The! Weekly St ar.
mMlNTON' C.
TSSjt IS, 1885.
w-m SS,.ru well as full partiouiare as
directly thereafter,
where yo kh3P8 can be made.
Unless yo do or Death, Tributes of
t-Nofloesof .MjfSffhMl Ao7, are charged
tiilSXbit obit wi
tyOnsuch remittances wttlbe attj,e of
th-Speotoen ooples forwarded wtjen desired.
" I BIGHT IS BIOKlT.
Some of the young newspaper men
- think ihat because ft measure is pop
ular it is necessarily wise and to be
desired. The cry is why oppose
Civil Service, it is sure to pass? Why
get in the way and be crushed? Such
men would make poor leaders. They
would always run with the crowd.
Truth is truth, right ia right, the
same yesterday, to-day and forever.
In the Sonth, among reflecting men,
mightdoes not make right. Those
who have studied with any sort of
care both Parliamentary vand Con
gressional history know how often
vicious and foolish laws have been
enacted. When the South stood up
against the infamous unconstitution
al laws the cry might have been sent
up, "Why oppose; the laws are sure
to be enacted and executed, whether
the South agreeB or not." Here is the
doctrine that might makes right. The
South did oppose and the fight was
so manly, and vigorous that after
awhile the better classes in the North
began to see the infamy of such leg
islation "the hell-broth" Senator
Vance referred to recently in the
Stab and uniting with the South
the most vindictive laws were re
pealed or mitigated and the Repub
' lican Supreme Court of the United
States pronounced them unconstitu
tional. '-"'- Right is right and might cannot
alter it. If it id wise and democrat
ic, in the true sense, to import into
the United States the British system
if life-tenure of putting men in
office and keeping them there as
long as life lasts if this be the true
way then by all means let us have it
But if this system be the right
one for us, then the wise men
of the past were very blind and
ignorant if or they did not attempt to
, incorporate into our system the Brit
ish system of life tenure and official
aristocracy. Washington, Madison,
Jefferson, Jackson, Clay, Webster,
Calhoun, McDuffie, Badger, Gaston,
and the great men of the past lived
i under a cloud and never knew what
was the chief end of American poli
tics and the great boon of all the
- ages, for they never heard of or fa
vored or enjoyed that so-called re
form that keeps, the enemy in the
office's and gives a life perpetuity to
official existence. Great is Diana of
the Ephesians! Greater is the great
American humbug British Civil
Service-JAfe Tenure.
Yes, it is bound to come and North
Carolina must jump on the train and
. ride j with the boys or be crushed.
- This is the delicious poppycock that
is dished out just now on the Blair
bill. If iniquities are to be per
petrated and new-fangled humbugs
are to be embraced, all right. What
North Carolinians should attend to
is the motto of David Crockett
"Be sure you are right then go
ahead." - .
If Silver .is a right standard of
value, then let North Carolina stand
by silver, if every other State turns
idolater and bows down before the
great Golden Calf set up by the
Northern plutocrats and monopolists.
If Civil Service be undemocratic,
unrepublican, unnecessary; if it be
dangerous and unwise then let North
Carolina oppose it to the bitter end,
and say to all who favor it "We
will have nothing of this British
system We believe in reform. We
- believe in having honest, capable,
faithful men in office, but we believe
in rotation in office the old, sound
Democratic doctrine of the past, that
worked so well and we believe that
the party in power should hold the
offices."
-
If the Blair educational bill be
loaded with dynamite and danger,
and if it violates the letter and spirit
of the Constitution then North Car
olina should decline to be a party to
. the wrong - and should steadily re
fuse any , of the alluring bait in the
shape of millions taken from the
Treasury. If Federal school teach
ing in the States be wrong then op
pose it if the heavens fall. Bight
is right.
If the South will do its duty in
these and other questions, upholding
' right, preserving inviolate the const
m m .m
muon, . reiusing an orioes, ana tnen
if evil and disaster should come it
' will be sustained, strengthened, com-
forted by the assurance, by the
grateful reflection that it had no
hand in the matterthat it sought
to prevent the bad results. Princi
ple is eternal. . Expediency ia tern'
porary and dies.
Let" Grant and McClellan each
have a monument. The South, would
be willing 'to put some stones in a
- monument in memory of "Little
Mac." . '
Boston grants a divorce to F. J.
Taber and all on account of pastor
Downs. The pastor is still defiant.
A LEVEL dekttBD rvnouI
Mr. James Hodg a Baltimore
merchant, who ws",, elected Mayor of
Baltimore & fpoken of as aj good
man : for tV e8ident. He is at any
rate not or i6 Qf yOQr latter-day; polit
ical sai' t8 that believe it to be the
acme o'A wiedom to distribute offices
amor g tne enemy to the exclusion of
yor friends. Mr. Hodges is pre
isely the kind of Civil Service re
former that the Stab has' contended
for, and the South favors. Here is
what he is reported in the Baltimore
Sun as saying in bis inaugural ad
dress:
"I shall strictly observe the itxU that
pubUe office is a public trust, to be wed for
the public good; but while adhering to the
policy involved in this announcement, I
desire it to be distinctly understood, at this
period of my' Induction into office, as it
was at the time of my nomination, that it
it my settled belief that the voters of a success
fcl political party when honest and capable,
and possessing the confidence of their fel
low citizens, deserve to have seats at the gov
ernment table." ' .
If the offices do not belong to the
party that wins, then from the be
ginning of the Government to 1885
there have been great and flagrant
wrongs perpetrated all along the
line, and by every President; for
party friends have been rewarded
and enemies have' been turned out.
True Democratic Civil Service Re
form means putting honest,,; tried,
thoroughly qualified Democrats in
office when it is possible. That is
precisely what every true Democrat
in the State believes in and practices
in the towns, in the counties, jin the
State, everywhere. The only ex
ceptions are a few sentimental theo
rists caught by the imposing glare
of Northern ideas and British prac
tice. Mr. Hodges totes a level head.
A HINT AS TO TOBACCO RAISING.
Our neighbors oyer the line j are in
earnest about trying to introduce the
cultivation of tobacco. Theirj news
nane have much to sav conernincr
it and the Legislature appropriated
$1,800 to make a practical test of it.
