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TV. H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'r.
Wilmington, N. c.
August 12, 1887.1
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SHERMAN AND A FREE BALLOT
Hha effort of Sherman and com
pany to put the election of mem
bers of Congress under the exclusive
control of the Federal Government
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deserves condemnation from all
glasses in all parties who desire free
and fair elections. Of course the
fend in view is easily 6een. Sherman
wishes bv intimidation and false
Lonnt to get a majority of Republi-
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members in the House. He
ws that the South, if let alone
will remaain strictly Democratic as
long as fools talk treason in the
rtb, and bloody-shirtcrs dance the
war dance. Self-preservation is the
law that will govern the South in
dialing with the blatherskites and
persecutors and slanderers,
Sherman is a great fraud. . He
blows hot and cold and almost' with
tne same breath. He comes South and
gushes lovingly over it. ;He returns
t( his Northern home and presto,
cl lange, he begins to enrse the South
and swear that it is plotting treason.
lie now pretends that there is no
chance of securing an equal repre
santation from the South save by put
ting the polls nnder the control of
the General Government
J The truth is both Republicans and
Democrats are drifting away from
Constitutional standards and are
eininer more and more to a Stronsr
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vernment. This is painfully true,
"lien Southern Democratic
mentions can unanimously
adopt
esolntions favoring Federal school
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teaching in tie States by
taxation, and a preference for taxing
shoes, hats, blankets, clothing, medi
cine, etc., to taxing whiskey, beer,&c.,
then no one need feel or express sur
prise when a Northern Republican
leader, or a Northern Kepubhcan
Convention delivers in favor of the
8serting 'of the power of the Fede
ral! Congress over , the" election ' of
members of the Federal House in
th States. They
are all bad and
bad alike. They sh
ow an utter for
getfulness of the aggressions in the
past upon the Stages, the trend to
wards despotism, and the wakyening
of the great, fundamental, glorious
doctrine of home rule for the people
of America.
The plea that Sherman sets np is
r.v..u0 iMiororaMri w
epublican leaders' and newspapers
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generally. It is that the ballot is
suppressed in the South. Every
telligent colored man in North Caro
lina! knows that in this State the col
oed vote as freely as the whites. In
Virginia, in Kentucky, in Tennessee.
in Georgia, in Texas and other States
the same may be said. It is true in
some of the States the negroes do not
votel with the unanimity they did un
der the benign and blessed timesi of
carpjet-baggery and the corporal of
the gnard. But they vote as they
please and when they please.' There
is ndj doubt that some repression has
occujred in the past in South Caro
una 1 and .Louisiana. But this
is doubtless exaggerated and has
betnj much less in late years than it
was jiight or ten years since. The
great fallingoff m the negro vote in
1884 as compared with 1876, seems
to give color to the charge, of sup.
preflsion and that there is neither a
fairjlvote nor a lull count. Other
Southern States show a heavy Aim.
inution of the colored vote. But the
real question is were the negroes pre-
' ventdd from voting? There is no
proof that they were. j
ujt this subjoct is so well treated
by 'tbaij able exponent of sound Dem-
ocfatioij principled, j the Philadelphia
liecord, that we jeopy at some length
from it. It says:
t "put, like other statUtical methods of
the sort the suppression of half the truth
lip thte caseis - the augg8ti'ond a whole
paruaaiiatBeltooq oi uxf (iargest maenituae.
do mention nas peen maue ui mo ukiohd
la the number of white otea 4n- South
Carolina In the same period. ' Iff 1876 Til
den had 90,896 votes in South Carolina;
Hancock Aad 113,813 voice in iow. ana in
1884 Cleveland's Vote was onl y 69,845. Last
year the Democratic candidate for Governor
in South Carolina received, but 83,114 votes
all told, or not more than one-rourtn or tne
Democratic vote or tne estate. :
two different rules oi explanation, ii me
colored votes have been lawlessly and vio
lently suppressed, so also nas there Deen
the same intimidation of the white voters
(n almost equal degree; and this betrays
the falsehood and absurdity of the whole
partisan outcry on the subject Senator
Sherman and his confreres should reserve
a small portion of their sympathy for the
white voters of the South, who are plainly
as much in need of protection in their po
litical rights as ' are the blacks. ,
"In Georcia. Texas and other States of
the South the same electoral phenomenon
is to be witnessed, though not on so large a
scale as in South Carolina. Jn many
States of the North there has often been a
ereat decline of the vote when no exciting
issue was before the people. The total
vote or Pennsylvania in 1884 was 899,328;
aod in the election for State Treasurer in
1885 the total vote was 623,702 a. decline
of upward of 275,000 votes In oneyearl
Were an these votes suppressed, wo, uy
intimidations? Is it necessary, also, to put
the voters of Pennsylvania under the pro
tection of a Federal Election law?
' The truth is the ballot is as free in the
South, as a general "rule, as it is fn any
other portion of the country. It is f ceer
than it was in 1880, when a ticket of cu
rious device was distributed by the Repub
lican State Committee for the purpose of
'spotting and intimidating voters. :
Since preparing the above we have
read with interest a short editorial
in the Richmond Christian Advocate
that confirms 'what we have said
'about baying votes in the North and
'corrupting the ballot. It says:
'Albion W. Tourgee. the author of di
vers novels, traducing the South, in an ar
ticle in the Chicago Advocate, narrates tne
Conversation of : merchants, farmers and
public men in the North as confessing that
they, like their neighbors, sell their votes
and services in an election. Tourgee adds:
tka ivoliuf that, nnhtir-nl aurreaa is a mere
matter of bargain and sale, trickery and
corruption, is an uui uuivcmi auiuug ou
classes throughout the North." Here is
the published opinion or a man eminent
in literature opening up the moral vileness
of his own people. Tourgee eaya that men
of education and Christian profession sell
their ballots, and that is the rule. In Vir
ginia if a while man takes pay for his vote,
he is set down as infamous. A man of de
cent station would - horsewhip any person
offering him a bribe. Judge Tourgee af
firms that bis friends, associates and fellow
Chriritidns put up to .the highest bidder
their suffrages " j ' "
ABSORB RESOLUTIONS.
