lice that aro sucking out the sap in the heads of the wheat. - . Elizabeth City Economist : Last week while at Hyde Court the fact came to our knowledge, unmistakably, that the con nection of the railroad with the rich county of Hyde and its vicinity is In great danger )of; being permanently lost, with all its lm mense advantages. 5; r On Saturday, a ' little son of Sykes Davis, of Providence itownship, while in town, was fooling with the chain' of a carry-log which was fastened !dp.wh, .when, the lever flew up, striking him on the head and seriously if not fatally in-,, junng him.1 . Perquimans news: Cot-' . ton has been so damaged by the cold of last week, that In some cases it was necessary to plow it up. K r-Washington - items : It is thought that some of the fiat land cot-,, ton fieldshave been seriously injured, and there was some talk of plowing and ? plant- ing over. . i. On Sunday morning. May 14th, John Maget - committed suicide by taking two vials and a half of laudanum. : ; He lived twenty hours after taking it. He ' came to Plymouth, from Hertford county and ; was merchandising. : Some family difficulty with his wife is said to have been the cause of the act On Sunday; 3Iay 14th, some boys in Plymouth were playing in a gin house, running around ; with the gin wheels, while a son of Edward Reason '.. was laying up on the segments of the power . wheel. They passed him under the pinion wheel and he was instantly crushed to death. - - On the 12th- inst.- Mrs. Pattie Down ing, the wife of Mr. Henry Downing, of . Lees, Mills, was brought home dead from ;: 'Baltimore. ( She was young and handsome. i ; -r- Raleigh . "News- Observer : Cel. ' Ike Young will "open the ball" by deliver- . ing a "liberal" 'speech at- the Republican County Convention, which will be held at Henderson next Saturday. . A friend writes us- from Lumberton:.We have just been handed the foot of a bear which was -killed yesterday by Mr. D. A. McGuigan, near Su Paul's, in this county, Bruin is supposed to have come from the Bladen side of the Cape : Fear riverj and has been .: in the neighborhood for several days. He attacked one of Mr, McGuigan's hogs yes- ' terday, when the latter took his rifle and killed him. . The foot . is nine inches' in length. Mr. Stephen G. Worth, Fish Commissioner, in March, 1881, placed in the lake at the Penitentiary a number of German carp, the average length being two . inches. He was desirous to know their size at present, ; Yesterday, at his "request, we fished in the lake, using worms for beat, -and in fifteen minutes captured a fine carp. The fish was weighed by CoL Hicks and Capt. March, . and was found to tip the " scale at - 46 ounces, or 2 lbs; 14 ' ounces. - His length ; was just 18 inches. : 4 -Who of us has not read the story of : Cassabianca, or who has not heard of that ' heroic Roman sentinel who stood at his . gist until the volcano overwhelmed him ? ut the devotion of these is surpassad by ' that of a dog, whose ; bones were found under the cotton exchange when the build ing was removed. The animal was a setter and just in front of him and about ten feet; distant, was found the skeleton and feath ers of a partridge. Like a song . without -words it was - a voiceless story; -The dog had set the bird, no one came to call him away from his position of trust, the bird would not leave. . Time passed, and death -set its seal on both, but the dog never left his game. That dog skeleton is getting; old. Wo heard ; of it some twenty-five years ago. Er. Stab. v . . . -.ft.-' . -. f: ; - Ml '31 - I ' ; - . - i .-1 5 ! i Hi J . . j., u --ii S-: i - . y m "