A premium of 150 is to be given to
one farmer in each county, and a
premium of $100 to the! farmer re
porting the best result, j: If the far
mers could get some first rate; North
Carolina raisers to visit each county
ahd examine the lands to see if there
are portions adapted to tobacco a
proper step would be taken. On the
best farms in the best tobacco sec
tions of this State there are only par
ticular spots, here and there, on
which the fine tobacco can be grown
Possibly out of a 1,000 acres there
are not more than , fifty that will
grow the golden leaf. So it is im
portant for experts to go over farms
to ascertain what part, if any, is
adapted to the production of the fine
weed, i hid being ascertained thee
the work of cultivating comes next,
and it should be done first under the
management of skilled workei
DEATH OF JCDfiBknKOT
It "is itb
unaffected
sorrow
and regret that we have
to an-
nounce the death of Judge Almond
A. McKoy, that occurred yesterday
morning at Clinton, at 6 o clock.
Only a few days ago it was an
nounced that he had been com
pelled to submit to a surgical op
eration and had returned to his home,
being unable to hold Onslow; Court,
but it was not apprehended that his
sickness was mortal or even that he
was in immediate danger. His health
had betn feeble for some time, and it
was only with extreme difficulty that
he was able to attend to his onerous
duties as one of the Circuit judges.
Judge McKoy was, we suppose,
about 60 years of aire, j He was the
son of the late Dr. William McKoy,
of Clinton. ' He began the practice
of law in 1850.! He served several
terms in the Legislature, and was a
member of the Constitutional Con
vention that met after the war. He
served a. short
Y.n i in t Vi a nas
KUIIO j IU DUO TV ai
with the rank of Colon eL
In 1874
he was elected a Circuit Judge, and
he was serving his second term at his
death. He was a strict communicant
in the . Episcopal Church, and was
exemplary and conscientious in every
relation of life.
The riter of this went to school
with Judge McKoy, so that his
knowledge of him is sufficiently long
and exaot to enable him to write un
derstandingly of him. We have
known but few men who impressed
us as favorably. , He was indeed an
excellent citizen public .spirited,
patriotic, useful, j He was a genuine
man. Of remarkably sweet, equable
temper, and of exceeding gentleness,
cordiality and affability, he was one
of, thoee men liked by all men who
might know him. t He was a :man of
virtue, a man of strictest probity, a
man of simplicity, of most unassum
ing, pleasing manners, easy of
approach, warm and sincere in
his attachments, and of rari frank
ness and kindness. This is not
overdrawn, as all who knew him inti
mately will indorse. All well dis
posed men were drawn towards him.
We know nothing of his domestic re
lations, but no man of his temper and
principles could fail to be affection
ate and considerate and self -sacri
ficing and dearly loved. He was, in
the best sense of the word, a noble
mana man of high principles and
pure motives such a man as North
Carolina cherishes and delights to
honor.
He possessed good abilities, with -
out brilliancy or greatness a man of Whig that has passed into the hands
sound understanding that bjd ben of a receiver. Jt has been long sus
fairly cultivated and strengthened, fained, we have no donbt, by the
n"8 e ww not rank iwitn the
great legal lights of our State. ; But
a mcfe.upright, a more merciful, a
betterjneaning Judge never sat upon
the Bench, fle "attempted to hold
the scales of justice with even hand'
and bandaged - eyes. He was ex
tremely scrupulous, as we know, and
if he erred it was on the side of hu
. manity, and because of his gentleness
and amiability of character. He
wore the .ermine without spot,
and he . has cone " to ; his : grave
honored, revered, believed in, leav
ing a name as pure and as good as
any that has been borne by any of
those men who have preceded him to
the tomb and who rode the Judicial
Circuits of North Carolina It is a
noticeable fact that Judge McKoy
had fewer, decisions reversed by the
Supreme Court than any Judge who
has ever been in our State.
Only a few weeks ago we met him
in this city. He was broken in
health, but as we saw his genial
smile and held his friendly hand we
little thought that in this world we
should never meet again. But the
good man, the true friend,- the wor
thy : citizen, the upright Judge, is
gone. Oh, these sundering of earth
ly ties this breaking up of f amily
circles this separating of friends
this going into an unknown world
this taking of the "morningless and
una wakening sleep," so far as this
life goes. But,
"The silent Bpeech of hand to hand
Might be less dear, in that strange land -That
had no grave."
9TB AD'S CONYIGTION AND SEN
TENCE.
The conviction of editor Stead of
the Ball MaU Gazette was doubtless
according to English law, but it will
be offensive to a large and formid '
able element of the British public.
The jury doubtless felt compelled to
find him guilty and yet; they recom
mended him to mercy and they dis-
inctly Btate lhe rea80D for doinS
so.
They say they do this on account of
the "righteous motives that impelled
him to commit the aots with which
he is charged." We do not suppose
that very many people in England
believe that Stead's motives were
bad or that he really intended to
commit an act that was wrong in
itself or violative of law. The
trouble with Stead ia that he ran
against the "upper classes" in his
accusations, and hence his prosecu
tion, conviction and sentence to four
months imprisonment. This sentence
will arouse a profound feeling of
sympathy and disgust on the part of
a very large and perponderating sec
tion of the English people the lower
and influential middle classes. Stead
will be regarded as both hero and
martyr and his punishment for try
ing to protect the daughters of all
classes below the "upper" will
make him immensely popular, and
it need surprise no one if. he
becomes as conspicuous in Great
Britain as John Wilkes was in
the last century, but of course
upon totally different grounds
Wilkes was the embodiment and ex
pression of popular rights as against
tie exercise of aggressive privilege
and personal government. Stead is
the revealer of hidden outrages aud
the bitter assailer of the vices of the
controlling section of the population.
It may be all nonsense to say this of
him and to give him credit for high
and praiseworthy motives and ; acts,
but the British people who are the
ruled look upon him with profound
admiration and ; believe him to be
their friend and benefactor. They
see him persecuted and suffering for
them, and hence they are deeply
moved. Already he is declared to
be a martyr for principle by some of
the British societies. Americans who
only get their impressions from lead
ing London newspapers that are the
organs of the nobility and ruling
classes know nothing of the wide
spread commotion and intense feeling
among the middle and lower classes.
This conviction of Stead may exert
an unexpected influence upon the ap
proaching election.
From his prison walls he may send
out his appeals to his friends and
sympathisers that may exert no little
influence over the ballot. His paper,
the Ball Mall Gazette, is a power in
England,' and bis paper bullets may
do more damage than leaden ones
could; .
.The benefits of vaccination are of
course known to all true men of
science in the medical profession.