We did notlrefer to the resolu
tions of the teachers of schools in
some of the States asking Congress
to educate the children in the States
by Federal taxation. The proposi
tion is so utterly opposed to the Con
iitutioD, to the traditions of the
Democratic party, and to sound gov
ernmental ideal that we let them go
unchallenged. The Stab has so
often and at i uch length discussed
Ihn danoornna nlan Of Paternal PaiI-
agogy that it does not deem it essen
tial now to go into the matter afresh.
When the Congress meets the whole
matter will come up again.
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There is no doubt of it that a ma
jority of the people in North Caroli
na prefer Federal aid. The idea of
'receiving a few millions from the UJ
S. Treasury
very captivating. But
jthey forget several thing9. And, ! i
First, that there is no surplus
upon which to draw after the hrst
year. I he second year, appropria
tion must come from renewed taxa
tion. So after
all they are favoring
it
a plan that only increases their bur'
den. I . .-'!
Second, the desired appropriations
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from year to y
ear will be wholly
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without constitutional warrant. ;
Third, the effects would be de
moralizing upon the people at large.
Fourth, it would make the States
pensioners upon Federal bounty.! ;
Fifth, it involves further aggres,
Bion on home rule.
Sixth, it would in the end . break
ap the common
school system in the
Southern Stated.
Seventh, it! w'ould destroy self-re-
liance and in a
respect.
great measure self
liut we waiv
ej turlher remarks,
closing with this; that.it is to be r$
gretted that those having charge of
public
schools, should take such a
narrow view of
the situation andbe
ao ready to accept Federal aid that
will inevitably, as we have no doubt.
lead to Federal in vasion of local self-
government and .rights of States un
der the Constitution. Teacher
gh0Dld stand by the organic law
The ablest expounders have declared
that education by Federal taxation
was not only unconstitutional but
was not lo be thought of.
jWe have concluded to allow al
subscribers in arrears to pay all back
dues at bur reduced rate of One Dol
lar per ypar provided they pay also
for one year in advance. This is a
very liberal concession, and we trust
all who are indebted to us will settle
at
once.
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A TARGET FOR MALICE.
iSome two or three weeks ago we
noticed in one or more of, our South
ern exchanges a rebuke to ex-PresW
dent Davis for his numerous letters
and appearances before the public,
Tley thought he was ' entirely too
prominent and advised him to silence,
ltjia true that Mr. Davis has for
some time been conspicuous, but in
most instances it has been force'
upon him. Although not far from
hid eightieth jyear lie is still in unim
paired mental vigor, and has perhaps
grown wiser with ge. He is a great
Ugb
re in American mstorv and
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Ncjrtnern prejudice and aspersion
can not make him less so. j
fhe SAE j19 lway taken up the
ca9gela in behalf of Mr. Davis be-
caT of the treatment to which he
hl been subjected by the North and
oy the Government. During the
war we must frankly say, we saw
I maky things' of whtch to oomnlain in
hia conduct, j But no man of fairness
ever thoughtj of questioning his mo
tive, or his . high patriotism and bis
unfaltering de'votion to the Southern
cause. - It isj because of that supreme
devotion that Mr. Davis has given so
much of his time to vindicating the
Southern people and has been no
often loathe front in advocacy of
great fundamental and imperishable
truths.' :. ' J- T - '--
We refer to this now, to say that
so far as the Star is concerned the
censure of Mr. Davis will be left to
Northern newspapers and journals
that can see nothing but evil in a
man of the strictest integrity, of
marked ability,' of genuine courage,
of high mora ity, and of distinguish
ed fame. The Stab may not always
agree with a
1 that Mr. Davis' may
write or say and it. may prefer that
some things should be left unsaid,
but it will not join the Northern ma-
igners in condemning free epeech'on
the part of our incorruptible and no
ble Southron. I He is a man of ad
mirable abilities and he is as true to
his principles! as the martyr who
burns is to his religious convictions.
The blindingl effects of Northern
prejudice are' properly stated in the
following comments of the moderate
Baltimore Sum It says:
'The curious! effect of prejudice, even.
on the most intelligent people, is strikingly
illustrated in the comments of leading
Northern newspapers on the public utter
ances of Mr. Jefferson : Davis. No matter
how inoffensive,'; temperate and forcible it
may be, any statement emanating from Mr.
Davis is sure to j be received with derision
or ingenious efforts at depreciation, merely
btciuse Mr. Davia Happens to embody in
himself the political principles which are
characteristic of his section, and which the
Republican party
has striven so long in
vain lo ciush out).
The trouble with Mr
Davis seems to be that, he cannot be made
to realize that misrepresentation and mere
abuse are stronger arguments than rational
appeals to the belter judgment of his coun
trymen, and that inttead of surviving long
enough lo ! worst! his most virulent critics
by bis persistence in reiterating the truth,
he thould, to please the Northern press,
have remained auiet under the load of cal
umny, which it has soueBt to heap upon
him. Mr. Uavis net a not distress bimseir,
however. Whatever may have been his
errors of judgment; he is secure in the af
fection of tne great mass or the southern
people, who appreciate and honor his lofty
rectitude of character, and his unflinching
devotion to constitutional principles."
A good weekly paper sent postage
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ow and at
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wever, has given the
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newspaper m tl
At the laying of the corner stone
of the monument to be erected in
memory of the immortal Robert Ed
ward Lee in Richmond, Ya., it is
proposed by the Whiff newspaper
that the surviving corps, division and
brigade commanders of the Army
that fought under the peerless com
mander be invited to attend. Avery
proper suggestion, we take it.
Let your neighbor know that he
can now bave
the Wkkkxt Stab
sent him one y
ear for One Dollar, tf
The N.- Y. Times and Boston Her
aid, able Mugwump papers, insist
that tliH President has extended the
Civil Service jaw to cases that' lay
outside. That leases them because
the recipients! were Republicans,
But by retainihj; them good Demo
, ...
crats'were
kept out. Life tenure is
no good,"
The Weekly Stab is a very cheap
paper at One Dollar per year. tf
Senator Vobrhees nays Cleveland
has made a clean sweep in Indiana,
ine itepuDiicans almost to a man
bave ben driven out That is the
sort of reform Democrats are pleased
with. Bat oh, how it hurts the Mugs
and their alliesjtb know that so many
dear Rads have been decapitated.
Secretary Whitney has been doin
faithful work in hU efforts to lay the
foundation of a navy for this vast
c iiintry. He is showing proper zeal
and proper caution. Both are very
necessary under the circumstances.
There is a bi he in the papers
about great forests of pine in South
Carolina selling; for $75 an acre. 75
cents would have been much nearer
the mark.
Erttimated damage to rice by a re
cent rise in the Savannah river is put
at $400,000. I I '
Tobaeeo Convention. (
The tobacco boards of trade of the
State of North Carolina will meet in
convention at the j Atlantic Hotel
Morehead City, N. C, August 17, 1887,
for the purpose of discussing matters
of interest to the trade of this State,
Executive Committee: Samuel Wat
kins, of Henderson: Wi A. Bobbitt, of
pxford; . P. Arrington,! of Warren
ton; W. T. Lipscomb, of Raleigh; J
B. ljocKnart, of Durham; J. P. Jor
dan, of Greensboro; Robert Harris, of
Keidsvme; A. D. Cowles, of States
yille; M. W. Norfleet, of Winston; R,
F. WalKer, of Asheville; R. B. Davis,
of Hickory. ,i j;
Scarlet Fmvr. !
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid is unequalled
in the treatment of scarlet fever. Used as
a garglo it prevents the throat from becom
ing diphtheritic, allays the inflammation
and subdues the paid. . Used to sponge the
body it allays the itching inflammation of
the skin and destroys infection.
i Exposed in the sick -room it will prevent
ine spread of contagion, and keep the at
uospnere wnoiesome, . !
8HOOTIXG.AFFMATj : j -
Simon Rlenardson Aicaln'tna Target
-A Record of hla Hair-Bread tn
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There was a lively racket about six
o'clock yesterday morning - near the
corner of Seventh and Nixon streets,
between Simon Richardson,1 a well
known colored man of this city, and
William Hawes, Richardson's step
son. Hawes fired a pistol7 at vhis
step-father, the ball striking Richard
son In the'right breast and. glancing,
passed through the right sleeve of bis
asset. The wound was not a mortal
one by liny; means, and Hawes would
probably have taken another "crack"
at Richardson but just atthat mo
ment he was seized -. by his mother,
Richardson's wife, while Richardson
himself darted around the corner and
made good speed for a safer locality.
Just at this time Officer Woebse, of
the police force, came np and arrested
Hawes. . : : , ' ! rl
The parties appeared before ; tne
Mayor yesterday morning, and an in
vestigation was ' had. Richardson's
wife testified that her husband was
advancing on her son with a pair of
brass knuckles on his hand: that
Hawes warned him off, and that as he
continued to advance her son drew
the pistol and fired at Richardson.
The Mayor required both Hawes and
Richardson to give bond for their ap
pearance at the next term of the Crim
inal Court. . - ! .1
Simon has been the hero of many
hair-breadth escapes , ! !
During the war he was a servant of
Mr.. Monte Nixon, and in a battle
in which Mr. Nixon was wounded, was
himself shot in one leg while assisting
in carrying his master from the field.'
Two years ago Simon was knocked
down and paralyed for a time by a
flash of lightning that, struck his
dwelling and played havoc with his
pans and dishes and other household
goods ! I
Last fall, during the stevedore trou-
fcles, Simon was shot and severely
wounded by unknown parties while
on his way 'home, and very near the
place where he had the difficulty with
Hawes yesterday morning. It was
supposed at the time that Richardson
was shot by some of the striking ste
vedores who mistook him for one of
their bosses, a colored man named
Wm. Howe.! !
After this! adventure, a handsome
Smith & Wesson pistol was presented
to simon by unas. Walker, tsq., ex-
Mayor of Lewiston, Me., and now the
Democratic postmaster of that city,
who was here on a . visit to Sheriff
Manning. It was this pistol with
which Richardson was shot yesterday
by hip stepson Hawes, and it appears
to have been an unlucky gift, having
been the means before of getting its
owner into trouble. At that time he
was standing before the Court Housa
arguing a "pint" of law with John
Evangelist, a noted colored politician
the point in dispute being that "law
was common sense" John Evange
list, Esq,, taking the affirmative side
of the question, and the unlucky Si
inon the negative. During the heat
of the debate Simon, to give greater
emphasis to his argument, drew the
pistol presented to him by Mr, Walk
er, and was j immediately arrested on
the charge jof carrying a concealed
weapon, and bound over to appear at
the Criminal Court. Upon .trial he
was convicted and had a fine and the
costs to pay.
And yet Simon treasures that pistol
a the "apple of he eye." !
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A Smalt Sebooner In a Ptfrlloma Situ
ation. A correspondent writing from Shal
lotte, Brunswick county, gives an ac
count of a small coasting vessel, the
schooner Mary, being driven'upon the
shoals, the loss of part of the cargo
and the final extrication of the
schooner from her perilous situation
through the skillful seamanship and
bravery of Capt., Styron.
The schooner Mary, Capt. Styron,
sailed from Shallotte on the 5th inst,
for Wilmington, loaded with 250 bar
rels of spirits turpentine, tar and ro
sin. When near the bar the wind
died out, the current drifting her for
the shoals on the eastern side of the
bar. The captain had to let go
his . anchor ; the windlass being
insufficient, it gave way, and the
schooner drifted upon the . shoals.
where she remained until low water
the seas washing over her. Capt
Styron, seeing that it was impossible
to save the vessel without casting off
the cargo, threw over his deck load
He then ran out his anchor, and as the
tide arose, the chain parted and the
anchor was lost. The vessel then
swung around, broad-side on the
shoals. The captain then set his
mainsail, and the schooner headed
south; then the foresail and jib were
set, and she beat across the shoals
through a boisterous sea, and came
back to Shallotte, having sustained
but little damage. Nearly all the
cargo was saved.
Conntr Student.
Mr. H. A. Bagg, Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, has
received a letter from Hon K. P. Bat
tle, President of the State University,
notifying him that the Legislature
has repealed the act authorizing
"County Students," but stating that
indigent students may give their
notes for the amount of tuition, $60,
and that the sons of preachers, and
those proposing to study for the min
istry, may enter free of tuition. The
teachers' course! is free." All imust.
however, pay $10 per collegiate year.
Export Foreign. ; j
German barque Etna cleared for
Liverpool yesterday with cargo of
2,200 casks spirits turpentine and
2,041 barrels, of rosin, shipped by
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, and val
ned at $35,000.