The statistics of cities and countries
establish its value. Sir Lyon Play
fair, in a speech not very long ago
in the British Parliament, said that
in the last century deaths from small
pox averaged 3,000 to every one mil-
liou of the population. Think of
that. In;l798,Jenner made his ereat
discovery. In the first forty years
of this century the death rate from
small pox fell from 3,000 to 600 in
every one million of people. Steps
were taken in 1841 to make vaccina
tion gratuitous throughout the Bri
tish Kingdom, What followed ? By
1863 the death rate from small-pox
had, fallen to 305 m the million. "The
next step was a compulsory law. In
1871, and since the rate has fallen to
156 to a million. Could any thing
be more conclusive f "
: It is very gratifying to know that
the good people of JVircrinia so tho-
1 roughly "repudiated the Richmond
1 contributions of the Mahone tribe.
The taxing of drummers by South
ern towns and cities itattracting still
more attention. It ia estimated that
of 210,000 drummers in the United
States not more than 20,000 canvass
the South. A large Southern city
that levies a tax loses, because only
a small part i of the 20,000 visit it.
Mr. J, M. Brown, a drummer, 1 esti
mates that Charleston is a - very
heavy loser by the tax levied upon
his class, y He thinks that some $270
000 would be left in that city yearly
but for the tax. ; This is no doubt
very excessive. . : But suppose that 5,
000 drummers visit Charleston and
spend $8 each. This would be $40,000
as the sum left behind by them. Mr.
Brown . thinks the merchants lose
much by having to go to New York
twice a year, whereas with the drum
mers at their door, they could save
all this - time and expense. But as
the Stab said recently, there are two
sides to the question, and the mer
chants themselves are . the proper
ones to settle the question of tax or
no tax. -.' . ' '. Jvv'.
The New York Critic, that is
nothing if not critical, says of Miss
Murfree's last novel, and with clear
insight':
' "It is one of the hardest stories to pick
out the plot from. Even bis tragic
end dwells less forcibly in the mind than
certain of the scenes set in quiet meadows
or homely kitchens. But, as is not unusual
in novels of this kind, the detail is perfect;
each separate chapter ia a delight, quite
apart from its bearing on the whole; strong
with powerful incident, or amusing with
quaint bits of character, or beautiful with
exquisite effect in landscape."
A GMtreit Otkr.
When the report was current on our
streets last week that Fayetteville "was
burning up" Capt. C. D. Myers, Chief of
the Wilmington Fire Department, tele
graphed to citiaens in that town offering
assistance from the Department in sub
duing the flames This waa very com
mendable in our Chief, and shows that
Wilmington is not lacking in the spirit of
lending aid to those in distress and needing
assistance; and though aid was not needed,
the offer was greatly appreciated, as the
following letters will show;-
Faybttevillb, Nov. 6th, 1885.
Charles D. Myers, Esq., Chief of Fire De
partment, Wilmington:
Sib: I am directed by our City Council
to convey the sincere thanks of the people
of Favetteville for the kind oner or your
Fire Deportment, to aid in subduing the
fire of yesterday, which atone time threat
ened to be serious, A kind providence,
however, gave us strength to confine the
fUmes to the hotel building in which it
originated, but which unfortunately was
entirely consumed.
With very great respect your ob't serv't,
D. G. MacRab,
City Clerk.
FAYRTTRvnJiK, Nov. 5, 1885.
Capt. Ckas. D. Myers, Wilmington. N. C
Thanks for the tender of services. We
will not need them. The fire was confined
to the bote) building, which was entirely
destroyed. Yours, J. a. Star?.
Prompt Action
The Raleigh News-Observer has the fol
lowing to say of the action of Maj Winder,
General Manager of the Air Line Railroad,
in responding so promptly to the cry for
help raised by the citizens of Fayetteville
during the progress of the late fire in that
city :
"The example of General Manager Win
der. of the Air Line Railroad, in promptly
and rapidly conveying the Raleigh steamer
to the Fayetteville fire, cannot be too high
ly commended. He responded instantly to
the cry of distress uttered by our neighbor
ing town, and proved himself the friend in
need who is always a friend indeed. Ois
generous action will not soon be forgotten,
be may depend.
m m m
Death ofa circuit Ja4ge
We are called upon, to announce this
morning the death of a valued citizen of
North Carolina Judge Almond A. Mc
Koy, of this Judicial Circuit. He passed
away early yesterday morning, at his home
at Clinton, In Sampson county. Judge
McKoy was well known in this city
and j throughout the State, and al
though his death was not unexpect
ed, there will be a host of readers of
the Stak who will receive the announce
ment with deep regret. Only a few weeks
ago he waa in onr midst, but there was
then evidence in his enfeebled appearance
that his valuable life was nearin its end.
He held an honorable position under the
Confederate government during the late
war, had served, in various offices of trust
in his native State, and for the past
eleven years was Judge of the Su
perior Court of this Judicial Circuit
He died in the Christian faith, and leaving
behind him a spotless name and unblem
ished record. His age was about sixty
years. A more extended reference to the
death of the lamented jurist will be found
in our editorial columns.
North Carolinians Abroad.
In an article in the New York Times, on
Arctic explorations, the names of two
North Carolinians are prominently men
tioned in connection with recent under
takings in tnat lana or tee and snow
Stoney and Cantwell. The latter is Mr.
John C. Cantwell, a son of Judge Edward
Cantwell, . formerly of this city, and well
known among most of our citizens, who will
be glad to bear of the name he has made
for himsalf by his labors in this direction
A Good Manter.
Mr. DuBrulz Cutlar went hunting a few
days since: He found only two coveys of
partridges; but, with the help of that re
markable "cur" he owns, he bagged nine
teen birds out of one covey. We imagine
there are few such instances on record.
"Bratx" will be at the club shoot this af
ternoon,' and he will bear watching.
Lucky A amber a..;
Examine your tickets and see if you have
any of the following numbers, being the
pripcipal prizes in the Louisiana Lottery
drawing of yesterday:
No. 46,799 drew the capital prize of
$75,000; 6348, f 25.000; 8238, $10,000; 46016
and 80389, $6,000 each; 17605, 18451
64528, 68216, 79647, $2,000 each.
; Wtk-on-Fohb, October 26. The
German ' barque; Thomas ' BmaU, from
Bremerhaven for Wilmington, N. G.; which
stranded on the Kniepsand, was broken up
by the gale of Oct 25, and several frag
ments of her wreckage have been driven
ashore on Amrum. early all the materials
nad previously oeen recovered, and were
soia oy auction pes. za. :
Says the New ; Berne Journal:
"We heard an excellent sermon last Sun
day at our church here bv Rev. P. J. Car
rawav. P. E. of the Wilminsrton District.