' Swedish barque Heidi cleared for
Riga, Russia, with cargo of 3,850 bar
rels of rosin, 'shipped by Paterson,
Downing & Co., and valuejd at $4,126,
Trade Dollar.
Holders of trade dollars should re
member that they have only until
September 1st to present these coins.
for redemption at their face value,
After that date the trade dollar will
be worth only its bullion value. The
total redemption to date amounted
to less than $8,000,000, and so few are
now being presented that the aggre
gate is not , likely i to exceed that
amount, j
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rnwri IViTiacr fTiA hn rw A1 whose 6611-
tence was commuted by Governor
Scales from hanging to imprisonment
for life. will, probably, toe taken up
to Raleigh this evening.? But for ex
ecutive, clemency his execution wonld
have-taken dace to-day. As the
darkies say, he must bear a charmjed
life. He has been three times sen
tenced to be hanged and yet has es
caped. A: few days ago, before his
sentence had been commuted, he
wrote a note to the sheriff, stating the
disposition he wanted made of his
body and requesting that his sister in
Newbern. N. C. and his latner in
New York city, should be informedj of
his death, and solemnly affirming
that he was innocent of the crime
which he was convictod.
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Cool Wave.
There was a general "scratching
around" for covering yesterday morn
ing when the wind shifted to the East.
What is the matter with the clerk of
the weather? First he drops us into; a
temperature as hot as sheol, and now
it is something arctic in comparison.
But we are not hoggish, and know
when we have a good thing and wont
kick as long as the present pleas
ant temperature lasts. .
The" cool wave is caused by a - very
hierh barometric pressure which
developed in the Northeast is travel
ling , towards a depression in the
West. It will . pass off in a day or
two, the Signal Service men say, fol
lowed by warmer weather. But we
have promises that the back-bone of
the real hot weather is broken.
An Important Invention.
We were shown by Mr. Thorpe yes
terday the models of a new car coupi
ler, in full working order, which
promises to yield a fortune to the
owners of the invention, of which he
is one. There is probably . no article
in the railroad service that has ref
ceived so much attention by inven
tors as this problem of car coupling.
and the solution has, as yet, not been
found, although as far as ean be seeii
from the models this last device
seems to meet all the requirements,
It is automatic in. its action, strong.
simple in construction, and works
like a charm. It is far ahead of the
couplers now in use. For instance, it
connects by a gentle pressure, not re
quiring the cars to be struck together
as is now the case. It provides fou
independent couplings,so thatin case
of accident to one, another can be1
brought into use by the turn of a
lever. .
The inventors are T. W. Talbot and
J. Lueco Farmer, two machinists o:
the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
Railroad at Florence, and is the out;
come of years of study. It is alread
patented.
The models were exhibited to the
executive officers of the Atlantic
Coast Line, who subjected them to a
searching investigation with a very
satisfactory result. They recommend
ed that it should be submitted to the
Master Car Buildet's Association, who
are now making various experiments
with couplers. If it proves successful,
as is confidently claimed, and is ap
parent to even a casual observer from
the models, it will be a big fortune
for the owners. The models can lie
seen at the general offices of the At
lantic Coast Line.
Eiportu foreign.
Messrs. DeRossett & Co. cleared the
Swedish barque Herman yesterday,
for Hamburg, Ger., with a cargo of
2,904 barrels of rosin, valued at
$3,239.44.
Mr. Edward Kidder's Son cleare
the brig Onalaska for St. Pierre, Mar
tinique, with 352,367 feet of lumber.
valued at $5,922.79.
WlhMllfOTON DISTRICT
CONFERENCE.
FOURTH DAY'S SESSION.
Clixton, N. C, Aug. 8, 1887.
i "Conference opened with religious
exercises conducted by Rev. C. P,
Jerome, of Bladen circuit.
; The minutes of yesterday were
read and approved.
I The Conference went into the se-j
lection of a place for holding the
next session, and Richlands, Onslow
county, was selected.
The hour for the election of dele
gates to the District Conference
having arrived, that work was enter
ed into with tne following result: A
J. Johnson, of Magnolia; D. A. Cul
breth. of Clinton: P. Parker, of Bla
den; and J. C. Davis, of Fifth Street,
Wilmington. The following were
elected as alternates, W. M. Parker,
J. L. Nicholson, D. B. Nicholson
and W. J. Parker.
i At this point th Conference ad
journed for preaching by Rev. F. L,
Reid, of the Raleigh Christian Advo
cate.
(During the evening session resolu
f tions were adopted establishing what
are to be known as "D irth Sunday
Conferences.
;To carry out the object of these
Conferences the District was separ
ated into three divisions in each
of these divisions a Conference is to
be held on each fifth Sunday, to be
attended by all the ministers in that
division, together with two delegates
from each church.
The hour for the consideration of
the support of the Ministry having
arrived, able speeches were made by
Rev. Dr. Yates, D. B. Nicholson and
others.
The usual resolutions of thanks were
adopted by a rising vote. Oh!, how
they have fed us!- Oh!" how we will
be "shrunk" after returning home.
! The following ministers were apr
pointed to fill the pulpits on Sunday:
At the Methodist church at 11a. m.,
Rev. Dr.JE. JA. Yates; at 8.15 p. m..
Rev. Dr. Dixon. At the Baptist
church at 8 p. m., Rev. D. H. Tuttle.
At the Presbyterian church 11 -a.
m.. Rev. Dr. Dixon.
At 3 p. m.'a Sunday School mass
meeting was addressed by Rev. F. L'
Reid, Rev. A. G. Garett, W. M.
Parker and J. C. Davis.
Thus ended a most pleasant and
successful conference. Many pleasant
memories will live in the minds of
ministers and laymen of the District
Conference of 1887, at Clinton.
Heaven's richest blessings rest upon
Clinton and her generous people, is
the prayer of every recipient of her
bounty. By . the way, a few "old
roosters" were left to crow us a glad
farewell on Monday morning. As the
preachers wended their way to the
depot others came from secure hiding
places crowing, im g-i-a-a you-r-e
g-o-n-e.
'Dan."
jpucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It is gua
ranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by W. H. Green &
Co. . . t
Tue Prealdent-xeuow
Fever from
lor . Prepayi
Havana-Applleatlon
mtnlof Bondt. - . ' f
B7 Telegraph to the Horning Star. j
W iBtTTuoTON. Auir. 8. Assistant Secre-i
tary of Slate Porter this morning conveyed,
to the President an invitation from the peo
pie of Nashvil e and Middle Tennessee, to
V1SH luftlCUy, IDU-anuwcr iruui tue vyuauir
ber of Commerce of Knoxville, to pay that
city a visit. The rrestdent, it is under
stood, win visit jNasnvuie, out nas not aor
termlned upon tne time, ne nas taken me
Knoxville invitation under consideration,
and will determine whether time and public
business will make it possible for - him tp )
accept. -' -: -.' " - ;.
The Marine Hospital Bureau is informed
that the barque Ada Gray, from Havana,
arrived at Delaware Break water this morni
ing with one case of yellow fever on board).
Tne applications receivea anno Treasury
Department to date for prepayment of . in
terest on registered bonds areas follow! :
Four per cents, $2,446,250; 4 per cents,
$271,000, and Pacific Railroad bonds $88i-
000 Total, $5,209,250. r .
Wabhikgton. D. C. Aug. 9. A state
ment prepared at the Interior Depajt merit
shows that from January 16th, 1888, to July,
1887,. there were 265 Civil Service appoint
ments made in tnat department, exclusive
of 27 transfers and 1 reinstatement. Of
this number 24 were from Pennsylvania;
22 from New York; Zl irom Illinois; 19
from Indiana; 17 from Ohio; 11 from Tenj
nessee;10 from Maryland, and 10 from
District of Columbia. There were 7 each
from Massachusetts, Kentucky, Iowa, Ari
kansas, Missouri, Virginia and Wisconsin':
and 6 each from Mississippi, Michigan!
Alabama and Texas. - 1
Washington, Aug. . 9. The , Mai ine
Hospital Bureau is informed that small j
pox and yellow fever are raging in Havana.
Cuba. Durinir the month of .Tnlv there
were 104 deaths from yellow fever and 112
from small pox. . The latter disease is sup i
posed to have been introduced by a con-j
ungent oi soldiers lanueu at xiavana eariyi
In the month from the SpaniBh mail
steamer, .
Applications for prepayment of interest
under Secretary Fairchild's recent circular
were received to-day on bonds amounting
to $1,843,000; making the total to date
$6 612.250.
Invitations continue to pour in upon the
President and almost the entire time of one
of the clerks at the While House is occu
pied in scheduling and recording them
He Lbs been invited to visit 'almost every
city in tne west aaa Soutn, including San
irraucisco. new urieans and ualveston.
It would be almost impossible for the Pres
idem to accept them all, even if he devoted
the balance of the yesr to that purpose.
Si it will be fceen that some places will
bave to be slighted. Among the invitations
received to-day was one from Gov. Gray,
of Indinna, urging the President to make a
stop at Indianapolis on bis way through
that State A telegram was also received
from Providence, R. I., asking the Presi
dent to visit that city on his rumored trip
to Mai ion, Maes,, where Mrs. Cleveland is
visiting; This was the only one Of the
invitations answered to day. Col. Limont
sent a short reply to the effect tbat the
President had no intention of visiting
JUassacnuselts lust at present
The President is seriously considering
the best use be can make of the limited
time he has allotted himself for his West
ern and Southern trip, and he will take the
route which will enable him to visit briefly
the principal representative cities of tne
two sections of the country. Be has about
made up his mind that he will not go far
ther west than Kansas City and very little
if any further south than Atlanta. He
does not now intend lo be absent from the
capital more than twenty days, but delays
ami unavoidable circumstances may pro
long his absence five or ten days more. He
will buin ibe preparation of his annual
message to Congress upon his return to
Washington, and other important matters
wlncu will ibeu claim his personal -atten
tion will prevent his extending his visit
much beyond the first of November. It is
expected that the programme for his trip
will be prepared witnin tbe next two
weeks. None of the invitations not al
ready acted upon will be answered until
tbat is arranged.
Washington, Aug. 10. Five million
four hundred and sixty-two four and1 a
half per cents were offered at the Treasury
to-day, al prices ranging from 110 flat to
112 .Secretary Fairchild this afternoon ac
cepled the offer of the Suffolk Savings
Bauk, of Boston-, to sell $260,000 registered
.4 per cent, bonds at 110 flat. All of the
other proposals were rejected, as the rates
were not considered Favorable,
By direction of the Secretary of War
Major Daniel N. Bash, paymaster U. 8,
A., is relieved from duty and ordered to
his home to await further orders. Major
Us8U is ine offlcer wno was robbed of$7,-
300 at Antelope Springs, Wy., March 18,
1887, by Charley Parker, a cowboy, no
pari oi tue money ever being recovered.
The robbery was perpetrated while the
Major and his escort were at ninner, and
he is held not to have taken sufficient pre
caution to protect nis iriends
Washington, Aug. 10. A. N. DamrelL,
u . a. .boeineer, submits tne Iollowing;esti
mate for expenditures upon river and har
bor improvements in his district next year
Warrior river, Ala., $35,000; JTombigbee
river, Ala , and Mississippi below Vienna.
$6,000, Tombigbee, below Vienna, $12,-
SHH); lilacs: Warrior, f 200,000; Old Tower
creek, Mississippi, $7,000; Yoxabee river,
Mississippi, $10,000: Pascagoula river,
Mississippi, $35.0(10; Pearl river, Mississip
pi, between Edinburg and Carthage. $11.,
000; Pearl river, Mississippi, from Jackson
to Carthage, $29,000; Pearl river.Mississip
pi, below Jackson, $30,000; harbor at
Biloxi Bay, Mississippi, $37,500; Mobile
narbor. $444, UUu. or Mobile harbor he
says: ImprovmenU began in 1827, there
being then 5i feet of water through Choc
tow Pass. There has since been expended
by the general government $1,879,000. A
seventeen -foot channel has been obtained
from the city to the sea. It is too narrow,
and should be widened by at least 100 feet.
The pestofnee at Danville, Ya., will be
come a free delivery office October 1
The President to-day assured Senator
Harris that hs would visit Memphis.
Tenn., during his contemplated western
ana soumern trip tnia lall.
SOUTH CAROLINA.'
Illgbly Favorable Keporta from tbe
Cotton; Corn, Rice and otber Crop.
By Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Columbia, Aug. 9. Reports from 271
townsuip correspondents to the State De
partment of Agriculture, covering every
cpunty, shows August 1st:
Cotton, which is two or three weeks ear
lier than last year, has a full crop, and if
tne season continues propiteous tbe largest
croo ever produced in the State will be
made. 1 ne plant bas shed some on ac
count of raim. Droughts and catterpillars
are noted in some localities. The crop was
better than for years up to the date of the
reports.
; The corn crop is reported generally .the
best ever grown. The early upland crop
is matured and secure from injury. Late
corn has had rains nearly sufficient to bring
it lo perfection. The yield will ba the
largest on record.
Keporta of large rice crops still continue
lavoraoic, ana it it bas not been injured
, Dy ine nooas since tne date of tha reports,
;will be the largest for a number of veam
i I The condition of the minor crop is as
follows: Sorghum 67 per cent.; sugar-cane
92; peas 98, with large increase in acreage;
Irish potatoes 97, with crop in fine order
and the acreage increased two per cent.
VIRGINIA.
That Interminable Laagxon fflarder
TrJal-Borlal or. tbe Uemalna of tbe
Widow of col. Slilen, or Georcla, In
Stonewall Cemetery.
Petersburg Aui 8. Court nnrl inrv
lawyer aud prisoner, met this morning re
freshed rter a day's rest, and proceeded
with the seventh day of the trial of Langs
ton for - the murder of liufiVn. The - jury
were taken to- the I colored Presbyterian
church for worship Sunday morning and
in the afternoon to a negro baptizing Dr.
Bryant's testimony as an expert was con
cluded this afternoon.) His opinion in brief
was that Ruffin's wounds were necessarily
fatal, and death would have resulted with
out the surgical operation,, but that the
operation waa not attended with the strict
care and complete arrangements necessary
for such a case. Dr. Bryant ;will proba
bly conclude tbe long list of experts who
have occupied the attention or the Court
for six dsys, when tho witnesses will be
introduced for the prosecution. It has not
yet been intimated what testimony outside
of that bearing upon character will be in
traduced by the defence . ' i
Tbe Vote ou tbe Prohibition Amend
ment-Fatal Accident ft Fort Worth,
-. in celebrating tbe victory inree
Boy Killed, and Two Seriously
Injared.
1 i Br Telegraph to tbe Morning Star.
Galveston. Axis. 7. The election re
turns received last night were meagre and
came t in slowly. Those received' up to
midnight did not increase tne majority
against the Prohibition amendment con
tained.in yesterday's report by over 3,000,
making tbe total majority thus lar against
tbe amendment 78,000. ' -
Chicago, Aug. 7. A Itmes special
from Fort Worth, Texas, eays : Last night
a number of men and boys were collected
on the public square, engaged in flring
anvils and 'discharging fireworks in honor
of the victory won in the State by the
Antiprohibitionists, when an accident oc
curred - that has already resulted in two
deaths and in all probability another will
follow. . A keg of powder had been se
cured for the occasion, and one of the boys
seated himself thereon, when some one
from the other side of the Eauare fired a
rocket which struck the keg of powder,
causing a terrific explosion . James Lszae
by, 17 years old, was blown several feet
Into the air; he was burned on every part
of his body,' and expired this morning.
Wave Hatchell, aged 16 years was burned
nearly as bad as Lazaeby; he died this af
ternoon. Gu8 Hatchell, aged 11 years,
waa stripped of his clothing from his hips
down; he cannot recover. Two other
boys, Sam Johnson and William Saaka
bcrry, were terribly but' not necessarily
fatally burned.
J ..
ij FINE LANDS.
Nearly 100,000 Acres In tbe Sontb
Bought by a Northern Syndicate.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Pittsburg, Aug. 8. A syndicate of
New York and Pittsburg capitalists have
just closed transactions, by which they be
come owners oi nearly one hundred thous
and acres of the finest pine forests in the
South. The lands are along the southern
line of South Carolina and Georgia,' most
of if being in the latter State. The price
paid was $7uu,uuu. The deal was made
through a prominent real estate firm in this
city. The intention of the purchasers is
not to develop the lands, but to hold them
as ap investment until the advance in the
price of lumber greatly, increases, their
vaiue.
the woojlfole: tragedy.
Funeral ot tbe Nine Vletlm at Blacon,
Ga. Heart-Kendlns Scene at tbe
Cloae of Service.
lEy Telegraph to the Morn In Star. I
Macon, Ga., Aug. 7. The funeral of
the nine victims of Thomas G. Woolfolk
took place here to-day at Rose Hill Ceme
tery, in the presence of three thousand peo
ple. ; The services were brought to an
abrupt termination by the arrival oi Mrs.
Edwards, own sister of the murderer, who
was m Athens at the time of the commis
sion of tbe crime. A heart-rending scene
followed, bringing tears to the eyes of
every spectator. Woolfolk was carried to
Atlanta early this morning, for safe keep
mg. lie continues to deny bis guilt.
THE CROPS.
August Report of the Department of
Agriculture A General Reduction
in Average a Compared with the
Previous Month.
i ! By Telegraph to the Horning Star -
Washington; Aug: 10. The following
is the: August report of the Department of
.Agriculture:
Cereals. The piospect a month ago
was for a very heavy crop of. corn, and the
rate of yield above the averace.. Its condi
tion in all of the States of the Atlantic
coast is now uoimpared and of very high
promise. In Texas and Tennessee the
condition has declined materially. In the
central corn region, however, in the val
leys of the Ohio and Missouri, where two-
thirds of the crop is grown and the com
mercial supply is procured, a very heavy
reduction bas taken place which has made
the national average 80. 7. instead of 97.7
last month. The cause is the long contin
ued drought which bas been severest in
Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michi
gan.! Nebraska has been scorched on the
southern border, and Iowa and Missouri
have escaped with comparatively light loss,
as have the more northern States. The
seven corn surplus States stand as fol
lows: Ohio 82, Indiana 64, Illinois 65,
Iowa 80, Missouri 80, Kansas 60, Ne
braska 75.
The condition of spring wheat, reported
very low last month, from the ravages of
chinch bugs, is not improved in the August
returns, buthas fallen off very slightly, the
general average being 78.8, two points less
than the August returns last year. Dakota
has made a slight gain, and stands highest
in condition. Average for Wisconsin 79,
Minnesota 74, Iowa 72, Nebraska 77, Da
kota 88. In the extreme east and on the
Pacific coast the condition of spring wheat
is high. There is no report of winter
wheat for the present month, as it is too
early to pbtain results of the threshing.