He held his quarterly meeting at Queen's
Creek church Saturday and Sunday to a
large congregation. EVeryhody likes Mr.
Carraway both as a man and a preacher."
WASH.INGTON. p,:
Naval iPorea Ordered to the Iiuimni
of Panama to Quiet Anticipated
Xronblea Propose Grand Squadron
Drill off the Florida Coast. - -.-c
- vtBy Telegraph to.the Morning StarJ '
Washington, Nov. 9. In anticipation
of troubles on the Isthmus i of Panama,
which usually occur about this season of
the year,. Secretary Whitney has instructed
Admiral Jouett, commander or inertortn
Atlantic aquadron, to proceed with the
flagship Tennessee,' now at f New York,"
and the uaiena, now on her way to Jer
folk, to Aspinwall, and to cruise along the
South and Central American coast for a few
weeks, and then return to Tampa, Fla. It
is expected that by the time the Admiral
reaches Tampa on bis return, all the other
vessels of the squadron will be there, and
the Secretary's plan for a grand drill ol
the North Atlantic Squadron, off the coast
of Florida, will be carried out.
Washington, Nov. 9. The - Secretary
of State to-day received the following cable
gram from Minister McLane, at Paiist
France, Greece, ' Italy and Switzerland
havH renewed the monetary convention for
five years. Silver . coins redeemable in
gold; no additional silver coinage permit
ted; convention open to Belgium."-
The President to day appointed ' Den
Carlos Buell to be Pension Agent at Louis
ville; Ky. He is the noted Union General
of the late war - who organized and for a
long time commanded the army of the
Ohio. Since the war he has been engaged
in business in Kentucky. He is a man . of
great ability, and is thoroughly competent
to fill the position to which he has been ap
pointed. His appointment, is said," will
give universal satisfaction to his old com
rades in arms. I '
CoL-W. L.T Trenholm, who succeeds
Judge Thoman as Civil Service ' Commis
sioner, arrived in the city last night. To-
oay lie. took tne oatn pi omce, ana witn
the-other two Commissioners I called on the
President - After leaving the j White House
the new Commission held its first meeting.;
The only business transacted was the elec
tion of Mr. Edgerton as President. The
Sterling case was discussed informally, but
no conclusion was arrived at. The report
of the examiners at New Tork was re
ceived to-day. It : shows that Sterling
passed twenty-fourth on a list of thirty,
with an average of a fraction over 69 In
the examination for custom house weigh
er. The Commission will hold another
meeting to morrow, when the Question of
whether the entire list of those who passed.
a successful examination for weigher at
the New Tork custom house
shall be sent
whether only
shall be certi-
to the appointing power, or
the four highest on the list
fled, will be decided. -
Washington. Nov. 11. The President
to day appointed Dr. John G Lee. of Phil
adelphia, Secretary of the! Legation at
Constantinople, Turkey. Dr. Lee is a
friend of Minister Cox, and lis understood
to have been appointed on his personal so
licitation, tie is laminar wltn tne modern
languages, and is said to be peculiarly fit
ted tor the place. . ;
Fourth-class postmasters were appointed
to-day as follows: North Carolina At
Chinquapin, James F. Landing; Inverness,
Hiss Mary a. Mcfhail; Buerl. G. W.
Yaney: Willis' Creek. Lillie B. Love;
Ellis, Thos. 8. Owen; Davis, H. C. Fria
ble; Harrisville, J. B. Ewing.
The President to-day appointed Gen.
Joseph J. Bartlett, of. New York city, to
be Secoud Deputy Commissioner of Pen
sions, in place of Lewis G! Bartlett, who
has resigned on- account of ill health ; and
William H. Morgan, of Nashville, Tenn.,
to be a member of the Board of Indian
Commissioners, in place of I Orange Judd,
resigned. Gen. Bartlett entered the Union
army at Binghamton as a private soldier
in April, 1861, and came out of it at the
close of the war as a brevet major general
He served in the army of tne Potomac
from the first battle of Bull Run to Appo
mattox, participating witn distinction in
nearly every contest, and receiving several
wouDds. When he retired from the army
in 1865 he was appointed Minister to
Stockholm by President Johnson, but was
recalled by President Grant." In politics
ne nas always oeen a uemocrat
The Civil Service Commission' discussed
the Sterling (New. York weigher) case at
its meeting to day, in an informal manner.
and reached no conclusion. It will be the
subject of discussion at to morrow's meet
ing, when a decision will probably be ar
rived at.
WASHlNGTtT TKBRITORT.
i :;- . , -I '-
The Anti-Chinese Riots-Law-AMdlng
Citizens Organising to Preserve the
Peace
Seattle. Nov. 10. Last night a meet
ing was held in the opera house, which
was attended by clergymen, lawyers, mer
chants, manufacturers and I law-abiding
citizens generally. After speeches by
j uoge Burte, Assistant uistnct Attorney,
and others, an organization of three hun
dred strong was effected for the purpose of
preserving the peace where ver troop - are
withdrawn if occasion should: arise there
after. They will be divided into three
companies and will be armed with rifles,
A meeting will be held to elect officers.
Chief Justice R 8. Greene, Gen. Gibbons.
Commander of the Department of Colum
bia; S W. George, U. S. Marshal, and
Assistant District Attorney Hanford. had a
long conference last night. The grand
jury is now in session, ' and it is thought
indictments will be brought against the
ringleaders of the anti-Chinese mob.
TENNESSEE.
A Fiendish Aet-A Well Poisoned by
Some BUsereanta, and Anont Forty
rereons made sick.
Chattanooga. Nov. 11. -About ten
days ago three members of a family named
Morris, who bad been receiving their wa
ter from a well near the cotton factory.
rjecame very ill, and a day or two after
wards rour (An.it members or the same
family became ill. Soon there were twea
ty people in that locality quite sick, and
tne manager of the mill became a victim.
Last night six more persons were taken
down, and several it is feared, cannot re
cover. An investigation nas oeen com
menced, and it is thought some miscreants
have poured a quantity of poison into the
well. Fully forty persons have already
oeen anecieo. r .
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Trial of Dr. Bellinger Charged
with murdering a Negro. '
Charleston, Nov. 11. The trial of
Dr. A. N. Bellinger, charged with, the
murder of Stephney Riley, colored,, was
continued today. The prosecution ex
amined eight witnesses, of whom five were
colored, and the defence swore nine wit
nesses, including the defendant, all of
whom were white. At the close of the tea
timony the defence offered to submit the
case to the jury without argument. This
proposition was declined by the prosecu
tion, and ex Gov. Magrath addressed the
jury tor tne defence. .