In the oats crop there is no change. A
part of the breadth was harvested at last
report. The condition averages 85.6,
which indicates a crop slightly under the
average.
j The barley crop promises to yield rather
better! than was feared last month. The
eastern product averages a higher condi
tion, but has reduced slightly since the
last report. The average is 86.2, indicating
nearly an average yield.
lhe buckwheat area appears to be prac
tically the Same as last year and the ave
rages about 93 in condition.
Potatoes. There is a great reduction
since the 1st of July in the condition of
potatoes, almost entirely the 'result of the
drought. Their is no material decline on
the Atlantic or Gulf eoast. but theiiniurv is
bevere in the West. The loss during the
month, as reported, is fully 20. per cent, of
Ithe DrosDective cron.
i Fruit, The - fruit" kp is very poor.'
There will be few apples outside of New
England and New York.-. There will be a
partial crop in Michigan. In the Ohio
friver States the harvest will be nearly a
failure. .
j Hat. The hay crop is also greatly re
duced in the West. The general average is
-80. i i.
1 Cotton. The last month has been fa-
Jorable to cotton, except that the rainfall
as been unequally distributed in point of
time, drought threatening at one period
ind damaging floods following. In the
eastern belt an excess of moisture predom
inates as a factor of depreciation. The weed
is therefore large and sappy, and fruit fall
appears in some fields seriously, and in
some cases rust appears. In Louisiana
similar conditions have prevailed, and only
very partially in Mississippi. Texas has
been too dry, though the drought has not
aS yet been disastrous or severe. The pre
valent status of the crop is very good for
the first of August, while reporters recog
nize this as a critical time and fear the ef
fect of subsequent drought upon the green
and succulent condition of the plant. In a
comparison of ten years, the August con
dition is only exceeded by that of '82 and
'85. one producing a large crop, the other
ah under medium yield. The general aver
age condition is 93.3, which is lower by
oyer three points than that of July. The state
averages are: Virginia 94, North Carolina
96, South Carolina 95, Georgia 94, Florida
9ft Alabama 93, Mississippi 96, Louisiana
94, Texas 87, Arkansas 97, Tennessee 95.
The first brood caterpillars has appeared in
several States, but is not generally men
tioned in the returns. It is reported in
Orangeburg and Berkley, S. C; in "Cal
houn, Taylor, Dooly and Laurens, Ga. ; in
Ha and Dallas, Ala. ; in Btarkey. Newton,
Issaquena and Oktebbeha. Miss. ; in Red
river, Bossier, Richland, Natchitoches and
Iberville, La. ; and in Stephens, Camp, and
Jackson, Texas. The ball worm ia much
les4 frequently mentioned.
tobacco. The tobacco crop is in high
condition in the Beed leaf States, averaging
neatly 100, except m Wisconsin. The
shipping and cutting districts of the West
make a unprecedented report of low con
ditionTennessee 70, Kentucky 59, Ohio
55, Indiana 56, Illinois 52, Missouri 60.
In view of the heavy reduction in acre
age! on,y La 8ma11 fragment of the usual
crop may be expected., The official inves
tigation of the area, now in progress, will
determine j authoritatively the breath culti
vated the present year. - ,
Tuesday night's storms, which broke the
drought in Wisconsin to some extent, did
not teach Mlchigaa - nor the southern Bor-
noni of Wisconsin, northern Illinois and!
xuuiana. Aiiairs there are still as bad as
well can be.
1.. n.ij.i .
vrumsuoro Argus Tn
cation which took place yril J allf-
rhttT8ction h0U8e W'i
Chirlie Johnson was knocked ,i ' I- H
blow' on the huaii
aiids of Daniel Biggs." BothZl ! Ve
oreu section hands on tho road. e Cftl-
Pittsboro Recor,l-
that Messrs. F. N. Strudwick Vlef
Parish will soon begin the puw Calvin
newspaper at Hillsboro. Wi Z , a ot &
much success, and gladly welcnmJS.h, theoi
thS editorial fraternV Tr im.? Uem t
writes as well as he speaks hiil rfTd,,itk
expect a richjtreat,
may
inanotte UhronioL" -m ...
lotto Baseball Association vc'stor, har-twenty-seven
shares of iu , ay, mm
Tu (Hi mail', UUiya lew Shnr,
left, as the capital is limited nm
Mr. Shaeffer. of Cabarrus conmrT,1'11'
dangerously sick at his homo in M
ant At Hamlet, on tL rPicas-
Central road yesterday, an unhnn alin
ored man was run down bv ti.o , n roU
,; uA . ... , "J "10 train ...j
ilia I tl ii i v wNH rprnn n M .
. . . j ui ;t ' it i (,(, . -
coroner's lhquest. witnesses RnnL
stated that the deceased was wbn
-- III II
colored man who had made hia , Z
in that neighborhood Sunday n7ance
was undoubtedly crazy, as
havior indicated.
h ft ....
oncer V.
Maxton Union: "There ki
a step from the sublime to the rcdin i, ,
was forcibly illustrated in w T
Wilmington Stab. In tnakiDp VD ,
forms . the printer blended one of r hc
Blount's oriental articles with a r J'
paragraph from the Cincinnati Comkn .
The effect was startling H.i.?m?e,'.
ine eneci was startling. Speakini? 7?
Star, the mathematician at tbe Post-J-
per in Wilmington soon. He says that a
Star's rirnnldtinn ho ., ,a ,nat,M
pa-
at this office andhe calculates that the
w m uuu
to three days of ten hours each in?,?111
The Star is a good paper
this appreciation.
ami deserves
-- Charlotte Chronicle: Tho iron
ble at the Broad River bridge on the a
Line road is ended at last, and the t!
senger train last evening came nearer
schedule than since last Monday
Prof. Cbaa. D. Mclver, of Peaco Insfn,,..
who has been conducting the Sparta s'tiii
Normal, passed through the city last
on his way to Winston. The school .
decided success, the attendance beiuir n.
than five hundred. Prof. M. E I1W
who is tho discoverer of the pretty moun
tain I plant, known as Hyams' sparkli
shortia, which created a great sunaation
throughout the botanical world, has recent
ly discovered another plant within a ft
miles of Charlotte called darbya umklkta
which for many years botanists have in.'
vited, this State to find, but only to meet
with disappointment. The late Ucv. M a
Curtis once found a specimen in Lincoln
county in fruit, the same as found by Prof '
Hyams.