;, . y TENNESSEE.
A Cincinnati Merchant Drowned In
the Tennessee River While Rant
ing. - . . -!..,. ; v. -
Chattanooga, Nov. 11. A special to
the limes from Coulterville, Tenn., says
uapt. m. a. ucuuire. a wnoiesaie trunk
dealer at Cincinnati, was drowned in the
Tennessee river while duck hunting. He
came here with an excursion from Geo. H.
Thomas Post, Grand Army of the Republic,
of Cincinnati. He was drowned while
trying to save a colored boy who was with
uiui wuen me Doai capsizea. ;
MONTREAL.
Fatal .Accident Three men Killed-
Progress of the Small-Pox.
MONTKRAT.. NrtT. 11 A fatal aoMant
occurred to-day at the drill shed. Five men
wcic inuuuug ius ceiling irueu tne seal .
folding gave way. . Two of the men were
killed instantly, the third died shortly af
ter, and the other two are not expected to
live. ... .. - . . - , -.' '. .'
Official returns at the Health Office Uh
day show that there were 21 deaths in this
city from small pox yesterday i - i
Above all other earthly ills,
I hate the big, old-fashioned pills;
By slow degrees they downward wend,
And of teg pause, or upward tend ;
With such discomfort are they fraught,
Their good effects amount to naught.
Now, Dr. Pierce prepares a pill .
: . That just exactly fills the bill
A Pellet, rather, that ia all i
A Pleasant Purgative, a smaUj :
Just try them as you feel their need,
You'll find that Ispeak. truth. Indeed.
VIRGINIA
A Scaffold Falls In . Richmond. Kill
ing On man and injuring Another.
(Br Telegraph to the Mornlnx Star.l. i
Richmond. Nov. 9 The swinging scaf
fold used by workmetriurepaihng s'the"
First Street Market fell this afternoon, pre
cipitating two men to the ground. Wil
liam Hedtord. aged 85. a painter, struck on
bis head and died in a few minutes. His
companion was only slightly Hurt., ; ,
NORTH fJA ROLINAr
TerrlMa Tragedy near rGreeneboro
A, mother and Son End their Own
Existence Opening of the IT. C In
dustrial Association. k -t -ix
-- IQm Tnli ii 1 1 a a-Shj. U 4 . (M. i
fT - T aVU Ml NIB HUtllUIH OMI. I
Gkeensboro. Nov. 10. Mrs. Martha
Wilkerson, a widow about 40 years of ace.
lived) : five miles west of - here . with
her only child, a young; man of eighteen.
The widow became infatuated with a young
hired man, named Alsof, who worked for
a neighbor, and was about' to - marry him,
but her son bitterly opposed the , matcht
tie declared ne would leave nome rorever
if the marriage took' places On Saturday
the mother and son had a bitter quarrel.
un Eninoay morning tne neigh Dors lound
both: mother and son dead on the- floor,
each with a bullet through the head. It is
not known who shot the other, but it is
supposed they mutually agreed to end their
existence.,, . - - ":-U .:.
Raleigh, Nov, 10. The Seventh An
nual State Fair of the N. C. Industrial As
sociation (colored) was opened here to-day
Dy uovernor .Alfred to.. Scales. He was
introduced by John 8. Leary, President of
the Association, and made an - excellent
speech, in which he expressed great pleas
ure at the extent of the display, which s is
the largest , and best yet made. - Hon..
Montford : McGehee, State Commissioner
'of Agriculture, also spoke. Both speakers
aavised tneir hearers to acquire land, and
assured them of the earnest sympathy and
constant aid in all ways of the white peo
ple of the entire State. The speeches were
received with applause, and the Governor
was cheered as he left the grounds. .
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TERRIBLE DISASTER.
. Steamer on Lake Superior Over
taken by n Terrific ' Storm and
Wrecked About Fifty men. Wo
men and Children Go Down In the
Surging Waves.
IBy Telegraph to the Hornliut StarJ
Pobt Arthttb, Out.. November 10. A
terrible marine disaster, resulting in the
drowning of forty-eight persons and the
loss of one of the most valuable passenger
steamers on the Lakes, was reported last
night, when the steamer Arthabasca ar
rived. On board the Arthabasca were
Capt. James Moore,; commander of the
Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Algoma,
two passengers and eleven of her crew.
They were all that were left of sixty-two
persons that sailed for this port from Owen
Sound, on the Algoma, last Thursday. The
Captain was badly injured.. The ship's pa
pers were lost ano me passenger list could
not do ootaineo.
The story of the disaster, as related bv
vynpi. jnoore. is mat tne Aluoma oassed
v r ........
tnrougn Dions uanai, oound for this port.
last Friday noon. Soon after reaching
Lake Superior the wind began to freshen
up from the northwest and a great bank of
leaoen ciouas along the northern portion
denoted the approach of he&w weather.
neauzing, nowever. tnat the Alroma was
1- . -- .
one of the strongest and most powerful
steamers afloat, and well able to cope with
even a severe gale. Capt Moore kept her
on ner course, tsut as night anoroached
j.ue winu continued to increase Inrviolence.
ana oy aarav nad developed into one
of the fiercest and most destructive
galea ever experienced on the Upper Lakes.
as tne gale increased the sea began to
make, and before midnight ' Lake Superior
was lashed into a wilderness of seething
foam, and great seas swept completely
over the struggling steamer. The situation
was made all the more terrible by a blind
ing snow storm that set in before morning.
It was impossible to see the length of the
steamer, tne passengers were panic
stricken, and huddled together in the cab
ins, where the screams and prayers of the
women and children could be heard above
the thundering of the . gale. Saturday
morning uie rtoyai was sighted, and (Japt.
Moore headed the steamer- for the rock
harbor, where he hoped to gain shelter.
The island forms a natural harbor of
reiuge, out near tne entrance there is a
dangerous reef, and just as the steamer
was nearing the entrance she struck the
reef. There was a terrific shock and then
the steamer came to a full stop. Soon af
terwards one of the crew reported that the
steamer's bottom had been punctured, and
that she was filling with water. The
boats were at once got in readiness
and all started to leave the steamer.
but just as they were about to lower them
the steamer slipped off the reef and disap
peared with an angry roar. The water
was covered with the struggling forms of
men ano women, and -then all was over.
Only fourteen lived to tell the tale. - These
got into one of the boats, but were power
less to save themselves, as they were with
out oars. Capt. Moore, however, wrench
ed a footboard from the bottom of the
boat, and with that as a paddle succeeded
in working the boat to the island, where the
survivors were picked up by the Arthabasca.-
i
Mr. Bently, manager of the line, has sent
out tugs from here, with instructions to
search Isle Royal for any survivors that
may posaioiv nave sot ashore, and to nir.k
up and take care of any bodies that may
oe iouno. lne tugs are now at the scene
oi tne wrecg. . .
. NEW ORLEANS.
Inaugural Ceremonies of the North,
South and Central American Expo
sition.
I By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Nkw Oblbanb, Nov. 10. The inaugu
ral ceremonies of the North, South and
Central American Exposition are progress
ing smooiniy. ine weamer is clear and
pleasant. The Commercial Exchanges are
closed and all other business is in a meas
ure suspended. Flags are displayed
wrouguout we city ana on tne snipping.
The initial feature of the ceremonies was
the procession, which moved promptly at
iu.su o'clock. , First came the military,
followed bv a Inner line at'
pied by, the managers of the Exposition,
uuiieu. outies, oiaie ana city officials.
foreign consuls .and invited guests. The
procession moved through the nrinmnai
streets tn the : hnaA nf P.n.f. ,hut
w ue re steamers were in readiness to convey
The Droceeaion arrived at tliA TCrnnofti
- w ( MltlUIMMUU
wharf soon after 1 o'clock, without inci
dent oi special note, rormed in line and
moved toward the main building, amid a
scene of great enthusiasm. Th uanHai
both on the line of parade in the citv and
at the Exposition was large. The process.
sion soon reacnea jilubic ll all, where the
Exposition band olaved with trnnA effort
It took some time to arrange the distin-
guisueu genuemen wno -occupied seats on
tnepiatiorm. .?-v .-..i... .
Director General Glenn In f
formally tendered to President McConnico
the grounds and buildings. He alluded to
the fact that for various reasons many ex
hibitors were behind hand, but the space
was all to be occupied, and a magnificent
collection would soon be in order.
President McConnico, m reply to the
Director General, paid a glowing tribute to
tne anility, sum and fidelity of that offiner
In the name and on behalf of the Board of
Management he accepted the grounds and
buildings, and in turn presented them to
tne exhibitors and commissioners. ,
ILLINOIS.
Temporary Scaffold on an Iron Bridge
Gives Way Four men . Killed and
Several Wounded. .
- Keithsbubg, - Nov. 10. A number of
workmen were on a temporary scaffold yes
terday attempting to raise an iron stanchion
preparatory to ironing a section of a long
span oi tne iron onage near nere, ana when
about an angle of 45 degrees had been ob
tained the corner poet of the traveller gave
way, and with a crash and roar like thun
der the whole staging, with men. machinery.
and the ponderous iron column, fell into
the deep water below. Pat Conway. James
McCann and John Olson are buried under
the debris in the bottom of the river. All
are from the East. Pat Nornan, of Clin
ton, lows, was killed. Jlis body haa been
recovered. William Bassett, of this place,
had both leg broken below the knee. One
man, whose name is not known, has
broken leg and is injured internally.-: The
wounded.are doing well. '
T&E. CHINESE TROUBLES.
Th Government's Action Breaks the
Backbone of the Blots In Washing
ton Territory lrs;e Number or Ar
rests made, and no Further Trouble
Anticipated Haas Meeting Called by
Knights of tabor of San Francisco. ;
I By Telegraph to the Morning Star. - :
Poktlahd. Oregon.: Nov.- 8. Up to a
late hour last night all was quiet at Seattle.
The President's proclamation) and, the ad4
vent of troops have had the effect of break
ing the backbone of the riot, and no further
trouble is fearetL v vf ' ; n
Portland. Oregon, Nov. 9. The Mayor.
of Tocoma beads the list of persons in
dicted by the grand jury at Vancouver.-
. i t. .1 Ti l
Among : tnose wuicieu , is uio rruuaie
Judge of Pearce county, in which Tacoma
is situated; the President' of the Young
Men's Christian--; Association of Tacoma;
several saloon keepers, and the editor and
proprietor of the Tacoma jsews. it will be
about ten days before the TJ. .8. District
Attorney will be ready for the trial of the
rioters, but the whole party will be brought
to Vancouver immediately, and if bail can
not be given Jthey must go to jail. The
mob at , .Tacoma, frightened by the turn
that affairs have taken, have released the
Chinese whom they accused of having fired
the houses from which their, countrymen
were driven by the moD.
Portland. Oregon, Nov. 9. Ii" may
be-safely said that the anti-Chinese agita
tion on the northwest . coast is at an end.
There may be a few more meetings, ' but
no more - outrages win De perpetrated.
Nine-tenths of those who have engaged in
the demonstrations are of the same class as
the valorious "Sand Lotters" of San
Francisco; and a small number of them
were members or the "Sand Lot" mob
four years ago. - The .leaders of the agita
tion at facoma and Seattle were not work
ing men, out proiessionai politicians or
small calibre who hoped to make - capital
out of it. ' since Saturday the leaders have
suddenly awakened to a realization of the
fact : that they have committed a crime
against United States and Territorial laws.
for which they will be held responsible. It
is possible that there maybe some secret
agitation, but no one will have the hardi
hood to publicly order the Chinese away,
as was done at x acoma and tne towns in
that immediate vicinity. , The outrages
nave oeen confined exclusively to Seattle
and Tacoma, and the small towns within
twenty miles of ' those places. There have
been no demonstrations at Olympia or Port
rownsend.
' San Francisco, Nov. 8. The Knights
of Labor have issued a call for a mass
meeting of all Labor ' and all Trades'
Unions, to be held November 28th, for the
purpose of taking action for the removal of
the Chinese from this city,
ALABAMA.
Xerrlffle and Destructive storm Near
Selma many Persons Killed and
Wounded Bridges and Growing
Crops Washed Away Negroes Fright
ened Almost to Death.