". Tarboro Southerner: Every
thing and everywhere is flooded, but the
damage to crops and bridges cannot "i
estimated. 8everal washouts on the rail
road are reported; one near the Fair
grounds. Country bridges on the small
streams have been numerously swept
away!. Hendricks creek bridge remains,
but it is so twisted and uneven that for
vehicles it is impassable. Reports from
the cpuntry come in slowly, but they are
all unfortunate. Conetoe is flooded. Capt.
E. Ej. Knight reports that he has 75 acres
in cotton which is three feet under water.
Mr. Cornelius Staton reports that the water
in thp road at his canal is three-quarters of
a mile wido, that his and the farmers
aroubd him are flooded s' The track of the
cloud burst, for such it was, even if it. was
bo long bursting, was from east to west
At Kill Quick not near so much rain fell,
while at Sparta 4 inches was the fall
Farmers are exceedingly blue, and are esii
mating the damage all the way from ruina
tion to 25 per cent.
-4- Raleigh Neics- Observer . Tiie
executive committee of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College have engaged, alt
stipulated price, the services of Mr. Cbas.
L. Carson, of Baltimore, as architect for
the building. It is the purpose of the com
mittee to have plans drawn for building to
cost $50,000 when completed, though they
will be only -partially constructed.
Mt. taolly, where the Grange EncaptDeot
is to be held, is a little town on the right
bank of the Catawba river, in Gaston conn
ty, and on the Carolina Central lUilrnsd
near Charlotte. It is the centre of one of
the richest agricultural regions in the State.
It isjbeautif ully situated and is beautiful ia
itself. Greensboro dot : A number of;
gentlemen met here Friday to take steps to
open; books of subscription to the Greens
boro'! & Raker City Railroad. This road
was recently incorporated and its proposed
route is by way of Yanceyville and Uox
boro to Ciarksville, Va. It will join at
Danville the Atlantic & Danville Railroad
soon to be built from Norfolk to Danville,
and Will give Greensboro a through route
to Norfolk...
Raleigh News- Observer : Tbe
chairman of tho Board of Agriculture was
requested to express to Dr. Dabncy the ap
preciation of the committee of his services
to the State, their high estimate of him as
a gentleman and a scientist and their regret
at losing him. The committee directed
that pr. H. B. Battle, first assistant chem
ist, be appointed to take charge of the sta
tion from the date at which the resigna
tion Of Dr. Dabney takes effect, until the
regular meeting of .the board in December,
at a salary of $1,800 per annum. Prof. W
A. Withers who had been placed in charge
of thq experiment farm, was again placed
in the! office as third assistant chemist, and
Mr. Milton Whitney was requested to re
sume icharge of the experiment farm.
At a meeting of the Governor's Guard IkW
last night, Dr. J. A. Sexton was elected
Surgeon of the company. Joe Bernard
was elected Second Lieutenant, and K. K.
Williams was elected Jun 2nd Lieutenant,
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Mr,
James N. Cole, of West Martin street, nar
rowlyj escaped death. Mr. Cole is-a car
penter and while at . work in the w&w
towerj a colored man, a new hand, acci
dentally let an iron rod slip from his band,
whicb in its downward course, struck Mr.
Cole on the head. Mr. Cole was rendered
insensible by the force of tho blow but
luckily he clutched a post near by, instead
of holding on to the rope of a block w
tacklehe had been handling, and saveo
himself from what would probably nave
been a fatal fall. He is confined to b
room as the result of his accident but fi
hurt is! not a serious one. Washing
ton, lit. C, Aug. 6. D. C. Way & Co.
lumbeit mills and dry kilns, on Fungo
river, in this county, were burned yesterday.-
Loss total. Partially insured-
-fealeigh News-Observer: The
local travel over the N. C. road is reportea
to be heavier lust now than ever before w
its history. Kerr Craiee. Esq ."
resigned as a director of the N. C. Rail"
on behalf of the State, and Gov. Scales p
appointed A. W. Graham. Esq., of WT
boro. td fill the vacancy. t-oL ulh
A. Woodruff, TJ. S. A., of LeavenwortD.
Kansas, is in town. As our readers koo
he has recently been elected GraP'
mander of the Grand Commandery K-oiK""
Templar of the State. Yestc?Le
white man drove an ox into Market fc -q u
and commenced looking up a heeT ae .
with whom to make a trade. p n.
stolen the ox from a Mr. Strickland '
Nash county, and driven it here to sell.
representative of Mr. Strickland ldennn
the property. The man has not yeti)s
hearing on account of the absence oi
mayor.) Mr. Chas. E. iohnxn."
this city, who has been in Eujnp?1"
the! past two months, arrived m J
York on last Friday nr his retw
and ia expected to arrive hc-e io- j
-This morning at 10 o'clock a , ruo
which seemed to be well founded, wffiUL,D
W the effect that a new syndicate nan w
m . ... -rr: HOUSe"
lormeu neauea Dy tne a-iuiu" . tnC
Atlanta, to minn th nurchaso bid I0t
cent
Atlantic Hotel at Morehfed 10 per
The
The bid recently made was $18,1W-
property originally co3t Deiwtt v-
$60,000. Nothing definite can be learns
It is said, however, that several mcro"
- . . - . i - II.UV
or tne new syndicate went uow - .
... ... - . , - ,n nii-
Hurt"
head to-day.
-Premiums
Wt!L- "-,.
eu iu exuiDiiors at ine griu , pne
fows: Largest number of pon'9 ''si
x . t. . , DlmW tl
i iii-
oxnibitor, s. Otho wnson. ion-
number varieties. Col. J. iJn' jt
oesiai8piayj ii. Jf. 'Wiinam.
Concord. Womble Bros. & Batc,',:I"r,n!lte
plate Ives, B. P. Williamson: h P.
Champion. Womble Bros & Bstc. W
bes plate Martha, B. P. William
plate Moore's, Womble Bros. & b
best plate Catawba. S. Otho "i son.
Plate Delaware, 8. Otho Wilson; be" P
Perkins. Womble Bros. & Batcheior.