Selma, Nov. 9. Friday night one of
the most terrifflc and -destructive storms
ever known in this State passed over the
section of country just north of this city,
washing away bridges, railroad beds.
growing crops, and leveling forests and
houses for miles. The cyclone, which was
accompanied by torrents of rain and appal
ling electric discharges, started on the Ca-
haba river, and passed through Dallas,
Perry and Bibb counties, leaving a dead
waste of forest plantations, houses and
villas. Exploring relief parties sav the
track of the cyclone was half a mile wide,
They have gone over forty miles picking
up . tne dead and wounded, and do not
know how much longer the track is. - Thir
teen persons have been found killed out
right, and forty or fifty dangerously woun
ded. A number of persons cannot be ac
counted for. Bales of cotton were blown
from gin hou3es and burst and scattered
everywhere. No two locks of lint were
left together. A man driving with cot
ton to this city . nas oeen lost, lne
cotton and the wagon were blown a
quarter of a mile and the man and - mules
carried off and cannot be found. Growing
crops or potatoes, etc., were torn up irom
the ground, and trees and cotton stalks
were barked. Relief parties are searching
lor tne dead and dying, and everything is
being done to relieve the destitution. - The
hegroes are frightened nearly to death, and
huddle about together or squat alone unclad
in brushes and under fallen trees, stupefied
and speechless with fear and superstition.
unable to tell where any of their household
is. 1 ne city is being canvassed for money
subscriptions, to bury the dead and relieve
the wants of the destitute.
NEW YORK.
Fatal . Accident on the .West Shore
Ballroad One Lady Killed and
Bight or Ten Passengers injured,
iBj Telegraph to the Horning Star.l
Nkw York. November 9. The West
Shore Railroad Company furnishes the fol
lowing facts regarding an accident on its
road this morning: Train No. 57, west
bound, left here at 6 o'clock last night
passed Little Falls on time, but ran off the
tracK aDout one mile west of that place, at
about 13.80 o'clock this morning. The ac
cident is said to have been caused by
washout of a portion of the bank. The en
gine passed .over safely, but the tender
broke loose and ran off the track with the
entire train.' The tender was wedged into
tne side oi the nrst sleeper. Mrs. U. K.
Pratt,, of Rochester, a passenger in this
sleeper, was killed. Her husband, C. R.
Pratt, Judge Green, of Springfield. I1L. J.
W. Weston, of New York.- Miss Estella
Clark Vaughan. of Worcester. Mass.. and
E. Sikes. of New York, were all slightly in
jured, une oi the porters in the Pullman
car was' badly: injured, and another one
slightly bruised. The baggage car, amok-,
ing car, and one passenger car were slightly
broken. At 9 o'clock this morning the
track was completely cleared and trains
were moving as usual. The uninjured pas
sengers on tne train, numbering fifty-seven.
were transferred to another train, which
passed D'rankfort four hours later.
JOHN ROACH.
His, Ship Yards at Cheater, Pa., and
New Tork city Start up Again (
' Chester, Nov. 9. Roach's yard started
this morning with one hundred and sev
enty men. At 7 o'clock upwards of one
thousand men assembled around the gates,
and when the whistle gave its accustomed
toot at intervals of one minute a deafening
shout went up from the crowd, which
drowned the steam whistle. Women and
children took it up and a glad huzza could
be heard for squares away. All foremen
of departments were taken on and they se
lected about 150 workmen. Tools were
given out And about 60 men put to work oh
the "Chicago." Others .were set about
different things in the yard. All depart
ments except the foundry were started, j
Nkw York,. Nov. 9. Nearly. 150 men
resumed work at the Morgan Iron Works
of John Roach in this city this morning.'
The cruiser "Atlanta" and the dispatch
boat "Dolphin" were full of mechanics,
and the busy hum of Industry was heard
on all sides. It is said that over one hun
dred men will be taken on during the
week.
LOUIS BIEL.
Besplted Until the 16th Inst. Presi
dent Cleveland Interviewed In Be
half of the Kevolutlonlst.
Regina, Nov. 9. Riel haa been respited
until the 16th inst V j
Washington, Nov. 8. Major Edmond
Mallet, of this city, . a well known worker
in the French cause in the United States,
and an intimate personal friend of Louis
Riel, the Canadian, revolutionist, had an
interview with the President this afteri
noon, and made a strong appeal
for the interference of this Governr
ment to prevent the hanging ot Riel
by the Canadian authorities. The . Presi
dent heard Mr. Mallett fully,, and, after
giving the matter thorough consideration;
concurred with Secretary Bayard's opinion
previously given, that it was not a case in
which the United States Government could
properly interfere. f " 1 , . : j
-.- Republican . Cabinet , officers
took the stump in elections and permitted
clerks to be blackmailed to raise campaign
funds. Democratie Cabinet officers attend
to their duties and contribute openly from
their bwn purses to the campaign fund in
then own States, but their opponents da
sot charge any levying of involuntary con-)
tributions. Here is a large difference.!
QaltesHm Jietss, Dm. '. t
Spmtgf Turpentine
? Salisbury Watchman: Mr. J. D.
McNeely is still pushing the cotton factorv
scheme. The farmers eem to take to the
idea very well, and the prospect seems fair
for success. ? - Tne cotton receipts up
to data aggregate some 1,800 bales.
: Raleigh Neve' Observer : The
Raleigh & Gaston railroad makes it a point
to keep its rolling stock at a high point of
efficiency. Last week two new passenger
agines were purchased and have arrived.
They are .Baldwins, and their numbers are
28 and 29. It was announced some
time ago that a convention composed of
delegates appointed bv the Governors nf
the various Southern States would meet at
Savannah the aotn instant, to consider
Questions relative to the improvement of
harbors on the South Atlantic coast. The '
date has been changed to the 24th instead
of the 25th inst. The annual meeting
of the directors of the Raleigh fc Gaston
and Raleigh & Augusta railroads will be
held next Thursday. .
' Raleigh News' Observer: At a
meeting of the joint committees of the city
of Raleigh and the Watauga Club on the
Industrial School, Mr. Wm. 8. Primrose
was elected chairman and Mr. C. G. Latta
OAjL DbQi T - X. TVOO 1C9U11IM K IOB UC B Call
for a great mass meeting of citizens of Ra
leigh and oi the Htate at large to consider
ways and means for getting the Industrial
School provided for in the act of the Legis
lature of 1885 established in Raleigh. -
Two patents were issued to North Carolin
ians last weetc Thomas- a. Ashford, of
Clinton, patented a metallic eyelet or bat-
toh hole and Murdoch M. McKinnon, of
Launnburg,; patented a hame for wagon or
plow harness. An improved horse collar
was patented by; Mr Wm. Wetmore, .of
Raleigh, , on the , 27th, of October.
xoung, Jfisq., a prominent, lawyer of this
nlftRA- died thin evemnir at AIR oVlnrV nf
apoplexy.
. JLancolnton xress: t The narrow
gauge passenger train ran off the track
aboufsix miles above Lincolnton on Satur
day night. The engine, tender and a cat
tle car were badly torn up. . The fireman
was seriously nurt. Ho one else was in
jured except the Democratic mail agent
was Beared out of several years growth.
A desperate fight occurred at a corn-
shucking at Charly White's, on Indian
creek last wees, between Jonathan Har
vey, on one side. Beam, 'Hoke and Andy
Carpenter on the other. Harvey received
two horrible gashes in his back, one of
them over three inches deep and ten inches
long. His wounds are considered danger
ous, Beam, who was under the influence of
liquor, thought Harvey was making fun of '
him. This brought on the fight and the
Carpenter boys went in to help Beam out.
The parties engaged in the fight were from
Gaston county. :
Pittsboro Home: During the
war Winship Upchurch, a son of Mr. Sima
Unchurch of this county, was captured by
the Federal troops and taken to a Northern
prison, and he did not return home until
last week. After the war closed he went
out West, but for several years past he has
lived at the Sandwich Islands, from which
far distant place he has returned to his bid
home on a short visit. f ' --On last Tues
day the cotton factory of the Bynum Man
ufacturing Company was sold at this place
at public auction, and was bid off by a
committee , representing the creditors for
$47,000. This sum is about one-half of the
original cost of the property, and was bid
by the creditors to save it from being sold
at too great a sacrifice. We understand
that it is not the intention of the purchasers
to operate the factory at least for the pre
sent but to hold it until it can be sold for
something like its value.
Charlotte Observer: P. Motz,
Ph. D., professor of natural science in the
King's Mountain High School, has accept
ed the associated professorship of chemistry
recently: tendered him by the Chicago
Correspondence University. Gen. D.
H. Seigle,, 'one of the oldest citizens of
this section of the State, died at his home
in Lincoln county, on Friday' afternoon
last. Gen. Seigle was aged about 90 years,
and was in some respects a remarkable old
man. ' Messrs. Hite and Tallman.
professional trainers of bird dogs, arrived
at Salisbury a day or two ago on their way
to Statesville, and were persuaded by some
of their friends to remain at that place for
a few days. They took quarters at the Mt
Vernon Hotel, and yesterday morning;
when they got up they found that "Scout,"
one of their fine dogs, was dead, having;
been poisoned during the night by some
evil minded person. Scout belonged to a
Northern dog fancier, and was valued at
$1,000, being a dog of a famous reputa
tion. ' -
Raleigh Visitor : Receipts of
cotton for the week ending November 5th,
1,628 bales ; same time last year, 1,472 bales.
Increase in receipts this year, 156 bales.
Died, at Free port, Illinois, October 27,
1885, Smith. Dykins Atkins, only son of
Gen. S. D. Atkins and grandson of the late
Governor Swain. He was aged about 12.
years. Governor Scales has appointed;
the following delegates to the -Farmers"
National Congress: First District Rev. G.
W. Sanderlin. Elizabeth City; Dr. W. Rl
Cape hart, Avoca. Second District Henry
Williams, Warren ton; Dr. F. M. Rountree
Kins ton. Third District Jonathan Evans;
Fayetteville ; Dr. G. L. Kirby, Goldsboro.
Fourth District B. P. Williamson, Ra
leigh ; T. T. Oliver, Pine Level Fifth Dis
trict G. A. Wilson, Jr., Sassafras Fork;
Peter Hairston. Walnut Cove. Sixth Dis
trictFred, Kidder, i Wilmington; S. B.
Alexander, Charlotte. Seventh District
R. B. Davis, Hickory; F. M. Johnston,
Farmmgton. lSightb. District W. A. Gra
ham. Iron Station; J. F. Finlay, Wilkes
boro. Ninth District William .Curtis,
Democrat; Henry Stewart, Webster.
Asheville Citizen: Our atten
tion was called ' a few days since to the
prence of a number of Indians at the Fede
ral Court. They are among the most quiet .
and law abiding of our citizens. Rev. .
Vardrey McBee, who has recently been
chosen assistant to Rev. Dr. Buxton, oV
Trinity Church, in this city, arrived a few
days since. We learn that a difficulty'
occurred on Little Pine Creek, Madison,
county, last Friday, between Mr. Josephi
Ledford and his -son Enoch, and Mr. Bud:
Hagan, which resulted in the shooting o
Hagan by Enoch Ledford. Joseph Led
ford and Hagan got into a quarrel, and the
latter knocked the former down with &
rock and struck him again, hurting him
seriously; whereupon Enoch Ledford shot
Hagan,wounding him badly, but not fatally.
- Two negro boys, from 12 to 15 years
of age, on Wednesday waylaid a young
son of the Rev. Mr. Lyda, on the road
near Weaverville, inflicting serious injuries
on the youth. The. negroes 1 had some
grudge against young Lyda, who is some
18 years of age and accosted him on the
road for the purpose of whipping him. In
tne ngnt young Aiyda got tne nest or tne
two, but one of the negro boys then assail- -
eu mm witn a amie, cutting nun up nauiy,
and in the meantime the mother of the
negro boys came up and assisted in the,
punishment of the youth.
Charlotte Observer: Out i in-
Biddleviile last Sunday, two darkies. Joe-
Jamison and Frank: Shipp, became in-
t l j. :
which Jamison stabbed Shipp in the abdo- -men,
inflicting a probably fatal wound..
The Federal Court is In session at;
Asheville, and for this one term there arei
300 cases on the docket, and these 300J
cases have - drawn 1,209 witnesses. Las
week forty cases were argued by the Dis
trict Attorney, Col. H. C. Jones, of this
city, and thirty, were disposed of by sub-
f missions, and the Court will be occupied
lor a week and a ball yet on the remainder
of the docket. One of the curiosities
on the market yesterday was a wagon load
of black 'possums from Union county.
Black 'possums, like black sheep, are
scarce, and the fact of a whole wagon
load of them being captured at one
time - is something very remarkable.
CoL Robinson, Maj. winder and Col. .
Jones, officials of the Seaboard Air Line
Company, spent Sunday at the Central
mm.JWS M. WVJ, VU I1T71I . QhUl U UU. I'll
inspection of the new railroad work be
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working- satisfactorily. In conversation
with these ; officials,- an Observer reporter
was informed that there are now 400 hands
engaged in grading the road bed for the
Carolina Central extension, and that rapid
headway is being made. That no obstacle
may be thrown in the way of the rapid
completion of the extension to Piney
Ridge, the present objective point, the
Carolina Central officials have given, the
contract for an iron bridge to span Broad
river, two miles from Shelby, to the well
known firm of bridge builders, the Phoenix.
i Bridge Company, of Pennsylvania. v
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